Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 153, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1901 — Page 22

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1301.

MINOS NOT MYTHICAL

nxpLoiu;ii i mm; i. i:itN that hi: has a iu;l ri:no. ArchnroloR it I tienrth Information That UrRtni)M Mneh Cln.nn leal Leucnd. John Swlnton. in New York Times Saturday He view. Are we. at the opening of the twentieth Ctntury, to see an ancient lisure drawn out of mythology into authentic ity ? Are we to Catch a glimpse of a Homeric god as he lived In the Mesh'.' Are we to Ret at the truth about that one of the thr.e infernal Judges" who. according to Homer. w;? the ion of Jupiter and the brother of Hh.-ida-rr.anthua. anoth'T of th" infernal judges? Are we to Ret a picture of the awful Minos, taken when he was alive? The distinguish 1 body of Oxford explorers who, nnJer the ladrship of Professor Kvans. are now prosecuting their researches in the Island of Crete, and from "whom advice as recent as the opening of the present month have just been received, give tis reason to believe tnat all these Questions are likely to be answered in the affirmative. Farewell, then.' to one of the most wonderful characters of mythology, around whose name so many legends were woven the time3 of classical antiquity! The directors of the Oxford exploring exI Jedit ion have, within the past few months. ' made discoveries that the legendary son of 1 the Thunderer was a real and substantial luman personate, and he was a King in Crete t,C,o fir more y.ars ago. Near the ancient city of Candia. in Crete, they have discovered the ruins of a great edifice, which, from the evidence before them, they lellefc wad the palace of King Mino, and which they describe as a fitting abode for a ruler of great power and opulence. The many trenches that have been cut during the brief period since excavations were begun brought Into sight at Jir-t enly a few of the relics of the once grand palace; but ac the excavations were continued some Idea-of the architectural design of the original edifice could be obtained. First, there was a spacious court, surrounded by a wall which is still about six feet in height. The main approach to the palace was through wide double gates, near which were two altars, the bases of which are still to be seen. Immediately behind another court ran a long corridor, opening off into more than a score of store chambers, many of which contained, as some of them yet contain, huge brown clay jars for storing oil and wine, these jars bearing scrolls or other ornaments, ami formerly numbering, it Is supposed, over a thousand, for hundreds f them are still there. A Git EAT PALACE. No Idea of the original appearance of the frreat fabric can yet be given. Its apartments and chambers cannot yet be defined er numbered, for but parts of the walls and a few steps of some of t he staircases remain. A spacious room that can be outlined was," probably, the royal presence chamber. It was paved ami walled with ftone and had stone shoulders, apparently for sitters, while at one side was a lofty teat of gypsum rock, once richly carved possibly the King's throne. Near this room was another, which may have been used for bathing purposes; and there was, also, another yet. containing two pillars, upon almost every stone of which were symbols associated with the -worship of Zeus, and, als, tridents, crosses and stars, which are f?tll K - . , So great was the size, so numerous were the ramifications, and so peculiar was the ornamentations of the palace that Professor Evans pot the notion that it may have been the 'labyrinth" of the ancient legends. The frescoes of the palace which are yet clear enouqh to show their subjects huve been remove! to a new museum at Candia. The most perfect figure, is that of a youthful cup bearer of purely Greek profile, with a very animated expression, wearing greenish garments and carrying a blue marble vase. There are other works of the kind, but less perfect than the one just spoken of. The miniatures of the feminine favorites at court are very line, and their costumes are brilliant in color. Many beautiful vase have been found in the palace, and also a few admirable works of sculpture, among which are the head of a proud lioness and the head of a powerful bull. It Is not necessarj- to speak of the many other things that have been brought lb light by the Oxford explorers and archaeologist, for they will, doubtless, be described before long by th explorers themselves, who will, moreover. Kive their reaons for believing that the palace near the city of Candia was truly the abode of Minos, the King, henceforth not to be regarded as a