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-- -" - .r The combat has spparently ceased. and the officers understand. The soldiers who have fought sL bravely for their cause are ':onderin. what their captains will do. And perhaps the latter, too, ques. tion themselves. "Why are we here? To fight." "Then fight it shall be." They separate. cross swords, rush forward then a clash. The soldiers cease striking and look on, not one approaching to interfer in the sublime combat. Now a voico' is heard. "I am younger, Adam. It is I who should die." "No, Boleslaw; you saved my life. I cannot strike." "Very well, t:aen. Both together.-" "Ye., together." "'Adieu, brcthel.. "Adieu." The two arms are thrust out; two bodies fall. 'And before renewing the battle they laid them side by side in the same grave, close to the scene, the last of the Przezinskis.-From the French. 1 - SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. A hundred bales of cotton were re cently loaded into a box car thirty four feet long, having a capacity of 50,000 pounds. -The cotton was packed so tightly that there was spacc to put in five more bales. Thuringien peasants, according to a consular report, protect seed pota toes against rot by spreading then out in a sunny place, with frequent turnings, until they become thor oughly. green. They are then placed in a cellar until February when the3 are removed t- a partially warmed room until planting time. The pota toes not only keep well, but do not sprout until planted, a larger and better crop resulting. The horse-bri,eding industry, whicl 1 is carried to such an extent in the Argentine Republic, has caused th t agriculturists there to experiment, especially in the provinces of Buenoj Ayres and Entre Rios, on a new plant t of forage, called la sacalina, techni. cally polygonum sachalinense. That plant comes from Siberia, and it it said that it possesses very appetizinj qualities, that it grows in any kind o: t ground, andfis not affected by extreme changes in temferature. t The deafness of locomotive engi x neers and firemen has been lookee c upon as an effect of the whistle. Mr, George Trebel points out that this t canno b so,, and. finds.at.Q av t rMin te eft, leadinghim tc suggest that the cause is the impact t of the wind on the ear-drum as the c men lean from the cab. The sound i oA the whistle is scarcely noticablt v while the men on the slow-moving a yard engines are not affected. a 8 Professor Josse, of Berlin Uni. f versity, has invented a method of l ncreasing the power of steam en. e .ines, which promises to revolu. t ionize steam engineering. He con- t lucts steam generated in an ordi- I; sary boiler into a cooling tank, and rj ~hen treats it with sulphuric acid, in- s ~reasing its power from one-third tc s mne-half. A factory at Charlotten- c urg, Germany, has been using the i: nvention for three months, and has j >btained fifty-six per cent. above the e ndicated horse-power of its engines, t To prevent collisions at sea a de rice known as a pilot torpedo has been nvented recently, and has receivedc he commendation of a nautical con-t ~ress. It consists of a small boat de igned lire an ordinary torpedo boat, nd propelled by a ten-horse-poweri ~lectric motor. The torpedo is con-a ected to the steamer, which is to be rotected by two cables from 900 to .600 feet in length, earryinginsulated2 onanctors, and in the event of its triking an obstacle, a bell is rung nd the boat recedes. - When the ob truction is removed the torpedo boat oes forward again. Luncheon Time Announced by a Cat. t The noontime whistle is nevel c ounded at the Buckeye Foundry in p Tamminsville. It has been discon- n inned since a wiseacre of a cat has i ecome the announcer to the men of o he arrival of the dinner hour. I homas has been a habitue of tbe en- a fine room for a'number of years, and a akes great mnterest in the working of I he plant. After a short residence he r liscovered that a cat could find scraps a o eat if he was on hand when the aen opened their lunch baskets, and o iso that the best time to visit them I as when the whistle blew. Thomas tl onsequently became so regular in his s rips that the engineer began to rely o an him to notify the men, and dis- h~ ontinued the signal for quitting c ork. About 11.45 every day Tom i, rouses himself, looks wise at the en- ti ineer, and then marches into the~ h oundry. The men immediately quit a ork on seeing him, and Tom pro- a :eds to look about for tid-bits froL2 ti heir lunches. At first he got mixe. b~ ipa little.