Show soldiers are trained to see in the dark when in training it is impressed upon a soldier that the ability to see sec in the dark increases with practice it is lound found that on open level ground a standing man in khaki can be seen on an oid roary dark night at abbat 12 yards on a starlight night 24 yards and on a moonlight night with the moon behind the tha observer 50 yards when the moon Is behind the person looked at the limit of vision is about yards A column of fours moving toward the observer can be seen on an ordinary I 1 dark night at about 18 yards distance when starlight at about 40 yards with the moon behind the observer yards and about yards when the moon is behind the men inen looked at soldiers are trained to judge dai up to 1000 yards eight hundred yards Is s fixed ai the limit for or the rank and file because it I 1 is found that the most expert shots rarely hit a small target such as a prone figure at distance yards even when the range is known among the colonial possessions or more correctly dependencies of holland there Is a remarkable little state which in its constitution and the original customs of its inhabitants es the boldest dreams of the advocates of womans comans rights in the island of java between the cities of batavia and Sa marang is the kingdom of bantam which although tributary to holland s an independent state politically without importance yet happy rich and since time immemorial governed and 1 defended by women the sovereign rf Is indeed a man but all the rest of the w belongs to the fair sex i the king is entirely dependent upon yiew his tate state councle of e wn SIAr fu 1 m III biary ry 4 commander and soldiers are walthou wo W 4 wl thou exception of the female sex the men are agriculturists and merchants the bodyguard body guard of the king is formed of the female upper class theses these amazons ama zones ride in the masculine style wearing sharp steel points instead of spurs they carry cam a pointed lance which they swing very gracefully and also a musket which Js discharged at foll gallop the throne is inheritable by the oldest son and in case th eking dies without issue a hundred am amazons azores ama zones assemble in order to choose a successor from among their own sons the chosen one is then proclaimed lawful king the capital city of this little state lies in one of the most pictures quest pails of the island in a fruitful plain and is di defended by two well kept fortresses the days the very darkest day wears at length to evening sad and it is of 0 no avail to chide meantime the slow paced hours it Is a beneficent provision 61 nature that we cannot grieve prep dually if we would the keener the pain perhaps the sooner its intensity is worn out our best beloved dies and ws wa think out our life has been burled buried in that grave but the flowers do gra grow on it more surely under the rains and dews of summer than do little buds of new interests and fresh hopes spring from flom the parched soil of out our hearts the cherished grace of the dead day may never come back but the new day has still twenty lour four hours jn in it and each of those hours if we do its is work faithfully is a minister of consolation j lady morgan held one rule on the education ol of children which cannot be too often repeated give to every girl no matter what her rank a trade a profession it if the word suits you better cultivate all things in moderation but one thing in perfection for which she has talent no matter what it Is s drawing music embroidery housekeeping even let her feel this will carry her through life without de ipen dep e good bye Is often a hard word to speak jt it is a word that his has choked many manyan an utterance and started many may a tear the hand Is clasped the word is we part and are upon the great ocean of timal aimel we go to meet where god only knows it may be it may be never take care that your goodby good by fac be not a cold doneit may be the list last you can glye give ere you can meet your friend again deaths cold hand hana may have closed his bis eye and sealed hit his lips for ever and he may have died ded thinking that chat you lovid loved him not mends crowd onward and give you their hand how do you detect in fit each good goodbye bye the love that lingers there and how you may bear away with you the memory of those thole words tot lot many many dayal we must often separate tor not yourself away with a careless meaning as if you had no love but make your last words show your lovel give your heart full ut terence and if tearo teara fills falls what of that tears are arc not unmanly girls talk and laugh about marriage as though it wits a jubilee a gladsome thing a rose without a thorn and to 0 o it Is 13 if it is all right if they go about it as rational beings instead ot of merrymaking children it is a serious thing to marry it is a life business bu and that of heart and happiness therefore never do it in haste never run away to get married never steal a