fT" THE FILLOYV THArS
Jam may talk- f your battle erarred heroes
Of mtrtjn and atl of the reat.
Cst there another 1 think Jat worthy
Tba teUow UjU' doing bla beat.
i
IXc doeaot wear gnld braid and tlnarj.
Nor ride on the wave' highest crea
Bat be'e alway where duty
Thl fUow that a doing
Ko trumpet blare tella of bla coming.
For tame be U never la quest;
Cot he' alway a hero, thl fellow
Who ia alway found doing bla beat
Vnd I'm aare In the day of tbe Judgment,
When many shall fall at the tear.
flkere'U be one who will pan wttbout traubW
The fellow that doing
And the gatea of the heavenly city.
The beautiful home of the beat.
Will awing wide for my hero
The fellow that's doing
'Dallaj (Texas) New.
;
A MATTER OF BUSINESS 1
,o
f DONT deny any of your claim.
II Elgby, but It has been one of ojr
rule to give such a post aa th!a
ary to married men. I bd.ere th.re
tomes to a man-led man a certain
tense of respouaibil ty which make)
him more valuable to us and more
tare In the portion."
"But, Mr. John n." protested youn
ftlgby. "there Isn't a man on your
traveling force who ha done teter
lor you, couslJerlng the bud terr.tory
bou gave me. If you'd give me n
Chance at New York State I'd break
tbe record."
: "Perhaps, hot you'll have to pet
arried Bret! No, don't argue," r-ltcr-4
ted Mr. John in aa Kiel y t ied to
Interrupt "We'll bold the place op,-n-
or two weeks. If at the end of that
4lme you can show me a marriage
ertl8cate well talk business.
"You belong to a club here In town.
Bave apartments waiting for you
trhen you come In from your trips, g
ao the theater some, play the race a
dt eh r
1 Rigby nodded hi head.
i "Cut it out and get a wife."
1 "But I don't know any girl
arbo'd
i "VVhatr almost hontcd Mr. Jobn
Ki, "do you mean to tell me that In
I 11ATK TOC
11 your bumping around tbe country
f ou've never met a girl you wool I
.-llously con-siiler inar.ying?'
lUgty's mind travel U n.p d y over
Bis hst of acqual.itaueta tie raise 1
bis bead, aud caught a pair of b-own
yes watching him from tbe (!e k in
lbi far corner of Mr. Joh: am's office.
4 he ejes beortg"d to Johnsou's p.i
Bi.te HU-nosrruphrr.
"No. 1 don't know a girl I'd care
to marry, nor a girl who'd care to
tearry rue."
"Well. I'll he hanged!" ejaculated
air. Johnson.
Uigby was standing rp. He bad
tforgotten tbe I.Mvin (ye by th s lime
fie ustinlly to j. ot girls ju t this en.ly
- "Hut I'll tell you th s mm h. Mr
anhuaon. 1 o;i't p' op se to let a I tt!
tiling like not having a wife stinid
IVtween lie and that-job. I'm goin,'
to get l o b Inside of two weeks."
. Mr. Johnson, senior member of 'he
Johnson Muniifurtii hig (Vitnpany,
Chuckled. He bad 1 ked .Rigby fr i "
the hour tli lad had started out in
th Pennsylvania coni territory to n dl
Johnson shoe 4. but he would not vary
tils long s' a nding rule tbe best jobi
CD the married men.
Wllllmet who bad long In Id th
tew York ter l ory, was go ng Into
business for himself, and his p isit.on
Bra the one for wblrb Rigby was
taking.
