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SUNDAY MORNING.
THE SALTIf-.C.
The sim sinks sbw’y down the west.
ne mountains shade to deeper blue,
lay swift.y g.ides unto the breast
<*S^E nio r* v ' ‘ : •’ summer dew.
\\ hoo kie! Whoo k:e! ”
The g!ad young voice ring* out so free:
u you raise your eyes you will sure'.v see
Ho-.v the) cattle h.si.m at the refrain. '
in g.act response to the welcome strain
that ever sounds with the suiting.
That call bring? back the long ago:
c. 1 * 1 ' c J cnin S !,:H m.* sweet V.rtii low,
M'.e waiks again with girlish pride
Her
"YYhoo kie* Whoo kie!” ‘
A
Over the hills it conies to me.
•ri ' cves aro dim, hut I surely see
The torin so loved, when the g)ad refrain.
, !llls •''Sam in the weloome strain ** I
ihrt ever sounds with the salting.
--Mary A. kirknp. in the Dgs Monies 1
Register and Leader.
Ihe Feat of
an Amateur.
T~
By F. W. Crlssman.
¥l* Sister Florence has won
considerable success as an
amateur photographer. Last
year, with a mountain
scene showing a herd of deer grazing
at the timber-line, she took a prize
given by au association of amateur
photographers.
She ruined a walking suit in climb
ing, crawling over sticks and stones
and through dirty wash-outs, but the
prize was twenty-five dollars and a
second-best diploma, and the glory
well, 1 must say that Florence was a
little hard to live with for a few days.
She is naturally modest and good
natured enough, though, and was re
duced to the ranks in dne season.
Black Rock Ranch, our home, with
lots of children, is a pure democracy,
at least in principle. Of late, however.
Florence has really performed a feat
so notable that we cannot ignore her
claim to distinction. Th * worst of il
Is, she has never once bragged of her
performance, anil when the subject is
mentioned by any one, she turns it
aside with an air of being bored, and
says it was nothing but what any
amateur with a camera would have
done. Such a thing is not to be be
lieved of every one. though, and it is
just this air of calm superiority to
praise that Ford. Fanny and I find
hard to get along with.
We have read and heard that people
who have performed heroic actions ot
notable achievements become very
humble and modest at home when
their deeds have received public recog
nition. So it is with some hope of re
ducing Florence to her normal status
that I undertake to tell of her adven
ture exactly as it. happened.
Last August Florence. Ferd. Fanny
and 1 went as usual to Shoshone Peaks
for the raspberry picking. In these
excursions we drive a stout spring
wagon, and carry a tent and a canning
outfit.
High up among the juniper hush and
shrub pine of the Shoshones grow
fields of red raspberries—berries half
ns big as a man’s thumb, juicy as
strawberries and luscious to the taste.
This fruit is so abundant that, birds
and beasts do not visibly diminish
the supply.
Our berry camp of an evening, with
its glowing pine-wood fire, ils big heat
ing kettle giving out the odor of sim
mering fruit, and two berry-stained
girls moving about among pots and
jars and packing crates, is a pleasant
place for Ford and me: and the girls
enjoy it as much as we do.
Florence and Fanny help in picking
berries, although Florence always car
ries a camera under her arm. She has
•bus secured excellent photographs, at
close range, of pine-liens, sage-grouse,
whistling hares and other mountain
birds and animals. One day she got n
tine snap shot of an elk which trotted
by within a few yards of her.
There are a good nihny hears in these
mountains, but as they never attack
people unless directly provoked, we
do not fear them: and as landmarks
are perfectly defined all about our
camp, we take no pains to keep to
gether. Eacli one of us. in tact, can
do better work alone.
Thus it happened that Florence was
alone when she encountered a big
grizzly at close quarters. She was a
half-mile or so from camp and sitting
at rest witli two buckets filled with
berries, when she heard a great splash
ing of water in the channel of a small
brook near at hand.
The sounds came from some rods
below, and she jumped at the conclu
sion that an elk had come down to
drink, as the day was very warm. So
she took her camera from its case,
and slipped down into .the crooked,
diteh-like channel.
As she could see no animal there,
she stole softly down-stream, stepping
upon boulders which were thickly
strewn in the shallow little runlet.
