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Show THE n Y '1 0:: r.A'TTNTTT, OC.nrx, ITAIT, MOTVNTNTI f mm. ''Vrvt..'r, Story of the Spar o !;:! Genius That Would flat a . -.- I The Greater u n by Frank Lilli 1904, Copyright, Hr. ji 3 i:---.- -' g.Asg.ii., - made I. is Why t. a seal .e t ir table. Jinisay lu.d lieaid f 111'1., r.r I e tdilor of i'f -- v di.dism the aP" the Gray in ur.syiulsihv New Ye.;., ip. i Ey FRANK Gain eliled LILLIE POLLOCK i, V4t-- . 4) i . n-- ! 44 - i;.:-;i;- ,d $ . V li.i 1 x.1 llie S.. iiiiuis 'l,;i-swum will. Anii ufirst. hd Yimki-on t be Savoy mul bad io r with Anuli. a two Jir.rs dcvailcu-v.'ii.-w ti h ditlie ,is minutive i:i::gjzne. In " .li i..ine but mil n,. e.l i.r the tne most aiibtlc and 'Mi.ed in exvidt of llie fM 'V ruse were press thiniselics. Then u,i i ,, n mueli e !!. of of the app'ar.iin ilm, m in ie uhuiit him, liuwever, as b. piavely siud- d Fullork ' wit li Ylahcriin1 i.lhflhilii e to M;:. t. s-- !i . UB fortnight following hla wife' death pumuiI very slowly to Waller Llndcay. professor of English literature and language at the college Cliy. lie of Raim-srdid no lecturing Indeed, lie waa about to resign hla chair and lie diug-- , empty daya In the tll, twenty-on- e 7V uf til po ail Iona. He had to Ida friend and condolence ' woman's deuih meant tend tliut He waa iidna braidea emandliation. Tnn.-te rail li himself even thinking auck. He rejoined, but in mental ' " of these h alllj in the liiidat by the strong and be ..nue of physical bereaveinent-t- hc removal of wliat had so lung been of Hf W l endured. Tlie ainell IfemwoU! lingered In the silent rooms; aoineilni.B tlmt he could still p Mintd as he had Been for live years, hla In an (iUi,ig by the atuve, wrapped Mnd spitting Into a folded aiiiiily aim1. l aafpuper In her ip. had never de- Hii liimiry anibltloii him. tliough for the last decade lie mg little time and lea heart for aftual work- - But he laid always tried to He remembered t)ie flame alight. hud thought ednie when hisnotfrieinla beyond hla reach, prlu-IV bln1'1even now a niaii'a lie only forty-on- e Lit igr- I'ndiT the atimulua or untlcipu-L- n he got cut liia old nutnuacripta and tnid hi rturl something new, but he could Mtlr hi mind to no auatulned effort, lie Irijmiicd begluiiing work till lie should L writ n (tied in New York, and he hi friend Kuaacll to meet him Mthrfrrry on Thursday. Tbeie waa a youthful sense of advrn-Ih- n in the Journey, the longest he hud ginbruiki'n fur leii years, but during its fcitiT half lie became very weary and gfjl till be was uruused by the tinal stok gi lb ferryboat put out ho went to the Iowa and watched the aky line of the city, it had changed much since he hod Now Jagged, towering, DM ft last. breathing In gaspa of aicain, it uinaul an bleu, almost a passion. Unit hr did not comprehend, but that thrilled him at the same time that it liupresaed bin with an unexpected timidity. (Why, he'a an old min!" waa RuaaeU's rg kotTifled mental exclamation as he muffct sight of the lean, stooping figure n the black coat und buggy trouaers, the pillwr sunken eyes and the wisps of fad-t- d hair on the temples, lie had seen hla Id rlaiimate only once alnee Lindsay M gone to ImllHna. and hla memory had always been of the brilliant youth whose Inutiable Intellectual curiosity and range ) thought had seemed to mark him for distinction. I fed certain that I can do better work bne than 1 have ever done. There la Seething stimulating, exciting, about a mat dig. Don't you And It so?" said briar, And he started nervously as ga derated train roared overhead. . 