TWO PICTURES.
An old farmhouse witb meadows wide,
lid sweet witii clover on each side;
A bright eyjd boy. who looks from out
Tbe door with woodbine wreathed about.
And wishes Lin on thought all 3y.
"Oh! if I could oidy fly away
Froui this dull spot the woid tu ee.
Uow happy, happy, happy.
How happy 1 should In."
11
Amid the city's eoDMant dlu.
A ma a wh t round tie world has twu.
Who, 'mid the tumult a.'.d the throng.
Is thinking, thinking all day long:
"Oh! could I only tread once more
The Held path to Uie farmhouse door,
The old green meado inuld I see.
How happy, liappy. happy.
How happy I
CniTersalLst leaJt-r
' OLLY GREY was 22. and at
stenographer In a New York
law office the sum of $18
week waa allotted to her a her share
of the world's wealth.
It may have been the viclulty of
Wall street, or It may have been pass
ing the sub-treasury dally (where all
that glitters Is sure to be gold), but
Molly had the feeling ot wealth.
Uow could It be otherwise when day
after day she copied documents that
discoursed easily of hundreds of thou
aands aud millions, aud deftly tucked
certified checks for $30,000 or f 100,000
Into the euvelopes of letters that be
gan "Inclosed please find" with uncoil
clous nonchalance?
Imperceptibly her point of view lie-
came one with that of the great cor
porations of whose workings she had
dally glimpses, and the time when $.",
000 would have seemed to her a lordly
fortune was blotted out.
When It Is added that in her native
Tillage her love of Ideals and her hab
it of reading and studying had earned
her the reputation of being "stuck up,"
it will be superfluous to add that she
was ambitious.
She lived in a buoy dream world
where, without fully realizing it her
self, she whs forever preparing for the
high station to which she might some
day be called.
But her dream of fame waa not for
herself, but for the man the man
whom the rose-colored future would
urely bring and of whom every girl
worthy of the name dreama raptur
ously. In her absorption she looked right
ver the beads of the ordinary young
men whom fate threw In her path, al
beit she did it so sweetly that more
than one of these fatuous youths had
tried to bring her attention down from
the clouds.
Only one persisted, and that was
Ransom MeComb, the bookkeeper In
the office. His unfailing tbougntful
ness and consideration had won ber
sincere liking, though he was keen
enough to suspect that the liking was
tinged with patronage.
Delicately he tried, from time to
time, to snow her the trend of his feel
ings. But she treated him always
with a frank good will that would not
understand, receiving his attentions
much as a gracious goddess might have
received the adoration of a mortal
and with not a whit more conscious
ness that anything more than frieud
Khip could exist between them.
When, therefore, with the dogged
nes of a man who knows he Is but
ting his head against a stone wall, he
told her In plain words what hud long
lieu apparent to every one who knew
I hem, she was not only amazed but a
tiifle shocked.
Kntt-iom, ordinary man though he
mljht be, had loved her too long and
deeply not to understand what she
carefully tried to conceal in her guard
ed, but decided, refusal.
"You needn't be afraid of hurting
u.p," he said bluntly, though his lips
vroro drawn aud white, "I know what
yon mean know it better really t&aa
you know it yourself. You mean that
you could never marry a man who is
not ambitious who doesn't at least
expect to take the world by storm,
whether he ever does It or not!"
Molly Hushed the more hotly be
cause she' knew his words were true,
though she managed, woman-like, to
make au incoherent protest
It was then that the thread of gold
that runs through the nature of each
one of us came to the surface In Ran
som. He took her bands in bis, and
looking down into her tremulous face
said quietly:
1 love you so well that God knows I
would give you your dream if I could.
But I can only offer you my love, and
I hoped that you might find It big
enough and deep enough to make you
forget ambition."
He bent down and kissed ber fore
head. Before she recovered herself b
whs gone.
At the thought of facing him at the
office ueit morning she quailed. It
was not alone timidity, but a certain
unaccountable discontent with herself.
