aattawiai
LONGEST BRIDGE IX THE WOULD TO C08T S 12,000,000.
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PROJECTED
Length, 17,000 feet, or considerably
fcver three miles. Weight of Bled used
In construction, over 80,000 tons. To
tal cost, approximately, $17,000,000.
These are interesting facta about the
largest steel viaduct In the world,
which the Pennsylvania Railroad pro
pose to erect In New York, bo as to
jwmnect Long Island with the Bronx.
East Hirer will be spanned by an arch
bridge of about 1,000 feet span. Itself
tbe largest of its type ever known. A
THE FARTHER HILLS.
'iThe clouds upon the niountalas rest;
A gloom Is on the autumn day ;
But down the valley, in the west.
The suddon sunlight breaks Its way
. A light lies on the farther hills.
! '' ' -
iForjrrt thy sorrow, heart of mine!
j Though shadows fall and fades the leaf.
jBome where Is Joy, though 'tis not thine;
The power that iwt can hesl thy grief ;
And light lies on the farther hills.
Thou wouldst not with the world be one
' If ne'er thou kueweit hurt and wrong;
Take comfort, though the darkened sun
Never again bring gleam or song
The light lies on the farther hills.
Richard Watson Qilder.
"Tell me again, daddy, the Btary of
the little girl who lost her way In the
-wheat, and slept out of doors all night
without her niudder."
The speaker was a little girl herself,
swinging a much soiled and begrimed
sunbonnet by one string, while the oth
er hand grasped the fingers of a tall,
(ungainly man walking by her side.
Tf -And the little girl," continued the
man obediently, "walked round and
round the wheat field but could not find
her way out, for all the wheat was
taller than she, and however much she
stood on tip toe, she couldn't see over.
And by and by, (she lay down to rest
where a harvest mouse had built Its
nest. She was tired and hungry, and
oh, so lonely. But the winds blew
through the grain, bumming a lullahy,
and tho little girl grew sleepier and
sleepier." "And sleepier," added the
child. "Three times. Tell It right,
daddy."
"And so when the reapers came In
the mornfng," continued the man, "and
the dreaded knives crept nearer and
pearer to the little girl, every thing
Eed to save her. The bunnies ntbblod
r toes, the little harvest mouse pulled
r hair, and the little birds flew on
top of one of the flowers and sang and
ang and sang."
I "A. i,i then." said Blrdle-girl with
much excitement "Let me finish It,
daddy. The man who drove the reaper
got down from his seat to find the bird's
pest, and found tbe little baby girl fast
s asleep, aud carrted her to her niudder
V-a-yln'," said the child suddenly, look
Vlng up In her father's face. "Of course
ber niudder did cry. daddy, and the lit
jtte girl's daddy must have cried too,
pou know. Wouldn't you cry If Birdie
iglrl was lost In the wheat ?"
v The man and child had left the wheat
'm-ld far behind sad entered on the
'.grassy knoll upon which the old fann
Ihouse stood.
. It was a veritable tumble-down with
,a "leanto" at the end, but It had been
the home of the little girl's grandfather
and her great grandfather, and David
Finding Grandfather j
Chadwlck loved it as few men loved
ft anything.
-? itu. ho hml brought his voune Wife.
and lived a perfect dream of happlsnns
until she cHed, leaving her husband the
. legacy of a puny baby girl.
I "Poor David," the neighbors said.
rrhat wtll he do bow?"
t He had always been "poor David" to
'ithem. for he was uullke most men,
practical, wide awake for their own In
terests, and business like. Instead he
was a dreamer, unused to the world's
iways; a man awkward with clumsy
rnanners, but with a poet's heart, ttu
Jder, gentle and time. Ills face was
(saved from positive plainness by a pair
of wonderful eyes, large, dark and
(dreamy.
i David seemed to be born under an
iunlucky star, for uothing prospered In
his hands. If there wero joor crops,
'his were ioorer than his neighbors. If
'sickness came among the stock, David
IchadwU'k lost more than any one else.
Success never secuic'd to come near
' ilm.
