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(, VffOssjily Mm .iiLij ,mrtitmmmmmm in n0umSifii0mggk fr - r W h fc V HEAVEN UPON EAETH. DUKE AND DUCHECS CARL THEODOR OF BAVARIA. Thejr Fat Their Llvei Doing Uood for Othera Without ray or Trice Nnmcs That TVI1I Shine In the World's His tory. HE third of alx beautiful and tal ented sisters, the Princess Maria Jo sepha of Braganzn, became tho second wlfo of tho cele brated Royal ocu list, Duko Girl Theodor of Bavaria, on April 29, 1871. Tho Princess In very early years showed herself to be more gifted than children ordinarily are, and her sweotness of disposition rendered h'er tho favorlto of tho family. At an early age she showed great dis crimination of character, and had very strong likes and dislikes, though she did not allow tho latter feeling to bo often discovered. Her great character istic was fervent gratitude to all thoso who wero kind to her, and any little kindness or sympathetic word wn3 thoroughly appreciated' hy the Princess, even when she was quite a child, and this charming trait she still possesses. Tho first wife of Duko Carl Theodor, the Princess Sophie of Saxony, died on March 9, 1867, leaving him one daugh ter, the Princess Amallc, who married- DUCHESS CARL THEODOR. the Duko of Urach on July 4, 1892. It was not until seven years after.hls first wife's death that the Duke made his second choice, a choice that has ren dered his homo life Ideally happy. It was on April 29, 1874, that ho married the Princess Maria Josepha of Bra ganza, who was then only seventeen years of ago, and ono of tho most beau tiful and talented princesses In Europo. The Duke, who Is eighteen years her senior, is tho brother of the Empress of Austria, and the head of the ducal house of Bavaria, his elder brother hav ing resigned his rights In order to make a morganatic marriage. No married life could be more simple or happy than that led by tho Duko and Duchess Carl Theodor, surrounded by their five children, threo daughters and two sons tho Princess Sophie, born In 1875; the Princess Elizabeth, 1876; tho Princess Marie, 1878; Prlnco Ludwlg Wllhelm, in 1884, and Prlnco Franz Joseph, the godson of tho Emperor of Austria, on March. 23, 188S. The Duke and Duchess lead a very busy, useful life, for the Duke has no less than threo eye hospitals under his charge, which ho has himself founded, tho principal and favorlto of which Is at tho Royal Schloss, at Tegernsee, in Bavaria, of which we glvo views. Tho others are at Munich and Merau, at all of which places ho spends a part of the year with his family. His Royal High ness performs tho operations very early In tho morning (In summer at 6:30), and ho Is almost always assisted by tho Duchess, who takes tho greatest Inter est In her husband's work, and who Is herself a very skilful trained nurse. He also sees all patients early in the morning, and, as may bo Imagined, the poor look upon him almost with wor ship, and have an equal adoration l'or ROYAL SCHLOSS AT TEGERNSEE. the beautiful Duchess, who soothes them in their sufferings with the gentlest and kindest of touch and words, so that they speak and think of her as an angel of light and healing. The hospital at Tegernsee, which is In tho old Royal Schloss, now the prop erty of the Duke, can accommodate sixty patients, each ward containing from four to six beds. No fees aro taken at any of the three hospitals, but there are boxes in which richer patienti aro expected to place a contribution, the money being devoted to the deserv ing poor of the place, Duke Carl Theodor is the only royal oculist who exists, and when he flrBt announced his intention of studying medicine, in order that be might spend his life and talents In the service of tho sick and suffering, every one declared that it was an unheard of thing for a prince of royal blood to adopt any profession but that of arras. The Duke, however, was wiser than his generation, and preferred to heal the sick rather than to Inflict wounds, and his name will live longer and bo .more loved by generations to cotno than that of any soldier, however bravo and noble his life may have been. The Duko could nowhero havo foumi a nobler and more unselfish wlfo thtm tho Ducheqs, for Bho enters heart and soul Into his philanthropic