f A MODERN ' LOCHINVAR. Oh, ymin Lpchlnrat turn com out of the went. In Btl tlie wiJe country his airship Is best. To five Ills good dollars, ho chauffeur hml none, Ho idle unnfrnM, nnd ho rode nil mono. So pliifky his Illicit nml so clover his car, Bfive ye e'er heard of Snmriy lilto young Ljcnlnvar? Jin ftiye.i not for wind and ho slopped not for l-nin, He tlew FtiaiKl.t Miens In his noreplnno. Hut riv lie Illmhtccl nt T;icli-'-by-tho-Se:, It's i; rl had eensented jinothcr's to lie. For a man 'with u '." H. 1'. tamliis-car Was to tho fair Cai'lvs of brave Lochinvar. 'i'hen b-.Mly he ie t -red tl.o pink onyx h::ll. AJ.my i-lhn'iers and wallers and family and a!I. Then ih- bride's father: "My word! Ve'.:, i , (For in" ! i-raven hi lilcgroom Just faded away), alio yen mine for a match to Usht your eh-c.r, . . Or to om-i'-c at our bridal, young Lord l.oc'iinvar?" "I ui" 'i to court Gladys, you gave mo the sack , , I Vent a v. iv vowlwr I'd never come ln; Hut lcv.v. -aing by, I've Just dropped In to lunch, To i mee but one two-step, drink one glass of punch. There are ma Mens In Denver, more wrnl'.hv by far, Wno v.eanl cbil'.y be bt Id" to tho young l.ochl:; ar." One winl: ot h'.i eye nnd one word in her t'ar - . , V'l-.cn they l-c.i. i.e 1 the hall door, for his nlishlp v.-s near. KlRht ii. the emit the fair lady he Hlrl.t Inn.. tie small scat besldo her he stirtilV-;! "i.el ln-r k.i! We are off," over trectop and s-a r. "I'll le harmed If t'aey follow! cried yotim; Livhinvar. There w..- lu..iti:ns ar.d bustllnsr nt li M'kx-li'-t!ic-'ea! GiiPfts. la niesi'vii'ls, and ushers were mad as ceeld lie. 'ihem wn.i raeir.e nnd chasing and yelling like mad. There wits W", p:nj; by mother nnd swear- Int- bv dad. While mviiv overhead, like a luminous star, eiieiie tl. ll';M on tho airship of young I.oehlr.var. Carolyn Wells in Harpor's Jlagaxlne. "SENORITA ROSALIA. Fy Ella M. Bangs. 4 V DOe t Stuart Dudley, had been live days in Mexico City, hut he told himself tknt a lifetime would not be long enough to become indi.ieienl to his surroundings, the orionl ril-IIke scenes slid far hori zon mountains rising rose or violet lined against a turquoise sky. It was Sund-'.y and the young man tcok his vay toward the old cathedial anticl-palinf.-' s-till other r.w sensations, nor was he disappointed, for hardly had he entered whfn his attention v.a3 catiriu li.v one of tlie figures kneeling around him, one that was girlish and graceful, with a lace ninntilla falling over liar head and shoulders. As ha moved nearer the girl arose and turn ed toward him a face so darkly beauti ful that he forgot all else and gazed in nd mi. at ion. Two duennas accom panied her, middle aged women, stout, dark-skinned and common, while be tween them the brilliant young sen orita sparkled like a Jewel. In the con fusion of leaving the church Stuart lost sight of her, hut for the remainder of the day wherever he went that one face seemed to come between him and all else. He, was in Mexico in the interest of a business investment, and the man with whom lie had most to do was senoi' Don Joo Riverol, who with charming hospitality, invited him to dine nt his home. So it came about that one evening Stuart found himself being presented to the members of the Riverol household, Sonera do Sato and Kai.orua Riverol, then after tho two elder lr.dlcs, "My daughter, Ro salia" slid Don Jose, and the young man found himself for tho second time looking into tho face of his dreams, for, yes, it was she, and mere beauti ful than ever in her ro3e-co!ored drap eries. The older ladies, sisters cf Don Jose, who acted as duennas for the motherless Rosalia, spoke no English and the girl but little, so as Stuart's Spanish left much to be desired he be gan on the following day a vigorous study of Hie language of the country. His calls at the home of Don Jose became frequent. Ke blessed the fact that a business transaction is hardly the accomplishment of one week or two In this land of man.ma, and if often he found the senor not at home he was cr.ly too glad to call upon the beautiful senorita who seamed r.ot averse to it herself. One or both of the aunts was always present at tlie-e times, but they were not eo quick as their niece to understand the faulty Spanish of their guest, so the young man made the most of these occasions villi a clear conscience, for had not Don Jose with the effusion of his coun trymen assured him that tho honss and all it contained was his? So Ro salia sang to him. accompanying her