1iHriey Rigby crowed the square,
t))s bands thrust drrp'y Into his p k
Bt. bis bat pulled over hisejes. He
Java thinking about g.r.a'
Warn bla father's niony had ben
'Bwept away by II a Jrlawl loviKimenis
tV bad rat loos from Ida mother"
jfM-e-ple. who hid always i evented ber
anarflagr with km rfa'oiiary, cany-
volttg lUjrliy ,Xow be flashed that b
ikaaT Jct la tenth with tbm aud tbeir
sjartel life.
fCotonliy of ftratle breeding sod In
- C5afk. ke Bad not cared for ia clas
ft rrta be atet liriii Hfe as a n-
"C-5Tf wvei r. aw ,m "f
f'k tatm liaanir Jitarr. WB ra ear
' " J ta In tbe tbea ar anal awaa aim
rasl tatMka. :':--.. r
ra the iaa araa aai tatai
yr O artliasCj tm. bat
rr' ' io'tir
vr
DOING HIS BlSTt
demand
hi beat.
bla
to en
bla beat.
i
In Bcranton bad Invited him (d dinner
every time be railed on ber fatber
but she was not just the aort
And matrimony was a gamble, a
lottery, after all. It waa juat th)
same whether you knew a girl a day
or a year. You never really knew her
until you married ber. Lots cf the
married men had told him so.
Then all of a sudden be remembered
the brown eyes that had watched him
during Johnson's merclieas catechism.
Merrifleld. the bookkeeper, saunter
ed In for lunch, and lUgby web-ora -d
him Joyously. After a few desultory
remarks he inquired about the owner
of the brown eyes.
"You reiiienjbfr Darntia, who wai
killed In U.e Suraervllie i-olion last
(iinmicr? Well, she's his daughter.
Relle Haniton. I think her mother's
folks have money, but she wc too
proud to a.sk help, and she lives with
ber father's maiden sister. I frues
all they have Is ber little salary."
Hlgby tramjed ten miha tbrontrh
the park that afternoon, and reached
a decision. It was a coincident that
both should be very nearly alone In
the world. And then her eyes were
appealing. And be really knew her,
for often when Mr. Johnson bad been
away she bad written him little notci
on the road.
That uixbt he walked borne with
Miss Brown-eyea. The next night h
called, the third idbt be took her t
the theater but ail tbe while the
brown eyes never met bis.
And Sunday night of the following
week be naked her to marry biin.
There were four days of grace.
"You know, 1 won't bother yon very
much," be explained awkwardly,
wishing that tbe eye were not look
ing straight Into Lis. "I'll I'll be on
tbe road most of the time, and your
aunt could stay with you only In n
much better bous' and really, I'll d
my best to make you baj py "
Tbe brown cyca weie ahooting
sparks now.
"I'm glud yon didn't have the Im
pertinence to tell me you loved me,
anyhow. There is that much to y iur
credit," she was s.ijlng ornf uJy.
"Hut you couldn't make me happy. I
hate you 1
Kbe said more, but Hlgby could ttol
exactly recall It I'erbaps be dMn't
want to recall It "I hate you!" That
was quite enough.
Aud all of a sudden he realized that,
above all things, be did not wish this
girl to hale biin. lie wonted ber to
love him. wnntel it more than ntiy
Ihlng else In tbe world even the po
sition. "
Three days later Mr. Johnson
opened a letter from Klgt.y, dated In
a small IVunsylvania town.
"I have charged my mind. I don't
want tbe New-York Job' until 1'vo
larneil y wife." '
Then he wrote of sales and custom
ers. Johns-ill ilirtated an answer to
the business part of tbe letter and
Ignored the reference to a future mar
raise. '
Hi- gave KlgVy'a letter to trie b-oivn-eved
steiiovriipber to fd" with tbe r.-ac
of his day s eo. r p indeaee, and nhi
read the all-lmportunt paragraph more
than once.
And M that long, bitter wlntrr
Itlgtiy stayed on the road, lift "shtmn -d
tbe theater and do :d bis eyia to th
racing news. But be sold goods and
wrote rejjpilarly 'to the senior mem tier
of the firm. " '
"Itlgby'sigot the trade In pennayl
vsnla by the boot strap and palling
on It to beat tbe band, ola rrel
Johnson to bla partner oae day In
tbe presence of tbe brown-eyed
stenographer. "He ia eurely trying to
make a record."
