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LATE COL. J) A VIS.
IB WAS
A MAN OF
ABILITY.
GREAT
BfFT BlPiMO nnnvtl 0 t It m. Tnt At rat.
V' Wl''OB of the Chief Promoter of
th Great Kililtiltlon A Veteran of
If. v) IH Civil VTr and Intll.iu War.
P;9'4fc.C4llrGeorgo It. Davis, lato director
ceaeral of the world's fair and who
' died; In Chicago recently, was a man
of dxtraordlnnry cxecutlvo ability and
had a varied career. Ho was n lawyer,
A statesman, a politician, and a busi
ness man. Ho was born In Palmer,
Mats., January 3. lSIO.of Welsh-Scotch
parents. In 1SC0 ho graduated from
Wllllntnn npnilnniv. nml nnnnt thn next
l""" iwa'vpnrn In Imalnpsu with lila father
'-la Qprlngflold, Mass.
( At the outbreak of the war ho en
$v listed and went to tho front as captain
of company 11 of tho Eighth Massachu-
COL. GEORGE R. DAVIS.
etts. After serving with distinction
accepted a commission with tho
rd Rhode Island cavalry, and later
was promoted to tho position of ina-
At tho closo of tho war ho had
M ' "i .'vtho brevet rank of colonel und becamo
"1 $ t ivhttnehed to the headquarters of Gen.
ji&r,lierldan, and later was nuulo supcrln-
(f ,jtcndent of railroad, river and ocean
T v4 transportation.
' ,...U9K.Tf. . .t.- t.1l.. . ,
mr.u was in iuu inuj.ui LuuipuiijiiH ui
the west In 1SCS and followed Gen.
Sheridan to Chicago, where in 1871 ho
Resigned to accept tho management of
ho Interests of several eastern Insur
inco companies. Carter II. Harrison
defeated him for congress In 1876, but
years later Mr. Davis was elected.
Iwlco thereafter ho was re-elected and
cd his district with distinction.
hen he retired from, congress in 1S81
Etlll continued to be a member of
Republican national committee
1 of tho national cxecutlvo commlt-
lt was his Intention nt that tlmo
ctlre from active politics, but ho
was persuaded to make the run for
sounty treasurer and was elected.
hen ho becamo Identified with tho
rellinmnry plans for tho Columbian
xposltlon, and was selected In 1S90 as
trcctor-gencral. Ills success in this
capacity won for him tho crowning
lolnt of his life. Tho past few years of
Tila llfn lin i1nvnfml tn hfa tuttilnnaa
NStfKilnterests.
W$MFAOTS ABOUT AMERICAN CITIES
v Swiss
iPh'otno Data ItcKtinllnir Ilenltli, l'oiiiilit-
tlon anil Other Conditions.
Anticipating tho work of tho census
tinkers and acting on Instruction.! from
congress, the department of labor at
Washington has Issued statistics relat
ing to nil the cities In the United
.States of n population of 30,00) or
more. It was found that there were
110 such cities and the statistic;; col
lected throw much Interesting light on
their status and development. T.'io
oldest city In tho United States is Al
bany, N. Y., which was Incorporated
ii 1C8C, Philadelphia dating fifteen
years later. Now York, Chicigo and
Philadelphia nro tho only American
itles whoso population runs Into tho
n'llllons. Some 'odd contrasts aro
ptesented In tho tables which give tho
area covered by the different cities. It
appears that Taunton, Mass., occupies
n territory greater than that of cither
RoEton or Baltimore New Orleans, a
city of 285,000 Inhabitants, covers 125.
