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OLD TIME PORTRAITS.
Does There Exiet a Reliable Painting
of the Poet Burns?
Was this the fnce that launched a thou
sand ships
And burnt the Icpless towers of Ilium?
asks Marlowe, writing of the vision of
golden Helen A similar question has
been asked In regard to the diverging
portraits of Mary Stuart. Was tills
the face that turned so uiauy heads
some 350 years ago? The queen of
Scots was assuredly bewitching. Knox
admits it; Ivnollys asserts it; Ituthvea
lost his henrt to her In Locbleven cas
tle; whoever saw her desired her. Yet
not one of Mary's portraits represents
her as beautiful. Romney lias suffi
ciently explained Hie fascination of
Lady Hamilton for Nelson. But Mary
Stuart's charm remains unexplained
by her portraits.
And what about Burns? Tbe point I
wish to make is that old portrait paint
ers are not to be depended on for strict
fidelity to their originals. The mere
fact that they differ so much in tbelr
representations of the same subject is
enough to prove it In regard to
Burns, tbe question bears a twofold
aspect. Not only do the portraits of i
the poet disagree with one another,
but even flint which by Its frequent
reproduction lias tacitly been accept
ed as the truest representation cannot
have been exactly 11': e him when It wns
done. I reter. of course, to ihe famil
iar Nnsm.vth head rml bust, painted iu
17S7, when Burns was carrying all he
fore him on his first visit to Edin
burgh J. Cuthhert Hadden in Scrib
ner's.
REAL ESTATE LEASES.
Origin of the Custom of Making Rent
als For 99 or 999 Years.
Whence originated the use of the
odd term in lenses, nil or Slilf) years?
In other tinvs lessees and mortgagees
In possession of real estate for 100 or
l.ooo years demised the same at tin an
nual rental, retaining a reversion for
tlie. last vent of tlie original term The
object of This proceeding was to be
found in the unwillingness of the un
der tenant to become bound to the per
formance of the i ovenant contained in
the original grant and also In the im
portance to the lessor of a reversionary
interest, without which, under the old
English practice, he could not recover
his rent by distraint
Somethin's this reversion was for
only three days or even for only one
day. lint usually In long terms the last
year was retained out of this came
tiie popular noth n that the law pro
vlded th - distraint and hence leases
were made fm !Hi or him years, when
there was no reason whatever for any
such odd period of time
In England there was in special
cases a restraint on corporations or
ecclesiastical persons prohibiting tlie
demise of lands belonging to them to
tlie impoverishment of their successors
for a term beyond l<>0 years and such
leases were accordingly made for !)!)
years Harper’s Weekly.
Boosting a Stock.
"Stocks are valuable ill keeping with
the demand for them, said a Wall
street man "and tile 'd'lnand' is often
created by queer methods A few years
ago a mini who is well known in the
street was overloaded with a certain
stock lie told his wife there was
money iu it and that It would soon
have a lag rise Next day the good
woman gave the tip to the woman who
came daily to massage her The latter
had many wealthy clients, to whom
she gave the get-ricll-qtliek tip. The
stock became popular, tlie man sold
om. and the masseuse who set tlie bail
in motion never knew why she receiv
ed a present of extraordinary value at
Christmas time from her client.”
••From which oue?"
"Why, from the one who said it was
a ’good tiling.' of course. The others
probably discharged her.”—New York
Tri lame.
H yderabad.
The state of Hyderabad, located
about midway between Madras and
Bombay, in the south central part of
India, with a population about equal
to that of New York and Massachu
setts combined and with an area of
82.libs square miles (just about the
same area as Kansasi is. generally
speaking, the most important native
state in India in population, wealth
and potential resources It lias many
wild creatures including tigers and
leopards in abundance and occasionally
bison and elephants There are nlso
wild hogs, antelope, hyenas, wolves,
jackals and bears.
Hs Still Had It.
“Look here you swindler!” roared
ttic owuer of the suburban property to
the real estate man "When you sold
me this house, didn't you say that in
three months 1 wouldn't part with it
for $iu.i kiii?"
“Oertainfy." said (he real estate
dealer caimly, "and vou haven't, have
you ?"
A Little Too Much.
"This is what I call adding insult to
injury "
“What's the trouble?"
