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VOLUME XX.
FRANKLIN. N. G. WEDNESDAY, JUNE lj
THE CAMP.
.S? k!Te re seen the mining cimB
ltiejr're building over jronir -TJwas
suddenly mated tliora .
Itftween the nbjut and dawn.
Tuev built It b.v tho glinting light
. ' ' naU. bealde tb Mmt, .
And Ihojr built It on the desert
where the desolations meet.
And mountain twits and leaner rocks
Berlb the mraed arene,
And smne are hard and a-nlden rich
And aoraa are hard and lean.
1 here's not enough ot water thora
To blokes down a rill,
Hut stronger drink, ot vicious red,
, Hows ever up the bill.
The homes, of mud or canvas llko
Ihe dice of fortune'a throw
Are scattered on the u:ts and downa
Of rush and fever row.
And fifty hundred men are there,
And twenty hundred mules.
And twenty dosen camblluK hulls, -
And twenty hundred fools.
Una i
The men that lurk will rhoone .
The tyres here who win the gold.
The pundits there who loser
'And have ye aeen the ancient sham
Of women lost to hope. ...
That may not even walk to hell, ,
' Hut weakly toward It grope 1
And have ye counted half the urn -
nt ulty and applause
The gods record wlio traffic not
nun puny, human laws?
And wot ye aught of tragedy .
' And comedy the twain,
i So-fair and dark, and dark and fair,
That march bealde the train?
Vet when you aee that mlnlng-camp,
(Yon cannot mlm the trail;
It'a biased with empty bottles and
Willi slgna of Jlerce travail),
Red the homes the garden spots
Thi I nn tha fleam- nnu
Where men of atrensth, with woman'! lid.
Kiibdue the wilderness I
Philip YmiU Ulghel; to Uarpcr't Weekly.
i t i n i n 4
A Tiger Hunt in China.
By F. Hayley Bell.
I tj 1 1 iTIHtlIHWH
Tiger shooing 1b, I bellevo, generally
regarded as serious work, and not a
picnic to be lightly entered on; but
from the moment P. come round to my
compound to say that four of the
brutes had been located in the Ylkma
Jungle, some four miles from the set
tlement, to the morning of tho last
disastrous beat tho gods appeared to
do their best to make fun of the whole
expedition, and to rob us of that feel
ing of dignity due to those engaged In
big-game shooting.
Perhaps I Bhould not Include P. In
this, P. was different. He spoke
knowingly of shikars, machans, and all
paraphernalia of a big shoot; he mused
pensively in the heat of the tray. When
,.he should have been asleep, over Bad-
minton on Big-Game .Shooting and
guidebooks with blood-curdling pictures
that made me nervous. Between
- whiles in a desultory manner he ran
the camp mess, or sat in state receiv
ing deputations of villagers, bringing
the latest reports of the movements of
the enemy.
. There was no doubt about the tigers,
It must te understood. The recollec
tion of journey's of several days'
length to the reported habitat of some
.. man-eater, only to And at each village
that it was so many "11" further on,
" was still fresh in my recollection, and
.JtJeerned too good to be true that a
whole family had taken up quarters
bo near to the settlement; but in the
oft paddy and sweet potato fields bor
dering tho cover, one could hardly walk
, ten yards without crossing their spoor.
Had" we the proper arms, It may be
- that our hunt had ended, differently
r. bad a Martini Henry of
bof and a Mauser, pistol,
lMMhester repeating . car
limned in the
Whether of pure fright or because
she was possibly in extremis when pur-
cuasea was dead!
After a long whispered conversation
as to whether tigers took carrion or
not, we again trudged sadly home. Per
sonally, I incline to the opinion that
we did not talk and laugh enough, also
mai a cigar would have much Improved
our chances. Be that as It may, our
inira attempt was made from a ma
chan. P. and I built It next morning.
and an Interested audience of soma
fifty old women and children lat round
and commented; We hollowed out I
largo bush, and built the platform up
Inside; on. the top we put a cunning
root or plaited leaves. Derisive ac
quaintances, who had never even seen
a tiger running wild, rode out from
the settlement and asked if it was a
race meeting or a Punch and
Judy showT But we were satisfied: at
least it was better than roosting In
trees with all manner of nocturnal in
sects, and we made it very comfortable
with a mattress and cushions. Hera
we watched over Piggy It. for three
nights without result On the fourth
we tried to tempt the tiger with a dog,
which, however, apparently' gnawed
through its rope and escaped, the most
serious part of the Incident being that
neither my companion nor I were
awake at the time.
