Custer County Republican
I
P. M. AM8M5MKV , Killtnriinil I'
Bow , NlCIIKASJU
There are warnings llmt : lie .tounji
teen who are considering matrimony
fad better get engaged. Diamonds arc
tolng up.
The refusal of Queen Wllhelinlim to
pay the debts of her Duke Is a warning
lo bankrupt noblemen to marry only
'American heiresses.
If , eventually , an agreement IK made
jvhcrcby the Isthmian Canal may ' ) u
| > ullt without trouble , It's another argu
ment In favor of peace work.
Strange things continually happen. A
woman In a New York court , being
nsked her age. promptly answered ,
"thirty-six , " when everybody in court
agreed that she didn't look over thirty.
It Is said that the Czar of Uussla Is
R good whistler , and takes espofal dc
light In whistling American ritttlme
airs. This may In n great mcaMiio explain -
plain why so many attempts arc- being
made upon his life.
A man beard his suspender buckle
creak whnn he breathed , and argued
that he had eovcrc heart disease. He
foil awny rapidly but made a ( lulck re
covery when he got at the facts one
flay. Nothing docs a man up like a
( rood vigorous. Illusion ,
; " _ _ _ *
That the trolley road Is to become
KU industrial factor of extreme Import
ance no one observing present condi
tions can deny. The New England
ttud middle Western States are fast
being covered with networks of elec
tric railways , running , /or the most
"jpart , along the highways. As soon as
thcsn lines are equipped with freight
'terminal stations the much-vexed
problem of good roads will be solved ,
00 far as the matter of drawing heavy
* oads Is concerned ,
y and law combine to pay a pre-
hilUIn for desertion of wife and chll-
flren. Brutes capable of this Infamy
lire governed by a profound selfishness.
{ They voluntarily Incur the responsibil
ity attached to marriage. They could
jiot Induce any worthy woman to wed
without an Implied or express assur
ance of support. When morally or
physically weakened , generally by
drunkenness or other vice , such types
of Inhumanity cast off their voluntarily
Assumed obligations without remorse.
Wife and children aie left to suiter to
Hie uttermost of endurance or to be
come recipients of charity us the sole
means of living. Thcic Is no other form
of brutality normal human nature de
tents more than desertion of wife and
child. There Is no other which It Is so
iqncamlMi about dice king or punishing.
The whipping post will not be tolerated
Bgaln In an American community. It
hould not bo tolerated. It Is less than
the desert of the wife abandoner. But
Its stripes would fall without effect
npon such backs. The rational , the hu
mane course to bo taken with a wife
deserter Is to compel him to resume his
relinquished duty. lie should be re
quired by the State to go to work If In
health and a portion of his earnings
hould be reserved for his family.
Whether this work shall b Indoors or
out of doors Is a question for each com
munity to decide according to Its local
conditions. Street-cleaning would lie
an excellent expedient to check wife
bu < > < ! or wife desertion.
Each new report of the superintend
ent of the life-saving service contains
o many thrilling stories of heroism
and humanity that It Is easy to over
look the purely material benefits the
annual Diving In dollars and cents
which the service accomplishes. Dur
ing the last year the number of ( lisas-
tors to vessels coming within the
ncope of the service was six hundred
mid iilnety-turee , Involving property to
the value of nine ami three-quarter
million dollars. Of this great sum only
two and one-half millions were lost.
