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r g THEHASIINU VOL. L. ---NO. 34. aUAYAUUIL, There i.: i.: ,:,ght, No Interval Bet' tweci, :. light and Dark. The days and nights at Guayaquil are of equal length. The sun IDIOCIES off promptly at 6 o'clock in the even- ing and gets up at 6 in the morning with equal regularity the whole year around. There is no twilight, no gloaming. 110 interval whatever be- tween daylight and dark -only a bril- liant illumination, the sadden disap- pearance of a red ball into a blue ocean, a spread of flame color over all the western sky for a few minutes and a purple haze in the east. Then the surface of the ocean, like the heavens, is lighted with millions of strange and shifting stars, for the wa- ter is so impregnated with phosphor- us that each tiny we\ e is tipped • with light, and the foam that follows in the wake of the vessel is often like a stream of fire. Sometimes you can see porpoises swimming along the bow of the vessel livid with phosphorescent light and followed by a streak of sparks like a comet's tail. The Southern Cross, with the right arm tipped out at proper angle, lies straight ahead in the midst of myriads of unknown worlds that look strange to those accustomed to the northern constellations. Under the left arm is a large black spot in the heavens, bright- ened . by only a single modest star, which the sailors call "the devil's din- ner bag." Over the stern of the vessel in the early evening yon can plainly distinguish the familiar constellation of the Great Bear, but it goes to bed with the children. HIS SERVICES. What Became of All the Bills He In- troduced In Congress. "Yes, my fellow citizens," said the political candidate, "if you have paid any. attention to the work of congress you will have noticed that during the past session I introduced twenty-two bills, each of which was intended to benefit this community. I stand before you today with the proud conscious- ness of having served you faithfully and to the best of my ability. Those twenty-two bills would, if they had been passed, have made this one of the most favored districts on God's green earth, and" - "Oh." yelled a man in the gallery, "we know you introduced 'em, all right, but what happened to 'em after that?" "Gentlemen, I appeal to your sense of honor. Do you consider it fair that I should -be interrupted in this man- ner? Is it right that I should" - "There ain't no harm in answerin' the question, is there?" asked another of the statesman's hearers. "Well, sir, I will tell yon what be- came of those bills, my fellow citizens. Every one of them was printed in the Congressional Record, where, if you will look over the files, you may find them today. But to revert to the seed question, gentlemen, I do not hesitate to promise that no man living in this, the most splendid district in our grand old state, shall appeal to me in vain if you shall deem it best to send me back to Washington, where I have served you with such signal ability." -Chicago Record -Herald. The Ticket That Came Back. A prominent railway man tells of a railway ticket that took a sudden jour- ney on its own account It appears that as a northbound train on the Colo- rado and Southern road passed one of the stations a passenger in a forward car raised a window, and in an in- stant his ticket was blown from his hands. The passenger naturally gave it up for lost and was mach surprised when the baggagemaster handed it to him a tittle while later. It appears that when the ticket flew through the window a southbound train was pass- . Ing. The suction of that train, which was moving at a rapid rate, drew the ticket along with it, and as it passed the rear end of the northbound train it blew into the door of the smoking car. There It was found by the baggage - master. -Minneapolis Journal. Moscow's Beggars. Of the beggars so characteristic of Russia's ancient capital a writer says: "The old city of Moscow could not easily be dissociated from the 50,000 beggars who haunt its streets. The city belongs to them. If the city rats own the drains, they own the streets. They are part of the city; they are in perfect harmony with it. Take away the beggars and you destroy something vital. Some are so old and weather battered that they make the Kremlin itself look older, and of those who lie at the monastery doors some are so fearfully pitiable in their decrepitude that they lend power to the churches." His View of It. A little boy had been sent to the dairy to get some eggs, and on his way back