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HOUSES IN OUIt ARMY A CAVALRY SOLDIER WRITES WITH FEELING CONCERNING THEM. A Recruit Hone la Very Like m ReeruhV Soldier Intelligence Displayed by the Animals Their Love of IMay l'uor Dandy' Grief. .Perhaps few persona are on moro Inti mate terms with the horse family In gen eral than sorae old cavalry soldiers. To bo the friend gf his horse the soldier must be a good one. A horse was never known to favor a bad one with his confidence, for horses are infallible judges of soldiers. In the eld frontier days cavalry soldiers thought far more of their horses than they do now, for their lives often depended on them, and if a wan neglected his horse be was sure to have to inarch on foot before long, which Is very distasteful to a cavalry man. Indeed, it was necessary to guard the forage wagon and the water holes to prevent men stealing more than their al lowance for their horses. Even now, If you watch some old gray haired fellows at the "stables" of a cavalry troop, you will see they have not forgotten to be greedy on behalf of their mounts. A recruit horse Is like a recruit soldier, apt to be clumsy, unevenly gaited, saucy and conceited. The old horses in the stable yard treat him exactly as old soldiers treat a recruit. They attempt to frighten him by biting at him, kicking him, chasing him from one corner ofv the yard to an other, pulling his mane and ears In fact, they try to make his life miserable In every way. This lasts for a few days only; then tho new horse geti a chum, and they make an agreement to stand by each other. This offensive and defensive alliance pre vents the rest of the herd from taking any more liberties with the recruit. The "chum business" Is one of the most remarkable features of horse life in the army. The "chums" are Inseparable. As soon as tho herd is turned out into the yard tee chums seek out each other, as If for a morning "oonfab," and remain to gether all day. Looking into the yard at any time, one can see them rubbing noses, blinking at ono another or following each other around the yard. Take a new horso away from his chum and he will greatly resent it. Tie him near tho stables and he will whinny plalntivoly to his chum, who will answer from the corral. All horses In our service areata ught to lie down. A new horse, when first thrown In the riding hall, with straps the. use of which he little suspects, is greatly sur prised. This painless throwing of horses is very effective In disciplining morally, for the horse soon realizes that he is complete ly mastered, and after he has been thrown j a number of times a marked change takes place in his temperament. Soldiers who abuse their horses In any way aro severely punished. There is, in deed, no Right more obnoxious to a good cavalryman than to see a horse abused. The old cavalry horse seems to have a , great disdain for n new soldier. When ridden by a recruit, he appears as If a lit tle insulted, and I am sure that 6ome of these old horses can tell a recruit from a veteran as quickly as cun the adjutant at "guard mounting." It is customary to turn all tho horses out to graze or "to herd," as it is called under u guard whenever tho grass is good and the weather pleasant. The horses re gard "herd time" as a proper occasion for fun and frolic. They enjoy the herd as much as a lot of schoolboys do their recess. In every troop ore some old horsos that aro full of mischief on herd and are invet erate stamperiers. If they enn only get tho lest of the herd to follow them and run ahead of the herders, they are delighted. The herd guards have to watch these old rogues vigilantly, for onco they obtain ft start, a stampede is sure to follow. Then, If no obstacle prevents, the herd will run for hours herds have Item known to run 40 miles before they could be stopped. Most j uum uuu uaring ruling on uie pari 01 mo herd guards is required to head off a cav alry stampede and turn tho leaders. Horses soon loarn all the trumpet calls. "Stable call" in the afternoon is the favor ite one, I imairine, as it means dinner. A trumpeter's horso in a certain troop ,t a western post was condemned for disabil ity and sold to a milkman. Ono day, when the milkman was driving near the drill ground where the troop w drilling, his horse nt the sounding of the "charge" by the trumpet bolted for the troop. Of course the funny sight of a milk eart charging with a troop of cavalry caused great merri ment to nil exoept the milkman. During the Geronlmo campaign some years u go in Arizona, a remarkable illus tration cf how great an affection can exist betwee n a sohlhrand his horse occurred in a troop in which I was serving. An old Irish sergeant had a splendid brown horso called Dandy, to which lie was so singular ly attached that the care and caresses he bestowed on it would have sutUflcd tho most exacting sweetheart. The beautiful and