A MISNAMED EXHIBIT.
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Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
500,000 THEATER-GOERS.
CAIMIITL estimate makes It W'obuhle that
V I nt leant "UUMiO persons attend theaters
I I" New York on week days, nnil ."iiiD.tKHl on
oui.u,i,. i u; ii;c.-u. mai as u im iur in
the 1 1 To of tin people t!ii? theater stands
second only to the public schools. It must
lit once lo added that of these .';(!0,(K or
600,000 l.ot 20 iht cent lire found at Broadway theaters,
or, Indoul, nt tiny cf 1 1i? standard theaters. This fai t
at once thrown the theater problem Into It right
prospective. The plays pres. iitoi) on Broadway are sub
ject to violent criticism Just now and have even aroused
the reforming Ire of the Hoard of Aldermen; but what
of the I'OO-ndd theaters swarming in the tenement tlx
trlets and offering food wholesome or jmiWohous to the
Immigrant, the child nnd the workingman? There are
over 000 moving picture shows In Greater New York,
getting from lfiU to 800 people. sltiated In the tenement
i riots, giving n dozen performances a day veritable
Institutions In the life of the people. But they are prac
tically unregulated.
On the constructive Hide, it must !e remembered, that
no agency In New York at this moment draws as the
moving picture show draws. It reaches a broad stratum
of people not reached by the recreation centers or the
octal settlements. Moving pictures, because of their
cheapness nnd often their renl excellence, represent the
theater Itself to the grent majority of the wage-earners.
They are a social force of commanding Importance,
whether for good or for 111 a force which must be used
and developed. Charities and the Commons.
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LET THE COLLEGE BE KEPT CLEAN.
to be like men we have nn em and n community stamp
ing themselves ns decadent. Especially Is this the case
when th- Imagined performances of Miiclent degenerates
are selected for so-called "artistic" Illustration. Such
performaiKCK are not "artistic" In any sense of the word.
They neither Instruct, edlfy nor rven entertain healthy
minds. They suggest the need for turning on the hose
or burning sulphur and applying disinfectants. Chicago
Inter On nn.
HE nubile was recently eiitertninpil hut not
at 4 I edllied by newspaper accounts of a young
1 I male student at the Eniversity of Chicago
tume of u degenerate female of nncleut
hlatory. Such pr rfornuinces, und the queer
trfcte that engages In them, tolerates them,
applauds them and considers them "Kmart," must In
spire most men with disgust. They suggest the advisa
bility of a quiet but rigid Inquiry Into the social con
ditions and tendencies lu which such Incidents arise.
The "femnle Impersonator" on the professional stage
la "a r"Ppellant spectacle. To be offended by similar spec
tacles In private life is something that all men, espe
cially all young men, should Im spared. Furthermore,
aud apart from the bad taste of such performances, !t
Is certainly not the business of colleges nnd universities
to encourage, tolerate or even wink at enterprises or
amusements of the student body which tend to make
young men effeminate or young women masculine.
Each sex has Its place aud its work on earth, and
the place nnd work of one Is not the place nnd work of
the other. Whenever nnd wherever It becomes fashion
able or Is regarded as In any sense Interesting or lauda
able for men to try to be like women or womea to try
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THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCHE9.
NE of the denominational religions publica
tions which secures statistics each year on
the growth of the church population of the
United States lias Just published figures
which sliow a smaller increase In 10tS
tl an In 1907. The earlier year was, how
om r. phenomenal In certain details of the
recorded growth, and the Increase of the last year is not
at nil diapolntlng.
The figures shew a net Increase for 1!M)S of 2,S.50 min
isters, 1.874 churches and 720.047 communicants. The
growth of the Catholic church Is, of course, included,
though the statistics come from a Protestant source.
The most Interesting feature of the statistics is a com
parison with similar statistics of l.SItO. The total num
ber of communicants to-day Is put at 34,282,543, or al
most 40 ier cent of the entire estimated population of
the nation, nnd this Is a growth of i() per cent in the
lust eighteen years. The number of ministers In 11HXS,
1C5,72."i, Indicates a growth of 4!) per cent In the period.
And the number of churches, 213,040, shows also a
growth of 40 per cent.
