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supply had long,been exhausted and
the money didn't tempt the holders.
The crowd which assembled was q
notable one. Two hours before the
first event was. called the spectators
began to arrive, and by four O'clock
every seat on the field was taken and
spectators were lined up four deep
around the entire track. In all eight
thousand persons were present. -
To an American the appearance ,of
the field was aireyelation. Brilliantly
decorated stands, with colored awnings
and innumerable flags gave the event
quite carDival-like appearance, such
as is seldom seen at an American col
lege meeting. This was, however,
quite in accordance with the ordinary
custom in England. t.s3 g
A pleasant feature of the day was
the presence of the London Victoria
Military Band, which throughout the
afternoon enlivened the occasion with
popular airs. -
The Harvard and Yale supporters
filled two sections. in the stand oppo.
site the finishes, but with the excep-
ton of single cheer on the occasion
OF Fo1's win in the hurdle race there
was va none of the organized shouting
that is a asfeaturefof the Harvard Yale
contests. S.S 'SI =;
Judging from announcements mi made
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drew overaowing audiences. Colonel
Ingersoll was sincere in his conYic-
tions and it was due to them that in
1877 he refused the post of Minister
to Germany. ..;a.so r!Jsng 81
Colonel mgersoll has enriched Eng
lish literature by the eulogies which
he. delivered 'at the graves of his
friends and by the patriotic addresses
which he made on national occasions.
The eulogy which .hed delivered at zhis
brothers. funerals considered his
finest effort, and his address spoken
in New York City on Memorial Day in
1888 has become classic. One OF f'his
finest compositions is a prose poem
entitled "Life." lia ~
Colonel IngersolI. was q man oflarge
sympathy He was naturally o phil:
antrophist and had many plans for the
improvement of the conditions of the
poor. He earned great sums of money,
both as. a. lecturer, and as lawyer, but
he let them go like water. It was his
habit to keep money I'M an open
drawer. to,which every member of the
family was free TO go at any time and
take what was wanted. His, home life
was one of remarkable happiness, and
he was never SO! happy as when sur
rounded by his devoted family and by
his friends who thronged his house
from all the. walks Of life.2 He was a
constant student Of Shakespeare,
whose works. occupiedAhe place in his
home where in mostfhomes in this
country the Biblerests. He was never
more eloqent ,or. earnest or impressive
than when talking Of. the master play
wright. Hesnevers tiredsof delving in
Shakespeare,s works and finding and
displaying beauties hidden from the
scarelessreader. Wagner was anothe,
object. of fhis.ceaseless- admiration. He
loved music, and maintained that"it
went most, directly toethe heart when
it avoided monotony:@3 / 81
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A Barber. Shop Comedy.

In Greenwich, street there is a small
barber shop. In it is q young barber.
He is an assistant and his name is
Guess He-has, been employed there
only a few days, but he, came very
near losing his job and on account of
his name, too! Ihe proprietor was in
when he applied ,fory work., liked his
appearance, easily came to tefms with
him, and assigned him to chair. z.
is your name2"j as ked the
boss. :.gei3 uo9d .sad = =
r.""Guess, y was the reply. ~
'.I am a poor hand at, guessing
Names but perhaps it . may be
Schmidt. anleds u5.QTfI a.t -.
Guess" So, j,
''Lutz, then,
q, :s@o,. responded , the young man
with smile, stGuess." 3.,i: -
& y~HuBer, Responded the boss, des-
perately9oi IS ! '2ra ,-i'hl'.
lathe young man shook his head and
again replied, t"Guess: 9'I!5 :" = ~
s"see, here;i young fellow,'' said the
boss, angrily,1.tf you can't, answer q
civil question, L think; you had better
look elsewhere fora Job. Now, sir,
I'm in no humor for .trifing; what is
your name?" g. -.
g. "George Guess. +" - ~"
Now, it thappened that the boss's
first name was George, and, naturally,
be thought the young man was still
amusing himselfin q most unusual
fashion. ~ IT, !, ,.
4.Say!" he roared, ''this has gone
far enough. If you will not tell me
your name you will have to get out. -
81 have told You several times that
my name is Guess, and also that my
first name is George. If that doesn't t
satisfy you I'm afraid nothing ever
wilI..3ti y1s.l 10, ~ ii l,n
Light dawned upon the boss bar
ber,s mind. and the young man went
to.work. New York Press.
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- }. 1.-I' .I.FTl-
Fireprooflng Processes.

