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THE SIOQ COl'.NTT JOURNAL, i
L 4. SIMMUlta, Pva.
HABEISOX,
SEBBASKA.
Tbe Boston Traveler announce that
"castor oil is suing down." Well, of all
sutuiiier t-tra tr bats the band!
Under the big display advertisement
of a rival an economical inert bant once
iwdN the publication of these words:
"Me, too. Jame Jones."
Judicious liberality Is the bent who
amy in trnde..and honest wares, honest
ly advertised and honestly Hold, br.ng:
the dealer popular confidence, linancia.1
competence and personal content.
Four girte at the Wisconsin Cnivers
lty succeeded in getting in debt ko
deeply that their chattels were at
tached by creditors. And yet some
people contend that coeducation is a
failure, and does not tend to fit wo
men for business.
One of the railroads in Pennsylvania
has not waited for the passage of a
bicycle baggage law in that State, but
announces that it will carry bicycles
and baby carriages free. This goes
ahead of the legal requirements and
provides an outing for the whole fam
ily. '
Fanners complain that it is bard to
bire labor in the cities as It was before
the electric railways began to reach out
into rural places. Inventive electricians
will have to help out the tillers ot the
oil, for it Is evident that the "unem
ployed" will not count for much when
there is a rush of work in the Held.
A boy in Xew York found $4,346 in
bank notes on the street He gave the
money to a policeman, who turned it
over to his Captain, and thus It reach
ed the owner within a few hours. This
la a wholesome incident that speaks
volumes for the boy and the policeman.
If the gratitude of the finder is of the
customary affluent character the boy
by this time doubtless has received
10 cents or perhaps a dollar and tbe
policeman is rejoicing in an assurance
of appreciation of his rectitude.
What a crank with a determined pur
pose can do ia well illustrated in the
case of Mr. Hlnes, a North Dakota
farmer. lie studied the wheat trans
portation question. He found that a
railway capitalized at a price of fi&.OOO
a mile could carry wheat at a profit
when charging 11 cents a bushel for it.
He resolved then that he would per
suade his brother farmers to build their
own railroad for transporting wheat
from Grafton to Dulutb. The work on
the road Is done on the co-operative
plan, the fanners themselves turning
out with their teams and performing
the hauling, grading and timber cutting
At first Mr. Hlnes was laughed at as a
crank, but already forty miles of I be
road are done, as an answer to tbe gibes
of unbelievers. The farmers take stock
in the new road as part pay for their
work, showing that they have faith in
their own enterprise. The road when
finished will be 281 miles long. It will
enjoy the distinction of being the only
farmers' road in this country.
Joseph Jefferson was recently quoted
as saying that Frank Mayo, who died
suddenly, was America's representative
actor. Middle aged men of to-day re
member his "Davy Crocket" the
most thrilling dramatic event of their
boyhood. The dramatic critics never
liked the character, but the people did,
and it ran for many years. "Davy
Crockett" wore a buckskin suit, lived In
the backwoods, and was regarded by
people as having a heap of plain com
mon sense. His golden rule: "Be sure
yon' re right, then go ahead," ran
through the play Just as "damn it"
runs through many more modern plays.
Davy was a very strong man, and once,
while protecting the heroine, was
chased by wolves. They sought refuge
in an old cabin, but upon entering found
that tbe bar used to bold tbe door abut
was gone. Rolling up his sleeve, Davy
put his big right arm In place of the
bar, and set the gallery wild. But Mayo
was capable of heavier acting, and bad
played in Bhakapearean roles, "Don
Caesar" and "D'Artagnan" and plays
which are still on the boards. The bit
of Mayo's life was made In "Puddln'
bead Wilson."
