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AVERAGE VOCABULARIES.
I?' 'AW old MpcllliiKH are to hi' tabooed In Hit!
President's Ilrst order, how iiiimy will the
strond order Include mid how much of the
language will then' ho left In Its received
form for old fashioned people to console
themselves wllhV An uneducated man's vo
cabulary contain altogether, according to
3tfc niliorltle. only Home IJOO or 400 word. Italian
r8xs require not over 800 words, and the system of
'fltosMan hieroglyphics him hut K0O symbols. Well edu
inrfkttl jersons of fair Intelligence use, It Is said, not over
ZiVMt r -1,000 words. The Bible of 1011 commonly
Imvhu a the King James or the Authorized Version--wfitbroJt
the Apocryphal portion, has under (1,000 words,
fltuifcty ilLMtlhifjT much under abstract Ioiih, employ a larger
TBo-eUry. Milton found 8,000 words necessary for
SW tcoojposltlou of his poems; Pope. 11,000, and Shalt
MfHnrc, IG.OOO. These are lnrgc figures, compared with
Blfejprosy talk of the "average man," who gets along coin
SertftMy with r00 words.
Xwybody knows or understands a great muny words
arJAfth he never uses. "Dictionary words" Include a long
IRmV irmr heard In sjK'ech and rarely wen In print. The
oatuafer of words, Including sclt'titllle and art terms,
vfttteb arc not obsolete, that are used by good authors,
mm? ifxch 100,000. Dictionary makers score a point on
ffliHir rivals by Introducing In large numbers rarely used
(trductk-nl terms derived from Latin or Greek. Slang,
oHi'UsmuInllsmn, hybrids, special coinages ami Hcnil-uuturul-HaHi
fiords may be used to pad the list Indefinitely. Karly
wftfUwti of Webster luid but 70,000 words, but Worcester's
Hkc lTC;0eo,. Webster' rnabrldged, 118,000, and Web
t&vrtt International Dictionary 110,000, while the Ency
tStjpMlfc Dictionary contains 180,000 words, or, If com
pwimtU be Inetuiled. 'J.'O.OOO. The Century Dictionary. In
tsHadiuf: tliorewlth the Cyclopedia of Names and Atlas,
isMiKto 4K0.000 words and names. It should be added,
&ttUTCT, that of this large total 170,000 are to be cred
iftwl 5b the Atlas, and a number, similarly large, to the
tffcrotopttlla of Names. Haltlmoro Sun.
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THE FAMILY PEW.
lO.MiJ of the most vivid of the emotions which
thronged upon the summer pilgrim to the
old home were those which awaited him in
the family pew of the old meeting house.
As he took his seat there, and heard the
familiar note of the organ and the clear,
thin voices of the choir, the years melted
a-way, the faces changed, the new carpel faded into the
Wkiill-rciiH'inbered colors of tlfty years ago - and he was
tin Inith a child', again.
fflts thought went back to the lime when he was nl
Rmwd to sit on the footstool as a concession to his short,
crA!e$s legs. He tasted again the luscious raisin which
3tiami: H. way from grandmother's jmcket to his mouth,
aa&M sniffed' the pungent southernwood of the Sunday
tamtgny In a neighbor's sllk-mlltcd hand.
' lit was In that pew that he Ilrst realized to the full
latliedVgnfty of trousers. It was there that he was proudly
mdous of the approving glances of his friends on his
ifitvt college vacation. He recalled In a (lash (he Inloler
mlu length of the sermon on that Thanksgiving day!
The-pew has sad memories as well as sweet ones. Most
3H,rc.mt of them Is that of his mother's funeral and
3&r awful Sunday alter It, when no one could bear to
Ontrt'br empty place and the emptiness of It seemed un
toMfarHhle. Close upon that time followed the Sunday
iKhnx he made solemn profession there of the fallli she
iltnA loved so well.
'Then ciimo the days of the great war. when the meet
ing house blazed with (lags und thrilled with the music
of bugle and drifm. The blessing of the volunteers, the
prayers for their safely, and the sad, sad series of sol
diers' funerals -all these came up to the man's memory
lu the old pew.
Suddenly out of this dreamland he Is called by the
stir of the congregation and Is conscious that he has
missed the good pastor's sermon. Hut perhaps (iod Him
self luis prenched (o him out of life's grim struggle In
the vision of some of his own deep experiences and the
discovery that they arc still potent to arouse (he will
and confirm the faith with (heir rich and tender mem
ories.- -Youth's Companion.
MILE-A-MINDTE RAILROADING.
