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AT THE CONCERT.
"It has been a mistake," said Nathan
Taussig. "It has been a bitter mis
take. I cannot sco how cither of us
over mado It. But tho sooner wo rc
trlovo It, tho better. Perhaps, nftor
nil, I havo not qulto rulnod yotir life,
though you scorn to think that I havo.
Ab for myself, I defy you to ruin my
life. No woman shall do that, nor
man, cither."
"Oh, no!" Interposed his wlfo scorn
fully, "no ono could ruin your llfo.
You aro too Independent nnd too sel
fish. Ono could lavish ono's b03t lovo
on you nnd you would never know It.
Ono could hato you and you would not
care. I liavn been angry and out of
iiympathy with you for weeks at n
tlmo, and you did not oven suspect It.
I'm tired to tho soul of Urlng with a
galvanized mummy."
"Of course," responded Taussig,
smilingly, "you naturally would bo.
Therefore, lot us separato without
further dolay. A dlvorco Is not neces
sary. I shall havo no further use for
matrimony, nnd, as for you, 1 know
your scruples much too well to think
that you would over bo tho wlfo of an
othor man during my lifetime. Now,
I havo a proposition to make."
"Yes."
"Loforio of us tako the child nnd
tho other tho home. You nro to chose.
If you tako Claribcl, then leavo mo tho
books nnd pictures nnd tho other
things wo hnvo cared for. If you
cliooso tho homo I wilt tako our
daughtor and go. Tho offer Is not,
perhaps, a generous ono. It Is not
chivalrous. I ought to offer you tho
homo and tho child. Hut I sco no
reason for being moro than Just. I
havo been as unfortunate as you, nnd
see no ronson of despoiling myself of
everything."
Mary Taussig looked about her at
tho familiar, beautiful room. Tho flro
danced In tho grent flrcplnco; tho pic
tures sho and her husband had select
ed togother looked at nor from tho
walls; hor chair stood In Its accua
tomcd placo by tho roadlng tnblo. Bo
Jyond, In tho dining room, sho caught
tho gleam of tho china nnd crystal sho
had enthusiastically selected In hnp
plor days. Tho beauty and tho asso
ciation of theso material things called
to hor with a thousand tempting
voices. Her faco grow white.
"I will tako tho child," sho said. "I
chooao Clnrlbel."
Tho next morning, leading her 8-ycar-old
daughtor by tho hand, sljo
opened tho door of her house for tho
last time. At tho ultimate moment
b1io turned and looked back upon her
jland of lout delights.
I "What a pity that wo hato each oth
;or," sho said jto her husband. "It Is
juo lnconvenlont." '
"Isn't It?" ho assented. Ho bowed
jlior out. Tho latch snapped bohlnd
hor. Qho walked to tho pavement,
holding her llttlo girl by tho hand.
;Ono moro look backward cscapod hor,
and Bho gavo a sharp crp.
. "My'honiQ, my homo!" sho said.
I "Mamma, you hurt my hand so!"
sobbod Clarlbol. "Why do you talk
oo? I don't, want to go walking. I
want to go back to tho nursery and
play with my dolls."
Insldo of tho houso a man flung him
self,, faco downward, upon a couch and
crlod: ;
"My llttlo girl! My llttlo girl! How
nm I going to llvo without my llttlo
girl?"
' Ton years later Mary Taussig nnd
hor daughtor entered tho Auditorium
ono Friday afternoon for tho plcnsuro
of listening to a concert by tho GUI
cngo orchestra. Mary Taussig walked
with tho Independent Btop of ono who
Is In tho habit of walking alono. Thero
was a clear nnd sad light In her gray
eyos. Hor brow had grown loftier
than It hnd boon In tho duys of hor
youth. Dignity and patlonco nnd kind
I Ines3 spoko In her ovcry foature. As
oho moved along In her violet colorod
garments no woman in tho nudlonco
thnt day, young or old, hnd a person
ality ho appealing and so plcturosquo,
About hor young daughtor thorn np
poured to bo somothlug unfulfilled,
Tho faco woro an expression of long'
Ing and tho vajruo and enchanting
rcstlossucsB of a young girl, but some
thing ouggestlvo of mora definite re
grot nnd deprivation. With tho frank
disregard., 0f bqauty, which tho young
can airoru to assumo, tho girl hnd cos
turned hprsolf In black. Black plumos
Blinded her face; hor llttlo chin was
hidden. In her Bomber furs, and tho
dollcato hand with which sho prcssod
down hor theater chair was gloved In
black.