-Cincinnati Co,mmercial- n ribune.b British Peera:ues Founded by Trade. Ej Glance through the peerage and a ~ross out the peerages founded by a rade, and how many would be left- a he Earldom of Essex was founde' 1, >y a draper; that of Warwick-now ~ommercial enterprise in itself-by a vooistapler; that of Northumberiana,i he "Proud Percys," by an apoth- j :ary; that cf Landsdowne by a pe a, who was :;o poor that lie lived rce week:s on walnuts. Lord Tem :erden, the Chief yustice, -stopoii . ith his soni outside Canterbur: s lathedral, pointed to a shed opposite :nd said: "Chariles, in that shed you a trandfe.ther used to shave for a pen:: t is th maonact reBection of ni THE DRUMMER. 4 blood-red battle sunset stains Tie l-rid winter sky: Vhat spirit stirs withi n our veins Ana lifts onr hearts so hfgh* GiVes youth no peace, gives age no sleep, For listening to the roll Of the smitten parchment sounding deep Its toesin to the soul: Rataplant Its rolling, rhythmie, rude aarum to the listening soul? For yester noon the folk that rid - Their thresholds from the snow Saw through the still street.s ermine hid The dwarfish drummer go A war-worn anclont, traRl-stained, Beating a weird tattoo. *Whose cunning lilt its bearers chaineld And caught them ere they knew: Rlataplau! That straight they sprang from shop and stall, and followed cre they kouw. Ycr here the blear-cyed smith forsook His forge fire just aflame, And frorA his leathern apron shook The cinders as'he came. le left his clinking anvil dumb On noisier busl:,css bdund, t His mighty blows resouad: Rataplan! the er.shing, cl.nging music of his mighty blows resound! And there unwonted ardor lit The trv.der's wrinkled face, S 'Till wondering neighbors saw him quit 'The crowded market place; The tinkle of the gathered pence Forgotten, as ho heard, Athwart the rending vell of senso, The tambour's master word: Rataplan! Insudden, stern staccato, the drum's im perious word. Ire the slow priest his blessing said The bridegroom left the bride. The mourner left the cherished dead His love had watched beside. Pressed c'ose and fast through lane and street The ever thickening throng; All st6.ping to the measured beat That marshaled them along: Rataplan! The teasing, tripping measure that led their lines along. ]ed sunset shot with sanguine stains: A sword across tho sky; What sacred fever swells our veins And lifts ourhearts so high? Gives youth no peace, gives age no rest That hears the throbbing roll That knocks so hard against the breast And shakes the hidden soul: Itataplan! That strikes the heart within the breast, and wakes the sleeping soul? -Rdwaifydney Tylee, in the Spectator. - ~ go noo -;ocoo no *oo~o The. Duet of Cousins, I - 0 A Cruelty of War. O000000 00000C00 - 'P N close formation, the column slowly and silently ad Ll a mann A ma fCen-t - stargb.t w inter evening rendered the cold more piercing. Icicles formed on the men's beards, and their hands stuck fast to the barrels of their guns. And oc easionally a bomb, flashing through space like a streak of lightning, caused the men to instinctively lower their heads and look back of them where it had fallen among the offcers of the Zouaves. And still the silent procession moved on.1 * .To take possession of the enemy's< territory by a bold stroke, driving the< Bussians out of Sebastopol, and oc-1 .cupying it themselves, was their endi in view, an end glorious enough to hurry them forward, regardless of the cold, the frost, or the hour. The amusing apart of the situation was that once more Company Przezinski was to measure its strength against -Oompany Przezinki. SFor two months these companies, .whose captains were consins, had lain opposite each other. It was the strife of the Przezinskis. Both of Pohish origin, belonging to the same family, the war of inde pendence had separated them, the one's father becoming Russian, the < other's Fren:h. They hardly knew each others s names, having had but little corre spondence, with probably no hope of. ever meeting, when the Crimean War brought them in contact. Their first meeting took place dur ing a truce, raised for the removal of the wounded. The Russian went toward the Frenchman with outstretched hands. 