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By Theodo
(Thl nI an extract from a vivid little
twenty yt'are ago and published at the 11 m
One Iceemler, while I was out on
Jny rum-h, bo much work bnd to be
jlone that It was within n week of
f 'hrlstnuis before we were able to take
ny thought for tbe Christinas dinner,
jriie winter set In late tbnt year, and
f here bad been comparatively little com
. Hveather, ut one day tbe Ice on the
liver had been sufllciently strong to
enable uk to haul up a wagouload of
flour, wltb enough salt pork to last
through the winter, and n very few tins
o' tunned goods, to be used at spoclul
feasts. We had some bushels of polu
(ocs, the heroic victors of n struggle
, for existence la which the rest of our
garden vegetables bad succumbed to
-drouRht. frost, and grasshoppers ; nnd
we also bad some wild plums and dried
elk venison. Hut we had uo fresh
meat, and so one day my foreman nnd
I agreed to make a hunt on the mor
row. Accordingly one of the cowboys
Tode out la tbe frosty afternoon to
fetch in tbe saddleband from the pla
teau three miles off. where they were
grazing. It was after sunset when he
returned.
Choosing ut two of the strongest
.nnd quietest, we led them Into the
, -warm log staWe, where they were given
a plent'ful wipply of tbe short, nutri
tious fcuffale grass hay, while the rest
of the her were turned loose te shift
for thewtserfes. Then we went inside
THE LABORER'S BE WARD
We labor best In life's long day,
When most we labor for the pay
That Is divinely given.
The laborer worthy of his hire
Is he whom angels can inspire
With love sent down from heaven.
Life's labor is not lost to him
Wiio fills his cup of life to brim
With love's own satisfaction ;
Or socks in toll to realize
"The joy of labor's jierfect prise,
The prize ef art's perfection.
Js'o man can pay the fairest price
Of love's most willing sacriUce;
No humna hire rewards us;
But we have in the strength and joy.
Which others gain in our employ,
The best that life affords us. ,
Life's true reward is in itself.
Without the gain of sordid pelf
It is tbe joy of living!
No pay In gold or honor rare
la compensation to compare
With just the joy of giving 1
Hev. J. J. G, Graham.
Yes, thus lived Miss Spencer (at the
time of which I write) all alone with
Itlcbard ef the Lion Ileart, and If you
ask me fer further particulars of Rich
ard I will ay that he was a canary
whose pleasure, and duty It was to
mind his mistress and keep ber safe
from harm.
Oh, but he was a champion bird,
was Richard! Afraid of nothing, chat
tering fierce warnings to the butcher
-tind the groceryman, and tolerating the
baker In a peremptory sort of way only
because he was tbe man who brought
the bread; and when anybody sought
to Ingratiate themselves with this spir
ited bird by Inserting a finger between
the bars of his cage he almost fell off
his perch at the Impudence of them
and straightway fell to sharpening his
beak on his bit of cuttle, bis chirping
turned to the horrid croaking of a
feathered pet who is presently going to
bite a finger off!
Well, thea. It began with slight
hoarseness In Richard's highest notes
and the mement she beard It Miss
Spencer folded her needlework she
was knitting a pair of shoes for some
yortunate. little orphan and mixed a
little flaxseed with Richard's birdseed,
nnd shut a deor and a window to keep
the draught off blm, but all In vala.
His hoarseness Increased to an extent
-that would have discouraged any other
bird, but ltlclmrd, justly named the
Lion Ileart, persevered in his song un
1111 It sounded almost as shrill as a
very rusty saw going through a very
'bard knot. In vain he bopped from
one perch to another; tn vain he el--tlled
along bis perch, as he sang, bis
poor little beak opened so wide that
bo bad to shut bis eyes; his cold grew
worse and worse and he began to neg
lect his food.
