MEMORIES.
remember, I renumber
The nwn I ued to wear
The yellow-figured jaconet.
The purple-sprigged mohair.
They slwavs were a bit too long,
Or ele riot long enough;
And often, in the latter cane.
Pieced out with different stuff.
I remember, I remember
The roues, red and white.
Upon wy bayadere barege '
(It i ut have been a eight!)
Jfv aolferino Lalzurine
My lilac satinet
y, t gave that to an orphan child.
' (1 he child ie living yet!)
UNCLE RICHARD'S ADVICE.
By MART GRACE HALPINE,
EVER propose to a woman
a 1 1 vli t in n jtnnt Kn ' '
I was the dying Injunction
. ..J of Mr. Culver, to his
nephew nnd heir, Richard.
i MiiiDose you will mnrry," groaned
the old man, after a pause, looking sor
rowfully at the frank young face that
was bonding over hltn. "It's a family
failing, that Is. All the Culvers mar-ricd-I
married."
Here lie groaned again.
Richard had a very vivid recollection
of the selfish, exacting woman whose
death was the only real kindness she
ever did her husband, as well as the
greatest possible relief.
Don't you worry, uucle," he said,
cJ.ispin? Ills warm fingers around the
wrinkled, bloodless hand that was ly
ing upon the counterpane. "I don't
mean to be fooled by nny woman. In
fact, I don't think I shall ever marry."
"That's what oil young men say;
that's what I said. But you'll do It;
and I'm not going to waste my breath
In asking you not to do It. Only don't
propose by gaslight. If you do, ten to
one you'll be sorry for It all the rest
of your life. If you fall In love with
a pretty woman got up for the occa
sion, and fuel tempted to tell her so
by gaslight, Just sleep on It. If you
must make n fool of yourself, let It be
in the morning, when you know what
you are about."
.There was not much that Richard
.would not have promised the eccentric
old man, who, in spite of all his oddi
ties, had been to him so kind and gen
erous a frieud, especially at a time like
this.
So lie gave the required promise, to
his uncle's visible relief, who said no
more, except to enjoin his nephew to
have him burled In a remote corner
of the cemetery, as far as possible
from the late Mrs. Culver.
"I think I shall rest better," he said;
those brief words being a wholo com
mentary on the unquiet life he had led
with her who was, lu popular par
lance, "the gentle soother of his cares
and sorrows."
Whether It was a family trait or not,
Richard certainly had a very kindly
feeling towurd everything In the guise
tt womanhood, from the fair and dain
ty creatures who smiled upon him
from out their marvelous adornments,
to the more material and matter-of-fact
specimens who got up his linen and
scrubbed out his ofllee.
Fine looking nnd with the double ad
vantage of wealth and social standing,
our hero was the recipient of many at
tentions from anxious mammas and
marriageable daughters, but whether
It was the effect of his uncle's 111 luck,
and consequent warnings, or because
he liked them all too well to have any
Individual preference, he remained
heart whole until he met Miss Ida Sel
.wyu. It was a genuine case of love at first
sight, so far as he was concerned at
least. Her complexion was so brilliant,
she had such lovely dark eyes, and
such a pretty way of raising them to
ols and then letting them droop until
the long, jetty lashes rested qulverlng
ly upon the rosy cheek, that he was
quite captivated by their magic spell.
Day by day the charm grew stronger
to which ho was such a willing captive
uutll he finally felt that to win her for
his wife would be tho crowning Joy and
triumph of his life.
A strong Impulse came over him to
tell her this, as he was seated alone
with her one evening in u cozy corner
of her father's parlor. Ida had lust
been singing and playing for him one
or those sweet and tender strains
which take such a strong hold oa the
neart and imagination of youth.
As he saw tho soft light that brooded
In the dark eyes that were turned upon
him he was almost sure that she would
lend a favorable ear to the story that
.was trembling upon his 11ns.
In trying to clothe in words the tu
multuous thoughts that were strut:
gling for utterance, Richard lifted hla
eyes to the Jets of flamo that cast such
a soft, subdued radiance around. As
he did so there flashed upon his mind
his uncle's dylug Injunction and his
own promise Instead of the bloom
lug countenance on which he was iraz
lug with all it lover's rupture be saw a
wrinkled face, surmounted by thin.
gray locks, whlteued more by borrows
man years; he heard acaln those fee
hie, tremulously BpoUen words: "Never
propose to a woman by gaslight, my
dear boy!"
True. It was a foolish promise to
give, but he had given it. llo felt thU
to oe the most favorable time and on
portunlty, but he would not break his
word, even to wiu the woman who
seemed to him to be tho embodiment
oi an womanly grace and coodnesa
Our hero had arranged to leave town
tiia next flay on a trln to the mount,
alns, to be gone several weeks, and he
ueiermnuiu that he would not co with
out telllug the story that had so nearly
escaped his lips the eventusr before.
