THE TRAIN BABY. Her Presence Saved the Passen gers From Death. By WILLIAM ALFRED COREY. [Copyright, 1810, by American Press Asso ciation. J The shrill cries of the motherless child arose above the roar of the train and the labored coughing of the two Dig mogul engines as the Overland llm (ted slowly climbed the steep grades between Sallda and Marshall puss ~>o what she would, the w •.an the train crew had Installed as nurse could lot pacify the poor little waif. It had been supplied with everything a baby :ould be imagined to need or want Indeed, the nurse had a suspicion .hat this overattentlon and overfeed 'ng were what ailed the Infant in the present crisis. Too much and too many kinds of candy from people who ?ould think of 110 other way to show heir interest had brought on colic. "Come back and see Paeiflca, BUI," aid the conductor to tho engineer of "HI, THEIIE, YE LITTLE FtTRKEIONKB !" ie through train when she tiually line to a stop on the cold but sun owned height of the pass. "Paciflca's a bad way. Maybe you can quiet I e kid. Nobody else can." The trainmen had named the baby 'aciflca" and adopted her as their j n when they wired the authorities , Los Angeles of the mother's death j d made arrangements for the in- , nt's care. "The little czarina," "Ba- ) offsky" and various other names •d been suggested. Hut Cy Werner. \ j fireman, whom the engineer dei .•ibecs as "a sort "112 bookish, seutimen-1 1 cuss." had insisted on "Pacifica" i the most appropriate name, and the st had acquiesced. So "Paclflca" the tie stranger was throughout the rest the long journey. 'All right, Mr. Barnes," said the big gineer; "I'll be there directly." viul "directly," when he had finished Ding 'er up" and deposited the long sed can in its place in the cab, he! ■rted back along the train to where j little uncrowned queen lay yelling 1 full lung power, which was escel t, and kicking and lighting like a i revolutionist. he engineer's hypnotic presence, eked quick and marvelous results, j , there, ye little furreigner, wot's matter?" he called out. dangling a ' ve above the Improvised crib with ( hand and catching a diminutive 1 ,1c toe between the fingers of the 1 •>r. "Wot's the matter? Don't Amer sult ye not her?" uen he opened his eyes wide and j d "Boo!" as he bent down low and red into the blue depths of the big «. )-o-ogle, oogle, goo, coo!" said the y as her cries suddenly ceased and vide smile of delight spread Itself r her face. * think so myself," said the engi r, tickling Pacifica's fat chin with a *t finger. ioo-goo-google gee!" again re- ; ked the baby, suddenly grasping engineer's long mustaches with l hands and hanging on as though pended in midair. Ouch, ye little terrorist!" winced engineer, while the ring of by ders roared. ut the infantile crisis was passed, i with a "that's the way to do it" tho man of the throttle and drive eels went back to his seat in tho the conductor called "All aboard!" the train resumed Its journey to -1 the sunset slope, aey were snowed in for a day be o reaching Ogden, and Paelfica was lost the sole diversion wherewith storm bound community beguiled slow hours. A stranger In a far ange land, 6he had more friends n she could well manage, though all e willing to be managed. The only <y on the train, her welfare was ap •ently the one concern of all. legant, fur wrapped ladles brought ntles from the Pullman car buffet please the child of poverty and mis tune. Dignified men of wealth and airs Inquired anxiously as to the tie one's comfort and wanted to ow if there was anything they old do. A newly married couple their honeymoon were effusively llcltous. A titled somebody from mewhere calmly adjusted his mono * and smiled grimly as ho studied No Danger of That, frs. Stubbs—John, no true man will oke up his wife's curtains. Mr. bbs—l should say not. Anybody t smokes curtains would be a freak, /efer cigars.—Chicago News. hose who can command themselves imand others.—llazlitt. The Common Complaint, 'robably this expression Is used "ncr by people than any other: "Ev thing is blamed on me."