Koe felt small aud mean. Indignantly
aha defended herself to bar con
science. But aba m4 have no fear. There
waa nothing In the boslneae-Ukt nulla
4 "too morning" with which ha
har to indicate that anything
M li mad between them.
C3r tX tXUMt waa eew of raUoC
1 A CHANCE OF HEART I
I s
m
should be."
But with the perversity of woman, be
fore the day was over she was resent
ing the stolid indifference of his man
uer. For the first time in mouth he
omitted the little deferential atteutlons
to w hich she had become accustomed
without knowing it
"He's a nic fellow," her thoughts of
hint ran as she busied herself packing
up her belongings that night, "but he'll
never achieve anything much."
Then she- fell to wondering how a
man could fall to respond to the beck
oning ambition, and gradually her
mind turued to other thing the de
lights of tbe new woman's hotel, tit
which she was about to forsake the
shabby hall room that she had occu
pied for a year, and where she fan
cied Imagined pleasures of living
would begiu to materialize.
A fortnight later, though she did not
confess It even to herself, she was rest
less and disappointed. This staid, quiet
place, with its eudles processions of
women, so many of whom looked as If
life had beaten them to the wall, was
not what she had dreamed of.
Some were tall and thin and sub-
"I HA VK COME TO ASK VOC O.NCfc MOBB.'
dued. others short and stout and re
signed. Few appeared to be enjoying
the game.
Many of them were spinsters, utid as
she watched their meek ways day by
day her curiosity changed to oppres
sion, and that melted into fear. Across
her proud young confidence the shad
ow of a dreadful doubt fell.
Could it be possible, by any chance,
that HUch a fate was lu store for her?
8he shuddered at the thought. It was
easy to be proud aud self-reliant while
she was strong in ber faith of bis com
ing the man who would shield aud
protev-t her at whose fireside she
would sit when she was old and gray.
But what if she should miss him?
What If Bhe should have to journey on
to the end without love?
A blank, wordless misery possessed
her. She saw now that love was the
greatest thing not ambition. She re
memliered Ransom McComb's face that
night when he told her bow much he
cared the honest, longing eyes the
manly, gentle way In which he had
admitted bis shortcomings.
A great tenderness filled her. It was
the love of a warm, generous-hearted
man that he had offered ber, and in
her arrogance sbe had scorned It as a
thing of small account
It was in this chastened mood that
she seated herself at ber desk the next
day. Ransom HcCotnb appeared in an
entirely new light Six months had
passed since be had asked her to be his
wife, and though be bad been as kind
and thoughtful as ever in bis treat
ment of her In their dally Intercourse
in tbe office, something was gone from
his manner something sbe bud scarce
ly known waa there, until sbe missed
it .
Inadvertently she had begun to
watch him closely.- There were deter
mined lines about bia cliln that appeal
ed to her that meant something. She
was studying him one day, with ber
bead slightly on one side aud more
warmth and iuterest In her eyes than
she waa aware of, when be turned sud
denly and caught her glance.
A flash of surprise crosaed his face,
and hope rushed over him like a warm
wave, i Proudly, but keenly, bia eyes
questioned hers until wltb a little
nervous movement, sbe turned away.
But he waa satisfied.
That aveus, as she waa moving
laftsasly abea bar root, trjiag to
get laterestad In something, tut iaat
soeceedlng. bis name was announced.
Id mi of the ama.ll parlor of the haul
alt found him waiting, end bia ry
greeting bespoke a new tuattery on bia
pert
! On a chair in the op;s!u corner a
' colorless spinster reclined, hungrily
reading a love tale. She aat there l.ke
J a stern object leuii, but Molly no
J longer needed to I taught.
"I hare come to ask you once wore."
ber lover said, lu smothered tube,
with one eye on the ouja t lesson; '"I
love you aud I want you. My love for
you would lie no luore worthy if I had
a million," he went ou. almost roughly.
"its the last time."
aaujed tears rune to ber eyes and
ber Laud stole into hi.
"Ijuvt i the grea.est tbluz," the
whimpered brokeuly L'tlca Globe.
FOGS DO MUCH GOOD.
Thrr Hata a Greni Kffat-t Iq tiupply
log MoUture to 1'laata.
