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THE DEMOCRAT.
B. H. ADAMS, Publisher.
Cape gieaedeau. - Missouri.
BEAUTY AND ITS OPPOSITE.
Th Story of m Pretty Girl, m Homely
Girl rrvd a Man.
As the writer was talking to a re
'tired colonel in front of an uptown hotel
k few days ago, a very handsome woman
passed them, and the writer's eyes went
after her almost as fast as the colon l's
did.
"By zucks!" exclaimed the writer,
"isn't she pretty?"
"Rather," admitted the colonel, "but
beauty is something you can't most al
ways sometimes bank on, especially the
betuty of woman's face or figure."
"Well, it's always good to look at, any
how." "Of course, and sometimes it's lasting
nd actual, but oftener the very pretty
woman is not the most attractive."
"Still, there's a charm in beauty," in
sisted the writer, straining his eyes
around the corner to get a farewell view
of the fleeting vision.
"Now, here's where I come in with a
story," laughed the colonel, who always
makes his points with a story. "When I
was a man of 35 I was on one oc
casion going down the Ohio river from
Cincinnati to Louisville. As I passed
into the cabin of the steamboat that was
to carry me I saw two young women of
2 and 20, say, standing on the guards,
evidently waiting for some one. I no
ticed them because one was so pretty
that a man would have been treasonable,
to all his manliness not to have seen her.
She was gray-eyed, with a beautiful
-complexion, soft, silken hair and a fig
tire which was grace itself. As
the j-oung man of to-day would say, she
was a 'corker. Her companion was as
homely as the other was pretty; so
homely that I felt sorry that she had to
carry such a face around with her. Who
or what they were I had no means of
knowing, but I was glad that I was go
ing on the loat with them, for the sake
of the pretty girl.
"I went back to my stateroom, and
in a few minutes thereafter I heard
v.omen's voices in the cabin near my
door. I noticed then that I had left
it 0en, and as I closed it I saw the two
young women had the stateroom ad
Joining mine and were just entering
it. They didn't see me, and I closed the
door, feeling elated over the idea that
as soon as possible I would make the
acquaintance of my pretty neighbor.
Then, as I began to slick up for th.;
-conquest, I heard voices in the next
Toom. One was sharp and angry, the
other soft and pleading. I could only
catch an occasional word, but I learned
they were sisters, and one of them was
reading the riot act to the other, and
the other was taking it very meekly in
deed. "After awhile one of them stopped
out on the guards, and, though I didn't
care to peep out, I could hear her abus
ing everything in sight. She was out
side only a minute or two, returning
to begin her tirade inside. Inwardly
thanked my stars that I had been
thus placed, liecause by the merest
;hanee I had been let into the secrets
of the dispositions of these two sisters,
and I wondered why it was that beauty
souldn't carry other charms as well.
At the same time, I made up my mind
that the conquest I was on the point
of making, or hoping to make, would
be indefinitely postponed. As the boat
nulled out I went forward to look at
the city we were leaving, and when
came into the cabin again the suppei
fable stretched away down the length
of it, and I caught the appetizing odor
of ham and coffee and that sort of
thing.
"I knew the captain, and he invited
me to a seat at his table, and when I
hat down, behold, my two young wors
en sat opposite. The capiain, of course,
Ir.ew them, and at once presented me.
They were rather quiet at first, and
most of the talk was carried on by the
captain and myself. I was watching
the homely girl now, because I was
r.fraid I would have to run up against
the temper of the pretty one, and I
didn't want to be any further disillu
sionized. It was enough to simply look
at her, for, by Jove, temper or no tem
per, she was a beauty. But I was
hungry, and as I was getting my supper
in eating shape I stopped talking, and
ell at once the tones of the voice I had
heard in my stateroom filled the va
cancy my voice had left. I was almost
afraid to look at up, but I did, because
it wasn't the pretty girl's voice at all.