“An editor not only returns my man
uscript. but lie wants me to subscribe
for his paper.” Birmingham Age-Her
ald
Right on the Job.
Indignant Citizen (to office boyl—
Your confounded paper had an out
rageous attack on me this morning,
mid Office Roy Ibrisklyi- Yesslr
How many copies will yon have?
Noble Thoughts.
Beautiful Oils thought and beautiful
the language wherewith Sir Philip Sid
lun gave it expression "They are nev
pr alone wh ' arc accfimpnnh-d by no
ble thoughts ' ' \
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expenses some way.
She Yes I've been thinking of tak
ing another dollar off the cook's wages.
—Chicago News.
Her Disappointment
"I bear yon are
going to be mar
ried. Maude.”
“Yes.”
••When?”
“‘Soon as Frank
can get a Job.”
“Bob said be
saw Frank run
ning from a Job
last week and
the last thing he
saw of them
Frank was three laps abend.”
Something Wrong.
First Doctor-This Is a most myste
rious case. I can’t make Anything out
of It.
Second Doctor—Hasn't the patient
tny money’/—Philadelphia Telegraph.
A Conspiracy.
Friend (to Infantry officer wiiu has
been trying to pass riding test for pro
motion)—Well, passed all right, I hope?
“No; spun, confound ’em! They
brought the wrong horse."—Punch.
A Trageffy of Error*.
Scene 1. Early morning in younfl
woman's boudoir. Tlie young woman
Is inspecting an expensive white suit.
"This suit needs cleaning. I'll just
call up the cleaners and have them
rail for it." Places bundle by thr door.
Scene 2. Same morning in relative's
room in same house. Relative 's in
specting a white and black suit.
“1 believe I'll have this suit dyed
black.” She calls a cleaning establish
ment operated by a man whose last
name is the same as the name of the
men who keep the shop where the
young woman intends to send her suit.
Scene .1. Wagon stops in front of
house and driver rings doorbell.
“Package for —?" be asks, and the
maid, seeing the bundle left near the
door by the young woman, hands the
driver the package. Tlie package goes
to the establishment, which lias orders
to dye a suit black.
Scene 4.—Tlie white suit is dyed
and the package is returned.
Scene 5. - - —— —•
—Indianapolis News.
8cotch Sabbath Morality.
Even in Scotland up to the middle
of the eighteenth century Salibatb
morality was geographical. Sabbath,
according to n contemporary writer,
never "got nlioon the pass o' Killie
crnnkie.” For generations after the
reformation the birblander on Sunday
drove Ills cattle to market, brought
borne Ills fuel, baked his bread, iished.
played shinty and put the stone.”
Sunday christenings and penny wed
dings were common, and the presby
tery books merely sent warnings
against piping, fiddling and dancing at
them.
Rut in the lowlands the church took
a sterner view. The assembly forbade
shippers and sailors to begin any voy
age on the Lord's day or to “loose any
ships, barks or boats." Aberdonians
were fined if they failed to attend
worship, the good man and good wife
of tlie house contra veiling paid (is. Sd.
and “ilk servant 2s. Scots.” a sore bur
den to be borne in tbe seventeenth
century. The record of al>; n e s H
* scant)*.-— London Chronicle.
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ORIGIN OF A NOTED PHRASE.
“I'd Never Allow the Constitution to
Come Between Friende."
In one session of the legislature the
New York city Democratic representa
tives were split into two ramps, and
there were two rivals for leadership.
One of tiiese was a thoroughly good
hearted, happy-go-lucky person who
was afterward foi several years in
congress. He had lieeii a local magis
trate and was called judge. He was
alwnys willing to vote for any other
member's bill himself, and be regard
ed it as narrow minded for nuy one to
oppose one of his bills, especially if the
opposition was upon the ground that it
was uie iiiistitutiounl
<>n one on aslon lie had a bill to ap
propriate money with obvious impro
priety for the relief of some miscreant
whom he styled “one of the honest
yeomanry of the state.” When I ej.
plained to him that It was clearly un
constitutional he answered. "Me friend,
th< nil-dilution don't touch .ittle !
tilings ii' • that" and men added, with :
an ingratiating smile "Anyhow. I'd
never allow the constitutJou to come
between friends"
\t the time I was looking over the
* ot Mi Bryce's "American * 'ora
••th and i t"id him the Inci
ic m-t It info the llrsf edition
o. nil W otliet it is
• ci iiP.mi oi not i 'dinnot say
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F®THC ^ “SYCHOLOGY.
