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I m'?t might tor the prmia*
Of Mlk? WM ACCOM tad BM
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Trod nmr, (linr wejs.
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hrtk'i rutot mml to
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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.