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Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CTTT, KEB.
JOIIX n. REAM, - pntrflshac'
ladrpendent P.ulgarta 1a bad msdi
ttns for the Mck Man of Turkey.
Adml.nl Sperry and his fleet seem to
lavs discovered llio heart of Japan.
Prince Flonry probably will bo tho
admiral of Germany's Drat fleet of air
ship. A Toronto dealer advertises music
by too pound, and probably the pianists
fexmnd when tboy play II.
A mot market In Chicago has boon
robbed for the sixth time. This begins
to look llko systematic revenge.
Football continues to furnish much
anore work for the trained nurses than
la provided for them by Balkan wari.
Another attempt to free Hnrry Thaw
ban failed; still public confidence In
his being kept In prism Is not restored.
John D. Archbold hns devoted most
of hfa Ufa to commercial pursuits, bnt
he appears to be a man of letters,
nevertheless.
It la estimated that this year'a apple
Crop will be 62,500,000 bushels, Inelud
tol tbe largo, red, imitation apples that
trow la Mbnonrl.
In New York an expert testifies tbat
no lady should drink more than half
quart of wine. The proper stopping
pint Is now defined.
A number of fossil eggs have been
aiacovered la Wyoming. That's noth
ing. We've foand 'cm right on .iur
plate many a morning.
Sometime a bridegroom really at
tracts attention at a wedding and gets
what Is coming to hlin. One nt I-og
Angeles recently waa kissed by four
hundred glrU.
When the aws eame tbat the Kal
er had invented a new brake, the reftt
waa easy for the newspapers. One
and all annonnecd In chorus: "The
Kaiser is always making breaks."
President. Roosevelt announces that
he does not Intend to kill more than
two elephants during his African hunt
. Ing trip. Of coy me if he scares n
few snora to death It will not bo bis
fault
Russians, Englishmen and Germans
are mad at Emperor William because
Of his recent declaration of friendship
for Great Britain. William may as
Well give up his hopts of ever being
able to please anybody.
Dr. Napoleon Boston, of Washington,
fleclares tbat the practice of kissing Is
Worse than bouse flies for spreading
disease. Why, If this Is true, do so
tnany of our most beautiful young la
dles manage to get along until they are
married without having poor health?
! Howard Gould has declared on the
witness stand tbat his Income has been
cut down until It Is only $400,000 a
year, which, ho intimates, Is not enough
for a gentleman of his tastes to get
along on. Somehow it seems aa if his
tastes might bo revised with favorablo
results all around.
Ninety thousand more letters thau
'iwunl were carried by the first three
steamships that left New York for Eng
land after the two-cent rate for letter
postage to Great Britain went Into
effect on October lRt Of course many
sf these letters had been held to await
the redaction In postage. Ox. New
Tork Ann mailed twenty thousand ad
vertising circulars at a saving of six
hundred dollars from the old rato.
There ara now in the United States
almost 40,000 miles of electrical rail
ways, not including tho former steam
tellways, which nro using this power
at the terminals. There are plenty of
anon living who remomber when there
were not so ninny, miles of steam rail
way In the country. The trolley, which
was at first a purely urban Institution,
has become a competitor with steam
and It seems certain that a few gen
erations heuce electricity will be the
great motive power on all railways un
less somt Invention of a superior qual
ity 1 brought out to supplant both.
Neither in scholarship nor in fitness
for the business of life does tbe prod
uct of the great colleges of the present
day compare with tho graduates turn
ed out from the little colleges of a
generation ago. Then, it Is true, the
boy with the diploma was often t-w
stuffed with Latin and Greek und phil
osophy to be much of a practical man)
io'w he knows a little about mannen,
more about clothes, something abo.it
"grinds," "penche" nud "profs," but the
sunium bonum of bis knowledge relates
to drop kicks and Hue bucking. The
old type was better, because, though
Impractical, hs hud a trained mind and
was Inured to discipline, whereas tbe
new product has gotten most of his
training in the ways of n good time.