C00 acres, while Newark, N. J with a
population of about tho samo size, oc
cupies less than 12,000 acres. Ono ex-
LiPccs to find tho manufacturing dis
tricts of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts
i.nd Illinois closely packed, but It in
surprising to notlco that Rlchrrond,
Va., covers only G.520 acres and Louis
ville, Ky 12,800 acres, as compared
with Duluth, Minn., and Des Moines,
iowa, which, wltn much smaller popu
lations In each case, covers r?spectlvo
l.v 40,960 and 31,500 acres. The health
statistics show that McKeosport, Pa.,
is perhaps tho healthiest city in tl:l3
country. Its rato of deaths from con
sumption is only 1.09 per thousand, as
compared with 12 In Boston and New
Vork and 2G In Denver, Col., duo, nt
course, to tho fact that consumptive
losort to Denver from all pares of tho
country. Tho rate of 13.00 death J per
thournnd from old ago (considerably
tho highest on tho list) Is accredited to
Salt Lako city, a condition to account
for which no theory has yet be.on
brought forward. In Pittsburg and
Chicago deaths from old ago aro only 2
per thousand. At a tlmo when tho
extension of municipal functions is
occupying public attention it Is 'n
terestlng to note tho figures which ro
7.ato to city ownership. Nlnety-slx
cities own their water supply, among
the exceptions bolng Indianapolis', New
Haven, Now Orleans and San Francis-
. Four have municipal gas works
nluth. Richmond. Toledo and Wheel
ingand thirteen own and oporato
electric light plants.
METHODS AT CARRARA.
I'miin Marble Still yimrrlcil In the
I Iliad of 3,000 Venn Aro.
Sculptors of every country tiro
agreed that If thcro Is ono placo on
earth whero modern machinery Ib nec
essary It Is In tho marble quarries at
Carrara, Italy. For 2,000 years marhlo
has been quarried there, und during
all that tlmo only ono Improvement has
been introduced, the result being that
tho men who work thoro today uso
practically tho same methods thnt wcro
lu voguo In the tlmo of tho Roman
emperors. Carrara Is situated near tho
gulf of Genoa, and Its famous marhlo
comes from the Apcnnlne mountains,
tho quarries being located between
Carrara and Mnssa. Tho Industry at
tained Its greatest prosperity at tho
tlma of tho Emperor Augustua.yet even
today It gives employment to 0,000
workmen and 1.C00 sculptors, and It Is
estimated that of tho 16.000 persons
who live In tho district there aro fow,
If nny, who nro not supported directly,
or Indirectly by tho quarries. Tho lat
ter cover about 20 square mllc3, nml nro
located on tho sides of tho mountains
generally near tho topmost points.
From each of them i pathway leads
to tho street and railroad at the foot
of tho mountain, and It Is down this
pathway that tho blocks of marble nro
taken to their destination. The only
Improvement Introduced during tho
past centuries Is tho use of powder.
Yet it is doubtful if this Is altogether
an Improvement, for tho renson that,
though Immcnso masses of rock nro
dislodged by tho explosions, they aro
frequently so badly shattered that
much of the marble Is rendered useless
for artistic purposes. When a success
ful explosion takes place tho work of
cutting the marblo Into uultablo fornn
begins, and this Is done with precisely
tho samo kind of old-fa-mloucd Instru
ment thnt hns been In use for centu
ries, namely, nn ordinary saw. It Is
unnecessary to say that tho process Is
extremely laborious, nml that thoso
who hovcJ seen It cannot help wonder
ing why tho work Is not done with a
steam saw. A very primitive method
Is used for tho conveyance of tho fin
ished blocks down the pathway to tho
railroad. A rope Is tied to each, and
then tho descent begins. How diffi
cult this tnsk Is can bo seen from tho
fact that IS men arc required In order
to handle and convey safely to Us des
tination a block weighing It tons.
New York Herald.
THE LATE CHARLES COCHLAN.
