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Minrlinr With Strangers.

The effect of mingling with new peo-
pie who have new methods of thought
is very salutary. Always to see the
same people do the same things, feel the
same way, produces a stagnant condi-
tion Of tie mind and heart that is very
distressing to behold. There are thou
sands of invalids who might be greatly
benefited by getting away from home,
if only for short time, to mingle with
strangers and be touched with the mag
netism of the great world as it courses
in it's accustomed rounds. And there are
mental and moral invalids who need
the same change, to get their heart and
mind enlarged and let in little more
of the great light of life. Outside in
huences are very valuable to those who
at home have been we'll trained by
healthful influences in early youth, so
they can avoid the snares and pitfalls
into which some SO often blindly fall
True Flag.
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a. Spidaris Web.

It is hard to realize how small a spi-
der's web really is. A famous micro
scopist once made some interesting COM
parisons Of cobweb with human hair.
81 have often compared the size Of
the thread spun by full grown spiders
with a hair of my beard" he says. IT
placed the thickest part of the hair be-
fore the microscope, and, from the most
accurate Judgment I could form, more
than 100 of such threads placed side by
side could not equal the diameter Of
one of such. hair. If, then we suppose
such hairto be of round form, it fol-
lows that 10000 threads spun by the
full grownspider, when taken together,
will not be equal in substance to the
size of a'single hair. To this, if we add
that 40O'young spiders at the time when
they begin to spin their webs are not
larger than one full grown one and
that each of these minute spiders pos.
sesses the same organs as the larger
ones, it follows that the exceedingly
small'threads spun by these little crea-
lures must be still 400 times slenderer,
and consequently that 100000 of
these minute spiders threads cannot
equal in substance the size Of a single
hair. "-Chicago Record.
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Yale Yarns.

What was the laticlavius?" said the
tutor to pitiable wretch of that order
whose intellects traLsfuse the solid facts
OF positive knowledge into nebula of
vague conjectures. Boldly he concealed
the weakness OF his defenses and faced
the enemy: ut was the garment which
the roman matrons wore when they
went into the Cloaca Maxima."
Equally unfortunate was the youth
who volunteered to give the parentage
OF Trojan Ganymede He was," said
he, 1.-THE son CT Nc, v Olympus and an
eagle. - Some ooubl Icing expressed
as to the exactness Of this biological
statement, lie proved his faith in au-
thorship and shocked drowsy room into
clamorous applause by reading tri-
umphantly from the preface to his
Ovid, "And Ganymede was borne to
Mount Olympus by al eagle.
Even the mathematics recitation,
usually desiccated repast, was some
times favored with taste of humor.
A much loved professor was deeply
panied to see an estimable young man,
whose knowledge was at his fingers
ends, put that knowledge into his poe.
ket upon the professor approach. In o
voluble attempt to cover his maneuver
he said, Professor, think this sine
OF alpha can be computed upon differ
ent theory" "sir," mildly replied the
professor, 'it is condition and not a
theory that confronts you. Judge
Henry E. Rowland in Scribner's.
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Johns Hopkins.

0ohns Hopkins began life with yerv
INQUEST school education, and he is q
striking example Ct what may be done
~ energy economy and perseverance.
ne was l8 years old when he left his
la'ner farm, oD which he had worked
s slhee ms twelfth year, but, hard as he
nao worked in the country, still hard
ef experience was his during the first
years in the city.
Soon after his arrival in Baltimore
ne ootalned employment in his uncle's
~nolesale grocery store. The work was
1aporlous and the salary small. Early
anu late he was at the store, making
the hre IN the cold winter mornings.
running errands, packing goods, col
!ectlng bills, receiving and delivering
freight, keeping account of stock, helm.
Ing at the books, etc., for it must be re-
membered that when Johns HOPKINS
was clerk letter carriers were mn
known, steam heaters undreamed of
and lightning calculators uninyented.
The six years that he passed in his
uncle's store, while toilsome, were
seryiceable. They taught him method
lcal business habits and thus prepared
him for his future career as one of the
merchant princes of Baltimore-one of
that remarkable trio of benefactors
(Peabody, Pratt and Hopkins) whose
enlightened liberality has provided
their adopted city with magnificent
monuments i'll the shape Of libraries, a
university and hospital. Of these
three public benefactors of Baltimore
Johns Hopsins was the wealthiest and
founded two of the most splendidly en-.
dowed institutions that the world has
ever seen-the Johns Hopkins uniyer-
slty and the Johns Hopkins hospital.
Self Culture.
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A Queens Visit,

