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THE OUTLOOK FOR AUTH0R9
presentation, simply because it is
talked about, is never wholesome, and
the crowd has grown more critical
and clear-minded in its judgments,
and has ceased to move upon sudden
Impulses and learned to decide for
JOKE ON SWEET CHARITY.
he started back to the hotel and met
one of the hostlery's best patronsa
commercial travelerand the latter
asked the negro to carry his sample
case to a Washington street store.
A few minutes later the negro, sam
ple case, and tin cups, were in front
of the store. The' traveling man was
in the store. While waiting for him,
the negro sat down on the sample
case, and in less than a jiffy fell asleep.
One of the tin cups was in his hand,
and it fell, forward, as does the cup
held by a blind man.
Perhaps you won't believe it. but
that negro collected 43 cents while he
slumbered. Passcrsby thought him a
blind mendicant. And maybe that por
ter didn't enjoy the joke! He did
'deed he did.Indianapolis News.
What One Man Said.
At the City Federation meeting ln
the Waldorf there were many amusing
incidents. Husbands of the broad
minded women tarried in the ante
room waiting for their spouses to go
home. One of these patient escorts
was Leroy Sunderland Smith. He
gazed through the glass doors once,
sighed and returned to his chair. Men
would come, inquire for their wives,
and then retreat to the cafe below. One
man heard a few minutes of a certain
paper. He said: "If these women's
clubs did not struggle with the prob
lem of how to raise other women's
children they would have no excuse
for being." He flung out the last
words savagely and then disappeared
to the place where highballs are con
cocted.New York Press.
An Enterprising Woman.
Miss Jessie McCubben of Alamo,
Oregon, is the owner of a valuable
mining claim in the Granite district,
which she "jumped" precisely as the
year 1903 came in. Learning that the
claim would be vacant the 1st day of
January, she drove through a blind
ing snowstorm on the night of Dec. 31,
the mercury 14 degrees below zero,
and, waiting the advent of the new
year, staked her claim. Another pros
pector had done likewise earlier in
the evening, but Miss McCubben was
legally in the right, and the court sus
tained her. She is a Portland girl,
19 years old.
Reminder of Old Times.
rected the jury.
Really Good Writers NceJ Not Fear
Discrimination
The rush of the crowd to read a
"book which may have no literary merit I spreading of ink over blotting paper.
or vitality, either of material or of I There is no r.atural harrier in Persia
itself, the loss will fall, not on writers hound on Great Britain to occupy,
of real merit, but on a few whose re- finance, protecft or claim rights in
wards were generally beyond their everyt country which lies upon her
deserts. The average of literary work
And the Colored Porter, He Thorough
ly Enjoyed It.
The other day a colored porter from
one of the hotels was sent to buy some Jackdaws haved fads of their own and
tin cups. After making the purchase
th
A rich man who has joined the mul
titude in New York since his quick
fortune came to him was entertaining
friends at dinner the other night. The
service -was magnificent and so was
the dinner. The wife, gorgeously clad,
reigned over the table. During a lull
in conversation the rich man watched
a servant who was dexterously remov
ing crumbs from the table. Then he| reward of the
looKed down the glittering table at glorifying
his jeweled wife and remarked:
"Sadie, remember when you used to
shake the tablecloth out of the back
door to the hens?"
A Paper May Criticise.
diet of $3,750 against a newspaper
which published an adverse criticism.
The Appeal Court reversed this, and
held that the jury had no right to sub
stitute its own opinion of the merits
of the play
for.
the critic's opinion.
The court said it was of the highest
The Artist's Revenge.
A Chinese story tells how a very
stingy man took a paltry sum of
money to an artist, who always ex
He Was Kept Busy.
That was a curious little confession
made to an interviewer the other day
by Color-Sergeant Barry, for twenty
seven years keeper of the stage door
at the Lyceum. In reply to a remark
about his knowledge of plays and play
ers, Sergeant Barry remarked: "I
have never seen a play in all my life. I
My plaee is at the stage door. I have
sever any time to see what is going
a on the gtaea"London Tit-Bita.
acted" payment in advance, and asked I mobiles." read before the Institution
him to paint his portrait. The artist of Civil Engineers, Mr. H. F. Joel
at once complied with the request, but stated that in London alone there were
when the portrait was finished noth- over 16,000 licensed horse-carriages,
ing was visible save the hack of the apart from private vehicles, trades-
sitter's head. "What does this mean?" men's vans, etc., and it was estimated
cried the sitter indignantly. "Well," I that over 200.000 horses were stabled
replied the artist, "I thought a man each night in London, necessitating
who paid so little as you did wouldn't the daily removal of more than 5,00
care to show his face." tons of manure and refuse.