TIiIb Blonder hand caught tho casual
glunco of Uio gontlomnn occupying tho
licit scat, and ho followod It with his
flybs 'tlll It restod on tho owner's lap
Still Its fragile contour held him, as It
It awukouod memories, nnd ho sat
ntarlng nt it Idly,. with no caro, appar
ently, to lift his oyes hlghor.
Ho was a man of mtddlo ago, pronn
turely gray, with a serious and Intel
lectual faco, nnd tho munnor of ono
who Is wenry with too much work or
responsibility.
It was not until nftor tho music had
begun and one of tho too obvious de
scriptive symphonies of a certain mod
ern composer began to mako its In
sistent way into tho comprehension of
tho nudlonco thnt ho chose to lift his
eyes. When ho beheld tho faco of tho
young girl next him n strango and
comprehending light stolo Into his
faco, and his fixed regard caused tho
girl to return his look. For a moment
perplexity had Its way with her. Then
an expression of nwe almost fright
appeared In hor eyes. Then, quietly
and naturally, tho two know them
eolves for father and daughtor mooting
after ten years.
Thero was no need of Clarlbol'a soft
prcssuro on hor mother's nrm to mako
her ncqunlntcd with tho fact Nathan
Taussig sat thero bcsldo them. Sho
had noticed htm when oho stood In
tho alslo waiting for her daughter to
prcccdo her. A mist clouded her sight
and It scorned to her for n moment as
If denth were actually knocking at hor
houso of life. Hut sho forced herself
to calmness nnd seated herself.
It was fate, no doubt. From tho
day sho had left hor own homo Bho
hnd not lived In Chicago. For n tlmo
Bho nnd her daughter had known
pcacoful English country life; for
years sho had lived In n quiet, beauti
ful MassachiiBntts village, whero Clnrl
bel hnd attonded school. For tho first
tlmo sho had returned to Chicago.
What likelihood, r.to had asked her
self, was thoro of meeting Nathan
Taussig In a city of two million souls?
Yet hero, on tho first occasion on which
Bho ventured Into n public place, sho
met him. It was fate, no question.
Tho music had changed. Tho or
chestra waa giving to tho pcoplo tho
most reverent thoughts of a mastor.
Truo nnd sweet nnd comforting was
tho soreno mnjor harmony, nnd the
dew of Its beauty foil Into tho very
cistorns of tho heart. In tho trombllng
young girl In tho Bnblo garments It
awoko a world of tenderness. The
longing and dissatisfaction from
which sho had suffered took concrcto
form In her elated Imaglnntlon.
It was hor father that sho wanted
her fathor'8 lovo, hor father'8 guid
ance, his authority! As tho rlvulots
of spring danco down tho hillside to
find tho river, so her soul sought that
of hor father. Tho music, "yearning
Ilko a god In pain," Impelled her to
lndulgo In .an oxqulslto Impulse. Sho
slipped tho glovo from hor warm and
quivering fingers and laid them softly
softly as n kiss within tho hand of
two 'man bcsldo her. On lila part thoro
was n second's hesitation ns if the
faithful norves of his hand had not
told, his aching heart tho truth. Then,
with a grnsp, such as a sinful ono
might tnko upon nn nngcl's robe, ho
closed his hand upon that of tho girl
and over tho two spread a happiness
like tho balm of n starlit summer
night.
Tho concert onded In time. Tho
three aroso. They faced each othor,
Each looked beautiful to the eyes of
tho rest. Tho crowd passed along tho
aisles. It would havo been profane to
havo said anything, commonplace. Yet
It was no plnco for an extraordinary
word. It was Clarlbol who first found
courago to speak.
