HEROES AND ,W give unstinted praise to the wail Who ii brave, enough to die; But the man who atrumrles unflinchingly Agninst the currents of destiny And beara the storm of adversity, ,We pass unnoticed by. We've plaudits and tears (or him who falls. Borne down in the shock of strife; But a word of cheer we neglect to say To him who plnds on his dreary way And fights in silence from day to day The unseen battles of life. There's courage, I grant, required to face ' Grim death on the gory field. There'e also courage required to meet Life's garden and sorrow; to brave defeat; To strive with evil and not retreat; To suffer and not to yield. COOOOOOOOtXXJOOOO "V' OUIt hnlr needs comb ing before you go to I school." snld Mrs. Cns- ter, as Frank was start ing out of the door. "Oh, It's good enough," -was the re ply. "Who cures how a boy's hair looks?" "But you care yourself?" ( "I'm not particular, that I know of," and be was off the end of the porch before the mother could get In another word. "Who cares?" he repeated as he ran on his way to school. "A boy doesn't want to be a milksop." He did not de fine what he meant by the word milk sop, but It was fair to presume that he intended to describe oue who wus careful of his personal appearance and did not allow his dirty hands or un combed hair to worry him. In fact, Frank prided himself on being "man ly" In bis way. lie thought that It would make him so to talk loudly, to be boisterous and careless and to fol low in the footstep.! of certain men of the town who made a great deal of bluster In the course of their day's business dealings. "Hello, Jim," be called as he over took a quiet and neat youth of his own age. "You seem to be mighty still to-day." "Nothing to yell about, that I know of." "Yell anyhow. There's a good right to ,ell." Frank let loose a wild sort "HE TURNED FROM of a whocp that echoed nlxig the street. "Don't do thut Mrs. Harper Is very ill. It might disturb her." "She can't hear me this la the pub He highway, anyway." Another loud cry was given and Frank swaggered a little as though he thought lie had done something smart. That blustering day was a very long one for Frank. He tidgeted In his seat and the teacher had several times to reprove him. Finally it ended and be was about-to leave the room, when there came from the teacher's desk a request that he remain a few minutes after the others had gone. He found that he was not to stay Blcne. In the party of boys that re mained was Jim. 'I 'want to have you meet the rep resentative of one of the largest rail roads in the nation," said the teacher. "He is a friend of bsys and is always glad to see aud talk with them." A courtly stranger citme into t'io room. He was visiting iu the neigh borhood aud had asked to be allowed to have a talk with the older boys of the school. He talked to them of the needs of the successful man In the world; of the Influence of manliness and good nature; of the way ho had started at the bottom round of the ladder and had risen to the top. Most of the boys listened with Interest, Jim the inoBt carefully of all. Frank was uneasy and eager to go out of the cboolhouse where the smaller boys were pluyiug. He felt the Impulses of spring, and though the dny was raw and cold, disliked . being inside the building. He noticed that the stranger looked at him often, and that himself and Jim seemed to be the principal ones for whom the visitor wus talking. Twice the interest taken In him made tho boy straighten up, and then he re lapsed Into the old state, of Indiffer ence. .When It wag over the boys" went borne together. . "Awful old fogy," suggested Frank. ' "I liked him," put In Jim. "He told us a Jot of things that ought to help ws." "Muybe so, but what is the use of liavlug him coiae here to show ug how to act?" t Jiu did not erguo the matter, and 8 HEROES. Some moment ere there In every life When tho spirit long for rest; When the heart is tilled with a bleak de spair; When the weight of trouble, remorse and care beoms really greater than we can bear, And death were a welcome guest. But we crush it down and we go our way To the duties that lie in wait. From dny to day we renew the fiirht. To resist the wrong and to seek the right. To climb ot last to the suncrownej height And to triumph o'er time and fate. And thus for my heart gots out to them My meed of praise I would give To those who strug!e life's path a!on7, The host of toil, who are patient, strong, The unrewarded, unnumbered throng, Who are brave tnougii to live. Denver News. ITirfSSSl?4'' Frank had forgotten It all, when that evening he was going downtown to spend a little time with the boys. As he passed Jim's home Jliu'g mother came to