Alas! that such a trlval Incident
should cause even temporary estrange
ment between two fast friends. Even
if It was my watch, there were plenty
more dogs to be had; besides, the doeJl
uhad been sleeping comJorjjtMtjA'
that the brute was dead, but not a man
yards to find: the carcass. It was now
getting late, and, a It was Imperative
tnat we should secure our bag, and
Induce the frightened villagers to come
down from their trees before It Brew
dark, I started into the cover alone.
As I crawled cautiously in a man
called out something I could not catch,
but which was a warning that there
were two tigers.
An Instant later the brushed to my
front were shaken violently, and, With
a terrifying roar, a Smaller tlgef, prob
ably the female, sprang Out at the,
knocking me down backward. With
the brute standing right over me, 1
doubled my self up, covering my body
with my arms and legs, and after
biting me several times below the
knees, the animal sheered off,' and I
crawled back to the oped, The tiger
had won the Second point and the rub'
ber, tot this ended our amateur tiger
hunt For some days after bringing
me back P. Was laid Up with sunstroke
while the villagers refused to go near
the cover. For all I know, the mould
erlng skeletons of twenty-nine beaters!
may yet hang In the trees of the Ylk
ma Jungle. , At least, somewhere hid
den In the undergrowth lies a tlgei
whose skin Is destined never to gracf
the hearth of his enemies. Some day
when ( have recovered from the effect.1
of big-game shooting, I ajn going
take possession of what is left Xom
don Field. ....'..
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The Ink plant of Now Oranada I
curiosity. The Juice ot It can be
used as Ink without any preparation
At first the writing Is red, but aftei
ft' few hours It changes to black.
Miss Mabel A. Ayer of San Fran'
Cisco, Cal., has, succeeded In trainlnrf
number of butterflies. Sugar and
water are the Inducements, and thd
little winged pets go through gevera
droll performances.
It Is a strange fact, as has beerf
frequently demonstrated, that rata
never remain long In a house whera
tho bagpipes are often played. Thd
rats are like a great many peopli
tbey don't like that kind ot music.
A tailor named Gabriel of Boston
England, has in his window a ntrm
ber of small tortoises, each bearing
on its back one of the seven letters
of his name. He gives a prize of 2
to any one who discovers that the tur
tles have arranged themselves so as
to spell tho name correctly...
The bullderB are at work on a stone!
viaduct at Plauen, Saxony, over tho!
iver Syra, which contains the long
the world,
- The Crop That Never Falls.
1 know of only ouo sure crop on the
farm that never fails, no matter what
the weather or the condition of the
soil, and that Is the weed crop. The
past season has been, very favorable
for this crop, and an abundant yield
of 'seed la sure to follow, so that we
may expect a large weed crop next
summer. On occasional farms, there
are comparatively few weeds, except
those In fence corners, along the roads,
or In places not cultivated or grazed
by sheep. These places on our farms
Bhould be looked after, the weeds cut
and left on the ground, If green; If
ripe, burn them. It Is surprising how
I r"y x ""-" nrAi jp tLjffl destroyed In
lages.
Ber;
bait, so that
pitch dark w.
the tree we 1iad cbosei
We had decided on a pig for bait, as
be was likely to make the most noise.
The grateful villagers, whom we had
come out to rid of the blood-thirsty
animals that were devouring their cat
tle, required some (hree times its
value before they would part with it.
Too late we .discovered the de'celtful
ness of that pig. In the temple It had
protested so loudly as to drown all ne
gotiations, but when at last tied up on
the Bold of action It was the most con
tented pigs I have ever known, and
frantic pulls af the string attached to
his lest were utterly useless to stir him
' to a sense ot what was expected of him.