I never fc-it so relieved in my life, and
that night as we sat on deck in the
: moonlight I told her all about it and s
lot more."
"And was she up to her beauty in ah
respects?" inquired the writer.
"The fintst woman I ever met," said
the colonel, heartily.
"Why did you let her escape?"
"Who said I did?" laughed the
colonel, showing the writer a beautiful
medallion of his wife, which he carried
with him always. Washington Star.
Kmonrceful Children.
Very early in life the child shows by
'tunny indications whether he is to be a
person with resources or without them.
"What shall I do next?" is a question
familiar to mothers from small boys
.and girls, who look despairing around
their store of toys and games, all of
which have lost their power to interest
and amuse. The child who knows what
to do next, and who is not dependent
on mother or nurse for continual sug
gestion and stimulant, is the child who
w ill probably carry through life a cer
tain power of entertaining and pleas
ing himself a power well worth hav
ing, well worth cultivating. Albany
Journal.
On the hill where stood ancient
-Troy, Schliemaan found, in succeeeiv
layers, the ruins of four cities, each oi
-which had evidently been destroyed bj
Art.
Tl)e.Secret
fCOPTRIGHT. 1SM1
The tale I have to toll is so strange,
so weird, and so unprovable, that I must
preface it by stating that what I say
herewith is absolutely all I know about
the subject. It will be noted by the
reader that on several important points
Diy descriptions are vague and uncertain
but quite enough is known, and told,
to refute the assertion that "there is
nothing new under the sun."'
In the month of June, 1S04, 1 walked
the streets of Xcw York without a cent
of money in my possession, and without
a friend in the whole city. Like many
another poor unfortunate, it seemed im
possible for me to find a niche in the
world of labor into which I could fit. I
subsisted entirely by the charity of a
few good Samaritans, and became more
nnd more despondent as the uneventful
days dragged by.
On a certain sunny afternoon I man
aged to elude the vigilance of the watch
man at a steamship dock, and walking
out to the end of the pier esconccd my
self among some bales of hemp, and
there went to sleep. It was night when
I awoke, but as there was no one to
wait for my homecoming, nor indeed,
any home for me to go to, it made no
particular difference.
Still, I was. as you may say, all slept
out, and there were several hours to
dispose of before 1 could have an oppor
tunity of passing out of the gate unper
ceived. So, with noiseless footsteps, I
wandered around among the piles of
merchandise until my attention was at
tracted by the cabin lights of a team
fchip that lay r.t one side of the pier.
With the exception of these lights,
which were, of course, situated well aft,
no sign of life was visible; and although
I stood alongside the gangway between
the wharf and the spardeck, I could dis
tinguish no watch or bar to prevent me
from going aboard. Inspired by a feel
ing of curiosity as the carelessness
which left such a splendid opening for
the dock thieves, that I knew fairly
swarmed hereabouts, to make way with
portable property, I walked cautiously
Up the steep incline, and as I started to
swing off the end to the deck, almost
walked over the recumbent figure of a
man. Before I could recover my
startled faculties and retrace my foot
steps, the sleeping sentinel gave a groan,
and I had barely time to drop down be
hind a water-butt before he arose to his
feet and commenced pacing backwards
ITIE FOREMOST INTBUDEIIDHEW A KKVOLVEB AXD SHOT HIM TUi;Ol-GH TJIK IlKAHV.
and forwards. Here was a predicament
indeed! I knew that if discovered I
should be handed over to the ignorant
police justice who would be utterly un
moved by any statement that I might
nii-ke. Unless I could get off the ship
at some other point, or the sentry should
once more relax his vigilance, I should
probably be caught and sent to jail as
a vagrant, if not an actual thief. It
may well le imagined how I cursed the
idle curiosity that had led me to place
Diyself in such an unenviable position.
J!ut repining was worse than useless.
I determined to reconnoitre the possi
bilities of escape, and watching my
chance when the sentry's back was
turned, I stole away in the darkness.
