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Show THE SPINSTER GIRL A SHEOrTODAY COMPARED WITH SHE OP OTHER DAYS. Dm ( llw Maat BtavkkMa ll Girt Ar DtnUpatiU at Ik Ax Haw Tea( Wkn TSy Ar TUtlf A U Mar Frta i 4a. ' " COCA CH EWING IN BOLIVIA. SLY REYNARD. fM Trap Whleh I Tarattag Always SupMti. M One ot the systems quite frequently resorted to to trap a fex Is to place a Urge stone la the center of a pool ot water. Just out of reach of a fox, says the Waterbury Americas. On this stone is placed bait, meat or anything a fox likes. In the water near the d stone the trap is placed and' a piece of green moss four or five Inches square is placed on the pan oi the trap. The trap is under water and the green moss hides It. The fox doesn't cafe to go into the water. He cornea along, smells the halt and begins to trot around the pool of water The stone with the bait on it is jus' nicely out of reaih aud he. goes round and round the pool, trying to reach the bait on the atone. But he can't reach It. If he is very hungry or If he Is very young by and by he will stop goinf round and round, and tlse up the pate of Innocent-lookin- g green moss, eas' within reach of hla paw, which finally proves too much, and he reaches one paw over and puts it on the patch ot moss and stretches his neck over to theft one to grab tbe bait The weight which he bears on the trap springe it and he 1b fast by the front leg. The trap Is not fastened, and the fox retreats, carryjmg the trap on his leg with him. The pain soon tires him and ha lies down and sometjmea when there is a loose chain attached to the trap the chaia catches In tbe hushes or Btumps and tbe fox, realizing that he is caught, gives up and lies down and In time is, of course, gathered in. Not all foxes, however: ure caught bf deceived by the green patch of moss, for oftentimes a fox, in the winter, when the snow is on the ground, will go round and round the pool of water until he baa worn a path around the pooh without once attempting to touch his foot on the mOss. Old dog foxes usually realize that the bit of moss is a trouble-breedand let it severely alone, although, the bait may be so tempting that they cant tear themselves away from the scene Why they dont wade into the pool and skip the moss Is not known, but they dont Perhaps they suspect the clear water may also prove a trouble-breede- r. steel-jawe- of the most remarkable social developments of these latter days 1 the evolution of the mature heroine of romance, says the London World Formerly this post was allotted to the young girl or the young woman. In those times, moreover, the adjective of youth would not have been applied to the maiden a ho had passed her 25th year and only In the spirit of the grossest flattery to the matron who bad seen her three decades. It is typical of the age that this explanatory note should be. necessary. Now the expression young" Is purely relative. The period of middle age has been entirely abolished. Where almost everybody Is younger than somebody else it is only the few who are proud of their extreme antiquity who can be regarded with any degree of certainty as old. At 30 the girl of today no longer retires on the shelf as a failure, to pass the rest of her life in the humiliating position of the maiden aunt a bo devotes herself to the children or revenges herself on the poor. She la merely preparing to start on a new phase of life with a more definite plan and a clearer vision. Very often she marries and begins afresh at to. Suinfettines she hai been known to be so greatly daring as to enter on matrimony for the first time when she has passed her 60th year. For the matron the range Is even more extended. At 30 she is quite a young thing gay, frivolous, skittish, to whom society and flirtation are the chief objects- - in life. Ten years more bring her to her prime. It is the period of fascination, of Impulse. The woman of 40 Is capable of anything. She is the object of the wildest plans, the center of the most daring romance. At 50 she is probably marrying for the second time. Threescore will And her approaching the altar for her third wedding, and if she lives long enough she may even reappear at a later date to bring her record up to four. On er NO WONDER HE LAUOHED. sportaot Caramoojr That I taa Of taa Kuhtd .This Ja the. Ume...cL they ear. when pur cold bath begins to feel aa if. it were living up to its name, so it may not be amiss to apeak a bit upon the aubject First of all, a cold bath, aa many suppose. Is not necessarily water as it cornea from the faucet. In point of fact, It la any hath of a temperature