WOULD
HANDSPIKE
ALL CLOCK HANDS
Movement on Foot to Change
Standard of Time Through
out the Country
TWO MORE DAYLIGHT HOURS
SEEING AND LI8TENIN0.
National Committee Meets at Wash
ington to Push the New Project
Mono The Plan a Nutshell
Many Advantages Urged.
Washington, D. C Extravagant
Americans, wasteful of health,
strength and dollars, have started a
systematic pursuit of time. They feel
that for years the old gentleman with
the scythe has been taking a mean ad
vantage of them, and have Bet about
curtailing his crop for this season by
capturing two more hours of daylight
out of every twenty four, and give
him In exchange the sdrae period In
darkness.
This crusade for light has been de
finitely set on foot by a committee of
men representing the larger interests
of the country In business, trade,
manufacturing, professions such vo
cations as have need of all the light
of heaven to contribute to the best
results. The committee is headed by
E. H. Murdock of Cincinnati and
members from East, West, North ami
South, convened at the New Willard
Hotel, Washington, to discuss ways
and means of handsplklng the hands
of the clock, and, by the arousing of
public sentiment, push the light along.
The proposition is thus stated by
these gentlemen:
"If on May 1 of each year the stand
ard of time throughout the United
States is advanced two hours, so that
what is now five o'clock becomes sev
en o'clock, etc., and changed back to
our present standard on October 1. It
will add greatly to the health, comfort
and pleasure of all through the sum
mer, without necessitating any change
as to daily habits, or create any more
confusion than if a Western man went
to some point East, having a time one
or two hours faster than that to
which he was accustomed, but would
give two hours additional light for re
creation and health-giving exercise,
and the use of two of the coolest and
host hours of the day for labor."
"Americans, in this manner, would
obtain whnt those in England greatly
enjoy to-day. namely, two additional
Nearsighted Man Wiars Glasses In
Talking, but not In Reading.
"Here 's a sort of queer thing," said
a near-sighted man. "I am very
near-eighted. Strong glasses are In
dispensable' to me for ordinary, gen
eral seeing In my going about, but
when I sit down to read I take off
my glasses and bring the print up to
within the natural focus of the eye.
It seems to me that reading with the
natural eye, I read with a more Inti
mate and a clearer understanding.
"So much for my reading without
spectacles, and now here In the thing
that is queer to me. If, when I am
reading, somebody comes along to
speak to me, why, then to get a clear
understanding of that question I must
have on my spectacles.
"So I say, or I would say if this hap
pened at home where I know the peo
ple, 'Walt a minute till I get on my
spectacles,' and I would put them on
and then say, 'Wow, go ahead and
really, with my spectacles on, with my
power of seeing at Its best, with the
sharpest definition of things in gen
oral to the eye, I get the clearest ap
prehension of things said to me.
"So In reading I do best with my
glasses off, but in understanding
things said to me, In listening, I do
best with my glasses on." There is
one modification to this where there
is no light, as In a dark room, where
I can't see, I can understand equally
well with or without glasses."
GUI GREW FIGHT
E
MONKEY 1
Terrible Two Days Struggle on
Board the Steamship Low
thcr Castle
TRAGEDY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN
Stops Dog Barking.
My pointer used to annoy the fam
ily by barking at night, often for no
other reason than that other dogs in
the neighborhood were barking. I
had an electric gong placed In his
kennel ar.U "the wires strung straight
up from the roof of the kennel to a
shade tree and then to my bedroom.
The push-button is on the wall close
to the head of my bed and If the dog
barks when I think he should be still,
I press the button and he shuts up.
This is how we trained him he should
be quiet when the bell rang. I wait
ed inside the side door of the house,
with all the lights in the house out.
When the barking commenced my
brother rang the bell and I went out
and gave the dog a scolding and a
couple ot cuts with the dog-whip,
then returned to the house. I had to
Wing Kee Discerns a Noble Soul Re
Incarnate In Chang Fierce Re
venge for the Murder Done by a
Heedless Billow.
Brooklyn, N. V. There was mutiny
on board the steamship Lowther Cas
tle, which arrived here a few days
since from far Eastern ports, mutiny
that lasted two days and two. nights.
Before it was quelled and the muti
neers were safe In the hold fourteen
of them had paid the penalty with
their lives and their bodies were
thrown to the fishes.
When the Lowther Castle, Capt.
William LIghtoller, flying the British
flag, sailed from Yokohama with a
Chinese crew the officers did not be
lieve that there would be trouble. All
went well until after the ship left
Singapore and was out In the Indian
Ocean well on her way to Port Said.
