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i k M H t ! IV I 14 i ' 3 RUSSIA'S INYASIOf Of SOUTHERN ASIA. Tibet and Afghanistan might well bo callod ono of the world's Hnrc spola. It has long boon known that tho Rus nltn boar has had designs on this Him alayan territory and would llko to poko an aggressive paw down Into thoao disrupted little kingdoms If onto tho opportunity presented Itself. Russia Deemed to think the chnnco had como when she saw Great Hrltaln engaged In an unexpectedly serious Htrugglo with tho South African Hoer. England had spent much Mood and monoy to extend tho northeastern bor dor of her Indian omplro up ncrosH tho Himalayas. Kor two decades sho has been carrying on small tribal wars and seudiug out punitive expeditious among tho tribesmen of the northeast ern hills. She had pushed nor strate gic railways In the north of India nearer and nearer tho land of her de nt re. Russia, In her own territory, has boon working Just as hard. Tho czar has for a long tlmo been anxious to consolidate bin claims In the oast, and with this end In view, has been quietly massing tioops on his southern fron tiers In Asln. It was only In the year 1872 that the zones of Inlluonce of Rus sia, Afghanistan and east India were nettled between the cabinets of St. Pe tersburg and London, yet today they nro more menacingly Indellnlte than ever hofore. Afghanistan and Tibet aio tho little buffer states between the two contend ing nations, or. rather, empires. All borderlands are turbulent districts. One of these little butTer states may, perhaps, he ground out of existence be fore tho Asian border is leally settled upon. Hut the two giant Imperial millstones will Mini both Tibet and Af ghanistan a very hard flint pebble to grind. Chltral and Swat and Wailiiland and Kallrlstnn aro properly u border land botween llrltlsh India and Af ghanistan, and, though at ono time supposed to belong to the latter, are now coming to bo calmly looked upon hb out and out Hrltlsh territory. Tho ameer of Arghanlstan, howovor, Is al so under tho thumb of the czar of Rim ala. Tho nmeer Is equally afraid of Kngland. Yet, slowly but suiely, Rus sia has boon walking her way down to "tho roof of the world," as this ter ritory Is called, and from tho desolate heights of tho Pamirs sho has been casting longing eyes upon tho fertile Indus valloy. Chltral Is at present tho apex of tho British wedge. It Is the ono border etato that touches tho Russian frontier and tho Ob(neso at the same time. It la tho Hrltlsh Indian wedge driven and forced up Into tho heart of tho Asian continent to meet and chock tho apexes of tho other great Imporlal wedges driven down In tho opposlto direction. Whon tho ameer of Afghan istan preparod to seize both Chltral and Jandol, some tlmo ago, and Russia was consldored as ready In turn to solzo them all, Downing stroot put Its thinking cap on and woko up to tho gravity of the Indian situation. A Hrltlsh forco was dispatched to Chl tral to constitute a permanont garrl eon there and to keep tho throne of the reigning sovereign secure. A mili tary road was opened up from Pesha war and a subsidy was settlod on tho mentor, tlnm making him a vassal of tho coy and cunning Hrltlsh Indian empire. Russia watched all thoso moves uneasily She realized that an open frontier clash would bo unwlso, and so resorted to her usual wily Slav diplomacy. Sho assumed on attltudo 'of Injured Innocenco and proclaimed that presence of any strange officers who might, bo found In disputed ter ritory, Hhnuld bo, looked. upon as moroly n excursion' on thtf'part of iiy such officer for tho sake of his health. Hut the whlto boar waited. Now thtt England has her hands full In South Africa, this same Insatiable bear re alizes that If ever there was a tlmo for her to move It Is the present. So this Is why we hear of Russian advances In the cast and vague reports that Tibet and Afghanistan are being threatened by the Slav. Jiit how It will pome out It Is Im possible to tell. If England retains her full Inllnunre and all the territory she now claims and holds as bur In dian empire, It will be through no fault of the Russian. Russia realizes that tho time to make hay has arrived and only some unforeseen contingency will keop the czar's scythe long suspended. Nhelli Knur Mltm In tho Air. Tho power of tho modern gun Is a thing that cannot bo grasped. Tho 100 ton projectile sti Ikes with a force equal to 4t;r,000 eleven stono men Jumping from a height of one foot. When tho fit-ton gun (Ires a shot twelve miles it Is