It was nearly 30 when he started
out upon his eiraml. A B00j nKht's
leep, mm tne iresn breeze and calm,
clear light of that bea itiful morning In
spring had cooled somewhat the fever
that was more of tho brain than the
lieart, and more of the senses than
eitiier.
And as he tried to recall the words
which rose so readily to bl Hps a few
uours ago. ana which then appeared
easy to speak and appropriate to the
occasion, but which now sounded so
fiat, strained and uuuatural that ho in
jected them In disgust, he began to
nluk that If his uncle's advice were
umversauy followed uiauv of the urn
posaln made would uevwr be made at
ail.
nev,r calle1 on 1 la the morning
I remember, I remember
My m.igent wool delaine; '
My salmon taglioni, too,
(Twaa lined wit'i eatin jcanl.
My lovely light blue empress cloth,
Picked out with banda of dove,
I wore the night Joe rame to call
' And told me ol hie love
I remember, I remember
Thoae gowna ao quaint and queer;
I wore them with a happy heart
For ; .any happy year.
I have an ivoy satin now,
Embroidered fair with pearl;
But. ah, I'm farther off from heaven
Than when I w.s a girl.
Carolyn Welle, in Good Housekeeping.
before," he said to himself, the thought
of finding his adored In new attire and
surroundings giving a quicker motiou
to heart nnd step as he turned the cor
ner which brought her father's house
Into view.
A bright-eyed daughter of Erin, who
had often let him In. was polishing the
door knob Just outside.
"Good morning, Norah. Is Miss Ida
in?"
"Sure, an' ye'll find her In the slttln'
room, sir," said the girl, a broad smile
upon her honest face as she stepped
aside to let him pass. "I heard her
pakln' In there a minute ago. The
door to the left, sir."
On familiar terms as Richard was
with' the Selwyns he had never been
admitted to the family sitting room,
and he hesitated a moment. Then he
turned tho knob of the door to which
he was directed, which moved noise
lessly on its hinges.
Though tho room was not dark it
seemed so to eyes Just coming out of
the 8tinshlne, and from the threshold
whore he stood Richard could see only
the dim outline of a woman curled up
In a large chair, the back of which was
toward him. Thinking to give her some
Intimation of his presenco he tapped at
the half-open door.
"What qo you stand knocking at the
door for?" cried a voice, which, in spite
of Its high key, he did not fall to rec
ognize. "You spoiled my dress yester
day, aud now you want to give me my
death of cold, I suppose. Because
you're a relation you think I'll put up
with everything. Tn only took you out
or cnarity. and a pretty return you
make for If."
To say that Richard was thunder
struck is to say little. Thinking that
it must be some delusion of tho senses
ho advanced toward the speaker, who
now turned her head.
Uttering a little shriek she half
arose, and then, sinking back, made
nu abortive attempt to hide herself.
I beg pardon, Miss Selwyn!" stam
mered cur hero. "It is Miss Selwyn,
I believe?"
He might well ask the question,
That dingy, soiled wrapper, Innocent
of cuff or collar, and those untidy
shoes; the sallow face, with its dis
mayed and angry expression; the hair,
part of it strained away from the face
in a little pup at the back of the head,
the rest bristling across the forehead
in Innumerable curl papers, presenting
an nppearance so unlike the lovely,
daintily atll-ed woman he hnd known
that for some moments he could only
stare r.t he in astonishment and dls
gust.
Our hero could never clearly recall
what he said on that memorable oeea
slon; he only knows that he carried out
the idea that was uppermost in his
mind to beat ns suddcu a retreat as
he decently could.
Iu his haste and confusion, instead
of taking the tne which led into the
hall, ho opened the door Into the dining
room, whose only occupant was n
blooming, blue-eyed maiden, who was
busily. engaged In "putting it to rights."
Comprehending the situation at
glance, she smilingly offered to conduct
our hero to the outer door, -who ex
pressed his thanks, and regrets for the
trouble he had caused her iu as courtly
terms as his coufuscd ideas enabled
him to use.
"It Is no trouble," she said, with a
blush, and smile, that dwelt loug in his
memory.
'What an escape!" thought Richard,
ns ho went down the steps. "Who
would believe that a woman could ap
pear and look so different?"
Then his thoughts reverted to the
fair vision of which he hud obtained so
brief a glimpse. How pretty she
looked In the neat print, that fitted so
perfectly the beautifully rounded form,
and how perfectly she smiled and
blushed. There wus no sham, no false
color there, surely.
Not many days after, Richard stood
upon the piazza of the Mountain
House, where he had spent a few
weeks of every year during quite u
succession of them.
As he glauced around he saw a young
lady leaning against one of the pillars,
the outline of whose form and partly
averted face looked strangely familiar.
A silver-haired man was standing be
side her whom he recognized as soon
as be turned his head.
