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THE "PATIENT HEROINE"
OF THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD.
By ETHEL M. COLHOI.
0
F all the brave ami heroic
deeds brought to light by
the Johnstown disaster, the
terrible, death-dealing, de
vastating flood ot May SI,
uuae coma dc more inspiring
j than thnt of Mrs. Hetty Ogle?the
"patient heroine" of that awful occur
rence. the quietly faithful woman tele
graph op orator, who. doing her duty
with heroic fortitude and calmness,
stayed at her post lti the face of cer
tain death, sending the messages that
were ft? save the lives of others. It
Is doubtful. Indeed, if hlrtory records
a braver action. ?
The Johnstown flood was the great
est. most awful water calamity ever
kuown to humanity. It came after
many and grave warnings. Because
the t'.am of the South Pork Lake had
never yielded, the people of Johnstown
believed that it never would yield.
And yet when a thriving, prosperous
city of thirty thousand Inhabitants bad
been reduced to a horrible, tumbled
heap of evil. Ill-smelling refuse, with
over three thousand helpless human
creatures hurried Into eternity In the
short space of five minutes, there was
scarcely a survivor who cov.Ul not re
member aerlous and frequent Indica
tions of dan*. ?r that duly heeded might
have averted this catastrophe. For
?evernl days previous to the breaking
of the darn the low-lying portions of
th? city had been submerged beneath
a water-level fully four feot higher
than had ever before been known, so
largely had the steady pouring rain
of an entire week augmented the not
unusual floods.
The city of Johnstown (to refresh
memories burdened with the varied
accumulations of fifteen years) was
situated In the narrow, pointed valley
at the foot of the Alleghany Moun
tains, framed in by Stony Creek on
the one hand and the Connemnugh
River on the other. A steep hill and
gentle slapa respectively edged the
framing streams. South Fork Lake,
originally a reservoir constructed by
the State of Pennsylvania as a feeder
for the old Pennsylvania Canal, but
later purchased and eularged by tin**
South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club,
was between three hundred and four
hundred feet above the highest part
of Johnstown, and several miles back
of the city. This lake was three
miles long, from three thousand to
four thousand feet wide, and seventy
feet deep near the dam, that nlone
held It back from the underlying val
ley. T.'lls dam. three hundred feet
Wide at the bottom, twenty feet wide
at the top and eighty-five feet In
height, had been most solidly con
structed and pronounced absolutely
Impregnable by competent engineers.
Generous and s?euilngly , adequate
weirs and sluices had always con
trolled and relieved the flow* and over
flow of water previous to the unwont
ed and Irresistible rain torrents of thnt
awful woek.
Late In the afternoon of Friday. May
81. however, Mr. John O. Parke, a
young civil engineer of Pittsburg, who
happened to be visiting frieuds at
South Fork Lake, bestowed upon the
dam a casual Inspection, and saw with
horror that it could not long withstand
the force of tho great waves already
dashing over it at Intervals, and mo
mentarily Increased In number and
volume by the down-rushing, swollen,
tempestuous mountain streams that
fed and filled tho basin. When the
arduous efforts of a large body of
hastily summoned workers proved In
adequate to relieve the overtaxed
sluices, Mr. Parke leaped to the saddle
and dashed am-ay to the South Fork
Railway Station, there to telegraph
the terrible hews to Johnstown?help
less, unsuspecting, Inevitably doomed.
Only by Instant flight could Its un
happy residents hope to escape with
their lives.
To Mrs. Ogle, as manager of the
.Western Union Telegraph Office at
Johnstown, came the dread message.
She must choose?and on the Instant?
between heroism and desertlou, be
tween cowardice and death.
To leave her station at once, to flee
to the hllla for safety?this would
mean her own personal salvation, the
salvation of the beloved daughter,
who, slwsys frsll and delicate, would
aever be able to attain safety unat
tended, even did she consent to at
tempt flight without her mother. It
would mean the warning of tho equal
ly beloved sons unsuspectingly at work
In the city quite near. But It would
mean, no less, the desertion of her
post at the time of most paramount
need and duty; the death of many
ethers, who unwarned could have not
slightest chance of escape or prolonged
?Xlstenco, and who might through her
?tn efforts bs saved.
. That the struggle was as severe as
It was brief can scarcely be doubted.