There are more than forty different
ways. of chemically treating wood 50
that it will resist combustion, By q
series OF e1perim ents with the best of
these methods Prof. Thomas B. Still
man, of Stevens institute has just
shown that wood can easily and
cheap1y be made freproof without in
the least impairing its strength OF it's
value for decorative purposes.
For instance, he soaked lot Of
chemically prepared shavings in alco-
/ hol and then touched match to them.
The alcohol OF course blazed up and
the shavings were soon in the midst
of a fierce fire. When the alcohol
had burned out the shavings were lef
uuconsumed. Two blocks of wood,
one in its natural state, the other
"freproofed,;" we're held overla fame.
iThe natpralt !wooduwas immediately
consumed. The .!.fireproofed"s "swood
smoked little but refused to take
fire. aTrhese same chemical processes
can be, applied to. draperies and rugs:
New YorkiWorld. n IS, 9.
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TnegKiss OF a Pfckpocket.

A somewhat novel method of pick.
ing peoples pockets was resorted to
the other day by a. thief in Germany.
Disgusting himself as q lady and car
rying bunch of roses, he entered Q
compartment in a railway train al
ready occupied by two ladies and a
gentleman. Shortly after the train
started ",she" dropped some Of Cher
roses, and. on the gentlemanf'si picking
them up, ,smilingly gave him one, then
offered the ladies SOME also. The
roses we're heavily drugged,, and when
the travellers came to hthiir senses
again the lady" had disapp 'ared and
all their8money and aluaf1esawitb
'her, ,..rH 9sl.! 319i'9 S liaf
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would go to America, was greatly ac-
claimed ms the saviour of the day.
Then!came brief speeches from the
captains, of the, teams, Vassal saying
ihe hoped to go to- America and give
them revenge, and, despite the assur.
Ipnce which his neighbor, Roche, had
given himaalE during theidinner that
tie climate bad nothing to do with to.
days results, he was very nuch afraid
that the tables would be turned on
them in America.
~ Captains Roche-and' Fisher, respec.
lively of Harvard and Yale, who fol
lowed Captain Vassal, both. made
modest. and appropriate speeches,
thanking the Englishmen for their
cordial reception and courteous treat.
ment and asking that they be allowed
soon to try again. =!
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-sstE i
! Sketch Of the Career |Zl1
/ Of Robert G1 IQgerSSoll,.
sessessEsHEaXXasAzaAASSESkSSsSkSlESTEsKESssAI

!
The death of Robert G. Ingersoll at
his summer home at Dobbs Ferry, NJ:
Y, removed q unique character, from
the worlds stage. Resdidi not leave
life as he had wished; he wanted to
die slowly SO that he could'note his
feelings and give to the'world fare
we'll message before he crossed the
threshold of the deal. 49,, ~
Colonel Ingersoll was the son Of
Congregational minister. His boy
hood was spent in Wisconsin and Illi-
nois. He was educated in the public
schools; studied law, and opened an
Office in Shawneetewn, t1ll.5 with, his
brother Eben, who. represented the
Peoria district in Congress from 1864
to 1872. and who died in 1879. Rob-
ert G.. Ingersoll was Colonel Of, the
Eleventh Illinois Cavalry in the Civil
War, and made an exceedingly good
record as a soldier. he was icap-i
tured by force;tof Confederate, cay;
AIRY, bat he was -paroled and he re-:
turned to his command. He:'was
Attorney General of Illinois In 1855.
Colonel Ingerson's first attempt at
oratory, was q failure, but when he
again esssyed to speak he was sue.
cesful. and finally developed into' one
'of' Americas greatest orators, His
speeches were marked by an EeItraor.
dinary facility Of pnrasihg and 'an1ur'
usual power of fgraphlc tportraysl.
The speech, which he delivered OF the
National Republican CONVENTION in
1876, nominating James g.. Blaine
and giving him the title Of Plumed
Knight, attained for him national
fame. g
- His chief notoriety, however, rests
upon his attacks upon the Christian
religion. He wrote o number of books
and minor works, and several volumes
of lectures. He participated in several
theological discussions! with men OF
national and international regulations,
the most notable one being with Mr..
Gladstone. He delivered lectures on the
subjects which made him well known
in all parts of the country and they
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HUMOROUS

