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V? ' f 1H? OIH' R FFLLOW'3 JOB. 1 if / . v / There's a craze among us mortals that is (( / / ci'iiel hard lo name, / /lift'1" - HOl> er V?u * human you will ' 1 J\ jfty tind the ease the same; ion may seek among the worst of men or g rtrr seek among the beat, ^ And you'll ind that every person is pre- I ,7 ci^ey like the rest. _ ' f s 'Each believes that his real calling is along n I some other line j, / Than the one at which he's working?take, J for instance, yoi'vj and mine; 1' rom iiu? iiu'iiium I creature 10 the leadcr of tip, ?. I There'll a universal J ^ .iii for "tlie other i fellow's job." r There are millions of positions in the busy world to-day, 0 Kaoli a drudge to nim who holds it, but to s him who doesn't play; > Every farmer's broken-hearted that in yontli lie missed his call, While that pa rue unhaptiy farmer is the envy of us nil. Any tnsk y>u ear'1 to mention seems a \ astly better lot v Than the one e-neeial something whieli s you happen to have K?t. t There's hut <> ie s.iro way to smother envy's heartache and her sob; Keep !<*'> busy ai y.r.u- hwii to want "the ' other fellow's job." li -^Success. j. J -" " WaWW ViViViViViViWi THS GHOST \ OF THE. FIFTH FLOok. , Dy Gertrude F. Lynch. v.'.v.'.v.'/.v.v.w.vv.v.v.v. n 11K fifth lloor was in a l>ig ^ J/ hmidiug. u-nautcd by poor O O Imdielor girls ami ^ ?dri\ T!k> (lights of stairs ^*OW wore long ami narrow, anil t tho ( ii'l'ldors iliirk ?!id grewsome. There were ?m slnrios about the )n>i:,se, which might ur mighl not be explained, accord 'ig lo the credulity of the iIs;"a 'is. It had the roputalion ( of beii g liaunit."!. '1 he young woman who tolil me this was one of tliu bachelor class referred n t<>. Jli-r room was at the extreme end i<i iiit> long corridor wliicli traversed g tiic tilth Hour. 1'assage up the stairs r.iul through the corridors in the daytime was disagreeable; in the night it was :i journey fraught with peculiar horror, tor she was a young person of many fears. She v as afraid of aeci- tl d-nts, of sickness: she was afraid sho vouid fall in love and afraid she would not have the chance; afraid of strange dogs and of the cars, afraid of the dark%aml of the future. Ilut nil these paled into insignificance in comparison "with fear of the flftli Uoor after twil . 4 1-1! i One iiiirlit curiosity ami loneliness Is led her to accept an invitation to a party. As l'J o'clock struck the lamps in the room were turned out and a dish J of burning salt was placed in the s< centre of the apartment; about its ' b weird, bine t!ainrs pimst stories from ! lejieml or experience were narrated in : II Kv-pidchral tones. Cold chills ran down ' t< the spine of-Jhe resident r?f tlir> ilftli 1 1>: ymtr niivA. " """ j * siwcoochmI panic tho I In aia'supposed to k*'Pi It-^j up (ho | t Hooma to lmvru^ 4v* '.hhI ihroufcli tfio < i^ ^inoil to grip lier sS. jitcii to lior door by a V rollicking crowd. Ainl then shn was 1(1 nloiio in llr? clinic hall. >'h?? felt for tin* oamllo and Miitchcs she had loft liXar the door; soiih1 coiisciencok'ss lodircr hull )!> ? iviioi" .....i he tli"iv whs nothing to do hut crouch 01 in 1110 corner until dawn or begin her P n'Hous (rip. If slie crouched some- " thing might pet her, nnd at least if slu.' eo\i!d reach her own room there 1 wonhl lie li'lifj for she tool wisely ''' left her light burning. ( 1 She crept to tlie stairs and listened ? s.lenco profound; then with footsteps f wlii< h souniled weirdly in tlio old place, 1 f!it- ran lightly nr> tlio lirst lliuht, not sioppin.!.; to hrcallie until 11??? landing us iyaehod, when tlu? hcniing of her " lionet foVC'6tl her to wait. ?on<3(lilii? was in tlio dark with her; ol kIk- Ml i! tirst, thou .sho hoard It, a p.oai'hy, indos-riliahie sound, a soft nl thud, a pause, nnd tlion Uy> thud again. " It was lirliUc any youu 1 she had over '' lizard I r. vi?; !