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5 BUFFALO EVENING NEWS: SATURDAY, APRIL" 10, 1909. JTHE STOLEN KISS But one royalroad to It's a weary, wearing road up and down the cellar stairs traveled by the householder who relies on old-fashioned, extrav- LANGUAGE; OF MUSIC The Manner in Which it Appeals to the Human Heart. To those musical agnostics who deny to music any beauties pare those of design and maintain that of Itself It Cannot express Ideas and feelings Red-fern Mason makes appropriate replyi But there Is another side to the picture. What was It that made George II. rise In his place when they sang the "Hallelujah" chorus, thereby setting an example which Is followed to this day? What was it lu the finale of the fifth Bymphony that drew the Napoleonic veteran to his feet with the exclamation, "The emperor?" What sanctity In the Ambroslnn hymns moved St.

Augustine to tears? During the wars of the French revolution It was forbidden, on pain of death, to play the "Ranz des Vaches" In the henrlng of the Swiss soldiers, for so acute longing for home did It bring upon them that they deserted in hundreds. Are we to think that there was no virtue in the music itself and that the effect produced was the outcome of purely accidental circumstances? 1 The Austrian government forbade Berlioz to play the "liackoczy" march Et Budapest, fearful of its effect on the inflammable Hungarians. Was the fire of patriotism kindled by the mere knowledge that the melody symbolized Hungary, or did the notes speak 'with tongues of flame? Atlantic Monthly. agant heating methods to offset March winds. It is these needless cares which make life mis-, erable taking the time which might be given to agreeable duties, and the money which should go for needed comforts.

THE MIRAGE. Conditions That Make Possible This Beautiful Illusion. About that natural phenomenon, the mirage, much mystery clung in days of old, but science explains it as readily as the rainbow. The fata morgana of the strait of Messina and the specter of the Brock-en were nothing more in sober reality than mere mirage. A mirage may occur at any place where tbe denser stratum of air is placed above the lighter stratum, thus refracting the rays of light, tbe common surface of the two stratums acting as a mirror.

In looming mirages distant objects show an extravagant Increase in vertical height without alteration In breadth. Distant hummocks of ice are thus magnified Into immense towers and pinnacles, and a ship is sometimes abnormally drawn out until it appears twelve or thirteen times as high as It is long. Rocks are seen drawn up to ten or twelve times their proper height Houses as well as human beings and animals appear in like exaggerated shape. Another form of mirage Is when a ship or some other object near the water seems greatly elongated and a second inverted image meets it from above. Sometimes the proper image of the object is elevated for above the sea, while the second image strangely appears inverted beneath It, tbe whole surrounded by a sheet of sky which is mirrored and repeated within it In 1882 in the arctic region Captain Scoresby recognized by its inverted image in the air bis father's ship, the Fame, which afterward proved to be seventeen miles beyond the visible horizon of his observation.

One August evening in 1806 Dr. Vlnce saw from Ramsgate, at which place only the tops of Dover castle towers are usually visible, tbe whole of the castle. It appeared as though lifted up and bodily placed on the near side of tbe intervening bill. So perfect was this illusion that tbe bill Itself actually could not be seen through the figure. Some forms of mirage are lateral as well as vert(cal, arising from unequal density of two contiguous vertical bodies of air.

Thus on Lake Geneva a boat has been seen double, the two Images some distance apart. v-1 Persons have been duplicated in the same way. Any one on a hot day by placing his eye near to a heated wall may see lateral mirages of objects at a distance and nearly on a line with the wall. Mirages are very frequent on deserts or the large sandy plains which abound in the southwestern states and Many a panting wagon train has pushed on in Joyous baste at the sight of a green grove or limpid AviERiCAN Ideal require one-third less coal than the average stove or furnace. In se- t1 I ln vere weather no forcing is necessary 1 RADIATORS -MB0ILERS t0 send ample volume of warmth to windward rooms, and in mild weather a low fire from a little coal makes I 1 just enough comfort no fuel wasted.

