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;• ^.tytinrrr GOOD VYORL®. „ Pretty good world It you take it -ill j'l&'.V v rodml-- , • "' r Pretty good world, good peojflel f Better be on than be under the groand--' Pretty good world, good peopleK Better be here where the skies are blqe A* the eyes of your sweetheart- a-smilin' at you-- Better than lyin* 'neath daisies.and dew-- Pretty good world, good people! JpPrttjr good world with its hopes and its fears-- V Ifretty good world, good people! Ben twinkles bright through the rain »f its tears-- Pretty good world, good people! ; Better be here, where th£ pathway yoe £".*• know-- > Where the thorn's la the garden where sweet roses grow, • Shan to rest where you feel not the CaUV | ftie snow-- ^ ?- Pretty good world, good people! Ytietty good worldf! ~£et di sing It that way-- Pretty good world, good people! Ifeake up your mind that you're in It t» s;:o- stay-- At least for a season, good people! Ptvlt.v good world, with its dark and its bright-- ^Pretty good world, with its lore and its light; Sing it that way till you whisper, "Good- •JfUk'ik, night!"-- " Pretty good world, good people! Kjv .--Atlanta Constitution. V- THK LITTLE CURATE. ? r i ' ' • • « * H B curate and M i s s E d m i s t o n w e r e w a l k i n g down the main street of the vil­ lage engaged in eonvcrsat ion, which, being that of a recently affi­ anced pair, need not here be re­ peated. Miss Edmiston carried herself with an air of pretty dignity, made none the less apparent by the fact that she was fall/" two inches taller than her lover, the Rev. John St John. He was a thin, wiry little man, dark-haired and pale- complexioned, and was much troubled In bis daily work with a certain uncon­ querable shyness. That he should have won the heart of handsome Nancy Ed­ miston was a matter of surprise and discussion among the residents of Broxborune. "Such a very uninteresting young man," said the maiden ladies over their afternoon tea. *S© ridiculously retiring! How did he ever come to propose?" remarked the mothers whose daughters assisted In giving women au overwhelming and not altogether united majority in Brox- bourne society. The men, on the other hand, voted St John a good sort; and his parishioners, in their rough ways, owned to his many qualities. "You're a dear little girl, Nancy," the curate was stammering, looking up at his beloved, when they were both stopped short on the narrow pavement. A burly workman was engaged in chas­ tising a small boy with a weapon in the shape of a stout leather belt. The child screamed, and the father, presumably, corsed. "Stop!" cried the curate. The angry man merely scowled and raised the strap for another blow. St Join laid a detaining hand on the fel­ low's arm, the temerity of which cswsed the latter such surprise that he loosened his grip for a moment, and the youngster fled, howling, up an alley. "What the " spluttered the bully, dancing round the curate, who seemed to#hrink nearer his sweetheart "Let us go, dear," he said. He had frown white and was trembling. At this juncture, two of the work­ man's cronies appeared at the door of the ale house opposite, and, seeing how matters stood, crossed the road, and with rough bands and soothing corset conducted their furious friend from the scene. • "Horrible!" sighed the curate as the lovers continued their walk. Miss Edmiston's head was held a trifle higher. "If I were a man," she said, "I would have thrashed him--I would, indeed!" "You think I should have punished him, thep?" said the curate mildly; "he was a tw^ch larger man than I, you know." "* Nancy was silent She was vaguely but sorely disappointed in her lover. He was not exactly the hero she had dreamed of. How white and shaky he bad turned! "You surely did not expect me to take part in a street row, Nancy?" he said, -presently, somehow suspecting her thoughts. He knew her romantic ideas. But she made no reply. "So you think I acted in a cowardly fashion?" he questioned after a chill pause. --'I don't think your cloth is any ex­ cise, anyhow," she blurted out sudden­ ly. and cruelly; the next instant she was filled with shame and regret. Before "we could speak again, however, the curate had lifted his hat and was cross­ ly the street. An icy "good-by" was -att he had vouchsafed her. St fcefriefc. t v "I'll 'good adtern^on' ye, Mister Par­ son! No! Ye don't pass till I'm done wl* jre," Cried the man, who had been drinking heavily, though lie was too seasoned to show any unsteadiness in gait. The curate drew back. "What do yon wantr he asked. He was painfully white now. "What do I want?" repeated the bul­ ly, following up the question with a volley of oaths that made the little man Shudder. "I'll tell ye what I want I want yer apology for interferin' 'tween a father an' his kid. But I licked him mor'n ever for yer blasted interferin'." "You internal coward!" exclaimed St John. His opponent gasped. . "Let me pass," cried the other, re^ covering from his astonishment at hearing a strong word from a parson. St. John gawvl hurriedly about him. The path wound across the moor, through the green and purple of the heather,, cutting a low hedge here and there, and losing itself at last in the heat-hase. They were alone; The bully grimied. "I've got ye now.