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'Rodner'a Ride. tn that soft mid land where the broetes bear . The North and th South on the gonial lr, Throngh the County ot Kent on affair of State Rode Caesar Ilodrev, the Delegate, Burly and big and bold and blolf. In his three-cornered hat and hi coat of MUff, A foe -to King George and the English etate Wm Caesar Rodney, the Delegate. Into Dover Village be rode apace, And his kinsfolk knew, from his anxious face. It was matter grave that had brought him there, Vo the counties three, upon the Delaware. "Money and men we must hare," he aid, "Or the Congress fails and our causa is . dead ; . (Jive us both, and the king shall not work his will We are Men since the blood of Bunker Hill !" Tomes a rider swift on a panting bay; "Hollo, Rodney, bo I you must save the day, For the Congress halts at a deed so great, And your vote alone may decide Its fate !" Answered Itodney then : "I will ride with speed ; It is Liberty's stress, It U Freedom's need. When stands it?" . "Te-night; not a mo ment spare, But- ride like the wind from the Dela ware." ' ... i i "Ho, saddle the black! I've but half a day, Knd the Congress sits eighty miles away, Tut I'll be in time, if God grants m j grace, To shake my fist In King George's face." lie is up; he Is off! And the black horse j flies I On the northward road ere the "God speed !" dies. It is a gallop and spur, as the leagues they clear, , And the clustering milestones move a- rear. ; It is two of the clock ; and the fleet hoofs! fling The Fieid.sboro' dust with a clang and. cling. It is three; and he gallops with slack rein where rhe road winds down to the Delaware. Pour; and he spurs into Newcastle town. From his panting steed he gets him down "A fresh one, quick ; not a moment wait J" And off speeds Hodney, the Delegate. It is five; and the beams of the western sun Tinge the spires of Wilmington gold and dun ; . Six; and the dust of the Chester street Flies back in a cloud from bis courser's feet. It is seven ; the horseboat, broad of beam, At the Schuylkill ferry crawls over the stream And at seven-fifteen by the Rittenhouse clock lie flings his rein, to the tavern Jock. The Congress is met ; the debate's begun, And Liberty lags for the vote of one '"When into the hall, not a moment late. Walks Caesar Itodney, the Delegate. Not a moment late, and that half-day's ride Forwards the world with a mighty stride ;' For the Ac? was passed ere the mid night stroke O'er the Quaker City its echoes woke. At Tyranny's feet was the gauntlet flung; "We are free!" all the bells through the colonies rung. And the sons of the free may recall with pride rhe day of Delegate' Rodney's ride. Elbrige S. Brooks. - Cnrloas Place Names. ' Chicago Is an Indian word, meaning wild onion or skunk weed. Chesapeake Is also Indian and Is variously inter preted as highly salted water, great waters or country on a great river. Chautauqua Is also an Indian word and has had several Interpretations, as foggy place, a bag tied In tbe middle preferring .to the shpe of the lake), a place where a child was washed away, where the fish are taken out, place of easy death or, finally, place where one was lost. Des Moines Is usually sup posed to refer only to the Trapplst (soaks, and It is also connected with aa Indian word meaning tbe road. Ni agara is an Indian word, signifying across the strait or at the neck. Shen andoah is Indian and means the sprucy stream or a river flowing alongside of high hills. Massachusetts means near the great hills or the hill shaped like an arrowhead or, again, tbe blue hills. Mississippi means great water or gath ering In pt all the waters or an almost ndlesa river spread out. Leslie's Weekly. Ills Kick. A traveler putting up at a small hotel out In California brought the porter up to his room with his nngry utormlng. "Want your room changed, sir? What Is the matter?" "The room's all right," fumed the gfuest, scsrchlngly. "It's the ilea I ob ject to, that's nil." "Mrs. Hawkins!" shouted the porter. In an uninterested sort of n voice, "the Kent In No. 7 Is satisfied with his room, tut ho wants tha fleas changed." Hur ler's Weekly. Tlsier tat I'lrrman'a Maneot. Although firemen's mascots anil pets are not uncommon, the men at the central station In Main-hosier, N. II.. have one that is u-.iusii.il. it Is a large tiger cat which has o overcame the usual feline aversions us to ride to the fires on the apparatus with apparent enjoyment. ; , . The greatest pity lu the world Is when two friends who have lieen use ful and agreeable to each other juar IsL WOODCHTJCEHCK ' t havs chased fugacious woodchucks over