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WHEN THE MAIL GOES THROUGH
Nuthin" in a countrv town
'Cept 'bout tive o'clock to go
To the deepo?mail, south bound.
Due at that time. There's, you know,
Crowd o' lanky country fellers
Loafin' as they alius ao;
Hounds an' dogs?half-breeds an' yelleri
> >. .When the
Mail?goes?through!
Never stops at Sasserville;
Comes with lightnin' in her eve!
Lordy! Whizzin' down the hill,
Jist a-screechin' on the tfv!
Engineer's head out a-bravin'
Smoke an' cinders fiyin' blue!
An' -vve-uns with hats a-wavin'
When the
Mail?goes?through!
You can feel the whirlpool come.
When she clatters past you?Gee!
Feel 'er rock the deepo some.
An' the platform! Mercy me!
Getherin' at ev'ry minute.
With a long an' scrcechin' woo!
An' us wishin' we was in it,
When the
Mail?goes?through!
Then as soon's she's gone, you git
Tired of old Sasserville;
Them's tne time it is that it
Never seems to fill the bill;
Fer you think o bigger places,
Where the train's a-goin' to,
An' tromp home with lonely faces
.When the
Mail's?gone?through!
?Edward Singer, in Indianapolis Sun.
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I STEPPING STONES. I
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S ^ By Martha Prouty.
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Victoria Moore was born in Peteraham
with a nrsflisnnsitinn tn nhvsi
cal frailty and an inheritance of family
penury. In due time she showed
signs of a predisposition to all the Petersham
prejudices, such as pride of
family, shame of penury and suspi^
, cion of those who came to Petersham
without publishing credentials from
the house tops. As Victoria grew into
a tall slip of a girl the family resources
receded further and further
- into the shadows of Petersham's wonderful
past, along with the fortunes
of many other of Petersham's great
families, and Victoria was forced at
the age of nineteen to go to work or
starve.
Over Petersham's valleys and hills
there then arose a wave of protest,
and the burden of it was not weighted
with a single word of sympathy or
1 kindliness to lighten the effect of Petersham's
displeasure. Victoria was
made to feel it in many ways, especially
when Mrs. Peats' hearts' party
came off and that worthy lady exnloinp^
thnf- thp nnmhPT was limitpri
and when Mrs. Trueham gave a little
dance and ignored Victoria, who was
' notoriously the best dancer in her set.
It became apparent to Victoria that
according to the lights of Petersham
it were better to starve than to work,
and with one bound she passed up a
step higher, shedding certain prejudices
as she would her old clothes. In
her heart she felt bitter and hurt and
stormy. Outwardly she maintained a
reserve and hauteur that refused the
advances of her old friends, until she
went among them as an outcast.
Indeed, after the first few years of
earning her livelihood had gone by
and she found herself able to support
herself comfortably, she awoke to find
that amnnsr Petersham's great fam
{lies she was no longer mentionel save
In whispers, being, so to speak, utterly
condemned. When this became
clear she shed a few more prejudices
.. and the dust of Petersham at the
same time, shaking her skirts furiously
when she got in the outward-bound
train, and thanking her lucky stars
that she need never come back unless
she wanted to.
Occasionally thereafter Petersham
folks saw Victoria Moore's name in
print over a short story in one or another
popular magazine, and Petersham
South sniffed and said the stories
were poor stufT, and Petersham
North snorted and said that she would
find out after all what an atom she
was, and Petersham Centre simply
smiled superciliously and waited its
time.
The time came when Mrs. Peats
and Mrs. Trueham met Victoria on an
i . afternoon train bound for Petersham,
they in the glory of matinee finery,
Victoria in a suit much the worse for
wear and a very weary look upon her
face. Their time had come when Victoria
bowed with a pleased little smile
and they cut her dead. According to
their lights they truthfully reported
that they had put her in her place.
Victoria set up her few belongings
in her old home without much trumpeting.
She came and went as she
had done years before, and Petersham
decided she had failed, some ignoring
her, while others treated her with
pitying condescension. But Victoria,
tramping over the hills in the early
morning, visiting among the plain
folks, spending a day with some sick
person, playing with everybody's babies
wherever she found them, helping
old ladies to clean house and sew and
bake during the day, and in the evening
taking up her allotted task, went
up one more step, shedding her pre/HannaHInn
f A J 1 Si*.-- 1
u?u|/uoii>ivu tu uaillj ctnu
family penury. For her magazin?
work, in spite of Petersham's forebodings,
yielded her a goodly income;
and outdoor exercise and work gave
lier new vigor.
