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IF I I If I knew the box where the smiles are kept, No matter how large the key Or strong the bolt, I would try so hard . ^ would open, I know, for me. Then over the land and sea broadcast . Fd scatter the smiles to play, That the children's faces might hold them fast For many and many a day. I TROUBLE WI' By William T. Hornaday, Directo HE cuperb reptile-house of the New York Zoological Park was rapidly nearing comple tion. Its great mam hall was sweruling with workmen, who were concreting the alligator pool, finishing the big wall cases, dividing the cen tral "Installation" for turtles, and do ing . a .hundred other things. The opening day was relentlessly drawing nearer and nearer, and we were anxi ously} assembling live beasts, birds and reptiles with which to fill the valions installatiors that would be opened to the public on that occasion. Down at Bartel's place-w<ranxiously -^.-^x?mln?d " his stock of live serpents, and made many purchases. The most Important acquisition was a black tailed python, between fourteen and fifteen feet long, fresh from some East Iudian jungle; chosen because its size. Its perfect condition and ravenous ap petite combined" to make It a genuine prize. In a collection a snake which feeds freely ls worth about twice as much a.? one which does not, for it . will live twice as long as one which requires to have its food forced down Its +hroat with a ramrod. Fending the completion of our rep tile-house, bird-house, small mammals' ? house, bear dens and a dozen other things, we quartered all our live stock in a closed yard at the rear of thc storehouse. A cleared space In the for est about one hundred feet square had been enclosed by a tight board . fence, and in this were dozens of tem porary cages and pens of all sizes, filled -r-wtth " wild creatures, impatiently awaiting the opening day-and better quarters. In one corner of this yard we hud hurriedly erected a cook house, which in appearance was similar to a Western claim shanty. It stood low upon the ground, and the most con spicuous object within it was a live ly, great ant-eater, whose wire house extended quite across one end of the room. In that portion of the yard where sev eral dozen glars-frouted snake-boxes were arranged under a shed one of our carpenters built for the python, under Mr. Ditmars's direction, a large box cage, with a front of wire netting and gi^s. Compared with the other snake-boxes it was a very pretentious affair, as befitted the "star boarder." The python was expected by express on a certain day, but when I left the park at nearly seven o'clock, it bad not arrived, and seemed very unlikely to do so that nignc I reached the park thc following morning at half past seven o'clock, and was just opening my desk, when in came my office boy, red in the'face and breathless tom running. '^e?i^ra?r?hTg;.sit; air. Dltsmrs would like to bave me help hunt for I ike puaker May I go now?" "Hunt for what?" "The big snake. It escaped last night.?" SP" '.What! That big python?" "Yes, sir." "Horrors!" said I; and we turned and ran. Words could not do the situation justice. The stupid carpenter who built ^tbe python's cage had left a big hole, four Inches square, carefully con cealed behind a rafter in an upper corner of the box. The serpent had arrived late the previous evening, and during the night had found this open ing and joyously glided through to freedom. To think of that big serpent at lib erty in the Zoological Park! I had no great fear that lt would harm any one, but the publicity! The busy place was humming with gossipy workmen from all parts of the city; the report ers would surely learn of the python's escape; before my mental vision rose columns upon columns of newspaper articles headed: "Terror in the Bronx!" "Monster Serpent Loose!" "Panic in the New Zoo!" and the thought of all this was more appalling to me than the countenance of any wild beast I had ever met. Great would be the surprise and chagrin of the Zoological Society, and the humiliation would be _ almost unbearable. Truly, this was a . pretty way to start a new Zoological Park! At the animal yard I found a dozen men and boys at work very quietly, like sensible fellows, trying to find I the vanished python. My first act was to send for several more men and ?