( v.as on t!ie stairs l?ack of hor, coining toward hor. She >p"d nloiur the corridor of tlio " socond f.oor. Tlio ciuiot was so intorso tl at tho approach r>f tlio Unknown A wo was magnified to hor nor | vousnes* into thunder claps of sound. u looked npprehenstveiy over her shoulder; there wax nothing to he seen; si only the thud, thud, of the Something. I'p the third ti!jrl?t sIk> ran, her limbs 1 alrea-'y giving premonitions of coming 1 revolt. As hpr own Advance was "less rapid, she was conscious that the Terror's grew. Ov(' ?nlder nirain j, her eyes moved; r?l / ^ M'" ' v< light j 'I g K- VP"* ,i In llii" Mil ^ I * k(by ? ic. she could si 1 V? *, while. It Iff* ;\ pliof OuVK ntig I through spare. lii | v I'p nuotht-r (Us. XjjntVfor tlio rilfixation <l7Kp8ffl^j ? i pO.VSfSsion of h'M\ 'I'll?. ^ 4 jj Imiciin in the soimhI hnrk of hor. niui as tho Alal;or of it passed jiurain hy n I _'loomy eoruor, i'K pho^horosronoe j caiiuht ami rOtahied for : second what j li'/lii there was. Irushed inu<lly nioiiK. tin1 1 a<-i urn us course wns ! 7.'m-'/.na. the only s.'iviiiic i;ra < -.?. Iter | feet welched tons. Iior throat was dry, ^ Bhe tri<<i in vain to s roam. There was another flight and tho last j , corridor, at the end of which her door stood Invitingly open. She feared robbery loss than an iniwelcntned return. ( She did not look over Iter shoulder , ngain, Tor it was nltnos! upon her. , lillt us *lie clutched III" door to close It behind her her e.ves involuntarily ] fell on the Pursuer the ghastly lumin f oiis atroell.v leaving in ils yake a strenm of white as far a< l.er eye could follow She had never thought Iwfore of tile possibility of a ghost having ] blood, but the idea shuddered in her > rnimi in ii ii in- v lull veins, in thorn 1 i voulil run j11>i siii li a (hick, opiiipic , i n t <h :>s mtit'kfiI iin* |>11:11 of tiii> up- | i |MIV|||IV WOlllldi'll SpOl'tl'l*. Klio litin IciiiIimI tin* dour, nnd as she i did s i -olin'lliln^ WHS hlll'li'il against II 11,i re was mi mvful crush, tho door i sliouk and (lie pleccs uf hi ii'-a-hriio trembled in their place*. u picture | loo?oly ifidlci) if!I i'< tin' ground -tlion (.'Mini -tli'Mri', , '.lu'iiiid, i inpenotrnhlo, i Mil' (li|*t?\v lii'".-. IT on (lif bed, truui* i I'Tln . luivii ;,' 1 ghfed .ill Iho lamps in ' Hif' i "in.:i/id a stray enndlo, ft was i ' not til' dawn reddened the sky tlutt she f<JI flsle< [?, lii r hnnj* ejitxylned ?pns- ; ( ' Ik nodlcally about n - bit of rope wltb vhlch she liail fastened tbo door knob o a chair, on which, in turn, Blip hud 'iled a case of books. It was late the next morning when he arose and dressed. She heard the on ml of a broom in the corridor and ts domesticity inspired her with cour* igo to open the door. Mrs. O'Flnna'iin !lu? lntiltr?>s? wns swoonltisp viir >rously. A little way from her Rill at. l'.'.i head done up in plaster strips, {ill was the live-toed eat of the First Moor. "What do yer s'pose that dratted at done?" said Mrs. O'Flanagan, as lie rested 011 the broojn handle and 'a cod the Resident of the Fifth Floor. The Resident looked Interrogative. "Cot his head jammed into the big dteher an' must hev run up stairs that ray and fell-up fornlnst your door; ueh a mess, he left a trail of milk all he way. I hope lie didn't wake yer?" "No, lie didn't wake me." said the tesldent of the Fifth Floor, as she if ted her gown from a pool and gazed eproaohfnlly at the plastered eat.? few York News. ? -llilrst tor wisdom. "Say, pop." "Yes?" "Haiti heads is funny things, ain't hey, pop?" "I'm?1 guess so." "Say, pop." "I'm busy reading, Tommy. C.o way." "Hut, pop?what makes bald heads?" "Hard thinking, my son." "That what made you bald headed?" "Yes." "Why ain't mamma bald headed, hen?" (No answer.) "Pop!" "Kb?" "Why ain't mamma bald headed? 'an't she think any?" (Uneasiness on p;irt of pop.) "Tommy, if you don't stop bothering ue, I'll send you to hod!" (Long silence, l'op thinks he has foi^ otton it.) "Pop!" (No answer.) "Say, pop." "Well?" "Bet our now ' baby 1? a great [linker." (No answer.) "He doesn't show it, though." (Another silence.) " 'Ceptin' hy his bald head." , <No answer.) "Pop!" ' Tommy, if you don't M "Hut, pop?are you sure a bald head i a si?ii of hard tliinkin'?" ' Yos, wliy?" "Hecause I heard Squire Wigffs ask mlge Snibberly what made your head > bald, and lie said it was due to a ml case of mattermony " (And out in the woodshed Tommy ftcnl up his voice in anguish ami bit>riy repented iiiin that once moiy lie ul brought down sorrow upot/ liis ad through liis i.7.ST?ne < ravmg after JstZom.)