Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1895, Page 16

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. ELECTRIC SNOW SWEEPER. AFTER FIVE YEARS The Practical Operation of an Un- derground Trolley. THE SUCCESSFUL BUDAPEST RAILROAD The Verdict is That It Works Well and Pays Well. THE SEVERITY OF WINTER From the Review of Reviews. 2 It is singularly interesting at this time, when the electric street railway system of Brooklyn is under close scrutiny, to turn by way of comparison and contrast to the electric street railway system of another city so far from Brooklyn that it has reached {ts own resus by processes which have come in no wise under American in- fluence. The Electric Street Railway Com- pany of Budapest, Hungary, opened its first line five years ago. It has steadily in- creased the number and extent of its lines and is operating them today with what is locally considered to be a very high degree of success. When the Brooklyn horse car system was permitted to change its motive power to electricity the chief objections that were urged were directed against the use of the overhead trolley wires, which re- . Winter Car. © . quired the erection of poles in the streets and the suspension of a network cf highly- charged wires, under circumstances which might prove in Many ways to be both in- convenient and dangerous. But it was stoutly declared that no other electric sys- tem except the overhead trolley couid be made to work, and the desire for more effi- cient transit carried the day. Meanwhile, far down the valley of the Danube the municipal authorities of Bu- dapest, a place with half a million inhab- itants, had absolutely refused to permit trolley wires in the handsome and orderly streets of their progressive city; and the directors of the Budapest Electric Street Railway Company, desiring. a franchise for the new boulevards, cheerfully under- took to dispense with all overhead struc- tures. They also promised not to employ. the system—which had been experimentally tried at Berlin—by which the rails them- selves are charged with an electrical cur- rent. Futhermore, they agreed not to make use of a third rail carrying the electrical current, this system having had some ex- perimental trial, but having been consid- ered objectionable. What they did agree to do was to place a conduit under one of the rails, carrying in that conduit an fmsulated wire or metallic strip which should convey the electrical power (to- gether with a second one for the return current), and to make the connection with the motor or secondary dynamo of the street car through a slot in the groove of one of the rails. Stood the Test. In short, the proposed system was a highly improved underground trolley, with the live wire or metallic strips so placed as to be neither visible nor tangible, and insu- lated in such a way that the surface rails could never be dangerously charged, while telegraph and telephone lines should suffer nothing from induction. This brief descrip tion of the system is not for technical elec- tricians, but for the unscientific reader. It is sufficient to say that it has stood the test of five winters and five summers with per- fect success. Nor is there any reason whatsoever to believe that it would not be quite as successful in Brooklyn or in any American city as in Budapest. ‘The plain truth seems to be that, apart from the power houses, which take the place of horses and stables, the ordinary trolley system is an exceedingly inexpensive affair. It cost only a trifle to erect the poles and string the wires. But it involves some expense to adopt the Budapest sy$- tem and carry the wire underground. The expense of subsequent operation is likely to be less rather than more with the Buda- pest system; but the initial expense of con- verting a horse car system into an elec- trical system would obviously be much in- creased. But over against this objection it may be urged that the Budapest system actually pays very well. Last year its stockhol- ders received a dividend of eight per cent, @ good round payment was made to the municipal treasury as a rental for the use of the streets, and something was added to the reserve fund. It should be remarked that the accounts of the Budapest Electric Street Railway Company are as public as the accounts of any of the municipal depart- ments, and that every feature of-its income and outgo is open to the inspection of the whole world. The street railway business in a European place like Budapest, even if fairly profitable, is not nearly so lucrative as in an American city. The reason, then, why it was so easy for the Budapest com- pany to earn eight per cent last year over end above its large tax account, its con- tribution to an insurance fund for its em- ployes, its Mberal payment to a reserve tax fund, its satisfactory payment also to an crdinary reserve fund, and its provision for interest