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Show I Amusement! scllege Bascom. John By nn. m ts. one the 8rlnd npiII. i4 heap Ltering to popular pleasure. A scrub game of ball the participants, gives no satisfaction as a spectacle fere training, a sacrifice of every competing purpose, and incurs seriS Who those play may give sufficient excitement to thote f U flt th 10 FStbJuU"T whfi i Brltlah Who oUo"of Collect. Pcr.a - sod fined tw, about 1S10, ticautiful known M th or Collect." occupied the iltepond of the present city Thl r flshli. und awlmmlug place, but was and Inhabited by uncanny monaiera who were said to CrUei 8 U,m Me,sln troopr durlu th hl I urged, and she became suD drnly Indtgnaut. "What do you mean? she mamled. I funded there arere tears iu your eyes "Why should there be? Why?" I whispered, drawing closcrj If only the Tallrennn might do aq you say," sire murmured. My father gave it to my mother,'! ! I explained. Then he didnt keep It! The "hole Include tho part, yoq understand. He gave her the ring; she gave him hack herself. And and yet he lost her," mur qjured Theodora. ; "Yes, he lost her." And I suppose, for all their lovei there were tears now aud then, the suggested. " Ah, well So that your Talisman waa of very little effeet," said Theodora. Perhaps," I urged, the translation was not literal; but anyhow, you need not be afraid to accept it." It Isnt that I am afraid, sho ex claimed; hut still she held out her right hand once more, and the ring was In her fingers. You are not going to give It back to me," I expostulated. Why, yes. she returned, and I, felt compelled to ake It la my hand.j For a few moments I stood gardng at It, a little foolishly perhaps, then I! looked into her face. The tears ahonld be as few as I could make them, Thro, I said. "0, 1 know, I know," she faltered. Dont you think you can chnngej your mind?" I urged, and she met my eyes with an expression half porplexedj half Indignant. In her own there wera till traces of tears; some sensitive! chord had, perhaps, been touched, o which I had no perception. ' Change my mind: she cried. Let me give and keep ", I thought you would like to put on, said Theodora, and as I took her left hand and pushed the ring over hot1 third finger, it seemed that the Tails man began to take effect at once, for her tears dried like April rain, and no' sunshine was ever brighter than hei smile. But Thpodora insist that heij Talisman is something different alto! gether. Philadelphia Telegraph. KNOWLEDGE. . of colloco life havo !'13'5 fik!n t0 tlie division of Intellectual interests. There ha become like profes- amu8enieut8t gional those of the thing to be seen rather than to bo shuJo f theatre; 8me-fo-r on the one side and paid for on the c.thi 8meth,inS labored We' life of cities, which is at once near ne'ital,ly tends to professional amusements. Thcv call the spectators, and no social behvnUf1tlClratl0n ,n I waiting to be amused become ever moresympathy critical exactiuc 1 Lful in themselves and more dependent on others. Zt They mUSt be Plca8ed, 1 task becomes an Increasingly, difficult M TTFFMFNTfi j2SE OPPRESSIVE , ftet, e . Us was a man so missing wwe That he could t.ilte a w ildw ood flower And cmsMfy and ana'; jc And talk about it by the hour. t lie knew what muscle muni contract To make the unule that cheer the eye. He could desonhe m phiae exact Just how your breath will form a sign. d; In twilight colors rich and fair Refraction part he would explain, rephrr was a bit of air Which might or might not promise rain. Id rather be a butterfly To perish with the early frost And roam the he'.ds and love the iky Than to be wise at such a cost. blusters along with his clatter- - As Friedrich glanced out toward Its lng blade. W centering Isle In green regimentals and brass-fronte- d He spied In the thicket, half hidden so have only about much enthusiasm to Young men te re -ahelm, from view, Tha ndered In amusement ft is necessarily lost to productive labo! With blackened mustaches, and hair A form, worn and wasted and lean as the In channels of their own lives, and so ought to run a file, if this Enthusiasm AndIn pomade card their own achievements, like well freighted vessels, By THOMAS COBB. powder as proud as a PrusIn rags of Rebellion the Buff and on others. It leaves those who generate It, like the ,1ltg claims sian? Homan the schelm! the Blue. who crowded the coliseum, an ignoble band. Professional amuseinents In the breaking up of free personal, communal effort, and putting Who ruffles with bullies and F course, Its Intrinsic value Ho, kerl!" Jeered the Jailer, thy frightens le the strained efforts and strong passions which the fops? sway men Ik very slight," I said, us are torn! 1 forward as mobs. The passion for sport which garments prevails in our universities Who growls at the tavern, d Thou runaway Rebel, come hither, Theodora stood holding 1 be explained, in part, as an effort to that unity which has been as a bear: I say! the ring iu her right hand. L the dispersion of academic work.