TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Coatmeata and Criticism Baard Upon
the Happening of the liay Histori
cal and Newt Note.
The only time a man of experience
takes bis wife into his confidence Is to
111 her he Is not making any money.
The sun is represented as being .
OUO.UU) miles distant from the earth;
In fact, altout as far away as success
Is from the nun advertising merchant.
Itlonliiu was killed liy a lilow on the
jaw. So was Bowvn. This explains
why pugilists exercise their jaws ho
much, perhaps, while training between
fights.
Ovor i:?.("H),fNm tons of freight passed
through Ihe ship una! at Sault Ste.
Mar.- this season, which lasted ".::
i&nyA. It would require twenty miles
'ot freight trains a day to handle this
trafiie, ami a I the rate of growth It
Willi be doubled in a few years.
Queen Victoria has always takpn the
wannest interest in her first couslu. tlie
I'riueess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of
T'k. anil of late has been exercising
her decided ability as a matiii maker in
Iter Is-half. One of the Prim-ess Mary's
children will be qu -en (,f Kngland ,'h'di
the Duke of York conies to the throne,
and one of her sons has just married
the daughter of the Dukc of Westmin
ister, the richest TK-er in England.
The nerve of a New York lawyer
passeth understanding. One of them
recently Included in a bill for services
an item of for "lying awake night
thinking of case." This Is too much.
No client should lie asked to pay a law
yer for lying at. night. Hut the New
Yorker escaped very luckily; If the
rase had come to trial that lawyer
probably would have included in his
bill "for wear and tear of lungs, and
wind used in pleading case, Jl.isMt"
The forethought and cunning of the
Japanese statesmen are equal to those
of the statesmen in the "mosi favored
nation," to use the language of treaties.
They have directed th-ir naval com
manders not to injure materially the
great Chinese war ships. This is the
reason why the naval campaign Is not
active. Japan expects lo get all the
be.-1 ' linese war ships in addition to
n Ji idemnity when the war closes.
i'Tii, .'iy pursued a similar policy In
T'sat i t' France ami the great fort-
1V?SI
V.re
I nc
I ke
jure
011 the frontier. M.-tz was cap
iy starving the garrison into sur
r without injury to the walls and,
;tra.sburg, was practically uniii-
when ceded by France to Ger
many. It is a line economy to save the
t ot of repairs on an enemy's property
which i sure to fall into one's own
lijr Is.
ilpre is reason to believe that things
- flre about to happen in Europe. ICm-p"-or
William's recent advances to
I . ance have la-en followed by the
.Dreyfus trouble, whi- ii l as placed the
u'venjuiciit in Paris in a serious dif
I illy, 'ihe French ollicer's treason
i-.uj been discovered through a theft of
papers from tic- (.Vninii Fmbassy.
If he Is prosecuted i! means a serious
row with Germany, because the evi
dence was obtained through a diplo
matic outrage; if he is not prosecuted
the country mn.w become so excited as
to overturn both Government anil
President. At Berlin, on the other
hand, the new Chan. Ilor has started
on bis career with a sii'ib direct from
the Heichstag. At Koine Kiguor Crisp!
has been forced to dra vs- from his pocket
a. royal order for the prorogation of
rarliament to postpone a debate on the
Banca scandal. In Kngbind the Cabi
net Is split Into two sections, and Its
supporters 'n the House are divided
Into half a dozen groups. England be
lieves that a general election is only a
matter of a very short time. All these
uncertain Internal conditions have a
peculiar and dange(ous bearing to the
external relations of the powers.
A dispatch from New York states that
a Chinese agent U In Washington nego
tiating with the Brazilian Minister for
the purchase of the Nlctheroy and An
drada, Brazilian war vessels, the for
mer armed with the Zuliiiski dynamite
gun. The first question which will oc
ctir to any one is, what do the Chinese
want of these vessels? They already
have several armorelad vessels wlLh
high power guns and have shown that
thpy do not know what to do with them.
After one battle with the progressive
Japs the Chinese fleet wan of no more
account than a boy's shingle flotilla.
