Wisconsin Weekly Advocate

State Historical Society WISCONSIN WEEKLY ADVOCATE DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE NEGRO RACE WE CONTINUE TO WARN THE BENEVOLENT PUBLIC AGAINST THE NUMEROUS BEGGARS FOR ALLEGED CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS IN BEHALF OF THE NEGRO RACE. LOOK WELL TO THE CREDENTIALS OF SUCH MENDICANTS AND INQUIRE OF SOME REPUTABLE NEGRO CITIZEN REGARDING THE TRUTHFULNESS OF THEIR STATEMENTS. The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate is in a position to secure Desirable Situations for trustworthy and competent Colored Help of both sexes, in Wisconsin, Michigan, and neighboring states—more especially in the smaller cities. Many such are constantly on its list. Applications are solicited from the rural districts and smaller cities of the southern states. Address Management, 729 St. Paul Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. VOLUME VII. WE CONTINUE TO WARN THE THE NUMEROUS BEGGARS FOR TIONS IN BEHALF OF THE NEGRO DENTIALS OF SUCH MENDICANT BLE NEGRO CITIZEN REGARDING STATEMENTS. The Wisconsin W is in a position to secure for trustworthy and c of both sexes, in W neighboring states—more cities. Many such are Applications are solicited and smaller cities of the Management, 729 St. Paul WITH THE NEGRO PRESS --- The Voice of the Negro, the illustrated monthly magazine, published at Atlanta, Ga., in its May number fully maintains the already high reputation which it has gained. We notice with pleasure that the management is not above taking a hint from its well wishers and critics. This month it has introduced a new feature which our reviewer recommended for adoption last month, viz.: The short story feature. The specimen given is of a high order and it is to be hoped that this feature will be continued from month to month. The number for June will contain besides its usual features a review of the educational efforts and achievements of the race. Prof. Scarborough contributes a paper, "Our Pagan Teachers," showing how the Japanese have taught all the world some valuable lessons. There will also be an interesting paper on the colored men's department of the Y. M. C. A., contributed by Mr. W. A. Hunter, international secretary. We would advise our readers to order the June number now. McGirt's magazine (Philadelphia, Pa.) for May does not appear on our exchange table. Can it be that legitimate and kindly meant criticism is resented by the management? There is very little trouble about the future of a Negro's soul. It is about his body that there is all the trouble. I believe in the Y. M. C. A., because it takes care of his body as well as his soul. If there are any of you who think that you can spend your leisure time in barrooms, do with four or five hours sleep, and stand up against a man who gets eight or ten hours sleep, you are mistaken. You will wake up some morning and find that an Italian or a Greek has your job and you won't be able to blame race prejudice for it either."—Bishop Potter at Jubilee Meeting of Colored Men's Branch of Y. M. C. A., New York. While waiting for a car last Sunday in one of the quietest parts of the city, we beheld respectfully dressed women of a race having back of it the opportunity for centuries of growth and culture enter a saloon at the rate of one every two minutes. Hadn't we better examine the foundations of the republic.—East St. Louis Sentinel. The church is the strongest and best influence in the life of the Afro-American people, and the Afro-American woman is the strongest and best influence in the life of the church. It is also a fact that Afro-American women are the life of the Sunday school work, the most important because primary feature of church work.—New York Age. "There is no disgrace in being a cook, but there is eternal disgrace in being a poor cook."—Booker T. Washington. We notice that some of the colored newspapers over the country are fighting Booker T. Washington and are rejoicing every time he stubs his toe. * * * * Of course Mr. Washington may not be as perfect as some of us imperfect mortals, but he is a wonderful man with a most remarkable capacity for doing work and producing great results.—Xenia (O.) Age. Every word of which we are in perfect accord. In our opinion Mr. Washington does not aspire to leadership, but his outstanding ability naturally places him there.—[Ed.] And so it is with the editors of the Washington Bee and the Boston Herald. They might as well try to fight "Boreas" as to hinder Mr. Washington in his career. That gentleman has got the people with him in his ideas and work and what is more they show it in a material way. It must be remembered that Negro editors cannot "bull the wool over the faces of the white people" all the time. Let Brothers Chase and Trotter read, mark and inwardly digest the advice of Gamaliel concerning the work of the apostles. Gov. Glen of North Carolina was the chief speaker at the graduating exercises of the A. & M. college for the colored race at Greensboro, N. C. Gov. Glen emphasized the importance of industrial training for the race. "Frugal habits and energy," he said, "must be exercised to put the race in its most advantageous attitude for promoting its own attitude and material welfare. I want you to teach your race to be true and honest, pure and truthful. Your environments don't prohibit this as some seem to think. I see men in the white race who steal a little thing and are hurried to the penitentiary, while some others steal large amounts and get off easier. This is all wrong. And in your own race you do things wrong. In my town a returning convict was met at the depot and made a hero of. That is wrong. You must not make heroes of thieves nor heroines of harlots."—Raleigh (N. C.) Morning Post. The old church organ, The Chicago Conservator, is now a publication of the dim and distant past. It was one of the would-be smart publications which was constantly nagging at Prof. Washington. We predicted that the "wizard" would be still to the fore when The Conservator was dead and gone. Has not our prophecy been fulfilled? "Mr. Peter Murray, after a brief trip to Ladysmith, Wis., where he went to close a deal for forty acres of land, returned home, for the summer. He is much pleased with his transaction and says his forty acres of well-timbered land will bring from $1.40 to $5 per cord, and that when it is cleared he can raise hay that will sell before it is cut at $11 per ton."—Lincoln (Neb.) Leader. The editors of The Pioneer Press (West Virginia) and the Boston Guardian have been exchanging compliments. Was it a case of "Tickle me and I'll tickle you?" "Dr. E. J. Fisher of Olivet Baptist church has bought Taylor's drug store on Twenty-ninth and Armour streets. His talented daughter, Miss Gertrude, who is a graduate in pharmacy, will be manager. The name has been changed to 'The People's Pharmacy.'"—Illinois Idea. ANNUAL MEETING OF NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE. The next annual meeting of the National Negro Business league will be held in the Palm Garden of the Grand Central palace, New York city, August 16, 17 and 18, 1905. It is not, perhaps, saying too much to state that this meeting will bring together one of the largest and most representative bodies of colored people that has ever assembled in this country, and the present plan of the officers not only embraces the bringing together of a large representation of colored business men and women from the United States, but from the West Indian islands and other foreign countries as well. Great preparations are already under way on the part of the New York Local Business league for the reception and entertainment of the delegates. Aside from the business that will be attended to at the meetings, the social features of the gathering are to be made very prominent, and it is the hope that the male delegates will not only be present themselves in large numbers, but that they will bring their wives with them. Since the last meeting in Indianapolis about twenty local leagues have been organized in various parts of the country; the total number of local leagues is now considerably more than one hundred, besides a number of state organizations. The national organizer, Mr. Fred R. Moore, 181 Pearl street, New York city, is very anxious to keep in touch with all local leagues and to lend his services wherever needed in forming new local organizations. The strongest and most successful business men and women picked from different parts of the country will have place upon the programme. CREAM CITY NOTES. We will be glad to publish news of local and race interest if left at the office, 729 St. Paul avenue, before G o'clock Wednesday evenings. We would respectfully ask our readers to bestow at least a share of their custom upon those who advertise with us. The various remedies and hair restorers advertised in this paper can be had at the advertised price at the office of this paper. We are in a position to secure competent colored domestics of both sexes to our subscribers and patrons and will continue as in the past to do all in our power to get reliable and trustworthy persons from rural districts in the south. Correspondence is solicited. In reference to our statement last week about the scarcity of houses for Negro tenants, we would qualify such by saying that desirable premises can be bad in the northern and southern parts of the city. The trouble is that most of our people will persist in staying about the densely populated parts of the city, popularly known as the bad lands. Our advice is to get out of the alleys and byways. * * * Mrs. John Peoples, who made a flying visit to Chicago during Easter week, was the guest there of our old friend, Mrs. Mabel Boggs. While, there she met her old Columbia avenue friend, whose home is now a thing of the past. She was anxious that Mrs. Peoples should use her influence with her old old "schotts" to allow her to bring her trunk back home again. From all accounts Mrs. People was glad to get back to the Cream city again. * * * "Col." Snell of the Plankinton house force must imagine that he has peculiar ability for acquiring language when he thinks he can become conversant with German vocal music without first studying the German language. * * * Mrs. Frank Weaver and daughter are at present visiting Mrs. Weaver, Sr., at 723 Syeamore street. * * * Mrs. Price and Mrs. Symons paid a pleasant visit to the editorial sanctum Monday evening. We are always glad to see our subscribers and friends. ☆ ☆ ☆ The Pioneer Limited express is not now the only Train de luxe in the northwest. It has a worthy rival in the "Lake Shore Special," which was put on the road last week. It is fitted up with every luxury calculated for the comfort and convenience of the traveling public and should draw the patronage of those for whom it has been designed. ☆ ☆ ☆ Mr. Oliver Bland is quite sick at his and his father's home on Marshall street. we wish him a speedy recovery. * * * Mr. Benjamin Tomkins. 