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TEARS. IDLE TEARS. Anari>* Ling on the Art Which Would Bedew His Iron Checks. :iii" :m nrtlst ill rum'll (|c ,.• | '( i lic ill till* ^illllTV Ilf U tlii'.ii ,\ uir! is ihii\i'il In u |i:issii)ii of tc.i s In tin 1 |il:i\ 11i*r Hislor snys, “I.oavt* off i r.vinn; 'I"'.' un* only m l inz." in'l llii' oiuoliotinl iiiiiiilcn suits out: l.i'l ini' .•ilniio! C:in't .m»u sim* Unit 1 ini) oiijoyilitf iii> soil".'” No iloiilit slii* wns tiioroiiirhlv « ni<ivitiK ll'■I■soll. nml till * 11 ipv stimi i s. Why ? What is it in ft 1 ti.i i rowing rene that .at once extorts till i* tear of \\ ( ><> iiuil inspires the sense of pleas lire? No pr ui deni "ii tin* frontiers of pxy- ch olngy. iiieta| physics and aesthetics is mi ip* pu izz! ing. Ret w ecu Aristotle and M t'S. 1 tarhau Id (171 1 vjr,) libraries IIM [1st lu I \ < * 1 .(>n written <ui the sub- ,10: • | ;} 111 :| ) cl W(J do 11' u seem iiiueh tli(> w i Why il "i*S a pi •rsoti enjoy w ecp- in: l: lik" 1 \V: itci fall over an artistic re i! a t ion of om * or another lea lu ro in "the s; id. sad pageant of man's isori«‘ • !'(d llclli i is all the inure dilimult 1>< < n use it is by no means every one YV 1 llO «‘ll joys a good > cry or who e\ en rot t'ls in cliued to cry at all over IIl'* p;i i hot if or Hu i* t ragie in poetry, fiction or tho ' drama For one I dislike Hu ar t wlii ch H ii *S to lit raw a tear down mv inn l died .s. and dislike it in pi*o- P" .rtirni to till* artist's exhibition of his pi; II*! M IS* 1 It s a*eiiis p robahle Hiat this di staste f"l' t he coin scions!)* pathdie. If lint f( u* the tragie. i s a modern phase a i id is iimrea sing < uic could endure a i id e\ en to some extent enjoy the a r tistic st im n lati if tears in early In •Villi'll 1. hut tint lati >r. i "i* long one h:: IS 11, i. ’1 M 'kll a mel'aci cl |>art is.in iif 11n* ao sthet: • of r iiarics I ! **111 nix reign.” sa id tin * kinir. “.•ill tr: ‘Lcii 's ai'e to cml w ell." t'h: • h •s was rather a corrupt- ed 1 fill 1 t 11. i r:i< tor. il im M he confessed. a i id pet " j i *, 11 >«, "in* nioi Icrn disrdish fiu‘ p; Ii ll"S and t raged) in the arts is a BRITISH HUMOR. Silly “L imencks" Th.it Are Amusing London Magazine Readers. Tin Kimlisliiiuin l.iUos liis humor with hoi •omiiiu srrioiisnrss. snys n wrllor In (ho Itoohosior I'ost lixpross. Tho romliT 11ui\ roiiioinImt tin* stapo EnKlisliuiiiii in "< >ii iho (jniot," who thou^lil llnii \mi ri'*uns won* ‘‘silly assos” hoonuso Iho.v irioil so linnl to he funny "Why is n i*:iii tioil to a (Iok’s tail liki* ilo:iihV aski'd ono of Ihc* Americans in tho play of tin* phletr- matic duke. “WhyV vacantly rosjiond- oil iho iiobloinan. "Me ause it's hound to occur,'’ i'o|ilioil tho American youth. “Silly ass!" i oinniontod the nohh*inan. Hut. silly as the joke uiuleniahly is, it is irrosistiM\ fiiiuit comparod with sotno of tlio hiuiu't* [lorpetrated hy lOnslish now spapors and Hritish come diaus. l or insiaiao, tiroat Hritain is Just now interested in an amusing form of rhyme known as the “limer ick.” .'11111 nearly till the humorous and semihumoiMiis papers are conducting prir.c conic LYcontly a I.Midon pa per offered a < ash prize of $300 for the lies! "limi ' i' k" conirihuted hy a native son or daughter. Here is tho rhyme that won tin* inouoj : A Jolly old pari Said. “To .M.ira.i JI is v it'.* sent Whicli made h Which w . n " "whit. am iciaed Joe I'm off for a blow. Isn'l this iln* provoking wit' did i!y or at least of tin m'plieily whidi 'I'iiuc;. le- "no small elcniciil >n •i... <■ mliod down I'roii: iho La 1 lory to Hi* stag ■ to stand hy and defend a visa it mis and opprossrd heroine had a sim *. : *-. ami mil a! ifof ehnraeior wli’mli w ■ . :n ,'ndor^iaml. Init <*anm>l imil.i:> If. . or. ti:o paladin*- ol the song ol Ihcatid wept ; > ticely as tin* girl in Mir. a at hearing a tragic song or at atiy appeal lo ihcir icepor emotions Tl.c* were hra\e and liardy men. ruth less t;..hters. hnt A**hi!ii*s. Priam and the air! . apti*.