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jMiem to sit A Ihm if mm coold ehara Tm jpsry ef ay ?tete with tM Or aCat to tWmkfulMM to eee M* ?Wr raltoc titer*. I wmU Mt mm far ?itlioM if I m'?t might tor the prmia* Of Mlk? WM ACCOM tad BM Ttotr matot frtod ud happily Trod nmr, (linr wejs. I owld Ml am to mm epi hrtk'i rutot mml to fair d*y d?wn If tkm Could be m others who might share It end b* giad with mm. ? ?8. B. AMADJE'S CHANCE D nearly ail of ua there comes, at some period of life, what we call "a chance.** Many of ua? probably more than the majority?let the chances pass us. We do not recognise them, or are too timid or Inert to grasp them, and they do not return; for the nauie chance never offers Itself twice. Of those who selte them many are Influenced merely by selfish motives, by the promise of per sonal profit they present. But a few lay hold of them simply from a sense of duty, as knowing what Is right and desiring to do It, and to such the re Suits of their action are doubly blessed. Amadle Flessell wss a French girl, or of French descent, being the only daughter of French parents, but born in this country. She was an orphan, and was poor; consequently her lot in life was a hard one.- It would have puszled her to tell how she had man aged to set along since the death of her parents. She remembered confus edly a long and unpleasant series of hard rubs, but could not have given a clear account of them. At the age of sixteen?known as "sweet sixteen" by girls who ore well cared for and happy?Amadle was u ballet dancer in a variety theatre. It was neither a proud nor a profitable position. She was but n beginner, and much of her sjiiaII salary must be paid for education, while a portion of It was absorbed by lines for her ignorunce and awkwardness. It was supposed that a French girl must necessarily dance, but Amadle was not a natural dancer, snd did not take kindly to that braueh of the theatrical profession. She be lieved that she would be able to slug. If she could get a chance to learn, but no such opportunity came to her, and she felt that she could ouly worry her way along over the hard road that had been appointed for her. One night she whs going-home at a late hour. The dancing had come on near the close of the entertainment, and Amadle hed been detained for re proof by thex ballet master, who had Informed her that a severe flqe would be assessed upon her for an awkward mistake In a dance. With a small bundle under her urm, she wearily wound her way through the streets of the city, and was quite sick at heart, as she knew that the fines of the week would not leave her money enough to pay her rent and procure her the mea ger necessaries of life. Just before sbe reached a neat brownstone house, the second door from a street comer, her attention was attracted by something unusual and peculiar. The basement window was open, and a rough looking man was coming out at the opening. There could be but one explanation of such a singular circumstance; the bouse was being plundered by burg lars. Of one thousand girls that might be placed In Amadle's position, all but one would run away, but Amadle was the one who did not thiuk of running. Sbe saw a chance to make herself use ful, and availed herself of It Instinct ively. Shrinking behind the wall of the cor ner house she peeped out and watched the proceedings. Hlie f?w the man 9fbo bad emerged from the basement window take some bundles that were banded to him from within. Theu an other came out, the wludow was closed, and the two men picked up the bundles and walked rapidly up the street. Amadle looked around for a police man, but of course without expecting to see one, and Hit onoe resolved to fol low the thieves. Swiftly and nilontly she sped after them, nenr enough to keep thorn in vl?w, ami snw them turn the corner n few blocks away, where a covered wagon was waiting for them. They hurriedly deposited their bundles in , the wngon, climbed up In front and drove rapidly away. This maneuvre Hid not change or prevent Amndle's purpose. She was near enough to the wagon when it started to run after it?to catch hold of It* as she had seen the stout boys do, and to swing herself up lu a very un comfortable position. If she had knowu what a Journey it was to be it must be confessed that she would not have attempted It. .More than once, after It was begun, she would have been glad enough to aban don It, but she could not. The wngon was whirled through the streets at such a rapid rate that she knew it would hurt her to alight and feared it might kill her. The