HOW DID YOU DIE?
Bid you tackle that trouble that came
your way
"With a resolute heart and cheerful.
Or hide your face from the light of day
With a craven soul and fearful?
Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an
ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it,
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that
counts,
But only how did you take it.
You are beaten to earth? Well, well,
what's that?
Come up with a smiling face.
It's nothing against you to fall down flat.
But to lie there 3 that's disgrace.
The harder you're.thrown, why, the higher
you bounce;
Be proud of your blackened eye!
It isn't the fact that you're licked that
counts;
It's how did you fight—and why?
And though yoh he done to the death,
what then?
If you battled the best you could,
If you played your part in the world of
men.
Why, the Critic will call it good.
Bcath comes with a crawl, or comes with
a pounce,
And whether he's slow or spry
It isn't the fact that you're dead that
counts,.
But only how did you die?
—Edmund Vance Cooke, in the Saturday
Evcning Post.
A "Licking" After 1
jg School.
:>S By Horace Seymour Keller, gjjji
CW OOR Tom! He had once
■y-disobeyed the one injunc-
I-' tlon about which the mas
w ter was peculiarly lrislst
ent. That was to drop all
play when the hell telling the opening
of the school session sounded. When
the ruler fell upon the desk before that
august personage—the teacher—Tom,
ns well as the rest of the scholars,
knew they must be at their desks ready
for business. Several, times had the
new teacher reminded the hoys of this
rule: "Quit play at the sound of the
bell and make for the schoolliouse;
don't bother about finishing the game
of marbles, ball or whatnot: when this
ruler falls every one must be at his
desk. That is all."
Tom Lawton had overlooked that rule
once too often; twice the new teacher
had forgiven him—he was a boy once—
hut when Tom came in and slipped to
his seat after the ruler had fallen, the
master crooked his finger nt tlie second
desk from the left front nnd softly
said:
"Lawton, please step this way."
It was away the new teacher had,
always particular about- small things,
nnd very polite when he wanted any
thing done ns, for Instance, n puzzling
problem in figures, he would say: "If
you will he so kind as to show us how
to solve this problem on Pago 00,
fourth from the top. I shall be obliged
to you." Or. he -had a taking manner
of saying to a chap whoso fingers tin
gled because of a personal engagement:
"Beg pardon, my friend, for troubling
you—hut it has been coming your way
for some time; very sorry to have an
noyed you, hut it annoys me most."
Tom felt a trifle uneasy when he
walked up to the desk, leaned against
It and heard a soft voice say in low
tone's:
"Please he so kind as to remain after
Icliool for punishment. I am sorry to
bother you about it—but it must come.
Return to your seat."
As the boy turned n glance from his
left eye sized up the new teacher who
Kas so painfully affable. "My! but
he'll break my hand," was Tom's
thought as lie saw the strong wrist and '
goodly forearm.
When recess came all the boys nnd
gills, except Tom, filed out. Tom re
mained at ids desk with eyes fixed upon
the hook before him. The young man
on tlio platform took a hook from a
drawer and started to rend, when his
eyes fell upon the boy nt tho desk. A
curious smile came upon his face, nnd
a good-liye feeling seemed to make his
ne"""t s tingle. He laid the hook down,
keeping a long finger In it to mark the
place, and said:
"Lawton, why do you not go out with
the rest?"
Tom looked up through misty eyes.
"I'm staying nftor school, sir."
"But it is recess now."
"I might cut sticks nnd run away;'
others do—and I have."
"But not with mo, Mr. Thomas Law
ton. You have too good n face to let
me believe you would do such a thing
now. Did tho other teacher keep the
fellows in nt recess when punishment
hung over them?"
"Always."
"Well, run out to your game, my
friend."
"Maybe I'll not come back to get that
punishment nftor school," said Tom
witli a grin as h'e rose.
"Yes, you will; I know you would not
deprive me of the pleasure of giving
you a few pleasant moments after
school; nnd then, I can trust n follow
with such a face as you have."