"It Is strango thnt you know mo,"
sho said to hor father. "Tell mo, was
It your eyes or your hoart that first
lnformod you who I wns?"
"I cannot toll. But now that wo
havo met, aro wo to part?" Ills oyes
asked tho question of tho older woman,
though It was tho younger ono ho ad
dressed.
"Nnthnn Tnusslg," paid his wlfo,
"lot tho girl havo her rights. Sho
wants yon, nnd noods you. Tako her
homo with you for a time."
'But you must come, too, Mary,
Come, llfo Is going fast. Lot us bo at
peace. What woro tho old feuds?
havo forgotten what they woro all
nbout. I only remember how lonoly I
am."
"Who nm I," Bald Mary Tausslg.wlth
those dlvlno melodies of tho master
still ringing In hor soul, "that I should
refuso to walk tho path appointed for
my foot?"
So thoy went out together thoso
threo onto tho street, and bo home.
Chicago Tribune.
Mtlltitry Nalute.
You'vo undoubtedly noticed during n
military rovlow tho officers saluto
whllo passing tho reviewing stand by
bringing tho hilts of their swords to
tholr faces. It Is a custom which dates
back to tho tlmo of tho CniBudors
When the Crusaders were on tho
march to tho Holy City, tho knights
woro In tho dally habit of planting
tholr long, two-handled tfwords upright
In tho ground, thoreby forming
cross, and before this they performed
tholr morning devotions. On nil mill
tnry occasions they kissed tho hilts
of tholr swords In tokon of devotion to
tho cross, Tho method of saluting by
bringing tho hand to a horizontal po
Bltlon over tho eyebrows dates buck
to tho tournaments of tho middle nges,
when after tho Queen of Beauty was
enthroned, tho knights, who woro to
tako tho part tn tho sportB of the dny,
marched past tho dlas on which sho
sat, and ub thoy passed, shielded tholr
eyes from tho raya of her beauty by
placing tholr hnnds horizontally to
their foreheads.
She Know.
Bishop Whipple of Minnesota says
that whon ho was abroad ho did a groat
deal of parish work tn iie. After
holding n Bcrvtco In tho Eugllsh church
outsldo tho walls, ho ovorhcard ono
Englishwoman say to another; "Who
was tho bishop who preached today?"
"Tho bl3hop of Mimosa," sho ropllod.
"Ho comes from South Africa, you
know."
God works through human Instru
mouts, through tho natural laws that
ho has Instituted. nor, P. C. Yorka,
ENGLAND ON DECLINE
LOSING PRESTIGE I
N WORLD'S
TRADE.
Amc-rlra and !rrnmny Ilmimtluz For
ward Whllo (Irrnt llrltaln ItrnU Con
tent with Her I.nurol America'
Advnuno.
From her proud position as acknowl
edged head of tho trading nations of
tho world, thero Is n possibility, and
oven n probability that Orcat Brltnln
will In the near futuro bo relegated
to a place on the list below America.
Germany, Franco nnd other nations
that nro showing moro .enterprise In
tho world of commerce nnd trado nnd
which hnvo boon bounding forward
with tlrck'83 energy while England
has been resting seemingly content
with her laurels, nays u writer In tho
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Only thoso who watch tho courso of
nations fully apprcclnto tho laxity and
carelessness which havo marked tho
actions of Great Britain ns n trading
nation within tho last twonty-flvo
years, and only those who now look
nt tho figures and who consider what
tho Transvaal war means, can count
tho cost. Tho truth Is that England
has not kept pace with the world's
progress, nnd that to-day, whether sho
conquors tho Boors or not, her trado
supremacy In threatened.
No branch of Industry exemplifies
this moro fittingly than tho manufac
turing of cotton goods. Not many
yenrs ngo Liverpool ruled tho raw
cotton market, and Lancashlro mills
ruled tho manufactured cotton good
trado of tho world. Today English
mills coiiEiimo but 40 per cent of tho
cotton spun In Europe, and tho posi
tion of Liverpool ns tho dumping
ground of tho cotton crop Is moro a
theory than a reality.
