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t.t *ral Kuropnikin can still go to Tokio a* a prisoner of war. There Is always the consoling thought that if you had a good steak the girl in the kitchen would probably »poll it In the cooking, avers the Wash ington Post. Complex Problems for Women" is flic title of a magazine article. The most complex problem for women at . this season of the year is tbe com plexion problem. « • Kentucky has not made any com plaint as yet about tbe beef scarcity, but when it hears about the shortage of the mint crop tbe colonels may be called upon to mobilize. A Civil War vetersn has Just dis covered that he has been voting ille gally for the pnat forty yeara. As a rule, auch breaka are never discovered, especially by the person most inter ested. The situation In Russia Is not so much fighting within and fear without ■s it is fear within and fighting with out. And the worst of It is that Russia cannot tel! which is tbe more to be dreaded, the Boston Transcript says I be of In (ft . h discussion between Manager fonreld and his musical laborers—ths title artist seems somewhat in dis pute—there still remains the obvious discrepancy lie tween the salaries paid to tbe orchestra and those gathered lu by the vocalists. It seems incredible, says the New York Press, that 118 years ago tbe Legislature of Penusylvauia voted a loan of £1300 to a man of the name of HumphritH for live years to enable him to make steel as good as that Im ported from England. An automobile bas gone to tbe top fit Mount Washington In less than twenty-five minutes—a marvellous feat! In later days these irresistible and unconquerable chariots may per Iinps be climbing from tbe bottom to the top of the Eiffel Tower. When the first through train for Vic toria Falls, on the Zambezi River, left Cape Town last month, Cecil Rhodes' dream of a Cape to Cairo railroad was so nearly fulfilled that no one longer doubts tbe realization of that dream in the near future, declares ths Youth's Companion. you me Cffittlotte Corday is remembered as a benefactor of humanity, where Ma rat is held in desecration as a degen erate scoundrel whose cruelties were Mopped by her courageous blow. The man who killed Von INehve will be en tered on tbe roll which Charlotte Cor day heads ns soon ns his name is known, says the Dally True Ameri ca n. at glad and If I Vn The Commander-In-Chief of the Con federate Veterans' Association and a score or more of other officer* in the Confederate Army will be guests of a Boston post at a banquet to be given lu Fanetill Hall at tbe beginning of the Grand Army encampment week. Let It I»«* remembered that it I» tbe duty of good citizen* to get together after the war is over, says the Youth's Compote ion. us. The ordinance requiring drivers of automobiles to extinguish the sparks which are used in connection with gas oline whenever one of the machines goes on n ferryboat ought to be en forced. In spite of the grumbliug of the occupants of the cars, states tha New Y'ork Tribune. Possibilities of tires on tlief:' vessel* should be guard* <h 1 against with the utmost care. Our ferryboat* c.rc often jammed and packed from stem to stern, and an au tomobile spark might start a disaster almost as frightful as that of the Gen eral Slocum Eggs are among the very few farm products for which the demand is gen erally rather better than the supply. Not for many yeara has a period enrred when the cost price did not al low more or less margin of profit above usual farm cost of production. The dealers In the Puget Sound dis trict bought 8,000,000 dozen of from the East last year and are still buying largely. Thus, in some of tbe best farming regions tbe egg supply is not up to local needs. Instead of exporting grain to the Orient, It might be wiser for Pacific Coast farmers te keep the wheat at home and feed It to the bens, declares tbe Massachu setts Ploughman. oo I I egga All of non-Russian Europe is only one-eighth the size of the Czar's do main, skys the New York World. If you placed all of non-Russian Europe In the Russian Empire you would have room enough left in which to place the United States and Alaska and most of Canada. The Russian Empire co in prises one-seventh of the land area of the globe. it requires nearly two weeks to go by rail from 8t. Petersburg to Vladivostok. While the realm of Ihe Czar is so enormous, It is far from being the richest, many countries passing it in resources and products. The one and a half billions of >u earth could live comfortably In the Russian Empire If they could stand the climate. sur persons lx I & ir, I SHOULD HE COME BACK. (Translation from Maeterlinck.) "Should he come back this way To seek your gate?" "Tell him how each long day I did but wait." "And should be question still. Knowing the not?" "Pity, as sisters will, His grievous loL" "And if be ask your place? How speak the thing?" Give him (and turn your face) My golden ring." "And if be quest the damp, Dull dwelling o'er?" • "Show him the lightlees lamp, The open door." "And If hla heart ask wild How fell your sleep?" "Then tell him that I smiled, Lest be should weep. —Agnes Lee in The Bookman. »» fïSESZSaSSSÎSHSHSïSHSZSHSSSaSESaSZS Mis Lost Opportunity be From the German of Joseph Slklosy. 