"£-I am sorry I stayed "
"Run nldng, Lawton; we'll talk that
over after school."
"I may not come back—"
"Yes you will. Now go out nnd have
a good time, ltecosscs are ns short to
me as they are to the rest of you."
And the young man plunged into his
book and forgot all about Tom Lawton
for the time being.
To stay after school for punishment
was, in the eyes of the girls, something
heroic though pninful, hence Tom came
In for a large share of their pepper
mints, candy halls and little attentions.
"Why don't you cut sticks and scoot?
I wouldn't stay for a lambasting from
him," suggested a playfellow to Tom.
"I could punch your nose for saying
that, Jim Brown; it's a mean thing to
say to me. I've got a licking coming,
and I'm going to take -what's coming
to mo. You never did enough to de
serve a -whaling, so you know nothing
about it, anyway."
"I only thought you'd be glad to get
out or it. I would "
"I know you would; you'd get out of
anything coming your way that might
hurt you."
And Tom plunged Into the games and
forgot all about the matter. Ho was
up to the top notch in his lessons dur
ing the afternoon session, and he
spelled down the entire first class at
the close. It required but a few mo
ments to clear the room when the day's
work was ended. Tom sat with his
cheek resting on his hand as he waited
for the long figure at the platform desk
to move. Suddenly the young man
looked nt Tom and said:
"Liuvton, may I trouble you to go to
the closet at the right of the blackboard
and bring me the long parcel laid
across the upper hooks; here Is the
key."
Tom brought the desired article to
the desk nnd gave a start as a fine
jointed fishing rod was revealed when
the canvas cover was removed. "Good
ness! is he going to lambaste me with
the butt of that thing?" was Tom's
thought, as the teacher took the heavy
piece and tried the working of the reel.
The next joint was taken up and ex
amined. And as the feather-weight
tip was lifted, the teacher said with a
gleam of fun in his eyes:
"Your hand, please. Sorry to be
obliged to do this painful thing, my
young friend, but I must have my rules
obeyed."
The light tip came through the aii
with a swish, but when it reached the
outstretched hand it fell as softly as a
straw upon the boy's palm. But the
touch of that tip, slight as it was, cui
to Tom's heart, nnd set Ills mind busy.
There was a sting in this sort of pun
ishment, after all.
"There, I'm glad that disagreeable
Job is off my hands. Say, Tom, now
that the cruel work is over let's go fish
ing."
It touched the boy to see how clev
erly this new teacher had handled him,
nnd punished him ns ho had never been
punished before. It was a lesson never
to be forgotten. Tom's eyes were moist
as he said:
"I can take you where the largest
trout in the stream are; I'll show you
some fun; and, and—l am sorry I gave
you so much trouble. I'll never do It
again—"
"That's all right, Tom, my dear boy."
The warm clasp of the young man's
hand sent a tingle of joy to the hoy's
heart, nnd as he looked Into the steady
eyes and saw something there that told
him he had mode a friend for life he
felt supremely happy.
Down the hack street the pair wend
ed their way toward the stream that
flowed among tho willows, and the few
pairs of curious eyes that followed
their movements saw tho teacher oc
casionally lay his arm along tho sturdy
boy's shoulders,
Down among the tag-alders, whero
the dark, deep pools were, the line was
east again and ngaln—halted with a
fat juicy grasshopper, and as tho hand
some trout rose to tho casts the young
teacher was a hoy again, while Tom
Lawton felt as happy as a lark.
"There, Tom, old boy, think I have
enough for supper; I never believe in
overdoing a thing—fishing or—or lick
ing a fellow."
Tom only grinned as he looked nt tho
fish. Suddenly tho young man laid
aside creel nnd rod and said with a
merry laugh:
"I can throw you, front, hack or side
hold. I was the greatest wrestler in
my clnss; look out for yourself, for I'm
at you."