When she had been back among
them for two years and Petersham
had let her alone so long that theii
interest in her was almost dead, a
prepossessing stranger, arriving on a
morning train, asked a loiterer neai
the station to direct him to Miss
Moore's home. As they walked along
this man, Petersham born and bred
felt his curiosity getting the better ol
him.
"I suppose you know Miss Moore
when you see her, don't you?" h(
asked, "because I haven't set eyes or
her for so long that I don't know myself
as I'd be able to noint her out tc
you." It was pretty weak for a starter,
but the stranger did his part nobly.
"Ob, yes, I know her well," he an
swsred, smilingly; "I'm her publishei
and it gives me great pleasure to com*
here and visit the scenes where hei
book is laid. It's going to make hei
t famous, and I suppose you'll all b<
?mm
"Of course, oh, yes, very proud,*'
stammered the Petersham citizen
adding with a tremendous gulp of
surprise and chagrin, "Well, if that
isn't the greatest thing in creation!"
The stranger, viewing the scenery
with delight, spoke absently, but with
5 a certain force. "Yes," he said, "the
-v??n+ABf + Vi iTI or In opnofinn ' ic prpn
5I ca LCOU IU1U5 iU V,i v. WW.
tion!"
The book was good because Victoria
had made one more step, shedding
all the bitterness that had been in hei
heart, leaving out all s>igns of her
knowledge of their weaknesses and
pettiness, making all of the strength
and simple greatness that abides with
plain people everywhere. It was
great, her book, because it reached
their hearts and showed them the way
up, stone by stone, to a better Petersham
than they had known. And
when it had reached its second edition
Victoria packed her trunk for a trip
abroad, set about closing up the house
and planning her glorious future.
Her income had reached a satisfactory
stage so that she -ould do as she
pleased without.counting the cost.
"They owed it to me," she kept
saying to herself as she went about
the house, "and they've paid in full,
for what I've got I took away from
them, right out of their very lives,
under their very noses, and they never
knew what they were giving me
! They deserve nothing more from me
I than I've given them." But she
stopped, for she knew that her reasI
oning was somewhat weak, and there
| remained another stepping stone tc
1 climb.
I After a little she went up stairs
and unpacked the trunk, and as one
bit of new finery slid to the floor af
ter another she sighed a little and
laughed a little and cried a little, as
is a woman's way when she is very
happy.
"I owe it to them," she whispered
1 "I owe it aH to them, for every step
of the way I've taken upward has
been by their help, building on a past
which never could have been without
them. How much I do owe them, after
all. I'm going to stay awhile and
tell them so."
And she did.?Boston Post.
WHEN BLEEDING WAS IN VOGUE.
Little Instrument of 'Jorture Was
f Used on Martyred President.
"Farmer" Lawton, of the Western
Union, uses a grewsome-looking paperweight
in the shape of an old-time
physician's bleeding instrument that
was generally in use up to sixty years
ago, and which once was used on
Abraham Lincoln.
The little instrument of torture is
a brass bos, one and one-half inches
square. On the lower side are hidden
sixteen steel lances. Before the instrument
is used th: lances are forced
mit nf their hrass sockets about one
eighth of an inch.
Then the instrument is gently
pressed against a portion of the body,
usually the arm, a spring is touched
and as the little lances disappear they
leave sixteen small wounds that penetrate
through the skin, each about a
quarter of an inch long and deep
enough to cause the patient's blood to
flow freely.
Medical men have not used these
crude instruments for bleeding people
for over fifty years.
The instrument wa3 the property
of Dr. George Hewitt, a distinguished
physician of Quincy, 111., during the
50's, and an uncle of the "old
farmer."
Shortly before becoming President
of the United States, and while practicing
law at Springfield, 111., Abe Lincoln
had one of his sick spells, and Dr
Hewitt was called over to Sangamon
County for consultation. He pro
nounced Lincoln's case the usual
spring malaria, but the local physician
was sure it wa3 bordering on
typhoid fever and nothing but a good
bleeding would save the coming
President's life.
Dr. Hewitt performed the operation
unwillingly, then watched the
effect for a few days, after which he
declared he would never use this instrument
upon another patient, and
he never did, although he practised
medicine until his death, twenty
years later. It was not long until
the leading physicians of this country
followed Dr. Hewitt's example and
began to give their patients tonics to
, make blood instead of draining theii
systems of blood that nature had provided
them with. In consequence
these little instruments of torture are
almost as much of a curio now as tho
dollar of our dad's, whose coinage
was stopped about the same time that
bleeding went cut of vogue.?Denver
News.
