BEANS BY WHICH
ANIMALS PROTECT
THEMSELVES
S'uoIflBile to Surrouuilitig Oijtcts Wh!c
Thejr Are Able to Assume ia
tmcrgencic:.
Dj C. WILLIAM BEE3E,
Curator or Ornithology, Nevy York Zoo
logUil Sue ety.
IK world of tinture is full
5 fy Jj of wonders in form unit
O I O color, mi l when wo dis
2a, )t cover their use we Hint tlint
"WOtf .they contribute to the hull.
ill mils ml vantage in th" worldwide
illfe nnl death game of hid" and seek
Khlrli animals are forever playing with
n niiut her.
Wlutt ii it udverilsement nf his power
E the blink and white omit of tlie
s-kvjnk. How well It is secmidnd by Ills
unrtrlialniit manner, fearless nf the
world, wlihli In iin.v u'lier less to be
Jrradcd creature would assure its
srpeod.V extinction. Notice the snowy
oottoil tuil fif the r:i !ir. wiiieii, furled
onti the Inst moment, nt tile critical
Jump Is flashed out ill a te.Toi- nii.nul
So all of its kin. I.
When f mi r comes, how wonderfully
"lie timid creatures of the wild shrink
jti',o tuple of surrounding objects: Iidw
their colors, forms, shapes eloquent l;'
A) II, "There is mitliiiic lwn hut bark.
V)i t Mono: this is only :tn inedible
iiranch, n hit of moss, a patch of sun
tight." JIow tills inniile oiinie to lie
nerd not concern us now: let us simply
moliee route of tlu' more I't'uuirk.ihle
iDKlaniff .
PAii! jou ever heir on? of th? minor
players In spring's symphony. Unit
3T0-.;iWit:s i"t!" ? Unit vimi-lnim n
Jin.v tree ioi.d V lie calls louhly for his
mate. Imt It Is indeed a "wandering
woicc," seeming to coiiie from first one
Jirirljon, then nnother. Even wlien
me nre standing direetly before the lit
r.)v iiiJisiclnii. the cloak of Invisibility
still Miiroijiiils lii in. Me clings with
Jii twenty sucker toes to tin- trunk,
prrlmps of some white on!;, where the
.marilnss of his back merge with ox
jniiiip exactness with the surrounding
Jiche:i ote.'ied bark. Defenseless little
iTCitinv Unit he Is, he ran tall mid
Ton!; his love songs in safety, sharp ns
ar? Ihe eyes of Ills eneiuieit.
.liioiher sound comes through the
.April woods, deep and rolling, nnd,
w.hirx "iir ears ns a hound his nni.Zle.
ivr- okip upon a great bullfrog, squat
"tmp: towlcgi:ed upon u piece of moss
hu'iT .'mder tlie water. For a time he
will 1k, tile us, for the greeu of his head
-and l)ink eecu-.s hut a part of the pool
alien1, nnd how cleverly the iULer bend
' in bin hack destroys ail appearance of
s-yjnniMrv. making of him but u mis
fhap.rn bit cf swamp moss:
OSt is n far cry from :i New England
sw.irnp to Ihe Desert of Sahara, and
ifrom n Jowly bullfrog to the greatest
f all birds. Imt even the latter has en
emirs. nnd the sand colored lion is n
terrible foe. When the ostrich Is
siwak" hU .srn-ed leaves nil terrors be
l4r.nil, but when asleep, or when the
.male bird Is patiently brondinir his
..Tciit neslfiil of egas, death is often
urar. Tlii untold niyrlads of mind
Sji;s J'orevef bi iiC4 piled lip by the
-desert ints are the sefc?uard of the
Jktrirli. II" settl '.s iv.' flown on the
.ini1, bemliii'; his ions le-s under hi.i
-1 .lil tlattenit'i; out his h"ild and neck
nlil they ::': lost to view. !.'; to this
lime he was an ostrich, a gigantic
fealbrreil creat.ire. now behold only
.jiiother niiiliill :r.iion' a thominnd!
There are some example of prolee
lion whirh :::v hard to explain. I'm
iiu.;.iui wlnit I'lieiuies can the young
sif Uisonprey b1' Sitpposed to have not
fhr hrlplfss nak.-.l things of the Hist
-nrek, but month old, full Hi7."d birds,
Ji!iii'st ready to tly? We approach a
irt when the pnretits are away tlsh
ing. and these big birds greet us
fiercely, with open beaks nnd threaten
ing talons, A more conspicuous nest
f ul could not well be imagined, but now
Snr overheard I'.ie inotlier lish hawk
nrai'K, and. at her lirs! sdirlek of alarm,
-lown drops each osiiieylliiK. prom? Ho
na the nest. I ii'im ye examine the
nM carefully, it is Impossible to tell
where thi! feathers of the young birds
ml and the .s.-aivced and debris of tho
rrst begin. We may lift the head of
-j:r of tic; birds a f e.; or more fivm the
.mt, but v. hen we let it go It drops
Juruk without n u.oiioii of life; nil
ahrratening, :,il aggressiveness, tins
vaidKlied at the l'.rst warning cry of the
jurent.
'Jlie color of sand Is rdmicked li'
unnny crenuii'i-s, one of the most won
Wfid being th well named "spirit"
Talis of our Southern coasts. Sit iil-
tly on the sand for live minutes, nnd
jjurlionn of it will soon appear to be
ninr iinimat; d and to move In variousi
lireclions. ltuis much ns a linger,
ami -mi ml to sand r -turns! Not a por
tion of ths;. ip'... daylight gliosis but
it mottled with the light gray of their
fuibitat. Two f.'et away ami the eye
reones to differ nt late them, No won-
ler their holes dot the In-flHl in
jmyr'ids.