It has not figured fn the war since that
.fight simply because the Chinese know
nothing about sailing such vessels or
maneuvering or using them for fight
ing purposes. The Chinese do not want
any more vessels. They would not
have the Nlctheroy or A ndrada a week
before the Japanese would either disa
ble or capture It What the Chinese
want Is men, not vessels, men of skill
amil courage and men of Western Ideas
Tbfy want navul officers and military
ftVera as well wlto have the Western
method of handling fleets and armies,
sad woo know the European tactics of
to-day. Instead of the Asiatic tactics of
entniies ago. When they do this they
will whip the Japanese, who have
whipped them for exact) the same rea
aoa, though the Chinese are ten times
bluer than their opponents.
Aa Iowa court will shortly have to
itrtn bow aorloua a crime It la to
sate part of the clothing off of a photo
graft. It to a novel problem, and on
Cat la Kkaty to tax Um legal loaning
mt th eoart A yooag lady of Albla,
tttinaa-
trite the IMsartean theory, and a ci
garette hrm utilised the picture to ad
vertise Its goods. This was not very
pleasing to the young lady, but it Is
nut for that alone that she threatens
suit If they had left the pictures as
they were It would have been annoy
ing enough, but they did not. To make
them more attractive they took off
some of the clothing, and therein lies
the trouble that Is to result in a law
suit. The young lady proposes to find
out whether It is permissible to partly
disrobe a photograph, and a Judge and
jury are likely to have to struggle
with the problem. What are the rights
of the original of the picture? If the
original is not interfered with Is it a
misdemeanor to add or take away any
feature of the reproduction? lias a
photograph, per se, any rights that
js-ople are Niunil to respect? The legal
answer will be awaited with Interest
Wheelmen know that with pneumaic
tires on their bicycles they can "scorch"
at a much higher speed than was possi
ble with the old solid rims. Records
prove the wonderful superiority of
the pneumatic tire over hard tires,
both for bicycles and trotting sulkies.
Mathematicians and theorists have
gone into the subject to find the reason.
Kecently an Eastern man built two
exierimeiital road wagons, and fitted
one with HL'Inrli and .'H-iitch pneumatic
tire wheels and the other with 44
inch and -IS-inch steel tire wheels. By
experiments he ascertained that on a
perfectly true wooden floor, pulling In
the direction of the strips, the steel-
tire wln-els required less jtower to
move them than the pneumatic tires
did. As soon as obstructions were
placed under the wheels, however, the
pneumatic tires proved the easier. The
tests were made out of doors, and
everywhere save on the perfectly true
wooden flour the pneumatic tires re
quired the least expenditure of power.
The man who made the experiments
came to the following conclusion,
which seems to give the reason that
pneumatic tires are swifter than solid
tires: "If the metal-shod wheel meets
a gravel stone one-quarter of an inch
in diameter, and that stone is resting
on a hard foundation, the wheel, with
its entire load, must be lifted bodily
one quarter of an inch high to pass
over it. and this takes horse power:
but when the rubber tire meets the
stone the vehicle is nut raised erecpt
Ibly, if at all, but the stone Is imbed
ded In the rubber, while most of the
weight Is borne by that part of the
rubls-r which Is still resting on the
ground, and the power required to go
over it is only that needed to dent the
rublter in one spot or. if it Is a pneu
matic tire, to slightly compress tin
body of air which It contains." It Is
not improbable that pneumatic tires
will find many new uses in the light of
such experiments.
How He Stopped the Ikiau
"What has to be done can lie done,"
says the proverb; and a pretty good pro
verb it is, subject, no doubt, like pro
verbs in general, to some necessary lim
itations. The London Daily News reports n
story that In d Kosoliery of course
the Incident occurred in his younger
days while crossing from Liverpool to
Dublin, lost his favorite dog, "Mutton,"
overboard.
"Stop, captain! Stop the steamer!"
cried liis lordship.
The captain answered that It could
not be done. If a man had fallen over
board the caw? would have been differ
ent. "Oh, well," said Lord Rosebery.
"that can be easily arranged." and at
the word he plunged overlwiard.
The steamer was stopped, and the
peer and his dog were taken up safe
and sound.
Made Him Tend the Baby.
Edmund Squires was before Justice
yuigley fu Brooklyn charged with hav
ing failed to support his wife, Delia,
who is a cook employed by Mrs. Rack
ett, of 4 Monroe street
"I wouldn't have bothered about this
case," she explained, "If Edmund
would have stayed at home and minded
the baby. I was willing to support him,
but he would not eveD do that"
"1 didn't marry her to support me,"
said Squires. "I have been out of
work, and If I stay In the house I'll
never get a Job."
