w a""
Tt! Harrion PreaJjirni.
a mjbu, raursnvroto
Amsiaos, -
HKBBAflKl
Apparently it is the open s-ou in
Macedonia for almost everything,
K sometimes happeua that the mom
In who :s disappointed in love Isn't
liaappoinled in damage.
It is announced that Alaska's great
Med ia wagon roads. We thought cli
Mte was its principal lack.
It ia quite proliable that a speedily
forthcoming theatrical venture will be
Tbe Van Woruier Brothers."
Thu we see that If an editor says
something severe about you in his pa
er. and you kill biin, it ia a case of
lelf-defense.
David M. Tarry will go right ahead
lolving the labor problem unless be
tan be diverted to the Mary and Ann
ntroven-y.
Another "expert" baa discovered the
lecret of determining sex at will, and
Kature will laugh him to acorn as she
las all big predecessors.
An easy conscience s one which per
mits you to violate the law with ini
unity bo long as the resiKinsible ffl
tialg raise uo objections.
The Sultan of Turkey has levied a
leavy war tax. Thought the old bird
ladn't even a pluckable pin feather;
tot Abdul knows how to use tweezers.
Even though the government sci
entists prove that people eat too much,
t will be a difficult task to effect a
Information unless hard times return.
At any rate. Uncle Andy Carnegie
wasn't so blamed anxious to die poor
bat he accepted United States Steel
preferred' instead of first mortgage
foods.
Oh, horrors! We spend more on
Shewing guui than on missions! Ah,
but by keeping some jaws busy, other
wise than in talk, we do the best kind
f mission work.
Capital punishment might restrain
Mine if ail murderers were put V to
leaih, but no such execution of the
taw-is to be expected while human
store is what is Is now.
An investigator with a microscope
lud a large stock of patience has found
rot that there are 2U0 kinds of mos
jultoes. Some men are never happy
rxeept when they are digging up trou
ble for other people.
Aa safe bowers bare learned to use
' riectrieity to promote their ends, the
almble pickpocket may acquire tue art
f the X-ray operator to locate the de
lired parse. In the progress of arienec
die wicked are not without their share.
The Shah of Persia still baa aome
very old-fashioned notions. For one
thins, be Insists on doing his own offi
cial poisoning when be wishes to put
any of bla loving subjects oat of the
way. Roma crowned beads are ao fuasy
rer these things. -
Otoe hundred and fourteen miles an
boor was the speed attained by an
experimental train on a new military
railway In Germany, and it is hoped to
run a train at the rate of two bun
Ired miles In the same time. As pre
paredness for war means avoidance of
t nowadays, .ihla indicates the Cer
ium dlryStlrion to hasten toward peace
tt a pretty rapid pace.
The agreement between Great Bri
tain and France for a treaty of ar
bitration of commercial , and political
inferences Is the most important vic
tory for the arbitral principle since
" the establishment of the tribunal of
JChe Hague. . Particularly is this agree-
are in noieworuiy uvea use enecreu sr-
tween traditional enemies 'who "for
centuries have been at war. '"' ' ,
America ml' have- occasion ' to regret
, no excellent ' featnre in British ad
ministration. Under the system' long
"In use by that government diplomacy
is a profession. ' Meri start at tue bot
tom aa attaches ar consuls and go up
by promotion or merit to the highest
, place, which is ambassador.' This
'cures In the service officers who are
aoq sainted with many countries, who
apeak many languages and have the
kill in diplomacy acquired by experi
ence. It is far different from our
ratcTo-aa-catcb-can system, -'which ' of-
fera no career either In consular or
diplomatic service. -
t The reluctance with which some per
sons took up tbe. duties of life wbea
the holiday season ended hag reminded
a correspondent that at tbe beginning
af Sefrtttaber the men of the Scotch
'hspyardk aoaetime resort to tbe
Sotting method of a "toaa-np" wheth
er HMy aball return to work or not
A brVfc l throw into the air. If it
tyTJt the Bten go back to tbe yard.
