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THERE 15 NO DEATH There Id no death I The starx go down To rise upon ?ome other xliore, And bright In Heaven's Jeweled crown They shine fer evermore. There Ib no death! The dust we trend Shall change beneath the summer show OTS, To golden grain, or mellow fruit, Or rainbow tinted flowers. The granite rooks dlsor&nnUo To feed the hungry moss they bear; The forest leaves brenthe dully lifo From out the viewless air. There Is no death! The leaves may fall.' ine nowers may rade and pass away; They only wait, through wintry hours, The coming of the May. There Is no death! in nncol rnrm Walks o'er the earth with silent tread) uenrs our uest loved things away, And then we call them dead. He leaves our hearts nil desnlnte. He' plucks the fairest, sweetest tlowersj .transplanted into bliss, they now Adorn Immortal bowers. The birdlike voice, whose Joyous tones Made glad the scene or mui and strife, Sings now Its everlasting song Amid the tree of life. Where'er ho sees n smile too brlsht, Or soul too pure for tnlnt of vice, He bears It to that world of light, To dwell In pnrudlte. Horn Into the undying life, They leave us but to come again: With Joy we welcome from the tamo Kxcept In sin and puln. And ever near us. though unseen, The dear, Immortal spirits tread For.alMhe boundless, universe Is -Life; there are no dead. W. S. McCreary. Under the Maples. BY EDGAR WBLTON COOLEY. (Copyright, 1901, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) A youth and a maiden stood undor the maples. Tho youth was holding the maiden's hand, and his oyes and' the moonlight were looking down Into her upturned face. Her chip hat dan gled from Its strings, and her hair, yellow as tho moonbeams, clung about her neck In riotous ringlets. Her eyes were blue and wistful, hut her Hps were as silent as the night. The youth's voice was low and trembled, aB. though a sob, which he had tried to swallow, was lodged in his throat In babyhood these two had played together; iri childhood thoy had wan dered, hand In" band, across the vlolot dotted fields and along tho clover-carpeted lanes. Into each other's' hearts thoy had grown, and to each tho futuro without tho other, seemed uninviting. But the youth was about to depart for a far country, and they were standing together under the maples for the last time, perhaps for years per haps for ever. Jason was a sojourner on tho bor der land between youth and manhood. He was ambitious, visionary, perhaps and tho quiet country town seemed to possess no encouraging possibilities. Stories of, vast wealth wrested from the rocks of Alaska had proven fas cinating to him and he had determined to seek for riches in the frozen "Klon dike. "I will return to you some day, my Princess Mildred," ho said, "I will re turn to you with love In my heart and gold in my hand and will build for you a palace of marble in the midst of a thousand acres." At this Mildred smiled sadly and glanced up at a star InHhe heavens. "That is the North, Star,, Jason," she aid. "Every night I shall look at it "I Will Return to You, Mildred." with tearful heart as it hangs sus pended, like love's undying taper, over the Ice-bound northland, whence my love has gone. All other stars change, Jason, but the Polar Star Is constant as constant as my heart." She pinned a vlolot on his coat and be klssod her wistful eyes. Then he said "Good-bye," and she stood quite still and watched his re treating flguro as It passed down the road and out of her sight Thus Jnson started on his search for wealth; thus Mildred began her weary waiting. Tho brown cottage faced tho coun try road in tho edgo of the village. It stood In n little cluster of trees, and from the south only tho gablo and one chlmnoy could bo soon through tho heavy foliuge. On tho north a climb ing rone hush clung to tho pillars of the corch. and tho blossoms pecked be tween the leaves and through the open l?fjnr at ttintr lll.-nnnoc..,. n,lll,l A pathway, wandering amid tho shadows, anu me periume from tho porch to the board fence, which atnnd nnlntlpsn and gloomy, in front, stopped nt tho gato wnero Miiaroa stood of evenings In tne dusk and the twilight. Beyond tho ffatn. (tin rand nfrntrhprl to the right, over tho far fields into tho Wearlsomo dlfltnnm! tn thn lnft. Into tho heart of tho village, past tho four stores, tho postofuce, tho Invent, the meeting house, and on to tho fields again, and the hills, and tho woods und tho sunset As tliedarkncss deepened, the fields grew more and moro Indistinct to the woman's vision, and the road seemed to end m a mist which grow ever near cr to her. But through tho mist a star shone origntiy tno Polar Star. And Mil dred watched It with wistful eyes and smiled sadly. "He will