Lettuce tempted him not, except for
boH'ful moments; be turned up his bill
at celery tips nnd green peus, and as
for birdseed, ho simply wouldn't look
nt It. And there be stood, day after
lay, on tbe end of bis perch, leaning
against the side of bis cage, silent,
moody, drooping and only showing a
flare of his old-time spirit upon seeing
;ilie butcher and the groceryman, when,
indeed, he gave expression to a few
: sentiments, of which It Is only char
itable to tiny nothing at all.
And that was how Miss Silencer
missed going to church for the first
time In tweuty years, since the year
o the great blizzard, to be exact, which
-brings us to the doctor, whom you will
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sketch written by Theodore Roosevelt
t ho house to warm our hands In front
of (he great pile of blazing logs, and to
wait Impatiently until tbe brace of
prairie chickens I had shot that after
noon should be 'fixed for supjier. Then
our rifles nnd cartridge belts were
looked to, one of tbe saddles which had
met with an accident was overhauled,
and we were ready for bed.
It was necessary to get to the hunt
ing grounds by sunrise, and It still
lacked a couple of hours of dawn when
the foreman wakened me as I Jay
asleep beneath tbe buffalo robes. The
air was bitterly chill ; tbe cold bad been
severe for two days, so that the river
Ice would again bear horses. A mile
off we crossed the river, the Ice crack
ing with noises like pistol shots as our
horses picked their way gingerly over
It. On the opiKwlte side was a dense
Jungle of bull-berry bushes, and on
breaking through this we found our
selves galloping tip n long, winding val
ley, which led back many miles Into
the hills. By this time there was a
faint Hush of gray in the east, and as
we rode silently along we could make
out dimly the tracks made by the wild
animals as they had passed and re
passed In tbe snow.
As the dawn reddened, and It became
light enough to see objects some little
way off, we began to Bit erect in our
I saddles and to scan the hillsides sharp
be able to picture clearly when I whis
per to you that he was nn elderly blue
eyed gentleman, beloved of everyone,
who lived In considerable awe of his
housekeeper and was famous for the
great nge of his horse.
"I didn't see Miss Spencer at church
this morning," said the doctor as he
oltediently sat himself at the dinner
table.
"Out of town, mebbo," snapped the
housekeeper.
"No," said the doctor, "she never
goes out of town."
The housekeeper rattled a plate.
"Itistheflrst time that she has missed
church," said the doctor, "since I can
remember.
The housekeeper rattled another
plate and the doctor relapsed Into
silence, but soon after dinner he har
nessed the ancient nag, and half an
hour later Richard, the Lion Ileart bad J
his little beak opened nnd a doctor of
medicine was trying to look at his
tongue t iOTm
A fortnight passed and the doctor
called every day, tempting Richard's
appetite with chickweed slyly rubbed
with olive oil swathing his cage with
flannels, coaxing him back to activity
and song; so that at the end of tbe
fortnight the doctor announced that
his patient was entirely well, and re
gretfully added that his visits, his very
pleasant visits, for which he woujd
take no other fee than one of Richard's
liou-hearted songs, would have to cease
and determine. lie stayed away a week
and then he called one evening, "just
to see," as be told himself, "how his
patient was getting along."
Little Miss Spencer was sitting at
the window knitting a pair of socks
( didn't bee miss spencek at chcbch.
for another of those unfortunate or
phans, and Richard's cage was on the
sill, where he was playing with a bit
of yarn, trying to unravel It and call
ing to tbe homing sparrows. What Miss
Spencer's thoughts bad been I do not
know, but as she knitted away and
looked at the sunset It sometimes hap
pened, I think, that she knitted a tear
Into those little woolen socks, but yet,
when the doctor eatered, her eyes were
very bright.
"Well," cried the doctor in his mild
and cheery manner, "and how's tbe pa
tient ?
He sat, too, at tbe window.
"He thinks he's making a nest,"
smiled Miss Silencer.
"But whut is he chutterlng about?"
asked the doctor.
"I thluk." said Miss Spencer, her eyes
brightly on ber work, "I think he is
calling to his mate."
And still the busy plus clicked in and
out of that fortunate orphan's socks, a
little bit damp In a place or two, but
none the worse for that, and still Rich
ard the Lion Heart unraveled his bit of
yarn and softly called to tbe homing
birds.