That this growth Is really of great significance ap
pears when one compares it with the total growth of
tho country in population In the same period. Of course,
the 1003 population figure must be an estimate, but if
one takes the estimate used by government authorities
at Washington one is safe enough. On this basts the
growth of our population has been only Just about 40
per cent In the eighteen years. The rate of Increase-In
church communicants Is therefore more than half again
as rapid as that In total population. The churches are
Indeed to be congratulated on the showing. Chicago
Itceord-Ilerald.
Rrlaaa Jn to Ihe. Monrim Vlaltora
ntl Worries the t'aralor.
A curator at the Metropolitan Mi
sen m of Art is threatened with Insan
ity, the cause lielng n small iidsnainod
exhibit In the gallery outside hi office
door.
"Twenty times a day," declared the
harassed man, "people discover thnt
thot china statuette out In the Frank
lin collection Is named Oeiiein) Wash
ington Instead of Benjamin Franklin.
Thei they burst In here and announce
their discovery and wonder tha; no
one ever noticed It before. Half my
lime Is spent lu explaining that we
know It well, that It was simply a mis
lake of the potter who labeled It In
France over a rcnlnry ago, nnd that we
cannot change it nor wouldn't If we
could.
"Of course I tell tlwin thN courte
ously and patiently, and you know what
h strain thnt Is when you arc goli-j
ever the same thing for the thousandth
lime! Id latch the door, only tbero
nre too many employes seeking me nil
day long, so here I must sit nnd listen
to the names of Ccorgo Washington
mid Benjamin Franklin reponti-t n mil
lion times till I wish that neither of
those glorious patriots bad ever lived.
And It's driving me Insane, I tell you:
It's driving me Insane!"
Just then the door opened and a lady
popped in with :
"There's n statue out here named
rienernl Washington, hut I'm sure "
And the weary curator, being u South
rrner, row smilingly to his task. New
York Times.
TO REVOLUTIONIZE BATTLES.
iT will be necessury for the poets of the
future to revise imagery as they describe
the conflict of arms. Furious Frank and
tlery Hun no longer struggle under a sul
phurous canopy. The lines of Tennyson in
celebration of the exploit of the Light
Brigade will become archaic. Soldiers on
the eve of battle will not continue to dance until the
roll of distant guns summons them from their part
ners. The battlefield during the mopt tremendous grap
ple may be as smiling as a plain of Prorence. and the
song of birds may be beard as missiles weighing a ton
are hurled through the air. New York Globe.
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CZAR HAS FIVE CHILDREN.
ftaliy of the Family I Ilrlr Apparent
to tbe Hulin Throne.
Czar Nicholas of Russia and his con
Sort, Alexandra Feodorovna, who was
Prim-ess Allx of Hesse, whose grnud
niother was the late Queen Victoria of
flnglund, have five lively children four
g4rls nnd a boy. The boy, who Is in
the high position as heir apparent to
the throne of all the Iius'slus, Is the
baby of the family.
His name Is Alexis Nichohilevltch,
ami he Is a grand duke. As crown
reason of the lodgment of particles of
food between the teeth or In small de
pressions nnd dents. Certain kinds of
food, especially sugars and starchy
foods, if allowed to remain In contact
with the teeth set up an ncld fer
mentntlon, during which the bacteria
which nre produced literally feed upon
the tooth, first eating away the enamel
and when thnt Is gone burrowing down
Into the dentine until the pulp of the
tooth is exposed. As soon as they reach
the nerve of the tooth a terrible tooth
ache announces the fact.
There are three causes behind all
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mmnv n,niirmn' i in immhh-m r,iii-iini i
CHILIHCK.N or TuE ul'lAN AETuCltA'l,'
most important part of the child's early
training. A simple alkaline toothwnsh
or cronm should be used once a day,
and the dentist should be consulted
at regular intervals, because there is
no matter In which prevention Is so
surely better thnn cure ns in the care
of the teeth. Youth's Companion.,
Direct Anavrfra.
The negroes of Africa are simple nnd
direct In spch. It never occurs to
them, writes Ii. H. Milllgan In "The
Jungle Folk in Africa." that the pur
pose of langunge Is to conceal thought,
and to commiserate the African for his
color is a waste of Bympatby. In Illus
tration of this Mr. Milllgan give an
amusing conversation with one of his
pupils.
One day. when I was talking to
Bojedl, something In the course of the
conversation prompted me to ask him
whether he would like to be a white
man. He replied respectfully but em
phhatically In the negative, I wished
to know his reason. He hesitated to
tell me; but I wns Insistent, and at last
he replied :
"Well, we think that we are better
looking." I gasped when I thought of the vast
ly Ill-looking faces I had seen In the
Jnngles. and Id upology for myself, I
said :
"Hut you have not seen us In our
own country, where there Is no malaria,
and where we are not yellow und
green."
