MEN. factory whittle! blow Dawn From reverberant throat. Hollow anil mournfully draw Are the answerinj notes Chorused from harbor and short Throuili the fog wreaths, and then Cityward ceaselessly pour Inundations of Men. J)nt from the Jerseys and est From the sen-girded plains, South from the h'". i the quest Of the sinrotis trains; Thronged is each wave-spanning arc, And iiKiin a n.l aiiu Shuttle the fury craft, dark With their burthens of Moa. Mon! Men! Me JTe.ivr-browed, eutjer-eyed, Trs'mnlciis, w-hite Men. Arthur ! THE SHADOW! WIlU, j ! OF DEATH. ! I BY.D ALLEN-1 DON'T see why wo need guides." HaWy Thurston glanced townrd the dark bulk of Vesuvius, from tho summit cf which a few curls of sino!;e lazily floated upward against the blue Itnlliin sky. Thurston, with 1wo other young Americans of ubout his own age, was "dolnsf" southern Italy, walking whenever It was pos sible, ntid employing guides only when it was absolutely necessary to do so. The three pedestrians were now seated on the veranda of the Qulslsana, at C'astellnmmare, having Just finished breakfast. "The path is plain enough on the map," continued Harry, "and I, for one, don't care to have a Tletro' or 'Jaco po" tagging nfter tue all the way up." "It looks like the beginning of a clear day." said Bob Crothers. reflectively. "I don't really see how we oould lose our way." "Come on!" urged Dick White. It was Dick who usually got the party in to scrapes, and Crothers who extricat ed It. Harry, Iu either case, simply helped form a majority. Twj hours later the trio started out from "La Malson Ulauehe," a small lun at the foot of the mountain, ''and attacked the foothills of Vesuvius it self. The sun was shining brightly, the air was clear and sweet, but the d strict across which the path lay was so drearily desolate that by de grees the gay talk and laughter of tho boys languished. They had climbed the Mount Wash ington bridle-path tho year before, but how different were their surroundings now! Iu place of balsam firs, dancing brooks, mossy slopes bright with crim son berries and starry flowers, they looked out over nn unbroken stretch of volcanic rock, dead lava and black dustl- "It's like a nightmare!" exclaimed Harry, breaking a long silence, during which they had been plodding onward and upward. "I'd give something for a drink of New Hampshire spring wa ter!" "I suppose." observed Bob, "the moon looks something like this when you get there. Just a bur:ied-out, cooledoff, drled-up volcano." "Well." said Dick, "let's get on. There's a sort of restaurant up there, at the end of this path, where we can rest before taking in the final cone and the crater." It was a long, hard, hot pull for them, experienced walkers though they were, and they were glad enough for the brief hn.lt for refreshments nt the foot of the funicular railway the. Very one which inspired the popular Neapolitan song,. "Funiculi, funlcula." And now nrose a discussion as to the method of completing the ascent. Dick was for contlnulug ou foot, following the tr.cks of the vegu'ar porters up through tho knee-deep ashy dust which covers the steep sides of the cone. Crothers, however, ndvocated taking the car. , . "I's of no use to '.Ire ourselves nil out," ho said, "wading through that stuff up a slopo like the roof of a house. It's all right coming down, but If you follows ever tried to climb a bill with two feet of snow on It, you know how It feels. And It's hot, too." Harry skied with Bob, and the three were i.oen .catcd comfortably in the little car, gliding upvr.rd along the rails r,f tho funicular. Near tho upper terminus of the rail way thero was a cabin, where a num ber ot guides were wailing to conduct tourists to tho edge of the crater. They pounced upon the boys eugerly. "No, no!" a.ild Hairy In English, s'lak lng off .no of his tormentors. "No guide for us; We go alone see?" One ord nlene was intelllglblo to the Italian, the Inst, which he under stood as "si" (yes), and affairs grow still more eomp'icnted. At Inst Bob, who knew a little Italian, said firmly: "Audate pel fattl vostrl" (Go nbout your 'nslness); adding, "Fiiromo a mouo nostro" (We shall do as wc please), uid pushing through the acronmlni; circle, he led tie way up the path. The fUldeg sullenly fell bn-k nnd gave r-p 'he contest, muttering ex pletives In tho Neapolitan patois, which fortunately the Americans could not understand. Bob Crothers told mo long after wards that he had not taken a dozen stops wheu ho felt a sudden misgiv ing, and halted Irresolutely. Aftor nil, would It not be bettor to take au ex perienced guldo? It he had onli obeyed his premonition of dungerl. but Dick bounded up ahead, shouting, "Conio on. fellows! We've got clear of them nt last, and we're going to have tho t i 1110 of our lives!" So the lads kept