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QUESTION OF LUCK.

I 4 Citation That Clinehed the othez Side
 of the Argument. II hate to hear people say there's no &ach thing as luck, " remarked the mel Izllcholy MT. Dolittle.
 II don see why, his wife refoined.
 Because it ism t true, , he returned sith asperity. "A man can go on try Eng and trying and never get along, and some other person will go ahead Rnd tumble into good things without making any effort whatever.
 Hiram, no great man has succeeded without hard work.
 i ''That's the kind of talk you always 'hear But nine times out of ten 1t is all lowing to the opportunity that presented Atself Fortune just seems to lie in wait 10 kidnap some men. Look at Sir Isaac Newton. His name is handed down sfrom generation to generation. Amt |Nhy? Simply because he was sitting pnder tree, and all apple happened Q Drop on him. You can't pretend that a insn is in position to claim superior 1lerit simply because. through no ae- lion or preference of his own, he gets hlt in the head with aD apple, can you?'
 No, Hiram. :"
 "Then don't tell mo about there not Being any such thing as luck. , # Tt seems to me that you ye chosen a poor example in support of your argu Ment. The case of Isaac Newton goes to show that the difference is ill the 1eople If 1t had been some men that I Know of instead of Newton, the first thing they would have done after the spple fell would have been to go into the house and moan for the arniea bot fle; then they would have spent two or fhree hours of precious time talking about their bad laol,. "--.W Washington Etar
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How Cold Metals Sometimes ari1.

Professor Roberts -Austen's discov- cries on the subject of the jnterdiffusi- bility of metals is most interesting reading. The facts have been 10 some extent known to savants before the meeting of the Royal society, at which more public attention was drawn, but on that occasion the results were made more clear. It was then shown that solid metals may be made to mix them selves as if the atoms were living erea- lures.
 Professor Roberts Austen has, in fact, discovered pieces of metal engaged ill one with the other. Of course the inter- est of this is that the interdiffusion of which we speak has been found to take place when the metals were cold, and though this property in metals, to be capable of attaching themselves one to the other when cold, has been talked about before, nothing so clearly proved has hitherto been at the service of metallurgists and chemists as the facts addueed by Professor Roberts Austen. He shows that when clean surfaces of lead aud gold are held together in the absence of air at a temperature of 40 degrees for four days they unite firmly and can only be separated by force equal to one third of the breaking strain of the lead. The professor has also proved that if plate of gold be laid under one of lead about three tenths of an inch thick in three days gold will have risen and diffused itself to the top of the other metal in very appreciable quantity.-Colliery Guar dian.
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GEM SCULPTURE.
Something About the Making of cameos
 and IntagIIos.


 Gem sculpture, or lithoglyptics, ie an art of great antiquity, having been practiced by the Babylonians, the Egyp- tians, the Hebrews and the Greeks. Afterward it sank into deeadeuce, but in the fifteenth century was revived in Italy. 1t is an art that calls for great elegance of taste and much skill, for on a small stone, generally precious. de- signs are represented either i'll raised work, as capleos, or by being cut below the surface, as intaglios
 To canoes the term minute seulp- ture' is indeed applicable, for since the days of Greek art celebrated statues have been copied in this way The first intaglios were the scarabs, or beetle shaped signets, worn in rings by the Egyptians from q very remote period. One side of the stone was shaped like a beetle, the other side was flat, aud the name of the king or wearer WAS opt in- to it. 4 hole was then drilled in the stone from end to end, and through it a strong wire was passed to hold it in position ill ring. The fiat or seal side was always worn next to the finger, but when used as seal it was turned
 In the art of gem sculpture the Greeks excelled all predecessors. The Etruscans, contemporary with the Greeks, also attained excellence ill gem cutting, and it is said that 'on these early gems of Etruscan or Greek origin may be read as in a book the forms of their religion and the subjects of popu- lar interest ill politics, song and fable for centuries.
 Under Augustus gem sculpture four ished among the Romans, many of them possessing cameos and intaglios of great value, and cabinets of costly gems be- came numerous. It is said that Caesar sent six cabinets of rare gems to the temple of Venus
 There are many fine eameos and in- taglios in tho British museum Among the finest of them accessible to the pub lie are the Cupid and Goose" intaglio, the Dying Amazon, the Laughing Pawn, U '' Bacchus'' on red jasper, and the Julius Cesar of Dioscurides. In modern times gem sculpture has reached n high state of perfection and beauty. Philadelphia Times.
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eARlsA BOOK BINDINGS.
They Are In Bad Taste and Are Disiii1eo
 by Bookworm and Scholar.