1 night If one didn't have to keep up With the race," said Russell dryly, "Have fM brought any manuscripts with you? "A few, mostly old ones. You know I Int sot bad much time for writing during the last few years. Of course," he tnt on, hesitating a little, "you know a rt-rti- ie how It has been, an. I n.ay t,,y tlmt I do not fed thui 1 huic l.u.1 any thing by it,. and I would do it all oier agiiu uiuli-- r tlie same ciivunisuin. Tin-r- e may liave liecn some loss of time, but I fnl sure there has been a greater gain. It' been goml for me; 1 nt full iif Ideas, and a man needs mellowing a little before be can do his last work. Don't you lliink so? liut bow have you been getting on? You never wrote me inuih Hbout yniiraclf." They liud turned aeross Washington squaru und up the avenue to Kievenlh Billet, where Russell slopja'd nt lust. Oh. fairly enough In my small way," lie said, fumbling fur bis latchkey, - as - warm, uilor r habitation. The liaphuxurd disorder Jailed on Lindsay's unmis-lukahliahJt of pleeis ion. but ft uf work, und la- - rcepocud It for tlmt. Only he said us he waslu-- off the coni dust of the train, 1 suppose this is Bohemia." Bussell looked at the end of tlie ciga-rrlt- u lie lind inechunicully lighted as if tl disagreed whh Mm. Oh, yes. inis is Bohemlu, lie answered. But lhiliemla, to lie any Rood, has put tu oe wiihiii you, lilie tlie kingdom of heal m. And ll' a young man's country, Lindsay. We've got no bushiirs lu it. Tu it man of forty Bohemia simply means poverty. If he hasn't gone over to Iliilis-lin- a he's made a liy that age It's liitanriii f.dlnrr. liegaii this way because 1 liked It. and now 1 can't gel uwuy. Of course, Its nnmintlc to be perpetually down to your bottom dollar, but one kc'.h awfully tired of tulilu d'hote and furnished nsans. I've lieeii trying for live yeurs In ueeiiiiiiiVtte money enough to get a little place of my own somewhere in the eoiiuiry, where 1 cun keep my lsiks Mild things and live like a real Individual, blit 1 cm n't nielli to manage it." l.liuisiiy meditated iikni this with some iiBionislinieiit. But 1 thought that you luol made a success'' Not so much as you think. A novel or two, a laiuk of verse and an ocean of hack work iliai't make a mail's fortune, and Ni-- York is tlie most expensive city In llie world to lire in. I've turned out several millions uf words, but must of It's not much good nor very well paid, li s all done at too high pressuie, l'ke everything In this meiroiHilis. But you cniiM slop; you've gnwlu kii.p turning It nut. 'Your story or your life, says the public, uud If you don't give them the one they'll take tlio caller. Man, in this place It's brute force that counts." I.tudsuy eslablii liid himself in a smaller room on ihe sumo floor uf llie house, where In could have the hcnrll t of Ills friend's nuiiiscl anil the use uf his typewriter, und lie BM'iil the rest of the afternoon in unistcking und settling himself, Bussell was writing hard aud mado no Hpiwuraiicc till evening,, when he cuino in lu take Lindsay nut to dinner, We'll go to Zlnfandi-l'place," ho said. It's cheap; It's got as much Bohemian color as anywhere, and you'll probably uee some men there whom It will be useful to know." The big basement restaurant was full of men wlien limy arrived, the cigarette smoke was already curling up, there was a rutile of dishes and convcraatlun, and above tlie noise sounded tlio frequent Kin! inysterluiis calls of tlio waiters, Zwei! Drci!" to some unseen auditor. They miiiiiigtd to find a vacant table, and Lindsay was immediately plunged into a bewilderment among the German dishes on the menu and fell back upon the resource of ordering who lever Russell did. .It must lie something like a German Quart ler Lntln, he thought. He felt that he ought to enjoy It hugely, but the rapid fire of talk and laughter was disconcerting to u man accustomed to lake his meals In extreme quiet, and he Would greatly have