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TRFWEIFKLY EDITION. _WINNSBORO, S C., FEBRUARY .12, 1895. . Now comes forward i scientist with a scheme to move the Chicago rivpr. If he will kindly hitch enough tagu to It, pull the whole thing out into the lake and dump It Chicago will rise and cal' Uim blessed. It seems queer that immdately after the elopement of Rev. Conrad Haney with a female member of his flock an other woman should have committed suicide "because she was not good enough to be a minister's wife." An order has been issued forbiddink Gotham policemen to ride on street cars without paying fares. The New York copper's cup of woe is slowly overrun ning, but the depth of his misery will not be reached till he sees his peanu' erquisite slip away forever. In a Chicago Justice's court the edi tor of a Bohemian paper sued for his salary the other day. He claimed $2 a day, while the owner of the paper bf fered $3 a week. Think of the future of literature in this country when for $2 a day a man can be hired to write editorials every word of which shall contain not less than twenty-five letterV and twenty-three consonants. The French will learn by experience that sensational and personal legisla tion cannot be of benefit to the republic. A member of the Chamber of Deputies, sentenced to a year's imprisonment for writing an- Insulting letter about the president, was unseated by the Cham ber, which ordered a bye-election to fill the vacancy. The people, whatever feeling they have about M. Casimir Pe rier, evidently dislike lese majeste law In a democracy, and when their ballots were counted it was found that the im prisoned libeler stood at the head of the poll. Owing to the number of can didates, he had not a majority over all, and a second balloting is necessary. It would have been safer to leave a libeler of the chief executive of the nation to the contempt of his fellow countrymer The shark that brought the ship's pa pers of the tramp steamer Capac safely from Rio de Janeiro to Guadaloupe, in -he West Indies, a distance of several thousand miles, really deserved a pos tal subsidy, though it is now beyond the reach of any token of reward or ap probation. It is not known exactly how long the fish held the custody of the -documents, but it was much longer than Jonah occupied the whale, and probably spread over a considerable hitoric period, according to the shark's chronology. No process of digestion had begun upon them, not even upon the dates and signatures, nor the seal Ing wax and heraldry on the otffcial en velopes, showing that the gastric fluid of this variety of fish Is considerably less corrosive than murlatic acid or Gowanus vinegar, and that the creature possesses occasional utilities not here tofore dreamed of. This is one of the fsh stories which we are not permit ted to doubt, inasmuch as it Is testified to by the bo's'n tight and the midship mite and the crew of the captain's gig, as well as consignees, supercargoes and other people, every one of whom Is ap parently ready to swear to anything. The occurrence Is interesting to every body concerned except the shark, which had to be cut in twvo before becoming celebrated. Polar Bear Shooting. The captain and I have just finished sur dinner--I may mention in passing that we are so far fashionable that we seldom dine before 8 or 10, sometimes not till next day--when Hans, one of the shooters, comes in to say that that there is a bear close by. We jump up, get our rifles, and start off, at our' leis ure, be it said, for there is no hurry the bear is engaged on the carcasses of some seal, the remains of our last catch. We soon see and make to ward him, but the ice is uneven, and we are obliged to take our time. At last we mount a high hummock and the bear catches sight of us. We lie down, and without hesitating he comes straight in our direction with his slowly swaying gait; a well-grown fellow he is, and gets over the ground with speed, although he seems to be taking it so quietly. He is already behind the hummock immediately in front of us, not fifteen yards away. There is his head visible over the edge, but we do not fire, as that is all we can see of him, and he does not run away. A 6ne head it is; too, the forehead as broad as a barn door, not to exagger ate. He rolls it backward and for ward for a little while, then disap pears altogether. We hold our rifies ready, #6r it is impossible to. know e he may show himself