by Sculpture. When he was a lusty?
widower of 82 he married for the sec-j
ond time. He succeded to his tltlo andj
Home 00,000 ncres lu Scotland in 188H.,
He had then been In tho llouse of
Commons for two and forty years. Ho
helped Sir Robert Peel reform the corn!
laws, nnd for more than threoscoro(
years has been In tho thick of every
parliamentary fight.
EDITORIAL
Snions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
Preachers Small Snlnrios.
MONO the permanent fuiulrt of the Molhodlst
Church Is imp for the support of superannuated
ministers. The question was recently raised In
New York why Methodist preachers cannot
wave enough from their salaries to Biipport them
In old ago. Figures have been Riven which are
a BiifHcIciit answer.
Thort are 707 pastors In the three Metropolitan annual
conferences In ltfOl-ft, thest being the conferences In New
York City. These pastors may be divided Into four elnsscs.
The members of the first clans, numbering 225, receive
$1,500 per year or more, those in the second, numbering
J84, 1,000 to $1,500; those In the third, numbering 21i,
fflOO.ito 1,000; and those in tho fourth, numbering 177, $000
ar less. The salaries paid the ablest and most eloquent
Methodist preachers In the metropolis are no more than are
rrcelved by many men In subordinate places In large busi
ness concerns. The salaries of many of their humbler
torethren are less than half as largo as the wages of a Rood
.mechanic
Outsldo the cities, both In New York and In other States,
salaries aro smaller. "My college chum," a distinguished
New York lawyer Is quoted ns saying, "was my equal In
very respect, and In some respects my superior. After
twenty-five years of successful ministerial work I discov
ered that hlB annual Income when In his prime was the
xnct amount I paid for tho care of my horse nt the livery
table." In the rural districts the pay of a pastor Is often
much leBs thau the keep of a city horse.
The smullnesa of the salaries of Methodist preachers is
partly due to the fact that In every community this church
irHWB to It many poor people, but It Is more largely owing
to the noble, tlmo honored policy of Methodism of having
church for every pastor and a pastor for every church."
TThc (lock may not number u dozen. It may he In a mining
camp In Alaska. It. may be In :i city slum. However
ismnll, remote or inaccessible, It must and will have a shep
herd. Wesley and Whitelleld didn't believe In waiting for
peoplo to come in and get the gospel. They took It to them
wherever they were, and their successors have been doing
A man has to pinch and squeeze to rear and educate
family and dross as u preacher Is expected to on 1,500
a year, especially In a city. Tho fact that thousands of
educated men gladly and laboriously serve their ehurch for
much less shows that the ngc Is not so commercial as it Is
Mometlmcs represented, and that, religious heroism Is not
dead. The superannuated ministers of tho Mothodist
Church accept their annuities -without regarding them as
alms, and well they may, for they have earned all they get.
Chicago Tribune.
Why They Lost Their Jobs.
HE Workers' Magazine has collected the stories
of seventy-two working men who lost their
II Jobs. The list has been tabulated and shows
Iflwi ffillmvlii'' eimfuw for (lIsehnrL'iv
Drinking, eleven.
Carelessness, eight.
Swell-headedness, seven.
-Gambling, five
Laziness, four.
Following these come many others, such as "business
closed down," two; "dull season," two; "fellow clerk stole,"
one; "sasseil boss," one; "woman worked cheaper," one.
II will be noted In a large majority of the cases tho
fault was with the employes, Indeed, the remarkable part
of this RymiK)slum is the exceeding frankness of the dis
charged men In admitting I his fact. Of the entire seventy-
two, but two or three make any claim that their employers
were at frrull.
Anothtr fact Is revealed: There is little record of In-
efllc!cnc. on the part of the workers aside from that In
duced by bad habits. Four admit they were lazy. Three of
these were Jusl out of high school and ssy they will take
hold of the next Job with llrmer determination to succeed.
They have learned that buslnoss Is not a "snap."
Liquor drinking heads the list of causes. The Idea that
'the -wheel of business must be lubricated" is not borne
out by experience, (jamming goes along with drink. It Is
simply a short cut to business ruin.
