QROW OLD ORflGCFULLY
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stantoa has
been writing on tho subject of how to
grow old easily, happily and gracefully.
She Is now In her eighty-fifth year and
she- sfiya life to hor Is as sweet as over.
She- has no pains or aches, no rosrots
or forebodings for hcrsolf: all her sor
rows aro for tho troubles of others.
"I attribute ray vigorous old ago in
part to advantageous circumstances,"
sho Bays, "in part to a happy, hopeful
Jomperauientf a keen sense of humor,
sympathies for all rny follow beings
and a deep interest in all tho vital
questions of tho hour.
"Ono must have an earnest purpose
In llfo boyond personal nmbltton and
family aggrandizement Self-centered
characters do not possess tho necessary
elements of a high development. If ono
would have n happy old ago tho first
condition is a sound body; to that end
exercise, diet, dress, sanitary condi
tions aro all important.
"My philosophy la to live in the pres
ent. Regrets for tho past arc vain; the
page is turned; there is no remedy for
what is done. As to tho future, anxi
eties nro equally vain; wo do not
know what ono day will bring forth;
what wo hopo or fear may never oc
cur; the present is all that Is ours."
New York Sun.
QUENTIN ROOSEVELT
Qucntin is the only member of the
President's family who can boast of
tho capital as a birthplace. Ho was
born Just prior to tho Spanish-American
war at 1735 N street, while his
father was organizing tho Rough Rid
ers. Ho does not think much of Wash
ington as a placo of residence. Tho
Whlta House in his estimation is a
poor substitute for tho homo at Oys
tor Bay. He does not relish bolng con
fined to a small part of tho mansion,
but would liko to roam at will through
out tho building and Investigate the
progress of public business from time
to time. Tho other day ho desired to
walk through tho flower-beds on stilts.
His father told him that tho gardener
objected. Tho youngster answered: "I
don't see what good it does for you to
bo President. There arc so many
things we can't do here. I wish I was
homo again."
A WORD IN SEASON
"If I havo been' able to accomplish
anything in my llfo," said a woman
famous as ono of tho most kindly and
lovable among leaders of tho best
American society, "it is due to tho
word spoken to mo in tho right season
when I was a child by my old teacher.
I was tho only homely, awkward ono
in a class of exceptionally beautiful
girls, and being also dull at my books,
I became tho derision of tho school.
I fell into a morose, despairing state,
gave up study, withdrew Into myself
and dally grow more bitter and vin
dictive. Ono day tho French teacher
a grny-haired old woman with keen
eyes and a bright smile found mo
crying. 'Qu as-tu, ma fllle?' sho
asked. 'Oh, madam, I am so ugly!' I
sobbed out.
"Sho soothed me, but did not con
tradict me. Presently sho took mo
into her room and said, 'I have a pres
ent for you,' handing mo a scaly,
coarso lump covered with earth, 'It
is round and brown as you. Ugly, did
you say? Very well. Wo will call It
by your name, then. It Is you. Now,
you shall plant it and water it and
givo it sun for a week or two.' I
planted it and watched it carefuly.
Green leaves camo out nt first and at
length a golden Japanese lily tho
first r'had over seen. Madam camo
to share my dollght. 'Ah!' sho said
significantly, 'who would believe so
much beauty and fragrance were shut
up in that ugly thing? nut it took
heart and grew in tho sunlight!' It
was the first time it over occurred to
mo that in spite of my ugly faco I,
too, might bo able to win friends nndt
mako myself beloved."
Dlfforenco of opinion is tho greatest
common divisor.
Wit ia tho wine of intellect and ill
nature turns it into vinegar.
"OUR. DUCHESS"
Another mark of royol favor has
been extended to tho Duchess of Marl
borough, who was Miss Consuolo Van
dorbllt, and who is now consort of the
head of the ChurchllU.
At tho coronation Queen Alexandra
will be attended by four fair duchesses
who will be attired In cloth of gold
and bedecked In their robes and coro
nets. Not only muBt theso four be
duchesses, but they must bo among
tho most beautiful ot tho duchesses.
As filling theso requirements tho
chosen ones aro (hose of Montrose,
Sutherland, Portland and Marlbor
ough all numbered among tho loveli
est women in England.
FLIRTING IS BARRED
Tho students of tho university col
lego of North Wales havo been giving
tho regents and teachers a great deal
of trouble latoly by their predilection
for flirting. Tho upshot of tho matter
has been tho posting of tho following
stringent and somewhat unique rules:
"Men students may not, Hrstly, meet
women students by appointment or
walk with thorn; secondly, accompany
women students to or from college;
thirdly, walk with women students in
tho grounds of tho college; fourthly,
visit or recelvo visits from women
students In their lodgings.
