UNINTERESTING PEOPLE.
Ttony live In quiet iort of a way
In a quiet sort of strrnt,
They don't meet a great many people,
nor
Impress, the pcoplo they meet.
The newspaper uuver mention tlielr
nam, ,
The wnrlj doesn't enre what ther do,
They never fco In for anything nuii'h,
And their intimate friends ure tow.
He never hns had a favorite rlnn,
Thouli somebody snlil lie mljrlit.
For a Hat little none on the window
pnno
Await him eTcry night;
And eight little linger unci two llttlo
thumb
Undo all the work of the comb,
A he sits In tho quietest sort or a way
In bis quit-teat sort of a home.
The Sacrifice
A Tragedy of the
A boy and girl sat on a steep grass
lope In a Japanese garden. The boy,
who wore the apron affected by stu
dents, was talking earnestly far too
earnestly for hla years, we In the west
would nave tiiuuglit. The girl, whote
Vlmono and paper sunshndo formed the
only colored relief to a background of
freuh emerald green, was listening
with downcast eyes.
"It Is no use, O'Teru San," the youth
aid, almost mournfully; "I shall have
to go tu work like a common coolie,
for we have not the money for me to
continue my education." The maid
made no comment to this statement,
find the boy continued to pour out bis
troubles.
"It Is very, very hard," he said, "thnt
I should have come from a family of
princes, and have now to do menial
work In order that I may live perhaps
even be obliged to servo foreigners in
lame low capacity, and profess my
self obedient to people whom I Oe
pise. To think of It. O'Teru San!
From tomorrow I shall go to tho col
lege no more, and from the next day
will be apprenticed to au artisan. I.
who was to go next year to the mili
tary school, In order, as befits one of
my station, to become an officer; and
now, Just because my father has spec
ulated badly In some Western enter
prise, I must give up all thought of
the future and live in the present a
coolie!"
The youth cast himself over on his
aide, and, although his companion
did not look up, yet she knew that
Ills brown eyes had filled with tears.
There was a brief silence, during
Which Teru San was making up her
mind.
Although to our Western ideas she
was but a child, yet here in the East
those whom we would still opine chil
dren have, in their teens, reached a
mental balance which we call matur
ity. The cruel fate which seemed
about to ruin her companion's am
bitions hurt her, as deeply as if a bann
had been placed upon herself. She al
so had her own ambitions. But her
hopes for the future were bound up in
the success or failure of this youthful
student who hnd been In her life ever
since she could remember. Personal
ly also, she did not wish to bo the
wife of a carpenter or a 'rickshaw
coolie.
"Is there no wny?" tho wild; "will
not your relations do something for
you?" She turned and put her hand
upon the shoulder of tho prostate stu
dent Ho shook his head mournfully.
In a moment the girl made up her
mind. "Then Teru San will do some
thing for you. O'Tanaka San, go back
to the school tomorrow. I w Ul find the
money."
There was a grand entertainment at
the Mitsui club. The resident mem
bers of this sreat and exclusive family
were giving a farewell send-oft to a
batch of officers of the Imperial Guard
who were due to leave Toklo on the
tallowing morning to Join the trans
ports collected in the inland sea. For
the purpose of this entertainment the
ten most popular geishas in Tokio bad
been retained.
The evening was balf-way through,
and the young men, grouped in easy
attitudes around the room, were satia
ted with the ordinary efforts at fe
male dancing. "Where is O'Teru San?"
somebody shouted; others took up the
cry and clapped their hands. A screen
at the far end of tho room was pushed
'aside; the llttlo frail figure appeared
In the opening. It was Teru San. She
fell to her knees and bowed to tho
ground, as is the etiquette on such oc
casions. Then she stood up in all her
glory of gold and gray. A perfect
round of applause greeted her, for at
the moment she was the idol of young
Toklo. Even to the European estimato
he was beautiful to young Tokio,
peerless. She glided into tho center
of the room, radiant in the knowledge
of ber success, magnificent in the
blending colors of her finery, and she
danced as young Toklo had never
aeen a geisha dance before.
