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HOW NOME WAS NAMED.
Insignificant Error Which Deter
mined Its Appellation.
There is to be a considerable rush
for Nome next month, if one may be
lieve what one hears among mining
men. There is no more sensational
ism, but plenty of effort and inten
tion. Men are going there who have
thought over the situation very seri
ously since the wild craze of a few
years ago, and they will go prepared
for hardships and disappointment
How was Nome named? By a man
on the Herald, one of the Franklin
rescue ships. When tne manuscript
chart of the Cape Nome region was
constructed attention was called to
the fact that the cape had no name
by the insertion of this"? name?"
*x% interrogation point was inked in
by & draughtsman as a "C." and the
"a" in "name" being indistinct he
interpreted is as an "o" hence "C.
Nome"Cape Nome." This little ro
mance occurred in 1853. What's in a
name? rfpme.New York Press.
"JACK HARKAWAY" COMING BACK
Story That Thrilled the Boys of a Gen
eratlon Ago.
For a regular thriller commend me
to "Jack Harkaway." Thirty-five
years ago this sensational bit of fic
tion exercised a greater influence on
the character of the average boy of
10 to 15 than father, mother and the
Ten Commandments. It was devoured
by millions on both sides of the water.
"Jack" was the ideal of the youth of
all English-speaking countries. I see
that it has been started again for a
long run in a periodical that claims
1,250,000 circulation. Bracebridge
Hemyng died in 1901. He wrote not
only "Jack Harkaway," but forty-odd
volumes of readable fiction, yet you
will look in vain for his name in "John-
son's," "Appleton's," "Chambers'," the
"International" and the "Standard"
cyclopedias, and in the "Ridpath Li
brary of University Literature." The
editors of all such works seem to make
it a habit to leave out just what one
wants to know.New York Press.
Mayor Cleared the Sidewalk Himself.
They tell a story of Mayor Studley
in New Haven that is characteristic
He was walking along Church street
one day when he found the way
blocked by a "hog" of a builder who
had filled the sidewalk with cement
and planks, forcing everybody out into
the street. The mayor picked up the
planks himself and threw them into
the street and rolled the cement after
them. He left word with a near-by po
liceman that if that sidewalk was
obstructed again the builder would be
arrested. Some men can do that sort
of thing without diminishing their dig
nity and greatly to the increase of
their popularity. Studley is one of
those men.Waterbury (Conn.) Amer
ican.
Plague of Wolves.
Wolves are still the scourge of the
Russian peasantry. During the present
winter they have succeeded in de
stroying 16,000 head of cattle in one
district of eastern Russia alone. In
the governments of Novgorod, Tver,
Olonetsk and Archangel and in Fin
land these animals are met with in
great numbers. The frequently be
come such a plague that the govern
ment orders them to be hunted down
by entire companies of soldiers, who
surround the woods in which they
dwell and afterward shoot them down
in considerable numbers.
Doom of Buzzard.
The buzzards that have long infest
ed Vera Cruz and served a useful pur
pose as winged scavengers are
doomed. A London firm is putting in
a modern sewer and water system.
The. birds have become so numerous
that they are a pest. The protection
of the municipality has been removed
and when the new drainage system
shall be completed the city will be rid
of the pest, the numbers of which have
already been reduced somewhat by
catching the buzzards and placing
them in wooden cages to be taken to
the sea and drowned.
Opulence at the Capital.
Old-fashioned residents of Wash
ington deplore the fact that social life
there is taking on many of the objec
tionable features which characterize
the "rude and rich" New York set. It
it believed that some of this is due to
the fact that the president hails from
New York, the Roosevelts being allied
with many families notable on Man
hattan island. Opulence at the capital
is making great display in equipages,
luncheons, dinners, dances, etc., and
its coming to beu understood that now
adays money not only talks, it howls.
The Prodigy.
The infant prodigy had thrown her
self on the floor and was vigorously
biting holes in the mating, while her
toes drummed aquic march of fierce
anger and her shrieks rent the air.