Beven and a quarter millions were
naved. It Is , of course , not asserted
that all of this salvage was due to the
work of the service. Not every vessel
which met with disaster would have
been a total loss even without assist-
mice ; but the saving would have fallen
for short of the actual figures. More
over , there Is another great'work to be
eel down to the credit of the service.
iJy which enormous sums are saved
every year , although the figures cannot
be determined and no reckoning Is
made In the reports. It Is the ounce of
prevention furnished by the red liKh
of the patrolmen and the warning gnus
which show a vessel her danger lief on
! t Is too late. By these timely warn
IngK many n captain Is enabled to work
bis way out to safety. Ills vessel does
not tlgure as one of those which met
with disaster , yet It Is the vigilance of
the coast-guards to which alone must
be credited the saving of ship and
cargo. Such cases are numerous. The
total annual cost of the service Is only
a trltle more than n million ind a half
of dollars , Judged merely .cm the
ground of outgo and Income. It Is therefore -
fore more than justified , and no one
who has ever read one of the annual
reports could Judge It on that ground
alone.
in the hist ten years the center of
population In the United States moved
westward only fourteen miles , and
conthwnrd about three miles. In the
previous ten years there was a west
ward movement of forty-eight miles ;
In the decade ending with 1880 , fifty-
tight miles ; 1870 , forty-two miles ; 1SGO ,
eighty-one miles ; 1850 , fifty-live miles ;
IS-IO. fifty-live miles ; 1&10 , thirty-nine
miles ; 18UO. fifty miles ; 1810 , thirty-six
miles ; and 1800 , forty-one miles. In 100
years the center of population has
moved westward -KM miles. In tins
same 100 years there has been little
variation from the line of latitude on
which the center of population has
inou'il westward. In 180 ! ! , after the
development of Alabama , Arkansas ,
Mississippi and Louisiana , and after
the annexation of Florida , the center
of population deflected southward of
the thirty-ninth parallel of north lati
tude , but In the years after that the
center of population drifted northward
again and Is now farther north than It
IVUH before 18(50. ( Excluding Alaska ,
.lawall , I'orlo Hico , and the Philip
pines , the center of the area of the
United States is In Northern Kansas ,
or three-fourths of a degree north of
and thirteen degrees west of the cen
ter of population , which is now In
Southern Indiana about six miles east
of Columbus. The greatest change In
: lie center of population was In th-
loeade ending In 1800 ; the slightest
rlmnge. the decade ending with HKM ) .
AH there arc no more new Slates to be
thrown open to settlement In the West
and as many of the Eastern States are
showing n steady Increase In inhabit
ants , II is believed that there will bo as
little change In the center of popula
tion In the next decade as there was in
the last
Trusts cannot wither nor combina
tion ! * stale the tender grace of that
memory which has carried Senator Do-
pew back to one moonlight night in
June when his boat rocked Idly on the
deep current of the Hudson while ho
and his sweetheart looked lulo each
other's eyes and all clyslnm Rwam be
fore them in the meeting of their lips.
The song awakened In his heart Is sing-
hit ; there- still , inid this Is the story It
tells ;
Wli } , worhh couldn't buy the memory
of tny llr l kiss , there on the river at
rceksklll , in I lie moonlight ! 1 remember
it yet with an oM'iiIsltc thrill. I can feel
the brush of her curls iipiinst my chuek ,
fed the thrill of her touch , see her blush
r.nl her roguish eyes before me now.
Pity , pity the poor creature who 1ms
never enjoyed an experience like tlmt !
When 1 was n boy in my teens I wns a
great oarsman , mid I W H often on the
Hudson hi my bont. This night my lit
tle. Lrlsht-eyed sweetheart was w.tii mo.
The moon was shining. IlaMj you ever
scon the bis round moon shining on the
HiuUon nt 1'eoknklll on a .luuo nlulit ?
If you have you know \vluit it N for a
liov to ho out alone with liis sweetheart
hi tlmt moonlight. I remcmbe. how 1
pulled out Into the silvery stream , her
mischievous eyes upon me. A king on
his throne wns nisvur happier , and hu
never had half the rixht to be.
Well , we talked. After n while we. let
the bout drift , I rather think. Maybe
her eyes drew me nearer to her. Maybe
her loose curls touched tny check. Maybe
we were snyliiK tender nothings. Maybe
I touched her hand. Then IT happened.
It is the touch tlmt does it the electric
thrill. A youiiK fellow could no more
help it than be could stop a storm , and
the irl couldn't , either.
