The charm of love is its telling,
The charm of deed is its doing:
The soul of the thing is the thought; the
the telling that goes
the charm of life is its living,
with The giving;
charm of the afl 1g the actor;
The soul of the fact is its truth, and the Now is its principal factor.
The world loves the Now and the
Nowist,
and tests all assumptions with rigor,
It looks not behind it to failing, but forward to ardor and vigor;
It cares not for heroes who faltered, ter martyrs who hustled and re canted,
For pictures that
The world does nct
The world does not care for the hlossoms
The workl does not care for the
The world does not care for the songs
What use to mankind is a purpose that
never were painted, for harvests
care for a fragrance that never is lost in performing,
1e8 Te
unsung in the soul of the singer.
never had winner nor wooer?
that never were planted.
that never is lost in perfuming,
maining unrung by the ringer,
The motives, the hopes and the schemes that have ended in idle conclusions,
Are buried along with the failures,
that come
in a lite of illusions.
Away with the flimsy idea that life with a past is attended;
Now,
onsolete
and
story,
There's Now—only
Away with its and all of
no. Past—there’s
never a past; it has ended.
its yesterday sorrow;
There's only today, almost gone, and in front of today stands tomorrow,
And hopes that arc quenchless are sent us hke loans from a generous lender,
Eririching us all ‘in our efforts, yet
Lightening all of our labors, and thrilling
making
no poorer the sender;
us. ever and ever
With the ecstasy of success and the raptures of present endeavor.
—Jlougene F. Ware,
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“The costliest horse 1
curry-comb over Prince
said the city liveryman. “In
days I had charge of one of the larg-
est private stables in New England.
Twenty men took orders from me; and
the values of some of the animals |
under my care ran into five figures.
“But Max was the king of them all.
He was a blooded trotter with a rec-
ord on every important track in the
country, more intelligent than some
men I've known, and with a pedigree
longer than your arm. Whenever he
travelled he had his own comfortable |
private car, with an experienced
groom as valet and chef. Nothing in
those stables was tco geod for: him.
and we were proud ds p...cocks when-
ever he won a Jace.
“Imagine, then,
consternation, the second cay
when I got a wire that the Prince
had been sold; worse still, 1 must
start for New York the next day. His
car was in the repair shop, and that
very morning his groom had set out
for Buffalo, with another horse. D:
orders orders, mu
obeyed.
“] engaged the best box car obtain-
able at such short notice, and arranged
' to accompany Max myself, partly be-
cause I disliked to trust him with an
inexperienced man, partly because 1
wanted to see as much of him as pos-
sible before saying good-by.
o'clock the next afternoon
switched into a long freight, and rolled
away southward,
“Our car was carpeted with straw
and carefully padded; light and air
came plentifully through strong wood=
en gratings over the open dois
bale of pressed hay, a barrel cf 0ais
and fine feel, and a metal water-
tank and pails com: rfeed our furnish-
ings. My hammcck swung from a
hook in one corner to the end of «
grating. ]
ever ran a.
Max, |
those
was
our surprise and
in July,
were and St
At. 5
we were
3, 2a}
We planned to make cur two
days’ journey as comfortably
sible. :
# “Wasn't it hot that first rh
got but little sleep. Max, ualhal
trod restlessly round his
femiliar quarters, now and the
TT out ennge to wy en
Lali-houi, £5 at it
whenever 1
wouid clump alcag rerhead, whist
ling, “Way down upon ie Swanee
River,’ or some equally cheerful tune.
He was fond of music, that 1
But he wore unnecessarily heavy
shoes.
“After midnight every town was ex-
ploding with patriotism in honor of the
Fourth. With dawn the atmosphere
became sweltering. Our car, freshly
painted green, appedred to draw the
heat. Noon came cad went. Our gen-
eral course was south; and the west-
ern sun, streaming through the wood-
en grate, checkered the straw with
light. Sometimes the hot rays fell on
me, sometimes on Max, At last 1
shut the decor. This improved matters
a little, although it made the air very
close.
“The Prince was extremely sensitive
to discomfort. His restlessness and his
rolling eyes showed that his nerves
were on edge. 1 am sure we both were
thankful when the sun dropped be-
Jow the horizon.
“A series of detonations heralded the
approach of a good sized town. 1
tried to open the door, but it stuck
fast. The heat was still intense, and
Max felt it. Although 1 did my
to soothe him, he quivered at
explosion. :
“We pulled slowly through the
suburbs. My ear caught a steady rat-
tle ahead like the popping of rifles.
