BOOKS AND FACES.
Hew BAOjr face (reel the btok'.
How many visions thence axis;
Hr oft enraptured readers look
Oa aome far parasiiae:
Oid rye look oa them wit a dehbt
Tmeiag tile dark and bloody tUu
When in rude battle for the right
They fought In foreign clime.
Tn youth, 10 eager queat of Sure.
Tama, breathlea. leaf oa l.af. a4 kra
Kant voice that ah ail ring no more
With war's triumphant cheer.
Where'er the daring do or dir.
Id castle hall. in lover's court.
Where'er the flaahJag blade may I,
fflw hound and huater sport.
Ha follows, who, to fortune given.
Read hla renown In ev'ry Line;
And dreams that to bare bravely infra
Is glorious and divine
-Literary World
HOW JACK'S DEBTS WERE PAID
t J Alilit cuZa uega.i u C
II Helen never could stand that,
so she tried her best to check
iter sanr" flowing tears.
What was It all about A trifle
People generally do disagree over
trifles. This cause of difference, how
ever, between Helen and her aunt was
twenty thousand dollars, which had
beea tart to Helen by a relative.
Helm declared the money did not be
oag to her.
Helen Reeve was a young widow.
She looked very pretty as she stood
before her aunt In 'jer gowu . half
mourning, her wavy b.-' .to hair comb
ed back from a broad, low forehead,
nd colled In an unruly knot at the
nape of br neck. Aunt Eliza was not
Inclined to find fault with the fate that
caused ber to be the companion of
such a charming young woman.
"Not belong to your cried Aunt
Ellaa. "What on earth do you mean?"
"I mean," said Helen, "that this
urn will Jnat settle the last of poor
Jack's dnbts. and I am going to pay
fbetn."
'There 1 only one way to 'settle,' "
tald her aunt, "and that Is for you
to take this money and be thankful
to the good lrd that It hi been
thrown your way, and not art so un
grateful to Providence for your good
Jack."
'I think," aJJ Helen, "1 see what
rronili'.'ii'e meant me to do with It.
When dear Jack died I know the thing
that worried uitu raoBt during his last
days wan tlie money he owed bis old
friend., Mr. Beth tine. Mr. Bethune
was ruined, aunty. The greatest hap
piness that thin money brings to me Is
the thought that 1 can do blm and
bis fjiiiily sum jriwl. The poor man
Js M.i;d. They live down near the
river somewhere, and are very poor."
Aunt Eliza looked obstinate, but
fltcir talk ended in an agreement to
see old Mr 'larmthers. the lawyer,
lie wns consul' ed and would not deny
that liien- a as Justice tu Helen's de
teraiinatl.m, although he did not con
soler I.cr c'l-l upon to carry It out.
Bn; s)i. did. Fifteen thousand dol
lars was paid lo Mr. Retime. A letter
tiuu site reeeived at this time had the
effect of closing Aunt Eliza's mouth,
no mjttiT what her Inner reflections
mighi u . It was from a daughter of
Mr. Be; lump, and gave Helen such
tiioi ks as made her heart feel warm
and ilel chei-k to glow with delight
Now t;re remained five thousand
more. The other creditor, Mr. Clar
eiii Harriett, wax i rich man. Bat
tles begun again U'tween Helen and
her Aunt Kllzn.
"i i: tve never forgotten what I
heard U' sjid about Jack, and he shall
have hi due if it be only for the op
por!u:,;ty of expressing . ray feelings.
I tt.ir-t Jack's name chared from ev
ery imp-nation of dishonesty."
T!.! rv WW ws any on It," said
A i i i . t K'.'.zti. "Everybody knew that
If had lived be would have soc-cc-sfuliy
carried out bhs Lusiueas."
"M.-. Bartlett. said differently."