He quietly asked what color we wero
In our own country, to which I prompt
ly replied. "Pink and whita."
Looking at me steadily for a mo
ment, ho remarked :
'Mr- Milllgan. If I should see you
In your own country I d.m't believe I
should know you."
priu(e be Is known officially a the
Oearevltcbe. In some European court
lists he Is referred to as . the Cesare
TUeh. Ho was born in 1004 ; Olga in
18!V.", Tatlana In 1S07. and Anastagla
In 1901.
DECAY OF THE TEETH.
J he Three I'i'nrlpnl auaea
That la t'lranatnir In KITeel.
Of all physical ailments to which ihe
human race Is subject decay of the
teeth is perhaps the most general and
widespread. This is true at least of
tnodcru tlmin, for examination of an
cient skulls has shown that although
the undents suffered from decaying
teeth they did not suffer to such an ex
tent as we do to-day. The examination
of the school children of the present
day betrays an appalling state of
affairs In this regard.
We know that the tooth Itself Is cov
ered with a shield of enamel which Is
tuteinled to remain Intact und preserve
the dentine, or real tooth material.
from the assaults of harmful germs
formed in the mouth, principally by
this trouble improper food, wrong
ways of eating and lack of cleanliness.
The mistake of serving too much over
cooked, soft food is responsible for
much of the trouble, and this is Just as
true for little children as It Is for
adults. The teelh were given us le
bite with and to chew with, ami If lliey
are defrauded of their natural work
they become unhealthy.
In addition to this, certain article
of fond, such as raw apples and nuts,
which call for mnstleatlon before swal
lowing, are absolutely cleansing in their
effect upon the teelh. Mechanically
they remove musses of soft decompos
ing material. Besides this, mastlcMtlng
promotes the How of saliva, whlc'i in
Its turn helps ihe growth of the good
geruii) which are needed to tight 'he
bad ones, for It should bo reiiieinbci ed
v lien It is said that the mouth Is al
ways full of bacteria that the giual
germs are making a brave fiht there
ns well as everywhere else In the body.
Finally a tooth brush khoiild be the
first birthday present, and lt regular
and pemUtent use should he made a
ONE OP ITS TWO.
Tobliiit It Out In TriHle.
The moral of the story printed be
low, which Is quoted from tho New
York Tribune. Is that a young man
vio contemplates changing his occupa
tion or position should take enre that
the bargain he makes with his new
employer Is definite. There is nlso an
other moral for employers.
The proprietor of a certain Turkish
bath establishment, seeing a strong
looking young man working In a butch
er's shop, and being impressed by his
magnificent muscles, told him to re
sign and take a rubber's Hisltlon with
him.
"I'll give you more than you are
getting now." he said.
The young butcher, resigning in good
faith, turned up the next morning at
the bathhouse.
"Well." said the proprietor to him,
"I'll put you on nt once. What did
you get at the butcher's?"
"Six dollars aud my week's moat,''
returned the young man.
"Whal did that amount to?"
"About thnt' dollars."
"Welt.'' said the proprietor, 'I offer
ed ou more to come hero, didn't IV
I'll give yon six dollars in money and
four dollars' worth of baths weekly.
That Is a dollar more than you got at
your old place."
Aa It Senna.
"What makes yuu say he made his
money easily?"
"Ion't you know? All he did was
I wrlle a H"y."
j it's a ink'bty mean gnx-cr 'who put
J a acrceu over his apple barrel.
The day will dawn when one of us shall barken
In vnln to hear n voice thnt lias prown dumb;
And moms shall fade, noons pnlo, ami shndows darken
While sad y"M watch for fret that never tine.
One of us two must some time face existence
Alone with memories thnt but sharpen pain;
And these sweet day, shall shlti" back In the distance
Like (lien mm of Summer dawns in nights of rain.
One of us two, with tortured heart half broken.
Shall read long-troiiMired letters thro' salt tears;
Shall kins with anguished lips each cherished token
Thnt speaks of these love-crowned, delicious years.
One of us two shall find all light, all beauty,
All Joy on earth, a tale forever done;
f hall know henceforth thnt life moans only duty
O iod! O Ood! have pity on that one.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
How Andy Fired No. 24
Johnny The camel can go eight
Jays without water. Freddy So could
I if ma would let me. Harper's Ba
in r.