To moat white people wbo remember
tfee thrill of borror with which the
newa of tbe Custer umstticrj was re
ceived, there is the provocation of a
erreas shock in the fact that six thou
sand flioux were recently on tbe Little
B'g Horn, holding war dances In cele
bration of tbe part which they bore
ia that bloody affair. It Is easy for
wblto people to think of Indians as
"Bod devils," and of member of tbe
Sloox tribe as among the worst of
tbe lot. Tot whoa that powerful tribe
was first rial tod by whit men, nJ
ladeed as lato as a century and a quar
ter ago, tbe Sloox were frleadly and
hospitable. Jonathan Carver speat
tao winter among them. Dear tbe head
waters of the Minnesota, la 1767, study
ha( tkair langoage and their manner.
Bo foond them generous and kladly
disposed. Daring 'bis canoe voyage of
awn than Ave t boa sand miles through
tbo coaatrj of the Northwestern In
dia tadta. ha waa aover Bred at from
Mr subjected to any nnfrload
ty attack. A geMimtlaa later, Amer
kata erptortrf procoodlag up tbo Mia
Hasf;yl were la esastaat danger of
(Mr Bros, by raaooa of attacks from
feoacSe ladtaaa. What had pradaood
Cut change? Nat laaato rlalaasaoas la
r taart of tao Iadfca, bat tbo bad
C at tbe wWlsa, waa the eaaoe
ftD txT warfare wtjed ky U
tHxl TiyteB eft Ce fSftiM aaal
:n the mountains ot the .orta .
hich culminated in ifciHi of slauffh-
I . 1:1.. .1 t.. Mil li'j
! m-n jer.shed ia the Uri beds. ni
Custer and bin gallant band were done
to death no the banks of the Little
15i Horn
"Women seem to have a rooted dis
like to Insuring their livws," recently
declared one of a new firm of women
i "insurance brokers" to a Philadelphia
j Times reporter. "If it is a warned
; woman, she will say: 'Why should I
pay money for another woman to en
j Joy after I am gone? It is strange that
j married women always take it for
; granted that their husbands will marry
' again If they ever become widowers.
: The single woman has plenty of rea
sons for refusing to insure, and most
; of them valid. She says that she ean
I not afford to, for one thing; then she
will ask why she should insure her life
and pay out money annually, when she
has no children to enjoy the money she
may leave. She w ill say that there is
absolutely no Inducement for her to go
into such a speculation. Even when we
point out the advantage of an endow
ment policy, which will give her the
money at the end of twenty or twenty
five years, she cannot see it. She fty-ls
that she would rather have f 10 in her
pjcket to-day tlmn wait twenty-five
years for $Kl,iMl. I suppose there must
lie about two million of dollars invested
by the rich women in this city in Insur
ance policies. Your rich woman knows
the value of insurance, anil she does
not hesitate to take any means to add
to her wealth, even if she must die to
do if
Martin Albert, a band-leader and
cornet player of Xew Brunswick, N. J..
caused the arrest of John Barry, wuose
room adjoins bis in an apartment
bouse, for snoring. The reason given
by the complainant for tbe apprehen
sion of the accused was that Barry'.'
style of snoring was a shock to bis mus
ical instincts. "The snore is away up
in G," the eornetist explained o the
Judge. "He dimlnuendoes, strikes a
canttbilo movement, takes a cresivmlo
neatly and then catches his breath on,
tbe retard as if he had a small circular
saw In his larynx. When he gets his
second wind he begins well down on
the bass clef, and then bursts with a
fine Wagnerian finale that cracks 'lie
wall paper In my room." In rebuttal
Barry disavowed any knowledge of
having snored, and furthermore de
clared that he did not propose to stay
up nights to see whether he did or not.
When the Judge asked him what he
had to say In answer to the complain
ant's statement that he had beard hirn
snore, Barry answered that one could
n't always believe what he hears. Tbe
Judge discharged Barry. Evidently the
court wag couvinced that the com
plainant had misstated his reasons for
arresting Barry. It was quite appar
ent that the other occupants of the
apartment bouse had mistaken the
snoring for Albert's comet practice,
and had annoyed the musician either
with compliments or notices to quit.
