fefiveniion
y Opinions of
4 3
lb Mlaiatry.
F she 30.4)00 men and women
LOJ
from ear universities and colleges last snouts
nly 1,800 aspire to preach tbe faapal. As
there are some 71000 encaged In preaching la
U) United States this contribution la lnsuffl
elect to keep op the supply. Hare aod Uiere
are man a ad woman who bare never bad a col-
lag or theological training rbo are discharging the dutlea
af tbe pulpit, bat the are few compared to those who bare
had these advantages, ao that virtually the number of as-a-aots
la a correct measure ef the extant of the mlals
tartei saoolUoo.
The principal reasons way the B umber of candidate
M Ike clergy la growing laaa relstively year by year are
that ccngregatlona are getting more exacting, that tbe pay
g a Hi ail and tbc occupation tbe lesat attractlTe of the pro
Teaakon. Tbia I tbe selaah point of view. Tben, tbe con
y4r atious student who may be religiously Inclined aud wbo
aeea great opportunities for doing good Ln the calling, some
times I deterred becsuse be cannot satisfy bla conscience
ef luc trutb of some of the doctrines of Christianity. Soon
er thuo preach something which be rauuot believe ln be
rums bl talents to another calling.
Another hindrance la that tbe religious unrest, so palpa
ble lu the world, is inu-h more pronounced In the higher
Valla of learning. Here agnosticism, materialism, Indlffer
enllsm. are at work sapping the early religious training
and turning the mind lu its formative stage against the
pulpit Much harm Is wrought here by tbe scoffer and the
unbeliever who are never so happy as when reviling
Christianity and everything pertaining to Its missions)
advancement.
The world was never so generous In Its support of
Christian churches and charities as It Is to-day and no
where else Is this extended with the generosity of that of
the United States. Vet the dlKaltloii to preach is not
keeping abreast of this sentiment. If it were, the candi
dates for the priesthood this year would number 40"0 or
6,000 instead of l.rHMj. l.'tlca (;iobe.
Tbe Profit ol Good Road.
""OW that tlie country Is measurably well sup
N piled with railroads which haul the fanner's
product to market at an average rate of a half
cent a ton per mile, it begin to lie ot prime
.jjviji importance that the average cost of hauling
from the farm to the railway station, which
Is alout twenty five rents per ton per mile,
abould be reduced. The Department of Agriculture claims
that Oils cowl could lie reduced two thirds by the simple
substitution of good tnacadamized roads for the ordinary
dirt highway now In me.
Pennsylvania's new road law, which divides the cost of
making permanent mads between the State, county and
township, was lusplred by a desire to begin the solution
of tbl problem lu a way that would prove least burden
some to the farmers themselves. So far, however, Its pro
vision bare not leen taken advantage, of as widely aa
waa anticipated. It seems worth while to call attention to
the fact that practically similar laws are already In opera
tion, with excellent results. In New Vork, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, California and elsewhere. In the State like
New Jersey, where tbe law has been ln operation longest,
tlie benefits are marked.
It Uh the first step that costs, however, ln road-making
aa In everything else. When a few experimental sections
of really good highway have been provided as object les
sons. It Is to be hoped that Pennsylvania farmers will fall
In line with those of other States, where permanent road
laws have been longer In force. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Our Illiterate Citizens.
HKRK is foNl for thought ln
V I United States census report dealing with edu
I li'utioii. Thus we learn that in MJ tlire wee
S I i Tic. Irftfl mn rf tha utrn fif 1 tr i.vnr n- lin
were unable to read or write, 'inis great
itiinjr of i!!!trse constituted 11 per cent of
the voting strength of the nation an electorate
In Itself sufllcleiitly strong, if suitably distributed, to de
nrmlne national principles and policies.
Of tne toiai uTT.OiS) were negroes and 1.2r4,0o0 whites,
a percentage which when compared with that of thirty
WOODS INDIANS.
The Woods Indians, as Stewart Ed
ward White call the OJIbwaya and
Wood Orees north of lake Superior,
are distinctly nornudlc. They soarch
out now trapping grounds and now
B-wierles, they pay visits, and seem
evu to enjoy travel for the sake of
"apldration. This life, says the author
of 'The Forest," Inevitably develops
3Tl fostera an expert .neaa of woodcraft
almost beyond belief.