Her dancing finished she stepped
down among the audience and grace
fully acknowledged the congratulations
which were heaped upon her. Surely
this girl was happy, if the happiness of
a geisha is to be Judged by popularity.
Daintily she took the little China cups
which were offered her, modestly she
pressed them to her lips, Just tasting
the contents. Then they pleaded with
her to dance again. All smiles she re
tired to the stage, and gave a repre
sentation in graceiui uiovcukuu mi
some old ballad of love and war, such
aa young Toklo adored.
Then, bowing low, she puassed again
behind the screen. And as the sound
ef applause died in her ears, so did
gaa smile of happiness from her face.
- - -e
SWT
flhe doesn't belong to a Woman' Club,
8he hasn't a single fnd.
She siM'ixl her time with a blue-eyed
hiss
And a mi"!iloToua little lnd.
8I10 never unraveled a l'robletn of I,lfo,
Hhn doesn't know lots of thing,
Phe plnys with the "kids" and works all
day,
And most of the time she sings.
He Isn't llk most other husband at all,
Hhe Isn't like most other wives,
And they never attempt to make a
change
In the eonrsn of their quiet live!
But once In a while they dross the
kids,"
And go to spend the day
In a nice little quiet enniitry spot
In a niue liltlu quiet way.
Collier's Weekly.
of O'Teru San. I
Japanese War.
Hastily she changed her kimono, and
called for tho Jtnrlklsha which was
waiting for her In tho courtyard.
It was a bitter night for poor Teru
Pan; she was going now to meet her
lover for the last time for Tannka, a
lieutenant In the imperial guards, was
also leaving iu the morning to meet
the Russians.
Such was the history of Teru San.
When she had como to her resolution
to find the money with which her
lover was to be educated, she had gone
straightway and sold herself as many
hundreds of other Japanese, girls have
done In similar circumstances to the
twister of some tea house. The house
which she had selected had been
owned by a man who, long trained In
the art, had Been the commercial value
of the dainty little lass who falter
ing hnd offered herself to sign the
indentures. He had paid a sudlcient
sum In cash to insure the first year's
fees of Tnnnka's education; the suc
cessful Teru Han's outside earnings
had supplied the rest.
Thus supported, her lover had passed
from one grade to another, until now
he was a dashing subaltern in tho
guards. All that the young couple
were waiting for was the day when
the tea-house ransom should be paid
In full, and Teru San free of her
strange obligations. We of the west
cannot understand this; in the east it
Is different.
The leading company had been lying
under the cover of a sand-dune since
daybreak. The men were becoming
restless; behind them, they could hear
the even rhythm of the three bat
teries of artillery which were en
deavoring to silence tho Russian guns
on the far side of the river, and ever
and anon some projectile would whis
tle above their heads, or, burying it
self In front of them, would throw
great showers of sand into their
ranks.
Tho men were getting restless be
cause they were waiting to fulfill their
orders. These orders were engraven
in each man's heart for such Is the
system of the Japanese: when possi
ble ep.eli man In the army, from tho
f!vi.iTal of division to tho liuriililcst
sdetcher bearer, knows oxnotly what
Is to bo expected of h;ni dutlug tho
ensuing day, as far as tho .ccncral
staff can calculate tho function of any
particular unit.
This regiment of tho Guards had
orders to He under cover as near as
possible to the foot of the bridge
which the sappers were constructing,
and as soon as the Btructuro was wor
thy to push across it and turn the
Russians from their positions on the
far side of tho river. From 2 o'clock
In tho morning they had been lying
there, and It was now past midday
and yet the bridge was not complete.