danger of letting go was greater than that of holding on, and she clung as with a death grip to the wood and Iron, although she was several times nearly flung off, and although she was In terrible and con stantly Increasing pain. At last, when she had become noth ing but a bundle of aches and exhaus tion, the vehicle stopped at a small kouse In s shabby street. The girl felt inlte Incapable of using her body or her brain, but the danger of discovery compelled her to exertion. Fortunate ly there was a narrow alley in sight, and abe slipped down and ran to It Just before the wagon came to a full atop. Grouchlug down On the bricks?for she could not stand?she peered out and saw one of the men carry the bun* dies Into the small house. Then tfca other drove the wagon away slowly, and all was quiet. Amadle rested herself there a little while and then crawled out and no ticed the number of the housp. Then she started to go home. As she went she repeated the name of the street and the number of the house until they were firmly fixed In her memory. It was a long journey, and she was very tired and sore, but she at last reached her lodgings and let herself In, glad that nobody was up to look at her sus piciously and scold her about the late nesa of the hour. She overslept herself in the morning, and It was so late when she rose that she saw that she had no time to lose. So she went to a cheap restaurant, where she hurriedly drank a cup of coffee and ate a roll, and then hastened to the brownstone house where she had seen the burglary committed. She told the servant that she wanted to see the proprietor of the house, saying that her business was important. There was a little demur, ami, while she was talking to the servaut the gentleman whom she wished to see came to the door and asked her what she wanted. "Did you lose something last night?" she asked. "I should think I did. Some silver plate and some valuable dresses, with other things." "They were stolen?" "Yes; the house was entered by bur glars." "I saw It done and I know where the things were taken to." "Ah! .You are the person 1 want to see. Come In here, little girl, and sit down and rest." Amadle followed him Into a finely furnished room, where a pleasant lady was seated, and he placed her in an easy chair. "My dear." he said, "this seems to be an amateur detective, who hat some valuable news for us." The lady raised her eyebrows and smiled. They were both so kind to her that Amadle was easily encouraged to tell her story, and she did so as speedily as possible, as she felt that the time might be precious, tut the simple man ner In which It was told did not pre vent her from receiving many expres sions of praise and pity. As soon as she had finished the gen tleman hurriedly wrote a note *nd called a boy. "Take this at once to the station house." he said, "where we were this morning, and tell them that I will be there presently. "And now. little girl," he said to Am nilie, "there Is a good reward offered for the recovery of that property. That is *<) say, I intended to offer a reward in rt-raorrow morning's papers. If I got the property througli your Infor mation the reward will belong to you." "You needn't think of any reward for me," she said. "Why not?" "Because my mother said " and she hesitated. "Well, what does your mother say?" "She doesn't say anything, sir. She Is dead." 'Ah! it Is something she once said, then, rerhaps your father " "He Is dead, too, sir." "Oli! Poor thing! Well, we won't force anything upon you that you don't want, you inay be sur?? of that. Can you stay here a few hours with my wife and set your dinner?" "No, sir; I hav?? to go to rehearsal." "lo be sure. Olad to see you punc tual In attending to business. And, of course, you can't come to see us to night. as you will be at the theatre. Can you call this afternoon at 4 or & o'clock?" "Yes, sir; If you wish It." "I do wish it. I want you to know whether the property has been recov ered. and I want to thank you and talk lo you." Amadle went to her rehearsal, where she did so badly?being still tired and sore? that the ballet master threatened to discharge her, and in consequence that threat ?he scanted her bit of dinner more severely thnu ever. In the afternoon she went to the brownstone house, because she had promised to, and because she consid ered it a part of her duty. She was very warmly received by the gentleman and his wife, who has tened to Inform her that the stolen property had all been recovered. The pollco had made a descent upon the small house in the shabby street, and had found, not