mythical figure, but as an authentic personage not Jess so than Alexander the Great. TAP LETS TO BE TRANSLATED. The facts in the case will not be made Clear until the tablets which have now for the first time been brought to litit can be read. The inscriptions upon them are of two kinds one kind real script of an unknown character and the other similar to Kgyption .hieroglyphics, while among the finds of this year's workings is a Babylonian cylinder of lapis lazuli mounted with gold, and the Oxford explorers have Inferred from these discoveries that the ancient replm was in touch with the two greatest civilizations of the period-the Egyptian and the Babylonian. When the mysterious tablets can be read, interpreted and brought within comprehend eion much may be Warned concerning the sovereignty that existed In Crete a thousand yearn IWore Home was founded, it Is possible that among the frescoes which have been discovered there may be a likeness of the mighty Minos himself, who. according to Homer, was of divine parentage, but who. according to I'rofessor Evans, was more probably the founder of a Cretan dynasty. It is only during the brief period in which British explorers have been free to prosecute their archaeological operations in Crete that such discoveries as those here poker, of have become possible, in course of time, there wl! be re scan hea in other parts of the little island "of a hundred cities" see Homer), thouch those now In progress near the city of Candia, which was historic in the ages of remote antiquity, are regarded as of the first importance. A tourist who visited the existing city of Candia as recently as last month speaks of the people whom he then saw within its walls, which were built by the Venetians after they obtained possession of the place In the thirteenth century. "The streets." he says, "wen tilled with picturesque throngs swarthy Cretan-. swarthier Moors, black negroes and white British soldiers belonging to the KarrNon." The differences in religion are marked in the ostume. Those of the people who are Mohammedan wear th red fzt or headband, ami the red sash: while those of them who are Christians tan be distinguished by their more sombre garb. All the native's ipak Greek, which, if we may judge by the inscriptions upon the tablets recently found, was not the bniKuage spoken there In the most ancient times. If Crete had swarthy Babylonians and Egyptians among its visitors thousands f yearn ago; if It has since then been ruled br Romans. Moslems. Venetians and other foreign masters. It can now look upon British soldiers in their red coats, who are there with other troops to protect Crete from the eanguinary outbreaks of the "unspeakable Turk." As to Minos of old. it may yet be made Vnown. by means of the Cretan tablets and the frescoes, that neither Homer nor Hesiod was familiar with the facts In his case. Perhaps his name may now ho taken out of mythology and planted in buttery. Bright Sayings of Children. Among som9 three thousand contributions offered for a prize given by Curnnt Literature for the brightest sayings by children appear th following: . On very cold day Tom, In his first trousers, wm walking- out with his tiny overcoat turned back to its utmost limit "Tom- paid his father, "button voe.r coat. The boy demurred. Look at mine." added hia father. "Yes." ald Ton., rut-

fully, "but everybody knows that you v.fr trousers. " Mamma Why. Susie, you've offered butterscotch to everybody but little brother. Why didn't you hand it to him? Suslo with Innocent candor) Because, mamma, little brother always takes it. A Sunday school superintendent. who happened to be a dry goods merchant, and who wa teaching a (lass of very little tots, asked when he had finished explaining the lesson: "Now has any on a jih sth n to ask?" A verv small giri rais'd her hand. "What is it. Martha?" asked the superintendent. "Why, Mr. Brooks, how much are thos little red parasols m your window?" said Martha. Mary was a very conscientious child. One day was allowed to go and spend th day with some little cousins about her own age. After taking off her wraps she went to her aunt and said, very soberly: "Now. Aunt Cnssle. if Sallle v,n Lizzie are had to-day pleae don't heltate to punish them because I am here." Five-year-old Hugh C. had overheard some bad language in the streets and had been disciplined for repeating it. One day at linner. after accidentally dropping his bread and butter on the floor, he exclaimed: "God!" A moment of shocked silence followed and his mother remonstrated: "Hugh, you know I told you yesterday." With tolded hands and closed eyes Hugh continued: "Bres.s mamma and papa and Aunt Mamie. Amen."

