I UNDER \ WAITING JAMES | i 1 ..« GHEE ' 5 OitDE lS * \ j # i) * t O .1 on the jM.i i7.\\ and i lead 1C..1 112 c !. 1.-;T:!II! .«?' Hit tile < I oases it . i ■ i.-nt t'.iMitiu si 1 unfolding*. I: ii r«iu!ii h vi r id it f>out nninorj "Co »•> «»!■! Camfort,** iik! wait orders." !If |i |m-' Iw ; M;' "I cr for fiiur j d n-tw, an 1 repeatiHl tchgrams to i • in Ii I inply brought forth rep etitJou-s of tli<»-4- instructions. Han hdph was si.-k of it all. Fver >-,.1 . I It 111 r"fu-"d p< at blank to c t ,s i«T (hi- qm tii-i. i' i marriage to ■ in- . r! h s ! >I hi r liail picked out for I i Ii 1 Imh-u exiled to tin!■ id us | i i i i<i .1 Hi 1 had been jllllllit'll ir t to west oil the most absurd propositions. J i .-r<* lui_ 1 • t i - Old l'-«iiit who wanted ii> inn a suspension I ... I'M* r i ilolfih could not s« In („« b ill not bii'ii -i iit to the office . i ib«' tlrtu lnsti .nl of being shipped to «i 1 l'obit Not that In- objected to a week at the famous resort with noth ii i t > ilo, luit the uncertainty of it all 11,- «|. led to send All r ir i i ami In aded for the tele graph otlice 11#* n«-\«-r trm there, for Just as ho -« me at 'llllll a corner of the piazza t!, < g rl ho had ever seen ran Info lt'»a as klh> *lhsli**il along the plnz -11-. t O | lltlllll Hl'iilncii'S *(TC ..1 .1 k ' ail forgotb n ail about t • tt- in and had iiium' to tin* con- Mfem that ho VM HtMfd to stay at i -» I'olnt a« 1 "iji as tin* office decided fi«* wis needed there Inntniil of going Into tin* otlioo ho i mteored his services i- guide to \| ir}-ri«- Orson, who had arrived the night l<ef<w. and it was woli along in the aftern *»n tn-foro ho even thought <*f tin- d«*sp.s«"d telegram. lb- met Mr- Oir-mi oil thoir return ami t: it evenlr.. bo changed bin sent to '! • ■ table and was Installed as thoir gi,l«le "d isnm—'lor More than ever [ VWj»PP ■ v ••J' 11 va\ t rs ) (PlxTr- o ". iir HM> TTißows an U:\l AWHT llKit. * - !•• c il tliat Ii • had refustil to ao n- «t his fattier'- dk-ttitn and marry tn;u.- o,ii' . '<«•. #»f rtmr i' It would h • vfnl - iv wti -a ho wrote tt, «t ho w:>>- L'li'i -: to marry Marjorie, t-t.' ' •• bail . .1 sonw r«s»<»t;nlttoo as ■»:. »•- i>- r ami it would not l>o hard his way If only Marjorie M triorle's frank friendliness was - . ' «»n- otinc • to his hopow, but a* lb*- day s proifri-stetl Ih* irsiinod In Ii- * s.im* ml twforo the end of his Ur-t n In- had l«-irun to flattor hliu - 112 t! t !.«• w - iunkiuff headway. '4r- < "arson »-J. irly ipprorisl of htm. Iv ii> iit the aiNriai-i'ani*' ho had takon >; i,t«ut 1. -r with his history ii Jin j» tonal --ort of way that did -.o'|;i.- i I- a I■: : - * • • ' 1 rep'. "1 that she ti I I i I. -i i ther After that she • - backirrout. 1 "awl t •r Hi _ • j»i- r, ent lioatinc and od oHht Mem .own alone It n i ! nloutc in lli«- third week f<e b< ! l \entur«si to speak of We eto the girl. It was as they were • e<*aitn£ IJOI <• one t-ri'iiluff. and In «ir- ! ■ m IM-r-« lf from a fall an she stepped * •ii m sioi;*', she had enuirht nt his o«t »I«-TI- lie lmd thrown an arm '• it « r ati-l 1, 1 kept It there until * tli a r >iy fnee }m<l dlseneasod laM-Nelf. Mi a iw-t alorm nil right now." slie at; id s she siejijw*d ahead. He laid a ha ml u|«r.!i tier idiouldor. "I Ih<j»« you i-an't," ho said simply. "I rtneikl like you to think that you at* ay* tw*»i<-d ui« " "1 A'fti'*." t-!i« the vaeajTp answer I don't ruT inn«d '"U iind I wisb you wmdd away " *l'Nrdon.*" he said anotly "I had no wiati to he 14> * # Tln-v went alone In silence, but as tit v a- the foot of the filar st»-ps aba turned towar<l him and hi •■it her band "I am afraid 1 wan very rude." ah< said > iinph "Will ymi forzive me?" "If y«Mi wilt 1 k*- Iwk what you "*I thb.fc y i*r« horrid," she eselaim ««i with a den -I. ft from her jioal tential nK»»l "If yhi were m Jfentle nl ! init annoy me tiii* %e - !• ;*- ta-ioTi he roold •i m, a lid lert t»e ul to reojieti the hut t • half the I ti, t: -rafter he had ' mM y -ought for i i i I; i ■ - ■ ii ho bad U*en of i. t 1 . • •- HI- t •-'!»; %• I, t flie matter puzzled tin next morn » Init there • *« no opportunity for an expla »"« * ' ! ••• " '. X. Jlet l«- * • . • ' ■ ■ ~ 1 \'.:l *«r trer»' stand na on the piazza. The ■ and liad left them alone in ti o corner ••What did ymi me in yesterday?" ho a-k*"»l "I wa# not ■ »n«i*ious of giving offefiwe " *"l sl»f»«M think it would bore you an much a» It tne,"' -he answered, * tm* I don't v tii* to talk about It, so «?