If we have olMcrved thU little inir
Avn oa the sandy shore of a coral key,
let na walk Inland t vhere the be:iu
tifcl coconmit :i!ins rear their tail,
filmy mass of froti The ground Is
filtered with unripe cocoannts, nnd, nl-
though w uhoiild be prepared for ftl
not uuy Hrric.-i.'e In this wonderland
f nature, yet It Is rather dlseo-.icert
las when several of these uutf pro
Irude eight leg ni.d scraiublo awny.
'oonut crnbs, of rofre( with liHrd
liro n bucks and neat poikeM In hkh
-yetalk, Jnw. feeler, clawa nil
Jesi niay bo packed away ) carefully
ttant there result-- cocoauut Menu
) except In Internal constitution.
Ilante, when be came to tbe forest of
Jhamnii souls, on his ramble In the
ir!!vr retioua, experienced, perhaps,
-tan aaiue feel log whli'h ono lias In
tmlkias throi:hii('h a cocoanut grove,
no win that tiny eye are peering out
anions tho very null,
I-et us not lea re onr Florida key tic
for re have entered aoui live ouk
lniiRle where tbe shadowa are Altered
w iron Kb the narrow slits of pal met
frond. A big yellow butterfly flits
list, we frighten It by a sudden mo
itton and It vanishes. There nre many
itiwef baiv'ug near wbert tbt dlMp-
po'trnnre took plaep. but even one will
lug credulity will not let us believe Unit
Ihe butterfly has turned Into n ll:ne.
No. Imt the 'nsect has done something
little less wonderful. When nhirme.l It
must have flown to the nearest lime
with a lightning dart, alighting on the
side lien rest us, nnd closed Its wings,
becoming, as we nt last discovered It.
nn all but Invisible line on th" ye'.rtnv
fruit.
Slow flying tfelicoiiht builerdies.
moving Ilk" soaring birds, come past
us. threading the tangle of vines end
fronds. Their broad, oblong expanse
of velvety black, marked with oblique
lines nnd darts of yellow, gives them n
beauly which evades description.
These at least seem never meant for
conceal m en I. Vet two of them, after
hovering niiout each otliir, alight near
together ami dissolve Into their surroundings--the
dark leaves nnd tlie
lines of sunlight.
And so :he great life game Is played.
We will learn never to seorn n seeming
lichen coven ;1 knot on nn rpple t"eo
lest It be a fairy castle of hum'ulnii
birds, sheltering two pearls, more to bp
admired than any Jeweler's work. We
hardly dare to walk upon th" pe'ibles
of the bench for fear, beneath the mot
tied snrfa-p. ills! ad of lifeless crystals
there Is Ui" beating of a tiny bird's
heart. Anil, though we can faintly
r.'.t!i7.e the .bought of thousands of
creatures striving for life In nil p'rts
of the world, yet. when wo look
through the lens of th" microscope nml
see the Fame struggle some h'di'.ig,
some seeking, some tiering, some pur
suing -ami all in a ilmp of slime, the
wonder of It overwhelms us. New
York Tribune.
COVPARE-) MSN TO ANTS.
I.oi-it SHitslui-y Vlrw nn (irfntcAt l'rolo
lions !' I.ilV.
A friend who knew Lord Salisbury
Intimately, says the London cm-re-ypoudent
of the Manchester Cuardbm.
gave me some years ago an interesting
clew to his mind and life. Lord Salis
bury was, ns every one knows, a pro
found believer in tho Christian revela
tions. The contemplation, habitual
to him from boyhood, of things un
seen had imbued his mind with two
nll-pervadlng thoughtsthe Immensity
of Ciod nnd eternity, the pettiness of
uan and time. The study of the phy
sical sciences hud deepened In him
the nbldiug sense that men nre like
nil's, and their world n grain of sand
lying amid innumerable milliards of
similar grains on the floor of the uni
verse. Nothing that could happen to these
ants during their period of nnthood
mattered very much. The only ques
tion of Interest was what would hap
pen to them when they developed into
some larger life. Applying this gen
eral principle to tho particular line of
nut life with which he was professlon
rlly engaged, this pessimist or. rath
er, this mininiist -saw little to hope
from political Institutions. Tlie few
ameliorations of the ants' lot which
could hi? effect oil by positive law- such
ns preservation of life and goods nml
Individual, liberty had been secured
long ago: religion nnd moral sense
must do the rest. Legislation conhi
do nothing but mischief, and all that
the must powerful statesman could
hope to accomplish was to arrest that
mis -hie, nml put a spoke In the wheel
of further chang .
If a poiitii :an could say w hen he
went to bed. "I have hindered my fel
low ants from doing something mis
chieMius to-day." he had attained tho
summit of possible achievement.
' ' Ituii-pln IIik It Limit.
He had been ir.vay on a long Journey,
and upoo his return his wife was de
tailing to him a number of reforms ami
improvements which she had success
fully engineered during his absence.
"And you know," she said, "that
closet door that was locked for more
than a mouth nml which you said
couldn't be opened oxeept by a lock
smith? Well," triumphantly, "I opened
It."
"Well, well, how in the world did you
do itV
"With ,i hairpin."
"And the furnace iloor," she con
tinued, "has been slopping .".round on
one hinge for ever so long just because
you were too la::y to tlx It, but If all
rl;,ht now."
Well, I'm glad you had It tlxed."
"Had it fixed! I tlxed It myself
with a hairpin!"
"And then there's that crayon por
trait of mother that stood in the corner
for almost six weeks because you never
would bring me any picture hooks "
"Well. I intended to, but-"
"Oh, but" Well, it don't make any
dl.Tei-etioe now; I got It u; with u
hook I made myself out of a hair
pin.
1'e gods:" he said.
'And there's Willie; you've been
coaxing him and bribing hi:u for u
year, trying to break him of biting his
nails, and I broke him in a week."
With a lialrpIuV" Uo Inquired
weakly.
"No:" she snapped. "Don t lie n
goose: with a murunis:i; j.iopiu-
cotl.
I lia I.Ut licit j Larger.