"How do you do, Mr. Selwyn?" he I
11 A.1 vn nnlncr townrit film With ex- I
said, advancing toward him with ex
tended hand.
The old gentleman shook hands with
him warmly, and then turning to the
young lady, said;
"My nleco, Ji nnlo, Mr. Culver." .
"I think we have met before," said
Richard, with a smile, as ho bowed low
In response to this.
Her heightened color and the mirth
ful gleam In the eyes that met his were
the young lady's only reply to this iuti
mutlou, but they made Richard's heart
beat warmly at the recollection they
Implied.
"My niece goes out into society so
little that I bad no idea that you were
acquainted," said Mr. Selwyn, on whom
this little by-piny was lost. "My wife
and daughter have gone to Saratoga,
but we Jennie and I thought we
should enjoy better a trip to the mount
ains." Richard was greatly relieved to And
that he should be under no necessity of
meetiug the woman be hnd last seen
under circumstances so embarrassing
to both.
This being Jennie's first visit to the
mountains everything to her was new
aud woudrously beautiful. Richard
Uiad been there so frequently that ho
I 1. r I u ur 4,,at lis.nr Aii4 ... 1, , . . ,-. iv, . f n K .
tain the finest views, and he lost no
time In offering Lis services as guide
to Jennie and her uncle.
Mr. 8elwyn gladly accepted his offer
In behalf of his niece.
"My climbing days are over," he
snld, with a smile, "but I am anxious
to have Jennie see everything that Is
worth seeing."
And so, to Richard's great delight,
It was arranged that he was to be her
escort and companion on every occa
sion. A for Jennie, she threw herself
Into his plans and suggestions with all
the zest and abandon of a child.
Clnd in thick boots, a brown linen
dress, which cleared the ground all of
two Inches, and a broad brimmed hat,
she clambered up hills and over rocks
In a way that would have shocked her
flue lady aunt and cousin, but which
surprised nnd delighted Richard, who
bad never seen anything like It before.
The happy week tha: followed passed
all too quickly. So, when Mr. Selwyn
announced one morning as they were
all seated out upon the piazza his in
tentlon of returning the next day, the
shock brought a sudden revelation to
the heart of each as to how much of
the happiness they had enjoyed was
due to the presence and companionship
of the other.
rerhaps Mr. Selwyn suspected how
It was between the two, for, in a few
minutes he went into the house, leav
ing them alone together.
The rays of the rising sun fell like a
halo around Jennie's head as she lis
tened to the story, old, yet ever new,
which Richard poured into her willing
ear. In his eyes the blushes of the
dawn were not brighter than those
which dyed her cheek, or the song of"
the birds la the branches above their
heads half so sweet to hltn ns tho
sweet assurance that made him so su
premely blessed.
"I wooed my other love tinder tho
gaslight," he cried, "but you oh, my
beloved! it Is meet that I should woo
and win you thus, who are to be hence
forth the joy nnd sunshine of my heart
and home." New York Weekly.
'CIVE ME POWDER AND BALLS.'
Helng; s Dream Tale, Related of the New
French l'reelrient. '
Mr.ny stories are belnc told of M.
Falllores, the newly-elected French
President, and one of them is worth
retelling, soys the London Globe.
M. Fallleres is a corpulent, heavy
built man, and It seems that after din
ner he occasionally falls off Into a post
prandial nap. One eveulng, when the
new President was dining at the Ely-
see, after a heavy day nt the Senate,
he found himself utterly unable to
keep his eyes open, and when the man
servant brought round M. Fallleres'
coffee that worthy gentleman . wag
asleep. Fearlug to wake lilin, the do
mestic placed the coffee ou the table
nnd retired. And M. Fallleres slum
bered on. And ns he slept he dreamed.
Whether the memory of the troublous
times of his youth was upon him, or
whether the vision of the German Em
peror with his legions crossing tho
frontier disturbed his digestion, we are
not told, but ns he dreamed the veteran
rresldent of the Senate was heard to
murmur the famous lino of Victor Hu
go, "Give me powder and balls." Then
be lapsed into silence again, and again
he was heard,' in a deep, sleepy voice,
calling for powder nnd balls. At first
M. Loubet, who was sitting near his
old friend, paid no nttentlou, aud the
guests continued their conversation.
Hut when, for the sixth time, M. Fal
lleres repeated his request, "Give me
powder and balls," the President of the
Republic turned imploringly to his com
panions at the table, and in a some
what irritated voice, exclaimed, "For
heaven's sake give him powder and
balls."
At this moment M. Fallleres awoke,
but as his fellow-guests discreetly pre
tended to have observed nothing, he
quietly helped himself to a piece of
sugar and drank up his coffee.