work, and so thoroughly understands tho groat na ture of her husband. It often happens that a clever woman Is domineering and unamtable, but this Is not the caso with her, for sho has tho Bweetest and most unselfish nature, and Is always thoughtful and consid erate to her attendants, who aro one and all dovotcd to her. Her tact in deal ing both with high and low Is unfail ing, and she Is as great a favorlto with all the relations of bor husband as with her own family. The Duchess has many Interests in life, and ono of her chief hobbles is en gineering. Sho lakes an linmcuso inter est In machinery of all descriptions, and, whnt is very rare in a woman, thoroughly Understands tho subject. In appearanco sho Is very queenly, with a perfectly beautiful face, and lovely oyes, full of expression, tho grcntnoss of her soul showing plainly when she speaks, but perhaps her greatest charms arc her womanliness and the tenderness that sho sbows to the poor patients when sho is assisting her hus band in a painful and difficult opera tion. Sho 13 a most tender mother to her own children, and was an affectionate and devoted stepmother to the Princess Amalie, who was Just nine years old lat tho time of her father's second mar riage, and who has now two llttlo daughters of her own, born on Juno 22, 1893, and In September, 1894. Tho two sons of the Duchess were born a long time, after her threo daughters, and their births wero naturally tho source of great Joy to their parents. The elder, Prlnco Ludwlg Wllhelm, Is six years younger than his youngest sister, while the youngest is ten years younger, being only seven years of age. Tho Duko and Duchess had quite given up all hopes cf having a son when the elder Prlnco was born, followed four years later by his younger brother's birth. Schloss Tegernsee is beautifully sit PRINCESS AMALIE. uated on tho lake of Tegernsee, almost on the edge of the water. Tegernsee Is a very ancient town, founded by two brothers, Count Ottokar and Count Adalbert, In the year 746. It 'Is now a very pretty, quiet placo, greatly fro qtiented by the Inhabitants of Munich, who come there on account of the pure ness of the air and the beauty of tho scenery. The ancient Schloss, which was for merly a monastery, becamo a private residence in the year 1803, and in J817 be e the property of King Maximil ian I. of Bavaria. Tho King made it his summer residence, and generally spout several months thero every year. Now It Is the property of Duko Carl Theodor, who has nut It to a noblo use. and hn made Tegernsee the center of charitable work among tho poor. The Schloss is a larco bulldlm? with a beautiful shaded walk between it and tho lake, tho church standing- almost In the courtyard behind, and with a background of wooded hills. It Is a comfortable house, with numerous beautiful old-fashioned rooms, which havo been rendered very homelike and pretty by the Duchess and her daugh ters. The hospital 1b situated In one wing of the Schloss, as the Duke finds it raoBt convenient to have his patients under his own roof. No royal duke and duch ess In all Europe lead such truly un selfish lives as the Duko and Duchess Carl Theodor of Bavaria, and If only hh example will be followed by those who aro talented among the royal and noble families of Germany, only good would come to the Fatherland. Southern Iloipltalltjr. A discourse on southern hospitality would be upon an old text; but as most old texts are the especially good ones, It would bo a pity quite to drop thom. It has been predicted that with tho abolition of slavery and the con sequent difficulty of securing house hold assistance, there will be a decline of the old famed hospitality; that it will not outlive this generation. Were the heartiness of this virtue confined to eating, drinking and housing, we might fear that with Increased house hold labor might bo decreased cordial ity of entertainment, but there is a fur ther manifestation than the mere at tention to appetite. It's the being wel come to what they havo, rather the at tention to what they have, which es pecially marks tho warmth of" southern manner; wo hope It is long that we shall know and remember this beauti ful virtue. Womankind. She "That was very pretty for Mr. Iselln to kiss his better half after