Tbo proprietor of an estnto ou wh'c'i
ftand certain relics of tho C'nuw.l
l!a:i wars was for a long time annoyed
by the constantly Licrenslug ur.mber of
names scnitrhed, carved and seruwled
ou a certain sto:ie slab. Event.iolly
h caused a neat black plate to be f
llxed rear tho Dp of It, wKU a bold
iusei-lptlon l: black letters: "This Is
a list if fools; please add your name."
Slir.p the plac'ng rf tha tablet there
Lave been no additions to tbe list, but
slg is are not wanting of frant'.c rf.
for: having bee.i mado to erase so:no
of tbe name.-; already existing. Ouurd
inns of other historic monuments
plcasj copy .-Tit lilts.
.t, Tba Fiilnu'l Knosk. -
T!ie P.rttlsb postal service rjoy I
slower tban the American, hut it has
Its humors. The story Is told that la
on j of the remotest district of Ox
fordshire wblclt contain some Inac
cessible and primitive villages tbero
bus long been n sub-postmaster with
a wooden leg. In performing his de
livery of letter be drove a donkey
cart. Hut be found it difficult to get
up ami down. Ho It has been his cus
tom to take with hliu tin bucket full
of large stones. These be burled one
by one Willi steady aim at tbe door
of bis neighbors as occasion demauded.
Ttut ru lb postman' knock.
Tlicv Iwili little gravel.
And they tank a little tar,
With various ingredients
Imported from sfar.
They hnmmerrd it and rolled it,
And M-lien they went awny
1'hry said tliry Had n pavement
That would last for many a day.
TJnt tliry rame with nicks and smote it
To lay a water miiin:
And then they nailed the workmen '
To put it back again.
To run a railway cable
Tlifv took it tip some more:
And then tliev put it hack again
,lnt where it was before.
They took it up for eoniliiits
To run lh teleolmne.
And then thev put it baek again
As hard ns any stone.
They took it no for woes
To feed the 'Iretrie liht,
A"d then tiny tint it hick again,
Whiili was no more than right.
O'i. tlie pavement's full of farrows;
There are patches everywhere;
Yn I'd like to ride ntmn it.
Hut it's sldoni that you dare.
It's a very handsome pavement,
A credit to the town:
Tei-v're a'lv-iy dieeiii' of it up
Or put tin' of it down.
Chicano Inter-Ocean.
Old (icntlcninii "Walter, this meat
Is like leather.'" "Yes, sir. Saddle of
mutton, sir"' Punch.
Kdlth ' I believe he only married
her for her money." Kdlth "Well, ho
has certainly earned it." St. Paul Pio
neer Press.
(fladys ilcautigirl "Oh, mamma ob
jects to kissing:" .lack Swift "Well.
I am not kissing your mamma, am
1?" Town Topics.
Henry "Horn Is too confiding."
Harvey--"I think so: he tries to catch
his trains by the clock out nt his coun
try hotel." Detroit l-'ree Press,
And have you ever noticed,
With a feeling of surprise, J?v
You really cannot recollect ""'s
Tlie color of her eyes?
Kditor "This stuff Isn't poetry! It's
the worst rot I ever saw!" Poet "Oh,
come now! I tried to sell It to a popu
lar song house nnd they wouldn't taka
Itr-Puck.
Mr. ltorem "I can't imagine why
she wns out when I called." Miss
Pert "Why, didn't you Just tell me
she knew you were coming?" Phila
delphia Ledger.
Elsie "You know. Dorothy. Hobby
Is our llrst cousin." Lorothy (on whom
Hobby hns made an unfavorable im
pression) "Is he? Well, I bope be's
our last, that's all:" Flinch.
"I wish." she sighed, "that I could
see myself ns others see me." "flrn
dous." replied her fond friend, "why
iren't you satisfied to let well enough
done ';" Chicago llccord -Herald.
"What In the world are you doing
villi a phonogr.'.ph, 1 bilker? Thought
'on hated them?" "I do; but we uro
.his one to keep our neighbors away
Adieu we don't feel like entertaining."
I'll ere are plans that arc wrong, there aro
hones fairly set
That Hatter aloft anil then die;
4iiiliitious are crushed into wrecks of re
gret; They nre flying machines thnt won't fly.
Washington Star.
"What's the difference between a
inchelor girl and an old maid?" "Well.
I bachelor girl thinks she could get
.virrlcd If she wanted to. nnd an old
1 in hi knows she couldn't." Scottish
American. Wltherhy "I made the mhitake of
ny life this morning. I told my wife
I didn't like her new gown." Plank
.ngto -"What, was she angry?"
IVltherby "Oh. no. It wasn't that: but
ihe wants another." New Yorker.
"At what nge do you consider wo
lien Most charming?" asked the inqul
dtlve of more or less uncertain years.
, 'Tho age of tlie woman who nsks the
luestion," nnswerel the man, who was
i diplomat from Dlplomatville. Chi
;ngo News.
Drum or Loyally.
Dramatic entertainments nt Windsor
Jifl'er from those nt Sandrlngham. All
:he court ceremonials are enforced, and
Ihe performance Is one of state. In
front of the stage, and screening the
jrchestra, Is a superb hank of palms,
ferns and flowers. At ! or 10 o'clock
j the court enter the magnificent room
l nnd take their places, the men In full
! uniform and olliclal dress. Soon nf-
t-nvurd the orchestra plays the na
tional ontliem. the assembly stands,
the doors nre thrown open, and, with
the announcement, "Their Majesties."
the royal party enters. The court re
mains' standing until the King and
silicon are seated In their nrmchnirs
'.n the front row. . The curtain then
promptly rises. At winusor enqueuo
I forbids any enthusiastic demonstra.
tion on the part of the audience; np
Dlu use and laughter must be well mod.
nlated. nml follow only In the wake of
U'.ha King.
i , i
Hanilnls For l'rinrf .
When King Victor Emanuel decree
that bis little daughter, Trlnces Yo
'jinde, should wear sandals which are
bow so much worn by our llttlo pro
ole, bis people were properly shocked.