' I declare, Helen, yon make me IIL
I managed to set along with the first
affair; that turned out a mercy to be
eure, for that poor blind man, but this;
Why I never beard of anything so un
called for." '
But Helen was determined, and In
spite of Aunt Eliza the money was or
dered Jo be paid. Then Helen -wrote
a letter in which she decidedly ex
pressed her pleasure In being able to
settle the debt, li.id gave Mr. Clar
ence Bartlett a rap for, baring ex
pressed an 'opinion derogatory to, her
young husband, signing it '.'very tru,ly
yours" to the most dignified, manner.'
To Helen's boundless indignation,
there came a lettaTj'-rom Mr. Bartlett
in which he Informed her that she wa
mistaken as to his ever having blamed
her husband, and .coolly Informed her
that although twttjrproved of her wish'
to settle ber hoabaad's debts, she could
not do ao where be was concerned;
that he had al way . considered . her
husband persoiyU , rld. that he
would not have troubled ber with thfs
letter, bat for the reason that bo felt
It due to himself to refute the mle-rep-pseiifafloii
which had evidently
been so deeply Impressed on her mind.
,'b inosi tn:p irtanf b'f.pr I ever
rend In in jr siie declared to Aunt
EIi:ji Hut ber aunt would not se It
that way.'
T ...ill J . . , . , , . ,
Wi.i g-j aim wer Mi. -rrutiier
Phis very day," cried Helen.
Aunt Eliza coulo not trust herself
to answer. Silence was her only ssfe
guard, Down to Mr. fjirrutherb' oflice nihh
el Helen, but she bad to be content
with his saying:
"Very well, Mrs. Reeve. I will do
my best."
The days went on, and Mr. Carruth-
ers said that Mr. Bartlett was out of
towit, so nothing could be done with
the money which awaited him.
Summer came, and Aunt Eliza de
cided that after their worry they need
ed a change. Aunt Eliza was neither
a tyrant nor a miser. Khe
cared little whether Helen had a pen
ny or not; she had pleuty for both.
But she had chosen to be delighted
when Helen's fortune came to her, for
she had been left with little and bad a
great love for beautiful things, and
this money would make her feel Inde
pendent In the gratification of ber de
sires. "I am sure I am thankful that we
have anything left." said Aunt Eliza,
and she gave a slgb of relief, as if
there had . been a time when she
thought that Helen was in a fair way
to give away not only her own money
but her aunt's also.
They decied to visit the loscmite,
and Aunt Eli.a was (a her element.
She would arrange and rearrange tln-
ery for herself and Helen; refuse to
buy a ribbon because they must en
omlze, and next day purchase some
article not at all needed, and pay a
most eitrava-gnut price with smiling
satisfaction.
Every one knows the almost im
possible roada by stage to "darks"
In going down the Yosi-uiite Valley.
Helen and her aunt had gone as far
aa possible by rail, and were now In
lw, la, .-.,. 4 ... .
-'"'-' ,mv-.. juuiljejr jje-
hlud six horses In the lumbering six
seated coach usually ued to finish this
trip and convey the patrons to their
final destination. There were two la
dles beside the brother of the ladles
and another gentleman.
Helen was enjoying the ride and
paying no attention to the fears and
complaints of the others over the
roughness of the road. There were
magnificent views, and as they went
higher the ladles grasped the sides of
the vehicle and held on to It In fear
and trembling, as jjpy looked down
the dangerous mountain side.
Helen had well-balanced nervei and
thought of no danger; but suddenly
she was conscious of a crash, a fall,
one horrible shriek from the other la
dies, then It seemed to her tliat she
was rolling on, ou Into eternity. She
stopped at last and lay still. Was this
death?
But after a moment the Inconve
nience of supporting a weight that lay
across her convIced her that she was
much alive. She managed to turn
partly over and crawl out from " un
der the debris. She was not much
hurt, , ' '
"Aunt Eiiza! Aunt Eliza I" called
nelen.
All vraa silence. She looked about
her, but could see only wreckage. A
little way up the hill a man lay stlM
and motionless, his white face turned
upward In the sunlight Suddpn fear
made her turn away. Just then a
man came from behind a clump of
bushes, pa!e, and with his right arm
hanging helplessly.
