LONG DISTANCE TEACHER. lanane Clt Man t'omlnrls 111 f4on dnr School In hlemtn, George P. Moore, traveling auditor f the Chicago nml Alton railroad, ev ery Sunday conies nil tlio way from Kansas City to superintend the Sun day school of the Washington 1'iirk Congregational church In Chicago, lie arrived In the city nt 0 o'clock the oth er morning, tired nml grimy nfter Ills 4S7 miles' Journey. "Just tlmo to got cleaned up before Sunday school." lie snld ns he turned on the water for hi Imth. lie posted himself on events of the nvck ns he) changed Ills clothes. An hour Inter ho wail superintending the work of his 21 teachers nnd 4'H scholar. At 1 p. tn. he started on his return trip, n fifteen hours' Journey. The next day he was nt his desk In Kansas City, having traveled 174 tulles. That ling been the Sunday pivur.iiniin. of Mr. Moore since ,lnn. 1. It will oon tlnue to bo his practice ns loin: a hit headquarters nre In Kansas City. "I expect to he tn Kansas City or In St Ixinls three-fourths of the year," said Mr. Moore. "I shall, however, continue to net ns superintendent of the Sunday school because 1 like the work. Were It not for nn otllclent staff of teachers I should not attempt to direct a school on the long distance plnn. The instructor! have Ideas of their own for keeping ip Interest. Onfi cbnrmlng woman Rives her boys car nations nnd roses nftet school. In the niblo class for boys prizes ore offered for deportment, punctuality, text work nnd collections." Mr. Moore has his own Ideas on conducting a Sunday school. Here nre Rome of them: The first step Is to love children and tho Work. Our scholars tnke home their lessons and try to follow our hour's Run. lay school touching In their everyday life. Never chide n child. It he does wrone;. tnlk to htm itently nnd nppenl to his sense of honor ns though he were n grownup. Commend him for every pood notion. Urga punctuality nnd renulnr nttend ance. Borne of my touchers (tlvo their scholars vacations In the summer when they have earned them. My best teachers know something; of th world nnd nre not too "goody-goody." I don't believe In pntd teachers nny mors than I do In paid choirs. Those who don't love the work should stay out of It. My teachers recruit their scholars from their respective neighborhoods. I always have In reserve severnl subrtl tute teachers. Thninn Natl PhotoKrnnlie In YnRne. Diamond studded teeth were such n bnrburic nbsurdlty the caprice never went beyond n few Billy pates who wanted "something new," but the thumb nail photograph really is com ing into vogue now that it lias been taken up in London by tho engaged girls, says tho New York Tress. The nail first is manicured by a special process, theu coated with a sensitized solution. Next over the nail a flexible film Is Imposed nud secured by tiny clips at cither side of tho finger. This Is treated Just ns tho ordinary photo graph is treated, nnd, If successful, the features stand out In bold relief against the delicate pink of tho nail. But, alas, the nal grows, and with it the picture, elongating tho features, so In time it becomes necessary to cut oil the top of tho head of tho beloved one. The girl is left without the picture of her fiance until another film Is ex posed. The wearing of diamonds in the thumb nails was tried by nn ac tress, but found to be painful nnd dan gerous. - Blflr Yonnsr Womnn of Maine. Brunswick'! fat woman is famous far and wide, but Bluehlll, Me., claims to have a young woman coming along who will soon rival tho best of t'.iem, says tho Kenncboc (Me.) Journal. It is HOlemnly assorted that, although she weighed only six and a half pounds at birth, she bad achieved a weight of 211 pounds at the ago of two years! This remarkable young lady, whoso . name is given as Miss Carrie M. Car ter, is now eighteen years of ago and tips the scale at 4G7. Her bust meas ure is given by the truthful correspond ent as sixty inches and her hip meas ure as eighty-two Inches, lie also adds the Interesting information that in the good old summer time she goes in wading with the other children and en Joys life generally. Hard Blow For Japan. The patriotism of tho Countess Marguerite Casslnl, niece of the Bus slan ambassador, Count Casslnl, is be yond question, says a Washington special to the New York World. Countess Casslnl bad a marvelous gown, newly made of embroidered Japanese crape that cost a largo sum. The story recently became public that on the day Russia declared war on Japan the countess contemptuously gave the gown to the cook at the em' bassy. The Japs' EnKllah Pilot. The first foreign adviser whom the Jap anese