—Atchison be. the bit of democratic humanity. All did what they could. And many who could do nothing else paid tl'e eloquent tribute oT silent.tears. A baby, a poor helpless waif from a foreign land, had douo what has baffled the logic of centuries—lt bad broken the granite barriers ot social caste and captured the citadel of the common human heart. The snow blockade was raised, and the train moved on. And Paclflca rul ed her moving autocracy with her scepter of love as they passed Ogden, crossed the sagebrush deserts of Ne vada and climbed the Sierras. She wanted for nothing that her loyal sub jects could supply. As each successive crew took charge of the train Hie train baby was duly and cheerfully accepted as a part thereof. These blunt, rough men of the Iron rails were as gentle and tender with the orphaned chiiil whom chance had thrown In their win as though she had been of their own flesh and blood. If she was fretful at a siding or desert watering tank she would be taken out of her car and passed about among the trainmen, train dispatcher, conductor, engineer, fireman, brakemen, porters, baggage men and hotel runners, all taking uwkwarlc turns at holding her or oth erwlse contributing to her entertain ment. I'acilica owned tho train and the whole works. The Sierras were crossed. Sacramen to was reached and passed, and the train headed south toward tho S;iti Joaquin and Los Angeles. A few miles south of .Sacramento a storm, suddenly blowing in from the ocean, was encountered, which in creased in violence as they neared Bakersfleld and the Tehachepi moun tains. At Bakersflekl the wind was blowing a fifty tulle clip, and the rain was com lng down like a cloudburst. "Ticklish business up there, Rogers!" | yelled the conductor to the engineer as he waved his hand tow ard the storm ; swept heights of the Tehaehepl. I tog- j ers hud no need to be told of the dan- ; ger of landslides in this the tirst se vere storm of the season. It was 11 o'clock that night when the engineer stopped for water a short dis tnnce below tunnel No. 5. The night was very black, and the storm beat and j roared about the train like an army of demons. The trainmen, Incased in ' their iotig raincoats. Hashed their lan terns about, examining boxings,, test ing air brakes and otherwise lnSkitig ready for the next run. when suddenly Paciflca's baby wail from her car Just back of the mail car arose above the noise of the storm. It reached the ears of the engin or walking back by the tender, and straightway, Instead of the screaming wind and pelting rain, lie heard the ' voice of his own child calling to him from a new made grave in Los Ange les, and instead of the two glistening | rails stretching away from the head light into the gloom he saw the plead ing eyes and outstretched arms of his dead boy. And the heart of the brave man came up In his throat, and he felt coming over him the weakness that I'-u days had incapacitated him after hi.; loss. "Oh. my <;od!" be muttered to hi'.a self as the plaintive cry again smuie ! his ears. "That sounded like little ' Bob." And then Engineer Rogers did an un precedented thing. Telling his fireman he would return in a minute, he start ed back through the storm to where j Pacifiea lay crying and refusing to be j comforted. Dripping with storm water, he edged his way through the circle of attend- ! ants and bent over the train baby's crib The crying instantly ceased. Wheth- j er It was the play of the car lights on ' his wet raincoat or the hypnotism of j love In his presence there was no tell- j ing Rut the plaint stopped and w.is not resumed until he had toyed with her for a moment and turned to go. Then the wailing began again, r did it cease until the engineer turir.il aud again smiled down into the big blue eyes. The moments followed each other ] uunoted, and the Southern Pacilir ; Overland limited was being held while ! her engineer played with an orphaned emigrant child. Again and again he ! turned togo, aud again and again the baby arms were held out In irresistible j appeal. Suddenly the roar of the storm out side was Interrupted by a deeper and more significant roar, mingled with rending, crashing sounds, followed by a concussion which shook the whole mountain side. A landslide! Not a trainman but recognized these ominous sounds. In etantly a handcar was manned and went forward to recounolter. A mile up the track they found the mouth of tunnel No. 5 completely bar ricaded by a vast mass of huge bow! ders aud earth and tree trunks, swept j from their anchorage on the heights j above Rogers held his watch in the light < i a lantern. "According to schedule.' he said calmly to the grim faced iik about, "my fireman and 1 ought to be lying under that pile of rocks and j earth, aud you fellows and 200 pas- j sengers ought to be furnishing fuel j for your own cremating down yonder | at the foot of the grade. But 1 dls ' obeyed orders to play with a sick baby, and death missed us by five minutes." And twenty-four hours later, when the belated Overland crossed the dl vide, emerged from the storm into the sun flooded valleys to the south and reached Its destination, Pacliica, the; train's good angel, carried a purse