?Sau Francisco Builytin. Kqulno Intelligence. J A Boston gentleman connect id with le National Tube Works, scuds' us Hie blowing, for the truth of which lie melios My friend was a ship builder; his lipyard was some miles from his mse, which distance lie had to cover i horseback. lie had a white horse at had served him long and faithilly in this capacity. One day his horse fell for some cause at I do not remember, and he was rown to the ground and severely it on tne neau. lie was unconscious for some time, ul when he "came to," found the >rse standing by him. Arior a wnne iu> gathered himself > and attempted to mount the horse, it every time he tried fell back. Finally the horse walked to the side ' a large rock which stood near. The >ntlcman crawled along to It and fter hard work got on the horse, and len the horse walked slowly and trefully home with him, the rider (dug in n semiconscious condition, he family removed hlin from tho Di*se on his arrival home and put him i bed. 1I<- was a long while reeover>g from this accident. nrul one day hen convalescing, the horse, being rought to the window where the ontleman sat, showed unmistakable gns of pleasure at seeing his master nee more. The gentleman is still ving and can corroborate this trua orse story. Wittt-limaii'* Comjillrnteil Tt?*k. A watchman who had been engaged y the directors of an Australian bank ad brought with him good recommeiiations The chairman of the board i'1'A for him. and nroceeded to "nost im up" as to liis hi ties. "Well, James," ho began, "this la our first Jot) of this kind, Isn't It?" "Yes, sir." "Your duty must lip lo exercise vigl? fmee." "Yes, sir." "No stranger must he allowed to ener the hank at night under any pre* ext whatever." "So, sir." ' And our manager lie Is a good man, lonest and trustworthy; but it will \>* our duty t<> keep your eye on him. "But It wlil be hard to wntch two lien imd the I>aink nt (he same time." "Two men? How?" ' Why, Kir, it was only yesterday that he manager enlled me In for a talk, ind he said you were one of the best nen In the City, hut it would be just is well to keep both eyes on you. and et the directors know if you hung ibout after hours." London Answer*. Snnke Culture In A il<?< r?l lit. Snakes, according to the prevailing Popular notion, should be killed at sight 08 utterly useless ami positively langerous creatures, l>u( in Australia hey are now- being systematically eared for the sake of their skins, which have a considerable eomnieri'ial value In f.omlon, Paris and New York. Snake skin Is the most fashion nble material for slippers, hells, hags purses, eard eases, jewel boxes, drfss Ing table accessories, < te. Rabbit I rappers supplement their means con shlerably by cfi.^I ing young snake? ruid extracting the poisonous fangs The blacks are also expert snake catch ctk. To Ihom tlio snake Is nil agrpo >iI>lo nrtlolo of (lift. Koimus City Jour ual. ^ i i ' * V / . \ WEIRD: FILIP I The Wok-Wok Most Dre< I He's h Itaboon ?;iiosl and Kn ?Trial by Ordeal Still I1 Child by Hie Offer oI C! HE Zamboanga (Philippine i a" Islands) correspondent to O T ? "ie 'Sow ^-or^ Sun, writes: ^ The wok-wok ia a hairy ghost devil. He is a baboon, mi go, long limbed, Irresistibly strong, who comes out only in the dark to carry one off for murder, lie is invulnerable to wounds and iiuinor, tal. lie lives altogether on the south ern lsianus, ami principally loves iu hide in wait in the darkest corners of tlio coeoauut grove at night, i There is only one thing that can really bailie a wok-wok, and that is water. That Is one reason why the | Moros love to build their houses on I tiny piers above >he sea. No one cares I to have wok-woks prowling about. Now and then you can see a line - of torches, made of bundles of grass tied on a pole, bobbing along through the darkness. The palms east ghostly ' shadows, dancing across the trail | ahead. A little moon shows the shapes of unnamed horrors against the sky. ' Often the torches halt and huddle, wavering in a hunch, ion know what that means. A belated party of Moros is hurrying homeward, and far off, weird, mysterious in tin* underbrush some rustling sends shivers of fear through the loneliness. Allah knows it is a wild pig, but how can mortal J tell rhat it is not