Chaiio'i Francis Coghlan, who died
In Galveston, Texas, recently, was
ono of the best known actors of
the day and possessed dramatic abil
ity of a high order. Ho was also tho
author of several plays, and udapted
others from different languages. Cogh
lan was born In Paris, Oe English pa
rentage, 56 years ugo, and received a
fine education. At 17 he went to Lou
don to study law, but gave It up at 19
for a dramatic career. Dclug a gifted
linguist and of n charming manner ho
soon attracted the attention of London
managers, nml rose to a position of
considerable promlncnco on tho Eng
lish stnge. In 1876 he llrst came to
this country and mndo a successful
tour of tha United States. Ho then
returned to London, whero ho won
high praise and becamo accepted as tho
leading romantic actor of tho day. Ho
played leading parts hero and abroad
with Ellen Terry and Mrs. Langtry,
and for several years toured with his
slhtcr, Roso Coghlan. Ho becamo es
tranged from his sister In 181)3, when
he married a member of Roso Cogh-
CHARLES FRANCIS COGHLAN.
bin's company. Ho hnd been starring
of lato in "Tho Roynl Box," a play
written by himself.
A City Stilling Down Hill.
Ilutte, ono of tho largest cities In
Montana, seems about to soparato from
Itself. It appears thut a portion of tho
town Is sliding down hill, apparently
determined to seek n new home. Evi
dence of this peculiar phenomenon Is
seen on a number of large buildings;
Including tho county court houso and
tho residence of United States Senator
W. A. Clarko, these buildings having
become cracked and fissured from ono
sldo to tho other. Geologists who havo
Investigated tho matter say that tho
buildings damaged aro on a scam of
rock along which a cleavage Is taking
place. Frequently such separations of
eoII and rock occur In tho mountains
tho result being a slide that may carry
with it great tracts of land. Tho city
of Butte Is built on tho slope of a hill,
and tho disturbance Is In about tho
central portion of the town. So it U
barely possible that 'nature will some
day tear down quickly tin ntructures
that man has spent great tlmo and
labor In erecting.
SANG GORMEN'S SOULS
THE LATE DR. LOWRY'S HYMNS
ARE WORLD FAMED.
TfiU Author of "Khali We Onllior at tho
ItUer,'' and "Where It My Wandering
liny To-Nljrlit," nml Other B.irreil Onei,
Hut lately l'nateil Anny.
Throughout tho Christian world,
wherever gospel songs uro sung In tho
English tongue, the nnmo of tho Rov,
Dr. Robert Lowry, whoso death took
placo n fow days ago at Plalnflold, N.
J.t Is known. Dr. Lowry was tun writ
er of ninny songs, nml though ho was
known as mi able preacher his great
est reputation rested on tho merit or
his musical compositions nml verses.
All tho songs written by Dr. Lowry uro
marked by tho expression of human
sympathy, giving voice to that side ot
religion which answers to tho common
yearnings of Iho human heart hope
for a life beyond tho grave, wherein
thoso who have been friends on earth
ahnll bo still united; trust In a greater
power to supplement the frailties ot
iiumnn nature. From this It has eomo
about that many of tho song!) written
by Dr. Lowry havo become popular
umoiig men of n class to which fow
religious songs appeal, while lu tho
Sunday school, tho church, tho prayer
meeting, and the Christian homo nil
his best hymns arc firmly fixed ns
favorites. How many gricf-strlckcn
'nmlllcs, mourning tho loss of a dear
one, havo been consoled when beside
iho open gravo they havo heard the
suro answer of faith In Dr. Lowry's
perhaps most noted hymn: "Shall We
Gather at the River?" when tho chorus
rings out:
Yes, wo shall gather nt tho river,
Tho benutlful, tho beautiful river;
Gather with the saints at tho river,
That Hows by the throno of God.
Another song thnt Is sung outside
ot religious circles probably as much as
nny hymn over written for religious
uso Is "Whole Is My Wandering Boy
Tonight?" Strangely Incongruous ns
It may seem, there Is no song to which
drinking men men who hnvo wan
dered far n way from tho holy Influ
ences of good homos will listen moro
attentively. Many n bnrtendor can tell
of seeing young men push nwny un
touched their glasses of liquor on hear
ing soma chance companion sing:
Then go for my wandering boy to
night, Go senreh for him where you will;
O, bring him to me, with all his blight,
And tell him I love him still.
