!
1
r TRIUMPH.
I h?ar the vvoild moII while Ik- -lt ioi
avvn.v .
1 see men sunk when lie ha tut iiim! to
B.
Ami own piiy. lint ho doc nut know;
lie has mi c.iih to litMi tin' i'iiiik tin)
say.
And mo goes Im-iMum mi from day to il.ij
Anil in hi eye thou ii a h.ippy glow,
Denoting mi exulting hcul below.
Ami in his Viintiii pliM-nag f.iiu ii.h iili)!
A, lot tin-tit latittli. miiio. h.iiii'ci In f.u
Tliith they ulio iiiiili'istniiil ,, ii iiilt !
iiru,
Ho hurries on with tiiiunili in Ins Ihmii,
.For liitt in timniili lint a nl.ul lonccil
Tli.it lifts oik- o'i'i ilu i.ililiii- in iK. atn-et,
And innkr-t mum iniiiiiinu ioium- it noble
p.nt!
- S K. Kiser. in Clm i;o Tuiioelleijltl.
I A FBIKND IN NEED, I
lt Vldi. rln I . ISf iitiin. J
4 T" )V long before the next
ljj train leave for Hoston?"
I JL 'l'l' burly porter, who
(T was addressed, grow
quite genial In manner wlii'ii he saw
tin pretty fare of tlu young tn1. be
side lilin.
"Just one hour, mis." he icpllcd.
"TIilmi F can take a look at tin oily,"
mild Marian Fast to hot-self.
Tin porter heard, and wan at once
ready with his advice
"Host Jump Into thai street car.
miss. The blue one over yonder. It
will take you up on Main street In ten
minutes, and Main street holds all the
principal stores "
Marian Hast tlmuked him with a
ohiirinlng smile, and made her way to
ho street car, which was on the point
of leaving the station as she reached It.
The city was not a very law one.
l)Ut tlu shops were sulllclently tempt
ing to hold Iter a prisoner before them
for sonic moment hel'orc she remem
bered to glance at a clock.
Twenty inlnules of her hour had al
ready slipped by. She gave up a se
cret little plan that she had formed
on her way that evening In the train.
She knew only one person In tha city,
ami lu was quite Ignorant of her pres
ence on this day.
During the previous summer she had
met Oeorge Klphliistouc In the conn
ftry at the house of a mutual friend
who was Ids business partner. They
had ridden, drove, walked ami talked
together for throe long, happy mouths.
And when they parled Ccnrgc Klphlu
stone had asked for ami obtained her
picture, which he had vowed to keep
forever, as the most sacred tivusuro
of his life. Then lie went away and
silence fell between them.
No letter came to remind Marian of
the friend whom she had allowed to
grow too dear. To all appearance she
had been only a summer filoud to him.
while he oh. how her heart ached as
Slu tried to unlearn the lesson which
he had been at such pains to teach
her lu those happy days among the
mountain scenes,!
It was all over now! She had learned
to forget (Joorge F.lphlnstoiie, she said
to herself. And she would not own
that her "stop over" in this city -his
home had been made only that she
might have the sad pleasure of looking
niton the walls that sheltered him, and
of seeing his name on the office s'gu
which he had so often described to
her. Himself she did not wish to sec,
unless she might catch one glimpse of
him from a distance, herself unseen,
lu some crowded street. To be obliged
to speak to him now to hold his hand
a moment, and to look Into his eyes,
as a stranger oh, that would be dread
full Not for worlds would she have
hail It happen so!
As these thoughts passed through
Marian's mind stie had left the shop
windows and had been borne onward
by the over-hurrying crowd until the
name of a street, painted on a lump
post opposite caught her eye end
brought her to n pause "Spring
Street."
It was there that (Jeorge F.lphlnHtone
fluid his otlice.
There was but the breadth of one
street between them. Should she
cross It?
Further up Spring sticet she could
soy the Iron posts and railings of a
park or puhllr gat den. Well dressed
ladles and children were constantly
passing up that way.