preferred tea with milk and siger to the rppaiently compulsory beer. exclaimed RusAh, theres sell, gesticulating to a late comer, who uudded over ths intervening heads and ly - - s I THOrC.HT THAT YOU MADE A SUCCESS." HAD thy strength so ahull' thy day bn here. Here, you know. Ive lost a good many iUuRiona about niy own genius, and I've come to have mure respect for a ot boiler than 1 once had. 1 never wuhld have believed it once, but I really dont suppose 1 ever bad It In me to write a Hamlet.1 You were always tlie man with the sacred tire. Coins along this way. Tlie lull building consisted mostly of studios, and Russell occupied a much windowed room at the bitter end of a norrow staircase of many flights. Kook and sheets of manusiTfpts were shuffled about everywhere; there were truplcal posters on the walls, mixed with scraps of sketches and photographs, and a diffused suggestion of tobacco mado a ' vei.il I mu's irml lrieiuls iluiili.llee. B'.ibm. U l.e ill upon his -- juke p'i.:i ihe he1 10 blit mid win not to t ml thru ll.i-i- ir . Ils wrote is promptly tore up Hie shci-lrail over arum, and iv plei.s. d l ii'i s lii'i-IM.i in ids luisiii-oi:- s day he sp .lcr, nml su s-- n-- r hi tlie talk, )plgi-.ito show that he u..a ii..t tin- raw eolM.br lie nusM oui.ul-d spie..r. Aluiusl sUoe las tip uv.iliiiudiiiotis rear of ihe siicet: lie s'uuked one of Jhixscil's Kgiplian and the lull, heety lUuir of I he sue ike- - he had not louelud iolm(,,o lor aiiollur of Ihe sensations yen Hl.il llie Ur hie piinnised so abiiud.imly. Lindssy could uul slup for hours slier lie went to but. lii.vsieul fatigue, the the novelty of bis lale cxpeii-nce- s. dial lie was oiiioiiiik at lust llie. las of real the eli lled struggle lipill )ii overt. ixcil r.erves. mul there We) a depressing nndriviirreiit of ubirni at tne eonipleMly anil rpn-- of Ihe strange upon which he had easl tliriioif. Then niiiio a luoiiii'inary nil.iek of a f wliiih lie li.id isiii'V ni malady from set tin- - it twinge of hniiicsn kness. -ordou-s le:n rhnosl physical, lor the i. lid rrgiilur life of tlie town, when- - a time table of col me arranged Ins du). wbete nery one sunaul lifni und wln-rliis sabry was pun) quarterly. Russell had advised Inin to hull uuout for a low days till In- - should liogm to l he loaf.-- ussulii-uiislnt Inline, mul iicki op and down liniMdway tinm Mad. tkill-ryison siiusre tu llie along tin1 water front anil in that amtiziiig whnl-potil il swills il.illy round the plaoli lower of Trhiilv ilniroh. lie was mil nilli'h tln ieby. The liii.iuill of eiieigies eiiinued Ids nervous anil liainnieivil imo his soul tin' system seme of the lerrilir of the lace for exisleave here win re the race was l Ihe strong. The Idea of fiiliiie overt nek him wilh u spei i. s of terror. He hii mod to sec Imnself f.ili'i'.g In Heath an uvnluni-hof he knew not w!i:,l ftliliv and slmmiiiHbls but ull bur ii resistible forces. He had not undo nun It piiigiVMi to v, aid feeling at a hoiiie. hill lie beg. in lu desire lu Isi nt work willimil further waxl!- uf Ihe precious time. to go In Ziiifanilel's that lie ulglil, for ho lisd ilisvaiveroil an cm Hug limisc uii Sixth avenue where you got a dinner for 20 cents, wlilt a 10 wr t rediietion on thkets, and lie llie cxiiviiio neoesKily lor s. tin Bussell went Ills McUann at the diwr, aloiie. Mini, tlu-went in tug tlii-r. Whcro'a ymir friend?" Inqulreil tlis edI like a man with eonvfclhniH. itor. niuku you feel like lhNBu't Ills pri llie Idlest of ileiinulivs objects a mere flower, u lil He violet'." I'll tell you wliat ll diw-- s do. It liiakos iin- - inad!" ejaculated Russell, Yoil sitting lip Hiui furgetling Ills soup. and lJiulsiiy arc my oiliest friends, 1 supI wouldn't tell tills to any one pose, and else, hut, by Jove, It's wurlh telling, lie In the same class at Yale, and and I everybody thought tliere was no end to his genius. Oh. I know what a college reputation is! lint 1 tell you he turned out a story or two and some poem tliut the best mail living mightn't liave been ashamed to sign. He hud things In the best magazine, and Ids style had Just that brightness that alway makes a hit, We had always cherished tlie plan of setor in Boston and writing tling down for all wc worn won It, but he gol umr-rie- il a year after lie graduated, and 1 lutd to do II alone. 