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4 TU'Q DATlrvrr
A STORY OF BRAVERY AMONQ THE WELSH MINES.
"l Wonder If anythin' shall be
smashed?"
.:. Tub nut hi Hirlit to the bottom coal,
ahd; keeping the- lamp like ft (log's
host to the ground, Slcwiy searched
every Inch tit the stall. In between the
post3. Bending their shadows swiftly
reuud like a wheel of light; all down
the lower -Side bt tod Stilt he searched.
whlstlliiK odletl;
"Well; Basil that hoy; whatever,"
baluily said Job.
He did -not exactly uso tho exple
tive "dash," but it will serve.
Ho slowly bent lower and picked up
bit cf shining steel.
"Dash that boy," said ' ho again,
wltlmut the Dllgbtwtt sign of temper.
"Art1 afWr gayiri' he Sid bill badk v
erythln'; The best wedge 1 gdt, An'
io go an' leave it there td be burled
ferneri the .tip cbmeS down an1 shov
elled into the gob with the rubbish!
t might lost that wedge forever. Tlie
best wedge I got, toe. Dash that boy."
Then he whistled softly as before,
as if ho had ' been giving t ho boy
chocolates instead of beans. If any
thing could have disturbed the calm,
stay, wonderful temper of Job the dan
fcei bf losing ills favorite wedge wbtild
fie the thing; He had the same feel
Ing for it as an cdltcr for H favorite
brand of blue pencil.
"I can knock out a stiff bit o' coal,"
he said to himself "easier with that
Wedge than .InytbM', An' for' him tf
go an' leave It there! Dash that boy;"
but that was only at the end of the
verse. He whistled tho next verse of
ibo old Welsh melody Just as softly
end sweetly aud as beautifully In tune.
Nc tiling mado him lose his presence of
mind. Not even such a glaring In
stance bf misplaced confldnce In
hat bUy could upset him. It would
take an earthquake- to do that.
Bent double, ho put the lamp in
front of him .and gave a final lock
krotind before iayihg the td top lower
still; then ho threw up his light to
the lids of one or two of tho posts
to see If be had forgotten or not to
loosen them slightly for knocking out.
By this time he -bad come to the. en
bf tho last verse, and he stopped whj
ling-
He carefully stuck tllSwcdge inlo
cog. and hung his lamp upon It.
Then he went Into the rcadway, past
the full tram of coal which glittered
in tho light, and picked up a slender
six-foot post. But before going back
to the cog, he looked up the road way
ib make sure that the bdy was no
where tfc be seen. !ihe darkness1 bf
Endless night filled tho place the
plack night that knows no day; for
job looked upon a spot hidden under
a thousand feet from the
light of tho sun. Nearer the coal, his
little lamp glimmered on the cross
timber and rough sides that held tip
the dangerous rcof.
"If I didn't send the youi,-, rascal
Id clean hi iamp," said Jil, "he'd
be potchln' about in here ari' get a
clout with a stone on his head nios"
likely."
It was merely the kindly nalure of
him which made him so careful. The
boy was no Bon of his only his butty.
He slowly put a plug of strong to
bacco Into bis moulh; for a chew Is
I very excellent dust sponge, jlnd the
job Jb h"'1 ln hand Just then would
make it necessary. Then satisfied that
thfl lad was far enough from the dan
gerous operation, he began to whistle
once more, and with the six-foot post
tinder his arm returned to his lamp on
the cog;
Holding his slender battering-ram
fct, near the end as possible, he went
down a step or twe, and wlflt profes
sional skill, knocked out the furthest
posts firsts. A little creaking and
grumbling by the fall of tho upper
vein of coal, mingled with rubbish,
"More rubbish than anything else,"
said Job, spitting out the dust which
enwrapped him llko a fog.
Of course, no one wants rubbish; so
job spoke of it disrespectfully. The
mineral oalled mine makes Iron, which
In turn makes Birmingham Jewelry;
coal makes smoke, and smoke makes
limited companies and happy shareholders-He
listened for a moment to tho
voice of the top. AM around him it
creaked, groaned, and strained like
t vessel in rctigh water. The coDier
took as much notice of these terrifies
as an old salt of a puff of wind. To
those who went down to the sea and
" tbe pits, shipwreck or destruction was
always too near to be terrible. Like
an eld sailor taking a squint at
the weather, the collier Just tapped
the shining black surface above him
- gently with his knuckles over his
bead. It sounded hollow,
t "M'm!" said Job.
He stepped nearer to'the cog which,
with its square) arranged sticks,
looked firm pillar under the roof.
Then Job knocked out the remaining
posts. .
; A most unexpected roar followed;
' sudden terrific downfall of earth; and
poor Job of the good temper and sweet
melody found himself engulfed In this
leluge of atone.
This was the unexpected,,! which
' wrecks the old salt at last
The falling earth hissed and roared,
as it broke away and came down, mak
ing hill where there had been a hol
low. Dust choked tho place white,
.where faint gleam from the Iamp on
the cog shone through the gloom. All
Ithe time little downfalls, like sudden
showers of hall, added to the moun
tain cf the fall.
Through it all the light hung from
the steel wedge on the cog. Sometimes
a falling stone hit the lamp and made
It swing to and fro. But soon It
steadied itself, and shone on calm
ly till It got nother foe. , The wedge
.; hold firm. ..;''.;:' V i. '
After time the looeenlng earth
came no mere than the mere patter-
Ing of raindrops from tree after
storm- Small flat pebbles fell Inof
fensively upon the heap with sounds as
If they were dropped Into water. The
dust slowly rolled up on the air-current
from the upper to the lower side.
It passed through the cut down tb&rs
d gradually disappeared frctn Job's
stall, so Xm lhc lamp brightened up
and Kliea dear circle ef light upon
the situation. ,
Job Opened bM eyes when inslinct
tn'd him to do so. Ho Immediately
closed them again, when a bunch of
rubbish unexpectedly fell over his
head; liu fe. blo0(1 ,rCkllng from his
forehead; Hc'wtfuld have Wiped It
wy; but ,he couid not move his arms'.
"Broke, I s'pose," thought Jott
Once more,' bo opened his ryes; and
he smiled ,u he saw the lamp shin
'"f ersnely where he had hung it.
"The best steel wedge I ever had,"
said he.