s'Some men have the best luck!''
."How SOP" "There's Mcintosh, for
instance; ice cream gives his girl neu- q
ralgia.'' 80, .-a,,s,
At is when man is in trouble
that he knows the value of wife.
B-Yes; he can, put all his pre- p .rty
in her name. M A ~
;, Clerk-I am only waiting for you to
raise my salary, sir, to get married.
Employer-Then don't expect it. y
think tee much of you,
doctors say mental. depression
usually arises from stomach troubles. "
''That's true;, nothing makes 9 mans
low-spirited as nothayingianythihg to
eat" -, ef 80
"Were there no servants in the tin-
telligence Officer" asked the wife. 1t
was full Of 'em, replied the lonely
husband, ''but they had all worked
for. US before. /"
Passenger ION ocean liner Think
we'llsbreak the record, captain? Cap
tain (witheringly)-Well, do you sup
pose we are only running this ship to.
carry passengers, and freight? !.
The window has its pane, we, know
But that's for giving light, ~ -
And not to force some ono to walk
~. The floor with it oil night
Papa-I hear you were q bad girl
today and had to be spanked. Small
Daughter Mammals awful strict II
I'd a. known she used to be school
teacher, I'd "a told you not to marry
her. IS
Hicks4TIers's Grillity. What q
L.
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HOW CHICKENS TALK.
language of Feathered Folk That Human
Beings Can Understand. :.

Language of Feathered FOLK That ID ainan
Beings Can Understand. :. 80
af Itais language that human ears
learn readily to comprehend. For the
most part Ii is instructive. A fuzzy
toddlsr siS hours out of the shell has
five distinct calls. The first and loud.
est of them Is the lost note, uttered
when he loses sight Of his. mother, OF
finds himself ont in the cold. 1t is
loud and very shrill. The second, the
hunger note, is as shrill, but y more
plaintiff. AS soon rs eating begins 1T
changes to sort of satisfied chltter-
ing. :" "a 1870
After eating they grow sleepy and
cry to be lowered The note is some
what like that of hunger, with
peculiaritremolo breaking it in the
middle, Eery,rarely do the mothers
disregard it,, though they. may, be
eager'to go foraging over grass plots
aor down hedgerows; .,ng
4. The fifth note. the ,chir-r-r OF fright
or astonishment, is the. quaintest OF
all. The chicks themselves appear to
find; Something in it distinctly humor-
GUS. Wien, they are few dass old,
| il a big wriggling worm or n fat, Juicy
! 'b1g, be thrown. !D chem with their
! usual food, they will first draw away
from it, chir-r7ring in. concert, then,
after eyying It d minute, seize upon 1t
and toss it about with faint immature
chuckling eackles. This chir7r devel-
ops at last in the grating call of warn
ing, at souuds of which from their
| mothers eSenrtbe youngest scatter and
scuttle to cover. sttt gsy15.Ji
Anything, bird, kite, even a
/ Very shall passing cloud, Sailing in
the sky overhead, will evoke this warn
ing cry, Let, one hen. sound it, every
other" will take it up. Often, oftener
than not, indeed; the alarm is false
one, but centuries Of hawks have i'm
pressed upon. each, feathered mind
that danger cometh out Of the air.,
and they govern themselves accord
ingly. s1a4 ysi' iai7 ~ ia
Everybody knows how hens cluek
| to their broods, but it may be news to
| many that. though a hundred hens IptI
may be clucking IN the same inclo-
sure, the voice of each will be indiv-
idual and unmistakable to hersimme-
diate family. A chick just out OF the
nest may not,be abletto discriminate,
but let him follow. for day, and he Is
| ...,4 ~ oI,in =, ,,,iotokac
Even more wonderful is the hens
ability to differentiate her brood from
all the rest. With spiteful, ill.tem.
pered fowls this often leads to pitlful.
barnyard tragedies. An iutruder,
feeding peacefully among caicks of
his own size, shape and color, has
often been slain with one single blow
of a sharp and angry bsak.s
Ia A cock. especiallyEa game cock, OF
one of Spanish breed, has aswonder-
H -t:-t-44. nf f2aiernws. aiairsncws By means of
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The members Of both teams were in
excellent health and spirits, and made
the dinner the liveliest ever given In
London. They joined in all the
popular airs. which the band played,
and when American national tunes
were played, all stood in their chairs
singing and cheering. q "
THE Americans came in for great
applause from both the Englishmen
and Americans present. Fox, Rice and
Palmer being especially honored,
while Davidson, as the victor in an
event which all Englishmen feared
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NE HERO.
q - n

