OLD
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Carry i Htmty.
returned Alaskan miner went ts i!m In a
I Pullman nr Id Pennsylvania the other night
I with 12.onu In gold on bis person. He may nut
IMTT VrrU 11 W UCI UC HUB UTll UIOTUing,
but be was f 12.000 poorer. If he bad put bis
money In a bank ami carried only a lHter of
credit and a aniall um of cash on the Pullman
be would bar bad bla fortune yet.
The mistake of carrying too much money Is a comouoo
sue. area good bnalnesa men sometimes wake It There Is
so sense la any man's carrying more than a very small
tawunt ef cash. Whether be Urea In the country aud is
going to town, or Uvea tn the city and Is going duwn
town, a few dollars will be sufficient to meet any emer
gency which cannot le met by chequing on the bank. A
Ittle money to pay for lunch, for possible telephone and
telegraph messages, for street car fare, for a carriage In
case of accident everybody ougut to carry enough, for
these purposes, and there usually la no good reason why
my one ahould carry more.
Kven those who are traveling need less cash thttu many
abitually carry. So perfect and so extensive ban the mod
rrn banking system become that a man can go all over his
urn country and around the world on a few slips of paper
:hat would be worth lews to anybody else but a bold and
ikllfuJ knave and would be very dangerous for hiin. The
est and safest place fir one's roll Is In the bank. Banks
!ail om-e in a while; but the chances of losing money de
oited In them are Infinitely few compared with the
-Jjancea of losing It from the person. Kansas City Journal.
Women and Work.
IIK census returns of the t'tilted Slates show
I very clearly that women are pressing forward
I I uore and more Into professions and position
ui uii i ii'n turn, auvj Lun 114 m ..jiijiiiiu
an excellent sign, although In some branches
f labor there Is an outcry against this usurpa
tion of what Is termed man's prerogative. What
somen more particularly require is a training from iiu
tarly age which will enable them to take their own part In
the buttle of life when through the death of those oa whom
they were dependent, or through misfortune, it becomes
iieumbcnt on them to provide for themselves. This early
training Is a matter which ditcs not appear to receive the
mention and consideration that It ought, for how many
women are tljere who can, for example, compute Interest
Intelligently and accurately; how many are there who are
veu capable of managing their own affairs, or their own
property. If they have any, with anything like business
tapaclty? The education of woman is not complete unless
the has as part of her equipment a knowledge of ut least
the rudiments of biisiiies. Women who are blessed with
t fair share of worldly goods need this knowledge hardly
less thau those who have to make their own way In the
world, and who have not the protection and guardianship
if husband and father, for such women can never be sure
3iat they may not at any moment be called up 'n earn their
wn livelihood. How to Live.
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The Church and the People.
I HE pastor who asks why It Is that the
younger generation is losing Its respect for
the church, need not go far afield In search of
an answer. It Is because a majority of the
hurches do not meet the demands of people
I now on enrth for an outlet to their physical
ttid mental activities. The congregation to
which the preacher propounded his query appear to real
ke this fact. It Is erecting a bouse of worship which,
when completed, will be furnished with a kitchen, dining
room and gymnasium for the boy. It will supply the
travlug for social and physical enjoyments while minis
wring to the spiritual needs of its members.
Hut the church which hop" to hold the young must go
veu further than this. It must compete with the school.
the club, the social function, the outdoor diversion and thi
many other attractions which go to swell the sum total o
the Joy of living. It also mubt compete with every organ
I ica t ion bsving for Its purpose the amelioration of bumst
Ills and human wretchedness. And It must compete sue
eessfully or fail in its m Union.
The church which lives and moves and doea ita wort
close to the world aud Its tolling, struggling, aspiring. In
quiring, practical millions will be successful iu retaining iti
hold upon the people. Mankiud demand something niorf
satisfying than sounding theories; something more uuiri
llous than doctrinal busks. To retain lu influence tin
church must be of the people, for the ieopIe and by lh.
people. Humming up, the church must come down out o
the clouds and abide with the people living here beh.w.
Chlcago Journal.
Blow for Phonetic Spelling.
IIK .-M 1IU fif '.mlliftir rufft(1iii'' ha. n-iwi r aA t
I loerious aetback. The valorous aud persisten:
Ichampious of "phonetic' orthography have re
crura a oiow iroui wuicu uiej may not re
cover.