of j SSOO and thanks In all the languages | to the sad hearted Russian father who, j with a largo contingent from the for I eign quarter, waited at the Arcade sta- j tion. The Saddest of All. "There are many sad things In this vale of tears," remarked Uncle Joshua, the genial, "but of all the sad things that can be recorded by tongue or pen the saddest Is this—to wit, namely, viz, the boy whose dad has given him a quarter to buy firecrackers with on the 3d of July and who has spent the two bits that night for candy and peanuts, devoured the same aud theu goes out on the glorious Fourth to meet tho gang." AN INFERNAL MACHINE. How It Was Prevented From Blowing Up a Ship. By SALLIE MSNDEM. [Copyright. 1310, by American Press Asso ciation.! A party of travelers was assembled on the u|n#ar deck of the ocean liner Eric, four days out from Southamp ton, England, bound for New York. Walter Bicker had met and traveled with Miss Eugenia Floyd. They had become engaged and were returning to their homes to secure their parents' sanction to their union. The ocean during the voyage had run smooth, but the course of true love had not. An Englishman who permit ted the fact to leak out that ho was the eldest sou of an earl and was go ing to America In search of a wife paid considerable attention to Miss Floyd, much to the annoyance of Mr. Bicker. The natue under which tills scion of British nobility traveled was plain John Mervale. 110 wore a check erboard suit with golf cap to match and was the best shullleboard player ou the ship. Mr. Mervale had settled himself Into a steamer chair beside that of Miss Floyd, while Mr. Iticker was chatting or trying to chat with other young la dies of the party. Ills attention was not given to the young ladies, but to THE CAPTAIN HESITATED the compliments tlie Britisher was paying his fiancee and the pleasure with which she received them. Now comes a deck steward with a wireless telegram iti his hand, which he delivers to Mr. Mervale. The gen tleman reads It. starts, and Ills hand trembles. He rises at once, seeks the captain of the ship and hands him the message, signed by the Southampton superintendent of police: "Ouo of your pieces <>f baggage was left on the dock. There Is every rea son to believe that an Infernal ma chine with your name and address ou it was shipped in its stead by anarch ists with the Intention of blowing up the ship." The captain turned pale. "Where is your baggage?" he asked Mr. Mervale. "Part in the baggage room and part In my stateroom." "Can this thing be in jour state room ?" "No." "Very well. We must get out what you have in the baggage room imme diately." The captain, attended by Mr. Mer vale. went down onto the main deck and, entering the baggage room, or dered all the Britisher's luggage pulled out. There was a suspicious looking box about which the latter seemed very uncertain. lie saUi that his mother had done his packing and he was not sure whether this box belong ed to hira or not. One of the men present put his ear to the box and dis tinctly heard the ticking of machinery. This was enough. The captain ordered the box thrown overboard. "One moment." said Mr. Mervale. "I'm not sure but that's a clock In there my mother asked me to take over and give to her sister, my aunt, who is living in America." "We can't take any risk." said the captain. "Heave the box overboard." "But, captain." persisted the English man. "if that box Is really mine it contains several articles of great value. My mother spoke to me about It, but till this moment It had escaped my mind." "The ship t<nd cargo are worth too much money to take any risk, and the lives of the passengers certainly can not be jeopardized." "Nevertheless I protest against my property being jettisoned, and I am not sure but this box is mine and contains family heirlooms of great value sent by my mother to relatives in America. I think It quite probable that some one on the dock heard the ticking of the clock and informed the superintendent of police that the box was an infernal machine, hence the telegram. Sup pose we op*n the box and find out." "Not on your life!" said the captain. "Very well. I have anolifcr pTan to propose. Ix>wer one of the lifeboats, place the box In it and tow the boat with a line long enough to be perfectly safe." As these words were spoken the bos was being carried out and in another moment was resting on the rail ready togo overboard. Mr. Mervale made so strong a protest that the captain hesitated. Mr. Mervale declared that If the box contained his property he would hold the captain responsible for Its destruction. The captain, Influenced