"What in the world!" exclaimed the
prodigy's keeper, in alarm. "Here is
a newspaper account of m which neg
lects to say that I am 'utterly unspoil
ed with all my popularity,' wailed
the prodigy as it coutinued to scream
and kick.Los Angeles Herald.
Chance for Every Old Thing.
WantedMr. Edgar Hogan wants a
wife. He is not particular about what
kind most any old thing will doan
old maid or some brlsky young miss.
Any unmarried lady that wants to get
a husband should write Mr. Hogan, or
gee him at his office or home. Hia
postoffice is Bethany. His office is
anywhere on the square at Bethany.
His home is on Big Creek, five miles
north of Bettiany.Bethany (Mo.)
Owl.
HOW HE MIGHT LOSE.
Millionaire Could Not See Why He
Should Buy Burial Lot.
Not long ago a prominent financier,
whose most prominent characteristic,
according to the popular opinion, is
close-flstedness, was the recipient of a
visit from an agent whose line it is to
solicit orders for burial lots.
On emerging from the private office
of the moneyed man the agent was
met by a colleague who had been
waiting for him, and who inquired
anxiously as to the success of his in
terview.
The agent shook his head regretful
ly. "No go," said he "he was afraid
he might not get the full value of his
investment"
"What could he mean by saying
that? Confound it, a man must die
some time, even though he is a mil
lionaire."
"That's what I told him," replied
the agent, "but he only answered,
'Suppose I should be lost at sea?'"
SWISS PASTORS KEEP INNS.
Are Forced Thus to Supplement Their
Scanty Incomes.
A note from Geneva states that a
fortnight or so ago a Swiss pastor
bought an inn at Ufhusen, a little vil
lage near Basel. This is said not to
be an exceptional case. In the can
tons of Upper and Lower Unterwalden
and Uri many of the clergy are propri
etors of Inns. The reason for this is
that the priests are so badly paid that
they are obliged to supplement their
incomes by other means. Their aver
age income in Switzerland is $125 a
year. The establishments under their
control are said to be models of their
kind. The priests have succeeded in
reducing drunkenness in their par
ishes, for they attend on their custom
ers in person, refusing to serve those
who they consider have had enough.
"The Author Of
"Have you noticed," said the tall
girl, "that In several new books the
writer is described as 'the outhor of'
and then follows a list of books begin
ning with the one Immediately pre
ceding the present production and run
ning back to the earliest period? I
have In mind now the case of Mrs.
Ward in particular. 'Lady Rose's
Daughter' is by the outhor of 'Elean-
or,' Tressady' and 'Robert Elsemere.'
A year or so ago the previous books
have been enumerated in chronolog
ical order, 'Elsmere' heading the list
'Eleanor' ending it I wonder if that
way of putting the cart before the
horse is a fad among publishers these
days, or is it merely a coincidence
that I have noticed several cases of
the kind within the last few weeks*"
Coroner's Jury's Qualified Verdict.
During the landlord and tenant dis
turbance in Ireland some years ago a
certain property owner was discov
ered lying dead near a village of
which he was owner. The coroner's
Jury, knowing full well that the man
had been shot down by "the boys,"
were nevertheless loath to further in
vestigate therefore they rendered the
following verdict: "We find the de
ceased gentleman died by the visita
tion of Godunder suspicious circum
stances." Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Faking Used Stamps.
Rogues in this country are gener
ally about as artful as we desire them
to be, but evidently they have some
thing to learn yet from the heathen
Chinee. In West Java Ah Sin man
ages to cheat the postoffice very in
geniously. On sticking a new stamp
on an envelope he smears the stamp
on the face with paste or a thin glue.
This takes the impression of the de
facing stamp at. the postoffice, and
can easily be washed qff, so that the
stamp is once more serviceable.
Heaven Had Its Limits.
There was once a Boston woman,
says Congressman Powers of Massa
chusetts, who had afternoon teas, be
longed to a Browning club, fell ill, and
finally died. When she had been in
heaven some clays her husband called
her up through a spiritualist. "Well,
my dear," inquired the husband, "how
do you like heaven?" "Very well," she
replied. "We have afternoon teas here,
and also a Browning club. But, after
all, Henry, it's not Boston."New
York Times.
