Man-, VB l TH A M. O Tliiu r lin loroit not nlon Tli swift luretM, tlio instant goat, Jlnt hunt A lenient eye to nmrk . The failures oC tliu inconstant soul, Consider not my little worth, Tlie mean achievement, aenmped in Hoi O'lie lii((t resolve and low result, 'i'lic urctini thut durnt not faco the fact. JSut mini l!io rih m' nn- ilc-iii-e. I,et tins In" K'liiK't 1 1 1 1 1 v; in I li v t.ili'. ;I Imvc not. in (ho si. it In . il dail;. Forgot tlio Vision und t lie Height, Neither my body nor mv soul To enrMi n low en will vielil rnnsent, 1 praise Thro for the will to strive; J bhvn 'J hy robiI of discontent. - hnrles O. 1). Hubert, iu the Criterion. 1 I In the Glencosset's Cabin, k 02 Reminiscences of an Awful Day on the Prairie, 7i it "v ANTOSET, to a typical New I -V EUglllUtl Village, situate Just I buck of (iaskct May, on tlio J"" north bunk of tlio I'linloHot Jtlver. I'uutosct Ulver In a narrow nl renin, widening Into Yinskct Uny, n lid rolling out to sou in long even swellu. Tlio two banks of this little ribbon of water, dignified ax n river, nrn routed with sedge mid milt furze which grows scrnggly In the white glistening smid. The month bunk dopes down Into a Ions stretch of marsh land, spreading out like a green carpet 'to tne gray Hen beyond. The north bank runs up country and I lost in a horizon of pine-chid hills. From the deck of h vessel entering the linrbof the cliiHler of little white washed cottages, which compose the village Is but a handful of seasholls, marked by a small white-conted mast, the spire of the First Church, Unti tling up jt renin, one by one the white shells take detlnlte form, and finally you have accomplished l'antosot, Im maculate In Its sparkling whitewash. The cottages are all of one size, all of one pattern; low, two-Btorled and gable-roofed. Along the river side can be seen Ut ile knots of men hammering awny at skeleton hulls, which sOoni before your eyes to grow luto trim undorbodles of racy little llshlng smacks, and perhaps among the lot a grnceful whaler Is building. There are no plans or speci fications lying about, no sets of instru ments of mechanical Intricacy ; the sclonco of these builders Is "rule- of thumb," a science gathered by years of Intimate acquaintance with the sea and the craft thereof. My Intuition they know the necessity of every bolt or peg, the required symmetry of every beam or plank, aud. when the work is done, science mechanical b t n lid h abashed. l'asslng this line of workers to the outpoint of the village, you see the trim little hull of a dismantled clipper propped snugly between two furzo-cov crvd sand dunes. A curling ribbon of gray smoke winds up and out of a tiny smokestack, erect on tlio top of the whitewashed cabin. At the end of the ftaud dunes and almost by the stern of the hull, can be seen a little brass-' bound ladder leading up to the deck, In highly polished brass letters glls teuing on the stern Is the legend "Glen- cosset." The master of this uncommissioned craft Is ol' Cap'u Hepburn, the crew, Ed Viler and Joe Scudder Though this ship's company, or household, is governed In its dully routine by strict nautical rules, there are no cabin or oc'sle distillations. I'robably at the very time you are regarding this seem Ingly Ill-disposed structure three griz sled, bearded, and weather-beaten old men brine coated nud bronzed are engaged In an exciting game of plno cnlo in tne cozy little cabin below, or rummaging through dog-eared log books reminiscent of ancient cruises The walls of the cabin are hung with relics gleaned from n hundred foreign ports in the days when American ship ping was In the fulness of Its glory. Mesldes a home for-ol' C'ap'n Hep burn and his crew, the (ileucosset is a rendezvous for all Funtoset's veteran mariners, and of a Wednesday or Sat urday night the capacity of the cabin Is taxed to Its utmost to contain the lit tle host of tltneworn tars who come for a sociable talk of the good old days swallowed up In the mists and shadows of their youth. One Saturday evening late in the fall the Olencosset's cabin was full. Around the table were six hoary men of the Mil, whose browned and hardy countenances bore the Imprint of half a century's labor on tlio main. Ol' Cap'n Hawkins, whose rcperlnry of sea yarns, often suspected of color, was known far aud wide to a decade of seafaring men, was the tirst to break the silence. "Mates, brace my bob-stay, ef I think I ever tol' you o' au experience o' mine as er luudlubber back In ther forties." The assembled mariners exchanged covert glances of deep significance, and settled back In their chairs In at titudes of constrained deference to the words of the speaker. "Ks I said," continued Cap'n Haw kins, "'twas back in ther forties. I was er strip o' a cabin hoy Jest benched from my first long cruise- China. I