tt tfe bHeH tmnea down tbe holiday
ta axtacSed. To tired persons who be
tm h rbef and Govern their Jives
tt&$ ;u4i oyertment can v
Wfokhati M to y(M aatla-
a rwtrac maaa aatfes
va a wmm mgrnm am to ine preai
."fr aftwti pat aa aftf for all time
"" mm fctSe neavttoaa at
C ( ospoeted . to
stand op aud let hundreds or pcopk
; file m and shake his hand.' This de
' geaerate survival of the mva! mn
. hnn long lieeu an outraieouts nuiiuuce
! it has lM-en uel a an advertising card
for Washington excursion business and
,'paru of tourist havt been Utkeu .j
i lh rveptluti by a Kai.ie aud pat
. line to shake haudx with the president.
Our president is not a king or a slum
plete cf any kind, but a reputHi-:iii
! inaclstrata, with importaut public bi's.'
I neas to attend to, and nobody oulit
to hate access to him for, the grati
fication of idle curiosity.
Few trade movements of re-em
years have been more notable than
the increaKed demand of our roue fr
the productions of the tropics. From
the United States is now bringing in
four times as many pounds of coffee,
sugarand riceas It did in IS"'), twice as
much tea. five times as much ulia
rubber, and twenty-ix times as :uu. ii
silk. Iniprovemeu'.a In transportation
have enabled this remarkable devl(i
ment to take place. Better steams!, p
facilities, erfected iM stuisae i
pliances and the (-aiming industry
have roirht wl'hlu reasonable jirlce
many fruits which were f i.-:ii-Tly t i)
expensive for general use. Kven
anas, which are easily tranMitic!.
sold for eilit cen's each ia c iun". ry
stores in 1S"0 -. A Harvard profeoi
relates that, when he was t student
in college hf used to welcome an in
vita t tan to dint- with, a certain ftm:!y
Is-cause rhey served bananas. M.mv
other tropiial prwiucta now abundant
ly us 'd were thp luxuries of a gcner.t
lion ago r'i'Ueir 'lowering cost on one
side aud fie lncrenst-d means of the
American public on the oilier have re
sulted in an extraordinary Incresee in
their use. Kuxar and other articles,
which on' s few years ago were' em
ployed sparingly In many frugal house
holds, have become ao cheap that tlie.-fl
Is now little restraint on their us.
Similarly, there has been a great in
crease .In the use of wheat and kero
sene oil by the people of the tropics.
Very fittingly have the British mads
botanical gardens a chief object o!
Interest In ni.'iny of their tropical cities,
like' Singapore, or like Kaniiy In Cey
lon. The familiar household names of
their luxuriant trees and shrubs re
mind the visitor of the new dejieni!
ence of the modern world upon the pe
culiar growth of the perpetual sum
mer.
In New York a woman with (lint
phlldren walked the streets searching
for a home. Tbey found lodging Id
a basement, and were told to "move
on" by the landlord. II er clmractct
was all right. , She had references.
The children were the ordinary kind
of boys ami girls healthy and noisy.
She bad money. She couldn't pay for
a palace, but she was ready to scttlo
In advance for a modest apartment.
The children were not wanted. They
were the obstacles. Impediments, flat
nuitances. That Is why the landlord
said, "Move on." It Is why they any
"move on" in other cities. It Isn'i
right. If our boasted civilization hat
rched a point where a place railed
home has children blacklisted. It Isn't
home at all If a boycott on the little
folks Is to be a part of life In a flat,
then flats are by no means a bless
ing. This a world of averages. Tou
have got to put up with some thing
that you do not like, and you should
accept the noise made by the neigh
bors' children gracefully, and" thank
God that they can laugh and shoul
and romp and be happy. The man or
woman wlio Is grouchy because of ebil
dren Isn't right. There must be some
thing wrong Inside. The life thai
doesn't Include Joy In the reflected, hap
piness of boys and girls is a narrow
life... Don't blame the landlords too
much. Tbey didn't bar children be
cause they are naturally hard hearted.
