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V WHAT OF THAT ? Tlivd! Well. what of that? Didst fancy life was spent on beds of cane, Fluttering the rose leaves scattered by the breeze? Come, rouse thee! Work while It Is railed to-day,' Coward, arise! Go forth upon thy way! Lonely! And what of that? Some must be lonely! "Til not given to all "To feel a henrt responsive rise and fall, To blend another life Into Its own. Work may be done in loneliness. Work on. Dark! Well, and what of that? Didst fondly dream the sun would never set? Dost fear to lose thy way? Take cour aire yet! Learn thou to wnlk by faith and not by sight; Thy steps will guided be, and guided right. Hard! Well, and what of that? Didst faney life one summer holiday? ;Wjth lessons noue to learn, and naught but pi ay o; .get thee to tby task! Conquer or die! t must be learned! Learn it then pa tiently. f No help! Nay. it's not so! hough human heip bo far, thy God Is r' nigh, (Who feeds the ravens, hears His chil- ' dreu cry. He's near thee, wheresoe'er thy foot stens roam. And Ho will guide thee, light thee, help thee home. Detroit Free Tress. a, 2 An Interrupted Elopement. t&sesf te c et tectcttf ttc etc YOUNG woman came very quickly from the door of the 'handsome house and stepped softly down the stone walk and through the gateway. It was a cloudy evening and her movements were hidden by the shadows. She walked to the nearest street corner and was Immediately joined by n young man whose arm she took as they passed along. "Did I kee; you waiting long, Fred?" she asked. "It seemed quite impossi ble to get away without being observ ed." "No," said the young man; "the waiting -was nothing. Hut why is It necessary that we should resort to all this " he was going to say nonsense, 'but wisely checked himself "this mys tery?" ' "It Is nercssf.fy, I tell you. Fred. I can't receive you at home and there Is no other way. I have told you many rtlmes that my father would never con Bent to give you my hand. It might be different if mother were alive, but now It Is more than likely that father would forbid you the house." "That Isn't possible," said the young man. "I am the sou of his oldest frleud. He has ever professed n great regard for me. Surely there Is nothing in my conduct that could prejudice him. I nm poor, but uiy prospects are excellent, and " "I tell you, Fred, he iutends me for higher game. No struggling architect is good enough for his daughter. Hut he shall not tear us apart." "Of course not," said Fred, hastily. "Hut, really. Elsie, 1 don't like this Bort of thing. It seems " She drew her hand from his arm. "Don't like it?" she echoed. ' "Of course 1 like It," he quickly ns Betted. "At least I like yon, which is a great deal more to the point." ' The girl took his arm again. "Let me tell you. Fred, dear," she softly said, "that if it wasn't for this very sort of thing, this secrecy, the op position of my father, the romance of It all, it is very likely 1 shouldn't love you half so much. The more papa slights you the more determined 1 am to be yours. Funny. Isn't It?" "Delight full;.- funny," said the young man, and then they switched away from the subject and pursued their se- cret half hour stroll. When they returned to the handsome liome the young woman, after a ten der, though brief, parting with the young man. re-entered the side door with a most elaborate effort to be both cautious and noiseless. The young man walked away, softly chuckling. i The secret meetings were continued, and Elsie assured her love that the op position of her father to him was be coming more and more marked. "Why, Fred," she cried one evening, ,'papa said he believed you were a mer cenary youth, and that you had a de ceitful face. Why, I felt like rising right up and defending you before all the world, and then telling papa that, though be threw me into prison, I would never, never, never wed anyone but you! Hut I didn't." "That was wise," said Fred. "It Isn't quite time for that." There was a moment's silence. : "I tell you what It Is, Fred," said the young girl, with a little catching In her throat, "the only thing for us to do is to el ipe." , Fred was not startled. "It's the very thing I was about to suggest," he quickly said. "What night do you prefer?" "Yon dear boy," cried Flsle affection ately, patting his arm; "there is some romance in you after all." "Thank you," said Fred, stolidly; 'what night?" "Well, supposing we say u week from next 1 hui-s.hiy." "flat suits me," replied the young m i. vV"r"'- '" vour plans?" fcmmAitm laid out.'" replied the cageriy. 