The Speaker'a Quartera,
Americans who have visited the Par
llament house nt Ottawa, Canada, have
remarked that the Speaker of tho
House of Commons is provided with,
an official residence In the Parliament
house, nnd that he has nn especially
fine dining room, where he entertains
most lavishly. All the furnishings of
this apartment nre elaborate and com
plete. The Speaker, whenever distin
guished delegations or visitors come to
Ottawa, entertains in his apartments
and is a most gracious host. It is not
generally known that the Speaker of
the American House of Representa
tives has a room In the Capitol, which
Is fitted up so ns to enable him to en
tertain if he desires. The room is in
the basement nnd Is beautifully fur
nished, with a large round table, large
enough to seat a dozen or more guests,
while a handsome china closet is tilled
with beautiful china, glass and sllver
waro, sufficient to serve a course din
ner. It wns during Speaker Reed's
time that this room was set aside for
the private use of the Speaker, but It
was Speaker Henderson's term that the
china and glass cupboard was added.
Speaker Henderson often gave cozy
little entertainments In this room, but
It Is said that Speaker Cannon has
never used the room for private enter-
talnraonts, but occupies it for consulta-
tloiia nn.1 oa (1 m-lvnfa rnnm U'liara ha
can escape the importunities of mem
bers pressing for recognition. Wash
ington Letter to Pittsburg Times.
Strange Pledgee.
London pawnbrokers are frequently
asked to take strange things In pawn.
The other day a Holborn pawnbroker
lent $100 on a fine horse, which one of
his daughters rode until it was re
deemed. The same pawnbroker once
took in pledge a medical chest of
poisons that were strong enough to
kill 10,000 men. It was, however, a
valuable deposit, as some of the
poisons were very rare. A Kensington
(England) pawnbroker about three
weeks ago lent a sum of money on a
number of autographs of dead celebri
ties. Chicago Journal.
Little Dorothy's Froteat.
Her mother bad been trying to teach
little throe-yeor-old Dorothy how to
spell her own name, but met with poor
success. At last she scolded her, nnd
said that no one would think her very
smart If she couldu't spell her own
name. "Well," the exclulmed, "why
didn't you Just rail me 'cat,' and then
It would be easy to spell? Big names
makes little girl tLrd."-Cbrltlan
Register.
' Hroad Statesman ahl p.
W W ATIOXAL aid to highway
Improvement sounds the
keynote to Increased na
tional prosperity and per
manent advancement nil
along the line of social and moral well-,
being In the American home. It Is a
stride of the broadest statesmanship,
because the proposition affects the
whole body of the people. A system of
highways constructed ns they would
be under Government supervision
would accomplish more for the people
of all classes than anything that can be
named, a fact emphasized In the strong
support given to the proposition by
some of the ablest men In public life
to-dny. It Is no longer a question that
needs to be argued. Every thinking
man knows that there must bo n
change In our highway conditions. It
Is universally admitted flint good roads
are absolutely necessary for the pros
perity and happiness of tho people. It
Is Just ns widely conceded, because n
thousand times proven over nnd over,
that we cannot have good roads by lo
cal effort under local systems. And It
Is furthermore an acknowledged fact
that tho solution of the road problem
lies wholly In a great nntlonnl move
ment. There are some real well mean
ing men of ability not yet in line lu lis
favor, but that number Is diminishing
hs public sentiment In its favor Is In
creasing. A few people yet look upon
tho road question as one which affects
mainly, If not wholly, the people of tho
rural districts. No greater error could
gain footing. Bad roads hinder and
depress local trnde by making It almost
Impossible for the farmers to get to
town sometimes for weeks nt a stretch.
This depression In turn affects general
trade und transportation, and every
body gets a share of 'the evil conse
quence. The good roads question Is
not one susceptible of local or class
distinction. It Is National with n big
N, affecting the progress of the Nation
and the welfare of all the people. Of
course, the farmers are to be benefited,
and what class of our people need It
more, or deserve It more? But every
body will be benefited, because every
act that promotes the general welfare
of the country districts Increases the
buying power of those districts and
stimulates the commerce that makes
the existence of cities and towns a pos
sibility. Had Itoatla Ilatron.
It Is n mistake to assume that road
conditions affect only the fanning
classes, because to do so is to destroy
the alwuys admitted fact that nil
wealth and all prosperity rest and de
pond upon agriculture. What injur-
; lously affects the farmers Is hurtful tc
I every individual and every Interest In
I the bind. No other class of people are
real producers of anything of substan
tial concern, and while bad roads prim
nrlly affect In a disastrous way the
farmers, they seriously affect the
people of all towns depending on trade
with the rural population. Nor Is this
nil. Bad roads make It impossible fot
farmers to get to town sometimes fot
weeks; this lu turn depresses local
trnde; local dealers must reduce their
orders with wholesale trade, collec
tions nre cut off and extensions of
credit become a necessity, else bank-
ruptcy In the retail trade ensues. Every
Congressman now sitting at Washing
ton knows this to be truo Just as well
as he knows tho way into aud out of
the capltol. The highway question also
affects railway busiuess, In this, that
the farmers must haul their products
to the shipping points nt times when
the roads are lu fairly good condition,
thus causing congestion of traffic nt
times and partial suspension at other
times. Thlsv forces the necessity of
many more curs and, engines than
would be needed if the traffic were reg
ular aud uninterrupted by Impassable
roads. The bearing and Influence of
the road question ou national finances,
too, is a fuct of the utmost importance
known, felt and understood iu every
banking house In the lunl. No man Is
so ignorant as not to know that n large
amount of money Is needed In the fall
of the year for "the movement of the
crops." Of course, this always causes
more or loss stringency In the raouey
market.