intelligent animal seemed to be al most human, so much did he appreciate the affection of his master. Now it happened that during a long march tho sergeant became very tlpy by drinking some fiery Mexican mescal. Keeling in the saddle to and fro he jerked the h irso's sensitive mouth with the cruel cur!) till it bled profusely, and every llttlo while hi.s sharp spurs would tear Dandy's Hanks. SulTt ring all this pain, tho horso calmly walked in ranks without showing any resentment and apparently knowing that his master was out of his senses. Shortly after this happened wo were fired upon from an ambush. The sergeant, who w is in the lead, was shot dead in tho saddle while riding along the brink of ono of thoro steep canyons which abound in that p'irt of Arizona. So ho pitched head foremost out of his saddle down hundreds of feet, into tho canyon bed. During tho nest few dnys Dandy ate nl most nothing nnd appeared dull and list less. All the men being mounted, he was led and a pack saddle put on him. About a wee k l-;tcr, ns wo we ro riding along tho brink of another canyon, very similar to that in which Dandy's master had found n grave, the command was halted for a rest, and the men, dismounting, let their horses graze on the few bunches of dry grass in the vicinity. Presently we saw Dandy walk to the wlgo of the cliff and look down Into the black canyon depths. There was some- i thing in tho horse's manner that attracted i Attention, and we were silently watching j him when ho crouched on l is haunches, gavo a quick spring fur out into the air , over the edge of the cliff and went turning I and twisting down ftoo feet to ho dashed I to death on the bowlders In tho canyon I bwl. j "As clear a caseof suicide as Ihnvetver ecn," our captain said. Poor Dandy I His heart was broken I ' Can It be that the horse Is passing awny from us? Lot us hope not. If he Is. wt, are losing a noble friend. A Cavalry Sol dier In Youth's Companion. THE ENGLISH METROPOLIS. Ho ComparUnu Between the London of Today and of Elizabeth' Time. It is usual to compare tho glories of Vio toila's iclgn with those of Elizabeth, but between the London of today and that of "good Queon Hess" there is really no coin parison. London was still girt around by tho walls built by the Romans and wai largely inclosed within them. The man sions of the great lay outside the city wall, chiefly on the way from the Strand to West minster. There were few stone houses, and nono tiled or fclated, being mostly built of wood and thatched with straw, Heyoud the royal palace at Westminster was open country, and marsh lands formed the solo feature of the landscape across the river. On the other side of the city was opej coun try, with "merrie Islington," aTillage, In the distance. Where St. Sepulchre's church now stands were slums. In Golden lane wag a row of curious old houses which had been used as a nursery for the children of Henry VIII. Roundabout the Moor gate were large house's, and farther out a wa tery tract which abounded with wild fowL The citizens used to exercise themselves here with archery practice and sport. In liishopgate the earls of Devonshire had their palace. Houndsdltch was a foul ditch, the receptacle for aewage, and there was a similar ditch on the western side of the eity. Sanitary science woj unknown. The paving of the streets was In Its Infancy. Except with regard to a few of the princi pal thoroughfares, each Inhabitant paved as much as he liked before his own door with tho materials that his pride, poverty or oaprloe might suggest. The streets were obstructed with stalls, sheds, signposts and projections of every kind. Curbstones were unknown, and only In a few thoroughfares were the foot paths divided from the carriageway with posts and chains. This was the London of Elizabeth, just 800 years ago a very dif ferent city from that of today a London gradually becoming foul and pestilential, ultimately to be cleared and purified by the great plague, which carried off a fifth of the inhabitants in 1663, and the great fire of the following year, which involved 400 streets, 13,200 houses, 88 churches, St Paul's cathedral and four city gates. Before the fire it is estimated to have contained from 10,000 to 13,000 6treots, alleys and lanes, 156,000 houses and about 700,000 inhabitants. So that in 17 cen turies London had grown to a population of under 750,000. By the beginning of Queen Victoria's life it hod increased to 1,000,000, and now it is sevenfold what It was under "good Queen Boss." Rather than to Elizabeth, London owes its growth to Charlos II, fur, after the restoration, those who returned with him did not care to return to their old city houses, but built themselves mansions farther west, leaving the city to the merchants, by whom it has ever since been monopolized. London Standard. Jowett's Idea of a University, In Jowett's first sermon in Balliol chap