THE RIGHT OF WAY
C.-J if K praudt of tlx- Great South
Westers Bail way Coups ny
tapped lUJpS.UeUtiy OO the uUc
"he Ahrr aiecubers of tb bo rd kept
onut rallied silence, snd the kih4
1ce-ttf:deot, fa charge of nlmtSi.
tased kagty out of the window. It
u at blm tbe president was d.rect
lg hi r?o-arke
-It Is ridiculous," he said, "that we
tbould b blocked by the otwtiiiacy of
one man la oor endeavor to build this
braacb Hue A casual observer won '!
rertainiy suppose that the executive
epartujer.t of the company had sufiV
rient brain to overcome such sit' ob
stacle this. Tb s'tuatioa i :in
enough. Here Iji our road ami here
ire lh mountains la which new
trike La re beeu made. To develop
them, machinery nrat be hauled la
and ore ha 'iled out. That mean a
UiBt b line. One tuab ou a!i the
laud lucsa and foot-bi!! between
the railroad and the ruitip. We r;i':t
rruss bl ranch, but be declines to sell
a right of way. He la a pioneer and
la bull headed. Ha says tbe country
was getting along without railroad
when he rami; there, and that it can
ft along without them atill. We must
Ivereome bia objections but bow? We
effer to pay Uim well for all damage
eone, and be replies by suggesting tbat
our grading outfit bring along one f.at
ear of coffin. He la certainly a con
trary individual. Have 1 stated the
case correct ry ?
"YoU have," id tlie Second Vice.
prealdejt, removing bia gate from the
sign below to lb; map on the i.ble,
''with one exception. Colonel Suort
11 la oot au Individual; be Ss a com
wun"T, pivri1; V" t r' r;.f;rr
because be owna fort thousand acres
of land; be fa a political party, liwausw
he employ more cow-punchers thin
you ran ordinarily get together at a
country di ;; be ia a law-giver, be
canse of bia wealth and the taxes be
pays; be ia a taw -en forcer no far as
he sees fit, because be can about
straight and baa men with him who
can do likewise; he la society, because
bia fbitiKhter, whom I have bad tbe
pleasure of rawtlus, la the wrmt b'aB
Uful youn lady in the Territory.
Wbut pan a joor, ordinary railroad
company do Bcaiimt utieh a combina
tion? We cannot condemn until we
can (?et a rlbt of way from the Ixrard
of mipervl)ri, and be la the county
government."
Tbe pield''Ut mopped bia brow. Ilia
gaze wandered acroaa the atreet and
down wveu Ktorlca. He arooe and
picked up bin a!!k hat.
"All right." be wild. "We unmt get
mm tliMt ranch roihm way."
A cloud of duxt waa coming down
he roiid. Tbeophllun Hmltli carefully
watched It for a moment, and then
turned r.ucyrtm among tbe bowlders
by the roadside. I'.ucyrua was bia
mule. JumI 11 lieu d of the dust-cloud
appeared a frantic borne, tearing wild
ly (!o -(t the road toward bin). Now
and then be could catch glimpse of!
a waylng buekboard and a young lady
i-liiigiug to the wnt. Theophllua, who
waa a -areful jniing man, put bia
firiwwuod pipe in the In Ride pocket of
hltt jitcket, drew Ida Mombrero down
tightly upon bia head, and then dia
luterctiieilly watched the approaching!
(Uliij w;iy. A the dUt-c!oud and ita
contemn punned, Iiuirua wheeled, and
they, too, went flying down the roiid.
Tbroiiub wind and over bowlders they
Yi nt. borae, ttm-khoard, mule and dunt
"Kxcumc me, mlaa?" aald Tbeophilua,
tin he came alongalde and reached for
II, e bit of the running home; "pleaa
m.t !ay, l It not?"
lie nflill-,'l !-" bridle bnrd, pulled
hiilewihe und backward, and Mucyrua
cheei fully aat down to the occasion
nnd flld. There was more duat, and
1h"ti they stopped.
