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of ascendency. Man is already too high. ly specialized, and cannot thange into another form. Consequently he will also become extinct, as have the preceding types.
 If life continues long enough on the earth, it is probable that millions of years hence the dominant type will have had us origin in some species that is now very low. Birds were created last, and III the natural order of things they may be the dominant type of the earth ,,
 Professor Wiliston also sounded tbe doom of "tabby." She is the most high ly specialized carnivorous animal. al- though she may not know it. Therefore. She must pass on with man.
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means of which he found his way out of the ladysmith in which the great beast lived. When Ariadne became the wife of Theseus, this golden diadem was the crown which he gave her. It is pity that the ancient name of Ariadnes Grown, which recalls so pretty legend, should have been changed in later days
 Like the Pleiades this constellation was used to mark the seasons. Thus Virgil wrote:
 But if thou blow to SOW more solid
 grain,
 wheat or barley harvest tofobtain, First let the morning Pleiades be set And Ariadne's shining coronet, Ere thou commit thy seed to ground"
 Unlike Arcturus, the stars of the crown were supposed to have a most favorable influence sastrologically.r
 At the point K. Fig. 1. is ons of the
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are by no means numerous, but care full watch during May or the latter part of April will usually be rewarded by the appearance of few or them. They are bright and of a dull yellow color, and move slowly across the sky.
 The New Comet.
 The bright comet discovered by Borelly has been moving rapidly toward the east On March 1 tt was at c, Fig. l; on April if will be at D, and on April 15 at E. when first discovered the comet was so bright that 1t was visible even in a four
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the winter. The slow onward march of the constellations has carried the beauti- full winter groups, Taurus, Orion and Per seus low down in the west, while in place of these the fainter constellations,
 Bootes, Serpens and Hercules are appear ing in the east. The exchange Is hardly fair one, and yet these faint summer groups have a beauty of their own and contain as many interesting objects for observation with a small telescope as the winter groups do. To study them with
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On the Safe Side.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
 An old woman who persisted Tn hcwipg during church service whenever the name of Satan was mentioned vas reprimand- ed by the minister for sc unseemly a habit. The reproof had, however. no eff feet, and the minister asked her finally, in exasperation, why she thought 1t nec- essary to bow:
 'sWell," she replied, '"civil,ty costs noth- ing, and you never know what will hap penn
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Easily JoIlied.

Let me sell you some of our cele- brated beautifier for babies." said the agent.
 'I don't care for any" replied the busy mother. ''Why don't you try next door? That lady has baby.'
 "Ah madam, but your baby is so much prettier. I am sure our preparation would show off to more advantage if you bought package"
 Dear me! How much is it?"
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A Wise Woman.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 Now, for $2," announced the test medium, ''Ill sell you a philter that will make your husband love you to the exclusion of all others"
 q don't think I'll invest" said the practical housewife: "but if you have philter that'll make him bring home some of his salary on pay-days, I'll allow you percentage on the amount realized"
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THE HEAVENS IN APRIL

BY PROF. ERIC pooIITrI

PROF. DooLITTIE  Marsshooting sconetHoW Mercur
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-14
ped out, slamming the door irefully
a Story or NORTH Carolina.