self on the mnndolin. . will gng 'La Golondrina,' the song of Mexico.' sh Bald in her soft voire, "you will be pleased with It." In his turn Si part sang rollesc songs, seated nt the rial", where he presented not a bad flrvure himself, wlih his shapely head, ar.d brown hair and eyes. . The words being English mattered not so long as the music was tuneful; so he sang "Fair Harvard" and "Take My Love to Rosalie," smil ing over at Senorita Rosalia with the lost word, and the girl responded with one of her own slow, bewitching smiles, as she recognized the similar ity in names. When, however, he sang 'I Know a Maiden Fair to See, Be ware," he turned to And -ark, eyes regarding him' with so prae .a glance as to cause a query to flicker through his mind as to whether she rea'ly un derstood as little English as she pro ) fesaed. Several times, when entering the patto, Stuart met a young man Who returned his glance with one to fierce that ihe wondered what he had done to merit It. The days went on, whHe more and more the young Amer ican fell under the spell of Rosalia's sparkling eyes nnd red lips parting with a smiling flash of white teeth. Tho business upon which he had come was completed, still he stayed on till cno ovning he resolved to call upon Don Jose and make a formal proposal for tho hand of his daughter. The gent Ionian was out when he reached the house, but he Inquired for the la dies, and was roon listening to the soft lisp of Rosalia, with only Senora de Sato ns duenna. At length ho rose to go. "I have stayed too long, I'm afraid." 'he said, laughingly, "but I must go from Mexico so soon.' "la It soon?" tho girl asked, "It must he." "Oh, but the senor will wait for my party, It Is to be but tho evening after tomorrow." "I did not know" "Si, my be trothal party.'' "Your' betrothal," faltered the young man, while tho room seemed to grow dark around him. "Yes, has not my father told you? You cannot have failed to meet Senor Don Antonio, he comes orten." "Yes," with sudden enlightenment, "I must have met him, but I didn't know. I I wish you happiness," he added. "And yon, senor, you will go back and marry the beautiful lady with tho eyes of blue, whose picture you have shown me?' Stuart shook his head. "I cannot tell," he answered. For a moment neither spoke. The Senora do Sato was. asleep in her chair. Suddenly, impulsively, the girl reached out both her hands. "It has been a happiness to know you," she said, softly. "It has been something more than happiness for me," he returned. Rosalia bit her red lips nnd avert ed her face, then she drew her hands away and a few minutes later Stuart was going out through the picturesque patio for the last time. The following' day ho started home ward, but even tho novelty of a new route failed to lift the cloud that had settled over his life. His business Investment he never regretted, and a year from the time of his1 return he married pretty, pink cheeked, blue-eyed Edith Farley. Life has been kind to Stuart Dudley, bring ing him ns much of prosperity and happiness as a man can expect to have, but now and then, he lives in memory that vi3it beyond the Rio Grande, and at these times he seems to see once more the dark beauty of the Sen crita Rosalia. Boston Tost NEW OATH IN ENGLAND. Kissing the Book to Become a Thing of the Past. If tho oaths bill Is passed and It has obtained a second reading in the Housa of Lords "kissing the Book," the present insanitary and undignified form of oath taking, will practically become a thing of the past. Every wit ness will be sworn Willi his hand up lifted, unless he voluntarily objects to being sworn in that fashion or is phy sically incapable of so taking tlie oath. The witnesses who will avail them selves of their option, to "kiss the Rook" will be even less numerous than thase who have been accustomed to exercise their right to be sworn with uplifted hand The right has not been exercised, our contemporary adds, because the majority of witness es, however great their dislike to the insanitary oath, have been unwilling to make themselves conspicuous in a court of justice by making an unusual request. Wfllh the abolition of "kissing the Book" in England the insanitary oath will practically disappear from the civ. ilized world. In France tho Judge says: "You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the troth" and the witness, lifting up his right hand, answers, "I swear." In Austria the witness says, with uplift ed hand, "I swear by God tho Al mighty and