THE GREAT CONTEST FOR THE ATLANTIC PASSENGER TRADE.
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EMIGRANTS DEPARTING FROM LIVERPOOL.
i '" Tlio rate-cutting innuguroted on the western passage across the Atlantic affects only Uie first and to a lesser
jfcrfrnt the second-class passenger. This picture deals with the third-class passenger, who h not affected, and whose
!f a re varies from $27.00 to $33.75. It shows a typical motley assortment of emigrants from all parts of Northern
feurope who make the passage through the great British port. They are about ta board a White Star liner at tht
great landing stage at Liverpool.
THE PARADOX.
There grows a weed, so gosHips tell,
To wound the hand that lightly plucks ;
But bind It with a proper spell,
And poison from the vein It sucks. ,
(Twbs Cupid's self that threw the dart,
(Gave me the simple for my nnart
When storms are high, so seamen tell,
And billows crumple all the main.
iSut dive beneath the angry swell.
And thou wilt find It calm again.
Since, Love, thou art a troubled sea,
Ijly only refuge is in thee.
iA chapman, Holy Writ doth tell.
Found treasure In t.he earth concealed ;
Tiut all he had he needs must ell
Ere he might have the precious field.
(Since thou has cost me all I own
j6 Love, what riches have I known t
Century.
The men In the store watched the
young farmer assist his wife Into the
yenioetable-lci:::ini; hugsy outside, nr
pange the packages, spread the In probe
-generously and carefully over the
Jyoung woman's knees and then, ului
elf uncovered, drive away.
1 "Clayton's goln' to take good care o'
that there wife o' his," commented the
storekeeper.
"Foolish of him," declared Washing
ton Hancock.
"He'll get tired o' washin' up that
ifcuggy o hls'n after a while 'n eon
tclude the ole waggln's good enough to
Icome to town to trade In," said Sol
jlJaker, sagely.
, "'Course he will," agreed Hancock,
"ne'll have her out to the wood pile
pllttin' stove wood, like as not I've
Jtnowed that to happen, too."
Baker had the grace to look embar
rassed when the storekeeper snickered.
"There's wuss things than spllttln a
leetlo mite o' wood now an' then for a
Women," he snld. "Anyway, Clnyt's
wlfe'll take all the care he kin give
ber an' then need more. If he ain't
iwashln' the dishes for her afore long
I miss my guess. .She don't like no
kind o work nono too well. She didn't
as a gal."
"Ain't a great hand to cook, they tell
tne," said the storekeeper. "Most any
inn n' fha other cals could beat her out
irhen It come to flxtn' up a meal. Seems
irke Clayt ud have took 'LIsbeth or
iBIrdl If he wois set an' bound to inar
fj Into the famly. This un's mighty
lack-mouthed, by all accounts. I
could ha' told him suthln' on thet score
f he'd cum to me an- ast me.
"Why didn't you tell hlra, anywajy
psked Marvin Parsons.
' "It'i'a pity she's siack-mouthed." wb
cerred Hancock. "It's them klud o'
fjelmmen that gits to talkin' about their
(neighbors after a while. An' It's t fan
my thing that It's alius the wlromen
ithat does that. You might set In this
ftore when Rufe an' Sol here was shoot
jln' off their mouths year In an' year out
lan you'd never hear them say a word
agin' anybody not If you was stone
jdeef. But when a man sees a feller
In danger o' bllghtln' his life by takln'
ip with a gal that's ornery an' no-ac-xwunt
he ain't doln' no more than
what's his dooty to give him the right
Jdnd o' warnln. If a feller's got good
ense he'll erpheshlate a word In sea
son o' that sort an' won't git mad
about It. Anybody's apt to be a mite
keerless an unthlnklu' In the matter o'
choosin' a gal when he's young. I bet
there hain't a married man here but
what'll say that's so."
The storekeeper nodded Involuntarily
and Hancock grinned.
. "S fur's takln' a word o' good art
rvlce klndly's concerned, I reckon
there's the many a man would tell you
that If Bomebody'd come to hlni In time
an' let him know what He had a rlht
to expect from the gal he wus thinktn'
o" marrying' he'd never have married
the gal ho did," resumed Hancock.
'There's some what docs git warned In
time. I rlckerleck right well when a
cousin o' mine, Sam Hancock, thought
' hitchin' up with a gal he'd met up
with when he wus a young buck. lie
seen the gal an' tu-k her bugy rldln'
nco or twice an' ho flggcred to him
self that she wus jest about the finest
young woman that ever set a foot on
this green alrth. lie couldn't make out
that she'd got a fault or a blemish.