marriage to never marry for wealth or standi standing alt or fine person or manners but only for character for worth for the qualities of mind and heart which make an honour able man take time think long and well before you accept any proposal consult your parents then some judicious friend then your own judgement jud gement learn all 11 that is a possible for you to I 1 leam ed i 1 m ol of your proposed ausba husband when ch 7 11 in the uth century a law was in i force ifeng in england la i nd that all women of w whatever agel age rank profession or degree whither virgins wives or widows that shall from and after this act impose my upon seduce and betra betray into matrimony any of his Majest majestro Majesty yo 8 male subjects by scents pa paints litts cosmetics W washes ashes artificial teeth lilse false hair spanish wool iron stays hoops high heeled shoes or bolstered hips shall in incur cur the kenelty of the laws against witchcraft sorcery and the like I 1 and that the mar ni arrige upon conviction hall stand null and void 9 overpaid one hundred dollars on a check by a bank the georgia negro who received them at once returned the money the local paper says sayi this is another evidence that the race can never be civilized tho the antico leattle is making a lot of trouble for the authorities in london mrs ars nellie best tho the secretary was recently sent to prison for six months for circulating literature about the streets urging men not to enlist in the army tho the sentence arouse much feeling among the antis while engaged in a spirited sparring match august halsel aged 14 a pupil in a district school near cincinnati 0 his hii opponent william hildebrandt on the jaw breaking his neck hildebrandt died a few hours later laer t hethery ile He abere There are two periods in a mans life when he under stands a woman J she and whan ahert tre are they ile he before and after marriage bottled anit for or sale inquire ot of mrs jobu W bamboo trees flowers poncian once in every fifty years vears there are 2000 sa saing drip banks tn in the united states st pauls cathedral london took look 36 years to build damascus in syria is the oldest oldest of all existing exist lne cities most moil of the worlds quinine comes from the east indies soapsuds forms ornu a good for bashes and young plants A pennsylvania scientist is 15 trying to raise australian eucalyptus trees in that state some vineyards in italy are cultivated on the faces of almost gerpen 1 cliffs tuberculosis is the chief cause of the condemnation of meat by the united states inspectors it has haa been found that under normal conditions ten inches ol of snow yields one inch of water the number of aviators lr in the world is now estimated at and the number is growing daily it costs great britain on an average 1500 a year for bachman each roan in the reg ree ular army at present nt last leason wai the greatest in the history of the yellowstone park is as visitors passed through the place in a german city garbage Is collected treated by a cc drying process and mixed with molasses mo lassei to form orm cattle ked fe ed www ata it is aser per cent at are physically ht AK I 1 during daring the ten years proceeding the outbreak ot of the war w great bri britain t ain i was paying paling off its debt germany and austria hungary between them increased their national debts by the enormous sum of about 4 1 the avenue de dc sofiat sofia parisi paris is only fifty meters long but the french who have taken an easily understood dislike to matters bulgarian clamor to have it changed this has already been done for the rue dallemagne dAlle ilAl lemagne maene and rue de B erlin berlin joseph denise delse ol of dayton oo 00 0 who claims to be champion charo pion trolley conductor of america has 1 adden I miles in street carst cars made ten trips it a day for or twenty two years with stop slops so and collected 1 for his company in fares ares never expect an overly selfish ambitious trian man to be a true fric friend tid the nan man who makes ambition his god tramples upon everything else he will climb upwards though he treads upon the hearlson hearl sot those who ave him best and in his hii eyes your only value lies iles in the use you may be to him personally one Is 13 nothing to him andt and it if you yot are not rich or famous or powerful enough to advance his interests int rests after he has got above you he cares no more tor for you not kl long ago while a ferry boat waif ms crossing from new york to brooklyn a lady ims passenger fell over board and was rescued by bi one ol of the irish deck hands I 1 W hen she was tale sale on deck al again aln her hua hubband band who had been alcala sped ator ato t of tho the acci accidents dento handed the brave fellow a qua qu aier iter som of the bystanders expressing indignation pat said as 23 he pocketed eted the athe money anah dont blame the gentleman Jent leman he knows best mayhap st it I 1 sav ed her hed hayr hayi me a dollard dol larl |