ever employed was one Will Adams, an Englishman, who in 1C00 was caat aahore In a storm while piloting a Dutch fleet. "Japan in Transition.' Old Will Adams, in Tellow seas. tunning some Dutchmen before the breeze. Caught by a squall that whipped the uecks And strewed the tide with a mile o' wrecks. Was tossed ashore where the chopsticks grow Over three hundred years aco. And when the people restored his life He would fain go home to his English wife, But "We will provide thee a score," said they, "Build thee a palaoe and gardens. Stay And teach us the English tricks yon . know!" More than three hundred years ago. Well, pilgrims visit his shrine today. And schoolboys honor his name at play, For his was the soul that first began The English lesson in old Japan, . And what Will taught them those years aco You must ask the bear- if you want to rlT the I'onr Iln eh el or. I.nylug all Jokes aside, what excuse J has nn old bachelor for living? rossi bly the better one Is that he can't help It or that it is no fault of his that he Is or that he continues to exist. These observations are made from the old hiald's point of view, which seems to he tho point from which the old bach elor Is viewed. There nre oilier view points from which he nppenrs to belter advantage, particularly at llrst glance, but when the halo of sentiment which he has ; athered around him has been blown nwny even these points do not offer entrancing views. The fact re mains, however, that he still exists and still has natural force enough to de velop n halo of sentiment that Is more or less nttriictlvp to the cpposll.' sex. If not really magnetic, and strong enough to draw nttentlou to him, and respectful attention too. Tin- bar iclor ought to know why he Is as he K and no doubt he does, hut for some r ason or other he has not been entirely suc cessful in satisfying the public tli:il his reason arc good and siiilicicnt. It Is up to hlni, therefore, to set. public opin ion right concerning himself. Pitts burg tiazette. An ICeeentrlo l.oril. Mill I lie w liobliison (Lord Itokchy), a prominent but eccentric Kngllsliman of the eighteenth century, became fa mous for his long beard and his pro nounced hatred of medical practition ers. In regard to the former It Is said that upon one occasion when going to an election he stopped nt un Inn where the country people, who had assembled from miles around, took him for u Turk and through this mistaken Ideu almost worried "me lord" to death. His dislike for physicians was carried to such nn extreme that be left a cod icil to bis will which was to the effect that n favorite nephew was to be dis inherited should he (the nephew) In the Inst illness of the lord let his sympa thies cause hlni to send for n doctor. fills liming been made known to the nephew when Ills uncle, the lord, was In good health, It is needless to add ho allowed that person's spirit to take Its flight without calling tn nny of tho "In fernal surgical fraternity." (rewsome Humor. The story of tho Prench humorist who was presented with n silver or namented collln by n grateful under taker whom be mentioned In his latest story Is not without u parallel In the Lincoln's Inn store of anecdotes. Tho lute Mr. Edward Karslake, i). C, while canvassing nt Colchester In the seven ties. Is said to have asked an elector to muko hlni two trunks, "ltut I'm not a trunk maker," suld tho disappointed tradesman. "What are you, then'" In quired the candidate. "I'm nn under taker," was tho nuswer. "Very well, then," said the learned gentleman, mike me a cotlln instead." When tho collln arrived at ills London resilience there were members of his family who strongly objected to giving it house room. "Very good," ho rejoined. "I'll have it sent to my chambers. It will servo as a receptacle for lleavan's re ports." London Globe. An Eiample of Stem Bravado. Por stern bravado, says the United Service Magazine, It would be hard to rival the feat of Ensign Glllls. who saw a stray torpedo coming slowly, but surely, toward the anchored torpedo boat Porter lu the Spanish-American war. Ho sprang overboard, turned tho nose of the torpedo in a safer direction and screwed up the filing pin tightly, so that it would not operate. Then, trending water, he saluted Lieutenant Promout nnd reported, "Sir, I Iia'-'c to report I have captured a torpodo." "Hrlug It on board, sir," commanded Fremont, nnd Gillls nctually did so, swimming with it to tho ship and fas tenlug tacklo to It. Proved Uer Responsibility. A curious incident occurred at u rail way station nt Kingstown, near Dub lin. A wealthy lady one day demand ed a ticket on