Theopbllux rublx'd some of the dirt
from iiia ryea and ralaed his som
brero to the girl In the buckboard.
Klii looked at blm with wide-open Hue
eyes.
"I ft tit very sorry," he said, politely,
"to atop you so rudely merely to auk
5iii a (ueHtlon; hut will you kindly
litmlim me nnd lufoiaie me where Col
enri Huoit.-Uly lives?"
Tl'.e young lady' lips quivered, and.
ii:,itf.Ml ft replying, she burst Into
f-.iru. Tlieu, recovering from her cm
l...niiKiiMM,t nnd fright, she drew a
iieci breulh and smiled faintly, and,
us rlie color came back to her cheeks,
she. answered:
mn the colonel's daughter, and I
will gliidly show you the way home."
Theophilus spoke a few words to
I be Mill restless horse, banded tbe
reins up to the young lady, and led
. kncynis to tbe renr of the buckboard,
t i wlili h he tied lilm
I supposo," w id th colonel'! dangh
t r. ns they started tip the road, "that
1 should thank you for saving mf Ufa
ni.l! :r.y fat'icr's bet buckboard. Beal
ly, I tliiink you very much. If you
M'llt stop at the house for dinner, I
will try nnd show my gratitude with
Kim" ton I : lii and frljoles of my own
cooking."
Tlie debt of gratitude la on my aide,
ii i d cot yours," Teopbllu answered.
"I nin In search of work as a cow
Uy. and I cnunot hut hope tbat yoor
i e jiiN.iitai" Is au suaplcloua omei
, ('vv,i;f'.rs ilont's talk like that," ebe
'". . (, lin e suarp:y, eynjt n.-n aaw
irt .. Yon re i;it Q Jed for a ramie
i i i fl,;'w;ii'. Cattlewrn doii't rMe
tm-jn. rt snys there la eeJy ee
auioial Utore ridi Qku. ktupd, taJ kli- -
otM: tbao a man-, seel that : t maa
atw rtde mn-."
Hot your father d'i't koow Kucy
rua "
"Nor li .wner," ! rejoined, laagh-
itig.
'Vh-j Mopped Uj frotl of a bjcg. kitr,
adobe, rareb-boe, with deef-a-t win
dow and d'or. Ivy circled the win
dow! and i lliiiLnl to t!i- eaven. A few
tit tren. lull blue fc-ju.. and a
tlirzeu iau, t'ol in tbe front yard
The ti'HJt -t far len t, and t!ie
verawla tbat surrouiei-d it was baif
bUideii in xttf green ,f oraDj;"-ti'ee- A
ktreaw from the mountains ran
through tbe on hard ia tbe rear, its
i-ourw narked by a line of cotton
jO! and willow, tliat broke tbe
ttoijoioiiy of tl;e otherwise tr-eiei!
niewj. On the other !de of tbe Teek,
and at some distance from tbe house,
were tbe wrniin and stabl-s of the
ranch.
The young lady stepped ligbtiy to
the ground. " I will call papa," he
said.
A few minutes Utter a tall man.
heavy ft. with a fa-e like a fool luoon
In harvest time, bis scanty locks S'jtne
wbat griizled with the first snowfall
of the winter of life, came swinging
down the walk with great strides.
"How air ye!" be shouted before
rea hlng tbe gate. "Glory tells me ye
ketched that son of Satan thar Jest In
time. I'm glad to meet ye." He
!e-d Theophllua' band and Theophi
lus tried to look pleased
"JackT shouted Colonel Kuortaliy.
A dusty owloy with a sombrero on
the bar-k of bis bead sauntered around
tl:e comer of the hc;;e Tske that
hos out teyoud thar V shoot him.
Come In Mister er "
"Smith."
"Iiuner'll be ready by'u by. Whar'd
that beast come from?" be added,
pointing at Bucyrus.
"He's my mule," answered Theophi
lus. "You don't say so! S'posed you
know'd l.etter'n that Mules hain't no
place on tbla ranch. Can't you find
a greaser to give blm to?"