by BOOkWof8n anu oss&Oh~%'
 Books have right to he, first of ali' books, not purveyors of whimsles ID color and design. As matters are at thls moment three quarters of the new hooks look more like some strange en- free at q feast than lie everyday edi' hlea You take up qFs and U mas sns air of a curious rag6nt; there are un- rnown fragments of design floating ID j sance of queer elemental color. Ine .,evt one has an ar as honest as apple sa,,oe at first glance; 'tis a pale greenlsh fbino hut presently you see that the trail of serpent is over all US Doraer' And who can hope for content from dish thus garnished?
 Again book, and this one burns hrieht red and yellow, like pudding on fire with eognac, which IS all very we'll for pudding. Another has cover x2bich looks like 2 resisting beefsteak sounded by the stern hand of fate III a boarding house; another reminds you irresistibly of coffee wherein ehickory Las too much inserted it's diluting aid anil cream is missing. But first and last, the new DOCKS aEe oFeA A1o1o tio''O "a resemble small plots of deceptive stage yerdure than honest, simple Gouled hooks. It is impossible to help doubt ina the value of the literary pasturage stn he found i'll such inclosures. Fortu- oatelv one is sometimes most ioyously zseceiyed. Authors have little "say" ooncerning the garh of their volumes, and often-good luck to them--they 1ise superior to the mechanical makers Eff books and rejoice the souls of theil leaders in spite of the bindings.
 And it must be repeated that In the sresent bizarre and excessive faneies in hipdinR there is seed of abounding hope for the future. Publishers are groping for something; few of them know what But they will learn, and the world will Sbe made glad by genuine revival i'll sthe lovely old half forgotten craft of bookbinding. In that happy coming day Sthere will be great honor for the men who lead the taste of this country to. ward hetttar things n bookbinding. sim Na,4er anu sanor ,,nd more sincere. .--Bos. ton Transcript.
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CUBE ROOT MADE EASY.
How Any Bright scholar May Learn to
 Tell It Ofhand

How Any Bright Scholar May Learn to
 Tell It 0nhRnd.
 To find the cube root of any given number of figures offhand seems an all most impossible feat, but get it is sim pie enough when ene knows how to do it--so simple, indeed, that any bright boy can learn to do it in a few weeks
 First fe must know exactly what cube is-nsmely. that it is the result of multiplying one number by itself and then multiplying the product by the original number. Thus, multiplied by 5 equals G. and multiplied by 8, tho original number, produces 27, which consequently is the cube of 5 The cube root of 21 is the original number, 3, and to find the cube root is the reverse of finding the cube The would be adept at this art should first study carefully the following figures;
 1<Ix1= 2x2S2= B 8Z3x8= 27 4<49<4= GA 5<5N5==l25 6>6xG-2l6 7X7<7=343 S>,s&S=5i2 Q>9>l9==729
 A close study of these figures shows that 2 multiplied in his manner by it. self results ill s, that multiplied by itself has 3 as a final figure, that 3 mul tiplied by itself has as a final figure, fhat : multiplied by itself has as a final figure, and that 1, ,, 6 and mul- tiplied by themselves have their origi- nal figures a6 finals Hence the artist knows that any sum given to him the final figure Cf which is must have , as d evbe roct; that if the final figure he 9, the cute root must be 3, and so on.
 Fer example, give him the figures II, 0s8, and he can at once tell that 42 is the cube rcot, for the reason that 74 has 1 as q eule root, as the cube of is 64, while tEo cube of is 125, much more Chan 14, and 0S8 has } as a eabe root
 Or give him more difficult problem, as, for example, the figures 324, 369 Then he will see at glance that 324 is more than 2I6, which is the cube of (, but is less than 343, the cube of I Therefore the cube root of these three figures is 6 In like manner the final figure of 3G9 being 8, it follows that the cube root of these three figures is 9, and thus the cube root of the six figures has been shown to he 6a.
 Any one can test this method for himself, and little practice is all that is needed to make one as delft ill such jugglery of figures as the best light ming calculator '
 Of course skilled arithmetician could easily frame problems that could not be solved i'll this offhand fashion, but such difficult tests are seldom offered by public audiences, aud, as rule, the artists are easily able to answer all the questions asked of them. New York Herald.
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Aeheson 9 reetotaler.

