"Ollocrat" la a new word contrlbo.; ted by Texan to the American vocab ulary. It It a smooth term. The difference between evidence and legal evidence Is as crc.it as that between what everybody and what somebody can prove. Among the 4000 millionaires In the. Vnited States not one of them can write poetry. Money cannot secure all of the gilt-edged glories of llfo on this mundane sphere. Officers who lose arras or legs In the service of the British army will In fiitnre be supplied with artificial limbs at the cost of the government. No provision, It seems, Is made for the private. Tho Italians In their own country nay not be possessed of much Indivi dual wealth, but In other countries they stack up pretty well. Thero are 45.000 of them in California, and their possessions are estimated to be worth $50,000,000. rarls, by Its new census, has a pop ulation of 2.714.018. This Is a gain of 177.234 In five years, but It falls far behind Greater New ork with 3,437, 202. Its position as the third city In the world Is not likely to be seri ously disputed by either Berlin or Chicago for many years to come. An astronomer claims to have dis covered snow on the moon. This would Imply the existence of an at mosphere and the possibility of life something similar to that down here. It Is still a little early, however, to try to float stock In the "Mars-Moon-Earth Interplanetary Communication company." A French Inventor has devised a way of awakening sluggards. Means arc provided by which the weight of n person In bed mRkes an electric cur rent. A bell and a clock are placed in the circuit, and when the proper time has arrived the clock breaks the circuit nnd a bell rings until the sleeper Is awakened and arises. The house In which Victor Hugo lived and wrote many of his books No. 6 Place des Vosges is to be con verted Into a Hugo museum. It will contain things which tho great French novelist owned and used, a collection of the first editions of his books, his sketches, pictures and portraits. It Is to be established by the municipal council of Paris and the ministry of fine arts, aided by the executor of Hugo's will. American locomotives continue to contest for primacy wherever rail ways are built the world over, nor Is their working value contingent upon prejudiced tests in1 a prejudiced and commercially hostile country. Since July 1 last 343 American locomotives have been sold and shipped for use in foreign countries 72 to Japan, where until three of four years past: Brit ish, German or French engines were used almost exclusively. The need of employing on the trol ley roads only men who have been trained to their work and who are known to be careful and not liable to lose tholr heads In an emergency has been made apparent In St. Louis and Chicago by . the publication of the lists of killed and Injured on the lines of those cities. In St. Louis Judge Wood tnstucted the grand jury to In vestigate the matter of "the wholesale slaughter of citizens." In the six months from November 22, 1900, to May 22, 1901, there were 37 persona killed by the trolley cars. In Chicago there wore 26 deaths from the same cause In the first four months of this year. A majority of the victims were struck by the cars, and It Is alleged that the carelessness of employes was the common cause. The Australians are tired of pounds, shillings and pence, and have taken the preliminary and Investigatory steps toward Instituting a decimal coinage In their new commonwealth. They have not yet decided whether they will adopt the franc system of continental Europe or the dollars and cents of America. Presumably dollars and cents will suit their convenience better, since the dollar Is the unit, not only of the United States and Canada, but ul m great part of the Orient as -well, with which the Australians have Intimate trade relations. A British dollar Is already coined for clrcula- . tion In the East. Jtngllah merchants are already pretty well used to reck oning In dollars. It would be decided ly interesting If the eventful adhe sion of all the great British colonies to the dollar of the Americans should force the Ef llsh themselves to adopt Hollars and cents In place of their present cumbrous and time-wasting 47 stem. THE TEMPTED. Pleasure cried: "Come hither, pray!" "Wtny." snld Ppotlcss Duty, "stay I" Pleasure cried: "1 may nit wait, Follow now or never; Once I beckon, once I smile, And I pass forever." Duty watched him ns he fled Down the way where Pleasure led Wntelicil and sighed nnd inld: "I'll wait. Pleasure I but fleeting, I nin ciut!i"t I will smile When lie come retreat lug." ' Pleasure left him on a day Fled, nnd hid herself nwny; Then he gravely snld: "I'll turn Hack nirniii to Init.v" But a wrinkled ling stood where Once was maiden beauty. S. K. Riser. WW WW wwww wwww www w A CASE OF i KT MAItnARF.T I. KSArf. "The trouble with Billy Is he's