Bits About the Moon.
If there were a "man in the moon"
the earth would look sixty-four times
larger to him than the sun does to us
on earth. The surface area of the
moon is about as great as that of Asia
and Australia combined. Once in
twelve and a half years there is a
"moonless month that it, the moon
has no full moon. The last moonless
month fell in 1898 and the next one
will fall In 1911.
Amethysts in High Favor.
Amethysts are In high favor. Some
times they are set in gold, but oftener
I In gun metal. They are seen as sash
pins, belt buckles, long chains, as well
i as in the tops of purses and wrist
I bags. One woung woman is the envy
of her associates by reason of a superb
i heart-shaped locket composed of a
single deep hearted amethyst which
she wears dangling from a gold snake
chain.
Consequences.
Once on a time a Prudent Girl met
a Frivolous Girl. "Don't you know,
my dear," she said, "that if you con
tinue wearing a veil that you will
spoil your eyesight?" "I saw that in
a medical journal," replied the Friv
olous Girl, "and I would have followed
its advice only I happened to read in
I my Beauty Book that if I didn't wear
i a veil I would spoil my complexion."
HE SOLD HIS HEAD.
Peculiar Condition in Which Wealthy
Russian Finds Himself.
A curious story comes from Russia
about a man who sold his head. About
the year 1865 tnere lived a man at
Keff with an enormous head. A Rus
sian scientist, Prof. Walker, in order
to secure the head for scientific pur
poses, bought it from its possessor for
500 roubles. The condition of sale
was that it should only be delivered
after the man's decease but when
the transaction got abroad a great
scandal was created. The professor,
however, stuck to his bargain, and the
big head applied itself to business.
Fortune smiled on the latter he fell
heir to a big fortune, and then he
began to feel uncomfortable at the
thought that the head belonged to an
other. He went to the professor, offer
ed him 1,000, 1,500, even 2,000 roubles
if only he would give him back the
absolute ownership of his headpiece.
But the professor heid out, and for
aught that is known to the contrary he
is still holding out.Pearson's Week
ly.
TO CURE A COLD.
Uncle Allen Sparks Knew of Many
Infallible Remedies.
"Uncle Allen," asked the young
man, "do you know anything that's
good for a cold?"
Mr. Allen Sparks opened his desk,
took from one of the pigeonholes a
large number of newspaper clippings
tied with a string, and threw it over
to him.
"Do I know of anything that is good
for a cold?" he echoed. "My boy, I
know of six hundred and twenty-seven
infallible ways of curing a cold. I've
been collecting them for forty-nine
years. You try these, one after the
other, and if they don't do you any
good, come back and I will give you
one hundred and sixteen more. Bless
me!" added Mr. Sparks with enthu
siasm, you can always cure a cold if
you go about it the right way."
He dug up a bundle of yellow, time
stained clippings out of another pig
eonhole and'the visitor hastily left.
Good Word for Mosquito.
The announcement comes from
Washington that the New Jersey mos
quito Is really a blessing in disguise.
Not only is its? bite not dangerous,
but, it Is asserted, this voracious in
sect destroys poisonous immigrants
of its genus that come from the south
to threaten people with malaria, yel
low fever and the like. All this may
be true enough, but it is not likely
that the long-billed New Jersey variety
will be cultivated as household pets
until some way is devised to muzzle
them during their working hours. Few
of us can stand the loss of blood nec
essary for their salubrity.Indianap
olis News.
Necklace Awaits an Owner.
A strange story is told about a dia
mond necklace which was found at one
of the English court balls some years
ago. One of the late queen's ladies
in-waiting picked up a diamond neck
lace from the floor. A lady came for
ward and claimed it. The finder, how
ever, declared it was her duty to give
it in to the lord chamberlain's office,
as this was the rule with regard to
anything found in the palace. The
lady protested in vain, but the oddest
thing was that this necklace never
was claimed, and is probably still at
the lord chamberlain's office.