Ernest r. Aeheson. OUT capabls con. gressman, is not only high minded, cultured gentleman, but he is also tee. totaler. Of the 90 members ill the lower house from Pennsylvania MT Acheson is the only teetotaler. MT. Acheson says he never did taste liquor of any kind in his life and never expects to. It is claimed that he is the only man in either branch of congress who can truthfully say what Mr. Aoheson does And this, by the way, is a refutatien of the state. ment that man cannot achieve politi- cal distinction without roistering with ''the boys. "--McKeesport Times,
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 A Permanent Paste.

Soak all ounce of refined gelatin in cold water for an hour. then drain off and squeeze out the water as much as possible. Put the gelatin in a jelly poi and place the pot in a pan of hot water over the fire When the gelatin has melted, stir in slowly 21a ounces of pure alcohol Put in wide mouthed bottle and cork tightly This glue or paste will keep indefinitely and can be melted for use in few minutes by set ting the bottle i'll basin of hot water As it contains d very small percentage fttttT SIUss OI Jnt prints but little and dries almost i'm mediately --Harper's Round Table
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no Respeaded.

I I The late archbishop of Canterbury gao a fayorite dog named Watch. Once,
 a he lay on the mat at the open door of 3le chapei, the archbishop read impress- 5sey thls sentence of the Scripture 3esson' What say unto you l say
 a'o You all--watsh. ' The dog sprang p, came forward and lay down before
 ao reading desk a5 his masters feet. pne nearer at least needed the lesson fAa responded. --Congregationalist.
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Shave or Hair Cut Costs s1, 900.

Al l.. Doris, well to do farmer living near Union, Ind, has signed 6 contract by the terms of which he agrees to forfeit Sl, GOO if he slaves or cuts his hair until Pryan Is elected president The contract is drawn in legal terms, and Mr. Dnrris deolares- his pprn0sa nf living up to it's novel progissoas. .-~essAs eago Times Herald
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He Got the Place.

treat Editor-Yen have your theory, be conducted?
 |ba applicant P (fresh fFora college)--Not
 uleat Editor (amszed)--Is it possiblef I ueaf sir you can have your pick of
 'a aepartment in this oaice-that is, , sou have not already arranged with a i 0seum. - Buffalo Times
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A sprinsiau Match.

ausefnor = You're been running Iau of your allowance, Jack. Is ssok--i know it. dad. I've been hop. 1ot T long time thet the allowance
 14u strengthen up enough to overtaka neusehoId Wogs1s.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-03
Boone Was n Spanish Subject.

About the year 1907 the old pioneer,
Daniel Boone, went over into Missouri and
settled in what was known as the Femme
Usage Dosage Woman) settlement. This
was on the Missouri river in the district
Of st. Charles, about 45 miles west of st.
Louis and about 25 miles above the town
of st. Charles. This portion of Missouri
was then wild and picturesque-just such
q country as nc loved.
Soon after his arrival In Missouri Daniel
Boone renounced his allegiance to the gov
ernment of the United States and became
q Spanish subject. On June IL, 1900,
Delassus appointed him commandant, or
syndic, Of the Femme Usage district, a
position which he accepted. The office
was both civil and military. In time Of
peace he acted as an adjudicator, or judge,
over the people in his district, and In time
Of war he was their commander.
The matters on which he bad to pass
judgment were such as required honesty
and practical common sense rather than
knowledge Of law. He was fearless and
upright In his decisions. On one occasion
desperado who had becn tcrrorizing the
people Of the Feinene Usage district was
publicly reprimanded by Boone. The man,
who prided himself on his power to over
awe the people, cried out:
IF you were not nm old man, should
not take that from you."
"You great coward" !" responded Boone,
shaking his clincbed fist close to tho mans
face, III you want to get pevcnge on me
for what have said, don't let my gray
hairs stand In the way. Old as l am.
am young enough to whip you." Quite
rresftallcn, the fellow skunk away and was
never again heard to say anything against
the old pioneer.-St. Louis Republic.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-03