"Kid you evtr think of the fertU;i
lug fun-lion of the fuji?" aed a man
u ho pay much attention tu Uie:ero
iug'cal maiters 1U the New Orleans
'J luie Democrat, "if jou h i joa
would not object o much to tbe lit'Jt!
iucouveiiicuce which we suffer at times
when fogs become very deue. Tbtre
are a meat many perst.ua lu the woild
w ho lmk upon a fog as a i-llmy she. t
of miasma, lookmg uxu Its biesth us
p ileiitial, tiellevlug that It oz out
upon tbe tatrtb and Immunity notruuis
that kill, aud all that sort of thing.
There are, to be sure, elements of poi
son Lu the fog. Fogs are often putrid,
slimy. But fogs are urt made alto
gether of auuiy puu-rt-oueea. On a
moment's reflection we ceu understand
that Lu these interesting formations of
the lower atmosphere there is much
that Is healthful and vltalizlug, much
that Is absolutely necry to u:
well being of humanity.
"What conld we do, where would we
be without moisture? Ftg la one funu
of moisture. It Is vupo? &f wAter.
Vegetation g ts its nourishment malm.,
and chiefly, not out of the earth, but
from tbe i.ourbhlitg properties of thu
water formations of the air, clouds,
mists, mlus, snows, sle-t. fos and fo
ou. Without moisture there could be
no vegetation. Without veg.Katlon, or
the pmiMTfle of vegetation, humanity,
1 am afraid, would le in a bad way.
t-'o you may now i nitially mid T.-taiid
what 1 mean wImh I cpk of the fer-
tibzlng value of fos. Tirii and plants
do it feed altog-Uier through the
roots which are run Into the ground.
The lean eat. They ftnd on the dedi
cate spherical particles which crystal
lize aud condense into that nitty
blanket we cull fog. Food Is takm
through the bark of trees, through
11ml aud twigs.
"Men, you know, fei through the
porea of the skin. I may say that tree
tind plants, and, In fact, vegetation of
all kinds do the some thing. Moisture
of tbe kind that flouts in tbe air or falls
to the ground when It Is heavy enough,
furnishes the fo d that is taken in this
way. Wop for a moment aud think
what would happen to vegetation If
all the moisture were ruildenly and
pn-manently extracted from the atmos
phere. Vegetation would dimply with
er and die. It could not live. You see
the air is 70 or 80 percent moisture.
or alut this, and Its otpaclty fur hold
ing moisture at any particular time,
or in any jmrtlcular arcu. depends tip
ou the temprature. But this Is another
matter. Tbe fog Is a great fertilizer
and tbe luscious bone and Wood mak
ing vegetable served to us on the tflb'e'
would not be as robust and healthful
If we should withdraw this food from
the planls."
Healing i he V tml.
There are several otlr tracks at
Iiavos. such as the Claradil, ai.d the
chatznlp, but mure Lnuristing stil, la
the famous "Crvtrta" run at St. Moiitz,
which is cotiNidcr.'d to be the mowt
difficult course of Its kind lu the wojU,
and which is undoubtedly the moi-t
carefully prepared course In Switzer
land. The run. from live to s-ix feet
wide aud 1,300 yards b ug. wl,h a fad
of about ISO yards, is fornii-d in the
shape of fl 'grove. On eitlur side thu
snow is banked up, particular care be
ing taken at the curves, where the
snow Is raked In at various degrees, '
and tbe banks thus built up nembl !
tbe curve of a bicycle track. The en
tire run Is thus flanked by a wall of j
bard frozen snow, which at some
places la nearly twenty feet high, ,
Where a road crosses the track, the
bank Ls, of course, broken. With the
assistance of water and a sharp fiot
the track, when thus .prepared. Is
covered with a coating of Ice, and the
great "Cm-ta" ls now reniiy to re
ceive the eazer tobogganers who have
come frum all parts of tbe world. It
Is, of course, neither poaMhle nor de
glmble to make tbe track In one
straight line; In fact the great number
and the difficulty of the curves fortu
the chief attraction of the "Crest"
to riders as well as spectator A.