"Well, then," suggested the magis
trate, "shall I send you to Jail?"
"No, if you please," returned the
prisoner, "I guess I'd better take care
of the baby."
Mr. and Mrs. Squires left court with
the understanding that Edmund would
behave himself and look out for the
baby In future. If he fails to keep his
promise In this respect he will be re
arrested. New York Sun.
Take No Note of Correct Time.
It Is strange, said a Jeweler on Twenty-third
street but women seldom ever
consult the ofllclal tlmeu! in the win
dow. A man Involuntarily pulls out
his watch to set It by the standard time
from the United States observatory,
and if he passes ten timekeepers In a
day would be apt to compare with half
of them, but a woman, unless she Is
very businesslike, wouldn't pull out
her watch to regulate it, not If she pass
ed 100 standard timepieces. She is su
perior to time. New York Recorder.
Comfort Affected by Color of Clothing
The color of one's clothing has con
siderable to do with one's comfort In
summer or winter. When exposed U
the sunlight white. It Is said, receives
100 degrees Fahrenheit, pale straw
color 102, dark yellow 140, light green
1U, dark green 168, Turksy rod 16Q,
blue 198, and blaek 208. Assuming
taat this table la correct, the poraon who
drswss la light colon la too raaitner
baa about double the protection from
the beat that the man or woman In
black fcafc Honoopatbte Bnroy.
rl'APTFB VII.-ronttntud.
"Are they, you- cousins, much be
fo e you in eve- thing "
'in j reach and i erman." conceded
Jerry, with contempt. ' They kIiIkt
French to their maid, and . erman to
their governess, and that is al-out all
thev know of anything. One tirl 1
met at their bouse," she continued,
"could i-peak four languages. They
tuld me so. What do von think I said?
1 said: 'I i on't belie , n i-be ever says
a word worth hearing in any one oi
them.' And I don't Shy was the
very stupidest thing in the world, that
girl."
'How had t-he learned the four lan
guages.' '
"liy going abo.it. Her purents had
been obliged to live in Uitlt-renr i oi:u
tries, and -o they had to ieak dif
ferent Jang ages: and her mother was
a Kusrian, or something of that kind ''
liellenaen laughed. 'So-nething of
that kind '' he repeated to hi i. self. It
must tie owned ho found Jerry good
company.
"Even my cousins' governcs taid it
was no credit to bur." proceeded siie:
'of course, il you have to do a thing,
you can do it. Now wou.dn t you
rather e a nice girl in one language
than a stupid n half a do en.'"
' " eiy much rather."'
' Hut I supjMme you do care altfrat
them a little.''' -ail she, next. Sne
was not altogether satisfied herself iu
the sub eel.
"I think it is a pity not to know
something' of French, lor instance,"
he confessed. "IJccm. se when you go
abroad '
"I never mean to go abroad. "
" Never mean to go abroail.' Never
mean to see any o the great sights of
the world!. Never to travel.'''
"Uh to trai el, of course. I'.ut that's
not going' abroad. ' I
At lenght, however, Bel'enden won
his loint. It wa,, granny w ho Had sot
him on. as may have lie- n divined, and
his preparatory ignorance of (icraid
hne's scholastic arrangements had
be' n moreiy assumed. He had under
taken tx bring her round on the gov
eri.ew! project, as to which Mi. t ainp
beii had in vain striven wan the ru
fractory mirs.
A io.p: ol hours with Hellenden, a
few arg merits, and u !ew expressive
looks did wha' the mor old lady could
not oy he1- own unaided efforts hao
. ected in a lifetime. Ves she would
have a got t-rnus, a good English gov
ern ess against a French one the little
girl still made u stand, and in his heart
iiel en .en agreed with her b.it sue .
wo ild allow granny to look out ior one, I
an English one. at once, and she would
show r.tnol an i Ali ia how soon stie
could catch ud with them once she
were set a going
The thing was done ere the two set
foot within doors again, and even the
successful strategist, knowing what he
did, was astonished at tlie e se with
which he had accomplished it. Ho
had now Iieen some time at the castle,
lor the week had lengthened out into
a fortn ght, and having once broken
through the plan of h's autumn cam
paign, and finning himself less and less
disposed lo resist the hospitable press
ure put upon him, there is no saying
to how much further the extension
might have proceeded, had not tho
post- that t arer ol evil tidings
brought one day a hasty sun mons to
him to return borne as speedily as
might be, his father a hale and vigor
ous ir John, who haJ scarcely ever
known an acn or an ailment in bis life
having all at once given way, and
been taken seriously ill.
