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him. and the fireman could understand
and answer. The noise of the train
seems to be something extra accord
ing TO him, to which he has become so
accustomed that it does not interfere
ia any way with his ordinary faculties.
1t appeared. from his remarks, 10 be
like dull clatter of numerous type
writers In a big Office, which never in
terferes with speech or thought once
person has become accustomed to
the noise. He asserted that he knew
of old engineers who had become stone
deaf when they were not in the cab,
and their friends had TO yell at them
TO make themselves understood. But
as soon as the veterans stepped into
the engine and got the rattle of the
train in their ears they could hear the
ordinary conversational voice, despite
the thunder OF the machinery and the
wheels. As soon as the train stopped
they were deaf again for that interval.
only to be right as soon as the pande-
monium of the wheels shook up their
aural openings.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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The Judges and the Elevator.

Senator Hoar yesterday told an in
cident of his legal practice in connec-
ton with his remarks about the dan
gerous condition OF the old Govern
ment Printing Office.
Il am reminded said he, "of some
thing that happened in the Supreme
Court of our State some years ago.
They held court at northampton and
went over to Mount Holyoke, where
there is an elevator which takes tray
elers up the side of steep rock a
hundred or two hundred feet to avoid
the difficulty of climbing.
THE judges, as judges are apt to
be, were, nearly all of them, rather
corpulent men. Six or seven got into
the elevator at once. They saw that
the rope that held the car in when
they went was very much frayed, and
they asked the manager if he did not
think it was little unsafe.
Eyes, the manager said, it is
wholly unsafe and likely to break
everv minute, but we are going to
have a new one next Monday. >
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irnnsessions of Hiah Speed.

| made two trips in each car over
the fourteen miles of track. At the
end of the first mile the car was go
ing seventy miles an hour, at the end
of the second mile between ninety
and one hundred. In fact my interest
was so aroused by the rapidity with
which the speed indicator had kept
Jumping up, that We were running a
hundred miles an hour before |
thought to look out of the window.
When | did | was disappointed It
was evident we were travelling at ire
mendous speed. but the car was very
steady. and there was nothing excit-
ing. The sensation was about the
same as that which a passenger on
the Lake Shore Road gets when the
train is running seventy miles an hour.
Later, as 1 stood by the side of the
motorneer, or with the brakeman at
the rear, the sersAtion was far more
vivid.
Standing Just behind the motor
wheel in the front of the car, one is
in a steam engine; and the frightful
rate at which the track is being de-
voured is more evident. The impact
of flies, bees, and even birds upon the
curved glass front of the car serves
to heighten the effect. l must con-
fess that | held my breath as | saw
the curve come in sight Apparently
the track ended, and the car seemed
directed straight into the air at
speed sufficient to send it flying over
into the German ocean. AS it glided
smoothly round the curve the sensa-
tion was something like that which
one has in an express elevator in one
of our American skyscrapers when he
is dropped from the fifteenth floor,
and is not quite sure whether he will
stop at the basement or go straight
through to China.-Henry S. Pritchett,
in McClure's.
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The Care of the Eyes.

The eyes are the most wonderful
and delicate optical instruments in
the world, and easily subjected to
strain. There are few eyes that are
not caused unnecessary and detri-
mental strain. This produces the in
fiammation that is the trouble of many
and which in turn is often the cause
of the unsightly puffiness under the
eyes. Although it is not possible to
change their color or shape, the APP
pearance of the eyes can often be
materially improved by proper care.
and the surrounding tissues and fea-
lures so modified as to add grestly Is
the looks. ExceIlent information on
the care of the eyes is given by DR..
Grace Peckham Murray in the De-
Iineator. The use OF glasses is a sub
topic that merits special attention.
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Rare Fruits.