scatter-brained." As Mr. Lemmon snld this he filled a dipper at the pump and approached the teakettle. The tin lid was upside down and very hot. He gave it a hasty flip which landed it In the midst of the ap ple sauce simmering close by, and poured In the water triumphantly. "Like to got scalded that time," he snld, fishing out the tenliettle lid. "It won't hurt the sauce, will It?" "I don't believe It will. The dlp per'll melt, Nathanvlf you leave It on the stove empty." "That's so." Mr. Lemmon rescued the dipper and made a fresh onslaught on the pump. "Billy means well. If he would only keep his mind on the main thing," he went on. "He's anxious to help. I hnven't told you what he did yester day. I sent him to the toolbox for more nnils. There was plenty of 'em there, but he took a notion that It would be a good thing If he was to sort over the whole box, and emptied everything out on the ground. I come to see what he was doing to keep him so long, and there he was, swlmmln' In tacks. Much as ever I can get things straightened out again." Mrs. Lemmon laughed. She laughed easily. She was distinctly a genial person. "I can't think where he gets It from," added Mr. Lemmon. "He pets It from his father," an swered Mrs, Lemmon unexpectedly. "Why, you don't say" Mr. Lem mon turned around to see what she meant. "Certain I do. You're filling the ket tle too full, Nathan; It's spilling over. Yes, you're both absent-minded. He can't get over it all In a minute. We must guide him some. Now, if you'll bring the horse n round, I'll be ready to go as soon as the apple sauce Is off the stove." "Dear me, they're aa helpless as kit tens about some things," she thought affectionately, tying the strings of her Sunday bonnet In a firm, square bow. She looked out of the window at Bil ly, a freckled-faced boy of 10, who was tramping up nnd down beside the old horse. Mrs. Lemmon was Billy's step mother, and he bad decided opinions about her. "She takes my part," Billy said. "She takes pa's part, too. I don't know who's side she's on everybody's, I guess. She's great!" "Ma, say, can I drive?" he asked, as she came out. "Course I expect you to drive. When a young man takes me to town, ne has to do the driving." Billy clambered Into the wagon with an Important air. Mrs. Lemmon stood waiting. "There's another thing- a young man's got to do that takes me to ride," she said, after a minute. "What?" "Turn the wheel out so I can get In." "I forgot," Billy turned out sharply. "Take care take care! You'll be over on the other side the road!" cau tioned his father, coming up to the fence, anxiously. It was not the gen eral custom to see one's wife off every time she went to the vlllnge. Mr. Lemmon did not know why he did It It was because she brought an ele ment of fun Into the business. He felt excited, like Billy. "No, we're all right. Well, goodby!" Mr. Lemmon looked after his wife's erect, comely figure. "I guess they'll get where they say they will as long as she's In the wagon," he thought. "He was dreadful pleased to have the reins. She understands boys." The place looked lonely to Mr. Lem mon as he went back to the chicken coop be was making. It was a good sized coop, with a door In, the front for the hens to go In and out. He had laid the floor and nailed on three sides the day before, and he regarded it with satisfaction. "She'll say it's a good job," be thought "Queer how she come to say what she did about Billy," be continued. "I've told him, I don't know bow many times, to just put bis mind right on it nail it right In. That's what Billy needs " And then for a time there were no sounds about the place but the sharp tap! tap! of the hammer. It was dark when Mrs. Lemmon and Billy drove Into the yard. Mr. Lem mon did not come out to take the horse. . "Pa said be might have to go down to the meadow before we got back," said Billy. "You and I will have to nnharneas. then. Quick, now! I'm (rrmg to make you some waffles for supper." "Can I grate some maple sugar to eat on 'em, ma?" "Certainly. No, Billy, you mn't want to undo all the straps, only just what's necessary." "I get mixed up, ma." "Well, get unmixed, then," said bis stepmother, good-naturedly. It was strange, thnt Mr. Lemmon should leave the door wide open if he was going down to the meadow. She shut it, and laid her bundles on the table, Just then they henrd a peculiar sound: Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! "What was thnt?" she exclaimed. She and Billy looked at each other, startled. Rat-a-tnt! Rat-a-tat-tat! Mrs. Lemmon flung open the cellar door. "Nathan, are you there?" she called. 