Theory ot Dr Dw'i* Ha-tley. the Fa- .
mom f.-i' sr 0'-ilo30oher.
The Itrsi ■ 11<-in|•< to explain psycho
logical ptieiniineiion on pliysloiuglcal
prlnci|iles was uiinle by Dr. David
Hartley the KnulNli philosopher, wiio
was iHirn hi tin ii I Til."* in Hsgr.it I
V. Hi U OiiS.W .. I a ; i - ill Mill His
l.'rame His I MU' and Ills Kxpe. til
thins." |iuhl|shi-d mi i?4!i aftei patient
liivestigatloli ovciMig st.xtisdi icars ne
elalHirateil ills cpm nal tle-ury.
By tile did elopmciit ut hi- u w id asso
ciation and -liicHi m the law ut trans
ference he m e .inn..(| tui all tile | lie
Uoincin ut ti:c a -Ufai uiistitulain
A c ri■ i i t,iii. i ' '.it- Mcdntlarv
sunsliiiice .I 1 • n mi,.i marruw
and the nen c pm tii>ig_j ieui i ii-■ in.
s [lie till 1! .Iiilt.• Ilist I ill.adit ut -ens..|.
tiun and n .tmii When a seiis.ii n
tills tieell trc pudltly experlen-ml It ac
• liiircs a iciitli-ie i tu h i cal irscll spun
til ncuiisly
Ideas art uut ilie-t 'ci " -ns ur rel
les -it sell.' -n ■■ .11 tllldl re
call uth<" • - ui "i
apple ids-.-l I Is , :i , U! - | - el
this recalls i*lliei iis-ii,-hired ideas, ill
this way Hartley a -mints I'm all lui
uiuu emotions Milwaukee Sentinel
Goldsmith’s Actor
Lord Nugent was one evening very
eloquent to (ioldsniitli In praise of M
• a bad in-tori “But. my lord." said
(ioldsniitli “you must allow he treads
Hie stage very ill be waddles."
•‘Waddles?" sold Lord Nugent
“Yes. lie waddles like a goose. Why.
you know we enll him (Souse XI Well,
and then, you know, when he endeav
ors to express strong passion lie bel
lows ”
“Bellows?" said Lord Nugent
“To be sure be does bellows like a
bull Why. we enll him Bull XI Well,
then." continued * ioldsniitli. pursuing
his triumph "his voice breaks, and be
croaks."
“Croaks?" said Lord Nugent.
“Why. the fellow croaks like a frog
We call him Krug XI '
“But XI. is a good actor."
"Why. yes." said (ioldsmith, ‘‘bar
ring the gisise and the bull and tbe
frog and a few other things I could
mention, and. not wishing to speak ill
of my neighbors. I will allow XL Is a
good actor."- "Memoirs of tbe Karl of
Nugent.”
Sundials.
A sundial consists of two parts,
tile style or gnomon, usually the edge
of a plate of metal, made parallel to
the earth’s axis, and pointing toward '
the pole, and the dial plane, which
may be of any tiara substance anU on :
which are marked the directions of !
the shadow for the several Hours of
the day. their halves, quarters, etc.
Dials are given different names, ac
ording to the positions which they
are constructed to occupy l'he dial
is called a horizontal dial when the
dial plane is on the plane of the hori- ,
/.on. a vertical dial when perpendicu
lar to that plane. A dim whose plane
is parallel to the equator is called an
equinoctial dial. 1’here are also iiortU
dials, south dials, east dials, west di
als. polar dials, declining dials, etc.—
Chicago Tribune
Bright Boy.
rloidlug up a globe before a bright
tt ■ im)> In school the teacher asked
at country Is opposite to us ou the
■lie "I don't know, ma'am.' wa« j
•eply “Well now. pursued the j
tier ‘if I were to hore a hole j
••ugh the earth and you were to go !
! ii till* end. where would you come ,
"Out of the hole.' replied the i
ml with an air ot triumph New
- k 11 lobe
Her Test ot Bravery.