1 knew his wife before lie did. Kill- - was a pretty little blond thing, genteel, private school, personally conducted to K il rope and an on. Hlie read up all tlie lAteat lssika lo talk alsiut them and thought she would like to have a salon. Why she nmrrit-- him Itesven only bclb-von she waa knows. Ids future. They hadn't any money, and of cuurso he couldn't risk any such a game of chance as literature when he had a wife to luok after she wasn't the woman tu hack Mill up In a fight so he got a sort of professorship In a wrelrlu-little school in Banu'scs. Uuod God!" InterBamctw. Indiana. . polated the dccaib-ntHe wua going to hold it for only two or so- -Mild Hied - lii-j- e:ua-leli.- b ell !.- fill, Tupie.1 i ,11 he k" ilmaigli. rd iiiehiud to p.iieiie tlie XeliiKiy subjeel am turthi-- r wu-- u 1., stepp'd, hut juia-e- d lanvis.i. iliislied wiili hi ileavuui l.iigely conn- vust, lait ver sulci for am.i.i c.iih. ife mill1 h.nl tune to p iiiih his wi'iu-g- . diet liiiii I. is iv Hi's i il l!ie un Iasi limps gsve mil. Inis loili plug ivrsing along ill ciiii . Ill-: M.c Willi alt lo pic-cav soli alwss iIihi wlien aliMhing J slui must iv have anil fsliey rung, gel bssl. He yin picttysiT-- liifhcjli. tu m Hie iiurM-mul i.l loi.hin'i Many i licit ti,.n wri el tiling, und of coiiihc lie hail lie in.ik-save kiitl u'l tlie ininicV In l. a wniil, you lie never w liimicrc.l lull lu- - must have been iruipled tell elioilgll IO llidl. 111! was Siniling ,t his life amt not doiiig her sny gmsl, for lirr peof-lweic not hkii anil would liave i.ik-- n in a iniiiiiic. Bui he didn't mink lii.il wva.lil be rigid. 1 don't sup-is- c lie was ever much cl a success as a hand the work loo much but tciuhi lie sin;. d wi'.li it. and tile maiu tiling nut k- - pi biin alive was llie idea that all mi w..s dii ipliiu- ami gviod for him. Is it nv wonder liial lie's siiung on the inornliiy of art? Ills wife died last inmiili. and lure he is. You've seen him. 9lci',.iii!i. Hicics a man who slartcd out brain amt more of them tlian wnh oii or I ever will hale, and now lie's will. In's a cheap scisMiiinastcr. lie's mauo a sdcrltn a of hiiiiscll, aibl the lire lhice years s, cur-rci- him-sel- . r. I: was ii"t particularly o igui.il, tmd ll iv:.s eolernl wall me k. ..1 n- - i ruiii'.y uf tin- - mill i who o lievi-- s i i .11 Ins eunvie-l.i.i.- B "R&ttjndie s i iiiidcr-Mum- In-- r lic - r cxp-rh'iic- - min-uiulxii- ig g McCann looked as if lie thought the was lu no danger from such Intrusion. and ethics," It'S the old question-a- rt a little wearily. he was no Rut that merely alistnirt question to Lindsay, lie had Ihoualit lisiu it to cxhiiustlon. The Justification of his wluile conduct ot lire hung upon Its answer. Rnd he enlvn-upon a statement of the necessary and essential morality of art and, ns a foinllary. of tlio artist. olnH-rve- e d uni-sid- e b-- yi-n- -n With agn-c- tlie editorial deci- sions; ha aaid that ha wouldn't print such stuff in a nuigdxlne uf Ids own. But lit knew tlmt he could do heller: he knew Hint lie hud Ideas that were novel anil into airlktnif, and lie plunged dcspcrau-lwork again, ready to liave dissected Ilia own heart If it could have taught him the lost secret a nf Ids craft. Five