The crooked ditch deepened as she ad
vanced. and the sun’s rays beat hot
upon the stones at th? bottom.
After several turns of the brook, she
came suddenly upon the object of* her
search—not an elk. hut an enorreotts
grizzly bear, wallowing in a pool of
water held by a dam of boulders. The
water came to its mid-sides, and the
animal floundered about, cooling ils
parched hide in this refreshing bath.
On catching sight of Florence, the
grizzly gave a grunt of surprise, and
reared itself upon the boulders to stare
at her; and there the animal stood,
after a shako of its loose skin, uneasy
at the presence of au intruder, yet ap
parently neither angered nor afraid.
Naturally Florence feared danger at
Mich close quarters, but she knew ihat
running would avail hev nothing if the
bear chose t ■< attack. Pluckily, there
fore. she steed he: ground, at iess
than fifteen steps, and took two or
three snap shots in quick succession, or
at least as quickly as she could roll
tlie camera's film into position.
J hen, as the grizzly refused to retire
and still showed no disposition to at
tack. Florence began leisurely to back
. away. She had made but a careful
si op or two when she heard a racket
in the bushes almost above her Irani,
and an instant later, just behind her,
another bear descended the precipitous
bank of the channel. lie slid down
' backward, and alighted with a splash
in the brook!
This bear or big cub was not more
. titan half as large as the other, but it
I was very near Florence, and very
| much startled at the apparition of a
| girl in a blue dress, it crowded against
! ‘he creek bank and showed its tooth,
j evidently expecting immediate attack,
i and growled and whimpered, as much
1 in alarm as in auger.
| This stirred the old bear io wrath,
I and poor Florence, standing in a ue.r
--| row channel between the angry mother
I and the formidable cult, dared not
| move a foot in either direction. She
: might have dared to .try passing the
| small bear, but she knew the old one
! would leap at her instantly.
She stood upon two big boulders,
slightly elevated above the bears, and
astride a little channel of the brook.
She kept her position, and although
her heart beat so loudly that it sound
ed in her ears like the tattoo of a
drum, she controlled her agitation, and
turned her camera first upon one anil
then the other of the threatening griz
zlies, until she had exhausted nil the
exposures upon the film.
While she was doing this she noted
that the grizzlies were growing more
and more angry, and that the smaller
one. hugging an earth bank within
five or six steps of her, had its nose
and jaws stained red with the juice of
berries, which seemed to heighten the
ferocity of its expression.
The photographing, which occupied
but a few moments, seemed to clear
her brain, and she looked swiftly
about, seeking in vain for some line
of ascent up the steep banks. The
bears increased their threats and yag
gerings until the little canyon roared
with the horrid noise.
Florence felt sure the old dam was
about to pounce upon her, and as a
last resort, she stooped, laid her cam
era behind one of the boulders upon
which she stood, and then suddenly
dropped at full length into the narrow
crevice between them.
The water in this small runway was
a foot or more iii depth, and Florence
sunk upon the bottom with only her
face and flouting skirt at the surface.
She was completely hidden from the
bears, and to her great relief their
threatentngs quickly ceased, and pres
ently the cub leaped fairly over her
body on its way to join its dam.
Two or three minutes later Florence
dared to peep over the rocks, and find
ing the coast clear, crawled out and
made her way to camp, where, after
telling her story, she became a heroine
indeed.
Six photographs enlarged to real pic
ture size and handsomely framed now
hung in the dining-room at Black Rock
Ranch. Three of those pictures show
a great grizzly standing at gaze upon
some rocks, and two others show the
same bear in different nttltiulo* of
fierce threat. The remaining one dis
plays, in shadow, a hoar crowding
against an earth bank and showing its
teeth like an animal at bay. It is cer
tainly a notable collection of photo
graphs.
Recently, at a social gathering, my
mother related the story of “The Lady
or the Tiger;” and someone proposed
the conundrum, “What would Florence
Crlssman do in such a case?" With
one voice all the company shouted,
■'Photograph the tiger:” I think such
things are enough to spoil any girl.—,
Youth's Companion.
An Engineer's Experience.