"Thank OodI Somebody Is alive,"
cried Helen.. . ;
, Tt la'a miracle," he faintly answer
ed. ' '"
"Whore are ttje others ?",";
, "Oh, I can't tell. I fear they ari
all tinder the wagon." '
, "What shall we dor ' I
lie looked down helplessly at his
arm and Helen asked pityingly:
"Brokenr
"Never mlnO," he said, "we enn'l
lament over that until we know there
la nothing worse."
Just then several nen appeared,
who had. been driving In sight of the
accident 'Ttiey flrsUreUaued (be la
dies under the coach and then placed
them gently In a wagon. Finally ev
ery one was disposed of but Helen
and the gentleman with the bruken
arm.
"I have a one-seated buck not far
from here," one of the mountaineers
aage ted.
Xbe gewueaoeo look doietvH at
Us arm
"Oh. 1 ran drive if that's all." said
Helea. It's go. It's only a short
distance. You are suffering trrri
I 1'ly." as she saw hlia growing pale.
-I believe I am," be answered.
j They drove off, and after the flrkt
! few moments began to talk.
i It seemed to me that we rolled
, over and over for an endless ti.ue.'
! Mtid Helen.
"lou did turu a complete xou.er
j aault. I was thrown off at the first
J lurch. The rtderfy Udy I do not think
is much hurt. Your aunt, vou -ailed
! herr
j "Yes. my aunt."
i "Are you frlghunedr' he aked
j suddenly, looking at ber curiously
"I don't know." said Helen. "1
feel rather wild."
"few young ladies have as ervlc
able nerves as you."
Helen fl'd not answer at omr, but
cried, as a turn of the nad brought a
houw In view:
"Oh. there Is the hotel: 1
glad"
An hour later be was walc'ting by
her aunt'ii bedside. She felt relieved
at the physician's ShKuram-e tha' Aunt
Eliza wax not seriously hurt. For two
or thn days she was kept a prijiicr
but Aunt Ki'za was not one to pet
ailments and was wm about.
The next day but one after tiie a.
ddent Heleu's driving companion win
to ask after her health, and she was
appalled b the name on ihe unl
"Mr. (Mareiiee Karl let t "
Aunt Eliza lauyheil liesrtilv at ihr
absurd situation.
"I think It very Impertinent of
blm." said Helen.
"To get his arm broken?"
"To Inquire after us.
"Perhaps he does not kiuiH w hu
are," said Aunt Eliza.
"I think I would pcrhap like lu
leave here tomorrow." was Helen's
reply.
Aunt Eliza did noi argue. a flu
knew It would only Increase Helen's
prejudice, but she proposed to tay
where she whs.
It was rtot long before Helen and
he met. Bhe was on an tipper piazza,
early one evening, and came face to
face w-itb him. His arm was In b
sling and he looked pale and worn,
but was evidently pleMst-d t" ee le-r
again.
He held out his hand.
"I am glad to have tuude jour ac
quaintance, Mr. Iteeves. You will iu
troduce me to your aunt, will you not?
Your husband and I were good
friends. I was also a friend of jour
father, although I was young at the
time." -
She could not refuse, and he talked
so pleasantly that Helen coulii not
help forgetting her prejudice, anil did
not s her way clear to bringing tip
the money question. Aul Elila was
delighted, but shrewdly held her jx-ace.
Such a first meeting n they fud
had naturally causil their acquaint-,
ance to grow rapidly. Mr. Bartlett
was most agreeable, and ail his ef
forts fended to make Helen's days
happy. They stayed six weeks at the
bote) and It was the evening before
they were to go. Helen and he were
on the piazza enjoying the sunset,
when Aunt Eliza came up with n let
ter. "For you. Heieu."