■»>«! night." !4h* uprtl down the piazza lie turn od half lrr«*»i>lnt« ly. tlwn with a sigh be turned tm k and went down tlie Other s|«(e Tli'it i rfit In* waikarf tin- fli«»r ana In. ; but no solution came to him, 'and at last lie threw himself upon the bed anil slept a sleep In whieli Marjorie perpet -11111 \ tlaneed before him, ever eluding Ii ict'Hsj> and yet ever entreating him. Si • • intair: l>le barrier seemed to bo • ;-arati them, and he hud the tm "tal ' • t cling that if he could de te' tin nature of this barrier ho n add gain her hand. S' stronc was tiiis impression that .. i♦ ii tel\ after breakfast he sought .\1 rjurio on the piazza. I "Yon c been mystifying me : ei HI h." ! id abruptly. "I want to know what It all means." A iv didn't." she said soorn f "1 >e eauirht you and mother l::u hiiiu met It lots of times." "1 i :ure yon that 1 do not know what voti mean," he said. i t . * if you were not down here II .-?• ■ orders." she scoffed. "1 iw it all the moment mother said J on were here." Kandolph rasped. "You don't mean ti> -ay that you are the tiirl father wauls me to marry?" he cried. "Why. of course." she retorted. "Just as If you didn't know." "I didn't," he replied promptly. "The mo ent the pater said marriage T bal i an 1 did not oven learn the name of the ttirl." "Thou why are you here?" she de manded "You know it was all a pre arranged plan." For answer he pulled out the tele gr- in."l thought it was some one who . i tod to buy a bridge," he explained. "Ilad 1 supposed otherwise 1 should never have come." "Are you sorry you did?" she asked tea singly "Not If you say yes," he answered iromptly. "Since you are not acting under or dor- and Just loved mo" she began. Th - tome was not finished; there was no need. Ten minutes later Mrs. Camon found tinhi» in front of the telegraph desk. Jack held a telegram in his hand. It read "Special business concluded. Think Is! ill stay mi. Think I have done very v in default of more definite lu st ructions" Knlintr SiritscrlAnd. In S\\ it /.i rhind they have no idea tit ihey are essentially idiots and mn I ' e great men and superior and divinely gifted intellects to rule them and toll them what to do about their ilTalrs They do not think much of in Switzerland nor nmoTi of the idea of divinely gifted Intellects. All ire great men In Switzerland, and oue is as great and ns divinely gifted • ot' >r To the Swiss mind the .. cn are those that do something in se •rice or literature, like Agasslz or I'»" Sa :--iU'c; but they have no partic u ar fancy to be "ruled" by anybody, however gre it You will timl many an Intel; rent Swiss that cannot tell you the i aine of the president of Swltzer '.ind lb knows the name of the presi de! t of the I'nited States, ulways. but he dot- not know who is at the head •>f his own country. Not because the it. rest he i ikis in his political affairs is ill. for it is very groat; but lie cause who may be president of Switz- ! «»ri nl is not Important. Whoever he ( amount- to nothing, ho effects nothing, he "rules" nothing. The only rulers .» Switzerland are the Swiss people Kveryhody's Magazine. SLEEP HABITS OF ANIMALS. I he >lonkr« \>r«»r I.oneN I(m «»f l>nr. "When a In Ulkey sleeps he picks out tin' highest pen h he i-an find," said an an ill trainer "When the only home of the monkey was a forest, he lived always in deadly fear of the lion. A live ni uikcy i- the choicest morsel on the menu of the king of beasts. A 1 U i! .» monkey is wise mid knows tit it In a zoo the lions nro securely it'' I the fear Is horn 111 hlni and ho sleep on tile high perch. -. when fris> from family ires in pi one to lie on its hack with is le. - . • lied up straight In the air and paws pendent. The lion, when the excitement of the day Is gone, -tp i itself out llatly on Its side with pan - turned !u and twitches and tin ' s during ii- slumber a good deal like do.- (Jorillas and chimpanzees slee|. with their hands over their heads. Ibiirs. which have no fear, sleep in any liosithin The same Is true of wolves. \ijlt; - ~112 a cunning or cowardly : are, however, are always on the ...i t- even when asleep. A seal sleeps II k• a human being. Once In awhile a ii. t up with Its head on Its chest isli-ep In the water. Its ears are ' kept i • that he maj bear the ap pro -ii a *iu inuiy, sound traveling with gre listinotnoss' under water. Scientific* Laoffirngf. •No wonder.'" said the ji'M-t, "that no d the works of llaeckd I>arwln. Spencer, Huxley and so on. i i much to say, bin they do- t in iw hf»w t i -ay It. They have iiovcr t ken the time to le.