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1HE HASTIN GS GAZETTE. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.. VOL. L. ---NO. 40. OMNI The Republican Convention. It was voted to make A. M. Hayes The republican county convention chairman of the delegation, which was met at the courthouse, Hastings, on afterwards reconsidered, and he was Thursday, at eleven a. m., and was unanimously elected by the delegates. called to order by H. L. Sumption, chairman of the committee. T. H. Prince, of South St. Paul, was elected chairman, and G. W. Betz, of Lake- ville, secretary. The following committee on cre- dentials was appointed: G. H. Staples. Mendota. J. P. West, Hastings. 11. E. Otte. Castle Rock. 0. S. Lewis. Empire. F. A. Saanels, Lakeville. A committee on permanent organ- ization was appointed as follows: F. R. Blake, Empire. J. P. Nolan, South St. Paul. John Raetz, Hastings. J. F. Wille, Hamptou. Carl Larson, Eureka. The following committee on resolu• tions was appointed: E. A. Whitford, Hastings. T. H. Lintner, Castle Rock. W. S. Shephard, South St. Paul. Frisgk Hardy, Rosemount. N. W. Brown, Lakeville. A reeesa was taken until half past one. The committee on credentials re- ported the following delegates entitled to seats: Barnraille.-August Lorenz. Charles Kohis. Castle Rock. -T. H. Lintner, H. E. Otte. M. L Stevens, Freer Shellenbarger. Eagan. -L. D. Rause, W. I. Wescott, August Trapp, Albert Stiff. Empire. -F. R. Blake, C. S. Lewis, L. Larson, F H. Griebie, A. K. Gray, W. J. Leib, Eureka. -J. B. Kelly, Carl Larson, P. P. Hammer. s Greenvale. -Thomas Hendricks, John Toursou. Hampton. -J. F. Wille, A. F. Otte. Hastings. --W. E. Beerse. B..1. Raetz, G. C. Fasbender. first ward; H. L. Sumption, John Raetz, R. W. Tuttle, Charles Han- ka, second ward; .1. P. West, C. E. Reed. T. G.Joues,E. A. Whitford, August John- son, W. H. DeKay. A. M. Hayes, third ward; E. C. Johnson. W. C. Pittenger. J. C. Harlin, fourth ward. Igoe' (gore. -Mathew Krech, John Kulleakamp, C.J. Zehnder,George Krech. William Krech, Henry Gackstett.er, F. Bchwana. Lakeville. -M. W. Brown, G. W. Betz, F. A. Samels, John Haverland. Lebanon. -James Scott, Thomas Scott. Mendota. -C. F. Staples, G. H. Staples, J. J. LeMay, Lowell Pierce. Mendota ViUage..- 'r. H: 'Hail, J. R. Auge. Randolph. -Charles Smith. Roantount.-Frank Hardy, G. G. Wi- ley. Charles Strathern, J. P. Gilman. Seiota.-J. M. Stockman. South St. Paul. -Henry Whaley, Sam- uel Kenney, William Robinson. first ward; John Innis, J. P. Nolan, R. 8. Clegg, T. H. Prince, W. S. Shepard, J. C. Campbell, 0. C. Maim, August John- son, second ward; G. F. Kramer, H. J. Meyers, George Dell, third ward. VerrniUion.-J. A. Wagner. Waterford. -A. L. Dixon, N.S.Nichols, A. E. Cowell. West St. Purl. -Frank Devoe, G. A. Ladd, first ward; M. P. Boege. Edward Deppe, David Willey, second., ward; Gotlip Bolliger, N. S. Groff, third ward. The committee on permanent or- ganization reported the names of the temporary officers, which was adopted. The following nominating commit- tee was appointed: A. M. Hayes, Hastings. J. E. Campbell, South St. Paul. Charles Smith, Randolph. Carl Larson, Eureka. W. J. Leib, Empire. The committee on resolutions sub- mitted the following report, which was adopted: Resolved, That this convention, with the most hearty and sincere admiration and pride. endorses and approves the wise, successful, and impartial adminis- tration of President Roosevelt so well reflected in our financial conditions and the condition of our people following the recent severe strains and complicated commercial dangers, and also shown in the recognition abroad of the United States as one of the foremost nations of the earth. Resolved, That we do hereby endorse the nominations made by the national republican convention at Chicago, be- lieving that the interests of the republican party and its policies of the past and future which have been and will be for the best interests of our people will be ably and faithfully carried out by W. H. Taft as president, and .1. S. Sherman as vice president. Raotoed, That this convention endorses the candidacy of J. F. Jacobson for governor of the state of Minnesota, and our delegation is instructed to use all honorable means to secure his nomination. WasmaAs. God, in his infinite wisdom, has removed from this earth Grover Cleveland, whom the people of the United States twice honored with the highest place in their power to bestow, we hereby express regret at his demise. and offer our condolence to his friends and family. The chairman was authorized to select a county committee, after the primary election. The committee on nominations re- ported the following delegates to the state convention, which report was adopted: A. M. Hayes, Hastings. E. C. Johnson, Hastings. J. P. West, Hastings. J. F. Wille, Hampton. Freer Shellenbarger, Castle Rock. J. E. Campbell, South St. Paul. John Innes, South St. Paul. M.P. Boege, West St. Paul. W. H. Wescott, Eagan. F. H. Griebie, Empire. Frank Hardy, Rosemount. G. W. Betz, Lakeville. J. B. Kelly, Eureka. r.. 1 L Connell Proceedings. Regular meeting, June 22d. Pres- ent Aids. Fasbender, Gall, Graus, Emerson, and Perkins, Mayor Schaal in the chair. R. C. Hanson, delegate to the State Firemen's Association at Man- kato, submitted a report, which was placed on file. A further request of the Des Moines Company for an extension of thirty days to complete their sewer contract was granted, Ald. Graus voting in the negative. Ald. Graus, from the street com- mittee, asked for further time to con- sider the boulevarding ordinance, which was granted. A motion of Ald. Fasbender, that the ordinance designating Devaney & Quealy's scales as the public scales be passed to its second reading was lost, Aida. Graus and Gall and Mayor Schaal voting in the negative. On motion of Ald. Emerson, the ordinance in relation to dogs was adopted. The consideration of ordinances in relation to sewer connections and the telephone company were deferred. On motion of Ald. FashendH, the appointment of Herman Pihl as city poundmaster was confirmed. On motion of Ald. Gall, the street committee was authorized to hire sufficient men to repair the approach to the high bridge on the opposite side of the river, the Washington County farmers agreeing to furnish teams and dirt. The matter of repairing the Sixth Street culvert was again left with the street committee. The matter of drainage at the cor• ner of Tenth and Ramsey streets was referred to the street committee. The following bills were allowed: Electric Light Co., street lights...8196.76 W. E. Beerse, hauling truck 2.00 Valentine Then, street work 16.63 John Rogers, street work 7.53 Henry Thiele, street work 7.58 J.J. Schmitz, dissecting dog's head 8.30 William Nolan, killing dog .50 R. C. Hanson, expense Mankato14.78 The Gazette. printing t.... 3.05 Mrs.Anna Humm, meals prisoners 2.10 L. A. Cornelison, mdse 23.50 School Board Proceedings. Special meeting, June 19th. Pres ent Messrs. Doffing, Johnson, Nelson, Schaller, Schoen, and VanBeeek, the president in the chair. The bond of Denis Follett, treas- urer, $10,000, with G. W. Gardner and John Heinen as sureties, was approved. It was decided not to sell the two lots corner of Spring anti Sixth Streets at present. The report of the Teachers' Study Club was accepted and placed on file. The time of holding regular meet- ings was fixed on the first Tuesday evening of each month. The amount of expenses incurred on account of small pox in December, books destroyed, disinfectants, labor, etc., was reported at $34.03. The following standing committees were announced: Teaehere.-H. G. VanBeeck. B. F. Torrance, H. P. Schoen. Purchasing. -Charles Doffing, A. E. Johnson, H. G.'VanBeeck. Finance. -A. E. Johnson, H. P. Nel- son, Charles Doling. The following bills were allowed: Electric Light Co., lights 831.02 Wright & Austin Co., mdse 9.93 E. L. Porter, cash items 19.82 Hazel J. Wood, extra library work10.00 C. L. Barnum, freight and drayage 4.48 G. H. Taplin, pine wood 4.00 Paul Curry, putting wood in shed1.00 R. Wallace, putting wood in shed1.00 A. L. Chiquet, labor and material9.75 U. 8. Express Co., express .25 C. W. Meyer. filling diplomas 3 00 Edward Barrett, labor 4.75 Telephone Co., phone, etc 2.95 J. G. Mertz & Son, use of chairs2.50 Northwestern Supply Co., paper18.25 Keal setate Traasfers. 0. E. Dodge to Thomas Hildreth, lots one to fifteen and eighteen to thirty, block two, Davis & Brown's Addition to South St. Paul $ 850 Harriet C. Cook to Alice Harris, lots one to three, block five, Han- cock & Thomas's Addition to Hastings. 75 J. 8. Alexander to J. G. Schmidt (quit -claim), iota three and four, block six, Waterford 1,425 H. D. Brown Investment Co. et ala to Charlotte M. Kinney, undi- vided half of block one, Madam's Addition to South Bt. Paul 175 8. R. Child to F. W. Howland, Iota two and three, block four, Waterford R. 8. Stoneman to J. F. Stedman, lot two and part of lot three, block fifty-six. Hastings 1,500 L. B. Hicks to 0. E. Reed, lots one and two, block twelve, Yoting's Addition to flutings ... 