think. Ther gold fever was ct its height. Stories o' ouearthed treasure 1lict ml make er buccaneer smack his pa were spinniii' et every hearth. Eh i bed no berth at ther time thought I'd Jioist auchor an' pint ship fcr ther told fields. "I'd saved my wages an' et didn't ike mo ioug ter fit ship an' get under ay. 1 toolt tuer overland course on es trim er bit o' horseflesh es ever wore er innrtyngale, "Mesldes what ther scholars call ther desiderata,' fcr the v'ynge, I hed ei alx-shootlu' revolver o' ther latest make. "I Bulled prions through storm and calm, over mountains, ei-cross plain sometime In company ' with others burnln' with ther same fever an' bur ryln' erlolig like nil possessed for ther laud o' promise, but most times erloue. My ther time 1 got to ther great plains' I could shoot a ball from my little gun through ther eyo o er mosquito an never turn a hair. "Every few days I'd ball a wanderin Injun or two, an' If they ever showed tight tliot little gun o' mine id bark a' 'twas dead Injun. I'd gone erlong Ihet way fer revcral weeks an' lied I been er scalp Uerleiter my belt ud been full. "Come one fine evenin', I was cross In' en endless wuste o' prairie, broken here aa' there by little clumps o' scrub. TRICKS TLA YE D ON TREES PLANTS DWARFED AND CHANCED CONTRARY TO THEIR KIND. Ther settln' sun wag bllu'Kln Mi weather cyo over ther brown strip o horizon, an every now an' then ei prairie hen ud whistle loud In thel evenin stillness, or er little prairie doj ud pop ins bead out o Ills hole an bark at ther coiuln' night. I lay to t ther wlud'ard o' er thick scrub growtt nn was drinkln In ther breath o' thei balmy air thet come setitterln' out o ther west. I was coutemplntln' bliss fu4 ther beauties o' nat're In ther wild eriiess, when, nil o' er sudden, I seen er movement In ther tall prairie gra about or hundred yards olf my weathei now. Then In ther twlnkliu' o nn eyt six little wild horses rose out o' thet ground an' like er flash six giant red skins, hldous with warpaint, were on their backs an' com In' fer mo like ct whirlwind. They were yelllu' an' whlrliu' tomahawks an' long rifle? 'bout ther heads. Qulcker'n thought my gun was In my hand, an' I split time with er bullet thet ate Into ther skull o' ther nearest Injun. The! secon' bullet followed ther first so fast thet It was In ther skull o' ernothet savage 'fore ther breath was out o' ther first. In er twlnkliu' er third dusky buck yelled an' sprawled dead In ther high grass. Er fourth wild horse was riderless. Ther fifth heath en let fly er tomahawk thet passed er bullet thet choked his last breath. Ther slth was most ertop o' me w ith ther muzzle o' his ritle half down my throat when my little gun coughed again, an' er (lend Injun fell uudei my pony's feet, ther ball from his rllle speedln' ercross my skull nu' cllppln' clean ther brim o' my 1ml." Cap'n Hawkins settled back In his chair with no other expression on hi? weather-worn face than that of n iuhu who had just recited some. ordinary In cident of unequlvocnble truth. For five" minutes there was no sound ex cept the occasional pop of the coal In the little stove. Finally ol' Skipper Freeman, noted throughout his long list of marine ac quaintances as a man of few words and unquestionable veracity, slowly straightened up In his chair, locked his hands together, and began twirling his thumbs meditatively. Then in u smooth, easy drawl he began: "Cap'n Haw kins remark' ble. Hack In the for ties. Cold fever. I warn't shlp'd on no era aft. Little coin fitted out an' started fer ther gold fields. 'Mong other things, er six shooter latest make. "Over hills through valleys track less forests. Few shipmates most er lone. Come evenin' sea o' wavln' prairie grass. Hed used one bullet In gun five left. Cazin' et set tin' sun re-ve-la-tion o' nat'r glory. Sudden six tlery horses redskins, giants war paint, feathers tomahawks belts, long scalps rifles knives. Come et mo like si-moon. Whipped out gun' Cap'n Hawkins was gazing Intently breathlessly at the speaker. "First redskin 'bang' 'ping' happy lumtin' . Second Injun hole In heart. Third yell dropped like log Fourth high grass riderless pony Fifth heath-en toniH-hawk 'hove mer head, muzzle o . ritle toot from mer heart 'not her pony, no rider bullet iu me tobaccer-pouch." Skipper Freeiunn leaned over to the table, grasped a mug of water and drained It at one gulp. Cap'n Haw kins was fidgeting around his chair and looking nervously and expectantly at his old friend. Capn Hawkins could stand It no longer. He straightened up, and swinging round so as to face the old salt who had Just finished speaking asked huskily: "Skipper, what became o ther sixth Injun?" Skipper Freeman, looking squarely Into the eyes of his questioner, drawled: "Ther-slxth-InJun-kllled - me." Cap'n Hawkins sank back In his chair