L VI
There was a man who CHANGED, one day,
To hold certain place
When Fate and Fortune passed thar way
And looked him In the face!
When 1t was time to strike hestruck
Nor stopped to weigh the cause!
he wrought marvel, by good luck,
And heard the world applause.
Then straightway he that had been there
To strike when It was time W,
Assumed high and mightyair
And thought himself sublime!
He made brave speeches unto men,
He boasted Of his act, :, n
And 1t became apparent then
How small he was, in fact. -
II. ISL
Another CHANGED. one day, to be
Where Fate and Fortune met,
He seized the opportunity,
His fame is spreading yet!
When 1t was time to strike he struck
Without a moments pause, -
And, full OF wonder at bis luck,
He heard the worlds applause.
'sThe mighty thing that have wrought
A many another could -
Have done as well as i" he thought,
"Had he stood where stood.
Irnerely chanced to be on hand
To strike when 1t was time;"
But still he kept his counsel, AMI
Is, therefore, deemed sublime.
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, !, ness What;itl lis. Hus-


band with slab of cmslet between
his teeth) The diploma.
'The weather. - said the oldest in
habitant, sis not qwhat it usedto be.
when was boy:p "For that mat
ter" commented the smart young
man, ''the weather is not what it was
seven months ago." And the oldest
inhabitant could not be persuaded to
talk for more than hour. -.
Wheelman-I Eelieve T give up
bicycling. am as CAREFUL as can be,
but every now and then some acci-
dent happens. This is the second
time I've been arrested and fined for
running into people. Businessman.
I'll tell you how to manage; Just get
job as bill collector. Everybody.
wi dodge you thsn.
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chucklipg, and chattering likeso many
blackbirds, or else wallowingiin light
earth, pecking lightly as they scratch.
and wallow, and evidently finding it
good sport to throw dirt we'll over
each other. mi 49,,
A hen, save when setting, will
neyer.wallow alone. And when set
ting she is not normal, but e ragged,
unkempt and very ill-tempered shadow
of herself, scowling and pecking at
whatever comes near her.-Boston
Globe. -e, f.,s.,.. II - !.
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Probably the longest beard in the
world is that of metal worker in
Marseilles, France. The man is sew
erty-four years old. When fourteen
years of age he had beard six inches
long. 1t grew from year to year, and
now his hirsute attachment; when un-
rolled, reaches the respectable length
of ten feet ten inches. When this
man goes out walking he carries his
beard golied upin Ia big skein under;
his arm. Since thsSis rather small in
size, measuring but FIVE feet three
inches, the beard is more than t'~Tice
the mau's height. ''--s'
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