Nearer and louder it came; crack!
crack! crack-crack-crack! What could |
it be? I was not long in learning.
“The track crossed the principal |
street at right angles; and here a
crowd of boys, supplied with toroedoes
were peppering the train from engine
to caboose. They were on the western
side; so that 1 could not see them;
but what a shout they set up at the
sight of our brilliantly painted car!
* *T.ook what's coming! lL.ock what's
coming! All together, fellows!’
“One lad in especial had a shrill,
piercing voice, which rang loud above
the others. I tried to shout a warning,
- but a big torpedo struck fairly on the
door, drowning my words. As we roll-
ed across the road we underwent a
deafening bombardment. I don’t be-
lieve that there was a square inch that
missed its share of the fusillade.
“Had the boys known what the car
contained, I am certain they would
have been more chary of their atten-
tions. But to them it was loaded with
goods, like any other. How could they
guess what was behind that. . bright
green wall?
“Prince Max was. almost fright~craz-
as
5
lead seinen
srakaman.
best
every
By Albert W. Tolman.
outburst capped the climax.
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to
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;
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comfortable car had tried him sore-
ly; and this sudden, unseen, furious
NVith eyes
glassily, he cowered- in the
corner. ‘But the worst
over. We were. passing out of range.
A few scattered parting and
the crowd transferred its compliments
to the next car. I tried to €oothe the
stallion, but he stood: sweat-beaded,
shivering as with the ague.
“We stopped. From in front. |
could hear the buffers coming together
rattle! bang! The enzine had
eca reversed. Slowly we trundled
back. Were we to recgive another
hail of torpedoes? But ail was quiet.
Apparently the boys had exhausted
their ammunition. We stopped again,
directly across the street. Outside rose
confused voices. It made me uneasy.
What fresh ' mischief was hatching
now? ‘1 socn found out.
‘Once more the train started. To
me the grinding of the wheels was
welcome. 1 had had guite enough of
that town.
“Then without warning, -ri be-
neath us, came a crash that seemed to
lift the car from the track! The boys
had put a giant cartridge on the rail.
This completed the mischief bezun by
the torpedoes.
bulging
farthest was
shots,
“Prince Max shrieked like a tortured
human being, and sprang straight up-
ward. A beam struck him the
ears with a shock aimost heavy enough
to crack his skull. Half-stunned, he
tottered, shaking his head. Then, be-
fore I could guess at his intentions .cr
or prepare to guard against them, he
came at me furiously, ears laid back,
lips raised from his long white teeth,
nostrils. inflated, and eyes like blazing
conla
codis,
907
across
“I jumped to the right, and shooting
2v me, he crashed against the end of
-c car. His head grazed my shoulder;
1is teeth snapped: close to my left ear.
My foot struck a metal water-pail, still
half-full. I picked it up, and as he
tursied, gave him the contents square-
lyin the 5% Sober
iripping, iilo thé Opposite ¢om
“A tiger is lamblike compared with
a mad Lorse. If Max was really go-
ing « 1 was 18 fearful peril. The
ii i * Wy, os
pail w&5 thé. nearest apology to a
sapon. Worst of all, 1 was hopeless-
'y trapped, with cne dcor closed tight,
and both barred by gratings which it
would require some time to remove.
Meanwhile one snap of the stallion’s
powerful jaws or a single stroke from
a steel-shod hoof might seal my fate.
“I spoke to him, at first gently, then
in tones of command, but to no effect.
His eyes glared; his teeth ground to-
gether, foam dripped from his lips.
Poor fellow, he was suffering horri-
bly! But I had no time for pity. With
a sudden wild scream of fury he rushed
on me again.
“1
swinging
head; the bail
ay
retreated behind
the
my hammock,
empty bucket over my
came out in my hand,
and the pail clattered on the floor.
Fortunately, at that instant the car
swerved sharply, hurling Max against
the right grating. That disconcerted
him, and he backed into his corner.
“His flanks heaved, his ears pricked
forward, his nostrils expanded. The
membrane of his dilatinz eye grew red
as blood; contrasting sharply with the
glassy clearness of the. cornea. He
grasped a fold of stout padding with
his teeth; and shredded it from the
wall like tissue-paper. He tore and
champed at the backing of exc
until the car was-threwn with o
fibers. Heart-sick. and terrified, 1
realized that he 1
plhirenitis, or, as
called, the mad staggers.
“A horse suffering from that afllic-
ticn does not attack a man malicio
He simply flies at him blindly, as
a post or a tree. But he is
the less dangerous because his viol
not deliberate. 63s
rushes Max might pin
tear me to pieces.