A telegram was banded in as he wag
in the act ol reading the letter, to the
effect that there was no improvement, ,
and that the worst was apprehended.
it was 7 o clock ere either reached
Bellenden's hand, be not having re
turned from the hill beforn; had he
been in the house when the post came j
in he might and would have le.t for the ;
south that evening, on the instant: but i
at 7 o'clock, a though he might have
started and driven a dozen miles or so
ross the iroor, he would have found '
himself stranded for the night at that
point, and it would not In any way have
assisted to expedite his journey that
be had left Inchmarew. liellenden 1
was a fairly dutiful son, entertaining
for bis father that sort of respectful
goodwill usual among the better sort
ol young Englishmen, when no closer
tie existi between parent and offspring
than indulgence on tho one hand, and
dependence on the other. He was
struck, he was sorry, he was ready at
once to do anything re juired of him,
when the ill tidings arrived; but since
there was positively notb ng to be
done, for that night at least save to
telegraph his return on the morrow,
be did not make himself miserable
about remaining. He looked out his
trains, consulted Cecil about the
chances !or catching the most Import
ant, made arrangements for leaving by
the first steamboat w hich tou. bed at
the Ferry i'ier, an! when all was done,
went down to dinner, rather mora
grave than was his wont, and by no
means in lined to inllict his troubles
ujion any one tise.
' He will hardly care to go fishing
to-night, however," suggested Mrs.
t ampbell. aside: tor a fishing party on
the loch had been arranged, and on
this account the young men had not
changed their morning suits, while
Jerry was also arrayed in a frock suit
able for the occasion, permission for
her to accompany them having been
previously obtained.
Hbe was now anxiously searching the
faces all round. 8be had beard the
bad news, and bad llsUned with a
harp pang at bar little heart, but it
bad been almost immediately after
ware tol owed up In a .still sharper
iter-pang. Wou'd theo tho night's
taa-Dahing have to be abandoned also?
H. V:1 nden must go, but she had kn wa
bj woinu bake to o .... ..ay, ny
day arid so, altho gh he suddciiu .
f his dep.irttre v, na.-u to bear, stili
it could be iKirn, if only only she
might have this on- even eg s p'eas
ure fil st.
It was something to find that oth
her coisin and bis guest were in
moriiii.g costume. That, iu itself,
un ant that th-plan had not iteen ut
terly thrown aside. It might not hate
t een taken into onsii era ion, ,-
I, ap but at least the tiat for the con
demnation thereof had not gone forlh.
II only granny had not taken it lor
granted that the Uat and fishermen
would not Is) needed, and counter
manded them tirannv was i apa le of
doing this, for her ideas on the score
of propriety, though litful. were oe-ca-onaily
strong, and t'ecil tsi was a
stickler for the proprieties, bupnosing
- and then she caught the aside, and
wuited breath es-ly for the result.
"He will hardly car-j to go fishing to
night." "h I don't know why he should
not, grandmam : a.'1
"Hut if his father should be dying.'"
"All the same, he has to be hens -among
us. And we must la k. an i we
must do something, and, upon my word,
w hen a pour fel.ow is in trouble, I
should think he would rather Is) sit
ting ouictly in a tsiat, not obiigi d to
keep going, you know, and that sort of
thing than in a room. 1u would
have to talk to him and be cheerful if
he stayed at home: whereas, if we all
go out, he can b as si lent as he pleases.
And it is such a glorious fishing night
too."'
Tno last argument was unanswer- I
able I
liven the former ones had their
weight: and Mm. Campbell owned that
her grandson was iti the right, when
sue perceived t hat their guest made
no de mur of anv kind, and even rose
om tho table w ith decided alacrity
when an early ail o iruuient was pro- !