Most of then' passed by Marian, not
without a swift glance of Inquiry at
Iter fixed attitude and thoughtful, ab
sorbed f.ace.
"No, I will not go," she thought, at
last.
"Oh, my purse! my purse! I've lost
It! Where's a policeman V" cried a
nervous-looking womau. who had been
standing close beside Marian at the
crossing, while a procession of cabs
and carriages passed down the street.
Marian turned to glance at the wom
an and then at the clock lu a watch
maker's window.
It was past the hulMiour-tline for
her to return to the railroad station.
"One moment, miss," said an Im
portant voice, as she stepped from
the curbstone.
A hand was laid upon Marian's arm.
A blue-coated pGfllccmiiii, after listen
ing an Instant to the nervous woman,
was actually stopping her.
"I did not see It done, ami I am lu
a hurry to catch a train," she said
hastily. "I have no Information to give
about It."
The policeman grinned.
f "I suppose, not, miss. Hut you must
coinu Willi mo."
"Co with you! Why? Where?"
"As if you didn't know, Miss! To t!u
Motion-house, of course. This lady
is given you In charge, and you mul
ko there and he bearched,"
Marian iiummI pale.
"oti are wronging me lurlbty" shv
Mild to th- lady, who only tossed In r
head scornfully.
"Come'" sniii ii,, polleeman
"I am Inn. h nil have never onjt
Hip purse! I am Just ftom the coun
try, ami I am going to Huston i,. Xw
a place in a school." -aid Marian, tiy
lug to keep bai-k her teals "Indeed,
madam, you m- torilbly mistaken."
slu added, turning again to the lady,
who muled to the policeman an I
proml-oil to meet him at the police
Hatloti lu ton minutes. " nm a te
spootiiblo schiiolte.iehcr My name is
Marian Fast, mid I have '"
"Marian F.usi." repeated a voice in
the crowd, which was gradually col
looting outside the gmiip of three.
The next moment the nervous ladv
ami the policeman weie pushed un
(vreinouinuxlj aside, two warm,
trlemlly hands took Marian's, ami a
haiiiKoine, daikeyed man was Mulling
down at her pictectlngly.
"Miss Kast! Mow delighted I am to
meet you'." nld the genial oico (,f
tieorg" Klplila-Uone-the voice thai
she had learned to love so well "I
liae boon traveling in Kuropc con
staidly fur i year past, on business for
a client, flint hae been moving si,
rapidly that It was quite hopeless for
letter to follow me. ami returned
only yesterday morning, ami to-morrow
1 was going to our friend (Say
hud to ask your address. nd here I
meet you like this! Mul Is anything
vviongV"
The important policeman was look
ing strange!. crestfallen, as lie
watched this warm greeting to Marian
from a gciitl iuuii whom he knew very
well. Hut the nervous lady held hr
ground, and, lu a few words, repeated
to Mr FJphlnstono the charge she had
made against Marian.
"Absurd tiunscn.-e!" Mild Mi. Klphlu
stone, indignantly. "Here, Peterson !'
He said a few words to the police
man. who seemed to know him very
well and respect him highly, and ignor
ing the nervous lady's complainl, he
handed Mai Ian to a can luge and
drove away.
Straight to his partner's house tli?y
went, and lu the charge of his pari
tier's wife Mr. Klphlnstonc left
Marian, while lie went with the police
man and the nervous lady before th"
police magistrate, ami explained the
case.
Within an hour he returned, bring
ing Marian'. unchecked luggage from
Hie railroad station with him.
"As for thai school lu Boston. I have
a word to say," he remarked to
Marian, that evening, when Mrs. Ony
lord considerately sat, with her hus
band, in tin next parlor, well out of
the range of the curtained arch. "I
haw a better situation for you."
"Hut the Hostou place Is a very good
olio." said Marian, Innocently.
"Hut you will have so many pupils
to look after. In the place 1 offer,
you will have but one. and he will
give you as little trouble as possible.