he dropped the basket con- taining them. "How many did you break?" asked his mother. "Oh, I didn't break any," he replied, "but the shells came off some of them." Keeping His Word. Mrs. Fogarty (in fashionable restau- rant) -Now, fer goodness' sake, Mike, don't order Irish stew. Mr. Fogarty -All right, I won't, dear. Walther, fetch me ayther some Hiber- nian suey or Celtic goulash! -Puck. A Green Old Age. Mabel -And did your grandfather live to a green old age? Jack -Well, I should say sol He was swindled three times after he was seventy. s WHEN FASTING IS FATAL F MINNESOTA AZETTFI 1 HISTORICAL I_ SOCIETY. HASTINGS. MINN.. SATURDAY. MAY 16, 1908. Lees-ot Weight Below a Certain Point Brings Death. During a long fast the daily loos of weight becomes gradually leas and less. Death comes when the total loss has reached a certain percentage, which percentage varies with the original 'weight. Fat animals may lose half their weight, thinner ones perhaps two - fifth& A man or woman of rather spare habit, weighing 148 pounds, could, therefore, lose about fifty-five pounds before succumbing. Heart action, res- piration and blood pressure remain un- altered during starvation, but the tem- perature of the body falls nearly a de- gree In most cases. The secretion of gastric juice ceases, but saliva and bile are still formed. The duration of lite depends npoa the extent and activity of the physiological preemies. Children die after a fast of from three to five days, during which they have lost a quarter of their weight. Healthy adults, however, have fasted sixty days when water has been taken. A German pbysician notes the case of a woman, aged forty-seven, wdo died after a fast of forty-three days, during which she drank water freely. Her weight, which was 148 pounds a year before her death, was reduced to ninety-nine pounds. It was a case of suicidal melancholia, and the woman patiently carried out her horrible uu- dertaking so quietly as to scarcely at- tract the notice of her family and died at last calmly and peacefully without complaint or apparent evidence of suf- fering. WRITE IN SECRET. The Way Chinese Court Historians Do Their Work. There are court historians in China, as there are in other countries, but there is one striking difference, and it Hes in the fact that the work of the Chinese court historians does not see the light until the reigning dynasty comes to an end. In this way these Celestial historians have an opportunity to describe most truthfully the virtues and vices of the valorous rulers and the real signifi- cance of the events which take place during their regime. They can write what they please without fear of cen- sure, for they know that their work will not be published as long as the reigning dynasty lasts. This bas been the rule for more than 2,000 years, the first court historian having been appointed by the impe- rial house of Han, which reigned from 206 B. C. until 25 A. D. The duty of these historians is to write plain accounts of all the events that occur during their tenure of of- fice. At regular intervals their com- pleted work Is taken from them and is locked up in an iron safe or vault. There it remains until the first mem- ber of a new dynasty ascends the throne. It is then given with all the other histories in the vault to the court historian, who is then living, and from the mass of documents he is expected to prepare a truthful history of the dynasty which has just expired. Tortoise That Dreads Rain. The tortoise Is not an animal one would naturally fix upon as likely to be afraid of rain, but it is singularly so. Twenty-four hours or more before rain falls the Gallapagos tortoise makes for some convenient shelter. On a bright, clear morning when not a cloud is to be seen the denizens of a tortoise farm on the African coast may sometimes be seen heading for the nearest over- hanging rocks. When that happens the proprietor knows that rain will come down during the day, and, as a rale, it comes down in torrents. The 'ign never falls. This presenaatlon, or whatever you may call it, which exists in many birds and beasts, may be ex- plained partly from the increasing weight of the atmosphere when rain is forming, partly by habits of living and partly from the need of moisture, which is shared by alis Knew ilia Dickens. A third form boy in a city school be- longs to a family of Dickens worship- ers who have a kind of Dickens fellow- ship among themselves -read Dickens round the fireside in turns at night, quote Dickens In all sorts of little "fam- ily" catch phrases. The boy of nine took his place in the Scripture class recently, the lesson had been on the story of Uriah the Hittite, and the form master was driving it home by close questioning. "And what," he asked, "was the name of Uriah's wife?" Dead pause; then the voice of the youthful Dickens scholar piped, "Please, sir, Heep r' -London Chronicle. His Sufferings. "Your debts don't seem to worry you much." "That's where you wrong me," an- swered the genial but impecunious per- son. "I have a highly sympathetic na- ture, and I can't begin to tell you how It disturbs me to see my creditors so worried. Sometimes I almost wish they'd keep away!" -Washington Star. Making Trouble Pay. "What does you do when de wolf howl at de do'?" "Well, suh," replied Brother Wil- liams, "I mos' ingenrully sets a trap fer de wolf an' sells him ter a cir- cus." -Atlanta Constitution. Moderate Price His Only Resource. It used to be the rule to the navy that officers were required to defray traveling expenses out of their own funds, and upon reporting at the new station they were reimbursed from the United States treasury after the usual delay incident to "red tape." Unless officers had money put by it proved ex- tremely embarrasaing to have to meet the expenses of a long journey. Naval teems tell of an Incident that occurred some years ago, when a notably im- pecunious officer on duty in New York received orders to proceed to Sitka to join one of the ships of the Bering sea patrol squadron. The officer, who had no ready money and could not persuade any of his friends to make htm a loan, wrote a long letter to the secretary of the navy asking to be relieved of his orders or to be furnished with money to defray his traveling expenses. The secretary saw in the letter an attempt to get out of unpleasant duty, and a peremptory telegram ordered the oel- cer to proceed at once. He obeyed, first telegraphing as followat "Have proceeded in obedience to or- ders on foot. Next address Harris- burg." Needless to say, upon his arrival in Harrisburg he found a telegram au- thorising him to draw travel money In advance.-Lippincott's Magazine. Yale "Spoon Men.' For many years down to 1872 the wooden spoon was the most coveted honor of a Yale course. It did not necessarily indicate the highest schol- arship, but it was voted by the gradu- ating class to the moat popular man. The "spoon man" of a class was its hero, according to the Hartford Cou- rant The other boys loved him, and he was almost invariably a person who justified that affection. The list of "spoon men" would include some of the most eminent of Yale graduates. There were nine members of each class selected by their classmates, and these were known as "cocks," which is short and English for "cochleaureati." To one of these nine was awarded the spoon, and they all joined in a public performance called the wooden spoon exhibition, at which the ceremony of presentation was gone through with all the wit that a college class could mas- ter. The last "spoon man" was Robert B. Lea of Nashville, Tenn., of the class of '71. 'He died years ago in Paris. Tricky Maoris. There was quite a large influx of Europeans at the opening of a public hall in one of the Taranaki villages The Maoris seemed to have developed a craze for "change." Visitors were approached by a Maori iu this wise: "You got two single ehtllln' and t, Ikipenny for to half crown?" And tin change would be given. Others want ed two sixpences for a shilling, 2 abii kings for a florin, and so on. By and by came dinner time. The visitor. trooped in and enjoyed their feed. A collection was taken up. Not a soul o' them had anything smaller than 2 shilling piece. That's how the "chilli of nature" got home on the civilized product. Mapmaking. The earliest maps of which we hue any knowledge were made In Egypt. They were wooden tablets, on which were traced land and sea, roads, rivers, highways, etc. Marinus of Tyre. 150 A. D., was the first to attempt a map on scientific principles. The maps in use by the Greeks and Romana were fairly accurate, so far as they went, but those In use during the middle ages were alarmingly Inaccurate. It is only within recent years, say since the middle of the last century, that 1t was possible to make a complete and reliable map of the world, and even yet the best map is subject to slight changes. -New York American. He Saw. "Fer 2 cents," said the boy with the dirty face, "I'd knock ye dowel" "Here's de 2 cents," said the boy with ragged trousers, tossing the coins at his feet and squaring oft belliger- ently. "Now come on an' try it, dura ye!" "Wot's de nee?" rejoined the other boy, picking them up and backing away. "Ain't no sense in knoekin' a feller down w'en ye kin git de mun ourn 'Im widont dofn' It See?" --Chi- cago Tribune. Looking For Light. "Do yon think Biggins would make a good husband?" asked the coosdes- tfons youth. "Why do you ask?' inquired the gtri in surprise. "Because if you think such a fool u Bliggins could manage It I have a good mind to take a chance myself."