below 80 degrees. Strange as It may seem, some people far from strong have been driven to plunging into icy water just because some other persons sang the prslss of the cold bath so The people loudly and persistently. who in cases pf illness used to fairly shriek at the thought nr mention ot a bath, are even getting educated. Not that great care Isnt necessary. Indeed, It is in all bathing, and the bath thermometer should be used 'by both sick and well. Of course, an Invalid Is only bathed according to tbe physiThe bath is a cian's instructions. boon. Anyone who has tossed and turned in nervous unreet knows the soothing powers of the sponge bath. Each part must be sponged and dried thoroughly and covered. The arms and legs in turn, then the back, then the chest, then the abdomen. This, with ice on the head, will even quiet delirium. As for our ordinary, everyday bathing, we must decide which gives us tbe best results. A hot bath Is least injurious taken on going to bed. They are weakening, however, and should not be too often indulged In; perhaps one a week. A hot bath means a temperature of 100 or 110 degrees. A warm bath means anything from 90 to 100, tepid ranges from 80 to 90, while cold is anything below 80. Never stay in over fifteen or twenty l enough. I of ua. The morning is tbe best time for the dally hath, and those who find the plunge or the shower 165 much for them, should consider the sponge bath. Many who are exhausted or chilled by other sorts of baths would find this a It is more work, splendid tonic. though. We do not consider these things enough, and are prone to forget that bathing is or an importance on a par with our food. Above all, let us take the sort ot bath which is most beneficial. Milwaukee Wisconsin. Tkrh. .wlvl ilute;tpp for DrnakarU. South Carolina having abolished the saloon and substituted the dispensary, she now proposes to establish hospitals for drunkards, where thirst will be treated aa a disease. If along with bromides and tonics the tails should be prescribed for Inebriates who neglect or a) use their wives and children, the innovation would work wonderful cures. The one dan ger of dealing with drunkenness as a disease is that it may be forgotten that drunkenness Is also a vice Philadelf phia North American. Cat-o-- 2 taa-Ta- ll cat-o'-hi- n. Atklaoa Eatara Baalaaaa Tha widow of former Governor Atkinson of Georgia, has created something of a sensation Id business and "social circles by going Into ths field as a general state agent for fire and life Insurance companies. She says her purpose is to make a living and educate her five children. She Is already doing well and has received letters ot congratulation from numerous society , women. Satk Araartoaa Ball r.an ,k I 1 Ik w The Indians regard the Von extreme reverence. Austrian scientist, who made s tn oi ough study of the ancient customswor divine During the Incas, eaysr ship th prleU chewed cocm and unices they were supplied wits them It wm believed that the fa the god could not be gained. It vs also deemed' necessary that the aupp cator for divine grace should apPr0 the priests with an 'acullico' mouth. It was believed that any bus ness undertaken without the beued of coca leaves would not prosper and to the shrub Itself worship Wd rendered During an interval of 0N than 300 years Christianity hat been able to subdue tbla deep-roottraces idolatry, for everywhere we find ot pf belief in the mysterloua powers tbe in excavators this plant. The mines of Cerro del Pasco throw chewed coca upon the hard- veins of metal In tha belief that it softens the ore arid renders it more easy to work. The Io dlans even at the present time put cues leaves In the mouths of dead person rein order to secure them a favorable another ception on their entrance into world, and w hen a Peruvian OB a Jourwith ney falls lu with a mummy ha, timid reverence, presents to itaome coca leaves aa hit plops offering." One of the scientific explorers who ha been me working up in this region told his experience with a coca cbewer. A man was employed by me, he said. During in very laborious digging. Ihe fire days audTHgbts be wa In my service he never taated food and took only two hours sleep each nlghL hut at Intervals of two hours and a half or he repeatedly chewed three hour of coca leaves and ounce an about half kept an 'acullico. continually in his mouth. I was constantly beside him, and, therefore, bad the opportunity to closely observe him. The work for which I had engaged him being finished, he accompanied me on a two days Journey across the level ground. Though on foot, he kept