many leagues of land. But at last they've always vanished in a round hoi In the sand; And though I've been woodchueklng ninny times upon my soul I have never bagged my woodehuek, for ho always found his hole. I have chased my hot ambitions through the mendor white with flowers. Chased tlcm through the clover blossoms, chased them through the orchard bowers j Chased them through the old srruh pnstures till with weariness of soul I at last have seen them vanish like a woodchuck In his hole. But there's fun In chasing woodchucks, and Ml chnse the vision still. If It leads me through the dark pine woods and up the stony hill; There's a glorious expectation that still lingers In my soul. (That some day 111 cafch that woodchuck ere he slides Into his hole. B. W. Foes, In Yankee Blade. "I have heard of persons whose hair tvas whitened through excessive fear, but I never saw any one so affected." Bo I spoke to Dr. Maynard, as wo sat on the piazza of his pretty villa, dis cussing the different effects of terror on dissimilar temperaments. Without replying to me, the doctor turned to his wife and snld: "Helen, will you please relnte to my Id friend the Incident within your own experience? 'It Is the most con vincing argument I can advance." I looked at' Mrs. Maynard In sur prise. I had observed that her hair, which was very luxuriant, was white, but It only heightened the brilliancy of her flue dark eyes. The doctor nnd I had been fellow students, but. after leaving college, we had drifted apart. I was Vow on a visit to him for the first time since his marrlnge. Mrs. Maynard smiled os she saw my eyes fixed on her snowy hair over her shoulders, and, seating herself by her husband's side, related the following story: It Is nearly two years since my hus band was called on one evening to visit a patient several miles away. Our servants had nil gone to a wake In the vicinity, the dead man being a relative of one of our serving maids. Thus I was left alone. But I felt no fear, for we had never heard of burglars or any eort of desperadoes In our quiet vil lage, then consisting of a few scatter ed houses. The wlnlows leading out on the piazza were open as now, but I secured the blinds before my husband's departure, and locked the outside doors, all except the front one ; this I left for the doctor to lock after going out, so that, If I should fall asleep before his return, he could enter without arous ing me. I heard the doctor's rapid footsteps on the gravel, quldkened by the urgent tones of a messenger who awaited him; and, after the sharp rattle of the carriage wheels had be come but an echo, I seated myself and soon became 'absorbed In the book ' I had been reading before being dlsturb ed by the summons. I But after a time my Interest suc 'cumbod to drowsiness, and I thought f retiring. Then the clock In the doc tor's study struck twelve, so I deter mined to wait a few moments more, feeling that he would be home very I booii. i cioneu luy ikjuk, put uu auri?BB- lng gown, let down my hair, and then returned to my seat to patiently wait and listen. Not the falfitest sound dis turbed the stillness of the night Not a breath of air stirred the leaves. The Hence was so profound that It be came oppressive. I longed for the aharp dick of the gate-latch and the well-known step on the gravel walk. I did not dare to break the silence my self by moving or singing, I was so oppressed with the deep stillness.' The human mind Is a strange torturer of Itself. I began to conjure up vivid fancies of ghostly visitants, in the midst of which there occurred to me the stories I bad heard from supersti tious people about the troubled spirits of those who had died suddenly," like the man whom my servants had gone to "wake," who had been killed by an accident at the sawmill. In the midst of these terrifying re flections, I was startled by a stealthy footfall on the piazza. I listened be tween fear and hope. It might be the doctor. But no, he would not tread like that; the step was too soft and cau tious for anything lest wily than a cat. I As I listened again, my eyes fixed on (the. window blind, I saw the slats . move slowly, and then the rays of the moon disclosed a thin, cadaverous face, and bright, glittering eyes, peer- lng at me. O horror! Who was it? or what wns it? I felt the cold pers piration start at every pore. I seemed to be frown in my chair. I could not move ; I could not cry out ; my tongue accnied glued to the roof of my mouth, ' while the deathly white face pressed 1 closer, and the great sunken eyes wan dered lr. (heir gaze about the room. In a few moments the cautious footsteps enme toward the