HIS HAPPY THOUGHT.
M Ltt th New Train Dispatcher Off
Without an Accident.
An operator for a western railroad
who bad served his company Ion if and
well was called Into tlie otllce one do;
and axked If he thought be could bold
down the Job of nljdit dlnpiitolior. lie
promptly replied that he could nud
was told to report for duty thnt night,
and his chief IiiNtrinted hltu In whnl
Iio wns to do. Just lifter the chief left
the ofllcc It begun to blow nud snow,
and the trains commenced to run late
bo new night dispatcher soon bad d
"relopod a bad case of "rattles" and ni
most cried. He did not want an acci
dent, nud ho could not handle the
trains. So a happy thought Rtrucb
trim. As fait as o report came In he
repJIed, directing the conductor to take
t siding and wait for orders, and It
was not a great while until ho had
every train on the division sidetracked
Then be took a book, lighted his pipe
'and sat down to wait for dnyllght. In
the morning the chief nnpciiral,wltb
anxiety written all over bis face.
"Any accidents, Johnny?" asked the
chief.
"Not an accident I've got 'em nil ol
the sidetrack, snowed In and wait Ins
for orders, and you will have to get
'em out. I am going to Mow this Job.'1
It took the chief and his force nearly
all day to get the trains straightened
out and tratlic resumed on the roud.
CAT AND FOX MEET.
And
Reynard Retiree the Worie Foi
the Meeting.
In a recent number of a (Jerome
sporting paper a forester describes a
scene which ho witnessed In a clearing
In the forest
lie came one afternoon upon a bit;
black cat occupied apparently In the
pursuit of mice, aud from the shelter
of a tree ho watched Its movements
through a fleldglass. After a few min
utes an old fox tnado Its appearance.
Slinking slowly forward toward tbe
cat, It lay down within a few steps ol
It, ready to spring.
The cat had observed Its enemy, bul
beyond keeping a sharp lookout on it
movements it mnde no sign. Shortly a
young fox Joined tho old ono and al
most Immediately bounded at tho cat,
which sprang aside and struck Its as
snilnut so eillcaciously across its face
with its sharp claws that It retired as
quickly as it came. After an interval
tbe old fox, advancing slowly aud
carefully, made Its attack, but tho re
suit was the same. The cut, spitting
and hissing, struck out bard, and the
fox retired dlscoraflted. "
A minute afterward It again sprang
forward, but tbls time the cat got
much the best of It and was left in
peace. Loudon Globe.
Trotter and Thoroughbred.
"Tho trotting horse Is lnllniteiy more
practical and useful, speaking on
broad lines, than tho thoroughbred,"
suid a well known horso breeder, to a
Washington Herald reporter. "A thor
oughbred has tho speed for burst of
time, but when It comes to do bard
work every duy, day after day and
all the year around. It cannot com
pete with tho trotting horso. The ihor
oughnrcd is rattle brained, has no
sense. Is beyond all control. It doesn't
know when to stop or what to do In
a race; It simply runs until it cannot
run any longer, whereas the trotting
horse Is under tho control of its drivel
from start to finish and obeys order
at any time. Tbe thoroughbred uatu
rally exceeds the trotter iu a burst ol
speed, but in tbe long run it canuot
compete. As a general proamnion. H
Is accepted among horsemeu that tlx
trotting horse Is superior to tbe tuor
oughbred for general purposes."
HORNER VERSATILE ATHLETE
Michigan Man Haa All Around Record
May Compete In Boston.
Joo Horner, Jr., of Grand Itaplda,
bo may compete In the Aimiicnn In
Aoor championships in I'oslon on I'eb.
12, Is pertaps the most versatile man
Mlchtgau uuirmlly has ever hud. Ills
records show wonderful nil around
ability. lie can put tbe sixteen pound
Khot 45 feet 7 Inches, throw the discus
131 feet 8 Inches, do u broad Jump of
S3 feet and holds the Anit'leiui record
tor the J ivelin throw.
Changing rier Mind.
I'.y an unwritten law It is bold to i
the privilege of woman to change uci
uilnd. u license ot which she rareix
falls to avail herself. The German
proverb has it that "women are varia
Lie us April weather." According ti.
an old Kugllsh adage. "A wonum's
mind the winter winds change oil.'
In Spain it is much the shiiic: "Wo
men, wind aud fortune soon change.
and she van laugh uud cry both In n
wind." The old Latin poet Catullus
was of opinion that "what ii woman
says to her ardent lover ought to he
written ou the winds or on rumiinii
wutcr." Kveu the gallant Sir. I'blllp
Sidney wrote:
He water plow and aoweth In the sunn
And hnorn lh lltckurlntt wind with nrt to
hold
Who hath his hopee laid on a woman i
hand.
