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, 1897-10-27

do not. let me beg of you, be afraid
Of so called failures. said a well known
artist addressing his class. "They are
inly stepping stones to success, the
premiums we all must pay for expert.
euce. may say, without vanity, that l
have been fairly successful in my pro-
f~ession, aud yet to u canvas that sue
ce"ded there have been as many as 40
which have scraped down with my
palette knife in disgust. Even if n stu
dent never succeeds, Lis very failures
may be noble
1t is not only to art that this exhorta.
ton might apply. In every career, in
every walk in life. the same point Of
view should be taken. Failures are not
failures ~really-they are lessons; they
are stepping stones. They should o be
associated fo- II moment with despond-
enc,y or hoI elessIess. Just az u child
tumblcs and picks himself up as q mat.
ter Of course and runs gayly on. SO
should we children Of a larger growth
regard the ups and downs of life. never
losing courage, however often we tuin-
BILE. Young people especially should be
taught that it is not always success
to succeed aud that disappointments
should be taken philosophically. The
idea Of a booty prize in games is q good
one. There ere many prizes in life for
those who apparently fail. and eve in
worldly matters the last shall be first
and the first shall be last in nine cases
out of ten.-New York Tribune.
, 1897-10-27
A MARKET DAY.

Twas . market dry in Dublin town..
And the boys and girls were going down
With their wares to sell-fre ducks and geese,
Lambs and mutton without their feece,
Onions, cabbagcs, bccis, what not,
Cui.ed from many n garden spot,
Ana there, on tol, Ct her market cart,
BAT Maggie Moran, the pride IF Ivy hear.
Says l to her, at is time, I gucs,,
That You were buy ing your v.e,:di. ~ dress.
For my heart you are nsing rather rsS,rh
And have kept on n sting quite long
enough
enc laughed, and, shaking her frowsy head,
"l'm not qu.,c ready TO marry" she said,
"And IL you're in haste the better plan
La to turn Your lack on Maggie Moran"
"Magcic Moran is the girl I'll wed,
And nobody csc in this world," I said.
And j iL,crca il tcr cart ~ she turned ni,out
And held lcf fast so she Mo-,ln't fall ont.
For she tlcvc us Hume nj II iattling paee,
With u ioScish smile on ler hlusling face,
And the lin!Dlc Pony soon set us down
Far and away FROM Dublin town.
said MaGGic's mother. my girl, what luck
DID You haT" in selling ycur garden truck?"
And Mass!e said, will t, i:car.y laugh.
II sold my geese and brought home n ,nlfI"
Oh, the very next morn we both went down
To the parish p:iost in Dublin town.
And he l-aGe us one with little delay,
And lis ont of ,lic market we are today!
josephine Pollard in New York Ledger.
, 1897-10-27
IL hURT Her DIGNITY
Tho Elevator Mans Trick OnenCcl the
Falling Girl.

"You fellows have got your business
down to quite an exact scionce,' the
eighth floor passenger remarked, observing
that the elevator had been stopped wiih
its floor ~ an exact level with the floor OF
the hallway.
Eyes" the elevator man asscnted; az
person gets so used to that sort of thing
TINT he DOESN'T notice it much. A rather
neat piece of work was duIe in tLat next
SHIFT the other day" no continued.
Probably nobody except me would have
paid my attention to II, hut 1t struck ne
as u very good illustration of the skill lint
can be developed in this profession"
"YesY'
Eyes. 1t wns this way: The twenty
second floor door of this here shaft where
the thing occurred had lecn left open and
a stenographer girl gets ~abscntminded and
steps in. The car was then ut the twelfth,
coming up and the elevator man sees the
stenographer just MS she stnris. Here,
this II never do, says he, and with that he
fevcrscs and starts his car down.
1.-The girl passes me Mt the seventeenth,
and l throws everything open to Keep
alongside of her, nnd watch hat happens.
At ths rate she was going | judged she'd
hit the roof of the car under her with IN
awful bump, but she didn't. Tho elevator
maj KEEP his eye on her and gnuged the
speed of his car SOS to fall just /. lie c-o,lc
bit slower thnn she did. She'd almost
caught him at the seventh, and they was
going like fun. II 1t hadn't been II pretty
high building his calculations would have
been upset Of course. As it WAS, though.
he had til.ir' - jolly her for IL floor or two
kept just o.. # her reach. you know, SOS
to keep her %,:tssing. When he sers he's
getting pretlr ca. t to bottom, he pills the
lever over just the le-cast hit, sir, and she
lights on the roof of HAT car just as easy It's
II she was sitting drw on an easy ci;.i:
He stops wit his roof iit;su with the sucuLa
floor, and the stenogralh,r vi ~ i..u dunr
and steps out. Slo'd never ..r.k Ia ,r:,,
nun ngain, she vowed, hccauso lie d JUS
her that little bit IN the way tunHy
how tonchy these women arc, ui.,'t liz
Chicago Times. Herald.
, 1897-10-27