38 Eighth street, we are sorry to learn, has suffered a relapse and is again confined to bed. * * * We are sorry to miss from the city Hall our esteemed friend. Chief Meminger of the fire department. We trust he will find renewed health in his enforced holiday. forced Monday. The "old folks" of Calvary Baptist Church will give a really old-time entertainment at Kenner's hall, 210 Fifth street, for the benefit of the church funds. A good time is assured to all. *** The literary society in connection with the above church held its weekly meeting Tuesday night and discussed the question of whether the colored people were justifiable in taking the places of the Chicago striking teamsters. The preponderance of opinion and expression was in favor of the affirmative. Rev. P. H. Moore of Toledo, O., was a visitor to the city last week. For Rent—Room. A well furnished room with heat, suitable for either one or two gentlemen of good repute, with a quiet and respectable colored family in a fine locality may be had through this office. Wisconsin Weekly Advocate. Payne Whitney is encircling his estate at Manhasset, L. L., with an iron fence to cost $75,000. Deer will be kept in the enclosure. THE NEWS IN JAPAN. Mrs. Adam Tells of Difficulties of Press Correspondents. GOVERNMENT SECRETIVE. Not at All Inclined to Allow Its Plans for the War to Get Mrs. Douglas Adam, who was formerly Miss Medora Clark, and whose husband is general correspondent for the Associated Press in Japan, is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. L. Brookins, at 16 Thirty-fifth street, Milwaukee. Mrs. Adam left Japan in March. A First Rate Scoop. Mr. Adam, who is also editor of an English newspaper in Yokohama, owned by an English syndicate and published by him along the lines of American journalism, is close to the Japanese government, and thus in touch with many sources of news closed to many newspaper men. It was Mr. Adam who scooped the entire press of Japan upon the news that diplomatic relations between Russia and Japan were about to be broken off. Mrs. Adam tells the story interestingly. How He Got the Tip. "A member of the English syndicate which owns the Gazette (the paper of which my husband is editor) also owns a number of houses in Tokio, one of which was rented to the Russian vice consul. The Russian came to his landlord one day, saying that he must give up the house before the termination of his lease, as the Russian minister had been recalled and he must be ready to leave the city at a moment's warning. Of course the Russian didn't know that the Englishman was connected with the press, but the word was at once passed to my husband, and he issued an 'express' which corresponds to the American 'extra' and scooped the entire press on the news. During the war thus far he has gotten about 240 of these expresses. When Port Arthur fell he was the first to issue an 'express' giving the news." Why Japs Are Cautious. "The censorship is very strict," continued Mrs. Adam, "and it is largely owing to this element of caution, to the preservation of secrecy, that the Japanese have gained so many victories. My husband received a cablegram from New York one day, saying 'Secure interview with Marquis Ito on the war.' Well, Mr. Adam had had many interviews with Marquis Ito on the war, but it was manifestly impossible to send out any of them. He tried his best to secure an authorized interview, but without avail. The Japanese reasoned that they are but a small nation, fighting against odds against one of the most powerful nations of th earth, and that they could not afford to let the least inkling of their plans be known. The Correspondent's Long Wait. The Correspondent's Long Wait. "It was very amusing, the lack of understanding between the war correspondents and the Japanese government. When the correspondents arrived, they made their request to be allowed to go to the front, and the Japanese, with their customary beautiful politeness said, 'Certainly, it will give us pleasure.' Then they politely put the correspondents off from time to time, making one excuse after another, always with the most exquisite courtesy. Finally the correspondents became very cross with the Japanese government and said that the Japanese were liars. On the other hand the Japanese said that Americans and other foreigners were stupid. 'They should have known at once,' they said, 'that we did not intend ever to allow them to go to the front, but of course it wouldn't have been polite to tell them so.' That is the Japanese character in a nutshell. News Suppressed in Tokio. "The news from the seat of war is carried to the telegraph stations by swift runners, and telegraphed to the government in Tokio. Baron Komura, minister of war, is the head or the committee of censorship. He is a very brilliant man. The vice minister, Lieut. Gen. Ishinoto, is a personal friend of ours. Whatever news they deem advisable to give out is issued by the committee to the press. Much of it is of course suppressed in the committee, temporarily at least. After a battle is over they are willing to give out the news, though they frequently do not tell the extent of the losses. "Japanese heroism is something marvelous. They are fatalists, you know, and deem it the highest honor to die fighting for their country. They filled trenches with their own dead at the battle of Lienyang, and crossed thus to the enemy. The Japanese troops, when they march forth to war, are cheered to the echo, but when the survivors, wounded and otherwise, come home, there is no demonstration made over them. It is considered a disgrace to come home at all. Better and more glorious to die on the field of battle." Mrs. Adam Sides with Japs. Mrs. Adam is an enthusiastic partisan of the Japanese cause and has no doubt as to its ultimate success, telling many stories of sacrifice and patricious devotion and bravery. "I have never seen in any other country," said she "such lavish decorations as Tokio displayed on the occasion of Lianyang and Port Arthur victories, literally hundreds of miles of silk flags, banners and lunterns." Where the Artists Were Mistaken. "An English weekly issued pictures, made from photographs supposed to have been 'taken on the spot,' of the soldiers taking leave of their people," continued Mrs. Adam. "Doubtless you have seen them—the women weeping on their husbands' shoulders and the men bending over them and kissing them. There never were any such scenes. The Japanese women would not dream of weeping. One woman did so far forget herself, and her husband slapped her over the cheek with his sword. And they never kiss one another. They consider it a filthy habit. Men of Quick Action. "There are at this time about 60,000 Russian prisoners in Japan, and they are treated most admirably. They have as much liberty as is consistent, and are well fed and housed. The celerity and dispatch with which the Japanese do things is something remarkable. For instance, I saw 3000 soldiers embarking one day on a transport. They passed over the gangplank, two abreast, and the very instant the last man stepped off the plank it was raised and the transport moved off, without a second's delay." Well Posted on the Orient. Mrs. Adam has spent about five years in Asia, going there from San Francisco with Mr. Adam, who was editor of the San Francisco Call. She has traveled extensively in Japan, India, China and the Philippines, learning languages and dialects, and gaining an insight of the intimate life of the east. "When visiting the family of the Baron Hiwada in northern Japan," said Mrs. Adam, "the son came to me in the guest apartments and said with a glow of exaltation on his face, 'My mother will open the chrysanthemum jar today. Had he said 'My mother will have the dressmaker or write a letter,' it would have seemed as important, since the information carried no special weight. But I was soon undeceived. The jar was started one thousand years ago, each generation adding to its contents the blossoms of the yellow and purple chrysanthemums and turning the entire contents over. As the flowers never lose their color, so skillfully are they preserved, those taken out today may have been preserved 500 years ago or even by the earliest ancestors. "They were served to me on a Satsuma plate 400 years old, with fine sifted sugar, and I ate two helpings and called it good. It occasioned so much satisfaction that I hope I will be forgiven for the exaggeration of which I was guilty. "The jar is only opened on the occasion of visits from the royal family and the birth of an heir apparent to the barony. It is then sealed with a porcelain cement. When I left the town, the whole village, some 400 people, came to see me off, and the train was held ten minutes in order to give me time for the necessary salutations of good-bye. "Japan is the cleanest country in the world and it is a significant fact that the word for beautiful and clean is the same. Her Estimate of Philippines. Mrs. Adam, who spent some time in the Philippines, was much impressed with the resources of the islands, saying: "The United States has made no mistake in retaining the Philippines, for their wealth is illimitable, stupendous and incredible. There are hundreds of acres of virgin forest of the varied trees coming under the general head of hardwood—the familiar red-brown sort known as mahogony being found in great abundance, the white nara, the