00 a beautiful autumn day I made a bicycle trip from Paris to Chartres, where I dismounted at the hotel. As I was very hungry and the clock had just struck six, I at once directed my steps toward tbe diblng room, the lo cation of which was known to ma from earlier visits. 1 found the room better lighted than before, and flowers on the ta llies. But where wore tbe guests? I took a seat and began to dram on the (able with my knife and fo'rk. A waiter who looked In at the door in response to tbe noise, and whom I asked if dinner would not be served soon replied, in a tone almost of re buke, "Very soon, sir. Some ladies and gentlemen came In, conversing. To my surprise, the? were all in evening dress. More and more of them came, until the room waa quite full, but not one of them took a seat at the tables. I sat there alone munching the roll which I found stuok in my napkin, in expecta tion of tbe soup. Nobody seemed to take any notice of me; but the waiter, who had come in again, seemed to be shocked by my conduct. I re flected that probably the new owner of tbe Ifotel had introduced new eti dis paid lu New tbe a of Im I j I is • • top than per to Vic left was ths quette at the table d'hote. It was not long before the host came up to me and asked: "Pardon me, sir, but are you one of the wedding guests?" Wedding guest—I? What do you Mean! Oh, ia there to be a wedding dinner r* "Yea, sir. I suppose you thought you were in the public dining room. Thi* evening the table d'hote is served in the billiard room count of the wedding. Prosper will ■how you the way. Laughing over my mistake, I rose followed the waiter, but before I waa out of the room I heard behind me • loud "Sir, air!" I turned in the door. *• as Ma The en Cor is on ac It was M Berlot, father of the bride, who calling me. He was standing by the brida and groom, who had Just was come The young couple were smiling at me, and M. Berlot called out: "My dear sir, you are hereby in vited to keep your place at tbe table. Prnjr, do us the honor to dine with We haTe a vacant seat, for my frfend Bidochard waa obliged to leave before the dinner, and we shall be glad to have you take his place." I looked at the faces around and saw that I should be laughed at If I refuaed. "I am to stay, then?" I asked, hesitatingly. "Tes, stay, stay!" replied a chorus of voices, and all clapped their hands. A vivacious woman came forward and shook my hand, saying "How do flo, M. Bidochard?" Under such circumstances I felt at borne in the charming circle, x gave my card' to M. Berlot, who in troduced me with great ceremony. I was to sit beside his sister-in-law, a young widow, whom I had already no ticed among the guests. During the twenty or more courses I BBnversed diligently with my charm ing neighbor, and my chivalrous speeches were not received with dis favor. What she seemed to appreciate «•psclally in me was that she could tglk with me about everything. Her favorite theme, however, was music. Bhe was vividly interested In the fact that I knew Franz Liszt personally and could tell her everything about hia peculiarities and habits. She prom ised that if I should ever call on her when I happened to be in the city the would play a Hungarian rhapsody for me. Vn a the a the of us. me. of of of you soon a for get and a to and hall. saw the new I on that In last of the and ed The next morning when I had sent for my wheel and waa settling my bill a carriage drove up to the door. Soon the widow and a friend, whom I had also met the evening before, came down in traveling costume. I underatood, from the way In which tbe friend looked at me, that I bad been a subject of conversation be tween the two women. Returning sreetfhg, the lovely Mme. asked whither I was bound, and when I replied that I had no fixed destina tion, she suggested, blushing slightly, that I should go a little way with them on the road to Dreux, in order flat they might see me on my wheel. I assisted tbe two women into the carriage and accompanied them my bicycle to Dreux. In spite of the duat which I was obliged to swallow, I felt proud and happy to play the cavalier to my lovely acquaintance. Of course, no conversation my D«*riot on was pos sible on