Thea by the hopeful light he looked
"Pward folied his eyes from Hide to
side; Hetiitl everything slowly; At
a he trlfd to rise; failed; fried
again; founq--4he effort had lodged him
'"to i tlghtet.flf than ever, Ho tried
again and found- he cculd ndi iitbve in
Inch, -t : ,
,.Fo.Job quietly submitted. He saw
that he was laying oil his. back. Moun
tainous ntones-lav across the lower
Prt of his body; his legs were burled
under the big part of his (all; and
around his head were itrchinecl the
stones that had rolled dbwn the side fcf
tnc neap.
They squeezed updn ills
cheeks.
1)'.
He here the pain of It calm-
Ho.loHkcd straight up Into the hole
dver his head,
"I-odkS very fagid." thdnght job.
"More Is comln' down. Dene for. I
s pose I am now whatever;"
w raised his voice, trvine to at
tract the nearest n?ighbor, who worked
"c upper stall.
"Davlth, hoy!" shouted Job.
No answer tttmf.
"Hoy y yy jo)) shouted agaiil.
But he got no response.
"This old fall l ilemt'iiln' mv voire."
said Job.
But the (filth was thalrfTjiob
nun lost iim,..
..... '"-"niMTj; - , . , ,..
ml'"& UI HIS SUHUI Ills UUUJ .
drip drln. came the little
tones out of the hlurk hcllow ahnvo.
"Wonder If tlint liov'll soon como
back?" thought Job. "Iloy-y-y!"
He ivSiled for im answer, but none
came.
"Well, l mus- (0 Komcthlh" lor my
self. I s'pose," Raid he.
Again he tried to move his body out
of Its prlpon. He felt the stones shift
ing; In lhc light from the cog ho saw
a great mono sliding down;
"Ah!" snid he, satisfied. "P'raps I
can manage bv thyself, after ail'
Bt't he stopped suddenly. As (lie big
stone slid away from against the Cog;
it set free the loose top which it had
held up. with a clatter more stcnes
fell down around the man's bead, cut
ting him again, and completely cover
ing him.
When the sliding and rattling of the
stones ad; and tho dust cleared
away, Job roiibl only open tine eye; tho
other was held fast bv flic angle Oi
a stone upon his face. And with th
ono eye he coiild barely get a glimpse
of the light.
The rubbish was piled up over him.
and but a faint gleam came to him
through the crevices.
But It was because of I he crevices
that Job Was still breathing. Tile
stones crushed one another, and there
fore could not properly got at their
victim.
His agony Increased; the danger was
even moro terrible than before; but
the moral fcrc0 0( thc man left him
as calm as ever.
"Better not try that game, I can
see," he said, "if move one stone,
down comes 2ft more."
Ho lay quite quiet. Another man.
frantic with the pain and terror of It.
would' struggle. His struggle for life
would be his death.
Job merely jook his bearings. He
locked at'thV-cog, and saw around Its
top ragged and soft rubbish. This
part, he knew, must then have lieen
only held by contact with tho remain
der of the roof down towards tho low
er side. But. In order to get at tho
top seam of coal, the roof dewn the
lower side had-to be exposed tempo
rarily. But It'was vicious. It resent
ed tho exposure of breaking loose and
bringing down with it all the top up to
the edgo of Job's firm cog. This good
pillar cut off tfie breakage, and pre
vented more of the roof coming down.
But It had not been ablo to prevent
Job from going down. He had been
a step belcw It, and a sudden stone had
disabled him." vith this in his brain.
Job quietly planned how to get out.
For he saw that even the services of
the cog might not hold good fcr
long. - .
"If ony Ifu hold up till somebody
shall come," said he. "Wonder how
long that boy '11 be again?"
Resigned, he lay still, listening to
the ceaseless patter of the dripping
pebbles. ...-;
"If on'y It'll h0id. gaid he. "Just
a move of a bit o' dust might bring It
all down worse than ever."
Job's Interest then became centred In
the build of the cog, wondering
whether he had-built It with true art
the putting up- 0f one of those square
pillars to holdupthe earth took as
much skill as the deccratlon of a pil
lar In the Coliseum. Job rarely flat
tered himself. Only now, when he saw
that-the flrmneas of the cog kept -It
. ? "lMtln- did he feel satisfied
with himself.-The slightest disturb
ance to the stones as they now lay
would bring them solidly on the face
of the man; thetr displacement would
bring down tons of loese earth upon
them; and the-iun,an. head underneath
would be crushed Into pulp.
Wonder how long that boy'll be?"
thought Job. No ttM tryn. to sh0U(
' Jr'u' Mf8ht hk th Mones."
The ghost cf a smile grlnnod grimly
In his brain; It could not get as far as
his Hps. i ... .
u.iu't quiet Drlp-drlp, fell
the little st,ones upon the great heap.
Jobs eye looked through the crevices
to thd lamp.. Hope never looked
brighter
Gives a splendid light," thought Job.
"An' that steel wedge Is the best I
ever bad. Holds 'well. Gocd old cog',
too. V Wonder If it'll hold till I'm took
out; If Is slants any. down every',
thing'll come on me; an' then so
long, whatever." -
That very fact that the turn of a
half Ineant death that fact Would
be tho cue to set a weak nature roar
fai,; for safety.'.-in the crisis a man'
foal nature show Itself. If the folly
k there It will como out; H is" only
when you strain a man to the breaking
point that you see his weakness. But
Job's strong nature allowed him to
let' With the simple quietude that
suited the ft ho .wax 111. He lay still,
with his plan for gaiety In (tin brain,
waiting coclly for death or resftfe.'
His eyes were fixed upon his lamp;
bis brain working out tho problem of
how It might bo possiblo for anybody
to get him out safely. To touch a sin
gle Stono would be the worst thing
that cMuld baflpen. Sut If he didn't
get tho stcnes away, lid was he to be"
freed? Not only himself, but the ne
who tried to rescue him mipht be bur'-'
led, too.
"Where's that bov?" wondered Job.
"Thinks I'm all right, I s'pose. Playln'
In tho ' locklrt' place, mos' likely.
Thinks 'I'm all right, t S'po.o young
monkey."
Ho heard a dull report.
"Somebody comln' through the door,"
said Jflb.
Sdan canio shuffling footsteps
thrcugh the dust, and a most tlnnielo
dlous whistling. The minstrel bHy
was returning. Evidently his good hu
mor was high. The whistling was
sometimes broken off to allow the per
former td sing find danco along the
roadway.
"Good lad." commented Je)ll. '-Wonderful
boy that."
The concert came nearer. It stopped
at tho spot where thc boy usually took
off hia-codt.
"Hoy, there, wassy!" called Job.
''Hoy!" returned thiS waiisy,
"Come here a bit. I'm fast." Job
said quietly. '
Thc lad ran up tc the sound of the
voice. He saw only the mountainous
fall, with the lamp hanging from tho
cog.