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The Cahoon-Lyon Drug 319 and 530 Main street. Pretty Absentminded. A book about George Canning and bis friends contains among anecdotes two which deal with Hookham Frere and the absentmlndedness for which he was noted. Frere married Lady Enrol, and "while they were engaged he took her-into supper at a ball. While they were talking he drank up the glass i of wine be had poured out for ber and then took her back supperless to the ballroom.

After the wedding he went straight, from the church to Mr. Murray, the publisher, who asked him to stay to dinner, to which he very nearly agreed, remembering only Just in time that Lady Errol was waiting to start on the honeymoon." Scotch Profits. "We have decided," said the head of a Glasgow firm, "to conduct our business in future on the profit sharing principle. We shall begin at once on the basis of last year's results." "We are delighted to hear it," replied the foreman, speaking for the men. "May we ask what were the last year's results?" "We lost a thousand pounds," said the employer, "and, therefore, on the profit sharing principle, there will be a reduction pf 10 per cent in your wages." Dundee Advertiser.

Stood Up For Him. Dolan So Casey was runnin' me down an' ye stood up for me? Callahan Oi did. OI slz to him, "Casey," slz Oi, "ye're honest an' truthful re're no coward, an' ye work hard an' fay yer dibts, an' ye don't get drunk n' lick yer woife, but In other re flects ye're no better than Dolan!" Puck. Her Hands Full. "Poor woman; she has scarcely time to eat and sleep." 'Nonsense! Why, she is rich and has no duties 'But she tells me she reads all tbe latest novels." Cleveland Leader.

orelhroat Cold in Chest 'meea Rub the throat and chest with Omega Oil then bind around thj throat and lay on the chest pieces or flannel soaked in the Oil. The Oil goes in through the pores and reduces Inflammation that causes tha trouble. Three sizes 85c, toe American Tadiato company Esme Barton as she rode along on her trusty little cob paid no heed to the weather, so absorbed was she in her own thoughts. Ralph Underwood was coming that night to ask her to be bis wife, she felt sure, for his manner at the Fletchers' dance the other evening had been unmistakable. What answer should she give him? Could she ever love a man she did not altogether trust? Ah, If only Jack could speak" she knew what answer she would give if he ever asked the same question, but Jack never would now, though years ago he bad shown in a hundred little ways that he loved her.

But that was before his father died and Brlarsmere was found to be mortgaged and all the affairs terribly involved. So now Jack was a poor man and had even undertaken work as Underwood's agent to pay off the mortgage which Ralph held. Esme was rich and could do as she liked with the fortune she had inherited from her mother, but was powerless to help Jack because of that unwritten law that "a man is to woo, a woman to be wooed." The rain poured down and at last awoke Esme to a sense of what was going on around her. Thej rain was coming down in torrents, and an ominous roll of thunder in the distance made Beauty tremble. It Was a lonely part of the road.

Only la little cabin, much out of repair, (was in sight. She hastened to-ward lit, not knowing if Mrs. O'Grndy still occupied the place or whether she had already gone to live with her sister in Kerry. On trying to lift the latch Esme found it was locked, but discovered a shelter in the peat shed at the back. As she stood there caressing her horse to allay its fears she was startled to hear a key fitted into the-lock of the door in front of the house.

The boards of the mud covered walls were ill fitting and rotten, and Esme could distinctly hear two men talking as they entered and shook the water from their clothes. "A good thing we were so near the place," said Underwood. "Yes," answered a voice which made Esme blush in the semldarkness; "it is a bad storm, but it will soon be over. I am not sorry it has come now, as you will see that something must be done to the place before another tenant occupies It. It isn't fit for a dog to live in, much less a human "I shall do nothing.

It's no use spending money on property of this kind. These peasants are used to pigging It. Leave the place alone." "That "Is, bf course, your affair, Mr. Underwood, said Jock. "In my position as agent It was my duty to point out to you What was needed, but I cannot make you do it.