Fancy a little princess having her
Imro feet protected only by an arrange
nient of brown leather soles and straps,
ind of actually going barefooted on
the seashore! Eveu tbo Queen disap
proved nnd would like to have kept
l:er daughter' llttlo toe covered with
openwork silk sock nnd white kid
shoes, llko those of other little folks
9 exalted rank.
Princess Yolande's opinion on tbe
subject Is not recorded, but doubtles
he approved of her futber' choice of
footgear for ber.
tat Education.
The great Slate universities make tbe
acquiring of an education possible to
any boy or girl who hu autllclent am
bition to apply It. Tbey meet the de
inund of the co-operative socialist.
Excluding the charge for technical
and professional departments, Indiana
and Kansas universities require no
fee. In Missouri there Is an "en
trance, laboratory and Incidental fee
of 3." Michigan, beside matricula
tion and diploma fees. Impose an in
cidental fee of $30 a year; Wisconsin,
an Incidental fee of fO; Illinois, $24,
ana iowa, .o. , , , ... ..
CR039-BREO FRUIT.
Peculiar Hybrhls Frodurml by the fti-lon
tlflo Hortlciiltm-lat.
,ome yenrs ago n whitish mildew up
peared on tho vines of North 1'rance
snd ruined the crop. Two years later
It spread all over France, Italy, Spain,
Syria in fact, overall the vineyards of
the countries round the Mediterranean.
The crops were reduced to one-twelfth
it thn usual amount, nnd for sono
rears tho terrible disease known ns the
phylloxera raged, doing millions of
pounds' worth of damage.
In 1803 vines were Imported from
California nnd found to be proof
against thn fungus. Thru began a
series of experiments In crossing these
new varieties with the old ones. Tho
hybrids which have resu'ted produce
the most valuable grapes nt present
known: nnd not only that, but are ns
powerful In resisting the attacks of
disease ns were their American ances
tors. The patient experimenters in cross
breeding plants hove conferred many
great boons upon mankind in general,
and their work Is at present only be
ginning. Some of the experiments
lately completed nre of nn absolutely
Ktnrtllng character. Tomatoes, for 1 1
stance, have been grafted on pitnto
plants, and the extraordinary spectacle
has been seen cf n plant producing two
crops ono r.nder tlie gtwrid and one
above. Strictly s;)e:ikirg, 1 owever, tho
latter case Is not o le cf hybrh'lzation.
A bud grafted iuo I r.r.other stock al
ways comes Inn to lt.4 pnrcrt. Fir In
stance. If you graft n branch fron n
Itlbston-pippl'i uyoii n crab-apple, yju
get true Uibston-plppln apples, not n
cross between pippins nnd crabs. Itnl
hybridization results from fertilising
the blossom of one plant with the pol
len of nnother, and then rlr.ntl:i tba
restt!ti:i3 seed.
Ma.iy sple:iJid now fruits have tins
been produced. For Instance, at a ro
cent meeting of the Royal Horticul
tural Society n n rw hybrid v:as sjjwii
which was half raspberry, half black
berry, and had tho nort fjt oiItl;s of
brth. Tho bits'.) lac the lock cf tin
blackberry r.nd It grown in t'.i.? ca-.r.c.
.way; but the fruit has n taste midway
between blackberry and raspberry, ur.d'
comes Into bearing J'.lst r.s the ra n ber
ries are fallli g.
Considering Inw t'.n pries cf or
dinary fruit doubles or trebles nt tho
beginning or end of its season, thn
value of nn early or late variety nay
be easily understood. An example of
the value of cross-breeding fruits Is to
be seen In the peach known ns the
Duchess of Cornwall. It '.lis been
known to ripen nearly n fortnight be.
fore any other British hothouse peach.
It Is a cross between nn early peach
and nn early nectariiis, nud is earlier
than either of Its ;nrent.
The possibility of a pear-apple was
suggested to a Worcestershire gardener
by finding surh'a freak on one of his
apple trees. He surressfully pro:lu?cd
It after several attempt", but It ii
likely to be valuable o ily ns a ci rios
lty, for there Is llttlo that 1.1 InvLl.iR
either in Its appearance or Cr.v.ir.
It Is possible to proi'.uco tte stra lgest
crosses, lilnckberrles. for Instance,
have been crossed with slrawberrles,
but though tho resulting scad prodrced
plants, these were sickly and spindly
and utterly refused to bloom, much
less bear fruit. Perhaps the most pe-.
culhir attempt nt crossing fruits wns
thnt between the black currant and tho
gooseberry, but In spite of every effort
it fulled.
Possibly tho most Important of nil
cross-breeding experiments are those
which have had wheats and other food
grains for their subjects. At Newtonle
Willows. In Lancashire, Messrs; Carton
have been nt work for more than
twenty years past crossing and Improv
ing wheats, barleys nnd onts.
Ordinary English bnrley hns tbreo
grains on each spike. By cross-breeding
a descendant has been produced
with seventeen grains Instead of three.
Other cross-bred wheats linve been pro
duced on this farm which have no
husks. The food value of surh grains
Is, of course, very much greater, and
the lalior of preparing them for table
much less.
It Is nn Interesting point that tin
first experiment In cross-breeding was
performed upon the common pluk.
Tills wns Just two centuries ago. Fair
child was the experimenter, and the
result wns a perfect success.
How thB Bluliop Waa Cured.
A writer in Harper's Wcekiy reports
nn amusing new anecdote which Bish
op Potter tells on himself. "When one
lias lived for year In America with
out any special title In ordinary con
versation." says the Bishop, "It is not
easy to become accustomed to being
hailed as 'my lord' whenever any serv
ice is rendered. During my various
trips to Europe I found It Impossible
'.. go anywhere or do anything without
being -lorded' right and left. At last
I wns In n fair way of becoming
spoiled, when a llttlo occurrence nierci
fully delivered me. 1 bud reached
home, after a run abroad, nnd while
descending the gungplnnk met n friend,
nn old vestryman of mine. He was
hurrying on board to receive his wife
and daughters. Pausing midway up
the plank, he grasped my hand nnd
shouted:
" "Why, hello, Bisbl How arc you?' "
Hnsko Kllllua Cat of Cairo.