the warning of a w i;, crawling nearer and nearer through Hit' gloom on his prey? In Siassi they have Hags Hying to frighten away wok-woks. Siassi is a very wok-woky spot indeed. At most places they only miess that there are wok-woks, but at Siassi they know it. For this is the certain proof: A wise man decided ages ago that if there must be devils, it is better to have them good humored than not. So ho ordered Hint each week howls of food ho sot out at n point in the forest. A hungry wok-wok is naturally worse tempered than one who lias oaten. Each seventh day ever since has the offering been put out. Hence the proof. For in the morning when the slaves go tiptoeing forth to bring in the empty ; bowls they lind that nil the lisli and rice are gone. Never once have the wok-woks failed to devour it overnight. j It is not alone In the matter of wok| woks that our fintall brown brothers , involve Providence in their daily af fair." Among them, as in Europe in ! th .Middle Ages, nnd in our own New rmglnnd, tile judgment of Uod is In Iiiimu in mum-m ui JUKI let*. 1 IltTI' lire certain eritucs in which innocence or guilt is determined by throwing a coin in a pot of boiling water, and making the prisoner pick it out with his naked 11:111>i. If he is ^'jilly he is .scalded, hut if he is innoccnl he escapes unhanned. In murder cast's where two men are Kuspe. led their names are written on , two similar pleccn of parchment. These j pieces are then folded tip and placed ! in watertight boxes. Two divers of equal skill are selected, and each takes one of tlie boxes. They dive together at a given signal, remaining under water as long at possible. The box carried by the tirjt man to come to the surface contains the name of the guilty ' man. Among the Mojos, as among the Indians, certain si. knesses are believed to be evil spirits In the last cholera epidemic at Siasst a little boy was very ill. His parents nn<l tliolr friends were wailing ami sobbing about the house when an old villain of a IlaJJi hove in sight, and offered to work on the evil one who was tormenting the child. The parents were overjoyed ) and after wild movements and whispered incantations the Ilajjl went into u trance. He sat Immovable for a few minutes. Then lie spoke, dreamily, liis eyes fixed ?m fur oil mysteries. The spirit, In" said, was in him. It was a pretty tough old spirit, lnlt he thought that if it were put in a good humor something might be done With it. It wanted chow now. It was no use fooling with a spirjt that had m>t dined for* nine months. So the parents brought eggs and llsh and riee and Japiova cakes, and the TIaJJi kindly ate them for the spirit's trance cinfwyp pip Jf sake. Then he Went Into another trance. The spirit was no longer lain mi j i mil v>hm milii cross. 11 WUI1U'(1 presents, it said. There were several pearls that the father owned that ! would please It immriisely, and a pony, find a tine gold handled krlss. The spirit xald that the Iln.lJI ronhl take those presents anil guard them for it. The father hesitated, but Ids little j sou was groaning in agony. lie gave up to the spirit his pwarla and his pony and his I;rlss. The spirit was pretty cheerful after that. It desired sleep, though. After It woke np it would talk. So It went off with the llajji and slept under a lianana tree until supper time. Then it had another meal. The child was ctill nllvn 'PI./. IT.. HI ?-^.l ~ - ...... ...??? . I Sit- 1111 JJ> \JJlll VI IMTJilMI ally conducted spasm, and tin* spirit loft liim panting on llio ground in the twilight. 11? said Hint the spirit was a Rood I deal appeased. lie had never soon such n change in a spirit in all his j experience. hut <tilI It had not made tip its mind definitely. It inivflit spare the boy and it might not. The HajJI could not >ay certainly, Hut anyhow i he would advise certain troatinont. Tills he iliil and then departed, fol lowed by the prayers and gratitude WI iiir ji.ii rn | s ,11111 11)4 >11 !l 14*41 Oil 1110 spirit's pony. Vet. somehow, ns a matter of fart, ? Hit' hoy lived. Among these pcoplo (here are many prophets. In I'ata Island an old eliap, Tunualon hy name, had some months hnek a vast, following. He made a number of impressive statements, such ns that he eonld (urn aside a kimj? miiii-T wiiii iiis oivaHi ami could ' I Pink American vessels l>y pointing at | tliom with his l)nrontf. A ainal! hut select ngKrcK'ition of unholiovori^jjj khaki and blue UnnncI descended on TunKAlon our day nml cnrrled him oft , from tho mhlst < f a hnml of humlrcdH ( f ] ' ' I 1NO : BELIEF ided of the Islands* Devils. ins Away Willi Folk* at Nl^lif , 'radioed?Healing a Kick ill* lo a Cranky Spirit. of his spearsmon nml riflemen niuT j bolomen without n shot being tired, ! ltuf ** 14 1? ?? f .?????