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OLD-FAVORITES
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
A
The End of the World Again.
MAN' of the name of Baiter Is causing a com
motion In certain quarters of London by
prophesying that tho world will come to an end
In 1KH. Mr. Baxter's reasons for setting the
limit at 1924 are not very plain to outsiders.
jj Out her claims to have Biblical authority for his
conclusion. Feople who foresee the end of the world al
ways have the Bible to back them up. It lg simply a mat
ter of Interpretation.
Many people found a few years ago that tbelr Bibles
plainly pointed to the destruction of the world at the end
of the nineteenth century. Signs and portents were e very
where, and when the whistles blew at midnight on the
81st of December and do general explosion came off there
were thousands of men, women and children who drew
Ions breaths and gladly decided to take a fresh start.
Prophet Baiter Is probably no more of a seer than any
of his predecessors In the end-of-the-world predicting busi
ness have been, but I, may be serving a good purpose.
Every time anybody sets a day for the end of the world
certain people begin trying to do better. Hence those
predictions are not without good results. Sometimes It
seems as if society might be, considerably benefited If there
were more of them. Chicago Ilecord-Herald.
The Ever Present Germ,
HERE will science eoneedp n iim miiih impjih.
1 Ay lure of safety? It has lately been proved ex
y y I perl men tally which means that It Is really so
iuni uou&a way carry uioercuiosis, HUU 11
was already known that they communicate
scarlet fever and other Infectious diseases. It
Is no lunger safe to borrow a book unless we disinfect It
thoroughly with powdered formol. If we fly to the moun
tains to escape germs, we find that even the pearly rain
drops that fall there contain them. Almost any one would
suppose that In the middle of the sea we should find sur
cease from them; but certain conclusive observations lately
recorded show not only that "even the water of the central
portion of the North Atlantic Ocean Is not wholly free from
bacteria," but that the germs In sea water are Increasing
In numbers. No sea water and no rain water has been
found perfectly devoid of genus, though the rain water
over the deep sea Is more nearly free from them than the
rain water that falls over the land. Not nil these wander
ing perms are hurtful, but some of them are. The conclu
sion is rapidly being developed in the lay mind that, the
microbe being omnipresent. one is as safe from him In one
place as another. Harper's Weekly.
Why Men Eat Too Much.
ATI N'( Is the greatest of all our standard
jiniusenients. A great number of people ob
viously eat n great le:il more than they need,
and It Is entirely credible that a larg.i propor
tion of the moderate eaters might thrive as
mmrir'''' ' u iniu iuuu n rs iwi uu .-hiiihj nun hoik hs mini
Bud live at long on a very much restricted diet. But would
the joy of life, continue unimpaired fur them? The native
born could subsist for 11 cents a day, hut would they
think life was worth living on 11 cents' worth of food a
day? No, they wouldn't. That is one thing that alls them.
Harper's Weekly. .
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Summer Life on the Farm.
HERE appears to be a steadydemand forslght
ly farms In the New England States and a
growth of that taste 'which makes people of
means prefer the rest of country life during the
summer, to the confusion and crowds which
make life at a summer hotel wearisome and
sen. in pcoole uome in ine ihji as ureu, u noi more so, man
when tiny sought relaxation. The extension of steam and
trolley lines has robbed country life of a large part of It
Isolation and helped Induce people "to go back to the land."
Old farms, which a generation ago hardly kept a family
live, are found to have a market value, owing to panorama
of bill, vale, lake and river, which counted nothing In the
eyes of former owners, and the new occupants draw divi
dends In health, sunshine, shade ami landscape which art
fully as valuable as dollars. Taunton GaxeU.
The Nation's Wealth.
TTJT trtfl n.l'V r.t .......1.1 I.. f.;'.,.,l .ij.
Tm m.ti utiu u; -vise - t vi m - is ctttiiijiiina -eta
I $400,000,000,000. These figures are probably
llower than they should be, for the reason that
statistical returns from South and Central
American countries and from the seml-clrlllxed
portions of the globe, such as Asiatic nations
and the Ottoman empire, are very Inaccurate and Incom
plete. But taking this estimate as correct, the United
States owns one-fourth, or $100,000,000,0X), of the entire
accumulated capital of the world.
This fact, however, does not mean that the Americans
are tho best OCT financially of all the people of the earth.
