TilK NOKPOL1C NEWS : FRIDAY , MAY 22 , 1003
Mathcwson Post Have Charge
as Usual.
WILL BE SERVICES ON SUNDAY.
Details of Veterans Will Visit the
Schools on the 20th Memorial
Day Address by Rev J. F. Poucher
and Sermon by Rev. W. J. Turner.
[ From Wednesday's Dally. ]
Memorial Day , Muy 80 , 100 ! ) , will bo
obsotved as in former years , under the
nnspicos of Mnthowsou pout , ntul
"Woman's lloltof corps.
In the morning the old soldiers nnd
Woman's Relief corps , headed by com-
pauy L , N. N. G. , as escort of honor ,
accompanied by the Norfolk ilro department -
mont prooudcd by the mayor and city
council , will form at 10 o'clock nndor
the direction of Marshal Beswiok , and
proceed to Prospect Hill cemetery where
the graves of the old soldiers and de
ceased members of the Woman's Relief
corps will bo decorated under the direc
tion of Post Commander Wentlnrby ,
assisted by the post chaplain , the Rev.
J. 0. S. Wfills.
In the afternoon pnblio exercises will
bo hold at the Auditorium , beginning
at 2UO : o'clock. Rov. J. F. Pouoher
will deliver the address.
Sunday G. A. R. Memorial Service.
On Sunday morning , May 24 , Mathow-
son G. A. II. post , all old soldiers and
the Woman's Relief corps will moot at
O. A. R. hall at 10 o'clock and march
to the First Congregational church to
attend divine service conducted by the
pastor of the church , Rov. W. J. Turner.
This is in conformity to general orders
from national and department head
quarters , and an ol I nstablished custom
of the G A. R. and W. R. O.
E. P. WEATHEUIIY ,
W. H WIDAMAN , Commander.
Adjutant.
Patriotism at Schools.
On Thursday afternoon , May 28 , dele
gations of Mathowson G A. R. post and
Woman's Relief corps will visit the var
ious schools.
Members will meet at G. A. R. hall
promptly at 1 o'clock , where the post
commander will name details to go to
the various rooms.
A full attendance is requested in or
der that every one of our city schools
may have an old soldier present io wit
ness the patriotic exercises.
E. P.WEATHEUBY ,
W. H. WIDAMAN , Commander.
Adjutant.
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.
W. H. Bncholz is in Lincoln on busi
ness.
ness.W.
W. M. Robertson went to Lincoln this
morning.
Warren Sisson is in Norfolk from
Oklahoma.
C. 0. Cottrell , who has been working
in Norfolk , has gone to Ouster , S. D. ,
to accept a flattering position with a
shoe firm.
George Stapenhorst was a Tilden visitor -
itor yesterday.
Rev. J. O. S. Weills went to Omaha
this morning.
W. S. Tupper has returned from a
trip to St. Louis.
Mrs. Desmond loft for the east on the
early morning train.
W. N. Huso went to Omaha and Lin
coln today on business.
Hugh Gardner will leave on Sunday
for a trip through Idaho.
Mrs. J. G. Troutman went to Sioux
City on the noon train today.
A new toll board is being placed in
the telephone exchange today.
Judge and Mrs. Isaac Powers were pas
sengers for Omaha on the morning
train.
Mrs. H. Krasne will leave tomorrow
for a month's visit , with Fallerton
friends.
S. L. Gardner ? who was threatened
with an attack of pneumonia , is able to
be about again. T'v
The Misses Young were in the city
last night from Stautou to attend the
Koeuigstoiu recital.
0. G. Miller is putting in permanent
walks about his property on Madison
avenue and Eighth street.
A handsome new oak counter has
been placed in the Koonigstein phar
macy , at the soda fountain.
H. R. Ward and R. A. Brantloy of
Omaha , representing A. Hospe Co. , are
registered at the Oxnard today.
W. H. Oxnam has moved , with his
family , into a house at the corner of
Tenth street and Pasowalk avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Beoler left last
night for Hot Springs , where it is hoped
Mr. Beeler's rheumatism may be re
lieved.
J. F. Redman is completing his resi
dence on South Eighth street and has
under way two new houses at South
Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Mopes of New
York City are expected today to visit at
the homo of Mr. and Mrs. 0. H.
Reynolds.