darker sort, commercially known as ebony, rosewood, a hard, unveined wood of bright yellow with a delicate aroma, camphor, gigantic bamboo, etc., while the coffee and cocoa (or cacao) trees grow wild. Then there are the fibrous plants, banana, century plant, pineapple, nipa palm, of which houses are built, and others from which are made pina cloth, samai abaka, sail clothes and ropes, 'juse' and 'pandan' mats, the primitive bed of the Filipino. Stories of rich mines on the islands are not the fables they were formerly supposed, while since the Spanish war the pearl fisheries have become a great industry." Speaks Japanese Tongue. Mrs. Adam speaks Spanish and Japanese fluently, learning the latter language from Japanese books hundreds of years old. These books are preserved like heirlooms, and were loaned to her. Many people will remember Mrs. Adam as Miss Medora Clark, formerly of Neosho, who in years past contributed many poems to the Wisconsin press, many of which were printed in The Evening Wisconsin. Her first poem appeared in these columns when she was but a girl of fourteen. Her sister Julia was also a poet, and the two wrote and published a book of poems. Mrs. Adam was educated abroad, and during that time wrote letters to papers in America. She now has in preparation a novel whose scene is laid in Japan. Mrs. Adam says that one of her early poems which appeared in The Wisconsin had been taken by Riger Haggard and incorporated into his novel, "Jess." One of her recent poems, written while she was in the Philippines, is given herewith, and shows her poetic gift: AT SAN GREGORIO, PANAY. Against the mountain-top the white mist lies. The silken rain falls out from silver skies Softly, and with a music sounding low. Like fairy foot-falls, passing to and fro. The eaves of cottage-homes, low-bending, drip Their pipa-tinted drops, which roll and dip In topaz bubbles to the pools beneath. Where wild azalias, in their beauty, breathe. Ah, now breaks through the sun! The clouds are kissed! A rainbow springs to life, across the mist; The bamboo and the palm are silhouette Against the sunset-gold, in graceful fret. The patient water-beasts, with velvet eyes, The naked children and the changeful skies, The scent of iland ilang, everything, Forever in my memory will cling. And now the moon comes up; the day is dead, Like other Filipino days, swift-fled. Oh, sun-swept land! Oh, breath of scarlet flowers! Oh children of the earth! Oh, Tropic hours! Province of Antigue, The Philippines, June 16, 1903. A Japanese song, written on the bravery of Hirose, of whose shattered body only the arm was found, the member being brought home with great honor was translated into English verse by Mrs. Adam and is now sung in the schools. Mrs. Adam intimated that many good stories might be told about American consuls abroad. Jack Bacon's Distinction. "Our minister to Japan, Lloyd Griscom, is an American gentleman, but as much cannot be said of all of those who go abroad as our consuls. Many of them are simply ward politicians. I believe that Mr. Bacon from Milwaukee is the only one in the consular service in Asia who has added anything to the literature on the eastern countries, excepting of course, James Davidson, nephew of Maj. Pond, whose work on Formosa is well known. This statement may be too sweeping, but at least there are not many who have availed themselves of their opportunities."—Evening Wisconsin. WHO ARE MILLIONAIRES? Wall Street Men Do Some Tall Figuring Regarding Fortunes. Andrew Carnegie's $10,000,000 benefaction to the college professors of the United States and Canada aroused great interest among Wall street men, the other day, who were disposed to do some calculating regarding the extent of the fortunes of the great capitalists of the country. One of them well qualified to make such a calculation is Henry Clews, for he has had business and social relations for forty years that puts him in a position to judge pretty well what the great fortunes really amount to. Following is Mr. Clews' estimate of the wealth of some of the most prominent of our capitalists: John D. Rockefellers.....$500,000,000 John D. Rockefeller's Andrew Carnegie, $115,000,000 given away, leaving William Waldford Astor, chiefly in real estate. John Jacob Astor. 200,000,000 75,000,006 Gould family, of which George J. Gould's personal fortune represents $35,000,000. Marshall Field Blair estate W. K. Vanderbilt. Russell Sage D. O. Mills. William Rockefeller J. P. Morgan James J. Hill Henry H. Rogers Henry Philip John D. Archibold Henry M. Flagler James B. Haggin James Henry Smith W. H. Tilford James Stillman George F. Baker 150,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000 80,000,000 80,000,000 75,000,000 75,000,000 60,000,000 60,000,000 50,000,000 45,000,000 40,000,006 40,000,006 40,000,006 35,000,000 20,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 It will be noted that Mr. Clews' list does not contain by any means all the great rich men. The members of the so-called Rock Island crowd—William H. and J. H. Moore, D. G. Reid and W. B. Leeds—are not in it, neither is Senator W. A. Clark, Henry C. Frick, John W. Gates, Norman B. Ream, the William C. Whitney estate, P. A. B. Widener, the younger Vanderbilts, Mrs. Hetty Green nor any of the other notably rich women of the country. Mr. Clews, in fact, admitted that his list was by no means complete, but he said he believed it contained undoubtedly all the very richest capitalists. Cairo the Gambler's Paradise. Modern Cairo must be a sort of gambler's paradise, judging from some facts which I recently had from a friend who has been investigating the subject. In one of the principal streets near Mohammed All Square, a gentleman who knows the town well pointed out over twenty first floors, over the shops, with the names of bars upon them, every one of which he knew to be a gambling hell; and a police official admitted to the investigator that the town was full of such places. The police do not seem to be at fault. They raid the places from time to time, but the offenders, nearly all foreigners, and mostly Greeks, are protected by their consuls and let off lightly, and return to the business the next day. I should guess that the business is chiefly carried on for foreigners as well as by them. There is a sort of cosmopolitanism about gambling, and its votaries are drawn from all corners of the earth by the scent of the game. But this seems to be one respect in which Egypt has not improved under British influence.—London Truth. An Approximate Elimination The barber, Don Nicolas Mendieta, almost eliminated an ear from the youthful Pacho Pereira while in the act of shaving the premature hairs of the beard. The deed was casual and happened in the Carrera del Istmo.—La Republica of Panama. TEA AN IDEAL STIMULANT Used Judiciously, It May Save People from Greater Evils. Every little while there is an outcery against the practices of tea and coffee drinking. Lately it has been alleged that the degeneracy observed in the lower classes of Great Britain is largely due to the immense quantity of tea which is drunk in that kingdom. Without any doubt, a few people do drink too much tea and would be better without it. But tea drinking, as in China, may be the salvation of a people from much greater evils. The decoction has, at least, the advantage of having been sterilized by heat, and water drinking in China has its dangers, as many an old traveler can testify. The immense quantities of tea used without apparent damage by some of the most robust peoples in the world other than the Chinese, such, for example, as the Russians, the Hudson bay voyagers and the lumbermen of the north, does not testify to its evil effects on general health under proper conditions. For a cold country it is almost an ideal stimulant, reviving the energies, even after almost apparently complete exhaustion, and affording a feeling of comfort that hardly anything else can give, and this without any noticeable uncomfortable after effects. Of course, in our civilization there are some who take too much of many things for their own good, but even in these cases it is hard to say that the evil is as great as sometimes charged. The practice of giving large quantities of strong tea to mere infants, which is common among certain of the poorer classes of our cities, of course, cannot be too much condemned, but it is astonishing how many infants seem to thrive on it. There should be some discrimination in the general condemnation of such stimulants as tea and coffee. They probably do more good than harm and we should welcome their use if by any means or to any extent they can be made a substitute for things that are worse, and if the habit were universal in some of unsanitary communities we might find it the safeguard against many serious evils.Journal of American Medical Association. Uses for Old Fashioned Jewelry. I saw an old fashioned set of carved Neapolitan coral the other day which was being utilized in a pretty way. The brooch was used to hold the lace collar in place, and the earrings were arangned to fasten the front of a handsome white embroidered waist. Another brooch served as belt buckle or clasp, the whole giving the most effective finish to a handsome toifet. I saw another quaint ornament the other day that was the result of a girl's rummage through an old box of her mother's. It was a most exquisite bit of moss agate, perfect oval in shape, set in a rim of gold and worn on a slender old chain as a necklace. It attracted a great deal of attention, almost everyone who saw it asking what it was. It has a story, too, for years ago, when brilliant Anna Dickinson was at the height of her fame and glory, she brought it from Colorado and gave it to her friend, who was the girl's mother. She had cherished it carefully for years, but in some way it was mislaid, and she thought it lost until it was found in this almost forgotten box of treasures by her daughter.