next. Yes, there is his whole body appearing on the Bide of the hummock, his breast toward us. Both our shots go off to gether, the bear growls, bites his breast, staggers back a couple of paces, and then falls. He soon draws his last breath. He was a very large animal, 7 feet 7} inches long, and in such good condition that anybody who had not seen him would hardly believe that the layer of fat on his body was in some places three to four and a half inche's Ihick, and the intestines were ar rounded and interwoven with fat. He gave altogether over thirty-eight gal -lons of oil. The bullets had hit hiunim the middle of the breast, an inch from each other, and had penetrated the whole length of the body as far as the hindquarters.-Longmna's Magazine A Jokce "Ha.ha." "What is it?" "A loke." -What's a Joke?' "A simple turn of ;he humorwrist, See? Ha, ba." 1ruth. AD DORATHEAM. (know where there Is hon-y in a J r. 31eet for a certUin litle ineud o: And. Dorothy. I know% - ece ia. .. ate That ouly wait san:ill han. s to lu1'rr' : A wreatn for such a guicu liead as thiune. rhe thought that thou art couingmakesalizla. The house is bright with blossoms higi auJ low, .md many a little lass and little lad Expectantly are! running to and fro: The tire within our hearts is all aglow. We want thee, child, to share In our delight On this higli day, the hl!*e:t and best. Beeause 'twas then. erte youth had taken fiight Thy granduamnia, of women love-liest. Made me of men most honored and most blest ihat naughty boy who led thee to suppose He was thy sweetheart has. I grieve to tell, Been seen to pick the garden's choicest rose And toddle with It to another belle. Who does not treat him altogether well. But mind not that. or let it teach thee this To waste no love on any youthful rover ,All youths are rovers, I assure thee. Miss,) No. if thou wouldst true constancy discover Thy grandpapa is perfect as a lover. So come thou playmate of my closing day, The latest treasure life can oiler me, ind with thy baby laughter make us gav. Thy iresh young voice shall sing, my Dorothy, Son&s that shall bid the feet of sorrow tie' -W. '. Gladstone. "NUMBER 29." The vast, mud-colored building loomed out of the fog as the doctor's brougham drew up, with a jerk, under the portico. Against the dark lining of the carriage the set face of a man inside was visible by the light of a portable lamp. It was the face of a man whose mind is not at ease. There were irritable folds at the corners of the mouth, a restless look in the keen eyes, even as they traveled over the page he was reading. Sir Kenneth Brandon. only shut his book as he I stepped out and entered the White chapel Hospital. The doctor always read as he drove about London from one consultation to another. It was his habit to allow himself no leisure for idle thoughts. Sir Kenneth Brandon was one of the ew London doctors whose names are familiar abroad. He had made one big discovery, he had done a great deal of useful work, and at 50 he was already making a large income. His recent knighthood was popular-not only among his patients, but among his professional brethren-and his din ners were among the nidest in town. And yet many people -and, who knows? perhaps Sir Kenneth himself missed a hostes' smile, a woman's win ning phrases, at his brilliant dinner table in Wimpole street. Sometimes -if ever he had time to think-per haps the great physician might have regretted the pretty, bad-tempered, foolish wife, whom he had scolded and neglected in the old days; the child for.she was little more-who had fin ally lefi their diagy suburban villa for good; the girl he might have saved be fore it was too late-for at first she had left his house . after one of their miserable, sordid squabbles, and had gone back to her father and it was only after a humiliating scene with her hus band that she had finally disappeared. She had disappeared, and she had never come back. The police had been un able to find a trace of her, beyond that i she had first gone to Spain with some I man who was unknown to him. After 1 that all was a blank. To all intents, and purposes his wife was as one who is dead. Yet the embittering quarrels: of those early years; his se-yerity wyhenI he should have been lenient; his care-i lessness when he ought to have I watched over the foolish young life that he had sworn to cherish and pr-o- I tect-were facts which, though he sel - dom allowed himself to think of