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BALLADE OF DREAMS.
If T had time I should like to dream—
But not as poets and dreamers may
Of realms and castles that only seem,
And hopes that gever fulfill their days;
But, had I time and my own sweet way,
I think I'd stay in my den, and brew
A pleasant vision of things that pay—
The dreams that once in awhile come true.
If 1 had time, I would build no scheme
To please my soul for a moment’s sway;
2’d hit no pipe for an instant’s gleam
dazzling riches of far Cathay;
But give me only my pipe of clay,
And let me smoke till the air is blue,
And Area, while holding my fears at
The Seats that once in awhile come true.
Away with musings on heights supreme;
(W be falls therefrom is a nightmare’s
rey
Td bo 1t possible to redeem
An honest fancy, without delay,
For aught of worth as a staff and stay
To keep me going, and see me through.
es change from the whimsey’s
ay—
The rs that once in awhile come true.
L’ENVOL.
The dreams that render rewards, I say!
ut, after all, ’t is the strag ling few
That share, before they are oh and gray,
The dreams that once in awhile come
true.
—Frank W. Hutt, in Puck.
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THE SOLDIER,
THE CLERK,
AND THE LADY
rq =
20%. ES” Miss Melville ad-
mitted to herself, “the cap-
Oo © tain is very handsome, and
A he is doubtless very brave,
$f0%>” and—he wishes me to be
his wife. He is a man of good charac-
ter, and his family is one of the most
distinguished in the country. He is
ich, and he can listen as well as talk.
And when he talks he says more. than
Bertie says, but—I rather like Bertie.
I am more comfortable in Bertie's
company. Poor Bertie! He isn’t as
bandsome as the captain, and his brav-
ery—"
She laughed softly behind her fan.
“Bertie also wishes me to be his wife.
Both he and the captain have assured
me that my refusal will make them
desperately miserable; but I don’t be-
lieve the captain would suffer as Bert-
ie would. Bertie is such a violet! And
the captain is a gladiolus. Bertie:
hasn't much: social ‘standing. His
father keeps a shop as mine does. Oh,
dear! , Whatever's a_.poor girl to do?”
A. lady came and sat beside her, mak-.
ing a remark relative to the din of the
‘Miss Melville aga: ih Tarel. her fan to
*Hér face.
What glorious weather it is, fent
“it?” she faid, non-committaliy.
for
at that instant the ‘tdll-form of:
He nodded: at her and. Ske inclined
“The captain’s. presence
little celebration quite a mil ary airf%
the other was talking. : re
“I - understand that he has made
something” of ‘a sacrifice t6 he with us.
He might have been slowing himself.
the captain., Since. that little affair at
somewhere or other -in India, which
syas all, An. the papers. at the time, you
remember, when he led a charge ors:
something, somewhere where there
was danger, he’s been in ‘great demand.
And he looks in
¢niform (quite the brave man he’s re-
puted to. be, which isn’t customary
with heroes, you know. Heroes. are
usually disappointing as spectacles.”
“Yes,” Miss Melville concurred, but
she was only half listening.
She was again comparing the cap-,
tain with Bertie, and Bertie with the
captain, and apologizing for Bertie's
shortcomings. “She seriously believed
that a struggle was taking place in
ther mind.
The other looked at her quizzically.
“Lovely idea of Mr. Wareham's.
mvasn’t it?” she went on, after a brief
interval. ‘These beautiful grounds,
easy chairs, perfectly delicious refresh-
ments, and really no more noise than
one might expect, I suppose. Every
one should suffer a little in the cause
of country for the sake of one’s pa-
triotic soul.”
“You are perfectly correct.”
Miss Melville's eyes were gazing up-
svard where fluffy white clouds were
floating lazily, like pieces of snow upon
a calm blue sea. She was unaware of
the captain’s approach, immaculate in
his white suit. She was visibly start-
led when he spoke to her.
“Some of the boys have arranged for
a sham battle on the lake,” he said.
“Would you care to see it?”
She arose promptly.
