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l ers quest, ancouver, TIE 8 HINF TH3 ther But the D 1 Price ITED TRIR E. ed 1b Little Deeds of Kindness. ? Dick had gone with his aunt to pay a call. He had asked to go, but now he was there he was not surse it was much fun after all. There were no boys or girls to play with, and he had to sit up very stiff and prim on a chair while his sunt talked to the lady about all kinds of dull things, such as hats, and books, and grownâ€"up folk of whom he had never even heard. At last Dick felt he could stand no more of it. When his aunt and the lady were too busy with their talk to see him he got down from his chair and stole out of the room into the next. There the table was laid for tea, and two little pups who knew there were things that were good to eat upon the table were trying in vain to jump up on to it. Now Dick was a little boy with a very kind heart, so he put the two little pups on to the table, and then stood to watch them as they first upset the jug of cream and licked it up off the cloth, and then began to make short work of a plate of cakes. t The cakes looked so very good that Dick would have liked one, too, but he knew it was wrong to steal, so he went through the glass door which led into a room full of flowers. It was very nico here, and Dick walked on til{ he came to & bowl of goldfish. By the side of the bow!l sat a big cat, and as Dick | came up she began to mew. ‘‘Poor| puss,‘‘ said Dick. "Do you want a' fish for your teat‘"‘ and he laid thel bow! gently on its side, so that puss | would be able to catch as many as: she liked, for it really was so very unkind of some one to have put the fish where she could not reach them. Then Dick saw a little bird in a| cage. ‘"Oh, you poor little bird," | he cried. "I am sure you must| want to fly out into the fresh air.”. And he took the cage out into thel garden and set the door open. The little gird flew away into the trees! and Dick felt what a kind boy he The garden was full of flowers, soI Dick went down the path to have a look at them. ‘"But,‘‘ he thought, "how it must hurt those roses and the pinks to be tied up to sticks like that,"" so he took his knife from his pocket and cut the twine| with which ecach one was tied. Then he went on his way. SBoon after‘ this he came to a gate which led| into a field, and in the field stood; a little pony. When it saw Dick it ran up and put its head over the gate to him. ‘"Do you want to come in ?‘ said the boy. ‘‘Well, so vou shall," and he threw open thel was gate. The pony at once ran through and began to race over the flower beds. Dick could see it was having where s in by a Dick began to think tnat doing kind deeds was much more fun than sitting still in a chair, and besides, it made him feel so good. The Boy Scouts only had to do one kind deed in the day and he had dons ever so many in less than an hour. Were there any more to be done!? and Dick began to look around ; but just then he heard his aunt‘s voice calling to him that it was time to go home. (On the way he told her of all the kind deeds he had done, and hs things ~ ne ecannot find and he let den, where the; up every youn; could find, and they never had } t m (On the way he told her of all the’ kind deeds he had done, and hs eould not make out why just at| that moment his aunt seemed to be | taken ill, almost as if she would | faint, or why she seized hold of his | arm and cried, "Come along home | as quick as you can, and let us hope she will never, never find out | who has done it." | Dick thought this was not very | kind, for though he knew it wui not right to boast of one‘s good deeds he could not see there was’ any need to hide them up as much | as all that. l The Age at Which People Are More Liable to Dio. There are contain ages whercin death is very imminent, and of all these ages the most perilous is the Emm enere n on esaeie d age of an hour or two. Yet, it is just after birth that wo are in most danger of death ; and the next most perilous ago to this is 71 years. â€" finar begcat ns us r onl The age of three is the next dangerous ago. . Almost oneâ€"f. of all the babies bots die d tho third year. e From three on to the age ol 40 life is comparatively safe; but 45, especially for women, is a trying time, and many are carried off. After passing 45 in safety men and women may reasonably hope to reach 71. Here again they are in great dangerâ€"the greatest save for the first few hours after birth. ,Longevity is an hereditary qualâ€" ity. It passes from father to son and from mother to daughter. He L« Lad an actocenarimnm fnther A&rL&D wl 1dert TAERBECatE y eR i octogenarian