1t was in 1912 that John Draper, then
n professor in tie University Of New
York, nude the first portrait photo.
graph The subject was Elizabeth ORA
per. his sister, Professor Draper had the
idea that i'll order to produce distinct
facial outlines in photography it would
be necessary to cover the couutenance of
the person photographed with flour
This seems u strange notion now, AID il
proved net to be n good u then, fer all
of Professor Draper's early attempts
were failures Finally he left off the
-four and then was quite successful
This so delighted him that he sent TIT
picture to Sir William H.rschel, the en-,
inent English astronomer. Sir WILLIAMS
was in turn delighted and made know
Professor Drgpcr's success to the scien
tific men of Europe. He also sent Pro
fessor Draper u letter Of a%ckrowlede
ment and cnnp,atuiatiGp. which has
been carefully preserved in the aIchives
Of the Diaper family
, 1897-10-27

As to whether there are any diseasel
peculiar to the MINES calling there il
evidence thui. with one. or perhaps two,
exceptions. there are none such. These
exceptions are an affection of the eye,
termed "rys:sgmus," ard. in a lesser
degree. that disease of tho respiratory
organs which usually goes by the name
of miners asthma. E~ystagmus, al
though rot Il prevalent affection, ia one
with we'll marked symptoms directly
traceabie to The posture of the collier
while at wolk.
The symptoms IRE oscillation with
mere or less of u rolling motion of the
eyeballs, giddiness. with headache, and
tho appearance of objects moving in u
circle. or lights dancing before the eyes.
In severe cases the person affected:
may stumble and be so much incon-
7enienced as to lie obliged 10 step WORK.
Dr.. Simeon Smell of Sheffield has given
this disease special attention for atcul
90 years and has published the results
Of his Investigations, which show be
yond all reasonable doubt that nystag.
mus is confined almost entirely 10 those
underground workmen who are engaged
in h0liiI2 or undertaking TIE coal, aud
is due to the miners hutit of locking
upward above the horizontal lire Of
%vision. and more or less nbliqucly while
ut work lying Gil his side, 1t has been
observed also in firemen and others who
have occasion frequently TO examine
the roof, turning the ewes ob!iuupIy
while doing so. Any ether occupation
III which tie person may haLitu:iiiy
turn the eyes upward and sideways will
induce nystagmus. Coal Trade Jour
nal.
, 1897-10-27

The Eskimos dread the winter and
take early precautions to provide against
famine. As the season approaches IL;
great herds of reindeer migrate south.
ward, aud the wallus or the seal ar
all that remain fer food.
When an in wind is blowing, the wal
rus il easily found OH the outer edge o.
the ice packs. When it is blowing Of;
the shore. however. the ice packs sal
nj to sea with the walruses Oh them
The natives then class their numbers III
4 list from the strongest to the weakest.
The food TINT is III store is divided up.
the weakest having the smallest guam.
tity. the strongest the lurgest. Thus the
miRhtiest hunters have strength to Fro.
vide for the others.
1t ia q cruel system, but, nevertheless,
q necessary rue If ull were wenk, ulI
would die; If somc are strong. they viii
save many Of the weak.
, 1897-10-27

"Amatcur florists should study the
habits Of Inc plants in their collections In
order to giyo the special care needed by
each variety" writes Eben b. Rexford In
The Ladies' Home journal. mot only
does this ndvice apply pcrlinently to wa
terinc. hut to tho position in the window.
Your plant window may q southern one
which will cdnit n great deal Of sunshine.
This will Exactly suit gcrnniu'ns, hello
trees, rosc, and plants of TINT class, hut
irgonins, l.inroses and many other plants
adapted 10 house culture nre not particu-
larry i1ni III strong sunshine-in fact, are
of,en injlrcl by fall exposure to 1t. 1t IL
possible Ia end oit exactly what course to
pursue and 10 effect u compromise between
these :wo tl,sses of plants without IL
ciunre uf Windows. Find out what plants
lile Tarilul shade und give them positions
IN tho rear OF the sun loving plants. In
this way the plants which require sunshine
Will not u roDCed Of 1t, md those which
Lo not require sunshine will not Be harmed
Ly having III excess OF It."
, 1897-10-27
The Antiquity oil tn. Glove.

