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Illark Hawk.. "It is ono of the most pathetic horse stories of the war," declared the colonel. Then, when the veterans of the blue pressed him, the old Confederate Boldicr closed his eyes and began to tell of the incident he referred to, w'hich happened at the Battle of Shiloh. "Cpneral William 15. Bate, who died a United States Senator from Tennesson, was colonel of the Second Tennessee. lie had two horses, one an ordinary horse which he used on the march and for other rough service; the other, Black Hawk, a thoroughbred, black as a crow and of great beauty and stamina. -The night before the battle the commoner horse was stolen, and the next morning a daylight I well remember what a sup?rb picture our colonel made on Black Hawk, who looked fit to race for a kingdom. "The usual position of a colonel is thirty feet to the rear of his regiment,, and it was in that position that Colonel Baie first went into the fight. "At the second stand and I want to see no stubborner fight than .we had down there amid the woods, round that little church on the banks of the Tennessee the Federals gave itious hot, and it was here our lines were nearly broken; it was here also that Colonel Bate had to put himself in front of his regiment before they would charge with enough determination to drive the boys in blue again. All this time the battle was raging everywhere. "Time and again Colonel Bate led us against Sherman's brave boys that thoroughbred horse and rider always in front. Once he made us a short speech just before we had to charge again, having been repulsed at the first attempt. He said he wanted U3 only to follow him, that he would not take us where he would not go himself, and we believed him. "This last fight was terrible. Before we struck the enemy. Colonel Bate was shot out of the saddle, the men dropped round U3 right and left, but we charged on, leaving all as they fell. "When Colonel Bate dropped,' Black Hawk seemed to be at a loss what to do; but as the regiment swept on he quickly fell into his place just Id the rear of the regiment and followed us on into battle. We must have fought on for a half-mile after that, and it was a strange sight to see that horse follöwing the regiment as stately as if on dress parade, and it touched every man to see' him riderless. "At the first opportunity an ambulance was sent back to find the colonel and take him to the field hospital, some three miles in the rear." In the confusion no one thought of Black Hawk, but he had not forgotten his brave rifler, for he actually followed the path of those who carried the colonel to the hospital straight up to the hospital tent. Then, to the surprise of Colonel Bate, who had been badly but not fatally wounded in two places, one ball passing through his shoulder. Black Hawk poked his head in at the tent door and affectionately whinnied to his master, who was then in the hands' of the surgeon. "The next instant he turned, walked a few paces In the woods, staggered, and fell down dead. "An examination showed, what bo one had noticed, that he had several bad wounus, one of which proved fatal. "As long as General Bate lived," concluded the colonel, "he used to say that he could still see the almost human look Black Hawk gave him as he turned away, with that last gentle whinny, to die." Pemberloi' Scheme. About thi3 time an intercepted dispatch from Johnston to Pemberton informed me that Johnston intended to make a determined attack upon us, in order to relieve the garrison of Vicksturg. I knew the garrison wouid make no formidable effort to relieve itself. The picket lines were so close to each other where there was space enough between the lines to post pickets that the men could converse. On the 21st of June I was Informed, through this means, that Pemberton was preparing to escape by crossing to the Louislana'side under cover of night; .that he had employed workmen in making boat3 for that purpose; that the men had been canvassed to ascertain if they woul make an assault on the "Yankees' to cat their way out; that they had refused, and had almost mutinied because their commander would not surrender and relieve their sufferings, ana had only been pacified by the assurance that boats enough would be finished in a week to earry them all over. The rebel pickets also said that houses in the city had been pulled down to get material to build these boats with. Afterward this story wa3 verified. On entering the city we find a large number of rudely constructed boats. All necessary steps were at once taken to render such an attempt abortive. Our pickets were doubled; Admiral Porter was informed, so that the river might be more closely watched; material was collected on the west bank of the river with which to light it up if the attempt was made; and batteries were established along the levee crossing the peninsula on the Louisiana side. Had