-irn to write." lb* <!:■■■ hi nuteiKKik from his pwket. "W -n I'rofe-sor Thompson," he re si; i hfon a new variety of cathode m.v In HI. >.:!n 1 his discovery in ' t* •«if ::u rthocathodlo char ectable tbiorosoifient <-?f --cltm.t; of a pai icath • lie character, a • • i-ifl nt nonescltant; ■ 'In"1 < character, a nonde ' !' re . «nt nonescltant; of icter, a deflectable, n >nt! >r> .nt n icxoltant'—and so on for forty i ! fifty pages" I'lnced. Lawlej (experl shorthand reporter) ■ I ' • i'.. I"i> from the news paper oil • • ha- vailed for the report of ' it lit I- It tinished? All but a short sou Idle of it.and I can't of me make out from my ;t in "great ap ai <•• id jet il go. ili'- jostlon, aud ut for publication • .iip irt reading, I V . etain oil but a few " (Cn-at applauße.) l uidon I'vj.re • \ll ,U > . 111 Sramin. • i I'. "tt went dow a on 11 ■<! to pay a visit Ids friends ii! . very sort of ti-h it, tei and for five days ■ I t ■ Ii n kerel. halibut, scallops and many a the best possible (i iid Ilis host on tho I' tt - return to his i i to see what you'll get for \ou first thing ■ n homo I reckon you've to last you for one ■I ilia a lt, "I guess inything about It. I Massachusetts ei i Hannah 'II get me the 1 i \ docs when l*i •• fI ' Il Hi O for a -pell a ll i odlish an' potato hat Hannah "II get me." How Joi-n Took | ) the Caontry !• ! ( { ( »V BELLE MANIATES / t Copyright, ISOtt, by P. O. Baatment ) When .Joati Willian s, who h: d taken tir t prize in the school of phologrtiphi, cud her friend, I .nolle King. lopped ; from the platform of the little station i near the farm where i! ■■> inteii led t > Epend the summer, they at lirst saw no oue waiting for them. Joan's quickly moving eye. covered ; thi' whole scene in appreciation The ! colli ling and j iliui: of i -oinii „ and ! outg )lng pa • is. the Iraritic haste of belated traveler- contiasllng with 1 the exasiH'rating leisure of the ticket agent, tint jogging pace of the man be hind the bam: me truck, the vociferous voiced driver of the bus. besieging pas sengors to ride to the I'ullet House; the passive mlcned driver of the one shab by hack, formed a series of most real lstio pictures which made Joan touch the button many times A peculiar!., fashioned horse attached t» a two seated democrat now drove up. Join ' as somewhat In doubt at fir-t a tii the gonuinoin s of the anl- I: nl, which i•n "d to her to have a houioti do cot. The driver was gaz lug into e. Willi no manifest Inter est in the ;i -ival of the train. .\-ai :.c touched the button, while L-'.'ile, u*': ib- 1 spent the summers of t\ i y< i- in this vicinity, went quick ly vi t • sac newcomer. "V h . do you do, Mr. Bnfes? Til'-- ii . y nd. Miss Williams." '!'h n-i upiod the buck seat of Ui , clo. .Mr. Hiitos uttered a mild "Good , nd the horse made a for- Wiird i ivon ent, tearing away In cluni sy g.ili ;• across the long bridge, at the euii of a hho settled down Into a nlppv little • ait. "Old Hundred didn't onilt his usual bridge p-Inf." observed I.ucile, i "Old Hundred! He doesn't deserve such a eogtio.. en." observed Joan. "You will think so. lie hasn't set tled down Into his snailleat pace yet." "Geed-ap!" reiterated Mr. Hates, roused to effort by this insinuation and smartly slapping the reins aeross tho steed's ample back. "He doesn't 'good ap' very fast," commented Joan. "fio you earn your own living, too?" asked tlie old man, turning to her quickly "I hope to." she replied modestly. "I take pi lines. I expect tot ko your whole country." "1 hope It brings you more than writ ing poetry," he said, with a glance at Lucllc. "The Hed got on Gazette only pays for !t in subscriptions and trade " Joan gave an ecstatic laugh. "But Luoile writes for big maga ■ zluos. Siie is paid by the word." "You don't toll me! She must bo awful rich." "But sometimes I sit for hours and 1 can't think of a word," confessed I.u j olio. "Words are plenty enough," ho do ' dared scornfully "You can get them i out of a dictionary." "I never thought of that," she re I piled naively. At nearly every farmhouse en route Mr. Bates "whoaed" to deliver pin chases. Now it was the farmer's wife who came out to the wagon and again It was a bashful boy or a giggling girl. In every Instance Joan's camera was active. The last commission was not delli erod at house or in person. Mr. Bates stopped in front of a barn near the roadside and there deposited a --us plcions looking package Farther on they met a fanner who looked at them Inquiringly. "Put It In the barn, Fred," said Mr. Bates significantly. "All right." Bestowing a knowing wink upon his purchasing agent. Fred hastened forward. "How are the Locke girls?" asked Luoile. "And do you all help tliom as much as you did?" Mr. Bates than related a pathetic story of the misfortunes of tho Locke "girls." who had lived together for seventy odd years In tlie little tumble down house with its sparse garden patch. The mortgage had boon fore closer), lloxy's sight had failed her, and