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NS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Fear of the Surgeon' Knife.
T HE millionaire who killed himself rather than suffer
a surgical operation for appendicitis la a type of
many individual who prefer death to the thought
of going under the scalpel. It is by a strange men
tal proceaa that they come to such a choice. Often, as in
this latest case, the pain to le endured is vastly exag
gerated by imagination, while "the sense of death is most
In apprtienslon;" for the removal of the vermiform ap
pendix, save in cases of acute development. Is rarely deadly
nowadays.
Perhaps this wretched man had such a case of "nerves
;when he was ordered to the surgeon that his system was
strung to the snapping point and only needed the sugges
tion of the knife to Induce recourse to the revolver. Again,
Ills may have been somewhat like the experience of the
brave and gallant duelist of whom I Maupassant has
given us such nn intense study the man of certain marks
manship who pondered all night over the act of hilling
his man on the morrow until from certainty his mind
drifted to doubt, from doubt to fear, from fear to panic
and Uisanlty, until the pistol that was to kill his adver
sary ue turned on his own brain.
It was long contemplation of the operation, no doubt,
that made death welcome to the man with the appendix.
It was Shakespeare's Brutus who truly said. "Cowards die
many times before their deaths." This Individual was
afraid of pain, but of death he was unafraid. It is a cu
rious process of the mind that makes mere physical fear
dominate the moral courage It takes to blow out one's
brains. It Is n part of the dark, impenetrable Mystery of
Life. Now York Tress.
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Importance of Thibet,
MILE the proposed expedition into Thibet has
nppeuled to the general Imagination emeny in
jKiut of its promise of revealing to general
knowledge an unknown land and a hidden city,
ft tin a in fact, treat actual Importance as England's tlrst
effort to check Uuasian influence In possibly the most vital
point which it is to-day essaying to conquer.
Thibit is not in itself a delectable land but it lies ad
jacent to India. Lhassa, for all Its secret. Is known to
be comparatively an insignificant town but it is the seat
6t the Dalai-Lama, Tope of the Buddhist world, the Jn
natlon of the All-Merciful God for five hundred millions
of human beings. These form a large part of the popula
tion of India, and they dominate China. It is by virtue of
the Influence that has gone forth from the sacred hill on
which Dalai-Lama dwells that the present Manchu dynnsty
has been maintained in power In the Middle Kingdom and
throughout the vast tributary realms which up to now
have constituted the Chinese empire. What the Buddhist
pontiff has done for Mauchus he can do again for Musco
vites. It was from Mukden that the Manchu lords ex
tended their sway over the kingdoms to the south of
Manchuria; Russia Is In that aucient capital now. and If
the Russians would wrest It from their predecessora they
would find it the greatest possible aid to have a friend In
the Grand Lenia. before whom Asia bows as Europe nevef
bowed before a Tope of Rome. Philadelphia Ledger.
japan niuu-
WHEN we take Into con
single generation a;
or form was rega
as one of the m
Japan's Industries.
MEN we take Into consideration the fact that a
go trade in any shape
regarded by the Japanese
most degrading pursuits.
and that all those who followed commercial avoca
tions were classed In the lowest section of the social scale,
we cannot fail to appreciate the splendid national qualities
which in thirty years have transformed a primitive agricul
tural country Into an Industrial nation. The silk trade con
tinues to rank as the leading staple Industry, "and year
after year the ami of land planted with mulberry trees
increases. In I'.MKJ the value of Japan's exports of raw
silk reached almost eight millions sterling. Of late the
manufacture of cotton yarns has undergone material ex
pansion, and well-equipped mills have sprung up in va
rious parts of the country. The manufacture of matches is
also a thiVing Industry, and It is worth noting that the
Japanese matches llnd their way as far as British India.
Coal and conner mining are as yet not fully developed, but
It is the opinion of local British experts that, with better
methods of working the mines, the export trade
could be brought up to between forty and fifty
tons per annum. Ixmdon Graphic.
CONTENTMENT IS WEALTH.
Mow little we know by the surface
What the deep undercurrent may bear;
There's many a light-hearted pauper
And many n sad millionaire.