All Wise that I will spe ak the truth, and answer to Anything I may be asked by the Court." Where the Bible has its appolniled place in the ceremony it is touched by the hand and not held to the Hps. In Italy the witness placing his hand upon an open Bible says, "I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." In Spain the ceremony is similar, though rathar more elaborate. Evon among less civilized peoples the ceremony of oath taking is destitute of the kiss. A Mohammedan witness, holding the Koran in his right hand, bends down until his forehead touches the sacred volume. Breaking a saucer Is orte method with tho Chinese, slicing o5 a fowl's head another, blowing out a lighted candle a third, all represent ing, of course, the awful fate that awaits the Chinese witness who does not tell the truth. From the Law Journal. , Salt Is Corrosive. Many railroad mechanical engineers are r.ow struggling with the problem of preventing the corrosive drippings from the refrigerator cars on the steel ijnd Iron. It was found by examination on one railroad that the damage of thsi sort amounted to oyer $1000 por mile per year. The plnn now Is to make the. refrigerator cars drip-proof. Physicians have advanced the . state ment that if salt will have such an ef fect on Iron and steel it is also very injurious to the human stomach. Washington Herald, t A is tor apt little Annio, Who Uvea down In Mains with her rrannle. Such pies she cn raakal Aud such dourbnuts uud cakss! Oh, we like to make visits to grannls! Carolyn Wells, in tho Christian ltcgli-tur. A Statesman's Confession. For all his caustic wit, Thomas B. Reed of Maine was as tender of heart as large ot frame. Ho was not much of a hunter. "I never shot but one bird in my life," ho onoe confessed. "h spent a wholo day doing that. It was a sandpiper. I chased him for hours up and down a mill stream. When at last I potted him and held him up by one of his poor little legs, I never felt moro ashamed of myself In all my life. I hid him in my coat tail pocket for fear somebody wxuld see how big I was aud how small the victim, and I never will be guilty again of the cowardice of auch un equal battle." Christian Register. His Arithmetic. A member of a school board was visiting a public school not long ago when he encountered a small boy in the hall. "What are you studying, my boy?" the visitor asked. "Arithmetic and geography," ans wered the boy. "And what are you learning in arithmetic?" The boy thought for a minute, then he replied: "Guzinta." "Guzinta?" said the surprised offi cial. "What's that?", "Why, don't you know " said the boy. "Two guzinta four, three guzinta six, four guzinta eight, five guzinta ten." Llppiucott's. Ants Have Combs. No creature is more tidy than an ant, who cannot tolerate the pres ence of dirt on her body. These little creatures actually use a number of real toilet articles in keeping them selves clean. No less an authority than Dr. McCook says their toilet ar tioles consist of coarse and fine tooth ed combs, hair brushes, aponges, and even washes and soap. Tlioir saliva is their liquid soap, and thehr soft tongues are their sponges. Their combs, however, are the genuine arti cle nnd differ from ours mainly In that they are fastened to their leivs. The ants have no set time for their toilet operations, but stop and clean up whenever they get soiled. St. Nicholas. Adventure of a Bby Boy. A person who lived some years in South Africa tells the following story: The Infant son of one of the Dutohi settlers had strayed away. After some time a search party dis covered little footprints loading . in the direction of the bush. Following up these, they came upon a large opnn space, at the farther side of which thoy discovered the object of their search sitting hugging a little wooden doll and munching a piece of bread and butter. Bsfore they could make their way through the thick, tangled under growth a large lion Bprang into the clearing. Tho little boy, far from be ing frightened, ran to meet the lion, holding up his bread and butter, and said: "Take a bite, doggie." The father stood powerless to move or speak through fear, expecting each in stant to see the child crushed uudor the lion's paw; but. Instead of doing as he dreaded, the Hon turned hlmseir Qver and lay on his back at the chlld'B feet, looking up in his face as a cat would do, at play, Watching his opportunity, tlie fath er raised his gun and fired, hitting the lion in the leg. The animal sprang up and, leaving the