The Career of
Anne
Tiy A. M. DAI'IES OGDF.N
Covuriijht, Vj"s, In A. M- IK Ofl'hil j
Spring had come at last. In the parks
rows of gay tulips and hyacinths
flauuied their beauty In the sunshine,
the trees, newly decked in palest green,
waved happy branches to soft breezes.
All the world seemed overflowing with
color, perfume, life.
Anne Whittington, walking briskly,
uptown, music roll In hand, felt her
pulßes a-tingle in exultant responses to
the call. Life, life everywhere. It
surged and blossomed. The girl's eyes
glowed, her breath quickened. Tonight
she was to have her chance. Tho pretty
color called to her face by her music
master's praise deepened. He had been
pleased, even enthusiastic. Surely
those who should listen to her tonight
would not prove less kind. And then,
all at once as she passed a large build
ing, the glad light faded a bit. Paul!
She had almost forgotten him. Would
he be there? The girl's pace slackened
as her face clouded. Why had he so
upset things? Why had he not been
content to remain friends? Anne's lips
quivered as she remembered the look
of pain in his dark eyes. She did not
want to hurt him. It was two weeks
now since the afternoon that he had
come, overflowing with the news of his
advance in salary.
"And now—now, Anne!" he had cried,
"I can claim you at last. Oh, Anne!"
But the girl, startled, a little defiant,
had drawn back. He demanded too
much. Surrender her life, her career,
now. Just when the bitterly tolled for,
eagerly craved success was almost
hers? Anne stared at him with wide,
frightened eyes. She had never
dreamed of his caring that way. They
had been goul chums, that was all.
But to all Anne's pleading he had
vouchsafed scant attention and had
gone away still with that white look
on his face. lie had not come again.
The faint shadow of an ache fluttered
near the girl's heart. Then with a res
olute effort she threw It off. No, she
was not sorry; she could not give up
her work, not for any one. And, with
a firm reconquering of her forme.
SLOWLY THEY UKOAN T< > SLIP 11ACK INTO
TIIEIIC SKATS.
buoyant mood, the girl quickened her
steps once more. Life, life, how good
it was! And hers was still her own to
mold, to fashion as slie chose.
AH day long this exultation clung
about her, enveloping her in a rosy,
Joyous mist through which she looked
out unseemingly at the world. It was
still hers, as with beating heart she
stepped upou the stage. And then all
at once her excitement suddenly drop
ped away and she felt like a frighten
ed child. How big the hall was. She
had not realized that it was so big!
And how crowded. Eyes, eyes; there
were millions of them and all fixed un
swervingly upon her. Anne felt her
head swim. The accompanist, with a
kindly glance In her direction, had
seated himself at th<- piano. She must
begin. She made a desperate effort.
Clear, smooth, the girlish young voice
floated out to the audience. But even
to her own ears it sounded cold,
forced, lacking in charm. Her throat
■eemed paralyzed. Amid perfunctory
applause she made her way off the
platform, Just üble to see through the
blinding tears. Was she a failure aft
er ail?
The succeeding numbers on tho pro
gramme passed to her lik«* some horri
ble, relentless nightmare. The thought
that she must King again held her In a
grip of lee. Spring! It was but a de
lusion, a mockery. For what had she
dured to lope? And It was only nerv
ed with the courage of despair that
she was able again to faee the audi
ence.
Mechanically Anne followed the ac
companiment. She was almost l>eyond
feeling now. Her one desire was to
get through.
There was a movement In the audi
ence, a vague sense of something
wrong- People looked about uneasily.
Then all at once a sharp cry cut across
the song, "Fire! Fire!"
In on Instant everything was con
fusion. Anne stared helplessly. The
accompanist bad disappeared. Out In
front the people were fighting to reach
the narrow doors, the stairs 'lte pnnic
threatened to be worse than the fire.
The girl stood motionless. Would tbey
nil be killed?
Through the struggling mob a figure
fought its way to the stage—a tall,
stmight figure, with eager brown eyes.
Anne's heart gave a sudden throb.
"Paul! Oh, Paul!" she cried. He
was there, he was coming to IHT; she
was not forgotten. The next moment
he had leaped upon the stage and had
flung a protecting arm around her.