The steamship, as near as I could judge,
was of the typical "tramp" class, with
Fpardeck cut away between the masts
for the better accommodation of cat
tle shipments. In the forward rut I
stumbled over a quantity of stores,
w hich had seemingly not been taken
care of by the steward hams, barrels of
flour, canned goods and as nearly as I
could judge, several hundred loaves of
bread were piled up in a disorderly man
ner. Much as I marveled at this further
exhibition of lack of discipline, it was
certainly a lucky find for me., and I
made no delay in breakirg off a loaf of
the bread and munched it greedily.
The greater part of the cut was oc
cupied by a large number of packing
cases, and w hile making my way over
them I was surprisei to discover by the
hollow sounds given forth that they
were seemingly empty. Just about the
middle of the cut I almost fell into a
small space which had been left between
two cases in stowing ; and ir. recovering
my balance I wrenched loose one of the
boards on the side. Again my idle curi
osity proved my curse, for without any
set purpose I lowered myself down and
tv&S. GooD3i4upe
crawled inside the huge box through
my improvised opening. To my great
astonishment, I found nothing but a
lever of stone ballast in the bottom;
and I reasoned that doubtless the other
cases were similarly equipped, and that
the weight was to keep the boxes from
being shifted in a heavy sea; although,
as they were closely wedged in between
the bulwarks this extra precaution
seemed Kiiptirfluous
Then in an instant I had madethej-e-solve
that was to cause me so much
danger end anxiety in the next few
weeks but unfortunately no hint or
suspicion came to me in time.
Here, I reasoned, was an opportunity
especially sent by Providence for my
benefit. Unless betrayed by some un
foreseen complication, I could lie un
suspected in thi3 snug hiding-place un
til the vessel was far from land. The
steward's stores would supply the nec
essary food; and, best of all, some dis
tant land would probably afford me op
portunities that my own country seemed
to deny me. I would become a stow
away, brave the captain's wrath, and
strive to win his sympathy by working
industriously at any work that he might
s-et me at. To will was to act; and with
scarcely a pang of conscience I conveyed
ten loaves of bread and a few cans of
beef and tongue to my hiding-place;
then, piling the rocks around the sides,
found myself in comfortable if not lux
urious quarters. Perhaps I might have
changed my mind had time been given
me, but as soon as morning broke the
steamer was cast loose from the dock,
r.nd in a few hours the increased mo
tion plainly told that we were out on
the ocean.
I determined to bide my time for a
day or two, and, although the confine
ment was irksome, I braved it out until
the sun had risen and set four times.
My reasons for this procrastination are
not easily explained, but an indefinable
feeling of dread made me hesitate, and
as the sequel proved saved my life.
There were several things which I had
noted from my hidingplaee that caused
me to wonder. In the first place the
Good Fortune (as I had ascertained the
name of the steamship to be) carried a
surprisingly large crew, although the
majority of them were not visible until
the second day out. And. for another
thing, the strict discipline that I had
always heretofore seen, on shipboard
was not maintained; for almost every
evening was occupied in carousing, aud
I never heard the slightest protest from
the captain or any of the officers of the
deck. Finally the fragments of a con
versation which I overheard between
two of the sailors impressed me as be
ing remarkable, to say the least.
"Last cruise, eh. Bill." said one.
"And I'm glad of it, too," growled bis
comrade.
"Well, so am I, to tell the truth. It
is wonderful that we've never been sus
pected in a whole year."
"That's the skipper's skill and I, for
one, don't grudge hhn his half share,
'sjH-cially as he provided the vessel."
"Well, you and I have near eight
thousand apiece, an' it'll be nearer ten
when we quit. That's more than we'd
make in a year at cattle-punching."
"But it's in such mean stuff. Ear
rings and watches are all right, but it
w on't be so easy to sell them."
"Melt down the solid and " here
the sjeaker walked away, and left me
wondering, but still unsuspecting.