the door. "Frank," she called. "I wish you would take this overcoat to Jim. lie went off without It, aud as it Is gettlug quite cold I am afraid he ought to have It." She brought out a wide-caped coat that, when l-'rauk had thrown It over his shoulders, almost covered him from view. It was gray and had become known ns the peculiar garment of tho owner, being the only one In the town of the kind. Frank laughed as he en veloped himself In the ample folds and went whistling down the street. "Good disguise, this," lie thought, and wondered If any one would take him for Jim. A thin old horse was standing In the road nibbling at the J list-appearing grass. Ticking up n stick he threw It nt the animal and shouted at the top of his voice. The horse went off at a pitiful hobbling gait to escape Its tor mentor. "Strange that Jim Colson should do that," he heard some one behind him say. In the gathering dusk It was not easy to determine who It was. "Yes, he Is Bitch a gentleman," came the reply. "I believe there Is u great futurn for that boy." "lie is to be one of the new railroad HIS COMPANIONS." apprentices, I heard this afternoon." "What Is that?" "The president Is going to put three boys In the general offices to become clerks nnd work their way up In the world. He wants to tuke two from this towu, because he was born here, but I guess he will take only oue Jim." Frank had not heard anything about It aud was surprised that such fortune was to come to his friend. But another surprise was In store. A little farther down the street two men came alongside. In tlia dusk he could barely recognize them his teach er nnd the president. The former called to him, though Frnuk wus hur rying away: "James, see here." Frank halted a little, feeling ashamed of his false position, yet ex pecting that ho would be recognized properly when they came nearer. "The matter has been decided," the professor went on, "and jou may be prepared to go to the city cn Monday. Mr. Harris has decided to take only you from this city, lie liked oue other boy In the class, but was ufraid that he lacked inatuess and atteutlou." Frank thought of his frously hair aud disrespectful attitude lu the schoolroom that afternoon with keen regret. "I like to see a boy clean and man ly," put In the stranger, "and you have proved yourself all right. No oue can succeed at a railroad office who does not pay attention to these things. The time to commence is while you are young. You have done right to remember It." How Frank wanted to get away. At the first store he turned from his companions and eutereu. The men went ou, and then he sought Jim. "Here's your coat," he said, handing over the big garment. "Your mother seut It to you. So you are going to the city?" "Why, the teacher said something about It this afternoon. Maybe you will go, too. He talked as if there were to be two." "No, I shall not go they don't wont me" and Frank swallowed a big lump In his throat. "Where is the comb, mother?" aske'' Frank a few morulngs uftur. ".Why do you want It? I thought '4 you said It did not matter how a boy looked," replied Mrs. Custer, with a smllp. "Well. I thought I'd clean up a lit tie. It won't hurt, anyway," replied Frank, shame-fnredly. Ho disliked to ndmlt that be had changed his views. He had learned one of the lessons of n boy's life. It was rather expensive for him, perhaps, but It would not be forgotten. Charles M. Ilarger, In the Chicago r.ecord-Herald. Jlees Not Vslns; Their Stings, There are a number of honeyninking bees which apparently do not use their stings, or in which the stings are atrophied and too blunt to hurt. Some nre very small, so diminutive that they are called mosqulto-bees. They gather quantities of honey, of which Kates, In one of the forests on the Amazon, took (wo quarts from one of the nests. In Jamaica, where some of these amiable bees nre also found, they ore called "angelitos," a name given them by the original Spanish set tlers In honor of their good temper. Some Australian dwarf bees also "angelitos" so far ns human beings nre concerned do not use their stings, perhaps because they nre not sharp enough to hurt, but deal with their en emies something after the manner of tho Quaker ou board ship who refused to use a gun. but threw the French men overboard. An enemy is held down by several of the bees, who grad ually put him on the rack by pulling his limbs out tight and keeping them so, for ns long ns an hour, by which time the prisoner "dies a natural death." Bumblebees nre popularly supposed not to sting. The males have no stings, but tho females have, nt any rate In the common bumblebees. There are so ninny sizes In n bumble bee's nest, large females, sinnll