It appears tbat tlio Chinese em
peror's unpopularity was partly due
to his edict against wearing queues.
Many countries have been disturbed
by slight causes, but it remained for
China to make an international issue
of a hair cut.
Golf is expanding its influence. It
takes no note of clime and attacks age
as well as youth. They who know
best toll us that with a clear day, a
breeze that invigorates but does not
interfere, a field well adapted to the
exigencies of the occasion, it is a game
which the gods of Olympus would
have been glad to play.
Mysterious disappearances of oliil
dreu are becoming so common as to
occasion little surprise. The daily
press frequently chronicles such'occur
reuces. In many cases these kid
napiug crimes are executed by those
who have some real or fancied person
al interest in the child, but in others
the motive plainly is revenge or extor
tion. There are few crimes in the
whole calendar of moral depravity or
fiendishness which can be compared
with this, and no effort should be spared
to wipe it out completely. The laws
provide no adequate punishment for
either kidnapers or blackmailers, but
the limit of the law is the least pen
alty which|sliould be imposed whenever
one of these social harpies is convicted.
A notable gift for purposes of edu
cation, says Harper's Weekly, was
that of $250,000 lately made by Mrs,
Emmons Blaine of Chicago to estab
lish a Teachers' college in connection
■with the University of Chicago. This
Teachers' college is an experiment,
and Mrs. Blaine's gift, as appears,
provides not for its permanent estab
lishment, but merely for its mainte
nance for five years, a period which is
thought to be long enough to test the
idea and determine how useful it
is. The new experimental college is
described as an outgrowth of the uni
versity extension movement in the
United States being an attempt to or
ganize college work in science, litera
ture, and art in such away that per
sons engaged in the active work of
teaching can get the full advantages
of a college training. If it succeeds,
it will form a new link between the
public schools of Chicago and the
university.
After less than two years' trial of a
law making life imprisonment, in
stead of death, the penalty for murder
in Colorado, agitation has begun for a
revival of the death punishment. Ad
vocates of the gallows assert tliat its
banishment from the state has resulted
in an epidemic of crime. They point
to the wanton disregard of life in the
San Juan counties and in the Cripple
Creek district, but disregard tlio other
fact tbat in the more important coun
ties of tbe state, where civilizing in
fluences accompany settled condi
tions, there has been 110 iucrease in
the number of murders, but rather a
decrease of crime generally. While
this decrease, probably, is not the re
sult of the abolition of the death pen
alty, it is more than au offset to the
crimes committed among the lawless
element which forms so large a part
of the population of a mining district.
Friends of the new law will meet any
attempt at repeal by proposing a fur
ther amendment to the law taking
away the pardoning power in cases of
conviction for murder, thus insuring
that every person sentenced for life
shall pay tin full penalty.
Those who favor and those who op
pose the wearing of corsets will both
fin 1 ammunition for their verbal war
fare in two recent incidents, one of
which occurred in New York and the
other in Newark, observes the Wash
ington Star. A popular German ac
tor, who has for many years played
female parts, died suddenly,' and his
death is now said to have been caused
by his wearing stays. Ho had taken
011 flesh to a large extent during the
summer vacation, and in order to
make any sort of a figure on the stage
it was necessary for him to lace to an
extraordinary degree. The pressure
of flesh on his heart, due to tight lac
ing, was what brought about his end.
So much for those who oppose the use
of artificial aids to the female figure.
But there is another side to the story,
or, to ho more precise, another story.
Recently in Newark a didn't-know-it
was-loaded fool fired a pistol point
blank at a young woman. The bullet,
for of course the pistol went off, struck
the unfortunate girl in the breast. But
she lived, and the doctors say that the
bullet hit a corset steel and that this
happening saved her life. With these
two bases for argument, there would
seem to be no reason why the friends
a id the enemies of the corsets cannot
manage to get farther apart than
ever.
Ciieioieieie.sNoieteioieiosefeiefefef^Oi'a'eieiQK
THE GOLD COIN.
<@ememomemBie!t.w:c'sml
' MS day was draw
, y* H ing to a close.
—-M Though nut dark,
fWr'Ts the aid of artificial
I assistance, for any
taxation upon the
sight, was fast be
-( X coming necessary.
*s. Undoubtedly Mr.