The Ladies Aid society of the M. E.
church will meet in the church parlors
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Light refreshments will bo served
after the meeting.
jg.Dr. H. J. Cole of this city and Dr.
and Mrs. 0. S. Parker are in Lincoln ,
attending the annual uieotiugJCof Ne
braska Dentists , of which association
Dr Cole is president.
The mooting of the West Side whist
club , which was to have been held at
the homo of Mr. and Mrs. E , P. Weath-
erby tomorrow evening , has been post
'
poned on account t f the illness of Mr ,
Wcttthcrby.
Goo. II , Spear started ont this morn
ing for his Sioux City house , taking
orders for the famous brand of cigars
they handle. Ho has boon off the road
for some time , while Miss Grace hits
b on so sick , but pho has been getting
along BO favorably that ho decided it
was possible for him to resume his
work.
Rev. and Mrs. Fletcher M Slsson of
this city have issued invitations for the
marriage of their daughter , Hildroth
Kll/'iboth , to Mr. Lester Christian
Riddle , on Wednesday morning , Juno
11 , at 10 o'clock. Mr. Riddle is n promi
nent young business man of Dolowarc ,
Ohio , and the couple will bo at homo in
that city after September 1.
Mrs. Franklin Baker is visiting at the
homo of her parents in South Norfolk
again this week. She arrived in the
city from Wisnor Sunday night and
will remain until Friday , when Mr.
Baker is expected homo. A rumor
which hold that Mr. Baker would re
main , and started as a joke by a Wlsuor
man has caused some comment and
considerable inconvenience durlnp the
past two weeks. The follow admitted
that ho began the report , but did it , ho
said , for fun. Mr. Baker is now on his
way homo. _
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS CUT UP
Many Bills In Currency Were Sliced
In Norfolk This Week.
A good many thousands of dollars , in
paper money , have been cut up on the
koou edge of the paper knife in the job
ofllce of THE NEWS this week. The
currency has not boon destroyed , but
simply sliced into single bills , out of the
sheets of them that wore sent to one of
the banks from the treasury department
at Washington. The money comes in
strips of four bills each , aud It is no
small job to separate the pieces. And
that is why , instead of making the work
infinitely tedious nt the house of com
merce , the bank clerk , with a well
loaded six-shooter in his hip pocket , has
used a kuifo in the printing cilice.
HE RANG FOR THE BELL HOP.
And Made him Turn on the Light , to
Find the Wayward Bug.
He had boon forced to drown romorn-
brauco in that sweet oblivion drink. It
was up to him , and ho accepted the in
evitable. Ho was gloriously full , aud
having just a real jolly time. He went
to his room in a hotel of the city and
chose to sleep on the floor , rather than a
soft downy bed. He didn't want a
soft , downy bed , at all , at all. Around
the city he had gathered , from the arc
light corners , a number of those long ,
lean hideous bugs that make you creep
to think of. One of these ho placed
upon his chest when ho stretched out on
the floor to rest.
At 8 o'clock this morning a furious
ring of the boll from the room that held
the man and the bug , came sounding
into the olllco. The bell hop rubbed his
eyes and crawled up the stairs to the
room. "Come in , " roared thoxgnest.
"Now , " and he roared again as he
glared , sitting up on the floor , around
the dark room. "Now turn on the
light , so that I can find that bug. " The
little insect had crawled away from the
man , and was sleeping at his side.
BEGGARS HAVE COME TO TOWN ,
But Seventeen of Them Were Set
Going Again Yesterday.
[ From Thursday's Dally. ]
The police force was kept on the jump
yesterday and say they "will be busy
all next week , " if tramps continue to
drop into the city as they have been for
several days past. No less than seven
teen genuine travelers of the Weary
Willie type , were routed out of loafing
places in Norfolk yesterday and set
going , out on the road. There are
cripples in profusion among the sot , and
they are the worst beggars in the world
to handle.
OHIO CENTENNIAL CONCLUDED.
End With Ceremonies , Speeches and
Parade Today.
ChilMcothe , O. , May 21. Special to
The News : The celebration of Ohio's
one hundroth birthday was successfully
concluded here today. Bishop O. O.
McCabe of Omaha was one of the prom
inent speakers today. This afternoon
there was a parade , reviewed by the
governor.
FIVE EXPLOSIONS IN NEW YORK
Three People are Killed , Two Seri
ously Hurt Today.