** /"'* "You have, indeed," sairf St John, peeling off hlahiaek coat and throwing it on the heather. His soft felt hat followed. Then he slipped the links from his enflte and rolled u# his shirt sleeves, white his enemy gaped at the proceedings. "Now, I'm ready," Mid the curate gently. ' ' "Arc you going7 to fight?" burst out the other, looking at him as Goliath might have looked at David. "Come on, ye ** But the foul word never passed his lips, being stopped by a carefully planted blow from a small but singularly hard fist The little curate was filled with a wild unholy joy. He had not felt like this since his college days. He thanked Providence for his friends, the Indian clubs and dumb-belts; which had kept him in trim these past three years. The blood sang in his veins as be circled round Goliath, guarding the giant's brutal smashes, and getting in a stroke when occasion offered. H was not long ere the big maa found himself hopelessly ' out; matched; his wind was gone, his jaw was swoHeo, and one of his eyes use­ less. He made a final effort and slung out a terrific blow at David. Partly parried, it caught him on the shoulder, felling him to the earth. Now, surely, the victory was with the Philistine. But no. Hie fallen man recoiled to his feet like A young sapling, <uul the next that Goliath knew was, ten minutes later, when be>opened his available eye and found that his enemy was bending over him, .wiping the stains from his face with a iiae linen handkerchief. "Sfeel better?" said the curate. «WeU,rm---> "Hush, man; fti not worth. swearing about** interposed his nurse. "Now, get up." : r r He held out his .blind and assisted the wreck to Ms feet* . "You'd bdttsjr call at tljT chemist's and get up.1 Here's money." The vanqoijpeti one took the silver and gazed stupidly jat the giver, who was making hig^ tpilet. "Please ;** away and don't thrash your boy afiy more," said gt. John per­ suasively. •; Goliath made a few steps, then re­ traced thcirii hslding out a.g^imy paw. "Mister Parson, I'm--I'm " "Don't say another word. Good-by," and the oprcite shook fcflads with him. The big men tm^sed aw|y. Presently he halted ot^ce more. '"I'm j» he said. It had to come. Then he sham­ bled homeward. St John adjusted bbr collar, gave his shoulder a rub, and donfefd his coat and hat As he started to\t*ard the vil­ lage a girl came swiftly to meet him. "Oh, lohfi, John, yoe are splendid!" she gasped, as she reached him. "I watched yak from the'hedge yonder." "I ate exceedingly sorry, Miss Ed­ miston/9 said the curate coldly, raising bis hat and making to pass on. Nancy liad started as though he had struck her; ber Hush of enthusiasm paled out.. In her excitement she had forgotten thai event of a week ago, but the cutting tone of hi» voice .re­ minded her. She bowed1 her head, and be went on his way. He had gone about fifty yarda when she called his name. Her voice-junto reached him, but something in it tefcf him that he had not suffered alone. He turn**) ant hastened' to her.-- Columbus Journal. 'Mr. St. John was returning from pay- Wg a visit of condolence some distance 0nt of the village, and he had taken the Bhort cut across the- moor. It was a clear summer afternoon, a week since parting with Nancy. A parting in earn­ est It had been, for the days had gone by without meeting or communication between them. The curate was a sad young man, though the anger in his heart still burned fiercely. To have been called a coward by the woman he 4»ved wfts a thing not lightly to be for- gptten. His recent visit, too, had been /particularly trying In his soul lie felt that his words of comfort had been un- real; that, for ail he had striven, he ted failed in his mission to the be Slaved mother. So he trudged across moor with slow step and bent head, giving no heed to the summer beauties" fround him. • He waft about half-way home when liis somber meditations were suddenly , Interrupted. A man rose from the heather, where he had been lying, and Sfttood in the path, barring the curate's progress. > "Jipw, Mister Parson," he said, with menace to bis thick voice and. bloated B*k#d Railroad Sleeoors. Chemically hardened railway sleep­ ers--the Jdeja of tt Munich architect named