themn, had left their traces written on thE great physician's face.. Inside the large hall, where a mar ble statue of the Quieen loomed ehilli-I y out of the vague half-light, a lady was already waiting for him-a fair, high-bred face, with something ot the look of the student, modernized by a slightly bored air, such as iq often seen in a cultivated woman of the world. Lady Sibthorpe was a widow of leisure, and was intermittentiy interested in a variety of questions. She occasionally wrote a short article for one of the monthly reviews, preferring such top ics as do not usually commend them selves to the more tender-hearted sex, for she by no means posed as a phi lanthropist, and was understood to have views a little in advance of those) of the British matron. Just now, for instance, she was interested in the hos- I pitable question, and at a dinner party the night before Sir Kenneth had vol unteered to explain the internal work ing of the "Whitechapel." The doctor i never missed an opportunity of being: useful to Lady Sibthorpe; she was just the woman he would have asked to be is wife They met as people mneet who are more than interested in each other. For some time past Lady Sibthorpe haAd known that he liked her, and for somie time past she had almost made up her mind that she might accept him, b-it there was no hurry; they were both of a certain age; they both had their oc-J Supations, their affairs. And now they turned up the stone staircase together, n their w:ay to the woman's wards. Lady Si1horpe paused for an instant as they passed the operating theater. The doors were closed- Outside two porters were waiting with a stretcher. Sudnythe door was pushed jr and then there was a vision of anxious, interested faces, lit up by a strong idare of gas; of a nurse's back bending forward, and of a surgeon's face blow ing spray on to something that was in visile. Over all an intense silence. broken only by the hoarse whispers of the porters with the stretcher, wonder ing how long they would have to wait. * * * Lady Sihthorpe was not emo tional, but she shivered a little as she oassed on. In the "Catherine ward" the fifty blue coverletedi beds effaced themselves in the gloom c-f the long room. Here nd tnera tha &MJighj iluis h bland, unemiotional features of a nurse under her smooth hair and white cap the selless features of a wouma who *as ICetirned to w1itne.s silzering vlti )ut a sian. 1n seeing Sir Kenneth Brandon ister Cat.heriue, a log-nuosed woman ivith bright eyes, hurried forward as %uperintendent of the ward. The doctor introduced the two wo aen to each other, and for a while Lady Sibthorpe, note book in hand, was absorbed with statistics. "Now take me round to your pa :ients, Sir Kegneth." she said when Qhe maa done. Sister Catherine movedfor wa'rd, a professional look on her bright face. They stopped at every bed. Lady Sibt-horpe asked que:4ions in a business-like waty, and Sir Kenneth, whose hbospital manner" was pro verbial, addressed the patients in the ame tone he would have employed to a duchess. His wav with wonmen was one of the things for which be was justly famous. They had come to the end of one of the lines of buds, and were now turning up the other side o the room. -We have a new patient there, Sir Kenneth," said the sister; "No. 29-a opeless case-the last stage of con ;umption, aggravated by want and lirt. They broughf her in from one of 'he common lodging houses. Pour iture! she was in a terrible state wnen she came." "Indeed!" ejaculated the great physi ;ian, in his sympathetic voice. All three approached the bed. The aticnt's back. was tvrned to him, but is steps approaehed - she tossed over md lay on her back, her weekly vicious 'ace, with its tiush of color on each heek bone, looking sharply emaciated igairist the witnesses of the - pillow. i'here were streaks of gray in the dark iair, and the eyes--dull, slaty eyes, which had once been blue-were blood. hot.and red-lidded: . .Sir Kenneth leaned forward and their -yes met in a long star. * * * The ears seemed. o roll avay * * * ihe doctor's heart stood still. Great 3od! Could this horrible wreck of vomanhood ..be his ..wife?.. * * And she was going to speak? It wa? L fateful moment. But No. 29 only langhed-an un. nirthful coarse and empty laugh. Oh, Lordi Are you here?" she mut ered, and tossed over. The dootor drew a- long breath; be ad grown a little paler before he poke. "Poor creature; she mistakes ne for some one