Now York , May 21. Special to The
News : Five explosions oconrod this
afternoon in the city gas house. Three
men were killed by the accident and
two others Ho in a hospital , very
seriously hurt. Fire that resulted from
the explosions , is still raging.
COLUMBIA AND ALLIANCE READY.
Are Preparing for This Afternoon's
Race Good Wind.
Glen Cove , L. I. , May 21. Special to
The News : The Columbia and the Al
liance are busily preparing for their
race to decide which boat shall defend
the cup. A good , strong wind is blow
ing.
FOREST FIRES IN NEW YORK.
Raging In Adlrondacks Rockefeller
Fights Flames.
Panlsmith , N. Y. , May 21. Special
to The News : Forest fires are raging
in the Adlrondacks. William Rocke
feller is out fighting to save his estate.
Married Man Drove Through
Streets With Bad Woman.
A BIT THE WORSE FOR DRINK.
They Wore Both Locked up In Jail
Over Night The Old Boy Felt Very
Much Ashamed "Food Sorrow to
the Cat , " Says Ho ,
[ From Wednesday's Dally. ]
It cost an old boy of ilfty-Rovon mini-
uiers nnd as many wlntow , Just $10.10
and a night in the city jail , toguthor
with an awful fooling of humiliation ,
to got "a little the worse for drink"
last evening and come drlvlng up the
business portion of Norfolk avenue , bare
headed , with n woman of ill repute ,
her tresses fiyiug in the hrocKO , and both
bent on having a little hilarity all their
own , in a pnblio sort of way.
Both wore locked up by the police ,
the horse was taken to a livery htablo
and this morning the pair of disturbers
wore brought up in court to answer to
their charges.
The farmer , Mr. Richard Roe , was
oidlod drunk and disorderly. Ho ad-
uiittid that ho had been "a little the
worse for drink , " and paid over hla
fine. The woman , Mary Park , was
charged with vagrancy nnd assessed
$15.10 by the court. She had , she Mild ,
n little over a dollar , but promised , if
the court would lot her go , to got
onongh on her trunk to curry her back
to Omaha , where she has a husband.
The story of her wayward life was not
without a pitiful side aud she wan
finally dismissed on condition that she
leave tomorrow morning.
"I got myself in a scrape , " said the
old man , with an Irish ring to hlh
words. First , ho says , ho wont over to
the place to rescue a young girl that he
thought was there for her father's
sake. She wasn't there and he turned
to leave. Then they Invited him in
"Of course , " says ho , "I was willin' to
have a social chat. " "Then , " ho wont
on , "tlioy -kod if I wouldn't have some
beer. And I would. Then I turned to
go , aud they said I owed 'em a dollar.
For what ? " says I. 'For beer , ' sayt-
they. Now think of it a dollar n
bottle for beer , aud you can get it up
town any dny for a quarter. But I'm
honest so I paid it to thorn. Then they
brought on another and it went to mi <
head , aud then I loft. "
Hero the old follow wiped his brow
and then went on. "Now that was two
days ago , " ho said. "And 1 began to
fear they might drive up to mo house
and say I was in their debt for that
beer. So yistorday , when I had the old
mare hitched up , I just drove over aud
asked'em. 'How much do I owe yo1
says I. 'Nothin' says they. Then they
stood treat and it went to me head and
this girl jumped in the buggy nnd
wanted a ride. 'If ye's have anything
to go up town fer , ' says I , 'I'll drive ye
up and back again. 'I have , ' says she ,
and so wo come. Now I've been hvin1
fifty-seven years and never got in the
hand of a policeman before. I'm sorry.
I'm asha-a-med of myself. But feed
sorrow to the cat , says I , it's done now.
I'm awful .sorry , though. This is my
dog. Shop knows wo done wrong last
night. He likes mo yet. Come on ,
Shop , " nnd the old man went his way.
THURSDAY TIDINGS.
0. E. Pea : BO is here from Madison
today.
L. V. Haskeli was in the city yester
day from Wakefield.
H. L. McCormick is putting in a
cementWalk at his rosldonce on Ninth
street and Madison avenue.
Today is Ascension day [ and was
observed with appropriate services by a
number of the Norfolk churches.
Mr. and Mrs. James I. Wilkinson , of
Henderson , la. , are here for a visit with
their daughter , Mrs. J. W. Edwards.
Mrs. A. H. Shaffer of Fort Scott ,
Kansas , is visiting her sister , Mrs. J.
W. Boveo , at her home northwest of
town.
town.W.