mother may hope who had .1’3::“: father‘s longevity does not pass down to a daughter, nor does & mother‘s pass down to a son. "‘You‘d better eat it 8101 said Willie to the clergyman, was dining with the gmdy. «* little <EXAOEdegy WExxst CAne PME PCY never gives more‘n one plece of LIFE FACTS. » after Dick came to ung ducks were shut U enc ce. *"You poor "I am sure you i to eat there," out into the garâ€" began to gobble greonplant they id such a feed as iore. * think that doing ich more {fun than to the age of 45 is the next most Imost oneâ€"fourth borts die during it slowly," herself FATE OF SMART EEL. Educated Specimen Who Could Wriggle Himself Into Letters. ‘‘*You take it from me, sir,‘‘ said the old showman, ‘‘that the higher education of animals is a mistake. \ ‘"Then I taught him to wriggle :himself into the shape of letters. |Boon he could twist himself into \every letter of the alphabet and | spell words as easy as you please. \ ‘This beats science,‘ thought I, when one day ho actually spelled ‘ my name ; so I formed the idea of | inviting some of the groatest scienâ€" | tists in the country to witness the \feats of my marvellous eel. + ‘"I have trained all sorts of beasts from fleas to elephants. I‘ve taught horses to dance on their hind legs, dogs to act> musicâ€"hall sketches, elephants to play the barâ€" rel organ and do all sorts of tricks ; but not one of them showed such inâ€" telligence as my educated eel. ‘"I picked him out of the water one day, and was attracted by his cute, brown orbs. He looked at me in & sort of friendly, knowin‘ way, as if to say : ‘Let‘s be friends, Guv‘â€" norâ€"real pals.‘ |\_â€" "Than all of a sudden the exciteâ€" \ ment began to tell upon him, and ; he showed signs of a nervous breakâ€" \down. He took trembling fits, ’w-hich nigh scared me to death. I dosed him with spirit, which seemâ€" ‘‘Bo I picked him up and put him in my pocket. Then a bright idea struck me. I would train him with the other animals and let him take part in my show. ‘‘Talk of the intelligence of aniâ€" mals! That eel simply beat the bunch. He guessed what I wanted him to do before I‘d thought it out myself. He had the true spirit of the artist, too, he ‘ad. He perâ€" formed because he loved to act. \Now a Fox Terrier Was Cured of ‘ Bad Habits. |_ Attached to the packs of foxâ€" hounds that hunt the wild hillâ€"counâ€" | try on both sides of the border beâ€" | tween England and Scotland is a little band of terriers, whose busiâ€" | ness it is to follow up the chase, to \go to ground when required, and | to drive or draw out the fox. Such \ a dog was Pompey, part of whose | history is related by & contributor | to the English Country Life. Pomâ€" | pey was a mischievous creature, \ and more than one cat had reason | to regret having «ttracted his noâ€" ‘‘The first tricks I taught him he took to as mere child‘s play. In a few days he could put his tail in his mouth and roll round the room, pretending to be a hoop. He would smile when I said ‘Smile in the cutest way, and what is more, he would often smile on his own withâ€" out being told, as if tickled at the humors of this funny world. _ ‘"As the day of the private view drew near I put him regularly through his tricks, and the marvelâ€" lous animal seemed to guess exactâ€" ly what was in store for him. He got nervous, excited, and vain, too. 1f he had been a peacock I can just imagine him epreading his tail. But he merely blinked his eyes in the cutest, knowin‘est way. s ed to do him gooed for a time, but he got weaker an‘ weaker, until at last one morning I found him stretched out stiff and stark upon the floor. "If ever a human died of brain fever, that poor beast did. I nevor trained another eel again. Heo died about this time last year, and I would give anything to have him by me now, with his cute little smile and â€" his ‘Weo‘re â€" pals, â€" Gov‘nor‘ look.‘‘â€"London ‘Titâ€"Bits. pey was and more to regret tice. He also acquired a tasts for mutâ€" ton, but so cunning and stealithy were his methods that he had comâ€" mitted the crime of sheepâ€"killing several times before he was caught redâ€"handed. Thus convicted, we sent him out to a hill farm where there was a man who knew how to break dogs from annoying sheep. The old shepherd promised that within a week Pompey would not ‘"bide in the same field with a sheep." When the shepherd began the treatment, an innocentâ€"looking litâ€" tle terrier might have been seen chained up to the lowost rail in the sheepfolds. A number of alert Cheviot rams kept him under conâ€" stant surveillance, while they snortâ€" ed and stamped their feet threatâ€" eningly. Aiter an hour or two of