Franco, Germany, Switzerland and
Russia hnvo mado mighty strides In the
cotton manufacturing business, and all
at tho expense of England. In Ger
many tho greatest progress Is shown,
but within the past ten years America
has had an Impetus to this branch of
Industry that promises oro long to
place hor in tho front rank.
Particular attention In paid to cotton
becauso It Is and has been for more
than fifty years the greatest Industry
of England, furnishing employment not
only for hundreds of thousands of op
eratives, but making up a goodly part
of tho stuff sold by Great Britain to
hor colonics and to other nations.
Now, howover, England appears to
havo reached tho apex of her suprem
acy In tho cotton trado. Within tho
last five years tho number of spindles
In England have lncroased only GOO.OOD
wniio tho other countries of Europo
report nn Increase of 4,000,000. Flf
teon years ago England manufactured
56 per cent of tho cotton goods mado
In Europe. Last year England's -per
centage was only 40, and by the signs
now showing, tho porcentago will bo
still smaller this year.
With nations as with Individuals, re-
poso comc3 with plenty. England, np
pnrontly, hns been content of Into to
rest on hor trado laurels. Whllo Eng
land has been resting the other grent
nations havo been exerting thomsolvcs,
Gormnny nnd America being particu
larly enterprising, nnd unless a groat
change comes over tho spirit nnd char
actor of tho English merchant within
tho present generation tho struggle for
commorclnl supremacy will bo between
tho Teuton nnd tho American.
In ono department of tho world's
business England Is yot supreme. That
Is tho ocean carrying trndo. Not only
Is sho supremo In this, but never be
fore did hor ship-owning subjects en
joy such prosperity ns now.
Action, Not Word.
Thoro nro thoso who say happiness
is nothing; thnt ono should not euro to
look for it. When you henr bucIi a
sentiment expressed, know that tho
speaker Is saying what In bin Inmost
soul ho dlsbollovcs. Whllo nobody bo
Moves thnt happiness Is tho only object
to bo Bought In life, thoro Is not that
human bolng who, whllo ho lives, Bay
what ho may, lo not seoklng It openly
or unncknowledgod to himself. Ho
who loftily waives off tho acknowledg
ment of this fact, generally Is at tho
oamo moment finding plauslblo ex
cuscs, of duty or present necessity, for
securing to himself all possible caso
and enjoyment. What Is uucomforta
bio nnd disagreeable to do Is sure to bo
contrary to his ideas of "right." What
ho wishes to do can never bo "wrong."
By men's notions, not by tholr words,
must wo Judgo thorn.
The Kalier An Ardent RporUman.
It Is well known that tho Kaiser is
nn nrtlont sportsman, but tho following
catalogue of his bag Blnco 1872, earn
fully compiled by n journal dovotod to
pport, Is qulto startling. Tho Emperor
Wllllnm, wo nro told, has killed during
twonty-soven years 1,223 bucks, 1,407
does, 2,518 wild boars, 771 roebucks, 17,-
44C hares, twenty-two foxes, 121
chamois, 1,392 rabbits, 13,720 phea
mints, G94 herons, nnd other birds nnd
beasts, making n grand totnl of 40,957.
It Is fortunnto that the kaiser has
other occupations, pictures to paint,
operas to composo, sermons to preach,
Impromptu speeches to prepare, other
wlso Germany would run short of
fauna.
KiitlUU I'nital Kuiploye'.
Tho English postofllco employs not
far short of 80,000 women, and It Is
prohnblo that tho largest number aro
employed In telegraphy, or In duties
rotating thereto. In London nlono tho
numbqr would appear to exceed 1,500,
of whom no fewor than 1,000 nro' om
ployed at thp central telegraph offico
nt St. Martln'a-lc-Grand. Scottish
American.