only the proceeds of the burglary, but many other missing val uables. "And now," said the gentleman, "as you have done sq much for me at fhe risk of your life, and as you Veem to be a very good girl, I must see what I ran do for you. Fortunately I am In the theatrical line, and you may let me help you Ip that. Are you very fond of dancing?" Amadie confessed that she disliked dancing, and was afraid she would never be able to learn the art as It ought to be learned. "All the better for that." said he. "Do you think you conl<t learn to act?" "I don't know, sir, but I think I could learn to sing If I had a chance." Very well, you shall have a chance. You sJiall come to my theatre. I am Mr. MilwArd, manager of the Theatre, and my wife Is Alice Milward. I will find employment for you thare by which jm ctn earn a living, tntt you shall lean u much mask u you waat to. We wlU stake dthar a atngcr or an actrsss of yon. or both. 1*11 ba baa ad.** Amadie tried to gprui bar grati tude. "Yon don't owa nw any thanks.** said ha. "Yon will ba sara to earn nil yon got from ma. to shy nothing of what yon bar* already eaibed. Gomo to me when your wash Is up nt tha variety shop, snd I will advance yon a week's salary, and toy wife will talk to yon a boat umrdrobe and other malfwu" 80 A medio Ploeee^l, by Improving n chance to make herself useful, gnlned n chance for hereelf. nnd aha also Im proved that chance to very good pur pose, lhdeed.?Wow York Weekly. a* cm Three Chinamen were walking brisk ly down First avenue nt Pioneer plsce yesterday sfternoon. Their expression less faces showed no sign that they were In a hurry to catch a car or do snything rash, but sll three kept their eyes directed on s James street cable that stood opposite the Hotel Seattle, taking on passengers. Suddenly the grlpman of the car rang his gong, sud the trio quickened their pace a trifle, ?gain the gong was rung and this time the Celestisls broke Into a run and covered the ground Uke rabbits, with lengthy pigtails streaming out straight behind them. All at once the car started and the followers of Confucius redoubled their pace, running on in single file. They woyld probnly have caught the car, although the vehicle was then going st a good rate of speed, were it not for the fact that right in the middle of James street the foremost Celestial tripped and fell. The other two promptly tumbled all over him, and In a second there wa9 a pile of writhing Chinamen, nil making a grand effort to get np first. At length the trio got to their feet and impassively dusted their clothing, uot even smiling, despite the chuckles of the crowd. The car by this time was about up to Blghth avenue. One of the Chinamen was very fat. This one looked at his companions in an entirely Impersonal manner for a minute, and then far up on the James street hill, where a car was gradually working down his way. "Very blame mad." he said calmly? Seattle Post Intelligencer. 1 ??*??** Tarai Turtle. IsUnlT i ?, 8ectlons ?>'KKer than.Rhode J 0b: Dng. to'a fron> a Klacier and L?. e ??ean- to ferried ?WOO miles on the bosom of the Labra dor current until the heated waters hfi #e (*U'f Stream cause them to van ish from human ken! Then can one ice^rea* dl?ai ?f lmmel,s'ty of the omi discharged from the Green u?es VS? year* Tbousatld? of inir *? f y are ??n8tantly empty In* their contents into the bays and tide. hufn?thn?V^ Water8, Wbence the idea hurry the detachments southward to cumber the wide Atlantic. tJbe disposition of icebergs to turn urtle la one of their moat dangerous propensities It l8e8 from ?? Gr^Umt ^ 8tart out from ***?<??. hTjr Sto?."tte^ and thl> at Inter" al# as they move south, causlnr thAie centre of Krav,ty * cb^oTaS sclentlfln ?6Ue ne>V Positions. The scientific theory of the formation of tend fmmai ?r,ne Plateaus which ex tend from Labrador to Fundy and are' commonly known as the Grand Banks Si2?n518 tbat tbey are tbe products of the deposits of bergs dur inK CQUntless ages.?Leslie's Magazine. Cartons Contest For n Bride Id Tibet ?rlbM?in V ,he W"der T">e">? Koko nor there I. a curl Thi? maiT,a*e ceremonial function This consists in placing the girl on b" ???"* .be appTr re ma hi ?n?' Th"e her ma,e Natives remain on the lower ilmbs-or else in hut whn PfhFt ?f ber fflfher'K tent or til *n! e flame re,atives guard an?r~,n each ca8e the hitter being armed with lolo thorn sticks have Wh? tbe8e Pr?Parations been completed, rides up and m""??1,* or rl ?f.' J re<lu,re8 fortitude, tor the relatives bent him unmercifully when e attempts to reach the woman, if Xr;r:to e,ud?his n8??"