THE EXPANSION OF RUSSIA.
Nothing Stops the Progress of the
G'ant of the North.
The progress of Russia is like the
to throw her back or head her off,
such as the mountainous frontier of
India. But the prospect of Russian
absorption of Persia is not practical
politics to-day. Neith'er is it practical
politics nor healthy patriotism to
Africa or America or
In(Ji
a
roa
in this country in many departments the South Seas. Such a policy is mere-
Is high. If great books are not pro- ly suicidal. We can barely govern'
duced in large numbers, good books efficiently our present possessions.
are produced in very considerable Fresh responsibilities in Persia,
numbers, and in soundness of knowl- I
an
1
chl
ultimately in Turkey
nlarge
a
edge, in good taste and literary work- would simply weigh us down to the
manship, a great advance is evident
over the work of an earlier generation. I Chronicle.
It is a period of quiet progress, a time
of preparation rather than a time of FAD OF A FAMOUS JACKDAW,
accomplishment.
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
Angell Arms at Brixton, London, was
a great celebrity in his own way. All
gunwale and finally sink us.London
favorit fa 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
bly till the journer 'o 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
likes, and when any of his master's
customers failed to find favor in his
sight he would assail th^m with the
most embarrassing flow cf 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
news of the day. Patti is fond of the
game and had a table made in this
country to take to her Welsh castle,
for which she paid $2,500. Among
American billiard players of repute
are Mrs. George Gould, Mrs. Edwin
Gould, Mrs. Almeric 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 MissClegg of Galveston,
Tex. She is fond of pets, and among
th
unU sual ones entertained at the
legation in Caracas are several par
rots, a fine peacock and some monkeys
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, groat 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 file good Lord who made
man, the greatest ol flu works, made
the smallest ilowor of ill
good Lord,
made a dais
And hero is
$150,OOt) cash foi
the hanks of th
In (I.
brethren, win
The Meth
'cast, and vilifying in
their opposites in Ituss
politic^. It is frernretH:
Tolstoi began at the
social ladder, saorifh'ii
fortune for the rewa
A trial jury in England gave the come to him.as.a novelist and a eha
manager of a fifth-rate show a ver- pj
0f the oppressed.
Few Motor Cars in Portugal.
Motor cars as yet show no signs of
bein.n used In Portugal. Last "year only
twenty were
of.. whic.h
etehteen were French, one English and
imported,,
eui
one German. The bicycle trade is
dom. The population of Portugal is
about the same as that of London.
London's Army of Horses.
In a recent paper on "p^lectric Auto-
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-hya." "Where are
you going?" "Back home. I'm get
tin' used to the steam cars, but I'm
durned of I'm ready to be sent by tele
graph."
THE NEW ARMY RIFLE.
It Is Practically Certain to Be the
Best in the World.
The new United States army rifle
is a remarkable evolution in small
arms since the old Springfield single
loader had its day. Practically twelve
years cover the period of the develop
ment, although the experience of the
Spanish and Philippine wars has nat
urally made the progress more rapid
since 1898 than before that time,
\,hen the Krag was made the basis of
the army magazine rifle there was
more or less criticism, hut it was
poorly conceived. The Ordinance de
partment has never regarded any
model as necessarily a finality, but has
ever been hem. on improvements.
Consequently modifications have been
numerous" and steady, and there is no
reason why, with this constant appli
cation of experience and inveni've ge
nius the United States service maga
zine rifle should not be equal to any
in the world.Springfield (Mass.) Re
publican.
BOY WAS TOO PREVIOUS.
Came Near Causing Physician to
Lose a Patient,
A doctor tells a good story in con
nection with a lad who until recently
was in his employ. It was part of
this youngster's daily duty to answer
the surgery bell, and usher the pros
pective patients into the consulting
room. One morning there presented
himself at the surgery entrance a
mechanic, with whom Buttons was on
speaking terms. "Hullo, Jackson!" he
remarked, "what's the matter with
you?" "Oh, I just want to see the
doctor," replied the visitor. "Have
yer brought yer symptoms with yer?"
inquired Bu tons, '"cos that's the fust
thing he'll ask yer about. If yer ain't
got 'em ye'd better pop back an' get
'em." "And would you believe it?"
adds the doctor, "that fellow was actu
ally about to act on the boy's advice
when I entered the surgery!"Pear
son's Weekly.