On the fifth day out I was apprised
by the bustle around me that some
thing of unusual interest was tran
spiring. To my great surprise I no
ticed that spars and ropes were scat
tered round the deck in seeming con
tusion, that, the smokestack was partly
taken down, that the boats w ere swung
inboard and hidden under tarpaulins,
nd that the English flag was fastened
to the main shrouds, union down. This,
of course, I knew was a signal that the
ship was in distress nd required as
sistance; but when 1 noted that every
man on board wail equipped with two
revolvers and a murderous-looking
bowie knife, I felt sick at heart, and a
mist came before my eyes.
Overpowered by fear, I kept well hid
den in my packing box, bat I will briefly
I w
narrate what happened as overheard by.
me from conversations during the next
few days.
The good bark C. B. Jones, of Brox
port. Me., bound from Buenos Ayres to
Boston with a cargo of hides and tal
low, sighted the steamer "Good For
tune," of Bournemouth, with flag of
distress flying. As all the steamer's
boats were gone, the first mate and four
seamen took the long boat and rowed to
the Good Fortune with the humane in
tention of relieving the signaled wants
of the steamer, bringing a barrel of
pork and a bag of biscuit. So weak, as
it seemed, were the crew of Ihe steamer
that they could scarcely lend a hand
to hoist the provisions aboard. After
quite a long delay the long boat started
to return, but Capt. Jones was aston
ished to see that the boat contained six
others in addition to his own men. And
as they neared the vessel he failed to
distinguish the smiling, cheery face of
his first mate. Before he could recover
his presence of mind the men clambered
up the sides, and as he advanced ti
speak with them the foremost intruder
drew a revolver and shot him through
the heart. The scanty crew eagerly
threw up their hinds in surrender, but
after they were bound the cold-blooded
monsters murdered them, as well aa
the csptain's wife and child. A few
hundred dollars in the captain's cabin,
a few watches and a little money from
the forecastle and some miscellaneous
articles comprised the whole plunder,
and the ship was scuttled and sunk. In
due course she was announced as over
due and missing, as many another good
ship has been before; but what a fiend
ish ingenuity was displayed in destroy
ing the ship and her entire crew, so that
not one should live to tell the tale. Some
prizes, it seemed, netted them thou
sands, but in the majority of cases a
dozen human lives were sacrificed for a
mere trifle.
With my brain almost unhinged by
the horror of leing in the power of
these demons, I lay long in a sort ol
stupor. When I came to my senses 1
found myself struggling in the water,
wii.h naught between my life and eter
nity but my packing box. It floated mc
bravely, however, and when the dark
ness had cleared away I was picked up
by the Altania, of the Cunard line, and
conveyed back to New York.
Whether the Good Fortune lying
name, as she hersolf was a lie sunk
in collision with a rock or iceberg, or
whether she still ranges the seas un
checked, I know not; but drowning
seems to me all too light a punishment
for the wicked deeds of its crew.
AN AMERICAN GIRL.
A Bit of a Story Which lias the Merit at
Truth.
Here's a bit of a story that comes
from London and has the rare merit of
truth. There was a certain young
American girl in London who had come
over with only the courage of youth and
the point of a pen to keep the wolf away.
She hadn't the easiest time in the
world, let me tell you.
One daj- she presented herself at the
oliee of an editor who had bought
"stuff" of her. The gTeat man was
busy, but as she insisted on seeing him
she was allowed to enter. She had a
bundle of manuscript in her hand, and
she liegged the editor to read it at once.
Oddly enough, he consented. It was
a story.
It was a story about a young woman
writer who purchased a typewriting
machine on the installment plan. All
went well till the final payment of ono
pound was due. She hadn't the money
and couldn't get it. Twice the peopi-3
who sold the machine gave her addi
tional time. At her wit's end, the poor
girl begged him to wait just two hours.
She gave him something to read, and
she wheedled him a little, and he offered
to wait.
