7 WHEN WE'LL ALL DE GOOD. I don't know when the day will dome, Hut you Btiii I, we know Thai: after awhile mil- flood resolve Will into being grow. Some iluy, when t both have the time, We'll cast our faults away, Am) you'll he good, and I'll (m koikI - We'll (II be good, aomo day. We'll run our husinc nfTiiira Willi tlinuglit of fcllow-nicn. For wo will lot our good intent (in into action then. We'll make our friends nil lmiiier, V And life will really imiv; For you'll lie good, anil I'll lie good - We'll nil bo good, wmie diiy. J Some day-of course, it's 'way aliead Hut I know, no do yon. 'I'lint nonie day we will take 11 turn. And try the good and true. We'll do our best for other folk. The world will he more fair. And you'll lie good, and I'll lie good, When we've the time to spare. - Josh Vvink, in Baltimore American. The Hand Glass. c By Charlei S. Hathaway. UPON llio door wus II sign con vey lug the Informal Inn: "This llllllV closes nt :t i. in. on Saturdays." TIiIh stipulation did not cover Mary .Miickli'ii, however, for lien- It wax lif ter T o'clock S: 1 1: riln V afternoon, mid n lone, locked In I lie ntlioe, she IjiiiI Just completed copying a score or more nf letters dictated to lior shortly before closing lime, liy ln'l" employer. Ak the result of discouraging Inter course wild it lot of lll'lll'S mid imlns in her shoulders iiiuI back Mary liml I ilk ell u position lit mi open window Mill being Ion Honrs iilmvo the street level, slio looked oil! upon a fill' reach ing area of tin- city's upper pliitenu. "Wliut a grimy, angular, hnril sur fnrc It Is," she thought, as she studied the hills and valleys, Hie promonto ries nud ravines of the aerial geog nipliy, fleekeil here nnil there with clouds of smoke and swift rushing flights of silver white stream. "Truly, tired iin I am, I feel It is a good tiling I am privileged to ent and sleep next to tbe Hiirfaee of th" carlli. Down tliere Is an ul, mi, lain I ugliness, of course, but the jieople are llicre, the show windows, street ears and noises lire tliere, there It Is eompanloniilile, while away up here the loneliness is appalling; even the files uud the dust decline to associate Willi us and " Then Miss MaeUlen started sudd.'ii ly, and, giving a vigorous scream, seized the telephone receiver at her side mid mug up the central oftlce. '(Jive me police headquarters, phase." she asked, and after n lirlef waif: "Police headquarters? It Is? Will, send officer! Immediately to the top floor, rear, of the Security Trust build ing. Man there trying to commll sui cide! For Clod's Hake, hurry, or you'll he too late:" And then, ho strangely potent is the power of the horrible. Miss MnckVti again turned and Was looking out of the window. She saw, nearly a square away, anil standing In the top hnlccny of the Securltx Trust building's rear tire escape, a young man who. bare headed and In shirt sleeves, looked carefully up and down the narrow alley so far below hi in; then lie moved to the rail of the balcony, and, plac ing both bauds upon the rail, seemed about to leap over to an awful death. Agalu Miss Mncklcti voiced an appeal lug shriek, but this time It was not only deliberate and intentional, but it carried a quullty of humanity that was heart-rending, so eager was she to at tract the attention of the would-he suicide. Hut lie was too f.ir away. or. per haps, he purposely avoided heeding her. "If lie would but look I" she cried as, seizing a chnlr. she stepped upon . It mid raised the window to Its full height, "perhaps a realization of the fact that I am witness of bis desper ation would cause him lo pause." Her effort, or something, she knew not what, caused hlni to step across I lie balcony and disappear through an open wludow, ami for an Instant she felt relieved. The relaxation was only for an instt'.nl, however, for almost Immediately he reappeared 1 1 ml this time he carried u rope. Mary, certain that iilie would faint, steadied herself by placing her hiuid on top of the let ter cabinet at one side of the win dow. She saw the young mini ns he lied one end of his rope securely to l he balcony post; she say hlni place the other end of the rope around bis neck, a look of desperation covering his face, and then she renll.ed that under her hand on the cablnel was a small mirror, her own property. Instantly she seized the mirror, iihil, holding It t:o til!." ;l" concentrated thereon the long, slanting rays of the declining sun, she threw a blinding re lied Ion fun ju the face of the man she whs trying to save. lie started violently, ruhhei lis eyes ainj, looking straight at .Mary, gave a tleiidish smile, and. shaking his poor head negatively, again resumed his horribly deliberate preparations. Again she threw a shaft of over whelming light full In his eyes, and when the self-destroyer looked