"Courage, sweetheart," he urged.
"That's my brave girl," as the color
came flashing back to lips and cheek.
"Now, how to get out of this."
But the ushers, recovering presence
of mind, had begun to shout reassur
ances. "Sit down!" they yelled. "The
fire Is out. Sit down! Sit down!"
Yet the crowd still tossed and scram
bled. The moment was pregnant; life
and death hung in the balance. If the
rush could be stopped! With a sudden
Inspiration Paul dashed to piano and
struck a chord. The crowd, startled,
wavered. The young fellow flung
himself Into the seat.
"Sing," he cried. "Sing, Anne,"
breaking into the accompaniment of an
old song which they had often sung to
(ether. And Anue, shuken, thrilled.
stirred as never before, let her voice
ring out in all its glorious power.
Strong, brilliant, beautiful, the notes
bubbled up from the white throat In a
perfect passion of lyrical ecstasy. Her
listeners, spellbound, held their breath.
Who would have imagined that pale
girl to own such a voice? One after
another gaining courage, slowly they
began to slip back Into their seats. The
danger was over, the panic averted.
A tumult of applause greeted the close
of the song. The audience, stamping,
cheering, divided between admiration
of her voice and appreciation of her
pluck, fairly went mad. Again and
again they called her out.
Anne, her eyes gleaming, her cheeks
aglow, tried to hide her Impatience.
Why could they not let her go? What
had she done? It was l'aul who de
served the credit, not she, but he had
vanished. When at last, still tremulous
from the excitement, she escaped Into
the little hall, she found him there
awaiting her. They were quite alone,
the new performer claiming attention.
Anne, her lips quivering with a little
wistful smile, held out her hands.
"Paul," she whispered. The young
fellow, a sudden hope dawning In his
eyes, caught her hands inn fervent
clasp.
"Anne, oh, Anne " he breathed, sus
pense, dread, longing, shaking his
voice. "Anne!"
The girl lifted repentant eyes.
"I —I've been selfish." she declared
unsteadily. "Oh, Paul, can you forgive
me? Hut—but I didn't understand.
My career," with supreme scorn, "what
Is my career? When I saw you com
ing to me amid all that frenzied crowd
I—l knew," so low that be could hardly
catch the whispered word.
But the man, 1111 inarticulate excla
mation breaking from him, had caught
her close.
"We will work together, sweetheart,"
he murmured tenderly. "That Is tho
way."
And Anne smiled.
1I«* Got the Money#
"Nothing looks so small to a man
when his tooth aches 11s a ten dollar bill,
and nothing so big after the dentist
has finished with him," says a young
dentist. "There's a man here in town
who has owed me live ten dollar bills
for more than a year. He Is perfectly
able to pay the bills, but he won't do
it. He says it's an outrage to charge
that much for filling only ten or a
dozen teeth. Well, last month he
broke a tooth and came to me on the
Jump with beads of sweat on his
agonized brow.
" 'Sit still,' I said, holding his bead
—l'm twice his size. 'Sit still; I'm go
ing to take the gold out of these two
back teeth. I want to use It.'
"You never heard such a yelp as
went up from that man. He pawed
at his pocket and dragged out a roll
In mad haste. I let him peel off 550
before I laid tlio drill down. He was
scared blue, and I was mad enough
to have dug the gold out In earnest
If ho hadn't paid up."—Chicago Inter
Ocean.
COSTLY DISHES.
Dinlim Service* of Solid C*old nnd
Dlshr* <»f Harp < hlim.
I happened to be In Tiffany's and
asked one of the head men if It is true
that people really eat off g >ld plates.
He smiled and, turning to a young
man, said, "Bring nie an after dinner
coffee set."
And presently tin? young man return
ed with a small tray holding three
small pieces. They were gracefully
fashioned and looked like gold. And
the tray looked like gold.
"What do you think they are?" asked
the head man.
"Silver gilt," I suggested.
"Hold It,"he said and put the serv
ice in my hands.
"It's heavy," said I, "but—it can't bo
solid gold."