700 475 - HASTINGS. MINN., SATURDAY. JUNE 27, 1908. Changing Places With Jimmie. By W. F. BRYAN. Copyright, Ms, by Associated Lit- erary Prep. Jack Morewood stood upon the piazza tapping the floor with the tip of her daintily booted foot and slap- ping at her habit skirt with a sheet mounted crop. It was a perfect day for a ride. The sun kissed the peaks of the low chain of hills to the west, and 1n between was the bright green of early summer. Nature is kindliest 1n her mood, but Jacqueline did not share it. The groom was slow about bringing her mount around, and while she wait- ed a dozen couples had cantered past, waving their hands gayly to Jack. But no cavalier waited to assist her, and no smart cob whinnied impatient- ly over the delay in the appearance of her own horse. Presently the groom would lead her horse to the block, he would asatat her In the saddle with the perfunctory care of a hireling, and she would go canter- ing off alone to her ride. It was this fact and not the slow- ness of the stable hands that brought the frown to Jacqueline's face. For the first time in her life she was tired of being the boy of the family. When stalwart John Morewood had leaned over the cradle to look down into the blinking eyes of his fireborn the baby had seized the proffered fin- ger in sturdy clasp at.: her father had chuckled wltb delight "She's shaking hands like the little gentleman she is," he declared. Then and there he had named her Jacque- line that he might call her Jack. He seemed to find comfort for his dis- appointment In ber sex by making his little daughter as boyish as possible. In her youth, thanks to his training, she bad been given over to tomboy tricks. When she was thirteen and a baby brother came to share her reign she regarded the newcomer's appear- ance with contempt. "I'm the best boy," she declared with emphasis, and she took pride in her father's assurance that she was indeed. Jimmie became his mother's pet, while Jack still chummed with -her father. and se the boy grew tip, delicate and pallid Jack seemed to gain mannishness by contrast She was the golf champion of the country club, not in the ladies' class. but by virtue of having beaten all the men. She could ride wherever a man went,,eoutd shoot straight and handle a cue. She was voted a "good fellow," but now, on the eve of her twenty-sec- ond birthday, Jack turned rebellious. Her thoughts were interrupted by the appearance of the groom with her horse, and presently she was cantering down the drive to the highway. Once on the road she eased the horse Into n trot The cliff road was accounted one of the most beautiful in the state, but Jack gave no heed to the beauty of the scene. Phil Minturn had cantered past with Bess Farley just before she had start ed out, and his careless greeting hse! wounded her. She had been good chutes with Phi; ever since she was a little girl. ani he had always given her the rune careless greeting of fellowship, but tilt morning it had jarred. She knee than he did not really care for Bess. He had said so more tbnn on, e. inns Mrs. Farley would not let Ite.s rid - unless there was some one with he who could keep a watthtul eye on h•. mount, so Phil, being a neighbor. bat: come to the girl's' relief. As with Phil, so It was with the other men. They were all good idioms. but they were only chums. Jack could not recall a tender speech et er made to her, and, carrying her intro speetlon further, she did not blame the boys for regarding her as one of them- selves. Even In the evening her thick dark hair was severely done and her dress was in keeping. It came upon her with all the sud- denness of a revelation that she had missed the pretty speeches which she had pretended to despise and that ber heart clamored for the rights of young womanhood. With lips that pressed hard together she turned ber !one's head toward home. She scarcely recognized the peo- ple she passed, and It was not until she had almost reached the house that her attention was attracted. She heard her brother's voice raised 1n appeal, and through sheer force of habit she prepared to come to his rescue. The boy never had been permitted to fight his own battles, and in younger days Jack had sometimes come to his assistance with her own sturdy Oats. Now ebe reined in her horse and drew near the hedge which separated her from the little boys. There were a dozen of them, sturdy, tanned youngsters with dirt on clothes and countenances, and in their midst stood Jimmy, immaculate In blue vel- vet, with long golden curls. "It's not my fault," he said in ag- grieved tones. "I'm not old enough to bay my own clothes yet. You fellows might let me play with you." " a'wan!" was the unfeeling response. "We don't play with girls." "I'm nota girl, " asserted Jimmie. "I tell you it's not my fault" "Boys don't wear velvet dresses," re- minded his tormentor. "Come on, tel- lers. Lady Jane's going to cry." With a buret of derbies laughter the, bore ran off. For a meenelit Arualal made as tbotigh tb follow tnem, bit tie knew as well as the others that pur- suit was Impossible. Jimmie had never bad a chance to toughen his legs Is exercise. With *obeying Ilp 'thetboy turned toward the house, and Jack