at her in reply, she was violently gesticulat ing, begging li tut In pantomime to come to her. Hut again that tleudlsh smile and again a refusal. At this juncture Mary saw a man In blue (inform step out upon the plat form, and, us she had received live yeurs of thorough husinc: 3 (raining, Mary fell to the Hour III a mvioii. I low long she renin lueil uncouaHous Mary did not know;, but when filled with vague impressions of repeated calls on Hie telephone and of liupii lienl knocking- iiiMn the nlllcc door - she revived sultleleiit ly to support her body on one elbow, she heard voices In the hallway. Mary listened. "It's u fake all around. That's what 1 think," was uttered In the deep voice of an angry man, and II continued: "The boy was to get a dollar for hang ing in a sling Just under (lie cud of the balcony long enough to tighten up u single nut. He probably Mulshed Jlie Job by this time and never (In allied of suicide." "Ituf the hurry call was lurned in from this ollioe," argued a second voice. "(), you're nutty!" responded the original wise man. "Can't you scut hid sign says. 'This o'lice elop a! It p. in, on Saturday'' Come on." And It was fully llfleen minutes af ter Mary had heard the last faint foot falls of the guardians of the pence, before she dared to sneak out of the oftlce nud n way.- Detroit Free Press. THE "HOMINC FACULTY. Molt Who I.I to In Wild Coiintrlot Al wy Know Where Cain I. "Tlie mysterious faculty that enables cats and pigeons to find their way back from remote points Is one of the greatest puzzles In nature," said n N'ew Orleans ediicalor who has made n specialty of zoology for many years, "We speak of II as 'sense of direction,' 'homing Instinct' nnd 'brain com pass,"' he continued; "but as far ae explaining It Is concerned, nobody bin" ever been Hble to offer it theory (hat was even plausible. It used In be thought (hat the memory of land marks had something to do with the phenomena, but that Is exploded by the fact that the animals always take the shortest cut home, regardless of tlie circuitous route by which they may have been carried away. That such powers should be highly (level oped in creatures as different In othct respects as cats and pigeons Is in It self one of the most ballllng and extra ordinary features of the whole prob lem; but I am convinced that the fac ulty, whatever it may be, exists in n rudimentary state In nearly all ani mals, including man himself, and may be easily sharpened by circilinslancCH and surroundings. For nine or ten year I used to spend part of every suiiiiner In Minne sota ami Wisconsin, living in the woods and studying nnlnuil life. I be came well acquainted wlih many na tive hunters and trappers, and have known several who showed clear evi dence that they possessed the 'brain compass.' No matter where they went, how they twisted and turned, or what happened to distract their at tention, they always knew the direc tion of their cabins and could return unhesitatingly In a bee line. They were all ignorant men and absolutely unable to explain their power. The only thing they could say was that they 'felt It.' Other trappers were re. markably expert In (lulling their way through the forest, but they were simply adepts at woodcraft and went by n Ihousaud signs and tokens to which they hnd unconsciously turned their eyes. The two faculties were entirely distinct, and. while the skilled trainer was Invariably alert nud fever ishly observant, the braln-compasg fellow was unusually dull und sleepy and paid no attention to his surround ings. The nieu themselves recognized (he existence of the homing Instinct, contented themselves by saying that it came natiTral to I'ete or Pierre, ot whatever his name might be. It Is certainly u l'asctnnting problem, and have long believed tluit Its solution would uncover some tremendously lm portaut secret In regard to the rela tloiiLi of until and animal life." New Orleans Tliiies-Democrnt. A I'olut Well Made. Lord Itussell took n great Interest in snort of all kinds, nnd lie I mil ii weakness" for lecturlnir nennle of all sorts i.u their shortcomings. When lu October, ISDN, the London Irish Itugby I' not ball (Tub was matched to play Hammersmith Club on the Loudon County Athletic, Orouml, Heme Hill, Lord Mussed was Invited, and con sented to kick off the ball. On arriv ing punctually at the hour aniiolilted he found Ihat some of the members ol the London Irish team were not on (he ground. He waited natieiitlv for some ten or fifteen minutes until all the phiyir.s were assembled, and then called up Mr. Dyas. the captain of the Loudon Irish, and delivered the fol lowing homily: "Cantaln Dvas und members of the London Irish Koorlmll Club: I desire to point out to you that one of your cardinal rules lu life should be punctuality. Culess you study