,) Twelve years passed away. Blrdle
'glrl had long ago dmpjied her pet
name, and was known as I'hehe Chad
wlck. Through the generosity of a rel
ative, she had been sent to school, and
now her educatlou finished, she was her
own mistress at the old home, and the
Idol of her father. She In return was
devoted to him, and could see no fault
iu him. A little slow erhaps, but thut
was all.
t I'hehe was too vmin to retnedv
things at the farm, but not too young
o reauze mac ruin was slowly coming
v ijsju luein.
She knew that her father wn lusiti
manor vut r hv vonr nwi th- u. ...
Sister tile dear old hnniist.iil ihik) n
She triod In vain to make ber father
jsee it, but He would not, or shall we
ay could not.
I Then the day came when Thebe met
Doha 1'uUiam, a buudsome young M-
STEEL BAILKOAD BRIDGE TO CROSS
novel feature of the arch Is the meth
od of erection, which will be carried
through without the assistance of any
t false work In the whle 1,000 feet of
Its length. The arch will bo built out
In two halves simultaneously from
each abutment.
The bridge h:is been designed to sup
port a weight equivalent to toading the
whole of the four tracks from end to
end with trains compowd of heavy
freight locomotives; and so stiff Is the
arch that under this enormous load the
low, and a summer boarder In the
neighborhood.
Dartd had no faith In him, and op
posed the rapidly growing friendship.
How It came about, one cannot tell, but
John persuaded Hiels? to go to the city
with him and be married, assuring her
that after their marriage, her father
should have a home with them, rhelie
loved her father and John so much,
that she felt she was doing the best for
all parties.
If anything was wanted to break
David's heart It was this.
From the day he learned the news,
he never mentioned Phetoe'a name. Let
ter after letter came telling of her hap
piness; of the home they had made far
away and begging him to share It, but
David never knew. He burnt the let
ters unopened lest the news they con
tained should bring him shame a well
as sorrow.
When the spring came around the old
farm was let. for the first time In the
memory of living maa, and David
Chadwlck went hla way, no one knew
where. When Phebe, with her young
husband, did return for the forgiveness
they eould not get by letter be was
gone.
It was one of the hottest days of the
year. The only' cool place to be found
was la the large cathedral, and many
people wandered In, both to pray and
to look at the wonderful altar and pic
tures. David Chadwlck was one of
them, for here It was he had hidden
himself as sexton when the crash came
and be bad left the old home.
David loved to listen to the voices of
the boy choristers, and the deep toned
notes of the organ. The dim lights and
shadows, drifting to and fro on the old
I AM GOING TO FIND Hlif SOMETIME."
carvings, reminded him of the cloud
shadows In the wheat fields at home.
And so he was ever In the church, dust
ing, cleaning aud musing; ever treated
kindly by the church people and author
ities. "No, no, Mary, I don't want to sit
down and say my prayers. I want fc
go about and see everything."
David woke up from a day dream to
find a curly haired boy of 5, strag
gling on the seat behind him, as be
vainly tried to free himself from the
nurse who held him down.
"Let him stay with me," said David
kindly. '"I'll take care of him. Come
my lad, and I will show you the organ
and the pictures," and the child went
with him, while the nurse settled com
fortably down to her prayers.
"My name Is Benule, and my grand
father as a Bishop," said the little fel
low by way of an Introduction. "Aud I
got another grandfadder way off lu the
country, and I am going to find him
some time. He Is losted," he said con
fidentially, looking up in David's face.
David took the child up the altar
stejw, and showed him where the little
boys sang each Sunday In their cas
socks and surplices. Bennle's dl.sai
polntmeut was grent whey told that hu
was hardly old enough to slug.
"But I'll soon be growed," he added
with a sigh and an afterthought.
Then David showed him the picture
of the Infant Jesus on His Mother's
knee, and Benule remarked as he look
ed at It,, "lie nln't got no fadder like
me, maybe, bu his' uuuliler loves him."
Then Duvld knew tho child had lost
his father, and he said "niudder" Just
as lllnlle-girl had done years ago, when
they had walked In the cornfield to
gether, lie could almost fancy It was
Birdle-glrl that was clasping bis hand
now, so real did the long forgotten In
cident return, unUl the sound of .Mary's
voh-e brought him buck from the laud
of dreams. t
"Nw, Master Bcnnle, we must go at
once. Mamma will want you. Say
good-bye to the kind gentleman aud
come along." '
"Good-bye, Mr. Story Man ; If I come
, again to-morrow, will you show me
more things?'