“Wen't you come,
sweetly,
too?’ she said,
to her voluble neighbor, thus
appear above the “captain's nose.
“There will be no danger, will there,
captain?’
“Not the slightest.” His smile was
but
you
ronage. ‘‘There will be nothing
action and noise—mere boy’s play,
know.”
Miss Melville opened her sunshade
herself, ignoring his movement to that
end. Some quality in his tone—a qual-
ity smacking of insult to boys—and
Bertie—annoyed her. 3ut. he was
handsome and brave, this captain,
asvhile Bertie wasn’t, and Le was rich
and of aristocratic lineage, while Bert-
ie’s father kept a common She
shop
drew closely to the c: le, and
he leaned toward her, beeding of
their companion. So they came to the
lake shore, where preparations for the
dattle were in progress.
| exhapsted, like a, top. he, tumbled over
Bertie saw them and waved his hand
from out the midst of a snarl of ex-
cited children in which he appeared to
be hopelessly entangled. His hair was
ruffled. His face was streaked with
perspiration and grime. His sleeves
were relled to the elbows. His white
duck trousers were spotted in numer-
ous places where they had thought-
lessly been brought in contact with the
grass. He grinned.
“We're making things sing,” he an-
nounced, somewhat unnecessarily,
when they had come nearer. “EL,
kids?”
“You're right!” The answer was
given in a shrill chorus of childish
voices.
“This is the battle we're going to
fight, and we must wait till we can
see the whites of the enemy’s eyes.”
He looked at Miss Melville, who was
laughing, and the captain, whose lip
was curling with amused tolerance,
and his face became suddenly grave.
“It's a sort of kindergarten,” he said,
apologetically. “I'm surprised and
grieved that you should view it in a
spirit of levity. I'll tell you,. it’s no
ping-pong, this fighting battles. Come,
kids.”
Miss Melville wiped the tears of
laughter from her eyes and gasped for
breath. The captain solicitously ap-
proached with a camp chair.
“Won’t you—7’ he began, then
stepped back quickly, taking the chair
with him,
Bertie saw the action, and in the
same instant saw its cause. A mam-
moth cannon cracker, containing suf-
ficient strength within its smooth shell
to kill a horse if exploded from below,
lay sputtering not twelve inches from
Miss Melville's heels. He saw the
horror-stricken face of the boy, who,
unable to control his zeal, had lighted
the cracker’s fuse, and had been un-
able to extinguish it, as he had intend-
ed. Bertie saw the captain retreat for-
ty feet or more, and heard him franti-
cally tell the girl to jump. And he
dashed forward, scattering children
to the right and the left, his eyes blaz-
ing.
“You—you coward!’ he cried, indig-
nantly, to the retreating officer. “Why
didn’t you—"
He threw the bewildered Miss Mel-
ville aside with such force that, she
assumed a sitting posture upon the,
grass, her hat tilted over one eye,
sunshade crushed bencath her. He.
picked up the sputtering cracker ‘and |.
turned menacingly toward the captain.
His intention was obvious. The crack-
er would have been cast straight at-
that heroic gentleman's head had, there
pees time. But, unfortunately OF. oth-
rwise, as the matter may be view ed,
es was, not due.
“png :
Bertie, “Blinded. deafened,
1 seemed to. Ww hirl, whirl, Jike a fop., And,
Ww Den, the force, “of the. ‘momentum wa
»
Hjs. ring had fallen from ‘his. ‘finger...
and. autgmatically Miss, Melvifle had,
taken noid, of Jif,
black. _ Her eyes. closed. . Jer, .con-
"sciousness, floated away pon, a.moan.
_. When it came’ back. and she, Again.
was all ‘things’ knowingly, her compan. J.