the attempt been made, the garrison of Vick'sburg would have been drowned, or made prisoners on the Louisiana side. Ceneral Richard Taylor was expected on the west bank to co-operate in this movement, I believe, but he did not come, nor could he have done so with a force sufficient to be of service. U. S. Grant in Century. The Corporal' Fate. One evening after our work for the day was done, our jovial little comrade, Elisha Burrows, wa3 seen walking down toward the officers' quarters. His face, always the picture of rairth and fun, was now covered with sadness. He had just come from his tent. Corporal Lewis was one ot his tent mates. Lewis, one of our best soldiers, was a general favorite, and' especially so with Lieutenant Burnham, one of the warmest-hearted and most sympathetic men in the army. As Burrows came near Lieutenant Burnham his face grew more sad, and in mournful tones he asked, "Lieutenant, did you hear about Corporal LewIs?" In his quick, impulsive way, the Lieutenant answered: "No; what is the matter with him?" With a voice trembling with emotion Burrows slow-

ly replied: "He is now in his tont dying." With tears of hoart-felt sorrow and sympathy coursing down his cheeks, Burnham rushed to the soldier's tent, exclaiming, "Poor Lewis!" "Poor Lewis!" and found him sitting before a glass dyeing Iiis new-grown moustache. "Army Life," by A. O. Marshall. Iniprmfiloiia During a ltttle. A recent writer thus speaks of his experience and feelings in a battle: "It is always fashionable to give -first impressions. Shall I give vor. min? I snail assume an affirmative without affording time for rebuff. First was dispelled the life-long illusion that battles were the orderly moves of a gam, of chess Campaigns may be likened, as I have heard them, to the manipulation of that game, but battles arc made up of a series of experiments, more or less protracted, according to the ingenuity of the commander, and the expertness of his officers and men. The results of the faro bank can be calculated with r.s much accuracy as the results 01 a battle field. It is the veriest chance the victory, as in all games, of course, inclining to those who are most cool, and therefore the most likely to perceive advantages. Second, I have overrated the dangers of battle. .Here for five hours we have exchanged cannon balls, bullets, bayonet thrusts, and saber strokes, and literally there is nobody hurt, the loss in killed or wounded on our side being about one in two hundred of those engaged. These are my impressions. Are they not the counterpart of all first experiences on the battle field? A friend asks me tha feeling of a noncombatant under fire. Were you ever caught in the open field when a thunder storm was raging? If you have been, and had nr special fe3r, you have nevertheless entertained an opinion that possibly lightning might strike where you were standing. For' the three-quarters of an hour that I was under fire, as a noncombatant, there was almost a continuous tbxinder of artillery. I could realize no special danger, but only an ill defined thought that possibly some of those flying missiles might come over where I stood in the way. On comparing views with the others situated like myself, encountering the same opportunities and with similar purposes, I find they had the same s-ensatlons, so that I may fairly assume that the mass of men under fire have little or no thought for personal consequences, and that cowardice is not a normal characteristic of the human race." i Jnat So. Two middle-aged cnen looked at each other very intently on a Third avenueNew York, "car, for some time, and at last one of them said. - "Your face is familiar to me. I must have seen you somewhere." . VI was just going to make the same remark about you. We .must have met

efore. I think I saw you in the army during the war. "I wasn't in the army," replied the ether. "Then it can't have been in the army, for I wasn't in the army, either." "Xow I know where we met. It was in Canada. Shake hands, comrade. The bounty-jumper still lives. There are enough survivors to hold a reunlo:i. Where are you going now?' "I am on my way down town to draw my pension." "So am I. Singular coincidence." Grant In he Snridle. Grant was at his best in the saddle. The one real record that he made for himself at the academy, the one time that he excelled, all his fellows, was at the final mounted exercises of his graduating class, when, riding a famous horse named York, he was called upon to clear the leaping bar that the gruff old riding master had 'placed higher than a man's head. He dashed out from his place in the ranks, a smooth-faced, slender young fellow on a powerful chestnut sorrel, and galloped down the opposite side of the hall, turned and went directly at the bar, the great" horse increasing his pace as he neared it, and then, as if he and his rlderVvere one, rising and clearing It with a magnificent