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THE NATIONS!. BANK OF AUGUSTA J L. C. HAYNK, Pres't P. G.POBI), Cashier. [ Capital, ?250,000. Undivided Profita } $110,000 Faculties of our magnificent New Vault foontainlng 410 .?afoty-Lock Boxen. Dur?r ent Sizes are offered to our patrons and th? public at 83.00 to 910.00j>er Anmim, THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA, Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Hayne, President. Chas. C. Howard, Cashier. THOS. J ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1901. VOL. LXVL NO. 46. Wedding Invitations, Engraved "\ Plate and 1U0 Cords $1.05. Watch mond Setting and Engraving don 1 WM. SCHWEI?ER! . 702 Broad St., New York City.-Norfolk styles make ? marked feature of the season, and aro noticeable in waists as "well as Jackets. The smart May Manton MIS SSS' KOBPOLK WAIST. model shown ls made on the latest lines and ls correct in every detail. As shown the material is Une serge flannel woven In a pretty fancy plaid, collars, cuffs and heit being of black velvet, but plain flannel, corduroy, vel veteen, striped- flannel, cashmere and Jpriate for the costume and the odd waist The foundation, or fitted lining, ls rsuugly fitted and closes at the centre front The waist proper is laid in box pleats that are stitched at their under folds and extend from the neck and shoulders, the closing being effected by means of bnttons and buttonholes worked through the pleat at thc centre front The two seamed sleeves are in A COMFORTABLE dress style with slightly flaring cuffs. The neck is finished with a standing collar that terminates In a point, and at the waist is a narrow curved belt. To cut this waist for a miss of four teen years of age three and a half yards of material twenty inches wide, three and a quarter yards twenty seven Inches wide, two and three quarter yards thirty-two Inches wide or two yards forty-four inches^wlde will be required, with three-eighth yards of velvet to trim as illustrated. A Bteonlne Home OOTT?I. Comfortable home gowns, that are tasteful and becoming at the same time that they can be slipped on with ease, are essential to every woman's outfit The charming May Manton model shown lu the large illustration fulfills all the requirements and has the merit of being in the latest style. The original is made of turquoise blue coallie with black figures, the front and undersleeves being of plain blue Sapho satin. The revers of black vel vet and the edging a fancy galloon, tn which threads of gold are woven, bot many equally satisfactory materials might be suggested. Cashmere, albat ross princess crepe, nun's veiling and French flannel are all fashionable, while soft silk always make a hand? some gown. The back is fitted with a centre seam, side-backs and under arm gores that curve to the figure and give a princess effect The full front is tucked to yoke depth, then falls free, Its edges being attached under the fronts proper, which are turned back to form revers. Beneath ls a snugly fitted body lining that extends slightly below the waist Jina. Th? fancy sleeves ore arranged m Vetches, Jewelry, Sterling Silver 's Fine Cut Ghss, Clooks, Vases, Ste. Visiting Cards. Repairing, Dia 0 by experts. TAKEN IN EXOHANGE FOR 3. SEND FOB CATALOGUE. f & CO., Jewelers. Augusta, Ga. over fitted linings and are curved at the lower edge where they fall ov . soft puffs. At the front ls a velvet rib bon that it attached at the under-arm sea .ns, brought around to the front and bowed. To cut this gown for a woman of me dium size thirteen yards of material twenty-ono inches wide, eleven yards twenty-seven Inches wide or seven yards forty-four luehes wide will be required, with two and a quarter yards twenty-one inches wide for full front and undersleeves and seven eighth yards of velvet to trim as illus trated. A Coquettish Little Garment. A smart bolero of Irish point lace is made double breasted and the ampli tude In width atones for the excessive shortness of a coquettish little gar ment. This ls fastened on the left side with three flat buttons about the size of a penny and gleaming like guinea gold. Three seems to be the canonical number for these beautiful fastenings. They look like golden pen nies and have none of the superficial aspect of cheap gilt buttons. A. Favorite Shirt Waist. Thc shirt waist that closes at the ,ba(jj^ls_^ft_xecognIzed favorite, and ^proinnsesai/ tucau-no J og ag xor yi any months to come, The admirable May Manton model Illustrated is suited to silk, velveteen, corduroy, flannel, cash mere, albatross and all waist mate rials, but In the