Hare as a Universal Provider.
In the economy of nature the hare
is the one creature that stands be
tween most of the carnivorous animals
and starvation. In the northern woods
where snow lies on the ground for
more than half the year, and where
vegetation is of slow growth, the hare
serves as a machine for converting
birch twigs into muscular, lean meat,
and providing it in such quantities
that hawks, owls, wildcats, weasels
and foxes can live in comparative
luxury. A pair of hares under favor
able conditions produce 70,000 indi
viduals in four years.
Cats to Kill Prairie Dogs.
The owners of an enormous sheep
ranch in Montana suffer so much loss
from the consumption by prairie dogs
of the tender shoots of grass, that
they have determined to import cats
enough to exterminate the dogs. The
first company of 100 cats is being re
cruited at St. Paul. A facetious writer
in the New York Post shows anxiety
for the future of the cats, their work
being accomplished. He says if they
do kill the prairie dogs they will have
the choice, subsequently, of starva
tion, cannibalism or brigandage.
A Healthy Spot.
The healthfulneBs of a certain sum
mer resort is advertised by this story.
Recently a visitor began to talk to
an old resident of the town in question
and asked him his age, whereupon he
said: "I am just over seventy."
"Well," said the visitor, "you look as
If you had a good many years to live
yet At what age did your father die?"
"Father dead?" said the man, look
ing surprised. "Father isn't dead
why, he's upstairs just now putting
grandfather to bed!"
A Real Bargain.
"In time," said the struggling artist,
"that painting will be of great value.
All you have to do is to tuck it away
In an attic somewhere and keep it
for about 200 years, by which time
I will have become one of the old
masters. Then you can sell It easily
for $10,000. You see, I know the rules,
but unfortunately I am not in a finan
cial position to carry them out. So,
if you want a real bargain, Til let you
have this little gem for $1.50."
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THE EXPANSION OF RUSSIA.
Nothing Stops the Progress of the
Giant of the North.
The progress of Russia is like the
spreading of ink over blotting paper.
There is no natural barrier in Persia
to throw her back or head her off,
euch as the mountainous frontier of
India. But the prospect of Rttssian
absorption of Persia is not practical
politics to-day. Neither is it practical
politics nor healthy patriotism to
hound on Great Britain to occupy,
finance, protect or claim rights in
every country which lies upon her
road to India or Africa or America or
the South Seas. Such a policy is mere
ly suicidal. We can barely govern
I efficiently our present possessions.
Fresh large responsibilities in Persia,
In China and ultimately in Turkey
would simply weigh us down to the
I gunwale and finally sink us.London
Chronicle.
FAD OF A FAMOUS JACKDAW.
Bird Took Trips on Buses and Gave
His Foes a Tongue Lashing.
The Brixton jackdaw, which was
found dead recently in the bar of the
i Angell Arms at Brixton, London, was
a great celebrity in his own way. All
jackdaws have fads of their own, and
the favorite fad of this particular bird
was to travel all over London on omni
buses, trains and cabs. He was thor
oughly well known to every 'busman
in the Brixton district he used to
take his seat on a bus beside the
driver, and would chatter most volu
I bly till the journe-
lo the city or else
where was accomplished, when he
would fly back to his Brixton home.
He was a bird of strorg likes and dis
I likes, and when any ot his master's
I customers failed to find favor in his
sight he would assail th^m with the
most embarrassing to of language.
Billiard Players.
The game of billiards has grown in
popularity of late with the fair sex.
According to Shakespeare, Cleopatra
played billiards with her favorite,
Charmion, in the year 30 B. C. At
present the best women players are
the French, who frequent professional
games and eagerly follow the billiard
i news of the day. Patti is fond of the
i game and had a table made in this
country to take to her Welsh castle,
i for which she paid 2,500. Among
American billiard players of repute
are Mrs. George Gould, Mrs. Edwin
Gould, Mrs. Almerlc Paget, Mrs.
