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THE HOMESTEAD.
Girt nil about with fence of white
Tho low-roofed collage stands;
There, si retelling' fur, are banks of green,
Ahd yon are fallow lands.
Skyward nt eve the swift bird wins
Along its eieted way ;
Tin; re. stars of love look down by night,
A S!l!l of 1,'U e by M I V.
l'iiclinii:-i-d the wild a.;l scighig wood.-) :
The (.'lad brook dances still;
And echoes as of yore ring out
The music of the hill,
nd where we played the violet grows;
In; trout leaps in the stream; ,
AntVyiust ns fair ns long ngo
rAi you in my dream.
All think in earth, and sky, and breeze,
To oldi'i days are true;
O playtime maiden, iniiight has changed.
Or pastl'il nway, but you !
Yoiith'lComianion.
Persuasive Statistics
"John," she wild, 'I will bi; a sis
ter to you, but "
"So it's :i throwdown, oil?" asked the
young man wit li the rosebud in his but
tonhole. "Yes," she admitted, frowning. "If
you want to talk about it that way, I
euiiose it is."
"All right," he said, "doirt get warm.
Walt a hit."
Hi; arose to his foot nml consulted a
6llp of paper which he took from his
'HAVE YOU I1EI:. ADVISKl) OK THIS?"
pocket. Immediately thereafter In
threw his shoulders back, shot his cuffs
and made a comprehensive gent tire.
"Madam, said lie. are you aware
that according to the last government
census there was, In the state of New
York, an excess of ;.".( k K females? Do
vou know that if every single male
was married tomorrow there would hi
C,nh females lett over.' Were you
aware of this?"
Sin; tapped her little foot upon tin
carpet, but answered I1I111 not.
"And you, madam!" ho cried, wig
gling ids Index finger at her, "what
guarantee have ycu J hat you would
not be one of the (;.".,(HiOy"
She sniffed the air, but that was all
"Madam, no . com union, -are you
nware that when a woman has reached
the age of 'Jo her chances of matrhuoiiy
grow less and less each year until
they disappear altogether? Did you
know tins?"
He inlod his linger at her again.
"And you, madam! he cried. "What
xrround have you for supioslng that
your chaw-es are better than those of
the girl neat door or the girl across the
street?"
"Twenty-five, eh?" she asked.
"Yes, 'Jo," lie said, eyeing her
Bternly.
"Twenty-five, eh?" the sniffed.
With an Impatient movement ho re
turned to his oratorical manner.
"Do you know," said be, "that on no
count of the iiupriccdciitcl risij in
rents, food and clothing the number of
, marriages la fulling off dallyV That
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every day a woman's chance of matri
mony grows distinctly less, to say noth
ing of the decrease In her chances on
account of the increase In her age?
Have you been advised of this?"
He pointed his inexorable finger nt
her and cried :
"And you, madam! What right have
you to suppose that you are nix excep
tion to the- rule?"
She tried to pass it off with n laugh,
but nevertheless she batter her eyes In
a thoughtful manner.
."Do you regard nn honorable pro
posal of marriage as an everyday oc
currence?" he declaimed. "Do you
know that there are thousands of old
maids in this broad lam' today, lonely
and in despair, each of whom would
give ten years of her life to recall her
light refusal of the first and only pro
posal she ever received?"
He folded his hands behind liini and
leaned forward impressively.
"And you!" ho solemnly exclaimed.
Could you make oath that you will
ever receive another proposal of mar
riage?"
lie straightened himself with an
abrupt motion and shot his cuffs again.
"Do you know," lie demanded, "that
there are more than l,(KK),fKK) old maids
in those United States and that the
numlier is Increasing every day? Ah,
think of them! Think of them with
pity !"
lie leaned forward again Impressive
ly, almost tenderly.
"What "girl knows," ho whispered,
but that she will be one of these mil
lions? Do you?"
Was it u tear that glistened in her
eye?
"Do you know," he continued with n
geutle mournful ness, "that the number
of old women's homes is increasing In
geometrical progression? That every
day, every hour, lonely spinsters are
obliged to seek tho refuge offered by
these fast growing institutions?''
He sat down beside her.
