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r. THE PRIMROSE PATH. HOW FEE ITCH SEAMEIT AJLE THAIS ED. ojennotid I ' F rT'ni fl,n" ot chrstnnt tr I ( Are all unfolding onn by on. 2 "V the I i: nrr j im J .m. t 1) . vl .1 . I CTTia breath of April's In the brfMW. ' The long streets glisten in the nun. The taswled lilacs in the square Are full of nods and whisperings, While black-bollcd poplars stir the air With hints of happy secret things. The town is all so fair and fine. The streets they make so bravr a abow ; And yet and yet Corinna mine, TIs now the pale primroses blow. TV woods are calling us to-day Where grassy hills fall fold, on fold ; Come, let us take the primrose way And gather wealth of faery gold. Tnt off your dainty silks and Ince ' For leathern shooti and homespun gown ; Coma, leave this bustling market place To play the truant out of town. For though in town the sun shines gay, You cannot henr the sweet birds sing; Come, my Corlnon, come away, ' And let ns go a-prlmrosing. Rosamund Marriott Watson. A HEROINE of Necessity A way to the right, ns far as eye could sec, stretched the shimmering ocean, the sunlight dancing on the Braves and turning them Into a carpet of gold. To the left lay glorious patches of purple heather, broken here Bnd there by big gorse bushes, covered jwlth golden b looms nud soft green pikes. Overhead the seagulls wblrlod 7.ily across a turquoise bay, uttering elr plaintive notes hs they greeted one another In passing. And one, at least, of the millions of created beings was thanking God at (that very moment, as she leaned her nmus oh the slight railing which formed he only protection from the cruel shltv jgV below the edge of the steep cliff. !Fate bad been more than ordinarily kmd to Ohrlstabel Tredennls up to now. Rbe bad never known a single sorrow jail her life through; twenty years of tanspotted peace ley behind her. Sue res young, fair to look upon, wealthy (beyond the dreams of most women, and dear to a manly heart, now far away in Western Africa, fighting bis conn- l DO NOT WANT TO GO ALONE.' try's battles In skirmishes with tribes, Mrtth a pluck that was tenfold more Utorough because of her. ' 1 Mrs. Tredennls bad come to the quiet little village of Croone, on the Dorset jehlre coast, because she bad happened to see a highly colored print of it In iconic one's photo album. It had not kurned out to be all that It was paint led wiMt does? upon closer acqualnt- nce, but Ohrlstabel and she liked the sencry and the solitude and stayed on. tTbJs was about their last day. TV She was thinking of her soldier-lover ar across the waters, as she gazed, tarbeu her mind was suddenly recalled to her present surroundings by a mut jtered exclamation borne to her ears on the soft summer wind. She turned round hastily and saw, a little farther iou;' a tall, spare figure standing on 'the very edge of the cliff, an edge that, as C'hrlstabel knew, was unprotected. To call out would be to startle the rash adventurer, whoever It was; but the girl crept softly across the heath er that lay between the figure and her self till she was Just behind her. The woman turned round and almost anied. ChrUtabel, with fear knock at her heart, brought there by the k In the eyes meted on bars, laid band on the other's arm. 'Come farther from the edge; It Is igcrous," she said. ym 30 to 50, laughed. "It's the edge I like," atie answered. iking her arm free of the detaining ind and taking a step forward. "Have ever walked over a cliff? Should like to come with me and try the itlon nowr UCbrlstabol looked round wildly. There is no one In sight; the only sound D be board was the mournful cry of til gulls. , A story she had once beard came nto her mind at that moment "It's nothiu;i to walk over a cliff,' pbe returned, trying to steady her voice, "It would be much more wonderful If .'ra started at the bottom to walk to W top!" j The other shrugged her boulders. t'a matter of oulnlon. at afoe said. "Let us try uiy way first I (Mint to go to him. Don't you see be la beckoning to me over there?" She glared ferociously out to sea, Bad gripped the girl's arm In a rice. 1 "He? Who?" asked Chrlstabel, bon ing thereby to gain time. x The rune was for a few moments suc Jeeesful. The woman drew a photo graph out of her pocket and thrust It amder the girl's nose. Cbrtstabel started ; the blood bad left JlSer fane, and her heart seemed to stop eating. It was a portrait of her lover Jim Blakiston she