W. L. Berry is in the city today from
Madison , visiting with old time friends.
Mr. Berry lived in Norfolk seyeral
years ago.
D. D. Hall , traveling agent for the
Omaha World-Hearld , left today for
Hot Springs , S. D. where he goes hop
ing for relief from rheumatism.
Ora Livingston , hostler and cab
driver for George Dudley , and Miss
Nellie Mullen , drove to Madison yester
day and were there united in marriage.
They will make their home in Norfolk.
Work on the government building be
gan to move faster today than it yet
has. A long line of wagons are busy
hauling gravel , and a gang of brick
masons arrived at noon from Omaha to
help put up the walls.
At a meeting of the high school alumni
held last night , plans were discussed for
the reception of the class which will
graduate this year. A banquet will
likely bo held on Monday evening , fol
lowing commencement.
Company L will bo inspected at the
new armory , Saturday , May 23 , by an
officer detailed by the adjutant general.
This inspection is preliminary to an in
spection by the war department , which
is expected Monday , May 25.
Thirty-five of her pupils gave Miss
Pearl Reese a surprise party on Mon
day , at her home in north Ninth street.
The little folks brought refreshments
with them aud enjoyed n pleasant even
ing as a formal closing of the social
side of their school year.
Those who got ont of bed early enough
this morning were rewarded by witness
ing a comparatively rare sight a rain
storm from a practically olear sky with
the sun shining quite brightly. It was
only n light mlat that overhung the city ,
and yet from it oiunu u shower that
lasted hvvoral minute * and quite thor
oughly \\at the surface of the Ki'ound ,
It commenced suddenly and cuisod in
the ( tame manner.
A , HoHpo Co. of Omaha will open it
piano Haiti in thin city tomorrow morn
ing , nt the HUOH building , recently va
cated by the ladles of Trinity church ,
who held n riumnago Halo , About
twenty Instruments have been placed
on exhibition in the building today ,
The customer of a Grand Island re
staurant ate a hourly muul and wallcml
out , refusing to make the proper and
oiiHtomaiy nuttlumont. The proprietor
went after him and the ouHtomer fol
lowed payment with HOIIIO threatening
actions wh'oh ' inlluoncod the rontaurant
man to send an ounce of cold had after
his victuals. Fortunately for both a
trotiBorH button stopped the bullet. The
moral is obvious if n portion wanm to
bluff n Grand Inland caterer ho tthould
first bo certain that his buttons are on
and on firmly.
USE THEIR WORST JUDGMENT.
Boys Who Leave Homo Live to Wish
They Hadn't Dona So.
It in the sonsnn of your when young
mon who have just cut their eye tooth
and think that their homo IH too small
to hold them and that they have entirely
outgrown papa's and mamnm'H loving
euro and protection , take it into their
heads to start out and BOO the world.
Throe mioh boys , under 10 yearn of ugo ,
were on the "blind baggage" of the
Northwestern last night onrouto for
the west. Moneyless and friondloNH ,
they will quickly find that they are not
yet mon prepared to withstand the re
buffs of the woild and enter Into the
competition for an existence they will
encounter. They may long for homo
and their parents , many dreary hours
before they again see them , and when
they do return they will find that home ,
after all , is the best place on earth.
A sad illuhtration of the utter HillinoBS
of this penchant on the part of HOIIIO
hoys is furnished from Lincoln , where
Win. Rhea IB awaitingsontonco of death
on the gallowa for the brutal murder of
a saloon keeper at Snyder. Rhua is not
much older than a boy , but when ho
was several years younger ho decided to
leave homo , fell in with bad company ,
and now awaits the moot degrading and
ignominious death that can bo meted
out to an American citizen. Ho left n
respectable homo , nnd would undoubt
edly give his worthless llfo to bo re
turned to it , pure and Hpotlem an when
ho left. Not only ho but his father and
other relatives are suffering iuteimolj
for his brutal orimo , but it is undoubt
edly just that ho should bo made to pay
the penalty.
Ho longed to return homo long before
ho had become a besotted criminal but a
certain pride provouted him from apply
ing for assistance that would return
him to the place of his nativity.
Boys who have an ambition to cut
awny from homo should consider this
and other points that will convince
thorn that "thoro is no place like homo. "
UNIONS GAIN ANOTHER POINT.
Imported Negro Waiters in Omatia
Are all Discharged in a Day.
