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They Are Sought by the Smithsonian
Institution.
Eight hundred night herons are wan
dering free about the United States,
,ach 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 bow 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 wilLhava
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.
*1 always thought it paid to be po
lite until I got into this business," re
marked a prosperous retail butcher,
"but I find that it costs me about $25
a year. My trade is with nice people,
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
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
Jweheaded.'^agf-^j,^^'rg^i-*
Production of Nitrate of Soda.
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
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
mandarins for their headgear. A
single skin is worth $500, and the
bird living would be priceless, for it
ADOS di* in captivity.
STATISTICS OF NIGHT HERONS THE OUTLOOK FOR AUTHORS
Really Good Writers NeeJ Not Fear
Discrimination
The rush of the crowd to read a
book which may have no literary merit
or vitality, either of material or of
i presentation, simply because it is
i talked about, is never wholesome, and
if the crowd has grown more critical
and clear-minded fn its judgments,
and has ceased to move upon sudden
impulses and learned to decide for
itself, the loss will fall, not on writers
of real merit, but on a few whose re
wards were generally beyond their
deserts. The average of literary work
in this country in many departments
is high. If great books are not pro
duced in large numbers, good books
are produced in very considerable
numbers, and in soundness of knowl
edge, in good taste and literary work
manship, a great advance is evident
over the work of an earlier generation.
It is a period of quiet progress, a time
of preparation rather than a time of
accomplishment.
JOKE ON SWEET CHARITY.
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
tin cups. After making the purchase
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. Passersby 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 in
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.
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
lootted down the glittering table at
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.
A trial jury in England gave the
manager of a fifth-rate show a ver
dict 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
importance to the public that the crit
ic should not be exposed to the risk
of having a jury pass upon his taste,
and held that the trial Judge misdi
rected the jury.
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
acted payment in advance, and asked
him to paint his portrait. The artist
at once complied with the request, but
when the portrait was finished noth
ing was visible save the back of the
sitter's head. "What does this mean?"
cried the sitter indignantly. "Well,"
replied the artiet, "I thought a man
who paid so little as you did wouldn't
care to show his face."
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 remaraed: "I
have never seen a play in all my Ufa
My place is at the stage door. I have
never any time to see what is going
on on the ataxa"Tendon Tit-Bits.
LAWYER MADE AN APOLOGY.
Revised the Opinion as to the Intellect
of the Court.
Some years ago there was an old
judge on the bench in Berks county,
Pa., whose decisions, in consequence
of numerous reversals did not alwaya
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 flash 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
and 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 soldier.
"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. "Yes, 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 midday 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 compelled
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.
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
lcally 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 birds, such as
the phoebe and kingbird, are attract
ed bythe 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
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
on British soil. The first baronetcy
lestowed by Queen Victoria upon her
accession was on Matthew Wood.
Microbes Hard to Kill.
That the microbes which cause dis
ease cannot be killed by firing them
cut of a gun has been proved in offi
cial government experiments. Mi
crobes of malignant 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 has more politeness
than book learning, was stationed in
the hallway of the structure to guide
the crowd which was pressing into
one of the rooms to see an exhibition
of artistic work. "Ladles 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
have a room to himselt?" Mrs. Mc
I Bride"Oh, yes of course he must
I 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 mr words."Life.
CLEANLINESS AS A VICE-
Young Matron Criticises Methods of
Her Mother-in-Law.
"Cleanliness is next to godliness, I
know," said the young 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 I feel 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 taken 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.
Buik for Bulk, 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 contest 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 made
the trial weighed 3,220 pounds, and
twenty men, allowing 160 pounds to
the man, were set against them. The
men took 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 Rhole 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 the occupants, had his
leg broken, the jagged bone severing
an artery. Gov. Garvin, on hearing of
the boy's plight, hurried to his help,
tied the sevdted 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 hurst 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 the1
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.
Brave 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 imme
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 yon
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. I,ewis Rutherfurd to
William K. VanderDilt. "It's a fine
match." saN one "the bride certainly
belongs to the Upper Ten." "She ought
to," was the tart answer, "she's mar
ried three of them!"New York
Times.
ROYALTY AT THE RECEPTION
Wearisome Duties Imposed on Those
In High Position.
How royalty and their suites ever
manage to survive those weary hours
of standing is always a mystery to me,
says "The Countess," in the London
Outlook. "You get used to it in
time," say the maids of honor, but ap
parently not till they have been car
ried out two or three times in a faint
do the gentlemen-at-arms tightly but
toned up in uniforms and smothered in
helmets get used to the ordeal.