-T- he regain Atlantic. Sturmwetter un Hagel! 1s that why you are ofSchnell! Thy comrades are lonely, thy prison's Hier mlt mein Schnapps?" forlorn. fering it to me? she deWhy, Friedrich von Ileuses, the No? Dummkopf! Ill fetch thee; manded, glancing up brightly. ed th Hessian chasseur; Because, I explained, It is supand then shalt thou pay!" tackposed to bring the owuer all wAuer The scorn of the Briton who gives He cast down his helmet In Ireful of luck. him his pay, By the Editor of the Mall and Express. Then," cried Theodora, "it la a kind haste, The tyrant and dread of the Tory HEMISTS from all ever the world, assembled He kicked down his Jack-boothe of charm!" at an Interna"A talisman! recruits. tional congress at Berlin, gathered to see a German tore off his coat. professor What is it supposed to do? reveal, in a darkened room, particles of various metals shin-ln- g The bugbear of children, who shrink And girding the sword to from the way 0, well, the Idea used to be that It his waist. weirdly in the light cast by a tiny speck of dark powder And quake at the creak of his an influence from the plareceived on a piece of paper. This powder, which curs He In a with lake the splashed weighed but 13100 heavy-eolenets" of a grain, was of the lately discovered element and in his throat. boots; metal, I wonder which planet? asked polonium, the companion of radium as an obtect of the Theodora. For foul are rumors the that darken The waters, as black worlds astonishment It gives out light and heat, miracu. the glass of "The stone is green, I answered, the door , lously, those say who have not yet found out what the Lorraine, 'and Of Sugar-Hous- e green was the color of Venus, Prison that Keep miracle is. Were stirred from their depths of Despair, you kuow. Anyhow, it is supposed to as they are, these substances had to be chased for centuries with a heave and a roll; Where poor, captive .Rebels are dead Fright-strickeA the darkest corners of the earth before they were found, the Hessian surged protect your house from visitations rolonium, of evil spirits by the score forward In vain! ullum, is derived from uranium, where It is so thinly distributed that its "Your house," she remonstrated. In Friedrich the benevolent come Jailers be The had to Fiend nee of the Collect has imagined with a great effort; and uranium itself Is derived hand b ca-e- ! It is the same thhkg, I Insisted, and for his toll! langnjl ariipfrom pitchblende, which, in turn, is something that the ordinary per face grew rosily red. Theodoras 1 one. Somewhere ;nowB nothing about on a lonely spot on the northern shore a talisman to have some Oughtn't The Hessian caroused at the inn till He struggled, but silent, resistless as ie Superior the observant scientist may stumble on a little of it. Yet on it? she asked. mysterious writing the gray ?ver uranium exists It will turn a bit of colorless Fate, glass, thrown on the occult condition is fulfilled," Every Stole over rose the where the sun A huge scaly arm atrained his to a green tint. I assured her, and she curried the ring had gone down, on fold thews, still fold, resides, not only for the lay mind, but for the chemists them-- , jstery Then strolled through the fields to He screamed In his madness; re- tQ the window. But after an in these strange new radiant metals. They bring us to the threshold to read the words which were the Collect that lay morseless as Hate infinite but do not let us in. At the same time that they promise new minutely engraved on tlie inner face In Embosomed to the north A great, evil claw gripped his throat meads, onderful knowledge, they upset most of the theories that we have been of the thin gold baud, she gave It up of the town In Its hold. on. They seem to conduct us into the presence and Yanks Enterprise In Ilonnlnla. power of an agency with a sigh. Tairing the ring from No more apposite illustration of Tan ore that transcends all the accepted rules and necessitates new explana A lake that was loved by the angler, The bubbles rose, sobbing, then Theodora's band, I held it to a more kee energy cun be afforded than the There are emanations from matter which we know nothing about favorable position. who claimed ceased and were still; iese emanations