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OLD SENATORS.
sir natty of Them linve Punnet' the
Phreeneore and, 'Pen
UNITED STATES CITIES.
owne Odd Contrasts and Pacts Re-
yealed h y Official Stall/titles.'
Actieg rn instructions final congresa
the detainment of labor at Washing-
ton recently issued statistics relating to
all the cities in the 'United States of a
population of 30,000 or more.It was
found, says the Pittsburg Dispatch,
that there were 140 sucb cities, and
the statistics collecteathrow nand) in-
teresting light on tbelr status and de-
velopment. *
The oldest city In the United States
Is Albany, which was incorporated in
1686, Philadelphia dating 15 years
later,' New York Chicago and Phila-
delphia are the only American cities
whose population runs into the mil-
lions. ewe° oda contrasts are presented in the tables which give the area,
eoverecl by the different cities. It ap-
pears that Taunton,' Mass., occupies ter-
ritory greater than that of elates Bos-
ton or Baltimore. NONV Orleans, a city
of 285,000 hababitauts, covers 125,000
acres, while Newark, N. J., with a pop-
ulation of about the same size, occu-
pies lees thtin 12,000 acres. 'One ex-
pects to find the manufacturing dis-
tricts of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts
and Illinois closely packed, but it is
surprising to notice that Richreoncl
CONTI'S only 6,520 acres and Louisville
12,800 acres as compared with Duluth
and Des Moines, which, with much
smaller populations ill each case, cov-
er, respectively, 40,960 and 34,560
acres. ,
Tbe second table in the bulletin deals
with saloons, police foree and the num-
ber of arrests from drunkenness, dudg-
Ing from the arrests made, it seenas
• that Davenport, Ia., is the most sober
city in the United States, while San
Francisco and Boston suffer most from
. drunkards.—New York Telegram,
A. Trick of the Plumber's Trade,
Foreman Parisi of the gas company,
while boring a hole under the pave-
ment at Oak and Fourth streets the
other day sons to get in a service pipe
for gas without breaking up the pave-
ment, ran his auger through a lead
service pipe connected with a water
znain. Water was flying in all direc-
tions, and as the lead pipe had been
laid some 30 years ago and there was
• no record to show with what main it
was connected the water could not be
shut off. Finally Mr. Parisi broke
open the pavement and jamnaed the
and of the lead pipe and stopped the
water from Slowing through It.
The conundrum then was how to get
the pipe repaired. A plumber was
found who was eaual to the occasion.
He procured a lot of ice and some salt
and packed the mixture around the
end of the pipe and soon froze
the water solid in it. He then cut off
e the jammed end, inserted a piece in
* the broken length, made two joints,
and then, removing, the ice, tbe pipe
soon thawed out, and the water flowed
through it all right. The spectators
who saw bow it was done voted the
plumber a genius, but he claimed no
extraordinary credit for his skill, stop-
ping such leaks being only a part of
his business. --Portland Oregonian.
No, Not 'Whistler.
Professor Angeli, the queen's por-
trait painter, is a fortunate inane He
alone is privileged to paint Iser majes-
ty, not because be is a surpassingly
fine artist, for in that respect his re-
pute is not high, but because he is the
only artist that the -queen can hear to
Rook at her. "Her majesty has got ac-
customed to me. To be constantly
looked at by another man would great-
ly annoy bei," It is useless to argue
with regal prepossessions, but what a
pity that ber majesty did not choose an
lienglish or a Scotch or an American
artist and get accustomed to him! Mil-
lais would not have looked at her more
than was necessary, and as a painter
he was wortb a dozen Angelis. Mr.
Sargent would have been a model of
discretion and would have painted a
portrait with tremendous force. Air.
Whistler—hue, no, Mr. Whistler would
have tried to instruct her majesty in
the "gentle art of malein,g enemies."—
London Chronicle.
Every Congress Eas Its Carpet.
