PEOPLE WILL TALK.
Sou may get througb the world, but 'twill ,Jf threadbare your dress find old fashioned
be very low your lint
U jrou litsen'lo all that it said as you go; Some one will surely take notice of (hat.
You'll be worried and fretted, and kept in And hint rather strong that you can't pay
a stew. your way;
For meddlesome tongues must have ome- But don't get excited whatever they any
thing to do Fur people will talk.
And people will talk.
If your dress ia in fashion don't think to
If quiet and modest, you'll have it pre- escape.
sunied For they criticise them in different
That your humble position is only assumed shupe
You're u wolf in sheep's clothing, or elne You're uhead of your means or yo-Jr
you're a fool; tailor's unpaid;
But don't get excited- keep perfectly cool But mind your own business, thr'g
For people will talk.
And then if you show the least boldness
of heart,
Or a slight inclination to take your own
part,
'Piey will call you an upstart, conceited
and vain,
But keep straight ahead don't slop to explain--
For people will talk.
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In 1SS0 New Mexico was the para
dise of desperadoes, and the only re
spected authority was a 45-calibre
single action revolver. Every man
carried at least one of these weapons,
and when he rode supplemented it
with a repeating rifle in a holster
strapped to the saddle under his left
leg.
Naturally, in s;ich times, it was
easy to acquire the reputation of be
ing a "bad man," and many did so
without quite deserving it.
Of these, Dan Bevis familiarly
known as "The Dandy," in conse
quence of a fastidious attention to
his appearance in, a region where such
a matter received scant respect was
one. lie was a professional gambler,
a term which must not always be
deemed synonymous with card sharp
er. Moreover, he was not a "pigeon"
plucker, and It Is recorded that on
one occasion, finding bis opponent
greatly his inferior in skill, he hand
ed back his winnings and got up from
the table with the remark -that "he
did not take pupils."
' For the rest, he was a good-looking
fellow of about thirty years of age, a
fine- rider, a dead shot with any
weapon and possessed of an even
temperament which enabled him to
accept good or bad fortune with smil
ing indlffer .nee. .
Thus, when, on his fourth visit to
Deep Hollow, he was conducted to the
edge of the settlement by the leading
Inhabitants, with the emphatic inti
mation that "if he showed up again
he would be hung," he merely
shrugged his shoulders, smiled pleas
antly, and rode leisurely up the trail
In the direction of Santa Fe.
In five days he had financially crip
pled many of the community. The
climax came when one of the suffer
ers so far forgot himself as to call
the gambler u cheat, which resulted
in his being crippled in a more un
pleasant way. But for; the fact that
the accuser was also palpably cheat
ing, and was in no danger of dying
of his. hurt, Dan would have swung
then and there.
It was about a week after this
event that Miss Virginia West made
two important discoveries.
"Jinny" kept house for her step
father and only relative, who was
proprietor of the principal saloon in
Deep Hollow, and was generally
known as "Bad Brown." Miss Jinny
was eighteen years of age and the ac
knowledged belle of the township.
The saloon was a one-story bui'd
lng of rough pine logs, with a sanded
floor and a bar. Back of this bar
was a door leading to the livlug part
of the shanty. It was on the other
side of this door that Miss Jinny
paused, as women do the world over,
to put a reassuring hand to her hair,
and in consequence made the first
discovery.
The fact that there was a customer
chatting with her relative would not
have made the young girl hesitate,
but on this occasion she recognized
the voice as that of Stove Lupas, a
mun whom Bhe instinctivoly feared
and avoided.
"He'll come, you bet," he was say
iug. "Ho got the note at Santa Fe,
an' Parker sez he colored up like a
gal when he read it."
"I was afeard he'd know Jinny's
hand-write, or suspicion that it was
a mighty sudden affection on her
part," Brown said.
"Not he," sneered the other. '-'The
dandy thinks every woman is in love
with him an1 his fine clothes. Snakes,
it'll be somethln' to see his face when
he finds out how he'B bin fooled,"
and the speaker laughed loudly.
"When will he be here?" Brown
asked. '
"Pretty soon now, I reckon," was
the reply. "Some of the boys are
golu' to hide a littla way up the trail,
wait till he pauses and follow him
in. Then they'll close up and nail
him as soon as he crosses the bound
ary an' to-morrow mornln" he'll
swing."