“jon, the ,voluble lady, was. sitting be-
side her, . plying a fan. Other ladies ||
were also there. At.a Tittle distance,
leaning in. a picturesque . ajtitude J
against, a tree, was. the captaip. Sas 4
“Bertie—braye Bertie!” .she , mur- |
mured. Sos
“Yes, dear, » the lady begin, talking
at once. . “Mr. McFarland’s been tak-
en to the hospital. Wasn't it lovely of,
him to do as he did? He's not badly’
hurt—not so badly as might have been;
expected, considering that one of those
atrocious abominations exploded in his
hand. His eyesight is affected,
though not permanently, the doctors
say. . It was an awful shock, wasn’t
it? So unfortunate’s for Mr. Ware- |
ham'’s plans, too!”
Miss Melville struggled to her feet.’
Her face was drawn and white.” Her |
gown was crumpled and stained with’
green.
“I’'shall-go, 1 think,” she said, forec-
ing a smile. “Thank you ever so much’
for what you've done for me. I'm sor-
ry for Mr. Wareham. Xo,” motioning"
back the captain, who came forward,
tendering his arm, *it is but a’ little
way home. I'll not incon—I’ll not need
you, Captain Gorton. No, nor you la-
dies. I should prefer to go alone.”
She walked unsteadily across the
lawn, passing through the iron gate-
way into the quiet street. At the first
corner she paused, glancing about her.’
No one was ih sight. Slowly, for the®
muscles were cramped, she opened her
clinched hand and lifted it to her lips.
Then she placed Bertie's ring upon her
ngagement finger.—Baltimore Herald.’
Word Blindness.
Some curious instances of the phy-
sical defect of “word blindness” are
given in the Lancet. The disease is,’
fortunatély, uncommon. ‘ In one case
the sufferer, an ‘Englishman, thirty-
four years of age, who knew Greek,
Latin and French well; suddénly lost®
all knowledgé of English, thotigli “he
could read and understand Greék per?
fectly and Latin and French iia rath-
er smaller degree.” Another and almost
more curious case was that éf aman
who lost the power of reading at sight.
This patient was able to write accur-
ately from dictation, but was complete-
ly unable to read what he had written,
Word blindness is apparently akin to
color blindness, but is certainly at-
tended by much more inconvenient ¢on-
sequences.
The Spitting Evil Abroad.
her |
(stunned oi
The, ‘w orld turned. g
what it was.”
.4 regular old-fashioned winter,
The latest place to recognize the
aeadly consequences of indiscriminate
spitting is Bristol, which has lately
passed a by-law. A similar proposition
before the MNanchester City
is now
Cc il, and it is proposed to make the
maximum fine £5, 1s in’
most other places.— Exchange.
Jul
instead of
40s
London
WIT 2nd HUMOR
of THE DAY
———
War Has Begun.
Says the Jap to the Russ,
“You're a bloated old fuss!”
ns the Russ to the Jap,
“You're a foolish young
—Cleveland |
chap
>lain- alt
Pronunciation.
Rosie—“How do you prenounce ‘‘au-
tomobile 7”
Posey—"1
ever.”
pronounce it the Dest
i
tie
A Difficult Conundrum, *
“Hi, waiter! what do you call this?”
“Bean soup, sir.”
“Yes, it's been soup,
deuce is it now?”
but what the
Pog Show Item.
McDuff—"“Oh, I'm sure you'll get to
like our dog—he grows upon one.”
MecBluff—"*But I don’t like to have
dogs growing on me.”
a ——
Better Than Riches,
De Garry—“In makiag Tove to a Boes-
ton girl, what is the bes: thing for a
fellow to possesz 7’
Merritt—"A dictionary.”
Untrammeled.
Naggsby—"According to what school
of dramatic art does Maxine Elliott
shape her work?”
Waggsby—'*None. She plays in ‘Her
Own Way.’ ’—Baltimore American.
Didn't Work.
He—“Do you believe in
transference,- Miss Frivolous?’
She—*“Not at all. I have been trying
for weeks.to convey the idea to your
mind that you ought to propose.”—De-
troit Free Press. : 4
thought
Perfectly Satisfied.
Brown—"8o Smith's mother-in-law is
dead? Did _ she leave Smith any-
thing? >
‘Jones—*“No; but Smith says he feels
that she’ has done everything in her
power to make: him happy, as it is.’
Comfort.