K^fa Is sweet to all, and it must have
teemed especially sweet Just then to
JCrs. Ogle. By no easy path had she
inren her way to the serene tableland
?f comfortable, well-provided middle
age that aha then confronted. Keen
poverty, early widowhood, the grow
t*V cares and responsibilities of the
young family that must be supported,
delicate health but recently conqae**4
> thess steps bad been otc..^
In order to reach her present peace of
mind and financial comfort. And now
to leave it all. and lu manner so dread
ful?wliat wonder she shivered and
shrank!
But the insidious temptation to pur
chase this life at the cost of others was
speedily vanquished. Almost before
she turned from the key ticking out
the awful tidings Mrs. Ogle was on her
way to deliver the message Into the
keeping of the no less heroic assistant.
Daniel Peyton, the Paul Revere of the
Johnstown disaster, the man who.
riding madly through street after
street to call frantic, desperate, un
heeded warning* to others, lost In the
end his own life. Mrs. Ogle without
the loss of a moment hastened back
to her office and instrument.
Message after message, each one like
the sharp stroke of a sword for terse,
tense brevity and clearness, did she
send out with ceaseless, untiring ef
forts. The various telegraphic cen
ters of Johnstown were first notified
of th?? terrible, oncoming daugcr. then
the work began anew with regard
to the towns, villages and factories
lying In the Inevitable course of the
torrent. Always the "patient heroine**
worked with the nervous yet sternly
controlled energy t2?at well earned for
her honor and glory this title, later
lovingly bestowed. Always she
ticked and tapped with the speed nnd
surety, the unerring rapidity and pre
cision born of long practice. Always
she stated the case cloarly, and pointed
out the danger plainly, yet with never
an unnecessary word.
The rain poured down In torrents,
hissing. merciless, stinging. The
ftcors grew damp, the thick, murky,
oppressive atmosphere yet more heav
ily humid, and at last the rising wa
ters crept In upon and over the rooms
of tiie first story, flooding the tele
graph ofllce several feet deep, and ever
mounting higher. Then, with scarce
a momentary cessation of her eager
efforts, Mrs. Ogle, who had always
maintained a telegraphic instrument
In her sleeping-room, removed to the
second floor of the building. From
the instrument there hastily arranged
she continued to send out the warning
messages that were to save from her
own tragic end the lives of many oth
ers until?it was too lnte to send more.
Only a glance from her elevated sta
tion was needed to evidence the truth
of Mr. Parke's horrified prediction.
It was plainly evident that the dam
must burst shortly. But still, with the j
shadow of death upon her, no hint of
terror, distress or personal sugges
tion of any kind marked the quiet
words of repeated warning. The. first
message was no more self-contnlned,
Impersonal and unassuming than the
last.
"Johnstown. Pa., May 31st, 3 p. m.
"To Cambria Iron Company, Philadel
phia:
"We cannot reach your office. Wa
ter lmiyense. Washing out Lincoln
Bridge. The house full. We are on
the second floor. Water still coming
up nnd threatening ruin. This is my
last message.
"MRS. If. M. OOT.E, Manager."
This was the simple reply, called
forth by an Imperative question, but
quite bare of dramatic eloquence, as
of any unnecessary description or de
tail, that marked the conclusion of
Mrs. Hetty Ogle's earthly endeavors.
A moment more the wire sounded, al
though with a strange, throbbing vi
bration never before heard. A mo
ment later, nnd then with a low,
strange murmur, speedily deepening
to a mighty roar, the tossing water
foaming about the edge of the dam
blgu above the doomed city seemed to
climb suddenly skyward; a towering
wall forty feet high, stupendous, aw
ful. led by a thick volume of curtain
like mist, instantaneously interposed
Itself between the dam and the breath
less spectator, and then to all inero
human Intelligence and knowledge the
life of the "patient heroine" went out.
The maddened water, ns later In
vestigation decided, first loosened and
tore away th# heavy stones "rip
| rapping" the top of the dam, then
forced a clear opening thirty-five feet
In width through the supporting nnd
supposedly Impregunhle earthworks.
The whole occurrence took place with
incredible rapidity and suddenness,
and the fertile valley Intervening be
tween the dam and the city of Johns
town was swept bare of every vestige
of civilization within five minutes.