Only I tell you as man to man that the neglect of your tenants' interests is a disgrace to the neighborhood. I have worked aa your agent In order to work off the mortgage which you hold on my property, but I fsuppose the foreclosure oh threaten must come now, ior I cannot work for you any longer and have not money to redeem the estate." "And pray why am I to loseyour valuable services?" said Underwood. "You know that during my management your profits have nearlydoubled, but when It comes to distilling liquors In underground distilleries and expecting me to be a party to the fraud I draw the line." "How dare you speak like this to me!" said Underwood, choking with rage. "You pauper, If I bad not employed you you would have starved!" "You are exaggerating my poverty," said Jack in a calm tone. "It Is true by honest work I hoped to regain my property, but when you expect dishonest work' you: have come to the wrong man.

"By the way," continued Jack, and Esme could hardly catch bis words, for he was already in tbe road. "I have ordered back the pipes and stills." "The dickens you have!" roared Underwood as he paced the miserable room. A quarter of an hour later Esme was in the cozy office of her friend and adviser, Mr. Hance. "It is a large sum of money to in vest in landed property.

Miss Esme." "I know," said the girl in her quick, bright way, "but what does that matter? I have ever so much more when that Is spent. Besides, I happen know the mortgage will be foreclosed If this money is not paid, and I have other, reasons as well." Beauty, trotting along In the twilight, was within a mile of her own warm stable when she suddenly swerved from a dark figure walking rapidly along in the shadow. Esme, who had been sitting loosely in the saddle, thinking over her afternoon's work, was taken unawares and flung violently to the ground. Stooping over her. Jack for It was he who had unwittingly frightened the cob lifted her quickly In his arms.

She was dazed and and as her head rested on bis shoulder he stooped and, pressing his Hps to hers, stole the kiss that he never dared to hope would be his by right. "Esme," he said after a pause, Is which each read the other's heart, "I never dared to hope that you had giv en me your love, and I have no right to ask you to be my wife, for in a few weeks I shall have no home. Briars-mere Is no longer mine. I kissed you because I could not help it as you lay In my arms and I thought you had fainted." "Brlarsmere is mine," said smiling, "and it is very mean of you, Jack, only to want to kiss me When I have fainted." First Poacher-Hollo, BUI! Wot luck Anything doln'? Second Poacher-Well, I dunno, but if I gets four more besides the wan I'm after now I'll have folve an" that ain't so bad. Punch.

Proved. Mr. Snapp Life is full of contradictions. Mrs. Snapp And I say it isn't.

Boston The NEWS stands better the buyer and the seller. It brings them together. Court and Franklin Streets, Buffalo, New York Write toDcpt Public Showrooms and Warehouses located at Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Omaha, St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Seattle, San Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Francisco, Brantford (Ontario), London, Pans, Berlin, A LION -HUNT. Usually a Case In Which Hunters Goad the Game Into Combat.

There is a distinction in Africa between ordinary Hons and "man eaters," says T. R. MacMechen in Mc-Clure'a Magazine. The ordinary, lion floes not willfully attack man. The presence of Hons roaming at night on the veldt is not disturbing to any native nor to whites who have come to Understand the beast.

Persons returning to their camps after nightfall do not notice the roaring of Hons or the cries of leopards or hyenas. It is seldom that people bent upon domestic errands carry weapons In the darkness, although nt night the veldt of British East Africa Is alive with roaming beasts, which may be heard from the verandas of the. houses. Linns give the passing man a wide berth, day or night, when it appar- ent that he means no mischief. An ordtnr.ry lion, even when wounded, will try flight before fight When its escape Is disputed it will, especially if wounded, try to maul Its enemy with teeth and cIrws.

A Hon bunt Is usually a chase In the hunters goad the game into pombnt Once a lion has tasted human iblood, however. It is no more afraid of man, but learns that he Is the weak est of animals and the choicest of moat. Such a Hon Is known as a man eater because now he hunts man. Ready Replies. One of Lord Carmarthen's future Bonstltuents once asked the youthful tandidate upon some ab- truse question of which he knew nothing.