What do you say, Marian? Will yon
teach your husband how to be n good
and happy man?"
Tears rose to her pretly eyes as he
drew her head down upon his slioul
dor.
"Oh. you will never know how iniiol
I have cared for you!" she murmured:
"and I thought you had forgotten me."
"I was only waiting, love, till I had
a lit home to offer you." hi said, as he
kissed her.
And lu her heart Marian secretly
blessed tin nervous lady, and the
policeman, ami the missing purse -Saturday
Night.
The III, Hilton.
Next to the Zulus the Hasutos are
physically and intellectually the tluest
tribe in Africa; and, Indeed, the "Pin
goes," who are mot with lu large num
bers throughout the country, are, I Ik
lleve, members of dispersed Zulu
tribes who have Intermarried. The
UiiHutos mostly wear blankets of di
vers colors more, commonly dark red
which reach to about the knee,
though the younger generation even
dispense with this loose garb, and run
about In their bronze, chocolate-colored
skins. Many of the women have
their faces tattooed lu lines from the
forehead to the chin and across the
face. The Hasutos know a stranger at
once, and If one remains long lu the
country ho Is frequently addressed by
a nickname, such as "Father of tall
men," "Father of long beaids," etc.,
the more common and complimentary
title being "Morena" or chief. When
one meets a Hasuto the general salute
Is "Lumela" (pronounced dumclah, am)
meaning "(Sootl-day to you"i. the reply
being simply "K." (pronounced like a
lu day. and meaning "Cood-day to you
also"); or, supposing one wished to
say, "l like to travel In company," It
would be "Ke rata ho eta ke na lo ba
bang." -(iood Words.
Jnt Ilr utural, o Sny.
The thing most essential of all In llf
photography is that the persons photo
graphed shall seem um-onsclous of thr
presence of the camera. That they
should really be so Is seldom possible,
except lu a crowd. The hurly-btiiij
of a city street offers a fair ohauoo. for
(ouccalment to the man with a hand
camera, though no matter how cau
tious he is the prints all to often show
some pair of eyes turned suspiciously
on the Instrument. Hut lu the conn
try he cannot help being conspicuous
and he has to confess his purpose and
ask his subjects to pose. This is per
haps Just as well, for II Is next to lm
possible, with a hasty snap-shot, lo
make the surrounding count for all
they might lu relation to the figures.
One does best when he has chosen
with some dellberallon the position for.
both his camera and those who aio
poblng. Saturday Kvcnlug 1'ost.
A HUNDRED YEARS A'W
FAMILIAR THINGS UNKNOWN AT
LAST CENTURY'S BECINNINC.
Thru- Win No Itiiltroiul, Mmtiiliinit, IMit
trlc l.liilil, Ti-li-Krnpti.'ti-ti-iihniie, I'hii
not;iiili, sowing Miii-liliic. I'lilton lllii,
riiiiloi;ii,iti, lllrult- or AllitoKltu-tlc,
One bundled ,e.irs ago Thomas -Icf-t'ersou
was President of the I'nllod
Stales ami Aaron Hiirr was Vhe Pics
Idclll. Theie wore sixteen States, Ver
mont, Kcutuck.v. and Tennessee lu ad
dltlon to Hie original thirteen. The
country's population was ,,,:i0S, IS.'t;
Virginia had SSOV-'iM people, Pennsyl
vania. tMi-Mttr,; Now York, "S!'.o"l;
North Carolina, l"tf,l OH. and Massachu
setts, IliJ.SI.". The population of New
Yoik City was (M),IS!); that or Hrook
lyu, not yet lucoipoialcd, was loss
than Kmmi Indiana was then the fion
tier, with of, J Inhabitants. A man
who had seen the turbid flood of the
Mississippi was a curiosity The
Union of Croat Hrltalu and liolatid
was consuinniulod 100 years ago. Ho
mtpailc was still First Consul. Wel
lington had not become famous, and
Nelson was the Hrltlsh hero, with live
years lo live before Trafalgar. Scott
was yet to write "Wavci-ley." Words
worth had Just written some of the
"Lyrical Hallads," but was an obscure
poet. Coleridge, his lrlond, had com
posed the "Ancient .Mariner." but hail
no fame Ityroti and Shelley wore ur
chins at school, and Keats was In
short dresses. It was not until seven
years later that Fulton's steamboat
was tried, and It was nineteen years
before the first steamship crossed the
Atlantic. Hohlingcomuitinlcallon with
Kurope only by slow sailing vessels,
the United Stales were too Isolalod to
be concerned about Interference. It
was not until IHU.'i thai the Monroe
Doctrine was proclaimed.