this, Pompey was chained to one of the rams, and the shepherd drove the pair backward and forward. The terrier was dragged about like an old shoe. Whenever he got on his legs the ram charged and butted him until his ribs were nearly cracked. Then, as he still showed signs of fight, the gate was opened, and the ram rushed out to join his companions. The rams were driven round and round the yard, and the unresisting little terrier was dragâ€" ged ignominously behind, until hardly a breath was left in his poor battered little body. _ _ _ He was given & respite of some hours, and in the afternoon they took him out again and tied him up in a gateway, through which a flock of sheep was driven back and forth over him. At the end of three days of this course of treatment he was discharged, quite cured. He was never again known to cast so much as & glance at a sheep. | "Give mo a drink of whisky, I‘m thirsty.‘‘ _ ‘You should drink milk â€"milk makes blood.‘"‘ ‘"‘But I‘m not bloodâ€"thirsty .‘‘ ever I go out."‘ "What a nice dog he must be."‘ ‘‘Dog! RBir, he is my husband | REFORMING A CRIMINAL. The Other Pot. "Jock never snarls nor growls at a and sticks close by me whenâ€" 119 LVE 4X CAVES cARD cHOLES Thousands of Human Beings Ocouâ€" py Burrowings in the Mouuâ€" One of the least known parts of the world, in southern Tunisia, was visited recently by Dr. Frank Edâ€" ward Johnson, a scientist and exâ€" plorer of high reputation. . He found there a number of mounâ€" tains, mostly sharp peaks, which are inhabited by ant people. _ THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERXN TUNISIA IN AFRICA.. â€"â€" That is to say, these mountains are so honeycombed with caves dug out of their sides as to resemble gigantic antâ€"hills In the caves dwell thousands of human beings. They and their ancestors have lived thus, apparently, for many thouâ€" sands of years. And on the sumâ€" mit of each mountain is a strong fort, built of a primitive sort of concrete, for defensive purposes. Such a human antâ€"hill is the town of Douirat. It has a population of 3,000 or more, but there are no houses. Caves, in tiers above tiers, afford dwelling accommodations to the inhabitants, and in that inâ€" tensely hot and dry climate they are a rather comfortable style of domicile, being cool. The rocky formation of the mountain is quite soft, so as to be easily excavated. Some of the caverns are used for storage purposes, and others are connected by tunnels, with subterâ€" ranean stables for horses and other domestic animals. It should be understood that all of the region here described is deâ€" sert, with here and there an oasis, where there happen to be springs. For water supply the chief reliance is upon semiâ€"occasional rains, every possible drop being caught and conâ€" ducted by troughs into cisterns for storage. â€" The people are partial nomads, travelling long distances with their goats and sheep in search of pasture. The Caves They Occupy averago about twenty feet in depth, nine feed in width, and seven feet in heightâ€"the only light coming from the doorway,. § (Onme realizes, then, that such a hill as that of Douirat, pierced as it is with a multitude of caverns and connecting tunnels, bears no inadequate likeness to @an antâ€"hill enormously magnified. On its sumâ€" mit is an ancient citadel, or fortâ€" ress which has doubtless withstood many a siege, though at the present time it is in ruins. The reason for its ruinous condition is simply that the Fronch (to whose territory in northern Africa Tunisia belongs) have by force of arms, and likeâ€" wise by gentle methods, pacified thoe country, where formerly there was continual warfare,. Theso human antâ€"hills, undoubt edly, were originally occupied for the sake of their natural strength and defensibility againgt enemies. Assault upon armed men hiding in caves and tunnels in the bowels of a mountain is not easily practicable from & military viewâ€"point. But the situation is such that the deâ€" fenders, if overcome, had always the last resort of retreating to the fortress on the summit, which was incidentally a hugo storchouse, wherein there were water cisterns and largo quantities of food supâ€" plios provided against just such an emergency. Accordingly, in this strange part of the world the traveller disocovers, scattered over the landscape, mountains which have been inhabiâ€" ted and fortified by tho ant people ever since the days of the Pharâ€" aohs, and probably for a much longer period. One of the most inâ€" teresting of them is the top of a great sugarloa{â€"shaped hill, with the point cut off,. It is called (thourmessa, and occupies a situaâ€" tion so wild and