1 "Good day, Adam." The Frenchman embraced him, say ing: So it is on the battlefield that we become acquaineed, my dear Boles law." "Yes: God wills that for the mo- I ment we should be brother enemies." And seated apart from the others, hand in hand, they talked of their kin, of Russia and France. But the clarion soon startled them. I Alreadiy they must part. Each< * ~ ust leave the neutral ground and< regain his own quarters. They would sgain become enemies. This was the last opportunity they sver had of conversing peacefully. f ~ But this night they were again to.' bneet. and a strange presentiment'< heavily oppre:sed the Fren:h officer's heart. A shot brought the column to a halt. They had been discovered. Then like lions they sprang forward. Not a gun answered the Russians' fire,! but the wounded fell without a cry or murmur, the wild and bloody chase ini the night presenting a fantastic spec. tacle. It is a cilent hand-to-hand eneoun ter that is tcrrible. Nothing is heard * but the heavy breathing. The glis * tening bayonets are raised for anin stant, then furiously plunged. in their seabbards of flesh. -The prolonged, strt:ggio grows fiercer; a b!ow is aimued at Adam's heart, but a sword has Einrned it. *Soleslaw has saved his cousin's ife They look at each other saidly, then grasp hands. SThe sidenen is omressive. TALES OF PLUCI AND ADJVENTUIR see **0eee0 000 * se ' On a Burning Ship. HEN I was in Seattle in December," said a traveler just returned fromAlaska, "themost kalked-of young woman on the coast was Miss Mabel Shirk, a pretty girl of nineteen or twenty, who had been saved from a burning ship. Miss Shirk's father had taken her with him Dn the schooner Hera, sailing from Seattle .for Honolulu, with a general Margo, including 1000 barrels of lime, which he was advised not to take at lhat.season of the year. The schooner eft the Straits November 25, and at aoce ran into a terrific gale. For mwenty-four hours she was battered by the waves, but kept on her course, intil she sprang a leak, which wet the ime and started the fire going. It imoldered at first, and efforts were nade to put it out, but they were un vailing, and the ship was put back ;o the nearest land. The storm in ,reased, and the waves dashed over he vessel continually, practically Ldding fresh fuel to the flames, the )ntire thousand barrels of lime get ing wet. Miss Shirk was the only woman on board, and every effort was nade to conceal the real danger from jer. So little hope was left that they would be saved that Miss Shirk's ather tried to get her to go to sleep ad get a little rest, explaining after vard that he thought it would be bet er for her to be drowuid as she slept han to meet death on the ship's deck n the face of the waves and the flames. "For twenty-five hours the crew )atled with flood and fire, when land ras sighted. Then Miss Shirk was old to get all the warm underclothing he had, for they could not tell what old and privations might be encoun ered on the unknown shore. As quick y as she could she came from her tateroom with a handbag containing supply of woolen underwear. She ras informed that she could not take he bag, and that she must put on all he could take with her. She went iack to her stateroom to dress, but he fumes of the lime were so strong Low that she could not remain in the abin, and she was driven to the deck, rhere she was compelled to dress roughout with the storm raging "There was but one boat left, and t one chance in a thousand that it ould be launched, and still less that t would ever reach the shore, but it ras sure death to remain on the ship, ud the boat took the risk and got way to traverse the mile between the hip and the land. There was not room r all the crew, and several of the trave fellows agreed to take the hances of the boat coming back for hem, but another boat put off from he land, and they gotinto that short y after their own boat had started. 