else. They often do Lt the last," he whispered, and then, tking down the usual cardhungabove he bed on which the patient's age, iisease and diet, as-well as the.d iame m ch rge of the case, were writ en, he added urbanely: "Quite right -perfectly right. Dr. Brown has or ered everything that could possibly >e of use. Sister, look after this caso pecially." Lady Sibthorpe said something gra ious and passed on. Not a featmi-e ol he strange scene had escaped her. It vas evident that something extra;o)rdi iary had happened. That these two he fashionable physician and the piti be outcast on the hospital mattress - - new each.other she had now not thme malest doubt. :. But the three moved m to the next bed, smiling and chant ing as they went. Presently Sir Ken eth Brandon urged a consultation ait he other end of London at 5 o'clock nd offered to drive Lady Sibthorpe ack, as she had sent away her car 'iage. They were both rather silent as he were bowled along westward. A few nights afterward they met, by ecident, at a dinner. The talk, like he food, was stimulating; the wine, ike the be-auty of the women, was rare. :t was in gracefully artilicial mioments ike these that Sir IKenineth, pessimist hough he was, felt tenderly toward all Sworld. Sir Kenneth, in - fact, was elighted, for he was deputed to take ady Sibthorpe down to dinner. She vas a wouman who looked specially vel by candle light and at dinner time. er teeth her shoulders, and her dia nonds w're proverbial- -three thing's .hich, added to her native wit, made he widow a much-coveted dinner comn anion. Sir Kenneth, indeed, had iever realized how devoted he was to mer before. And yet there was an ex yresson in Lady Sibthorpe's eyes to light which he had never seen there, md which he could not quite under ~tand. "I see from the papers that you have een in Paris the last few days," she laid, as they ate their soup; "I hope ou have saved Europe one of its ex ~rowned heads?" "To anyone but you I am profession mily tongue-tied," whispered the doctor,1 allantly. "Her MIajesty is now out of anger. I was, in fact, able to leave aris by the 11 train--just in time to line here to-night. But I haven't >pened a single letter or telegram."I He kept the talk of the gossip of the lay until he saw the corners of her nouth' give way with a little tired iroop. "And your article on the hospitals,' 'aid the doctor, bending his head ani miling at the charming woman at his de, "I hope you're going to let m lown easily." "Ah, my article will be on quite an ther question," said Lady Sibthorpe 'I have been curiously interested in a ase wvliih is typical te one 6f-the'geat! problems of modern society. I h~ave een three times to the 'Whitechapeh. mince that day." "I wish to heaven you would not rurn my such risk! .We- doctors are hard med, you know, but there is always he fear of infection for delicate wo nen." "But that poor creature, No. 29?" "Ah!" sighed Sir Kenneth, frowning slightly, as he reached out his hand to vard his champagne glass. "Dear rav Sithnrpe, these are terrible cases. They are cankerous, evils, eat. ing away the very life of our socia' svstell." t "My dear doctor," niged the lady ir per most delightful drr.wl, "you forget what Mr. Lecky says. No. 29, on the contrary. is the martyr of civilization.' "Possibly," replied the physiciar ,rylv; "but meanwhile " "Meanwhile the woman has sue .un bed. *he died last night." There was a burst of laughter fronm ach side of the table. A well-known 2.C. was telling the latest joke. In :he pause that followe( Lady Sibthorpe ;tudied the menu and Sir Kenneth fin Kered some1 grapes on his plate. How aiuch did :,je.know? It seemed to him ta eternity before she spoke again. "I have taken 'N o. 29' as a typica!e :ase. The woman seemed to be what ve ure now agreed to call a 'morally leficient' person. Yet,.properly trained mnd protected, 'No. 29',night now be ilive, well, and a tolerably useful mem ber of society. Think of it! That .Pitiable woman was barely 40." Alv dear lady," said' Sir Kenneth, ,lowly, "you have probably only heard talf her story. Do you really know LnVthinz about her" Yes," said Lady S bthorpe, abrupt !y. And, as she lookled him straight A'Ltween the eyes, the doctor knew that 5he was aware of the wihole story. "I'm aut sentimental," she added, with a ;mile, "but I have :taken a fancy to have this wretched creature decently buried-in some littl country church-, yard. She shall rest now for good. 