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Intelligent Teddy.

"Tll bet I own the most intelligent
dog in town." said a man on a Colfax
avenue car to the conductor last night.
Tuesday, while I was driving my
horse, one rein broke, and I was in
danger of having a runaway. My dog,
seeing my predicament, grabbed the
end of the broken strap and assisted
me in stopping the horse"
The conductor collected several fares
| and came back. give a smart dog
myself" he said. Ellis name is Teddy
Roosevelt-Teddy for short. When he
was a pup we taught him to bring the
Post into the house every day. The
other afternoon Teddy brought the
paper in and then disappeared. We are
| greatly attached to the little dog and
We always keep him in the house at
night. When he had not shown up by
7.30 o'clock I started out to look for
him. All the Colfax conductors and
motormen know Teddy, so I asked
some of them if they had seen him.
| One conductor said he lad noticed him
down at Sixteenth and Curtis streets.
I boarded q, car and went right down
there"
did you find him?" asked the pas
senger.
ayes" replied the man in the uni
form. "He was at the Grand Theatre,
trying to get in free with a lot Of
newsboys. The Post was entertain
ing them with a theatre party. and
Teddy considered himself entitled to be
| one of the bunch."-Denver Post.
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Children in tho Home.

The children of the family-one is
apt to look on them as burdens,
bothers and expenses.
When the baby comes, be it ever so
welcome, the mother has more work to
do. AS it grows into childhood and ON
to maturity it is more and more care.
worry and expense.
And so the little children, those inno-
cent ~trespassers, are borne with as
patiently as possible until they grow
to a successful manhood or woman-
hood.
Few stop to think deeply about this,
or it would be plainly seen how err
roneous the impression.
The children Of the family, instead
of being burdens, are burden bearers:
small saviors who are daily means OF
grace, and who lead the World-worn
parents once more into the paths OF
innocence and peace.
A baby's tiny hand clasped around
his mothers finger has stilled heart
throbs of sorrow and bitter trouble:
4 baby's arms around his fathers neck
have brought to the mans weary
brain a renewal of that love which is
all that makes life livable.-Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
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A New Form of Heat Engine.

The steam engine and the ordinary
internal combustion motor by no means
exhaust the range of possibilities OF
using heat as a source of power, and it
would seem that besides developing
mechanical features something could
be accomplished by devising new prin-
ciples on which heat engines might be
operated. A. suggestion in this direc-
tion has recently been. made in Europe
by NJ. Cantor. WHO proposes. to, use as
an oxidizins material some solid such
as oxide of copper. He would heat
this substance to incandescence, and
then would spray on it some fuel such
as petroleum or alcohol. This would
be burned and gas produced which
would expand, and in so doing would
perform work as in any ordinary form
Of engine. In the meantime the oxy-
gen taken from the copper oxide by
the combustion Of the fuel would be
restored through the agency of an air
jet. Theoretically it is claimed that
the highest possible rate of expansion
would be produced in the working gas,
and increased thermodynamic eff
cheney would be secured. 1t is, Of
course. too early to announce any
practical result from this proposition,
and a number Of objections must be
faced, but it surely does indicate that
power can be produced along other
than the orthodox lines, and the pres
ent low efficiency of the steam engine
improved upon.-Harper'S Weekly.
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Elopers.

The custom OF telling little boys and
girls that they are sweethearts. ETC,
had a curious effect on one younSter
in the West End the other evening.
He is eight years old and has a mind Of
his own. He became ~displeased at the
conduct of his father and suddenly
left the house. Some hours later the
telephone bell rang in the home Of the
youngsters parents and this conversa-
ton ensued:
Hello. This is DR.. Blank. Your son
Harry is here with Miss Gertrude -
and wants to get married. Your con-
sent is needed. Will you give it,"
"Just hold the couple there and III
be down"
A few minutes later the father was
at the minister's house. and. sure
enough. there "a Harry and his seven
year-old sweetheart. Asked by his
parent why he wanted to get married.
he said: "Yoa don't treat me right at
home. and we thought we would make
a home for ourselves" The very young
couple were bribed to postpone the
wedding for a few years. The bride
used was 4 box Of candy.-Albany
! Journal.
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Children Make Good Farmers.