-in- I would tievei marry a mu
'U is h oward He About h"
i.i or wmim ne nave to no to nm
mill approval: She Well, lied hn>
to (lave con rage enough to er pro
. Boston Transcript
No Wonder.
Jack Yes |miih intih mav have nna
tils tnults nut nis heart was on the
rlgh’ side Waggs Is it possible? NO
woniiei ne died
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He IS nearest to (left who nas tbe
fewest wants. Daman froverb. (
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Pleasure!.
The objects of pleusurc nre two iu
number. First, to kill time, anil, sec
ond. to keep us from doing something
else which would make us more mis
erable. Tne pleasures of the Ameri
can people, roughly speaking, are like
wise twofold—namely, makiug money
arid spending it. Some people derive
ull their pleasure from making money,
nnd others all their pleasure from
spending it. Others combine the two.
Being an inventive people, the Amer
icans have created many ways of
spending money. Being too busy mak
ing it to spend any time on the drudg
ery of running their country they
■pend a large portion of It in support
ing the politicians. This, indeed, is
one of their chief pleasures. And their
superb sense of humor enables them
to enjoy intensely the nccounts of
what all the politicians are doing,
which enterprising papers publish
from day to day.
The Americans have other pleasures,
but compared with this one they are
mostly trivial.—Life.
Caught a Tartar.
Bishop Thornton when In Ballarat
Was walking one fine Sunday morning
with his favorite dog. a very intelli
gent retriever. The dog was perform
ing ail sorts of trlcks-jumpiug over
his master’s stick, retrieving it from
the water, and so on.
The bishop was aware of the wide
eyed interest of a small boy who. with
his nurse, was walking on the shore of
the lake. The bishop recognized in
him the son of a neighbor with whom
he was on the best of terms, nithough
the neighbor was a leading light of
Nonconformity in the city.
To amuse this boy the bishop put the
dog through the whole entegory of his
tricks and then said. “Now. isn't that
a nice dog and wouldn’t you like to
have one like him?" To which the
small boy replied sternly. "Sir, 1 think
you forget what day this is.’’—London
Citizen.
Another Pull.
The kaiser has a habit of gently tug
ging at his left ear when anything
bothers him.
One day some years ago when he
was on a visit to England he was
handed a telegram. The contents of
the message apparently displeased him,
for he Immediately began tugging at
his ear.
The Prince of Wales, then a boy.
watched the performance with consid
erable interest.
“Uncle.” be said at length, “why are
you pulling your ear?"
"Because I’m annoyed. 1 suppose.”
replied the kaiser.
“And when you're very annoyed,”
persisted the young prince, “what do
you do then?”
“Then I pull somebody eise’s.” an
nounced Ills majesty viciously.—Lon
don Tatler.
Why the Wise Are Early Risers.
It Is h curious fact in psychology
that nobody can stay at the same
mental and physical level for twenty
four hours together. In the morning
you are more matter of fact, for In
stance, than luter In the day. It Is In
the morning that the best brainwork
la done, too—brainwork of the sort that
requires Industry and clear thinking.
And It Is about 11 In the morning that
your body reaches Its highest point of
energy. In other words, you-- arc
stronger, though almost Imperceptibly,
at 11 In the morning than at 3 In the
afternoon. You reach that highest
point twice in the day. for about 5
In the afternoon the muscular energy
has risen aguin. But from 5 onward
it declines steadily all through the
evening and on till between 2 and 3
a. m.—New York Press.
Records That Should Bs Preserved.
In many private homes and in thou
sands of offices are to be found public
records of inestimable value that dally
run the risk of destruction. These
should be preserved to i>ostertty. Loss
would meau annihilation. It Is there
fore the duty of all discerning ones
throughout this broad laud to take »
personal Interest in their preservation
They should no longer be left to the
care of officers and indifferent cltl
zens who are in too many instances lg
uorant of their value and reckless ns
to their preservation. — Magazine of
American History.
Thirst For Knowledge.
In a cinematograph theater a little
boy was with his grandmother when
a film started with the title “Lost In
the Desert"
“Grandma." asked the child, “what
is a desert?”
“Hush!" murmured the grandmother
"It is a place where nothing grows.”
“Oh!" said the little boy, pointing to
an old man with a bald head, “la that
man's bend a desert?”
Maine’s Highest Point.