el, be spoke of the college, "first, as a place of education; secondly, as a place of society; thirdly, as a place of religion." He was accustomed to uso very similar language about tho university: "There ore two things which distinguish a uni versity from a mere scientiflo institution. First of all, it is a seat of liberal educa tion, and, secondly, it is a placoof society." Both education und society ho conceived of nobly. Ho sought to impress upon each generation of undergraduates "the un shakable importance of the four critical years of life between about 18 and 22," when the task leforo each young man is "to improvo his mind, to eradicate bad mental habits, to acquire the power of or der and arrangement, to learn tho art of fixing his attention." "Tho object of reading for tho schools" the final honor examinations "is not chiefly to attain a first class, but to elevate und strengthen tho character for life." As against those who declare examina tions injurious, he maintained that "they give a Uxed aim toward which to direct our efforts. They stimulate us by tho love of honorable distinction. They afford an opportunity of becoming known to those who might not otherwise emerge. They supply the leading strings which we also need. Neither freedom tor power can bo ottained without order and regularity and method. Tho restless habit of mind which passes at will from ono view of a subject or from ono kind of knowledge to another is not intellectual power." Professor W. J. Ashley in Atlantic. Johauue Uruhiun. Had not Wagner's opponents chosen Brahms as n bulwark from behind which to attack and harass Wagner I cannot con ceive how their art interests could ever have clashed. Wagner was devoted wholly to the stage and was the successful creator of an entirely new form of muslco-dramatio composition. Brahms not only never at tempted to compose an opera, but did not care for opera as an art form. Brahms' fame could rest securely upon his songs. Still working within established forms, he has again poured thoroughly original and, above all, thoroughly modern music into them. His are the most mod ern songs, more modern even than thoso of Schumann or l ranz. Schubert, Schu mann, Tratu and Brahms are the four ire at figures in tho development of the lied. If I were asked to sum up in a single fentonco Brahms' service to art, I should say that It consisted in Ills having crcatid, within established form, mini'! wholly original, tlmr -n :!i!v j i ; -i ra and j rofound ly beautiful. liu-tav Koooo in l-'orum. . No I.cttc riU'r. "I'm Tio h tr-r wriv s-ii.l .Vr, Gobble-by. "1 c;i:i s.iv, V.-j:N-.f t !; Mit!; i::-T. came duly to h.:.d,' a.::'. I evi ki,v: 'We've been ).a!:.k' .... j r :: v fi.-."ie ili"v late ly, but .e. ;.! I., M! ; ,." :l . Jnlmry v.t M:i.. !;' ...! y. '.-:.! ,v !... row ,i;ic';!;nile. i. ,"': (. - i : v , b(;autir:.l': M..:y I ..,f. ,. --i is jiist j.t t; sn . : r r )..' y V .i - . Willie is tiot.'ii v:ni ii..- . ... : bad to sr.vy froa ! f..: ,v count of the c..r. !:. .V i,i r I, :.i :...; : of the a.-.thnia i iii, 'mi a a.-rw i - e v. ;.i all well. ' I can leil tacvj ..'..l:i i'.ic; Ut.li tnouuh, I 'tit w: lid! 1 to l:iu i.;.l . J.a; I have to st p. "But, don t vnii know, soiuo f'o'rs cmi go right on, easy us rolling o;f a lo,; tnl'v. talk, talk, talk, ai.d i.act much to h..j they ha veto crii n ss the letter when they get to tho end, something I never could tio and never could understand. "New York Sun. Appearances Are Deceptive. Do not judges from mere appearances, for tho light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sad ness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine jmace and Joy, Tho b.isoni can ache , beneath diamond brooches, and many a blithe heart dances nri'lor coarse wool. E, H. Chupin. FEASTS FOR FISHES. BaaaU That Are Spread When a Wind ltonnd Fleet Gets Its Anchors Up "Besides the things that live In tho vrn tor," said a collector, "there are numerous things that live in the mud and sand un der it, many of which furnish food for fishes, which seize them when opportunity offers, or which perhaps dig them out. Tho sturgeon, for instauco, with its sharp, pointed nose, plows a furrow In the mud on the bottom und then goes back along it und picks up and eats whatever may have dropped Into It, as worms dislodged by plowing drop into a furrow in a field. "Somo curious or interesting specimens are found att ached to timbers or other wood or materials imbedded in the mud. I came across once a plank half burled in the mud in shallow water. I worked my anchor under this plank and turned it over, but it was heavier than one man could lift There had boon a lot of small soft clams in the mud along tho edge of the plank, little bits of fellows, half an inch long or so, and when I turned the plank over quite a number of them tum bled into tho space where It had been. Two or three minutes later a little