- start them searching systematically, but without any noise or fuss, through every Square yard of the low bushes outside. Their orders were to 6earch !n ever widening circles, discover the snake if possible, and in the evenl of doing so, silently to mark the spot and bring word to me. Leaving this port of thc hunt in full progress, I returned to the yard. It seemed probable that the python had crawled under some one of the ; many cages, platforms or buildings, under several of which it could easily have found refuge. If lt had gone un der anything else than the big, spread ing storehouse building, which was thirty-five feet wide by one hundred and thirty feet long, we might find it before lt could escape into the forest. If, however, it had hidden under that extensive building, we were in quandary. The men continued to look under various things, likely and unlikely; and presently they discovered a broad mark-vlilch seemed to be the trail of '-?rrthe serpent, leading under the cook house A close examination confirmed "this theory, and then it was also re ported that no similar trail could be found leading. out. A carpenter was hurriedly sent for to remove the boards from the floor. Now many courageous men have such ari inborn aversion to snakes that the touch of a serpent's body seems +o create in them an entire' new system of nerves, and I wondered how my men would act if we should really encounter that creature with the beady brown eyes, forked tongue, end teeth all pointing inward-the wrong wey for an assailant Up to that point the search had gone on as quietly as if we had been seeking a lost piece of . rope. Fortunately the floor boards of the cook'house were nine Inches'wIde, and in a short time one of them was re moved. Down went four heads,, and KNEW. Ii I knew a box that waa large enough To hold ell the frowns I meet, I would try to gather them, every one. From nursery, school and street. Then, folding and. holding, I'd pack them in And turn the monster key: I'd hire a giant to drop the box To th? depth of the deep, deep sea. -Dora Sexton, in the Book World. m A PYTHON. I Tot the New York Zoological Park || all four came up again, very hastily: "There he is!" Close beside the opening in the floor lay about a bushel of big brown and yellow colls, and above the pile hov ered the massive head of the python, threatening to strike the first living thing that came within reach. Thc noise and i?x of the carpenter's efforts in removing the board had greatly Ir ritated the reptile. Mr. Ditmas, our curator of reptiles, had provided himself with a large bag of heavy cloth, hoping to be able to throw it moutht downward over the coils of the serpent-the usual way of capturing snakes at large. But there was not sufficient space between the floor and the serpent to carry this plan. Into effect; and moreover, thc serpent's head was altogether too threatening. Pending further efforts, wo procured boards and endeavored to cut off thc python's escape, front and rear. The python waited until we had placed the boards to the best possible advantage, then uncoiled himself, shoved the boards out of position ns if they had been so many straws put there for his amusement, and quickly disappeared under the ant-eater's cage. Thc carpenter fell to work again to remove several other boards of the floor, while the messenger boys were stationed outside the bui'.dlng to see that our quarry did not get out and es cape to the forest. In a short time the python's head again appeared at one of thc long, narrow openings made by the carpen ter, but ns Mr. Dltmars took a favor able position for grabbing the crea ture by the neck, close up to the jaws, it struck at him most viciously. "Look out!" cried some one, em phatically. Clearly, it would not do for any of our men to be seized by that savage creature; for although the python was of course not poisonous, and although we might even prevent lt from wrap ping Itself around any one of us, the laceration of a man's hand by that big, muscular mouth, filled with four rows of hook-like, backward-pointing teeth, would have been a serious melter. Preseutly-ihe snake left Its place un uer the nnt-caUr's cage, gilding along the side of the building farthest from the door, alert, aggressive, and EO ready to strike any one who came near Its head that I forbade thc men to take risks. As its fl^e yards of length scmlclr cled around the cook-stove, part of its body passed under one of the floor openings. This was our opportunity, and In an Instant two of us Bclzed it and triumphantly hauled up about six feet of the serpent's body and tail .-How- brg-anit muscular ic was! Tts skin was as smooth and glossy as sat in and gleamed with rainbow irides cence. It writhed and- worked In our grasp, and pulled downward with such power that it required all the strength of the chief forester and myself to retain any portion of it within our grasp. We bra-red ourselves, heaved hard, an- by main strength tried to pull the python out backward; but not one Inch could we gain. On the con trary. Inches were drawn away from us in spite of all we could do. I be lieve that ten men could not have pulled that python out backward, al though they -light possibly have torn it in two. AP this time Mr. Ditmars kept trying to seize the python by the neck, but It was constantly alert, anxious to seize him, and gave him no opportunity whatever. It was evident that with our unaided hands we never could