"Let him alone!" cried another derisively. "Don't you see he's nothing but a baby?" "What do yon think?" reiterated Uls Inquirer, heedless of the Interruption and determined to have an answer. "I think," eald Lord Carmarthen, with ready wit, ''that it is high time for all babies to be In bed," and so saylug he gathered op his papers and disappeared from the platform. Again and this last anecdote is so well known as to have become well High' historical at a crowded meeting Just before bis election, he was Interrupted by the question, "Does your mother know you're out?" "Yes, she "docs," was the instant retort, "and by Tuesday night she will know I'M in." His prophecy proved correct, and be headed the poll by a large majority. 1 A Baton of Bulls.

An'Irlshman excused himself from going to church by saying be had sncb an excellent telescope that with it he could bring the church so near he fcould hear the organ playing, i It was Pat who observed, after patching two men shoot at an eagle and kill It, that they might have sared the powder and shot, as the fall alone would have killed the bird. And it was Pat again who, telling a etory as original and being Informed by one of bis auditors that he had read It In the translation of a Latin work, cried out: "Confound those an-tlents! They are always stealing one's good thoughts." The Real Scrap. Two muscular Individuals were hammering at each other in the ring. "Horrible!" ejaculated a tender hearted spectator, "Horrible nothing," said a regular patron. "If you want to see a real scrap get next to them when they divide the purse." Philadelphia In a Safe Place.

"We have a man In this prison who pever tried to escape," declared the dead keeper. "What's he In for?" Inquired the visitor. "Bigamy," replied the head keeper. Bohemian. Recipe For Goodness.

Half of the wickedness of life is Owing to misery. Make a man happy and he is good. He revives like a flower refreshed by the dew of-heaven; he becomes Sanguine, enthusiastic, energetic. London Graphic. Loving hearts are like poor folks they are contented with whatever is given to them.

Swctchlne. No Applicants. Lincoln, sick with varioloid once, turned a grim face to bis doctor one dny and let a rueful smile appear. "Do yon know, doctor," ho remarked, "It's an ill wind blows no one good? il've got sometfclns at last that the Iodic c'- lake, only to be cruelly disappointed at the fading away of the vision. Is it any wonder that the natives and Indians regard the phenomenon as the work of evil and tantalizing spirits? Lake Ontario Is famous for beautiful and wonderful mirages, during which the opposite shore of the lake Is plainly visible from either side.

Pearson's. Court Dwarfs. Until about little more than a century ago dwarfs were frequently kept as court toys. Records of them might be multiplied almost indefinitely. Bebe, the dwarf of Stanislaus, king of Poland, lived to be ninety years of age, dying in Paris in 1S58.

and is variously described as having measured thirty-five inches and twenty-three Inches. Julia, niece of Augustus, had two dwarfs, each twenty-eight" inches in height and Henrietta Maria bad two whose Joint height was seven feet two Inches. The Emperor Augustus bad a dwarf named Lucius whose height was two feet and weight seventeen pounds. The last court dwarf in England was Coppernln, who belonged to the Princess of Wales, mother of George III. An Isle of Man Oath.

What Is regarded as the quaintest oath still in use is that taken by the high court judges in the Isle of Man, the terms of which are as follows: "By this book and the contents thereof "and by the wonderful works that God bath miraculously wrought in the heaven above and the earth beneath In six days and six nights I do swear that 1 will, without respect of favor or friendship, loss or gain, consanguinity or affinity, envy or malice, execute the laws of this isle justly between party and party as indifferently as the herring backbone doth He in the midst of the fish. So help me God and the contents of this book." Selfishness. Jones worked so hard and denied himself so much lu order to pay his life Insurance that he bad neither the time nor the means to be sick, and be outlived all the beneficiaries, who were meanwhile engaged in the relatively unhealthy business of lying back and waiting for him to die. Moreover, In thinking of the matter be became convinced that he had a good deal of fun, after all more fun, Indeed, than most a terribly selfish fellow," exclaimed Jones guiltily. Puck.