The English are the wealthiest, with the Scotch a close
second. Australia comes next, then France, and after her
the United States. For the purpose of striking the com
parison, the compilation of 1895 from Marshall's "Diction
ary of Statistics" la taken, Inasmuch as it Is fuller than
any table subsequently made. The per capita wealth of
England Is $1,5K4; Scotland, $1,257; Australia, $1,123;
France, $1,210; United States, $1,123. Six other countries
whoso per capita wealth Is worthy of mention are the
following: Denmark with $1,104; Canada, $040; Holland,
$878; Switzerland, $7S7; Germany, $748, and Belgium,
$73!). All these figures, of course, have greatly Increased
since the year they were compiled, but no great change In
the relative standing of the different nations has probably
resulted thereby. Kansas City Journal.
The Gift of Laughter.
B 1 ' - fclT-UlVQk ,.11. IV ,11,11, LIU; lUUU,
m I Without it tho human race would have wept
TT I Itself to death or exterminated itself long ago.
rat nog is bcautirui. irageiiy is absorbing.
But both pathos and tragedy are Instantly
routed by the laugh.
Laughter has sunshine in It. It Is warm. Learned men
have searched for the secret of life. What is It. but good
humor? That's the secret of life being worth living.
What sunshine Is to earth good humor Is to num. Take
the smile and the laugh away ami it would lie the end
of man.
Men can't fight while they enjoy a joke. Death him
self recoils from the laugh. The man in a good humor
has an enormous advantage over the man who Is angry.
Anger is dark. Bitterness Is filled yyitli shadow. Intoler
ance Is grim and black. Prejudice. Is Mind.
flood humor with the smile and the laugh is ;unshlno
in which objects are plain and distortion disappears and
wherein pl-antoms become nothing. Denver Post.
The Automobilist.
-waaaaunmR-h n .-IIP . . .f r,, ...... i iv. .,.,i.t
" - h'""- .i.".' ""1"- .11 mc ntinu
who do not seein to realize that their rights
lend exactly where those of tiieir fellow-beings
uegiu. we are unwilling 10 oenevo mere are
many who are made up of "the combination
of Bllfil and Black George" which that mordant
Virginian, John Randolph, of Koanoke, accused Clay of
being, with the result of meeting on the field of honor;
but there are somo who, without being either rogues or
hypocrites, or anything elso condemned by the written or
moral law, constantly forget the rights of others. Consider
the untamed automoblllst. He is next of kin to the bicycle
scorcher who ran his devastating course a few years ago.
What Is It that makes a man apparently sane otherwise
wish to ride at a reckless fpeed through the city streets,
endangering the lives of others, as soon ns ho thinks he
knows how to operate one of those unconcealed deadly
weapons? Were we Buddhists we should believe him to be
a reincarnation of the war horse described In the Book of
.Io! that "swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage.
He salth among the trumpets. Ha, ha; and he
smellefh the battle afar off." Philadelphia Ledger.
Should Dark Women I
Marry Dark Men? f
They do the things differently In
England, if one may Judge by the fol
lowing article In an English publica
tion on "Should a Dark Womnn Mar
ry a Dark Man?"
I know there Is a scientific law,
"Llks repel, unllkes attract" But
eurely It Ik a far cry to lit an elec
trical statement to souls. Though, of
course, love may be a subtle kind of
magnetism, In which cae undoubtedly
the dark should many the fair.
The gnat advantage of this seems
that, roughly speaking, fair people
take. life more, easily than dark ones,
and aro is Tirrvoiis and utuiv uml
ablv. Then-fore the Ideal mate for
tlu dark, energetic, highly strung
man Is the Monde, placid, good-tempered
woman whose calmness will
cool his Impetuosity.
Just In the same way ths golden
haired girl with violet eyes will prob
ably be drawn to tho dark Italian
looking fellow whoso eloquent brown
oyes seem to speak a world of passion
ate yearning.
His eagerness, his audacity, will
inovo her more than n blonde lover's
Saxon handsomeness. The dark lover
will be her Ideal, tho forco of contrast
will draw them together, and they
will be. In the eye of tho world, a
perfectly mulched pair.
I know of dozens of good ladles who
sigh their loudest and exclaim, "Dear
ine! We shall see what we shall see"
when they hear Hint a dark mail and
' a dark girl are going to make a nintc'n
of It. According to them the doom
of the unfortunate coupla li settled,
because their hair and eyea r the
mum In color.
This I going too far. We've all
known happy couplo who wwe of the
onio complexion, just m we've known
unhappy pair whose coloring mad a
flue contrast.