"Hoy!" he shouted, "Where be you?"
"I'm fast," answered Jab'. "Run'n
Jum to come dowtj
boy looked for the vtlce. Then.
terror, he understood. The hov
hold 6f himself In lh horror of It
He began running to and fro nense-
lessly. roaring out: .
"Oh! mam, mam. He's under tin
he's under the fall. Ob. nmm. mam!
He's killed; he's killed!"
He cculd do nothing useful in his
fright. But Job's voice steadied him.
"Stop that crying, butty. l)o what
I tell you- Rim up .to the next place
an' tell a couple of 'um to come
here, quick. Don't cry, wassy. Off
with yotl. There, that's a good boy.
Off ycu go."
The cool tone controlled the terri
fied youngster. He ran to the tipper
side, climbed Over the slope of tho
fall, his long iamp getting awkwardly
mixed up with his short legs, and cut
past the face of the coal Into the next
fall. It was empty, lie remembered
that the collier had not been to wcrk
there that day. Out. along the road
way he ran to other places, all the
time crying!
"Hoy! Hoy!"
In five minutes, down came the men.
Job's stall was filled with streaming
lights and exdtejl colliers.
Three of them leaped to the edge
of thc fall, and In frenzied anxiety
started to full away the bis stones
locking for the stricken man.
Job saw thoy would bring down tho
place and bury everybody.
"Whoa, there!" said ho. "Steady,
boys."
"All right, all right," they cried.
"Have you out now in a Jiffy."
And again they laid trembling hands
on the stones. Down upon the fore
most came a stone that laid him out.
But he ncr the others feared anything
of this kind when any -one else was In
worse danger. Two of them carried
the man back, and a half dozen ad
vanced to the rescue. But their eager
ness and excitement were dangerous.
"Whoa, there, I tell you," said Job
patiently. "Stand back a bit. We'll
all bo burled If you go on like that.
That's you, Is it, Shenkln?"
"Ay, Job, that's me. We'll 'avc you
out now. But we den't know how."
"Stand by the coy," ordered Job.
"Only one you Shenkln. I got It
marked 'out See that stone on tho
corner? Put a post under him first."
"Post get a post!"
It was In Shenkln's hands in a sec
ond. He was a good workman; and In
two minutes the post held up tho
stone. But even this was not done
for nothing. Shenkln's head got a
mark that never left it. With the
blood streaming dow,n his face, he
waited the next order.
"If you stock bit of a post with
a big fiat lid shutting against this here
stone over my body," said Job, "that'll
hold up a lot."
U. was done.
Then following out his plan in detail,
Job gave order after order. ' They ptit
a support here, another there; ono
leaning downwards, one leaning up;
some more crossing these. In this
way Job calmly worked out his
scheme. Under his orders the men oc
casionally had to run back to avoid
an inevitable, downfall, like soldiers
taking cover. ) - i
But they came back to the firing lino,
and the position was soon conquered.
Instead of letting every ;rescuuf get
burled under new falls and himself
crushed to death sttogther, Job coolly
Insisted upon taking ' command. H'a
patience and endurance held good; and
when at last the willing arms gently
drew him from under the crisscross
supports of the great Stones, he said,
with unruffled gravity, as bo looked
at his lamp hanging from the cog:
- "That's the best steel wedgo I ever
had."
.They found leg and an arm and a
few ribs broken. .
' -"Wonder I wasn't killed," calmly
remarked Job as they carried him
home.' '..'".
I wonder Hid it ever occur to him
that he had saved his, own life by his
patience and the rescuers by his sim
ple, eocl, solid presence of mind. New
York Post
HtiGii Mountain afloat
ORE HANDLING! fiAS ftBACHBrj A
REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT-
New Records on the Lakes Boats De
signed with Especial Attention to the
Pacllltlea for Loading and Unloading
: the Big Cargoes.
This has been, a phenomenal sea
son cm that remarkable Inland high
way ' of Water-borne commerce, the
Great hakes, by reascfl tff tlie astonish
lug manner hi which all prevlods rec
ords for tho transportation of cargo's
of bulk commodities have been
smashed.
The manner In which all old records
have been gclng by tho board Is due
principally to the recent advent of
several new steel taifao-carrier's far ex
ceeding in (duo, and capacity any titer
chantmen previously nflcat on fresh
water, However, new types or loading
and Unloading machinery for transfer
ring the bulk commodities to and from
ships, ears and stock piles have also
bsen Introduced and these, together
with the Improvement mado In the
appliances heretofore In Use, Wnvo
made possible alsc the establishment
of now records for handling cargoes
as well as tho new records for thc size
of the loads carried.
The breaking of records started
when the monster new steamer, A. W.
Wclvln, tho largest vessel ever built
on tho Great Lakes, went inlo commis
sion, Tho Wolvin took, on her maiden
trip, tl904 tons of soft coal from Lo
ralne, 0., on l.ako Erie to the head
of the lakes, thus surpassing all pre
vious achievements in ccal carrying.
The next best record for thc movement
" a cargo of fuel Is held by the steam
er J. H. Hyed, Knot her comparatively
new boat, which has transported 802
tons.
On the return trip down the lakes,
after the pioneer cruise, tho big burden-bearer
Wolvin brought a cargo of
Iron (ire that aggregated 9727 gross
Ions, or io,8!2 net. tens.
With the entry into lake commerce
of vessels especially itmstrtictcd with
reference lo thr- operation of the clam
shell buckets ,of the monster 400-ton
automatic unloaders, it has also been
found possible t: secure a greater
jymUniy of time In loading and un
loading' "Tfiral Ions, and these records
have also beCk-brokei!. Indeed, four of
thc automatic iiTiliTSnmnvorklflg fll
nillllUtlflllulir l.oi'n ,n mm-n it, a if TTlfcj
occasion, unloaded a f.Oflft-ton ore car 1
tying vessel In about four hours, which i
Is' far and nwA.v the fastest unloading .
of initio ever attained by any means
anywhere on the globe. Moreover, I
Ihe cost of handling the bulk ctmuiod- I
Hy bv this, method Is only about one- j
ninth of the cost by band labor.
Improvements In the latest approved
appliances for conveying cargo have
also played an important part. In the
general revision of records which has
nstonishrd the commercial and Indus
trial world of late. As now consti
tuted. Hie automatic unloaders repre
scntli'K the acme of achievement In
Mils line -i-n.-lHt of parallel girders
it right angles to Ihe dock, mruntcd
:n trucks anil capable of being moved
horizontally along the lace of the
dork. On top of the slrders Is mount
ed a v:ilkinH beam supported ou a
movable trolley. By pulling down rn
tho hack end of tho Is-am the front
end of the beam Is raised and lowered
so that the bucket leg. which is hung
on the front of the walking beam, is
raised anil lowered In and out through
the. hatches of the. boal.
