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Xu may talk of your battlo Bcnrred heroes,
Of martyrs and all of tho rest;
But there's another I think Just as worthjfw
The follow that's doing his best
He doesn't vrcnr gold braid and Unsol,
Nor rldo on tho wavo's hlglicst crest.
But bo's always whoro duty demands him'
This follow tliat's doing his best.
Ko trumpet blnro tolls of his coming,
For fnmo bo Is noror In quest;
But ho's always n hero, this follow
Who Is always found doing his best
And I'm sure In the day of the judgment,
. When many shall fall at tho test;
Thero'l) bo ono who will pass without treubfe -The
follow that's doing his best.
And the gates of tho heavenly city.
The beautiful homo of tho best
WU1 swing wide for my hero to enter
The fellow that's doing his best
-Dallas (Texas) News,
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A MATTER OF BUSINESS
H DON'T deny uny of your cluluis,
Rlgby, but It has boon ono of our
rules to giro such a post us this
nly to married men. I bellove there
comes to a married man u certain
enso of responsibility which makes
him more valuable to us and inore
iafo In tho position."
"But, Mr. Johnson," protested young
.Rlgby, "thoro Isn't a niun on your
traveling force who has dotio bettor
for you, considering the bud territory
you gave mo. If you'd give mo a
chanco at New York State I'd break
the record."
"Perhaps, but you'll havo to get
married Urst! No, don't argue," reiter
ated Mr. Johnson as Rlgby tiled to
.interrupt "We'll hold tho place open
for two weeks. If at tho end of that
time you can show me n mnrrlago
eortlflcute we'll (nlk business.
"You belong to a club horc In town,
havo apartments waiting for you
When you come In from your trips, go
to tho theater sonio, pluy the races a
bit eh?"
Blgby nodded hLs hcud.
"Out it out and get a wife."
"But 1 don't know uny girl
Who'd "
"What!" alniOBt shouted Mr. John
son, "do you mean to toll mo that In
'I 11ATK TOU
fU your butnplng around tho country
f4irve never met u girl you would
awiously consider marrying?"
Rlgby'a mind traveled rapidly over
ftlt lists of acquaintances. LIo raised
Id head, and caught a pair of brown
tyes watching him from tho desk In
the far corner of Mr. Jokuaan's olllce.
The eyes belonged to Johnson's pri
vate stenographer.
Xo. l don't know a girl I'd cavo
ft marry, nor a girl who'd euro to
marry me."
"Well, I'll be liangedt" ojacularod
Mr. Johnson.
Rlgby was stnudlug up. Ho had
forgotten tho browu cyos by this tltno.
He usually forgot girls just this easily.
"But I'll tell you this much,' Mr.
Johnson. I don't propose to let a l.ttlu
thing llko not having n wlfo stand
between mo and that Job. I'm going
to get both lusldo of two weeks."
Mr. Johuson, senior member of the
Johnson Manufacturing Company,
Chuckled. Ho had liked Rlgby from
the hour the lad hod started out In
the Pennsylvania coal territory to sail
Johnson nhoes, but ho would not vary
his long-standing rule tho best Jobs
to tho married mcu.
Willlmet, who hnd long held tho
Now York territory, was going into
business for himself, and his position
was tho one for which Itlgby was
asking:
Charley Hlgby crossed tho square,
hlB hands thrust deeply into his pock
ets, his hat pulled ovor his eyes. Ho
was thinking ubout girls.
When his father's money had boon
swept away by ill-advlscd investments
b had cut loose from bis mother's
people, who hud always resented her
marriage with the visionary, easy
fsUur Hlgby. Noir be wbmod that ho
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DOING HIS BEST.
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hud kept In touch with them and their
social life.
Naturally of gentle breeding und in
stincts, ho had not enred for the class
of girls he met in Ids life as a com
mercial traveler, and he had a bit of
his father's dreamy nature, wh'ch car
ried him to the theater and made him
happy In good books.