A Better Record.
When Peter Jenkins returned to
Lanesboro for a short visit after having
lived ten years in Colorado he ap1
parently could not say enough in
praise of his new home and in dispar
agement of his birthplace. His senti'<
ments were, as a general thing, received
with the utmost good nature
' by his old friends, but occasionally he
: met what the Lanesboro people called
"a come-uppance."
"Now, there's the climate," said
! Mr. Jenkins one day to a group of
listeners in the postoffice. "Why, the
> climate here isn't anything that's
! worth talking about, but out there!
It's fattening just to be out there and
? take in the climate.
1 "Why, when I went out there 1
only weighed 130 pounds, and now 1
1 turn the scales at 193."
1 "I can tell you a story of Lanesboro
climate that'll go nhead o' that. Peter,"
remarked Obed Strong quietly.
"Well, I should like to hear It,"
said Mr. Jenkins with a somewhat
sceptical smi'e.
"It's veracious, an' relates to my!
self," returned Mr. Strong calmly
? "When I come to Lanesboro 1 weighed
?it's in the fam'ly Bible?jest
pounds, an' now I settle the scales
down at an eveD 200."
Mr. Jenkins gave a sniff, but the
citizens of Lanesboro felt that the
reputation of the village climate had
been established.?Youth's Compan
ion.
A chimney of concrete block was
decently built in Germany without
the use of scaffolding, which repra>
, I
Sentimentality.
It is the fate of womankind to bi
charitably regarded as sentimenta
creatures, but if they are half as san
timental as the American man ha:
shown himself during the past yea
their case would indeed be pitiful
says the editor of the FederatioJ
Magazine.
A perusal of a large portion of thi
j American press would seem to indi
cate that the average man is regardet
as an easy mark to be fooled, cajolet
and entertained with a never-endinj
series of worthless sensations, appar
ently invented for the purpose o
keeping his mind employed and ob
livious, while his enemies are run
ning away with every right and privi
lege which a free people ever en
joyed.
Our wonderment as to how Romi
could be amused so successfully witl
gladiatorial shows while the earl;
emperors were subverting their lib
er.ties, now begins to give away befon
i the still greater achievement of thi
I yellow press of America. A littli
J learning is, indeed, a dangerou
thing, and Colonel Higginson's hu
j morous discussion as to whethe
j woman ought to be allowed to lean
j the alphabet might now be turnei
| to much better advantage by askini
whether men snouici oe auoweci t<
read the papers. Try to interest thee
on any serious subject and see wka
your experience will be. Can the;
weigh evidence?
Having Pictures Taken.
Fashions in dress" for the "takinj
of photographs" are almost as closel;
observed by smart women a3 thi
cd . \ Souffle of Hani, fl
?* | | fourths cup of macaroni
?3 i j boiling salted water un
S ( of cold water. Butter
g 5 ) lnto alternately with
?JL ? j in all about one cup oi
<3 ? j grated Parmesan cfieese
e_ 5 j mix with a generous cuj
j ' <?? and ham. Let bake in z
style of street costumes and gowns
worn for dinner, and fetf care to pos<
nowadays in any but the acceptec
design of frock.
The correct attire for having one')
photograph taken this season is ar
evening gown cut decollete. Clad ii
a light colored frock of the newes
filmy material with .trimming of sheei
lace or hand embroidery any womai
may feel that so far as dress goes hei
picture will be correct. The wearinj
of the big picture hats with plume3
ribbons and velvets, becomingly ar
ranged, which was such a fad a yea:
or so ago, is still in vogue. It de
, pends entirely upon the person pos
ing, and though the majority of pho
tographs will be taken without thest
hats, the latter are an adjunct of pic
ture taking that will probably alwayi
be considered good form.
The use of furs, provided they ar<
handsome ones, will again be fashion
able, for a boa or even a collarett<
placed carelessly around the necl
lends a touch of elegance that i:
greatly favored by the average worn
an. A fur cape or even a long coa<
thrown open in front to show th<
evening costume will be permissible
though doubtless little worn for pho
tographs.
The wearing of jewels on arms oi
neck depends largely upon the cos
tume the woman poses in. If it is ai
1" *? - : 1" "w/v Alfilinrot/
I exceedingly awi:.yio uhc, cm
| dog collar, or strands of pearls anc
I diamonds will naturally be out o
J place, as will heavy bracelets for th<
arms, while if the dress is muct
trimmed, ornaments will be in har
mony. It should be remembered, i:
selecting jewels to wear when posing
for pictures, that diamonds do no
take well, and that pearls, turquoises
or amethysts will show up much bet
ter when the likenesses are finished
As to the style in posing, bust anc
full length photographs will be mos
popular this winter, though a fe^
three-quarter lengths will be pre
ferred by persons who do not tak<
well in either of the other ways.