—Boston Herald. Pot Hunters' Harvest. Richardson's bay, between Mill Valley Junction and Manzanita, presented a curious sight recently. Hundreds of big canvasback ducks were flapping about in semi-helpless condition and the pot hunters were reaping a harvest. The cause of the condition was a coating of thick sticky oil which almost entirely covered the bay. Upon alighting the ducks would become covered with this oil and thereby rendered unable to fly. This news spread rapidly and by noon dozens of hunters were on the ground. The ducks swam slowly about in droves or waddled along the shores, easy prey for the market hunters. A peculiar feature of the affair was that nearly all of the ducks were canvasbacks, the teal and other smaller ducks apparently being able to escape from the clinging fluid.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. No Poultices for Soldiers. Linseed and linseed meal have been dropped from army medicines, and the army physicians have been notified that it is the opinion of the surgeon general's office that poultices have no place in modern therapeutics, all the good results obtained from them being got in a much more cleanly way by hot wet compresses. The prohibition of the time-honored linseed meal, the best material for poultices, seems to interfere with a method practiced by a large number of physicians, who would be inclined to testify that without it our soldiers would not receive the best care. There is surely much to be said on both sides. The psychological effect at least of a poulice is entirely too great for a successful family physician to ignore, and why deprive the soldier of this old-fashioned comfort? Medical Record. Innocence of the Heron. "The heron is becoming scarcer each summer season about the marshes and lake shores," said an old-time hunter. "I remember drawing a bead on one while it was displaying its delicacy and elegance of attitude, together with its majesty and graceful playfulness in all its movements, that I refrained from firing at it. "The innocence of this water fowl respecting danger is exceptionally noticeable, and when it skips in the shallow water striking at fish with its long, sharp-pointed bill it is directed by a keen watchfulness. The heron is the most beautiful of all the waders, and is said to be held sacred by the African tribes; should one happen to be killed, even by accident, a caif or young cow must be slaughtered as an atonement.—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Wild Duck Domesticated. Andrew C. Paist of Mechanicsville, Bucks county, has a beautiful wild duck among his flock of Pekin ducks. It alighted last November in a state of bewilderment and exhaustion and was easily captured. Its wings were clipped so that it could not fly, and it soon became domesticated among the tame ducks, the most serious difficulty, that of getting used to a corn diet, being overcome by degrees. During March it laid twenty-eight eggs, twenty-three of which have furnished sittings for two tame ducks, and Mr. Paist is eagerly waiting the hatching process to see what the half wild, half domestic ducklings will be like.—Bristol Observer. Bullet in Hand Forty Years A bullet that had been imbedded in the left hand of J. W. Portner of Daliastown, Pa., for nearly forty years has been removed by two surgeons. When a boy Mr. Portner shot himself with a 22-caliber revolver, the bullet lodging in the palm of the hand, at the base of the second finger. The injury caused Mr. Portner no inconvenience until recently, when he began to suffer intense pain and was obliged to have the lead extracted.—World.* Jack O'Keefe and Willie Fitzgerald have been matched to box ten rounds in Indianapolis, May 29, at 135 pounds. THE FIRST ONE. I loved a girl when I was young, A girl I dared not try to kiss; Our love was shy and found no tongue, But eyes told tales we could not miss. The years have stretched a lifetime now, And I have loved more girls than one; And I have kissed with deepest vow, And kissed before I knew 'twas done. And that first girl I never met After her pigtails coiled her head; And I can't say my eyes were wet When some one told that she was dead. Yet there it is; she is the one, The only one of women all. Now that the list is closed and done, Whom dreams of day and night recall. Only last night she came to me, Still silent came, and shy and sweet, And then I learned what life might be —Dream-drawn I sought my sweetheart's feet; I laid my head upon her breast; Within that haven reached at last. There came no echo save of rest, From all the life-long weary past. To each poor dog his day, we're told; Of my queer luck here is the best; I dreamed that girl, forgot of old; Caressed my head against her breast. —V. R. in McClure's. MOLLY AND THE PRINCE. "You must be the Prince," said Molly, not at all surprised to see him. "Eh?" said the small, elderly man who had shuffled in. "Me, my dear? No. I'm 'Opkins, Bill 'Opkins, my dear. I wants to see your pa, which the young lady as opened the door says is hout. 'Asty tempered," he went on, contemplating a peaked cap that some years ago had changed its habit of black for brown, and putting it on again very cautiously, "as will never make a good wife. They sort's the making of public 'o'uses, they is." "Oh, of course," said Molly, confidentially, tucking her small black stockinged legs very luxuriously under her on a mat, and shaking back curls that were invariably trying to hide her eyes; "of course, you are the Beast now." The room was very bare, and Molly made the most of the one little mat. Everything looked as though it had got up quite early and was waiting to go out. A chair in its eagerness had jumped on a big chest, and the table had edged close to the window. Her father had told her they might have to move in a great hurry. "Oh, my dear, I 'opes not!" The little old man in the rusty green ulster looked quite grieved. He was a nervous, shaky old man, with a strip of whisker under his chin, which stuck out like an immature fringe, whiskers and scanty hair that would have been gray if they had been anything definite. But they were not self-assertive enough to be any deceived hue, and were as indefinite as everything about their owner, including himself. "I'm not much to look at, and the young lady who tried to stop me when I was coming in to see your pa, my dear, did say the same; but I 'oped as 'ow that was merely 'er 'asty temperedness. I 'opes not. I 'ave my feelin's, my dear—I don't boast on 'em, no, Bill 'Opkins ain't no boaster—but I 'as 'em, an 'beasts don't 'ave no feelin's." The door opened suddenly about a yard, and a dirty face, surmounted by a dirtier cap, was thrust in. It belonged to Liza, the small maid of all work in the small house in the long row which was Molly's home, and for which the landlord looked very foolishly to Molly's father for rent. Liza was aggressive. She often was. Molly's father said she was invaluable when creditors were in the case. Otherwise, he would add, that term was not wholly applicable. It was really astonishing that her clothes were invariably so dirty, because there never seemed to be any loss of dirt in the house. And she contrived to break quite a large number of articles, considering that many were intrusted, probably for safety, to a gentleman around the corner, whose house was decorated with three comparatively golden balls. "You villain, you sneaking 'ippercrite!" she said, and slammed the door. The voice was so loud when you considered how small Liza really was, and the slammed door so sudden, that William Hopkins jumped and gave a gurgle of alarm. "Oh, you must be the Beast," said Molly, following out her original idea. "Don't you believe her!" the old man said, gaspingly. "It's 'er 'asty temper. I'm not no beast—I'm a ten-pound franchiser, I am. What she 'as agen me let her up an' say, and I don't see—no, I don't see—not no'o'w as I can say fairer nor that." Molly understood nothing of this speech, which was not surprising. She regarded the strange visitor, very closely from the vantage point of the hearthrug. Then she rose slowly and went over to him. "Oh," she said, coaxingly, "you must be the Beast. I want you to be the Beast." The door opened, and the apparition of the dirty face and the dirtier cap appeared again. "You sarpint!" said Liza, very loudly. "Oh, you wrecker of 'omes, you destroyer of the fatherless—which it should be motherless, pore thing, and those who are hoppressed! Oh!" The door slammed again in as precisely a noisy fashion as before. The old man jumped in a highly alarmed manner and then sank nerveless into a chair which creaked. From a cavernous pocket in his pea jacket he produced a huge red handkerchief, with large white strawberries on it—at least they had at one time been white. "Drat that gel!" he said feebly; "drat that gel! I 'opes she'll harry a Black Lister. I do. I only 'opes that." "I was going to ask you to take a chair," said Molly, politely. "It's all right if you don't wriggle. If you do, it comes unstuck. Liza," she added, is 'cited today. I think it's washing. Washing is very wearing to the temper." "I don't know much about washing," William Hopkins observed, reflectively, "but I should think as it was very wearing to the temper. Leastways, if she's bin washing. But she don't look it." he added, shaking his head; "she don't look it." "But you will be the Beast?" Molly persisted. "You see it's rather lonely here all day by yourself, and dolls aren't intelligent—at least, you have to put in all the 'telligence yourself." "Ave you?" said the old man. "Of course, they aren't real. But you are real." "I suppose so," assented the man, looking apprehensively at the door, "but if that there tornado keeps on a-coming in and blowing off, blest if I shall know. Seems to me, my dear, that I'm 'azy now as to whether I am on my 'ead or my 'eels." "Oh, you're on the rickety chair. You know the story of 'Beauty and the Beast,' Mr. 'Opkins?" "Can't say as I do, my dear. I 'ear so many things and reads on 'em, too, in 'Lloyds.'" "Oh, this is a fairy tale. I'll tell you." The door opened again suddenly, and Mr. Hopkins wriggled. It was fatal. The chair came unstuck, and the little old man sat down hurriedly on its remains. "The 'ail's the place for sich as you, Oh, you old sinner!" Liza shouted triumphantly over the fallen old man. "I come in 'ore' protested. Mr. Hon "Mr. 