And this Is what is happening nil over
the world to-day , by river's brink and
mountain side , where waters run and
prairie zephyrs blow. The same touch ,
the same song , the same rushing to
gether of the lips. And life Is diviner
and better tlmt it Is so , and Unit no mat
ter what befalls no memory Is greener
than that which carries the man of
throe score and ten back to the rocking
boat , the discreetly smiling moon and
the touch whose after glow never fades
completely from the heart of true man
hood. Verily , trusts cannot wither nor
combinations stale the Infinite and In
comprehensible touch of the vanished
hand tlmt one time or another has led
every real man captive.
4 ! 'reSontlnuiil ! |
A few months before this Ingenious
artist was se'1/.ed with the malady with
which be died he conceived the Idea of
his extraordinary work entitled "Tall-
Ple-co. " The Idea Is said to have been
Inspired at his own table. "My next !
undertaking , " said lie , "shall be the end
of all things. "
"If tlmt Is so , " said one of bis friends ,
"your buslnobs will be finished , for this
will bo an end of the painter. "
"And Ihorefore. , " answered the artist ,
sighing heavily , "the sooner my work
Is done , the hotter. "
Ac'cordlngly he began the next day
and continued his design with a dili
gence that se-eined to Indicate an ap
prehension that ho would not live to
complete it. His Idea was original ,
oven grotesque. He grouped together
everything lie could , denoting the end i
'
of all tilings ; a broken bottle , a broom
worn to the stump , a bow nnstiiing ,
towers lu ruins , the waning moon ,
Phcu-bus and his horses ( lead In the
clouds , a wrecked vessel. Time with
bis hour-glass and scythe broken , a j
pipe In his mouth with the last whiff
of smoke going out. an empty purse
iiiul many other signs of elostruct'on. '
"So far. MI good , " orled Hogarth , "noth
ing remains but this , " and taking his
pencil In a sort of prophetic * fury , be
dashed off a painter's broken pallette.
About a yoarnflor finishing his weird ,
remarkable "Tall-Piece" ho died.
Odd NiunoH n > r Kcllhlo * .
lu London a Hhoop's head stowed
with onions is called a "Field lane
duck. ' Potatoes are "Irish apricots"
and "Minister plums. " A herring Is
called lu different localities of England
a "Dlgby chicken , " n "Norfolk capon , "
a "Dunbar wether , " or a "CJourock
ham. " In Franco It Is customary to
call a herring a "poulet de careme"
( Lenten fowl ) . In our own country. In
Now England , codfish Is frequently
known as "Cape Cod turkey. "
You know how other people bore you.
Look yourself over ; inuybo you bav
the habit.
FRIGHTENED RY A SNAKE.
Indlu- , e\vriipcr ! KelntcH n Ilnr-
i- -lilt' fii 'c of Woe.
Ill the luf copy to hand of nn In
dian COM . .uriiry Is an Interesting
example < > L Malm loquacity. It takes
the familiar form of a "Letter to the
Editor , " and runs an follows :
"Honored Sir I should like tp bring
o notice of public , through widely
cattcrcd columns of your valuable
otirnal , a peradventure that overtook
ny personality while taking nocturnal
H-rainbtilatlons on West Moat road , In
'i-cler ' to caution fcllow-clll/ons against
Imultaneous dangers. While wending
my way along above said thoroughfare
on the evening cjf the 21M lust. , and
iiirsulng n course as crow files toward
uy humble abode , 1 was suddenly and
nstnntaneously confronted with mon-
Urotm hlHsliig and much confounded
ow In Immediate vicinity. 1 first re-
nalncd sotto voce , and then on apply-
ng close scrutiny of my double optics
0 spot whence proceeded above said
llsturbanco , I was much horrified and
empornneotisly paralyzed to lo and be-
mid a might enormous reptile of cobra
lo capollo making frontal attack.