account of the rattling of the wheels. The widow talked exclu sively with her friend, but often look ed at me wltb an enchanting smile. From time to time she raised her voice to ask me if I did not wish to fflrn back, and when I declared that no power on earth could induce me to leave them until they hM their destination she blushed seemed pleased, which completely turned my head. Wb« we arrived at Dreux M. Ber depot ha« reached and fot, of course, Invited me to luncheon. Vier friend wee present at tbs meal, but left us afterward. Then, partly to start the conversation, partly be cause I really longed to hear her play, I reminded Mme. Berlot of her prom ise of the evening before. She at once declared herself ready to comply with my wish and preceded me to the drawing room. Then she took pains to insure my comfort. I was ot sit In a large armchair, and when the ooffee was brought she put It on a small table at my side. She remarked, smiling, that It was plainly written in my face how much I longed for a smoke, and brought me an expensive Havana. As she of fered it to me with her beautiful, aristocratic Angers, I lost my head. I seized one of her hands and pressed a passionate kiss upon it. When I re fused to let the hand go, she gave me a slight tap with the other, then, in confusion, she fled to the piano and began to play. She played on for mora than an hour—played excellently, classic and modern compositions, and perhaps her own improvisations among them. My I glance rested on her; sometimes I closed my eyes In the ecstacy of Ha I tenlng to the music. I smoked nay splendid cigar, while enchanting dreams of the future passed through my brain. Then something happened which I can never forget. It Is always my habit to lunch light ly. My new found friend, however, had set before me a rich repast, and. physically exhausted as I was, I went to sleep during a wonderfully soft pi anissimo. That is the awful truth. When I again opened my eyes her place at the piano was empty, and I was alone in the room. My only thought was flight. My cap was in the hall and my wheel was leaning against the stairs. At the speed with which I fled I could have won a race. QUEER INDUSTRIES. were exceedingly warm and desirabK* Whalebone has. of course, increased I n w, J h th ® development of the methods of bunting. The story of j jory and elephants is much the same, Now comes a story from Florida that a number of French dealers are on the way to the Southern swamps to secure a supply of healthy young alii gators for breeding purposes. It is proposed, according to a Florida au thority, to establish in the south of ranee a farm for the propagation of the saurlans. Alligator skin Is made into leather that seems to strike I the French aesthetic taste as the neatest for all forms of ornamental work, as weil as for bags and shoes. It is not generally known, perhaps, that a number cf industries quite as queer as alligator farming have been established in this country. A Ver mont man is said to make $4,500 a year raising elk, and a New York newsboy a number of years ago went West and in time had an extensivo elk pasture at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Ho got customers from the owners of game preserves all over the country, and found it difficult to supply the demand. The man who proposes to establish a skunk ranch in the South said of hi* plan: "The skunks feed upon anything so long as It is good, but they like grass hoppers better than anything else. After being killed and skinned the skunk is roasted over a slow fire for its oil. This usually sells for $3 a gallon to druggists. The black skins fetch about $1.25. A skunk will yield from one to three pints of oil. The average is about a quart." The leech farmer has no such cheerful word. It is true that leeches feed upon "any thing so long as it is good," but they have decided that few things are good. In spite, therefore, of the fact that a fine, hungry leech has a gcod market value, there are only five farms where they are cultivated in the country.