The bucket Is carried on the end of
the bucket lt and is capable tf belns
rotated in a complete circle. Tho trol
ley travels back and forth along the
top of the girders, which motion car
ries lhc bucket from the dock out over
the boat and hack. All the operations
cf the machines, except the travel up
and down the dock, aro made by largo
hydraulic lyllnders tarrying 1000
IKiunds water pressure. The bucket
lias a cnpaclt.' of 10 tons and is closed
by a larifo hydraulic cylinder.
In operation tho machine Ib first
moved opposite the hatch of the ves
sel, tho walkia,! beam and trolley run
forward so as to reach cut over tho
Ixiat: It Is then lowered by slacking
nlf the hoist cables at the rear end of
tho walking beam until the bucket
comes in contact with the ore. Tho
bucket Is then closed and the back
end of the beam pulled down, which
hoists tho bucket out of the boat, and
the trlley runs back, carrying the
walking-beam and Its bucket over the
cars on the deck.
Tho bucket is made to rotate, so
that It can reach out under the deck
of the vessel after it Is In the" hold.
As tho reach of tho bucket when wide
open is more than half way from the
centre of one hatch to the centre of
the other, almost all tho. ere 1n tho
hold of tho vessel can be reached
without shoveling. The machines have
unloaded as high as 87 percent of a
cargo without any hand shoveling In
the case of vessels which have been In
service on the Great takes for a con
siderable W me past, and in the case of
new Bhlps, such as the Wolvin, where
the hatches are. spaced with careful
reference to the ., span cf the open
bucket and the cargo hold constructed
with sloping sides, obviating corners
In which ore can lodge. It is . possiblo
to take out practically the entire car
go by mechanical means.
Improved types of car dumpers ''aro
also contributing to the establishment
of new records In the Iron and ccal in
dustry,' and so likewise is yet another,
class of appliances for unloading ore
from vessels, and which are being in
stalled ,whero tho unloading dock' Is
situated at the furnace 'yard and tho
machine serves as ait unloading ma
chine, and also as a rehandllng bridge
for removing from stock as the ore is
Used. This type of machine consists
of a bridge structure mcunted on ma
chinery .towers on tha front end and
shear legs t the rear end, 'and is
equipped with a movable boom, which
la lowered over the hatch of the ves
sel. A patent clamshell bucket, sim
ilar In Its' plan of operation to tho
bucket of the automatic unloader, Is
run cut over the boat and lowered on
to the ore, closed, hoisted up and run
back over the dock and Its contents
dumped Into tho stock pllo. Such ma-
enmes will unload from 60 to 60 per
cent of the cargo bf an ore-carrying
vess"! without hiierl ahrvollnv bit iln
balance of the ore must bo shoveled
under the hatches so that tho grab
bucket) can reach It. ..
raOrfi&A ponge.
Is Becoming a Great Industry- in Thai
8tte.
1 Few persons not directly connected
with (he uong Industry are apt to
realize the growing importance which
this product has assumed at Tarpon
Springs, but it Is a fact, nevertheless,
that from insignificant proportions left
years ago the business here has leaped
forward, until now it Is the leading
centre of the sponge business In the
United Rtates and the Western Hemi
sphere. The sponging grounds, other than
those of Key West, extend frotil An
clot Keys, a few miles from Tarpon
Springs, to ApaUchee Bay. and tho
best sponges are secured, from ten to
thirty mtiea of shore, In from thirty
to forty foci fcf water.- The sponge in-v
dustry of Tarpon Ppflngs dates back
about twelve years, when the Anclole
and Rock Island Company sent OU? two
small vessels to thc sponge grounds.
The business grew rapidly; other indiv
iduals secured boats and crews to mau
them.- until today more than 150 ves
sels are' engaged herd, giving employ
ment to probably' 1000 mrtl, who, tor
six or eight months 11 tho year, prac
tically live on their vessels; ther
times residing at Anclotc. at fhtf
sponge kraals near Anclote and at Tar
pon Springs. Few of the boals are
owned by the people who handle them.
Tho owners rif tho vessels employ the
crews, supply tha rntlons and tako as
thflr pay one-half tho product.
Some owners iiosess a number of veS'
scls. tha business at times proving
quite profitable, 'There are two prin
ciple seasons for sponging, the spring
or summer trip, commencing In March
and winding up In June, the fall cr
winter trip dates from October to De
cember. During the sponging trip tho
vessels are at rea six days out of the
seven, usually letumlng Saturday to
unload and secure more railons. Thc
life at best Is a hard one, with very
few pleasures.
The actual sponging Is done from
rowboals or very small vessels, Ihe
hooker, using a three pronged rake
thirty or forty feet loug, and with the
aid of a water pall an ordinary --vater
bucket with a glass bottom readily
detects aud detaches sponges from tlie
bottom so clear arc the Gulf waters
and ho expert do the men become. The
sponges when first obtained are fat
tuuiii J'hal we are accustomed to sec nt
stores, bf y are full of animal matter,
and this must be allowed to die and
then be dried and hammered out and
finally detached a process bat ro
il III res weeks.
Sponges are auctioned off to tho
dealers during the season at Tarpon
Springs who represent northern houses,
and from there they are distributed
all over the country and even In Great
Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium and
France..
At the present tltno Tarpon Springs
produces three-quarters of the total
product of Florida sponges, other than
those MHio-ed mound Key West, and
probably more than half of tho whole
Florida yield. The balance of tho
sponge produced are sold c Key
West.
In lis':) Key West iierhaps sold 90
percent of all the sponges produced
in this country, the total Florida pro
due lielng at'tf.MW pounds, with a val
uation of $183,000. In 1896 the pro
duct was 23r,,0OQ pounds, valued at
27n,000. In 180!) the product was 987,
000 pounds. In 190O. 5K7.000 pounds.
Since thou the yield has decreased, but
the average total value has remained
the same. The number of pouuds of
sponges produced any yoar Is not a fair
rrltorloii cf the value of tho sponges
that year as compared with many other
years, for some sponges are worth
many times what others are worth,
and some yeari are prolific of cheaper
class of sponges; but on the whole,
sponges have steadily Increased In
value. Thus, sheep's wool (the highest
class of sponges), prices for the past
few years were as follows:
In 1S95. price per pound, $1.57; 1890,
$1.67; 1899. $2.18; 1900, $2.67; 1901,
$1.67; 1902, $2.85;' and at the present
lime I hey are worth nearly $4 per
pound. Tarpon Springs (Fla.). News.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Cancer was among the diseases
diagnosed in the Talmud 20 centuries
ago.