At Singapore the bumboat men and
other traders had come alongside with
monkeys many monkeys, both large
and small. Monkeys are cheap at
Singapore, and when the vessel sailed
there were fifty of them stowed In the
hold, to say nothing of two line ring'
tailed simians that Wing Kee, the
cook, ha.d in a cage In the galley. Wins
Kee bought his pair from the Malay
servant of a Chinese merchant who
lived In the town of DJokjoknrta,
which is in central Java.
A tew uays later Wing thought that
he saw In the eyes of the female,
which he had named Kl Ki, a piteous
appeal for liberty, so ho opened the
cage door ever so little and let her
out. Kl KI romped nbout the decks
happy as a lark, If monkeys ever get
that happy, but always at meal times
she was to bo found near the gallery
cc out three times the first evening
and twice the next, but since then 1 petting her mate, Chang, through the
the bell has served Its purpose; In
fact, It has practically cured this dog
of uncalled-for barkliit,. J. V. Travis.
Pens of Frice.
The pen used by Charles Dickens
just before his death, which has been
sold at Me&srs. Sotheby's rooms for
19 10s, must yield the palm of
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Household jj
REACHE8 TOOTH 8URFACE3.
The
Invention of a Woman on En
tirely New Lines.
Ono who goes to the store with
tho object of purchasing a tooth
brush finds himself embarrassed with
tho great variety of ahapos and con
struction which are presented. It Is
extremely difficult to make any se
lection. This manifest effort to Im
prove on tho brush would seem to
Indicate that In its old' form it la not
regarded aa complete. One of the
most radical departures in the shape
of the toothbrush Is shown In tho
HEN PREFERS PIGS TO CHICKS.
Orphaned Shouts Answer to Biddy's
Cluck, Cluck and Follow Her.
Spokane, Wash. If the S. P. CA.
Is mindful of Its duties, it will send
an officer after "Biddy," an ordinary
brown hen owned by Joseph Thorn, a
rancher In Columbia County, Wash.,
living ten miles east of Dayton, south
of Spokane, which abandoned her
brood of chicks to care for a litter ot
Polnnd China pigs, whose mother died
soon after their birth.
Tho hen calls the pigs around her
with the same "cluck, cluck" with
which she formerly summoned her
chicks, nnd they are fed from a bottle
by Thorn's daughter. The little ani
mals follow the fowl about the barn
yard In the most contented way Imagi
nable. While unable to cover them at
night, the hen squats among them and
croons her good-night lullaby as if the
four-legged creatures were her own.
Thorn believes that "Biddy" will
continue to be a foster mother to the
litter, but just now he Is experiencing
some difficulty in finding a hen to care
for tht chicks cast aside by the hen.
HEN LAYS TRIPLET EGG.
' Criticism of Nature.
"It has always seemed to mo 'thai
Nature fs at fault," observes vthe
Philosopher- of Folly, "whon "she
gives a man' a mouth capable of bit
ing off more than he can chew."
Cheap Labor In Ceylon.
The wages of the coolies .ho ralsa
tea in, Ceylon vary from 8.33 to
11.66 cents a day. They are, how
ever, housed trce and get rice at
cost price.
Certainly Something Wrong.
"Oh, mamma," exclaimed little
Nettle ono day, "there.must bo some
thing the matter with the baby; he
Isn't crying!"
Athletic.
"Should a man go to college aftei
fifty?" "Well, he might pass muster at
tennis," answered the expert. "But t
man can't expect to do much In baso
ball or football at that aee."
Tooth Brush.
accompanying cut, the invention ot
a woman In Rochester, N. Y., and It
Is claimed for this that It is possible
to reach every part of the surface of
the teeth. It has a straight handle
member, terminating at one end in a
laterally extending arc-shaped ellip
tical portion, the extremity of which
is rounded. This part is supplied
with tho usual bristles, which are in
this caso oil three sides. It Is said
that every portion of the surface of
tho teeth can be reached with some
portion of the bristles.
Farmer Finds Two Inside First Pro
duct of Plymouth. Rock.
Greenwich, Conn. Frank B. Sands,
ot Mount Kisco, who sells farm pro
ducts In Greenwich, came to town the
other morning with an egg story that
beats anything ever hearu hereabouts.
He is the owner of some of the fin
est Plymouth Rock hens In the coun
try. One of his younger brood passed
out of the non-producing stage a few
days ago and began her life work. The
first egg was a wonder. Not only
was it larger than any Mr. Sands had
ever seen, but the en.s were about
equally rounded. Mr. Sands decided
the egg was too large to market at the
usual price, and tnat he would keep It
for table use.
The next morning he had the young
Plymouth Rock's egg for breakfast.
Breaking the shell carefully, Mr.