And be little tennerapher. endT
rarer of her typewriter desk, gar a
loving pat ta a fat order Itlgby hud
lost sent In
, It w snmaiar. before Rlrby pnt th
nneetlon again, sad fall before the
wedding day waa set. Rig by protest
ed. bnt abe waa firm. ' , ' """ " "
" wlinf yon to Mate aha' ira trip,"
be aald slyly. "I want ta writ yon
utery day for nyw If. All our i-or
reafMtM'aiiee aeretofore baa leaii pure
ly a (natter of .bnaesa." Ha hsoked
at refsaaeaf nl f
"Taa." sae adJnl. satffliHi tra4tly
f rvtM nU hrtwn tsa ttani f
-7.I
'"Jt..7C VJ. iJZZ To C
la yaa. aar, for yonf
m ant aom letters af my
We'll make It Just a year from the day
VI r. Jobnaoa told yoa to go aUs-bunt-lng."
UIgby alghed resignedly.
"All right, but tell m Just one
thing. Belle, dear. Why did yon wst b
me so closely the day Johns n akd
ma If there wasn't aom girl I rouii
marry In a hurry T"
"Beeaoae because
ind
th
the
brown eye were covered with
weeping lashes now, "I wm s ao
afraid there might be." Boston Glob.
PLACES TO AVOta
Bare Ar Few BckIoiw la Wadca Ufa
la Not Joy.
Aa place of residence, neither tbe
Babrieo Island. In tbe I'ersiaa Gulf,
nor the city of Yakutsk, Siberia, have
much to offer In the way of cbjuate,
aay the Washington I"ot. "revoIutionU the map of the South
In Babriea you cook and In Yakutsk itlantle ocean by finding relatively
you freeze. Itahrien la said to be tba ballow water where peclally deep
hot teat place In the world! Tbe tber-. rater waa exjiected." Tbe expedition
moiueter often register between 1VJ rent ISO miles farther south than Uoas
and 120 degre a. nlgbt and day, fur -net rated in that part of the antarctic
months at a time. 1 bla rather beats vgiona.
Fort Yuma, Aria, which 1 considered Tb, j.p,,, eIMi i making of
tk hottest place In the United State. Mper rom the bark of tree and
Yakutsk I called tbe coldeat city in rab Aniong the remarkable rarle-
tbe world. Tbe thermometer frequent- fle)I lK 0 Kalrcblld mentions tbe thin
ly registers 73 degree Ulo aero. aim-proof paper, used Instead of glass
Tbougb Yakutak la the coldeat city y,r win(i0W(l lled parere, serving
in the world, Verkhowauak. in north- ;or coTerlngj and clothing, and tbe
eastern Siberia, claims to be tbe cokl- ,llei tlaue for wrapping delicate arti
est Inhabited plate on the globe, tbe xD bark paper, employed for
thermometer registering 00 degree seal and grain sacks, la not readily
below aero in January. enetrated by weevils and other In
It also claim to be the rda" P" lect. Most Interesting of alb perhaps,
easing the most variable climate, for ire th leather papers, from which
while It is 90 degrees below In Jana- tobacco pouchea and pipe case are
ary. It la SO alve In the shade lu riade, these papers belnc almost as
August during tbe day, with a drop lough as French kid, translucent, and
down to freezing every midsummer is soft and pliable as calfskin,
night it ta generally known that lightning
Tbe wettest p'.aee In the world Is diking the ground sometimes forms
Greytown, Nicaragua, where the an- i,, uDeij w;ln fU(WHi minerals, but
nual rainfall la 200 laches. romparatlvely few persons have ever
Tbe driest place In tbe world Is ,, the phenomena. In April last
probably tbe ralnl ss coast of north- jrlng thunderstorm In Kssex, En-
ern Chile. They have a shower there un , t)a)j 0f nre wblch awraed to
about once In every ten years. Notbiuj rn8t dnrU In all directions, was seen
grows on th'.a desolate strip of barren genrenA from the clouds. There
roast and thn dreary town from Knn a rrnsblng explosion, snd sfter-
which tbe nllratej and the mineral -nrd. In an oat ncld, three distinct
mined In that region are shipped tie-
pend for their sul s s euce upon fool
brought to them In ships f oru tbe fer-
tile strips to the north and south of
tbe desert
Northern Hussla and the shores of
the French Kongo are m d to le tha
cloudiest place In the world, end for
fog there is no region like the Ornnl
Hanks, the southern const cf New
foundland and tbe water of Nova
Scotia.