V J Brown junior
" 5 partner of tbe firm
of Brown, llayle &
(/■ I J Co. —thought as
much, for upon en
s' tcring the office he
had hastily turned toward the button
board, and in au instant a myriad of
sparkliug electric lights glowed here
and there over the room.
In a moment he had crossed the
broad space in front of tho office door,
over to an alcove inclosed by a low
wooden railing, and drawing up a
cushioned revolving chair, seated him
i#U at his desk.
Here he set diligently to work in a
manner that would have been worthy
of a more experienced accountant.
A sudden shove at some papers sent
a bright, glittering object upon the
floor.
Mr. Brown stooped and picked it
up.
"A $5 gold piece," he ejaculated in
surprise. "How came it there?"
"Well"—he laughingly began, but
broke off suddenly as the door opened
and a woman entered.
Mr. Brown placed the coin upon the
desk"and viewed the intruder with
suspicion. The effort seemed wasted. I
The woman, a trim-looking little
person in spite of her shabby attire,
advanced and paused just outside the
wooden barrier.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Brown," she
said in a low, sweet voice. "Mrs.
Mahony met with an accident this
morning, and I have come to clean in
her stead."
"That so? How did it happen?"
asked Mr. Brown, slightly interested.
"She slipped on the icy pavement,"
replied the woman in the same rich
j tone, "aud sprained her ankle."
"Very, very unfortunate," com
■ mented Mr. Brown. "I suppose she'll
be laid up for a week or two, now
! —eh?"
The woman nodded her head.
In a few words Mr. Brown informed
; her where she would find the needed
i requirements for work, aud then,
greatly relieved, took up his task
1 again as she turned away.
! The sound of light footsteps ap
proaching soon after caused him to
glance casually about. It was the
woman, tripping along with a pail iu
one hand and a mop in the other. She
had removed her bonnet and shawl,
and her light brown hair, thickly
streaked with gray, now unconfined,
encircled her face like a halo. It was
a face too refined for a sctub woman.
A similar thought occurred to Mr.
Brown. He hastily snatched up tho
gold piece and called after her as she
passed.
"Iwas ridding up my desk," he
explained, when she had turned, "and
came across this little coin. Won't
yon accept it as a souvenir of the
year?"
"What is it?" questioned the wom
an, peering forward.
' A five-dollar gold piece," replied
Mr. Brown, holding it out to her.
But, much to his surprise, she
made no effort to take it. Instead,
| she grew deathly pale aud would have
| fallen had he not rushed forward aud
caught her. lie drew up a chair,
into which she wearily sank.
"I'm all right," she said, after a
while, in answer to his inquiries.
"No; I cannot take the gold piece.
| I'm poor, I know, but I'm proud with
it, audi cannot accept charity."Then,
noticing the disappointed look upon
his face, she continued:
"I suppose I should tell you; I have
not always been poor. Once I was
quite well off—ricb, though," she
added, with a little irony, "it may
not appear so now. Then I had a lit
tle boy," she went on, "whose chief
delight was to play with gold coins.
The sight of that one unnerved and
brought it nil back to mo for the mo
ment. That was all."
Somehow the conversation inter
ested Mr. Brown.
"Is your sou living?" lia inquired.
"God only knows," the woman re
plied. "I've been married twice. At
the time of my second marriage my
boy, then quite a little man, grew to
disliko his stepfather, who was ex
ceedingly strict with him, to such an
extent that he ran away."
"Kan away," reiterated Mr. Brown.
"Yea," said the woman. "We
searched aud advertised, but to 110
avail. He conld not be found. Soon
after my husband's death and failure
in business compelled me to give up
the search which I shall some day,
when my means allow, renew."
She ended with a sigh, aud, rising,
turned toward the implements of work
near by.
It was growing late, yet Mr. Brown
put out his hand to detain her.
"What was you little boy's name?"
he asked.
"Walter—Walter Gooddell," she re
turned quietly; "but," in quite a dif
ferent tone, "mine is Davis."
A tremor swayed the strong man in
this, his sudden realization.
"Thank God!" he gasped, with
fervor, "I've found my motherl"
With one bound be bad her in his
arms, sliding her words with kisses
upon both brow and eheek.
Then came the story of his flight
from home. He told her how an old,
benevolent gentleman had found him
roaming about and given him shelter.
But cold and hunger had done their
work, and be succumbed to a long ill
ness. Later, when no information
could be obtained of bis parents, ho
was taken abroad by his benefactor
and educated as his son. Upon bis
return to America he had entered the
partnership of the firm, and at the
death of his foster parent inherited
wealth in no small degree.