bound. The leap is still recorded at the academy as "Grant's upon York." St. Nicholas. Aid That Don't Help. A Confederate veteran said the other day, as reported in the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution: "I wish we could get rid of the law giving artificial limbs or the equivalent In money to maimed Confederates." "Why?" inquired a" bystander. "Because it interferes . with our chances of securing employment. When I apply for a job and mention the fact that I lost an arm at Chickamauga, men frequently say to .me: 'Oh, you are all right; the Stale helps you along. Now, if the little assistance given me by the State is to be perpetually a bar in the way of earning a living I wish the Staty would quit. I till you sir, 'a maimed Confederate doesn't stand half as good a chance of getting employment now as he did before the State took a notion to help us. 1' uk no it n Ice. It is a somewhat curious fact, if it is a fact, that the last of the terrestrial continents to be explored is the largest mass of raised land in the world. The concentration of attention upon the South Pole since Commander Peary landed the other end of the axis makes iv highly probable, that the Antarctic j.ntipode will soon be dangling from some explorer's belt. Incidentally, tin: South Pole continent will be opened, if not to the settler, at least to the mapmaker. We already know something of Its fringes, at a few points, and Lieut. Shackkton pushed into it south of Mts. Krebus and Terror for several hundred miles, but the greater portion of its surface is still unknown ice. We live truly in proportion we go out of ourselves and enter lnio the fullness of the exjerience of those whom we serve, and by whom in turn we are served. Westcott. There can be no true rest without work, andthe full delight of a holiday J cannot be known except by the. man who has earned it. Hugh nlack. Plans for a ? 16,000,000 tunnel between the North and South stations ot the New Haven railroad in Roston are about to be approved. A man ought to know a great deal to acquire a knowledge of the immensity of his ignorance. Lord Paimerston. What can harm us if we are true to ourselves and do what we thiiik 13 right? Black. Life h a problem which each should study and strive to soive. Lee.

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Is the adopted phrase of the Y. 31. C. A., that institution that has as its purpose the upbuilding of Christian manhood and character. This purpose Is admirably set forth ih the words, "It is better to form than to reform," and because of this sentiment, blazoned all over the association's work, the idea has gone abroad that this institution gathers up its righteous skirts and steps gingerly 2 side when a case that requires reforming is seen to approach. In very truth the Y. M. C. A. does an enormous amouut of reformatory work; but In such a way that the characters that are being formed N are never brought into contaminating contact with the one3 that were spoiled in the making and need to be patched together. Some of the cases that are on record in the annals of the association have about them a glamour of exquisite romance", and occasionally there is a touch of genuine humor, although for the most part these records speak of grim tragedy1 narrowly averted, of wrecked lives and wasted forges. One of the most Interesting cases is that of a young man, of good family and ßplendVl education, who drifted into the railroad Y. M. C. A. in such a pitiable plight that only the lowest class of saloon would have harbored him at all. He was recovering from a prolonged "Jag" and locked as If he had p;;nt much of his time in a particularly filthy ashpit. Too deeply humiliated to go back home, and having no ties to hold him in the strange city, he declared to the secretary that he might a3 well go down to the river and make an end of his' worthless life. It was then that he felt the grip of a brother's hand, heard the sound of a sympathetic voico and awoke to the existence of a genuine friend in the person of this stranger who had taken him in and clothed him anew. His ability was such that a position vva3 not difficult to find. He knew h could get another place, but he hsd no conviction that he could keep it. and for moral strength he leanod on hls new-found friend. Lvery evening he fled in something like terror to the Y. C. A., working with feverish zeal in the gym and drowning h's ' thirst in the swimming peol- He wasvnot at all religious, but he began to attend the prayer meetings, and. very soon he found himself begging to be permitted to assist the instructor in mechanical drawing. At the end of six months he was so deeply absorbed in the work that he had no time to think about the thing3 that had been his undoing. That was eleven years ago, and the mr.n is to-day a substantial man.v with a beautiful home, a proud vrife and three sons who would double up their smafists at the imputation that their father was ever on the mge of suicide because he was not strong enough to master his love of strong drink. a. Last summer a young Swiss arrived in St. Louis with only about enough monev to carry him to. his destination, which. was Kansas City. When he