Again Tom grinned ns he braced
himself for tho shock; ho was clever
also, and ho secured a firm hold, nnd
with a quick side-jerk and a lightning
trip ho laid tho teacher upon his hack
in a jiffy. Then they tried a hack hold,
struggled over the smooth turf until
tho teacher lifted Tom up and laid him
gently down upon his back and said
laughingly: "You are quick on your
legs, old boy; I could make a groat
wrestler of you. I can bent ynu sprint
ing to tlie maple tree and back "
"Never; there isn't a fellow In school
can do that Job. Here you go; we're
off!"
The teacher reached and touched tho
treo and started to return before Tom
reached it. It was a lively race, and It
looked ns If Tom had finally myitis
match. But with a grand spurt the boy
dashed over the ground, reached his
companion, and passing him, arrived at
the goal throe feet ahead.
"There, Tom, uvy lad, that will he
enough exorcise for the time being.
Now for supper: you are to dine with
mo this evening."
That was a red-letter oveift in Tom
Lnwton's fife; supper in the hotel din
ing room with the teacher, who chatted
nnd made the hoy feel ns If ho was in
the seventh heaven of boy bliss. And
in tlie gloaming as they wandered tc
Tom's home the young man told the
other of many interesting events in his
eollogo life, nnd when they parted nt
tlie gate with a good-night handshake
Tom felt In his heart that "this was to
lie a friend for life.
And as the teacher walked slowly
homeward lie murmnred: "As fine a
young fellow ns I ever met Glad 1
had to keep liira after school for a
licking. We both enjoyed tho affair."
—Now York Times.
, —.
Fro© Treatment of the Eyes.
A Russian charitable association is
sending out traveling parties of ocu
lists to render freeasslstnnce to person!
of small means. During the three
months of one party's stny nt Hahn
rofsk and Vlndlvostoek 504 persons re
ceived freo treatment nnd 101 opera
tions on eyes were performed.
A French physician removes most
foreign bodies from the ear by sucking
them into a soft rubber tube.
fss
DO NOT MAKE FACES.
It is not necessary to have the side of
the mouth and nose disfigured by lines
to such an alarming extent as we too
frequently see, says the Philadelphia
Inquirer. There are twenty-eight mus
cles about the mouth which contract
and relax under control of the will, and
which pout and laugh, or frequently
droop with fretfulness.
It is easy to see that the woman who
misuses these muscles and allows her
face to reflect every emotion, being in
deed, recklessly extravagant in the
expenditure of the emotions, must ex
pect havoc to be worked with the
face.
It is worse tlinn useless to put cold
cream ou a cold skin. It does not sink
In, but lies upon the flesh, doing no
good and making it oily. Indeed, to
this may be traced the greasy effect
which cold cream has upon many skins.
With the skin warm, put on the toilet
cream, and then use the brush, or even
the palm of the hand, for rubbing.
A. SOCIETY WOMAN'S TOILETTE.
The woman of fashion when she is
preparing for a great function first en
joys her warm and perfumed hath, and
then nestles comfortably in her bed. A
masseuse at once proceeds to massage
her limbs, until she feels rested and
delightfully supple. After tills, and
while still reclining on the pillows, a
manicure polishes her nails and tints
the tips of her fingers. Then miiadl
rises from her bed and takes her place
at the dressing table. The enaineler
whitens and polishes her neck and
arms until they resemble well modeled
marble. After which the face beautl
fier begins to steam, to apply electric
ity, to paint and powder, and, lastly,
to give a plquante touch to lips, eye
brows and eyelashes. Then the hair
dresser commences business, and elec
trifies, waves and dresses the hair.
Soon the wondrous toilette Is complet
ed, and the woman of society appears
young and beautiful and armed for
social conquest.—Philadelphia Tele
graph.
MASSIVE BRACELETS WORN.
Blacelcts shaped like finger rings,
wide and massive on the back and nar
rowing down to slender dimensions
under the middle wrist, as a ring nar
rows, have come In with the other
middle century fancies. In the heavy
antique gold chasings and medallion
shaped settings these close-fitting
bracelets remind one of the old-fash
ioned, broad-benincd bracelets that are
heirlooms now In mauy households.