urged her horse closer to the hedge. "Jimmie," she chilled warningly, "11 you dare to cry i s 11 spank you. Go get your pony and me back to me." "What are you go g to do?" demand- ed Jimmie. • "Never mind." ski.. said. "You do what I tell you. Ih, you want really and truly to be 0 be) 7" "Do I?" repeated Jimmie, sniffing at the Lolly of the question. "I ain't either a boy or a girl." "Neither am I," sold Jack. "Hurry up, dear." She wafted beside the road until her brother joined her oo his pony, and to- gether they headed for the town. It was long after luncheon hour before the two returned, and Mrs. Morewood was pacing the veranda in an agony of appreheuslon. She had no fears for Jack. but she lamented that at times Jimmie's pony had shown etgus of wildness, and the two grooms were already scouring the country, while the mother was promis- ing herself that the goy should be at- tended on future rides. Mr. Morewood said nothlug, but there was a white line about his lip: where they were pressed firmly togeth er to hold back the ;words of appreheu alon. He was afraid r Jacquellue, and when the children were seen turulur into the drive, followed by a groom on whose usually Implpsslvo face there ap peered a broad grill. Morewood gave a sigh of relief. ;- Mrs. Morewood shrieked with horror when they came oser and she was able to see that J1 tile's hair had been cropped close to a head, while the velvet sutr-hind- a 'replaced- by ti stout corduroy. But as they slipped tc the ground Jack took the boy's hand and led him to his father. "Dad," she said simply, "here is yout son. I am your daughter. It has been all wrong until now. I've never bad a sweetheart, and Jimmie's never had a fight We've come to the conclusion that we have both been cheated out of what belonga•to us. and we've changed places." She stooped to kiss her father's bearded face and whispered, "And your daughter loves you more than ever, dad." Morewood clasped ber to his heart, for he understood the trans• formation even while his wife be. wailed her darling's lost curls. That evening at the Country club Jacqueline was the sensation of the dance as she entered with her hair loosely waved Instead of tightly knot- ted. In her dress, too, there was a sub - tie suggestion of femininity which caused the men to gasp and tell them- selves that they had never before real- ized what a stunning girl Jacqueline Morewood was. "You are radiant tonight," murmured Mlnturn as he held out his hand for her dance programme. "I'm tired of being father's boy," she explained. "I've changed places with Jimmie," and as Minturn calmly ap- propriated three waltzes and returned the programme she read in his eyes approval of the change. Fever and Wet Clothes. General Baden-Powell in his bcok, "Scouting For Boys," writes of the dangers that come from wet garments and of the best way to dry one's Clothes: "You will often get wet through on service, and you will see recruits remaining In their wetclothes until they get dry again. No old scoot would do so, as that le the way to catch fever and get ill. When you are wet take the first opportunity of gettipg your wet clothes off and dry- ing them, even though you may not have other clothes to put on, as hap- pened to me many a time. "I have sat naked under -a wagon while my one suit of clothes was dry- ing over a fire. The way to dry clothes over a fire is to make one of hot ashes and then build a small beehive shaped cage of sticks over the fire and hang your clothes over the cage, and they will very quickly dry; also in hot weather It is dangerous to sit in your clothes when they have got wet from perspiration. "On the west coast of Africa I al- ways carried a spare shirt banging down my back, with the sleeves tied around my neck. So soon as I halted I would take off the wet shirt I was wearing and put on the dry, which had been hanging out in the sun on my back. By this means I never got Lever when almost every one else went down with 1t" Overstudy, Books are pleasant, but if by being overatudlous we impair our health and spoil our good humor, two of the best pieces we • have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who thinly that no fruit derived from them can s0 t te HOLDING THE BABY. Introducing ■ Moe Point In Baby Car - Hags Etiquette. "That fellow doesn't know the first thing abort the etiquette of the baby carriage," remarked one of a group of men at Thirty-first and Main streets. The comment was made to all in a general way. One of the group, the man with a frayed collar and a look of patient resignation, gazed anxiously at a couple nhout to board a car. The mother was eparrtng In a desperate sort of way with one of those baby carriages which shop salesmen can opeu and close In a minute and the users In from