"Mary," he whispered, "are you
aware that the average adult male's
Income Is less than $!) a week that 1
flm getting $10. Don't cry, little girl !
It's all right. I I'll have you."
And when mother, wondering at the
silence, looked in n few minutes later,
he' was measuring her for the ring in a
lordly sort of way. Evening Sun.
A GAME IN EARNEST.
Coiiruucou ArlliiK Which Averteil
a l'an to nt Sra.
Captain John Tbeaker of tho Earl of
Eldou was homeward Ixomd from Pom
bay with a load of cotton. A large
number of passengers were 011 tmard.
About three days out the captain bad
good reason to believe that the cotton
was smoldering. Any knowledge of
such a catastrophe would cause a gen
eral panic. It was impossible to put
back In the teeth, of a northeast mo.i-
soon. so the commander quietly pre
pared for the inevitable.
The passengers, holed from lack of
occupation, were amused and interested
when Captain Theaker proposed to play
at having a fire on Isinrd. lie said that
they would go through all maneuvers
Just as if a conflagration were taking
place.
Tho passengers fell In with tho sug
gestion eagerly. The Ixmts were got
ready ; provisions were put In, with
water, sails and compasses. The scats
in the various boats were allotted, nnd
the passengers made up bundles of tin;
valuables they considered the most
prooioux. Thus, quietly, but quickly,
the "Joke" was carried out to the full.
When nil was reudy the captain
calmly told the players that the game
was in earnest and that the ship was
really on fire, with the flames making
toward the powder magazine. The
boats were siecdily got off, and In less
than an hour the explosion occurred.
The loaU were 1,000 miles from
land, but tho weather renminbi fair,
and In fourteen days every soul was
landed In safety. "The SHU Life of
the Middle Temple."
Some men go olxiut
temptation to yield to.
looking for
SNAKE3 AT $20 A FOOT.
IlitC Ones Council ucn I y Come Illicit
t Some S unite Sold by flic round.
"Snakes," said a dealer in wild ani
mals and reptiles, "increase In value j
out of nil proportion to their size. So '
while you could buy n seven-foot py
thon for ?12, you couldn't begin to buy
one of twice that length for twice that
price. A fourteen-foot python would,
be - ,'i S1.".(i? And a python twenty
ii. icet in length would cost .r0.
Some sor'.s of smaller snakes are
regularly sold by the pound, and wo
sometimes buy big snakes in that .vay
of sailors that bring them in on ships
coming from wiako countries. We
weigh tho blg snaku in a bag and pay
so much a pound for it.
"Iiut big snakes tiro not sold in that
way by dealers, nor are they sold by
tho foot, though, of course, the length
governs the snake's value. Put of two
snakes of the same length one might
bo worth more money than the other.
For snakes vary In their physical char
acteristics just as human beings do,
and their prices vary accordingly. j
"Of two big snakes of the same
length and the same thickness one
might weigh fifty jiounds more than
the other. And then of two big snakes
of the same length one might lioj thin
and spare of body, while the other was
thicker and bulkier, Imd as between
these two, other things being etfual, tho
bulkier snake would Isj worth tho more,
because It would make the more strik
ing and Imposing show.
"Thus, while the length does gov
ern, it is not the only thing to be taken
Into account, nnd so big snakes are
sold neither by the pound nor by the
foot, but nt prices fixed on each indl-.
vldual snoke.
"Pig snakes nnd little ones nre sold
to zoological parks nnd to show people
nil over tho country. For the very
largest snnkes the demand Is greater
thun the supply."
Cmiiels Dwplt tu Oretfon
That the whole of interior Oregon
was once the bed of the Pacific Ocean
has been proved beyond question, says
Sunset, by the Investigations of Prof.
Thomas Condon, Dr. Dillcr and .other
noted geologists. That the region was
later a tropical country lias been equal
ly well established.
Numerous discoveries of the bones of
those fiiiimals, nnd rocks containing the
perfiH't imprint of tin; plants of tho
tropics, have been made, and it Is no
longer an occasion for surprise when
well diggers or irrigation excavators
unearth the fossil remains of a eaimn
or a broad-faced ox. Within recent
years many fossil beds of beautiful
palm leaves have been found In eastern
Oregon.