llasselmaE -aie proving quite satisfactory ou the Bavarian state rail­ roads. The process, lasting about six hours, consists in a double baking of the wood and treatment with oil of vitriol and sulphate of iron, followed by placing in a bath of chloride of lime and milk of lime at.a temperature of 100 to 125 centigrade and a pressure of about two and one-half at­ mospheres. The cost is about 2 cents per tie. The first baking destroys the germs of fermentation and induces me­ chanical unioa of the preservatives | with the fiber of the wood, and the sec­ ond imparts rexoarkabfe'hardness, and so changes the character of the wood that it rcmaip&dsy even in damp [daces. --San Francisco Chronicle. FOOLISH QIRIS. PRETTY girls often seem to take special pains to impress upon us their utter Ignorance of all do­ mestic matters, except such ornamental details as the arrangement of the flow­ ers, or the making of dainty embroid­ eries, etc., for the adornment of the house. By some curious mental proc­ ess they seem to have arrived at the conclusion that the best way of getting a husband is to sli<?w_|iow wtr>fjy l£~ capable they are of being good house­ wives, and thus making a man's honip happy and comfortable to him; Showy accomplishments alone may attract some men, but not the best of them, and the girl who wishes to be happily married should remember that a sensible man looks upon his wife as his business partner--a loved one, it la true, but a business partner none the less--and that her part is, to make the house as pleasant and as charming as possible with the money he pfovides for the purpose. There Is small encouragement to a husband to work and save, If by her carelessness or ignorance his wife squanders his,, earnings; so every would-be wife should try to become skilled In domestic matters, so ns to take her right place as the mistress of the house Immediately after marriage. If girls were only more practical and domesticated, men would not so often fight shy of the responsibilities of mar­ riage, and connubial quarrels caused by bad and extravagant housekeeping would be much less frequent--New York Telegram. Home Vampires, The man who leaves the breakfast table and enters the public ways with the shame of a home conflict upon him, in which he has contended for his otvn side of the question, refusing to yield his point to, the very last, will not be likely to wear the appearance of a knight; and if he has submitted meek­ ly to injustice, and has felt conscious of being misunderstood, if he has the smallest germ of manhood In his na­ ture, he must writhe under the treat­ ment and cannot step like a conqueror or go forth with the courage necessary to win great things in the world. Such a one must wear the look of the van­ quished, no matter how loyal his heart may be or how strong his original pur­ pose for true service. And what often makes the condition more pitiful is the fact that the hus­ band Is large-souled, willing to give more than he receives, ready to make sacrifices of his own ease, pleasure and comfort generally while trying to serve "lis precious purpose for a future ful­ fillment Though he closes his eyes against the signs of selfishness In the woman whom he chose as the fairest and sweetest and best he cannot but feel the awful despair of defeat all on account of the fascinating, unprin­ cipled woman whom he took to share his life. The woman who can thus bring defeat to a high-souled, unselfish man is the "vampire" that has been portrayed with such unerring skill by Kipling. At What Age Should Girls Wed? It has come to pass that the modern girl marries later in life than her pred­ ecessor. She feels that there is no hur­ ry and takes plenty of time to look about her. The healthy-minded would generally prefer to marry, but just at what age is somewhat bard to deter­ mine. It seems that the only possible answer to the question is also the most obvious, namely, when she arrives at years of discretion. This happens at various ages, according to the character and capacity of the girl. Some girls are sensible women at 19, some are never sensible women at all. The Amelia Sedley sort of girl Is a survival of the chattel period, and as she never acquires the sort of discre­ tion which Is a safe conduct through life it makes no difference at what age she marries. She is the clinging sort of creature who looks about for a man to lean upon and generally finds one, for men in theory still prefer her. They sentimentalize on the subject in their youth and talk about the ivy and the oak. When they are captured, if they do not suffer the fate of the oak smoth­ ered by the ivy. but survive to tell the tale, they still cling to their theory; but they spend the leisure hours of their middle ages at their clubs.