Isjsed. l
rPAi-im viil,
iAtti-mr., ikah ( iiu.i) ;onr-HVE."
"Tli but mik t.t bird k tl ra
htmp I a thrsd. nd hu'i art free;
i ut in, oiLer fie w t b ra .
l was a lovely, peaceful summer
evening, and the last go. den gleam of
tl.o sink ng sun were lighting up
mountain and sea when the utile i,a ty
sal led forth from the wooilarids sur
rounding the old castle, und found
themseives iiH)u the sh-ire l;mw.
Tlie tide w as on ' he t urn and only a
short stretch uf sea weed. irit---ptrsed
with ro kismnd sca-Kiolh, slill glow
ing with reflections ot tins heavens'
expiring glories, lay bet wee u them
anil the Iswt. which. i h Its two at
tendants, showed a dark oh ect against
the gorgeous background.
"My last nights fishing on I.oeh
Marew,'' said lielb-nden looking round
with a sigh, 'my las! night in this be
witching spot and " His eyes fell
upon the auditor at his bide, ami bo
s.i il ii' i more.
1'erhap soiuethiilg in her tip'urmjd
ga e and parted lip warned him to
pause. Ferhaps ho h-un-d to pun.
He could toil that the little heart was
already full. It would be. hardly fair lo
seek to excite further emotion.
lint erry had heard enough.
She fell that he cared, knew that ho
had looked with a pensive eye. and
heard that he had spoken in a tender
tone it needeo nothing further.
.he was w bing now u bold her !
eact;, rather glad than otherwise that
nol ody seemed disposed for laughter
and esting.and was cons--!ous that the
silence also suited the friend to please
whom was at the moment all in ail.
He was more thoughtful, than she
had ever before held him.
And, in truth, He b-nden had a
great deal to th nk about. It was not
only that at any moment he might be
losing, or that already lie might have
lost a parent: it was not on, r that he
co Id picture to h mself a mourning
household, his n other, brothers, re-
atious. servants, all gain-red in wait-
ing on a deathbed it was not only !
that "tie hal never before seen himself
summoned to attend one: but as time
passed, the young man may p rhaps be
pardoned if other -uifgestions and con
siderations Involuntarily rose be ore
him.
He was the eldest son and his father's
heir.
L'p to the present hour it had never
seemed in the least proltable that he
would succeed to the title and estate,
until Sir John, at a ripe old age, should
ha e been gathered to his fathers
and Sir John wai barelv past the prime
of life.
lie had married early, and wi now
in his fifty-fifth year; to all intents and
purposes littlo older than his s -year-old
son, and neither one nor other had
contemplated a change of dynasty for
many a long day. All his life the
father had been a healthy hearty and
vigorous man. The son had looked
upon him as quite as likely to live as
himself: morn likely, indeed, in some
respects, since Sir John had led for
some years past the simple, placid,
routine-like life of a country gentle
mi.n, whereas Captain lloiienden
moved about the world, and foil in
with its hours, habits, and customs.
The two were excellent friends:
dihod with each other at their several ,
clubs: voted on the same side at elec-
tions: paid one another small compli
ments, and .even in pri-rate t eldotn or j
never quarreled. Thy did not. to lie
sure, often meet-but thai .was noth-;
ing ' i
llallenden was now not only unfelgn- I
edly sorry to hear of his parent's ,
state, but xreedly astonished to find
himself on the brink of a new stand- ,
point in life 1
True, after a vague and general 1
fashion, he had been wont to observe,
a young men and eldest sons will, "
shall do this or that," in reference to
tho property which might one uay lie
his; but hail he beon a young member
of the family, he would probably ha e
merely sutsttituted for 'shall' the
word "should. ' and have had .,uite as
much intention of. arryii.g the vaguo
proposition into practical eflect.
Hut now, and all in a moment as
It were, he found blir self likely to bo
placed In full possession of the tower
to carry out every idle huraoror vision-
ary plan. .... . ,
Indeed, would ha e any say, a no one
1 tiad had anv sTl'h th o"e n w1
j pass li g or iis.s.! Irji.i teh e j 1
' S r oud had ru'cm, so would -r
red I
n I
j er.i k rule, .jjireme fc'iil who i
j have been aitogeluer inseu.-i'iie
i sin n a prospect' ;t su.d mu-uvnut g .
j for Hel euden. thf- tie had never gi v u
nlttiertoanv serio consideration to
During his ,'ato.-,r li etime he h.d
neither intruded nor in'cr en d i n I it
had indeed been a lonip hint iu tho
lieighUn hood that he had be. n so lit
tle seen th-re.