"Vou have a fine house and piece of
o?ml here!" "Yep! Made it all wlta
niy pen." Writing?" "Nope; pig."
Judge.
The Colonel Coufotind it, sir; you
nearly hit my wife! Jagsou Did IT
Well, you have a shot ut mine. The
Sketch.
"Judge, did you ever try nn ab
ilnthe frnppo?" "No; but I've tried
t lot of fellows who have." Cleveland
fiOader.
Ethel Jack simply raved over my
figure and my complexion. Maud
And Is he still In the asylum? The
Clubwoman.
"She said she'd marry me if I felt
tho same wny n your from then." "Did
you?" "Yes. but toward nnother girl.
The Tatlor.
"Why marry at all?" asks Lady Ar
thur Paget. One reason is thnt most
of the ladles insist upon it. Chicago
Reeord-Hernld.
"What broke up the suffragette pa
rade?" "A department store hung out
a sign announcing $2 silks at $1.09."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
"I've had to give a great many wed
ding presents." declared be. "So have
I." responded she. "Suppose we marry
and get squnre with our friends?"
"If I were you I wouldn't be a fool,
IUggs." "True," replied Dlggs. com
placently. "The unfortunate part of
It Is that you are yourself." The Cir
cle. "My daughter's music," said the
proud parent, "cost ns a lot of money."
"Indeed!" rejoined the visitor. "lld
some nelghltor sue you?" -Chicago
News.
Barber (rather slowly) Beg pardon,
sir, but your hnlr Is turning a hit gray.
Victim Shouldn't wonder. liool; at the
time I've been here. Chicago Dally
News.
Club Doctor (with view to diagnosis)
And now, my man, what do you
drink? Patient (cheerfully ) Oh er
well, doctor, I'll leave that to you.
Bystander.
Mrs. Do Crimp niy "ft,'r election in
1!)1.") -Where did you get tho new
hat? Mrs. Poll Worker My husband
gave nm $." yesterday for my vote
Brooklyn Life.
Mother And when he roposod, did
you tell him to see me? Daughter
Yen. mamma : and ho said he'd seen
jou several times, but he wanted to
marry me Just the same. The Sphinx.
Itedd Didn't I (ee you going along
in your automobile to-day? (ireene
What tlmr? Redd Four o'clock.
Oreeiie Four o'clock? Oh. yes, we
were going I hen! Yonkers Statesman.
lie ( riiapsodlcally ) I adore every
thing thnt is grand nnd exquisite. I
love the peerless, the serene, the per
fect In lite. She (blushing coyly)
Oh, tleorgo. how can I refuse you
when you put it so lieuutifully?
"llow would you gii about making
a layer cake?" nskcd Ihe InexiKTlenccd
wife. "I'd put (ho heavier layers on
Hie bottom." replied ln-r huslmnd. t he
ircinncirlcliiii. "Til lit Is the way to
keen the center of gravity well within
the circumference of Hie base."
"V lieu Clubber get- ar-tllrg . loves
nil tact." "As for Instainv?" "Why,
l.-is-, nU'bl he loid an opponent who Is
Inme ilia he hadn't n leg to stand mi;
Miiothd who Kqiilt.ts tint he was wrry
lie couldn't see tMt'L's as he did; and
a iii'in who stammered h" urged not to
hesitate in expressing sin opinion."
Stray Morion.
I lie I peeled.
Bce'sle Yes; he held me on his kne,
and 1 rented my heml on his shoulder,
und Just as his mustu -lie I rir ln il my
said -
( expe tiint l. 1 - - Yes ; he
cheek lie
Je-Hle
snld --
Bessie- "
this lime
ledger.
Isn't It be-istly went her for
of ye.ir?" -PhllaiUiphU
"To eseap criticism," ays an ad
vertising card, "do nothing, .iy uil&
I Inc. be nothing."
In the big rnllroud yard stood a
crowd of call boys awaiting orders. In
the center of the crowd was Tote
Casey, boasting as usual.
"No, you dou't know how to put In
a shovel of coal. I'll bet the whole
lot of you couldn't hit the door. If I
once got the chance, you'd see we doln'
like this," cried Pete, and he. picked
tip an old shovel that stood alongside
the round house In which the waiting
engines were groaning and wheeling,
and then went through some motlotA to
show how be would do were he a' fire
man. "You wouldnt stand thnt way at all.