difficult of access as to be well nigh impregnable. Another is Chini, where in f=ont of many of the caves are cou rtyards and small buildings of 1nm=sonry. Odd though it may appe‘r, this town has a great reputa on for cookery, and one of its most famous chefs was summoned to Rome a few years ago and made chief pastry ecook to Pops Leo XIIL Curious Structures, Quite as interesting as these honeyâ€"combed mountain peaks are certain towns of the same region, but in the plains beneath, which may be said to consist of habitaâ€" tions built in imitation of caves. When constructed singly they have the form of halfâ€"cylinders, with the convex side up, but commonly they are superposed to a height of four ior five stories. Many of these curiâ€" ous structures are storehouses, whiloe others are for domiciliary purposes. There are no stairs inâ€" side or outside, but the inhabitants go up or down the fronts with ease, ascending or descending by the help of projecting stones which have been worn smooth by centurâ€" | ies of use. Sallust, the Roman historian, who wrote about 60 B.C., in giving an acoount of his travels in northâ€" ern Africa, spoke of coming to a strange country where the people dwell in curious abodes resembling overturned boats, Evidently it was to theso very folkâ€"to their anâ€" cestors, that is to sayâ€"that ho roâ€" ferred, The houses in question are composed of cement and pebâ€" bles. There is nothing liks them to be seen anywhere else in the world, and it is not unreasonable to imaâ€" gine that their ancient occupants were the original inventors of conâ€" crete for building construction. Dr. Johnson says that there are perhaps 20,000 of thess people in the plains of swouthern Tunisia, Oneâ€"of.their l ed, is called The people, whether of the mounâ€" tains or of the plains, are Arab race, known,f”_i,{erben. Agn& mer days their tribes weore cohtinuâ€" ally at war, each village being at daggers drawn even with its nearâ€" est neighbors.. But most dreaded of all were the robber Touaregs, ravâ€" agers of the desert, who, swooping down on their racing camels when ‘lea.st expected, were accustomed to carry ‘off good supplies and portaâ€" ble property, with the goodâ€"looking! young _ women, and to murder everybody else, including children. A Great Market. This sort of thing is not permitâ€" ted any longer, however, thanks to the interference of the French, who, as one means of pacifying the country, have established a great semiâ€"weekly market on a convenâ€" ient and inviting oasis, to which the people come from great disâ€" tances to buy and to sell. It is toâ€" day the principal meetingâ€"place of the Troglodytes, or cave dwellers, of all southern Tunigia, and there the members of tribes which have been for many centuries at sword‘s points makes friendship. One with another. It is a practical applicaâ€" tion of the principle that hostility nearly always arises from lack of acquaintance. * Necessarily the natives most exâ€" posed to attack by Touaregs were those who inhabited certain subâ€" terranean villages, wherein pits, or holes in the ground took the place of mountain caves or boatâ€" shaped houses. One such place, called Matmats, is 30 miles south of Gabes, a French garrison town on the African side of the Mediterâ€" ranean, It has a population of 5,000, and there is not a house in sight, all of the dwellings being underground, Resort is had to this method of domiciliary construction, not for defense, but for to eseape the tropiâ€" cal sun and to obtain shelter from sandstorms, _ The average pit is described by Dr, Johnson as 30 feet deep and fifteen foet in diameter. It forms a circular courtyard epon to the sky and surrounded by caves which aro dug out of the sides for livingâ€" rooms _ and _ storehouses. Quarters are similarly provided for sheep, goats and donkeys. _ The everyday work of the household is done in the courtyard, in the midâ€" dlo of which is a cistern for water. That part of the world is almost rainless, but when it does rain it comes down in torrents, and every drop is preserved. f Each such dwelling is entered from without by a tunnel, slanting down to the courtyardâ€"the opening of the tunnel being at a little disâ€" tance. _ Furniture, Such as Tables and Beds, are wsually cut out of the soft rack â€"a simple and inexponsive way of providing it,. The walls of the rooms awre usually whitewashed. There are mattresses stuffed with wool, and rugs and blankets of native manufacture. Etiquette, says Dr. Johnson, forâ€" bids a man to approach any other man‘s hole near enough to look down and see his women. Usually the head of the household has sovâ€" eral wives (the number