fired at such an nnglo that tho shell goes up to a height 5.132 feet higher than Mt. Hlane. Illg guns have been longer In use than most peoplo think. In tho year 1478 they hud guns called "bombards" which threw a piojectlle weighing a quarter of a ton. They weie wider at tho muzzle than at the bore, and were used for battering buildings. Tho English used big guns at tho battle of Crecy. and amazed the Fionch, who had never seen such weapons before. Answers. ttiltittrjr of Lower Anlumla. The chlvaliy of man toward woman finds a duplleatu In the lower animals and, except In rare cases, the malo always treats tho female kindly. It Is larely that a dog will bite a femalo, ex cept In tho extremest need of self defense, though tho female, as a rule, A WAR SUMON Ono of the many celebrated English physicians who have voluntoored for service In n non-combatant capacity during tho South African war Is Sir William MacCormac.who has beon ren dering valuable service to tho Hrltlsh wounded at Pletermarltzburg. Tho Il lustration shows tho famous surgeon In his Jinrickisha, being pulled about by a native runner In fact, going out ou a dally round of Inspection, Sir has no scruple whatever about punish ing, to tho full extent of her power, any Individual of the opposite sex that hnppens to be Inferior to her In slzo or strength. So strong Is thin unwil lingness to strike a female that fow male hounds will attack a she wolf or even follow her trail. Something of the same deference to the gentler sex moy be seen among horses. Al though n horse will promptly attack any other horse that may Interfere with him, either in the field or In har ness, ho will very seldom attnek n mare. Farm horses, which cannot be worked alongside of any other horse on account of their savage tempers. may be safely yoked In double harness with a mare. Mines, on the other hand, will attack their own or tho opposlto sex without tho slightest hesitation. Puro Tunnel Air. The entire railway woild will prob ably proilt by recent experiments mado In connection with tho smoko In tun nels. The scono of tho experiments was n long tunnel not far from Genoa, thiough which some 200 trains pass a day, leavlug an Immonso amount of smoko. Two methods wero tried. First compressed air was used. Largo cyl inders of steel wero filled with nir and compressed to 750 pounds to tho square Inch. These weie placed In the tendor of tho locomotive In passing through tho tunnel tho air was allowed to es cape Tho puro air blew back tho smoke and purified tho atmosphere. Tho second method was with com pressed oxygen. This was allowed to escape through tho cylinders Into tho tires of tho engines, causing completo combustion, and preventing tho forma tion of dangerous gases as well as making tho nlr purer by tho addition of tho oxygen. Tho compressed nlr method Is to be adopted, as It Is cheap er and almost as good as tho oxygen. IN S1IH AM. William MacCormao was prcsont at tho battlo of Colenso and afterwards operatod on many of tho wounded, whllo ho was consulted In most of tho more difficult cases. Ho highly praised tho all but perfect arrangement of tho Hrltlsh for tho prompt and offectlvo succoring of tho wounded at tho front nnd all along tho linos of communica tion nnd statod that tho field hospital results reflected special credit ou tho volunteer nmbulanco corps. HISTORY )E A HEART "Yes, I haro always said that the dear women could gat the best of us every time," he continued, "un left " "tTnlesa what?" "Well, unless they themselves fall In lovo In real earnest." "Then what7" "Then we men win tho game. A woman In love Is never a very wise woman. You know there aie two kinds of women who fall desperately In love. Tho cool, calculating, unfcnipulous, woman, who stops at nothln? to secure her wish; she Is usually discovered in Home of her underhanded schemes, and thus foiled. Thou there is tho quiet, unselfish woman who loves deeply, truly, slncciely, but silently, often se cretly, because she believes sho Is In this way furthering the happiness of the one sho loves. The woild calls her cold, unfeeling, becauso the woild Judges superficially." "Why, doctor! One would think you bad studied the human heart exclu sively I thought you wore decidedly not a ladles' man. Hut pardon me, II believe you, too, have somo sort of n love history, haveu't you?" "Ob, yes, most men do," "Was she do men usually lose their hearts to tho beauties?" "Yes, and no. The young men of a certain t7Pe are often carried away by a pretty face. Seeing you aro conva lescent, I'll