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Eirearn Lore

The caiber of a firearm is the diane
ter of the barrel; that is, the hole
through which the charge is projected.
Rifles are measured by caliber and
shotguns by gauge, says the Buffalo
Express The term bore is frequently
used INTERCHANGEABLE, though in its
most general use it refers to large
weapons of special make. The ele-
plant guns Of African travel tales are
always referred to as having bore.
But hereabouts caliber and gauge are
the terms most used.
A 1-caliber rife would be rifle with
an inside barrel diameter of one inch.
Thus a 5O-caliber weapon would have
an inside barrel diameter of half an
inch. and the 32-caliber arm would
carry a ball sized for a barrel 80 of
an inch in diameter.
Rifle and revolver measurements are
made on a scale of their own. One
might think they would follow the
theory of cents, dimes, quarters and
halves, so long as they are reckoned by
decimals, but they don't. The small
est caliber, unless a special size, is -.
From that rifles and revolvers are
built in recognized sizes up to Social
Der. Beginning with the 22-caliber,
the standard American sizes are as fol-
lows: 90, 80, 80, .3S, "A. As, so.
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In these days OF precocious chlldreT
it is difficult to uncover any eXplol'
that will seem unusual. but the CONVEX
sation of the 6-year-old New York DO!
who has Just returned after living anc
being schooled several years in Eng
land certainly deserves to be entered
for honors.
This youngster had a small brother
named Maurice; both boys had beer
brought home from neighbors be-
cause some friends of their own tamil!
wished to see them. They had been al
home only few minutes when sud
denly the 6-year-old reappeared at the
neighbor's house.
Why said the lady of the house
how did you get away?'
Whereupon with great dignity ant
broad English as the boy replied:
When the conversation had reached
its height I slipped out unobserved, bu
Maurice had not the fortitude to follow
my example.
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Some Queer
Bank Notes

On Aladdin's principal OF giving
new lamps for old, Moberly Phillips,
an associate of the Institute of Bank
ers, is preparing at any time TO give
new notes. or their equivalent IN Sold,
for old notes, which have some in
terestng history attached to them Mr..
Phillips is the only collector of bank
notes in the country, and probably
out of it, and his collection amounts
to 500, more or less. Some of the
more valuable of his specimens he
exhibited recently at a meeting of the
Institute of Bankers in the London in
stitution.
One of the most interesting was a
note issued by Maj.-Gen. Baden-Pow-
ell, during the siege of Mafeking. 1t
is numbered 766, dated March. 1900,
and is printed in green ink on an OBJ
viously primitive machine. Another,
with. if possible, still more fasci-
mating history. was currency note
| with Arabic lettering. printed by Gen
| Gordon when he was besieged in Khar-
| toum Of Bank of England notes Mr.
Phillips has specimens of the face
| value of So not unlike in appearance
| the Scotch twenty shilling notes OF
| the present day.
| In times of emergency, when coir
was scarce, paper money of as low {
value as five shillings was issued by
| traders. But there has been lower
depth even than this. cards and paper
| tickets have been resorted to in some
places for as small a sum as one shil
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The Body as a barometer.

The body gives many indications OF
approaching rain. Rheumatic joints
always begin to ache when rain Is
coming on. This is due to the damp
ness of the air. Those who curl the
hair can invariably predict wet
weather by the fact that the hair gets
out of curl.
East wind has a peculiar effect on
the temper. If you are of an irritable
disposition, whenever you feel particu-
iarly exasperated with everything and
everybody, ten chances to one the
wind is in the east. Or you can infal-
ubly spot an east wind by your neu-
calgic pains if you be an unfortunate
sufferer.
On the other hand, if you are of the
nervous temperament, you can foretell
,wenty-four hours in advance of a
storm from the south or southwest,
with its muggy weather. Even when
The sky is blue and the sun bright ner-
,ous people feel the approach of a
southwestern gale. This is very re-
narkable for the storm may be 1000
miles away.
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wasps Worse than Bullets.

