OLD
FAVORITES
The Village lilackstnlth.
Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy mantis;
Tin smith, a uiiKlily man in lie,
.-.With-larse, and sinewy hands;
Arid the iniiM-lfs of his brawny arms
Are ttroui; tin iron bunds.
hair in crisp and black and lone;
His face is Jike the tan;
Hi brow Is wet with holiest sweat
Hp earns whatc'i r h? can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
l'or he owe not any num.
Week in, week out, from morn till
nijjht,
Von can hi ar bin bellow blow;
3on can hoar him swing his henvy glcdga',
With tuiMKiin-d beat ami slow,
Like a sexton rinsing the village bell,
lien tin ciiiiig sun in low.
Ami children coming home from school.
Look in at the oj'en d'.-or;
They hive to nee tlie limning forgo,
And hoar the bellows roar,
And catch tiie burning sparks thnt fly
Like chaff from the threshing floor.
flf K"'' on Sunday to the church,
Ami fits amoiiK his boys;
lie hears the parson pray and preach;
He benri his daughter's voice
Hinging in the village choir.
And it makes his heart rejoice.
Jt founds to him like her mother's voles,
Kinging in Paradise!
J!e iieedH must think of her once more,
, How in the grave she lies;
And with bin hard, much hand he wipes
; A tear out of Ins eyes.
.Tolling, rejoicing, sorrowing,
Onward through life he goes;
Kach morning seen mime tiifk begin,
ICarh evening sees it close;
fomcthing nttemptcd, something done,
11 lis earned a night's repose.
Thanks, tlimks to thee, my worthy
friend.
Tor the lesson thou hast taught!
Thus at the flaming forge of life '
Our fortune must be wrought;
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Kach burning deed and thought.
Henry W." Longfellow.
The Gospel Train.
The gospel train is corniug,
1 hear it just at hand,
2 hear the car wheels moving,
And rumbling through the land.
Get on lioiird, children, get on hoard,
children, get on board, children,
For there's riiu for many a more.
Get on board, children, get on board,
children, gut on board, children,
For there's room for many a more.
1 hear the bell and whistle,
A coming round the curve;
She's playing all her steam and power,
And straining every nerve.
No signal from another train,
To follow on the line,
Oh, inner, you're forever lost,
If once you're left behind.
This is a Christian banner
The mottoes new and old,
Salvation and repentance
Are burnished there in gold.
fine's nearlng now the station,
Oh! sinner, don't be vain,
lint come and get Jour ticket
And be ready for the train.
The fare in cheap, and all can go
The rich and poor lire there;
No second class are on the train.
No difference in the fare.
There's Moses, Noah and Alvah,
And all the prophets, too;
Our friends in Christ are all on board,
Oh, what a heavenly crew!
,W"e soon reach the Motion,
Oh! how we then shall sing,
With all the heavenly army,
We'll muke the welkin ring.
.We'll shout o'er all our sorrow
And sing forevermore,
With Christ and all his army
On that celestial shore.
ADS" THAT ATTRACT.
Thousand of Bugiceetlon Are He
eel ed by the Hk Firms.
Of the thousand who gaze idly ev
ery day at tin? glaring advertisements
in the top of the street oars, there
are probably very few who realize the
great nmotiut of time and money spent
on the designing, manufacture, ami
distribution of these many-colored
placards.
"Any fool can write a vere an good
an that," Brown or June la apt to Hay
to himself on his way home to dinner.
Ajid yet If thin name critical person
will only send a verso of bis own com
position to the people who nre adver
tising some new break fust foor or
lcanlug composition the chances are
ten to one Uiat two days later lie will
get It back again and see written on
the back i the sheet: "Declined with
thanks." ,
"I would be willing to wager," said
a mail at the .lead of a large advertis
ing agency, 'that I send back more
mauuscrlpti (itery month tlmn any
magazine In Um L'nlted Wales. i.ie
number of people who think they can
write advertisements seems to be with
out end; tboe who really can write
good ones are mighty hard to find."