Take a Look at Venus.
Young man, when you. have finish
ed your dinner to-night, go up to the
roof or out in the street or yard liy
your home and take a good, long look
at the star of the evening. She will
do you much good. In the first place,
the mere fact of your having thought
enough to spend the time to do this
will aid your mental development. In
the second place you will have to lift
your eyes and chin from the mire of
the street about you to clean glory of
Omnipotence. In the third place, you
cannot look for five minutes at Venus
or at any other planet or star without
absorbing into yourself some of the
calm, silent power which wheels this
universe along its unbroken track,
with never a slip of the tire or jostling
of the axle.New York News.
Charity in England.
Some idea of the charitable disposi
tion of the British people is found in
the report of the charity commission
ers, just issued. The total value of in
vestments held by the official trustees
of charitable funds at the close of
last year was 22.314,735, divided
into 22,798 separate grants. The ag
gregate income from stocks, securities
and annuities aggregated 646,517 in
1902. During the three-quarters end
ing Dec. 31, 1901, 1,670 new charities
founded by will or deed came to the
notice of the commissioners, involving
a capital of 6,500,000 and upward.
Differing Views on Providence.
A recent traveler in Macedonia
writes: "The views on Providence
entertained by Turks and Jews re
spectively and the extent to which be
lief influences the conduct of each
are well illustrated by the following
an Iota: A Turk and a Jew were
one daj in a boat. Suddenly the
hanged and a fierce squall
fljie Jew proposed mat they
tm
tek at once. The Turk
on. 'Fear not, my
great,' he said, 'Allah
torted the Jew, 'but our
Cut of Bed.
rid p.uts the wrong
he morning. But
tooL? It is a
as the hills that
if thi the floor first
you i liavi bad luck that day.
probably niany men .'.void this by
sleeping on the right side of the bed,
so thai in rising the right foot natur
ally comes first in contact with the
Hour. It is said to be a fact that most
people lie on their right side because
of the prevalent notion that the heart
has freer action.New York Press.
What We're Coming To.
As we have already transmitted fair
ly recognizable pictures of individuals
by wire we may be able, before long,
to do the same thing without wires.
Why not? And then for the wireless
lychroraotelepantophonophotoscope
by which we can see everybody, hear
everybody, talk to everybody, when
ever and wherever we please without
cost, anywhere on the surface of the
globe. And then, hurrah for a short
trip to Mars just to inflate our chests
and show off!Magazine of Humor.
The Development of Mexico.
Facts in regard to the commercial
annexation of Mexico are given in the
National Magazine. Twenty-eight mil
lions of United States capital is now
invested in that country, and forty
Mexican investment companies in Chi
cago are sending in a million dollars
a month. In the city of Monterey
alone $10,000,000 was recently invest
ed in one plant. The Standard Oil
company has invested $18,000,000 in
Mexican mines within two years, and
will put in $40,000,000 more.
1
LAWYER WADE AN APOLOGY.
Revised the Opinion as to the Intellect
of the Court.
Some years ago there \vas an old
judge on the bench in Berks county,
Pa., whose decisions, in consequence
of numerous reversals did not always
command universal respect. One day,
in a case in which he was sitting, one
of the lawyers lost patience at his in
ability to see things in a certain light,
and in the heat of the moment re
marked that, the intellect of the court
was so dark a Hash of lightning could
not penetrate it. For this contempt
the judge showed a disposition to be
very severe with the offender, and it
was only after much persuasion by
friends of the latter that he yielded
and decided to accept a public apol
ogy. The following day the lawyer,
accordingly, appeared before his honor
anu made amends by saying. "I re
gret very much that I said the intel
lect of the court was so dark lightning
could not penetrate it. I guess it
could. It is a very penetrating thing."
HAD HAD LONGER PRACTICE.
Small Boy's Distinction Between Ap
petite and Patriotism.
Gen. O. O. Howard occasionally ad
dresses juvenile patriotic clubs. An
organization of this type entertained
the veteran at a sociable and dinner.