Tanaka had crept up to his cap
tain's side, and together they had
crawled to the top of the sand-dune
and watched the progress which tho
sappers were making. It seemed now
that almost the last pontoon had been
floated down. Tho little engineers
were working like demons on the
brldeg-head, and as they worked , the
water all round tho pontoon seemed
alive with bursting shells. Time af
ter time the men working on the haw
sers were swept away, and as the cord
passed from their lifeless grasp there
were 'other willing hands ready to
take it.
There was no time to caro for dead
or wounded, there was no room for
either on the pontoons, a man down
was a man lost, and it served the in
terests of the state better to push his
body into the boiling stream rather
hamper the bridge-way with doctors
and hospital attendants. For the
fifth time that morning a salvo of
bursting shells destroyed the nearest
pontoons, carrying off the working
party away with it. Vet, nothing
daunted, fresb pontoons were pushed
off and floated down and a fresh com
pany of sappers were there to lash
the stanchions tight.
"They will never do it," said the
captain, as It seemed that the latest
effort had failed. "Sec, they are
bringing down reinforcements from
the bluff above us." It was true a
column of Russian infantry were de
bouching from behind the hills on the
opposite bank of the river, and were
moving down to the threatening
bridge. The Japanese gunners hod
seen them, and almost immediately
the column was torn and shattered
with bursting shell, but this counter
was not sufficient to stay their ad
vance. Down they pressed toward the
water's edge; so near were they now
that the Guardsmen could make out
the glint of the individual bayonets as
they glistened In the midday sun.
"Now is our time," shouted Tanaka,
"sep, here comes our orders." A stall
officer galloped up; as he came, the
two officers could ice that the last
pontoon had floated Into its place, and
that by Wading It would now be pos
sible for the Infantry to dash across.
Tho staff officer shouted his order
"Bridge-head! Guard, column of fours
from the right." The suspense was
over. In a moment the baltnlion was
on lis feet, and Tanaka was racing
with tho men of the leading four for
the bridge. They felt tho pontoon
sway under their feet they Jumped
from side to Bldo to avoid the mangled
frnmes of dead and wounded snppers.
A shell tore lip the planks In front
of them, and spattered them with the
blood and flesh of some luckless engi
neer. Through the cloud . of smoke
Tanaka could see that some fell In
the holes, others were hit. Now it
was tho actual bridge-head, 30 yards
of water, how deep, how shallow, who
could say! All that they could see
were tho bayonets of the opposing
Russians. They were almost down
to the water's edgo. Tanaka was tho
first at the actual brldgo-bead; what
had happened to his captain he did
not know, what had happened to tho
colonel mnttered not to him; with one
shout of "Banzai!" he leaped Into the
water, and all that he realized was
that the men were leaping In beside
him. For a moment it was waist deep,
it was knee deep, and now they are
on tho dry land.
Of tho next five minutes who shall
speak accurately? All that Tanaka
knew was that the sword blade, which
had been In 'bis family for 400 years,
clashed roughly against a bayonet,
and was then fleshed true and hard.
Then tho Impetus from the slope
above bore him end his companions
back, but they mndo a Btand at the
water's edge, and that stand was suffi
cient to save tho bridge-head. Com
pany after company came splashing
through tho water, and then the Rus
sians were taking tho steel In tio
back. It was a horriblo melee; u
when Tannka really came to his
senses ho was trying to form tip his
ampany amid tho smoking guns of a
captured Russian battery, while a cor
poral, chattering with excitement,
wns binding up bis arm with a first
field dressing. I'ntll this moment Tan
aka did not even know that he had
been wounded.
There was no paper printed In Jap
anese hleh did not ring with the
heroism of I.leut. Tannka, of the
Guards. There was hardly a shop win
dow in Toklo which bad not a colored
picture detailing the lieutenant's hero
Ism at tho pans;nne of tho Yalu. For
tho moment there was no more hon
ored nnmo In all Japan. There was
no woman in all Iho many islands
which comprise tho Far Rastern Em
pire prouder than the little white
skinned Geisha, Teru San. Now her
self-sncrlllee seemed as nothing. What
ever It may have cost, sho hnd en
abled ber lover, not only to win bis
ambition, but also to place himself in
tho history of his country.