A chimy jingling upon the floor
broke the silence that followed.
"What is it?" queried Mr. Brown.
"Is it the gold piece?"
"Yes," murmured his mother, re
covering the coin; "we can now keep
it between us, Walter, for it has given
yon back to mo and I am returned to
you"—Nancy E. Johnson, in Boston
Post.
I THE PHANTOM WILL. |
PA RI E RlCE
ards stood looking
from the kitchen
window of the New
England farmhouse
that had sheltered
her for the past fif
teen years. Her un
cle and aunt, the
Winthrops, had
adopted her when
Bhe was left an
orphan two years
of age, and they
had never regretted
it, for she had been
a joy and comfort
to them in their
home, while their
only child, a son,
had brought to
them nothing hut sorrow.
Mr. Wiuthrop had spent his life per
fecting his farm, of which he was very
proud, and tbo thought that after his
death his son Duncan would squander
it away in a very short time so vexed
him that, after his wife's death, he
made a will giving everything he had
to his adopted daughter, Marie, ex
cepting 81000 bequeathed to his son.
The whole neighborhood knew that
such a will had been made, but now
that the old man was dead and buried
it was not to be found, and Duncan's
name was mentioned in whispers of
foul play.
Marie stood looking sadly upon the
fields of waving grain and "watching
the birds flutter here and there. How
happy they were together. Watching
them made her realize her own loneli
ness so she turned her gaze upon the
highway and saw Duncan Wiuthrop
approaching the house. Presently he
stood before her, a young man that
can he described by the ono word
profligate.
"I am going to sell the farm next
week, and eame to tell you, so you can
vacate these premises," said he, while
watching the effect his words had upon
the face before him.
"You are going to sell the farm!"
repeated Marie, in n dazed way, trying
to realize all that meant for her.
"Y'es. I need the money and must
have it."
"But where can I go?"
"That you must decide for yourself.
You hnve had a good homo here for
fifteen years, and it is about time you
began to get your own living."
"But Father Wiuthrop never in
tended to leave me destitute. He
told me that he had made a will pro
viding for me, and it will surely be
found."
Duncan Winthrop smiled and
pulled from bis pocket a paper which
he opened and held up for Marie to
see. It was not such an elaborate
affair as wills are nowadays, but a
small sheet of letter paper, on which
was written, in as few words as pos
sible, John Winthrop's wishes in re
gard to the disposal of his estate after
his death, and signed by three wit
nesses.
"Is that the will?"questioned Maria
in astonishment.
"That is the will," was the curt
reply.
"Where did you get it?"
"I stole it. Do you think I would
let nuyono else get possession of it?
It makes all the difference in the
world to me who has it, and to make
myself wholly safe I think I'll destroy
it now." So saying, he walked to the
kitchen stove, where a small fire was
burning, and, placing the open paper
upon the coals, stood and watched
the flames devour it. Marie, spell
bound, watched it also.
"I shall inform Lawyer Ferris im
mediately what you have done!" she
exclaimed, as the last bit of flame
flickered out.
"Will you?" returned Duncan, with
a laugh, replacing the cover upon the
stove. "And how will you prove it,
for I shall say I didn't?"
"They will believe me."
"Perhaps, but as long as you can
prove nothing I can snap my finger at
what they believe. So now you must
see it will be necessary for you to find
new lodgings very soon." Then he
left the house, and Marie stood
irresolutely watching him pass down
the road out of sight.
Mechanically she approached the
stove and lifted the cover. There, as
though mocking her, lay the will in
ashes, but every word visible still, and
she read through, great tears rolling
down her cheeks at the words: "I
give and bequeath to my beloved
daughter, Marie Richards, the farm
and everything upon it."
Suddenly it occurred to her that if
she conld preserve the ashes in as per
fect a state as they then were it would
be proof enough to establish Duncan's
guilt aud her own claim. For several
minutes she stood debating in her mind
the safest wav to accoinDlisb it. Preß
ently scouring a piece of tin about the '
size of the will she carefully slipped
it under the ashes and lifted it from
the stove. So far so good, but it was
not yet safe, for a breath of wind or a
sudden jar would turn it to dust.
