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Irish fear of conscription to obtain
•ecruits for the war in South Africa
has resulted in an extraordinary exo
dus of young men from the south of
Ireland, most of them coming to
America.
A poet recently gave up his seat on
the New York Stock Exchange in or
der to devote himself to his chosen
occupation. It is not often that a
man's circumstances permit him to
give up business because it interferes
with literature.
The historic rod coat of the British
soldier, except for dress parade pur
poses must go. So must the sword of
the British infantry officer. Such ap
pears to be the verdict of the ablest
Military critics who have watched the
contest iu South Africa at the seat of
war.
It is stated that more post offices and
tywns have been named after Benja
min Franklin than any other man, not
excepting Washington himself,though
'ho unique honor has been paid the
atter of naming the capital of the na
iou after him. It is difficult to tell,
lowever, whether this complimentary
nomenclature is due to interest in the
moral maxims of Poor Diehard, or to
admiration for his sturdy chaader.
let Franklin is a type in a number of
respects well worthy of reproduction
• in the body social aud commercial.
An interesting relic of old-time
ihureh customs is attracting attention
\t Portland, Mo. In the old First
Parish church there a number of the
aews are still owned as private prop
jrty by church members, according
:o tho old custom. On thus 3 pews
'.he municipal government levies taxes
•ust the same as on other private prop
erty, though church proper v is not
iaxa'. le. Some of the pewowners
nave not paid their taxo*, aud now
'.he pews have beau sold at auction
lor the delinquent taxes. The church
nought them and they thus become
free, like the rest of the church.
Even the Klondike goldseokers on
*he ground, or a good many of them,
e ready to break camp as soon as
spring opens and depart for Cape
Nome, whither Fortune, a . itting god-
I !-s, changing her base constantly
with the caprice belonging to licr sex,
now beckons them. Between ."O,OJO
tud 100,000 people are expected to
pour in upon that sterile and desolate
? ast during the comiug summer,
tv'Uich so far north is a short one, with
* poor prospect of fortune for all or
many of them. If the argonauts
bring away from the Cape as much
money as it costs them to get there
they will be better off than the amy
which has invaded the Klondike.
That is a curious little story that
the New York Herald's special (able
from Pans tells—how an unknown
ridor, a street huckster, was called
upon to till an absent jockey's place,
popped into the saddle and rode like
ma Ito victory. It reads like a Drury
Lane melodrama, but it's true all the
same, for the mount led the chance
fockey to fortune, aud tho final cur
tain has been rung down on the story
of his life—his death and the pomp of
fuueral services in Notre Daine. He
had become the millionaire proprietor
of a great business iu Par is and a mu
nicipal councillor—Xavier Hue'. Now
after this let no one cry down the
Impossibility of the penny novelette
or the extravagances of a Drury Lane
liinlotlrsmii.
Jealous Husband's Deed.
P. G. Frum, a wealthy farmer at Gil
man. near Elkins. W. Va., went to the
house of a neighbor, where his wife,
who had separated from him, was stay
ing, and shot her three times and then
shot himself. The woman will recover
but Frum will die from the bullet
wound in his head. He is unconscious.
Mrs. Frum had left her husband be
came of family complications, and
jealousy prompted his act. He is 45
years of age and was prominent in the
community.
The Prince of Wales will be reinstall
ed as Grand Master of the English Free
Masons on April 25, the anniversary of
his twenty-sixth year of grand master
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A QUAKER'S PRAYER.
Oh, that my oyes might closed bt
To what becomes me not to see!
That deafness might possess ray ear
To what concorns me not to hearl
Tliat truth my tonguo might always tie
From ever speaking foolishly!
That no vain thought might ever rest
Or be coucolvod within my breast!
Wash, Lord, aud purify my heart.
And make it flsau in every part;
And when 'tis cleau, Lord, keep it so,
For that is more than 1 can do.
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I THe fiew Doctor. §
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nmpSSfe. IIAT is tho now
jßf \\v ; i doctor's name?"
ff \ inquired one of a
H g B rou P °f girls of
WJL Ja the druggist's
M JsHv "H opk in s,"
'/M'/ 'v-iiiiSj. was the reply,
FT W| "Is he mar
•Csa&l •'*i Tit ■ ricd?" asked an*
c - other *
———'''l believe not."