David promised, and the next day,
and for a number of days the proceed
ings were related, for It gave Mary a
chance to chut with her many friends
whom she met at church.
It was a great day at the cathedral.
Continuation service was to be held and
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EAST UIVKU.
deflection at the center would be only
three Inches. It Is estimated that tho
biidge cm n be built In two aud oue-half
years. With the completion of the
structure New York will for the first
time find Itself In possession of an all
rail route between New England and
the South and West. Through, trains
from Boston may then run to New
York, Philadelphia, Washington, Now
Orleans, Chicago or any other Southern
or Western city without leaving the
rails.
many Bishops of renown were to spenk.
David was very busy until late, Then
ho thought he would go Into the body
of the great church, ami listen him
self to the wonderful singing aud beau
tiful services.
He was looking around for n seat,
when Bennle's voice whispered out
from one of the iews:
"Mr. Story Man, here's lots of room
with us. Do come," and, taking Da
vid's wrinkled hand In his, he drew him
In the pew which was occupied by a
lady and the child.
After Bennle had pointed out to Da
vid one of the Bishops as his "grand
fadder," he stuck his little hand In that
of his new found friend and settled
down quietly to listen to the singing.
It was a long service, and David and
Bennle wearied long before It was over,
but they sat It out bravely, hand In
hand, while Bennle's mother, her thick
veil lowered, watched them long and
earnestly. ,
When the great cathedral doors were
opened, and the vast congregation dis
persed she led the way to a quiet part
of the church, followed by Bennle and
David. Then she turned and faced
them, raising the heavy crepe folds of
the veil from her faca
"Father, don't you know me?" was
all she said. '
The few remaining people saw a
strange sight, for after gazing lu her
face Intently for a few momeuts the
old man fell on her shoulder weeping
convulsively.
The old homestead Is once again Da
vid's and he wanders about the fields
telling wonder stories as of old, but
they are told to a little boy now.
Many Improvements have taken place
In the house and farm at the sugges
tion of Bennle's mother. The old mnu
Is deeply Interested In them nl!, for
he wints Bennle to be a farmer, as his
great great grandfather was before
him, only ho adds, "I hope he'll make
a better farmer than I did."
And Bennle is oh, so happy, for he
has "found his udder grandfadder lu
the country." Waverley Magazine.
LANGUAGE THAT DISAPPOINTED.
All That a Strong Man Said Under
Great Provocation.
"I don't like to hear a niau swear as
n general thing," snld the girl of some
experience, to a Providence Journal
writer, "but there are times when it
soeins Justifiable, and then I like to
know that a man can relieve his feel
ings. The other day I had what was
a real disappointment, though it's
drendful to admit It.
"I was walking op Westminster
street with a man you know, and his
hat blew off, fell under the wheels of
a trolley aud was absolutely ruined
a new hat, too! What do you think
that big, strong man snld? He picked
up the remains, looked at them for a
time as if he were struggling with
some strong emotion aud then observ
ed mildly, 'Dear me V "
"So you wanted to hear him swear?"
Inquired the man to whom she poured
out her tale.
"Well, I thought he would use at
least one big D," replied the girl.
"My dear girl," said her companion,
"that man you were with is probably
the most profane man In Providence,
and on wliat you might call ordinary
occasions he can swear for half an
hour without repeotlng himself. There
are, however, times when "words Is In
adequate,' atid he doubtless recalled
that all the cuss words he knew wero
too feeble for the occasion. I assure
you there was more heartfelt bitter
ness in that mild expression than In
ull the oaths he knew."
"Perhaps," said the girl, "but It
really seemed so pitiful that I wunted
to say things for hiiu."
Tb Old Stagecoach.
Those who are accustomed to look
bui k with longing eyes to tho "good
old days" will find It interesting to
learn that In the middle of the eight
eenth century the common .carrier 'be
tween Selkirk and IMIuburgli, a dis
tance of .thirty-eight miles, required
two days to make the Journey. In
1778 it took a day and n half for a
stagecoach to go from Edinburgh to
(Slusgow, only forty-four miles away.