she was unable to do the "piecing" and quilting by which they find helped eke out their living. The poorlnnise was looming up in their horo ■ ;>o. though the neighbors wore preparii : 1o give a harvest ball and bestow the proceeds therefrom to i tho averting of tills calamity. By tho time this narrative was Iln- Ishod they had reached the fnnnhouso of the Bates household, and Mrs. Bates came out to greet the "city folks," who were shown to their "bedroom off the sitting room." "The live stock seem to be making a grand entrance," said Joan presently, parting the curtain. "Through the hole in the screen door some chickens are entering. On the stairs are m multi tude of cats, and a stray sheep I think It 1- a sheep bleats on the back step- Mrs. Bates Is sending the dog for tli" cows. Will he bring them Into the house?" Her thought was stili of a menagerie when sin-awoke the next morning, con scious of n sliidd motion of the hou <•. ' accompanied by II mo.-t peculiar sound She awoke Luoile, who -at up to listen. "It's an earthquake!" asserted Joan "I'uless the bouse Is portable. I sh old not be surprised if wo were nil en route to the barn to do th oho e " "Mrs. Kates!" called Luoile. "What alls the house?" Mrs. Hates answered the summons "The hous ■ isn't bo nl'd up yon know, and the ho:- :o untie:- if when thoy get O'" of)"' •!' p 'US. Th»^ .ioi-iit 'i their back son the 11- or. and It r s the house a little, but it's sufe.' "I. I'. ' il Jo an gravely when il.« li 1 less l ad returned to tho kltch en pr lm is, "I had thought of naming litis deli it!' ii place Noah's Ark, but now I think tli ' lions' Back will be more appropriate." At bre.'ikfa-t Mrs. Bates gave more! pnrtloqla i of tl«' disasters Hint had j attacked the l.ocke household acd ask I ed to i-n'; it 1 » : help In the U'"theom- j lug ball Joan appeared abstracted Und offered no suggestions. luclUi s ;.n: i:.« nm. Army p <. ! in detail what honors sh he paid to the tlag, : and these rog '■ ■ - are implicitly i and gladly ol I. No matter how j lift e oue mill i - nly of show j - : •rior, ho i ' . re a v and glad 1 ei« in lie in Hit • • 1 Ih" l nit I ; {': lies p II I tie Hurled col ; (<■ who:: , ei' io Hag pa- es before ; him. lie i; i qu ,'cil ti ;•!!•>,.• h cap in ■ 11 lite, ail required i■ri •• and -ia a; "alien'ion" until j the tlag hi pa- 1 \ tiola proposed :i fair in connection with the dance .'p 1 began t<> plv her needle In {lie fashioning if K«»t;i pillows. The ih'M low days were devoted by in t«• l"i s ilttary rambles, in which ulie always carried her c.mera. "1 think I have took the whole conn try," she announced one il iy. "1 am (joins ! ' send the plates to the city for development, as 1 haven't the facilities | here." The <1 bef >re that et for the fair an I <h: . •• a huge express package was bn igld i > .1" n, but -he refused to show tli' 1 contents to any one. < ; t : micntou ; evening she went to the 1 i.: I i where the (lance wasto j he helii a: \ ,ii advance of the time set Win at tin' 1 iatcs household arrived tliev s . hoi coated demurely at a ta ble ->un' ' I by a group of eager, lerini- • '.ks. An artistically letter ed sign read: "Would y»u see yourself as others -co you *' ( 10 i:iid tind yourself! If ' not lien', fa. ■■ made to order at future ■ ; date." l.uciic and the Hates family hastened to the table, which was covered with j photographs of all styles and sizes, snapshots of the country folks In and about TTo<U:eton caught in unpremedi tated j ■'s farmer I.ange hooking up tin' team Mr i Lapps feeding chickens, j liessie tJraves churning. Jed Strnck [ horn milking, the little Hlatchfords go- ! ing blackbfrrylng. Lane's Carlo bring- 1 lug hoire the cows, etc No one was ' overlooked. Also there were pictures of home, bnrn i cattle, the church, the cemetery, i fiehoolhouso, sawmill and many old 1 landmarks, all on sale, not to mention j j pictures of the Locke girls. The news spread, and every new com- I er hastened up to see If his likeness j «is there Ardent swains secured pic- ! tores long denied them by eoy damsels, \ At the clove i' the evening her hand > | bag was well filled with coin. "Thi " she dd. extending the mon ley to Mn Ilates. "is my contribution I toward 11n * I/vko estate." As she suspected, she was besiege*! j for n any days by people from miles around ,vho heard they had been ! "took " If by chance one had been ; overlooked. the omission was remedied 1 think." r marked .loan meditative- . 1\ as 'h- looked a last farewell from ti ■ car v.! low on her return to tho city. "II t the country and I are now on inti'i ■- <• as. and with the sale ot I picture mid proceeds of the dance, not j !to men' nil huti mi from the | neighbors 1 can w at least two years of pros|>criii for the Locke glrln." A\x till I'ii tiixh tae'.l T ( titt Won Dr t-r*•*'<} Vi> mi >t C'omiolt. i •: ;!