as if he had received a blow For a minute he was stunned, then he straightened up, glared savagely lit Skipper Freeman, and then wltli an air of deep Injury lient down to the floor and drew hts worsted cap from under his chair. lie rose from his chair slowly and stood erect. Ills snappy little eyes aca micd the group of old salts. They sat unmoved. Capn Hawkins stalked with great dignity to tlie three steps that led to the cabin door. He mounted I hem one by one and gripped firmly tlie doorknob. Then he turned full on the group be low him aud In a voice tremulous with emotion gasped: "Ananias." The door closed behind h'.in. Xcw York Sun. Where Miitqiiltur Arm Tlilrk. ' We have to light mosquitoes all ulght," said one of the night policemen at the White Houses "Tills Is tin worst place in town for theiii. There Is no opportunity to take a nap around here. The big mosquitoes would drivu a hole in you before you could get your eyes well closed. Tills electric light oil the front porch Is tlie main lit traction that draws them to the build log. They swarm around the light, and occasionally fly In tlie front door when It is opened for some one to enter. Tlie residence portion of thu house la thoroughly protected with the best fly screens, but despite these a good many of the pestiferous in sects get ill to make trouble. (Mice ki, they hunt places to begin propagat ing." Washington Star. No HunHroke Iu Horliln. In Florida sunstroke is entirely nn known, although tlie temperature ten reaches lid degrees Fahrenheit This Is attributed to tlie extrf mu moisture of the iitmofuheie. N Ibn Japan n Hi Herret or Tlilr rro.lurlloii to Hi Clilne Tli I'ro- of drafting anil II Nt'vlr to Mankind Prndncln "Clreen Klinny." Man has been playing them for so tnnny hundreds of years that he has become as much inured to the practice as tlie trees themselves. The arbor culturist Is willing to tint ter himself on the result, though what the trees may be entitled to feel about (lie conjuration is quite another affair. They might, for Instance, consider that the tree doctor inenns well, but pretty often contrives to dissemble his love, Some of Ills operations are certainly painful and others eccentric, but the patients are. nevertheless, bound to submit, to them. "Mound," Indeed, they frequently are, root and braiieh: and if their behavior Iu such a trying situation Is not always exactly that anticipated by their taskmasters, It must be admitted that the trees occa sionally endeavor to do the best under trying circumstances. Hut to drop the metaphor. For some little time the famous "dwarfed" forest trees of Japan have been bidding for western popularity, and their exhibition and sale Is now of almost annual occur rence. They are more or less perfect resemblances of llmltci trees, grown In pots, with gnarled trunks anil branches and leaves to match, and fully Justifying to the eye their claim to growth. The once famous show man, Mr. Vuflln. declared, us the re sult of his varied experience, that "tlie older a dwarf Is, the better worth he Is: a greny-hoailed dwarf, well wrin kled. Is beyond nil suspicion." In the production of their dwarfed trees the wily Orientals seem to acknowledge the same principle. The unfortunate tree-dwarf must not only be old, but must look its age. It must have wrin kles and crows' feet. It must have roots, and palsied mouthers. Then It Is a dwarf, indeed, and the better worth owning and exhibiting. Although the great number of the dwarfed trees come from Japan, the Japanese owe the secret of their pro duction to tlie Chinese. It is the very buttou of excellence 111 the cap of a Celestial gardener to be au adept In the art of conquering nature, and the practice of making "Koo Shoo" (tree dwarfs) may possibly date from the time of Confucius. Various members of the "conifer" family are the favor ite subjects of distortion, though they are by no means the only tribe sub- milted to It. Long experience has doubtless suggested more than one method of producing the desired end, but the Chinese system may perhaps be taken as a type of all. The prac titioner selects a small branch of a healthy growing tree, which promises well for the operation. Just below nn "eye" In tlie young wood a ring of bark Is excised, and the wound im mediately surrouuded with a hull of compost, held iu position by a suitable envelope. This begins to send out little rootlets in search of nourish ment. Helug In every way encour aged to make the best of Its new situ ation, it: presently declares Its com plete Independence of tlie parent stock, from which It Is then severed. Now begins the more personal struggle with untoward fate. Still attended by its bull of earth, it Is cramped into u small pot, and Just kept alive by a sparing allowance of water. It can not flourish, and It must not die; those