Freeiand Tribune Established 1388. PUBLISHED EVE BY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, BY THB FRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, LiIMLI OSVKE: MAIN STREET A DOVE CENTRE. FIIEELAND, PA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Blx Month* 75 1 Four Months . .50 Two Months .23 Tho (lute which tho subscription is paid to is on ttio address lubol of each paper, tho change of whioh to a subsequent unto l>e flOines u receipt for remittance. Keep the figures in advance of the present date. Bo port promptly to this olhoe whenever paper not received. Arrearages must be paid i when subscription is discontinued. Ma. e nil muni y orders, checks, ctc,,payabU tc ih Tribwu Printing C ntpany, Limited. | Three schools in Indiana, nt fcouth Bend, Kill hart, and Misliuwka respeo- j •ively, are forumlutiug plans for equip- | ping the school buildings with butli ing facilities. The sale of $750,000 worth of Amer- | lean cables to Glasgow shows that our bridge builders are not our only manu facturers who can compete with old established British industries on their own ground. The Philadelphia Public Ledger is opposed for sentimental and historic reasons to changing the uppearan; e of the presdent's official residence. It snvs: "Enlargements and addi.i.ms would destroy the symmetrical build ing, which, in its present shape, is as sociated so closely with the history ol' the country that changes in its exter nal appearance would be, especially since they are unnecessary, a piece of icouoclusni." An organization has lately been formed in Boston among unmarried working women to prevent the com petition of marr.'o I women who are partially provided for. They include , workers in restauraut*, department stores, and factories, and their meth ods are to secure the promise of em ployers that they will employ none none but unmarried women, with such exceptions as may be offered in favor of women whe have lost their hus bands or are otherwise needy. The Pacific slope is raising a crop of brawny, well trained athletes,many j of whom come to our educational in I stitutions on this sido of the couti- | uent and vie with our strongest and ' most expert young men in winning the ! prizes offered in physical and mental competition. It appears, however, that there are quite as good left at home as < ome here, aud the first wo know some football eleven, baseball I nine or rowing crew from the shore of the Pacific will visit this section ! and defeat the pride of our varsities, j And then who knows but af'icr that wo shall have transcontinental as well as international athletic contests? Our young men would hotter keep a sharp : eye on tlu.se progressive chaps along \ the 'lope, warns the New York Tele- ! gram. The cable conveys the distressing intelligence that the day of tha gon dolier is done. Tho picturesque gen tleman with the indolent eyes and the industrious paddle is to put his craft in camphor balls and more or less silently fade away. This is sad, sad der by far than tears. It may be a fine thing for the merchant of Venice to gulp down his coffee and give him self just ten minutes to get to his of fi. e, a nautical knot or so away, de pending upjn catching the electric boat at the corner. It may be all light for the soulless native who would rather make time than poetry. As a commercial departure tho thing has its advantages. Considered from the standpoint of the stranger within the gates or the harbor, or whatever the enclosing agency of Venice may be, the advance of tho electric fleet is an impudent invasion. Who wants to go to Venice aud ride on a common place old boat that gets through the water by the aid of machinery? Your true tourists would rather be propelled through the fluid streets in a gondola of the vintage of 'l9, handled by a g utleman chiefly remarkable for his partiality to garlic, than slide through the channel on the shiniest modern bout the company has on ils stalk ('apt. (JrWllcy'M Mother- A bill is pending in Congress provid ing for an increase in the pension of Mrs. Anne Gridley, mother of Capt. Charles V. Gridley, who commanded the Olympia in the battle of Manila. She is an aged woman, but has long been employed as a clerk in the Land office. Her salary, together with a pension of S2O per month for services as a nurse in the civil war, kept