child, rushed on the party, injuring two of the number before It was finally kill ed. From this circumstance the child was immediately christened by the settlers "Daniel." San Francisco, Call. The Lost Turkey. Six years ago, my. mother, father and I were at my grandfather's farm on autumn. He owned pigs, horses, ducks, chickens, cows, cats and dogs galore, while his daughters was the possessor ot six fine turkeys. Well, one afternoon toward 5 o'clock, the time when the turkeys were put to bed (or rather escorted to bed), thoy gathered outside the farmhouse door, as they always did, to wait for some one to walk down to the barn with them. This afternoon we heard a "gobble! gobb'e!" outside, and the family came out to sae what it was. There stood five of the turkeya huddled on the doorstep. But wheYo was tho sixth? Auntie called and hunted for this bird, but not a sign could he seen of hira anjrWhere. In tha mean time grand pa had built a fire in tho kitchen range, as it was cool. Just thon we hoard a queer noise in the direction of the roof, and looking np we saw a dark form on the chimney. Someone cried: "It's the turkey gobbler! " We procured a ladder and, my fath er, laying aside his clerical coat, also his dignity, climbed up and proceed ed to rescue the "gobbler."- We ex pected to see him take a toboggan slide down the slanting roof, but for tune favored him, and he did not slip, and cama down triumphantly with the turkey waving lis long neck and gob blias genUy under his arm. I reliev ed my father of his burden and car ried the truant to the barn, accom plaining by his five noisy and com plaining relatives. There I placed hlra on his roost, and the othors, seeming Joyful in tho recovery a their brother, flew up" beside him. Gladys Smitey, In the New Tork Tribune. Is A Bird 8uperlor? What hi the bill of a bird and what does It mean? asks a writer in the Strand Magazine. I do not refer, "he continues, to the bill of a hawk, or a heron, or an owl, or an ostrich, but to that which Is tho abstract of all these and a thoumnd more. I hold, regard less of anatomy and physiology, that a bird Is a higher being than a beast. No beast soars and slugs to its sweet heart; no beast remains in lifelong partnership with the wife of its youth; no beast builds itnelf a sum mer house and decks It with feathers and bright shells. A beast Is a grovel ing denizen of tho earth; a bird is a free citizen of the air. And who can Bay that there la not a connection be tween this dlffwMice and other de velopments? The beast, th hiking only of its appetites, has evolved a delicate nose, a discrimiuatlng palate, three kinds of teeth to cut, toar, and grind Its food, salivary glands to moisten tlie same and a perfected ap paratus of digestion. The bird occu pied with thoughts of love and beau ty, with "fields, or waves, or moan tains" nnd "shapes of airy or plain," has made little advance in the art and Instruments of good living. It swal lows Its food whole, scarcely knowing the taste of It, and a pair of forceps for picking it up tipped and cased with horn. Is the wholo of its dining furniture. For the bill of a bird, pri marily and essentially, Is that and nothing else. In the chickens aud tha sparrows that coina to steal thair food, and the robin that looks on, and all the little dicky-birds, you may see it In its simplicity. The alae andi shape may vary, as a Canadlaa as differs from a Scotch ax; some ara short and atout and have a sharp edge for shelling seeds; some are longer and flna-polnted, for picking worms and caterpillars out of tbair hiding placa; some a little hooted at their points, and one, that of the croas-blll, with points crossed for picking the small seeds out ot Or couea; but all are nrxcally 018 same tool Yet the last dtatlnotly points tfie way to those modi&catieae by which the simple bill is gradually adapted to oua special purposa or an other, until it becomes a wonderful mechanism in which the original In tention is quit out of eight. Ledger. The Pelican and the Rat. Hidalgo Pete, who hails from tha Spanish Maui and is the most aadate of all tlie pelicans In Central Park, was peeking idly at the wire cage of the pelican house, pausing now and then to glance suspiciously at his cage mates, Slgnor Gomez and San chez Hoollhoo, for they had bean abusing him of late. Everything was very quiet In the park menagerie. Bob Hurtln, one ot the keepers, was busy cleaning out a drain near the corner of the tiger house, when a rat suddenly darted from