fe males and males, that It Is a safe spec ulation not to tnke the risk, though bumblebees nre very easy-going creat ures and only sting when pressed or hurt. The Spectator. Vent Slot Gas Meters. Among the specimens of "household dishonesty" recently gathered from the quarter-lu-the-slot gas machine were twelve plugs or Imitation quar ters, three "pearl" buttons smoothed off In places to represent twenty-five-cent pieces, n baby's teething rlug re duced In size and thirty-eight counter felt coins. For those who must have gas for cooklug or illumination, but who can not nfford to pay a deposit for the lux ury of a meter, uud for those whom the gas company does not wish to Issue a monthly bill there Is a compromise iu the shape of a slot machiue meter. By dropping in a quarter of a dollar the automatic meter does faithful ser vice for a little time. It is only within a comparatively few mouths that the company has no ticed a wholesale attempt to beat the machine. The proceeds of each meter is dumped Into n great bag by the col lector, who monopolizes the combina tion, but so many bad coins, plugs, makeshifts and other frauds have been discovered that it has been decided to Inspect lu future each contribution as It Is released from the mechanical gas gauge. New York Mall und Express. A "Flonie" Party. An original party was given not long ago by a bachelor woman who has a weakness for red and has furnished her den largely In that color. Desir ing to entertain her friends, she re solved to gratify her love for brilliance by having a "flame" party. All the In vited guests were requested to wear red ns conspicuously as posslole. To make the coloring of tho den even more vivid for the occasion, the hos tess strung festoons of red peppers around, and covered the celling with a spider's web of red cord. When the evening came the guests arrived In perfect flames of red. The women wore red kimonos over evening gowns, red hose, red slippers with red ribbons, red aigrettes in the hair nnd red gloves. The men wore red neck ties, red hose and red shoe lacings. A profusion of red cords hung from the central chandelier, nnd to the up per end of eneh a favor was attached, the guests selecting tho cords at ran dom, as the Intermingling prevented them from seeing to what tho dang ling end wns fastened. Bed meat sandwiches, red drinka bles and red ice cream furnished 'J' refreshment. New York Tribune. The Age of l'eacncks. Writing of the age of peacocks, a correspondent of Country Life says In regard to a bird once owned by Lady Warwick: It will not be forgotten, at least by our elder readers, thot the late Lord Beaeonslleld wos as foud of peacocks ns of primroses, and loved to see them showing off their gorgeous plumage under the beeches at Huge eudeu. Once upon a time this Identi cal bird belonged to tho author of 'Lothalr,' nnd It Is more than thirty years since he was sect as a present to Lady Warwick's father-in-law. Quitt an old bird, you sny, and yet Judged by the peacock standard ho has not quite attained middle age yet. There is another at tiie ensile that by com parison might be enlled the Ancient of Days. A very old servant of the fam ily remembers lu his youth this pea cock as a mature bird and, what If stranger still, his father, who died a very old man, also remembered the peacock ns having been a vigorous bird In his childhood. The age U thus established as being over a cen tury, but by how much there are so authentic records to prove." Our Unit of Value. The real, actual unit of value In th United States is the silver quarter, The dime Is out of place. In the bat you get two drink for a quarter. One cigar for ten ceuts seems plebian, ft you tuke two for a quarter. In the res tauraut you are nBhamed to give the waiter a ten-cent tip and. cannot afford to give him a quarter, but auoral cow ardice drives you to let hliu have the quarter. The quarter Is the most beau tiful sliver coin iu the world. It Is ot the most convenient size. Mix up a lot of dimes, nickels aud copper ceuts in your pocket and your seuso of touch talks at distinguishing between them. You must haul out a handful of "chick en feed" for visual identification. A quarter you can tell from anything by the "feel." A half dollar is to much like tho gold eagle. Nmw Yoil Press. SOME RUSSIAN TRAITS ENTLENESS, UPRICHTUESS AND PA TIENT STOLIDITY OF PEASANTS. nterestlng sights Witnessed Daring the Annual Pilgrimage to Troltsa Monaa try Baerert Kelli-s How Mtiaalane Do Their Duty In Kellalons Way. To me, when I was In Russia, In the mmmer of 1S!)7. Russia seemed the ;ountry of freedom, says a writer iu die Saturday Review. I was a for ilgner. I did not concern myself In luestions