master that savage creature without an accident to some one. Bidding a keeper take my place at the "tail hold" and hang on with all his strength, I ran to the storeroom, and with two yards of mason's line, a long, thin hammer-handle of hickory and a staple hurriedly driven Into the end of it for the line to pass through, I quickly made a very serviceable noose Back I ran to the cook-house. Mr. Merkel and Mr. Munzic, red In the face and perspiring profusely, were clinging desperately to the last two feet of the python's tall; and the python was In a perfect rage. It dart ed to and fro under the half-demol ished floor, striking out viciously whenever it seemed possible to reach a man, and manifesting great willing ness to fight any one. At the same time, however, it most cunningly kept its head under cover. I readjusted the loop of my line at the end of my stick and put it close to the python's head, expecting the snake to make a strike through the noose. He refused. I waited patent ly. Inch by Inch the tall was going under the floor. "We can't hold on here much long er!" exclaimed the forester, desperate ly. At last the python started to move straight toward my face. As I shifted my noose into line, he ran his head through lt, the noose flew taut behind his jaws, and he was caught. The instant I jerked the line taut the python drew back and endeavored to retceat, pulling with the strength of a man. I gave him about a yard of my line and then held him by main strength. "That small line will cut his head off !" cried Mr. Dltmars, in real alarm for the safety of our prize snake. "Better let me cut it!" He whipped out his knife and poised the open blade over my precious blt of line. "No, no! Don't cut it. We've got to control his head this way or we'll never master him without getting hurt Let go the tail and grab up the body through that next opening." This new move again brought up the original six feet of body and tall which that reptile had, by sheer strength, pulled out of the grasp of two strong young men. The snake now moved forward once more and as he came I pulled in my line through the staple until presently I coaxed and pulled the head into an opening, hold ing lt quite safely at the end of my stick. Instantly Mr. Dltmars seized the neck with both hands, and the snake was our. Dropping my line and stick I, too, took hold close behind the head and we began to walk away with our cap tire. As that magnificent and wonder? folly powerful body emerged from cn. der the floor, the other men laid hold of It at ' ?rrals and bore lt along. "Keep lt out straight, boys, and don't give him a chance to get a coll around any of us!" Truly, lt must have been an odd looking procession that we made as wc marched across the yard with that big snnkc and dumped lt into its cage. The hunt had lasted nearly an hour. No one had been bitten and the snake was quite unhurt "Now, boys," said I, "let's say noth ing about this little Incident for the present." They did keep quiet and the unex pected happened. Not one of the newspapers of New York heard a word of the affair until fully three months had elapsed, and then the story was so old that as a sensation it was as dead as Rameses, and the zoo did not suffer a Wt'from reference to lt To-day that python occupies the sec ond cage from the alligator pool, and is the handsomest, although not the largest, of our many constrictors. Youth's Companion. INSIDE JAPAN. FUt Fights Preface Death Struggles - No Wire-Beating. In spite of qualities of easily aroused antagonism, of pride and Spartan Ideals, the Japanese are an essentially gentle race-more so than the Anglo Saxons. Broils in which one man hits another are of rare occurrence; blows are generally the preface of a death struggle. The women may often suf fer from the prevailing Ideals of mo rality,, which are yet much lower than ours, but there are few wlfe-beaters, and the home atmosphere is almost al ways outwardly peaceful. It follows that a little true poltleness on the part of the foreigner goes a long way, and almost Invariably meets with a warm recognition; you rarely appeal to the Japanese In vain. They are as quick to respond to an act of real kindness as they are to resent an act which has a tinge of arrogance. Our Government allowed several transports with re turning volunteers to stop nt Yoko hama, and so hundreds of American soldiers visited that city and Tokio. One of them hired a bicycle and was taking a ride about the streets of Yo kohama when he ran down an elderly Japanese man. The soldiers rang his bell several times, but the Japanese apparently paid no attention to lt, and the American found himself promptly arrested and taken to court, where ho was fined ten "yen" ($5). He protested that he had done everything possible to avert the accident, and asked why the man made not attempt to get out of tho way. The policeman then told him