the mouth of the drain, ran be tween the keeper's logs, and darted for the tiger house. Jack, the frteky little fox terrier and official ratcatch er, ran after it, barking wildly. Jack was nearly upon it, when the rat wheeled, sprang ove-r the dog's head and hoaded for the pelican house. Tho meshes of the poUcan house wire are just largo enough for a rat to squseze through. The rat selected a mesh, and dived through, pausing an instant as It landed on the gravel floor of the pollcans' domain. Hidal go Pete and his two relatives were nqulver with excitement. TMwsy are nervous birds, in spite of their se date appearance. Tho rat had scarcely recovered Its equilibrium when Hidalgo Pete, with one ungainly hop and a coupla of flaps of his broad wings, reached the rodent and pecked viciously at it. But he missed tho rat by an Inch and his beak buried Itself In- the gravel Hidalgo Pete toppled over hi a heap, and gave an angry squawk as ho regained his foot and tried to shake the gravel out of his pouch. The two other pollcans were also in action by this time. Sanohes Hooll hoo was close behind ' Hidalgo Pete, and he, too, made a lung at the rat, with mouth wide open. Thon the rat disappeared for a mo ment, Hidalgo Pete and Signer Gomez looked quickly around for it. But the rat was inside the pouch of Sanchez Hoollhoo, as became quite evident very auickly. In describing the affair afterward, Keener Hurtln said: "It was about the funniest thing I ever saw. I haven't stopped laughing yet. That Hoollhoo pelican got more than he bargained for, I guess. Sure ly ho didn't want to swallow a live rat. He only wanted to give it a peck hard enough to kill it. ' But I guess that in the excitement ho went at the rat with his mouth open, for the rat certainly got inside that two foot pouch of Hoollhoo's. "I am not quite sure what happen ed inside the pouch, but the rat must have hit Hoollhoo some, for all of a sudden that pelican raised straight up In the air, his mouth came open and out jumped the rat The way Hoollhoo squawked was a caution. He kept beating his wings and run ning around In circles for five min utes. "The rat hit the gravel floor and got out of the pelican fcouse In jig time. Jack was waiting for it outside and killed it. Inter-Ocean. fClaw'V I Who Gains Most By Marriage? ' r f . i j s ty naroiu uiven g 8 to tho comparative tribulations of the married state, does the man who ij'.arries gives no hostages to fortune beyond tlioso provided by his collaborator? Is It for his own selllsh croature comforts that ho bolt3 his breakfast, rushes for the morning train, and stows in the city all to earn an income of which he personally spends only a fifth or a titho? Are dressmakers' bills merely part of his unholy, selllsih joy? Once a man becomes a husband, has ho nothing to bear and S3 forbear? Has the compound word "henpjeked" crept use lessly into our language? Has no man's' "individuality" been sapped or over whelmed by an overpowering personality in petticoats? Though it be true that a wife has no "wages," Is a husband allowed to husband) his? Though a wife may be "a slave to her husband," fcas the converse phrase no sanction from exporlenco? And though a mother be "a slave to her children," has a father no parental cares? Are there no households In which a father has to sink his "Individuality" and preferences and wishes allow his meals to be fixed, where he shall live, when and whore he shall take his holidays, and even how long he shall remain in harness "for the sake of the children?" Is a "de voted husband" merely a contradiction In terms? Is marriage always Beer and skittles for tho husband, and never cakes and ale for the wife? And as to the comparative losses and gains of entering the marriage Btate, does the man standing at the altar surrender nothing and incur no resposlbltiueg rrom which ho would otherwise be free, and does the woman acquire nothing but Ihe burden of fresh duties and a gold ring of asomewhat monotonous pattern? I apologize for tho elementary and homely character of these Interroga tories. But the fact that thoy arise out of a current controversy shows where that controversy is taking us. And bo I put the question, as a matter for timely discussion. Who gains most by marriage, man or woman? And that question cannot be answered without answering the deeper question: "In the interest of which sex (apart altogether from the institution of home and the entity of family) is it most necessary that the institution of marriage