"That's what it Is," he assured me
and pointed to the mark. "These four
pieces—the tray, the coffeepot, the
cream pitcher and the sugar bowl—are
eighteen carat gold, solid. The price
Is $3,000."
Not only is it true that a number of
millionaires in America own plates of
solid gold or silver gilt (which latter
is considered good enough for Euro
pean royalty), but there are rich fam
ilies who boast sets of china costing
from $.''.,000 to $.">,000 a dozen, so that
the breaking of a single plate means
the loss of several hundred dollars.—
Success.
SAVAGE BLUEFISH.
They Aet Like Sheep Kill!use Dorm
Anionic tl»e Ewefi.
All unseen, a desperate tragedy was
in full swing. A horde of blue thugs
was harrying a crowding mass of help
less moss bunkers, as was attested by
a greasy streak on the surface and
floating fragments of the tish which
had been chopped in two by powerful
and merciless jaws, writes Edwyn
Sandys in Itecreation. This is the way
of the blue. Among the schools of
small fry he is like a dog among sheep;
be seems to slay from sheer lust of
slaughter. The skipper later declared
that a bluefish w ill cram Itself to the
jaws with sections of its victims, then,
when there is room for no more, eject
the mangled mass and begin all over
again.
This may or may not be true, but
certain it Is that the blue Is possessed
of an appalling voracity, which the
fragments of its victims do not seem
to satisfy. The terns know this, hence
their close attendance when the car
nage begins. While nature often seems
to work in a savage mood and to im
pel her creatures to what may look
like outrageous slaughter, a little of
close observation seldom fails to dis
cover a method In the apparent mad
ness. The terns and other sea fowl
are grateful for all scraps that float,
while on the bottom bide tho slow
moving scavengers, ready to take care
of whatever sinks their way. Nothing
is wasted, and the lobster, crab and
other bottom feeders must bless the
name of the bluefish.
I'nconnclr*n«l> Fnnny A«lw.
"Humor," say - Mr Crothers. "Is thf
frnnk enjoyment of tin- Imperfect,"
Yes, but not of imperfect fun. And I
find tho advertiser most deliciously
amusing whoa he least ji -pires to be.
I frankly enjoy his laughterless and
unconselou imperfections® "Miss Ll
len Terry will positively appear in
three pieces," writes 110, or "Try our
patent lamp chimney mid save half
your light," or even, "Our tish cannot
be approached." A correspondence
school of advertising declares in its
enthusiastic prospectus, "You will nev
er see the ad. writer play the wall
flower in society." And, good lack,
why should lie: 1 will pledge my all
to find admin r for any author of un
wittingly humorous advertisements
Indeed I dare s»_v Mr. Crotliers himself
would be proud to fellowship with
such a one and "frankly enjoy his
Imperfections," though methlnks he
would perhaps reserve the right to or
der his own affairs without assist
ance from so devious and humorless
an Intellect.—Atlantic.
YT LTUKES OF MEXICO
HOW THESE BIRDS HAUNT THE ARID
ALKALI PLAINS.
The \\ hirrlnit liliu-k Cone of I'lKfr
Dojicrt Srn\«*iiK<TN ami the Way In
\\ hieh the i 'irclliiu !>liinn I)(*N(M)fidN
I pon ItN i nrrion Pro).
At night the moon looks down upon
n desolate, arid plain, stretching away
to the great Sierra Madre mountain
chain, deep, shadowy blue, against the
western sky. The air is chill, and a
bleak wind searches out every fold in
our blankets—we might almost be
spending a night on the tundras.
With scafW' a moment of dawn tho
sun floods everything, a most welcome
warmth for awhile, soon to make one
gasp in its breathless beat. Long be
fore the rainy season actually begins
vegetation seems to feel u quickening
in the air; the plants scent the coming
moisture weeks beforehand; the rush
ing streams, swollen with the melting
snows from the lower mountain tops,
bring life to the lands through which
they flow; spring Is awakening every
where- except on the alkali plain.
Where a thin rind of red brown
grass roots partly covers the white
dust, parched mesquite bushes find
root, and strange, uncouth organ cacti
rear their columns, like mammoth can
delabra. Ilere wild eyed cattle roam
uneasily, nibbling occasionally at the
bitter grass stems.