“The superstition about owls is a
wonderful thing.” said an old railroad
engineer, “and if I had not been in
clined to lie superstitious about the
birds tlie engine I. was riding one night
would have been knocked into smith
ereens and the passengers in (lie
coaches might have fared very badly,
f am not always superstitious, but I
am particularly so about owls. But I
like tlie creatures, for one certainly
saved my life. The incident occurred
on tt very dark night. The train was
running at full speed. We were run
ning on a straight line, and there was
nothing for the fireman and myself to
do but to look directly ahead and let
lier had been looking Intently
nr. when .-one-thing ffi v
struck
less time than it
tails to tell it I began to think that
the owl was a bad omen, and 1 stopped
the train immediately. I cannot say
what made me feel so. but I was sure
that death was ahead. I descended
and walked to a switch that was a
short distance ahead of us. It .was
open and a long train of empty freight
cars was on it. I had the owl stuffed,
and since that time he has had a place
iti the cab of my engine. I owe my
life to the superstition about owls, and
if another one strikes my engine I
will close the throttle at once.”—New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
K.vzantino London.
Arc we to have a Byzantine period in
London, asks the Westminster Gazette.
The big Byzantine cathedral at West
minster is approaching completion; and
now tlie redecoration of St. James's
Hall, which has just been completed,
has transformed it from Moorish
more or less—to Byzantine, with deep
red wall-panels, subdued green and
gold tints predominating iri the color
scheme, ceiling panels of Byzantine
design in green, yellow anil cream,
modeled piaster balustrades in place of
the old iron ones, and windows of
cloisonne glass' . j
Isolation in Cfje Ngtioggl
Britons Brominj Long-Nosed, Frenchmen Blond ami Japanoi
Bearded—Odd Effects of Cold Baths and Beer— Drirtkiijg-.
SBrcpggsa It PI circumstances of blood
Upv or food, of early habit or
Hi jk ItU subsequent education,
ill [n] creating for the races of
ifa m the world—the highly civ-
illzod races—a new pliy
“JSSSSsil slognomy?
To one who believes in the evolution
of racial type by means of natural se
lection an answer in the affirmative
presents no difficulties, says Cham
bers’ Journal, but to others—the stu
dent of comparative ethnology, the
acute archaeologist, the thoughtful
traveler—this important matter is as
firmly settled as that the Chinese has
slanting eyes, the Tartar high cheek
bones and the Spaniard an olive com
plexion. Max Nordau has discussed
the question as regards the French and
Germans, Professor Mantegazza as re
gards the Italians and Dr. Hamilton
and others concerning the actual blend
ing of the multiform racial features of
the American population into a single
type.
The subject has, perhaps, in England
as yet hardly received the attention its
extreme interest and importance de
serve. Yet every Englishman who is
at all familiar with the ancient phy
siognomy and tlie physical aspect and
proportions of ids race must be aware
that tlie now Englishman of the twen
tieth century is not quite the same ani
mal as was the Englishman of the Tu
dor period.
The loyal subject of Edward VI..
flaxen haired if he were it yeoman and
black haired in towns, would hardly
recognize as his posterity and compa
triots the equally loyal subjects of Ed
ward A’lt. Indeed, it is not certain that
there has been a special and distinctive
type for each century, and this, it' it is
really the case, would, of course, not
preclude the recurrence of a former
type at intervals. Among the factors
Which have undoubtedly affected the
physique, hair and complexion of the
nineteentheentury Englishman has been
the matutinal till)- tlie widespread prev
alence of the bathing habit. It seems
strange when we reflect; that in tlie
eighteenth century the morning bath,
now regarded as so essential to Eng
lishmen of all classes, was hardly ever
indulged In, and the cold plunge within
doors a tiling practically unknown.
The physiological effects of frequent
bathing are well known, among them
being a heightened color, sharper feat
ures—that is, a rawboned appearance—
and (as Dr. Andrew Wilson has lately
pointed out) a thinning of the linir. As
to the latter, it is common knowledge
that in tlie fifteenth century curly hair
was the rule in England, but whether
the change to lankness is to be ascribed
to the wigs of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, or whether the
wigs themselves were resorted to as a
means of disguising tlie less hirsute
luxuriance, it would be difficult to de
termine satisfactorily.