Grumpy men and fretful women com
plained that other people's Iwhies wer
a nuisance. The gruff old bachelor
refused to find any music In the merry
laugh of a child, and few women
found dogs better company than chil
dren. It is buslnefia to supply a de
mand, and so the landlords of count
less flat buildings rubbed their bandit
and said to mothers and fathers of
fine families: "Very sorry, but we
ran r rem to you riecnnse of your
broods." .'flnpft upon, a ,time France
discourage! children. It was the great
est mjstae ever made by a nation
r rauce has not recovered from thp
error to this day. Perhaps she, never
will. Isn't there danger for America
In flat regulations .that provide that
"no children, need apply."
Greatest of Lrfnga .sta. ' ' 1
Cardinal Ouawppi Meaaofanti, who
died in lUp,. surpass! all other men
In linguistic ability. All the tongues
of Babel were gathered together In
his tongue, bnt without coufusion. lie
spoke fluently no fewer than 58 differ
ent languages and wrote in more than
30. - Lorn Byron, who- knew him well
called him a "walking polyglot, a mon
titer, of angnagta, and a Brlareua of
parta pf, speech." , MeaxofanU waa not
in tbe strict aenae a critical or scien
tific scholar or even otherwise a man
of great Intellectual power. '
... JUa Jtfcat4Mttoa.
"To what do jo attribute tbia al
leged decline in tha drama?' ,v. . .
"To a very simple fact"' answered
Mr. Rtormlngton Barnes. '"Too many
of our actors care more about playing
briitge whist or baseball fhan they do
abotft 'ptaylrig 'Ifamtet " Wartrln
MB 4Qh. . "."'",".''.' .. '
Tbe old superatftloo vbat Friday waa'
an boincky day to gt married on ia
dying out, tbe people tu vlng dlacov
ered that when It comet to bad I nek
ao particular day lea da.
14 I
GOOD
! Short Ctories
The oratorical gift of the preachers
if mountain regions of Tennessee Is
much admired by their simple parisb
kmeers. In fa1. nearly every youth's
ambition, it is said, is to be a preacher,
illlumgh it Is an affection among the
Jorny handed portion of the population
U pretend to despise those who Uo not
engage lu manual lalor. A traveler
wently asked a bright-eyed youngster
In Tennessee: "What are you going to
io when you grow up?" The Iwiy
turned his head away, blushed with
embarrassment, aud began to draw
K'uii-circles In the dust with his bare
loe. in the mean time bis father an
wcred for him: "I reckon- that Uiy'll
be a preacher; he's a powerful pert
talker when he aint liashful, uu' he's
too darn lazy to work."
The other evening, a lady, whose
husband had gone out for tbe evening,
was alsiut to retire for the night w ith
her infant child, when, to lier amaze
ment, tdie perceived the foot of a inau
beneath her IkhI. Instead of calling
for assistance, she coolly went to- the
child's cot and sat and sang till the
little one went to sleep. Two hours
then remained In-fore her husband
fame In. lie was surprised to find her
waiting up, but when his wife handed
ohu an envelope, smj-iiig: "You Blight
ruu aud post tills." the cause of her
waiting was revealed. Instead of a
letter the following was writlen on the
nvelope: "A burglar Is under the lied;
run. fetch police." The husband re
turned In a few minutes with a poli
laan, and the man was arrested. The
burglar, when brought up ln-fore the
magistrate, remarked that he hud
come across a few brave womeu In
his time, but this one must have hi.d
a nerve like Iron, for she sat there for
three solid hours. He had no Idea
that she knew he was there until the
policeman pulled him out.