ped out, slamming the door irefully
behind her.
Trembling from head to foot. Sara
picked up her work and dropped into
her seat Her throat was swollen with
suppressed Sobs, her eyes aching with
hot, angry tears. She was aching in
deed in every bone of her poor over
worked body. but she must go on with
her sewing while she could. Jim might
come staggering in presently, expect
ing warm supper, and she had moth
ing with which to prepare it; but if
she could only finish her work deliver
it and return before he camel He
would surely not groWl or curse at her
then. If he should
She crushed her little teeth together.
fighting down the rebelliouS thoughts
rising within her. She had never felt
toward her husband as she felt now
What if her love for him should die
What if she should lose all hope and
grow reckless and hard and cold?
She tried to put such questions
away from her. TO escape them her
mind flew back to those sweet days
when Jim's love filled her heart with
light and melody and made life itself
one long and happy dream.
Had four years only passed since
then? Had she been a wife but five?
Had her husband wearied of her in
twelve short months? How quickly evil
companions had lured him from her
side! And would he never return?
Would her hearts drear winter never
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An hour later, when the sun had set
and all that remained of the waning
day was narrow line of smoky Grim
son low down in the west, heavy feet
descending the hillside, struck out an
occasional spark from the rocks lying
thick in the steep way, and into the
wide circle of light shed by the burning
logs swung q large-limbed, deep-chest-
ed young fellow black-mustached,
bold-eyed, and with a certain reckless
freedom of carriage that proved him
to be partially under the influence of
liquor
He stopped in the middle of the
road. taking from the pocket of his
shabby coat a corn-cob pipe and some
loose tobacco. He leisurely filled the
pipe, and with the stem between his
teeth, approached one of the log
heaps.
Several of the piles had crumbled
and sunk into mounds of glowing
ashes, out of which tongues of flame
darted up at infrequent intervals.
Others had burned through and fallen
apart, the ends of the logs blazing like
huge torches. Others still, wrapped
in curling sheets of fire, cracked and
roared merrily, giving off swirls of
white smoke ashimmer with showers
of rushing sparks.
Near the ROAD, however, there were
heaps which as yet were Nonly partial
ly enveloped in fire. The man ap-
preached one of these, which, though
burning at the farther side, showed on
this only wavering red CLEANS between
the logs and now and then f1utter-
ing flame springing through but to de-
tach itself and vanish in the air.
The man bent forward to thrust a
bit of twisted paper into a glowing
seam before him.
AS he did SO a scimctar of fire dart
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Mr.. DOOLEY ON THE "TAIL
IND ~ CREATION" ("
(Rhamkatte Roaster.)
ass1duO0 10 A1QEJ
e6I3.


messy Thayadore is rough piece v goods ah al ye can say hh %
His picur wud look foine in tn rogus gallery He may be
Thaadores be thin they look He may be
mysthery
wud fit in Grizzly Gulc but he ought to lave Washington w ne lakes
an tn bobcats He is rought article Hen
they?" Mr. Hennessy
poOley "an tn paype niver added to
tn they done
begoD they done it, but who the payple Tell me th wqn ont e
who tn payp oi am tired hn thOt tn paype done TINS an
ho as if tn paype was anybody TO shta ure money on IN IN guy
tn earth o ner was nhadooced
to him Hnnesy but OF always to meet him an % shake % hm @ m IN
guardjn " thin needs
rimmb ho it was tn last thing made don't ye9
entoey hardly oound"
v takes all K to make tn wur-rd said Mr. Hen
make AXE some me. PayDls s, too
sp they made fr? by think tn wurld needs thin to make
over FIR tree mins livery tonne in me fe OF hev
shtrong gather fruit laboors dom
d be- " nnoind paste thin o wa hv nawhn say An
thin thing hpake wurrd without
little thing thot be
M % a @ af Se % w @ ha0G We down opinion on it Dom these
They make coak It's an ah
They ARE all ed and a billed an laid out loie shirt pahen
Ye Milky oFmngin,
Well lubbery dgt don't but
don't know IL pe to tn rear is phat OF tell i'm: kape to t rear an
payple
Psdn thot done much fr
tn country as he hpak v dom shud hey bobcats an less
idgits Col oEIara be lvn at all all TIL colonel
saws Ap, pbt is - We WANT with athr@ Amt We rt m no welP Thin
ye
FIR
hev children thin ja? Thin
m % a., NO 81 a rbtsn - am h q - | - TI ~ - some ~ m ~ - ~ .at - 90 nav
ple's
horse dtures Hennesy
look tm Tn his teeth an
Guvn pc his teeth wan swea hot he ought to be peaeh r
tvn shame the hOh offs why don't Tagadore shoot this variety
back an children If they amt
setn back shan with ianer There's tn ministers Hnnessy tn
Of god or other an he won't acpt tn od longer Immedg
docths bye thin gr-reat thrust Ye
see yure dope to
half hour but don't Kill tn ould woman an call in another wan ho
don't kill nawthin y sind f tn first wan an w fond ot wd take
head rv " thin all Y cant tell him naN an he Is as yode as tn
shall free an he queered thrice shud tn truth
catch up with him. whch won't Civilization is wonderful kond v
civilized
out v US Tn hyhn bobcats is tn tntent citizens "
III, npr afbor ali an Some fonada H. cannbs IN Boneo will ba
sndn missionaries country bring tn udngs
They arre human bes Hnnessy an we ar-e nawtn n~n but
front v his has his
chooa "a noon itbe % Win ~ INA tn - ~ @ her ars as tb leader y
l "a poor @ nllher WIN wh Two twins IN ner % a p ~ n ,a @
Shure
al a
tn nachoora wimmn but hots all We
Cised bobcats Here ar-re lvin in
n Rtss9 Se "of ~oiss ny SPs a fsf
he ye as A
v
yureda to
he the is is
at ALL
Gmme a mon an yure 6
to
git
Gr-reat S
Dvi hmsilf"
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CariyIs's Opinion of Musicians.