"Uiicyrus Is no common mule," said
his owner, calmly; "lie knows more
than any horse you ever saw. And be
can run. too."
This last remark amused the colonel
so mightily tbat he sat down on the
porch and laughed heartily. A mule
that could run! "I never yet clapped
eyes on a mule that could ketch a
yearlln' calf In a fair race. Must be
a slow kentry you grow'd up In, young
man." Tbe colonel wiped bis eyea and
chuckled,
"Well, If I stay," said the defender
of mules, determinedly, "11! show you
one mule that can run."
"Htay! Of course ye'll stay If ye
wanter." said Colonel Hnortally, cor
dially. "Ye kin hev your pick of Jobs,
an' ef you must make a holy show of
that mule, we'll pervide the necessary
accessories.
Theophilus stayed. He was bandy
with the lariat, rode a horse like a
native and a mule a great deal bet
ter. He evidently understood all tbe
marks and deeps of the bovine charac
ter, and very sho.Hy won that for him
self which lie ci, u Id not for bis mule
the colonel's resiect. When Hucy
rus would bead off a skillful tun
peder. Colonel Hiortally would grum
ble something about "fools rush in' In."
and when he would dodge a belligerent
steer he would growl something about
a "fool for luck." On the subject of
mules tbe colonel and Theophllua con
tinued to disagree. They argued the
question morning, noon and night Tbe
colonel pointed out the bad qualities
of the mule; Theophllua grew eloquent
over the animal's virtues. Glory smil
ed, but took no part In the discussion
which resulted In the famous race at
Crag's Ccrner a race that Is still m m
orjble throughout all of the Tonclm
Itasin country.
The colonel brought out a long
legged nmsinng that be had purchased
across the border the year before. This
mustang was a sad deceiver, and had
lightened the pocket of many a cow
lioy who bud backed a home animal
against the lmorted stock. A light
weight Mexican rode him. A Tew
minutes Inter liucyrus ambled forth,
wearing Unit surprised look of n mule
when be is but half awakened from
a sweet dream of peace with plenty
of barley hay In It Judge Arkansaw
West oitieluted as starter and Judge.
All the Inhabitants of the Basin were
on band to see the race, and even old
man Johnson stopped his sheep-shear-Ing
and came from over the range with
all hands to enjoy the holiday.
At the start the mustang ran away
from Bucyrus, and at the quarter there
was room enough for a threshing ma
chine between them. Tbe crowd
laughed and cheered. For some reason
(ilory did not smile. Hut when the
animals reached the half, there was a
change. Bucyrus seemed to remember
tbat be waa neither asleep nor work
ing for the government. lie bigan to
run. At the last quarter there was
alienee, for the crowd wsa holding Its
breath. While the mustang and Bucy
rus were coming down the home
stretch the colonel's countenance waa
Interesting, and when Bucyrus passed
under tbe wire something more than
n oar ahead, tbe colonel collapsed ut
terly. TTiat algbt Theopbilna showed a
woefsl Hck of toed taste. Ho
tausy tnitiel lb lurrtts ef tbe
Uiuie family, sod Borrros la parOc
uiar. Tbe reiottei sat In Aery Hieaee
Sbd chewed bis cud of bitter reflectJoo.
but finally, when TheopLUtts wooed ap
by declaring that Boryras coaid out
run tbe Oveiaad Limited frota Crag's
Comer to tbe mountain road crossing,
a ditiic of a llrtJe ortr s mile, Coi
otaet KDorul'y arose In bis wrath and
swore.
"I'll bet ye anything ye want tiat
ytr wail-ejed apology fer a bona can't
do aiirthiiig of tbe kind," be said.
"Will you bet ity pick of any hun
dred unimproved acres on yoor ranct
against Bocyrns that be can't?" quiet
ly aoked Theopbilu.