of cither politics or religion. t went at the tlmo of the Medical Con ' jress, and with a friend who was a member of that congress, so tlint I j hod certain advnntngcs In my favor, i After the stories I had heard of the Itusslnn custom bouse I was in some anxiety for the safety of my manu scripts. iuy tings were not even opened nt the frontier. My friend was carrying a book by Edward Cnr- pentor for Count Tolstoi, n book for bidden by the Russian censor, nnd the book reached Tolstoi In safety. I have uever seen anything so orderly or dls erect ns the collection, examination and return of passports nt tho railway 3tatIon on the Russian frontier. Wher ever I weut, In Moscow or In St Petersburg, I found, so far ns I wus concerned, a delightful absence of of ficialism. I could go where I liked, do as I pleased, wns not expected nt ev pry moment to conform to some un known regulations, ns one Is expected In Germnuy, for Instance. The snmo freedom seemed to exist even among the natives. Peasants would clamber tip against the windows of a royal palace, the coachman would turn to the prince whom he was driving, nud light his cigarette from the cigarette of his master. Aud I think I never saw people so friendly with one another, except, per haps, in Spain. Aud this friendliness iu Russia goes somewhat further, be comes a more definitely helpful thing, than It docs Iu Spain. No doubt It Is partly due to the Influence of the cli mate, to the necessary dependence up on each other iu their struggle against cold lu winter nnd heat lu summer But it lias become an earnest help fulness which has stamped Itself upon the very faces of the people. And nfter all one has heard of Itusslau brutality, It Is Interesting to note for one's self the signs of gentleness that are to be found not only lu these grave, benrded, patient faces, but In many little unexpected ways. One hardly thinks of Russia without think Ing of the knout. Well, tho Russian cabmen drive without whips, using only the cud of their reins, aud the reins finish in a mere bunch of rib bons. When the Russian is cruel he Is cruel just ns tho barbarian always Is, because he Is Indifferent to pain, his own or another's. He does not spare because ho would not complain. And be has the Mahometan's readiness to sacrifice everything for a cause, which to him is that spiritual nud temporal power which is his religion, and which has taken far deeper root lu him than nuy mere sentiment, es sentially a modern oue, of tolerance or of sympathy with suffering. In the Roumlautsof Museum nt Moscow there is tho cage lu which Emillau Pougatchef was imprisoned; it Is n cage only very slightly higher nud wider than the height uud size of an average mnn; It has chains for fasten ing hand and foot together, so that the man can only stand upright, with out even moving, inside the iron bars of his portable prison. But Tougat ehef was a religious revolter, nnd to spare oue who had taken up arms aguiust religion would have been to spare oue who was a dangerous enemy of Cod. The word which I should use to represent the muln Impression made upon me by tho average Russian, the soldier, the railway porter, the lnborer, is uprightness; and It seems to me to contrast very favorably with a quality, perhaps equally strong, which. Is to be seen In the face aud tho bearing ot the average German. To the Gurman discipline uud obedience ore painful duties; he appreciates them and he acquires them, but he becomes some thing of an automaton iu the process. To tho Russian they are the duty which is its own reward,- a sort of religion which It Is a delight to ful fill. The Russian has a geulus for self sacrifice; self-sacrifice has made him a martyr and a conspirator; It has given him strength and weakness. He can resign himself to anything, and resig nation can just as easily be heroism or mere apathy. Tho heroic sldo of it we all know; the other, at times comic, Bide may be seeu any day in the streets of Moscow by watching a cabman who has been paid too small a fare. He docs not explode lulu auger, like a cabman In any other part of the world; he does not contest the matter, be does not even ruuioustrate; he looks at the nioncy lu his open hand with a woebegoue expression, closes his hand upon it in a gesture of weak despair, nud seems to Bay, "Well, It has hap pened to me again!" But If we would seo what Is really at the root of the national character, the actual nature of tho peasant. It is not even lu Moscow that It must be sought, but in such a place as Ser glevo, and on such an occasion ns the annual pilgrimage to tho Troltsa mou stery, on the Day of tho Assump tion. The monastery, bulbous aud an gular, with its red