Travel lu I he United Slates a hun
dred years ago was by stage coach
ami ship, hall boat or row boa!. The
largest sailing vessel had a tonnage of
500. and required weeks to make the
Atlantic passage. Steamships or
10.000 tons cross to-day lu about live
days. Our railroad mileage would
now girdle the eailh twenty times.
The farmers of I SOI wore Just begin
ning to use cast-Iron plows In place of
wooden olios, and they know nothing
about forllllzors. Many years wen to
elapse before the Invent ion of the
renper and the self-binding harvester.
Iu fact, agriculture was painfully la
borious, the forest was slowly cleared
with the axe, ami the house built by
the settlor was a rude liui of logs,
where he lived with no comforts am)
did not dicani of luxuries. The news
of the world that came to him In his
solitude was months ami sometimes
years old, but in that respect the
dweller of the town was not much bet
ter off. 'loday the farmer has a rural
mall delivery wh'ch coutiet Is him with
the most distant parts of Hie globe,
and lie reads a daily paper containing
news of Ruropc which Is only a few
hours old. Familiar things thai did
not exist at the beginning of the nine
teenth century best illustrate our de
velopment; the railroad train, Hie
steamboat, the oleelrlc light, the tele
graph, tiie sewing machine, the cot 'on
glu, photography, Hie kluetoscope, the
bicycle, nnnesthetles, the elevator
the list could be extended to the
length of a catalogue, for hardly any
convenience or utility used lu the
house. Hie ollice, Hie wurehotiso and
tli- factor., to-day was known to the
people who tolled and lived 100 years
ago.
Oue hundred years ago a man could
not take a ride on a steamboat.
He tould not go from Washington
to Sow Yoik In a few hours.
He had never seen an electric light
or dtcamed of an electric car.
He cftiild uot scud a telegram.
He couldn't talk through the tele
phone, and he had never heard of the
hello girl.
He could not ride bicycle.
He could not call lu a stenographer
and dictate a letter.
He had never received a typewritten
communication.
He had never heard or the germ
theory or worried over bacilli and bac
teria. He never looked pleasant before a
photographer or had his picture taken.
He never heard a phonograph utlk
or saw a klnotoscoc turn out a prize
light.
He never saw through a Webster's
Unabridged Dictlounry with the aid of
a lloenlgon ray.
He had never taken a ride in an ele
vator. He had never Imagined such a thing
as a typesetting machine or a tvpe
writer. He laid never used anything but a
wooden plow.
He had never seen his wife using a
sowing machine.
He had never struck a match.
He couldn't lake an anaesthetic and
hae his leg cut off without feeling It.
He had never put chased n ten-cent
magazine which would have been re
garded as a miracle of ail.
He could not buy a paper for a cent
and learn everything that had Imp
pencil the day before all over the
world.
He had never seen a MeConuack
reaper or a self-binding harvester.
He had never crossed an Iron bridge
Tim Uho of tin, fltiDliliiii,
Kvory woman has one cushion that
l too nice to use, but Is meant to hide
a spot on the sofa. Now York Press.
The average number of horses
killed ISpanlsh hull lights every year
exceeds .",000. whli from 1,000 to 1,1200
bulls mi sacrllicod. - --- - -s.
WHY WE HUNCER AND THIRST
tlir Moilfin St'iiKttlliin llUVi-ronl I'mni
lilt- I'llllllllW fllfttllll't.