her aliv-. She is now too old to work. The Providence Journal says; "The day is coming when practically every household will have a telephone, jus*, as it lias other modern facilities. NO POCKETS IN A SHROUD, 0! ye who bow at Manvmou's shrine, Whose hearts with greeil ure growing cold, Who turn your hacks on things divine And worship but the god of gold. What will it profit you when death Lay 3 low the head so kingly proud And robs the wasted form of breath? There are no pockets in a shroud. Your thoughts by day, your dreams by night, Are but of grasping golden gain. Your guide Is but the beacon light r"Of riches burning In your brain. You cast all nobler aims behind And struggle as a madding crowd To clutch the dollars, but you'll find There are no pockets in a shroud. Ye usurers who grind the poor Beneath a cold, relentless heel, Who overshadow many a door With cloud of misery, and feel No sympathy to see them lie Beneath the hand of sorrow cowed, Bemembor whoa you come to die There are no pockets in a shroud. What is the profit to the man Whoso life to Mammon has boon given? A bridge of gold can never span The gulf between the earth and heaven! What will it bo to him to lint The wealth with which ho is endowed At death's gato must be left behind? There ure no pockets in a shroud. This life is but a span; to-day We're here; to-morrow we are gone, nave faded from the earth away Into eternity's strange dawn! Yet In the hungry greed for gains Too many ut the gold shrine bowed, Forget that when the life-spark wanes There are no pockets lu a shroud. —Denver Po9t. 083000003C3033300000090000 § After (Ms, Sunshine. | 0 6 '3OCC3'JOI.iC3OO3OOCJ33OCC!OOOOOO ,i L 'M clear disuour —:grnVx "god,mother," said if Mary Faircbild, Y B§g!s throwing down her I iff 1 n ? e " l ' 3 oatiit and 1 ||Sjff 1 siukiug into a chair. I USB f ' )00 ' £8 slipped v Hf II ou ' shin y / Baa I waterproof satchel ( Jxi&S, j] and fell noisily to the floor, revealing ' —J, Bome l>ages of a Life * of Washington and li some pictures in nnothor volume, entitled Tho Honse keepera' Guide. "No one wants the hooka. The last woman I called on said 'Washing ton wasn't her husband's ideal, andjsl e considered herself about as good a guide for housekeepers as the won i who writ hooks about housekee. ■' while somebody elso did the cookin " Here Mary lnughed hysterically ami, being worn out and nervous, ended by having a good cry. "There, there; don't cry, dear," begged old Mrs. Faircbild, soothing ly, "canvassing maynot bo your voca tion, hut you are bound to succeed yet. You're energetic and willing, and there will come a tarn in the tide, Mary, before very long, I know." Mary's tears had relieved the ten sion on her nerves and her mother's faith in her ultimate success encour aged her in spite of tho fears she en tertained for their future welfare, aud Bhe dried her eyes and began to smile. "You're a regular sunbeam,mother," she said, kissing he', affectionately, "and I hope you're a true prophet, as well, aud that the turn in the tide you predict will soon occur." And yet, despito her attempt at oheorfuluess, Mary was very sad when she retired that night, little thinking that her darkest hours had passod aud that a bright futuro was about to duwu for her. When Farmer Faircbild died he left his wife and child in comfortable circumstances, but little by little their property had diminished until nt last Mary ...s forced to seek om- j ployment. Bhe first tried teaching a oouutry school, hut was obliged to give that up on account of a long period of illness. Sho then tried hook canvassing, but was not fitted for the work aud was not successful, yet, having her mother as well as her self to support, sho was determined not to be couqucrojl by adverse cir cumstances. Bhe 'slept little that night, aud woke early undetermined what work alio would attempt next. This question was soivod in an unex pected way, for a letter arrived from a relative in a Westoru city, tolling Mary she had tho rofuaul of a position in large department store. The salary, 830 a month, would keep tho two until something better offered itself. So tho Fairehilds sold their little home and went out to the thriving Western town, where Mary at onee began work at the laeo couutor of Mr. Harper's store. Mr. Harper, a pleasant, middle aged man, was a fine manager, keep ing a watohful eye on his employes, I and he soon notiood how anxious I Mary was to master all the details of her department and how carefully alio attended to the wants of her patrons. 