black fish, maybe 6 or 8 Inches long, camo out from some eel grass near by and made for the plaoe where the plank had been and began eating the little clams. It would pick one up and chew it up and spit out the sheila and go for another. It was a feast for the little blacklist), probably the greatest it bad ever struck, those dainty little clams, and plenty of them, and nothing to do but eat them. "With a strong easterly gale blowing up the sound, many vessels bound east along the sound seek shelter In some of the bar bora along the Connecticut shore. Some times in some of those places you will find 40 or 50 vessels, many of them, most of them perhaps smaller, of 20 to 50 tons, but all with anchors overboard. In some of these places you will find vessels so thick sometimes that there is only room enough for them to swing. The wind comes out in the night from the north or the norths west, and they all get under way together. They all get their anohors at onoo, prac tically tearing up the whole bottom and dislodging tb' isands and thousands of animals that li e in the mud. This is an occasion of feasting for all the bottom feed ing fishes thereabout. "New York Sun. ROSE PLANTS. Where They Should Be Planted and How They Should Be Tended. When any plant in the flower garden be gins to produce 6eeds freely, it usually in clines to stop flowering. Plants such as roses, which we desire to have flower as long as possible, should therefore not be permitted to fruit. All faded roses should be at once rut away. Even those which are known as ever bloom ers are benefited by this practice Indeed, the reason that these roses have this length ened period of flowering Is that they show a natural indisposition to make growth. Roses flower only at the end of a young branch. When the faded flowers aro cut away, tho buds in the leaf axils push into growth, and it is from this second starting of young branches that the flowers come. Roses, to succeed best, should bo plant ed out in the open, never under tho shade of trees or in any place where tho roots of trees can rouch them to monopolize ony of their food. Roses are gross livers and re quire a large amount of good food. Ac cordingly, they do better placed where nothing will have n chunce to encroach upon their rights. When one has a chance to prepare a bed for them just as it should be, tho better way is to remove the upper soil and dig out tho subsoil to tho depth of two feet. Take a pick and mellow up what is possi ble of the bottom of tho pit. Then fill in with a mixture of good soil and old, thor oughly rotted manure. These beds may bo mado of any desired size or shape, and should always be pro vided with a fc'ood drainage, as roses will never enduro having to stand in water. They liko water, a goodly quantity, when it can bo administered according to their fancy. Baths of soap suds are beneficial, as well as being a fine preventive against Insect life. Philadelphia Press. Five Cent lleataurants. How there is any profit left out of a 6 cent dish of beefsteak with broad and but ter and ico water and the attention of a pretty waiter thrown in seems a mystery. It Is a mystery until one realizes how the business is conducted. In tho first place, they feed ft good many people, ranging nil tho way from UOO to 500 o day, and thus buy their provisions in bulk, oatmeal by tho barrel, veal by tho carcass, beans ul most by tho carload, and as to hash, they make that by tho bushel. Moreover, they savo expense by using the latest appli ances, steam tables to keep tho food warm, choppers to cut up tho hash and dish washers that save wear and tear of muscle ond towel. So economical Is tho business that they even strain tho dishwater. Way down in tho basement is big vat which receives tho water before it goes Into the sewer. An ingenious arrangement collects tho grease all by itself, and thus not only saves it for tho soap kettle, but prevents it from going into tho eewcr and clogging up the pipes. Their economy, however, docs not lead them to tho extreme of sav ing food from the plate and serving it again. Even the hash ia brand new. Brooklyn Eagle. Stag Hunting at Xlzht. Wonderfully elaborate open air fetes, of ten. tho scene of 6OD10 mummery or coup de theatre celebrating scenes in connection with veiiery, were frequent occurrences. Thus Louis XIV more 'than oneo held stag hunts at night, and for that purpose tho great forest of Chantiily was illumi nated with torches, and the hunted stag was forced to pass through avenues lined by several thousand men holding brightly flaring llaniboaux In their hands. Several of the princesses of his court were daring riders, and from the letters of ono of those royal Indies, a duchess of Orleans, wo learn that In four years she was present at he death of over o thousand stags. Her descriptions of tho sport are most enthusi astic. "I have had 20 fulls, but have hurt myself only onco," sho says in one of her letters. "SjHirts In tho Seventeenth Cen tury," by W. A. Ballllc-Grohmun, In Cen tury. Not UU Fault. Tho Judge Didn't I tell you the last time that you wire hero that I wonted to see your face in this oourt no more? Weary Watklns You did, ycronner, and that is exactly wot I tolo the oop. Pitts fiUrg Chronicle-Telegraph. t Tke singular" punishment of bigamy In Hungary is to compel the man to live to gether with both wives In one house. One-third of the females of Franco over 14 years of age arc farm laborers. rue ncm wnnn " -J-. 