To be old and poor and bedridden is
generally to be debarred from the great
er privileges of life, but there was one
old man in Scotland who found his dis
advantages had procured him privi-
lege that the strong and more active
members Of his family were seeking in
vain.
1t was on an occasion when Queen
Victoria was at Balmoral, and, as she
often did, she went one day unaccom-
panied to visit the cottages. In one of
these she found an old man, bedridden
and quite alone, and she sat down to
talk to him.
"And how is it you are alone?'' she
asked. 'Have you no one to keep you
company?''
"No," replied the old man innocent
ly. "My folks be all away seeing the
queen. They thought they might get a
glimpse of her,
His visitor made no reply, but she sat
with the old man, pleasantly filling the
gap made by the absence of "his
folks" and then found time to read to
him from the Bible she herself treas
nred. On leaving she gave a further
proof of her sympathy in the shape of a
e6 note, accompanying it with the
words, "When your people come back,
tell them that while they have been to
see the queen the queen has been to see
you. Youths Companion.
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A Plucky Minister.

Sir John Drummond Hay was a fine
horsemaM and on one occasion, having
been to interview the Moorish foreign
minister at Ell Araish, 60 miles from
Tangier, he desired to catch the outgo.
ing steamer which left next morning.
He had arranged that four relays of
horses should be in readiness for his re-
turn. On obtaining his reply he rode
off. His escort, thoughtfully provided
by the governor of Ell Araish, were early
in the race left behind. They declared
that Sir John, after outracing them,
"spread large wings and flew away"
He wore loose cape. On arriving at
the town Of Azaila, half way to Tangier,
he discovered that his relay was locked
up in the stable, and, summoning some
loafers, he battered in the door, OBJ
tanned his mount and rode on till he
came up to his own pony. On reaching
the river he jumped his pony into the
ferryboat and out again on the oppo-
site side and finally reached Tangier,
having ridden the distance in five hours.
On another occasion, when out with
his children, fanatic attacked him
and one of his children, and Sir John
struck the man with the cane he carried
such blow as stretched him seemingly
lifeless on the ground, only vouchsafng
the remark, "Take away the corpse. I"
The crowd drew back, and the bigoted
pilgrim" was taken to the hospital.
So severe Was the cut given by the cane,
present from Sir Walter Scott to Sir
Johns father, that we are told that the
basha sent to inquire the nature of the
weapon which had caused so dangerous
awound. The companions of the fanatic
interceded for him, and Sir John, only
too ready to listen to them, had his as
sailant spared the bastinado.-London
SnactatOr
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Loud Takers and Low Speakers.

Funny writer's and stage comedians
make the mistake CT representing coun-
try people as very loud takers" re-
marked Colonel Leonard Ainsworth Of
Arkansas Gas a matter, of fact, per-
sons who are accustomed to the quiet
and solitude of rural life speak in very
low tone of voice, while those who live
in the constant din and nerve racking
noises of the city naturally acquire the
habit of talking loudly. The reason for
the difference is plain. When you city
folks meet On the street, you;have to
elevate your voices to high pitch in
order to make yourselves heard. lev-
or come to St. Louis or visit any other
large city that don't soon, get sore
throat from overexerting my1voice. Of
course, you who live here fare used to
the strain on your voice andidon't suffer
from it as I do.
If you ever heard an. Indian talk,
you will realize the force of!what say.
never saw real indiana that spoke
much above whisper. He illustrates
exactly what mean. The, Indian lives
in quiet and solitude. His atmosphere
is not filled with noises and tympanum
piercing sounds. Consequently he does
not have to elevate his voice in carrying
on conversation. Your city arab, the
counterpart of the Indian, talks loud
enough when he comes to Arkansas to
be heard in the next county. ''-St.
Louis Republic.
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a Royal Shooting n;n.x,