that thc man was blind. The sol dier looked dazed for a minute, then felt in his pocket and brought out a ten-dollar bill. "Here," he sn id, "It's thc mst I've got, but be eau have It," and he turned lt over to the blind man. The Japanese were deeply touched, ana that same day a delegation of po licemen hunted up the soldier and gave him back his fine-Anna N. Benja min, in Ainslee's. As They Chose. While walting for the train thc bride and bridegroom walked slowly up and down the platform. "I don't know what th. joking and guying may have been to you," he re marked, "but it's death to me. I never experienced such an ordeal." "It's "perfectly dreadful," - she an swered. "I shall be so glad when we get away from everybody we know." "They're actually Impertinent," he went on. "Why, the very natives--" At this unpropitious moment thc wheezy old stationmaster walked up to'them. "Be you goln* to take this train?" he asked. "It's none of your business," retorted the bridegroom, indignantly, as he guided the bride up the platform, where they condoled with each other over the Impertinence of the natives. Onwnrd came the train, its vapor curling from afar. It was the last to their destination that day; an express -nearer, it came at full speed, then in a moment lt whizzed past and was gone. "Why in thunder, 'Hdn't that train stop!" yelled the bridegroom. " 'Cos you sed 'twarn't none of my blzness. I has to signal if that train's to stop." And as the old stationmaster softly stroked his beard there was a wicked twinkle In his eye.-London Spare Mo ments. Time and Telephone Work Wonders. "I was startled the other day, and in an entirely new way," said a promi nent electrical engineer. "The use of the telephone has become so much a part of my life that In talking with my friends and acquaintances every few days, I apparently kept up the ac quaintance as of old when I used to see them more regularly. A few day3 ago I had occasion to visit an old-time friend of mine with whom I had talked probably once a week or oftener for the past three or four years, but whom I had not seen during that pe riod. When I met him I was startled. His black beard had turned gray, al most white, and he had changed In other respects as was natural during the three or four years of that period, yet through the usc of the telephone I had in my mind's eye seen him ns of old every time I had talked with him, and you may Imagine how surprised, even shocked, I was to see this change In him. Did you ever have a similar experience? I imagine the increasing use of the telephone causes many of them. You hear the usual voices on the telephone and mentally picture the friend as he looked when you saw him last-which may have been a year or several years in the past"-Electrical Review. Tbo Ten Great Cities of tho World. The populations of the largest cities In the world, according to the latest figures, are as follows: London.(1901) 4,530,034 New York.(1000) 3,437,202 Paris . (180G) 2.53G.834 Berlin.(1001) 1,884,151 Chicago ....".(1000) 1,008,575 Canton, China. 1,000,000 Tokio . (1898) 1,452,564 Vienna . (1891) 1,304.548 Philadelphia.(1000) 1,203.097 St Petersburg.(1807) 1,267,023 It will thus be seen that of the ten leading cities the United States have three, while no other country has more than one.-Albany Argus. Sandwich Alan's Day ls Over. The twentieth century and the pass ing of the old-time "sandwich" adver tising pedestrian made their advent si multaneously. Instend of the historic canvas-back-and-front sign wearer, ft Is the custom nowadays to see on the populous city thoroughfares the ban ner supporter, who has troubles of his own at all times, but especially lo windy weather.-New York Sun. What the Reflective Policemen Think Have you ever thought what a : flcctive person a policeman must' be That is, one in a quiet, remote district, or a watchman in a village who wanders up and down on his beat in company with his thoughts? Well, I made bold to ask one recently what he reflected upon. At first he eyed me suspiciously, and I believe he thought "here's another wild-eyed Boston crank." But the first mists of misgiving cleared away, and his reply was interesting. "Well, I am thinking most how to spend my salary and educate my boys and girls. Then sometimes I wonder when I'm out nights what the good little woman will have at breakfast. No; ringing at "the call box is a matter of habit. Yes, 1 sometimes have a quiet little chat like this; then I'm watching the cabs turning out their 'loaded' cargoes at the fine houses, in the small hours of thc morn ing. I tell you, money, too much spend ing money, is a aurse to the average young man. We could tell stories if we chose, but we 'keep the peace,' you know!" he concluded with a sarcastic twinkle, as his eye reflected a ray from the flickering street lamp. "The hours, of the night all have a different atmos phere, and I could tell the hour by the very atmosphere, if there were no town clocks. Well, I must keep moving and try and add up one whole night's think ing for you."