credit, saying that alio had forgotten her purse. Tho clerk naturally refused to accede to her re quest, whereupon the enraged lady went straight off to her bank, drew out n hundred pounds in gold and, return ing to the station, shoveled the sover eigns through the pigeonhole of tho booking otllce in front of the nstou ished clerk. "There," said she; "that will teach you that I can bo trusted with a return ticket to Dublin!" Never !nrrender. There is no defeat. Don't admit It for a moment. Never surrender. When the lust second comes, make the lust thought hopeful, the last breath brave. The man or creed that tells you it la too late speaks hopelessly and in ig norance of the greut mystery, for wo are the great mystery, frugments of a fate, a future, not within our compre hension, beyond the speculation of the thing that dies. Schoolmaster. Flttlna-. "I beg your pardon, doctor," said the loast master after the dinner was over, "for Introducing you inadvertently as professor.' " "That's all right," replied the prin cipal speaker of the occasion. "The title flu me better than 'doctor does. profess to be a doctor, but I get might little practice." Gettlna; Out of It, Mrs. Unuppy (after the quarrel)' When we were married you suld you'd lie willing to follow me to the end ot 1be world, and now Mr. Unappy Now I desire to call your attention to the fact that the world has no ends. It Is round. When one meets the tipping problem face to face he understand! what Is meant by the saw "All things come to him who wait!." New Orleans Tlmea- Democrat, Cariosity of sninalllnnil Women, All Knglfidi ludy traveling with her iisbaud In Houinllland writes: "We were honored by a visit from the wife, Infant and mother of the chief of n neighboring zarebu. They had never seen nny Kuropean women before nnd came to see what u inem-snhlb was Ike. They examined everything, from iny hairbrushes to my boots, nud wero especially charmed with my big pith sun hat. With some hesitation they asked if 1 would mind letting down my hair, line's collTuro In camp Is very simple, and the removal of n few hairpins grat Hied their curiosity. Then they prcMcd t'atm. my maid, who has t-iiort curly hair, to do the same. We bad to give up all explanation at tho dill'creneo. and llnally they accepted the ayah's theory that long and thort ball' was the KnglNh distinction be tween married women nnd maids ami that when faun maiiied she would grow her hair long. The Somali wom an has her hair or, rather, curly wool dressed only twice In her life, onco when It In plaited In myriads of tiny plaits no thicker than twine, and onco again when she marries, when It Is Inclosed in n blue bag." the "Inula In the Letter It. "Did you ever notice," asked the ob server of things nobody else ever no tices, "what a lot of magic there Is In that little letter It T "Por Instance, It can turn n golfing tee Into n tree, an nil into n rail, n gain Into n grain, n fog Into n frog, a tall Into n trail, a hose Into n horse, a bid Into a bird, n hen Into n hern, n heath Into a hem tli, a bit of beat Into n heart, a hat Into another kind of hart, a pat Into n part, n cat Into a cart, a spit into a sprit, a list Into a llrst, n bow Into a brow, n peal Into n pearl, n peach Into a preach, n beach Into a breach, a wing Into a wring, a stave Into n starve, a gab Into a grab or n garb, a skit Into a skirt, n sling into u string, a tuck Into a truck, n boll Into a broil, n mine into a miner, n hush Into n brush, n line In to n liner, n Isig into a brag, a bay Into n bray;-a payer Into a prayer, n band Into n- brand, a cow Into u crow, etc., world without eud." Italtlmore Amer ican. A Man Is What He Rata. I have seen some of the uncooked fruits and nuts people. I don't say I saw the right ones. I.Ike enough, I saw only those who, for tho good of the cause, should never hnve been al lowed to wander forth Into society. They one and nil professed loudly to be In the rudest physical health. It seemed to mo they lacked the proper scenic accessories. A floral pillow with "Rest" on It ill immortelles, say about here, and n shenf of wheat tied with purple satin faced ribbon over there would have seemed more natural and suited their complexion better. As to tl.elr mental vigor, nfter 1 had beard them talk awhile I gave right in to their most cardinal doctrine: A man Is what ho eats. If he eats beef he becomes of tho beef beefy; If ho eats nuts he becomes but enough. Every body's Magazine. The Shamrock. The Trinity legend of tho shamrock appears llrst tn literature in 1727, in Caleb Threkeld's "Synopsis Ktlrplum Hibernlcarum." Under the heading of "Trlfollum l'ratenso Album" occurs tho following passage: "This plant Is worn by the people In their bats on the 17th day of March yearly, which Is culled St. Patrick Day, It being u current trn dilion that by this three leaved grass he emblematically set forth to them tho mystery of tho Holy Trinity. However, when they wet their Souinur-oge, they often commit excess In liquor, which is not a light keeping of u day to tho Lord, error generally leading to de bauchery." Wlierft the Humane Kxcellrd. Tho Humans were not in want of teachers or of models, for they had the Egyptians nnd the Greeks, hut they never succeeded lu creuling an art characteristic of themselves. No people perhaps ever betrayed less originality lu their productions In this field, but they raised the other ele ments of civilization to tho highest point. Their military organization as sured them the domination of the world; their political and Judicial insti tutions are still patterns for us, and their literature Inspired the centuries that followed them. A Quirk Reply. The Duchess of Lauraguiils, who was somewhat given to making poetry, could not think of a word to rhyme with coif. Turning to Tnlleyrand, who chanced to be by her side, she snld, "Prince, give me a rhyme to coif." "Iuiposslblo, duchess," replied Talley rand without a moment's delay, "for that which pertains to tho head of a woman has neither rhyuio nor reason." More to the Point. "Ef yer real Interested," said Deacon Sklnnor, "I'll tell jo what I want fur thet horse." "Oh, I wouldn't be Interested in knowln' thet," replied Farmer Sboude. "No?" "No, but I wouldn't mind knowin what ye'd take." Philadelphia Press. Deer. BUI You say you never make the mistake of shouting something else for a deor? Jill No; I did it once; shot a man's $100 cow utid had to pay for It 11111 I should say that experience was a deer teacher. Youkers Statesman. Wllllnir to Help. "Hut," Mid Miss Itoxley's futhor. "bow about supporting my daughter? Have you considered that thorough ly?" "Oh, yes," replied the suitor, "I'm willing to help." Philadelphia Ledger, I The unspokeu word never does harm. Kossuth. Doctor Do Taste Urotre, "Do doctors know how how their own tnedlclno tastes?" was a question put to a group of physicians. "To be sure," said one, "but we have hard work to convince our patients that we do. 'If you only knew how this beastly stuff tastes, doctor, you wouldn't nsk me to take It' that Is what they say. And they nre hard headed 'people, too, who say that, peo ple who nre by no mentis raving In de lirium. It's hard ever to convince them that a doctor has a tasting ac quaintance with his medicine. " 'How did you Mini out about It? Is one of their trump questions. 'You have never been laid up with all tho diseases In the dictionary. IIo'V did you learn what tho different rcni'illcs taste like?' It never occurs to the nv erage patient that .tasting drugs Is a pnrt of tho medical student's educa tion nnd that no man Is qualllled to practice until bo has learned the flavor of the medicines he export to pre scribe." New York Times. Ancient Brarils. The ancient .Tews considered It thfl greatest Insult that could be offered to a man to pluck bis beard. It whs a notion of the Mohammedans that, though Noah reached his thousandth birthday, no hnlr of his blessed beard fell off or became white; but the Mo hammedans had no more authority for that than for their belief that the devil has but one solitary long hnlr for a beard. It was, ns Borne sny, In order to dis tinguish themselves from the ancient Israelites that tho followers of Moham med cropped the beard: but Moham med, as we know, sanctioned tho dye lng of the beard nnd preferred a en no color because that was the traditional hue of Abraham's beard. More than that, have we not the common Mo hammedan oath, "Ily the beard of tho prophet," as well as the supplication, "Ily your beard, or the life of your beard?" Buskin's Imiullve (irnrnmlly. One day, walking near ltadley, his attention was caught by n group of little girls playing In the road, and be went nnd talked to them. One of them specially attracted his attention. Ho asked her why she wus playing In the dust. Had she no garden at home? Did she love flowers? What was her name? And she replied modestly, with wonder In her eyes. On reaching home be gave orders to his solicitor to look out for nnd buy n cottage with a gar den lu ltadley nnd have a deed of gift mado out In the little girl's name, which was done accordingly, and she, full of wonder, with her astonished parents, entered nt onco Into posses sion of it. Prom "Ituskln In Oxford." Wedding