There was a short silence, and
inen, m a different tone, the younger
man, Lupas, remarked:
"You ain't Bald anything to Jinny
about about me, I g'nose?"
"No," replied Brown; "It won't do
to rush things."
This was untrue, for the sneakm-
had already sounded the young lady
anent the question of her becoming
Mrs. Lupas, and had met with an em
phatic negative. But he dared not
divulge tnis, for he was in the. un
welcome suitor's power.
"Well, that's your lookout: but I
ain't goln' to wait much longer," was
me mreaienmg retort. "You're com
lng to nee the fun, I guess?"
"Yes; Jlnny'll lake charge."
On hearing this that young, lady
slipped away fiom the door, and
when she appeared In response to
Brown's call her faco showed no trace
oi emotion, but rage, shame and dis.
gust struggled wltb another feeling
which she did not attempt to nnalyse.
A light steu outsld 8 brnlrn tit n mm
tor reflections, and she looked up to
find the subject of thera standing In
the- opon doorway. For one moment
naught to be made
for people wiil talk.
Now the best way to do is to do as you
please.
For your mind, if you have one, will then
be at ease.
Of comne you will meet with all aortg of
abuse;
But don't think to slop them it's not any
use
For people will talk.
from Old ScrupbooK by K. V. Foster.
Lochinvar. I
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he stood
then
there, hat in hand, and
"Jinny!" he cried, and stepped for
ward with outstretched arms. The
girl shrank back.
"How do you do, Mr. Bevls?" she
said coldly. Then, remembering his
danger, she cried: "Why are you
here? You must go, go at once; do
you hear?"
Dan gazed at her in amazement,
the brightness dying out of his face.
"I can't follow suit," he said, slow
ly; "I haven't the cards. You ask
why I'm here; well, that's why."
He took a sheet of paper from his
breast and laid It on the counter.
She snatched it up and read: "Why
did you go away without a word?
Don't you care? If you do, come and
take me away. Jinny."
"And you believed it?" she cried,
sharply, her face flushed and her
breast heuvlng with anger. "You
could think me capable of writing
that to any man, above all to one who
never "
"Forgive me; I should have
known," he said, gently. "I I am
afraid I'm very conceited. Of course,
you couldn't care for me?"
"You are forgetting your position,
Mr. Bevls. This letter has been
forged for the purpose of entrapping
you. Every moment that you waste
here brings death nearer."
The gambler looked at her stea'ly
for a moment, and her eyes dro. ed
before his. There was something
new about him which she could not
fathom; an earnestness which, she
had never noticed before.
"I guess I'll stay," he said, slowly.
The girl stamped her foot angrily,
and was about to speak, when
"Hands up, Dan," cried a sharp
voice from the doorway, and the sun
shine glinted along the barrel of a
rlflo leveled at the gambler's heart.
Dan complied instantly with the
request, but his eyes were smiling,
for Jinny's face bad become pale and
her lips had uttered a cry of real
pain, and this evidence of interest on
her part made this quixotic advan
turer forget his danger; so that it
was with quite an amused expression
that he greeted his captors and suf
fered himself to be disarmed-.
"You must be tired of life, Dan, to
come here again; what's brought
you?" asked one.
"A horse and a ganjble," replied
the prisoner, airily.
"Pretty high betting; you staked
your life," said the other;
"Yes; but it was worth it, if I had
won," Dan said, with a slight glance
at Jinny. ,
"But you've lost instead," broke In
the sneering tones of Lupas, who un
derstood the allusion.
"True, I've lost," replied the gam
bler, and this time only Jinny knew
the fullness of his meaning.
Then, with a sudden change to his
old audacious gayety, he added:
"Come, boys line up. I've still
some of your money left, and my old
friend Brown will be delighted to 'set
up' the drinks,"
The drinks duly consumed, some
of the prisoner's former victims pro
posed a game of cards, and as there
was no possible chance of his escap
ing from the crowded saloon, the
game began.
"I'll play you for your horse,
Deuce, it you like, Dun; you won't re
quire him again," said Lupas. "I
always wanted him."
"You'll have to treat with Miss
West, then; I've already presented
him to her," said Bevis, with a smile
and a bow to the girl.
The words were spoken loudly,. and
the girl looked up to find Lupas
watching her narrowly. For a mo
ment she beuitated, and then she
said:
"I shouldn't think of parting with
him; he's the best animal for twenty
miles 'round."