Mount Katahdin. in Piscataquis
county. Me., has an elevation of b.200
feet and is the highest mountain in
the state, according to the United
States geological survey. The average
or mean elevation of the entire state
jf> Maine is 600 feet above sea level.
Joyous Occasion.
Briggs - What! Are you going to
Mawkser’s funeral? I thought you
made it a rule to associute only with
superlatively happy people? Griggs -
That's why I am going. You see,
Mawkser left a lot of money to his
relatives.—Life.
Riches.
Seek not proud riches, but such as
thou mnyest get justly, use soberly,
distribute cheerfully and leRve con
tentedly. yet ha vo no abstract con
tempt of them.-Bacon
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THE OLD STAGE HERO.
He of the Mid-Vit wtae Ai* Has Gone
From Us *o*ever.
The stage hero oi the id-Victorian
age wept on all the available articles
of furniture when his manly heart
was wrung. He was certain to ob
serve a noble silence at exactly the
wrong time, enabling me gay and
glittering gentleman who wus more
than suspected of being an atheist to
get the girl. He was cross once in
awhile, when he was keeping another's
secret at the expense of his own char
acter and somebody took him at his
word.
But ob. bow dependable be was!
How sure to meet a train or make an
excellent omelet If tbe fragile heroine
had mislaid the cookbook! How strong
j be was and how fond of carrying peo
i pie upstnlrs. How well lie brought up
! bis first wife’s children if lie was a
widower, or the heroine If he was her
guardian!
He will not come again-not he nor
such ns he. He hns passed, always
with a certain dignity, ills heroine's
drooping curls brushing his protecting
arm. into the country of last year's
snow, and year before last's presiden
tial candidate, and all forgotten. Irre
coverable tilings. And. ns Ids favorite
author, the Swan of Avon. said. “We
shall not gaze upon his like again.”—
Atlantic.
WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
All ths Land In Great Britain or Calico
to Cover It?
If—and don't forget the "if"—you
were offered ns a present either all
the land in the Unit is t Kingdom or n
piece of cheap, common calico of tlie
same area, which would you choose?
Probably, without a moment's hesi
tation. you would say. “The land" and
would imagine that you had got very
much the better of the bargain. From
one point of view, of course, tills would
be so. for land lasts longer than does
cnltco. On the other hand, however,
you would be choosing very much the
cheaper of the two offered gifts.
The land of the United Kingdom, in
cluding town areas, is estimated to be
worth £2.r»(MI,(MMMMM). A piece of cheap
calico of the same size as the United
Kingdom would cost more than i'J.UOO.
000,000.
Difficult to believe. Isn't ii? Still, the
facts cannot be denied. Average agri
cultural land may be reckoned as be
ing worth £"0 an acre: building land,
say. twenty-five miles from Cliariug
Cross. £ 1 <M> nn acre: ten miles from
Charing Cross. £."(in an acre. Now. a
common calico costs £1 — 1 an acre, a
pond calico £“(iO. while a good quality
linoleum costs £7.">0 and an ordinary
Turkey carpet £3.iiOO an acre.—London
Answers.
The Spy In the Reading Room.
All Interesting story reaches me.
says a London correspondent, of an
agent of tlie Russian imperial police
having been stationed in tin* reading
room of the British museum for tile
purpose of noting the arrival of revo
lutionaries in England. The type of
man who is driven out of Russia is
generally the intellectual, and the
reading room is probably tile first
place he seeks out after his arrival in
London. My informant tells me that
the spy used until recently to sit at a
desk near the door, whence he could
observe everybody that entered and
used to work his way steadily through
tlie monumental catalogue of the mu
seum. taking out books which lie
opened, hut did not read, in alpha
betical order.
Welcomes a Whistle.
“It may oe ag'in tli* statoots." said
“Rig Barney" O'Toole as lie lolled in
1 the assembly room of a police station,
“but whin I'm poundin' tli' pavement
after midnight there's nothin' I like
better to hear out 'f a In-ad than a
good healthy whistle. A la-ad what's
pipin' a tune about Ills love or th'
Blue Kidge niount'ns o' Virginia is sel
dom up t’ nnny diviltry. Whin a crook
has somethin' on his mind he ain't ad
vertisin’ himself so ye can loosen yer
grip on th’ locust. When ye hem’s th'
la nd wit’ th* whistle lie's yer fri'nd."