Smearing a sheet of white paper
with mucilage, with the help of a table
knife she gently pushed aud lifted the
phantom will from the tin to the paper
and pressed it into place; then, to pro
tect it from injury, she fastened over
it a thin sheet of tracing paper, aud,
behold the will was preserved! Some
what wrinkled and ragged ontkeedges,
but every word visible. It was ac
cepted by the probate court as a gen
uine will, aud the property was dis
posed of as Farmer Winthrop wished
it to be, for no one was inclined to
prosecute Duncan for what he had
done. He received his SIOOO and was
never seen in that neighborhood again.
Of course, the farm continued to
flourish under one so capable as Marie.
In a few years she married the son of
a neighboring farmer, and to day, nf
ter a happy, prosperous life, she is a
pleasant-faced little old lady, very
fond of telling her grandchildren the
story of the phantom will.—Alice
Gray, in Boston Post.
WISE WORDS.
Brutes leave ingratitude to man.—
Oolvon.
Slight small injuries and they will
become none at all. —Fuller.
We cannot always oblige, but we
can always speak obligingly.—Vol
taire.
No one will dare maintain that it is
better to do injustice than to bear it.
—Aristotle.
What is often called indolence is
the unconscious consciousness of in
capacity.—H. 0. Robinson.
All wish to possess knowledge, but
few, comparatively Bpeaking, are will
ing to pay the prioe.— Juvenal.
Everything without tells the indi
vidual that he is nothing. Every
thing within persuades him that he is
everything.—Doudan.
Nothing more completely baffles
one who is full of trick and duplicity
than straightforward and simple in
tegrity in another.—Colton.
What right have we to pry into the
seorets of others? True or false, the
tale that is gabbled to us, what con
cern is it of ours? —Bulwer.
It is the mind that makes the body
rich; and as the sun breaks through
the darkest clouds, so honor peereth
in the meanest habit.—Shakespeare.
Indians as Tireless Runners.
General Crook is oredited with hav
ing declared that on one occasion he
saw an Apache lope 1500 feet up the
side of a mountain without showing
the first signs, of fatigue, there being
no perceptible sign of increase of
respiration. Captain H. L. Scott, of
the Seventh Cavalry, has related some
astonishing feats performed by the
Chiracahua Apaches forming Troop L
of his regiment. He tells how nine of
these Indians, after a hard day's
work, byway of recreation pursued a
coyote for two hours, captured the
nimble brute, aud brought it into
camp; how, on another occasion, the
scouts gave chase to a deer, ran it
down some nine miles from camp, and
fetched it in alive. Old-timers in the
Rocky Mountains declare that in the
days before the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad was built the Puma Indians
of Arizona would recover settlers'
stray horses along the overland trail
by walking them down in the course
of two or three days. After this one
may begin to believe that "Lying
Jim" Beckwourth, whose remarkable
adventures early in this century are
preserved in book form, was a much
maligned man, and that ho spoke no
more than the truth when he said he
had known instances of Indian run
ners accomplishing upward of 110
miles in one day.—Chicago Chronicle.
Tougheftt Pudding on Record.
Some time ago, writes a volunteer,
I spent a week with a garrison battery
in a south coast fort. On the last day
the sergeants sat down to an excep- ■
tionally fine dinner, the crowning
glory of which was a large plum pud
ding. I had made the pudding two
days before, had it boiled, and now,
re-heated, it made its appearance
amid the welcome shouts of my brother
warriors; and I naturally felt a bit
proud of it, for I hadn't been a ship's
oook for nothing.
"Seems mighty hard," remarked the
sergeant-major, as he vainly tried to
stick his fork into it. "Have you
boiled us a cannon ball, Browney?"
"Or the regimental football?"
asked another.
"Where did you get the flour from?"
questioned Sergeant Smith.
"Where from?" I retorted. "From
Store No. 5, of course."
"The deuce you did!" roared the
quartermaster sergeant. "Then, hang
you, you've made the pudding with
Portland cement!".
And so it proved. That pudding is
now preserved in the battery museum.
—Weekly Telegraph.
Heady to He Thrilled, and She Was.
An Ohio lady visiting Boston for
first time has been doing the sights.
"I had my greatest thrill down at
Copp's Hill burying ground," she
said. "Yes, that's just the place for
the historic emotions," commented
her interlocutor. She smiled. "As
soon as my sister-in-law and I got
into the place," she said, "I found
myself nlmost stepping upon a grave
with an inscription on a queer little
iron-cover sort of tomb. I jumped
back, feeling the way you do when
you step on a grave, and read the in
scription, just three initials, no name
or date. 'lsn't it pathetic?' I said to
my sister-in-law. 'Oh, I don't know,'
she answered. 'B. W. W. means
Boston Water Works.'" —Boston
Transcrint.
