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l)atl)nra Rrrcrfc RATES Of ADVERTISING II. A.. LOXDON, EDITOR AND 1'KOrUIETOlt TERMS CF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly (n Advance. Oao square, one insertion One square, two insertions One square, one mouth - VOL.XX1IJ. PITTSBOHO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY . l'.HH. NO. '21. For larger advcrtisemtDti liberal con tr.cts will bo mado. 1 IN THE CHINA SEAS A NARRATIVE 8 (COPTSIOnT !? BT CHAPTER XV. CONTINUED. "You are making a mistake," re plied Mr. Avery. "The opportunity to become a king does Dot come tc every one. As for roe, I shall not go. I have no ties iu England, and I shall remain with these loyal people and help them in their struggle toward civilization." "Then why not take tho tlironq yourself?" I askod. Ue shook his head. "Criekiaoro, you do not even no-.t nnderstaud the idolatrous worship you have inspired iu the hearts of the; people. I, king! No. 'J'heso people Iur mo and trust me. but thov would langl at tho idea of making me king. TIu-j need n strong hand nud strong mini! to gunlo thera, ami you iiuvo proven your possession of both. The people I beliovo you wero sent supernaturalli I to lead them out of bondage, and Tears of teaching will not erase thai impression from their minds. Yob t. imvfl f-onin in ion n in a vv ninr An. 1 veais in lueir iiccuiiar cuuiieu. unit ii will bn Tpi v difficult to iirnvo to their luai juu no uui uuaunui'j uviuu ii. .,' 1..., "Osrt-lbn-k u-nnhl infikrt a pctf.c i "Trv it mid kpo." rrnlind flirt luis. inr . t ...til !..,. .,'. f He called to Oso-Bark, who was not K far away, aud wheu tho Jumar caiue to us, ho said: "Oso-Bark, your king s.tys he is nut your kiug. Ho is going away to join his people in other lands. You are tc bo King if you desire." The jumar looked at me with ejet full of reproach. "What is this you tell me?" he said, his voice trembling with emotion. "Leavo us! The Oolek leave us. And where would ho go rather than among the people ho has delivered from tho bonds of slavery? Would he go away from Tal mooch ami leave hi." people to struggle alone, when they need him to guide them? Ah, it can not be! You nro making a just. Listen to me. Hero is a beautiful land that for twenty rears has known but tho darkness of cruelty and blood ulicd. Tho people who owned the laud were tho slaves of foreign mur derers. Unhappiuess and woe ii 1 If J every home, ami every heart w-us sad. But iu answer to the players of tho Juiuara and tho Kaleks, who prayed us our good teacher taught us to pray, you came to us. You taught us to be bravo. You taught us how to work how to bear our ills in silence, and work harder for that end. You helped us iu every way. You have made us glad with victory. And now, when every heart is swelling with that glad ness, you shatter it by telling us yo'i are going away. You have laid low the tyrant, and his scepter shal1 no more wave over us. Out of darkness into light you have led us. Once more will our tomes be made glad with the pongs of children. Now our hearts shall bo happy aud our laud prosper ous. But if you leave us, who is go ing to protect us from the enemy? Why will you leave us, Oolek? Can you not bo happy here? Is not our island fair to look upon and fair to dwell in? fan you find braver men or truer women iu all your other lauds? Ah, wo want you with us. Wo want you, and we want our sweet friend who has been tho angel of light to us all, while you have been tho god of war. Tako not away tho happiness yon have brought us nor the love." Ho knelt down, and taking Miss Arnold's hand aud miue ho kissed them and shod tears upon them. Mr. Avery was visibly affected. Miss Arnold's eyes looked moist. I began to feel uncomfortable myself. "Hut, see here, Oso-Bark," I said: "you have set your idol too high. 1 am not a king. I am only a plain mai: from a country that has uo king. 1 did not hoar your prayers and como tc you; I was cast on your shores by chance. Moreover, I dou't want M be king. Wo Americans settled thai long ago. What good would it do ii I stayed?" "Alii What harm will it not do ij you go? You will leavo us without ij king, as is your own country. Anil are not tho people sad? We cannot live without a king. Our king is our good and wiso father; wo are hit happy children. Wo aro not ready tc govern as Mr. Avery lias told us othei countries do. Wo need a kiug who is nil a king. But