"He's lonely," said the doctor, In a
voice so low you could hardly hear him,
"and so am I," ho breathed, "and so am
I but If you would care to be a poor
old doctor's wife Ann "
And after Richard had quite recov
ered from his surprise, and bad sung
bis evening song, and had tucked bis
bead uuder his wing, and had carefully
drawn up one of his feet and hidden It
among his feathers, his mistress and the
doctor still sat there, hand In band.
gazing Into the sunset little
ly for sight of feeding deer. Just be
fore sunrise we came on three lines of
heart-shaped footmarks In the snow,
which showed where ns many dee? had
Just crossed a little plain itheod of us.
Hiding to one side of the trail, we
topped tbe little ridge Just as the sun
flamed up, a burning ball of crimson,
beyond tbe snowy waste at our backs.
Almost Immediately ufterward my com
panion leuped from bis horse nnd rais
ed his rifle, nnd as he pulled the trigger
1 snw through the twigs of a brush
patch ou our left the erect, startled
head of a young black-tailed doe as
she turned to look nt us, ber great
mule-like ears thrown forward. The
ball broke her neck, nnd she turned a
complete somersaxilt downhill, while a
sudden smoshlng of underbrush told of
the flight of her terrified companions.
In a few minutes she was dressed nnd
hung up on n small nsh tree.
We left our horses nnd struck off on
foot for a group of high buttes cut up
by the cedar canyons and gorges, In
which we knew the old bucks loved to
lie. It was noon before we sow nny
thing more. Wo lunched nt n clear
spring not needing much time, for nil
we had to do was to drink a draught of
Icy water and munch a strip of dried
venison. Shortly afterward, as we were
n,( ving along n hillside with silent cau
tlon. we came to a sheer canyon of
which tbe opposite face wus broken by
little ledges grown up with wind beaten
cedars. As we peeped over the edge,
my companion touched my nrm nnd
pointed silently to one of the ledges,
nnd Instantly I caught the glint of a
buck's horns as he lay half behind an
old tree trunk. A slight shift of post
tion gave me a fair shot. This was nil
we could carry. Leading the horses
mound, we packed the buck behind my
companion's saddle, nnd then rode back
for the doe, which I put behind mine,
and returned triumphant with our
Christmas dinner.
Spencer with her lips parted, her eyes
shining, and that tender look of happi
ness which tells of dreams fulfilled.
Evening Sun.
MAGIC GLASS.
A Curloua Mirror That May Be Mad
Transparent.
One of the most curious Inventions
of this nge is what is called platinized
gluss. A piece of glass is coated with
an exceedingly thin layer of a liqulfl
charged with platinum and then raised
to n red beat. The platinum becomes
united to the glass In such a way as
to form an odd kind of mirror.
The glass has not really lost ltn
transparency, and yet if one places It
agninst a wall and looks at It he sees
his image as in an ' ordinary looking
glass. Hut when light Is allowed to
come through the glass from the other
side, us when it Is placed in a window,
K appears perfectly transparent, like
ordinary gluss.
By constructing a window of plat
inized glass one could stand close be
hind tbe paues In au unlllumlnuted
room nnd behold clearly everytSThg
going on outside, while pnssers-by look
ing nt the window would behold only
a fine mirror or set of mirrors In which
their own figures would be reflected,
while the person inside remained in
visible. In France various tricks have been
contrived with tbe aid of this glass.
In one a person, seeing what appears
to be an ordinary mirror, npproacTies
It to gaze upon himself. A sudden
change lu the mechunlsm sends light
through the gluss from the back,
whcrcuixin It Instantly becomes trans
parent, and tbe startled siiectator finds
himself confronted by some grotesque
figure that had been hidden behind tho
magic glass. New York Tribune.
Ilia Idea of tbe UnslUh.