• ha - : nil collector of j.li.iH' liii„ writes oirespondeut of th" Chicago News from Switzerland. | I"This personage is apjiolnted by the j I city '■ unci! wl, >n the triennial pest of j June be s ;rs, and he is eilipow !ci• i • i •!•••!i• >\ all the insect - tha,'may j i-i br i 1 •: t . l i im. Kacli owner of a j h til i iti i oi>li r .i'i to gatlier five in ••;als if id th i-e who happen to lie the proj ri' iors of larger pieces ! ,if j.i eiT\ must collect proportlon »tvly . IT each pound that Is j : 1 m l'l 'in thl- obligatory amount a ! tine In ien - i iinpo ed, but If more, j th n the repilrei quota Is forthcom- i ing iit in'um oi - ' cuts a pound 1- : I paid. i l r • niinerntion Is offered ! ;al > to other besides the property j - owners. A landholder who entirely i neglects to gather any bugs at all Is j i subject to a tine of from to $lO. j i Sell "il children receive permission to ' i enter lar e estates, where they shake j the to i iii 1 poke long sticks about In ; ■ their c ideuvor- to >■ lodge as many bugs as possible. in timos of old. the ancient chroni clers tell us, il was (lie custom to at tempt to r!d the <• nintry of these un welcome visitors by citing them Into court an 1 I y Imnishim; them from the country-. but the wily insects failed to obey the summons and continued to fly about in the face of the law, laying eggs promiscuously and contrary to edict. In a certain village It was do terminei to make a terrible and last Ing example of all the Insects found within its borders With considerable expenditure of time and patience quan l titles of lunts and placed In a Intge sack. licliberatloii was held as to llio fate of the •• hard backed prisoners. Ordinary death was consid ered too light a punishment for such offenders A hideous end must be theirs "A pr< cession of the inhabitants of the vill i'o, advisers and councilors, wise men and children, wended Its way slowly toward the place of execution, the summi! of a high peak. This was laboriously climbed ail executioner with the big of buzzing bugs In tho ! lead. Willi due regard for the respon slblllty and justness of their act, tho wise men approached the edge of the precipice. The bugs were to be igno mlniously dashed to pieces on the rocks thousands of feet below. The executioner hung over tho crag, the bag, top downward, was opened and the bugs shaken out to their death. But Instead of falling like so many lumps of lead, as they ought to have done on such an occasion, the bugs, to the amazement of all, spread their wings and flew away." BOTH WELL INFORMED. Ki\ li.ii rrlinnui' iif ( onifillntonfM lie (irant and To ail the end of the war between j the siait • the value of a well organized ! scout service came to be full 3" appre ciated by the I inlets uf both armies. Perhaps no commanders of modern times were better served In this re- I sped than Com ral (irant and fkneral I.ce Koth were kept informed daily as to nearly everj thing that went on with in the enemy's lines. (foiieral Gordon relates that one morning to . aid the end of the long conflict, when the Confederates, officers and men alike, were reduced to uu pie i -ant straits for food, a captain from the T'n! i i headquarters went, under a flag of truce, with a communication to General Loo concerning tho exchange of prisoners. "General I,ee," said the captain, with a sinili after delivering his message, "OMH I< • rant sends you his personal compliments and bids me assure you ! I now • exactly what you had for breakfast this morning." "Gone: I Grant insist be misinformed I las to this," replied General Lee, sur ' veylng I i -aire bearer with a sad smile ''General Grant Is a generous man, ami :f he had known with what a breakfast I had to content myself lie would i- " '.ll nly have sent mo half 1 iif his Hut _ive him my compliments," ! he i intinued. with u sudden twinkle, "and -:i\ that although I do not know | as to his breakfast I have full partlc- j ulai-s concerning his dinner last night." j Youth s Companion I ' l»« I of (IK- Poem. "1 d n 1 see .in Ihllig In that poet's new poem." "(it • 'are ymi don't," replied tho e lil'ir in chief, 'be. an .i- I opeiu-d II fir t mil to k i live dollar bill out of | if Ghe it a rood place top column, j ext r. -I ding mallei \tlnlt t a Coil- I stilutioi; { A WONDERFUL MEMORY." The Storj llarediN Told of 11 Vounf < orNirnii >lnrvcl. Ma reins tells u thai during his trav els over Europe lie met tho "marvel of marvels" at I'adua The marvel in question was a young Corslean who