It Isn't what shows on tha surface
That counts In the ev-ry-dny strife.
That man is well off who's contented
With his draw in the lott'ry of life.
Pour-Track News.
'OCS3&&
A VINEYARD VENDETTA
H
in coal
million
In the
FIRST TORPEDO BOAT.
CROSSING LAKE BAIKAL, ON
A Newsdealer of Toronto Telia lion
Ha Built It.
"I built the first torpedo boat that
ever worked," said James C. Cousins,
newsdealer, at tho corner of Queen
Street and Spadlna avenue, Toronto, to
the Globe, in discussing the use of tor
pfcdoes In the Russo-Japanese war. "I
was a ship carpenter at Charleston, 8.
p., when the Civil War began, and as
pere were a lot of Yankee vessels
about there General Beauregard asked
me one day to see what I could do In
the way of a torpedo boat. I took some
One-Inch boards and built a cigar
fhaped boat thirty feet long. At the
bow wa rigged a copper kettle, holding
s.bout aeventy-flve pounds of powder.
Tha kettle was fastened to a pole, so
that we could lift It out of the water
when the boat was going, and then
sink it about eight feet under water
When we got to close quarters. The
pole was at an angle of 43 degrees, so
that the kettle would strike the bull of
tha enemy below tho water line. The
kettlo bad some percussion caps on
the top, and the force of the collision
Would make them explode like this,"
said Mr. Cousins, and, pulling out a
pencil, he drew this sketch:
"We rigged the boat in Captain
FIBBT TOBPKDO BOAT.
James Eastman's yard, and called it
the Little David. That was In 1802,
vbeu it was finished we saw the big
Yankee war vessel Ironsides just out
plde of Charleston harbor, and seut the
Little David after her. The boat was
In charge of Mr. Mills, who kept the
Mill House, and the crew were Lieu
tenant Lascelln, Charles Mance, who
acted as pilot, and a big Irishman; I
forget his name. The Little DavM
Vent straight for the ironsides, the
torjedo was lowerid and exploded
Against the hull. The water washed
Over the Little DaWd. and some of it
went down the smokestack and put out
. the fire. Lascello and the Irishman
lumpen overDourd, but Mance and
Mills managed to get the Little David
back into the harbor, and she often did
good work after that. The ironsides
did not sink, but was so badly tam
aged that she had to be towed away
by two other vessels."
Mr. Cousins, who was lxrn In New
rastle-on-Tyne, England, has had i
long and varied career by sea and by
land. After a trip through tho Buttle
be aalled for many years in the Med
iterranean, and In addition to the sea
ports has visited Jerusalem and othoi
.Cities of the East, and also Rome. Me
Was unfortunate enough to be ship
Wrecked live times. Me worked lu a
shipyard at Quebec about fifty years
Sgo, but, becoming tired of the Job,
traveled through tho Slates and on to
Cuba. But yellow fever at Mantunzn
Stopped his Journeying for a while,
After some years in F.uroe be cutne
out to Charleston, S. C, at tho opening
of the war, and joined the Charleston
IJght Infantry under Captain T. G
Simmons. Me spent four months In
garrison at Fort Sumter after the sur
: render of Major Anderson and after
waraa too part m rourieen engage
ments.
Very fEw women stammer
Why Tkcr Ar So Seldom Afflicted
with Thle Dleeaae.
now many women nave you ever
tnown wbo stammered? A few of us,
NDIAN summer was on, cnlin,
purple-tinted and radiant with the
colors of early autumn. The
grounds about Clover Creek Academy
vied wllh the surrounding hills in their
lavish display of red and gold, and the
long sweep of tree-plumed ground that
sloped off to the stream back of the
barracks building seemed to be one
mass of scarlet, intermingled with the
darker hues of the never-dying spruce.
The cadets had been in harness long
enough to know what military re
straint was, for already they chafed
under the restrictions of semi-official
duty and begun to look with awe upon
the relentless rigor of Major Hen
dricks, the commandant.