When it came to a discussion of the propo
. smon to make an appropriation of $.,000
year for five years for missionary work In phonetic spelling
before the directors of the National Educational Associa
tion at St. Imls. the distressing fact was revealed thai
none of the educators could remember the dozen wordi
which the association had decide In IV.IS must be "re
formed." What progress can be made In spelling reform If the
gn at educators themselves cannot remember the words to
be reformed? At the meeting in l.V.S the nutional associa
tion recommended twelve orthographical reforms as fol
lows: Program, tho, thru, thoro, thorolr, nltho, thorofare,
decalog, pedagog, prolog, catalog and demagog. It now
transpires that, notwithstanding t tie vigorous missionary
work that has been done In behalf of these twelve "re-
form"' for six years past, the educators at St. I.ouls who
were called iion to consider the question of extending t lie
fight for spelling reform were forced to make the humilia
ting confession that they had not used the words and hence
could not recall them.
Could anything be more tlioroly exasperating? Tho
these pedagogs have continued the agitation of spelling re
form thru six years they confess they have made no nt
tempt to use the adopted words in private correspondent
or In any other way. And so the great cause of phonetu
spelling languishes Chicago Itecord Herald.
The Girl of Twenty-eight.
'"YlVKUNOK WAUFIELD, of Maryland, is evl
M llciitly not nn advocate of large families, lu an
iTJ I iddrcss to the graduating class of the high
t- mm scuooi at v iiiuiiigiou, jiei., lie aam:
(jpBjr' Don't do the foolish thing of getting married
Jj -urly in life. I have three daughters, and will
not give my consent to any one to marry be
fore she is 23.
The world has changed a good deal in the last forty
years. We have "girls" of 30 now, whereas In the old dais
a woman became an old maid at "5. Seventeen years was
Iheu deemed an eminently marriageable age, and this prov
erb prevailed: "At 20 a woman gets a man better than
herself for a husband; at four and twenty, one as good; at
eight and twenty, one much worse." Nowadays the public
experiences a certain ahock when a girl of 18 marries.
The finest years of womanhood lie between the ages of
25 and 33. It Is the prlvlegle of every woman to decide
whether she shall spend them In single blessedness or In
duplicated bliss. Considering marrluge merely as a refuge,
or even as a business venture, it may be that she who de
tilieratea up to the age of 28 Is lost. Regarding It from the
point of view of the Individual woman's own preferences,
she may quite properly wait longer If she pleases. It Is
with her a question of marriage with the man she wants
or no mnrrlsge at all New York Mail.
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ALL TOR HAROLD.
Mr. and Sirs. Kuddlestoti try not to
poll Harold, but slit y are willing to
aacrlflce their own pleasure at any
time to give him a treat that he will
'"remember when he grows up." They
planned a treat lately, but, as the
tory la told In the Brooklyn Kugie, the
outing will never figure lu Harold's
remiuUcences of bis happy childhood.
The circus was In town, and Mrs.
ruddleston said thy ought to take
Harold; a child thought so much of
auch things, and he was old enough
now to appreciate It
Mr. Fuddleston agreed. "I will try
to take him to-night," he said, resign
edly. "I ahouidn't think of letting you go
alone with hlmS" exclaimed Mrs. Kud
dleaton. "That Is asking too much of
you, dearest. I will go along to re
lieve you of some of the care. I
houldn't ask you to go at all, but tt
la hardly the thing for me to go with
out you."
"Certainly not," ld Mr. Puddle
ton, chivalrously. "Hut the little chap
mustn't be deprived of the pleasure,
ven if It Is rather of a bore to us."
In the afternoon Mrs. Fuddieston's
two aiaters dropped In, aud Mrs. Fud
diestoae told them, with a sigh, that
they were going to the circus that
evening on Harold's account.
"Oh, my dear!" nld Klaler Jane.
"Of course he will enjoy It, but he
will be a dreadful care to you and
Jpctj. I know you vl,'l have a head
ache to morrow to pay for It I think
1 shall Just go along to fflleve you.
No uou'i say a word, dcari I'd much
rather do It than tny at home lh lik
ing of you wearing yourself out watch
ing that boy alone."
. "8o nhould I," put in FIster Mar
garet, "and I am going, too. He will
be no excited Hint It will be ail the
three of us can do to hold him down."
Mrs. Fuddlraton looked nt her with
gratitude. "Well, then," she said,
."come here for dinner and we'll get
an early start I should hate to have
Uarold m las a. single thing."
At his" office that day Mr, Fuddie
ton happened to speak to hit two
par fners about the treat be waa going
to girt to bla little boy.