A native womau living in Old Cairo
wns entering her house when, to her
great terror, she perceived a snake of
formidable dimensions, which had tak
en possession of tho hearth during the
owner's nbsence. . The woman lied,
leaving the door open. Her cat then
appeared on tbe scene, entered, saw the
cobra, put up It back and tall, spat
and otherwiso manifested Its hostility,
and lu turn went out. A few minutes
afterward It returned In compauy with
n second cat. After a similar exhibi
tion both went out and returned with
n third, and similarly went away, re
turning Anally with a fourth. Consid
ering that sufficient force bad been re
cuited to kill the sunke, the four at
once fell on tbe reptile, and after a
short but fierce struggle the latter was
literally torn to piece. Egyptian Oa
sette. AatotaoblUa Tee ShImh,
. It is a noteworthy slgu of the time
that the number of automobiles being
licensed for kusiues purpose In New
York City I Increasing, while the num
ber of pleusure autoindblle U rela
tively decreasing. . , , . ..
THE GR3AT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS A90UT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
I'oeint rttTellle, by Clny ritrh l'lielps A
Whisky Conn-salon (innd For tlie Slonv
rh Do Von t.P-e Poison Flavored
With Friini'.'-No Wonder It Maildmis.
As the watcher on the tower.
Who beheld tlie Polish king;
A h ile a wronged nnd famished people
prayed below,
Wc have set our temperance warder, .
We have heard his clarion rinfr,
That the sons of honor march upon the
foe.
They are coming! They nre coming!
i Like the gatherniit of the elans.
They nre coining like the billows of the
c;
For the hugle sounds reveille.
In the nucbt of all the lands.
With the battle cry, "Salooni siiuil c:aJ
to be!"
Where the spring a robe is wen v in?,
For the shoulders of the hiil.
On the far-ofl, rugged slopes of glorious
Maine,
To the dreamy land of Sunset.
Does the gathering shout instil
The awakening hearts of valley, shore and
plain ;
For the Teuton, like a glacier.
Melting in a summer flood.
Speak" in Ang'.o-Saon murage hot anil
high: ,
And Scrniptic teachers rallv,
To the honor of one (ind.
Who has trailed lliivproclamalion on the
sky.
Cod has phnnogi-apl'rtl the pi mnitijs,
Ile has photographed the anl :
He has bottled up the streams of woman's
tpars;
In the hr'at of retribution,
Ile will open no a fount.
That will wash away the drunkenness of
vea rs ;
For His inspiration mucker..
And the struggle, long o- brief.
Yet sufficient to give fully wrong for
wrong:
And the gold nt Ht'-1mi' a'.inr.
Blistered o'er with drnns of grief.
Shall he wasted as the autumn leave
a!oni.
Tell upon the hills of promise.
Nlreanis a bright anil better 'lav:
Soon the night of Greed and License shall
be gone;
For Corruption's 'hades nre stealing.
Like detested things, awny:
And the nations now the sword of truth
have drawn,
Thev are coming! Ti'"" " "oming!
'.ike the gathering nf t!i" p':mi.
They nre coining like tlie billows of the
sea :
For lf,e buele sound ri-vcilic.
In the midst of all the land-;.
With th h-tt!c cry, ".Saloons siiail c.-.se
to be."
Hank Poison In Wlilstiy,
We'll give you todav an ani-whi-ky
argument which is fiiruishpil by whisky.
A Philadelphia liquor firm corner Tenth
nnt Market streets sends out a eircn'ar.
This firm wants to sell one particu'.a'- kind
of whisky. To 'er-uolc customers, it tells
wholesome truths about other kinds of
whisky. We now quote what the whisky
firm says:
"Possdilv ninety-two or ninctv-three per
'cut. of tlie whisfcv en'd in I'liiladrhiliia
is what is teehnicnllv termed by the trade
'blended whisky.' The manner of its prep
aration is about as follows: For a barrel
of forty-eight gallons nossibly thirty-eight
to forty gallons of cn'.nfne spoils are mil
into a tank coIotpp spirit being the c'her
nf the whisky, winch iiaies from the still
in the process of distilling, as beoxine
precedes illiiiin.iting nil in the distilling
of petroleum. It is a neutral soirit hav
ing no taste, but its effect upon the human
svstffin is yerv prriiii-ioin, and when taken
to excess it flies lo the brim nnd oroiluces
very unpleasant results. To this thirty or
forty gallons of cologne spirits possih'y
four ihIIdiis of straight whisky nre added,
togethc with two gallons of prune juice,
two gallons of peach juice, and a little
vanil'a, pincnople, or some oilier flavor to
give it a distiiic'.ive and pronounced char
acter. This compound, or h'end. is al
lowed to stand for eoine months until the
component tiarts are n'l blended. The
compound is then hotl'ed or barrelled,
wi.lejy advertised and sold under fancy a-id
alluring names, nt cries rninj; ' from
fe-eiitv-'ive cen: lo 2 a hottl."
How do-s that impress you, Mr. Whisky
Consumer
How does tint imnrces von, Mr. Man.
wlio siv tliel a liti.le v.hinkv is a verv
good thiiip. Is n little poifoa flavored with
vanilla n jond thing?
In a event city, iier-onlins to n whisky
firm that ought to know, ninely-two or
ninetv-thrce per cent, of all whiky fco'd is
poion.
The whiskv that inotv-tnv men ont of a
Imndrpd gpi in Philadelphia and r'se
where i rank, noisonons e'cohoi "co
lojine soiriis." Xo wonder the delirium
brinijlit on by whiskv i f "II of snakes and
wild t'dngs. Xo wonder the brain saturat
ed with such stuff is driven lo murder nnd
cri" cf nil kinds.
Wh h is wiser, do you think?