"My pedal appendages being only
clothed In wooden sandals , I thereupon
Immediately took to nether limbs and
beat hasty retreat ( as stated in war
telegrams ) , or , In other words , made
rapid retrograde movement by loco
motion of lower shanks though per
sonally much courageous. I would like
to Indignantly question , What are our
newly elected city fathers cogitating
that they should not take commensur
ate stops to relegate such carnivorous
animals to limbo of oblivion and Insure
safety of pedestrians uud footpads ?
Plonso answer mo this Inscrutable
( juestlon , famous sir. Praying for your
wolf II r and Increase of filial bonds ,
1 am , most obedient sir , your ever
obedient servant ,
"BUBU QIIOWDUIU BIIOSE.
< X. B. If * this epistle is consigned to
wastepaper basket and no notice taken
of my above humble complaint , I shall
mcmorlate In other papers. "
RECENT INVENTIONS.
A linticly mucilage or blacking bottle
has been designed , having a removable
cap , which keeps the liquid from dryIng -
Ing up when not lu use , a sponge bolus ;
Inserted lu the nozzle with nn outlet
through which the gum Is fed to the
Bugs are supported for filling by i
handy new holder , composed of n base
carrying an upright post , with a curvei
band Ut the top , adapted to pvlp the
luvmth of the bag and hold It open , the
band being adjustable on the post for
bags of different length.
To prevent accidents on circular
saws an Englishman has designed 'i
guard to bo mounted on the saw table.
which automatically drops over the
saw when not In use , the passage * of a
log on the carriage raising the guard
high enough to clear the log.
Bicycles are easily supported by n
new attachment , which is bro-igbt Into
use without the necessity of turnini ;
screws or pulling down a rod , tweeds
being fastened to the front fork in
such n position that when the wheel
Is reversed they will rest on the ground
on either side of the tire.
l-'isb are automatically hooked as
soon as they take the bait on a newly
patented hook , the slightest pull on the
Hue releasing a trigger , which dis
charges a sharp phi at the point < > ( the
hook and Impales the fish's Jaw , a
spring being mounted In the shank to
drive the pin and hold it fast.
Mnv O'lloll In Now York Society.
Wlillo Max O'Kell was lecturing In
tbls country a certain well-known so
ciety lady offered him a handsome fee
for a private lecture- , which , contrary
to bis usual custom , he accepted. Then
:
he ' looked at the lady's letter again ,
and noticed the following postscript :
"I presume you will not expect to be
entertained afterward. " He promptly
canceled the engagement and sent the
following ' polite reply to the lady :
"Dear Madam : As a literary man of
some reputation , I have many times
had the pleasure of bolnjr entertained
by old French and English aristocra-
Icies , and. If It will Interest you. I may
add tlmt 1 have had the honor of being
entertained by royalties ; but my ambi
tion has never been so wild as to ImagIne
Ino llmt I should one day be entertain
ed by the aristocracy of New York ! "
lllaukinore'N Accidental SWC'OSH.
"Lorna Doono. " the masterpiece of
narrative and romance * , was offered by
Its author to eighteen publishers before
It was printed , doubtfully , by an un
known firm. Then it did not sell , until
the marriage of the Marquis of Lome
and tin * . Princess Louise took place ,
whereat some one. loyal and Imrobrain-
eel. thought that the now novel must
In some way treat of the happy couple * .
Kvory one rushed to the booksellers
ami in this way the grand story was
discovered.
iovo Iie'ttei-s.
An Kuu'llsb woman has just bad her
maid servant arrested for stealing the
love letters tlmt she. her mistress ,
wrote to her husband during their en-
pacemeitl. The maid. It was brought
out at the trial , considered them su
perior to any model letter writer to be
found , and was going to use them as
models In writing to her own sweet
heart.-
Tlio
Teacher Now , what little boy can
tell mo what a pyramid IsV
Sammy Slimmer Why , dal's de
shape pool balls Is set up In fur do
break. Philadelphia Press.