The trick of relieving the hands
j when posing of any awkward appear
j ance by putting a rose, a dainty fan
i a nair of gloves, opera glasses, or i
sheer piece of tulle for the neck intc
or around them will be used again
for any of them not only make <
more effective picture, but add :
gracefulness to the lines of the boa:
that otherwise would be lacking..
Glove3 on the arms are strictl]
tabooed, for they make the arms anc
hands look much larger, and, too, th<
long kid ones usually wrinkle and s<
spoil the harmony of even a beautifu
pose, for creases and folds about th<
hands and arms are a detriment t<
any photograph, where smoothness ii
the essential point.
When hats are worn they must al
ways be carefully put on and workec
with until they are just at .the mos
! becoming angle. If no headdress ii
| used, then the style of hairdressinj
' must be a soft and suitable one, foi
a photograph of a pretty coiffure tha
has no severe or hard lines will b<
much more effective than some elab
orate fashion that may be stylish, bu
Is not becoming.
Being photographed in e/eninj
j dress with one's canine pet, whicl
was done to such an extent last sea
son, will again be popular later on ii
the season.?New York Telegram.
Must Be Acknowledged Promptly.
Wedding invitations and announce
aents demand prompt acknowledge
| ment, for no matter how slightly on<
may be acquainted with those whoaf
names appear on the cards, the fac
that the bits of pasteboard have beei
sent requires the courtesy of ai
answer.
When there is a church wedding
with a reception afterward, acknowl
edgement depends upon tne way th<
T
ii
j|PPl9[
vited attends the ceremony and then,
5 within two weeks after, pays a visit ^
1 to the individual in whose name the c
_ invitations were issued. For exam- *
g pie, if Mr. and Mrs. Smith sent the
r cards, Mrs. Jones goes to see Mrs.
Smith, taking one of her own cards *
j and two of Mr. Jones', one of the lat- ?
ter being for Mr. Smith. If it is an
a unmarried woman who makes the
_ call, she leaves only one of her cards. I ?
j as she does not, of course, pay,a visit
j to the gentleman of the house.
, ' Those who are unable to go to the
I church must post visiting cards so
f they will be received on the day of the j5.
. ceremony. The number of the cards
_ is the same as those left at the call
. above described, and the envelope n
. should be addressed to Mr. and Mrs. ^
Smith. The form of these cards is
a not unlike that U3ed for a'.tea.
^ When the wedding invitation inY
eludes a card for the house reception, 1
. those attending leave cards on enter- ?
B ing the hall, as they would for an
0 afternoon affair?one of the woman's r
a for the hostess and two of the man's '
s for the hostess and host. A recepta.
cle is always provided on a stand in
r the hall for such visiting cards. .
1 Attendance at such a function ^
j means a call later, a month being the , ^
? longest period in which it is good t)
5 form .to delay. p
j No cards are left for the bride or t(
t bridegroom, they being guests, as it
y were. A visit is not paid to the bride
in her new home, unless one has been r
requested to, either verbally or by I ^
"at home" cards. | u
ine receipt 01 weaaing announce- 0
5 ment cards should be followed at once f;
r by posting visiting cards .to those in p
s'
lacaroni and Cheese.?Cook threei,
broken into inch lengths, in rapidly
til tender; drain and rinse in plenty I G
a baking dish and put the macaroni j
cold boiled ham, chopped fine/using
! ham, and sprinkle each layer with
j and bits of butter. Beat two eggs, ri
) of milk and pour over the macaroni
i slow oven until a custard is formed. 0
31 be In the form followed for invita- e
J tions. Unless such acknowledgement c
1 is given by those receiving announce- n
ments, the persons sending them have "
3 no way of knowing whether or not
i the cards arrived at their destination, i n
i Inasmuch as a certain number always !
t go astray despite precautlops, the an- ^
r swer is of importance. Jj
i It is not obligatory to send wedding
r gifts when only announcements have
been received. One is more inclined
. to do so when the wedding has been 11
a very small one, and announcements
are sent generally to the visiting list. ?
In cases where many persons are in- *
vited to attend the ceremony or go to
a reception immediately afterward
announcements become the merest
courtesy, and nothing except a return
card is expected from the recipients. a
When one is invited to both church r<
and house it is incumbent to send a
gift. It should go to the bride, even 11
though one may know her fiance aad ?
not her. .The sender's visiting cards
accompany it, nothing being written *
on them.?Rosanna Schuyler, in the
New York Telegram. p.