Among the productions of the Phil
ippine Islands are two delicious
fruits entirely unknown in the civil
lized world. One of these is the
DURAN, whose remarkable qualities
were descanted upon by Alfred Rus
sell Wallace during his explorations
in the Malay Archipelago. 1t grows
on a lofty tree somewhat resembling
an elm, is about as large as a cocoa
nut, has shiny shell, and contains a
creamy pulp which combines some of
the flavors of delicious custard with
those of a fine cheese. ITO eat
durians," said Mr. Wallace, SIS new
sensation worth a voyage to the East
to experience" American soldiers in
Jolo call the DURAN "the vegetable
Limburger cheese" The other rare
fruit spoken of is the mangosteen, said
to be the only fruit that Queen Vic
toria never tasted. The exquisiteIy
favored liquid it contains cannot be
preserved for shipping abroad.
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Metals Get Sick.

Metals can be poisoned and have
diseases in much the same way as
animal and vegetable creatures. And
when they are diseased they are dan
gerous to mankind; for if they are
made into tools, they may break, ruin
a laborer's work, or perhaps put out
his eye; if they happen to be part of
a bridge, they nay break and cause
accidents, perhaps destroy life. Pro
fessor E. Heyn, of the Technical Elk
pertinent Station of the Royal Poly
technic School, misunderstanding,
writes on this highly interesting sub
ject-"Life and Diseases of Metals
in Harper's Magazine. The micro
scope has developed this branch of
modern science, as it has developed
the study Of human diseases in the
hands of Virchow and his followers.
Illustrations accompanying the article
show diseased copper and sgeel.
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the father VIII remove to

afterward the father will remove to
England
Alderman Abbey is one Of the show
places Of England and is noted for its
spacious and magnificent gardens and
It's lake. The house is a low, ivy-coy-
cred, picturesque structure Of red
brick 1t was built In 1850. and since
1850 its exterior has remained IN
changed. save for the addition. TWEEN
ty-fve years ago. Of a fine east wing
Within. 1t has been prepared for Mr.
ASorgan's coming. There are gathered
in il art treasures almost beyond price
The South Kensington Museum and
tie National Gallery, In London, have
been honored with the loan Of many
Of Mr.. Morgan's paintings and
sculptures. All these works Of art
win be concentrated at Alderman. and
there Mr.. Morgan viii enjoy In ease
and dignity and srtistocratic atmos-
phere the fruits OF his American spec
ulationA-
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cent Of ricketts, and IL teeth In
the Gentle school of the class per chill
dren had ricketts, and 80 teeth The poor
district OF Leeds equally instructive regards com
parison There the native children showed 80 per cent
ricketts, and percentage of 60 regards The
poor Jewish school, regards statistics based on the
same lines percentages Of per ricketts, and Is
per cent for defective teeth
For long the Jew has practced religion of health
No read the code hygiene comprised in the books
OF the Old Testament without perceving egs
laton was exercised by way Of nsurng health of the
jewish race, and by way OF preventing disease True
the code extremely drastic in it's applications
witness the casting Of the eper forth of the camp but
It's very rightly served impress only the idea of
prevention OF disease but of the practice to which
idea gave origin A nation which, In addition super
vlsng its meats with the of modern sanitary
Inspector and which knew that the was
to be found in the maintenance Of cleanliness could
fail to reap rich physical reward in the development
sound constitution and in the possession of length days
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THE DISCOVERY OF BIG TREES.
Awaking Hunter Thought He Was La a
Land of Fairy Phenomena.