Thoro was tho nurse who hud tided
him over tho malarial fever, but she
had told him tho first day of his con
valescence that she was engaged. The
daughter of the biggest shoo deal or
In Scranton had invited him to dinner
every time he called on her father
but she was not Just tho sort
And matrimony was a gamble, a
lottery, after all. it wus Just th
name whether you knew a girl a day
or a year. You never really knew her
until you married her. Lots of tho
murricd men hud told him so.
Then all of a suddeu ho remembered
the browu eyes thut had watched him
during Johnson's merciless catechism.
Merrllleld, tho bookkeeper, saunter
ed In for lunch, and Rlgby wek-omod
him Joyously. After a few desultory
remarks he Inquired about the owner
of the brown eyes.
"You remember Damton, who was
killed In tho Somorvlllo collision last
summer? Well, she's his daughter,
Belle Damton. I think her mother's
folks havo money, but she was too
proud to ask help, and she lives with
her father's maiden sister. I guess
ail they have la her little salary."
Uigby tramped ten miles through
the park that afternoon, and reached
a decision. It was a coincidence that
both should bo very nearly alone In
tho world. And then her eyes were
appealing. And ho really knew her,
for often when Mr. JoIuibou had beon
away sho had written 1dm little noto.n
on the rond.
That night he walked home with
Miss Brown-eyes. The next night h
called, tho third night ho took her to
the theater but all the while tho
brown eyeB nover met his.
And Sunday night of the following
week he asked her to marry him.
There were four days of grace.
"You know, I won't bother you very
much," ho explained awkwardly,
wishing thut the eyes were not look
ing straight into his. "I'll I'll be on
tho road most of tho time, and your
aunt could stny with you only In a
much better house and really, 111 do
my best to rnako you happy
Tho brown eyes were Bhooting
sparks now.
"I'm glad you didn't havo the Im
pertinence to tell mo you loved mo.
anyhow. Thero Lb that much to your
credit" sho was saying scornfully.
"But you couldn't make mo liappy. I
huto you "
Sho said moro, but Rigby could not
exactly recall it Perhaps he didn't
want to recall It "I hate yout" That
was quito enough.
And all of a sudden ho realized that
abovo all things, ho did not wish this
girl to hato him. Ho wanted her to
love him, wanted It moro thun any
thing elso In tho world oven tho po
sltiou.
Three days lator Mr. Johnsou
opened a letter from Rlgby, dated In
a small Pennsylvania town.
"I havo changed my mind. I don'
want tho New York Job until I'vo
earned my wife."
Thou he wrote of sales and custom
era. Johnson dictated an answer to
the business part of tho lettor and
Ignored tho reference to a future mar
ralgo.
He gave Rlgby's letter to the brown
eyed stenographer to fllo with tho rest
of his day's correspondence, and sho
read the all-Importunt paragraph moro
thun once.
And all that long, bitter winter
Itlgby stayed on the road. Ho shunned
tho theuter and closed his oyea to the
racing news. Dut ho sold goods and
wroto regularly to the senior member
of tho firm.
"Itlgby's got tho trade in Pennsyl
vania by tho boot straps and pulling
on it to beat tin; band," n'wrvu.l
Johnson to his partner one day In
the presetted of the broAVn-cyed
stenographer. "lie Is Hurtly trying to
make a record."
And tho little stenographer, under
cover of bur typewriter desk, gave a
loving pnt to a fat ordor Hlgby had
just sent In.
it was summer before Ri&by put the
question again, und fall before tho
wedding dny was set. Rlgby protest
ed, but sho was llrm.
"I want you to make one moro trip,"
she said slyly. "I want to write you
every day for myself. All our cor
respondence heretofore has been pure
ly u matter of business." Ue looked
at her reproachfully.
"Yes," sho added, smiling tenderly.
"1 could read between tho lines of
each letter to Mr. Johnson, 'I'm doing
this for you, dear, for you!' But I
want Bomo letters of my very own.
We'll make it Just a year from the day
Mr. Johnson told you to go wife-hunting."
Rlgby sighed resignedly.
"All right, but tell me Just one
thing, Belle, denr. Why did you Avatrti
me so closely tho day .Johnson askod
mo if theru wasn't some girl I could
marry In a hurry?"
"Because because " und tho
brown eyes were covered with the
sweeping lashes now, "I was so so
afraid there might be." Boston Globe.