?Ht8 and Jpuch the toes of the woman she Is ?'ls. be |8 welcomed into the family and r,fr.*n"" sb?""a e fall, he sufTers not only the incon of cattle anil'^tif Wlfe,e88' b"t the loss other presents Riven dur .^o70t,8t,0n8- By tb* ?aleoif ? girl to one man. however, the father does not relinquish his claims unon ^;r- "? ?'?.v sell her to oil,," ,?E linve Z7t "f,Tnvor"; "?<? "?'? may lovers Maga?lne^P" ri,nmJ',m,LIOt" 8m#rl with ImI ?*re C0Mtai*tly associated With animals at a zoo see many com leal and interesting sights, and keep Mate """* ",or"? '? lious are verv inimii smarter" than their appwiJL jcests, and while they are n?way. one'ofTh ,Ueir met,,0d of fo,'dlnp is gard^w Thp?l arnUllnR tbl,,g* the TZ9'?< P,,er brln*8 to the edge of the pond a pall of flsli. tviilrb av crage perhaps a foot in length and 5E eaob onp " f?r out as be can rapidity, gw'm toZ't'thJm IbUT* <?? wsrs^ssjs^ Wa"""? Tn thaa 1 J*P*D^ in the Japanese army every koMI** carries with him kettles win..? ?'?-le of Ihe I,,' "re D?lj? The Irettle la oa.1, o?0OTdU? sir's? Noted Merchant Dead. M- Augustin Gamel of Conenho?.A? ? merchant and member of the 5?^ ?&?&!?& ^",on wl,b ?"e Dijmpbaa, bal Ju? fay Odl Mistakes Tilt We AH Hake. H OW mu buttons have you os yovr waistcoat? . This Is m catch, lost a slmpla qowttoo. ami if yoa can awmr It without count inc. why. it shows that fon pfMifii ptiwri of perception shove the avenge. It to an absolute fact that nine aMO out of ten cannot tell offhand hear many buttons there are on the garment they put on every morning and take off every evening, ?ays Pearson'a Weekly. This Is just one of those things which exemplifies bow abeolutely most people fall to cultivate their powers of obser vation. Here 1? another: A watch is a fairly familiar object yet If you are asked whether the num bers on the face correspond with the Roman numerate what would you say? Ninety-nine peraoua out of a hundred would answer "Yea.** Yet the ninety nine would be wrong. The symbol for four is cot the customary IV., but IIII. One could multiply such Instances to almost auy extent. It Is safe to bet al most any raau except an architect that he does not know bow many stairs there are lu any particular flight in his own house, even though he hss climbed them thousands of times. It Is not that we have not the faculty of remembering such facts. That we do possess this la proved by the com paratively astonishing feats of mem ory each of us performs daily in his or her especial line of occupation. A cook will carry In her head hun dreds of different recipes, a shipping clerk hundreds of addresses, a shep herd can recognise In an Instant a sin gle individual sheep out of a flock of several hundred. The mischief Is that so few of us train our powers by ob servation outside our own particular lines. Perhaps nowhere Is this better exem plified than In courts of law. In a recent murder case a man sus pected of the crime was seen on the road near the house by three different persrtns. One. a sweep, said that the individual was rather short and stout, bad a beard and mustache, and wore n dark suit of clothes and a howler bat. A second witness, a woman, de clared that tiie man was above me dium height, bad a black beard and whisker*, hut no mustache, and wore a cap. Of his clothes she was not sure, but thought they were light in color. The third witness, a young laborer, was positive that the man was short, thin, elderly, had a gray beard and mustache, and wore a brown coat end corduroy trousers. Luckily for the cause of law and justice. It eventually turned out tliat the suspect was Inno cent. for the real criminal was after wards discovered. Motor car oases furnish some instruc tive reading as to the value of evi dence. A driver was charged last year at Brentwood with driving at ex cessive speed. Two policemen de clared that the five and a half miles between Brentwood and Ingatestone were covered in eighteen minntes. Questioned as to the color of the car. one policeman said that k had red pnnes; that owner pointed out that his car was dark green. Yet he was con victed and fined. There is no point In which average human judgment errs more completely than In the estimates of distance, length, depth, height and speed. An nmusiug proof of this was recently offered by the Mayor of a certain south country town. Edmund Davis, a well-known motor ist, convicted of traveling at excessive speefl in the borough In question, made an offer to give ?500 pounds to the poor of the town if the Mayor could es timate his speed within two miles an hour on three successive