She stood and chatted a few Ino
merits and then said she must be off
and finish packing. Helen still held
the letier in her hand, turning It over
and over In embarrassment, for she
recognised the writing of Mr. Car-,
ruthers. She was nervously fumbling
at the clasp of the bag at her skle,
to put tne letter out of sight, when
Mr. Bartlett said:
"Pray read your letter."
"It is of no consequence," Helen
answered. '
Helen otiened the letter and read
the crablied handwriting In great
haste. Mr. Carruthers wrote to say
that Mr. Bartlett refused to take the
money and "wished to hear no more
about It" She flushed and glaaccd
at her companion.
He was looking at her with a qalet
smile. i
"I think I know whom your letter)
Is from," and he laughed.
"Please don't" she said, coloring
more brightly, but . determined to
speak now. "Mr. Bartlett 1 want 1o
talk with you about this. I want you'
to do me a favor, but first promise 'i
she hesitated.
"You don't want me to promise until
I have beard what It Is. do you'f"
"Only that tiresome money. I want
you to take It."
"Oh," he answered slowly and
gravely.
"Yes; say you will. It will make ma
so much happier." .
He waited a moment and then said:
"I will lake It on one condition."
Something In his voice made her
eyes drop suddenly.
"That I niay.take you with It," he
whispered, a lie leaned : over her.
"May I. Ilelfen?" 1 held her baud
riow--flnd It was not withdriivn.
Waverley.
Too Mnoti tor Her.
Maud What book are you rending?
Irene "Sartor Hesiii-tus.''
Maud What a queer lis me! Ig it In
teresting? '
Irene No, It's awfully tlrionie.
Maud What are you reading It for,
then? ,. .
Irene I've got to write a paper
about it at the next meeting of our
literary club. ,
Maud What Is It about?
Irene I don't know yet I've only all tbey wanted wai the right of nav
got to the 2o7th page. Chicago Trlhw Ig.ttlng It and (be permlaelon to ex
une. i j iore the unknown eoantry to the weat-
If you would adrertlae your tnm-i w"r1- . M ' , ,
4 HHMTHUttt
OLD
FAVORITES
The Turf Shsll Hm Mr Friirtal ebrlac
The turf shall be Dij fragrant shriue;
My leniilr. I-oid! that arch of thine;
My --nur' breath the inountaia airs,
And sileut (bouirfals Bii only prayers.
My lior siiali br the Uiooiilii:!)! waves.
Wbm uium.nriiif toiiifn n1 to their
iavrs.
Or wtru tLr siilliies of the sra.
Even lunrv tlisn uuisir, brih of Thee!
I'll sm-s, by day. m.iu a'ade unkuown,
All l!ht ud si'eiiee. like thy Thron!
Ali! ttr pair slnrn -viial! r, at nibt,
Tlit- "id) ej ids; wsieli my nt.
Ti. bestrii, "u in h 'u bh to look.
Slmll tx- lit i.iirr n l sliiuing Inn.k.
Where I sIj.iII rend, iu Kurds of flauif,
The :l"rie ef th eiilrMii iinnir.
I'll rrki iii sio;ri 111 M. r.n k
That rloiuls svtliilr the ds) tjesm's trsek
Tliv meny in It iuur- hue
Of siniuy lrii;h!" bresLIn; !li rough!
There' t.eiliir.g brtj;hl. sImivi, liow
From fh.u.n. thai bloeiii to star
tl.it
Iul in Us ligl.t iu soul run k-c
Some fnstTire f,f tby iir.
There'r Et.!!:i::r dsrt. It-hiw, s!.-Tf.
But iu its gl'Miin I trie- thy love.
Aod meekly wait tlist inoment, whcD
Thy touch shfill turn all bright sgain!
Thomas Moore.
Aoicrit'tn AristtstracT.
Of all the notable thinu ou earth.
The queerest one is pride of birili,
Among our "here deuiiK'racy!'
bridge across a hundred yesrs.
Without a prop to ssve it fnui sneers.