When John S. Sargent, the famous
MrtrnU painter, studied iu the atelier
uf Carol us Durun In Paris, bis teacher
showed bis fondness for him by paint
ing iu his head In the great celling
of the I 'ixeniboiirg Palace. Kven lifter
he branched out for himself, his
master often-sent for him to come over
to bis studio and lose. his hands hav
ing especially won the admiration of
Duran. The time came, however,
when Sargent could no longer answer
the lo-k and cull of his teacher for
he was getting work of his own to do,
which Would not allow bltn to leave
his studio at a moment's notice. One
day, it is reluted, Duran sent a hurry
call for blni, and when he received a
note saying thut argent wag. com
pelled to decline his request, owing to
pressing work, jMiran was furious. A
few days later, a friend, to whom he
had confided bis anger at bis recalci
trant pupil, asked him:' "Well, bow Is
It with Sargent? Have you made up?
liow Is he?" "Ah, uo!" said Imrnn.
and he looked and, and his shoulders
went, tip: "how is it with Sargent?
C'est flni: (another shrugi e'est tint:
It's nil over! I have lieen to tbe Lux
embourg. I went and I got a ladder,
and I painted out his head!"
Examination Odd ii lea.
There Is no eiul to the oddities
evolved in answVrs to school questions.
Mere are a few "of recent date coming
under the observation of a Chicago
teacher: , '
"Our body is made out of skin and
bones. .Also toenail.",. - .
"Tbe veins carry impure blood and
the artllerics carry pure,bloodT"
"The Nile empties into the Victoria
Niziuia."
'The mouth of the Nile Is called the
Metterian sen."
"Ceylon Is In Northeastern Ahla."
"The camels cross the desert In the
travelers."
"The largest cities of India nre call
ed Canton. Pekin and Kokotuo."'
"Because India Is called British In
dia the British own It."
"China is where all the Chinese jieo.
pie erotrd together. About l.iss. people
jn that 'y" . v - , .. . f
, "The jieopte. .of ,'ndia are -g!!!d !!
dianas."
"Ceylon Is In China."
"Natives of Inlia Is called Indlos."
Chicago News.
Insurance on Women's Idve. -'
Jjutll . uliout . fiftecu yeaca . ago life
insurance companies uniformly refusud
to insure the llye of yvomen ou any
terms. Until five years ago such com
panies as did write policies, of female
lives discriminated against them tn the
extenf of $! in the $1,000. Only a very
few companies eren no-nd these
quite recently rnmrre' women mn the
aame tenna aa men And yet tbe life
table of seventy-five years ago show
tbe average death rate of all uiaies to
be 21.S jmw laXK) and of all females to
- Happy Man in Georgia.'
"Mara Tom should be de happles'
aian In dnTonn' worT." T
"Think aor'-f - I ' ..
. "1 abo doea. He spends tliree-fo tlm
er hla time hnntln' en de yullier fo'uh
catln.' wbat be .hiinU." Atlauta (n-n"""0"'-
t r v -'.....'
' ''' ' Maaiy Oiaaoea to Wed. ' r'-'
tamocr Vf, Haonner, who keeps a
fouatry store aear 1 Gettysburg, Pa.,
irattiaed for a wife raeently, and ill
tbt cootm tt a few days receive aa,
nmJ nun. MJS9 wMpMhbi! ..
Mnaxmlar rheumatism la the kind
that geta a man on Uia back and keeps
klm ttMrt for month.
ODD LEGAL CUSTOMS
1 h Oricia of l'ra'i l'lctarrMu
l-'aatnrr of the I.aw. "
When a murderer is eiecuteC a
black dug is often ruu up. The uia
jority of jtple coustrue this int a
sigu of uiourcing, hot It Is Botha g of
the M.rt. In olden times it was cus
tomary for those Is-siegiiig a city to
run up 0 black flag after a period,
which gave the defesniers to under-
! Maud that the time for mercy waa
past and that destruction was at hand.
In the fourteenth century this came to
be applied to the law also, It being
useful for the Mack flag to be unfurled
Is-fore tbe execution took place, to
show that destruction was about to tie
' carrle.! out.