Then, heavy with tons of wreckage,
laden with houses, dead bodies, all
manner of horrible debris nnd plunder,
the seething, murderous, unrestrained
torrent of water rushod upon Johns
town proper. The valley narrowly
sharpened at this point, so that the
wall of water, scarcely to be seen,
according to the few eyewitnesses who
survived Its merciless onslaught, for
Its varied burden of horror. ro?e higher
than ever. It literally fell upon the
helpless city, buryirfg thousands be
neath Its overwhelming weight in an
Instant, swelling, advancing, receding,
foaming, twisting and turning, until
the whole of Johnstown was but one
tremendous whirlpool, with awful,
quivering objects, big and little, borne
aimlessly, unresistingly about. Not
uatll the stone viaduct below the city
brief Instant did the mighty tad Crael I
fctMteXr know in or Mlhint
And mi thla.brief ?ppoddM but r?
nlM la ? calamity yet spore terrible
than all that bad com before.
Tbe pnnaptiiw viaduct wa* km
aid tera bnt an Instant tat#f. tbe an
gry torrent with staeh et Its awful
harden nuhlnf over and through It
paalnf Anally to the distant sea. scat
tering sad strewing death, wreckage,
rain and disaster for mllce as It raced
and harried, dsposltlag thousands of
the nnknowa dead nt New Tterenrf
and Nine rah. towns between Johns
town and tbe coajnactlon of tbe Cone
ma ugh and Klsklinlnetaa Hirers. But
the low. diagonal nrches of the bridge
had In that Infinitesimal period of re
alatance acted aa huge and mischievous
?trainers, and a dread mountain of
mingled earth, rocks, houses, rubbish,
furniture, dead and dying animals, and
human unfortunates, dead and dying
alto, was plied high nbore them. This
was the huge heap that later took fire
from the numerous lighted cook-stores
which were being used in preparing
the evening meal when the unexpected
disaster came. And somewhere In the
stupendous funeral pyre thus lgalted
were hidden tbe dead bodies of Mrs.
Ogle. her daughter, and the several
other persons known to hare been lu
the telegraph-station building, which
served as a dwelling-house for Mrs.
Ogle and her family, as well as for
office uses. No trace of these bodies
has ever been found.
That the death of Mrs. Ogle was
mercifully sudden seems certain. Tbe
frail building could not long hare with*
stood the crushing force of that pitiless
mountain of water, and the telegraph
official who receired her final message
bore witness later to the speedy man
ner in which the wire was disabled.
"One moment." so ran hts published
statement, "the woiuan operator at
Johnstown was cheerfully ticking
away that she had to abandon the
office on the first floor because the wa
ter was three feet deep there. She
said she was wiring from the second
story, and the water was rapidly ris
ing. This was evidently before the
dam broke, for our man here said
something encouraging to her, and
she was talking back as only a cheer
ful woman operator can. and hnd Just
said 'This is my last message'?the last
word being scarcely completed whet
the receiver's skilled oars eausrlu i.
sound from the wire made by ?:o hu
man hands. The wire bad grounded
or the house hnd been swept away by
the flood, no one knew which at that
time. One moment she was there and
talking, the nest we might as well
have asked the grave to answer as
addressed remark or question to the
cheery worker of an instaut before."
And so the end came to ihe woman
hero, who chose death rather than
fall to heed tlie higher vol'je that also
called in no uncertain accents. It is
safe to say Hint to Mrs. il:*tty Ogle,
the "patient heroine*' whose beautiful,
love-liallowed life had constliut.-d a
fitting preparation for the noble death
that closed It, was given in that su
preme moment the faith that makes
faithful, the love that wholehearted
ly serving must unbrokenly endure.
And although the much-discussed mon
ument to her brave life and memory
may never be erected, the only fame
worth having will yet flourish unend
ingly for her honor and glorj\?Wom
an's iloine Companion.
Woman Carries Animal Nmnei,
A story is told by the Kansas City
Journal of a Cherokee woman who has
married six times, and has never got
ten out of the animal line. When she
was a girl she was known as Mlsa
Mollle l*anther. She married an Indi
an named Coon, and when that gen
tleman was transferred to the happy
hunting grounds she soon became Mrs.
Fox. The Fox did not last always,
and "when he entered the last chase
the widow married a mild, placid man
named Mule, who never hnd any kick
coming till he harnessed up to draw
his load across the Great Divide. Af
ter a period of mourning the widow
again entered the realms of matrimon
ial'bliss and became Mrs. Wolf, and
when his scalp went to the Great
Father, along wltli his corporeal re
mains. she became the wife of a-man
named Tl?er. and when Mr. Tiger
changed Ills stripes for pretty white
robes In the Great Beyond she select
ed another husband by the name cf
Itabblt.
Willing 8eir-Con?rlitiisnrr?.