that rule, whether in business or play, you will never be successful men, und I hope that you will take to heart the lesson I mil now reading you. The Lord Chief Justice, with the utmost gravity, then iiroceeded to kick off the ball. London Chronicle. Stephen Glrmd'a Marl. Stephen tJlrard, the great benefactor of Philadelphia, was born In lior deaux, France, was left an orphan ut teu and put on u ship as cabin boy. That was his first trip to America. He could no read or 'write, but he worked hard to make up dctlcicucles in curly training, und soon set up a shop In Walker street, New York City. lice he marrlei, Polly Lum, daughter of a calker. against her father's wish. The marriage proved unhappy, and C.lrard went to ,-,eu again before, at forty, lje found bis real vocation as a merchant lu Phila delphia. When In J7!Kt yellow fever broke out in the city (Jlrnrd proved himself u true hero, nud organized the public hosplti-1. His magnificent be quesi t' die c.'ly Is famous the world over. ." one room are kept his boxes and Ids )tokcase, some of his papers, his clol'ilug a pair of homely old knitted braces bespeaking Ids plulu und frugal habits. FARM Al GARDEN. One Way to Hun Farm. Land never wears out If properly jandled, and one of the most profitable, aiethods of handling n fnrm Is running I dnlrv or raising stock thnt eon- ' .ll,na ltn ...1,.tA flla.u1 llflfl rctlll'IIH ll.u.-o lllv ,11, till".- I""" ' - -' - t to the land In the way of a fertilizer, ivhlle the finished product Is allowed to wnlk off to market. Where Halle Are I.onl. Once when a certain well-Iitiown Kuglish Judge was trying a case he was disturbed by a young man who kept moving about in the real' of the courtroom, lifting chairs and looking under things. "Young man," said his lordship, "you are making a great deal-of unneces sary noise. What are you about?" "My lord," replied the young until. "I have lost my overcoat, ami am try ing to find It." "Well," sail the venerable Judge, with 11 gl'Ini smile, "people ol'len lose whole suits in here without' making all that, disicrliauce." . (li-elil Aipllle of n Cow. The enormous iippellle of a cham pion cow Is shown by tlie amount of food eaten daily during u test of the llolstelu cow, ltnsa lloiibeur 5th, which died recently. She held the world's record of milk produclloii of 1011.75 pounds in one liny, and T'Jli.'J.'i pounds In one week. Sim ate daily 111 pounds silage, twehe pounds corn meal, nine pounds oat meal and (wen ly Hoveu pounds roots, ok i ioinl of 171 pounds, of which rc-I.'l pounds wus dry mutter She welg.'.cd I'.K noundu, Dratroylng Inaeele In Aaparagua Keila. Cut off the tops from the asparagus eds before the iceds nre ripe and then urn the materials. If necessary place itrnw on the beds before firing. Hy o doing many of the Insect enemies Mil be destroyed. Before winter sets In cover the bed with manure and inve It until spring. A Nltrngenoae Ration tlie Heat. According to the author of a bul letin published by tho West Virginia Station, It was found by experiment ing with 100 hens fed n carbonaceous ration that the net profit was $J0.."!. Another 100 liens fed a nitrogenous ration returned a net profit of $07.!o. This ought, to set a few of those who eep poultry to thinking If tliere is not lome Improvement to be uinde lu feeding the hens. Covere Par Hay Atitrke. A farmer of Jewell County, Kan., lays the covers he made for his alfalfa hay last fall cost lilm $30, nnd that they preserved more hay than you could put. lu a thousand-dollar barn. He sawed sixteen foot !ix4's lu two. bolted the ends together, placed them six feet apart over his stacks nnd nailed on siding, making n com plete roof in six-foot panels. He bored holes In the down-hanging ends of the 2x48 nnd tied weights io them to keep the wind from blowing them ff. Ills alfalfa comes out as green and bright ns It wns the day It was put up. He says the covers paid for themselves this season, nnd they will last for years. A Well-Arranged Apiary. A well-nrranged nplary that Is sim ple nnd convenient Is thus described by nu Illinois nplarlst: "The hives are pluced diagonally lu the row which runs southeast and northwest, so that In each pair of rows the hives front enst In one and south lu the other. muklng each alternate alley free from bees to be used as u passageway to work around the hives. The rows are placed seven feet apart on centres, and the hives four feet on centres. The hives nre so placed that a line drawn from the rear of the first one will touch tho front of thut Imme diately behind It. There is one wide alley crosswise through the centre nnd In a large apiary more alleys would be advisable." Dlgeetlon Trlele Willi Clilckeue. The following extracts lire taken from a bulletin recently Issued by the Oklahoma experiment station: 1. Chickens digested Kafir com and corn more completely when the grain was fed whole than when the meal was fed. 2. The Kafir corn nnd Kafir meal fed In this trial yielded but two per cent, less total digestible matter than the corresponding, corn products. 