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STICK TO IT. U pi in lii.ie !.! ige stamp, "holding your own la a wanner so winning and gentle. That you're "tuck on" your task, (la that slang?) you'll own. And j ft, you're not two-cent -imental. I have noted with pride that through thick and through thin You cling to a thing till you do It, And, whatever your aim, you are certain to win Because you seem bound to stick to It. Sometime when I feel Just like shirking a taik Or "chucking" the work I'm pursuing, I recall your stJrk-to-it-ive-ness and I auk "Would a postage stamp do aa I'm doing?" Then I turn to whatever my hands are about And with fortified purpose renew it. And the end aoon encompass, for which I aet out. If, only, like you, 1 stick to It The sages declare that true genius, so called. Ia simply the will to "keep at it" A "won't give-up" purpose la never forestalled, No matter what foea may combat It, And most of mankind's vaunted progress Is made, O stamp! If the world only knew It. By noting Uie wisdom which you have displayed In sticking adhesively to It -Nixon Waterman, in Success. THE END OF (--Q UK sudden summer shower was II over and two children stood on " the hotel veranda gazing wist fully nt the glorious bow that spanned the sky. "I wish we could touch It," the girl suld longingly; "It is the most beauti ful thing in all the world." "Well," the Imy returned prartical ly, "I don't care much about touching It but I'd be mighty glad to Hud the end of thnt ralnlww." "Why?" "Ion't you know, goosie? There's a great pot of gold nt the end, and It will belong to the person who can find It Jimlncy, but I wish I hud it here this very minute." "1't's go and get It." The Ikij stured nt his tiny compan ion In surprise. The feinenlne mind was much more daring than his own, It appeared. Iiid the girl really mean that they should go off alone into that limit less forest when they were never even trusted near it unless accompa nied by wiiiic older person? Still, he took another look at the brilliant bow. This was certainly the chance of a life time, and, of course, he would not re fuse to go any place ttiat a girl was willing to go. Besides, It waa her suggestion any way, not his, and If there were future reprimands and scoldings In store he could Just aay that It was she who pro posed going. "Come on." he said briefly, holding out hi hand, and off the two trudged toward the alluring, treacherous bow, giving no heed to the awful lerror wlilch their absence would surely In spire. It was nearly twenty-four hours la ter that they were found. The boy's father, beading one of the many search parties that were scouring the woods, stumbled over them, and bis pale lips sent forth a triumphant shout for the children were safe, and In view of that fact all minor matters sank Into Insignificance. reath had hovered too near to leave room for any feeling save that of deep est thankfulness. There were no scold ings in store for the culprits, though both were questioned closely regard ing the escapade. The girl always remembered with fervent gratitude thn the boy never told any one that It was she who had proposed seeking the pot of gold. The boy rather wondered at his own reticence, but after all It seemed rath er a mean sort of trick to palm the responsibilities of his misdeeds on a glrll He kept a discreet silence on that point, and by doing so exhibited con siderable more manliness than a cer tain ancestor of us all once displayed. Two weeks later the hotel closed for the sen son, ami the girl and the boy went their different ways. Off In her eastern home the girl did not quite for get the boy who bad dono his best to comfort her In the terrible forest, and who had protected her by his silence when they were found. Uff In the West the boy remembered with a fccllug of pride that the girl hud never cried during that awful ex perience, and that she had never re proached him for allowing her to go Into such peril. Of course, he should have known better, for waa not he a boy, and the elder, too? The girl had been a casual summer acqiiHlntunce and the two were effect ually separated when the brief sum mer season ended. For several years the boy begged his mother each June to go back to that place, but she had a Rliudderlng horror of the valley and the mountains, and nothing would In duce her to return. So at last the boy gave up asking, and the experience wna crowded Into the background by a hundred new In terests and alms. Long years after, when he was a man playing a man's part In the world, the old desire suddenly seized him to return to that place. The hotel was alttt there, very modem In every way, but somehow he felt bored and missed an Intangible something which he bad Imagined he would And. He stood It for a week, then the quiet became In tolerable. He