Not even a i-ouple of rutteu peers
A thing foi- laughter, fleers and jeers,
It Americnn sri'tnerscr !
English siiil Irish, French aud Spauish.
(iermaus, ltnliauk, Iiutch and Danish,
CrORsiu' their veins until they vanish
In one conglomeration!
subtle a tangle of blood, indeed,
No Heraldry Harvey will ever siuveed
In finding the ciri-ulntion.
hepend upon it, my snobbish friend.
Your family thread you can't ascend,
Without good reason to apprehend
Yon may find it waied, t the farther
end.
By some ilebeiliu Vocation!
Or, worse than tlnit. your boosted line
Msy end in a loop of stronger twine.
That plagued mime worthy aviation!
John !. Saxe. ' "
A BIT OF HISTORY.
Jefferson, Hnnroi snd Miuaion
tiallded Better Than They Knew.
Mr. Jefforsev wms President of Oie
t'nited Suites at tliat time, nisi be was
a man who hated war of any dcr1p
tion. He certainly did not wish to fight
with his own countrymen, and he as
certainly did not wish to fight with any
othnr nation, so he searched around for
Mime aort of a compromise. He thought
hat if America could own even one
port on this iiHt-ful river and had the
right of Mississippi navigation tb; mut
ter would U sotflfd with aatisfiiction
to all parties S, be writ Janx-s .Mon
roe over to Paris to Join our minister.
Mr. Livingston, and see if the two of
them together could not Iwrsiiade
Krani-e to sll them the Island of New
Orleans, tin which was the city of the
same Hume.
Now NaiHilcmj was the ruler of
France, ami he was dreaming dreams
and heclng visions In which France
was tin- most Important janvcr In
America, Ixx'auw' she owned this won
derful Mississippi Klver and all this
"Ixmlslana" which stretched lack from
the river to the rorkli-s. He already
held forts along th' river, and he was
plannhig to strengthen tlxwe aivd build
sime new ones. But you know what
happens to the plans of mice find men
ouietlmes. Napoleon was depending
upon his army to lielp him out on these
plans, but bis armies In San liomlngo
were swept away by war ami sickness,
so that on tlie day that he had set for
tlfcpm to move up Into IxmLslana isrt n
man was able to go. At the name time
Nai-ilin bad on hand another tfcixane
against England, which was even more
Important than his plans for America,
mid which demanded men and money.
Beside this, lie was shrewd enough to
kimw that he could not hold this far
away territory for any I,ng time
against England, which had so many
niore Rhlps than France. He suddenly
changed his mind alKitit his Annrlcan
possewt-Ions, ami ntiirly sent Mr. Mon
roe and Mr. Livingston Into a state of
collapse by offering to "ell them' not
only New Orleans, but also the whole
province of Louisiana.
Tliere was uo time to write to Presi
dent Jefferson and psk his advice, and
this was In-fore the days of tlie cable;
ho Monroe and Livingston, took the
matter Into their own hnml, and
giBnpd thf. contract which transferred
the Louisiana territory to Use United
States for the con si deration of $K,
(XtO.OOO. They severely criticised by
i.- raanT of their own coiitstryme-n, and
they bad some doubts of their own
about the wisdom of their action. You
ee. nobody knew then that com and
wheat would grow ao abundantly In
this territory, or that beyond the
Mississippi there were such etroteh
of glorious pasture-la ndsi,' or that trn-
derneitb Ita mountainous regions there
were aucb mines of gold, silver and
copper. Americana saw, only the com
mercial posalbllltles of the river, and
A B QiU hafspeiaM) a buiVsevd years ago;
and today Oaat old Louisiana terrltotr)
Is. in natural rewourcra, the wealthi.au
!-art of the whole UnitMl SUt. With
out that territory la our possess-too we
fclsooid have no Colorada and no Wy
oming, no Iiakutaa, or Nebraska, or
Miuneasta, or Montana, or MhawHiri.
or Iowa, or Kaiieats. or Arkansas, oi
I-oulsiana. or Oklahoma, or Iialiao
trrtti-y; iikI naturally, no fair at
Ft. 1ouis this year. St Nicholas.