(, Excavations whieh-are being made
at Dunkirk, France, in connection With
the extension of the docks have rs
vealed wooden warship, with an
tique cannohs, buried In the sands.
1t is believed that the vessel belonged
to the Spanish Armada, which was
fitted out in 1857 for the subjugation
of England. - ~
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.If you say SO, ma 'am, It's So Its
Henry Smith from now. on. q.
The name of. Bunglewits had died
with the wolf that lay in the bottom
of the washout. -Youth's Companion.
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;aLook out. of the window here, :"
said the surveyor, as the train ratified
across a short ,trestle on its way from
Exeelsie down to Sant Rafael. "Do
you see that wagon bridge spanning
the washout up there?, Well, that is
the bridge my friend Bunglewits kept
in the brave days of Old"
~tYour friend who?"
"Well, Bunglewits was the name he
went by. What his real name was I
don't know. He was South German,
Think, although he may have been a
Pole OF Hungarian. At any rate, he
had an unpronounceable name, some
thing like Bunglewits, and as he
seemed to be very stupid, slow sort
of fellow, Bunglewits he was called.
He was not so dull, though, but that
he recognized therridicule in the nick
name, and SO, in order that his Amer
ican neighbors might have no excuse
for miscalling him, he/ assumed the
simple name ofSmith. But he couldn't
get anybody to call him Smith until
his exploit of holding the bridge up
there relieved him from the nickname.
I can tell you the story before We get
down to San Rafael" And this is the
story he told. .t''.'
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The Philadelphia County Medical
society had q remarkable. case of!ortho-
pedic surgery presented to itsa few
days ago, When Dr.. James P. Mann.
exhibited, the successful results of an-
operation he had recently performed.
The patient was twelve year boy;
whose right leg and foot were of nor
NAL size, but the LETT leg was as large
as a full grown mans, while the foot
was SO big that a mans No. IA shoe
was necessary to incase it. The foot
was twelve inches long and the three
smaller toes measured six inches in
circumference and five and half
inches in length. A remarkable fea-
ture was that the bony as well US the
soft tissueswereenlarged. DR.. Mann,
. after subjecting' the foot to the X-rays,
made deep incisions and pared down
the bones; besides cutting saway the
soft tissues. The ad'sefooti was then
.incased~in pfnster> Of paris. The plas-
ter was removed in the presence OF a
number Of medical men, when, it was
found that thes operation had been
entirely ,surcessful and that not only
was the foot OF, normal size, but within
q few ddys the boy will. be able [te
walk with ii, s 90 a.,
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Consul Higgins, writing from Dun
dee; Scotland, notes the use of a milk
ing machine on farm near the city.
The machine has beeu in use for two
years, and the owner indorses it as
practical and successful. The cost, he
thinks, is about equal to that of hand
labor, and the device is most useful
when reliable mixers are hard to OBJ
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!, Seeing that he still had time; to
spare, he spread the, blankets on the
bridge and called to Mrs. Benson to
lie down upon them. She I'D so at
once, hugging the ch ldren close!to
her,. Henry then pulled down the
wagon box over them, shutting them
in completely. They were as safe;in
there MS in a house. Grasping the
axe, which always made part of the
furniture of the stage, Henry awaited
the coming of the enemy. He stood
behind the wagon box-no mean bar
rier, for it stood over three feet high,
including the runners, and was an e1-
eeedingly awkward obstacle for hur-
rying, wolves to scramble over.
,,Seeingaonly one figure, eand that llat
rest, the wolves came on again, but on
nearing TIE bridge they stopped short
on the edge of the washout, as if sns-
pecting the strange thing before them
was trap. For several minutes
they stood there, 19 of them, with
sheirs long. red tongues lolliug ont,
and,then withtone accord all turned
and ran of. along the top Of the bank.
Presently they disappeared; but in
another moment Henry saw them lop-
ing away, one behind the other, down
in7the botfomsof the washout. He
presumed they. knew of some way to
getup tie opposite bank and were in
|Stending- to-come back and attack him
From behind. At this welfsh plan
Bunglewits chuckled, for he was bright
enough to see that he could put the
wagon-box between HIM and 1.-The
wolves again by simply crossing. oyer
it; but he chuckled more at. thinking
how the wolves were giving him time
to"lnake~a bettertiefence:.-' 4,'''-''"'-'''-''s
The wdshout was about 20 feetwide,
with iperpendicnlar sides .eightjor,ten
feet. high, except for an occasional
break. The bridge @asformed by two
big tree trunks lying from bank to
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! GS&.&

by. several speakers. at the dinner
given to the athletes safter the games
were over, it is evident that the two
English universities contemplate q
return visit to America next year,
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The windows of the first houses in
the colonies had oiled paper to admit
light. A colonist wrote back to Eng
land to a friend who was soon to fol-
low: "Bring oiled paper for your win
dows. ~ The minister, Higginson, sent
promptly in 1929 for glass for windows.
This glass was setiu the windows with
nails; the sashes were often narrow
and oblong, of diamond-shaped panes
set in lead, and opened up and down
the middle on hinges. Long after the
large towns and cities had glass win
.dows;A frontier settlements, still had
heavy wooden shutters.
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friends, fri and putting rope around
his neck, each relation pulled on an
end, and the son was put beyond
running the family in this world.--
North China Herald, '8l ''
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SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT
he monument to be City, the
memory who fell the Civil War in the form
fame eighty feet height built of pure white
will cost $250,00 .,.t.,
rock at
It the most elevated point on the
the Hudson miles when the
height of feet wbe magnificent
erected in New York in honor inc
soldiers and sailors despite the fact that the members the
Grand Army Republic unrng their endeavors
fitting memorial Legislature induced to authorize the
building the monument
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supply had long,been exhausted and
the money didn't tempt the holders.
Tha oroud which assembled was q
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siss,teYes, ma'am. Get up, horses!"
J, ssEreeing g.heyseE from, her wraps and
steadying herself by. holding p the
drivers seat. the little. wnh1anstooa
up to look back, Half- way bat@esn