trials. But the Mayor, no doubt, mistrusting his powers, did not even reply to Mr. Davis' sporting challenge. An interesting experiment was tried nt Berlin In December last, with a view to throwing a light on this ques tion of the conflict of evidence. Its originator was the well-known Profes sor Von Liszt. He got up a quarrel between two of the pupils In his class of students. Only the two pupils and the professor knew that the quarrel was to take place. To the twenty-three other per sons in the room the whole affair came as a total surprise. The quarrel. It was arranged, was to take place In two parts, firstly, the ex change of abuse and angry epithets; secondly, the use of a pistol and wuIk ing stick. The pistol was. of course, loaded only with blank cartridge. I At the time appointed the quarrel| took pluce amid tremendous excite ment. The professor succeeded in put.! ting a stop to It nnd getting bold of the smoking pistol. At the end of the hour he told his class tlTnt the quarrel had been a sham one. but asked the young men to con sider it as real. A w?*ek later he lec tured on the difficulties of evidence, nnd afterward took In private the testi mony of those who had witnessed the quarrel. Out of these twenty-three well edu cated young men the evidence of no two was exactly alike. No fewer than eight different names were given as that of the originator of the fight. The actual firing of the pistol was accurately described by nearly all, but there were four separate versions of the exact period of the quarrel at which It was fired. The professor's own attempts to quell the disturbance was told In eight different versions and the result absolutely confirmed the fu tility of corroborative evidence in a court of law. The sense of slscht Is deceived In a hundred ways whlrli are rarely consld. ered. For Instance, stand and watch the'revolutions of the cups of the ane mometer?the Instrument used for measuring the velocity of the wind. You may gaze for several minutes as carefully as you please, yet at the end of that time still be puzzled as to the real direction In which they are turning round. The more uncertain the .wind and the greater consequently the variation of speed, the mere is the dir. Acuity of the task (accessed. Again, standing below a high build In* and looking up. many will aver that the wall Is not exactly perpendic ular, bat incline* overhead in a threat ening manner. The longer the wall ex tend* the strpoger becomes the illu sion. v Another simple Ulostrstioo of the dlf flcalty experienced by moot people in tasking exact obeerration Is the failure to notice mistakes ia type. In a recent experiment .copies of uncorrected proofs were distributed smong a num ber of scholars in the blgbeet grade of a primary school. The average age of the class waa fourteen yeara. The average number of errors found eras only twelve. Some of the children only found three. The actual number as msrked by a professions! proof reader was forty-one.- A particularly lntereetlng point sbout this experiment was that the older children, ss a rule, found fewer mistakes than . the younger. WOODS INDIANS. A Nomadk Trite* of Lak* laptrior That Trwb to Eiplor*. The Woods Indians, as Mr. Stewart Edward White calls tbe OJlbways and Woods Creea north of Lake Superior, are distinctly nomadic. They search out new trapping grounds and new fisheries, they pay visits, and seem even to enjoy travel for the sake ot exploration. This life, says the au thor of "The Forest" Inevitably de velops and fosters an expertness of woodcraft almost beyond belief. Another phase of this almost perfect correspondence to environment is tbe readiness with wbicb an Indian will meet an emergency. We are accus tomed to rely first of all on the skilled labor of some one we can hire; second. If we undertake tiie Job ourselves, on tbe tools made for us by skilled labor uud third, on tbe shops to supply us* with the materials we need, Hardly once in a lifetime are we thrown en tirely on our own resources. Then we bungling improvise a makeshift. The Woods Indlau possesses bis knife and bis light ax. He never Im provise makeshifts. No matter what the exigency or how complicated tho demand, his experience answers with accuracy. Utensils and tools he knows exactly where to tlnd. His Job Is neat and workmanlike, whether It Is tbfr construction of a bark receptacle, wa ter-tight or not; the making of a puir of snowshoes. the repairing of a badly smashed canoe, the building of a shel ter, or the fashioning of a nnddle. About noon one day Tawubinisay broke his ax helve square off. This to us would have beeu a serious affair. Probably If left to ourselves we should have stuck In souie sort o.' a rough handle made of a straight sapling, which would have answered well enough until we could have bought an other. By the time we bad cooked din ner that Indian had fashioned anothei helve. We compared It with the man ufactured helve. It was as well shapetl. as smooth, as nicely balanced In fact, ns we laid the new and old side by side, we could not have select ed, from any evidence of the workman ship, which had been made by ma* chine and which by, band. Tawablnlssy then burned out th? wood from tbe ax. retempered thr steel, set the new helv.