original ls made of white flannel with tiny gold buttons us trimming. The lining fits snugly and smoothly, and is desirable for all light weight wools and silks, but can be omitted when heavier materials are used or HOUSE GOWN. for any reason lt ls not desired. The front of the waist proper is laid in small box pleats that are stitched deepest at the centre and grow short er as they approach the arm-eyes, each of which is held at the end by three small buttons. The five pleats at the back are stitched for their en? tire length and form groups of two at each side of the centre, where the clos. lng Is effected by means of buttons and. buttonholes. The sleeves are in bishop style, with pointed cuffs that match the novel treatment of the collar. To make this waist for a woman of medium size four and a quarter yards of material twenty-one Inches wide, A POPULAR SHIRT WAIST. three and a half yards twenty-seven Inches wide, three yards thirty-two Inches wide or two and a quarter yards forty-four inches wide will be required. S A REAL TE? ? BY El Some years ago an eminent railro man said: "They will build engic that will beat a mile a minute da with a heavy train, but to opera them successfully you'll have to i vent something besides flesh a: blood." And the tenderfoot who has clui to a fireman's "seatbox" while tl machine under him was spinning o the miles at that rate will vigorous second the statement But that assertion was made ba< yonder in the 19th century. This the 20th. The Burlington had completed i eastern cut off to the Mississippi ri cr, and one locomotive was coverir the division between Brookfield and S Louis, 175 miles. The Northern Pacific exprei reached the mid-Missouri division ? minutes late. The engine hauling was sending aloft a geyser of steai from the safety valve and quiverin all over as if enraged that in spil of its best exertions this dishonor ha attached to it And the engine drive was mean enough to slander L by sa] lng, rtShe just wouldn't make steam. If the machine could have talked ; would have said something aboi "nerve." A helper leaped into the cab as th engineer stepped off, and ran the ec gine down to the tracks leading to th round house. Then there was slowl backed up to the long line of vest! buled coaches that had come in fror the Coast, a double compound, a typ recently adopted by the road. Th coupling was made so gently that th most sensitive passenger could noi have told when tho tender struck th front express car. The engineer, "Aus tralian Jack," as the boys called him walked over to the fireman's side an< looked down the depot platform where trucks of baggage and expr?s; were being noisily wheeled about ? tall man with an iron gray mustachi emerged from the crowd and walkei up to No. 850-Jack's engine. He wa; superintendent of the lines in Mis sour!. "Jack," he said, "we're nearly ai hour late. The president and two ol the directors are along, and they wani to catch the Iron Mountain at Union station in the^ morning. There's a hie consolidation meeting of the Southern at Memphis tomorrow, and they have to be there. They won't wait for them if they're late. Blossom lost time out of the junction because he was af of the new track work, and the 1 uns' are 'most wibi You undera taJtai *h'fl ,m ea np *n "a" _, Australian. Jade tnnrh?t^nin inclined his head a little, but nothing. As the superintendent t. . away a messenger boy rushed up ard 850. The official stopped hin: took the message from his hand, said: "Never mind; Jack don't that now. Ill give it to him at the station." When 850 started there was no slip I ping of the drivers, no sudden jerk and shutting off of the steam. Th? engineer clasped the lever with a vel vet touch and the wheels began to move. The start was so gradual that the great men, who were smoking their cigars in the rear compartment of the president's car frowned and wondered if the man at the throttle was of the sort that could gather up that 50 min utes out of a schedule that called for nearly 60 miles an hour. "I think Jack will make Jt all right,'' 6aid the superintendent; "but I'm afraid I played him a scurvy trick to night, and one for which he will nev er forgive me when he learns the truth." "What was that?" said the presi dent "Well, his mother, who lived down the road a piece, had been unwell for several days, and just before starting the telegraph boy went toward the en gine with a telegram. I knew it wasn't a train order because they were all in. It struck me that Jack had better not get the message just then, and I took it It was from his sister and simply said, 'Mother Is