A little chap near the general dis
played a good appetite. ''You eat
well, my son," said the old soltlier,
"Yes, sir." "Now, if you love your
flag as well as your dinner, you'll
make a good patriot," Gen. Howard's
eyes beamed on the boy. "Yts. sir
but I've been practicing eating twelve
years and I ain't owned a gun but six
months," was the laconic reply.New
York Times.
Most Expensive Tree in World.
Probably the most expensive tree
In the world is in the city of London,
on the corner of Cheapside and Wood
street, about midway between the
Bank of England and St. Paul's. It
is an enormous oak and is said to be
100 years old. It is protected by a
clause in the deed of the property
which "forbids destruction of tree or
branches. Architects were oompelled
to plan a rather peculiar building to
avoid the branches. There it stands
in the corner of one of the busiest
streets in London, occupying ground
of enormous valueand positively
the only tree in the city of London
outside of the parks.
Development of the Electron.
I Dr. Kaufmann of Germany, in a re
cent lecture, traced the history of the
development of the electron. The
roots of the idea go back about twen
ty-five years. The growth of the stem
has taken place within the last ten
years, and now we have a flourishing
plant and a large literature on the
subject. Broadly speaking, the latest
theory accounts for inertia, suggests
a cause for gravitation, explains the
leading phenomena of the spectra of
hot gases and co-ordinates hypothet
ically a host of miner phenomena that
seem at first sight to have no discern
ible mutual relationship, says Electri
cal World.
How Snakes Decoy Birds.
That the rattlesnake uses his tail
to decoy birds has been observed a
number of times by a correspondent
of the Scientific American, who says:
"The snake hides himself in the tall
grass and imitates the buzzing of a
bee. The insectivorous hirds, such as
the phoebe and kingbird, are attract
ed by the sound, and become an easy
prey for his snakeship. I have seen
rattlesnakes concealed in the dense
foliage of trees twenty feet from the
ground practicing the same deception
on the birds and getting the bird
every time."
Queen Victoria Paid a Debt.
King Edward's appointment of Sir
Evelyn Wood to be a field marshal
has brought out the interesting fact
that the family of the king was once
deeply indebted to the grandfather of
Gen. Wood, Matthew Wood, a London
merchant. It was through the gen
I erosity of the old merchant that the
duke of Kent was able to come to
England from Germany so that the
future Queen Victoria could be born
ion British soil. The first baronetcy
bestowed by Queen Victoria upon her
accession was on Matthew Wood.
Microbes Hard to Kill.
That the microbes which cause dis
ease /annot be killed by firing them
out of a gun has been proved in offi
cial government experiments. Mi
'-crobes of maiignant postule, of ab
scesses and of the intestine were
smeared upon the face of the gun
wad, put next the powder and fired
into sterile gelatin nad agar-agar. In
each case the microbes developed,
each after its kind, in the medium re
ceiving the wad.
Rather Mixed.
One of the janitors of a public
building, who ha* more politeness
than book learning, was stationed in
I the hallway of the structure to guide
I the crowd which was pressing into
one of the rooms to see an exhibition
of artistic work. "Ladies and gentle-
men," said the janitor, "will you
please make your exit through this
door and go out of the other."Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
A Sad Outlook.
Auntie"Do you let your husband
Lave a room to himseli? Mrs. Mc
Bride"Oh. yes of course he must
have a place to smoke in." Auntie
"You poor dear, I see your future
through a rain of tears. He'll sneak
off there and lock himself in whenever
you want to talk to him seriously.
You mark my words."Life.
HONOR NORWAY'S GREAT MA N.
Soldiers Acccrd Popular Author a
Magnificent Demonstration.
One day while in Norway an oppor
tunity was given to an American trav
eler to see that the name of Bjorn
stjerne Bjon son means much to all
Norwegians. "A battalion of Nor
wegian and Swedish cavalry, infantry
and artillery, between 3,00K and 4,0u0
strong, was returning from its maneu
vers to the post in Christiania," he
i says. "In passing Aulestad the gen
eral in^ command sent his adjutant in
advance to get Bjornson's permission
to give him an ovation. With his fam
ily and guests assembled about him
on the veranda the monumental figure
stood with bared head to receive the
military greeting. As each regiment
passed in review below, presenting
arms as to their chieftain, there went
up a deafening shout of personal
salutation from each of the soldiers,
who then joined in singing the nation
al hymn, to whose author they were
offering this spontaneous salute.
There was the unique spectacle of a
man in private life, being accorded a
military demonstration by the nation's
army which a king might envy."