“How I lcngzed fer brakeman's
hobnailed tread and cheerful whis
But he did not pass cverhead; and the
{rain was making too much noise for
me to hail the caboose.
“Stupor succeeded frenzy.
stood quiet, with hanging head. 1
watched him apprehensively. “Speedy
bleeding was, I realized, the only thing
that would: prevent the phrenitis from
terminating fatally. 1 feared to ap-
proach him, however, for in two or
three seconds he might again become
a dangerous maniac. Yet I must seize
the earliest opportunity for drawing
the blood away from his brain; fcr not
only did the prospect of saving his
life lessen with every minute, but each
fresh paroxysm exposed me anew to
deadly peril.
“Ap idea came to me. Keeping close
isior
curlin
was stricken wit
it is more commoily
is one of his
me down
41
tac
Max
ed. The long journey in the hot, un-
| watth on the horse, I unhooked my
i the
mock about his jaws, and waited.
4
| 10!e
| amount
he
! neck,
t his hot skin, end my arms almost torn
| from their-sockets by the violence with
| the
| ed me
| ings were growing looser;
i ends of the hammock, 1 pulled
| penknife, ran my fingers along a
smallest
stream
|-on
hammock and ilooped it over my left
arm—and not an instant too
“Rousing with a start; Max scream-
ed ferociously, and plunged toward
me. He reared on his hind legs, a lit-
tle more, and I should have been crush-
ed under his hoofs. But his
skull collided with the ceiling, and he
was hurled upon the straw. Before
could rise I flung myself on his
neck, realizing that the critical mo-
ment had come, and began to wind
the hammock folds round aud round
his head and jaws. It was no time for
mistake or miscalculation, I worked
hard, for 1 knew how much was at
stake,
“Never shall I forget those few ter-
rible minutes. With my whole weight
thrown upon the animal's throbbing
my face pressed down close to
S000.
again
which he wrenched his head from side
to side, I kept tight hold of the ham-
mock ends. Once let him clear his
strong J from those entangling
jaws
folds, and my life was not worth a
picayune.
“His hoofs beat, a mad tattoo. upon |]
floor. His gnashing teeth spatter-
with foam-flecks as he champed
and tore at the stout hemp. Its wind-
a few more
wrenches, and they would be off.
“Hope was slipping from me, when
his muscles suddenly relaxed, and his
head dropped forw The stupor had
I should never have
Letting zo the
cut my
vein
which I could feel swelling in his neck,
come on again;
a better cpportunity.
| and punctured it with the tip of the
blade. ‘The hot blocd came
1g out and formed a little pool
the floor of tae car.
‘Was the operation in time to save
animal's life? I rewound the ham-
Be-
counziderable
His
roused again a
of Llcod had drained oft.
he
| struggles were appreciably weaker, and
{ I had no difficulty in controlling him.
he fight was won.
“Before long we rolled into another
When we stopped I was able
attract the brakeman's attention,
a veterinary. We spent
in the car, workinz over
Letween us managed to
bring - him round, although he was a
good deal weakened by his loss of
plood. “The next«day 1 delivered him,
safe and sane, to his new owner.’'—
Youth's Companion.
and
In the United States, cut of every
10,000 marriages there aie 700 diverces.
In Canada, out of the same number of
marriages the. divorces are but four.
In our great civil war: there. were
used 12,049 tons of pecwder and 42,050
tons of lead. With these supplies
about $6,000 men were killed on the
spot, or wounded so that théy died.
grapes for the table are
glass in Belgium. In the
busy metropolitan suburb of Hcezl-
dert, ncar Brussels, there is a whele
district covered with glass. It is
of the shows of the country to sight-
SEers,
The finest
grown under
cne
——
One of the favorite postal cards of-
fered for sale to tourists by shop keep-
of Rouen, Normandy, ‘shows a
modern feminine compatriot of Joan
of dressed and posed to represent
ers
Arc
| the great French heroine spinning in
| her
thatched roofed cottage at Dom-
| remy.
| of hood.
| cient wri
Followin; wager with a friend a
London pawnbroker exposed for sale
in his shop window for five days a
hundred-guinea ($500) diamond, which
he priced at 2 shillings. 3 pence (55
cents). The article found no purchas-
er. and the was won by the
pawnbroker.
wager
No pope ever reigned under the
name of Peter. The custom for the
popes to change their Christian names
on their elevation -to the papacy be-
gan in 884 by Peter di Porca taking
out of a feeling of humility the name
Sergius II. He deemed it would be
presumpfucus to have styled himself
Peter the Second.