I A great many of our legal customs
.dale from the time of the Romans the
great makers of laws. With Human
orators it was a point of etiquette
never to put pressure on a client to
exact tii due. the reason being that
the orators were suppi s d to woikfr
nothing and tbe fee given were in r ly
a reward for servii-es rendered. Sj
a lawyer t day cumi t -xa t hi fte
i by lresllre w ithout In urhig his yiptl-
tation. lncaui-e he, like tlie orators of.
; ol I. is siippoc I to work for nothing.
I The law idy mourns w Inn the
judge wears a b'a"k aji. am! iuie are
very d u.tifTul as to w heher the black
j cap is resilly a lm of m urnliig after
all. As a matr.-r f fact, a black cap
i Is part of the s ate dress of nu Kiiglish
or t'ai adian Judge, to be worn ou grmt
j occasions. But to cover the "head
always lias been a tign of UiOitniing
frm thus Iniii.etiii ri 1. To 1 r ve th s.
; the reader will, if be w.ircln the
llfie nth clmi ti r of the tenml b ok of
j Samuel caiefiiily. find the fol'ow lug
j passage: "David wept, and bad Ms
In a l covitiiI," So It may l,c s-'ild that
the Mack cap' n ally Is a sign of mourn
ing. A prisoner Is tried by twelve of his
fellow- cor.n'rymeii This cut-torn is a
thorn-and years ol I, and we gel, It fn-w
the Vikings. The ' Vikings divided
their country up Into cantons, which
were snlsllvided Into twelve portions,
each under a cliWftiiii. When a male
factor was brought to justice It was
usual for tah chU-ftain to wlcct
man from the district over which be
ruled, and compel him to try the .rx
oner, the verdict of these twelve men
being declared by the Judge to be final.
The wig is only worn by Kngl'sh
bitriisti r to give th -m aMi-rn, Judi J .1
appearance, and no one can say that It
fails in this ret.et. The customs
wa-t orltfinated by a French jtide in
the sevinteeuth Cditury, wh.fl. happen
ing to dou a inariii!s' wig n, day, he
found it gave him such a stern and
dignified appearance that he it'dded to
get one for himself and wear It at all
times in court. This he did, and the
result was so satisfactory from a bgal
p- Int of view that not only judges but
barristers also took up the custom
throughout Kurope. ' Washington
Times.
THAT HORRID HAY. FEVER.
Thcr Have It In Kniitan't Ton, and
1 , Dn't Kaow How to Cure It.
Among the minor lils to which our
flesh Is heir, the annual cur- of what,
for want of a more exact name, is call
ed ' hay eve-" 'akin a hlgb, and un
e'come poiliUn. More than a minor
m H cannot perhaim be cnll.d, for It is
not dangerous, nor are the rnults pT
iniinent. But for the tn .merit there are
few more irri,atb:g and disibl.ng affec
tions. Nor we may a:ld, do-s the fact
that a patient merits w Ith no sympathy
from his fi lends tnd to alleviate hla
piifiht.
It Is no new thing. As a "rose t-old"
It has Ix-en known for the last four
hundred yeaw. BcinHitica ly the dis
ease is cauw'd lot only by the mere
physical InLatlon of the mucous mem
brane of the t)ise find eje by, '.he
pijllen of fluwers and graw., but a!no
by the Immediate opeiation upon tlic
ii.etnb.atie of a tuxlu wiiicii has reeen.
ly Ihvii Identified in the jHilb-ii.' The
co'iiii laint presents sevetal secial fca
tuies. It U n t the Icaht peculiar aspe t
of it that si:s:'i p,IWI!ty to If varies ex
1'nrc y nee rfling to race and vex; if
anything. th stronger 'constitution be
in uioie li,ibl to t'OiiUigion than the
weikcr. Thus it may 1 (.aid that
Kiigllshjaud Americaiw suffiT from .it
joyrc than .t.thsr nation.-;, and wis more
t i u ji women.