RELIEF FOR RUSSIAN WOMEN.
Newly Enacted Law a Blessing to
Abused Peasants' Wives.
By a newly enacted Russian law a
peasant's wife, on showing to the dis
trict judge d'instruction that she is
habitually ill treated by her husband,
or that he will not support her, and
makes her the drudge for his own sup
port, can demand a separate passport,
with which she is at liberty to leave
her oppressor and earn a living else
where. Hitherto there was no possible
redress or release for the long-suffer
ing victim so long as it was obligatory
that the wife's name was entered in
the husband's passport and papers of
legitimate. Anyone at all intimately
acquainted with village life in Russia
will readily appreciate the relief this
brings to tens of thousands of peasant
women who are the grievously abused
domestic slaves and beasts of burden
to their drunken and brutal conjugal
proprietors.
Bird Vengeance.
A naturalist recently witnessed an
encounter between a large swan and
a little brown duck. The duck had
apparently insulted the swan by trying
to cross its path, for it was suddenly
seized by the swan and held under the
water until he was sure it would be
drowned. But at last the swan let it
gc and sailed majestically away. The
duck, after taking breath, looked
around to see where its enemy was,
ana seeing it rose into the air and
deliberately came down, flapping its
wings, on the astonished swan's back.
The swan fled in terror, and the duck,
apparently satisfied, quietly swam
away.Pearson's Weekly.
To Clean a Sewing Machine.
Place it near the fire to get warm,
that the congealed oil about it may
melt, and then oil it thoroughly with
paraffin. Work it quickly for a few
minutes, then wipe off all the paraffin
and dirt and treat it to a little more
clean paraffin. Wipe it again, and
after the application of a very little
of the ordinary lubricating oil it will
be ready for use. People often shirk
the trouble of thoroughly cleaning
their machines like this, but a clogged
and "heavy" machine under this treat
ment will become like new, and its
easy working will be an ample reward
for any trouble incurred.
Flimflammed Again?
Has the alert J. Pierpont Morgan
been fooled again? ln consequence
of the announcement that he would
place on exhibition a collection of car
pets that formerly belonged to the
royal house of Spain several Spanish
newspapers have asked for an investi
gation, as before the reign of Alfonso
XII. the royal collection was complete.
The Heraldo of Madrid insinuates that
Pierpont Morgan has been the victim
of unscrupulous dealers, who, it al
leges, have palmed off imitations on
the multimillionaire.
Queen Victoria's Love of Flowers.
Queen Victoria was a great flower
lover from the days when a toddling
child she made daisy chains on the
lawns of Kensington palace, and per
haps were them with more pride than
she ever did her jewels. When she
paid her otfe and only visit to Spain,
Queen Christina asked, "Is there any
thing the queen is especially fond of?"
"Yes, flowers," was the answer, and so
.flowers in lavish profusion decorated
the streets, the houses, the railway
station, and the palace.
A Lingual Phenomenon.
"An' you saj s, Brer Eph'm," said
i the convert, thoughtfully, 'Mat Ah
kain't cuss nor sw'ar none atter I'se
I been baptize'?" "De Bible says so,
Brer Saul." "Nor say 'Good Lor',' nor
one o' dem t'ings?" "Not unless you's
i in nieetin', Brer Saul." "Umh! I ain't
drive no mules in meetin' en I kain't
take de meeting ter de mules. Dat
Baptis' 'ligion ain' no 'ligion fu' a
I mule driver., De baptism li'ble ter
swink his bocabulary."Washington
Times.
Feather Beds Coming Back.
The feather bed, after its banish
ment during about half a century, is I
being received back into favor in cold- i
er countries. Hygiene experts con-1
demned it on account of its heating I
nature and the difficulty ox* thoroughly
airing and purifying nevertheless, it
is actually being recommended during
the winter for delicate, nervous, neu
ralgic women, and particularly for el
derly persons and those who are trou
bled with insomnia.
CLEANLINESS AS A VICE.
Young Matron Criticises Methods o/
Her Motner-in-Law.
"Cleanliness is next to godliness, I
know," said the yours matron whose
mother-in-law lives with her, "but
there is such a thing as carrying it
too far, I think. Now, my husband's
mother is fearfully and wonderfully
neat. In fact, at times 1 fee] 'that to
live in a pigpen would be a relief.