>*s of .\'*Iiillcs weep with epual Zest, unashai.icd. ami douiilless the andieii.es of tin* also cried and were unashamed of their tears. They were natural, simple, nohle, hut .h an .l;ii .uics IJoiis -i*;:u w as n*it mil ural. sim|di* or nohie. yet in* wept. In* avers, as !a* walked aiom* on the road and relic. n*d on tin* \ irtues of ee \ ieil hifd re- • ' • . the oid Karl Mari schal. i cat's Were I is!|iontll*!e ill tile eigllt eentii (..uiury. artii'eial tis was Hint period, am! !*'reiieli pels and philo>o idlers :iml tin* I'.ritisli students of Uieii ardsou's novels did not soon (like llel en of Tio\ . "ha\e Uieir till of laineiila tion." Todtty tin* oeenpanis of the gal lery tire more lachrymose, are much more aniennhli* to tin* pathetic, than they who sit in tin? stalls, and 1 never saw man or woman cry over the most moving poem or novel. We seem to he losing a niruA and rcputahlc old pleas ure. How it conies about that the ar fistic representation of distress gives pleasure Aristotle asked, and answer ed his own ipiestioii hy Ids enigmali ' statement ahout ''Hn* purging of the passions through pity and terror." 1 unless that I never understood what Aristotle mean!, in spite of all his com nieiitators. of whom Henry liuteher is tin* atest and the most satisfactory. I'nluckilr I have forgotten the nature of ids explanation. I. union I'ost. A Modest Prompter In spoaking of the dealh at Mainz. •>! 'ieMdeh Hiaser, the old prompter ol >' dttlietit *r of that > it.\. a Ho ' I' ljier says; "He was modest in Ids '. cl; ami di i ii without show or idits- •*-l. so he passed away, '•rt ptiragrapli was all that the 'Stowed upon him. This om* ouid he remoinhered: (tin* even- louse was crowded in lionor of r tenor. At the time when In* ia\e d'Cio ids hest !li“ tenor's ddeniy failed iiim He looked i |>. rspire. ad' (red) made him '\> 11 oh!" (yellow). liiiiitessenee of mirth Isn't it irresistible? Tlnu'c's no mistaking the mil) of the “limerick." He w ho runs as he reads can grasp Hn* prankish humor of it. Thai is one of tin* most enjoyable fea tures of a Hritish joke. No one ever loses tin* point unless he is blind, deaf and dumb. 'I ln* I'.nglish humorist, not content with evolving a scampish wit- ticism, obligingly explains it, printing cadi particular pun in parentheses. It is an admirable custom and spares the reader any undue cerebral exercise. Another popular form of amusement in tin* I’ritMi isles is Hie prize coup let contests conducted by Hie Hritish press. Tin* newspapers print Hie first f an iiiilitdshed couplet, which *.*!.!(*:* mii-t complete. Hecently ichdon adal Tit Hits offered a for Hii lim tin* the I'l'i: coll run aiis Boca Cause a ’Twins a ' 1‘. C. Anodic Pierrot p (5,(m id r**! lines rec To Si ■ ' t 1 1 i •* Ho "pie “pit* He’d Si * Ho was icst line in coniplote tin* slan chron the pandei i tin* l.itcSome of the luv e l.ei'ti I*11 \\ CI • • f ns ion of minions t i < y ' > 'Sdf-fonce' -ivo '•]< .i» to wait. tin* Turks*, ", c* , ,1 liv .1 "buir-doB tin* greato Bailer Sw\ : r hc'.ti-r liinn a of jirevalc tr il!,- "blue"—tliat is. entered I’ti fatci. it did tirrix lit:** was “Why did stroycl •_*. i id*?" Among the England cl tiie following piilatio:i 1 a rev ird of S , _ , .