Farther out in the desert, where even
the mesquite and cacti fall, we ride
slowly across the parched surface,
wondering if a single living thing can
endure the bitterness of the earth. In
the distance move the whirlwinds of
dust, tall, thin columns with perfectly
distinct outlines, undulating slowly
here and there, both life and death In
their silent movement.
Most remarkable it seems to us when
a stray great blue heron now and then
ilies silently up from the desert (what
can possibly attract these birds to such
a place of death as this, distant even
from the bitter pools?) and flaps slowly
out of sight. Twice a great ebony
raven sails through the dusty air over
our heads —the same bird repassing.
No other life is visible save the bal
anced black specks high against the
blue, as Invariably a part of a Mexican
day as are stars of the night. Herons,
vultures, raven—all move slowly, seem
ing less alive than the distant dust
columns.
But we feel the real spirit of the
eternal desert when, as we turn to re
trace our steps, we spy n something
white, different from the surrounding
earth, and the spell of past ages falls
upon us. The bitter water Is ever dry
ing up, the whirlwinds carry the dust
from place to place, tho birds come
and go as they please, but this relic of
an elephant of the olden time brings
past and present into close touch.
What scenes has the dqpert looked
upon since this mammoth staggered
dying into the quagmire which proved
its tomb? Our eyes smart from the
dust as we reluctantly turn our horses'
heads on the back trail, for we should
like to stay and search out these fos
sils—more fascinating in a way than
the living beasts and birds which peo
ple the tropics beyond.
One of the most wonderful of the
exhibitions of bird life vouchsafed to
us in Mexico comes as we leave the
alkali plain nnd ride away among tho
mesquite scrub. A confused mass of
black appears in the air, which soon re
solves Itself into hundreds of Individ
ual specks. The atmosphere is so de
ceiving that what at first seems to be a
vast cloud of gnats close at hand If.
soon seen to be a multitude of birds
blackbirds, perhaps, until we approach
and think them ravens nnd, finally,
when a quarter of a mile away, we
know that they are vultures. Three
burros lie dead upon the plain. This
we knew yesterday, and here are the
scavengers. Never have we seen vul
tures so numerous or in snob order.
A careful scrutiny through tho glass
es shows many score of black and tur
key buzzards walking about and feed
ing upon tho carcases of the animals.
From this point there extends upward
Into the air a vast Inverted eon# «t
birds, all circling In the same direction.
From where we sit upon our horsea
there seems not a single one out of
place, the out ling of the cqjio being as
Fiuootn ana aistmel as tnougn trie mras
were limited in their flight to this par
ticular area. It Is a rare sight, the sun
lighting up every bird on tho farther
side and shadowing black as night
those nearest us.
Through one's partly closed eyes
the whole mass appears as a myriad
of slowly revolving wheels. Intersect
ing and erosing each other's orbits,
but never breaking their circular out
line. The thousands of soaring forms
hold us spellbound for minutes before
we rode closer. Now a change takes
place, as gradual but as sure as the
shifting clouds of a sunset. Until this
moment there had been a tendency to
concentrate at the base of the cone,
that portion becoming blacker and
blacker, until it seemed a solid mass of
rapidly revolving forms. But at our
near approach, this concentration
ceases and there is perfect equilibrium
for a time. Then, as we ride up a gen
tle slope Into clearer view, a wonder
ful ascent begins. Slowly tho creeping
spiral wings upward; the gigantic In
verted cone, still perfect in shape, lifts
clear of the ground and drifts away;
the summit rises in a curve, which, lit
tle by little, frays out Into ragged
lines, all drifting in the same direction,
and before our very eyes the thousands
of birds merge into a shapeless, undu
lating cloud, which rises and rises,
spreading out more and more until the
eye can no longer distinguish the birds,
which from vultures dwindle to mero
motes floating and lost among the
clouds. —('. William Beebe in New
York Post.
Tl»«- Humiin \nt»ire Picture.
"You can talk all you want about
the beauties of landscape pictures,
etc.," said a well known Kansas < 'lty
art dealer, "but it is the picture with
the human nature In it that attracts
the crowd. Put a human nature pic
ture in a window with landscapes and
it will bo the only one noticed. Not
long ago I noticed a number of small
boys standing around our window.