"Sartinly," said the -oloiel, who,
tW-p down in bis heart, bad a liking
for Bucyrus
"All right," aaid TiiMjphiius; "if you
say so. we will settle It tomorrow
Koine w et ." The -oione mi id so, and
went to bed
By the !lj;Lt of the stars tiiat night
a man rode harrfe-d'y down to Crag's
Corner, the nearest railroad station,
and before iLtwn rode ss hurriedly
ack to the ranch a?a!n.
The neit day was another day of
excitement in the Bavin. The rumor
of the novel ra'-e spread swift!y. Tbat
is why Ike Williams heanl. way up in
Boky Gulch, that Colonel Hnortally
bad bet his forly-thousaiid acre ran b
against a herd of raues that a certain
swift animal of tbat kind could not
beat tbe Overland Limited in a teu
mile race.
Tbe wagon road ran for miles along
tbe railroad track, so Bucyrus was not
handicapped. The ra'-e was an even
one up to tlie last fifty yards, when
Bucyrus. by a tremendous spurt, shot
ahead and passed tbe crossing with
twenty feet of daylight letwecu blin
self and the engine. But there are
wiseacres In the Basin who shake their
heads when telling of that wonderful
race, ami hint that tbe engineer w-as
half a sleep.
Colonel Knortally was a good !oer,
and be cheerfully invited Theophilus
out the next day to choose bis hun
dred acres. He was not the less cheer
ful because Theophilus the night be
fore had made Mm a present of Bucy
rus. Theophilus proved an a ma .leg
chooser. He took a narrow strip of
land running from the corner tip to
Warder's Canon, at the foot of the
mountains. To the colonel's Jesting
about bis choice, be said something
about it making a good race track.
About a week later Theophilus was
enjoying one evening a quiet after din
ner smoke on the veranda. He was at
peace with the world, when Colonel
Snortally came up the walk. The col
onel's face was like tlie sun shining
red through a thunder cloud. He was
loo much agitated to speak for a min
ute, but when be did begin to talk
his words were to the point. From his
expressions one might gather tbat be
was perturbed by the fact that Theo
philus had sold a certain hundred acres
of land as a right of way to the Great
South-Western Hallway Company. Col
onel Snortally finished by di-claring bis
intention of removing from the scene
a stranger who bad taken him In, and
therewith drew bis revolver.
There was a rustle of a dress, a low
cry, and Glory was sobbing, with her
face on Theophilus' shoulder.
"liou't do It, co'.oncl, unless you feel
compelled to," said Theophilus, rising
with one arm about Glory, "and unless
you want to make Glory a widow. We
were married two days ago."
Colonel Knortaliy's face grew white
and tbe revolver slipped from his
grasp. Glory was tbe dearest of all
to him.
The president of tbe Great .South
western Hallway Company looked
across the street and down seven sto
ries. Then he arose and picked up
bis cane and silk bat.
"Well," he said, "we won after all.
Tliat was cleverly done cleverly
done."
"Yes," said tbe second vice-president;
"but the attacking force lost
heavily. For the young man from my
office who engineered the deal has
married the colonel's daughter, made
peace with the colonel, mid at the last
rep irt was laying out a town at the
tern-tnus of our projected branch, and
selling corner lots." -Argonaut
Census work In Kurope.
To the American observer of Euro
pean census methods, one of the most
striking characteristics Is the decen
tralization of census work. In the
fulled Htates the census Is completely
centralized; every person engaged in
the work acts as an oflleer or employe
of the federal government, and all ex
penditures for census pin poses are
made from the fnlted States treasury.
In most countries of continental Eu
rope, on the contrary, both tbe labor
and the expense of collecting tbe orig
inal census data devolve upon tbe mu
nicipalities, townships or communes.
Century.
Eyesight of Fishes.
In the water ashes see only at very
close range about half their own
length. This will seem perhaps unlike
ly to anglers, although some of them
can rite Instances showing tbat Ash
cannot see fsr. Hnakes seem tn have
a very medl.xre sense of sight Tbe
boa, for example, does not see at more
than a quarter or a third of its own
length; different species are limited to
one-fifth or one-eighth of their length.
Frogs sre better off, they see at it
teen to twenty times their length.