4
LJ 4 x
bis SE i MAR 4
ey
married a Week before AT
quarrel?” o
“Wen, there's nothing 1ik6H
garly” start.” —New An
: Far From Useléss, **
=» Young Lawyer—*“kt will’ Betqhite use-4{
less to try «nd break: old Jones’ will, -
don’t you think so¥?* « ~% * 2%
Old Latwyer—* Jselesg? Not at” all. §
The- reldtives will get -lots7 otf o¥pers- 41
ence affdwe will get-sontesfat fees.”—
Kansas City World. - 20m ay’
—rtla RE
+A Servant Tackett: «
“You should strive. to appeal - to the
imagination and the. human, interest ‘of
your pupils,” said the. principal. :
“I do,” answered the teacher, “but it
is very hard .to conv ince. the boys, that
Hector and Achilles were as great men
as Corbett and Jeffries.”
She Probably Forgot.
Jack—*“I calléd on Misc Giddyur last |
night, and she” said, if I kissed ‘ber she’
would scream.’ a
Tom—*“Well?’ .
“Jack—“Well, = under ‘the circum-
stances, 1 con't think ‘much of her
reputation for veracity.” 7
+ Lest W.e Forget.
Singlotor—1 say, old - chap, . what
have you.that string around your finger:
for?” ‘
Wedderly—*To remind me. of some-
thing I am to get for my wife.”
Singleton—“What are you to. get?’
Wedderly—*“Why—er—I've forgotten
—New Yorker. ,,
Fate, hw
“Just my luck,” he growled. “When
I was Sut of a job no ofie wanted me,
and now ‘thdt I've just got one there
“is a most fressing demand for my’
services.’ ” :
“For what?’
“For jury service.”—Chicago Pest.
£3 New Opportunities,
Smartley—*“I believe I can find the
Seuth Pole.”
BDirmbhiep st ‘How would you go about
ite?
Smartley+—*By following the revolu-
tions in South America untid:] reached.
‘the apex.”’—Butte Inter Mountain.
se. simian 30% un 2 .
Now They Hate Each Other...
“Well,” said her neighbor, “this is a
isnt 1H #
is it?’ she. returned. ‘Really,
I can’t speak from experi-
not
“Oh,
you know,
ence about old-fashioned winters,
having been here wien you used to
have that kind.”—Chicago Record-Her-
ald.
Religious Man.
Mrs. Newbride—"My Lusband doesn’t
piay poker any more. He promised me
not to.”
Mrs. Wise—“And doesn’t hie play any-
thing now?’
Mrs. Newbride—‘He ys he oniy
plays ‘Pharoah,’ and as that's a Bib-
ical name, it must be all right.”--
{ not deast,
Jamadl
+
PREPARING A BRIDAL OUTFT.
Some of the Most Important Points in
Selecting a Costume.
For the wedding dress select silk
muslin, crepe de chine, or one of the
newer weaves, liberty or duchesse
satin, taffeta or peau de cygne. If of
a thin fabric nothing could be more
charming than tke new (old) 1830
skirt gathered at the belt and having
graduating tucks interspersed with
bands of filmly lace and immense
tucked sleeves with lingerie under-
sleeves of lace complete the costume.
A modish traveling costume is of
mixed tweed, the coat preferably in
short three-quarter length and with
a jaunty skirt just clearing the ground.
A dressy costume is of fine dark
brown broadcloth or zebeline and is
indispensable for calling, ete. It
should ‘be made on rather elaborate
lines, having the skirt with short
sweep and a drop shoulder Eton jack-
et or pleated coat smartly trimmed
with touches of ‘silk, manne velvet
braid and with buttons. Then a mo-
dish storm suit or long waterproof
Enghsh coat should be 2 part of the
outfit. Have also a dainty tea gown
of rose colored crepe elaborately
trimmed with cream-colored lace and
a touch of black velvet to give char-
acter." Add - several +pretty dressirg
sacques, accordion pleated and plain,
trimmed with lace, --émbroidery: and
|| ribbori, and a -kimona of warm-hued
+ Oriental silk.