'My new street ... finished Weficsday.; It's thing you ever eyes "imnierson never gave nie I-'! "." ; i d we'll Hoim have to give Summerson," sai.l the young ou really think so, dear''" Vl love. Marrying a poor but hon- 'ug architect is a pretty sure fiuvtr tj,9 gtj j.ou mcntj,,,,, Qt yo"f 'we can't count for certain ou "aer'a forgiveness." ibaok -eis, we can. nc-'ll welcome us 01 h open arms." it. Vetty sure we don't deserve "'o on." S ovJ'll put on my new dress and V Mime HolUday'g In the af B vJ . Tin i i . Mam i ., ,, ,. , I "1"' ternoon. I'll manage to smuggle over a lot of thing In a paper parcel, a-nd yon must come up with a new travel Ing bag. and we'll pack them all In that. Then you can order the car rlago to call for us at 7 o'clock, and we'll take the train over to Cralgsvlllc and be married there." "And you prefer this way to being married comfortably nt home?" "Don't talk nonsense, dear. You know I couldn't be married comfort bly a' home; at least not to you un less yon disguised yourself and mar ried me under an assumed name. Wouldn't that be romantic?" "One romance at a time, dear." The days passed rapidly, especially the ever-to-be-remembered Thursday. Fred came over early with the new traveling bag, which was speedily packed under the friendly direction of Miss Holllday, who was an expert In the packing line, as well as a very discreet and close-mouthed person, who was generally understood to have been In love and disappointed. Promptly at 7 o'clock the carriage arrived, and after a fervent exchange of kisses the would be bride broke nwny from Miss Holllday and was ten derly handed Into the carriage by Fred, and they were soon on their way back to the railway station. When they reached the platform, Fred got out to see If the coast was clear. lie came back almost Immediately. "We can't stop here, dear," he w pored; "there is a detective on the plat form. I wonder if your father suspects your purpose." V "Well, what are we to do?" i "Drive over to the up town station. The train tsn't due for fifteen minutes yet, nnd It stops here ten minutes longer." ' So they drove over to the uptown sta tion and again Fred alighted, lie came back In a half hysterical way. "There's another detective waiting on the platform." "Well, what of it?" "Nothing, save that we can't leave town by rail for Cralgsvllle until to morrow morning." "Then what will we do? I left them a note you know, and of course I can't go back." "I kuow of an eminently respectable home where you can remain to-night," said Fred, "and I will go to a hotel." "Take me to the house, Fred." Tlw young man gave the driver the name of the street and the number In a low tone of voice and then rejoined El sie on the rear seat of the closed car riage. "Fred," she suddenly said, "I'm afraid It wasn't right to treat pap in this way." "It's a little late to look at it in that light now," said Fred. Then the carriage stopped. "Wrap your veil closely around your face nnd take my arm," said Fred as she followed him from the carriage. They hurried up the steps, the door was opened for tnera. they stepped into the brilliantly lighted hall, and there, holding out both hands, was Elsie's father. Before she could ask what It all meant her wraps were whisked away by a maid, and she was led Into the par lor. She noticed in a bewildered way that there were ninny flowers about the handsome room, and that It looked un usually attractive. Then she found her self standing, still by the side of Fred, before a kindly faced man, who, almost before she realized what was happen ing, had pronounced them man and wife. Fred kissed her, and her father kissed her, but she said never a word. "Well, my dear child, this was roman tic enough, wasn't it?" The tears welled up In Elsie's eyes and sV-vu'Ied: "Father, I have been very undutlful." The old man took her In his arms. "Here, here," he cried, "this will never do. Tears on your wedding day! Fie, fie! Everything's all right now, my dear. Here you are with a doting father and the best young husbaud in all the land." "Hut I thought you were so opposed to him?" "Never. He's the young man of all others whom I should have picked for you. This Isn't news for Fred." Elsie looked at her smiling husband. "I think you two plotters," she slowly said, "have made a ridiculous goose of me." "We only plotted to let you have your own way," said Fred. "You surely can't object to that." Hiiro Zoological Kp:-ciiiien. Naturalists will be Interested to learn that a magnificent specimen of the egg of the Aopyornis Maximus has at rived in Loudon from Madagascar, where It' was discovered by the natives burled in the sand. This zoological curiosity Is the largest known to exist, measuring nearly a yard in clrcueifereiice, and over a foot In length. Its cubical cap acity is equal to uetitiy six ostrich or lot) hens' eggs. Specimens of this gigantic production have occasional ly been met with in London, where Ihey have fetched lis much as apiece. London Telegraph. Rice Culture In Artificial Swamps. A new American wrinkle is the cul ture of rice in artillcial swamps, the Invention of some Northwestern