Anyway, the court reasoned that even
If Barry's performance was as bad as
the bandleader reported it the offense
was Justified by the law of retaliation,
and to be Impartial both the suorer
and the cornet player would have to
go to Jail. As to requiring snorers to
take Instruction in order that their
nocturnal exercises shall not offend the
trained ear of a musician who may
happen to sleep In the same block, that
would be a flagrant subversion of the
constitutional privilege of every citizen
to enjoy life, liberty and audible res
piration. Disease Detected by X-Kays. ,
In the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Prof. Norton ha been able,
with the aid of X-rays, to make a diag
nosis in case of tubereuioais of the
lungs, pneumonia, enlarged heart and
enlarged spleen. Tbe lungs, when
sound, are very transparent to the rays,
but become more or less opaque when
diseased. The heart Is slightly more
opaque than tbe lungs, aud Its outline
can be easily seen. The game Is true
of tbe spleen, which is more transpar
ent than Its surroundings, and of the
liver, which Is more opaque. The skull
transmits tbe rays and reveals, by va
riations In opacity, the location of Its
thicker and thinner parts, but of the
texture of the brain uothing can lie
made out. An Indication of the ease
with which opaque foreign substances
lodged In tbe body can be detected Is
given by the statement that buckles on
tbe clothes are easily seen through any
part of the body ecepttbe lower por
tion of tbe abdomen. Young persons
are more transparent to the rays than
their elders, but tbe different parts of
their bodies show less contrast, even
the bones being transparent In s Ik.v i
years old.
wedfab Proverbs.
Mrs. Baker, In Ploturea of Kwedisli
Life, saya that tbe Kwedlsb language Is
rich In proverbs. Many of these are
exactly tbo same as are found In En
glish. "Tbe burnt child dreads the
Are" and "Better late that never" are In
stances. Others, while corresponding
to proverbs In English, have a turn pe
culiar to themselves. Tbe following are
a few examples: "When tbe cat Is awsy
tbe rata dance on tbe table;" "a new
broom sweeps well, bat an old one Is
best for tbe corners "one bird In the
band la better than tea on the roof;"
Mwboa the stomach Is satisfied the food
It bttter;" "to read and not to know 1
to plough and not to sow;" "that which
la aatoa from tbo pot never conies to
tbe pUtter."
- ' flaaawaye. .
A device for freeing a rnnawsy horse
from the vehicle has been Invented by
a New England man. By moving a
lever the shafts are released from tic
toUcm, a ad tbe vehicle can be guided
fey tse aasM lever aatll It stops.
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Ftw a Meteoric Stone Fall-
Mr. J. F. Black, a farmer, living about
nine miles from Ottawa. Kan., jiw a
mall meteorite fall on his land late la
the afternoon of April i last, and going
to the spot where It fell, picked It up,
It weighs thirty -one ounces and con
tains a little Iron, but consists in the
main of atony material.
New Zealand's Gem.
Agate-hunters from Germany are now
exploring New Zealand w ith very prom
ising results. Blue and while lopax
and splendid specimens of amethyst
have tteen discovered by them, as well
as large pieces of quartz so tilled with
slender, rutile crystals as to resemble
masses of matted hair.
Java' Man-Apt-.
Prof. Marsh, of i'ale, has recently an
nouucd hU opinion that the remarka
ble remain of a ukull. teeth and other
losxil Imiucs found by Dr. I tube's in
Java belonged to uu aiiini.il tii-tt "
not hiiMan but lepreweu e-j ,i form
intermedia telH't ween man and the high
er apes." This opinion confirms the be
lief of the discovert r of the 1kik , w.'io
called the aimial pllhej:iiitliro)os, or
"ape-man." The boues were f'und In
ancient volcanic !eposiin. and belong.
Prof. Marh thluk-i, to the aj known
as the Pliocene.
New Kind of Kltea.
Meteorologists are now trying to
study the atmosphere high above the
ground with the aid of self-recording
barometers and thermometers, etc., sent
up iu kites. This has resulted In a
great Improvement In tbe forms of
kites, which are now constructed on
scientific principles. At tbe headquar
ters of the Weather Bureau Iu Wash
ington box-shaped kites, with oien ends
aud sides partly covered with silk, are
used. Instead of twine or cord, flue
piano wire is employed to hold the kite.