Omaha , Muy 21. Special to The
News : The unions have gained another
point. All freshly imported negro
waiters have boon discharged after ono
day's work. The owners are now in a
conference with the unions. The team
sters have gained two department stores.
Does your back ache ? Don't delay.
Get a box of Kidney Ettes the most
wonderful remedy for all kidney
troubles and they will make you
right. Price 25 cents. For Sale by
Kiesan Drug Co.
To Cure a Cold in Ono Day
Take Laxative Brotno Quinine tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to care. E. W. Grove's signature
is on each box. 25o.
Dninlt Colnmni In Mexico.
There are columns of basalt in Mexico
ice which may be regarded us one of
the natural wonders of the world. They
may be seen at Uegla falls , and there
Alexander von numboldt saw nnd ad
mired them when he took his famous
Journey round the world. As regular
and symmetrical these columns arc as
though they had been fashioned by
human hands , and yet they are entirely
natural and of volcanic origin. They
are of great height , nnd no one can see
.them for the first time without becom
ing greatly impressed.
In nilgai's cave , Scotland , there are
columns of basalt somewhat similar to
these , and on St. Helena there are oth
ers , though the latter , instead of stand
ing erect , are piled together on the
gronnd and look like trunks of trees.
Iljr Mocnrt.
The average compositor has a most
Intense dlsliko for contractions and
rarely puts one In his pages when it
can be avoided. When ho and the re
porter disagree as to the meaning of
some abbreviation , the result is some
times amusing.
A good example of this occurred in a
southern city where a popular touring
orchestra was giving a Sunday night
concert. Naturally their selections were
principally of a sacred character. Next
morning the Dally announced :
"Tho second part opened with a
splendid rendition of the 'Overture
From the Twelfth Massachusetts , by
Moznrt' " Harper's.
Thu I < "lrnt IlcqulHltc.
Ascum Haven't you got n Job yet ?
Layzeo No. I'm still waiting for
something to turn up.
Ascum What you need to turn up
arc your sleeves. Catholic Standard
nnd Times.
Get * There Jn t the Same.
You often hear It said a woman has
intuition. An a matter of fact , it is BUB-
plclon. AtchlBOU Globe.
And Was Given Thirty Days
by the Court Today.
WORKED HIS GRAFT IN BAKERY.
Tough Looking Tramp Got Change
From a Girl at the Counter , and
Spout Several Dollars ( or Drinks In
Ton Minutes.
I From Tlimmluj'H Daily ]
"It'H hard luck to have to go to jull
thin nloo weather , but innylui you'll have
time behind the burn to learn the differ ,
imoi ) between a real IIvo dollar bill and
the kind you piiKHwl in that rostmuant
yesterday , " wild County Attorney
MapoH to the tough looking tramp who
gave Ids name an I'M. Grant , jiiHt after
Juhtloo KlHoley had glvcm the "bad"
money man thirty days in the county
priNon thin morning. '
( Irant IH a bad looking customer who
halls from Seattle. Yohtoidny ho
nought a nioklo'n worth of cot Ides uttho
bakery of 10 , H. KuulVnmiiM. In pay menthe
ho handed the Kahmwoman ono of the
ugliest , ooiirm'Nt , ImldoHt looking imita
tions for a United States greenback that
was over turned IOOKO upon a civilized
country. By drawing the gill's atten
tion to the fact that ho was a cripple ho
IIHH ono leg gone the fellow succeeded
In getting fl 1)5 ) in change. Tlioit ho
left.
left.Ten
Ten minutoH later , when the tram ) )
was arrested in a tmloou , ho hud $1 ' 0
Inhispoikut. Ho was very drunk and
mild hdidn't kuosv whore the rest had
gone. Ho thought ho hud taken drinkH
enough to UHO It.
At 0 o'clock this morning the bogus
currency stranger w M brought before
Jiibtlco KlNoloy and pleaded "not guilty"
to the churgo of obtaining money under
fulho preteiihCH. Ho him livud twonty-
eight years and said ho didn't know the
difference between tlio bill used and a
iood ono.
Tim prisoner was taknn to Mudlson on
the freight train this afternoon , by
Chief of Police Kuuo.
Several attempts were iniido by" the
cripple to PIIBH his currency bo fore 1m
llmdly succeeded. In another bakuiy
ho failed and a bartender thought it
didn't look good to him.
JEWS FEAR A REPETITION.