thin orffiimpnt chanced his mind /it lowerea. xne doi bottom of the boat, wench x!"ua towed at the end of a 200 foot line. The matter was not permitted to get out among the passengers till after the Infernal machine was In tow, and then It was no longer possible to keep It secret. People gathered on"the stern clnmort why the boat with Its c ts being put out, and wher ..us at a safe distance thoso who knew admitted that there was a box in the b<|tt which might contain an explosive. ."Immediately the news spread that farchlsts had endeav ored to blow * the ship and It had been saved t jly by a wireless tele gram from the chief of the Southamp ton police. Mr. Mervale, who had received the telegram and among whose baggage the anarchists bad placed the explo sive. at once became the most Impor tant man aboard, not excepting the captain. Passengers crowded around him to learn every detail. He endeav ored to calm thetn, telling them that ho believed a mistake had been made and that the box simply contained a clock and other family heirlooms. As distinguished men find their val ue enhanced by always keeping them selves before the public, so Mr. Mer vale gained with Miss Floyd by his prominence, even if It were only on account of having had among his bag gage that which might blow the ship and passengers sky high. Somehow liickcr, who had seemed to her quite a man when pulling her in a boat on Lake Coino. now appeared equally tame la comparison with this earl's son. who had become the center of attraction for the whole ship. The former gradually gave to the latter, and Miss Floyd, instead of walking the deck or sitting in a steam er chair all day in company with Mr. Itlcker, merely began these sociabilities with him and continued them with Mr. Mervale. Meanwhile the infernal machine bobbed up and down on the waves. Knots of passengers constantly loiter ing on the stern looked at It and swap ped opinions whether in case of an explosion It was far enough from the ship to avert any damage. Then came the approach to port, the handing around of custom house blanks on which to make declarations of duti able baggage, the tilling In of articles purchased abroad and handing them to the purser. Mr. Mervale said that if the box being towed was what lie supposed it was the duty on the ar ticles it contained was considerable. The question as to whether It was a box of heirlooms or an infernal ma chine must lie settled by the custom officers. lie rather thought they would pass it free of duty. The evening before reaching port Miss Floyd was sitting with Mr. Mer vale on the upper deck, where they were not so liable to interruption as they would be lower down, lie was telling her of the family home of his father, the earl, and his mother, the countess. Then ho told her how they had sent him to America, where rich wives were to be hail by British noble nun for the asking, that he might mar ry a wealthy American girl anil builil up the family estates when bo came into tho title. But he had been cap tured before ills arrival. lie bad no sooner seeu Miss Floyd than he had succumbed to her, rich or poor. Miss Floyd told him that, as to means, she would have on the death of her father a large inheritance. But a complication had arisen in the matter of Walter Kicker. There was - j en gagement that bad not been approved by her parents and might not be ap proved by them. She would be pleased to have Mr. Mervale call on her in New York. That was all a young lady who had recently accepted one man could say to another whom she wished to replace the first. But she said nothing of this to Bicker Miss Floyd w; s taking home a num ber of valuables that were dutiable. Her father v. as ready to pay the duty on them, tint there is a fascination in •'beating" the government on customs that attacks even young girls. Mr. Mervale told her that ho had a way of getting goods through the custom house and if she would bring them up to him he would smuggle them into port and send them to tier immediate ly afterward. She brought him up several thousand dollars' worth of goods, then bade htm good night, show ing by a slight pressure of the hand that he might hope. Soon after the parting between Mr. Mervale and Miss Floyd Fire island light was sighted, and in the morning the Eric was steaming up New York bay. But where was the boat containing the infernal machine? And where was Mr. Mervale? The former was not In tow, and the latter was not on the ship. No one over found out how the "earl's son" got the box which, be sides a clock, contained SIOO,OOO worth of diamonds ashore. lie doubtless took Miss Floyd's valuables in the same boat and smuggled them in. as he had promised, but Miss Floyd never saw them or hitn again. Look Up. We dig and toil, we worry and fret, and all the while close over us bends the infinite wonder and beauty of na ture, saying: "Look up. my child! Feel my smile and be glad!"