—New York Post. Alligator Farms, Elk Pastures, Skunk Ranches and Leech Ponds. It was not until the buffaloes were practically extinct that It became generally known that "buffalo robes" of at I she the sive, year. the than a until In where while until every of How the House Happened. "Yefc," said Mr. Mutt, "it was rather odd, the way I came to rebuild my house. You see, Mrs. Mutt was in town one day and happened to buy a very handsome hall lamp—one cf the kind that stands on the post of the stair banisters," and then, says London Tit-Bits, he went on to de scribe the development of the house: "Well, as soon as she got the lamp home, we saw that It was too large for the style of stairs, so I had to get the carpenters to come In and widen them and put in new bains trades and posts, and set them oveir, more toward the center of the hall. When that was done the hall didn't look like a hall at all, and I had to have the carpenters tear out the walb» and make the oid dining room lnu> a new hall. "Then, of course, the kitchen h jl I to be torn away and rebuilt at t ie back of the house, so that the *J1 kitchen would do for a sitting room, and there had to be a new dining room built to match the finish in the hall. And when things got. so far we saw at once that we had to have a library off the hail, and then the ve randa had to go to make room for the library, and my pet rose bushes came up to give a chance to build the new veranda. "Well, to make a long story Bkoft, had to remodel the second stoiy to match the first, and put a third story on In order to take care of the rooms that were crowded out by the changes In the second. And so I had a new house all round." "And was your wife pleased?' "Only partly. You see, just ca the last day when the carpenters had completed the third story and were flinishing work on the whole job, one of them dropped his hammer through the skylight and it fell to the hall and smashed the lamp that had start ed the whole thing." like? well atUm A Coaling 8hio. Built on the Tyne, a floating coal depot with a capacity of 12,000 ions ha« arrived at Portsmouth, England, where it will be used for coaling bat tleship« and cruise». COURTESY AT 8EA. be I a I An v'fhpresslv* Experience When Ships Exchange Salutations. Tbs passing of two vessels within speaking distance in mid-ocean is al- I ways an Impressive experience. Even tbe moat Indifferent of travelers must feel a thrill at the exchange of salu tatlons ln such circumstance«. The accouut of such a meeting, told by * sailor on the Uuited States training ship Hartford, and reported in ths N ew York Tribune, Is of mors than ordinary Interest The Hartford. Farragut's old flagship, was ten days | out from Madeira. Supper was over and tho crew, 500 strong, were enjoy-1 ing the leisure hour in the soft light | of the full moon, when a full-rigged ship was sighted, every stitch of can vas set. Sffe was bound to" cross close In the Hartford's wake, but the thickening evening haze soon hid her Presently the watch offleer cried I saw a white light flash from | from view. out, where the ship ought to be!" We thought it might be the glisten | of tho moon on her sails; but It ap peared again, this time long continued I and plainly visible, a signal of dts tress, a call for aid. Many were the conjectures as to what It could mean, Probably the crew were short of wa ter, or someone was desperately ill and a surgeon was wanted from our steamer, or the vessel might have sprung a leak. Without a moment's delay our cap-1 The great ship swung slowly about I and boro down upon the stranger. Gradually the two vessels drew to- | gether until the lights shone clear and' the cutlines were well defined. tain ordered tho helm to starboard. Now tie order rang out, quick and | The approaching vessel was now I close to our port bow, but we heard | no hail. distinct: "Stand by to clear the lifeboat; make ready to lower!" ordered our captain, Can we be of any as ■ I did nod know you were a man-of-1 war." | "We »aw your light, and thought you signaled for help." "No, thank you. We saw your light on and btrt^ down to assist if you needed | help." I -No. thanks." "Saane to you." "What Is your nationality?" of "German." Our ship struck up the German na tlonal anthem, while the sailors on the the glTasger gathered on her poop, "Try her! Hail her with the megaphone. "Ship ahoy! sistance? «« ** No,"- came back the answer. We gave us three rousing cheers, which were returned with good will by our boys, and our band played "Colum- the ks the German squared on her and counn and passed on like a vision, But We followed he-r, and, running in to under her stern, bailed her once | more. Na foes "We are the United States ship | Hartford; what ship are you?" Ariadne, of Bremen, bound | of llOBi»." OMr band struck up "Die Wacht Rhein," and 'with three more lusty I cherro fY-om the Ariadne and three I h 01 mora from the 500 throats ship, wo parted, we to the west; she, I wiUi her great gleaming spread of | aite canvas, toward the rising moon. tfhe had mistaken the electric lights I and of our band for distress signals, and tbe we had thought the same of her an- the storing light. Each had gone miles out of her course to aid the other. | of am ach on our "The wife of a Brooklyn Alderman has just had the rare experience of becoming a grandmother at thirty six." course to aid the other. pro I was to Grandmother at Thirty-four. The