In themselves a special kind of matter, or are " To and keep! " she rend, then telephone system of the city of Honothey The crimson-flecketrout of Its The ripple was hushed on the shells turned give vibrations in a passive medium? And Is the atom really an atom, her head with an inquiring ex- lulu. The wires run everywhere, ever littered shore; crystalline waves. far out Into the suburbs. They do no' nt little particle, or is it a whirling vortex, possessing all sorts of pression: Is that right? she asked. But shunned monafter for on and descended dArknees the view as In American citriver The twilight, dlsflgure rowers and properties? I nnawered, and I Quite right, sters unnamed hill; e are ihlvered as her hair brushed my cheek. ies, but scfiu a part of the vines and questions that the chemists are trying to find the answer to while Arose from the depths of Its botAnd field, camp and prison knew ase these radio-activelements through the dark corners of the earth Do yon feel cold?" she asked, leak- creepers which leap from wall to tree, tomless caves. from tree to tree, and tree to house, Friedrich no more! :h its uraniums and thoriums and heliums and radiums. Between the ing at the fire. In Arthur New York Gulterman Times. Nearly every house and store Is conNot ill vast and lofty problems presented by Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace rlngiy the least. and the rates are so low that nected, I will ring for Edward to put some iers in their speculations and disputes about the starry universe, and the more coni on," sue suggested, going they would make an American stockriugly momentous question raised by these chemists who are conducting holder weep with sorrow and disgust, j the presence of the towards the bell. whirling, radiant atom, we are just where Isaac Most notable of all. tho company! Yon haven't made out all tho word iris when he wrote, 200 years ago: small suhmaiine cables, and fori ouns vlth tit I and InsiHted, after a momentary yet, r Lord, on a narrovv neck of land, mere woma pittance will connect a man-o- f hesitation, she returned to my side, Twlxt two Infinities, I stand. or war a merchant ship anchored fan id then exIs she It so far as we con tell from what the. scientists have so far revealed to extremely ridiculous," .re, the In out harbor with tlie city. Naval the claimed, because how can you give a must stand there for a littletlme yet. human and maritime folk are socially impor" and yet thing one the It muRt bo done In order to bring tant, and this Ingenious Innovation) lostrll proved an invaluable boon to the aa out the full virtue of the charm." ng and Ions nrhore and the ships nflont. But If you give it away ve com In the stores you can hear the cap ht that Precisely what I am endeavoring tains, stewards, pursers and paymasts need, to do! rawl in Then how can you keep it?" Theo- ers ordering goods over the wlresj 1 year. growling at dilatory messengers, or, dora demnnded. a Suppose you try to rend the remain- milking Inquiries regarding hundred By Former President Grover Cleveland. On one occasion a friend arsubjects. I she read it but said, line,". ing well-breor us who fish in a fair, anil reasonable way, for to herwelf before repi atlug it ranged a dinner party of twelve perpurpose of recreation and as a means of increasing the tlie to invitation twu Mills. Jneludiug aloud. I saw her 11)1 moving. table pleasures of ourselves or our friends, may well regret M naval officers on their ship, Invitational To gle and keep; the .apparently unalterable decree which gives to all those who to tho other gnosts, ordering supplies Nor lose nor weep, fish, under the spur of any motive good, bad or Indifferent the and engaging waiters. In half an hour,! she rend. name of fisherman. We certainly have nothing In common the hall in "blrli her It Is supposed," I explalnt d, to lie without Inning with those who fish for a livelihood, unless it be a desire to Washington! telephone was situated. I of an old translation French eouplet, Post. catch fish. YYe have, in point of fact, no closer relationship line and lust that the jiercclve you motive in than this, with the murderously inclined, whose only contains the moral. Athene Isolation. fishing is to make large catches, and whose sole pleasure In the And the first an impossible condiit the gratification of a and those Athena, the only capital in Europ Nevertheless, we, propensity. greedy tion om wo hate so which cannot be reached by rail, is aep little sympathy, are, by a sort of unavoidable law of I nsRtirc you it li perfectly almple," are Incensed about It Is of greatly quitoes The being