The new carpet on the floor of the
house of representatives is pretty to
• the eye and yielding to the touch. Ev-
ery congress has its carpet. Congresges
• of even numbers bave red carpets; con-
gresses of odd numbers have green car-
pets--tbat is, in the one red is the done
2nant color, and In the other green
dominates. .As this is the Fifty-sixth,
congress—an even number—the carpet
Is red, and a very fine carpet It Is too.
There are 1,400 yards of It, and 200
yards more are laid away to pieceit
ak/ and patch It for the second session.
The ens -pet of tbe last 'congress is now
spread on the floors of the various com-
mittee rooms, and that sy1.11 ise the fate
yof its successor 'two', years bence.—
Louisville Courier -Journal.
Weitten Smelters In London.
Th0 restaurants 'where there is no re-
striction on women smoking include
nearly all the most eXpansive tted fash-
lonnble. The restaurants where the
ltaly smolcer is tabooed are, I should
stay, mostly those where the great
British middle cities treats ite wives
and datig•hterS to a table 'cl'hote at 5
shillings or, it ,may be, 3s. Gd. a head.
These ttre, agnea, restaurants Inn inner -
111)10, not expeemive and a trifle -belle-
:mien, Where tAe ladies srnoke as tnucth
as the men. he female stnolzer ap-
•pears ro tiourie)t chiefly at the top and
bottoto of sociai v. In the Illtettuediate
'reeks rhe Is loeted on vvith suspicion.
e-Leeteen TtlIt11;
•
Four, of the oftlest nfeu in the sen-
ate sit eide by side elethe front row.
They are Pettus of Altthatna, who is 78
years old; Cockrell of Missouri, who Is
05; Yeet, also of Missouri, wise Is verg- '
iug on 70, and Morgan Of Alabama,
who will be 76 next June.
Age has dealt lightly with these four
old men with tbe execeition of' Senator
Vest, who Is beginning to give evidence
of' the weight of threescore years and
ten upon his diminutive form, says the
Washington Post. Pettus is wonder-
fully well preserved. He Is known as
the Confucius of the senate because
le looks so wise and Is so deliberate In
his talk. Coekrell is one of the hard-
est workers in the senate, and his con:
stant watchfulness while bills are be-
ing considered is proverbial. Vest used
to be one of the greatest orators and
debaters in the body, but of late he has
participated but little in the proceed-
ings. Morgan is one of' the wise men
of the senate. He knows everything
about everything. Wben be was a
boy and books were scarce, he used to
train his memory by learning, to repeat
each volume, a chapter at a time. His
parents wanted hire to become a min-
ister, but he drifted into law and then
into politics: I -le is one of the few
nien in tbe senate who have the really
broad gauge of a statesman.
Very few of the old men in the sen-
ate show their age. No one would
ever suspect that Platt ,of Connecticut
was 72 or that CUllorn of Illinois was 70
last November. Senator Hawley of
Connecticut is 73, Gear of Iowa will be
75 next April, and Hoar of Massachu-
setts Is 73. Senator Teller is still vig-
orous, with . his seventieth birthday
rapidly approaching, and Frye is a re-
markably young man for the weight
of nearly 70 years. Jones of Nevada Is
69:while his colleague, Stewart, is 72.
Senator Bete of Tennessee, like the
late Senatdr Harris, will not disclose
his age. He must be 70 or tbereabout,
for he was a soldier in the Mexican
war, over half a century ago.—Boston
Herald. '
Pure Liquid Alr.
Tbe color of pure liquid air Is a beau-
tiful pale blue. Before an eastern col-
lege recently was. exhibited two sam-
ples of liquid air in glass tubes. One
was made fron. air whice - had been
washed to purify it from dust, soot,
carbonic acid and other impurities.
Ties. when condensed, was a pale blue
Tbe other sample was made by•
,eondensing some of the air of the lec-
ture room in welch the audience was
assembled and was an opaque, black-
ish fluid, resembling soup in appear-
.. •
acme.