walls uud gold nud green domes and spires, is set on tho triangular point of a small hill; all about It are bright colored sheds and shops and booths aud little village bouses of painted wood; a village fair win going on in honor of the pilgrim age, and a stream ot men aud womuu In bright clothes wandered up uud down all the roads Incessantly nud gathered in groups about tho tcashops an4 the booths of the fair. Iusldo tho monastery walls, lu the churches aud jlloug all the paths, this Immense, quiet, ugly crowd waudered ou or wulted patiently at gateways. It wan made up for Uie most part of women, and these women were ull old, or looked old, nud they were all ugly and all shapeless, dressed lu a patch work of bright colors, their skirts looped up about their red wrinkled legs, bare to the kuee, or above their osier (hoes bound about with cord. They were shapeless and uncouth, with bodies that seemed as if they bad never known even the animal joys of life but there was none of the dirt, disease or violence of a French or Italian pilgrimage of Lourdes or Cns albordlno. They were clean and sturdy, and they passed slowly, leaning on their staves, or waiting two nnd two In long lines, to enter the church nnd kiss the relics, with n dogged patience, without noise or talking or laughter with a fixed sense of the duty to be done, then of the need of rest, and then of the long Journey home. They went in order Into the large room by the refectory, took their bread aud salt, which they ate in the refectory, nnd then sat down, like great grown up school children, nt long wooden tables lu the open air. where the monks served them with bread and soup. Then they flung themselves down on the grouud. wherever they happened to find a little free spneo, nnd slept heavily. They lay with their hnnds on their bundles, themselves like big bundles of rags. Some of them lay In the graveyard, upon the graves nnd the turf, like a dead army waiting, to be burled. And In nil this there was no fervor, no excitement, n perfectly con tallied emotion, a dogged doing of something which they had set out to do. They had come from all parts of Russia, walking nil the way, nud they had come simply to kiss the relics nnd thea to go home again, because it was their duty. They were all good hu mored, cheerful, contented. They ac cepted discomfort ns they nccepted poverty, labor, their bodies, which had uever known happiness or beauty. Contentment In them was strength, but It had In It also something lamentable, Here, lu this placid and vigorous herd of nnlmnls, were women who hnd never discovered that women could be beautiful, humiiu beings who had never discovered that life could !)c a desirable thing in Itself. A TORNADO AT CLOSE RANGE. What One of The in Looks Like 800 Feet A way. There was a fearful storm Iu the lowlands yesterday forenoon at o'clock, and a great many trees, some two feet lu diameter, were picked up out of the ground nnd hurled Into the nir to be dashed to the earth again with terrific force. As fur as can be learned there was no loss of life. The storm spent Its fury In a path about 100 yards wide and two miles long, it is approximated. Levi S. Wild, manager of the West ern Union Telegraph Company of this city, and Bryan Irvine went to Ber nice Saturday ulght and yesterday morning engaged a team nud drove out to Hoadley's place, about four miles nnd a half up the lovrtauds from Bernlce. They were chatting lu Hoad ley's cabin, when Mr. Irvlue looked out of the window to the west nnd remarked that he saw the blackest cloud he ever beheld. The morning had been fretful nud drizzling. The other gentlemen noticed the ominous nppenrnnce of the black bank of cloud in the sky, but paid no more attention to it until it began to sprinkle, when n great gust of strong wind reminded the party within of tho black cloud. The rain resolved itself into a hail storm nnd soon the largest hailstones that any of' the men ever saw poured down In u threatening manner. Tho rcof of the cabin was inadequate aud the boards were rent asunder und great stones rained nnd pelted down upon the floor, bouudlug back toward the celling violently. Still the cabin was not In the teeth of the storm, for Mr. W1M said he could seo tho terrible execution It wan doing across the creek, 100 yards distant. Trees were torn up nnd dashed to the ground and the wlud lifted them high into tho nir and carried them great distances. It was feared at the time that all tho men In the cabin would be dashed to eter nity by the savage twister. But noth ing more than a hard hailstorm struck the cabin. The sight was nwe-la-spiring. There was but little lightning aud thunder. The roaring In the trees, whoso