'Opkins is talking to me, Liza," said Molly, with the accumulated dignity of ten years and a visitor. "That's it!" exclaimed Liza, stabbing a hairpin robbed from the back of her head into the cap that had broken from its moorings and was flopping over her left eye; "that's it! A-bamboozling the 'eart of a young innercent! Do we find you?" she demanded, threateningly. "I ain't lost," said the old man. "Leastways, I don't know. I may be. Such treatment upsets me. I never did—no, not never," he concluded, lamely. "Oh, no, I dare say, not by no means. Always received with open arms, o' course, and taken in and done for as one of the fambly! I'd like to 'ave the doin' o' you, you old scaregrow! you'd be done for, so you would!" "I ain't done nothing to you; I only wants to see Mr. Halgernon Runstone. I've got a dockyment for 'im—most important!" "A dockyment! Yes, I know you and your dockyments. You wouldn't 'ave got in, honly I didn't know as you was expected." "I wusn't." "Oh! What I says is, do we find you?" "As 'ow'?" The old man, who had risen by this time and shuffled cautiously across the room, peered anxiously across the table he had placed between him and the irate face and cap. "None of your persiflage, old 'oary 'eaded destroyer of 'appy 'omes! Beer and vittles?" "I could," said the old man, reflectively, "I could do with arf a pint, thanking you 'andsomely.' "None of that." Liza observed, in such a tone that Mr. Hopkins nervously clutched the table and jerked down two framed photographs of a very astonished infant trying to bite a toe two inches away. "None of that! If we finds you, we finds you, but we don't want none of your cheek. You're short of it as it is—ain't much more than ugly skin—don't get givin' it away." With that the door shut again, proudly rivaling a pompom in the noise it made, and Mr. Hopkins said, "Oh!" very loudly, and tried to turn it into a cough "It must 'ave been in a very 'eavy storm, my dear—a uncommon 'eavy storm," observed Mr. Hopkins. "But you don't mind, Mr. 'Opkins, do you? You don't write. You never have headaches?" "Sometimes, my dear, in the morning—when I've 'ad a stroke of luck—but not often." "Dad has them most days; he says they are the price you have to pay for being a genius. He's a genius—that's why we are so poor." "Pore! Pore, my dear? Lorlumme, this ain't so bad, I've been worse—a table and chairs, and a mat and a chest, and a heap of things. What helse do you want, that's what I hasks?" "Oh, lots of things! But now—Oh, you are the Beast, and it will come alright." "Eh? Me! I ain't no beast, my dear. I'm a 'ard-working man—leastways would be if there was any work. But work is scarce." "I mean the Beast in the tale." "The Beast wif a tail?" "You know—who becomes a prince afterwards." "Me a prince! Ho, I say! Me, Bill 'Opkins, a prince! Come, that's a bit strong. And who are you?" "Oh, you see," said Molly, confidentially, "I am Beauty. And because my father takes o rose from you"— "Being 'ungry?" "No, no. Why should he be hungry?" "Well, he shouldn't ought to pinch bloaters' roes unless he is. But there, he's never 'ad nothink from me." "Of course not. I think you are very stupid, Mr. Hopkins. This is only 'mag- imagination—made up, you know." "Oh, ho!" said Mr. Hopkins, very relieved and smiling in such a way as to crease his face into a faint resemblance to a cracked and starred looking-glass. "Now I sees where we are, as the sleepwalker said when 'e' it the pavement hafter stepping hout of the hattic window. It's a game we are playing. I ham the Beast and you are Beauty. Lumme, I was silly—but that's me, my dear. I was always silly, never quick of catching a chap's meaning. But I don't think I can turn into a prince, not now. I did go to the waxworks once—but bless you, my dear, they never moved, so I can't hape their manners. But I can bark like a dog!" "That's absurd—the Beast was a lion, you know, and—Oh, I 'member. I don't think we'll play that game through," she added suddenly. In reply to his look of interrogation, she added: "I don't think, Mr. Hopkins, if you don't mind, that we will go on playing. You see it is what dad calls a delicate situation. I had forgotten that Beauty marries the Beast, and you don't mind, I hope, Mr. Hopkins, but I couldn't possibly marry you!" "No, no, in course not," agreed Mr. Hopkins, heartily. "No, in course not. Hain't much of the bridegroom about Bill 'Opkins, is there? Not much of the gay and festive hair about 'is Juds—eh, my dear?" "You see, you are really so much older," Molly said, politely. "I don't think it would do." "In course," commenced Mr. Hopkins, when the door flew open in quite a passion and the dirty face, with the dirty cap, now gracefully draping Liza's left ear, pushed themselves in. To the vast alarm of Mr. Hopkins, Liza followed her face and cap into the parlor. Her sleeves were rolled up, showing two arms very thin, very dirty and remarkably long. In one hand she carried a tumbler and in the other a small jug with a broken spout. "Ho!" she said, glaring at the trem- bling Mr. Hopkins, "'ere's your beer. I 'opes it will choke you." She put tumbler and jug down on the table with such a bang that the two recumbent infants stared at their toes in a more astonished manner than ever. "I 'opes not," the old man said. Molly looked reproachfully at Liza. "Is there more washing than usual?" she asked. "Oh! there's dad!" she added, rushing to the front door. "Comin' 'ome to rest and findin' you 'ere!" said Liza. "Hain't you ashamed of yourself? 'Ow you can 'ave the 'eart to do it peats me!" The door, quite used to it by this time, flew open, and Molly appeared dragging in a rather tired and careworn man of 35. "Hullo!" said Mr. Runstone, stopping abruptly. Mr. Hopkins touched his forehead. "I have a dockyment for you, sir," he said. "It's Mr. Hopkins," said Molly. "Broker's man," said Liza, sniffing. "Rates!" "Rates!" Mr. Runstone exclaimed. "Why, I paid rates yesterday with my overcoat and opera glasses. I have the tickets in my pocket. It must be the landlord. Means going, I suppose." "Dockyment," said Mr. Hopkins, sententiously. "From Mr. Bates—St. George theater—himmejet hanswer." "Bates?" shouted Liza. "You said Rates!" "Can't elp it hif you hare deaf!" replied the old man. Mr. Runstone tore open the envelope in great excitement. "Can I come down—settle terms—for production of my play? Oh! Molly, Molly, the waiting is over! No more poverty, no more—Oh! hang it! No, we can't get rid of Liza!" he cried, snatching up his daughter and kissing her with wild heemence. "Wouldn't go," Liza asserted. "And Mr. Hopkins brought all this good news?" Molly asked. "Yes," answered Mr. Runstone. "Then, dad, he must have been the mince in disguise, after all!" "And." said Mr. Hopkins, smiling at them very pleasantly and pouring out the beer into the tumbler with the dexterity of an expert in broken spouts. "and a pretty heeftuctual disguise, too. Your 'ealth, sir! and yours, my dear!"— Walter E. Grogan in Black and White. INDICATOR ON THE GUN Keeps the Marksman Posted as to the Available Charges. For military warfare the single-loading rifle will soon be as obsolete as the old-time muzzle-loader of our grandfather's day. The magazine rifle presents so many advantages that its general introduction is inevitable. A recent invention, which renders the magazine rifle more convenient and certain of operation, is an indicator to show the number of shells unexploded within the magazine. If this device were applied to all T INDICATES THE CONTENTS OF THE GUN MAGAZINE. rifles, and, perhaps, to revolvers, in some modified form, it would do away to a great extent with that most shocking and frequent "didn't know it was loaded" class of accidents. The indicator consists of a number of projecting studs within the wall of the magazine chamber, which are displaced by the individual cartridges. As successive cartridges are discharged corresponding studs are retracted by individual spring, so as to disappear below the normal surface of the magazine chamber. This enables the person handling the rifle to tell at a glance the number of cartridges still unexploded within the magazine, which is plainly indicated by the number of studs that are visible. The inventor of this simple, though effective, device hails from Austro-Hungary. Carpenters' Strokes to Drive a Nail. Perhaps not one carpenter in a thousand or one layman in ten times that number can tell, or ever thinks of it. The truth of the matter is this: The carpenter takes seven strokes in driving a nail into ordinary wood, and twelve regular strokes and two finishing taps in driving nails into hard wood. These figures are furnished by a man who works at night, and sleeps-or tries to sleep-by day, and whose bedroom window opens out upon a flat building in course of erection. He figured the average number of hammer strokes for nine mornings, and, having learned them, moved to a hotel until the new building is completed. He discovered that the carpenter drives an average of three nails a minute in soft wood and a fraction under three in hard wood. At this rate he would drive 1440 nails a day in soft wood, if he keeps up the gait steadily and 1282 in hard wood. He would give 10,080 hammer strokes in soft wood and 20,160 in hard wood.—Chicago Tribune. Cows with Earrings. Earrings were never made for cows, but every cow in Belgium must wear them now, for a regulation has been issued that all animals of the bovine species are to be thus adorned on reaching the age of 3 months. This is a hygienic measure intended to prevent the introduction into Belgium of animals suffering from tuberculosis. Breeders are obliged to keep a strict account of the animals raised by them and the ring, on which is engraved a number, is fastened in the animal's ear for the purpose of preventing the substitution of one animal for another.—Chicago Journal. Wanted a Change Small Boy—"Say, pa, what's a good book to read?" Father—"The Bible." Small Boy—"Oh, I mean one with fairy tales!" Father—"The Bible." Small Boy—"Aw, I mean one that's got lots of fighting and killing in it, too!" Father—"The Bible, my son. The Bible is full of all kinds of stories." Small Boy—"Well, maybe it is; but what's another good book?"