3. Kafir corn was n more suitable ration, considering only the relative amounts of growth-making and fat forming materials, for chickens, than Kafir meal, corn, or corn menl. 4. Cow peas were digested reason ably well, and nre desirable feed for growing chickens and hens. Hut lit tle gain In digestibility was secured by grinding the cow-peas. To Belp Out Failure. The Vermont experiment station has for many years experimented with sundry soiling crops, and as a result of its work recommends to Vermont dulrymen the lurge use of Hummer silage and of outs nnd peas sown at weekly Intervals nnd fed during July and August. Silage is probably the cheaper food; oats and pens somewhat tbe better. If the former Is contem plated as a steady summer diet, for years, It would be well to consider the erection of a special summer silo, pref erably round, with a small feeding area, a small diameter nnd a relative ly great depth. Silage spread over a large surface lu summer, spoils rap Idly and loses largely In feeding value. If oats and pens be chosen they should be sown In successive lots at weekly Intervals, the two sown sepa rately, the peas first rather deeply and harrowed In; the oats two or three days later and bushed In. A better catch Is likely to be secured lu this way thun If sown together. The crop may bo either fed green, bnyed or put In the silo. New Knglnnd Homestead. Securing a Trough. Muuy pasture and farmyard water ing troughs are half hogsheads set upon the ground. They nre lu contant danger of being upset by the cattle, which also fight each other away 7. I- A TROUUIl FOB rAHTt'RES. from the water. A plau to obviate, in purt, at least, both of these evils Is shown In the cut. Two posts are driven beside the tub and a wldi board nailed across as shown. This holds the trough lirmly to the ground, and also separates the cattle whlh drinking. The same plan can be used with uny shape of trough. Kami Journal. i:etul Toola Fur Weeding. If the weeds lire cut when young and lender, a light hoe Is preferable to a heavy one. When thu weeds are hard and dry, u hoe with more weight Is desirable. lu cither case, the hoe should bo as light as possible, and do tho work. It should be of the vctjy htMst uiuterlal. Tho handle should I light, nnd of tlie best. wood. The hoe should always be kept sharp by the use of a file or grindstone. If there are stones In the soli a file Is preferable to the grindstone, as the hoe can be sharpened In the field when necessary. In consequence of use lu the field, and sharpening on the file or grindstone, or both, the hoe will wear rapldly.but It Is well to remember thnt steel Is cheaper than muscle. A sharp hoe, while In the hands of an energetic man or boy. Is death to weeds. At the same time It adds much to the sweetness of the handler's temper. A dull hoe, In the, hands of n boy, tends to titter discouragement, find fur nishes lil mi with an excuse for get ting owny from the farm. Trenohlng Cabbage. The process of trenching cabbages for winter is very simple. A trench Is made about eighteen Inches deep nnd the cabbages are pulled, placed In the trench, leaving on all the leaves. I usually put the heads down and roots up, nud shovel on an Inch or two of earth when putting I hem In. Then Just before the ground freezes I shovel on more earth, nnd cover them eight or ten inches deep, leaving u few openings to be filled with straw lu cold weather. Cauli flowers can be kept for some time In n cold frame or cellar, If the roots are planted in moist soil. In the market garden, when beets, carrots, turnips, and potatoes are to be stored 111 pits, tlie usual way is to dig n pit three or four feet deep, and about six feet wide, and of the length required. The vegetables are placed In It in sections three or four feet wide, leaving a space of about two feet between the sections. The advantage of the sec lions, is that a few bushels can be taken out at n time without exposing the rest lu the pit. When covering the pit, the top should be founded, so the water will run off. W. H. Jen kins, lu The Kpltomlst. Spring. Cultivated Stranberrlea. Many strawberry growers claim that spring cultivation of tlie plants re duces the yield, while others declare that the crop will be doubled. Itoth are right. It all depends upon the method of cultivation practiced from the beginning. The men first men tioned cultivate shallow and little; the second deep nud a good deal. The principle Involved in each case Is the same. Strawberries produce an abun dance of feedlug roots near the sur face during the fall months when the