Dr. Lowry was born in Philadelphia,
In March, 1826. He received a com
mon school education and engaged In
secular business for a time; but In
18JJ ho entered tho university in Lew
isburg, Pa., as a theological student,
and wns graduated In six years. After
a short pastorate in West Chester, Pa.,
ho became paBtor ot tho Bloomlngdalo
Baptist church In Now York City in
1858. Ho remained thero threo years
and then went to tho Hanson Placo
Baptist church, in Brooklyn, whoro ho
remained eight years and increased
tho membership ot tho society moro
than 400 souls. Dr. Lowry becamo tho
professor of belles-lettres In tho Uni
versity In Lewlsburg In 1869. In addi
tion, ho lllled the pulpit or tho Baptist
church there. Ho subsequently was
elected chancellor of tho university.
Upon tho organization of tho Park
Avenue Baptist church in Plnlnfleld ho
becamo Its pastor. Ho saw tho society
safely housed in a f 40,000 building and
then retired.
It was during his Brooklyn pastorato
that Dr. Lowry first camo Into prom
inenco ns a writer of hymns. Onco
known, his reputation Increased apaco.
eo that when ho left tho professorship
DR, ROBERT LOWIIY.
In tho university ho Intended to dovoto
tho remainder of his life to hymuology.
MAY WED HOLLAND'S OUEEN.
If tho story from Berlin thnt Queen
Wllholmlnn of Hollnnd is to marry
Crown Prlnco Frederick William of
Germany turns out to bo correct alio
will get a husband who, In enso of ne
cessity, could cam n good living for
his wlfo as n carpenter. Llko nil of tho
Hohenzollern princes ho was set early
to lenrn n trade, und moro than a year
ago ho presented hlv father with a
chair mndu with his own hands, whlln
tho empress mother received n foot
stool as n result ot her eldest son's In
dustry, Llku his father bnforo him tho
young prince, who was born In 1882, Is
now a student at tho University of
Bohn, where he mingles freely with tho
other boys In the work nml pleastiro
of college life. Prlnco "Eltcl Fritz,"
N fA.
PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM,
tho emperor's second son, selected tin
goldsmith's trade, whllo Kaiser Wll
helm hlniHclf Is an expert bookbinder.
'I tin C'linnliiK of a I'm.
A gentleman whoso word cannot be;
doubted and who Is not easily de
ceived tells tho following: Very ear
ly ono morning he saw a fox eyeing
most wistfully a number of wild ducks
feeding In tho rushy end of a highland
lake. After a whllo tho fox, going to
windward of tho ducks, put nfloiit In
tho lako several bunches of dead
rushes or grass which lloatcd down
amongst the ducks without causing tho
leust alarm. After watching tho ef
fects of his preliminary fleet for n
short time, tho fox, taking n good
sized mouthful of grass in his jaws,
launched himself into tho water as
quietly us possible, having nothing but
tho tips ot his cars and nose nbovc
water. In this way ho drifted down
among tho ducks and caught a fine
mallard. Though this story eccms ex
traordinary, It must be remembered
that tho fox manages to capture wild
ducks, wood pigeons, hares and num
berless other animals sufficient to keep
himself und family, and It Is plain to
bo seen thut lu doing so ho must prac
tlco many a trick that would scorn Im
probable It related, and qulto beyond
the instinct of animals,
Mio Ilirrereil Willi I'll it I,
A certain old lady wua arguing
strongly for woman's rights In tho way
of preaching, when so mo ono attempted
to put her down with a text from St.
Paul. "Ah," said she, "that's whoro
Paul und I differ!"
Ailtloe llenril Too Intr.
Mrs. Cross O, you needn't talk, Yoji
wero crazy to have me. Mr. Cross
That's what everybody says, Strnl
Stories.
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S'WVWiiii'tm
OMENTAL PATE US.