would know It ' In a thousand. It had been cut out of an Illustrated paper and gummed on to a correspondence card. This man what Is be to you?" she atekel hoarsely. The woman laughed again gleefully. B3fc'S w I -tV: vWs) f I 'or. ti n't? V.V j French seamen are notably active and agile and this is due, so It Is averred, to the training they get while they are In their apprenticeship. Agility In systematically encouraged and lightness of movement Is considered a very great accomplishment Among the exercises given the younger seamen when they enter the service Is that of rope ladder climbing, and the fellows soon become as proficient at this as monkeys and climb up and down with great speed. But the exercise Is not restricted to the younger men alone, for It Is quite necessary that the sailors keep In trim, so they are kept at the practice a share of each week at least and this la why they have become famous for their agile movements and tbelr quick work. For many years they have had a prestige for nimble movements, and that this may In no wise be lost the officers see to It that training is kept up throughout the naval service. "He be Is handsome, enough, lent he?" she queried. "Tom seem to ad mire his picture they all do. Corte, we will go together and see him. Be will be surprised; he loves me he loved me once, and they said he died" she lowered her voice, then raised It again suddenly "but It wasn't true. He Is beckoning to me to come, and we will go together, you and I for I do not want to go alone. No? Then I will go alone!" Whereupon a fight swift and sharp, raged In Ohrlstabel's heart Why should she not let this mad woman perish? Why save her for him? the being she loved best on earth. A maniac! Well, she would not be missed, site only mar red God'a sunlit world! Let her go Then a great revulsion of feeling came over the girl's soul. She saw the hideous temptation; she knew that come what might think what she would, she must save a fellow creature. It became no longer a matter of voli tion It was a matter of necessity, for action and self-sacrifice, which comes to every Iranian being born Into the world, with his or her share of respon sibilities with regard to another. Why save a lunatic? Why should a sane wo man die for an Insane one? Why? Bo cause the Instinct Is there, whether she will or no an Instinct which dies hard. Of necessity Khe must save her sister, be the exchange ever so un equal, the result of so little apparent satisfaction ! All these thoughts surged momentar ily through Chrlstabel Tredennls' mind as she Rtood on the sunlit cliff; and then she wrestled and struggled ns she had never though to wrestle, with all the luck of a long line of dead and gone ancestors, wrestled till she felt herself growing dizzy and faint; and the edge of the cliff drew ever nearer and nearer, and ever that mad. mad face, with those ferocious eyes, gleamed luto hers. A strong hand thrust them apart; a stern voice thundered a wrathful In quiry. The woman sank trembling on the heather, her whole figure shaken with sobs. Chrlstabel, breathless, white faced, white-eyed, stood shaking In ev ery Unib from her recent strain but safe safe! "Poor thing!" The doctor looked pityingly at the woman. "She has es oapod again, but they never thought of looking here, I suppose. You have had a bard fight yes I understand " "For life," put In Chrlstabel. with lips that trembled, as a shudder passed through her frame. The doctor whipped out a flask and held It to her mouth. "Drink," he commanded. And when she bad done his bidding, be turned and spoke kindly to the cowering lunatic, "Come home now," he Bald. "Miss Lacy, do you know It Is nearly teatlme, and Masom will be wondering where you are. You should not take such long walks alone; they are not good for you." The matter-of-fact tones reached the poor duzed brain; she still clutched the photo graph. The doctor, raising bis eyes, saw Chrlstabel looking at It with a queer expression on ier pretty face. "Her lover," be supplied briefly In low tones that reached only her ears. "Poor thing, be died of cholera in India teu years ago, and that was what turn ed her brain!" "Ills name?" breathed Chrlstabol. "Henry Blaklstou. Did you know htm lieutenant In the uavy? She Is under a delusion that he Is calling for her, and that we are keeping them apart. It Is getting damp on the heather; we must be making tracks now. I am more sorry than I can say that this should have