Fishers or Newroawdlaad.
More than one-fourtb of tbe Inhabit
ants of Newfoundland are encaged In
catching and curing flab for a liveli
hood. .
According to yow ootJoa, wbot pro
portioa of tk oMpta art "fear. sjr
la tbe eieetnc fcna-e f H. Gwd-
Laajdt, a to of Reel 1 mad trvm
the ore by 4 ' lr pw-r hours of
efjergy. and from Tap iron by 1a
brjjwer hour.
Anaemic pTou ad coa :- -etjts
Srt-king i.treujT!b SSd great ttw-nt La
the grai- it:. wb: h is sn autumn at
tnutu at W Th eff U are
explained by the ur, which friu
S, to : pr cent of the grje-
Tbe hot ptin' that .thjUi'j S:ii.
bsxieria ure iuu b ! boii.ng ("iilit
in teii.-jie; jtulf, bijt J. Alaui. f lib
iin. n-porli l.aiiig jlere.l r of a
eert.iii! mite iTyrog'yphu bit.toiiiai
that .;rmcd S!mg f-jr tv u;icuu-.
Trie -t ion l.t ',-h electric auioiuo
lt' hi Iilel-Mi base howu a ur-pri-iui
iii'-n-.i-ie of the starting u:i
i ii o.; -d m-:n iit A puil of thirty-tt:!-
iusi j-r ton i ncUd to
tiitt on dry a-i-hj't. forty -nine and a
!ij-lf poind on w..xl pavement and
In Mjtii:d on dry macadam. On
irreaj..- asphalt a pu'.l of nearly sev
enty nine p.illi'l-t per toll was nev
ary. The wiriess system of teirgrsphy
bu t-e-u toted u-efui!y Id the
Cjust Surtey. Last summer, a au
experiment, one of th surveying ves
wls. u.iiu' short -distam-e apparatus,
tramuiittrd the balf-se.-oud beats of 1U
chrouometer to a shore station more
than sixty miles away, where tbey
were automatically recorded on a mov
ing tape. It Is anticipated tbat for
the determination of longitude the
wlreic system will eventually take
the place of cable and telegraph lines.
Human life Is possible under varied
conditions, and, if a recent report Is
correct. British New Guinea has a
trlle whose environment has made
them incapable of walking. These
people live In a swampy region, and,
as walking and canoeing are alike im
practicable, tbey remain constantly in
their dwellings, which are built in the
trees Just above tbe marshes. Disuse
has caused their limbs to shrink, while
their trunks have become bloated, giv
ing them an ape-like appearance and
gait.
German experts say Uat w,l which
has been floated in rafts, or otherwise,
gives a more trustworthy material for
Joinery and building purjKises than
does tbat which has leen carted, or
otherwise carried dry, to the sawmill
and workshop. The reason U that
while tbe wood is lying in the water
its sap and albuminous and salty ma
terials are dissolved out If these sub
stances remain in the wood they read
ily absorb moisture from the atmos
phere, sfter coming out of the drying
rooms, and the wood swells. Artifi
cial processes of washing out the hy
groscopic substances from wood which
has not been floated are practiced In
Germany.
In describing experiments made for
the Department of Agriculture on the
effects of lime and magnesia upou ani
mal production, I. W. May of the
Kentucky Experiment Station remarks
that It Is a well known fact tbat the
greatest development in live stock has
been attained in limestone regions. He
adds tbat in the blue-grass region of
Kentucky, long noted for tbe beauty
and quality of its live slock, and espe
cially of its thoroughbred horses, the
soli has liecn formed largely by the
disintegration of a limestone very rich
In phosphates. But even In that fa
vored region experiments are under
way to determine whether tbe quality
of tbe animals may not be improved
by tbe addition of certain mineral ele
ments to the food.
INCIDENTAL EDUCATION.
Acquirements That Contributed To'
ward access of Louis Agassis.