When Joseph Joachim, the famous
yiolinist, visited this country in the 'Vs
he was taken by a friend to Carlyles
house in Chelsea and introduced as
well-known musician. Pleading an
engagement elsewhere, the friend tneh
left, and Carlyle, who was just theh
starting for his morning constitutions
begged the violinist to accompany niin'
which he did.
During our long walk in Hyue
Park" said Joachim, when relatlns
the story to his biographer, AndreaS
Moser, "'The Sage of Chelsea poureu
forth "A stream of conversation aDou'
Germany. the King of Prussia DE.
marck. Moltke, the war, etc. AT las.
| thought ought to say somethlns' anu
innocently asked the irascible sehue'
man if he knew Sterndale Benhe''
the famous English composer =,
NO he answered abruptly, anu
ldded, after pause: j cant pea,
musicians, as rule; they are sucn az
empty-headed, wind-baggy sort oil peO
plen London Tit-Bits.
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STATE QUESTIONS

Who first prospected Portland Ory
What is it makes Augusta, Ia
And is it history's wealth of lore
That makes old Philadelphia. pa
wonder il Topeka, Kan?
How much did old Columbus. n,
And won't you tell me this, old man.
Whose pastures does st. Joseph. No
Are things in Providence. R.Iy
(What struck the town?-But 10,
pass.)
Will doughty Douglas stand or fiy
If all the troops in Boston, Mass,
Why doesn't soied Seattle, Wash
In Puget Soundg Nov don't yet pav,,
Ii you would not pronounce it bosb e''''
I'd ask you whom does Tampa, Fla,
For whom has this Tombstone, Ariz.,
Did Denver, Co.? Now, by the bark
OF Noah's pair of pups, gee whizzii
Who built this Texarkana, Ark
--Robertus Love, in the Oregoni.n.
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PART III,

One soft September afternoon in 1875
Hugh Lardner, lusty young man, car
rying a fiintlock and powder horn,
came to the home of Jacob Mayfield
with alarming news.
1t VIII not do for you to remain an
other hour" were his words TO the
palefaced husband and wife. king
Philip and his warriors are near you,
and no one is safe"
WHITTIER shall we go?"
"To Deertield. Captain Mosely is TO
be left there with a small force. while
the rest are busy in the harvest field.
The village is only few miles off. and
II you make the most of your time and
are very careful you can reach it In
safety. viii you do it?"
Yes, with heavens help. am
greatly thankful to you, Hugh, for
your kindness"
1T is but a neighborly act. Unjust
hasten"
Time was precious, and, bidding the
husband and wife goodby, the young
man hurried out of the house. and
breaking into Looping trot, headed to-
ward the camp of the brave pioneers
from Ipswich.
Jacob Maytield was too wise to dis.
regard the warning of Hugh Lardner.
"lthout encumbering themselves with
anything in the nature of luggage. the
rather stepped out of the house. fol-
lowed by his wife. holding the hand of
Dorothy, who was now two wears older
than when she had given a drink of
cold water from the spring to an I'M
known Indian.
Inc door was shut behind them, but
the latchstring was left hanging ont
III accordance with the hospltable ems
tom OF the border If the Indians
chose to visit this outlying cabin, they
would meet with no trouble in securing
entrance.
1t was nearly ten miles to Deerfeld.
the distance being greater because of
the clfcultous route ken by the MO
neer. lie was fnmingr with the route.
ana was hop .ul that by following the
advice of Hugh Lardner he would
avoid the hostile redmen, who were
liable to be encountered at any time.
All went well until the winding
course through the woods, marked at
times by an indistinct trail, but oftencr
without any mark at all, had been
passed Finally, the father stopped in
front of deep, calmly lowing stream,
dozen feet or more in width.
I'VE must reach the other side, some
how" he remarked, as his wife and
child paused at his side.
Can't you jump it?" asked his wife,
with faint smile.
Perhaps, by taking short run; but
how will that help you and Dorothy 2"
II will tell YOU" replied the child.
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How Monkeys Sleep.