'hirty minutes later the Hera was a heet of flame fifom bow to stern, and he burned to the wat'er's edge, going own in fourteen fathoms. The land g was safely made on Vancouver sland, Clayogn~ot Sound, and the res ed' persons were kinidly cared for ntil a passing steamer brought them ack to Seattle. "Miss Shirk has not entirely recov red from her experience at last ac ounts, and she had given up going o Honolulu. The one thought, she aid, that was uppermost in her mind uring the storm was that her friends n Seattle would say, if she were r owned: 'Well, she oughtn't to have ailed on Friday.' OMiss Shirk ex >ects to go with her father to Cape ome as soon as navigation opens, ,nd I fancy she a young woman of un imited courage." Faced Four Mtountaja Lions. "Twice in my life, up to five years go, I have felt my hair crawl," said he prospector,"but as to its standing, n end I didn't believe such a thing ossible. I was knocking about the iountains of Idaho with a partner, rhen I went out alone one cday to pop ver some game f-or the dinner pot. I ad gone amile or more from camp nd had descended to the bottom of ravine to get a drink of water, when turned the top of a fallen tree and a,n plump against as pretty a sight a you ever saw. "On a grassy spot in the full blaze: f the sun lay four mountain lions ist asleep. For half a miinute I dought them dead, but as I stood aring with my mouth open every one i E the four sprang up with a growl. I ad a Winchester in my hands, but I;l auld no more have liftea it to nmyh ce than I could have uprooted the ae mountain. The first sensation I ad caught me in the ankles. It was< numbness, as if my feet were asleep, ad it traveled upward until I stood ere like a block of ice. Only my rain was left clear. On top of the umbness came a feeling that I was 1 reaking out with a rash. Then thet air at the back of my neck began to rl and twist and crackle, and a inute later every hair in my head 'as on end. I had on a soft felt hat, nad I am sure that hat was lifted an ch or two.t "As to the lions, they stood there, ead on to me and sniffing and growl g andi switching their tails, and had but mov:ed a finger they would hae een on me. I didn't move, because II6 ouldn't; I don't believe I moved .n yelash for three minutes. By and by ne of the beasts dropped his tail and1 hiea. My unexpected presence u~d queer appearance mystified him. [is actions were followed by another. ad ten seonds later the four made a nle do.wn the ravine. growling and 'hing as they went, They jad i1 been gone a minute before T felt i blood circulating again, and perhai it was another minute before I Con! move about. Then I found my hat o the ground at my feet. There wasn a breath of wind down there, and i my hair didn't lift that hat off in head how did it leave it? I know th hat was pusbed off. I' know it, be cause when I got back to camp in hair hadn't yet flattened down, an when my chum rubbed his hand ove my head there was a crackling as of rabbit running through the dry brush This state of things continued for tw days, and the way I finally got th scare out of my bair was to rub o about a pint of coon's fat and heat i at the famp fire." Private Ora Platt a Hero. The law provides that for an 'tn listed mar to be entitled to a. meds of honor his act of distinguished gal lantry must come under the persona observation of an officer. That is wh, Private Ora Platt, of the Hospita Corps, now with our. army in th, Philippines, cannot get a medal. Oni; a corporal saw him risk his life to savi a wounded man, and a certificate o merit is the best reward that can b, given him. The affair happened las year in the then more or less tem pestuous'island of Negros. The rec ords have come up, however, and thi Chief Surgeon, Lieutenant-Colone Woodhull, has forwarded them t< Washington, with his recommendatiot that the certificate be given to Platt Platt was a member of the Firs California Volunteers. It happenei one day that he went out with a squai under the command of Corporal Lero3 Smith to investigate some of th< doings of the insurgents in the neigh -hood of Carlota. They went aloni the road without expecting to mee resistance. Bat they met it of a ver' stiff kind. The insurgents were wait. ing for them, concealed in a ditel that crossed the road. When the cor, poral's squad came in good range the: opeDed fire. Two men fell at the firsi volley. That left four. These foni ran back about twenty-five yards t where another ditch crossed the roai and got down in that. Then they be gan to fire back with all the vim ani the energy which characteYize th< shooting of American soldiers. Bu1 their two comrades were lying in tht road. Platt