"Believe only half you hear , " says
the proverb ; but when a woman tells
you her ago the chances arc you will
hear only half what you believe.
WHERE YOUR HATS ARE MADE.
New York Produce * Most of Tliouc
Worn In Thin Coiintrj.
The business of manufacturing
en's and boys' bats Is one of the most
irlvlng Industries lu the United
tutes , " said a leading wholesale but
ealer In New York to a Washington
Star reporter recently. "Some Idea of
IB enormity of the trade may be form-
1 when It Is known that there are at
ircscnt In this country over 1200 niniiu-
icturlng plants producing hats and
tps tor men and boys. The hat fac-
orlcs give employment to 125,000 per-
ons who turn out a finished product
allied at $ li5,000,0K ) annually. Of the
Ignntlc business New Tork has the
on'a share , there being about $0,000-
DOO Invested In the manufacture of hats
ml caps , and fully 12,500 bands cm-
loyed. The value of the trade lu New
ork was last year between $0,500,000
ud SIO.OOO.OOO.
"New York leads In the manufacture )
f fine silk bats , while most of tlio
crby hats are made in Dnnbury , South
'orwalk , Bethel and other Conuectl-
tit towns. The cheap soft hats are
mnufucturcd at Orange , N. J. , while
he wool hat Is the product of factories
t Peckshlll and Newburg In New York
tale. There are 100 salable shapes
i the soft hat line , while the silk and
erby hat styles arc , as n usual thing ,
mited to half n dozen different grades ,
'lie most popular find largely sold hat
hroughout the United States is the
erby. This hat Is worn commonly in
Northern , Eastern and Western cities ,
n the South the prevailing head cover-
ng is the soft hat ; perhaps to the ex-
cut of SO per cent.
"There Is practically very little Im
portation of men's and boys' hats. Of
course , there arc a few Anglophobia
people who must wear bats because
hey are made In London , but thaj i
quantity Imported for their benefit la
very small. We not only supply out
ionic market , but we have some left
over for export. Many thousands of
American bats are now solel In Canada
nnd also In Mexico and the neighboring
countries , nnd there are mimliers soiu
In South America , largely In the Ar
gentine Republic. Considerable num
bers arc sold In South Africa , exclud
ing the soft hats benight by American
and other herders and miners. The
number exported to Europe Is not
great , but It Is enough to count. It has
doubled within a year , and Is still In
creasing , "
Miss Myrtle Heed has been accused
cloven times In one week or ueing me
author of "An Englishwoman's Love
Letters. " and many people have wrlt-
en her about It. It Is safe to say she
lid not write the book.
G. W. Dlllliigham publishes another
ilstorloal romance by Mrs. John Ells
worth , called "Tho Toletoc Savior. '
Mrs. Graham Is a native of Wyoming
Valley , Pa. , and a relative of the late
Alice and Phoebe Cary.
Paul Laurence Dunbar , the colored
author , is keeping steadily at work to
win recognition as a novelist. Dodd ,
Mend fc Co. will soon publish his third
novel , "The Fanatics. " He has out
grown the ambition to be known solely
ns the teller of stories of his race.
Flora Annie Steel's new novel , "ihe
Hosts of the Lord , " Is published by the
Macmllbin Co. , uniform with this au
thor's other works , which Include
"Voices of the Night , " "On the Face of
Forgiveness. " "In the Permanent
Way. " "Ued Rowans. " "In the Tide
way" and "Tales of the Punjab. "
One would think that on the subject
"Napoleon" so much had been written
by eminent writers , that there was
nothing more to be said. Yet Miss Ida
Parboll's "Napoleon" has reached n sale
j
of 1 < ' < 1 , < K10 copies. Jt lias oven boon
revised and reissued by McPlure , Phil
lips & Co. , quite recently , under the
title of "Napoleon and Josephine. "
Literary records are always interest-
Ing. Of English works the largest cir
culation of any work In copyright has
lioou reached by "Enquire Within. " of
which a million and a quarter copies
have been sold. The largest circulation
of any Kugllsh novel in copyright Is
that of "Fast Lynne , " of which the
public have- bought nearly half a mil
lion. The earliest published work still
In copyright Is Tennyson's "Poems , "
which date's from IS. " . The largest
amount ever given for serial rights Is
7,000 for George. Eliot's "Uomola.1
I'lie huwst chock ever Riven to an ICn-
srllsh airhor Is UO.e ' < ; 0. n ceived by Lord
Maeaulay for his "History. " The most
expensive single volume lately Issued
is Morris * "Chaucer. " published at UO.