if you do not want to be king call it what you like, hut staj with us. But to tho peoplo of Tab mooch yon aro kiug. They will coma to-morrow with garlands of flowers td proclaim you kiug. They will comd with songs of rejoicing and of wor ship. They will come dancing and playing on musioal instruments. Thej will oome in hundreds and iu thou sands. What will you tell them then! Will you toll them they are not good enough for you to live amongst? Will you btoak thoir hearts by telling thera that you fought not to makeTalmoock a nation, but to seek safety for your telf? Can you tell them this ami think you are doing right? What if there in your country that needs yor a friend, a brother, a sister, i mother! Bring them here. Wo wil make them welcome. And hero is i nation a free nation by your hand that needs you to stay aud keep then free. Speak, Oolek! Say that you understand my awkward words and will wta us Utl elP "" . S3 OF ADVENTURE. KOEIKT BOXHEB'a BOSS.) LJ Miss' Arnold curiously. vfas looking at me , Mr. Avery hold out his hand to me, and said: "Crickmore, you must stay. God sent you. You must abide." I wavered a moment, and then grasping Miss Arnold's hand, said: "Grace, if you will stay, I will, t am awkward at expressing my love, but I am sincere. We will reach. Hong Kong as soon as I can get a ship, find your father, obtain his con sent, aud return to these peoplo, who love us better than we will lind else where." Jt is not necessary to tell all that was said then. I Miss Arnold electod herself Queen jTnlmoocb. by saying one little word, "Yes." CHAPTER XVI. HKX-KO-nl. It has been said by those who ought, to know, "Uneasy lies the head that wears crown." But no crownless head ever rested more easily than mine that first night of my kingship nt Quieutal. I was very weary, aud slept soundly and long. In tho morn ing, when I went into the breakfast room, I found Miss Arnold aud Mr. Avery waiting for me to appear before tho coffee was brought in. "I declare, our king sleeps lute," Slid Mr. Avery, gayly, as I entered. "Perhaps you would, too, had you fought an entire campaign in one day," I said, laughing and sitting down near Miss Arnold. "I was rather tired, but feel equal to any emergency now.' "I tell you," said the old man, gaz ing around him, "the fellew that trimmed up this old baru knew what ho was doing. It is simply gorgeous. Now look at that panel of gold. Wa ever anything so line?" J "Yes, iu the temple of Su Foo. The arrangements hero are strikingly like that place. Do you not think so, Miss Arnold?" "Very like," slio said. "Thero is a suspicion of relationship about it. But that doesn't concern us now. How soon do you think we shall be able to reach Hong-Kong?'' "It all depends upon luck. If we have to build a ship to go there in, it will bo a long time. But the llrst ship that stops here shall take us to yom father." "Poor papa? These long mouths have been lonely ones to him, I know. How happy ho will bo to seo me tt seo us alivo and well!" . "Yes," I said, "ho will, no doubt, (lie overjoyed to see me. I hope, be ji'ore I meet him, I shall succeed in getting this stain oil' me. I would lik.i to bn white iil'iuii." j "What about ileu-Ko-Hi?" asked Mr. Avery. . "Bother that rascal! Why couldn't lie have fought with his aruiyuiid been killed decently? Ho deserves death more than any of tho others. I must give him a trial, I suppose, aud sli iw Kometlrng like mercy. I dou't fee' any." "I see but one course. You must have him executed." "Possibly. But ho must have vl least the semblance of a trial. If this thing is made a national issue for 1 hull appeal to tho States for protec tion it will be much better for us il we show that Hcn-Ko-Hi suffered death legally and not by the hands vi violence." "Perhaps yon are right. But your position with your own people de mauds his death." "I believe you. Wo will give him a trial this afternoon." Toward the eloso of tho day I called Gani-Haak to me, and ordered him to havo Heu-Ko-Hei taken to the noith tower for trial. Thero was iu tho north tower a large square room, light and airy, which I had chosen for the trial. It was an ideal room for an executive chamber. Tho windows looked out over tho bat tlements to tho sea. Iu this room there wero largo, comfortable chairs and aonio solid mahogany tables. Mr. Avery joined me, and I led the way through tho long corridors to the north tower. Mr. Avery was calm, but