dead.' " concluded tre superintendent, with a sigh. "It was too late to get another man, and I didn't fell him." "And he is ignorant of his misfor tune?" said one of the directors. "Of course," answered the superin tendent. "It might be dangerous to let him know while making the sort of run he has to make tonight." The speaker judged from sharp experience. The men smoked their cigars in si lence. The smooth rolling cars be gan to gather momentum, but there was no jerking, no swinging of the solid train-just an easy slipping along as a pneumatic tired buggy might run over a velvet carpet The superintendent explained the distances between the stations and the men who had thousands at stake on the success of the run got out pa per and figured the rate at which the miles were being thrown behind. The 34 miles to Macon were made in 39 minutes-the numerous coal switches in Macon county being responsible for the loss of five minutes. This made 55 minutes behind, and the railway mag nates gloomily shook their heads. * "Boys," said the president, "I'm afraid the jig is up. He'll never make lt It's queer they refused to r^stpone that meeting; guess they don't want us there." The superintendent looked at the floor and said nothing. It seemed to the impatient men in the rear car that the express and baggage men at Macon would never get through. At last the signal was given, and the train started out on the new St. Louis cut off. After creeping through the yards, lt came into the open and plunged through the rich farming lands, where the early pioneers of the middle west had fought Indians, lev eled the great forests, and made his tory. The rock ballast road bed was as level as a billard table, and Austra lian Jack had struck the schedule gait ; before the officers realized it At a tiny station, 10 miles northwest ol T OF NERVE, LR WHITE. Paris, the superintendent noted his watch. Within 10 minutes the roar! of the rushing express train started the echoes in the drowsy county seat' of Missouri's Democratic Gibraltar; Monroe county, and a minute after}-' wards the red lights on the rear car were disappearing in the direction_o?f? the Mississippi. There was but onpj more stop until the Missouri river was' reached, and the superintendent knpr Jack would make the run of his'?te. to Old Monroe. t The ne>:t 10 miles was made In eigit and one-half minutes. Then the.a gine settled down to work. The ri& was increased to 10 in eight minut?; then in seven; then in six, which ws the limit and which was held wlthat. deviation. The president dropped bale in his chair. He knew the man n front was doing everything humanly could accomplish. Out of every :0 miles traversed he was placing far minutes against the 55 on the dett side, and if the gait was kept' up o the city limits the train would bak into Union station exactly on time, j As the early dawn of the June morfc ing crept over the Mississippi, the li?' ited crossed the line of Audrain ,ali invaded the soil of old Pike, tho sta?? ing point of so many of Missouiii worthy sons. Some of the passenger^ scenting the approach to the rivei^ walked out into the vestibules to look; at the scenery In the twilight TheV they noticed something of which thej^ had been unaware while lying in theij chairs-that the mileposts and othei objects were whizzing past them at'.t rate they had never before experi't enced in all their lives. It was hard to believe that gently rocking tralri was annihilating distance at the rate1 of 80 miles an hour, but that ia 1& story the mileposts told. . At Old Monroe there was .'tv The dispatcher had calculated on run of only 60 miles an hour out q Macon, and had permitted a north bound train to leave West Altonion1; tre limited's supposed lost time. The; president and directors frowned and began to look anxious again. Ten min-; utes were placed on the wrong . side' of the ledger. The officials from their; observatory glared at the innocent freight engineer, and the president said something the Sundays schools books don't approve of. It seemed so long this time before 850 struck the maximum that the nrao--< ident thon?fct tbs .. . r . . .; ! ?: tr,? jv-.;,. H?? yv>,j3?cUc? ?-'.'S-vi?. >:o ?tc'-'Wfi'v? ? . . - ..-.4i..L .::..*;.)..... :. -*~- .yt rj*at ' .na!:- . ? ;. .!