First wo must be willing to accept
the effects of self-consciousness. The
niore we resist these effects the more
they force themselves upon us. and
the more we suffer from them. We
must be willing to blush, be willing
to realize that we have talked too
much, and perhaps made ourselves
ridiculous. We must be willing to feel
the discomforts of self-consciousness
in whatever form they may appear.
Central point of all?we must know
and understand, and not dodge In the
very least the truth that the root of
self-consciousness Is selfishly caring
what other people think of us?and
wautlng to appear well before them.
We should be willing that any one
should think anything of us. so long
as we have the strength of a good
conscience. We should be willing to
appear In any light If that appenrnrce
will enhance ^?ur use, or is a necessity
of griwth.?Annie Payson Call, In Les
lie's Monthly.
Why Fruit Trcoi Fall.
Country Life In America points out
that the dropping off of young fruit
is not due to insect pests, as It is
pcpularly supposed, but more often it
is oa account of the newly discovered
principle that many varieties of fruits
are not self-sterlle. The blossoms re
quire the contact of oth ?r varieties
before they will mature fruit. This
is the reason so many fruit tr.'?s do not
bear well, and new methods of graft
ing and planting will make trees *?6gr
large fruit and plenty of It.
Vnhlaw.
"One hears* much of legal verbiage."
said tiie politician, "but there Is a conn
cllmanlc verbiage ns well. Here's a
sample?the bill was passed by Com
mon Council last Thursday:
" 'An ordinance to amend an ordi
nance entitled on ordinance supplemen
tary to an ordinance entitled an ordi
nance relating to nuisances,' Phlla*
delpbla Press.
NATIONAL TENDENCIES AS
SHOWN BY THE CENSUS
Avoragt Wnaiir of Ftnoas to ? DwdBuj FoBs
Worn Si lo 53t Bat Hon
Except Wfcer* Forming Popvlatkm
N
OTABLY Interesting and
slsniacaat are some of the
llsnrea prwnted In the
abstract of the tenth cen
sus of the United States.
published by tto Department of
Commerce. in their Illustration of so
cial and Industrial tendencies of the
country they have a peculiar and per
ennial Talue. Some of the facts which
the hook presents are not more sur
prising than they are (ratifying, or
the reverse. Massed as they are, the
facts themselves are moot Impressive.
In the one matter of the Increase of
population of the United 8tates In the
census period, few realise that the
native born In ten years rose twenty
two per cent, and the foreign born less
then twelve per cent It Is apparent
that the hard times were the chief
cause for the comparative decrease of
the foreign born population. As a
matter of fact, the actual number of
English. Irish, Germsn and French
residents of the United States de
cressed In those ten years, while the
Poles. Hungarians. Russians and Ital
lans Increased by a large per cent.
Not entirely disconnected with the
decline in Immigration Is the pleasing
demonstration by tigures that Illiteracy
In the United States Is decreasing.
Even with the Increase In population
of more than 20 per cent, from 1800 to
1900, the number of Illiterates fell
nearly 100.000 In the decade. Yet even
In 1000 there were 0.180.000 persons
ten years old or more In the United
States unable to read or write. While
the negroes in the South are largely
responsible for this huge total, there
are stilt 3,200.000 whites In the Illiter
ate class. Of the foreign born Illiter
ates New York State has 258.000 or
almost 20 per cent, of the total In the
country. But the Empire State has
In addition 47.000 natives who cunnot
read or write.
In view of the immense throngs of
Immigrants that settle In New York
State, it Is one of the surprising facts
that the percentage of Increase of na
tive born In the ten years slightly
exceeded the percentage of increase
of foreign born. The showing is con
trary to that of nearly every other
populous Eastern State.
FEWER PERSON'S TO A DWELL
ING.
What might be cslled family sta
tistics present some novel phase**. An
exhibit pleasing to the social reformer
is the demonstration that the average
number of persons to a dwelling is
frilling. Thus fn iftoo it wag 3.3 per.
sons, while In lsoo It was 5.5. New
York State luis the unpleasant ?but
natural pre-eminence of having more
persons to a dwelling (seven) than any
other State in the Union. This. is. of
course, due to the tenement houses of
the metropolis.
It Is worthy of note that the percent
age of homes owned rises generally
with the Increase of farming popula
tion an .. falls with the growlug pre
ponderance of the Industrial classes
This is not entirely true of the South
where the percentage of land owners
is small.
But In New York State the number
of families owning their homes Is
only 33 per ciut, and In Massachusetts
It Is only 35. In New York City itself
bare* 12 per cent, of the population
own their homes, and less than 42 per
cent, of these house owners have them
clear of mortgage.