". A. Baillie- -Grohman writes
article on "Sports In the Scventee,
Century" for The Century. Mr.. Ba.l-ie
Grohman, speaking of some of the olu
records of the chase. says:
One of the most interesting records
OF this kind is manuscript folio vol.
ume Of $40 pages, gorgeously bound in
green velvet, with solid gold clasps,
which is the list of game hunted and
shot by John George l, elector of Sax
ony, the foremost sportsman of his CEN
tury. 1t is supposed to be mostly in his
own handwriting and forms one of the
treasures of the royal library at Dres-
den. From this punctiliously kept shoot
ing diary we leam that between July
~, 1911, and the day of his death, Jan.
12, 1866, this Nimrod and his suit
bagged 10000 head of game, made up
of the unprecedented total of AZ, 299 red
deer, 81, 745 wild boars, 1O2 bears, 818
wolves, ETC., the 20 beaver enumerated
among the smaller animals making up
the balance being, perhaps, the most
interesting, as showing the prevalence
of an animal at present almost extinct
i'll Europe.
The great weight of some of the stags,
boars and bears brought to book by the
elector is as surprising as the enormous
totals we have given. Today red deer
stays of 800 pounds avoirdupois are,
with the exception, perhaps, Of Hunga-
yian red deer, considered unusually fine
bnimals. Indeed, Scotch deer of that
weight (clean) are today next to un-
known. How much. therefore, must the
race have degenerated when we read of
stays killed by the above sportsman
scaling over $50 pounds avoirdupois and
hear that he shot 4, 139 stags which
weighed over 45O pounds! The antlers
of these animals were in proportion to
their bulk. Every sportsman knows that
today red deer antlers bearing more
than l 4 tines are exceedingly rare. How
one wishes oneself back in the electors
days, when one hears of great heads
with 80 tines and peruses his summary,
according to which he bagged 80 stags
of 20 points and upward and 1, 7S5 deer
of IA points ard upward!
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The Daniels Parrot.

The Daniels parrot" that died in
St.\ Johnsbury. VT, the other day, was
81 years old. He was taken from the
nesewhen very young and lived for IA
years,on the Isthmus of Panama. For
seven years he was with the Spaniards
in Mexico on cattle ranch and spoke
Spanish well. He spent II years on a
steamboat crossing the Gulf of Mexico,
three years with the Wise family in St.
Johnsbury. and for the last 15 years
with the Daniels family, who received
an offer of $50 for him six years ago
from the managers of Barnum's 8 circus.
He laughed and seemed very bright al
most to the time of his death. New
York Tribune
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william Wordsworth.

Maly readers have thought Words
worth to be dull and heavy, and that
these defects are unpagdonable in poet.
1t is true that his poetry is not uni
formly great and attractive, and that
much Of what he wrote is tame. No
writer could yield SO much wheat and
not have some chaff with it. No poet
could write a long poem like "The Ex-
cursion" or "The Prelude" and be bril-
liant in every line. Even Homer some
times mods. Shakespeare does not al
ways reach the same heights, and /
venture to say that Byron, who sneered
so often at Wordsworth, flies very low
in more than one of his poems. Many
OF those who do not consider Words
worth profitable reading belong to a
class that is incapable of a feeling of
poetry" and without the power to ap-
preciate poet it is not easy to derive
any pleasure or help from him.-Mrs
a. T. Peabody in Forum.
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FRIENDS OF HIS.
Some Clopo Acquaintances of Whom He
spoke In His Dreams.

Spoke In His Dreams.
"John." said Mrs. Eastlake, to her
husband as she poured out his coffee at
the breakfast table, 81 think you have
never introduced your friend, Mr.. High,
to me, have you?"
81 havc no friend named High" re.
piled Mr.. Eastlake as he devoured but.
tered toast.
"Oh, but you must have, DEAR" in
sisted Mrs. Eastlake. "You are familiar
enough with him to call him Jack"
"Jack Eighl Don't know anybody of
that name. You never heard me men.
tion his name, did you?"
Certainly. That is the reason ask
ed you about him."
"When did I speak Of him?"
"I think you must have met him last
night" Mrs. Eastlake went On.
"though Of course if you had met him
then you would have remembered il
without any trouble. only know that
after you went to bed-you got home
about O'Clock, John-you fell into a
troubled sleep. You muttered good
deal, but I could not distinguish any,
thing very clearly except the name Of
Mr.. High-Jack High, you called him,
Once l thought I heard you mention a
woman's name-Kitty - but Tn not
sure.'
Mrs. Easslake looked narrowly at her
husband as she said this, and he looked
at her suspiciously and then said:
"Oh, yes, believe man named Jack
High did drop in to see the sick friend I
was sitting up with, but you could
scarcely call him friend of mine On
such short acquaintance.
"Of course not. But who was Kitty"
"There was no one named Kitty. Yon
must have been mistaken. don t know
anybody Of that name-absolutely no.
body"
Then Mr.. Eastlake put his coat on
and left the house, after kissing his
thoughtful little wife goodby.-Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
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THE CUMFoo DANCE.
One of the Popular Pastimes of the Ne
groes In Demerara.