depending on his means), and thero aro alâ€" ways a fow fierce dogs on hand. When a man wants a wifo, ho buys her from her parents with a certain number of goats and lambs and a stated quantity of olive oil, barley and wheat. The price of a bride is definitely fixed by custom; but a woman who is blind in one eyo or otherwiso defective comes cheaper. The groom is expected to give to his prospective fathorâ€"inâ€"law a now foz and a pair of yellow leather slipâ€" pers. Ho recoives with the girl a dowry of about $3â€"half down, and the other half payable at the end of a year. Buch pit villages are much more defensible against an enemy than might be supposed. There are similar subterranean towns in Asia Minor, and history records an asâ€" sault upon one of them, in comparâ€" atively recent times, by an Egypâ€" tian army. The inhabitants sought refuge in the underground rooms rolling huge stones against the enâ€" trances, so that the invaders were unable to force their way in. When the latter lowered buckets into the cistearn to get water, the ropes were cut. The upshot of the affair was that the men were compelled to withdraw, death from thirst being the alternative. One square yard of the carth‘s surface receives each day averagâ€" ing six hours of sunshine an amount of heat equal to that contained in 1.0% pounds of coal, according to an Italian chemist. At this rate an area of about 1,200 miles receives during a year an amount of energy from the sun equivalent to that obâ€" tainable from the 1,100,000,000 tons of coal mined annually in Europe and the United Btates. The‘Chinese blacksmith thinks a great deal of his anatomy, when nhoein; horses, which are not numâ€" erous in China, He is so skittish in doing a job of shoeing, and so dubious about handling the hoofs of the animal, that, when shoeing is required, the borse is strung up with ropes in such a manner as to prevent kicking. _ No exceptions are made, even though the horse be a scrawny street plug of advanced Shocing Horses in China. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Sun is Good Coal Mine. Russian throne. first cousin of Czar Nicholas, of Russia, in line of succession to the It is not necessary to describe this tormenting ailment to any one who lives during the summer in this country. Btrangers, however, on investigating the cause of their speâ€" cial discomfort during a hot spell, are often distressed to discover that a profuse rash covers their skin. They often feel very uncasy until they learn from an experienced friend, or from the physician, that it is only "prickly heat.‘"‘. Deeaeccacsseres 0t The disease is an acute inflammaâ€" tion of the skin caused directly by excessive heat, and by the resulting disturbance of the function of persâ€" piration. The skin is red, and dotâ€" teod over with scarlet pimples and with little blisters the size of a pinâ€" head, and it itches and pri-:}:les distressingly. The eruption usually appears in very hot and especially in humid weather; and violent exâ€" ercise, the eating of highly seasonâ€" ed food, or the taking of hot soup or tea may bring it on. Irritation of the skin by the underclothing, especially if it be of wool, may also precipitate an attack. t If the eruption is properly treatâ€" ed, it usually disappears in a few days, but it is likely to recur whenâ€" ever the weather becomes "mugâ€" {;y." The sufferer from prickly ieat should wear light underclothâ€" ing, preferably of linen, silk or cotâ€" ton, and change it frequently ; his bedclothing should be light; he should eat sparingly, and avoid food or drink that is highly spiced or hot; it is well to take moderate exercise early in the morning or in the evening, and to drink plenty of cool water, which may be mixed with lemonâ€"juice or some other acid, but not with alcohol in any form. + It is a common thing nowadays to read in the newspapers accounts of men and women suddenly "breakâ€" ing down,‘"‘ and in some cases deâ€" veloping insanity. A small daily dose of salts taken in the morning is useful,. Two to four tablespoonfuls of borax and bakingâ€"soda added to the bath helps to prevent the eruption, or to reâ€" lievo it when it is present. The itching is lessoned by profusely dusting the skin with powders of zinc oxid and chalk, or by bathing it with extract of witchâ€"hazel, or with a wash that contains zinc oxid and calamin suspended in glycerine and roseâ€"water.