I. D the signs point to an eventual eleetrUl
I cation of the transportation business of the
f'L I country, nt least except lu the case of very
J long hauls through thinly HpuInted re-
ilfiMflRf glons. Will this transformation bring with
sgXggJyJ It the practical Impossibility of mllo-R-inln-
me travel r mere seems eonsmeraoie justi
fication for an afllrmatlve answer. It has bwn amply
demonstrated that, the electric locomotive Is capable of at
taining and maintaining far higher speed than this.
On the 'oKsen experimental road In Germany speeds of
over I2r miles jx-r hour were reached.
The chief dllllculty lu the way of operating a com
mercial Hue at such enormous velocities aside from the
question of cost has to do with (he safety of passenger.
The rails and oars can be built strongly enough to stand
the wear and tear, motors competent to push them at this
speed are available, and methods of transmitting current
(o the motors from an overhead conductor have been per
fected, lu fact, the realization of a ten-hour train be
tween Now York and Chicago seems to require only the
dcvlscmcut of a protective block system which would
render practically Impossible the terrible fatalities liable
(o result from collisions urn! derailments at these speeds.
if the rolling stock could be made accident
proof, and tlft" road bed sufficiently straight and solid to
do away with the danger of derailment, there seems noth
ing In the way of a tnlle-u-mlnute line, but Its cost. How
much heavier this would be than In the case of a tlfty
mile per hour service Is a question on which the early
construction of such a Hue seems to depend.- New York
Globe.
HIPPLE'S HYPOCRISY.
"UH damage effected by the late Mr. Hliude is
& m "V I not routined to his dep(dtors. The ex
I I positre of a hypocrite always endangers the
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BMpgVH lllllll 111 llllltlilll UIILil V WJ 1111 fl lllltltl ltlll
lTEftSI tm? NV!!,'C- r 1 Ilpplo was able to deceive
WLkWII bis creditors bv naradlmr his religion, bv
practicing with convincing ostentation the
qualities that usually Indicate character and prin
ciple. Hut this proves nothing exeppt Mr. Hip
pie's success at .simulation a sin-cess which is
not unique, but which, on the other hand. It would be
contemptible to consider universal.
Speculations as to our neighbors', our rivals and our
enemies' sincerity will always be one of the Interesting
occupations of mankind. Yet It Is a courageous man
who makes rigid rules, who Is prepared to condemn or
afllrtu on general principles. Mr. Hippie refrained from
the Sunday newspaper he now proves a hypocrite, but
that makes the Sunday newspaper neither better nor
worse. Cnfortunnte Indeed would it be to weaken tine's
capacity for belief In one's kind because a kunve bad u
measure of success. Chicago I'ost.
UJUXURY OF OCEAN; TRAVEL.
KE TtiHr Siilcnriltl 1Ciiilimciit the
TCrait I.I nor Aim- KllMttliiur Pnliieex.
H'tittv was a time: and not so long
cq. "ttiieu crossing the ocean seemed
TOulre an undertaking, and the person
twlKi imd ventured twice or thrice was
jbraxu' ill the eyes of his associates. Hut,
jsJstiifie-.tnt of the wandering spirit do
nulcirHxl In America within the last dec
:tuli, a few days ago the writer was
isiwrifc'iu: with a man, not a profes
tldiidl traveler, who had made eighty
trls. iicro.ss ; ami to the moneyed man
rr-vvnuau of tills century a record of
'Screen ten to twenty trips across Is not
VetsirourdiUnry as to eaiwo comment.
JMre tght or ten days formerly spent
xi ilic waves between here ami I'.umpe
."lum been reduced to a trlllo over six,
,tuiil I'.urlug these six days the vessel Is
not only lu constant communication
yvflh hind, but. every morning a paper
aimsiuiuig- brief accounts of the news
iBitaces of the world Is printed and
r&ttaliutcd free of charge among tin
auifiMugurH.
IV.vause of their bulk and weight the
'jaws liners are comparatively steady,
-in& .Tew storms of the summer are of
isufiu-icut strength to roll or toss them
'VL'Im Imiad decks are like small streets,
rami tie dining rooms and saloons an
oiKiU' like tliose ol' a metropolitan bote
fllKiK a. sldlY In place of the stuff.x
' ttitltc- cabfns of old-time ships, the tip
Stu-dttte liners are equipped with rooms
vm suite; witii baths, full-length mlr
stirs and wardrobes, and even the small
or caliins are provided wltJt all (lie
oru3lrings of a well-appointed- boil
dkfir. Leslie's Weekly.
aim- Is a question that came up
fMmottg some people who were talking
Aawn towu to-day: Which la worse
to Jtwre some one around who Is will
OtK 3at dumb, or some one who In tin
but wise?
CZAR NICHOLAS IN AN AUTOMOBILE
fm&fo 5tt? taHwig.j 5t$a ixt-s
I'M V. (V.U MiAVIVO TlIM RACK COl'ItSK AT KUASNOY1C SliLO.