Burke-Roche and Lillian Russell. Bil
liards are said to afford excellent ex
ercise.
Minister Bowen's Wife.
Mrs. Bowen, wife of our minister to
Venezuela, talks very entertainingly
of the Venezuelans, whom she de
scribes as models of domestic virtue.
Many are also very beautiful, but they
go out very little- in public, being of
Spanish descent. Mrs. Bowen, who
is slight in figure and of girlish man
ners, was a Miss Clegg of Galveston,
Tex. She is fond of pets, and among
the unusual ones entertained at the
legation in Caracas are several par
i rots, a fine peacock and some monkeys
I -which are allowed to roam at will in
the garden.
The Deacon's Climax.
"Yes," said Deacon Stuckup, "the
works of Providence are manifold.
The omnipotence of the Almighty is
seen in all things, great and small,
high and low. The good Lord who
made the great mountains made the
smallest insect that crawls over them
the good Lord who made the mighty
ocean made the smallest fish that
swims in it the good Lord who made
man, the greatest of His works, made
the smallest flower of the field. The
good Lord, brethren, who made me,
made a daisy!"
The Methods of Novelists.
And here is Maxim Gorky paying
$150,000 cash for a beautiful palace on
the banks of the Volga. This is the
reward of the skilful use of his pen
In glorifying the tramp and the out
cast, and vilifying and scandalizing
their opposites in Russian society and
politics. It is frequently thus, though
Tolstoi began at the other end of the
social -ladder, sacrificing a title and a
fortune for the rewards that have
come to him as a novelist and a cham
pion of the oppressed.
Few Motor Cars in Portugal.
Motor cars as yet show no signs of
being used in Portugal. Last year only
twenty were imported, of which
eighteen were French, one English aoid
one German. The bicycle trade is
also languishing only 572 bicycles
were imported in twelve months222
from the United States, 151 from
France and 35 from the United King
dom. The population of Portugal is
about the same as that of London.
London's Army of Horses.
In a recent paper on "Electric Auto
mobiles," read before the Institution
of Civil Engineers, Mr. H. F. Joel
stated that in London alone there were
over 16,000 licensed horse-carriages,
I apart from private vehicles, trades
men's vans, etc., and it was estimated
that over 200,000 horses were stabled
each night in London, necessitating
the daily removal of more than 5,000
tons of manure and refuse.
Too Much for Him.
"And do you mean to say," ex
claimed Farmer Brown to a policeman
in Lebanon, Pa, as he gazed at the
trolley wire, '"that that thing is used
for travelin' purposes?" "Yes." "Hu-
man bein's go that a-way?" "Of
course." "Good-bya" "Where are
you going?" "Back home. I'm get
tin' used to the steam cars, hut I'm
durned ef I'm ready to be sent by tele
graph."
CARLOAD OF HOGS STOLEN.
Nebraska Man Arrested at Jamestown,
N. D.
Jamestown, N. D., Aug. 12.Grant
Smith, who is alleged to have stolen a
car load of hogs valued at $900 from
Tekamah, Neb., was arrested here by
Sheriff Eddy. Smith's capture came
about in a peculiar manner. A broth
er of the sheriff in Nebraska was here
to attend the carnival and met Smith
on the street. He knew of the theft of
the hogs and notified his brother.
Smith will go to Nebraska without
requisition papers. The theft of the
hogs was accomplished in a clever
manner. The animals were in a yard,
and it is claimed that Smith drove
them into a car and sent them to mar
ket.
PLAGUE OF MOSQUITOES.
Dakota Town Overwhelmed by a Dense
Cloud of Night Pests.
Toronto, S. D., Aug. 12.For a few
hours an evening or two ago the resi
dents of Toronto, S. D., had reason to
believe a section of New Jersey had
i temporarily been moved to South Da
kota. About 9 o'clock in the evening,
without the slightest warning, a dense
cloud of mosquitoes settled down over
the town and for a brief period were
practically in complete possession.