On the southern side of West Twenty
second street, New York, stands an old
fashioned brick house which is closely as
sociated with the life Of one of America g
greatest actors. 1t is DOW the residence Of
]. +. Drummond, a wealthy merchant,
and is filed with most interesting and
valuable curios and art treasures But
these are not the things which give Il
most claim to attention. Its chief inter-
est lies in the fact that 1t was the home
Of Edwin Forrest. It was In these beauti-
full parlors that he ceased to be an actor
and became the genial host Of the oele-
brated men who were his friends, and IL
was through these portals that, nearly 90
years ago, Mrs. Forrest passed, never to
return. In the drawing room is massive
marble mantelpiece which Mr.. Forrest
brought from Italy, and near 1t, among
the many paintings and miniatures, are
two, In oval frames, of Edwin Forrest and
his wife. Mr.. Forests strong oounte-
nanco js lighted up with q kindly smile,
but Mrs. Forrest looks rather austere,
with her hair brushed down plainly over
her ears and garbed with Quakerlike sim
plicity. In a room on the third floor Mr..
Forrest kept bis properties and wardrobe,
and this room has been but little altered
Iince IL was used by the tragedian. On
the center table his favorite volumes yet
remain, and as you draw aside curtain
which oonceals clothes press you see a
rich velvet mantle, gift to Forrest from
Daniel Dougherty, hanging In It's aoous-
toned place.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-03

greatly exercised by tho drowsy habits Of
his people. Taking thom to task on this
score one Sunday afternoon, he remarked
II sce great many of you overcome
with sleep. lido not wonder at It, for the
weather is oppressive, your work 10 hard,
and many Of you have come long way !;
therefore," no added, ~ am not surprised
to SEQ many Of you asleep, but what sur
prises me 10 to see many sleeping who have
had such comfortable sleep here In the
morning. "-Pearson' Weekly.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-03

We should drink from one-third to two
flfths as many ounces as we weigh in
pounds, says Professor Allen in The Jour
nal of Hygiene. Therefore, for a man
weighing 1873 pounds would be required
from SO to "a ounces daily, or from ~ to
pints. This we regard as very indefinite
answer. The amount of water required
depends on the season Of the year, the
amount of work done and the kind Of food
eaten. In hot weather we require more
than in cold, because Of the greater Loss
through the skin, though this Is In part
made up by the lesser amount passed
away through the kidneys. II man la.
bors very hard, no requires more than II
his labor is light. A man working In q
foundry where the temperature 10 high
and the perspiration profuse not infre.
Quently drinks three OF four gallons daily.
II the food IL stimulating and salty,
moro water Is required than II IL ID not.
Vegetarians and those who use much fruit
require less water than those who eat salt
ed fish and pork, and often get along with
none, except what is in their food.
In most cases our instincts tell rs how
much water to drink far better than any
hard or fixed rule. For ages they have
Uten ucqulrlH8 knoWieuBe Vi noW muCh
10 drink and transmitting that knowledge
to descendants, and II we follow them we
shall not 60 far out Of the way. 10 IL OF
moro use to us to know that pure water ID
essential and that impure water Is one OF
the most dangerous Of drinks, than to
know how much Of II is required daily.
II one lives In region where the water
h bad, IL should be boiled and put away
In bottles, well corked, In an loo chest,
and in addition one should eat all the fruit
he can, IL fruit agrees. Fruits contain not
only pure wator, but salts which are need
ed to carry on hcalthfully tho functions
of ifc.-New York Ledger.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-03