evidently by an effort. Now that t'.ie tiino had come to send, in n cold, pas sionless way, a human being to bis death, the good old preacher felt that his advice had boeu wrong, "Thou shalt not kill!" was upper most in his mind, and the law of mercy was his theme. There was evidently a severe con flict going on within him. Hen-Ko-Hi was the murderer of his wifo. For years he had been tortured bodily by the tyrant, as his useless arm bore witness. The moment had como when ho must pass upon the murderer judg ment of death or mercy. Oso-Bark entered the room quietly. His face was set and determined. There was no doubt of his desire with regard to Hen-Ko-Hi. He could not consign tho royal prisoner to a fate that was severe or cruel enough to sat isfy his thirst for revenge. I motioned him to a chair. I cat down betweeu him and Mr. Avery. It was not long before we heard the tramp of soldiers on the stono floor of the corridor; the the shuffling of a prisoner in chains. The faoe of Hen-Ko-Hi was not a pleasant one to look at. It never could hare been pleasant, even under the most favorablo circumstances. Now H was hideous iu its contortions ol rago and hale. He had been swayeii to long by unbridled passions that no self-control, no power of dlssembliu was left to him. I Fear and hatred wero mingled Lis glance. For, like all tyrants, the follow was a coward at heart. When Hen-Ko-Hi had been placed before me, and tho soldiers had taken their positions on either side, I said: "Oso-Bark, we will hear from you first. Arraign tho prisoner" The talented Jumar alowly arose, and with knitted brow, stood a mo ment looking at his fallen foe. Then, in a deep, impassioned voice, hj spoke: "O king, you of white skin and honest heart, who havo come to us out of the Sacred Forest, listen to what I have to say. Listen, O king, while I tell you'ouco more of thede- fecont upon our beautiful laud of a horde of murderers aud womau-stenl- jers, who debauched and killed the fairest of our loved ones. Listen 1 while I tell you how the sun of Tal- mooch was darkened for tweuty years by this Mantehoo tyrant, who now stands cowering before you, pleading for mercy he never gave. ' I The ugly eyes of Hen-Ko-H. grew uguer siiii, uuu uiu.eu wuu uwiui iu tensity at the Jumar who was hurling these terrible accusations at his head. "Once, O king," continued Oso Bark, "when tho family of Brando neck, the Kalek, occupied this palace, ,the land of Tal mooch gavo forth in ..!.,- .-.! 1,. !..,.. ......... II... ...,! ll'ltllljl HUH Ul-l nUUIH IUU UUIJ iimit to tho happiness of her people. Our men were strong and brave. Our women were beautiful and good. Our children were pretty and rpiiek to leant. They sat at the feet of the good teacher thero aud drank in his words of wisdom about a God of wheni their fathers had been iu iguor- ance. No idols desecrated our happy homes. The Sacred Forest was our temple, and iu it wo knelt in simple prayer. "Our lives were good. Our laws few. We knew uot the feeling of dis content. The singing of the birds in the forest was not more joyous than lhe singing of our wives and mothers while nt their daily work. But, O king, oue day, in au hour ilnir seemed all liriihtuess. when our fighting men wero at work iu the fields aud mines and our women were busy spinning or weaving, there came to our shores a number of foreign ships. A people of whom we knew League for Good Beads, and scores . but little camo from them upon our of snialle1 organizations with similar laud. We, who were at peace with all purposes. Through the Instrumental- ' nature aud with all men, gave them Ity of one or more of these bodies sain- welcome. We opened to them, our j,i0 roails have been built In various homes and gave them shelter. Better p.,,.t8 t the country, and much peril had it been had wo takeu tho poison m.,lt literature has been circulated, from the fangs of the serpents in the A1, of t,lt! conizations iiuve been un- 1 mouutaiiis, and inserted it into the tit In-'ly ener-etic I veins of every being in the laud. j , , anJ , j "The strangers to whom we had 1iat the country which has good roads I given welcome, whom we had fed aud , , .; ... .... I to whom we had given drink, gathered Provides Itaolf with nn admiral.!,. , together in tho darkness of a star- "lP'"i,n ' commercial superiority; j less night and ruthlessly sackei '" States should possess i aur homes. They murdered our tl,e limj',xt l'"1'11'-' r1' system of any ( soldiers who sought to stay thcii of Un"f' nations has lonj beta de- ; course. They swept away our chil- plored.