'Mn-a!" came a feeble voice from the distance. "It's outside," said Mrs. Lemmon, 'm afraid he's hurt. Take this can dle. Billy, and run on ahead." Billy loped across the yard. She fol lowed with the lamp. "What's the matter?" she called, alarmed, for Billy was enpering up and down beside some whitish object, the candle lighting up his round face like a hobgoblin's. "Ma! Pa's In the chicken-coop!" There could be no manner of doubt of It His hammer resounded on the walls, and his muffled voice called crossly: "let me out! let me out!" Billy got on the ground and looked through the door. "I see him!" be cried, excited. "Nathan Hale Lemmon, how come you there?" cried his wife. "I should think you could see for yourself!" She had seen In a flash, and leaning against the partition, she laughed till the tears came. "You've been you've been oh, ohT you've been and nailed that front on from the Inside, and then you couldn't get out through the door un less you was a chicken, which you're not oh, my! my, my!" "He! he!" snickered Billy. "But why don't you knock In a board and get out?" "Went the wrong way. Couldn't get any purchase," said the muffled voice. "O Nathan, I shall give up!" "Well, when you get through laugh ing, maybe you'll do something. I've been hollerln' here most all the after noon." "You poor man, you! Really, I feel weak! There, Billy, you stop! Run and bring the hatchet. Don't cut your self." It took but a few well directed blows with the back of the hatchet to loosen a couple of boards. Through the nar row opening Mr. Lemmon squeezed out. He was one of the mildest of men, but when you have been shut up all the afternoon In a hen-coop of your own making, you may be forgiven for being a little provoked. It was a grand supper Mrs. Lemmon gave them, half an hour later, a sup per fit for the minister, nnd no allu sions made to late unpleasant experi ences. Right In tfie midst of It, all three happened to look up at once; and then there was a fresh explosion. Mr. lemmon helped himself to the last waffle. "Well, 'twas rather funny when you come to think of it," be as sented, with a laugh. That was all; only nowadays, when he worries over Billy's scatter-brains, his wife says, soothingly: "Now, pa, you remember that chicken-coop." Youth's Companion. NEW METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION. Wilt the riprl.lna llet'sed for Other Inr pne Titian Oil lltrlbiillonT Ono of tha developments of the com ing century, worthy of at. least passing thought, is tho extent to which pneu matic tube principle will be employed to expedite transportation which is now entirely Jcpendont on steam loco motives. For example, the long lines of load ed ccal cars go from the mines to the seaboard, and come back empty to the mines. If the weight of a car is 25 percent of the gross load, there is In this Instance more than 60 per cent loss or non-paying freight, the empty train requiring about as much power to haul It up Into the interior as was expended in taking it to the ship ping port It does not seem altogether unrea sonable, therefore, to think that just as the miles of tank cars loaded with oil, which were seen In former years, have disappeared, and that commodity is now tent hundreds of miles through pipe linos, so may coal, grain, an ore be sent speeding through tubes to central depots for local distribution. In the matter of coal transportation, In fact, just such pipe line conveni ence was tried experimentally some thing like 10 to 12 years ago by the late W. C. Andrews of New York, the coal fqr that purpose being ground into powder, mixed with water in suffi ciently large proportion, and carried through the pipes In semt-llquld form. At the delivery end of the pipe line there were to be settling chambers for the mixture, enabling ttre water to be drained off and the coal paste, If we may so term It, to be pressed Into cakes and dried for consumption. The project, however, did not extend beyond a brief experimental career. In woolen mills, on the other band, It is a common thing to blow wool from one building to another through pipes by means of fans, and in pot teries, too, clay paste is frequently carried from one point to another through pipes. There is, thus, a fair, ly good beginning for pipe-line engfr neering with solids. Cassler's MagsV sine. Mischief. Wonder who Is Mischief: Bothers me nil day, Tags me in the dnrden Where I go to play. Fought I'd pick some Towers; Fought I'd pick 'em nil. "Careful, dear, there's Mischief," Heard my mamma cull. Peeked 'round 'motiB the posies, Tonldn't see one ting, 'Opt one little birdie, I lest a goin' to sing. Never tould see Mischief, Always hides away, But my mnnmia sees him Many times a day. Says he's In the pantry. Sees liltn on the shelf Where I elimli fur tooklc, Kays he is nn elf. Proh'ly lie's a Brownie, Tired nf being good. Wish he'd stay In F.lf-lnnd; l-dcst-wlsh-he-would. Chicago Hecord-IIernld. Something Abont Ireherge. Navigators of the North Atlantic have to be constantly on watch during the summer months, for the Icebergs that come down from Greenland end other Arctic regions. Some vessels are