-The National Magazine. I Colored Flagpoles. "White is, of course, still the prevail- I ing color for painting flagpoles," said | a flagpole man, "but you see nowadays more colored flagpoles than you used to, and I don't know but what I like the colored flagpoles pretty well. White is, I suppose, after all the proper color for a flagpole. Thc white pole seems to stand up more mast-like and defiant, but thc colored pole is more picturesque. . "Thc poles that thus far have been painted in other colors than white have most of them been painted red, a terra cotta red. And in my judgment this deep red is a pretty good color for a flagstaff. Red is a good color to stand exposure; it shows wear less than white docs, and so people paint 'em red. "As to green, that I must say seems at first like an odd and inappropriate color for a flagstaff surmounting a build ing. Nevertheless, a pele in dark green may be a dignified and sightly object, and there is one advantage pertaining to a green pole, namely, it shows off thc gilt top-piece, if there is one, to fine advantage. I have in mind one dark green pole upon the summit of which, rising above the gilded metallic fixture indicating thc points of the compass, is a fine, gilded eagle, this whole t jp-picce of gold showing very strikingly and' ef fectively by contrast with its dark green support."--New York Sun. This Prehistoric Dwarf Had 200 Tilth. While a crew of stone laborers were working an excavation through the For man clift, two miles east of Newbort, for thc bcd of the Tennessee and N^orth Carolina Railroad, they found a human female skeleton 19 inches in height, in a perfect state of preservation. The only anomaly was thc teeth, which were 200 hundred in number and had no sockets, but were developed from and grew upon thc jaw-bone with no adja cent valvular process. Thc bone5???^ere hermetically sealed and sent to thc Smithsonian Institution. The skeleton was found in solid rock io feet from face and 8 feet from top of clift, in a cavity 2 feet by 15 inches'. About thc cavity was no opening ere} vice or aperture for the skeleton to enter since the formation of the clift, more than 2,000 years ago.-Nashville Banner. : HAD TO KEEP BOTH'LIGHTED: ' He looked down in her wonderful eyes. . J "Light of my iifej" he faltered. "Nit !" she answered.. "No "TurT'??rf the gas to-night. Pop's been kickin'."^ -Indianapolis Sun. 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OBXKK'S SOUS. Bex l,AUuu,tt. DROPSY, rime?. Dook ot teitimonlal THE LOVELY PARASOL Examples of Chiffon and Lace Made to Match Costumes. Parasols for the summer of 1001 have appeared, and lovelier were nev er seen. Some exquisitely dainty ex amples are of chiffon, used In different ways. White chiffon, for Instance, ls gathered over colored silk and finished with a deep ruffle of the chiffon dou bled; or it may be all white, like a ""fcrent snowflake, or a bright color may be toned down by black. Sometimes it ls black over white, or ruffles of ^color are used on a white or black foundation. Lace also is largely In evidence, and the beautiful hand run Spanish lace -so popular some years ago has re turned, some superb corers being shown, both In black and white. Those who are fortunate enough to have them carefully laid away may now bring them out for renewed use fulness. Lace is Introduced also into silk parasols In many ways. Some have several straight lines of Insertion en circling the shade; some have them arranged vertically, nnd others show incrustations of separare designs. An exquisite parasol has on each gore a spray of fuchsia leaves, of white chif fon and ?silver cmbn'dery. with de tached fuchsias of the^samc delicate composition fluttering at every move ment Jet'spangles appear on many of the Ince designs, nnd silver fpangles are employed with embroidery and inser tion. A bewitching example ls of white silk, with a large ostrich plume de sign of black lace on every section, each plume being Illuminated by sil ver spangles with charming effect. Lovely parasols of silk In Dresden designs are seen, and many of them are bordered by chiffon ruffles. Some have brilliant flower patterns on white grounds or black in stripe effects. There never were so many styles from which to choose, indeed, and one may find even tho striped "watered silks" of her grandmother's days if she de sires, while for those who wish abso lute simplicity there are plain colors in soft satin or silk. In handles the usual variety ls seen, but many of the richest parasols have large handles of natural wood. Some, however, have slender sticks enamelled lb colors to match or contrast with the covering of the parasol.