It does not appear that Boula Agas
sis, tbe great naturalist had as a child
any precocious predilection for study,
hut his love of natural history showed
itself almost from infancy. In "Lite
and Correspondence of Agasslz," by
Elizabeth Cary Agasslz, bis childish
amusements are described. When a
very little fellow he had, besides bis
collection of fishes, all sorts of pets:
birds, field mice, hares, rabbits and
guinea pigs, whose families he reared
with the greatest care. Guided by his
knowledge of the haunts and habits of
fishes, be and his brother Auguste be
came the most adroit of young fisher
men, using processes all their own, and
quite Independent of hook, line or net
Their hunting grounds were the
holes and crevlses beneath tbe stones
or in the water-washed walls of the
lake shore. No such shelter was safe
from their curious Angers, and they ac
quired such dexterity that wbeu bath
ing they could seise tbe fish even In
the open wster, attracting them by lit
tle arts to wblcb the fish submitted as
to a kind of fascination.
Xuch smusemeuts are no doubt tbe
delight of many a lad who lives in tbe
country, but tbey illustrate tbe unity
of Agassis' Intellectual development
from beginning to end. Ills pet ani
mals suggested questions, to answer
which wss the task of bis life; and bis
Intimate atudyof tbe fresh water fishes
of Europe, later tbe subject of one of
hla Important worka, began with his
first collection from tbe Lake of Mo
rat A a boy bo amused himself also
wltb all kinds of handicrafts on a
small seals. Tbe carpenter, the cob
bler, the tailor were then as much de
veloped la aim as the natural 1st. Ia
vbw village- It was tb habit la tbose
4ay for tae trsdr-Hw-op1 t frwm!
boose te aae ia Useir d-ffrreat voca
tSociS. Tbe abaemaker came two of
Urn Car a year with all his mate
rials, aiMl Ble abues for the whole
fsmily by the day; the ulior came to
t tttsi fsr gar?ests wbScb be insde
la tbe bue; the cooper arrived before
the vintage to repair oid barrels and
ttobeads or to make new one. anJ
to rep 'ace worn out hoops; In short, tl
fit up the cellar for tbe coming sea
WO.
.itiBi scgus to have proSted by
tbte k-su&8 as tuiM-b as by those b
learned from bis father; and when a
!:'te f iiow be could cut and put to
gather a well-fitting pair of shoes foi
his .'en" was no bad tailor,
and cou.d make a immature barrel tbat
ma j-rf-tiy water-tight.
He remembered theme trivial fais at
a valoa! le part if Ls incidental edu
cation He said he owed iuui h of hli
dexterity ia BiSuipuiation to tbe train
iiig of eye and bsad gained in thes
ca!iJ.li play-
INCONSIDERATE FRIENDS.
Ther Did Not I'o Thisc Kiactlj t.
Suit the Borrower.
Ebeu Uswi'-s was tbe town borrower
Tbe iioiittou would seetn to most .t
son to be one which would deprlvi
the Incumbent of the right to fiis!
fault, but then took s different view
of it
"It I -eat all ho long It takes somi
folks to read the newpupT." he a d
discontentedly one day to su Idle list
ei.er. "Now there are the John Bol
ters; a well -meaning family as ever
lived, but they're downright thought
let. Why, again and again when I
step in for tbelr paper first thing Id
the morning, they -won't know where
It is- Oftentimes I've waited as tuucli
as half an hour while tb -y huntid up
that paper, and then very HkHy there'd
be one page missing, and nobody'd
know Juxt where It was.
"They havn't Z't any system, that'i
the trouble wltb 'em. It's a large fam
ily of d:ffiTerit sges, Rnd I sup ct tbj
portion off the paper la tbe evening
"stead of keeping it all together and
reading It one at a time.
"I can uian.ige belter with theli
weeklies, for I told Mis' Botter I'd go
right over Friday un ruiugs Mon as It
came, and read it ont on the porch
Then they could do what they were a
mind w ith It afterward.