return," Bhe said to horsolf; "he will return to mo wun jovo in his heart." But after twn vrara In . Vtnn.ltb. - " i..u iiiuiming Jubou found himself one morning in a crowd of desperate, disappointed men, wno cursed tholr way aboard Jason Gazed In Stupid Wonder. ship and returnod to Seattle with tales of hardship, discouragement and fail ure In thoir soarch for tho hidden wealth that would not rovoal Itself to their hungry eyes. Poisoned by contagion from that baser element In whose company he had been thrown during i-hose two years on tho ragged edgo of civiliza tion, Jason drowned all recollections of his Princess Mildred and spent tho next few months In idle dissipation In tho cities on tho coast Without ambition, hopeless and de spondent, ho lay? orio night, amid the sear and yellow verdure on a vacant lot. gazing upward at tho sky Among the million glittering lights that dot ted tho azuro arch ho saw , but ono the.,Pqlar Star. Suddenly, llko a long, dead memory, there came to him thepicturo of a girl with wistful eyes and golden curls, standing under the maples, with tho moonlight kissing her upturned face. Fumbling In his pocket, he pulled out a dirty wallet from whence ho took a faded violet. He pressed tho blossom to his Hps, then staggered to his feet and strode away through tho night. When one has no money traveling is slow and uncertain. But in January Jason reached Colorado. Footsoro and weary, hut with tho bright vision of his Princess Mildred before him, he was limping across the foothills. The air was bitterly cold but dry, and not tho faintest breeze was stirring. Before him tho cold, gray mountains pressed their .snow capped peaks against tho cloudless blue. The sunshine fell with uncom mon brilliancy, and tho atmosphere was so transparent that objects fifty miles away appeared scarcely as many roas. Of a suddon ho felt a sharp pain on his face as though he had been stung by a bee. Again and agnln he experi enced the painful sensation, although not an Insect could be seen'. Then he potlced that a mist was swiftly hiding tho mountains from his sight A breezo sprung up and the air became a dazzling mass of sc'intllatlng' par ticles llko diamond dust. Jason paused and gazod with fran tic, startled eyes. Ho knew that the droaded "White Death" was wrapping its chilling shroud around him. He had heard old miners tell of tho 'Whlto Doath" and he knew tho glls- tenlng fragments in the air were par ticles of ice so solidly frozen that they roach one's lungs before they melt. Ho know that deadly pneumonia invari ably, claims the luckless traveler who Inhales the breath of the "Whlto Death." But although frantically he gazed around him, there was no habitation visible, no building in which shelter could bo sought Ho wanted to cry out In his agony, but ho daro not open hiu mouth for fear tho ico would fill his lungs. Ho took a greasy bandana handkerchief from his pocket and tied it across his mouth. Then to his agonized eyes, there camo from out the mist tho figure of a girl. Tho features were those of hie Princess Mildred, and she seemed to beckon him. He followed her and sho led him to a deep ravine. Weak and exhausted, he flung him self over the edge and rolled down tho bank. Tho ravlno led upward to a chasm In tho side of tho mountain, from out of which a smnll stream .lowed. Staggering onward, ho finally Hilled himself Into the chasm and found shelter under a projecting ledge. Piling n quantity of looso bowlders across the entranco, ho soon had a snug' retreat" into which tho Ico-laden breezo could not enter. Then ho lay down to rest. It was daylight when ho awoko and the air was clear. He felt no evil ef fects of the storm and was about to contlntto on his Journey when IiIb oy was attracted by n brilliant glitter in tho tiny Btroam.' Falling upon his knoes, he peered into tho crystal wa ter. Directly below him a hollow had b,eon worn In the rock by tho current The bottom of this pocket was lined with gold dust. Jason gazed In stupid wonder for soveral moments, then a mist dazed his eyes and a wild exhilaration pos' sessed him. Clambering down the rocks ho greedily scraped tho gold dust Into his handkerchief, and then cautlonsly withdrew. A week later ho was at work with pick and shovel and pan, searching for the lode from which these particles had been washed. And one evening the light of the setting sun fell upon him, picking great nuggets out Of ledge his pick hnd penetrated, and laughing hysterically. And that Is how Jason located the famous Princess Mlldrcn Mine. A man and n womnn stood under the maples. The man was holding both of tho woman's hands, and his eyes and tho moonlight were looking down Into her upturned face. "You have been so long returning, Jason," she said. "And