LUXURIES FOR SERVANTS.
frieata Bath aud Suites ia Boaae at
the Nesctl Moaaea,
The ne pahicew built lu thin city
every year du iKt supply luxuries for
their owner alone. The employw are
also looked after and provision is made
for their comfort to a degree never
known anywhere elw.
In one of the new Uou- on au up
town Hreet near the avenue the man
sen ant quarters) consist .if three small
rooms on the t p floor. Adjoiuln; them
is a small filei room with a atiowet
and plunge ,Nrh ami pri.vn lu fht
same room are three ImsJus lu ordet
that the men may all wash slmul
taneonsly if they want to.
iHiwndalrs adjoining tin- entrance
hall is another kh-eping mum for a liiiu
servant, and It has as much light am.
air as any In the bouse. In H-lit t i-.ii K
having a private luih.
the r-siins for the woman xitcnis
are on the third fl-sir, and aceoiniinsl it
six. TlsHy are so arrangwl that twx
sJ.-ji in each nsuii and have the u
of a tiatiiriMim. In suoitiou to un-
spMrtmnits there are two r-sins nia
a bath to be used by any M-nant wh
hapiM-ns to be 111. These two rooms are.
so situated rtiat a siT-.'ant lu then
nay tse quarautlui-il so eoniploMv at
If out of the binse.
Adjoining the nurM-ry and ncparaitd
frnn It otily by a dresssing-room Is tht
apartment of the head nurn which Is
of course, snipplieil with Its private
bath. Near tlie piom of the mistjvesi
of the lertihe Is the room of her maid
and It ha the Mini- coiiveniincc an
tlie others.
Thus are the servant of the wealtly
houed. When it Is taken Into con
tduWatlon that Oicsk- rooms are keit ia
order and supplied with evT,vthlii
w'dful by the housekeeper, the lot oi
Che household stTvant In flirt United
Staten w-eins more desirable than ever
Moat housee lu which a large stnfl
of sen ants are employed have also I
Ittitigrooni for their diversion. OI
course, not all of the new hiHiw-a bitlll
now have such an equlptneut aa thli
one. it u interval fur a young coupii
married only n year ago. The bride'i
motlw-r gave It ns Iht whting present
and It will cost SiXlO.OOO when com
pleted New York Sun.
THE SAMURAI AND JIU-JITSU.
The Moat Wanilerfnl Hjilfm of Atb
letlca Kauwin In the World.
More than twenty live hundred yean
ago there sprang into existence, ii:
Jajun. an ord-r of knights who wen
known as the samurai. To th-m wa:
imparted all the learning, the iollt
breeding, and the forms of superlorltj
that mark the gclitielim ti. They wtr
sklllist iu arms ami versed In the arti
of war. for they wen- the EmiM-ror"!
lighting -men, and none but Ihey wen
allowed to bear arms.
As there could not always lie war ot
luitid. and as it was considered Ix-iieatl
the dignity of the samurai to go
any ordinary callings, It came aboil
iiatund'y tluit tlitse little knights fount
much Idle time on their hands. Bcliif
men of war, they turned their attentioi
to athletic feuts. tjne among flu
samurai conceived the Idea of leariiliig
by pnictliv, the hwallon of every sctisl
tlve nerve and muscle In the lody
After tliat he discovered all tlie Jufnti
of the bones that could be seized Ir
such a way as to give momentary powa
over tla- musj-les of an adversary, n4
pracibi with his fellow samurai, au
thus by degrtN was developed tin
most wonderful system of atJileKIci
known In the world. The Japanese cat
this work Jlu Jltsu. Tlu deft pressurei
Hpilltl In the practice of jlu-jltsu pro
duce only momentary pain but do not
really Injure the muscles or nerves
In all other things the Japane- are tin
most polite jH-ople in all the world
S i It follows that eveu lu their tight Int
they have developed a humane yet
effective method of self-defense. Thcj
do not strike out with the clenched
fist and seek to bnilse, as ' do tin
Anglo-Saxons In their Isixlng content
A knowledge of the Jlu Jltsu enable!