"My tnr" one of them exclaimed.
"I'd like to go along Just to see the
little chap enjoy it."
"So should I." Hftld the other. "I'd
rather tie horsewhlpi ed than go to tin;
circus wllh Ki""w" folks, but It's a (ir
ens In Itself to watch a boy at siK-h
a show."
So It came about that three men and
three women sat down at Fuddlestou's
table that evening for an early dinner.
When it was nearly time to go Mr.
Fuddleston asked his wife If she had
told Harold.
"No; I thought It would be best to
give him a surprise," she answered.
Just then one of the partners look
ed out of the window. "Why, It's
raining:' lie said.
This was serious. Aunt Jane at
once grew concerned over the risk of
taking Harold out In the night air
when It was raining.
"What do you think, my deRr?" th
fond father asked of his wife.
"Why, of course, If It Is going to
be a rainy evening It would never do
to take him."
Then the other partner peered
through the window and said It looked
pretty bad; not a mere shower, ho
thought but the beginning of a storm.
"I shouldn't take any risk, Julia,"
said the other sister.
"It s lucky you didn't tell Harold!"
said the Junior partner.
"Where is he?" asked Mr. Fuddle
ston. "Upstairs with the nurse," answered
Mrs. Fuddleston.
"Well," said Fuddleston, decidedly,
"we won't take any chances. Besides,
my ticket Is for a box, which only
seats six people.
So little Harold was left nt home,
and six adults, instead of two, sacri
ficed their en'lr" evening that he might
not run the risk of getting wet ai.d
catching n cold.
CITY MAN 0UT-0F-D00R8.
Vscnllnn llnliH Mentis Improvement
in Public Health anil lliilnr.
A general and killing absorption In
the business of life was once the nc
cepted theory of. American activity. It
Is true that there Is still 'tremendous
stress shown by Americans In the p ir
suit not only of their business voca
tions but of their wlnl a vocttlona.
Yet the business man's summer vaca
tion Is petting to be more and more
an nrccptod Institution, He manages
to get longer periods of complete ret
mid recreation, and he contrives, more
over, to seize upon any number of half
holidays and over-Sunday outings, es-pi-daily
in the warmer months. When
he can control Ills time he gives great
er portions of It than ever before to
horseback exercise nnd to golf and
Kindred sports. The business man's
family, Instead of being satisfied, as
of old, with a few weeks in a crowded
hotel by the sea or In the mountains,
spend the whole summer In the coun
try, as boarders In hotel or farm
bouse, or us dwellers In a country
place of their own, modest or sumptu
ous In accordance with their means
nnd taste.
The city man's modern discovery of
the country aud his Increasing use of
It In the summer months has been a
subject of comment now thife many
years. There has been discussions of
Its effect upon Uic city people them
selves, aud upon the country people
Into whose communities they enter;
of Its effect upon manners and morals;
of Its economic bearings und Its rela
tion to the abandoned farm problem,
and of the Influence upon the nation
of the great mingling of people from
various purts of the country.
With ail thla search for recreation
and health, what with Westerners
going Fast and Easterners go
ing We with Northerners go
Ing South and Southerner! go
ing North, summer and winter;
with all this search for the opportunity
to fish and shoot or to enjoy social
pleasures; with all this interchange of
national advantages (for any and every
climate ciin be found In the United
States), one may look for an improve
ment In the public health nnd happi
ness, as well as (or a dissemination of
a knowledge of our own people nnd of
our own country which ought to be
decidedly conducive to an Inteilig'lit
patriotism. Century.
FAVORITES !
It Is surprising bow young a mat
la when bis folks decide that lie It
too old to be allowed to spend hli
money, and how old another limn li
when his family think he la still youii
enough to be earning It.
Bed hair is not a bar to good look!
But no balr at all la.
The Green Isle of Lover.
lie; say that, afsr iu li land of the
west,
Vher the bright goldea sun sinks ia
glory to rent,
lid ferns where tie bunter ne'er ven
tured to tread,
i fair lake unruffled sad sparkling is
spread;
There, lost ia his course, the rapt lodisa
discovers,
s distance seen dimly, the Greea Iile
of Lovers.