At length, bitten all over by mosqui
toes, and covered with ants, tree frogs,
and that delightful bettle known to the
Chinese si the "water buffalo," 1
climbed down and charged out on the
wretched animal, and by the light ot
the rising moon chased him round and
round his tether till his squeals and
the shouts of laughter from my com
panion in the tree might have been
' heard for miles. Hardly hat. I regained
the foot ot the tree when P.' gave a
shout of warning and commenced
firing rapidly over my head. An In
stant later one short wall from piggy
announced that his duty was done, and
1 turned In time to see the tiger a
dark, formless, mass disappear Into
the cover with six dollars' worth of
pork belonging to us. : .
v it was against all rules and prece
dent '- P. had struck a match and was
lighting his pipe In calm disregard of
my request that he would 'cover my
sortie. I wss on the- ground within a
few yards of the bait while, I repeat
the noise of langhlng and talking
should have been, according to all our
Instruction booksf aufflolont to, scare
every tiger out of the pfavtuoe. . How
ever, fairly or not, the tiger. had scored
the first- point, and there was nothing,
-to do but to return to the temple ,-
Early next morning the headman ot
the village was summoned, and, after
much argument some twenty men
were produced to beat the cover for as.
. We started across the paddy like the
chorus of a comic opera, with hoes,
pitchforks, executioners' swords, and
halberds.' One man preceded the party
with a huge gong, which he smote
lustily, to the great delight of scores
of children, who were enjoying holiday
by reasons of our occupying the' village
schoolroom, and the rear was brought
up by half a dozen kerosene tins and
the village flautist It was as'lmpos
slble to keep them quiet till we should
reach the ground and take up positions
aa It was to get them to stay .there
when we had done so. Gradually and
Imperceptibly the beaters who com
menced by prodding gingerly at the ex
treme edges of the Jungle melted
away, and P. and I' concluded that,
since beating was Impossible, we must
watch over bait again.-
This time we ere ensconced In our
tree Jong before sunset, with a goat
: for bait Hardlj had the moon risen
than out stalked at about lyO yards'
range, an enormous tiger, who strolled
nonchalantly across the glaile and dis
appeared into the opposite cover. Again
we pulled furiously at the bait Not a
sound followed, and, after some hours'
wait, we descunded, to find poor nanny
pony ana maae me most itoi.tj
shameless preparations for snarlngui!
tiger. Soon after dark settled down I
crep quietly out ot the tree, stole back
to the camy, and enjoyed the first
night's rest I had had for a week. At
three I was called, and went down to
my own tree. Now, J w..i not guaran
tee this plan as Infallible, and It may
be that the result had nothing to do
with what I still regard as rather an
original Idea; but about half an bour
after the first streak of dawn, and in
a light by which a .44 carbine Is my
only excuse for not dropping blm there
and then, a magnificent tiger emerged
from the dense cover and passed with
in SO yards of my tree.' At my first
shot the brute bounded Into the air
and made a dash in my direction, ap
proaching to within twenty yards of
the tree, where I gave him, a second
through the right shoulder.' With a
snarl like that of a dog, the animal dis
appeared Into the cover again, and I
determined, in spite ot our last fiasco,
to try a beat again. - ,
Within an hour I had collected thir
ty men, and sent out coolies to And P.
The animal's trail was easy to follow,
for the bushes were splashed with
blood, but the undergrowth was so
thick that In some places It was
necessary to crawl on hands and knees.
In this position I suddenly heard a roar
from the right of the line of which
I was the center and a howl from one
ot the men. Pushing through as fast as
I could I found an unfortunate beater
had literally stumbled on the tiger and
got badly mauled, his beel and the sole
of the foot being half torn off. I direct
ed two men to carry blm out, and was
Just about to follow when I saw
through the foliage the yellow and
black stripes of the tiger standing a
few yards off and perfectly motionless,
evidently listening to the banging and
the howling of' the beaters, who were
closing round. ' I took a steady shot at
what I imagined to have been his ribs,
and the brute went down with a roar,
at which all the men near me fled.
There were many trees around me,
and I hurriedly selected one, for trees
under certain circumstances ' were
meant for climbing.; Before, however,
I bad got as high as I wished a branch
broke, and I came down some fifteen
feet on to the ground. There was,
however, no sign of the tiger, and I
returned to the open, where I found P.
had arrived. Between us we bound up
the mauled beater who had actually
been dropped by bis carriers, and had
crawled out alone and sent him Into
the settlement Uulded by the beaters,
who were now all up trees, and gave
one the Impression of sailors clinging
to the masts of sunken ships, P. and 1
made another assault on the cover.