—O. S. Mer riam. Very Different. Mrs. Bronson—My husband is plain spoken. He calls n spado a spade. Mrs. Woodson—So does mine, but I must de cline to repeat what he calls the lawn mower.—Boston Globe. Caustic. The Girl—Whafs your opinion of women who imitate men? The Man— They're idiots. The Girl—Then the imitation is successful. Cleveland Leader. Where to Begin. "Look here," said tho reforming hus band; "we must have things arrauged in this bouse so that we 6hall know Just where everything is kept." "With all my heart," sweetly an swered bis wife, "anil let us begin with your late hours, my love. I should very much like to know where they are kept."—Stray Stories. I Sketches Of People | In Print 1 t. A MAN who Is frequent probable nominee for vice president on the Democratic ticket is Eugene N. Foss of Massachu setts, the Democrat rock ribbed Repub dlstrict of congress. That victory has at e. n. fobs. tracted wide atten tion to him in the past year, and it Is now believed that If he can keep him self in the public eye he will be prac tically certain of a place on the Demo cratic national ticket In 1912. Foss Is the sort of business man that every politician welcomes Into politics —until he gets in. It's on the level with him. lie doesn't care about being elected—to hold an office is bound to in terfere tremendously with a dozen or so business enterprises—but he dearly loves to light. He Is a dynamo in breeches. lie began life as a lumber salesman and put n prohibitive tariff on the pursuit of bappluess for his competitors. Finally he was taken into the opposition firm, married the opposition's daughter and has been putting Into practice a number of high ly original ideas ever since, Why do some men succeed so tre mendously, while others Just plod along and fall to get out of the rut? Well, take the case of Lewis Nixon, the famous shipbuilder, who has Just been appointed chairman of the com mittee for tho betterment of steamship service by tho pan-American confer ence. At Annapolis Lew Nixon more than "made good." In fact, he Justified his appointment to such an extent in the estimation of i his patron that to- IB J day the record made by General ? Kppa II un ton's protege is a piece- Y / dent sot f>r other j * cadets. Young Lew / V. ( Nixon stood at the very head of Ills _ ' M -1 class the tlrst year, ? \ mid every succeed- V -J ing year found him * t'&Smsr still No. 1 In ISB2 he was graduated lEWIS * lxo *- it the head of his class and with a phenomenal record In all his classes. "How did you manage to do it?" he was once asked. To which he replied: "I just worked. I knew what I want ed, and I Just rolled up my sleeves and worked to get it." And it was by rolling up his sleeves and working that brought his later successes. You will see the name of Thomas L. Ilisgen of Massachusetts mentioned frequently in the dispatches from now on, for as president of the Independ ent petroleum marketers he Is going to lead the fight that organization now proposes to make against the Standard Oil company. Mr. Ilisgen was born in Petersburg, Ind., on Nov. 20, IS,"S. His --"-vfather was a Uer- Jfe man, and Thom "ißSKk as was the fifth " of eleven chil- L dren. At the age x of sixteen he W • J went to Albany, J* .jrt N. Y.. where ho r* became a clerk in 11 c ' ol ' l ' n £ store. . J&w time Ids father 112 MmT had experlment • ed with a foruiu *■ la for tho manu- T. L. msoEN*. fucture t)f asle grease, but which the father could not make a commercial success. Later the sons established a small factory and manufactured the grease for sale. The business is now large and suc cessful, and It Is said that the Stand ard Oil company once offered ?000,000 for the plant. Dr. William T. Hornnday. who has been engaged Inn controversy with Secretary N'upel over the destruction of the seals on the Pribilof islands, be came the head of the New York Zoo logical park because he was the one man on the continent who ought to be at its head, and he is staying there for the same reason. lie was born in Plainfleld, Ind., in 1854, and W with the exception of one period of error, during ' . 