Scientists Iiiim decided Ihal Hie sen
Milieu popularly called "feeling hua
grj" or "fhlisfy" aie. hi modern civ
ilized communities .something entire
ly dltToioni fri n the pi-linltle In
stlitct of aulinal life, depending prim
ailly on Hie condition of the blood,
which Is Indicated lu the dcslio for
food. air. and water That the urgoui
need or the body foi fond and water
ami the occurieiice of these specific
sensations are not absolutely lutoide
peiiilent. may be deuiou(rtileil by teui
piitarlly ioiiiolug the sensation wlin
out supplying the craved subtuiio.
A piece of sponge inliodllced into Hie
stomach will rcuinw tin sensation of
hunger for a time as will aNo the
simple lightening of Hie belt The
pracllce. too. of certain South Ameri
can Indians of chewing coca loaws for
deadening Hie sense of hunger Is well
known , great deal of ordinary
drinking I the result of artlllcial rath
or Hum real thirst. The true thirst
for water depend essentially on the
state of flu tissues and blood, of
which It forms a very largo part hi
actual bulk. The specltie sensation ol
thirst. howecr. Is usually due to a
loiighuoss or dryness, or congestion of
the mucous iiiombir.nos of (he back of
the mouth ami throat. This may b
produced lu an nrtlllclal degree by a
number of local conditions quite inde
pendent of the ical needs of the tis
sues and. blood. It may come, for In
stance, from mouth lucathliig, from
excessive smoking, or from eating a
large and Indigestible meal. So that
ivally the actual sensation or thirst
Is not by any means always an Indi
cation of the real bodily need fo"
fluids. If I well to leiuembor that
one should not drink copiously at
meals, or Imbibe wry cold water when
greatly heated. Firstly, because the
subsequent react Ion stimulates hirllier
thlrst, and, secondly, because Hie ex
cessive coldness may Increase Hie gen
eral dryness of the tissues by stimulat
ing perspiration. It is recommended
that for all conditions of "thioat
llilrsi" one should sip warm water
stick a pebble, take acid fruit or oat
meal wa'cr. lu preference to drinking
coploiisl.t. of old fluid. It has Iicmi
estimated thai In the tropics, when
the thermometer ranges for so great a
part of the day al 100 degrees Fahren
heit and over, a man requires about a
gallon ami a half or water a day.
Clilcago ltccord.
('OKI Of ItlllllllllR VurNlilii.
Secretary I-ong has submitted lo
Congress Information concerning the
cost of running nrined vessels, ten
ders and warships sent lo the Philip
pines, or Irtiiu there since May 1, IS'.)'.'.
The famous tilp or the Oregon
around Cape Horn from San Francis
co lo Key West cost .$I7,0N7, not in
cluding the cost of coal consumed,
which cost fiO.UOtl. When she wont
from New York lo Manila, Oclobtr
12. 1W8, the trip cost .?1ir,,lH. without
Hie expense of coal, which cost fXifi'W
In addition.
Thirteen trips have been made,
around Hie Horn by various vessels
in the time lu question, Including the
Oregon twice. Marietta, Justin, Sterl
ing. twice. Iowa, Celtic, Scindla. Hudg
or, Marlilehead. Newark and Iris. K
elusive of coal cost, these (rips cost the
Ciovornmcnl .f(!0.,!l70. Seventeen trip
have been made by this class, of ves
sels by Hie Suez Canal route, and the
canal tolls amounted to .?rU,M.'s. The
ships that wont by this route weie:
Castlne, Solace. Yosemlte, Olympla.
(ilaclor. Nashville, Hiooklyn. Marietta,
New Orleans, the Dixie and the Alex
ander twice through. The cost of these
trips, exclusive of canal tolls and coal
consumed, was $5."l,4rll. This Is only
slightly more than the cost of thirteen
trips around the Horn, and the cost of
coal around the latter route would he
much greater than by the Suez Cannl.