five to thirty minutes. "Don't see anything wrong with that," said the man with the frayed collar. "Ile's got to hold the baby even If she does have to wrestle with the carriage. You don't think he ought to hold the baby and take care of the carriage, too, do your. "Well, there's one thing sure," re- joined the objector -"the man doesn't know a thing about baby carriage eti- quette. What you want to do it this: If the baby weighs more than the car- riage, it's the tuna's place to bold the baby. If the carriage weighs more, he should hand the baby to his wife." "Oh, 'p1111e!" interpolated the man with the big black cigar. "You're way off. What he ought to do is to hand the baby to his wife and the carriage to the conductor." -Kansas City Star. POINTING THE BONE. Queer Superstition of the Native Blanks of Australia. The native blacks of Australia are steeped in superstition. A -black fellow will on no account go near the spot where another black has been buried. He has a deep rooted aversion to one particular bird -the wagtail -because,'. he says, "him all day talk, talk along a white feller, Mitsui all about black feller," and no opportunity is lost of killing these little birds. Many tribes "bury" their dead by sticking them up into the forks of trees and there leaving them till the flesh has either dropped or been taken,: leaving the bones clean. These bones are then taken down, the larger ones buried and the smallest handed round as keepsakes to those nearly related to the deceased. Should one black fel- low wish the death of a rival or ene- my he points the bone at him. Thle , means that ho takes one of his late re- lation's bones from bis dilly bag and points it, In the presence of witnesses, ' at the man he washes to get rid of, all the time Dowling forth threats and curses. Strange as It may seem, the one pointed at will often languish and eventually die, perhaps In a month, perhaps in n yenr, for no sooner 1s the bone pointed then he makes top hi•e mind to die, and there is no saving him. -London Standard. Tennyson's Cure For Shyness. It is recorded in "Te,unyson's Life" that he used to recommend to a young- er brother the thought of the Atelier spaces, swarming with constellations and traversed by planets at ineffable distances, as a cure for shyness, and a lady of my acquaintance used to en- deavor as a girl to stay her failing heart on the thought of eternity at such moments. It Is all In rain. At the ur- gent moment one cares very little about the stellar motions or the dim vistas of futurity and very much in- deed about the cut of one's coat and the glances of one's enemies, and the doctrines of the church and the pros- pects of ultlmate salvation are things very light in the scales In comparison with the pressing necessities of tho crisis and the desperate need to appear wholly unconcerned! -Arthur C. Beu• son in Putnam's and Reader. A Terrific Tumble. Most marvelous of all the stories of great falls is the account of Charles Woolcot's terrific tumble from a height of no less than 3,000 feet It was In Venezuela, and be was making a para- chute descent. The parachute refused to open till within 100 or 200 feet from the ground. Then it spread out sud- denly and split. The unfortunate man crushed both ankles and both knees. broke his right thigh and hip, dislocat- ed his spinal column and suffered other injuries. Yet atter a year in a hospital he recovered sufficiently to write an account of what was probably the most fearful accident mortal man ever sur- vived. Spilled Mercury. Mercury spilled on a table or floor is somewhat hard to collect unless special precautions are taken, owing to Its tendency to divide Into small globules, which roll away at the slightest touch. If a wet ring is made around the spilled mercury by the aid of a wash bottle or other similar means, it will be found that the globules of mercury cannot cross the ring. The mercury can then be collected in a small shovel wade from a piece of thin cant or even an ordinary envelope. Rao* of Life. There wouldn't be so very much tun in living if there were not a hurdle or two to jump over In this race of life. There always have been obstacles, and there always will be, and It Is of no use to repine over them. -Manchester Union. A Pretty Burs glom. ?des. Hoyle - I believe that i am growing old. Mre. Boyle -What gives you that Idea? Mrs. Hoyle -1 am get- , ting _ t I don't calx` to go to fAi- THE NORMAN FARMER. He Carries His Top Boil With Him When He Moves. The modern farmer was applying electrical massage to a cart horse's sprained knee. During the intervals of rest he talked farm,alk. "There are tenants," ate said, "who, when they move, carry their farina with them as the tortoise does his house. These people are the Norman