SOLE SURVIVOB OF A CIVIL WAR SHIP TRAGEDY. Mithat 1 S. Brockett of Enfield. 111., is believed to be the last survivor of the little group of men who esciped from the steamer General Lyon when It was burned off the coast of Ncrth Carolina, March 21, ISC", going down with 4S. passengers. The disaster, cow almost forgotten, was one of the most appalling of the closing days of the Civil War. Brockett is living in retirement on a farm. He was disabled for life by Injuries received when rescued from the wreck of the burning steamer, and was allowed a pension of $S per month for twenty-nine years, and ten years ago, by a special act of Congress, this was increased to $30 a nior.th. The wreck folio a ed four years uf service with the Fifty:sixth Illinois Infantry. Brockett and his brother going home on a furlough to recuperate from sicknes8. THAT OLD OAKEN BUCKET. War It Winced the Ilomiiiitic I'lt-noil nixl lt Cuiupaulun. Since the germ theory got us in Its grip the romance of "the old oaken bucket, the nioss-i overed bucket," with its companion, the rustic gourd or old tin dipper, baa waned. As a picturesque decoration of the farm yard the moss-covered bucket is very good, but hf enlightened grown-up. with a knowledge of hygiene, finds his cntliupiasm for Its use. In common with every passer-by. decidedly disturbed. lays the New Idea Woman's Magazine. And so it Ts with the tin bucket of the schoolroom, with the dipper dropped Wk into it after each drinker's thirst is quenched. War is being waged on that bucket and on the common dipper or drinking cup in all public places. It Is a campaign of education and the purpose is to prevent disease and to minimize the slaughter of the ignorant. The danger that lurks In the common drinking cup is silent, unseen and frequently unsuspected, and therefore las Uug ben ienored. But with the

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public conscience awakening to the dangers of infection from tuberculosis and other diseases and its tuind stirred to the possibilities of prevention the outcry against the public drinking cup a source of many evils is inevitable. Within a year's time even in six months there has been a tremendou feeling created on the subject. The boards of health of three different states Kansas. Michigan and Mississippi have passed ordinances abolishing public cups. The New Jersey board has asked railway companies whose trains pass through the state to use individual cups. The New York state board 'of health has passed a resolution condemning public drinking cups. Var'ous cities have forbidden the use of coramon drinking utensils in' schools and public places. The manufacture of paraffin paper cups that sell for a penny has helped to solve the problem of providing hygienically for the thirst of the public. In many department stores and business places In the large cities and on the trains of several railway lines these cups have recently been introduced. They come In automatic venders that operate In the same way as the chewing gum and chocolate machines. In a few years we will doubtless J look upon the common drinking cup as a symbol of barbarism atid when that feeling has been established much will have been dono toward decreasing disease. Those pioneers who are now providing Individual drinking cups for the public are doing a broadly humanitarian thing of very positive benefit. INVENTS A NEW SEESAW. (an lie Adjusted for lue by Children of I'neuual Weltfht. One of the most popular forms of amusement among small children is the seesaw, but up to the present time this exercise could only be indulged in by children of equal weight. A Virginia man. however, has invented a seesaw that can bo used by an adult and child and can be adjusted to make their weights equalize each other. An upright post rises from a firm base. Pivoted to swing on this post are horizontal bars with seats on their outer ends and handles by which the user may hold on. The horizontal bars are made in two parts, slidably mounted fo that one side of the seesaw can ho made different lengths, thus adding to tiie weight of the person who sits on th long end. The wffole structure Is strongly built and works easily and SEESAW FOK CHILDREN. there is no danger of a breaking board or of children losing their balance on it as they have rests for tfeir feet when in the air and a handle to gripSuch a device will be found a popular one for private or public playgrounds. A woman thinks she is calm and self-controlled if fault found with her preacher in her presence doesn't jar a hairpin loose. Money may make the mare go. but It will 'not banish the nlghtmar.