It would appear as if condensed sam-
les of air might afford an easy means
for comparing different kinds of con-
tamination. It may be possible some
day ft) supply the hospitals of tropical
countries where the natural air sup-
ply is bad and the necessity for a bet-
ter one very pressing with beautiful
blue country air guaranteed absolute-
ly pure. This can never be accom-
plished, however, until some means
have been provided for transporting
liquid air to considerable distances
without enormous losses, caused by its
return to its fertile!' state.
The Lash In England's Nairy.
Flogging is almost unknown 'in the
British navy nowadays, but it has not
been abolished by law. The lash is
used as a punishment for a limited
number of' offenses, and not infre-
quently years pass without a single
application of the lash. Recently,
however. an incorrigible character on
board one of the warships at Cape
Town was sentenced to receive 1e lash-
es. lie became unconscious before the
punishment was completed and was
sent back to bis quarters. The affair
has created a great sensation in Eng-
land and may lead to organized agita-
tion for the abolition of flogging in the
navy. Fifty years ago a sentence of
18 lashes would have seemed to the
public simply a normal penalty for an
infraction of discipline and would
have occasioned no comment. Today
It is described as brutal.—Boston Tran -
sari et
- That Lafayette Dollar.
Readers who may wonder why It is
that their favorite newspapers do not
illusttate the new Lafayette dollar
among other matt ers' of interest are in-
formed that it is because of the pecul-
iar wording, of an act of congress and
tbe.pecullar interpretation planed upon
it by the secret service department of
the treasury, which, talcen together,
make it a p'enal offense to print a rep-
resentation of any coin. According to
this absurd ruling, a newspaper picture
• of a silver coin is a counterfeit of that
coin mad must be dealt with as severe-
ly as if there were danger that it !night
be circulated as suele—Philatlelphia
Ledger.
Absolute Safeguard Against Colds.
It is an utter impossibility to catch
cold if the surfaces of the body are
kept at an even temperature. The
trouble may be from without, or It may
be from within—that Is, by not being
either properly or sufficiently clad, by
pot !misting perfect, circulation or by
not eating such food as Is needed to
furnish tile required heat of the body.
The chilliness yon experience In the
winter arises front one of two causes;
Hirst lack of sufficient carbonaceous
food; second, poor circulation, possi-
bly due to lack,01'exerelse.—Ladies'
T-Ioine Journal.
llrettle and Sltirimbalt.
General eletimen refers! to the battle
o elodcler River aS "the blooaiest of
The century," In tlmt battle, In. which
1c,„00o men participn.ted, 73 were kill -
cid and 365 worieclecl. General Methuen
Is dusty on recent hietosy. Iital a bat-
tle been fought In our clviI war with
eitelt rosette It woeld have been palled
"only a skIrmish."—Atchlson Globe.
Life of theCanadian Contingent at
De Aar, and Orange River.
MANY HARDSHIPS TO FACE
And Many Trials to Overc
otne, but are Eager for the Fray. •
In camp with the Royal .Canadian
oeiment at De Aar, December 6,
1899.—The regiment leaves this place
tor Orange River to -morrow morning,
at six. o'clock. We have been here
now for four full days, the delay be-
ing oecasioned by the necessity of se -
curies; regimental teanspoit. At Cape
Town we had no transport whatever
and the regiment haciall its enplanes
hauled out to Green Point Camp and
back again by traction locomotives,
which are httgely used there for haul-
ing heavy loads of supplies about the
town and harbor female Immediately
after arra-ying at De Aar, transport
officer Lafferty set about securing
transport mules and wagons. This
was no easy task, for there were a
number of regiments ahead of us,
Id! anxious to secure the same thing
and move on to the front. Do Aar
being the advance base of the force
under General Lord Methuen ancl
Goaeral Gatacre, all regiments land-
ing at Cape Town and ordered to join
either of these forces, obtain their
transport, and in the ease of cavalry
their remounts at De .Aar. The re -
meet depot and mule corrals are here
ono of the most wonderful sights I
have seen since landing in South
Africa. There are a dozen or more
contractors, principally farmers and
stock raisers in the districts about
De Aar, who have contracts with the
British Government to supply unlim-
ited numbers of mules and horses for
remounts. These contractors ride all
over the countey for hundreds of miles
and- buy all the stock they ctua. get.