Trees For State Hlghvar
At the recent horticultural meeting
hold in Hartford, Highway Commis
sioner James II. Macdonuld was one
of the speakers. He not only believed
In beautifying the highways of our
towns by planting indigenous plants
and sbrubB, but he advocated, us a
mutter of eoonomy, the plantiug of
trees along the good roads. Under his
supervision the past year 2000 trees
have been planted along the State high
ways. He said It added from five to
ten years to the life of a macadam
road to have it kept lu partial shade,
and by the Judicious plnuting of trees
he said thousands of dollars might be
saved to the Stale. Highway Commis
sioner Macdonald Is thus tho father of
a movement which must greatly add to
the beauty nnd attractiveness of nil
traveled roads iu Connecticut. Nor
wich Bulletin.
Lack ol Ooml Itoa.la.
The Postofflce Department has Just
announced Unit rural free delivery will
ba temporarily suspended in many sec
tions, of the country unless steps are
taken by local authorities to Improve
tho roadways. The department has a
rulo that all roads over which rural
curriers pass In their rounds shall be
kept lu condition which penults cai-y
travel.
ItluU Getting ! Tea.
Owing to the disturbed conditions lu
Russia the tea shipments to that coun
try from Calcutta have almost ceased.
Small quantities were seut to Ulsa and
Butum, but much below tho average of
previous years.
Getting cn In the World,
The other day I asked a genial,
hearty, successful man bow he man
aged to get ou lu tho world so amiably.
He replied: "Nothing simpler. I use
oil lustead of sandpaper." Victor
Smith, lu the New York Press.
VICTORIA f ALLS TO BE MARNESSEf
Cataract In Booth Africa to Re laed f
Generate Eleelrle Power.
A projoct not unlike that connected
with Nlngnrn Falls and the Niagara
River is Interesting South Africa di
rectly and the entire earth indirectly.
Engineers propose to put the Zambesi
River, at points near the Victoria Fulls,
at work generating power that is to
be pushed Into ninny parts of South
Africa, Indeed ultimately it Is hoped
to points hundreds of miles away.
American aud continental electrical
experts are on record In favor of the
scheme. All ngree as to Its feasibility,
practicability nnd vnlue. Professor
Forbes, famous iu connection with the
work at Nlagura, was the first to point
out the possibilities of the Zambesi.
Luckily, on the Zambesi, as ou the
Niagara, dams nnd cnnnls nre uot
needed; tho fall Is usually perpendicu
lar and abrupt, or nearly so. Cali
fornia, on tho Yuba River, has a plant
thut is sending power Mo miles, driv
ing trains in Oakland. Niagara sends
power to Buffalo, twenty-two miles.
There Is power generated at Lachine
nnd Chambly falls for Montreal, six
nnd seventeen miles, respectively,
nwny. The falls of Tlvoll, onco the
Joy nnd glory of Roman nobles. Is
turning power Into modern Rome, light
ing It and running Its cars. On the
Adda, in northern Italy, vast power Is
being placed at the disposal of the silk
nnd cotton mills of Lombard-. In
deed, Italy Is undergoing s marvelous
industrial and commercial renaissance
because of the waters in her hills nnd
mountnlus. So, too, Is Norway, Switz
erland and parts of France.
The Zambesi, it Is believed, hns pos
sibilities readily available, reaching ns
high ns fiOO.OOO horse power. At pres
ent the. Rand, which the projectors of
the present scheme hope to supply, uses
130,000 horse power. There Is nn avail
able head at present at the Victoria
Falls of 030 feet. By cutting a canal
fifteen to twenty miles In length, which
may be easily done, a head of 1000
feet will be obtainable which would
mean 1,000,000 horse power. The con
struction of such a caual would cost
comparat.vely little. Moreover, the
beauty of the falls would not be
marred.
At present the plan Is to employ
what is called the continuous current
system, for this makes tho present
scheme commercially feasible. At the
comparatively low voltage to which the
alternating current system Is limited in
long distance transmission, says a
South African expert, the enterprise
would be killed by the capital cost of
the lurge nnd expensive transmission
cable required, the best route to the
Rand running to no less than 700 miles.