Hats, as the term is understood to-
day, were first made by a Swiss at Pa-
in the year 1404. Before that time
al head covering was some kind
It is true that, as a rule, the
ancients went bareheaded. The Greeks
| and Romans found but lifile use for
headgear
in war
of except on gala
and
any kind
occasions time.
The Book of Job is far
the oldest in the world.
ing is the manuscript by Ptan-
Hatep, at yptian prince of the blood,
lived about 3366 years
Ptah-Hatep's book
:. and deals with
itical and religious. It is pre-
the Bibliotheque Nationale,
hefore
written
who
Christ.
on papyn
moral, pol
served in
Paris.
1S
niatters
The Squirrel and the Sap.
There have-been several gr
rels about the premises or H.
rell, in Gardiner, all winter, and the
other dav Mrs. Morrell was wit-
ness of a curious act. .y one of them.
He was in a maple tree, and gnawed
off some of the bark on the upper
side of a limb. When the sap had
commenced to run and was gathering
in drops on the lower side of the limb,
the squirnel reached down and drank
it. How he knew it was sap in the
maple, and that it is time for it to
run, does not appear, but it is evi-
dent that he .did know both that the
)aple was the sap tree and that it
was time for the sap.—Kennebec Jour-
nal.
r sq
K. Mor-
the
New York City.—The Eton is such
firmly established favorite of fash-
ion that it is constantly appearing
In new designs with the certainty of
finding a welcome. Here is one of
3 Bu >
the very latest that can be made
either with or without the kimono
sleeves and that is really attractive
in both styles. The additional sleeves
nre exceedingly smart and greatly
worn just now, and are much to be
commended for the women to whom
they are becoming, but they do not
Tucked Dlouse or Shirt Waist.
Here is one of the very latest de-
velopments of the simple shirt walst
that is dainty and charming and al-
together to be desired. ' In the illus-
tration it is made of handkerchief
linen and is trimmed with little frills
of the same while the sleeves extend
to the wrists, but elbow sleeves ean
be used if preferred and almost every
material that is used for shirt waists
is appropriate for this one, madras,
the soft finished cotton rep and the
like for the heavier ones, lawn,
either linen or cotton, for those of
lighter weight, while for the non-
washable sort taffeta and light weight
flannel are admirable so treated.
Again, there are some new washable
messalines this season that are much
to be commended for travel and oc-
casions of the sort and which make
up charmingly after this design. The
long sleeves make a special feature
and are tucked to give the effect
of long deep cuffs and to fit the arms
rather snugzly below the elbows, con-
sequently being exceptionally becom-
ing and graceful. With the waist
can be worn any separate collar that
may be liked.
The waist consists of the fronts
and back. The tucks are laid in most
becoming lines and there is a regu-
lation box pleat at the front edge.
The neck finished with a: neck-
band to whieh any collar can be at-
tached. The sleeves are of fashion-
able fulness and when made long are
tucked below the elbows and when
short are simply gathered at their
lower edges, but in both cases are
is
finished with pretty roll-over flaring
cuffs. :
suit all figures and the jacket made
without them is quite complete and
equally in style. In the illustration
the material is tussore silk with
trimming of banding while the trim-
ming straps and pleats are stitched
with belding silk. The model is ap-
propriate for all suitings, however,
and also makes a very charming
little separate wrap, -which at this
season .is appropriate in pongee or
in taffeta. A little later the same
Eton will be charming for the suit-
ings of slightly heavier weight, as it
includes all the latest features. The
tie ends of soft silk smart and
pretty, but are not obligatory and
can be used or not
The jacket is made with
and back which eut in s¢
and joined beneath the tucks and tlie
ti¥fimming bands. These tritnming
bands are applied to give a box pleat-
ed effect and terminate in points at
back and front. There is a flat, odd-
lv shaped collar that finishes the neck
and there are the two sets of sleeves,
the ones of elbow length that are
finished with box pleats
lower edges, and the additional
mono sleeves which are optional.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and one-
half yards twenty-seven, two yards
forty-four or one seven-eighth yards
fifty-two inches wide with seven yards
of banding.
are
are
as liked.
fronts
are ctior
their
ki-
at
al
Novelties in Sunshades.
Sunshades of taffeta in every con-
ceivable shade are to be had this
season. The frames of the new para-
sols are much more bowed than
heretofore. Some of the prettiest
styles shown are deeply scalloped in
a fanciful manner, the edge being
finished with bands of taffeta. In
many instances the enameled handle
is tinted just a little to suggest the
color of the silk of the shade itself.
