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TRI WEEKLY EDITION WINNSBORO. S.C.. OCTOJ3ER 6,11900.ESALHD184 THE IDLE DOUBTER. "What are we tiiling for?" he sighed; "Why do we strive on, day boy day?. When the trouble's ewled and one has died What shall it profit him. anyway? Will he then awaken again to know That men are praising him here below?" "When do you toil and how?" she said;. "What are the things that you have dlone'? How inany ste-ps have you gone ahead. Where are the honors that you have won? Ah. he will lie dead and be dumb for .ye Who twiddles his thumbs and doibts today." - -S. E. Kiser. TR THESTORM "If we can't agree, ma'am, it's high tine we parted company." said Mr. *tbfas Butlington. "My sentiuclts exactly." said Miss Patty Chickson. "and the sooner the better. accordi ., to my way of think ing." Mr. Buffington was a portly individ ual, with a Roman nose, iron-gray hair, and a stout, short figure. Miss Chickson was tall and spare, with little spiral curls and the remains of a complexion. and with blue eyes, tlat had been passing bright 20 years ago. "There is an end to all human endu ance," observed the gentleman. steru= 17. 'Sir" said Miss Chickson. "I have put up with your eccentricities until forbearance has ceased tobe a virtue" "A month's noti.e:" said Mr. Buf fingtonl, savagely flourishing his yel low silk pocket-handkerchief. ",You are quite at liberty to go at the end of 24 hours. for all I care:" retorted Miss Chickson. with dignity. "Madam, I take you at your word," said the gentleman. Mr. Barnabas Butfington had lodged with Miss Patty Chickson for 10 years. He was rich and eccentric: she was poor and proud. As young people, there had been certain love aages between them-or ratl:er the s of loves passages. which had never blossomed into full perfection - and when M1r. Buffington came home from China and found his old pastor's orphan daughter trying to gain a scanty livelihood by letting apart ments, he engaged her entire second floor at once, and paid his way like a rajah. "Poor girl: poor girl:" said Mr. Bar nabas Buffington. "But how thin' and old-maidish she has grown! I really young men are, t be sure!" "Poor, dea . r. Buffirgfon how stout agyxulgar he has become!" said Miss lckson. "And only to think how slender he was once! How the dreams of one's youthful days .do al ter!" Mr. Barnabas Buffington was not perfect enough to be canonized, and Miss Chickson had her petty peculiari ties. The consequence was that little collisions were Inevitable. And one day there came a longer mteisuring of wordy words than usual. and Mr. Buffington and Miss Chick -4.son formally parted. '."Ten years is quite long enough to tolerate this state of things," said the old bachelor. "i'm only surprised that I haven't turned him away long ago," said the old maid. So when Mr. Buffington had gone away, in a calh piled high with bag gage, Miss Chickson raing the bell for her maid. "Barbara." said she. 'Yes, ma'am?" said Barbara. "Mr. Buffingtoni is gone at last." "So I perceive. mat'anm," said Bar bara. "And won't he come back again, ma'am ?" "Never:" said Miss Chickson, with spirit. "Oh!" said Barbara, rather' sur prised. "it will be necessary for us to re duce expenses," remarked th? mis tress. "Of course I c'annot any long er afford to keep so large a house as this. Mr. Buffington, whatever were his faults, cannot at least he ac'cusedl of parsimony." "('ertainly not. ma'am," said Bar barn. "Of all liberal, ft'ee-handed. kind spoken gents-" "Barbara, you will oblige me hy hilding your tongue!" said Miss Chick son. "Certainly, ma'am." said Barbara. "Get me a c'up of tea." said Miss Chickson. "and when I hav-e drunk it I will go out to look for a e ieaper house, in a less aristocratic neighbor hood." Barbara brought up the tea. in a quaint little Wedgewood teapot. on a Japanese tray. Miss Chickson drank it in silence, looking sadly at the fire. Tea was, so to speak, Miss Chick son's inspiration. When she was low spirited or in doubt or puzzled, or in any way thrown off her mental oal ance, she drank tea, and straightway became herself again. Meanwhile. Mr. Barnabas Buffing ton. in the solitary splendors of a west end hotel, was scarcely less ill at ease. "I don't like this sort of thing at all." said Mr. Buffington to himself. one