Kansas City Star.
It Looked Suspicious.
A witness In a railroad tn-c at Tort
Worth, asked to tell in; his own way
bow Hie accident happened, said:
"Well, tile and I was walking dowt
the track, nud I heard it whittle, and
1 got olT tbe track, nud the train went
by, and I got back ou the track, and
I didn't see Ule. Hut I walked along,
and pretty soon I seen Ole'M hat, and
1 walked on and seen one of Die's
legs, and then I seen one of Ole's nrms
uiul I hen uuotber leg and then over
one sldi (lie's bead, nnd I says. "Well.
1 In' lung! Sonu'thliiK miwer happet
to OIK' " K very bod V
SAVED HIS CAPITAL
Bank President Who Did Not For
get His Old Time Friend.
"Come in in tho morning and tH
bank will have something for ou
to do," 6aid tho president of a icw
lork bank to a meek looking man
whose hair wns white and hose
eyes wcro marked by deep crow's
feet as he left the oflico with a
bright look of satisfaction on his
face that had not been there before.
"Let mo tell you a story," snid
tho president as he motioned to me
to remain. "I was living in a west
em citv. and three citv lots com
posed tho capital that I looked to tc
give me a start in business. 1 neid
on to them for a long time while
working for $35 a month in a real
estate office until they had advanced
in value to $3,000, when I sold then
to a St. Louis man.
"It was nearly 3 o'clock, aLd 1
hurried to the bank. I made out
tho deposit slip and laid it, with mj
gold and bank book, in front of the
receiving teller.
'It is closing timo now,' he said,
'and you had better not make your
deposit until morning.'"
Clinrlev, I said, for I knew
him well, 'that is ridiculous. It is
a half minute before closing time,
and I insist that you tako my de
posit. I don't want to bo robbed of
all I have on enrth before morning.'
"'I will fix it for you,' he said as
ho gathered up tho money and bank
book and disappeared in the vnult
with them. In a minuto ho was back,
and I was astonished at his actions.
" 'I have put it my private box,'
lie continued, 'where it will be safe,
and in tho morning you can make
tho deposit if you want to.'
ATwfr v Ann m r IIia lnrl'tt T n IT 11
was announced.
"I hurried to Charlie's house,
which was near by, and asked him
about the bank.
" 'Yes, it has failed and won't pay
a cent,' he said. 'Just five minutes
before vou came in with your mon
ey yesterday tho directors decided
not to open this morning. I was
told to give out no information un
til business hours today, and that
is tho reason I didn't tell you. If
vou had mado your deposit the
money would have all gone. Now it
.8 safe in my box and you can have
it at any moment you please.'
"I did get it, and it was the foun-
dation of my fortune. The man who
was just here is that Charlie and
was the teller who saved my capital
for me."
The 8un'e Vapors.
"Chromosphere" is tho name giv
en to a layer of incandescent vapors
in tho sun, enveloping the entire
photosphere. Its depth varies at
different times and in different
parts and ranges from 6,000 to
0,000 miles. The chromosphere
consists chiefly of hydrogen and an
element known as helium, while
heavier vapors, such a3 those of
iron calcium, titanium, magnesium,
etc., are sometimes projected into it
from the photosphere. The so called
'fWMwinnnnnfl" nKA nl ri nfAIQn.
tions oi nyurogen mat are snot up
to enormous altitudes, with vcloci-
tics exceeding 149 miles per Bccond.
The name chromosphere is given to
this solar envc one on account of it?
beautiful rosy hue. It is visible
only durirvj total eclipses of the sun
or by tho aid of the spectroscope
and is said to have teen first noticed
by Father Sacchi 3uring an eclipse
-ftew l nrk American.
Tne Only Difference.
Clorludn was as black as night Liid
of heroic proportions, but In every pos
sible way she copied her slender young
mistress, for whom she had a great ad
miration. "1 like to look Jes' as much
like you as 1 can," she often said,
"'cause you looks Jes' like u lady orter
look. Mis' Ueml'snn."
Clorlnda Intrusted nil her shopping
to Mis. Henderson and scorned the
bright colors and pronounced styles af
fected by her own friends. One day
she asked her mistress to buy "her
pair of low shoes. As she made the re
quest she glanced with admiration at
the slim little foot showing beneath
tlio edge of n dainty skirt.
"An' I want 'em Jes' exactly like
yours, Mis' lleud'son," said Clorlnda.