When advertisers once discover any
body who can do clever work cither
at making verses or drawing pictures,
this person can command pay far out
of proportion to tbe actual work that
he dors. But for very one who is
able to aell hie Idea at fancy prices
there are hundred! of failure who do
.not make enough money to pay for
ne pans and Ink with which they
write. One tnia who doea all the ad
vertising for several large firms sal
to an Inquiring visitor:
"It's not always the sense we want;
If something silly will attract people'i
attention, It suits us exactly. Tb
more Idiotic a verse Is the better wi
like It, generally."
Often a couplet. In which the lack o
meter Is exceeded only by the lack o.
Sonne, bring to tbe writer $40 or $50
A ridiculous defect, the advertiser
tell you. will often be paid for hand
Homely, while other verses with pep
feet meter are returned by the score
When passengers on a surface "or clc
vated car notice a ludicrous lack a
rhythm In a verse they midge eacl
other, point It out, and remember tii
name of t lie article mentioned Iou(
after all correctly measured lines an
forgotten. The chief reason for thi
refusal of such a great number ol
verses is that they .hnve too mucli
sense in them, and therefore do no)
appeal to tbe passengers' sense ol
humor.
.Manufacturers of the various break
fast foods, cleaning compositions, med
icines iinii numberless other artlclcl
advertised lit the ears receive every
day dozens of drawings and rhyme)
proclaiming the perfection of this o
that commodity. Out of these tbej
usually choose those that they con
sider best and return all the rest, tic
casioiially, however, a particularly
clever artist or rhymester is employed
sobdy by one firm, and does no wort
for any other. Any one who has dis
played such noticeable talent can nl
most name bis own price, and b
pretty sure of getting it. The famoui
Jim Dumps posters are the work ol
two young women, one drawing tin
ridiculous pictures of Sunny Jim and
the other writing the catchy verses
They, as well as the author of tin
well known Spotless Town placards
lire In salaried positions, and devot(
their entire time and energy to the!
specialty. -New York Times.
THE WAGNERS IN BAYREUTH.
A Marked Contract Between the Greal
Composer's Widow and Hie Son.
A visitor to Bayrcuth, who ullowi
that, technically, the Wagner operai
are as well given In New York as tbej
are In thnt little German city whor(
you go to the show as you would g(
to mass, with downcast eyes and
bated breath, finds offsets In the r'o
turesipioness of the place, and In tlx
fun you have In trying to get any
thing to eat and drink, and a plaet
to crawl Into at night. But he sayi
It Is especially worth while to see Frnt
Wagner striding about the open
house. Shi; Is a queen, he says; slit
has decision In every feature. Hei
father, old Liszt, was a man of r tie
elded countenance, even his warts giv
ing a sort of distinction to him thai
was not shared by his neighbors, and
Frau Cosima has inherited this dig
nify and force of lneln. She Is a beet
business woman: Americans would re
gard her as grasping, but there Is s(
little money in the Old World that tin
people who bustle for it cannot tak
the same view of getting and keephij
that Is taken in our prosperous land.
She Is rich, and she- has the assur
ance of a continuance of fortune It
the royalties from her husband'i
operas and the sale of his works. It
Is understood that she Is opposed tc
the reproduction of "Parsifal" la
America, at least In its complete and
dramatic form, and that Is the reason
why. when It was given in Brooklyn,
It was only as a concert, with a scenic
background, and the somber knlghU
of the grail In spike tailed coats and
tin shirts. There Is a remarkable con
trast, says the visitor, between Wag
tier's widow and his son. Frau Coslum
Is big nnd bony and strenuous anq
commanding, while Solgfrled Is a pop
Injuy sort of boy, who tries to look
bigger than he Is by strutting, and
who has an unimpressive face and a
weak chin. Still, he has a certain
musical gift. It would be remarkably
If he hadn't, with Wagner for a father
and Liszt for a grandfather, and lit
has conducted an orchestra with a
measure of success.-Brooklyn ICagle.
F.h KJecteU by Volcanoes.
The stories of dead fish thrown ou(
by volcanoes have been revived by
the recent West India catastrophes.
In particular, great quantities of then!
are reported to have oeen cunt Into thj
sea from the island of St. Vincent. II
Is pointed out by a French expert, M,
(ilrardln, that these fish are simply tun
denizens of the lakes formed III tin)
craters during their long period of In
activity. A crater first become
clogged, then fills with water, and thl
water Is In time peopled with fish thai
Hud access to It through subterranean
channels. When volcanic activity H
resumed, the llrst thing that occurs II
an explosion that blows the lakc-t
water, fish, and all Into the air, atu
distributes It over the neighboring
land and water surface.
