Judge nute that in Kansas a woman j who wants to vote needn't give her j ago to the registry; she merely testi- ! ties that she is over twenty-one. Thus there will bo more votes and less per- ; jury in Kansas." The Improved Industrial Dwelling C ompany of London accommodates 40,000 persons in its houses. It is claimed that its system has reduced tbo tenement death-rate from forty to only eleven in a thousand. One reason why it is eo hard to get anybody banged legally in the moun tain regions of Kentucky, suggests tbo New York World, is that the dwellers in the towns fear that they will bo haunted by the murderer's spook. Tbo New York World recently printed a list of about 100 stocks sold on Wall street, with their lowest and highest selling prices the Ist of Janu ftry. From this list it appears that, on the whole, theso stocks have ap preciated in that time something like $300,000,000, or about ten per cent. "It is a pity the great auk is ex tinct," remarks the London Globe. "A little breeding-farm of tho birds, conducted with sagacity, would bo so very lucrative. Things nre flat in tho Bilk-market at present, but even 80, 61750 guineas was yostorday offered and refused for n skin of tho bird and an egg, though cracked, fetched §900." Tho fortune of the Rothschilds has often been mentioned in print, but the 1 aris Signal gives some new and interesting information about it. Ac cording to this authority, the total wealth of tho Holhschild family at tho present time amounts to 82,000,000,- 000, of which the French branch pos sesses 8200,000,000. In 1875 they had less than half this sum, showing that their fortuno had doubled in eighteen years. In 1900 the grandfather of tho present generation of Rothschilds had nothing, his financial success begin ning after tho battle of Waterloo. It is estimated that in 19G5 their fortuno will, if oontinuing to grow as hereto fore. amount to the Btupendons sum of SCO, 000,000,000. Tho interest of this capital would be sufficient to sus tain 37,000,000 people, that is, tho entire present population of Franco. The trolley has everywhere como to stay, notwithstanding tho long and bitter tight against it, anil even in Brooklyn, whero it has had an cxeep tional record in tho destruction of life, it is a necessity, declares tho New York Independent. "Tho feel log against the trolley in Brooklyn has risen so high that a great mass "meet ing was held to give expression to it. Tho.people speak of it as tho great juggernaut. Considerably over a hundred lives havo been sacrificed by it, and hardly a week goes by that does not add to tho list of victims. This is too high a prico to pay for an admitted necessity, and it is evident that a more careful regulation of speed, particularly iu narrow streets, is necessary. In Western cities, whore the streots nro wide, tho trolley runs at a higu rate of speed and has few ac cidents." The bicyclo epidoraio i 8 swooping - over the wliolo country, states the ■ Chicago Record. In many cities the ; bicycle has inaugurated a serious ! rivalry with Iho street enr, nnd in i Denver the effect has been so unmis- ! tuiinblo that tho local stroet railway j company had to cut tho wages of its ' employes in order to moot tho great ! reduction in tho income. Tho daily j receipts of tho car lines in Denver hnvo never boon so low and that tho drop is caused partly by tho introduc tion of bicycles is beyond a doubt. On wet days, when the wheels cannot ho ridden, tho receipts of each car are invariably over S3O a day. As soon as tho streets dry off tho receipts drop elowu fully one-half. Formerly tho largo crowd of invalids and pleasure- I seekers which is constantly pouring I into Denver would take the cars out to ' tho suburbs for their daily outing. ! Now tho wheal is used instead. It is i estimated that during tho last year j 4000 wheels have been sold in tho ' city by local dealers, bosidos tho large 1 number shipped in by individuals. 