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PlReTTY'Sj I
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'TO WEAR 4^^
1 Shorter coats are coming into use. ^
f M
i All the new dance frocks have w
x short nklrts. 1 gl
The rose is the leader among cor- cs
1 sage flowers. a:
; Every other hat seems turned up tl
t at the left side. b
3 Fluffy malines are usurping the a
- place of the jabot.
i D
j The vogue of the fur hat is now ^
t firmly re-established. T
There are renewed predictions that V(
the old hip panniers are to come back ti
into style. r<
Jet buttons are a favorite mode of tl
adding .the invaluable touch of black B
to a colored garment. c<
Many of the handsomest silk P:
gauzes have printed borders which S'
work well into the new draperies. **
The puff is again in evidence; it ^
adorns the sleeve anywhere, seemingly,
between the shoulder and wrist. ^
Black and black and white?or V(
"marpie"?effects bid fair to remain
\ in high favor all through the season. jr
I ?
5 Some of the handsomest evening si
j and house dresses are glove-fitting tl
1 princess forms with a leaning toward ei
? th6 stiff-boned waist portion. w
> The newest revival in sleeves is the lc
3 kimono cut in one with the waist, but G
it is by no means so full and wide as
- formerly, and at first glancc does not
1 suggest its origin.
1 Navy blue topcoats with black fac3
ings and jet buttons are very chic, ,0
? both in Paris and America, and black
r buttons are seen on many of the long
suit coata of dressy style. tv
j I vi
An attractive dressing sacque may j
t be made of white wash crepe, bound i
'all around .the edges with colored rib- pi
r bon, and with huge dots of the same ^
? color embroidered over the surface.
The long rolling lapel worn so ,j(
i much in the cloth coats is carried out w
in the fur coats, .the collars and cuffs
usually being of one of the longhaired
furs, different from the body
. of the coat. bg
The fashionoble wedding stockings (D
i are marvels of beauty. Real laces,
; frail spider-web openwork and deli- (jj
t cate hand embroideries are lavishly
i employed with no thought to service- f
i ability?or price. ae
Levantine newspapers report that' ^
- Turkey has granted a conditional con- I
; cession to an American syndicate for
1r a 1243-mile railroad through Asia'^L
f r ' ' '
I V
British use of American shoemakig
machinery and the making of half
izes and various widths has lessened
lie sale of American shoes in Engxnd.
Ruftber leads in acreage and will
oon be .the most important agriculural
product of the Federated Malaj
tates. At this time rice is the prinipal
product. Rubber exports iD
907 were seven times those of 1905.
Of Japan's postal savings funds
about $50,000,000) the sum of $1,00,000
is loaned to the various preectures
for the development of loca!
adustries. To that extent the monej
f the people is being used to help
nd work for the people.
As all Asia Minor lights by peroleum
lamps, both houses ane
treets, its import of chimney glast
hrough Smyrna alone is worth $500,00
a year. No attempt by American
lanufacturers to export glass chimeys
to Smyrna has yet been heard of.
In Halmstad, Sweden, a manufacurer
is about'to start a spinning mil)
Dr making yarn out of paper. Suet
lllls already exist in Germany and
'ranee. Thus far the manufacture o?
ugs and carpets seems to be the mosf
ractical use of this new paper yarn
Whalebone cost oaly thirty-five
ents a pound half a century ago.
'o-day it costs about $5 a pound
'he total product landed from th?
itaerican fisheries during the ninesenth
centurv exceeded 90.000.00C
ounds. A single whale may yield uf
o 3000 pounds.
Japanese horses wear sandals ol
Ice straw. The Iceland peasant shoe?
Is pony with sheep's horn. In the
pper Oxu3 Valley horseshoes made
f .the antlers of the mountain deer,
astened with horn pins, are emloyed.
) Horses in the Sudan wear
ocks of camels' skin.
THE EDITOR'S MISTAKE.
lencrally Deemed an Inexcusable
Outrage For Newspaper to Err.
It is held to be an inexcusable outage
for a newspaper editor to make
tie slightest mistake in a statement
f any sort, while professional perans,
upon whose certainty of knowldge
and on whose statement in reard
thereto, life or death and the
lost Important interests depi%d,
lake the most serious errors without
lcurring the slightest criticism,
luch less blame.