So she sat down at the machine ana
rattled off a pathetic story of her own
struggles' with fate and of her fruitless
efforts to raise money to pay for the
typewriter. When she finished she put
or. her bonnet and went to a newspaper
oilice, sold the story and brought back
Ihe money in time to save the ma
chine. It was a prettily told story and a
pathetic one.
"By Jove," said the editor, as hi
finished reading it. "I always said you
could do fiction, but you never would.
Come around next week, and I'll letyot
know whether we'll publish it."
The girl hesitated.
"If you please, sir," she said, "won't
you decide now?"
"Why?" asked the editor, in surprise.
"Well," said the girl, "you see, the
man who came after the typewriter is
waiting for the money." Chicago
Record.
Times Chance and We with Them.
"Da-a-arling," she said, and her head
snuggled closer to his manly shoulder
"George da-a-arling, do you love me?"
"Helen," he cried, fervently, "I love
you more than words can tell. Life
seems all too short to spend in kissing
you."
The weary cycle of the years rolled
on. Spring came and went. Clark
street was re-paved and fell into decay
Aldermen went to Europe, and were re
placed by others who in turn grew rict
and went away. Again George and
Helen stood together, this time in the
grand hall of their suburban villa.
"George," she said, "don't you love
me?"
"Of course I do, old girl," he said.
"But it seems to me that iife is too short
to spend it kissing you." Chicago
Times.
Horrible.
Harry (noticing a white disk c.
Dick's face) What's that on your
cheek?
Dick They're putting up new ceil
ings at our house, and as I was going
through one of the rooms a big piecd
carae down and I suppose I caught
some of the spatters.
"Oh, I see; caught plaster. Quitt,
proper to wear it on one's faea." Bostoq
Trail serial
THE MEANEST WOMAN ALIVE.
Bhe Showed Thmt She Was Even Able to
Get the Better of a Lawyer.
There is an elderly spinster down in
Lancaster county. Pa., who has earned
a reputation o being the meanest wom
en alive. Her whole career has tended
toward upholding her right to this un
envicd repute, but a recent act of hers
absolutely clinched her claim :n the
mind of her neighbors.
Iler meanness got her into litigation
with a neighbor which lasted several
years, and ended at length in her vic
tory by reason of the cleverness and
hard work of her lawyer. She antici
pated that the counsel's bill would be
large, and, although a woman of wealth,
the thought of having to part with sev
eral hundreds racked her mentally and
physically.
One day the lawyer received a hurried
call to her home, where, it was said,
she lay at the point of death. He
found his client ill a-bed, breathing
hard and apparently very weak. She
explained that she expected to die very
shortly, and as she had no near kin
wished him to draw up her last will
and testament. The lawyer made
ready, and then the old woman, be
tween gasps, said:
"I want you to make the will out so
that your two sons, John and William,
w ill divide between them all my prop
erty at my death. They are fine lads,
nnd I appreciate the fact that they have
always treated me with more consider
ation than any of my acquaintances."
The lawyer protested. His sons had
no claim on her; perhaps she had some
poor, deserving relatives. No, there
was none, the spinster insisted. John
and William were to get all or she would
not die contented. After a half hour
of ex post ulation the lawyer finally gave
in and drew up the will in favor of his
tons aad had it duly signed and wit
nessed. Then it was placed in a draw
er where the testator said it would be
found at her death.
She was fast growing weaker, but
managed to say: "Now, before I die I
wish to settle my bill with you for legal
work."
"But, madam, after such generosity
I cannot take a cent for such services.
Your goodness to my sons a thousand
times more than repays me for my
w ork. 1 will not take a cent."
"But you must. I wish to leave this
world free of debt. Name the turn at
once."