resolved to leave tbe place. That day she came. Ha knew It waa fate from the very rat He waa mot ordinarily Inclined A RAINBOW to be shy, but he felt like a raw school boy in her presence. She had many friends at the hotel, Iml he managed by sher perstence to monopolize a good share of her time. He could not tell whether he was m-' 'ng any headway or not. She was friendly but very elusive, and the time bad come when be must go back to bis work, for there were obligations which he could not Ignore. lie lured her out that morning for a row, with the promise of a lovely spot which she had never seen. He was un usually silent and she leaned back In her corner of the boat watching him Willi speculative eyes. Apparently be was searching for some particular nook. At length his quest appeared ended, for he drew the bout carefully to the shore and held out his hand to iier. Then they wandered over u wood edy knoll nearby. "This is the place, I am sure," he snid at it. "I have seen it often in my dreams, and here is Just where the end rested." She stared at him in mild surprise. "No, I am not out of mind," he as sured her, "I wanted to tell you a story, and I had an unaccountable fau cy for telling it to you In this spot. Will you hear it?" "Is it Interesting? Docs It commence 'Once upon a time?' " "Of course it does. It would be an exceedingly poor story If it didn't I hope," and the man's face grew very earnest, "that you will be Interested In the poor little story but 1 cannot be sure " 'Once uion a time' when the world was nearly two decades younger than it Is now, a boy and girl started from the hotel down In that valley to And a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow at least the boy, who must have been a very mercenary creature, was think ing only of the gold, but the girl was touch more poetic, for she cared noth ing at all for the gold. She only wished to see more closely that wonder of mist and light which held and en thralled her fancy. They got lost; of course, that was a foregone conclu sion, you know, and they were only discovered and saved by a kindly mir ucle of fate. The girl was a genuine brick, though, and never taunted the toy with his rashness and wickedness in leading her into such peril. The boy should have known better, you see, for he was considerably older, but he was always a good bit of a fool. He did not And the end of the rain bow, but for years he dreamed of It and In some mysterious way be came to fancy that the treasure was not gold after all, ns his nurse had told him, but that it was something Infi nitely more precious than gold. He was never quite sure whut the myste rious treasure might be, but he knew that when he was a mat) he must seek it here Just on this very spot, for It was here that the rainbow seemed to end as the children looked up to It from the valley below Just here by this little hill." There was a silence. Her fuce was turned quite away. The man looked nt her keenly and then went on with his story lu a low voice which, perhaps, shook Just a trifle. "And so and so he came here to day. He knows now what the treasure is at the end of the rainbow. A wom an's heart and a woman's love. He does not know whether he dure claim it or not, but It Is the gift which he most covets from life. And can 1 have It. dear?" Her face was still turned away. The man's heart had time to grow very heavy before she spoke. "I was always wildly grateful to you for not telling that It was actually I who had proposed the expedition " "You don't menu " be Inter rupted breathlessly, "that you were "And end I did want to find the end of the rainbow, too, and If you think that we could, perhaps, find It -together why " He was holding her hand In a tight clasp, and was looking down at her with eyes full of reverent, Incredulous Joy. Everywhere. "That fellow," said a brake man this morning, as a man of leisure passed, "bad a law ault with work a few years ago, and woa his case." QIT8 PAY FOR OLD STUMPS. Farmers ReiabarMd ty Uu Specula tive Makers of Turpentine. .Turpentine can be extracted from an old pine stump snd this fJit is the basis of a new industry reported Jroui northern Minnesota. The promoters of the novel enterprise are askin;; farm ers for the privilege of clearing their land of stumps. Such a proposal comes to thi owner of a "cut-over" farm, whose ribs are sore from contact with the plow hau dles In futile effort to dodg? the ob struslve stump, like a message of de liverance. All the promoter wants is the stumps, and the furmer sincerely wants biin to have them, so a bargain 1 easily struck. 