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.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
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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-
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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.— >
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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.
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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.
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