3hall I undertake the necessary ar angements, or would-you perhaps pre fer--?" The ladie;. were risiag to go. Bran ion bowed his head. "I-I thir.k I would rather see to his thing myself." Nothing more was said. He sa' lown again when they were gone, star ing blankly at the fruit-strewn plates ind the half-drained glasses. Her rumpled napkin fell across his knee, and as it fell he saw with a shudder a vision of a stiff, silent figure in the hos yital mortuary. He coul4 hear the la les' silken trains and high-bred voices as they trailed upstairs. And the doc tor knew that when that -suave, desir tble, but unrelenting -woman had passed out of the door, she had also passed finally out of his life.-London World. _ _ __ "JUST LIKE A MAN." me Application of That Sort of Treatment Cared Her. Miss Banks, the -young American ournalist, who, in her. "Campaigns of ,uriosity," has worked as a housemaid, eclares that not oue of her campaigns as "taken it out of her" like address ng the Pioneer Club. "They would have me speak upo. he servant question, and when I got )nto my feet I was % weak that I jiould have dropped if \;he president iad not supported me. I am not av advanced woman,' you know." --Why are you not?" "Because I can never forget that . cm a woman and that spoils the busi iess. I think that women are a great leal cleverer and quicker than men, it I like a man to take off his 13.t hile I tell him so. Somehow they ibject to that." "You do not want equality and ne .ivalr'" "No;' I tried that once and I didn't .ke it. I was the only woman reported n a paper, and was accustomed to enient treatment from the editor, an ld Southern colonel; you know how ~hivlrous the men of the Southern tates are. If I wanted to see my rssmaker or go to an entertainment iothing was said about keeping office iodrs. But onie day I overheard one ;he staff complaining to the editor that [ ought to be treated like the men, and ot favored because I was a woman. I :shed into the office in a fury, and old the old colonel to treat me like a nan in future. Next day I was sum noned to the editorial office, and there ,at the editor on the only chair in the oom, his hat on the back of his head, mis feet on the table and a cigar in his nouth, 'I want you to go out at once md report a meeting,' he said. 'But .t is pouring with rain. Why dont yu send one of the menu?' 'Because I ;el you to go.' I got quite angry atI ast be-cause he still sat with his hat o:. md puffing his cigar. At last it struck ane that the dear old colonel was jok ng. *Well;' he said, 'how do you like eing treated like a man?' 'I don't ike it at all.' 'Would you like to be :reated like a woman?' 'Yes, if you ease, sir,' I replied quite meekly. My pinion is that if we women want tc lo any good for ourselves we must not ght the men, but make them love us.' -Young Women. Mrsed Sweet-I= hear your son is en gae.Mrs. Sharp-Well, he -has brought back the engagement ring. Mrs Sweet-What was the matter. Didn't it suit? Mrs. Sharp-Yes; bu' he didn't.-Bostonm Budget. What Jacic would Do. "Papa," said Jack, as he gazed at his week's allowance, 10 cents, "do you know what I'd do if I was an awful rich king? I'd increase my allowance to 25 cents a week!"-Harrer's Younp People. Octived Bis Fears. Watts-So you don't believe that the good die young? Potts-That used to worry me a good deal when I was a boy, but I know better now,-Indian spois Journal. Thought He Was sarcastic. Nearsighted Old Gentleman--Littit oy, how much does a bicycle like that one of yours- Young Woman (in LET US ALL LAUGH. JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VARIOUS HUMORISTS. .easant Incidents Occurring the Worl4 Over-Sayings that Are Cheerful to the Old or Young-Funny selections tbat Everybody Will Enjoy Reading. Art Furniture. "That stove," began the customer, with deadly calmness, "you sold me last week as an 'art store,' I believe?" "Yes," admitted the dealer. "Isn't it?" 'It doesn't know any more about art than a hog does about Sunday." "Eh? What?" "I say it doesn't know the first thing about art. I haven't triedit on painting yet but it can't draw wortb 4 cta."-Indianapolis Journal. A Broken Heart. "This man," said the doctor, who was showing the visitor over the insane asylum, "is one of our most interesting patients. You will notice that he does nothing but weep all the time." "What sent him insane?" asked the visitor. "He was a Chicago man and his pocket was pickad by a fellow from Philadelphia."