Her volcx was cold, matter of fact,
without a trace of emotion, and acted
like a douche of ice water on Bevis.
Though she had accepted his im
promptu gift, it was apparently only
tor the value of it. He noticed, too,
that Bhe never looked at him, and
with a sigh devoted himself to the
task of winning money he would
never have the chance to spend.
The scene next morning formed a
fitting sequel to that of the preced
ing ntiiht. The condemned man
walked free and unconcernedly to the
place of execution, chatting in a cas
ual way with those about to usher
him into eternity. One thing alone
betrayed to the initiated the fact
that Dan was a prisoner; he was un
armed. The preparations were primitive:
A tree, a rope with a noose at one
end and half a dozen stalwart miners
at the other. Dan had seen men die
in this way before, and he knew the
agony of it. Nevertheless there was
a Jest on his lips.
"You haven't got that gallows built
yet and you need It badly," he re
marked. "We didn't expect you back so soon
or we'd had it ready," was the quick
retort from on of the crowd. And
Dnn laughed, for he liked a goo r
turn, whether in word or '.,.
Erect and with unmoved features
he felt the fatal loop tighten around
his throat. Then his Indifference
vanished, and the spectators saw a
look of sharp pain on his fnce. A
moment later came a clatw of hoofs,
and Jinny, mounted on the gam
bler's horse, dashed up. Brown and
Lupas both sprang forward.
"What are you doing here, Jinny?"
asked her stepfather. "This is no
place for a girl."
"I've come to say good-by," she re
plied, calmly enough, though her
heart was beating furiously. Then,
turning to Lupns, she added, "You
need not grudge him that, at least."
The tone and look which accom
panied the words were a delightful
revelation to the astonished man, and
with a glance of triumph at his un
fortunate rival, he stepped back.
He was rewarded with a bewilder
ing smile of gratitude, as Jinny, lead
ing her mount, Btepped up to where
the culprit was standing.
"Dan," she whispered, "I'm going
to cut the rope and then you must
Jump for Deuce and go."
13 looked up and she read refusal
In his eyes. He had seen her smile
at Lupas. But he did not speak.
"Not if I come with you, Dan?"
she questioned, softly.
For a moment he could not believe
his ears, but then she lifted her eyes
to his In one slnglo flash, and he
knew the truth; he had won. The
touch of her arms round his nock and
her warm breath on his cheek re
called him.
"But they'll shoot, and may hit
you," he whispered.
But his expostulation came too
late. A sharp click told that Jinny's
hands had not encircled him useless
ly, and the ropo was severed. At the
same time sho released him and
stepped back a pace. Life was very
sweet now, and Dan did not hesitate.
Two bounds and he was astride his
horse, and a moment later his strong
arms had lifted Jinny up in front of
him. The spectators, paralyzed by
the unexpectedness of the event, only
recovered their senses when the horse
bearing his double burden with the
utmost ease was a dozen yards
away.
Then Lupas, with a wild yell of an
ger as he realized how he had been
tricked, sprang after thera, only to
stumble hoadlong with a bullet In his
brain. It was his friend Brown who
had fired the shot in an attempt, as
he afterward explained, to cripple the
fugitive's mount. But as Brown was
a notoriously neat shot, and the dead
man was hardly in the line of fire,
there were some who doubted.
Late in the afternoon the minister
of a small but lively mining camp
some thirty miles from Deep Hollow
earned a Bum equal to half his yearly
Income by the performance of a sim
ple ceremony, and Dan Bevls, having
escaped from one noose, very cheer
fully surrendered himself to another.
As he himself put it, "Matrimony was
h't strong suit, and he was going his
pile on it." London Paper.
The Question of Influence.
A correspondent, writing on the
above subject, refers to an occasional
instance to be noted where, instead
of striving to make the publication a
thing of pleasure and profit for all
the family, those in control permit
matter to creep in that should be
rigidly excluded and so Impair or
lose altogether the influence that the
journal might exert criticisms that
are unjust or unwise, commendations
of persons or practices that would
better not be noticed, and details of
occurrences that would best be let
alone. He calls attention to the fact
that the home weekly paper is made
for the family, and makes the plea
that, whatever may be the necessity
In the case of dallies, the weekly
shall at all events be so conducted
that its influence shall be strong for
good, and for good only. "Keep your
own little weekly," he says, "clean
and wholesome. Thus will its influ
ence make this old world a brighter,
purer place In which to live and your
efforts shall be rewarded, not only in
dollars, but in the satisfaction of
having wielded an influence for good
and not evil from week to week."