—Brooklyn Life. An English Mason's Outfit. A visiting Englishman who recently arrived was at Masome hall the other evening and attracted much attention. He carried with him a flat tin case some 12 by 18 inches and 3 inches thick. Having established his right to visit with his brother Masons he unlocked the case and took out a handsome but ancient sheepskin apron, explaining that it had been his father's and grandfather's before him. His own first apron also reposed in the case, for the use of a visiting friend, as he explained. In addition there were aprons, collars and jewels for the various Scottish Rite grades up to the thirtieth. The whole, worth several hundred dollars, was but a part of his outfit, there being various uniforms which he wore upon state occasions, but which were not carried in a traveling case. In contrast is the custom of the local lodges where the aprons are supplied by the lodge, and where jewels are worn only by the officers. In England a Mason holding the various grades of Scottish and York Masonry spends from $1200 to $1500 upon his regalia. Here the only personal expense is the Templar uniform. New York Sun. Carefully Guarded Trade Secrets "There are two trade secrets," said an artist, "that the outside world, it seems, will never learn. One is a Chinese secret—the making of the bright and beautiful color called vermillion, or Chinese red. The other is a Turkish secret—the inlaying of the hardest steel with gold and silver. "Among the Chinese and among the Syrians these two secrets are guarded well. Apprentices, before they are taken for either trade, must swear a strong oath to reveal nothing of what passes in the workshop. These apprentices, furthermore, must belong to families of standing, must pay a large sum by way of premium and must furnish certificates of good character and honesty." "You have seen damascened steel, of course, and you have seen vermillion, or Chinese red. Remember the next time you look at these two things that their secrets have been guarded inviolably, have been handed down faithfully from one generation to another for thousands of years."—Chicago Chronicle. Capt. Kimball's Curious Watch Charm. Capt. S. I. Kimball, superintendent of the lifesaving service, has a curious charm dangling from his watch chain which never fails to challenge the wonder of the observer. It consists of a highly polished piece of agate, bound with a gold rim. In the center of the stone is a hollow, imprisoned in which is a drop of water. By moving the piece of agate from side to side the water may be seen accommodating itself to the motion. "No one has been able to explain how that water became imprisoned in the center of the stone," said Capt. Kimball, holding the bauble up to the light. "I have several of these specimens, and they all came from the same place. They were picked up by members of the lifesaving service on duty at Yaquima bay, on the coast of Oregon. Out there they are known as water agates and are occasionally found on the beach.—Brooklyn Eagle. How Port Arthur Gets Its Food. The medium-sized northern Chinese junks make first-class blockade runners, writes a correspondent of the London Times. They are built very low in the water, with the decks almost awash when loaded, so that only the bow and stem rise noticeably above the water line. They are strong, flat-bottomed and of unpainted, dirty wood, with no bright colors about them. Propelled by from ten to twenty oarsmen, if the sails fail, they glide through the water with no noise or smoke, and are very difficult of detection. Dodging along the shore and among the numerous islets, which extend from the Shan Tung peninsula across the mouth of Pechi-li gulf, they closely resemble the low, brown rocks, and during the past months hundreds of them have evaded the Japanese watchers and carried tons of fresh provisions and vegetables to the beleaguered Port Arthur garrison. Fish Pond in the Garden. Some fish in the small water garden will be an attraction and prevent mosquito breeding. A few small gold fish will thrive throughout the year without care, but some crumbs of bread during spring and summer given twice a week will tame them. In early June they will spawn, depositing the eggs on the roots of the water hyacinth. If this be lifted and placed in a separate vessel containing water from the pond, many young fish may be hatched. It may be done well in a tub of water containing the water hyacinth. If left in the pond the young gold fish will be eaten by their parents. The water will not become foul even in a very small pond, and choice fish will flourish for years.—Garden Magazine. Collecting a Chinese Debt A shopkeeper named Chan at Carton sued his debtors, Chow and others, at the Mandarin Yamen for a debt of a few thousand dollars. Palm oil reached the Mandarin and the plaintiff not only lost his case, but had to pay the defendants $1500. He determined not to pay. What did the defendants do? They hired and sent about a dozen women, old and young, to his shop to eat and sleep there, of course at the expense of the plaintiff. After standing this for a day or two the plaintiff hired six or seven lepers to stay in his shop. The women cleared off then.—Hong Kong Press. How Long Whales Live. "As to the age to which whales live," says Dr. True, curator of biology of the National museum, "there is no accurate data, but I am inclined to the opinion that some of them live to an age in excess of forty years. This theory is borne by the finding in a whale in 1890 of a harpoon which had belonged to a ship that was sunk during the Civil war. Ten years before the war the ship cruised as a whaler. "The estimates that whales live to be a thousand years old are fanciful, and not based on authentic information."—Washington Post. Where Eyesight Is Good. The best eyesight is possessed by those people whose lands are vast and barren, and where obstacles tending to shorten the sight are few. Esquimaux will detect a white fox in the snow at a great distance away, while the Arabs of the deserts of Africa have such extreme powers of vision that on the vast plains of the desert they will pick out objects invisible to the ordinary eye at ranges from one to ten miles distant. Among civilized people the Norwegians have better eyesight than most if not all others, as they more generally fulfil the necessary conditions.—Philadelphia Ledger. Strange Mountain Sickness. If mountain sickness should come upon you your bitterest enemy will lead your horse for you. The symptoms are those of habitual drunkenness. All the limbs shiver, and in the bloodless face the eyes have that extraordinary look of insanity which is, I think, caused by an inability to focus them. The speech comes with difficulty, and in one case that I saw the mental coherence was as obviously at fault as the physical.—Landor's "Lhasa." ADD A NEW COMMANDANT. "Love One Another" Is Eleventh in United Christian. An eleventh commandment was added to the original ten and the whole incorporated in the platform of the United Christian party, which met in annual national convention at Rock Island, Ill., the other day. The eleventh commandment is: "A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another." Other principles enunciated were: We declare in favor of an equal standard of morals for both sexes and most vigorously oppose the traffic in girls and all forms of social evil. We are opposed to war and condemn mob violence. We favor government ownership of coal mines, oil wells and public utilities. We are opposed to government revenue from the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor as a beverage. We are opposed to all trusts and combines contrary to the welfare of the common people, and declare that Christian government through direct legislation will regulate the trust and labor problem according to the golden rule. Were Good for Both Paulding, Miss., May 15.—(Special.)—In this neighborhood men and women alike are telling of the great benefit they have received from the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills and it frequently happens they are the means of curing members of both sexes in the same family. Take the case of Mr. and Mrs. F. Erby. The latter voices the sentiment of both when she says: "My lips cannot express too much praise for Dodd's Kidney Pills. I suffered with Backache and Female weakness for four or five years and I feel that I have been wonderfully helped by Dodd's Kidney Pills. My husband, too, was a sufferer for five years from a weak bladder and they also cured him." Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy kidneys. Healthy kidneys mean pure blood and good health all over the body. No woman with healthy kidneys ever had female weakness. THE SIX HATS OF MAN And the Hat Box That Is Made to Carry Them All Together. The latest thing in the way of hat boxes for men is one made to carry six hats. These include a silk hat, an opera hat, a derby, a soft hat, a straw hat and a soft roll-up hat for traveling. There is besides plenty of room in the hat box for a cap, also, if it is desired to carry one. The box is provided, furthermore, with two hat brushes, one of the narrow sort to work under the derby's brim, and one of the ordinary kind. There is also a polishing pad for the silk hat. With such a hat box completely filled with all the hats it is designed to contain, the owner is equipped for any occasion, at any season, in any part of the world. This hat box is square in shape, made of sole leather and sells for $25.