She'd allu actM that away whilst he
wus around, so how wus ho to know
any diffrtint?
"There wus one thing, though, an'
that wus that Sam had a uiishty level
haldVn hlui for as young as he wus.
He'd slip up on a trada wunst In a
while, hut he never slipped up twlrvt
the same way an' he'd mad a-many
trades by the time he wus 20 yenra old.
No, Sam wasn't nobudd.v's fool.
"Well, there wus a feller lived neigh
bor to the gal's folks, name o' Ben
Crittenden, an' he knowed Snm an' ho
knowed the gal. He figgered that Sam
wus n likely boy an that It wusn't
right for him to stand back an' keep
his mouth shet when he c'd do good by
openln' It. So ho goes to Snm one day
an' ho takes him out behind tho -bnrn
for n confdcnshal talk.
" 'Sam,' he says, 'I allow you know
that I'm a friend o' yours an' that I
hain't a troublemaker or n atlr-strlfe.
I've got suthiu' to say to you an' If I
say It I don't wnnt for you to git mad
nn' prance around on your ear.'
" 'Certainly not,' says Sam. . 'If
you've got nnythlu' on your mind you
say it.'
" 'It's about r.orthy,' says Ben.
"'I hain't goln' to git mnd.' says
Sam. 'What nlwut Berthy?'
" 'It's this away,' says Ben. 'I
wouldn't say nothln' at all If I thought
you'd had the chance to know for your
self Jest whnt kind of a gal she wus.
But you hain't, an' I have. I hired
out to her paw all through one harvest
an I know What I'm talkin' about
That gal's mighty shif-less, Sam Jest
shlf less.
" 'Is that so?" says Sam.
"'I wouldn't tell you If It wusn't so,'
says Ben. 'An I wouldn't say nothln'
against her neither If you wusn't a
friend o' mine. She'll shirk off an'
leave her mammy to do the work If she
kin. an If she can't she'll Jest about
ha'f do It'
"'That's too bad, says Sam, looktn'
thoughtful.
" The menls . she cooks 'ud sicken
you,' says Bon. 'Harvest time a feller
hain't partlckler, but they sickened me.
An' when she's around the house she
ain't slicked up the' way she Is when
she goes to a church soshubhle, I tell
you that'
"Sho!" says Sam.
"'Yes, slree, an' her temper hain't
none o' the best I seen her belt her
young brother one day an knock him
endways. If you take my advice, Sam,
you'll dror off
"Sam studied a moment an' then he
got up an' shucked his coat Ben look
ed down his nose. 'You ain't mad, are
you?" he says.
"'No,' says Sam, a-splttln on his
hands. 'I hain't mad a mite, but I'm.
Jest goln' to wnlier you around a spell
to teach you to mind your own affairs
an to quit tattlin on gn!.' An with
that he lit In an' don It"
"Did he marry the gal afterward?"
Inquired Raker.
"Co'se he did," replied Hancock.
"Why wouldn't her
"You said, he had a b--ap o sense,"
urged the storekeeper.
"Not regardln' them matters,", said
Hancock. "No man has. But there
wasn't no more wrong about that gal
than there la about any gal, an' I reck
on they got trlong about as well as
most, her an' Sam tnebbe better."
Chicago Dally News.
ItrtnlJndon.
A man who was a guest at one of
the Bumniter resorts In West Vlrglirtu
tells of a weddlnj; ceremony he wit
nessed lu the towu near by.
The minister was young and easily
embarrassed. It was the tlrst wedding
lie bad ever undertaken. The prospec
tive bride and groom were both young
er and still more easily embarrassed
than he.
When the minister had finished the
service and muttered a few kindly but
balling words to the young couple he
had Just united, 11m bride looked at
him, blushing, hut confident.
Thank yer," she said elcariy. "It's
shore kind o' yer to congratulate us,
an' as long as you haven't ever been
married ylt maybe we'll have n chance
some day to retaliate." Harper's
Weekly.
Au i:xu'tl:iB Trnlner.
"Who won the long-distance walk
ing match?"
"SprlgglM."
"He did? Who was his trainer?"
"Ills ten-moutbs-old baby." Chicago
Record Herald.
"tou hain't mad are you?"
OLD COINS NEW TO HER.