door. "Merciful heavens!" I cried, In a horror-stricken whisper, as I heard the sound of the latch, ''the doctor In his haste uiuxt have forgotten to turn the key.". I heard the Trout door open, the step In the hall, and, helpless as a statue, I sat riveted to my chair. Thu parlor door was open, nnd in It stood a tail, j n'u "'an, whom I never before beheld, He was dressed In a long, loose robe. I a sort of gabardlue, and a black velvet .unj. ,,r,iM ,..,.iu,i n v.mH forehead, under which gleamed black yes, bright as living coals, and placed so sear together that their gasa was preternatural In their distinctness; heavy, grizzled eyebrows hung over them like the tangled mane of a lion; the nose was sharp and prominent; the chin was overgrown with white hair, which hung down In locks as weird as the Ancient Mariner's. He politely doffed his cap, replaced it, and then said, in a slightly foreign accent: "Madanf, It Is not necessary for me to stand on any further ceremony, as your husband, Dr. Maynard," here he again bowed profounlly, "has nlrendy acquainted you with the nature of my business here to-night. I perceive," ho added, glancing at my negligee robe, "that you were expecting me." "No," I found voice to stammer; "the doctor hns said nothing to me about n vlstor at this hour of the night." "Ah, he wished to spare you, no doubt, a disagreeable apprehension," he returned, advancing nnd taking a scat on the sofa opposite me, where for a fewimoments he sat on the sofa opjiosite me, where for a few moments he sat nnd eyed me from head to foot, with a strange glittering light In his ryes that mysteriously Impressed me. "You have a remarkably fine physique, madam," he observed, quietly, "one that might deceive the eyes of the most skilled nnd . practiced physician. Do you suffer much pain?" Unnblo to speak, I 'shook my head. A terrible suspicion ;tvas creeping over me. . I was alone, miles away from aid or rescue, with a madman. "Ah," he continued reflectively, "your husband may have mistaken a -tumor for a cancer. Allow me to feel your pulse," he said, rising and bending over me. I thought It best to humor Mm, re membering It was unwise for a helpless woman to oppose the as yet harmless freak of a lunntlc. He took out his watch, shook his head gravely, laid my hand down gently, then went toward the study, where on the table was an open case of surgical Instruments. "Do not be alarmed, madam," he said to me, as I was about to rise and flee, and In another Instant he was by my side, with the case In his posses sion. Involuntarily I raised my head, and cried: "Spare me! Oh, spare me, I beseech you!" "Madnm," he said, sternly, clasping my wrist with bis long, sinewy fingers with a grip of steel, "you behove like a child. I have no time to parley, for I have received a letter from tbe Ger man emperor, stating that he is desir ous of my attendance. I must start for Europe Immediately after perform ing the operation on your breast" and, before I could make the slightest re sistance, he had me in bis arms and wns carrying me Into the study, where was a long surgical table covered with green baize. On this he laid me, and, holding me down with one hand, with the strength of a maniac, he brought forth several long leather straps, which bore evidence of having been recently cut, and with which he secured me to the table with tbe skill of an expert It was but the work of a moment to unloose my robe, and bare my bosom. Then, after carefully examining my left breast he said: "Madam, your husband has made a mistake. I And no necessity for my In tended operation." Ah this I gave a long-drawn sigh of reyef and prepared to rise. "But" he continued, "I have made the discovery that your heart Is as large as that of an ox ! I will remove it so that you can see for yourself ; re duce It to Its natural size by a curious p recess of my own, unknown to medl cal science, and of which I am sole dis coverer, and then replace it again." n began to examine tbe edge of tbe cruel knife, on which I closed my eyes, while every nerve was In perceptible tremor. "The mechanism of the heart Is like a watch," he resumed: "If It goes too fast the great blood vessel that sup plies the force must be stopped, like the lever ef a watch, and the works must be cleaned, and repaired, and reg ulated. It may Interest you to know that I was present at the post-mortem examination held over the remains of the beautiful Imlsa of Prussia. Had I been consulted before her death, I would have saved her by taking out her heart, and removing the polypi netween winch it was wedged as in a vise, but I was called too late. The king and I