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---— How to Become a Good Conversationalist Thomas B. Qregory. “Is H possible. by study, to become a I would answer—Tee. wcasHodSllsts. Uka artists. posts, orators aad la ability. There are men and women who can talk only fairly well, aad others yet who can talk amazingly well. I do wot mean that any oas csg become a Goethe, a Cole ridge, a Crahb Sdihass. a Carlyle, or a Da Qnlncey la the divine , but I firmly believe that nay person of good sense caa acquire *0 converse la a way that shall be respectable, j ia well, m ike start, to bear In mind the good old saying that “You ■K Mood out of a turnip." _*a ardor la ecu verse awe mast have something to oouveree about. The £**esmaLew.<>n *“** ** 901 wmr*nmtkm- lt '• m*r* twaddle, as insipid as It it* thee, to tb* good conversationalist Is knowledge, tklaga one mast know about them. But, tb* knowledge of tt is assy. _ . _ dearly outlined la th* mind, you ought to find no ' !■ aetttag them forth provided you beep cool and attend strictly to !'V"H implies a party of two, or more, aad means * of questions and answers; hence th* parties to tb* of necessity be attentive to each other'a remarks. irrelevant talk—and Irrelevant talk !* not conversation. a “good general conversationalist," no sort of am* knowledge, and th* more varied knowV _ ait, how can you converse with the pa In tar W the a If you know nothing shout agriculture, how oas you talk m the U yew know wntbtag of peltOcs. how caa you talk with tha st ix you are Ignorest. of coastltnUoue. governments aad laws, how — fua converse with the tataamaat « .The iMtloa la sometimes rales d. ~Wblch is better, to know oas thing thor lllto or many thtags only la party* Tbs answer la: Strive to know as muck •a you can ahead all things—or. at any rats, about several things. • A learning* may be “a dangerous thing." bat It is a danger that every should not be afraid of. of human thought these days It fee Impossible to all to the end. but along (hem all you can go at least a part of the may, learning someth lag which shall be of use to you. not only as a conrer patlsnsmt. bat as a contestant for the prises of life—New York American. Yamato Dam&shi. Whet It t» and Where It Plnde Ite Highest Develop' ment in Japan. By Oscar King Davie. ““■“HB ancestor-worship of the Japanese Is no superstition; It U the gnet essential fact of their Urea. “Western people easily nak* fan of it," says see of their writers, “bet therein lies the philos ophy of oar patriotism.” Jt was of this feeling that Lafcadlo Hearn wrote: “It la probably the most profound and powerful of the fKBra of the race—that which especially directs nat ional Ufa and tot pet national character. Patriotism belongs ts B Loyalty Is. beset upon it. The soldier who, to make a path for his com rades through the bottle, deliberately flings away hie life • • • obeys the BfB earn hears the anprmral of invisible witnesses." TVs is Yamato Dameshll. (the soul of Japan). It found tu highest devel opment to the lives of the military knight*, the samurai of feudal days, whose •ode of proeepta formed the Bnshldo, so cleverly expounded by Dr. Nltrobe. Bwe I of the present war there have been many explanations tot the is successes. But mere than ever before It has been to be “the spirit that twlcksaet h" which baa “woe the bottles on the “ “the spirit that onlekeneth" which made the attack eo the superbly defended fortross of Port that the Japanese soldiers are fatalists, be _1 Join the odors In wartimes they cell themselves keeshltal to die). Bad only la a restricted eaase can they be called fatal . It la true, but only la the sense that OMhma willing to die. sad aspects, when his crisis comes, to give MMjBh , tor the soonest of hie task He hopes to come back, but jtobr *■ . —- far that hie bonks blotch tat a, foreign land than that Bw i to Hi beam defeats 4 or with hie work nuecnrwngUifcad, by IBs effort he wtH- wia _ stub at the coot of his Ufa—he win ‘ “conceived the state as antedating bora late the former aa part sad parcel or far the legitimate Incumbent of Its The Mariner and the Sea. On the Trained fekill of the Seaman Depend* the Triumph of Victory. By R. F. Zogbaum. |HHX tt tt true that tha mariner Is so laager dependent upon hie aad ability to handle aad more hts ship by meane of a of aataru