Then she reached under her pillow
nnd drew forth her purse. The lawyer
to satisfy her named the ridiculously
small sum of $-0, which he received and
save a receipt for. This done, he
backed out of the room. But as soon aa
he was gone the elderly woman leaped
from her bed in the most sprightly
manner, ran to the drawer, got the will
rnd threw it into the fireplace, where
it went to ashes and smoke. She care
fully filed away the receipt, dressed
herself and is living to-day. X. Y. Sun,
CHARITABLY SPHINXLIKE.
tVell-Hred Women Never Indulge In Hi
ll red GoMlp.
One of the ethics of good breeding it
not to talk about people. The woman
who is continually pulling to pieces
personalities soon finds herself ignored
by those of her acquaintances who have
long ago learned the bad form of un
kindly gossip.
It is really a pose with elegantes, this
clam-liUe reticence in regard to fol
lowing up a gossip's lead. The out
nnd-out artistocrat is so secure in het
own position that there is no canker
worm of envy eating away her soul's
berenity. You may depend upon it, the
woman who is forever indulging in
caustic critirfsm does so because, feel
injf her own foothold on society's lad
tier very insecure, she does her best to
pull down from their positioa those of
Iter sex who may have climbed a round
cr two higher, says an exchange.
"I'm going to stop talking about peo
ple," a young girl was lately heard to
ticclare. "In the first place, I've just
come from quite a little colony of swells
and I noticed that they were all either
too indifferent or too well-bred to en
courage, by word or look, character dis
section. One young man, in particular,
the sort of fun-making fellow who
might be expected to turn any subject
to general amusement, always, I found,
dtliberatcly shut his eyes to criticism
possibilities.
"Sometimes I tried to coax him into
making uncharitable little remarks
about certain persons, but he never al
lowed any malice to enter into his con
versation. "Gradually I learned to respect him
for his pose, if pose it was, and I said
to myself:
"If a man of the world who might
be forgiven for doing that sort of thing
refuses to run people down, I, a woman
who ought to make charity her byword,
don't intend to allow him to out-principle
me.
"So in the future yon will probably
find me very uninteresting, but chari
tably sphinx-like." Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Coffee Sherbet.
Make aquart of coffee from fourtable
spaonf uls of finely ground coffee and a
fti'.irt of boiling water; the coffee may
be either steeped in boiling water for
one minute or made by percolation;
add one-half cup of sugar and one
half pint of cream; packitin the freezer
and freeze, stirring occasionally. When
frozen serve in glasses. It may bn
jnade without the cream and stirred
constantly while freezing. This, of
course, does not give as delicious fla
vor as with the cream, but is liked by
many persons much better. House
hold News.
Creamed Eggs.
Remove the shells from hard-boiled
eggs, halve them lengthwise and ar
range them on a platter cut side down.
Pour sweet cream around them, not
over them, dust with salt and pepper.
Set the platter in the oven and beat
the cream. Serve hot. Albany Journal.
HUMOROUS.
Maude "Did you evar notice bow
Algernon's face lights np when he
talks ?" George "Well, you know he's
lantern-jawed." Town and Country
JournaL
Miss Dainty "Go away, dirty
tramp!" Restful Reddy (with digni
ty) "Madam, that is a purely superflu
ous imputation. We are all mere clay."
Philadelphia North American.
Wiggles "Do you believe in spirit
ualism?" Waggles "Yes, I confess I
do." Wiggles "All right Then yoa
won't doubt the truth of this story that
I'm going to tell you." Somerville
Journal.
Lawyer "What is your gross in
come?" Witness "I have no gross in
come." Lawyer "No income at all?"
Witness "No gross income; I have a
net income. I am in the fish business.
Tit-Bits.
"Your dad has got to work fur a
livin, said the boy on the coalhouse.
"That ain't so," replied the boy in the
back yard adjoining. "All he has to
do is to set on a bench and mend shoes.
Chicago Tribune.
"What are you looking for? We've
got everything worth taking." "I am
looking " The other burglar contin
ued his search. " for the much larger
booty which the newspapers to-morrow
will say we overlooked." narper's Ba
zar. "See the lod guy across the road?"
said Wheeler to Scorcher; "the meanest
man in town." "What did he did?
asked Scorcher, with much wit. "He's
got his clothes lined with tacks points,
sticking out, you know. Isn't a man in
town dares to run over him." Indian
apolis Journal.