on, up the steep ascent, until they stood on the small, Irregular plateau forming the summit cf Vesuvius, Tho view was marvelous. Far away lay the city of Naples, a tawny crescent bathed la sunshine; vineyards nnd gardens stretched awny from the foot of the mountain, dotted with rlllas and Uttle hamlets; and to the west lay the wonderful Mediterranean, a porfeet turquoise In color, with shadings ot deepor blue where tho breeze touched the aklinroerlug surface. In the dis tance siopt tho fair Island of Capri. But tho boys were more Interested In their immediate surrouudiuvs than In the dreamy Itallau landscape far below and beyond them. Just in trout of them y.riw4 tb Torrents and billows of life And, alas, for the spray! Highway and housetop are rife With the turbulent clay. Men! in the rush and the stir And the roar of the street. Men! in the factory's whirr And the furnace heat. Men! 'mid the forges that ring And the shuttles that ply. Men! on the girders that swing In the vault of the sky. Swift through its underground lane, Like a snake to its den. Burrows the glowering train With its burthen of Men. Men! Men! MenI Pitiful, glorious. Conquering, desperate Men. Guitermnn, in the New York Times. awful crater, Its sides streaked with sulphur and dimmed by ascending curls of steam. The crust of sing nnd nsh on which they stood was warm to their feet, and here and there were crevices coated with bright yellow sul phur and giving forth hot fumes of nauseating gas. "Whew!" exclaimed Harry, with n disgusted face. "I can't stand this long! Let's " He was interrupted by n hollow roar from tho volcanic depths, like the dis charge of a ship's broadside. A shower of red hot stones flew upward, to fall back again Into the crater, while a cloud of black smoke drifted away against the blue sky. The boys had started back, and were a good deal shaken. "Let s hurry round the thing, and then go down," said Dick. "I never thought of Its being so awful, did you?" They cautiously circled tho great pit, carefully avoiding tho steaming cracks In their path, and then paused for a last look. "Wouldn't It be horrible to tumble In!" shuddered Dick, as they crept a little nearer the edge and peered down into tho black, steaming depths. "They say an Englishman went dowu a few years ngo," said Bob. "He got too near and DIckl Dick! Come, back!" he screamed, springing backward, with narry beside hlra. Dick was a little in advance of the others. As Crothers spoke, a crack appeared In the slag, and a moment later, Just ns Dick started to his feet, a section of, the edge crumbled down ward, carrying the boy with It. nis two companions gazed at each other with blanched faces. It was too awful to be believed. A moment ago thero were three of them, to Iking merrily enough; now now the.e were but two! "What what shall we do?" gasped tho trembling Harry. "O Bob, he's gone, he's gone!" At that Instant a faint voice was heard, ns if from somewhere far away. "Harry! Harry! Bob!" The two boys dropped flat on the earth and wriggled to the edge of the crater. There, some twenty feet be low them, they saw their comrade. He had fallen on his back, and gilded helplessly downward with the mass of loose nsh until his foot touched n layer of the underlying hardened lava, ou tho very brink of tho sheer precipice which formed the real crater. Digging his heels In. he had suc ceeded iu j.n-estlpg his progress, nnd lay there with upturned face, knees slightly bent he dnred not straighten out his legs and outstretched hands clutching the slag on esrh side. The loose rsh almost covered his hair, nis hands nnd his feet. "Hold on tight, Dick!" screamed Harry, hardly knowing what ho said. "We'll get you out. Hold on for your life!" Dick heard the voice of his friend calling to him, although ho could see nothing but the opposite wall ot the crater, the ascending steam, nnd n piece ot blue sky above. He closed his eyes as he hung there within six Inches of a horrible death, nnd nerved himself to wait. After a pause the voice came again: "Bob has gone for help. I must keep back from tho edge, for fear It will crumble again.' Hold on with all your might, old fellow. It will only be a few minutes!" Tho nir was filled with sickening f times' of sulphur, and the hot sun bent down pitilessly on Dick's white, upturned face. To keep his senses, he tried to imagine himself ou the green banks of a certain trout-brook in Maine; then ho repented, without mov ing his lips, tho multiplication table; after that tho twenty-third Psalm, which ho had learned as a child. Just as ho reached "tho valley of tho shadow ot death,", ho heard on In creased rumbling In the volcano, far below him. A new terror beset him. Tho crater was about to belch forth a volley of stones again. Would the concussion slinkc him from his