To Mint around fo- m:r" of that seven
or eight per cent, of "pure" whiAv, which
means a little lee pnisonou than the
co'nwre spirit k'nd?
Or to cut whiskv altogether out of your
bil of fare? .
Let t'nin eonfcjiion of n whisky firm,
competing with others. He useful to ymi
in leaking you dron wtiiky entirely. New
York F.veninj Journal.
A Nrrmon From the llnslness Wnrll.
Tiie Christian Companion tukes a text
from the luy world:
"The liiiior hiiainuss has received nn
other terrifiu blow in American commer
cial lite. Far some time there has been
an effort made to prevent milrnnd em
ployes from drinkinv- Koine roads which
have strict y enforced the rule, claim that
Uicro lias been a decrease of twenty-five
per cent, in wrecks and nccideuta since
they have adhered to the strict observance
of tenierance rules. On September X, a
number of railroads pouted number of
circulars so that thiir employes might
read them, Hating that no person would
be kept in the employment of the roads
who used whisky."
Drinks Knougli to Float a Xavv.
f-omc'ooily who has been computing the
quantity of the liquids consumed, by tha
American people within n twelvemonth,
has found that we drank last year t-noiiuh
tea, coffee, wine, beer, liquor and other
beverages to cover an area of land two
miles quare to a depth of ten feci a lake
large cinniiih, it was suggested, to Hint
several navies of the size ol our own. The
nmoiint of alcoholic beverages alone which
were necessary to satisfy the nutionul
thirst during this per ) would till a
canal HM iiiiits lonsr, 100 fctt v. Me ::d ten
feet deep.
Even Germany Alarmed,
A bill has been prepared, to be offered
in tlie next session ot the KuielmUg. re
stricting the sale of intoxicants in the I
(ierman Empire. All 4.oonki peers will f
lie ou.igeil to keep ou sale nun-intoxicating
beverages, such ns lemonade, milk, tea
and coffee, ss well as cold foods. The num
ber of barmaids is limited, and there is
a strict prohibition of credit. The Im
perial Health Oftkv in lierlin has coins
round to the belief that tha use of n'ro
holic drinks is strongly prejudicial to the
welfare of the country and the people,
and issues pampti'et for popular distri
bution recouiiueudina total abstinence.
flerinaas Pateneratlnr;.
Official statistics show that the Germs ns
as a racs ure degenerating. Though the
oretically all Oern-uii mule must serve
in the army, only fifty-four per cent, arc
tit for enrollment. The main objection u
the prevalence of heart trouble among
the yoang men. This trouble has increased
SOU per cent, during tha last decade, as the
result of alcoholic indulgence and 'over
strain in early age; also from luck el
proper nourishment. . ' : ;
When rolicemsn Joseph Ilunkler went
to arrest Henjamin 11. Kresuiii, of Kav
rnnwuod, 111., for assaul 'iig ma own wife,
Kressan shot Hunkler, fnUlly vounding
1.1m n a than at tfmtntatd Mltfiila. . K.ria
I bad beta drunk all uight. , .
4VvW
At Dnwn.
Olorinu. golden dawn!
From the locked chamber.! of the night
thou cum est
To waken sleepy earth.
Speechless herald! Thon touchest lov
ingly the mountain peaks that stand
immovable,
And with thy wnrmth of splendor dot
dissolve the mists of centuries
From the eyes of ever-wakening truth.
Colden, glorious dawn!
The wheels of time that ever onward
move,
Carrying with them all of life's endeavor,
Turn ever round, nnd in the gorgeous
splendor of thy quickening power
Upward speed.
Autumn radiance in the vallev resting!
Borrowing from thy life to spread o'er
nature's home,
Rif-ll PnlWrino nf ,,.. r-n, I 1. nml II,.!.,
Herald of life eternal! Thee we praise and
in our praising ,
Find Ciod. nnd in His temnle kneel.
S. M'ibel Cohen.
Serving Christ nt Home.
Charles Simrgeon once said: "When
home is ruled according to (Sod's word,
angels might be asked to stay a night with
us. and they would not find themselves
out of their element," and it is a home
of thnt kind Hint invites our attention to
day. To serve Christ in the home is a
great thing, for if we serve Him there
service outside will be natural and easy
nnd no higher praise can be given one thaii
the praise of private virtue that is spoken
of by those who know the home life, anil
especially when this praise comes from
servants or others who come to know us
just as we are. rather than as we appear.
In the home, ns elsewhere, Christ is to ho
served by obedience to parents, nnd the
child that does not do this is not serving
Christ, even though he may wear nice
clothes and go to church and take part in
meeting. Sometimes I have seen boys nnd
girls that did not obey and I always felt
sorry for them. They are unhappy them
selves, nnd make others unhapnv, and
usually grow up to be of little use. On
the other hand, it is a beautiful sight to
see children render cheerful obedience to
their parents. They are happy and make
others happy nnd grow up to be useful
men nnd women. Will you serve Christ
by obedience to your parents?
Christ is served in the home by sym
pathy, nnd in the home wrerc lie dwells
we find
"That sorrow flows from eye to eye
And joy from henrt to heart."
In such n home there is kindness, nnd
each one vies with the other in manifesta
tions of tendcrest symrnthv.
We serve Christ in the home hv truth
fulness. It is n bad thing for any one
to lie, and no liar can enter into the king
dom of (!nd. 1 once knew a little girl that
was in the habit of telling falsehoods and
after she grew up, even her own mother
said that she could never tell when her
daughter wns telling the truth. .Juniors,
won't you prav for all such that they may
repent nnd nsk iod to forgive them and
belli them to be truthful?
"Love is the golden chain thnt binds" us
to each other in our homes, and we should
be tender and affectionate to each other,
or we will not serve our Master. To
serve Christ in our homes we must be like
Him. "Kind to one nnother, tender
hearteu, forgiving each other." In such
a house an this Christ finds a dwelling
place. He is the head of such a house, the
unseen guest at every meal nnd the silent
listener to cmy conversation. J. C. 15.