(!! :. ... .. . : CT ? <, . ?jCOfc _ vue system. When 850 reached it she "jumped" like a race horse. It was the first Jar felt by the passengers during the trip from the central Missouri division. Along here the speed of the train was little short of a hurricane. The section was cov ered before the passengers hardly re alized they were on it, and the train leaped over the bridge without dimin ution of speed. Then a smooth road, a few turns, and the heavy fog of tho city obliterated the appearances of day. The officials looked at their watches. "There's only one way he can make lt," said the president "Will there be much travel over the streets this early do you think?" he asked the su perintendent "There'll be some," that officer re plied, "but they'll open the bell valve and take the chances. If we don't strike anything you'll reach the sta tion to the second." Along the winding, wriggling track around the lumber yards, warehouses, glue works and factories the nerve racking rate was held with death-like tenacity. At one crossing a team es caped annihilation by hardly a hair's breadth, and the men who looked out of the glass windows in the rear could see the driver and several people ges ticulating and shaking the fists in their direction. A policeman standing in a saloon door scowled and wrote something In his note book. With a roar and a rush the train shot up on the elevated, flew past the ancient levee warehouses, around the tene ments in the southern district, and then took one strand of the web south of Union station and followed it to a given point; then stopped and Blowly backed imo the sheds, . "Gentlemen." said the superintend ent, "'the Iron Mountain ls over on tho 10th track. You have three minutes to reach it" He then hurried to the front of tho train. Australian Jack leaped from his cab and waited. His face was as pale as death and his lips twitched. Soldiers tell us the bravest men lose their nerve after the battle. "Jack, my boy," said the superin tendent, "you've done me a good turn tonight and I fear I've done you an ill one. I got this message for you at Brookfield, and wouldn't deliver it then because-because-because-" "For fear I'd flunk," said Jack. He took the paper mechanically. Ho didn't start, as the superintendent ex pected, but folded lt and put lt in his pocket "I saw the boy hand you the m?s sage," said the engineer, "and you read it and looked at me. That told me the story. I knew then my poor old moth er was dead, because Bhe had been very lil an?1 my sister had agreed tt> tell me how she was Just before w? started. I knew the worst had hap pened when you did not give the mes sage to me." And Jack sat down'on the step of the tender and burled his face In his arms. The superintendent reverentially took off his hat and looked across at the network of tracks and moving i-wltch engines. He appreciated 'his subordinate's devotion to duty because he himself had risen through efforts >f a kindred nature.-The Criterioi Canada last year added 541 to railway mileage and Mexico 640. j ARSENIC FACTORIES. Habits Acquired by the People Who Work In Them. White arsenic ls the form in which arsenic is taken by the peasants of Styria and the Tyrol. Prof. Schall grueber of Gaetz was thc first to call attention to this practice ia a report which he made in 1S22 to the Aus trian government on the cause of the numerous deaths from arsenic poison ing in those districts. He found that arsenic was kept in most of the houses in Upper Styria under the name of hydrach, evidently a corruption of huttenrauch, or furnace smoke. His statements made were subsequently confirmed from personal observation by a Dr. McClagan of Edinburgh,' but for many years afterward the arsenic eaters were generally disbelieved in, and it was not till 1860 that C. Heise published convincing evidence. Arsenic is principally eaten by hunters and wood cutters, with the ob ject of warding off fatigue and im proving their staying powers. Owing to the fact that the sale of arsenic is illegal in Austria without a doctor's certificate, it is difficult to obtain defi nite information of a habit which la kept as secret as possible. According to a Dr. Lorenzo, in that district, the arsenic ls taken fasting, usually in a cup of coffee, the first dose being mi nute, but increased day by day, until lt sometimes amounts to the enormous dose of 12 or 15 grains. He found that the arsenic eaters were usually long lived, though liable to sudden death. They have a very fresh, youthful ap pearance, and are seldom attacked by infectious diseases. \ After the first dose the usual symp toms of slight arsenical poisoning are evident, but these soon disappear on continuing the treatment In the arsenic factories in Salzberg it is stated that workmen who are not arsenic eaters soon succumb to the fumes. The manager of one of these works informed Mr. Heise that he had been medically advised to eat arsenic before taking up