1iere verdure fades never; immortal Id
tiiooiu,
oft ae the magnolia ita grovta of
H-rfunje;
ind low beuda the branch with rich
fruitage depressed,
ill glowing like geini ia the crowns of
the. blest;
rhere the bright eye of Nature lu mild
glory hovers;
ria the Und of the aunbeam the Green
lale of Ixver;
tweet strains wildly float on the breeze
that kiss
."he calm-flowing lake round that region
of bliss
Vhere, reaUiiug their garlands of ima
rauth, fair choirs
lad .measures still weave to the sound
that inspires
'he dunce and the revel, 'mid foreHts
that cover
n high uith their lOiaile the Green Isle
of the Iver.
tut fierce as the snake, with his eyeballs
of lire,
'hen his scales are all brilliant and
glowing with ire,
ire the warriors to all ave the roatJs
of their isle.
Chose law is tln'lr will, nnd whose life
is their smile;
Tom beauty there valor and strength
are not rovers,
tud peace reigns supreme in the Ureen
Isle of Ixvers,
tnd he who has sought to set foot on ita
shore.
n maze perplexed, has beheld it no
more;
!t fleets on the vision, deluding the view,
iu banks still retire as the hunters pur
sue; h, who iu this vain world of woe shall
discover
Che home undisturbed, the Green Isle of
the Lover!
-Robert Charles Siinds.
Grnce Before Meat.
Some hse meat, and ennna eat.
Anil some wad eat that want it;
But we line meat, and we can eat.
Ami sue the ixirtl he tlinnl.it.
-Robert Burns.
NICHOLAS I. OF RUSSIA.
ow of Muscovite melancholy, wltfl a
bearing dignified, but with a manner
not unkind, he bore himself like a god.
And yet no man could be more simple
or affable, whether In bis palace or lu
the street. Thoe were the days when
a Russian Our could drive or walk
alone lu every part of every city in his
empire. He frequently took hie exer
cise in walking along the Neva quay,
and enjoyed talking with any friends
he met. especially with members of the
diplomatic corps. Century.
CHINA'S EMPRESS DOWAGER.
sreat Muu Scared Out of Greatness by
fcSpectcr of French devolution.
Iu reviewing this first of my so
on rn a in Russia, my thoughts natur
.lly dwell upon the two sovereigns
ilcbola I. and Alexander 11. The
Irst of these was a great man scared
nit of greatness by the ever-recurriug
pecter of the Freuch Revolution,
i'here has beeu much to make him a
Sent reactionary. He could not but
ememlK'r that two Czars, his father
md grandfather, had both been inur
Icred in obedience to family necessl
ies. At his proclamation as emperor
to had been welcomed by u revolt
vhich had forced him
To wade through slaughter to a
throne
, revolt , which had deluged the great
tirade ground of 8L Petersburg with
he blood of his best soldiers, which
md went many of the nobility to Sl
terla, aud which had obliged him to
ee the bodies of several men who
night have made his reign illustrious
langllng from the fortress walls oppo
Jte the winter palace, lie had been
bilged to grapple with a fearful in
urrectlon in l'oland, caused partly by
he brutality of his satraps, but mainly
ty religious hatreds, to suppress it
vlth enormous carnage, and to substl
nte a cruel despotism for the moder
ite constitutional liberty which his
irother had granted. He had thus be
ome the fanatical apostle of reaction
hroughout Europe, and as such was
verywhere the Implacable enemy of
my evolution of liberty. The despota
f Europe adored him. As symbols of
lis ideals he hud given to the King of
'russia aud to the Neapolitan Bourbon
copies of two of the statues which
,dorned his N'cvsky bridge statuea
ttpresentlng restive horses restrained
iy strong men; and the lterlln popu
acc, with unerring Instinct had given
o one of these the name of "Frogress
Checked" and to the other the name
'Retrogression Encouraged." To tills
lay one sees everywhere In the palaces
f continental rulers, whether great or
petty, bis columns of Siberian porphy
ry, bowls of Jasper or vases of mala
shite signs of his approval of reac
tion. But, in Justice to him, It should
Da said that there was one crime he
lid not commit a crime, Indeed, which
le did not dure commit; he did not vio
late his oath to maintain the liberties
)f Finland. That was reserved for
the second Nicholas, now on the Rus
ilau throne.
Whether nt the gTcat assemblages of
he winter pnlace, or at Ihe reviews,
ir simply driving In his sledge, or walk
ng lu the street, he overawed all men
),v his presence: whenever I saw hint,
mil never more cogently Thnh during
hut list drive of his Just before his
leuth, there was forced to my lips the
bought, "You are the most majestic
telnjj ever created." Colossal in stat
jrc, with a face such ns one finds on
t Greek coin, but overraat with a all ad -
T) Am the Great, the Moat Despotic
mu Holer of All History.