*'i each: Rants, or r ilvit came down lation. PANDEMICS. Two Notable Ones That Devastated the Old World. A pandemic is an outbreak of dis ease that attacks a whole nation or group of nations There have been several pandemics, hut two only are recorded as standing out conspicuous-1 ly ns scourges of a particularly devas- 1 tatlng character ami the effects of which were felt for many years after they had disappeared. These were the Justinian pandemic In the sixth cen tury and tin* great pestilence of the fourteenth century, later called the black death. The long interval of 800 years intervened between these two great pandemics of plague. Be tween them were many epidemics of plague in Europe. Asia and Africa, some of which assumed more or less pandemic proportions, but none reach ed the dimensions of these two. The origin of neither Is known, but In both great commercial centers played a prominent pan in maintaining and dis tributing the infection. Tho Justinian plague, which continued over fifty years, first attracted attention by Its outburst at Pelusium, which was then an emporium for the produce of the east and west. The e»demlc centers of Mesopotamia. Arabia and Ethiopia were in commercial relationship with Pelusium. and it is probable that the Infection came from one of these. The great pandemic of the fourteenth century was also associated with large commercial centers, for it entered Eu rope by the important emporiums and marts situated tit that period on the Volga and in tin* Crimea and which, as pointed out by Craighton, were the terminal marts of tin* northern cara vans from China and the far east. It should he mentioned, however, that there were also the marts connected with the trade routes from India. Tho origin of the pandemic has been ascribed to China and to India. The Russian records place its starting points in India. Clemow, in his work entitled “Tin* Hoography of Hisease,” point: out that plague prevailed in In dia in 133'J and that probably the Rus- s an* correct. Wherever THE PALACE OF PEACE. The Hr,guo iribtn an A-chucct Tho > ': pi» >i at * i ed des. ■ I ■ >r- i i;‘. widespread. !t i> peace i'll I amt • • .,. > hriiliamh extr i a. ate varia i ui a, e suggests a I • artillery nitla great monum, Tin* impres-- 's Cudaing Called rI Mistake. ; with the accept lk;gii< tribunal is ,'m t upon as im ,.g in its effect a tit and itiappropri- i , ,'i tin* I'ls'iiii h. It i . do 11 >(in a pai'k of Ilian Hi*.* repose of a 11 f ui made intended to liiiii* nations should he hollo character, the eve as the Em hart thou?” 're.” par to that >,v tie* build:!!': ; for Tin* Hague tribunal should he sim pii*. dl .nilied. restful, noble and far r»* moved from mere local influences. If what is known as tin* cl ass tea I I style, or, rather, a Roman or tvnais sauce variation ^>f ir, is dc-dr ible in any building in tho world it would SOI*m to he especially desirable in this i ease. The impression of Hie stru Im*'.* * oiise ihi* parliam *:it of single and >»f a s.vin !l should appeal to | do!ii<*d temple of a j great thought, a great cause; it should j he truly the Temple of I’eaee. lu it-j self or when pictured in periodicals or I even on letterheads If should make a ! single, simple, symbolic Impression. a ; | Is the ease with St. Rotor's at Rome I with the church of Eos Invalides in Paris and witii the eapltol tit Washing ton. The Temple of Peace at The Hague ; will Ik* in a sense the capitol of the world. It should not ho a flamboyant variant of a town hall of the Low j Countries. Simplicity and grandeur should be j the character!: ties of the building erected for the groat tribunal. No one : can say that the design accepted, | though not without a certain splendor j unites grandeur with simplicity. It Is i rather grandiose than grand and the j very antithesis of simplicity. The qual- | ities of grandeur and simplicity may ! surely he attained hy adherence to the ! rcnaJssaiieo variation upon that style | of nrehiteetur!