For the comfort of the dark haired
glil who hopin to marry a man wtooee
locka are almost her own color, I'm
going to quote a few of lae Ullage
I have learned from a close studv of
some few hundred married couples.
If, then, you want to Inspire a
fierce, overwhelming passion In your
lover, you will havo a better chance
If you are his physical opposite. But
If you wish to Inspire deep and lasting
friendship, you will have a better
chance by being his physical counter
part Looking round the women I know
who are, first and foremost, their hus
bands' chums, I nin amazed to find the
majority are dark and have dark hus
bands. In the rare c?sts I know of, where
a fair man and a fair woman are the
best comrades, I have invariably
found that their pursuits art' entirely
different.
The fair man and woman nre Saxon
to the core, and love nriils, nnUii.ihi,
mud. long walks, and the pleasures of
nature, while the (lark couple crave
excitement and are mentally more
acute.
The conclusion of the matter seems
to be that a man rriut choose his wife
according to what position he wishes
her to fill In his life. If he wants
something to worship, something to
delight bis eyes, something to pro
vide relaxation when the day's work
Is done, lie should choose a golden
haired maiden. If he wants passion
nle devotion and poetic fervor he
should select a girl with raven hair
and dark brown eye's, but he must run
the risk of a Tchement temper ami a
Jealous disposition. If be Is a farmer
or a i)ii i-t business man he should
marry his physical opposite, because
the contrast Is more piquant. But If
he Is n man dependent upon his bra In
for a living, his first need Is sym
pathy, and this will be found In the
woman who Is of the same coloring
and similar temperament.
FIGURES RUN IN MILLION8,
Iinmrnse Proportion Which Oar Man
ufacturers Have Attained,
Few Americans havo an adequate
conception of tbo grmtnesa and Im
portance of the manufacturing Inter
ests of the country. In fact. It la al
most Impossible to conceive It, oren
when we read In in casta raporta
that there nre more than half a million
establishments for the manufacture of
soiije article of commerce. And these
establishments are using capital to the
amount of $a,S3ri,0.Si,iiO!, and employ
ing 307,174 clerks and officials and
wage earners to the number of 5,310,-802.
But If the mind refuses this high hur
dle what Is the mental condition of the
fellow who tries to Jump the fact that
$7,3 !S,H4, 75." worth of raw material
Is consumed annually by this array of
factories, and makes out of this ma
terial manufactured products worth
altogether $13,01 l,2S7,4'.i.S? That sum
Is nearly ten times the authorized capl
tiillziillou of tlie greatest corporation
on earth, the 1'iiited Slates Steel Cor
poration. It. re;in ..i!i.- tho actual val
ue of the Stales of New York and
Pennsylvania combined.
The product In I Kit) was Jess by
nearly $ I.imki.Ooo.ihhi, while that of
1S.V) was only a 111 tie more than $1,
Ouo.itoo.ooo. We rank first among the
manufacturing nations of the earth,
for we produce, according to the most
accurate nutli u-liies, about half ns
much as nil of Korop,. combined, the
I'nltoil Kingdom ranking next, Ger
many third, France fourth and Austria-Hungary
fifth.
Further statistics show that "O.(XX),
000 people more than ten yuirs of age
are engaged In productive Industry.
More than one-third are In agriculture,
n fifth in domestic and personal ser
vice, a fifth In trade ond transporta
tion, the professions hold a meager
twentieth, while a fourth are In a
manufactures ond the mechanical pur
suits, Including mining.
An Ingenious slatlsilclun has figured
out the relative proportions of the sex
es engaged In these manufacturing
pursuits as follows: If a given estab
lishment employing 100 persons de
sired the typical division of men, wom
en and children. It would lw obliged to
employ seventy-seven men more than
10 years of age, twenty women more
than 1(1, and three children or young
persons more than 10,
How oftMi men tell things, and then
add, "I wonldn't bare It known that It
came from me." Then why tell It?
Mandalay.
By the old Moulniein Pagoda, lookln'
eastward to the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', an' I
know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is iu the palm trees, an'
the temple bells they say:
"Come you back, you British soldier;
come you hack to Mandalay!
Come you back to Mandalay,
Ckh't you 'ear tiieir paddles chuckin'
from Rangoon to Mandalay?
O, the road to Mandalay,
Where the fiyin' fishes piny,
An' the dawn conies up like thunder
outer China 'crost the Bay!