are the terms on which the artist deals with his captive, nnd between which it has to find Its own level. Mut the dungeon alone Is not sufficient; tlie torturer is called In to assist. As soon us the victim has established a kiudof torpid existence.its stem and off shoots are in various pluccs"elampcd" with wire fetters. In order to promote the rugged nppearonce so necessary to Its future prospects as a dwarf of venerable age. At this stage, also, the roots are closely scanned, and when necessary are trimmed, or even seared with a hot iron. Many deaths occur Just then, but such subjects as sur vive the treatment, gradually begin to show Its effects. With lessened leaves aud cramped branches, they grow into more or less perfect resemblances of forest veterans. To confer a kind of worin-eaten" antiquity, tlie branches are occasionally smeared with hone;.' to Invite the attacks of Insects. The plant's natural Instinct is sometimes pot fully overcome for ten, or even twenty years. Mut It eventually sub sides Into the state of dwarfdoui, a barely living example of what man's perverted Ingenuity can effect. As one of the many tricks played upon trees, grafting stands perlinps only next to dwarfing. It must, how ever, at once be admitted that the. former process has been of the most benelicent service to mankind. The ltomiiiis. who had a wonderful love ol gardening -perhaps it was the nat ural antithesis of the warlike (dement kuew everything that was then to be known in relation to graft lug mid "budding." But we are confronted by Virgil's rat iter startling assertion that auy scion may be gratieil on uuy Stock He speaks of apples growing on a pear, and even a plane, tree; of cherries on a plum, and of pears on a wild ash. Now, It Is tlie common experience ol the moderns mat no graft will succeed unless It be upon a stock which bears fruit of the sami kind. We must not, however, be too ready to charge the poet Willi having exceeded the bounds of his "license," for I'liny tells us of a famous tree ill the gill'ilell of l.nellllus which bon a half dozen different kinds of fruit. Instances of this kind. Indeed, might be expanded almost liidcliullcly. Our own sober nud discreet Evelyn speaks conlblcitily of having seen a rose graft ed on an orange tree, nnd Deenudolh describes a flourishing young cherry which sprang bodily from the iriiuk of an aucleiii oak. We know thai nature occasionally exhibits her working In the lorni of so-ealled "freaks," a word which Is simply an admission of our own Inn blllt.v to trace the origin of au "effect defect h e" which "comes by catlsi Kul Hie majority of such wonders are nlioii much less freaks than frauds, Macuii lets us Into some of the secrets of their niauiilacttire. The steins of certaui trees -among which tin' inyrlh n'ciiis to be a favorite have been bored completely through their length without destroying the vitality. Through the channels thus formed the stems of suitable young plants are carried up. the whole in due lime hav ing the appearance of a composite head growing from a single stock. It Is au old, old trick, which can only ex cite the indignation of Intelligent minds. Of course, the Chinese are adepts in tlie production of sill kinds of false.whlinslcal growths upon trees. Their famous "linger" fruit Is well known to travelers, but It Is never re produced on the saute tree when it has once passed into a purchaser's hands. It Is, In fact, a spurious graft, which, though imposed upon, Is not nourished through tlie parent stock. The topiary gardener has In his time played many curious tricks upon the heads of his subjects, but the fashion Is (lend, anil we may the more readily forgive him, seeing that he novel sought to Interfere Willi their vital economy. The painful experience of converting the Ivy Into a standard tree was once freely Indulged In, but the persistent creeper seems at. last to have worn out. the patience of Its persecutors. In the last century there was a considerable demand by cabi netmakers for a curious kind of veined oak known In the trade as "green eb ony." Tills peculiar marking was pro duced by the severe "twisting" to which the young growing trees were subjected. Such methods would seem to demand "an act fo:' the prevention of cruelty to vegetables." Happily, no such enactment Is now called for. To obstruct or paralyze healthy nat ural growths for the creation of n mere "curiosity" Is an inherently vicious system, little likely to gain any real fooling a nvitg us. CURIOL'S T-ACTS. Two of the greatest literary proline lions of the Chinese are a dictionary in ."oi I volumes and an ciicyclopocdiu in -J.!."7 volumes. There was once killed In England a rat which holds the record for size, lie was grny as a badger, weighed two and three-quarters pounds and measured twenty Inches from the tip