and sinking fund, is readily understood when it is stated that 4,000,000 florins, or $2,000,000, is the sum total of its capitalization. An American street railway company would scarcely have been content to construct this Budapest system without watering its stock to the extent of a capi- talization of from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000. The Brooklyn street railway companies, or other companies similarly situated in the United States, could easily adopt the Bu- dapest system for the central portions of the town, and earn 25 per cent dividends upon their actual investment. But unfor- tunately our American companies, as a rule, wish to earn a large rate of interest upon an enormously inflated and fictitious capitalization. ‘The Conduit. ‘The egg-shaped conduit which carries the electric current is about fifteen inches in its vertical diameter and twelve inches wide. It is constructed of Iron sheets bent into lengths of perhaps four or five feet, which are easily riveted together. At con- venient intervals the water which collects in the conduit runs off into the sewers. The conduit Is near the street surface and Goes not interfere at any point either with sewers, water pipes, gas pipes, or the con- dults that carry telegraph and telephone wires and electric light cables. The street railway company has a convenient tele- phone system of its own, with the wires placed in the same elliptical conduit that carries the motive current connecting the central offices of the company with the car shops and power houses and with various waiting rooms and stations along the dif- ferent routes. There is nothing in the climatic condi- tions of Budapest which makes it easier to operate this underground system there than it would be in almost any American city. The fact that Budapest experiences heavy snowfalls is suggested by one of our. illustrations, which represents an electrical Snow sweeper. ‘Ihe further fact that Buda- pest winters are cold is also suggested by the inclosed platform of the winter car, which protects the motorman behind glass windows. The fender—with padded edge and with spiral spring connections—renders it alto- gether impossible to crush pedestrians under the wheels. We are not aware of any complaints in Budapest on the score of accidents of the kind that have been so frightfully common in Brooklyn. The speed of electric cars in Budapest is carefully regulated, and the. regulation is strictly enforced. In the central parts of the town the rate of speed is considerably less than ae which has been customary in Brook- lyn. Along the Andrassy street, which Is con- sidered by many critics to be the finest modern avenue in Europe, no street rail- way has as yet been permitted to lay its tracks. The Electric Street Railway Com- pany, and its rival the horse railway com- pany, which has lines on many streets, have united in applying for a joint fran- chise under which they propose to con- struct and operate an underground elec- tric railway beneath the surface of the Andrassy street. At last advices, the mat- ter was under municipal advisement with the prospect that the municipal council and the joint local transit systems* would soon agree upon satisfactory detatled plans for an underground road, and also upon the terms of an equitable charter. A millen- nial anniversary is to be celebrated at Budapest in the early future, and it 1s hoped that this underground line may be completed and in operation in order to facilitate the movement of passenger traf- fic during the celebration. It may be as- sumed ws altogether probable that the Budapest underground line—extending from the heart of the city into the most desir- able suburban district—will be a model of its kind from every mechanical and engi- neering point of view, and that the muni- cipal council will reserve the proper meas- ure of control oyer it as pertaining to an essential public service, while the two com- panies which join in the enterprise will carry it through on sound financial prin- ciples. *o0— Easily Settled. From the Chicago Tribune. The Chicago man who had gone on & business trip to Omaha had started home again. He had been compelled to run sev- eral blocks to catch the train, and was somewhat overheated. The temperature of the car was over 100 degrees, and still climbing. He stood it for about five min- utes and then tried to open a window. It was one of those car windows that are net built for opening purposes, and it didn’t open. Mie tried another window with the same result. The third window stuck equally tight, and he raised his foot and kicked a large hole through the plate glass. The conductor heard the crash and came running into the car. * cWho broke that window?” he demanded threateningly. “I did,” said the Chicago man. “Well, sir, it will cost you just $5!" “Here it is,” said the other, handing him @ $10 bill. aot haven't change