Awaking Hunter Thought He Was Ia a
Land of Fairy Phenomena.
Once upon a time-it was in 1853.
TO be exact-a hunter in pursuit Of a
wounded bear found himself at night
fall in dark forest The air was dry
and warm, and being weary, he
stretch himself upon the pine needles
which covered the ground, and went
to sleep. He awoke at daylight. and
when be saw what kind Of forest
he was in, he rubbed his eyes and
uinched himself to make sure he was
not dreaming. On every side were
monster trees, such az no man had
ever seem before They reared their
hecds seemingly into the blue sky,
ana their enormous trunks, bright Gin
namon In color and ribbed and scanned,
rose ike mighty futed towers The
hunter felt ike CULVER did in Brob-
dingnag, and looked, half expecting to
see the huge forms Of giants come
striding through the forest. He knew
that II the tallest church OF his native
LOWu 6dS SCI doNA AAA N-~-~ 1880 -
cross upon the pinnacle Of Its spire
would be shaded By the branches as
would a dolls house beneath an apple
tree. he walked up to one Of the trees
and spreading out his arms to their
fun extent, he clasped the bark Then
be moved sidewise. placing his left
fingers where his right hand had been,
spreading his arms as before He re-
peated this again and again, and be
ala IT, twenty times before he had cir
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wo.nen Mho want 10 We'd.

Rev. Charles w Sayidge, Of the Peo-
,le's Church, Omaha, Neb., is being
iwamped with letters from women in
all parts Of the country who are eager
to be a wife to the rich ranchman in
western Nebraska, who several days ago
iourneyed TO Omaha on purpose to re-
ouest The p-eacher to find him a spouse.
Il have 1000 acres OF land, 1000 head
Of cattle. and hundreds Of horses, bat no
wife" he said, and added: III you viii
find me one, viii pay you handsomely
for her"
The story of the ranchman's singular
offer was wired to newspapers through
out the country, and letters have been
pouring in from all directions Thus far
Mr.. Sayidge has received letters from
200 women who describe themselves as
pretty blondes. 175 as brunettes. IS az
widows, 50 as divorces. and so as spin
cfers
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LIKE WILLIAM W. AsToR,
]. Pierpont Morgan Will Take Up His
Residence In England.

]. Pierpont Morgan Will Take Up His
Residence In England.
j. Pierpont Morgan is soon to shake
the dust Of plebeian America off his
feet, and, following the example of
William Waldorf Astor, will take up
his residence in aristocratlc England.
The great money king has purchased
Alderman Abbey, magnificent Eng
lish estate, and there, with his paint
ings and sculpture, he expects to spend
the evening of his life.
Mr.. Morgan's son. J. p Morgan. Jr.,
has come TO America in order to equip
himself for the headship Of the Nor
gan house, and as soon as the young
mans business education is completed
Mr. Morgan will transfer to him all
his american interests. Immediately
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-26

SENATOR DEPE" not consist in elaborate effort In the
length Of the speech, in superiority of logic grace die
ton or rhetorical finish Any all of these may
deriment though with the master they to be
used not the occasion may require Many massive
structure which the hours erecting
been demolished and has buried its author under its ruins
by the dynamite of minutes speech. Legislatures
fear bore and They good fighters
and hard htters Like veteran troops they do
to be instructed, but be led They may sleep through
ponderous Grafton Of Charles Sumner with delight
TO greet incsive of Thaddeus Stevens There
occasion when abored effort is necessary to outline
defend policy appeal to the party the country
But in the exgences Of daily discussion is the crisp
lucid and direct debaer who defeats
The skiful parlamenarian knows nsnctivnly the tenn
of his audience His greatest riumphs humorng
it's moods.
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NO JAN COULD HOLD HIM.
French Burglar Makes Good His Boast
That He Would Break Jail.