Richard Harding Davis relates this
incident, which happened while he was
acting as correspondent during the
English Boer war.
A regiment of Scottish Ess1ffanders,
noted for their bravery in action, dur
ing the heat of the battle were sudden
Nv seen to break ranks and run in~all
directions. The officers as we'll shared
in the stampede, and apparently made
no attempts to urge the men under
them into line. Their behavior was
surprise to everybody on the field, and
after the battle was over the colonel of
the regiment was summoned before
Gen. Roberts.
What the devil was the matter with
your regiment?" asked "Bobs."
We'll" replied the colonel, there is
not a man in the regiment afraid of a
Dutchman's bullet but we were steer
ed into a field literally infested with
wasps' nests, and you know, general
we were all in kits and with bare
| legs
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THREE WOMAN'S ERAS.
Ages of Elizabeth, Anne and Victoria
Were Remarkable Fpochs.

Were Remarkable fpochs.
1t is a remarkable fact that three
sovereign ladies-Elizabeth, Anne and
Victoria-have given their names to
the three greatest periods of English
literature which were also eras of nOta-
BILE military conquest. Elizabeth, herself
a learned but stilted and pedantic
writer, gave an impulse to authorship
which eliminated in Shakespeare and
Bacon and a brilliant galaxy of lesser
lights The reign of Queen Anne, a
dull. commonplace. indolent woman
with no intellectual aspirations. was
rendered illustrious by the genius of
Prior. Pope. Swift. Addison. Defoe.
Congreve and other authors, while
Newton and Berkeley were making
valuable discoveries in science, which
valuabl discoveries in science, then
in its infancy. and Marlborough was
winning brilliant victories
SPACE fails for mention of even the
foremost of the writer's who have lent
honor and renown to the Victorian
age-names familiar as hOusewords.
Victoria herself made some modest es-
says in authOrship-chronic of the
travels and domestic life of the royal
family in its various resorts. which
greatly endeared her to her people, for
even the most trivial personal details
of the reigning house are of surprising
interest Remarkable as We're the
| literary achievements OF the Victorian
| age. and worthy as were the contrlbu-
tions to art and music, they fall far
below the signal triumphs achieved by
science in this reign of almost sixty
four years-the longest in British an
nails.
Still greater than all the achieve
! ments of art literature and science,
| which have lent such luSter to the
| Victorian age, says the Minneapolis
| Tribune are it's abolition of ancient
! abuses, the educational and philan-
| thropical activities, its efforts for
! ameIiorating the horrors of war and
for settling international difficulties
by peaceful arbitration rather than by
| the sword.
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be easy enough to do. Especially when
those girls from the other club are to
take supper here tonight" She turned
the ring slowly and a blaze of light
leaped out from every apex.
My goodness, how 1 would hate to
see you flashing on another girls fin-
ger. And that's what would happen.
you know. Gus Holden isn't the man
to daily over a thing. If you don't
wear it some other girl will, and pref
ty quick, too She gazed at the fash
ing stone wistfully. 1t was very beau
tiful. yet not SO beautiful as the light
in Max's eyes had been when he told
her huskily that she had made him
happy.
We'll, it was decided at last The
diamond in her lap winked up at her
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Statistics Show that Self
Destruction Is Yearly
Eecornin More
Frequent

the attempts rose from SIS to Liz
an increase of IS per cent. Between
1886 and 1896 the percentage increased
So per cent During the last twenty
five years the increase was 152 per
cent.
Suicide is malady not peculiar to
great cities In thirty large cities or
the world, the suicides average 9-O5 per
100. 600 of the population. In smaller
cities and towns with an average
population of So 900 the suicides aver
age 9.S4 per 100000. In rural districts
the suicides average 9.S4 per 100000,
showing a higher rate in suburbs ana
small towns than in large cities.
A striking feature is the increase OF
suicides of women. To-day 20 per
cent of the total suicides in England
and 80 per cent of those in Scotland
are furnished by women. The proper
ton is much lower in France. where
it is 81 per cent. and still lower il
Austria and Switzerland, where wom-
en- account for 179 and II per cent,
| respectively.
This is generally attributed to alco-
| holic excess. At any rate, out OF
! every 100 cases of drunkenness brought
| before magistrates in those countries.
no fewer than thirty are those OF
women.
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In an Earth
quake Shock