"But I exper!3n-e my greatest trou
ble with the magazines." said Mr,
Itawlex, sadly. "I pbslge you my word
It's been ten (luy af:r a tnngaziu
was out. time and again, before I've
g-it a sight at It. They keep It lo read
aloud, the women folks do. It's a
dreadful wa-teful habit, but I ean'l
make any itnpreeslon on "em. And
when I get II," and Mr. RawUs a
siimed a sIitii expression. "It's ten tc
one if that youngest child ha-n't beet!
allowed to cut a picture out of it thai
just spoils some advertising artlc b.
"To persons situated as I am al
printed muter )s valuable, and I hat
to see such tampering wllh It; but wi
all have our trials, ami I suppose die
clpline Is what we need."
EUROPE'S HIGHEST RAILWAY.
Roadbed and Track a Fantastic Plat
of Turns and Loops.
The Albula-Engadine line, opened for
truffle recently In Switzerland, is do
Kcrihcd by Emll Uueker, In I'nge'8
magazine, as the highest In Europe.
Tbe line traverses scenery of great
beauty. By turns and loops and by
the steepest gradient the track leads
now above and below the highway,
through the Bergunstein, famous for
its gullies and rocks, to Berguii, 4,500
feet
Abruptly emerging from rocky de
files, the train pusses Bergun, sur-roundi-d
by tbe giant Albula Dolo
mites, I'lz Bugnux, I'lz d'Aela and the
Albulaborn. During the lust part oi"
tbe pan ram a the railway follows th
slopes of Ihe mountains. Between
Muot and N'az parts of the railway
may be seen above, below and on each
side, with its chain of viaducts, gal
leries and bridges.
lfi almost Impossible to follow the
convolutions of Ihe line as by three
fold turns and ioops it passes through
tunnels suggestive of the St. Gothard
and tbe Brenner Hallways. After as
cending more than UU feet ihe line
reaches tlie entrance to the main tun
nel at Breda. The track is in its last
part a fantastic play of turns and
loops, from which, by an easy ascent
one reaches .Ihe pass of the Welssen
berg and the Devil's valley, where the
steep basin of rocks is crowned by tbe
twin giants (I'lz Glurnells).
Here the Albula chain Is pierced by
a tunnel more tluin three miles long,
6,175 feet atiove the sea and 3,riO0 feet
under the Pis Glnmeils, passing tho
dividing rid go lie t ween the waters of
tbe Rhine and the Danulie the high
est standard rallwty track In Europe,
Moved by Inspiration.
President Uemsen, of John Hopkiiu
University, who Is one of the City Col
lege alumni, tells this story of himself
snd of James Codwin, who was for
many years a tutor at his Alma Mater.
Mr. Godwin asked young Kcmscu at
recitation a question In mathematics
which the latter waa unable for the
moment to snswer.
"Next," said the tutor, turning to
the student who was to follow. Just
then, however, the answer came to
Hemseu, who began to give it
"You must be beside yourself," gen
ially remarked Mr. Godwin.
We would auggeat to the men that
when tbey get real mad. tbey lake It
out la shaking ruga Instead of slam
ming doors.
Large shoes look all right U taa art
kept potiaboi.
I0MM Ml
an vn was col
i niHiiiiimi
"Not long ago I bad aa aid gaU
ma frees a rural vliiaae to tlatt aa."
said tho suburbanite, "and be found
New Tort dull. I never realised be
fore how doll our place 0014 be."
Tbe New Tork Times explains wby
the geeUeaoaa from the country found
tbe dry lees lively tban tbe life to
which be bad been accustomed. To
most persons, particularly to dry real
dents, tbe old man's point of view will
be a new one.
"When at home tbe old gen tic ma a
was accustomed to go after bis mail."
naid tbe city man; "so sfter break
fast one morning he said he would Just
step round to tbe postotfiee snd ask
for the mall. We bad to eiplain tbat
there was no postortV-e within two
miles of uk. and that we never visited
the orfii-e; we Just waited until tbe
pottuau came round.
"When the old gentleman was balk
ed of going lo tlie jioKtorlice. he said
that be really mut get shaved. Would
we illrw-t him to a barber shop? Then
I bud to tell blm 1li.it I didn't know
of a barlx'r shop within a mile of the
bouse. I shaved mywlf, and when I
needed the services of s barber I
found one downtown.