It is within the memory of many
how in Dublin a certain distinguished
viceroy in the middle of a drawing
room gave the order to cVose the
doors, and having cleared the room the
entire viceregal party sat down on
the floor in various stages of collapse,
and I often wonder how it is that our
own king and queen are not similarly
overcome on these occasions. Royal
ty is the best paid profession, but as
suredly, it must be also the most
wearing.
THE JOKE OF A KING.
Historic Hoax Perpetrated by Gusta
vus III. of Sweden.
King Gustavus III. of-Sweden had
been frequently invited to the little
court of Schwerin. In 1783 he paid a
visit to Germany and as soon as the
Duchess of Mecklenburg heard of his
approach she prepared fetes in his
honor. But Gustavus, who disdained
the petty courts of the small rulers,
sent two of his attend^gtsa page
named Peyron, and Desvouges, a valet
who had formerly been an actorto be
entertained by the duchess. The two
personated the king and his minister,
Baron Sparre, and sustained the char
acters throughout. They accepted as
their due all the homage meant for
their master, danced with the Mecklen
burg ladies who were presented to
them, and Peyron went so far as to
ask one of the ladies for her portrait.
Meantime Gustavus was enjoying him
self elsewhere in secret.
Overlooked a Detail.
A Long Island farmer came to
Brooklyn with his wife to do some
shopping the other day. On his way
hack the thought came to him that he
had forgotten something. He took
out his notebook and went over each
item, checking it off, and saw that he
had made all the purchases he intend
ed. As he drove on he could not put
aside the feeling that there was some
thing missing. He again took out his
notebook and rechecked every item,
but still found no mistake. He did
this several times, but could not rid
himself of the idea that he must have
forgotten something. When he
reached home and drove up to the
house his daughter came out to meet
him, and, with a look of surprise,
asked: "Why, papa, where is moth
er?"Mail and Express.
The Long-Suffering Editor.
A Queensland contemporary re
cently published the following: "Our
foreman printer recently measured
up the space occupied by obituary
notices in the Herald during the last
couple of months or so, and found it
made three and three-quarters yards.
This is so much dead loss to\the pa
per, and if a fatal epidemic struck
the town ruin would stare us in the
face. We have, therefore, decided to
future to charge for such notices. So,
when people feel like dying, we hope
they will give directions to their next
of kin in respect of paying for the
same."
Painting the Dome of the Capitol.
The dome of the capitol at Wash
ington is being painted. Every five
years its coat is renewed and 15,000
gallons of white lead are used in the
process. The work is being done by
eighteen men, under the direction of
"Billy" Lewis and "Al" Ports. The
latter has been employed for such
work about the capttol for thirty-nine
years. Ports is the only man who
ever climbed to the top of the Statue
of Liberty surmounting the dome. He
did this on Labor day. 1894, and fas
tened a garland of electric light bulbs
around the neck of her majesty.
Congo Road for Motor Cars.
The Congo Free State government
is enstructing a road in the northern
part of the state for the transport of
passengers and goods by means of
motor cars. The new route, of which
nearly 450 miles have been completeu,
will join the important trading centers
of Dongu and Lado. While making
the road a local engineer hit upon the
happy idea of driving forty elephants
up and down the projected highway
until the thick undergrowth was
trampled down, allowing the natives to
complete the task.
No Royal Road.
St. Clair McKelway believes that
the journalism of the future will be a
profession and that men will be espe
cially educated for it. They are and
always have been. Did that important
and valuable member of the profes
sion never hear of "the hard school of
journalism?" There is no other, and
never will he, worth a pinch of snuff,
in our humble estimation. The uni
versity of experience is the one which
gives the real degrees in journalism.
Was Always Running.
The Duke of Argyll tells this story
of Winston Churchill, which shows
that the talent for talk developed
young in the author and member of
parliament. Some years ago he visit
ed Harrow, and noticing a boy run
ning around the cricket field all by
himself asked what he was doing it
for. "That's Lord Randolph Church
ill's son, and whenever he talks too
i much we make him run three times
round the cricket field."
FILARIA IS A NEW DISEASE.
Responsible for the Death of Many
American Soldiers.