left the other three Inen t< tend to the shooting part of the busi ness and made a dash for it t')wher( the two men lay. He picked u on( of them, swung hia on his back and taggered back to he ditch,--u 6- al t a the c badly arterr irm had been Unger of ble g eat Platt got out his id bandage ; put a tourniquet on e arm, bandai:ed up the wound an aved the man's life. Then he wen ut to get the other 3ne. Until he picked this one up .h jad no notion that-tnis was not a case to be bandaged also. But when he iad the man on his'back he knew that ,he man was dead. Nevertheless he ,arried the dead man back to his comZ rades in the ditch. Then he picked3 sp a rifle and helped stand off the in~ murgetts. The four men fought so cell that the insurgents gave it up after a while axjd went away. Then the Aniericans took thei deadi mad wounded back to camp. In~ the British service men get the VictorT:s Dross for such work as Platt's. -A Girl and an AlligaMor. Near Lakeland, ~Florida, where United States troops were encamped n~ the summer of 1898,.there is a fine ake called Lake Gibson. The sol liers often bathed in it, regardless of bhe fact that it contains alligators; mnd the saurians, being cowards, ~fraid to attack a man, let the aoldiers ilone. But it was different with the case of Syoung girl who recently went bath ing in Lake Gibson. This.girl, who s fourteen years old and whose nother, Mrs. Fields, lives near the ake, could not resist the temnptation :o jump off the wharf one summer asy .n 1899, to take a swim. She had scarcely touched the water when her leg was seized by an alliga' ;or. The creature, which the girl sou1d clearly see in the water, seizeil ier between the knee and the ankle md instantly pulled her under the ;urface. The girl thought herself gone, but he did not give up. On the contrary. ~he struggled with such activity that he alligator was unable to hold her. she broke away from it, rose to the urface and struck out for the shore, >nly a few yards distant. The alligator returned to the charge, his time seizing the girl by the fleshy >art of the side, between the ribs anel he hip. But she struggled again, ~nd once more managed to free her elf, at the same time springing tow rd the shore. This time the alligator lid not get its jaws upon her. although t followed her until she was safe on Iry land. Although the girl had two ug!y rounds to show for he'r encounter, er hurts are not of a mortal charac er. She describes the alligator as tot being of the largest size, but only .bout five feet in length. Gallantryv on the Bittlefieold. From the fielai of party strife and ilitary criticism it is a relief to turn o an extract fromx a letter of an officer t the front, wh writes:. "An orderly was bringing some rater to a wounded man lying on the round near me, shot through the hdomaen. He conld hard!y spealt. wing to the dryness of his moithm; at hie said: "'Take it to my pal first. Hio's ~orse hit than me. '"-London Co,r espondenea New York Timres. Over 1603) wvomen are at presenti akins uniforms for English soldiers. ) DISCOVERED CAPE NOME. s th co AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY FOUND hi THE NEW COLD FIELDS. so Ie is Working a Clain For -i hrch le Which is Realizing Handsomely-The Rush For the New Eldorado is As- at tounding-Gold In the Sands. th IEUTENANT JARVIS of thel revenue marine service, who has been in command of the A: ' Bear in the arctics for several 7ears, and whose heroic rescue of the ice-bound whalers in Bering sea two , years ago gained so much fame for him, says that N. 0. Hultberg, of al Ihicago, a missionary of the Swedish b( Evangelical Missionary Society, which hE aas churches in Illinois, Wisconsin, iowa and Minnesota, was the actuel a discoverer of gold at Cape Nome, where r the miners are all flocking now. Mr. Riultberg is now in Chicago, where he 'will remain until spring, and then re-! sume work at his mission on Golovin ai: Bay, sixty miles from Cape Nome, or 1where ne has been located for three ti< or four year,. Mr. Hultberg is about m thirty years of age, a native of Sweden th $6nd a man of great endurance and of zeal. He is very popular with the ta !natives and miners and has been quite u ;successful in his missionary work. w, 1: Under his direction the missionaries so took up a mine at Cape Nome last ar -summer, and during