Conlil-r Itrfaned to Take J!,(n IMrre
::V Three "Knalc" Irntl
!! a- little Is known by the general
p;::..i;- of the United States coins which
are not now current was shown the
other day In nn uptown restaurant,
says the New Yorkt "Times, when a coin
collector In a spirit of fun handed to
the cashier In place of n nickel one old
fashioned bronze two-cent piece and
three small copper-nickel "flying eagle"
cents.
The .cashier, n young woman of
about 20, looked disdniufully at the un
familiar coins, and then refused to ac
cept them, saying she had never seen
any such money as that before; that
idle didn't believe they were "good,
and didn't propose to accept them.
The patron protested that the coins
were genuine, and pointed to the In
scrlption "United States of America,"
as n verification. But the young wom
an remained unconvinced, and summon
ed the manager. He, too, was dubious
about the authenticity of the pieces,
looked them over carefully, and said
he had never seen anything like them
before. He Anally told the cashier to
take them anyhow, and he would re
lieve her of all' responsibility In case
they turned out to be spurious.
The last two-cent piece wns Issued
by the United States mint In 1873,
while the flying engle cents were struck
only In lSoO, 1S57 and 1858. Nearly
2r,0()O,(!J0O eagle cents aud more thau
44,000,000 two-cent pieces were coined,
To collectors it Is odd that In a pe
riod of fifty years this vast number
of coins should have disappeared to
such nn extent that the present genera
tion never heard of them.
HONEY BEES.
After Them he Indinn Met ta
White Man,
All the honey bees In this country
having originally been Imported from
Europe or Asia, there Is no racial dif
ference between the wild ones and the
domesticated; those' that live In trees
are simply the descendants
of
those that from time to tlui
have taken "French leave" from
their owners' hives and reverted
to n state of nature. The vast bulk
of the wild bees are of the German
or black race, while the standard
domesticated bee la the Italian, but
that however, Is enly because the Gw
maus were the first to be introduced
bore. Just when the Germans came Is
In doubt, but It was so.ne time In the
seventeenth century; certainly It was
not until nea the close of the eigh
teenth centnry that any bees wwe
found west of the Mississippi.
The Indians used to say thoj could
mark the advance of the white man by
the appearance of bees In to woods.
The Italian bes were first Imported In
1S00. Better tempered and move Indus
trious than tb'j Germans, they have be
come very ppoular with apla.-jsts, DUt
as many still keey the German bee, und
other have the hybrid formed by tho
crossing of the two ruces, while count
less Italian now have taken to the
woods, theie to breed more hybrids, It
Is clear that there Is no sure way of
distinguishing between thu wild bee
and the domesticated. Outing.
Owl Forecast Weather.
Hancock, Just over the Lebanon
Mountain:, west of PlttslieM, on the
New Yorit State boundary, depends
upon a hoot owl for Its weather re
ports. Every night the villages listen
for the wl, which roosts In the forests
of John Taylor's farm. If the owl gives
n series of long, mournful boots, rain
Is expected the next day ; If sharp and
clear are the bouts, the weather will be
clear. The owl's forecast nas never
railed yet.
The owl Is called Rig Ren. Its mate
wus shot 15 years ago and :iow adorn
the show window of Frame lladwcli's
store. Robert J. Gillespie of New York,
touring through Hancock the other
night, listened to the owl lor .ialf an
hour. He says all Washington weather
forecasts have U-en thrust ".side In
Hancock. Pit tslield (.Mass.) Cor. New
York Herald.
Her .Null Warn Filial.
The proprietor or a lar'e drug store
recently received this curt and haughty
note, written lu uu lingular feminlno
hand: "I do not want vasiollne, but
glisHcrlne. U that plain enough? I
porsooiu you can spell."
There Is nothing u woman enjoys get
ting so much a n letter from some
married woman tliut Is stained with
tears.
Most of a man's friends are his
friends because of what they don't
know about hliu.
As a result of recent accidents to va
rious navies the British warship will
have their magazines cooled with re
frigerating machinery.
A model maker who has hern In New
York City for seventy-two years says
that there are at least sixty-seven men
lu the city who are working on perpet
uul motion mnchlmu.
A new turbine toris-do w' shortly
bo tested In France of greater speed
than any at present in existence, capa
ble of traveling a distance of over 1.250
miles and of carrying a much larger
charge of explosives than any torpedo
now In use.