Take the judge on the .bench,
'hose decisions are set aside or anulled
by higher courts almost every
ay, and the judge whose judgment is
a reversed does not suffer .in the
jast in public and professional estilation.
In the same way, the physician who
lakes a wrong diagnosis of his paent's
disease, administers treatment
iat results in faeath instead of a
nr# Inqpa nnnn nf thfl onnflripitrp nf
Is patrons in his skill, and he may
ill tiny number of persons secundum
rtem without incurring the slightest
ssponsibllity.
These are curious facts, ? but they
re facts, and they are mentioned,
ot by way of excusing editorial misikes,
for there is no excuse for them.
; is because every individual firmly
elieves that he could conduct newsapers
better than those who are
barged with the work, while no unrofessional
person would undertake
) usurp functions of the judge or the
hysiciai^.?New Orleans Picayune.
A Gorgeous Mace.
A reception was held at the Queen's
niversity, Belfast, on Saturday, at
rhich the mace to be presented by
[r. William Gibson to the university
as on view. It is of eighteen carat
old, decorated with stones, such aa
irnelian, Oriental onyx, lapis lazuli
nd carbuncles. Its length is thirtylree
inches, and its design symolizes
the sway of learning over the
rts, sciences and letters. The head
5sembles the high cross of MonasteroiQe,
though otherwise the mace is
ee from ecclesiastical character,
he head bears the arms of the uni
ersuy, surrounaea Dy insa Qeuurave
ornament. Above the surface in
jpousse is shown the decoration of
le Cumdach or shrine cf "Dimma's
ook." On the face in the second
sntre of the design is a scroll reroduction
in repousse of the Great
eal of Queen Victoria, who granted
le first charter to the foundation in
S45. That part of the mace'which
sads to the main column bears four
aiblematic figures representing
earning, holding the torch of Injntion;
Science, whose leading sym3l
is chemistry; Letters, representig
the author and scholar, and Art,
lowing the figure of Music, holding
le Harp of Ireland. The column'is
f ah f ol/loo Kni n nr anrlnVtoH
5UV-31UCU, 1UU1 OlU^O WCIU5 VUl 1VUVU
ith. Irish interlaced ornament. The
iscription is: "The gift of William
ibson, a citizen of Belfast, Novemjr,
1909."?London Times.
Wise Old Rip.
Rip Van Winkle awoke from his
>ng nap and started down the rocky
sights in a hurry.
"Why didn't you sleep another
v'enty years, old man?" asked the
llager.
"What," ejaculated Rip, in sur ise,
"and have them say I never
;ached the top of the mountain at
1?"
For oven iln those days there were
jubters and scoffers whose motto
as "Show me."?Chicago News,
Not Guilty.
Prisoner (as he is being dragged
ick from his cell)?"I tell you I am
nocent!"
Lynchers?"String him up! Hang
m!"
Prisoner?"But I am innocent! If
had been guilty wouldn't the jury
ive acquitted me?"
The mob retired through the bro:n
door of the jail.
"That iu so!" they muttered under
eir masks and in chorus. ? New
John MacMurtrie, a Norwood (Pa.) I
tnechanic, has Invented a plumber's jj
flropot. which burns kerosene Instead I
of gasoline or charcoal. I
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Day Dreams. !
By GEORGE T. HARGREAVES. !
"Hopeful Bill" he was dubbed In
his schooldays. The nickname clung
through all the -years. With his hair
tinged to the shade of the gray of
Storm clouds, his flabby cheeks corrugated
by cares and his squinting
eyes watery from the unspectacled
3train of half a dozen decades, he was ,
Hill "Hopeful Bill."
Dreaming in boyhood of the day '
when as an advocate-at-law?to
Jvhich profession his plastic mind as- i
pired?he would stir throngs with
:he fervor of his words, the originalj
ity of his ideas and the eloquence of
] his voice. Bill was deprived of even
the final rudiments of a common
school education by .the death of his
father.
| The dream of fame in the law dissolved,
but the glow it shed for him
continued until his duties as roustabout
in a hardware shop pointed his
mind in another direction. Here new
hopes were born. Eill, as he grew to
know something of trade, pictured
himself as master of all its details
and then as the owner of a vast establishment,
employing hundreds oi
hands and handling thousands of dollars.
Till, husbanding much technical
knowledge and on the way tc
promotion, this dream, too, was disI
siDated when business fell away > and
the sheriff locked the doors on the
scene of his labors.
Came other hopes no less satisfying.
Bill, .trying to be a carpenter,
drew himself on the canvas of his
dreams as the builder of business
skyscrapers and palatial homes. But
these hopes were blurred when 8
scaffold's fall bent one of his arms
into palsied shape.