More stoel Ib used in the manufac
ture of pens than in all the sword and
gun factories In the world.
A clever woman traveler mended a
rent in her gown by using a hair from
Tier head as thread for the needle she
always carries in her purse,
The oldest love letter In the world
Is in the British museum. It Is s
proposal of marrlago for the hand, of
an Egyptian princess, and it was made
3500 yearj'ago. It Is in the form of
an Inscribed brick.
'Commendatore Bonl, the archaeolog
ist of tho Roman. Forum, says that
locality was a cemetery long before It
was a forum, and the tombs were pack
od so close together that no trace of
a pathway could be found.
According to the Chemist and Drug
gist the native drug stores In Japan
are still largely- stocked with dried
snakes, toads, lizards. Crabs, etc.. In
fusions of which are tho popular
household remodles throughout the
country. . . .-'
In London we find there are 63 li
braries, which contain reading rooms,
and on the bookshelves are 600.000
volumes, which have four million
readers. Fiction forms 80 percent of
the reading matter. The parks under
the control of the council cover 3S33
acres,. and cost over 100,000 a year
to maintain.
The simple ordering of Joint oi
beef for dinner Involves pulling tho
strings of an almost Incalculable num
ber of different trades, which, If ev
ery one: gave up beef as an article
of diet, would to cease to exist The
butcher of 1903 could make no profit
out of the boasts he kills ware he not
to use up every atom of the ox's body
besides thst fit for Mod.
A SERMON TOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE BY THr
REV. A. B. SIMPSCN.
galJet I The Maiiirmtatlon of the King
i'he Meaognlllon Lord or tlie Tempi
Tfi ChUdrsa's Klnt-Cnne or tin
. Kliif flia Seeplfe ol Ihe Kingdom.
New Yobk Cm'. The M'owinj er
mon was preached Sunday by the world
famous head of the Christian anil Mission
ary Alliance, the Rev. A. B. Simpson. His
sfmjtet wtt "The Manifestation ot the
Kfuff. ml his text was: Tell yo thc
diiugiiler ot 7-mi, Behold tliy King comet li
unto thee meek, and. Kitting upon on
mid a colt, tho foal of an ass- Matthew
21 .
The time lind now come when the Lord
Jeu wis to be publicly manifested a tha
n of David and the King of Israel. Ililli
trio He had refused the demands of thc
multitude, who. after His tinlilesn mira
cles, hsd tried "lo take Him by force and
make Hint a king;" but now as the end
draw near it is proper that Ho should lit
i-raliy fulfil the announcements of aneient
piwihccy, and for a brief moment, at least,
appear as the heir lo David's throne and
tho amwer to all the Messianic hopes of
luritet.
- I. The Kernijnitiou of the King. It was
(t'.ranirc Hint the lirnt to recosnisc Him ns
liracl Kin? should be two blind bewars.
That which' the rulers of Israel, with all
their windmn, failed to comprehend, was
discovered by poor old Bnrtimeus and hit
blind companion. Caliiug Him by His Mes
sianic name, they cvied, as the procession
irrewd by, "Jesus. Thou Son of David,
have mercy on u!" When Jesus heard
Hint name He instantly ordered the pro
cession to halt, and, calling them to Him.
prilntcd their petition like a king, bidding
them renive their eight and follow Him
in the way. , ...
So still it is ever true, "Thou hist hid
these tiling from the wife nml prudent and
revealed them unto babes.'' The wisdom
of the world anil even the culture of theo
logical science have blinded men to the
viiiint of Cod. and it is the lowiy and often
illiterate to whom the Holy Ghost reveals
"the mysteries oi the kiofdom of heaven
and the bio. ed hopof the coming once
more of our ploi ious King.
How did these blind mm know tlmf
Jesus wis the Sun of David? With their
inner senses thev felt after Him until they
found Hira, It. i-i so stMl that the hungry
lirail limls the Kavioui'. Reaching out in
I'll- darkness and sensa of need, groping
for One viio v.c fid can meet and tatisfy
cur need, we pws our way toward the
Iij;hl even as thn blind men. who, while lio
cannot dire'.rn the objects before him. ran
see vaguely at least the jilnro of the lisilt
and press closer lo it. Even m we cm
press toward (!"d, and He will meet the
seeking soul ami reveal Himself in the via
ion of light and love ciea Ho did to
them.
.Seeker for Christ, follow the Wit vn
have ond He will give mure as you follow
on, and you. too. will hear Him nay. "I!e
ceivc thy sight, thy failh hath made tlioe
whole." '
II. The ManifesUlioii of the Kin. An
cient prophecy. had foretold the coming of
the King oi meekness, tr;ith and love, and
Hj.s triuinnhnl entry into Jerusalem was a
f tt iUinsr fuliillmcnt. Zcchnrish especially
had literally described tlie nrer.ivi por
i raved in this chapter. "1'ejoice iircatly.
( caugliter of Zion. shout. O ilHU,'iiU'i- of
Jeru-sa.eni. behold thv King comct'i unto
thee. He is just and bavins salvation, low
Jv nud tilling upon an ass and upon a eolt
me Ioai ol hti-Wi ,m ttfiriau u.y,
For the lirst I -irth'r
V miuis-
try, our Lord permits
by the beasb ot buru
been recognized as
Ttiilinf mtou little
fore, iliaiied with the WfTnents of His uii-
ciples as they walked beside, and accom
panied bv the mighty multitude suriring
up from the city ot this, the Passover time,
when the; population of Jerusalem was
multiplied tenfold. He slowly dsveended
from 'Hetiianv toward the city. At every
ftcu the enthusiasm ot the crowd prew
higher. Cutting down branches from tlie
palm trees they strewed Ihein in tho way,
and even tneir torments they lluiiR in h.nu-
nue at His fret, while their voices rose t i a I
mighty shout es they cried in the language I
of an old prophetic Vsalin, "Husnnrinh to
the .Son of David, Hosannah in the high
est.". But His own demeanor was in strange.
coutrast to all these scenes of tumultuous ;
excitement. Truly, Mo came as the. .King j
ot meekness, lowliness and love. This bi- ;
came Mill more apparent when the pity
s-addcul- burst upon their view, end the
hi;,'ht of it lire from Him an oitburst of !
sorrow and compassion, mid amid all that
paseanl of popular aei.-lcmntion He gave
way to bitter teais and lamentation oyer
the certain sworn wnieli lie taw linpennin!;
upon the scenes that lay spread before Him
in all their ukrious beauty. But the pro
fession swept on, and in a little while Ho
entered the city and the Temple.
