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.