"Rcasonablo association between
men and women students will bo per
mitted, firstly, at authorized social
gatherings within tho college; second
ly, In tho college field during tho prog
ress of matches, and, thirdly, in tho
college Itself for business connected
with collogo societies or class work."
Theso rules may work liko a charm
in old Britain, but would undoubtedly
cnuso a storm of indignation among
independent young America.
MATTER OF OPINION
"I have often wondered," said a
thoughtful man to his minister, "what
Adam and Evo would havo dono could
they havo foreseen tho result- of tholr
violation of tho dlvlno commandment"
"They wcro warned,'.' said tho min
ister. "True," said tho thoughtful man,
"but such warnings mako little Im
pression. But I believe they would
havo dono Just tho samo oven If they
had realized all that would follow.
Whllo they wnro driven out of tho
garden, they entered upon such a life
of happiness as should havo brought
no regret for their Idle garden life.
I beliovo they would havo sinned Just
tho same."
"It is, perhaps, a sin to discuss tho
question," said tho minister. '
BOOTH TARKINGTON
Booth Tarklngton, tho author, who
will bo a candidate for the legislature
of Indiana, Is nn Indiana man elenr
through and takes n kindly Interest
In tho wclfaro of his state. Ho Is Just
31 years old and a native of Indianap
olis. After a year's study at Purduo
university Mr. Tarklngton entered
Princeton, and after leaving that uni
versity In 1893 he began writing the
stories which havo since mado him
famous.
Now ltiunoily.
German physicians are applying a
new remedy loclthlne to the euro of
diseases which requlro treatment of
tho nerves and nutrition. Leclthlno
and Its compounds aro said to have a
tendency to Increase weight and
growth.
fAuotlicr Victim of tint Tyjira,
A Missouri editor whoso types con
tended the party, but because his nmn
zonlan wife Is m unreasonable as to
insist upon being shown how ho se
cured the Information.
UNDER TWO FLAOS
"Tho man without a country" is
gonorally rcgardod as an anomaly, but
there is something far stranger a
postofllco that docs business under two
flags. It is located nt Beebo Plain,
a town that is half in tho stato of
Vermont and half In tho provlnco ot
Quobcc. Tho building was orcctod
somo scvonty-flve years ngo exactly
on tho lino botweon tho United States
and Canada, so that it stands in two
countries and serves tho postal serv
ico of two nations.
Tho cellar of tho building connects
tho two countries, nnd somo years" io
when tho postofllco was a gr xal
store, whisky was known to y old
In one country and delivered un
other without over having r io out
from under tho roof of tho struc
ture. This combination pltofflco Is
now being run by parent and child,
tho fathor being postmaster for Can
adian Quebec nnd tho daughter post
mistress for Vermont.
Standing in front ot this strango
postofllco is a largo post which marks
tho boundary line, and it is said that
at ono tlmo a man who wanted to get
a roadway to his premises moved this
post, and many thousands ot dollars
and no little tlmo was spent In es
tablishing tho exact lino again.
SINGERS HONORED
Miss Mary McFurlnnd nnd Miss
Mario McFatland, twin sisters of Dn-
Ml Mary McIrurlunU.
ver, Colo., who are well known as
much for their beauty as for tholr tal
ent as songsters, havo been chosen to
sing at tho coronation ceremonies of
King Edwnrd VII. to bo held noxt sum
mer. Tho Misses McFarland havo been
great travelers and it was upon ono ot
their Journeys through .Europe that
they met the present king of England,
Ml Murla McKurluiid.
nt that tlmo prlnco of Wales. It is
stated that the royal command to sing
nt tho ceremonies proceeds directly
from the king and Is not tho outcome
of tho plans of tho committee which
has this matter In hand.
THE SUCCESSFUL -EYE
There nro two classes of human eyos,
sayB Professor J. M. Simon, tho em
inent occullsl. First, tho cold and In
different eye, which fnUs upon you
with tho same Interest that It would
fall upon somo largo building or any
thing oIbo. Then tbero la tho warm,
flattering eye that Indicates human in
terest Tho gray is tho strong one. I havo
observed in tho majority of cases of
peoplo who have risen to omlncnco
that tho eye has been gray, although
1 am Inclined to beliovo that tho gray
eyo Ib weaker than any other. A gray
eye can chnrm, and in every liiBtanco
I glvo u man with tliut color of oyo
more consideration than if his eyes
are of anothor color.