The cost of bringing Admiral Dewey's
flagship Olympla from .Manila was
t:8,N87 for coal, $111M7 running ex
pernios and $:174 Suez Canal tolls, or
a total or fl.M,:t;jr. -Washington Cor
lespondeuce lu New York Sim.
Nornh' Hiibtrru-r.
The kitchen maid thrust her head
inside the door of the family sitting
room and called out:
Mrs. Sthrahug, the cockroaches is
thick In the panthry an' the chluy
closet! What'll I do wld 'em, mem?"
"Cockroaches, Norah?" exclaimed
Mrs. Strong, much displeased. "How
does It Implicit that you have allowed
them to become" so numerous?"
"They klm here from .Mrs. Pair
kliis's. mem, next door," ineiitlonlm
the name of a neighbor with whom
her mistress was not on very good
terms.
"Come from Mrs. Peiklns's. did
l hey?" said Mrs. Strong, eoiiHlilernhly
mollified. "Well, I don't blame them!
They'd starve to death in that house:'1
Youth's Companion.
Trlml Mori y Vrar Au,
Piny speaks lu his natural history, 50
A. D of the good effect of "pouring ol!
upon troubled waters." More than
eleven centuries ago the veneriUile
Hcde tells of a priest sent Into Kelt
to fetch King Kd win's daughter, who
was to marry King Oswnrru. He vis
ited the Itishop to get his blessing, aim
was told that the Journey would K
stormy, hut that a pot of oil which
was given him would still the tempest.
When the. storm came the priest used
the pot of oil the bishop had given
and lo, Hie tempest was stilled. Pro
fossor Horsford and Commodore
Wilkes are men of modern tlmeB who
have Been the same calming effect
produced lu violently stormy weather.
-SI, Lould 0 lobe-Democrat.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A Norwegian scientist, C. A. Mun
ler, believes thai by connecting two
Islands under water with galvanized
Iron plates ami sending electric cur
louts thtoiigh them olio might gel $1,
500,000 of gold and llwr out of sea
water annually
Loudon stiel iciiniifui liners have iv
ecntly purchased the Kugllsh iglils
to the Helriiud Thiol, open hearth, pro
cos The claim I made thai with the
new mot hod Installed sfeel can be pro
duced al a price to picwut further
American competition lu Kurope. It
is estimated that pi lies of "mild stool"
can bo lowoiod ton per cent.
The pi let Ice of oiling loads to keep
Hie dust down was begun hi California
a few year ago ami is extending to
sowral part of Hint State. The ihy
season Is so long that Hie Idea ol oh
tabling diisllos roads Is naturally at
tractive to Callfornlau and the suc
cess that ha atlemlcd the use of oil
for 'thl.w purposo promises lo cause lis
even more general adoption.
Tin "oloclranl" is a now device for
ntifoinuHeally charging electrical ve
hicles which is designed to be located
fn public places ami used by autumn
blllsls who tlml their butteries es
haiisfoil. Connection Is made with one
of four plugs, cncli oue furnishing a
different amount of current, as may be
desired. A olii dropped Into a corre
sponding slot stalls the How, which Is
maintained until Hie batteries have
received the amount paid for, and Is
thou slopped. The connection Is sev
ered, and as the door of the apparatus
Is closed the machine is made ready
for the I'cxt call.
According to a recent consular re
port Carl Under who is giving special
attention lo machlms for producing
liquid air. describes. In (he Journal of
the Association of Herman Kiiglneers,
a furnace recently designed for an hi
gonlous application of this mihstunci.
The ftiruaci Is intended to burn low
class luels, such as lignite and peal.
The combustion is luteusiiled by turn
ing (he gaseous mixture obtained by
evaporating liquid air on the lire. Ni
trogen Is III st set free, after which
there remains a gas containing at
least lirty per cent, of oxygen. The
price of this gaseous mixture Is said
not to exceed eighty cents for a thou
sand cubic feet.