* which came to fruition , in f}recce, deriving from older sources j till that was fitting and influencing the j art "f architecture through succeeding ages more powerfully than any style . invented by human genius. The : •<'(.;(t/*d design is the work of . an ;11ilf* and accomplished architect. 1 His failure to meet the just expecta tious of the intelligent public lies ap- •nging to the Tartars and parently in his mistake as to the style ,1.0 at that time ruled over of architecture adapted to the present ; p'i't of Asia. Halfridi le purpo'-e. Tils design doubtless appeal-; ed to the judges largely on account of certain tec 1 ::! al excellences: hut. lak en in the large and having regard to ; its appeal to the imagination. It can he j regarded only as a gigantic disappoint- j 1 mont and n colossal failure. It is very ! * much to 1.1* hoped that the mistake not Irrevocable Peulury. Names In T 1 eir Hosiery. “Autograph Hosiery" is the inscrip tion on a placard shown in the window several years a wide dif- di case in tli*» large do le :* In* sci down the period . • iti Asia liefore plague ■"Tie a.*; seven years. When * it is estimated to have de- e.(.non of tli>* inhaliitants. ,! Wales at the lowest coin- ' L’.r.bii.iMM «(i' tin* inhab- ' o*.:l half of Hie total popu- (*i* .1 m y(*ars aficr this visita- though his tion Eu"ope suffered from fresli inva sion.-, of plagu *. which re enforced the languisiiing infections ali'.**adv existing i»t( In tin* countries unde A ‘‘It: I c'd C-een to M m ;o A oaret'iil gems will wondert tt! Hi: English c<(iis,u< | fill ton, It ill nm ties, and tin imagination T1 As Ik sll hoij ii('Ss!y iu\\ :trd tin* t*i(i of Hi" Ii" India i f lio members , "f the ii*** lies! rn bee. a mi* is a rom vous. . id the audience sliarei 1 in anna is *!)•* divCOH: 11 il* l. Hut help ea me -not (inaih iai f ’ Ol n aiM) . . i nit from the prompt (*!* S anna pic 1 M ) \ lie roali: :md the situati on and be- out. Th< 1 of tli**s(* popular hut a fearful and I'm ish humor. Our '•a light and grace- i ug to the risihili- ivc nothing to tlio is when* tlio Brit ish humoiisis arc superior to their American rivals in the concoction of fun. The Sixth Finger. “I»r. E T " dc oies considerable space in tin* l iaiiUfurier Zeitung to Hie dis cussion of Hn* (|iiesiioii "Hid Raphael put six tingiTs .in Hae right hand of the pope in Ins wo; k known tis ‘The Sis- tine Madonn t'.'" Tin* contention was made ht in*. Hoehc* of Freiliurg, and the leitcis wit h 1 ivi* ii(*en written on the subject iicui;* all dwell upon the point Ihat ti.,* error of tiie artist is forgotten wit ■■ one *■.in>iih*i*s Hiat no one of tic *1 ,, a; ■ of people who have set n the |i. uRr;*: ;,i liresdcn has spoken of i * .*,-iiy. it appears, however, th.i the earned Freiburg profes»or "disci ered * omething that did ii"' e.v \t .* , l-'aiice tin* out* stretched ! ! o 1 ' Hn kneeling pope look a- ", i , * were two fifth or iiitle h*ig :t ; closer inspection show s Hi ' h . knowledge of hu- ni.* 11 am.tmi i- icl al ftiult, for the addition: - ui. • tte.iii- linger is merely a shadow India's New Coin. Ci,* anna piece. It that. although the aictilation in small i- in India, a one gan wiict'i * tin* tenor lu id left "ft an 1 for Hie fir -1 a in 1 on I v t i; , c sang an up era tie suit - 'idle amlie ncc applauded ’vi'diy. tin * tenor bowed . and the lead «*r of the ii rdiesti*; 1 . Iiangi 'd Ids applause with ids 1 l.'ltOll (III til" [ u*"mliter's box ■ml shout* i'd. "Hravo. (R aser!" G swcomc Rc The inis* '*• hi lie, an. id ijt ■‘•Is w ld'*!i liti t e • rt <1 b. Harry de Windt. Hn* •• !