majestic beauty was be ing marred and rent, was dolefully grand aud inspiring. Two men drove up to the cabin fif teen minutes later nnd said the road was literally strewn with trees. They hnd secured shelter In a crevasse and were unhurt. They saw a whole hill side denuded of Its foliage nnd dense growth of trees. Some of the trees were nearly three feet In diameter, aud they were piled indiscriminately upon one another. There were at leiiBt 100 grand, stalwart pines dashed Into a heap In about two minutes. The havoc was terrible to behold. Anaconda (Mont.) Standard. What Becomes or Arctle Animals. It has been a source of much sur prise to Professor Nordenskjold that during bis expedition within the Arctic Circle, in regions where animal life Is abundant, he has found very few re malus of animals which died a natural death. No one has any Idea of what becomes of the bodies of such an! mats. And it Is, Indeed, very strange that on Spitsbergen it is easier to flud bones of. a gigantic lizard of remote geological time than those of a self dead seal, walrus or bird. The same Is also true of some places' not so fur north. There Uemnlned m Vox, The Duke of York bad been going over .the museum of a little country towu, says Tit-Bits. When about tc leave be asked the curator If there was anything more to be seen. ''Yes. your ltoyal lllghuess," was the reply; there remains a little box." "No doubt used as a deposit for something very precious?" suld the Duke. "No. your Hoyul Highness; It Is where 1 put the tips given to me by visitors to the museum." A Uunlnt Old Custom. Every 0110 may not know the quaint custom that Is observed at Blair Athol) on the home-coming of a bride, snyi Tit-Bits. Wlicu a Duchess of Athol) or a Lady Tuillbarduie enters Blaii Castle for the Hi it time she may not walk luto the houe, but must be car- led across tho threshold. The l)uk of Atholl cberiehes the traditions ol his race, and this oUl world ceiemouy was duly observed when tho latest bride entered ll jrTilstot ic nomo. r FALLACIES AgOUT FLOUR. fatent Boiler Article More Digestible Than Graham. Commonly accepted and widely taught dens In regard to the evil effects of mtlng white flour bread, Instead of ;rnham and whole wheat breads, nre ipset by recent experiments of the Department of Agriculture. Digestion xperlments were carefully carried tut with bread mnde from eneh of the leveral kinds of flour, nnd the propor Jons of protein assimilated nnd re acted by tho system carefully dcter nlned. The whole wheat flours may ifford a creator proportion of the nlneral nutriments, however, ns this lhase of the subject wns not studied, Mit ns far ns the available protein 'nts, carbohydrates and energy arc loncerned the patent roller flours are M'pferahle. According to t!ie chemical nnnlysls f grniiam, entire wheat nnd standard patent flours, milled from the same ot of hard Scotch Fife spring wheat :he graham flour contained the highest md the patent flour the lowest per centage of total protein. The results ' the digestion experiments with :hese flours showed that they were .nlnable In the reverse order, that Is, :he standard patent roller flour afford !d the greatest amount of nsslmllable protein, while the graham nnd whole ivhent afforded lesser amounts. This paradox, that the flour containing the tmallest proportion of protein, should ifford the greatest proportion avail lble for digestion, is explained by tho :oarseues of the particles of the whole wheat varieties. The bran nnd term of these flours resist the nctlon )f the digestive Juices to n great do- tree, and consequently pass through livc, 111J.1 iuii--t:iltll-utlj MIS liuuumi .he syslem unaltered. On the other annd, the' finely ground condition of :he patent flours Improves Its digesti bility. It was also shown that the addition pf wheat starch to flour did not Im prove Its bread-making qualities or the size of the loaf. The most desir ble flour for bread-making appears lo be one produced by blending hard and soft wheat flours, In which the un desirable properties of the gluten of each are counterbalanced. WORDS OF WISDOM. There is no recreation lu desecration A man who has no foes has no friends. The Sun of rlghteousucss withers the aypoerltes. The only way to fe?d the sheep to follow tho shepherd. The only anger without sin Is that which is agaiust sin. If life Is a day-dream death will be a terrible night of reality. The heavier sins fetter the more some boast of their freedom. Life is to be measured by its out flow rather than by Its income. The man of bitter thoughts will not be likely to live a sweet life. The people who sing the wrong stnnza usuully sing the loudest. When money Is your only friend