--The Gentle-^ woman. MmibHtft lining Vnclatmeri. A nice little sut»o« nearly three mill­ ion pounds sterling, belonging to the Pope, lies unclaimed in the Italian treasury. Wiieu the Italian govern ment took possession of Uowe an an­ nual clva ibk of some £13,000 was as­ signed to the Poipe as compensation for the loss «f the temporal power. But neither Vinm -ITL nor Leo XIII. would touch the money, lest they should ac­ knowledge the usurping power, and so the income has been accumulating ever since. A H«rd-Vorke4 Man. "There goes one of the hardest worked ^n la «bi» towm." "How can that ft* possMe? He's rich, isn't i»T tat ke tins three married daughters worfc^im for the sup­ port of their hnsMnds." *S2ood afternoon, say man,' returned Vmm Wmbctams Among MHiera. There nrt smd to be fewer suicides among miners amon& any of woilaaaL should be sprinkled. They keep the dust from flying too freely, and they also give a bright touch to the colors of the carpet. The sweeping should be from the corners toward the middle of the room, and In the middle the dust should ' be gathered, taken awiy *nd burned. If the floor Is a stained or varnished one it should be swept first with a soft brush. Then the bristle brootn should be jprltjh q^flnnnel^Jbasr, whtch will protect I tie floor frofff~T>eIng scratched, and it should be dusted with that. The stuffed furniture should re­ ceive Its weekly beating and dusting.ln a separate room, and should be moved back only when all dust has settled. Bridesmaid* on the Viane. Some people, local ling the weddings! of a few years ago, are loud in lamenta­ tion over the dwindling away of the bridesmaid--noticeable in many of the recent events. It was formerly thought absolutely necessary that a bride should be attended by at least ten or twelve of her girl friends, in costumes chosen for them quite regardless of in­ dividual complexions, and looking not by any means their best and sweetest In the rather trying circumstances, says the Philadelphia Times. The more sensible bride of to-day has opened her eyes to the fact that she can trip Just as gayly to the altar with only a sister or two and a pair of small pages as a suitable background, and that she ap­ pears to much greater advantage when not smothered and quite obliterated from view by a dense surrounding of female loveliness. Train Boy's View of Club Women. The traditional train boy who has been wont to offer chewing gum to fair passengers, and newspapers to the men, evidently considers the modern woman somewhat of an enigma. Not many moons ago a lively party of club wom­ en were en route to a couvention when an interested spectator at a little sta­ tion stepped up to the uniformed youth and curiously asked about the crowd. Don't know," gloomily grumbled the train vender. "They say they're liter­ ary, but 1 don't believe 'em. Not one has bought a book. They just talk And talk and talk."--Woman's Home Com­ panion. ftixty-flve Very Great Pweltn. Lady Curzon, vicereine of India, has received another distinction from Queen Victoria in having conferred up­ on her the decoratiou of the imperial order of the crown of India. Mr. Letter's daughter Is the sixty-fifth member-of the order. Of royalists, be­ sides Queen Victoria and the Princess of Wales, such personages as the Em­ press Frederick of Germany, Princess Charles and Princess Thyra of Den­ mark, the Duchess of Edinburgh and a score of other princesses^ have been decorated. After a baby is 3 months old, before It is put to bed at night, it should be thoroughly undressed to the skin and rubbed; its muscles manipulated Just the same as In the morning after the bath. This gives a passive exercise and the little person gains stimulant to Its muscles, which prepares it for the night's rest After the massage give the baby a sip or two of water, for there are very few babies who are not thirsty at night; and if it is feeding time let the child have its nourishment, and expect it to keep its eyes shut and observe repose through the whole of the next eight hours. There is a modern theory about babies going to sleep all alone, and never being rocked to sleep, and that singing and story-telling is all unneces­ sary at this evening hour In the nur­ sery; but it seems to me a mother loses good deal out of her life when she falls to enjoy the half hour just before the baby or the little child goes to sleep, when she can rock It in her own arms and sing sweet lullabies and whisper baby stories. One never knows quite how early a child receives impressions; and the mother or the nurse who fails in an effort to give an impression to the baby of a loving All-Father in the earliest months of its life, fails in ber higher duty. No baby that has become con­ scious