above paragraph, which appear In Tho Express recently, bas tided an Instant challenge from g Ifcdy who lives near Brighton. "Is this unusual?" she asks, married at fifteen. I had a daughter at sixteen. She married at seventeen vnd she had a child nearly a year afterward. "Therefore I was a grandmother at thirty-four. I had four children be fore I was twenty-one, and have had none since. Now I am forty-two. My girls are ail grown up, so we are like five sisters, and as happy as Queens. "Three of my daughters are mar ried, and I have two grandsons. "I could not resist the challenge implied in your paragraph, seeing that I could so distinctly go 6ne better than the American grandmother." Our correspondent's achievement is heroic. But she will probably not be astonished to find, in spite of tbe ob vious surprise of her question, that she has very few competitors in Eng land. The lady was married at fifteen. Now, in all England at the time of the last census there were only thirty wives of that age. This is not conclu sive, of course. If the census were taken annually, it might show thirty wives at the age of fifteen every year. Against that, however, is .to be set the extreme improbability of juvenil» marriage extending to tbe second gen eration. It no more follows that the daughter of a girl of seventeen will herself be a mother at seventeen than it follows that the first born of a woman of forty will not be a mother until she Is forty herself. Such records as that of the lady In the vicinity of Brighton are more common In countries like Australia, where young girls mature into women while still very young. )n India a woman who was not a grandmother until she was thirty-six would be re garded as an eccentricity. Two in every fire of the female population of India are married before they are fifteen.—London Express. f for A TRANSLATION. First Baby—What are your pare®ts like? . ^ Second Baby—Oh, they do pretty well for amateurs? Is Both at Bonn and at Br siau new colleges for girls has been opened, j offering a six-year course after gradu atUm from the high school. SECRET OF OK ENT PEARL. DISCOVERED TO BE MERELY 8EP* ULCHRE8 OF DEAO FARA8ITES. al- I the Qulf ef Manser, on ths Coast ef ceylort, Is the éhlef 8eu»«—Fished u p Native Divers_ Tombe ef Baby Tape Worms, For more than- 2,000 years the Gulf * of Manaar, on the northwest coast of Ceylon, has been noted as the chief source of Orient pearls, which up found in tbe bodies of pearl oysters (Margarttlfera vulgatffl), more truly | described, however, as pearl mussel*, tive divers, though recourse will prob | ably be made to dredging la' the fu The alarming decline In this The mOllusks are fished up by na ture. important fishery, the proceeds of which, amounting to hundreds of thousands of rupees annually, have îGàg been an Important asset in the revenue of the Ceylon government, recently resulted In Prof. Herdman of | Liverpool being sent out to ascertain the cause, and, if possible, to suggest | a remedy, I Juat appeared, and the beneficial suit of his valuable suggestion* is already being felt, nell, a well known naturalist, has been associated with Prof. Herdman in the matter, and is eontinulng the work under the auspieee of the Colo niai Government. The most interedt log outcome of the whole thing Is the fascinating story which these perts tell us about ths mode of origin I of "oysters' tears." Mr. Homell has Jusl ascertained tbe facta which make | the story complete, The first volume of his report has PU Mr. James Hor ex For nearly half a century It has been known that river pearls, which | once were the object of Importa* British fisheries, are caused by the Irritation set up by parasitic worms, AQd forty years ago Kelaart proved I that this Is also trus of tbe marine | Ifearls of Ceylon. But It has been re served for Herdman and Hornell to work out in detail the story of the parasite infesting the pearl oyster. adding one more romance to the fairy I tale book of modern science. Living in Indian seas is a voracious stingray (Trygon), the intestines of | which afford food .gad lodging to a pe> culiar little tape worm (Teirarhyn chus). This unwelcome guest holds on for dear life to tbe lining of the | intestine by means of two suckers I and four long hooked tubes, project Ing from its head. A* in tape worms generally, the hind end Is made up of a series of flat joints, within which Innumerable eggs are developed. The ripe joints pass out of tbe body of the fish, and from the eggs minute free-wwimraing embryos hatch out. out a sue ter wife Some of th:se pass between the shells of pearl oyhters, burrow Into the bodies of the unfortunate inmates, and theiv develop heads. But many other things must happen if they