did yon find no gold 7" , The man tangled his hand l hor hair and held It out in the moonlight, "Yes," he nnBwerod her, "at last I have found tho brightest gold on earth. Sco, it Is dripping through my fingers. You shall have a marble pal aco In tho midst of a thousand acres, my Princess Mildred, and It shall faco to tho north where the Polar Star hangs forever in the heavens." Tho woman pluckod a violet and pinned It on his coat, and he kissed hor happy eyes, THEY COURT CAUTIOUSLY. Lapland GlrU Mult Have l'aranta Consent to Marring. Getting married among the peoples of tho northern nations Is by no means tho ofMinnd, hlt-or-mliw affair which It is with too many people In this blessod country of tho free. In No.' way beforo a woman can marry It is necessary, under n law recently passed that sho hold a certificate of house wifo ability. She must pass an exam lnation in cooking, knitting, spinning, etc., and get her certificate of profi ciency In theso branches before she can got her marriage certificate. Also both bride and bridegroom must show ovl- denco that they have been vaccinated properly. In Lapland It is nn offense punishable with doath to marry a girl without her parents' consent. No elopements in that cquntryl When u pair of lovers apparently have reached that stage bf courtship which callu for the official cognizance of "pa" and "ma" the friends of the lovers are in vlted to meet at a specified placo to see the .enamored one run a raco. To the girl is allowed In starting the nd vantage of one-third of the distance, so that It Is Impossible for the young man to overtake her unless sho Is will lng. If the girl outruns her suitor tho affair is ended and she thenceforward in "only a sister" to him. It is u pcnnl offense for the lover to renew his offer of marriage But If the girl Is In tho condition of mind of the Immortal Barkis, sho pretends to meet with some accident stubs her toe or gets out of breath and comes to a halt beforo the course is finished, to be caught by tho Lapland swain and live happily over afterward. BURNING LIOHTS AT NIOHT. Many Timid reople Think ' Artificial Light Frotecla Them. 'A man troubled with Insomnia sees a good many phases of the city's night lifo that are unknown to those on whom the blessings of sleep descend," Bald the man with tho red mustache. 'I myself have not known what It is to rest clear through a night for a good many months, and in my pere grinations and star-gazing I havo ob served many queer things. Ono of my curious discoveries is that a good ly percentage of New York's popula tion burn a light at night. When I first noticed those faint points of light shining through so many of the windows in tho block that backs up to ours I was alarmed, for I thought that every house must shelter three or four Invalids, and that mado It look as If an epidemic of somo kind hnd struck our part of tho city. Indeed, so se riously did I consider the matter that mado It a point to Inquire into the health of the neighborhood, and as a reward for my pains I was informed that out of a population of several hundred Bonis thoro were not moro than a dozen poople on tho sick list Upon making a second and more thorough Investigation I was sur prised to learn that theso lights were kopt burning by nervous people, who, although perhaps not exactly afraid of the dark, fancied that they could not sleep well In the mlddlo of It. Even In tho hot spells a good many shadow-fearing people have clung to tho inldnght gas Jet." New York Press. Ills Porfeot Defame. I heard a rather good Btory tho other day about n conductor who was once brought up before Goneral Munager McNamara on a complaint mudo by a passenger. Tho passenger was a wom an and her complaint was that the conductor had stared at hor. "A woman complains that you rudoly stared at hor whllo she was riding on your car," said tho general manager. SuyB I stared at her?" rejoined the conductor, "How did sho know I stared at her?" Tho Judge, who loves bit of humor, saw tho point and told tho man to go back to his car, Albany Press. . . Ovir Monkey Kinship A series of careful experiments with monkeys has recontly been conducttd by Professor Edward L. Thorndlko to ascertain the power and process by which theso animals acquire knowl edge. Ho has reached tho conclusion that thoro Is no warrant for tho pop ular Idea that monkeys and other ani mals learn from human example and hy tho processes followed by man. But, the experimenter says, the fact that monkeys do not possess the human types of Ideas must not bo taken as ovldenco that thoy aro no nearer rela tives to us mentally than are tho other lower animals. On the contrary, they occapy nn Intermediate position In every tnnln psychological feature be tween mammals In general and