one almost iiiStaiitly to convince bit
opponent tliat it Is UM-lesa.. to fight
There are now schools of Jiu-jitsu
everywbiTe In Jiipau. EviTy aoldler,
sailor, and policeman is obliged to la-r
feet hlnifielf In the systm. A JnpanetM
failicemati, pf)sess-d of the art, hal
known slngle-hatiditl to riluce to sub
mission and to take tn the iiollce-stathir
four sturdy sailors of a foreign Asiatif
squadron. 8t Nicholas. .
This Tramp Was F.eonomtcal.
Joatlali Plynt wudint of trnmpa
has Hta memory "Jxred wlrti odd ro
marks heard on the rmd.
"On tie otitakirtH of IVajton," sjild
Mr. Flyv one dsy, "j; fell, lii'wun
yteira ago, with a lotut haired tramp
I I sit nil y ever sjw such long h"lr aj
tills fHlow haik I otulln't ratUt til
temptethm to oisrsik to him shout It
'Why don't you get )-our hnlr cu T
I said. ' . . .
. " 'Becatiae,' he amrwered, 'tltU Uiil
would lie three alzea to big for me U
I did,'"
B ttlan's Poiiulallon Varylns;.
Clfty yeans ago the poimLttlon oi
England and Wales was divided equal
ly between city and couutry; now 71
per cent of It la urban
tt m ln,.n , ,. ,... '
lr ZlZZ'
A New York lady has jual revvveMl
from the United Slates goverateait a
sum of money that was clalaaed by ber
incestors 105 years ago.
Of the 27 members of the Ma -ihutts
Legialatttre only seventy aW
are college men, twenty-nine of tbeaa
from Boston University and tweartf
Ave from Harvard.
The sum of S7.CU0 was paid at auc
tion In Loudon recently for a amaU Jag
of Fnlliam ware, strapped with atUver
bauds. The Jug. which la 9 lucavea
high, five Incbc in diameter and M
the date of l."l, was discovered La a
cupboard of a church at West Ifalltac
Kent, a few years ago.
A tier man doctor, who has Isnea col
lecting Information about the habits of
long-lived persons, finds that the ma
jority of those who attained old ax
Indulged lu late hours. Eight out of
ten iserssoiiM over eighty never went aa
bed till well into the small hours, and
did not get tip again till late lu tfct
lav.
At I'lieisoii, Itussiii, lovers have bees)
I'orhiddi'U I" ki in public. A kiss
iven iu the street incurs U-e, anal
I lover who in ken bis seeWh-art hf
he waist is tinisl. while the lucre pitt
ing of a cross to signify a kiss oa a
Kst card is alwi against the law. At
.dihiii a kiss lu public Is punished by
i line.
What is claimed io be one of U
largest clocks In the world baa beea
placed in a new tower at Elisabeth,
. J. It is thirty eight feet In diane
ler, with eigliti ti fot hands. The tow
, w hich is XiO fe4t high, was built
-iprcssly for tlie clock which will bo
llumiiinti d at night, and will be rlaibsa
lor many miles around.
Perhaps the most remarkable bridge
n the world an the kettle bridge ka
Itussia and Sllierla, of which Ooamak
i!diers are expert builders. They are .
iuilt tip of the soldiers' lanceo and
i-iHjking kettles. Seven or eight lancaa
ire placed under the handles of a uum
ser of kettles and fastened by meaoa
if ropes to form n raft. Each of throe
.lifts will twar the weight of half a
;on.