fitted with apparatus that gives immediate warning of the vicinity of one, but where there Is no such ap paratus, the temperature of the water Is taken at Intervals, for an Iceberg will make a vast extent of sea cold. An Iceberg Is nothing but part of a glacier that has been detatched by the action of water, washing and beat ing against It. Some of them are of enormous size. It Is generally accept ed by scientific men that only one eighth of the berg appears above the water. If, therefore, the part that Is visible rlBes BO feet above the surface, the part under water would measure 350 feet. No wonder the sea captains have a holy horror of them. Mntlc ! Was a snhbatarlan. A little white dog that sits on the music box of a blind man In Minne apolis, and permits people to drop pennies in a basket tied around his neck by a ribbon, on last Fourth of July refused to attend to business. He snarled and showed his teeth when any attempt was made to put on his uniform. The little fellow frisked nnd gambolled, tugged at his chain, bit the stump talis of hi stray compan ions and generally misconducted him self. The blind man says that tho dog has never been asked to work on Sun day. Ho thinks thnt Sunday ought to be a day of rest for blind men and dogs as well as more fortunate be ings, so every Sunday the dog gets an extra line breakfast, conslstlns of boiled liver, and full liberty to do pre clsely as he pleases. Thus the llttlo curly dog has come to regard Sunday as a full holiday, and he knows when the day comes around, because on that day his master puts on a white B'nlrt and his best bat. The blind man Is patriotic, and so on the Fourth he woro his white shirt and best hat hence the little white dog thought that it was Sunday, nnd refused to work. Our Dumb Animals. A Doll with Krai llHlr. There are dolls and dolls, but N'a oml Oles, a Pennsylvania girl, has In her possession ono which Is consid ered as valuable as any in the conn try. It has caused no end of comment In the locality where she lives, be cause of the hair on the doll's "head. If any of our girl renders wore to make a demand on their fahers for several locks of hair, to give realism to the headgear of a doll, they would probably be denied tho boon, as soma fathers have no hair to spare, while others, haunted by signs of approach' ing baldness, are not anxious to make a sacrifice for a member of the nur sery. The hair of Naomi's doll actually came from the head of her father, It happened In this way: Twenty-one years ago Mr. Oles was the proud pos sessor of silken locks with a natural tendency to curl. Aa he grew older his mother thought it. was not becom lng that a boy of his age should wear such pendants, and it was with much persuasion that she finally Induced him to have his hair cut. When the barber had shorn him of his locks the mother secure 5 them and placed them away for safekeeping. Recently she had a doll's wig made of the balr, and having had It placed upon a pretty doll, the grandmother presented It to Naomi. The little girl Is extremely proud of her gift, and seems to thoroughly realize the value of this doll with natural hair so pecu liarly secured. Naomi's present Is the envy of all the little girl friends in the vicinity of hor home. Young People's Magazine. Tabltha's Generosity. There Is a close bond of sympathy and affection between Alice Searles, a five-year-old St Louis girl, and her cat, Tabltha. They were both born on the same day. One of the first things Alice can remember about ber baby hood la Tabltha. Ever since the lit tie girl could toddle around, the cat has been ber playmate, as she has no brothers and sisters. Alice and Tab ltha bave slept together, and what is more unusual, they bave eaten to gether. When Alice bad ber first blgb-cbalr mi aat at tbe table with grown folks, Tabltha teased to be given a place at the table also. Alice Insisted on Tabltha's right to a place, and so the cat was placed In a hlgh-chalr by the side of her mistress. A napkin was placed tinder Tabltha's chin, and a plate of nh was set before her. Tab ltha behaved splendidly. In a dainty way she helped herself to the Ash, and quite won the favor of the family, much to the delight of Alien, From that time Tabltha was given seat repeatedly at the table, and she was as prompt at her meals as her little mistress. She learned to know the sound of the dinner bell as well as any one In the house. Tabltha especially enjoyed dinner on Fridays, for the family was accustomed to have flsh on thnt day, and if there was any dish that the cat loved It was fish. Cne day this led to a remarkable happening. The dinner bell had rung and all the lamlly were In their seats except Tabltha, whose place was va cant. The dinner proceeded, and the dessert had been reached, when the cat came bouncing Into the room with two mice In her mouth. Before any one could stop