The Surrender of Sedun.
Count Hatzfelt, who because ot
Bismarck's trust in him and his per
fect knowledge of French, played a
prominent purt in the surrender ot
Emperor Napoleon III after the bat
tle of Sedan, thus describes the ar
rangements for the surrender in a
letter to his wife, which has been
published: "It was a solemn moment
when General Kellle, galloping up
the side of the hill, drew up fifty
paces from the king in order to dis
mount, and then approached bare
headed to deliver the Emperor's let
ter. The king aBked him to wait and
withdrew to consult with Bismarck
and Moltke. I took advantage ot
this moment to approach poor Heille
to express my sympathy with him.
Bismarck then sent for me. Two
chairs were placed one on top of the
other and I was given pen and paper.
The king and Bismarck dictated, and
we drew up a draft ot the answer.
Afterward the king Bat down on one
of the chairs; Alten held the other
as a desk, and I held the ink-bottle
and dictated to the king the answer
that Rellle took with, him."
Misfit Corn Husks.
An exchange remarks that consid
erable trouble is being experienced
throughout Indian Territory because
the husks do not fit the corn in many
o't the fields. The husks prepared
themselves for corn in dry weather,
It seems, and the recent rain bag
caused the ears to grow so that two
huska will be required in the place
ot one under ordinary circumstance,
Kansas City Star.
Not in His Department.
"Walter," asked the man at the
table in the corner the door, "what
are these biscuits made ot?"
"They look, sir," Bald the austere,
dignified waiter, "as it they were
made ot Portland cement, but I have
no positive knowledge. I hav noth
ing to do with the modus operandi
of -the cook-room. Shall I chaugo
them, sir!." Chicago Tribune.
How Criminals Are Made.
No man in this country knows
more of criminals and the causes
j which profiles them than Mat Pink
! e'rton. He says if children were
reared in a right environment crlm
! inals would be unknown at the end
ot one generation, meaning, no doubt,
habitual criminals, yet we are prac
tically doing nothing to check the
growth of an army of brigands such
as now Infest some European coun
tries. If anyone questions this state
ment let them read "Tramping With
Tramps," written by an Intelligent
college-bred man vho "struck the
road" it order to study the life ot
this law-defying cl .ss at close range.
Let me quote from it. The author
says :
"There are four distinct ways by
which boys and girls get upon the
road: Some are born there, some
are driven there, others are enticed
there, and still othe.-s go there volun
tarily. "Of (hose who are born on the
read, perhaps the least known are
the children of the ambulanters. The
name is a tramp invention, and not
popular among the ambulanters
ther.selves. They prefer to be called
gypsies, and try at times, especially
when compelled by law to give some
I account of themselves, to trace their
I origin to Egypt; but the most ot
them, I fear, ore degenerated Amer
icans. How they have become bo Is
a question which permits of much
conjecture, and in giving my own ex
planation I do not want it to be
taken as applicable to the entire class.
I know only about fifty families, and
not more than half of those at all
familiarly, but those whom I do know
seem to me to be victims ot pure and
simple laziness handed down froci
generation to generation until it has
become a chronic family disease.
From what they have told me confi
dentially about their natural history,
I picture their forefathers as harm
loss village 'do-nothings,' who
lounged in corner groceries, hung
about taverns, and followed the fire
engine and the circus. The second
generation was probably too numer
ous for the home parish, and, inherlt
lug the talent for .loafing, started out
for roomier lounges. It must have
wandered far and long, for upon the
third generation, the one that I know,
the love of roaming descended to
such a degree that aU North America
is none too large for It. Go where
one will, in the most dismal woods,
the darkest lanes, or on the wildest
prairies, there the ambulanter may
be found tenting with his large, un
kempt family. He comes and goes, as
his restless spirit dictates, and the
horse and wagon carry him from
State to State.