1 Tho estimate of 10,000 wheels in use j is probably extremely low. Each ol \ these wheels will take out of the ' pocket of tho street railway company J twenty or thirty cents a day. Taking I tho low estimate of twenty centsn day i for tho 10,000 wheels tho amount j would reach S2OOO aday, 0r5730,000 a ' year. Tho contingency which has j prosented itself in such definite shape I in Denver will have to be met l>y ' slreet-car companies in many otliei • cities, and instead of being abated this source of deprivation of revenue is likely to become more formidable, especially during the summer mouths WHEN BABY WAS DEAD "When baby was dead. And tlic golden rays of sunlight crept Into the quiet room, across the bed Where lie so gently, sweetly slept— It seemed so strange not to hear him coo, And catch at the light—like he used to do! When baby was dead, And mother's tear-scorched lips reached down To kiss the face, the eyes, the head, And smooth the folds in the little night gown, I would have bartered my soul to hear him And reach up his arms—like he used to do! When baby was dead, Ah, my God! what a moan was wrung From n broken heart as heavy as lend— From lips where n baby song lately hung; Kara strained to catch the tiny, soft coo, And hear him laugh out—like he used to do! When baby was dead, I could see no joy in the air of glooin— Hope into outer darkness lied! When God spoke soft through the deso late room A promise, some day we'd hear him coo, And see him reach up—like he used to do! —Atlanta Constitution. riff 1 Ij S|r MBS. BUEWSTER sat sevibg before a window which, looked out upon a garden filled with llowers. Outdoors everything seems at peace - roses blooming, bees humming, every thing in tune. Indoors the air is filled with suppressed sobs, coming from a room upstairs over the one where Mrs. Brewster sat. Mrs. Brewster is a stern-faced wom an; one of those tall, tliln, hard-work ing, New England women In whom the very blood seem'* frozen. As she stitches away upon some new material her needle makes a rasping sound, very trying to sensitive nerves, but she doesn't know she possesses nerves, ap parently. >Sho is making sheets and pillow eases for her daughter, soon to be mar ried to a man she detests. It Is her mother's will. Mrs. Brewster fairly willed her husband Into the next world. Tho rasping sound stops as a gentle tap comes upon tho door. She goes to the door all smiles. She Is very gra cious In manner in public. "Good afternoon, Mrs. Brewster; Is Mabel at home?' "Yos; slie is in her room weeping be cause a kind old man wants to marry her." "May I go up?" "\es; see if you can't bring lier to lier senses." The caller, Dorothy Knowles, runs up the stairs and knocks upon a door. "Mallei, dear, may I come in?" Mabel opens the door anil draws lier friend in, closing the door quickly. "Crying again, Mabel?" •"Crying again?' When do I ever stop crying? Think, Dorothy, think, to lie married against my will to a man old enough to be my grandfather!" "Your mother seems determined." "\es, she will make me marry him If slie can. What shall I do? I'll run away, or do something. Oh, if Cousin Max were only here, lie wouldn't let lier do it. Oh, Max, Max, come home!" If Max Bennett had only heard that cry ho would have flown to his little cousin, but lie was far away across the sea. Dorothy tried to comfort lier friend, anil at last succeeded In stopping the tears. Mabel bathed lier face and eyes and went outdoors with Dorothy. The (lays tlew by and Mabel's wed ding day was fast approaching. A strange ealm seemed to liave come over her spirits. She was very docile, and went about lier daily tasks as of old, and her mother thought she was sub dued; but Mabel inherited some of her mother's will, aud was quietly laying her plans. Neliemiali Jenks was the name of the man who was so anxious to marry her against lier will. Ho had been drop ping in nearly every evening before he naked for Mabel. Mabel had never thought he came to see her, and was astonished when her mother told her he wanted to marry her. Mrs. Brewster did not tell her that he lmd promised to destroy a mortgage he held upon their homo the day Mabel became his wife. Mabel had taken his calls for her mother and never dreamed he was "courting" her, as lie called It. She begged, tensed and implored her mother not to make her marry him. She might as well have tried to move a mountain as try to move that will. But delicate Mabel might defeat their plans yet. (mo night she thought she'd try Nehenihih. She was very pleasant, played erib bago with him, did all she could to please him, agreed with everything he said, and Anally when her mother left the room for something, went over anil laid her hand on his shoulder and said timidly, "Mr. Jenks." "Vis, my dear," said Neheuiinli. "Why do you want to marry me when you know I don't love you? It will make us both so unhappy. I'm so young, too, Mr. Jenks." "Why do I want tew marry yer? Be cause I dew: I want a nice young housekeeper; l'eggy's tew old." "Why don't you marry my mother If a housekeeper is all you want? She's a far better