Another phase of this almost perfect
correspondence to environment Is tlie
readiness with which an Indian will
meet an emergency. We are accus
tomed to rely first of all on the skilled
labor of some one we can hire; second,
f we undertake the Job ourselves, on
the tool made for us by skilled labor;
aud third, on the shops to supply us
with the materials we need. Hardly
- once ln a lifetime are we Uirown en
tlrely on our own resources. Then we
bungllugly improvise a makeshift
The Woods Indian possesses his
knife ami bla light ax. He never Im
provise makeshifts. No matter what
the exigency or how complicated the
demand, his exH-rlence answers with
accuracy. L'tenslls and tools ho knows
exactly where to Ami. HI Job Is neat
and workmanlike, whether It H the
construction of 8 bark receptacle, water-tight
or not; the making of a pair
of snow shoes, the repairing of a badly
smashed canoe, the building of a shel
ter, or the fashioning of a paddle.
About noon one day Tawablnlsay
broke bla ax helve square off. Tbia to
us would have been a serious affair,
l'rotiably If left to ourselves, we should
bnve stuck In some sort of a rough
handle nude of a straight sapling,
which would bnve answered well
enough until we could bars bought an
atfasr. By the time we bad cooked
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
a 4 4 I H 1 1 1 ! I I 1
yea re before ahowa up to ttie manifest disadvantage of
Ike dominant race. Thus in 1870 the excess of Illiterate
negroes over illiterate whites waa 10,000, while now, thirty
years later, the latter outnumber the former by 277,000.
Nor can we Justly retort that these Illiterate whites are
ailsna damped upon our shores through Ike agency of Im
migration. Of tbe total number of white Illiterates only
MB. OU0 are foreign born, while ttie native born number
08,000. or an excess of lli.000. Nor la this the worst of it
Tbs report shows that the percentage of Illiterates among
the native born sons of American parents la nearly three
times as great aa among ths native born sons of foreign
parents. Evidently our foreign born cltisens have a higher
appreciation of tbe advaatages of education than many of
the native stock.
At no traae ln our history has the percentage of Illit
erates been aa great as to-day. During the past sixty
years tbe percentage of this claaa of citizens baa Increased
from 6.15 to 6.00, despite our free school system and tbe
earnest efforts to popularlte education. Tbe State having
tbe largest number of Illiterates is Georgia, as might be
expected, with Its great negro population aud Ita large
number of atruggllag whites. Pennsylvania la next, having
139,982 Illiterates, aa compared with 158,247 for Georgia.
The percentage of Illiterates among fie native born voters
of New Mexico Is 25. Uties Globe.
who graduated
Ml
lone by
of men. There is a certain Inspiration of manly leader
ship which a boy greatly needs, and which he can only get
from a manly man. The Influence of a thoroughly robust
school teacher upon his class of boys cannot be calculated.
Me puts before them constantly a model of manliness, and
high honor, and attractive industry, and cltn courage,
which leaves Its stamp upon their forming minds through
all the rest of their lives.
The generation of boys which must always go to
scnool to women, and to uo one else, will loss something
very valuable out of their school-day training. They may
get as much arithmetic aud grammar and history and the
rest of It from the women as from tbe men, but they cnu
no more get tlie quality of manliness from women than
they can get the quality of refinement from men. Our
schooU should be "manned" with men as well as women,
and If we have permitted the financial attractions of the
profession to fall so far behind the Increasing attractions
of competitive callings as to allow all the young men to be
drawn away from this profeslon, we have been guilty
of a serious betrayal of trust to the generation which is
now growing up. Our fathers did not so misuse us.
Montreal Star.
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spondents telegraphing without wires will be Hhot ns spies,
and vessels equipped with wireless telegraphic apparatus
venturing nenr the scene of war will, If caught, be con
fiscated as contraband of war. So far as correspondents
accompanying the Russian army arc concerned, we may
unhesitatingly concede the Russian the right of censorship.
That Is a matter of course. A belligerent power has the
undoubted right to decide whether It will permit corre
spondents to accompany Its army at all and if It does let
them do so It enn, of course, prescribe what matter they
may send through the lines, and how. Similarly, It may
exercise a vciiaush!p ever ? vessels entering its terri
torial waters, or the waters Implicated in the sphere of
belligerent action. Hut a general outlawing of wireless
telegraphy In that part of the world would be a much
more extreme nuttier New York Trlbii"
the figures of the
dinner that Indian had fashioned an
other helve. We compared It with a
manufactured helve. It was as well
shaped, as smooth, aa nicely balanced,
lu fact, as we laid the now aud the
old side by side, we could not have
selected, from any evidence of tlie
workmanship, which had been made
by machine and which by band.