farm ers settled In Louisiana. They build a bank around a sectlou of prairie and pump water into the lnclosure from artesian wells. When the crop mat ures the water Is let out, the ground drieil off, and reapers and binders secure the harvest nt greatly reduced cost. The land Is easily prepared for the next season, and there is no danger from drought. ' A Colony of Old People. lu 1'i.t. MniUwii portion of the small village of Eliot, Me., there re lining eleven persons, eight of them moi! who ore over 80 years of age, the coldest being 05. Nearly all of them were born thcic. and several of them have never been lii'ty miles from their birthplace, in all their long lire. The Itulinj P.itniou wllli Hun. "Elvira Is up stairs getting ready," said the little brother totln; stout caller. "I'll go uud tell her to hurry up." "Thank you," said the fctout caller. "Tell her to hurry up or to hurry down, just as you think best Anything to reduce my wait." Somervllle Journal. torn urnau iiaea isig 3iea. It is belle-red that a diet f corn bread maker bigger men ptlblcally than men mule from wheat Coir, OUR BOYS AND GIRLS. THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF THE PAPER. Quaint Fay ! and Cat Polng of the Little Folk Everywhere, Gathered and Printed Here for All Other Lit tle Oiti t Read. Don't be offended. The admonition Is not meant as a reflection upon your talkativeness. Talk, but keep your mouth shut when you arc not talking. People who keep their mouths closed except when they are talking, eating or drinking, rarely contract coughs or colds. Savages, even those living In northern latitudes, seldom take cold. Scientists say It Is because they are close-mouthed. Disease germs floating In the air find a direct route Into the lungs of a per son who breathes through his mouth. They are arrested by the fine, sleve llke network of hnlr In the nostrils' of persons who breathe through the nose. Keep your mouth shut, and you may defy pestilence. The teeth suffer from too much and too frequent exposure to the atmos phere. Sudden changes of temperature. AyhiJjor liquid or atmospheric, nre JUiurtCul to them. The best teeth In the world are those of sa voire tribes, who always keep their mouths shut except vhen talking or eating. Throat and long dlsenses are often contracted by persons who go about open-mouthed. The frosty air of winter. Inhaled dl rectly into the lungs through the mouth, is a frequent cause of bronchial disorders. Taken through the nose it Is modified and sifted of many of its dangers. Keep your mouth shut. Healthy Home. Wee Isabel Is such a pet At school nniong the rest! "The baby," Lou and Charlie say, Who love her quite the best. They show her how to string her beads, And weave her paper mat. They laugh at all her cunning ways, And kiss her fingers fat. At noon they lift her from her chair, And help her with her things. They button up her little coat, And tie her honnct-striugs. They watch and tend and talk to her Just like a doll olive. Because, you see, she's only four, And they are nearly five! Youth's Companion. Fishes of the Air. The boy who does not like to fish is a rare product. The boy who does not know and seek to know about lishes is almost unheard of. In the tropical regions for the most part are found the most varied kluds of fishes. The most wonderful of these are the amphibious fishes. When we draw a common fish from the water it Boon dies of suffocation, for it cannot breathe In the air; but these amphibi ous lishes have a set of cavities which are air storehouses and can live for days on land. What a convenient fish for the market! In India especially the natives esteem them highly, for they can be carried for two or three days In a dry basket without Injury. For many years we hare known, too, of a flsh that climbs. The climbing porch was first discovered by Daldorf, the naturalist. It makes slow progress, to be sure, but by moving alternately its side and lower flus It does actually climb trees. The reason for this re markable provision of nature seems ta be that the pools where the perch live often dry up In the hot season, and they must move on In search of other water and must be able to surmount obstacles. Another fish of Indl vith a long Lat in name, the protopterus, spends the dry season In a different way. It buries Itself In the dry mud of the river banks, sometimes a foot nnd a half from the surface, and there lives until the water rises again, or perhaps un til the native digs it up in a shovelful of linn day. There are also lishes which crawl up ou dry land to feed. These are found In the FIJI Islands. They are sma!l. only five or six Inches In length, with large heads, and are so lively that they can only be secured by shooting them. A very good fish story Is told of these nir fishes of a party who were traveling in India upon elephants. They