housekeeper than I am." "What clew I want of an old woman like that?" lie said, with a sickly smile. "She's younger than you are, Mr. Jenks." "Mcbbc she is, but I want something pretty and fresh." "Please let me off, Mr. Jenks; tell mother I'm too saucy, and I will bless you forever; do, please." "No, I shan't; you've got tew marry me, d'ye hear?" lie yelled it at poor little Mabel, and as she heard her mother coming she went and sat down. \ ery shortly after this she said good night and left the room, and spent the night in tears. The next day Mr. Jenks came to take Mabel and lier mother over to his house, to see If there were any improve ments to be made before he took his bride home. Mabel went, but took no notice of anything, and her mother had it all her own way. Dorothy Knowles talked it all over with her mother one day, and finally said: "Mother, do go over and talk to Mrs. Brewster and see if she won't re lent." "Yes, I will, snlcl Mrs. Knowles, "but how shall I approach the subject? Al though we have been neighbors for years, I have never felt acquainted with her; but I'll try, Dorothy, dear." "Oh, mother, If you were Mabel's mother, she would not have to marry against her will, would she?" "No, my dear; your mother will never hasten your marriage, and I hope It will not bo for years. Find a truly good man, my dear; do not be In a hurry; the cares of life come soon enough." "Indeed I shall not be, and Mabel Is not; It Is her terrible mother." Mrs. Knowles went over to see Mrs. Brewster that afternoon. Mrs. Brews ter showed her Mabel's trousseau, Mrs. Knowles all the time trying to screw her courage up to the all-important point. She began: "Does Mabel care for Mr. Jenks, Mrs. Brewster?" "Oh, well, perhaps not. but alio soon will; I guess he'll be good to lier." "But eau you bear to give her to such nil old man?" "Oil, yes; where will she get a better man? That's all very pretty—'love In a cottage'—but I believe iu a good, sub stantial home and a sensible man." "Mabel, is very young, Mrs. Brewster, only the age of my Dorothy, and 1 hope she will not bo married for many years." "Well, Sirs. Knowles, Is Mabel my (laughter or yours? Don't you suppose I know what Is best for my own child7 Good afternoon!" She said this so decidedly that Mrs. Knowles left hastily. "Well, Dorothy, dear," she said, when she reached her gate, where Dorothy was watching anxiously for her. "I failed to make any Impression upon that stono Image." One evening Mabel ran over to Mrs. ICnowles' to escape the dreadful Mr. Teuks. She tolil Dorothy If slio mar ried him slie should have enough of him, and she thought she could dis pense with his society for one evening. Dorothy said: "If you marry liini? Why, aren't you going to?" "Oil, Dorothy, dear, how do I know? Do you think God will let me bo sacri ficed? Oli, If my father had only lived, or if Max were only here!" Always that refrain, "If Max wore only here!" Max Bennett's father and Mabel's bad born cousins. Max had more influence over Mrs. Brewster than any one, simply because lie did not stand In awe of her. He had saved Mabel many a scolding and had given the poor girl many a pleasure In tlic past. No wonder she longed for Max. The dreaded day came. Mabel al lowed Iter mother to dress her ill her bridal robes, and went with her to the church. As she walked up the aisle, her friends noticed an unusual bril liance In her eyes, anil an unwonted color in her clieeks, and a little defiant look, also. They stood before the minister; Mr. Jenlis answered the questions put to liim. The minister turned to Mabel aud said: "Mabel, do you take this man to bo your lawfully wedded husband?" "No, sir, I do not, " said Mabel. The guests started as if they had re ceived an electric shock. Mabel con tinued: "My mother compelled me to come, but I will not marry liim!' "Very well," said the minister, "I will marry no one against his or her will." Mrs. Brewster was so astonished slie could not speak. Hurrying lip the aisle came a young man. He took the minister aside and spoke to him; he waited while Max— for It was he—went to Mabel. "Mabel, dear, I am just In time; will you marry me here, now?" "Yes, Max," site whispered. He led her up before tlio minister. Mr. Jenks turned anil fairly flew from the church, Mrs. Brewster following. Max took Mabel to all the places she had longed to see. They were gone for months, and when they came back Mr. Jenks had married Mrs. Brewster. Mabel's old homo was for sale and Max bought it. Mabel's mother (lid not forgive lier for a long while, but Mabel was too happy to mind It much. She can't bear Neliemiali, so I am afraid the two families will not visit often.