.No one would have gueswju how d
llghtfiil ail at on e appeared the old
anues'ral hlis, the co utrv il e. riii .l
P easures. peace power, a id picn y in
the eyes that had It-en wont lo cou
teinplat it h.I only from ,t disljnce.
He had nut wished to i ur u i tuat
was tlie secret.
of a happy lisi o-ition, he had wi-ely
Is-en well content with his own lot no
hard one. certainly and might ham
gone on being so. but, be it remem
liered, ho was no longer in his fust
youth, and lie patient wi' h h tn. kin!
readers, if the new prospect ooened to
iii-now niatiire vision d d ap,s-ar in
deseribably tempting
And then again would steal in m ru
solemn an 1 ailecting thoughts.
At tnat sunset hour who ci uld tell
what might lie passing within the old
familiar no i e of his childhood '
Were they a'reaily beginning to
count the hours until he should arriie'
Was ail ov er in that arat-ued i iKiral'
Should he find only the co d remains
of on-) w ho had so lately glowed wit n
lile and heal. h. w ell, strun'. buo, ant
as himsel'
He couid almost see th- scene await-in-
him now. The ion line of veiled
windows, the boiiiIkm- dome-tics w th
their stilKliied, important face, tno
reverent hush of every sound, and
every eye turned usm him.-el' in
anxious expectancy. Tohiiiiailwou.it
turn, on him a. 1 would lean. He m t
be the hea i, tin: front, tho center of
e ery thing soon.
No wonder t hat, wrapt in contempla
tions of such a nature, in; hung over
the Isjat's side in profounde-t silence,
the monotonous thud of the oars in the
row locus, and the faint tapping o the
parted waters against the prow falling
dri-amiiy upon his ear.
Noon.- broke in upon his reverie.
He was a:one with (ieraldine, as it
were for ( cell, at theo' h r end ol Use
Ixiat, was completely separa-c from
them by tha two mute f gur- s who
plied their oars betw een, and w ho at
no tinie io .uacioiis. even in th- ir na
tive ilia ect. were on such occasions
absolutely nilent, unless cspyei.i.iv a i
dressed. "How beautiful it a'l is" excla m-d
Hellcrnlen rousing himself ut b ri.th
wit h aunt her sigh. "How Is-auliiul,
I shall o t-Ti think of this n ght."
Could he fail to no that." Whoever
ln'fel! bin,, wiia'ever the future iiri.l.t
have in s'oro or him, would nm mat
calm, still August o cuing on tin
iiighlanl loch, with its strange at
tendant circiimstan es, its novel
thoughts am! emotions, stand oul in
his memo: y to ail time '
It seemed as if he had been months
-almost years, where ho now was.
The place and its surroundings had
grown so familiar to them, he had -o
fallen in i h everything, cast anchor,
as it were, so fiercely iu lue oil ti.al
li? co lid scarcely Is Lce, it seeine 1
well nigh incredible, that, until with
in Uc) pa-t lew short weeks, he I. ad
ueiereven beheld it.
An 1 then this do.ir little girl. How
ni e an 1 affectionate, sue hud been lo
him How omi!elcly he had wou
her gouil-leliow ship!
She would miss him he was sure.
He must send her something. eorn
remembrance, some really handsome.
accept a le present, suitable Isjtli for
neP v., recci e and for liim to gi m as
; sisin as he could get uu to town and
see alsuit it. i f course he should have
: to go up to town be ;or long'. Indeed,
i immcii alely. most likely. There would
! be so much to Isj seen to. and done
i and then his thoughts wandered oil
: again faraway from ioor little .lorry,
1 sitting wistfully sorrowful and sympa
thetic bv his side, far, far away into
, all the intricacies and mj Utilities of
; his own future unt inged by hers.
At last they reached the whiting
bank, and a little moro animation
, stirred the party.
I i lie oars were drawn in, and laid
lengthwise at the Uiltom of the Istat.
The handlines were taken up, and un
rolled. Fait wa.i produced.