At the Blue Hill Observatory, near Bos
ton, box-Hhaied kites have leen sent
up to an elevation of almost a mile
above sea -lev el.
A I'hoaphoreacent 1'artr.
Monsieur Henry, of the Paris Acad
emy of Sciences, has Invented a phos
phorescent starch with which surpris
ing effects can lie produced. I'sed as a
face-powder, it makes the countenance
glow In a dark room with mysterious
radiance. Kecently a "5-o'dock tea"
wag given in Paris after dark, no light
being employed except that supplied by
phosphorescent starch sprinkled over
everything In the room. The carpet,
the ceiling, the pictures on tbe walls,
tbe furniture, the teacups, the Sowers,
the faces, shoulders and dresses of the
la diet all glowed and gleamed, making
a spectacle that waa at once startling
and beautiful.
Oldest Man in the World.
According to statistics collected in
Germany the oldest man known to be
living anywhere ou the earth is Bruno
Cotrlm, a negro born In Africa, but now
living in Hio Janeiro. Upon the same
authority is based the seemingly Incred
ible statement that there are per
sons living in Bulgaria, each of whom
has reached, or passed, the age 4 NX)
years, maklug one cenlenarlau to every
1,000 inhabitants of that country: Ger
many, with a population of r2.0O0,(((Kl,
claims only 78 centenarians, ami
France, with a poulatlon of 40,00o,ui)0,
213 centenarians, while Ireland, whose
population numbers only 4,0OH,SSi, has
578 centenarians.
Destroying Friction.
After calling atteutlou to the fact that
man waa content with tbe use of oil to
keep machinery In running order until
he began to ride the bicycle, when he
demanded some better labor-saver ami
Invented ball-bearing, the Scientific
American proceeds to Illustrate aud de
scribe some recent applications of such
bearings. They are employed for wag
on and carriage wheels, for tbe carrier
wheels of cable roads, and for the
shafts of swift-running machinery.
They practically dispense with the use
of tbe oil can and greatly reduce the
amount of friction to be overcome, thus
adding to tbe effective power of all ma
chines .In which they are used. The
singular fact Is noted that Prof. Boys,
of London, showed experimentally that
ball-bearings, when properly construct
ed, are practh-ally proof aginst wear.
He demonstrated this fact by weighing
the balls of a bicyrie-beating when they
were new, and again after they had
been subjected to long service. They
showed no loss of weight.
American Boapatone.
In the Ragged Mountains, In A I be
marie County, Virginia, tbe scene of
one of Poe's weird tales, exists a great
deposit of soaps toue which Is said to
be tbe finest In tbe world. It was dis
covered only about twelve years ago,
but now s small colony exists at the
spot and three quarries have been open
ed. Tbe stone, which Is very hard and
fine-grained. Is cut out In blocks aver
aging nine tons In weight, and after
ward Is sawed Into slabs. It Is em
ployed, among other things, for tanks In
(iieiuUal Ishoratories, tubs snd sinks In
laundries, linings for fireplaces, grid
dles, which need bo greasing when
made of soaps tone, tables and fittings
In hospitals and dissecting-rooms. Acid
ia said to have no effect upon tbe stone.
Dose Woanae) Bar Her Keep?
T bouse ads of womea work la tbe
mlnoa of fMelnm. Caaiaad and Cora-
walk la the flrst-aamed eevatry tbey
formerly worked from twelve to
iceii Lours a day, with no Sunday rest.
The linen thread splnuers o." New Jer
sey, according to the re.rt of the
l.bor Commissioner, are So one
branch of the Industry compelled to
and on a stone AW In water the year
rtMiud. uiont of the time barefoot, with
a spray of water from a revolving cyl
inder flying constantly against the
breast; and the coldest night In in
ter, as well as the warmest In sum
mer, these poor creatures must go to
their homes with iter dripping from
their underclothing along their path,
lecause there could uot be space or a
few moments allowed them wherein to
change their clothing." ft women
are "exempted" from labor attended
by hardship!