About the same time ' the swlftc:
stages seldom covered the road be
tween F.dinburgh and London, aiO
miles, In less than two weeks, an aver
age speed of about twenty-two miles a
day. St. LouU Republic.
Tkanktl.
IAV rain an' sunshiuu make de country"
inil ;
Thank tlia I-nwJ we livin', ef It's only fer
a 'bile!
LU' me a-growiu', driiikin' up de dew
Thank de Lawd jou liviu" en do flowers
is fer you !
LH' bit rr trouble liP song d tgh;
Thank de Lawd de res' time is ooiala,'
by en by !
Atlanta Coatiltutlou. '
..AMERICAN QUEEN OF BEAUTY.
Olrs. John Jaceb AM or, tbe Most
Admired Woman In I.onitiw.
i An American woman, Mia John Ja
cob Astor, Is the beauty of the Iiutloa
season, writes a correqondcnt. Wher
ever she Is s-en this regal woman
causes a sensation. Crowds follow her
about a room. Her la-lght, her snowy
hair over such a fresh young face, her
amazing gowns aud historic Jewels
have dazzled Inuloii. Twice lately I
jhave seen her In a "creation" which
for orlgln'illty and beauty I never have
seen surpassed. On the first occasion
she wore a costume of silvery cak
.which fitted her figure close, sjlvlnj the
Idea of some woiidrous mermaid from
the deep. The top of the Ixxlice was
filled in with filmy lace, u;jjesllv of
foam, and at her throat was the Em
press Eugenie's famous ixmlutit of
bluxlng iliamond.s.
On tho other occasion she was ntttr
ed In some black, cloudy fabric, which
seemed to swntlie her figure, revealing
not a single jewel. Above this, thrown
Into strong relief by the contrast, rose
her flover-IIUe face, with Its crown of
white hair tl rented In big curls. In
MBS. JOHN JACOII ABTOB.
which gown she looked the more strik
ing It would be hard to say. A man
who was present the other night at an
embassy party remarked: "Shu"
meaning Mrs. Astor "makes every
other woman appear Insignificant and
commonplace.'
Many women are blenching their
hair to resemble hers, and others, who
do not core to go to this length, are
wearing white wigs. Mrs. Astor has
been here frequently, but she never he
fore has made quite such a sensttlon.
She looks utterly unconscious of the
admiration she arouses or Is It utter
ly Indifferent? Nor somehow does she
convey the Impression of being xnrtlc
ularly happy. Her thoughts often
seem far away from the gayety lu
which she is the bright particular star.
Occasionally there flits over her face,
like a ' cloud, a careworn expression
that makes her appeisr, for the few
moments that It lasts, years older. I
have seen her stand lu the center of a
crowd apparently not hearing a word
that was being said by those arouud
her. But all this only add to the in
terest she arouses. It suggests a hid
den sorrow, a burled romance, and
things of that sort that inquisitive folk
like to specula to about.
A COINCIDENCE.
Peculiar Combination of Hvtntt Re
lated by Andrew I.unir.
As to "the long arm of coincidence,"
It may he as long as Is necessary. Noth
ing is imiiossible to coincidence. An in
stance of my own experience, said An
drew Lang, convinces me of this fact
I had beeu reading a foolish book, "Out
of the Hurly Burly," and some of the
rhymes ran lu my head. They began:
Bury Bartholomew out la 'the woods
In a beautiful hole in the ground.
In the afternoon I drove with a par
ty of friends, and we took the refresh
ment of tea nt a house where there
were several other guests, all unknown
to me even by name. As two of theso
lived at a pluoe on our homeward routa
they accompanied us tn our vehicle. "As
we passed a wood on a hillside one of
these anonymous strangers sold to me,
"This Is the burial place of the Murrays
of Olendhubreae." I absently and au
tomatic fay replied :
Bury Bartholomew out In the woods .
In a beautiful bole In the ground.
A kind of chill blight settled on the
party, though one of them tactfully
asked me what poet I was quoting.