The largest mica mine In the world
Is located at Sydenham. Out, sixteen
miles from Kingston. The product Is
mostly nmlMr mica, with some sliver
amber, the highest quality mined. The
mine Is one mile from the upper end
of Sydenham Iike, and the mica Is
transported In bulk from the mine by
barge to the railroad at Kyuenham,
where It Is shipped to Ottawa for trim
ming for the market
Successful experiments were recently
made at CherUiurg with a new tele
phone device to eunble divers to com
municate by voice with iersons nt the
surface. A telephone receiver Is fixed
at tlie diver's ear, arter the manner
employed by operators at -entral of
fiTS. and a microphonic sKnklng appa
ratus Is arranged in front of his mouth
inside the cns(1ucite. The suisrlorlty
of this pi nn over the old method of
communicating by slgnnl cords Is man
ifest. At Cheshire. Connecticut, stands an
apple tree which Is known to bo 100
years old, and Is believed to be much
older than that. The trunk Is 17Vj
feet In circumference near the ground,
and the height of the tree Is about 70
feet There are 8 largo branches. Five
of these bear fruit one year, and the
other 3 next year. One year this re
markable tree yielded 130 bushels of
apples. The tree Is regular In form,
and the circle shaded by Its branches
Is 130 feet In diameter. '
M. Lambert pnioses. In the British
and Colonial Druggist, to add (i centi
grammes of permanganate of potash
to each liter of drinking wnter to
purify It This should Ik left ten
minutes, after which 10 centigrammes
of manganous sulphate should be ad
ded. This precipitates all germs and
Impurities to the bottom of the vessel.
Carefully decanted, this will give "wn
ter not containing n single microbe,
limpid, colorless, of pleasant taste, and
even richer In oxygen than ordinary
water."
A singular and very Interesting and
useful institution has been established
In the little city of Tnrnre, near Lyons,
France. It Is a myeological bureau,
where expert Judgment is furnish
concerning mushrooms brought to It for
examination. The country round Tn
rare abounds with mushrooms, many of
which are poisonous. Since the estab
lishment of the bureau nobody buys
mushrooms which do not carry Its tick
et of Identification and guaruntoc, and
all the country people from miles
around bring their mushrooms for ex
amination. One surprising result has
been the discovery of scores of excel
lent edible mushrooms, which beforo
nobody dared to touch.
LEFT-OVER FOODS SERVED.
Thin la Said to He n C'untoiii of New
York Henlnurant n.
New York nnd Chicago are probably
the only two cities In the world where
restaurants serve left-over fowls, ac
cording to Whnt to Eat. And this prac
tice Is not confined to the lower class
restaurants. But It Is New York's east
side that markets the worst foods In
tlie world. Scarcely an- pure products
can be found on the markets there.
Brands of produce never heard of any
where else abound. There !s lard bear
ing the name of packers that do not
exist and any quantity of cheap canned
products exhibiting like deceptions.
Here Is the refuse of the refuse left
from the higher class markets.
The "private brand" fraud Is prob
ably the greatest evil affecting New
York as a whole. Some of tnese goods
are represented as the very highest
class and sold for high prices. These
brands do not bear the actual name of
the manufacturer nor the place of man
ufacture, but are given hoiivj tempting
title accompanied with tlie name of
the retailer or Jobber. Thus they are
made exclusively for the trade of the
city nnd State nnd do not ha to com
ply with tlie requirements of the na
tional law. Often the brands are false
ly represented as bi'lng manufactured
by the retailer or jobber. One New
York manufacturer, whose lame rarely
ever appears on anything he produces,
puts out half a hundred or more of
these private brands, bearing the names
of as many retailers anil Jobbers, whom
the customer is led to belk-ve is the
actual manufacturer.
The r.'t la Mlenee.
Pa Twaddles Well, what's tho mat
ter now?
To i:iny Twaddles Ma says I mustn't
never ay a word while slm's lu the
room.
Mil Twaddles Why, no, 1 didn't,
dear; I s.iid you mustn't Interrupt
while I'm talking.
Tommy What's the difference?
Cleveland Leader.
Thrlr 'I me I e.
Represent a t've Watklns of Louisiana
thinks he !i;i-i about tin' most imiuislst
;it constituent imaginable. lie sent
him a fell iuita of garden seeds and!
received Ibis letter l:i reply.
"I iNM-olvcd the seeds, but 'liey nre no
good. Su l mo it wt of congressional
rc-nrds. They amuse the children and
make bully lamp lighter.."