BCQUS BATTLE SCENES
Made to Order 17 Frenchmen rosin
Tor ttio Hrrnef,
New YorK. correspondence Chicago
Inter Ocean: The demand for photo
graphs of Boer war scenes for publi
cation has so far outrun tho supply
that ingenious Frenchmen havo de
vised a schemo by which nny stylo of
war pictures may bo made to order on
short notice. Tho French photographs
havo secured some old hor3oa, a fow
guns nnd a score or moro of supers
from ono of tho Paris theaters. Tho
supers, who arc photographed as
Boors, may bo distinguished by tholr
long whiskers, and tho Englishmen
mny bo known at u glance by their
uniforms. Near Paris Imitation
breastworks have been constructed,
nnd these arc stormed sovcrnl times a
day by tho nupera whllo the camera
man takes their pictures. When n
general officer Is wounded tho scene Is
produced by tho nld of nn old horse
and a super, who Is photographed In
the net of falling out of tho saddle.
Such little odds and ends of war ns
photographs of snlperj, pickets,
stretcher-bearers, etc., nro easily coun
terfeited before a cnniera, nnd tho re
sults aro Just ns good for the papers
which buy them as would be photo
graphs from tho battlefield. There Is
ono genuine picture of n ford eome-
wherc in South Africa which has dono
service every tlmo a river Is crossed.
It Is n peaceful looking picture, with
a big tree nt tho left In tho foreground,
a shnllow river behind ft, and half n
dozen cow3 or sheep wading to tho
farther shore. Whenever any division
of tho English army has crossed a
river anywhere this picture ha3 been
trotted out to Illustrate the exact placo
of crossing. If tho EngllBh forces keep
on maneuvering ns they have for the
past two months thoy may cross this
particular river at this very ford.
Along with tho mass of counterfeit pic
tures which are sold In this country
nro many genuine ones. Nono of tho
genuine photographs up to date, how
ever, has been half so dramatic as thn
French counterfeit.
FASCINATING PLACETOiVI ARKET
Infinite Variety of Kverytlilnp; Pen
Hold by llin Hnurerdil.
Probably thero Is no bettor market
In tho whole world than New Orleans
affords, says tho Boston Transcript. In
tho historic old French market tho
products of every cllmo moot on com
mon ground. Here Is tho fine refrig
erated beef from Chicago and Kunsns
City, kopt until It Is Just the right
mellowness, hero aro the marvelous
products In Infinite varloty of south
ern waters pompano, shcepshcad.dcop
sea trout, rodsnappers. flounders.
crabs, shrimp and crawfish for tho
bisque beloved of Creoles, and a thou
sand nameless varieties of fish and
shellfish; hero In season may ue
bought deer and boar and duck and
wild turkey nnd snipe nnd quail and
all tho varieties of birds and game wo
know in tho north, with papabotes
nnd grasses and dollcato little reed
birds to makean epicuro's mouth water
merely to look upon them; in tho
vegetable department tho stalls aro
heaped with every vegetable you havo
over known, and many whoso names
and usages are unfamiliar to you
queer things from Central American
ports, with queer flavors that you first
endure, then adore. Here, squatting
on the outskirts, by tho sldo of their
baskets, ure the last remnants of tho
Choctaw trlbo of Indians, 'dull, flat-
faced women, with fllo nnd bay nnd
sassafras leaves to soil. But nothing
elso Is so odd to you as tho fact that
In the French market you havo had
to adjust yoursolf to an entirely new
system of measurements. You can
not buy your peas or potatoes by tho
peck or bushel ,as you havo been usod
to nil your life. How much?" you
nsk tho market woman In her stall,
and sho replies so much a saucer.
Thoro thoy are, piled up In a noat llt
tlo pyramid In a saucer, tho dollcato
green peas or tho pink now potatoes,
and you haven't tho very slightest Idea
how many snucorfuls It will tako to
mako a moal for your family.
Hnrno-I'ower.