his position. He con sidered that no one should begin the ?practice before 12 years old nor after 30, and that in any case after 50 years of age the daily dose should be grad ually reduced, since otherwise sud den death would ensue. If a confirmed arsenic eater suddenly attempts to do altogether without the drug he imme diately succumbs to the effects of ar senic poisoning. The only way to ob viate this Is gradually to acclimatize the system by reducing the dose from day to day. As another evidence of the cumulative properties of arsenic it is interesting to note that when .gravevardR in TTnr.o. _. .lbw bodies of -hr arsenic eaters - *.?? iisUngnlshed liy in*ir '...?. . pe .. . st;:a -.? pro: - ; n ?o ?.... ?ta rfrf.4>ably nc book on the g*n?*ral ??... . i.?:iene Eas b?*??n pui..-. .. che dav? ai Horaco Wf*j u; tue present time that does not Include at least a reference to the po sition of the pupil at his desk. In deed, even Locke hinted at this when he wrote that the pulpil "should learn how to lay his Paper and place his Arm and Body to . IL" One of the blessings promised by those who in troduced the vertical system of pen manship was a correction of the crook ed-back position of the pupils, since they must sit correctly In order to write the script correctly. The verti cal system, If properly used, does pos sess this merit as long as the child is engaged in the writing exercise, but its Influence amounts to little beyond this. Although I visited scorer* of school-rooms of all grades, in country and city, yet, so far as I can recall, the position of the pupil while writing was apparently unnoticed by any teacher, at any time, in any room, ex cept during the few minutes set apart for "penmanship." This is all the more painful when we consider that writing as a distinct exercise occupies only a few minutes each day, while one-fifth to one-half of the time spent by the pupil In the school building is occupied by written work. Indeed, the spelling of the motto of the school room of today seems to have been Blightly changed until it reads: "Al ways do write." The undue amout of time given to this work may be more or less peda gogical; but it is most certainly unhy gienic, for not only are the muscles of the trunk and arms involved in an in correct position at the desk, for the greater part of the time, but the in Jury to the eyes from too close atten tion to the script and from the care ful following of the pen and pencil points would seem to be incalculable. Incorrect posture insidiously teuds to Induce spinal curvature and diseases of the Internal organs.-R. Clark in the Forum. Pacific Contt Discoveries. According to Dr. Wilson, of the United States national museum, the fringe of country lying between the coast range and the Pacific contains many peculiarities yet unexplained. For instance, it has a greater number of families of Indian languages than all the rest of North America com bined. The arrow-heads and spear heads there are different from those found anywhere else. Pottery was not one of the arts of the Pacific coast, although It was made by the neigh boring peoples of Mexico and the Pueblo country. On the other hand, the finest specimens of basketry in the world, perhaps, in either ancient or modern times, are found there. It may be said, by the way, that Dr, Wilson regards the famous Calaveras skull as a genuine relic of ancient man on the Pacific slope. Shoef-KIUIng Dog?. Sheep killing dogs are so numerous In many sections of the south as tc discourage farmers from attempting tc keep flocks, for which they have am ple range. A bulletin by the govern ment recently published emphasized the value of Angora goats as a pro' tection for flocks of sheep from th< ravages of dogs.-Cotton Planters Journal. Cumulus, or thunder clouds, rarely rise over two miles. Seven miles li the outside height for any cloud. i THE INDIAN A THE American Indian ls of that physique which makes n good farmer, and the won der is that tiley were not sent j Into the fields ere this instead of inak-. ing them go to school. Education is essential, but ninety-nine per cent, of j those who return home from school either do nothing or go into farm life, j The other one per cent, become pro- ? fesslonal men. "Within the past few j'ears the strides made by the Ameri can red man in fanning have been remarkable. More Indians are taking to the plow than the public would THE SEGER INDU believe. But it is also true that fully twenty per cent, of them, after having passed through a training-school, will return to the reservation and go on the downward trail again. It ls quite easy to teach an Indian, but another matter to make him remember and obey that which he has been taught. One may travel through any reserva tion in the "West to-day and find many Indians at work in the fields, lt may seem odd to see a blanketed buck hoc f*-: i OM/.JSGHE INI?!. : uh:;,,; r;;-" ^i. .. .. - ? t.. :..