As between Western farmer and
Eastern farmer, however, the latter is
the landowner. In New York State,
for example. 75 per cent, own their
Iowa farUJS' aguh,8,: ,;(i n Prosperous
Thf? average number of persons to a
family In the United States Is 4.7 The
average number in a New York'State
family is 4.4. Evon In the old Bay
State, the reputed home of the non
marrylng person of both sexes the
average number of persons to n famllv
Is 4.0. But the New York City aver
age equals the national (4.7). Con
trary to the accepted tradition. Brook
lyn has an average helow uny borough
<4.0), while Queens readies 4.8 and
Richmond 4.0.
SOME MARRIAGE STATISTICS.
Akin to the distribution abong fam
ilies Is the matter of marital condition.
In 1000 the percentage of married
ninonj; all persons fifteen years or older
was 55.5; of single, 30; or widowed al
most 8 per cent., and of divorced four
tenths of one per cent. To Judge from
the llgures the const States are the
best for marriageable women, 00 per
cent, being wives against 50 per cent
n the Central West and 54 per cent.
In the East. Contrariwise the Pacific
Coast shows the smallest per cent, of
married men, 45 per cent., against a
general average of 55 per cent. In the
East and Middle West.
Of all the States in the Union Ver
mont has the snmllest per cent, of un
married males over fifteen years of
age. 35 per cent. Maine Is not far be
hind with 30. The nutloual average
exceeds 40. and New York State Is be
low it, 37.0. Of unmarried women New
tyexlco has less than 20 per cent., as
compared with' an average of 31 for
the country. Massachusetts has the
Inrgest number of bachelor girls, 37
per cent., followed closely by Rhode
island, and then, strangely enough by
Virginia and Maryland.
One need not be a philosopher to
draw conclusions from the difference
between the sexes regarding remar
riage. A total of 1,178,000 widowers
Is reported In 1000, as against a total
of 2,717.000 widows. The number of
divorced men, still unmarried, was 84 -
000. and the number of divorced worn
en was 114.000. Either the average
man Is surer he was in the right or the
average woman is surer she was
wrong In marrying.
It Is not surprising that density of
population In the East Is becoming one
of the notable features of American
life. Rhode Island has 407 persons to
every square mile, and Massachusetts
follows closely with 348. New York
has but 152. but her per cent, of in
crease In population is rapidly rising,
beln* three per cent In 1880-190C
above that of the previous decade and
Are per cent above that of 1870 tc
188ft. At the present time there are
living in the so-called rural district
of New York State barely 27 per cent
of her population. This Is far greatet
than the record In Rhode Island, of
five per cent., or of Massachusetts
with &5. toward which the trend 1?
very rapid.
DECREA8E IN TUBERCULOSIS.
Some 'rather remarkable facts are
developed In the mortality statistics
It is demonstrated by exact figures
from n so-called "registration area,*
comprising those sections of the United
States which have accurate reports,
that the increase In pneuinoaia death?
from -1880 to 1900 was live per cent.,
of heart disease, 12 per cent.; of kid*
ney disease. 44 per cent.; of apoplexy,
17 per cent, and of cancer. 12 per cent
On the other hand the figures show a
decrease in deaths from consumption
of nearly 55 per cent, and of bronchitis
2t? per cent. A marked illustration of
the effect of better knowiede of infan
tile diseases and tho growing use of
antitoxin is the large decrease iu
deaths froui those causes. Thus the
decrease In deaths from cholera infan
tum from 1800 to 1000 was 31 per
cent; of diphtheria. 24 per cent., und
of convulsions 23 per cent.
Some rather common ideas as to tho
prevalence of diseases in certain sec
tions are dispelled by these figures.
Consumption, supposed to be a cold
climate disease, had In 1000 an aver
age number of deaths In New York
State of 104 to 100,000 population. Id
the same year this disease had In Ver- j
mont. a much colder State, 152 deaths
to 100.000 population, and in the Dis- |
trict of Columbia, a much warmer
place, 305 deaths to 100.000 population.
A trifle more than 50 per -ent of the j
population of the United States is en- I
gaged In gainful occupation. New
York's per cent, runs up to 51.0 and
Massachusetts' to 53.3, but these fig
ures are very largely exceeded in the
South, notably in the cotton districts,
where It is evidently more profitable
to go to work than to go to school.
