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ART OF CONVERSATION. It Should le Fontered and Studied With Seriourinems. Caroline litzar.d ii her "Education of Women" says, "Iow few of us study to put itis persuasively, to reach a proper elimax. to retire grace fully from a sub.l.eet." It Is at common101 sayilig tihat the lirt (if covorsationl has disappeared from am it.ng us, :d yet it Is an art leld In hoilrlI by all men. Telegraphic speech has taken the place of the more entij tiid elaborate forms of coiferene. I'. t it is an art which should be proeted to tll young people and N which they should study with seiiouness itd miatetion. Noth Ing really inspires, notAing really cre ates enthuslasm but the perception of an ultimate Ideal. whether it be in art or music or In any other of the realms of spiritual thought.' This Ideal of beauty has to come to the aid of every form of expression, lifting and raising it into its own kingdom. The student who has even begui, on such a course of training, who can see beauty in ev erything in the created world and In the realm of thought, hits certainly be gun to be beautiful in himself. For beauty most truly passes Into the per son who studies the beautiful. No oneI can give out what lie (oes not have to give. le must flrst absorb beauty at the great natural reservoirs and foun tains of the beautiful before lie himself can become truly beautiful in life and character and so able to transmit beau ty to all aroulnid hlim. ANCIENT BABYLON. Ito Great Wall Wax One of the Won derN of Those Daym. According to Ilerodotus, the ancient city of Babylon stood on a broad, level plain ai(n w an exact s(uitare of four teen ifls ea ich wily, making tle entire circuit of ite city fifty-six miles. It was proteet"d both by a wall and a moat, tlte lattr being )road and dee) and kept constantly filled with water. But ithe wall was the wonder of won dc , being !3 1-2 feet In% width and at W.' '0 feet inl height. This monster ibtariel was provided with 100 gates, all (if Solid brass, tile lintels and side pieces being in bronze. Cross walls ran along tle banks of the Euphrates, each provided with twenty-live gates, which corresponded to the umimber of streets running in each direction from the rIver. The most remarkable edifice inside the wall was the temple of Bel, a pyra mil of eight sIuire stadia. On the sumnmit of this pyramid stood a lore gold image of Bel forty feet high, two other siialler figires of the saime pr clous mietal and aI golden table forty feet long tid( fifteen feet wide. This won derful eIty first caie prominently into the history of the world in the year 747 1. C.. but sico the timie of Alexander the Great it has been a kuIn, the site having at one t te been entirely lost. THE GREAT CONDOR. It In the iomt Diftleult lird In the World to Trap. Probably the great condor is tile most diflicult bir<d in the wvorld to trap. One of the great vultires, it inhabits lofty peaks of tle Andes, hardly accessible to man. It builds its nest aiong the topmost enags, ofit e on ai ledge olf soime ptrecipice with ia aliiost per'pendicular drop of mattny hiundred feet. Ani extrmeinely wary bird, it aires withi its conigeniers thle proverial "cii gle eye" a idh is Ihuis al e to see imi mensel5 (listantmies wileI yet unise'en by inan. Its n uigs ha ye ai spread of twelve feet, andtt, t houigh its (Iiliht Is heavy, it ien n ssaimn it Aelf tor long pe iods( ini lihe aim'.. To traip it menti ascen'd to its hauntimts ati shoot somue aiial of coinsiderabule size. 'fThis is skinedl, anid a mnini lies down by thea body unlder' the skiin and wils, perinaps for houirs. Soonu con (ora romte flocking r'oundi unt I otie set tIcs oii the skin, wvl 'n thle mana below girips Its legs, flings the skin over it andh stabs it to death. The st rengthi oif these birds is enor mous11, an td thle cond(or hunters often have theIr amis broken by strokes from their powerlfuil wlings. Tthe Offending IInndkerchief. It Is in tfact a grave sanlitary' ques tin whlet her thle handti(kercieif dboes iiot (10 more hiarmi thin iigoodi as It is ordl narlily used. Wheni we assumie thiat the nose dotes iiot nieti to be wiped, we face a reaisonably)13 broadt lpopositlon asn to the diantger of thle hianidkerchiief as a disease propilagaitor. M1oat natsail ci tamrrhs tire of ain in fect ions chiarneter. niota bly thbose of grijy origini. C'onltrarty to a genera Ilawu of asepsis. the hanitlkerchief saturated with (his ease g'rmis, ist ead o1' being prompt ly wasihed, Is slowed for hours ini thle p)ockt, with a result that ('nl he easily Iiaginied. Is it aniy wotnder thlen that Caahi miIs ronstanitly f'osteried 1by a sys tem of aut o in lect ion ?