• > has startei l on a reindeer trip in :! ic I.apttinds. form a grew- some pr:\ A Hiiddilist one six tee East indi ii to il was the sued by the oid ■■The new coin." says Hie Hundo* \dvertiser. “is made of nil kel an I (.• *-.-.(•> - two novel fea tures. it is not :t p :.in circle, hut is rosette shat*. : v. i !i in.ieiiti'd edges, so that in tin* iiurk • .in easily lie distin- guished fr .iu "ti. :* coins, and its value is expressed in lix dii'l(*rent languag<*s. The Uin:-: is portrayed weiiring ids crown, a c,.uci-sj.in seemingly to na- ti\c opinion, - inc tin* Viet/rian coins 'i\U!i fii a i »yj Hds adorncl wi is ol enemies, da abundance, a Ri show ing H cn*ated <* harehetidci disrespc* i • oercign with iitire head x ii*i*al c feeling. To go *>.: - regarded as a sign of tes We Are! -s. a set of chain Evaimeii- ■*'. wiio is eonduci- from tin* legs ami ing revixal niiitiugs. i!as reduced prisoner and a m* . Qian's sense i iportanee in the uni- nine tails are auci g verse. ibjeets. In spi-. ■ 1 ".uist thin of how simdl you are!" one perils thr.i m!i he exelaiun A "ii an* one out of •d Mr de Windt cm L500.I M H l.l il H , i sail inlialiirants of this Towest escape fr i u globe. Il w i'UId take 1.400.000 earths en. many years ag*>. to make tin- * sun I here are 1,000,000 ’haiiics at itoiiltei* s suns in our n!i iverse, and, so scientists ii"! swim and was naj, there .* oe n infinite number of \\ iiiiin ti week Mr ! universes \ud greater than all these •Xpert swimmer. put together is Hod.” from previous on* attack) d there were some epidemics in towns which, though continuing on-i ly for a feu- months, are memorable for their great mortality. For In stance. the epidemic in Venice in 1570 caused 7o.ii'm deaths; that in Moscow in the same year. ‘JOu.Otio deaths; that in Naples in ICii;. fidO.oim deaths; that j In Rome in tin* same year. 145.000 deaths; that in (Jenoa. OO.uOo deaths, and the epidemic in London in 1665,; nearly fO.iiiiii deaths. It was excep-i tion:*.I for* an epidemic to recrudesce 1 and occur year after year, which in In dia is alimot Hie rule, so that in the latter ease the mortality, though small er in individual epidemics, gradually! aceumulaies, with very few excep tions. to a proportion as great if not greater than tiia' recorded in former times New York American. Whoever Heard of One? ""'ho •ver h aid of u church ehang ing its deitoi.‘iiiation?" asked tin' gray headed man. “I never did Individual members nun change, even whole con gregations po oiy, I at i tiie church, tin* imil, ri.,i ructure, g ,(*- on the principle of o;i> a a i'lvsli terian o.' whato\< :* ins jiar.i u nr ■ rei*,! always a Rresii terian. Tin mlers of churclies htiv ■ very positive ideas in that res| c . \\ ben tbej * * >*.* tired of the ,>! . I ■! t * i move into a mo:*,* n,. ', n > *• • arc they are wi' ing t• i•’•* ■ 1 !■ ■ oi ci# ihi he used as a stai le. a eh u ... a f: ctory, any thing it) fa, t. of a u i!j'.irian nature. Imi Hie.' po i:|ve!y rei • to let it lie turne i.ito p.:i'-e m worship f*>r sonu* o;her »!.•*• minatio*;. I have in mind no h h in c ass condi tion tin: v a- vac ted not ! Ug ago by :: hand of i re h; t, :*i.i::s. A congregti- tion of Medi dist- wi he,', about that time to build ia Huit very neighbor hood Somcb dy of noti-ectarian iiitis suggi-t(*d that ns the 1'reshyterian church and par on.,g. wf.i*(> in excel lent eon 'itioti I: . iuht ha a good Idea to sell o!itri-!i; to the i*: otoing Metho dists. This p oan itio , lio, ever, was rejected, cadi * by the temporal needs of another eat.”—Nexv York Times. Lot the Same Joshua. I'uited State- Judge Eniory Speer of tiie southern dis He of (Jeorgia recent ly hr. ' I - .re hi co\i!