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BISMARCK IN A-TENDER MOOD. A Pathatlo Incident of the Franco- Prussian War. Bismarck is always thought of os the Iron Chancellor, who cemontcd the German states into one empire with the blood of German soldiers shed in three great wars. But u French army surgeon, Dr. Czer- nicke, in u volume of reminiscences from which Forest and Stream quotes, most unexpectedly presents him ms a man who felt and deplored all the horrors of war. The sur geon met the statesman at Rezon- villo during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. "You are taking part, sir, in a terrible war," began Bismarck to the young man. “What a beginning for your career I What awful sights 1 What suffering! “It is not you or theso poor muti lated fellows that I should like to see here,” Bismarck continued, ear nestly, “but your senators and dep uties! They would then see what war is.” This idea that the war had been forced upon the two nations by pol iticians was ever with Bismarck, ac cording to Dr. Czernieke. He re ferred to it again on going over the battlefield where, seated on some straw and propped up against a pil lar of the church, was one of the French soldiers, a very young man. He was terribly wounded. A shell, striking him like the lash of a whip, had carried nway both his eyes and the bridge of his nose, leaving the skull bare. The wound was covered with a dressing. He lay there, calm, silent, motionless, in dumb resignation. Bismarck stooped in front of him and asked the surgeon about the case. “There is war for you, Messieurs the Senators and Deputies 1” be said bitterly. Then, turning to one of his suit, “Please bring me some wine and a glass.” He filled the glass to the brim and took a sip. Then, gently tap ping $he poor fellow, “My friend.' will you not drink something?” The wounded soldier roused him self. Bending, Bismarck very ten derly and slowly gave him the wine and, rising again, almost solemnly drank what wus left in the glass, “What is your name, my boy r and; where do you come from r” “Rossignol, from Brittany.” “I am Bismarck, my comrade, and I am very proud to have drunk STOPPED THE OVATION. Riohard Wagner’s Peculiar Experience In Vienna. When Wagner waB at the height of his popularity ho visited Vienna. Baron von Beust, then chancellor of the empire, was informed that the Prussian party intended to give Wagnor an immense serenade—a nereuado which would have the sir of German protest against the tend ency of the ministry to muke the union of Hungary and Austria more intimate. The demonstration prom ised to arouse strong feeling. “Your excellency is warned,” said the chancellor’s advisors. “It is im possible to stop this manifestation unless Wagner goes away, and he loves ovations too well. Nothing will induce him to depart.” “You think so,” said Beust, with a smile. An hour later Wagner was invit ed to dine with the chancellor. Ho was flattered by the invitation and accepted it. After dinner, at which Beust was delightfully affable nnd entertnining, the chancellor re marked: “Herr Wagner, are you interested in autographs? 1 have some very curious ones to show you.” And lie opened a portfolio where were letters of Palmerston. Bismarck, Napoleon III., Heine and others. Suddenly turning to a paper dat ed 1848, he said: “Ah, look at this. It is very curious. What would your friend his majesty the king of Bavnria say if this paper, which would be significant in connection with tho political serenade which the Germans are going to give you, should be published tomorrow in the Vienna papers?” The composer examined the pn- per and recognized with surprise an old proclamation of one Richard Wagner, who, an ardent revolution ist in 1848, had proposed to the youth of that time to set fire to the palace ot the king of Saxony. He saw his autograph and that it might be the means of getting him into serious trouble. “Very curious, is it not, Herr Wagner ?” said the minister. “Very curious, your excellency,” replied his guest. The next morning Richard Wag ner left Vienna, recalled t« Bai- reuth by argent bueineea.—Strand Magazine. Could Read Facta, “Ye% sir,” went on Professor out of the same glass with a travel x. to a gentleman to whan, ha man like you.” Stretching his hand over the hor ribly mutilated head, Bisroardk gave mute benediction and passed on. Quite the Thing. “I told you that if you came to morrow morning I would give you the money for my wash. Why did you come tonight ?” said Miss Phiiis to the duughter of her laundress. “I know yon said tomorrow mornin’,” responded the girl, “but me mother she told me to come to night, ’cause she was afraid you might be gone away by tomorrow mornin’.” “I certainly should not go with out paying my laundry bill,” said Miss Phiiis sharply. “No respect able woman would do such a thing.” “Oh, yes, ma’am, they would,” replied the child knowingly “There’s lots of respectable ladies does.”