"Look at them" said the keeper soft.
ly. "a pretty sight, isn't it?"
The rays of the lantern did not
awaken the multitude of monkeys
asleep in the great cage. They lay in
a hundred attitudes. Here slumber-
ing mother held her slumbering baby
in her arms; there formidable male
lay by himself in a cleared space; a
fat monkey in n corner snored.
But not one of these monkeys slept
on his back.
"Do you see" said the keeper. "They
lie on their sides, on their stomachs.
every which way-but there isn't one
a-lying on his back.
"There never is. No monkey was
ever found sleeping on his back. Some
times. as consider their intelligence
and their manifold virtues, it seems to
me that the fact that monkeys never
sleep on their backs is the chief differ
ence between them and human beings"
New York Press.
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Preliminary returns of the new State
census of Massachusetts, show popu-
lation of 2,99S,95S-a gain of 1913, 612 or
nearly seven per cent, in FIVE years.
In the same time Iowa has lost about
10000 people. These figures are sig
nificant Of change in our drift of set
Element. The steady westward tide
that used to keep the centre of popu-
lation moving constantly toward the
setting sun is giving way to series of
currents from country to city all over
the continent. Iowa is rural State,
and while it is nearly seven times as
large as Massachusetts,, with incom.
parably better land, it has little over
two-thirds as many people, and it is
losing inhabitants, while crowded Mas
sachusetts is steadily gaining. Massa-
chusetts, with $50 persons to the
square mile, is more densely settled
than any country of Continental
Europe, except Belgium and Holland,
and yet considerab BILE part of its small
area is wilder and more thinIy peopled
than any portion of Iowa. Its masses
are in the cities.
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x CUP OF =
3 COLD WATER
BY EDWARD S. ELLIS.
BY EDWARD S. ELLIS.