This region is one or rog ior a larsru
part of the year and the very home
of tbe fog Is the Island of Orani
Manan. at the entrant or tbe Bay of
Ftindy. where, the sailors declare, the
native manufacture fo?. When
bank of specially thick fog is seen an-
proacblng over tbe water tbe mar- inflnencei By the winds. In conse
Iner turn to each other and say, Tin ounr. . huee ber mar often be seen
Grand Manancrs are at work."
.-
i ..i-iitinn to it other dbtliictlon
the year 1!K marks the completion of
two centuilea since the first America a
..,.,,r n, atarted. savs Leslie's
Weeklv. That vwr was the Boston
News U tter, whose publisher anj Both In England and Germany motor
editor was tbe postmaster of tba! ear and omnibuses are about to be em
town. Althoi'gh tiie Newa letter ron pioyed for carrying and dlstrihutins
sisted of a sheet of only 7 Inches by the malls. Tbe Knglish jxwtmaster
Iti y.. nrinted on l o h siiie-i. It was thi general lias just arranged for the car-
only paper that England' colonic in
tbe new world had for over a decad
and a baif.
lbiladcl:)bla got tbe s;c-
sbll-bel in Ametba and
ond paper t
New York got the th rd. All tbee
were technically weeklies, but often
lu the early dnys there were Inb-rvaa
of two or three weeks Iwtaetu tbeif
successive apprarauca. The first
daily paper In the new world was tb
Vmeriean Oally' Advenlser, piluted la
I biladelpbla. Aft. r neatly a century
had elapsed lm the first nrWKpa;'r
U ' V" , , V
there were only flfte n dad s uud
41,;. t nw l,
190 wei'kUes U the I'nlt d K ates.
The contrast I ef-vi e;i tboae days
and to-day Is Mr.Uug. Tber; are -1.-(
isi newspapeia and pet I odl'-als of ail
sort; week lb s, Reml-weekiles, rl
wci'klles. monthlies and iiirterl s
published In the I'u'.te I State- in 10 'I,
nf which 2.4HO are iade and Ifi.'OO
weeklies. Any one or two or tbr
of New York's daiiy papers of 11
has a larger circulation than did nil
the dallv and week'r imiwr uublinhc-J
lu the t'tdfe-1 States In t)l. of the lio.ston Heiull. This hm'Mamt-
- ed room, which for many decades has
Winer lint. Ar-Mmm-ilc. contalmd lio httig but an old ir u:
A reputable scimdtlc p-iblb-ntion ll i,uj 1,,.. kui touikJihI ly heaps of
sponsor lor the s'a emi nt that lbmru,,W(,hi lB bout the be-it pte-es ve I
exirt In at least three place in tin auti,te remnant of 1b original
State or Indiana springs or wellj ut,tM.y f Eslward the Confiasor, hii.I
wboae wsters posss marked masquer. )t rjva m,ariy every other jiortion In
Ism and re able to Impart it to te kjiorlcal assocbilion. The chapel was
object dipped therein. This prop -ny p,reu ita name be ausi, In addition to
bn been retnlited of other spring In fIie roJ.B funds? the regalia and otb-r
various parts Of the wo Id. but ucli tn.a!,,iies. it formerly contained the
tale bare been received by acientinc pyx." this being, the offlebil box
men with caution. , jjh to be Men In wlibb the gold ant
In tbl case the tngneOam seem aiTer coins used In detecting counter
arise from tbe fact that conalderabla teil were kept At one end of Hik
qnanfitiea of carbonate of Iron are d - diapel are the remains of what la ge 1
oiTed In tbe water. Wben 11 tsnd eraily supfxmed to be iin adar.'tnou.h
for aome time thl deniiMse ii.ta ouie expert Insist that I! is (be tomb
arbotdc acid gas.' which la' i p -a, ami 0f inHollii, lie wa the orlgluaf
magiietlr 1roa oxide, which fells totb treaKiirer of the Conf.asor and Is KHid
bottom of the containing vessel as a t Usve watched over the excheqner
powder. Wben tbe decomposition hat wltb a rlgtisme that kept even, his
ceased tba water la no longer mag- royal master In awe.