TO UK (XlN'TI.SL'KD.I
Iluu ml to Have Him."
Exceptions prove the rule, and the
wrong conclusion which a dog may
reach from wrong premise way be
the best proof that he posnesses rea
soning power, 'ihe following story
shows plainly that the dog in Ihe
case lacked information, but not the
faculty of reasoning
hen the (Jloucester lifeboat was
launched In ifjti7. it was deemed nec
essary for two men to throw them
selves into the sea in order to show
the great utility of cork jackets In
kcep.ng the upper part of their bodies
abo.e water.
Among the thousands of specta
tors who were watching the men
floating about was a Newfoundl mil
dog, who became much excited at
what he, no doubt, considered to be
the perilous condition of the men.
The dog ran hither and thither,
barking furiously, and in bis best and
most em pita t c canine language try
ing bis very best to prevail upon some
one iu that large multitude of human
be ngs to go to the men's ass stance.
Jh inding no one to go, splash into
the water went the dog.- and swam
d I recti v to the men, one of whom ho
be caught b, the sleeve, with Ihu in
tention of . helping him out ot
danger.
A struggled ensued: the man tr ed
to shake the dog off, hut il was of no
avail. The dog would not give up
nit hold, and finally two men in a
mall boat were obliged to go lo the
! rescue.
. ,a interesting find,
i n dre(ln(, the haroor of Hi.erta
. .,,, aii..-. uacritlcial L,l au
n Tl'n" ' ' ,h ,?' , , Z ..Tt!
. 'o", which is the most valuable
! piece of workmanship In tne preclout
n etaii yet d scovered In Africa. It
i In oval In shape, sha low. has two
handles, and weigh twenty pounds,
j fhe inner mrfacel ornamented wilb
a design In inlaid gold representing
tl no ln lhe B0 MuMU'
rnorocti of maRsiage.
.... . , . Ma
:..r .UlllStl'laU
who
' " Ti.' .e is a
Could ter.' ii a
t'lliu r i " ,
ellsL This s'atistlciail k" f
to classify the action and "",lj;''
pr-posals, and. as .result. U.
ed tabulated figur.-s extremely la
lng to psychologist, says l!,p 1 ;',"'' ,
phla Times. iiofl-Mrasthi...r.
ce,nl..men Hike lady in arms, sixi.- . .
. , . i... i. III., four
ell
gentlemen fcls la.ij ,
genii, ineu
ki-s lady .- - -
tMste by
fiiii'i'i'i -' -
show
i nieB
.l
the
.s I-
l.'ss!
kir
, hi
iidy
! u '
!y on cy
:i I. ..ml
en -:
, .,i fWO g-'ie
h is to be pie-
I I III
I ., ,., . ' II , OH!'-"
tliul-I. dii!i...-:.l kit"!- th""'-'1 11 ,
1.' . 11. ,( tlie V 1 l.-l.l be Uf the .)'!.'
tir
...i. .... I " r., I tlie gelllr
urn
seuii.ti'iii.ii ii.i'ni . .
kUM-sala-ly.-nu.-s... It must Ik- s -l-vjl
,,,,!, s".t sii. n-u is careful to n-rt
ii'e savin;
is even u ;
il. ,. 1 1 1 y 1,,,-tal-el. ""
f a i-iaii kl-sii.g a ,X
I.- .u
,;i edge
i f shawl, but. thaiiK g "
there Is I, ill
chad' - s at
Sevelil v I w o
,. in a hnii'lred. '
that this mini is pc-uliar.
1,1,1,1 liidv's hand, hcv'-ii-
l. ,-n hold l! ve; lightly. lour.... ..
leiupslu tiicir thrills and nine excia'm
al.tu.l: "ThiKik Hud:" "t'l.v -'''' "ut
of a hundred declare themselves to !
delli-l.iii-.lv happy and five are t'- rull
for uf.-innie. Tine- out of n htindre.1
s-.-iud on on- foot w hen they nuU-' pr
p .Mil i. ml tv.o go down on one knee,
v. h I- nine make a forma! prelude
snim ihiiig like the slow music In the
play, we mjipose. when the villain ap
P .Is to heaven to witness the consum
ing fhiiiie of his affe tions for the heart
he ph Is lo llllll, etc.