There had been one or two small
football games, a series of elaborate
dress parades and one expulsion. This
summed up the excitement of the
early, session, and us they pored over
their books in the stuffy classrooms
nothing seemed more tantalising than
these purple stretches of country on
which the most fantastic and flcklo
sunshine fell.
"I have an idea. Barry," declared
Wallace Wedrell, as the two cadets
lolled upon the green after school
hour. "It would meun some risk, but
there would bo all kinds cf fun In It."
Barry, wbo, like many of the others,
highly respected Wedrell, not alone for
his manliness, but for a certain spirit
of healthy adventure which dominated
his character, wanted to know all
about it without further delay.
"I know of a little farm about a rullo
from here where grapes grow as If
ness,"
case of
j theft at all. You see, the farm has
been abandoned for several years, and
while the vineyard has not been cured
for the grapes are as tine as any Cali
fornia product."
"Mow do you know aliout it?" in-
THE TRANSSIBERIAN RAILWAY a.,, ?arry c;,rl(",H,y-
"Went over there lust year at about
longer Life for Mankind.
ODERN sanitation and the Improvement
practice of medicine are showing notable results
in the prevention and cure of diseases and U
prolonging human life. The Chicago Health De
partment, for instance, finds that since 1872 the average
length of life has doubled in intcugo. in iim me ull
age age at death was 42 per cent greater than In 1882, and
111 per cent greater than In 1872. The cause of this in
crease in vitality, according to the bulletin, Is due to the
Introduction of vaccination and the antitoxins, the discovery
of antiseptics ami methods of anaesthesia, and, most Im
portant of all, "the recognition of the importance of clean
liness, personal and circumferential."
Statistics recently made public In Massachusetts show
that the number of deaths from consumption in that State
has been reduced about one-half in a little oven ten years.
The death rate from this disease has been greatly decreased
in New York In the past decade by the use of sanitary
mptluuli and the fresh-air cure. The gratifying results
from intelligent treatment and the enlightenment of the ub .s,
people regarding the prevention and men of tuber- fe
CUlOSIS lead lO Ilie nopr mm ii"-
of time copqtier even this great scourge of the human race.
Baltimore Sun.
The Transslberlan railway Is not the complete piece of equipment which
it Is popular'y supposed to bo. It Is not even actually continuous, for at Lake
Baikal passengers and good's must bo transshipped across the lake. In winter
this, of course, has to be done on the ice. The Illustration shows two officials
being hurried across Lake Baikal on the way to the East As soon as It be
came evident that war was Inevitable the Russians put an enormous force of
men at work laying tracks across the lake. The thousands of men have
labored night and day, and it Is now officially announced thnt this link will
be ready for service In a very short time. If this should prove to be true,
it will greatly facilitate the transportation of men. horses and supplies from
Russia to the scene of conflict
If this question were put, could remem
ber one or possibly two, but the great
majority would have difficulty In re
calling a single case.
And how many men?
Most persons at even a moment's no
tice can recall cases ranging in number
from one to five.
This divergence Is due not to any
trick of a defective memory, but to
one of the most curious of actual facts.
The truth Is that the proportion of
those afllicted with stummertng or
stuttering Is 100 men to 1 woman. It
la one of the most remarkable thing
In the science of pathology. Even the
specialists In nervous discuses seem
utterly at a loss to account for it.
An eminent medical authority is
quoted as saying that In all bis expcrl
euco he hud known of only one woman
that stammered. When asked how lie
accounted for tho Immunity of the fair
sex from this aflUctlun he replied:
"Stammering Is an epileptic affec
tion of the organs of speech, and the
victim U usually a persou of a high-
strung, excitable temperumeut. At
the hist unulysls the en use lies in the
mind; that Is, tho stammerer stammer
because he fears he will stammer and
thus make himself ridiculous.
"Stammering la duo to self i-
scloiiHiiess, and It has been my expo-i
ence that women seldom Buffer from
self-consciousness. Social success j
more noocssury to their happiness than
It is to men's, and If as girls they have
a tendency to shyness or timidity they
set about overcoming it at uii' eariy
age, and concentrate their uttentio.i
upon doing so until they succeed.