— New York Sun. GRATEFUL TO CUTICURA For Instant Relief and Speedy Care of Raw and Scaly Humor, Itching Day and Night for Many Months. "I do wish you would publish this letter so that others suffering as I have may see it and be helped. For many months awful sores covered my face and neck, scabs forming which would swell and itch terribly day and night, and then break open, running blood and matter. I had tried many remedies, but was growing worse, when I started with Cuticura. The first application gave me instant relief, and when I had used two cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, I was completely cured. (Signed) Miss Nellie Vander Wiele, Lakeside, N. Y." The Homeless of London. A census of the homeless of London, made on a recent night, revealed a total of 2481 in the streets, on staircases and under arches. Of these, 2169 were men and 312 women. In the common lodging houses and shelters that night there were 23,690 persons, of whom 21,254 were single men, 1688 single women, 357 married couples and 34 children under 10 years of age. Of the men, 1600 had been given tickets for beds by the Salvation army, as they virtually belong to the homeless class. Including these, the aggregate reaches 4081, which is 2348 more than a census in January showed. Of the 2481 in the streets, on staircases and under arches, 1682 were found in the two districts where food was distributed. On the night of the census 901 men and 67 women were turned away from the common lodging houses—738 because they had no money, 205 because there was no room, 21 because they were too dirty, 8 for drunkenness and 6 for being bad characters. — Philadelphia Ledger. Plaint of a Woman of Years "I am continually surprised at the rudeness of people in referring to old age," said a lady recently who is getting along in years. 'Acquaintances who are no doubt kindly intentioned, as they take time from busy lives to visit with me, express astonishment that I am able to see to knit or to sew. I feel as though they must also be smothering surprise that I exhibit signs of intelligence. "All such personalities seem to me exceedingly rude, yet one such caller referred to my age seven times during the course of a brief visit. I make no secret of the years I have spent upon earth, but scarcely think the matter of sufficient importance to the public to be made the sole topic of conversation."—Nebraska State Journal. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. 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Until this road was started the principal means of transportation in Hong Kong was the rickshaw, drawn by Chinese coolies. —Tokio is a hundred years older than St. Petersburg. GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. How sweet the summers were. How thick the branches overhead. How soft the grass beneath our tread. And thickets where the sun burned red Were full of wings astir, my dear. When we two walked in Aready When we two walked in Arcady Through paths young hearts prefer. Since we two walked in Arcady (How long tgo it seems!) High hopes have died disconsolate; The calm-eyed angel men call Fate Stands with drawn sword before the gate That shut out all our dreams, my dear; Since we two walked in Arcady Besides the crystal streams. Beyond the woods of Arcady The little brooks are dry. The brown grass rustles in the heat, The roads are rough beneath our feet, Above our heads no branches meet, And yet, although we sigh, my dear, Beyond the woods of Arcady We see more of the sky! Some Men's Wives. "This place is perfect," Charles Kingsley once wrote to his wife from the seaside, "but it seems a dream and imperfect without you. I never before felt the loneliness of being without the beloved being whose every look and word and motion are the keynotes of my life. People talk of love ending at the altar—Fools." Within a few days of his death, having escaped from his sick room, he sat by the bedside of his wife, who was also lying seriously ill. Taking her hand tenderly in his, he said, in a hushed voice: "Don't speak darling. This is heaven." John Bright spoke of his wife as the "sunshine and solace of his days." When she died he said: "It seems to me as though the world was plunged in darkness, and that no ray of light could ever reach me again this side of the tomb." It was Cobden who shook him at last from the lethargy and despair which were paralyzing his splendid energies. "There are thousands of homes in England at this moment," he said, "where wives, mothers and children are dying of hunger. Now, when the first paroxysm of your grief is past, I would advise you to come with me, and we will never rest until the corn law is re-raised." Dean Stanley said: "If I were to epitomize my wife's qaulities, I couldn't do it better than in the words of the cabman who drove us on our honeymoon. 'Your wife,' he said to me, 'is the best woman in England'—and I quite agree with him." "Why should you pity me?" Mr. Fawcett, the blind postmaster general, remarked to a friend who had expressed sympathy with him in his affliction. "My wife is all the eyes I want, and no man ever looked out on the world through eyes more sweet or true." No man ever relied more completely on his wife's guidance and counsel than John Keble, the poet of "Christian Year." She was, as he often declared, his "conscience, memory and common sense." Dr. Pusey declared that the very sight and smell of the verbena affected him to tears, for it was a sprig of verbena he offered to Miss Barber when he asked her to marry him—"the most sacred and blissful moment" of his life. Dr. Wordsworth, late bishop of Lincoln, said that his wedded life had been "as near perfection as was possible this side of Eden."—Tit-Bits. A Summer Trip. In your plans for the summer, remember the week or more to be spent in the hills or mountains. Failing in that, you have lost the best that God has in store for you. Leave out the hot Fourth of July picnic and like affairs, that only tire you, body and mind, and take this breath of heaven sent breezes, if you would be well and happy. Last year's dresses, with strong leggings and easy shoes, sun-bonnets, or sombreros, soft handkerchiefs—large ones—for the neck, and dark underclothes, are the essentials in wearing apparel. Dark blankets and quilts, with small square pillows, having washable covers, bright ones preferably—the pillows may be filled with excelsior—will be sufficient bedding. Several hammocks of good duck will make easy beds at little cost. Carry crackers, cheese, bread, cake and all kinds of canned goods, enough to last you through, and save cooking. Of course, coffee, sugar, salt and lots of eggs are to go in. Be good to yourself as well as the rest, run things, but see that each one does a good big share of the work. Go out of the beaten track, find a spot where you can hear God's voice in every whispering breeze, where you can forget the care and grind of the daily life, live for a while "near to nature's heart," and listen for the voices that are ever speaking in the forest glades. You will hear whispers in the tree tops that will call you back to their mystic shade, until mingled with your daily life for months, will be a joy and peace you never dreamed of before. We now have the regular tourists' outfit, covered rig, tent, camp stove and stools, folding table and the like, but we look back with joy on the earlier days when we went in an open wagon, cooked and ate in the open air gypsy style, and slept in a 7x7 borrowed tent. Tin or enamel dishes, and cooking utensils are the regular camp outfit, as they take up little room and are light in weight. For long walks and climbing, one needs a bamboo cane, long like those used by the guides on the mountains—one made of a fish pole is as good as any and costs very little. Make the camping trip a feature of the summer and find how quickly it will come to be a part of it, as much as the putting up of fruit or tending garden. You will find it an easy matter to gather up the little conveniences that go to making a complete outfit, many of which can be made at little cost.—Hale Cook, Los Gatos, Cal., in Housekeeper. Be What You Fail to Find in Others. No reform was ever worth anything that did not begin with the reformer himself. If the world is going wrong the best way to set it right is to get right yourself. That will be going from the sum of evil and adding the sum of good. If all men are false be true yourself. There will be at least one honest person in the world, then. When one you have trusted disappoints you the sky may be darkened, but you have no right to cry, as commonly you do. "There is no real good in the life. All is cruel illusion." Never have you greater need to be assured that there is something real and tangible and true. And there is no better way of being convinced of this than by being yourself all that the one who deceived you has failed to be. Is he weak? Then be you strong, and so be assured that there is such a thing as strength. Is he false? Then be you the more absolutely true. Is he inconstant? Then prove that there is such a thing as constancy by exemplifying constancy in your own life. Is he dishonorable? Say not, then, that there is no such thing as honor. Rather prove in yourself that there is such a thing and that it is worth having. If there seems to be nowhere on earth such a thing as pure affection, disinterested generosity, immeasurable sympathy, divine pity, high morals and pure life, then ten thousand times more urgent the need that you should make these things true in your own life. Both the world and your own fainting heart need it. Only in your own experience can you prove the truth of these things. We run all about trying to make other people better. What we ought to do is to better ourselves. "It is my duty to make myself good and other people happy," said someone. Most of use reverse this order, with amazinz arrogance seeking other people's righteousness and our own happiness! We mean that another has crushed our faith in good. No one can do that for us. It is only by letting go of high standards ourselves that we lose the light. It is only by determining to be that ourselves which we fail to find in others that we can keep faith with what is worth while. It is only by being as absolutely good and true ourselves as we know how to be that we can make the world one whit better.