weather Is cool nud the soil well supplied with moisture. These roots are the ones upon which the plants de pend lu the early spring to push them Into flower nud fruit. Thrs hoeing In the spring would kill them and Injure the chances of n crop. After the fruiting Is over these roots become useless and new ones nre scut to lower levels lo get water and thus keep the plant from dying of thirst Then the soil hiay be cultivated with, out fear of injuring the plants. The men who cultivate deep during the summer, and keep It up late In' the fall, make the roots form at a much lower depth than those men who cul tivate only shallow or not nt all. The result: Is that they may cultivate lu the spring without doing any Injury, but. on the contrary doing good, pro vided they cultivate shallow at this season. They also provide n mulch to conserve moisture. In this Way the roots come gradually from lower lev els, toward the surface, and are forced back only by the hot weather. M. !. Cain, In Agricultural Eplto-mlst. 1'inlectlnn From lleea. One of the most urgent needs of the beekeeper Is a good protection from stings. I know of nothing that takes the enthusiasm out of a beginner like getting stung nhotit the face. Tho best color for a veil Is black, as It doc 11 KB VEIL AND APBOK. not tire one's eyes, liobbitiet or tulh Is the best material. One uud u hull yards of cotton net twenty-two Inehei wide makes n good one. Sew the emit together In n seam, bind the lowei edge with some light material, nil a round elastic Just long enough t( go round a hat crown by strctchlut a little in the top edge and you huvi a bee-proof veil If you fasten tin lower edge well. Men can put It lu side the vest or under the suspenders I always wear an uproii for the pur pose, cut like tlie Illustration, ant when the upper part Is pinned dowi over the veil it Is bee proof. Largi pockets are convenient. In one I cur ry matches for my smoker, u snial pair of scissors to dip queens' wing! and a largo screwdriver or knife thai has had the blade broken off to prj or loosen hive covers and frames am to scrape off bits of wax. The othei pocket Is used to hold the wax thai Is scraped off. Three yards of ilenlir or heavy gingham will make thi apron. I have tried many kinds of gloves including rubber, but have laid then all aside. For tlie last six years I him used milieus made of heavy cot lot sock legs. Take long ones and cu oil Just above the heel. Kiln two ol three rows of machine stltchlui mound Hie edge to keep from ravel lug, stitch three rows tin Inch or mon long at the proper places to divide tin lingers, sew In a short opeu-ende( thumb and you have a inltlen that wil not. interfere with the use of the fin gers, will protect your hands from tin sun and bees and keep bees from get ting up the sleeves. A suiali snfelj pin will hold them In place. Willi i good smoker, veil, apron and iniltcut one can work conlldently and tlie beet are not so likely lo be troiiblesoini when one Is not dodging and showhq fear. Mrs. A. J. llaiher, In Aniorletil Agriculturist. PREHISTORIC ANIMALS. CAME WHICH PRISTINE MAN WAS WONT TO HUNT. ((real Animal nf Karly Agea No Trnre nf Them Left an Kartli, Save In Hie linnieatie Anlinali Tlie Lltioa of Poi alble lieacent. Some of the big game which early races of men hunted apparently van ished from K ii rope almost simultan eously wlih them, for what was their fate, and where on the earth they nre now represented, unless by the Ksqul inaux. we cannot tell. 'I lie next race, at any rate, the Neolithic folk, as they nre now called, whose weapons and tools made after more elaborate pat terns, nre often polished, seem to hnvc come ns conquerors. Perhaps the newcomers foresaw that the aborig ines might give rise to Inconvenient racial questions, so, as Tacitus says, "they made n solitude, and called It peace." Hut with the older race several of the larger wild animals disappeared, at any rate from the P.ritlsh Isles, If not from Northwestern Kurope. The mammoth and the woolly rhinoceros, the hippopotamus, the saher-toothed tiger, which had already become ex tremely rare, If not extinct: perhaps, nlso. the lion mid hyena. They may have disappeared from our Islands be cause a general sinking of the laud replaced many broad, grassy, or tree clad plains with shallow seas, and completed the severance of Ilrltaln from tlie Continent. This change, and the Incoming of a better-armed and more cunning race of hunters, may have turned the scale distinctly In man's favor. Still some big game remained, for the Britain of that age was very different from that which we Inhabit. No towns, only scattered villages; large districts of forest and marsh land, such as were the backwoods of Can ada, and still are some parts of Cen tral Africa. Here wild animals found ample protection, nnd