— Boston Globe. Hard to Manage. An Irish sergeant was drilling nn awkward squad, and dually lost bis patience. "Eyes to the front!" be cried; and then. In deep disgust, he added: "Just step out of the ranks, you set of dufTers, aud come and see what you look like!" Hurrying Stranger (In Squeeknwket) —ls there time to catch the train? Languid Native—Waal, stranger, yc-ve got tlmo enough, 1 reckon, but I'm dead sure ye hain't got the speedl- GLIMPSE OF LONDON. CHAPTER ON THE SCENES AND DOINGS IN A VAST CITY. Tlic Underground Railway, the Omni bus, the Bridges, and the Park Sys tem—'" Refugees" in Busy Streets Police Arc Known as "Bobbies," 15 tc. Fights in a Big Town. London is celebrated for the fog that envelops it in an impenetrable veil during the cold months. In summer occasion ally there is sunshine, and even if Old Sol persists in hiding there is a clear at mosphere that makes traversing its streets an agreeable pastime. But with Decem ber arrives the season of fogs, of gas lamps burning every hour of the twenty four and other discomforts arising from a hazy atmosphere that borders between darkness and light. And there are degrees in tins atmospheric condition as there are in pretty much everything else. There is the black fog, the buttle green, the yel low-green and the white mist. The black j is the most dreaded and fortunately the most rare. The vapor takes on a dark hue and transforms the glare of midday into the blackness of night. It brings the activities of a mighty city to a standstill, makes outdoor movement perilous and ren ders invisible the hand held an inch from the eye. While it continues horses have to be led by torcli-bearers and pedestrians have recourse to lanterns to proceed on their way. The last time London groped its way through black fog was in 1880, and before it lifted over 1200 persons were killed or maimed by collisions in the streets. The bottle-green fog is a familiar visitor. It shuts from view objects 200 feet distant and effectually obscures the sun. It also necessitates the burning of artificial light during the day and the slowing down of horses in crowded thor oughfares. The third is the yellow-green fog that makes the pedestrian step cau tiously if he would avoid contact with tlio fellow going in the opposite direction. This haze makes the street gas lights look like pin heads with a corresponding reduction in illuminating power. White mist com pletes the variety and is more in evidence than any of the others, and the least an noying. Singularly enough, these fogs do not rise more than 200 feet above the ground and from the top of the dome of St. Paul the city is hidden from sight by the vapor that enshrouds it. The duration of fugs vary. A few hours of sunlight are sufficient to dissipate some of them; again they last a fortnight. The most depress ing are those caused by the west wind, which conveys the smoke from the burn ing of soft coal from a million chimneys to the eastward in u long train sometimes extending thirty miles. Suddenly the wind changes and tiiis vast volume of smoke is driven back over the city, where, reinforced by that emitted from the chim neys, settles over and constitutes tho I greatest drawback to living in tho city. Tlie Underground. The metropolitan or underground rail road answers for rapid transit and bears the relation to London- that the elevated occupies to New York. The speed is about the same, but here the resemblance ceases. In Loudon you enter a dingy and filthy station from the street, buy , your ticket and make your descent to the platform below over dirty stairs to the waiting rooms, which are chilly, ill-smell- A LONDON OMNIBUS. ing and so dark that gas has to be burned nil day. The odor of smoke is very much in evidence and you feel a sense of relief as the lighted bull's eye in tho locomotive rounds the curve ami the train comes to a halt. Then the smoke from the engine fills the station and as you enter the com partment you quickly close the door to save being suffocated. It is so thick you can scarcely discern a person through the. glass partition on the -doorway. While one fare gives you the best on the ele vated, you must choose from three classes on the underground. The best is much in ferior to the elevated, and the atmosphere between smoke and the foul-smelling lamps that furnish a sickly light is any thing but