Tours. "The custom of taking wedding tours Is n remnant of the ancient times when men got their wives by capture." Bald a professor to a class in ltomnii his tory recently. "As soon as a man cap tured tho woman he wanted to marry," continued the professor, "the young couple ran away to avoid tho wrath of the bride's relatives. Men don't get their wives by capture now, but tho custom of taking wedding tours still survives, it reminder of tho ancient times." The professor was led to make these remarks while discussing tho legend of the capture of the Sablno women. How Comini'kl Cntch Flsli. The t'ossncks on some of the rivers In Itussia have a singular method of catching tho finny tribe lu winter. They cut n long trench neross a river when frozen nnd run n not from one bank to tho other; then, riding several miles up tho stream, they form a lino neross the frozen surface nnd gallop their horses down toward tho nets. Tho llsh, henr ing the noise nnd clatter of hoofs, be come frightened, dart with a rush down stream and nre thus entangled In tho net. The Cnune, Not the Kffept. - Little Lucy Hrown, while running in the yard ouo day, suddenly tripped and fell. Her mother, being attracted by tho child's screams, rushed out, cry ing: "Why, Lucy, what's the matter? Wus it an accident?" "N'm," replied Lucy, between her sobs, "it was a brick." Little Chron icle. Rivers In Korea, On tho western coast of Korea the tides of tho Yellow sea are higher than anywhere in tho world outside the bay of Pundy, and whilo the rivers of east ern Korea uro clear streams, thut run swiftly from tho mountains, those on tho western side nro greut brown, mud dy rivers, up which the thirty foot ocean tides surge many miles. t'nlocky. Tho burglar noiselessly opened the Jewel case and examined tho contents. "Ah," he snld to himself, "madam ought to have known better than to Invest anything in opals. They are un lucky." And be transferred them to his pocket and quietly climbed out of tho window again. A Cruel Pun. A certain young man told his girl the other night thut If she didn't marry him he'd get a rope and. hang himself right in front of her homo. "Ob, pleaso don't do it, Harry," she said; "you know father doesn't want you bunging around here." An Kneore, Tommy Whut's uu "encore," auntie? Auntie Ad "encoro" is when you are asked to go over the same thing aguln. Tommy Then my toucher is always encoring me at lessons. History la indeed little more tbun tha register of tho crimes, follies and mis I fortunes of mankind. Gibbon. Lincoln's Opinion of Himself. . In the "Memoirs or Henry Villard" (lie author tells of the time Lincoln poke to him of the growth of his am bition since the days when he was clerking tn a country store, and bis greatest desire politically was to be a member of the state legislature. "Since then, or course," he said laughingly, "1 have grown some, but my flic-mis got me Into this business (meaning the canv:;ssi, I did not con sider myself qiialllled for the United States senate, nud It took mo a long time to persuade myself that I was. Now, to be sure." he continued, with it not her of his peculiar laugiis, "I mil convinced that t am good enough for It; but, In spite of all, I am saying to myself every day. 'It Is too l.lir a thing for you; you will never got It.' Mary (Mrs. Lincoln) Insists, however, that 1 am going to be senator and president of the tinted States too." "These Inst words," ndds Mr. Villard, "he followed with n roar of laughter, with his arms around his knees and shaking nil over with mirth at his wife's ambition. Must think,' he ex claimed, 'of such a sucker us me as president!' " Acnte 'pilon of Hints. Birds have a very acute vision, per haps the most acute of any creature, nnd the sense Is also more widely dif fused over the retina than Is the case with man. Consequently n bird can see sideways as well as objects in front of It. A bird sees, showing great uneasiness In consequence, a hawk long before It Is visible to man. So, too, fowls nud pigeons And minute scraps of food, distinguishing them from what uppear to us similar pieces of earth or gravel. Young chickens lire nlso able to llud their own food, knowing Its position and how distant It Is us soon us they are hatched, whereas a child only very gradually learns either to see or to iindt-rstanil the distance of objects. Several birds, apparently the young or all those that nest on the ground, can see quite well directly they come out or the shell, but the young birds that nest lu trees or on rocks are born blind nnd have to bo fed. - The II I K lli-ll of II ii nn n. One of the sights of