His triumphal entry into Jerusalem was
tho foreshadowing of that glorious time
when He shall come again .is Israel's long
expected Messiah and lake His place upon
the throne of David, never again to leave
it. I
It is also tvpical of Hia entrance unon f
tbo throne oi the individual heart when
we receive Hint our Lord and King,
The litilc foal on whom no man had sat
before Is tlu exquisite type oi me nearc
that gives Him its exclusive affection. He
Comes to reign, not as tyrant, but as a
King of gentleness aad love in all thc at
tractive attributes to finely set forth in j
the ancient picture that wo are consider
ing. He doe not coma iu repress, but to
satisfy. Ho does not dominate us as a des
pot, tut Ho meets all the needs and long- j
ings of our being, and so blends with our ,
nature and our will that we become His
willing aubjects and the very partners of
His kingdom and His throne. Have wu ;
thus received Him and known Him as our i
King? I
'III. The King of Zion and the Lord, o!
the Temple; Immediately upon entering
the city He passed through tho gates ol
the Temple, and repeated the miracle cl
its cleansing which had formed tho first
chapter of His early Jc.dcan ministry. The
difference between this miracle and the
former is that then Ho called it Kis Fath-'
er's house; now "My house." Ho was now
taking the nosition of beinii Himself the
Lord of the Temple and the true theocra
tic Head of the kingdom. . A little later
the phrase was changed again. As Ue left
that Temple after His solemn warnings
and judgments pronouaccd against the
false rulers and leaders of Israel, He de
clared "Your house," AUne no- longer,
"your house it left unto you desolate and
re thai! not see Me again until ho shall say
blessed is Ho that cometh in tha name of
the Lord."
The cleansing of tho Temple was occa
sioned by the abuse which was mads of its
courts bv a class of mon., brokers aid
cheap traders, who took advantago of tlie
people's desire for siivei change in order to
par the half ihekel oucrinj which was re
mured of ever one Kitcfi.ni the Tcmnlo,
and out ot this thero crow up a reguUH
hnimoui and a larm '.a: of niei who. at
exorbitant rates of csury, supp'kd the sil
ver exchange to the wois'jricrs as thry
crowded into tlie courts without having
provided theajselvts with the requisite
'coin. ' .
Another class of tradesmen in like maw.
Iter tilled up another part i.' the court wilt
lh,r Ktlhtf alalia for tho n-mlv of dove
and other animals for the tin oScrinfrs a.id ;
liurns gneriogs m
These also were sold at exorbitant prices ,
for the convenience of tho worshipers, tut
really for the gain of the dealers, . ' . j
The same high nlace Ha still claims ; 1
the Church of God, and the individual
heart. The abuse of the Temple courts of
old hare, !s, been more than paralleled
in the history of Christendom, It was the
sale of iiidtilenes in the time of Luther
for the enrichment of the ecclesiastical par
ties that brought about the Reformation. I
The kind of sin here described is not sec-.
ular business in its own place, lint the j
ihi';.w of things in tho nsme of telitnon
which are nromnted by mercenary niotires.
The prearhine of the gosnel for the sakj of
jain. wronic financisl methods in sunpin-
Mg the ehi.reh, th deserratiMt ot tne
. house of God bv sneinl and sec-ilsr ontei
tn'nments and methods of raisimr nnnev
which snnenl lo Hi sJislinei and frivol-
Ity of man, and the nsinst of Christianity'
in am- wnv ns a cVik ef covetousness, n ,
im ,lvrr,i..-mcnt : hus-ine. a ni' ;
of socul pre m niviil or sirular giin "the c
are things which are so common on everv
side of us that me hearts of many of God's
children have l"en filled with humiliation
nnd sorrow, ond moved to earnest prayer
for the cominir of the King once more to
cleanse, His Temple nnd Diirp" from His
church these shanief ul profanations.
' The second cleansing of the Tenmle
would seem to suggest thit before th"
Lord's coming there is lo be s profound
work of sanet;fiealion anions: Ihe peoule
of t!nd answering to thnt. (irsj; cleansing
of which Wo rend so fully in (ho early
chanters of the Ael of the Aimst'ic
Still more fully docs it aotly to the in
dividual exnerienoe of thc Christian.
Hprp, ton, there is n second cleansing
which the Lord coines to bring when He
Himeelf enters the conj-eerated heart, not
only savine. but sanctifying and separating
os unlo Himself in n deeper fcnso thsn
we can possibly know, even in Hie early
joy of conversion. Have wc received thid
second cleansing
IV. The Children's King. This was not
an ordinary crowd, where the .children
always love to be in front, but it wns a
genuine outburst of heaven inspired love
mid loyally that made' them ere. "Hosan
nah in the highest.'' For the Lord Jesus
Himself bore testimony to the genuineness
of their praise nnd indeed gave it the hiali
est place over all others as He potcd the
aneient Scripture. "Out of the mouths Tf
babes and sucklings Thou lini perfected
praise." Others might join in the accla
mations bei-aiisi of the cont&cious influ
ence of an excited multitude but theirs
was "perfect nraise." As usual the Phari
sees were ready to scorn their juvenile en
thusiast!, but I lie Lord Jesus was also
ready to vindicate them as He had onco
before.
Let us never forget that J.-sus is tle
children's Kiinr. lly and bv. viicn we wel
come Him to His heavenly throne, we sha-l
find that a vast, proportion of that ran
somed crowd will consist of little chil
dren. Let us train our little ones to knnw
llhn nnd crown Him as their Kiii. . The
word used here in llipir childish nraise is
the Hebrew word 'Hoanii:ih.'' It is not
unite th? same ns Hallelujah, the usual ex
pression for worship and lirnic. Literally
it means '"l.-irj tao iw." Our Hallelu
jahs must. ber,in in IIi..am:s'ns. Keen the
children, too, mu-t Uin that tliey are
sinful children, nil'' that the v also reo,uira
His cleansing blood, and only as they nc
tcpt it and Mnnr it will their Hos.mualm
become Hallelujahs, nnd the Lord pro
nounce their homage "perfect praise.''