Aga'u.' there is lit 1 1 - -a!isf;tctinu Io
be giilnid f.om the ciinmon b liif that
nf;-r one has I a I It one Is Immntie
flg,nijt a !C ' lid attack. ' (m the- con
trary, a jHtietit, m far from U-Ing jro-i-te(l
by one eperli"nce, becomes, If
anything, more i)r:dlissJ to the com
plaint than Itefore. Df .rinirss cold
ui.d rain minimize the risk of cou
txgion,, jm l , warmth and light winds
jtl.cre.ise It. . , , ,
Itecent research, as we have said,
has Isolated the pulton which li at
the 'root of the trouble, and It has bc n
proved that hay fever can lie superin
duced In a few mi c tries ly Infecting
the mucous membrane of any (trie- lia
ble -to the complHlnr. It Is, however,
lmXsiHe to crnimnnimte It to tbnsc
not nnturaliy f-en-Uve to It. . '
Despite the score of reinedlea which
wc Jujvp pylnted In our ii"wa columns.
It sfms doublful .whetluT thire 1 ajvy
tine panacea for the ills. as what will
relieve one 'pat lent' will wlmlly fall in
another eWe. Perhaps fhe cauterlaa-
tioft of th? mrtcotis niembmhe hy nicjiia
of tbe guWanle wire Is the most gen
erally am-otssfbl -treatment. Hhott of
fbot it can only be said tlraf towns are
aaore healthy for tbo susceptible to
bay, fever, than the country., 4n tbe
WjMtl the, upshot of a bp, Jiicual
onr orlgrnal correspondent, tbat the
doctors have hitherto failed to cope
with this mysn rlons and tiresome com
plaint London Mail.
CHERRY SISTER DEAD.
Oaatlaa of tha OIH Ktcalle tba
tlnnal ( imr af Yag t
A recent telegram tells of the death
of Jessie Cherry, the youngest mem
ber of the famous quartette of Cherry
sisters. ,
About a dozen or fifteen years ago
the Cherry sister, who were living
near Cedar Rapids, became snddenly
famous because of the nature of con
cert entertainmenta they began glv
ing about the country. Without edu
cation and without any special talent
the four sisters, w ho were left in pojr
circumstances by the death of their
parents, determined to raise funds to
ave their homestead from being ta
ken for debt Tbey had appeared In
ountry school entertainments and
Isildly conceived the plan of giving
to the wo Id the value of their laltmta.
Their programs were ao utterly un
conventional and so entirely without
artistic sentiment that, tbey soon be-
atne a rage and the sisters were call
ed to New- York by a prominent vaude-
.ille manager. There their fame grew
itnd they followed up their financial
uccess by a tour of the whole country.
They had many exciting experiences,
nnl it became necessary for them to
dd to their stage accessories a large
wire acrecn to stop tbe flood of bad
vegct.ibl s which were nightly hurled
tow ard the stage hen they were alng
.ng. Karly In their career the young
women resented this influx of garden
growths and at one time Ktlle. the old
est of the bunch, is said to have car
rleij a shotgun with which she used
to intimidate her audiences. Tbe po
lice were many times called in for pro
tection of the sisters, but later In their
career, tfter the discovery of the wire
screen, they viewed the animosity or
frlvtlmsnoa of their audit ucw with
Impunity, and seeing the attention
thus given them tbey welcomed It.
Jessie was the youngest of the sis
ters and was really a pretty little girl
Her greatest hit w-as apiearing as tbe
barefisit maiden In one of her songs,
and many a newoaper ode has been
writlen to her toes. Hhe appeared also
as the Innocent "gentle lady" In Fine's
star song, "The Gypsy's Warning
iliere was always a controversy as
to whether the sisters were as awk
ward and lnartbtlc as they appeared.
and niBtiy have ls'.leved tbey were
-mart enough to rceognisse the gullibili
ty of the public and to play upon that
weakness to Its fullest extent. While
they professed always In the most
solemn manner that the action of the
public toward their was only because
of Its utter lack of appreciation of the
truly beautiful. It is evident this was
but another method tbey had of seek
ing advertisement
CAUSED HER TO GROW FAINT,
Stunning Gtrl lliacovcral fnddealy
that Hrr Melt V Milling.