netle. . , The Kings of llnglsnd are snpposd
'(beae sprlnji are said to eanaa per to have kept their treasriive snd pre
ceptlble devist on of a eomias 'n.'' ,.oni doi iiiuviisli ffi tbe I'vi cbupr
dleatBJ'li' knife' Minis' ImifteYsed foi Frer stm tl'Ato&m. . a . U
Ova miinifea In on f tba npil k II The place la reached from the east-
mgnetbal suttieleiviy to simtaln itea rrn cloister of the abbey, and It Is
dlea by Ita point raianilug ibis prop oarded by an undent double ilmr
erty far thirty hours. 'JDe water cor having no I cm than seven key, worn
radea lo otutlv boiler. bi alien al them of gigantic dlajrneiona
I0wa4 to ataad "till till the eartsMan
ttt all 3BSan) taa ta aaaj wlH
On of th recent intereatlnp food
licoverie ia that the growth and fat-
"'"S oyster may be promoted by
bpptylng with commercial fertlllrers
be minute diatom oa which the bl
ithe thrive, Tbla discovery ta due
Dr. IL r. Moore of th United
Hatee Bureau of Plaheriea.
A letter from Mr. Bruce, leader of
le Scottish Antarctic expedition, ln
bcatea some additional discoveries In
Le south pour rrgioa. Mr. Hrucc'
tarty reached tbe southeastern extrem
ty of WedJell Sea, and dlacoverel
here a great barrier of Ice, part of
i,e ,utarctlc continent
Many sound
ng, Were made which, Mr. Bruce aays
! 0f holes ranging from nine Inches
jwn to one Inch In diameter, were
found In the ground. They were ht-
ferlly circular. diminUhlng In s!7 an
thev went deeper, and were cut
through the yellow clay as clean as
iuger boles.
In the investigation of the currents
round the cosst of Newfoundland It
lias been observed that there Is at
limps a wide difference In the direction
of the drift of Iceberg and that of
,)le flat or .,an w,jCD having no
(trrat dP,,f u governed In Its motions
... tDe .,(.. Purr,.nta and the winds.
w,,rCiI, t.ie leeberga. the larger part
of wulch , BUDnu.rK(K to a great
,,, f0iow oiiiv the movement of
wter , WD0e an are on.
malesticallv maintaining It alow ad
vance In opposition to the wind and
i general motion of tbe Held
of surrounding It The sealers
u'""usc 7
niooring their vessels to an iceberg In
orJer to Prevpr,t a drlft iwrwarU.