The quantity of material required
‘for the medium is three and
three-quarter yards twenty-seven,
size
a
three and one-half yords thirty-two,
two and one-eighth yards forty-
four inches wide, with two and one-
quarter yards of pleating.
or
Ivory Suede Gloves.
Suede gloves in an
dark champagne and
of gray seem to have
popular fancy.” =
ivory shade,
pretty tones
caught the
ANE.
Boots to Match.
Colored boots matching the color
of the belt are much worn with
summer gowns. Mordova shades are
in great favor, also royal blue.
Frog showers are purely mythical.
TOR generated in the
on the earth. The shower simply
them forth from their hiding
2S dle skies
not
Lieut. H. Ekelund of Jonkopin, Swe-
den, claims to have made an import-
ant invention in fuel saving. Accord-
ing to his method, peat is used in the
shape of a powder and is said to give
sufficient heat to use steel in fur-
nace without the use of coal.
a
An Austrian surgeon considers the
hard palate a better meaus of t¢«ntify-
ing a criminal than the finger tips. In
others words, he believes that there is
a greater dsoxree of individuality in
the corrugatisns of the roof of the
mouth than in the lines which indent
the skin.
That the natural color of pure water
is blue, instead of white, was long ago
discovered. The green and yellow
tints are said to be due to extranesus
substances. Dissolved calcium .
though apparently giving a g
tint, due to a fine invisible susyp«
have no effect on the color of the
when precautions are t
it. The brown or yellow
iron salts is not seen when
present.— Engineer.
salts,
nish
nsion,
water
en to prevent
aque
color to
cal
The proportion of ce
broken
tion varies according to the contractor,
the architect and the use to he m
of the material. "A general rule
make a mixture of cone part
two parts sand and five pe
stone.” This proportion is Te
in first-class buildings and
ed to support heavy wei Some-
times three parts of sand and five or
six parts of broken stone to one of ce-
ment are used.
nent,
concrete
sand
i . Habe
stone for constra
is 1
cement,
broken
fien
when
nts.
used
need-
A Swiss engineer an
fire. esc It
folding iron
frames,
ed
nounces a new
ape. CO sof 1 f
ladders,
attached
‘h reaching to the window bel
merely turning a: smali
floor: all frames a 31
ward from the builc , the ladders ex-
tended and ith
each ‘other, thus forming a continuous
communication from the top fis
the The manipulation is sim-
pie and takes le
When not in
visible; and does ‘not
cade of the building in
th the ordinary cutside I
case dees. A new
escare has proved successful, and the
Vienna fire brigade t
have expressed their ap
Ww. By
winch on any
these 1shed ont-
securel connected w
fr
ground.
use the
at iron
public test of. th
A NEW BULLET.
High-Power = ‘Big-Game
* Rifles.
small-bore,
For Use in
The
isin. general mse today wi
inally 3;
o ghject
iich-power rifle
designed militar)
of whi
al. extreme
high velocity,
that the ra
is
: unnecess
the
advantage
Vv, were quick
of rifle. It w
inverting the jac
I-patched bullet so
ose ‘exposed,
Se]
this
that. by
to adopt
veloe
type as found
ket met
this bullet
hard substances
-
will very ‘often mushroom
expand, eausing a severe !
provements in
time increase
these bullets until
niuzzle velocity of
With this
bullet
with
powder
time to
of
a
second.
vel the
coft-nosed through
the
least
animal the
until
struck, when it
s.. The: great
tion in the air ci
ierize the
sing little bleeding,
fo
seme
is
hea
tne
and
and thus mak-
r the hunter to
his gt by the blood. 1t is
on reliable authority t this
Nova. Scotia
lit
veins arteries,
it impossible
me
over 40 perce
or wounded escaped,
linge in
abjections
.- Hoxie,
Michigan avenue, Chicago,
invented a
bullet congists
ing of in
anotner
has
constr
used in pl
object
chamber, expanding
The
huliet: -:
open. wounds
improved
Jarger.—:
the I'¢
times
“So Hungry.”
The stranger paused as he came
on two tran order bas
ing in the sunshine iting pa
tiently for somethins to turn up.
are so hungry, mister,” yawned
Tired Tin.
“Then why don't you go and beg at
the nearest farmhouse? asked the
stranger. : a
“We are so ery tired, mister, that
neither of usiwill volunteer, so we are
goin’ to shake dice to see who must
perform the painfur duty
“Well, what is the delay?”
“Well, boss, we are waiting for an
earthquake to eome along and shake
the dice box.”—Tit-Bits.
3 of the wear;
and w