speaking of queer sensations" said
the old reporter. Il have passed
through all kinds of violences during
my career. but there is one which
stands out by itself. There is moth
ing like it. I have been in burning
buildings and have heard the walls
numbering and the floors crashing
next door, and | know how a fellow
feels under the circumstances. l have
been in the range of bullets during
street duels, and have had to skirmlsh
to get out with an unpunctured hide.
I have been on top of the tallest ana
slimmest buildings in Chicago. with
experts. who marked spot in the
street below so I could tell the num-
Der of inches the building would swing
and sway in a given time, and telt
like building. baby and all would tum-
Bile over in a heap. like the prOverbial
treetop we have all heard OF in the
nursery.
These sensations are violent
enough. They are narrowing in some
instances. But the earthquake Sensa-
ton, when you feel the ground under
YOU simply shivering into smithereens,
is more gradual and magniticently hor-
rible than any I have experienced.
was out on the Pacific slope few
years ago, and, while l had felt slight
shocks of the kind before, on this
occasion l had an opportunity to I'M
derstand more fully just what 1t Is
to feel the old earth rumbling Nlgor-
ously under your very feet. Inc SEN
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-24
MIGHT HAVE SAVED TROUBLE.
Provost Marshal Neglected to Write
Pass for Himself.


Many stories have been told of lit
eral Interpretation which some soldiers
place upon their orders, but one of the
best is told by General Hughes, who
has recently returned from the Phil
jppines about an Irish yolS1teer pri-
vate, who was acting as guard over
captured Spanish storehouse and had
received orders to pass no one without
a special order from the provost mar
shall of Manila. Gen. Hughes was pro-
voSt marshal at the time, and when
he drew near the storehOuSe he found
his stomach very close to triangular
Springfield bayonet and heard in rich
Milesian brogue:
Halt! If yes come step furder
I'll jam this inter yes.'
"Why not?" asked the general.
"Niver moind." said the private. 81
know me orders. 'Tis a pass yez
must have from the provost marshal.
well, I'm the provost marshal,
said Gen. Hughes.
."Tis l that don't care if yez be the
prisidint. Divil a foot yell sit inside
here till yez show me yer pass.
The general drew out blank book
and scrubbed pass.
The private surveyed it and passed
Gen. Hughes with the remark:
why didn't yez do that without al
| this palaver?"
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About Scotch People.

School children in Paola Kan, CORE
spond with children in Edinburgh.
Scotland. Some of the letters are quite
newsy. For example, one Scotch boy
is very indignant at the mistaken ideas
which are held of his people. He
says: Many people, even in England,
think that our male sex dress in kits,
but they are quite wrong, for there is
hardly man in Edinburgh or any
where in the middle or south of Scot
land who wears kits. 1t also is
thought that the language of the
Scotch is bad English, but it is quite
the reverse, for the English is bad,
broken Scotch"
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Phillips Brooks and the Lost Child.
It was nine years ago the 23d of jan
nary since Phillips Brooks died, and
yet to many it seems but yesterday.
This anecdote of the kind bishop,
whose love for children was but one
of his many beautiful traits of char
acter, was told in verse by Margaret
Sangster in Harpers Bazaar:
A poor little pale-faced baby,
Lost and hungry and cold.
With the chill wind pinching her tear
wet cheeks
And ruffling her bright hairs gold.
For Just when the busy people
Were hurrying here and yon,
Buying their gifts for the Christmas
tree,
Her mother was suddenly gone.
She did not cry. poor midget,
But lifted pitiful eyes
AT the crowds of careless strangers
At the gray Indifferent skies.
Jostled and pushed and frightened
A tiny waif of the street,
With the wintry darkness falling,
And the SnOw-f1akeS gathering IeeI.
She was seen by great kind giant;
With swinging stride he came,
| Even then the angels in heaven
Wrote Saint before his name.
| From the height of his splendid stature
He stopped to the little maid,
Lifted her up in tender arms,
And babe her not be afraid.
| Against his broad breast nestled,
| She chung like soft spring tower
| That a breeze had caught and carrleo
| To a strong and sheltering tower.
In his thick warm cloak he wrapped her
The little shivering child.
| I'll find your mother, baby,
| The Bishop said, and smiled.
That smile like flash of the sunrise
| IT'S but memory dim,
For the years hasting onward,
And mourning him.
The cold white SHOWS are drifting
| Where to-day he lies asleep,
| After his lifes long warfare
The soldiers rest is deep
But of dear things said about him.
OF victories that he won,
No sweeter tale is told than this,
OF his grace to little one.
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NOT MUCH OF AN EpIoURE.
Emperor Francis Joseph ExcsedinslS
Frugal MT His NIeals.