are to get the chance of growing into | adult worms. One of the hereditary foes of pearl oysters is the rough | skinned trigger fish (balistea), which | crushing their hard shells with its powerful chisel-ended teeth. If one of these fishes happens to devour an feeds on the sluggish bivalves, easily oyster the little parasites h 01- ® through the walls of its stom making it "measily." But the para aite bas Y®t to reach the interior of a and the transfer is often effected, for tbe tri *S er flab 1® a favorite item In the b,n of fare of the * tr *nser ray. But w1iat has al * this to do with Pcarta' Here ia the answer, lfany of tbe juvenile tape worms that infest tbe oyster die, and then become a source of irritation. To allay the tick ling, layer after layer of pearly sub stance is formed around them, and in due course we have pearls. Long-in fested oysters, of course, yield the finest. The economic bearing of these facts ia clear. Stingrays and trigger fishes alike must be carefully "pre served," otherwise the tipe worm will become extinct, and then no pearls, or, at least, none of tbe best sort. Some varieties are very possi bly caused by parasites of other kinds. And small, inferior pearls may be formed round sand grain* or mi nute, hard particles due to inflam matory disease. In ignorance of the facts related, it was proposed not leng ago to wage war a l'outrance against the trigger flrfhes because they devour pearl oysters. If the step bad been taken the government pocket would have been sorely depleted. So, after all, natural history has its uses for "practical men," and It is a pity that our government does not gen erously endow scientific research la this important subject. The secret of the Orient pearl, as now revealed, wfd suggest some cu rious reflections to society beauties, for, as we have seen, 6ome of their prized adornment* are no other than the gorgeous aepnlches of premature ly deceased parasites, the tombs of baby tape worms. It 1* really enough make Cleopatra turn in her grave, for she swallowed a dissolved pearl, dead tape worm and all. Antony would surely have shuddered had be known the facts as we now know ach and.imbed themselves In its flesh, stingray before it can become adult, ers I wa, to to of the and sist and in to China, gold deed, lief, prove ty, and lea doors, the to them. them. Two Successes. "Yes," said the first man, "I believe f may rightfully claim that I have been successful $\\ my life. My rule has been to spend less then I earned and to save mors than I spent." "I've been successful, too," said the other man, "although I went about it differently. I have made it a rule to spend more than I made and to owe more than I spent. "But I have ha4 everything I wantei and still can get anything I want, because the people know I will pay." "Same here. I get anything I want, because they are afraid I won't pay for what I have had."—Life. ' COULDN'T STOP HER. "In heaven," quoted the man whe aras trying to hold the lid on, "there Is neither marrying nor giving in mar riage." "No. nor in the other place, either," replied tbe lea|>-year maid, firmly, "Tharis something we must attend t» while here on earth. Will you—ee—* name the day, Mr. Nix, or shall If* WA8 IT ARSON OR A88AULT7 What Happened When 8oms Whiskers Want Up in Smoke. He was not a large man, but he bad the most elaborate and ambitious set of whiskers that had been seen on Broadway In many a day. They were ihlek and ctifl/, and afforded a com plete ambdifa behind which the proud proprietor remained in biding, and thus absolutely concealed hi* real ap pearance and his hopes. The wind was blowing almost a gale, and the man in front of him stop ped to light a cigar. He drew from his pocket a small box containing matches of the sort that defy wind, rain hail and lightning once they arc ignited. Nothing can extinguish them after they start to burn until the Are consumes all of the chemicals on the end of the tiny stick. And these chemicals are so liberally applied by j the manufacturers that each match resembles a tiny gong-beater. The man lighted his cigar and then threw the fuse away. As he threw it the other man he of the luxuriant whiskers, passed, The flaming torch, resembling a young comet and prepar sd to deal destruction as it traveled, landed in the wilderness of hair be-1 hind which the other man was con cealed. ef of The whiskers caught Are and be gan burning fiercely. Fanned by the strong wind, the conflagration spread rapidly in spite of the fact that the owner of the beard was pawing at his face with both hands, and was yelling as only a man can yell whose property is on fire when he knows that he is I carrying no insurance. The burning man danced and howl ed while the