or his uosc to the tip of ills tail. Almost ns soon as they are out of the shell quail seem to have tlie power of making themselves Invisible at the wave of a wand. The ground may be as bare as a floor, but somehow they manage to vanish utterly from the eye. The Esquimaux of Alaska niak.' shirts and boots of tanned salmon hide and jackets from codtish skins. Yog skins arc now used in the book indors' art. and the skins of many other fishes and reptiles are put to practical uses. Tlie telegraph poles along the Savan nah and Sfjiteshoro Hallway, iu Ccor gla. are growing. They are made of ypress, and must have been planted Willi the roots. They are sprouting at. the top, and in the course of tftne will serve as shade trees in addition to sup porting the wires. The tall feathers of the fcrlwuh, a rare member of the family of Taradl- neldne. or birds of paradise, are the most expensive known. Indeed, their price may be called prohibitive, for Ihe only tuft existing in England probably In any civilized bind was procured with such difficulty that It Is onsldcrcd to he worth S."it,tMH). It now adorns the apex of the coronet woru on state occasions by the I'rince of Wales. A writer from Mulching, South Africa, tells of a curious mound ot white sand near that place. This hill is about TlH) feet high, aud Its shape is constantly changing, us tlie sand shifts ami rolls. Tne perpetual movement of Hie sand mound has been going on since time imnicmorhil and the move ment of tlie rolling or sliding particles makes a sound monotonous and almost musical. The white hill and its sur rounding smaller hillocks glitter and flush like mirrors as the silvery grains slide down tlie sandy slopes, making their tuneful humming as they move. It Alwaya Knila 1 list War. They had just, returned from their bridal tour when the husband gently pulled her ear and said: Now let us speak of business. While half of what. 1 have belongs to you, I do not propose that you shall have to beg for your half. Melng the head of Ihe house, 1 shall carry the wallet, but propose to hand you over a certain sum every Saturday night. It will be pin money." How good you are!" she exclaimed. I think it Is only just and right. I know a dozen married men whose wives have almost to gel down on their knees to get: n dollar.' I could kick such a man! How much do you think you can use a week?" 'A dollar, perhaps." 'A dollar! My wife trylug to get along on a dollar a week! Why, yon little darling, you shall have at least i), and if that is not sullicicnt I shall make it $'( or :!)." It was the old story over again. He cut her down to fS, $7, 5, JM, and at length, when they had been married about four months and she tisked him for a dollar, lie turned on her with: "What! More money! lo you thiol. I've got a gold mliieV What on earth do you want money for 7" "I've got to got a few little notions "I'm you cant want a dollars worth! Here's thirty cents, and I hope you will remember Unit these are hard titties,' ami Hint money Is money!" St. I.ouls lilspalch. -$ jit les Awful I''ear of a Nervoua Man, I used to know a nervous mail Mho feared that he'd be robbed, luimelisi precautions did In use, yet: with that terror throbbed, lie thought thieves might take anything-his folks, Ids goods, his life so when he went away from homo lie always wired his wife He pursed his lips to keep them safe, be used to hide his son; he always kept his books well bound; he liked tied games alone. Of course he'd lashes on ills eyes, and. lis It sometimes ruins, lie took In all the shows each ulght. Ills arguments had chalus. He wouldn't buy u clialnless wheel, al though the neighbors laughed; and when he died he left a wlsli they'd sink his inarble shaft. Vale llccord. 1 R3ds U6 Ifnctlv City Htrentn. THE movement for better high ways was undertaken mainly to effect I lie Improvement of those roads which lie outside the limits of towns nud cities and, iu large part, traverse purely rural dis tricts. The mileage of such roads Is very great; their condition Is often de plorable; many of those who use them most appear Indifferent to their Im provement and violently opposed to spending any money on them, or even to changing time-worn methods of maintenance. These conditions have proved serious obstacles to the general Inauguration of road Improvement, but by united and prolonged effort and years of work they arc gradually being surmounted. The condition, however, of tlie streets, Iu most of the towns and cities Which do not. come within Ihe scope of the good roads movement Is, rela tively, about as bad as that of the country roads. Iu some of the towns and cities few streets are paved at all, and In most of them much of the pave ment Is rough, badly laid, and poorly kept. This seems Ihe mote strange, as the wealth, progresslveucss. commer cial