I'lie thickest single volume In pr'nt Is
the "Catalogue of Current Literature ,
whleh measure's'lOLj indies across the
sack. The highest price given for a
Srst edition Is 515 guineas for an uncut
: opy of the "KIlmarnooK Burns. "
Divorced Womun Club.
A club of divorced women has been
formed In the Austrian capital , the ob-
lect being to provide the comforts of
Qome for all women who have been
jompellcHl to divorce their husbands.
Brakemen are unusually smart about
some things , but you can got them to
( iay10 for a0 watch by having an
engine engraved on It.
In the game of matrimony , It cobts
deal to call.
THE ENGLISH POPE.
Monument to He ISrcetecl to Aelrlnn lVf
( Nfcholni JlrcnkBpcnrc ) .
At last tlio only Englishman who ev
er sat on the papal throne seems to
bo about to receive honor from bis
own country. The project Is now on
foot to erect a monument In St. Peter's
to Nicholas Brcakspeare , Adrian IV. ,
which will be worthy of him and En
gland. The only other Englishmen
who have a monument lu the Vatican
Basilica are the two last Stewart pre-
teuderH , who were commeuioratcd In
by the great Gauovn , but the genii
who guard the tomb offended the by-
pur-seiisltlvu modesty of Leo XII. ,
w ho bad them draped.
Tlio situ for the uew monument baa
not been mentioned , as the scheme la
us yet only a scheme , started through
the enterprise of Mr. Grlsclle of Ox
ford , who hopes to raise sulllcleut
funds among English Catholics , espe
cially those who tire now on pilgrimage
In Rome and those resident In the Eter
nal City. The design of the monument
Is already In existence , having been
made centuries ago , and has waited
all this time for some one to execute
It. The pontiff and ecclesiastical au
thorities look with great bcncvoleuco
on this subject , which really seems
likely to be carried out
Nicholas Brcakspeare was a most In
teresting man. lie was born of poor
parents In 1100 , at Laugley , near St.
Albaus , and although he wished to en
ter an English monastery , the request
was refused. lie then wont abroad
mid rose from honor to honor until , at
the age of fj-1 , ho was elected to the
chair of St. Peter , fl. was he who con
fcrrcd the sovereignty of Ireland upon
England , and It was he who procured
the execution of the celebrated Arnold
of Brescia. To bis account must bo laid
the beginning of the long and bitter
fund of the papacy with the House of
llobeiistaufeu.IIe had a personal strug
gle with Frederick Barbarossa who
refused to hold his stirrup for him to
mount his horse which resulted In a
complete victory for the English Pope.
In 1159 , the quarrel having gathered
volume , he was about to excommuni
cate Frederick , when he died , and
Frederick thus escaped what , at that
time , was almost a matter of life and
death.
And tbls man , to whom emperors
bowed , has bad to wait 800 years for
his monument I Rome Cor. London
Pall Mall Gazette.
COULDN'T LOAN HER MONEY.
But Jnmes J. Hill I'roVeil il True Friend
to the \Vlilf.vr ,
James n. Hill , the SL raill railway
magnate , does uot pose Its a philan
thropist , yet he iloos many charitable
deeds without ostentation. The wid
ow of an early friend applied to Mr.