- Washington yself "- Washington Star. She Didn't Undersand. His Way. "Can you tell your premed D'unce's First Broker -I hear it's been touch ring?" inquired the rowaatie girl as the and go with poor old Carter. Second doorbell sounded. Ditto -Yes, he touched me for a dollar "Why, certainly," answered bat prat} this morning and went.-Harper's tical friend. "Ws the newest of tate Weakly. - lot"-jrt rnaL Rennbltc. •1 per Year Ia Advasee. BROKE UP THE ARMY. A Mean Trick That Demoralised the Haitian Troops. When not fighting or drinking the Haitian negro spends his time lying in the sun smokingtnnumerabte ciga- rettes. All over the Island the roads made originally by, the Spanish and French have fallen into ruin, and the thick forests in the interior are peo- pled by depraved savages. A story told byeilf. Sandham, the Iwell known Ameridenextist. illustrates the then state of disc :,line which pre- vailed among the 8,(00 ruffians who bore tbe courtesy tltle1 of "the army." ' Mr. Bandhatn and as Irish . friend who reside in the Island were one day watching the commandeer%otthe Hai- tian army reviewing his' tops. "Would you like to see me break up tbe whole lot?" asked the Irishman. "Of course." replied the artist. The Irishman then took five silver coins from his pocket and, with a load shout, threw them up in the air. In- stantly the whole army leaped forward and scrambled for the money, the com- taandauta himself securing the first three pieces. After pocketing them with dignity and restoring order among. his men he ordered the Irishman to be arrested for -bringing discredit on the army. The Irishman was sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment, but five pieces of silver and a bottle of rum se- cured his instant release. BLACK FOREST CUSTOMS. Youngest Son Inherits Property and Cares For the Old Folks. The peasant farms of the Black for- est are handed down from father to son In a direct line, often dating back 400 yeah, says Antiquary. There is no division u 1n France. All falls to the heir, only here It is not the eldest, but the youngest son, who inherits. It is rare that a bur (peas- ant) dies as reigning head. When be gets on In years he abdicates '1n or- der to end his days In the leibgedinge- haus (dower house), which stands be- side each hof (eteading). That he does so In favor of bis youngest son is very sensible. Were It the elder ho would have no peace, for as soon as he married he would try to induce his parents to retire just at an age when power Is sweetest and beet exercised. For this reason the practical farmers of bygone genera- tions decided to hand over the succes- sion to the youngest, since when Benja- min Is a full grown man father Jacob is old and glad to rest. This law of inheritance goes by the name of vortel. Should the heir of his own free will desire to resign in favor of his elder brother the latter must buy the property from him. In such a cane the younger may be termed a kind of Esau. Birds That Fight Eagles. In Foula, one of the Shetland `is- lands, the natives make a business of rearing skau gulls in order to rid the island of the eagles that congregate there and commit many depredations. The magnificent red sandstone cliffs that skirt the northwestern coast be- came a favorite haunt of the eagles, and in this Inaccessible spot they in- creased so rapidly that they became a terror to the farmers and fishermen who dwell on this isolated spot The skau gulls aro also strong and fierce and the Inveterate foes of the eagle. In battle the gulls are nearly always victorious, and so the inhabitants of Ponta hit upon the novel plan of feed- ing and caring for the skau gulls, which, though formidable to their feathered enemies, are very peaceful and docile when brought in contact with man. A Delicious Custard. The recipe for this delicate dessert has been handed down in my family for many generations: Into each indi- vidual custard cup put the yolk of one egg, add one heaping teaspoonful of sugar, two gratings