The Cascade bills, P.I no mountains
and Owylices, once Islands surrounded
by tropical lakes, were covered with
luxurla'it growth, forests ami flowering
shrubs, for Knowltoii tells us the mag
nolia ai:d cinii Miion and fig trees wcro
there.
To-day the foil presents a finely
ground mixture of basalt and volcanic
ash. containing the elements of most
fertile soil, and when properly watered
producing enormous crops of vegetables,
fruits and grains common to tempera to
zones. The climate bus been changed,
says Prof. Condon, by lis; iipfolding of
tho Cascade range, shutting off from
the Interior the softening Influence of
the Japan current and the drift of
ocean fogs nml clouds.
lp fu llutr.
"That man Jawklns Is the most ener
getic playwright 1 ever know."
"What Is he up to now?"
"lie Is Just finishing tho third act of
a lurid melodrama In which a live vol
cano will be the star." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
A in on if the Human.
"What do you think of that scientist
who went to Africa to study monkey
chatter?"
"Foolish waste uf time. You can
hoar plenty of that here ut home."
Detroit Free res Pi.
BequeM of 10,000 lrovllea Ample
Snm for If eeilw.
Mls Mary Dandrldge Peck of Ster
ling has presented to the mlner:i!oglv
museum n collection of minerals made
by her grandfather. Th" gift contains
nbout (Mm sjioclmcna, some of which are
of considerable vnluei and all of which
will Ik useful In adding to the rcsonrt'S
of tho inltifraloglcal museum, snys the
Boston Trnnscrlit. Ml Peck's grand
father, who MartcM this ollcctlon, was
Prof. Willlan Dandrblge Peck of t.
class of 17N-, who held from ISO. to
1822 the position of "Mist Massachu
setts professor of tint lira! history" In
Harvard. Her father. Dr. William D.
Peck, was also n graduate of Harvard,
reviving the degree of A. It. In is:;:,
slid M. D. In is;iii. For this reason
Miss Pool; thought It nppniprlate"t.bat
the collection should come to Harvard.
From Miss Maria Whitney of Cam
bridge the university has recently re--elved
a gift of !?5,KXi, the. Income of
which is (o ls used for the maintenance
of tho Whitney, lirtrnry In the museum
of soology.
' 'Announcement has aUo Just been
mode of the gift In .Tune, 1!)7. of ?.(,
(XX) ly the will of Mrs. Sarah E. Pot
ter of ltoston, for some years n nienilx'r
of the committee to visit the (iray her
barium. Th lMvpicst Is to be used in
connection with the tiray herbarium,
and Is to bo called the Sarah E. Potter
endowment fund. As one of the num
ber of residuary legatees, the university
bus since nvelved from tho executors,
Jniuos It. Dunbar and (Jeorgo 15. White,
who Is also 11 member of the visiting
commit toe of the herbarium, an addi
tional gift of aNmt $l:!(i,(X, consisting
of cash and securities.
Tho total nmount of the gift, there
fore. Is nbout $lSO,(.itX), n sum ample to
provide for the needs of the herbarhrii
In Its present condition. For many
years tho herbarium has been In large
meflsure dependent on the gifts of
friends for the payment of Its current
expenses. While this support, ranging
from ?.'t,KiO to S'.OtX) annually, has al
ways been generously contributed, there
hns boon great nwd of a jo.rniniiont
fund, yielding a more definite nml as
sured Income, which would enable It to
develop in a manner appropriate to Its
scientific usefulness.
PASSING OF A SLANG WORD.
.One flie SIkh "Hntilior" I'rovokotl n
I.nuiiu, lit ot Now.
"Curious how ready wo Americans
nre to adopt shing words." said the
!mnn who had finished leading a paper
;to a New York Sun writer. "And wo
drop them quite ns suddenly after they
have penetrated Into remote sections of
the country and seemingly become a
part of our dally speech.
"I was reminded of this while com
ing through the train from ISoston this
morning. For a number of years I have
traveled back und forth nt regular In
tervals between New York and Boston
and have beeofcie more or less familiar
with the eouutry along the route.
I "At ono point the train passes close
by a large rubber manufacturing plant.