Th- behavior of ihe lady under the
clri uiiistam cs is eipmll; entertaining
bihI Instructive. out of a hundred
ruses eighty one eltik Into the arms of
ge.t!ein:.n, sixty eight rest their le nds
hi gentleman's breast and only one
sinks It to the arms of a chair; eleven
clasp their arms around the g.-nt!iJ
uiiin's in-, k, six weep tears of Joy silent
ly a n. I forty four weep tciifs aloud
whatever that means; seventy two
have eyes full of love, and nine ont of
a hundred rush from the ris.m find tell
everybody. Only four are greatly sur
prised, and eighty-seven of a hundred
knew that something was coming. I'lvo
giggle hysterically and mi' even
sne-y.es. inly one of a hundred strug
gles liot to be kissed, while six kls
gentleman first. If we believe the '.a-ttsti.-lnn,
one out of a hundred WMm-u
will say: "Yes. but don't lie a fH,l."
Tho resllferous Russian Thistle.
The Hon. I M. Klnter uf North Da
kota, who is a practical farmer, I
alarmed bv the spread of the Ilusslati
thistle, und in a published li tter .-alii
Upon tie- legislatures to make a united
. fiurt to eradicate It. lie says: 'Thus
uf us win) know something of the char
licter of the pest rind Its facility for
spreading are convinced that iinles
some united action is had soon the en
lire State w III be overrun with it Iu only
a few years, and uoy'iy our State,
but nil the iini!rkrSI.Uiris.
west I nlty of action, therefore. In
my opinion, must be had by nil th
States In which It 1ms gotten a hold
vi..:North Dakota, Smith Dakota, Min
nesota, Wisconsin and Nebraska,
the Ooveriiors-ehi't of these States
come together iM-iore the meeting ol
the Legislatures and call to their as
sistance experts Ithose who have had
experience in dealing with the weed),
and In their conference devise some
plan arid necessary legislation to Is- fol
lowed by all the States, to Is- put In ex
ecution lit the same time. I believe H
ci.n be stamped out In tw o y.-iirs by put
ting In operation the right plan aud
with energetic action. It will no doubt
require the appropriation of considera
ble money, but It sis-ins to me that next
the support of our asylum und peni
tentiary there Is nothing rise of so mucb
ImiKirtance to the Interests of our State
us the stamping out of the Russian
thistle."
Involution of the Doll.
Tho history of the dolls' progress Is
very Interesting. The doll had a untst
dignllled origin, as the old time pup
pet makers of (iermany might explain.
Indeed, (Im-the, In tho early chapter
of "Wllhelm Melster," tins suggi-sa-d
most prettily the evolution of the dob
In Ids story of the marionettes, his lit
tle friends of the mimic stage, so dear
to German childhood. The fin de slecle
Kdlsoti doll Is the very latest phase of
this evolution. It Is an accomplished
child of science, and can repeat ffueutly
rhymes from Mother Goose. It eosta
$10 without a wardrobe, has a metallic
ls.dy In which Is placed a phonograph,
and Is altogether a thing of bamy and
ft Joy so long ns It keeps In order. But
alns for the Kdlson doll! It lias had to
go Into court for some reason or other,
and the manufacture of the Kdlson
doll family has been disoouttuuod. Tho
doll of to-day is so arranged anatomi
cally that It can stand ap and sit down,
and can be wound up to take a stroll
across the nursery floor. It Is cosmo
politan, nnd the dolls' dressmaker la
Tm-nrttla.. It is attired la the onstumee
of every nation.
Ills Intftrrrt.
During a trial for the recotfry of a
watch and some Jewelry in pawn, the
pawnbroker was so Indlffereet about
the matter that the attorney became
provoked.
"You don't take any Interest In thta
thing at all, do your he asked sorrily
"Yes. 10 iter cent a month,- replied
the pawnbroker elowly, and relapsed
Into his former condition. "j
Rsst for the Horee,
A Vusnl..... I , -
a numiiiiiiii uaa inTented a s treat
ear or omnibus driven with cearlaa
from a treadmill attached to the
the vehicle and supported oa wlwlu
The bora, therefor, ride whlk h
worka. "
Tba general opiate f
aa he that saaa U. -uv
thai hadlaa maa v-j. . M