he eaanot control, and though homna haa gives him a machine combining la 1U the forces of the sir, the Are aad the lightning, co lt to cease end go by day or sight wharevsr there to water i wader the heel to float it, the saw ever remains the tame, over Its mighty power win always he the problem of him to it. The same stoutness of heart, the same quickness of shOI bt tea fling current aad tide, the aasae resourceful rrndl all ittlWisi of wM aad wave. fog. storm, or battle, that have tha achta reasaate of tha American naval sea men of af seamanship ns rigid la their reqstramsme _ as was the ahmMe fagmsn aad the tarry of sheet aad bowline, another "bendy mss," bat with eomplicated duties requiring ed» never dreamed of, ea coasts than g& _ md srilfleep—of tha ttmea la which «qr sfthcMg ships may stfll ha '•A aad hto ■ ^ of steal vhtpe— eves to the casual vtei ^ of yooth may ha aridaat la ear him be sad Imya^hs^to aa mmritoat product of Z v" ' * ■ - - - l®luck'and © © o'. .. © © / \dventure. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. §W IN YOUNG thief escaped r — ^ from a Virginia Jail the Z\ I other day In a manner sometimes described by Ka ftM romancers, bat seldom re nruw m history. Hs had beea sentenced to flee years* Imprisonment, and was waiting for tbe officers to take him to prison. His mother came to ssy goodby to him, and the Jailer left them alone • for a few minutes. Any man would hate to watch a mother’s farewell to her son under such circumstances, so In their few moments of privacy mother and son changed clothes. When the time was up the Jailer led out a grlef-etrlcken figure In skirt and bonnet, leaving s lad .weeping on the prison bed. By and by he returned to say words of comfort to tbe boy, to bid him to "brace up.” To bis astonishment be found a laughing woman. , Two hundred years ago, almost—In 1718—the Coon teas of NlthoJsde res cued her husband from tbe Tower of London In mucb tbe same manner. The Karl of Nlthadale was to be exe cuted for treason. His wife had bagged in vain for bis life, and than had mad* up her mind to reecoe him. With two women she went to the Tower to see him, carrying an extra skirt, hood and cloak. Then she sent one-of her friends away, then the oth er; one of them returned and went away again. I Finally, when aha thought the guard* would be confused aa to the number of women who had gone In and oat, ■he packed off her husband, dressed in the clothe* she had brought She herself stayed In hla room for half an hoar, talking in her own vote* and replying In his, and at last, telling hla servant and the guards that tb* Borl was praying, and did not want to be disturbed, she want away hefaelf. Tb* Bari escaped to the Low Coun tries, where 1b tine the Countess, Joined him. In 181S the French Count de Lava lette waa sentenced to death for hav ing aided Napoleon an his re torn to France earlier In the year. Hla wife took his place In the cell and let him escape. In the tame way Maggie Jordan helped Bbarkey, a convicted murderer, to escape from the Tomb* thirty years ago. Ha waa never recaptured. Another historical story ha* bean re peated recently. Adolph Back, an Englishman, served two terms of imprisonment for obtain ing money under false pretences. H* swore that be was innocent, bat as “they all do that,” no one believed him. Not so loag ago he waa again arrest ed gn *• Hutu, '‘■ v-r- the same rime William'Thomas was afrsstl ad also on a Ilka charge. Than tb* police began to Investigate matters, and Thomas confessed that be had committed the two crimes for which Beck waa punished. So tb* British Government gave 'Beck a “free pardon,” to restore him to dtisenahlp, and offered him tl<V 000 to aay nothing about the matter. He refused. He has not kept quiet and be hopes to get more money aa compensation. In 1783 Jean Galas, a French mer chant, waa the victim of p similar er ror. He was seeded of Akr, found guilty and executed vMy the cruelty of the time. HI* family, too, waa rained by the confiscation of hla property! After hla death the real murderer was found. Voltaire, the great Kreodh writer, led a successful popular de mand that hla memory should be cleared. The story of Jean Calaa* tragic fata ha* been used aa the basis for a play, “L* Courier de Lyon," which is known in this country as “The Lyons M*1L* —New York Journal. OOWBOT8 