of nutmeg and five tablespoonfuls of sweet milk. Incorpo- rate thoroughly and set the cups in a pan of hot water. Bake in a moderate oven until firm. When cool, cover with a meringue, using the whites of the eggs for this pdrpose, and allow one tablespoonful of powdered sugar to the white of each egg. Through the very tiptop of each snowy mound drop a teaspoonful of orange marmalade. -De- lineator. Ins and Outs, "What's that noise?' asked the vis- itor in the apartment house. "Probably some one In the dentist's apartments on the floor below getting a tooth out" "But this seemed to come from the flOW above." "Ah, then it's probably the Popieys' baby getting a tooth In." -Philadelphia Pram What They Said. Maybe It didn't mean just what to the casual listener it seemed to mean, but this is what the farmer was over - beard to say to his wife as they looked over tbe market reports in the daily paper: "Well, M'ria, hogs Is up, an' that means we're wuth a good deal more today'n we was ylsterday."-Chicago News. The Mee Men. "Atter all, It's the wise man who can cbangt bis opinion." "But the wisest men simply can't do !t," "Why not?" "Because they've been dead for rprs,"-Oatbollc Standard and Times. 1N� POWDER Absolutely Pure The onl & baring powder wade with Royal Drape Cava= of Tartar Ns Alem, No Limo Phosphate Th. French Tramp. The vagabond who is kin to the wolf Is a special product of civilization. You do not meet him in England or Germany, though something like him exists among the halt yellow Slays of Russia. Ile is eminently Latin. In ev- ery sense of the word he is a rebel against society. He has bad some ed- ucation -few Frenchmen can escape It He has read a little, perhaps enough to kindle his brain of a wolf, and he has two alms in life -to live the free life of the wolf on the hill and to in- jure as much as he ens that great, monstrous, law driven machine, civili- zation. The lonely farmhouses are de- fenseless ngalnst him. When all are busy afield he creeps in and pillages. If need be he kills. He has a distinct hatred for those who work and garner. As he passes he Ares the hayricks - barns and buildings go up in smoke. That is where the Latin sbowe in him. Once out of the law he Is an anarch. So long as he is cross tied in innumer- able acts of parliament the Latin is merry and amiable. When the ropes are or he makes revolution -or fires hayricks. -Vance Thompson in Outing Magazine. Gave It In Full. An old Scottish minister took It Into his head to marry his housekeeper. His precentor being 111 on the day when the banns were to be proclaimed, the minister, not caring to make the intimation himself, arranged with his herd boy to do it "Now," he said, "you just call out in n loud voice, 'Proc- lamation of marriage between the Rev. Mr. Murray of this pariah and Jean Lowe o' the same 1' Ila, hal" laughed the minister as be concluded. "Who'd hae thocht Itt" The Sabbath came round, and the congregation assembled. When the moment arrived the lad, who had duly prepared himself, rose and called out: "Proclamation of marriage between the Rev. Mr. Murray of this parish and Jean Lowe o' the same! Ha, hal" he laughed, thinking this to be a part of the proclamation. "Wha'd hae thocht It?" The effect on the min- ister and the congregation can be imag- ined. Two Waterloos. It is a very curious fact that a good many people do not know that two battles were fought at Wnterloo. Both of these were fought against the French, the first under the command of the Duke of Marlborough on Aug. 17, 1706, who on this date actually oc- cupied the same ground as the Duke of Wellington did a little more than a century later, June 17, 1815, the only difference being that the former was marching on Brussels and the latter was marching from Brussels. In the first battle the French were defending Brussels. They marched out to meet Marlborough, but owing to the slack- ness on the pkrt of Schlangenburg, the Dutch general, who was fighting with him, it was not a success, Marlborough only taking a few of the French troops as prisoners. The following one, fought against Napoleon by Welling- ton, proved to be one of the greatest victories ever recorded In the annals of England. Couldn't Be Divided, In Felix Moscheles' "Fragments, of an Autobiography" occurs the follow- ing: Mme. Schumann was wanted to play at a little musical reunion, but she did not respond. Mr. Moscheles was deputed to approach her. "Was she Inclined to play?" "Particularly disinclined," was the discouraging response. The envoy tried again and mention- ed ber husband's "Oernaval." "One part I particularly love, the 'March of the Davidsbundier.' If 1 could only hear you play just that page or two!" This roused her. "Page or two, in- deed!" she cried. "Wenn man de 'Car - naval' aplelt, apielt man ihn guns." (When one plays the "Carnavai," one must play t' alt.) And she played the whole. Still Cool. Hook -I understand be married a cool million. Cook -Yes, but be's com- plaining now because he hunt been able to thaw out any of it. -Illustrated B1I* Learn to unlearn what you lave learned amiss.