When the time came for adieus, herj
Majesty mingled wllh ber guests, the
Emperor following closely; and as alrsj
Conger got beyond me I stepped aaida
tor royalty. Imagine my astonishment
when the Empress Dowager turned,
took me by both hands, stroked my
arm and inquired bow 1 liked China
aud bow long I would remain, conclud
ing by asking me to come aud see her
again when I returned to visit Mrs.
Conger! I did not lose my equanimity,
but studied this most remarkable wom
an at closest range.
Could the of dignified mien, deep-set
unflinching eyes, rare smile aud melo
dious voice be the most despotic fe
male sovereign in the history of the
world V Has she two distinctly opposite
natures? Is this the secret of her mar
velous power? Born in obscurity, the
daughter of a minor oflicer, a favorite
concubine of the harem, young and in
experienced, she reached the pinnacle
of authority by Incredible ability,
shrewdness and daring. Through all
tlie Intrigues of the Chinese court since
hlie lirst usurped the throne, she has
borne a charmed life, and her enemiet
heve arisen only to disappear with ter
rible swiftness, while her autocracy
remains unchallenged. With relentless
will she has stripped the Emperor of
the last vestige of the legitimate au
thority which for a brief period he had
exercised under the wise guidance of
Kang Ku Wei, absolutely controlling
his every word and act as well as the
earthly destiny of Pmi.OW.OOO of sub
jects. And this most fascinating hostess,
uiging us to "stay longer" and "come
again," annihilating conventionality
and precedent, was Tsl An the Great
woman ruler in this land of Confucius,
where to be a woman, according to the
philosophy of the Great Sage, is to be
despised among men! Minnie Norton
Wood. In the Century.
WONDERFUL NATURAL BRIDGE.
Solid Arch Over Three Hundred Feet
Wide Spunuinif a Utah Canyon.
Here, across a canyon measuring
three hundred and thirty-live feet
seven Inches from wall to wall, na
ture hua thrown a splendid arch of
solid aandstone sixty feet thick in the
central part und forty feet wide, leav
ing underneath It a clear opening three
hundred and fifty-seven feet In per
pendicular height. The lateral walls of
the arch rise perpendicularly nearly to
the top of the bridge, when they flaro
suddenly outward, giving the effect
of an Immense coping or cornice over
hanging the main structure fifteen or
twenty feet on each side, and extend
ing with the greatest regularity and
symmetry the whole length of tte
bridge. A large rounded butte at the
edge of the canyon wall seems partly
to obstruct the approach to the brldjfo
at one end.
The ma.'ectle proportions of this
bridge may be partly realized by a
few comparisons. Thus Its height is
more than twice and Its span more
than three times as great as those of
Ihe famous natural bridge of Virginia,
Its buttresses are one hundred and
eighteen feet farther apart than those
of the celebrated masonry arch In the
IMstrlct of Columbia, known as Cabin
John Bridge, a few miles from Wash
ington City, which has the greatest
span of any masonry bridge on this
continent. This bridge would overspan
the Capitol at Washington and clenr
the fop of the dome by fifty-one feet
And If the loftiest tree In the Calnv
eras Grove of giant sequoia in Cali
fornia stood in the bottom of the can
yon, its topmost bough would lack
thirty-two feet of reaching the under
side of the arch.
This bridge Is of white or very light
sandstone, and, as In the case of the
Caroline, filaments of green and
orange-tinted lichens run here and
there over the mlghtj buttresses and
along the sheltered crevices under the
lofty cornice, giving warmth and color
to the wonderful picture. Century.
The title of "the Kuitau of Suhi"
.is a comic opera sound bich, a
writer In Everybody's Magazine de
Mares, j carried out by the appearance
ind behavior of this Oriental potentate.
Ilie sultan and bis mite were once n
'ertalned at luncheon on board a I'nlt
d States transport. None of them had
ver been on board a large vessel be
fore. The visit was full of surprisa
ind excitement for them.
They looked the biiip over at Drat
with stolid Interest, and the sultaa
himself set off the six-pounder with
out flickering an eyelid. But at last.
In the saloon, some one attemped to
xplain the mystery of the lncandea
ent lamps, and there the natives wer
lurprised out of their reserve.