Abutting on tho railroad is n long
stretch of neatly kept grounds nnd In
tho center, in full view of passing
trains, Is erected n sign benrlng the
single word, 'Hubhor.'
, "A few years ago every 1 1 1110 we
Iwould pass that sign there would he a
mild commotion In tho car. Some would
turn on their fellow passengers ex
ipanslve grins, ns though they had just
accomplished a huge joke. Others
would be convulsed with suppressed
laughter, and once ns we passed the
place a man liohlnd me poked a long
hony finger Into tho small of my back
and then chuckled gleefully.
I "I was thlDking of this ns Ve np
preached thnt town this morning, and
took pains to note what effect the sign
would have. Most of tho passengers
"were looking out of tho windows nnd
saw the sign.
1 '.'There was no Indication, however,
that It received more than a passing
glance, and I doubt If any of the pas
sengers thought of the vogue this word,
In Its slang sense, had several years
ago.
I "Strange, isn't It? They nil have
their day nnd then oblivion. I am
waiting patiently ns possible for the
same fate to overtake tho 'lemon' Joke."
WARMED WITHOUT FERE.
Klectrlo Ifeutlnic HuI Are the I.n
pt Innovation.
Electric heating rugs are the newest
Innovation calculated to make the
house owner and home maker smile
with gladness nnd relief. In tlio Tech
nical World Magazine an nrtlclo by
F. 0. Perkins describes this new addi
tion to domestic comfort and economy.
Imagine rugs, carpets and comforters
so heated by electricity as to warm the
rooms In which they are usitl, and
then imagine the effect of such an Inno
vation In your own home 011 your
own housekeeping. Think of a dust
less, odorless, noiseless heating system
In your own home, which preserves an
even temperature, makes no trouble,
requires practically no care and which
not only banishes stoves, radiators, reg
isters and all such cumbrous, unsight
ly things, but hides the very presence
of Its own mediums of radiation In the
heart of some beautifully di-oorativo
fabric. It seems like the perfection of
devices for satisfactory heating.
"Tin; advantages of this in-w sys
tem," says the author, "are many. It
can be used wherever lniindcs"cnt
lights nre In use. There is no smoke,
no combustion, no gaseous by products
are thrown off; It creates neither dust
nor odor; requires neither fuel, reser
voir or special apparatus. It docs not
consume oxygen from the nlr and,
spread out Hut on the floor, one of the
thermopile rugs, for Instance, I'urni'i
es a mild, steady nnd Mrmaiicnt source
of heat, evenly distributed over a very
large surface. The feet of persons oc
cupying a room boated in this way
will always be warm and their heads
cool." Ideal combination!
Uefmlned.
Mamuui Ami what did you sny
.when Mr. Tllewodd gave you a ix'iiny?
Tommy I was as polite as I could
b and didn't say not bin'. Cleveland
Leader.
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
AMAZING riGUIlES ON DIVORCE.
"""ilTKOXIM.YTF.LY olio million divorces wore
AA
grunted In tin Fnltod Stolon between 1SS
and liioti. and half a million more couples
have got ns far as the divorce courts with
their marital unhnpplnos. This information
Is supplied by tho Census Bureau. These
figures should onuso good citizens to think.
The marriage Institution Is rapidly losing Us nacredness.
The stigma that used to attach to persons breaking their'
marriage ImiihIs no longer exists. Many people marry
now with feeling that the relation Is only provisional.
If It docs not .prove satisfactory, they will break it. Wed
lock, which used to be regarded as a solemn thing, is
now entered lightly and treated with indifference. If the
husband Is a "good provider" and the wife meets no man
she likes better, if tho wife continues agreeable and
pretty, marriage is persisted In. If not, then the chain Is
broken and husband and wife seek new affinities.
The rapid growth of this manner of looking Mn mar
riage Is a serious matter for the country. Whatever the
cause, whether It be decay of religious brllef, God being
110 longer considered a party to tho contract, or some
thing else, marriage by many people Is no longer regarded
as possessing a sanctity. But If this view should become
general, what will become of our civilization, based, as It
Is, UK)ii the family? Here Is matter of sufficient Impor
tance to engage the best thought of every mnn who wants
to see his country preserved from danger. Our whole
structure of life rests upon the home, and If the home Is
destroyed tho structure falls. What can be done to dis
courage divorce and make marriage once more a serious
fact of existence? Indianapolis Sun.