for that,” said the conductor, somewhat taken aback. “Never mind aS CHAR KG. replied the Chicago man. “Keep it.” He raised his foot again, kicked out an- other window, took a newspaper out of his pocket, sat down and went to reading as if nothing had happened. —————__+e-- None but Gentlemen. From the Chicago Herald. All amateur poker players are gentlemen. There is no exception to the rule, and the amateur poker players themselves are au- thority for the statement. Two belated pe- destrians were on their way home the other night, and as they were passing a house just inside the limits of the semi- business section of the street a party of flve men emerged noiseleasly frum the doorway. “Hello!” remarked one of ane men on their way up town; “poker party.” “What makes you think so?” asked the other. “Sure thing; one of them is addressing the others collectively as ‘gentlemen.’ It’s one of the peculiarities of the game. When a@ number of fellows meet to play poker, if they are not intimately acquainted, they invariably address their remarks to the whole gathering as ‘gentlemen.’ I don’t know why it is, unless tt is to keep them constantly reminded of the fact that ‘hold- outs,’ dealing from the bottom of the pack and other methods of the professional gambler are not expected to be introduced into the game. All I know is that the members of these gatherings are invaria- bly ‘gentlemen.’ Just notice it, and you will see I am right.” ——_—+e« A Railway Curiosity. Work is about to begin on a railroad in Florida which is a curiosity of its kind. Some time ago the citizens of Avon Park and Haines City, Fla., believed that a transportation route connecting them would be of great advantage. The country is sandy and nearly level. A company was formed, but the people lacked in capital what they made up in enterprise. It has been decided, so the Manufacturers’ Rec- ord is informed, to build the road with wood rails, which are large enough to be laid so that they will be half imbedded in the sand, without other ballast. They are to be held in position by wooden pins, two inches in diameter and eighteen inches long, while the ends are connected by plank couplers, placed underneath and held by pins. Not a pound of metal will be used in construction of the track, although the line will be forty miles long. Most of the “rails” will be furnished gratis by prop- erty owners along the right of way. The company belleves that in a few years the fruit, vegetable and passenger business over the route will pay for regular steel rails, when the others will be used for ties. A small steam dummy will furnish power for the Avon Park and Haines City road. 00 Breakfast for a Cent. From the Rochester Herald. There is a boarder at an East Side res- taurant who pays one cent each morning for his breakfast. His visits to the hotel are regular, and as he always has the wherewithal to settle for his meal, he is a most welcome visitor. How a man can live on a one-cent break- fast and how a restaurant can do business with such a class of custom would appear @ problem to a great many. But at this hotel some boarders pay as high as iwelve or fifteen cents for a meal. It is claimed that once a rich woman paid three cents for dinner there. Knickerbocker is said to be the name of the man who each morning eats break- fast for one cent. He Is a small Individual, and could not eat a great deal more, it is thought, should he try. “What does this man get for one cent?” asked a reporter yesterday of the hotel clerk. “Just glance at our bill of fare and you will see that a one-cent meal Is just as easy to order as one for ten or fifteen cents. Well, this man is not poor, as you might suspect. He is not a hearty eater, and all he cares for is a fried cake and a cup of hot water. We chars him one cent for the fried cake and nothing for the hot water. He will probably lve longer than men who eat hearty breakfasts for more money.” The reporter scanned the bill of Zare and found that many dishes cost but one cent, others two and three cents, while five cents will buy a steak, ! 1CES AND CREAMS A Peep Into the Workshop of a Oa- terer. How Dainties Are Prepared for So- clety Entertgainments—Some De- signs to Please the Eye. They were all very busy down in the basement under the fashionable purveyor’s shop yesterday afternoon. In the kitchen the chef, in white apron and cap, was mak- ing lobster croquettes, while the cutting up of the luscious diamond-back, so dear to the hearts of gourmets, engaged the at- tention of an assistant at a neighboring table. Near by a beef tenderloin was be- ing larded. In the pastry room the head cook was occupied in making very realistic oysters of a creamy mixture on little half shells made of wafers, and with the pearly insides counterfeited in icing. These were served on a dish, with slices of lemon, the latter being also cakes. At a round table @ youth was beating with great vigor a bowlful of eggs. Near the oven a baker stood, constantly drawing out pans full of goodies, all ready for the finishing touches of icings and decorations, and putting in others ready to be browned. But it was in the ice cream department that there was most bustle. There two huge freezers were kept hard at work by youths, who turned the wheels.