the Shwe Da gone pagoda In ltiirmn Is a gigantic bell of bronze, weighing forty-two and n quarter tons and said lo be the third largest bell In the world, the largest being In Moscow and the next largest in Mlngln, also In Itnrina. After con quering lliii'ina the British undertook to carry the great Itangun bell to Cal cutta as n trophy, but dropped It over board In the Itangun river, where It dolled nil tho efforts of the engineers to raise it. Some years later the llur inese, who had not ceased to mourn Its loss, begged to be allowed to recov er it. Their petition was granted, and by attaching to It un Incredible number of bamboo floats the unwieldy mass of metal was llnally lifted from lis mud dy bed and triumphantly restored to Its place. lllnniarrk'N llra-rols. Shortly after 1870 Itlsmarck was complaining that life had brought him no happiness or love. "Hut," said u friend, "you have made n great na tion happy." "Yes." replied tho prince, "but many people unhappy. Hut for me three great wars would not havo been waged, .Sll.tiM) men would not havo perished, and parents, brothers. Bisters, widows, would not now be mourning. That I have to sol tie with God. ltut I have had little or no pleas uro from what I have done: on the contrary, much vexation, anxiety and toll." London News. Sonnil of the llumnn Volcn. No man knows tho sound or his own voice. He hears himself through two chuiinels the outer ear ami tho eusta chian tube. He hears his friend through the enr only; hence ho would rather listen to himself than to his friend. Try your voice In a gniinaphone. At first you will not recognize it, but you will Immediately identify that of your friend. New York Press. The Dear l'rleml. Mabel What a perfectly exquislto new bonnet, dearest? Ethel Oh, I'm so glad you llko It. I wus so afraid you wouldn't. Are you sure you like It? Mabel Sure? Oh, perfectly. I always did adoro that shape. Why, I had three Just like It when It was In fashion. Not Vet. "Henry." whispered tho brldo of two hours, "you don't regret marrying me even yet?" "No, durllng," replied Henry, "not even yet." The truln sped on, and she was hap py for another Ave minutes. Superfluous. Teachor Thonius, mention a few of the proofs that the earth Is round, like an orange. Tommy Tucker I didn't know wo bad to huve any proofs, ma'am. I thought everybody admitted it Chlcugo Tribune. On the Menu. Cannibal King That missionary mado an awful fuss, didn't he? Head Chief Tcrrlblo, sir. Ills struggles were frightful. Cannlbnl King Well, serve him as a piece de resistance. Town Topics. Honest. "Do you think hlni uu honest states ari?" "Sura. I've known him to buy thou sands of votes nnd puy for every one cf them." Detroit Preo Press, Interested. "Do you admire Ueuthoveu's work!?" "I never visited 'em," answered Mr. Cuuirox absciitiuludodly. "What does he manufacture?" Washington Star. A Tlmll Wel.lln. tn ninny parts of I ml In Hindoo girls Ire wedded not with n ring, but with a ieeklet or thull. At the wedding of the iln lighter of a leading native, Moulmeln, there were present among the numer ous guests it Hindoo maiden and her lover, whose suit had not so far pro gressed to his satisfaction. While the wedding ceremony was In progress the young man suddenly went up to her and before nny one suspected what his object was pulled out n thall from hi pocket nud quietly tied It round her neck. Of course there was a hubbub as Well as parental lamentations over this dramatic episode, but so great Is the veneration for the thall among Hin doos that no one dared to remove it from tln neck of the astonished maid en. All eon-erne. 1, the. :' i 'o. rvilred to the Marrlaiuino teniMlo, .iiere the act was i nti i. il, and the i;i. .'. I ' ho went to the veiling of her ftv I fancy free left (lie scene as the leg.il ife of a bol l nud successful husband. Lon don Telegraph. Ktrrlinu toln. The origin of "sterling" ns applied to coined money Is thus given In "A Short Treatise Touching Sheriffs' Ac counts." by Sir Matthew Hale. J 1183: "Current coin of the realm Is of gold or sliver, with nn alloy of copper, nt least from the time of Henry 1., nnd this alloy gave the denomination of Sterling to those coins. "Spelman suppnscth It to take thnt name from the Estertlngs. who came over mid reformed our coin, to thnt alloy of this opinion was Camden Possibly In those times it Peny was called a Sterling, without any other reason than the use of the times, as other names ?:row, for the old Act of Henry III. tells us that Denarius An' gllee I'terllngus dicltnr (a denarius, or penny. Is called In English a Sterling), and because this