The total number of persons engaged
In gainful occupations has risen almost
24 per cent, since 1800. As the total
population gained less than 21 pet
cent In the period. It is evident thut
industrial competition is forcing more
and more of the youth into labor.
INDUSTRIAL FIGURES AMAZING.
The great manufacturing develop
ment of the country is shown forth in
some amazing figures. The total capi
tal invested in 15)00 was almost $10.
000,000,000. a gain of lifly per cent
over the total of 1800 and of 280 per
cent over the total of 1880.- The value
of products from the factories of tho
United States showed an increase of
38 per cent over the totul of 1800.
How much of this capitalization is
due to the trusts can only be figured
In a general way. The total capitali
zation of the Industrial combinations
was reported as $3,000,000.4)00. Of this
amount the iron and steel industries
furnish almost $1,000,000,000, food and
kindred products $348.000.000, ? and
rhemlcals and allied products $35-1,
000,000.
A notable fact In industrial revolu
tion is shown in the figures of the pow
er used in American manufactures.
Thus, of the total of 11,320.000 horse
power, which Is a gain of almost 100
per cent, from 18!K>, 8,700,000 hors*
power is steam, but the Increase In
steain horse power Is less marked than
the increase in other methods of powet
generation. The increase in horse
power of gasolene engines wus more
than 1000 per cent, that of horse pow
er by water wheels was 33 per cent,
and that of electric motors 2000 pet
cent The tendency of the times is
thus plainly indicated.
A rather significant showing In a
comparison of the States is that Mas
sachusetts In 1000 produced but $300
worth of manufactures per capita,
against $397 worth per capita iu 1800.
This Is entirely contrary to the general
trend of the Industrial Slates. Con
necticut reported n per capita value of
products In 1900 of $388. against $333
In 18!)0. New York also showed an In
crease In those periods, the amounts
being $299 and $28T>, respectively. Pos
sibly in tlie relative decrease which
the manufacturers of the Bay State
may have felt, even If they had not re
alized It In figures, is to be found the
reHson for the growth of reciprocity
sentiment In that section. A decrease
In their markets, compelling a shut
ting down of mills, would account for
the fall In the per capita value of their
products.
STATISTICS OF CITY AND COUN
TRY.
Hardly less noteworthy are the com
parsons In growth of 101 large cities,
which are ubovc all manufacturing
centres, with the rest of the United
States. The cities grew In population
32 per cent, while the section outside
of the cities grew 17 per cent. Yet thui
number of establishments In the out
side district Increased from 1890 to
1900 77 per cent., while those in the
cities grew 13 per cent. The value of
products In the outside district In
creased 07 per cent., while the valuo
of products of the cities lucreased only
24 per cent. Herein one gets a strong
Impression of the redistribution of In
dustry. which Is going on, due In part
at least to the rapid development In the
West and South and In larger part to
the use of electric power In smaller
places.
One enn flml both pleasant and un
pleasant things In the statistics re
garding the nation's agriculture. The
1900 total of farms was more than 11,?
000,000 greater than the total of 1890,
and the average size Increased In the
decade. But the percentage of farms
operated by their owners fell from 71.6
to 04.7 In the decade. Plainly the day*
of tenantry on the farm seem nenrlng.
Thlrty-seren per cent, of the Amer
ican people now live in cities of more
than 4000 inhabits etna.
About one-third of th j wci^lit of an
egg Is solid nutriment.
The Japanese In Hawaii now on^
number the natives two to one.
The proportion of divorce* to mar
riage* In Japan is one to four.
The Koreans do not sew their clothca,
but use flsh slue Instead of thread.
The general depth of the Niagara
River at the briuk of the fulls is four
feet '
There are 153 women commercial
travelers now on the road in Great
Britain.
It Is stated that there are nearly one
million more wouicu than uien in the
British Isles.
February this year had no full moon.
This phenomenon occurs once every
nineteen years.
Wor? n Mat Hcnt on Trlj?l.
jtfew York papers speak guard !!y
of the embarrassing position in which
a fusbionnble woiunn found herself re.
ceutly. She was Invited to a swell
wedding, but did not think either of
her spring lint* was Rood enough for
the occasion, So she visited her mill*
liter's and had an exceedingly costly
affair sent hoiue on trial. She wore it
at the wedding and the next day drow
to the milliner's and returned It. siiy.
lug it did not suit. It happened that
the hatmaker, who quite understood
the situation, had been similarly tried
several times of late, "Did yoti not
wear this hut at the Blank wedding
yesterday?" she asked, bluntly. Taken
by surprise, the society woman owned
up. but asked: "How did you know?"