The antiquity of gloves has l'n, lrc.
In dispute. Tit uuestirn E'r;3i ..0u ii.
rendering Of u pnssucc in thu im.rli, chap
ter of the book of Ruth, yer~cs I, s:
"Now this was the rannr in frr!n,i
time In Israel concerning r,1.onin. an,
concerning changing. for Ia confirm ~
things; "a man pluck,d on his shoe nns
gave 1t to his nciYnhor, and this w., /.
testimony In Israel. There. ere the ..iss
man said unto Bo;z, Buy it Tor thee, =,
he drew off his shoe"
For shoe, In these verses. 1t Is sniii wt
ought to read glove, On this matter II
JOsephs, n Hebrew Of great literary n,:;.!n
mentsu and author Of scSc.al LEARNED worSs
nc tho following theory: Tho lie
brew nangal signifies to shut clnsr or in
close. When followed iy rcprl, the fout,
1t might mean II shoe or sandal, NJ " Zen
1t stands by itself, is IN the o. iaai ri
the passage quoted, 1t mist be rs,aicrrl
glove" 1t IL further stated t.!..t the nu.
Gent and modern rabbins agree In render
ing the wor;I from the original as '%giose.
and that joel Levy, u colei rated German
translator, gaze. ir7iesd u; shoe, lis pic
turesqne native term OF hand schuh. hand
shoe, by wii-h gloves are known in Ter
many to this day. ("Glovcs, by VILLAIN
Beck, 1881 MITES ara Qicrias.
, 1897-10-27
ERRORS OF
Som HAD Musical Breaks That Have Bsss
Made by Wfiters. -

Made BY Writers. ~.
In their illusions to the musical art ou
novelists commit the most amazing hlun.
ders with the most serene conscience,
plumbers of which u schoolgirl would be
ashamed, and from which no moro trouble
than Ia necessary TO turn over the leaves Of
a dictionary Of music might have saved
them. One novelist, for example, makes
his hero a soprano. Another pictures a
Scottish highlander sitting on the roadside
singing n Jacobite song and accompany.
ing himself on the bnRpipe. Mr.. Marion
Crawford has ascribed LA Favorita" to
Verdi, Il fent paralleled by Mr.. Black in
setting n lady down to a piano to play
Beethoven's Farewell" q composition
unknown TO that musicians many admir-
ers. MIR. Black has again distinguished
himself by describing one of his heroines
MS playing an unbeard of and impossible
sonaia of Mozart's in A sharp major. One
of the early popos stiRmntized the inno-
cent scale of c major as lascivious and
hnnished it from the music Of the chuxch.
One can understand Mr.. Blacks key Of A
sharp major being placed on the index ex-
purGnt0rins Of the musician, for the ten
sharps which would lie required to make
up its signature would brighten a Diabolus
among pinno players, Even Charles Rcade,
who really did know something about
music. mt any rate about old ~violins, YVES
on dangerous ground when he venturcu
on details Of musical tcclnic.
In Peg Wellington" for example, he
mikes the famous actress whistle n quick
movement upon II huge paste ring II
then tells low MIR. Cihber was COMPOUNDED
by this sparkling ndacin." No wonder
Mr.. Cibl:cr was COMPOUNDED. A Quick
movement which is at the same time nm
ndagio is enough to cnnfound anybody.
Nor are EnpiishiGen the only offenders.
Victor Hugo in lies Mis,rahles'' has
three violins and n flute playing sui;c o!
Haydn's quaricts mt q wedding. The ON
bination is curious enough in all cnn-
science, ard certainly Haydn never wrote
for amy such quartet of instruments, Arts
totle held that the moral effect Of u finite is
bad and exciting What it might he When
combined with three ~.Niolirs we can uHl
guess. Macmillan's Magazine.
, 1897-10-27