little boy and therefore may Justly olaim
TO be an American. He certainly possesses
the native faculty for humor. He II ~
droll as any comedian on the stage md II
besides an excellent dancer and not at all
o bad singer, though not conspicuously
good onc Still, ss be always appears In
vocal ability Of DE Reszke or q Lasallc,
this comparative shortcoming IL Of little
material consequence. In fact, for some
time to come, Mr.. Herbert 10 not likely to
require his singing voice at all, inasmuch
as be has recently signed contract where
by he is to become member OF Augustin
Days famous stock company.
As playwright Mr.. Herbert has never
made q pronounced failure. He is re-.
sponsible for that phenomenal success.
"The 0eezer," which enjoyed run OF
several months In New York and which
has been heightened and will DO sent on
the road In the fall He also wrote "Un-
der the Red Globe, "The Birth Of Ve-
nus" "Thrilby" and q number Of other
we'll known pieces Of o faroical or satirioal
nature. Herbert Is particularly valuable
In this line of effort owing to bis unique
conception of stage business and his faculty
for writing pungent dialogue Of the in
consequential kind. His lyrics are not
gems Of versification, and are perhaps very
much less meritorious than tho other por-
tions Of his work, but they are so infinito-
ly superior to much of the stuff offered in
burlesques that they actually seem to shine
by contrast.
The story of Herbert's career as an actor
Is an interesting one and serves to show
that the road to eminence behind the foot
lights is always a slow and tedious one.
Here 1t Is In his own language:
While at the Jesuit college In Chicago
became member of the Chicago Church
Choir company, singing In the chorus.
One Of our performances was Gilbert and
Sullivan's "Iolapthe," and the profes.
sional cast for the Lord Chancellor failed
to put in an appearance. was asked to
take the part, my impersonation was seen
by G. d. Hess, and that was the beginning
of my professional career. Mr.. Hess en-.
gaged me for a stock company at Chicago,
where remained for another year, leav'
ing to come east In the summer Of 1885.
then replaced Roland Reed as Koko in
"The Mikado," and while playing an en-
gagement at Philadelphia D'Oyley Carte
saw the performance and tried to secure
me for his company, but had signed al
ready for the next season with Edward 4.
Rice. At my request Mr.. Rice sublet me
to Mr.. Carte, with whom / remained foI
two seasons. Then appeared under Mr..
Rice's management, In "The Pearl OF
Pokin," after which was for two years q
member of the Conried Opera company.
A return to Mr.. Carte's forces followed in
"The Gondoliers." Then came two sea
sons in "Miss Helyett, with j. M. Hill In
"The Algerian" In the notable "Mikado''
revival at the Fifth Avenue theater, New
York city; In the original production OF
"Rob Roy" and then two seasons with
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau in the Lillian
Russell company. During the past season
l have remained In New York, appearing
in "Lost, Strayed or Stolen" and as the
restless Auguste in "The Girl From
Paris, with Edward K. Rice.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-03
Circuit Chasing.

Tho lifc Of circuit chaser is only about
four years. There are men In the game I'm
1907 who are In their fifth year, and John
b. johnson IL the most likely of these and
the man who Ia least likely to ever retire
Charlie Murphy, who rode In the samo
npable Of holding his own, but says that
40 has retired from the path. There arc
many moro men now on tho path that
might be mentioned TO carry the point Of
longevity on the game, but tho above will
suffice. Good care is needed TO live long
and prosper In the rapid gamo Of circuit
chasing, and ss years 60 by the men are
taking better care Of Themselves than ever,
~ they realize just this point.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-03

Girco mother IN tho prcfidcns
OF IA xyillo's WcTnGn's club,
pn's In,Ile her have iired fiyi
TO wssh md iron nd scrub,
'Carsc ho nmys. mo use tall.!n now,
As wasiiin nc tlls tub
Amt Just the work fer mother since
Shes president, eb, bubT'
Nd totbor day he mid: Nov, mn,
You 20 down TO tho storo
ND got thet ingram carpet you
Was wantin once before.
Gosh, II II costs four dollars,
Don't oaroi Twon't do no moro
To have homemade rng carpets On
Tho presidents front room floor"
"'Nd, thes,," he said nd looked at her.
A-lnughin kind OF sly,
'P'rnps wa might find somo furniture
You'd maybe liks 10 buy"
Then ma shs ups nd kisses pa
ND wipes her both eyes dry,
ND pa said, ''6ho, now, 'tatn't the thing
Fer presidents 70 cry"
@. Nischka In Buffalo Courier.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-03


They really arc tho most useful articles
In the household repertory. Among 60
ways Of utilizing thcm here IL one:
Fasten In tho lower barrel head secure
". Take out tho upper one to allow shelf
TO be fastened In the middle, which should
follow the line Of the barrel, excepting on
one side, where the circle must DO squared.
When this shelf In securely set In, fasten
The second barrel head back again and
tighten all the hoops Now saw out gen.
srous sized door In the center Of the barrel.
when Il opens, the shelf with It's square
side should stand ACROSS the middle Of tho
opening. Put hinges on tho door, and
then you have comfortable little pantry
for cottage use, or, II washstands are not
plentiful, this invention will serve admi-
fnbly ~ one II draped 20 that tho barrel
shape alone 10 visible A Turkish towel,
or, better yot, towcling cut In q circle,
will cover tho barrel top nicely and protect
tho drspeSy below. -Harper's Basar.