Carelessness, -which is second In the list, Is Inexcusable.
I'hls fault, together with I hat of swell-headedness, Is pecu
liarly the fault of younger persons and Is not without cure.
The deduct Inn from the entire matter is this: These
workers discharged themselves. They voluntarily put
themselves out of business. Cincinnati Post.
1 The Good Time Coming.
There's a Kood time cotnlnc. hovs.
A good time coming;
We may not live to sen tlu ilnv.
But Mrth shall glisten in the rnj
Or IIhi rood tlmo cominc
Cannon balls may aid. the truth.
Hut tllOUBllt's ft wpiitinn .Imnifcr!
Wfll win our battle by Us nil!
W ait a little longer.
YANKEE DOODLE HESSIAN TUNE.
Physical Culture.
or NO ladles aro now devoting to physical cul
ture enough energy to run the machinery of
the world. It Is well on many accounts that
they seek to build up their strength, and among
these reasons Is the fact that it requires a
robust constitution to withstand high heels,
tight stays, marshmallows and pickles. A
woman needs a full measure of physical training to enable
her to resist Hie numerous deteriorating tendencies of mod
ern life. It would really seem that some young ladles fear
old age so much that they take rash measures to keep
from growing old. It may be they fancy It, might retlect
on their goodness not to die young. Young ladles who
have not the time or means or physical capacity to work
like Held laborers in the gymnasium can often secure prop
er development of arm or chest by helping mother. Really,
some good physical culture is to be obtained in this way.
and there are some domestic arts the diligent practice of
which tends not only to expand the chest, but also the
heart nnd head. Washington Star.
The Foolish Treating Habit.
KILL to make treating criminal Is progressing
through tho Pennsylvania Legislature. Any
one who buys for another a drink of intoxi
cating liquor will be guilty of a misdemeanor.
There are many men who would stop with
a drink or two If it were not for the treating
habit. They stand with their friends against
the bar for a round of drinks and each man has taken
several times as many drinks as ho would have preferred
to take. There Is no more reason for this custom than for
a custom of treating to shoes or hats or overcoats, which
would be much more sensible.
In Germany and Franco there Is no such custom, and
in England the custom only slightly exists among equals.
The abolition of treating vould do away with what might
bo called Involuntary drinking. New York World.
'here's" n good time coming, boys,
A good time coining;
'lie pen shall supersede the sword.
And Right, not Might, shall be the lord,
In tlu good time coming.
Worth, not Uirlh, shall rule mankind,
t And be acknowledged stronger;
'lie proper Impulse has been given
Walt a little longer.
There's a icood tinir. cominc boys.
A good time coming;
War in all men's ryes shall h
A monster of Iniquity
In the good time coining.
Nations sliull not quarrel then,
To prove which Is the stronger;
Nor slaughter men for glory's snke
Wuit a little longer.
There's a cood time couiliiir. boys.
A good time coming;
Hateful rivalries of creed
Shall not make their martyrs bleed
In tho good time coming.
Religion shall be shorn of pride,
And flourish nil the stronger;
And Charily shall trim her lamp
Walt a little longer.
There's a good time coining, boys.
A good time coming:
The people shall be temperate,
And shall love instead of hate,
In tho good time coming.
i'liey shall use, and not abuse,
And make all virtue stronger
The reformation lias begun
Wait a little longer.
There's a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming;
iOt us aid it all wo can,
ivory woman, every man,
The gooil time coming.
Smallest helps, if rightly given,
Mako the impulse stronger
'Twill be strong enough one day-
Wait a little longer.
Charles Mackay.
SAVED BY A BOY.
When the wife of one of the United
States Senators was a baby pf two
.years she was rescued from a great
peril by the courage of her sister and
her !)-ycar-old brother. Her father,
Mr. Lee, lived in u farmhouse with Ids
wlfo and live children, and one day
tho home was attacked by the Ute In
dians. Leo shot three of the Indians
hr their first rush, says a writer In
tho Now, York Sun, and thou he and
hiH family prepared for n fight to the
death. The cabin was log-built, and
.afforded absolute protection against
bullets.