â€"Youth‘s Companâ€" ion. The only way to account for this trouble is the fearful pace at which life now is led. Everything we do is done in a hurry. Doctors say that many of the cases which they have to attend to are the result of nervous breakâ€" down, which they attribute solely to excessive and unnecessary bustâ€" ling. ¢ 4 Compétition in every walk of life nowadays is very keen, and one must work hard and thoroughly if one hopes to succeed ; but, at the same time, it is wrong and very unnatural to do things at fever pitch all the time. Undue haste is an enemy, not only of health, but of longevity, too, for it wastes the lifeâ€"force, of which there is only a strictly limâ€" ited quantity. It is not too much to say that the world would be a great deal better off were it not for the bustâ€" ling mania, and ths motto, "‘Take life slowly,"‘ should be found in every business effice. Gibbsâ€"I often wonder who those fellows are that loaf around watchâ€" ing a new building going up. Dibbsâ€"Easy ! They are men who start out in the morning to look for work and compromise by lookâ€" ing at it. w"‘ollaybo that is why the English drop it so often."‘ Explanation,. "‘The ‘H‘ is silent in so. many English words.!" â€" > _/ |~ _ Grand Duke Dmitri, Take Life Slowly. Prickly HMeat. A Compromise, 13. The second dayâ€"Actually, the following day. Thy fellowâ€"Neighbor. 14. Who made thee a prince and a judge over us!â€"The royal trainâ€" ing which Moses was doubtless known to have received, together with the wrongful act of which he had been guilty, made the Hebrews suspicious of his sincerity of purâ€" pose in taking their part. Thus the first great opportunity which Moses might have had for quietly aiding his brethren and making their burdens lighter was forfeited. The land of Midianâ€"The Midianâ€" ites being nomads, any reference to the land in which they dwelt is of necessity somewhat vague, since they occupied different and widely separated localities at different times. Their principal settlements appear, however, to have been on the eastern side of the gulf of Akaâ€" bah, extending from there northâ€" ward as far as the land of Moab, and eastward into the Sinaitic penâ€" insula. 15. Sought to slay Mosesâ€"Deterâ€" mined to put him to death, being prevented from so doing only by the sudden disappearance of Moses. 17. Moses stood up and helped themâ€"Took their part against the disobliging shepherds and watered their flock. 16. Priest of Midianâ€"Compare ;:omment on Reuel, verse 18, beâ€" ow. 18. Reuelâ€"Elsewhere called Jethâ€"| ro (Exod. 3. 1 ; 4. 18; 18. 1), thought the name Reuel occurs also in Numâ€"| bers 10. 29. This a{!parent incon-% sistency is explainable on the basis| of various earlier narratives which| in our book of Exodus have been! combined into a single continuous story. ._* _ > C aFy R \ 19. An Egyptianâ€"Judging from his dress and speech, they could come to no other conclusion. 20. Eat breadâ€"The unfailing sign of Oriental hospitality is the profâ€" fered meal. 4 C 21. Content to dwell with the manâ€"The Bible narrative divides the life of Moses into three equal periods of forty years each,. Acâ€" cording to Acts. 7. 23 the first Torty years were spent in Egypt; Exod. 4. 7 makes his stay in Midian of like duration ; while tl‘;e last forty years of his life were, according to Deut. 34. 7, spent in the wilderness, folâ€" lowing the Exodus. £ 22. Gershomâ€"The name is apparâ€" ently derived from the Hebrow ger, meaning a sojourner, and sham, meanin% ‘"‘there.‘‘ The incident shows that the heart of Moses was with his countrymen in Egypt. In Exod. 18. 4 and 1 Chron. 23. 16, 17 another son of Moses Eliezer, is mentioned. Said to Go Side by Side in Some Men‘s Minds. Proficiency in mathematics, poâ€" litical economy and "dry topics‘‘ like that are frequently found side by side with a fine quality of humor in men‘s minds. Lewis Carroll, who wrote "Alice in Wonderland," which is the topâ€"notch of the world‘s humor up to date, was a professionâ€" al mathematicianâ€"a mathematical lecturer at Oxford and author of "A Syllabus of Plane and Algebraâ€"‘ ical Geometry," of the “lilement; ary Treatise on Determinants‘‘ and| of a good many other mathematical : works. _ Another great humurist.! Oliver Wendell Holmes, was not: exactly a mathematician, but he | was the next thing to itâ€"a profeg | sor of anatomy. His anatomical, works were terribly serious. Edg ; Allan Poe long ago established l'x; intimate connection between math.. ematics and poetry, or, rather, beâ€" tween the mathematical and th¢ etical mind. The same relation may | exist between mathematics and hu| HWUMOR AND MATHEMATICS. mor. And yet there are some humâ€" orists who are not altogether great in mathematics. The Moniteur Medical of Paris has just compiled statistids on the number of physicians in Europe. The ¢total number is given as 160,â€" 000, divided as follows ; England has lelv;on physicians for every 10,000 inhabitants ; Germany, 5; noe,: s.1, and Italy, 8., Of uflldfl larger numbers of physici are, found in the cities, m“fimuem‘ Brussels has the largest,s 84|\ for every 10,000 inhabitants, while Amâ€" sterdam has only two in the same your case 1‘ "Yes," ‘How Jong did it taket‘‘ "Not long, i wore my shabbiest wuit." 29 @@@@â€"@â€" proportion, Wiseâ€""Did the Europe Has 180,000 M.D.