one of the Popular Pastimes of the No
groes In Demerara.
The negro has undoubtedly o very
strong inclination to sleep in the day
and to spend the night in gossip, dancing
or singing. On this account he is often
a nuisance to his neighbors. especially
when he has wake. AS his home is
often nothing more than single room
about eight feet square, the funeral
party is conducted in the open yard.
Here congregate SO to 100 people, who
begin the entertainment with hymns.
going on after midnight to songs and
games and often winding up toward
morning with free fight. Then there
is the cumfoo dance, one of the finest
institutions in the world for producing
nightmare. Two men beat drums with
the hands, the one instrument produc-
ing a tumtum and the other rattle
rattle, almost without intermission dur
ing the whole night. At intervals of
about minute the party utters a weird
cry in some African language which
startles you as you lie in bed yainly try
ing to sleep. AS hour after hour passes
your house appears to vibrate, the bed
shakes and your spine feels as if made
up of loose segments. How can the
drummers keep this up for ten hours?
And the dancers? With the latter ex-
haustion alternates with the renewal Of
the orgy; one set falls down and anoth-
er takes its place. This and other dances
are connected with obeah, the witch
cult of the African.
Every negro and most Of the colored
people have an innate fear of the Obeah
man, however they may deny it to the
whites. One of the latest developments
Of this superstition was brought to my
notice a short time ago in connection
with cricket match. The East Coast
Invincibles and the Admirable Creolisns
were to play match, and from few
words dropped by the captain of the lat
ter it appears that he was.sure Of VIC
tory to his side because notable obeah
man had oiled their bat Re-
view.
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Level Headed.

'Most Of my success" confessed the
retired business man, II owe to my
friends.
IA man is lucky to have good, faith
full friends, said the listener.
lit wasn't luck. l picked them out
at the ball games.
"The IDEAL
''Best plat Oh earth. When I saw a
man who was an earnest rooter, made
it point to get acquainted with him
and make him my friend. If a man had
a good roofing disposition, why
shouldn't set him to roofing for me2"
Indianapolis Journal.
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WHEN I HAVE TIME.

"When have time, so many things I'll do
TO make life happier and more fair
For those whose lives are crowded now with
care
I'll help to lift them from their low despair,
When have time.
"When have time, the friend love SO we'll
Shall know no more these weary, toiling days
III lead her feet in pleasant paths always
And cheer her heart with words of sweetest
praise,
When have time"
When you have time! The friend you hold so
dear
May be beyond the reach Of your intent,
May never know that you so kindly meant
To fill her life with such sweet content,
When you had time.
Now is the time. All, friend, no longer walt
10 scatter loving smiles and words Of cheer
To those around whose lives are now SO drearl
They may not meet you in the coming year
When you have time.
Philadelphia Times
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Easy Stump G. ubbing.

This is the way one of Caribou's pro-
gressive farmers clears land: He has
portable fence, which he can move
around without much Inconvenience,
and he ineircles stump with it, plac-
Ing within the inclosure two of his big
gest hogs. TLen he goes to work with
crowbar and makes some holes around
the stump. filling the holes with corn
or oats or buckwheat, whatever he has
mandy, and the animals get in their
work. In the course of few days the
nogs have SO rooted the dirt from the
stump that it is an easy job to tip 1t
over and take it away. -Kennebec Jour
nal
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The Chinese,

Conservative historians among the
Chinese claim for their race an antiq-
uity of at least 100000 years, while
those whose estimates are a little
wild" assert that the Chinese were the
original inhabitants of the earth and
that Chinese history goes back at least
6OO, 900, 900 years. The government rec
ords of China place the foundation Of
the empire at $500 B. G. and claim that
1t was established by Tohi, who, they
assert, is the Noah mentioned in the
book of Genesis, B. G. 224O.
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PROPERLY Situated.