Importance of Vowalt. Do you fully realize the importance of the-vowel in English? The inscription, "Prsrvyprfctmnvrkpthsprcp-tstu," over the Decalogue in an English country church puzzled people for 200 years. Pepper it properly with and you may read, "Preserve, ye perfect men; ever keep these precepts ten." Easy, isn't it? Boston Globe. Modest Modern Man. Whatever may be said of the modern man, he cannot be said to be lacking In modesty.

While the ancients did their utmost to prove that they issued from the gods, we do our best to demonstrate that we have descended from monkeys. Paris Journal. Merely Local. Young Thomas, afflicted with a green apple pain in his midstthus explained his condition to his mother: "Mother, I've got an awful bad pain right In the middle of my stomach, but the rest of me feels fine!" Lippincott'i. The Now Boarder.

"What did you say your name was?" Inquires the landlady in a hoarse wills per. "Camp." "Ladies and, gentlemen, this Is Mr Grant." She waves you to a vtcant chair. The young lady ou your right drops half bow. The young gentleman tc jour left drops a pork chop. Thus amid covert sneers, supercilious glances and general awkwardness, you takt your place among au alien people.

"A bash house introduction always reminds me of a minstrel show," declares the humorous boarder. "Be seated, gentlemen; know each other and be acquainted." Whereat yon must smile. "Chase the cow this way," continues ie humorous boarder in time honored reference to the milk pitcher, whereat you must guffaw. "You are always master of ceremonies," says a young lady boarder to the humorous one. "As for me, Tin too timid." "Why are you timid?" "Oh, I'm so little!" "Sweet goods come in small packages." "So does poison." Fine old repartee! After dinner you ascend to your hall bedroom and wonder if yon will ever be at home in this company.

But you know you will. Within a month you will be lending money to the humorous boarder and perhaps -have a love affair started. Puck. for Infante valuable information, and put 7011 1 Whistler as a Letter Writer. Early Mr.

Whistler as a letter writer became a personage to be reckoned with. His pen was very frequently -dipped in gall, but it is a joy to read him, with his very delightful personal style. No one ever wrote quite like him. Hamerton, with whom he had many passes, always to the critic's great discomfiture, once, in reviewing his "Symphony In White," stupidly called attention to the fact that there were many other tints' in the picture Desiaes wnice. Auere as, uc iuuiu- tained, the reddish hair of the woman, for instance; her flesh color, a bit of blue ribbon, and so on.

Whistler re- I sponded: "Bon Dien, did this wise per- son expect white hair and chalked And does he then, in his astounding consequence, believe that a symphony in contains no other note, but shali be a continued repetition of Fool." And, of course, the world Is familiar with Whistler's studied Insolence in his reply to a communication in the New York Tribune by Hamerton, who complained, that'. Whistler refused to answer his-letters. Whistler referred to the writer as "a Mr. Hamerton," which made Hamer- ton perfectly furious and so served. Whistler's ends.

Arthur Hoetter in Forum. First Aid. Trpre rolled upon to fleal with a hysterical pertoB," asked theexamin- er at the emergency class, "what would, vjju do?" "I'd amputate his runny Done, bum fh ctnflpnt with a turn for surgery and humor. Youth's Companion. and Children.

Ntunntv THrr. new ornr. A N-52 Ancient Skates. The English chronicler has recorded that the youth of London In the twelfth century understood the art of flylnu over the ice like birds in the air, but the origin of skating is far more ancient. An Icelandic saga relates how the Norwegian hero Frlthjof not only traced verses upon the polished mirror, but also cut the dear name of Inge-bord.