-New York Suu. j .Iron, taking cruel delight iu tho dy-, - ing cries of our petted ones. They iturut Moll, ami itoml. stole the fairest of our women. Wo, 1 The popularity of the bicycle as nn grief, misery were ull they left to tho instrument of transit and as affording survivors of that invasion. i opportunity for healthful exercise has I "But not only were the women of done much to promote the cause of, tho .Tuuuirs aud of tho Kaleks their KOod roads. The automobile promises ! victims, but ah, now, O king, listen to do as much, or more. IMueatioti of , carefully, I beseech you! the lovoly ,.n,i communities as to the real coon- I wife of the good missionary, Mr. ' 0!ny of UlllJli Poads Isl rocow,n!zed, how- ' Arery, who had como among us to ....... nu ,,. ,,,,.f 1..,0 t. knn, teach us of his God, was torn from uer nusuuuii s arms auu urougiu nero brought here to becomo the sport of tho monsters that fawned bofore this this quaking, crawling thiug that stands cringing before you now. 'Where is that white face now? Is it, as I havo seen it, bright with the brightness of happy smiles and lighted by tho euu of a pure and kindly sonl? ; of the transportation of his produce, to "Does the soft, kind voice that once market Is the journey from bis farm spoke words of tenderness to our te the nearest railway station, women in their hours of pain now; But there has come Into existence a speak with the words of earth? Doos ; new Influence that ought to make pow tho baud that was stretched out to re ' erfully toward promoting the cause of ceive in kindness our newly born, to good roads. This Is the rural mall de care for them as only a .good woman livery, which hna grown with n rapid can care for them does that gentle uy only to be explained by Its popu hand now live to soothe the furrowed j imity. This free service now Includes brow of her aged and sorrowing hus- routes aggregating nearly 1)000 miles, onnu reaching more than n quarter of a mll- "Jfo! No! No! O king, thoe lion people, and handling Inst year eyeB are closed in death! That gvutlrt , nearly 10,000,(i0 pieces of mail. Con voice is stilled and hushed with the! gress will be asked to provide for the 'silence of the breathless night. Those, extension of this sendee. If such ox hands are withered and decayed. But tension wore made conditional upon I see them now, O master, 1 see thetiij rosouab!o local care of the highways, now, waving there-there, above your tll0 betterment of roads ln:rurnl com-head-there, by the brow of our goo l; I)Untcg be st,lmCfttodi nm, old teaeher-aiid there pointing wttl, j th(,r(, won,(, b(. ,,cmana fl.OIl, cmm. the finger that dooms to death at the. ,, tl,.u gnte ri(,Klsiat.lrrs (,uact ,.nvs life!' "Ah, with that pure spirit, driven forth by this fiend and bis rotten horde, there departed from this earth nil tho happiness of him we havo learned to love! And with her. too, have gono the hundreds of women of Falniooch who havo fallen under the jlnstiug toueh of this awful luurdorcrl "And shall he go unpunished? "Shall the wretch who commanded and led in the "awful deeds that nia.lo the grounds of Talmooeh tremble in wrath shall he go free? "No! O king, I say in tho voice of twenty thousand Juniors, in the voice of thirty thousand Kaleks, that this man must die! Only by his death can the wrongs ot our people be avenge 1. The spirits of our niur.te.rcd ones cull now to you to see justice done by thai power that has como to you. "I Buy no more. Tiio frky prows j dark with sickening dread that tl iij monster shall live to boast of tho evil he has done. But iu the hands f i-' king I leave him. 1 am finished." to nr. rosTixrt.o., t Japan with a population of 4.,t'0tt.- ; 000 has 2'iO towns that have more than i 100,000 inhabitants. 