"It is in Illinois that I know his
family best. Cavalier John, as he
proudly called himself, I remember
particularly. He gave me shelter one
night in his wagon, as I was tolling
along the highway south of Ottawa,
and we became such good friends
that I traveled with his caravan for
three days. And what a caravan it
was! A negro wife, five little mulat
toes, a deformed white girl, three
starved dogs, a sore-eyed cat, a blas
phemous parrot, a squeaking squirrel,
a bony horse and a canvas-topped
wagon, and all were headed 'Texas
way.' John had come from Maine
originally, but he had picked up his
wife In the West, and it was through
their united efforts in trickery and
clever trading that they had acquired
their outfit. So far as I could learn
neither of them had done an honest
stroke of business. The children
ranged from three years to fourteen,
and the deformed girl was nearly
twenty. John found her among some
other ambulanters in Ohio, and,
thinking that he might make money
out of her physical monstrosities as a
'side show,' cruelly traded off an old
fox for her. She ought to have been
in an insane asylum, and I hope John
has put her there long ago. . The oth
er 'kldlets,' as they were nicknamed,
were as deformed morally as was the
adopted girl physically. They had to
beg in every town and village they
came to, and at night their father
took the oldest with him In his raids
on the hen-roosts. It was at town
and county fairs, however, that they
were the most profitable. Three
knew how to pick pockets, and the
two youngest gave acrobatic exhibi
tions. None of them had ever been
in school, none could read or write,
aud the only language they spoke
was the one of their class. I have
never been able to learn It well, but It
Is a mixture of Romany and tramp
dialect with a dash of English slang.
"On the Journey we met another
caravan, bound west by way of Chi
cago. There were two familes, and
the children numbered sixteen; the
oldest ranging from fifteen to twenty,
and the youngest had Just appeared.
We camped together in a wood for a
night and a day, and seldom have I
sojourned in such company. John
had given me a place with him In the
wagon, and now the woman with the
babewas given the wagon and John
and I slept, or tried to, 'in the open.'
n the other wagon, both sexes young
and old, were crowded into a space
not much larger than the ordinary
bmnibus, and the vermin would have
made sleep impossible to any other
order ot beings. The next day, being
Buuday, was given over to play and
revel, and the poor horses had a
respite from their sorrows. The chil
dren Invented a queer sort of game,
fcomothlng like 'shinny,' and used a
llrlod-up cat's head as a block. They
Kicked, pounded, scratched and
cursed one another; aud when the
play was over all was well again and
the block was tucked away in the
wagon for further use. Late at night
the journeys were taken up ouce
more, one caravan moving on to
ward Dakota, and the other toward
the Gulf.
"I wonder what has become of that
little baby for whom I sat the night
out? ' It is over ten years ago now,
and he has probably long since been
cofupolled to play his part In crime,
and scratch and fight as his older
brothers and Bisters did on that au
tumu morning. Certainly, there Is
nowhere In tho world a more foro
clous set of children than those of
the nmbulanters. From morning un
til night It is one continual snap and
bite, and the depraved fathers and
mothers look on and grin. They
have not. the faintest Idea of home,
and their only outlook In life is some
day to have a 'rig' of their own and
prowl through the land, seeking
whom they may devour. To tame
them is a task requiring almost di
vine patience. I should not know
how to go at them. They laugh at
tenderness, never say 'Thank you,'
and obey their parents only when
driven with boot and whip. I wish
that I could suggest some gentle
method by which they could be res
cued from the road and made good
men and women. It always seems
harsh to apply strict law to delin
quents bo young and practically Inno
cent, but It is the only remedy I can
offer. They must be put under stiff
rule and order, and trained strictly
and long. Although lacking gipsy
blood, they have acquired gipsy chai
acter, and it will take generations
to get It out of them.
"Another kind of ragamuffin, also
born on the road and In many ways
akin to the ambulanter, although
wanting such classification. Is the one
found so often in those families
which every community supports but
relegates to its uttermost boundary
line. They are known as 'the Mc
Carthys,' 'the Night-Hawks. ' or 'the
Holy Frights,' as the case may be.