You've got the shovul left-handed. The
engineer would throw you out of the
engine If you stood on his side of the
cab. Let nie show you how to do It."
aid good-natured but shrewd Andy
BImpson. The other boys knew he was
right and now began to snicker nt
Pete's mistake.
"No you dou't show me nothln'.
What's the dliT when you're only
staodln' on the ground, whether yon
shovel right or left handed? (let away,
and don't you dare to take hold of that
shovel. Oct away now, or I'll hit you
with it, and If I hit you once you tl
never know nothin' again."
With that Pete lifted up the shovel
and wns about to bring It down on
tho head of Andy when around the en
cine shed came the foreman. He cast
a glance nt the two boys facing each
other In daring manner.
"Whut's the matter here?" he asked
of Pete.
"Nothln', nothln' at all. Me nd
Andy's Just been doln' a couple of
stunts with the shovel," was the false
reply from Pete.
The roreraan turned around to go
away, but bad taken only a few steps
when he looked back and snld:
"Well, since you are both so anxious
to do something, you, Pete, may go
and call Berkley, nnd Andy you may
come into my office, as I have -a little
business for you to attend to."
If Pete wns nugry before be was mad
enough to ent coal now. Engineer
Berkley's call was one of the tough
est on the list, so the boys said, be
cause he lived several miles from the
round house, and the caller who went
after him had no time to waste In
order that Berkley should reach his
engine In time to take the train out on
the scheduled time. Then, too, Berk
ley was rather crabbed with the boys,
and he seldom asked them to ride back
on the street cars with him. As they
could not afford to pay their own way,
they were always pretty well "petered
out" by the time they reached the
round bouse again. If Berkley did ar
rive late, then be usually put the blame
on the caller for not reporting to- him
In time.
No sooner had the foreman disap
peared from sight than Pete began to
give vent to his rage and spite by
snarling, blustering and boasting of
what he Intended to do to Andy.
I pity Andy. He'd better have kept
bis mouth shut. Simpson can look for
another Job now," wero soma or the ex
pressions whispered by tho hoys among
themselves when they saw how angry
Pete was. They had not forgotten how
he had compelled a former call boy
nn tned Jim Wright to give up hlH posi
tion, simply because Jim refused to
make u call for lilni one cold, rainy
day, while he, Pete, sat in the round
house and listened to soinn engineers
reluting hairbreadth escapes which
they had mode. Already Pete had a
plan in mind whereby to get Andy Into
trouble with the crabbed engineer, and
If the plan worked out all right It
would put an end to young Simpson's
being a call boy or anything else
around those railroad yards.
With nn ugly wink Peter started out
In the direction of Berkley's house,
But ns soon as he had gone up the
tracks a short distance, far enough to
be out of sight of the round house and
the foreman, he slipped down between
several cars and waited for his enemy,
for Pete had made up Ills mind to
settle account with young Simpson be
fore going to the engineer's. He
guessed the foreman had a message on
which to send Andy, but there he was
mistaken. It was, however, more than
a liair an nour iwrore no uis'iivereu
bis mistake, and then only when out
of the boys came along and told hiiu
that the foreman had Andy ut work In
his o!!ccu Pete was disappointed, and
lie gritted his teeth fiercely as u do
flared that he had another way 'o "get
een." Instead of going on hi call
ho waited n while longer between the
cars, su that It would appear that he
had performed ills duty. Thou ha went
back to the ollii e aud hung around the
blackboard where were posted u list
of the engineers' ami hreuien's mimes
with opposite each one of them tin
name of the boy whose only It was to
rail him,
F.rglnoer Berkoly was duo to loav
with his train at 7 :"0 In the evening
By that time the ni-'lit foreman was
on duly nnd the day call boys ha
(jinie home. It was within a few mill
Utes of his lo.iviiu time, and yet Berk
ley did not initio. The fireman was lu
the engine pom lug in the coal, ue
tlio aU'viit irj .'uachinr w groaning
nnd heaving ns If for want of Breath
because It was so full of fuel. Seven
thirty come, but yet Berkley was not
in sight. Some one must be sent on
his run, and. of course, the first en
glneor who appeared for a later train
was sent out with Berkley's engine.
Engineer Berkley did not appear at
the yards at all that night, and the
night foreman had taken down In his
memorandum book the name of the boy
who had been sent to call him. Strange
to say, that name was Andy Simpson's.