Tbs face is the parchment upon
which is written tbe history of our
Inner lives. The record Is not always
What wo would wish tho world to rend,
bat none the less It Is tbe truthful rec
ord of our thoughts and Ideals, our
hopes and fears, our aspirations and
ambitions. Our discouragements, our
ices, our virtues are all faithfully
Chbvied there by a master sculptor,
who never makes a wrong stroke. The
face is the map of life, where charac
ter outlines itsfclf so clearly that there
is no fettlug away from the story it
tells. No matter how we tuny try to
cover It up, it is a never-failing sign
board, showing which way the real man
or woman bus gone- which of life's
crossroads has been taken, Tho wrln
kits which appear in the face aro tbe
outward tcntks of soul or mental wrlu
kles. Tho twist or friction In Its first
form exls-s bav of th fuce. Wrlukles
M result? ud do i."t come by cbanct.
nor can tho years alons bring them. Tfct
fact cannot betray tbs years until tbt
mind has given its consent The mind
is the sculptor, find tho lines on the
faco are the chisel marks of tbe mind.
Thoughts are forces, mighty forces;
and If the mind holds youthful pic
tures, retains the freshness, the recep
tivity, the enthusiasm of youth, the
face will remain youthful. Embarrass
ment sends a flush to the fnco; fear
turns It whit. Not less readable and
far more permanent are the marks
which perulsncy, Irritability, hate, self
ishness sot there. Skilled police detec
tives pick a crook out of a crowd by
iris face. Practical business men em
ploy r reject an applicant for a posi
tion after a look at his face. The best
letter of recommendation ever written,
If it Is deserved, Is generally carried
in the face. Drug store shelves ars
loaded with cosmetics and beautlflcrs.
Electricity, massage and many other
means arc employed to keep tho fact
young and rretty. Ilut real beauty Is
not to be rubbod on or shot In. It
comes from within out, or not at all.
To keep tho evil, debasing, wearing,
racking thoughts out of the mind is
to keep their disfiguring marks from
the face, and there Is no other way.
In the midst of tho speaking, shout
ing and voting at a recent political con
vention one of the ragged newsboys
in tho big hall was seen trying to at
tract the attention of tbe chairman. He
was a little fellow, and bis appealing
eyes were about on a level with the
floor of the platform. At first no one
took any notice of him, because no one
saw him, but presently his persistence
end the earnestness of his gaze com
pelled remark. The chairman stepped
to the edge of the stage, stooped over,
and ald, "Whnt Is It, sonny?"
For reply the lad offered a grimy
fistful of something. There was a whls
pored consultation between the two,
and then the chairman, reaching down,
yanked the little fellow right up on tbe
platform. The hnll grew silent, expect
ing some Joko or other.
"Gentlemen," said the chairman,
"hero's a boy in trouble. Some one hero
bought a paper from him a few min
utes ago, and gave him a dollar to get
changed. Mere Is the change" bo
opened bis hand "but where Is the
owner? Will he please show himself?"
It was a good-natured crowd so long
s politics was not the Issue; it was
also a typically American crowd in its
readiness to show Its sentiments. Ac
cordingly a roar of applause, and cheer
ing broke out, which fulrly scared the
small, shabby boy who faced It. There
wns more genulno enthusiasm In this
outburst than In the longer demonstra
tion which hud grwted the nomination
of a candidate half an hour before.
Presently, however, a lull camo, and a
voice from ono Nlda of the hall cried :
"Here's your man, but he says to
keep the change 1"
At that there was a smart round of
handclapplng, nnd a sudden shower of
quarters and small coins began to pelt
the stage round the boy.
"Pick 'em tip they're yours," said
tbe chairman, and he was Instantly
obeyed. This unexpected contribution
amounted to about $10, and after mak
ing It secure In his handkerchief, tbe
small recipient left tho politicians t
their graver affairs. Youth's Compan
ion. Weak-necked.
Miss Mary Coleman Is the brilliant
New York lawyer whose wit and elo
quence turned, last month, a suffragetto
meeting in Wall street from failure to
success.
"A man doesn't need to bo henpecked
to support our movement," Miss Cole
man said afterwards. "It Is wronging
men to say our male supporters are
llkfs like "
Miss Coleman smiled.
"Llko this," she suld. "A tall, stout
woman seated herself before the haber
dashery counter of a department store
and said:
'I want to get some collars ond
neckties for my husband.'
" 'Yes, madam," said the clerk. What
size coilars?'
The woman frowned and bit hor Up.
"'Sugar 1' she said. To save my life
I can't remember!'
"Thirteen? Twelve and a halfr
tho clerk suggested.
" 'Why, yes twelve and a half,'- said
tho woiuun. 'How did you guess Itf
Tho clerk smiled. .