"Oh, It was quite easy. I see several
grains of rice In the folds of the lace."
A Wall-in-ito Man*
W. L. Llghtner, living near Abilene.
Kan., disposed of his farm for $7'J0()
In cash?$45 an acre?and the Abilene
Hcporter says he "had so much money
that he did not know what to do wltii
It. So when he made his sale, instead
of putting on bis bills the usual terms,
'three per cent, off for cash,' he put on
It, 'nothing off for cash.' but gave ten
months' time at six per cent Interest
As the sale went on the buyers canto
up with the cash and few asked for
time. Altogether $1900 worth of farm
animals and goods were sold, and
$1700 was In cash.'* ^ - ?
During the past year the night shol (
ters of Pari* received 07.2S3 men. UyuG !
women and GSS children.
. The largest window in P.rltain Is th? "
east window in York Cathedral. It ia >
seventy-five feet high aim thirty-two \
feet wide.
A bntterfly which a Chicago woman
kept all winter, and which has recen tly
died, ate one drop cr honey in every
"three days.
The greatest number of deaths take
place not Just after midnight, as popu
larly sup|>osed. but between 5 and 0
o'clock in the morning.
Among the sights In the city of Paris
Is a regular rat pound, where the serv
ices of the rodents are utilized for re
moving the tlesh from the carcasses of
dead animals.
The laws under which til* French
fisheries of Pierre and Miqdelon are .
carried on .ire most carefully observed. |
and all infringements punished in a '
most impartial manner; none escape
who are detected.
The Tien-tsu-husi or Society for Nat- 1
oral Feet, is making many conxeris in ;
China. In some regions yo:::m men '
sign a pledge not to marry girls with
artificially crippled feet.
Professor Flinders Petri recently 1
told an audience at Owens College. !
Manchester. England, that one spot in I
the ruins at Abydos, in Upper Egypt, j
tells a continuous story running baek j
to 5000 It. C. The remains of ten sue- |
cessive temples have been unearthed.
?MiynW'ul LiTccm of Anxiety.
in a paper read before the congress
of French alienists at Grenoble L>r.
Gaston Lelaune pointed out that anx
iety is a disturbance which is ex
pressed by the entire being. The ex
citing causes ure sometimes physical
and sometimes psychical, and the sytn.
toms manifested are both physical and
mental. The physical symptoms coin
prise cold feelings and chills of the
scalp and body, general lassitude, inco
ordination of voluntary movements far
more apparent than real, emotional
coloring of speech, and vertigo which
is dependent upon vasomotor cerebral
dlsturbam-cs or upon digestive troub
les. Iu the anxious states there ure
niways circulatory troubles, such as
accelerated heart-beat, irregularity of
the heart's action, heightened arterial
tension und coidne.-s of the extremi
ties. Inspiratory disturbances are al
so present.
The psychial symptoms af "anxie
ty" include various degrees of va,.ie
dread and npprcbeusivcuess, often
taking definite forms, in which case
they aiV designated as "phobias" or
"ohesaious of fear." weakening of the
capucity of attention and of memory,
und u tendency to confusion of ideas.
Hallucinations of the senses are prone
to occur.
Nti*v Klml of i:<titor.
A woman whose acquaintance wlMi
the methods and opportunities of work
in a modern newspaper ofilce is of*the
slightest, was talking to a friend about
her son's start in life. The young man
had just left college and had secured a
position as reporter on one of the im
portant New York dallies in the
humble capacity which is the usual
lot of a "cub" Journalist?that of a po
lice court reporter. Ills mother wus
enthusiastic over his good fortune.
"Do you klio-v," she exclaimed,
"they've given him such a splendid
position. He's the crime editor at'Jef
ferson .Market Police Court!"?liar
per'? Weekly.
Some of the 045"
jok^j of the Day*
Ik* Tnlb
rh?r* is a young lady lis?d Smart,
tYhose hair is so scant it won't part;
She's cross eyed and thin
And ss ujljr as sin.
But they ssy, "She has such a good heart."
?The Cynic, in Town Topics
KihuIn ?*?!????? Ill
Patience?"How do you know he*
ove (or him was strong?"
Patrice?"Because It broke him."?
Conkers Statesman.
ObllttBR. *
She?"Hare you a copy of Pron^
tbeus Bound?"
He?"No. ma'am; but we can get It
for you bound any way you like."?
Minneapolis Tribune.
Kxtrerae l>*llrary.