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Kansas City saying the family had gone away for a time. The letter v,'a3 brief and unsatisfactory, and it troubled him greatly. His ticket, which had been purchased in Europe, was only to St. Louis, and he mentioned thia fact to a man he met on the train. The man thought the situation over,' and said: "I'll tell you what to do. ven you get to St. Louis you go up to the North Side Branch of the Y. M. C. A. They speak German up there, ami maybe they can get you a job till your uncle comes back." The young mnn spoke German and French, but not a word of English, and his case looked rather hopeless, it so happened that only a few days before his arrival in the city a manufacturer had told the secretary of the North Side branch to be on the lookout or a capable young man who could speak German and French. Before evening the youth from the mountains of Switzerland had been set to work and had secured a boarding place in a German family. After some three months his uncle wrote for him and he went to Kansas City; but his position was held open for him and he found nothing that suited him so well, even with his uncle's influence to help him. Then a promise of a substantial "raise" settled the matter, and hi; came back to St. Louis. There was a youth who held a position just above that of office boy. His education was limited and Jie felt himself unable to command more than the meager salary he was receiving. The secretary of the Y. M. C. A., with whom he came into personal contact, urged him to enter the night school and prepare himself for something better. At once his ambition was fired, and in a little over a year he had a far more congenial place at double hia former salary. Two of his friends, who took night courses in telegraphy, and typewriting, have secured good railroad positions within the past month. The 'classes in mechanical drawing are among the most popular In the Y. M. C. A. night school, leading the way to excellent situations for a great number of earnest young men. One of' these was bundle wrapper in on'e of the department stores and It was utterly impossible for him to give up earning money long enough to fit himself for more remunerative employment. Three years ago he bent for the first time over a drawing board and today he is employed by one of the largest contracting fi$ns In the city at an excellent salary and has added to his Income by designing and erecting a number of buildings as a private enterprise. One of his classmates in the night school was a young Porto Rican, who knew practically no English. He wanted to be an architect, and there was no school he could enter, because of his need for personal instruction In both draughtsmarshlp and English. He was told that the Young Men's Christian Associaation had the right sort of school for such a case as his, so he was enrolled as a student, and he 'proved a most diligent one. He now speaks the languaT with scarcely a trace of foreign accent, and is employed as a draughtsman in one of the big architectural offices. A third member of this class was a toy who had just graduated from high school. His parents had kept him in school by dint of much economy and personal sacrifice, and It was necessary for him to go to wori immediately. His first position was In a large manufacturing plant, where the services, of a draughtsman were constantly required. Th boy saw a chance to step into a paying'position as soon as he could fill it, for the man who did the designing was overworked and would need help in a little while. He had a talk with the manager cnd was told to enter the night school at once. As soon as he had mastered the rudiments of his craft he was given supplementary instruction by the draughtsman, who was a member of the firm, and to-day he Is doing all the draughting for a great manufacturing plant and Is earning a man's salary, although he is barely past the voting age. ,

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THE NEW BAND MEMBER. The family listens to paw a-practicln. Minneapolis Tribune.