IrogrosH of Atnerioitn Press.
In addition to its other distinctions
the year 31)01 murks the completion of
two centuries since the first American
newspaper was started, says Leslie's
Weekly. That paper was tho Boston
News Letter, whoso publisher and
editor was the postmaster of that
town. Although the News Letter con
sisted of a sheet of only 7 incites by
lOVi, printed on both sides, It was tho
only pnper thut England's colonies In
tho new world ltad for over a decade
and a half. Philadelphia got the sec
ond paper established In America and
New York got the third. All those
were technically weeklies, but ofteu
In tho early days there were intervals
of two or three weeks between their
successive appearances. The first
dally paper in tho new world was the
American Dally Advertiser, printed In
Philadelphia. After nearly a century
had elapsed since the first newspaper
appeared on this continent or In 1800
there were only fifteen dallies and
100 weeklies In tho United S'utes.
The contrast between those days
and to-day la striking. There are 21,
000 newspnpers and periodicals of all
sorts weeklies, soml-weeklles, tri
weeklies, monthlies and quarterlies
published 'n the United States In 10 t.
of which 2, 100 nre dallies and 10,000
weeklies. At one or two or three
of New York's dally papers of 100 1
has a larger circulation than did till
the dally and weekly papers published
In tho United States In 180-1.
Wnturx that Aro Mairncttlc.
A roputublc scientific publication is
sponsor for tho statement that thero
exist in at least three places in the
State of Indiana springs or wells
whoBe waters possess marked magnet
ism and are able to Impart it to steel
objects dipped therein. This property
has been reported of other springs in
various parts of the world, but such
tales have beon received by scientific
men with caution.
In this case the magnetism secnis to
arise from tho fact that considerable
quantities of carbonate of Iron are dis
solved in tho wuter. When it stands
for some time this decomposes Into
carbonic acid gas, which escapes, and
magnetic iron oxide, which fulls to the
bottom of tho containing vessel as u
powder. When the decomposition has
ceased the water la no longer mag
netic. These springs are said to cause per
coptiblo deviation of a compass nee
dle, nnd a knlfo blado Immersed for
Ave minutes In ono of tho sptiuga Is
magnetized sufficiently to sustain nee
dles by Its point retaining this prop
erty for thirty hours. Tho water cor
rodes locomotive boilers, but when al
lowed to stand still till the carbonate
has all decomposed can bo used with
impunity.
Altaoat a Confession.
Jennie That spiteful Mrs. Chatter
ton said your husband was old and
ugly and that you only married him
for his money.
Nettle And what did you say, dear?
Jennie I said I was sure you didn't
do unythlng of tho sort
Nettie Did you ever meet ray hus
band? Jeunio No; I never had that pleas
ure. Nettle I thought so.
Nerve Tester.
"Pa," said tho small boy who was
struggling through the medical alma
nac, "whero aro tho nerve centers lo
cated?" "Oh, at any of the Chicago cross
ings," responded pa, who had been
dodging automobile.
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Otiu of the recent Interesting food
dlNi-o varies ! that the- growth and fat
tening of oysters may be promoted by
supplying with commercial fertilizer
Uie mliinto dlnioiiis on which the bi
valve thrive., This discovery Is due
to Dr. II. F. Moore of the United
States Bureau of Fisheries.
A letter from Mr. Bruce, leader of
tho Scottish Antarctic expedition, in
dicates some additional discoveries In
tho south polar region. Mr; Bruce's
party reached the southeastern extrem
ity of We.idoll be.i, and discovered
there a great barrlor of Ice, part of
the antarctic continent. Many sound
ings were mnde which, Mr. Bruce says,
"revolutionize the map of tho South
Atlantic ocean by finding relatively
shullow wuter where specially deep
water was expected." The expedition
went ISO miles further south than Ross
penetrated in that part of tha untnrctic
regions.