\ and wedged It neatly with Ironwood wedges. The whole affair, lucludlng tbe cutting ol the timber, consumed perhaps half an hour. To travel Willi a Woods Indian Is a constant source of delight on this ac count. Tbe Indian rarely needs tc hunt for the materials be requires. lie knows exactly where they grow, and he turns as directly to tbem as a clerk would turn to bis shelves. No prob lem of the living of physical life Is too obscure to have escaped his varied ex perience. You may travel with Indi ans for years, and learn every sum mer something new and delightful about bow to take care of yourself. A MMColloe *Tralt. Men as a class are certainly not lc the habit of boasting of their good looks," said Miss Zulda ben Jusuf, the distinguished photographer. "At the saiue time, though, every man 1( sure, and rightly sure that there Is in his face some unique and admirably quality, and on account of this qual ity he would not change faces with any one. "There is an Arabian story," Miss ben Jusuf resumed, "which brings out well men's liking for their own faces and their dlstustv for the fuces of their fellows. "Two camel drivers, according to the story, met in the market place a id the tlrst said: " 'I met a man to-day who declared that I resembled you.' " 'Tell me who It was,' said the other, 'that 1 may knock him down.' "'Oh, you need not trouble,' said the first camel driver, 'I did that at ouco.' " ?Cincinnati Enquirer. Pctrarrh'a Laura. Apropos of the celebration of the COUth anniversary of Petrarch's birth, says the Westminster Gazette, a dis cussion has arisen as to the identity of Petrarch's Laura. The old storj was that she was Lauru dl Noves, or d'Ancr.zune?a member, at all events, of an old Provenclal family?who mar Bled one Hugo de Bade, of Avignon, and was the lineal ancestress of thu Marquis de Hade, of inglorious memory On Investigation, however, this story appears to rest npon little beyond the unsupported word of a certain eighteenth century Abbe de Snde. who wanted to flatter his vanity with an Interesting genealogy. M. (Jebhart, the well-known French writer on tin J Renaissance, inclines, on the othev, hand, to the opinion that the Immort;.; ( sweetheart of the poet Is quite tinl- j dentlflable, was almost certainly of t;o Importance and was of plebeian o;. gin. Ph;ilclin daw Napoleon. Dr. John Henry Kioto, a physician of Oakland, Cal., is dead at the age of ninety-nine years. Dr. Floto, who had practiced medicine for over sixty years, was born In thfc Prussian town of Hoxter, and distinctly remembers see ing Napoleon pass through there on bit way to Moscow In the spring of 1812. He was never confined to his bed nntil three days before bis death, when he was suddenly stricken with bronchitis.?New York New*. -? THE CITY MANQUT.OF-OOOItS. ?Mmtloa Hakk Mmw* iMpwvmMt la f?Mle HtaMk ud tUy^Utn. A general and killing absorption In he business of life was once the ac cepted theory of American activity, t Is true that there Is atlll tremendous itress shown by Americans In the mrsult not only of their business avo ratlous but of their social avocations, fet the busluess man's summer vaca lon Is getting to be more and more au icoepted Institution. He manages to l?t longer periods of complete rest and ^creation and he contrives, moreover, 0 seise upon any number of half holl lays and over-Sunday outings, espe Jally In the warmer months. When he *n control his time he gives greater tortlons of It than ever before to horse tack exercise and to golf and kindred iports. The business man's family, in ttead of being satisfied, ss of old. with 1 few weeks In a crowded hotel by the tea or In the mountains, spend the vhole summer In the country, as board ?rs In hotel or farmhouse, or as dwell ers In a country place of their own, nodest or sunmptuous in accordance with their means aud tsste. The city mau's modern discovery of the country and his increasing use