They stayed so long I went out to see
what was attracting them. It was a
picture of two cowboys leaving a new
ly made grave on the prairie, one of
them leading a horse with an empty
saddle. Over the grave stood n dog
Finally one of the I .. said, 'Come on,
fellers; we gotta . > !i line.' 'I aiu't
done lookln' yet,' 1 p.ied another, evi
dently his small hi itln r. 'Well, come
on; we've gotta k>. You can come
back tomorrow an' see It some more,'
came from the first. "Tomorrow morn
in'?' asked the smaller boy. 'Yes.' 'All
right,' lie said, and off they went. Dur
ing the day I noticed perhaps a dozen
people bringing theic friends up to see
that painting. The picture tint 'gets
lie v t' to a person the <.ie the big
majority of people 1 e." Kan i.<'i;y
I hues.
ART OF GOLD BEATING
ONE OF THE OLDEST HANDICRAFTS
IN THE WORLD.
The Way i» I.lttle Square of the Yel
lon Metal IN K\|iimileii Into n
I.anse nn<l Almont Trnnaimrent
I.fill t>) the ArtlMitii'M Hnniuirra.
The art of the gold beater is one of
the oldest handicrafts In the world
ind among those which have changed
least. Much of the decoration of Solo
mon's temple Is believed to have been
covered with gold leaf, hammered to
the requisite thinness bj hand, as It
is today.
The gold beater receives his material
not In the form of the sixty penny
weight ingot in which It is cast, but
In the form of a ribbon about an inch
wide and twenty-four feet long.
This ribbon is first cut into 200
squares and placed In the "eutch,"
which Is a pile of square pieces of a
peculiar paper, part animal and part
vegetable In composition, the prepara
tion of which Is a secret. The best
cutches are made In London. A square
of gold is placed between each two
leaves and the whole mass is ready
for the first beating.
This in done with an iron hammer
weighing from twelve to seventeen
pounds, while the cutch rests upon a
granite block which Is supported by
a heavy wooden post.
Under the heavy, measured blows cf
the hammer the sheets of gold begin
to stretch or expand until In half or
three-quarters of an hour they have
reached the edges of the c .Lch. They
are then removed and with a thin
strip of bamboo are cut into quarters,
so that the 200 pieces become 800.
Next comes the "slioder," a collection
of 800 pieces of skin, four Inches
square, made from the intestines of
cattle. As In the cutch, each piece
of gold is placed between two leaves
of skin, and bands of parchment or
vellum are slipped over the whole pile
to keep It together.
Another beating, this time with o
hammer weighing from eight to ten
pounds, now fallows. This takes about
an hour, during which the sheets of
gold are all the time expanding.
The last stage Is the "mold," which,
like the cutch and the shoder, Is com
posed of alternate leaves of gold and
skin, but the mold is about live Inches
square and made up of gold beater's
skin. The preparation of this Is a jeal
ously guarded trade secret.
The skin, like that In the shoder, is
made from the intestines of the ox. It
Is translucent and not unlike rawhide
in color. Although It will stand con
tinuous beating without breaking. It
will tear like n sheet of thin paper.
The making of a single mold requires
the Intestines of 500 bullocks. Between
each two beatings the skin is rubbed
with baked and pulverized gypsum.
A mold contains 1.000 sheets. After
the second beating the workman takes
from the shinier a single leaf of gold at
n time, handling it with bamboo pinch
ers and, when necessary, smoothing
it with a rabbit's f<>>t. With the strip
of bamboo he euts each sheet Into quar
ters again, so that the original 200
have now become One shoder,
therefore, contains 11; ore than enough
gold to fill three molds.
The final beating In the mold Is done
with a seven pound hammer and re
quires from three to four h >urs. By
this time the gold leaf should have ex
pandiil again to the edge of the sWns
and should be of the requisite thinness,
which is determined by holding it up
to the light. If it transmits green rays
It Is done and will measure :d)OUt one
two-hnndred-aiid-elghty-th jnsandth of
an inch in thickness.