>>. Arizona, Dakoia? and .. : ?" ' :,r \ <' i-. fields of '.yn.m? .. The; caned civiiiz^u that they belong to the Five Tribes. I have ridden for a whole day through a vast field of wheat owned and culti vated by full-blood Cherokees. They live in palatial homes, and are a hos pitable people, industrious and pro gressive. It was about 1SS7 that the United States Government first came to the conclusion that manual labor would exercise a greater influence toward civilization than anything else. That A DELAWARE INDIAN FARMER. wa3 the date when their flirt lands were allotted to them. It was then belired that the proper way to go nb?ut teaching Indians to farm was to place them ou a quarter section of the good laud, saying, "You must get a living out of this or starve." In a few years they found thc un tutored savage quito willing to starve or fight. In riost cases he was more anxious to fight. Some of the mos! atrocious crimes have been committed by these same border redskins whe WASH ITA AND CADDO INI had been placed on a certain trac of land and told to work it. It wa after all this that the Governmen learned the Indian had to be taught LS A FARMER I j So after years of patient teachlug, red s men In farm life have become a mat- t ter of course. It is their shortest cut c to civilization. c In the United States to-day there c are 38,000 Indians who earn their own n living by farm-work. Last year they t sold tbeir farm products for a com- \ bined sum of $1,40S,S05, over and t above the expenses of living. This g was nearly $40 per capita, which is ? very good considering the fact that c thirty per cent, of them have never I before farmed an acre of land. Some i of the Indian farmers never did a ? STRIAL SCHOOL COLONY, OKLAH? day's work In all their life before. Some have been at work for five or six i years. One farmer, a Kiowa living i in Oklahoma, raised last year wheat < making twenty-six bushels to the acre, I and corn running sixty bushels. He tilled the fields alone, except In havest- i time, when he engaged a number of : harvest hands to assist His income : from last year's crop was $3500. His farm is^a model one. Originally the land, 600 acres in extent, we3 set aside fattened, and every farming imple ment waa shedded for winter. This Indian, who was once a noted fighter, now puts In seven months in each year on his place, and works even harder than the average white farmer. While one cannot say too much good concerning his farming ability, his moral character is in keeping with other Ilndians. Sometimes, when he can get the liquor, he will remain drunk for a whole month. He wears a blanket In the winter, and attends the medicine dances and dog feasts In summer. So while the Government has tamed him in one way they still have a great deal to accomplish. His steps are slow and halting. As it Is with this Kiowa farmer one will also find It with many other Indians. They cannot take many advance steps in one year; not even five will see a com plete change In their condition. To make a good farmer out of a warrior requires no less than seven yenrs. There are to-day about 267,800 In dians In the United States, of which 220,000 do not work. Therefore only seven per cent, of the entire Indian population on the reservation earn their own living, excluding the In dians of the Five Civilized Tribes. This Is quite an Improvement over three years ago, when not three per cent, were capable of taking care of themselves. There are to-day 85,750 members of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian. Territory. These are the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminole Indians. They yet retain their land In severalty, but it will be allotted before another year. These are called educated Indians, and last year they earned $1,500,000 from the sale of beef and cattle. It costs the Government from $4,000.000 to $5,000, 000 every year to educate the red skins and set them up in farming. The Osage Indians-the richest In dians in the United States-are, con trary to general belief, the most in dustrious. They had out last year ; 20,000 acres of land, from which they ' raised 100,000 bushels of wheat, 10, : OOO bushels of oats, and 500,000 bush els of corn. The Sioux outnumber the Osages i two to one, hence the value of their