—New York Press. Bacon’s Mother’s Advioa. Bacon’s mother appears to hdve kept a Bharp eye on his behavior long affer he had attained years of discretion, hi 1894, when he was thiriy-tBree years old and the lead ing orator in the honse of commons,! me find her writing to her son<: “Look well to your health. 'iSum not nor eit up late. Surely I think! your drinking to bedwards hinder-’- eth your and your brother’s diges-: tion very much. I never knew any i but sickly that used it, besides be ing ill for head and eyes. Observe •well, yet in time.”—London Chron icle. i — I The Mind’s Eye. It will probably be news to most • people to hear that rudimentary traces of a third eye exists among all vertebrates, including man. In the human race the third eye forms part of the pineal gland, a small mass about the size of a pea in al most the very center of the brain. Possibly, therefore, there was more Actual truth in the well known ex pression “the mind’B eye” than its njgginator dreamed of. had recently been introduced, */l have given some attention to tho study of human nature, and I rarely fail to read a face correctly. Now, there is a lady,” he continued, point ing across the room, “the lines of whose countenance are as clear to me as type. The chin shows firm ness of disposition amounting to obstinacy, the sharp pointed nose a vicious temperament, the large mouth volubility, the eyes a dryness of soul, the”— “Wonderful, professor, wonder ful!” “You know something of the lady, then ?” said the professor com placently. “Yes—a little. She’s my wife.” What Breathing Amounts To. In each respiration an average adult inhales one. pint of air. A man respires sixteen to twenty times a minute and a young chad ■about twenty-five to thirty-five times. While in a standing posture the. number of respirations is great er than ujhen lyihg down. A man takes only Urate**. breaths of Int to the minute whfie reclining. The superficial Bwrfqpe- of tlte ranga ft 2(19 equate .yards. The amount of air incited hy an-advdt in twenty- < four hours is about 10,fiOfl quarts. The least amount of aft needed by an adult in one'hour is S8fi quarts. The heart sends through the lungs 5,000 gallons of bicod daily. Word Curiosities. ; It is impossible to “kick” a man in French. You must give him a “blow with the foot.” The Portu guese do not “wink” at one. They “close and open the eyes.” In the languages of many semicivilized tribes there is no word with which to convey the idea of “stealing,” perhaps because the idea of prop erty iB so vague. It is related of one of the early missionaries that in at tempting to translate the Bible into Algonquin he could find no word to express f< 4ovo” and was compelled to invent i* s —tmofUa Tit-Bits. PAID TO “THINK AHEAD” Ths Part Imagination Plays In ths Business World. There Is a mun In an offletf in New Turk whose business It Is to think flheud on behalf of the community nnd propure Tor coming events, writes T, Sharper Knowlton In the Century, dis- cussing "The Uses of Imagination In Husluess:” He sits ut a big table, and before hlin Is a map of New York with its environs by land nnd sen. The problem Is to determine what shipping accommodation will be required in .the future and to begin the work 'of recon struction now. During the last cetitfi. ry the story wus one of growth, growth, growth, and the story Is to bo continued. How? That Is the ques tion which tho man with tho map has to settle. He Is not on piecework; be is paid for thinking. In other words, whatever his official title may be, 1 shall call him acting professor of Im agination to the shipping Interests or New York. In every progressive bouse of busi ness there Is or ought to be a similar officer. Generally he Is the principal himself. That is one reason why he di vides his business Into departments and pays men high salaries to superin tend them. He wants time to think. But the fnrseeing clement In Imagi nation Is not the only one. There Is one which concerns Itself with dutalls. If I might say so, Imagination Is tele scopic for big things and microscopic for small things. You oan imagine a billion dotlur trust and you can Imag ine a new way of pointing a needle. Probably no man makes a sure ad vance without using both Instruments, but the essential work of the Imagina tion Is always the same. It creates the things which are not Judgment passes Its verdict and action brings realization. ANTS IN AUSTRALIA. They Eat Up Wooden Beams and Even Dine on Leaden Roofs. The following extract from an Aus tralian diary will give an Idea of the ravages of the ants In that country: “About noon it got too hot for any thing, and I took a well earned swim In a secluded creek, amid shoals of fish, large and small, who apparently resented my Intrusion from the way they came and stared at me. “I found on emerging from the wa ter thut a host of blue brown ants had taken possession of my clothes, and when they were shaken oot they re venged themselves by biting my heat feet in a way which was exueedtagfr patnfui “Theta *re thousands et ants every- Wheta Berne of the nt hRh am three feet high and she tret agreed, bwt ex cept far a ahtagi alp a* the fftae fbe eidhnur antfs bite to a*t aeticeabta. Bat If a MMter'aat or a boll ant «r a grfreehand (an an{ about soe and a half Inches long with a green head) Mtea yon It Is net to .be forgotten because they take quite a big piece out “Then there are tho white ants (not really ants, but termites), which cheer fully eat the Insides out of the beams of the wooden houses and recently ate the sheet lead on top of the Sydney museum. The city fathers thought this was going a little too far, so now the ants are preserved Inside the mu seum with samples of the half con sumed lead as a warning to all who would allow their appetites to run away with them.”