Hypocrisy in Vegetarianism.
Now that some of the lusurancn
companies Biv Insuring vegetarians'
for less thau they charge meat eaters,
thero will be carnivorous persons whi
will pone as vegetarians In order to get
low rates. The companies may Is)
driven to the employment of detect
Ives to shadow their customers whti
lunch downtown aud mix corned beet)
with cabbage-Oklahoma Stato Capl
tal.
What II" Proposed
1pMIs Workman, I'm going to
propose to you -
Hhe-Iteally,. Mr. IMioxy, I'm sorry
but
He That we have tome led
cream
She Oh! I shall be delighted to)
He Home evening when the weather
get wnnnef. Philadelphia Prat.
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Science and Disease. .. .
TIIE warfare of science with disease Is one of those
ever-old and ever-new contests which have a fascina
tion for many minds. While the training of special
ists has doubtless dene much to effect cures in Indi
vidual cases, and while the experiments of invosiiga
tors have certainly enlarged the boundaries of human
knowledge respecting disease neither of these factors have
contributed so much toward the control of the half-dozen
more Important maladies thst annually slay their thousands
as the gradual spread of elementary knowledge respecting
disease mining increasing numbers of the earth's inhabit
ants. The immortal Jenner has for more than a century
had the credit of discovering the efficacy of vaccination
and so of saving tbe lives of millions; yet it is probably
true that he gained his knowledge of cow-pox, .the met bod
of disieiiiinatiiig it among human beings, and the prot
tion It afforded against smallpox from the simple dairy
folk of OI'-'Ueest'Tshire, w ho tool loiig observed it, The
world owes him a debt of gratitude for spreading abroad
the Information be bad gained, but hardly for a true dis
eovery or generalization in science. Fast cur worked out
from many contributing sources a consisicut theory of germ
diseases, and following bis reasoning i'.ehring and Itotix
perfected the anti toxin treatment of
the greatest contribution of pure science to the specific
treatment of disease. In the case of typhoid fever, while
science has done much in Investigating the causes of Its
epidemics, only the gradual education of tbe public to the
protection of Its food and water supplies can ever put an
end to Its ravages. Fortunately, the public Is growing more
and more alive to the Importance of such protection, am!
tbe death rate from typhus bi decreasing, (inly the co
operation of large numbers of widely scattered people can
destroy the malaria burdened mosquito; but In the case of
yellow fever Intelligent action by a single local health
board. like that of Havana, will suffice practically to con
quer the disease. Tuberculosis, again, Is (dearly prevent.
Ijble by the spread of knowledge that consumptive sputum
must be disinfected; and the end of cholera infantum waits
on the grow th of the simple practice of sterilizing milk for
Infants.
In all these various directions while science has been
the pioneer It remains for the slow spread of elementary
knowledge among the people to work the cure.-Current
Literature.
A Disappearing Race.
TWO decades ago the native population of the Esqui
maux lands, Labrador, Greenland and Alaska, was
80.000. To-day the 'population of these countries Is
only 15,000 a decrease of f0 per cent. At this rate
Hie Esquimaux will soon have vanished off t lie fact
of the earth. There Is somotliing about this evanescence
of race as u totality which is more than dramatic it is
tragic. This In spite of the fact that the Eskimos are only
one of the inferior divisions of the great human family.
The disappearance of a distinct subdivision of humanity
as a whole shows hew dubious is the tenure of the earth
when the question Is considered with regard to the destiny
of human beings In their relation to the great march of
historic progress. One naturally thinks of the disappear
ance of the Indians in the United States as a parallel.
But great, as Is the decline of their branch of the human
commonwealth within recent years, it cannot relatively
equal the losses sustained by the Esquimaux.- I'.it!T:ili Enquirer.
How the New Law Hits Bankrupts.