"I do not mean to say that ull w.mi
en uro totally void of self-consclous-ness.
It is curious, however, that If
they have a tendency to shyness or
timidity that Is so deeply rooted us to
make it difficult to overcome, tlielr con
fusion most often iiiunlfcNts itself lu
blushing rather than stammering. I
have known girls who were victims of
the blushing hubit, uud I disi-pvcrod
that they blushed for Hie Hume reason
that I stammered feur or doing so.
Denver Post.
They ay there are all kinds of meu
In tha world, but we never yet saw
the klud that Is proud of the prizes bis
wife wins at card dubs.
this time. Was driving to Auburn to
meet my father and passed the place. !
I asked about It yesterday down at
Flemming'a Btore, and Flemming said
the pluce is still untenanted."
"Well, out with your scheme."
"I suggest that we use the ropes to
night and go across to the place for a
bnsketful of grapes; it would be a jolly
lark and this weather simply gets Into
my bones; I want to be under that
faultless sky for a while."
"Poetical, eh!" warbled Burry; then
with a slap on his friend's shoulder,
"I'm with you; give me some details."
"You know about all there I to it;
we must start from the barracks ut
II or 11:30 and be quiet from the word
go; if old Ken learns about the affair
it will result disastrously."
"No fireworks," hinted Barry, with a
smile.
Indications, however, promised any
thing but a quiet night, for Wedrell
and Bnrry had scarcely entered the
barracks building when a small boy
slipped noiselessly down the big tree
under which the two lads hud been
lying. Few thcro were who knew that
"Noddy" Slote hud a peculiar habit of
studying high In the branches of this
particular oak. It was cool up there
amid the branches and "Noddy" never
I found a disturbing influence.
"Whew!" he whistled, cloning his
I Lotin book with a pop; "I must tell
Fletcher about this; more than two can
eat itrunes. and Fletch can get even
with that Wedrell chap for his partic
ular brand of audacity."
An undercurrent of petty animosity
existed between Fletcher and Wedrell,
cad.'ts. A furious struggle followed.
Wedrell and Barry struck out left and
right In the darkness, but fire against
two proved Irresistible odds.
During that wild scrimmage Wedrell
had la-en trying to figure out the af
fair; tills attack had been so sudden
and so unexpected that for the mo
ment he was nonplussed. The methods
employed by these assailants were not
these generally popular with tramps,
and jet Wedrell could think of no one
else who might otteinpt this miserable
piece of cowardice.
One thing struck him as particularly
suspicious no word had been spoken
so far. The party preserved a perfect
silence, even when both he and his
companion were led, bound and
wriggling, dowu past the end of the
vineyard to the deserted house. -
Barry was Indulging in a choice se
lection of expletives and Wedrell could
hear him roundly scoring his captors,
but an outcry In this spot could not
avail to any visible extent.
Evidently the gang had some welt-
dn fined object in view, for It headed
in the direction of the broken doorway.
During all this time Wedrell had at
tempted to see enough of those about
him to distinguish their clothing or
features, but the darkness thwarted
him. Even when they were led down
to the last room the kitchen nt the
back of the old house, and a candle
lighted, the captors were clever enough
to tie heavy cloths over the eyes of the
two boys, thus cutting off any loophole
of escape or discovery.
Wedrell saw the dull glow of the
candle somewhere in the room; he
heard shuffling feet within reach of
bis twitching legs as some one tried
maliciously to pinch him,
"Ouch!" buwled on agonized voice.
eureii nau Kicked out witn one
well-shod foot and caught the sneak
squarely In the stomach, doubling him
up like a Jack-knife. At the same mo
ment Wedrell exerted every whit of
strength in his bnck and shoulders; the
poorly tied cords snapped and in an
other minute he was free, the bandage
whipped from his burning eyes,
Fletcher! Nokes! Daulton! Vloss!
Noddy!" he shouted, the last-named
his spectacles awry on bis nose, lay
wriggling anu moaning on me noor
from the kick so lately administered.
Barry, still bound and blindfolded,
stood against the wall directly oppo
site.