Tawablnlsay then burned out the
wood from the ax, retempered the
steel, set the tiew helve, and wedged
It neatly with Iron wood wedges. The
whole affair, Including the cutting of
the timber, consumed perhaps half an
hour.
To travel with a Woods Indian Is a
constant wourVe of delight on this ac
count. The Indian rarely needs to hunt
for the materials he requires. He
knows exactly where they grow, and
he turn as directly to them aa a clerk
would turn to his shelves. No prob
lem of the living of physical life Is too
obscure to have escaped his varied ex
perience. Vou may travel with IndlanK
for years, and leiirn every summer
something new and delightful about
how to take care of yourself.
COSSACKS ARE A BUGABOO.
Farts the Juiimee Learned He fore
Opening; Hovtilltitk.
The care taken by the Japanese to
make sure that they were right before,
going uhi'fid Is shown by the fact that,
previous to the war with Russlti, they
ttxik thu greatest pallia tb ascertain
the actual value us a lighting force of
IhB much vaunted Cossack cavalry,
says the army and uvy register.. The
conclusion was, to use the language
of the Japanese ofllclal from whom we
obtain this Information, that Uiey
were "a mere bugaboo." It waa found
that the custom of the Russian gov
ernment waa to furnish each Cossack
In Manchuria with a fixed sum for the
purchase of a borseOne-balf of thia
sum be put Into Ms pocket and pur
chased ths best bone be could with
1 1 3 4 1 1 18 0 fl ft
The Disappearance of the Male Teacher.
O one will deny that many of the best school
teachers In tbe country are women. There are
parts of the delicate and highly Important
task of training tbe young which can best be
tactful and gentle women. Hut it is
also the serious opinion of experts that grow
ing boys should very largely be under the care
Wlrele Telegraphy in War.
HE question of the value of wireless telegra
phy ln war has already been considered. Now
It Is supplemented by that of Ita legality. The
Russian Government baa practically served no
tice that It regards It as Illegal. At any rate,
the use of such a device at the seat of war will
be treated as a breach of neutrality. Corre
the remainder. The money given for
the purchase of fodder was treated lu
the same way and the horse left to pick
up a living as best he could.
The result wus shown in a serious
deterioration In the efficiency of the
Cossacks. Similar dishonesty was
prevalent in the other departments of
Russian army administration, an illus
tration of which is found In the story
of the Russian ofllcers found guilty
of selling powder to the Chinese and
putting sand In Its place.
The Japanese even ussert that the
number of troops under the command
of Kouropatkin was misrepresented,
so that money might be made by draw
ing supplies for fictitious warriors. To
make full allowance for contingencies
the Japanese estimated the number of
Russians they would encounter on the
Yalu as 40,xt In all and sent ttO.000
troops against them. It was found In
the end that tlie Russians had only
''0,JOO men to oppose the crossing ol
the river. Brooklyn Eagle,
Some Aniu-tement Schemes.
Tbe railway companies of the coun
try are engaged In nil kinds of amuse
ment schemes, with the Idea of attract
ing patronage, and the latest innova
tion of this character has taken place
In Cleveland, where the tniuuiger of a
street railway company has organized
a baseball league. ICach of the towns
along the lino has n nine, mid a reg
ular Bchedulo has been arranged. The
railway company hns supplied the uni
forms and offered other substantial as
sistance besides undertaking (o enrry
the players free to and from the games
The company, however, does not par
tlclpate In the, profits of the team, bul
Is repaid merely by the Increased busi
ness resulting from the games.
If you go around exploiting a fool
belief, people will notlco It, and talk
about It. People who have fool beliefs
are not accorded as much charity as
fonnerljr.
"Oherries Is ripe," said tbe groeery
oan, producing bla order book and
Inking into tbe kitchen rocker with
sigh of content "Fresh picked from
he tree, sound in wind and Hmb an'
res from vtca. Want some?"
"Who told you you could sit down
a thst chair?" demanded tbe pretty
ook.
"Nobody," replied the groceryman,
but It looked easy. 1 was tol'ble sure
coold do It if I tried. Ttie hard
vork'll be to git up sgaln. How's ths
rirl this flos oh Illy summer mornlnT'
"What glrir
"You, loveliness."