Monarchy In England will last NY time,
but even If the hereditary principle is
maintained In regard To tic fi.urrhcad of
the state, the fuss and ~frutiie,s in conncc-
ton with IL court will probably have dis
appeared hy Tho lime those who come Mt
er us are discussing the events Of the twon-
tieth century iur al this Is every dny be-
coming more ami moro out Of harmony
with modern thought. Those, however,
who would have the institution continue
In Its present form In sacula sRculorum
would do well to reverse the Salic law and
Limit the succession TO the throne to fe-
males, for they arc fur more fitted for the
ornamental function CT rianinR without
ruling lhun men. Their weakness Is their
strength. aud they have tact.-London
Truth.
, 1897-10-27

Somebody wrote: "To tho Dutch the
ladies Of nii nations nre indebted for the in
vcniion of tho thiinalc. The Dutnh
achieved this great invention about tho
year 1890"
How Gun this stupid error have ariseng
The thin HE Is probably prehistoric. Thin
hlcs In son.c form or other must have been
used by tho women who executed tho rioa
cmbroiIerics OF the medieval time. The
latp Professor j. II. Iiiorpld Rogers, in his
"History Of a agriculture and Prices In Eng
land" mentions, under the year 1894, ono
dozen tbinihles which cost I shillinRs.
Whnt IN, however, mure to tho purpose.
they are frequently alluded to Ivy our ella
drannatists. Here are 1--we examples from
the greatest of them.
In 1.-The Tanning Of the Sbrew" Grumio
says:
~ commanded the sleeves should be
cut out md scwed up again, and that Ill
prove upon thee, though thy little finger
be armed In n thlmble. Nv, 3. 1i9.
In the early daysof the civil war between
Charles I nId the parliament, when the
citizens Of London wero called on to send
In their plnte 10 be coined into money, the
rnynlist testers mnde fun Of the puritan
dames who were said t. have giyon even
their silver thimblcs to the cause. Notes
md Queries,
, 1897-10-27

A poor man lay dying. and his goot
wife wns tending him with homely but
affectionate care. Don t You thinl
you could ent a bit Of something. John
Now what can l get for your"
With q wan smile be answered fee.
bly,: "Well. I seem to smell . ham
~a-cooking somewheres think l could
do with a little bit Of that"
"Oh, no. John. dear" abe answered
promptly. lyon can't have that Thut''
for the funeral "-London Telegraph.
, 1897-10-27

The two principal German fortresses
ON the Bnltic sea are ut KoniRsburg and
Dantzic. Central Germany has three
6fst class fortresses. Spandau, Magde-
burg aud Kusarin; on the French from.
tier, Mets and ~Strasburg, and on the
Belgian froatier. Cologne and Oobiens
, 1897-10-27

"Mcrcy" cried Mr.. Barker ct the res.
taurunt. "WaIter, IL this Neufehatel
ChstscI"
"Yes, SIR" sid the waitss.
swell, l. must nay 1t tastes Hike vosy Old
chstel cheese. Bring ms some cottaee
chcen insta+d and b. sure IL b made oe
some cottupe sincs the original oussn
Anne pcflod. Dazar.
, 1897-10-27

There have hecn comparatively few good
composers Of organ music, and although
u recent years a great deal Of organ music
has bsen published the entire field Of
legitimate organ compositions occupies bot
limited eueCo.
, 1897-10-27

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Europe that When = Nefpent's sight
grows din with ags he eats fennel ans
thus rssains his vidoe.
, 1897-10-27