*ln I "ui u M-IJI SMIJII'IKM IVIIIU ui uiuftiv, | indeed. He came away on one of the very j ships he might have sunk if lie had ' only pointed his hurong. His people [ waited on tiie beach expectant of some dreadful miracle and Inspired by ft ! sort of savnge pity for those ignorant j Americans. Hut the boat went cheer- J fully sailing on until it disappeared behind the sky line. When Tungalon tomes home again lie will And his warriors planting rice. His graft will be gone with last year's monsoon. He will have to give up his urvl 1*1 fo n ml I,, .... icl.w, t,,nln/HI <111(1 there will be seen on the island of | Pata the sorrowful speclaele of ii prophet without honor in his own country. At Bnlabnc there is a famous haunted rock called the Diamond Stone. There is a tradition that Iontr ago the English Government offered Spain ?1,000,000 sterling for It. Itut Spain refused to sell. It is a curious rock, of a rough round , I shape, about ten foot in diameter. It . is composed chielly of quart/., but there ! . are no truces of metals of precious ; stones about it. There is a hole some ' three inches deep in one side, where a | man once started to drill with the pur- j pose of blasting. The stor.v jroes that | lie was immediately made ill by (he ?n!l'lf lll'lf (nmrito tlii, t-miL- iitwl lliui llik ' died l days la tor. No one lias (lured to follow his example since. There Is, however. In Kalabac a vast deal of mineral wealth without the ' drawbacks of evil spirits. In a brief ramble back into the hills 1 found some gold-bearing quartz, though i saw no ( traces of gold. There were also rich j markings of copper, c'llcily in the form of cuprite and of green hydrous copper carbonate. There were traces, too, ^ traces of a very poor form of brown coal, but it is reported (hat back in the ( forests are Spanish mines which in old times furnished an excellent quality ( of coal. Hut over the copper ami coal of l'.alabac, as over all the forests and wealth of the Philippines, hangs a spirit more deadly to development than all the wok-woks that ever existed the spirit of the laws of the islands, and the duties the laws entail. INDIAN DOCTORS OF OLD. Cold >V.itnr, I'meiiiK. Voinitiiij; illi<l liliM'illiii; \V?ri! Itemedies. 1 nduiibiuilly the Anierican Indian in liis primeval stale was a lino specimen of physical manhood. Dr. 10. .1. Kompf, who has made a careful investigation ; into frontier history, has found that l>e- : fore tlie Indians were contaminated : l?y tin- white race they never were afllicted with .smallpox, measles, tuber- J cuiosis, gout, scurvy, insanity, nervous j diseases nor any oth?r of the ills and I blood affections which have in late years made such terrible inroads upon the numbers and vitality of the red men of this country. 'I'he only bodily atlllflions which Dr. I Kempf reports to tho Medical Iteconl that ho found among 11 u> aborigines | were fevers and diseases produced l>y cold, such a:: pleurif.;.*,jjueumen:!'., rheumatism, dysentery and wounds from accidents or battle. Naturally the remedies of the Indians were simple ] and few in number. When sick an In- ! dian refused all kind* of sti 11111 l:itiutr aliments, hut drank profusely of cold water. In addition to this. In proper eases the Indlau resorted to sweating, pur.uin^, vomiting and bleeding, end I finally, when all remedies seemed to be 1 ineffectual, the medicine man was called in to trv liis iinuli'ls .in/l iin -in. | tatioiis on tin1 patient. These methods of euro nri> still roI sorted to among 1?hink>*t Indians who are removed from tin- Intlm-nccs of civ| ill/.ntlon. Hut before we smile or conI demn those practice* wo should consider our own history. It was only a few generations ago that our