tho hu man species. The essentials In an in ventory Of nn anlmal'a mentnl nnnnnl. ties are Its sense powers, tho kinds of movements It can make and their deli cacy, complexity and number, Its In stincts or the Bum of thoso tendencies to feel nnd act which It has apart from experience or learning and Us method of learning or of modifying Its bo havlor to suit tho multitudinous rlr. cumstanccs of lifo. In each of theso rcapocts tho monkeys show kinship with man. In their motor equipment monkeys nossess first nf nil th ft mttanll. lar coordinations necessary to sustain an upright position nnd consequently tho use of tho forollmbs. The move ments of theso forollmbs aro moro In number and suited to moro complex nnd varied tnska than nro thoso of lower nnlninls. The attract I vpnno. nf tho monkey cago In a zoological gar den is inrgely duo to tho similarity of the monkeys' movement!? and mir nwn. The monkey not only has a body llko a man's, but ho also uses It llko n man. Our native tendencies nro bo metamor phosed by the education of n. rlvlllci.fi environment that In adult ago they ieldom appear In rccocnlznhla form. But If we take human beings nt from 6 months to 3 years of age or later wo find plenty of trnlts that appear In tho monkeys. In fact, tho human Instinct which is perhaps of nrlmo ltnnortnnr-n in human mentality, tho lustlnct which pernaps is tho real causo of many of our most boasted powers, has Its clear prototypo and homologu6 In tho monk ey. I refer to the Instlnctlvo onjoy mont of physical and montnl activity In general, to the tendency to net and fcol as much as posslblo, regardless of any Ulterior practical considera tions, which wo sometimes call dn. structivencss or constructlveness and Making Globe... First, tho model Is covered with a thick layer of pnstoboard In a moist state. When It is dry, n sharp knlfo is passed around it so as to separate tho pasteboard coat Into two hemispher ical shells, which aro then taken off tho model and united at tho cut edges with glue. Tho hollow sphero thus formed Is tho skeleton of tho globo that is to bo. The next thing Is to cover It with a coating of whlto enamel, about one eighth of an inch In thickness. When this is done tho ball Is turned Into a perfect roundness by a machine. The iron rod running through the center of tho original model, and projecting nt both ends through tho surface, has left holes In tho now globe, which serve for the north and south poles, and through those a metal nxls Is run to represent tho axis of the earth. Then tho surface is marked off with For sevornl yearn tho various com panies have been endeavoring to so- euro rails of a harder quality, tho heavy modern locomotives and steel cars frequently brenklng down tho or dinary rail. Tho Amoiican Society of Civil Engineers has been investigating the resistance strength of steel rails, und the tests mado by this body havo fuliy demonstrated the fact that tho softness In steel rails Is duo to tho method of rolling rather than tn any defect In tho composition of tho steel. Tho English pheasant Is a non- aquatic bird, thoroforo an English scientist's observation that nowly hatched birds of tho ago ot 30 hours swim cosily, show apt leg movements and exhibit few signs of distress Is of Ingular Interest Tho question is now askod, Is tho swimming habit a throw back or reversion to an antecedent stato In (ho history of this land-living species, or Is It to bo regarded ns an oxamplo of a direct and sudden adapta tion to a now environment? The ques tion has an important' bearing on cer tain obvious biological problems. Speculations regarding the ago of tho world wo llvo In are of strictly reln- tlvo nature. They require to bo con sidered In relation to many other cir cumstances, whereof the cooling of tho globo Is ono and the tlrao occupied in tho formutlon of strata another. Tho bnttlo between tho physicists and tho geologists over this latter question still proceeds. Tho former Incllno to set a leflnlto limit to tho geologlcul neons; tho latter decllno to "bo taund by such reitrlctlons. A member of a British royU scientific association assorts that ceitain recent speculations on this head tond to overtop ovon tho amount oi years which tho geologists them Scientific Jotting Many Facta Sustain tn Darwinian Theory curiosity. Even tho casual observer if lie nas any psychological Insight, will be struck by the general, aimless, intrinsically valuable (to tho animal' feollngs) physical activities ot a monk ey compared with tho specialized definitely aroused, utilitarian activities of a dog or cat Watch the latter and he does but few things, does them In response to obvious senso presents tlons, does thorn wllh practical conse quenecs of food, sex Indulgence, prep aratlon for