PANICS.
iAXICS In the financial world differ one from
yPj
another In Incident and In their Immediate
cause j but the fundamental, underlying
cause Is always the snnie overinvestment.
The fact can best bo made clear by sketch
ing the circumstances which lnvnrisbly pre
cede a paulc. After a period of hard times
there Is a graduul reiovery. Business Improves, lalior
Is. well employed, and commerce become more active.
Deposits accumulate In the banks, and money for mercan
tile purposes can be borrowed nt low rates of Interest.
For a time business Ir conducted cautiously nnd con
servatively. Not many large now enterprises are launched.
As prosperity Is established, and as the wealth of tlio
community Increases, there is an extension of business,
and the success which attends tho movement justifies it.
But gradually confidence In tho future lends to rashness.
Those who have been conservative risk more than they
have been accustomed to venture. This is tho time when
largo fortunes sometimes only fortunes "on paper" are
made quickly. Now men appear In the markets with
emnll capital, but with great boldness. They speculate
on a large scale, promote lnagnlfli'cnt schemes, nnd carry
them through by means of extensive loans, nnd by the
attraction of apparent success draw a multitude of small
Investors Into their enterprises.
It Is only when this process of extension has gone to
the point of exhausting the borrowing power that tho
11 (i a t it
Tho bill clerk came out of the Inner
cfllce with ft very red face, and, climb
ing upon his stool, proceeded to figure
on a scratch block, consulting from
time to time some papers which ho had
brought with him.
The cashier waited until he had fin
ished nnd placed tho papers In n flic,
and then ho asked: "Was ho right In
a sort of way, Johnny?"
Tho bill clerk scowled nt his Inter
rogator with an Intensity which should
have forbidden further speech, but the
cashier was unabashed.
"I wouldn't take It so to heart, John
ny," he said. "Anybody might happen
to be right once In a while. You are,
yourself, though I grant that you would
not be so brutal about It. I don't be
lieve you would call a man Into your
room and give him such an everlasting
roasting over a trilling error that In
volved only a few paltry hundreds of
lollnrs at the most. I agree with you
?int It would have been sufficient to
oltit out the error without making
coarse remarks about the mental ca
pacity of the man who made It."
"Who told won that I got a roast
ig?" "Nobody," replied the cashier. "It
was simply a case of deduction. I was
called In this morning myself in refer
ence to the matter, and the boss wanted
to know what kind of an Idiot asylum
ho had endowed, anyway, and who was
tlio particular Inmate rcsons!ble for
this piece of criminal carelessness. I
told him that yon had perpetrated It,
hut that you were not really responsible.
I might have argued that the term
'criminal carelessness' was misapplied,
hut his milliner did not extend a cor
dial Invitation to indulge in argument.
fcio I Inferred that his language to you
lulght have been Intemperate."
"If you think I'll take that kind of
talk from him, or anybody else, you're
mistaken." said tlio bill clerk, grullly.
"Ah, then you reproved him?" said
the cashier, approvingly. "I'm glad of
It. If anyone called mo a blundering
chump and an unmitigated Jackass and
told mo that I would be kicked from
the top of tfn; stairway clear down to
tho main floor upon any repetition of
my offense, 1 think I should reprove
him. But I hope you weren't too se
vere with hhn, Johnny. He is really a
sensitive man when you get underneath
a certain hruKqucncss of manner, and
It would bo easy to hurt Ills feelings
without actually Intending to do so,
Did you tell him to go to the dick'
ens?"
"No, I dldu't," replliHl tho bill clerk,
ullenly.
"I'm glad you didn't," said the
cashier. "If you had, I think lie would
liavo been seriously wounded. You
didn't call him a 'fnt slob' and threaten
to 'knock his block off If he gave you
any of his Hp?' I trust not You
know when a man Is Inclined to corpu
lence he doesn't take any allustlons to
hi aUllctluu lu good part lie may not
crisis comes; nnd the borrowing power Is exhausted ns
a matter of course when the available capital In the
banks has all lceu lent. Then some enterprises one. or
more which must have nmre money In order to contlnuo
In ojieratlon find themselves unable to borrow ; or It is
discovered that the market for some Important com
modity l demoralized; or in some oilier way a weak
ness Is developed, tho weakness extends from ono point
to another, and shortly there Is a panic.