Amusing, Isn't it, how one's mental
state affects one's conduct The girl
who walked along F street the other
day with a proud step and her head
carried high was feeling particularly
good.' She was conscious that her
fresh shirt waist was Immaculately
white and that her skirt was a perfect
lit At that particular moment she
could have overcome any obstacle or
faced any danger so great waa her
self-confidence. Ten ' minutes later,
standing lu front of a counter In one
of the stores waiting for a girl friend
to make some purchases, she drew ber
hand to her wnlst. A cold shudder
went driving through her veins as she
peeped over the blouse front of ber
shirt waist Yes, It was quite true.
She bad forgotten ber belt! Limp In
every muscle, she sank on a stool, ter
rifying her companion by the sndden
ness of her collapse.
" "Hush; I've forgotten, my belt" she
said in a "quick whinper, while the
young man Ijehlnd the counter went
to get change. "For heaven's sake go
to the ribbon counter and get me a
yard of black ribbon!"
"You seem to be 111," the young man
clerk Interposed. "Can't I get yoa
something a stimulant?"
"No, tliar k you," the girl murmured
weakly, "".fa nothing. I'll be all rlghl
in - a mouiont' Fortunately , others
came to claim his attention and the
ribbon was twisted neatly Into a licit
without attracting any one's attention.
The out-of-door Blr revived the
haughty young woman's crushed spirit
eomewhat but not again that day did
her head reach quite so erect a pose
as it bore earlier In the morning.
Washington Poet . .
The Deacon's Schedule.
Here Is a unique schedule of price!
for services rendtred or to be rea
dered by a good old Georgia deacon
"Marryln a couple, $L
"Reduced ratea to tbrea couplaa, ia
bunch. .. . -
"PrayhV for rain, $2 an boor; tc
guarantee rain, $2.60 for aama length
of time.
"Predlctln' end o' tba world, $3 hit
or mlii.
."ForecattJn' chllla, fever and the
rheumatism, SO eenta per day.
"Warnlu yon of approach of hurri
cane or earthquake, $4 In advance."
--Athnita Constitution.
CASTOR I A
lor bbat. sat CkUina.
Iii Ifci Ya Kj ttzzp Cl
Cgaatarf of
(S&aatCf
Wlgg Skinanm aaya ho la tb4
tact of bla owa fortuna.
Wigg How did bo aweceed la dodg
lag the bnlliUng laayictortr Phlladai
aW
- SLOW CARS IN VERMONT.
i ft m Trk liriaan a Yarn A boat
aa "Acoami lation" Train,
'The South Isn t the only place
there they run slow trains," said a
'ew York drummer, Just back from
0 New Fngland route.
"I was traveling on a road In nortb
tii Vermont. In the seat ahead of
w was a farmer, so Jubilant over
uring a new bnggy he wi taking
Mime with him tnat he had to turn
round and tell me all alout It. "Gosh."
was saying for the twentieth time.
ot it dirt cheap only $24.' when
he conductor came through and tsp
'd Ii? in on the shoulder.
" 'Say, lriua,' ho houted, 'be'a
lowing up for your Jumping ofT place.
" 'What town are we coming toT I
sked Ijarins.
" 'Oh, no town In particular,' he an
wered. 'Jest my farm. I know tha
onductor and engineer pretty well
Tew up alongside of them and they
iways let me off here. Kavcs walk
ng six miles frnm rown.
"Just then the train stopied, and
arlus iiu.de leisurely for the dofir and
(rambled ofT the platform. A minute
r two passed and we didn't move on.
f;mss they're helping iHirius ofT with
ds buggy,' I said to myself, and went
n reading the paiwr.
".Majite I bad read for five minutes
vhen I looked up. 'Hello,' I said, 'still
landing here. Wonder if Darius got
lis buggy oft";' With that I stuck my
lend out of the window to see, and
iless me. If there wasn't the engineer
md tbe fireman and the conductor
lelplng Diirius to put bis buggy to
;etber. And the brakernan was un
rating the shafts.