Frugal Mt His Meals.
Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria
is very plain in his tastes and habits
At 6 O'Clock in the morning he takes
his breakfast, consisting of some cold
meat, coffee and fresh-made bread and
cake. Between IL and 1 O'Clock he
takes his dejeuner, two dishes OF meat
and some ordinary pastry. Dinner is
served at 6 o'clock, sharp. All his
meals are served in his library at his
writing desk. Not even tablecloth
is spread His personal valet on duty
receives the dishes in an antechamDer
on large tray and puts the tray be-
fore the emperor on his desk.
Very often the emperor takes
spoonful of soup between two sigma
lures. He is a very busy man. With
the meal the menu for the next day S
dinner is sent up and laid before the
emperor 1t contains two soups pat
ties, fish, two entrees, two roasts, two
desserts, pastry, cheese, fruit, ETC., and
the emperor with blue pencil crosses
off whatever he does not want. Inc
emperor does not care much for wine.
He prefers a glass of beer. Nor does
he indulge in expensive Havana cigars.
A plain homemade cigar, the so-called
Virginia cigar, long and thin, with a
straw running through it. is his favor
lite smoke These cigars cost only D
kreuzer-that is, about twopence
| apiece.
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It was not a precise middle-aged man.
knowingly. Presently Mr.. Holden
would come in with his eyeglasses. She
wondered triie drearily what kind OF
a figure he would cut as one of the
happiest of men. But she knew she
would be glad when he did come and it
was all over
There was a step outside and Molly
felt that she was quite equal to the oc-
casion. 1t was not precise middle
aged man. however, that came through
the open window. Nothing but bass
voice trolling out a vaudeville song:
ooh my Mexican Juanita,
In the moonlight I will meet her.
Way down upon the silver Rio
Grande
MAX. my splendid Max. No, Pm
Molly clenched the ring in her palm
and started upstairs on a run.
why, Molly"
BEG pardon. Max. l was in hur-
ry-I didn't see"
'All right. but see here. I've been
made editor and I'm going to get
married.
who to-
why to YOU
ooh. Max. I'm so glad!"
Are you, dear? l know l am
Max. you silly l didn't mean that.
| Of course. I am glad. too. But what
meant was-let me go just q minute
I want to get rid of this miserable
! thing"
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NoW Games.

Awakened Ghosts is a fine game for
boys and girls. Write the names of
Napoleon, Washington, Grant, Daniel
Boone, Paul Pry, Paul Jones, Captain
Kidd, Roger Williams, Molly Pitcher,
and other famous characters on slips
Of paper Each child draw one from
a hat Then all pretend to go to sleep
and at the tap of a bell awaken and
act the part given them. If anyone
forgets himself he must pay fine. At
last the bell taps and the judges decide
which has been the best ghost. 1t is
great fun when two enemies, say Ma
poleon and Wellington, get together.
and are obliged to argue out their part.
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Simple and Amusing Game

A small feather with a very little
stem must be produced to play the
feather game; also a tablecloth or
small sheet The feather is placed
upon this, and the company stands in
a circle. holding the sheet.
Some one gives the feather blow,
and the object of the game is to pre-
vent it from touching any one.
Each one gives the feather a pun
whenever it comes near him, and over
it goes to the other side again. The
excitement produced is very great, and
it is always a most amusing spectacle,
the onlookers enjoying it almost as
much as the players themselves.
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Ctvislzation In Africa.

When Limestone died, few years
ago. says the Northwestern Christian
Advocate. there was not a civilized
town IN Central AFRICA. Now Living
stonia is TO be Ii shted by electricity.
The cost Ut It's machinery and its
rransp ortatf1n to the mission was
about $4,000. The only source of il
Illumination for the home or the school
or the church has been, hitherto, kero-
sene obtained at a cost, by the time
il reaches Lake Nyassa, of $3.50 gal
lon Steam power being out of the
question on account of the scarcity of
fuel, it was suggested that the falls OF
the River Manchewe. near to the mis-
sion, be used for the production OF
light and the driving of machinery.
The machinery is on it's way and was
to be set up this month. The natural
waterfall will thus thresh wheat, grind
! the -four and bolt it in the mill by
| day, and at night give light to the peo-
| pie in their homes. The civilizing in
! fuence over the natives of this electro
cal power is beyond calculation.
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FAME EASILY FOUND.
H,pb-Priced Chef Copies Dishes fro"
Peasants of Europe.