THE GIRL FROM THE WEST. Pretty Story of the Whj- She Shopped on Fifth Avenue. Nw York Mail and Express. The Virginia dame of high degree, colonial ancestry and soft gray hair looked across the boarding-house table with a smile when the girl from Idaho remarked that she was going out after luncheon for the purpose of trailing Fifth avenue. The Virginia lady said that it sounded interesting; her tone implied that she would like to know what it meant. The Idaho girl explained that she had been told there were some over-collars fit to wear to be found on Fifth avenue, and she Intended to go and camp on their trail until she came up with them. She added that she left Boise City and came Fast ehiejly for the purpose of getting some over-collars that were different from any to be seen in Idaho. She had shopped in vain in Omaha and Chicago, ami now if New York disappointed 'her she meant to go to Baris. It appeared from her opulent and chatty expanslvcness that she had been in l'ario with her father the year that tulle bows at the backs of collars came into fashion. He had business in Hong-Kong and Singapore that year, and took his child with him. She coaxed him to go on "to India's coral strand, just for a trip." When they reached Agra she put her foot down. Bombay, the Led sea, Cairo, Brindisi and a train to Paris were her wishes. Her father declared that they must "make tracks back to San Francisco," as soon as possible, as he ought to be ut home within a certain time. Shu agreed to travel fast enough to get homo on the day he said, but sie insisted on traveling "by way of the Bon Marche." When siie got to Paris the tulle bows at the backs of collars had just come In. She got a lot of them, among other things, and l urried back to Idaho with her parent. Arriving on Saturday night, she went to church Sunday morning with one of her new arrangements soaring at the nape of her neck. Lo! and behold half the women and all the girls in the congregation had on the same sort of thing! It was now her determination to find over-collars unlike any known in Boise. A "turn-over" that should dazzle her old friends with Its freshness of fashion was the open ambition of her soul. Not only that, but she wanted one different from any she had yet seen in any theater or restaurant in New York. The Virginia lady, whose ideas of social life were not those of a public observation of the fashions, had no apparent thought of going out with the Idaho girl. But when she herself dlscoNcrcd this at the end of luncheon, she looked puzzled, as if it were a wonder to her how anybody could possibly fail of a chance to go anywhere with her, and invited the next woman, at her elbow, to "come along." It was worth while to watch her methods, she went after that over-collar like a hunter after deer. She stalked It with a careful joyousness worth spending hours to sec. She acted like a detective in a sleuth novel, avoiding all appearance of being en the track of anything whatever. Her first movement was to appear in perfect attire. New York cut. made and finished to her finge- tips. She struck the scent of the game, and began on the trail at Twentythird street. For several blocks she walked slowly northward with her attention turned to the street, quite away from the shops. Nothing escaped her in that gay rushing panorama. Her "See the girl in the three girls' laps!"- was a full description of one crowded hansom load of economical hurrying women. At last she turned Into a picture store, sat down cozily in the corner of a big. soft plush divan, turned admiring eyes on some large new frames, murmured her sense of their expensiveness, then asked a colored attendant lor a New York directory. Sinlooked up the address of a milliner she had forgotten, and after a few moments of rest, wherein she talked of her dogs at home in Lotse and a mare she used to ride, went on to the milliner's and bought two hats. It was curious to see her quick Western way of picking and choosing. She knew exactly v. hat she did not want, to be sure; that helped a great deal and saved almost more time than if she had known what she wanted, or thought she did. For, of course, then, as any woman can perceive, she would have had to change her mind when she saw another hat that she wanted more. It explained why the West was built up so fast to see this daughter of the frontier select, buy and pay for two French hats in just sixteen minutes, and get out into open air again with that look of serenity which always comes of ordering even one hat with even half of her celerity und succt ss. She laughed aloud, but stopped instantly, and paused near the edge of the sidewalk Just before the next crossing. Her merriment was at sight of tlree small boys on roller skates, rushing up Fifth avenue In the wake of a hurrying express wagon, to whose end-board the two taller ones were clinging, while the third shortest little fellow was hanging on as best he could below the end-board, his feet almost pulled from under him as the horses ahead rushed his roller skates forward. It was a funny sight In Us suggestion of stolen sweets that were almost too sweet and rapidly supplied, for the littlest boy was well dressed, with the look of a carefully-reared youngster, while the two companions with whom he had run away on the skates that were now running away with him, looked very much out of their element on Fifth avenue. The fun went out of the Idaho girl's face, and the look known as old business came Into It, as she beckoned a hansom, then a coupe, and at last secured a great hack passing, hurried her companion Into It. and ordered the driver to hurry and catch up with those boys hanging to an express wagon., "The little one will be sure to skin his nose when he lets go and falls down." she said. "He Interests me. I've fallen In love with him." She came up with the child just after the Inevitable accident had happened to the small runaway. His companions who had led him Into trouble had skurried away and a policeman was just taking him In charge when the Idaho girl swooped down upon him from the hack. "Come with aunty, darling." she said. "He shall come right home to mamma, so he shall." At sound of a tender voice the boy turned baby and boohooed. The Idaho girl gathered him up In hr arms and plumped him into the hack. Presently she stuck her head out of the window and gave the driver a number. It was tiie child's home. She turned him over to his anxious nursemaid on the paternal doorsteps, dismissed her hack with a ridiculously large fee and conducted her observer to a restaurant on the avenue, declaring she must have some ice cream to cool off. Just as she was ordering, her face flushed, she paused, examined her purse and ordere! one cafe parfait. It came In a t n 11. slender glass; it was perfectly indivisible; not even two spoons could have got into that glass. She gave it to her guest, drank Ice water and declared she always found that fating cream between meals was bad for her complexion. Within two minutes after getting out into the avenue once more a beautiful light nnio into her eyes, and she rushed rapturously to a shop window, a small on? where the most exquisite over-colHrs wee displayed. They were of lace, but verv simple, very pretty, very wearable and so Inexpensive that almost anybody might have a few of them. ' The Idaho girl ooM over them through the glass. She declared she had looked In hidden and seclude:! places for them In every store In Nov York; she knew she should see what she wanted if she only kept on wanting, and hre they were, each lovller than the last, iitvl 'II hand-made. With a radiant face he turned and led the way to a Flfthsvenue stage returning toward the street of the hoarding house. She seemed absentminded about the fare, and took no rotte f when hr companion put two 5-cent piece

into the box. That evening after dinner she came with a 10-cent piece moist in her paim and proffered it. "1 was so mortified this afternoon nut to have our fare left." she said. "It Is always that way when I go after over-collars. I never seem to have any money left when 1 get where they are. Of course, at home I have accounts in the stores, but there arc no such dreams of over-collars in Boise. I know those we saw this afternoon will all be soiie when I get up there in the morning with some money." STARVATION PROLONGED.