"Did anybody object to the delay?
tot a soul. Acted as if It were an
very-day occurrence. They went de-llM-rately
at It, not even giving ratl
uid schedules a thought, apparently,
tiitil the buggy wns all put together
:nd the son of I'nrlua came aiToss
lelds lending a horse. Then Dariua
bunked them and guessed he and his
oy could bitch up (he horse all right.
Hid lb conductor and the engineer
md the fireman and the brakeman all
riiwied back on the triiin and we got
ltidef way again.
"That happened on the trip up. On
he down trip we made n stop in tho
pen country and, as I'd seen no on
(et ofT, I got out to Investigate. When
I walked up to the engine I saw the
ngltiiK-r down dn bis knees on the
sack, pounding away like all jw.sses
led. " 'What's npT I asked.
" 'Oh, nothing much," be snld. Ort
he up trip I noticed this rail was a
Ittle lMse, so when I was In town
. throw a spike and on ax linto tii
ngine, and now I'm respiklng it
Hint's nil." " -
SIR H. MORTIMER DURAND.
the New HrltUh Ambassador to tba
United Mataa.
Sir II. Mortimer Dura ml, who sue
cod the late Sir Michael Herbert a
British nmhafalor to the I'nltcd
States, has been
British ambassadoi
at Mndrld for tb
last three years.
Previously to hi
IncliiKton In the U
ier ranks of thr
British diplomatic
service he had
spent more that,
twenty years Ir
the Indian civil
service. The So
biu ii. m. pniA.Nu. 0r u,e iflte Majoi
general Sir Henry Dnrand, he wb
torn In India In 18.VI, aud his acquaint
tice with thut coitirtry, l(rs-la an
Afghanistan Is of the most IntlmaN
kind. lie haj ls'en private secretarj
(o an Indian viceroy, filled mih-Ir In th
Indian foreign office and conducted
tuccescful spwinJ m1slon to Cabul
whit her he had previously accompan
led Ird ltoberls as political secretarj
In the 387'J campaign. Before bla ap
polutment to .Madrid he was frr all
rears British envoy aud minister U
Persia, whfre he was regarded as tin
most astute diplomat tlreat Brtlaii
ever sent to Teheran. In leisure mo
ment be lins wrltten'a novel, "Hclei
rrevelyhn." under the pen name n
lolin Boy. nni several works on India?
subj-t. - - ' . f
A significant fenfure of Sir Henry'i
selection I the fact Unit it Is the fir
time the British government has Ken
an ainlmssador directly t Washington.
Heretofore" Washington h is Wn looft
pd on as a post ranking :it the toot t
the embassies, hence It baa Wn th.
custom to promote a minister to h
tmliSKKador. .
I "re pa ml foi" the. Worst.
Mr. Brown's enemies iuiv tlmt thn
Is nothing else In the' world he en low-
so much as finding fault and pnttlnj
other people In the wrona. When
gaged in this pleasing txTirpatlon b
loses an nolo on a aenae of bnmo
which la none too been at other timet
Not long ago be and hla wtf.
taking a trip through the" White Mour,
Ulna, and at one place tbey were t
be called at 5:30 In tbe morning to tak.
all early, train. Mr. Brown wakene.
first and after a glance at bis wat
ien naca on his 1)1 1 low with a n
a groaj
tbat frightened hli wife nm nr
ba
aiumiors. ' ' --
"Tlere It Is on tbe tick of hair mi
nve, grumbled Mr.' Brown, 1n rr
aponse to bla wifea troubled- que"
tkins,"nnd if titey don't call ua wlthk .
va mitiMtaa we abanit i have Urn
mui. 4 ge.t Onwaad And
laMKWitlR no..TiA hoJ Mf
PCt -V,c tltte w-
A time Uble, Cordelia, la any oh;
Uble purcbaaed on the InaUllmw
plan.