of .t In the summer months has been a subject. of comment now these many years. There has been discussion of .ts effect upon the city people them selves, and upon the country pi>opIe into whose communities they enter: of ts effect upon manners and morals* >f its economic bearings and its rela tion to the abandoned farm problem, and of the greater Influence upon the nation of the greater mingling of peo ple from various parts of the country. With all this search for recreation and health, what with Westerners go ing East and Easterners going West, with Northerners going South and Southerners going North, summer and winter; with nil this search for the opportunity to flsli and shoot, or to en joy social pleasures; with all this in terchange of national advantages (for any and every cllmnte can be found in the United States). one may look for an Improvement In the public health pud happiness, as well as for a dissemina tion of a knowledge of our own people and of our own country which ought to be decidedly conducive to an intelli (cent patroltlsui.?From an Editorial iu the Century. How F?it Do Birds Fly? William W. Murphy, a locomotive engineer on the Burlington's fast ex* press between Hannibal and St. Josepb, lias been making observation;, on the speed of various birds and in sects. Many birds, he says, make a practice of flying beside or in front ol his engine, and when the weather 1* clear and there Is no wind he open* the throttle and races with them. He tlnds that a chicken liawlc and A crow can make twenty-live miles ati hour. A turkey buzzard flies v.t the rate of twenty-one miles an hour. The pigeon is one of the fastest birds iti the United States. It makes a speed of forty-six miles nn hour wlt'.i ease When chased by an eagle it can beal the Burlington's St. Louis express. Tht wild duck is traveling at the rate ol forty-four miles an hour while the hunter is pumping the contents of a repeating gun at it. The blackbird robin, dove and other small birds trav el at a speed of thirty-ci^ht miles ar lion*. The humming bird can, and does, exceed a speed of a utile p"i minute. Murphy says that a honey bee. the other day, Hew in and out of his cab window while he was going a* the rate of slsty-three miles an hour The performance lasted while t!u> <-11 glne traveled a linlf utile.?St. Josep'.t News. Ilnil IIIn l'liotngrnpli Taken 7UO Time* A young matt living o? Locust street, near Ititteidiouse Square, bar i fad that may almost lie called unique lie has bad his picture taken over 7<K times In the past ten years in everj style of photograph and by everj kind of camera that has ever been put on the market. The pictures comprise everything from a portrait lu a stickpin to a iii'e size photograph. There are all kinds of tintypes and odd postures without nu.nher. Many of the pictures wen 1 \ide by trick processes. The photo> were take 1 in all parts of the work' nnd i't nil kinds of costumes. Thb collection adorns the four wall.* of 0 big room In the young uuili's rcideiic* iind serves at a basis for maity u weird yarn.?Philadelphia Record. A C?t Twenty-four Ynar* Old. One of the oldest felines in Mis ttourl died recently when the family cat of William Ollmore, living neai Millersburg, expired at the advanced age of twenty-four years. ??The way I kept track of her age," says Mr. Miller, "was knowing thai she was Just as old as one of mj daughters. Twenty-four years is 0 long time for a cat to live In one family, ami we miss Iter mightily."? Kansas City Times, The Advance of Wealth. The advance iii tbe standard of wealth in tbe hist century is recognized by all as something formidable. In tbe writer's boyhood Thomas Cashing was tbe only man in Boston or its vicinity wlio was suspected of being a million aire: and even In bis case Home re garded such wealth as incredible, lie was an essentially modest, retiring mail und said to a lady of my ac quaintance who ventured to reproach him for having holes in his shoes tliat be knew no real advantage of wealth except to be aide to wear one's old shoes without criticism. But what is a million dollars to-day? To the eyes of many it represents economy, almost poverty; at any rate, a step toward the almshouse. John Jacob Astor was said to be worth $20,000,000 and that was such a colossal fortune people bad again to alter their standard of figures in arithmetic. After this Commodore Vanderbilt's $40,000,000 seemed but ? step, and the nest Vanderbilt's $*.200, ? 