Sands found another perfectly formed'
egg. This second egg was broken and
a 'third egg of the usual size was re
vealed. ,
LatesflMost Novel
SHIRT WAISTS
For Summer, 1005),
Menner & Go's Store,
KEYSTONE BLOCK.
hours ot liglit. ! Uness to the well worn Kold icn ured
The arguments by which the promo-1 hy ..Uoz.. fol. mally years, which
ters support their plea for added light J found a r,ul.cimser sonlL, time ago tor
are almost as interesting as the cen- j over li0 At the sllmu ot Ul0
trnl idea Itself. It is contended that ' ;....., .iwtion a ouill lien used by
tli's would leave the same number of I
hours for business and sleep as now, i
and would give two better hours of I
dny's work, nnd two additional hours I,
of Tay light to the evening hours,
which to-day are too short to be of I
much benefit to those living any con
si derablo distance from their place of
business. ;
Thousands of families would under
these circumstances move into the
country or suburbs, who are now held
back by the fuct that the men at the
present time could not reach their
homes until too late to get much bene
fit. As elderly persons and children are
given to early rising, the breakfast
hour will become more regular, and
during the heated term it should
prove of special benefit to the school
children.
This could bo made to benefit all
citizens of each and every State in
exactly the same proportion, and not
call for the expenditure of money by i
the Government, State or people. Rail- j
roads would not bo compelled to ,
change their timetables, as all trains
would leave In future at the same
hour as to-day. Local travel would be
greatly increased, additional money
put in circulation by the purchase of
such things as are used for pleasure
and recreation, and additional value
would bo given to what already ex
ists. It is distinctly stated that the pres
ent movement is in no sense connect
ed with the endeavor of the English
to secure a standard time more In
conformity with the sun a project
which has arrayed against It all the
strength of the gas and electric light
companies.
Wellington when writing to Queen
Victoria in 1844 brought only 5 1-2
guineas; while one of Sir Walter
Scott's pens, selected by Lord Dal
housio in 1S'2'J from Scott's writing ta
ble at Abbotsford, only realized three
guineas more. Among tho most valu
able pens in the world are one owned
by Isaac Reed, of New York, carved
from a portion of George Washing
ton's lens box, and used by Lincoln
when President, and tho quill of a
golden eagle's wing, tho property of
the Empress Eugenie, with which the
Treaty of Paris was signed in 1S5G.
Campers' Charcoal Furnace.
Every camper should have a deep
tin or sheetiron bucket with a flat
cover to use as a charcoal furnace in
the tent on cold nights and rainy days.
A row of small holes around the side,
about two Inches from the bottom
to the line of holes with broken stone
or sand. Make It a rule to scatterv
the embers every time an open fire is
used, and gather this charcoal in the
bucket and keep dry. Cooking can be
done in the' tent free from smoke,
and when a gentle heat all night is
desired, put o:i the cover, leaving a
small opening for draught. With this
heater any camper can be comforta
ble, even under the most adverse cir
cumstances. C. J. C.
PREHISTORIC FOREST FOUND.
Engineers Bore Through It on Dunes
of Sandy Hook.
Sandy Hook, N. J. Engineers,
while boring for an additional water
supply on the Fort Hancock Military j
Reservation, on Sandy Hook, discov
ered what appears to bo the remains
of a prehistoric forest, and in tho In
terest of archaeology a thorough In
vestigation Is being made.
When the test pipos had gone down
to a depth of 400 feot, a broad nnd
deep strata of wood was encountered.
At ono time tho pipes woro driven
through twenty feet of timber. It is
believed a groat forest flourished
where the sand dunes now are, and
that the action ot tho ocean for ages
burled it ,
Reserved Her Verdict.
A gentleman who was no longer
young, and who never was handsome,
said to a child in the presence of her
parents:
"Well, my child, what do you think
of me?"
The little girl maae no reply.
"Well, you don't tell me. Why won't
you?"
Two little fat hands tucked the cor
ners of a pinafore into her mouth, as
she said archly, in a timid whisper:
"'Cause I don't want to get whipped."
Zangwlll's Name.
Mr. Zangwlll's recent presence in
this country gives timeliness to an
appreciation of the author and Zion
ist from the pen of Clarence Rook,
which appears In "Putnam's and the
Reader." Mr. Rook retells the amus
ing and characteristic anecdote of his
reply to a lady who asked his Chris
tian name his usual signature being
I. Zangwlll. "I have no Christian
name," he answered. "My first name
is Israel."
Her "Rat" Saves a Woman's Life.
Cincinnati, Ohla While wearing a
"rat" in her hair Mrs. Jesse N. bmi
man. of Walnut HUla, fell to the bot
tom ot two fllgbta of stairs. Her head
struck the floor, but the big coll of
hair broke the fall Dr. Poole said
the fnTI '. sustained br tho -woman
would have fractured her skull under, by p;,nce Rupert. were IntrocljcM hv
ordinary circumstances, and that the j p jm ,nt0 Enpiand,
"nt" alone nrnvwited hflr rinth
Prince Rupert's Drops.