'ICr petticut was yaller an' 'er little cap
was green,
An' 'er name was Supi-yaw-lat jes' the
same as -sTheebaw's Queen,
An' I seed her fust a-smokiu' of a
whackin' white cheroot,
An' a-wa:tin' Christian kisses on an
'eatlien idol's foot;
Bloomiu' idol made o' mud
Wot they called the Great Gawd
Budd
Plucky lot she carea for idols when I
kissed 'er where she stud!
On the road to Mandalay.
When the mist was on the rice fields an'
the sun was droppin' slow,
She'd get 'er little banjo an' she'd sing
"Kuila-lo-lol"
With 'er arm upon my shoulder, an' her
cheek agin my cheek,
We osier watch the steamers an' tho
hnthis pilin' teak.
Klep'nints a-piliii' teak
In the sludgy, spudgy creek,
Where the silence 'ung that 'eavy you
was 'arf afraid to speak;
On the road to Mandalay.
But that's nil shove be'ind me long ago
an' fur a way,
An' there ain't no 'buses runnin' from
the Benk to Mandalay;
An' I'm learn'm' 'ere in London what the
ten-year sodger tells:
'"If you've 'card thu East a-callin', why,
you won't 'eed nothin' else."
Xol you won't 'eed nothin' else
But them spicy garlic smells,
An' the suniliine an' the palm trees
an' the tinkly temple bells!
On the road to Mandalay.
I am sick o' wastin' leather on these
gutty pavin' stones.
An' the blasted Ilenglish drizzle wakes
the fever in my bones;
Tho' I walks with fifty 'ouseinaids outer
Chelsea to the Strand,
An' they talks a lot o' lovin', but wot do
they understand?
Beefy face an' grubby 'and
Law! wot do they understand?
I've a neater, sweeter maiden in
cleaner, greener land!
On tlie road to Mandalay.
Ship me somewhere, east of Suez where
the best is like the worst.
Where there ain't no Ten Command
ments, an' a man can raise a
thirst;
For the temple bells are callin', an' it's
there that I woujfl be
By the old Moulmein Pngoda, lookin'
lazy at the sea
On the road to Mandniny,
Where the old Flotilla lay.
With our sick beneath the awnings
when wo went to Mandalay!
O, the road to Mandalay.
Where Uhe fly in' fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder
outer China 'crost the Bay!
Rudyard Kipling.
ROYALTY SAW DETROIT.
Prince Ic Joinvillo anil Suite Once
Spent a Day There.
Along in the latter "iO's and early
'I0's I was clerk In the book store of
Sidney L. Itood In the Cooper Block
on Jefferson avenue, says a writer In
the Detroit Free Press. I recall an In
cident that happened, In which the
Prince de Jolnvllle and his suite fig
ured. They visited this city while en route
to Green Bay, Wis., on the steamer
Columbus, in charge of Capt. Shook.
The steamer lay lit her dock one en
tire day, giving the distinguished party
ample time to see Detroit. They vis
ited our store and remained quite n
time looking over the French books iu
stock that I submitted for their Inspec
tion and they purchased quite liber
ally. Many of our people were curious to
know why the prince and his party
should be bound for Green Kay. The
question appeared to be answered
when It was remembered that the Kev.
Klnnzer Williams, the alleged dauphin
of Franca, son of Louis XVI nml Ma
rio Antoinette, lived there and it was
known aflerwnrd that the prince culled
on the Itev. Mr. Williams, on (lie
steamer's nrrival lit Green Bay and
had n prolonged Interview with him.
I think the prince did call nml see Wil
liams, but he disclaimed afterward
that there was any significance at
tached to It. Yet the people contin
ued to wonder.
In (his cft'iiiectlon George Knapgs,
In Ilobert B. Hoy's history of the
Knaggs family, says:
"While on n visit to my relatives In
Detroit I met Gen. Lewis Cass, who
said: "You are the very man I wanted
to see.'"
Ho went to the Cass residence,
whero he was Introduced to the Priuce
de Jolnvllle and the Dtlke D'Aumale,
sons of King Louise Phllllppe of
France, who with their suite had just
returned from Green Bay, Wis.
It appears that Imis I'hllllppo dad
heard that a man named tho Itev.
Klearer Williams, an Indian mission
ary In the Episcopal Church of the
United States, claimed that he was the
son of Louis XI and Queen Marie
Antoinette, who had been beheaded,
was coneequently the dauphin and en-
n in u lu tut: iuiuij.7 ui x- iuiji:u. am un
certain whether his story was true, the
young princes came to the United
States, chartered the steamer Colum
bus at Buffalo, and proceeded to Green
Bay, where Williams was preaching to
a tribe of Indians.