pace to my mule and halted only for the xhaecar de(chewing coca). In leaving me he clared that he would willingly engage himself again for the same amount of work and that he would go through It without food If I would but allow him a sufficient supply of coca. The village priest aaaured me that tbla man waa slxty-tw- o years of age. and that he had ntver known him to be 111 in hla Ufa." Chicago Record. ed - Which Bra Tarnad to Rid leal. When Stephen B. Luce U. S. N., was a young man, an enalgn or a lieutenant It matters net where It so happened one summer that his ship for some days lay at n seashore-reso- rt, anchor off a TAKING DEATH MASKS. says the Philadelphia Post. .Of course the officers, young and old, One of the grimmest tasks that fall were often ashore. One night after the lot of the sculptor is that of to the' some function or other a party of death masks. This is often the taking young officers, among whom was Ir. where case a statue is to be made of Luce, set out for the ship. They had for the features are inthe deceased, had an excellent time and were feeland perfectly preserved by this delibly ing very jolly, laughing and talking method. . . perhaps rather hilariously; they drew Up to the last century it seems to up to the ship, and, leaving the boat, have been a common -- mtaUm. jtu-ia- ke clambered up the gangway. Mr. Lnoe death' masks, and there are a number In the led. The officer of tbe deck of celebrated collections ot these relics bearing so much noise ot mirth, met of some of tbe great personages who them with a severe glanoe aa they Chart L and oace made history. stepped on deck. He looked them over Cromwell, hie great rival, are preone by one and then turning to Mr. served to us .In this way. There are a Luce, who was the life of the paiy, few art works that have the fascinaMr. Luce, I am surprised; he said: tion of these "frosen lineaments, with yon are tight," sir! Quick aa a flash all the rugged ness and every sear precame the answer: Why, air, I do not served. t . know what yon mean, sir. If Stephen to make a mask. The is It very easy B. Luce how can he be tlghL slrf A face it oiled and soft plaster pressed ready answer turaeth away wrath. down npon the countenance. . After officer of The the deck walked away obtaining this mold it ts only neces, laughing. sary to fill It with melted wax to obtain a perfect cast. Nollekens, tha Paaallar ta Boils Makars, celebrated sculptor of the last cenI noticed a peculiarity about a certury, always mixed up hla plaster and tain class of men not long ago," re- had his kit ready when he saw the marked a life Insurance agent, "the death of any n person ancause of which I cant explain. My nounced, in case he should be sumbusiness not long ago, carried me Into moned to take a mask. It was his one of the large boiler making shops shrewdness that enabled Nollekdns to in Memphis, and amid tbe din of the leave a fortune ot 81,000,000 when' he riveting I tried to talk to one of the died. ... . tnen. I raised my voice to the loudest BUI Dra4. Slkas's Ho Tat I Type but was he unable tq pitch possible, BUI Sikes' type is not extinct in hear me. Finally he said; Speak low, ao 1 can hear you." I found he England, and even the original Bill was right. But the evening of the Sikes would hardly have been guilty same day I saw the man nt hla home of the cruel conduct which got Charles end found that there, where there, was Cambridge, a London greengrocer, into bo-- fcotae, he coOifl net he-- y me nit tremble,,... WbChsfrli Cambridge when J sppke in moderate tone. I married Esther she had an incumbad to raise mv voice to a very high brance," a young child, Charles Edward Jones. Their landlady Vu pitch in order to be understood. This waa not only tbe case with this man, troubled by the screaming ot the child, but I noticed the peculiarity in all of end made an informal investigation This woman tbe other boiler makers I had any through a transom. bedroom. the into peepedprisoners dealings with. Memphis Sclmetar. Tbe child was lying on the floor, and the man had a cat in his hand, and ' The Baak Taa. ' waa thrusting It toward the child, who The 8 oclock tea room, like Africa, is was Be screaming with terror. always producing something new, and smacked It, then took a cane and best the latcst thlng, says Madame, is the the child on the stomach. On another Book Tea," which seems to have occasion the brnte took a piece of boicaught on with frightful Intensity ling potato and ed it into tbs child's among quite enlightened Londoner' mouth. Cambridge waa sent to prlsoa Tbe idea is that every one who goe' for