In the Case of Snake It 1 a l'roceaa That Require Much Time. Washington Times. Few persons have a partiality for snakes, but It dot s seem a cruel thing to deliberately starve two Inoffensive reptiles to death before putting them in a jar of alcohol for preservation as specimens. This was and probably Is bcir.K done at a room la the Smithsonian Institution by a scientist who calmly conducted Iiis classifications unheeding the frightful suffering close beside him. The visitor to the professor's room was engaged In watching an assistant drawing a Cuban boa constrictor which he did from the life, or rather the death, the defunct reptile being hoisted out of his jar every now and then by means of a huge pair of pincers and accurately scaled v ith a piir of compasses. All around, upon shelves, tables and floor, were jars, large and small, containing;' a vast variety of snakes, frogs, lizards, etc., all rendered long since harmless. A faint rustling sound, however, became at length so distinctly audible that the fear of a specimen having by some means or other broken loose became almost inevitable. The assistant, being questioned, merely pointed to a wooden box with a screen top which had hitherto escaped the visitor's notice, and which, being more closely examined, was found to contain two adders. They had been caught not far from the district and had occupied their present quarters ever since last summer without food and water. The immense vitality of snakes which enables them to go without food for several months is accountable for their holding out so long, but It must ;'lso be remembered that the sufferings of starvation are increased in proportion with this same amount of vital force in th victim. One of the adders was shedding its skin, the dry. flaky, colorless substance, as It peeled off. revealing a beautifully marked vnder-surface. Somewhat to the astonishment of the spectator the assistant quietly opened the lid of the box and assisted the snnke in its shedding process, by taking hold of the portion already off and pulling It with as much unconcern as though it were a glove on his hand. The adder did not attempt to bite, nor did it seem at all disposed to resist the attentions of the professor's assistant. Left to jtself it continued to unburden itself of its old clothing, as it were, and to reveal .the gorgeous raiment with which nature had provided It. The snake, in shedding its old skin, is popularly supposed to crawl through a narrow opening or rub itself against some rough surface, as the bark of a tree. That It can, however, dispense with any such assistance with little or no inconvenience was sufficiently demonstrated by the adder in question accomplishing the end very efficiently by muscular action alone. The movement of the ribs, by which the snake progresses, peels the old skin oil, the entire process lasting, in the case of a snake three feet long, about three-quarters of an hour. A few pebbles in the box and a tin watercan, which was well-nigh eaten by ru.-t from disuse, were eagerly examined ever now anil then by the starving creature in search of food, while its companion, a small gray adder, had evidently long since given it up as a bad Job, and had coiled itself up in a corner, apparently lifeless. It may be remarked, generally, that the serpent, ever since the Oarden of Eden episode, has been a much maligned animal. So far from wishing to intrude in human affairs, it has ever sedulously sought to avoid mankind, and it seldom strikes unless first attacked, except for food. It is a fact that among the present large number of snakes in the Zoological Park, only one, a king snake, has been taught to dispense with live food. Yet it is a well-known fact that snakes can be educated to feed exclusively upon the meat of animals that have already been killed. The fact thai they prefer and apparently require live anlmais arises from the habit acquired by them in a state of nature, where they, of course, could procure no other kind of food. A RA HIII'S OPINION. Respect for the .Jcit One of the brmNoii Taiiuht by lleii-llur.' Boston Transcript. "Although not a believer in the 'Messiahship of the Nazarene.' I could readily feel the spiritualizing influence the play did have upon those of