was the root of tho measure of silver coin: therefore nil our coin or the same alloy wns nlso called Sterling." The Old l lmr Skipper. Inmates of the wardroom on an Amevlcan man of-war often allude to the captain as the old man or the skip' per. The latter Is not, ns ninny sup. P 'sr. ii slang term, hut a sound word. of excellent etymology nnd valuable as carr,vl:i': within Itself an Interesting bit i.f c'cmmerclnl history. Skipper Is simply si Ippcr, and It comes down from a time when every commander was as well part owner of vessel and caiv i, or. literally, the shipper. There are still scores of local shipyards along the Atlantic coast, some of them the outgrowth of private yards where the "vessel owners" of years ago built their own ships to enrry their own und their neighbors' crops to market. The tlrrrk Venr. The Greek year consisted of three seasons only. Prometheus enumerates them. "They hud no sign," says he, "of winter, of flowery spring, of fruit ful summer." In ancient Germany similar division of the year prevailed, for Tacitus makes the caustic remark that among the Germans winter, spring mid summer have a moaning and name, but to that people the name and blessings of a i it ii in n nre alike un known. It is not likely, then, that our Saxon forefathers were acquainted with the last named season, and our very term autumn Is an echo of the Itouian tongue. Gentleman's Maga zinc. Yelurll)' of llnlailropN. (If course we all know that It would he an alter Impossibility for storm clouds t form and rain to full were It not for Ibe forty odd miles of ntmoS' pbere that rises above our heads. Hut supposing It wero possible for human beings to ellst in an atmosphere that only rose to a level with their mouths, nnd that storm clouds could form In the region outside such a low grade. atmosphere. theu every raindrop would prove as fatal to earthly cren tures as If It were a steel bullot flred from a dynamite gun.- London Nature. C'oinforl For Hit Sheep Stealer, The prisoner sensibly observed. have only this to say. my lord that it seems rather hard that I should lose my life merely for stealing a sheep." "Prisoner at the bar," replied the Judge, "pray understand. You are not going to be hung for stealing a sheep, You are to be hung In order that others may be deterred from stealing sheep.' A. C. I'lowdcn's "Autobiography of a Police Magistrate." The Japanese show their apprecla tlon of an nctor's playing In a mora substuntiul manner than by merely ap pluudlng. They throw various por tions of their dress on the stage, and at the end of the performance the fa vorcd person claims the money that tho doners repurchase them with, the prices for the various articles being fix Id rates. All Tblnce Fitting. "No," said tho lumber dealer, "we don't sell nil woods here only the parts cut directly from the trunk." "And what," asked the customer, "do you do with the limbs?" Oh!" replied the cheerful dealer, "we send them all to the branch of flco," Riiltlmoro Nowa. She Knew the Benson. At tho dinner "table one evening some ono remarked thut a certuln ludy had ft thin, falsetto voice. Little Mulsle was acquainted with the person referred to, nnd she cried out abruptly: "Oh, know why! -Because she's got a false set of teeth!" Win, "Did Jerrold get anything out of his rich uncle's estate?" "Well, rather be married the daughter of the attor ney for the estute." Puck. ISMS! Tr.3C.:ro:lCC3 Colds, JZrlppa, Whooping Cough, Asthma lBronohitia and Inolplant ' Consumption la vfcteAVaW AturiX. 25650trlt WANTF.P-SF.VKItALINriCSTttlOItH PF.lt. mum In cuch Mute In nave! for hoiiso esliili- ll-IM'Cl eleven yer Hlul Willi h IsruK ciiiIIhI, to cltll IHNIII Ilierc'lllLtim Hltil HtrrntM fur mic cessfiil suit iirotllntilH line. IVrmsnt'iit rn- KHUi'iiieiil. weekly chsIi milary of tit hiicI hII traveling exene anil iiciiol hill advanced In cash nidi week. Kxis-rlence not essential. Men I Ion reference and enclose nelf-nddreiiaerl envelope. TUB N AliUtN AL, iui llearboru Hi rem, c'IiIchko. WANTF.n-RI'lUiAl, KRPIIF.SF.NTATIVK In I his county and hcIJiiIiiImk lei i llones, lu represent and advertise un old i-slntilWhed hciHlness house o( solid HiihiicIiiI siundiiiK. fitliiryl'l weekly, wild expensca pnld earli mommy ny cihick oire.;l ii.un lienlimrtera. KxpenwN ml vunc.-d noalilon permanent. We finnUli evHrvililnif. AiIiOms. tiiit. COLUMBIA, KM, Alouuii Mldg., tiilcsgo, III, AUDITORS REPORT Of the Finances of Wlnslow Township for the Fiscal Year Ending March 14, 1904. J. 8. JOHNSTON, Supervisor. Am't seated diipllc-Hto forl'li,'.i.!l. 05 ' I'liBHHted uupllcul.) for IUUJ... 1117 71 i:,ncu m Csih reo'd on work (luullcnte. sis 72 Ainoiini rciui-mai louoio in nl Amount exoiteruilofin ;iA :w Amount, ( it leii liilwr I,1h:i m 2.UI2 U4 Amount cnh received from J, M. Norrlrt. 