| why, his name is my father. How
simple you arer'
There was glow of real mirth in the
countenance Of the red man at this
scornful reply of the little girl, and In
a voice of wonderful gentleness he
added:
| "He fader have oder name"
"Oh, why didn't you say what you
meant? He is Mr.. May6eld. DO you
know him?'
| A silent shake OF the head was the
response.
Sometimes Indians come to our
house. If they are hungry we give
them something to eat. Are you hun
CRY? Cause IL you are 1t will soon be
supper time. and II you will go with
me you can have all you want and stay
at the house till morning."
mo hungry-go back in woods"
1t suddenly dawned on Dorothy that
1t was her turn to laugh, and she did
so right heartily.
Il know why you can't eat any sup
per. It's cause you drank so much
water that you can't hold another
mouthful."
The conversation might have lasted
long time, for the Indian acted as If
he were interested in the chatter of
the little one, whose questions and OBJ
servations came so fast that little op-
portunity was given him to do more
than answer questions, some of which
were of most puzzling character.
Suddenly the voice of the mother was
heard. The prolonged absence of the
child had caused dlsqulet on the part
OF the parent, and she was calling to
her.
That's my mother" exclaimed the
little one by way of explanation. 81
shall have to go now. Goodbye,
She was off like flash of sunshine,
but had taken only few steps when
she stopped short and looked around.
"You won't forget to bring your little
girl to see me? Won't you tell me your
name"
The warrior had risen to his feet and
was moving away. He, too. checked
himself, and, turning his head, an
swered both questions, but unfortu-
rately, Dorothy did not catch what he
said. She repeated her queries, but the
red man, for some reason that cannot
be conjectured, did not look around
again, nor speak. He struck into his
long, silent stride, and quickly disap-
peared among the trees.
guess he said he will bring his
little girl to see me-" murmured Dor
othy, as she hurried up the path to her
mother, who was waiting for her, and |
to whom she related her singular story.
And little Dorothy waited and
watched for the coming of her dusky
visitor leading his child by the hand.
but he never came.
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Mr.. Marshall Field, now on his Sec
ond honeymoon, tells a reporter that
marriage is good thing il one gets
the right woman. Undoubtedly. But
how can one tell? Take DIR. Carl
Witzhoff, for example. He has mar
ried eighty-odd, according to all ac-
counts. and continues to be dissatisfied
Mr.. Field also makes "a strong dis
tinction between speculation and judic-
ious investment'-wh induces the
suspicion that he is about to start an
insurance company.
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The initiative Chinese have mastered
the boycott dodge very completely.
They have shown what they can do
in the way of boycotting our goods,
and now they propose to suspend opera
tons for season in order to give Con-
gress an opportunity to lift our boy
colt against Cinnamon who come here
on business or pleasurlng errands and
who are not to be classed as coolies
This is form of reasoning which will
not be misunderstood. Congress will
be duly impressed.
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1t was at the feeble dawn of day. A
gentle mist lay low in unmoyed air
and through its fading sheet of dim.
ness the rays of a new days sun rent
with penciled outlines the cloak that
hid the face of green-eyed nature from
the refulgence of the torch of the dav
Moistened verdure smiled in gladdened
touch of June-time dew and the tinv
beads of settled mist gllstened from
leaf and blade as pearls in the precious
sands OF the treasure land of imagery
The shafts of light sent gray-edeed
streaks through the feetlng haze and
changed to clearest air in the effer.
yescence of the murkiness of morninc
Then the garish veil of a golden dawn
is lrted and the great freball beams
In growing warmth to furnish forth q
HaT OF giory'--Painesville Republican
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Some recently invented chronopno' :,
graphic cameras by Lucien Bun, 20
Paris, take successive pictures at rau ,,o
of from 1000 to 1000 second
source of light is the spark of an ~
duction coil, which, it is calculated, -
dures only about one two-milliontn ". y.
n second, SO that with improved me- "a
anism the successive images coulu w -
taken at far more rapid rate tnan aa :,
now employed. Six hundred NV
per second, however, suffice 10 s On.
clearly the moving wings OF orns 20,
fly, and with 100 or 1900 imases IN.
second, sharp pictures have pe s,.n,
tanned of been and house-fiies IN nisN"
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Police logic, 1t appears, is much the
same everywhere. observes the Chi
cago Chronicle. Thus when a woman
was discovered gagged and uncon-
scious in New York the other day the
police of that city, failing to find her
assailant, pointed out that the woman
must necessarily have gagged herself
and then knocked herself senseless,
having first robbed herself of all her
money and jewelry. This sounds
enough like the Chicago system of po-
lice ratiocination to have come from
any one of half dozen lynx-eyed Or
naments of the local force.
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The most famous lady-killers of his
tory have been very plain men, says
the New York Evening Journal. The
Marquis de Mlrabeau, known in his
own time quite as much for his won
derful success with women rs for the
part he played in bringing the French
Revolution about, was small and dark
and horribly pock-marked. Jack
Wilkes, the English political agitator,
equally noted for his LONELINESS, boast
ed that in fifteen minutes he could
cut out the handsomest man in Lon
don. And no one who knew his power
over women questioned the truth of
the vainglorious statement. In our
own times We have as examples of
successful ugliness Johann Hoch, Carl
ton, the Brooklyn bigamist, and the
notorious DR.. Witzhoff. None OF these
winners of women could by any
stretching of artistic canons be in
Guided within the pale OF good looking
men. What women admire in men and
what they succumb to is nerve. Good
looking men learn early in the game
that they can AFFORD to be Merry"
That alone is the secret Of their power.
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The intrepid Kaiser, wishing to COM
pliment his fellow potentate of Mo-
rocco, imported the most lusty native
Of Tangier he could find and incorpo-
rated him in the imperial household.
All went well until one day when the
specimen lost his temper and nearly
killed the royal bandmaster by smash
ing his head with the cymbals. Then
the rascal was hiked back to his native
heath. The gentle Desdemona's ex-
psrience should have conveyed deeper
lesson to his Impetuous Majesty.