- This de- partment has for its chief a very good- looking young Frenchman, who also wore a white linen cap and apron. All along one side of the room runs a great ice chest in three compartments, each of which holds six cans filled with different ices, and big enough to rejoice the heart of even the greediest of small boys. These were pack- ed in broken ice. When an order is to be filled a mold is packed with the desired flavors and put in a small tub of ice, ready for delivery. An Elaborate Desig: At a big white table the head of the de- partment stood folding two large sheets of brown wrapping paper into strips about six inches wide. These he Placed on the table, with a small Square of pasteboard in the middle, and on that an ornamental round lace paper napkin. Presently a box of cracked ice was dragged in by an assistant, who proceeded to unearth from its midst a fancy two-quart mold. This he handed to his chief, who immediately plunged it into @ great dishpan of hot water, which stood at one end of the table. After a few twists in the hot water he withdrew it, and removed the cover. Then, placing the elaborate pyramid of ice cream which it contained upon the lace paper, he proceed- ed to trim it. There were creams of sev- eral colors used, but the upper layer was of vanilla. In little compartments near the artist were little strips of candied an- &elique, candied cherries, etc., and into each little projectton of the design a small strip of the green angelique was put, with here and there a cherry, and on the very top a round piece of citron was placed. Next, into the small end of a paper cornu- copia a little tin nozzle was fitted, and the bag was filled with raspberry water- ice from one of the tins in the big re- frigerator. With expert fingers the dec- orator squeezed little fluted ribbons of the pink ice, forming quite an elaborate pat- tern over the-whole top. Then, with great care, the gayly trimmed ice was lifted from the table by the long band of brown paper, the usefulness of which was now apparent, and placed in a good-sized tin box, in which It fitted very loosely. Then the assistant took it in hand and proceeded to pack it in ice once more. Then came another mold of a different pattern, and the upper layer of which was of strawberry cream, which went through much the same process, lemon ice being used, however, instead of raspberry, to afford the desired contrast. A “bisquit Tortoni” next engaged the chief's attention. A tin mold was selected from the shelves full of them that lined the wall at one end of the room, and placed on the table. The mold was lined about an inch and a half deep with French vanil- la cream, carefully packed, and then the inside was filled with plain bisquit. After being solidly frozen by being packed in Ice for about an hour it was taken out of its mold and finished. In the pastry room del- icate strips of meringue had been prepared and these were laid all around the cream, and also on the top; then, after a few dec- orating touches, this, too, was ready to be put away in an ice-packed tin for delivery. Various Dainties. “Nesserode pudding” is prepared in much the same way, except that it does not have the meringue and has marrons glaces mixed with the bisquit. “Peches Ranscher” make quite a showy dish. Little molds, in two sizes, represent- ing peaches and opening on a hinge jn the middle, are used. A brandied peach forms the foundation of each, the space once oc- cupied by the stone being filled with bisquit glace. Around these the molds are filled with French vanilla cream, screwed up and put away to freeze. An hour or so later these are brought out and thrown into the tin of hot water. Then each little pale fruit is taken out of its case and put on a tin tray. Then, with expert fingers, the artist paints each one with pink sugar tied up in a loosely woven cloth, giving it the real peach bloom, with downy look and all complete, except for the little stem with leaf attached and here and there a blos- som still adhering, which he next inserts. After this the tray is put into a box to keep cold until wanted. Meanwhile, up in the candy department, the basket weavers are at work making a basket of whatever color may be ordered to hold the luscious fruit, in the shape of those in which peach- es come to market. It was a pink one that was being made yesterday, and it was dec- orated with a big pink satin bow on each handle. The making of bisquit glace is a most elaborate piece of work, the first step in which is the pouring of about a pint of