The following illustrates Louis Phi
lippe's Idea of England and the Eng
lish. He one day asked Hugo If be
bad ever been in England and on re
ceiving a negative reply continued:
"Well, when you do go for you will
go you will see how strange It Is. It
resembles France iu nothing. Over
there are order, arrangement, symme
try, cleanliness, well mowed lawns nnd
profound silence on the streets. The
passersby are as serious nnd as mute
as specters. When, being French and
alive, you speak In the street these
specters look back at you and murmur
with an inexpressible mixture of grav
ity and disdain, 'French people!' When
f was in London I was walking arm
In arm with my wife nnd sister. We
were conversing in a not too loud tone
of Tolee, for we are well bred persons,
you know, yet all the passersby, bour
geois nnd men of the people, turned te
gaze nt us, and we could bear them
growling liehlnd us: 'French people!
French people !' " "Memoirs of Victor
Hugo."
St. Peter and the Widower.
Bernard Robblns, bead of tbe legal
department of New York's Court of
Tears this charity helps the poor to
adjust their marital troubles without
going to the expense of luwsults said
the other day to a newspaper man:
"Such work as mine makes you, if
you ore not careful, pessimistic nbout
marriage, so that you And yourself tell
ing grimly over and over again the
story about St. Peter and tho widower.
"What? You don't know tbe story?
Well, It seems that two souls ap
proached St. I'eter side by side, and
the younger was repulsed sternly by the
saint on the ground that since be bad
never been married be had never known
suffering.
"Tho older man advanced with glad
confidence. Ho stated that be had been
married twice.
"But he, too, the saint repulsed, suy
lug: 'This Is no place for fools.'"
A woman will do lot of cheeky
things to Improve ber complexion.
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Tho Wive of Wrln l.era-.
Which way to Weinsberg? neighbor, eayl
'Tia sure a famous city ;
It must have cradled, in its day,
Full many a maid of noble clu.v,
And matrons wise and witty;
And If ever marriage should happeu tt
me,
A Weinsberg tin me my wife shall be.
King Conrad once, historians my,
Fell out with thin good city;
So down he came, one luckiest day
Horse, foot dragoons In stern array-
And cannon niore's the pity!
Around the walls the artillery roared.
And bursting bombs their f'7iy ponred.
But naught the little town could scare;
Then red with indignation.
He bade the herald straight repair
Up to the gates and thunder there
The following proclamation:
"Rascals! when I your town de take.
No living neck shall save Its neck I"
New, when the herald's trumpet sent
These tidings through the city,
To every houae a death-knoll went;
Such murder cries the hot air rent
Might move the atones to pity.
Then bread grew dear, but good advice
Could not be had for any price.
Then, "Woe is me!" "O misery !
What shrieks of lamentation,
And "Kyrle Eleison !" cried
The pstors and the flock replied,
"Lord! save us from, starvation V
"Ob, woe is me, poor Corydon
My neck my neck! I'm gone I'm
gone !"
A youthful dame, praised be her name-
Last night hud seen her plighted
Whether in waking hour or dream,
Conceived a rare and novel scheme,
Which all the town delighted;
Which you, if you think otherwise,
Have leave to laugh at and despise.
At midnight hour, when culverin
And gun and bomb were sleeping,
Before the camp with mournful mien.
The loveliest embassy were seen.
All kneeling low and weeping.
So sweetly, plaintively they prayed.
But no reply save this was made:
"The wonien have free leave to go,
Each with her choicest treasure;
But let the knaves, their husbands, knew
That unto them the King will shew
The weight of his displeasure."
With these sad terms tho lovely train
Stole weeping from the camp again.
But when the morning gilt the sky,
What happened? Give attention:
The city gates wide open fly,
And all the wives come trudging by,
Each bearing need I mention?
Her own dear husband on h?r bade,
All snugly seated in a sack !
Full many a sprig of court, the Joke
Not relishing, protested,
And urged the King; but Conrad spoke:
"A monarch's word must not be broke 1"
And here the matter rested.
"Bravo '." he cried, "Ha, ha ! Bravo !
Our lady guessed it would bo so."