1 !83a8ScC-BXSfi ;j & ilgasdRssdagatea II ffi Cloud lllgbwuya. Dnu part! I'UIXU the past few years. particularly during the last Ivo months, the good : roads movement bus gained : greatly in strength. The wheelmen, ! who gave It its first Impetus, have I been I'ffcetlvely re-enforced by the nu touiutillists, who are Increasing i:i numbers and whose tremendous pussl- blllties of speed makes I hem even more clamorous for smooth, hard road- beds. It was learned Inst week from tho President of the Cood Konds Depart- uient of the National Good Bonds and Irrigation Congress, who, as the head 0f a committee, has recently returned ttom Uls mission to Washington, that Bt01s tak(.u ,,v tlll 0lllj!.r(.ss , tl,tlI,-c fln nppro,rn;,ou rl,d ' legislation In furtlll.rnnro of ,w t.1W0 1)r,.tnis,. i,, success. President McKinlry assured commltue 1ll!lt recommomla- Hons had his approval, and Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agricul ture, Indorsed the project without hes itation. Moreover. It is reported that fully 200 Senators and Congressmen have promised to r. id In sccuriUK the appropriation ns!;. d for, namely, Sinn,. IHII) for the nsr i.f tin. oil!,-.. n( T'nl.Ilr- - - - Bonds Inquiries, recently Instituted by the Department of Agriculture, The proposition of lhe Good Roads Congress is that one ml of model highway be built by the Federal Gov- eminent In every State of the Vulon, one-quaiter cf 'ile to be construct- ,,d ju four parts of each State. Iu ml- oitlou. the State I.ei-islatutvs which C(mveuo llPXt V(,nl. wm w as;((,(1 vlll,lnIy t0 t.1!a(.t Uv,s fol. r(lil j ,,. provement. The president of the com gpeM ,nt(n(ls iat u sIml, n resentutlve In every county of tho Vnlted States, whose function will bo to stimulate the sentiment for good ronds throughout his territory. During the past year several organ ized forces have been engaged iu this work many of wlneli Have a national reptitntlon. Besides the organiza- tlons referred to there nro the League of American Wh-elmen, the Automo- bile Club of America, the Xatlou.il , ,, , the 'Xnolin,' (!ooJ ltoail8 Association, which -met In Chicago re cently. This association will nsk Con gress to create a bureau of road In- ; iuiry at Washington. The function i of such a bureau would be to collect . uud to disseminate Information. The farmer cannot be told too often, for example, t.'iat the most expensive part favorable to their Improvement and maintenance. New York Mail and Kxprc.3. Wortilng ttin Head of the l mnlly. It Is a wise boy who knows how to work his father, and In this precious age most boys are wise. Louis' father works In Omaha, but Louis himself lives with his grandnm iu Western Ne braska. Like most boys do, Louis writes to bis fond father only when lie wants money or something new In wearing apparel. Last week be wrote, enumerating a number of articles he needed. Among other things be wrote: "Please send me pome MockiiiKS. You better send bicycle stockings, be eause they Inst longer than the other kind. Arc you going to semi me a bl- cycle on my birthday to wear Willi my bicycle stock I tigs';" Omaha World- Herald. Featnrci of Slhrrlnn Furin Ufa. The most characteristic feature of Siberian farm life is that the farmers live not sc'itu-red all over the country, ren.ot j fii'in neighbots, but tu vill-tges ns near as possible to the laud they are cultivating. THE TWIN CENII OF THE CENTURY . I'urt rinycil !y American Inventive' Gen ius In KK-c1rt-al llevclnpiiii'iit. Ste:im and electricity are the twin jr. nil of the century. Toirether, they chare the throne, though electricity . hways the sceptre. Kiectro-magiiets were employed for propelling machin ery :is early as IM!" but ou a limited n-alo. In IS" the first practical ex- i-Iiih tits were i.i.'iile with the eh cti ic ; Kp.'trU. Twenty live years later. Kdi soil, "the wonderful tiainiioy, was astonishing the s.-b-nt ilio world with I his demons! unions of the mysterious , "white light." which afterward-! devcl 'it eil into the arc light and Iucamle?. cent light, now in universal use. The early niio-hliies of I-Mison, Houston mid UruMi are now mere curiosities, fo far ! beyond them have we prospered. Klec jtiieal engines now supply power for a very largo proportion of Mir nim-hln-; cry. our cities and dwellings are eleo ' trleally lighted, our trolley cars, el-'-vators. elevated trains, launches, nu j tontoMles. escalators (inclined stair .ways., are all run by i-h i-trieity. l'otv- ei ;nii.iui"s supply electricity to bun- ! ilreds of factories and pressrooms. , There are also electric piano plovers, ! phonograph-:. X-ray machines, electric ! cooking s'oves. searchlights for our I battleships (what a stride since tl.O 'days ef John Paul Jones, and even ! I'aiTugnn. electric tire and l-'irglar 'j.larius. electro plating innchite-.-s for 'gold and s:!vc;' workers. ' ' trieal 'medical batt.-rief. electrocution f.-r capital offender and iu a hundred o'h i er ways the n.