morning a month later. "It isn't homelike. There's no eat here. Patty Chickson always kept a ('at. There's something v'ery domestic and cozy looking about a cat. I'll go out ant look down the advertising columns of the daily paper and see what induce pients they have to offer in the way pf quiet. respiectable homes for elder ~gentlemen," So it came to pass that Mr. Barna bas Burlington sallied forth. not house hunting. but home hunting. It was not a so readily disposed of business as he supposed. This hoiuse wais next to a livery stable: that one contained a young lady that was practicing for an opera singer: the third smelled as if the drainage was defective: the fourth was too splendid; 11he fifth too shabby. "I don't know but what I shall be compelled to sleep at the stat''un house." gloomily remarked Mr. Barnia Nis Buftington. "for, com1 what iu:Iy, nothing shall induce me to go back to that noisy hotel. where the waiters don't cole until you have rung the hell 40 times, and the soup is served half cold. Ile was walking pensively along a quiet and shady little street. with both hands thrust deep down in his pocket. and the front of his hat tilt ed down. over his nose. when, chane ing to look up. he perceived a gray (at dozing in the bay -window of a modest looking house and on the doorway thereof was placed an unpretentious notice: "Board and Lodgings at Moderate Prices." "I like the look of that place," said Mr. Buffington. "They keep a cat there-a gray eat. it's not splendid, but it looks comfortable. I'll try It." lie rang the hell: a neat little maid servant in a white apron and frilled cap responded to the summons. "Please. sir, misses ain't at home, but I knows all about the rooms," said the little damsel. "I can show em. and I ann tell you the terms. Barnabas Buffington liked the look of the rooms. There was a bright coal fire burning in the grate. "Misses wanted the rooms to be well alred." said the girl, courtesying at every other word. "Your mistress. my girl, is a woman of selise." said Mr. Butington. "This settles the matter. I'll take the apart ments for a month certain. with the privilege of renewal if I find myself suited." He took off his hat. unwound the comforter from about his neck and sat down before the cheery shine of the grate. "Go and tear down the bill at once," said he. "And leave the door open .4b that the cat can come in. I ama partial to cats!" "But. s'r," hesitated the white aproned lassie. "if my missis-" "Never mind your mistress." said Mr. Butfington, cavalierly. "Shewant ed a boarder, and she's got one! What more would she have?" MW ir 1AIP,.11 ' -I' .str a his trunkl'-and hat boxes wi - lay. Miss Chickson and Barbara had been out selecting some new pie-plat ters and pudding basins and little Bet sy was eagerly watching for them at the area door when they came in. "Please. missis." said Betsy. "the room is let. And he's sitting up stairs now, with the cat in his lap." "Who is?" demanded Miss Chick. soin' "The new boar'der, ma'am." "What is his name?" "Please, mna'am. I don't know," said Betsy'. Miss Chickson walked into her little parlor and sat down, fanning herself with her honnet. "Betsy," said she, "go upsta irs. pre sent my compliments to this stranger', and tell him that I shall be glad of an interview~ at once. He may be a burglar, for what I know" "Y'es'm." said Betsy. And away she tripped, returning presently. "He's coming, ma'am." said she. And in stalked-Mr. Barnabas Buf fington! "Good grac'ious me!" said Miss Chickson. "It's Patty ('hickson, isn't it?" said Mr. Buffington, staring wvith all his eyes. "I might have known that it was the same' cat. Hiowever,. ma'am,." relapsing into a belligerent attitude, "I won't intr'ude. I'll leave the prmises at on('e." "Don't," said Miss C'hickson, faint "Eht" said Mr. Buffington. "I-i hope' you don't bear malice," saidl Miss Chickson. "I'm afraid I was a little impatient." "Don't mention it:" saidl Mr. Buffing ton. * It was all my fault." "I was unreasonabile" saidl Miss Chickson. "I was a brute." said Mr. Buffington. "I have rep~roachedl myself bitterly," faltered the lady. "I haven't had a moment of p~eace sin-e." said Mr. Barnabas Buffington, sincerely. "Shall we forget and forgive?" whispered Miss C7hickson. "I know a better plan than