her she Jumped Into her chair, and put one mouse on her plate, depositing the other on Alice's plate. Tabltha's generosity was not precisely what older people call good form, but evidently she meant It kind ly, and the entire proceeding was so queer that tho members of the family. Including Alice, broke into full, round laughs. Of course the mice were re moved from the table, at which Tab It ha looked grieved. She seemed so sorrowful about the loss of her mice that Alice's parents decided to for give her for her breach of etiquette and call the score even. Young Peo ple's Magazine. Iintmin anil I'vthlas. Damon and Pythias were two little chickens who lived In a large farm yard with a great many other chick ens just like themselves. Their mother, as every good mother hen should do. taught them well how to hunt for tiny worms and insects, to eat, by kicking up the gravel and knocking aside little heaps of dust with their bills. But the time they liked best of all was when the fxrmer brought out an old milk pan full of moist cornmeal, and then they tum bled over one another like little fat puffhalls, always managing to fall into the pan in their excitement, and stay ing there till It was wholly empty. One day In the early summer, when the long, sunny afternoons began to grow uncomfortably hot, Dolly came to spend the summer a't the farm. Now, Dolly wanted to have a chicken which was nil her own, and picking out the downiest yellow one she bought It for live cents and kept It apart from the rest. Whenever It uttered Its "peep, peep," she felt sure It was hungry, and gave it cornmeal. That seemed very kind treatment, surely, but when at the close of the second day she found the poor little thing lying stiff and cold, and another and yet another whom eho tried to adept came to tho smile sad ending, she decided that farmers did kuow more than llttlo girls, after all, and It warn not good for chickens to be always eating. Dolly had hardly made up her mind to this when she discov ered Damon and Phythlns. Damon and Pythias were ulways together; Indeed, they seemed to be such good friends that tho farmer's city cousin had given them their queer nstties In honor of two famous friends who lived long ago and were very fond of each other. When Dolly first saw the two all the other chickens were standing about thinking of their night's rest and feeling as sleepy ns could be, but Damon and Phythias had jumped up saucily on their mother's back and were carefully balancing themselves there. They were a pretty pair, for Damon was jet black and Phythias creamy white. Dolly pulled out her small purBe at once and paid for them on the spot. From that time on a new life began for Damon and Pythias. On rainy days they were taken In doors, where they delighted to patter around, and when Damon discovered a rag carpet mat he tried to kick it up as he did the sand, and looked at It with an astonished air because the kicks from his tiny flying claws, or the taps from his bill, tailed to root out food. Soon they both began to recognize their names, and would hur ry to their mistress when she called. When Dolly went on short walks around tho farm It came to bo under stood that the two chickens would follow her about, and they became so affectionate that they could not bear to have her out of their sight. When she shook her forefinger at them and said: "No, you can't go," they seemed to understand her words, and gave dismal "peeps" that lengthened into loud squawks If they were left alone. Friendly as they had always been they grew Jealous after a time, and would stand with the tips of tholr bills together, absolutely rigid for half a minute, glaring fiercely at each other. The quarrels never lasted long, for soon a buzzing fly would pass overhead, which one chicken was sure to hop into the air and catch, while the other would coolly walk away. This seems to be the chicken fashion of ending quarrels. As the days went by Damon and Pythias grew too plump for the box of cotton wool in which they slept, and a large cage, with a perch in it for each, was prepared for them Regularly at 6 o'clock the chickens walked into the house and went to roost, each on bis own perch. When the summer was over and Dolly returned to her city bome she carried ber strange pets with ber In their nosey cage, and they soon be came used to their new life. New New Tork Tribune. HE COUNTED HIS AUTOMOBfLK. He was always s slow-going chap jiii lie ununited his nutnnmiiiie; He never hnd ginger tier snnp Till he mounted nn automobile; But his n n tine wns changed nnd lis cast (iff Ids easy old nays of the pnst Anil hccinue tllidenlnlily fast When lie mounted his automobile. lie shied nt the things In his wsy Till he mounted an automobile; lie would loiter nnd dandle nil day Till he mounted mi nulniimlillc; But he went with n wliix and n whir Over child, over chicken ntul cur, As If urged by some liiiii, cruel spur, Whtll he mounted his nuloiiiolille. Chicago lteeoi'd-llerald. HUMOROUS. First Athlete Well, did you break a record. 