000,000 were not so wholly startling. Yet men looked wltii commiseration on the division of this vast fortune by his published will. Sixty millions to each of two sons, and tbe rest of tbe family cut off with $10,000,000 apiece. Men felt like taking up contributions In the churches. Yet what seem even these wonders compared with the presonal wealth of the present day??The At lantic. WnWHUMOR of T'H E DAY A MMtWMl that. He threw hi* ngtll clock at t cat He miaard her, you can bet; The dock it etopped at half-past three. S The cat la goiug BoaUlal Omly. Barber?"What do you think of thli aoipi" Victim?"Nev^r tasted better.** A MMtnl MMak*. ?'Ho* do you like that college aooi Mlsa Screecher la singing?" *Ta that a college song? I thought it was a college jell."?Puck. Overheard la the Park. Ernestine?"Jack has a horrid stiff beard coming out. The idea of hir kissing me last night." Eva?"Ob. I don't supose be minds 'scraping au acquaintance.' Chicago News. Condemned. Stinjay?"Did you try that cigar I gave you yesterday?" Markley?"Yes." Stlujay?"Well, what's the verdict?* Mark ley ? "Guilty!" ? Philadelphia Press. Slafalar-and Plural. "Funny! {here was a time when (he barbers used to speak of my hair." "You mean before you began to get bald?" "Yes. Now they speak of my hairs.' ?Philadelphia Preaa. An Urehln Cheated. "What Is Jimmy wailing about now?" "Oh, he Is mad because you cut the grass In the back yard; he wauted it to get tall, so he could make a Jungle.*' ?Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. How It Happened. "I beard you giggling in the parlor last night," said the st?M-ii parent. "I think you must have been beside your self." "Ob, no," said the pretty ^irl. blush ing deeply. "I was beside Charlie."? Chicago News. The Limit. Cornerll) Conrad?"Ain't it disgusting de way dese foreigners is crowding ir everywhere?" Next-house Noonan?"Fierce; de last time I wuz in jail dey put me in a cell wld a Pole an' a Dago. Wot yer t'ii o' dat?"?Puck. Sh? Couldn't Korj;?t It. ile?"I've forgotten what was tlio longest day In the year." She?"I am not sure of the date either, but I remember it was that ilay in June when you called both in the morning and afternoon."?New Or leans Times-Democrat. To MMt Competition. Passer-by?"I thought you wer? blind?" Mendicant?"Well, boss, times Is sc bard and competition is so great thai even a blind man has to keep his eyea open nowadays if he wants to do any business at all."?Chicago Journal. The I'rofeMor. "Open your month a little wider, please." said the dentist. "My friend." replied the professor, with sonse impatience. "I can't open my mouth any wider. But I can ex tend It vertically a little more, if you insist upon it."?Chicago Tribune. Three of n Kind. Rebecca?"You see. I met Martha, and she is so hard to get away from." Rachel?"How funny! I've heard her say the same thing aln>ut you." Rebecca?"Well, that beats every thing. I've heard her say it abouf you, too."?Cleveland Commercial Tri bu.ie. fs)t* of 'Kin, "I see by the papers," said the man who likes to read statistics. "Hut the Canadians smoked 200.000.000 cigar ettes last year." "My:" exclaimed the plain Man; "who'd ever think that they had so many college men over there:"?Cleve land Leader. Out on tln< First. It was at a charity dinner that a cureless v.* iter spilt a plate over one of the clergyman present. "What " he commenced. Then, remembering himself, he turned to his neighbor and asked: "Will some lay man kindly say a few words appropri ate t'j thy occasion'.'" Induced. "No," said the dealer In rare coins, "tin-re's no premium on this silver dollar of 1S?t5." "No? I thought it might he worth n good deal." said Markley. '?Oli. they're not rare at all. How ever. I'll give you fifty cents for it." "All right."?Catholic Standard and Timet'. Sun-Scorched. fI!<*!?:??"I understand you met tuy brother down at the shore." Wicks?"Yes; tJie red-headed one." Hicks?"Oh. you're mistaken. The only brother I have Is quite hahl now, but ?" Wicks?1"Exactly, anil he's been balh? ing every day without any bat."? Philadelphia Public Ledger. Tltno to Die. ..?lty Kdltor?"8ee here! In your ae. count of Congressman Crookit's fun eral. you continually refer to Ills 'pre mature demise.' " Reporter?"Well, lie was a young man, a yd? City Kdltor?"Hut that scamp's de mise couldn't possibly be too pr.'iin tir.'c."?Philadelphia Ledger. Almost Weird. "! cm n't see through the Shnkcspoar probe'tn." "What wo you mean?" "Why, lie's conceded by nnarl.v every, body to have been one of the world's greatesl poets, yd there doesn't seem to be hardly any of Ills stuff that couldn't be understood right olT by anybody w.tj ordinary inU*lligcuci,.,*-? Chicago Record iJk'iui'i.