Some of the new bracelets in tills
shape have lozenge-sliapcd medallions
enriched with finely cut cameos, rare
chasings and variously tinted enamel
ing. Others have handsomely cut
pieces of coral mounted in antique sil
ver, and some are distinguished with
precious stones set in deep, like the
gems riveted in the broad anklets of a
Turkish princess.
They are rather quaint and massive
looking than pretty, but possess the
double enhancement of making a slen
der arm appear plumper when they are
clasped on, and of causing an overfat
arm to look more shapely because of
their weighty suggestion.
CONCERNING AUNTS.
So all the long afternoon the aunt is
on hand to amuse the little people;
but also to inculcate, not too mildly,
rules of unselfishness aud orderliness.
It is at such times that she takes the
opportunity to tell Johnny to close his
lips; she puts May's fingers under in
stead of over her spoon; she shows the
two sliufliing children how to walk.
Thus, silently, patiently, disgustedly
very often, docs the Buffer fulfill her
functions; looking on and watching the
children while they play locomotive
cars with chairs that screech over the
keeping the peace when the boys scrap
for the same picture book and the girls
take Solomon's plan for sharing a doll;
doing her part in fetching anil carry
ing; pulling mittens over pudgy aud
apparently boneless little hands; but
toning gaiters; finding mislaid hats; af
terwards putting all these garments
away, and washing dirty faces and
squirming ears; and when at last her
brother's wife wakes up, refreshed and
ready for the evening fray, retiring
from the sceue, tired out; glad that she
had done her duty to mother and chil
dren; truly fond of her little nieces
and nephews, but feeling, perhaps (In
articulately), that there is something
to be said for Herod.—Margaret De
land, in Harper's Bazar.
A LESSON IN GRACE.
There are women, and most of us
know them, who cannot stoop to pick
up a handkerenief without getting red
In the face. There are those who can
not lift a window without palpitation
of the heart. Thousands of women
have difficulty in walking upstairs, aud
the number who can run without get
ting out of breath within thirty yards
can be counted upon one hand.
Now and then you see a woman who
is capable of running up stairs and
down again, who can walk gracefully,
and who can lift and reach, and pick
up things without suffering from a
flushed face and a quickened breath.
And when you do find such a woman
you will find one who impresses yon as
being a young woman. She is so lithe
that you associate her with youth, uo
matter how old she may be.
Iler limberncss, her figure and her
quick ways make you think that Fath
er Time has dealt lightly with her
ns indeed he has
They are ousy these days taking
years off a woman's age. It used to lie
thought that a woman of forty was
hopelessly old, and at fifty she was
considered past all the vanities of life.
Iler thoughts were on the grave and
all her preparations for deatli were
made. Now that same woman, shaking
off her years, goes out and walks. She
loses 100 pounds or so and gets nice,
slender hips again.—Chicago Tribune.
PTUovdoiV
Lady Curzon heads the list of those
who received decorations from King
Edward on the occasion of the durbar.
The Queen of Itoumania, Carmen
Sllva, is a poet and story writer. She
is also a very skillful operator of the
typewriter.
Mrs. A. Lloyd Smith is the President
of a company organized with a capital
stock of SIOO,OOO to propagate Eastern
oysters In Willapa Harbor, Washing
ton.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe has her
proudest moment since she wrote her
"Battle Hymn of the Republic." She
is a great-grandmother for the first
time.
A petition to Parliament asking for
the franchise has been presented by
G6.500 women, textile workers of the
English counties of Lancashire, York
shire and Cheshire.
At the time of her marriage forty
years ago Queen Alexandra received
nineteen pianos as wedding presents.
Every one of these elaborate instru
ments is still in perfect condition.
Mrs. L. H. Grenewald, of York, Pa.,
is the only woman weather forecaster
in the United States, and has just
completed her sixteenth year as the
official observer at that meteorological
station.