posi tion? "I I will f-fear no evil!" stam mered poor Dick, Iu n whisper. Then tho crash came, and the column of black smoko rolled upward. Ho was Indeed lu tho "shadow of death!" The stones rattled sharply against tho rocks round him, and fragments of sing slid past, disappearing iu the abyss. Still the projection ngnlnst which his hft!s rosted did not glvo way. Half suffocated with nauseous gnses, his limbs cramped nnd aching, he grimly held ou. Meauwhiln Bob Crolheri tore down the path to the hut, where he found tho guides half asleep. Whan the white-faced lud camo rush ing among tbom, they listened at first sulkily enough; but as soou as thoy understood tho real nature ot the catas trophe tl)ey sprang to their feet, nnd snatching a coll of rope from a hook, hurried up the con, beaded by Bob. "Dick, my dear old fellow!" It was Bob's voice, nnd it came Just in time to louse tho boy from the stupor to which ho was fast succumbing. "Ves!" replied Dick, feebly. "We're going to throw you a rope with a running noose at the end. Wheu I giro th word, you stick your arm through tho noose, quick, and grab tho rope with both hands!" "I I dou't know whether I cau bold ou!" trembled Dick. "Yes, you enn!" replied Bob, Uorcely. "You've got to! Here comes the rope!" Two sturdy guides had stretched themselves flat on the ground nt the edge of the crater; half a dozen of their comrades planted themselves firmly, with the rope twisted round their bodies, a few feet farther bnck. Dick felt the loose particles of ash sliding past his face as the rope slid down slowly toward him. The dust got Into bis eyes, but he could not rub them. At last the noose glided over bis head and rested on his chest. At the same moment he heard the pre monitory rumble of the volcano fore telling another dischnrge. "Now!" screamed Bob. Dick drew a long breath and caught the rope, thrusting an arm through the noose. The quick movement and In voluntary brnclng of his feet dislodged the slight projection which had arrest ed his fall, and he began to slide down ward. It was a moment of terrible sus pense. Would the rope hold? Dick could not help himself a particle. If Indeed he was still conscious. But his grip was Arm,' and the noose, which had slipped up to his armpit, clutched him tightly. Slowly the silent form was drawn up the slope, farther and farther, until his rescuers, cautiously reaching over the edge, caught bis wrists, and drew the half-dend lad to safety. It was a triumphal procession that wound down the path to the hut, carry ing Dick, who feebly protested that he could walk, but was not allowed to set foot on the ground. The boys were pretty silent, but the guides chatted volubly, laughed, shouted and threw up their hats, now and then turning to shake their fists at the volcano. AU Ill-feeling was forgotten. "What did you think of, old fellow, as you were lying thore waiting for us?" asked Harry that evening, when the three were once more on tho moon lit piazza of the Castellammare hotel. He threw his arm over tho other" shoulder as he spoke. It was good to feel that his friend was alive and well. "Think?" said Dick, slowly. "I don't know. I've forgotten. About mother, I guess, and well," he shuddered a Uttle. "that place, you know, about the 'shadow of death.' I tell you, fellows, I've been In It!" Youth's Companion. CHANCE TO BREAK RECORO DIVE Esperluienta (Show Possibility of doing Down More Tbftn 800 Feet. The Royal Society, of London, has Just Issued a report of interesting ex periments by Professor L-.. E. Hill and the younger scientist, M. Greenwood, with a view of ascertaining tho effects of compressed air on the human sys tem. Besides throwing light on ob scure points In physiology, the experi ments will have a practical result In the direction ot enabling greater depths of water to be reached by divers than heretofore. It has been well known that it was Impossible for divers to go below a cer tain depth owing to the necessity ot compressing air within tho diving dress to resist the pressure of the water. Few divers have ever reached 170 feet. The record dive Is 201 feet, but it killed the diver. Until a method superior to the rresent one is Invented, heaps of burled treasures which are known to be lying In spots on the ocean bed cannot be recovered. The experiments of Messrs. nill nnd Greenwood seem ' to open tho way. They tried the effects of compressed nlr on themselves, using a specially made steel cylinder of forty-two cubic feet capacity, with n motor driven pump for compression, nnd specially designed taps for decompression. In this cylinder they underwent a pres sure of Ave atmospheres, which i equivalent to a depth of 170 feet. Mr. Greenwood successfully resisted seven ntmospheres, which Is equivalent to more than 200 feet. Professor Hill