a year and the child waa committed the tea party shall represent a bo to the care of an institution. and that every one shall guess every other ones title, prizes being given for The array "Halt" the best representation and the highest We hear n good deal about "units of number of correct guesses. The writer tbe British army, and it is not always cites the case of a gentleman who en- easy to know what It means. Wbsn tered the room with hie cent Inside an army that is, severs! army corps outas "Vice Versa, and a clerical Is fighting, the unit meant an army man who merely said nothing, as "The corps. When aa army corps is fightSilence of Dean Maitland." A young ing, ths unit is the division, or ons man with a String of cigarettes round third pf the corps- - When a division is hie neck wa found to be Tbe Virginfighting n nnlt means n brigade, or one Tbe "Book Tea" has already half of the division. When a brigade ians. developed tbe Play Tea" and the ta fighting, ths unit means n battalion, "Popular Song Tea," and others are or ons fourth of tbe brigade. UsnaUy, promised. however, a unit is used to mean ons of the following: A battalion of inTklaUa Dawn Clatk. fantry L000 men, n squadron of cavalThe down of thistles was spun by ry 180 men, n battery of artillery six the ancients to make acanthlne gar- guns, a company of mounted Infantry 118 men. a company of engineers, of ments. tha Army Service Corps, and ot other necessary troops. Wkar Baaaa Can Rosea came from Persia, sad Into "Hold faithfulness, truthfulness and Perils from India. sincerity as first principles." Rprlnad ( Rear-Admir- SORT OF BATH TO TAKE. I al DESPIRATB BATTLE BETWEEN TWO HUGE GORILLAS fa tn Hurt ! r ft & arm Mat by CrtvBbt. far Ik. ra- Tk Tferillln an jawa of the old gorilla tearing out FIGHT-TH- E flesh and sinews as they wen shoved Then the sway, but not old fighters right arm slowly and re- SEARCHLIGHT pN FIRE ENGINE luctantly uncoiled from- - the other's IN NEW YORK CITY. neck. The younger gorilla had broken the death grip. Both big fighter were momentarily free and stepped back to Ta Aid tfca Plraraaa la Uktla Cp Bark Pteaa la Tall BallSIaaoTka Ar regain breath and repair Injuries. AlAAr I la a Saaaaa - Ar Saif Mac It was the wounded. younger though Thia lallag. gorilla that made the attack. time he did not waste any efforts on When blows with his huge pawn (New York Letter.) they had approached almost. within Fire Chief Croker expresses himself striking distance the younger of the as being greatly pleased with the fighters made a rush. He received a searchlight of the La France engine, blown the head that would have an exhibition test of which waa gives crushed a man's skull.. It scarcely the other night in New York. Many staggered him. Then both his long other officials ot the fire department arms wrapped themselves about his who were present also spoke highly of opponent's neck, and, holding his an- the searchlight. Superintendent Louis tagonist tightly clasped, he began bit- Dlvien of the La France company ing with fierce energy, not a steady worked the searchlights. There were g bite, but furious, tearing two of them attached to ths engine, gnashings, which ripped skin and flesh Each ot them was about eighteen from face and shoulders and chest The Inches in diameter. They were deolder gorilla waa taken by surprise at tachable and were worked both on and this sudden rush and change of tactlca off the engine. A small insulated wire by his opponent But though at a discable was fastened to each light la advantage. he was too old a fighter to front the engine house standi a ' be easily dismayed. First, he secured twelve-stor- y building, and one of the a grip on his opponents throat, and searchlight waa turned upon its up-p- er stories. The light Illumined a cin straining every muscle, tried to tear himself free from the Infuriated grasp eular apace about thirty feet in diot the younger beast He might as ameter. The light shot fur above the easily broken a steel cable as tha building, showing that it can easily be strangling bold of hla enraged oppo- sent to the top of any skyscraper la the nent. Then the older fighter relaxed city. When thrown horisontally up his grip on the other's throat.snd placMercer street the searchlight illumined n paws on ths the fronts of buildings a ing both his human-lik- e younger' face, tried to force his head blocks away. The light penetrated tbe back. This brought out a terrible trial smoke the engine easily. Ot of strength. If the old gorilla could course, tots smoke was not ao dens force (he Other's bea"3 back7Ti wouTd t as tha("vi