the ninety days fo when it was possible to work took out gc about $75,000, which has not only paid se all the debts of the society but has paid for substantial buildings for the bl ,mission st!.tion and left a surplus to purchase improved machinery and other facilities for working the mines, Vi, which promise to pay as well in the or ; future as in the past. It is rather un- ta usual for a missionary society to pay hi ts expenses by running a mine. Mr. th Hultberg also took up a claim on his to pwn account, and in addition to his Iwork on the mission mine made about es 630,000 for himself last summer. tel bt: "During the summer of 1897," said PC juieutenant Jarvis, "a party of Swed- ha ish prospectors went to Golovin Bay, an here Dr. Sheldon Jackson has - un ssion, and worked all around that ocality. I saw them several times .when I was up there. They went with an Hultberg on his missionary tours and h4 examined several valuable discoveries he had made in the Cape Nome re- o gion. Hultberg was much impressed by them, and in the spring of 1898 in 'tted them out at his own expense for aff the purpose of exploring Snake River. t.h Iese leo-wa _ohis were a man liamed Brintenson, who had R ed ini copper mines in'the States th ouritry; Lin loom, a runaway sailor, I rufd Lindeberg who came over from mo apland in charge of the reindeer on hich Dr. Jackson imported from that - courtry. They struck it rich on An- yo 1 Creek and in Snow Gulch and 1stakedaout'laims. They made their go way back to Golovin Bay and told Their story. They found there a min- th jng expert from lalifornia, of the - name of Price, v6m they took back bet em to Che Nome, and also a out S$1 e0m~ first four aims for kthem~selves and me erg. Then, feeling secure, ene S..oember, 1898, they went down sto to St. Michaels with their gold to Ey spend the winter and get an outfit we and supplies for early work in the bil spring. The stories they told, of gre course, set everybody wild, and when inu they left St. Michaels for their claims he they were followed by 1000 people. whl - mo "By the opening of navigation in str 1899 the news reached California and jthe~ the Klondike country, and there was kie intense excitement. The original wh discoveries were made in the gulches be between the hills about three or four tin miles back from the beach, and be tween them and the ocean is a level dus plain of sand called tundra. Along car in August last a new-spaper man of ful the name of Logan disappeared from gre camp one day and was gone for nearly ese a week. When he came back he des brought about $500 worth of gold des dust which he said he hadi v:ashed out! fat' of the sand on the shore. At first eve people did not believe him, but when cre they tried for themselves they rocked pla out such fabulous sums that the whole a 1 camp in the gulches was deserted and car everybody went down on the beach, poi making from $10 to $500 a day. From me August to November they look out tol $1,000,000, and the three Swedes, rep Lindeberg, Brintensen and Lind- ma bloom, made about $200,000 each. ene The total amount of gold gathered at Port Name during the short season was about $3,500,000, and I think~ the product will be anywhere from in $5,000,000 to $10.000,000 this year. wh It depends simply. upon the number sur of people that can get up there. There yes will be a tremendous rush as soon as Iyor navigation opens. Every vessel that fro can be had an the Pacific coast has cel already been chartered to carryminers brc ana supplies, and every berth has al- so ready been sold on every steamer. 9 The exodus will simply be limited tosp the carrying capacity of the vessels." to "How did th'e gold come there?" I gir asked. pri "Of course I do not know," replied we Lieutenant Jarvis. "But the geol- the ogists say :the racks in the foothills joy were crushed by glacial pressure sac that the particles were washed dawn into the sands. The tundra between the foothills and the ocean is as rich 1dat in gold as the sand on the beach, lea although the nearer you go to the has water the easier it is to work it." Itoi. "How is the climate?" art. "It is not so good as it is at Daw- ma son. In the latter place it is very Th hot in sammer and very cold in II. winter, but the air is dry and ex- . De hilaratin ere is no wind. On Mu mobe haeNme it is neither Prt