had no more to dread from man than man from the wolf or the lynx. So the reindeer re mained, at any rate. In the North: perhaps, also, the so-called Irish elk, together with the bison and the au rochs. Some thirty years ago n skull of the latter was dug out of u Cam bridgeshire feu, and In it a stone axe was found Imbedded In the forehead. It wus broken off short, apparently snapped by striking against the bony orbit of the eye, as If the animal had been struck by n blow delivered from one side. This, however. Is by no means the only proof that the Neolithic Briton hunted the aurochs. Its bones and teeth have been found at Clssbury Camp, and Its remains around the pile dwelling In Burton Mere, near Bury St. Edmunds, shows that It survived Into the Bronze Age. It was, however, already rare and probably had disap peared when Caesar landed. But It lingered much longer on the Conti nent, for extensive reglous In Central Europe were still almost wholly cov ered by forests, the mimes of which survive us lu the case of our own Weald in the "wnlds" sprinkled over the modern maps of Germany. In the great Hercyuluu Forest the aurochs existed in the days of Julius Caesar, ns he writes In his Gallic War; in the sixth century, it occurred, though rarely In the province of Maine, and was hunted lu the ninth by Charles the Great In the forests near Aachen. A century later it must have been living lu (Switzerland, for the chronicles of an Abbey make men tion of Its flesh. The aurochs existed near Worms In the twelfth century, for the slaying of four Is mentioned in the Nlbeluiigeii Lied, and It Is gen erally believed to have lingered in tier many till the sixteenth or poslble even the seventeenth century. But has It left uny descendants? Our domestic cattle, no doubt, have sprung from a wild stock, but probably have more than one origin. Some may be traced buck to the Celtic shorthorn (Bos longlfronsl, already domesticated in Neolithic times, nnd difficult to con nect with the aurochs; for it was much smaller, with a different-shaped head, and whether It was originally wild in Kurope is a matter of dispute. At the present day It Is most nearly repre sented In thut state by some of tho smaller oxen of Southern Asia, but its pedigree cannot be traced with cer tainty. At any rate. It remained the solo domestic ox In Britain till the Ku glish conquest, und Is regarded by some as the ancestor of our small Welsh und Highland cattle. Another domestic variety or species In prehistoric times was culled Bos frontosus, from a peculiar bony prom inence between the horn cores, which are rather small. Its pedigree also Ik uncertain, but probably It Is more nearly related to the Celtic shorthorn than to the aurochs. In closer alli ance with the lutter Is a third variety, found lu the Swiss pile dwellings with the other two, and culled Bos tuurus, which probably has Its mark on more than one breed of our domestic cattle. Tlie English Invaders seem to have brought with them it breed of white cuttle with red ears, which can be traced lu nil purls or Britain occupied by their musters, and were probably Introduced Into Ireland by the Nor wegians and Dunes. Some writers have claimed the wild cuttle of Chllilughum, ('hartley, Cad znw nud one or two other localities, as the direct descendants of the au rochs, but Prof. Boyd Dawklns con siders them to represent the entile In troditced by the English Invaders, which strayed mid became wild, ns horses huve done in South America. Thus, though I bey may have been en titled, as we have said, lo claim tlie aurochs as mi ancestor, they cannot lie regarded as lis direct representa tives, for they are really domestic cattle which have lapsed Into a feral million.- Loudon Standard. It ice unit rnpiilHliou. In deciding whether China's popula tion is dense or sisuso It ought to be remembered that the country produces rice. Countries which produce lice yield nt least two crops n year. Coun tries w hich produce corn, on the oilier hand, only yield one crop a year. Therefore, npporlioiiutely to Its extent, il country which produces rice ought to support at least twice as large a population us u country which pro duces com.