"See here," said the pretty cook,
you're too fresh to keep. What are
be cherries worth ?"
"Thirty-five a box."
"Keep 'em?'
"They're worth that, but we've got
era marked down to two boiea for a
luarter. Full quart boxes; six of 'em
vould come near flllln' a gallon meas
ire. Tradln' stamp with every box.
lay, Eveline, didn't I see you a Sunday
ifternoon ln the park In a blue hat?"
"I went out ln the country a Sun
lay afternoon."
, "Well, I seen some girl ln a blue
tat. I was drlvln' ln my ortermabcl
ile an' I couldn't stop, but If It had
je'u'you an' I hadn't l'n In a hurry
'd 'a' give you an Invite to take a
lde. How many i berries do you
ant?"
"Vou can bring me a couple o' boxes
f they're any good If they ain't
ou'll have tbe pleasure o' takin' 'em
jack. Would you like a pillcr for your
lead '!"
"lMn't trouble," replied the grocery
nnn. "It's kind o' you to offer, but
I can't stay long anyway. I jest
bought I'd run In an' see if th,re
iviisn't not bin' 1 could do for you.
loney ?"
Tbe pretty cook gnve him a look of
corn and Indignutlon.
f !'
t a fall trom the staging, f
I
"I had an experience once that near
ly whitened my hair," said the artist.
"Spill white paint on It?" aBked the
man lu tlie big leather chair. "No;
It wus something worse than that. I
was just starting out to earn my liv
ing with a brusll, and was willing to
paint almost anything, from a portrait
to the aky piece ln theater scenery."
Aud then he went on to teU tbe atory:
"One of tbe public buildings In the
capital bad a big dome, and on the
celling of the dome was a great deal
of elaborate painting that had become
dingy, and needed retouching. I was
pleased enough when I got the Job of
doing It.
"They erected a staging for me to
work on a frail looking affair, which
almost turned me sick when I arrived
with my outfit and stood ln the ro
tunda, looking up at the dome, a hun
dred and fifty feet above me.
"'I aliall be so dizzy I can't hold a
brush,' said I to tlie carpenter.
" 'Oh, that will lie ail right!' said he.
'We're going to up read a big canvas
under the staging, for the rotunda Is in
use all the time, and you'd be spot
ting everybody below with paint un
less we "bad something to protect
them.'
"I felt relieved when I heard that,
ind still more relieved when I bud
climbed up Into the dome and round
that the entire rotunda below was
hidden by a taut cloth which the work
men had stretched across.
"I had been tit work nearly two days
when I began to get careless in step
ping round the staging. 1 suppose the
canvas below me gave me a feeling of
comparative safety. About noon one
day I took a step backward to look up
at some drapery which I had Just re
painted. My foot touched only the
air, and I fell Into the canvas.
"There was a ripping and tearing
of cloth as I settled down Into the
hollow. I lay there flat on my back,
and looked round with an Interest In
the quality aud strength of tlie can
vas and the way In which It was fas
tened that you may be sure was sin
cere. "There was no doubt about the fas
strength of the fastenings; they were
of rope, tied round big knots In the
cloth, aud strong enough to hold a
horse. Hut the cauvns Itself was
frightfully thin, and was mildewed
In spots. I turned over on my face
and found myself staring through a
rip down to the marble flooring of the
rotunda, a hundred feet below.
"I was comfortable enough physical
ly, but mentally! Every time I moved
something would stretch and tear.
"Of course I yelled for help, and af
ter a time I heard answering shouts
below. The canvas was sagging down
In the middle and straining and squeak
ing along the edges. I llgurod out that
It would take tlie workmen at least
two minutes to climb Into the dome.
Ity the time they got to me I thought
I should be sprcml out below.
"I tried to move up the Incline of
t'loth, scrambling along on my stom
ach, and pushing with my feet; but the
Dttcinpt widened the rip lu the can
vas. Suddenly, as I pushed harder
With my feet, one foot and nearly the
whole leg shot through the canvas.
"I could hear the scream of women
below. My finger-nails scratched and
"I say we've got in a lot of whit
clover honey. I know yoo don't nead
aweefnin', but it migtit do for the
fam'ly. Eighteen a box. No? Well,
you say somethln', then. Laundry
p Mother's Marvel washes tlie
most dellket fabrics 'thout crockln.
abrlnkln' or runuin' down at the heel.
Eggs? Fancy pedigreed eggs real
shell do celluloid imitations. Any
matches?"