had a little difference -he wns German, I am French. I trust that Is sufficient explanation." He now bent over me, his long white beard brushing my face. I opened my eyes beseechingly, trying to think of some way to save myself. "Oh, sir, give mo nn anaesthetic, thut I may not feel the pain," I pleaded. "Indeed, Indeed, madam, I would comply with your wish were you not the wife of n physician of a skillful surgeon. I wish you to note with what ease I perforin this difficult nieratlon. so that you may tell your husband of the great savant whose services he se cured, fortunately In season." As he said this he made the final test of the knife on his thumb. How precloug were the moments now ! They yere fleeting all too fust, and yet an eternity seemed compressed In every one, 1 never fainted lu my life, and I never felt less Ilk swooning than bow, I summoned all my present's of mind to delay the fearful moment, fervently praying In the meantime for my husband's return. "iHxjtor," said I, with assumed com posure, "I have the utmost confidence In your skill ; I would not trust my life to another; but, doctor, yon have forgotten to bring. a napkin to stanch the blo.xl. If you will have the good ness to ascend to my sleeping chamber, at the right of the hall, you will find' everything you need tor that purpose In the bureau." "Ah, madam," he said, shaking his head, sagaciously. "I never draw blood during a surgical operation; that Is another one of my secrets unknown to the faculty." Then, placing his hand on my bosom, he added, with horrible playfulness: "I'll scnrcely mark that skin, whiter than snow, and smooth as alabaster." "O God I" I cried, as I felt the cold steel touch my breast; but with the same breath came deliverance. Quick as thought a heavy woolen piano cover wns thrown over the head and person of the madman, and bound tightly around him. As quickly was I released and the thongs that bound me soon held the maniac. My husband held me In his arms. He had noiseless ly approached, and, taking In the hor ror of my situation at a glance, had. by the only means at hand, secured the madman, who was the very patient he had been summoned to attend, but who had escaped the vigilance of his keeper soon after the depnrture of the mes senger, who had now returned with the doctor In pursuit of him. As tho poor wretch was being hur ried away, he turned to me and said : "Madnm, this Is a plot to rob me of my reputation. Your husband Is envious of my great skill as a surgeon. Adieu!" I afterward learned that the man wns once an eminent surgeon In Eu rope, but much learning had made him mad. When he bound me to the table myfhntr whs black as a raven; when I left It, It was as you see It now- white as snow. The Argonaut SILVER CENTER CENTS. Another of These Rare I'nlted States Coins Has Turned I p. A curious cent dated 1702, which hns come Into the hands of a coin deal er, Is snld to represent the first attempt to strike a coin of this denomination at the United States mint at Philadelphia, says the New York Sun. On the obverse Is a rather ugly head of Liberty to the right, with hair flow ing behind, and below, In small figures, is the date "1702." Around the border Is Inscribed "Liberty Parent of Sci ence & Indust" On the reverse Is a wreath, Inclosing the words "One Cent," with "1-100" below, and sur rounding the whole central device Is the Inscription "United States of Amer ica." The piece Is much smaller than the ordinary colonial cent being about tho size of tbe half cent struck In tbe year following. It la composed of copper, but before placing the blank lu thu coinage press a email plug of silver had been Inserted In the middle, and the rarity now Is known to coin col lectors as the "sliver center cent." It is said the intention in putting In this plug of silver was to bring up the In trinsic value of the coin to exactly 1 cent It Is thought thnt the cent was the design of a blacksmith nnmed Peter Getz of Lancaster, Pa., a self-taught engraver, who was employed at the mint when that Institution first began operations In 1702, and who cut tbe dies for several other varieties of the early coins. The same design was struck In plain copper, but without tho silver plug, and this variety, too, la very rare. The Inscription on the obverse of the silver center cent Is the same as that borne by the Interesting "dlsme" and "half dlsme," also struck at the mint In the same year from Washington's private plate, the bead of Liberty oa the two latter coins being posed for by Martha Washington, It Is popularly supposed. The latter coins also are' rare, but do not compare In scarcity with the llver