Acetylene gas, In addition to I'uriH
Ishlug brilliant Illumination, can also
be used wjlh the blast to, produce lo
tense heal if combined with air and
oxygen hi the proper proportions. It
has been found that a heat sulllclcnt
to melt gold could be obi allied when
nl-eljiene was used lu'the blust-lami.
ajul cxpeiintonts huVo feceiitly botui
performed In which 'ygeii was'wub
slliulcd for Hie' air, When pure oxygen
was used It was found that the flame
became exceedingly iuuilimtis and do
posited carbon In a compact form
much resembling gas carbon, Iqit by
mixing the oxygen will) air the giia
is completely burned anil the tempera
lure produced is siilllclcull.v Intense
lo melt platinum. The use of acety
lene hi this way does not present any
advantage over the ordinary gas con
sumed in the blast-lamp, except In
cases where the laboratory Is sup
plied with such a source of lllumlua
Hon Instead of ordinary gas.
Tin- I'hik Hull mul llin Hints Doll.
Clinging to her mother's skirts at
(he Hridge entrance last night a Utile
girl about seven years old stood pat
Hug a doll dressed lu pink. Another
mother stood near with a child who
carried a doll dressed In blue. Look
lug at the latter the child with the
Idnk doll said:
"Yon cruel thing, you will kill your
dolly holdln' her head down side up,"
"Your dolly will catch cold." replied
the other. "You nln't got no clothes
on her arm."
Then the mot hers of the children
glared at each other and one said:
"Sh-Hh-h, Mabel, don't talk to her."
Whereupon the mother retorted:
"People can tell your brluglng up nt
u glance."
And the big fat eoJ who stands near
the telephone buotli nerv6usly moved
away. New York Hun.
Nnw Continent Avrnltn llcvrluiuiiput.
Hritish Africa Is larger lu uica than
the United States, and probably sur
passcs the republic In the richness, and
variety of Us natural resources, says
a South African correspondent. Of the
legions that are Intermediate between
extreme north and south we at present
know little; but that thorn He undevel
oped In these vast coal beds, enor
mous Iron deposits, boundless timber
forests; and the Hurst natural water
powers hi the world cannot he ques
tioned. In live years' time the trans
continental railway projected by Mr.
llhodes will begin to tap these stores
of accumulated wealth, and the world
will witness n process of development
of a rapidity and completeness uucx
ainplcd lu Its history.
King ii Hntwlni; ChmId,
The most prolltahlc period at the
Paris Fair was the eight days wleai
the Shah was there. The Kings of
(Jreeco and Helglum did not greatly
affect the sale of tickets, but King On
car did, although he dressed like any
other gentleman. He has so many
showy and lino qualities Hint he was
the most fetching Kitropeau king in
Hie way of sovereignly. The man in
Hie street likes something hi the niedl-
rvnl or Heiialssanco fooling. Oscar
would, If King ot Franco, be a mod
ern Francis I., who, despite Victor
Hugo, Is Mill popular. -London News.
TJIEMWUtYSlDEOFLIFB
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MtN OF THE PRESS.
Somellilng t.iu-l liiff Nl So (lic-itl, A Tier
Alt .11 In Itri nlti'i'lliiin Inilli-iitliitiN if
ii Storm III I U'll'xV (lmrii An t Jne x -lireti'il
Itlotr Winn In Din Vinitli, I'.tr,
laves of gteat men all iraiinil tw
We nio much like flina; but Title
'J he receipt linn not nnHigueil tls
II on lo iiiiike folks think ue'io tpcur.
1'iic!;.
Not So llri-ul, Aflrr All.
"(,'ioal surgical feat, that -putting;
a ua lira I drum in a woman's oar."
"I think not -women hear loo much
as II Is,"- Ohio Slate .loiirnal.
1 1 In ItM'lllllM'tllMIM.
"What are your locollectlons of Wen
Polnl?" asked the social refoiiner.
"Rather hazy," replied tin former
cadet, senleiillously. Philadelphia,
ltccord.
Inilli-nlloiiN ol' it Storm.