When we had set down our two
-strtangers at their own home I was ask
ed whether I knew the naaie of tho gen
tleman on whom I had expended my
poetical quotation? Of course I did
not know, and of course his surname
was Bartholomew, while, as he seemed
fo bad health, my citation had an nlr'
of brutal appropriateness. "Thus docs
fortune banter us," for Bartholomew Is
a most unusual name In Stt1nnd.
Supvratltloa.
A well known New Yorker, while
dining at, his club onti evening, observed
that his order of oysters on the shell
was not complete, there being only
eleven bivalves Instead of the dozen lb
'was his custom to order.' Ou reflecting1
tliat his waiter, an Irishman, was a
newcomer, he decided to let the matter
pass, but when on the next evening the
same thing occurred he became a tritle
Impatient.
"See here," exclaimed be to the wait
er, "what do you mean by bringing me
eleven oysters when I order twelve?
This Is the second time that this thing
has happened."
, "Sure, sir," quletry responded the
Celt, "I didn't think you w.mld want to
risk being thirteen at table, sir."
Where tbe Incitement Waa.
"I don't suppose It's unmitural for
m to be excited now that the Lour
for my marriage to the count ap
prouThes," said the bride. "I gues
Tin tho most exrlted person In town at
this minute." "Oh, I don't know,"
replied Mrs. Nurltoh, her mother.
Think how excited they must lie over
,lt In tho newspaper oftlces." Catholic
Standard and Times.
The pessimist will tell you tbe cblld
jts the natural optimist, because it
idoosa't know auy belter.
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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
MILK, A BEMATtKABLE
U. Ill'.NRY DWKSHT
absorbingly Interesting facts about milk, the
IB I article of diet with which everyone Is so
I r.....Mlw a,,. nh.i tt-Mr.li mf lltHu (a 17011-
erully known." To quote one passage:
"Milk, as is leaves the cow's udder, con
tains bacteria. If tho cow Is dirty or there
Is loose hay around, dust from the cow's body and the
hay settles In the milk piffl, and this dust Is swarming
with bacteria. As soon as they reach the warm milk they
commence to multiply, and lu a few hour thp may have
Increased until there are millions. to the teaspoowful of
milk. It Is thesd bacteria that causes milk to sour, but
most of them are not only harmless but positively bene
ficial. According to Professor Conn, half a tenspoonfHl of
cream which was sour enough to he churned for butter
making contained 1,!K)0.X)0.000 bacteria. If bacteria were
as harmful as some Imagine, no one would be alive, for
who has not drunk buttermilk or eaten cottage cheese
made from sour milk which contains so many bacteria
that few could gnisp tho numbers contained In a pint
of It?
The bacteria are plants belonglag to the same chins
as yeast and mushrooms. No one Is afraid to use yeast
in bread-niakliig, or to eat mwhrooms, so no one should
be afraid to drink milk simply because It contains simi
lar vegetable forms. Sometimes poisonous bacteria get
into milk, but the cases of poisoning resulting are, com
paratively sjteuklng, rare, and no one need give up drink
ing milk on this account" North American Review.
BUSINESS EDUCATION.
iN no other field has education In tbe United
States made such marked advance within
the last few years as In the direction of
commercial' knowledge and training. The
last two decades were notable for progress
la technical and mechanical education. They
were tbe era of the chemist, the electrician
and tha civil and mechanical engineer. Tbe era of the
man of business has begun.
Commercial schools and business colleges formerly con
tented themselves with teaching arithmetic, bookkeeping,
banking, typewriting, stenography and commercial law.
They have been obliged greatly to broaden their scope.
In The larger cities the free commercial high schools, the
evening schools and the Young Men's Christian Associa
tions, most of which maintain educational departments,
find themselves compelled, la deference to popular de
mand, to establish classes in advertising, salesmanship,
real estate, lu vestments aud other subjects which reflect
the prevalent Interest In business. Some of the colleges
maintain postgraduate courses for the study of Interna
tional trade In Its broadest aspects, as well as In detail.
In business life Itself a change has been going ou not
unlike that which has taken place In agriculture a move
ment toward Intensive and systematic cultivation of spe
cial fields. This has beeu fostered by,' and In turn has
festered, the luvention of countless ingenious "systems"
and appliances for filing correspondence, keeping accounts,
Thctre are innumerable stories ,,'of
Revolutionary days In Charleston,
South Carolina. The old Indies used
to tell with glee how, when the Brit
ish were supposed to be out of the
way, the young fellows would come
home to dance with them. A messuge
would go to tbe nearest cousins and
friends, and a supier be rooked. It
might bo only rice and bacon, but it
was good to hungry men, declares
Charleston's historian, Mrs. Ravenal.