egg yolks into a big copper pot. These are vigorously beaten with wire loops on the table for a few minutes, and then the whole thing is set over the fire of a gas stove, where the beating 1s continued for about fifteen minutes. It was the head of the department himself who attended to it thus far yesterday, but he now put the pot back on the table and one of the assistants continued the beating. Then he took an even bigger copper pot and threw into it the whites -of the eggs he had already broken, and beat them after the same man- ner as the yolks, first on the table and then over the fire and then once more on | the table, until they were cold. In the whites was placed a whole vanilla bean cut into long strips. Whea the eggs were cold the whites and yolks were mixed, and to them was added more flavoring and quite a quantity of brandy. Into this was poured about two quarts of whipped cream. After’ this it was ready to be frozen and mixed with anything that may be ordered. ¥or Roman Punch. Some punch cups and pink roses to be filled with Roman punch were among the things ordered yesterday, and the process of making these dainty little receptacles was so simple as to be quite fascinating. One of the assistants brought in and set on a side table a very large dish-pan full of eracked ice, and into this the chicf poured a quart of strong brine. Then into the ice he fitted his molds, a couple of lit- tle mugs with handles, the mugs being double, and the inside lifting out to release the completed receptacle, and little roses, each of which were in two parts, top and bottom, After making sure that the molds stood quite straight, he filled each with a pink mixture composed of colored water sweetened. Twenty minutes afterward they were frozen and ready to be filled. The handles of the little mugs were solid, but a hole was made in each by the application to it for a moment of a hot steel rod. Through the hole thus made a ribbon was tied, and they were ready to be filled with the punch. The roses only had a thin layer frozen close to the mold, and so all that ‘was necessary to do to them was to pour out the part that was still liguid and fill, A Frenchmay always Jooks with co! temp: upon the American ice-cream freczer, and the chief in, this case was no exception. A large one orf the newest and most ap- pis r00 pattern occupied a corner of the ig room, buf the writer was informed that it was only Sood for water ices—it did not make the -cregm smooth enough. The freezer used for creams is a big clumsy af- fair that ocgu: the middle of the room and which ths Ro paddies. ‘The beating is Wl done by hand fore the freezing be- eins. Quite-a lerge wooden spade is used for taking out the cream when ready for use. le BALDNESS, AND INDIGESTION. It May Be a Cause, but It is Probably _ Secondary. From the British Medical Journal. The cause.of baldness is a question which has a personal interest for many people in these days, when the “new man” finds it almost as difficult to keep his hair as the “new woman” does to find a husband. The theory of the bald-headed man generally is that~ his exceptionally active brain has used up the blood supply which should have nourished his scalp; but those whose crop of hair still stands untouched by the scythe of time unkindly hint that this explanation is of a piece with Falstaff's excuse that he had lost his voice by “singing of anthems.” Then there is the theory of the hat, which we are told makes for sanitary unright- eousness In two ways—allowing no venti- lation, and by its hard rim cutting off part of the blood supply from the scalp. Again, there is seborrhoea, which prepares the way for fungi that blight the hair. It would have been wonderful if that pa- thological .scapegoat, indigestion, had not had this particular misdeed laid to its charge. We are not surprised, therefore, to read in an American contemporary that dyspepsia is the great cause of baldness. This is how the mischief is done: ‘“Na- ture,” we are assured, “is very careful to guard and protect and supply the vital or- gans with the proper amount of nutriment; but when she cannot command a sufficient quantity of blood supply for all the organs, naturally she cuts off the supply of parts the least vital, like the hair and nails"— just as one of our “‘splendid paupers” dis- continues his subscription to a hospital in view of the death duties. The hair, in fact, dies that the nobler parts may live up to a proper standard of physiological efficiency. The best way to escape baldness is there- fore to be careful in our diet, and, above all, to avoid irregularity in meals—a coun- sel of perfection which the busy man too often finds it impossible to follow. We are not prepared to deny that-indiges- tion may have something to do with bald- ness, but the part it plays is probably alto- gether secondary. We know of no evidence that bald-headed men are more dyspeptic than their neighbors, and women who suf- fer much—chfefly through their own fault— from digestive troubles are very seldom bald. The increasing prevalence of bald- ness might, with at least as much plaus- ibility, be ascribed to the general better- ment in our social condition that is taking place. The late Prince Consort (who him- self lost his hair early) held that baldness is a sign of breeding; heredity, therefore, rather than indigestion, would account for its frequency in the upper ranks of s0- clety. On the other hand, hairiness and anarchism often go together, as if the bomb-throwing brotherhood had determined to throw off even the mild tyranny of the barber with other forms of government. 