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Albany LODGE NO, Z, 1. o. o. F
Meets every Wednesday evening in l
usO. o. F. hall. J. s. NeteIer, N. G.
Louis Soderstrom. Secretary.
WYOMING ENCAMPMENT NO. l, l.
o. o. F. Meets first and third Thursday
evenings in l. o. F. ball.
Vim. johnson. c. P.
John Eckerman, Scribe.
LARAMIE REBEKAH LODGE NO.
/. l. o. o. F.-Meets second and fourth
Thursday evenings in 1. o. o. F. hall.
Mrs. Belle Meyers, N. G.
Mrs. H. Z. Dawber. Secretary.
WASHINGTON CAMP NO. l. P. o.
S. of A. Meets second and fourth We'd
nesday evenings in G.. A. r. hall.
F. w. Lee, Pres.
Corlett Downey. X. S.
WASATCH TRIBE NO. 2. 1. o. Of R.
M.-Meets first and third Monday even
ings in |. O. o. +. hall
JOnn GllDert, ..
Paul Bath, C. of R.
CUSTER POST NO. l. g. A. R.
Meets second and fourth Monday even
Jugs in G. A. R. hall.
L. s. Bartlett, P. c.
E. c. Holiday, Adjutant.
CUSTER CORPS NO. 20, w. X. c.
Meets first and third Monday evenings
in G.. A. X. hall.
Mary e. Ingersoll, President.
Mrs. Anna B. Holiday, Secretary.
LARAMIE LODGE NO. 4, A. o. U.
W.-Meets every Monday evening in A.
o. U. w. hall. I. N. Overman, M. w.
G. w. Bussard, Recorder.
GEM CITY LODGE NO. 10, A. o. U.
W.-Meets second and fourth Monday
evenings in l. o. o. F. hall
J.. J. McCutcheon, M. W.
F. D. Spafford, Recorder.
LARAMIE HIVE NO. 4. l. o. r. M.
Meets first and third Wednesday even
ings in A. o. U. w. hall.
Mrs. w. X. Secord, Com.
Mrs. Mary Buck, R. X.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION NO.
1903, B. OF L. E.-Meets every Saturday
evening in G. A. R. hall.
Wm. Nottage, Chief ENGINEER.
G. w. DeForest, First Assistant.
GEM OF THE ROCKIES LODGE NO.
IS, G. l. A. to the B. Of L. E.-Meets fret
and third Thursday afternoon In G. A.
r. hall.
Mrs. George Harris, President.
Mrs. ]. W. Costin. Secretary.
r. W. BAXTER, JR., LODGE NO. 81.
B. Of R. R. T.-Meets first and third
Wednesday evenings In G.. A. R. hall.
J. J. Storey. Master.
VIM. Matheson. Secretary.
BLACK HILLS LODGE NO. So, B. Of
L. F.-Meets first and third Friday even
Ings in A. o. u. w. hall.
e. J.. johnson, Master.
G. F. Deckelman, Secretary.
, 1897-10-27
COAllEG A ZIG SHIP.


All the siiirs of the transatlantic lines
are coalcd y practically the same crude
method. Bargcs of about $50 tom ia
pncity nrc brought alongside Of tho ship,
booms nrc rugged, and. by tackle control.
led by IA donkey engine, steel buckets are
lowered 10 tie barge. filed by four men
with shove!s and hoisted to II projecting
platform, whore two men dump the bucket
and shovel tho coal into the porthola. 1t
Ia then taken by other men and slowed
awny In the ships iGnl:crs. Five and u
half of these bucket loads cquu! II ton, and
tally hy connt of the buckets is the unly
record to show how much coal the steamer
has taken aboard.
In coaljng the steamship st. Paul of the
American line As II en- are employed inside
the ship. The average amount of coal
hunkeret Is 5000 tons. The time required
to unloal and stow is about 40 hours, and
tho total average cost Of the works. 81. GOO
These figures, varying only with the Goa!
consumption Of the shin, will apply to the
vessels Of other Transatlantic lines.
LlOrt to reduce this expense EgG been
productive Of many ingenious mechanical
devices. and the inquiry ia often raised
why none of these is in general use. The
answer Is given in the statement by u rep
resentative CT n of the transatlantic
lines, We have Ind many offers to deliver
coal to our steamers mt the rnte Of my
where from 80 to 900 tons per hour, but
what Is the use when VIC cannot take care
of 1t inside my faster thnn we do now?'
In n modern ship fuel must be stored
wherever room can he found that is not
required or available for other purposes.
Coal cnnno lie received on bonrd faster
than 1t can be stored AWAY in tho bunkers.
which, In tho cnse of a modern liner, is ut
tho rate Of ubout ~ tons per man per
hour.
Moro primitive methods prevail In ports
Of less Importance than those at either end
OF tho Atlantic lines. In the West Indies
cOnlinR IL nlmoste exclusively done by negro
women, who pour In n ceaseless stream
over the ganHplnn!ss, each carrying about
100 pounds of cOnl in u basket poised on
her head.
In Mediterranean ports the work is done
by men instead of women, hut for the
mos. Inrt with the same primitive implc.
lncnts. shovel and lusket.-S. Howard
Smith In Casters Magazine.
, 1897-10-27

CACTUS LOYAL ORANGE LODGE
NO. 232-Meets first and third Saturday
evenings in l. o. o. +. hall.
d. A. Jones, w. NJ.
David McCullagh, Secretary.
, 1897-10-27

w. c. 7. U.-LArRmie Lodge meets the
second and fourth Thursdays OF each
month. at 2:30 p. m. at the reading room.
c. NJ. Simpson, President.
Anna B. Holiday, Secretary.