JAPAN AND CHINA BEAT ALL
THE WORLD.
ilmt t(, Im the rinenei of tit niter
Manil-ltaJa I'aper of Itlr anil Htrntr
Homo Varieties Ailulleralril nltli
March.
The results of tin; Inquhles of tho
commission of Industrial experts
which wuh appointed by tho German
government to visit and report upon
tho markets of east Asia, show, ac
cording to tho Kansas City .lournnl,
.ho various mnrketM present excellent
piospeets for Iho paper trade and the
paper Industry generally. The Ko
rean hand-made pnpeis, thus far very
Ittlo known lu foreign markets, are of
imcli Interest. They aro of yellowish
;olor, sllk-IIno gloss and extraordinary
itrcngth. In purity they nro behind
Hip better grades of Chinese papers.
These papers are mndo In slit'otn about
Wi by M Inches. Oiled papers of thin
tlnd nro ured In plain of window glass
tnd very Impure but extremely strong
board Is also mndo of tho ramo raw
oialcrlul, as well as blotting nml wrap
ping papers. Tho Japanese hiiudmadn
linpet-H uie divided Into two classes.
Tho so-called "hansl" (half paper) Is
loaded with about 20 per cent of rlco
starch; tho "inlnogam" consists en
tirely of liber. Tho hansl papers uro
tho stronger and thu coarser nml nro
mndo lu smaller sizes (about DOi by 13
Inches), whllo the inlnogaml papers
iro thinner und better and larger II
by 16 Inches. A qulro of paper Is called
"Jo" In Japanese, and has from 20 to
48 sheets; n ream Is called "shlmo."
and hns from ISO to 2,400 sheets. Tho
prices of hnnd-maile paper havo ro
rontly risen nbout 15 per cent, beenuso
the growers of bast domain! and obtain
higher prices for their product. Print
ing paper Is used In Japan not only for
printing purposes, hut also for writing.
Tho most popular sizes of printing pa
per aro 25 by 27 Inches and .'It by 43
Inches, fiat. Tho consumption of pa
per has Increased extraordinarily lu
npati, and, although tho homo pro
auction Is large, there Is a good mar
ket for Imported paper. Rlco straw
Is an Important fact or In tho mitiiu
factum of Japaneso mnchlnc-mndo pa
per; only when thero Is a poor rice
:rop la wood liber Imported to any ap
preciable, extent. Among tho most
curious things to bo seen In Japan nro
tho Jackets and trousers of strong
hand-made paper, with which tho Ja
paneso soldiers woro supplied during
Iho war between Japan und China.
Tho scams and buttonholes woro sown
with cotton thread. Chinese band
made paperH aro mndo mostly of rlco
itrnw, nml arc colored or stained on
Diio Bldo by hand; for Instance, crim
son for visiting earda (which nro thin,
largo octavo sheets), palo red for bills,
yellow sprinkled with gold or green
for wrapping goods.orango for wedding
llnory, etc. Largo quantities uro coa
Btimed In tho principal plnco of Its
manufacture for decorating vnrlous
ulaces of worship, which aro visited by
3hIncso from nil over tho country, und
:onsldernblo quantities aro nluo sent
to tho adjoining provinces. Thero Is
no doubt that cheap Imported inn-chinc-matlo
printing papers, stained or
unstained, could successfully competo
with these home-made and hand-mado
papers.
AMERICA'S GREAT ENGINES.
Smaller IlaiiKe or Tuner (liven to the
lCogllili I.oconiiithc.