Looking abroad we are shown the
Frenchman gradually growing lighter
of liair and complexion, owing to the
greater fecundity of the Norman and
the constant infusion of Swiss and Al
satian blood. The habit of drinking
beer in preference to wine is also said
to be influencing the physique and fa
cial tint of the Gallic race. There can
be no question of a slight increase of
stature and a more erect carriage
among the males, this resulting from
the same cause which has transformed
the whole race of Germans from round
shouldered, shambling men, with a pro
fusion of adipose tissue, into grim, sin
ewy automatons -namely, the severity
of universal military discipline. But
with the Germans they have to thank
the army l'or a decrease instead of ttu
increase of stature, the height of the
men, as shown by official reports, hav
ing gradually diminished since 1851.
Whether the Kaiser’s subjects will re
gard this loss as sufficiently atoned for
by the greater size of tlie German chin,
which Is becoming a prominent charac
ter, unknown to the Prussians under
Frederick the Great, is a matter 'Which
we must leave to the subjects of Will
iam 11. to determine.
The Russian face is undergoing a pro
nounced change, owing to new blood
and different food, habits,and condi
tions of life. But perhaps tlie most ex
traordinary metamorphosis of all is
taking place under our eyes among two
nations as widely separated in origin
and history as it is possible for any civ
ilized countries to be— America and
Japan. The American physiognomy is
as completely marked as that of any
race under the sun that lias, as An
thony Trollope remarked, “bred in and
in for centuries.” Yet, as tlie same
traveler pointed out, the American
owns a more mixed Idood than any
other race known. His chief stock is
English, and with this are mingled the
bloods of Ireland. Holland. France.
Germany, Scandinavia, Italy and Sla
vonic Austria.
“All this has been done within a few
years, so that the American may be
said to have no claim to any national
type of face. Nevertheless, no man
lias a type of face so clearly national
as the American. The lantern jaws,
the thin, lithe body, the dry face, the
thick hair and thin lips, the intelligent
eyes, the voice not altogether harsh,
though sharp and nasal—all these traits
are acknowledged all over the conti
nent of Europe.” Yet perhaps Trollope
was mistaken in attributing the forrna-
THE BRUNSWICK DALLY NEWS.
IJpes °f !%)■
tion of this type to “hot air pipes and
dollar worship,” although not alto
gether wrong in supporting the Ameri
can countenance to be modified by his
‘•special aspirations.”
Yet it is extraordinary how rapidly
'•lie child of English or European par
ents. born anil bred ill America, as
sumes these special features. B.v some
it has been believed that the so-called
American face is merely a reversion to
the countenance of the aborigines, and
considering how strong the general
likeness is, this theory deserves careful
consideration. On the other hand, how
Is il that the Canadians, whose habits
of life differ from their neighbors,
should preserve a more English type of
visage, so that after three or four gen
ovations they are very readily mistaken
for Englishmen? Here there is cer
tainly no reversion to the aboriginal
type.
In Japan it; lias been observed with
increasing astonishment as almost it
freak of nature that ever since the
adoption by the Emperor Mutsuhito,
thirty years ago, of European customs
and costumes the Europeanization of
the physiognomy of the Japanese has
been growing apace. One of
least wonderful results the traveled
will learn from the barbers of Toklo
and Yokohama is the increase in the
growth of the beard, and of the lesser
stiffness of the liair, owing to the haldt
of wearing lints and of brushing and
oiling the hair.
The increase of stature among the
Japanese is very perceptible, and the
substitution of tepid and even cold
water for the hot baths among many
of the people is responsible for an in
creasing floridlty of the complexion.
The Rainbow.
When a ray of sunlight falls on a
raindrop it is refracted: then part of
the light is reflected from tlie internal
surface and again refracted on leav
ing tile drop. The white sunlight is
not only refracted when it enters and
leaves the drop, but dispersion also
takes place. The eye sees bright cir
cles of light for each kind of light, and
since sunlight Is made up of different;
kinds of homogeneous light; we get a
series of circular arcs, showing the
spectrum colors, the red being outside
and the other colors following in the
order of descending wave length. The
whole constitutes a primary rainbow.
A secondary iiow Is sometimes seen
outside the first. This is formed by
the light being twice reflected inside
tlie raindrops. The less refrangible
rays are on the inner side. Rainbows
due to still more internal reflections
are too feeble to be observed. It is
possible to get a white rainbow if the
sun is clouded or if there is a mixture
of raindrops of very different sizes.