" Gentlemen who let their wives se
lect their ties and collars take that
slzo,' be said."
Immortal Bill.
A Phlludelphlun on his return from
Purlin talked at tho Philadelphia Club
about Kaiser WUhelm.
"You know tho Kaiser's ballet of
'SardanapaluB?' " bo said. "Well, this
ballet made a success, and lu Its honor
the Kaiser gave a dinner. Merlin Is
laughing over' nn incident of the din
ner. It seems that one of the speakers
said in tbe course of bis spettch :
" This ballet teaches us a powerful
lesson. It shows us that we cannot
escape our fato. As the Immortal Wil
liam once said, 'There's a divinity that
shapes our ends, rough-hew them as wt
may." And so '
Tho Kaiser applauded thunderously.
"Thut is clever, very clever,' he
cried. 'But when did I say it? I've
quite forgotten.'"
Not la Advance.
Minister Mr. Skinflint won't you let
us have a small donation of money for
our new church? You will be amply re
paid In the world to come.
Skinflint Nope j I make it a rule
never to pay for anything in advance.
Toledo Iliads.
I stkd hor If sliti'd rather dance
Or padille the evening throutb.
She .mocked m lu a baby's voice
"I eau't decide can so?"
-Yale Record.
We would like to know a man who
can put a piece of gum In his mouth.
and keep from chewing It.
It Is necessary to meet good luck
hall way, tut bad lack will chaos yosu
tfr Qood t
$ Short Stories ?j
A lentous boor once remonstrated
sith a P.rahmln. "You don't believe in
the true God," he said. The Brahmin
shrugged his shoulders. "Very likely,"
ho answered ; "but If my God couldn't
make h better gentlemnn than your
God has made, I would exchange him
for a black dog."
Tho young lady of tho family had
Just returned from Paris, where she
had studied under Mnrchesl, und Fncle
Wnsh, who had served her folks "sonce
befoh do wah," wan Invited Into the
parlor to hear her sing. When she
concluded her first nrlu lie remarked:
"Miss Lucy, yo' sho equalize a mar
tingale." Scientific knowledge Is sometimes
negligible. "My boy," said the kindly
English rector to the hobbledehoy of a
youth who wns picking mushrooms in
the rectory fields, "beware of picking
a toadstool Instead of n mushroom ;
they are easy to confuse." "That be
all rolght, sur, that be," said the urch
in, "us hain't o-goln' to eat 'em our
selves; they're goln' to ninrket to bo
sold."
Once a thrifty Scotch physician was
called to a case where a woman had
dislocated her Jaw. lie very soon put
her right. The woman asked bow
much was to pay. The doctor named
his fee. The patient thought It too
pinch. He. however, would not take
less, nnd as the woman refused to give
lilm tho fee, he began to yawn. Yawn
ing, ns every one knows, is infectious.
The young woman, in turn, yawned.
Her Jaw again went out of Joint, nnd
the doctor triumphantly said: "Now,
until you hand me over my fee, your
Jaw can remain as It Is." Needless to
say the money was promptly paid.
A large touring automobile contain
ing a man and bis wife met a load of
hay lu n very narrow roud. The wom
an declared thnt the farmer must back
out, but her husband contended thnt
she won unreasonable. "But you can't
back Jhe automobile so far," she said,
"and I don't Intend to move for any
body. Beesldes, he should have seen
us." The husband pointed out that
this was impossible, owing to an abrupt
turn in the road. "I don't care," sho
Insisted. "I won't move If I have to
Stay hero all night." Her husband wns
Starting to argue the matter, when the
farmer, who had beeti sitting quietly on
the liny, Interrupted : "Never mind,
sir!" ho exclaimed, with a sigh. "I'll
try to back out. I've got one Just like
her at home.''
Pnttl wns to sing on u certain date
ut Bucharest, but at the last moment
she declined to leave Vienna. It was
too cold ; snow everywhere ; she would
pot risk catching her death of cold.
M. Schuruninn, the Impresario, was In
despair, until a biillluut Inspiration
came to him. Quickly he telegraphed
to the advance agent lu the Roumanian
capital: "At whatever cost, Tuttl must
receive an ovation nt Bucharest Sta
tion from the Italian aristocracy. Send
mo by return tho following wire; 'The
u m tiers of tbe Italian und Roumanian
Mobility are preparing to give Mine.