A nun of the Dominican Order, and
a native of Moravia, is the most distin
guished scholar now attending the Uni
versity of Prague. The professors say
that she is the most gifted woman taey
have ever known.
A marriage was recently solemnized
In England that attracted considerable
attention, not only because of the high
social position of the tiro persons most
intimately concerned, but also because
the small boy who attended the hrlde
as page happened to be her grandson.
"Shopping," as American women un
derstand the term, is unknown in Eng
land. In King Edward's domain every
one who enters a shop is expected to
buy something. Failure to purchase
is likely to result in the query "Why?"
from the salesman, for there Is uo tour
ing desired in English shops.
Calumet, Mich., boasts of the only
Finnish newspaper woman and news
paper published in this country. She is
just now organizing a stock company
to form a woman's store. All the stock
holders are to be women, and will be
expected to purchase their goods at
the company's store, the profits of
which will revert to the shareholders.
Si
New fabrics are -drifting in all the
time. One of the latest arrivals is a
metal printed cliallie.
Tite universal use of small flowers
is one of the most noticeable style fea
tures of the millinery world.
Trimmings rest entirely upon the up
per or under brim, and the latter have
a decided tendency to roll upward.
Irish poplin is one of the new ar
rivals. Strapped with a satiny broad
cloth of the same color, it builds smart
frocks.
A wreath of small pine cones and
needles was the novel yet exclusive
trimming on a new and very smart
gray hat.
Cart-wheel rosette 3 are another dec
orative idea much used for plainer
hats, but they are not a graceful
trimming at all.
Figured grenadines made up over
shot silks are lovely. These figured
grenadines are essentially dainty and
pretty for summer gowns.
Pompons of very small flowers are
one of the new trimming ideas tills
season. They are especially effective
in combination with rosettes of lace.
The old-fashioned flowered delaine
of our grandmother lias come again.
We call it now voile de laine. It Is
sheer and cool, like voile, and daintily
flowered.
Demi-season hats* of tulle or chiffon
are in high favor for present wear.
They have little or no trimming, de
pending entirely upon tlieir shape and
draping for their effect.
For utility wear, rough straw braids
and those of loosely woven soft mate
rials are best form, and wings, quills,
velvet ribbon and soft silk -scarfs are
much used in their decoration.
A new silk gauze goes by the ex
pressive name of vnporiu. And Swiss
mohair is one of the loveliest of the
newer fabrics. It is crisp and durable,
and wonderfully thin and sheer.
Chnllie is very good this year be
cause it is of the favored family of the
soft, clinging stuffs. And the metal
print adds a new beauty. It is just
a misty powdering of the fabric seem
ingly with star dust. There is no
tawdry effect of metal, only just a
shimmer and gleam now and then of
silver or gold.
In dry airs sound travels 1442 feet
a second; in water 4900 feet, and in
Iron 17,300 feet.
It is proposed nt Yarmouth, England,
to revive the Greenland whale fishery
formerly carried on from that port.
Several children and ndults have be
come totally blind after eating a fruit
known as "finger-cherries" near Cairns,
in northern Queensland, Australia.
The weather bureau station having
the highest mean annual precipitation,
including rain and melted snow, is
Hatteras, N. C., where the figure is
GG.4 inches.
The discovery has been made by a
German physician that erysipelas can
be more promptly cured if the patient
remains in a room painted red and
with red windows.
An automatic signal lantern has been
placid at street railway crossings tn
Lelpsic which will avoid accidents at
such points. It answers its purposes
as well in the daytime as at night.
In proportion to population, tnorc pat
ents are issued to citizens of the Dis
trict of Columbia than to those of any
State. A recent compilation showed
that Tennessee was at the foot of the
list.
Captain Scott with the Discovery has
penetrated 100 miles nearer the South
Pole than any previous explorer and
discovered an extensive mountainous
region hitherto absolutely unknown.
He thinks this indicates that laud
stretches to the Pole in a series of very
lofty mountains.