days later Bussell came Into his friend's psmi uml saw tlm waMchiisket Mtuiuiliig In llie middle uf the floor, cruin-tne- d with torn paper to the brim, l.ind-sa- v was hn lluilii, old nuiu! Mluit have you been lie rrml. doing?" JJmlsny t u rued up a eoloriess face. viigiiely. but with an Wliy. lie 1 the tlciiiit si dignified buck." faet Is, fin going "fining buck? hasn't Yes. to Raineses. My definitely apisiiub'd yet. 1 learn, uml I can liuvu my uld l'lacc back at ah u sllghliy rcdiici-i- i sulary. lfa no use, Bussell: you must liuvc seen it. 1 rsn't work nt lilgli pressure any more. If I could liave done siiyllilug. It's tuo lain now. 1 mipmh 1 can do my eolhgs work. T ain't fancy, though, that I'm going hack from a mistake to tlie real work of iny life. I never liked teaching, and I l tuke ine never waa any good. Itti'k liecaiisc 1 was tliere so long, blit on or liuulirra there won't be processions Ihe campus at my return. Hut It'a lbs 'only thing IIihi I ran do. I you see. I had always bull! my beat hopes uu something else." H looked at Russell, and there was absolutely nothing to be said. Bussell went to tile depot next evening and saw him off. It seemed tu he an gray hslrcd older, iiioi stooped, nun figure than hud come, lie could have wept or cursiil from sheer rage and pity.no I'nor devil! he muttered bitterly d he was being carried hack up street, lias he lost the world and gained hla own soul, or Is it the oilier ' W:iV or Iihs ho lost both? The car stopis-d- , and Russell got off. ItroHilway. si rung, triumphant, thundered and flared before him. l II was tlm visible New York mood; expression nf Ihe typb-aIts presence colored Russell's ihouglit. S Tliere most slwivys have town a in hint," be said tu himself, awaitIt led him to his marriage; ing Ills car. it posed as stern momlily all his life; it made lilm throw up tlm sisuige Imre. Did r him? Did he we always ever really liave the strength tu reach 1 wonder." auu-ntsii Thi-y'l- ivi-r- 1 - n r muguxiiie 1 -- . dii-ilm- In-r- liiiii-lic- d lla quite std sec-wh- - n Felii-slie- name he recognised. Isn't that the man who liaa Just come out Willi a new version of Umar, In or something?" The wild Ah, yes." aaid Russell. as stsmiM o'er his head, but cannot break Ids sleep. But hi- - can do bully translation sometimes, lad you sen bis version of lai Cilia. Morta?" liAnmmiio's, Isn't li? No. I don't read D'Annunslo. 1 ain muihlo to moral and physienl pcrv'lqjfion and disea iu should pose as literature 4ven"-- Interrupted Gui II. Von must lint any those things to Mrtiiiiin. He won't let you cunlrihiile to his iniigu-xliie-." liu-ir- s n ol led the bill of furs short, d.irk, full faced and brown Imsrdi-d- , Willi Koinctliing of the sir of n Jovial mediaeval monk. Lindsay fell a Utile shy about Joining In the conversation that felluwed, nun-- t of which whs upon men und local literary mutters ls yond his know bilge. Anxious to say something, he caught at tlie first a Very long ihr. d, fur in lie tumid it uiiiis inb- - t.v : out mere tlian a cuiii-i-- nf t'oi'iMiial wnid tii.il salinltod him. ILf sa-n-t llie next two days on il, und the two ulltr lout,sh.--and i r the siury was . finally ly form ful vc of iniisch-- but in its t oiiipb-i-.set cuii-ainf n it pew ll lu him to faults q'ihe us i il as l!on-i-- of tlifl iir' ll nsido it rail. Si hi disgoKi he inr-v- v and resolved lu break il: Ilia h.ind iqiuii c. wh:ch he deJuvenile story of tidvenLiirr, signed as a put buih-i'- . Tins came harder yet. for iL was pn- nuiT.itlvr. and In iuluse thilinn, spirit into it sunnedil and copied it ou tlm he did finish Huhm-1It and menial!)' t il 'wuudcii." but IL went into pronouui-i-the mail bnx Hint (V.iiIiib, So. thus lau clod, l.indsay fought Ills light, it was i ivd Mild bitter, fur on stood the , 'iirrcr of failure, uf tlnuii-- t IhI failure. III New Yolk, sml lid lo a man unaccustomed to rt-- k Is lui.ilty uf ineiilal svisc. and on tile olliur siuc iron liubit id liim down in a of tin iiudox) . 