‘s. | &"p Pfi CE _3 &l:z v,mbw‘d‘rl for a f out The. newest . heayy . swes tanle Fort Cane ons ht" colorings. * A good looking walking costume : is made of brown moire. ) Almost all the skirts to the silk | suits show some form of drapery. _ The short tunic sashes are an imâ€" ureâ€" ressy toilets. _ PMuégqg‘ of the fayâ€" o members of the ratine family. / .. RBome, of the new mesh bags are jeweled in Bulgarian colorings. _ _ Three fHlounce skirts are actually favorites among dancing dresses. | Eggshell cotton crepe ‘"is much more in vogue than the striped, ‘ The threeâ€"quarter length coat of navy blue brocaded crepe de chine ‘ has a double collar of mousselins | de soie with a brocaded design in | tones of blue, mauve, and white. Bome, of the new . cotton voiles have Dresden flower designs printâ€" ed in delicate colors. Oil silk coats for motoring or yachting are seen in brown, green, blue, and natural yellow. _ Bright greens, blues, and reds are being used for odd silk boleros worn with white %ownl. I hom waila amansa anaman and batiste are the favored materials for graduation dresses. f The flufty maline neck ruff has been revived, and makes a most charming finish to a spring costume. Btriped crepe de chine and Chin ese silk are among the best mater ials for travelling waists. 1. Parasols are being {fashioned in lace and silk crepe with small silk roses dotted round the edge. _ The cuirasses or waist tunics of real Irish are still much used to give elaboration to a simple cosâ€" tume. One of the prettiest of the new cotton shirtwaists is made of plain white voile, with flowered voile trimmings. _ _ § The same bright colors used for women are a feature in the childâ€" ren‘s dresses of this season. Coats for the best trotting @osâ€" tumes are on the habit model, and have embroidered collars and cuffs for their own decoration, | _ This atcernlibny however, «he bad ;been calling upon eome of her fashâ€" ionable acquaintances who lived not \far from Keith‘s home, and had unâ€" | fortunately absorbed a little of the \ spirit that prevailed among them. |It w‘t iim was a little | dift ; perhaps Mrs. Gowns for informal afternoon teas and garden parties are usually of cotton crepe with allover emâ€" broideryv, shadow lace, and net. Lingerie is more simple and flat than everâ€"petticoats particularly are made up without foundations and have their flounces put on perâ€" fectly flat. L l SBaxe blue and sand color are great favorites among the wilk moires used for coats.. Some of these coats are trimmed with velâ€" vet ribbon. h o Saluted Wis Eashionahle Friend While Coming From Work. Circumstances Torced James Keith to leave school and earn his living before he was sixteen yoars old. Like many another boy, he had no bent toward mnyparticnlar trade, and so took the first job that offerâ€" ed. That Happened to: bewith a tinsmith ; and he became an exâ€" pert workman. He was pretty well satisficd with his job and with the money he made at it, and he saw no reason why he should think any the less of himself because the useful work 1 i 1i him to soil his hands ngl Mfl his face. One evening as Keith, begrimed with dust and soot, the result of a day‘s hard work on a hot roof; ‘was going thome, i6 ymet Mre .‘ Landon, an old friend of the family. Mrs. London had always liked Jim; for A new and attractive â€" trmming for the sleeve is leathor, on a halt length sleeve of striped flaked voile in red and white. The cuff carries out the white and red colors. The edges of the cuff are curved and on the outer line is held together by straps and buckles of leather. ;'h“e“'o"w'fi"" ;admired his cheerful hpi.l‘g,. his & drfiy‘@di‘aétef.‘h’fii“hia affeptiongie; dqvotion wo his. widowâ€" ed mother. _ _ E* eR di!'tz WIM’ perhaps Mrs. Landon feare at her now friends would . mnot underz:fi;d‘_. if . they should see ‘her spe to "this sooty young. workman, At ady tate, as he approached, she tried to same old Jim under all this dinrt Young girls like the cotton blousâ€" Lawn, voile, crepe, eponge, and ighed cigars would be on the tray. &e dufii_t mdl:): witting near you‘d like it, papa; I found it in tith «h btimer t uibutthed 4 5; S _ )0 7> you xoT TO BE SNXUBBED. Seen in Paris Shops. heayy . sweaters for on A/4 year in