The animals are brought here in im-
mense droves by Kaffir boys and plac-
d in immense corrals.
When they go in the mules are
randed on the neck with signs and
umbers and ,the horses on the front
loofs. When the Y are issued out to
he various regiments a record is kept
f these signs and numbers so that the
fficers of the remount and transport
opot know exactly where every ani -
nal which has passecl through their
ands is. .
It is a wonderful system, so enor-
ous in its proportions and so perfect
n its working. I spent a whole day
ding over the enormous corrals in
ompany with Cape. A. W. Waite,
the 10th Royal Hussars, who, un -
a• Capt. Mackenzie, has claare;e of
Was exceedingly kind tome, and seem-
ed anxious to•give me all the inform-
etion permissible about the work-
ings of the depot. A short distance
from the remount depot is
THE SUPPLY DEPOT.
This is the most wonderful
piece. Piled up in every coaceivable
shape on humbecis of heavy transport
Wagons and Scotch carts for xegimen-
tat transnort. Inside huge eheds of
corrugeted iron Lula supplies of all
sons of military and teansport stores.
In one shed I saw stsmall mountain of
mule harness, in auotlaer saddlery of
Id] kinds and horse equipment of all
sorts and in a third a motley stock
of, military odds and ends for com-
pleting the equipment of regiments
on:their way' to the front. Outside
itt all directions were enormous quan-
tities o: fodder and feed for horses
and mules covered over with immeese
canvas tarpeulins. If there was time
and space one could write a whole
story on the working of this station
alone. Thousands of horses and mules
pass through it every week and it is
estimated that teere is here a continu-
ous stock of over -e2,000,000 worth of
supplies. Our transport train con-
sists of four large wagons each drawn
by eight mules and three or four
Scotch carts drawn by four and six
mules. The rattles are driven by
black Kaffir boys who use a long -whip
with a lash tweuty or thirty feet long.
It is wonderful -to see the dexterity
with which they use this formidable
Weapon. The muleteers' are all black
Kaffir boys some forty or fifty in num-
ber under a conductor, who is usually
an Englishman, one of the colonists
who cau speak the Kaffir language.
The transport corps under Lieut.
Lafferty consists of sorae • nineteen
men, volunteers from the ranks of the
various companies. This corps hand-
les all the baggage and supplies, loads
it upon the wagons and unloads it
and assists in loading all upon rail-
way truelzs.
IMPROVED BY CAMP LIFE.
The four days' stay of the regiment
Id De Aar has worked a great change
in the officers and the men. Fortun-
ately we were given no special fatigue
or outpost duties. The regiment
practically went under canvas in 11
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BOER PICKETS READING THE BIBLE.