1 he turpentiue men go on the land with a stump puller and extract all the remnants of tbe forest, hauling them away to the plant where the tur pentine is extracted, and ail the stumps, pine or hardwood, are burned for charcoal. It is asserted that the stumps are rich in turpentine and that the process yields good financial re turns. Hitherto tbe manufacture of tur pentine has been practically confined to the South, where the yellow pine Is very rich In all by-products. White pine yields them iu comparatively small quantities. It is not likely that the Industry will ever reach great pro portions In tbe north, but as long as the turpentine man finds his raw ma terial cheap and easily accessible he is likely to carry on the good work. What Minnesota Is more interested In Is the elimination of tbe stumps. Some cut-over land really needs them to decay and thus enrich the sandy .oil, but there ore large areas of good farming land, especially adapted to potatoes, red clover and other crops, that will be much more valuable when entirely cleared. It Is an enormous labor for the farmer to clear a quarter section of these obstructions. When it Is done he can put In a larger crop aiTeage und raise more to Hie acre, but the clearing means years of labor. If be can have it done him by the tur pentine mid charcoal producer, he wil. not begrudge bis benefactor a baud some prollt. .Minneapolis Journal. Had a OOuil Trade. "I thought you said you had work ed up a good trade here," said the man who hud Just bought a drug store. "So I had," replied the man who had Just sold. "I put In six mouths working it up, and it's the best In this district." "Best in the district!" exclaimed the purchaser. "Why, a man can't make enough money here to keep his shoes shlued." "Wiil." admitted the other slowly. "I didn't say anything about making money, you know. "But you said you had a big trade." "Yes, I said that." "Steady stream of people coming snd uoluir most of the day." "I recall saying something to that effect." "Claimed your unfailing courtesy to all comers was responsible for it" "Well, I think it was." "Then Where's the trade now? I haven't sold anything but postage slumps all day." "That's the trade I referred to," ex plained the former proprietor pleas antly. "When I left this place It had the largest postage stamp trade In this section, and If you have lost it it Is your own fault. By the way, I have a letter to mail myself. If you would like my trade " He was quicker than the new pro prietor and so escaped. Chicago In ter Ocean. Chief of the Sky Hr-pem. The Park Uow building lu New York Is the tallest inhabited building lu the world. It covers 15,000 square feet of ground and is thirty storlos high. The distance from the curbing to the cornice Is XM feet, to the top of the towers, 300 feet, to the top of the flagstaff, 447; the depth of the foundations below curbing Is seventy five feet making a total distance from the foundations to the top of the flug staff 5.12 feet. Some 9,000 tons of steel was used In the frame, the weight of the struc ture is 20,000 tons, and with the live load It is estimated to be 05,000 tons. The building stands so firm that a plumbllne falls to show the slightest tremor, even during the highest gales. The numler of ofllces In the build ing Is 050, windows 2.1N0, doors J, 770, electric lights 7,500, tenants 3,500. liy actual count the ten elevator cars travel sixteen miles an hour and carry in ten hours 8,140 passengers. It Is said that one of the car starters knows euch tenant and clerk and the floor and room In which each is located. The cost of the building was $3,500,0ix), and the rentals each year are $318, (mjo. Tbo expenses, Including interest are $281,325, and the surplus is $30, 7W. The ftale Railroad. "Mlsther O'Tunder," said Mr. O'Toole, "can ye tell me wan thing?" "01 kin tell ye more than thot" as serted Mr. O'Thunder. "Tbln tell me this: Is a railroad a rale rale road?" "It Is not, Mr. O'Toole. A rale road la wan thot has harses on It an' a railroad Is wan thot hasn't, by reason av tu' fact thot a harsc hasn't tb' con vaynlencea fer walkin' on a railroad thot It has on a rale road." Judge. Secrecy of Asje, Miss Oldglrl seems anxious to con ceal her age." "Yes. She claims to be afraid of tbe croup." All false teeth are made to look toe young. fccience In a test of the sense of time, In tervals of a quarter of a minute to a iiinute and a half were overestimated, 1.") per cent by 15 men students and 111 per cent by 15 women. Many European physicians treat al coholism by hypnotic suggestion, some practitioners claiming as high as 80 per cent of cures. The suggestion is usually repeated 15 or 20 times within t year. World-shaking earthquakes seem to he most numerous in the years when the earth wobbles most For exam ple, in HfliO the pole shifted 0.32 sec ond, and there were but 17 severe earthquakes, while lu 1807 the pole's movement was 1.07 second, and about 45 great earthquakes were felt Tbe growing of acid fruits such as tomatoes and strawberries is among