Are Panic Striken Over Prospect of
Repeated Massacres.
Odessa , May 21. Special to The
News : The JOWH nil over the outiro
province fear a repetition of the
Kishoneff m isaoro aud tlioy are a
panic stricken raco.
Ilnrliil CimtoniN.
The Turks perhaps were the Ilrst people
ple to use ornamental burial grounds
such us we cull cemeteries , but as to
when this custom was Ilrst adopted in
the land of the crescent no one seems
to know. The curlier Jews burled their
dead In the earth , that method being
without doubt the most undent burial
mode known to man. The very curliest
EgyptluiiH Boom to have understood the
art of embalming mid to hiivo practiced
It from time out of memory. The an
cient Greeks nnd Honiaim cremated the
body , the ashea only receiving sepul
ture , except In case of illustrious war
riors , statesmen , etc. , these latter being
burled unburncd as a special mark of
favor.
Some ancient tribes preserved only
parts of the body and burned or burled
the remainder. The parts retained aud
preserved , dried or in liquid , varied ac
cording to tribnl notions. With some
it was the heart that was thought to
bo too sacred for cremation or burial ,
with others the liver , ears , nose , tongue
or flngers. The Tartars of 2,000 years
ago preserved only the thumb and toe
nails of their dead.
AmuHciiiciitii of Great Men.
Here are a few amusements of great
men : Edmund Burke , farming ; Lord
Byron , swimming ; Carlyle , riding nnd
smoking ; Lord Chatham , bowls ; Dar
win , backgammon , music , smoking and
snuff taking ; Dickens , bowls , walking ,
smoking nnd snuff taking ; Tom llood ,
shooting ; Klugslcy , fox hunting , music
and smoking ; Lamb , witnessing per
formances of "Punch , " card playing ,
snuff taking nnd smoking ; Lord Lyt-
ton , gardening , walking , music and
smoking ; Captain Marryat , snuff tak
ing ; Lord Palmcrstou , horse racing ;
Pitt , felling trees and studying classics ;
Shelley , making and sailing paper
boats ; Sydney Smith , chess , swimming ,
riding and music ; Wesley , whist ; Dean
Swift , Imrnosslng his servants with
cords and driving them up and down
stairs.
The IJUcovery of Pelt.
Felt is n union of animal hair with
wool in such a manner as to produce n
firm , compact substance. Its discover } '
was of so much Importance that It
seemed necessary to attribute it to di
vine agency , nnd hence we have a tra
dition of saintly origin. When St Clem-
cut was fleeing from his persecutors
his feet became blistered , aud In order
to abate the pain ho placed wool be
tween his sandals nnd the soles of his
feet. On continuing his Journey the
wool , by the perspiration , motion and
pressure of his feet , became a uniform
ly compact substance , which was after-
urird denominated felt
EmbnrrniBcd.
"What n beautiful luncheon ! " said
the guest
"Yes , " nnswered Mr. Cumrox , "moth
er nud the girls sny U Is nil right"
"But you nren't enjoying It"
"No. I'm n little embarrassed. I've
been standing over hero trying to flg-
uro out which nro the edibles and
which nro the decorations. " Washing
ton Star. . „ .
UonCoflw
states
of America
The greatest nation In tlio world !
the greatest consumer of coffee.
Lion Coffee
la the standard beverage of every
itate and territory of the Union.
It's pure tlmt'o why.
AtwRMln 1 IlLKlrtlahL * MM r
Injuring froilmiiM ami tmlfotm
fxELIGION IN CHINA.
Tlirr < > Am Three Stn < * STKlriiiN , COH-
f iii'liin Inm , lliiiliHilNiu mill Taiilnni.
Ill theory ( . 'oiifucluiilHiu IH tlio r < r-
llglou of the Htute. Till ) Hliitc ( itllelabi
arc tin1 literati who have Hecurod their
portions through the study of llin
eliiHHlt'M-l. c , , the "Naercd WrillngH ol *
Confucius. " The CoiifucliuilHt temple
lire protected and honored by thu Htulc ,
and ( lie wornhlp of ( lonfucluH In carrleil
on at ( tie e.\poiiHo of thu Htute. In u
limited HCIIHC , lee , Itiiddlilmn can ulno
claim to be u Htato religion. Tlio KIIIU
IH ulno true of TuolHin , Hlnco deceiiHed
goncnilH M nil HtutcHiiuMi uro iiH.slKned
their coiTCHpondliiK runlcH with the
TuolHtlc king of tlio lower world In
hudcH. In thin role they uro worshiped
In TaolHtlc temples. In thin wuy It IH
possible for u Chlmiimin to iiuiko IIHM
of all three religions without Kottlu
into conflict with the dlHtlne.tlvi ! prlu-
cIploH of uny of them. Their odleluhi
worship together. In fiinerul He.rvlc.eH
monks of both orders uro found per
forming finiclloiiH on different days.