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He pardoned all, and gave a ball
That night at royal quarters,
The fiddles squeaked, the trumpets blevt
And up and down the dancers flew,
Court sprigs with city daughters,
The mayor's wife Oil, rarest sight!
Danced with the shoemaker that night!
Ah, where is Weinsberg, sir, I pray?
'Tis sure a famous city;
It must have cradled in its day
Full many a maid of noble clay,
And matrons wise and witty ;
And if ever marriage should happen te
me,
A Weinsberg dame my wife shall be.
From the German of Gottfried August
Burger.
JAPAN GETS A NEW ISLAND.
Previously 1,'nknown and It Blda
Fair to Do Wealth Producing.
The Japanese report the discovery of
a previously unknown Island about 280
miles east of Formosa. The discovery
1b somewhat surprising at this late
date. Tho Japanese flag has been rais
ed over it. and the name Nlshlgawa has
boon given to the island, sijys the New
York Sun.
A Japanese agent, Mr. Nlshlhata, Is
very enthusiastic over the discovery.
He soys It lias great natural wealth.
He found In the waters between the
surrounding flat reef and tbe shores
of the Island several kinds of market
able shells and mother-of-pearl In
abundance. There are also Inexhaust
ible supplies of commercial coral ; and,
better still, be found enormous quanti
ties of calcium phosphate on tbe reefs,
that will afford the best of artificial
fertilizer, nnd be thinks the supply Is
sufficient to keep miners busy for fifty
or sixty years.
As bis vessel approached tbe island
Mr. Nlsblbata saw a cloud of birds
hovering over It, and be found later
that they were of a species which the
Japanese cull osudorl. These bird
abound there In great numbers and are
counted among tbe valuable resources
of the Island, as there Is a good mar
ket for their plumage In Europe, par
ticularly In France. Trade lu these
feathers has already begun, and they
are the first of the island's resources
to lie shlpiH-d to Euroie.
Tbe flora Is tropical, but tbe Island
seems to be fairly healthful. No rep
tiles or venomous insects can be found,
and tbe only quadruped that tbe island
seems to possess Is u variety of rat
about the size of a nibliLK This addi
tion of a few scorn of square miles to
the known land surface of the earth
bids fair to add a little to the world's
wealth.
Wonderful Kanaaa Cora,
Kansas corn Is exceptional In growls,
this year. 1 1 linking will bo more trou
blesome than usual because of the rank
growth of the corn. The stalks are
higher than ever, averaging 12 to 15
feet In most of the fields, and the farm
ers say this will cause the stalks to
break, as the ears arc usually abovs
the halfway line on the stalks. The
eurs tie of great weight und will tend
to pull the stalk down. For the first
time In years the ears protrude through
the busks, und the grain Is well filled
entirely to the end of the cob. It Is
the most wonderful corn year ceutrsj
Kan mi has seeu iu ninny yearn. j
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Opinions of
TOO MANY WOMEN TEACHERS.
RKSinKNT O. Stanley Hull, of iHork Cnl-
Pl verslly, never talks without saying some
I thing, nnd bis remarks before Ihe Twen-
iiexil vi'inurj iuli rcvtuieu it new mhiiv
of FXHTluicutal psychology. In which the
learned Miissucusetts man In an authority.
Pr. Hall iTlticlfcod what he ternietl the
feminization of the American public school, which he
holds responsible for lack of physical and moral train
lug of boys. The tenderheartedness of women teachers,
he contended, falls short of proper discipline and turns
out unformed hotMllums who lenve tbe classroom to add
te Juvenile crime.
There Is perhiis some truth In this, but how does lr.
Ilall propose to remedy the preponderance of women
In such a poorly paid profcxnlon or school teaching?
Poor textbooks, and the very short average of 151
school days to each yeur can hardly lie expected to
exert very great Influence toward character formation
n the pupil. Added to that the fact that the girl who
takes up school teaching rcgurds It us a temporary
ccupatlon, to be set aside for matrimony, and the ele
ment of Influence is decidedly lacking.