agreeable. You have a minute service in rapid transit in New York; on the underground you have a train every five minutes. On the elevated you have clean cars, open the entire length, and daylight as long as it lasts—not cooped up in narrow and uncleanly compart ments as in London. The smoke nuisance, however, is tho most objectionable, as it is ever present on the journey. The sta tions are in long tunnels and you are hard ly out in the open before the train plunges into another subterranean cavern so that the cars make breathing uncomfortable at all times. This prevents tho asthmatic from using tho railway. Until electricity or some other propelling force is substi tuted for coal the smoke objection will prevent the road realizing all that its pro jectors intended. The underground l.as 110 connection with the roads built beneath the Thnmes and which have never return ed its owners anything owing to the smoke that filled the cars in transit. There are two tunnels below the river, the last one built a few years ago. The Bridges. The bridges that span the Thames are massive and the builders meant that a dozen centuries should elapse before they Would crumble. The river is three-eighths of a mile wide In London and the cost of bridging it has been enormous. The vehi cles are closely packed on these viaducts pretty much all day and the tramp of 200,- 000 pedestrians in twenty-four hours across some of them make a very spirited picture, the like of which is not to be en countered elsewhere. London bridge is the best known and most used; Black friars comes next. At 7 o'clock in the morning and at 0 in the evening they are jammed with vehicles and tho passage ways crowded with hurrying toilers to and from work. Tho teams arc three abreast going and coming, and the refugee—tho rounded stone six-inch elevation in the roadway with uprights to keep off the horses—is of inestimable value in cross ing the wide approaches to tho bridges. Until these instituted it was not a person a day ! ntthese spaces, and the mortality was in creased by those run down attempting to cross tlit- congested streets. Thus it was I that London sacrificed more lives annual ly than those who perished crossing the I Atlantic. The refugee and tho ordinance enforced by the police, stopping convey ances at intersecting streets every two minutes, until the crowds on the sidewalks had passed safely over the roadway, make life and limb tolerably secure iu these busy highways. Tho most pretentious thing on wheels in London is the Omnibus. It answers the purpose of a street car and it has advant ages over the car. It takes you aboard and discharges you at the curbstone, thus doing away with the danger of being run over by having to enter or leave a public conveyance iu the middle of tho street, as is tlic case in Paris and New York. A circular stairway leads to the roof, and hero a dozen travelers can be comfortably accommodated and enjoy a very interest ing ride. This is not to be had in Amer ican cities. The people one meets on tliiy portable observatory are agreeable and TUB KEF IT (i K K TN A in TRY IUOII WAY. anxious to impart information to the in quiring. You nro above the perils of the roadway and from the vantage point can study the life of this the greatest of cities satisfactorily. During peasant weathei the seats are eagerly sought by tourists, and, if Americans, ply wiili questions the Londoner found sharing the elevation Tho busses overtop everything on wheels, ore gaudily painted in yellow, blue and red, and are bespattered with advertise ments. They give a color and impressive ucss to street life that lias no counter part in American cities. They are found in great number on Fleet rreet and the Strand, along which they form an un broken line from Ludgato Circus to Traf algar square. Stations arc located at every four blocks and while the bus is standing in front of them tin conductoi lustily shouts the points whom his chariot runs in the endeavor to secure passen gers. The fare is cheap—a penny for less than a mile—and when the cojn is passbd to the conductor he hands back a punched ticket, which is cast away, a* it is no good to the recipient or giver. The Lon doners are so attached to the bus that tliey will never part with it. Tho roadways are bo narrow and so crowded that street cars would add to tho coufuslon rathei than lessen it. Only a few lines are in operation, and these are two-story affairs on wide thoroughfares away from the rush and roar of the mighty city. Tlic Park System. Tho