that." said Mr. Buffington. "Let's begin the world on a new basis." "I don't understand you." said Miss Chickson. "I like you and your ways." said Mr. Buffington. "I didn't know how much until we separated. Let us set te down together for life. Patty Chick son. Let's be married." "At our age?" saidl Miss ('hickson. "We shall never be any younger." saidl Mr. Buftington. "If you really think people wouldtit laugh!"' hesitated the spinster. "WXhat do4 we care' whethei' they (d0 or not?" saidl the ha('helor'. recklessly. And the result of this conference was that Mr'. and Mrs. Bar'nabas Buf fington are now sitting' one on eithe side of the hearthrug, with the gray ct in the middle. as harmonIous a trio as one will often find. And the bill is tnken down perma WORLD'S RICHEST MAN JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER HAS AN I COME OF $30.000,000 A YEAR. Ils Annual Rtcelpts Nearly Equal t Those of All Europe's Crowned Head -Solonon in All His Glory Had if art Jy Half the Ainerican's Incone. INCOME MORE THAN KINGLY. John ). Rockefeller........$3..0 Czar of Russia.............. 12.00W,000 Emperor of Geriany (as King of Prussia only.. 3.852,770 Emperor of Austria-Iun gar% ..... ............ ..'.7.0 King of Italy............ 2.958.400 King of Spain.............. 2.0{4h.i0 ( ueen of Eingland.......... .925.I(NI King of Portugal........... 24.4 40 King of ( reec........ King of Norway and Swe den ... .. .. ... . .. .. King of Saxon......... 735.1 King of W iurteinberg....... 4 19.0hi .King of Rotumani&.... 237.000 King of Bavaria............ 1.412.000 King of Belgium........... (0.000) Iing of P nimar! ..........227.775 King of Servia.............240.0' Wealth has given John 1). Itock( feller an incolie which ai monarel on cartl might envy. for he coie very near to receiving iore ii money ii the course of a year than all th crowned.' heads ot Eirope coibined That last priieely dividend of th, Standard Oil Conipany ca used th world "f finance to pausoe and thil how much the King of Petroleun really possessed. Andrew Carnegie and that canny S(ot has :n incomte o $20.0)00.00 a ye:r himself--says tiha John D. lockefolk-r is the wealthies man ill the world. It is conservativel. cstimated that Mir. R"ockefeller's in come is $30.0XkI.(xxD a yeair. It is a bold decla:'ation to make wheli it is said that Mr. Iockefeller is ilu richest mian on earth. yet fiinncier ,ay tiat the tigures will heair out tlh assert ion. te nay be Ilie riches man who vecr lived, for there Wa Soloion. who. by controlling : coil siderable trade in Ophir gold. Leibanoi Cedar. granite. oils :1m1id such lhin: as well as by levying tribut- and sell in.g concessions,. ibanaged to get tc get her :ti :innal icoa of (;1,0 talents That is $17.502,4,W. Out of the sav ings from the king and voluntary coli tributions the temiple was built. Ii the course of .evei years the lebrex king was htfkrrpt. Ile maintainei out of his incomne 40.000 stalls o horses and 12,000 horsemen. Then there was Midas, a half myti ological personage, who ruled Phrygia Everything he triched turned to gold Including the vi ds which he plannei to eat. He. too fuffered from indiges Solan did not kathuse over his pros perity. He had too much oil. Th fluid was pourel over a pile of fagoti on which lie vas compelled to sit The kindly intervention of a rain storn watered it so lioroughly that the life of the Lydian monarch was spared Queen. Victoga is ordinarily sup posed to be weilthy. Her income fron her private eaates is comparatively small, for she .ave away some of thE most v'aluable of her property upoi her accession .0 the throne. Her an nuity, which iteludes all the expense! of her household. Is about two mill ions of dollars. The members of he: faimily have teparate annuities whici are not inlued In the estimate. The Income of the Czar of Rtussia which Is delved largely from vas private domaus. is estimated at $12, 000.000~. It it hard to determine thi income of tle Emperor of Germany for. besidles the nearly $4,000,004 on his civil 1st, as King of Prussia le has a larfe income from vast es tates In varlis parts of Germany. John D. Roccefeller lives simply. HI: table does mt abound in luxuriou: food. His a~odes are plainly fur nished. Yet he has more money thaI mo'archs who are surrounded by goli laced