8:cond Athlete No; only a rib. Silllcus Do you think womnn was created from a rib? Cynlcus That is a bone of contention. Wlgg There Isn't much work con nected with tha average political job, Is there? Wngg Not after you get It. Muggins Bones has a very Indul gent wife. BitRglns Yes; she even allows him to sit in the cozy corner. Nell Maude and Chollle are to be married. What do you think of tho mntch? Belle It won't set the world on fire. Blobbs Our minister's wife suffers from Insomnia. Sloblis Why doesn't she listen to some of her husband's sermons? Tommy Pop what are the seeds of discontent? Tommy's Pop The seeds of discontent, my son, tire whnt the apple of discord grows from. Hoax Did you ask Miss Gotrox If I might be presented to her? Joax Yes; she said she wouldn't take you If you were presented with a prize pack' age. Mrs. Chatter Do you believe all the disagreeable things you read In the papers about people? Mrs. Tattle Oh, dear, no; only those about people I know. Muggins He plnys execrably; the worst possible. And yet you told me he wns a finished musician. Bugglns I said a Finnish musician. He comes from Finland. "Even In our poverty," exclaimed the married man, "life Is one grand. sweet song." "Ragtime, I suppose," remarked the bachelor, taking note of the other's frayed attire. Returned Traveler I have often thought of that young Mr. T?ase, and how he used to torment Miss Auburn about her hair. Did she ever get even with him? Old Friend Long ago. She married lilin. Widowed Father (to his 10-year-old daughter) Do you know, Minnie, that your governess Is going to get mar ried? Minnie I nm so glad to get rid of the hateful thing. I wa3 afraid she was never going to leave us. Who Ib she going to marry? Widowed Father Me. THE VALUI OF FLAVORS. We Conld Not it Along Without Their J'reaence In Our Food. Chemists tell us that cheese is one of the most ntiltrltious and at the same time one of the chenpest foods. Its nutritious value is greater than meat, while its cost Is much less. But this chemical aspect of the matter does not express the real value of the cheese as food. Cheese Is eaten, not because of Its nutritious value as expressed by the amount of proteids, fats and carbo hydrates that It contains, but always because of Its flavor. Now physiolo gists do not find that flavor has any food value. They teach over nnd over again that our foodstuffs are proteids, fats and carbohydrates, and that food flavor plays absolutely no part. But, at the same time, they toll us that the body would be unable to live upon these foodstuffs were it not for the flavors. If one were compelled to eat pure food without flavor, like the pure white of an egg. It Is doubtful whether one could, for a week at a time, consume a sufficiency of food to supply his bodily needs. Flavor Is as necessary as nul triment It gives a zest to the food and thus enables us to consume It properly, and, secondly, it stimulates the glands to secret?, so thnt the foods may be satisfactorily digested and as similated. The whole art of cooking, the great development of flavoring products, the high prices paid for spe cial foods like lobsters and oysters these and numerous other factors con nected with the food supply and pro duction are based Bolely upon demand for flavor. Flavor is a necessity, but It is not particularly Important what' the flavor may be. This Is shown by the fact that different people have Biich different tastes In this respect. The garlic of the Italian and the red pepper of the Mexican serve the same purpose as the vanilla which we put In our Ice cream; and all play the part of giving relish to the food and stimulating the digestive organs to proper actlv"v . Popular Science Monthly. The Art of Skipping. i When I meet a paragraph which be gins "It is now necessary to retrace our steps somewhat to explain" Or, i "The crimson sun by this time neared the horizon. Far over the hills stretched a vault of heavy cloud. Its strange purple tints fading and dis solving Into" Or. "But the contents of this room his sanctus sanctorum deserve more detailed description" Or, "O strange, unfathomable mystery of existence, compelling our purblind race" when, I eay, I meet a passage In a novel which begins thus, I skip like anything. Tbe Pilot PRESENTIMENTS OF DEATH, A Carina Meatal Conriltlea MS Tel Vo eiplatasd. "Students of tbe occult have as yet been unable to explain that condition of the human mind which produces what are termed presentiments of death," said a specialist to a Wash ington Star reporter. "That certain persons have experienced this condi tion cannot now be denied. I know, however, of but two authentic coses which have come under my personal knowledge