T'"K ofhe mail between the HcUto:,
terininus of the Great Western Hail-
wy te "7 w ""'
"'" t'1 sttentiou having been at
tracted by tne ktmi success ot tnese
vehicles as tiaHwenspr feeder tor the
railroad In sparsely settled districts
' u.c- ,..a.. w c,u ,v ,..
r(,!,1 '"ll,r car f.or ulu11 P
pout service, both for main and branch
lo.ids. On the main roads the cars
are to he large enough to accommo
date passenger truffle also. Street mo
tor cars for mail distribution are also
contemplated, and In country districts
; . ' .,
having no railroad connections such
cur art- to deliver and collect the
mails.
ANUfcrtT KiX tAfL
Trcamirs Vault in Wt-ntmitniter Abbey
ticii to tlte 1'ubiic
The famous "I'yx chapel" in West
ndiiKter abbey, the am lent treasure
fault of tbe iii;)i.h kings, is no op.ni
to the puLd.c ami lighted vlih e.ecs
trieity. wnt.-s a fp -ci.il core?p unieiit
And tt la wall' that the oM-tlma
"taeasNrte," aa tba Mstarfana rallad It
tssiat
aaalitttlag tta faia
ablaa that aver tatraated to rb) fce9
ing. Tbeae luriuded. beside tba tieaa-
or rtest th regidia of tLe Satoi
u anarchy, the boly cr"s of HolyMod,
from Scotland, the boly cros of ft
Neot from Wales, the ampulla of
Henry IV, the dagger which wounded
Edward I. at Acre, and tbe gauntlet
worn by John of France at roUH-ra.
Her also formerly were arme
mightily interesting relic conneI
with Henry VIII. tbe mu'di-marriel
king. Among them was tbe pspnl !ml.
giving Henry the title of "Iefendr of
the Faith," the a ill of the monarch
aud also that of his father, as wel) as
a whole bag of documents In con ie
tlon with Henry's divorce from yuvt
Catherine.
When American visitor are shown
Into the I'yx chal. (16 doubt their
attention will be caited to the fact that
under the" clamps of the gnat door
can be felt a sutisiance wnicn oss
nothing whatever to do with tbe d'lor1
construction. It la the skin or a man.
and It waa taken forcibly from Its
wearer liecause be had forcib'y tsk-n
some of the treasures that the chapel
contained.
This "borglarlrlnK" of the chapel
tbe only on record liappen'-d In tbe
reign of Edward I. while tl it sover
eign was In Scotlund. How he thief
managed to ge !n. the hlsto. ans do
not ay, but whr tbe treasury ffl'l ils
next visited the chapel, th-y fonn I
boxes broken open. Jewels '-atterel
atotit the uoor and several previous
object missing iiiiuiih Ibrua the con
secration ring of Henry III., and the
reigning klng'a own seal.
At thl time, of course, tbe atjbey
still was such in fact as well as name.
It was obvious that some of Its eccle
siastical tenant must have" ten the
thief, and forty-e'ght monks, as wed
cs the abliot himself, were "taken lnt
cunbidy" and all tried, with the result
that the crime was finally brought
home to the aub prlor and sa-rlst wlt'i
what results the cpldermi under th !
Iron clamp Indicates.
After this robbery, tbe royal funds
were removed from the I'yi chapel
and secrete. elsewhere.
Finally the old room was placed In
the provide hamls of the loard of
trade, whose otll' l.-iH the pul lie has t
thank for eventually I elng allowed to
Inspect the famous room.
THE GH iTTO G'-Oa MAKER
Cmrloua (k-cnpntinii of an Aifed Jew
V bu llukn Globea,
In a tenemei.t house In the ghetto
Uvea a skilled Jewish globemakcr.
whose bnndiwork finis Its way Into
the homes of his countrymen snd the
museums of curio hunters uptown.
The mapped spheres of manufacture
are een everywhere, but bis globes
are not of this Ilk. The ball of wood
which la tbe foundation Is tenderly
covered with a papery substance until
he thinks It Is thick enough. Wire
painted a bright red or green Is strung
through the poles; wire aim) makes tbe
axia. With tbe aid of Instruments
which have been In his family for gen
erations, he divides the surface Into
hemispheres; then Uie equator Is desig
nated; tbe lines of latitude and longi
tude are painted In.