cause of the trouble looked on in amazement. The air * was filled with the odor of singed hair, and a crowd collected under the be- I lief that there was a mattress factory | in the vicinity. A policeman run up and elbowed bis way through the crowd. In the meantime the fire had been I •Axtingulshed. But the beautiful whisk ers had become history, and only smoking ruins marked their former site. that The disfigured man, certain that he was out of danger of death, attacked the man who had thrown the match... The other prepared to defend hlm- 1 ÏT teur self, the policeman interfered, and both men were dragged to the police station. There the matter was explained to the sergeant. "I demand that you lock that man 1®f up," said the man whose whiskers I for "On what charge?" asked the ser-1 1* géant. "He has apparently set your | face spinach on fire. Do you want to accuse him of assault or arson?" "I refuse to be arrested." said the "Whiskers are not prop-1 erty. This guy will look better with- like out hair on his face. His whiskers | were foolish, anyway. He ought to, A give me a reward for burning 'em." "No property?" yelled the other. Why aren't they property? Didn't I ,, T grow 'em? Why, I have spent 18 1 years raising that beard and now this man sets me on fire and I look like a singed cat. I will sue him for dam- were a S® 8 " week, "See here" said the sergeant "you I better compromise this affair. If you u sue for damages you will have to ap pear In court with the rutns'of your j wind-teasers marked 'Exhibit A.' Bet- J ter get a smooth shave and let your wife see what you really look like." had been burned. has other man. grow , , But who will pay for the shave?" j de asked the man as he rubbed bis fing ers over his face. cago • I will" stkl the firebug. "I gue.. I , Il I am responsible to that extent. An, wa, I will hire a barber to run a lawn mower oyer ,our face In order to ' . *, satiaf, m, curlouatt, aa to the per- "''V 1 "So sonal appearance of a man who wants to hide himself from the view oï hia neighbors." As they departed in search of a barber shop the sergeant remarked to himself: "I don't think the man was guilty of either assault or arson. I think the proper charge was mayhem."— Collier's Weekly. "No, that ington *• A Thibet and the British. What trade exists between India and Tibet Is carried on exclusively by natives of the tatter country for no foreigner is allowed to cross the Tibetan frontier, and all passes are jealously guarded. The exports con sist mainly of gold, silver, wool, salt, and yak's tails. Gold is only mined in one plaee, the limitation being due to tbe government policy directed by China, of restricting the output. The gold depisits are extremely rich; in deed, there is good ground for the be lief, expressed by experts, that upon development the Tibetan mines would prove to be the richest in tbe world. Wool Is the staple product of the country. It is of very superior quali ty, and with encouragement tbe quantity produced might easily be trebled. India needs the wool of Tibet, and would like to give tea in ex change. The Tibetans consume large quantities of tea, and the principal lea districts of India are at theif doors, but at present China supplies the demand with bricks composed ot compressed dust and broken leaves. Tbe prospective opening up of Tibet to the commerce of the world (for such will in effect be the result of the British plans if carried to completion) should not be entirely without interest for Americans. It is not likely that the manufacturers of the United States will find a market in Tibet to any considerable extept, but the de velopment of the vast mineral re sources of the country may afford a profitable field for American capital and enterprise.—C. H. Forbee-Undsay, in Harper's Wekiy. to The Pullman in Bavaria. The Bavarian railway has just com pleted an American palace railway carriage from material imported for the purpose two years ago from the Pullman factories in Pullman, 111. This is the first railway car of the kind ko bv introduced into Germany, a per üsh The chances of preventing the ul timate collapse of the Doge's palace in Venice have been greatly increaser by removing from It the library 850,000 volumes. HIS WAY. . ✓ - ~ I would not like to **y that hs ! ^ . Ha* never told the truth to me. ? , * If not by actual intent, He ha*, at leant, by accident. He's vivid of imagination And somewhat loose in allegation. Hi* atatement* are aometimea fallacious And thu* fall ahort of tha veracioua. I would quite willingly believe He ha* no purpoae to deceivej . . And yet it ia unfortunate «ni L That he will eo exaggerate. * A thousand pities ha will tarniah # , The truth with auch a coat of varnish. And make one feel a sort of bias - • In favor of old Ananiae. Still wa, of courae, who know hia fault, Can always use a grain of aalt. - W. And ftinety-nine per cent, aubatract H».. From anything he states aa fact. Ton understand, of courae, that I Don't mean to atf.f .the man would lie. —Chicago News. j t,.. a»*/ ~ v 8 Jirtfrles öcY) ? I sh< ^^''Shall we go to church In the auto, dear?'' He—"By all means. It'» bound i> to break dowu befor ® ** there."