I have found no town in the United
States of 20,000 inhabitants without
some such Whitechapel in its vicinity,
and, like famous original, it is often
considered dangerous to enter un
armed. Speaking generally, there is
a great deal of fiction afloat concern
ing these tabooed families, a number
ot them being simply poor or lazy
people whom the boys of the vicinity
have exaggerated Into gangs of des
peradoes. They are not exactly out-and-out
criminals whom the police
can get hold of, but moral lepers who
by public consent have been sen
tenced to live without the pale of civ
ilization. "I cannot leave this division of my
theme without saying something
about the large army of unfathered
children who, to my mind, are Just as
much born on the, road as the less
known types. True, many of these
are handed over at birth to some fam
ily to support, but the greater major
ity ot these families are not one whit
better than the ambulanters. They
train the orphans put in their enra In
sin and crime quite as carefully as
the hobo does his beggar boy. These
are the children who make up the
main body of the class I have been
considering, and it seemB to me that
they increase from year to year. At
present the only legitimate career for
them is that of the outcast, and Into
it they go. Few, indeed, succeed in
gaining a foothold in polite society.
Their little lives form the border
land of my second class, tho children
driven to the road."
The author has evidently looked
so long on the "hellward" Bide of
humanity that he ignores in his
prophecy the transforming power of
love. Instead of its taking several
generations to change tho disposition
of these children of tho road, twn
or three months Is all the time needed
to change a very large majority of
mem, provided they are kept under
different influences. I say this from
years of close personal touch with
thera, having lived, eaten and slept
with thousands of them; in fact, I
do not hesitate to say that the most
miraculous thing I have witnessed in
a long and active life is the Budden
transforming power of love, not only
of the disposition but of the features
of these young lives whom I have
ueen privileged to rescue from evil
associations. Not only this, but many
of these children exhibit talents far
surpassing in Intellectual ability thnt
oi me cnnaren or well-to-do parents.
Whllo it becomes a Bource of in
spiration to those encaeed in "min
ing for men" to dig up from the
wrecic ana ruin of society boys and
girls of an unusually high order of
Intellect, yet. after all. the iinllftlnir
of children of ordinary talents, or
even those below normal In mental
capacity, so that they be kept from
becoming the enemies of society and
malting snipwreck ot their own lives,
is or tne greatest value.
When it is remembered that the
society, although but in Its formative
period, has made it possible for over
2 4,000 helpless little ones, who were
exposed to the worst influences soci
ety could place around them, to be
come good citizens, is it the imagina
tion of a visionary to Bay that with
proper financial backing It can be
made one of the most Important agen
cies in the land for the elevation of
our citizenship? W. B. f In the
National Children's Home Finder.
A Few First Aid Hints.
The following first aid advice was
given at a meeting of railway sur
geons: "Don't put your finger on an open
wound; don't put a quid of tobacco
on a wound, no matter how small it
may be; don't use cobwebs or hor
net's nest to stop bleeding; don't dose
the patient with whisky, brandy, rum
or gin; don't bind or cover a wound
with a handkerchief or rag (If you
cannot get a first aid packet use clean
old muslin that has been dipped in
boiling water for a few minutes);
don't sit a patient up when he is very
pale or weak; don't wash a wound,
and don't remove blood clots."
These hints are meant tor public
Instruction for thpse of the laity who
may have occasion to extend aid in
case of accldout.
'Yellows' Are Fading.
The yeilow papers are fading, an
exchange asserts. The color proved
not to be tast, on paper. It is a
question, however, whether the
bleached yellow Is more agreeable
than the vivid orlglnat color, which
was fresh, if disagreeable. Now it is
as disagreeable as ever, but is stale. .
Lord Kelvin has shown, that while
a moderately high voltage of electric
ity is fatal to life, an exceedingly high
voltage Is harmless. "
Birds differ very much in the
heights to which they commonly as
cend. The condor, the largest of all
vultures and of all flying birds, has
been observed soaring over 29,000
feet, or about five miles and a half
above the level of the sea.
There Is now hardly a town or even
a village in the district of Bllboa, es
pecially when situated in the vlcliilty
of running water, where electric Ught
is not used. A great use has keen
made during the year of electric mo
tors for small industries and work
shops, these replacing in many cases
small steam engines. As far as Bil
bao is concerned, somn further 4000
horsepower was Introduced from
Guipuzcoa, while 1906 will see Bome
fiOOO horsepower more employed.
A naturalist relates that the ap
pearance of perch, bream and cray
fish in newly cut dams near the Mac
quarle River, In New South Wales,
was at first a perplexing mystery, the
fishes even being noticed after tho
first rains In the dams, and lor some
years spontaneous generation was re
garded as the only possible explana
tion. Then came a simple and credi
ble solution of the problem in a Syd
ney zoologist's discovery of half
hatched fish ova on the breast and
wings ot a wild duck.