ideas of medicine wore almost as crude as those of tho Indians. The more intelligent of the white people then, of course, did ; not resort to magic and ineaillations, ' hut the eoneoetions which they maim- , faelurcd to cure diseases almost pass 1 belief. Oliver Wendell Holmes, in his "Medical History of Massachusetts," j has made a permanent record of some of the practices then prevailing' among ! the colonists. (iovcnror Winthrop was I n devout In-llever in (lie etMcncj of . sowings, while tlie Jiev. Cotton Mather used upon liis sirk friends such alisurd 1 and foUl pellets iiml medicaments lis no j Indian ever dreamed of. Kan<a; City | Star. Tim Amrrlriiii lien. \umbered as the last census. Iler value was in round numbers $70,< >00,000 Her total production in 1!)00 was worth S'-iS 1.178.2-17. I Sin' produced almost $137,<M>VHH) worth of marketable progeny and over $Ml,0o0,f)0o worth of cgtrs. She laid over 1,'2!>0,0<>0.0<m) dozens of eggs, or Jo:{ for every inhabitant of this country. Ohio leads in value of eggs produced. Iowa in number#. Eggs are highest in Alaska, average forty-three cents a dozen; cheapest in Texas, average 7.7 cents per dozen. Oreal is the lion! T. 10. Orr, in Poultry News. A yii?er I'riirMilon, The unusual spectacle1 of a couple of ImM'IVi'I Iv wliitn iriw-.i- mil fur nil lir.li" i Willi their owner is frequently seen nloiiK at the niiin's heels, seemingly interested in all lh;it goes on nrouud them, I>uI never swerving an inch from one side to the other. Frisking around litis queer lot is a little terrier; btil the geese do not Seem 111 iiit> ii'iisi arrant ot nun. r irst no hounds nhoad of tln> ,?,'roi![>, to i11 \ - stiRate 8<5nietlilng which has iuo^simI hj-< nrloslty. Tlii'ij, na If ho had Jusf mc-allod nn Imposed duty, lio trots bark and takes up Ids position in too trail j of the birds. Huston (llobe. ? I . - ? I S.. II II it ? fr+*~r^LJ ;'J^ZJZZ2?22 Olga, Queen of Greece t Tho Only : Woman Admiral i ( " ( UK remarkable contingency \ ^ tlj.it a woman Admiral O I o may command the tleets of i ft Uussia before llie ending > of the war with .Japan lias [ |)i. At'incd itself to tlie minds of those \ who are intimately acquainted with llie personal alTairs of the rulers of the I Old World. Should all other Admirals j if the Russian Navy perish, it would lie within the power and right of (Jueen Olga of (ireeee to claim com-| mund of the ships that remain to that Navy. Not only does she rank as full Admiral of the naval forces of ltussia, hut she is a good sailor and as thorough a naval expert as are many of tlit? Captains who are her subordinate j in rank. The possibility of a Roadicea of tlio sea coming to the succor of the beaten forces of the powerful Kmpire of the North, already has been the subject of more or less amused comment in the I GROUP OF h,/ Sultans (left to right), top row: S i Amhulong, I?atto Asimic. Itottom row: Datto Marahtli, Mand; Sultan 1 >einasanky. I'riest Uajali Mudi Damasanky served as a menial. Courts of lCurope, and it is certain, within a short time, to be a topic of universal discussion, if not of serious belief, throughout Japan. There Is no question that the possibility of Queen Olga's command of the Russian Navy will receive more credence in Japan than in any other portion of the world; for it is well-known that already many Japanese women have attempted to i/n in ilisiriiise to the trout: mid n course which is ii.i I lira I with them will liol seem (imtaturiiI in a sovereign who. by formal appointment, holds a hiyh ami definite rank as a part of the tij;htini; fort es of the Czar. Queen nlua enjoys the unique dist i net ion of heiiu; the only woman Ad iniral in the world. This hinh rank was bentowed upon lior by the late Czar of Russia. Sometime?' royal titles are distributed promiscuously and without regard to the lltness of things; but In this Instant- the honor Is appropriate and merited. The present ?