happened." But the face Chrlstabel lifted to his astonished him beyond measure. It was radiant glowing. "I atu engaged to his brother," she voluntered shyly, "and be la so like that picture" "Ah. I see you Imagined they were the same." The doctor was only hu man and chuckled at the colncldenca, 1 t te&Yl -l.A- which had meant so much to bis com panion. "I congratulate you and must wish you good afternoon." lie shook hands, and then proceeded to lead his patient away, without a backward look. Ohrlstabel turned her face towards the setting sun and her lips moved. "Thank God!" she cried fervently. When Jim niaklston came home not many months afterwards on long leave, he was told the whole story. "I should have let her go, I'm afraid. I should never have saved ber," he said, looking at Chrlstabel's bappy face In wonder. "You would have saved ber," she an swered proudly. "You are so brnve; besides, I can't explain properly, but I did It of necessity." And then and there It dawned on the young soldier that the reason account ed for many ao-callod mysterious things of everyday life. There are many he roes who are heroes "of necessity," of whom the world never hears, but they are none the less heroes because of that Philadelphia Telegraph. LATEST PAD IK MEDICINE. Opsonic Thcorr Will Explain Why You Are Sick or Immune. Immunity from Illness according to the opsonic theory, the latest discovery In modlclne, was the subject of Dr. Cleaveland Floyd's public lecture at the Harvard Medical School recently. "The rason why one person will come down with sickness," said Dr. Floyd, "while others living practically In the same environment remain Im mune, according to the opsonic theory, Is that the amount of serum and white corpuscles In that person's blood Is below normal. "The body Is being continually at tacked In every portion by dist?ase-pro. duclng germs and organisms. When ever any portion is infected nature pro vides that an Increased amount of blood is sent to that spot "This Is easily seen In the redness that surrounds a boll or other form of Infection. "Nature rarely does anything with out a purpose, and the reason why more blood Is sent to the point of at tack is that more white corpuscles and more serum may reach the spot The white corpuscles and scrum are the means which nature uses to drive out infection. "The serum, which is the sticky, clear, yellowish fluid often seen around a scab, reduces the vitality of the germ or organism and the white corpuscles gorge themselves with the germs, di gesting and destroying them. 'It Is this feeding of the white cor puscles upon the germs of bacteria that gives the name to the theory. The Latin word opsono means prepare food for and the adjective opsonic conveys that Idea of feeding on which the the ory Is based. "The usual practice In treating dis ease, according to the opsonic theory, Is to Increase the amount of white corpuscles and serum In the blood, which Is done by Inoculation with anti toxins and vaccines. "This form of treatment has proved very effect! vo In skin diseases, diph theria, typhoid and tuberculosis. It also has produced speedy results In driving pus from the abdomen after operations for appendicitis and In heal ing running wounds and sores." Dos ton Post Hot Idea ( I'ln Uiir, "You know, dear," cooed the bride, "you promised to let me bare all the jrlu money I wanted." "Yea, love, and you shall have It" 'Oh, you dear! Well, I saw a pin to day with pearls and diamonds In It and I do want It so." Baltimore Amer ican. If a man Is called upon to bury his wife's pug dog be la ait to abed tears 9t J7. Truth. To know one little truth and live It Is letter than to know a hundred great truths and write them down. Hev. Frank Crane, Unitarian, Worces ter, Mn. Waste. The life rf sensual indul gence, while very fascinating. Is never sutUfj !ng. The apples of Sodom turn to ashes upon the Hps. Iter. II. S. Pradley. Atlnntn, (J.i. The (ohn Calf. We have danced around the golden calf In America un til we have almost ciiine to worship the mnn who steals the most. Iter. C. My ers. Baptist, Brooklyn. The University. University men are, In large iiushImtx, too far removed from the affairs of ordinary life to be true pmphets of our time. Hev. T. 8. Bo veil, Baptist, Burlington, Iowa. Americanism. True Americanism menus Individualism, and to be truly patriotic we inunt make the most of ourselves, morally, Intellectually and spiritually. I lev. T. S. Inland, Meth od 