stretches devoted to parks are a surprise to the American looking ever the city for the first time. Ilydo Pink, set down in the lieurt of tho town, covers 400 acres. If it were cut up into building lots it would yield more than a thousand mil lion dollurfc. No special pains are taken to add to its natural beauties, and the grass and tho benches have a neglected look. The serpentine lake in its ct-ntei contributes to its picturesque beauty. Re gent's lias 50 more acres than Hyde. Richmond Park, the largest, has 2.170 acres—three times that of Central Park, New York. Victoria Park has 24-1 acres, the P.attersoa 108 and the Ivow Gardens 170. None of them compares with Cen tral Park in beauty, whether it be natural ar artificial, but they provide breathing areas for the millions, and any encroach ment upon them would arouse a growl from the people that would deter tlu staunchest from undertaking theii abridgement. Loudon is unique in insisting tlmt tim ers shall keep to the left while traveling its streets. And for fear that the heedles.- might forget it standards are erected ir, the middle of the roadway from a project ing arm of which are displayed the words. "Keep to the left." To go contrary tc this would block the highway and laud the offender in prison. London is alone in the enforcement of the rule; even the crowds on the sidewalk keep to the left in forging ahead. The Refugee. The refugee is a sort of an island in tin middle of a street or square to enable pedestrians by degrees to cross in safety There is so much driving that one has tr. keep his eyes peeled to take advantage ot a lull to gain the refugee. There he awaits a second chance to make the sidewalk In; is aiming for. Sometimes minutes go by before the opportunity comes and on gain occasions ten minutes are consumed be fore venture No. 2is undertaken. Hut a minute or two ordinarily brings the re quired chance. On Trafalgar square there ire two refugees intervening between side walks, as several streets unite here and the crossing is most dangerous. One of the sights of the town is the di minutive chop employed to clean the streets. lie is usually 8 years old and is armed with a bag and brush to gather up the refuse that defaces the roadway. This chap will take his place in the mid dle of the street and will pursue his work unmindful of the dangers that surround him. The wheels are passing within nr. THE JUVENILE BTHKET SWEEPER. inch of his body, but so careful are the drivers and so alert the brave little fellow that he escapes injury. Sometimes you would imagine ho would be crushed as he disappears in the jam, but a moment Intel he reappears doing his work the same as it death did not hover about him. In New York the open circles are called squares; when you reach Italy they arc denominated piazzas; in London they arc known as circuses. Strangers, for the most part, are misled by this designatiou when they iirst arrive in London. Ask directions to a firm doing business in the vicinity of these areas and you are told it adjoins Jaidgntc circus, or Oxford circus, or Picadilly circus. At once you head for one of these, expecting to find tho party desired adjoining a tented exhibi tion. But you look in vain for the circu lar canvas roof with supporting projecting poles rising one above the other. After inquiries that make you vexatious you find that the circus that does business every minute in the year in London is nothing more than the diametrical spaco where half a dozen streets intersect nnd ..us neither clown nor ringmaster unless tho policeman can he counted as such. Robbies. Tho uniformed guardians of the law in England ure known as bobbies and in Ireland as peelers. The nicknames come from Sir Robert Peel, who acted respec tively as secretary of Ireland nnd home secretary of England. Under his admin istrations he reorganized tho police con tingent of these countries and made them a formidable body of civilian soldiery. From 1812 to 1818 he held power in Ire land, and displayed a vindictiveness to Catholics that made him detested. O'Con nell called him an Orange Peel and taunt ad him so that lie challenged the Irish statesman to a duel, which the police pre vented. So the latter were dubbed peel ers, which they retain to this day. As homo secretary he overhauled the police in IH2(> and made it a much more efficient body. Up to this time they were known as Charlies—from King Charles 1., who improved the system ho found in 1040— nnd they wereafterwards known as bob bies, which grew