/neen oi lirei'cu appreciates ami understands the title. She loves the son; she lakes a practical Interest in tlic welfare of sailors, and on a recent naval inspection made sucli a thorough examination of one of the battleships a.s to win the admiration of some of he naval experts of her own country. This gifted woman, besides her other i eonipllshments. is a diplomat of a I igh order. Her voice always Is for peace, and in the recent disturbance between Greece and Turkey her ad\ i<ui wtu iwititiit 11 t fli<? lut'ini kml at the conference (lint finally liealed np (lie diiYim'oiicos caused by tlie war. Queen OI?n is the eldest daughter of (lie Grand Duke Constantlne of Itus Il'lm U'no .. II.a loir. Kinperor Alexander II. She was married to King CJporKo of (Jreece in 18<?7, wlion she wns only sixteen years old. Now York Tribune. TUo introduction of electric traction in thci Trnnvla Rural. rltv of Kiioim* Ayres, 1* contemplated ^ v ' ;v ' ' w.; ' *r> , 55 ' % Tra ' * ./>: ii v ' ;/ ? -. . .. . KvW'i&n* y. ' '' V'' ' v \ :. \ ' " ;?jr irid Russian Admiral MOROS IN AMERICA With Sultans of high and low de;ree, accompanied by thoir harems, ivith Mohamedan high priests and the ighl rules of this fanatical religion, ind with political plot and counterdot revealing all the subtle qualities if an Oriental race, no spot at the World's Fair holds more of the strange ind interesting atmosphere of a far iff corner of the world than the Moro tillage. Philippine Imposition. Here Ihe dignlled and polite Datto Kaeundo, who visited the President in Washington, stands at the head of forty Samal Moros, the ever-steadfast friends of Uncle Sam, while housed in another end of the same village lire to be found the hostile I.anao Moros, hitter enemies of their Samal cousins, I itlul n race wliicli has never boon sub- ' iugated by either Spaniard or^Anier- j lean. It bas taken tlie utmost dipio- j inacy on tlie part of Frederick Lewis, I tlio manager of the villages, to admin- I ister tlie ti(Tali's (if the two races, so that the' spears of tlie Samal Moros j are not buried over the bamboo fence j at their neighbors, or the wicked boio knives of the Lanaos do not (Ind a j lodging place In tlie patriotic breasts j of the Samal Moros or Sea (Jypsies. 1 'I'he village of the latter, built on bam- i boo poles over the waters of Arrow- I head Lake, olTers the most character- ' istically striking village at tlie Fair. i VN AO rtlOROS. llan Suiigud, Sultan Pitulean, Sultan if, bright Moro int??ri?rotor, the lost i LuiubayaiiKol, in whose household I Qtinftr N( >?? ? Kor Children. In some parts of the Continent of Into years the practice has Increased , <?f giving ehihlren fantastic names. A 1 little girl, for Instance; horn in the ' l'.itTel Tower, in Paris, not lone since ' was christened "Klffeline," and a Swiss mother chose "May 1st" for a child horn on that day. The authorities, however, refused to sanction the latter, and now the Swiss Oovernment is considering proposed laws for the prevention of such christening eccentric!. tics. .Now \ ork .News, SAMOAN 80I1 >ik I IV Till'. AHKIIIOa. BitavrcF.. - By courtesy of The Independent. / ^ ' . 1 , '/V,' 1 i ' ii i li i ' ' JUBILEE T.ME IN CEORC'A; tt's tho jubilee time in Georgia now?'tt# ?.rops at e done laid l>y? An' you hear the longs of fnlllime every* whew; there's the "Bob White" of the mirtridg? ? in the sedge lidds ail aroun An' the droniii of t/ho bees is in the air; The folks is all a-Hutter an' u-lixin' up ' their best An' niakin' tor the arbor made of bushes an' of tiees, An' the baskets of provisions a regiment , would feed, Au' there's happiness an' laughter in the breeze. It's the jubilee time in Georgia?not a caro in all tho world, _ ^ There ain't a worry that we'd call ouj 1 ; own; The crops arc all a-niakin' an' the harvest ain't far oil, An' it's as cayy for to laugh as 'tis to groan. i'he potatoes are a-waitin', for the silver fiost to fall, An' the corn is hardenin' faster every UtV; \ An' the kiiliu* time's a-eomin' an' the hogs are giUin' fat. An' the harvest time in Georgia's on the way! ? ... ? {' It's the jubilee time in Georgia?an' the trees '11 all soon turn An' their yellow leaves '11 scatter on the groun', An' possum an' notatoes '11 be floatin' through our dreams An' there '11 be a dozen smiles for every frown. An' way oft in the distance you can hear the tiddler's call An' the soun' of trippin' feet upon the (loor, An' the country's just as happy as \ coo in' babe in arms, 'Cause the jubilee time in Georgia's here once more! ?Atlanta Constitution. "Touroni says it only takes a cent to run nis auto a tune. 1 always wondercd wliat the scout was for."