Great numbers of the pests were de
stroyed by men and boys lighting
newspapers and burning them. Those
not destroyed left the town as sudden
ly as they came. The next morning
the sidewalks were covered with dead
mosquitoes.
TROUBLES OF A PASTOR.
Congregation Is Angry Because He
Makes Some Money on the Side.
Kimball, S. D., Aug. 12. Because
Rev. T. A. Miller, for some time pas
tor of the Methodist Episcopal church
here, painted and papered a saloon
building, he has been compelled to re
sign his position as pastor. His salary
was not sufficient to support him, and
he has on week days been spending
his time papering and painting build
ings. He was looked upon by mem
bers of his flock as a very industrious
man until he papered and painted the
saloon building. Then the members
of the church held an indignation
meeting and decided It was time for
him to retire from the pastorate.
GIBSON MUST GO.
Mining Claims en Reservation Are
Worthless.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 12.In the in
junction suit of M. F. Gibson vs. Indian
Agent Anderson, Judge Hanford of the
United States circuit court handed
down a decision upholding Agent An
derson in expelling Gibson from the
Spokane Indian reservation, where the
latter has located mining claims.
Gibson contended that under the gen
eral law he could locate claims previ
ously to the presilent's proclamation
withdravring the land and hold th^m
In spite of that order. The ruling in
volves much valuable mining property,
claims to which are now declared
worthless.
ELEPHANT INJURES MAN.
Picks Him Up and Throws Him Across
Circus Ring.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 12.Venus, a
big circus elephant, attacked a stable
man just before the evening perform
ance at Ellensburg. The elephant got
Into the pony yard, and James Stacy
picked up a rawhide whip and began
to beat the huge beast, which, instead
of retreating, became enraged. As
T.he
man turned to go the elephant encir
cled Stacy with his trunk, suspended
him aloft for a minute and then flung
him to the ground on the other side
of the ring. He was picked up and
found to be seriously injured internal
ly.
RIVALRY OF TOWNS.
the Herreid Scores a Point Over
Mound City Settlement.
Herrled, S. DAug 12.This town,
which was established as a rival to
Mound City, has again scored over
that place. Presiding Elder E. P.
Hall has advised that the Methodist
church building and parsonage at
Mound City be removed to this place
at once. During the past few months
numerous buildings, including a hotel,
have been moved from the old town to
I the new. a distance of only a few
miles separating the towns which are
engaged in this interesting fight to a
finish.
TWO MINERS KILLED.
Lives Crushed Out While Rescue Was
at Hand.
Duluth, Minn., Aug. 12.John Ma
gie, one of the two Finnish miners im
prisoned by the cave-in at the Cbis
holm mine Saturday evening, survived
until the rescuing party reached him,
but before he could be taken out the
timbers settled in-a lesser cave-in and
literally crushed out his life. The
body, bruised beyond recognition, was
extricated from the fatal pit seven
hours later. The body of Matt Huodeo
has not been recovered.
RED CROSS BUREAUS.
What Miss Barton Plan6 for Western
Mining Regions.
Butte, Mont., Aug. 12.Clara Barton
is planning a chain of Red Cross bu
reaus to be established in the large
i cities of manufacturing and mining
I sections of the Northwest to aid the
injured, according to information re
ceived from Boston. It is planned to
have bureaus at Butte, Portland, An
aconda. Seattle S-^l:ane and Salt
Lake.
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STATISTICS OF NIGHT HERONS
They Are Sought by the Smithsonian
institution.
Eight hundred night herons are wan
dering free about the United States,
each wearing on one leg an aluminum
band inscribed "Smithsonian Institu
tion" and a number. If any person
shoots one of these birds he should
write to Paul Bartsch, biologist of the
Smithsonian, telling where it was and
how large was the bird. The night
heron is one of the most beautiful
of the aquatic birds of America, but
scientists know less about it than they
are satisfied with. Last year Mr.