Hill for a small loan. She said she was
going to open a boardinghouse. "Sor
ry , Mrs. X , but can't let you have it
But you'd better get your boardinghouse -
house started. " "Why , Mr. Hill , how
can IV I have no money. " "Don't
need money. " "Why , surely , I must
pay for the furniture. " "No you
mustn't ; get a good house , get a bill
for six mouths' rent , furnish the house ,
and send the * bills to me. I'll pay 'em-
sorry can't let you have the money.
Good-morning , Mrs. X. "
Mr. Hill was one day walking down
Third street , once a flourishing thor
oughfare , but now deserted by the ;
general public * . lie stepped into a lit
tle tobacco shop kept by a German who
had known him in the village clays of
18UO. "Hollo , Joe , " ' exclaimed the
railroad president , "how's businessV"
"Bat , ferry bat. I have der chop , but
verc Is der bceplesV" Mr. Hill glanced
over the shop. There was no assist
ant , tobacconist whose discharge could
be recommended. But Mr. Hill asked
for a blank check , and the following
week ( bo old tobacconist was besieged
by "beoplos" In a modern , well-stock-
eel shop in the- principal retail thorough
fare.
Some months ago -Mr. Hill visited
the otllco of a railroad In the stock o
which lies had Just obtained an Influen
tial interest. Glancing through the
doorway of one large ofllco-room , he
asked , curtly , "How many men here ? "
"About eighty-live , " was the answer.
"Can't you get along with less ? "
"No , we never could. " "Well , I'll get
a man who can. "
Paid In Ills Own Coin.
The Atlanta .Journal relates an amus
ing encounter whlc.li Maurice Barry-
more once had with a stranger. "Will
you oblige me with a lightV" said Bar-
rymore to a belated stroller. "Certain
ly , " said the stranger , holding over his
cigar.
But when Barry more handed back
the perfecto the owner Hung It away.
Out cttino Barrymore's cigar case.
"Take one of mine , " he said , with a
tone to the Invitation which made an
order of It. The stranger hesitated and
took the cigar.
"Let me otVer you a light , " aded Bar
ry more , giving his lighted weed to the
other.
Upon regaining bis cigar , Barrymore ,
of course , flung It away.
" 1 should like to continue this Indef
initely , but I have only a few cigars , "
he said , and walked off.
Barrymore would devote * as much
thought to a trifle like this ns he would
require to write a brilliant essay or
memorize a part.
And Slio Went.
"I thought , Mrs. Slmrpe , I'd stop and
ask how you were. I must go again
Immediately. "
"You are very kind and thoughtful.
Mrs. Borum. " Philadelphia Times.
What has become of the old-fashioned
man who used to say to the boys : "The
next time I meet a nickel rolling up bll )
I will give It to you. "
THE PRINTS OF FINGERS.
N'ot Alwuyn Kellnlile an a Mcani oil' 'A
identification , r-
The constancy of human finger prim *
las chiefly been discussed In connec
tion with the Identification of crlmln-
tls. Assuming that the evidence of fliv
lor prints is to be admlss.ble lu crlm-
nal proceedings , It will be not only nco
ssary to prove that In the case of th
auie man the linger prints remain un-
Utered , but that no two persons have
.dentlcal . finger prints. Where Is the
ivldcnce of thlsV
There arc probably 1,000,000,000 men
ind women 011 the earth. Can we sup
pose tlmt no two of these have Ideutl-
jal linger prints ? Nor , Indeed , Is thlo
ill. We may be comparing the flnger
prints of a living man with those of
one who 1ms been dead for years past ,
ind the doctrine of heredity might lead
us to expect to find similar finger prlnta
In the co.se of parents and children , and
af different children of the same
parents. It Is , at all events , certain
that If this finger print system were
once Introduced Into our courts of Jus
tice there would bo any amount of
wrangling as to whether they were
Identical or only similar experts con
tradicting each other and Involving the
whole subject In confusion.