Skates have ben discovered near Spandau, in Germanfy, which those competent to express an opinion attribute to a period of 3000 years, ago. These skates were mae from bones of horses, figured and perforated to attach to the sandal. Similar skates have been found at Moorflelds, In Fins-bury, and like discoveries have been made in Berlin In tbe bed of the Spree. These and similar discoveries, we learn, enable the authorities to conclude that the European ice area in prehistoric times extended from Great Britain to Finland and from Norway to Hungary. London Globe.

A Horse's Toe Nails. Few persons realize that a horse's hoof Is really the same thing as the toe nails of human beings or of animals having toes. Tbe horn of a hoof grows Just as a toe nail does. The hoof grows more rapidly In unshod horses than in those wearing shoes, and it grows faster In horses which are well groomed nud well fed. But on an average the bora grows about a third of an inch a month.

Hind hoofs grow faster than fore hoofs. The toe of the hoof being longest part, It takes longer for the horn to grow down there than at the heel. For instance, the toe will grow entirel down lu from eleven to thirteen months, while the heel will grow down in from three to five months. As the new horn growS out any cracks or defects in the old gradually work down to where they can be cut off, just as with human linger nails you can watch the progress of a brulse from the root to the tip. tondon Answers.

French Peasant Women Hard Workers. The French peasant woman, re-tonne or otherwise, works hard as any man. It makes one sad to see the women working in the fields, digging and delving, carrying heavy burdens, driving tbe cattle, sometimes attending to the machinery employed on the farms. One wonders whether husbands and fathers appreciate it all, especially when you bear some of the ballads, for ballads are supposed to reveal the soul of people. I heard one the other day of which the refrain Is at follows: Dear Is "my good wife Jeanne, Her death I should deplore.

But dearer are my beavea, Their loss would srleve me morel From Plougastel (France) Letter to New Orleans Times-Democrat, First Cantalever Bridge. The first cantalever railroad bridge Is the one across the Firth of Forth at Queens Ferry, Scotland. It Is nearly one and a half miles In length. Fifty-one thousand tons of steel were used In Its construction, employing as many as 5,000 men at one time. It cost 000,000 and fifty-six.

lives. The work men began at either end and worked toward the center. When they met and undertook the last connection It was found that the two ends lacked a small fraclon of an inch of reaching far enough to allow the Insertion of the bolts that were to complete the span. For a time this was a puzzle, but was finally solved by an Ingenious workman who suggested expansion by artificial heat, and It was forthwith supplied by means of burning kerosene oil under the steel girder. Where Wives Are Kept Under.

A Chinese Mrs. Caudle is inconceivable, for she would promptly be returned to her father labeled "Too mucbee bhoberry." Only by one means can the lady obtain any right whatever to use even tbe mild moral suasion whorewlth the tactful western wife is wont to turn events to her liking. If as a bride the Chinese woman succeeded in sitting on any corner of ber husband's clothes at tbe moment halfway through the nuptial ceremonials, they first seat themselves side by side she is understood to occupy the position of mistress In her own house. Even then it generally stops at understanding. From "Things Seen In China," by J.

R. Chltty. A Curious Thermometer. Otto de Guerlcke, burgomaster of Magdeburg, made a curious thermometer, which was twenty feet long and gorgeous with blue paint and gilt stars. In consisted of a large globe fastened to a tube, both of copper.

Tbe- tube was bent upon itself to form a very narrow In which was placed the requisite amount of alcohol. One arm of the was shorter than the other and open at the top. On the liquid was a float, to which was attached a cord passing over a pulley. At the other end of this cord was hung a gilt angel, its finger pointing to a scale on which the degrees were painted. Preparing For the Worst.

Both boys had been rude to their mother. She put them to bed earlier than usual and then complained to their father about them. So he started up the stairway, and they heard him coming. "Here comes papa," said Maurlc. "I am going to make believe I am sleep." "I'm not." said Harry.

Tm going to get up and put something on." Ladles' Horn Journal. The Kind You Have Always Bought i BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF In Use For Over 30 Years. THE OCNTAMH i I Success consecratea the foulest.