Then he tried office work. Dreams
again varnished his toil as they pictured
him the\jrlsing master mind of 8
great commercial house. ' But the
handicap of disfigurement blotched
these. He lost his position when his
feeble arm proved unequal to hh
figure task.
The crowning hope arrived wken;
having wedded a pretty girl who had
accepted him more in pity than in
love, velvet-cheeked babies were consigned
tenderly to his awkward arms
One?two?three?four of the little
visitors arrived in turn, stretching the
meagre income so tenuously that parents
suffered to give the growing
children food and clothes. Yet Bill
whimpered not. Hi3 mind was toe
crowded with glowing dreams of the
! future attainments of his offspring. v j
Even when age-slackened feet reduced
him .to the task of a common
night watchman Bill kept his prospects
bright with anticipations of a
brilliant flse of his boys and girls.
Friends smiled sympathetically, acquaintances
grinned sarcastically,
neighbors scoffed rudely as. Bill
voiced glowingly his predictions ol,
the coming achievements of his
I .LIU.a.
I CUUUiCU.
And l^ater, when the burden of
years made daily toil impossible and
the aged man found shelter beneatb
the roof of a grown and married son,
Bill still nursed dreams of greatness
for the chuckling grandchildren whc
scrambled to his knee.
And, finally, when the family
physician left the sickroom with a
solemn shake of his head and the
declaration that Bill could not last
but a. day or two longer, the patient,
when asked how he felt, wheezed: t'
"Oh, better; I'm hoping to be out
of this to-morrow."
Bill's life a failure? SureSy, the
' superficial rrorid will insist.
But is it certain that ah the vivid
dreams that filled Bill's wakeful
hours were not -the bearers of as
much happiness and satisfaction tc
him as the pomp of power to kings,
! unbridled luxuries to the rich or capstone
achevements to tho master
j builders in science and the arts??
j New York American.
The Hopping Prince.
Senator Tillman at a Washington
dinner party was talking about the
duties of an ambassador.
"They are important duties," said
he. "A really good ambassador
should know all about the country
. Ha oont tn Thfin ha wouldn't make
the mistake committed by an Ameri|
can in Afghanistan.
j "This American entertained the
j shahzada for three days, giving him
; a very handsome suite of rooms in
I his house.
I "The morning of the sh&hzada's
arrival the American host visited him
in his apartment and was amazed to
see the royal guest and his entire
staff hopping about the floor in the
oddest way. They conversed politely
and gravely, but instead of walking
they hopped, taking great leaps
of eight or nine feet.
"The host ventured to ask the reason
of this hopping. The shahzada
politely replied:
" 'You see, this carpet is green,
with pink roses here and there. Green
is a sacred color with us, so we are
obliged to hop from rose to rose. It
I Is good exercise, but rather fatiguing,
; [ confess.' "?Washington Star.
rv?nl Wasted hv Locomotives.
Ninety million tons of coal were
; consumed by the locomotives on
American railroads last year, according
to Professor Goss, of the University
of Illinois, more than one- |
half of this amount being lost through :
waste in operation. Estimating the j
totals from experiments actually con- i
ducted, Professor Go3s states that
more than ten million tons are lost
"through the heat in the gases that
are discharged from the stacks of the I
locomotives." This is a loss that has )
been iu evidence since coal was first 1
burned in a locomotive, but up to the ;
present time no means have been discovered
for checking it.?Portland
Oregonian.
!
Curing a Cynic.
The best way to cure a cynic is to
tell him the truth.
Nine times out of ten he v.*i 11 back
down and say he doesn't believe
things are as bad as that.?Puck.
The oil strike in Tayabas, P. I., |
has brought into existence six oil development
companies. Many other
I companies have also been lately
formed to develop the mineral re
The leading makers of "all-British" i i;l
automobiles are giving special attentiop
to aeroplane engines and have
delivered several V-type flfty-horse- ! !
power machines to Intending aviators.^^HB
These motors, although they
only 300 pounds, are claimed
capable of delivering as high.as
enty-five horsepower. One of
was recently installed in a new
A minor drawback connecte^HHBj^M
the nse of the electric
been found to be in the facl^H^B^H^B
temperature varied considei^^SHB^HH
was passed from one piece^^HSB^^BS
to another containing mofl
moisture. This has now 1
come by au automatic tnea^^H^V^ I
trol by which the ten^^H^^^ps I
maintained aty one point^^^^PTa , ^ J
fraction of a degree. ?&n|V Vl
i ' ?j
| A shell which will hit two marks 1
will be tested. The solid steel head I
j?>f the shell contains a-charge of high
explosive Which is detonated onl impact.