The tiger was snarling and tearing up
the grass within a few yards of the
edge. It was Impossible to aim at a
vital spot, owing to the foliage, so we
each gave him a bullet and again the
brute went down with a roar, evidently
(by the subsequent gasping and "thun
dering")' shot through the lungs. Here
we left htm to stiffen or die, while we
poured buckets ot water over each
other and cooled down, Within an
hour the panting Sounds had ceased,
long -and three Inches wide. Whe
they reached the chiysalls stage, S
cording to the Indianapolis News, li
stead of weaving round cocoons os
the twigs prepared for them they pre!
ferred to travel up and down th
smooth upper side of a strip of woo
nine feet long and three Inches wide
Back and forth they went, spinning
their silken web. until at last the:
made a beautiful ribbon, transparent
In Its. contre and golden yellow at ihe
heavier edges. The scarf Is amazing
ly strong for a fabric so delicately
A difference of opinion seems ' to
have arisen over -the effect of firing a
candle at a board. For a long time
the ancient tradition has held its own
thst the , soft tsllow hurled at the
mark by a musket would put a hole
through an ordinary plank. Yet here
comes a gun-bearer who declares that
he has tried the experiment and finds
the material of the candle wildly scat
tered upon the target Of course,
with present-day rlflos and breech
loaders it may not be possible to dis
charge a candle effectively from a
military arm or from the latest style
of sporting guns. But It would cer
tainly be a pity to leave the question
unsolved.
Mrs. Blank's Club Paper.
Ever since young Mrs. Blank Joined
the Mutual Culture club the prospect
of some day having to read 8 paper
there has hung like a pall over her.
When, after evading her duty as long
as possible, she found herself set dowp
for a thesis on Neo-Platohism or Bab
Ism, or something equally beyond Met
ability, she nearly resigned from the
ciub.wm:;:;,:,;:;;. z.
There are ways, however, of man
aging thest: things,' and Mrs. Blank
found one of them through the kind
ness of Miss Jinks a fellow member
who writes for her living Mrs. Blank
arrived at the club on the appointed
day in a "new ' gown. She had, In
deed, spent .the time that ought to
have served to' make her more fa
miliar with her paper in having that
gown fitted. ,
The paper, however, was neatly
typed, and Mrs. Blank read It most
Impressively till she came to the bot
tom of the first page. There a word
seemed to be- lacking.-- Mrs. ' Blank
hesitated, re-read the line, and hesi
tated again. . . '- - : v.-:
Mlas Jinks popped op eagerly. .
, "The word1 is 'syllogism,'" she said.
New York Press. .'"
. , -; : A Msn of Nerve. v ,; t;
"Myrtllla," said the old gentleman
Sharply, "that young man you had In
the parlor last night Is dull of compre
hension. All t had to do was cough
when the other chaps remained too
late and they would take the hint and
depart. Did this one say anything
When I Coughed last night?"
"Yes," replied the beautiful daugh
ter, "he said the next time he called
he was going to bring you a bottle of
and soon the treed beaters called out cough syrup." Newark News.
tm!f"lui lua1 'iiuiLiiiu luaatuS TllTr
or be fed with older chickens, or thty
will be trampled and halt starved.
. The Apiary.
There are a few things which must
be kept In mind to insure success. I
will briefly touch these points. The
first rule, which has very appropriate
ly been called "the golden rule ot bee
keeping," Is that you must keep your
colonies strong at all times, if you
wish to get a honey crop. Keep this
In view always and work for It
The second thought or rule, and one
very closely related to the above Is In
relation to the queen. A good prolific
young queen Is necessary at all times.
Yon should see to it that your queens
'do not outgrow their usefulness, a
queen over two years old, as a rule, bo
comes unprofitable, as the queen Is the
life of the colony, it Is very essential
that this matter be considered very
carefully. . . .
The hive is a very important mat
ter. "
. Here are the points to consider In a
hive: First, success In Wintering; sec
ond, amount ot comb honey obtained;
third, ease and speed of manipulation.
U Ik Langstroth, the father of mod
ern bookkeeping came very near solv
ing all those points, or at least the
first two, successfully, His Ideas on
those two points are the best known
today. - His "hive has been - changed
slightly to secure the third, so that
his hive, all things considered gives
the best results of any hive in use
today. Each manufacturer has some
pet hobby or theory to catch the fancy;
but for safety In wintering and results
give me the Langstroth hive adapted
for poundjtectlons. ; " .-
A common mistake with beginners
Is to think that they can Improve the
. standard hives. Don't try it If you
want to make your own hives, send to
some factory and get a sample hive all
nailed and fitted up, and make your
hives exactly like It Bach piece and
space has been carefully thought out
and tested and means something.