the race." He "Yes, it was pretty; but re member It was the other Hdff who won the race." Yonkers Statesman. THE PIPE OF PEACE. A Matt-Carrier llii n nattier Hard Kx perlenre With n Had Indian. In July, 1892, Peter Schneider, who la now a policeman In Clnclnnatl.met with an adventure which ho will not soon forget. Tho Second United States cnvi nlry, to which he then belonged, wero In camp nt the big bond of Milk river. Schneider had been detailed mall car rier between tho camp nnd Fort Asslnl bone. On tho way coming ho met an Indian nt Clear Creok. They exchanged tho courtesies of tho ,day, and the redskin, with treachery In his heart, offered tho soldier the plpo of peace. They smoked In silence on tho roadway for a short tlmo. Tho Indian asked for a chew of tobacco. Schneider always carried a half pound plug,, nnd pulled it out of hisockot. .The Indian took his knife ami'cut off a small piece from the corner, returning to Schnei der, not tho largo plug, but tho small piece which he had taken. The Boldler wouldn't- have It that way, and com pelled him to mako tho exchange. Thoy wero still on apparently friendly terms, however, and there was no occa sion for any exchange of hostilities Schneider asked thc-Indlnn for a nearer trail to tho fort than tho one ho had been traveling, and the Indian with Whom ho had smoked tho plpo of peace nhowed him the way. Thoy separated, and when Schneider had gone nbout fifty yards something Impelled him to look nbout him. He saw tho Indian In the act of drawing a beud on him. Schneider protected himself by dodging behind tho horse, slung his weapon from his shoulder and returned- tho fire of the savage. Tho latter fled, but turned twice to fire. Schneider also shot at him, and sud denly tho Indian and his horse disap peared from sight as though tho earth had swallowed thom. Schneider fol lowed, nnd stood horrified nt tho brink of a precipice over 200 feet In depth. At the lottom lay tho Indian and his pony, b-jth dead. Tho treacherous sav ngo, lu his hurried attack, had forgotten about tho cliff, and in his flight wont to destruction. Schneider took his saddle and gun and reported the matter to IiIb superior officers. He has tho saddle to-day, ono of the trophies of .his so journ among "the oneryest dogs on God's green footstool." Thin Mnii Never Wear lints. Clinton Miller, of Bradford, Pa. a florist gardener and quite nn Intelligent man, cays the Buffalo Express, has a strange hobby. He does not nnd will not wear n hat. Not since a boy has Miller worn any bead-covering other than a short, thick-growth of natural hair. In tho Bummer, with the hot sun pouring down upon his uncovered head, Miller may bo seen walking around tho town or at his work, with tho utmost serenity of manner, aB If he never minded It a llttlo bit. In the 'winter It Is the same. Tho mercury may do scend clear to tho bulb In tho ther mometer, tho winds may blow and tho snow may fly, but Miller never mlnda It-and stnlks about bare-headed nnd. without an overcont. The rain doesn't feaze him, either. Nothing bothers thlB man with the hobby, as far as tho ele ments arc concerned. Miller attended the New York state fair last year, and was an object of great Interest. It was very hot during tho days on which tho fair was held, and tho sweltering crowds tried to keep cool with broad-brimmed hats, para sols, umbrellas, etc., and Miller, with his bare head, seemed to be tho only person on tho grounds who did not suffer from the heat. He gives ns his reason for not wearing a hat that na ture provided us with a head-covering, nud-he says that it is foolish for a per son to wear a hat or any other arti ficial head-coverjng;. "You say you don't seo how I can stand it? Look at the North Ameri can Indian. How does ho stand it, or how did he stand It before the entrance of civilization, which resulted In some of them' adopting hats? See tho na tives of far-off Afrlca'and other far-off countries, who do not wear hats. Why, you. can even seo tho foolishness of wearing a big, heavy, cumbersomo hat by looking at women on the streets with bonnets as big as a silver half-dime. They don't need any hat. Another reason I do not wear a hat Is that it produces baldness. If the people of tho civilized world never wore hats there would never be such a thing as a bald head, unless brought on by disease. I wouldn't wear a hat, and should be glad to see every other man abandon Ha use. It might 'be hard at first, but they would get used to it soon, and would be pleased with the result. BETTER THOUGHTS. It Is a man's nature to hate whom he has offended. Tacitus, those Opinion Is a medium between knowl edge and Ignorance. Plato. Beauty, devoid of grace, Is a mere hook without the bait. Talleyrand. Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of Action and love. Disraeli. Just as you are pleased at finding faults, you are displeased at finding per fections, La valor. I shall leave the world without regret, for it hardly contains a single good lis tener. Fontenelle. Women cherish fashion because It re juvenates them, or at least renews them. Mine, de Prelzeux. Who partakes m another's Joys Is a more humane character than ho who partakes In his griefs. Lavater. It Is easier to believe In someone than In something, because the heart reasons more than the mind. Eunece. Lovo In France is a comedy, in En gland a tragedy, in Jtaly an opera, and In Germany a melodrama. Lady Bles3-lngton. UNCLE SAfttSOOKS. THOUSANDS OF RARE ANO VALUABLE VOLUMES. Million of Them In itd ".table A Mammoth Library Whlcji' WUl Con tain ETery Publication latnert hj the Public Trlnter. OR tho first lime In history Uncle Sam's publications nro on the market. Thoy nro advertised, for salo -at specified prlocs.nnd anybody whp wants thom can buy them. The new Bureau of Doc uments wll Issue a, . catalogue every month giving a list of whatever, has been printed by tho Government dur ing theprovloun thirty doyn. The most lmportnnt work'now, being done by tho now Bureau la-the crea tion of a library which will contain ovohtually n copy of every obtalnnblo book or other document published by tho Government slnco lis beginning. For this, purpose space wna set nsldo originally for 10,000 .volumes. Alrendy It is crowded, and It will have to be expanded. Until now Undo Sam'a pub lications linvo been a maze a literary labyrinth through which a person bent on research was obliged to grope with-J out a clue. k To mako the catalogue Is in itself a grent labor, Inasmuch as most of tho publications have no titles. Titles bavo to bo made for them, nnd to do UiIb re quires thnt they shall bo road. Ben Porley Poore made a catalogue of Gov ernment publications, but it was n colossal failure, mnlnly becauso it was chronological and not alphabetical. Tho Chief of tho Bureau of Docu ments Is F. A. Crandnll. Of his four assistants, three of them, women, are graduates of tho Albany Library School. Library work Is a profession nowadays, and students nro regularly trained for it, recolvlng diplomas qb In law or medicine, Mr. Crandnll'B chief assistnnt is the antithesis of tho typical librarian, being a young wo man with benutlful blue eyes and a complexion of peaches and cream. Her nnmo Is Adelaldo R. Hasso, and sho comes from Los Angeles, Cal., which has ono of tho best equipped small li braries in tlm country. Tho Public Printer has orders to send to this library one copy of every document issued in tho future. Like wise every executive department is re quired to furnish to tho library a copy of everything It publishes. Tho ac cumulations of Government publica tions now held by the departments are to bo turned over to Uio Bureau of Doc uments. These accumulations aro enormous. The Interior Department alone had half a million volumes, and of theso Mr. Crandnll has alrendy taken 200,000. Tho accumulations nt tho Capitol will remain where thoy nro for tho present. There millions of volumes havo been rotting for decades, riddled Jjy bookworms, gnawed by rata and a prey to an odd sort of fungous disease to which books nro subject. Many of theso volumes, being rare, aro worth from $10 to $25 each. The accumulations nro largely from tho overflow of the Library of Congress, nnd from books furnished to commit tees and dispensed with. Improve ments aro now being mndo In the stor age of these documents. Many of thom are being transferred to tho Maltby Building, which is a Senate annex. The ouiuui;,. jiua iuho iiircu a disused car stable, In which 1,250,000 volumes havo been stacked. The Houses has another