Dr. Hall may be quite right when be condemns too
much attention to manners nnd not enough to morals,
bnt there U Just one trouhlo with experimental psychol
ogy It always points out plenty of faults, but It Is
mighty slow nt finding remedies. Chicago Journal.
FREE PUBLIC LECTURES.
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T Is not uncommon to
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end wonien of middle age lament the de
cline of the lyceum system, which did
much to raise tbe standard of tnste and
knowledge a generation ago. There are
still courses of public lectnres and enter
tainments which enliven winter evenings
In many email towns and In the cities, but the old sys
tem has changed Its characteristics ana lest a measure
ef Its Influence. In Its place, however, has risen seme
thing which may be even more important the free
lecture courses maintained by many of the larger munici
palities, such as New York, Chicago and Boston.
The old lyceum lecture dealt frequently with philo
sophical subjects, nnd was usually delivered by seme
one of wide reputation. An admission fee was charged,
and the Illustrations. If there were any, and that was
not often, were produced by the magic lantern. . The
patrons were drawn mainly from the cultivated and
well-to-do.
The modern municipal lectures are free, and are
usually delivered iu the public schoolhouses. The audi
ences are composed largely of persons who cannot afford
to pay much for the Instruction and entertainment they
receive, but who eagerly cnibrnc the opportunity for
mental culture. The subjects of the lectures cover on
Immense range. The courses are frequently diversified
by evenings which nre given to music or other whole
some entertainment. They enjoy the great advantage
Of the stereoptlcon nnd the vituseoic. ami enlist the
services of many eminent specialists. Their purpose Is
TINY IN A
Striking' Instance
. the Trivial Detail q
That Often Shapes
Ilumtvn Existence
"Foreordliiation' savors too much of
heavy topics.
"Luck."
When Ivy Cbudlelgh, Chlcugo bom,
but of Australian parentage, found it
necessary to go to a farm near Lln
denwood, 111., to overcome the abnor
mal effect of a too strenuous social ex
istence on .high-strung nerves, she at
first took kindly to the Idea. A fow
days on the farm of "Applo" Crane
dispelled, however, the book-bought the
ory that the simplo life Is Utopian.
Miss Chudlflgh began to pine for the
excitement of the eleetrlc-llghted
streets.
The means Miss Cbudlelgh adopted
as a surcease of ennui was character
istic of tho up-to-dute American, born
and bred In a large city. First she
asked and obtained permission from
Fanner Crane to assist In the packing
of apples In the vast orchard. Her
pink lips, her city-whitened cheeks and
her wondrous lingerie, made a vast Im
pression on the bluejcans-clad and
gingham-gowned youths and maidens
at whose sldo she worked. Ivy speed
ily became tbe iet of tbe apple-plck-rs.
"Daddy Crane," she said, one day.
with attractive urban Impudence,
"where do you suppose these apples
will go? Just think I Maybe some of
them will go to Australia, where my
mother and futher lived. Perhaps
Some of the men and women who knew
them when they wero young, will eat
the apples their daughter Is iwckliig."
In n few minutes she tossed aside a
defective pippin and run, singing, to
the nearby furmbouse.
Up In ber gabled chamber she turned
ber writing desk Inside out. At last
she found what she wanted, a snapshot
of herself, one of the mementoes of
tbe summer and u modernized country
lad who had utilized bis camera for her
pleasure. Then she wrote on a dnlaty
eboet of note pajier :
"I wonder who you are, you who are
opening this barrel of rosy-cheeked ap
ples and finding this note and this
photograph of me perched up lu the
branches of the old tree tbe apples
Came from. Won't you please write
and tell ms who you are? I'm dying
r curiosity to kuow. yours sincere
J"
To this missive she signed a flctl
tlous name, giving tbe number of tbe
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Great Papers on Important Subjects.
to reach those Into whose lives comes tbe least ef beaJth
ful Joy and tho smallest opportunity for knowledge.
New York City alone has more than a hundred of these
lecture centers, all well-known and well-patronlwd.