Pit calm Knowles, in Outing.
What I apera Are.
The caper of commerce Is the
pickled flower bud of a shrub that
grows In waste placi of southern
Kurt pp. Marseilles nbnie exp- rt about
tlitXW, wirth per year to the United
States. Tbe business of raiting and
preparing capers might well be taken
up In California, tbe arid la nils of (lie
southwest and some of the southern
states.
Uol in "'in r WiirsOs.
An Australian scientist has analysed
a meteor which contained traces of
gold. Knowing thai the element Is not
monopolized by tbe earth.
Ingratitude makes a uuia look like a
dollar Bdnas W cents.
It
GOOD
Short
tories
The late Custav von Moser, the suc
cessful German author of comedies,
who name is U-st remembered in
l this couutry lu couneition with "The
Private Secretary," used to show bis
friends a i.ttie crystal ura in which be
'ordained that his at-lies were to rest
after bis cremation. "From every one
uf the many laurel wreaths showered
on him after tbe premiere of a new
uccess," so tbe story goes, "be used
to pluck a siLgle leaf, burn it, aud lay
its ashes In the urn. "And so, you see,'
he was out to say with bis sunny
imile, 'one of these days I shall really
be resting ou my laurels.' Aud so It
came about, for bis whimsical request
was scrupulously observed."
The late British ambassador, Sir
Michael Herbert was a guest at a din
ner at one of the clubs In Washington
not many months before bis death. He
was one of the speakers of the even
ing, and was to ! followed by Bear
Admiral Charles Beresford. "1 am to
be followed by a little sailor man," be
observed, after an extremely felicitous
ipepch In a more serious vein, "at least,
be has been a sailor. I believe be ls
engaged at present In the plastering
business." There was a little polite
laughter from those who felt sure that
s Joke was intended, while others wait
ed, believing that the final touch was
to come. "I see you don't understand
my joke," said the ambassador, taking
In tbe situation; "I mean that be Is en
gaged in cementing the good relations
between England and America."
Thomas A. Edison believes, there is
no work so mechanical a tile tele
graph oierator's. To prove his deduc
tions, he relates this incident: "One
night when I was a 'cub' operator In
Cincinnati, I noticed an Immense
crowd gathering In the street outside
a newspaper office. I called the atten
tion of the other operators to the
crowd, and we sent a messenger-boy
out to find the cause of the excite
ment. He returned In a few minutes
and shouted out: 'Lincoln's shot." In
ntlnctively the operators looked from
one face to the other to see which
man had received the news. All the
faces were blank, and ecry man said
he bad not taken a word about the
shooting, 'Lock over your file,' said
the lioss to the man handling press
stuff. For a few moments we wnlted
In suspense, and then the man beld up
a sheet of paper containing a short ac
count of the attack on the president
Tbe operator bad worked so mechanic
ally that he bad handled the news
without tbe slightest knowledge of its
significance."
The recent death of Lord Rowton,
Disraeli's trusted secretary, and the
executor of bis estate, was responsible
for the following explanation of bow
Mrs. Brydges Wlllynms came to leave
ber fortune to Lord Benconsfleld: "Dlz
ry received one morning a letter from
Mrs. Wlllyams whom he did not
know in which she said that she had
read bis novels with much Interest
and would like to make bis acquaint
ance. Fhe also asked a question which
rendered It necessary for hi in to an
swer the letter. Unfortunately, the let
ter was left In bis greatcoat pocket,
snd DtiKzy did tint wesr the cost u litil
several months after, when he happen
ed to be In tbe south of England, and
in tbe very town In which Mrs. Will
yarns lived Coming across the letter
In such circumstances, It occurred to
him to call upon her, and Mrs. Wlll
yaiis was so flattered tit as she
thought, bis carrying the letter so long
about him, and then calling, that she
decided on leaving him her fortune!
That shows how wis It Is not to an
swer letters." added Iyird ltowtou.
A SCHEME THAT FAILED.