car stable full of Its own books. Certain libraries aro legally desig nated as depositories for public docu ments. Each Senator and Representa tive haB tho right to nntuo one such library. The libraries thus selected re ceive the publications of the Govern ment regularly. Tho .latter aro sont also to overy ono of tho Stnte and Ter ritorial libraries, to the libraries of tho executive deportments and to tho mili tary and naval academics at West Point and Annapolis. Many libraries complain that they, have been obliged to go without books which private persons obtained through their Congressmen. The. now law re quires that 500 copies of every new publication Issued by the Government Printing Office shall be sent to the Bureau of Documents for distribution tp tho libraries. Mr. SpoKord, Librarian of Congress, In a recent article In the Forum, says that Uncle Sam's printing and pub lishing cost 14,000,000 per annum. The Government Printing Office employs more than 3,000 persons, at wages of about $2,900,000 annually. In 1894 there were printed 40,883,593 copies of. public documents, A single report ,of tho Secretary of Agriculture required more thun 1,000,000 pounds of paper. The reports of the Secretary of Agrlculturo are the most widely circulated. Kronoiuy, It Is a duty to be economical. At tho great .feeding of tho 5,000 from bread, miraculously furnished, the Christ commanded that all the fragments be Baved. He was more careful than mnny n servant who will throw away slices of good bread and many a slatternly housekeeper who will let bread mould, rather than- take care of It, although the household provider may be break ing his back and heart in trying to keep tho wolf from the door; but the Lord of all, who could produce bread by tho ton with a prayer, saved all tho pieces. Economy Is a duty, a very Im portant duty; it should be taught to all and bo practiced by all. If, Satan ever laughs. It must be at hypscrltes; they aro the greatest dupes he has, Colton. J3 THE. RESCUE.- i ' . How Ua1tlmor Oriole Fart-d Illi Ma'tr from Death, Threo pnlra of Baltimore orioles built their nesta In tho boughs of the elniB shading a largo garden. Though on scpnrato treos, they were, nil closo together and tho birds wore all on very good terms, In other trees round about and in tho shrubs and busb.34 bononth wero nests of othe,r birds robins, bluebirds, bluckblrdS, chippy blrd8-what Mpt. Botweoh these outsiders nnd , tho . orioles thero was cdmmonly peace, though thq blackbird occasionally got Into troubfe' when ho ennio too near the orioles' nests. Accordingly, when on a certojn morning, tho birds of all kinds wero found to bo In an uproar, ncrcamlntf iml flying about In' n stnto of wild excite ment, tho gardener ran to see whnt ailed tho feathered crowd. The caueo of the trouble was soon dis covered. One of" tho tlehuiro oriole wives had caught hef boad In tho sharp angled fork of a tree limb and there she hmiff.WlqUorJnj; amlunnblo to help bor-, eolf. Tho bird community had tiBPom blcd In fortje and had they been en dowed . with ordlnnry human tea con, , thqy " could not ' have been more oxcltc'd, more -'frco with their 'advice or lew capable of of fering any, jcnl assistance. Beyond dabbing from place to place hnd scream ing, tho birds, other than tho qrloles. dfd nothing; but tho two slstora of tho prisono riot only flashed about nnd screamed,, hut occasionally ono of thom would catch tho trnppdll bird by a tall feather 'rind glvo hor a yank. As ft Happened, thin pulling only seemed to wedgo the unfortunate bird the tighter In tho fork. To tho spectator In tho gnrden tho fate-of tho bird seemed sealed beyond help, nnd befcauso of this ho looked with astonishment on the three male orioles, nil of' which wore seated closo together where thoy could seo tho hanging bird nnd not qnij of which fluttered a feather or made a move. But Juot.ns tho gardener was corn el udlng that "the female must die, one-of tho male .ofloles, presumably the mate of the prisoner, flow to the plnce, whero sho va hanging, straddled tho fork, grasped her- by tho hack of the" neck with his bill, and, bracing himself, gave n mighty tug thnt .pulled her free. Then ho dropped her. Instantly recovering herself, sho flew to ft nenr-by limb and began