toll you a bit of my own experience, If yon cue to listen." "Oh, yes, doctor, please do. That will ho pleasantor to take than your medi cine, and may do as much good." "I feel like talking of tho past to night. It's a weakness men sometimes show. Well, you have possibly heard that when a young man I fell In lovo, or supposed I did. with a bright, hanrt somo girl. Tho love seemed leturned and tho match In every way suitable. So we wero soon man led. The result was disastrous. We had nothing In common. Could not agree. Iloth were high strung, nnd things went from bad to worse. At last wo agreed which we seldom did to brave the opinion of a careless world and live In peace sep arately. We wero both anxious for the separation. 'Jut neither asked for a divorce Bach felt. I think, that ono matrimonial odventure of our kind was enough. I do not know who was tho most to blame God knows, I'm will ing to tako my full share. "Tlmo passed on. You know the world soon forgets such things or over looks them, especially In a professional mnn with un assured position. "In my practice and In society I met many women pretty, handsome, fasci nating nnd nil that, but I never thought of falling In lovo with nny of them. Possibly I was on my guard." "Or, perhaps, doctor, you did not feel at liberty to fall in love." "Hosh! Few men are good enough to question liberty when strongly In clined to make lovo or bo loved." "Doctor," warnlngly, "you do not mean what you say." "Yes I do. You yet Judge the world Ideally. Thero's n lot of talk about men's unselfishness nnd nobleness of purpose. Well, In the abstract It's all right. We mean to do right. We often think right, but I tell you few men re main perfectly unselfish when It comes to dealing with n weak woman, whom ho loves but should not. Not often does ho sacrifice himself nnd show her the stern path of duty. It does happen, of course, but not one-half so often na women lead men toward the straight nnd narrow way. Evory day wo find women uplifting and helping somo poor devil through his trouble, even though sho knows sho must thus lose him forevor." "I'm not nblo to argue the mattor with you now, but how did your case tuin out? Tho grand finale, doctor. Proceed." "Ono morning I was called to seo a patient, a widow, they told mo. who had to teach for a living. She was an Insignificant little person, dressed In black, and suffering ncutoly from a neuralgic attack. Sho anxiously In quired if it would keep her from her work long, and I remember she had a very sweet volco, and I felt n pity that ono so frail should havo to battle with tho world all alone" "And pity's akin to lovo!" "Don't Interrupt my story. I called tho next day and found her much im proved, but plainer In looks than tho previous evening. I was called to tho house again several times profession ally, nnd I grow to llko her quiet ways nnd to hoar her talk. Hut ns far as being seriously nftected, that never en tered my head. I felt porfectly safe Ah. thero's where men make mistakes! Thoy will laugh and enjoy themselves w la tho company of the popular beauty or tho fascinating coquette, hut thoy aro always on tho watch, so to spoak, and leave It to some young, Inexperi enced fool to get singed because ho doesn't know tho world well enough to keep nt a respectful dlstanco from tho alluring flame. Tho mnn of the world will pass through the galaxy of wit and benuty without a scar only to fall hopelessly In love with somo Insignifi cant pel son who cannot boast of good looks or wit. it's her way, her man ner, nnd sho becomes a very part of his life oio ho Is half awaro of It. He does not realize to what extent he Is Miislaved until ho attempts to break tho chain. Hut sho usually bleaks It for him. Duty Is stronger than lovo with such women." "Oh, doctor, you aro moralizing again. What about your enso?" "Well, I called there nonpiofesslon nlly nfterwaid. Sho never seemed to realize I liked her or It was hor I was Interested In. We were seldom alone, but one night, O ye gods; how well I remember It all. She was looking so sweet, but fragile and tired. Well, I Just couldn't keep still any longer. So I told hor my life, told her all, nnd asked her to let mo love nnd tako caro of her during the rest of my life." "And wbnt did tho answer?" "I hate to think of It even now, but she said, 'Your former wife may still love you. If so, and should you now sue for a divorce, think what pain, what suffering for her. No, no. I can not win my happiness through the suf fering of another.' I argued, ploadnd