1t l s. wi-w ..www. . .vTZTT. - . The trees stand guarded, Isolate, y The warders hover at the gnte. Jfl Ho MnalleU wandering loveliness " j. Goes heuee, none ever flndu access. V At June's blithe call no vino may run A tip to gild It in tno sun. The perfumed wind from off the field lu fore it enter here iuuit yield It burden. Sweetest meadow flowers Hetul never greeting to these tiowers. Young morn not yet lias sprung with might To cast thus deep his laneo of litfht. To moon and ttar U still unrolled The mystery of thone wizards old. Ages uncounted shroud ihis urt, Time and tho silence of Cvoa's heart. John Vance Clieaey la Critic. NO GOLD CURE NECESSARY. How an Inveterate Smoker Was Cared of the Tobacco Habit. ' Yes," ho said to The Tobacco Journal, "I quit smoking nearly a year ogo and haven't even taken a single puff since." "It must bo considerable of a struggle for a man who has been in tho habit of 6inoking a good deal," said tho man who never had tried to stop, but was Always promising himself that some day he would. "I had smoked for over 20 years," said the man who had quit. "Yes, I know it," returned the man who never had tried. "That's what sur prises me in your case. It must have re quired a good deal of nerve and self con trol." "Not at all; not at all; merely judg ment." "Judgments "Precisely. It's very simple tfhen you know how." "Why, I've always understood that a man went through all kinds of torture and only hung to his determination by the very greatest exhibition of will power." "When he doesn't understand or grasp the proper method, yes," said the man who had quit "But if he exercises a little judgment and comraou sense it is the easi est thing in tho world. Now, I didn't go oil by myself and make a solemn vow that I never would smoke again and then stop right short off." "Limited yourself, I suppose, and graded down." "Not a bit of It. That's where nil the struggle and the fight come In. I didn't undertake to put any limit on my smok ing, and I made it a point for several weeks to keep a box of cigars open on my desk at home, only" "Yes." "I lot my wife buy them." "Ah I I begin to understand." "I gave her the money that I usually spent for cigars und told her that she was a better bargain hunter than I and would naturally be entitled to anything that she could suve out of my cigar money. Of course she was delighted. "That was to be expected." "Three days later I was sick, and the smell of cigar smoke soon becamo nauseat ing to me. I never could stand poor cigars, yon know. I quit smoking from choice in side of a week." Armed For Emergencies. When Fridtjof Nansen was n young stu dent, he attended a ball and danced with many partners. Returning long nftcr mid night through the streets to his lodgings, ho heard loud outcries from a woman who was struggling with two ruilians. In an other moment the woman broke away from them and ran toward tho spot where Nansen was standing. The two men were close behind her in hot pursuit. Nansen was an athlete full of courage and vigor and put himself on guard as the men approached. Ho allowed the woman to pass, but called upon the infuriated pursuers to halt, standing directly in their way and hitting out first at ono and then at the other. The ruilians, lingered by his unexpected attack, turned resentfully up on the rescuer unci would havo overpow ered him and possibly have murdcrJ him if ho had not shown pre.sciico of mind. Drawing himself up to his full height und throwing back his coat collar so as to rx poso tho cotillon favors which ho had worn during the bull, ho sternly asked them if they knew who he was. 