"no dllT ence 'cepun uey s goiter ue
wide nines, so maybe de buckle might
'pear better If I was u teenty mite
laryer'u yourV-Youth's Compaulou.
Father's Method.
lulling a recent slight Illness tin:
Ove-year-old Teddy, usually so ainhi
We. llatly and obstinately refused to
lake his medicine. After a somewhat
prolonged and Ineffectual argument
wltli hliu bis mother lit last set the
glass of medicine down, leaned her
head on her hands and "played" that
she was crying. A moment passed,
nnd the tender hearted Teddy, unable
longer to U'ar t lie sight of his mother's
stricken altitude, inquired, "What's
the matter, mother, dear'" With
out removing her hands from her
eyes she replied. "I'm grieved that my
son won't lake his castor oil for me."
Whereupon Teddy sat up In bed aud
offered consolingly, "Oh. I wouldu't
feel bad If I were you. mother, dear.
Fntle-r will be home soon, and he'll
make me lake ll."-leliueator.
ICE SCOOTER
RACING POPULAR
Devotees of tiis Unique Crall
Increasing Every Year.
HOW THE BOAT IS UTILIZED.
Can Be Used For Business and Sport-
Ing Purposes Some of the Novel
Sights Furnished by These Remark
able Craft.
By TOMMY CLARK.
While Ice yachtsmen, skaters and
other sportsmen who enjoy and de
light In tbe fuct that a glassy surface
PAVura tlin u'ntnr nra linlntntr in mnkn
Bport htatory tt)0 dcvotee8 of ,ei
8C00ters nre uavlng th,.lr InaIng8.
rr i .... hifi... .
lw.rtonln Bnnrt , irii hr
... scootcrlnir.. wh,ch u execution-
ally good on many lakes and rivers
where tho cold weather holds sway.
and especially on the Great South bay,
New York. The Ice scooter Is essential-
style op boootemjsed extensively on
ono island, new yobk,
, . Kow Vnpk and nntvcth
.tandlnir the few rears In which It has
been known baa attained a remarkable
Btage development While neither
yacht nor an Iceboat, Us ingenious
construction Is such that it combines
tbe advantages of botb and travel
with equal facility on Ice and in water.
Tbe craft, wblcb la twelve to sixteen
feet In length, carries a call and jib.
while two long steel runners are fas
tened to the bottom, which Is shaped
like a spoon. It can be steered either
by a rudder, consisting of a long pole
carrytng a sharp edged runner, or by
the Jib, the latter method, although
requiring more skill, being preferable,
as It admits of greater speed being at
tained.
The scooter Is valuable both for
business and sporting purposes. In tbe
former capacity It Is extensively em
ployed by the members of the Smith
Beach (N. Y.) life saving stations, who.
regardless of Ice floes or open water,
aro enabled speedily and safely to
cross the ten miles of bay to their
mainianu uomes. neiore me appear
anco of the scooter they were com
polled to remain for weeks at a time
on tbe beach owing to the lmprnctica
billty of crossing tbe bay In cntboats
lu wintry weather.
Tho scooter Is also utilized In visit
Ing vessels which may have become
caught In the Ice offshore aud which
would bo Inaccessible by any other
method. Food nud fuel are often car
ried to some skipper who has Leon
unfortunate enough to become lec
bound and but for the assistance which
the scooter enables the life savers to
afford would be threatened with
(rrczlng ( r starvation'.
It -Is a pretty eight to watch
scooter r.flcr trnveliir: at full speed
over the frozen surface of the bay
plunge Into open water, cutting a fur
row across and emerging en tho Fur
face of the ice ag.iin on t'.ie other side
Owing to the great sail area carried
the scooters on entering the water
with a heavy wind are exceedingly dif
ficult to bardie.
The owning of the champion scooter
Is regarded as a great honor among
tbe Long island bay men. and every
year new craft nre built by the rlva
competitors for thnt distinction.
Sportsmen, particularly the more
venturesome. 'ones, employ the scooter
for vtslilug air holes, where tho wild
fowl congregate. Hunting grounds ten
or twelve tr.lles away which would be
otherwise Inaccessible may be reached
iu less than half an hour by the scoot
cr, which n!.o r.nswcrs admirably the
purpose of n blind.
The average price of an Ice scooter
U about n thoup!i the mote elabo
rate and i-pe ly ones cost as much ns
5( or $100.
Want Three Cornered Race.
Graduate Manager Victor ZednlcU of
the I'nivetrlty of Washington recent
ly .announced he had opened negotla
Hons with the athletic management at
the University of Wisconsin for n trl
angular race between tbe eight oared
crews of the University of Washing
ton. the Uulversity of Wisconsin nnd
an eastern school. Munnger Zednlck
purtwses to bold the race on Iiko
Mendota at Madison In the spring.