The next evening Berkley did not come
to tako his engine out on the road,
and again the name of Simpson west
down In the foreman's book. The snme
thing hnppened the third clay, with the
result that tho night foreman left word
for the day foreman that Andy Simp
son should be discharged, for Berkley
had come down the third day and an
grily declared that he had not been
cnllod. However, he gave Just a. little
squint of surprise wheu he was told
that fiimpson had been sout after him
each time, for. crabbed as he was, he
rather liked Andy's straightforward
ways.
But creator was the surprise of the
day foreman when he came to the
office and read the note left for him
He thought the matter over, and he
could not remember that there had
ever been a complaint made against
that boy before. But since that was
the order he must do his duty. So he
Inquired for Andy, but found him out
on a call. Then he left word with ser
eral of the boys that when young Simp
son came back they should tell him to
ANOT LOOKED OUT or TUB CAB WINDOW.
coino Into his office, as he wanted to see
him.
"Well, my boy, the night foreman
has left word that you need not come
to work ext week. Can you give any
explanation for this?" said the fore
man as Andy entered. Andy was so
surprised that he could do no more
than stammer the words: "No, sir,"
for at once his quick mind thought of
all the plans he lrttd made for the
future; how he would be an engineer
some day and would hold tho throttle
of the Iron monsters that he so much
admired.
But why had lu been discharged?
Ho was trying to recall what he might
have done to merit this reward when
the foreman recalled him to his semes.
"I am sorry for you, Andy," said
he. "I have never had any complaints
to make about your work, and should
have boon glad to keep you nnd to see
you become an engineer, for I know
that you would have made a good one.
However, in the meantime I shall In
vestigate tho cause of your discharge."
"Thank you, sir," said Andy. "I
dou't know what I could have done thai
was wrong, aud I did wnnt to be an
engineer."
lie turned and left the office slowly,
thinking of what his mother and father
would say. However, when the time
came for him to go home he did It
bravely, and Inste-.Cl of scolding hira
they encouraged him by saying that
maybe everything would come out all
right. They had faith In their boy,
and when he dot lured that he had done
nothing to merit discharge they be
lieved him.
Andy had come to the roundhouse for
the last time, ns he thought, and wns
standing, with some other boys, on
their old stamping grounds. The others
were discussing the latent happenings,
and, of course, telling how things ought
to have been done, but Andy did not
have the heart to bay anything. Pete
was Just in the midst of his well
.known act. "blowin" off steam," when
one if the hoys came running fron
the foreman's office, lie was so ex
cited ho could scarcely speak. "Twen
ty-foiir's ciiuilu' up the road and I In
buss is g iing to send one of us to fire
her. Fireman Smith hasn't shown up
vet, mid there ain't another man In the
yards Vcit engineers," lie cried.
"Wonder wln h"'M tako?" was the
question all began io nslt ex Itedly
Kie:i Andy's eyes began to sparkle in
their accustomed brlghtueMi. But there
was rut much time to think over the
affair before the foreman stepped frotv
his olllcc.
"Collie lu the otllce ami be quick
about it, lo)S," he sil'M. And they v, c;v
quick about If, too.
"1 have a questlou to asU you," u.il.l
the foreman, when nil the hoys had
crowded Into the oi'dee, "and the one
who answer it correctly shall tire the
passenger on her trip op tr.e rost,
How many tons of coal wilt Urn toniftf '
of 24's engine carry?" ' '
There wk silence for a minute, as
if not one of them knew; then came tbV
answer, "Nine," from Andy Stmp.son.
"Thnt Is correct," said the forenisn.
"and that is the amonnt of coal that
you will have to shovel before you
reach the yards again. Oo anil rt o
tho engine at once and do your wotfc
so that Kn.rl.ieer Lane shall have no
cause for complnlnt. But stop A min
ute. Several dnys ngo I gave trder
thnt you were to be discharged nt the
end of the week. I have slnco investi
gated the cnuse of complnlnt agalwst
you r .d find that you have been per
forming your duty faithfully, so taat
you may come to work again next
week. Success to you, my boy."
The foreman bad scarcely finished
speaking when there went up a shoat
for Andy that mode the old office ring.
Then the hoys picked him up and
carried him to tho engine, whlU was
alrendy hooked to the passenger, ready
to start. Andy's head was all hi
muddle, and he hardly knew what lie
was doing until he felt the bis hand.
of Engineer Lane take him by th
shoulder.