The maps whieb he uses are Import
ed from France, and come In nearly
100 pieces. It requires the greatest
possible skill b fit them onto the globe
iu exactly the right position. But tbe
old man's flngnrs have become accus
tomed to tbe work and he rarely makes
a mistake. He dm not seem to be
thinking of bis work, either, but In
tones in an absent-minded way from
his beloved Talmud. Tbe lingers from
long rubbing and fitting are as sensi
tive at the tip as those of a piano
player. -
"All," be says to the writer, "when I
hold the globe that way I know my
thumb will be In a certain town In
Itussia, and my small finger in an Isl
and In the Atlantic Ocean If
these things are not so, I 11 111 sure tbe
map is Incorrect."
For his own people and a few cus
tomers be Indulges In novelties such
as putting in moon, sun and stars of
different metals. The bases of the
globe are or;i of pictiirein charac
ter. Une was made of liifTerent wood
from Jerusalem fashioned to repre
sent the steps to Solomon's temple;
the symbolism being that the globe
rested upon the foundation of the holy
structure. Another hit 1 crudely paint
ed upon it various s -eiies from the say
ings of the prophets with such lines
as:
"Say nnto the cities of Jud.ih, Be
hold your God."
"And the ransomed of the Lord shnli
return aud come singing unto Zion."
"Break forth Into Joy, sing together,
ye waste places of. Jerusalem."
The old gJobeuwker does not toll by
tbe hour; bis. work Is his day dream
and (Ills all bis waking moments. The
children of the tmienirnt rush Into lni.
bumble abode to see htm decora ling
hi spberen before they go to school lu
tbe morning; at twilight they conic
again when their tasks are over; they
gate with wondering eyes as he paste
on Asia. Europe" and Africa, late lit
tbe evening. When they bsve grown
tna'tlred, halve kissed him od-nlght-.
and are fast asleep In their beds, be Ir
till disking stars and moons or care
fully fitting together the tails 'of rem)
eltront rlrera tiny have become nilxe'
up with 0onnbilns. states, lake am!
mean3 Jl vlna iifj relation whatever tt.
- ''diiMiMeHiiirriiariif
"Don't yan tbjbk Mat tba world b-
gettlug bs'tterr
"Yea," answered the mlanntbrop
"If convaleaeiil. but if a long a a.
from a care.' Wad.l.igt n Star.
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. Wblrb ; a-otjld yon rat ber paopb
atfe riva?
COLLEOE fHAWKS.
at Eayttoh Madcaa Ava BBaaaa
1 ku la Ttu CMstry.
American students ar hardly aa at
tbe BritUh staudrd ia tba playlag at
college prauk. Not long go oa a
wi:er a freshman of Trinity Culiaaa,
Cambridge, dressed la hla Jatcra
tlothea aud called on th bead Of tna
coiiege to complain that "ber brother"
ta being brutally Ul-treated by IM
college authorities. He wa. ao "aba"
asserted, overworked, under fad and
cmeliy flotged.
The bent.oient old bead a maa
much more lnned against than ala
nlng listened to these cbargea In hela
'.ess amazement
"But my dear young lady " ta
exclaimed.
Thereupon "she" burst Into a atom
of sob and would not be comforted.
Hi protestations of Innocence anlf
made "ber" weep the more copiously.
Tbe detr old man never bad a woraa
quarter of an hour.
The following week be aaw taa
Freaiiman play a woman' part la a
comedy aud the truth slowly dawned
upon him. Meanwhile, the Freshman
had collected the bet and spent tba
uioDey In a "party." which ended la
half a doaen student trying to light
the police force of Cambridge and
spending Uie night In Jail.