Sho had been making her toilet
since 4 in tho afternoon, for that very
day Tanaka, tho wounded hero, had
returned to Toklo. Even as she sat,
rubbing t'.ie powder ori her cheeks,
she could bear tho shouts of the crowd
which were according him a public
welcome. It was meet that sho
should look her best, for today wan
to bo tho greatest duy iu her life.
Tho telephone bell raw-'. Anxloup'v
sho wait od for tho manage. Surely
It could not ho be; it was too soon; j
ho had not yet had time to think of 1
her. She was right It was only a
message from the big rich American,
who, fur the last two months, had
been lavishing his attentions upon
her, nnd was now reduced to such a
state that ho hnd offered to ransom
her at whatever price her master
mlfiht name, If only she would con
sent to marry him and return with
him to tho Stales. A foreigner for
sooth! And Teru San told the maid
to tell the foreigner that sho was ill,
that she was out of business for an
indefinite period until she should be
again convalescent. She then sat
quietly in her room and waited; It
was possibly the happiest expectation
in the whole of her strange and check
ered llfo.
But her hero never came, even
though sho waited until tho small
hours of tho morning. "Ho Is In the
hospital," she said to herself, "I shall
hear from him tomorrow." But the
morrow brought no mcssairo, and so
it went on from day to day, fnom
week to week, until It as nnnounced
in the "Kohomln Shlmbun" that thd
hero Tanaka, decorated by the emper
or, and now employed on the general
staff, was betrothed to tho daughter
of Count Inouye.
And so It comes about that Teru
San may be the mother of American
citizens. Blackwood's Magazine.
The Russian Peasant's Dainties.
The Russian .peasant, even If the
bread be eats Is black, has a bonne
bouche to add to his meal much
sought by epicures In tho western
world the wild mur.hrooms which
grow thousands upon thousands on tho
steppes of Russia. At any time, a full
and savory meal Is provided with the
addition of sausage and onions; even
a mushroom alone often contents
them for a meal with their coarse rye
bread. The poorest laborer also has
a luxurious drink always available In
from the cver-preBent samovar, and
the tea thoy drink would be the envy
of any American connoisseur of that J
beverage, for the best of China's tea
is found in Russia, 'and all classes en-'
Joy Its quality and fragrance. Nover j
is the water allowed to stand on the
tea over a few moments, so none of
the poisonous tannin Is extracted, and
a delightful, mildly stimulating, straw
colored drink is the result. Social 1
Service.
A BIRD AVAKDEN'S LIFJi
DANGERS OP THE MEN WHO
GUARD THE BREEDING PLACES.
The Hunters for Plumage Hate Them,
and Their Uvea are In Danger
Bird 8pecles That Are Now Almost
Extinct Colonies of Rare Kinds.
"That man Bradley Is going to be
killed some time," said Frank M.
Chopmnn, the ornithologist of the Am
erican Museum of Natural History.
Mr. Chapman hnd Just returned from
a trip to Florida, and the Bradley he
meant Is G. M. Bradley, the warden
of the American Ornithological Union
in M u 11 r 00 county, of thnt fetnte.
"Bradley has been shot at more than
once, and some day they will get him,"
added Mr. Chapman. .
"Monroe county stretches along the
southwestern side of Florida from
Whitewater Bay and the Everglades
southward to the coast and on the
mangrove keys from Card's South to
Indian Key und Cape Sable. It Is a
wild country of mangrove Islands, Im
penetrable Jungles of saw grass,
treacherous muilholes, apparently bot
tomless creeks of soft mud, and al
most Impassable morasses. One would
think that In this sort of country the
bird would be safe.
"But as a matter of fact this whole
region is Infested with outlaws, white
and black. They make their living
hunting and fishing and selling plum
age to millinery dealers. There are ex
cellent laws In Florida for the protec
tion of birds, but lawn are obeyed on
ly when there Is a warden on hand.