with her. Told her the theory was all wiong. She supposed lovo whero love wns dead." "Ah, I know women's hearts hotter than men do, even though they be doc tors," sho said. "Separation does not always cause Indifference" "She remained firm. Hut suppose, I pleaded as a last resort, suppose she, my former wlfo, first nsks for this legal separation. What then?" " 'Well, time will tell, nut promise me you will make no first move, but remain absolutely passive In this mat tor. You will promise?' "I promised, of course, would have promised to go to Africa and become a cannibal, I suppose, bad she asked It. And then, finale?" "No, not yet." Chicago Tribune FAMOUS RAT-HUNTERS. ITiiununl Npnrt I'timied by Native of 1'arlllo Inland. The nntlve rat bus a great enemy. When brought into competition with the common brown rat of Europe, ln tioduced by ships throughout tho world, It usually disappears nn ex ample of the evils of the influx of aliens, says Chambeis' Journal. Tho depredations of the latter aro such that In Funafuti the Indigenous breod has been driven from the village and Indeed almost exterminated upon the main Islet by the foreign rat; in many of the Islands It has been completely rooted out. Even more deadly on slaught has been carried on against It by tho domestic cats, which, orglnally brought over by missionaries and after ward migrating to the bush, have proved of senico In destroying the rats In the old days, when un checked, rats literally overran most of the Islands of the Pacific. The natives shoot the rats for sport. Fanna gooma, or rat shooting, as practiced on Hoonga In tho Tonga group, apparently was an amusement reserved for chiefs, and was undertaken with much ceromony. Attracted by bait previously distri buted, the rnts wero shot with formid able unfeathered arrows six feet long. 'Iho game was not an Individual hut a party affair, tho side first killing ten rats were accounted the winner, and If tho rats were plentiful three or four games wero generally played. In Childish Kye. Tho vagueness of the young with re spect to tho ago of their elders Is pleas nntly Illustrated by tho early history of n noblemnn who once represented n division of Manchester In the English parliament. His mother had a maid, who seemed to childish eyes extremely old. Tho children of tho family longed to know her ago, but wore much too well-bred to ask a question which they felt would be painful; so they sought to attain the desired end by a system of Ingenious traps. Tho boy chanced in a lucky hour to find in his "Book of Useful Knowledge" tho tradition that the nloo flowers flowered only once In n hundred years. Ho Instantly snw his opportunity, and, accosting tho maid, with winning air and wheedling accent, asked, lnslnuntlngly: "Susan, havo you often seen tho aloo flower?" Why Wo FnrRet Nnnion. Many persons nro especially forget ful with regard to names as of ac quaintances or some familiar object. Dr. Hastlan, In discussing effects re cently, quoted with npprovnl this ex planation: "Tho more concreto tho Idea the more readily Is the word used to designate It forgotten when tho memory falls. Wo easily represent persons and things to ourselves with out their names. Moro nbstract con ceptions, on tho contrary, are attained only with tho aid of words, which alono give them their exact shape In our minds." Hence verbs, adjectives, pro nouns, adverbs, prepositions and con junctions aro more intimately related to thought than nouns are, nnd can bo remembered when nouns, or names, slip from tho mind. Tnbei After Ilia Dud. From tho Chicago Nows: Visitor (vlowlnc tho new baby) "Ho's the very iraago of his father." Proud Mother "Yes, and ho nets Just llko him, too." Visitor "Is It possible?" Proud Mother "Yes; ho keeps mo up nearly every night." FILIPINO MQ-rKgn9 ARE KIND. Their Killing rnmsn I Their Lots fo Their Hoy liable. She Is like no ono else In tho world. this Filipino woman, writes the Manila correspondent of the St. Louis Globo Democrat. From tho whlto man's standpoint she Is lenst like a woman of any feminine creature Sho will work for you, sell you things, and treat you politely, but beyond that tho attitude of her life, as It Is presented to you, Is ns Inscrutable as a bolted door. You can get well enough ac quainted with her husband to detest him cordially, but the nnturo of tho woman Is as hard to fathom as u sheet of Chinese correspondence. It 1b never a common sight to seo a mother, who believes she Is alone, playing with her baby. A young nutlvo womun wna making lovo to her