the depot The mule and bullOck
•
corrals were enormous, covering an
area of several square miles. In it
'were thousands of mules and draught
bu1lockl3 to be used in hauling the
heavy transport wagons of the various
regiments ordered to the front. The
remount horse corrals, where the cav-
alry eorps are supplied with horses
lost on the way out; are not so large,
but there were hundreds and hun-
dreds of horses of all kinels from the
I.eaadon 'bus horses, used for dragging
heavy gnus, to the small native pon-
ies, used so extensively by officers in
infantry regiment8 at the front. Wire
fences separate the various breeds and
classes of animals, and at the remount
,stables are large troughs made of.can-
vas, where the horses and mules axe
watered and fed each day. It is to
!,lie depot here that all animals cap-
tatred,from the Boers are sent. It was
interesting, too, to see in is separate
paddock, dozens of horses wounded
in the various engagements with the
enemy. Here their wound e are treat-
ed and cased for until they are well
enough to be reissued fOr duty. Cap-
tain Waite is' riding -master of the 10th
Hussars, and knows more in five min-
utes about horses aud mules than most
men could leant in is life time. Ile
the #ret time at this place. The offi-
cers and men were thus afforded an
opportunity for the first time of meet-
,ing and knowing one another. Each
day, despite the awful sun heat upon
the sands of the camp, grounds, the
regiment paraded in battalion, half
battalions and companies, and was
put through the field emovements. At
first their woies was poor, but with
the natural aptitude which the men
have showed to such a largo extent
since we left Quebec, the improves
anent was so marked that the officers
of the staff and those of the other
regiments in the place noticed and
remarked it. Morning and evening the
men did their drill for hours at a'
time, while other regiments did neth-
hig, and vet there was not a murmur
or complaint. A more cheerful body
of men it would be impossible to
find anywhere, and yet no one can
eonceive the discomfoet and hard
work they have to endure. Camped
on a smidy plain swept part of the
,
s -nesse
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THE SEVEN AGES Oe' WOMAN. tile princess, eeseemees Wears: ''emeeree '
At tIrst the infant's cap, soft, warm rind • whito, did!"
With strings well triputikid and wauled,, in sorr,
.The giddy schoolg,irPr hat, a waif and stray.
Any old thing that hinders' not Ser
The budding maiden's hat, 'pert, smart or trim,
:According to "sweet sixteen's" mood m whim.
Bravest of all, the bridal wreath and Yen.
Which marks life's great event ,and turas tei
sees.
'The new fledged inatron,fl""drearn," by Worth dei
Which hubby pays lor,.sigts and locks resiped.
TWhileicwileililidpel:rtne'sa
miredbQrnnveafr
tgcl thcMchheraPalone.
'Bast rwene of 'irnueNheew7y1dorw:esdusn.
Sans feathers, flowers, 'ribbons, lace or beads.
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"A KISS A WORD."
A Story of a 'Wonsan Who aciald
Ea Not Reap a Secret and Ilow
- She Paid the Penalty-.
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When the Princess Ale.xanara See.
batoff was presented at the luxtirious
,
- court el' Catberine II, twomen bad the
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empire. One
Gregory Alexandrovitch Potemkin,
mighty minister, the other Prince M
mole, the handsome favorite of
czarina.
The gossiping world said that
pretty eyea:of the favorite had jus
much share in governing the land o
Russians as the great brain of the
mous etatesman. •
The quick eye of Prince Monona
noticed at once the extraordinary be
ty of the new court lady, and of cou
It was only natural that so wide aw
a statesmen as Potemkin, whose I
pretty but nevertheless watchful e
were always open, couldn't help see
anEdutahclimnierninfgu.11 in love 'with the you
princess, and in the ensuing ardent
secret struggle for her love the cza
na's favorite, elonontoff, wes fina
the more successful: He became t
devoted admirer of the princess. a
the wise Pateinkine knowing that
was. "net in it" any wore, witiffire
.burYing his malice in bis diploma
heart.
Thanks to his intrigue, the new 40
of Prince Moneta:toff now beca
known'to the czarina, who, to avoid
scandal; ordered her favorite to mar
at once the girl.
The "punislament" was taken by the
prince with resignation, which w
only natural, knowing that the you
priacess was not only besvitching
beadtifra, but also enormously rich.
The wedding took place with gre
pomp and ceremony. The young pa
was overwhelmed with tbe costlie
presents, among o-bich the most vale
ble was that of the Czarina. It was
large solitaire diamond. Its wo
drous fire had a beautiful color.
Nothing" marred the happiness ,e)
the young couple, and their honey
moon passed in joy and pleasure.
Once in a happy bour.the young wif
approacbed, her loving husband wit
this inquisitive question;
"Tell me, clear, what is the value of
that large diamond wbich you have on
your finger?"
elonomoff loolzecl upon the czarina's
present and did not answer for awhile.