were overtaken by a heavy storm, but were afraid to stop for fear of Hoods. The storm Increased in severity until finally the travelers became conscious that heavy objects were falling upon them. There descended a veritable shower of fishes, which In great num bers struck men and elephants, slid off nnd scuttled away through the grass. Chicago Kecord. Helped llic Doctor, The intelligence of the elephant Is well know n, and Is Illustrated in on In teresting incident as follows: A young baby elephant had received a severe wound in its head, the pain of which rendered it so frantic and ungovernable that It was found Impossible to per suade the animal to have the part dress ed. Whenever any one approached It ran off with fury, ntid would suffer no person to come within several yards of it. The man who had charge of it at leug'h hit upon a contrivance for secur ing it. I!y a few words and signs he made the mother know what was want ed. The sensible creature seized her young one with her trunk and held It llnnly down, though groaning with agony, while the surgeon completely dressed the wound, and she continued to perform this service every day until the anlmul wa perfectly recovered. Kuiitf the Hell, The following story of a cat Is vouch ed for by no less a personage than an archbishop. He eayn: "A cat lived for many years in my mothor'i fimlly, and Its feats of sagacity were witnessed by her, my ulsters and myself. It was known, not merely once or twUe, but habitually, to ring the parlor bell when ever It wished the door to be opened. Some alarm was excited on the first oc casion that It turned bell ringer. The family bad retired to rest, a:id In the middle of the night the parlor bell was rung violently; the sleepers were star tled from their repose and proceeded downstairs, with pokers and tongs, to Interrupt, as they thought, the preda tory movements of some burglar; but they were agreeably surprised to dis cover that the bell had been rung by pussy, who repeated the act whenever slu wanted to get out nt the parlor. It Wan Kantencd. "Put your.tougue out." said the doe tor to 4-yenr-old (Filbert." Little Ollbert protruded the tip of his tongue. "No, no, put It right out," said the doctor. The little fello",- shook his head weak ly, and the tears gathered In his eyes. "I can't, doctor," he veiuured at last; "it's fasteued ou to me." Good lniltut ion. Fannie, aged 5. was visiting lu the country, and. seeing a lot of sheep and lambs for the first time, she exclaimed: "Oh, mamma. Just look at the cute little lambs, and they're such good Imitations, too. They squeak just like my toy lamb and have the same kind of hair on." Made of Diii.t. "Papa," asked a 4-year-o!d youngster, "are all little boys made of dust?" "Yes, my son," w.u the reply. "Well, then," continued the little fel low, "I wish yon would make nurse stop dusting me with that clothes brush. I'm afraid she'll brush me all away." HOW PEOPLE" SETTLED. SuccchhIvc W uven of M ignition Deter mined ly Tiurii ih.v. "Above the south and ea' of the Appalachian chain, the geogiaphy of the population of the l u ted Statis falls Into divisions as clear and as read ily apprehended as they might have been predicted had the students of earth's surface proceeded tar enough ahead of Its oecupauts to take the bear ings." This statement is made in Alnslee's Magazine, nnd the writer thus supports it: "The original Ohio Im migration spread ovi r the lopoginph ical plain uutil it was checked at the Mississippi. It went toward the Can adian l oundaiv until It vi,i iinflh.d by the down-poiiiing cold from the lakes of Wlnucpeg and from Itat Portage. A second movement crossed the Missis sippi and the Missouri Itivers. settling Iown nnd Missouri and overflowing Into thehlthertotermlnal of Knnsaa and Ne braska Vh"-i i be navigation 'ever grew strong, nnd the public lands be came as numerous ns are ttie passions of men to obtain things free of cost, Michigan, Wiscousln nnd Minnesota were Inhabited, with a scattered sur plus crowding over Into the then for bidding prairies of Dakota. The set tlement of Texas was a movement by itself, as Texas has always been a State nloue ami unique lu its place In the galaxy of the nation. "Oold alltirementson the Pacific coast put the procession of the census out of Its order nnd left a big blank between the Sierra Nevada. Wasatch and Cas cade ranges, and the western portions of Kansas nnd Nebraska, until similar allurements in Colorado nt the time of discovery of the Leadvlile carbonates reversed the order again and created the constituency of a State in the vicin ity of Pike's Peak. Kansas nu I Ne braska filled up with the extension of the railroads toward the coast. The I)a kotas thi -'iened their population lifter the northern railways were completed. Washington State constituted almost a movement by itself, ensuing upon