George W. Williams, in The Indiana
farmer. '. - V.
Best Cow Liked Alfalfa. l
' In bis interesting reference to the
Jersey cow test at St Louis, Mr. Van
Pelt under whose charge it was con
ducted, In the Jersey Bulletin refers to
the great Jersey cow that stood at
the bead. He says:
o. Jfcrhaps no cow In-the whole test
was u much a subject of habit as No.
87, that averaged 41 cents a day net
profit In butter alone. , It wtll be noted
by the feeding tables that her ration
differed from the other cows and dif
fered greatly In Its own composition at
different times. She wss particularly
fond of alfalfa hay, and ate mo
far than any other cow n tiu'
and, together with corn meal a"
would respond more readily
than With any other food st
If It happened that oats
rolled and the hulls remove
the better, This was her
Even though, rolled oats
chased at the St Louie
the same money as gro
thought by some thsf
hot eat the Same
selves bad so
morning meal, llttl.
many times they
at their supper ta
en the name
ont feeder, rath
had been give
name, resorted
a quality that
the chemist
and almost
. It was a!
the partlcul
cow In ho
ed, exercla
ly fair to
llaritlefy
to she
too
ofte
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1
of '1
a
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jiecebtilll
yruecnmlng more
pKiir, -ery""year, Experiment
staUonsMworklng out problems in
irrigation and sub-lrtigatlon that Ire
extremely Interesting. In southern
sections, where two or three crops may
be grown On the same land within the
year, returns would be better than in
the north, where only one crop usual
ly is grown. But some means for
Increasing the output of land on the
smaller farms and In tracking districts
must come soon.
"A great deal has been done of late
years to conserve the natural rain
fall with the result that better crops
are grown simply by better cultivation.
The habit of keeping the ground loose
on top to prevent evaporation is grow
ing and extending each year. The val
ue of rotation to prevent a plentiful
supply of humus also Is recognized by
better farmers everywhere. It is now
well known that soil containing plen
ty of humus also' contains sufficient
moisture for the needs of all crops
when rainfall Is abundant When the
soil Is very loose water Is not brought,
up from below with sufficient rapidity
to feed the roots of growing plants. In
Such soils probably no means of sup
plying moisture will be found until Ir
rigation Is fried. But other soils hav
ing' a clay subsoil and furnished with
sufficient humus the moisture question
Is easier.!
Pasting of tht Veterans.
Grant was a general; sq were Hayes
and Garfield and Harrison. McKlnley
was a major. . Since Andrew Johnson
all the presidents, except Arthur and
Cleveland, down to Roosevelt were
soldiers of the civil war. McKlnley
was the last The civil war veteran
has passed from the president's office
to return no more. Senator Bate was
perhaps thu lost of the old Confeder
ates In the senate from Tennessee. He
Is also the last of the old school of
southern gentlemen who link the past
with the present Turner was ; the
last confederate to serve as governor.
It Is doubtful whether another .'old
confederate will be elected governor,
senator or representative. Nashville
American. i,...... ,,,. ,
First Aid to ths Injured.
. On a rock-strewn beach on the Cor
lileh coast the' fury of a violent storm
was Just abating. A vessel had gone
to pieces on the rocks and after a
display of much heroism on the part
of the villagers -all the crew and pas
sengers had been saved, with the ex
ception ot one man. He had been
washed ashore apparently drowned,
and the new curate knelt at his side
on the beach, endeavoring to restore
his circulation.- -v- - ' ;
"My friends,' he said, turning to the
villagers, 'how do you usually proceed
In these easesf
As one man the simply folk replied,
"Search his pockets."
V The United States snd Canada.