1st, Victor, Col. , I nseltishnessj Let love conquer your nenrts and the world will make way for your coming, and we shall startle the world by the originality of our urisol lixhiiess Uev. D. D. Mcljnurln, Metho dist. Bochester, N. Y. Splrjt of Nature. There comes a time in every human life when one must decide from which source he will draw his life from the Inner world of spirit or the oute world of nature. Itev. T. A. King, Swedenborglan, Cleveland, O. Forgiveness. It Is far more noble to pardon than to be avenged. It la part of the animal man to retaliate an In jury. It is only God and the Son of Uod that have the magnanimity to for give. Cardinal Gibbons, Roman Cath olic, Baltimore. The Three Steps. There are three distinct steps taken by every one who etrters the church, namely, to make a choice, to establish the act of worship, end the sealing of the covenant rela tion between the Individual and God. Bev. L. W. Madden,. Preabyterlan, Princeton, Ind. Church-going. The question of church-going Is not merely a matter of statistics, of how many go, but rather It may be put this way, that ev eryone who does go and goes to any purpose goes for two or three others beside himself. Uev. J. S. Zelle, Pres byterian, Plalnfleld, N. J. Secret iod. Being anonymous Is the opislte of being egotistic and self-conceited. It is being a good man and never mentioning it ; It Is doing the fine thing on the sly. It is letting your light shine, but keeping yourself bidden from public view. Itev. W. T. McElveen, Con gr cga 1 1 nu n 1 is t , Bos ton. Gratitude. When we consider the one end for which we were created to serve God In this world In order that wo may bo happy with Him for ever hereafter we cannot help but oel that we are not us faithful to Him us we ar to the world. Bev. J. J. Mnhar, Boinan Catholic, Philadelphia. Young Men. The call to-day Is for young men In every business or social enterprise. The position the young man will occupy depends upon what haf been his ideal. Young men are to be examples of faith, of charity, of righteous living, of clean conversation, or purity. Hev. Z. E. Bates, Disciple, Allegheny, Pa. Frlde. Humility Is the first step to promotion In the klugdimi of grace. "He that bunihleth himself shall be exalted." We ure God's stewards, therefore we are to avoid willful ex travngnnee, undue boasting and pride In word and deed, which excludes God and discounts sacred things. ReT. George Adams. Methodist, Brooklyn. Power. Power is the main idea of this gospel that we preach, a realm of a legitimate source, a realm of prac tice and fxiHTimentatlon, Just whelm ing all ahout us Its Infinite real of power. It will be legitimate field for experimentation, for we shull probably find, If this he true, that this realm of power Is similar to other realms. It will Ik? oik'ii to nil that come. Bev. W. II. Warren, Methodist, Waterbury, Conn. floats Hot I am for Coat. If you object to pajter money, but wish to carry big values In small com pass, you might do worse than lay In a stoi k of bent lenses for niicroscopea. Weight for weight, gold is not nearly so valuable as glass In the form of powerful lenses, nnd an ordinary purse filled with such lenses might easily represent a fortune. The record In creaxr in the value of the manufac tur.l article over the raw material la probably made by this variety of gla which multiplies itself W,(MK),(K0 tluu j. The froiit lens of a micro objective sirumeiit costing aixnit 1 weighs w more tlisn about ,x tl 7 of a gram; hence the value of such lenses to the weight of about two and a quarter pound. would be nUiut (MMi,(X)(). The cost of making this weight of glass Is N-iU'e to 'I pence, and thus when work ed up Into the line of a lens th il.iKS has Increased In value about 50, (XJO.OGo times. London Express. 'Ho Longer Worried. "I thought," suld the visitor, "11a drop In and tell you what your hair re storer did for a friend of mine. When he startt1 to using your etlxtr there were only a few hairs on bla head, but now it's completely covered." "Indeed?" exclaimed the patent med icine man. "Yes; by six feet of earth." Catho lic standard and Times. It is a funny notion that old maid T thirty-five need chaperons, while married women of twenty-five do not need them. It Is sweet to suffer when we suffer for those we love. Opinions of rsETxxTa tob divorce. HE Rt I Aula Inrfra who has 1nat invMaed H I a Judicial degree of Impatience with the B I allly pretexts fr divorce wbJch