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
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In the Glencosset's Cabin, k
02
Reminiscences of an Awful Day on the Prairie,
7i
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"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 ... . '
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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.
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mjurnuiuia ..a
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reel uisie. . v
tnuto .-,. sn few. .vol' hu ..,
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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
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