Particular care uhould be taken by
some girls lu getting a pretty hat; that
In tho only u-e to which they ever put
their hem'.K.
If you were a crook wouldn't you
hate to tell a fniry utory. and then hava
the police denounce It its a canard?
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
ovn rArcn ah nr.
Ill' mnnylii'' statement Is made that In spite
H I or all efforts to ti'.l up the ranks the army
I I at present Is 'JO.t ;t o men !iort of the au-
1 f ...... ..f T. 't't.r... nin 0MI,tu.WMl to 1lO
over tMi.ttst rank ami lib' l:r the nrmy, In
cluding tlie i:ew .luthor'.zul additions to the
Toast Artillery Corps, hut mere is no
branch of the service which bus tlie requisite number
of officers or men. In a few months an Infantry regi
ment Is to go on Its tour of duty to the Philippines,
Where It Is to remain two years. Only those who have
two to serve can be taken. This leaves exactly 130 men
who are ready to go, or los than the slw of n full com
pany on a war footing. And only nineteen of these arc
privates.
The men who have tried the service do not like It
When they sec so many opportunities in civil life. The
desertions are alarmingly frotpient. nor Is it easy to de
tect them, and much more dlillcult to Oil up the ranks.
One artillery company contains so few meti thnt If they
were given the requisite number of non-commissioned
places there would not be a single private, and there are
some companies In various branches of the service which
actually have no privates nt all. In fact, we have only a
skeleton army.
Nor would It bo so bad If the olliccrs were sufficient
for the service. Then we could at least preserve or
ganizations which In time of war or danger could be
filled up and be ready for service. It Is stated thot there
Is not a single company In the service- where tho full
number of otlleers Is present Most companies nre com
manded by lieutenants, many have only a single olllcer,
and some none at nil. The number of second lieutenants
Is far less than that of first lieutenants, while the figures
should be reversed. West Point furnishes annually only
a few ofllecrs, civil life nnd privates or non-eonunlss!oued
officers a few more, but not enough can be secured la any
way- Philadelphia Inquirer.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
OT a single railway passenger lost his life
N In Great Britain In 1001 through a collision
I or a derailment One hundred nnd ten pas
1 ..nnnm ivnfa L-ITIt.il lii enlltHlmia nnd ilt-
railments In the United States In the same
period. In 11)0.1 accidents of this class
killed thirty-nine passengers In Great Rrlt-
nln and 341 lu tho United States. The returns for l'.KiO
re not yet available. There were two very serious acci
dents In England, but the loss of life In the United States
was probably greater than lu any previous year.
As a result of the remit Increase in fatalities there is
a growing demand that something be done to force
the American railway companies tu take greater precau
tions against accidents. They can be made less frequent,
ai the British record shows. Two horrible collisions a'
few weeks ago, each preventable, aud each due to dis
regard of the signals or to neglect to give tho proper
warnings, resulted In the death of more than a hundred
persons.
Broadly speaking for there are exceptions collisions
are Inexcusable, since by the use of the block system
trains can be kept far enough apart to prevent them. A
signal, automatically worked, shows the engineer of an
DItek-Cleanlna; Shovel.
An Iowa mnu has -designed nnd pat
ented a shovel that will be found ex
ceedingly convenient for cleaning ditch
es. C 1 e a u 1 ii g n
ditch with an or
dinary shovel en
tails almost as
much work as roll
ing a peanut with
a toothpick. In
this ditch-cleaning
shovel the shovel
proper Is rounded
to correspond with
the contour of the
ditch, providing a
rrrs in ini orrcn.
convenient means of reaching dirt In
the lower recesses of the ditch. The
shovel Is supported from the handle by
an adjustable angle lever, It being pos
sible to tilt the blade of the shovel at
ny desired angle.
Aah Iteceptarlr.
A real novelty recently Invented Is
the aah-reeelver and holder for cigars
shown In the Illustration below, de
signed by a Mlchi
g a n m a n. The
holder consists of
nn outer receptacle
nnd mi inner shell.
. A rim extending
around the top of
the shell engages
with the mouth of
the receptacle and
supports the shell
in itosltion. The
ASH IUXE1TACLE..
sides of the shell arc spaced from tlie
wall of tlie receptacle, the sides of the
shell being straight, while tho walls of
the receptacle converge. The bottom!
Of the Inner receptacle Is perforated.