It did not take Wedrell the flash Of
au eye to determine his course. While
the other boys were smarting under
their surprise, Wedrell's knife, sawing
upon the cord cliat held Hairy a pris
oner, freed him before they recovered
"Now, then, a little of their
medicine, Barry!" he roared, darting
out into the middle of the floor. Mis
sweeping glance of the kitchen took in
every detail, the tallow dip burning on
a window ledge, the one broken chair,
the long door that led down to a cellar,
wide open nt the other end of the
apartment.
Barry was not a sleepyhead; cadets
who knew anything about him at all
knew that he could throw the hummer
further than any boy In the college,
except, perhaps, Wedrell himself, and
It was no child's play to face thoe
battering-ram arms.
Poor Noddy had not managed
on ns. and Fletcher (the acamp)
thought he would do a bright thing;
the idea was to lock ns In the old house
and to leave us there. Old Ken would
have raised particular Cain In the
morning and Fletcher's Joy would
have been complete. Aa It is now, the
tables have been turned. I'll leave
word with Flemming at the store to
have them released some time during
the day, and they can't bring ns Into it
without getting themselves still deeper
In the mire. Oh,-Just Imagine a night
! In that lonely cellar!"
"It makes me shiver to think of It,"
replied Barry, with, a grimace.
No protests, no threats, no pleadings
ould avail: Wedrell solemnly took the
nndle and, with Barry close at'bla
heels, marched out, to leave the kitch
en a blank, black hole at the end of
the hall.
It was beginning to redden in the
east as they walked through the tall
weeds toward the road. Suddenly Bar
ry stopped short.
"Look here, Wedrell," he ejaculated,
we've forgotten one thing!" Wedrell
shook his head In perplexity.
"What is it?" he asked.
"The grapes!" was Barry's explosive
response. "Walt a minute. I m going
to get a bunch for both of us." Boston
Herald.
Trouble in Texas.
A "lady postmaster" with a brace of
large revolvers has caused consterna
tion In a Texas town, says the New
York Sun, by requiring all gentlemen,
who call for mall to doff their hats or
dodge her bullets. So insistent la she I which. If not encouraged by Wallace
On DOlltenORr thnt tha olmr-lfl' haa fait 1 1.1 1 i.l ... i.
1 UU1INCM, WUB Illlist-U JlliU U tu lHrh.
1 of hutred by Fletcher, with whom no
one could get along.
on politeness that the sheriff has felt
called upon to protest to the depart
ment at Washington.
"This lady postmaster," he wrote,
"has found out somehow we ain't de
cided how that the Mayor and me
and some other leading citizens Mas
some vexed and annoyed with her, and
Nlnee then the postoftlce ain't done any
business to speak of. If it was a man
dealing out stamps we wouldn't have
to bother you; but we ain't making
war on women, even on this one which
can handle her armament so casual
and flippant.
"This town respectfully protests
aguiust the way this lady postmaster
Is urging her views on politeness; this
town respectfully protests that It ain't
j:ot time to leave Its hat outside the
door when getting Its mull; this town
respect fully protests that Its duly elect
ed Mayor Is some Important In the
eyes of the citl.eiiM, and there ain't
any call tor lit lit to art humble when
he's getting his mull.
"The Mayor ain't felt right since he
iklpped out of ttie postotllee last week
m !! oudiKiiitli'd and frinky, owing
to lite fMct that he forgot to take off
his hut hiiiI how. and lie is gulug to re
sli;u if tlioy ain't something done. We
are iettli.g suippisli mid fn-lfal In our
leiepei'M. anil lire uuolc lo ilo souie
ihiug we lullil regret. Tell the in
spector he liiul belter come to me lirst.
She's heiivd lie's ituiiug, ami they
ain't no u-e of li'.t being rush ami
urele: s."
Hie Fool a uil Ilia Money.
Towue Our friend Lenders must be
the proverbial fool.
Browne oh, come now; that's rath
er luird.
Towne Well, 1 heard Borroughs re
mark that he was a "perfect gentle
mull." Philadelphia Press.
When a woman has children of tha
croupy age, slio looa like goose
grease from November Ull May.