first mnn child. Tho two wero In the shack next to mine, but the windows wero together. Sho had the little fellow In a corner nnd wns kneeling before him In a per fect ecstasy of motherhood. The baby could not hnve been more than soveral months old, and the mother was per haps 16. Sho would bend hor body far back, with hnnds outstretched; and then gradunlly sway closer, closer, while tho baby, very noisy nnd happy In his diminutive way, shrank baclt Into tho corner nnd showed bis baro red gums. And then the mother sway ed at last very near, sho would snatch her naked bundle of brown babyhood and toss him Into the air. And there would bo great crowlngs and strnngled Inughter from the Infant and low inur murlngs of pnsslonatc worship from tho woman. Then sho placed her face close to the head of her son and whis pered wonderful secrets In a volco strangely soft and tender, such as you would not think could como from this smlleless creature of tho river banks. I watched, and the greatness of tho mother heart was laid baro before me, and now better Impressions camo where false ones had been nnd I re membered sho wns a woman. Rapt and ardently Interested, I watched, leaning witlessly out of the Tlndow. Tho wo man saw me The sullen, lmplacablo staro came back. Sho snatched up tiro child and disappeared. Sho bathes in the river, unconscious of tho passing white man, but he must not boo tho woman's lovo for her first-born. HARDY FILIPINO BUFFALOES. Ilave Immense Htrencth, and Wild Ones Arc Comtuntly C'uiikIiU Tho wild buffaloes of the Philippines come from the Interior, whero many natives spend their time In capturing and taming them. It takes a long tlmo to tame tho wild creatures and break them Into service Somo old bullB ab solutely refuse to be tamed, and they show their resentment for capture up to the tlmo of their death. Most or thoso In service aro horn and bred in captivity, and the young calres are very easily trained for use. Still enough of the wild caraboas aro caught every year to keep the stock from de generating. They take to civilized lifo much moio readily than our American bison, resembling In this respect tho truo water buffalo of India. Tho strength of these animals Is marvelous. In respect to size, strength and pon derousness they resemble tho elephant moro than nny other creature They simply haul anything that Is hitched behind them, nnd it Is the shaft or traces that break If tho load cannot bo moved. Across all sorts of rough and miry country they pull the load, al though they have not the suro footing of the mulo In climbing steep and rough mountnlns nnd hills, they are better In the soft, miry lowlands which compose ro Iaige a part of tho Philip pines. When angered and running away, they dash ncross tho country with their heavy load, as If It wero so milch light, flimsy cotton. Not only are they then regardless of what is behind them, but also of what may rear Itself in front. Ho It a river, n fence, a ditch or Jungle, or another cart, tho maddened nnlmnl plunges blindly through or across It, and never halts until disabled or Its nngor has evaporated. In tho latter caso It then suddenly becomes ns meek and docile ns before If whipped for Its misdeeds, Its meek eyes seem to nsk why It Is punished, and they look as Innocent ns thoso of n child or a deei. Scientific American. Chanced the Plaoe. It Is said that Jared Sparks, chosen, president of Harvard college In 1849, yielded promptly and courteously to the opinions nnd wishes of tho faculty whero no Important Interest waa nt 1s bue, but wherever tho wolfaro of honor or the college or of Its individual mem bers was concerned, ho adhered im movably to his own Judgment. A caso In point, says Doctor Peabody, In his "Harvard Graduates Whom I Havo Known," occurred when Kossuth was making his progress through tho cpiin try. Mr. Sparks was ono of tho fow who were disinclined to pay homage. Tho then usual spring exhibition, nor mally held In tho college chapol, was nt hand, and It was understood that Kossuth would bo present. Tho fnculty voted unanimously, or nenrly so, to hold thlB exhibition whero tho com mencements were hold, in tho First Parish church. Mr. SparkH declared tho vote, but added: "It la for you, gentlemen, to hold tho exhibition where you plense I sbnll go to tho chapel In my cap and gown nt tho usual hour." Tho vote, of courso, waa reconsidered. Need Not Hunt for It. Why should a man borrow troublo when he can pick It up almost anyi whore? St. Louis Star. I 1 i : ii 4 -1 Ji i J. s4 u 9 - immiaaX s-r "