Our much neglected sense of smell
can be put to important uses. When
well developed It may serve In med
ical diagnosis, and some English phy
sicians have pointed out lately that
diabetes, enteric fever, acute rheuma
tism, plague, abdominal fistula, un
dressed cancers, erysipelas in some
cases, gangrene of th lung, pyaemia,
septic mouth, bleeding hemorrhoids
and undressed varicose ulcers are
among the disorders that emit charac
teristic odors, and that can be recog
nized by smell alone. Care is neces
sary, however, as the physician, after
Influenza or the taking ot alcohol
himself, may fancy his own odor to
be that of his patient.
Records show great risk to workers
in caissons at pressures of four at
mospheres, and by divers at depths ot
100 to 150 feet, and the British Ad
miralty has fixed the limit for divers
at 120 feet. The most daring pearl
and sponge fishers reach 145 feet, ac
cidents being frequent. Lambert,
who brought $500,000 from a depth
of 160 feet, remained below twenty
minutes each trip, taking an equal
time in ascending, but at last he was
permanently injured by too long a
stay below. The deepest recorded
dive is 204 feet, but the diver died
from too rapid ascent.. Two recent
British investigators of the effects ot
high pressure have shut each other
into a steel cylinder ot a capacity ot
forty-two feet, with a pump raising
the pressure to seven atmospheres in
forty minutes. In this pressure they
suffered no harm when decompression
was gradual and circulation was aided
by movements of the body. The con
clusion is confirmed that fatal results
to divers-are due to the rapid decom
pression. EIGHT CITIES SIPEIIPOSEL.
Gezer Built on Home,s of Cave Dwell
ers as Old as3500 It. C.
Excavations of the ancient city ot
Gezer, mentioned in early sacred and
profane history, carried on by mem
bers of the Palestine Exploration
Fund for the last three years have
developed numerous "finds," accord
ing to advices from Jerusalem pub
lished in the number of the Biblical
World recently issued from the Uni
versity of Chicago press.
Eight cities have been found, su
perimposed upon each other, on the
side of the old defense to the western
road to Jerusalem from the moun
tains of Juduh. The culture, his
tory, religion and customs from as
tar back us 3500 B. C. have been
revealed by architecture, jugs, weap
ons, masonry, etc.
Dr. E. W. O. Masterman, a mem
ber ot the excavating party, writes
lis follows:
"The earliest Inhabitants lived in
caves and made all their weapons
and instruments of flint. In the mid
dle period bronze is the only metal
known, while at a time roughly syn
chronous with the coming of Israel,
Iron appears and gradually replaces
bronze.
"Work of excavating is temporarily
suspended, as the three years' Turk
ish firman has expired. It is hoped
to get a new firman, when the re
searches again will be resumed."
Beyond Him.
In th i staging of one of his earlier
plays, Joseph Jefferson, accompanied
by a friend, attended a rehearsal,
at which a lively disagreement arose
between two of the actresses as to
the possession ot the centre of the
stage during a certain scene. While
the manager poured oil upon the
troubled waters Jefferson sat care
lessly swinging his feet from the rail
of an adjoining box. The friend could
stand it uo longer.
"Good Lord, Jefferson," he ex
claimed, "this will ruin your play.
Why don't you settle matters? You
could if you only would!"
Jefferson shook his head gravely,
but with a twinkle in his eye. "No,
George," he replied; "the Lord only
made one man who could ever man
age the sun and the moon, and you
remember even he let the stars
alone." Harper's Weekly.
, -He Lost Nothing.
Harry's mother had given him an
app'ie and told him to peel It before
he aje it, . Returning to the room
after a tew moment's absence, and
seeing no peeling, she asked:
"Did you peel your apple, Harry?"
"Yes," answered Harry.
"What did you 'do with the peel
ings?'' she asked.
"Ate them." Harper's Weekly.
The Worst Knemy.