French Burglar Makes Good His Boast
That He Would Break Jail.
The police throughout the whole of
France are making a thorough search
for a hotel burglar named Wander
wegaete. who recently made a Won
derful escape from Lille prison, where
he was confined in an underground
condemned cell. He had been placed
there because he had boosted that the
Jail could not keep him. The massive
door of the cell opened on TO a eorri-
dor, at the end of which was another
door. fitted with a safety lock.
Locked up for the night on Mon
day, yanderwegaete was not to be
found on Tuesday morning. He had
left a couple of keys made OF tin be-
hind him as a memento. II is sup
posed that he made an impression of
the lock OF the cell with bread given
to him. With some more bread he
made mold. in which he cast a key
out of a tin cup. the mccall being melt
ed on his stove. The same night he
opened his door. took a bread crumb
impression of the corridor lock. made
another key and soon found himself
outside the corridor. From cupboard
he distracted a sheet and broom
handle. which he tied together and
made his way into the prison yard.
After scaling the interior wall.
which is nine feet high. he climbed
another wall by waSerspout and then
| dropped fifteen feet. with the aid OF a
blanket which he had taken from his
cell. Breaking into a tailoring estab-
lishment close by. he exchanged his
prison uniform for a fashionable suit
and overcoat and took so from the
till and some cigarettes He has not
been heard OF since.
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cled the trunk. This hunter was A. T.
Dowd, and the forest he had discov-
cred was one of the big tree groves"
of California. Of course, when he re-
turned TO civilization, his description
of the trees was laughed at as a yarn,
and he was accorded second place to
Baron Munchhausen as an inventor of
stories.
AS a matter of face, his stories were
much less wonderful than the trees
themselves, and the best of it is that
many Of the trees are still standing
there to prove it.-Woman's Home
Companion.
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little used for light and the fans are
so generally resorted to In large cities
that this demand equalizes things to a
very great measure.
What is probably the latest thing
in this line is the little thing shown
in the accompanying cut. the compact
ness and economy of which are its
chief Recommendation. The construc-
ton of this fan is very simple and the
cost therefore slight. and has the adj
vantage that it can be screwed direct
" into the socket Of an ordinary lamp.
consuming the same amount Of current
as a sixteen candle-power lamp. The
speed Of the blades is said to be 1,6C0
revolutions per minute. BY the use Of
a plug and cord the fan can be placed
In any desired position.
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True 20 His Friends.

An answer 10 an advertisement for
school assistant capable OF teaching
the classics as far as Homer and Yer
sir makes one of the best stories in
the Dean of Bristors recent book.
odds and Ends"
sir" the answer ran. with refer
ence to the advertisement which were
in the Times respecting a school assist.
ant. beg TO state that / should be
happy to NIL that situation. but as most
OF my friends reside In London. and
not knowing how far Homer and Yer
gil is from town, beg to state that
should not like TO engage to teach the
classics farther than Hammersmith or
Furnham Green. or at the very utmost
distance. farther than Brentford"
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HANDY ELECTRIC FAN.

Every year brings out some new
design in electric fans, which have Of
recent years proven as great boon to
the power companies as to the suffer
ing humanity, whose midsummer suf-
ferings are greatly alleviateS through
the meals OF these little devices. The
companies find it profitable to encour-
age the use of fans for the reason that
1t makes a demand for the current at
a time of the year when there is but
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The illustration
anchored
usuy
shot either
Whitehead torpedo
chamber
be of and
perhaps sinks
required depth till
driven
was he A#.##.s@
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Driving the Grizzly wsst.