activity and Intelligence of the country lire concentrated, in large measure, iu and around the centres of population. It would appear that, the needs of modern life should have long ago led all places of any size or pretense to fa cilitate local development by n Mold ing commerce the best possible means to prosecute its undertakings bv pro viding smooth, paved ways within their borders for quick and easy transpor tation. It would seem that, disease should have been warded off. death rates reduced, and reputations for hoalthfulncss sought after, by laying pavements easily and cheaply cleaned. and equal to the requirements of mod ern s.milaiy methods. If would be supposed that the rccreatlo'i of the populace would have been everywhere provided for by the construction of lioulevards. parkways and parks that would provide place for pleasant change and healthful exercise in leis ure moments. In short, there are many reasons why, the more dense the population and the greater tlie vol ume of business iransactcd. the better the pavements should be. It is seldom that, such- Is the c:tso. and if is ihe more curious because Vmciicnns usually demand Pi large measure all those tilings that. mni;c for their comfort and pleasure, ami it the luoic disgraceful because the ne cessity for something better is ..con stantly and painfully apparcpt, and the facilities and means are at hand to provide all that can be required. A gentleman just returned from abroad has stated thai our el'y streets compare even more unfavorably with those of foreign cities than do our 'otintry roads with 'their country roads. It is not (lltllctilt to believe this. Though the round cobble Is perhaps no longer laid, there are streets where their abominable surfaces must be tra versed. The forms of block pavement more generally used can be made to give good results, but they randy do so, owing to being Improperly laid on soft foundations, which speedily allow them to sink In spots, nnd depressions soon appear in which the water stands after every storm. Mut. it Is not necessary to enumerate tlie defects of city streets thev are obvious to tlie millions who tread them dully. Their Improvement on modern, scientific lines Is a constantly growing necessity. The Automobile' MUalon. The automobile, of course, will finish the work the bicycle In this country began for the improvement of the roads. With the automobile here In quantity the t rattle of the streets will become far more congested than at present. The horse will be eliminated, to be sure, but his place will be more than taken by the Increase iu the mini ber of machines If once the price is brought down to a reasonable figure and the department, stores begin offer lug bargains in them. From this will arise the necessity of more stringent street regulations, for the hoist- has an amount of Intelligence' iu threading his way through crowded streets, In avoiding obstacles and in slowing down to avoid disaster that we shall only appreciate when he Is gone. The present helter-skelter way of traver sing the streets will, have to change to one more orderly. Aud one advantage of the change will be the possibility of preserving a regularity lu speed, im possible now when all heavy trucking has to go at tlie slow walk of a horse, while passengers are not content to go at less than nearly twice as fast. With automobiles lu use for everything, It will be possible to move steadily along at four or the miles au hour. The street cars In tie congested portions. Instead of clanging tlu4r way through the crowd, will move along about as fast as the trucks, and a tremendous amount of complication will be saved. Jer.ey l-'Hvnra WW" Tlrea. The State law passed several years ago by the Legislature ant horlzlng cities and towns to require wider tires on wagons will lie taken advantage of by Atlantic City f'" the protection of the newly paved avenues upon which tlio city has expended In two years over $H,IKK. Councilman Havld It. Marrett. it member of the Street Coiuiiilltee, has taken the Initiative iu tills very propel step forward, and will endeavor to se cure the enactment of nn ordinance that will require at least four-inch tires on all vehicles. It is Mr. Mar rett's opinion that tlie ten-cent busses In the course of a year, with their narrow tires, do far more damage to the new mncnduni drives than tlie to tal amount of tax paid by nil of them combined will repair. The new State law has been taken up iu nearly nil of the towns in tlie upper section of the State, famous for their well kept roads nnd streets, and It has been found that the icsults have been beliellclal. Atlantic. City will either have to do something of the kind proposed by Mr. Marrett or ex pend thousands of dollars every year lu repairs. City Government. MOW TO CHEER AN INVALID. Tlie t'onnl (illta nnd