are ofteu most profound facts of the grievous situa tion which la called by courtesy the "divorce problem." That there Is such a thing an a divorce problem In the world Is not to be denied, but It 'la not raised In one case out of twenty which are brought Into the courts for settlement The statutes of nearly all of the States leave Judges with little or ne discretion. The word "Incompatibility" is a very broad and Inconclusive one, and can be mavle to cover, or at least la made to cover, a multitude of acts, either mutual or on the part of one member of an unhappy pair to ward the other, Indicating perversity, obstinacy, selfish ness or other things which nwty be aggravating, but which raise no problems for Judicial settlement The Biblical ground of divorce, cruelty and Improvi dence are the only ones which the courts should be called to consider. It may be safely assumed that a husband who drags bis wife Into court on trlvlaltles which a real man could easily compose with a real woman, Incks those elements of manhood - which would make riving with htm desirable or even tolerable. This la equally true of a woman In the sense that a woman capable of such an act has lost that feeling of regard a wife should hold toward the partner of her Joys and sorrows. But divorce Is another question. Let those who cannot live together live apart but let them feel' that the marriage tie Is something more binding than a shoestring. St. Louis Globe-Democrat AH ERICAS' WASTEFULNESS. ST Is a frequent statement that the family of a European working man can live on what the family of the American working man throws away. C3) Whether this be trne or not. It Is certain l eVsaKJ that French-Canadian. Itallana, Russian Jews, Germane, Swedes eigners who arrive la the United Statee with barely enough money to enable them to pass the Uaunlgratlon Inspectors, are soon found to have bank accounts and to be owuecs of teal estate and proprietor of businesses. The national neglect of small ways to save la the reenlt of the great natural wealth and resource of the country. But the are not Inexhaustible, and If any one thing baa distinguished the Industrial progree of the last quarter-century above other things It Is tb discovery of the possibilities which )1 hi waste and by-product. Streams are no longer clogged with sawdust and slabs from saw mills; there la no refuse from the modern slaughter bona; every scrap ot leather left from a hide out In a great shoe factory Is saved and made useful. In personal life progress has not advanced so far. The old fashion of a "best suit" and best shoes and hat la disappearing ; and so Is the habit of a "best room." The paper used to print stories of the employer who re warded bis office boy for colling up and preserving twine and folding up bit of wrapping paper. Now they tell of the employer who scold the boy for wasting time that is "The more I see of human nature the j Mder It seem to me," observed the man in the tan flannel waistcoat "It wouldn't be human nature If K wasn't odd," remarked his friend with the full beard, profoundly. "We are fearfully and wonderfully constituted." "That's what" agreed the man In the tan flannel waistcoat "Now, there's my father, for Instance. I haven't quite got over feeling afraid of tbe old gen tleman even now." "That's natural enough, I should hope," said the man with the' full beard. "I should eay so. ne didn't believe In sparing tbe rod and spoiling tbe child. Not that be used a rod to any treat extent Ever feel bis hands V "I don't believe I have." "I have. Next time you shake hands with him you notice how bard the palm is, and ,the size of It It made gulte an Impression on me In early life." "My father used to reason m-lth me," raid the man with the board. "So would mine," said tbe man with the flannel waistcoat "He'd appeal to my reason nearly every time. He'd lay : 'William, It's wrong to amaeh win Sows with hard rubber belli, and I'm going to tell yon why. Window are put Into houeo for the purpose of ad mitting light and unshlne and In or r that the Inmate may be able to iook outdoor without the trouble of folug out themaolves. When a pane of glass la shattered It doent Interfere with this purpose, 1 admit but at the him tim it Jets In draft, which are likely to cause cold and bronchltl ind pneumonia, which In their turn en tail doctors' bills and even funot-nl ex penses. You understand all that quite slearly, don't you, William T " 'Yesslr.' "'Very