— New York Tribune.
She Would Get Even.
Tired out with an afternoon s shop
ping. the mother sat back in her easy
chair to recite in detail the afternoon's
experiences to a sympathetic home cir
cle.
“And to cap it all I met that horrid
Annie Green, and she was very impu
dent to me as usual." she wailed.
“Tlie mean thing.” sympathetically
snapped out six-year-old Ella. "Why
didn't you impudent her right back?"—
New York Sun.
No One to Lean On.
“What's the matter. Tommy?”
"Oh. I'm tired of school. I'd like to
go to bed for a week.”
"Why. how's that?”
"Well, you see. I'm ill a very awk
ward position. I was next to the boy
at the bottom of the class—and he’s
left.—Manchester Guardian.
He Forged.
Trotter When young BifTkins left
college a few years ago. he declared lie
was going to forge Ids way to the
front. Did he make good? Homer -
As a forger-yes. He's now occupying
a front row cell 111 the penitentiary.—
Chicago News.
Life's Changes.
Life is full of changes. One day we
have an office cat and no catnip, and
the next day we have plenty of catnip j
and no cat.-Toledo Blade.
Woii'd-d thou subject all things to ^
thyself;■ Subject thyself to reason.—
ISvucea. ‘ ^ j
Placing Him.
I ' _
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Mr Kuagg—Look at me! I'm the
man that put the “money" In "matri
mony."
Mrs. Knngg— Not quite. You’re the
Buy that put the "moan" in "matri
mony."—Chicago News.
The Thick and the Thin.
Mrs. Bing (having the worst of the
Argument)— Nnh. then, clinch It; you’ve
always got more to say than yer ’avo
to eat—Bunch.
Couldn't Tell.
i
Diner—Say. when was this samlwlen
'ancle?
Waiter How do I know? I've only
.■ecu heu> three weeks.—Chicago News. 1
Her Feeling.
The Vicar (to the old Indy, the last
of whose family has married) — You
must feel lor.ely, Mrs Muggins, after
having such a large family.
Mrs Muggins Yes. 1 so, sir. Some
times I misses 'em and sometimes 1
wants 'em. Imt 1 misses ’em more ucr
l wants em Sketch.
New Line of Art.
Tile redheaded and dissatisfied hoard- ;
»r was a large man with a large appe
tite. After dinner lie went out into
the narrow yard, shook both Ids fists
at the silvery moon, burled several
imprecations toward the congress of
the stars and burst forth into a pic- J
turesque and voluminous flood of abuse
which was devoted entirely to the
landlady. One of the other boarders
who had been at the house a long
time, thereby accumulating a pallid
look and a palate with corns on it.
drew near timidly and ventured to ask
what the special kick was.
"What's the matter?" echoed the
large man. "That old dame's the first
woman 1 ever knew who could literal
ly paint food on u plate.”—Popular
Magazine.
Too Much For the Scot.
A Scottish farmer paid a visit to a
south of England cattle show and
wtdle walking around got talking with
a native farmer. Neither lould well
understand what the other said. The
Scotchman got a little nettled at tills
and put it down to the Englishman's
stupidity.
“Man." lie said at last, "yer cows
moo a’ right, and yer cocks craw quite
plain, tint I'tn hanged if I can mak'
you oot!”—Exchange.
Looking Far Ahead.
“What was the basis of Mr. and Mrs.
Futill’s separation?”
"Well, you know their baby—the one
that was born last month?”
“Yes.”
"Futill said he should go to Yule,
nnd Mrs. F.. who is from Boston, In
sisted on Xiurvard.”—New York bun.
HUMAN BROTHERHOOD.
When Disaster Came All Were Kin and
Equality Reigned.
Friends who went through the hor
rors of (lie Sail Fruneiseo earthquake
111 1U00 and kept their spiritual senses
alert tell me that its most poignant
experience was not one of horror or of
pity, hut of the almost miraculous at
tainment ot hnninii brotherhood.
".lust after the disaster, when rich
and poor waited In line together for
their allowance of bread and milk, I
saw," says a friend, "a rich woman
from the St. Francis hotel lying asleep
on a doorstep with her head on a mult’.