In the days Of Ki. Carson the griz-
zly had not learned to look upon man
as a foe to be Stunned at any cost.
but the quick firing magazine rife has
taught him that if he possibly can he
must keep out of mans sight. He has
now been driven back into the almost
inaccessible solitudes OF the north
western Rocky Mountains, and the
sportsman who wishes to add his peIt
and dangling necklace Of claws to his
collection Ct hunting trophies mus
travel far and endure much hardship
and labor, for @old Eyhraim," as he
was called By tie Western pioneers,
is as cunning as he IS erce--From J.
n. Gleesons The Grizzly Bear n
st. Nicholas.
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that? Yet that l. che feeling of most
of the women and not only he w0m-
en-, but the men. of Japan 1t is what
makes of every japanese a soldier
who fights 10 win 1t is what fills
every japanese woman with pas
sioIlate longing to do something to
help not only by parting with her
loved ones. but by personal sacrifice
If naed be. Drawing the dangers of
death and disease with those who
are at the front.-Mrs. Sadazuchi
Uchida. in Harper's Weekly.
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Minister Allen was, born in Della
ware, Ohio. in 1853, and when % was
graduated from Ohio Wesleyan Uni
vesity. Two years later, in 1888, ne
married classmate. just preparatory
to setting out for China as Prespy-
terrain missionary.
The young missionary doctor had not
been long in China before he made MS
way down to Korea, on n tour of In
spection. at his own expense. Evil
IDENTITY he sent back favorable reports
to his superior officers in New York,
for in short time he received cable
gram containing the single word,
Korea" This he understood TO mea n
that he should undertake to find a
foothold in the capital of this ages
old nation, with its avowed intoler-
ance of Christianity. He was thus
the first Protestant missionary TO Ko-
rea The United States minister. Gen.
Foote, made him physician to the le-
CATION. thus giving him an excuse
for remaining In Seoul which no Ko-
rean could gainsay.
Two months later the young Amer
leans opportunity came. An insur-
rection broke out in Seoul, and six
Koreans were murdered at an official
dinner party, asd q seventh. a rela-
tive of the King and the most prom
inent of all. Prince Min Yong TX. who
had been Korean minister TO this coun-
try. was badly wounded Panic at
once seized the city. Everybody began
to look out for himself Even Gen.
Foote and all the Europeans fed to
Chemulpo. to be under the protection
OF the gunboats-all except the young
missionary doctor. Within half an
hour he was at the side of the wound
ed prince, disregarding all danger TO
himself.
He found thirteen Korean doctors
gathered around about to pour black
wax into the gaping wound. DIR. AL.
len pfuckily withstood them all while
he tried what western science could
do. While these looked on wondering
he tied up the arteries and sewed VI
the wounds, and continued his treat
ment until the prince got well.
II was a heroic thing for DR.. and
Mrs. Allen to remain where buildings
were burning and bullets whiZzing
through the streets, and treason anc
fanaticism were on every hand.
AS II TO fix firmly the place OF thi:
skillful Yankee missionary in the roya
favor. the Emperor himself fell sick
TO be cured by Or. Allen. This gave
him the title OF court physician. anC
a commanding position at the palace
which latter he has held to this day.
Another evidence OF the high favo
In which he was held was his appoint
ment by the direct wish OF the EN-
peror, 10 be foreign secretary OF III
Korean embassy to the United States
he returned after time. TO take a
his routine missionary work. but Il
1890, with the consent Of the Mission
airy Board. he was made secretary o
the United States legation st Seou
airing the Worlds Fair at Chicago b
served as commissioner for Korea L
1893 he vas made charge d'affatres 4
Seoul by President Cleveland.
Talk IS cheap-uniess you are usin
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President Rooevelts
the Interior and Wilson,
of the they walked
meetings together
They finish Cabinet
the
lighting
like other the
ofhcia
Cabinet things
Other
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NOISE OF a MOVING TRAIN

Engineers Are Not Disturtsd by the
Rattle Of Cars Over the Rails
The locomotive enginee,, was talking
about his run He maintained that.
with the roar and rumble or the en-
CINE directly beneath him and of the
train laundering behind, he had no
trouble in hearing what his fireman
on the other side OF the cab said to
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QUALIFICATIONS OF A PUBIC SPEAKER.
!. Dy senator chauncer n. pepeK.

There is no talent more common
than the ability to speak and none
more rare than the gift Of speaking 50
as to command the attention and sub
stantial assent of the audience. The
ordinary talker in a deliberative body
kills time and murders patience, irri-
tates the Indifferent and tires his
friends. Real debating power is a gift
as brilliant as it is useful. 1t does
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Miss Footlites-rd have you know
I'm an artist in my profession.
Gobbo-oh. that's il. : =! rye
heard people SAY. va are no actress
Boston TraGSsript.
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the stage of Ko-
rean affairs and
his steady a d.
vancement in the
favor of the peO-
pie. as we'll as in
official position, is
as romantic a s
any of the better
known stories of
American enter
prise, adventure
and achievement.