1 Before the end of tho year the new j clerk was at tho head of tho loco de j partmeut at a good salary, and at the close of the second year she was pro j moted to the position of purchaser of j her line of goods, going East thrice a year for that purpose. Mary deservod her good luck, yet her advaaoe had been so rapid that she made some enemies, who were always ready to do her an ill turn. But she also gained an ardent admirer in the cashier of , 10 store, a rather ill-favored man of uncertain age, toward whom Mary had oonceived an unaccountable an tipathy. Whenever Mr. Mullen came near her blig became as distant as possible, but her shyness, as he called it, only attracted him more to her. It was only after he had declared his love and offered her his hand as if he were offering her a great honor, that he became convinced that Mary posi tively disliked him. Then, being mean at heart, ho began to hate her and plan for her humiliation. In a Bhort time ho became very friendly with ono of the nlerks under Mary, fostered this girl's dislike for her superior skillfully, and finally enlisted her aid in a dishonorable scheme which he had formulated. One day, at noon recess, this girl went to the floorwalker and in great excitemont declared that a Holt of very valuable laeo had disappeared from the counter. The floonvalkei accompanied her to the department and began a thorough search for the missing lace. Under Ibe counter ha found a little portfolio containing two magazines, and between these maga zines was hidden the bolt of costly lace. "Whoso is this portfolio?" ho in quired, sharply, holding up tho lace. "It belongs to Miss Faircbild," the girl answered, readily, "bat, surely, sir, you cannot think sho would steal the laoe. It mast bo some mistake, although," she added, as if reluctant ly, "I heard her only yesterday say she would give auything if it belonged to her." "When Miss Faircbild returns from lunch tell her to come to the presi dent's ofiice and you accompany her," said tho floorwalker, turning away tc report the ease to Mr. Harper. When Mary, who had not been told of the charge against her, entered Mr. Har per's office in company with her un der clerk, she found tho cashier and the floorwalker with Mr. Harper. "Miss Faircbild," said Mr. Harper, "you are accused of purloining a valu able piece of laee from the counter. Have yon auything to say?" Mary was stunned for a momont.but, oonscioits of her innocence, soon found voice to say, with simple digni ty, that there must ho some mis take.'' "This young woman missed the laeo and culled Mr. Bray, who found it in your magazine portfolio. How did it get there?" asked Mr. Harper. "I am sure I do not know," replied Mary, with a great sinking of heart. It seemed as if a dark abyss yawned before her. "You do not know, Miss Faircbild, but I do," said Mr. Harper, rising and confronting the cashier, and the young lace clerk, sternly. "Even if I did not know that you were innocent, I would never have believed you guilty. But, fortunate ly, I walked homo a .few nights ago, behind two of my employes, and over hoard them plotting this thing to bring disgrace upon you. Mr. Mul len," ho said, turning to the cashier, "aud yon, Miss Clark," speaking to the frighteuod laee clerk, "are now dismissed from my employ." They walked out in silence followed by the floorwalker, and Mary and Mr. Harper were left nlone. Mary had borne herself with so much dignity through the trial that the president could not conceal his admiration. He asked himself if she were not the woman to install as .mistress of his handsome home, and it did not take him long to make his decision. Mary, for her part, sud denly realized that Mr. Harper was a bachelor, good looking and still on the sunny side of life, and a blush of embarrassment rose to her cheeks. When it was time for Miss Faircbild to make her next semi-annual Eastern trip she went, not as the laee pur chaser, but a3 tho wife of Mr. Har per, who accompanied her. And the first request that Mary, who could not hour to think of any one being un happy on her account, made of her husband, was that he take back the laeo clerk aud tho