adult battles, etc. If noth lng that appeals to his special organ Izatlon comos up ho does nothing. Watch a monkey nnd you cannot enu morato tho thing he docs, cannot dls cover the stimuli to which ho reacts, cannot concelvo tho rnUon d'etre of his pursultB. Everything appeals to htm He likes to be active for tho sake ot activity. Tho observer who has prop er opportunities nnd takes proper pains will find this Intrinsic Interest to hold true of mental activity us well Finally, in their method of learning. although monkeys do not reach tho human stago of a rich life of Ideas, yot they carry tho animal method of learn lng by tho selection of Impulse's and as sociation of them with the different sense Impressions, to a point beyond that reached by any other of tho lower animals. In this, too, they rcsomblo man, for he differs from the lower nn Imals not only In tho possession of a new sort of Intelligence, but also In the tremendous extension of that sort of which ho has in common with them, A tlsh learns slow a few simple' habits; Many learns quickly any Infinitude of habits that may bo highly complex. Dogs und cats learn more than tho fish, whllo monkeys learn more than they. In tho number of things ho lenrns, tho complex habits he can form, tho vn rlety of lines along which he can learn them and in their pormanenco when onco formed the monkey Justifies his inclusion with man In n separate men tal genus. Chicago Chronicle. Drink and Crime. In 120 army prisons throughout Germany 40 per cont of nil the mur dercrs committed their crimes whllo under tho influence of drink. Slxty threo per cent of the casoa of man slaughter, 74 per cont of serious In Jury to the person and 77 per cent of criminal Immorality are due to the same causo. In tho navy out of 1,671 punishable canes during tho last six years 76 per cent of tho most serious cases havo been duo. to drunkenness. Brief Description of Very Interesting Pi cess' Iri Geography pencil lines into mathematical seg ments corresponding nroclBClv In shape with tho sections of mnp that are to be pasted on. Thoso map sec tions nro mado from connor nlntea In Just tho bIzo nnd shape required to fit tne globe that they aro Intended for, ono Bet, of course, covering tho entire sphorlcal surface. Thoy aro printed, many of them, llko dress patterns, on shoots of tho finest linen paper, and aro cut out carefully with u sharp pointed knife, When thoy havo been pasted on, the different countries aro tinted by hand with water colors. There Is no spe cial rulo for this, except that contrasts aro alined nt as a help to the cyo of tho user. Finally, the whole 'la over laid with a brilliant whlto varnish, which Is of almost motulllc hardness, and will wear Indefinitely without scratching or losing Its brightness. selves havo formulated as requlslto for tho operation of the forces that havo sculptured the world forces that aro still operating In the shape of rain, frost, Ico, rivers, tho ea and tho move ments of the crust which tuko origin from the Internal heat of our globo. "When wo read of many millions of yenrs holng estimated as necessary for tho development of tho coal period alone," says this authority, "wo may well refuse to follow tho speculations thus advanced." Land Out nf Sea. Hollnnd proposes to close the Zuy dor Zeo by a dike running from tho north Holland const to the Island of Wlerlng und thonco to tho Frisian coast, and to drain purls of the closed sea. Tho initial plan Involves tho re covery In elghtoen years of 114,901' acres of fortllo land. Tho rnllway dis tance between tho provlncos of North Holland nnd Frlesland will bo short ened by thlrty-ono miles. The Indem nity to bo paid to the Zuyder Zoo fish ermen Is estimated at $1,809,000. The total cost Is estimated at $38,100,000. The entlro plan will take from thirty to thirty-five years to complete, and somo 500,000 ncres will bo rcclulmcd, vnlued at $160,000,000. Anceitor4 of tlir O.trloli. Tho ostrich Is a descendant of a genus of bird which In prehistoric times attained nn enormous slz. In tho alluvial deposits of Madagascar ovldenco has recently been f'And to Bhow that ostriches 14 and WTcct In height onco lived on the Island, Tho word is now abbreviated to tho "Pan-Am." in Buffalo. HE'S NOW A WHHAT KINO. Klerk Vflio Bought Kunaai Farm Lnd and-It a Millionaire. Ths wheat rentals of John T. Stew art of Sumner county will amount to nenrly 100,000 bushels of wheat this year. sayB tho Kansas City World. In his homo county ho owns 115 quar ter sections of land and about thlrt? niiartcr sections In nrilntnlne- rnitntlna Ho rents the Innd on the basis of halt tho yield, ho furnlshinir all thn unod and taking chances of securing a crop. u is estimated that f nil tho wheat duo him on rentals this year was ship ped In ono consignment It would ro qulro seventeen freight trains of fif teen cars each to talto It to martcnt. HIb rentals In wheat last vent neMml him $45,000. In addition tn nwnlnc about $350,000 worth of land, every roof ot It paid for ho has nonrlv 1250.