"That greatly aurpriited him, for al
home bis visits to the barler, a cheer
ful, neighborly, talkative fellow, are
among the pleasantc-i Incidents of tbe
week. It also set him thinking, and
we bad to confess under cross-examination
that we hardly bought so much
as a paper of pins in our part of the
city. We did not patronize tho little
shops of the region. Everything ws
ni-eded we bought in great shops ten
miles away. We had to wait for most
things twelve or even twenty-four
hours, and If an article was urgently
needed, we bad to make a Journey of
something like twenty miles to get It
"TliHt seemed to the old gentleman
an excellent Joke on city life. II Ii
own village Is about as far from the
only near-by city of any size, as our
bouse Is from the heart of New YorftV
It was plain euoimh that he thought
we bad returned to something like ths
conditions of the frontier.
"He was evidently comparing the In
conveniences of our situation with ths
condition of bis fanner friends a few
miles from bis village. He had al
ways been sorry for them; be was
Just as sorry for us, Iyookltig round
uiM!i the dense shrubbery near ths
bouse and the wall of woodland only
a few yards awny, be said, with a
kind of shiver, 'No doubt this Is a
lovely place In midsummer, but It
must be cold here in winter.' "
GROUSE IS A CLEVER BIRO.
It Evades ths tinnier br Tricks tbat
HUplajr lis Inielliience.
It has US) tricks of defense. It will
sometimes lie stiu until the hunter Is
within a yard of It. then soar straight j
upward In his front, towering like t
woodcock; again, it will rise forty
yards away, and the sound of its wingt
is bis only notice of lt presence. It
will cower upon a branch under widely
he pusses, and bis cup will not be mors
than a foot IjcIow It as he gois, and
though It has seen him approaching, II
will remain quiescent In frightful feat
until bis back Is turned. It will flint)
then, and when lie has slewed hlmscll
hurriedly around lie will catch only a
glimpse of a brown, broad wing fai
awny.
Wounded and falling in the open, II
will be found If it Is found at all
with the telltale speckles of Its breasl
against the trunk of some brown tri-s
Hg:iint which its feathers ar India
tiugulsliiilile, aud the black run about
the neck of the male will be laid
against the darkest sisit of the bark.
Often it will double like a fox; often,
as man draws near, it wilt spring noise
lessly into some spruce aud hide until
he pusses, dropping then to the ground
and continuing Its feeding; often, too,
it will decline to take wing, though
unhurt, and will run fast for a ball
mile so fast that the most expert
woodsman will be unable to keep pace
with it This it will do only on leafy
ground aud never when snow would
betray its tracks. Outing.
Mark Twain anil a Poet.
A new story Is going the round
about Mark Twalu and a young poet
"How long does It take to get fam
from a poem IT asked tbe poet
Tbe sage thought and tn a few mlu
utes said:
"Well. It takes about four hours ts
write one and nineteen years elevel
months thirty days twenty-four bourt
ind fifty live minutes to get it pub
lished! Then Il's a toss-up whetbei
It's famous or Infamous. " New York
Times.
I.Ike ihe Huhject.
"D'Auber is home from his trip to
tbe Itocky Mountains, lin't be? What
sort of a time did he have?"
"Ob, he spent most of bis time mak
ing sketches of the mountains. He
showed me a lot of them."
"How are they? Natural 7"
"Wellr they're certainly rocky."
-Philadelphia Press.
Very Carious.
"The.e's a curious thing about an
umbrella I bought the other day.
"Yes, Indeed, that. Is a curious thing."
"What do you know about ItT"
'Didn't you Just say you bought Itr
-Phihidclphla Press.
One secret has been kept for many
centuries; and that Is too torrlbls
worihlessness ef tbe people collective
ly. No matter bow groat a phUoaopaat f
a man uisj no, mm CM BWTOV BfWJW own
low a ttofat a tail