cashier into his omploy. And it being her first re quest, Mr. Harper eould not refuse, aud Mary's cup of happiness was full., Five Wnv* to Reach llollviit. There are five main routes by whioh communication is ohtaiucd by Bolivia with tho outside world. The first of those is byway of the Chilian port of Autofngasta by a railway of twonty eight-iueh gaugo to Oruro, thence by coach or mule back to La Paz and othor centres. From Antofagasta to Oruro is a distanco of 800 miles, and the time required to accomplish the journey three days, tho trains miming only in daylight and then at slow speed. From the Chilian port of Arioa is a second means of reaching the interior of the continent. A rail way runs from Arica to Tucna, a dis tance of forty-seven miles, thence six days on mulebaek brings the traveler to La Paz. A third way of entry is via the Peruvian port of Molleude, thence by rail to Arcqnipa and Puno, by steamer across Lake Titicaea, and thence a drive of thirty-five miles across level country to La I'az. The northeast section of Bolivia is access ible byway of tho ltivcr Amuzou, and its tributary, the Madeira; but this route is not properly developed, and is but littlo utilized except for ship ments of rubber. Tho fifth way of reaching Bolivian torritory is through Argentina to Salta or Jujury, and thence by road te tho principal Bo livian cities. This latter route would appear to he the natural outlet for Bolivia in the future when railway communication unites the districts of La Paz, Cochhamha and Potosi with the Argentine lines. When this railway ..extension becomes un accomplished fact La Plnza will lie only a journey of four days from Bneno3 Ayres, aud twenty from Europe, instead of occupying the isolated position of to-dny, when tho time required for snch e trip is six weeks either way. When LydilMe is Harmless, The Boor statements regarding the lyddite shells are highly interesting. They say that when thoy strike rocks or rooky ground the effect is very de structive, but when they fall on earth or sand theyaro harmless. They will now probably profit by this experi ence, and BO oonstrnot their defensive works as, in conjunction with barbed wire aud other entanglements, to ren der them practically impregnable when held by determined and well aimed men. ? TALIS CI PLUCK I m ABTEBTDEt I t I I How tho Miners Secured Wnges. rn HE departure from Helena, I Montana, of A. J. Seligmau | and wife for New York to re f, side poi'inauently recalls one of the most thrilling kidnnppiug cases of Kooky Mountain region. Selig man, who is a well-known banker and mining mau, was lured to a mountain cabin in 1888 by the miners employed iu the Gregory mine, neur Wickes, aud held him for 810,000 in wages due, and only secured his release by the payment of that sum, after being guarded in a cabin for three days. | Seligman was one of the largest stockholders in the Gregory silver mine, which at that time showed signs of deterioration, and on account of a deficit, it is said, the regular pay day passed without the 200 or 300 employes receiving their wages. Eeligmnn went to Wickes several days afterward to make a personal ex amination of the mine, when in some j manner rumor gained currency among the miners that Seligman intended to order the mine shut down and that they might not get their pay. A I hurried conference of the miners was oalled, with the result that Seligman was seized and carried four or five miles distant into a lonely part of the Boeky Mountains, where he was | placed under guard iu a miner's cabin and given to understand that he could secure his liberty only upon liquidat ing the miners' claims. I Tho next day a courier was dis patchod overland to Helena, where ho arrived that evening, bearing two im portant telegrams, one to bis wife stating his predicament and one to the late Jesse Seligman (his father), of tho banking firm of J. & W. Selig man, NewY'ork City, requesting that the money be forwarded by wire im mediately. i The news that Seligman was held for ransom spread like wildfire in i Helena aud created exteuse excite mout. Rescue parties wore proposed, but tbo utter futility of suck ventures : caused their abandonment. However, 1 a committee took tho matter in hand aud proceeded to the telegraph office, 1 where the matter was explained to the | night chief, in an endeavor to