hot in the summer nor so cold in e winter, but the cape is frequently vered with a heavy damp fog, and rh winds blow almost incessantly, as to make it very dieagreeable,and e country around is a barren, life 5s plain. At Dawson the miners Ld timber for houses and fuel, but Cape Nome there is no timber and e miners will have to import their mber and coal and all of their sup ies from the coast States." "How much gold was taken out of. aska last year?" "About $20,000,000 altogether. I ould say," said Lieutenant Jarvis. Che official figures show a product of er $16,000,000 from the Klondike )ne, and I think that is considerably low the truth, because the miners ve to pay a tax on their product d they would naturally make their ports as low as possible." WISE WORDS. It is a great pity that the knowledge A experience gained by years and portunities, by intelligent observa )n and thoughtful reflection, is not )re fully utilized for the benefit of ose who are lacking in some or all these advantages. So many mis kes might thus be avoided, so much eless labor saved, so much less time sted, so many false steps prevented, many disappointments, failure3 d sorrows escaped, that it is matter e deep regret that really wise and od advice is so seldom craved, cured and followed. . We mortals sometimes cut a pitia e figure in our attempts at display. e may be sure of our own merits, t fatally ignorant of the point of -w from which we are regarded by .r neighbor. Oar fine patterns in ftooing may be far from throwing m into a swoon of admiration, ough we turn ourselves all around show them. Every man will have the power he rns, and the power that he has will 1, not because people like it or him, .t because it is power, and as such wer can keep itself erect without ving a cricket put under its feet, d keep itself dry without having an brella spread over its head. A mind in the grasp of a terrible xiety is not credulous of easy solo ns. The one stay that bears up our pes is sure to appear frail, and if ked at long will seem to totter. Bravery may be cultivated. Show , spirit of courage in the minor irs of life traics us to be strong ) great crisis. [t is the mind that makes the 1i; -nd as the iun brea+ darkest elqidaio' lappiness may rese antain or a molehill. I A the distance you are from it. -s . Eon need not pack up any worries. a can get them anywhere as you along. L judicious silence is always better n truth spoken without charity. ts an omen of success, industry is ter than a four-leafed clover. ~uppression of honest investigation u,ret gession. rmous. Corrfort as it is under d in a big ship is quite unknown n in what is known as moderate ther cooking is almost an impossi .ty, though this is less to be re tted, for the dtira illa of the most red seafarer often given way, and feels a certain distaste for food en, besides the extremely lively ion given by the waves, the whole cture vibrates and trembles n-l~er strokes of the engines and the k of the propellers. The duties ich torpedo boat destroyers would called upon to undertake in war e are desperate in their risks. he little ships are the enfants per of the fleet. Even if they can ry their di'ead assault to a success issue, it will only be by the atest chance that they themselves ape destruction. The torpedo boai troyer oflicers look coolly upon ,th as their more than probable in action, but each thinks that rything-himself, his ship and w-will be well lost if he can only t one deadly stroke which sends attleship to the bottom. It is a :parision between a few thousand Lds' worth of structure, its arma at, and a crew of less than fifty all 1, against a floating castle which resents more than a million of ney and carries 700 or 800 of an my's seamen. -Blackwood. Dowries For Poor Girls. rather pretty custom is observed a number of towns in France, ere prominent citizens have left a a of money so as to provide every ,r a small dowry, to be given to the ing girl considered most deserving i the point of view of general ex ence, kindness to her parents. thers and sisters, industry and 'he town of St. Denis has been cially favored in this respect, and lay as many as fourteen young s to whom the municipality and vate citizens have awarded dowries e married at the same time, and town was en fete on account of the s of these little "rosieres." Biographies