believes that the func tions of the body are normal In com pressed air. Both men remained In fivi atmospheres for four or five hours They measured their respiration nnd noted the state of the blood, tempara ture. etc. They subjected dogs, mon keys, cats, rats nnd mice to even ten atmospheres and they resisted success fully. Ono monk! y was subjected to eight ntmospheres three times a week for four hours for a month, and did not show tho least unfavorable symp toms. Professor Hill's cylinder is entered through a sort of porthole on the side. The experimenter lies on a mattress. Tho Interior Is lighted by electricity and there Is telephonic communication. Professor Hill is convinced that with proper appliances it will be possible to divo far deeper than heretofore. He believes that tho deaths ot divers ore duo to their being brought to tho sur face too rnpldly. More time, he says, ought to be allowed for decompression. New York Sun. Cienesls of the Chauffeur. Chauffeurs existed, says Figaro, long before there were automobiles. His tory tells us that along nbout tho year 1705 thero sprang up iu France, prin cipally iu tho eastern nnd central re gions, fantastically dressed men with their faces bluekened with soot nnd their eyes cnrel'ully concenled, who gained admittance to farmhouses nnd other isolated dwellings at night and committed all kinds of depredations and outrages. They had an atrocious habit especially, from which they ob tained the name that posterity has pre served for them. They first gurrqted their victims, and dragged them in front of a great fire, where they burned the soles ot their feet. Then they .de manded of them where their money and Jewels were concealed. ' Such in terrogatories could scarcely be resisted. It is from this that Is derived the ap pellation of "chauffeur," which once so terrified old ladies, but which at present evokes in us only cheerful and pleasing thoughts ot automoblllsm, and ot voyages and excursions at twenty five and thirty miles an hour, In which there la nothing but the roads and paved streets that are icorchett Sci entific American. An Ancient Thimble. Among the treusure of the Hapi burgs In the Hofburg at Vienna Is a clumsy thimble, engraved "A, V. W., 1084." It la lalei to be the parent thim ble of the world, and it was fashioned ot a silver cola by tome lugenlous Dutchman, who presented It to bis lady, love. Other experiences. An excellent thing for n farmer to do Is to profit by the lessons unintention ally taught by others. The mistakes aud failures of your neighbors should always bo observed and should be of the utmost value to you. Halt For Poultry. Fait is as essentlol for poultry ns for humans or animals, but It is not wise to feed it by Itself. The better way Is to use It to season the food whenever that can bo done. The warm mash In tho winter, whether fed morning or nlgbf, jjlves one nn opportunity to sup ply several condiments which could not be to readily given to the fowls In any other way. Indianapolis News. The Butler Put We Lose, It has been estimated that tho losses of butter fat that are practically un avoidable by the different methods of skimming the milk of twenty cows dur ing the course of a year amount to ?120 by the shallow pan system of setting. $00 by the deep setting sys tem and $13 when the cream is sep arated by means of a centrifugal sep arator. These llgures are based on a price of twenty cents a pound for but ter. New York Witness. Freshen I'p the JUailtllngjs. It Is very Important that farmers should keep their buildings well paint ed. There are several reasons for this, and probably the most important one is that paint enables a building to withstand the ravages of the weather much better. Then, again, take two farms exactly alike in every way, except the paint on the buildings, and when It comes to a sale the farm with buildings not protected with paint will generally sell at from teu to fifteen per cent, less than the other. Potato Man Must Fall in Line. The reecut bulletin ot the Geneva (N. Y.) Experiment '; tatlon gives re sults of co-o.ierative tests made by thirty growers which together show a net profit ot $10,000 from spraying. The average Increase iu yield from spraying was C2'74 bushels per acre, done nt a cost of ? J.9S per acre. The cost for each spraying was 03 cents. The net profit per acre was $2-1.80. These results are in Hue with those obtained with similar experiments in 1003. Tho spraying was found to lengthen .line of growth by prevent ing late brack. Not only was trio quan tity greater, bvit It wai found that the potatoes contained one-sixteenth more starch, and, ns might be expected were more mealy nnd of better cooking qual ity. Spraying is almost a universal practice In the Aroostook region, It being declared that there Is scarcely