The advisers -of the syndicate that
has a seventy-zve year concession are
for the continuous current Wilson
Fox, connected with the company, talks
cf beginning with a 20.000 norse power
delivery. The field Is one that will
.warrant a great deal of effort and
enterprise on the part of United States
makers of machines, implements and
appliances. A'ew York Telegram.
The Question of Salarlea.
President Eliot's arguments seem
less sound when he objects to the
payment of salaries which bear some
relation to the magnitude of the cor
poration rather thau In strict propor
tion to the ability und activity re
quired. Of all forms of proUt-shuriug
the rewarding of especially faithful, or
especially capable, employes by high
wuges seems least objectionable. Pres
ident Eliot's theory that n man's chief
reward should be his own satisfaction
with his work Is not practicable so long
ns competition among employes mnkes
it possible for u mnn to choose among
positions equally congenial. His duty
to his family requires him to go where
their share of his reward will be great
est. A family cannot be supported on a
man's pleasure In bis work. The fear
thut high salaries may unlit men for
application to business has some foun
dation in the behavior of men who are
morally unfit to stand the strain of
wealth, but does not affect the merits
of the case. Would President Eliot
wish his salary to be higher than the
newest tutor? Could the latter take
the President's place?
There is one class of high salaries
for which no justification enn be found,
tho salaries paid to the otlicera of In
surance companies and other corpora
tions of n fidlcnary nature, where
there Is no pretense that the services
rendered deserve the compensation re
ceived. Such payments are of tho na
ture of theft. If President Eliot's re
marks nre meant to apply chiefly to
functionaries of that kind the public
will agree with hlra. Chicago Tribune.
An Inapartial Judge
On one occasion, having heard a cer
tain famous suit, the late Judge F. M.
Tuley, of Chicago, found himself im
pelled to band down a decision repug
nant to his own Inclination.
"Do you meuu you think tho defend
ant was cot at hec.rt a svludler?" de
tnuuded an Intimate friend, who dured
complain of the finding.
"Billy," said Judge Tuley, solemnly,
"I took that evidence to Arkansas with
me and studied it two weeks. Then I
brought it homo and spent ten days
more ou it. Then I said in my decis
ion: ''So far as tho evidence shows, the
defeudnnt Is uu upright and honorable
Christian gentleman.'
" 'So far as the evideucr shows,' re
peated the Jurist, slowly und with em
phasis. Then be leuned .'orwu'd lu his
chair, placed a hand on the other's
knee, aud exclaimed, with an tir ol
vlndlcr ion:
"But, Billy, I didn't say I believed
It!"
Wlrelete Telegraphy' Danger,
Oue of the characteristic features of
wireless telegraphy is, from the point
of view of the staff, the constant risk
of being struck by lightning. Whenever
there is thunder about the danger is
very real. Should the electric fluid
strike cue of the antennae connected
with every wireless telegraphy station,
tho wires would be destroyed and the
lives of a whole staff would be iu peril,
A quartermaster of the Freuch fleet,
named Conuau, Las Invented an auto
matic apparatus for counteracting the
lightning, should it strike an auteunae,
by diffusing the electric fluid in space
and Isolating the operators. Prelimin
ary .trials have given good results, and
the Minister of Marine bus named a
committee to carry out exhaustive
practical tests,
m
ar Scieqce
A mnn whose honrt was recently
sewn up In the hospital at Milan has
been discharged perfectly cured.
According to the statement of Dr.
Wiley, chief chemist of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, the borax used
as a preservative in food, after per
sistent use, produces headache, loss of
appetite nnd general debility in the
persons eating the foods.
Huge stone slabs suitable for side
walk construction are seldom encoun
tered In France, nnd asphalt walks nre
equally rare. The popular material ii
n cement block, which is cheap, dura
ble and satisfactory. These blocks nre
made in a variety of shapes and col
ors, nnd In the more expensive forms
nre much used In Interior work.
A Swiss compnny has received the
order for equipping the Valle-Maggla
Railway from Locnmo to Blgnnsco on
the single-phase system.- The line Is
seventeen miles long, with a maximum
gradient of 3.3 per cent., nnd the gage
is three feet three and one-third Inches.
A trolley voltage of 50X) volts Is to be
employed. It Is intended to obtain the
necessary power for working the rail
way from a waterfall.
It ued to be that astronomy, with
its stupendous magnitudes. Incredible
velocities and Inconceivable distances,
seemed to make the greatest demand
on man's liellef. To-day It is physics.
We read, for instance, that Hertz's os
cillators give rise to UOO.OOO.OOO oscil
lations per second. Where Is the man
who can conceive of anything happen
ing in the five-hundrcd-mllllouth part
of a second?