the audience who were believers, entirely due to the devout respect t'rr things holy with which the theme, central to the play, has been treated. The adapter and the cor poser of the incidental music, too, have clone an exceedingly difficult piece of work most exceptionally and gratifyingly well. "But it was to me. as a Jewish minister, that the play especially appealer!. If there Is one work above all others which a Jewish minister sets for himself to accomplish it is the combating of the prejudices of which his people are but too frequently the objects at the hands of the non-Jewish world. It Is particularly gratifying at all times, then, to receive aid in this effort ftom outside sources. And 'Btn-Hur' Is one of the mo-it effective of these I have evfr met with. It teaches men, as dozens ot sermons could not, respect for the Jew. Most all lovable and admirable characters in the play are Jews, and they are wholly such characters, it is to be observed, simply by the power of their own faith, Judaism, and none other. People, then. 1 felt last evening, however anti-pathetic, could not leave such a play as this without a more enlightened regard for 'my people,' and see in them not a lot of merciless sharks and parasites and showy parvenues, as the disposition but too often and marked is to think them, but a people pre-eminently as warm-hearted, as generous, as noble and devoted as were the son of Hur, Sirr.onldes. Esther. Tirzah and the mother of Hur. virtues indoctrinated within them and so carefully fostered and accentuated by their faith to-day as In the lirst of the Christian centuries. It was then in a most exalted mood that I left the Colonial Theater last night, and it is with the most hearty favor that I can recommend to the public at large the play of 'Ben-Hur' as a noble and inspiring drama." SI liS'ITTl Ti: FOR COAL. Irlfth Peat I Nov Being: Manufactured" for the Fuel Market. London Express. Scinee has recently explored with startling results the ixisstbillties of peat as a fuel and mechanical ingenuity has devised a plant which promises to convert the Irish hog into a more valuable property than the Russian petroleum fields. By these new methods, of which certain details have been recently communicated, promise Is given of an extraordinary revolution In the fuel problem. Machinery has been devised by means of which the moisture of the raw jxat Is absorbed and complete disintegration effected at one simple and rapid operation without the aid of either kiln or grinder. It is no longer a clumsy and imperfect operation of months, but almost one of minutes only. Plant for the working daily of I.oih) cubic yatds of bog can be readily installed, and these 1.00 yards will yield :t no tons of peat fuel at a cost of 3s 6d to s per ton. A step further converts these 3") tons into peat charcoal, a product equal to the best ordinary charcoal, at an average cost of 15s to 17s per ton. The new peat fuel Is practically smokeless and odorless, being almost free from carbon or hydrocarbon, excepting as pr!marlly contained in the peat. Its specific gravity, calorific properties and cleanliness are also very powerful recommendations. It burns with a brilliant flame, yields Immense heat and is remarkably lasting. For steam and naval purposes the peat Is subjected to special treatment, the nature of which is at present a secret. It may be said, however, that no tar, pitch, petroleum or similar adheslves are used, the special object being" to avoid smoke, soot, gases and flirt. When Ireland, with her C.ooo.OoO acres of peat bog, and the rest of the kingdom, with two and half millions, are taken Into account, there is certainly a call,for the new process. .Time. June, June. rh thru and tune. Hrrath of re! rose and gleam of the moonAir from I IprMes Wnvn thro' the t hrry trees. Muni of the mrry cee. PruiiWfn with Jun! Sky blue ar.1 white with yu, Mea.l.iwK beduht ultn you. Hinter allKht with ou. "rtck?t neroon. June. June. v on-ierf ul rure of life nt it fullest, of life at ts r.on perfume Htvl wire of you, 'Shimmer and shine of you. Who couM rplne of you. Uloemful June? Oh. the fwoct night ef oi I'm In affright of you. With the deliaht of you. Magical Juno! lMni Kinsley Wallace, In Ttank Lcslic'a Popular Mviuhl.