' The courteous Ind cordial recep
tion extended by the United Statea
senate to several visiting Canadian
statesmen on tire occasion of the re
cent presidential Inauguration, and
the appropriate terms in which the
visitors after their return home pub
licly appreciated their reception at
Washington, constitute an internation
al' incident of the most sgreeable
sbtt. All such courtesies between
morning, ana stand
e fields. Walt reverent-
nrlse. Be tenderly affec-
tovarovhe world. Be thankful
for life snd not afraid nf dentil. Let
nature be to yoif a sanctuary, the world
a holy place. Isvlte the dew of the
morning to wet ytMir head; and In that
hour of stillness, tvVereuce nnd Joy, jou
will receive a bniVsni, the end of all
novitiate and probtlloh.
Or what of the JLllnatinri of n min
ister ot religion? Does the candidate
stand In the apostolic line? Has he
had the hands ot a bishop on his bead?
Has be been consecrated by a rite
which separates blm from his fellows?
Is bis office holy? Are such questions
of grave Importance? Or do they con
cern anybody In tikis busy world but
tho ecclesiastic? Indeed, What Is a
minister of religion more than a man?
Or what can ceremony add to n man?
Not by any miracle can a priest be
made a man It he be not first a man.
Fools and knaves bare been ordained
to tho priesthood, but neither bishop's
hands nor the most sabred rite can
mnkc n fool learn wisdom, or tench a
clown to be serious, Sr put an honest
soul into a knave,
And then there are tie apostolic peo
ple. These form an exclusive set in
the kingdom ot God, nlsort of chosen
people, Tbey have goe through tho
gate, and have shut te gate behind
them. Nothing of cerciionlftl or belief
has been left undone, They ftave taken
out Insurance tor etetrnHy. But what
of humanity? What : f the round
world? Where stand tie majority of
men and women? In thriwlnn)owlng pf
souls, why so few grains If wh,eat? As
I try to answer, even liapnttl I think
of those who are dolnJ the world's
work. I think of the met andWomen
who are fighting the wlrld's battles
and winning Its vlctorleej I tlilnk of
the shoulders beneath t.fc ponllerous
wheel of progress, now rosing oi, now
dowu to the hub In the mire, il think
o'fthose who are lending olhr.nd In the
gigantic world struggle forwhe snVrem
ncy of righteousness. I think of thoso
In the vanguard who HghKwatchlflres
on the hills, who are edticatbig, human
izing, liberating. Or I tllnk oft tho
gentle hands, the swift feet) the tender
hearts, the angels of mercyfand peace,
in wuonf dwell sweetness', and llaht.
Who are tlicy? By what name are tey
called? To what church, it any, tdq
they belong? Idle the question, ftm
possible Ihe answer. Sufficient is Sit
that they establish a Christian civllUsl
tlou. No. not an exclusive set not
small division of humanity, but thesl
lovers and comrades and workers wb
walk together, constitute the kingdo;
of Hod. If tills be not so, woe unto th
world, hopeless our human lot! -
Humanity bas made many expert
ments, nnd from failure leatned wis
dom. All that the ecclesiastic would
to-day tench has been tried, alid It has
failed. . At least for 1000 yeali the re
ligion of dogma snd ceremonial ruled
the world. These ten centuries! are dis
tinguishable by the supremacy ot a
blind faith. For 1000 years m;n knelt
to the ecclesiastic, and in death turned
to hlra as tbe arbiter ot their 'eternal
destiny. I do not forget tbat this ab
solutism of the church forbad prog
ress. I do not forget tbat ltt made
scholarship a dangerous calling, that it
set s price on high Intelligence, that it
stamped every new thought ss Heresy,
that it burned the thinker and (hated
the truth. And all this wss dome la
the name of rellclon. It was done In
defense of tbe faith. It wss dorfe for
. holy church and God. The experiment,
"however; was a failure. The ftbso
lutlsin of the church was cbectked
' Humanity broke the fetters that bound
It to little things, and tbe awakefilng,
wondering world started for freedom.
We bonst a modern age, we tnlft of
democracy, we proclaim the rights of
men.' because, In the bitter conflict,
medievalism lost. It lost in art: It
lost In literatures It lost In science!: It
lost 111 politics; It lost In religion. The
triumph was not of a party; u warn m
ones 1)1
aen, to lignten tuo trmis, to ci-swr-rui
coveted gift; but the Great Physician
holds tbe precious soul In Ills hands,
the hands tlint will make no mistake,
nnd we can only stand aside and trust
Iliui. .
DESCENT FULL OF PERIL.
Who
Difficulties Overcome by Man
Climbed Grand Mulets.