Camerai in XVur Time.
To France probably belongs the credit
of using the camera for war purposes
in a most satisfactory manner at a
time when it was of the utmost impor
tance. When I’aris was besieged com
munication with the outside world was
had only by means of balloons and
carrier pigeons. The dispatches sent
by the carrier pigeons were photo
graphed on small films, which could
be attached to the feathers of the
birds, and in this way n single bird
could carry thousands of words. Like
wise the aeronauts who hovered over
Paris used the camera for photograph
ing tlie different positions of the Prus
sians. These photographs were the
first ever taken of an invading army
from a balloon. Profiting by this ex
perience tlie French army and navy
have increased their carrier pigeon and
balloon service. Several hundred offi
cers in the French army are expert
photographers and every engineering
corps carries with it complete photo
graphic outfits.—Chicago Post.
How to Prove u Diamond s Wortli.
In detecting a false gem from a gen
uine, the X-ray can be relied on with
absolute certainty. Diamonds, as is
well known, are pure emboli; and
carbon, which is opaque to ordinary
light, is transparent to the Roentgen
light, while glass, which is transparent
to ordinary light, is opaque to the
Roentgen ray. On an X-ray photo
graph of a real diamond nothing will
show but the shadow of the gold set
ting.
An interesting experiment was made
recently In watching with the aid of an
X-ray machine and a flttorcscope. mo
tions carried on inside an opaque
body. A goose was fed with food
mixed witli subnitrate or bismuth salt,
which absorbs the X-ray. The passage
of the food down the long neck of Ha
goose could In- plainly traced by the
moving shadow east on the lluorescope
screen.-Leslie's Monthly.
I.an<l Without ,Nntrsiiapem.
Tile overworked and sufferers from
nervous prostration will (inti a real
haven of rest in Korea. There is no
such thing as a novel or a newspaper
in the land. No regular story writer
is known to have lived there for 1000
years. Education consists in a knowl
edge of the immortal Chinese classics.
So sacred are printed books to the
Koreans that they cannot be tossed
about or trodden upon without offend
ing the gods
LATEST
iEW YORK, FASHIONS
New York City.—Simple shirt waists
made with the fashionable princess
closing arc much in vogue and suit
young girs to a nicety. The very
misses’ shirt waist or blouse.
pretty one shown is made of novelty
silk in shades of blue with collar, cuffs
and shoulder straps of plain blue, the
combination being smart as well as
novel. The May Manton original is
•■"--•rn with an odd skirt hut the design
Bruins*.. iv**i-..|ii.iiu ~s we n 118
them contributions tor t..0j 0
many material.,. , , a w
The foundation mn..* „xistenc
fitted and closes at the front, nut
separately from the waist itself which
consists of a plain back, drawn down
in gathers at tlie waist line, and
fronts that are gathered at the neck
and at tlie waist. The front edges
are tucked and brought together over
tlie hems through which the closing is
made invisible to give the princess
effect. The sleeves are in bishop style
with novel cuffs tlmt match the stock.
Over the shoulder seams are arranged
straps, cut in points, that fall over the
sleeves but these may be omitted.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (fourteen years)
FASHIONABLE BLOUSE JACKET
is three and a half yards twenty-one
Inches wide, three and three-eighth
yards twenty - seven inches wide and
two and a quarter yards thirty-two
inches wide, or one and seven-eighth
yards forty-four inches wide.
Woman’s Blouse Jacket.
Short double-breasted blouse coats
with fitted basques make a notable
feature of the season and are more
generally worn for walking and the
affairs of life than any other sort.
The stylish May Manton model, shown
in the large drawing. Includes the
fashionable slot seams at the fronts
and the plain sleeve with roll-over
cuffs that is so much liked. As shown
it is black zibeline, stitched with
cortieelli silk and is worn with a skirt
of different, material, but tlie design
suits the costume of cloth, cheviot,
zibeline, velvet and velveteen and the
odd coat of all the season's fabrics
equally well. When preferred the
basque portions can lie omitted and
the blouse finished with tlie belt.