"That settles it," said the third
girl, Heleu Clark. "The advent of a
handsome young doctor iu a little
town like this is an event not to be
overlooked. Henceforth I am an
invalid."
"Kato, let yon and me become
nurses," suggestod Nettie Sanborn.
"Helen, I'll dare yon to go home,
make believe sick, tie np your head
and send for the doctor. It will be
rare fun," ventured Kate Upton.
"There isn't a soul at the house, so
the coast is clear. I'll do it, if you'll
go with me."
"Agreed," responded both girls;
"we had no intention of being left
out."
They were too intent on their fnn
to notice the roguish twinkle in the
boy's eyes, aud lie did not consider it
necessary to inform, them that the
gentleman under consideration was
sitting in the druggist's private office,
hearing every word;
The doctor was wondering whether
lie ought to bo angry or enter into the
spirit of the joke.
"I'll go," he decided as tho messen
ger summoned him to Judge Clark's
residence.
Helen was on the sofa among a pile
of pillows and made a charming in
valid in spite of the wet bandage on
her forehead. Her two friends were
full of sympathy.
"Such a fearful headache, doctor; I
am almost wild; can't you do some
thing for it?" and the blue eyes turned
to him pleadingly.
"Very well done," was the young
man's mental comment.
lie gravely felt her pulse, took her
temperature and looked at her tongue.
"Your pulse is regular; your tem
perature is normal," he observed,
slowly.
"Helen, dear, didn't you say you
bad palpitation of the heart this morn
ing, just dreadfully?" inquired Kate.
This was too much for Nettie; with
a smothered laugh she turned to the
window.
Helen did not answer, but sank back
on the pillows, closing her eyes.
The doctor leaned forward aud
placed his ear over her heart. The
blood rushed to her faee; she felt like
a culprit aud was tempted to confess
and beg his pardon. But that would
never do. lie would despise her tor
such a bold trick.
The physician looked thoughtful for
a moment.
"What will he say? Oh, I wish he
would go," sighed Helen to herself.
"I understand your case, Miss
Clark," he explained; "it is nothing
serious—yon will outgrow these at
tacks. I will leave a remedy which
will relievo your headache in a few
hours."
He opened his caso and began pre
paring some powders iu a very pro
fessional way, but slyly watching the
girls all the time.
"There," as he finished the last
powder, "take these every half hour;
they aro harmless. You aro suffering
from an acute attack of what the
French call 'mechancete.'" aud he
bowed himself out.
" 'Mechancete,' quick, girls, get the
and see what this
terrible malady is that I may outgrow!
Ho you suppose he is stupid enough
to think I am very ill?"
"I believe he saw through it. I
never felt so mean in all my life," de
clared Nettie, as she ran her foretiuger
into the "Meek" column. "Here it
is. Oh, girls," and lier face was scar
let; "just read that!"
"Givo it to me," cried Helen,
" 'Meehaneote,' roguish trick, naught
iness," she read.
"He will probably tell this," said
Nettie, "and before night this esca
pade will be all over the town."
"I'll never speak to him again." ex
claimed Helen. "Mechancete, indeed!
He's as mean ns he can be."
"I don't blame him one bit," pro
tested Kate. "It shows bis spirit."
The following day Helen met the
doctor on the street.
"I trust Miss Clark lias recovered,"
he inquired, smilingly.
"I'erfoctly, sir," was tho haughty
reply.
Tho winter,with itsgavoties, passed,
aid everywhere Helen ignored him.
Once he tried to defend himself, but
she would not listen.
"If you were a gentleman you would
not refer to tho humiliating circum
stances," was her reply, "aud I will
never forgive yon."
"Helen, I think yon treat Dr. Hop*,
kins shamefully," snid Nettie. "I
used to think ho was iu love with you;
his eyes followed you about aud bad
such p pained look when you snubbed
him."
"Nonsense! If he wants to make
ai 1 idiot of himself I am not to blame."