Dnnaccefnl Attmrt to Discover a
Com pit itnr' Secret,
A group of young men all active In
the world of business, were telling
hard stories at the Manufacturers'
club one evening recently. An elec
trical engineer, Kt 111 In his early 30's,
whose salary Is represented by live
figures, told the following:
"I've been up against It more than
once, but an adventure I bad In New
York In 'OH, like Aaron's serpent, swal
lows all the nL At the time I was
manager and stockholder to a limited
extent in Baltimore. We were oper
ating under a patent aud things were
Just beginning to come our way when
we got word frimi our salesmen that
goods similar to ours were being
placed fipon the market at a flfure
which we could not meet.
"I got samples of the goods and the
figure from three different sources,
and at once called a meeting of the
directors. Our patent was worthies
as a matter of protection, and our
only source was secrecy; and, so fur
as we were able to do It, our process
was kept from prying eye. But there
was some one who was beating us at
our own game. If we could tind out
how It was done we could do it our
fceivis: If we cotild'nt. It meant rulu.
"Tbe next day disguised as a work
man, 1 went over to New York and
f'Miud the factory without any trouble,
but try as I woi:U 1 coulin't get
pmplomeiit The foreman said be
Iridn't work enough to keep his men
tiling and would have to discharge
iDine of them. I was dewpernte. It
was a bitter winter day, and a foot
snd a half of snow lay on the ground.
As s last resort, I asked him If be
jivould let uie shovel tbe snow from tbe
Sidewalk snd give me a square meal
n paruient This sppeal reached bis
Unit, and I got the job. It wua no
joke, I cast tell you, for the factor
waa a bia; voe and the sfdawalk lone
But I waa glad to gK the chance, fot
it meant that I was to have a show ta
get Inside the works, and I only nV
ed a few hours at moat to And out bow
tie trk-k was done. It took me four
hours to get the sidewalk cleared, and
my back was nearly broken whftu 1
went into tbe office again. The fore
man looked up from his iltsk as 1
came In aud said;
" 'Got It lioixf so quick f
" 'Yes said I.
'Let's go out aud look at lu'
"And we went out. He looked rh
sidewalk over aixl said: 'Hi a guo-1
job. I didn't think you could do It
Now. If you look sharp you'll lie II
t'nie to -atch the tsjon train for Bal
timore, and "Just tell them that you
saw uie,"' That was a new noiig In
those days, and I have detected it ever
stint" Philadelphia Prea
PROMINENT TRAIT OF RACE.
Macro's of Maatc Manifest la His
Daily Avocations.
"Marvel as you will at tht- negro't
penchant for untie, it stau-is out as tht
most piunouiiivd tiail of the ra-e. '
suld liepresentative Williams of Mist
Isslppi. "They Ioe luriuouy of souif '
It is lunate with them." They eit-ei 1:
music, although It 1 nut dtri-l, ed !r.
lu Its b!ghT phase, because they u-j
from the most ordinary surrounding's.
A negro wood hupinT, a roust-abu'.,
rallspLitter, will luject the Idea ol
music, the burmuny of soun.l, into hit
work. Know uie a b-wkkeeper or tunk
cashier who ever Juggles figure in
manner to make them suggest music
and Fit show you s model of Gabriel
horn.
"The conclusion ls forced that tht
cold, Intensely practical attaint of tht
up-to-date business man exclude
seatLmcntal feelings. The banker goe
to the opera w h. u he d'-sirt music.
The broker bears only tle Lu-Jiiotgnoui
ticking of the telegraph Instrument
The bank clerk U abjured to work si
lently. If be whistles or sings In tbe
counting-room be Is corrected If nol
dismissed.
Note the difference. The uegr
splitting rails lu the woods uilugbii liii
voice in a wcll-Memled manner wl:h
the noise made by the maul. Tht;
swing of bis voice matches the swin
of the maul, iin.l falU with greatl
force jut when the wedge ls struck.
The Kteamtioat rouster hauls In u liue
with a sort of rythm Ihut suggest I
music, chanting the while. So It !l
with these fellows. Watch them tamp
Ing the asphalt with those heavy lruns.