Watt, tho great Improver of tho
steam engine, Introduced Into tho vo
cabulary of machinists tho term horse
power. When ho first began tho mnn-
ufacturo of steam engines, he experi
enced much difficulty In ascertaining
from his distant customers what sized
englno thoy required, nnd they woro
not less puzzled how to commuulcato
to him tho Information. Ho was fre
quently guldod, howovor, by tholr
mentioning the number of horses
which tho engine ordered was design'
od to replnce. Acting upon this hint,
ho ascertained by experiment that tho
vory strongest of tho London browors'
horses (animals of wonderful slzo nnd
strength), could oxert a forco equiva
lent to raising 33,000 pounds one foot
n mlnuto. This forco ho called ono
horso power, und adoptod It as tho
standard In regulating tho slzo of
stoam engines. Now, not ono horse
In a hundred Is nblo to exert that do
groo of strength. A steam englno of
ton horse-powor can. In reality, do thn
work of nbout twenty horses.
FonlUh Ommttou.
Hlglns "Well, has Dr. Greon given
you any rellof? I suppose you took
my ndvlco and called him In?" Twen-
tystono (troubled with oboslty)
'Look hero, did you send him to mo
to poke fun at mo?" Hlglns "Eli?
No. Why?" Twentystono "Becauso
tho first thing ho nskod mo was; "Do
you fool heavy whon you got up In tho
morning?
Killed lfrelf by HhnotluK.
At Springfield, Mass., William Mot-
calf, a well known local printer and
publisher, killed himself by shooting.
QUEEN VIC'S LIFE.
SHE DRESSES PLAINER THAN
HER SUBJECTS.
I.We More Frugally nnd
Maintain a
and llomell
Itoom Her
Greater Air of Comfort
non About Her l'rlrnto
Dally Labor.
The homo llfo of Queen Victoria has
ever been n subject of widespread In
terest and Bympathy. Her somewhat
dull nnd monotonous childhood, her
Idyllic married llfo, her long widow
hood nnd her peaceful by busy old ago
havo ullko uttrncted both writers and
renders on every hand. Perhaps tho
most remarknblo feature In tho queen's
enreer has been tho skill with which
sho has contrived to maintain tho sim
plicity of an old-fashloued English
homo life, notwltshstandlng the pomp
and ceremony which necessarily be
long to court. This Is largely due to
hor early training. The daughter of
tho duko of Kent, n prlnco of very
limited Income, the young Princess
Victoria saw llttlo of the luxury which
Is commonly supposed to abound in
royal circles. Strict economy was tho
rulo of her early home, nnd the lesson
has never been forgotten.
Amid tho costly mngnlflcencc which
characterizes the stato npartments the
queen's prlvnte rooms aro always not
nblo for their comfort and homeliness.
In mnttors of dress, too, Queen Victoria
Is far moro economical thnn many of
her mlddlc-cfoss subjects.
Tho queen attributes her long llfo
nnd oxcellont health very largely to her
practice of spending ns much time as
possible In tho opon nlr every dny. In
her youth riding wns hor favorite recre
ation, ami in Scotland sho hns nlmost
lived on pony back. Now, of course,
carriage exercise has taken Its place.
Every morning her mnlestv coos out In
her llttlo pony chair, often visiting tho
farm and stables in the course of her
drive. Sometimes her chair Is drawn
by a beautiful donkey which was pur
chased In tho south of Franco by his
royal mistress to save him from III
treatment. This donkey rejoices In tho
name of Jacko, and on holiday occa
sions wears n curious harness adorned
with bells, nnd with two foxes' brushes
hanging over his blinkers. Tho greater
part of the forenoon of each week day
Is devoted to business, for no woman In
tho lnnd gets through more actual work
In tho course of each week than the
queen. Her dispatch boxes aro ar
ranged on n tabic set In Windsor park,
near tho Frogmoro teahouse, whenever
tho weather permits. Hero tho queen
carefully reads nnd annotates, tho In
numerable dispatches which come to
her from the foreign and homo offices,
for It hns been tho rulo of her life to
attend personally to nil Important af
fairs of Btatc.
But this by no menns represents nil
the multifarious occupations of the
queen. Her prlvnte correspondence Is
enormous, for it Is n kind of unwritten
fnmlly law that all her children nnd
grandchildren shall write to her every
day. All Important housekeeping ques
tions aro settled by the royal mistress
herself, who often orders tho meals nnd
oven keeps an cyo on the household
linen.