When they saw and spoke to him,
however, they became convinced he
was either a willful impostor or a per
son deceived by foolish stories. Wil
liams was well known In Detroit.
When the First St. Paul's Church, on
the east side of Woodward avenue, be
tween Lamed and Congress streets,
was consecrated, on Aug. 27, 1837, he
read the consecration service and he
was frequently in tills city afterward,
lie died at Ilogansburg, N. Y., in 1858.
When the two princes were on their
way back they stopped at Detroit and
were entertained by Gen. Cass. They
had great curiosity to know the situa
tion in the surrounding country, which
was once under French rule. Cass was
much gratified on being able to furnish
a historian on those subjects like Geo.
Knaggs, who was gentlemanly, finely
educated and spoke French like a na
tive. George accompanied the princes
on their steamboat trip to Buffalo,
where he bade them farewell, and
went to New York, via Lake Cham
plain. The Prince do Joinville and the
Duke D'Aumale were accompanied by
Marshal Bertrand, Count Monlnolon
and the Viscount Montesquieu.
ROSES ADD $3,000 A
YEAR TO HIS INC0JE3
WOMAN SUCCEEDS ON ROAD.
Mrs, K. G. Taylor Makes Living aa
Commercial Traveler.
Mrs. E. G. Taylor, commercial trav
eler, representing a Bridgeport, Conn.,
house, is stopping at an uptown hotel.
In an interview with a Commercial re
porter, Mrs. Taylor said:
"Why do I sign my name upon the
hotel register, 'E. G. Taylor, New
York?' The reason is, no doubt, obvi
ous. I was born in Cavendish, Vt,
and received my education in the pub
lic schools there. I married in Bel
lows Falls, Vt. My husband died 13
years ago, and I have traveled for nine
years, representing Thomas P. Taylor,
who, however, is no relative of mine.
I have been successful; but it Is my
aim always to be more so. My sample
trunk Is a largo one, and with ;in aver
age excess of 25 pounds. I never use
a hund satchel to show samples In
part, but have my trunk taken to
stores when it is Impossible for buyers
to view the samples at the hotel.
"With the exception of a two-week
holiday I travel the entire year, visit
ing all the large cities east of the Mis
sissippi liiver, and in winter time, for
a period of two months, devoting my
time to the. large cities of all the
Southern States, save Florida.
"Many incidents occur while travel
ing that relieve the monotony. Recent
ly a rather fleshy woman had evident
ly secured tho privilege of storing in
tho car part of her household effects
and many of her pets. Among the lat
ter was a rooster. The conglomeration
reminded me of the sign I once saw in
front of a general merchandise store
out West which reads: "Bibles arid
treacle, goodly books and gimlets for
sale here.'
"The hotel clerks always treat mo
with gentlemanly consideration. The
traveling men often extend courtess
that show their goodness of heart. In
a convention-crowded city, when hotels
were filled, they have more than once
surrendered their rooms to me and
gone elsewhere to search for quarters."
New Y'ork Commerclnl.
He Thought It a Muddle.
One who knew him says that the
late Thomas B. Reed learned to use
the typewriter while he was in public
life at the nation's capital. There was
a machine In the Ways and Means
Committee room, and that was where
he practiced.
One day In the last Cleveland ad
ministration, after the Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury hud been tell
ing the committee about the finances
of the country, tho ex-Speaker sat
down to the typewriter and gave to
Bouike Cockran, then the orator of
the House, ills opinion upon what he
thought bud been the result of the
conference.
The result of his manipulation of the
types may seem. a contradiction of the
statement that he had learned to use
thi! typewriter, but the belter conclu
sion is that tfie Instrument was used
to denote the slate nf mind in which
the discussion left him. At all events,
this is what he wrote; qwerty S
X IiBI'.B N MuV- iu;y.," L'fc blJxXXX
Strength of an Kgg Hicll.
Most p.ople are aware of the power
of ( gg sin l.s to resist external pres
sure on the ends, but not many would
Cieilit the results if tests recently
inaiie. which appear to be genuine.