Bradley has been a most active and
efficient warden, and that's the reason
I'm afraid they're going to kill him
flome time. They have sent blm word
that they will.
"The plume hunters are, of course,
the worst depredators. There are laws
covering the dealers In plumes, but
Bradley Is warden only In one coun
ty, and the plumes are sent to stores
In the next county, where they are col
lected for the city trade.
"The whits egret, abundant twenty
years ago. Is so nearly exterminated
that It does not pay to bunt it any
moro. The special purpose of my visit
to Florida was to pet material for a
paroquet group for the museum. Early
In the lal century all the Southwest
ern States, as far north as Virginia,
were full of paroquets.
"I traversed the entire KIsslmmee
river region and camped seven days on
the ed'.-e of the Okeechobee swamp and
taw but twelve of the birds. From talk
with residents I found that the bird
Is practically extinct. No one In tho
world has ever seen Its nest, bo far ns
reported. I did not find one, and when
I found how scarce tho bird was I
made no attempt to get specimens."
The birds have towns and cities of
their own throughout Monroe county,
where they collect at nesting season.
The warden makes special efforts to
protect these rookeries. Just beforo
Mr. Chapman's visit a white heron
rookery which had been guarded with
care was invaded and every bird kill
ed. Some of these rookeries are exceed
ingly remote. There is one of the
wood ibis two miles inland on Bear
Lake. To reach this the warden has
to pack hiu cno3 on his back for two
mUoH through a thick tangle of man
grove swamp. There nre only about
twenty notita Iu this rookery. To vUlt
the bis rcckcry nt Cuthhcrt Lake. s :v
en miles Inland, one has to polo cud
scull a small skiff through a chain of
six lakes connected by nnrrow, tor
tuous creeks overgrown with a tangle
of rod mangrove.
The big rookery Itself Is on a man
grove island two acres in extent. On
this 4000 birds have their nesting
places. About half the colony are Iahis
iana herons. Even thlB great rookery
is surpassed by one discovered In au
almost Impassable morass at Alligator
Lake, four miles Inland from. Capo
Sable. Tho mangrove Islands on which,
tho birds were nesting were surround
ed by an almost Impenetrable Jungle.
Tho area was tin) vast and travel too
difficult to permit the taking of a
census.
The American egret and snowy her
on, both of them "birds of tho bon
net," are almost exterpilnated. The
white Ibis and roseate spoonbill,
sought for food and sport, are rapidly
decreasing. Other birds, like tho
Louisiana and little blue herons, the
plumes of which are not fashionable,
still exist In great numbers.
On Pelican Island, in Indian Riv
er, Warden Paul Kroegcl watches over
the welfare of the young pelican. This
interesting infant is one of tho char
acters of the bird world. Ho begins
to talk before ho leaves tbo egg, In a
tone resembling that of an unintelli
gent puppy, and keeps it up incessant
ly until he begins to learn to fly, He
fights from the flint time he leaves tho
nest, and waddles over to the next one
to whip the occupants, at whom he has
been squawking defiance for days.
Three or four thousand of theso agree
able youngsters are coming to matur
ity at Pelican Island.
At the Sandy Key Lighthouse the
lighthouse keeper protects a colony of
least tern. This colony now numbers
moro than 3000 birds. On Bird Key, a
little island among tho Dry Hortugas,
an A. O. U. warden protects a largo
colony of sooty aud noddy terns. They
arrive about the middle of April and
leave lute in August, all departing at
one time and In the night.
Up in Virginia, eight wardens guard
the great breeding grounds which run
from tho mouth of the Chesapeake to
tho Maryland line. Here tho danger
Is from egging. Not many of the
birds are now shot; a change from a
few years ago, when three mcii killed
2S00 in three days.
Ten of the society's hardens watch
the Maine coast. So well do tbey do
their work that a colony of night her
ons, occupying twenty acres of wood
land at Falmouth, within ten minute!
walk of an electric car line, enjoy per
fect security. On Bluff Island near by
a colony of terns Increases about (100
a year. Their eggs are so plenty that
one must walk with care to avoid
treading on them.