nn ncre in the whole section not regu larly sprayed. Growers use the large power sprayers which treat four rows I nt once and do the work very quickly, making three to eight applications dur ing thu season according to circum stances. A Large Poultry-Hume, As a rule, a poultry-houso Intended to hold fifty or more birds is quite nil expensive proposition, for usually it is designed with nil manner of fixings which are costly without being particu larly useful. Tho largo poultry -house is not generally desirable, nnd while It costs more to build two smaller ones, it will pay In the long run by reason of a lower mortality among the fowls, the ease by which they may be cleaned and the added comfort In the manner of temperature. In response to a re quest for a house of considerable size tho followlug plan Is suggested: Let Its dimensions be 10x20 feet, with six nnd eight-feet posts, front and back, respectively. Cover the roof and sides with tarred paper or shingle the roof If preferred. Have four windows on tho south side, one east and ono west window. Divide this Iu two parts with wire netting fastened to hoards, which come up eighteen Inches from the floor. Arrange a double row of nests six feet from ono cud of tho house aud place drop boards on them, so that tho eggs may lie gathered from tho alleyway, which Is the six-foot pace between tho side wall and the nest boxes. At one end of the alley way place a door so that the eggs may lie gathered without entering the house where the fowls are congregat sd. On top ct the nest boxes, or rather above them, tho roosis are arranged with u. wide board under them to iateh Ihe droppings. ludiaunpoIU News. j Fencing; With I ocuat Trees. I Within tho range of Its occurrence, i the black locust makes our best post I timber, for it Is very durable, easy to grow, a rapid grower and Is ornament al. For those reasons It Is belli; plant ed ou iho farms for a fiitino supply of posts, for ornament and for shade: being the only tree thnt tills tho bill to well. rnfortnnately. It Is so susceptible to tho attacks ot tho locust borer that the Forest Service has wholly excluded It from 1 lie desirable species for planting In Nebraska and Dakota, and partially In Iowa, Kansas', Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Iu Pennsyl vania nnd West Virginia It Is at tacked by tho leaf miner to audi nn extent as to render planting Ill-advised. For tiostu thev are irrown nlonir tlm avenues and highways, where they Answer tno tr.pio purpose of post-growing, shad? and ornament; also in the pastures, where it thrives whilo Inter fering but Utile with grass production. Then, too, there tiro ixinuy untlllahle ( spots, that aro now producing uothlng oi vaiue, mat coma mams good returns It planted In black loeuat sprouts and " e vi 1 1 1 1 1 1 i'i 1 1 1 1 1 N made to grow the post timber for the farm or to sell to tho neighbors. For the n venue or highway they should be be set about ten feet npnrt, nnd should be ns even In size as pos sible to make a pretty row. One strong point tho locust has over other decidu ous trees la that its foliage makes but little litter on the lawn or avenua Then, too, they aro ornamental, espe cially so when In bloom. In the pas tures they afford sufficient shnde foi the stock, nnd being of much mor value than most of the trees used fol this purpose they should replace them Farming. A Practical Ice-tlouse. The summer time' Is the season to frepare for next season's Ice crop. The plan here suggested for a small but complete Icehouse will be found nol only useful but decidedly a rellnbl guide to builders. The m.-.nner of eon- structlon Is ns follows: Figure 4 In the Illustra-lou shows that part ot the wall extending two feet under the ground nnd Is composed of loose stones rammed Into n trench. The top of the wall, figure 3, Is built ono foot high with stone and cement in the usual way. Stones ore filled ia to the depth of a foot to form the floor of the house, figure 2, and above these la a twelve inch layer of sawdust, tramped down to give n level surface. Figure 5 shows Hie drain pipe. The smaller diagram shows how the lumber is put together. The boards of common lumber both in side and outside are Indicated by A, while X lIiows the air chamber be tween. P Indicates n Uyer of paper, and lastly, on the outside, the clap boards are shown nt C. The Illustra tion Is plain, nnd will serve as a guide for building In nny dimensions desired. On the farm where roultry, milk and fruit ure raised an icehouse Is a neces sity, nud if one Is near a body of wa ter that freezes, the lC3 obtained Is worth all It costs to haul It aud to build a house for it. Indianapolis News. The Horse's Foot. If the horse cannot readily use his foot iu a natural way. It Is n great hurt to his value. The Horseshoers' Jour nal says that a large per cent, of all the horses ore continually more or less lame. Of this number it is estimated eighty per cent, are lame in the foot. Even If only half this estimate was, correct, what a deplorable state of affairs, that could easily bo prevented If only common sense was used. Largely, this is tho result of habit, because the writer has seen Instances where men who havo beeu taught to know something of the physiology of tho foot, nnd the mischief of mutlln tion from the force of habit, still go ou with the old practices of paring, etc. How many horses retain the shapo of the foot lu colthood? Very few nud for a very short time; not losing this shape solely on account of .