The blouse consists of a smooth
back, under - arm gores witli slightly
full fronts and side fronts, which ex
tend to the shoulders and are stitched
to an under strap to form the slot
scants. The right front laps over the
left in double breasted stylo and tlie
neck is finished with the fashionable
coat collar that meets the fronts and
rolls back to form lapels. The basque
portions are joined to tlie lower edge,
the seam being concealed by tile left.
The coat sleeves are two-seamed and
finished with roll-over cuffs.
Tlie quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and a
quarter yards twenty-one Inches wide,
two yards forty-four inches wide or
one and three-quarter yards fifty-two
inches wide.
Knick-K iiurkfi.
Very pretty button* made in china,
oval, round and square, are to be
bought following the designs of dif
ferent kinds of china. Dresden. Sevres
ami Staffordshire. Crystal and paste
hall buttons are effective, and these
often form tlie tassel to narrow loops
of ribbon which have been run through
tiny paste buckles, and replace tbe
small flower tassels, which have been
a good deal worn one wav or ntmitmv
Knots tied In ribbons anil in stock,
require an education. A series o.
three or live chains festooned betweei
bars is a fashionable form of necktie
not to wear tight round the throat
but to rest on the neck. Brooches are
worn very small, and some are beau
tifully painted. Some of the pearl
brooches have very pretty pear-shaped
pearl drops. Peacocks, with diamond
tails, are new, and a small feather
in diamonds makes an admirable
brooch.
A Useful Costume.
A young lady who set out on her
travels had a combination costume that
really seemed immensely comprehen
sive; she seemed to have everything in
one garment. Site hml gotten herself a
tailor-made of one of the finer serges,
and to it had n long cape, and all these
were worked in with one another in
the most scientific way. The long skirt
and the cape had in common a decora
tion of graduated military braids with
a note of white cloth lightly embroid
ered in green and mauve where the
coat turned back. This coat was of the
open or closed formation, so that when
closed, the embroidery being concealed,
the coat, looked quite severely simple,
ijyhlch arrangement had to do with the
. for that the short skirt was also se
f tvely simple as far as an adorning
element was concerned (having just
three two-inch tucks at its base). It
will be evident on thinking over the
matter that this inventive girl had
quite a repertory of frocks in this os
tensibly single tailor costume.
llloufle or Shirt Waist.
Slot scam effects are seen upon the
latest waists and gowns and are ex
ceedingly effective. The very stylish
May Manton blouse illustrated shows
them used to advantage and in con
junction with tucks at the shoulders
and the princess closing in front. The
original is made of reseda peau de
e.vnge, jiipeil with black and stitched
with black cortieelli silk, but all waist
cloths and silks and many gown ma
terials are appropriate as the design
suits both the old waist and the cos
tume.
The lining is snugly fitted and closes
at the centre front quite separately
from the outside, but can be omitted
whenever an unlincd waist 1-s desired.
Tlie waist proper consists of fronts
and back, which are laid in inverted
tucks that are stitched to give the
slot seam effect from the shoulder to
tlie waist lino, the fronts also includ
ing additional tucks at the shoulders,
that are stitched to yoke depth, and
the front being laid in wide
tucks that meet over the hems through
which the closing is made. The back
is finished with n novel stock and at
the waist is a belt with postillion
straps in centre back.
Tlie quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and three*
eighth yards twenty-one wide, four
blobse or snurr waist.
and one-eighth yards twenty-seven
inches wide, three and seven-eighth
yards thirty-two inches wide, or two
and tliree-eighth yards forty-foui'
inches wide.
In France $3,474,000 is spent every
year in the improvement of horse
lirootliiitf
THE REAL THING*:
There are only 400 real iron pots
That flout in the stl'eulil Of style,
And some of these pots.
They are pretty tough lots,
Though they float with a satisfied smile.
And woe to the pot that is made out ot
clay, _ :; ” T-gaSM
Who dares to join in with the throng.
It the book that iB blue .
Doesn't recognize you, A-
You will float—l don’t think—very long.
In fact, I don't think the old saints, if
they eoidd,
Would care to mix lip with these pots.
Brass, China and Delf,
On the old kitchen shelf.
Have a happier time of it—lots.
Ami tlie 400 pots, in the social swim.
Many thanks to paint, powder and pride,
May look like a dream.