Fight ordinary hen's eggs were sub
mitted to lire -sure applied externally
all over the Mirface of the shell, and
the bri-akli.g pressures varied between
4i'() pom, ds and (175 pounds per square
Inch. Willi Ihe stresses applied In
ternally t t wi lve ergs, tin se gave way
at pressures varying between thirty,
two and sMy-llvo pounds per squa'.e
inch. The pressure required to crush
the eggs varhd between forty pounds
nnd scvui'v live pounds. The average
thVkl.eks i.f t! o shells was .013 of an
Inch. Sclent llie American.
lO ejdiiiiiis mb Nurses,
In Slam some of the women Intrust
their children to the care of elephant
nursi-s, and It Is said that the trust
Is nevtr betrayed. The babies play
about the huge feet of the elephants,
who are very careful never to hurt
their Mile charges.
Somehow, wo always expect a curly
haired man to be sentimental.
There Is at least one man In Eng
land who makes money out of his
recreations, and that man Is the octo
genarian dean of Rochester Dean
Hole. Combining deep learning with
a large fund of bright wit and broad
humor, he can spare time from hia
heavy ecclesiastical duties to add $5,
000 a year to his income by growing
roses in the musty old town so well
known to the lovers of Dickens.
For 00 years the dean has been
studying the national flower, and dur
ing that time as many as 300 varietiea
have passed through bis hands. He
is his own gardener, even at his pres
ent advanced age, and it is only the
more laborious part of the work that
he intrusts to other hands. As early
as 7 o'clock In the morning the dean
may be seen in his garden looking
after his pets. His method of dispos
ing of his roses is through a London
DEAN HOLE.
wholesale florist, who cuts them at
Rochester under the critical eye of tho
dean and removes them to Covent Gar
den Market, where they are sold at
prodigious rates to West End clubs
and restaurants. Many of the varie
ties are so rare that it is no uncom
mon thing for a single rose to fetch as
much as $2.
What puzzles most people is how;
the dean persuades roses to grow ia
a place like Rochester, as experts say
that the flower never flourishes in a
smoky atmosphere or in a chalky soil.
It has been surmised that the kind old
dean's piety has much to do with tha
phenomenon, but the reverend gentle
man denies the soft impeachment...
Like a good business man, he will not'
give his secret away, and merely says
to searchers after knowledge: "I am
83 in the shade, and although I have
no desire to encourage gambling, I will
back myself to grow a rose with any
man in the world." Fifty years agd'
he concluded that rose growers should
be brought together with an oppor
tunity of comparing their achieve
ments, lie got together the funds, ar
ranged the schedule and kindled tho
enthusiasm of other rose growers, and
out of this grew the National Rose
Society, which flourishes to-day.
MONO-RAIL ROADS.
Lateat DeTelnpmenta of Hlch Speed
Traction Watched with Interest.
Electrical experts and transportation
managers of this country are watching
with interest the latest developments
of high-speed traction, as indicated by
the construction of the "mono-rail"
Hue between ' Manchester and Liver
pool, England, the Berlin-Hamburg
tests iu Germany and the "limited"
service between Cleveland and Toledo.
All these represent different types of
locomotion. The German tests are
practicaly a continuation of those
made two years ago on the Berlln
Zossen short military line, arid are to
determine the practicability of main
taining high speeds with both steam
and electric locomotives. The "mono
rail" system is a development of tho
idea whieli in this country took the
forms of the Meigs electric railway
and the Boynton bicycle railway. In
spite of those who laughed ot the In
ventor who year after year appeared
at tho Stale House sirking an exten
sion of the thiif in which to build his
experimental line from Boston to
Brockton, the Boynton bicycle railway
contained an Idea which is being ap
plied practically abroad, and wh'ch had
vitality enough to withstand not only
the fiercest attacks of competitive sys
tems, but ridicule enough to havo
crushed out a worthless scheme. The
experimental lines of the "mono-rail"
type which exist, as ruins at Coney
Island and Patciiogue are monumonts
to the germ of an idea which is full of
possibilities. And tho great railroads
know It. Boston Transcript.
A Cak'iiliitton.
Hi Tragedy Yes, I'm with Bigstar'a
company now. I get a hundred a
week.
Lowe Comedy Say! You'd be In
luck if you only got tho difference.
Ill Tragedy -Tho difference? What
do you mean?
Lowe Comedy Tho difference bo
tweu what you get and what you gay
you get. Philadelphia Press.
John's Mishap.
A Chinaman once lost his queue,
And he didn't know what to dueut;
lie searched here and Lberv
And alinont everywhere,
But K never more eninc to hi vueiie.
The average woman can't understand
where the trouble began, recalling wlta
pride In herself that she alwaa mat
her huabaaA TTltb a atnlle.