nOHT WITS A BTKKK The greet event at Cheyenne tbla season waa the remarkable feet of Will Pickett, a negro balling from Tay lor, Taxes, who gnvo bte exhibition while *0,000 people watched with wonder and edatrStlea a mar* man, unarmed and without a device or ap pliance of nay kind, attack a dory, wild-eyed and powerful eteer and throw It by bla teeth. With the hid ef a helper, Pickett chceed the eteer unto he wae ta front ef the grand stand. Then he Jampad from the ffd» die and landed on the heck *f the an imal, grasped its bona, and heopght It te a step within n danaa feat By a remarkable display of atrengih, he twisted the steer's heed eatll Ha none pointed straight Into the att, the ani mal hallow tag with pgU and tta tongas prstrndtng to tta effort ta se em* air. Again and again the negro wae Jerked Want Me feet sad Wooed tote the air, hot hie grip oo the borne never once Isssrnif. and the eteer fatted W Its efforts ta gere Mm. Oew kayo with the* Idrtato ranked to PM* ot the aetten ef the I ^ ef the animal with hi* teeth, threw hi* arm* wide apart; to show that he waa not using hi* hands, and tank slowly upon his back. The steer loot Its footing and lolled npon Its back, completely cover ing the negro's body with 1U own. The crowd was speechless with horror, many behaving that tbe negro had been crashed; bat a second later tbs steer rolled to Its other side, and Pick ett arose uninjured, bowing and smil ing.—Harper's Weekly. EXAMPLE OF JAPANESE PLUCK. It was a matter of less than half an hour before the Japanese held the main ridge to tho left, or west, of the village of Bultean-aa, and the great flanking movemeut over tbe hill* was ready to begin, from the point gahied, •bout 9 o'clock, writes William Din widdle, special correspondent for Har per's Weekly. It was broiling hot at this hour, and tbs motionless air and the glaring snn promised to make the land • veritable furnace before nightfall. The dirty khaki uniforms of the atocklly built soldiers were wringing with water, but they marched forward briskly and with no dlsptay of exhaustion, though they had been up all night and had already worked three hours in a •welter of beat. The fourteen boars' march made by that regiment of the Guards In tbe flanking movement, would bare killed off half the men of any European or American force long before tho Jap anese had finished It, and were still keen to fight, and, notwithstanding tt^la, tbe official report says that tbe left wing division did not do so well aa was expected. Only salamanders could baTe survived the heat and toil. It waa a marvelous performance, end cue which, at drat blush, seezia Impossible, for It neceaaltated travel ing beneath the create of tba mono talna. in order to be ecreened from the enemy. They moved ahead on mono* tain alopea whoae angle waa often six ty degree*. They tolled through thick underbrush and around the baaea of rocky pinnacle* 500 to 800 feat above the valleys. One would have believed the feat impoaalble for loaded men. let alone heavily laden pack horses. The left wing regiment marched alx miles In this fashion and threatened Ye-ahl-rel (Yanktas’ling) In the rear of th* main position, at 5 o'clock In the afternoon. ~ A YANKEE CAPTAIN'S NERVE. 1a parallel flfty-seven degrees, in the dog watch, 4 to 0 p. m., when the chief officer came on deck to relieve the sec ond officer, he swiftly cast his eye to ward the borison In the .direction of the wind, than at the struggling can vas, and particularly at the main top gallant sail, which threatened every mlnate to blow stray. Aa nautical etiquette forbids an officer In charge to alter canvas when the captain it on dock without hls command or consent, the chlef-eiBoar, attar hls husriad iw*“ main topgallant sail la laboring Tory bard." “it is drawing well—1st K stand, Mr.