i products wus even greater than those : of the Osages. But the Sioux go in I for cattle-raising, having sold 12,000 i head of cattle in one season, and made ?IANS CLEARING A CORNFIELD. $53,000 therefrom. The Cherokees are also great cattle-raisers. Practical farming ls now being taught in many Indian schools of the / Southwest country. An experiment of auch value was attempted among the Cheyennes In Oklahoma not long ago. Ln Indian agent wished the school toys to milk cows for him, and agreed o give each one who milked for three nonths a nico calf. Fifteen boys tarted, but they were so ridiculed by he older men of the tribe that twelve >f them gave lt up. Three won the lalves, and the pride of being owners if the cattle served as quite an assist ince in getting other Indian children o try. After a year twelve boys had von calves, and the agent asked them o plow corn for him, agreeing to rfve them all the corn they could ,TOW. Ten boys volunteered to grow .orn, and they actually raised 3000 >ushels, which was sold and after* vards converted Into thirty head of iteers. . i )MA TERRITORY. Each steer was branded with an in dividual brand chosen by the boy own er. This made them prouder .than ever, and more industrious. Every boy at the agency wanted to go to work at once, and as a result of that experiment the Cheyennes are the most industrious farmers of any tribe so recently on the war-path.-W. R. Draper, In Harper's "Weekly. THE CHERRY TREE FROG. He Lives in Australia and is Happy In Spite of Troubles. This is a picture of the Australian tree frog (Hyla caerulea). Optimists have long maintained that everything which has been created has some use. The use of the tree frog Is to set an example of cheerfulness. "I am not beautiful," thinks the tree frog, "and therefore the way for me to make peo ple love me Is to be good and cheer ful." When the tree frog finds him self becoming depressed by the thought that he lacks the grace of the young gazelle he J s wont to restore his good *.--?r,/? hi? mind to dwell ?rn tb..: old jok?? about h??,-,<-:~"' ?li 2.3a lu hin effort to t. cneer, ano ma . . . commendable. He lives in Australia, THE ACSTBALIAX TREE FROG. for one thing, and that is so far from the Bowery! But, as a compensation for this he ls a subject of Edward VII., and his satisfaction at this ls seen reflected In his face. Then, as geographers know, Australia is on the o:ber side up from the Bowery, but the tree frog smiles to think that he lives lu a tree, where he has only to cling to a branch and does not fall off. And then, whenever there is a shake downhill any of the precincts adjacent to the Bowery, the tree frog expe riences a shake-up, and again rejoices In the compensation of nature. In short, the tree frog leads a simple, quiet, orderly life, with honest mo tives, generous Impulses and earnest endeavor, and Its motto is "Handsome ls that handsome does." This picture of the tree frog is taken from Nature, and ls sclentllically ac curate. This account of him is not taken from Nature, but is quite orig inal, and aims to be popular rather than scientific-New York Tribune. Why He Kept Silent. At an evening party a gentleman re lated an adventure in which he had been thc principal actor, and, seeing unmistakable shadows of doubt on the faces of his hearers, he appealed to a friend who was preseut and who had witnessed the circumstances to cor roborate his statement To his utter confusion his friend denied all knowledge of the affair. Meeting some time afterward the suspected Ananias said: "Is lt possible that you can have forgotten the circumstance to which I referred at Mrs. A.'s party the other night?" "Certainly not, my dear fellow," re plied his friend, "but I could see that everyone present looked upon you aa an Incorrigible Har, and I had too much regard for my character to risk being taken for another."-London Answers. Girl? With a Twanjr Are Barred. When girls are chosen for the new Government telephone service in Lon don the educational examination sinks into insignificance before the physio logical test. No girl will be employed if she be below 5 feet 2 inches high In her stocking soles. She must possess good hearing, have no defect of speech, and must be tested by viva voce examination, in which particu lar attention is "to be paid to articu lation, pitch of voice and general self possession." Any candidate showing any Indication of nervousness, hys teria, want of self-possession or a strongly marked twang shall be re jected. The majority will probably pass In self-possession, but dialect lil a severe test-London Express, :. ;