At Metlnle, Green Island tho only
laughing gulls that breed In Maine find
a home during the nesting season.
Thousands of Arctic and common
terns breed there, also together with
sea pigeons nnd loach's petrols, all
very fame. The laughing gull was
nearly extinct In Maine, bnt Is now
slowly Increasing In tills refuge.
About this time of the year the war
dens are taking the bird census with
an exactitude astonishing to the lay
mind. The fact that four pairs of
puffins have nested at a given point
Instead of three, as the year before;
that six laughing gulls have appeared
Instead of four. Is noted with pride.
New York Sun.
A JOKE THAT DID NOT PAY.
Mark Twain's Amusing Story ef An
Apprenticeship Prank.
Mark Twnln at a banquet recently,
to'.d the following story of one of his
apprenticeship pranks: "About a thou
sand years ago, approximately, I was
apprenticed as a printer's devil to
learn the trade. In common with three
other boys of about my own age.
There came to the vlllago a long
legged Individual of about 19. from
one of the Interior counties flsh-eyed,
no expression, and without the sugges
tion of a smile couldn't have smiled
for a salary. We took him for a fool,
and thought wo would scare him to
death.
"We went to tho village druggist and
borrowed a skeleton. Tho skeleton
did not lielona to the druggist, but he
had Imported It for the village doctor.
The price of tho skeleton was $50. We
borrowed it about 9 o'clock at night,
and we pot his man Nlcodemus
Dodge wns his name to go down out
of the way, and then we put It In his
bed. He lived In a little one-storeyed
log cabin In the middle of a vacant
lot. We left him to get home by him
self. We cn.'nved the result In the
llfcht of anticipation, but by-and-by we
began to drop Into silence.
"Tho possible consequences were
preying upon us. 'Suppose that It
frightens him Into madness, overturns
hla reason, and sends him screeching
through the strec-.s? We shnll spend
sleepless nights a!! rest of ourr days.
Everybody was afraid. By-and-by It
was forced to the lips of one of us that
we had better po at once and see what
hnd happened. Loaded down with
crime wo approached the hut and
peeped through the window. Tho
long-legged critter was sitting on tho
bed with a hunt: of gingerbread In his
hand, and between tho bites he played
a tune on n Jew's-harp. There he sat
perfectly happy, and all around him
wero toys and plmeracks and striped
candy. He hnd gone and sold that
Skeleton for five dollars!
"The druggist's fifty-dollar skeleton
was gone. We went In tears to the
druggist an 1 explained the matter
We couldn't have raised that $50 in
250 years. We were gettins board
nnd clothing for tho first year, cloth
ing and hoard for the Rpcond year, and
both of them for the thhd year. But
the druggist forgave us."
QUAINT AND CURIOUS,
In a New Jersey facory boys were
accustomed to sing while at work, and
when ordered to stop all threw down
their tools and left.
The word "Jingo,'' In the sense of a
chauvinist, was first used by Mr. O. J.
Holyoako, who Is still living In Eng
land at an advanced age.
Dr. Droulneau estimates that the
waste of bread In the French army
amounts to about 200 pounds per bat
talion per month, or an annual wasto
of 3 500 tons.
Any one In Denmark who pays the
state K ins. when he is 21 Is entitled
to an annuity of 13 when he be
comes 65. But If he dies before that
time tho state gets all the money.
An Investigation of tho Obi and Yen
esel rivers, made under the auspices
of tho Russian government, has re
vealed the fact that theso streams are
navigable by ocean steamers for a dis
tance of 1000 miles from their mouths.