As they float down tile stream,
But they're horribly battered, inside.
—James Clarence Harvey, in Life.
“A speculator!” ”Yos: same thing.
He's getting married on nothing at all.”
—Detroit Free Press.
Fudge—“ Poor fellow*, he owes hfs
death to deadly gasoline.” Judge—
“ Gasoline, auto or stove?”--Baltimore
Herald.
Of all sweet words of tongue or pen
That woman can bestow
The sweetest words to her are when
She says: “I told you so!”
—Philadelphia Record.
“What kind of a stove did the pre
historic man use?” asked little Ostend.
“Probably he used a mountain range.”
—Philadelphia Record.
Archibald—“ Penelope Griggs is going
to bo married.” Arthur—“ Gracious!
Who’s going -to marry her?” Archi
bald—“l am.”—Detroit Free Tress.
She could have carried him with ease—
Two hundred pounds she’d weigh.
His given name was Hercules.
Her given name was Fay.
—Philadelphia Press.
Madge—“ What method of courtship
does he use?” Prue— “Oh. he affects
to have found the only girl in the world
who understands him.”—Detroit Free
Press.
His Lordship—“But you might
change your mind. Women do, some
times. change their minds!” Miss
Phanny T. Plmyre—“Yes. I might if I
had said yes!”—Puck.
“Papa, what is the difference be
tween the smart set and the four bun
dred?” “Why, my son, the four hun
dred is limited to 2<SOO. lint everybody
is in the smart set.”—Life.
“My fingers seem to he nil thumbs
to-day,” apologetically remarked the
clumsy butcher. • “Ah!” said the cus
tomer. significantly; “that accounts for
them getting in the weigh.”—Phila
delphia* Record.
Kittle—“Well, there’s one thing about
the auto. It has enabled a good many
to make a noise in the world who never
were heard of before.” liattle—“But
it has brought them into worse odor
than before, if that were possible.”—
Boston Evening Transcript.
“Charlotte,” said the first, who was
of her sex and a friend, “strives to be
strictly up to the minute with her
horseless carriage and other things.”
“Yes,” responded the other, who was
also feminine and an even closet
friend, “she even affects n birthday
less age.”—lndianapolis News.
“Wasn’t it a terrifying experience,”
asked his friend, “when you lost yout
foothold anil went sliding down the
mountain-side?” “It was exciting, but
extremely interesting.” said the college
professor. "I could not held noticing
all the way donpi wittf what absolute
accuracy I was following nlong the
line of least resistance."-Chicago
Tribune. '
"The Scottish Mother."
Mr. Carnegie, after visiting the La
ities’ College in Queen street. Edin
burg, the oldest educational institution
in connection with the Merchants’
Company, made the following entry 1 in
the visitors’ book:
“Surprised, delighted. impressed
lliiskiii says there is nothing In the
world that, oqunls the Scottish mother
in the tried perfectness of her old age.
This Institution does the important
part of starting the future mother well
—a greater service it is impossible to
render.—Andrew Carnegie.
Mr. Carnegie himself, of course, had
a Scottish mother, and no mother, as
Is well known, had ever a more de
voted sou.
The Perpetual Failure.
If you lack character, downright,
genuine honesty and squareness, your
college education, your superior ad
vantages only emphasize or extenuate
your real failure, for no man has'ever
succeeded, no matter how many mil
lions of dollars he may have accumu
lated. who lias lost his character in the
process. If he has left his manhood
behind him, if Ids integrity has es
caped in his long-headed methods, his
shrewd, sharp dealings, in his under
handed schemes, his life is a failure.
It does not matter what position he
lias reached or how much money he
lias made. He is a miserable failure
if he has lost the pearl of his life.—
Success.
The lleur am! tile Child.
The London Graphic obtains from a
correspondent at Sebastopol an inter
esting bear story. A huge bear ap
proached near to the village and car
ried off a young child. The inhabitants
formed a cordon around the tract at
forest where the bear had taken refuge,
and on the third day after the child
was carried off they closed in on the
beast. The child, unharmed, was re
clining on a deep mossy couch mado
for her by the bear. She had subsisted
on tln> nuts and forest’ fruit brought
her by tho bear. One almost regrets to
learn that the bear, yas summarily
killed.
NOVEMBER 39