Tups had ben sounded n full hour
when two dark figures, outlined for a
moment against the white walls of the
barracks, fell upon the grass beneath
a certain third-story window. They
shot off down the slope under a maze
of somber green trees-ami almost sim
ultaneously from another barracks
window five other figures dropped Into
the night witli equal precaution.
The first two lost no time in clear
ing the wull that surrounded tlie aend
eiuy grounds and headed straight for
the undulating stretch of half-open
country that lay buthed In the soft
moonlight.
"Made It without a tangle," whis
pered Barry, cocking on one elbow the
basket that he carried with Jubilant
satisfaction; "now for the grapes."
Wedrell sniffed the night air with
suppressed content.
"Isn't that breath of the fields
enough to pay us for our little ven
ture V" lie inquired spiritedly. Mis com
panion nodded enthusiastic assent.
The walk consumed a scant half
hour; then they came upon a ranililin
olil house, picturesque In its desolation.
On every hand were signs of neglect
In the over-grown garden, trees trailed
their branches on the ground, weeds
reared green barriers la-ncath them,
and where once u brick path had led
down to the road rank vegetation hid
It from view.
Wedrell led the way to the vineyard.
There were six long arbors loaded
with trailing vines nud luscious blue
black grapes. Beneath these urliors,
w here a wIMernes of foliuge hemmed
them In, It was blacker thun the night
itself.
Barry was giving vent to his satis
faction with a handful of choice Cu
tuwbuu when It seemed that tho arbor
became suddenly alive. No sound, no
cry; but figures, lurking farther back
la the gloom, now closed In on the two
THE HEROINE OF LUCKNOW.
Death of Lady Incila, Who Kept a
Diary During the Sieve.
An interesting figure lu English his
tory has passed away in the persou of
Ludy Inglis, who died at her residence,
17 Rectory rood, Beckenham, after a'
short illness.
Lady Julia Sellna Inglis wus the sec
ond daughter of the tlrst Lord Chelms
ford and was born in 1833.
She wus the widow of the famous
defender o.f the British residency at
Lucknow, Sir John Eordley Wilmot
nglis, K. C. B., who died in 1882, ana
n memory or wliose services in tne
Indian mutiny she had been In receipt
of a pension.
Lady Inglis herself went through
the siege of Lucknow. and in additidn
to the terrors of the siege and the sub
sequent Journey to the const she was
shipwrecked on the voyage home to
England.
She afterward published the dinry
she kept during her eventful life in the
besieged city, where her husband, then
Brigadier Inglis, communded the gani
sonrthroughout the eighty-seven days
the place was Invested.
She describes the entrance into the
residency, on a day when glad shouts
rang through the tortured city, of "a
short, quiet-looking, gray-haired man.
wuoSi I knew ut once was General
llavelock. He shook bands with inc.
and said lie feared that we hud suf
fered a great deal.
"I could hardly answer him
It was a moment of unmixed happi
ness, but not lasting. I felt how differ
ent my lot. wus to others I
tried to write home, but could not.
"The relieving force had suffered
moHt severely The wounded
had been abandoned The en
emy hud loophol'ed the houses and shot
the poor fellows down by scores as
they passed through the narrow
streets."
Once while ou the dangerous march
from Lucknow to the coast the sudden
command, "Malt!" hang out into The
night.
Lady Inglis had a baby with her at
this time, and thus she writes: 'Si
lence was ordered and all lights to bo
put out I shall never forget
my anxiety lest baby should commence
crying again and perhaps betray our
whereabouts. Fortunately baby did
not cry.
Ou the way to England her ship was
wrecked near the const of Ceylon, and
hope had been almost abandoned when
the passengers, who had been drifting
about in small boats, were picked up
by a native vessel nud taken Into Trim
coinalec. IiOtidon Express.
to
clear tha floor; there were four against
two
"Fletcher," muttered Wedrell In that
intensely exciting moment before the
two clashed; "I'm about to give you
a good thrashing If it's in me; I think
you deserve It."