"He won't bore you any more, my
sweet friend," assnred Kate, "for he
i* to take Madge Stone to the lawn
party to-niglit. Aren't you ashamed
to leave hitn to the mercy of that
freckled little thing, aftor he saved
your life with his sugar powders?"
and Kato laughed merrily.
All the town was at the lawn party;
it was an annual affair given for the
benefit of the publio library and so
ciety attended iu its best. Helen was
not her usual merry self. She sat in
a leafy corner of the arbor away from
the crowd. Why did it annoy her
that Dr. Hopkins should be attentive
to Madge? Why was she unhappy?
She would foot allow herself to think
of him. Had she not said again and
again that she hated him?
"Miss Helen," said a voice, which
she know well and whose tones sent
the color to her cheeks, "you look
lonely."
"I am not. I prefer solitude, some
times, at present, for instance."
Ho sat down beside her.
"Pardon me if I intrude; but I in
sist on kuowing why you treat mo so
rudely. You will not even be friends,
and " his voice was low and ten
der, "uud I have even dared hope to
be more. If you will only give mo a
chance."
"Excuse mo, doctor. I fear I shall
take cold in this corner," and she lied
into the bouse.
That night the people wore roused
by cries of tire and shrill tones of
alarm; the fire service was inefficient,
and the citizens lent a helping haud.
No one wu3 braver or more helpful
than the young doctor; he feared no
risk aud heeded no caution.
In his attempt to save a child from
the flames he was struck by the fall
ing timbers, and they carried his un
conscious form to Judge Clark's home
near by.
"Is it fate or Providence?" thought
Helen, as she offered to watch beside
him whilo her father summoned Dr,
Goodspced.
"What if he dies?" she moaned.
The doctor opened his eyes slowly.
What made him so weak? Why this
pain iu his arm? Ho could not move it.
Where was he? Was that Helen
Clark? He could hear the noise of
the firemen outside, and it dawned
upon him that he must be hurt. Helen
was approachiug the couch, He closed
his eyes, hardly daring to trust his
vision.
She knelt beside him. The blood
surged through his body aud strongth
returned to every muscle as ho felt
her lips touch his aud her hand upon
his brow. The olosed eyes opened
and met hers.
"Oh, you aro not dead; I was so
afraid you would never open your
eyes and would never know "and
she hid her face in her hands.
He tried to rise, but sank back with
pain.
"Don't move," she cried. "You
arehurt. Dr. Godspeed will soon be
here."
He stretched out his injured arm
and drew her to him.
"Helen, is it possible you love
me?"
Tho touch of her lips upon his was
the answer, but it meant more than
words.
"Aud you have been so cruel tome
all these days. I thought you almost
hated me."
"Forgive mo; I loved you all the
time, but was too proud to own it."
Tho task of forgiving was beauti
ful.
"Well, well, young man," said the
doctor, as he bustled into the room;
"this is a pretty state of affairs, a
broken arm, half a dozen bruises and
eyebrows singed off; a handsome fig
uro you'll cut among tho girls now.
We'll punish you by a few weeks of
invalidism."
"I might enjoy the punishment if 1
had a good nurse."
The old man did not lose the glanca
he cast on Helen.
"Probably you would; I suspect
you've some heart trouble with all tho
rest, you young rascal," and he
laughed knowingly.—Chicago News.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Wealth changes somo men more
than ago.
A niau's faults attract more atten
tion than his virtues.
Money talks, but one cannot always
exchange talk for currency.
There is no placo liko home when
it comes to drawing a small salary.
Sometimes a man has his own way
according to tho diagram furnished
by his wife.
A genius is a man who does things
that other peoplo say it is impossible
to do.!
Many a man doesn't care what a
tailor charges for clothes—just so he/
charges it.
A man's gallantry crops out when
he is entertaining a woman who is not
related to him.
Tho individual who climbs to fame
and fortune over the shoulders oil
othorH must look down on their
hatred.
Don't overwork yourself. Just
imagine how miserable you would be]
if you finished all your work to-day,
and had nothing to do the rest of your
life.—Chicago News.
A Buby Gnglnoer.