get Mr. Seligman, Sr., to come to the New | York end of the wire, a direct con ( uectiou having been secured through ; the assistance of J. C. Barclay, night manager of the Chicago office. It was nearly 3 a.m. when Selig man reached tho New l'ork office, where he arranged with a local bank to furnish the funds. It was after 9 o'clock before Mrs. Seligman started on her mission. She reached Wickes that evening too late to continue the journey over the mountain roads. She sat up all night with her treasure, al though unknown to her, she was also guarded by miners. With the break of dawn accom panied by a guide she began the as cent of the trail to whore her husband was a prisoner. Tho money was paid over to the miners, who then retired. The husband and wife were guided to Wickes, where they took a carriage ! for Helena. ! Seligman said that ho was treated I kindly by tho miners, although the diet of haeon aud coffee was not ex actly to his likely. A great crowd welcomed them at Helena, Mrs. Selig man being overwhelmed with praises for the bravery in taking | auoU a large sum of money over the | lonely mountain roads. Ills First Lesson. | The valor of the British soldier is ' justly famous, but it is fair to remem j ber that a goodly share of it is Irish. | Some of tho very best*records in the service belong to Irish regiments. ! The stuff that many of the officers are i made of can be inferred from a brief chapter in the life of Robert Blake uey, who has left behind him au in teresting autobiographical record of his experiences in the wars against Napoleon. He was a boy of fifteen when he secured a small commission nnd set oft' to join the British army abroad. Au adventure befell bim at tho start. I embarked on board the mercantile ship Britannia, Captain Burrows, bound from Dublin to Bristol, and a more ignorant, drunken lubber never commanded a vessel. The wind blew hard as wo entered Bristol Channel, nnd us wo proceeded, the gale become tremendous. Tho billows rolled iu majestic yet horrific grandeur, sweep ing everything off tho deck. Far from -encouraging tho crow by inspiring them with a sense of duty, the master added to thoir terror by bis degrading and worso than useless lamontation. A gentleman passenger came down to the cabin, aud vainly endeavoring to restrain his unwilling yet manly tears, embraced bis wife and two young children, who lay helpless in one of tho berths. Thoiuuooont babes clung around his neck, beseeching him to take their mamma and them on chore. The scene was oxcessively affoctiug, and noted on my feelings more power fully than all the dangers by which we wore surrounded. Although I had lain iu my berth until then, so over powered by seasickness as to bo un able to mako any exertion, I started up and hurried on deck just as the drunken skipper was knocked down by a blow from the tiller whilst trying to direct it. Urged by fbo impulse of the mo ment, I seized the abandoned tillor, nud turned it as I had seen the cap tain attempt to do. At this critical instant, I descried a man on horseback making signals from the shore. This gentleman, torescoing our inevitable j destruction, should we be driven past Combe Martina, rode at full speed ■ along the shore, waving his hat, now ] in one direction, now in another, j All the sailors were drunk, but as j sisted by one of the passengers, I moved the tiller in conformity with the signals made by the gentleman, and in a short time we succeeded in in guiding the vessel through a very intricate and narrow passage between rocks and banks, and dually ran hei aground on a shoal of sand. We sub sequently learned that eight vessels were that morning wrecked in Bristol Channel. Credit was given to me, but I took none to myself. It was the first time I had been on board a vessel larger than an open fishing boot, and I was consequently as ignorant about steer iug a Hbip as about a traiuiug au ele phant. Auy part I took, therefore, was entirely mechanical, and the in vontive and true merit was due sololy to the gentleman on shore, by whose direction I was guided. Rnclliu With it Grizzly. "Some people thiuk that a grizzly can'trun,"said A. J. Daggs, of Bkcenix, Arizona. "I waut to state right uow that while the bear is a clumsy beast, he can cover as much ground as tho average saddle-horse, aud a man should be sure that he has