the arrival of the Villard railroad experi ment at Vuget Sound and the discovery of the water possibilities In the eastern section, which is now known ns the ralouse country. A last, and pr.ibably final, movement set in when the ter ritories of Idaho, Montana and Wyom ing received their statehood. "Population halted, and halts now, at the rocky shores of the Pacific. The next great division will be in pursuit of the constellation of fame which Admiral Dewey lit in the Pay of Manila." . REVOLUTION IN CLOCKS. An Interesting lOxhihit of a System of Kleitriiity. In a small office In Hroadway Is an Interesting exhibit of a system of elec tricity applied to clocks which bids fair to revolutionize the older fashioned timepieces, says the New York Herald. In point of fact, with one single clock as the master clock the exhibitor pro poses to repioduee the exact time upon any number of what he calls electric secondary dials. Four of these si Hil ary dials are on exhibition, all working in unison, connected by wires wifli the master clock. The system, It Is claimed, can be Indefinitely extended. Three of the secondary dials look like ordinary clocks, but In one of them the deus ex maehiiia. Is apparent. It shows a very simple mechanism, consisting of two magnets, a punitive and a negative, and a drawing shaft, connected with a cog wheel, which moves the hands. The magnets are connected why wires with the master clock. The eb'etriclty Is generated by bat teries and Is conducted through the colls of the magnets whenever the sec ond hand of the muster clock is at the point of sixty seconds. Then the elec tricity in automatically shut off until the second baud of I lie master clock has again perfiirmeil lis revolution and is at the sixty second lnt iiain. Through iln magnets the ijiectriclty works upon the draw'ug shaft, which, through tin cog wheei, moves the hands of the sec ond ivy d al jo-t minute forward. The".- is !:o oilier machinery connect ed ui;u the sci-iiulary dial, consequent ly the dial can bo placed upon the mar ket at .a in in-li less cost than any o'.h'-r elei irie cloi-k. It Is also asserted thai it Is l.iijinsilile fur the simple lueehail !mii to get nu! of order and that as Ion.; as the master cluck Is correct all the s Hillary clocks svill be correct. A lirst ilass bookkeeper is one who run keep the books a-vay from meddle some creditors. Suspicion sometimes makes a sijuaie meal ou Jealousy and finds thcit U nothing left for titssert. . i" THE GOSPEL OF GRACE EXPOUNDED BY OUR RELIGIOUS EDITOR. Warda of Wisdom, and Thought Worth ronderlna; Upon Pplrltnal and Moral Bnbjecta Oathrred froaa tha Religious and Secular Presa How to make religion winsome? In the first place by realizing the need and propriety of making It winsome. Some people seem to think there Is no occa sion for any effort In this direction, that religion Is sufficiently winsome lu Itself, or. If not, there la something out of laste If not nun-ally culpable In try ing to make It seem so. Hut certainly It Is our privilege to do what we can to lead others to realize that the re ligious life Is a happy one, a life of gladness nnd reward. So long as we do not misrepresent the truth and do not put before any one the rewards of the gospel as the chief Incentive to be Chrlstlaus, we shall do no harm. How. then, can religion be made winsome? Chiefly In this life by revealing It as a means of doing good. It Is In accord with the profouudest philosophy as well as with the widest experience that there Is no such happiness as that which springs from the effort to bene fit others lu some practical maimer. It Is quite true that many jHMple who are laboring to do good do not seem and perhaps are not csoelnlly happy. That does not alter the fact, lie who sees In his neighbor a brother In Christ, ami who for the love which he bears to Christ puts himself out in order to be helpful to that brother, always finds a spring of gladness bursting out In his heart as out of the rock which Moses smote. The spirit which Imparts self-sacrifice, fellow feeling, sympathy and entrenching towards others In hearty looking for their best welfare, that makes religion seem winsome. It Is something which he who lacks It wants to possess. It satisfies his sense of the fitness of things. It Is a kind of religion which be bcllevi-s to be genu ine aud Inviting. To make religion attractive, therefore, cultivate and Il lustrate nil the sweet, gentle, uplifting qualities which Christianity suggests. Let It be seen that Christ Is an attrac tive master to you. that His service Is perfect delight as well ns perfect free dom. That will aid you to wlu others to Join you lu serving Him. Congrega lloualist. Volt inn; for the Hour. Christ revealed tiod as the world's burden liearer, full of mi exquisite klnduess nnd sympathy; that what be was through three-aud-thlrty