OF Europe.
Joseph, the famous chef, who died
in Paris recently. left fortune or
$500 900. After all is said and done
Joseph while we'll known to the eN-
trayagant gourmet. had little patron
age from the real gourmet. The eeie-
hrated crushed duck" which nlTJ
made him famous, was not his own
creation. but for centuries had been
popular with the Norman peasants as
a holiday dish and was also taNorite
dish among the peasants CT Midi. The
success of Joseph's .ushed duck is
only sample of what might be done
nv fashionable chef witE brains
enough to seek out among the peas
antrv of Europe and the wrFking and
rural classes of this country, certain
dishes which they enjoy. and which
now are scorned by pal9,tes polite
Your fashionable person guuld rather
die than eat one Of those savory
messes now. but let a grfat chef intro
duce it to the world of fashion under
another name and itY success would
be assured and its Rnuoduction re-
dound to the fame Of the introducer
For after all a goof thiug is a gooC
thing. whether il is prepared in {
Ealace or a hovel, and there are man!
peasant dishes WHICH would be quit
as successful if they were properly in
PRODUCED as JoseVh's crushed duck.
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nnn,t Mind HenE or Cold.

The native camels of Siberia are ?
source of constant wonder to travellers
On the Monaghan plateau, for instance
the thermometer often registers a TEN
perature of 40 degrees below zero, bu
tbe camels do not mind it at all, walk
ing about as blithely as if the weathe
were as balmy as spring. On the othe'
hand. the temperature on the Col,
Desert in summer is sometimes l40 de
grees above zero, and The beasts m'nC
that heat Just as little as they do til
extreme cold.
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Making Money

Everybody recognizes the fact that a
bow should early give his attention to
some kind of moneymaking SO as to
give him a feeling of responsibility
Nothing can more test the boys ener-
gies and abilities than poultry raising.
1t calls for the exercise of both mental
and physical powers. 1t is not routine
work. Then, too it is profitable en-
ployment, requiring no great outlay OF
money. 1t does not require late hours,
nor does it tend to bad company. II
is a safe recreation and often develops
from recreation into business, says
the American Boy. 1t offers something
definite as an object to work for. The
boy soon comes to have a desire to
excel-to get the best results. He
wants to produce better birds and more
eggs than his competitors. He finds
that Nature is erratic in her moods,
and it is no easy matter for him to
learn her secrets. Defeat that often
comes arouses his fighting blood and
makes him determined to succeed, with
every faculty awake. 1t is outdoor
work, and for boy who is inclined too
much to sit and drone over book the
work is beneficial. 1t fosters love for
animals, and contains few unpleasant
features.
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London Collector Has
q UNI. We As
sortnzent

ling Another interesting special 1s-
sue shown by Mr.. Phillips was that
of the Birmn CHAM workhouse
These notes were circulated by tne
overseers for various small amounts,
"for the convenience OF paying the
poor" and payment was made when
eight two shillings six pence. or four
fve-shiliing notes We're brought to-
gether. In one corner of these Noes Is
picture OF Charity nursing young
children AS showing the length OF
time during which notes may remain
IN currency. MI Phillips mentioned
that ne had a Scotch note for Alz
Gated 1871. and the bank which IS
sued it offered to change it for MN
Being a collector Mr. Phillips pre-
| ferred to keep his ancient bit OF paper.
In the matter of diminutlVe panR
1 notes. correspondent sends an ac-
/ count OF a curious note. which he has
| in his possession. 1t is card meas
uring 2x21. inches. on one slde OF
which is twice printed the word two
pence" while on the other side the
sum is printed in words and figures
around the border. In the middle is
the following: 81 promise to pay the
bearer. on demand. twopence. by
order of the Corporation of the City
of New York. Feb. %, 1790.-D. Phoe-
nix. City Treasurer. london enron
icle.
The ripest actor is not beyond get