I.lkeil (Iiii frock.
An English soldier's wlfo once took
her little girl to seo her father, who
was on sentry duty. Tho soldier, who
was in a Scottish regiment, woro tho
orthodox tartan nnd kilt. Tho llttlo
girl, not having seen hor fathor boforo
In such a garb, could not understand
It, nnd looking up nt her mother, ex
claimed: "Mother, when father has
found tho man who stolu his trouscn
may I havo that little frock?"
Volcn L'nrrlen l.'lfht Miles.
Eighteen miles Is said to bo tho
longest distance on record at which
a man's volco has boon heard, This
occurred In the grand canyon of tho
Colorado, where one mnn shouting tho
namo "Bob," nt ono end, his volco
was plainly heard at tho othor end,
which Is eighteen miles away.
DEATH MASK OF PRESIDENT
iMcKINLEY
The death mask of President Mc
Klnley, taken soon after denth at Buf
falo has been nont to Washington,
where It will be preserved among tho
most sacred mementoes which uro kept
In tho capital city. A duplicate of tho
mask will bo mado and sent to Prince
ton University, to bo added to tho ccl-
THE WEDDING RING
Attached to the uho of tho ring In
wedding and othor ceremonies from
the earliest times there havo been mys
tic meanings. Whether tho plain band
or the motto-Inscribed article which
the changing times brought Into fash
ion, tho ring has retained the signifi
cance attached to It as a sacred em
blem or nn emblom typifying sacred
ceremonies. To tho devoutly religious
or the careless scoffer at religion the
llttlo circlet has Its charm.
From tho earliest period myotic slg
nlflcnnco hns been associated with tho
ring. In its clrctilnr continuity It was
accepted as a typo of eternity and of
tho stability of affection. Tho Jews
mako it nn important fenturo ot tho
betrothal In tho mnrrlngo ceremony.
Tho rings used In tho Jewish marrlago
rlto woro sometimes of larco slzo and
much elaboration of workmunshlp. It
is necossnry, according to tho Jewish
law, thut tne rings bo of a certain val
ue. It Is examined and certified by
tho ofllclating rubbi nnd chief officers
of tho synngoguo when It Ib received
from tho bridegroom, whoso absolute
proporty It must be, and not obtnlnod
by crodlt or gtft. When this Is prop
erly certified tho ring Is returned to
him nnd ho places it on the bride's
finger, calling attention to tho fact that
sho Is, by means of this ring, conse
crated to him, and so completely bind
ing Is this action thnt, should the mar
rlago not bo further consecrated, no
other could bo contracted by either
party without a legal dlvorco.
Solomu betrothal by means of tho
ring often preceded matrimony In tho
middle nges ntid was somotlmcs adopt
ed between lovers who were about to
separate for long periods. Shakespearo
has raoro than onco alluded to tho cus
tom, which is absolutely enacted in his
LZ
CLEPTOSCOPE FOR
A Roman engineer, M, Ttiulzl, lias
Invented n tubo with crystal prisms,
wheroby those In a submarine boat
can seo what Is going on at tho surfaco
of tho water. The Instrument is called
tho cleptogcope.
The experiments have been entirely
ebratcd collection presented to that in
stitution some years ngo by Lawrence
Hutton of New York. In this collection
aro tho death maskH ot Cromwell, Na
poleon, Georgo Washington, Lincoln,
Edwin Booth, Lawrence Bnrrett, Rich
ard Brlnsley Sheridan, and many other
famous men.
"Two Gentlemen of Vcronn," where
Julia gives Protons a ring, saying:
"Kcop you this romembrnnco for thy
Julia's sake," and hu replies: "Why,
then, we'll mako exchange. Here, tako
you this."
Tho fourth finger of tho left hnnd
has from long usage been consecrated
to the wedding ring, from nn undent
bellof that from this finger a norvo
wont direct to the heart So complete
ly was this fanciful pleco of physiology
confided In by tho Greeks and RomniiH
thnt their physicians term this tho
medical or henllng finger and used it
to iitlr tholr mixtures, from a notion
that nothing noxious could communl
cato with It without Its giving Immo
dlnto warning by a palpitation of tho
heart This superstition Is retained In
full force in some country places, not
ably In Europe, whoro nil tho lingers ot
the hnnd nrb thought to bo Injurious
except tho ring linger, which Is thought
to havo tho powor of curing nny uoro or
wound which Is stroked by It
rotation In WndiliiRtmi,
An Immenso potnto crop has been
raised this season by Irrigation in tho
Ynktmn Indian reservation In tho
state of Washington. Tho qunntlty
for export Is 2,000 carloads, and ono
farmer will clear $10,000. It Is osti
inntcd that tho crop will bo 40,000
tons, worth ? 1,000,000.