of attention is too young to have said in Its ear each night "Now I lay me down to sleep," and so forth. The bed of a baby should have a hair mattress, cotton sheets, woolen blan­ kets and a little cheesecloth comforter over all, taking care that the child Is not covered too heavily in a warm room. The Secret of Happiness. The following short paragraph by John Ruskin is full of truth: "If you want knowledge you must toil for it; if food, you must toil for it; and If pleasure, you must toil for it. Toil is the law. Pleasure comes through toil and not by self indulgence and indo­ lence, When one gets to love work his life is a happy one." Busy people are generally happy. They have no time to think of their "hard lot in life." They are deeply in­ terested in their work and find pleas­ ure in performing it in the best possi­ ble manner. Work is also essential to good henlth. Worry kills more people than work. Sweeping Not - o ^im pie. Before any sweeping is done, there must be preparation, tjpbolstered fur­ niture must be moved into another room. Ornaments must be put under cover. If stuffed chairs are allowed to remain in the room wbere the sweeping is done they collect all the dust swept I from the floor, and they redistribute i this to the air when they In turn are dusted, says the New York magazine. Sanitation and Hygiene. Windows should be opened. On the carpet or rug (tamp-but not wet--pieces of pap$r Chinese Minister's Wife. Mme. Wu, the wife of the Chinese minister at Washington, Is a great fa­ vorite at the capital. She and her hus? band are very punctilious about re­ turning visits, but when, at one at- home day this winter, 1.35Q persons came, they were in a good deal of a quandary what to do. Mme. Wu Is about four feet tall--or short--and her feet are so tiny that she leans on her husband's arm when she walks. She has splendid Jewels; and an especially fine assortment of headgear. She speaks English and Is a welcome vis­ itor at the White House. She a 7-year-old son. An Actress' Millinery. What a popular actress spends on millinery is not generally known to the world, and therefore the hat bill of Mile. Jane Pierny of the Folies Dra- matlques, Paris, Is of Interest. This lady wras some time ago sued by a modiste of the Rue de la Paix before the civil tribunal of the Seine for the sum of $845 for hats supplied between tbe beginning of September and the end of December, 1896. This means that the batting of Mile. Jane Pierny cost 9210 a month. An Accomplished Woman. Mrs. Finn, whose late husband was English consul at Jerusalem for sixteen years, is one of the most remarkable women in that city. She is a daughter of Rev. Dr. McCaul, the greatest He­ brew scholar of his time, and can her­ self speak French, German, Spanish, Italian, Persian, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. She is a writer, painter and lecturer, but her greatest pleasure is in running a soap factory which she has established in Jerusalem and has car' rled on successfully for years. Ts Uornon Agent* from Utah Are Worlf* .) ing Hard in Knslaad, The descendants of Brigham Young are as active in East London as they are at Bristol. One day last week a lady correspondent of the Daily Mail received a visit from a well-dressed gentlemanly American, who, with ^ polite bow, Invited her to accept a tract. The tract contained fhe "Articles of Faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints," with an inti­ mation thgt these "Latter Day Saints" met for public worship at the Work­ men's Hall, Stratford, every Sunday evening, and that tbe bearer, "a hum­ ble servant of the Lord," would come again in a few dajs. A few days f&ter a lady, well dressed and yt charming appearance, called, politelj inquiring if a tract had been left there,'and expressed-her desire to answer any questions that might be put The "subject" answered In vigorous English that she considered the Mor< mon religion Infamous, and that its advocates plight to be at leas* tarred and feathered. , This gave the yoting AmeHcap an opportunity of explaining the some­ what delicate question of domestic ar­ rangements in Utah, which she defend­ ed with great ability. "Are you one of the plural wives, may I ask?" queried our correspond­ ent. The fair missionary blushed as she replied: "Oh, yes; you may ask," but that was all. Then she beckoned to her brother, who had been engaged on a similar er­ rand on the other side of the street. He was tall, fair, handsome, and well educated, and proceeded to enlighten our correspondent on the advantages: of Mormouism where, as in England,' the number of females so much exceed­ ed that of the other sex. But he shuf­ fled uncomfortably as his hearer eyed him from top to toe. "You may excuse my staring