That worthy may or may not hav
deserved it, but the thrashing did come
and the big bully went in a heap to the
floor, with one bruised eye thnt would
certainly be decorated with black on
the following day. Wedrell's first hard
blow from the shoulder had caugli
him In the right place.
Barry In the mean while had done
just what Wedrell could have wished
attacked one of the other laiys, but
another came at him pellmell. In tho
mad melee, which took all three to the
end of the room Iiefore they knew it,
Barry pushed both forward and down
ward. Mis adversaries lost their bnl
a nee and were tumbled feet first dow
the open cellar doorway.
"Hood!" shouted Wedrell. "Now for
this one, Barry!"
During ills breathing spell Barry wit
nessed a laughable sight.
Wedrell's iron hand, gripped in the
collar of the sole remaining lighting
representative of that midnight ven
detta, fairly lifted him from his feet
and sent til in spinning like u rag doll
down after his unfortunate brothers in
the ceilur. Fletcher bad staggered to
hi fed. but Wedrell made short worn
of him, ii ml lie, too. was most Impolite
ly precipitated down the slippery
stair-.
"No time to waste with you. Noddy,"
the Uiy chuckled, gasping for breath:
"we must get back to the academy to
night!" With that he slid luckless
groaning Noddy down with his com
rades. The door, quick!" lie culled to
Barry.
There was au irou chain and catch
upon it and the door was unusually
strong, being c portion of the oak
floor. Snap! went the catch lu its place
just ns a thunderous pounding of Irate
lists threatened to push it upwurd.
"Too late!" culled Wedrell. 'A pleas
ant night, follows: Now, Barry," ho
weut on hurriedly, "we must get back
to the barracks as quickly as we can
or reveille will catch us out. A narrow
escape that; someone must buv spied
OLD
I FAVORITES
Paddle Toar Own Canoe.
Voysger upon life's sea, ,
To yourself be true,
And wher'er your lot msy be,
Paddle your own canoe.
Never, though tha winds may rare.
Falter nor look back;
But upon the darkest wive
Leave a shilling track.
Nobly dare the wildest storm,
Stem the hardest gale,
Brave of heart aud strong of arm.
You will never fail.
When the world Is cold and dark.
Keep an aim in view;
And toward the beacon-mark
Paddle your own canoe.
Every wave that bears y,ou on
To the silent shore,
From the sunny source has gone
To return no more.
Then let not an hour's delay
Cheat you of your due;
But, while it is called to-day,
Paddle your own canoe.
If your birth denies you wealth,
Lofty state and power,
Honest fame and hardy health
Are a better dower.
But if these will not suffice,
(iolden gain pursue;
And to gain the glittering prize,
Paddle your own canoe.
Would you wrest the wreath of fame
From the hand ''of fate?
Would you write a deathless name
With the Rood and great?
Would you bless your fellow-men?
Heart and soul imbue
With the holy task, and then
Paddle your own canoe.
Would you crush the tyrant wrong
In the world's free fight?
With a spirit brave and strong
Battle for the right.
And to break the chains that bind
The many to the few
To enfranchise slavish mind
Paddle your own canoe.
Nothing great is lightly won,
Nothing won is lost;
Every good deed, nobly done,
Will repay the cost.
Leave to heaven, in humble trust.
All you will to do;
But if you succeed, you must
Paddle your own canoe.
Sarah K. Bolton.
Blow, KIow, Thou Winter Wind
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen.
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Freeze, fie'eze, thou bitter sky.
Thou dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot;
Though thou the waters warpr
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend reniember'd not
-William Shakspeare.
BIQ DRUM IN THE ORCHESTRA,
It la
Cheerful Heroism.
"There are quiet victories and strug
gles," says Dickens, "great sacrifices
of self, and noble acts of heroism done
every day lu nooks and corners, and in
little households, and in men's and
women's hearts." The head of a chil
dren's home and aid society tells,
through the Chicago Tribune, a touch
ing story of simple heroism.
The story deals with the high and
unselfish courage of a poor Herman
mother. She came iuto my office with
such an air that If we had not re
ceived advance notice concerning her
case we must have been seriously mis
led by her cheerful manner.