—'Life, * "Were you out at the races every day, Sputter?" "N-o, tbe day It rained I stayed at home and wasn't out a | cent."—Detroit Free Press, esrs Alice—"Herbert says he Is a self Kitty—"How he indst suffer from remorse."—Harjter's Bazar, made man. •* j The men who study law, they aay"«r Take contracts, wills and torts. The medicals content themselves f I With R^ord ' * H ls w|fe la an ardeDt telll peranc* worker , i 8n 't she?" "Yes; she won't travel in the West because she heard that the climate Is stimulating."— Cleveland Leader. 1 ÏT e „ # *\ a . • 1 " l8 *f d you dread * fully. Mr. Rabbit—"Thank you, my dear. I'm happy to say that tbe ama teur hunter I met did the some thing. —Puck. A ; Mrs. Rabbit—"Oh! I'm so glad you'r-j •» / Wife—"But doesn't it cost an awful 1®f money to send me to the seashore for three months every summer?" Husband—"Oh, yes, of course. Money 1* certainly a great blessing."—Chicago Daily News, matter?" Mrs. Hubbubs—"She didn't like tbe way I did her work."—Plflla delpbla Press, A lady who loved In Duluth, Was thought to be wild an<f uncuth She lisped, so they say, ,, T «plained it this way: 1 guet ]S t h/? t my ton * ueth > utht workca —Cleveland Leader. '• The Typewriter—"You told me you were going to raise my salary last week, sir." The Boss—"I know'; and I did raise it. But I expect to have u very hard time to raise it this week." —Chicago Journal, "And do you expect to follow in the footsteps of your father when you Mrs. Backlotz—"So your servant girl has left you again?" Mrs. Subbubs— "Yes." Mrs. Backlotz—"What was tbe v grow up?" asked the good man. "Naw," replied Tommy, "me fader is de legless wonder in de museum."—Cbl cago Itecord-Uerald. , Il !?"! r , 1 <C " , 1 M "*J 1 " 1™'** 'V c alr >~ ?"• T «"'fj l„,n; l ^«e go fa.'cr wItlKmt atrlk . *, m at aII. Toininr Tapa, wh, "''V 5 ' 0U ,p "" k " cll " dren * b «' w ** r —Glasgow Evening Times.' "So you don't want a vindication?" "No, answered 8enator Sorghum. When you go after a vindication the chances are that you simply prolong a controversy that merely reminds people that you are under suspicion."—Wash ington Star. -* *• Height of Thunder Cloud*. A groat cumulous thunderbead cloud, towering up on the horizon like a huge flamboyant Iceberg, is often higher than tbe highest Alps would be if they were piled on top of the Himalayas. It is not unusual for these clouds to measure five, six and even eight miles from their flat, dark base, hovering a mile or two above the world, to their rounded, glistening summit, splendid in tbe sunlight. And In these eight miles the changes of temperature are as great as those over many thousand miles of tbe earth's surface. These clouds contain strata of temperature, narrow belts of freezing cold alternat ing with large distances of rainy mist end frozen snow and Ice pgrticles. Hailstoues. which are formed from • snow particle that falls from tbe upper strata and is frozen bard in tbe frees ing belt and coa'ted with added ice on tbe wet belt, are often found with a series of layers in their formation, showing that they have passed through this succession of cloud strata more than once on their way from the upper air to theearth —Pbilr.delphia Inquirer, The King'» I>o(. Even the King has had au experience of the fraud which is practiced on the public by dog "trimming" or "faking. His Majesty acquired a certain dog, not a bundred years ago, and at once took an immense fancy to It. The ani mal was shortly afterward taken to the royal kennel, where it naturally received proper brushing and groom ing. and was not again seen by His Majesty for a short time, but, lo and behold! when he next saw the dog he did not know it, and, in fact, refused to acknowledge that it was the same animai at ail. — Illustrated Kennel News. is (ho Crow a Frloiwl ? The much ma ligue J crow lias found a champion in Germany, who declares that the good he does In destroying in sect life more than compensates tot his occasional depredations on the farm ers' cereals. Nearly 500 crow stomachs were examined, ot which ninety-four per cent, contained animal food, whilo less than twenty per cent, contained any pinnt food. Tbe nnl ital food con sisted of portions of mammals, Llrds, üsh and other vertebrates, together with suails. insccU, etc. '* V'