Despite these washerwomen, mlneis
and linen thread spinners, we are told
"it Is woman's privilege generally to
!e exempted from the care of earning
her livelihood snd that of her off
spring." It would seem to be time that this
Iitel Usn woman should be scorned
by fair minded men. Krom all antiqui
ty the majority of women have been
faithful workers, rendering a full
equivalent In labor for their scanty
sliare of the world's goods. The origin
of every Industry bears testimony to
this. Iu our own era. while wotnen
were still homekeepers. did they not
earn their livelihood '! What was the
weaving, the sewing, the cooking, the
doctoring, the nursing, the child care,
"the work that was never done." if It
was not earning a subsistence? Kven
In these days, w hen woman goes forth
and receives the reward of her labor
as publicly as man, she Is no more
worthy of her hire. Her aucesiress
sweet and saintly soul! did not tlream
of recompense. But was it uot her
due, and shall we refuse to credit It
because man was then a self-sutflcienf
ignoramus who deemed himself the
only one fit to acquire property ' -Popular
Science Monthly.
Will Not Hulnnlt to Dictation.
The subject of renewing the privi
leges of the Bank of Prance will short
ly come up for discussion In the cham
ber, after having been iu abeyance
since 18! rj, when the senate approved
a bill for the purpose.
The bill has not since been modified
and the provisions included In It will.
It Is thought, be adopted without ma
terial alteration. One of them, which
was to empower the bank to Increaxe
its note issue from :t,.VSi,ism.(Ssi francs
to 4.1 KU io.oi 0, was passed an far back
as 18(3. The charter expires on Dec.
31, 18!7, and tbe proposal Is to extend
It for a period of twenty years from
that date. In consideration of the bank
making certain concessions to the
stale.
Among these concessions Is one by
which the bank Is to forego nil future
Interest on the government debt, 140,
000,000 francs, and not to demand re
payment of the capital so long as the
charier Is in force. The bank Is to
undertake the service of the national
debt and transact other business for
the treasury, both at the head office and
branches, free of charge, and make an
annual payment to the latter for 2.s,
0O0 francs during the first year of the
currency of the new charter and 1!.5ii0.
000 francs per annum subsequently.
It Is to open several new branches
and make advances to agrlciiltur.il co
operative societies.
It Is not Improbable that an effort
will be made to convert the bank Into
a state institution, but such a project
does not command support either In
financial or ministerial circles, and is
not In the least degree likely to meet
with success. Kdlnburgh Scotsman.
Interviewing Casey.
A reporter of a New York daily oncp
went to tbe office of the late Genera!
Casey to get some Information concern
ing the I.ydecker tunnel story. General
Casey looked at the young mini rather
sternly at first, aud ihe reporter ex
pected but scant detail lo follow.
"Come In, sir.'" he exclaimed. Iu a
tone of almost unpleasant com ma ml.
The two dooss of his office were open.
The reporter was standing. The gen
eral, without a word, went to one
door and closed It with the utmost pre
cision; then he went to (lie other door
and closed It with the same precision.
The reporter was In doubt. The two
were in the room slone. t'ninlnir m
to Ihe newspaper man. he pointed his ,
Index finger straight at his eye, ami j
said: "Sit dow n there, young man.
and I'll tell you the st story you
ever heard." And he did.
t'.ftlann'a Sru..l. I
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Mr. Edison has only once tried to (iiAo-t ,,,,. 1(MI) v.sierday. which
make a seech. It was before a girls' w Uie Sabl.lh day." "No. sir." re
seminary, where he had agreed to lec-1 pne(j , cb,M .., p11(Ml ,,.,
ture on electricity. He had engaged mon,iDf(. uu, ,1Py WH gr()in' n ,es.
a friend named Adams to operate the 1(.r(,,y-..yullt Havlmi f ,.,,.
apparatus while he talked; but when drea by , K.. nvll, ,M,.ru,..
the "Wizard" arose liefore his audi-
ence, be felt so dazed that be simply ' The Hlcycle Brush.
said: "Ladies. Mr. Adams will now Tbe verv latest thin? In l.lcri.lu mm.
address you on electricity, and I will
demonstrate what be has to say with
tbe apparatus."