I THE GERMAN EMPEROR'S
TRIP TO PALESTINE. 1
P ps
m Is It William's Dream to Be the Pope I*4
of Protestantism? p|
HRISTENDOM
. / looks on the visit
■iMlh I Y " le Emperor
IEMJm, i(_ William IT. to
Mifc'A Hie Holy City of
(If Jerusalem to
;J~dedicate the
'Tlf/SIlP^V 1 Protestant
*rtf" fe jffe. fjyi> L. Church °f Hie
11 (Stßedeemer as an
r interesting inci-
Jeni, not only by reason of the mem
arable chapters of history which the"
visit recalls, but also on account of
the possible political consequences.
William 11. is not, by any means,
the first Emperor of Teutonio stock
to set foot in Palestine. For nearly
two centuries the expulsion of the in
fidel from the Holy Land was held to
be the sacred dnty of the heads of the
Holy Roman Empire. In the Second
Crusade the Emperor Conrad organ
ized the great expedition which cost
the loss of many thousands in the
march across Asia Minor; ultimately
reaching Ptolemais, he laid siege to
Damascus in 1148. It is true that
the siege ended in catastrophe, bat
the German bearer of the cross
had, at least, done his best to
succor the Christian kingdom of
Jerusalem. About forty years later
the Hohenstaufen Emperor, Frederick
I. (Barbarossa), led a German host to
Constantinople, and thence across
Anatolia, but he was not fated to see
Syria, being drowned in a Cilician
river. His grandson, Frederiok 11.,
was more fortunate. Proceeding by
sea from Italy to Ptolemais, he ob
tained, in 1229, the surrender of the
whole of Jorusalem, with the exception
of the Mohque of Omar, and the res
THE JAFFA OATE OF JEHUSALEM.
toration to the Christians of the towns
of Jaffa, Nazareth and Bethlehem. In
the Church of the Sepulchre ho
crowned himself King of Jerusalem,
claiming the titlo by right of his wife,
lolante, daughter of the Latin Em
peror of Constantinople. In 1240
Richard, Earl of Cornwall, who,
though an Englishman, becamo King
of the Romans and German Emperor,
headed an expedition to Palestiue,
and, by treaty with the Moliamtnedau
ruler of Syria, obtained terms even
moro favorable to the Christians than
Frederick 11. had secured. In 1274
Rudolph of Hapsburg, having gained
tho imperial crown, pledged himself
to joiu in a crusade, but troubles in
Germany detained him aud ho failed
to fullfil his vow. Thus wo see that,
in his visit to the Holy Laud and in
his declared intention to promote the
~ ~~ k
THE KAISER IN HIS "TROPIC UNIFORM" FOR TOUIUNO IN THE HOLY LAND.
security anc! welfare of his fellow
Christians in that country, William
11. is recurring to a duty wljich was
recognized by the German Empercs
for almost two hundred years after
the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem
was foul Jed by Godfrey of Bouillon,
Duke of that very Lorraine which in
our day has been restored .to Ger
many.
It is generally believed, however.
that William ll.'s visit to the Holy
Laud hns been prompted by motives
that appeal to a modern ruler's mind
more strongly than do sentimental as
sociations. There is a Near East as.
well as a Far East which awaits Euro
ropean colonization and exploitation.
The present condition of the former
region presents a dismal contrast to
its former prosperity, to revive which
only the impact of Western energy and
J. OLD DOORWAY of
ST AARY THE GREAT*}
■ CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER, DEDICATED 13Y THE KAISER AT JERUSALEM.