4 V which time he dab bled in the real estate business, ho has been in the animal line— alive, dead, skin tied and stuffed. The list of the sportsmen's clubs ... . DR. HORNADAY. he belongs to would fill a book, and If lie wore all the medals with which he has been adorned for his services when lie went out still hunting he would sound like a tin shop falling off a hip roof. Dr. Hornaday has published a dozen or s« books of real scientific value and has hunted big game everywhere. Anarchists Avenge Betrayal. Four heavy guns in Cherbourg for tress were recently found to be useless ow.iig to the disappearance of essen tial parts of their mechanism. Later the mystery was solved. A soldier named Beau was arrested, denounced by an anarchist of Italian nationality who was detailed by a secret society in Rome to avenge Benu's betraying some members of the society in 1007. Boschini, the anarchist, secured work as a mason near the fortress where Benu was quartered. Boschini Induced Beau to steal the sights and other parts of the guns. Then he denounced him. I Governors | 1 In (he I I Limelight jj fy OVERNOR A. I] O. EBEIt f HART of Mln- Hjk. \ 'i Is holding % uiul ~n' t ty Mft. hese days. Just think of being governor of a state Mhaving so much cash In its treasury won't be necessary a. o. ebrhhabt. ' u 1011! The situa tion Is one that has likely never before occurred lu Minne sota or any other state. At present the treasury is groaning under the burden of a surplus which has never been duplicated. On Oct. 1 there will be nearly $4,000,000 in the state treasury. On Oct. 1, 1901), there was approximately §2,000,000. The unusual surplus has arisen through the successful settlement of cases which have netted the state large sums of money. The largest of these Items came from adjusted lumber cases, tho gross earnings tax cases, tho inherit ance tax cases and others. Not only have large sums of money come Into the treasury through them, but there will be a constantly aug mented stream, so that Minnesota bids fair to become a state unique in the history of taxation. ~ Governor D. F. Carroll of lotva, who was recently indicted for criminal li bel, tells muny nmuslng political ex periences. Once at a caucus the only attendant besides himself was a citi zen of very tall staturo and ponderous build. Mr. Carroll had some resolu tions to pass which began by repre senting that they were presented to a "large and respectable" gathering of voters, and ho proceeded to read aud vote them onto the records of the cau cus. "Hold on!" cried the other man. "We can't pass thnt, for it nin't true." "What isn't true?" demanded Carroll. "It ain't a large and respectable cau cus," objected the other member of GOVERNOR 1). F. CARROLL. the assembly. "There's only two of us." "That's all right, brother; that's all right," assured Carroll. "It goes as reail. Just you keep still. This is a large and respectable caucus, all right. You're larpe. and 1 am respectable." And the resolution passed without further demur. The indictment of Carroll is the out growth of an investigation by the grand jury of affairs at the lowa In dustrial School For Girls at Mitchell vtile. It is alleged in the bill that the governor made libelous statements con cerning John t'ownie, former chairman of the state board of control, in an ar ticle published in the I >es Moines Cap ital of May 24, in which the governor set forth at length his reasons for de manding the resignation of Mr. Cow nie. If you imagine thnt a governor doesn't know what real hard work is you should visit the farm of the chief executive of Missouri. When a bunch of politicians swooped down on Gov ernor Iladloy at his f:.rr.i recently they found him shy of hands and facing the thrashing of hi< wheat from jll-t i 1 til. . i':i I. - * . s " 4. fe.ii }: ; v ; . you work. I need >.< hands just now bargaln?" Swanger. bank examiner, nn d Mr. Lee, insur- „ . n. 6. lIADLEY. an c e commis sioner, responded gayly. "Here's where we make a hit with the farm ers." The governor thrashed 155 bushels from his fifteen acres, or ten bushels to the acre. Finally Swanger hid to give up; It was too hot. The dinner of fried chicken was a dandy. This was where Swanger had a chance to shine. Bteamer is Mosquito Proof. The latest thing In steamships is a mosquito proof craft specially designed for use between Liverpool and West African ports. Professor Donald Ross's recommendations have been carried out by the owners for mosquito proof ing all living quarters. Copper gauze fittings are provided for all doors, win dows, side ports, skylights, ventilators and passages to prevent the malaria bearing mosquito entering. Chile Votes Defense Fund. The Chilean congress has voted $22,- 40Q.