Puttl a magnificent reception. The
ministry will bo represented. Proces
sions, torches, and bands. Telegrnph
the hour of arrival.' " The advance
agent cnrrled out this instruction, nnd,
when the telegram dictated to him over
tho wires arrived lu Vienna, it was
handed to Puttl with the desired ef
fect "How-charming!" she murmur
ed ; "whut time do we start?"
LOSS FROM FOREST FIRES.
Parent Service Officials Say They Can
Prevent Similar CaJantltlca.
Nothing could better en 11 the atten
tion of thinking people to tho necessity
for the preservation of our lmtural re
sources than the great forest fires
which have played such havoc last
Bummer. It is uonbtrul if the losses
for the year 1008 will ever be fully
known, but a conservative estlmato by
Dr. W. J. McGee, erosion expert. Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture,
places tho aggregate loss in nil parts
of the country at $1,000,000 a day.
In neurly every lustaiK-e these dev
astating tires illicit have been pre
vented If the vurlous States had pro
Titled an adequate number of men to
putrol the woods and arrest all such
Ores In their lntiplcncy, and if lumber
men and other users of the forest were
careful to dispose of brush after log
ging to prevent the spread of fires.
I'ncle Sam has bad a great deal of
work to do on bis natural forests In
the fire-tlghtliig lino this year, but his
work has shown good results. Exclu
sive of the salaries of forest olllccrs,
the work of putting down Arcs ou tho
national forests for the year hns cost
tne government s.hmkhj. Tula means
protecting approximately ItiS.OtKi.OOO
seres. The vulue of the timber do-
stroyed will not be known until the
complete ftro rejwrts are made.
To provide rapid means of travel be
tween tho various parts of the na
llonnl forests nnd to facilitate the
massing of large forces of men to fight
tiro, as well as to furnish vuutugo
points from which tho fires may Im
fought successfully, 1(H) miles of road
and n,".H0 miles of trail were built dur
ing tho Inst fiscal year. In several
cases firebreaks from sixteen to 100
feet in width have been constructed.
from wliltb nil timber und inflammable
material Is removed, to furnish oh
ttuclcs to the spread of fire, or straight
lines of defense lu fighting the fire
once started. Several mllcB of such fire
breaks now exist In The national for
suts In Southern California, where it
Is eaiecinlly Important that the forest
cover on the watersheds of ' IniiHir
tunt Irrigation streams I protected.
Telephone Hues buve lieeu construct
ed connecting ranger stations with the
headquarters of the forest, In "order
that fires may ls reported and prompt
ly extinguished. During the fiscal
ear ended Juno 30, 1003, 8.500 miles
of telephone line were constructed in
tho national forests.
Just as rupldly as powlbls aach na
tional forest Is supplied with shovel,
axes and other tools, which are dis
tributed over the forests and cabins,
and tool boxes are placed nt, points
Where there Is the greatest danger of
fire and where they can be easily
reached by trail. Field glasses are
also furnished, slnco their use In dis
covering small fires nt a great dis
tance hns proved very helpful.
T tsn the basis of the forest pcrvlco
experience on the national forests, on
which the total administration ncr
acre, Including fire patrol, amounts to
only ono cent, the whole forest area of
the I nited States could be protected
from fire nt a total cost of less than
$.'1.K lO.ooo. This would save an annual
loss of $20,onn.(Kio for timber nlono, to
sny iiotbini of the enormous loss of
life, the loss to new tree growth, the
loss of soil fertility, the damage to
river course and adjacent farm coun
try, anil the depreciation In forest
wenlth and lnnd values, i
KILLED BY FEAR OF RABIES.
rullcemnn Whn Hail Open Attacked
by Mnatlff Worried Over Illte.
Worry over n dog bite received more
than two months ago Is believed by
friends and relatives to have caused
the death of Policeman John L. Booney,
says the New York Herald. Ilooney,
who lived nt "2-l Fourth avenue and
was uttached to Inspector Russell's
staff, was admitted to Bellevue Sept.
9 aud died ou Friday. It wns said at
the hospital that the cause of den Mi
wns nciifo Inflammation of the henrt.
While assisting in a raid In Eliza
beth street about July 15 Kooney ran
Into the rear yard, where two mastiffs
were tied. One of the oiilmnls broke
from his chain and attacked the po
liceman, bltbig him below the knee.