Observe tbe precision of their move
ments. Catch the soiiu Is as the bcavj
weights fall. If the car is property
attuned you will hear tlici music of the
sound ami also the rythm of the move
menu. Out of this simple manual la
bor those negroes get as much music
as an ordinary drum corps would pro
duce. A few days ago I bad my shoes pol
ished In Natchez. I was surprised to
catch the strains of 'There'll Be a Hid
Time lu the Old Towu To-night from
tbe swish of the cloth tbe nej,-ro wa
using, and 1 discovered that he cou d
faintly produce severul other slmpls
airs. In a barber-shop a negro bov
used a whisk broom on my clothes, and
tbe first thing I knew be was fairly
sweeping music off my should. rs.
Watch for such demonstrations if you
do nit believe the corecrnesa of the
Instances 1 have given. You will soos
WHAT THE BOSS THOUGHT.
HI Idea of the War I'nb'lc Attain
Shoolil He lnn.inel.
Other men may make the speeches
and write the platforms; let rue be
stow the Jobs.
One man with a little political swag
In view outweighs a hundred good
citizens. He will hustle; they will not
Some politicians say: "First my own
Interests; then the Inbresls of th
party; then the Interest of the people.'1
They are soft My motto Is: "First,
my own Interest: then my own Inter
est; then my own Interest" Why
should a man fritter away hLs timet
The weakness of my enemies Is (hat
when they get power they think they
they have to look after the welfare ol
the service and the good of the people.
Thu people are dough. The peopls
can't do anything but sleep.
Let the young man seeking a polit
ical career study the game of poket
aud burn tbe meaning of bluff.
it Is all very well to be a "talented
young literary and newspaper man."
But there Is more satisfaction In own
ing and bossing a whole bevy of rh
sweet creatures. And that Is easy.
Because they will all come to you it
you succeed. Power is power. Kan
sas City Journal.
' Warning to Hoald-llo Haiciitrs.
A favorite method of suicide in Ja
pan lately has been to leap over cer
tain waterfalls. So frequent bava
such occurrences become that police
are now constantly stationed in tbelr
neighborhood and large notice boards
are erected bearing Inscriptions In
large letters, of which the following
translation Is an example: "Ho nol
drown yourself here! Intended suicides
are warned that heaven disapproves
of fie utilization of Kegon waterfall
for the purpose. This Is certified to
on the best priestly authority and seri
ous consequences In the hereafter ore
guaranteed. To drown here Is also
forbidden by the prefectural authori
ties." ThU May Ksnlala It.
"Why Is It that the women are so
strongly opposed to polygamy?"
"1 dunno," replied Mr. Henpeck, "un
less the average woman Justly consid
ers herself more than a match for any
BITINQ NAILS IB A OIMAM.
MS Orawa with Ia4elaaae
it
Tbe brad school taacber. who sat sj
the end of a row of six girls at a uia
luee, saw one of theiu take fT has
gloves as soon ss the lights went dows
and the curtain went up. She wsU-bod.
When the girl thought ber tea Cher's
attention was cotK-entrated ou tbs
flage one of her hands went to bat
lips.
"Miss Blank." said the chaperon
leaning over and speaking so that
everybody seated around ber coult
hear. "1 must ask you to slop bituis,
yuur nails aud put rour gloves ou lia
uied lately."
The other girls tittered, and tbe par
licuiar one who bad offended did tu
she was told, looking very much be
lull 1st nl.
'Poor child." aiiid a syiupalbetki
woman jtting in the row behind.
"I frequently find It uecossary U
sdmiulsier a rebuke of this sort U
girls with the nail biting bublt," salt
the chaperon to a friend who askH
atout it "All teaehers do. A leasm
of thai sort is worth ten admoultioiM
lu private. There Is no better way U
break a pupil of a laid habit like b!tlu
iL.e nails tlian to bauie her out of It
1 warned Miss Blank before we start,
ed for the tlu-al'-r that 1 should re
buke ber If 1 car.gbt her biting bes
nails, and she pnimbed not to do tt
When 1 saw her stitilthlly drawing ol
her gioves I knew what was coming
We have to watch girls with tbe nail
biting habit lu church, lu the theater,
and everywhere they go tu public. II
Is almost Impossible to males tbea
tisi) their gloves on.'