-Indianapolis News. An Urgent AppeaL A Judo-e in crossing the Irish chan. nel one strmy night knocked against a well known witty lawyer, who was suffering terribly from seasickness. "Can I do anything for you?" said the Judge, "Yes," gasped the seasick lawyer. "I wish your lordship would overrule this motion."-White Mount win Echo. A Friendly Tip. Native-Wall, who be you? Strange! -I am one of a committee appointed to investigate the question as to why so many lynehings oour in this section. Native-Wall, I'll tell you, honest. It's 'cause so many strangers came here a-poking their noses into other pAanie'2 business.-New York Weekly. The Young Bopeful. Papa (after the seance in the back ron)-Do you know that it pains me more than it does you to have to whip Yu?: The Terror-No, papa, I didn't know it; but now that you have told -e I feel better.-Harlem Life. Would if It Were Wicked. T ucy (single)-Do you think it is wicaed to smoke, dear? Fanny (mar ried)-,No, dear, I am sure it isn't. Lucy-Why are you so sure? Fanny - Because my husband doesn't smoke 'io it.-Hudson (N. Y.) Register. The -Coming Type. "Why, Mrs. Jones, what a beautiful iew hat you have!" "S-sh! My dear Miss Smith, don't tell. But it's only mny last year's one newly trimmed.' 'And he did it so nicely. Ah! Mrs. Jones, that's the beauty of having a usband!"-New York Recorder. A Plot that Falled. O'Toole-There, begorra, I've tied .tarry's goat on the railroad track and that train coming u'11 kill 'umn. Goat Now, if I hadn't swallowed Mrs. Hooli an's red petticoat yesterday I couldn't aave coughed i~t up to flag that train. Kate Field's Washington, Near at Hand, Staylate Kawler (arguing woman's lghts)-I tell you Miss Bluntley, the lay is surxely coming- Miss Blunt ey (glancing sign'fcantly at the clock) ?ou are right, fr. Kawler. It can't e more thl.n an hour or two away, I'u iositive.-Buffalo Courier. At S1rs. Slimdict's. Appy Tite (looking at the Sunday daner)-Well, Kicker, one of us has ~ot to go hungry. I'11 match you for hat chicken.-Kate Field's Was hing on. Where the 'Toothpleks Ga. Mrs. Wickwire-Goodness! there are ffty-two earloses of togthpicks turned out in this country every year. I won der who uses all of them? Mr. Wick wire-About fifty carloads of thenm slip down into the lining of fellows' rests, I guess.-Indianapolis Journal. Herror on Borrors. Mamma (breaking It gently)-Ethel, jour father has had a fit- Ethel Oh, horrible! (Nearly faints.) Mamma; -"--of economy. You can have but one Worth gown this winter." Ethell-Oh, most horrible! (Does faint.)-Town Topics. Unpleasant Trutih. Mr. Softie-Oh, I say, Miss Kitty, your friend says I am a gibbering idiot; isn't that cruel? Miss Kitty Too bad, too bad. She couldn't have thought before she spoke. She knows the truth Is not at all times pleasant. betroit Free Press. Au Old Miaad Aunt. The boy who has an unmarrifl, aunt s in luck. She pets him, buys pres ents for him, and intercedes in his be. half wheni he gets in trouble. When the aunt has children of her own she pays less attention to her nephews. itchison Globe. . Unfair Dascriite, Hobble-I notice that iR some places the autlhorities have prohibited trolley parties on account of the noise they make. Lobble-That's queer. The authorities never interfere with theater prties.-New York Weekly. A Speiniation. Cholly Chumpleigh-Yes; gloves are worn in bed at night to make the hands soft. Miss Coldeal-Indeed! Do you wear nightcaps, Mr. Chumpleigh? RAILROAD NOMENCLATUR. the Title Does Not Always show When the Road Begins and Ends. It might be supposed that railroads ihich bear usually geographical names would show by their title what points they connect, but there are many exceptions in this respect and some of them are surprising, says the New York Sun. The St. Louis & San Francisco railroad, for instance, might be supposed to run from St. Louis to San Francisco. Actually it runs 327 miles west of St. Louis. The Mine apolis & St. Louis railroad would ap pear to run from Minneapolis to St. Louis. It actually runs from Mine apolis to Angus, Iowa, about half way to St. Louis. The Omaha & St. Louis railroad does not run from Omaha to St. Louis, but from Omaha to l'atton burg, Mo. St. Louis is 267 miles farther east. The Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City railroad (or "Clover Leaf," as it is more generally called) runs from Toledo to St Louis, which is the western terminus of the road. Kansas