Even tho smnllest details of domestic
economy nro not regarded by tho queen
as beneath her notice. A atory Is told
that on ono occasion sho went Into a
practically disused room at Windsor
nnd noticed a cabinet that had evl
dently not been dusted thnt day. Sho
promptly wrote tho royal autograph In
tho dust, nnd beneath tho name of
tho particular maid whoso duty It was
to dust tho room. This may seom rath
or a small matter, but when ono re
members thnt nearly 2,000 persons nro
omployed In Windsor cnstlo rind Its
precincts It shows n very remarkable
knowledge of tho personality of so vast
a staff.
Tho Tower of lnmglnntlnn.
Stories Illustrating tho power of lm
agination nro many. Here is n new
one. It comes from a recent number
of tho Psychological Rovlow which re
lates an Interesting experiment mnda
by Mr. Slosson with tho view of dem
cnstratlng how easily this faculty of
Imagination may be called into play.
In tho courso of a popular lecture, Mr,
Slosson presented before his audience
u bottle which ho uncorked with elab
orate precautions, and then, watch In
hand, asked thoso present to Indicate
tho exact moment at which a pecullnr
odor was perceived by them. Within
fifteen seconds, those Immediately ir
front of him held up their liantls, nnd
within forty seconds, thoso at tho
other end of tho room declared that
thoy' distinctly perceived tho odor.
There wns nn obstlnnto minority,
largely composed of men, who stoutly
declared their Inability to detect any
odor, but Mr. Slosson believes that
many moro would havo given In, had
ho not been compelled to bring the ex
perlmont to n close within a minute
of opening tho bottle, several persona
In tho front rank finding the odor so
powerful that thoy hastily quitted tho
room. Tho bottle contained nothing
but distilled water. It would bo Inter
cstlng to know tho effect of tho ox
nlnnntlon on tho audience, but this
part of tho story Is left to the lmnglna
tlon of tho render.
Would Huvu Them.
Visitor (looking nt portraits)
"What a lot of ancestors you'vo got!'
rorkenchopps "That's dead right.
didn't want bo many, but Sarah sho
Insisted." Brooklyn Life.
A Contnry Mhii.
Nixon "Would you call Dickson n
contrary man?" Fundenbergor "Con
trnry? Why, that man would try to
toboggan ip hill!" Harper's Bazar.
STOPPED DRINKING.
New Orleans Drnnknrd Saw a Verbatatn
lleport of HI Mnnolojrno.
"There goes n man whom I rcclnlm-
cd from tho Demon Hum," romnrked n
Now Orleans court stenographer re
cently. 'It happened In this wny. Ha
Is n tip-top fellow, nnd has no end of
ability, but four or flvo years ago ho
began to let liquor get the best of him.
He had n flno position nt tho time, and
I don't think ho exnetly neglected his
wdrk, but It got to bo a common thing
to see him stnntllng nround barrooms
In tho evening nbout two-thirds full
nnd tnlklng foolish. A few of his close
friends took tho liberty of giving him
quiet hint, nnd ns usual In such cases
ho got highly indignant nnd denied
point blnnk that ho had ever been In
tho lenBt under the Influence of liquor.
All the same ho kopt Increasing tho
pace, until It beenmo pretty easy to
predict whero he was going to land,
and it was at this stugo of tho gamo
I did my great reformation net. I was
sitting In n restnurant ono evening
when he came In jvlth Bomo fellow and
took the next table, without seeing me.