the means suggested for lessening the mosquito evil. It has be-- noticed that when mosquitoes have access to acid fruits their bites are less poisonous, and districts of Italy seem to have beeu freed from malaria by tbe culti vation of tomatoes, the nutural food jt mosquitoes. It is suppose that the malarial parasite is destroyed by fruit acids. ('apt Barrett Hamilton says that the popular Idea thut flying -tish beat their "wings" is a mistake. The wings are not time organs of flight, but rath er play the part of a parachute or an aeroplane. The whole motive power is supplied by the tail, which acts as a propeller, and the vibration, or quiv ering, of the wings lu the air-currents, and their occasional shift of Inclina tion, are not phenomena connected with the propulsion of the tish in Its tierial flight Without swift and safe elevators a modern oilice building of 15 or 20 sto ries would be nearly as useless for business purposes as the Washington Monument or the Pyramid of Cheops. Some rapid elevators give nervous per sons the Impression that they are mov ing with the velocity of a railway train. In truth, however, the highest practicable sliced for a way elevator Is said by a writer in the Architectural Record to be 450 feet per m.iiute, and for an express elevator 000 to 7"0 feet per minute. In a very tall building a greater speed Is possible than in one of less height. I'ulike the famous blades of Toledo and Damascus, Japanese swords are not flexible or elastic. They are un equaleil for strength and hardness, and bold a very keen edge. Japanese steel Is said to excel even Swedish steel iu purity. The manufacture -f the swords is a very elaborate process. Some cere monials and superstitious practices are Intermixed with the scientific opera tions. The sword-hardener Is, regard ed as the most Important personage connected with the manufacture. It Is his name that is inscribed on the hilt, and his reputation that enhances the value of a sword. Those who shape the blade, sharpen and adorn It are of minor Importance. MATRONS 8EE 8EAMY SIDE. Their Field 1 Dark and Gloomy but Not Altogether Thankless. To those who believe that all wom en are good there Is no sadder specta-t-le than a glimpse into the Interior of the woman's ward in the city Jail, where the police matron holds fui! tway and lu spite of her better Judg ment sympathizes with the poor wretches under her charge. The path of the police matron's life Is strewn with more tborus than roses. She deals with the scum of society, the dregs of the earth. The larger part of her time Is spent In Ihelr companionship, truly a dark and gloomy sphere of lubor, and yet not altogether a thankless task. Women make queer prisoners. No matter how low they may be, they recognize that the matron Is but carry ing out the duties of her position, and she comes in for only a little share of their abuse. That is reserved for the arresting officer. If there is anything In the old say ing thut people's ears burn when some one talks about them, how the police men's ears must sizzle. All the epi thets aud slaudcrous adjectives In the English language would be as the soft answer which turneth away wrath compared with the monstrous abuse which Is heaped Uxu the policeman by these unfortunates. He Is the one w ho has brought them to disgrace and thrust them behind prison bars. Noth ing Is too bad to be said of him. When a man is arrested he takes his arrest philosophically, and while not entirely devoid of the feeling of resentment against the arresting of ficer, he usually knows where the blame lies and serves bis sentence lu sullen silence. But a woman feels her disgrace more keenly, no matter what her station in life. For this reason a woman In Jail Is possessed of a mania to take her own life. She tries It In a dozen ways. She will tear her bed clothes Into strips and bind them around her neck in a desperate effort to strangle her self, Again, If deprived of every pos sible means for self extermination, she will deliberately pound her head against the bard floor or endeavor to bat out ber brains on the Iron bars until she falls bleeding and sense less. ' It Is the matron's business to pre vent a suicide, but sometimes the pris oner's cunning outwits the nmtron'a vigilant eye, and sue will take a dose of morphine which she baa secured la some unknown wsy, and wblcb was not detected while she was being searched. Several years ago a woman who was known as "Big Ella" committed suicide by putting a bullet through her heart How she got a revolver no body ever knew. Morphine poisoning has occurred several times in the Jail, but usually it was discovered in time to eoii"-"-aet the effect of the drug. A drunken woman is usually the oc cupant of a cell In the woman's ward. Were it not for tbe sorrow that one feels for her there would