"You may bring me two doaen eggs
snd s csn o' be kin' powder, half a
d often lemons an' two pounda o' cof
fee." "Goln' to make coffee cake?"
"Never you mind what I'm goln' to
make. Oh, and I want butter. Two
pounds & better an' a couple o'
bunches o' sparrergraas. I guess tbat's
all. Was you in tbe park, honest, a
Sunday afternoon?"
"Sure thing. An' there was a girl
ln a blue bat there, too. I wouldn't
string you, Evelina."
"Don't you think you're smart!"
"I wouldn't be to blame if I did.
Most everybody else does. So you
think tliat will be about all, do you?
Say, the nex' time you make a date
with me an' don't keep it It'll be bo
cause I've lost my memory, I tell you
those."
"Well, I was there," said tbe pretty
cook. "Vou wasn't, though."
"( 'ome off."
"I was, honest."
"Wei, I missed you, then. I stayed
around for "
There wus ttie sound of a footstep
beyond the inner kitchen door and the
groceryman Jumped hastily out of the
chair and began to write in bis order
book. ' Cberrles, eg;s, bjkin' powder,
lemons, coffee, butter an sparrer
gras," lie repeated In businesslike
tones as the lady of 'he house enteral.
"That all? Thank you." Chicago
Dally News.
clawed the rough surface, but of
course made little Impression. They
simply kept me from slipping quite so
fast. Then I heard the steps of men
on the scaffolding. They let down a
rope that curled near my fingers, but
It was several seconds before I dare.d
to let go my hold on the canvas for a
sufficient time to grasp It.
"Finally I got both hands upon It,
and they dragged me up the incline to
the staging."
HAD THE NURSERY ALL RIGHT,
But
'Twaa for the Propaaatlon of
Flower, Not Babies.
The anxious mother rings up what
she thinks U the day nursery to ask
for some advice aa to her child. She
asks the central for the nursery, and
is given Mr. Gottfried Gluber, tbe
florist and tree dealer. The following
conversation ensues:
"1 called up the nursery. Is this the
nursery?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"I am so worried about my little
Rose."
"Vat seems to be der madder?"
"Ob, not so very much, perhaps, but
Just a general llstlessnes and lack of
life."
"AIn'd growing righd, eh?"
"No, sir."
"Veil, I dell you vat you do. You dake
der sklssors and cut off apud t-K-o
inches vrom der limbs, und "
"What-a-at?"
"I say, dake dor sklssors and cut off
apoud two Inches vrom uer Kiiibs, un
den turn der garten hose on for apoud
four hours ln der mornlug "
"W'hat-a-at?"
"Turn der garten hose on for apoud
four hours ln der morning, und den
pile a lot of pluck dirt all around, and
siiprlnkle mlt lucegt powder all ofer
der top "
"Slr-r-r?"
"Shprinkle mlt Insegt powder all
ofer der top. You know usually Id is
nodding but pugs dot "
"How dare you? What do you mean
by such language?"
"Noddlngs but pugs dot chenerally
causes der troubles; und den you vant
to vaah der rose mit a liquid brepara
tions I haf for sale "
"Who In the world are you, any
way?" "Gottfried Gluber, the florist"
"O-o-oh!" (weakly). "Good-by."
Buffalo Express.
A Plausible I'Jxcuse,
Russell Sage was talking the other
day about a dishonest but plausible
broker.
"I have caught this man," he said,
"In n dozen shady transactions, though
he has been reudy to excuse himself."
Mr. Sage smiled. Theu he resumed;
"He reminds me of a chap who
broke a plate glass window one day.
As soon as he had broken the window
he hurried off as fast as he could go.
But the shopkeeper had seen him. The
shopkeeper came after him and
grabbed him by the collar.
" Ahn, you broke my window, didn't
you, eh?" be said.
" 'Yes, and didn't you see nie run
ning home for the money to pay for
It?" said the other."
A Good Ho he me.
"How on earth did you ever get a
messenger boy to deliver your note
aud bring bnck the answer so quick?"
"I took his dime novel away from
him and held It as security." Phila
delphia Press.
The ditiiiet compounds from coal
tar have Increased from 454 in ISM
to 686, not leas than three hundred of
the present products being dyes.
Tbe sound-deadening arrangements
tried on tbe Berlin elevated railway
include felt under and at tbe sides of
tbe rails, wood-filled car wheels, steel
snd wood ties resting on sand and
cork-lined floor planks. Low rails on
deep wooden stringers proved tbe most
effective.