functbnaries and are hurrli about in ca-rlages ornamented' wit) solid gold. This great man at whose flat sgrea universities are called into being'ani schools and colleges take on new lIf( has the weathm of a Croesus, the touc) of Midas an1 the worldly wisdom of; Soomon. Those wlx wish to get an idea o the figures ipon which the estimate 0 John D. Ror* feller's wealth Is base< need first t> turn their thoughts t oil. Mr. Rockefeller owns about orn third of the $100,000,000 stock of th Standard Oil Coinpany. The stock pays dividends of forty eight per cent, a year. which w'oul give him an annual Income of $10 000,000. Aside from that he has an enormou income from iron interests in th Messaba range. H-e has the contro ling interest in a fleet of steamers upo the great lakes. He has large an select blocks of stock in gas and ele< tric 'onmpanies in the principal citie of the United States. The Standar Oil Company helps him to control ga and electricity in almost unlimite quantities. Mr. Rockefeller's interests in rai road properties are extensive. H practically owns the Missouri. Kansa and Pacific Railroad. The stock cheap, yet the bonds pay interest.] is generally understood that Mr. Roel feller has stock in the Missouri Pu cific. the Chicago Northwestern. th Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul. th: Delaware. Lackawanna and Western the New York Central. thle New Yori New Haven and Hartford. the Penm sylvania. the Union Pacific. the Clh cago and Alton. the Chicago. Burlin; ton and Quiney. and the Natioms Transit Comupan~y. He ~ also has stoe in the National City Bank. the Fan ers' Loan and Trust Company. th Amalgamated Copper Company. an geores of other mining properties at en his lists. will Ibe seen that %fr. Carnegie's Pestl. mate is a conservati.' one.-New York H-eraldl. QUAINT ART IN CEMETERIES. Genoa's City of the Dead Contains Some Bare Specimens. A love of the splendid has thrived in (enoa an-1 still finds expression in a number of ways that only money (an1 efect. And nothing perhaps empliasizes this to the stranger more strongly than a visit to the Campo Santo. the cemetery of Genoa. In this country of ours, apart from any allegorical figure. the effigy on a 101111) relpresents 1he individual in whose memory the monument is raised. A statue over a grave is in the likeness of the dead man. Not so in the Campo Santo of Genon. or indeed. in any of the cene teries of lialy. There may be there often is-a medallion portrait in high relief of the deceased. But the chief ligures Mlre- there are noal legorial tigures) are those who have been left sorrowing. There is perhaps an element of true ar in this-to us--quaint custom. While the eye is iled by the figures or people possibly still living they nev ertheless are telling no story of their own. They are there In order to sug gest and intensify -a remembrance of t!e virtues of the dead. And most certainly they do this. Take the monument where the figure of a man stands leaning against a pil lar. his hand shading his eyes. It is a son at his father's grave. The figure is that of an ordinary man in every day clothes. There is nothing pietur esque aboumt him.-;and yet the whole effect is inexpressi rely beautiful. Nor is :t a nire question of splendid seuip tire. The attituM of the man is one in deep sorrow. and the mlind instinct ively recognizes .tat the dead man most have been a good man to have commanded so profound a grief. No tablet, no written'phrase could testify this as pathetically and as eloquently as does tihis stricken figure. Again how eloquent of a husband's good qualities is the monumnent where the widow stands knocking at the door of the tomb in her yearning to follow him. Suriely there is in this simple conpositiofn more tribute to the man than- in the :conventional monu ment where the deased sits, in semi classic gArmen -o a wholly classic chair, with o iuii pon his knee and the other arm of the chair. Probably the On never In his lfe struck su . tude, and the memrial d its Inscriptin - for home- t his worth. The ple to adorn a dead friends is shown in the monument where doctor is stand ing by the bed ils dead patient. The story runs illness which proved fatal and unex pected. The he great est in the lait, but he arrived toolate.-Pea r' - You cannot puten great hope Into a small soul.