(X>0 for defense _uurDoses. DEEP SEA WATER. Bottles With Which Sampies Ara Taken From Ocean Depths The water bottle for getting water for analysis from selected depths In the ocean Is a cylinder of brass, Ger man silver or other metal which re sists the corrosion of sea water, gen erally about two Inches In diameter and twelve or fourteen Inches long, with upward opening valve at the top and bottom, connected together on a central stem. Lugs are cast on the side of the cylinder for conveniently securing It at any point along the length of the line by which It Is to be lowered Into the sea. During the lowering of the line the valves of the bottle are kept unsealed by the pas sage of the water through the cylin der during Its descent, but when the motion Is reversed the valves seat themselves and are locked by the de scent of a small propeller In the framework above the upper valve, which rides Idly on a sleeve during the lowering of the bottle, but descends along a screw thread to press the valves upon their seats when the line commences to be hauled up. A speci men of the water at the depth to which the water bottle has descended Is thus brought to the surface confined with in the bottle, and a series of speci mens from different depths may be obtained at one haul by securing a series of water bottles at the required intervals along the sounding line.— Scientific American. The Gentle Game of Golf, On ouo occasion an old lady was lu the same railway compartment as a party of golfers. "I found fearful trouble this morning," said one. "At the first I fell right into the middle of a prickly gorse bush, and at the sec ond I was stuck up on the top of a tree. I pitched out of bounds Into the farmyard at the third, got caught by the wire at the fourth. I stuck fast in a deep hole at the fifth, found my self burled In mud at the sixth. 1 was lying In a heap of rough flints at the seventh, gof lost at the eighth and finished up at the bottom of that dirty ditch at tho last hole." "Gracious me," cried the horrified old lad/ from her corner of tho car riage, "and they tolil me that golf was an old man's game! I'll never let my Edwin play again!"— London Globe. Acquiring a Reputation. Archbishop liowley, who lived in the eighteenth century, most unjustly got the reputation of swearing like a trooper. The explanation is that the Duke of Cumberland, who fought tho battle of Culloden and who was un speakably profane, once went lu quest of the primate to get his assistance about a certain bill which he disliked. He returned to the house of lords, say ing: "It's all right, my lords. I've seen the archbishop, and he says he'll see the promoters to before he'll vote for the bill!" As a matter of fact, all the profnulty had been supplied quite in the ordinary run of conversa tion by the duke.—London Tatler. Some Pay More. The man was looking over the famtlj bills as his wife glanced through the paper. "Oh, John," she said, "it tells here of a young fellow who was fined S6.BC for flirting." "That's cheaper than 1 got off," re plied tho rnan, his eye still on th« bills.—Philadelphia Ledger. ROSE WINE 289 YE 3S OLD. Germany's Most Celebrated Vintage Kept at Breme. Tho most celebrated of all the wines* of Germany Is known as rose wine, and, according to a French couter rary. It is Jealously preserved In t town hall of Ilreme. The wine has been In the vaults since 1021, when the conscript fathers had six great vats made at Johannlsberg and six others at Hoekhelmer. Each received the name of one of the apos tles. It is an unwritten law that a* soon as a bottle of wine Is drawn from the vats a similar quantity <>f the same vintage is put Into the tun; consequent ly they are always full. Each of the tuns or vats lu the town hall at Hreme cost originally £4B and their cairticity Is 204 litres, or about fif ty-seven gallons. Our French statisti cian comes to the ( inclusion that each time a bottle of this wine Is drunk It represents a sum of over £3O. 1 Hiring the war of 1870 the French occupied the town, .ind the officers, braving the anger <:f the council of Breme, made free with their precious wine, and it was suid that the town of Breme paid more to France than all the other towns In Germany. At the time of the crown prince's wedding wa further learn that he was allowed ona bottle and ono only. An Advantage. "So you prefer servants who speak English imperfectly':" "Yes." replied the housewife. "If I don't understand what they sny I am not obliged to dismiss them so fre quently."—Exchange. iSTin A Ft-ella bi* TIN SHOP for all kind of Tin Roofing Spoutlnennd Qonoral Job Work, Btoyoa, Heat* re, ltan«oo, Fumaoee. oto. . PRICES 188 LOWEST! QDILITT TAB BEST*. JOHN HlXSOtf SO. ltf B. FBOHT BT^
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