Back of this is the shrapnel
chamber, containing 120 bullets and
a charge of high explosive. The
shrapnel portion can be timed to explode
above a body of troops, leafing .
the solid head of the shell to pass od
and strikfe elsewhere.
. V *
An unsolved problem in geological
history is,the disappearance of-the
gigantic dinosaurs, which may be Mid ' ,v
to have ruled the animal world Id
the cretaceous period. They are
known to have lived in nearly all
lands until the close of that period. ?'
aays Dr. A. S. Woodward, and there is
no reason to believe that they suffered
from a struggle with any warmblooded
competitors. They seem to v
- x i JoiU
nave aiea a uaiurai uwiu.
Through the discovery of radium
in the' neighborhood, it is possible (
that Marienbad will be in a position ' i.
to add radinm bafhs to its other heal- (
ing institutions ne:;t year. In an old
6ilver mine, un worked since the
fifteenth century, near Schoenflcht,
'uranium ore has been found enbedded
in the mountain granite sad
very near the surface. Experiments
made in the' Balneological Hygienic
Institute there show that thisv radium
rock, pulverised and dissolved 'in ^8
water, makes the water in a 'few
hours radioactive in a much higher j
degree than the strongest baths at
Gastein. ,
KING EDWARD'S BOUSES. - ^
Has So Many That He Lends Then to
Save Expense of Upkeep.
There is a good deal of speculation
in England as to who will hav$ the
offer of White Lodge from King Edward
if, as is expected, Mrs. H*rvraann
resigns her tenancy owtafc to v
financial difficulties. It is 8B
jpot for a residence, only just a tar
miles out of London, yet perfectly
rural in.all its surroundings.
The drawback to White Lodge is
that the place, though not large, is
eery expensive to keep up, and it was
ror mis reasua mat ??vertti pcuyio x cfused
the King's offer after the death
of the Duke of Teck?including, so ^
(t was said at the time, at least one
member of the royal family.
These extra residences around London
prove rather an embarrassment
Df riches to ^he King, who does not
need them himself. Buckingham J
Palace, Windsor Castle, Balmoral and j
Sandringham are all the places the i
King and Queen need in the course j
of the year. Yet if not lived iu these
empty houses would be a drain on the
privy purse in the matter of upkeep.
Almost all these superfluous houses
have been at the'King's disposal sinc?
he came to the Ihrone. Thus, says
The Gentlewoman, we have the . 'v
Prince and Princess of Wales at Frogmore,
Georgiana Lady Dudley at
Pembroke Lodge, Richmond; Colonel
and Lady Sarah Wilson at the Stud
House, Hampton Court; Sir Stanley
and Lady Clarke at the Ranger's
Lodee. Hvde Park, and so on.
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Awful Suspense.
Strangers seeking accommodations
in Brockton during the fair tell many
funny stories of their experiences.
One man, after ringing hesitatingly
the night bell, was answered by a
gruff voice informing him *hat there,
remained only one room, and that bA ji
side a very nervous and irritable old
gentleman, who had been in the hotel
for some time and was a star boarder i
there. After the poor fellow, tired
by his day's sightseeing, promised to
be very careful not to make any noise,
he was allowed to enter. Undressing
hurriedly, he thoughtlessly allowed
one shoe to fall with a resounding
l crash; then catching himself, he care
fully laid down the other and crawled
beneath the quilts, only to be disturbed
about a half hour later by a
knock at the door. . ^
Upon asking what the intruder
! wanted a high, shrill voice piped out,
! "Hey, there, why don't you put down^^BS
that other shoe, or are you a
legged man?"?Boston Record.
The Newspaper.
The publisher of a newspaper h^^HIH
one thing to sell and one to rent.
hna Hip newsnanor to sell and the^H^Si
space in his columns to rent. Can^^^Hj
anyone tell us why he should be ex<H9R
pected to give away either the one or
the other? He can if he chooses, and
does as a matter of fact, furnish a nM
great deal of space rent free. But it
does not follow that he ought to be
expected to do so. It ought to be
recognized as would be the giving of^H^E
sugar or coffee by the grocer. But^^^Hg
strange to say, u is uui iuukku
In that light c.t all, and yet everyba^^^Bfl
knows that the existence of a news*
paper depends upon the rent of its
space and the sale of paper. Just.
the same as a merchant's success de-' jMB
pends on selling his goods instead of