1'ur grrtts r lie had iwen teaching llie, inn Ions of lUcrotmc and life; he had forgotten hoar to see with his own to long and it was ImrO to gisls.- Mortover, tlie form'll of tin- grammarian was a fetter uii his style that In- - cmild not slmkit uff. The rtjeeted nianuscripUi thgan lu coins back hi about five days, and fur thn-w n ks Lindsay listrm-for I'u- - post mail's whistle as fur tlie trump of doom. As tin- nvatiiiscripls came be reread them in blond, and Ills result waa sickening, six fin-g- y THURE'B M'tlANN'!" Hin-ad-. il was not HELLO. GUI MAN! WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING r on the altar. rimwn't seem to Thciv's an bninonil tuts for your Gray Lcuf." "Ikim lie under laud It yet?" asked MeGann curiously. Probably not. but he'll liave to anon enough, lie's old; lies used up; he's killed himself for a fool of a woman that lis didn't cars two sous for!'' Lindsay had no Idea that lis was used up. Next morning liu sal down before u thick pile of foolscap and it new bottle of Ink. He lunl a brain full of Ideas Hint luiri been accuiuolallng for and lie set to work upon a story of the middle west, tils own country, that lie bail long revolving. It hard; Ills ideas refused to run fretdy lulu words, and he was furred lo build up his Isle In a lalsirious brickwork of gluw sentences. When lie hud finiKlied a few hundred wonts he rnad them over and oia-ne- d jrorly-scc-on- wenk-iicH- nven-stiimii- ? LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN A t3strwvrttAirAtiwiAtiAjlAti6ftAA5A6?5 tt By ALBERTA PLATT 5 i?4Hf',,9.SP,n,wr'?lS7.ttSS9$$ WERE you ever It at a dog he Is fairly ear aa If all the dogs in the land were there and flolng It together bark, yap, howl, A good natured portion with touid nerves could not help laughing ut hile a nervous Individual and ene w food teinjiered would be apt to 9 hi hands over hla ears and ,i' 'Ob. but thla la frightful!" n exliibitlon of doga where different wwda seen and the animals are for prizes la called a bench vw" because the doga are placed In fslh uni boxes uion a bench or ex-ti,- en-er- e4 At auch ahowta troupes frequently entertain the ami tlie tricks they perform "Yeluus. Not long ago I attended performance of a high diving dog jW thir,jrflve fw! blgh waa rig-aiM a little dog just common yel-- U ' ran up that ladder aa bad been a squirrel running up a bofiie men stood below holding a brave little fellow waited not tastxnt after he reached the top of adder but plunged off Into apace hnded safely in the net. How the ""wee cheered him aa he did so, and Wtrilned Ooga wleni-e- Ita hind legs being stuck straight and tiff in the air. the whole body upside down. Comparatively few human acrobats could perforin a similar feat or remain thus balanced as long aa the dog does. Like human beings, dugs understand only the language they are accustomed . looked aa If be would like to make hla bow and thank them for it. A trainer aaya doga enjoy the cheering and band dapping of audiences aa much aa human performers do and will wrork twice aa well In public aa they do In private. The troupea of trained doga that are taken through the country to give allow perfoniutncea do some things that make it hard to believe they have not real humun intelligence. They can be made to walk back and forth across the stage between two boards on which la displayed the programme of the next gel . Thus the dog takes the part of what la called a sandwich man. One remarkable Vick doga can be trained to do la to play tunes upon bells. Strings of aleighbella are hung from a rack. The doga stand upon their hind legs and touch the bells with their fore paws, aa ymi see In the picture. Some doga have achieved auch skill that they can play musical airs by Jumping In and out of a frame hung wllh bells that are rung when the animals Jump. A'a wonderful a trick, however, aa any dog ever performed Is the one in which the Intelligent creature balances itself by one fore paw upon Its master's head. . ,w BELL SINGERS. NEAR dtoS?1. 