be some thing almost amusing in the ravings of a woman who Is crazed with alco hol. - There are few humorous incidents in the woman's ward. Some time ago a woman was sentenced to thirty days ia Jail. It happened that at the same time a man was being held as a wit ness. He was given quarters In the Jail with the privilege of walking around. He became acquainted with the woman already mentioned. A warm friendship sprang up be tween the two and they were soon violently In love. Whenever tbe ma tron's back was turned the man press ed his suit with ardor. But the lov ers' Joy was short lived, the matron finally awoke to the situation, and the lover was transferred to where the object of his affection was out of sight. Many of the woman prisoners make wild attempts to escape. But who can blame a woman for wanting to escape from her imprisonment. No matter how deserving of punishment, the sight of a woman in Jail, where murderers, thugs and highwaymen are kept, is inexpressibly pathetic. Woman was never intended for a pris on cell. She feels ber degradation and humiliation more than she cares to teil. and sooner or later, unless car ried away by the fast pace she has been living, she finds rest from the jeers and taunts of the world in a suicide's grave. Chicago Tribune. OUR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS. How Thry l'.xert a Wholesome Effect Upon the Itodj Politic. Our presidential campaigns, It is generally considered, occur too fre quently in regard to the puice of mind and business interests of the commu nity, and too frequently in considera tion of executive convenience and op portunity. The excitement and tur moil of a presidential campaign nre annoyances; but such annoyances do not constitute a valid objection to the speedy recurrence of the event. The serious objections to this frequency are, as already Intimated, based upon the fact that presidential campaigns, as now conduct! d, are a great drain upon the resources of many; and, more Important, that they have a decided tendency to depress business, and thus temporarily militate against the gen eral welfare; and, furthermore, It is realized more anil more keenly that a four-year presidential term Is too brief a period for effective administration, especially amid the complications of modern demands upon the chief execu tive of a nation as enormous and "im perial" as ours. A President and his cabinet need at least six months at the beginning to learn mere details; and during the last four months, if the chief Is not re-elected, they are com paratively ineffective. The consolation for the inconven ience of the too-soon recurring presi dential campaign is its educational character. It is the time of our great debate, when the principles and prob lems of our national government are multitudlnously discussed In "the forum of puhllc opinion." The party In power must then valorously defend its record, and give new promise of useful performance. The party out of power must show just caue for IU re turn. The spokesmen of each party, on the platform and in the press, vie with one another In devotion to the na tional welfare; and while certain prin ciple are shared in common by each set of advocates, each side insists upon the peculiar doctrines which are sup posed to distinguish the respective par ties. This general excitation has a whole some effect upon the body politic, and, at proper intervals. Is highly desirable. It is n time when the whole nation goes to school. Interest in public af fairs! Is quickenod; the people's imag ination Is aroused to a sense of nation ality, and to a personal responsibility with regard to that nationality. Great questions, about which there has been much hazy anil inconsequent thinking, are made clear In tbe cross-fire of crit icism and the light of lucid and earnest statementCentury. Is Wise Beyond Her Years. At tbe Republican State convention in Springfield, 111., Senator Cullom and Speaker Cannon tried to get a popular ruling as to which is the handsomer num. "If I hud a fare like yours, Joe," said the Senator, "I'd wear a veil or build a fence around It." "And if I looked like you, Shelby," replied "Uncle" Joe, "I'd walk back ward ull the time. Your rear eleva tion Isn't so bad, but the front facade Is a bad blotch." "I'll tell you, Joe, we'll leafe It to this little girl. She doesn't want any political Job and I guess she'll be hon est," suggested Senator Cullom. The little girl's mother was with her. "Which do you think Is the best looking, Dorothy?" asked the proud mother. The child looked at both out of big, frank eyes and said: "I don't like to say, mamma, which I like best. I might 'fend Mr. Can non." New York Herald. Tbe humiliation of losing your teeth Is not all; think of the terror of having them pulledl WEST POINT'S ARCHITECTURE. Aim at the