Those who study the course of events which led to tin!
serious financial troifble In New York last month will dis
ngrce as to the Immediate cause. Some will hold thnt It
came from oli Heal agitation, some will attribute It to
overcapitalization of certain large enterprises, others to
11 lack of loanable funds In the banks, nnd still others
to other causes. But In the last analysis It all comes to
the same thing overconfldetice In the future nnd invest
ment beyond the actual means of tho Investors. Youth's
Companies.
FATHER
fragmentary work of his predecessors, stamps it with his
own Inventive originality and gives It to the world In
practical working form. It Is upon these principles of
selection that Bessemer Is known as the father of the
modern steel Industry; Edison, of the electric light; West
Ingliouse, of the nlr brake; Marconi, of wireless teleg
raphy ; Spraguo, of the trolley ear, and Parsons, of th
steam turbine.
With equal Impartiality, prosperity has agreed to name
Fulton as tho father of modern steamboat navigation. In
doing so, there has been no Intentional slighting of the
work of enrller Inventors; of William Henry, who In 17hl
was at work on the problem, and actually built it steam
boat propelled wlfh paddle wheels; of Fitch and liuni
soy. who did excellent work in the last years of the
eighteenth century, tuid last, and by no means least, of
Stevens. Indeed, If thero Is any one inventor In Ameri
ca who, on tho strength of his practical achievements,
presses Fulton rather closely for the claim to be con
sidered the father of steam navigation, It Is Stevens,
who In 1S04 ran a steam yawl from the Battery to Ho
boken, and three years later ran tho Phoenix to New
Brunswick, and In less than a year after the trip of the
Clermont to Albany and back, sent the same Phoenix to
Philadelphia by sea, thus securing the credit for Inaugu
rating deep-sea navlgr.tlnn. However, the consensus of
opinion on the part of those who have made careful in
vcstlgatioil of tho historical facts accords to Robert Ful
ton tho distinction of placing on a regular route, run
ning on schedule, the first practical passenger steamship.
The Clermont was no more Inventor's model. It was a
staunchly-built craft, designed for a special purpose, and
at Its first venture it achieved what, considering all tho
conditions, must be forever" regarded ns a brilliant suc
cess. Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
tell you lu so many' words that you
hnve grieved him. lie may even smile
and try to turn It nslde as a Joke, but
he won't take It, Just tho same. I'm
glad you restrained yourself, for I am
sure yon would have regretted It If you
had not He is really a most estimable
man."
"I'm glad you think so," said the bill
clerk.
"A little lijnsty, I don't deny," said
the cashier, "but estimable, neverthe
less. That Is why I shall ho sorry to
hear that you told him you Intended
to quit working for him. lie may have
said a few things In tho heat of
the moment, 'but nothing that would
Justify you in making a threat like
that, I think. You know I'm sure you
know he would worry himself sick
over the awful possibility of a separa
tion. On that account I feel sure you
didn't do more than hint obscurely at
such a punishment. I know when the
office boy was getting his tho other day
you expressed your determination to
call down the boss la the terms I have
mentioned, btit jott are not one of these
ohstlnato, set, mulish persons who never
change their minds. Do you know,
Johnny, that I have a hunch that you
took your medicine like u little man
and said that you would be moro care
ful In future. Am I right?"
"You go to thunder!" said the bill
clerk. Chicago Dally News.
'MiiJeXIc W'liifrr.