According to Secretary Moody'a re
liort, eight-nine per cent of the Wue
jiickets of our navy are c0r,ea "ot tba
c'nited States and aeventy-alx per cetat
ire patUe born. A few years ago the
uajorlty of them were foreignera
irlncljially Scaudluavlnus. At the osaV
ireak of the war with Spain many coa
.inental newspapers prophaled that
the aliens would desert leavlus On
slUlis dangerously short-handed, hot
ihey proved loyal to a man.
Eastern rallronds do not know, or ,
iced, the rotary snow-plow, whusw
jK-ctactilar opciutlons are bent wlt-lesm-d
In the Kin ky Mountain reglo
This Invention, as a writer In t)&
scientific American shows. Is an eaToc
.Ive substitute for the old plan of
harglng Immense snow drifts with a
,iuge plow driven at a seed of sixty
ir seventy miles au hour by half a
lostcn pushing locomotives. By that
plan It was sometimes the plow ami
ho locomotives which suffered the.
nowt unuiiige. Bui the roiary plow,
ictlng on the snow-bank like an
itiger, with a swiftly revolving; steel
vheel, twelve fi-t In diameter, having
ilades rem-uibliiig those of a ship's
impeller, cvis n p.-issjiKc through aolld
Irlfts at the rate of from two to twelva
niles an hour. The snow is shot from
t spout attached to the plow to a Iss
uance of lifty or one hundred feet.
Noise a furutlve AaTnt.
The Chlmwe do-tor wts up a terrsbU
racket when called to triut rhc Hick.
Fhia is Htipifosetl to drive evii tqiirits
iway, and U uiMjucMtlonubly a eta weft
n a great many ciimck Civiliiuitioa
Jemande rent aud ijulot; all isoUe la
oUJTed from tlie sick room. T)s Clstn
c Imve detnoiiHitrutisl, uiikiiawiiigly,
a great pRychoJoglcu! or paycuoiitho- "'
logical fact. A path-tit of mine- had re
.clvel tlx; law ritew of thi; church, tha
pulse had coiwsd at the wrh ami ho
iud sunk Into timt coma whiuh pro- .
Litth tVnith. i
Soutcbotty in the m.-xt house wlmii
up "The Anvil Cliorun" frwn "II Trov
atore." I was very much annoyed and :'
d::rtfscd and triid lo stop it tjud'-ieu-ly
the pul-alloii at tu? wrist ' tn-ga '
igiiln, the patient gradually opem-al
hie eyes aud motioned to hls'siwu.
She lss'iit low mid he w-Vjipercd' hi Uef
ear. "Te duni te dee; that Is my favor
ite tune," said he. We mused trim, fed
him, and today, ten ytfirs atUsr the,,
event, 1m weighs '210 xi'jtnta. The ..
.UnTiKutles of vibration or. noise U yit '
to" be wiHiten. So 1 have .dj-jetsvei-ed ,
Unit anyihing tluit csin aroiiso'tbc sttli
coriHciuue subllmltjil self win. rvtre my ''
j atlent wheu all drugs fall, "and nub
U a vry cheap agent Mwiioai nrk."
Malayan Tree Dweller. j, .,.. .
Tlie mi k Bis, or tree dweHer,ef th
Mtihiy' Peninsula build thoit-hojises itt '"
romcu i revs a uozen re. i alauie ground,
and reach them by means of baJulHio
la.kUyrs. which they draw up when
safely h.msfd out of hrfn' wtjX ' Tn.l ' .
house Itmdf Is a rude kind of "thick,
made of bum boo, and tbeftoor taf la
laslied ttsjfetlnr piece by -ujece -j4 . ,
bound aecurely to the tree Unl by,ratl ,
tan. Tbeae curloua people are , ralh er
small ami lighter In complexion UnB ?,v
the Malays though much miller, T'tw '" '
have no form of r.l.gion at all u'oil
eieti Idols no written language and '
peak ctntit form of Malay, " ' !; -
Olllllltlea thill lliuka a ll
fierior HI'e usnaltv il,u j.a. ..
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