Slivers.
Those Who Would Have Must Olve.
What would you think of a rose that
would say to iiself, "I cannot nfl'ord
to give awny to strangers all my beauty
nd sweetness; I must keep it for myself.
1 will roll up u.y petals of beautv; I will
withhold this fragrance for myself. It is
wasteful extravagance to give these things
nw.iv." Hut behold, the moment it tries
to store nn.' to withhold them from others,
they vanish. The fragrance, the benuty. do
not exist in the unopened bud. It is only
when the rose begins to open itself, to ex
hibit its petals, to give its secret, its life,
to others, that the beauty and fragrance
ure developed.
So selfishness defeats its own ends. He
who refuses to give himself for others,
who closes the petals of his helpfulness
and withholds the frairnnce of his sym
pathy anil love, finds that he loses tlie
very tilings he honed to gain. The very
soring of his manhood dry up. His finer
l.ature becomes petrified. He grows deaf
to the cries of belt) from his fellowmen.
His tears nre dried up-and ho stares at
misfortune without wincing. '
Refuse to open your purse and soon you
cannot open your sympathy. Refuse -to
love, and soon you lose the power to love.
Your affections nre paralyzed, your sym
pathy atrophied from disuse, and you he
come a moral cripple. ,
But the moment you open wider the
door of your narrow life, nnd. like the
rose, send out freely your fragrance and
beauty npon every pasxerhy. whether
peaaiut or millionaire, you begin to de
velop a marvelous power. Success.
find's Choice.
When the choice lies between happiness
and usefitl'ictfi'.. Cod alwav chooses the
latter for His children. This is the key
to many a invstery. We seek .joy, flod
seeks fruit. Wc pray fur comfort. (Jod
sends trial. Not because He is unfeeling,
but because He loves us too much to
please us by injuring us. The care-free
lite is not tho eared-fur life. The crown
shines brightest upon tlie forehead where
pain has plowed her deepest furrow. That
life is the loveliest which has been chiseled
into beauty by the sliarpcst tool of sor
row. God ia niming at usefulness, not
limited to earth, but reaching past all
stars and compassing eternity. Ciod has
chosen us, and into His plan is woven
both to-day and to-morrow and the eter
nal years; and He will not give us the
haispinesa of to-dav if that can only be
purchased ay the diminished happiness of
to-morrow. The most useful men to-day
are not our hi.ppicst men. Our sorrow
innv be our best helper ns wo set our
selves resolutely to our life's work. Zion's
Herald. . ...
Practice (ironnit.
Kindness, gentienera, consideration for
all with whom our earthly lot is cast
these form the practice ground for the
ultimate satisfaction of the cumniuniou
of saints in Heaven.
Centln Speech.
A single bitter word may disquiet an
entire family for a whole day. One surly
glance casts a gloom over the household,
w'liue a smile of sunshine may light up
the darkest and weariest hours. Like un
exoected flowers which stiriui un along
our footpath, full of freshness, fragrance
and beauty, so kind words, and gentle acts,
and sweet dispositions mske glad the
sacred spot cillcd borne. No matter how
humble the abode, if it be. sweetened
with kindness and smiles the heart will
turn longingly toward it from all the tu
mult of tbe world, and borne, if it be ever
so kurable, will be the dearest spot beneath
tbe circuit of the sun. . .
Prohibition Ttrrltery. '
According to statistics recently Batb
red, about 20.000,000 are living U
prohibition territory In this country
This Is more than one-third ot tbo en
tire population. In Melne, Kansas an
North Dakota tbey have prohtbttlor
by state law,' In thirty-eight otbei
states they have it by local option.
- Three Thousand Years Old.' .
A highly ' finished sua chariot lata
ly found In a moor of Seeland In Den
mark Is thought to be at least 1.009
years old. - ' ' ' ' . ,
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Iracle Condition,
R. C. Dun & Company's ''Weekl,
Review ol Trade" says: Seasonal,!,
temperature nnd holiday piirih,nC
stimulated retail trade, makincr results
more .satisfactory during the past week
lhati at any recent date. Improvement
was most conspicuous in heavy wearing
.tipparel and kindred lines that have rc.
niained dull because of the mild
weather. Another cncouraKintr lea.
turc was the resumption ol work at
many mills, nlthouirh there Is still muct
idle machinery, especially in the textile
'and iron industries.
In view of the numerous wag,e rcduo
tions ihcrc is noteworthy harmony be
tween employers nnd workers, indicat
inp; that labor leaders appreciate tin
necessity of sharing in the readjust
mcnt.
Railway earniiiKs for three weeks o'
November averaged 5.3 per cent
larger than last year.
I''ailnrcs this week numbered 258 it
the United States, ajjainst iij last year
and 1.1 in Canada, compared with if
year a no.
ISrailstrect's says: Wheat, including
flour, exports, (or the week agl
itrcKnir .I.K51.707 bushels. against
''iin.'ii iiis situ, i, 1 7y,or5 tms week
l-isj year, 3,117,4711 ill ioi and i.4j7.tioQ
in nasi.
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Flour Spring clear, $.1.8507.4 05; best
ralcnt $vS; choice Family $4 jj.
Wheal New York No. 2, K7-)6c;
I'hil.uh Iphia No. 2, 84(850; Haiti
more No. 2, 83c.
Corn New York, No. 2, 53H; Pliili
tlclpln.t No. 2, 48!-if'4yc; Baltimore
No. 2, 4';c.
Oats New York No. 2, 42c; Phila
delphia No. 2, 4i(&42c; Baltimore No.
Hay. No. 1 timothy, larne bales,
$-- fe'i.S.iKj; No. 1 timothy, small
bales, $(15.00; No. 2 timothy,
$- C'M-l-oo; No. 3 timothy, $12.00(0
I.VtKl.
(irccn Fruits and Vegetables. Ap
plesMaryland and Virginia, per brl,
fancy, $1.50(31.75; do, fair to good.