-New York Tribune. Sentimentality In Dress. ? "Flowers upon clothing are a sym bol of the tyranny in which women are held," said M. Van de Velde, a Belgian artist, who lectured in Vienna recently. In the opinion of M. Van de Velde, the uniform attire of men j at a dinner or public function ex presses more beauty than does the ? hit-and-miss effect of the women's j costumes. The mixed colors of the ! present gowns, he said, destroy the' rhythmical line of beauty and create only color dissonance. If women would adopt the idea of a uniform toilet they would soon accustom themselves to lt. The floral designs SQ . frequent upon women's clothing ore the consequence of trivial senti mentality and result from thc habit of-likening women to flowers. Clothing should fulfil the laws ot -"tuglC "UUU Teusuu,-and' etnmtq -coverr not conceal. This, AL Van de Velde declared, is forgotten by present day tailors, who smother the figure in a cloud of puffs, bows, flounces and pleats, all producing the effect of a formless mass. Perfection in costume must combine, he said, both health and beauty. Black and white muslins will lead among the thin fabrics this summer, j One-clasp gloves are shown as the latest thing to accompany the long sleeve. Batiste is popular this season, and lt is frequently embroidered and ap pliqued with lace. While blue and white India silks are always the standby this season creme and white ls considered smarter. A very chic silk waist is made of black taffeta, trimmed with rows of narrow ribbon in Persian colors and design. The corselet skirt gains popularity rather slowly. There are more to bo seen In the shops than on the women one meets. A coming vogue of earrings ls promised us and to overcome the pred judlce against piercing the ears or opening old holes the earrings very cleverly fasten to the ears with gold clamps. The chatelaine metal purses of sil ver and gold come in the broad shapes, some of thom, Jirond and shallow Uko the arm or Viennese bags that have been so much carried, only much smaller. Pretty necklaces are to be found of jet beads, bands composed of a num ber of strings of fine beads held in place at intervals with bands of 6mall rhinestones. They are both pretty and becoming. Very finely polka-dotted on tiny shepherd check, blue and white on black and white silks made very plainly are the sine qua non of con venience, besides always looking re fined for a summer utility or shop ping gown. A distinct novelty is the shirt waist hat. As its name indicates lt is rather a simple affair of the toque or sailor unobtrusively trimmed with a scarf and one or two quills. It ls a fitting adjunct to the severe shirt waist and mannish stock and tie which will pre vail as the season advances. Dots, dots, dots for the stylish fou lard. They may be attached dots with little slender thread lines joining them vine fashion, but the dot is the pronounced figure, the largest prob ably in the best foulards about the size of a penny, and all put in close to gether. The foulards are stunning trimmed with wide, wide laces. The newest belts are from two and a half to five inches In width, and of j strong elastic, which adjusts itself to ! thc figure. Tnese are often jewel studded or sprinkled with steel or ! gilt beads. The buckles are ponder ons, sometimes representing the head of a celebrated personage or a Greek figure in gold relief. The deep wrinkled Empire beli is a favorite when worn with a short bolero. The total population of the United States is 76,205,3^0. The Star Chamber. The expression "star chamber" finds its origin from the council chamber of the old palace at Westminster, London, which was so designated. In the early part of the present century the last of the buildings used for this purpose were torn down. In this secret court every punishment except death could be in flicted.^ Its tortures were aptly referred to by Shakespeare, Carlyle and others. It was so called from the stars that glit tered from the ceiling. Star chamber is also an appellation given to a fa mous apartment in Kentucky's celebrat ed Mammoth cave. It is a beautiful hall with arched sides and a flat roof of dark color, which contains brilliant srubstances resembling stars. With proper light ef fects, a wonderful scene is presented. No Help in Diagnosing. Philadelphia Record. "Your father is in a precarious con dition," remarked the doctor. "I'm afraid I shall have to call in Dr. Squills for consultation." "What's the use?" demanded the sick mans son. "He doesn't know any more about father's financial standing than you do." DO YOU SHOOT?; If you do you s?culd send your name and address on a postal card for s TER GUN CATALOGUE. IT'S FREE. It illustrates and describes all the different Winchester Rifles. Shotguns and . Ammunirion, and contains much valuable Information. Send at once to the Winchester Repeating Arm? Co?_New Haven, Conn. Corea Vezema, I lc Ii I ny Ilnmon. B. D. B. 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