2S a . NICOTINE BLINDNESS. A Disense That Prevails Among To- “Dacco Smokers. From the Boston Past. “Did you ‘ever hear ‘of tobacco blind- ness?” sald ® dtctor. “It ts something we meet with quite, freely, yet not so much as one would suppose, when the great con- sumption of tobacco is considered. Yet there are many ‘who are on the threshold of tobacco blindhess who have, or may not have, an experience with the disease. “For, in tobacco poisoning, like that pro- duced’ by other drugs, the system can resist the influencf of the invader up to a certain point, when, the, smallest further dose of the poison will produce the same symptoms as the taking ofa larger dose would. Thus, in ‘the case $f many people; ‘the mere smok- Ang of a pipe or, two, more a day would pro- duce in them all the advanced symptoms of tobacco poisoning. So it.1s that doctors make it imperative in such cases that the smoking habit must be droppéd entirely. To smoke moderately will not do. You cannot afford to take the chances of giv- ing the system that little bit more of nico- tine which would cause the case to be serious. “Tobacco blindness can, fortunately, be cured. With the smoking habit abolished, plenty of outdoor exercise, a good nerve tonic, which would assist in the purifica- tion of the blood as well as toning up the general system, and absentation from alco- holic beverages, there is no reason why tobacco blindness cannot be cured. Alco- hol, drunk in any of its. forms, is Mable to produce tobacco blindness in a fairly heavy smoker. P “But the strangest part of it all is that a Person does not have to smoke tobacco to become affilcted with tobacco blindness. In fact, one of the most obstinate cases I ever had was that of a waiter in a city cafe. He was a non-smoker and a total «bstainer, yet he came to me with tobacco blindness fully developed, caused by belng com- pelled to work all day in the atmosphere of tobacco smoke, breathing the poisoned air polluted by thirty or. forty smokers. It 1s a wonder why more of the disease does not develop when this is considered. But, fortunately, nature is more kind to us than we are to ourselves, so she gives us strength to throw off many evils to which we are carelessly exposed.” ————-+e+- Written for The Evening Star. The Familiar Question. With bloomers a-booming, And war clouds a-loomings With good men resigning, Aud rich ones combining; With gold disappearing, And bunco men steering; With microbes a-swarming, And hygienists storming; With millonafres hiving, And policemen thriving; With treasurers sliding, And cashiers in hiding; With farmers all grumbling, And prices still tumbling; With forgers transcribing, And suckers imbibing; With gold bonds a-tioating, And Englishmen toting; With lawbreakers drinking, And honest men winking; With marriage declining, And people repining; With poets all prosing, ‘And Uncle Sam dozing; Task you, my countrymen: Where are we at? —J. K. STUDDS. ————_-. One Habit Corrected. From the Indfanapols Journal. “] don't know ,whethar I will be able to break him of all'the habits I do not like,” said the engaged girl, “but the first one I stopped for him Was Just as easy.” MS: habit was that?’ asked the other girl. he habit he had of proposing to me two or three times a week.” —_—_—_+o+___. A Cunning Patient. From the Lustigo Biaetter. Muller meets his friend Nagel at the Turkish baths. Hach is troubled with a gouty foot and has been ordered massage by his doctor. During the operation Mul- ler cried out lustily with pain, while Nagel maintained a stolid composure, greatly to Muller’s astonishment, who afterward ask- ot How could you stand the rubbing so quietly? Didn’t it hurt you atroclously?” “Nothing of the kind,” smilingly replied Nagel. “I simply held out my healthy foot.” THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUFFED SLEEVE, 1892-1896.) Frem Fiiegende Blatter. |HOW TO PASS INSDRANCE. An Expert’s Opinion. “I was born and brought up in the Life Insurance business, and whenever I found a man troubled with any kidney trouble I have always recom- mended Warner's Safe Cure; not because I bad any ‘ax to * but I found that if a man would take ‘a Saif doze ‘bottion ee the Sufe" Give