Itooney sought medical treatment im
mediately, but was advised thnt the
wound wns harmless nnd thnt it would
be unnecessary for htm to go to the
Pasteur Institute. Several weeks later,
according to friends, he begun to com
plain of 111 health and referred con
stantly to the bite, regretting that he
bad not had the wound thoroughly at
tended to. Ills suffering Increased,
and after a week In bed at bis home
ho wos taken to Bellevue, where Ills
case wns nt first diagnosed ns fever.
Lnter It wns found that he bad a
chronic lesion of the heart, which had
developed to an acute stage. During
his Illness he wns depressed, and In
spite of reassurances showed that fenc
of the consequences of tho bite preyed
continually upon his mind.
Itooney, wns 27 yenrs old and nnd
been a member of the police depart
ment for five years. He was not mar
ried. After the funeral services the
body was escorted past the Mncdougal
street police station, to which Rooney
wns attached.
Ara Yon Ileady for Yonr Chancer
T.
Wihat plans hnve you made for the glo
rious aay
Thnt shall bring you the chance you
rrnve?
Have yon put all your weakening habits
away,
Have you learned to be steadfast and
brave?
Have you learned to be fair,
t Are you worthy of trust?
Are you girded to bear
Miirhtv rftren If vnn tntinf?
Have you learned to be valiant and
watchful and strong.
Or have yon been carelessly drifting
along?
II.
You say the world owes you a chance,
you believe
You will some day be summoned to
start ;
You expect to be numbered with those
who achieve,'1
There aro long-cherished hopes In your
heart ;
You nre longing for praise
And you wish to win cheers j
As you wait while the days
Ixngthen out into yenrB,
You dream of a time when your friends
will be proud
If you graciously single them out in the
crowd.
III.
But how are you waiting? What plans
hnve you made?
If to-day Opportunity came
With the long-deferred chance for which
you have prayed
Could $ou furnish fuir proof of your
claim?
Are you worthy and wise?
Have you learned to be free?
Are you ready to rise.
As the hopoful should be?
Have you girded yourself? Are you
fitted nnd strong,
Or have you but carelessly drifted along?
S. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald.
Simple ((ueotlona l"ule ninny.
If you would come to a realization
of the Ignorance of the average man
nnd woman, get together 100 and ask a
few simple questions, something llko
these: How many ribs bus a man?
How many ribs has a woninu? How
many Joints in a baby's spine? How
many Joints are in a man's spine? Is
n man's spine longer than a woman's?
On which side Is the liver? Whero Is
the spleen? How large Is the stomach?
How long nro the Intestines? There
are two lungs, one on the right, the
other on the left; one has two lobes;
how ninny lias tho other? How many
bones are in your hand? How many
bones solid or hollow? 'Do the bones
of a bird contain marrow? How ninny
foes has a dog? I)ces a cow have treth'
Cau a horse breathe through bis mouth?
Why does a dog pant with his tongue
out? Why do most perching birds
roost on one leg when u sleep? Why
does a fox terrier run ou three legs?
What makes a cat purr?
Not Urumbltaic.
"iKiu't you find It pretty expensive to
keep up that big touring car?"
"Yes, I do. But I'm not grumbling.
You Bee. Martha agreed to give up play
ing bridge nt the Fleeeeiu's If I d buy
the cur. Oh, I'm saving money, nil
right" Cleveland liuln Dealer.
Asttravatlntf,
One of the things about last winter's
overcoat that alwuys makes a man
swear Is tho torn slecvo-llnlng. Detroit
Freo Press.
A sick man forgives bis enemies with
tbe understanding that It doesn't hold
good If be gets wtlL
The autobiography of the lata LI
Hung Chaiig is in one hundred vol
umes. . The work has been published
or Chinamen resident In America, and
!ho purchase hns brcn made by a
monthly Installment system that will
extend over n century.
Both author and artist, Robert Ilich
Ins and Jults Gucrln, have made pil
grimages to the land of tho Pharaohs
to gather Impressions for thu new hook,
"Egypt and Its Monuments," which Is
to Iks published shortly in a volinn:
uniform with "The Chateau r Tnu
rnine." 'J'liei" are n score of colored
pictures made fron M. Guerin's paint
ings as well ns photographs of all the
famous temples and scenes. The "hik1I
of Egypt," Its mystery and beauty ap
peals to Mr. IlJcbiiis potently n;id is
reproduced by him with sympathy.