- 000 worth of bank stock and t.tnnnoo Invested In farm lands In Sumner county nnd Oklahoma. About twontr flvo years ago Mr. Stnwarr lincin llrn ns a clerk In nn obscuro office in this Ity at $G0 K month. Ho slant In thn offlco and was economical in other WaVB. Ho beean lnanlnir rnnnnv In Sumner county about twenty years ago and haB doveloped into a remarkablo financier. It i audi m i.t n.v.uinn - . , ...a aiuuiuvu IS to filially OWn n rnllrnml anil 1i tnnw gratify It, as ho Is still a very young man, not more thftn 45. Hn rnrflra a. imnll memorandum book In his pocket ami It IS Bald that hn ran tnkft If rmf t any hour of the ilnv whfn roniilrnd nd tell every debtor exactly what his account Is. Indeed, It Is said that oc cotints ot his vast transactions nro al ways Kept in a book that. fta bin trm,. tors pocket. It Is said that ho lives on less than $100 per month nnd that out ride of this hla largest annual oxpensn Is $500 to the Methodist church his wife nnd largo family of children at tend. Ho Ib not fond of trnvn'lno- nr. ccpt to go to a Democratic convention, uncrsion no la passionately fond of. HO IB n PrOIlOUnCod tnmnnrnnm mnn and, It Is said, believes In tho prohibi tion iaw8 or Kansas, A BRAHMIN WEDDING. Elaborate CaramonUa That Spread Over a Tfcib. Oriental marrlucc ccremonlm nrA ttiA most elaborate, and thnAn nt Brahmin wedding, spread over tho greater pnrt of a week, aro probably tho most complicated. All tho Hindoo gods nro Invited, and on tho flr6t day tho pair sit under nn nlcovn or nunnnv with their faces turned to tho east, whllo married women wave llchti.fi camphor to avert tho ovll eye. On tho second day tho bridegroom appears eager to mako a pilgrimage to Benares to wash In the sacred waters at thn Ganges. HIb futuro father-in-law, aftor mucu entreaty, persuades, the- would bo pilgrim to glvo up tho Idea, and the priests profess readiness to accent thn will for tho deed, at tho same tlrao ac cepting a gift of 14 flags, by which tho uridegroom symbolizes his nurltv nf freedom from sin. A thrend Is then tied on tho man's right wrUt and tho woman's left to show thnt thev nro united for life. Tho father-in-law now feigns to behold In tho bridegroom tho great god Vishnu himself, and makes an offering to him. Then wntor Ib poured over tho two, und tho "tall," a lewel Bot in gold. Is tied on tno bride's nock, whllo sandal pasto. perfumes nnd flowers are offered to tho guests, Flro Is then brought in nnd, while a sacrifice Is offered to Agnl, tho couplo walk hand in hand sovcn'tlmes around It, nnd so mako tho "seven stons" a symbol of everlasting frlondship. Tho next dny tho astrologer points out tho star Arundhatt to Impress upon the pair tho duty of faithfulness. Then they eat together and, having sprin kled each other with rice, a final bridal procession taken nlaco at nlsht. when friends nnd relatives attain avert thn nvll eyo by tho ceremony of Aratl, or waving a lamp over tho heads of tho newly wed. Utlcu Globo. Athlete Tied to a Peak. Albert PuyBon Terhune might bo de scribed ns an athlete tied to a dcBk. Ho was a fence, boxer, weight-thrower nnd sprinter In college; crossed tho 3yrlan desort on horsoback, afterward living among tho Bedouin tribes and preparing material for his book, "Syria from tho Saddle" "On my return to America," ho writes. "I got a Job as reporter, working my way up, mainly- through luck, to tho post of subeditor nnd special writer. Mr, Terhuno onco proposcsd to box three rounds nnlwn with tho six foremost heavy-weight prizefighters in the world (Jeffries. Corhett, Shnrkey, McCoy, Ruhlln and Kitzsimmons), nnd wrlto up his cxdo- rlenceR with them In a scries ot arti cles for his newspaper. Tho articles mado a hit Ho Is also a contributor of humorous articles to various period icals. His latest literary venture wbb a novel written In collaboration with his mother, Murlnn Harland Terhune. A Qnantlon of III1U. A trnvelor In England rested at nnnn at a wayside inn, and took luncheon. Tho Inndlord was a social person, and nfU)r presenting his bill sat down and chatted with his guest "By the way," ths Utttcr said, after a while, "what U yw-Yname?" "My name," replied the landlord, "Is Partridge." "Ah," re turned tho trnvelor, with n humorous twinkle In his eyes, "by tho longth of your hill I should havo thought it was Woodcock!" This story, us it nppenrit In a recent book by a distinguished. isngligh diplomat, Is credited with hav ing amused Bismarck, No mnn Is Btrong who Is unnblo ti- sonquer himself.