-J. L. Jones. The necessity) of circumstances proves friends and detects enemies. Epictetus.. Begin your day with a clean con science in every wan Cleanliness is honesty.-Thackeray. There ~e no pers'ons more solicitous about the preservation of rank than those who have no rank at all.-Shen stone. Duty is the only tabernacle within which a man can alwvays make his home on the transfiguration mountain. -Philips Brooks. What some men call success others call death. Death of love, death of hope, death of manhood, death of the soul.-The Schoolmaster. Habit Is the beneficent harness of 1routne which enables silly men to live Srespectably and unhappy men to live calmly.-George Eliot. Our lives, by acts exemplary, not Sonly win ourselves good names, but do Sto others give matter for virtuous deeds by which we live.-C.hapman. Few men are more to be shunned Cthan those who have time, but know Inot how to improve it, and so spend it )in wasting the time of their neighbors, -talking forever, though they have noth ilg to say.---Tryon Edwards. Chinese Bed Rooms. Chinese bed rooms, even in the - homes of the wealthy, are usually dark and p'ot ventilated, and are like in s side cupboards. The bed is a canopied, eelaborate affair, heavy and beautifully -carved. and this piece of furniture is often handed dlown from father to I son through hiany generations. But -there Is nothing elaborate about the sbed covering. In place of a tmattre'ss Ither? is a mat and the covering is the soccupnt's clothing, or, p)ossiblIy, a Swadded quilt. Extra clothing is pro vided for cold weather, and in the -north, where the weather is extrenme ely cold. the carved wood bedste-1d is snot used. There, in the hou.se of every swell-to-do citizen and in the Inns, there t are divans of masonry beneath wimich .there are fireplaces, and on these di .vans the people sleep, and the mnre is e utilized for cooking purposes.-London e Mail. Young Ideas About Cows. It was a class of eight-year-olds and -the subject for composition was ".he . 'ow."~ One of the girls wrote, among I other things. "the cow is a very iseful kanimal. for she supplies us with beef -steaks, veal, pork and other meats." eAnother, looking at the subject irom ri a wholly different standpoint. inought cthe cow very useful becauise "she k'ees the garden ('lean by eating the twes.-Philadelphbia Timues. R--ds -t-es I I:oad aad Side-Path Construction. IT, is now about twelve years sine( wheelmen began the agitation for .better highways. The subject then was of no general interest, and havd, up to that lime, rece!vcd no at tion, except in a few favored locali tiks where wealthy towns had begun to improve their streets. It Is true that quite a reputation had been gained for these villages, but their 'xample had not incited others to make similar improvements. Of all travelers. the cyclist is best fitted to notice and appreciate the "on dition of the highways, and it may be traly saild that though, :1n 189%, hi9 seat on the high wheel elevated him above the lowly position of to-day, he was much miore likely to come into in. timiate, persoaal contact with road surfaces that he is at present. His ob servation and experience soon con vinced hint that highways v-ere gener ally badly made and poorly kept. and that their imorovement would be a distinct public gain. The public at first regarded th( wheelman's advocacy of bet', roads as a purely selfish move, and this idei has not even yet been wholly dissi pated; but so much investigation and discussion have followed in the wake of the persatent agitation by cyclistf and other good road advocates, thai it Is now fairly evident to a consid erable part of the community that the welfare of all classes would be pro moted in ninny ways through the es tablishment and maintenance of firn permanent roadways. The wheelman, for his part, is bet ter equipped to traverse poor roads now than lie was prior to 1890. for low bicycles and pneumatic tires placc him at a great advantage as compared with high machines and hard tires of the earlier date. If he possessed nc public spirit, his interest In promoting further improvements might languish, but he is still found in the fore-front of the agitation and is sure to remain there. It is not to be denied, however, that the work