STAIN WOOD AS IT GROWS. :The idea of staining wood as It grows seems revolutionary, but a Louisiana man ha3 invented a process by which this can be done. By this methUU.ES CoLOIt THEMSELVES. od it is claimed any light wood can be made practically any darker color or dark wood made still darker, though it will be difficult to lighten the natural shades. It also obviates the necessity of dyeing mahogany or other woods of this nature. A bucket of coloring fluid is hung just below the branches of a young tree, or any tree that is in good, healthy condition. 'A hose runs from this bucket to a point near the base of the tree and here the bark and some of the fibers are 'Cut out and the coloring matter applied to the pores thus exposed. As the sap flows through the tree the stain is circulated with it and the wood changes its color to any shade desired. Th possibilities of such a process are almost unlimited, and some unusual colorings can be obtained in this manner. The expense of dyeing the wood later is also saved. Chicago Tribune. Maxima and Motto. Other things besides events repeat themselves In history. Even our fads and fancies find prototypes in far countries and times. The mania for Illuminated texts and quotations which rur.3 riot in these days Is nothing new nor distinctive. When the English mission of 1904 forced Its way to the forbidden city of Lhasa and laid bare the mysteries of inner Tibet, they

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Ml JIT 7TZHTTÜ.V ttTX?$r handed a letter from his uncle in found that the native taste for illuminated mottos had been established for centuries. Lieut.-Col. L. Austine Waddell tells of the custom In his book on the expedition. The Grand Lama's spell, "Om mani padme Hum!"Hail! the Jewel is the Lotus Flower! is carVed everywhere on the rocks. Inserted stone tablets and plastered posters bearing pious sentences and texts In ornamental Tibetan letters are all along the way, to Improve the minds of passing readers. These are mostly maxims "of a moral kind. Some of thefe are as follows: "Speech should float forth freely like a blrd in the sky, and be clothed in charming dress like a goddess." "Speech should be' bold as a lion, soft as a gentle hare, impressive as' a serpent, pointed as an arrow, and evenly balanced like a scepter held in the middle." "The Ten Faults Want of faith, disrepesci for teachers, unpleasant conduct, covetousness, talking too much,' laughing at another's misfortune, using abusive language,, getting angry vi th old people, robbing and pilfering." 1 "The Roots of Quarrels are three, namely: Yes (assertion) ! what (doubting sarcasr)! and you (abuse)!" To l.nvlMh. Mrs. Dobbs was trying to find out the likes and dislikes of her new boarder, and all she learned increased her satisfaction. "Do you want pie for breakfast?" slio ssltod "Xo, I thank you" said the newboarder, with a smile. "Pie for breakfast seems a little too much." "That's just the way I look at it." said Mrs. Dobbs, heartily. "I say pie for dinner is a necessity, and' pie for supper gives a kind o' finishing touch to the day, but pie for breakfast is what I call putting on airs." Youth's Companion. A Victim of Drneoniaii Law. Father (who ,has caught Patrick stealing) I thought you knew better than to commit a theft. You know how the law punishes people for small offenses. Patrick How "about you. father.-when you stole mother's heart? You never got punished for that. Father I got a very severe punishment, my son. I got pentl servitude for life, and I'm doing it now. London Tit-Bits. A man who keps a dangerous dog should be compelled to put th:s sign ou his front gate: "A Dangerous Dog . i llvpt tierc.