'iiio two assailants, uwed by his manner and supposing him to bo u royal olllcor, wcro at onco cowed. They apologized roughly for not recognizing him, dropped their arms and sneaked oil in the opposite direction from that which tho woman hud taken. This Incident of Nansen's youth illus trated at once tho fearless courage and tho readiness of resource which were to char acterize his career as an Intrepid csplorer. Youth's Companion. Shaking Hands. Men shako hands with strangers of their own sex with far greater readiness than do women. Two men, on being presented to ono another, will frequently extend the hand In o grasp of greeting which gives opportunity to form u general Idea of each other's make up and know whether they aro attracted or repulsed. Occasionally there is a man with sufficient good nature and courage to refuse another man's hand without causing offense. There are men who have been so impressed with the dis coveries of bacteriology that they maintain handshaking to bo the cause of dissemina tion of disease germs. Tho bare hand comes In contact with innumerable germs looking for pasturage on some vulnerable spot of our anatomy. A cut or abrasion on tho band leaves a door open for tho ad mission of tho enemy. Therefore it is with reason that men argue against promiscu ous handshaking out of tho homo umong tho men met In business life. Sclenco long ago frowned upon tho practice of promis cuous kissing which prevailed among women. Is the ungloved handshake ulso doomed? San Francisco Argonaut. Perfumes. Perfumes exercise a peculiar Influence over ono's nervous system. A faint, sub tlo odor is nearly always enervating, while a pxmgont, rich perfumo often has a brac ing effect. Civet induces drowsiness, a faint breuth of musk Invigorates and tho perfume of the aloe and tho citron Is posi tively soothing and comforting. The deli cate, spicy odors of pinks, carnations, apple; blossoms and sweet brier are thought to be beucHciul. A Cannibal Tidbit. Tho Missionary Herald quotes Captain Hind's assertion that nearly all trllx-s In the Kongo basin are or have been cannibals, ond that tho practice Is on the increase, not merely for superstitious reasons, but also for the provision of food. There is a certain sturdy, fat race in Africa which has never been famous for its prowess, but which Is mado a regular 6taplo article of diet. Bats nre most curiously constructed, the heort's action being aided by the rhythmic contractions of tho veins of tho wings. A drosky is a low four wheeled vehicle without a top, used by tho Rus.huis. STORIES OF JOVVETT. The Manner In Which "Little Uenjaniln" Treated His Fupila. , The many stories that are told of Ben jamln Jowert, the late master of Balliol col lego. Oxford, show a 6trongly marked Individuality, ono calculated to make many frlot.ds. Ho was declared, Indeed, to be the only nn living who could inuintuin close friendship with 50 people at once, bub In his early days at least his manner to pupil repelled rather than attracted, whllo to shy men be wus positively alari.il::. "I remember one occasion' uultr oraduato of that day relates, ' f .k-h l.e invited me to take a walk wit. i. Tho number of words exchanged b.,cen us was incredibly small, and I believe that it was a relief to both when wo regained the collego gate." His long silences were felt as an awk ward bur to conversation, and to interrupt this silence by starting a fresh toplo was of ton to provoke a snub. As he never mado an unmeaning remark himself, he was 1m patient of empty spooch from others. Once a friend was accompanying him on a long walk. Arriving at Tewkesbury, the quaint old world town seemed asleep in the summer sunshine, and his com pan Ion rashly ventured to say : "I believe that there are more dogs than people In the streets this morning." Jowett Instantly awoke from his reverie and replied, "If you have nothing more sensible to observe, you had better be silent altogether.!' Another thing which hampered his In tlmate association with younger men was his fastidious taste In the use of language. particularly evidenced in his abhorrenoe of slang, whioh undergraduates thought a piece of donnishness. With one of bis child friends in the country be took a singular way of enforcing this lesson. He Insisted on giving her a shilling every time she used the word "awfully," and so shamed her out of the habit In after years, however, most of those who had been his pupils were glad to ac knowledge the influence stimulating rather than formative that lay behind the abrupt and peremptory yet always serene and kindly ways of the master, known In undergraduate circles as "little Benjamin, our ruler." "A paternal from Jowett," as one of his severe admonitory Interviews was termed, rarely Indeed failed of its effect, and the fatherly vigilance with which he watched over able but unsteady young men, his un tiring efforts to keep them straight and when they failed to sot them on their feet again, caused ono grateful pupil tod colore: "No minister of Christ ever more fully realized the precepts: 'Strengthen thy brethren,' 'Support the weak.' " Youth's Companion. NEVER PAY CASH. Advice of a Business Man Who Believes In Buying on Credit. "Never pay each for anything if yon want to get commercial rating," said a businessman tho other day. "Get goods on credit, even when ablo to pay spot cash for them, ond pay tho bill with prompt ness when it becomes due. If you do this long enough, you will probably get the reputation of possessing all tho money you have got trusted for, and, at any rate, will be known in business circles where you