he undertook,and is so active in promoting. has Its discouragements, and that he is sometimes almost tempt ed to leave it entirely to others, who are, or should be, more deeply inter ested in It. Nevertheless, he remains loyal to It, and will continue to de so until full success Is finally achieved. But, having gone thus far, and ac &omplislied so muen, In a general way, it cannot be considered strange, or dsloyal to the good roads cause, it wheelmen give more heed to their im mediate Interests. especially in places in which it is thus far impossible to secure action on the h ghways. There re still many localities In which roads and paths are unfit for bicycles to T4Iover through a good portion of ie a-n t is not only desirable, but eminent y right and proper, that riders of ~ycles should endeavor to provide de rent pathways for themselves under uch circumstances. There is no conflict in the two ideas. [ard highways are a national necessi :y. They must eventually come. Many ~teps toward securing them have been taken, but many more remain, and in he undertaking there will be no hard 3r or more faithful workers than the vheelmen of the country. But smooth sidet paths are the only tource of enjoyable riding for thou sands of whteelnien scattered through >ut the land, and are of deep Imupor ance to thenm. Their construction not anly confers upon such cyclists a prompt and considerable benefit, but ives to others a permanent illustra. tion of the advanitages conferred by means of rapidl locomotion and trans portation. thtis Inculcating on observ ers one of the fundamental reasons or the existence of good roads.-L. A. W. Bulletin. Good Roads. The National Goodl Roads Conven ion at Port Huron did not make as much noise as the political convention or take tip as mutch space in the pa pers, but it may produce as good re suIts. Our reportls of Its doings are very scant as yet, but we may receive other rep~orts later. A delegate from Maryland said that his State spent $i.00~,00 in the construction and re pair of roads in the last ten years, and most of that money was wasted 'n roads that were poorly made and iever could be made good roads, at iost of them wvere In poor condition a large part of the year and others all the year. It was estimated that iI cost the farmers of that State $30,000,. 00) a year more to do their necessary haulling to amnd from miarket than it would if they had good roads. Tfh estimt~ie of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture Is that the aver, age ((ost of hauling one ton a mik th-oughoumt the United States is twen t-live cents, while If they had mecad am~ized roadus it would not cost ovel one-third of that. If the farmers real izd how much poor ro'As cost then every year, they might think the tai necessary to build goodl roads was bu a small one. To keep on as they havi been dloing is poor economy. . Gold in Lapland. A French journal says that the Nor vegianis have begun prospecting fol goli in the Altenely Valley,about sixty miles from Bossekop, in the heart o Laplnmd. Tihe results thus far hay< ie-ti very satisfactory, and placer op ertion's will be continued 'luring the sumnu.er. T1he gelogi-cal formatlot is remetidng simhair to that of the Klo dike region. and it is though po. biy that it m ay contain large urf-uwei, CHINESE QUIZ4NC PARTY A Tip For the Young Hostess Who Would Be Up to Date. The young hostess who would be up to (late should invite her friends to a Chinese porch party. The decora tions are easily managed-lighted Chi nese lanterns.\ fans in profusion, Chi nese bowls of flowers in little stands. with the porch mats and bamboo chairs, are enough. Cards, with the figure of a Chinaman In a ebaracter istic attitude, sketched in one corner, and pencils are given to the guests, who are told that each question asked must be answered by some name or expression often heard In connection with China and the fighting there. The loud report of a cannon cracker is the signal for attention; and after asking each question the hostess slow ly unties from a bunch. lights, and tosses out into the darkness a little one, the explosion of which is a token that time is up and another query about to be put. Fourteen questions and answers are given here. but other and better ones can easily be found. 