‘'Bartlett,'' was the reply. At 8 o’clock, when the second officer in tarn relieved the first, he also gava a rapid glance about, and said: “Cap tain Mather, that main topgallant sail la struggling very hard.” “It holds a good full; let It atand,” Mr. McFar land," was the reply. EveiF the old sea dogs among the crew begged the petty officers to send them op to take la sail, while it was held safe to do so. Aa the helmsman turned hls wheel, every torn of a spoke would make the ship Jump In the water like n fright ened bird. Man were stationed at •vary belaying pin, holding halyards | and clew lines, by a single torn “un der and over” ready to let go and daw up at a signal. We were malting a record passage, and sail was to be car ried to the last minute, the utmost the ship feould bear, while every exigence of storm was anticipated. later In the evening the captain could not help asking If the crew still thought that he had married the owner's daughter. Captain Mather Illustrated then, aa al ways, a quality of mind usually exhib ited by those who succeed In most any direction—«n extreme daring and ex treme caution running parallel.—At lanta Monthly. TWO UTU FOB A FB1BND. “Greater tore hath no man than this, that a ma lay down hit Ufa for his frl—da." Tbeas wards ©f tbs Christ ware exemplified when Horry Weigh, at Hawpert, aad Oaorga Plats, of Har risburg, aabsMtaUagly faced almost •mtala death to ears the Ufa of Georgs BaUtk, a cssapsnkm. Thstr sacrifice was ys unsafe U but Weigh and Plato aoatatnad lajaiist which win raault la death. Tba three man ware railroad labor art aad wore areetlag a Mock signal Matten to the Penssyiraala BaDroad, twenty miles waat at Newton Hamil ton, Pa. ta«h waa creasing the traalrs and Mapped between a signal had trash aad the rail Jam at the mo mas! that a Stock opera tea arouad a fry was aatttog a Mgaal far .a fast paemapar train that waa dna. Before i .HOUSEHOLD fr_. ^AFFAIR* MBAT ROLL. Two cupa of cold chopped meat, one egg. two cupa of rolled crackers, meat broth to make enough dough aoft enough to mold with the bands (more than two cupa). Bake In a deep pan. . MILK SOUP. Use one quart of uew milk, one salt spoonful of salt, one saltspooufnl of powdered cinnamon, one teaapoonful of graualaled sugar; scald all together for an hour In a pitcher set in n kettle of water; then add the well beaten yolk* of two eggs. Good for delicate' persons and children. ‘ BAKED SCALLOPS. Trim the scallops well, after taking from the shells, thoroughly dry. them and dll each with the scallops, but in rather small pieces. Over each aprlu kle salt. If needed, few drops of lemon Juice, some chopped parsley, and, last ly, some line bread crumbs, moistened with melted butter. The scallops should bake for about twenty minutes and be served on tile sheila. -1 INDIAN PUDDING.' This pudding rarlee from tbe usual , recipe by tbe addition of rice. Heat four cups of milk to tbe scalding point, atlr In one-half cup of corn meal made smooth in one cup of cold milk. When tbls £ai boiled two minutes add one-half cup ol uncooked rice, one-halt cup of sugar, one-quarter cup of mo lasses, a level tablespoon of hotter and a teaspoon of ginger or one-third, of a grated nutmeg. Pour into a but tered baking dish and bake in a mod erate oven three hour*. 8tlr a few time* from the under aide. ( --- i ... • SPICE CAKE. \ Beat tbo yolks of two eggs, then add one-half cup of soft or light brown su gar and beat egain. Add tha juice of half a lemon and part of the yellow rlud grated. Cream half a cup of but ter, add one-half cup more of sugar and mix with tho beaten egg and sugar. Add one-half cup of molasses, one-half cup of sour milk and two copa of floor sifted with a pinch of salt, a level tea spoon of soda, a level teaspoon of cin namou, three-quarters level teaspoon cloves and a saltspoon of grated nut meg. Beat well, then add one cup of seeded raisins rolled In flour and a saltspoon of chopped citron. Bake in a slow oven. -v*Jj | ABOUT BATH BOOMS. It Is amaaing how the average arch itect avoids planning for mors than one bathroom In the . moderate atsed honks, -says' the ram: Me might bs a herald of health and comfort to many a family. He could so easily suggest omitting the “parlor* and potting In throe or four bath rooms Instead. And every family who could be persuaded to this would sooner or later rise up and call him blessed. Of vital things In the house four are so vital as sufficient bath rooms. But ons cr two bathrooms are thought suf ficient for all bnt the rich, while many very ordinary homes have two parlors and a living room or library. Sorely, extra hath rooms might take the place of tho former by substituting a very ■mall reception room. This la chiefly due to the frightful convention all am of womankind. “Whatever la most be,” now and for ever more. Is tbs Ideal of the average home