SO successful was the children's
farm school. inaugurated in 1902 Oh
the then proposed site of the De Witt
Clinton Park. in New York, that it has
been permanently adopted as a feature
of the completed park.
Definite areas have been set apart
for gardens. aud adjacent to these. in
the basement Of 4 brick pergoa. are
school rooms. some of which are fur
nished for domestic science work. in
struction in which goes hand in hani
with the raising of vegetables.
According to the Experiment Sta II
Record, during the past season about
$500 children took part in the work,
raising about 10000 vegetables.
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FOREIGN.

Advices from Quito say that Senior
Garcia, the deposcd President of Ecu
ador. has taken refuge in the Brazilian
legation. Communication between
Quito and Guayaquil is interrupted.
The American delegates to the Mo-
rocco conference have become i'm
pressed with the natural resources Of
Morocco and the opportunities the
country presents for the employment
of capital.
Chinese regular troops invaded Ton
quin, but were beaten back with {. loss
Of 600 killed or wounded by a French
force.
The anniversary of Red Sunday
passed quietly in st. Petersburg and
most Of the larger cities of Russia.
The recent revolt in Santo Domingo
was due directly to the report that Uni
ted States marines would land to sup
port President Morales.
At Algeciras the Morocco conference
was enlivened ty an almost continuous
Skirmish between Al. Reyoil. the
French delegate, and Count o .Tallen-
bach. one of Germany's representa-
tiyes. .
Persia's peaceful revolt resulted in
shearing the Shah Of absolute pa.er
and in organizr'C'a representative as
sembly.
The whole population II and around
Kamrat, q Bulgarian colony in Bessa-
rauia, is in revolt. Many per5ons have
been killed ,anG the local authorities
! have been made prisoners. A mob of
/ 5000 routed the Vice-Governor with q
squadron of dragons and two guns.
General .Bartolome Mitre, former
President of the Argentine Republic,
died at Buenos Ayres.
Sir Guilford Wordsworth. a we'll
known English authority and author Of
textbooks on engineering formulate,
pronounced himself strongly. in favor
of the use of the metric system.
Baron Boris Korff. according to a spe-
cial cable dispatch from s.. Petersburg,
Russia, committed suicide rather than
carry out the relentless orders oc Gen.
eral Orloff to shoot down the people Of
Livonia.
Insurgent forces have captured Qui-
~, tBe Cdpltdl VI ECuduOl, dhu rlSC
President Moreno has assumed execu-
tive power.
A strong element in Santo Domingo
favors the ratification of a treaty with
the United States.
General Arias, the insurgent Govern
or Of Monte CriSti. Sant0 Domingo, has
received permission to leave the coun-
try
The Russian Workmen in the capital
decided on a strike without demonStra-
lions 10 celebrate the anniversary Of
Red Sunday.
Returns received in London. Eng
land. showed that the Liberal and La
Dor parties had 257 seats in the next
Parliament against ninety-siX won by
the Unionists. SavenIy-two National
lists have been elected.
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S0FT-Gl0UAD HORSESHOE.

Quite q demand has recently arisen
for so%ft-ground horseshoes-,that IS
broad, fat shoes which, owing to their
large area, will prevent the feet OF
horses from sinking unduly into the
ground. A simple shoe Of this. type
has recently been invented. which is
so designed that it can be easily re-
versed. The advantage of this de-
sign will be particularly felt in winter
time, IS the shoe S prevented from
balling up with snow. AS the revers-
ible shoe is smooth at T. SIDE. it will
be found advantageous for use on
horses when moving lawns. 1t con-
sists of a plate with a flange projec-
ton from one face along the periphery
and formed with slots to admit the
calks Of a horseshoe. Ribs on the
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VALUE IN LITTLE THINGS
The Saving Of Waste and Cast oGThing
is of Much Value.