Theodore Parker gave the following
graphic description of Daniel YY'ebstcr
la the famous throe hour sermon
preached soon alter woiisters death:
lie was a mnn of large mold, a great
dy and a great brain. He seemed
made to last a hundred years. Since
Socrates there has seldom been a head
so massively large save the stormy fea
tures of Michael Angelo. Since Charle
magne 1 think tliere has not been such
a grand figure In all Christendom. A
large man, decorous In dress, dignified
In deHirtment, he walked as If he felt
himself king. The coal heavers and
jMirtcrs of Loudon looked on him as out
of the great fori-s of the glolie. They
recognized a native kiiik. 111 llie sen
ate of tho I'nited Slates he looked au
emperor lu that council. Even the ma
jestic Calhoun seemed common com
pared with hltn. Clay looked vulgar
ami inn liuren nut a iox. 11:1c a
mouth ho bad! It was a lion's mouth,
yet there was a sweet grandeur In the
smile and a woman's softness when he
would. YY'hat a brow It was! What
eyes like charcoal tires In the lioftom
of a deep, dark well! Bis face was
rugged with volcanic tires --grout pus
slons and great thoughts, "The front
of Jove himself; uti ije l!ko Mars, to
threaten and command."
A man Imagines he Is misunder
stood; that he is too deep to fathom.
though every one sees clear through
hluk
OF STEAMBOATING.
HE Scientific American has always holdYknt,
if some Individual must be chosen from
B I among the many who nre associated In the
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110 Clil imc ui ,11 Milv ll'(ll mi Clllioii, H in'rr
name it Is to liear In tho years to -onio, tho
choice should fall upon the man who gath
ers together the unrelated and more or loss
PASSED LIFE AI A HERMIT.
leak to the Woodn "When lie Vn'
ltnpplnlpil In Love.
One of the strangest characters evu .
known In South Dakota bos just died
In the squalid llttlo hut near Rattle
snake Butte, west of the Missouri riv
er, In which ho lived alone and friend
less for nearly forty years, says tho
New Y'ork Herald. In the early 7s
James Jlmson saino to the wild Da
kota territory as a trader among tho
Sioux tribes of Indians. He was al
ways friendly to tr "! red men and inado
friends as well as money. It Is said .
tliftt he fell in love with ono of t!m
beautiful young Sioux girls, but as tho
laws of the tribe forbid any Intermar
riage with the whites, his love was In
vain. So, choosing a locality away
from his old scones of activity, Jimsoii'
lived alone, depending on n small flock
of sheep and several cows for a liv
ing.
This was forty years ago. Tho old
man's hair was as white as snow when
ho was found dead In the little hut by
a cowboy, and his clothes were In tat
ters. . It Is said that he possessed a
considerable amount of money, which.
It Is believed, bo has burled or se
creted somewhere on the rough butto,
Among some popers found In a llttk
cabinet In the rock were letters daed
1870, which led tho discoverer the
man's bixly to believe ho Juut friends -.
somewhero In Franklin tjiiinty. Ohio.
The land he has livedon for so long
Is valuable, as It Is near tho present
survey of tho Milwaukee. Railroad's
coast extension.
lie was probably the oldest continu
ous Inhabitant of tho western part of
fsoum imivota.
S wltcerltiiKl'a rultllo School,
The public schools of Switzerland
are among the best In the world, and
those of Basel are the finest In the re
public. Every schoolhouso built In that
city In the past ton years has been
equipped with baths, and school bath
ing Is general, as It now Is In Germany.
Tho shower-baths of the Basel schools
are so arranged ns to give absolute
is-lvacy for every girl. Other features
of Swiss schools are free dental, eye
and car treatment for all pupils. Re
productions of art masterpieces nre used
not only as decorations, but to furnish
themes for compositions ami for nature
study. The only school punishment in
Basel is exclusion from tho picture
room for a given is-riod.
She PonlpoiirU Her Vlatt.
When the lady from next door called
to complain of Tommy for the persecu
tion of her pet cat she found the youth
ful offender sitting on tlio front steps.
"I want to see your father!" she ex
claimed. "You can't see pa now," the hoy ro
plied.
"1 shall see him Instantly," tho lady
Insisted, advancing.
"All right," the little fellow agree!,
opening the front door and slipping out
of arm's length. "Walk right upstairs.
You'll find ini lu the bathriKim taklu' tl
bath."
Horrible.
"Have you a smoke nuisance lu your
town?"
"lu our town? It is usually ou our
front gallery! The young mau who
Is calling on my daughter la a clga-.
rwttt uuoker." Houston Pout
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