from Robert. A monu ment is erected to Peel's memory near a spot where he was thrown from his horse in Ilyde Park and received fatal injuries Juno 28, JBoo. STRANGE THINGS IN MISSOURI. Tliey Are Found In the Hotels of That Famous Old State. When there are only two hotels In a small country town the entente cor dinle Is quite frequently strained. For Instance: It was in Missouri. There lmd been a sudden influx of trade and the register contained six names, the record for tho year. It was the evening of tho second day, also supper time. The first man in tho dining-room noticed the absence of butter. Quoth he to the Belle of the Oznrks who was distributing prunes and other delicacies: "Kindly give me some butter." The Belle of the Ozarks paused a moment Then she decided to mnke a clean breast of the whole affair. "I'm sorry, sir, hut we ain't got none. There's none In town, except at the oth er hotel, and they won't let us have none. They're jealous because we've got you gents. Will you have some apple butter?" The humor In a small hotel Is not always furnished by the people who live therein. In one case—ulso in Mis souri—it was the letter head of tho In stitution that furnished a smile. It was built something like this: THE AVENUE HOUSE. (Best in Town.) MRS. EDWARD SMITHERS, Proprietress. Ed Smithers (husband), Clerk. And yet the village gossips say there Is not a female suffragist in town. ' They do not seem to realize they aro I entertaining the "new woman" una- i wares. The man who Is responsible for the following is not addicted to the Ashing story habit, neither lias lie ever made n campaign affidavit. So his story is at least entitled to some consideration: ".Tust ncross the street from my room —this also was in Missouri—was the town clock. I had left a call for 0. 1 was awakened by a vigorous pounding on the door, and when I responded 'all right,' the man who was doing the work of an alarm clock drawled out: " Must wanted to tell you, stranger, that if you licnrd that clock strike 11 you have twenty minutes more to sleep. The clock's that much fast.' " There's one town in Missouri on the Santa Pe —not far from the scene of a recent train robbery—in which there tiro seven houses. Five of them beat the sign "Hotel." The others flaunt a legend "rtonms to Kent." As trains "iily stop there to take water It's pretty litt rd guessing where the revenue comes In. The Sphere of Silence. There are tilings too low to be spoken of; which Indeed become low by being spoken of. The appetites are of tills kind. They were meant to be the be ginnings of action rather than the end of speech; and under the dropping ol words they are as wholesome food an alyzed Into constituent poisons. God Hgliis that Are, ami does not want otti. breath to blow It, or the fuel of out thought to feed it The inferior Im pulses in mail are glorified by being placed nt Hie natural disposal of hlghei sentiments; they are submitted to the transforming power of generous aspira tion niul great ideas. Wielded by these, they me far above the level of sense; anil ur not only controlled by con science, hut dignified liy the light of beauty, and ennobled by the alliance of affection. Their Just action is se cured far less by repressive discipline against tbem than by nourishing tile strength 0 f (lie humanities that use them; by keeping them wholly Inatten tive to themselves; by breaking every mirror in which their own face may he beheld. Purity of mind Is forfeited, less by exceeding rules of moderation tlinn liy needing them; by Intuition to the infer ior pleasures as such. There might lie less of moral evil in the rude banquet of heroic times, marked perhaps by excess, but warmed by social enthus iasm, and idealised by lofty minstrelsy, titan in many a meal of the prudent dietician, setting a police over his sen sations, and weighing out the scruples of enjoyment for ids palate. Not rules of quantity, lmt habits of forgetfttluess, constitute cuuwnanclpatlon from tho animal natuJ^^Kr^lnrtlneau. Every sin in Its band with which no matter howVa rmf^^M nav look - WISE WORDS. We should quietly hear both sides. —Goethe. He scatters enjoyment who enjoys much. —Lavuter. Life has no blessing like a prudent friend. —Euripides. Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than tho trifle.—Lavater. , Present fears are less than horriblo imaginings. —Shakespeare. Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.—Channing. Love looks not with the eyes, bnt with the mind.