The hammers used In beating gold
are slightly convex on the face. The
art of the workman consists in so strik
ing that the gold will always be thin
nest in the center. lie must pound
with evenness all over the square lit
order that the sheets of gold may ex
pand with >nt losing their form, but at
ttie same time lie must keep the thick
est part near the edges. so that when
the sheets are finally trimmed to size
the thicker portions may fall In the
waste, to be recast. No machinery has
ever been devised which will do this
successfully.
The tools of the craft are Interesting
and peculiar. The rabbit's foot Is ex
ana jn-t oiiy cnougn t.>
prevent the gold from sticking, and
the bamboo pliers and cutting slips
are the only things with which it Is
possible to d 1 this delicate work. The
gold does not adhere t > the fibers of
the reed as it does to steel.
The gold beater perform.; all his
work standing The <if the heavy
hammers in such continuous poimdint*
would, one would think, impose an al
most Intolerable strain upon the hands
and arms. The men say, however,
that their arms never ache. The only
place where "it catches them" is in
the bend of the knee.
The lack of strain upon the arms is
accounted for by the fact that the
hammer rebounds. It i; an astonish
ing tout by no means a rare thing to see
a gold beater change hands while the
hammer Is in the air and without los
ing a stroke. V. !v v ' Kst.m Trent*
in Youth's Companion.
..urky
"My luck is the best any man ever
had."
"The deuce it Is!"
"Yes, sir. A girl refused me yester
day, and I sc<*l ly the morning paper
that her father luid lust all his money."
—Cincinnati Commetcial Tribune.
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INDIANS AND BULLETS.
A Buiii|»l«» of the Sir* IIII on«• l.ife of
Kenf ll<'U> I:> 1777.
In 1777, while Ilarrodsburg, Ky.,
was so beset with Indians that the
inhabitants were in straits for daily
bread, a young man, only sixteen
years old, made himself extremely use
ful by venturing out of the fort be
fore daybreak and returning with a
load of game after nightfall. This in
trepid yonih was James Kay, after
ward Oeneral lJay.
One day in the year just mentioned
Kay and iu«*<ls<r young man were
si 1 mting at a mark near the fort, when
the seeond man was suddenly shot
down by the Indians. Kay looked In
the direction whence the shot had
eome. saw the enemy and was on the
p lint of raising I its ritle when he was
set upon by another band, who had
crept near him unseen.
lie took to his heels, and, being a
quick runner, reached the fort amid a
shower of bullets; but tin? gates were
shut, nnd the men inside were so
frightened that they dared not open
them. Finding himself shut out, Kay
threw himself flat on the ground in
the rear of a stump, and lier«', perhaps ,
seven step.-! from the fort and within
sight of his mother, he lay for four
hours, while'the bullets of the Indians
tore up thi> ground on either side of
him.
At last he grew impatient and
called out to the garrison:
"For heaven's sake, dig a hole un
der tlie cabin wall and take me in!"
The men inside set to work imme
diately, and the brave young hunter
was speedily safe inside the fort.
IMAGINATION.
Give It Krft Play nnd II May Make
a Well Man Sta-Ic.
Imagination in some people is ex
eeedingly strong. One day recently a
local physician was talking to a friend
about the power of it.
"Will," said the doctor, "you have
about the strongest imagination I ever
knew of."
"My Imagination isn't very strong,"
replied the other.
"Yes it Is. Some <' y I'll prove it to
you," said the physician. A week
later the two men were walking down
town together w hen the doctor handed
his friend a cigar.
"It's mighty strong. Will," he said;
"so strong, in fact, that the same !
brand frequently makes me sick, but
it's all I have." I
The other smiled. "It won't make
me sick," he said. lie lighted the
cigar, .lust as they were about to part
the doctor said:
"Will, you're looking pale around the
gills. What's wrong?"
"Frankly," said the other, "that
cigar has made me slightly ill. I never
smoked as strcng a weed.''
It was the doctor's turn to smile.
"That's one of the mildest cigars |
made," he said. "I was just trying to i
show you how strong your imagination
is."
The doctor's friend got over his ill
ness at onee. "Well." lie said, "you've
done it."—Philadelphia Telegraph.