n, dasM'd rated by Severn! hundred miles from mosqultoee plague called fishermen, together In the same fraternity, and X insisted. the European main railway system, oq sliy weak attempts have been made to classify the best of this fra fought by the summer girl In a new too. In the Greek Kalends, said Theo- which Brindisi, Salonika and Constant By day the girls drift along smokiiiiilor the name of anglers, or by some title of thHt kind, but such way. Camphor, pennyroyal and the with a smile. from heads like dora, their ing quiescent Jive always failed. Even Isaak Waltou could not change the current other oils and essences, Including sastfuople may lie regarded as the threii Much sooner, I hope, dull Pelees. Mount tha red n By termini. The projected Mna southern night So thought by calling his immortal book The Complent Angler." safras, are laid aside by the summer dots of the glowing ends mark them When?" she asked, turning away from Athens to Rslonlka will bridg c ind the it1 however much those who fish in dlapo-social in differ stnnditg, may oo porch and In hammock. The fancy her face, the last gap of the chain. It la to hava her ht 1 1 tl raaracter, in motive and ambition, and even in mode of operation, girls. at the If It is left to me, I should say a the standard continental gauge of fonn summer whether The tores are doing a land office busigirl, cello. A I ft alihlo. to the end of the chapter, in the contemplation of the outside seashore or Inland, la fighting off the ness In Junk sticks. They are cheap mouth at the latest. feet eight inches, and when completed Ithoat jMtiui the brotherhood called Fishermen." Happily, however, this the Joss with sticks, long Turning to fare me again, she held It will be possible to run through car five ' f cents the docen. at mosquito ' incongruous elements under a common name does not prevent brown sticks of In the woods the girls hem them- out the ring at arms hngtb. fragrant Chinese " who riagea from Galals to Athena, and thq properly appreciate the importance of upholding the mpecta I shsll refuse to have anything to do Greek a with around selves palismoking punk. 'Iveetit capital will lie brought wlthl causes flailing front coming to an agreement concerning certain with It, she cried. three days of London. At present thq They stick these in their hair and sade of fuming sticks stuck round ttulatlou and certain rules of conduct. Why? I asked. aromatic fumes float ou and up them. This is to protect the ankles, quickest transit is five days, via Brin 'ii ism, when the activities of genteel fishing usually begin, It 1 the It Is said, deter the enterprising the burning sticks keeping the O! I detest things I cant under- dlsi and Patras, which involves a se t a word should bo com and, puts our to redound spoken that may not only his little from the face. The burnable part of stand. almost as long as that between from voyage presenting mosquito beset wtlsfactlon, but may guard us against temptations that easily You ought to try to hart more Brindisi and the Joss sticks ceases four Inches Egypt. Another anomaly bill. best of fishermen, I urged. faith," is that Athens is the only European of bamboo end the the from a Is there splinter. great In consequence sometimes 'hInlm to represent the highest fishing aspirations are In "hat? asked Theodora. capital to which there is not a daily at the summer re- There Is enough of the Incombustible complain on days when the fish refuse o bite. There can be no deal of sparking In me, of course, I promise, if you mall from Orest Britain, a privilege en In the hair without any dh.tiou that this of au entire misconception of a wise arrangement sort at night The scent of Orien- part to stick take It, the ring shall bring good for- Joyed by the European capital even) Is In the air, and the mos danger of burning it 'feilt. Ye should tune." remember that we have about us on every tal Incense d of that Morocco always country be Unis of those who I waa tbtnktng of you," she mur The cost of the claim membership in the fishing fraternity, id to Athena Journey 4 only then. These mured, at the moment." "ay. they love to fish, when the fish hlte-s- ml greater than that to any other contlj the sird only when of "Then the ajiell licglna to workf I nental capltnl. capture Is constant, and their only conception It Is not surprising f fishing reflect for a exclaimed. What better luck could then, to find the country, which, next rests upon uninterrupted slaughter. If the consequences of turning an army of fishermen like these It bring than to make you think of to Italy, is tho richest in historic and " me? that would bite every