center coin, of which only five are known to be in existence. A fine specimen brought $160 at tha Smith sale a year or so ago. While regularly struck and Issued by the United States mint engravers, still the silver center cent was for some reason rejected by the authorities and so never got Into general circulation. This particular specimen has been in the possession of a small country mer chant for forty years, and he was over whelmed with surprise to learn that tbe coin was regarded as one of tht rarest ef the United States coins. la tha Interest at Client. It was his first circuit, and, more over, he had to defend his first client who was a better known than respected burglar. In an interval he approach ed a veteran member of the bar and sought for advice. "And how long do you think I ought to make my speech to the Jury, sir?" be finished up. "I should say about nn hour," said the old hand. "An hour! Why, I thought ten min utes would be ample! Why so long?" "Well," said his adviser, "you see, they can't sentence him till you're fin ished, and the longer you talk tha longer he'll be out of Jail." Tlt-Ults. Maiiara. Nlngarn Is a corruption of the Sene ca word "neagara," meaning "across the neck," an nil union to a strip of land between the lakes. The nuinu has been subjected to ninny changes since the discovery of thtf cataract, more than thirty different readings being found In the writings of the various early explorers and geographers. The trouble with ttouie men who claim to bo trying to muke the World Better, Is that they seem to have tackled the Job because of a feeling that lbs world Isn't good enough for them. Ho far as we are concerned, If tha people have all the Information desired about tbe swastika, It will be ull right for tha papers to drop the subject mm Opinions' of THE MAW WITH THE HUNCH. 11. I Just had a hunch." That Is the way the successful mon often explains a partic ularly wlse'and remunerative move on his part to the friends who want to know how he did It "Lucky dog," the less success ful ones remark as they walk away. Was he lucky? Or did he simply use a little of the ordinary amount of brains with which he was en dowed. Where did he get the hunch? His "lucky" In spiration came from a habitual. Intelligent use of brains. The "lucky dog" simply put two and two together and believed that they made four. He combined logic with confidence and won. The man without the hunch Is what he Is for two reasons. Either he Is too Indolent to put two and two together, or else after he had put them together, be was afraid that he had made a mistake and that they made something else besides four. A logical mind, ever on the alert to benefit the owner, almost without his conscious volition, Is a product of careful training. . If yon are complaining thnt you never hnve had any lucky hunches, set yourself now to grasp the full mean ing of every minute Incident that arises In connection with each day's work. Do this every day. Do not let each day be complete In Itself. Relate each day with Its complex activities to each other day. Boon you will discover that some Incident of to-day has a direct benr tng upon some incident of some other day. You may be the only person who has made this discovery. If you are energetic, you will use It to your own advantage. And there you are. Your lucky "bunch" has come. Try It Don't be envying other lucky dogs. Make yourself an object for envy. Chicago Examiner. THE CAPITAL CITY. FFOUTS are lelng made to create In Wash ington a great national university. Such an Institution would find already made In the Congressional Library, the Museum, the Smlthsoulan Institution and tho vnrlous scientific departments f tho government, an enormous material equipment better 1 1 .. m.,mmt than the oldest and richest universities can afford. These departments would also provide, to supplement the regu lar teaching force f the university, a rich corps of spe cial lecturers and assistants. Whatever mny come of t"hla plan, It Is a significant expression of feeling long cherished In this country that . the national capital eught to be tbe chief center of In tellectual activities. The older cities of naturnl growth and commercial ART IN TAPESTRY WEAVING. aorw slan Novel and Interesting Color Schemes In Testllea. One of the oldest weavlngs known In Europe Is the Norwegian tapestry, - I . I 1 1 .1 I V . 