hlch wiH Tie encouniered st be free and might perhaps break his many urea. The new engine has a frame and running gear much like enemy's neck. Each of the huge fighters seemed to show this and put forth those of the ordinary fire engine. The all of their giant 'strength. Back, boiler la a combination of neat tubes shoulders, arms and neck wera called end enake flues. . On the frames In Into play, tbe heavy muscles rippling front ot the boiler la mounted a Forbes up and gathering Into big knots. Directly engine, light and compact For what waa probably half a min- - connected to the engine is a marine type multlpular generator, aupplytng alxty-fiv- e amperes ot current-- at a pressure of eighty volts. This generator la entirely Inclosed, maklag It Impossible tor rain or fire stream a to reach the armature. On each side ot the drivers seat hi placed an projector, and the seat folds over so that the projectors can swing through a circle. They can also be placed at any vertical angle. Tbe projectors are supplied with deflecting glass fronts, making it possible to cover a large area with the light at short range, or by using tbe plain glass fronts, also supplied, the light may be thrown out FIEE FIGHT TO THE DEATH Aurr (Special Letter.) American traveler, Cap! Jaik Benton who has spent some time la Afrit tolleetlng animals for menag-er'e- s once witnessed d fight between teo gonlLa in the wilds of upper Guinea that for ferocity has seldom been One day white out lu ( equaled the woods he came to a clearing, on the e(,6e of which he saw a big male goril-- 1 On the other side of the open spare $ Innate, and the former was evidently making court to. her. The male gorilla, trjlng to attract the attention ot the female by uncouth motions, was beg nulng to advame clumsily towards her when suddenly a dull "boom, boom hounded from far away In the fortM ,.p 0 tbl la8tant tha male yonlia. white savage looking, had given no sign of being angry, but now all waa changed His huge Jaws shut together with a snap. Then through the silence which had fallen on the Jungle when the first sudden ehalleug was beard came a sharp bark,, followed by a deep humming sound. It was the terrible battle call of wfull-gruw- n gorilla, the cry sent out when he Is about to fight to the death for a mate Suddenly there was a little flurry at tbe left en J bf lhecTe,arliig, an(l "tlte challenger broke through the bushes into He was worthy to do batplain 8lgh 1 tle with the first giant. could tee be was a veteran, with the scars of His big Ups many battles on him. were rolled up In' a grim anart, show-lubroken teeth aud great gaps, the result of former battles. Both gorll- An g grip-bitin- jf half-dose- f-- I8-tn- eh well-know- well-know- - it - fo-c- . - -.- A FIGHT TO las were taller than the average man on their hind feet tor battle, but their enormous breadth of chest and shoulders made them look like equattlng, hairy giants. Neither of the big animals wasted time In preliminaries; they had worked hern , elves up into such an insanity ot rage that only killing would stlsfy. Each advanced on bis hmd tegs until within six feet of the other. Then tbe younger gorilla began to fight Stepping forward with marvelous quickness tor such an ungainly animal, he struck a flail-lik- e blow with his huge paws. Had the blow gone home, no jmere apd blood,. not. ei'en the frame of his antagonist, could have withstood iL But the old gorilla bad been In loo many death grapples to b caught so early In the fight Even at the big arm swung around he sprang forward, coming in close so as to miss the full force ot the swing. Tbe next instant he bad swung hla own arm around the younger gorilla's neck, encircling' it with four feet of Steel muscles and holding his enemy's head stiff upright, so that he could not bring the terrible teeth Into play. Then the old gorilla opened bis heavy Jaws, and getting a firm grip on the tight shoulder of the younger gorilla, held pn like a ball dog, teaching hla way through the knotted muscle and sinews and shoulder blade of his opponenL At the same time the left arm of tbe old fighter wrapped Itself about theyounger gorilla in a grip. It was only for an Instant, however, that things looked so desperate for ths younger fighter, Ths first gorilla's splendid fighting and tremendous ability strength showed themselves. Whirling up his left arm he fastened . his long fingers about his antagonist's throat and tried to break his grip end shove hla head back. At first the only effect of this was to make the old fellow tighten hi grip on the others sboul-The- n the younger gorilla put