The oid "town and gown" rtota,
which ued to be ucb a atrenooae
feature of life lu English universillea,
seldom occur nowaday, but there waa
one In Oxford not many year aga
which raged for three days and night
uninterruptedly. Over MO poMcemea
were eventually required to reatore the
peace. Houses and abupg were wreck
ed and many a townsman and gowun
man bad to be patched up In the local
hospital afterward.
Being an ardent politician. It ia nat
ural that the undergraduate should
make tbe college elections, which ara
fought on political lines, exceedingly
lively affairs. Some of the leading
universities return member of I'arlla
metit to represent them In the lloue
of Commons, but they are elected by
the dons and graduates without much
funs and excitement. The real fun la
over" the election of the chancellor, the
Wird res-tor, or whatever tbe honorary
bend of the unlcrlty may be called,
for In that election the undcrgrada
ates take a hand.
This position Is sought by the great
est men in (he land men of the cal
iber of Gladstone, Salisbury, Mortef
and Balfour. And they are willing ta
go through a most severe ordeal ta
win It
A great statesman who away tba
House of ('ominous and helps to shapa
the destines of Europe goea election
wring among a mob of yelling coilegn
boy, mul they think nothing of pelt
ing hi 111 with red ochre, bluing and rot
leu eggs If he happen to lie of tba
opposite political stripe. Election day
la always a wild pandemonium in a
university town. Wise people stay at
home and put up the shutters.
FIXING HIGH NOON AT 8EA.
Wireleo Telegraphy Hi pre ted KesM la
Overcome tho llillicully.
The most momeutous .improvement
in navigation .siuce the invention of
the chronometer, more than 140 year
ago, bus just been foreshadowed in a
ni.hiei-t paragraph lu the report of lb
chief of the bureau of equipment of
the United Slates navy.
"it Is believed," hitys Chief Mae
ney, "that the development of wire
lexs teli grapby wilt enable these (tlmoj
siginiis to be distributed over water aa
well as over land, aud lltat before long
every ship at sea. In addition to every
hind station, will Twelve dally nooa
signals from the hU mi aril observatory
clock." .
What does that mean Nothing lesa
than the elimination of the last ele
ment of uncertainty from tbe probiem
of llniliug the position of a Klilp at
sea. Hitherto the one weak p.'iut la
( navigation has been the difficulty of
carrying standard time oil a voyage.
Observation for local time a welt
as for latitude nitvc been exact, but
the compiii isou of local standard Uma
for obtaining the lougiTtide has in
rtdvrd a certain amount of guess Woia.
'I lie U-st clironomettfr 1h not quite in
fallible, and some ailuwance, wblch
may not be precisely right has always
to be made tor errors.
But with time signals received from
a mit.oiiaf observatory every day at
noon the mariner will know his way
over any part of tbe wide ocean as ae
curately as If -he were threading a
liuujed channel.. The . chronometer
will Join the cross-staff and tbe sstro
lubeon the Junk heap of discarded
makeshifts.
And of course a ship that ctfn con.
mimical with the shore for one pur
pose is equally In touch with Hie world
for any other communication it ueedg
to make.
Almost a Cntifetwleaw
Jepnle That t-pl eful Mr. Chatter,
ton suid your huslmnd wa old and
ugly uud Hint you only married aba
lor bis roney, ' . '
. Nettie Add what did you aijr, dart
Jennie I said I was slira you dldut
tin anything of tbe ort -
Nettle Old you er meet my haa
bandT ,e -, . , ,
Jennie No; t never had that plant
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Nettle-! thought ao.
' fc ' .I
' " Point or view.
' f'Wd jron uoio'a, bow . I ajavad tta)
ilMllenc biaVHidhi' aahsi lb atua
elir eluelitlotilst
"XIovh.1 imi't the pmper aaaw rat
t." repolned bla crltbal frtend,
' little Uort of stampede,"
The tiuui, 1 11 1 1 dr en, 1 that V&ef
leauty kut arlU bar aamU r-rat (j
soared.
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