-. shoe, but because tho shoe Is on Improper one, usunlly, In fact, nearly always, too heavy, the vso of the frog entirely de stroyed; this consequently wrsting, the sole pareri nnd drying up in couse- quenco; tho wall losing Its strength to carry the weight through excessive rasping of tho whole fabric; of the horn becoming n dry, brittle ntrophled mass. Instead of being supple, firm at the heels, with perfect bars nnd nn elastic frog, giving a springy motion to the leg lu tho riding horse of so much value. These evlls'could always be remedied if we could only get all farriers sufli elenlly Intelligent and humane to leave off the old practice and come Into line to carry out Improved and natural methods, to use their knowledge to convince the often, "too often," ignor ant horseman that "there Is more lu the horse's hoof than Is dreamed of in his philosophy." We trust that, when the higher curllfleate conies about, It will be the means ot progress being made nt n rapid rate In farriery, even as it has beeu In surgery. Have Ihe Team Matched. ' A short time ogo the writer spent a little time In watching a farmer who was doing some grading. First he plowed rp tho soil and then distrib uted it' around us ho saw fit by means of a scoop. His team was composed of two horses, one much larger than Ihe other, nnd it was surprising what a lot of trouble nnd trylug of tho man's patleucQ this team caused. In nn hour's work ho must bnve spent nt least fifteen or twenty miuutes In fix ing the whlliletrees nud taking tho Hues off the top of tho homes nud other such things. And both tha horses were entitled to nn unlimited amount of sympathy. Each tlmo the scoop was pushed down lu order to be tilled ami the strain on tho traces would come, just so sure would you see the largo horse daVt ahead and the small one be pulled back, which al ways resulted In a full stop aud a new tug at tho traces in order to start tho scoop again. How those horses ever managed to keep from having gore shoulders was u mystory, and so for tho man keeping his temper well, the horses. It It wero possible to, could speak from oxperleuco. Now York Witness. Seuator Tiles, of Washington, never appear In tho Senate without a white waistcoat, nud Is known a the "wU.'to vested Senator." CREAT LOSS IN ONE MAN'S DEATH Killing or Prof. Carle a HUmter to the Scientific- World, The stupendous tragedy In San Frsn Cisco, which held tho world In nwe, made such an nbsorblng claim on the public Interest and Imnginntion that the sudden end of the career of Pierre Curie, the co-discoverer with his tal ented wife of the wonderful element of radium, has been almost overlooked, declares the London correspondent of the New York Sun. Yet the opinion may be hazarded without the least derogntlon from the claims of the San Francisco drama upon human sym pathy that the premnture death of the simple lived, retiring scientist who was kilted by a foolish freak ot fate In a Tarls street, wn nn event of greater actual importance to humanity than the terrors which convulsed a comparatively small section of the world's population on the raclfic Coast. One need only recall some of the pos sibilities to which the possession of the new element opened the way to realize the loss to the world of one ot the pair of master minds which brought It to light. The potential aid of radinm In combatting cancer alone conceivably compensates from the broad human viewpoint the tragedy of any war, earthquake or fire. Nothing is known nt tho moment of the work on which Dr. Curie wns ac tually engaged at the time of his death, but his unremitting devotion to sci ence and bis desplsal of all public dis tinction and social distractions had led tho scientific world to look to him and his wife to lead the way to further epoch-making discoveries. It was char acteristic of the man that he refused the decoration of the Legion of Honor as useless, that when he had obtained some few. decigrammes of radium .he rejected a rich man's offer of half a million francs for them because he wanted the precious stuff to work upon and thnt he only accepted