The Japanese excel in the making of
paper from tho bark of trees and
shrubs. Among the remarkable varie
ties, i). Q. Fairehlld mentions the thin
rain-proof paper, used instead of gluss
for windows, the oiled papers, serving
for coverings nnd clothing, nnd the
oiled tissue for wrapping dellcute arti
cles. Tho bark paper, employed for
meal and grain sucks, Is not readily
penetrated by weevils nnd other In
Hects. Most interesting of all. perhaps,
are the leather papers, from which
tobacco pouches nnd pipe caeca are
made, these papers being almost as
tough us French kid, translucent, and
as soft und pliable ns calfskin.
It Is generally known that lightning
striking the ground sometimes forms
tubes lined with fused minerals, but
comparatively few persons have ever
seen these phenomena. In April last
during a thunderstorm In Essex, Eng
land, a bull of fire, which seemed to
cast darts in all directions, avob seen
to descend from the clouds. There
wns a crashing explosion, and after
ward, In an oat field, three distinct
sets of holes, ranging from nine inches
down to oue inch in diameter, were
found in tho ground. Thoy were per
fectly circular, diminishing in size as
they went deeper, nnd were cut
through the yellow clay as clean as
auger holes.
In the Investigation of the currents
round the coast of Newfoundland It
has been observed that thero Is at
times a wide difference In the direction
of tho drift of Icebergs nnd that of
the flat or pan ice, which, having no
great depth, Is governed In Its motions
by the surface currents and tho winds,
whereas the Icebergs, tho larger part
of which is submerged to a grent
depth, follow only the movement of
the ocean water as a whole and are un
Influenced by the wlnd3. In conse
quence, n huge berg may often be seen
majestically maintaining its slow ad
vnnco In opposition to the wind nnd
across the general motion of the fields
of flat Ice surrounding It The Healers
often tike advantage of tills fact by
mooring their vessels to an Iceberg in
order to prevent a drift to leeward.
Both In England and Germany motor
cars nnd omnibuses are about to be em
ployed for carrying nnd distributing
the malls. The English postmaster
general has Just arranged for tho car
rying of the mall between the Helston
terminus of the Great Western Rail
way and the Lizard by motor omni
buses, his attention having been at
tracted by the great 11100683 of theso
vehicles as passenger feeders for the
railroad In sparsely settled districts.
In Bavaria the plan Is to employ rail
road motor cars for mall and parcel
post service, both for main and branch
roads. On the main roads the cars
are to be large enough to accommo
date passenger traffic also. Street mo
tor curs for mall distribution are also
contemplated, and in country districts
having no railroad connections such
cars are to deliver aud collect the
malls.
ANCIhNT PYX CHAPEL.
Treasure Vault In Westminster Abbey
Open to the Public.
Tho famous "Pyx chupel" In West
minster ubbey, the ancient treasure
vault of the English kings, is now open
to the public and lighted with elec
tricity, writes a special correspondent
of the Boston Herald. This low-vaulted
room, which for many decades has
contained nothing but an old iron-
bound chest, surrounded by heaps of
rubbish, Is about the best-preserved
authentic remnant of the original
abbey of EdAvard the Confessor, aud
it rivals nearly every other portion In
historical association. Tho chapel was
given Its name because, In addition to
the royal funds, the regalia and other
treasures, It formerly contained the
"Pyx," this being tho otllclal box
still to be seen In wbleh tho gold an 1
silver coins used In detecting counter
felts were kept At one end of ths
chapel ure the remains of what Is gou
erally supposed to bo an altar, though
some experts Insist that It Is the tomb
of Hugoltn. He Avas tho original
treasurer of tho Confessor and Is said
, to have watched oyer the exchequer
Avith u vlgilanco that kept even his
royal maBtcr In awe.
The Kings of England arc supposed
to havo kept their treasures and pre
cious documents in tho Pyx ehnpol
over slneo the conqiust.
The place Is reached from the east
ern cloister of the abbey, nnd It Is
guarded by an ancient double door
having no less than seven keys, somo
of them of gigantic dimensions.
And It Is well that the old-time
"thesaurie," us the historians called it,
should bo strong, considering the valu
ables that Avere Intrusted to Its keup
Itig. These included, besides the treas
ure chest, tho regalia of the Saxon
monarchy, the holy cross of Ilolyrood.
from Scotland, the holy cross of St
Neot. from Wales, the ampulla of
Henry IV., the dagger Avhich wounded
EdAvnrd I. tit Acre, and the gauntlet
worn by John of Franco at Polctiera.