forth all his strength. I eould se the muscles of his arms, shoulders and back gather them selves into big knots nod hunch up, an If they would break through tbe skin. The murderous deep- -t eyes started forward until they were level with the cheek bones. A last desperate effort, and the big head went back, the tightly closed at they stood fih in parallel rays to s great distance. The lamp are ...consume thirty-fir- e ampere of current each, and each gives sn arc of 8 009 candle power. Between the projecting bases and under the drivers seat, la a nickel-plate- d brass box, are two wire THE DEATH. rheostats for regulating the current in the lamps. Each lamp is supplied ufe, but seemed an hour, tbe two semiwith sn ampere meter. The dynamo human shapes stood there putting la also supplied with a fireproof Field forth every energy. At last the young- rheoetat and a volt meter. ' er fighter's face was within two Inches of bis opponents head. The younger wished himself pqor. gorilla made a suprem effort, twisted of B IneKailtr tatlte bis bead suddenly and before his op- Tka Marqal Plata bad hia Jolia lalik eould fastened ponent dodge Tbe marquis of Winchester, whose teeth in a death grip on the throat of tbe veteran fighter. The veteran was name figures In tbe list of Transvaal borne backward, carrying his fo down victim, was exceedingly popular with with him. Unless he could loosen tbe his soldiers, writes a London corregrip on his throat he was doomed, and spondent There wa one duty, howthe old fighter knew IL Over and over ever, in connection with the Houseon the ground the two huge apee rolled, hold grlgade which he positively defighting desperately, but without sound tested, and many stories are (old of savg Jgi,tbq Jihrllllsaini .of . their jbe uiarqnlB' stubborn, protests against, breath as it was forced from their going on bank guard. Ths staff quarheaving chesta. Tbe veteran of many a ters assigned the officer in .Thread-needl- e street were cluse and stuffy, gsa juflgte battle knew, his pwn end bad come. JJp to this time the marquis Invariably left them with the battle had been fought aliens, a violenta headache. Once when going kail.U-ib- e gave'up tbe con- OTtWy-frhut raHgntr"Ttif test and felt the teeth of bis antago- Job always makes me wish such a comnist sinking deeper and deeper into his modity as filthy lucre bad never been Then there would be no throat, the pain waa greater tban he Invented. could hear. ' He broke into a walling bank guard.- - "But my dear lord," cry that echoed through the Jungles. cam the reply, you wouldnt hnv Again and again the cry rose up and had ao income of so many thousand n then finally died out. The fierce, hard year. That might not have been very fighting, hard biting younger gorilla pleasant, either," "Oh, sergeant," rejoined the marbad been working his way through hit antagonists throat and had at last quis, with a smile, It Is not the first The time In my life that I have wished I bitten through the wind pip. great fight was over, and tbe veteran had been born plain John Smith, withof many similar contests had met ths out a sixpence in my pocket unless 1 fate he had meted out to others. Tbs had earned it" last glimpse I bad of the conqueror was as, with tbe glare of battle still Is Slmptnn Sacks f silk. When the clever Kansas congressbis eyes and covered from head to foot with his own blood and that of hla enman, Jerry Simpson, made his first apemy, he marched off la triumph toward pearance In the house there was muck her for whom he had fought so des- curiosity ns to his appearance, for he had- - been heralded throughout the perately and so well. country as Socktess Jerry." A New York member on being introduced' to Crime la Mew Terk t Dewawlip the Kansan, audaciously stooped and A remarkable fact to which attention is called In the report of the State drew up the leg of his trousers. He Prison commission la that tbe numb! saw black silk socks with a drop Well, ni be hanged!" exof the Inmates in prisons of New York stitch. state, has fallen in four years from claimed tbe New York man, how the 12,661 to KWO, or over 18 per cent world ts given to lying." There would seem some ground, thereAa lajaUUIan Past. fore, for the gratifying assumption Nell Mad at him! Why, he wrq . that crime Is diminishing. a lovely poem to her. Belle Yes, but la ths number of locomotive the she never read IL When she the United States comes first with a total title St it she tors ths whole thing no next la a fit of anger. You see he called it of 86,744. Great Britain com Lies e Mabels Fees. with 19,602. v h&rd-fuug- ht lit |