wouldn't bo named if you always paid cash. A man who poys cash for every thing is supposed to be doing business on small capital, whllo o man who gets things on credit, or, what is better still, pays for them in notes, is generally be lieved to be operating on such u largo scale that bo lias no ready money to spare for 6iiiall deals. "As for getting credit, it is tho first stop that costs, of course, but a man con begin by referring people to his landlord ond the tradesmen with whom ho deals if ho can do no better. If he bos no accounts any where, he must set ubout having them. Get trust for small amounts und you will in time get trusted for larger ones. The first requisite to wealth is not money, but credit. Get credit and you will do busi ness amounting to un indefinite number of times your capital. "Without dilating further on tho ad vantages of credit, let mo give you an il lustration of tho disadvantages of doing business on u cash basis. A country mer chant I knew who hud always paid cush for everything he bought, and did a cor respondingly smnll business, determined finally to enlarge his trade, und to do this required tho credit ho had never before usked for. When ho come to town and asked tho men to whom bo had always paid cush to lot him have goods on time, they one and till became suspicious of him und refused. Tho very fact that he had always paid cash mado them think, whon ho finally uskwl for credit, thnt ho wasn't a safe man to trust. Moral. Never pay cash for anything If you would avoid sus picion." New York Sun. The Stable Odor. Here is un amusing story of Mr. John Hare and his coachmun: Wishing to hear n particular performance nt a certain thea ter, Mr. Hare sent his trusty coachman to secure stalls. In duo time the plain, blunt man, who understood moro about stables than theaters, returned heavily laden with what appeared to bo n difficult verbal message. "Well, did you get tho stalls?" inquired tho greu t actor. "No, sir," replied tho coachman. "Tho stalls were all taken up, but they told mo to tell you they would bo very pleased to to" Hero tho messago seemed to cvaporato, leaving u dry, worried expression on tho coachman's face. Then, us ho scratched his head, a sudden gleam of intelligence struck In, and ho concluded tho messago to his own satisfaction "to put you in a loose box, sir." Pearson's Weekly. I'lano Drapery. One enters a bouse nrrunged with ex quisite cure, und both artistic and home llko in its atmosphere. The ono false note in thowholearrangument is In the draping of tho piano un upright which is swathed in embroideries und covered with porcelains until it has positively lost all semblanco to Its original form and is ridic ulously unfit for use. Many of the so culled muslo rooms ore ruined by a total disre gard of nccoustlcs, heavy curtains, carpets and portieres breaking and muffling the sounus, and there uro almost always far too greut u number of ornaments scattered about. Considering that many who are in the possesion of wealth plquo themselves on their prominence us patrons of m usic, or on being considered average p rformcrs from tho amateur standpoint, It is extraor dinnry how very celdoni an appropriate fauslo room is to be found. Harper's Ba zar. Tart Retort. "Young man, you nro hotter fed than tuught," sold the professor angrily. "Quite right, sir. My father feuls mo," nswired the student. London Tit-Bits. TRICK THAT FAILED. Conductor cf a Western Express Had Cut LIU Eyeteeth. Conductor Keshan of the Union Pacific nut his eye teeth quite a number of yittr8 ago. That Is why he balked a smooth game that three men attempted to play on, lilin. Keshan was called to tuko the over land limited west, uud, sharjiening up bis punch, ho began to work bis train, and when be came to tho rear end of the first ooach he found three men bublly engaged In talking. "Tickets, please," remarked Keshan in his suave and polished manner. One of tho men handed up threo tickets without looking at the gorgeous uniform of tho knight of the punch. Keshan took the tickets, and just as he was about to "skin" the hand a thought flushed through his mind. He rushed to the forward end of the oar and looked through tho door. Then he sauntered bock to the man who had handed him the tickets and asked, extending the three tickets: "Excuse me, but I thought I heard a call for brakes and I forgot where I loft off. Did you hand me these three tick ets?" The man took them without a word of trouble and suid they were his. Then ho handed tJi up to the conductor again. "Just give me your ticket, please. Iam allowod to take but one at a time," said Keshan. The man muttered a little and still held out the three tickets. "I only want yours," said Keshan. "Well, take 'em all at onoe," growled the passenger. "Nit." was Keshan's short answer as he reached for the bellcord. Then the man banded up one and Kesh an punched it. Then another