a good mount be foro he tries to get out of the way of one which is angry. My brother was out in the mountains of the Territory, among tho sheep ranches, one day when he saw, about 250 yards ahead of him, a big, awkward silver-tip. My brother had a rifle, but ho was not certain that he would kill tho bear if he shot, and he did not know how a race would turn out. He was mounted on one of tho best horses in tho couu tiy, for a man needed oue in those days. Ho know that the bear would not fight unless wounded or cornered, and he thought he would like to see how he would run against | his horse. "Ho was pretty certain that the besr would run from him if ho could once get him startod in the opposite direc tion, aud so lie gave a regular cowboy yell. The bear looked up, and started shullliug off towards the mountain, about a mile aud a half away. My brother spurred his horse aud lit out after the grizzly, at the same time kecpiug up the piercing 'Yeep-ycep' of tho cowboy. The boar soon got into the running, and tho way he got over that ground was a caution. My brother saw that the brute was get ting away from bim, and lie urged bis borse to tho utmoßt, but he did not gain ten yards in tho whole mile aud a half. That bear lumbered along with leaps equal to a greyhound, and his pursuer did not havo a ehauce to cut him out from his retreat. "I went over the course the next day to verify the story, for it sounded fishy to me. I found that the bear bad made jumps from fifteeuto twenty feet iu length, aud that the ground had been cut up by bis claws so that it looked as if a barrow had been run over it. For that reason I would nd vise no man to try a foot race with a grizzly."—Washington l'ost. A Heroic Deed* Near Maple City, in Cowley Coun ty, Farmer John Stovensoa and his hired mau went down into a well to cleau it out. Both were overcome by foul air aud were stone dead when taken from the well. On the same day, at the little village of Catharine, in Ellis County, a similar catastrophe resulted in bringing forth a hero whoso unmo is worthy of enrollment among tho best aud the greatest. Paul Meis went down into his father's well after a fallou bucket. He was overcome by the gas aud bcearao tin couscious. William Pelzel bravely went down nftor Meis, and he in turn succumbed to tho deadly vapor. Then Paul Keoner went down after ths other two aud met a similar fate, and this was the situation when Henry Karliu arrived on the Bceue. With out hesitation Karliu had a rope tied beneath his arms nnd a silk handker chief over his faco, and he was low ered in the well carrying au extra rope. Beaching the bottom, ho hastily tied the loose rope around the leg of a man and the man was hoisted to the surface. Tivico this operation was repeated, and then Ivarliu was hauled out, he having become uncon scious just as be finished tying the ropo on the last man. All four re mained unconscious for a long time, but doctors finally Hiicceoded in bring ing them around. Neither Pelzel nor Keoner knew tho danger they were going into, as tboy had never heard of water gas, but Karlin did, and he took tho cliauces like a hero.—Kansas City Journal. The Netreat ,Brldjro Iloro. Strong nerves nnd rare presence ol mind saved Frank Gaines and his lit tle child from death a few days ago. Near Lawrenceburg, Ind., is a Bal timore and Ohio Southwestern bridge, 200 feet long, which swings over a ravine 200 feet deep. At intervals of twenty feet are crossbeams extending one foot beyond each side of the tres tle work. Mr. Gaines started out for a walk with his ohild. He was half-way ever the trestle with the little one in his arms, when he heard the whistle of tho locomolivo, and the next instant saw a train coming rapidly around a curve but a short distance away. At a glance he saw that he would not have time to reach the other side or retreat to his starting point before the train would be upon him. To hesi tate was to be struck aud hurled to certain death. Two feet away was one of the cross benms. AVitli a bound ho was upon it. Kenning far out upon tho end he steadied himsdlf while the train swept past him. He could feel the hot steam scorch him. Once more on solid ground he sank down, overcome. THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN Or THE PRESS. The Chivalrous Duile—The Latent—Not n Secret—Disagreeable—A Hero