City is 325 miles away. The Toledo, Peoria & Western railroad dose not run from Toledo to Peoria, but from the Indiana state line to Warsaw, Ill. The New York, Chicago & St. Lori:. railroad (or Nickle Piate,. as it is universally called) does not run from New York to Chicago and St. Louis It runs from Buffalo to Chicago, and a passenger upon it coming east and landing at Buffalo would be over 400 miles from New York, while a pas senger upon-it going west and landing at Chicago would be 300 miles from St. Louis. The Philadelphia & Erie railroad runs from Sunbury, Pa., tc Erie. The Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie & Boston railroad is ninety-six mniles long, from Slatington, Pa., to Canp bell Hall, on the Ontario & Western. The Fort Worth & Denver City rail road is wholly in- Texas, does iot touch Denver, and does not run into Colorado. These peculiarities in railroa nomenclature are supplemented by another. All the coal-carring r...ds runing latitudinally in the eastern states have as part of their title the words "and western." Here are some of them: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; the New York, Lake Erie & Western; the Lake Erie & Western; the Norfolk & Western the New York Susquehanna & Western; the Pittsburg & Western. The quantity of coal transported by these railroads col. lectively amount to more than 50,000 000 tons a year. Won by His Wits. who wishes to earn money is some times annoying, but generally excus able. Now and then it becomes amus Ing and almost irresistible. "Say, mister, do you want your valise :arried?" asked such a boy, running after a man who was hurrying along' the street, evidently bound for the epot. "No, I don't," answered the man, b ittle sharply. "i'11 carry it to the depot for a dime." jersisted the boy. "I tell you I don't want it carried,' said the man, quickening his pace. "Don't you?" said the boy, breaking :to a trot to keep abreast of hie victim. "No, I don't!" said the man, glanc ug fiercely at his small tormentor. "Well, then, mister," said the urchin. with an expression of anxious and in ocent inquiry on his round, dirty face, 'what are you carrying it for? Why on't you set it down?" In spite of himself, the man's moutl. twitched, and with a "There, take it!" he passed over the bag to his persistent aompani', who staggered rapidly along without another word until the depot was reached, where he received the soveted 10-cent piece with a beaming mile. Emerson's First Book. . In 1836 Emerson put forth his firsti ook, "Nature," and the next year he delivered an oration on "The American Scholar." Hitherto little had happened to him except the-common-place of ex, istence; thereafter, though his life re mained tranquil, he became known to the world at large. He was greeted as are all who declare a new doctrine; welcomed by some, abused by many, misunderstood by most. Proclaiming the value of self-reliance Emerson de nounced man's slavery to his own worldly prosperity, and set forth at once the duty and the pleasure of the plain living which permits high think ing. ".Why should you renoune~ yn a right to traverse the straighit 4dm.s of truth," he asked, "for the p:ce::A e:r~ comfort of an adre, house, and :rarii" He asserted the virttie of manual labor. Looking bravely toward the faaire he bade his hearers break the borjds of the past. He told them to study them selves since all the real good or evil that can befall must come from themn selves. At the heart of Emerson': doctrine there wa always a sturdy aw:. wholesome Americanism.- Prof. U>?, dr Matthews, in St. Nicholas. Stone Sawing. Stone Is now sawn in France e' :l reat rapidity and economy byma of a perforated diu. of iron on~ who: a coating of lead has been cut, th perforations serving to connilet am,' bIjnd the plates of lead thus formeod on the two sides of the dise. The lead: is kept well covered with emery, whieb als on It from a reservoir above. Faded Writing. When ink Is faded the iron stili re mans in the paper, and the ink eaa 1: reproduced by the app'lication of : solution containing tannic or gaii ni1_ I LOVES LAW AND FICTION. - ICatest Professional Man to Tali London by Storm, The latest successful star in the Eng lish literary firmament is Anthony Hope Hawkins. His novels are issued under the name of Anthony Hope. His m o a t successful book Is "The Pris oner of Zenda," which has taken '1 the reading public of Great Britain by storm. Mr. Hawkins is