so rude­ ly," she explained, "but I have never seen a real live Mormon before, and I know that all my lady friends will be very anxious to know what you are like!" "I'm afraid, then, It la no good our trying to convert you," said the lady missionary. "I'm afraid It Isn't. You see, I shouldn't care about being a plural wife." Then the Mormons fled. Fcbnol Hygiene. G. Stanley Hall has the right Idea concerning school education. He tells us that "the great danger in our schools arises from imperfect health. ftIt has become the custom in some countries that some of the best and most pro­ gressive city wards provide doctors to examine every child in the lower grades Of the f?cl»90ls. Xb'g doctor exnmjne3 tMT chil(lrf t-oinpiex ion, eyes, ffilfsctes, and as to appetite, etc., and gives di­ rections according to the needs of the case. For myself, I say, 'w&at sfeaU it profit a child if it gain the whole world Or wliat shall a child give in exchange for its health? We have forgotten that children cannot sit still, yet It Is one of tbe commands that resound In the school-room from morning till night. We have found that the Idea that chil­ dren can sit still must be abandoned, and teachers must learn to possess their nerves and patience if the children do not sit still. We all live for life. There is nothing so good as being alive/'-- Journal of Hygiene. t Seasonable Hints. " Never begin spring cleauing too elrty. Clean only one or two rooms st s time. *%•'*r\ * Admit air and sunshine freely. Provide everything needed.for the work before be- y ginning. Have new brooms, scrubbing ' V brushes, hammers and tacks. For cleaning' . ?jp paints, windows and presses use soft, * 7 = warm water and Ivory soap. For purify-" ing sinks andjiraiufSifKgh^witb water and|g|^"s carbolic s<-i<ft For (wMMBiag kitchen uten- - , sils fill a boiler with water. sdd half a bar" ? . of Ivory soap, pat in the articles, and set" \ over the fire for twenty minutes. \ < . ELIZA R. PARKER. t • "*' "" ' * "<0W--- I ' Vlctjri*. Gsarded While Abr^aSt. > When Qu^en Victoria goes to Nice foru *•- the spring season a special force of de- yV tectlves from London goes at the sawo%^^Jf<j tiute, working independently cf the la-"* ' Mjpjijpsufe. •> pfcfted periofr they report hiai - to the local police, who drive him out of town. William Le Queux, writing to the London Mall, says during the last" • two years spent by the Queen in Cimfes * peTsog8--trainps, supposed *' f, anarchists thieves--have thus^* Been driveti$wayt«>m tbe neighbor v liood o£ the Queen. "***• ' ' "* Pretty Experiments. There are many pretty tricks and ex­ periments that can be performed with­ out the aid of expensive or intricate ap­ paratus. Here are two good ones which fulfill this condition, and are well worth trying: How many of yoii know that lads, lasses and lucifers have likes and dislikes in common? The average boy wduld prefer a sweet­ meat to a bath at any time, and, strange to say, a common luclfer match has the same fastidious taste. If you want to test this curious quality get a basin of water and arrange a number of matches on the surface In the form of a Star. When the match heads are all nicely together in the center of the basin touch the water with a piece of soap. Like a little boy, they will run away from it as fast as they can. The matches will make for the side of the basin without the least possible delay. Now take out the soap and touch the water with a piece of sugar and you will see a strange sight. All the match­ es will return to the center of the ba­ sin, and appear to feed on the sugar with the greatest avidity. Bamboo Curtains. An amusing story, illustrative of the difference between eyes and no eyes, is told by the New Orleans Times-Dem­ ocrat. "I noticed such a sweet decorative idea on this street yesterday," said a lady visitor to a New Orleans friepd, while taking a trolley ride near the French market. "It was a house," she continued, "hung at all the second and third story windows with pale yellow bamboo curtains. They were perfectly plain and all of the same shade, but you have no idea how they set off the old place. Why, they simply glorified it!" "Hu-m-m," mused her friend, "I don't recall the house. Just point it out as we go by, will you?" Presently the visitor uttered an ex­ clamation. "There it is!" she cried. "The house of the bamboo curtains! I'm sure a colony of artists must live there!" ^ "A colony of Italians," gsaid her friend, grimly. "That's not bamboo. It's a spaghetti factory. They hang the stuff out there to dry." The German emperor owns 365 car- rlages for the use of himself and court Torpedo Boatu Under Fire. The average distance of discovery df a torpedo-boat by the searchlight from a battleship has been calculated to be 781 yards and the greatest distance 2,000 yards. Thus, taking the distance at which the torpedo can be fired with effect at 500 yards, it will be generally found that a torpedorboat will have to cross about 300 yards under fire from the ship she is attacking, and it will take the little craft about half a min­ ute to do, this. The Old Style. Polite Old t Gentleman--I perceive, madam, that I need hot Inquire about your health. Nice Old Lady--Thank you, sir. I confess that I feel ten years younger than I am. Polite Old Gentleman--Possibly, mad­ am, but you cannot feel a day younger than you look.