- ScoUlwh-Ainerlcuu, CHINESE POLICEMEN. Queer Offlelnla or the Celeatlal Cltlet and Their Uttttea. In costume n Chinese policeman Is something between n circus clown nnd n football player. Ills breeches are always baggy and very well wadded so clumsy yon wonder how he gets n round in thcm-pai'tlcuhirly when, ns Is often the case, he wears a coat, also thick and clumsy, coming well below the knees. Dark blue is tlie prevailing color, set off and accented with bands and facings of lighter blue, red, green, ninrooii and brown, but never yellow. That Is the sacred ot royal hue, permitted to nobody below the rank of a viceroy. In the treaty ports that Is to say, those open to foreign Influences nnd commerce the police force" Is largely made up of Sikhs from Northern In din. The reason, perhaps, Is that the Chinese themselves are so essentially on warlike, they have n proverb to the effect that no good man is ever u sol dler." As men In the pay of the Chi nese Government, whether natives ot not, they have taken an active part In the present troubles In China. The police rank olllcially us gendar meries. In Pekln the head of them Is always a Manchii. Policemen must be pleutler than blackberries lu the Chinese capital. The sacred or Impe rial walled city keeps between 1.1.IKKI and 'JO.OOO or them. This walled city Is two miles square, with two great gates lu each wall race, half a mile from the corners and a mile from each other., Broad streets stretch straight from one to another, thus cut ting the space Inside Into a big nine block. Police stations are scattered all along the nine squares, especially around (heir outer edges, which face upon the passway inside the wall. The head of the police has charge of all the city gates. They nre nine in number since tlie side next the palace has an extra gate In the exact middle of the two-mile wall. Policemen In this, the Tartar city, belong to what Is known as the Eight Banner Corps They do not carry arms, not even so much as the baton of a civilized ofli cor, but. keep swords, spears, guns and cutlasses lu racks nt the stations, uud make a rush for them when they hear the signal gun. This Is tired by an officer whose special charge It Is, either upon orders or If In bis own judgment It Is necessary. The pen alty for firing it at tlie wrong time Is severe It may be degradation nnd banishment, or simple strangulation. I'pon parades mid reviews the po. licemeu nre always armed, especially If foreign devils are to v-itness the re view or the parade. The weapons used nre curious looking, but wicked In the extreme the three-hooked spears they all carry In particular make jagged nud ghastly wounds. Be sides the 'JO.OOO within the wall, Peklu maintains n force of 14,000 with which to regulate the nffulrs in the outer city.' They are under command of the same general' officer and gov erned by the same regulations, though tliere arc variations arising from the differences of situation. Men nnd officers nllke furnish their own uni forms, but are armed by the State, and receive n monthly rice allowance lu addition to their pay. The chief gets a fair salary, but the men and subordinate officers nre ineagerly paid. Notwithstanding, they make and save money enough to retire after moder ate terms of service. "Influence" In the slmiie of cold ens"! stands the prisoner's friend In Chlau even more than anywhere else lu the world. Iu fact, but for the "presents" the force Is allowed to squeeze out of natives and foreigners alike, tliere might be difficulty iu getting men for the serv ice, even though humanity Is cheaper than dirt cheap all over the Celestial empire. St. Louis Glohe-Democrat. ltoval t'lillantliroplir. The Queen of Saxony Is of a most philanthropic uud charitable nature. In her youth her zeal far exceeded her knowledge, but was never abated. In deed, she was often In the habit of visiting the poor, under the guise of the Countess of X, lu order to come lu closer contact with their misery uud waul. Many laughable mistakes resulted, und at one time she even equalled Marie Antoinette's famous remark about cuke us a substitute for breud, when the latter was not obtain able. It happened that the "Coun tess," entering unexpectedly upon one of her favorites, who felt the pinch of poverty In Its most acute form, found the good woman's little boy In tears over u swollen cheek. "What nils the child?" Inquired she. "Noth ing much," replied the mother, uncoii cerueoly; "he wns naughty, so I boxed his curs." "Ah, yon should never strike n child," said the sympathetic "Countess." "Next time you ought to punish htm hy depriving him or his dessert." Oliarnclerlatla Story From Scotland. From Scotland comes this charac teristic story. A gentleman was rid ing on one of the coaches lu the Tros sachs when the driver said to nlm: "I've had a coin guv me to-duy two hundred years old. Did you ever see a coin two hundred years old'" "Oh, yes," was (he reply: "I have one my self two thousand years old." "Ah," e.iid I he driver, "have ye?" And he spoke no more during the rest of the Journey. When the conch arrived at Its destination the driver came up to the gentleman with ail intensely self satlslled air and said, "1 told you as we came along that I bad a coin two hundred years old." "Yes." "And you said to me as you had one two thousand years old." "Yes; so 1 have." "Now, you be a liar!" "What do you mean by that?" "What do 1 mean'.' Why, It's only 1S!)I) now." IHIlluultlea ol Lllei l ore. The great author was lolling at his desk. , "My sakes:" lie groaned. "The dllllculllcs of literature are overpow ering. How can I collect u lot ol mysterious words which may mean nothing so that the readers will Imag ine them to Inform of the deepest wisdom V" - Boston Courier. Mtikua a Fuaa, The women are warned that every time they send mi Invitation to a mail and his wife to attend a pariy tliere Is a fuss lu the family, the muu wanting to stay at home mid the wom uu objecting.