Ella?"What are the wild waves say.
Ing?"
Stella?"I never listen to private coo
versa t ion."?Tow a Topics.
Thought a* Know of Om.
fnstructor (ut ulglit school)?'What
are some of tbe evils of wealth?"
Shaggy Haired Pupil?"Automobile*
one of 'eui."?Chicago Trlbuue.
Birk Pay.
"What diJ be get $T?00 back pension
for?"
"Why. i-e wa. shot between tbe
skoulder blades."?Youl:crs Herald
They LovdiI Karh Other So.
Ethel (to Itose, who had Just to!d be*
a funny siory)?"But. my dear. that's
an awfully old Joke."
Itose?"Is it. really, dear? W?*M. of
course, you ought to know."
The Cook's Carrying Capacity.
"You are bavins trouble with your
cooks*:"
"Yes. The first one carried on so."
"And how about the last?"
"She carried oft' so. I lost two vests
and a hat."?Philadelphia ltecord.
Should llnve Known Better.
"What was the trouble between
Josher and his wife?"
. "She stated that a certain young
lady of their acquaintance was the
handsomest girl iu town and he agreed
with her."?Butte Inter Mountain.
Rafeguartletl.
Mr. Dash ?"Is your cook amiable
when you bring hoi.io unexpected com.
i?any to dinner?"
Mr. Hash?"Oh. we have a guaran
teed asbestos curtain between our din
lug-room and kitchen." ? Clnch?v:i,l
Tribune.
Poor Consolation.
lie?"I don't like your friend. Miss
Knox. She told an acquaintance of
mine that I was a perfect Idiot."
She?"Oh. I'm sure she didn't mean
It. She knows as well as any one else
that no human Is absouiieiy perfect.''
?Chicago News.
Nothing to Speak Or.
Miss Skrawney (glggllug)?"Ar. Kid
der Is such a flatterer."
Miss Ascum?"What has he been say
ing to you?"
Miss Skrawney?"Ob.tee, bee. he's so
gallant. He told me I bad arms like
the Venus de Mllo."?Philadelphia
Press.
The Private Carriage.
-res." 8aid the man who boasts of
what be once waV "I once rode In a
carriage of my own."
"All of which goes to prove," re
marked the man who had his measure,
"that baby carriages were In use at
the time you were boru."?Butte I
Mountain.
Marred.
"Here's a queer error you over
looked." said the copy-holder.
"What's that?" demanded Peck, the
proofreader.
"In this sentence In the copy which
begins: 'Ills married life' the 'i' is left
out of 'married.'"
"It amounts to the same thing. Let
It pass." ? Catholic Standard aud
Times.
Fixed For V.I To.
?i'om Plodder?"Still looking for a sit
uation, Jack?"
Jack Luckey?"No; I'm engaged
now."
'loin I'lodtlor?"You mean you're en
gaged to work for some one?"
?lack Luckey?"Ni>; engaged so that I
don't have to work. Old Hosier's
daughter, you know."?Philadelphia
ht'UataT
DUuppiiloted.
tfoung Bridegroom?"I had hoped
your father would forgive me by this
time for taking you away from your
luxurious hor*:\"
Young Bride?"Why. Clarence, ho
forgave you long ago. What made you
think he hadn't?"
Young Bridegroom?"Why?er?h?
hasn't asked us to go and,^vo v .'h
him."?Chicago Tribune.
Cwntemporarcsl.
Miss Passay?"Teach you the live
step schottische? Why, I don't kuow
It."
Young Callow?"No? Miss Popprey
told me you did."
Miss Passay?'"No. Indeed. The five
step sehottische must be a very old
form of schottlsehe."
Young Callow?"Yes, that's what she
said."?Philadelphia Press.
An Apology.
The Doctor (angrily)?"Loo* tier^
Dicer, I understand that you have been
telling people that you would not let
me treat a sick cat of yours!"
Dicer?"I believe I did say that."
The Doctor?"Well, sir, you'll bavs
to take It back."
Dicer?"Very well, I will. I will let
you treat a sick cat of mine. I'm not
very fond of animals anyhow."
Hatlnlartorjr Vteason.
"I've Just been making my will. I
have bequeathed everything I possess
to my wife."
"Then you did It in about ten words."
"Not at all. The lawyer who drew It
cp for me used four sheets of paper."
"What did he charge you?"
"Five dollars."
"Then he's an honest lawyer. Hs
wanted to mike the servlcs worth th#
fss."?Chicago Tribune.