The dance and the feast would con
tinue until the stars grew pule.
Often these merrymakings were dis
turbed by thi enemy; but there was
always a negro or two on the watch,
and the harsh note of the screech-owl
or the cry of tho wblppoorwlll would
give the alarm. Then "partings In hot
baste," a rush for the horses, a sharp
scuffle, a hot pursuit, and perhaps a
prisoner taken.
The. young men had odd adventures.
One young fellow betrayed himself by
his apietlte. He was pursued nnd had
taken shelter at Mrs. Motto's place,
on South Suntee. She rolled him up
in a carjMjt, and pushing It against
the wall, told him to keep quiet until
tho enemy had gone nud she could re
lease him. .
Unluckily, he heard tlirough the ojtcn
window his hostess giving directions
to the cook about the chickens .which
were to bo dreswd for the dragons'
dinner. He could not bear to be left
out, and thrust his head from the car
lt chrysalis, and cried out, "Keep the
giblets for me!"
The soldiers heard, and he was at
eace caught and carried off, to repent
It leisure of bis Indlacretlon.
How Cleoda and Foira Differ.
Clouds are bodies of moisture evapo
rated from the earth and again partial
ly condensed In the upier regions of
tbe air. Fogs differ from clouds only
la one resect they come In contact
with the surface of the earth while
clouds ace elevated above our heads.
When the surface of the earth is
wanner than tho lower air the vapor
of the earth, being condensed by the
chill air, becomes mist or fog. But
wheu the lower air Is warmer than the
earth tho vapor rises through the air
and becomes cloud. Fog and mist dif
fer lu this resiMctthat mist Is a fine
rain, while fo Is vapor not sufllclently
condensed to iWlow of Its precipitation
hi drops.
Judtce and Doctor, Too.
Lord Rramwcll, a notable wit of the
English bench, was ou sitting In a
case where the prisoner was accused
of shoplifting.
"My lord, my client Is ivt a common
thief," urged the barrister for the de
fense; "ho Is suffering from kleptoma
nia." "That is exactly the disease I am
here to cure," replied Lord Bramwell,
blandly.
Succeeded.
"She married him to reform him."
"Did she succeed 7"
"Sure! He used to be a spendthrift
and now he has nothing to sjiend."
Houston Pout.
Aa Arllat.
"Your friend retains her age won
derfully."
"Yes, alio studied art In Europe."
Houston Post
MAILS P
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FOOD.
C1IAPIN gives some
I
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goods. This proposal Is for an independent service be
tween Frnglund and Australia and New Zealand via Can
ada. The scheme is chiefly tho work of Lord Strathcona
and the Honorable Clifford Slfton, and contemplate
highway of empire which would make Canada a half
way house between the motherland and her principal col
onics, excepting South Africa. As outlined In the pro
posals submitted In the last stages of the conference by
Premier Laurler, with the concurrence of the govern
menta of Australia and New Zealand, it Is proposed to
establish with adequate state aid a fast service between
English ports and Canada by means of three tweuty-flve-knot
steamers, which will brkig England within four
days of nallfax and eight days of Vancouver. . From the
latter port an etghteen-knot service Is to be established to
Australia and New Zealand, and also to China and Japan,
Tbe project will Involve, It Is estimated, a state subsidy
of one million pounds sterling annually for ten yearn
The Outlook.
E hear
AT I rate ef
V V I llttle
years ago, and tbe reason for It la not far
to seek. Cities established departments of health, gave
to them ample powers, and then Insisted en their being
effective if their appropriations were to be continued.
Tbe consequence has been that not only has much suf
fering been spared, but thousands nay, even hundreds
of thousands of people are now alive who, in the words
of one prominent sanitarian, have no business being alive
they would have been dead If the death rate that pre
vailed twenty years ago still obtained. Had tbey died
their death would have been considered as from the
band of God. We know that tlielr living is the result ef
the faking of some very simple measures for the pre
vention of disease. The Independent.