Moreover , professional criminals
would probably soon find some mode of
ilterlng their linger prints. No doubfl
If the person who committed a crime
t murder , for example has left the lin-
jrlnt of his finger on anything It may
H'ove an Important clew ; but the same
: hlng may be sold of the imprint of his
Soots or shoes. But a , clue Is one thhiR
tud a proof Is another thing. j
Let me point out another difficulty.
In a country where there are a largo
lumber of criminals whose fingerprints V
ire collected the number of these will
teen be very large. How long would Ik
lake to examine this collection In orde-
: o find out whether any of them corro-
ipondcd accurately w-lth the finger
prints of the man who Is now nccustdT
riie task would , I think , be a hopelesr.
> ne. i
That finger prints may be important
Ji the detection of crime whenever th
: rlmlnal has left the print of his fln-
? ers behind him , I do not dispute , but-
without much stronger evidence thaa
ve now possess that no two persona-
lave undlstlngulshablo flnger prints ,
men evidence ought never to be per-
nltted to outweigh what appeared to
) e a tolerably satisfactory alibi. -
Knowledge. -n
CnrncRio in Bare Fee-
Andrew Carnegie had n curious
'lence at Alx les Bains. He walked
lour miles down n rugged mountain' '
llde in his bare feet. Mr. Carnegie-
iad started early with three compun-
ons nn English woman and two
French women who were stopping af
the same hotel , to explore the Savoy
illls. A mule , carrying a basket ot
uncli , accompanied the party.
When It was time to return one ot
he women found her shoes too tight
ler feet had been blistered frightfully
ind she declared she was unable tt
go home. The spot was deserted and-
light was approaching.
"Do you think you could for oncct-
tvalk four miles In your bare feet ? "
isked the girl of the millionaire.
Mr. Carnegie was puzzled , but th&
pretty maid llnally Induced him to giv
tier his shoes , which , though tremen
dously large , enabled her to proceed-
jlowly.
Mr. Carnegie at first accepted the or *
Jeal In a spirit of fnn , but the stones
and thorns often made him cry ont
Half way down he was compelled to
liscard his socks , which had become
too tattered and lllled with pebbles an *
land. When the sedate Mr. Carnegie ,
who was somewhat ahead of the othcj
three , was seen to enter the lobby of
the fashionable hotel In bare and bleetV
Ing feet carrying a pair of dainty lndy't >
ooots swung on his alpenstock over hi *
shoulder there was great excitement
Knirfix Spring H'orrti Tin.
From Berkeley Springs , W. V * . .
comes word that the mineral sprint
set aside for public use n hundred
years ago by Lord
Fairfax has boon
blown up and do-
strayed by tLo
people who were
enraged because l <
had been leased
to outsiders for it
term of years ,
1.0111) K UHFAX Lord Fairfax ,
whose public bequest has thus beeo
nullified , was the original owner ol
more than fi.OOO.OOO acres of Vlrginlt
land. Ho early made the acquaint *
anco of George Washington , then c
youth of 10 , and employed him to survey
vey and lay out his estates. In thlt
way began a personal friendship whlcb
survived all political differences , and
lasted until the death of Fairfax. Bry
au Fairfax , who succeeded to the tltle\
was oven a Creator and more Intimate
friend of the father of his country ,
In 178 ! ) ho became an Episcopal clergy
man , and for many years had cliargv
of the parish of Alexandria , Vn , HU
jlulm to the peerage was acknowl
edged by the House of Lords In 180ft
out he never asserted It.
Conclusive.
"Did you refer to tlmt physician ut
i good , old-fashioned doctor ? "
"I did. "
"But he Is a very young man. "
"I don't care about that fact UK \
old-fashioned Just the same. "
"How can you tellV"
"I sustained an Injury In the leg and
ae didn't hesitate to say he could say *
aiy life without performing a surgical
jperatlon. " Washington Star. * "
A bride who lives with bis felka
tuun't much of a BUOW.