Cigar or cigarette ashes dropped into
tho holder drop through the perforn
itlons Into tho lower receptacle. If the
bolder Is knocked over, which very fre
quently happens, the anhes aro prevent
ed from falling on tho floor and Injur
ing the carpet.
I uliiue Shavlinc Ilrunh.
Barbers, and their patrons especial
ly, will welcome the novel shaving
brush shown In the Illustration below.
the Invention of
vY---Sy an sIlllnols man.
Its object Is to
dlsH'iiso w I t h
h a n d rubbing,
commonly resorted
to lu order to rub
tlie lather In the
beard. The -mechanism
of the
brush Is enclosed
Ai'i'i.ita '.ATHUi. in iiivuliir cas
ing, to whi 'li is attached the brush
.nd the handle. Ouiildo tho casing
is a small crank handle, which oper
ates several gears wlililn the casing.
UhM-eiiivnt Is thus couimuulcated tu
111
oo a
their
have
be a
m
the brush, causing It to revolve, tho
course of tho brush closely simulating
the movement of the hand or an ordi
nary brush held In the hand. There la
no spattering or throwing off of the
lather, the latter working up In a com
paratively short time. The peculiar
orbital motion of the brush gathers and
works up the lather without Irritating
the skin. It Is to be hoped at least
that barbers will adopt this novel shav
ing brush, and avoid the unnecessary
waiting for "Next" There Is no limit
to the speed of the brush, as it can be
readily and quickly operated by hand
and conveniently applied to all parts
of the face.
Novel Stovo Lid.
A new type of stovo lid Is the re
cent Invention of a Pennsylvania man.
It Is designed to be used as a damper
without necessitating the
removal of the lid from
the fire. As shown In
the Illustration, the dam-
jilf perlng of the tire can be
'fJy accurately and minutely
j i . ..
reguiatcu. mis store na
is made In two sections,
tho outer section hav
ing a large circular re
cess one-half the depth
haxuv liu. of tho lid. The upper
section fits aud revolves In the recess
nnd contains numerous round aper
tures. Iu the recess In the outer sec
tion are triangular openings corre
sponding with the triangular sections
of apertures In the inner lid. Obvious
ly when the Inner lid Is revolved so
that the apertures nre over the open
ings In the outer section the fire will
be dampened. When tlie apertures do
not register over tho openings the stove
opening will be as effectually sealed
as .with tho common stove lid. Tho
dampening is regulated by placing only
a portion of the nurture over the
openings in tho lower section of the
lid.
Kiitu ot the Korsolteu.
An antiquary once visiting Westmin
stir Abbey found n stone-cutter at
work, says tlie Washington ' Star, re
cutdng tlie naiiii! of Wilson, tho great
singer of Shakspeiire's day.
He began to tell the stone-cutter
about this inn ii whose uiiuie lie was
cillting, how he had Im-cii Shakspcarc's
friend and lien Jouson's and Kit Mar
lowe's, and how nil thoso men loved
lilm mid honored him.
The stone-cutter looked up from bis
work, frowned, nnd shisik ills head.
"I wish, sir," he said, "we'd knowed
he was such a swell afore we run that
there drain-plpn through hlui."
"I noticed n ft night tiiat you alluded
to I ilnglelowii as an Mi ;h!y paradise."
"Yes. They haven't a sln.lo lawyer
there- ami milk Is t! 11 7 cent3 a
quart." Cleveland Plain iJcakT.
'toss-
approaching train that another train ahead of bis has not
yet passed the next signal tower. He la forbidden to
proceed until the signal shows that the line Is clear.
One of the great railway companies In the West testa
Its engineers by setting tho signals against them to see
whether they obey the warning. It Is stated that last
year not a single engineer ran by a signal. Ten engineers
were dismissed for disregarding signals before the com
pany succeeded In Impressing on the men the Importance"
of oliedlence. There aro doubtless other railway com
panies which have established similar discipline among
their mpn, but too many englueers are willing to take the
risk of a collision.
Tlie adoption of safety devices Is expensive. There was
a time a few years ago, when all the money the com
panies could raise was needed for laying tracks and buy
ing cars and locomotives. Although Immense sums have
been expended In the Introduction of appliances for In
suring the safety of travelers by rail, experience shows
that much remains to be done. The public Is Justified
In demanding that safety bo considered even before divi
dends. Youth's Companion.
FARM-YOUTH AT SCHOOL.