He was Just drunk enough to bo talka
tive nbout his private affairs, and on
tho Impulse of the moment I pulled out
my stenographer's note book nnd took
a full shorthand report of overy word
ho said. It was tho usual maudlin rot
of our good follow hnlf seas over, shad
ing off In spots to boozy pathos, whero
both gentlemen wept In tholr beer, and
Including numerous highly candid de
tails of the speaker's dally llfo. Next
morning I copied the whole thing neat
ly on the typewriter nnd sent It around
to his office. In less thnn ten minutes
ho came tearing In, with his eyes fair
ly hanging out of their sockets. 'Great
heavens, Charley!' ho gasped, 'what Is
this nnyhow?' 'It's a stenographic re
port of your monologue at 's last
evening,' I replied, nnd gavo him a
brief explanation. 'Did I really talk
like that?' ho asked faintly. 'I nssuro
you it is an absolutely verbatim re
port,' said I. Ho turned pnlo nnd wnlk
ed out, nnd from that day to this ho
hasn't tnken n drink. Ills prospects at
present nre splendid In fact, he's ono
of our coming men. All that he needed
was to hear himself as others heard
him."
SOMETHING NEW AT BULL FIGHT
Some of the Spectator May Loe Their
Sl.ht.
A dlsernccful sceno was witnessed
in n bull rlnir. when thero was a strug
gle, between a small panther, nn old
lioness, n largo bear, and a powerful
bull, says a Madrid correspondent of
tho London Standard. In a short tlmo
tho bull terribly gored .the panther and
tun lioness, but ha had moro trouble
with tho bear, which required several
terrific tosslngs and wounds from
which blood flowed freely, before tho
wretched animal gavo in. Tho proceed
ings were witnessed by 12,000 specta
tors of nil ranks, who woro bj much
engrossed In tho fight nnd so enthusi
astic over the victory of the hull, mat
Vmv tm-dlv tintlrnd thn renort of a KUn
fired by the keeper to goad on tho wild
beasts when nt first they did not show
flgnt. About twenty persons, however,
hurriedly left ono of tho stone galler
ies, and when tho performance was
nearly over It waB found that theso
twnntv sneetators had been wounded,
several seriously, In tho eyes and face '
by tho slugs fired at the animals. All
tho lnlured were Instantly nttended to
by the doctor of tho lnflrmnry nt the
bull-ring, who stated that one man
nn Austrian baker would lose the
sight of both eyes, whllo nnothor would
not be nblo to sco again with his left
nvn. On hearing this tho crowd bo-
came very demonstrative toward tho
tamer, who was at onco nrrestod and
taken to tho office of tho civil govern
or by tho gendnrmcs. Ho Is to bo
prosecuted for having cuused tho ln-
iirlcs to tho occupants 01 mo gaucry.
Tho Madrid papors denounce tho au
thorities for allowing tho uso of fire
arms tn a crowded bull-ring, nut only
El Corrco and El Correspondence have
tho courage to lament the fact that
such scones aro possible in the capital
of Spain.
Ago I'lmlt " Chce.
"A few days ago," oald Harry Cun
inirhnm. of Montana, at Chamber
lain's, "tho lato Charllo Broadwater,
of our stato, gavo a banquet to about
onnrn nf his nersonul friends, it waB
nn olaborato spread, and ono of tho
chief Items wns some twcnty-year-oia
brandy thnt cost Mr. Broadwater a
fabulous price and regarding which ho
spoke with much enthusiasm. At the
wind-up of tho least conee nnu uoquo
fort chceso were brought in, though the
latter was not commonly down on
Montnna menus nt that period. Sit
ting nenr tho host was ono of his spe
cial friends, who, nfter eyeing tho
Roquefort a trltlo suspiciously, tasted
It, mado n wry faco and shoved his
plate to one Bide. 'You don't seem to
llko that.' remarked Mr. Broadwater.
'Indeed, I do not, Charlie. Your twenty-year-old
brandy Is all right, but I'll
l,o (j d If I llko your twenty-year-old
cheese.' "Washington Post.
Npreid of tho KnglUli Liinguutrr.
Writing on tho decline of tho French
language, M. Joan Flnot points out
that at the end of tho Inst century
French was tho language spoken by
tho greatest number of civilized people,
whereas now it stnnds fourth. English
is spoken by 110,000,000, Russian by
85,000,000, Gorman by 80,000,000, and
Fronch by 58,000,000.
A Queen' Collection of Doll.
Queen Wilholmina Iiqb preserved her
dolls and adds constantly to her collection.