"The Holland House Circle" is n
book that will be of peculiar Interest
to lovers of lliemture. for broadly con
sidered this st,ory of this "circle of
talkers" contains the intellectual his
tory of England during half a century.
Scott lovvd the place nnd frequently
dined there, though ho was for some
timo on bad terms with the host. It
Is to Byron that we owe the descrip
tion cf the house "Whero Scotdiniuit
dine nnd una aro kept aloof." It was
there that tho unhappy Lady Caroline
Lnuib first met the poet. In later days
Macnulay was the chief literary figure,
but Dickens, Grote, Washington Irving
nnd others were occasional visitors
t!i?re. Metterulch, Talleyrand, Mine,
de Stnel and other foreign celebrities
were among its visitors.
"The Red City," by Dr. Weir
Mitchell, which Is now published In
book form Is a continuation of the
author's still popular novel, "Hrgh
Wynne," which was recently sent to
press for the nineteenth time, 'i ue
hero of the new book Is n young
Frenchman of noble birth nnd shattered
fortunes who enters the employ of
Hugh Wynne. Washington, Hamilton,
Jefferson nnd other great Americans
npponr In the book. It does not de
crease the Interest of the story to re
member that the author who Is writing
so vigorously and apparently with such
zest nnd enjoyment is now in his seventy-ninth
yenr, that his life has been
crowded full of professional duties ns n
physician and literary worker, and
that the new book Is pronounced to be
ono of the ripest and best of those he
hns produced.
"Recollections anil Rcllectiolis," by
Ellen Terry, is the record of a distin
guished life spent among famous peo
ple. Born of a family of actors, put
to sleep as a baby in her mother's
dressing room at tho theater, she passed
n happy childhood among people who
regarded the stage as an honorable pro
fession and trained their children care
fully in its truditions. Frojn her first
appearance at the age of 8 in Charles
Kean's company she practically lived
at the theater. Her marriage at 10
with George Frederick Watts Intro
duced her Into a goodly company where
she came Into association with such
men ns Tennyson, Browning, Gladstone
and Disraeli. The unhappy outcome
of her marriage, her six years' retire
ment, when she was dramatically dis
covered by Charles Reade und induced
to return to the stage again, form a
dramatic story of great Interest. Her
Intimate association with Irving, her
recollections of Bernhardt, Duse,
Whistler, Sargent Burne-Jones, Joseph
Jefferson and Saint Gnudons are of
fcrent interest.
How Sen I.lona Capture Kulla.
The sea lion displays no little skill
nnd cunning lu capturing gulls. When
in pursuit the sen lion dives deeply un
der water and swims some distance
from where It disappeared ; then, rising
cautiously, it cs,oses the tip of its
nose along the surface, at the same
time giving it af rotary motion. Tho
unwary bird near by alights to catch
the object, while the sea lion at the
eanio moment settles beneath the
waves and nt one bound, with extend
ed Jaws, seizes Its screaming prey and
Instantly devours It.
Spirited Hennrtee.
In making a sharp turn the rear end
of a street car struck an express wagon
luden with Jugs of whisky. Nearly nil
the Jugs were precipitated to the pavo
! incut, with the natural disastrous re
sult. The driver of the wagon alighted
and, jiolntlng nt the pile of demolished
earthenware, said to a bystander,
"That's hades, ain't it?"
The spectator, who happened to be n
minister, replied, "Well, my fiieud, I
don't know that I would say that, but
It's at least tho abode of departed spir
1 Us." LlppincotCs Magszlno.
A Helping Hand.
Among the contributors to a mlnis
ier's donation party was n small but
rery bright boy belonging to one of the
families of the congregation. After ob
taining his mother's permlssi n to
lIRMid bis money for anything he pleas
ed be went to the village store and re
turned home with a neat pack;!g; in
it was a pair of suspend ts, and at
tached to them was u card upon which
Vas written In u scrawling hand:
"For the supixirt of our pastor."
t'arl'a AnplrutlottK.
Little Carl, six years old, had b-en
eased n great deal by bis uncle ab ait
he vocation be would choose when he
s?cnmo a man. Oue. day ho overheard
his mother and n caller talking about
I certain gentleman being a bachelor.
When tbe cailer loft, bis mother no
ticed that be was unusually quiet nnd
leemed to be In a deep study. Fli'nlly
he said to her. "Mamma.. !- bachelor
I good trade?" iHilneator.