From morning till night there is noth
ing but clean, clean, clean. Bits of
carpet are laid in the places most
likely to trip you up. These are in
tended to keep the floor underneath
free from stain and then the carpets
are taker, up and the floor underneath
scrubbed as carefully as if it had not
been protected all the time. You can
not imagine just how trying it is. But
the other day she reached the limit.
She came in, took off her shoes, care
fully washed them and set them out
to dry! Think of it! It's a wonder she
did not wash her hat."
STRENGTH OF MEN AND OXEN.
Bulk for Eulk, the Former Are the
Stronger.
Few people know that a man, bulk
for bulk, is stronger than an ox, but
it appears that such is the case. The
matter was tested not long since at a
fair in America, one of the attractions
of which was a congest of a yoke of
oxen against an equal weight of men.
A drag was loaded with granite blocks,
weighing in the aggregate 4,95t
pounds. The yoke of oxen that mad
the trial weighed 3,220 pounds, and
twenty men, allowing 160 pounds to
the man, were set against them. Tile
men teak hold of the drag first, and
easily walked off with it, covering a
distance of 95 feet in the space of two
minutes. The oxen at their trial moved
only eighty-five feet in the same length
of time, and the men were accordingly
declared winners.Pearson's Weekly.
Governor Saves Boy's Life.
It is fortunate for one Georgia youth
that Gov. Garvin of Ehole Island is a
physician and surgeon of standing.
The governor and a number of north
ern friends were at Andersonville to
attend the dedication of a monument
in memory of Rhode Island soldiers
who died in Andersonville prison.
While the exercises were in progress
a carriage team took fright, ran away
and upset the vehicle. Edwin Calla
way, one of *he occupants, had his
leg broken, the jagged bone severing
an artery. Gov. Garvin, on hearing of
the hoy's plight, hurried to his help,
tied the severed artery and cut the
broken bone, just in time to save the
sufferer from bleeding to death.
Bank's Burglar Trap Didn't work.
In its account of the recent bank
burglary at Allen, the Emporia (Kan.)
Gazette explains that the trap set by
the bank for robbers did not work.
The trap in-question is unique enough
to be interesting. "Above the vault,"
says,the Gazette, "was a thin ceiling
and about a ton of sand above it.
This was there in case cracksmen
should attempt to blow open the safe,
when the ceiling would burst at the
explosion and the sand fill the vault,
making it impossible to get at the
safe. However, the ceiling did not
burst and the sand remains undis
turbed.Kansas City (Mo.) Journal.
Chorus Girls of Wealth.
Among the twenty girls who took
part in an amateur comic opera per
formance in Philadelphia the other
evening were fifteen whose fathers
are millionaires. It is said that the
girls in question represented some
$40,000,000. The affair was the big
gest event among the Hebrews of
Philadelphia for twenty years. A
trainload of wealthy New Yorkers
went over specially to take part in or
witness the performance, which was
given under the auspices of the Mer
cantile club.
Bra^e Sailor Soon Forgotten.
Discouragingly tardy progress is be
ing made with the proposed monument
to Rear Admiral James E. Jorrett. It
was thought that the gallant conduct
and wide popularity of the admiral
would have called forth generous re
sponse to the committee's appeal, but
that expectation has not been realized.
The headquarters of the association
are in Washington and Rear Admiral
A. E. K. Benham is chairman of a
committee having the matter in iaime
diate charge.
The Ones That Suffered.
An aged Scotch minister, who was
very boastful, says ex-Speaker Joseph
L. Barbour of the Connecticut legisla
ture, once said to his good friend.
"Think of it! I preached two hours
and twenty minutes last Sunday!"
"Didn't it weary you very much?" in
quired the other solicitously. "Oh, no,"
said the minister. "But you should
have seen the congregation!"New
York Times.
One Point of View.
"I am very much afraid that you do
not appreciate the spirit of a free
country," "Oh, yes I do." answered
the man who had recently landed in
New York, in a dialect which it is
needless to reproduce. "What do you
understand by a free country?" "It is
a place where you are free to do as
you choose if you manage to get on
the police force."
Had Had Opportunity.
Two society buds at the Waldorf
Astoria were commenting upon the
marriage of Mrs. Lewis Rutherfurd to
William K. Vanderbilt. "It's, a fine
match." sati one "the bride certainly
belongs to the Uoper Ten." "She ought
to," was the tart answer, "she's mar
ried three of them!"New York
Times.