-w r.genf Is made to s -rvc man's purposes. Since the his toric message of Morse was Hashe 1 over the wins, we have creeled lf).- --. miles of poles and flo-UEW tn lies of I land telegraph wires, w hich are opet j ated from 2''.2sr. oil!'-, s. and over I which "O'HMt.nnti messages were flashed ' In is-.m. The profits last rear were .S.".V7:V.2s. Since Cyras W. Field's j first Atlantic cabin was laid. In Is"'. we have organized thirty cable com I panics. 'H". now use l.1Mp; long and short -distance telephones In the I daily transaction of business. Tlf . credit of nearly all of these inventions which have conferred Inestimable- benefit upon the world, belongs to the tireless Inventive genius of America!) Success. WORDS OF WISDOM. A man used to vicissitudes Is not easily dejected.-Dr. Samuel Johnson. lie that hath patience may compass anything.-Babi-lais. Moderation is the silken string run ning through the pearl chain of all the virtues.-Hall. Truth is as Impossible to be Foiled by any outward touch ns the sun beam. M iltoii. He that places himself neither high er nor lower than he ought to do ex ercises the truest humility. Col ton. A horse is not known by bis trap pings, but qualities; so men are to be esteemed for virtue, not wealth. So crates. The fact (bat our interests gradual ly take a wider scope allows more s ope for lhe healing power of com- i peiisallon. Dinah Mnloeh ('rail;. I The man will out a purpose is like a ship without a rudder; a waif, a nothing. :i no man. Have a purpose il' life, If It is only to kill and sell oxen well, but have a purpose: and bavin1-' It, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as t;od litis giv en you.- Carl vie. To get good is auin til. to d. good Is human, to be good is divine. The true use of n man's possessions Is to help his work, aud the best end of all bis ivort; is to show US wtl.'lt he Is. TIlO i noblest workers of our world bequeath ! us nothing so great .is the image of ' themselves.-James Marli'a-au. To live content with small means, to seek e'.egance .alher than luxury, refinement rather than fashion, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, to listen to slats and birds, to babes and fages, witli open lu-an, to study hard, think quietly, act trankly, speak gently; In a word," to let the spiritual unbidden and unseen grow tip through the com moil this is to be my symphony!- Bev. William Henry C.hanning. All Aniilypils of li'C Crcniii. Additional information as to what may be found iu that fearful nud won derful concoction sold as ice cream has been obtained from a recent amihsis. of samples tilketi tn London, and at Bamsgate, Margate, Dover and H.-rne Bay. Some of the samples were ob tained from shops. As Is well known there Is neither milk nor cream In this frozen stuff; boiled starch and maire being the principal Ingredients. Somo contained gelatin or si.'.c, also traces of lead, zinc and nntiinotty, ami oihcts were flavored with acetate of ninyl, which Is extracted from fusel oil. and will produce headache, drows'ness, sickness and stupor Pi children. Mi crobes. It lie. d hardly be said, were found Iu abundance.-Tit-l'.ils. rnt'H.c-ti'.l 1'nmf. To the higher and belter class of champions belongs Master Warner S. Hale, of Good Hope, Georgia. Ha won the distinction in the field of In clustry as a picker ef cotton. It hap pened on young Hale's sixteenth birth day, a few weeks ago. lie celebrated the event by picking 1.V2 pounds of ootto.t during the day, h'7 in the first six hours end .'CI in the following sis, thus breaking the world's record in this line. The young pi. ker did not know at tho time that he was gainli.? Mich a distinct leu for himself. It w as done very easily, lie says, and he felt no more tired that nlgiil than usua.'. He proposes next year to raise the, standard lot) pounds higher. A young man with such ambitions is IjuuU to wake a success of life. OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FCM LOVERS OF FUN. An Fre;..n Ait . 1:imIiom nnptl . .il.-- A , I-lii-tv,-,ti Irl, niN After tlo- l)i-lali .iilon i i,. fill liiciiiir llg:ng DUi-mrry H. l.liil MM. I to A f "-l and lea money r-.o-i parted? J 'H. it may be the gem- .i! ' -tie. I'-e hat of the t!!-as.ie:- --i I ii--cr? lie's stir-ly on- kind i ;' a tod. - Catholic Statidat J .ml Times. Art vs. liut-ini-pti. "That author sued no." "What for?" 