11 I .1 wr, ns ii is i-nueu m norwaj, picture ! weaving." The word "picture" In prlm . Itlve times was used In place df the ; word "painting," and the art of weav ' lng dates back to the eighth century, ' long before the art of painting was known In Norway. The weaving of Norwegian history nnd sages Int"pIo ; hire tapestry" seems most to have flourished at the tme of the Invasion ; f Normandy by the Norsemen and at the time of the Crusaders. Tapestry belonging to these periods Is exhibited in the museums of Norway and is different from other textiles not only by reason of the mythological sub jects chosen for representation but by the manner of weaving, the design, however elaborate, being made abso lutely reversible, alike on both sides In color as well as In outline. Like most handicrafts, this weaving was almost forgotten until recently, When the museums and a talented Nor wegian woman, Mme. Frlda Koebler Hansen, caused a. revival of the beau tiful art Mine. Koehlcr-Haruten's Works have become world known, hav ing been sold to European museums, to the board of education, South Ken sington, and to the royal houses ef Eu rope. At the universal exposition In Paris In 1000 a aeries of these textiles was awarded the grand prlx and the same honor was accorded exhibits at the World's fair at St Leu Is as wall as la London, Hamburg and Turin. The Jury at tbe exposition In Paris gave the fol lowing concise description and appre ciation of Norwegian textile art: "Norway's production of tapestries bas been a revelation to the whole we rid. a nation here ap pears which possesses In full measure an original talent of undeniable value." In tha Norwegian tapestries tbe wool nearly always abows a mixture of dif ferent tints In one and the same color. A few strong colors are chosen and the wools dyed la these colors are mixed together before they are spun Into yarn. It Is precisely the theory f de composition of tone so modern In Its application to painting. Every Inch ef the yarn Is woven especially for the place where It Is to stand in the fabric, as every tint la especially mixed for Uie painter's brush. riarthlasra ef Aaoteat Children). The most primitive toy Is the dolL It dates back to prehistoric times and is found in every part of the wrld. ! This one would naturally expert to find. A child, seeing Its mother nurs , lng other younger children, would Imi , tate the example with an linprwlspd UUM, "J " I f I, - than history. Many of the other toys at preseut In use date fromthe earli est times of which we hnve any rec ord. In tbe toinhs of the ancient F.yi- tians, along with painted dolls having niovuble limbs, hnve been found mar bles, leather covered bells, clastic b4lls and marionettes moved by strings. An clent Greek tombs furnish clay dolls, toy horses and wooden carts and sbtps. Iu the Louvre there aro some Groeo Itoman dolls of terra cotta with mov able Joints fastened by wires. Grtk buhlea had rattles. Greek boys playod with whipping tops. So did tbe boys ancient Koine. A I'erfrrl Fellow. Jones Who Is the really perfect man, I should like to know? Brown The man your wife was go lxg to marry If she badu't married ya 1 Philadelphia Inquirer. WEW. BO Great Papers on Important Subjects. supremacy, New lork, Philadelphia Boston, and newer cities, Chicago and San Francisco, have necessarily, each as metropolis of a section, remained the brain enters of the country. Washington has never filled out and disguised Its artificial framework. A seat of power and beauty, It has not become a city of homes. As national unity develops, the capital city must be come more nnd more the heart of the country, Berlin and St Petersburg, hardly less artificial "In the manner In which they were decreed as national capitals, Indicate the possibilities of the city of Washington. It Is becom ing a favorite place for wealthy people to live In winter. Ench year an Increasing number of the Interesting throng drawn to the city by special Interests finds permanent lodgment there. The geographical position, the natural facilities for traffic, without which no city can have healthy life, tha unlimited resources of the government to build up a model municipality, all conspire to make Washington la every sense one of the great cities of the world. Youth's Companion. OW and result of knowledge that the theft of timber, lands and minerals, and monopoly of the range, will no longer be permitted. Much of the honest opposition to the crea tion of national forests comes . from a wrong Idea of their purpose and use. They are the first outcome of a general policy that Is slowly taking shape In the public mind the conviction that our natural resources, forests, waterways nnd land, are put here to.be used In a defi nite wny, and that this use must be open to all alike. National forests are created to Insure to the home-builder and to home Industries a perpetual supply of timber, to