Bartsch discovered several breeding
places of these birds on the Potomac
in the District of Columbia. Recently
he visited the place with several as
sistants in the night and the 800
aluminum bands were fastened to the
legs of as many young herons. Science
Is anxious to know how long the night
heron lives, where it spends the win
ters and how much of the country it
covers in its wanderings. It is be
lieved that by the time a few of the
numbered aluminum bands have been
reported some of these facts will have
been established to the satisfaction of
the ornithologists. Cleveland (O)
Plain Dealer.
THE RAINFALL IN ENGLAND.
Cyclonic Disturbances Had Little Ma
terial Effect.
Fortunately for the south of Eng
land the cyclonic disturbances, which
this year have been more than usually
numerous, have kept fairly regularly
to their normal track, says the Lon
don Chronicle. This course has tak
en them across Ireland and Scotland,
and as a result the rainfall account
in these two countries is now much
ahead of the average. Scotland north
has had an excess of nearly ten inches
the surplusage in the west and east
being nine and five inches, respective
ly. Ireland has beaten the average by
between five and six inches. The
south of England has had but a trifle
more than Its usual allowance the
eastern counties, on the other hand,
being nearly an Inch short.
Advancement of Women.
At a meeting of the English Wom
en's Liberal association a letter was
read in which the daughter of George
Meredith, the novelist, said: "My
father, George Meredith, wishes me to
say that it heartens him to see women
banded together in union. What na
ture originally decreed men are but
beginning to seethat they are fitted
for most of the avenues open to en
ergy, and by their entering upon ac
tive life they will no longer be open
to the accusation men so frequently
bring against them of their being nar
row and craven. Much more he could
say, but he has short time at his com-
mand."
A Good Place to Stop.
He really ought not to have gone
into the Latin class that day. He was
called up first, and read as far as he
had prepared. Then he skirmished on
a little farther. This is the way it
went: "I, Ulysses, saw her (Dido's)
heavenly form advancing like a god
dess in the sunlight. I sprang to
ward her, and she welcomed me. Her
hair fell down upon her shoulders like
the sunbeams on Olympus. Her eyes
shone like two jewels of the sea. II
threw my armsmy armsabout
about herher neckneckandand
that's as far as I got, professor."
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Butcher and His Hat.
"I always thought it paid to be po
lite until I got into this business," re
I marked a prosperous retail butcher,
"but I find that it costs me about $25
I a year. My trade is with nice people,
i and when fashionable women come
into the shop I have to tip my hat to
them. A butcher's fingers are always
more or less greasy from handling the
meat, and in about a month a new hat
is no longer fit to wear. Grease Is
1 about the only thing that won't come
out of a derby, and I will be the hat
ter's best customer until the weather
grows warm and I will be able to go
bareheaded."
Production of Nitrate of Soda.
I The annual report of the Nitrate
Association of Chile, which controls
the world's supply of nitrate of soda,
shows the production in 1902 to have
been 2,982,522.80 pounds from sev
enty-eight works. The nitrate beds
are near the surface and are worked
I as stone quarries. It is anticipated
that the immense amount of nitrate
the United States now gets from
Chile for use in fertilizers will ulti
mately be supplied by factories mak
ing It by electrical process from the
air, as is being done at Niagara Falls.
Etiquette of the Feud.
"There's just one thing, sah," ob
serbed Col. Gore of Kentucky, "in
which we are away behind Turkey."
"What's that?" Col. Bullet asked,
quickly. "Well, sah, after a general
killln' the porte always sends a polite*
note of apology to the survivors of
the massacre. If we could only end
our feuds in that way, sah "But
we can't, sah," exclaimed Col. Bullet,
excitedly, "for the simple reason, sah,
that when one of our feuds ends no
body's left, sah, to apologize to!"
The World's Rarest Bird.
To find the rarest bird in existence
you must go to the mountains between
Anam and Loas, where there is a cer
tain kind of pheasant. For many
years Its existence was known only
-by the fact that its longest and most
splendid plume was In much request
i by mandarins for their headgear. A
I single skin Is worth $500, and the
bird living would be priceless, for It
I Boon dies in captivity.