*t a tyi ieal mouu- taineei* ui ; <• : pi. al Heot'gia charge of il idi ilis,ii g. hat's your name?” de minded the eminent juris'. “Joshua, jedge.” dra did the prison er. “Joshti.*. " 'in imide the -,;n stand still?'’ smiled the judge in amusement at the laconic answer. “No. sir. Joshua who made tiie moon shine," answered the quick wltted mountaineer. And It is ne -dless t • say that Judge Speer made the sentence as light ns he possibly could, saving to Ids friends In telling tiie story that wit like that d» served some recompense. Fifth avenue simp. Exhibited •ml are several pairs o? sill; stockings hearing autographs worked in with silk of a pretty eon- j trusting color. In these stockings the i fashionable young woman carries the silken autographs of her chums. Ev er) girl site knows is asked to em broider her name in silk of divers hues on one of tiie stockings. The sig nature is written with marking ink Just as it would he tit the end of a letter and then worked over with bright threads. Naturally the stock ings. by tin* time they have been au tographed thoroughly, do not match. Rut the general effect i< harmonious ’ and the wearer has the satisfaction of knowing that she hears the sign nianu- j al of every girl she likes and perhaps ■ a few she does not. It is said many ! girls of fashion have thus transformed i their extremities into peripatetic auto- i graph nlhtinis. New York Cor. Ritts- bu’*g Dispatch. Christian Soence In Great Britain. Christian Science is only forty years "Id. and In England, where its prog ress has* been remarkable, it was first heard of fifte m years ag". At that ; time the name was unknown in the i whole of Europe. Today tin* Chris tian Scientism chiini a million votaries and more th hi »5.Ti ehurciies ami point t" near!) all the principal countries of the world when* their doctrine is taugli t and th eir im* thuds of healing praiti ced. In I.ondnn t!ii*i*(* i s eloquent testi- mony of the s |,n*ad * nf tin* new faith in wi' at u ay 1 io eallc 1 its high temple which will Im ? eorni deled in a few V.*0(*k :■ i. 'i, ; ehure) i Is situated in SiOtim i> terraci * and W I’i(*ii eompietcl will : leciiiiiiii'ij late :i congregation of T.700, Half * the building, accoinmo- dating about ' roti or STifi, has been it) use f* nr ti con sideral de time and has usual! y b.*en si • Hi ron god i hat overflow meet ii ngs ha vi * been necessary.—Lon- don T ’rilmne. I O < tho Law Helps. Con >n i; ii .I:i me s E Watson "f the Sixth Indl: ina (IN (riot told a story niH'nt the ope ration of the pure food law and inteii, led to Illustrate his ex- pres* i *d theory that more people would he g* 1, ml if tile,' v had to be “It was while we were wrestling with Hie pure food bill at Washing ton,” lie said. 1 •that I got a letter from home. written by a man from whom I bought a big * unantit y of maple simp each year. H • urgei 1 me to fight for the p ure food bill Now. I couldn't help remembci •ing to save my life that this man boug lit five barrels of brown sugtir iit tin* opening of the maple mo- lasses sonsou. So l wrote him a note SUgge sling th; if ndv oeacy of a jut re food i measure * si ined odd from a man who bought fixe h: arrels of brown sugar before iieginning tin* >nanufac- fun* of Ids pu,* e maid, i* sirup. “No ver fen*/i •d Iiim. He turned my letter over am 1 w* rot i • on the back, '1 know* It, luit 1 W illlf the law to maU* me di • rigid.‘" -India nap'dis News DELEGATES WELCOME! While in the city and not otherwise engaged dele gates are invited to make The Ledger their home. Here you will find writ ing material, desk room, water and tooth picks and a i warm welcome. i — % .... COME IN AND CHAT WITH US 1-} ■ •v ^-. : J-»*r» j