-Atchison Globe. OUIMJODOBT OFlItJii LAUCHTER.PROVOKING STOmt, I LOVERS nc r,,.. IESt w, ruri, The Maine (Mil Htnr t..- . llnne-linreMllwdrtr, , "') Knowledge a. Wl,,n. ,,"'f -Hlal'oalllon, Ktr, Kir. "! There wai n young ,.,- wh- ;,.. ti.nf,',l,:V. Ho l-la.-i-d all hi. On the very li.si ,1,,,,' And to act hack to t,m , '" York V,', Tim Lady nt u mlt Mrs. Proper Caper ".(.,; vertlse.l for a lady, co11;l,; 1 James -"Yls, n.uin. Tl,, ,k U helper, you know." - .lud,, Vlirralli,,!, "There wns a 1 1n,,. ,Vn , . he showed traces of genii,,- "Yes; but he's .iiinp,., traces." - Philadelphia II,.,,,,.,, Force of ll,il,n, "Give up the keys of tl, ,,;,., man, led the chief of . ,,11,,,, ' "You got checker t.si;(, ,,, porn I of the guard at ivt ; dclphla North American. Knowli.dK T.. W.,, "What's the ditletvi,,,, ',,, know ledge and vIm,,i,v "Well. II takes kn,,w,. , nn automobile, but j, tlth to run it."-- Chicago i:,.,,, An .;,iav dap, Mr. Askilt -"Mow is h ii,,. ,. tor how small a chunk f ilv , ii iiihiijs weigns thin v imi,s Iceiliaii-"Thnl,.y as ,IW . , s go. in" friend." - llnli in,,,,-,. Mm Ilia Piinlli,,!,, Mrs. Iloou -".Mrs. :i,ht.,y 0i eiilerlalningl.v in u,,-,,,. (jn;,r,.jM guages." Mr. Iloou - "Yes: ami 1 .,, , that her husband has t t,,,,., In one." -Judge. A New Kjo MniUm,, Miss Smart-"llov m-,. ,. now, Mr. Lacking?" 1 1.. i ....i. i .... ..ii. if-'-.much i,ott,r, ; you. i nave lm, Hi,m x;i miu, an eminent oculist, umi t. , thing In to dilute the ni,ik"-j The DhhiI Fr ti Mainnia-"Wlllle, yon imitit ,n inai way witn Amy; ami t,H. all days. Don't y(,tt know ti, Sunday?" Willie "Yes, but. iintnimn, tlii.. religious discussion we're ImviiJ I'lilladelphla Press. For Dlalant Frlca.li. "Well, that caps t tic climax.' "Whafs that?" "Cook says those folks in t bat house on the corner enine over we were gone ami In,, I tln.ir , graphs taken silting on our vorai imitanapolts journal. Fall or Water. "How do you feel now';" nsk,' rescuers. "Llko a Jersey trust," gaspe-half-drowned man. faintly. Then they rolled hint on tlie l some more, for t hoy. (do. wvn a clers. Harper's Bazar. Crntlieil, Office Boy "Here's your po de editor says dey are not lull nnd he's sorry " I'oet "Ah! Indeed. OIHce Boy "Yes, sir. Sorry ,1 read 'em, and he says dry inv nil Good day, slr."-l'lillml'lhia quirer. He Felt It Krealr. Klderly Spinster lliorrilinli-' boy, aren't you ashamed lu g In lug iu such a public place wltli a bathing suit us that en?" Small Boy "Yes'ni: hut me n makes me wear it. I'll take though, if you'll promise to say Ing lo her about it."l.cslir' 't ly. lla Chlrf ( harm. Nodil-"Thls modern Aiiierlcaif is nil wrong. Too much Inii'i'.v- ' Just taken a quiet, retired mxik country, where u man can have lute rest." Todd "How far away?" Nodd-"TIiafs the iM'.nity 11 place. Only forty jnluutya frwi olllce." I.llerarr Ilrratloa. "Your latest novel seems tcrj said the render of il"' I'"'1'? house to the voiitig hut rlniug "I was pretty sure yu '01I,H that," rejoined the author. 'UJ quently If you will count I"''" will Hint the heroine WW " just 2,":t pages of my story."" bind Plain Dealer. Wllllnii to I.nara. Kthel-"Mamniii, dnt Sm women should know how h '" that they may be able t ii their husbands' digestion wlu'i' marry?" Maiiimu "Certainly. " 1...1...I ..W I .... Ik till' A i-.iiici jiuyu i i .1 then, nnd nrnellcc lliakltll! "I acotch?" Brooklyn I. If". r. a I.no UN" 'I'd be wlllinir." said Ihe 'hn"'T peptic, "to give my tuoiitli'H any man who would liivcut " u-iiii m.nu,. k, vi '")' "What do you menu Itf Sense ki.vu?" Win- Il.o L-tn,l lllllt I'Olll'1 ""j used to' lock the blmm'il t'll"' Philadelphia Press. Ileadv to nliwl ,u Th,. minur ill the exnellivl' lw.i.n .v,...i.m. liV till' l"'lt Hk'hl of the bill coiuM"111 ''" IioIOI lying ou the marble Hoar of tl' Stand back," exclaim'"-' 'ul "No!" gasped the reviving. "1'ur u " . , willing to pay for it!"-L"K'a line. llrlll' a., at ........ .Mitlll Tvm l-'H's a favorite .I"''"1 nn,. , n,, i:,isteiu fakl'-1 to It fill" llil.1 U't I.Mill themselves Into soinu iiiuy nerve-racking, boin.'-eiw1"'' uud" Miss Klviillon 'ls"-t those odd Oriental I'I''IS here?" ,ii Tro..er-"What do yo" Miss ,.ltlvnltoii-"l','1' ', ,. ever seVn Maud Wuy'1'1'-' ''W Ilaifer's 1'iizav.
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