of the War—Not Even n Perfect Idiot- Above Kart lily lll*—lnconsistency • Etc. A maiden on a street-car was "so very cold," she said; "All, allow me," said tlio Diulo, and he to the window sped. He tugged at it, and shoved it, anJ ho waggled it askew, Till all their fellow passenger* very Inter ested grew. His gloves gave oat Immediately, Ills cuffs became a wreck. His tie forsook his collar, and his collar left his neck; But why proceed? The window was uti movod by all his praulcs; He; summoned the conductor, while tlio maiden murmured. "Thanks!" Boston 'i ranseript. The Latest. Waiter—"This is the latest on boiled-beef." Patron—"What is it?" Waiter—"Horseless horae radish." —Judge. Not a Demi Secret. "People often suffer from dyspepsia without knowing it." "Well, at least they let everybody else know it." Disagreeable. Westerner—"Doesn't the New Eng land climate agree with yon?" Easterner—"No, it doesn't even agree with the weather predictions." —Somerville (Mass.) Journal. A Hero of llie War. Horse—"What is that pompons, shabby-looking mulo braying about?" Automobile—"Oh, he's just homo Irom n battle in South Africa."—ln dianapolis Journal. Xot Even a I'erfecl Idiot. "What a perfect idiot lam," wailed Slumper. Anil for the purpose of consoling him his wife absent-mind edly remarked. "No one is perfect, William." Inconsistency. "George was so nice. He arranged things so that I can exchange any one of the presents he gave me for any thing else I happen to want." "How lovely! And what will you exchange?" "Nothing. "—Cleveland Plain Dealer. From the Other Shlo of tlio Pit, OTJP eß=3cseasß!PK.a&£ti>a.r.'- -• aratoM .The Bear—"Ah, me! Theyatleasl are not so lonesome as I, for they have put them all in one cage."—La Pele Mele. Abovo Earthly 111.. "What is a philosopher?" "A philosopher is a man who can pretend to have a light heart when ho has an empty pockotbook."—Detroit Free Press. Unnecessary Advice. Johnny had sipped at a boiling cup of tea, and was howling. "Hold your tongue," his mother ordered. "I can't," he screamed. "It's too sore to take a hold of." Tlio Main Thine. "See here, my child, what do you know about this young man?" "I know the only thing I care to know." "And what's that?" "That he is unmarried." An Unwonted Aspect. "This is Mrs. Gushleigh's portrait, is it?" said the caller. "I should hardly have recognized it. The chin doesn't look at alt liko hers." "Perhaps," suggested the husband of Mrs. Gtishleigh, "you have never seen her chin in repose." Successful Kecitnl. "That story you told at dinner pleased our host very much," said Gazzam. "I'm glad he liked it," replied Mul lins, deeply gratified. "Fes, he said that he had never heard it told bettor."—Harper's Ba zar. To Be Told to Hie Marines. "Too bad the Boers had to lose an other howitzer," said tlio Slioeelerk Boarder, who is an Oom Paulist. "Well, anyhowitzorvod their pur pose for a while," said the Cheerful Idiot. Almost at once, the waitress, to whom the Cheerful Idiot's humor par ticularly appeals, giggled amazingly. lndianapolis Tross. Proved. "A woman can't do a man's work," he asseverated. "I maintain that she can," she per sisted. "Any woman can do any man's work." "Preposterous!" he declared. "A woman who tries to do a man's work will make a fool of herself." "I am glad to see that you have come around to my view," she ex olaimed triumphantly. Then he began to "think how he did it.—Judge. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL A medical paper directs attention to the curious fact that scarlet fever bus never been observed in an epi demic form in the tropical or sub tropical regions of Asia or Africa. A series of experiments made at Kiel daring the last two years have shown that of all metals used in ship building an amalgam of iron and zino is least subject to deterioration from the influence of sea water. Protein (nitrogenous matter) is the name of a group of substances con taining nitrogen. Protein furnishes the materials for the lean flesh, blood, skin muscles, tendons, nerves, hair, liorns, wool, casein of milk and al bumen of eggs, and is one of the most important constituents of feeding staffs. It has been clearly ascertained that the carbon whieb, when other ele ments are eliminated,wo call charcoal, and which enters so largely into the A structure of a tree, is taken from the