$l.ixi(il.25; do. Western Maryland an-l
Pennsylvania, packed, per brl $l.5(Kii
2.25. Beets Native, per bunch I'tfii
2c. Cauliflower New York, per bat-rt-l
or crate $1.502.25. Cranberries
Cape Cod,, per brl $7.00(38.00; do, do
per box $i.75fff;2.on. Celery New
York Slate, per dozen, jofzoc; do, na
tive, per bunch ,1(04. Carrots Native,
jicr bunch 1(0.1 ! jc. Cucumbers Flor
ida, per basket $l.5t:( 2.50. Fugplant-i
I'lorida, per basket $.1 oojso
(irapes Concords, per 5-lb basket I
(ii'iO; do. Catawba, do, MfJJlS; do, Sa
Icius, do, I4I5. Horseradish Nativi
per bushel box $ 1 .oo(; 1 . 50. Lettuce
Native, per bushel box 4o(S50c; do
South. Carolina, per basket $l.oo(ql.50
Kale Native, per bushel box I520c
Onions Maryland and Pennsylvania
yellow, per bu 50(11,600. Oranges
Florida, ler box, as to size, $2.252.5o
Pumpkins Native, each 4fa:
Ouinccs New York Stale, per brl
J.ikhJi.oo. Spinach Native, per bush
el box Sfsfilssc String beans Florida,
per box $2 75(a.l"o. Turnips Native,
per bushel box 2o(25c.
Potatoes Native, per bu box cVxfi,
65c; do, Fastcrn Shore, Maryland, per
I'U 55C400; do, Maryland and Pennsyl
vania, prime, per bu 60(0.65; do. l.
seconds, per bu 500155; do, New York,
prime, per bu 0.5(Q-7O). Sweets Yel
lows, Maryland and Virginia, per brl,
'joi (!t$l.oo; do, per flour barrel, $1.15(11
1.20; do, Anne Arundel, per brl, $i.oo
1.25. Yams Virginia, per brl 75ooc;
do, 1'oloieac, Maryland, per brl 75
(JO.
Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk
clear rib sides, H'Ac; bulk shoulders,
H't; bulk ham butts, 7)4; bacon clear
rib sides, 9'.'i; bacon shoulders, g'i
sugar-cured breasts, small, 12; sugar
cured shoulders, narrow, 8JJ; sugar
cured shoulders, extra broad, 10; sugar
cured California hams, H'A; canvascd
ond uiicanvascd hams, 10 lbs and over,
'.I'M; refined lard, second-hand tubs,
8!4; refined lard, half-barrels and new
tubs, ti3; tierces, lard, 8J4.
Live Poultry. Chickens Hens, per
lb n(y3 c; do, old roosters, each 25
30; do, young, large, 1201.5; do, young,
small, l 'A lbs and under, ((1)14; do,
young slags, n(il2. Ducks Puddle,
per lb 1 1 (VtJ 1 2C ; do, Muscovy and mon
grel, per lb 1 1 (? 1 1 J. ; do, Muscovy
drakes, each 30(40; do, white Pckings,
per lb id3xi. Cccsc Western anJ
Southern, each 6o(fv8oc. Turkeys Old.
per lb i3(Vti4c; do, young, 7 lbs and
over, per lb I4'jI5; do, small and
thin, per lb 12(13.
ICggs. Choice, Maryland and Penn
sylvania, per dozen, loss off. (W.ioc;
Virginia, per dozen, 2830; West Vir
ginia, per dozen, loss off, (129.
Butter. Separator, 2423: gather
ed cream, 22W23: imitations, 2o;
prints, zVlb.'5?i!26.
l.lvj Sioct,
Chicaso. Cattle Choice, steady to
toe higher; others steady: good to
prime steers, $5.10(11:570; poor 10 me
dium, $3 50(4.00; stockers and feeders,
$t.75(i'l4. 10; cows. $1.5014.25; heifers
$2.oo((r5.oo; canners, $l.5oCfi2.40; bulls
$2.0004.35 ; calves, $2.00.(016.50; Texas
fed steers, $2 753 75- Western steers,
$.l-oo(t!)4.oo. Hogs Mixed nnd butch
ers', $4.254.42j; good to choice
heavy, $4.304.40 : rough heavy, $4.00
(114.25: light, $4.oort'4.4o; bulk of sales,
$4.i5(5?4.3o. Sheep Sheep and lambs,
10 to 15c higher; good to choice weth
ers, $3754-35: lair to choice mixed
$75('375; native lambs, $3 7$(tis.(xx
Pittsburg, Pa. Cattle slow; choice
$5 05(35.20; prime $4.85(35.00; fair $3.00
dtyto. Hogs active: prime, heavy,
$4.5ca'4.55: mediums $4.45ft.5o; heavy
Yorkers $445'. li8,u Yorkers $4.40(1'
4.45; pigs $4-.V(ci'4-S5: roughs $3.00!
4.25. Sheep slow; prime wethers $3.85
61)4.00; culls and common $i.252.co;
choice lambs $5-352'S-So; veal calves
$7.50(3.8.00.
INDUSTRIAL AM) SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
In the United States there are 97,671
dry goods merchants.
'The Russian government has expend
ed over $300,000,000 in Manchuria.
About one-tenth of the buyers in
New York wholesale stores are
women.
Manhattan Island has an average of
132 people to the acre while London
has 60. -
The Nerst electrical lamp consumes
but half as much energy as the ordin
ary incandescent lamp.
Colombia has had seven constitu
tions, and the title of the republic has
been changed three times. ,' I
Orders have recently been executed
in Japan for a supply of- fishing nets
for Alaska valued at $30,000.,
A large part of the machinery now
being used to re-establish destroyed
sugar mills in Cuba is coming from
Europe.
.Bulgaria sells the United States noth
ing but essence of roses and buys here
nothing but sgricultural implements,
Prof. Lapworth, regasdiiig the moon
with' a geologist's eye, feels convinced
that if is n actiw and iivinsr world.