The littlo three-year-old son of En
gineer W. 13. Evans, of the Fort Johu
(Ore.) motor line, recently cave his
father and every employe along the
entire lino ef tho road an exciting
time. Ho climbed into an engine
which was stauding in the yard with
full steam on and opened the throttle
wide. His father, hearing tha engine
moving off, started in pursuit.
Quickly he telephoned to tho sta
tions ahead, but when Portsmouth,
the next station, was reached, no one
dared to board the engine as it thun
dered past, until within three hun
dred yards of the end of the line the
steam gave out aud a heavy grade
slackened the speed.
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1 TALES OF PLUCK |
: AND ADVENTURE. 2
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The Hero of Samoa.
~1 "TEW people who may have
fcz/ chauced to read the brief of-
I licial aunouncemont of Coin
ed mander Carliu's death on
board the City of Pekin between Ma
nila and Yokohama, December 30,
1899, remembered that ho was but a
little decade ago the chief figure and
hero of the American navy —the sub
ject for eulogy from people and press.
Carlin played a gallant part iu the
terrible time of the great Samoati wind
storm. On the morning of March IG,
1899, ships of the Euglish, Germau
and Americau navies were in the port
of Apia. The storm came swiftly, and
found them unprepared to meet it in
the shallow waters of the bay. Every
energy was bent toward getting to the
open sea. The Englishman succeed
ed, and Englishmen and Americans
will remember always with a thrill
how the doomed American sailors
cheered the English vessel as she
stood out to sea and safety while they
themselves remained to face aud fight
death. That death came quickly to
many, and in all 146 German aud
Americau olficers and men found their
end that day.
Carlin was executive officer of the
Vandalia, aud practically iu command
even before the death of Captain Scoou- '
maker. The latter was au old man,
and so fleshy that ho was unable to j
haudle himself with ease. He war
killed and washed overboard iu the
early part of the storm, but not before
his executive officer had made a gal
lant attempt to save him. The men
had been ordered into the rigging as
the only place of safety, aud Carlin
was about to follow when he saw the
Captain lying on the forward part of
the deck, with his arms clasped about
a stanchion. Making his way to him
between the huge waves that wore
pounding over the deck, Carlin clasped
his arm around the commanding of
ficer's waist and told him that he in
tended to help him into the rigging.
"Don't try to help me, Jiin," said
Scoomnaker; "I'm a3 good us dead
now. You save yourself."
"Wiiilo bo lay on the deck by the
Captain's side, Carliu felt one of the
ropes that held a gun iu place slip,
and to an old sailor this rneaut that iu
a few minutes the guu would bo loose
and pounding around the deck. Ho
resolved to secure a rope and tackle
hanging near by in the rigging, and
with it help Scooumaker up the lad
der. Twice as ho made the rush, be
tween waves, for tho rope, ho was
forced to clasp a brass railing to pre
vent being washed overboard. On
tho return trip he was again compelled
to hold to tho rail for his life while
two waves of unusual height and vio
lence rushed down upon tho deck,
and when he arose and looked for the
Captaiu both inau aud gun were gone.
Then he looked out for himself. Back
to the rigging he weut, but every
place on the yard arm was occupied
by tho men, aud iu that tune there
Was no rank. Death stood at their
face aud levelled rauk. Carliu was
too brave to order men to give up a
place of safety to him, but they in
sisted on pulling him up to them.
The ship seemed doomed. Men
Were being washed overboard at every
wave, and to mako death more certain
the Vandalia was drifting down upou
a coral reef. Then tho Trenton, an
chored near by, began to drag her
anchor and boar down upou tho fated
ship. It seemed certain that the
Trentou would cut the Vaudalia in
two before either struck tho coral
reef. Ollicers and men bade one au
other farewell and stood there waiting
for death, but when it seemed most
certain a stronger gale than usual
struck tho human sails iu the rigging
of tho Vandalia aud shoved her so
far ahead that tho Trenton's prow
struck her stern, and slowly warped
around alongside. Instantly Lieu
tenant Carliu saw his opportunity aud
tho men's, aud ordered thorn to run
along tho yard arms and jump upou
tho deck of the Trenton. Every man
reaohod the Trenton, and that ship
ntoamed away to safety—liaviug by
that time got her eugiues iuto work
ing order. For his part Carliu was
recommended to Congress.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Not Easily Frightened.