Till* Wan In France.
An American millionaire while driv
ing an automobile in France ran over
and killed a dog. Near the scene of
the accident was a peasant, presum
ably owner of the dog. To him the
millionaire gave a bank note. But
the peasant was not the owner of the
dog, and he was honest, but before he
could make up Ills mind to return the
money the automobile and its driver
were beyond recall. None the less, the
peasant would not keep the bill, and
when the autouiobiiist rode past that
place some months later he discovered
the dog's skeleton at the side of the
road with the bank note attached to it
and a penciled line calling attention
to the mistake.
Cominir ArAmO.
Mrs. CnlTrey And how Is that ;ret
ty young w'dow? Is she reconciled to
her loss yet? Mrs. Malaprop No. she
nin't exactly reconciled yet, but they ;
do say she's g>t the man picked out. '
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of Danville. |
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PEOPLE WHO SUCCEED.
They Have a Very filial) Sense of
t lie Way to l)o I'll I u KM.
It there is that in your nature which
demands the I est and will take noth
ing l. ,sand you <?.» not demoralize this
standard b;» the habit of deterioration
in everything you d >, you will achieve
distinction n same line if you have the
persistence and* determination to fol
low your Ideal.
But if you are satisfied with the
cheap and hoddy, the botched and
slovenly, if you are not particular
about quality in your work or in your
enviroiunei t or in your personal habits,
then you must, expect to take second
place, to fall back into the rear of the
proees don.
I'eople who have accomplished work
worth while have had a very high sense
of the way to do things. They have
not been content with mediocrity; they
have not <• alined themselves to the
beaten tracks; they have never been
satisfied to do things Just as others do
them, but always a little better. They
always pushed things that came to
i their hands a little higher up, a little
farther on. It is this little higher up,
I this little farther on, that counts in the
■ quality of life's work. It is the con
stant effort to be first class ill every
thing one attempts Jiat conquers the
heights of excellence. —Success.
VALUE OF LAUGHTER.
>lany IT Political < »ii|> HUM Iteen
Won liy Mean* of Hilarity.
It is just because laughter is so thor
oughly human that it always touches
a respective chord in the heart. People
who are impelled to laugh together
find it difficult to harbor any senti
ments of resentment toward one an
other. Laughter drives away irrita
tion. To laugh at a thing and at the
same time to be seriously angry is al
most an impossibility, and many a
p)'itical coup has been won by means
of hilarity, says the Pittsburg Dis
. patch.
The third Napoleon's advent to the
throne was signalized by much blood
shed, but in spite even of this the
people became reconciled to the new
regime by the amusing and ingenious
fa-liion in which on the morning of
the fateful I »ec. 2 the placards und
posters bearing the watchwords of re
publicanism were found to have been
metamorphosed into imperial manifes
toes.
The way in which it had been done
I excited such hearty laughter that the
people's anger was to a great extent
appealed. A people that are prone to
laughter are much more easy to rule
. than a nati in which takes a too serious
view of life, and in the same way a
government that has a sense of humor
is certain t > prove more popular than
one that i-> only st- rn.
NO LIKE ON THE MOON.
Tin* Proof We Have That Onr Near
est I.M I nin Ii a !>i t eil.
The moon being much the nearest
to us of all the heavenly bodies, we
can pronounce more definitely in its
case than in any other. We know that
neither air nor water exists on the
moon in quantities sufficient to be per
ceived by the most delicate tests at our
command. It Is certain that the moon's
atmosphere, if any exists, is less than
the thousandth part of the density of
that around us. The vacuum is great
er than any ordinary air pump is ca
paole of producing. We can hardly
suppose that so small a quantity of
air could be of any benefit whatever
in sustaining life. An animal that
could get along on so little could get
along on none at all.
But the proof of the absence of life
is yet stronger when we consider the
results of actual telescopic observa
tion. An object such as an ordinary
city block could be detected on the
moon if anything like vegetation were
present on its surface, we should see
the changes which it would undergo
in tin- course of a month, during one
portion of which it would be exposed
i to the rays of the unclouded sun and
I during another to the Intense cold of
space. Professor Simon Newcomb in
Harper's.
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