the Nobel prize and certnln subventions so that he might consecrate the money to fur ther resenrch. When he accepted the professor's chair at the Sorbonne In 1903 it wns on condition of having a laboratory furnished there where be could continue his labors in company with his wife. It Is a coincidence that the Ministry of Tubllc Instruction ls Bued offlclnl documents relative to the erection of this laboratory on the same day that Frofessor Curie was killed. It Is interesting to note that rrofes sor Curie as a boy seemed so stupid at school that his parents withdrew him and put him under a private tutor. All through his years of study. Including the final preparations for the arts de gree, he was hampered by the necessity of studying uncongenial subjects. It was only when he was free tp follow his natural bent that his powers were manifested. It Is not surprising to learn that Pro fessor Curie was generally so ab sorbed mentallly that ho was unaware of happenings around him. Thero is no doubt that his untimely death can be ascribed to this. While crossing the street in front ot a cnb wbich an ordinary man would have passed behind, he suddenly be came aware of his danger and ran into a pair of horses drawing n dray, which he apparently did not see, and fell be neath the wheels of the dray. Trofessor Curie's devoted laboratory assistant, on viewing the body at the police ofllce, said tearfully: "I knew my dear master would be killed some day. He was very imprudent and wos constantly dreaming when walking the streets." WORDS OF WISDOM. It Is never safo to trust the man who carries his virtues on the tip of his tongue. Ho that will rise to tho top ot a high ladder must go up, not leap up. L. Machlu. People will believe In the virtues of your chnracter without the evidence of its vinegar. Ho who wears his heart on his sleeve will often have to lament that daws peck at It. Carlylo. He who has the truth at his heart need never fenr tho want of persua sion on bis tongue. Ruskln. You do not have to throw prudence to the winds In order to provo thnt you steer by principle. Chicago Tribune. "It Is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy. You can hardly put more tipou n man than bo can bear. Worry Is rust ou the blade." In a state of sensitiveness to every touch of the spirit, wc never think of getting anything. We are only con scious of becoming something, our beigs are exalted, our uatures are en larged. Ot however much or however little importance it amy be, I think there is nothing moru beautiful to a rlht mlnded and contemplative mind than a little child being taught by lis mother to pray. Henry Ward Beeclier. No man or woman ot tho humblest sort cau really be strong, pure ar.d good without the world being tho bet ter for It, without somebody being helped and comforted by tho very ex istence ot this goodness. rhilipi) Brooks. Quick Is the succession of huniau events; the cares of to-day nre seldom the enres of to-morrow; and when we. lie dowu nt night we may safely say to most of our troubles. Ye have done your worst, and we shall meet no morn. Cowper. I havo seen nnd known on many oc casions that succeeding too completely is a bnr to future success, nnd the greatest possible evil thnt can happen to nny one is to bnve Ms energies lamed nnd activity cheeked from with in. Ashley, of Iowa. Even tho death of friends will In epiro us as much n their lives. They lenvo consolation to the mourners, in the rich leave mouey to defray tho ex penses of their funeral, and their memories will be lucrusted over with pleasing and divlno thoughts, as monu ments of other men pre. overgrown with moss. Thoreau. Persian Industrial Pt-hool. The Shah of Persia has decided to found at Tehcrnu it school of fine ar;s and an Industrial school. To help In tho elaboration of Ids u.-oject ho has tttked tho Turkish Gnveriimuiit, through his niiibnciitlor ;:l C'nu.nnti noplo, for tho ru!i ".:.U prot'iiinuio ot tha two similar school at Siauibor.l. HER PURSE. Sh( was an heiress, and the purs Phe carried in her dftinty hand Mi (flit well the fortunes reimburse Of any spendthrift in the lnnd. 'At least most men imagined so, Yet they for years might rack thoit brains. And after nil would never know ' The total wealth that nurse contain, Po here in full we give the list, From which no item hns been missed: A bit of string, s buttonhook, A elippini from a cooking book, A little Turkish ei(tirette. A bit of gum (unused as yet). Famnles of gingham, onandie, Chiffon, crepon and dimity. Ilesides a shred of mouswline De soie, a worn-out safety pin, A collar button made of bone, . A lock of hair (perhaps her own), A fashionable modiste's card, A strip of blue and white foulard, A picture postal card from Rome, And half a dime to take her home. Toilette. "Tis butt a man," remarket', the belligerent gont, ns he saw the solitary traveler draw near. Baltimore Amer ican. Mistress (sollloquizlngi "I'm afraid this hnt's rather out of date." Maid "Oh, no, mum. It's quite fashionable. Cook has Just bought ono exactly like itr-runch. Mrs. Shopper "1 wish to buy a pres ent tor- a servant girl. Can yon sug gest something appropriate?" Sales man "Certainly. Give her n traveling bag." Judge. 