AMEASniB of great Importance to business men
and lawyers-and. Indeed, to the whole community-is
the bill which was signed by the
President recently, aud by which the batik
ritptcy law of 1S0.S was materially amended. We
observe. In the first place, that by the new law pre
ferred creditors of a person who soon afterward becomes
a bankrupt, are not debarred from having other claims pass
ed upon by a failure to surrender the amount received, in
pursuance of a decision of the Fnlted Slates Supreme
THE MORALS OF MANNERS.
"Now, Aunt Margaret, it Is a rainy
afternoon, and I want to have it out
with you about my 'bad manners,' as
you call them. I've been here Just a
week, and you have spoken to me seven
times about my behavior. Here's the
list, as nearly as I can remember It.
"You told me I mustn't whisper in
church, even about something In the
sermon. That was the llrst day I was
here, and It wasn't a very good begin
ning, was It 1
"Monday 1 talked too loudly on the
street. Wednesday I was scolded for
eating a chocolate bonbon In a street
car, th'. ugh I was dreadfully hungry.
Then I didn't put on my gloves to go
over to Hal tie's, nnd I didn't look up
from my book or rise when you und
giaiidma cunic Into the room. You ob
oeU'd to mo fixing my hair at the con
cert last night, and this morning you
cil Iclsed my eating my cream toast
with a spoon. Instead of a fork.
"Now- It seems to me, Aunt Margaret,
that If I am to put my mind on all
ihise trifles 1 shall think about myself
from morning till night, and presently
hi the most self-conscious prig in the
world. That would be worse than these
lapses from your code of manners.
Don't you really think so?"
That was Helen's case, and It whs
not such a bad one. Her pretty face
looked vry grave over It. Let us try
to deal with her trouble ai the wise
Aunt Margaret dealt with it
To think of one's behavior nil the
lime Is 41 little like thinking of one's
fio, lies or one's eyes or one'i clevcr
ii -h. But underneath most .of these
iippurcir.ly arbitrary rules Ilea the gen
eral law' lli.it no one shall do anything
lu the public eye to attract attention to
h rself. Loud talking, eating, toilet
nuking are non-social acts; that is,
,!i, y Ignore Ibe clnlin of society that
one person shall do what would be
n'.nful and confusing If til did It at tbe
. i iti time. '
Again, the mark of respect for age
iml position tint n moral reason for Ita
exist nee. The quick perception of the
diphtheria, probably
FAVORITE MODELS IN MILLINERY.
fitness of things Is the mark of true
breeding.
Whatever the conventional demand Is
and It Is substantlnally the same the
world over It Is based on a sense of
proportion, on an unsclllsh wish to
make life easy and pleasant for others,
and on a Just feeling of one's own place
In the general order of the world.
Gloves, forks, chairs, voice, gesture, are
nil to serve one end the nrt of gentle
living.
To think about that nrt not about
one's self for one year or Ave years Is
the time spent. If one may acquire It so
that at the end of the time It "conies as
natural as life."
Grain from Ancient l'ompell.
As Bosco Iteale, a place not far from
rompell, there were recently unearth
ed some Jars of grain which are con
sidered ns ornong the most curious and
Interesting of the mnny thousands of
antiquities exhumed. More than eight
een centuries, as all the world knows,
have passed since unfortunate Pompeii
and Herculaneum were overwhelmed
und buried Itencath ashes and In if a
from Vesuvius. During more thau sev
enteen centuries the herdsmen wan
dered with their flocks above the
burled cltlea which had disappeared
from sight, and no one knew their z-
Court, a preferred creditor may now retain the amount
paid, provided, of course, the payment was not fraudulent,
while at. the same lime-, as regards debts unpaid, he will
share the rights of other creditors. Another important
amendment provides that the appointment of a receiver
for an insolvent corporation shall be deemed an act of
bankruptcy entitling the creditors to choose their own trus
tee. Among the objections to a discharge which are in
cluded in the new law Is the giving of a false mercantile
statement, or the proof that a voluntary bankrupt has
sought to go through bankruptcy more than once in six
years. The bill just enacted also adds to the list of debts
from which a bankrupt, cannot be relieved by a discharge
in bankruptcy. Among these additions are debts to the
wife and children, and alimony; also any sum due under a
Judicial decision to a seduced woman or for the support of
an illegitimate child. We note, finally, that the list of cor
porations permitted to go into voluntary bankruptcy will
hereafter include mining corporations, and that the fees
of referees and trustees are to be Increased on an average of
about "i0 per cent of the fees hitherto allowed by law.