The Czar has rarely been presented to Kngllsh renders as a motorist. A
correspondent of London Sphere, however, has snapshotted htm at the mlltary
horse raws at Ivrasnoye Srlo, which Is sixteen miles southwest of St. Peters
burg, whereas Tsarakoye Selo U fifteen miles, south of the capital. This
particular view shows the CV.ur motoring down the race courai after the raetai.
'I'lic lliiNUvrn.
was late In mild October, and the long
autiitiiua rain
Had left the summer harvest liclds all
green with grass again :
'J'he first sliarjt frosts had fallen, leaving
all the woodlands gay
With the hues of suiniiier's rainbow, or
the meadow flowers of May.
Through a thin, dry mist, thut morning,
the sun rose bright and red,
At first a ray less disk of fire, he lirisnt-
ened as he sped ;
Yet, even his noontide glory fell chast
ened and subdued,
On the corn fields and (lie orchards, and
softly pictured wood.
nd all that quiet afternoon, slow sloping
to thi' night.
He wove with golden shuttle the hnze
with yellow light';
Slanting through the vanned Iweches, ne
glorified the hill;
And, hernial h It. pond and meadow lay
brighter,, greener still.
Aud shouting hoys in woodland haunts
caught glimpses of that sky.
Flecked by the ninny-tinted Ieavrs. nnu
laughed, they knew not why:
And school girls, guy with aster nowersr
beside the meadow brooks.
Mingled the glow of autumn with the sun
shine ot sweet look-..
From spire and burn looked westerly the
patient weathercocks:
Hut even the birches on the hill stood
motionless as rocks..
No sound was in the woodlands, save the
squirrel's dropping shell,.
And the yellow leaves among the boughs,
low rustling as they fell.
The summer grains were harvested; the
stubble-fields lay dry,
Where June winds rolled, in light and
shade, the pale green waves of rye:
Hut still, on gentle hill slopes, in. valleys
fringed with wood,
Ungathered, bleaching in the sun, the
heavy corn crop stood.
Hunt low, by autumn's wind and rain,
through husks that, dry and sere.
Cnfolded from their rijMMied chnrge, slionu
out the yellow ear;
Hcuenth. the turnip lay concealed, in
many a verdant fold.
And glistened in the slanting light the.
pumpkin's sphere of gold.
There wrought the busy harvesters: and
many a civakiug wain
Hon slowly to the long barn lloor its load
of husk and grain ;
Till broad and red. as when he rose, the
sun sank down, at last.
And lib a merrv guest's farewell, the
day in brightness parsed.
And lo! as through the western pines, on
meadow, stream and pond,
Flamed the red radiance of a sky, set all
a lire beyond.
Slowly o'er the eastern sea bluffs a milder
glory shone.
And the sunset aud the moonrUe were
mingled into one !
As
night the twilight
moon the
iml
thus into the quiet
lapsed away.
And deencr in the brightenin
tranquil shadows lay.
From many a brown old farmhouse.
hamlet without name.
Their milking and their home tasks done,
the merry huskors came.
Swung o'er the heaped-up harvest, from
pitchforks ia the mow,
Shone dimly down the lanterns on the
pleasant scene below:
The growing pile of husks behind, the
golden ears before,
Aud laughing eyes and busy hands and
brown cheeks glimmering o'er.
Half hidden, in a quiet nook, sereno of
look and heart,
Talking their old times ovcuv th old men
sat apart:
While up aud down the unlmsked pile, or
nestling in its shade.
At hide-and-seek, with laugh and shout.
the happy children played.
John Grecnleat Whltrier.
glaro- oC tht lamps wfiefe the witter
drops over the low parapet. Tito
brakes grind as the car descends lo the
sandy roadbed. On all sides are tho
black, empty troe-plllnred aisles of tliyV
wood. 11 does not seem possible that"
less than twenty miles away lies New
York, with Its teeming millions, that
prosperous townships surrounded us on
every side. The chauffeur touches the
high-speed lever, and (he motor, quiver
ing, cuts Inlo the night. The wind rises
from n inert! whistle to a deafening
roar. A log lying In the middle of the
way we skim as lightly is u bird and
we swing Into Jerome nventte. The
macadam gives splendid opportunity
for speeding, and, bit by bit, our driver
shaves tho seconds down, until the
motor Is hurrying through the darkness
at thirty tulles an hour. Far awny n
huge, fiery glow Is spread over tho
southern sky, wavy and blurred. It Is
the reflection of the lights of Now
York.
Ah we near the city tralllc thickens.