The German naval authorities, ac
cording to the Cologne Gnzette, have
fixed the displacement of the latest
type of torpedo boats nt C70 tons, ns
ngnlnst the 420 tons of S 131, the
largest torpedo boat nt present In the
German navy. The new boats repre
sent a considerable advance In several
respects. They will have a more pow
erful gun equipment, greater speed,
nnd llght-nrmored protection for the
engines nnd boilers.
About fifteen years ago nn extraor
dinary account was given of an East
Indian ant (Oecophylla smaragdlnn)
that fastened tho leaves of Its nest
with threads spun by Its own larvae.
The much doubted report has been con
firmed by late observations of E.
Dotlein In Ceylon nnd E. Goeldl in
Brazil. Dofleln slightly tore a nest,
when five or six nuts arranged them
selves In n straight row and slowly
pulled the edges of the leaves to
gether, while others cleared away the
pieces. Other workers then appeared,
each carrying a larva In Its mnndibles.
The larvae were used as distaffs nnd
shuttles, nnd soon fine threads bound
the leaves together aud were crossed
in a firm web.
HORSE AND AUTO COST.
H Companion Still Karon the Fnnr-Legced
Mathod of Looouiotlou.
The man who Is waiting for the au
tomobile to grow cheaper thun the
horse may wait for somo time. yet.
According to those who have studied
the comparative cost of the two meth
ods of travel, even the nttle nuto, called
the runabout, eats up money in re
pairs, oil and tires, that throw the
bay bills and the blacksmith far into
the shade. The maintenance nnd re
pair of a small machine, under very ad
vantageous conditions, appears to run
to n minimum of Jfo or $30 a month,
and tha1, of course, when the owner is
himself the machinist. With a chauf
feur's services lu the bargain tho main
tenance of a largo car, under fortunate
conditions, will run o at least $3000
a year.
A current writer on automobile ex
penses estimates that the annual de
preciation lu the value of a car that
originally cost $2,100 would be $i!jO
a fourth of the cost, or, to put it an
other way, making the life of a car
four years, and implying that every
four years the repairs would mean n
sum equivalent to the purchase price of
another ear.
A curious feature of the outlay of
the automobile owner Is the premium
paid for "liability Insurance," namely.
Insurance against liability on account
of damage caused by his automobile to
life and property. Gasoline enough to
run a small car ten miles, carrying
four passeugers, costs twenty cents, or
two cents a mile, and lubricating oil Is
almost as dear aud the consumption
practically as great.
It Is evident, however, from the con
versation of automoblllsts, that tho
great item of expense is thut of repair.
The bills for these are largo for every
automobile, lurgest for the huge fel
lows, but ouly larger In proportion.
Repuir stations are, moreover, not so
numerous but that the disablement of
a machine on a couutry road, at some
distance from one, would be apt to
prove very embarrassing. And it i
this very uncertainty and difficulty that
militate most against men acting ns
their own auto drivers on long tours
or tours of even a considerable dis
tance. The possibility that some part
of a machine may break where it can
not be readily replaced, or where even
the non-expert cannot ascertain what
the trouble is, works in most men's
minds against trips Into the country.
Mile for mile the small auto is cheap
er than the horse, but as ouo horso
can usually replace another, whereas
there is no substitute for the engine if
It takes a notion to stop, the horse
still retains the confidence of the ma
jority .-Philadelphia Loeord.
Mo tleatored Caalle Cor Hint.
"You mutt admit," said the earl,
"that my ah ancestry dates back
much farther than your daughter's."
"Yes," replied the girl's rich old
father; "we ain't been able to trace
ours back any further than a certalu
robber who wa banged lu lill).i. Now,
I s'pose you have a clear record right
back to the ape, haven't you?" Chica
go Record Herald.
Sixteen out of the twenty-one Eng
lish coruiiatlou-e that took place be
tween William II and Ellkabcth, both
Inclusive, were held ou a Sunday.
SUPERSTITIONS
OF TRAINMEN.
Locomotive With Fatal Nam.
bora Hlrd In Cab Wladow
Foreign Lantern.
"A
FTER all." said an ol4
switchman at the Union
Depot, to a Kansas City
Star man, "there ain't no
bigger foot than a railroad
fool. There ain't no fool
who'll stand to his foolishness longer
than a railroad fool. But maybe he's
got a right to his funny ways. He's
got a hard game to battle.
"Some folks laugh when jaii talk of
a trainman's superstition about No. 13,
but 'taln't no laughin' matter. Yon
can call him a fool If you want to, and
he'll not fight back when you do. He
knows what 13 means. Why, look
down In the depot now; there's the
Missouri, Kansas nnd Texas fast mall,
tho Katy flyer. Sie that number on
that engine? TalnT13. is it? Well,
No. 13 pulled that runnln' train In and
out of Kansas City for months. No
she's suddenly disappeared. Where ll
she? I'll bet soniethin's happened M
her bet she's In the shop for repair,
or else they can't get no one to puU
her throttle. Now over on the Belt
line there's a 13 engine, but she's harm
less. There's a horseshoe hung from
her numlKT-place by a rusty nail.