years Ood was through all the ages; that what he was to publican and sinner In ltethlehem God wns for all iiialmtd and wrecked hearts In all worlds; that no human tear falls but Clod feels It; that no blow smites a suffering heart but God shrinks and suffers; that with wistful longing he follows the publican and the prodigal waiting for the hour when he may recover the youth to his Integrity or lend the man grown gray In sin back to his father's house. New ell Dwlght Hlliis. Work of the Iluptitit Church. The llaptlstsof America have a mem bership in the neighborhood of 4.00(1, 000. They have a Sunday school at tendance of nearly l!,0tH),00(). Their rhurch properties run over ?75,0O0,ooo lu value and their annual contributions to the good works exceed L'O per cent, of that vast mini. They have more than l.'O Institutions of learning, uni versities, seminaries and academies, covering the educational requirements of both sexes in the church and nt the same time making provision for the colored race and native Indians. The 1'nllcHt Opportunity. The late P.ishop 1 (rooks wan light when ho said: "Liberty Is the fullest opportunity for man to be aud do the very best that Is possible for bliu." God' never yet gave any soul permis sion to rush headlong to the lind. He who is determined to do no will find many obstructions in his way. I'hnructer mid Color of Thought. The quality nnd fineness of a man's nature is to lie determined, not so much by his occupation or by the dialect or the grammar of his conversation, ns ly the character and color of the thought to which he gives expression. Meth odist Hecorder. C'niiurc'uiit iniiiil Act 1 villi h. The Woman's Hoard of Missions of the Congregational Church has under its control about l.'H) missionaries, over lii) girls' boarding schools, nearly :;oo day schools and about 170 I'.llile wom en. The total contributions last year amounted to $110,000. Three 'I'liinkn, Three things to cherish - virtue, good ness and honor. - TJiree Ihlngs to hate cruelty, orro- ga 11 ceTl l i'Ji g ru t i 1 1 1 1 1 e. Three things w like- ness and cheerfulnf cordiality, good i.iiecriaint y. - i Those who to-dav ride uiiori the ernst'H ed waves of prosperity may to-morrow be struggling for life in the trough of the sea. so uncertain Is the tenure of life. Christ Ian Instructor. Kel iuloiiN Notes. The eighty-sixth anniversary of Meth odism on Long Island was recently cel ebrated. The Catholic Missionary I iiloti ex pends Jf.'I.MiO a year for the support of Catholic missionaries In the South. Dr. Charles M. Hyde, who went ns a missionary to Hawaii twenty two years ago, recently died at Honolulu. The Fnlversalist church reports l.OOil parishes and 41.471 families, an In crease of about I. 'jot i families over last year. The lii-!i clinch since di-cstablish-lijent has raised for lis own use from voluntary offerings inure than ifl.onli,- hmi a year. The lllirary of the late ( 'm nelius Viimlcrhilt - in t : i us niie of the four perfect copies known of "Tho Hay I'snlin Hook." Dr. Arthur S. Lloyd, of Norfolk, Va., Is the new secretary of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Fplscopal Church. (if the Hi ,i km) population of Palestine, 4:t,0OO are .levs, p.tHJO are Christiana and h.uiO are Molmumiedaus, who, U - though numerically- In tlia minority, are In authority. , Since the ticglnnlng of the recent famine In India the Salvation Army has opened tweuty-flve depots for the sale of grain at pre-famlne prices In Gujernt and Rajputna. Carr'a Lane Chapel, Birmingham, England, aometlmea called the Cathe dral of Congregationalism in the Mid lands, Itev. J. H. Jowett, pastor, has a prayer meeting regularly attended by 500 or 000 people. FEET ARE MAN'S CHIEF END. They Tell of Ilia IVngrrwi In Develop ment Toward ClvlllxHtion. Apparently man has been greatly mis taken In attributing to Ills mind su premacy among the animals. A medi cal writer In oue of the magazines, to use an applicable phrase, knocked this Idea ou the head. From an anatomical standpoint the human brain hardly differs from that of the anthropoid aio, and Intellectually the Australian budi mnn Is said to be fhe Inferior of the educated ourang-ontnng In the zoologi cal gardens. Man's proud position In the animal world Is due rather to h!s heels than to his head, and lie It noted that man Is the only animal which can balance Itself UMn Its heels. This ac quisition, simple as It appenrs, Is the result of evolutionary processes stretching back to the dim past, when our ancestors Inhabited trees and crack ed nuts with the enthusiasm of latter day vegetarians. Kven now, among the flat-footed tribes, the art of balancing on two heels Is unknown, and "It Is only In the highly civilized nations of Kurope and America and their doixmdonclo that the action Is fully displayed." We are told that those tyies of animals which