This striking pcture represents ths
climber, Marqulgnaz, descending the
face of the Grand Mulets on Mont
Blanc.
Tho Grand Mulets is a mass of
rjranlte "rising up llko an Island in a
On ths Face of the Grsnd Mulets.
tremendous billowy ocean ot Ice and'
saow." -
Ins the face of the rock a rough
shielding of stone and boards has
been built where a bed and refresh
ments can be had. It Is In charge
ot a,womun who ascends in the begin
nlng of tbe season and remains there
three months. - '
. ': -., i-14 - ----
fnl purpose In promoting mutual re-. trluHipb for humanit ""f
. ,ni..ii mu i round world was Involved. Hue
Bpwt.-TvronUl (Ontario) Globe. hh. Wop. , ,.,..,,,,- W8. hurled
SVintmanHno' nn the revolution, 1e
Iron Age expresses the opinion that
too much attention naa oe "
to the development of metal adapted
in utrams mneeds. and not enough
a tti nmriup.tlon ot steel suited tp
a more Moderate one. It may safely
1 - M .1.. a ,1 A AVtt
be assumeo. mai ui ' i"
chinery on the world's market not
two per 'cent la yet nesigneu ior
tual blglA speed working.
Girls Do Not Keipimrmra.
A principle which obtains In business
Is simply the matter of keeping one's
word. An article is bought and order
ed sent home; you expect it to be
there. Yon may engage a maldand
there is no certainty whether she will
keep her engagement or not. At first
I could not understand why, when I
took a place, tho employer would say,
"Now, you will surely come; you won't
disappoint me?" or "Be sure and do ' ' f
not fail me.' - -
One day I asked, "Why do you act t
as if I would not come? I'll keep my .
word." And the reply was: "I have
had so many disappointments." I liv
ed to learn that the merest, whim orr
the part of either employer or employe ?
is sufficient to cause both one and tho ,
other to "change her mind."
This Is not right. If a maid prom- .
ises to go to an employer and disap-
point her without good aaeVoaflMollt -.. 1
WAaann no n1H lia f.nm ivhtn)l ahA WStt
engaged should 'strike her name- from
their books. And when an employee is
engaged, after spending time, trouble,
and expense to obtain a place, only to
be told that the lady has "changed her
mind," it would seem to be the wisest
thing for the keeper of that intellig
ence office to request the discontinu
ance of such patronage. James Sey
mour Kllnk, in tbe Atlantic
; .'rr,.,i.t-:.
And She Swallowed It. . ,
At a recent dinner in London the
conversation turned on the subject
ot lynchings in the United States. It
was the general opinion that a rope
was the chief end of man In America.
Finally the hostess turned - to an
American, who bad taken no part in
the conversation, and said: "You, sir,
must often have seen these affairs."
"Ye,s," he replied, "we take a kind of
municipal pride In seeing which city
can show the greatest number of .
lynchings yearly. The night before 1
sailed for England I was giving a din
ner to a party of Intimate friends
when a waiter spilled a plate of soup
over the gown ot a lady at an adjoin
ing table. The gowna-iiUriy
ruined and the gentlemenof her party"
at onoe seized the waiter, tied a rope
around his neck and at a signal from
the injured lady swung him into the
air." "Horrible?" said the hostess
with a shudder, "And did you actually
see this yourself ?" "Well, no," said
the American, apologetically; "Just
at that time I was downstairs killing''
the chef for putting mustard in the
blsno mange." Kansas City Journal.
Dont Forget That
There Is plenty of opportunity for
superior -talents. The top of the lad
der of success otters plenty of stand
ing room and Invites guests. The low
er part only .is fearfully crowded.
There IS no excuse for the. universal
wall of lack of opportunity, for thero
la no lack. Tho trouble lies with tho
demands laid upon those who ssplre
to first place. One thing Is certain
there II no quarter for the whlncr,
and precious little enconragoment for
those who do not care to work wiili
might and main. Chicago- Journal.
v1 An Ambition Quenched.
"Some day you. may be president nf
the United States," said the pitroui.
ing person.
"I hardly think so," answer. I t'"i
mall boy with spectacles. "Sly i
o-.ts would never consent to my suil
ln;t out of doors on a March day to 1-e
'..'.-urraM."- ?".if,Miil Ion !". it.