1?"t fin Wvir had year by 920,148 vis- - the ilnw,7. f kld In the world l0'lput 3325.527,200 and of tl -- .9.r0. This la a gain of FAR. NEW WHEEL OF The Eight K)n of Spiders. at a spider and try to find llie eight shiny little ryes, some above and some under the edge of what we may Imagine to be lta forehead. To examine these parts to best advantage hold (he spider In tweezers, nr It may be lietter to use a spider killed by being dropped Into a bottle of diluted alcohol. These eight eyes vary in arrangement and In relative else in various siiecles of apldera. In some they may be arranged In two row in others three; aotne may be very small, and others large and prominent, and so on, but there they are, rather poor eyes, nearsighted, looking in several directions at once, and the spider, who can never shut any of them, la sure to see everything that approaches unless it Is asleep, in which case tlie alglit la dend. HUm BALANCED tf V UPON A MANS HEAD. I know a German lady who has a shrewd and clever little fox terrier. The dog's master takes the little creature often for a walk. If he aayhalaband,j which means collar, that dog runs Instantly to the place where hia collar is kept and brings tt In hla mouth to hla master to have It put on. He knows halsband means that he ia to get out for a walk. But If hla master aaid collar" to hlin he would not budge, for he knowa only the German language. When hla mistress takes him for a walk and apeaka to him In German the children on the street will any: Isn't that funny? The dog understands German. One man who has a troupe of performing doga has some from Germany, others from France, others still from A I'd like to be a pout, aaid little Tommy Grime, But try and try aa best I can. my words will never rliymo. I'd like to paint a picture that would make tlie people stare. But when i get my paint box out the picture isn't there. Td like to write a story that would bring me lots of gold. But every single thrilling thing has many times beeu told. with being plain Tom Uritnr, know I before It I'll do someAnd p'Fape thing great in Hnio!" Ho I must be Smart Ray. A hoy who waa looking for something to do noticed the following sign hanging outside a store: Boy Wanted." He picked up the sign and entered aliop. The proprietor met him. Wliat do you bring that sign In asked the proprietor. You won't need It any more?" ihe hid cheerfully. I'm going to the Job. A In tlie apukos of thla wheel are a numlier of loti era of the ulplmlicL These, read in the present order, spell the words of a proverb every boy and girl should take to heart Klim tlio here aaid taka 0 Headmaster. Auntie What will you be, Frankly when you're a man? Frankie Iin going to he the man who knocka nothing. Auntie Who cun he be? Frankie Why, he Ja on the pier every night, and ull the band keep looking at hlin while they play. The Reason Why. Mamma (to a friend who Is lunching relics of the forest primeval and the ment and state reservation groves will with her) I don't know why It Ia but I always eat more when we have comgreat Ice age, is rapidly going on, and be destroyed. An Idea of the gigantic proportions pany than when we're alone. it will only he a question of time when all save those standing In the govern of Ihe trees la vividly shown in the IlTommy (helping himself to a third lustration by the man. The diameter piece of cake) I know why it Is. of the section la more than eighteen 'Cause we have better thing to cat. feet, feet, the circumference Is fifty-si- x Revenge. and It la surrounded by a fringe of cinnamon colored bark a foot deep Jn some places. The tree began to grow 550 A. D. and waa thirteen feet In diameter when Columbus reached America's shores. Home of the trees in tha same vicinity are aaid to he from 5,000 to 1,000 years old. (.last Tree. The accompanying Illustration shows a section of one of the giant TOMMYS DILEMMA. FORTUNE. Trees That Whistle. The musical or w lilstllng tree la found in the West Indian Isluiids, In Nubia and the Kudun. ll him a peculiar shaped leaf and pods wilh a split or open edge. The wind pissing through these ends out the sound which gives the tree lta peculiar name. In Barbados there la a valley filled with thise trees, and when the trade winds blow acrosa the Inlands a constant moaning, deep toned whistle ia heard from 11, which In tha atlll hours uf the night lias a very weird and unpleasant effect. A species of acacia which grows very abundantly In the Sudan la also culled the whistling tree by the natives. Rs shoots are frequently by the agency of the larvae of inserts distorted In shae and swollen to a globular bladder from one to two Inches in diameter. After the Insect has emerged from a circular hole In the aide of thla swelling, the opening, played upon by the wind, becomes a musical Instrument equal in sound to a sweet toned flute. Harry redwood trees of California and Its size compared with that of a six foot man. The passing away of these trees, due to the ax of the lumberman, those majestic ition for the purpose of studying the tona gross lu the corresponding period action of the people from all parts of of last year. Dr. IL W. Wiley, chief of the govern532.4 00 Jn the world who compose the exposition $2. 37,600 Jn gold and of . ment bureau of chemistry, declares that tlironx. silver. The most Important gains In the first five months of this year 85 per cent of the whisky sold In hotels, gold were tn Africa and Australia. Scotch shipbuilders luunched 144 ves- clubs and bars is spurious dr Imitation G. A. Tnwney. professor of psycholsels aggregating about 173.959 tons liquor. ogy in Beloit college, baa been pushing - gross us against 11 vessels of 179.55 The discovery of the latest use. tn a wheeled chair at the Rt. Louis exi- AND A Look to. CANINE England, and he has to apeak to eueh In the language it learned when It was a pqppy. ' Only by persistent kindness and patience can dugs be taught. Make the dog like yuu, and you can do anything with It. A Sew Meailig. Memma, what is ths meaning of hereditary? Mrs. Feathers If you don't go about Mamma It Is something you get your business st once, you prowling from your paps or me. rascal. I'll let the wasp loose 1 Harry Oh, you mean a spankin'. which radium can be put tlie Illumination of gun sights at night time seema to Indicate that It will play an important part in warfare. Recent tests of bullet proof cloth prove that the weight, discomfort and together expense of this kind o twtor, ' with the fact of its g ; wpj'Ual protection, make its use for the Indi- of two Mormon missionaries wbo Went to Vienna. vidual soldier prohibitive. It la asserted by Dr, Marchand tliut The Hungarian minister ot the interior has prohibited the Mormon propa- the weight of the human brain doubles in the first nine months of life and triganda on the ground that such a movement la undesirable both from the point ples before the end of the third yeat, of state policy and of religion. The oc- after which the rate of Increase ia much casion P the decision waa the expulsion alow er. i |