The public temples uro usually In
control of the TuolHtH , but Homctlmc
are In churgo of HiiddlilHtH. Not rarely
TuolHtlc. gods urc found In Ituddhlst
templc.s nnd vice VITSII. 8oinclliiic.ii
they differ only in iiuiiio. Tlio Itud
dhlst goddess of mercy IH the Taolttt
goddess of lieuven. The pearl king oC
the TuolHtH IH the Imperial ruler of the
HmldhlHtH. Moth KyHtcniH teach the
sumo ten prlnccH In hudcs , urn ! even
a reproduction of thu ItiiddhlHt putilHh-
mont In hell la found In the Tuolst tun >
Dleu.
A Touch of Ireland III Spain.
When I wan at Malaga , the llght-
houm ) WIIH out of order , and some
Americans hud complained olllclully
Unit their shipping Interests were bo-
UiK damaged. No answer wits received
for two years. Then It was declared
that It WIIH the fault of the oiirtliquuko
which had taken place iimny years pre
viously. I'MnuIly ' the light was put out
altogether bccuuso it interfered wltfo
the Ilrcworks. When n pair of boots IP
hud ordered did not lit nnd I eom-
plulned to the maker , ho arrived Indig
nantly to protest "They fit here , " ho1
said , prodding my tender toe , "and they
fit there , " iinotlior prod. "You cannot
expect them to lit everywhere all at
once. " Hluckwood's Magazine.
Tli Clmrire n ( Mnrcncov
As 1111 tiiHtunuo of iiiiiKiiIllciMit blun
dering , sung by poets nnd treasured In
story , no record IH over likely to cotno
: ip to that of the Light brlgudo in thu
Crimean war. But , perhaps , most re
markable was Kollermau's charge nt
MnrciiKo. From daybreak till Into aft
ernoon the Austriuns hud the best of It
Desulx mild to Napoleon , "Tho buttlo
is completely lost , " adding , "but It la
only 4 o'clock. Thcro is time to gain1
another one. " A little later Keller- .
man with 400 mounted sabers < xS < f
fully hidden by n vineyard till the
fateful moment arrived dashed out
upon the Hank of tlio Hungarian in
fantry. The onset was irresistible.
Two thousand Imperial soldiers sur
rendered with their general , and the
French. Inspired to a final effort , wrest
ed a brilliant victory nnlquo , even in
Napoleon's career from their oppo
nents.
In Donbt.
In one of Wllklo Collins * published
letters ho writes :
For the lust week while I was finish *
Ing the story I galloped along without
feeling it , like the old post horses. Do
you remember how the fore legs of
those post horses quivered , nnd how
their heads drooped when they cumo
to the Journey's end ? That's me , my
dear ; that's inc. Good gracious , la
"me" grammar ? Ought It to bo "I ? '
My poor father paid ftX > n year for my
education , and I give you my sucred
word of honor I am not sure whether
it is "me" or "L"
I'crNoiinl MiiKnetlnm.
Two men address an assembly on the
same topic and In nearly tlio sumo
words. Ono Is listened to with indif
ference , if at all ; tlio other stlra to
every fiber our being and our souls
thrill responsive to his lightest touch.
It is not what wo hear , nor Is it grace
ful pose or elegant diction ; It is noth
ing comprehensive or tangible , but an
invisible , mysterious force which wo
acknowledge nnd yield to even ngnlnst
our convictions and reason. This
strange attribute is not hereditary , nor
can It be acquired.
It Uoiiciuiea.
Judge ( to witness ) You sny you hav
known thevprlsoner all your llfo ?
Witness Yes , your honor.
Judge Now , in your opinion , do you
think ho could bo guilty of stealing
this money ?
Witness How much was it ?
Hail Proved It.
"A great deal may bo said on the sub *
Ject , " said the prolix person.
"That , " said the weary auditor , "la
the one point on which you have con
vinced me. " Washington Star.