+ outfit-complete add: one all“white and
If you weula have the
one'aH black evening dress: an evening
cloak - of - avhite elath’ richly «trimmed
1 with lace, fur and: embroidery; a thea-
tre gown of:crepe or soft silk; several
fancy - waists and an-abundance of
trig shirt waists, Hats, gloves,ishoes,
stocks, etc. »sto match ithe: different
costumes are. necessary. -"Ands«last; but
athe -ingevie, +whichs is: no
- item, as¥it-wmust.be ;-of =the
daintiest - description. «sIn~additiesi tp
the regular-lingerie a generoysesupply
,of black silk andsra~ few: eelorad-pet-
tieoats warensessentigl-wnot forgetting
somestaBorates white: ones sifor yusk
| withatea sand: evedmg: ‘go wuse— Mirror
andy famner man wr.
an Bi rebepinie. "bows i
kz is Metra er Gils, n-Baston.
“After negply three months, 0%, serv ice,
"diiring. which, they, have been obliged
EEE RP Si
x to. enco nter every sqrt of weather
a conditign,
the messenger (girls have
fairly, earned JLheir right to.remain in
the places of the boys. who .went on
strike last October. It.was. tagug ht by
sole people: who have been. . watching
the experiment, and, officials . LOf the
Would have to. give AY, when’ the ‘hard
3 ‘winter storms _ set Ne Such has, not
been the case, however; in, rain, in
snow, in slush, and. .in freezing tem-
perature the. girls have een tried,
and they haye not been found wanting.
The A.-D, T..mapagement is even
more pleased with. the girls than it
was immediately. after it bad found
relief ‘rom the trials and. tribulations
of dealing with, the boys. One. of the
officials, said .10- day: “The girls have
proved _exceptionally satisfactory, and
have more than come up to our ex-
pectations. They have stayed on in
bad weather and haye made good time
even under the. yors st. conditions pos-
sihle” Farin x
The company. now has about 130
girl messengers regularly in its em-
ploy, and tLe force has sifted down
somewhat since it was first put to
work. When ‘the girls were first hired
all ages applied and were taken on.
Young girls and old women ran round
town with the messages. The young-
er girls were stopped by the State
‘| authorities, and the older women have
dropped out of their own accord, so
that at the present time the average
age of the girl messengers is about
tw enty-five years. The girls work from
ght o'clock in the morning until half
past five at night. After half past
five the work is done by boys. Some
of these hHoys appear in the old A. D.
T. uniform, ' ut 2a “ae e cases the uni-
forms were owned previous to the re-
cent trouble and the strize, The boys
are also used in the day time for car-
rying messages “to places where it
would not be desirable to send girls.
Although the girls are now apparently
‘a ‘firture, It is "doubtful if “any at-
tempt will be m le to “ave them wear
uniforms of cny sort. Just at present
the company is not considering that
question, as it is willing to forego the
uniforms for the sake of having mes-
sengers' with whieh it'is pot always
in trouble.—Boston Transcrint.
The School For Parents,
“A writer in a’ Kansas City naws-
paper, recognizing the growing de-
mana for amusenient everyw.ere, ven-
tures to invite attertion to the fun
there is 1» +e got out of bringing up
a baby. He goes on to show that
twentieth century science I:as abol-
shed colic and midnight floorwalking
ind most of the otier annoyances
which used to detract from the pleas-
Philadelphia Ledger.
ares of parenthood,” says the Satur-
day Evening Post.
“There is some truth in this, but if
company. feared. a little that, the. girls |
it were all true it would be a great
human calamity. There are hardships
of the sort that try body and soul be-
yond endurance; and in so far as civ-
ilization and the progress of wcience
abolishes these it is all to the good.
But if ever progress should make
life too easy, progress would soon be
retrogression. And of all the means
to the development of character—
which is the real end and aim of
progress—none is comparable, at least
none now in existence is comparable,
to bringing up a baby—to learning
sacrifice, especially self-sacrifice.
“Beyond question it is easier to
bring up a baby than it used to be.