maker, and the architect must live down to the level of bis client If he B _ iflf Never put fruit stained table lluen Into hot aoapsada, because it will art the etalna. Fine table linen ibould be changed frequently, so that It will not require hard rubbing, aa that weave It out more quickly than anything else, t Pumpkin* and eqnaahes will gsasr ally keep better in a garret when the temperature 1* above framing than la the cellar, where It to very apt to be too duo. Always keep cheeee well covered In a cheeee dtoh or h will become dry and tasteless. If the cheeee to wrapped in a doth saturated with vinegar It will keep baaatlfally moist and retain Its haver logger. If you wish to gvold streak* when washing nicely painted floors, begin at the bottoo and wash all the way to the top of the deer. While the paint to an wet begin at the tap, wash down ward and wipe dry at yon go. Streaks are canoed by eeepy or dirty water running down ever the dry point. Willow and rattan fomltnre may be renewed la appearance by washing with a stiff brash la warm water end white eeep; then, when the article to •tUI wet, pet It to a box which can he deeed tightly and place a small gene* tlty of burning entphor around the he* torn e< the hex. Anew H to remain —e half er three quartern of aa hour. Why net keep ap writing desk eep plice Jtlet as eoandenttonaty ae those far the pantry? Few heamhdrt* would get along a week without an gar, salt er seep, yet hew many totter* are ana new* red hr the leek «f a good pen, d stamp, «* aa envdopn. It to net the nginee bat leek of thought that keeps ex toeuffiffnt er meagre Sgr of the neeoeaary arttolee eg THB PEN. i W«n of finance nil remind a* , That the poet U a fool; That the pen, aa source of income, Ie a aujlity umIcu tool. -life. ' EARMARKS. * “How do you know that they are nol married r* “Isn’t he carrying all tha packages 7" —Detroit Free Press. QUALITY. “Why shouldn't they be In Moiety T* “Well, I don't know. They-” “Certainly their money la aa good ai any body'a and their manner* as bad."' -Puck. truth lies, v “Truth Ilea at the bottom of a well." “Which prove* that truth la as bad aa the rest of »a when she thlnka there la no chance of being caught."—Boas ts'! Poet. ( ' ' - - HAS TO. '. “They aay she spends twice a* much money as any other woman for complexion powder.” "Of course ah* does. She la two faced.”—J udge. EXPLAINED. "Soy, pa?" "Well, wbat?" “Why does tbat man in tho band ran tbe trombone down-bla throat?” “I anppoae it is because he has « taste tor music.’’—Town Topic*. ! - < ONTO TUB HORSE. "Pop!" •■Yen, my *on.” ‘‘Who wai Centaur?" "Centaur, my son, was a man who never got stuck on a horse trade: be waa onto tbe bone."—Yonkers State* man. • ONE'S WIFE. Wife—"I hope you talked plainly to him.” Husband—“I did indeed. I told him be was a fool, a perfect fool.” Wife (approvingly)—“Dear Johnl How' exactly Ilk* you^* — London Punch. it JTJ8T THbIaMLN "Always as* tbat your campaign prs ttlottcroa," counaeRsd the old politician, _ .ns vw-vut. ■ -»—■ "But,” Mid the young spellbinder, "wouldn’t tbat result In making no campaign predictions at all?” “LJb-bnh.”—Chicago Tribune. A BIVALVULAR PLEASANTRY.' , ^ t s ^ Katherine—"Do you think raw oyn> tars are healthy?" i * Kidder—"I never knew ono to com plain."—New York Proas. THB RUB. Mrs. New —"Do you ballrra every thing the fortune teller told yon?" '< Mr*. Bloe—"No; *be (aid Jack and I woe kl never quarrel again, and I know nay now winter *utt is going to eoet at least SCO more than I’v* aver paid before.’’—Detroit Pro# Prase. ^ IN THB BABBBB SHOP. Olffle—'The lady barber k rather forward. Isn't »b*T’ •pinks—"One#* not. I never *a* hat talking to any customer that aha don’t knew." CM®*—“Still, *ho scrape* a good many acquaintances." — Philadelphia Bulletin. REASON FOB IT. "Skorcbtr moat b* getting weak minded," a*Id the Srst aotomebUlst. "I haven't noticed It," replied the other. "Why, ha told me h* stopped hi* ante one* yesterday because tharo was • pedestrian In bis mad-" "Bat » believe the pedestrian had • "I i ant t* *** yen tha Srst Urn* yen want whiles through th* street in your new aatemobllo." "No. they ware all bury getting thetr work dona ahead of Una sa they could ha eat watching tha next erasing who* I had to have th* Mamed thing tawed
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