In a practice of medicine of over 40 years, "While In Cumberland, Md., a num ber of years ago, I new two men, both employes on the railroad, one at Cum berland nnd the other at Plndt.iont Both were quiet, steady-going men. They were brothers-in-law, ench hav ing married the sister of the other. "One day the Cumberland man, who was my patient, came to me and stated that he had dreamed the night before that his brother-in-law hnd been killed In a railroad accident. So vivid was the dream that he even described to me the wounds and their location on the body. He said that he was cm his way to PI'dmont to persuade his , brother-in-law, who was a conductor, not to take his train out that day, and I advised him to follow his Impres sion, for, while not a believer In pre monitions, the man's condition was such that I knew If he persuaded his brother-in-law from going out It would at least restore his normal condition. "He proceeded to Piedmont nnd ac quainted his brother-in-law with his dream. The latter laughed at bis fears but Anally consented to heed tb.e warn ing and my patient returned home be lieving that his mission had been ac complished. It appeared that the train dispatcher, learning of the conductor's Intention, sent for him and stated that unless he took his train out, the road being short-handed, he would be dis missed. Rather than lose his place, be boarded his train, and was killed In a collision four miles out of town. Singular, though true It Is, the dead man's wounds were Identical with those his brother-in-law had seen on his body In the dream. "The second case was that of a min er at Ixinaconlng, a few miles from Cumberland. He, too, was a patient of mine. One evening, before going on his shift In the mine, he talked with me for over an hour about the many fatal and other distressing accidents he hnd seen In the mines. He talked of nothing else, though It was the first time he had ever broached the sub ject to me, as he was a hardy, fearless miner. While I did not qu-stlon him, I was convinced that he hnd had a pre monition of death, but felt It unmanly to speak to his physician about it, probably believing that I would ridi cule him. His mind was In such a condition, however, that It forced speech on the subject of death, and he undoubtedly took that means of re lieving it, hoping to quiet his appre hensions. "The significance of It lay In the fact that that day was to be his last on a contract he had In the mine, and no doubt in his heart he felt thnt he ought not to go down tho shnft. His manly courage prevented bis giving way to his feelings. "He was killed. It seems that Just as he was ready to start up the shaft, having completed his work, he had gone into an adjoining chamber for a shovel. As he stooped over, reaching for the shovel, a lot of slate, whlcH Is bard and sharp, fell from the roof, striking him In the back and nearly cutting him in twain. He lived long enough to tell his comrades that but for going back for the shovel he would bave escaped with his life. "Speaking about accidents, reminds me of one of the many which I saw In the mines thnt lllustrata how hnrd It Is to kill some men, as It brings up the ease with which other men meet their death. A man will dislo cate his neck or break his back in a fall of three feet from a step ladder. Others have the nine lives of the proverbial cat. I knew of a miner who missed his footing on the narrow track Inside of a coal mine upon which the cars are run, and six of the loaded cars passed diagonally across his body. The cars were comparatively small, weighing about two tons loaded. In order to extricate him, his fellow miners found it necessary to run one of the cars back over his body. Strange to say, the man lived. He afterward went back to work in the mines, and so far. as I know, lived for many years. He was alive when I left the region. It was one of the most remarkable in stances that ever cjime under my ob servation of the tenacity of life under conditions which ordinarily produce death." AdTlre te Molhera. She I can't make out how It is that Mrs. Wise has flsh for nearly every meal. It can't be for economy's sake, for she must be fairly well oft. He She has a large family of un married daughters, you know. , She Now, don't be nasty, and say something about girls and their brains; that's so old. He Oh, no, I hadn't the slightest in tention of doing so. She Well, can't you tell me? He I don't know, I'm sure, unless It's because flsh are rich in phos phorus. She I don't see what that has to do with it He Perhaps not, but still It's good for making matches. London King. The Bill All Right. "My dear sir, it strikes me that this Is a pretty round bill." "Yes, I bave sent it around often enough to make is appear so, and now I hope to get it squared." Baltimore Jewish Comment
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