A new earners of great important1,
photographing for the first time the
Interior or bsck of the eye, is the pro
duction of Dr. Wsltber Tborner, of
berlln. A telescope-like focusing glass
gives accurate focus under tae mild
illumination of a kerosene lamp, and
a flashlight ignited by an electric
spark impresses the Image upon tbe
plate. Tbe pictures show the varia
tion of the eye ln health and disease,
making It possible now to follow the
progress of disease step by step.
With the special purpose of secur
ing more accurate records at automo
bile races tban can be obtained with a
stop-watch, the Mors Company In
Paris has constructed an electric ap
paratus, which Is said to give excel
lent results. Two small boxes, elec
trically connected by wire, are placed
one at the starting and the other ut
the finishing point. At the start tbe
wheels of the racers touching a wire
stretched across the track cause a nee--die
to form a dot on a band of paper
driven at uniform speed by a chrono
meter. At the finish the wheels, in
a similar manner, cause another dot
to be made on the same paper. By
measuring the distance between the
dots the time elapsed is ascertained.
About a dozen years ago, M. Richter
showed that the mysterious fires In
benzine-cleaning establishments are
due to electricity, which produces
sparks as pieces of wool are drawn
from tlie combustible fluid on cool or
dry days, and he found that the sparks
could be prevented by adding magne
sium oleate even as little as 0.02 per
ceut to the benzine. The reason of
this remarkable effect of the oleate has
not been understood. It has now been
investigated by G. Just at Karlsruhe,
and he finds that the conductivity of
the benzine is very slightly Increased,
tills change being sufficient to prevent
the accumulation of dangerous electric
charges. In pure benzine an electrode
kept its charge for minutes, while ln
the diluted oleate solution it refused
to take any charge.
An interesting instance of the man
ner in which insects sometimes assist
the growth of plants without any in
tention to do so, and while attending
strictly to their own business, Is fur
nished by tbe history of a climbing
plant which grows ln the Philippines;
and which has recently been described
by Professor J. W. Harsbberger of
tbe University of Pennsylvania. At
an early stage in its career the plant,
which, like other plants, begins to
grow at the ground, severs its connec
tion with the soil, and thenceforward
lives with Its roots attached to dead
bamboo canes. It develops, ln addi
tion to other leaves, certain pitcher
shaped leaves, Into the cups of which
It sends a second set of roots. A spe
cies of small black ant frequents the
pitchers, and incidentally carries Into
them minute fragments of decaying
wood and leaf mold, from which the
roots Just mentioned derive a constant
supply of food for the support of ths
pittOu
SPORTS IN GERMANY.
Wrestling and "Heavy Athletics" Art
Most in Fvor There.
Wrestling la one of the most popu
lar forms of athletic exercises in Ger
mny, and it seem as if the heavy
and muscular build of the Germans
peculiarly adapts them for this kind
of sport. The general public Inter
prets the word "athlete" as meaning
a wrestler, weight lifter or "strong
man." When the English style of ath
letics was introduced into Germany it
was termed "light athletics;" wrestling
Is termed as "heavy athletics." In
every town there are many clubs in
dulging In "heavy athletics," and nu
merous public contests are arranged.
In connection with which challenges to
"all comers" are issued. Here one can
often witness a pitched battle betwean
science and brute power see an "all
comer" of stupendous build, probably
a butdiar, brewer or furniture remov
er, laid flat on both shoulder blades in
the most approved style by a little
wiry fellow as slippery as an eel. On
tlie occasion of the world's champion
ships held ln Berlin, an open arena,
roofed only In the center, where tha
wrestling took place, was erected, with
tiers of seats for the public ail round
As luck would have it, the weather
proved lxiisterous and the public shy
of the fair; the championships ended
dismally, and the Impresario, unable
to pay the men's retainers, very dis
creetly decided to "leave town." C. B.
Fry's Magazine.
Wasn't Sore Which.
A Scottish minister, taking his walk
early In the morning, found one of bil
parishioners recumbent In a ditch.
"Where have you been the night, An
drew?" nsked the minister. "Wee!, I
dlnnn rlchtly ken," answered the pros
trate one, "whether ft was a wedding
or a funeral, but whichever It was. It
was a most extraordinary success."
If you are attracted by gaudy colors,
you are as bad as an Indian, or a,
bull.