a Lon don lowyer, whose cynical style and epigrammatic man f r of naying ANTro oY things prove very .attractive to the average novel reader. :'The Indiscretions of the Duchess," "The God In the Car," and "The Dolly Dialogues," all from-his pen, are very bright and readable. His dialoguev fairly flash with delicate wit. Time and Speed. Infinite time is difficult to grasp. Distance- Is more easily understood, and some things which Sir Robert. - - Ball has to say about the distance of the stars from us will assist us In com paring them to the sun. Of these the most striking is Arcturus, and Dr. El kin has put this star at such a distance from the solar system that the orbit of the earth round the sun must seem from A returus as large as a penny piece would, seen at a hundred miles. Arc turus, in other words, Is perhaps a dozen times as far off from us as Pro. cyon Is, and Procyon, one of the near -st brhght stars, is a million tims the distance of the sun from us. But the marvelous thing about Are. turus i its movement, a very distinct "proper metion" across the sky, though not -as large as some stars. Late!!, however, the spectroscope has ascer tained for us the pace of stars along the line of sight, and Areturus travejs, it is now believed, at the rate of .880 wiles a second. Such speed as this Is truly terrific, and we may well ask where this furious star is hurrying to. As Arcturus, ten generations hence, will not have moved to the eye by as much as the diameter of the moon, wie shall have plenity of opportunity 91 discussing the question.-The Spe hitor. Ample Apology. Germans are not given to dotag ihings by halves. When they- study, they do it with thoroughness. Even .u their apologies they go to the roo0 Here, for example, Is a card pub. .ished by a tailor in the "agony col nmn" of a Berlin newspaper. Evi. dently he believes that an open confeis -ion is good for the body as well as for -he soul., "I herewith declare that the jouruey nan blacksmith, Herr Karl X., Is a rery honorable man-most honorable; tnd I take this opportunity of with iirawing the most defamatory charges I made against him. Herr Karl X. has ailready given me a good thrashing for the said slanderous wolds; but Herr Schiledsmann informs me that Herr ----- ~ Karl X. will not do so again If I state In a public newspaper that he Is an honorable man, and put a thaler in the poor-bor." Where the Snake Boards. The prairie marmot and the bur cowing owl come Into neignlborly contact with the rattlesnake, but the acquaintance does not quite amount to friendship. The prairie mar mot takes a lot of trouble and builds a nice burrow, and then the owl, who is only a slovenly sort of architect himself', comes along and takes apartments. It has never been quite settled whether or not the Lodger and the landlord agree pleasantly together, bat in the ab sence of any positive evidence they may be given credit for perfect amia bility, .because nobody has found traces of owl in a dead marmot's In terior, nor of marmot in an owl's. Biut' the rattlesnake is another th:ng. He waits till the residence has been. made perfectly comfortable, and then he comes in himself, not in the friendly capacity of a lodger, but as a sort of unholly writter-a scaly man in possession. He eats the marmot's family and perhaps the marmot him self, curling himself up comfortably in the best part of the drawing-room. The, owl and his belongings he leaves severe-ly alone, but whether from a doubt as to the legality of dis training upon the goods of a lodger, Ior from a certainty as to the lodger's goods including .claws and a beak, Inaturalists do not say. Personally I incline very much to the claw and Ibe:ak theory, having seen an owl Kill, Ia snake in a very neat and workman like- manner, and indeed the rattle snake sometimes catchies a Tartar even-in the marmot. . When tiehsefiIs itoo-coid we in crease the draught of air In the furnace, burn fuel faster and get more heat. We can do something similar to warm up the body when out in the cold. A few deep breaths held longer than a ual, pass more oxygen into the blood, thus stimulating the tigue changee that produce bodily -warmth, and this method also drives the blood more quickly and extensive lhrough -the chilled capillaries of tlie -skin, a'nd dif fuses warmth with a senlse of- exhilara tion. Put that on your list of good facts worth knowing. SOME women are like,-a mavis stom ache; nothiing e-we agrac with the-m,