"For some reason, I just dote on
rainy days," said the young woman
whose specialties are large dreamy
eyes and sentiment. "Well," said the
short young lady w-ith raven hair and
sharp nose, "if I didn't have any spring
clothes, I think I would feel that way
myself." Indianapolis Journal.
He (passionately) "There is noth
ing I would not do for you. I will climb
the Matterhorn; I will face the tiger in
the jungle; I " She "Say no more,
George. Go face the tiger in the jungle
for me, and when you get back I'll let
you take me to the opera." HarperV
Bazar.
WHEELING AND HEALTH.
A Danger of Bicycling and IIow It Star
Be Avoided.
The greatest danger of bicycling, in
common with other sports, results from
the strain which active exertion neces
sarily brings upon the heart. That all
important organ tends, like other mus
cles, to lose tonicity under the seden
tary conditions of the average life, and
readily becomes embarrassed if asked:
to perform an unusual work, as any
one who is not in training can assure
himself by climbing a flight of stairs
rapidly, or attempting to run a few
hundred yards. Under such conditions
the heart often doubles the frequency
of its beat in attempting to dispose fit
the increased flood of blood that is
driven into it by muscular contraction.
With a diseased heart the strain thus
imposed may be hazardous. Several
cases are recorded where a person with!
such a heart has fallen dead while rid
ing a bicycle. But then thousands of
other cases are recorded where persona
have similarly fallen dead while riding
in carriages, or while sitting in easy
chairs at home. It does not fellow,
presume, that we must all eschew easjr
chairs, carriages, and bicycles, but it
does follow that anyone who has rea
ron to doubt the normality of his heart
may wisely consult a physician before
deciding to undertake any active exer
tion, bicycling included.
Even the perfectly normal heart may
puffer permanent injury if subjected
to prolonged nnd excessive strain. Th'a
fact should be lorne in mind by every
novice in bicycling, for it is peculiarly
easy to overdo under the exhilarating
influence of this pastime. Presently
the heart gains tone nnd strength, and
is able to adapt itself to the new condi
tions; but until time has been given for
this it is the part of wisdom to proceed
carefully, "training on" gradually.
Furthermore, the person who is wise
will use reasonable discretion as to the
amount of exertion he will undertake
even when thoroughly trained. As we
have inherent differences of strength,
each one of us should be in some meas
ure a law unto himself as to how fa3t
and how far he shall ride, keeping well
within the limits of his own strength
and endurance, and remembering that
healthful fatigue is one thing, complete
exhaustion quite another. The person
who rides for pleasure and health and
uses reasonable judgment will not feel
obliged to cover ten miles in a half hour,
or to pedal up every hill that some one
else has managed to climb. Above all,
he will eschew such inane and harmful
performances as "century runs" and
similar attempts to cover distance for
the mere sake of covering it, regardless
of consequences. Harper's Weekly.
Scenting a Rarglar.
A burglar had the temerity to in
fade a London physician's consulting
room late the other night. The doctor
found him there and threw at him the
first thing he could lay his hands on.
It happened to be a bottle of oil of
pepperpiint, which broke on the thief
back. The rascal got clear away, and
the only clew the police had was the
incident of the peppermint. The next
day the detective smelt of every sus
picious character on their list, and thpy
soon picked out the culprit. He still
recked with the accusing odor of pep
permint when he was arraigned la
court 24 hours later. Boston Globe.
At the Dentist's.
A lady who suffers terribly with her
molars, but lives in mortal dread of
professional tooth extractors, one day
rang the bell at the dentist's. A man H7
livery answered her inquiry:
"Master is not in."
The lady, visibly relieved: 'Ah. half
fortunate." La. Lantern o.