Prince Rupert's drops are drops of
molten glass, consolidated by falling
to water. Their form is that of a
tadpole. The thick end may be ham
mered pretty smartly without Its
breaking, but it the smallest portion
of the thin end Is nipped off the whole
flies Into fine dust with explosive vio
lence. These toys, If not invented
bars,
One day the cook decided that there
would bo no particular harm In letting
Chang havo his liberty so Chan
joined Ki Ki and tho two climbed nil
over the ship.
One night there came a typhoon
from out of the south and the waves
ost- rolled nlgli on tlie bosom or tne liuuuii
Ocean.
Tho gale increased; so did tho fears
of tho Chinese crew and they burned
fireworks to frighten away the storm
devils that were pursuing the ship.
Tho noise of the firecrackers and the
glnre of the Roman candles frightened
poor little Ki Ki and she bounded
from one side of the deck to the other
In terror. Finally she leaped on the
port rail Just as a huge sea came over
the port bow. Wing Kee, seeing the
danger to his pet, ran from the Bailor;
to save her. But he was too late;
the ring tailed one was caught on
the crest of the wave and carried
away.
Chang from his cage top in the gal
lery saw Ki Ki go overboard, nnd rush
ed to the side. He gazed at the trou
bled waters and then went to the
cook. He caught Wing by the trous
ers and seemed to be trying to ask
him to save Ki Kl.
Tho next day the storm abated.
Chang would eat no breakfast and
climbed to the foremast head. There
ho sat tho entire day, looking out over
the sea and chattering to himself.
Night came and still Chang clung to
the fore truck. One of the crew went
after him, but returned to the deck
minus part of his cherished queue.
Another tried to get the monkey down
and was frichtfullv scratched
The morning ot tne tnira day cnang
was not to be found and it was
thought that during the night he had
jumped into the ocean where his mate
had gone
At midnight Second Officer Donohue
took the bridge. All was quiet save
for the throb of the engines and the
muffled footfall of the lookout on the
bow.
Then there was heard a terrible
noise below. A rush as of many feet,
a chattering as of many tongues, and
fifty forms rushed from the hold up
the after companionway and on to
the deck.
Forward they rushed, tumbling over
one another in their eagerness to be
at the front.
"What the mischief is the matter
here?" yelled the second officer.
"The monkeys!" screamed the
bos'n. "They have escaped!"
And before the bos'n could say
more, they had pounced upon him and
felled him to the deck.
The struggles of the bos'n, combined
with the cries of tho second officer
and others of the watch, brought all
hands on deck.
As the captain hurried trom the
cabin and the Chinese scurried from
the forecastle, they were met by the
monkeys, who seemed bent on mis
chief. Time and again the monkeys were
chased to cover only to return to the
attack, and for the next two days al
most the entire crew wore fighting for
their lives against a wily foe.
When fourteen of the larger mon
koys had been killed, the rest were
cowed and secured in their cages,
from which they had been liberated by
Chang.
Chang himself went back to the
foremast heid nnd gazed toward the
nea.
The Australian Bush Girl.
Many Australian girls -live right up
in the bush, or "stations," which are
miles away from any town or village,
and their time is largely occupied with
riding and driving; they are as much
at home on a horse us a duck is in
the vater, and think nothing of riding
twenty nines or so to pay a visit, says
a writer In Woman. Household du
ties claim a share of their time, how
ever, and any day they are liable to
be left without servants and with a
house full of visitors, but are in no
wise daunted by such an occurrence.
Then the bush girl comes down to the
capital for the season, and, far from
appearing a country bumpkin or a I
tomboy after tier free and open-air
life, she is as .nuch at home in a ball- I
room as any town-bred girl, as neat
and well dressed i.ts if she had never
ridden barebacked over wild tracts
of country, with little thought of appearances.
Our Large Stock of hlGM ART CLOTHING for
Spring Tells the Story of our Commercial
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An American woman who Is a leader of
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Pioneer Woman's Club.
The Mary de la Verguu Reading
Club of Clinton, Mo., claims to be en
titled to the honor of beiug the old
est club of women in Missouri that has
had continuous existence. It Is not
the oldes. in point of organization,
but Its founders Insist that no other
club of literary women in Missouri
has held continuous existence for so
long a time. This women's club was
organized In 188t, and has just cele
brated tho twenty-fourth anniversary
of Its organization. The Club was
federated in 1895, becoming a mem
ber of the State Federation of Wom
en's Clubt, Its motto since Its organi
zation has been, "Neglect Not the Gift
That U in Thee." Its color and flow-
or has been the carnation. St. Louis'
Globe-Democrat.
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To do men Justice, they are readier
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although they do tell them. A man
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forced to It And then he does not
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to shield her. One is not talking now
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of the divorce courts, but of decent
huabanda who wedded their wives in
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