--Germsa Proverb. He Wanted to Burn Them. Husband (looking up from his paper) -What asses men can make of them- selves! Wife -What is the matter now, dear? H. -I am looking at the love lettere in this breach of promise case. W. -Are they interesting? H. -Interesting? They are abeolutely sickening. Hear this: "My dear ducky," "My lovely dovey." Ha, ha, ha! W. (demurely) -It does sound rather foolish, doesn't it? H. (with a burst of laughter)-Fooi- Ish? Idiotic, you mean. It's the worst nonsense imaginable. To think that any man in his senses could write such stuff as this: "I send you a mil- lion kisses, my goosie pooale, sweety peety!" Iia, ha, ha! W. -Perhaps he loved her when he wrote those letters. H. -Suppose he did! Is that any ex- cuse for writigg such bosh? W. -Yes, it should be. Here are some letters I found today when looking over my old relics -relics of courtship. They are very foolish, but very pre cioua to me, I assure you. They are your letters. One of them begins, "My ownest own preclousest little ducky darling, my" - H. (hastily) -That will do. Put them in the are. -London Scrape. Gunpowder. The explosion of gunpowder is divid- ed Into three distinct stages, called the ignition, inflammation and combustion. The ignition is the setting on fire of the first grain, while the inflammation is the spreading of the flame over the surface of the powder from the point of ignition. Combustion is the burn- ing up of each grain. The value of gunpowder is due to the fact that when subjected to sufficient heat it be- comes a gas which expands with frightful rapidity. The so called ex- plosion that takes place when a match is touched to gunpowder is merely a chemical change, during which there is a sudden evolution of gases from the original solid. It has been cal- culated that ordinary gunpowder on exploding expands about 9,000 times or fills a space this much larger as a gas than when in a solid Corm. When this chemical change takes place in a closed vessel the expansion may be made to do a work. like that of forcing a projectile along the bon of the great gun or test tube in the line of least resistance. Why Snow 1s Whits. The reason snow is white is that all the elementary colors are blended to- gether in the radiance that L thrown off from the surface of the crystals, which may be examined to such a way as to detect these colon before they are mingled together to give the eye the impression of whiteness. The whiteness of the snow is also in some degree referable to the quantity of air which is left among the Irma partl- cies. Consklorably more than a thou- sand distinct forms of snow crystals have been enumerated. These minute crystals and prisms reflect all the com- pound rays of which white light con- sists. Pink and various other tints may be seen reflected from sheets of snow under certain angles of sunshine. 8a much light is reflected by snow in the day that the eyes often stiffer from it and enough is given in the night to guide the traveler In the absence of artificial light or moonlight Chicago Tribune. Insomnra. "DM you try counting 1.000 sheep, u I told you?" "Yes, doe. But then I got to figuring what I could get for 'em by the pound at present prices, and after that I just couldn't go to sleep."--Kaosas City Journal His lead. Hawkins -How's Henpeck getting on gine his marriage? He used to vow that no woman a aid ever get ahead of him. Hagg -Oh, he's still kea4t & 1 suppose, but she's bebind-bgldtog the reins. --London Tit -Bib. A Twisted Answer. "Don't you ever get b emeekk, cap- tain?' asked the passenger on the ocean llaer. "No; I`m sever home hog enough," • cap .seba--ulrlla 161lii Praia HE PRISON BIRD. this African Beauty Seals His Mate Up In the Nest. The pecullarity of the prison bird, a feathered beauty of Africa, is that he is the most tyrannical and jealous of husbands, imprisoning his mate throughout her nesting time. Living- stone watched the bird's habits while in Monpour and In his