was in the city for the purpose of pur suing his studios at the university. Maretiis having heard that the young man was gifted with an extraordinary menni' desired to put tho student to : the test. The person who had Informed the travi i concerning the wonderful re i teiitivoness of the young Corslean's tin inoiy declared that he was so gifted til that faculty that he could repeat as man} as words If read over to hiii hut once Ma ret us and three dls tingiiished Venetians agreed to test tho j I accuracy of the statement. A commit tee visited the student of extraordinary i memory and found him willing to sub i mil lo the ordeal Accordingly there was read over to him an almost inter minable list of words strung together without any consecutive order and without any moaning whatever. The young man stood all the time with his attention deeply tlxed and ills eyes half closed When the long string j of words had been read off he looked ! up cheerfully and repented the whole of tho uninteresting catalogue of words | without a single fault. Then to show I how carefully his wonderful memory i had retained every word he went | through the list backward. When that | task was finished he took each alter : nafo word—first, third, fifth, etc.—and , repeated them until the company was | thoroughly convinced that they wore in I the presence of the most wonderful prodigy of memory that the world had ' ever produced. KNOW THY COUNTRY. A Prccp|il That Fvcrj Citizen Should Tiiko to Heart. Juvenal said, ' fills precept descends : from heaven know thyself." To this ;we add know thy country. Know Its area, its population, its products, na tive and exclusive, agricultural and mineral. Know its present output and ! Its possibilities. Know Its states. Its I territories and large cities and what they are severally noted for. Know ils geography and typography, its con stitution, principles and history. Its literature, its art and Its sciences, its philosophy, discoveries and Inventions. Know 11s relation to other nations, both political and financial. Know Its pos- -sslons Alaska. Hawaii, Porto Klco and the Philippines their history severally, the customs and languages of their ] o >plo and the sources of their i wealth. Many men know these things ; now and i->ve their country and are serv iceable to (heir fellow citizens In pro portion to their knowledge. It costs j labor and the sacrillco of so called ' pleasure to acquire this knowledge, but to the genuinely manly man. whose life's purpose is t > make the utmost of i lus abilities and opportunities and who In one w ay and ail »ther is developing his country's hidden treasures and im partiii' liis »wn practical enthusiasm ! to other lives, there are a relish and a j deli lit in th- search for knowledge : that coin, on lo a thousandfold POINTED PARAGRAPHS | Misers get more out of the world than j they putin it. W: . i l ers say of you is the effect. ! You supply the can | Life' ciiicf compensations do not I come in pax envelopes. ! The so un of egotism is as harmless as ih" siui -of ignorance. Lvorv seili ii man is the center of hi universe and he's It. Iliches have wings, thoy say, but pov ert; isn't h lilt that way. Quite often ;ho man who is swift and a good gue: or distances the slow but sure chap Tin workman who takes a real inter est in his w irk doesn't have to spend much time 1 • 'k.n;; for a job. Vir;r I'lhlv (.llittoriH. Suud-'w c 'Minion in Lnglish marsh es, are sudiclently knowing to dtstin gn ii bolwo'ii various substances pre sented to them. Offer them a nice sera ' of tender beef, and In ji couple of h si.' the. will have coufailed it fr .i i ill Try them with a piece of chalk or a tiny pebble, and they re main stolidly immovable. Wet the chalk and offer It again, and the plant apparently mistakes It for meat, the bristl gradually closing round it; then, (~-co\eri;i.r the deception, they loiax and return the chalk Ith nt nl. - These vegetable glut 1 lons w il a ■ - morsels of poached eggs and mutton chops, but cheese turns the leaves quite black and final ly kills them. n* Trotilile Milkers. Did you ever consider how much trouble and turmoil in tho world Is stirred up by loafers? Do it and you will be surprised. Investigate careful ly and you will find that nine of fho ten fusses and quarrels that you know of In your town or neighborhood were started by loafers who had no busi ness of their own to attend to and so got busy wll!i other people's affairs.