--New York Truth. An Instance. "Isn't it peculiar how some men can feel proud of their misfortunes." "Yes. I know one man who went around bragging, until he became a pos­ itive nuisance just because his wife had presented him with twins."--In­ dianapolis Journal. Arsenic Not Allowed. In Sweden yarn is not allowed to be sold If it contains .0009 per cent, of arsenic. A carpet has been condemned by the Inspectors because It contained 1,000 part of a grain of arsenic in six­ teen square inches. The real reason that people like to go to picnics is that the supper at picnics tastes good to them. After eating, every one might as well return home, for at the fun is over. Where Is the fallege-Made Man? Andrew Camegie having recently asked: "Where is the college made man?" the Superintendent of Schools in Sioux City, Iowa, has directed a sys­ tematic search for the missing individ­ ual, with no little success. A:canvass of the leading men in the following learned professions and occupations in toe principal towns of Iowa gave these: results, which are published In the Eid­ eational Review for March; ' 1 Whole number College Per Profession. canvassed. bred. cent. Ministers ... ..... GT 60 90 Teachers ... 65 55 85 Lawyers ... 78 . . S3 , 9s Doctors .... . . . . 8 5 * 52 <*> Bankers ... etr 20 40 Editors . . . . 5 3 16 . 30 Merchants and manufacturers . 11!) , 31 2G --Philadelphia Record. The fchool Grounds* It will not be difficult to educate school boys to respect flower-borders, window-boxes, vines, and shrubbery, if teachers themselves will display intelli­ gent interest and affection for the school grounds. When these are of considerable size a great educational field can be opened by teachers who know something of botany, plant- growth, and forestry. Such surround* ings can be employed to the highest advantage in cultivating in children ob­ servation, and In imparting elementary ideas of natural science. How many teachers are there who care for these things or are qualified to instruct chil­ dren in the laws of plant-growth? We apprehend that there are comparative­ ly few whQ do not need an elementary education in botany and forestry. The beginning of this educational reform really lies with the teachers them­ selves.--New York Tribune. Praise for American Schools. Dr. Krohn, a prominent educator, a graduate of Yale and who has studied in France, Germany, Austria, Italy and England, says that he is firmly con­ vinced that the system of public schools In this country is far in advance of all other nations, but that our system has too much forcing, and unless much care is exercised in that regard it will tell on the children. He further says that precocity, unless carefully guard­ ed and directed, Is almost as dangerous as imbecility. Any language but Her Own. A writer on one of the newspapers published in an Eastern city lately overheard a conversation between two high-school girls. This, acording to his report, is what they were saying to each other: "What do you think I done to-day, Clara?" "Well, what did you'do?" asked the other. "I translated four pages of French exercises. Wasn't that fine?" "Fine? I should say so. I wish I had done as good as that. I only trans­ lated two." It Is unnecessary to comment on such a revelation of the English spoken by promising young students of French,' except to say that it must be some one's duty to teach them less French and more English. Sometimes we learn our own language the better for acquiring a knowedge of a foreign one, but that peculiar sort of philogical enlighten­ ment comes only after we have acquir­ ed at least a fair «peaklng knowledge of our own tongue. ijewey Let Ca Have the ttfcre, , Admiral Dewey destroyed the * sjL Spanish Navy in Manilla Harbor,there * i^are harbor six big ships\ fibre for the DEER- ING HARVESTER CO., of Chicago. Bt * a special order from the Navy Depart- '•*-*• - 4 ment Dewey was permitted to release..,-^-'/'.' tues^ Xlieir cargoes reached the t Deermg lwine Works in Chicago in duef • course, and that twiue will be used to ' * % bind the sheaves of ^his season's harsest all over the world. ' " ' ' ' T' Lighthouse Hten Fory-elght Miles. | At Cape Griszen, on the French coast of the British Channel, a new light- house has been erected. The light is of 1,500,000 candle power at ordinary 3 times, but of 3,000,000 candle power in '% thick weather, and can be seen forty- eight miles off on a clear night. It |i sends five successive white flashes in- $ stead of the three white followed by a red of the old light. • % . _ •• Shake Into Yonr Shoes Allen's Foot-Base, a powder for thtf ftat. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous feet and instantly takes the sfing out of corns f and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis- 1 covery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes •*< tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, i lired, achin* feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all J druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 26o, 1 in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address. Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Why 6hs Did It. | "Why is it," they asked, "that you let your husband have his own way in everything?" "Because," she replied.' "I like to have some one to blame when things go wrong."--Boston Journal. What Do the Children Drink? ^ Don't give them tea or coffee. Have yon tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O? It is delicious and nourish­ ing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes liko the choice grades of coffee, but costs about^4 as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. Don't employ evil means and expect good results. 44He Who Pursues Two Hares Catches Neither/* 3 Said a well known young man about town, 44I tried for years to burn the candle at both ends, in the pursuit of pleasure while trying to attend to business. My blood, stomach and kidneys got into a wretched state and it seemed that I could not carry the burden any longer. " But now my rheumatism has gone, my courage has returned, and all on account of that m rvel, Hood's Sarsaparilla, which has made me a picture of health. Now I'm in for business pure and simple." Hip Disease--"I bftd running sores for eight years on my hip*. I was confined to my bed at times and at others used crutches. Hood's Sarsaparilla cured mv hip and gave me per­ manent health." OLLIS J>. AHC&BR, 189 Dudley Street, Dayton, Ohio. Indigestion.--"I have a. good appe­ tite, eat well, sleep welt, and my dyspepsia and indigestion have left me. The reason is I took Hood's Sarsaparilla, which entirely cured me. I am Baggage Master on the It. A O. Railroad." THOMAS COLES, 119 Carr St., SMdasky, Ohio. T&cdiS Hood's Pills cure liver Ills, the agn-irritatliHT anl the only ct^hartlc to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Quite a Land Collector, Too. Cecil Rhodes is a man of varied tastes, of which his home at the Cape shows many signs. He has a fine library, and is a great reader, his predi­ lection being chiefly for the classics. He is a collector of old things, and has some beautiful furniture, china and curios geueraliy, and many oak chests. He also goes in for gardening, and has a menagerie, in which he keeps lions, ostriches, zebras and other animals, but does not confine them to cages. He incloses them In a huge tract of land on the mountain side. How He Gets His Money Back. Wyseman--I make It a rule never to ask a gentleman to return money he has borrowed of me. Pratt--Then how do you manage to get It? Wyseman--Oh, after I wait a reason­ able time, if he falls to pay op, I con­ clude that he is not a gentleman, and then I ask him.--London Tit-Bits. . Expelling Foreigners. Kaiser Wilhelm's tactics4of expelling foreigners from Germany are being ap­ plied to Germans by some of his neigh­ bors. Prof. Leo Stayer, for thirty-three years professor of comparative philol­ ogy at the University of Dorpat, in Li­ vonia, has been dismissed and a Rus­ sian appointed In bis place. One seldom bears life referred to as being a lottery except by men #h0 have drawn blanks. *481 The next thing to worry abont will be funnel-shaped clouds, with forked ligfei&t&g playing about them. ft Cure* Celtfs. CMight, Sere Throat, Croup, to. llMiiza.Whoop1nfCough,Brtnehlti«andAsthMB. A certain cure fer Consumption in first sta|e«, and a sure relist In advanced stages. UH S once. You will see the excellent otfect sRsr liking the first dose. Sold by dealer* oven* where. Large bottles 26 cents and 60 cont$. POMMEL SUCKER The Best Saddle Coat. Keeps both rider and saddle per­ fectly dryjh the hardest stoma. Substitutes win disappoint Ask for ilo7 Fish Brand Pommel Slicker- It is entirely new. If not for sale^n your town, write for catalogue to A. J. TOWER. Boiton. Max*. 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