have by the agency of their legs aud feet most successfully solved the prob lem of terrestrial locomotion as regards stability of jiosture and activity of movement are those which are physic ally Ix-st fitted to live In other respects. Fortunately for man his ancestors, with that unrest which Is the spur of prog ress, wearied of their first tralllug ot dragging gait, and did not even rest contented when they had learned the difficult art of hopping, rushing ou, they nttalued ton strnlght-kneod plautl grade gait, and "the supremacy of mau wus from that time established." Lon don Globe. THREE EXPRESSIVE FACES. How OIkh Nethemole, Julia Arthur and Julia Marlowe Look Alike. "There Is R certain strange similari ty." said an old playgoer to a New Or leans Times-Democrat man, "In the faces of Olga Nethersole, Julia Arthur and Julia Marlowe. Perhaps I ought to qualify that statement a little and say that their photographs look alike. Seen In real life, they are as dissimilar as any three women you could well name, but there Is nevertheless a domi nant note of character a peculiar, haunting nuance of expression tht Is drawn to the surface by the camera nnd gives; an unmistakable "family resem blance to all their pictures. As far as I am able to express It In words, the likeness lies lu a look ot wistful and pathetic appeal. ."AH three of these ladU have very large, soulful eyes and all three like to be photographed full face, with the head canted a trifle to one side and the brows lifted mournfully toward the center. Add ever bo slight a droop to the corners of the mouth and you have the great Nethersole-Arthur-Marlowe lacliryniotype. It Is enormously effect ive with the masculine spwtators be cause It Is so sweetly and undly and es sentially feuilulne. It suggests brim ming tears, restrained by only the most heroic resolve, and is one of the most potent weapons of the sex. The only reason why It seenm to belong peculiar ly to the three artists I mentioned Is that they uss) It with such superb nnd matchless effect. It Is theirs by letters patent of grace and beauty." Iteil Wliiwkers. "There Is only one kind of a guy Bafe from (sititidence men, and that Is a sucker with ml whiskers," said a well known "bunko" man. the other day. "Yes," he continued, "I would no more think of skinning a 'come on' with red whiskers than I would of walkln' up right now and glvlu' myself up for soiucthlu' I did twenty years ago. Now you might think It funny, but It goes, and you show mo one of the gang will In' to do business with a fellow with a bunch of red grows ou his chin, and I'll show you a bunch of trouble. I don't kuow how it happens, but It Is what some guys call 'an unwritten rule' to never do business with n fellow with red whiskers, I've been lu the business of lookln' for the beet of It for over twenty years. When I first started out t was told to look out for the red-whiskered guys and always pass them up. The reason given was you can always get away with a skin with anybody without a kick except a sucker with red whiskers who will tell the police nine times out of ten. I heeded tho warning, and although I've steered for the 'bunk,' sent for the 'green goods' and framed the 'big mitt I've never li t'd to pick up a sucker with red whis kers. Whenever any of the gang has fallen byhe wayside I've always made it my busriess to find out what the s(iiaw ker looC'iVMal'jjiud nearly every time It was a guy with red whiskers. Ask any of the gang, and they'll tell you I'm right." Nothing I'urftit r Kai lu a carriage on a Si'tth ntuway sat a number of geiitleiinu on theway to 1 business lu Glasgow.! vy'U8P(,iNns In Hie company were IwV oueiyf -0M man with a very baldjSrTand the other a young fellow with a great crop of hair, whose fiery hue would outrival the setting sun. When well on their way most of tho travellers put down their newspapers and bcj:an to yawn and look lazily, awaiting tae arrival of the train at their destluat'on. Tiring of this prosaic silence, the young man with the red hair selected tie old man as the butt of his wit. ' "I say," he remarked rude v. "Nuturo surely had no hair lu stock vhen you were niadeV "She had; sir, she had, redled the old- man; "but It was all re and I would not haf any of It." A rng aud painful sileuco followed. Some men who pay theli bMU tiroientlv want emiuM....,i,i 1 It later on. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. Warning Netea Calling- the Wlckad tar Repentance. ACT Is tot an other nnms for - trickery. When the devil can get you to ar, gue with him, his battle Is halt won. Your life will strike no higher note In public than It Is keyed to In private. f" There Is no sal vation without the Savior. Death Is darkness, because It leads to tlawn. True love Is the secret of full conse cration. What you are within, that you will ba without. Practice what you pray particularly; at the ballot-box. We are wielded by our wishes, rather than by our wisdom. Songs of triumph are possible only t the sons of tribulation. In life's battle the safest leader la th Captain of our salvation. The soul Is without limitations: it i the Infinity of God In man. To permit the evil you can prevent 1 as criminal as committing it. Ecclesiastical log-rolling Is only dif ferent from political In that It Is worse. RUSSIAN ALTRUISTS. Queer CommuniHtic Colony that Hs Keicntly Knilitruled to Kngland. Perhaps the strangest commuutstio settlement lu the world is a colony of Uusslaus who have recently emigrated to the littlo village of Shepscombe, la Gloucestershire, England. They occu py a farm of about 100 acres, and II vo In cottages round about, men and women together In complete Tolstolan equality. Some of them are cultured men, one being a doctor of philosophy. The doctor of philosophy purchased the farm, but ns the possession of land or any other material advantage Is opposed to their doctrine that land and life should be free as air to all, the title deeds were destroyed. If the col ony should ever leave It Is supposed the land will belong to anybody who likes to seize It. The men, for the most part, simply wear a shirt, open at the neck, and knickerbockers or linen trousers, with sandals on their feet. The women are dressed lu very short pinafore dresses, open nt the neck, and sun bonnets; but "ratlonul dress" Is adapt ed by them on more ceremonious occa sions. Ono or two have short hair, one wears her hair curle'd and colled In the present fashion, and two wear their hair In a pigtail, and, clothed In butch-er's-blue pinafores, look very like Chi nese women. They have no laws, no rules; each one Is to be a law to him self, and they trust that their prlnclplo of good-will to men will keep them right In accordance with these views they reject all marriage ceremonies. Their resources in the form of hard coin are, it is said, nearly exhausted; but so far from causing anxiety this merely fires their enthusiasm for altru ism and equality. The essence of their communism Is to let to-morrow, take tare of Itself. Some Unexpected I'reaniUa. If It happens that soino public char acter becomes the object of a set of resolutions, a cane or other testimonial the printed account of the function pre sents soino singular, features. Owing to a certain carelessness In the hand ling of the English language elastic as that medium of speech Is the writer makes himself say exactly the opposite that ho Intends to say. A well-educated man and a regular writer for publication will make this glaring error In the majority of his productions. For Instance, the nation that Is a small portion made up a pocketbook to buy Admiral Dewey a home. In every published account of that fuue tlon, headlines and all none Is barred that bus come under tho eyes of the writer the text ran after this manner: "Admiral Dewey Given a House." The elision of the preposition "to," In the eyes of the writer of that Hue, seer, to have atoned for the blundcry'The effect Is that Admiral Dewey was pre sented to a house instead of the house having been presented to the admiral. Instances without number are printed wherein prominent educators, Law makers and others are formally picked up lu language If not lu physique and presented to walking sticks uuder the designation of canes. In ninety out of a hundred cases of this kind the re cipient is made the subject Instead of the object of the sentence. This Is in convonieut for the men who are be stowing attentions ou a corpulent person-Chicago Chronicle. lie Doulillcss Was. Henderson Why did you Invite Jack sou to spend Sunday with you? It near ly broke his heart when you married Mildred Wllklns. Wllliainsoti-1 knew tt. I thought. If Taeksou came up aud saw how Mildred and her mother rule things lu the house over which 1 am supposed to preside, lie would be rather glad for himself, after all. -Ohio Stato Journal. Treasure from the Sea. Urwi divers have discovered treasure In a Ilusalan flagship sunk In Greek waters lu 1770. Gold coin to the va of $uo.0 )0 have alread recovered, aim tneijii$imrTvj)rt great atores of ttVr add Jewels, whici. the storms of a century have washed out from the hulk of the old wreck. Whlto House Ha b bit. It ibbits have a warren lu the grounds of the white house. They are full sized and multiply rapidly. What be conies of the surplus Is not known, as It Is an unwritten law of the white house that they are not to be chased or molested. This Is one reison. why there are no dogs at the white house. Long in Trouble. " Wife tto unhappy husband) I wouldn't worry. Johu; it doseu't do any good to borrow trouble. Husband Horrow trouble? Great Cmsar! My dear, I alu't borrowing trouble. 1 have It to lend. London Tit-Hits. uiuu's Lest slrl i uevr tot 1