10 VI ntC ~
From waste paper alone ne railroad
last year realized $1,000.
Pins, pens, nails, old brooms, bot.
ties. tin cans and worn out machinery
Of all sorts are gathered up along the
route by all the railway companies and
turned into money. Even the ashes
are sold and utilized for improving the
road-bed.
These things seem small to command
the attention of q rich railway COM
pany. But it must be remembered that
the railway company is rich largely
because il looks after the little things.
The greatest corporations in the
world are not above taking care OF the
fractions of pennies. IT,.
The railway scrap heap Of the coun-
try last year reached the value OF
'S1,25O;Oeo-a most respectable sum OF
money, Notwithstanding it came from
picked-up pins and paper, old nails
and old brooms.
Waste forms one. Of the most vital
questions in economics, not alone for
railroads and big manufacturing
plants, but for every household.
1t is impossible. of course. for any
very great sum to be realized in the
saving of waste in a household. And
yet the usual waste Of any home is
relatively far greater than that of a
railroad.
We think it mean and misery to
look after the little things. And for
that reason, more than for any othes.
human life is cursed with poverty and
.pauperism.
There is less meanness in a poor
mans saving avpenny than in a rich
mans saving a million. - Chicago
Journal.
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ELECTRIC ROADS AND STEAM LINES
kcen Rivalry Now Exists Between tho
Two Systems of Travel.

fcen Rivalry Now Exists Between the
Two Systems of Travel.
Among the interesting developments
in the railway business during the past
wear has been the action of great
steam companies with respect TO trolley
roads and trolley competition. The
New York. New Haven and Hartford
Company, which owns about $50 miles
Of the 700 miles of trolley in Connectl-
cut alone, was the first to acquire large
municipal trolley systems at various
points on it's main lines, and it began
TO do this before the year 1908. but 1t
was in the past year that several other
prominent companies adopted the set
lied policy of not only buying such eX-
listing trolley systems. but also of con-
structing new electric lines parallel to
their own steam tracks, their purpose
being both to forestall the threatened
competition of other builders and to re-
Iieve their main. lines of local passen-
ger traffic which interfered with the
free passage of through trains. =
The New York Central's recent pur-
chase of the Rochester trolley and
lighting system by paying SIPS per
share fo- common stock having a>par
value of $4,000. 600, is Il long step to-
ward the projected chain of electric
service roads from Albany to Buffalo
which is to be operated by that great
corporation. The Central owns several
other trolley lines along this course,
and is now eleeIrifying 4 considerable
part of the parallel West Shore steam
road. This part of its business is con-
.trolled directly liz 4 new corporation,
the Mohawk Valley Company. capital
lied at So 100000. The Erie is to
construct an electric road parallel to
it's steam line from Binghamton to Cor
nin-, seventy-six miles. to +orestall
OF local traffic. This appears to be the
aim of the New Haven company in I'M
de"iaking the construction of an cleo
trio line paraileling it's main tracks
from Norwich to Worcester. On its
road from Philadelphia (or Camden) to
Atlantic City, siXty-four miles. the
Pennsylvania has decided to substitute
electric power for steam. but it will be
affected by new competition there, for
Chicago capitalists have undertaken to
spend $4,000. 900 on a third-rail electric
line between the same points.
In addition to tile projected Use Of
electric power for the suburban parts
of great steam lines near their New
York terminals, it should be noted that
provision has recently been made for
fast electric service on separate lines
from Newark through tunnels to New
York. and that the trolley line from
Camden VIRTUALLY from Philadelphia)
to New York is to be Strengthened and
otherwise improved. In some parts of
the West steam lines are meeting the
competition, actual or threatened. Of
electric parallels by the use of gasoiene
motor cars on their steam tracks. A
successful trial of such cars on its
main track between Chicago and st.
Louis was made last week by the Al
ton company, which will at once sub
stitute them for steam trains on sew
eral of its interurban lines in Central
Illinois.-New York Independent. =
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DOMESTIC.