It takes more to win tho badge of
bravery in some conutries tkau in
others. The Ethiopian who is deemed
worthy to v.ear in battle tho lion's
skin that King Meuelik of Abyssinia
gives to the bravest of liis men must
be ouewho can go three days without
food, lighting the while, or journeying
over the deserts aud mouutains; one,
moreover, who cares nothing for pain
or death. Iu an article on "Meuelik
and his people," in the Windsor Mag
azine, Mr. Cleveland Moffat refers to
a custom that prevails amoug these
mou after a battle or after warlike
manoeuvres.
It is their habit on such occasious
to squat on the ground in a long line
and lire their lilies into tho air, bar
rels up, butts between tho knees.
There arc no blauk cartridges, but
halls that wound or kill whomsoever
they strike in tho descent.
A caunon-shot gives the sigual, aud
forthwith the firing starts far down
the line, rolling nearer and nearer till
it swells iuto a roar of musketry about
the emperor himself, then dies away
at tho farther side; and the bullets
come down on soldiers or citizeus as
may be, for this liriug is as likely as
not to take place in a crowded city.
"Would it not be wiser, your majes
ty," asked a French traveler, aghast
at this reckless procedure, "to use
blank cartridges?"
"Why so?" asked Menelik.
•'lt would economize rifle-balls and
save life," was the answer.
"I do not mind losing a few balls,"
replied Menelik, "if it makes my peo
ple despise them."
The Italians found what those sol
diers think of rifle-balls, when they
saw them come bounding on in the
charge, pierced through and through
with Mauser bullets, aud go on flght
iug. At Atnba Alagui, the battle which
preceded the final Italiau disaster,the
Italians found out what it means to
light au army that knows no shoes,
but comes at you in your fortified
place with toes that can grip and cling.
The Italians were on ;a hill, risiug
from a plateau, imprognab le, as they
supposed, on three sides, and guarded
on tho fourfh by strong artillery.
Against these canuon they thought
the black men must hurl themselves,
and that would be the end of them.
But they reckoned without those
black feet, for what the Abyssiuians
really did was to take the hill from
tho rear, straight up tho precipice,
coming stealthily so as to give no
alarm; and when enough of them had
gained the vantage-ground behind,
they swept down like a wave upon the
Italiaus, aud the day wai won.
Th© Evil Bye.
Like all Orientals, tho Sudanese
have a great horror oE the "evil eye."
A fixed stare often makes them un
comfortable, aud the gray or blue
eyes of Europeaus, with the glint of
anger in them, strike fear, if not ter
ror, into the hearts of most. Charles
Neufeld, an Austrian, who was long
held prisoner by the dervishes of the
Sudan, describes tho powerful effect
jf this superstition. The event of
which ho speaks took place soon after
he was captured.
A youug dervish conducted me to a
spot removed from the other prison
ers. As we walked along, the youth
said: "God is just; God is bounteous;
please God, to-morrow our eyes shall
bo gladdened by seeing a white Kaffir
yoked with a shayba to a black one."
This shayba is a forked limb of a
tree. The fork is placed on the neck,
pressing against the larynx, the stem
projecting before the wearer; the right
wrist is then tightly bound to the
stem with thongs of fresh hide, which
soou dry and "bite" the flesh. The
ends of tho fork are drawn as closely
as possible, and fastonod with a cross
piece.
It is a cruel instrument of torture,
for the arm must be kept extended to
its utmost; to attempt to relieve the
tension means pressure on the larynx.
If you are yoked to auothor man, ho
throws pressure on you and you on
'him.
Irritated beyond enduranco by tho |
youth's gibe 3 aud jests, and hopiug to j
put au end to everything at once, I j
threw my weight and strength into
one blow. I was a powerful mau,'|
and felled him senseless. Taking his
rifle, I strode back to tho tent and
entered. My eyes must have been
blazing. I glared from one to the
other, wonderiug whether to fire the
one shot and then start "clubbing"
till I was cut down.
Hamza, tho best of the dervishes,
held up his hand, saying: "Istanua"
(Wait).