Here also formerly Avere some
mightily Interesting relics connected
Avllh Henry VIII. the much-married
king. Among them was the papal bull
giving Henry the title of "Defender of
tbe Faith," the will of the monarch
and also Hint of his futiter, as avcII as
a whole bug of documents In connec
tion Avith Henry's divorce from Queeu
Cutherlne. When American visitors are shown
into the Pyx chapel, no doubt theli
attention will be called to the fact that
under the clumps of tho great dooi
can be felt a substance which ha
nothing Avhatevcr to do Avith tho door'i
construction. It is the skin 01 a mniv
and It. Avas taken forcibly from it
Avenrer because he had forcibly token-
some of the treasures that tho chapol
contained.
This "burglarizing" of the chapel
the only on record happened in the
reign of EdAvard I. while that sover
eign avus in Scotland. Hoav the thief
managed to get In, the historians do-
not say, but Avhen the treasury officials
next Adsited the chapel, they found
boxes broken open. JoavcIs scattered
about the floor and several precious
objects missing among them the con
secrntion ring of Henry HI., and the
reigning king's OAvn seal.
At this time, of course, the abboy
still wns such in fact as well as namo.
It avus obvious that some of its eccle
siastical tenants must havo been ths
thlef, and forty-eight monks, ns well
as the abbot himself, were "taken Into
custody" nnd all tried, with the result'
that tbe crime was finally brought
homo to tho sub-prior and sacrist with
what results the epidermis under ths-
iron clamp Indicates.
After this robbery, the royal funds
were removed from the Pyx chapst
and secreted elsewhere.
Finally the old room was placed iu
tho prosaic hands of the board of"
trade, whose officials the public has t
thank for eventually being allowed to
Inspect the famous room.
PLACES TO AVOID.
Here Are a Few Redone In YHilch L.1X-
le Not n Joy.
As places of residence, neither ths
Bahrien Islands, In the Persian Gulf,
nor the city of Yakutsk, Siberia, have
much to offer in the way of cllniata
says the Washington Post
In Bahricn you cook and In Yakutsk
you freeze. Babrlen is said to be ths
hottest place in tho world. The ther
mometer often registers between 11U
and 120 degrees, night and dny, for
months at a time. This rather beats
Fort Yuma, Ariz., which- is considered
the hottest place in the United States.
Yakutsk is called the coldest city in
the world. The thermometer frequent
ly registers 73 degrees belsAV zero.
Though Yakutsk is tbe coldest city
in tho world, VcrkhoAvnusk, in north
eastern 81beria, claims to be tho cold
est Inhabited place on the globe, ths
thermometer legisterlng 00 degrees
below zero in January.
It also claims to be tho place pos
sessing the most variable climate, for
Avhile It 1b 00 degrees below in Janu
ary, It Is 80 above in the shade In
August during tho day, with a drop
doAvn to freezing every midsummer
night
The wettest plnce in the Avorld is
Greytown, Nicaragua, Avhere the an
nual rainfall is 200 inches.
The driest plnce in the Avorld hi
probably the rainless coast of north
ern Chile. They have a shoAver thero
about onco In every ten years. Nothlug
groAvs on this desolate strip of barren
coast and tho dreary towns from
Avhich the nitrates nnd the minerals
mined in that region aro shipped del
pond for their subsistence upon food
brought to them In ships from tho fer
tile strips to the north and south of
the desert
Northern Russia and tho shores of
tho French Kongo aro Fold to bo tha
cloudiest places In the world, and for
fog there Is no region like tho Grand
Banks, the southern coast of New
foundland and the Avators of Nora
Scotia.
This region Is one of fog for a largo
part of the year and tho very homo
of tho fog Ih tho Island of Grand
Mttitun, at the entrance of the Bay ofi
Fundy, where, the sailors declare, the
native's manufacture fog. When a!
bank of specially thick fog is seen up-'
preaching over the Avatcrs tho mar-,
luers turn to each other and say, "Tho
Grand Mauaners aro at work."
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