—London Gentle man. Quick Measurements. A traveler was detained at a little country railroad station In England for half an hour and was chatting with the station master when tho bell rang sharply half a dozen times. Instantly the three employees—station master, ticket agent and porter—ranged up In a line <m tho platform and stood at at- teatfm. A .moment later a toeometive with a atngto saloon ear stewed ep. Tbs soHtsry socupamt ©fthe ear re garded the mem efiavpty from (he win- taw, made-howled aetoa sad quickly retired; “Whm wtm-tiMi** me trnimat sstasd the station Master after tkif mWs “Same pmsatBedt efSoer Of tho LIQUID AIR. “Oh, no," wed tho rftply, ’flSfia* w*$ tho nffimafl. company** tafia* wragar- Ing us tor new serttB.'’—©tatoa Man- script ' ■ "■ 'i " Scull sod Skull. “SonIts” and “skulla" am really ous word In origin, and both at various times have been spelled capriciously with a “c” or a “k." Pepys, tho dia rist tells how he went on the Thqmes at one time “In a scull,” at another In a "skuller.” The origin of the word la “skulle” or “sculle,” a bowl or goblet While the cranium was obviously bow- like In shape a distant resemblance to a bowl was also detected In the scoop ed out blade of a "Scull” as opposed to the flat blade of an oar proper. I A Vacancy Filled. 1 Gerald—t have a cold In my head. Geraldine—Well. I suppose that la bet ter tiffin nothing.—Exchange. Ths Way It Acts as a Pressrvstlvs ol Animal Matter. It Is sometimes necessary to pre serve parts of a human body or of some other animal for the purpose of testing for the presence of poisons. In such cases tho preservative must fulfil certain special requirements. It must be able to prevent absolutely any decay or putrefaction: It must not It- Rolf cause any change In the tissues, either structural or chemical; It muRt not Introduce any substance that would In nny way Interfere with the subsequent tests or givo rise to false conclusions, and It must be easily bun dled. Liquid air has been found to be quite well adapted to this use. Its low temperature (about 400 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit) prevents ab solutely all putrefaction as well as all other chemical change. At the same time, It prevents the evaporation of nny volatile substance that may be present, such as carbon monoxide or hydrocynnlo acid gas. Experiments have shown that the most delicate tissues, such as glands nnd brain, are quite unaffected by being placed In liquid air for a long time, and the tissues even retain their natural colors. For the purpose of making chemical tests in a piece of tissue It Is frequent ly necessary to cut the material up Into very small pieces. Tissues that have been preserved In liquid air are frozen so hard that they may be ground up Into a fine powder.—Har per’s. Titbits of tha Ancient Greeks. As delicacies the Greeks ate young foxes caught In the autumn, robins and sparrows and certain kinds of fish snared by moonlight There Is a scrap of an old Greek comedy In which a cook boasts of frying a fish so exqui sitely, that It threw him grateful looks from the pan. A famous Greek dish was the Trojan pig, half of It boiled and tho other half roasted. It was stuffed with eggs, ortolans and thrushes. The Romans ate snails— giant monsters—fattened until their shells held an Incredible amount of snail. The kettle In a high class Ro man kitchen was often shaped like an elephant’s head. The water was pour ed through the trunk. The gridiron might be a huge silver spider or a skeleton fish. Oysters as They drew. When young oysters first appear they are called "spat” and are no forger than a pinhead. At the age of one year (bay ere known a* “brood" and ft fmsbti vmmn rnm held about <M0O •f them. When fiber are three «#S (her mm dttfgmte* se a* of these wttt (feat OH three BHsttnewt. Cher ete net MftdT far Market until they are torn rente tifl, and thee they basts arrived to c dignity of proportion that If the et broods b*» not loot any of Its It will require nearly seven of web measures to carry them to mar ket -v Uncle Bonbon. An elderly beau bad been delivering himself of certain forcible home truths when lecturing his nephew. "Wonderful chap, your uncle," ob served a friend when the old gentle man had disappeared. “So weil pre served." “I don’t know so much about his be ing well preserved," growled the of fended nephew, “but he Is unpleasant ly candid.”