Heard While Waiting.
A passenger, while waiting at a rail-
way stHtlon for his train, amused him-'
self by w a tcinng the queer looks and
antics of a la III ess cat as It played about
on tbe platform. The statlomunster
happening to pop out of bis office, the
Intending traveler pointed to tbe cat1
and said, "What kind of a cat Is that-'
Manx'" "No," replied the statlonmas- of riders wbo wish to visit the ceme
ter, with a sly smile, "Brighton Ux- tery, but are not ermitted to enter with
pr""." their wheels.
A Vacaam. I . Mhoee. !
A perfect vacuum is a jM-rfect insula-' When shoes have become stiff and
tor. It Is possible lo exhaust a tut so uncomfortable from constant wesr In
perfectly tnst no electric machine can ' the rain, or from lying by unworn, ap
send a spark through the vacuous ply. s cost of vaseline, nibbing It in well
space, even when flic stace Is only one' wltb a cloth, snd In a short time tbe
centimetre. leather will become soft snd pliable, j
A woman should at least be grateful
tor one ining: sne is never aaaeg u. ae rtona, and should 1-s.e no time In ac
apsBbearer. kaowWdglng it.
ACROSS THE ROCKIES.
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Mich Easlneerlns klll Heqairrd to
r-et the Holes Properly. j
Telephone cutisi ruction in the Hot ky j
Mountain Is anything but child's play, j
) aud Is atteu-led w ith a great dl of
hardship. J he line built from irauvmr
to A sj.c u several years ago is a caw in
point. It took two mouths to cover the
entire length, forty-eight miles. In or
dinary construction the pole would lie
- set forty-two to the mile, but at certain
j points, w here sharp turns w ere tits-es-1
jsary, the numlx-r would sometimes t j
j Increased to seveuty-nre to tne nine,
Tbe members of the construction gang
' had to be as expert as axmen as they
j were as linemen, for when timlsr was
encountered a th of -ii feet on each
side of the line bad to I cleared In or-
j der that wires might not lie broken
when trees were blown over by the ter
rific blasts which at times prevail In
that region.
A great deal of Ihe coin para five slow
news of the Installation was owing to
the inability of the workmen to labor
iu such a raritieil atmosphere. At one
point the wires were strung at an ele
vation of 12.l feet above Ihe sea
level. Iu such an altitude the lineman
soon becomes completely tired: after
he has climbed two or three poles he
has to take a rest to reciqierate his en
ergies. The prearatiou of Ihe holes
for poles, which would have ticeu tedi
ous in similar ground even in an ordi
nary atmosphere, was an especially
slow and fatiguing operation. It was
often necessary to blast a bole for the
pole by the use of giant powder, and an
ex-niiner, who had Imd an extensive
experience with explosives, was assign
ed to the Job.
The digging of one pole bole would
sometimes occupy him for a w hole day,
working honestly. Over 300 pounds of
powder were ued on the line for this
purjv. When the continental divide
was reached the poles had to be aian
doned and tbe wires were placed in a
submarine cable, which was burled In
a two-foot trench for a distance of 7,000
feet. The advisability of abandoning
aerial construction at this point was
demonstrated by the experience of the
company tluit maintains the Denver
and Leadvllle line. At one point on that
line. Mosquito Pass, the poles were orig
inally set seventy feet apart. As soon
as the wires were covered with sleet
they promptly snapped aud the line was
useless. Double the number of poles
were then used, with the samp result.
The Sace Isiween the poles was then
i educed to twenty-five feet, but as soon
ns 1 lie sleet came Ihe line was swept
down flat. Eventually an underground
cable was laid for two and a half miles,
and there has been no trouble since.