IT Til TtrWQnnt- Aimtw arMtsw! KulMln-j tsa .m
I structure In which children sit to study
books and recite from them. It should also
pice in wmcn cnuurcn can worn witn
hands. Every school building should
a laboratory room. In which there may
few plants growing In the windows.
ami perhaps nn aquarium and a tcrrarlum. Here the
children will bring their flowers and Insects and samples
of soil, and varieties of corn or beans In their season
and other objects that Interest them, and here they may
perform their simple work with' Implements and tools.
Even If tho teacher cannot teach these subjects, the room
Itself will tench. The mere bringing of such objects to
school would have a tremendous Influence on the chil
dren; patrons would ask what the room is for; In time
a teacher would be found who could handle tho subjects
pedngoglcally. Now we see children carrying only books
to school ; some day they will also carry twigs and po
tatoes nnd animals nnd stones nnd tools and contrivances
and other personal objects. 'L. II. Bnlley, lu tlie Century.
THE CHURCH IN THE COUNTRY.
N the country the church Is not merely a
placo where certain persons gather to hear,
sermons and sing hymns; It is a social cen
ter. The people have their stated meetings
for the study of the Scriptures yes, but
also for oyster suppers, fairs, sociables, am
ateur theatricals, spelling bees, old folks'
concerts, rummage sales, lectures, classes In sewing and
In the making of clothes for the poor. To be sure, the
habit of aggregation Is tea times more 'eager In the
couutry than It Is In town ; for in the former It Is occa
sional, whereas lu the latter It Is perforce constant The
shop, the street car, tho theater, the concert hal, the
club, the professional society, the labor union, the politi
cal association, nre agencies for the gathering of multi
tudes which do not pertain In farming communities or In
thinly-peopled districts. Hence the church represents
more than Its creed and Its cause. Brooklyn Eagle.
Horse trading Is popularly supposed
to make severe demands on a man's
honesty. Abel Saunders found it so
when he attempted to dispose of the
live stock owned by his brother's wid
ow, to her advantage; for Abel had a
lively conscience.
" 'Any out about this critter?' you
asked me," Ma said to a man who was
considering the purchase of the widow'
pray horse. "Well, I never saw one
yet there wasn't some out about, same
as In folks, If you bunt for It long
enough. You ask me all the questions
you want, and I'll answer 'em true; but
I'm not n-golng to volunteer Informa
tion. You can take him on my tell, or
leave hlni." ' 1
Then followed a long list of ques
tions as to the soundness, strength and
staying powers of the gray horse, all of
which were satisfactorily answered. It
appeared that this desirable animal was
afraid of neither steam engines nor
automobiles, nor bad a road roller or
a mowing machine any terrors for him;
in fact, be had no qualms cr fears of
any sort
At Inst, after many rain attempts to
discover the "out," the wouid-be pur
chaser said, slowly, "Well. I guess I'll
take the risk, and the horse; here's
your money. ow let s hear what his
falling Is."
"I don't know as I'd call It a fall
ing, exactly," said Abel Saunders, when
he had carefully stowed away the roll
of bills In his wallet "It's just a kind
of a notion he has. You're all right If
you keep going ahead, but If ever you
waut to go back round anywhere, you
just allow a good twenty minutes for
It"
"Hates to back, does he?" said the
purchaser, regretfully.
"Hates to! No, ho admires to!" said;
Mr. Saunders. "It's a kind of a good
plan when you're going off to harness
him In a little ahead of time and let
him back round lu tho yard a sell be
fore you start; He's a real careful
backer. He'll go round and round, and
hardly cramp the wheels a mite, and It
pleases him, I tell you!"
Itace Suicide In the Middle rtut.
"The sociologist Itiy the charge ot
race suicide ut the doors of the multi
millionaires," writes Annu Stecso Rich
ardson, in tlie Womun's Homo Com
panion. "Why do they hot Investigate
tlie family conditions In the great
middle class, from which are drawn
our most sucit'ssful women? Here they
will find the grent source of danger to
tlie promulgation of the human race.
"To-day It Is the young women and
the mature women of the middle class
wiio are turning their bucks on the
home wherein lies America's hope of
future greatness. And for what? . To
exchange the birthright of womanhood,
wifehood and motherhood for the mess
of pottage known as a business career.
Therein lies the nation's greatest men
ace race suicide."
Some girls are Hue some dolls. They
cry "mamma" every time they are
squeezed.
Every muii who borrows trouble pays
usurious Interest.