French, the world's best farmers. Where you or I would require twenty or thirty acres of land to keep one yam - fly, the French farmer will keep his family on a quarter of an acre. If he chose to cultivate twenty or thirty acres be would become a millionaire. His secret Iles in the perfection to which he brings his top soil. WhttI with fertilizing and watering and clear- ing, his top soil is the blackest, . finest, richest soil on earth. Ilia top soil is to the French farmer what her voice is to a prima donna. And when he rents be contracts that on the termini - Don of his lease he may carry off eighteen Inches of the top soil with' him. "When you see a French farmer mov- ing one small cart carries his house- hold goods, and in seven or eight enor- mous drays his top soil lumbers on be- hind." -New York Press. • THE MODERN HAT. Its Serious Defects From the Hygienic Point of View. The size, the style and incidentally the cost of women's hats, says a writer in the Berliner Umschau, have taken up so much of the time of the people who make hats a study that they have not had a moment to devote to the head covering of the sterner sex. Con- sidered from the hygienic point of view, little fault can be found with the hats of our sisters, although some of them, when viewed through the glass of reason, are unthinkable. But men's hats are faulty from the physician's point of view, and a wider knowledge of the defects of the modern hat would add to the already large army of bare- headed men. In order to demonstrate which hats should be avoided a per- fectly healthy man was placed where the rays of the sun could strike him di- rectly. He wore while taking the sun bath various kinds of hats for a period of fifteen minutes each. Every hat con- tained in the crown a thermometer, and these recorded as follows: The one in the pauama hat 77 degrees, the straw sailor 81, the silk hat 89, the felt tat i 95 and the black hat and yachting cap 99 and 100 degrees respectively. A Bath a Month. Apparently the people of Persia are not great believers in the old maxim "Cleanliness is next to godliness," for baths are only taken once a month by the people, when they go to the public baths and make amends, so to speak, for the infrequency of their ablutions by spending a whole day getting clean- ed and trimmed. At the baths they are washed, shaved, dye their hair and nails, get shampooed and spend the rest of the day eating buns and drink- ing sherbet. There are fixed days for men and women, and on bath days a man goes about the streets shouting Hamum!" ("Bath day!"). After the bath the ladles have their hair platted in a number of thin plaits, which are not opened and combed out until the next bath day comes round. Thought Only of the Dynamite. Some grim stories are told of Lord Kitchener, says the United States Ga- zette, and we have read one which, although we cannot vouch for the truth of it, has a decided Kitchener flavor about 1t. A young subaltern who was in charge of some works that were in course of construction in the Punjab had the misfortune to lose some na- tive workmen through an accident with dynamite. Fearful of a repri- mand from headquarters, be telegraph- ed to the commander in chief, "Regret to report killing of twelve laborers by dynamite accident." Back is said to have come the laconic message, "Do you want any more dynamiter' Greedy. Two Englishmen on a holiday in France were dining together at a Paris restaurant Mr. Smith would order and ask for everything he wanted In doubtful French, while Mr. Cross would offer explanations that were In the nature of criticisms. At last Mr. Smith's temper rose to explosive point. "Will yon," he said -fn English this time -"be so good as not to interfere with me in the use of my French?' "Very well," retorted Mr. Cross. "I simply wanted to point out that you were asking for a staircase when all you wanted was a spoonr-London Mall. Bullring Humanity. "Mrs. Sourmug, who thought she had a mission to look after suffering hu- manity, is married, isn't she?" Y., ep. "I was surprised to learn that she bad given up her mission in life." "She hasn't Her husband is going to be suffering humanity bereatter."