When a fanner's wit bus finally
coaxed her husband to buy a buggy,
he uses It to curry everything to town
except calves and pigs.
We sometimes tbluk tbe poor need
to be taught gratitude more thau tho
rich new Ut be taught generosity.
DRILL F03 THE
myt0:Hyi- ri
LITTLE HOSPITAL PATIENTS DOING PHYSICAL EXERCISES.
The authorities of the Alexandra Hospital for London Children wltlr
Hip Disease make It their uffulr not only to do whnt they can towards curing
their charges, but to endeavor to fit them for the Inevitable battle with the
world. School Is held in the wards. The "three It's" aro taught, nnd the
pupils are Instructed also in such things as drawing, luce-making, knitting,
sewing and basket-weaving. Nor are they left without such exercise as Is
possible for them, and there Is a regular course of physical drill. School
time Is from 10 to 12 in the morning, nud from half-past 1 to 3 in tbe after-
. r Til t ... 1 XA.a
UWU. 1JUUUUU X. 1 1 U.L I (I LeA .OD.
TAXES PAID BY MILLIONAIRES.
Hot Macaya, Whltneya and Other
Help Itnrnl Commnnltlen.
With the Clarence H. Mackuys, the
William II. Vanderbllt, Jrs., tbe Gug
Eenhelms, Howard Gould, several
Whltneys and other wealthy residents
the town of North Hempstead, L. I.,
Is niost fortunately situated, the resi
dents think. The bulk of the taxes Is
paid by these millionaires aud a few
pthers according to the New York
World.
At the top of tho list nre Mackays.
Mrs. Mackay having an assessment of
1171,000 ut Harbor Hill, Roslyn. Air.
Mackay has $5,000 real and $150,000
personal property. The Vanderbilts at
Lakevllle total $280,000, of which Mr
Vanderbllt has $100,000 real and W.
K., Jr., has $80,000 real and $100,000
personal. Howard Gould of Castle
Gould has $140,000 assessed to hlin.
Out toward Westbury John S.
Phlpps has the lend with $110,000 real
and $20,000 personal. The A. Cass
Canfleld estate is assessed at $30,000
real und $0,000 personal.
There are many wealthy residents of
Great Neck, prominent among them be
ing W. Gould Brokaw, wth nn assess
ment of $70,000 real and $30,000 per
sonal, and Florence E. Martin has
$50,000 real and $30,000 personal. Mar
garet Iloyt, near by, has $15,000.
Payne Whitney, Munhnsset's greatest
taxpayer, is assessed for $100,000 real
and $25,000 personal. A. II. Paget has
but $17,400 real. Rudolph Oelsner, the
Manhattan brewer, has an assessment
of $"0,000 and Benjamin Stern has
$05,000. The Lloyd Bryce property Is
assessed at $05,000 real nnd $35,000
personal, a total of $100,000. Mrs.
Walter G. Oakman hus $15,000 real
and $35,000 personal, and Mr. Oakman
hns $10,000 personal.
The William C. Whitney estate nt
Wheutley Hills Is assessed at $03,000
and Hnrry Tuyne Whitney, who re
sides there, hns $50,000 personal. W.
G. Park has $10,000 and the estate of
the late Charles T. Barney is listed at
$35,000. Mrs. F. C. Ilavemeyer has
$10,000 real and $5,000 personal. Mrs.
H. B. Duryea hns $70,000 and Assist
ant Secretary Bacon nud his new man
sion at Wcstbnry are down for $55,000.
At Port Washington W. Bourke Cock
ran has bis home and pnys taxes ou
$70,000. Isaac Guggenheim at Sands
Point has $52,500 real nnd William
Guggenheim has $10,000 personal. The
famous Stowe property nt Wheatley is
assessed to George Crocker ut $70,000.
BARE OLD INSTRUMENTS FOUND.
Violin wltlt Mellovne of 400 Years
Illavovered In !'" Anwelen.
There was unearthed in Los Angeles
a little while ago a wonderful violin,
which Is pronounced Just in its prime
by experts, although It Is almost 400
years old, says the Los Angeles Times.
Tills rare Instrument, which was
ninde in 151G, Is an absolutely perfect
specimen of the work of Caspar Dulf
foprugear, who Is said to have come
from Sim in, and who, according to an
tiquarians, wns the first man to give
tho violin its present shape nnd pro
ductive qualities. He belongs ti nn
hco so long past thnt most musicians
have never even heard his name. Stjnul
Ivnrlus and other master makers of his
period lire generally considered the plo
ueers in line violin manufacture, but
tUelr grandfathers had not been born
when Dulffoprugear lay peutefully in
bis grave;
This violin Is the property of W. II.