1t wasusaidk OF. Albany N. z, that5a
long Legislative. session. #asE expected.
as the work lSsasshiadsthatsQf lastYeaE.
Authorities, decided to drain Second
River, between Bloomfield and Wat
sessing, N. j.. for the mallet with
which Frank Basanik killed Thomas
Hof.
Governor Higgins %repudiated his law
yer's opinion that the New York Legis-.
lature cannot investigate State depart
ments, and Banking Superintendent
Kilburn requested the Legislature to
investigate his department.
The Reform Association Of the s. p
C. A., New York. issued a bulletin att
lacking John P. Haines, the president. /.
Colonel W. D. Mann, editor Of Town
Topics, confessed in New York City
that in, ten years he had borrowed
S191, 500 from men Of wealth and had
repaid not more tl:an one-fourth OF that,
sum. J
Mrs. J. G.. Phelps-Stokes in an adj
dress from lie pulpit of a. church in
New York City, blamed people OF
wealth for the .miseries of working
women. ~.
Attorney General Mayer, Of New.
York. it is understood, will sue to re-
cover money diverted from policyhold-
ers in the Mutual and New York Life;
Insurance Companies.
Judge E. Is. Dillon. Of tie Chancery.
Court at Columbus. Ohio. granted
eleven divorces In two hours time, or
at the rate of M divorce every ten
minutes. Judge Dillon has granted for
ty divorces in q week. At the same
time only twenty marriage licenses
were issued by the Probate Court.
One man, Simon Z. Wilson. was
killed aud thirteen persons were In
jured in u car which jumped from the
Brooklyn "L"' at Fulton and Chestnut
streets, Brooklyn. N Y.
CAPTAIN. james Cardiff. skipper of
the SScytbian. owned by Mrs. Susan
De Forrest Parker. testified In a court
ut New York City in the suit for the
recovery of. part oe the insurance paid
for the destruction Of the yacht that
lie burned the vessel on orders Of Mrs.
Parker's husband.
Friends of Senator Depew. it al re-
ported. say that he Is suffering from
apllasia and melancholia.
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ABDUL HAND, SU LTAN OF TURKEY.

and then half drags, half pushes 1t De-
fore it as it crawls through the mud 10
the waters edge.
There is ONLY one wild animal. says
the author, that will purpoSely attack
an alligator, and that is the jaguar OF
South America. The jaguar springs
OH the back of the alligator, and with
all his might tears at the roots OF the
reptiles tail. This, possibly, is with
the idea Of paralyzing that member.
and thus rendering it incapable of those
sweeps from side to side which are
more to be feared than even the great
armed jaws.
The fear of both these weapons may
deter the jaguar from clawing the
throat of the saurian. for. were he to
be shaken off in the latter struggles,
he would be more exposed to either
than if he fell farther back.
Instances of the jaguar's success in
destroying the alligator are given by
various observerS.-YOuth'S Compan-
ion.
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"Never!!" said Mrs. Beverley. with
a CLEAN OF spirit
Neither do T." said Slr Beverley
laughing.
But one day Mr.. Vane called MS
daughter into Ills study. with q serious
face, and when she came out she was
downed in tears, aud fed stra. ghtwaY
to the haven of her dearest friends
Daring" cried Miliie. "what is the
matter? Tell me. I beseech you"
"The worst that could possibly hap
penn cried Louise. t~ragically. Papa
is going to marry again."
.Millie crimsoned to the very roots Of
her hair
He told me SO himself" said Louise.
"l never stopped TO ask him who It
was that was TO deSPcrate our happy,
happy home. just clasped my hands
aud cried Papa! and ran away, Sob
bling as if my heart would break. On.
and [ had SO hoped that. when was
married, We could stay on here just the
same;'. but. with a stapmother, of
course. nothing will ever be the
Same!"
"You married, Louise" cried Mile.
Didn't he tell you? But it only
happened this morning Charley has
asked ME to be his wife"
But" faltered Millie. "if your step
mother loved you very much in
deed"
"Fiddlesticks"', said Louise; cas- if =
stepmother could love one! On. l hate
her already: And you, too, my poor
wounded gazelle, will be driven from
your refuge. If l could only offer you
a home"
'It's so good of you, darling" wills
pered Millie. but I don'treally think
that it will be necessary, because, be-
cause"
you're not engaged to be married,
too" almost shrieked Louise, struck
with a certain consciousness III her
friends face.
eyes, 1 am" said Mile, hanging
down. her head
"And to whom, you precious little
conspirator?"
"To-to your father" said Mile.
"Oh, don't blame me, Louise; indeed,
I couldn't help ill.,
Louise was a little staggered at first,
but she, too, was under the glamour
of love, and the two girls flew into each
others arms.
"To think that you should be my
stepmother!" said Louise.
And you my sister-in-law," chirped
Millie. but I declare 1 don't know
how to tell mamma. after all that 1
have said about second marriages, YOU
know"
LET. me tell her caaxed Louise.
Charley is going to take me TO sea
her. l am to be her daughter. you
know
and her stepgranddaughter at tine
same time" gaspel Mile. "Oh, dear!
what relation are we going to be to
each other?'
Mrs. Beverley received the truants
with open arms of welcome and con-
graduation. Her husband laughed un-
til his portly sides shook.
II told you they would learn wisdom
one of these days." said he.
But to this day the family have not
settled the complex problem of their
relationship to each other.-New York
Weekly.
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IN THE ACE OF THE YEAR:

Ia it the wizard wind
That has shriveled the ounces rind'
Sooth. we know it was he
Who shook the leaves from tine tree
Aud danced them out of breath
Till they wizened away in death!
Strange and subtle powers
Have rule OF these ashen hours.
Binding the stricken sphere
In this, the age OF the year.
Through the crisped grass and the busk
Rustic the feet Of the dusk.
And the only song we know
Is the back-log's murmur low,
Then come. and sit with me
BY the side of memory
And love. with the blue skies
In her spring reverting eyes.
And then shall be vernal cheer
LII this. the age of the year!
Scollard. in Munsey's Magazine
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tinuous rotation during the period OF
incubation. To accomplish this he
provides within the warmed chamber
a wheel with peripheral pockets. each
large enough to carry. sn egg. The
latter are held: in position by inclosing
bands. As the wheels are balanced.
it takes but comparatively little power
to impart a speedy rotary motion to
the wheel, so that the germ. to quote
the inventor, "is brought successfully
in contact with all parts Of the nourish.
ing material Of the egg."-Philadelphia
Record.
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Iridium and Platinum.

Nearly all commercial platinum con-
tains iridium. as the latter metal is
associated with it in the ore. 1t is an
expensive operation to remove it com.
pletely, and as iridium is cheaper than
platinum, it is customary to leave as
much in the platinum as possible. An
alloy of one part of iridium and nine
parts of platinum is extremely hard.
as elastic as steel, and capable of taking
q high polish. philadelphia Record.
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Professor Moissan declared at the
Paris Academy of Science that he had
succeeded in boiling copper at a tenn
| perature Of 210O degrees by means OF
a powerful electric current.
Ordinary medicine choppers are p:d-
nounced dangerous by q German ply
stefan, who finds that the same liquid
may yield three times as large a drop
from one dropper as from another.
Dr.. e. A. Mears, an authority on or
anthology. recently discovered several
new species on the summit Of Apo, a
volcanic mountain of the Island Of
Mindanao, in the Philippine group.
"Zupupe," a fibre used by Mexican
Indians for ropes, is claimed by experts
to be better thar hemp. or any other
known. textile. The; material is abund-
ant. a large supply being produced by
plantations in the Province of Tuxpan.
In tine heating system Of the Eglfng
sanatorium, in Upper Bavaria, steam
is sent through pipes more than a mile
and q half to the coils heating water
boilers that supply heat to thirty pa
vilions and six administrative build
ings. Steam entering the conduits at
$50 degrees G. was found to have a
temperature Of 152 degrees on reaching
the coils.
A curious blackening Of the faces
and hands Of certain persons being
treated by electricity has been noticed.
Investigations showed that this took
place only when the patients chair
was electrically positive and the crown
of the head negative, and when oil
heaters were being used to warm the
room. The b%lackening proved to be
due to! invisible carbon particles
thrown OF by the burning oil and
drawn to The positive pole.
A mighty engine storing up the mois-
ture of the continent upon its SUBMITS
is the report upon the Andes of G. Il.
Enock, a British engineer. He has in
spected the chain in Peru. and finds
that along it's whole top, just below
the ice cap, is a series Of lofty lakes
that feed innumerable streams. An
example of these streams is the River
Rimac, which, though not more than
eighty miles long, descends 1900 feet
from its. source in. the ice. A small
portion of its energy generates electric
power for the railway between Lima
and CallaO. '"'f '"
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Professional Pride.

The housebreaker faced his accusers.
There was silence in the room.
Then came the fateful question:
Guilty or not guilty"
"Only half guilty. responded the
prisoner. Il may burgle a little. but
I'm 10 gentleman, and don't you forget
it,"
His frankness, of course. tended to
incite the court to clemency.-Philade!.
DhiS Ledger.
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soFT-GRoUND HORSESHOE.

plate prevent tie calIs from sliding
lack ard forth on the plate. At each
side q T-slot is formed to admit the
head Of a clamping stran. The two
straps are bolted together over the
hoof of the horse, as shown. One Of
the straps is formed # TWO members
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The new musketry regulations of the
German army prescribe firing at
human figure targets only, and these
are to be colored gray.