- Houston Post The Pursuit of Pleasure. We smile at the ignorance of the sav- age who cub down the tree in order to reach its fruits. But the fact b that a blunder of this description le made by every person who is overeager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure. Age glides etsadthily on ales beguiles Ili as tit •I per Year 1r Advance. UNFINISHED BOOKS. Authors Who Died Leaving Stories Partly Written. Many writers, including the famous Dutch, have died leaving behind them unfinished books. One of the best known is, of course, Dickens' "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," a re- markably clever story, and one show- ing no signs of diminishing vitality, although he was actually at work upon It up to within a few hours of his death. Dickens' great rival, Thackeray, again, left behind him not one only, but two unfinished stories. One of these, "Denis Duval," promised to rank with his best work. Unfortunate- ly, however, be bad completed only seven chapters when he was stricken dawn. Scott, too, left a tale unended-"The Siege of Malta" -written while he was on his last futile journey in search of health. This work has never been published, although more than two- thirds of It was completed at the time of his death. Then there was "St Ives," left un- finished by It. L. Stevenson, as was "Zeph," by Iielen Jackson, and "Blind Love," by Wilkie Collins. Buc- kle never completed his "History of Civilization," although he toiled at it for twenty years. Among famous poems that were never completed mention may be made of Byron's "Don Juan," Keats' "Hy- perlon," Coleridge's "Christabel" and Gray's "Agrippina." Spenser's "Faerle Queene," too, is no more than a frag- ment, although a colossal one. Lastly, there ought to bo included Ben Jonson's beautiful unfinished pas- toral, "The Sad Shepherd," found by his literary executors among his pa- pers after his death and published In its Incompleteness.-Pearson's Weekly. • TIME Al THE POLES. 1t Is Practically Any Hour of the Day You Please. Those who are conversant with the use of globes know that ail the merid- ians of longitude starting from the equator converge toward and meet at the poles. They know, too, that longi- tude signifies time and that difference of longitude is difference in time. They know very well that wheu It is noon in London It Is about 7 o'clock in the morning 1n Boston, and that when It is noon in San Francisco it is about a quarter past 3 in the afternoon in New York. Now, as the meridian of London ex- tends to the north pole, it necessarily ensues that when it is noon in the Eng- lish capital it must also be noon at the north pole. In a similar manner when it is noon at Boston, or in San Francis- co, or at Pekin, or any other place situated in the northern hemisphere, It follows that it must also be noon at the pole, because all the meridians of those places uulte at the north pole. Therefore it is noon all day long at the pole. Thus there is an entire absence of time at the pole. But it would be just as correct to say that it is a place where there is a preponderance of time, for it fa practically any time of day during the whole twenty-four hours or, indeed, through the year. In fact, a resident at the north pole could make It any time of day be might choose to select, with the con- sciousness that it would be the right time. A POET'S DIET. Byron's Strenuous Efforts to Keep Himself From Getting Fat. "Yon mention Browning's idea that starvation was the cure for all the ills of the flesh -his own, at any rate," says a correspondent "Browning was not the only poet with peculiar views on the subject. One of Byron's chief fears was that of becoming fat, and to avoid it he often resorted to extraor- dinary systems of diet At Athens he lived mainly on rice and vinegar and water. Later be confined himself to six biscuits a day and tea. In 1816 ho had so restricted his diet that he was obliged to keep down hunger by chew- ing mastic and tobacco. 'Don Juan' was 'written on gin and water.'" Byron, it has been pointed out, was one of those foredoomed by their con- stitutions to fatness in middle life, whether they eat much or little, and his victory over nature in this respect -for he succeeded in reducing himself by these violent methods -has been quoted as one of the most remarkable achievements of the human will, con- sidering all the circumstances. It must have been bitter to him to see such a man as Beau Brummel, who ate and drank freely and took no exercise, re- taining without an effort all the ele- gance of figure that was his greatest gift No wonder Byron's was the po- etry of gloom. -London News. An American Admirer. In a small way an American figures in the journal kept by Rosalie Lamor- tiere during the revolutionary days of 1793 in France and published under the title, "The Last Days of Marie Antotnette." Rosalie Lamorilere, a girl of Picardy, was servant to the queen in the con- ciergerle. "One day," Rosalie has re- corded, "M. de Saint Leger, the Amer- ican, who was coming from the regis- ter's Dice, noticed that I was carrying a glass half tilled with water. "'Did the queen drink the water that has gone from the glass?' he asked. "I answered that she did. "With a quick gesture he uncovered his bead and drank the water that re - asked with every indication of re-, and Postai*" I r --