V. Thc Blessin r of the King, linniedi
ntcly n iter t liri.-.t's Iriiinitihal entry into
Jerusalem nnd His eleuiisin'x of the Toni
p!c. ve read these s:nilicant words, "nnd
the blind sud iu ia:'ii' came to Him in tin
'iVinp'e and He beakd Ihein.'' Ptiruieii
lion nlwais leads o:i to power. The cleans
ing of the Tcnni'e wast followed hv the
ntaitng ot the sick end tho revel.il ion or i
ills sj'tat, am! iiui-1 l'liysician. So, still, it !
will lh found io otn- jiersomil experience, j
This w.-w not a i-.ipinentarv lenm of divine '
lw,r lir hi, m-ci- : ,1.11'L- nnd HiiliVritii- I
world, hut Jesus Christ is the same yes
terday, to-dny ami i-rrevcr.
"And warm, sweet, lender even vet .
A present help i-i Ho
And love liss still ii-; Olivet
And fail'i its CVilee.
The healing of lit- seamlesr? roiic
Is o our liens ol !.-in.
Ye t.iuch jinn 'mid lite's pain null slri;e
And we are wlio.c again."
It'it. ef rour?!-. ell liiis au.iirs it-- perfect
fullilmeut in tha! ii.-.mier lime u iu-n the
King fiiall come to Ihs uwo aj-ain "and
tho ransomed of the .Lord ."haH return and
come ir) Zion with son? and everlasl ing
joy upon Ihcir heads; they shall obtain
joy and r.ladi.cs;;, and sorrow and sighing
snail Uce away.
J'"u .this rnrlli is linrired of all
it lie".?.,.i.'aiQ th" in'nahitaiit
nore .snv. I am An ,J. nirti-ilii1
people tnai dwell tiicrcm snail tie lorgw!
p
tneir iniquity.
VL The Cum of the
King has not only hlessin
men! in Ilia mighty hand,
cle of judirmeni r.v.n-d--:!
-Icsus Christ iiiiiiH-duteli
King. Bui
Ihe
. hut also juilg
Ti c onlr mi rn-
i;l all tlie" life of
followed I !u':-;;
incidents, tl was the cursing ol Ine lur
len lig tree, to which Ho (.line .seeking
fruit and unouragcil to exner-t it by the
luxuriant leaves tl.at nverod Is bram-hes :
but lo! there was "noihiii hut have-."
nnd lie pronounced upon it. the wit lining
words t .it let! it Ivalless an I dead.
This n., ,n' (oiiiv. a type (f the fi. 1
le.s.s nalion that lie h.u! already re fei red
to under the parable of the Darren !'t
Vice, and it forecast i 1 he solemn judgment
that, awaits every prols.seil follower of
Christ v.Imi shall meet Hi'n at last with
cinnty hainis and tiiinioss lu'e.
But tliele i- .1 li:MH':i':;'llt, ;,.VC.l. even ill
the c'll'-e oi llie Cur. -. It I. 'lis us of ll.ie
t hat has tlie power to cn-ulne ;url do: 1 r iv
the thincs which we aro cnalilc lo en.-.! out
c our l.ves. Tilde aui l.j li-ecs if si.ilul
habit and pliysieal ili.ie.i- v. Imi 'i cm ti;i
man strength cannot throw ti" alone. Oh.
how giad a arc sometime to have a Cod
who is "a co'i-mniug lire.' and jroi.i -ivh:)..c
I'lescicc lalau. si.i aad sickiie.-. lice away,
lie tells us v.e r.iay enter irto His de
stiU"1ivc power nr;ai ist tiiesotlii'i-'S n:i l
hand oyer ti His fl-v i:ng r., rd ndver
sarins ami ol-staelci tu (.rcat for v.s u
overcome.
"f an S1 t.lad,' said a litUc child ciiee,
"that 1 l.nvc a Gad that can shake the
world." Oar Cbri. t i i r, t all sc.'t a id
cas; he levo e i-.. V-.cl: or I'is -renthness
is un arm i f u ij-yt and n holiness as
inexorable as tho ii.hlniuts of- the sky.
Oh! simer. whatever c!"S yon dare, be
ware of "ihe- wiat'i cf t ,..' Lani'i."
1 1. 'Ilia .Sceptre c i tlu K nrclori. In
the clcsi;ig .yci-ftc of or.;- lesson, tha-ilec
11, verses 21 1j 2.', tV Lord reveals t'ic
secret of His own p-jv.-cr at-d tells the
disci ilea h'.iw they nay share it also.
The secret of it it fiiili. "If yc ha'-n
faith and doubt r.oi, u kIuII not only do
this which ia done to His lig tree, but,
alto, if yo shall say u ito this uiour.tairi,
bo thou removed and bo thou cast i.ito.
the sea, it shall ho clone; and all fhir.s
whatsoever ve shnll ail: in prayer, believ
ing, ye shall receive." And so' He pusse.-i
over to us His sceptre, and tells us thai
wo may exercise tho same omnipotence
of faith through which Ho wrought Hi
nighty works. It was by faith tliat II
overcame and became for us "tbe Auth
nnd Finisher of our faith." Unt wo n
exercise thc same faith, too. Home tir
in that coaling kingdom wo shall be 11
him and exercise n power over the un
verso of Cod, of which, could we ful y
realize it now, wo would bo amazed nnd
appalled. But lie is training us now iu tin
iiso of t'lis' mystic' sceptre, and teaebiuc
us the lessons of that loith of which li
once said, "All things are possiblo with
God. all thincs aro possib.e unto h'.n
thst believeth.
We have "but touched 'its borderland
beloved. Thero are great continents i
faith and' power and prayer for us yet to
explore. "Lord, teach us tet pray, help
our unbelief and give us "the faith tl
God."
Th Taste In Soda Water.
Tear ln and year out, vanilla flavor
ing Is the standard at ihd soda foun
tains. Chocolate Is second, strawber
ry a bad third, and lemon Is some
where In ths ruck aniens tho aI?o
rnns.
It depends a gcod deal ' upon the
weather, but this Is the normal pref-renc-,
'say the mixers of the soda
fountains. The warmer thr weather
the tourer tbe flavors demanded by
the public.
On a hot, muggy day, there Is n
great run on lime Juice uud phos
phates ,cf all flams. On inst com
fortably wrm days, chocolate, straw
berry and all the bwch flavors are ln
demand. . t-,
Ice cream soda is not liked so much
as It was a tow years asco. Among
the fancy soft drinks, egg phnj-ibato
Is tho favorite.
Every year a few new "h-aHh
drinks" are sprung. They rarely last
more than a sees a. 8-Tjetlracj, af
ter a rest cf a year or two, a health
drink 'hat has run It.i courn.i is put
nut Ben In iiii'li' another nam1.