should be preserved?" tp & & Put Your Heart in Your I j& Work j? y Jerome HE man who succeeds In any line of endeavor is he who has worked whole-heartedly, whole-souledly, whole-selfodly for success. For this thing called Success is simply the realization of ideals we have formed, and striven to materialize. Don't have a "grouch" against the firm that supplies your bread and butter. Better work for ten dollars a week and work then be employed at twenty-flve dollars a week and shirk. Coming down to 'the office in the morning with a desire to make the day pass as quickly as possible, and with the llltlo real work performed is abso lutely necessary, la a dead sure way to oblivion. There's no exhilaration that can equal the feeling a man sensates after a particularly hard Job has been got out of the way, and got out of the way by being done right. The difference between enthusiasm and half-heartedness Is the difference between a big, fat enveBop on pay-day and a salary that gets smaller in the eyes of the man who Is always looking foT, but never working for a raise. Enthusiasm! That's the thing that bullda bridges and tunnels through mountains. One enthusiastic employe in an organization is worth an army ot wishers for six o'clock and Saturday afternoon. And there can be no enthusiasm unless you are heart, head, and band la league wWih your work. i The man who views his daily work as part of his dally self Is the man who accomplishes things. The man who performs his duties In a spirit of let's-get-rid-of-these-pesky-matters is the man you never hear of as making progress. Put your heart Into your work. Profitable Advertising. f The Slump in Dukes Ey David Lloyd'Ceorge MPORTS and exports J J mouths by millions. :B steady. There has H In hrowm'ir ttbnrfi badly there has been a groat slump in dukes. They used stand rather well in the market, especially the Tory mar kn': hut tho Torv ureas has discovered that thev are not real value. They one specially expensivo duke made a speech and ail tne Tory press said: "Weill, now, really, Is that tho sort of thing we are spending 250,000 a year upon?" Because a fully equipped duke costs as much to keep up as a couple cf Dreadnoughts and they are just as great a terror, and they last longor. So long as they were contented to be mere ldol3 on their pedestals, pre serving that kind of stately silence which becomes their rank and Intelligence, all went well, and the average British citizen rather looked up to them and said to himself, "Well, if the worst comos to tho worst for this old country, we have always pot the dukes to fall back upon." But then came the budget, and they stepped off their perch. They have boon scolding like omnibus driv ers purely because the budget cart has knocked a HUlo of the gilt oft their stage-coach. p p & The Dream Book of j Modern Science ? Ey H. Jlddington Eruce. ODERN science Is writing a dream book of its own to take the place of the unauthorized and mischievous manual In vogue among the superstitious. When completed it will be a remarkable production, wonderfully interesting and thoroughly practical and helpful. Science, cf course, does not assert that all dreams are significant. A good niaDy dreams and especially the com moner dreams ot falling, Hying, and the various forms of nightmare merely testify to some trifling disturbance ot M tha physical organism of the dreamer. This has long been recognized, and tho text-books aro full jot anecdotes showing how dreams may be made to order, so to speak. One experimenter, by tickling a sleeper's nosa, caused him to dream that tar was being plastered over his face and then violently pulled off, causing agonizing pain; uncovering his knees gave him a dream of traveling in a stage-coach in the dead of winter and suffering frightfully from the cold; put ting a hot-water bottle to his feet made him dream that he was walking over the lava of an active volcano. But while appreciating tho inconsequential character of dreams induced by eucb. means, as also by indulgence in late suppers, the cramping of a muscle through, lying too long in one position, or tho slipping off of the bed clothes, scienoe insists that there are times when even the most trivial of dreams rm,f be profoundly portentous. Flleshman have gone up during the last few Industrial investments have been been, on the wholo an improvement even 'i''hft rnlv ntfwrk thn hn ctotia dnwtl have been making speeches. Recently r
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