Evan the sultan's face showed
urns semen t when an army oflicer
-cached up and turned a lamp on and
off repeatedly. Hit highness ordered
one of bis suite to do it The fellow!
face went greenish for a moment, but,
ueverthelems, he reached up trembling
ly and touched it as he might hava
a hot brand. When he found that it
did not hurt him. and that the light
actually olieyed the impulse of hia
finger-tips, he was the most excited
Moro in the archipelago. His excite
c.eiit was contagcous. Nearly ev-ry
ane iu the isuite started for a lamp on
lis own account, and the cabin was a
bewilderment of tho-liing lamps.
I'rescntly Oriental cunning got tne
'letter of amazement, ami one or two
if them tried to fool the lamps. A
fellow would steal quietly tip to a
oiilb and reaching forward, suddenly
lurn it on, evidently with the inten
tion of catching it napping. Or he
would turn It off and Jump away, ap
parently with the name intention. But
Ihe lamps refused to lie fo iled, and the
facial expression that followed each
failure was ludicrous to behold.
Of course they wanted to know what
made the light. It was impossible to
rive them a history of electrical devel
opment, but an ollicer present tliomrht
f giving an object-lesson that would
prove a short cut to knowledge.
He directed four or live of them to
Muiid in Hue, holding hands. Then the
uen on the ends of the line were told
?nch to grasp the brass part of a lamp.
Vhey did so, nnd instantly the entire
line sustained an electric shock. They
were too astonished to speak, and not
Knowing enough to let go, they just
! iiod there, with wonder and fear surg
:ig from face to face.
The officers broke them apart at last
and took them In to luncheon, but tney
were changed men. Tuey had had an
experience Ihat passed all Oriental un
derstanding. The luncheon was a more or less
dignified affair, varied by interpreted
compliments and the agonies of the
sultan's olllclal taster. It was easy
to see that although the taster was
an habitual necessity to the sultan's
peace of mind, on this occasion, ut
least, his function was purely perfunc
tory. Of what avail was the protec
tion of a poor human taster- against
magicians who could make lamps to
burn without oil, who could send tho
trpnll of unrest to twitch In one's body
ike the fever?
Colors that Are Not F.say to See.
What color Is least easily seen al
a distance? One would naturally say,
some dull neutral tint, a somber gray
or brown. This has been the conclu
sion of most military men, and or.r
brilliant dress uniforms have given
way for practical campaigning to
kbaki and other dull colors. Is this a
mistake? Possibly so, according to
the results obtained In recent experi
ments in England. It has been found
there that masses of dull color are very
much more conspicuous nt a distance
than mixtures of bright tints. For In
stance, a battery of field artillery
'whose carriages nnd caissons were
decorated with strips of red, blue nnd
yellow could be made nut 'with 'diffi
culty nt a thousand yards, while other
j batteries painted 0 uniform brown ot
drab were easily seen at great distances.-
It would 1-ecti) ns If, on the
Mme principle, n regiment of gnyij
dressed troops might be less e.icilj
visible thnn one wholly garbed In dull
colored khaki. Success.
A OimCULT FEAT.
This sport is lots of fun for the
players, and still more for the spec
:ators, and a thick rug will remove all
la tiger of bumps or bruises. Over the
rug old newspapers should be spread
to catch candle grease.
The players kneel on their left
knees, facing each other, on the pa
pers. Each hoids his right foot in hia
right hand, and a caudle, In a holder.
In his left hand.
One candle is burning, the other la
not, and the trick is to light tlie sec
ond cnndle from the first.
It does not look easy, and it ia a
great deal more difficult than it looks.
It is pretty hard to keep your bai-
The act ov balancing.
a nee on one knee, especially the left
knee, and It is hard for many people
to do anything requiring exactness or
delicacy with the left hand.
You are very likely to topple over
sldcwise, and will have to let your
right foot, and perhaps even the can
lie, go and catch yourself as best yoa
can.
Now I would not describe this trick
If It were absolutely necessary to use
a flghted caudle, spill grease about,
and possibly burn yourself or get fire
to your clothes or the bouse. The
'trick will be safer, though Just na
I difficult nnd amusing, If other thluga
are substituted for the candles,
i For example, one boy tuny try to
bnnd a letter or a card to tlie other.
This is, comparatively easy.' When
you lmve ninstc.red.it, try exchanging
rurds, which you may-find Very dllB
.ni'.t. ''
Or one boy niny try to slip a ring
1 very loose one, of course on or oil
v.he other's finger, or to write on a
;ard held In the other's hand.
The phonograph Is now as commoi
In the rural district! at the cubino
organ uaml to be.
Every one seems to be going uironga
'.he world compelled to see a good
lent of the society of those be doeau't
snjny. '