1 rnttfturcr. .. 'M 00 Amount chhIi received from btrouHV, Collector 2.100 Am't ree'd ou work duplicate 8IN2 . B7 73 Amount of recelntH fill ft'J &U diiyn Her vice nt ilfl cliiy . . . 4ihI CU mini iimoiiui i;i-eunrt i.itn ToihI uinount cmnIi H7I1 TX lliiliincfdue.l. H. Jolnmlcm , Ml J. K. WOMF.lTm-kV, HupervlHor. Am't Homed duplicate for IWIJ.UU W) L imentuu duplicate lor IWU... 2V w r:,i7v n I'Hah rer'd on work duplicate. KM 83 Am i returned lo c.ouri nera lu M A mount exonei ui Ion H.I 2.1 Amount vltixeu'H luliur 1.2K.I M 3,IT 49 Am't ennh received from J. M. NorrlH. Troniiurer MA 00 Am't ree'd from Col. Hiniuse.. 2kJ h Ain't ree'd on work duplicate. Ml Kl Am't to bill, fro lunt neuleui't II AM 11.703 SO Amount of receipt l.jiHl 83 aaduyn'Horvlce nt ;.(J0day. .. 414 UU I' or nitcK aire, nnuiiiiKuuuiinre to KvkcHvllle 4 VI Cur flint lo HriHikville, 2 trips, I HO louii mnouni crecm , f J.urj iz I'oial amount cash 1 .70 J Ml llitl. due J. K. Womuldurf. ittu iti J. M. NOItltIS, Treasurer. Amount received Ineiiiih from tM rouse, Collector II.KIf 03 Amount orders redeeuiod from ht roust). Collector 1,W7 04 Am't ree'd from Co. TreHborer 4'.c H6 r ye, Poor ovor. iui 71 1.1(0 3& Am't of orderii and rorclDts.. . S,fr3 9.1 Trcasurer'H percentage 7h cI7 4.01 a Hill. In Treamirer'H lunula.. 14V 73 A II It AM FVE, I'oor Overseer. Tolinl. from lust sett Icimcie t. . .1 HiV M tiy Treasurer' older 4 4tl (02 02 liy Coin'ls'n'ri. order retu: lied 117 :H) lly one day' service 2 uo I ) I'ald lo ,1. M. Norrls. treasurer . of lload Fund 10S 72 1KW 03 AMOS bTUUUUE, Collector. Am't of cash road duplicate for unci 11.07.1 02 Am't. ree'd for use, of, election house for holding election 10 00 44.0SS 02 Am't paid to .1. K. Womeldurf, bupei visor 2K3 W Am't paid lo.l. M. Nun Is, cash 1,41:1 72 Am't paid ,1. M. Norils, chique l 31 Am't Icy orders redeemed 1,127 o4 ForcollcctliiK ;.:hJ 15 before Sept. 1st at it For mlincilng il.M3 M after Kept. Ut all Rxonerat Ions on cash road.... Helurn order from Commis sioner on Koad. Keturn on road since Jan. 1st. 4.1 75 73 m 12M U Bui. In Collector's bands... The shore accounts audited the ixth day of March, A. 1 IUU4, and fouud Correct. W. T.Catmkhh,' Auditors. QUARTER NOTICE. Notice Is hereby xlven that an application will bemade to the Court uf Com moll fleas of JottVrson County, before Ibe Honorable John W. Heed, a law Judne thereof, at the Court llouso lu Hrookvllle, Pa uu Thursday, April UieaiHl, 1104, at the hour of two o'clock, p. rn., of said day by 11. W. Zell, F. L. Oltnateud, II. H. McCullouKh, J. K. Hester and A. A. Khelley, and their associates, under an Act of the Ueneral Assembly of Pennsylvania, ap. proved the 2Utb day of April, 174, entitled "An Act to Provide for ibe Incorporation and Ketculittlon of Certain tirporalloua" and the supplement thereto, for the charter uf an Intended corporation to be known as "The Hrockway vllle Theater company," and to have und eajoy all the rlitht and p. iviieK es provided for by Act of Assembly and the uppiemsnta thereto, the object and purpose of said Corporation to be the erection ami malntainauce of a public hall or bulldlim suitable for holding public meeting for the entertainment. amuement and educatlou uf the general public, 11. B. McCtJLLOUOH, Solicitor. QUARTER NOTICE. Notice la hereby given that an application will be made to the Court of Common Plena of Jefferson County before Hun, John V. Iteed, a law Judge thereof, at Hie Court House In llrookvllle, Pa., on Thursday, April the 21st, 11104, at the hour of two o'clock p. in., of suld day by H. H. Mc-Cullough, A. Hemphill, W. Ii. lluflluglou, 11. E. Taylor and Matthew Hutchison and their associates, under an Act uf the tieueral Assembly of Pennsylvania approved the 2Uth day of April, WT4, entitled "An Act to Provide for the incorporation and Regulation uf Certain Corporations" and Ibe supplements thereto ftir the Charter uf an Intended Corporation to be known as"Tbu Urockway ville Agricultur al and Ilrivlug Park Association." and to have and enjoy all the rights and privileges provided for by Act of Assembly and the supplements thereto, ibe object und purno of said Corporation to be the encoui-ageuieiit of agriculture, horticulture and tho lirved Ing, raising and training of a higher and belier grade of horses, cattle auti otber domesticated animals. H. B. llCCULLODOBl, solicitor, know. - London Globe. I
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