In view of the fact that a Vienna
physician has become famous for cur
ing rheumatism by the external ap
plication of bee Btings, nn American
physician rises to say that the Inter
nal absorption of the virus of the
honey bee has effected BOO times 500
cures. ,
Tho German emperor has sent to
tho Hohenzollern museum at' Berlin
a small piece of bark, which, as is an
nounced by the label attached to It,
was used by his majesty to bind tho
empress' nrm In the absence of medi
cal aid when her majesty mot with
an accident In Gruenwald on March 27
lust, through falling from her horse.
A London Jeweler recently had a
thermometer stolen from his shop, and
the next day he affixed the following
notice to hla door: "Will the mis
guided individual who took the ther
mometer without leave the other day
plcaso return the same. He has made
a mistake. It can bo of no use to him
In the place to which he Is going, as
It only registers 123 degrees of heat."
France has waterfalls which would
give 6,000,000-horse power and save
the country 20,000,000 tons of coal.
ANIMALS MOST WIDELY SPREAD.
Wherever Man Lives Are Found
Horte, Pig and Cow.
The three animals thnt nre most
widely spread over tho earth aro the
cow, the horse and tho pig. These
animals did not spread through their
own efforts, but were developed by
man, and gradually rendered adapt
able to practically every place where
man himself enn live.
Cnttlo entered America simultane
ously with Its discovery, for Columbus
Introduced Spanish steers and cows
in 1403. In 1525 they wore Introduced
Into Mexico, which offered Ideal con
ditions for them. From Mexico they
spread Into Texas, where the new con
ditions of range nnd feeding developed
a race of tattle that became known
as'Texas cattlo, nnd these animals are
typical of rango bred cattlo of Amer
ica, now.
The pig hnd Its origin In India,
and Its first conquest was that of east
ern Asia and the archipelagoes of the
eastern seas. China fell an early vic
tim to the love of the pig. Records
show that the cultivation of the grunt
ing porker was a high art In that land
rs long ago as 3000 years before
Christ. One of the grentest of the
Chinese feast days is known by the
name, "Pig."
The Koran forbids the use of pork,
Just as the Mosaic law does; hence
the pig Is not raised In countries
where the Mohatnmednn law rules.
But In all other parts of the world the
porker is as popular as the cow or
the horse; and there are as many va
rieties of pig, due to loc al causes and
to different ways of breeding in dif
ferent countries, as there are varie
ties of horses and tattle.
It has always been a matter of won
der to nnturalists and economists that
the camel did not bin-crca o widely
spread as any of these three anlma!s
in the course of its thousands of years
of existence as a domestic animal.
The camel combines the advantages
of ox and horse as draught animal and
burden carrier; It is of high food val
ue; It gives excellent milk; its de
mands in the form of food and water
are exceedingly modest, and Its hair
Is of great value. While tho camel
probably could not bear all the ex
tremes of climate that the horso or
cow can bear, It Is by no means a
difficult animal to acclimate, as Is
shown by the fact that It Is used as
a draught animal In the colder parts
of Slberin, on the Rii3slnn and Turkes
ton steppes. In thp Himalayas, In Af
rica and In Australia.
It Is well known that wild camels,
which descended from domestic cam
els that had be?n turned loose were
to be found Iu sumo of the western
sand plains of the United States un
til .recent yeais, and occasionally
there are stories that a herd of them
exists in Arizona.
The dromedary is the plains camel,
while tho beast with t'vo humps is
the favorite for mountain use. In So
kotra the latter camel climbs up steep
steps hewn Into the face of the rock,
and In all places whero they are used
as mountain climbers they aro almost
as surefooted as mules. Preshewalski,
the Russian explorer, found wild tain
els In the worst mountain regions of
Asia, In places so dangerous that the
human foot could not find a hold.
Pittsburg Leader.
Great Britain to Use Decimal Method.