The worst enemy of the good roads
movement is the stupid neglect to
which the newly-made roads are so
bftea subjected a neglect which
dates from the very day on which
they are completed. The indiffer
ence of the public and tho parsimony
of legislatures are not more hurtful
to this good cause than the fact that
in so many cases the new highways
are suffered to fall '..ito disrepair,
Just as fast as the traffic and the
weather can wear them down. II it
likely that everyoiie who reads this
statement can call to mind one or
more stretches of macadamized road
in his immediate neighborhood,
which to-dny present a surface which
is merely a mockery of that over
which they rode when the roads were
first opened to the public. This
rapid deterioration was evident even
in the days when the bicycle was pop
ular, and before the automobile had
commenced to tear loose the top
dressing of the roads and scatter it
to the winds under the united trac
tion and suction of Its rubber tires.
The deterioration of newly-made
roads was far too rapid, oven In those
days; but in this age of the automo-
I bile, the rate at which our highways
I have been torn to pieces, mainly be-
i cause of luck of maintenance, or of
maintenance that la properly applied,
I is simply appalling.
Of all the works of man that come
I within the province of the civil engi-
I neer, there are few, If any, which call
I for more careful attention, and more
immediate repair on the first signs of
disintegration, than the common
turnpike macadamized road. Per
haps the nearest to it in this respect
are the track and roadbed of a
steam railroad; though we doubt if
even that heavily-worked system
shows tho lack of upkeep so quickly
as does a frequently-traveled high
way. The amount of ignorance, or
indifference, displayed In the neglect
of new macadamized roads wonld
scarcely be credible to a European,
who has been accustomed to witness
the watchful care with which the
famous roads of Europe are main
tained and the very first signs of
wear corrected. Instead of keeping
a gang of men employed in the con
stant, day-by-day repair of weak
spots, hollows, and ruts, our authori
ties in many cases seem to think that
It is sufficient to spread a few loads
of top dressing over the whole, sur
face of the road annually or bien
nially, as the case may be, and let
It go at that. Under this method the
solid portions of the road receive
just as much care as those which
have developed soft spots and show
the need of more extended rair
The top dressing serves no better
purpose than to temporarily cover up
the damage of the last season's trav
el, and in a few weeks' time the sur
face Is about as badly. If not more,
broken up than before. Matters go
from worse to worse until there is
a call for drastic remedies. In nine
cases out of ten the drastic remedy
consists . In breaking up the entire
surface, and practically rebuilding
the road.
Now, it has been proved to a dem
onstration, not merely In Europe, but
in certain sections of this country
where the maintenance of roads is
intelligently and conscientiously car
ried on, that If a macadamized road
bo properly built in the first instance,
with firm foundation, adequate drain
age, and an ample crown to shed tb
water from Its surface; and it a smuTl
force ot men, answering to the sec
tion gang on a steam railroad, be
kept constantly employed in repair
ing any incipient wear of the road,
such a highway need never be re
built, but will be good for all time.
That Is the great lesson which needs
be enforced by the advocates of good
roads. When it has been brought
home, and commissioners have
learned to maintain their new roads
in absolutely first-class condition, so
that the value of a macadamized road
will be apparent, not merely in the
first few months of Its life, but con
tinuously through the succeeding
years then, and not till then, we
may loo!; for the rapid extension of
a system of macadamized highways
throughout the whole of the United
States. Scientific American.
PustlcKS I'.nglish Streets.
The streets of Nottingham, Eng
land, are sprinkled with water in
which chloride of calcium has been
dissolved and are therefore dustless.
One dressing every three or four
weeks is enough to keep them so,
even in the hottest weather. The
cost is very small.
Oiling ttliifgruss Pikes.
The work of oiling seventy-five
miles of Fayette County's turnpikes
has begun and it is estimated that
about 7000 gallons of oil will be
required for each mile of road. Ken
tucky Farmers' Home Journal.
Importance of Advertising.
A duck which bad faithfully stuck
to business during the summer and
laid several dozen large, fawn-colored
eggs, complained that Bhe was not
appreciated. "See that hen over
there?" said the duck; "she has not
laid so many eggs as I have, nor so
big, but she has books written about
her ' and verses composed in her
honor, while nobody Bays a word
about me." "Tho trouble with you
is," sahl a wise Buff Leghorn cock
that was standing near, "that you do
not tell the public what you have
done. You lay an egg aud waddle off
without letting anybody in the neigh
borhood know U. It you want to
cut any ice in this community you
must learn to advertise." Troj;
(KauBas) Chief.
The City Jay.
A country jay is one who wants to
know uverjlhtuj, and a city jay is
one who thinks he can tell him.
Maukuto (Minn.) Advocate.