"Tho children will be brained or car
ried captive and your father and my
self shot down if the Indians get Into
the house," said Mrs. Lee, handing a
knife to her eldest daughter. "Don't
, lot yourself or your sisters be taken
alive."
A smell of Hinoke revealed the In
dlnns' first move. They had thrown
. brush on tho roof and lired the house.
It Ignited slowly, for everything was
- damp from recent rains, but tho dwell
lug soon tilled with suffocating smoke,
and tho baby was thrown Into convul
sdons. While tho mother was frantic
ally trying to restore tho little one,
Mr. loo attacked tho burning roof
Emma, a girl of eleven, made a rush
for tho barn and returned In safety
with a crowbar. With tills Implement
tho father was enabled to pry off some
- of tho blazing logs, but the smoke
continued to grow denso.
Leo was about to go for water when
IjJmma .sprang forward.
"Let mo gor sue cried, "if you
;. should bo killed what would beconn
Mjf the rest?"
Tho child nmrto soveral trips under
t tint fiiHier'n mm. nnd the tiro
T-tf I VI V- v tJ " - j ------ ' - -
f'i iiio inK suit
uv
Charles, a boy of nine, then an
. Otmced his Intention of making
break through the Indians and run
nlrig to Heaver, four miles away, for
help, but both parents refused to give
their consent, Charles stood tho mac
tlon as long as he could; then with a
cry mat no would not stay lo uio by
smoke, ho made a dash out of the
door and was gone. Barefooted and
half-clothed, the boy escaped the no
tice of tho savages, and ran at top
speed to tho town. Ills feel were
bruised and torn by rocks and briers,
but he never slackened his pace until
to met a man on the outskirts of the
village.
"Indians!" he gasped; and the man,
wheeling his horse round, rode back
to Reaver, repeating the boy's cry.
Ten minutes later twenty men wore
riding at top speed toward Lee's
ranch, where they drove the Indians
aek and rescued the Inmates from
what had seemed certain death.
EUROPE'S BIGGEST THEATER.
New Coliseum lu Loudon Scats li.OOOi
Covers One nnd a Quarter Acres.
IiOiulon's recently completed Coli
seum has the largost theater and larg
est stage In Europe, says a London
special to the St. Unils Post-Dispatch,
Luxurious seating has been provided
for 15,000 persons. Tho stage median
Ism is tho last word of Ingenuity, ft
consists of revolving tables on which
the scenery will be changed as If by the
wand of Prosporo, and It is said that
by their means the race for the Derby
can bo represented from start to flu
Isli. Yet the London Coliseum Illus
trates tho snmllness of many modern
things compared with those of the an
clent Avorld.
'.Tho Roman Colosseum seated 87,000
people. Whereas tho London Coliseum
covers an acre aud a quarter, Rome's
amphitheater exteniieu over live acres,
Without a doubt great: things will be
done at the London place of amuse
meat, but tho slaying of 5,000 wild
beasts In the arena- one of the llttlo
Items of Titim' Inauguration will cer
talnly bo no part of tho proceedings.
It Is more Just to compare the new
Collsoum with the Colosseum which
was erected Just SO years ago on the
edge of Regent's Park by Declmus
Burton. This tine building, which
Samuel Rogors, by the way, Insisted
was "finer than anything among the
romalns of architectural art In Italy,'
an opinion In which he probably stood
alone, was built to accommodate Mr.
Ilornor's famous panorama of Lon
don.
Mr. Ilornor worked on his panorama
u a sued erected on uie top oi tst.
Paul's-at tho time of the renewal of
ho ball and cross. The original ball
was rolled down LUdgatc uui amid
the plaudits of the multitude, and
)oth ball and cross were placed in the
'olosseum among other ''concomitant
appendages" to tho panaroma. 'These
included some surprisingly modern in
stitutions.. There was an elevator to
take spectators up to the platform,
from which they were to look down,
with an extraordinary Illusion of
height, upon the pictured London.