Tho American locomotive engineer
'leems It advisable to design his eu-
tlno with n largo mnriln of iiotvor. savs
tho Engineering Mugnziuo. If nn ex
press englno Is designed to take n
200-ton load at fifty miles an hour, anil
If thut load should batmen to lin In-
creased to 300 tons, tho locomotlvo Is
etlll oxpected to bo nhlo to tako It and
keep time, and ustinllv does no. Such
at nny rate, Is tho experience of such
8ii impartial and level-headed observer
B Mr. W. M. Aewnrth. If an American
express bo Into at ono point of Its
otirncy, tho ermine Is expected to make
up tho lost tlmo. oven If tho load bo
larger than usual. And. iikuIii. this is
Ronornlly done. But If nn English en-
giiio is given a single coach above Its
prescribed load, tho driver at onco In
sists upon having a "pilot," and com
monly no gets ono. Or should the
fventher bo bad, with strong wind or n
slippery rail, ho demands nn asslstlnc
engine, nnd Is nccorded ono, ns n mat
ter or course. Obviously this applies
especially to the enho of Blnelo-wbenl-
fcrs, which lire so largely used on soma
English railways, because tholr range
of power is much moro sharply limited
by adverso conditions thnn Is tho case
with coupled engines. But In either
:nso It scorns Indisputable that a small
er range of tiower Is clvcn to nn Hncr.
Ilsh locomotlvo than to un American.
A (lenulne Antique.
Mrs. Suburb Is this tho houso
you've been talking about? I don't
like it nt all. Agent It's tho latest
Queen Anno style, mum. MrH. Suburb
I don't llko It. Tho kitchen opens
right Into the parlor, or nearly so.
Agent Yes, mum. Queen Anno wns n
famous cook, mum. Sho named that
fine old apple pudding, "brown Botty,"
after Queen Elizabeth, mum. Queen
Elizabeth was noted for doing things
up brown, you know, mum, Mrs. Sub
urbAnd, dear me! tho cellar Is half
full of water. Agent Yes, mum. In
thoso old days people always kept wa
ter on hand to uso in tlmo of a siege,
you know, mum. New York Weekly.
rrlenJV Ailvlor,
Buff I'd havo you know, sir, that
I'm fi nelf-mado man. Gruff Woll,
I'm Borry for yiw; but keop H dark
and don't worry, nnd prhup3 you'll
get nlong all right. Chicago Nowa.
ALUMINIUM ISA USEKUL METAL.
It l Aitillaltle for Many l'urptMe In
the Uerhante Arte.
From Casslrr'n Magazine: Tho prin
cipal iircs of aluminium nro too many
to bo enumerated, Tho properties of
thn metal nro ho akin to thoso of cop
per nml brass that, broadly speaking,
aluminium or ono or Its light alloys
should, to a Inrge extent, rcplnco both
copper and tin nnd also nickel or Ger
man sliver. Such n change rould bo
followed by various advantages to all
concerned. Not only would thero bo n
considerable reduction lu tho weight
of tho articles, but they would not tar
nish or turn black on exposure to air.
Tho cost should bo tho sumo, If not
actually lower, Inasmuch as, hulk for
bulk, aluminium Is already cheaper
than copper or tin, nml Its price will
continue to fall as tho demand In
creases. Ono field, however, remain
which copper Is bound to maintain u
Its own, namely, tho construction ol
Isolated electrical conductors. Exper
iments havo already been in a do on n
largo r.cnlo with baro conductors ot
aluminium for telephones, with per'
fectly satisfactory results, Ho conduc
tivity, wulght for weight, being double
that of copper. But when tho mains
havo to bo Insulated copper In abso
lutely unapproachable, on nccount of
Its greater conductivity, volumo for
volume, which Is 10 per cent thnt or
aluminium. Besides the ndvnntnges
set forth above aluminium Is not pois
onous and Is pre-eminently adapted for
tho mnnufncttiro or cooking utensils. A
steady demand Tor aluminium In
springing up In various kinds or print
ing processes as well as In lithography.