Denver Field and Kami.
'Itastaa' Birthday.
The oddest birthday celebration of
which we have ever heard Is thus de
scritied by a gentleman who has lately
travelled through the South:
In the northern part of Georgia I
came upon a negro cabin, and as 1 ap
proached, it became evident that some
extraordinary commotion was going on
within. In fact, shouts and yells of ter- j
ror succeeded one another so rapidly
t hat I hastened to see what could !
the trouble.
As I drew rein liefore the door, half-a-dozen
ragged pickaninnies ran out.
All but one of them were screaming
and crying at the tops of their voices,
while the odd oue, as merry as flic
others were sad, liegan tumbling cart
wheels' and standing on his head. At
this moment a man. evidently thp head
of the household, apiicared In the door
way, and In answer to my Inquiries j
gave uie the following explanation of j
the mystery: !
"Yer see, sab, ills is 'Hast us' blrfday," j
Indicating the one whose Joyful antics j
I have Just mentioned. "Now. 1'se pow- j
erful hard up Jes' at presen". an' didn't j
hab no money ter celebrate In de usual
way. An' If Jes' bruk me nil up fer see '
de res' habln' jes' ns much fun on j
Kasttis' birthday as 'Itastus wus habiu'
hlsself. So, times leln' so hard, de
only way I could see was ter gib der
res' all a-lickln', and' dat kinder raises
'Itastus up ober de odders!" j
A quarter flung to 'Itastus proved a J
cnartn mar raised mm sun nigner, and
dried the tears of the others In an in
stant. Happier children than these
same pickanuinlei as I rode away, a
moment later, It would be hard to find.
Grew on Sunday.
A liltle girl In Aberdeen brought a
basket of stra wherries to the minister
very early on Monday morning. "Thank j
von. mv little airl." he said. 'Ther '
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are verv iteautirui. H it l none vm.
dries at this writing Is a bicycle brush, !
which is Isitig placed on the market by
a manufacturer ou South DmrlMji-'u
street. It looks a good deal like a very
mrg toolh brush and Is used for reach-
ig points In the bicycle snaton. that
sr. difficult to get st with a cloth
Lads of Enterprise.
Two enterprising boys have erected
a small shed near the entrance to Oak'
woods Cemetery snd do a good bus!
neae on Sundays checking the blcvcles
Kvery man Is weak In certsln direc
THE OLD CLFRK.
Hi Life After AH n No Sain
r Pai-nrr.
It was noou. but tbe dek nearest the
window In the great library was still
vacant. Tbe4erk whispered together,
and the U.ys who carried tsjoks to tbe
alcoves glanced at H uneasily.
"Old Peyton," tbey said, "has been
here for twetity years and never missed
a day before." ( ne of tbe Isiy watered
bis fbrwers, for the deaf old clerk had
his window full of growing plants.
The chief lil.rariau me out of his
offl.-e. "Mr. Peyton is dead." be said
abruptly. "Kouud dead iu his lied last
night. It Is Iu the morning's paper."
The library, was always quiet, but a
great slb-uce filled It during that day.
The Isiys sloped skylarking, and the
clerks made uo comments to each other,
even alsiut the dead mail. Mr. Peyton
bad tieeii very deaf, and rarely siik
lo them. But it they looke-1 nt th
vaciint stool, and remembered the bttn.
bent figure In its shabby cloi!n-, and
tbe kindly face, it seemed a if a strong
help had suddmily drop-d out of their
lives.
Ill Ihe ottice the thief discussed the
dead man with a director.
"Never was a life sm h a failure," he
said. "Piytoii was a tine Greek schol
ar. He gave his youth an 1 mid lie age
to his book on Greece. His whole htttrt
was In his work. He put into !t k-rent
research and bfirnln. But Schlic
tua mi's discoveries iddciily prov -1 all
his theories false. Tiiere is his !-i ik ou
the shelves, worthless; ccvered with
dust. Nolsfdy reads il. Then he lost
his b'liring. He could init even teach
Greek. He was only tit for clerical
work, which lmrcly kept him alive, lie
bud no wife uor child. A wasted life,
sir! A wasted life:"
"You will go to the funeral?" iid ills
friend, rising to go out.