Alcohol I'riiitnrt In (formally.
Tho production of ulcohol In Ger
many In tho year 1897 was 95,032,300
gallons, two-thirds of which wnH de
rived from potatoes of domestic origin.
It was produced in country dlstlllorlcs,
which number about 12,500, of which
5,220 proiluco only from 201 to 2,012
gallons.
Words may shako a man's convic
tions but seldom shatter thorn.
SUBMARINE VESSELS.
successful, and photography of ob
jects on tho water Is possible thereby
from a vessel benenth.
Tho experiments were mado on
board tho submarine II Dolphlno, and
In tho piesonco of Slg. Moriu, tfio
Minister of Marine.
BtnGONSriELD AT 22
This is n plcturo of Lord Bcncons
field at tho Rgo ot 22. Ho was then
plain Benjamin Disraeli, and had Just
published his famous novel, "Vivian
Grey," which won high favor in lit
erary London. The picture was sim
ply published as "tho author ot
Vivian Grey,' " and for a tlmo wbb
tho talk ot tho town. Lord Bcncons
Hold was born In 1801 nnd died in 1881,
ALASKA IS FERTILE
Alaska Is not as bnrron h land ni
peoplo generally regard It. Tho couv
monly received opinion Is thnt It Ib b
region of snow nnd Ico, ot chilly blunt!
and uttor desolation. Governor Brady
howover, thinks thoro Is much to civ
Joy there, if ono may Judgo by hit
Thanksgiving proclamation, in whlck
ho boIb forth many reasons for grhtl
tudo. lloro aro somo of thom: "Wo lr
Alaska In comparing our blessings wltt
those which our friends enjoy in othei
places find thnt wo havo much foi
which to bo thankful, Wo havo ni
abundance, of grass, and whoro mer
hnvo attempted to till tho oarth it hai
yielded mnny fold nnd thoso who hnvt
tried It nro satisfied thnt greater thing!
nro In sturo for thom. Tho oca has no1,
failed to yield of Its nbundnnco nwi
our flHhormon havo boon handsomolj
rewarded for tholr toll. Tho minora'
wealth of Alaska is moro promising to
day than In tho past It la hero, nni
when otbnlnqd will represent humni
effort. Wo hnvo not been visited bj
destructive disturbances ot tho at
nioaphorc, enrth or sen. Whllo wo re
count our manifold blessings oui
thoughts will bo tempered by tho ca
lamity which overwhelmed so mnn
peoplo on tho steamship Islander and
by tho humiliation which wo fool lhtlu
manner of tho death of President Mc
Klnley." Apimrultinrft for Making CafTen.
Thousunds ot nppnrntusos, for mak
ing coffee havo boon invented. Thi
Patent Otflco Is packed with pots, oto.
hoiuu of which cost $25 nplcce. Sorai
exports say boll tho colfeo; somo snj
don't boll It. Somo foreigners profoi
to make It In a suueopan, nnd thoj
havo It as clear us crystal and ui
strong ns alcohol. While I was In Su
matra, sovoral years ngo, 1 drunk cof
fee mado of the drlod leaves of tho cor
fco trco Instead of the beans. At first
I supposed thoy woro browing ten. Bui
it wna as lino coffee as 1 have ova
tasted.
EXPELLED PROFESSOR
J
M. Edounrd Horvo, tho French pro
fessor who hns been dismissed from
his chnlr in Pnrls lor writing antl-mll-Itnry
articles, Is one of tho most dis
tinguished scholars In Franco, nnd line
boon an eminent ilguro in tho eduen
1854, when ho won tho flint prize In
tionnl and literary llfo of Paris since
philosophy at tho Normal College, Ho
Is a member of tho French Academy, n
knight of tho Legion of Honor nnd has
been several times honored by many,
of tho learned societies of Europe. M.
Hervo was professor of mathematics at
tho University of tho City of Parla. HI
offense was alleged to Incite Insubor
dination In tho army and to projudlce
citizens against military service.
M. Horvo Is C5 years old, but ng
does not seem to have dampened tlx
Arcs of his youth, which was marked
by that almost defiant spirit wltt
which he opposes his enemies In hit
present sevoro trouble. His nrticlo and
its results aro the foremost topic in
nolltlcal circles In tho French capital.