"All you've got to do, my lad. Is t
take that spoon and give It to her; the
old 'speeder' will do the rest," was th
engineer's advice, as he pulled the.
throttle and the train began to move.
Andy never worked harder In his
life. He not only shoveled the coal
but be put It into the furnace so H
steamed Its best, and before be knew it
he was whirling along the country at
the rate of a mile a minute. Number
24 was an accommodation train and.
It only went up the road forty roUe
aud back. 'Die big engineer would leok'
down and smile with satisfaction at hi
little fireman.
"Don't work too hard, my lad."1
would be his exhortation now and then.
"She's workln' easy and has plenty of
steam."
On the return trip the boy began to
feel pretty tired, but he had too much
grit to show any signs of weariness. Hi
wns the proudest time of his life.
"How ' I will surprise father andj
mother with the good news!" thought
he.
It was almost dark as Knglneer Lane;
blew his long whistle for the rallroadl
yards. Andy climbed upon his Bead
and looked out of the cab window
He saw the boys standing on the platj
form waiting for him. As he stepped!
down from the engine they hoisted hln
upon their Bhoulders and carried him
round aud round the office. But thai'
was not all. When they were through
with him Knglneer Lane took him Into
the office and told the foreman how tbn
"little follow" hnd worked. "I wtshi
I always had as good a fireman," said
he.
Andy Simpson was the first of all
the call boys to become a fireman. But
he did not remain long In that position,
for he soon learned the ways of tr lo
comotive and was advanced to the posi
tion of engineer, the honor that he bad
so much longed for.
As for Pete Casey, he was never seen
In the railroad yards after the day
that Andy fired the passenger. The
foreman hnd investigated and found
that It was none other than Pete who
had been erasing his own name from
its position opposite that of Engineer
Berkley, nnd placing that of Andy there
Instead, so that Andy should be blamed
for neglect of duty and discharged.
He did this after the boys went home
In the evening, for he hnd not called
Berkley during the day, and thus
thought to put the blame on Andy
Simpson. It was he who neglected to
call the fireman on the day that Andy
won his laurels.
And his bitterest thought, on leaving
the yards forever, must have been that
though he had been trying his best to
ruin Andy, he had only succeeded in
helping him on to success. Chtcagw
Dally News.
Health of tha farmer.
It is perfectly apparent to any oo
who la at all familiar with country
life that many of the women who are
called uion to preside over the farm
house nre properly equipped for tho
work thnt Is set before them, says the
Baltimore Suu. The outdoor life of
the farmer should be the most health
ful of lives, und yet It is, wo believe.
a fuct thnt they are not longer lived
nor more healthy tbtiu thoso engaged.
In sedentary occupations.
There uro various reasons for this.
Ono is tho farmer's own lack of care
In looking after the sanitary condition
of the surroundings. The air he
breathes may lc polluted by a plgpea
near his back door; tho water ha
drinks may Ih isilluted by drainage
from his backyard or by things which
fall Into his well. This is not tho
fault of the woman.
Tho average farmer Is also notori
ously careless about keeping dry. Ho
Is In aud out in all weathers and to
prone to sit with wet clothes or wet
feet The woman's contribution to lit
health, when there Is any, comes In
the form of ill cooked and unwooio.
some food.
Aa Awkward Peraapa.
It wus at the funeral of a man who
had left his young and attractive help
meet a widow for the third time. At
the time of his death their clergyman
was away on n European trip, and la
this emergency. Iter. Dr. Blank was
called uimiii. i
A uelghlMir instructed hliu hastily as
to the admirable qualities of the de
ceased, bis U'licvolenoe, piety nnd kind
disposition, and gave hi in vnrlotut
points ns to his family relations. Dur
ing (he funeral discourse no outsider
would have suspi-cled that the clergy
man had not been n lifelong friend of
the dead man. When, however, he
inino to mention the widow In hU
prayer. It was evident that his data lu
regard to her had become a tritlo con
fused, lie said:
"And now we commend to Thy car
this widowed handmaid, who bus boon
bereaved again and again and agaliu"
Then hesitating an Instant, hu addl.
"And perhaps ngaln."
Wo used to think big railroad men
were about the smartest things that
ever drew Hie breath of life, hut luto
ly vve are catching them lu a lot oX
fiMjl thluga.