MEMORY A LOST FACULTY

3IA.NY 3I0I)I:RN HELTS SERVE TO II.NCOLRAGE ITS DISISE. ForRetf nines and Lnifnean Are Twin School IIo and DuslnesR 31 an Suffer for Like Renaona. Chicago Evening Post. Not many years ago a slate was'part of the apparatus of the schoolboy. When the little chap sidled along the street leading to the temple of learning "with his satchel and shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school" the satchel held perhaps two books and a slate; to the latter was attached a string from which dangled on one end a slate pencil and on the other a sponge. The day came when the nerve-worn American schoolma'am demanded a woolen cover for the frame of the slate, and mother s has of patches was drawn upon and her busy hands cut and sewed the refractory strip in place. Later this task was taken from her by the factory; but she did not foresee the end. Modern invention was to take away more than the slight task of covering thj slate. It went on rapidly to cheapen the making of paper and pencils until the slate itself was banished from the schoolroom. Even then the shrewdest prophet could not have foretold the very serious loss which this was to bring upon the Nation the lo of a well-disciplined memory. For with the neat, convenient little tablet and pencil always at hand, and with an ever-increasing mass of detail pressing for mental assimilation, it soon became the habit of the schoolboy to lay the charge ot remembering upon the serviceable page. He no longer bothered himself to remember things, but jotted them down to refer to when needed. This was sure and easy. Will humanity ever become wise enough to look with suspicion on anything that is temptingly easy? Not until we learn by sad experience that disuse of a faculty means the approach of atrophy. The lirst generation of writers of memoranda has at last lost the faculty of remembering anything with precision. A list of three or fouritems must be committed to writing: wo shrink from the effort of memorizing it. SECRET OF (1ÜOÜ MEMORY. Here the uneducated peasant of Europe has the advantage. The aboriginal redskin eculd hear farther and see farther than Ids white successor. Wc are dropping behind. European or Asiatic ignorance in the faculty of memory. An Irish servant some years ago surprised her mistress often by remembering with unfailing accuracy the five, ten or even twenty items of an order at the grocer's. She was tested again and again, with lists which required choice or judgment, directions as to what to select and what to reject. She declined to wait for a written list, but never made a mistake. After several weeks the secret of .her unusual memory was revealed, much to the poor girl's discomfort; she could not read! What youth of to-day can listen attentively to his mother and store up temporarily in his memory twenty items? Where is the man, woman or child who would start out to hunt up a strange house with only a mental memorandum of its number.' Few are the teachers or parents who have recognized the evil and are attempting to meet it. These few are convinced that forgctf illness and laziness are own brothers, a pair of twins that should be forbidden entrance to good society. As an auxiliary agent to the pencil and tablet in the injury of the power of memcry the daily newspaper stands first. We take it up and read and forget; we have no distinct object of attending closely to the page for the purpose of storing the memory with Its manifold details. Th indolent diversion of the hour is our sole object, unless wo are on the lookout for some special Item or class of news which perhaps is necessary for our business. DISTANT PERSPECTIVE LOST. It may be remarked In passing that the multitude of small things near by has destroyed our sight for large things In the distant perspective. We thus lose not only memory, but the sense of proportion in things spiritual. The material presses upon us on every side, insistent for notice, of almost Infinite variety and detail, and as a result often we get our truths .strangely mixed. Financial reports, stock quotations, bank deposits seem to us the all-important things, the real, practical facts, as we say, of the business world; whereas the only unchanging verity and beauty in it all Is the great fact of credit, of human character and integrity, the confidence which man places in man, and without which our whole financial system would crush together like an empty eggshell. There is no doubt that the great complexity of modern life has much to do with the decay of the memorizing power. One need only compare the book trade of the day with that of fifty years ago to realize the injury wo are doing ourselves by attempting too many little things. We must revert to the world-old metaphors of the leaves of the forest or the sands of the sea to find an adequate expression for the output of printed matter, which is justifying day by day the remark of the preacher. It Is a small crumb of comfort to rellect that, although there may be no end to the making of many books, the limit of profitable manufacture may some day be reached and recognized. Fever bcoks in earlier days meant a deeper deposit In the mind from each one. Not all of those earlier books were better than many we can boast in each decade now; yet proportionally fewer ventures rushed in where angels feared to tread; it was a serious matter and worthy of long and earnest consideration whether one should baptize the child of his invention with printer's Ink. Therefore, our forefathers read slowly and reread, storing the mind with the thoughts and enriching the fancy with the graceful language of the author. It is related that Thomas CJray kept his famous "Elegy In a Country Churchyard" in manuscript for twenty years, making now and thn a little change, before it finally reached the