of Women. statistician in looking up some a relative to famous women has :ned that one hundred biographies e been written about Marie An ette, Joan of Arc and Mary Stu Other women who have furnished :erial for many books are Maria resa, Queen Elizabeth, Catherine of Russia, Marie de Medici, Mmne. Maintenon, Christina of Sweden, e. De Stahl and Queen Louise of usanc THE MfERRY SIDE OFLIM STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Two of a Kind-Its Avfcd Fate--Remark. able Girl-A Drawback-EvIl Efects A Change of Plan-The Rabbit's Foot That's Lucky, Etc., Etc. T'"e old-time cook with the coal-oilcan, Who oft hurried hence without definite PlaD. Has b)eea overshadowed and forced to re. tire Dy tbe man who thaws dynamite out by the lire. -Chicago Record. Its Awful Fate. Mary-"Sure, an' he went off in a pet. Caroline-"Who did?" Mar.y-"Tbe mouse. Our terrier ate him."-Harlem Life. Eeinarkable Girl. "Adeldde has such a fine mind." .'She has?" "Yes; she can keep up her interest 13 a man after she knows he's en A Drawback. First Tramp-"How do you like di business, pardner?" Second Tramp-"It comes purty hard. sometimes, on a man what is nacherally gluttonous. "-Pack. Evil Effects. "Didni you send any of your chick ens to the poultry show?" "No; I've noticed that when a hen sm.:nires a taste for society she gets too~ stuck up to lay eggs."-0hWcago Biecord. A Change of Flan. "The Folderols have recalled their reception invitations." "Anybody sick?" "No; Mrs. Folderol changed her mind, and concluded she would rather have the house paiated." The Rabbit's Foot That's Lucky. - "Do you think that rabbitr' feet are lucky?" Ten-pot asked. "I do if they are rapid enough to carry the rabbit safely away from the hunter," replied Mullins.-Detroit Free Press. What Re Lacked. "Why won't you marry ie?" he asked. "Because I don't have to," she re plied. Then at last he realized that, while a mone he did not have enough Ce- e . e.-Chicago Post. Sinister. He says -he would glaly Tay h d at my feet," said the sentimen *&oung woman. T OYf hat's what he'll do," said Miss 5Yenne. "After you're married hell lay the world at your feet-and compel you to walk on it because;you cnt dfford a cab."-Washington Star. Runnin So Risks., "I suppose you have given a great deal of study to the subject; you are ~oing to discuss.'' - "NTo," answered the readj ealk& i?cnviced that the other a{h tar. Tn. Mission of Friend. ''' "I think it's so nice to' have eve er nd ever so many friends," said th e nthusiastic young woman. - "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. It's quite desirable. If you have ver and ever so many friends, you ire quite sure that no one will say nything disagreeable aboutyou with, Headed Her Off.I They were speaking- of the new oman movement. "If a girl proposed to you," she 3aid, "you wouldn't dare refuse her." "If a girl had the nerve and the de ermination to make a proposal," he eplied, "I wouldn't dare marry her." In view of the circumstances she. - eided to wait for him to speak first. A Color Scheme. ".Do you mean to tell me she let the child sit there at the table with egg and cranberry sauce smeared on its face!" said one woman in horror stricken tones. "Yes," replied the other. "But it wasn't indifference. She said she adn't the heart to wash she baby's race-it looked so artistie."-WsSI- -- ington Star. .___ Would Refrain From That. "If you were rich, what would you ioe" "I can't be exactly sure as to that," as the reply, "but I know what I ould't do." "What?" "I wouldn't put in any time trying o convince the poor that they are teky to escape the nervous strain of andling gr-eat wealth." nlateur. "You were all wrong in your an' dlysis of that handwriting," said the ayer in a grieved tone. "All wrong. You didn't catch the significance of it at all." "Well," answered the expert, who had been an editor. "don't blame :ne. That's what you get for sending e a manuscript that wasn't type written. "-Washington Star. In, Proper F,ormi. The so'iety editor who1 was acting temoraily as new.s editor, worked vcr in this style a di.!patch pertain iug to a battle. ' :neral Welter aI3nontees the en ragement of Colo-: C Thompson with considerab!e :.ree of the enemy yes- .. - arh afternoo:). 'Coone-l Thompson .ill lie at homie w.irbini the enemy's 'nes until exch ."Chicago Tri mne, --