A lone trolley car Is passed as if It
were standing still, ami delivery wag
ons seem to be dropped a block at a
Jump: fellow motors appear, and the
hoarse "honk" of the auto horns Is
deafening. This "leg" of the course Is
eaten up as quickly as the preceding
one. The silhouette of the city Is more
distinct. Here ami there, some great r
apartment hotel shoots Its light
speckled bulk into tlve dusk, while,
nearer at hand, the lamps on bridges
aud shipping In the Harlem form ii
dazzling network. Our speed decreaseH
to a modest twelve miles an hour. Fur
ther up the river, as we rumble over
the bridge, u train the same fTiat. left
the suburban stallou with us -whistles
for the draw. We will beat. It to 4'Ad
street by several minutes.
Over Into Seventh avenue we roll,
slowly threading our way out of tha
ruck Into more open ground, where, at
medium speed, we Hash past (lie ele
vated pillars, A policeman holds up a
warning hand as we rush past (0tb
street, but before he can say u word
we are past and two blocks away. Now
we are at Central I'ark West. Tlw
rough native rock of the park and tha
dressed granite el Ill's opposite cast puz
zling shadows across the asphalt. At
01st street a mounted otlicer dashes out
from the curb, pulling bis horse to hbt
haunches, and lifts, two warning lingers.
"You can't pass here after 0 o'clock,"
he calls, and we slip down a side street
Into the Circle, where stands the great
discoverer on his pedestal. Swinging
into Hroadway. we mutely obey the sig
nals of numerous tall bluecoats and
regulate our speed accordingly. A few
blocks further on the lights of Long
Acre square gleam warmly, ami a clock
strikes the half bout- as the car whirrs
to a. standstill beside the curb. Wo
havedoue It in less than sixty minutes.
HOSPITAL CAR FOR WRECKS.
ONE HOUR IN A TOURING CAR.
Motor Hurt ItiNMU-.lil tli Country
lionise Very .Near to Totvu.
Grandmother's diary Is full of the
inorr sleigh rides of her days, but It
Is doubtful If they had the excitement
and charm of a modern motor dash at
twenty tulles an hour through the
spring 'night, says the New York I'ost.
A half century ago the box sleighs
swept over the white-covered roads
from Manuaroneck and Uye to neigh
boring townships, carrying loads of fun
makers to husking bees, weddings, barn
dances and other rural diversions, al
most under the shadow of the rapidly
growing metropolis ; seldom, however,
venturing as far as the city. Hut now
when It Is a matter of only an hour
from flie lights of Hroadway, excur
sions may be of greater length, and the
country amusements have almost disap
peared. The touring car shoots from the porte
cochere, taking the road ulong the
rldgo. Below
Oin-rtitliiiv utiil Wonl Kihiiiin or
WluM'ls l'rovlilfil Uy u Itatlrottri.
In car No. 10!)!) the Krlo Railroad has
added a complete hospital on wheels to
Us equipment, says the New York Her
ald. It Is provided for use when In
case of accident passengers or employes
are Injured and the nearest hospital Is
so far away that, ojiorutlotis on tl... ..t
become necessary.
Divided into two coinpaivnien(s. ftio
sixty-foot c.ir has an operating room
fifteen feet ten inches in length, equip
ped with .in Isaac operating table, with
a movable head and foot extension, na
instrument sterilizer on the right and
a surgeon's basin on the left. The car
also has two lookers equipped with sur
gical instruments and slocked with ban
dages, plaster,, sponges, amcstlietlcs,
antiseptics, astringents and other medi
cal and surgical necessities.
lrbur-foot slide doors lu either side,
with portable stops, penult of an easy
entrance witlt a stretcher to the room,
which litis- ten side windows and a largo
window in the roof over the operat
ing table. All are of ground glass and
provided with white rubber roller cur
tains. Two four-tlnine acetylene gas
lights itttd two smaller ones furnish
light at night. A gravity water system
to furnish both hot and cold water can
he regulated by a surgeon with a valvo
operated by the foot.
Two sliding doors, with ground glass
windows, lead to the ward room, forty
thtve feet fcttr inches In length, equip
ped with eleven brass bedsteads and a
lavatory and saloon. Boxes under tho
car carry crutches, splints, army
stretcliers, surgical Implements, wreck
ing tools and other accessories. Tho
ear rests on six-wheel trucks.
Too .11 ncli ,lk Worli.
"Say, Bllnky, 1 see It here In dla
paper dut Booshee wans to borrow
SsoiMKiiMMM). What do you fink o'
datV"
"Nothiir. If I had de stuff I wouldn't
give It to 'tan."
"Why not'.'"
"Aw, say, don't you know
take a feller 'most a half day
out a heap like dat? 1
enough o' work to tackle
laud IMaliidoaler.
U would
to count
ain't fond
It." Clove,
The greatest thing lu the world Is nrc
llteness. And no schooling Is necessary
to Ins agreeable; .simply have a mn
lies some lost tributary i consideration for others, and bo oulel
of the Bronx, llluuilued, by the
white I and modest
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