subsequent ob- servations referred to the nest as a prison and the female bird as a slave. Tho nest Is built In the hollow of a tree through an opening in the bark. As soon as 1t :s completed the mother bird enters carefully and fearfully and settles down in 1t Then papa walls up the opening, leaving only just space enough for air and food to pass through. He keeps faithful guard and brings food at regular intervals without fail. The female thrives under her enforced retirement. But if the prison bird is killed or in any other way prevented from fulfilling his duties the mother and her little ones mast die of starva- tion, for she cannot free herself from bondage. Normally the imprisonment lasts un- til the chicks are old enough to fly. Then the male bird destroys the bar- rier with his beak and liberates his family. "It is charming," writes Liv- ingstone, "to see the joy with which the little prisoners greet the light and the unknown world." TOBACCO POISON. If You Must Smoke, Puff Your Cigar or Pipe Leisurely. That it is much more injurious to smoke quickly than slowly la the con- clusion arrived at by two Austrian scientists after careful study and ex- periment The two professors -Dr. Liebermann and Dr. Davidovits -tested pieces of cotton which had been placed in the mouthpieces of pipes and cigar holders and found them covered with yellow- ish brown flecks. These were found to be of a tarry nature, produced dur- ing the process of combustion, and highly poisonous. It was found also that two cigars of the same brand and strength often produced differing degrees of discolora- tion of the cotton. Further investiga- tion showed that these differences were due to the length of time occupied In smoking. The same weight of tobacco smoked in five minutes produced near- ly three times as many yellowish brown spots as if it were smoked in fifteen minutes. The professors there- fore concluded that a rapid smoker inhales a much larger quantity of poisonous substance, to the consequent injury of his health, than does his more phlegmatic colleague. -Pall Mall Gazette. Horses and Music. Horses are particularly sensitive to music. Guenoe, who carefully studied the matter, quotes the following curt- ous fact: "In 1892 the Fifty-eighth reg- iment of infantry was making a mili- tary test march when the music struck up. The young horse of Captain De R. hastened forward and placed itself, in spite of its rider, behind the last rank of the musicians. Then it followed peacefully, giving obvious signs of pleasure. "When the music ceased the captain was able to resume his place at the head of his company, but the band struck up again, and the horse, not- withstanding the efforts of Oaptaln De R., galloped ahead and once more placed itself behind the musicians. This happened every time the band Played.,, L1oms have been found to listen with marked joy to the piano. They appre- ciate the top notes and the medium, but roar terribly when the bass keys are struck loudly. -Paris Revue. Hs,- Sweet Revenge. Difficult subjects require careful handling, and for this reason a room clerk at a woman's hotel must have special qualifications. One of the many applicants to approach a clerk of this class was a young, prepoesessin4 wom- an, who, a few days ago, walked to the desk and beettatingly asked if a room could be had at a moderate price. "Would you like a room at a dollar and a half a day?" With a startled look she replied, "I want one at $8 a week." "We have rooms at that price, but none vacant You can see that the office is full of guests, and it is not probable that we shall have such a room as you desire until one of our guests dies -or gets married." Sweeping the office with her eyes, the young woman re- plied sweetly, "Oh, then, it is hope- kessl"-New York Tribune. Changed Accompaniment. One can hardly be expected to have "music in his soul" when there is dis- cord in his stomach. Husband -What wu that you were playing, my dear? Wife -Did you like It? It wu lovely -the melody divine, the harmony exquisite!" "It is the very thing I played last evening, and you said it was horrid." "Weil, the steak was burned last evening." -Stray Stories. Pretty Bad. Boston Bill -I'm getting weary of this blue, nomadic, peripatetic exist- ence. Aren't you, pal? Omaha Bed (aft- er recovering)--Wby-er-you see, Bill, it never struck me in dat light before. Is It really as bad u all dat?-Pack. The total area of Africa is estimated at . about 11,11001000 SOUS Bdles, of which Great Bdtaln urns 4,7]1{.010 Mean atilee.