0 very weepsome was the Pate Of young Abijnh Itoot; He sought the hand of Sally Smith, And got her Father's Foot. Julien Josephson, in Lippincott's. Flub "The Chicago woman made a queer break nt the wedding." Dub "What did she do?" Flub-"Wisbed the bride many happy returns of tho day." Philadelphia Record. Mother "Johnny, didn't I tell you to save part'of that pretzel for your little Ister?" Johnny "No, ma'am. You told me not to eat the 'hole' of It, so I only ato the rim." rrlnceton Tiger. Rich Young Simpleton "Oh. Gwen dolyn, I love you more than tongue can ever tell." Foxy Young Widow "Well, then, why can't you write It to me some day?" Somerville Journal. Mr. Newlywed "Did you say this wns pound cake, my dear?" Mrs. New lywed "Yes, precious, and I made it myself." Mr. Newly wed "Are you quite sure you er pounded it enough?" Philadelphia Record. She "Did you ever see the Homer twins?" He "Yes." She "Don't you think the boy is the picture of his father?" He "Yes and I also think the girl is the phonograph of her mother." Chicago Dally News. "No, Mr. Spoonall," the young woman said, edging away from him, "you mustn't try to railroad yourself Into my nffectlons." "To railroad my self?" Yes; you seem to think your arm has tho right of way around my waist." Chicago Tribune. Loud the baby scrcnmtd, and louder; Johnny fed it insect powder. Answering;, scolded, with a shrug, "Little sisier acted bus." l'rinceton Tiger. Kind Lady "What do you mean by putting my spoon in your pocket after sating tho pudding?" Sandy Pikes "Oh, pardon me. mum, it was force of habit. I was rich once nnd contracted the souvenir habit." Chicago Daily News. Bacon "Have you noticed what ridiculously high pric have been paid for seats ou the New York Stock Ex change?" Egbert "Yes; I guess they've been bought from the side walk speculators." Y'onkers States man. "Drug stores sell Ice cream, soda water, confectionery and a lot ot other thing? that nre not medicine." said the man who complains. "That's true," nnswored the pharmacist. "But most of them are likely to lead to the eon sumption of medicines." Washlngtou Star. Lament Gas Enclne mi Earth. The Carnegie Steel Company is now installing a 4000 horsepower Westing house double acting horizontal gas en gine, the largest in the world, for the operation of the steel rail manufactur ing machinery nt the Edgar Thomson steel works, near Braddock, Ta. Tho Introduction of n gas engine is a new departure In the operation of mills, which will become popular on nctoiuit of the advantages obtained. The gas engine will nid In the elimina tion of smoko nbout the nulls, which Is one feature In Its favor, but beyond this, tho gas engine can be operated by a mill product which Is now going to waste In nil the mills In the country. This is blast furnace gas, which Is gen orated in the process of the manufac ture of iron or steel, and was allowed to escape bemuse it was not known thnt it could be utilized. Plttsbti: g Special to New York CounniTclnl. A Gaol-clan VTlio TVr-t His Dun Knltaph Professor Charlie Cox wrote the fol lowing beautiful epl'.nph for' his own tomb only n short while before hi death. It is chiselled In the monu ment Just erected over bis trave In this city by Mrs. Cox, ami will be rend and cher shed lu the nilnd nnd souls of hundred of hi friend1 "I go ou a distant Journey to the Lnnd of Light, where truth and beauty shine with full radiance, where love t-wells to mystic strain of lmrmoiy, where bro ken nnd wounded Irlnd-hlps are healed; where facrs oi the h.i 2 ngo wclemno into a fellowship hu.tlng; where peace blooms in the (Snrdcn'of God; where activity finds release from tho weary pall of pain; r.ud holiness, vouchsafed by the King ot Glory, shall satisfy foreverniore." LaUrange Re porter. Ileal Obey 0-.te. In n communication to the Acnomy ot Science tho celhruiod n.iturnlist, M. Bonnier, makes roci' lufrestlng observation ou the bablt of bees. In tho afternoon wbvn.lhey ;rc r;u luctlng water from (be 'leave o." aquatic plant, ho ssyt. Il:y wi l not t rib honey offered to Uimii on the.io leaves, or ou Hunt ot v.iru,t inl ri. Hut If liouey I ofttred to ibm 1,1 the morn ing lu n slmllsr wi. it l nMed off. Ue explain M ;i a isn;' f-ni tho ktrk'tuesK wlih w!Kct. th-y oi ey order. It they ato sent nm f' r vat1: tuey will not (tny to ( liber Ujii.v-
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