In tho forties the building was en
larged and given another entrance In
Albany street, where the name "Colos
scum 'Terrace" still survives. The
panorama of London was succeeded In
18-18 by oho of Paris, and this by a
panorama or i.aue rnun, in Switzer
land. Then the original panorama was
restored. From time to time side
shows were added: "A Gothic Aviary,"
"Stalactite Caverns," "The Hall of
Mirrors," and what not. By 1855 the
Colosseum had oxhaustcd Itself, or the
London public, and was put up for
auction In vain. The remainder of Its
career was checkered and dismal; in
1870, or thereabouts, It was demol
ished.
Oddities of 'lie itiiinuit Hody.
The two sides of a person's face are
never alike. The eyes are out of line
In two cases out of live, nnd ouo eye Is
stronger than tho other in seven per
sons out of ten. The right eye is also
as a rule, higher than the loft. Only
one person In flfteon has perfect eyes
tho largest percentage of defects pro
valllug among falr-halred people. The
smallest Interval of sound can be dls
tlngulshod bettor with one ear than
with both. The nails of two fingers
never grow with tho same rapidity
that of the middle finger growing tho
fastest, while that of tho thumb grow
slowest. In 5-1 cases of 100 tho left leg
Is shorter than tho right. Indlanapoll
News.
Tho mightiness
to tho Ink.
of tho pen Is due
A MODERN JEREMIAH.
Mont
Picturesque Peer hi .KmkIiuicI Ih
the Hurl of AVemyHH.
One of the most remarkable men In
he British House of Lords Is the ven
'rable IOnrl of Wemyss, who enjoys
tho distinction of
being tho only man
who over struck
his sovereign. The
incident occurred
during a debate
when the Earl was
making a vehe
ment harangue in
favor of a militia
ballot. Tho King
then the Prince of
KAUI. OK WKMYSS. W lllOS ClUlUCCd to
be occupying a seat in frout of him.
Emphasizing one of his points with a
magnificent gesture, t ho zealous peer
brought his clenched list down hard
on the royal hat. bonneting bis future
ruler effectively. It was characteristic
of the Earl that he did not allow the
untoward Incident to disturb the
thread of his discourse, postponing his
apologies to a more convenient sea
son. But his royal highness displayed
a great agility in getting out of range.
Though SO years old last. August,
Lord Wemyss shows no signs of men
ial dccrcptltudc. Tall, lean, willowy,
burning with the fire of an unquench
able enthusiasm, gaunt and rugged in
his oratory, his silvery locks Hying
wild about. his ears, the' keen features
sharpened by time nnd periodical con
filet, ho would pass In the kilt for some
war-seamed Scottish chieftain, hero of
a score of tales of border fray. He Is
a prophet of woe n modem .Tercmlnh
whose voice is filled with lamenta
tlons. lie believes conscientiously that
England is following In the footsteps
of Rome and hastening to the "demnl
tlon bow-wows." Ever since ho en
tered public life and that was long
before most of those now conspicuous
In It were born he has preached a
doctrine of national pessimism.
He has the courage of his convlc
tlons at all times and is never bothered
by considerations of consistency, no
has proclaimed both communism nnd
Individualism. He once opposed the
habitual Inebriates bill In the House
of Lords on the ground that every En
gllshman ought to be allowed to got
drunk when It pleased him to do so.
In his own porson ho furnishes the
best refutation of his Jeremiads on no
tional decadence. Though he long ago
passed mo age wnen iuobc men aro
supposed to havo something more than
one foot In tho grave, ho Is still sound
In wind and limb; Is a keen sports
man, hunts, fishes, drives his own mo
tor car, makes speeches full of fire
and vigor whenever the spirit moves
him, writes books and beguiles what
lelsuro ho has left at his favorite hob
Old Murch Sour of Germans Similar
In Korm ii ml Rhythm.