--Medical itecord. At the lpresenit t ine there Is a keeper on a Iletftordtshmirue ('state w ho hats aboinui t wet Iy shotts in lisa head. Nearly thirliy yearis ago thlila nri as ace! (denitally shot Iby an iuinder' lwepler, adt there we're'IW(l wnty-two hioltes in t he hat lie wor'e, which is preser'ved to thIis daiy. 'Th~e ini.juredI 111mn never' hiad time shiotsC xtracitedl, wats long betwecen life an dea (lth andi( complletely lost his hear -L A.L THE GOOD OLD CLOCK. 'ItN Mellow, Friendly 'Ik nn Anti dote For LointepollcleIs. "G3ive ite tihe clock for ctiulpany," lid the observant ianiti, "aind yo inay ilave IilI tle balance of the inaltimnate ohings Inder the sun, or over it, and I will throw a few of the aninals In for good niemsure. I cln conceive of noth Ing more friendly, more unipeakably coniforting, than the mellow tick of the old faimily clock which towers high on the old fashioned mantel, above the good old open faced fireplace where the emibers itre dying down aind deepening into a bluish melancholy gray late of winter nights. One never feels quite alone as long as one may hear the mel low tick tack of the old fainily clock, the same sweet mellow cadences which have im in one's ear fron earliest infancly. through all the changes and tipl,eivals of tne, down to the present. 0ter sounds may fall and deepen Into the sadder silence of the'night's heavy stllies, but the old clock continues to Imark tile flight of tite, and 110 second Iay escape wItlout hearing its p1assilig called out dreanily by the faithful clock vlose hands have ieasured al ready so 1may days-some bright and full of light and life and prouilse and sweet hodings of tile future and others echoing back sepulchrally from the years already counted. Ah, the clock! Hut give ile the clock with Its tickilg all throuigh tile night, and Its silvery chiiniig on the hour, and you may have tile other thiigs, and the dog to boot. I'll tiake the clock in il n1 every tiline viienl it collies to keeping off that feel lig of lonlesolieness which creeps uponi us iow aind then." - New Orleans T! iies- 1l)elocra t. NUMBER ON PAPER MONEY. lIow 14) Tell Without Seeing the Fig 4re.% if It IN Od or Event. "If ay eI c oIlie!s up to you and wantls to hot you11 that he( canl tell whet0her the 11uiisthor of ay of Uncle Snalii's paper uIlfinley is oid or even hy looking at ti ti pailt o tho hill oun Whlch the lltimt' hu's apot ajpeir, slitini Ilii us yml woliidt the phigle,'' said a guest lit thet 114)1(l .\l Kay tho other nlight. ,Wh0. ? IWhat is tilie joke'" asked 1inlother glest. "Onlthh." rplictd (the firsAt: "I Was1 out. tihis Ift'.1er iln with a nin1her of nen wit whoi I 111v utsiiness deal lgs. We at i lich, ald theln one 111111 waited to het iae that he could call the e.eni ot.r( tId tlol the nunibher of any.v hill I ld4. the loser. to pay for the lun1i. I tolk a hill 1 r1o in iy plocket, fold'd t s 1hat. the ninihe did not FIow, 1and a f he e hld looked lit it he satid. 'Evii.' "It was eveli. Somi afterward I got stuck for It' cignrs the sa e w. After I hil hievin donc i*ouri oi nive fiinvs they explinled to tile that all of tihe bills n11.1'ketd 'A' and 'C' were odd. whill. those nlarlwed 'IV :Ild 'I), wert even. It cost b111olit .311 144 find it iut, hut. I gue('sS it w 1 a gild inVOstilieit At that. It Is the sa ill n all hills. le enr1'eful whiten a ttj'inpting tii do the work not to tk1 the s viis tter in fr it Wo' the Ilinnhllr, butl 11nint for 1 Snu1,ll lf-ttmr onl the. left haild side of the hill."-l)ullith Ilenlid. Poet lile.v ot 111m Nntive lienth. Several aym:.: go sliaes Whit'onmb lail31 l'4'urnedi to4 is in't'lr t own,hcl Greenli14'eh. lii., for the 1urpos of1 giv-141( :i'n' aet reding, the331g lrIteeds 'olf which weret' faor s lie haritable 1purposetlii. I h:Ilt heen un:ty411 yIar sinc he~~ in'te v'4is ileed till 31h3 insn t I it the afflir haduse b31 wetltl (3drtise poley' 1' lt ur led inr fron all 41 sst' tin 111 te ounety Hiley arr idi '''v sneenIing traeIn Tsherel burgi wasit' the wuati tav goet. an The 5 113-1 wa(s togIut1 in elo nieyke ear-o rIfge with' a rsopion wre Itnitee tod heed tbyethe vr ny, butrceion ws ft' d ('1 citl ilt' r(Ir the rulIle leind upe3 agaIinst hve toymond illouse,111 a ho(ii(telu (Hiiey1'sIday andor as ithe car-It burgtsii wen t hey wold havue Igot'iai Atown." 