A long sable coat was thrown over Iter,
and under one corner of it a young
Japanese boy. a perfect stranger to
her, was curled up asleep. * * *
"Everybody was everybody's friend,
and. though we were all dog tired,
there was not a word of complaint or
ill nature. To bivouac together in the
park and care for each other's babies
around (ires of driftwood gathered on
the beach transformed men and wo
men into defenseless children of the
earth, revealed each to each by their
iutinte lovubleness.
•'Common danger and mutual help
fulness. common misfortune, common
work, common confrontation with the
elemental, brought a swift achieve
ment of almost ideal brotherhood. A
crushing blow made all the world for
s time kin."—Atlantic Monthly.
TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH.
So Easy Nowadays That It Positively
Peeved the Old Timer.
“I'm In an organization where the
members are expected to furnish the
secretary with photographs ot them
selves.”
“Yes ?"
“Well, I hadn't been to a photogra
pher's for twenty years. I hated to go.
I remembered the old head clump, amt
the twisted spine, and the awkward
hands, and the depressed chin, and the
silly smile. It seemed to me worse
than the dentist’s. But I had to go. 1
walked into the photographer's big
room like a Christian martyr, and tic;
operator pointed out a chair, and ( sat
down, and lie said, ‘That's all.’ I ask
ed him to repeat it lie did. Then I
got out of Hie chair and went hack to
my office.”
"Well?"
“Well. I don't feel right about It. It
didn't seem to me worth while, t
don't think the photographer treated
me right. It looked to me as if he had
a disagreeable Job on his hands and
wanted to shirk it. He should have
fussed over me more. What do 1 knot?
about posing? Besides, there wasn't
time. 'That's all.' he said, nnd Hipped
uie out of the chair They didn't snub
me tbnt way twenty years ago, uo,
sirl”— Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Made the Most of His Hats.
Wheu Lord Milner held his first re
ception nt Pretoria the oltieers and leg
islators were given to understand that
frock coats and tall hilts were expected
of them. There was only one shop in
the place in which silk lints were sold,
and this had Imt four of them. Tim
Transvaal legislators rushed oft in a
body to buy these four, hut the hatter,
not being mad. saw Ids opportunity
in their extremity. lie knew there
was no time to get lints from nuy
where else, so he resolved not to sell,
lie offered to let them uut on hire at
the rate of 10 shillings for ten minutes.
His shop was close at hand. Four
gentlemen could present themselves
before his excellency. After ten min
utes they must silently steal away and
hand over their hired finery to another
panting quartet. It was done, and the
hatter still repeats dreamily as he re
calls the moment of his life, ‘‘It would
not have been fair to have sold them,
not fair to my customers and uut fair
to myself.”—Loudon Globe.
"The Corsican Bandit.”
Only those who have traveled a good
deal in Italy can realize the depth of
the resentment that is still felt there
at the losses the oountry suffered
through the "Corsican Bandit.” as Na
poleon has Ihsui dubbed. The Italians
have a saying about the French, "Are
the French thieves?” "No, but bona
parte in good part of themi are.” And
when n visitor goes to one city after
another, sees one building after a mi til
er that was rubbl'd of its chief treas
ures by Napoleon, he begins to under
stand this savage sentiment, it is even
stronger in Malta, which Island was
virtually swept clean of Its splendors
of medieval and renaissance art by
the conqueror The Maltese loot is all
somewhere at the bottom of Alexan
dria bay, the ship on which Napoleon
loaded it having foundered there.
Wat Tyler’s Rebellion,
Attempts to tix by statute the wages
of agricultural laborers In England
were largely responsible for the great:
revolt of 13SI, or "Wat Tyler’s rebel
lion.” It represented the despairing
effort of landowners to get back to
the level of wages before the black:
death came to make labor dear. But
the lord of tile manor overshot the
mark He wanted the day wage kept
down to 4 cents to (i cents a day Had
he put G cents to S cents In the sched
ule there might have been no rebellion.
Badly Expressed.
Mother-In-law It is so kind ot you,
Joseph, to take the trouble to drive
me home: Son in law imn’t mention
It! It’s no trouble at all. On tile con
trary. it is the most delightful drive j
I have had for some time!—Loudon
Telegraph.
The wise prove and the foolish con
fess by their conduct that a life of
employ incut is the only life worm
leading—William t’aley.