I hurriedly related what had oc- '
curred and told what I intended to do.
llamza then came to me, saying: i
"La, la, Ja (No, no, no), you are not
to be put iu a shayba. Our orders !
are to deliver you alive and well." j
Then turning to the others, he con- 1
tinned: "Hand this man over to mo. j
I shall deliver him alivo and well."
Some demur was made when, lowor- j
ing the rifle, I placed the butt on the j
grouud, rested my chiuon the muzzle, }
and addressing myself to all, said that j
unless I was left in Hamza's charge, I
should press tho trigger, on which my ;
great toe was then resting.
Hauiz again urged his point and
said: "It you do not agree, aud this |
mau does any harm to himself, I de- \
clare myself innocent of all blame and ;
responsibility. I have heard of him;
he will do a9 ho says."
Tho effect of the words was magical. J
"Take him away—keep him; do what
you wish to him," they cried. "Never j
let him come near us agaiu—never! !
Newr lot him look upon us with his j
eyesl"
Chicago Girl's Komance.
To be married on shipboard aud to
go ou a wedding journey through a
lonely African forest were the roman
tic experiences of Miss Auna Thome
MoLoughliu, of Chicago, the bride of
l)r. Wiltner Sanfovd Lehman, of Africa.
For the last year Dr. Lehman has
been engaged in medical work atLolo
dorf, West Africa, and as it was im
possible for hiiu to return to America
for his bride she journeyed out alone
to meet him.
When the steamship Niger, on which
she was a passeuger, reached Great
Hal an zo Dr. Lehman came out in a
small boat. Captain Davis, of the
Niger, steamed out beyond the three
mile Hmit to avoid the exacting Ger
man marriage laws, aud the wedding
ceremony was performed.
Dr. and Mrs. Lehmau went ashore
and begau their uiuety-milo journey
to Lolodorf, followed by thirty native
carriers bearing their luggage. Dr.
Lehman walked the entire distance
and Mrs. Lehman went for tho most
part afoot, more than fifty miles, be
ing carried in a hammock when weary.
They are now living in a native house
of bark with a thatched roof.
Miss McLaughlin is a graduate of
Ann Arbor, where she met Dr. Lehman,
of the class of '9B. Tho doctor has
made a number of notable African ex
plorations, having at one time pene
trated tho country of dwarfs.
A man, "apparently educated and
refined," has been fined SSO for mu
tilating publications on file in the
Chicago public library. He pleaded
to be released, saying that he needed
the clippings in compiling statistic!.
J SOUTH AMERICAN CIANT&.
I A Hardy Have Tliat In Gradually Becoina
lug Extinct.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, of the Bel'
giau Antarctic Expedition, writes in
the Century of "The Giant Indians of
Tierra del Fnego," his text being il
lustrated with pictures drawn from
photographs by himself.
j The Fuegiaus have been reported,
from time to time, since the country
' was tirst sighted and named by Magel
lan in 1520, but to-day they still re
main almost unknown. In connection
with the voyage of the Belgica we had
unusual opportunities for studying
their wild life and their weather
beaten land. They are not, as is gen
erally supposed, one homogeneous
tribe, but three distinct races, with
different languages, different appear 4
auces, different habits and homes.
The Onas have thus far evaded all ef
forts at civilization, have refused mis
sionaries, and have, to the present
time, with good reason, mistrusted
white men. They have, in conse
quence, remained absolutely unknown.
The Onas, as a tribe, have never
been united in a common interest, nor
have they ever been led by any one
great chief. They have always been
divided into small clans under a leader
with limited powers, and these chiefs
have waged constant warfare among
themselves. To the present they have
had their worst enemies among their (
own j>eople, but now that sheep-farm
ers and gold-diggers want their coun
try, they are uniting to fight theii
common enemy.
Physically the Onas are giants
They are not, however, seven or eight
feet in height, as the early explorers
reported their neighbors and nearest
relatives, the Patagonians, to be.
Their average height is close to sis
feet; a few attain six feet and sis
iuches, and a few are under six feet.
The women are not so tall, but they
are more corpulent. There is perhaps
no race ill the world with a more per
fect physical development than the
Oua men. This unique development
is partly duo to the topography of
their country and to the distribution
of game, which makes long marches
constantly necessary. The Ona men
are certainly the greatest cross-coun
try runners on the American contin
ent.