'levehmdi I.'tti',adier ve.10 tale,l 3 3 it wub takl 'hsthem 313,00i0,0001 metin t ll eh:t t th'e 'u place them14 A.H (',\\ 4: four4 ieter3,324; flyt' 120;hit (!1in 1 ,' 11?, 11 hin. )l30 A,8 ; tinj '(l ko< iob f lit' ern11 'ltp'," sid31( a judge "h halaust foi'lo<' (ii a'uet wei'f baenaarvel of lassliiiOa ii uson"n GERMAN WORK PEOPLE. 11'teir Amnieu,entm Are Few and Momtly% Conlfiluee to Sunuy. Alliseilellis plNy a coillparaiti'vely sim-ill pit i:n the lives of (Aerima work poople, anid sutch 11'4 they ha1ve ar.c 11nost I.y coinlinled tP)ndy GaIlem ha1vit lnot t,t hotl of thent; hey go to no foothllill or cricket 11n1teches, ailthouigh II'rv are111it'hs. lind other vlasses InI Gernay show a growing taste for gaoies ind ::ports. I went to see a footbill vitca between D usseldorf and a1 leighborinlg manulatIcturing town. A %iinilair uninch iinywhere litnumiuria turing l'lId would haive tittriated fronll 10,000 to 2(l.000 Sow.s of (oil, whto woulid ha.ve shouited thelinsvives hoalr4e froni begimilig to end. At the Ger 111111illn:tt(.h not onle put ill an1 ltpplearl aice. Whenl I left tle field towilrd tle close of the g.Int tie spectittors. who had slowly inrleised d11uriig till' after n11)(tn. n Mif bertied (.Xa(tly sixty-five. They wvere lnot workilginien, and they show d n1o exiteiliint wa li t I'ver. They phip'd thle Is.4ochttion glutle, inot very well. The natilonal gaiine In Germnlitly is kegel. a kind of skittles, alil it Is ahi. tt ipublie houses, but not by Wor-kiliglieI or eHICn111 by thei. Th1ey phly ctrds '-minetilse, but not a great deal. Iv short. .anmes itiy be ruled out is at Ite lin industiail life. T elien ters ,1116 mu luiI colilit for iore, bit for notliinug like so mu1lich as in l'g jInd ii in .\mnericia. Tey ar,(e less niniros in proporlionl to popuilition and are wily visitc4d by the wtirking thisses t. a liiited exteit oil Satuday andl( uia. I)etroit News and Trib une. HERBERT SPENCER. He Wstj4 n Greit 111l'rame Maker anid l1nt Some (1i1 Way". Ilerbert Speticer wis no linltguist. Beenuse of vye sti;in1 which aTecled his hse:11thhi didI noft( vven knlow GIvv 11111. Ilis p:1ntiihlet (ill educitioni w14, however, tr:11sbhitvil into iteenl 1111 ua e,inlcl(ilng ,amt s. Spticer waIs :1 gre:It phise 111.1ker, It aIs le who polhItrizled the word "evolitiion" a'11141 explind one of tihe plumses of tie D.1rwinli1n dloctlli. IAs "the surviv:al of tIe tittest." lie alsr fintroduiced C'oic's coinled word "so ciology." lie wa.s a bIchelot' an1d long lived ill boarinll.g hoises. Finai li.he set i) finl esltblish!irIt of Itis owN , whw1 rv it! could hnvv a1oult him people of Ih c ,x1 choosintg. A fivorite rehuxa.1tiot in hIs h.1ter ycar1's w.s to ,it In tiht opetn (Ioorw:ly of his ionlse :111( listei to at pin111%) p1lyed ill 21 distlit. tiapart ment. ile had thie pliyer traitie(. A thulinp of his s(Ick aIts the signil fot her to still), Ilothieri thulll) for the 11111 Mie to proced where it broke off. spece was fond of ph.,yinig biniardis, Once at Itrigliton hli ifvitmd a s1ir youith to aI g.lie. The philosopher h:ml four strokes and scorvd two while tit( youth ran11 out. .\Mr. Spencer plt IvIy his cue witll <dlillritil .110 said t his opponlent: "A Illodlenate degree o expertitess in 24 g111v (", skill is tglre,. 1ible mlnd evetn lrl'itabl. Such deXte ity as, you -,how\\ is evidenice of it inis spet youth. Go()d afterinooti." DrikilgIK lith(m. This ai s ' 1 (l 111 i e elistoi1. Tl ficl orzi ds .a r's . to ..i . C"II le's to on" andi~ "llere'eto Gi'eshan' sayi who." (Th'e acenlrek.a dran thealths.WIll Ii Theranti'rus waIx condI'Qned1 todink' h'ein1ock 2h11- taid "1(1l' ('(ler4!' t 48i: C414 t."lI'o Theiancient 1Sa1lxon also had10 the alin inustoin. lietIj ist lini t1eI d Kin ' \ til na, the 2 be4tfu 1htghe loftI' ISngist hertl h:n a- lW. l 41 up full l of1 (' win,1g' an rieplied, "ler ' toI o." 5 II I The (Ireks hande he up t pron they' toasttd ai, "I Il'2 1This (i 1eup3 1olnes 1)to8( II frotnit. It eece..-l' well duned bs fond)4 tor! l,ault weeconsCiered as11 a trod Pinte (l th.u of thea ;hi'st~l y, It ist' buiou goo a th5 bCIi th' -th stg:-Pis1he ebl i nversins ah Vt * THOUSANDS McCLUF MA( is th best published at only 10 cents a copy, $1. 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