arranging her badly rumpled clothes. New York Sun. HIS CAP WON HIM THE RACE. A Denver jorkey'n Inecnloiin but tn porUiunntlko Trlrfc Win. At a trotting rnco recefttly- In Brigh ton, Col. alt the neighboring towns had u candidate entered and feeling ran high. A Denver sport, who was Jockey as well ns ownejrcntered tfio( uvBi. ui ma bu iiik, unu uougni up every pool on, his steed'. It was n race' for blood from tho start, nnd when the Denver man got off In tho lead he cut across tho track and took tho rail fence before tho other jockeys wero fairly under way. He held fits advance around tho turn and along tho back stretch, but as ho made tho last turn and squared away for home his nearest competitors began to gain on him. Down the long stretch the threo horsea came, each Jockey driv ing tho -rnco of his life, Tho excite ment was Intense nnd big wagers wero being-hurriedly made. Tho Denver man was still In tho lead, but thoy were crowding him fast, and tho daylight between the three wao growlnir less nnd less -ovory Instnnt. Ho lookod first at tho wire and then at tho horsea be hind him, and hla visions of scooping the pool-box began to fade. There wus only ono ehanco left, and that wao a very slim one. Ho remembered that as he was turning into tho homo-otrotch a sudden gust of wind had nearly car ried away hla cap, leaving It barely hanging on the back of his head. Leaning back until ho almost fell out of tho sulky, ho gave his head a shake. It seemed an ngo before the cap fell off. Tho gaudy-colored bit or silk fell di rectly between the two horses belling him. Thoy shied slightly ond broke. Before their drivers could bring them to their feet again tho Denver man wti under the wire, TEXAS SIFTINCS. It seems appropriate enough for a whisky Arm to go into llquld-atlon. Because a man is a dwarf Is no ex cuse for his belngishort In his accounts. A Texas miser' keeps1 everything un der lock and key,,und he even bolts his food. "I'll seo you later," as the boxer oald when his opponent hauTcloed both his peepers. , t - What others drink distresses a tee totaler more' than it -does others, fre quently. ; A handsome female photographer ought to do a good business with her taking ways"; It Is as easy for some men to be witty as It la difficult for some to bo other wise than dull. "Never play at any gamo of chance." The man who hides four aces In his sleeve observes this rule. A -courtesy 'or kindness on the part of a stranger should be received In the spirit in which it la meant. "It is absurd to say that a slnglo swallow doesn't make a spring. Fire a Btone at one and see if It doesn't. Sailors are not fond of agricultural Implements Usually, but they always welcome tho cry of "Land-hoe." Somo men divide their lives between trying to forget and trying to recover from tho effects of trying to forget, "Castles in tho air are walled In by fancy," remarked the poet. "Faith, I'd prefer a rnlc fence," said Pat.- A boy who Is frequently chastised both by his-, mother nnd his graud mbther, sptfaka of them as "a spanking team." Texas Sittings. .A HERD pF DRUNKEN S.TEERS. 7ir&Ba"l.ft)hornii Intoxicated hr ftottca Apple. Fort Scott special to St. Louis Globe Democrat: A herd of Texas steers, liter ally Intoxicated on the fermented Juice of rotten apples, la au emergency not contc-mplnted by the nuthdrs of the Kantiaa prohibition law, and Its seor eral amendments; yet such a spectacle wns recently witnessed by the chief of tho metropolitan police force of this city and tho nhorlff of Bourbon county, who have explicit Instructions fronl the department of tho state to rigidly sup presB tho uije of Intoxicating liquor by the people 6t thoir respective Jurisdic tions. Patrick Gorman, nn extensive slock feeder, a few days ngo 3hlpped to his ranch, ten miles northwest of this city, a herd of wild steers from t!ie plains of Tqxa. During their first night on a Kansas ranch they stampeded through the lino fonce of tho pastnro Into an npplo orchard of tho Alf Cleal farm. The uroiirtafrult jjeason mede-tt unprofitable for "Mr. Cleal" to gather but n small per cent of his early apples, niid tho burdened trees Jtfffl dropped their ripened fruit to tho ground full threo layers deep. Tho ap ples had rotted and wero lu a stnte of fermentation that