you unturully bute to part with It. The counsel that falls like the snow lies longer than the hail of chiding. The links In the devil's chain nre forged out of what we call our liber ties. It Is stlU nn open question whether this Is the steel age or the age of steal. No woman ran Cud greater eoelal opportunities than those of her cwu borne. Ham's Horn. An Acetylene Life Saver. A successful trial has taken placo at Vienna, Austria, ut the Ulana Baths of a new invention for saving life nt sea. The inventor is Lieuten ant Ceorge Irsay do Irsay of the Hus- SU1'8. A man completely dressed, the life- saving appliance bunging loosely from bis shoulder, threw himself iuto the water. After a few seconds he re turned to' the surface, aud then for some hours was kept above the water by the Inflated bladder or bag consti tuting tho essential part of the appli ance. The Invention consists of a metal box nnd a bag, which Is closely wrapped around the box. Within the apparatus a perforated case Is placed coutalulng a certain chemical prep aration. The lock of the case consists of a rubber plate, which is kept upward before use by means of a substuuee soluble lu water. The Instant water penetrates Into the apparatus acetylene gas Is developed and the lock becomes closed automat ically. The inflated bag serves ns a sort of floating cushion, by means of which even voluntary attempts at diving are impossible. A Curious Marriage Notlco. The following curious marriage notice appeared tho other day In the Loudon 'limes: "On Tuesday, the 15th lust., nt Botlesueld, Lincolnshire, Jolin Kirk, an occasional preacher lu the Methodist Connection, to Sueauua Sea- ton, of Burriugham, mautau maker Tho patleut bride had kept couipauy near two years with a blacksmith of the same place, and was actually pub llshed with hliu In the church the very Sunday preceding her marriage, but for the reasons best known to herself eloped next day with the preacher; so true Is It that we know not what a day may brlug forth." A Tall Bearer glory. A story comes from the Yellowstone Natloual Park to the effect that u keeper caught nnd tamed a young beaver. When left In a room alone one day the youngster asserted Its in herlted traits of liidustry aud built 9 dam across one comer of the room, using, among other things, chairs books, a pair of old boots, aud even ar empty pistol that had been left -within his reach. A Wonderlnl luereaee. Itocsnt census figures show that lu the last ten years newspapers and po llodieals have Increased to the enor mous uumber of 7'JiU. There are pub llshed to-day 23.010 papers lu all. It is not to be woudered at thai advertis ing pnys so well iu this couuiry. These 11 suits show how Email a peicentagt of our population U illiterate. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. Centra! Trade Coiditlona, R. J. Dun & Co.'t weekly review trade says; Never before in the history of the United States was there such1 great reason for a day of national! thanksgiving. This country has mad unprecedented strides toward a posi-j tion of international supremacy, not only in commerce but also in finance. To a marked degree business enterprises have) proved successful. An idle wheel int nulls or factories is the exception, while1 labor is so well employed at high wager that consumptive demands sustain mar-' ket values of all staple commodities. Cotton relapsed into dullness with! barely steady quotations, in marked contrast to the exceptional activity and strength of the same week in 1900, whew prices were $11.25 a hale higher. For eign markets are held down by Mr. Neill's large estimate of the domestic crop, which is not likely to prove as near the fact as his eiarcssive'y low pre diction last year. Strength is the rule in the markets for farm products. Favorable weather dur ing tire closing days of corn harvesting failed to bring any reaction from tha highest price level in many years, and the market was equally oblivious to At lantic exports for the week of only 450, 44 bushels ,as against 3,838,6c a year ago. After some weeks of gradual de cline toward a normal position, porta products suddenly bounded upwards, re gardless of weakness in live hogs. LATEST" QUOTATIONS. Flour Best Patent, $4.60; High. Grade Extra, $410; Minnesota Bakers, $3.0033.25. Wheat New York No. 2 8oc; Philadelphia No. 2 red 7GJia77c; Balti more No. 2 76c. Corn New York No. 2 68c; Phila- I .... XT - - , . I dL;) Ja In0- 2 7a67J4c; Baltlmore NoJ 2 (-2'Ac. Oats New York No. 2 46c; Phila delphia No. 2 49!4 ; Baltimore No. 2 493 49c. Fruits and Vegetables Apples. Maryland and Virginia, fancy, per brlj $i.ooa2.25 ; do Maryland and Pennsylva nia, packed, per brl, $2.0032.75. Cran berries