"Most certainly!" said the chief, hot
ly. "Why, there is no man livlwj for
whom I feel as 1 did fo" Peyton! I
could tell you things of the lofty bono
of tluit old fellow, his eUilcriiewH. his
charity. Oh, you know t m i.i w ben you
live with him twenty tear! No lie--gyman
ever mnde Christianity rfil to
me ns he did."
.Meanwhile the old clerk lay still and
cohl on his cot In his liltle chamts.-r. It
wus a bare room, for he had lieeii vert
poor. On a shelf was his great work,
which eveu be had not opened for
year.
Whs it a failure Had his life failed
with it? A miniature picture of his
mother, a young, beautiful woman,
hung over It.
"Perhaps "be knows why Gil bt my
work go for nothing," Peyton used 'o
think, as he looked hi h-r. "I don?
understand."
His Irish landlady was in the room
all day. She told every one w ho came
how the old clerk had cared for her and
her children for years. How he had
kept Mike at work, and s'opped lieu
from drinking.
The neighbor came, hard woriiirr.
intelligent folk, anil each hail a story to
tell of advice or help which h" had giv
en them In some strait of their lives.
Krom the policeman on his round tc
the crippled newslmy at the onier. 1
bad been a friend anil wise father to
them all.
I-atcr in the day the clerks .-ame, and
the Isiys from the library. They brought
buiii'hes of flowers and with tenrs laid
them on bis breast, thinking of kind
words and deeds which were ns natural
to the poor clerk as his breath.
They did not notice the great work of
his life on the shelf overhead, the work
lliat hail failed. Tbey only knew that
one of God's helpers hud gone out of the
world, and mourned for hirn.
Ills mother's face smiled down, as It
bad always done, well content ujHin her
son. Anil upoii the dead man's far
there was now a strange, listening look,
as of one who was culled home an l
beard his welcome. Youth's Compan
ion. What's In a Name?
The story of their trouble Is easily
told.
There wus William J. Brown, who
Iwul ail office on the seventh floor, and
W. Joseph Brown, w ho had an office on
the six Hi floor. Each tried to stick to
bis own met iiixl of jtilng his name,
but many lalsr-savlng correspondent
Insisted upon using only the Initials,
and that made a good deal of trouble.
It was annoying to one W. J. Brown to
see a check sticking out of a letter as
he opened It, only to fl'id that It lie
longed to the other W. J, Brown, and It
was annoying to the other W. J. Brow n
to pay t xrrss charges on packages be
longing to W. J. Brown on the floor
nltove.
William ,1. ioss.sl n letter Into W,
Joseph's office one day with the sugges
lion that It w ould be a good scheme for
01 m to pay h'Mt bills, as he (William J.)
was tired of receiving tbem.
It was not until W. Joseph's wife
made the mistake of addressing a let
ter to hi m as "W. J." Hint the real trou
ble begun. William J. handed the let
ter lo W. Joseph and asked with right
eous Indignation: "Why don't you sup
ply your wife with enough money when
she goes visiting?" He got away before
there was a chance for an explosion, but
It came the next day when W. Joseph
drifted Into bis office and handed biro
a letter with the remark: "I wish you'd
marry that girl. You've been engaged
long enough, and, besides, her letleri
are getting sickening."
The police finally succeeded In restor
ing order. Chicago Post.
llange of the Voice.
The range of the human voice : quit
astounding there being slmut nine per
fect tones, but I7.r(i2,1M,(H4,M3 differ
ent sounds; thus fourteen direct mus
cles, alone or together, produce 1A.8R.1;
thirty Indirect muscles, ditto, 173,741..
; snd sll In co-operation produce the
number we have named, and these In
dependently of different dog reel of h
tensity.
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