printer's hands. SUGGESTING A REMEDY. Right here Is a hint for the recovery of our lest faculty. Let each one of us deliberately resolve to learn "by heart" every day, or at least every week, a few lines from one of the great masters of literature. There was a time in the early days of the Sunday school when It was considered an obligation resting on every member to commit to memory a group of verses In the week's lesson. As the pnglish of the King James version and of Shakspeare is the cornerstone of all of modern English literature, the reader who has grown up without an Intimate acquaintance with these great founders often must mis? the point of an allusion or illustration that l-i packed with meaning to the initiated. lt such a reader, with no other object than a cultivation of the power of memory, take, up his Bible now and then and commit a few verses, and he will have gained an inestimable benefit beyond the increase of a useful faculty. Let him take some of the grand psalms, the nineteenth, twenty-third, forty-fourth, ninetieth or one hundred and twenty-first, for example; or In the New Testament, the sermon on the mount, or one of Paul's outbursts of eloquence, as In I Cor. xlil: nowhere can be found such material for growth. Memorizing of favorite passages from Shakspeare Is of similar advantage, an advantage which must be tried to be appreciated. Not that there is not an abundance of r'ches In later masterpieces; but these are fundamental. There Is true cause for rejoicing In the return to the old custom of committing to memory passages from the classics all along the rraded courses of the schools. This step will help greatly to restore our former accomplishment, the art whose less has been so seriously threatened. ttrnivltii; in difference to AV'enllh. World's Work. Another Interesting fact that one encounters Is that strong men care less and less for wealth. It becomes a mere counter in the game that they play for power or for sport, and oftenst of all from sheer habit. Having one? begun the game they suffer ennui if they stop. It is here that our highest educational problem Is to train strong men to "cultivate thr fouls" without losing their vigor. And the truly cultivated man. tho-etrons man who has both benevolence

and the higher resources of mind and charactersuch a man soon discovers that It Is no longer necessary to be rich. To such a man the accumulation of great wealth for his personal enjoyment Is a sheer waste of energy. A right and well-balanced philosophy will emerge in due time from our boundless activity, and we shall see a sound culture give balance to our stronger personalities as it now sweetens chiefiy those that are less strong. FAT ENGINEER IS UAMTIXG .OW.

That's Because Hin Portlines Almost Wrecked Ills Train Recently.-' New York Sun. "I have been dieting myself for the rast two or three weeks in order to reduce my flesh," said the fat engineer, glancing wistfully at a plate of pork and beans on the railroad restaurant table while he minclr.gly chewed a soda biscuit and drank a oup of tea, "and I can't eat such things as I would like. I was moved to take these drastic measures by something that occurred about a month ago. It came out all tight, although a serious disaster might have resulted. "I have been running one of those Mother Hubbard engines with the Woolen boilers lately, and they're no cinch for fat men. Although 1 am accustomed to it now it was rather awkward for me at first, with the boiler running clear through the cab. it don't give the engineer much room, 1 can toll yon. Another thing I don't like about this class of engines is the way you are practically Isolated on them, which to a congenial person like myself Is extremely hard. "For the past year there has been so much freight t rathe on the road that wc fellows in the freight service have been living the ragtime life and no mistake. One thing though, working so hard has rather Increased my appetite, and before I began this reform movement 1 ate at any and all times. 1 have always been accustomed to taking a liberal sized dinner bucket with me on mv trips on the road, but 1 have cut that "out now and only carry some health food in a small cracker box. "It is an unwritten rule with engineers on these Wootcn engines to have a special place for their dinner pail on the narrow limning board at the right hand side of the boiler, right behind the engineer's cab. So 1 fell into the habit myself unconsciously, and got to placing my dinner pail In thi place. This was rather a precarious thing lor a person of my figure to do. as the only way to get at the dinner pail when it is In that position is through a small door In the rear of the engineer's cab on the right side. "On the trip I am speaking about everything had happened that could happen lo irritate a man and make him testy. Nightfall found us bound east after a long, hard round on the westward trip. When I oiled around at Cheechunk water tank 1 told my fireman that I had certainly sot my money's worth on this trip, and from that time on I was going to lace It right to the old engine and make time or bust. I toid him not to be surprised if 1320 did some tall stunts of running before we got in. "After attending to the refreshment of mv locomotive at the water tank, naturally my thoughts turned to the refreshment of the engineer, and after getting them going good away from the water plug I unfastened the small door in the back of my cab and thrust my hand through, expectto grasp the respectable proportions of my well-tilled dinner pail. You can imagine mv leelings when I tell you that my hand failed to reach the object of which it whj in quest. "Being so suddenly cut off from communication with mv commissary department ruttlel me completely and I rashly stuck my head and shoulders through the small pp'Ttpre