Capt. Charles Kieeffer, a United
States army surgeon, says the Phil
ippines are infested with mosquitoes
more troublesome and dangerous from
a medical point of view than those
that swarm in the Jersey swamps. A
strange malady known as filaria is
traced directly to them, and is com
mon among the American soldiers
quartered on the islands. Soldiers
contract the disease by drinking
water from stagnant pools in which
the mosquitoes have laid their eggs.
The first indication of fllaria ap
pears in the form of a worm in the
victim's thorax. This develops into
elephantiasis, which causes the pa
tient terrible pains, accompanied by
a constant cough. The sufferer is
worst at night, and the patient be
comes a prey to insomnia.
The only remedy lies in an opera
tion, which in itself is dangerous and
rarely successful. If the worm, which
is a female, is injured and dies
through the operation, its poison gets
into the blood, the disease is increased
a thousandfold and the chances of re
covery are small.
CAME BACK FOR HIS OWN.
How Wilkinson Was Outwitted by a.
Brainy Tramp.
When Wilkinson went to his office
one day last week he felt calm and
contented. He hadn't any need to
worry about his wife's loneliness any
more, for he had bought a capital
watchdog for her.
But, alas! when he arrived home
his wife met him with the deplorable
news that the dog had gone.
"Eh!" said Wilkinson, "did he break
the chain, then?'*
"No," she replied "but a great,
ugly-looking tramp came here and
acted so impudently that I let the dog
loose. But instead of tearing the tramp
to pieces the nasty dog went off with
him."
"Great Scott!" said Wilkinson, "that
must have been the tramp I bought
him from!"
Danger in Big Guns.
Recent accidents disabling some of
our best battleships offer rather start
ling evidence of the weaknesses that
are inherent in vessels of this type.
For years inventive genius has beer*
applied to contriving guns of bigger
size and longer range than those used
before, and each increase has added to
the demands laid upon the strength
of guns and turrets and their mobility
In action. Inevitably the line of safe
ty has been passed and the result ia
shown In accidents which have causedt
loss of life, besides exposing the para
doxical delicacy of massive machin
ery.Philadelphia Nortu American.
The Modern Race After Wealth.
The mania for money-making has,
developed into downright madness.
And the explanation is easy. People
see that it is fast becoming the chief,
if not the only, standard of respecta
bility. When Talleyrand was asked if
he was not ashamed to sell his influ
ence in making treaties under the
first empire he replied: "My friend,,
do you not see that there are but two
things left in Francemoney and the*
guillotine?" We are rapidly ap
proaching the period in our own his
tory when there will be but two things
left in Americamoney and contume
ly.Louisville Courier-Journal.
Enjoyaole Denunciations.
Society to-day in search of fresh sen
sation flocks to hear its manifold follies!
denounced from the pulpit, and thai
more outspoken the preacher the more
it enjoys his discourse. Times have!
changed since the day when Lord'
Melbourne walked out of church in
disgust after a rousing sermon on the
consequences of sin, exclaiming:*
Things have come to a pretty pass!
when religion is allowed to Invade the
sphere of private life!" To-day society
revels in hearing Itself denounced and
plumes itself with joy when a fashion
able preacher discourses on bridge
scandals and divorce cases.
Cecil Rhodes' Dream Realized.
The dream of Cecil Rhodes is real
ized in America before the funds left,
by him have made it possible in Ox
ford. The workshop university in the
great electric manufacturing works at
Schenectady, N. Y., has among Its
studentsall college graduates
young men from England, Scotland,
France, Germany, Switzerland, Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark, Holland,.
Spain, Italy, Russia, Brazil, Mexico,
Canada, Siam and Japan. Nearly all
the leading engineering schools of the
world are represented^ there.
His Strong Recommendation.
The old gentleman showed his dis
pleasure plainly. "It seems to me
rather presumptuous for a youth in
your position to ask fOT my daughter's
hand," he said. "Can you advance
any good reason why I should give my
consent?" "Yes, sir," replied the
young man promptly. "What?" "I
am comparatively modest and eco
nomical in the matter of my personal!
expenditures, and I think you win find
me less costly to maintain than any"
other son-in-law you could pick out!'*
The Spare Room.
The guest from the city sat in the
bedroom that had been alloted to him
in his brother's house in the little
country town. He watched his breath
turning to icy clouds as it left his
lungs and wondered how long it took a.
man to freeze to death. "They caJF
this the 'spare room,' he said, shiver
ingly, to himself. "And it is weli
named. I dent wonder they can spars
it I think that^I could get along with
ont it myself."- -Magazine of Humor.