— > Hurliiigton Tl'tmbli n SKILL™, COUCH «»» CURE WE LUNGS ■ w ™ Dr. King's j Nsw Discovery 8™ nONSUMPDON Price 8 PGR I OUGHS and 50cR.51,00 | Frco Trial. I Sureat and Quickest Cure for all I THROAT and LUNG TRoUß imi NEW I A Reliable TIN SHOP For all kind of Tin Roofing* Spoutine and Cenoral Job Work. Stoves, Heaters. Ran««», Furnaces, eto. PRICES THE LOWEST! (jtILITV TUE BEST! JOHN IIIXSOJN NO. lie E. FKONT BT. OLD GLORY. I Story of II i' Str.s ttml Slriix>n on th« Auierlcii ii I lan. The design fo ; * the Anicrican flag, with thirteen sii pe-, ol alternate red anil white and thirteen white stars In a blue field, representing the thirteen stales i niggling for Independence, was adopted I y the ('ontineiita.' con gress on .June 11. 1777, a little less than a year after the declaration of independence. The llrst flag of this Jesign " made as a specimen for the c .ii r«;ss by I'etsy lloss, a dress maker. of Philadelphia. It Is supposed that this liag was first unfurled by Paul .buies on the Wangor, u vessel of the navy t > * liich he had Ix-en as sign d i i 1..' day that the resolution adopting tie design was passed. The thi icon siai' of the llag of 1777 were arranged a circle, though no form was pre ' Tied otlic ; il'y. This flag r«- 1111 ineil nucha ii:■ 111 until 171 >I. and then, on motion of Senator Hradley of Ver inont. which, with Kentucky, had been admitted to the I'nion, It was resolved that from and after May 1, 1705, "the (lag of the I'idted States be fifteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union lie fifteen stars, white in a blue field." This was the flag used In the war of ISI2. The act made no provision for future alterations lu the flag, and none was made until INIB. rpon the suggestion of Captain Sam uel C. Reid of tho navy a bill was passed on April 4, 181H, reducing the number of stripes in the flag to tho original thirteen and making the num ber of stars equal to the number of states. Tho new star for a new state Is not added to the flag until the Fourth of July following the admission of the new state. St. I-ouls Republic. CROSSING SAHARA. The (nMlilnm* of Cfirnvniiw nnd the ol' ( iiinclm. The merchants who fit out a garfla (earavani must stand all losses; conse quently groat care Is given to the se lection of both the camels which carry the valuable merchandise and tho men who accompany them. The tall and swift riding camel known as tho mo liari is seldom met with in northern Tripoli. The finest male draft cam els, the jamal, costing from S."O to SOO apiece, with a carrying capacity of about three hundredweight, are used for transport. Prom consumption or the effects of the long strain scores often die by the way and many others i.t the end of the "voyage." The wages of the men for conducting a return car go are sometimes as high as s.\ooo. Not only must the garfla sheiks have ! jcreat courage and endurance, but must : bo 11 u.itvoi'ihy traders and shrewd dip j lomnts of no sum;: caliber. Many of ; the sultans and chiefs, particularly the ! Touaregs, through whose territories lie the garfla routes, exact not only lioin | age, but tribute, from the garfla sheiks, i To bring this tribute within a reason able sum nnd secure a safe conduct re quires extraordinary skill and tact. Tho opportunities for dishonesty nlTord ! Ed tho girfla men are many, and occa sionally men and goods are never heard from again. Charles Wellington Fur- I long in Harper's Magazine. MrIiI Have Hllmn. "A ladv on a sultry summer after i noon called on some friends," said 112. j lecturer. "The talk buzzed along i briskly, fan • waved and the daughter : of the house kept twitching uncomfort ably. frowning anil making littlo suiotli 'red exclamations of annoyance, i Finally with an impatient sigh she rose ' and left the room. " 'Your daughter,' said the visitor, 'seems to bo suffering from the heat.' "'No,' said the hostess. 'She Is Just ■ back home from college, and she la . suffering from the family grammar.'" Mirwaukeo Sentinel. W Ini* Vim. "I'll take that," said the man, indi cating a silver mounted hand glass, "and I want you to engrave on It "From J. .!. IV to Phyllis." "Very well." replied the salesman, "we'll put it on the 1 :ek here" "Oh, no Put it:■ o, md tho edge on the front. I ■ .nl Iter to s. e it." Phil adeiphia Led .or. I — ~ I I The Home Paper [ of Danville. Of course you read 111 II: \ i ——mmrnr 1 ! l< i {I i ~ | THE T\EOPLE.'S | KQPULAR 1 APER. Everybody kiritis It. i Publisher liverv Morning Except Sunday ;tf No. ii L. Ma ho ngSt. Subset -n 6 cei t <\ r Week. i A CHEMICAL TRICK. Into it Striped Tlkit, When we happen to witness a phenomenon wll !i seems to violate natural law- we ar« not likely to for got its cause if it bo explained to us. The following experiment, which 1 de vised for my students, helped them to understand as well as to remember some chemical data: A while cat, made of flexible