A fashionable manicure uptown s4
vertlses to cure nail-biting. lie say
he has many patrons aiuoug girls aui.
women.
"It ls an exceptional thing to find I
man who bites his nails," he said to s
reporter for the Sunday Press, "but
1 bave known of some cties. Nail
lilting Is a disease, the same as Itch
ing scalp or anything else. To a cur
tain extent It Is a habit, but the ham
develops the disease, which Is callM
onychopagle.
"When I was in Purls four yean
ago I tlrst burned atuut the treatment
fur It, and at once Introduced It in tnj
business here. Far from Is-Jng a barns
less habit rc-iil!ing only In unsightly
hands, uall bltlng is a prolllic cause ol
nervous disorders In girls and women,
It requires various forms of treas
men', according to the condition and
surroundings of the victim. The beat
time to stop It Is lu childhood. Parent!
and school teachers who tind children
biting their nails should not only se
verely reprimand them, but punish
them lu a way that will 1 remcinbeai
ed. In my opinion the teacher you tea"
about gave the young woman a wboU
some lesson." New York Press.
FOOTBALL VERSUS PUGILISM.
HtatistlcaBhnwOridiron la Mora 1
lr Than tha l'rie King.
Which ls the more destructive to Ills
did limb foot-ball or pugilism? Sta
tistics gathered by tbe New York
Wot id show 124 deaths from pries
fighting since Tom Falkucr was knock
ed out in Euglaud In IS, the list end
ing with Ave in this country durlns
the past year. In lls2 the prize ring
bud T victims; lu l'.sjl tbe number wa
8, uml It was 10 In l'JOO. For some af
these deaths men have gone to prlsoa,
b;;l thf grt-ut n, joflty of tbe uieu wui
gave the death blow were not eves
uri'ested. The figures show conclusive,
ly that the "sport" of the prize ring Is
brutal and deserves repression. It h
happily not a popular sport in this
country, thanks to unfriendly laws,
and does not ut tract thu unfuvorabli
attention Unit ls given to foot-ball. Tbl
latter sport sis'ius, however, even mors
objectionable. If account Iss taken ol
the number and clmrnctcr of the vic
tims. The World notes that the foo
bull season Is barely six weeks, la
length, and the number of players la
fully 20 icr cent greater than that of
the imglllsts. "These two facts," tha
World says, "in consideration of re
suits, Indicate that the percentage U
against the foot-ball player." He Is
In more danger than the pugilist
Facts collected by Professor K. R
Dexter of the University of Illinois
from sixty American colleges show
tht In the last tn years out of 210V
;4 students 2X70U played foot-bsll
and of this number 674 were seriously
Injured and 114 were killed. In l0t
the seriously Injured numbered 144
snd 12 were killed. In some years one
dayer ls killed or maimed for each
day of the playing season, In view ol
Professor Dcxter's figures it Is lav
poss'ble to assert that the game Is
maintained In the Interest of the ath
letic development of students, since at
Is shown that but 10.8 per cent of tha
students piny foot ball. A form of e
erclse in which only about one student
out of ten engages cannot conduce
greatly to tbe physical development ot
lie student body as a whole. Tba
tenth student's field practice does not,
alTect the muscles, heart snd lungs of
Uie other nine. The foot-ball game 1
In fact, for nine-tenths of the boys
only a spectacle, and for the real
largely an occasion of Idleness, dlssV
(i, it, on and demoralization. This 1
unfortunately, too much the chars ctet
of all college sports. Athletic exercise
In the gymnasium Is one thing, garnet
are usually in character and effect
something very different Tbey do not
always Injure seriously the partjev
punts, and this is tbe most tbst caa
be wild for them. Baltimore Sua.
Desertions from ih Army.
- Inn ing tbe official year tbe army leal
T per cent of tbe enlisted men by
ertion, or enough to make els fuhV
reginienta. Half as
honorably discharged.