'lie claims that his portrait 1 painu-d made the tale of his bunks fell oil." 1 li .l U-nt -IIe-"This is the fiisal I have veecivi Sic--"What are j Am. hi. .1. tliii-d letter i d from you.'' mi c.toplalnin f re- ' of? No two of them apolis Journal. are alii;':." Indian- l',.-l in-i ll I'l'ti-llttia. Mae-"What do you think be u'.J When I refused hiinV" Florence "Oil. I e.iii'l imagine! lb! was certainly too dignified 10 daiev a jig or anything like t hat !"- i u After the O. l'.ili-nl ion, "I understand," said the "llmt the h fllllple." "Very!" st flgh. "He Puck i-r's met hod was very I id the ! aid; olViei.-.l, with u Just, tool; the uiu..ey!"- Vi-ii(,-.-fiil. Snaeh y "Is he a vengeful man'.''' Yow "Vengoli'lV I shotil 1 say yrs. lie wrote lue a b-M.-r r.-i.-aidiag the bn I owe him. nnd th.-r" was two c-nts due en the h ;ii r."-Syi'aeuj Herald. DIm.ihi ;iL.ini; liUrovrrf . "I understand i "Yes, that was "Before wiait ':" Before he ;'-.u d him ai first ." , 1 out that she had mistaken l.,i:i f.-r his rich cy'.isii.."- Cleveland I'lain Dealer. Hi I. Till 1,11.1. Cail.-r-"M'! what a bi.4 girl .v. afro getting to be. Yi-tfll soon be nolo to help your mother ai.. ft t!.'- house." Fthel "Oh. I d.. thai already. When ever she says, for goodness' s.iko, jp-t out of my way.' I do It." '.it Onllo Siii-ressfill. "And I suppose y.ei call yourself a Mlcccssful newspaper niiiuV" Said the t'ditor. willm curl of the lip. "Well, hardly," said the writer. "I haven't been paid for the last three, weeks' work yet." YeuUers States i.iiiti. A IMniRrpeaMe l.nrarlni li.llc Kathnriiio "I detest mat Mr. Tif- finglou." Margaret "Why. Kt.tl.a: i::-?" Kaihariiie-'Uii. lie's the kind man who always calls v:, u yo.i expecting soineb.j come." Life. !' MiKht in- i 1..10.1 rt.ti SijuecslckH - "Now. my niter his father. As the t' I... Is the tree in. lia. i!.'' Phil Ossifer-'-Ves, It w. good thing If a f.-w twigs I had their backs bro'.;. n a: off "- UhiJ State Journal. a takes ; is bent -.Id he A ;li 'v had he Silllt- Tin- Mnin Tiling. Mr. Wanterby "N' tise:! fhould We have bttrg'ar alat house? We have not lung v. lug" Mrs. Wanterl y "I U: It will make th..- u. ighb..rs have'-Fhiladelphia l';.-s. ! Why ti.s in iho e-:h Me:il d.nr. but think wo l:l.l.-:.t. flic "I wonder it' tie-re ever was Such a person as the fooikdh r'.'" He "Don't as!; such nonsensical questions. How do you suppose I know ':" She (sw.-ctly I "f course, dear, I know you never met him."--Th '! td 1- , phla Becord. ! Ilia Greut Nei-.l. Beggar "Von very kindly gave me a pair of your trousers yesterday, sir, . and now 1 have something else to nslt i for." '' Corpulent Bcncfnoi r -"Well, vhtii Is It?" I Beggar "A squat e im-al, to that I can wear U.!'m."-TitT.its. Itiitlior inini-'iH l'r lllni. Jones -"I am never at a lost, in Versa t Ion." His Fair Hostess-"But, sur-ly, Jones, there must be nu.:.' st.b.' yi.u don't iiiidcrsliiiid. Wliat di do thetii" .lones-"D.'. Un n I say iiotl.ii.-' look Intellip u:."-l'uii h. Mr. cctS oil and Pl-i.-nl llic lleeiiv-ti. Jester "Old Sqilei .it has .".greed that after hi.- deal!l his body s'. ail be turned i vef the university, .n the Interests ..f s. .. nee." JiuiFon Int. r. st (,f science?" Jester "Yes. nli S.pi". y.ifs relatives hnve Inr.lslcd that lie ha no heart: the doctors are g -ing to laid out." oioj State Journal. Tc i lo-it, ,l Ivi.l. "Fapa," story says d Sai "lids put th il H: ue In Irons." "Yes, Sammy." "But, papa'.-" Well. Sammy?" "Why do they it.u "To take the M:. Kaiimij-." I'iii.sl'Ut g graph. re.'.ivrs : i out of ile-m, Ch;oi:!eli Tei POPULAR SCIENCE. The ants In ae nest, are not all the ie ,- size. A Swiss professor bus ..-.ml litem as different n.i so inatiy hu man beim. -', with dwarfs, giants, crip lie-, etc. . , .vn os. rich in the Cincinnati Zeologl .! ilardeiis Is undergoing trcatineut .y eUctricity for paralysis. Under ills treatment tho bird has been able swing hi:l uue leg uud then thi Wai.-r In a shallow pan, In a shel teted place, will freeze even when the I thermometer is iil.ovo the freezing ' point; this is due ui the rapid loss of j heat of the until lifter nightfall. Iu j some lot colin. ries ice Is obtained in i o.ainei-.-lal qua in it les by setting shal- l..w earthenware 1 ans of water on lb j ground protected fi olii the wind. I J.roiii . i lit- progress of the last solar jo.;;. .s. Mr. C. Martin imnle a syste I inn i-' s -rles of temperature ohserva ' teni. the leMiHs of which arc pub I lisia-d In tin- scientific proceedings of j the ib.yal Dublin Si cirty. Two ther j r,:o!tv-li-r.s wiiv exposed to the direct ' rays of the sin;, the bulb ..f one of v. i.i li v.as blackei'cd, while that of ' ti.e other was wlilto. 