preserve the forest- cover on watersheds, and so to Insure a steady and constant stream flow, and to make certain the fair nnd lawful use of forest and range. They are open to all persons with the sole restriction that their permanent resources shall be used In such a way tha't they will not become exhausted, but- will re main for the use of others In the future development of the nation. The wise use of all their resources timber, water, lands, minerals and range Is encour aged In every way. The chief aim Is to make them large factors In the upbuilding of the West aud In tbe permanent wealth of the entire country.The Outlook. "PUNCH YOUR JAW," SAID GRAND DUKE While apeedlng toward Parla Grand Duka Michael Michael ovltch waa pot t the trouble of coughing as a speedier car whizzed past leaving a cloud sf dust Indignant tha Russian ordered his chauffeur to "catch that Impudent dog," and the driver did hla best, overtaking tbe offending car in a auburn, where the owner had stopped. When his car came up with tha man whose) dust he took the grand duke alighted, his whiskers standing on end, so Infu riated was he, and approaching tbe car, In which the stranger had taken his seat be shouted: "I demand au apology from you, sir! I am a grand duke, and want an explanation of your want of respect" He added some lasaltlssr epithets as emphasis. Calmly looking over the spoiled offspring of royalty the stranger replied I "Well, I am an American, and If you don't stop your gab 111 punch your Jaw." The terse reply cooled the ardor of the man at whose word millions tremble? la benighted Russia. Tbe unconcern of the Yankee tourist was such a shock that tbe grand duke turned hastily and went back to hlc car. sBSfflSS' The "lead" of a very cheap pencil la often nothing but coke. Tho poaaport system dates back to the time of tbe Crusaders. One-seventh of Groat Britain's for eign commerce passes through the Suez canal. An average of 8(H) persons are killed In the United States each year by light ning. This means one In every KJO.OOO. John Bull figures out that his coun try bus Ixten successful in Nl! icr cent of the battles In which It has engaged. The Bishop of Victoria, at Hong kong, who is appealing for help, 'has a diocese In Southern China nearly ns large as half of F.uropc. Members of the. church defense com mittee of Iliitfland are pledged to make church and hWhoI the foremost con sideration in voting nt elections. Many French vineyards are likely to be turned Into we gardens. Tho per fiwne factories pay $Uini per kilogramme for pure esseihv of roses, and the de mand Is greater than the supply. The production of okxmiar,r:irino lu the year ended June 30 rote to tW.'.tNS,' RTiO jhiuihIs, aa Increase of l,r),S41M91 pounds over lbOU. Tbe government dc rived au lui"m f fStf7.Hl from its tax on the nrtlcle. Tho head maid of the Queen In- tucnr of Italy makes a thousand pounds NATIONAL FOREST POLICY. then from the West come protests Nl and complaints against tho policy under I which tbe national forests are managed. I r. . . i i . u A ooriic DL UiriHJ lie U1BUO 111 kuuu ihilu, huu should be met with a clear statement of Just what the national forest policy Is and how It Is being cnrrled out, others are the YANK TO GRAND DUKE. MICHAEL. a year from the sals of her mlstrasaf cast-off clothes, which are given to her aa a perquisite. Tbe purchasers ars for the most part American tourists. Since 1800, when the Grand Army of the Republic liad 400,483 members ca rolled. Its numerical strength haa beea cut down almost one-half. There art only about 12,000 comrades now. Tba losses by death run up to 0,000 or 10y 000 a year. Tliere Is practicaly no chance to gain recruits. Cleveland leader. The murder of a family In e lonely 4 country in ilungury bas had a re markable serjuel. Gypsies are suspect-, ed, nnd every trlle nnd caravan In the, province surrounding Budapest haa, been placed under arrest on suspicion.: It Is believed tho government will. utilize the occasion for stamping out nomadism In Hunjary. Colonel Clowry, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, en tered tho company's olllce at Joliet, IlL fifty-five years ago and offered to wrk( nil months ns a messenger without pa ir he -were allowed to learn telegraphy." i the end of that time he -was an ex !rt operator and was given an office at Iitn-kiort He won his military Utla lu the civil war. Deanltlon of Memory. "Willie Green," said the teacher,' "you may define the word memory." "Memory," said Willie, "is what wa forget with." Philadelphia Record. Wlten people are in trouble about all their friends do for them la to aay "It too bud!"