"Back in the winter of 1909," said
Campbell Bateman, train dispatcher at
the Union Depot, "I gave an order to a
Missouri Pacific train bound for Oma
ha. It was the thirteenth order Issued
that evening. Someway or other, I
didn't feel right when the conductor
came In nnd signed up. But I gave:
him order No. 13 and went to work,
About half an hour later there came
over the wire, 'Pullman car on No. 9
robbed by bandit. Notify detectives.'
The train was between Kansas City,
Kan., nnd Nearman when the robber
with a pistol had forced the conductor
to go through the Pullman car and
rouse tho passengers. The first thing
I thought of was that order 13."
The robber tbatnlght secured $1150
in cash and five 'watches. He shot
once nt n passenger who refused to
be robbed, but the bullet did no harm.
E. K. Carnes, Superintendent of Mis
souri Pacific terminals In Kansas City,
worked on the Ohio nnd Mississippi
Railroad In 1ST0. He was conductor
on a train to which engine No. 13 was
assigned for service. Henry Fowler
was the engineer, a very religious mnn,
Elijah Morris was the fireman, and
about ns profane a railroader as ever
shovelled coal Into a firebox.
"Morris hated that '13' as bad as he
hated short pay," Mr. Carnes said.
" 'Why, she's nothing but an old
thrasher, and some day she'll pile US
nil in the ditch,' Morris used to com
plain. On the other hand, Fowler,
the engineer, wns proud of her. nnd
gave his '13' ns much care as he gave
his wife. Day by day Morris' hatred
of No. 13 grew. We used to accuse
him of being afraid, but he denied It.
One day after an unusually tough lot
of work, we pulled into Vincc-nnes,
Ind., nnd run the engine to the road
house. Fowler got off and looked his
13 over with care. He rubbed n little
grense off here, n little dirt there. He
felt of the boxes nnd wedges. Morris
stood at one side and watched. He got
hold of a bottle of whisky, too, and
took several drinks. Then he went
back to the engine, slipped Into the
cab, and yelled to Fowler:
"'Look out, Henry! Here goes the
last of 13!'
"He pulled the throttle wide open
and leaped from tho engine. The
machine gave a backward bound, and
Iunded upside down In the pit, at the
rear of the turntable. Her smokestack
was crushed, her cab torn loose, one
side rod was broken, nnd she was truly
wrecked. Morris' hntred bad got the
better of him. The little machine was
given a different number when it was
ready to leave the repair shops. And
Morris? Well, Morris hunted another
Job. The superintendent suggested It."
"There's a hoodoo engine nnd n hoo
doo caboose on every road," says K. J.
Sanford, President of the Union Depot
Company. "You may think it a fool
belief of trainmen, but It's not. There
are engines which seem perfectly
made, which work as smoothly ns an
engine on the Government mail, but
which nre ns treacherous ns an Idaho
broncho. And you'll hear the trainmen
cuss In long, deep, sincere cuss words
when they get this hoodoo engine on
their run. She'll run along as smooth
ns ft top for miles, and then she'll climb
the rails and sail Into the ditch. She
doesn't hurt anything seriously, but
there she Is the road tied up on her
account. Tut her back on the track
and she'll dig Into the ditch ngain per
haps Inside of a mile. And cabooses
act the same way. You can hardly
drag a trainman into a caboose that's
numbered 13."
A little incident showing some of the
humor lu a switchman's foolish ways
happened in the office of W. M. Cor
bett. Superintendent of the Western
Division of the Alton Railway. A few
weeks ago some switchmen employed
in the Missouri Pacific yards jn -the
East Iwittoms struck. The matter was
discussed one afternoou, and it was
"laid on the shelf," to be fully decided
tho next evening. One of the other
switchmen, who wished to avoid a
strike, went to Mr. Corbett and asked
for a position.
"If they go out," he said, "I want
to work for the Alton. To-morrow
evening they're going to swing a lan
tern against .the side of a box car. If
it sticks tbey wonTstrlke. If it don't
stick they'll walk out. How can you
beat a game like that?"
Evidently the lantern did not stick,''
because they walked out.
"Trulnmeu have some queer ideas,"
Mr. Corbett continued. "Uo down In
any of the railroad yards and you'll
find the employes carrying foreign Inn
terns. If they work for the Alton
you'll find Burlington, Wabash, Mis
souri Pacific and Rock Island lanterns,
as well as lanterns from a dozen other
roads. I don't know why it Is, but
they don't like to carry a lantern Issued
by the road they wmMr for. It's 'good
luck' thej say to change. A switch
man will take a brand new, nicely pol
ished lantern and trade it for a dirty,
greasy, buttered 'lamp.' Just because
It's one from a foreign line. But 'II
brings goot' luck,' they say."