The House of Lords of tho English
parliament recently passed unani
mously a bill providing for tho com
pulsory use of the metric system of
measures. Tho law Is to become ef
fective April 5, 1900. or later, If it
be so determined. Professor W. Le
Conte Stevens takes the period of
duration of a machine as 10 years,
riid holds that this gives a space of
lime which could be assigned for the
change of system. When an E.iplish
system fcrc-w-cutting machine, for In
stance, had worked for 10 years nnd
was in fit condition to be discarded.
it could be replaced by one cutting
metric threads. As compromises he
proposes the following rather Ingeni
ous measure?!. The yard Is to bo
lengthened to the length of a mftre.
The metre Is to be divided Into four
parts, each of which will ho tho new
foot. The foot Is to be divided into 10
Inches. For the pound the half-kilogram,
for the quart the kilogram or
litre of water, and for the ton the
1000 kilogram metric ton are to be
used. Tho difference of these meas
ures from the English rystem meas
ures la exceedingly small, except, for
the yard and foot.
Separating Gamblers and Legislators.
"In tho old dnys when tho capitol
of Alabama was located at Tuscaloosa,
there wns a good deal of open gam
bling at that seat of legislation," said
Mr. D. M. Lowrey of New Orleans.
"It was the custom in those times for
men of all grades of society to risk
their money at games of chance, and
the law-makers who gathered at Tus
caloosa were among the best patrons
of tho gaming tables.
"The proprietor of one of these re-
; sorts, wishing to keep the State So
lon: separated from the ordinary cus
tomers of his place, put up a big sign
In the apartment devoted to faro, po
ker, roulette and the like, which read:
" 'Members of the Legislature please
take the table to the right; gamblers
take the tablo to tho left it's hard to
tell you apart.' "
Debt of Panama Company.
The Panama company is not yet
free of Us embarrassments In the liqul-
1 datton of Its old convention with the
1 Columbian government. The French
treasury has now put forward a claim
for the payment of a sum of 2.200,000
for registration dues on the deeds of
the original concession, and the re
newal of '.he same,
0 a. mcdoal:.
AITOIINHT AT" LAW.
Nflturt Pnnlta, ettai arant,
Knifed, rrnlortlnn n ada ron.fdlf O04
In fyo iluaia bulldiiif , l(ynKrtaviile, Pa.
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L. 1 1. MPANS,
DENTIST.
Office on seennd floor of First Na
tional hanlc l.uii.iiiur, Main Mrent.
J)P.. It. DLVllUE KLNO,
DENTIST.
Office on second floor nernoldsrllle
Benl EM.H,. J.nlJina-, Main street,
JleynohNviJIo, Pa.
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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
A.ul liea! Pal at Ajrri:t
Iln.vnoMsvilln, Ta;
yMITII M. McCREIGHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Kntsrj Publlo nnd Itxnl Etate Arntt. cl
"Minns will fr .ni! i,iii.t ti..nu. Ofnoe
In ihe H'-rtioH-villa Jlnr.l intra Co. UuIldiDf.
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You will find Sash, Doors,
Frames and Finish of all
kinds, Rough and Dressed
Lumber, High Grade Var
nishes, Lead and Oil Colors
in all shades. And also an
overstock of Nails whicb
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LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, PitUburr
Cattle.
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An Ancient Pharmacy.
The oldest existent pharmacy In
the world, the fact of its priority
nevpr having been disputed, is the
quaint and conspicuous buiidins
located in the old toivn of Knares
borough, on the Nlda river, In York
shire. Eng., which pharmacy was es
tablished in 1720. At the date nriracd
It was In possession of Jaraes Btck
with, since which tim It has bcn
cuplcd by six other chemists In su
cession, the present owner anj occu
pant being William Plorpont Law.
rence.
How much old?r tho business con
diiirtod In this apothecary shop is can
not definitely be determined by the
present pharmlst, but after cerornl
Investigation h has discovered that
tho shop Is undoubtedly four or five
centuries old.
An Oid Bell Ringer.
Austin K. Jones, the boll rinser at
Harvard College, celebrated a double
anniversary recently. It was his 75th
birthday and also the beginning of the
forty-seventh year that he has rung
the "old bell." Since ISM In baa
ml tied lluuluB but once.