The facility with which an automo
bile turns a corner depends upon the
fact that its motor-driven axle is in
two pieces connected with bevel wheels
and a pinion. In turning the pinion
is loosened on its stud, which permits
the two wheels, each of which is solid
on its axle, to revolve at different
speeds.
Princeton University recently re
ceived from John M. Clarke, New
York State palaeontologist, the body
of an octopus-like creature, from On
ondaga Lake. Dr. Orman examined
the specimen and found it to be a
cold-water, short-armed squid, a species
of devil-fish prevalent along the At
lantic coast from Cape Cod to New
foundland. The specimen examined
by Dr. Ortmnn differs from the ocean
bred squid in that it has not the deli
cate memlirnnous folds on the arms
that stretch out from its body.
What On® Clever Woman 1* Doing.
There seems to be no limit in those
modern days to what woman may do.
In South Boston there is a woman wiio
owns and controls a chain of nine
weekly papers supplying smaller New
England cities with leisure reading.
Five years ago this yeoman had never
seen the Inside of a newspaper office.
At that time she invested in five pa
pers at the advice of a young man
who had supreme confidence in him
self as an all-round newspaper man
and controller of a syndicate. The re
sult not justifying his confidence, col
lapse seemed imminent, when this re
sourceful woman herself stepped to the
fore. The peculiar feature of her man
agement is that she employs only girls
on these papers. Man never appears
in connection with them, save as sub
scriber or advertiser. Iler workers
are often as young as seventeen, and
she never engages any one over twenty
one, her idea being to secure optimis
tic, fresh and cheery views of life in
her sheets and to avoid the work of
women with "set ways" which might
be difficult to unlearn. These "girl
graduates," as most of them are. are
sent forth in search of news, and rap
idly learn to become newspaperwomen.
The proprietor herself writes and signs
all editorials. Iler papers are not dis
tinctively papers for women—that is,
they do not confine themselves ex
clusively to women's news—but they
have the interests of women more
particularly in view.
Woman by a Woman.
If women's brains were as strong as
their hearts, the combination would
conquer heaven.
Extreme amiability in women is
cither stupidity or a social or matri
monial axe to grind.
Women are a study—men are an
understudy.
The divination of the heavens is A,
B, C compared to the divination of
women.
The head women attract us. The
heart women fasten us.
As an individual, woman is divine.
As a sex, she is a bore.
When a man is divorced, the women
"poor thing" him and put on an extra
smile. When a woman is divorced, the
men all wink and wonder what there is
in it!
Wasn't it a foxy design of some one's
that made widow's weeds so becom
ing?
If women were judges of men, there
would be no marriages. If men were
judges of women—but that is an in
conceivable proposition!
A man is born generous, just, for
giving. A woman has to have every
one of these virtues pounded into her
with a sledge hammer.
Men take themselves so seriously! It
is very nmusing to the womnn who
hears him rail nt the coffee, blame the
Inundry man, anil turn the house topsy
turvy when he lias the toothache.—
Nettie Seeley-Murpby, in Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin.
' MOVINC THE MISSISSIPPI.
Deserted n Decade Azo.Vlcksburg tg
a ltlver Town.
Until about the beginning of the lnstj
decade all the geography classes in our
schools were taught, and correctly, that
the city of Vicksburg, Miss., made his-j
toric during the Civil War, t"as situ
ated 011 the bank of the Mississippi
River. This statement, however, ceased
to be a fact some ten or more
ago, when the Father of Wntcs, iuV
one cf his erratic moods, forced a new
channel for himself and left Vicksburg
perched on a high bluff, several miles
inland. The town, which had been one
of the most important steamboat ports
on the big stream, was thus suddenly
deprived of much of the traffic that
had caused it to prosper. Strangely
enough the misfortune was an echo of
the famous siege of Vicksburg, and
General U. S. Grant was primarily re
sponsible for it. In order that the
Union gunboats might run past the
shore batteries unharmed Grant sought
to divert the waters of the Mississippi
away from the city by digging a new
channel. The great river refused at
the time to take the new course marked
out for it, but it eventually did so,
mora than thirty years after such ac
tion cou'.d be of any use to the UnioA,
Army. -A
I Naturally the people of Vicksburg did
not accept with good grace the Missis
sippi's belated performance, so damag
ing to their material interests. They
clamored for a restoration of the old
days when they dwelt near navigable
water and when stately floating pnl
nces touched at their wharves and
trade flourished. They appealed to
Congress for aid, and the national law
makers made an appropriation for con
structing a canal northward to the Ya
zoo River. This canal was recently
completed, and the water was let into
the channel deserted by the Missis
sippi. The flow was abundant and
filled the space from bank to bank,
making Vicksburg once more a river
town. The event caused general re
joicing in the city, which has already
begun to feel the good effects cf re
newed traffic.—Leslie's Weekly.