The metal oppoorH to answer admira
bly ror tho construction ot rollers used
In calico printing and when Its surfaco
Is properly prepared It Is nlso capablo
ot replacing the ordinary lithographic
stone. It can easily bo Imagined that,
Instead ot having cumbioim nnd heavy
stones, which can bo printed only on
special Klqw-ruiinlng "lltho" machines,
It Is tar better and cheaper to ubo thin
Hlieets or it metal which can bo bent,'
Into n circular form nnd printed on
rotary presses. Bicycles, electric light
fittings, chains, bridles, stirrups, BiirgH
fill Instruments, keys, cigar cases, pen
ami pencil holders, toilet articles,
plates nnd dishes, spoons, forks.J
frames, nnmo plates, door furniture
hut and cont jtegs, boot trees, Hro on-;
glnc fittings, business and visiting,
cards nml photographic enmeras nro u,
fow of the things that nro being dally;
mndo In aluminium by vnrlous llrmu.
For motor cars thero should bo a largo
field for nlumlnlum. A further do
maud for tho metal will bo brought
nbout by Its Introduction Into tho mili
tary services. All parts of tho soldier's
equipments havo practically boon made
In aluminium, iincb ns mess tins, water
buttlos, buttons, helmets, parts or
lilies, cartrldgo cases, fittings for guns,
tents, horseshoes, portable bridges,
etc., and it Is well known that con
tinental armies, notably thn German
army, nro employing aluminium on u
largo scale.
AUTOMATIC FUNCTIONS,
IIoit the HuliroiinL'Ioin Mini llooi It
Duty.
Did you over think how often you
cut ami never stick your fork In your
eye? You always stick your fork In
your mouth, ir you nto In tho dark it
would bo tho samo thing. You would
novor put out your oyo by putting your
rork In It. Why? Becuuso your sub
conscious mind Is doing Its automatic
duty and knows very well that you oat
with your mouth and not with your
eye, snys tho New York Herald. Mony
other nctlons uro nutomutlc. For in
stance, twenty pcoplo havo gathered on
u street corner to board a passing car.
Tho very fart that . they nro thero
means thnt tho car will stop. Tho first
has already signaled tho motormnn.
So do tho other nineteen. And tho same
thing happens If ton pcoplo gathor to
descend In an clovator. Tho first com
er rings the boll. So do tho othor nine
purely automatically. Tho sign says
"ring," so each riinn takes this Blgn
to himself nnd lings. A shoomaker
onco had u shop lu tho basement of n
largo building downtown. Tho choc
maker worked with his back to tho
door. Every tlmo tho door opened tho
Hhoemnkcr turned his head to tho loft
to seo who entered. For ten yenrs tho
shoemaker worked and turned IiIb head
almost every hour In tho day. Before
many ycars had passed tho shoemak
er's head 'turned automatically, and
now that man lino spent every cent of
monoy ho hnu over mado trying to bo
cured of this nlitomntlc habit. But his
head still Jerks, bo that ho looks over
lita left shoulder constantly.
Ooethe'a Tjut I.ovo.
Fraulcln Ulrlke von Lovetzow,
Goethe's last lovo has died nt Trlplltz
(Bohcmlo) nged 01. It was to her In
spiration thnt the Gorman nation owes
tho "Trlology of Passion." The ovor
yotilhful Goctho wub already 73 when,
at Marlcabud und Carlsbad, ho first met
Baroness von Ivevetzow, who was then
only n girl of 18, though endowed with
every charm of mind nnd body. Sho
never married, her llfo being dovoted
to the memory of her affection for tho
poet, Her cnstlo at Trlplltz was a
Meccn for all who wrote on Goetho,
and sho herself hns been tho subject
of dozens of volumes of Gorman liter
ature. A Club Hlory.
From tho Woman's Homo Compan
ion: There Is a good story 'told on Mrs.
William Tod Helmuth. After a Btormy
session of n woman's club, ovor which
sho presided, ono morning, sho said,
prior to tho afternoon program; "La
dles, after wo havo finished tho Lord's
prayor, let us silently ask that thoro
bo moro knowledge and less nolso
vouchsafed us." And in un Instant, It
f.3 snld, that prayer was answorod.
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