Harper's Weekly.
New Tendency in immigration.
X alluding to the fact that during the six months end
ing with the close of l'JUJ, 3J;!,041 aliens entered the
Fnited States, Commissioner Sargent, of the Immigra
tion Bureau, points out that the great bulk of this army
of newcomers promptly sought employment in the towns
and cities, especially in the East, instead of spreading
throughout tbe country and assisting to populate the farm
ing regions of the West.
The change that has come about In this respect is
marked. Formerly the majority of our immigrants came
from Great Britain, Germany and Scandinavia. Those
from the last two territorial divisions of Europe made
llielr way In great numbers to the West and Northwest,
where their energy and industry made them valuable fac
tors in building up the prosperity of the agricultural Com
monwealths which play such important parts in feeding
die nation and producing the surplus food products which
the United States send abroad to furnish means of subsist
ence for the masses of the Old World.
This general distribution of the immigrants was whole
some on every account, since it tended to equalize the
national population. Now, however, the people who come
to our shores are chiefly from Russia and the south of
Europe, and their tendency to stay In the cities increases
the congestion in Industrial centers, while it leaves a
marked scarcity of lahor on the farms of the West, where,
during most of the year, the demand for workers at good
wages is keen and constant.
How this trend toward concentration Is to be overcome
is not apparent. But it is manifest that it is a much less
healthful development; than the former practive. It is far
better that the Immigrants who are now arriving In such
multitudes should bo distributed widely over areas where
the population Is comparatively scarce than that they should
herd together on the Atlantic slope In 'colonies" which
tend to make the progress of Americanization slower and
more difficult. Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Increase of Crime.
THE statistics of crime as set forth In a report made
to Congress by Dr. Arthur MacDonald indicate that
for thirty years past crime has been increasing In the
world. In spite of the progress of education and the
labors of philanthropy, mental and nervous diseases,
suicide, Insanity, Juvo"uilo crime, and pauperism are at
present increasing faster than the population. This in
crease, due apparently to concentration of population and
increased strain on (lie mental apparatus of mankind, does
not necessarily imply that the world is growing worse, but
merely that It is changing. An increase of crime may be
an Incident of a development that In the long run will be
salutary. Dr. MacDonald's report accompanies a bill to
provide a laboratory for the study of the criminal, pauper
and defective classes, in the hope of discovering the microbe
of crime and eliminating it. Harper's Weekly.
act locality until some statues were
exhumed by accident In 1748. In 1755
the great amphitheater was uncovered,,
aud since then systematic exhumations'
have been carried ou, revealing riches
of which nolsvdy had ever even dream
ed. They are still going on, and not
long ago a find of silverware ir.i Jew
elry was purchased by Baron I loth s
chlld for four hundred thousand francs
and presented to the Louvre In Paris.
It was In a court attached to one of
the buildings revealed by the excava
tions that the series of large earthen
Jars was found, arranged chess-board
fashion and filled with grain, Just as
they h.d been l(ft by those who ha1
created this curious granary nearly
nineteen hundred years ago.
New Klcetrlo Itoari.
An Austrian engineer Is working oti
plans for a rallwny from New York to,
Chicago upon which cars might be
run at 123 miles an hour by electricity
from Niagara,
A love affair that Is proper and sen
sible Isn't very entertaining, either to
(he parties concerned, or to the goa
slpa. A skunk la nr really powerful
until you kick It
CARE OF CUT GLASS.
Vayl to Avoid Breaking or ChippiagT
Costly Pieces.
A housekeeper whose table furnish
ings are always beautifully clear and
shining as If new gives the following
hints for the care of cut glasses, espe
cially of such pieces as are too valu
able to be washed haphazard with
the other tableware.
Use only tepid water and tbe purest
castile or other good soap for the
jleansing anil.rJjising of such, articled
ind manipulate a small, stiff brush
during the washing in order to get
every particle of dust out of the cut
ting. Then submerge Hie piece in
boxwood sawdust aud allow it to re
main some little time so that the saw
dust shall absorb the moisture and
clear the glass. The softest of clean
cloth without any nap about It should
be used for the final wiping and pol
ishing. Common white potato peelings
should be used for cleansing the hot-,
torn of carafes, decanters, aud. vases.