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' UnrRjar and Foricer "AVbo Mnnnsed to Keep Up Air of Ilespectaljllit . It is alleged that Herr May (the German philanthropist and author recently proved to have bc?n a burglar and bandit in early life), in addition to the improving literature of which tie was the acknowledged author, also published anonymously a series of rheap and detrimental fiction, In which his experiences as a bandit were utilized. In other respects, however, he appears to have wholly forsaken his wicked ways. If this is so, and It would be kinder to give him the benefit of any doubt, the case onjy bear3 a partial resemblance to that of the celebrated Charles Peace, the London Standard says. That now notorious burglar was actively practicing his real profession when he was known to the sedatest society of Peckham as a well-to-do and cultured gentleman of Impeccable antecedents. Teace was a past master In the art of Imposture and had the makings of a brigand in him, if ho never got the chance of following the more adventurous and perhaps more picturesque branches of crime. He, too, mannged to establish some reputation for piety by his partiality for sacred music. Ills house was crammed with musical instruments, but he never allowed anything else to be played. Another criminal who managed to Impose on his friends and acquaintances was Thomas Wainewright. who was certainly a forger and probably a prisoner, but who had been a fashionable writer and critic and was the friend of Chrles Lamb, Talfourd and' De Quincey. "The kind, light-hearted Walnewright," as Ella called him, was a thoroughgoing and heartless scoundrel and the offenses for which he was sentenced to transportation for; life were only incidents in a long career of wrongdoing. Whether he really confessed that he poisoned the unfortunate Miss Abercromby, urging lnextenuatlon . that she had very thick ankles, may. be doubted, hut quite enough has been proved to his discredit. At the same time it is improbable that he would ever, like . Herr Karl May ha3 returned to respectability, even if the opportunity had been allowed him. , . Another and less known man of letters who combined literature With crime was George Barrington, transported to Botany, Bay to pocket picking in. 1790. He'dld recover his char: acter, became high constable, of Paramatta and was much thought of in official circles for his , good conduct. His literary fame rests mainly on the often quoted description of the true patriots: "Be it understood, we left our country for our country's good." According to a French investigator,' domestic animals have a certain amount of reasoning power, oftep act upen reflex notions, and can associate ideas from which they draw inferences. Dogs, and still more so cats, he says, learn to imitate the voice and movements of their masters or mistresses. He has noticed old watchdogs which, when they barked, had a peculiar intonation, which resembled the voice of their master. Cats try, by the way In which they cry, to make their mistresses understand exactly what they want. Gas bags of modern balloons are made of a cotton fabric, coated with India rubber in the most careful manner, in order to assure perfect impermeability without sacrificing lightness. For all large balloons, and especially for dirigibles, two layers of cloth are superposed and cemented together. The outer skin is covered with India rubber on one side only, but the inner skin Is coatI on both sides. As India rubber, eT-h when vulcanized, is altered by exposure to light, the canvas is colored yellow in order to arrest the violet and ultra-violet rays, which are the most active: It is now possible, by the CowperCowles process, to provide glass mirrors coated with a film of gold for the reflectors of automobiles. Hitherto only glaring white reflectors have been employed with lens mirror projectors, and it is said that the gold mirrors not only afford a more agreeable light, but one which possesses greater peni etratlng power In fogs. Another improvement Is the substitution of horns that emit harmonious sounds. Instead of the shrieks, groans and grunts of the ordinary apparatus used for warn-. Ing pedestrians to look out for their lives. The campaign for the extension of our knowledge of the magnetism of the earth is to be extended into the arctic regions during Capt. Amundsen's North Polar expedition, which is to start from Norway this summer in Nansen's former ship, the Fram.( An American observer. Dr. Harry Edmonds, has been selected to accom pany the expedition for thl3 special purpose. Amundsen's plan is to en ter the polar basin by way of Bering strait, and then drift with the Ice. While it 13 not his special object ta attain the pole, he hopes that the course of the drift may take him across or close to it. The Increase ot geographical knowledge Is his aim, and he expects to be absent about four, years. Among common animals few havq .been less studied in their life history than the mole. An English natunJlst Lionel 12. Adams, says that under thtf fortress" which the mole construct above the surfece of the ground will always be found a series of tunned running out beneaih the adjacent field. A curious feature, almost invariably found, Is a perpendicular run penetrating about a foot below the bottom of the nest and then turning upward to meet another run. A mole is neven found in his nest, although it may b$ yet warm from his body when opened, Guided by smell and hearing, a mold frequently 1 locates the nest of a. iar tridge or pheasant above his run, and, penetrating it from below, eats thq eggs. The adult mole is practically blind, but there are embryonic indications tbat the power of sight In the race has deteriorated. J u( Like a. Jlan. Mr. Kadley How mannisn she Is! Miss Dright Isn't she, though? Mr. Kadley Yes. 'and the funny part of it is she thinks people admire her for being so. She doesn't seem to see that people are merely laughing at her. Miss Bright Yes. she's mannish even to that extent. Catholic Standard and Times. A woman is terribly fond of saying, "I am so sick I ought to be in bed this very moment." A girl always cries when she loses her Job.

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