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HATS IN LONDON.
Unless You Wear One of Three Kinds
You Are a Marked Man.
When some years ago ono of tho
doorkeepers at a London theater re
tired from hia drafty calling and
was pensioned off by tho manage
ment it appeared that this old man
in nil tho years of his service had
never given a "pass out" check to
liny one of the thousands of men
ffho must have passed his doorway.
But ho never made a mistake.
No one entitled to return was ever
icfused, and no one could pass in at
the end of tho interval who had not
passed out at the beginning of it.
The secret of the old man's suc
cess was a curious one. lie depend
ed on his memory entirely, but he
had trained his memory in a very
curious way. lie did not remember
tho men by their faces, their
clothes, their huts, their boots or
by any peculiarity of gait or ap
pearance. Manifestly such a fcut
would have been impossible, for or-;
dinarv "pitites" are very much
alike in the.e details.
He took the one detail on which
men do dilTer and remembered them
by that he recognized them by
their neckties.
Gaze around you in the railway
carriage ns you are reading this ar
ticle and ask yourself if there is any
of your icllow passengers that you
could remember well enough to rec
ognize again in, say, an hour's time.
You will find there are very few
people you could be sure of. There
may bo ono old man with a largo
and conspicuous white beard or a
very young man with a pair of spec
tacles of unusual size. But nine out
of ten have the prime sort of hat,
the same sort of clothes and the
same sort of figure.
The Londoner, in fact, seems to
bo standardized. He is built on r
settled pattern, lie i3 modeled to
type. His necktie is Ins sole bit of
ariety.
Into this world of standardized
uman beings comes, let us say, a
colonial. Mighty London, with her
vast crowds smarming over four
counties, swallows him up.. Yet
somehow he preserves his individ
uality, lie is conspicuous wherever
he goes. He feels that all London,
as far as it has time, ia staring at
him.
Cabmen persistently hail him.
The map sellers in the Strand pes-
er lum as ho passes. 'I hose very
acute people the "confidence" men
signi nun aiar on. uui it is noi
Sis necktie that distinguishes him,
or his face, or his clothes, or his
walk. The conspicuous feature of
the newly arrived colonial's outfit
Id his hat.
London permits three sorts of
hat tho top hat, the bowler and in
tho summer the straw. Any break
from this settled order is to make
yourself conspicuous. London Mir
ror. .....
Too Big a Job.
While studying her Sabbath
school lesson ninc-vear-old Eliza
beth wa3 much puzzled by tho state
ment that Solomon "repaired the
breaches of tho city of David, his
athcr. This wa3 to her mind a
remarkable statement and quite in
comprehensible. After pondering
it deeply she asked one of the older
members of the family for an cx
planation, saying that she did not
think anv man could "mend the
breeches of a-whole city." Lippin
cott's
A High Day.
"Yassah, 1 suttingly would do dat
ob for yo', colonel, and proud o' de
chance to extinguish muhse'f. Would
hoiruw right In on it dls minute, sah,
If 'twuzu't for one thing." said a cer
tain lopsided colored citizen who was
no uuafruld of manual labor that he
would often fall asleep In Its presence,
"aud dat Is. sah. dat 1 never likes to
stigmatize muhse'f by working ou
hollerday." .
- "Whv. this Is not a holiday," re
turned the would be employer.
"Ynssab: 'Tls wid me. If you'll dars
'skuse me, sah. It's do university o' de
day muu oldest boy was done sent to
de penltencby." Puck.
Wild Animals In New York City.
It Is a remarkable fnct that there
nre always more wild animals about
tbuu any but the expert has an Idea of.
For example, there are within twenty
miles of New York city fully fifty dif
fereut klnds-not counting birds, rep
tiles or fishes one-quarter of which
at leust ure abuudant, or more partic
ularly within the limits of Greater
New York there nre at least a dozen
species of wild beasts, half of which
ii unite common. Country Life Iu
America.
Getting Used to 'Em.
."I Just have heard of the arrival of
the third child lu the Jones family,"
remarked the woman. "The anuouuee
ment of the tlrstboru was made by
beautifully engraved cards tied with
tiny white rlbbou. the Becoud wns by
telegraph, and this third one. though a
much wished for hoy. was made mere
ly by n postal cnrd."-New York Press.
She Could Talk.
Cynlcus Tluil girl never aayt much,
docs she? Sllllcus-Why, she talks all
the time. Cynlcus-That doesn't alter
my contention. Philadelphia Record.
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