'I'la-re was a ';y eie-e agreement betweeu the r-i'iiti-'s of tho two thermometers. show,.! that th1 teinpernture v.-.s at its lowest about eight minutes after the middle of the eclipse. Tho fell, as indicated by the black-bull) lie ni.on-.cter. was l!S degrees from .':'." d' g.'.cs before the eclipse to 35.7 degree.-, ai'i.-r the totality was over. lYof.-ssor Farringion, curator of tho Field Mii-' iim. and professor of geo logy at the university, litis lately re tuned from a tour of the Indiana caws with II'"' specimens of stalac tites. His most int. -resting find was a Mnlactit'' broken off and marked by a party ef scientists In ls:,o, which has Hewn throe-fifths of an Iti'di since thai .laic 11" brought home with him a column six feet high and one foot In .liana-tor. which Is the largest specl ii: it ever obtained for a museum. Figuring from the basis of the one wlil.-h was measured it required about Mo i years f. r It to grow to Its present size. Vn the same basis, the professor thinks, i." will be able to figure out lew long It has t.ikcii for the St. Louis l.ti-.e -tone o) form. Ann ng the exhibits at the Taris Fs p .siiio'i was a phonograph, Invented by V.i'.d. mar FoiiNon, .-. Danish engi neer, which uses a wire-wound Instead of a wax-covered cylinder. The wire is of steel and over It, in place of the usual stylus, passes a small electro ; inagiiet connected with a telephone i transmitter and battery. The soiind i waves cause a variation in the Inten sity of tit." elc-tro-magnoi, and the : riagiiet, act ing upon the wire passing b. te-alh It, leaves a perman.-ni impres f io-.i up..!i th" lntt'r. Upon reversing1 th a ii- :i the wire reacts on the mag net, atnl corresponding sounds aro : transmitted by the telephone. In or der to obliterate the magnetic trace on !! cylinder, it is tdy necessary to re- i Volvo i1 Utld'.r lhe Ina-.'llel while this I subjected t a continuous current. ! One of the mist '.Inking spectacles IVVeah.l b.V telescopes is that of tllO ::vat Nebula in t'rion. Iu th" com plexity of i's glowing slreanis. spirals and siraiige'.y shaped musses. Inter cepted by yawning black gaps and Fj rinkl'-d o.r with slars arranged In s.t .yostlvc groups and lim-. It has few rlv.,N In tl.e heavens. The Impression of astonishment P.ia.l" by the sight of Ibis ed -V bet'U.a i f its i s ;..-gi..i-ncil by knnwl ornious size. The entire s .1 ,: sp.-.-k s:arry .ysiciii would appear as a tiny b.sl.U' it. Yet tlds tremendous atl.-u of nebulous clouds and swarms has been proved by the r.-s. arches of the lat- Professor Keel cr, of the l.i. k observatory, to be fly ing away from lhe earth and the sun at the rate of e'cvcii miles In every sec el. I! 1 tin so vast Is Its distance that I'-ti years reveal no visual effects of th" great nebula's swiff retreat. If it w. rc near by It would seem to become rapidly smaller. I'll)' I rill. I. Ill l.ilni illliin. 1; bad ben clearly recognized 11 liiiglaud. France, and ih rmany, and it was coming 1o be clearly recognized In America, that the technically edu cated man must be familiar nu a mat ter of course not only with practical dra fling, but wllh the processes of construction and with the materials lo be used. It was also seen that th' typical tools ami the correct theory oT their it- e, as well as the rudiments of drawing, involved only simple ele ments v l:'n li were suited to the sec ondary school. A great deal of time could be sav. d to the student engaged upon the study of civil, mechanical, mining, or electrical engineering, or upon the -dy of architecture. If be could harn bis elementary drawing and get systematic practice In tool wi.rk during the period ot secondary education. It was also evident that In many of of the ordinary arts of life exact draw- j ing and systematic tool work enter In such a way ns to form the basis for all the attainiiients of the skilled me I'einie. Il was thus felt thnt the boy who expected to be a mechanic 111 son:" otic of the many trades would greatly profit by a systematic course ef instruct inn and practice in draft I ing and manual training In a second ary school.-C. M. Woodward. In Harp it's Weekly. Of the twentv-'hree alleged centen .iriaus who died In Massachusetts liui.ug. eight were Irish.