WISE WORDS.
Nothing dries sooner than tears.—
Gorman proverb.
What's true is not always probable.—
j French proverb.
j Tho public is wiser than tho wisest
critic.—Bancroft.
Literature is the immortality of
speech—Schlegel.
A little gall spoils much hooey.—
Portuguese proverb.
Those are generally good at flatter
ing who are good at nothing else.—
South
The man who lets the world, or his
own portion of it, choose his plan of
life for him, lias 110 need of any other
faculty than the apelike one of imita
tion.—J. S. Mill. - N
It is a real delight, a restful pleasuaß
to be in Hie society of people who haW>
been disciplined in tho amenities of
life—of those who radiate an atmos
phere of kindliness, of good will, and
of helpfulness, wherever they go.—
Success.
It is something to have an influence
on the fortunes of mankind; It is great
ly more to have an influence on their
intellects. Such is the difference be
tween men of office and men of gPnius,
between computed and uueomputed
rank.—Landor.
Cheerfulness, enforced at first, by
. and by inspires a gracious content-
I ment, and solf-sacriflce, at first a con
| scious struggle, loses itself in the self
f forgetfulness of love. In such ways
j as these the daily crosses of duty
change into the many-rayed crown of
i life.—Brooke Hcrford.
"No llogi Now."
I President Tucker, of DartmoutlV
1 Coilego, Is "telling one 011 himself."'
In fact, he avows that tho entire story
is a little too personal to be enjoyed.
! Last summer he went to a Maine
town for a short rest, and boarded
; with n farmer who was In the habit of
1 taking a few summer guests into bis
i house to help "lift the mortgage."
1 Some time ago the President received
] a letter from his former landlady ask
i ing for his patronage during the com
! ing summer.
j "There are several little matters that
1 I desire changed, should my family de
cide to pass the coining summer at
I your house," wrote President Tucker
'in reply. "We don't like the maid,
j Mary. Moreover, we do not think a
I sty so near the house Is sanitary."
And this is what he received in reply:
I "Mary lias went. We hain't lied no
hogs sense you went awgy last Sep
tember."
llrnke Fer Klectrlc Motors. \
! Mr. Arthur Hultqvist, assistant engl
, neer In the workshops of the electrical
! street railways of Gothenburg, has re-
I cently constructed a brake for electric
1 motors which consists of n small nuto
: inntlc reversing switch (omkoppinre),
| which is fastened near the motor. On
' every machine is a pendant handle
bearing tlie words "emergency brake"
in red letters. If a workman should
j happen to be caught In the machinery
' or any other accident should occur, the
machinery can be quickly stopped by
j pulling the handle, which sets the
brake in action. It is claimed that the
; machine can be stopped in this way
1 within one-half or one-fourth rotation,
i It is expected that this brake will be
' found very useful in every establish
! ment where electric motors nre in use. V
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An Expenitlve Penny.
The sensation of a London auction
! the other day was the sale of a gold
penny of the reign of Henry VIII., the
i earliest and most beautiful coin of the
• English series, of which only live other
' specimens nre known, it was knocked
, down to Mr. Norton, a private collector,
I for £325.