to make a more complete investigation But I could not make out the familiar lines of my gfub bucket. Greatly disappointed. I tried to draw in my shoulders, but 1 couldn't budge. I was tightly wedged in the little door and could get neither way. In my excitement during the search for my lost department of subsistence I had taken little notice of the difficulty with which I Kot my head and shoulders through tha small door, and now here I was, stuck. Tn throttle of the engine was wide open and 1 had hooked her up close before 1 made pieparations lo eat, and here we were, banging along, hit or miss, with no guiding banu at the throttle. We were dashing along down the short hüls at an alarming rate of speed. The fireman, away back in the tender, heeding what I had said to him at the water tank, would probably take no notice of the increased momentum of the train. The situation was certainly desperate. "I renewed my efforts to free myself frantically, trying at first to force myself on through the door and then endeavoring to drawn my head and shoulders back Into the cab, but It all seemed Ineffectual. "My feet barely touched the floor of the cab, and I commenced kicking them violently through the air after the manner of a bullfrog. By doing this l seemed to be making a hardly perceptible gain in forcing myself through the door toward the fireman's sheet iron cab. but suddenly one of my feet got caught. Then I gave up all hope. 1 determined to make one last effort to free my foot and then give up the ship. "Jerking strongly on my captive leg, the right one, I was startled to hear a lou 1 blast of the whistle. I am not usually slow at nerception, but it was fully a minute before it dawned upon me that my foot was caught in the stirrup-like handle of the whistle valve. When I did come to I commenced to work that whistle with my foot for all It was worth, sending forth short, sharp toots on the still night air, the usual signal when danger is imminent. "The fireman was first to realize my predicament and answer the summons. He stopped the train, and then with the help of the trainmen got me loose, after they had divested me of half my clothing and taken out part of the frame of the door. That Is why I am dieting now. By the way. I never found my dinner pail, and some of the boys are cruel enough to say that I carry that cracker box because 1 am too stingy to buy another pail." JOSEPH HR.WT. The Mury of the Great Captain of the Six Nation. Literary Bulletin. Most 'writers on the subject. Including John Flske and Henry R. Schoolcraft, have agreed In saying that Joseph Braut was the greatest of all American Indians of whom we have authentic records. He was a fullblooded Mohawk; had been educated by white men; had been attached to the household "of Sir William Johnson, whose Indian wife, Mollie Brant, was Joseph's sister, and was Intimately associated with th work of missionaries among the Mohawk Indians before he began his Interesting career as the leader of the Indians who combined with the Tories in the revolution In the work of spreading terrible desolation alon the frontier of New York State. Brant was a man thoroughly accomplished in all the arts of Indian warfare, and yet he was merciful to his enemies and especially to his prisoners. lie often said what was strictly true, that the Tories In that warfare were more savage than the savages themselves. An account of Brant' operations, based on original documents, and containing: matter never before accessible to the public. Is given In "The Old New York Frontier" (Charles Scribner's Sons), written by Francis W. llalsey. Brant was the Inspiring genius among the Indians during the entire conflict, and co-operated with the British in the most active manner. He was well known to all the prominent English officers, and made two visits to London, where he met the distinguished men and women of that time-. He had interviews with Cabinet officers In Iiondon and dined in houses where at the same table were seated Burke. Fox end Sheridan. He paid a formal visit to George III and declined to kiss the sovereign's hand, on the good American ground that he. too, was a sovereign. But. he had the grace to kiss the hand of the Queen. A great ball was given In Brant's honor, where he presented himself In full Indian costume, with war paint, feathers and tomahawk. The story is told that the Turkish ambassador mistook his pointed lace for a visor, and ventured to touch it, thus giving Brant an opportunity for port. He sprang back from the company near him, sounded the war whoop in true native fashion, glared at the minister, and flashed his tomahawk In the air, to the consternation of everyone present who did not understand the capacity of a Mohawk Indian for practical joking. The dissolute Prince of Wales, who was afterwards George IV. entertained Brant, and went with him to manv interesting places in London, which Brant afterwards described as "very queer lor a Prince to go to." In America Brant made the acquaintance of Washington. Aaron Burr and John Hancock. He also met Talleyrand, afterward the war minister of Napoleon. Until thlast vears of his life he kept up a correspondence with the Duke of Northumberland, at that time the head of the British peerage, who. In signing one of his letters to Brant, used these words: "Relieve me ever to be, with the greatest truth, your affectionate friend and brother. Brant spent his last years on a farm in Canada, and was in receipt of a salary from England as a retired captain of the armv. He cultivated his lands, raised horse anj had thirty or forty negro slaves reduced t.i a state of complete subjection His portrait was painted In London In L.6 by the cei. hrated Romney and I reproduced as a frontispiece to "Ths Old Isew York Fron-

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