1. What -two lettters are most pop. iular in China? Tea and cue. 2. What is proof that the eyes of the Mongolians are open at last? The Yellow Sea. 3. Through wi.it? The open door. 4. When the Powers get hold of the Empress Dowager what will they catch? A Tarter. 5. If you're anxious to go to China what will the Government do? Taku? G. Tben what will you be in? Trans ports. 7. What couldn't the Empress Dow. ager govern? China Proper. 8. When the Empress makes the Emperor cry what would he like to do? Boxer. 9. What sort of a Great Wall are the Powers likely to build In 1he Flow ery Kingdom? A partition of China. 10. How is it to be expected that the Chinese will take reverses and vic tories? Cooly. 11. If the Chinese were Spaniards what would they call the scories of American heroism in China? Pig tails. 12. What .sort of fruit is generally found green and always found rotten In China? Mandarins. 13. What sort of an army ought to reach Pekin the quickest? A Russian army. 14. There are Chinese politicians that don't care for Eari Li, but who would like what? Old Li Hung. The explosion of a whole bunch of crackers makes the close; and while the cards are being looked over with a view to finding the nost correct answers, refreshments are served. There must be tea, of course, even though it is iced, and tbierTMuTiI b something that can be eaten with chop sticks. Whether the prize is a fan, or a jar, or a bit of carved ivory, depends upon the taste of the hostess-and also upon her purse.-New York Sun. WORDS OF WISD T ways talk who never think. Prior. Affection is the broadest basis of a good life.-George Eliot. Let honor be to us as strong an ob ligation as necessity Is to others. Pliny. The greatest affliction that can befall a man is the unkindliness of a friend. -Fielding. A blessed companion is a book-a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend.-Douglas Jerroid. One learns taciturnity best among those who have none, and loquacity among the taciturn.-Richter. Assure yourself you have accom plished no small feat if only you have learned patience.-Goethe. We ought not to judge of men's mer its by their qualifications, but by the use they make of them.-Charronl. That is the best Government which desires to make the people happy. and knows how to make them happy. Macauley. It is the vain endeavor to make our selves what we are not that has strewn history with so many broken purposes and lives left In the rough. -Lowvell. To commiserate is something more than. to give, for money Is external to a man's self. but he who bestows com passion communicates his own soul. Mountfortt. King Humbert as a soldier. An interesting description of the late King Humnbert at the battle of Cus tozza is given by Comte -, a Frenchman, who was serving in the Italian ranks: "Out of the smoke a horseman came dashing towards us, having cut his way through tihe Austrian ranks, his face fier-y red. a white handkerchief tied rightly around his uncovered head. his tunic wide open, every button slashed away by the enemy's swords. Once in c.omparative safety he was for turning around and charging again. and seemed furious when our officers restrained him. It was only later I learnedi that the fiery youth was the heir to the Italian throne." Autocratlo German Police. The German police force has almost jautocratic power, of which a curious illustration has just been. reported. The German courts have recently de cided that if the Berlin police should considler any color scheme of a house to be improper or too gaudy, they can order the owner to htave it repainted. A lwrLaughing Plant. A lwrknown as the laughing plant, which grows in Arabia, is so called because Its seeds produce ef fects similar to those produced by laughing gas. The flowers are ot a bright yellow, while the seeds resem-~ ble sm al lacn k beans. A DELUGV Without a nozzle for the hose, He tried to wet the verdant lawn; Ele placed his thumb upon the end, And then he turned the water on. A quart or two went up his sleeve, A mighty stream went in his face Some water reached the grass, but he Was the wettest thing agout the place, -Answers. HUMOROUS Collie-How much do you love her? Fweddle-How do. I know? I don't know yet how much she's wotth. "Yes, sir; I put in months of hard work forming that girl's