The mental equipment of the Ona
Is by no means equal to his splendid
physical development. Ho under
stands very well tho few arts of the
[chase which ho flud3 necessary to
| maintain a food supply. His game in
| the past has been easily gotten; his
J needs have been few, which fact ac
counts for tho lack of inventive skill
portrayed in the instruments of the
i chase. The homo life, the house, the
j clothiug—everything portrays this
[ lack of progressive skill. Instead of
the children being well dressed and
I well cared for, as is the rule among
savage races, they are mostly naked,
poorly fed, badly trained, and alto
gether neglected, not because of a lack
of paternal love, but because of the
mental lethargy of tho peoplo. It is
the same as to shelter and garments.
They have abundant material to make
good tents and warm, storm-proof
houses; bnt they simply bunch up a
I few branches, and throw to the wind
ward a few skins, and then shiver,
complaining of their miserable exist
ence.
WISE WORDS.
The dew of compassion is a tear.—
Byron.
Self-trust is tho essence of heroism,
i —Emerson.
| Silence is olie great art of conversa
j tion.—Hazlitt.
1 Contentment gjves a crown where
| fortune hath denied it.
| Good company and good discourse
aro the very sinews of virtue.—Wal
ton.
! He who can conceal his joys is great
, or than he who can hide his griefs.—
Lavatcf.
| Without constancy there is neither
1 love, friendship nor virtue in the
I world.—Addison.
I To endeavor to domineer over con
science is to invade the citadel oi
heaven.—Charles V.
| Tho age of chivalry is never pa9t so
long as there is a wrong left unre
dressed on earth.—Charles Ivingsley.
! Tho habit of looking on tho best
, side of every event is worth moro than
a thousaud pouuds a year.—Johnson.
| Every one of us, whatever our specu
j lative opinions, knows better than he
practices, and recognizes a better law
j thau he obeys.—Froudo.
A Wasteful Case.
"Did you ever stop to consider,'
said a well-known detective, "hoiv
the principle of economy is entirely
lost sight of in the prosecutiou of
trivial cases? For instance, here the
other day a man was arrested for
for stealiug five eents' worth of milk.
The complainant never stopped to
think how much it was going to cost
him, hut I guess he would he willing
to withdraw tho chargo now. Here he
has lost two days' pay on account ol
the case, olllcers under pay have put
in time that might be better em
ployed, and there will be sheriff's fees
to foot for the board of the prisoner
while he is in jail. And all for five
cents' worth of milk! There is vory
little economy in law."—Detroit Fr
Press.
Tlie Grunt Mormon Tabornnrln.
The Tabernacle at Salt Lake City
is, in respect to its acoustic proper
ties, the most remarkable place of
worship in tho world. It is construct
ed to hold 25,000 people, yet it is pos
sible for a person standing at one end
to distinctly hear the souud of a pin
dropped into a hat at the other, a test
of its curious power to convey sound
whiok is offered to every stranger who
is shown over tho building.
HER EVERLASTING MINUTE."
When he went court >g her she'd sayi
"In just a ...Inute!"
And then she'd stay
i Upstairs and crimp
Her hair and pin it,
And fuss and primp,
And let
Him fret
Whilo half an hour passod,
And come, at last,
All radiunt aud any,
And smile
As if she'd kept him waiting while
Ton seconds only passed uway.
Slnco she is his she cries:
"In just a minute!"
Whilo, downstairs, ho with many sighs.
Waits whilo she tries
To Hook her waist or piu it,
And so
Tho momonts go!
The car they thought to catch, too, comes
and goes,
And still she fools with frills and furbe
lows!
[f earth's best treasure were laid out
Whore sho, L>s being there on tiuio, could
win it,
Still she would stand before her glass aud
shout:
"In jusi u minute!"
Dn that great day
When e irtlv shall pass away,
When tho graves all open, and we shall
stnnd
To bo judged—both the wicked and tho
just,
Tho exalted and tHo low-
When Gabriel, faithful to his trust,
SI all take up his trump aud blow
In it,
They will hoar, up in the sky,
Some one who is missing cry:
"Just a minute!"