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mabel?'".Manitna says our consciences should tell us when we are naughty." Kiltie?"Veth, but I don't lithen to gossip!"?Harper's Itn/ar. Hope on, hope ever, once was thought 'I o stimulate life's bustle; lint now, to such u pace we're wrought, 'Ti.s hustle?ever hustle. ?Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. The Hare?"Your reputation for slowness gives you a great advantage at election time." Tin? Tortoise?"In what way?" The Itare?"They can't accuse you of being a repeater." "My ancestors came ovir in the Mayllower," said the young woman who boasts. "Yes," answered Mrs. I'ackinhaui of Chicago; "l understand that travel was very cheap on that boat."? Washington Star. (lillie?"Did you ever actually know of a man making a mountain out of a molehill." Spinks?"Well, the proprie tor of the hole! 1 stopped at liist summer came very near doing it in ids prospectus."?I'ltck. "Isn't fiat orator always saying something he will he sorry On-?" "It's worse than that," answered the politician. "He is always satisfied witll what he sajs. His political friends are sorry."?Washington Star. His feelings lie tried to disguise? The girl, though, began to surmise, That something like wooing Was certainly doing. Because of his'looks anil uy.'ff suise. ' -? ?-(jlevelaml louder. "Hut," saM tlie Kev. Dr. Hroadley, "you must remember tho Hlhle tells |H us to love our neighbors." "It's quite ' Impossible," replied .Mrs. Upperten. "I simply iiuto mine." "Well er -then, hate thom in moderation." Philadelphia l'ress. Little lloilney?"Papa, what is the difference between climate ami won I her V" Mr. Wayout (of Dismalhurst-on the-l'.link)?"(Miniate, my son, is what a locality has when you are buying a home there, and weather is What is has afterwards."?Puck. "I certainly did enjoy your sermon," said the hard case, who seldom attended church. "Indeed!" replied the ltov. Mr. Tawker, "and which part did you enjoy the most?" "I guess It was the part where I dreamed I had a million dollars."- Philadelphia Ledger. Tlio Knrnun Toiijjuo. They (lo not need to kill (heir missionaries in Korea; it appears to lio sutlicient to let thein leave the country unrestrained, Hishop Corfe lately did so. Ite found the Koreans at once friendly and unnpproaehnhle, for they listened with genuine Interest to his endeavors to preach the gospel In a language which he could not use correctly. He was, it seems, like other missionaries who had preceded him, distinctly amusing. Rapt congregations in Korea have been told, not that J.afcarns fell sick, hut that lie entered a bottle; that hell is a collar, and that the careless sinner is like a donkey (tho preacher meant a butterfly) in a spider's web. Besides, there are seven ways of saying so simple a thing as "Good morning," and you are in danger of giving offense with the wrong one. To a boy you must say it one way, to an unmarried man younger inuii ,> wmnrii, null v ill ii/uni j <i i?>\# iw unmarried and married men and wornon of different ages and different social standing. Otherwise the seed may fall among thorns. The Itev. C. T. Coliyer, who Is familiar with them all, says that the Bishop's resignation is no shame to him. if he had first been able to speak Chinese or Japanese, these and other hard things would have come quilt* easy i<> mm, urn. ne irieu iu leuru one language l>.v itself and had to givo It up. "Kant is East and West Is West, and never the twain shall meet."? Pittsburg Gazette. Souib Women Wonld. "The Chinese woman is ridiculed for her small feet," she said. "True," lie replied. "Civilization does not sane!ion foot binding." "And the woman with large feet In also ridiculed." "True again." "(Ill ilimr " uIia "U'nntnn doos linvo a hard time in tills world, doesn't she? I wonder if she wouldn't be bettor olY without foot." "l'ossibly," lie replied, "but I oan't help thinking sbo would attract consl<V entitle unfavorable comment walking on her hands,"- New York Press, f Olio of Tfiono TY*N. A Western newspaper springs this headline upon an unsuspecting public: "Walt Welter Weds Winkle Wood Wednesday."?Chicago Journal. , }