"Tell me honestly, sweetheart," con-
tinued tbe princess, "bow mucb was
given for that stoner •
"A kiss," thoughtlessly replied Moue -
moire '1'hey both laughed at the joke.
"Won't you sell it to me? I will pay
you double that UlUell for it." And the
charming young woman demonstrated
right away her generosity by allowine
her husband to "help himself," and
tbe price, two kisses, was willingly
paid --in fact, overpaid—but of' course
that is none of our business.
"Alexandra, if' you value our lives
you lutist not tell of this bargain to
any one. Yon know the czarina."
"I do promise to you, dear, that no
soul shall learn from tioe the price of
the diamond."
"I have also promised to Catharine
and told you just the same."
"Yes, but I won't."
And she didn't—until the next court
reception. Of' course sbe didn't mean
to tell it to a soul, and it was only
,by mere chance that the secret ee-
caped her lips. During tbe evening
her most intitnate- friend, tbe Prin-
cess Orloff, had admired -the sparkling
gem and (we must remetnber that all
this happened ,,in Russia) Inquired
about its value. •
Princess Monomoff ,smilingly whis-
pered into her rosy ears; "It was given
to my husband fora kiss. I gave him
double the amount for it. •But I said
this only for you and to no one else.
Don't let it go farther, or It may bring
us into clanger."
Of course Princess Orloff did not
want to tell the secret to any one and,
In fact, did not tell it to a soul except
to the wife of General Romanoff, but
she was such an intimate friend of'
hers that site could be trusted without
fear. And site knew also perfectly -
bow to guard an intrusted secret. No-
body learned it from her but her bosom 1.
friend the Princess Kerchikoff. The 1
Princess Kerchlizoff told it to no one
except to the Princess Daskoff. So the
isept secret reached Princess Po-
.
In shortly a fter ni id n igh t,3,
Os scevoconis,eyfictlyle.itri)tsiaul luyd ebvy table) iiptinorne iciosteel eodf n
necss Potemkin hated Princess
mote, and, being the wife of a
clip I °Ina t." she was herself a great f
lief. She land maneuvered so
ully that silo approached the ern- t
unnot iced, end when the Princess I,
mote paraded by she rernarked s:
1, how beautiful is that diamond
e.
' The czarina recognized at once her
gift to tact' former lover, bet neverthee
lese nonchalantly said: ••
"Yes; it is a line stone, sl.t must ba
very valuable,"
Tbe Pl'ineese tells everybody that it 1
but
t'St gave
etrsovuortrolb' altn, la the ea-rlY
was given to iler liusimnd for a. Lama
morning, Prince and Princess Mono- •
moll' retired, giving orders to their at- • '
tendants not to disturb them until 2
o'clock in the afternoon. ,
It bappened, however, tbat hardly
one pour after they were rudely await--eilect by somebody who executed a live-
tiSh',e,tlaslrtibetoeoop sleepy
ptiinat.uliteeti:r. bewd)th'00es
0Ideadroer?:, called
out indignantly tenni their bedchamber '
"His excellency the chief of police
wishes to pay his respects."
In Russia every door must open be-
fore this "seeame," and in the next
nainute Prince Monoteofe appeared in
the half opened door.
The chief of police was polite.
"I must beg your pardon a thousand
tinies, your excellency, but I must dis-
turb you at this unseemly hour. L re-- '
gret it very much, but duty compels
me to do it. Me most, gracious czarina
has bid Me to deliVer to you this order
and also to carry it out personally and
without delay. Knowing good man-
ners, I do not wisb to intrude into the
sleeping apartment of a lady, and L
have brought with me lady attendants
to help me in'executing it. I must beg
your , kind indulgence to allow these
ladies to enter."