paste board and imprisoned in ft glass jar, Is shown to the audience. The lecturer limounces that without opening the jar or even touching it he will cause the cat to undergo a zoological as well its a chemical transformation. He takes the support of the Jar and pushes it forward in full view of the students. The change occur:! almost instanta neously. The cat takes a rich orange color on which black transversal r, tripes rapiuiy paint themselves. The cat has become a tiger. The whole transformation is pro duced by emanations of hydrogen sul phide. which is generated In the jar itself without any visible apparatus. The (a< lias been previously coated with a solution of chloride of antimony wherever the orange hue was to be produced and with a solution of basic acetate of lead wherever the black stripes were to appear. Roth solutions are colorle.?s. After tin* coated cat has been introduced In his glass cage a small piece of pasteboard is placed under the wooden support so as slight ly to incline the jar forward. A few decigrams " pulverized sulphide of iron folded ir> a piece of blotting paper are deposited beli'ml the cat on the elevated side or the bottom of the Jar. Two or three cubic centimeters of dl luted sulphuric acid are dropped with a pipette on the opposite side. When the performer wishes the transforma tion to take place he takes the wooden support and pushes It forward as if he wanted everybody to see better what Is going to happen. By so doing ho suppresses tho slight inclination which kept the iron sulphide beyond the reach of the sulphuric acid. The gas =t evolved, and tho formation of the orange sulphide of antimony and black sulphide of lead takes place in a fe-v seconds —O. Michaud in Scientific American. Encuurnci-d t«> Sins lit Work. At the works of a firm of soap mak ers in England the girl employees are encouraged to sing part songs while at work. The object is to relievo the monotony. In the departments that number more than thirty girls and have not noisy machinery they are en couraged to sing during the last hour of work in the morning and in the afternoon. K ACKAWANNA HVlijii*>/iD. -KL< DIVISION Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. In Effect .Tan. 1, 1905. TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE EASTWARD. 7.07 a. m. dally lor Bloomshurg, Kingston Wilkes-Karre a».d Scranton. Arriving S«-r:ic ton at 9.42 a. m„ and connecting at Scran toe with trains arriving at Philadelphia at -H.IS a m.and New York City at p. in. 10.lit a. m. weekly for Bloomshurg. Kingston, VVllkes-Burre.Scranton and Intermediate sta tions, arriving &t Scranton at 12.:if> p. m.and connecting there with trains for New York City, Philadelphia and Buffalo. 2.11 weekly forßloomshnrg,Kingston,Wilkes Barre. Scranton and intermediate stations, arriving at Scranton at 4.50 p. m. 5.4.'{ p. m.daily for Bloomshurg, Kspy, Ply mouth. Kingston, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Scranton and intermediate stations, arriving at Scranton at s ." r > p. m.and connecting them with trains arriving at New York City at 6.50 a- m„ Phiiadelpeia 10a. m.and Buflalo7a in. TRAINS ARRIVE AT DANVILLE il.lSa. m. weekly from scranton, Pittston, Kingston, Hloomshurg and intermediate sta tions, leaving Scranton at 6.8"> a. m., where II connects with trains leaving New York I'lty at »..'«) p. m., Philadelphia at 7 l>"2 p.m. and Bnlt'aloat IU.SO a. m. 12.-M p. m.daily from Scranton Pittston, Kingston, Berwick, Bloomshurg and interme diate stations, leaving Scranton at 10.10 a.m. and connecting there with train leaving Buff alo at '2.25 a. m. I.Xt p. m. weekly om Scranton, Kingston Berwick, Bloomshurg and intermediate sta tions, leaving Scranton at 1.55 p. in., where It connects with train leaving New York City at 10.00 a. m., and Philadelphia at 9.00 a. m. 9.05 p. in.daily from Scranton. Kingston. Pittston, Berwick, Bloomshurg and interme diate stations, leaving Scranton at (».:i5 p. in., where it connects with trains leaving New York City at 1.00 p. in., Philadelphia at i'2.oli p. in.and Buftoloat H.;iO a. in. T. K. L'LAKKK, Gen'l Sup't. T. W. LKK. Gen. Pass. Agl. fin i/ni; iimiit m if LIP ill PIH |j? ft in io lio all Ms of Puling Xr & J| i 1 nn i I I I I II': U. ! ii s Please. | I's Halt ! A well ]«i; . tasty, Hill <>• W/ tor Head, i' A/h Ticket, Circ Program, Jll L/A ment or Ca,\l ( w an advertiseiuen for your busings,:! satisfaction to \ ov; fa Type, lew Presses, Best Paper, Meiftrt, " Promptness- All you can ask. A trial will make you our customer We respect full* asl that trial. IE 111 II No II I M:ihoni»iK Si DA.K T " r X" r C.T- T*"
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