The laws of mind and of body are bet-
ter understood. But there still remains
the peculiarities of temperament, the
blunders and follies and perversities
inevitable in such dense ignorance as
envelops the mind of a child. These
make ‘raising a family as hard as
it ever was in the most important
respect. And that is well.”
A Business Woman’s Rules.
The following little list was com-
piled some years ago says the Buf-
falo Evening News, by a young girl
just starting on a business career. It
has proved an invaluable help to her,
she says, and so she gladly ‘passes it
on’ to any who are interested:
Be honest.
Don’t worry.
Be courteous to all.
. Keep your own counsel,
Don’t complain about trifies.
Be loyal to your employer.
Don’t ask for vacations. .
Be business-like, not womanish.
Be prompt—a little ahead of time—
if possible.
Be neat, and attractive,
trusive, in your person.
Take ~kindly. criticism: in the spirit
in.<whieh it avas diptended. .
but, unob-
Do the very best you can ‘each day"
and every day, 0 that’ When there is 2
chance for promotion, you will not
only be “ealfed “butachosei.” di
ny .
3 Pm Tor the Piano, €i' vi
A most effeftives cover for the back
of an upright piano was ingeniously
produced. by its, ower from one of the
old fdshioned | Ted: felt ~table covers,
stamped in black i
sign, wthat are still" to" be seen in sit-
ting rooms of ‘old farm houses.
lack lines ware, car fully outlined in
fine gilt- cord plain, 13
and the “spaces between: were filled
in with gay silk embroidery done in
1608. 0 verlapping stitch. The, design of
the: cover, :was followed with not too
close regularity , of color, . and the; re-
sult was-a. beautiful square that was
highly Japanese in effect. and.com-’
pletely unrecognizable as to its first
estate. The red felt margin was cut
off and under the edge of the work
was slipped -a border of black moire
cut in large scallops, and measuring.
when finished, two inches at its broad-
ost point. *
“Hats of fin» thread lace will be worn.
Rough fabrics lead for spring street
wear.
Light brown and purples are prom-
ised continued popularity for spring.
It seems that, to be really swell,
the skirt waist must be made a size
too large.
It is predicted that long and three-
quarter coats are to be entirely passe
in co little while.
One of the prettiest revived fashions
” that of catching up lace flounces
vith clusters of flowers.
cut
the
Many of the winter's stolés’ are
square at the back, somewhat in
fashion of a sailor collar.
Coats are not so loose and Baggy as
they were, and even the loosest must
fit well over the shoulders.”
The fashionable dress skirt is made
in five pleats, and measures only about
three. inches longer in. back than in
front.
The smart girl wears stiff little
bands . of embroidery, fastened with
jeweled Dbuttens, outside her coat
sleaves. :
Among the many attractive hats is
a white silky zibeline round hat, the
fo canght in places with small jet
ese Chlucse, Japanese, Turkish,
Dor ian and Russian embroideries
arc creating quite an Oriental furore
among us
Fiat s pieces of real lace in the
heavier varieties appear up many of
the new cvening Bodies, bordering a
V-sh > 1 nd crossing sur-
plice fashion in front. The lace is
broad upon the shoulders and tapers
toward the points,-and thic shape is
newer and more desirable than the
cape collar,
aiearly, all-over de-;
The.
Bie flexible wire.
‘connected tagether by
point.
-supply of power.
.telligence.
Life can be sustained for something
like thirty days on water alone; but
with dry fcod one could live but a
quarter of that time.
Consumption of earth as food is said
to be common not only in China, New
Caledonia and New Guinea, but in the
Malay archipelago as well.
The zebrula, the cross between the
zebra and the horse, has been under
‘test in Germany, and is claimed to be
less liable to disease than the mule.
To render new born animals im-s
mune against tuberculosis is the hope
of Professor von Behring, whose plan
is to supply a suitable solution of tu-
berculous virus in the food.
There are now living in the Royal
Aquarium in Russia several carp that’
are known to be more than 600 years
old, and it has been ascertained in sev-
eral cases that whales live to be over
200 years old. .