Although free to the audiences, theee lectures and
other entertainments are, of course, ret fret to the
municipalities which maintain them. Yet they (are b
useful, and so admirably adapted to educating, enter
taining and uplifting tbe people, that even the ccantry
town could spend money wisely by the organization t
such courses. Youth's Companion.
UKtfCH
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sight, which places them at a great disadvantage in
following Instructions given by means ef blackbbards
or charts. Others nre deaf, and frequently suffer se
riously by reason of going through school without tbek
dlsnblllty being noticed. These two defects are most
common of all.
Many of the diseases of childhood are responsible for
permanent troubles that affect the mental development
For Instance, children may suffer from neuralgia, the
thyroid gland may be Imperfect, or, as Is very fre
quently tbe case, adenoids may fill up s large part of
the breathing passages and render a child doll and
slow.
Trouble with the teeth Is blamed for retarded devel
opment, and the French experts believe that tbe nerves
of the dental system affect the brain to a much greater
extent than generally suspected. They recommend the
careful examination ef every child at least' ones a year
by a competent physician as a necessary complement of
the school system. DesMoines News.
hear cultivated men
BARREL? OF APPLE
Ihi.k iu tlie village postotllce tliut she
hud rented for her sojourn In tho coun
try. She resumed the packing of the
barrel she had left so suddenly, and
when she was unobserved deftly pulled
the cnvclojie from her belt and burled
It among the rosy-cheeked fruit.
Tbe apples were shipped the very
next day. That was Oct. 5. On riding
Into town Nov. 20, she found In her
mail box a letter addressed to tbe fic
titious person whose name she had
placed In the apple barrel. The en
velope bore a British stump and tho
Kstmark of a town In England.
"Archibald Pole-Wreiisfordsley," she
rend from the characteristically British
scrawl. Then she looked for the ad
dress. 'Waggoner's Wells, Surrey, En
gland, November the eleventh."
Well, If her apples had not gone to
Australia they hud nt least fallen Into
Kuglish bands in tbe land from which
her ancestors bad sprung.
Then she rend the letter. The writer
admitted having found her funny little
note and the presentment of her lovely
self among the apples he bad pur
chased. He was deeply interested in
both, he declared. Tbe snapshot was
ultogothcr too small. Would she please
send blm a larger and more truthful
one? And Just as an earnest of his
own good faith, here was one of him
self, lie assured her that be would
anxiously await her reply.
Ivy sent the photograph, and told
that she was not a farmer's daughter,
but an adventurous maid with a Chi
cago education In matters of the heart.
She gave blm likewise ber real name
and her home address, and tried to con
sider the incident closed. .
But Squire Archibald Pole-Wrens-
fordsley of Waggoner's Wells, Surrey,
Englaid, was of n different mind. He
wasted ne more time In unsatisfactory
correspondence. He forthwith packed
his properly British bags and boxes
and took the first available vessel for
New York, hurrying from tbenee by the
elghteen-hour train to Chicago.
For all his baste, bis British train
ing In the conventionalities stood blm
In good stead, and lie bad provided
himself with a letter of Introduction
to the British consul In Chicago. It
wos from his uncle, a baronet. By co
incidence It happened that the consul
bud known Ivy's father, thea dead, so
tbe very unconventional trans-Atlantic
adventure of this very conventional
young Kngllsh squire was greatly facil
itated. He called upon tbe widowed
mother of Ivy Chudlelgh, and with
qulto un-Britlsb Impetuosity begged the
privilege of paying his addresses to her
daughter.
Like a young Iochlnvar from the
Fust, Instead of the West, ho wooed
her, nnd to such good intent and result
that tho particular set lu which viva
clous .Miss Ivy bud reigned as a belle
lost her from Its functions, uud beforo
It really bud time to figure out what
was going nn the Invitations to the
wedding were out.
Farmer Crane sent a barrel of ni'
pies as a wedding gift. Mr. und Mrs.