The shot frequently employed for this
purpose is apt to scratch the glass and
leave marks that show from the out
side. Tbe potato peelings should be
left In the articles over night or for
M'vcral hours and then be washed out
with tepid water.
Experience proves that the short life
of many articles of rich glassware is
due to the abrupt changes of temper
ature to which they are commonly
subjected. A tray or dish that has
been used for ice cream, sherbet or
any very cold substance. If plunged
into hot water, is almost sure to
crack. Likewise a pitcher or tumbler
which has been filled with ice water
If put suddenly into hot water or
placed too near a Are or hot stove,
will show the effects. There is no risk
tif breakage where tepid water is used
for cleansing.
A piece of cut glass should never
be taken from a china closet or closed
cabinet where it has been in a pro
tected atmosphere free from draughts
aud put immediately in contact with
a marble table top or other cold sub
stance. If the carafe and tumblers
to be used for iced drinks be put into
moderately cool water for a time be
fore they are used their safety is In
sured. Something of the same forethought
must be taken in guarding cut glass
objects from harm as is practiced with
a delicate child or a pet animal. Un
der ordinary rough handling the glass
will lose Its luster and crack or chip.
But with a few precautions Regularly
observed there is no reason why a
piece of cut glass should not be pre
served intact and brilliant for genera
tions. Chicago Inter Ocean.
CAPTAIN PASSOW A JOKER
The St. Louis Skipper Is II u morons
and Long-Headed.
Capt. Passow of the St. Louis was
being discussed at the Maritime ex
change, says the Philadelphia Record.
A skipper said:
"1 have known Passow for years.
He is quiet and grave, but a joker
it bottom a long-headed chap, whom
nobody can beat.
"There's a story about Passow in
his young days and a sailor who at
tempted to malinger under him. This
tailor, as soon as the ship was out
)f sight of land, heaved a loud groan,
jcgan to limp and said, with tears in
his eyes:
"'Captain, I must lie up for a spelL
This old leg of mine is being wrenched
) nd twisted cruel with rheumatism.
I'd like to work, but it's an impossibil
ity. I'll go to bed now.'
"Passow grunted and the sailor, kind
Df smiling around the lips, hopped off
ileck. He got In bed, lit his pipe, be
fiui to read a stack of old magazines
ind novels had a high old time.
" 'No, I can't move. I couldn't walk
I step,' he'd say, when anybody ques
lioned him, and then he'd give a loud,
deep groan. But as soon as he waa
ilone again he'd resume his reading
ind puff away at his pipe comforta
bly. "Passow told the first officer he had
nice heard a funny story about a ma
lingerer and his detection, and he said
he'd put this story to the proof and
lee if It would work In real life.
"So, at 11 o'clock that night, he had
in alarm of Are sounded, and, by Jove,
Hie first man, to come leaping and
bounding up on deck like an acrobat
ivas tbe sick man. Tbe captain, after
he had told everybody he was Just try
ing the (ire drill, said to the malinger
er, with a hard look:
" 'Sudden fright cured your rheu
matism, didn't it? I'd often heard of
mich cures, but never believed in them
till now.'
" 'It certainly cured me, air,' says
the sailor. 'Something's cured me. It
must bo that. I'm certainly all right
ignin.'
"The men all gave a scornful laugh
ind even the captain sneered. That
malingerer was worked double the bal-
inee of the voyage."
Ilryond Imagination.
"Don't you think," said tbe gener-Diis-mlnded
man, "that you would feel
more kludly toward your political ri
val if you could Imagine yourself m
his place."
"My dear sir," answered the ener
getic man, "mere Imagination wont
do. I'm going to put myself In bin
place If It can possibly be managed,
lie has one of the beat places In tbe
povernment service." Washington,
War. '
As soon as a man gets rich, his wtf
begins to hire a girl to do the cooking,
and he doesn't fare aa well M waea
they were poor.
Those who lore yon: Hat fm atjp
itlier proof t&aa taatr wartl
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