Deaiarnera ta Pi mrw IUUu tire Natural Featarea. In developing the new character of West Point, it has been the aim of the designers, both of the fundamental plan aud of the buildings, to preserve the natural featun which give to the site an extreme distinction of land scape. To use their own language, they seek to make the architectural style "harmonize with the majority of the existing buildings, prolong rather than revolutionize the spirit of the place that has grown up through many generations, emphasize rather than an tagonize tbe picturesque natural sur roundings of nuks, cliffs, mountains and forests, and be capable of execu tion at the smallest cost consistent with tbe monumental importance of tbe work." As tu tbe lust considera tion, the style chosen peculiarly meet? the requirements of economy, for it adapts itself most flexibly to existing conditions of site, whereas, in a more formal style, the site has very largely to be adapted to be architecture. The ground plan blends the pictur esque irregularity called for by land scape ' conditions of exceptional wild ness with the formality of logical re lations among detached groups of buildings that monumentally make a complete ensemble. Hence there is a system of roads that follow the topo graphical contours in natural lines, taking tbe easiest grades and moat convenient routes to the points sought. Again, among the individual buildings and separating the several structural groups, there are long, straight ave nues, symmetrical plazas and formal open space. From these the visitor will enjoy a succession of splendid vista" and stsfply effects of monumen tal architecture, the sites so studied us to show each odifice at its best Century. A USEFUL CANINE. Landlord Charles W. Reed of the Orange House at Orange is the owner of a big St. Bernard dog that is mak ing himself exceedingly useful about the bouse, and earning, besides bis keeping, a place in t he annals of doir dom seldom accorded a representative of the canine race, says the Boston Globe. Mr. Keed has had constructed a ma chine of the tren Imill pattern, In which the dog bns been taught to work. This machine is attached to a shaft which can be connected by be'ld TBKADINO THE FREEZER. to a grindstone, a meat chopper ami an Ice cream freezer. The dog likes the work, and will take his place in the machine volun tarily when he sees that things are iu readiness for his period of labor. When his stint Is done, the kniveu sharpened, the bash made up and the dally supply of ice cream properly frozen, his stipend Is a generous al lowance of meat, and words of praise which he seems to fully understand and accepts with a Joyful wag of hla tail. i The dog Is not yet two years old, but weighs about 140 pounds, and ble master expects that with increasing age and consequent increase in avoir dupois and wisdom, his scope of use fulness will be considerably broadened aud his value as an attache to the res taurant kitchen inflated beyond ordi nary comprehension. This industrious dog has been named Percy. VOCATION OF THE WIFE. May Stay Too Long at Hooks, but Cut not lie Overeducated. Now the occupation of being a wife, including presumably, as it does, the occupation of being a mother, is one of extremely comprehensive scope. Some women who seem not to bav had very much education do very we at it, and some women who have been profusely educated make pretty bad work of it It is a calling in which health goes for more than accomplish ments, that phase of wisdom which we call "gumption" for more than learn ing, Instinct for much, and character for most of all. But you cannot over educate n girl for the occupation of being a wife. You may keep her too long at her books and out of what we cull "society;" you may teach her to value unduly things of minor Import ance; you may misdirect And nilsodu cate ber in various ways; but you can't educate her to think so wisely on so many subjects that she will be above thnt business. Nobody is really so superior as to be too good to marry. Plenty of wom en are too good to marry this or tba. or the other Individual man; too uiai.y women, perhaps, in these days, are ed' ucatod beyond tlir point of being sat isfied with any man who Is likely to want to marry them, but the woman who seems "too good for human na ture's dolly food" hasn't been ov educated. The trouble with her Is thai she doesn't know enough. She Is not over developed, but stunted. Educa tion Is tbe development of ubillty, and i wife and, even more, a mother can't have her abilities too much developed. Her place Is a neat of powr, and tB the knowledge th t she can command will find a field for Its employment. Harper's Hoxar. Tbe men stand goln, to church pretty well until the tall stranger gets up, and begins to talk about raisin, more money for tbe foreign salssl as