Pole-Wrensfordsley are now making a
tour of the world, for he Is a well-to-
do young squire, and not a fortune
hunter. Eventually they plan to settle
down on bis ancestral estate In Surrey
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WHY CHILDREN ABE BACKWARD.
scientists havo been devatin eon-
F eldornhle attention of late to tbe problem
I of the backward child. They regard the
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vast ninjuruy ui bucu chbcb as ihb mun
of false abnormality, and the remainder
as physically imperfect. Many chfidren
are backward in school through pot eye
ONCE CHINAMAN ALWAYS CHIN AMAH.
fl I UNA Is yet a land and a people riled by
I ancestors. A Chinaman belongs, soot ami
W I body, to bis borne land becauso his aaeea-
VjJJCi J who dies In a strange land has paid trl
L3ffii bute all bis tolling years to a brotherhood
whose sacred duty Is to colli n bis bones
aud send him hack to bis native land for burial. Not
even after death will his country relinquish ber claims
to blm. Why should the Chinese government be inter
ested In keeping American-born Chinese familiar with
the reading and writing of the old language when it
Is presumed that they and their children will remain
in America henceforth? The answer Is that such Is
never tbe presumption. The government's theory is
that a Chinaman is here only by tbe accident of birth '
or to get money, aud when it becomes possible he will
take his money and go to live and enjoy it In the Flow
ery Kingdom. Washington (D. C.) Post.
County, England, but one of their hy
meneal agreements Is that they will
make a yearly pilgrimage to the shrine
Of their love each year when the apple
trees at Lindenwood, IU., are laden
with crimson and golden fruit , J ,
OAS BY THE POUND. "
Invention or a German Chemlat Pnta
LlBht In All Dark Places.
"(Jive me two pounds of gas. Folks
complain It's getting kind of dark up
at our house."
Thus the farmer of the near future,
addressing the bewhlskered corner gro
cer, who will hand a little Iron cylin
der over tbe counter and write tha
amount In the customer's red-covered'
charge book. And that evening the
farmhouse will blaze once mora like
the ballroom of a summer resort hotel
or a sideshow at Coney Island. Light,
plenty of light, for tbe common and
Isolated people is not a distant dream,
but a fact already achieved with com
mercial success in Germany, and wait
ing the first favorable opportunity to
come across the pond.
Blaugas, the invention of the chemist
Herman Blau, will make any suburban
ite, lantern lecturer, camper or travel
ing professor of phrenology quite inde
pendent of gas trust and oil trust, not
to mention the wayward apparitions of
the moon. Just get a 22-pound cylin
der of liquid gas, 0 inches in diameter
and 8 feet long, and you will have
more than enough superbrilllant illu
mination to last four months. A small
portable outfit the else of a grip will
furnish a 60-candlepower light tor 3
hours a day for a fortnight. It is said
to be absolutely safe aboard ship or
train. You could use it advantageous
ly in the subway.
This gas, which Is mostly bVjsefled
under a pressure of 1,500 pesnds to
the square inch, is not polaonstis or
explosive. It costs slightly more than
metropolitan gas, but the public ser
vice commission may have a say. en
that Anyhow, it beats electricity,
acetylene, tallow candles and kerosene.
It can be piped through a copper tuba
as small as a telegraph wire. M burns
right side up or upside down la a man
tle burner, giving an incandescent
white glow. A number of suburbanites
could with little expense have a com
mon plant for the distribution ef tbe
great light giver, or each one could
pljie bis bouse separately, taking care
uot to inform the Plumbers' Bnlon,
which might object to the simplicity of
the lnstnllaalon.
Mr. Blaugas that Is, Mr. Blau, the
Inventor Is praised by scientists be
cause he ingeniously constructed bis
gus by a reversal of the usual gassy
process, distilling oil at a low temper
ature and mixing in gases the trust
bus no use for. New York Tribune,
The French have on expression
aliout "cob wit." That is, a French
man, returning from a party, and
alone In bis cub, thinks of lots of clev
er things be might have said. There
Is a great deal of cab wit ontaldo of
France.
That mighty unfair trick of killing
the futted calf fer tbe predlgul causes
more family rows than anything else
on earth, except the division of
Father's Money.