—Youth's Companion. ^ This Busy Life. “Ok, it’s you, is it ?” murmurs the wife, meeting her husband at the reception. "Yes. Glad to boo you,” ha •ndles. “Bad half an Idea I’d ran m, * ft nieef Oil, them wae •taM&btg t unrated to «k you i&wwkt of'4fr j*ut nj&r .1 M hmvf. toe. : , W9 -nteMs. I <wp- V at too heme ekeap; j thr* ft ntfff have o*» ?toy»n again."—Jfedgefe li- Remodeled. After being injured by a bull of peculiarly savage temper John Wesson was under a doctor’s care for a considerable time and there by incurred a heavy bill for medical attendance. When he was almost well one of his old friends who had called upon him said he congratu lated him on looking so well after such a lqng illness. “Looking-well!” echoed John. “I should be looking well. There’s been $1®) went in repairs on me lately* and Fm not finished yet!” ‘ SOFT SHELL CRABS. If They Den’t Remain 8oft Very Long After the 8heddlnp. The supply of soft crabs for markot Is obtained by catching hard crabs and keeping thorn until they Bhod their shells. For this purpose large rectangular floats, made of laths nnd planking, are employed, and threo or four times every day the stock on band Is care fully Inspected, all the soft crabs being picked out and packed without delay. They are put Into shallow boxes of moist seaweed, from ten to thirty-five dozen In a box, according to the size of tho animals. When the packing Is dono carefully tho occupants may be kept alive from sixty to seventy hours after leaving tho water. Grabs have been shipped all the way from the Chesnpeake to Canada, arriv ing at their destination In good condi tion. In summer, of course, Ice Is used. But where soft crabs are concerned It Is necessary thnt they shall reach the market quickly, beennse their new shells harden with great rapidity. At the end of twelve hours the shells are like purchment and In three or four days the crab Is as hard ua ever— bence unfit for use In the form most highly approved by epicures.—New- York Herald. DICKENS AS HE WORKED. During Long Walks He Evolvod tho Plots of His Stories. Every Christmas and every summer for twenty years Marcus Stone, R. A., the English painter, used to visit Charles Dickens at his various homes, especially at Gadshlll, near Rochester. “Dickens," says Stone In his remi niscences, "was one of the greatest and kindest men I ever met He was Imbued with the true Christian spirit What particularly struck me at Gads- hlll was the atmosphere of calm and comfort one felt at once on entering the house. “At 8 o’clock every afternoon we used to have a twenty mile walk ,ln the country round. Dickens spoke but little while walking, and this after a time led me to discover the secret of his amazing industry. He sat only for a few hours at his desk, and I always wondered how be could be so prolific an author. “Well,, owing to Ms taciturnity In our «o»ntry walks I began to suspeet that it was then he evolved most et tho plpts of bis novels. Hte brain was no- tire til the time and -toe task of repro- duete* <m -paper the things be imagin ed and thought abew* became more or km A RMMbanfaal peeaMfe* "fietateft Dbtipftta. Bwteg th« meteor off the army m- eratte In Yflna softie years ago the gen eral In command, turning to one of the new soMHere, aSlced him, “Wfaatls roHr ttary dtsdpllnot" "It Is that a soldier has got to do Just what he’s told by his superior officer, only nothing against the czar,” was the answer. “All right then. You take your cap, bid your comrades goodby and go and drown yourself In that lake there. Look sharp I” Tears glistened In the soldier’s eyes. He gazed earnestly and prayerfully at his commander, turned suddenly about and rushed off to the lake. He was on the very brink before he was over taken and stopped by the sergeant sent to prevent the Involuntary sui cide. Result of Intense Emotion. A young cat was seen to catch hto first moufto. As be was carrying It In triumph to the house be suddenly be came paralysed to the hind quarters and for an bear remained stretched on the gBMiid. Then merement returned, bat n was ebsorved from the way he knocked Mm self apotest the •hiartture and awfe-tle effort to tape food which wto to film fitet be was Bffid. ter *#* h*rt*» be wqittltted’to this son-’ ttHfeft. WiMffty the WTH*fea» snflHenly wtHfitotefc B*d>Boaaira«8 MtoscM again; fiSi War e**e «f bjWtettohbTaValysis. by the'iffifewe effistltra'ofi hfsfirafawthjA Good Ladies’ Horse. •"•epttoM »• be was a stoodl* ladles* bume;" angrily said the mail who had made the purchase. “He was." replied the deacon. “My wife owned him, and she Is one of tha very best Women I ever knew.'’-Ex- ebange. Not Quite a Tempest. 1 A young gentleman with an un musical voice insisted upon Binging at a social gathering. “What does he call that?” in quired a disgusted guest. “/The Tempest,' I think,” an swered another. “Don(t be alarmed,” said an old 5 sea captain present. “That’s no tempest. It re only a equaB’gnd'wia kwh bt taw*” . , A 1 ,1V'-* 1 -Uisrt