lliiln Which Arn Nut A1wr) I : X v c- P(l . Thai an invalid needs cheer no one can doubt. For while clouds chase each other across the sky Hint over arches the well people a gloomy pall' settles over the one who Is deprived of liberty and denied the commonest blessing of life, says a writer In Self Culture Magazine. So It will be no more than right if you deny yourself, even to tlie extent of cutting short a talk with a book agent, or omitting to attend a club lecture, or to have that argument out with a friend as to the respective merits of the Mrltlsh and the Moers, of which every one Is talking. If only by such means time may be secured In whlcjt to pay some attention to your afflicted friend. As a further proof of tlioughtfuliiess, carry flowers, and I advise you to se lect fragrant ones. There are some to the Influence of which strong melt have been known to succumb. If the magnolia and the jessamine arc not In season, the hyacinth or tuberose will do as well, You will never know lust the appreciation Unit girt inspires, for courtesy demands that not until the front door Is closed behind you may it lie sent to the fart lies! -corner of whatever sized backyard your friend possesses. Even the modest violet lias been renounced with a speed which spoke well for the nil selllslmess and kindness of heart of the favored recipient. There arc i'oiiic civilized people who feci that strong pel l nines arc barbaric and belong to the oriental, along with the bungle nud the nose Jewel. Mut tills, doubt less. Is a somewhat morbid feeling, o do not regard it. If not convenient to visit the llorlst the next resource Is to make, some del icacy with your own hands. How the poor patient's eyes will sparkle when you tell her that yon have brought her some lemon Jelly and thai it can't hurt her. Indeed, it cannot! You are only the ninety-eighth person whose though! fulness has been run into a mold, but there is redress even for wrongs like (Ids. Iioubtless there are compassionate neighbors to take It off her hnnils.even If the household boasts no omnivorous boy or goat. Your de light In concoct lug and presenting that questionable compound, compared to iter delight In passing It along, will be "as moonlight uuio sunlight and as water unto wine."' So yon are sure to give pleasure whatever you do. llllt MllXllIK,. The good man loves till men. he loves to speak with all. Tlie mean man sows that lie himself may reap. Heal with evil as with disease. Hie object of n i ii is i tin -ii t is to iiiiike au end of punishing. Have no companionship with a man who Injures ids neighbor. One forgives everything to lilm who forgives himself nothing. Not to correct our faults Is to com mit new ones. The man who In the presence of gain thinks of righteousness, who in the presence of danger Is ready to give up his life, who never forgets n prom ise he Is a complete man. The disease of men is neglecting to weed their own fields and busying themselves with weeding the fields of others. Never allow yourself to do a wrong tiling because it seems (riding, nor to neglect doing a good thing because it seems small. Iu transacting business be faithful iu speech with friends, lie not envious and iu dally conduct be digitilied, re fined. When you know a thing maintain that you know It. when yo do not. know It, admit tlie fact -Unit Is wis dom. Tlie path of duly Is near, yet men seek it far off. Co home and seek It and you will not lack teachers. OUR BUDGET of LAUCHTER-PROVOKINC s-J LOVERS OF FUN. I'll Tun l 'liHnt;,.,ii ., Tlim.vi,n. i... njH ,,r" -"""i t a v,c "y Kin.ll IV.. in ... . ' .... ,""t, Kir. A rathe,- pu Man wauls lu t! Nor whim,. t i,t 1 ; I ii t imu-m m-- ,i... '' With inii-ii- p. ,,' " "f "Miu. w-itnts ns i,,,,, !,.,, ' ! And vvnnt, i, . J;;, "Fa:" ' Yes';" "Who loses nil , f.,,, body llnils'"--I'uek. "lc"lv "r""in. "What's that crowd t there'" asked the travel,.,. ,1 i nut s Tlie mxi mn ((( smith." was the i-, ph- (lf , -Harper's Mnzar. What ll.s,, Landlord -"When v ., hard sausage for h;, iri..ltr iimi lie say . Walter -"He mi , j, ( him." -Chicago Tltiics-Ill,,.,,!, Ha Knew tl,r ,,,,,,,, Mrs. Sfarvein--Win ,. h milk and some situ-m- in you tSrinisltnw "If ,i L.., just a little drop ,,f Will,,r grain oi sami, - I own Tup i, llnril t'i Fnrl'aah, IIeiress-"Xo. cmi iM.vl.r i Suitor tin dcspri-iilinti,-- main engaged to tne rr ,th beg or yon, so Hint ,,lv my credit a little." Wit-lilt;. he Th Itra'un. as ill t i'IH i . n, ;i "Is ever" "No." "What's the Innilil "lie married li.r.' --Cmu: quircr. It Wan All llljlit. He "I asked yoiu futlur by telephone." one vinai wits ins hum lie "He said I dmi't know are. but it's nil rixltt." Lampoon. Tli Vnln ot a Uooil (Inn. Many n man previously a poor shot at tlie traps has been turned Into a candidate for the "crackajack squad" just by being dtsgusted