good. Now, I know tfe too orach to expect a boy of your age to be very careful. As they grow older they learn to think before they act and to take probable consequence Into consideration. Why? By experience it consequences unpleasant conse luence. If the result of any foolish or Ill-considered act was In every case pleasant a boy would be dolny foolish and Inconsiderate things all bla Ufa. That stand to reason, doesnt itf " 'Yeastr.' "'Exactly. Then the remit of thin particular piece of nilartlef will be a licking. J4ot a ierfunotury paddling, but a thorough licking that will make rou stop and consider carefully In fu ture every time you throw a ball Vs the direction of a bouse.' "Then the performance would begin and I'm bound to ay that I did atop to think what I waa throwing at ffou that tlin on. n laid ea good aast Great Papers on Important Subjects. and many other for hard. Mother used to tell him he waa too severe, but he couldnt see It 'Non sense!' he'd say. When I waa a boy my father used to lick me, and I often think I didn't got half enough.' That' the way my father raised me." 'That' natural enough," commented the man 'with the beard. "I suppose we all think our children ought to be raised tbe way we were. We know we . ame out all right" "I wouldn't go ao far as to say that," said the man In the flannel waistcoat "I don't think that I'm a perfect specimen, but I do think that there's a good deal, of bosh about this moral-suasion business for children. Children need a licking every now and then. It doe 'era good. I'd give mine a good deal more than they do get If It wasn't for one thing." "Wbaf thatr "Well, their grandfather won't stand for It He seems to think they ought to be allowed to do what they like and he says be wont see 'em abused. Of course I don't like to hurt the old man' feeling," Chicago Dally New. Im Mtm t'p Its Wealth. "Callfornlans have solved the prob lem of the alchemist and are making gold out of sea water," say William Briggs, writing In the Technical World Magazine. "The Golden State ha taken golden treasure out of her mountain, has made ber valley yield million of dollars' worth of golden fruit ha amassed tourist gold In exchange from her sunshine, and now turn to the great laay Pacific and ransack it cof- rs. "There Is no rush of Drosnector to tbe new field, however, a the gold Is coming out of the sea In tbe form of alt of potaealom, magnesium and bro mide, which would elude the pan and the rocker of the prospector. "Of several 'diggings' of this nature. one at least 1 active and prosperous and on la approaching activity. The Man Pedro Salt Company, which recent ly entered Into the field, bas succeeded In manufacturing a quantity and qual ity of salt which bas found a ready market and has already assumed a place among the export of the port of San Fedro. Tbe fact that San Pedro 1 a lively and thriving port, with al most no outgoing cargoes, make the development of this trade both easy and Important 81 nee the flraj: of lat year the coasting schooners, returning to the northern coast have taken away over a thousand tons of thl ea salt" Test fawna Brother Dllcr, "Never tell a man ter ro tor da ow U," say Brother Dickey, "for It may be d devil don t want dat very kkrf of ma I" Atlanta OoosUtutloa. worth more tban what he eaves. Very likely It is to the employer; but to the bo the value of the habit of saving was worth much. No one would wish to encourage niggardliness; but wise self-reetratnt the rejection of luxuries which add little or nothing to well-being, the disregard of senseleas conventionalities and the cheerful acceptance of the lea expensive thing If ft serve Its purpose these are not only sure step toward prosperity, but constant and Im portant acresoions to atrength of character Youth' Companion. D&UDGBS NOT HEEDED. ""OtNG John D. Rockefeller In a published Y interview the other day, urged young men "to seal and Industry" as the pathway to tmmmmm "success." This philosophy has been MXTjfA preached so often from the depth of sleek gla ili waistcoat, that the general public accept It almost as axiomatic. But the young man with his career to be carved out would do well to stop and think that seal and Industry do not necessarily mean drudgery. The fellow who vol untarily makes a drudge of himself Is apt to be taken at his own estimate as low-grade ore. The virgin stuff doesnt have to be ground to powder to get out Its value. The man who Is most valuable to