methods is required. Under the Se
leucid sovereigns Syria was the seat of
a splendid empire, and it continued to
be a populous and opulent province
under the Roman sway. Antioch was
one of the four chief cities of the Ro
man dominion. Later, under the Om
myad Caliphs, Damascus was the capi
tal of Islam. For many centuries
after Greece had decayed, and the
sceptre had passed from Rome to Con
stantinople, the vast peninsula now
known as Anatolia was the most dense
ly peopled, most flourishing, and most
highly civilized part of the Mediter
ranean world. Under favorable cir
cumstances it might regain much that
it has lost. If, through an arrange
ment with tho Sultan, the Germans
were permitted to undertake the task,
they would undoubtedly be able,
through the construction of railways
and the stimulation of industry and
trade, to regenerate tho whole of west
ern Asia from the Tigris to tho Bos
phorus. The suspicion that William
11. has designs in this direction has,
naturally, excited jealousy in Paris
and St. Petersburg. France has long
considered that she has a species of
pre-emptive right to Syria, and has,
more than ouce, assumed a tutelary
role toward the Christian inhabitants
of that country. Russia, from her
coign of vantage in Armenia, contem
plates the prospect of absorbing Ana
tolia from the northeast, and has no
desire to see her path obstructed by
German interposition. The Russian
censor allows the well-known St.
Petersburg paper, the Novoye Vremya,
to declare that "the political signifi
cance of the German Emperor's trip
to Palestine is beyond all doubt. Ho
evidently desires to familiarize himself
with Asia Minor, the theatre of the
German colonization movement in the
near future. All recent efforts have
tended to impel German emigration to
that quarter."
Forty new photographs of the Em
peror William he been taken in the
tropical uniform which he wears on
his journey to the East. The uniform
is of sthin light brown material. The
coat is comfortable and a little loose.
ami bears the badges of a general and
the cords of the guards. The trousers
are tight-fitting, and have broad red
stripes, and are worn with high yellow
boots. The scabbard of the sabre is
of brown leather. The light-colored
helmet is adorned with the Prussian
eagle in front. The photographs
represent His Majesty alone, on foot
and on horseback, in company with
General von Piessen, Grand Master of
the Horse; Count Wedelaml Adjhtant-
General von Scholl, who are also in
tropical uniform, and, lastly, His Maj
} esty alone in Eritish uniform.
The Holy City, and all of the cities
and villages of the Holy Land which
the German imperial party included
in its itinerary, made elaborate prep
arations to receive their august guests.
Eoads throughout the country were
repaired and hundreds of new ones
are in course of construction. One of
the principal and moat historic roads,
leading up Scopus and over the Mount
of Olives, has been transformed into
a beautiful carriage drive. This was
done to please the German Empress,
who was anxious to reach this holy
site without fatigue. In the times of
Titus, with his war hosts, it was noth
ing but a narrow mule track. Along
this road David flew from Absolom,
and to reach this spot, where the
Saviour wept over Jerusalem, it has
been climbed for centuries by Romans,
Moslems and Christian knights.
Great improvements were made to
Jaffa Gate, through which the Kaiser
and his party enter the city. A wide
carriage roadway has taken tho place
of the narrow passage between it and
the tower of David.
The Church of tho Redeemer is now
completed. It is a magnificent struc
ture, whoso spires tower high above
JERUSALEM STREET, SHOWING ENTRANCE
TO THE PRESENT nOSPICE OF THE
KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN.
the surrounding domes. It has cost
more than 1,200,000 marks ($300,000),
containing iu its corner stone (laid in
1893) a document written by the
present Emperor of Germany, elo
quently extolling the desire of "my
royal grandfather to accomplish what
is only now possible," referring, of
course, to the instance of King David,
who wished to build the Temple at
Jerusalem, but was forced to hand it
over to his son Solomon. The docu
ment also declares that this church
"shall stand as a monument to the
*aith opened to evangelical Christen
dom through the reformers, and as
a visible witness to the unity of faith
in which the evangelical churches of
Germany are bound with each other
and all outside"—a clear indication of
the purpose matured five years ago in
the Kaiser a brain to stand as tl\a
"Pope of Protestantism."
Thrilling Dive.
At the recent water sport exhibition
in London of the Ilex and Scottish
Swimming Clubs several startling
feats were shown. The hardy Scots
aroused great enthusiasm by showing
how a compauy of hardy Highlanders
conld swim across a stream in action
aud keep their rifles in readinoss for
work. But the crowning feat was the
twin brothers' diving act, done by two
members of the Ilex Club, evenly
matched in height and weight. The
distance dived was not excessive, but
it required uico judgment for the two
young men, hand in hand and clasping
each other's bodies, to leap at exactly
the same moment, turn in air with the
same curve and descend, a beautiful
picturo of harmonious repose, plump
into the tank.
Between 1870 and 1897 tho deaths
per thousand from consumption in
Philadelphia decreased from 3.42 to
1.9 G.