MARK TWAIN TO-DAY.
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M AUK' TWAIN S LATKST PHOTOGRAPH, TAKEN IN ENGLAND.
Here Is exactly how Mark Twain, America's greatest humorist, looks to
day in his seventy-second year. This photograph was taken in England after
his arrival there on his recent Joky, klng-cutertalnlng visit The hair la
three-seore-aud-twelve, the face 50, the eyes 80, and the spirit, as we all
know, boyish.
THE NEGRITOS.
Odd Blarrla Ceremony of Tbaaa
Hurbaroua Little People.
Belonging as they do to the lowest
type of civilisation as yet discovered,
the Negritos of Malaysia and their
ways are well worth studying. Simple,
primitive, barbarous little people, their
customs are those of prehistoric man.
They huve no fixed home or settle
ments, but are wanderers over their
mimntaluous Isluuds, sleeping under a
banana leaf, living ou herbs aud ber
ries and game.
Their marriage ceremony Is a unique
survival of early life. The suitor and
u few companions dance about the
shelter of the desired girl. There Is
u curious resemblance betweey the
dunces' of the prospective bridegroom
ami those of many of the game birds
of our woodland, finally the girl, ac
companied by her mother, starts to
ward the dwelling of the young men.
They frequently stop, squatting In the
trail while the uruent suitor and his
companions continue their entreating
and bewitching dances, winding round
and round the girl. Presents are gen
erally demanded and must be given
before the reluctant brldu will pro
ceed. Flually the women arrive near
a steep bamboo platform. A wild
shout pierces tho air, aud the bride
groom, like a frenzied animal, tears
through the Negritos assembled at the
base of the platform, snatches , the
bride In his arms and flies up the In
cline with hi mute, where tbey it
during the weddiug feast New York
Herald,
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ascertaining costs and attracting customers. It Is easlel ,
to study business now than ever before, because business
Is more nearly reduced to a science.'
The new education has one great attraction : It fits the
young man quickly for a "Job," and helps him to get 1L
This In Itself Is good. The only danger Is that the "JaV
may come to look like the end to be attained rather than
the means by which to attain It The end Is not making
a living, but living. One must know business to succeed
In It, but one must also know something more than busi
ness to make a real success of life, Youth's Companion.
A HIGHWAY OP EMPIRE.
VNADA naturally wnsi disappointed In the
outcome of the recent Imperial Conference)
of Colonial Premiers In London, but she has
already found in a proposal made In the
closing days of tbe conference partial con
solation for the failure of her cherished
plans for English prefereni-o for ' colonial
SANITATION 07 SMALL TOWNS. .
much of the reduction in the death
large cities In recent, years, but Terr
DOut lb Improvements of tbe health
vi viuiiii ivvTtiv. ii in wen Kuuffii mac ail
the infectious diseases claim many less vic
tims la city life than they did twenty-five
Tom Corwlu'a Edacatloa.
The father of Tom Corwln, tbe fa
mous Kentucky statesman, orator and
wit felt that he was too poor to make
a scholar of more than one child of hla
large faintly, and so the elder brother,
Matthias, was kept at school and
Thomas placed at hard work on the
farm. The breaking of a leg proved a
happy incident In the life of the boy,
as the enforced confinement gave him
time for devotion to his beloved books,
and he committed a Latin grammar to
memory. Upou his recovery lie again
Importuned his father to send him to
school and, meeting a refusal, deliber
ately broke his leg the second time that
he might have leisure to study. His
heroic determination to learn resulted
in his being placed In tho same institu
tion attended by his brother, where hla
natural ability and grout Industry
gathered a thorough knowledge of the
best English literature und a fair ac
quaintance with tho Latin classics.
Ohio Magalne.
A ti ra ram aria u.
That horse thief oyer there Is a
great stickler for correct English."
"Ho Is?"
"Yes. He always finds fault with the'
Judge's sentence.? Clurelund Plain
Dealer.
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The average man can express his
sympathy for auother's sorrow about
us effectively as be can trim a bat
If a loafer won't work when you
want htm, he should at least refrain
ifrom aylu' ha U too iujr.
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