—Chicago Times-Herald,
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Biggs—"The Joslyus' home life is
oue graud soug.'" Higgs—"So
lappy?" Biggs—"Don't kuow. There
ire triplets to be lulled to sleep."
He stood within tho foremost rank
Aud moved with those of highesc station,
Then lost his balance at the hank
And fell in public estimation.
—Chicago Itocord.
Sandy Fikes "What did yer feel
ike when do farmer pulled yer out of
3e well?" Billy Coalgate—"l felt
'iko I wuz brought up on a farm."—
Chicago News.
"They say ho i° a very careful, con
scientious husband." "lie is. Wlicn
jver he is going to his home dinner
ie always lets his wife know before
hand."—Puck.
"Doesu't it hurt your conscience to
wear those pretty birdwings ou your
lat?" "It docs a little, because they
ire not genuine wings—they are only
slevor imitations."
Boer Child—"Father, if I wore car
•yiug tho Bible iu one baud aud a gun
n the other and an enemy approached,
which should I drop tirst?" Boer
Father—"Tho euemy, my sou!"
Puck.
"These shirts," remarked the sales
man, as he exhibited some startling
patterns, "speak for themselves."
"They do, eh?" returned tho custom
er. "Well, why don't yon put them
on to the fact that people aro not all
deaf."
"Mrs. Wiggius," remarked the min
ister, "we wish you would let your
laughter join the choir." "Oh, t
couldn't thiol: of it!" was the reply.
"Minnie lias such a sweet disposition
ind I don't waut to spoil her."—Ohio
state Journal.
Lady of tho House—"Gc on away
from here. Wo have no old clothes,
oo cold victuals, no " Hopeless
Harry—"l didn't want nothiu' to eat
aor wear. I jist called to see if you
aad an old automobile to give away."
—lndianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Nextdore— "Does your bus
oand like music?" Mrs. Pepproy—
"Yes; lie's quite fond of it." Mrs.
Nextdore—"l suppose ho has heard
my daughter playing?" Mrs. Pep
prey—"Yes, and he just raves over
her playing."—Philadelphia Press.
"What was the highest price ever
paid you for a story?" asked tho in
terviewer. "One million dollars," re
plied the fasliiouablo novelist. "It
was a spoken story—*l lovo you.' ]
told it to the lady who is now my
wife." —Philadelphia North-American.
Teacher—"flow many of my scholars
can remembor the longest sentence
they ever read?" Billy—"Please,
mum, I can." Teacher—"What! Is
there only oue? Well, William, you
can tell the rest of tho scholars the
iougost sentence you ever read.'*
Billy—"lmprisonment for life."—Tit-
Bits.
Pillow® Go For a Drive.
The hacktneu about towu aro all
laughing heartily over an escapadr
that ouo of their number sprung upou
the community. A call came from ons
of the loading hotels for a closed car
riage. Tho driver in question re
spouded to tho call, and was told thai
he was to drive an invalid through the
east and west parks, and to lose na
time in doing so. While getting his
instructions a uurso came to tho car
riage with three pillows and deposited
them inside, returning to tho hotel
for tho invalid. The driver, bent
upon giving his patrons a satisfactory
drive, started out with the throe pil
lows as passengers. For nearly three
hours the iaithful hackmau followed
his instructions and drove over the al
lotted route. It is easy to imagine
the scone that followed when he re
turned to tho hotel aud discovered
what he had unconsci;usly done.—
Philadelphia Record.
A i'or.tlan Dinner.
Here is a description of a Persian
diuner: The feast is preceded by
pipes, whilo tea and sweets aro handed
about. Then the servauts of the house
appear, bringing iu a long leathor
sbeet, which they spread iu the middle
of the floor, tho guests squat round
this tailor fashion. When all are
seated a fiat loaf of bread is placed
before everyone, and the music be
gins. Tho various dishes are brought
in on trays and arranged arouud the
leather sheet at intervals. The covers
are then removed, the host says "Bis
raillah" (in tho uamo of God), and
without another word they all fall to,
—Newcastle (Eug.) Chronicleu