They may say what they like against
nim, said the convicted ones defender
out his heart is in the right place. "
Yes, T" assented the other, "and SO 10
.ne rest Of him for few years. "---1n-
annapolis Journal.
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"Who is that young woman near the
other end of the table who has been
talking about correct taste iniart?"
(Which young woman? There are
several. /"
1.-THE one with, the wooden toothpick
In her mouth. Chicago Tribune.
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An Optimistic Bookkeeper,

my dear SIR. your books are in
frightful disorder Don't you have to
make up deficit sometimes!'
'Oh, yes, sometimes! But, then,
sometimes there's surplus. File
Qende Blatter.
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The Chinese divide the day intos12
parts Of two hours each The Italians
reckon "a hours round, instead Of two
divisions Of IL hours, each, as we do. T.
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A Fearful Duel.

The most terrible duel fought at any
time in Paris was the one between Colo
mel D., an old Bonapartist officer,
and M. de G. of the Gardes du
Corps, mere youth, but of herculean
strength. The two men, lashed togeth-
er SO as to leave their right arms free,
were armed with short knives, placed
in hackney coach, and driven at a
tearing gallop around the Place de la
Concorde. They were taken out of the
coach dead. The colonel had 18 stabs,
the youth only 4. but one Of these had
pierced his heart.-San Francisco Ar
gonaut
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Agriculture In Paraguay.

Agriculture has been about the sole
industry of Paraguay since the estab-
,ishment of che Jesuis missions in 1867.
All the field work is done by women
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Swift's letters to Stella and Vanessa,
the two correspondence being carried
on at the same time, are equally good,
equally loving and at present equally
unreadable.
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Lady Dufferin, in her amusing book,
"Viceregal Life In India," gives some
good examples of ''baboo" English.
One of the natives was told to write an
essay on the horse in an examination,
and this was the result: "The horse is
a very noble animal, but when irritated
ceases to do so. )"
Evening journal., 1897-11-10
A IRUNPED UP CHARGE.

ANTON SMITH ACCUSED or FE-
LONIOUSLY ASSAULTING ANNA
MCCORMACK IN A DRUNKEN
BRAWL.
f. S. Bullock, a milkman, went to the
police station lhis morning and r5iaittii ii
10 Chief OF Police Dolan a story of an
alleged rape which took place last night
at the home of Mrs. Mary Mccormack,
al. No. 1913 East Eleventh street. The
victim, he said, was Mrs. Mccormack s
Caugh,er aged years, and the assail-
ant WIS Anton Smith, a German. Bull
lock was serving the family with
milk. and Mrs. Mccormack. according 20
lhe informant's statement. told him
Smith last night attempted to assault
her daughter.
When Bullock confronted the al
legged assadlant in a cell this morning
he denied the charge and said that II
was trumped up by James Cox, who
boards with Mrs. Mccormack. Smith
said that he and Cox were drinking TO-
gether at Mrs. McCormack's house, and
after they had become drunk a flgh'
followed In the fracas Smith says n
fell ever he girl. who was asleep On 3
lounge. Whila i'm that position Coz
hrutally assaulted him. Cox then tclC
Mrs. Mccormack that Smith ,attemptcC
to assault her child. and she in tur1
told Bullock Chief Dolan does not pu
mach credence in the story. but ne ha
ordered q full investigation.
Evening journal., 1897-11-10
CONCORD QUARTERLY MEETING

Media. Nov. 10.-The Concord Quar-
terly Meeting of Orthodox Friends was
held here in the Meeting House on Sec
on street yesterday The district in
Guides the Meetings in Delaware coun-
~. part OF Delaware State ana pars Of
Chester county. One Ct the Qua teries
Of uae year has heretofore besn held at
Concord, but il was decided yesterday
in future TO held all Quarterly Meet
ings in Media. These who spoke in Che
public meeling were Elizabeth Dunn,
Of Trenton; Jonathan Roads, Of VIII
mireton; Joseph Ellington, OF Phila-
delphia: Sidney Yarnall of Media;
Thomas Fisher of Malvern; Joseph
Walton, cf Moorestown, n. j., and
Henry Longstreth, of Darby.