at his shoot ing when using his own gun ami pick lug up a strange gnu has found that lie Improved his scores by using It. Ho has chanced upon a gun that tits 1)1 in better than his own; lie has his 'stock altered to suit the "bond" of the other gun, and goes at the targets with a new heart. He improves in practice, and gradually crawls up Into the "ninety per cent, class," with new Ideas and greater skill. It was all, or nearly nil. In the gun. Mcglnners should, therefore, never hesitate to try new guns until they are satisfied that they have got the right one. If they don't want to try new guns, they can build up the' slock of t licit- own gnu until they get it to some shape that does suit them. Anybody whose hand and eye work together can shoot, provided they can get the rlglit-shaped stock on their gun, aud they can only do this by not giving up tit. the first two or three failures. New York Com mercial Advert Iser. How Cliine Unit Woril. The Chinese unite the words iu n name so that they form one word, Just as we write .New-town. Hartford or Jicerlicld. Sometimes wo unite the words in a Chinese name and some times we separate them, but there is uo reason, for example, why we should write Tlen-Tsln when we do not write I'e-Klii. Each of these names Is com posed ' of twe words. IV means "north," and Kin means "tin capital" or "tlu King's household." au-l thus Fckln means Ihe northern capital, Tleu means "heavenly," and Tsln liieiiliH "place," and thus the name of the largest city in Northeast China means "heavenly place" a name II ban borne for many centuries. When Mar c l'olo visited the city lu the thir teenth century he translated its name into "Cltta Celeste." , . A Fat Mun'a Oiu-er Mialiiie. A fat citizen of the seacoast town of Lubec, Me., went down a laddet at the side of a schooner to get a hummer he had dropped overboard He Inserted his body betweeu the niugsof thcladdcr, thut he might reach down and get the hammer from tin shoal water, and became stuck there The tide was rising, and he was res cued three hours afterward, just lu lime to savo hliu from drowning, th water having reached within two Inches of his mouth. Slio Ihul to 1,,-t Willi Mrs. Niirvus "Mo you thii, lug to die'" Ir. Young -' I'litr nic! I I haven't lost a patient v save my life I doti'i lu-lii-v make out a ceriilieiile." -,h: More Tlnill ll Tfflrii Tnlil Elhol-'Thal detestnlile M u.ilil tti.it f ln,,t.-i,il tliii-lr" Maud "How pcrt'ivtiy nli Ethel (eialeili -rninkly. n old do vou really iliink I Maud "About forty." -Tit A Cvnlcboi AfiarMVnlrl "Language," quoted ".'Mil foil, "was given for the (unna thought." "Indeed," rejoined Miss languidly. "I'crtiiit nu- tn i late you on being mi perfect of English."-Viisliiinton Sit Ought lo Ilav Known llrf .tones "lirctit Scott! lilts t been in au explosion or a wreck':" Hrown "Neither. H' !l enumerator w ho shown! ti A lllltllltllltllll in his lou'll tli:ii ten years ago."-Detroit Freer Couldn't llUv II. '"You can't believe all that in print," said the skeptical "I should say not." suisivi Meekton. "Some tliiu!! re posteroiisly absurd! "'liy, tit her day I saw a pine al-! wlio made fun of hi wif,'s Tho Voire r KiiMlH'' "It's strange," ivinnrkcil i mental young HeimlM;. throws different l"''M'l'' l0' ' flit' way, how did yon row your wife'" "I don't." replied !'" man. "and I never expert I" dolphin' l'res. niilerhm i.y thf w" Diner (to restaurant ww" have you got for dinner! ' Wuitel'-"Koasl I"'''' .li.. i i. t. t-inili li;in 1 -111CIC1I r-M ". , .j fried potatoes Collek"-' l"1"' 1 ten and cotlec. , ihe Hill''1 loiiei , fifth, sixth, eigliteetuu unit syllables."-Til-Hit- " ,,i iin- .. .. . ,i, ,i l...."lll v "She sel still, when Van Urania In'""11!' "You mean wit. Hens set." i.i ..... ,i-ii:l It'll to e that, hens set. hut I ,! el. TlieV for the fellows nnd t1"'" 11 wedding day."-I'l'1""" Telegraph. -Tii.iI ...-,.,,. ,-ollar ' mjurnuiuia ..a ... Thev are war" ''' 1 Customer-"!"! H'"1 ",M: .1.1..1. t ,. t Inn- an) '" Ilium j. niiv ,,v Salesiiiau-"Whe . .. I ine all I'M'." ,. ........ a,i, lie reel uisie. . v tnuto .-,. sn few. .vol' hu .., ,. ' . i.t iiilnl; l lisiouicr . . dozen."- Moslon Ti'iiuw"!" r.Tn,i! of I' II Off IIB " .,,,.1,6 illte ei i Ills Ui' ill .Hijcrer "I was pol pllment t;aicimai -- but he didn't u ,n. go at that. He had ! (, read it. Not imt.'h i' J , Magley-"A..d Wl! J! ' when he asked ( Jigger-"Oil. '"" . , ,,! .... T liniln'l I'M!'1 ' I 1 was thinking of spoke of t."-MooiiJr'n I. Hc im' ,0,, "When I rejected you ; she began. wjVl. nttrftid fusion, "l U' . ...j, 1 "You did ut Mi"1 bo lnterrupU.il, "'.' ... i "Not nt afil. 1 '' oft", but ' ' . j ttJ "I didut kuow ' v,l shouldii have l""l,"M , , in HcrJoufiiMlou li"" rllil cd, neJ I'res i It stvi'i'l-' Mlrir:inMini
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