"Do you believe that a ring around
the moon betokens u coming storm?"
"Yes, If my wife's temper Is lu a
favorable condition for II." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Ills Wir'n down.
Alls. Church -"Did yon say your hus
band liked those clinging gowns?"
Mrs. tSothiiin "Yes; he likes one to
cling to me lor about four seasons."
Yon 1( cis Statesman.
An llnnxiiri'liMt Itlnw.
First Tramp "Wot wuz It do lady
done to yer dat has so unmanned ycr?"
Second Tramp "She offered mo a.
sponge cake, panlucr tlilnk of It, -i
sponge cake."-Hrook lyu Life.
AVI mi In IIIh Youth.
Teacher "And what prevents your
striking a hoy smaller than yourself?"
Pupll-'Tlty!"
Teacher-"And a hoy larger?"
Pupil "Prudence!" Chicago News.
Weiirlniiiiir.
"Waggs doesn't seem to be popular."
"No; he's the kind of man who -il-
ways wr.nts to talk to you on tlu
street car at night when you're going;
homo too tired to lalk.J' Chicago Hoc-
ord.
riiD cttv r oiiiiniH.
fioopli "A Chicago scientist clalp'.i
thai there are 10,000,0'JO microbes li
Wooph "Oh, those Chicago census
figures make me weary." HallUnoiu
American.
Tim Olio Wlut Wiinleit Mint.
Father "What does that yoiinr
popinjay hang around here for when
he knows I don't want him lo?"
Daughter "Hecauso, pap, he Ukes'to
he with the person who does want hint
to." Detroit Free Press.
ltemly !lllr.
"I," said the cetithnllllonalro, "deem
It a disgrace to die rich." Whereat
the legal profession was visibly per
turbed. "How can we break your will In
your lifetime?" they demanded.
Judge.
I.ono Nothing.
"Have you heard the story of the
empty box?" queried the Simple Mug.
"No," replied the Wise (Juy. ex
pectantly. "It's Just as well," said the Slmph; '
Mug. "There's nothing In It," Phila
delphia ltccord.
.runt VVIoit Ilnpirii-il.
lllauche "Oh, girl! I put a piece
of May's wedding cuke under my pil
low last night, and "
The Olrls (lireatliIrssly)-"What hap
pened?" Hlanche "I ate It all hefote I went
lo sleep." Hrooklyn Life.
OllniriTlM) Ulscrrotly Nllnnl.
Mo.llggor "Uragg tells me ho got
mixed up In a scrap last night."
Thingumbob "Did he get the Iksc
of It?"
Mc.Ilgger "Ol course. If he hadn't
he wouldn't have said anything about
iI."-PhlladelphIa Press.
Unirnllicit.
IJarnestorni "Yes; poor Hunter Ium
gone crazy as a loon. The pari he had
to play was too much for him."
Huskln "What was he playing -.loltyll
and Hyde?"
Harnestorm "No; 'Monte Crlsto,' tit
$12 per week and six weeks' subtly
due," Philadelphia Press.
Caution ImlUpoiiiinlilr.
"A man must be very careful if "o,
desires to retain the confidence of tits
constituents."
"He must," answered Senator Sorg
hum. "In fact, there's only oue way
(o accomplish It, ami that Is never lo
let them catch you when you are roll
ing them." Washington Star.
A ItMimi Kiilile llclns.
"Do you know that man over yon
der? He has Jusl had greatness thrust
upon him." -,
"How so?"
"Why, he's the only public man !n
the country who when naked to tell
whnt would happen In the new cen
tury said he didn't know." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
I'roio ii Moitcrit MoUiit'h Illiiry.
Clifford was extremely naughty to
day.
I have offered him fifty cents to
Hulinilt to being whipped, ami ho bi..-i
taueti the mutter under advisement.
1 am determined to whip him, If r.
have to pay him l.'-Ti,
I feel I am quite right In paying my
boy for bclns whipped.
It teaches him the value of uioneyi
Detroit Journal.
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