Caps Cod, per brl, $5.0035.50. Pears Eastern Shore, Maryland, Keif ers. per basket, 15330c; do New York Keifers. per brl, $2.50.12.75. Quinces New York, per brl, $3.5034.00. Yams Rappahannock, per brl, $i.ooat.2S- uecis .Native, per 100 bunches, $i.ooa , 1.50. Carrots Native, per bunch, la lc. Cabbages New York, per ton $9.00.110.00. Celery New York, per dozen 2oa5oc. ; do native, per bunch 2$4a 3'-c. Caulitlower Long Island, per brl, or crate, $1.50.12.00. Eggplants Florida, per crate $3.ooa4.oo. Lima Beans Native, per bushel 75ai)oc. Let tuce Native, per box lja3oc. Onions Yellow, per bushel $t.ooai.io; do white, per bushel $1.2531.30. Peppers Native, per bushel box 25330c. Pumpkins, each 435c. Parsnips Native, per box, 25a 30c. Turnips Native, per box 10a I2!c. Tomatoes Eastern Shore, Mary land, per basket 3oa35c. Potatoes. White Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bu, No. I, 70375c; do, seconds, 5oa6oc; do. New York, per bu, best stock, 75a8o; do, common, soaooc; do, Western, per bu, prime, 75a8oc Sweets Eastern Shore, Virginia, per truck barrel, f1.60a1.65; do, per flour brl, $i.75ai.8o; do, per brl, culls. $i.ooa 1.25; do, native, per brl, No. 1, $1,704 1.80. Yams Virginia, per brl, smooth, $i.ooai.25. Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk rib sides, io;4c; shoulders, 9-V4C ; bacon clear rib sides. lie; California, pc. :: hams, 10 lbs., 13 to 13'Ac; do skinned,: l3'Az- do., beef, Western, canvased and uncanvased sets, 140.; mess pork,' $17.50; ham pork, $17 50; lard, refined, 50-lb. cans, 11 J4c. ; do. do., half barrel and new tubs, llc. Lard, in tierces, lie.' Dairy Products. Butter Elgin, 23 24c; separator, extras, 25326.; do., firsts, 20a 21c. ; do, gathered cream, aoa Sic. ; do imitation, I7ai8c. ; Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania 2ia22e - do rolls, 2-lb. do, I7ai8c. Lggs. YV estern Marylsnd and Penn sylvania, per dozen. -326c : Eastern Shore (Maryland and Virginia) do. azoc; Virginia, 00, ja20c ; West Vir ginia, a25c; Western do. 2?aa6c: Southern do, 23324c; guinea, a ; ice house, choice at rnsrk, i8ai8j4c; do,1 loss-off, lo'Amoc. Jobbing prices $4 to ic nigner. Cheese. New cheese, large 60 lbs., ioi to io!-4c. ; do, flats, 37 lbs., 10 to ioJc. ; picnics, 23 lbs., 11 to nic. Live Poultry. Turkevs Old. 8Uoc; do, young fat, age ; do, small and poor a8c. Chickens Hens, 7J4a8c; do, old roosters, each, 25330; do, young, large. aoi-ic; ao, small. oaoVi : do. roueh and poor, a8. Ducks Spring, 3 lbs and over, 10c ; do, do, poor and small. oc ; ao, tancy, large, old, 10c ; do, small 8agc; do, mucovey and mongrel, oaioc. Geese Western, each, 60365c. Guinea fowl, each, I5a20c. Pigeons Old strong flyers, per pair, 20325c; do, young, do, 20a . Live Stock. Chicago. Cattle Good to orirae. 6.2036.85; poor to medium, $3.7515.90; stockcrs and feeders, $2.ooa4.oo: cow a Il.25a4.75; heifers $1.5035.00; cannere $t.25a2.25; bulls $2.ooa45o; calves $oo a5 25 ; Western steers $3. 5035. 25. Hogs Keceipts touay 45,000 head, tomorrow 40,000, left over 7,500; 5c to 10c higher; mixed and butchers $5.5035.95; good to choice, heavy, $5.70.16.10; rough to fair, heavy, $5.4535 .65 ; light $5 2535.75; bulk of s.iles $5-6535.85. E3st Liberty. Cattle steady; choice " $S7Sa6.oo; prime $5.oa57o; good. $5.15 35.40. Hogs steady ; prime heavies $5.90 a6.oo; heavy mediums $5.8535.90; light do, $5 7535.80; hesvy Yorkers $5-6sa 570; light do, $5.6035.65; pigs $S-50 5.60; roughs $4.5035.50. Sheep slow; best wethers $3.5033.05; culls and com mon $ 1. 00a 2. 00; yearlings $2.5004.00; veal calves $6.5037.25. LABOR AND INDUSTRY Berlin has 35,000 unemployed. Paupers cost England $42,000,000 a year. Coal is cheaper in China than any where else in the world. , It is said that Canada is soon to have her own mint. More than 90 per cent, of the vessels using the Suez Canal navigate by night Cotton growers have netted $400,000, 000 more for the past five crops (1901 crop estimated) than for the previoua five. Haiti, situated in nearly the tame lati tude as Cuba, will soon rival it in iu production of fine grades of tobacco. The German army authorities have appropriated $50,000 for., motor carriage for use in the approaching maneuvers. The new mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., is by trade a stoker, and at the time of his election was receiving a salary of $14 a week. Dallas, Tex., manufactures more har ness and saddles than any oilier city iu America, and, perhaps, than any other place in the world. It is stated that during the last year 4J-i tons f cigarettes were cxpntt'-d from Alr-eria. and there pro:r.ii o U. a largely :vm vising trade.
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