Consul Schumann, stationed at
Mainz, Germany, contributes an Intor-
stiug Item to the stock of knowledge!
after which the great American heart",
yearns with a consuming yearn, says
tho Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
The knowledge concerns tho origin oil
Yankee Doodle" so far as the in-
sul Schuinnnn sends to the Depart
ment: of Commerce and Labor tho fol
lowing translation of an article from'
the Frankfurter Zeltung:
It Is well known that tho tune of'(
'Yankee Doodle" was derived from aj
military march played, by the Hessian
troops in the War of the Revolution;
in America. In studying the dances1
of the Schwalm, ,'lohaim Lowalter was 1
struck by the similarity In form nnd
rhythm of "Yankee Doodle" to thoi
musie of these dances. Last year, at'
the klrmess of the village of Wasen-'
berg, when "Yankee Doodle" was
played, the young men and girls'
swung lnto a true Schwalmer dance,,
as though tho music bad been corn--posed
for It. It therefore)
seems probable that the Hessian re-!
emits from the Schwalm, who servcdi
n the pay of Great Britain during tho
Revolutionary War, and whose mili
tary band Instruments consisted of
bugles, fifes and drums only, carried.
over with them the tune known to
them from childhood and played it as
a marclh
Q. E. D.: The logic of the argument
of the Frankfurter Zeltung Is abso
lutely Impregnable. All other theories
of tho origin of "Yankee Doodle"
must give way to the Hessian origin
of the tune to which, lneontestably,
the Hessians danced at Trenton, and
the fact Is not mitigated by the other
fact that the dancing was In an effort
to get. out of the way of a gentleman
nnmed G. Washington, who had
crossed the Delawaro for the express
purpose of treating the Ilesslnns to a
waltz.
Learned men there havo been who
have assigned the origin of the music
of "Yankeo Doodle" to the mountain
eers of tho Pyrenees; the Seminole In
dians In Florida havo been credited
with originating it, while others haw-
assigned its origin to the fens of Llrinf
colnshire In merry England. But It's
all over nowl Tt was brought to the'
Putted States by the Hessians as a
dnnclng tune, and history records the
fact that the Hessians danced to it at'
Trenton in one time nnd two or three
of tho quickest motions possible.
Ergo as they would suy at Chicago
university it Is a Hessian Uino.
Trade with Franco Big.
'There is probably no American In-!
duslry bettor exploited abroad than,
that of agricultural Implements and
machinery. As a consequence there Is
an Important foreign trade In these
products.
Of the .$1S,000,000 worth of farming
Implements exported from tho United
States in 1002 0,125,000 was sent to
Europe. Of this J?2,000,000 Avns re
ceived in France. German and Eng
lish machines aro used, as are also
those of French manufacture, but tin
American machines hold, the field la
France because they aro greatly ap
preciated by tho French farmer on no
count of their elllclency, their lightness
and their reasonable most. In a coun
try which In 1001 had .'55,500,000 acrefi
of wheat and other cereals and 28,500V
(KM) ncres of grass and other forage un
der cultivation, whose grain crop w
valued at .$575,000,000 aud the oth
crops at 581,000,000, there must be 9
favorable field for the snlo of agrlcui'
tural machinery.
Our consul at Havre, France, Mr
Thackera, who furnishes this Informs
tlon, advises tho manufacturer who d
sires to open up a trade in Franco ij
these products to go himself or to send,
a capable representative. One speaking
French would bo better, ho says, but il
ls not essentlnl. Ho should first vlslfc
Paris and study carefully the situiu
tion In that city, and then go to tha
principal cities of the departments ic
which the agricultural centers are loca
ted. Leslie's Weekly.
Making Old Pen Like Now.
"My pen is spoiled and I have no oth
er," said tho bookkeper.
The machinist happened to be In th
oillco and ho took the pen and held it
over the gas jet for HO seconds. ,
"You can make an old pen as good
as now," he said, "by holding it over a,
flame like this for half a minute and
afterward dipping it in cold water."
He dipped tho hot pen in cold water
as ho spoke and it sizzled slightly.
"Now try it," he said.
Tho bookkeeper tried tho pen and ex
claimed Joyously:
"By George, It's us good as uew
agalm." Ohlcugo Chronicle.