handed up the second one and Keshan punched that. Then came the third one, which was a half faro ticket. "Let me see. the permit' said Keshan to the man who handed up the half ticket. "I ain't got none," said the passenger. Keshan made him pay the other half and then worked the train. "That trick might hove worked," re marked Keshan to a friend, "had I net read about it a few days ago. Their scheme was to have me punch all throe tickets and then I could have whistled for the cubh fare, because each would have claimed a full ticket, und I would cot have dared put one cf them off." "Why not?" asked his friend. "Why not? Because the other two would have sworn that his was a full ticket and the compony would have been soaked for heavy damages.' Omuha World-Herald. AT AN ILLINOIS HOTEL. Experience of a Treacher Who Happened There Overnight. "The liveliest time lever hod in getting hotel 'accommodations was right here in Illinois," tuid aclericul looking man, who sat In the smoking compartment of tho sleeper whllo the porter was mukitig up his berth. "I was going to prench at Dixon, Ills., and I started In good time, if I had not happened to strlko a holiday, when trains were running wild this was 20 years ago and schedules were not systematized as they are now. On Saturday at midnight 1 stopped on tho last train at a small town nearly 18 miles from the place where I was expieted to fill a popular pulpit. "Everybody had gone to Ind when I walked into the one hotil of tho j luce, but by dint of loud knocking I roused u sleepy clerk, who gavo mo u kerosene lamp, with u piece of red flannel, which served as a wick, ur.d pointed to a room at tho top cf a flight of stairs. "This room had a bod in It, but there was no sign of a lock to the door. A large front window was open and would not 3lose. It had no curtuin. So, before dis robing, I blew out tho lamp. I saw that It would bo easy for any ono on the outside to scale the window, so I arranged all the toilet crockery on its sill. Then I went to bed und to sleep. "When I uwakened, it was Sunday morning and a bright sun was shining Into my room. I sat up and sown curious crowd regarding my window and tho breastwork cf crockery which I had used ns u defense. I learned afterward that they thought it was a new china storo that had just been opened. "When I went down stairs, I found tho hotel doors had not been unfastened sim e the night before. I opened up the house, but tho only guests to enter wero a cat and four Littins. The hclo uppoArcd later, apologizing by i-ayir.g that they lui-l rot worked the day Uioro, but had let things tuke care of themselves. The landlord looked us if he never had worked ond nev er intended to. I was not able to get even it cup of coffee for my breakfast before the train came which bore me away from the slackest town und t lie worst hotil servho J had ever in my lifo encountered. No, I won't call names, for from what I havo heard it Is run both hotel r.nd town on tho same lines today. Good night." Chi cago Times-Herald. Why Spain list Failed In Cuba. General Wevler should have subdued tho rebellion within DO davs. No unprcju- llcid military authority who has studied lie two forces and made duo alltnvar.ee or tho ntlvantu'i'M tiosscssiul bv those who light npon their native soil will dissent from this nronotition. There uro Spanish generals in Cuba who admit its truth. There are others who havo returned, ms- rusted, to Spain because their suggestions if nlans to end the wnr were not allowed to bo disclosed nt the tialace. A four months' stav In Cuba, beuriniilug in Janu ary and ending with April of this year, much or which time was passed in onsen -ing tho forces in tho Held, has resulted in tho conviction on my part that It has not been the purpose of General WeyKr to end tho rebellion. Conversations with Span ish officers, from trenerals to corporals, mowed that the san.e motives that were jvldentlv nctuatimr the commander in al lowing tho wnr to drug along were prompt ing a largo proiiortlon of the staff and lino In corrylnnnutthe v.oWcv of their superior. T. G. Alvord, Jr., in Forum. ConvuUlon.' In convulsions the first thlnir to do Is to loom n tlu rl,,iMir Bn that f ree rcsidratloii mny bo hud. Cold water should be appliul to tho bcml with a si.onuo and the face gently sprinkled with it. The hot butb. which should be from 87 degrees to vu ui -cma. In rnntuw tl.iii with cold atidicfltions to the head, Is of great service. The child should not bo kept In the hot bath more than ten minutes, and whllo there will r..ii-,i with tlm band and thin dried and rubbed with a worm towel, rolled In n hot: l.b.nL-i.fc ur.il imt to bed. WDen convulsions ore caused bv the opl roach of on eruptive fever, such ns scarlet fever, measles, etc., the hot mustard bath for tho feet or entire body Is excellent. If the child can bo Induced to drink hot drinks. It will greatly assist.