a atmosphere through the medium of the leaves; but how it is sent down the structure so as to add to the size of the most distant root, is yet an un solved problem. The annual report for 1898 of the • Inspectors of Lunatics in Ireland shows a total of 20,304 patients under ! official cognizance. Of theso 10,522 | were males and 9782 were females. The total increase of lunatics for the year—viz., 714—was larger than that for 1897, which was 624, and also ex ceeded the average annual increase for the previous decade—viz., 444. It lias boon assumed tbat the depth of unvarying temperature in the soil increases from one foot at the equator to soventy odd feet at the poles, yet a •haft in Northern Siberia has reached a depth of 1500 feet without getting through the frost. A Western mining engineer oxplains that this may not disprove the theory, as the deep freez ing may bo the result of annual accu mulations of sediment on uuthawed J ground. / Experiments in the Sibley labora tory at Cornell University hove shown F that an alloy of aluminum and ziuc / possesses remarkable qualities. It is j white and takes a ffue finish, and is J equal in strength to cast-iron, but ' superior in elasticity. On the other i hand, it melts at so low a temperature 1 that it can be liquified in a ladle over / an open fire. In the liquid form it fills a mould, running into all the small parts much better than brass, but it is more brittle than brass. Its use does away with the foundry fur nace, and its technical advantages are obvious. The strength of this metal is 50,000 pounds per square inch. General Dow ton's Urn very. General Lawton was afilioted with tuberculosis and suffered a great deal from his lungs, although he kept the fact a secret from all but his closest friends. He felt that his life was short, and when ho went to the Philippines he did not expoct to re turn. Ha felt that the disease was gradually gatting the better of him and that sooner or later it would carry him off. At the same time he ex- A? pressed a hope that ho might die with \ his boots on and in battle. Professor Worcester, of the Philippine Com mission, says of him: "His bravery was something more than mere fear lessness. The night before I left Manila I was with him up to 11 o'clock, and before bidding him good by I asked him, as his friends had begged of him hundreds of timos be fore, to be more careful about expos ing himself to the fire of the enemy. He answered that he knew perfectly the risk he was running, but that it was simply a matter of business with him—that with the force at his dis posal and with the work he was called upon to do he felt it necessary that he should personally direct every movement."—Chicago Record. llow "Bobs" Heard tlio Nona. Lord Roberts, the commander oi I the British forces in South Africa, says the Outlook, learned of his son's ' death at tho Travelers' Club. He v/as talking to a distinguished general at a little distance from the tape round which was formed a circle of the mem bers. Some one who did not know Lord Roberts was present exclaimed: "Good heavens! 'Bobs' sou is killed!" "What, what!" cried Roberts, elbowing his way to tho tape. He read the fatal intelligence, then walked out ot the club without a word, the gazing after him with silent, affectionate sympathy. nily of tho Vnlley Poisonous. That delightfully fragrant and graceful flower, the lily of the valley, is denounced by the German papers as under its simple beauty veiling a deadly poison. It is Btated that both the stalks and tho flowers of this lovely plant contain prussic acid. It is extremely dangerous to put the stalks into one's mouth, as, if the sap hnppens to get into even the tiniest crack of the lips, it produces swelling, often accompanied with severe pain. It is also advisable not to throw the dead flowers where birds can get at them, for they often cause the death of young fowls and pigeons. —Boston Traveller. Ilor.e Wenrs Rubber Shoe*. One carette horse now traverses the down-town distriot and the North Side in Chicago olad iu rubber shoes to prevent him from slipping. Tho animal was shod in this manner as a result of the efforts of the Anti-Cru elty Society, the mothers of which are endeavoring to have all the carette horses in the oity provided for in this manner.
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