Prince elononaoff threw a troubled
look in the direction of the "lady at-
tendants," who were lined up nicety in e
the hall. They were all six feet high's
very well built "ladies.", They were
all richly, although a little negligently,
dressed. Tbey wore very large French'
hats with large feathers, and their
faces were thickly veiled. 'On their
.large bands the fine suede gloves neare
ly bursted. But the most extraordi-
nary thing was tbat instead of a fan.
every "lady" bad a rod of birce in her'
hand.
The chief of police delivered his or-
der to the prince. It was a sweet
perfumed, rose colored billet deux con-
taining these words:
"One kiss—one word, then women --
hundred rods." ,
Alone/note paled. Tbe,chief of police
politely withdrew, and tbe "ladies" ad-
vanced In orderly steps. Two of therrs
took the arms of elonotnoff, and all en-
tered into the-aedchambee and closed
the door. ,
What kind of a ceremony they per-
formed we don't know positively, but
one thing is cet•tain, that when they
emerged again from the sanctum of
the princely pair tbeir rods were used
up to a great degree.
The chief of police took polite leave
of the prince, and the "ladies" ar-
ranged themselves in line again and
filed away in a nice, soldierly manner.
Before leaving the chief of police as-
sured the prince that all those "ladies"
were selected especially for one merit
their isnowledge bow to keep a secret
But, in spite of les assurance, the
story soon became -known all over the
world.—Narrated From the Hungarian
For New York Journal.
The Star of Bethiebein.
It was a cloister fancy of the dada '
ages tbat the .star of Bethlehem was
some especially created: etarlike body,
probably within our denosphere, de-
signed wholly for the leading of the
wise tnen. The law of parsitnony re-
jects such explication, and science,
with silent scorn, turns its back upon.
the bauble star, for in the glorious'
depths of beaven are matchless orbs
wbich, swinging on their way into mor-
talken for awhile, meet all the de -
I mends of poet and of prophet for the
Star of the Line"
History affords us data for determin-
ing this wondrous star. •
Ween the magi arrived in :Jerusalem,
Elerod was within a few weeks of his
death. The massacre of the babes of
Bethiehene was one of the last of biS
tragic deeds. limed died in the year -
of lentne 750. When "Herod inquired
diligently what timehe tstar appear-
ed," the reply was evidently such that
he thouglat it safe to exterminate all
baby sons of Bethlehetn from 2 years
old and under, showing that "tbe star"
hacl been known to the wise men for
at least two years before their arrival.
in :Jerusalem, and whether its appear-
ing had tnarked tbe eonception or the
birth of "the king" Herod could not
decicle.—New Lippincott's.
reiatteettaa.
Not tong ago two commercial travel-
ers started from Birmingham on a
night train to I-lolybead. Wishing to
have the compartment to themselves.
however, they sat thinking for a ino-
ment bow they would manage it. ' At
last one of them ,said that he would "
put it right, and. stepping out on tbe
footboard, told his .companion to sit
still and stare In front of him. As the
people came to the earriage,door to get
in the tisiveler on the footboard whis-
pered something to them, and the pas-
sengers, after taking a look into the
ctuglage, passed on. When all the pas-
sengers were seated, the train started
nd the traveler Stepped into the car -
lime to join his companion, eaying as
10 did SO: •
"Leme it, haven't I?"
1 -lis comennion replied:
"Yes. 1 ,see you have, but bow did
on manage it?"
"Oh. I told them that you were a !n-
atio, and I bad you in charge,"
A Well Meant A,et.
"How did you happen to give that
oottead euch an unieerciful clrubliing?"
"I felt sorry fin' him. You know that
hey are talking of giving footpads
tthlic floggings. and I thought I'd
IVO the poor fellow the open elisgrac.
v licking the hide off of him In prt-
ate CI 1 r D "
well
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It sly'
strict
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tame by a laot wand, which drives the atone
watch cases, and the rest of the tiine Intrig
Sand even into the men's dust -proof great
rendered so hot by the sun's rays as to skint'
be almost unendurable, compelled to I Press,
cook therr own meals, draw their own Mono
rations, and keep their camp ground I 'thee('
clean, " ' "ee "01
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