HOW TO KEEP COOL,
i)o not IlllblbO IIki iw c-jl-.I drinks mixed ,
Ht the soils liool.li.
(An iiorutcd. icy draught, ycu'd find Is
sure to soollic. i
On uo Hi-count permit yourself to feed -
on loo much im-iit.
(A diet of beefsteak (jives strength Hint
help resist the bent. I
AcnhhiiKe lent worn in the but dispels
the sun's efl'erl.
(A ciilli:ii!c. lent within the hut nil heat ' .
riiys will collect. I
Don't walk too fast you'd better Stay
In irllciioss indoors.
(JJrisk promenade in open nil-will open
up I lie mrcs
Don't I nl k i ,n much: it only luukcs
iiioi o luli.ii-fur ttiu liritin.
(Talk all tin; time: for cooling off tij
" belter I hull n mill.')
Don't sit liencntli electric funs; reaction
comes nt lii-l,
(fiot underneath u buzzing fan, ami .
keep H going fnst.'i v-
K:it lots of fruit; tin- ueiil makes the
lilond eoiitnlii less liosl.
(BCWUIO (if fmil; lull much of It will
tako you off your feet.) : t-'
Wbilc .'Hrii!eiits in ii v look eool, hut thoy
"i ify tin-skin.
(Bo sure your elothes tire nil of while ;
nnd very llirbt unci thin.),.
Do just exuctly whiil your doctor says
you oiiirlit to do. '
(Or iiskiiuouiei-doctor-he'll tiiv: "Thill
you should unt do I1 )
Don't fret iilnint tho bent; this only
makes it ui-enH-r sliil.
( Twill case your niiiiil to lilumo lliobcul v
lo wluit cxiiMit yon will. )
(.'old liatlu mv licsi; liicy j;iv( n aunso
of pci-loct. pence uin'i eiisc.
(Warm linllis mo hest: tliey sootho the
iici ves iilul all your w-uos nppeilsv.)
ltciiicinlici-nil . vmi read nlioiit the best 51
way io keep cool.
(Forget it. .this you'll Unci to lie a satis.
tying; rule, i
I'hiciiKO TriliUHC,
JUST FOR FUN
Carry c-1 didn't accept Fred the
first tiaii! bo proposed. Kdna I know
you didn'i ymi weren't theru. Ex.
"I'm Kelt in-; old." "Having rheuma
tism'."' "Win so limn that. I'm hav
Im; rcminiscenc -k. '--Cincinnati Trib
une. "Ho she started on a life Journey
into niatiiniony, has she?" "Well,
fiiioss It is only an excursion trip."
Brooklyn Life-.
He 1 suppose you think smoking Is
hurtful, ihe Not always. Ii is quite
an impnrvcir.c-nt to pork products.
Host on Trim script.
Mother Yes. chihln ii. ymi may rim
out mid pl.iy un the railroad tracks,
but be suro nnd keep off thc street
or tho automobiles will net you. .
Uiirsley He claims to bo related to
you. mid sayH lie can prove It. Flloyd
The man's a fool. Burnley That
may he a mere coincidence. Smart
Set.- . ;.
"'-g'- -.ii.....vc, whist, Mr. -
t.-.-,.....,
Finesse'.' lie Do I enjoy it? Not at
all. madam: not nt. nil. I play a dls-
linclly :;ciiiitl'ie Kiinie. Htislon Tran
script.
,Mrs. Uio-'niinl -tin ymi know, myself
nnd my ilniiKlner aro often mistaken
for sisters Mr:', (lay All. tho dear
nirl must be nt inlying too hard, don't
you think? Puck. . ..... -i'
Jimmy Aln. did y' buy (ieorglo a ' "'
birthday present? Ma Yes. Jlramv
Mn, what did y" buy t' pacify me "
cause 'taint my liirunlay? Cincinnati
Coinnievclal-Tiiliiinc.
"What are you going to do this '.
Kiimmer?" "Well, we havent' quite de
cided whether to go to St. Louis for
two days or to the seashore for a
month." Chicago Evening Post,
Mr. Kiusty What's all that lioTseT""
Mrs. Krusty Katy Is practicing "Tho
First Steps ln Music." Mr. Krusty
Tell her lo tako the stops ln her stock- "
lng foet Philadelphia Bulletin.
"I punish you, Browning, because I
love you. But you are too young to
understand what a mother's love Is."
."Is It two soles with but a single '
thought; two hands that beat as one?"
Life.
Stalled Headley says my imperson ation
of Caesar last night was abso- "
lately real. Manning Guess that's
so; everybody I've met says It cer tainly
was not acting. Boston Tran
script. Mistress (who is going out for tho
day) And, Mary, you niay-Jiiylte a
friend to come In to tea. If you1
Mary Please, 'm, I haven't got any
friends. I only know young women!
Punch. -; -.
Stranger I am told that It is easy
for a woman to get a divorce In this
state, but difficult for a man to get
one. Cltlrn Yes, we made it diffi
cult for the men so as I? discourage
them when they thought about it, and
we made It easy for tho women so
they wouldn't care about lt.?-New
York Weekly. . ' .- .--, .-,
"So you have quit selling - gold .
bricks and conducting bunco games,"
said the old-time -pal. "Yes," an
swered Mr. Conno; "it Is foolish to i
run around the streets picking up a
thousand here or there. Th thing to
do now is to open an office and have
people send you tho monoy by mall."
Washington BU - ; v - ,
"What Is your favorite opdra?" ,
nuked tho young women who was
trying to make (conversatlpn. Mr.
Cumrox looked startled. s "I can't
say," ho answered. - "My favorlto
poem Is --"The Becosslonal" and wv. .
favorite painter Is RombrandU-'but I
forget what mother and the girls told
me to say, my favprlta opera Is.
Washington Star. , , '
General Sherman's 8ense.
At "the" unveiling' ceremony of tho
famous Bartholdl statue the clerpy
man who offered tho opening prayer
was Inclined lo spin out his petition.
General Sherman was sitting bosi.ii
lilm, aud at length, quietly putting out
a handv ho pulled the reverend gentle
man by the coat-tails gently bac k In
to his seat. When askod about t'ic in
cldent the general replied
'" thought he'd told God about, r. !
lie wanted to know for1 one time, io, i
others were waiting their turn at l
publlc'-Lipp'ncott'.
Tbe Rev. Pater McQueon, pn
the First Parish church ln ( '
own, Mass., predicts the ttnien
Trnlfsini't donnniinrli iu.