mnkes thom .a. most Intoxicating foaBt for cattle. Until tho next morning tho beasts glutted them selves, nnd were found In a condition of Inebrlocy that paused them to conduct themselves with that bolstoroiiB hilari ty In which man Is want to Indulgo when overcomo by the effects of Kansas "applejack." Tho effect of tho fer mented npplo Juice was as varied In tho cattle as it would have been In aB many men. Some of them bellowed and con torted In drunken debauchery, others were on their muscle and dangerously vlcjoiis, whllo somo of them laid help less nnd harmless. Their demonstra tions attracted the neighbors for milea about, nnd when the facta becamo known In .town crowds of poople drovo out to witness tho revelry of a 'steer beer garden." They were rounded up and corrallod with much difficulty by a score of experienced cattlemen. Not unlike human drunkards, the effects of the dissipation on some passed off soon, while othera wore In the "sphering up" process for two days. WHEN JEWS HAD THREE EYES. A fitrnnce Tradition Held hy Hebrew Llvliur In tho Orient. The Jews of eastern Palestine nnd Asia Minor havo n queer tradition which has survived from ancient times and tells of a remote period In their his tory when overy fully developed Is raelite was equipped with threo per fect ejve. Tho two main optlcB, nccord irig to this curious old-tlmo legend, were situated in tho front part of tho h$ad Just as Jewish nnd other eyes are to-day, but tho third tho ono that made tho early patriarch a monstrosity was located in tho back of tho head, Just nbove tho napo of tho neck in tho edge of the hair. This wonderful third eye In mart was not "ovoluted' out of existence, ns usoless organs generally are (according to tho Ideas of tho pro gressive scientists), Imt was closed by tho divine injunction on the day when Mosc3 wna givon the tnblea of stone on Sinn!. You romomber that God's com mnnd on tho day that the tables wero renewed was to tho effect that no man should be seen in tho vicinity of tho holy mount. (See Exodua xxxlv,, 3). The bellovorB in the three-eyo tradi tion says that Moses supplemented God's command by ordering the faith ful who wero encamped In tho valley to turn their heads from tho mountain. ThfK they lidy-lmfc took good or t. uncover tho eye that was situated In tho back of their head. Moses, notic ing this show of duplicity on tho part of his followers, asked God to close tho third or rear eye, and since that day the Israelites, in common with tho re mainder of humanity, havo been forced to depend on two eyeB only. Doth Troll or nud Cable. A mther iiulquo device la In use by a Ran Francisco railway to overcome a 25 per cent grade on an electric line. Thero are two tracks on this grade for cam going In different directions. On the grade there Is a conduit like that for cable roads, and it contains an end less cable passing over pulloya at the two endB. An up-going and down going car aro attached to this cablo by men stationed at the grades, and the two cara then work together by (he use of their own motors, the one going down hill assisting the jine which Is going up. The Bystem was tested a few weeks ago for the first time, and was found to operate successfully. It has since been working to perfect satisfac tion. It waa found that tho power of the down-going car is far more than is necessary for hauling tho ascending car under any possible conditions of load. Xervoiin Children. The mother says that this child Is nervous. He should never hear this said of himself. He will soon learn to me the expression as an excuse Tor naughtiness. Train him to regular habits of life, secure for him simple, wholesome food, seo that he gets plenty of sleep, that his nerves are not dis turbed by teasing by others, and in all probability he will cease to inaulfest nervousness, especially if he never hears older people talk about being nervous. Womankind. Will Try to Walk on the Wnter. Benton Ridge, a sinnll village near Flndlay, Ohio, Is In a furor of excite ment over meetings which are being held nightly by a band of faith curlsts. Ono of the converts is building a large tank, which ho will fill with "water; and " -anorlie'r convert proposes Jo php tJwij ' souudness of bis faith by attempting to ' walk on the water. . 1