—Shakespeare. There can bo no high civility with out a deep morality.—Emerson. A crowd always thinks with its sym pathy, nover with its reason.—W. H. Alger. Frugality is founded on tho prin ciple that all riches have limits.— Burke. When the Stato is most corrupt, then tho laws are most multiplied.- - Tacitus, Ho who has health has hope; and he who has hopo has everything.— Arabian. Fear nothing so much as sin and you moral heroism is complete.—C. (Simmons. Prodigality is tho vice of a weak nature, as avarice is of a strong one. —H. Taylor. Ho hazardeth much who depends upon learning for his experience.— Roger Aschan. To bo happy is of far less conse quence to tho worshipers of fashion than to appear so.—Goltou. By gambling wo loso both our timo and treasure, two things most precious to tho life of a man.—Lavater. Blessed is tho man that has found his work. Ono monster there is in the world, the idle man.—Carlylo. Commend a fool for his wit, or i knavo for his houostv, an I ho will re ceive you into his bosom.—Fielding. The most happy man is ho who knows how to bring into religion tho end and the begiuuiug of his life. Goethe. Manufacture o! Will 3lc:i. There nro many curious trades in the world, but tho most straugo must surely bo tho "artificial manufacture of wild men." Yet a well known doo tor in Chiua has just certified from his own personal experience that this art is regularly practiced in tho flowery kingdom. First a youth is kidnapped, then bit by bit ho is flayed alive, an 1 tho skin of a dog or bear grafted, piece by piece, upon him. His vocal chords aro next destroyed by tho action of charcoal to make him dumb; and the double purpose of causing "etiola tion" of tho skin and utter degrada tion of tho mental faculties is effected by keeping him immnre l in a per fectly dark hole for a number of years. In fact, by troatinghirn like a brute for a sufficiently long time he is mado into one. At lost he is exhibited to the en tirely credulous Cliinos9 as a wild man of tho woods, and his possessors reap a rich hurvest. The priests, it seems, are adepts at tho art. When a kidnapper, however, is caught by tho people lio is torn to pieoes, and when the authorities get him they torture hiin and promptly behead him. Such is life umlor the rulo of the son of heaven. Trotiiljom Cure lor bungs, "Whon I was in tho early 21)5," said Mr. Eugcuo Coffin, of Albany, N. Y., "I worked in a shop devoto 1 to tho manufacture of mathematical instru ments, and inhaled so much tiuo brass that my lungs became seriously afleet ed and my whole system seemed un dermined. My doctor told mo that if I didn't quit tho business I'd make a premature tlip to the bono yard, nnd throw in some advice gratis. lie said tho host thing for mo to do was to take up some kind of brass instru ment, o trombone, for i ustnnoe, an 1 blow it with great vigor and regular ity. It would repair my damaged lungs and restore tho organs to their normal condition. "Well, I took bis a Ivies, ati 1 ero long developod a fonduess for all sorts of horn instruments. Hut best of nl), I found that what tho medio tl man said in regard to tho efleet of n trombone upon my health was veri fied. From being an omunainte 1 wroelc I bccamo tho proprietor of a doublo chin within two years, nn-.l when I paid n visit to tho scene of my old labors not one of my former fel low workers knew mc.Washington Post. The Toutlipick Industry. insignificant articles liko tho tooth pick represent the investment of mill ions of capital, the employment of skilled labor, utilization of (ha latest; inventions, tho consumption of vast quantities of wool, nnd tho opsr.atiou of along lino of complex activities. These small nrticlos play nit important part in the economies of ull civilized Nations. To stop at ones the manu facture of toys and all not really nee l ful artiolos in these Nations would bo to put a stop to a large part of (he working and producing forces lb-it coustituto tho origin of o'.v.lizstiou Borne European Nations live m-iiulv by their work of articles that are really only mere toys und playtbiug.s. Ii the United States we are rapidly add ing to our productions all tho wares that find favor abroad, while we have originated scores of novelties iu tho amusement line that are beiug sold and imitated abroad. There is in humanity arbor-.! that responds to the tonoh of frivolity, adds the Amerieun Wood Worker, and tbnt chord has en abled the inventors of ingenious noth ings to coin fortuues out ot their trifles.
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