"I gif you my children," she In
formed me, lightly, as one who had
few cares and no positive troubles.
"I haf six dot I cannot keep, but one,
I will not glf you. He Is sixteen, and
crippled. Me Is no goot to anyone but
me. Him I keep."
Mere is the story back of the light
hearted milliner: The woman was left
a widow and penniless, with the seven
children she loved so dearly. Try as
she might, sho found herself utterly
unable to snpimrt them, let alone any
thought of educating them. The lamo
boy, who wus "no goot to anyone but
her." she would not part with.
To avoid burdening others with his
support or allowing the poor cripple to
feel himself dependent on strangers,
she allowed us to provide for the oth
ers; yet she did her best to hide from
our knowledge the sorrow of part
ing with them. 1 call that the purest
kind of heroism.
Oritfia of ilio Clearing House.
Not nil bankers are a wine of the
manner In which the clearing house
system originated. The messengers of
the London banking-houses used to
meet :U a certain alehouse and I here
make exchanges of paper. Their em
ployers observed tills and held a meet
ing resulted lu the founding of the
lug resulted in the foundling of the
London clearing-house in 1773.
One of the Moat Important
Featnrea of Shorn.
"Few persons realize It but the man?
who beats the big drum In the orches
tra Is one of the most important mem
' bers of the musical aggregation," said
: an attache of one of the local theaters
to a writer In the New Orleans Times
Democrat, "and as a matter of fact we
could not get along without him at
this day and time. While the drum Is
one of the most ancient of musical in
I struments, being positively primitive,
' it Is yet, even in this advanced age,
one of the most useful. Men were
beating on the tightly stretched hides
i of wild animals and getting a sort of
I music out of it long before they had
j learned how to blow the simpler mel
odies out of hollow reeds. The drum
Idea came into existence before men
ever dreamed of tooting horns. Thump
ing on a coon skin, or a skin of some
other kind, was the only music of a!
great many primitive peoples, am
even now this kind of music Is played
while some of the island tribes' go.
through their ceremonial dances.
"But I was thinking of the great
use to which the drum is put nowa
days In theatricals. We could not get
along without it, and as a result the
drummer is paid a salary next lu
amount to that of the leader: Me Is
well paid and earns his money. You
have no doubt observed that In per
formances of a certain klud the drum
mer is very much in evidence. Take
the special stuut of the sort we find in
vaudeville, comical stage falls, acro
batics, dunces, any kind of turn where
there Is a violent nd sudden change,
and you will find that the drummer
M ill play an Important part. He is the
niun who marks the time of the
change. He always hits the drum ut
the right time. He is in perfect accord
with the performer. It takes a man
of some talent to do this. You have
no idea the trouble we have in finding
men who can do this work us we
would have it. It ban developed into
quite an urt, this business of tapping
the drum at the right time, and hence
we experience some trouble In getting
men to do the work Just as we won id
have It done.
"That's why we are forced to pay
the drummer a good salary. He is an
important person in the orchestra, and
don't you make any mistake about it.
And 1 may say that he knows it. The
public may overtook hiui. but you can
not say us much of the theiitrical man
agers, for he is a man they have to
reckon with." '
Either one of two things Is neces
sary to inuke the guests feel that the
pleasure has begun: Refreshments or
gossip. Therefore, get out the re
freshments early, and head the other
off.
Old story going the rounds again:
Colored man sawing wood In August
Very hot FersplruUou pouring off
him. He looked up at the sun, and In
quired: "Whur was you last Feb
ruary V
Not in lxve Because Sim riii.'io.
You limy know if a girl likes you
by the way she behaves when you
meet her. Don't lie taken in by thi
mere fact that she changes color. IJirl
do that from a thousand different
causes, mid there Is no reason why
she should be in love with you merely
because she blushes. Health.
What Itoyally Cost. KtiglaiHl.
The executive otiice of the I'nited
Ptates calls for only Jfll.'.tmo u year,
while England gives the royal family
JtKX),MM.
When a womau writes home about
her curd purties, and fulls to mention
her babies, her mother becomes very
ludlguaat