bis employer and the one whe I apt to rise to the top In any business is the one who la careful to get all tho sleep that nature requires to replace the tissue burnt up In the day's work, who makes time to get Into the open air and draw strength and Inspiration from nature, who finds relaxa tion with hi domestic Joys, and who returns to his work with a clear brain and a steady nerve, ready to meet emergencies, capable of giving valuable mental effort to the matter that come up, and of rising once In a while above the level of ordinary thing and routine matter. There are million who can tread the mill, but com paratively few who can devise new machinery. Phila delphia North Amalcan. THE QXTESnOir OT THE DEATH TXNALTY. kTVERAL of the moat Influential unrmnwrt SI of Pari are urging the restoration of the I death penalty In France. The OauJoia think tuw uvitMvu vfc tuv vnui iutiii umm wow nothing but cut the sinews of Justice and courage crime." "It la Incontestable," de clare the Intraneigeant "that the con v lo tion that those sentenced to death will never be exe cuted has brought the Mndaeon, the revolver and the dagger Into such prominence la the police reports a to menace public security." . , These Journalistic view are the echoes of like opin ions ottered by French officials and social critics which the Literary Digest ha collected. M. Goron, ex-Chief of Police, think tbe experiment of going without the guillotine has gone far enough and bo been disastrous. M. Marcel Prevost argue the right of man to destroy human creature that menace life even a be may de stroy noxious vermin and dangerou animals. New York World. VTEJnrA TO SELL COAL. City Mehlnar Rutoul Eiporlsaem tat Municipal Ownership. There would seem to be no end to Vienna' new experiment In the field of municipal ownership, say the Pall Mall Gasette, Only within tbe last few day negotiation have been com pleted for tbe purchase by the city of the business of the two largest under taking companies, and now come the new that tbe City CouncB la serious ly contemplating the establishment of a gigantic municipal wholesale coal business to counteract the manipula tion of tbe coal trust It was at first suggested that the city should acquire coal mines, but as that was found to be Impracticable, the project of buying direct from collerlea outside the trust wna mooted. Vienna consumes yearly from 1,200,- 000 to 1,500,000 tons of coal, nearly a third of which Is taken by the munici pality for the gas works, electric light ing, tramways, beating of. the schools- end public buildings and other pur pose, it is proposed that after sup plying it needs In thaw directions, tbe city should sell coal to small dealers, thereby saving the public from the fre quent Increases la price made by tbe trust dealers. Beside getting lis coal cheap at the mines, the city expects that tbe govern ment would make special freight rater for Bending coal to Vienna. STOUT OP A TOOTHBRUSH. One Haar4a aa a Lsitrr Pit Oaly foe wanaaa'a U. Colonial diaries aud letters make It plain that oar unfortunate ancestor suffered much from jumping toothache swelled face and the early loss by forcible extraction of teeth which at a later period might have been saved to render their owner many year of further service. Mo wonder, since tnx care of the teeth waa little understood!. and that little often but negllgtajtrjr practiced. Toothpick were known, tbe tooth brush was not although rough ubtl tute were employed, made of flatten ed atlcfc, split and pounded at one owl to a stiff, flbroua fringe. Toothbrush when first Introduced were regarded a) by uo means Important acceasorlea t tho toilet but rather a minor loxn- rlea and suitable for women only. Tbe diary of a London . merchant trading to the colonies has this entry: "Bought a toothbrush for my wife, which, used together with salt wa ter, very strong, and wasshe of herb, she la told will keep her teethe front falling out or getting ho Howe. Thj salt aud berbe may well prove strength ening to her guuunea web. are tender. but for the brush, It seems but a silly toy, hardly like to wear the worth of It price and scarce cleanly save when new. But she must have It being a new thing late from Frence." Youth' .Vnrpanlon, Thoaaaa Caa Bat KJlha War. In Will Thomas, outfielder, tbe On ctonatl reds have another of those rare pjayer who. Ilk Millet Hagglas, pos its the ability to bat from either aid o( the plate. No one ha a much money a og) aetjlne.