day and every hour, we shall tee how interest in all Europe, is hardly artistic 'I' Unit udea of fishing have been adjusted, and how precisely and To me or to you? she demands. &- known at all to the average tourist. It victims. If To both: at present It Is neither is still the preserve of the leisured anil fatal attiuk of discouraging bad luck Meets Its 5 "e catch f,.v or no fish we feel symptoms of disappointment, tbee you." nor mine." wealthy traveler, with ids entourage It looks rather ancient," the tonllntely give way to satisfaction when we remember how many of couriers and dragomans. London discouraged fishermen are spending their time In hammocks or Chronicle. Minnie J. Reynolds, ta New Tork Ttmee. account or on Xou see, t has been a family relic golf fields, Instead of with fishing outfits, solely on A college professor wno was a wise for fit unfavorable Men would like to dress Just as gorgenerations, I explained. oe rooRht by a t'Um, dnvs. YVe have no assurance that if fish could be not be de geously as women if they only cared; guy said recently that the reason men On tho seashore tunny curious acd4 for It ha always been keptP Then would ll reach t our ,at Z. within lines the ! fishing waters Institutions resented such cousld witness their stocking and necktie. In dents happen to Mid. Hunters ftrq WrlMo thing to Evidently. contemplate. Let It not be said onthat W the persistent taking of honors by the never our been And has It 1 port. consequently 5 recording peculiar Incidents that corns selfishness ",0 of and i unchnrltablcness to girls waa that they knew that the sp given anoy! under their notice. There is the caen One thing that makes life pleasanto.iilstlng the dot-triof the survival of the fittestt ns applied At regular intervals," I insisted. chance. of the pioser which got caught by A 4,'d for women nowadays is that they parent superiority was really fictier eialtnUig that these "fittest should have the toIro-waa It that times h tious; Well. th Utt fullered. have tnsn clam. In hunting on tho exposed fiat -I they dont good to eonvNtcncy that are learning Ijivi, Mild naturally lends to the suggestion who were to occupy the positions of dcrstaml." But I fancied she did. o r. have. limit at low tide it in ii it have caught sight men ae always to reasonably ho are fishermen " gether, right minded and be the loaders of the n no " the words If Importance of a tempting clam, which was enjoy'be number you carefully." study favorable day. of fish xve should take on If the man- I began, "hen slm Interrupted me "1th ing the scenery with sln-l- l half open. way for a woman to world after graduation, surest ''Hide (Mi be as to Ik vns cd. By The In such caught g Tire plovers greed might hav proved ager of a hune commanded as good a a solemn exprcsshai, ourselves ltt thl mntter we discourage in our own nututes the make man despise her la to do sumo-thluto he Ileildi JJ sire criei). even If the destructive to It If a mrerby hunter hn he. like to dont Men salary as the manager of a lank they m for easier Ef"d, wo prevent wicked waste, we mke for him. " wouldn't think ao. Condition could tre fuifllled he ilnin not dleovfred IN plight. ul to women. Ml'nt wo may determine upon ns d.viit good lu,k I it a with as It shell ansaered. weld. cloed betur and ,Vsc men llke,gri3 and wo make ourselves st uU points better n the IAiIn bill chilli k It. tutd the Even tic a. sire rntulnucd, haven't The woman who has really If a girl shows signs of brains or-- Idrd fluttered violently and vainly trij'd will probably learn to shun the sensation. There any of HI on tiers titlicr I 1- 8-f marry her off D'ling. It Tali-tinnever to much the It I tmt vcry often, bow loo discomfort lot They mixed hast: hap later. up difficult be ' IL shore lird get caught tire with that ever, ie. Alt!" said Uitisbea, It mut tre n in tils xv nv, for tiny glee a "1-lyrth Ore of the thhr that glvee the , wprwi power of The ba girl nsy ot be aide teiy "remit"! fit! thing If it always to nil Of the Mou-(bachelor r.il inor When she! think . v u null, 11 we . I OKI UCtlOU J. Ui 'HI to luipilsJq to wear ratio gown, but she nevr keep an J.v t' ".r t" w cf marr'si.e la si 'he lu " brnlthfil uud imno OHjOaolo Yuli mustnt Judgo by it picsciit ef- - them. to ha ask ' u,v 10 for I'4' "HI carfare. anjkody friend she "ay. Tho IndcpcudenU 1 play. t IZh Tdisman. gruff-voice- - ysteries j of the Atom. J big-hilte- d d u 1 t d e How the Jersey Summer Girl Is Ff$fifinS Mosquitoes with Joss Sticks .1 J& Mermen Should Be Classified y Dost d 3 U si 1 , serai-civilize- Some Reflections of fS Baekclor Girl. ar Ix-s- a i(d 1 I lt Mr 1 . |