ELECTRICITY AS WAR AGENT
Rapid Extension of Its Use in Fortifica=
tions on the Coast,
An interesting instance of the rapid
extension of the use of electricity is
furnished by the fortifications distrib-
uted along our coast. A few years
ago the electric light was introduced
to add to the comfort of the garrisons
and to provide better illumination of
the works. Once a generating plant
had been installed there was at hand
a supply of power in a convenient and
easily controllable form, and this led
to its use for purposes which were
not contemplated at the time the plant
was installed. Electric fans have been
put in to make the living quarters more
comfortable in hot weather, and elec-
tric motors have been adopted for
training the guns, a class of work for
which they are particularly . well
adapted. Motors are used to drive the
ammunition hoists, and do other work
which before had either been done by
hand or some less satisfactory power.
Searchlights, have been installed, en-
abling a fortification to sweep the sea
at night.
The various. Posts of the fortress are
telephone, so
that the commandant is in touch at all
times with the entire garrison, and
can, instantly transmit orders to any
The various fortifications along
the coast ate tied together by telephone
and: telegraph, so ‘that on the appear-
ance of the enemy ateany point all the
fortifications ‘would be informed of it.
Submarine mines are, controlled elec-
trically, "and: even’ thie” ‘gins may be
“fired : by this*® ‘means, * {py an officer at
some distant point. “By means of ‘wire-
less: telégraphys ay fortification can be
kept in towchswithsthe scouting vessels,
‘and would béfinformed of the approach
of the enemy. long:before-he-iscvisible
from.the coast. The telautograph may
-be .breught; into.sergjce for: transmit-
-and electric signaling. lights ~
ting orders,
are replacing the older types., Elgetric
L lights, lighting, the rangefinder stations,
and electric , cloels circuits, fur nish ac-
curate’ ‘time. to all parts of fie fortifica-
tions.’ To insure the continuity of
these manifold services, accumulators
are now installed, so that there wili at
ill“ times be a constant” and reliable
Thue, from being at
first a small auxiliary, the electrical
equipment has extended until it is now
probably the most important part of
the entire equipment of the fortress.—
Scientific American.
No Use For Lawyers.
There is a queer state of affairs in
Walworth County; Wisconsin, one of
the best counties in the State, and one
fn which there is a high grade of in-
It is claimed that in this
county no criminal lawyer has an op-
portunity to develop his talent, there
not being enough cases to practice on.
The prosecuting attorney has only
enough . business to-keep him in his
office a small part of each term. Most
of the cases that come up are of such
small importance that they are either
dismissed, nolled, or continued. If a
Walworth County lawyer wants to
make courtrooms resound with his elo-
quence he must practice law in other
counties, where the people are of a
more quarrelsome nature. The only
case on the Walworth docket that
claims any great amount of attending
was taken to that tribunal from Lake
Geneva, where the defendant in the
case is charged with throwing a wom-
an off his front stoop.—Chicago Trib-
une.
IIe Didn’t Have to Prove It,
The other day a stranger stepped off
the train at Hopkins and said to a
man on the depot platform: “Can you
tell me who is the best lawyer in this
town?” “I am,” replied the man ob
the platform,’ without hesitation. The
stra’ cer seemed somewhat diseoncert-
ed by this display of egotism, and
gently said: “Excuse me; sir, buf I
should like to have you prove it.”
“Don’t have to prove it, sir,” answered
the man on the platform. “I admit
it. I'm the only lawyer in this town,
sir.” And immediately the strauger
got a lawyer and the lawyer got a&
client.—Kansas City Journal.
Young Sharks in a Shark’s Stomach,
A huge shark, measuring nearly
eleven feet in length, was caught off
the ocean pier at West Palm Beach
Monday by F. C. Bingham of Nautilus
cottage. A strange revelation was
made when the big fish was cut open.
In the stomach were twelve young
ieen
I about six inches in
leng 0 ansferred to a
water tank on the in which they
lived for five hours.—Tropical Sun.
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