Browu, who lives near Sluuson Junc
tion. He cannot play It but bis young
daughter. Daisy, has more than ordi
nary ability, and through her perform
ance her father has derived an Interest
In violin music and violins.
Among his acquaintances Is a maker
and mender, who In some way had
come luto possession of tbe old instru
ment, but It was broken and could not
be mended, be thought so that Its tone
would ls3 pure. So he sold it to Mr.
Brown for $150.
Mr. Brown had It retired In accord
ance with his own ideas and when the
work was completed carried It to a
BED-BIDDER.
t'cJ
well-known musician, who owns a
splendid Stradivarius. The soloist
tucked the Dulffoprugear under hi
chin, drew one rich, pulsating chord
from it and stopped In amazement.
Other local musicians say that the su
perb tone of the old Instrument Is tbe
most remnrkable violin voice to which
they have ever listened.
The body of the violin Is pprfect In
condition, nnd the peculiar figurehead
above the tunlug pins Is entirely un
mnrred. Its back, which Is now dark
with age, is an exquisite piece of Span
ish Inlay, represent;!:.? n walled city of
the middle ages. Around the edge
runs n quaint Inscription In what Is de
clared by a learned priest to be a mix
ture of old Spanish and Latin. It Is.
verse, nnd, ns translated by the priest,,
runs thus quaintly :
Speechless, olive,
I heard the feathered throng;
Since they, are dead,
I emulate their son.
Mrs. Brown also possesses another
violin, which has no artistic worth, but
Is of luterest to the antiquarian. It
bj of wood, practieully unvarnished,
and was taken from au Aztec tomb la
.Mexico. It is modeled, somewhat
crudely, after the European violin pat
tern, showing that It was made, In all
probability, by natives after the Span
ish invasion. It is an oddity in that
it has a double set of strings, one lying
Just below each string played by the'
bow.
Mr. Brown has presented tlie DullTo
prugcar to his daughter. It Is not for
sale, but Its value Is far up in tbe
thousands.
I'arlnlnn Time for Vruoli on the
Hiffh Sea.
In a memoir recently submitted to
tho French Academy of Sciences, Pro
fessor Bouquo de la Grye offered a
Very valuable suggestion that met with
a rather favorable consideration. -
According to this suggestion there
would have to bo created universal'
signaling posts for transmitting by the
aid of wireless telegraphy, the time cor
responding to the meridians of the
earth, to vessels suillng on the high sea.
A dally signal given out at midnight
from the Eiffel Tower would thus
transmit the time corresponding to tho
first meridian to vessels located on the
Atlnntic aud Mediterranean. Captains
would thus be kept posted exactly ns to
the point on which their vessel hap
pens to be. This, however, would mean
a nmterlnl advance eliminating nuy
danger, whllo dispensing witU any
laborious time calculation. Technical
World.
Some llrlhilCona,
The late Frederick It. Coud?rt, the
noted lawyer nnd wit, had a great
fondness for children. He collected In
ilcfutlgttbly tho quaint sayings of. chil
dren, aud one of the treasures of bis
library was a small inanus-rlpt vol
ume called "A Child's Dictionary," nnd
these are Some of the definitions that
Mr. Coudert would rend from It ;
"Dust Mud with the j-iice squeezed
cut of it."
"Snoring. Letting o.T sleep."
"Apples. The bubbles that appl,
trees blow."
"Backbiter. A mosquito."
"Fan, A thing to brush the witm
of? with."
'ice. Water that went to kIcmj i
the cold."
Tut and Frit them.
So far as Is known, the tirst record
of punishment by tar iu:d feathers Is
In the year ils:i, the first of Richard I.
At thut time a law was passed that
"any robber voyaging with the crusad
ers shall be first shaved, then hot pitch
shall be poured upon him nud a cush
ion of feathers shook over it." After
this the criminal wns to be put nshore
at tho first place the ship -Hme to.
The girl who comes out plain every
once in awhile with the words: "I
cannot afford It; we are too poor," is
not a general favorite In society,' but
when she marries, she U a great fa
vo rite wtth her husband.
People are always complaining of
annoyances they get pay for standlag.