that in nino cases out of ten he would pass the medical examination. I have tried it myself, and I know that it is kept up to the standard.” T. R. TAYLOR. Cohocton, N. ¥. HAD NOT CLOSED HER EYES. Yet Her Watch Mysteriously Disap- peared Frem Under Her Pillow. From the Los Angeles Times. “Dear me,” said Mr. Snapshot, with a start of surprise, which did not at all de- ceive his wife, “is it possible that it is so late? I must hurry or I shall be late for the club meeting.” “But you went to the club last evening,” Pouted his wife. “I ate my dinner yesterday, but that did not prevent me from being hungry today,” remarked Mr. Snapshot, as he put on his overshoes; “the fact is that we installed the officers last evening, and now a—a—we are to vote on the admission of some new members. I shall be home early.” “That's what you always say, but—” “But, Elinor, it was only 11 last night when I came in.” bs “So you said—but remember, I shall put my watch under my pillow tonight and see the time for myself. I only hope you will not come home and find me murdered by burglars some night.” “But burglars have never—” That’s not saying they never will. And finding me awake, as I always am in your absence, they.would be sure to kill me.” “But there are burglar alarms at all the doors and windows. Besides, if I remem- ber rightly, 1 waked the neighbors for four blocks around before you heard me the night I had forgotten my key.” “Keep to the subject, if you please, Mr. Snapshot; as I say, I can never sleep until you have come in. However, if I am at- tacked I can call across to Mr. Homer for help; I shall have the window in the side hall put up on purpose. It will be morti- fying to let an old admirer know how you neglect me, but it is better to be mortified than to be murdered.” Left alone, Mrs. Snapshot duly retired to her couch to meditate upon the short- comings of her spouse, which she never would have guessed during their courtship. She was aroused from what seemed to be a continuation of her reverie by the pres- ence of her husband in the room. “So you are at home at last,” she remarked. “Well, I'm glad of it, for here I’ve been lying awake and trembling at every sound. What time is it, anyhow? Why, where's my watch? I put it under my pillow.” “In Indiana, probably, by this time, my dear—it was always fast.’ “You have evidently been drinking, Mr. Snapshot, and I shall take no—why, my watch is gone!” “And so is the silver and all the rest of our valuables. The burglai $a “Good heavens! burglars! And here I have been left alone and unprotected —” “And unable to sleep—” ‘But how could they have gotten in?” hrough the window which you had left open in order to call Mr. Homer in case you were attacked,” meekly replied her husband—“at least that was the theory of the policeman I met at the,door. ——___+e+_____ How They Knew They Were Safe. From an Exchange. The story of the fears of the passengers on the Gascogne being assuaged by the knowledge that a spirited poker game was in progress night and day in the steamer’s cabin, and that, too, when the sea was roughest, has started another good old sea story on the rounds. It will probably be new to many readers. It is of a venerable clergyman and his wife on board an At- lantic steamer in the midst of an awful storm. The wife was beset with terror, believing that every moment the boat would make a plunge for Davy Jones’ locker. . She importuned her husband to go ta the captain and learn whether the steamer was likely to survive the night. The captain's reply to the clergyman was: “Go to the forecastle and see what the sail- ors are doing. You will find them playing cards and swearing. If they had the least idea of any danger they would be on their knees praying.” The clergyman went to the forecastle and found the sailors as the captain had de- scribed, gambling and swearing. He went back to his wife and reported the results of his trip to the captain and the forecastle. But the storm seeméd to grow worse and the worried old lady could not go to sleep. Again she importuned her husband to interview the captain. The old gentleman was ashamed to go to the captain a second time, but tip-toed down to the forecastle, then came back and satisfied his frightened companion with the words: “Molly, thank God, they are still gambling and swearing. ——— +e+_____ Lacking the Authority. From the Chicago Tribune. “I was sorry, Willle,” said his Sunday school teacher, “to see you keep your seat when the superintendent asked all those who wanted to go to heaven to rise. Don’t you want to go to heaven?” “Yeo'm.”” “Then why didn’t you rise?” “*Cos he didn’t have no right to tell me to rise, ma’am,” answ Willie. “He ain’t no Angel Gabriel.” = LOSSOOCOPOSO SOO ODOSOOOOOOOS An Up-to-date Necessit: For the Toilet and Bath. Pine Blossom Soap. Medicated, antiseptic, absolutely pure. 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