mind.' "Well?" "Then she-said she wouldn't have me." "I have a great admiration for Wig wag," said Henpeckke. "I heard him tell his wife right to her face that she was mistaken." He-I'm going to shave myself here after. She-Won't you cut yourself? "No; I won't have my razor sharp en ough for that." "Does it pain you to be.so tanned by the sun?" asked the-sympathetic lady. "Not half as much es ter be tanned by the father," replied the bright boy. Midget-I wonder how the Circas sian girl ever got such long hair? Giant-She says that when a child her nurse told her a hair-raising ghost story. "Oh. James, here's an account of a hen who laid five eggs in one day." "Well, maybe she was getting ahead with her work so she could take a vacation." "You don't seem to believe every. thing you hear." said the optimist. "No," answered the man with thesus picious eye; "I was one of the late census enumerators." First Rabbit-That town boy has been around here nearly a week and never once tried to kill us. Second Rabbit-Yes; te seems to be devoid of all human attributes. "Oh! Mr. Rubitout, are ybu a true artist? Do you believe in art for art's sakl; or do you paint your pictures to sell?" "Well-er-I-accept money. kut not much money." Mr. Henpeck-I really believe our sji Johii has been secretly married. Mrs. Henpeck-Nonsense! Why do you think so? Mr. Henpek-Ife's deo, veloping into a regular woman-hater. "I'll make you dance when I catch you!" exclaimed a sorely tried er, as she pufsued her errIs4of ,with a slipper. "If you 'o," rejoiced the incorrigible youth, "1ou'ha'eto tia be- bawl" "You look sad. "Yes," replied Lendit, lost $10 about a year should that worryyou & " ttan' the $10, but ' becae you' your memory. Teacher-Now do you see the 4iffer-. ence between animal instinct -and hu man reason? Bright Boy-Yes'm. .If we had instinct, we'd know everything we needed to without learning it; but we've got reason, and have to study ourselves mos''blind or be a fool. "What was the trouble at that house where the complaint came from yes terday?" asked the superintendent of the gas company. "Nothing much." replied the inspector, "I found a cen Ipede in one of the pipes." "Ahm! an extra 100 feet. See that they're charged for that." Professor Brown-I have a new sys- ' temn of mnemonics, and now I never forget even what my wife asks me to purchase for her down town; I just jot it down in my little memorandum 'ook, and as soon as I see the first word it all comes back to me. Student --Yes, sir; but why have you got that string tied around your finger? Pro fessor-Oh. that's -to remind me to look in the book!" National M~sandetandings. The prospect of understanding the Chinaman and his Chinese puzzle is not very promising. But it is not at T strange. How few races of alien lI-guages and trad'tions do compre hi 'ach other. How flew care much whe, er they do or not! They do not waqt their own habits -of life or of 1 thought disturbed by the invasion of other ways and modes. Their vis Iner tia resists the task of change. It even objects to changing its ideas of other natonalities. It requires too much ex ertion to think that the Englishman or the Frenchman, the German or the - Russian, as any Dther than what a,. superfieial acquaintance has photo graphed him. It is doubtful if even the Englishman that lives in the United States with out becoming naturalized and so tak ng a vital personal interest in the land-4 and its people, fully comprehends us, and if the foreigner here does not speak our language it Is through his children in our schools, rather than through his ownx intercourse, that he becomes acquainted with the American people. We are a nation of nearly 80,000,000, scattered over 3,700,000 square miles. The foreigner who , met only the Loisianian would have a very differ ent idea of the American from the for eigner who met only the Vermont yankee or the Kentucky mountaineer. China has 400.000,000 people, with no such means of intercourse as those wich' network the United States. It would be strange therefore if strangers in that strange land could furnish the world with very coherent and consist ent descriptions of it.-Chicago Times Herald. The imports of gold into France for the paIst six months amounted to 177. 169,309 francs. The exports were valued at 32,941,989 francs.