—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. New Idea on Love That Upsets an Old Notion. "One of the old fallacies is that love is blind," says Gentle Matron in the Philadelphia Bulletin. "It is a popular belief that affection blinds the eyes to faults in the loved one, and that the woman who loves is incapable of seeing her lover in any other light than as a hero, a Greek god, a Prince Charming, a very king among his fellows. "This notion might as well be exploded. It isn't true." "As a matter of fact, nobody suffers quite so much through the defects of a man as the keen-sighted woman who cares for him. She does not shout his deficiencies aloud from the housetops. She never concurs when anyone else blames him. Most likely she refutes hotly the idea that he is not a paragon of virtues. Nevertheless she is keenly and painfully conscious of his defects, whether they are of body or of mind. "The truth is, the more we care for a person the higher standard we set for them, and the greater the pain whenever they fall short of this standard. I know a husband and wife who come pretty near my idea of a model couple. He is a thoroughly good fellow, and she is about as near perfect as a wife can be. Still, she has some faults, and these shortcomings of hers distress her husband immeasurably. One day I spoke to her about his seeming to expect impossible perfection. She smiled and said: 'It is because he cares so much for me. Other people may do as they please, but me he desires to see absolutely perfect.' "Is it not true that warm friendships are possible between persons who would not be satisfied with each other in any closer relationship? Our friend may be queer. He may have faults. Even if we notice them we set them down as his idiosyncrasies, and still are content to be his friend. "But bring him closer. Look at him through the eyes of love. Ah! now we grow more critical. That temper, those mannerisms, that form, those habits, all these things that mark him as so far short of the perfect standard stand out now in magnified proportion. The keen eye of love sees them better than any one else. The mind that has pictured a perfect hero suffers. But the heart that truly loves still loves in spite of all. "And it is just as well that it should be so. The best love is not that which blindly worships the seeming perfect, only to be awakened too late to a clear vision of imperfections. It is rather that which loves in spite of imperfections; sees them, is hurt by them—and yet loves. This is the divinest love.—Selected. Are Women Quicker Than Men? A curious and interesting series of experiments, conducted by Helen Bradford Thompson, Ph.D., director of the psychological laboratory, Mount Holyoke college, for the purpose of determining the extent to which the mental traits of men differ from those of women, have led to many valuable but none the less astonishing results. The experiments covered practically the entire field embraced by psychology, and the results show, among other things, the qualifications wherein women are generally superior to men, and vice versa. For the purpose of arriving at these specific conclusions twenty-five young men and twenty-five young women, all students of the Chicago university, were subjected to a series of sympathetic tests in which all the mental faculties, the five senses and the ability of each of the fifty subjects to perform tasks requiring speed, precision and accuracy were correctly gauged. There were seven groups of experiments altogether, dealing respectively with motor ability, skin and muscle senses, taste and smell, hearing, vision, intellectual faculties and affective processes. In a color card-sorting test the women showed themselves decidedly more rapid than the men. There were forty cards in the park, ten red, ten blue, ten green and ten yellow. Before each test the pack was so arranged that no two cards of the same color followed one another. The directions given to the subject were to sort the cards as rapidly as possible, throwing each card into the division marked with its own color, making no stops for mistakes and no attempts to correct them. The signal to start was the word "Go!" after a count of three. The women's mean rate of sorting the cards was found to be about two seconds faster than that of the men, and there were several men with longer times than any woman. As a result of the experiments on the fifty subjects' intellectual faculties, it was satisfactorily established that women have better memories than men. They were able to memorize more quickly and to retain as well. The results of the various experiments on association did not agree as to either quantitative or qualitative differences of sex. The most trustworthy evidence failed to show that the process of association was more rapid in women than in men. As their chief amusement the women selected the opera, reading, theater, outdoor sports and concerts, in the order named. The men placed their outdoor sports at the head of the list, with the theater, reading, opera, social gatherings and concerts following in the order given.—Detroit Free Press. Allowances. Since the days when the first "funny man" appeared on earth one of the favorite topics for masculine humor has been the ignorance of women on financial matters—at least, when they felt good-natured. If they were cross, the extravagance of the fair sex and their lack of ability to appreciate the value of money formed a congenial subject for tirade! Now, all this is most amusing and it is certainly also unjust. If men keep the mysteries of their business jealously hidden from their womenkind how can the poor women be expected to understand finance? If, also, men never intrust women with money—let them run up bills, perhaps, but give them no ready money to handle—how can women learn the value of the dollars, and the cents which make up the dollars? The best way for a woman to appreciate the value of money is to begin as a young girl to live on an allowance. The beginning of a season is a good time to start the new departure. Allowances may be of two kinds. The first, an allowance which shall cover all of a girl's personal expenses—her dress, her amusements, her charities, and her traveling. Or, the allowance may be only for the minor details of dress, such as shoes, gloves, stocks, and ribbons, with such incidentals as stationery, toilet articles, etc. It will, however, cover car fares, gifts, and charities. For a girl who has never tried living on an allowance the latter arrangement will be found the best to start on. Let such a girl talk the matter over with her parents, and when they have decided on the sum which can be allowed her let her plan how to make the best use if it. It is most convenient to have an allowance paid each month and to make a hard and fast rule that one will not run over the amount. To a girl unused to an allowance the idea that she is to have so much a year sounds extremely attractive, and she begins to think of all the things she has been wanting for a long time. Not so the girl who has had some experience in money affairs. She says to herself: "So much a year; now let me count out the money I shall have to spend and see how much I can depend upon for things I should like to have." Then this prudent damsel takes to her self paper and pencil and puts down. Shoes, so much; gloves, so much; stationery, so much; etc. And then if she is very far-sighted she allows a margin on her figures, for accidents will happen and extra things must be provided for. To girls who have lived a careless, "charge it to father," sort of existence this may all seem to be a great trouble and not at all worth while. If, however, such girls could look ahead and see how much trouble some such training now will save them later on in life they would gladly try the experiment. It is not all "bother," either, this living within certain limits. To a clever girl there is a great deal of satisfaction in contriving to do the best with what she has and proving that women are not extravagant by nature, but only from lack of training.—Harper's Bazar. Two Old Maids' Paradise. Winifreda and I didn't approve of the regulation boarding house. The use of the parlor for "gentleman callers," and a small bedroom with the omnipresent bedroom set, hideous wallpaper, a table and two chairs did not satisfy our longing for a home nest where, when we came from work, we could sit under our own vine and figtree and worship not the landlady's household goods, but those dear to ourselves. So we turned our backs on the so-called fashionable boarding house district, and, in a modest side street, rented two unfurnished front rooms, the windows of which overlooked a big poplar tree where two robins were making their light housekeeping experiment. The landlord refused to paper or paint, and considering the price we paid, we didn't wonder. So we bought paint and set to work. The woodwork we made a delicate ivory-yellow, the floor an obstrusive gray. We had the bedroom papered with a dainty light blue, and furnished it very simply. The floor has a Japanese matting, the one window two sets of curtains, white Swiss with ruffles and blue-and-white cretonne. The bed is of black iron and brass, and has bolster and cover with long ruffle of white over blue. The dresser is white and there is a long skirt box upholstered in blue and white that forms, a window seat. The two chairs were old-fashioned wooden ones that we painted white. On our closet door we tacked a blue burlap, and upon this background we have dozens of baby and child faces, a veritable cloud of seraphim and cherubim. The larger living room was papered a plain dark green with top and drop ceiling of sunshiny yellow. The large rug has green and tan for predominating colors. Our furniture is chiefly in the severe mission variety, and the simple reproductions of it. We bought one piece at a time and we have sacrificed some things for our rooms' sake. Winifreda calls the den buffet, her new party gown, and the library table represents a house party to which I did not go. The bookcase is long and low and contains our hearts' dearest treasures. Upon the top of it are a Venus de Milo, a tiny French clock, and a graceful vase. The writing desk and chair which we gave each other at Christmas, fit in surprisingly well. A cot, covered with a one-time portiere in green and gold, with its multitude of useful pillows does duty as a divan by day, and an extra bed by night. The curtains are of Arabian lace. We have some good pictures, water colors, Copley prints, etchings, sketches, believing with Ruskin that a "beautiful picture is a beautiful thought." Our pretty dishes, bric-a-brac, the new magazine, the blossoming plant, the little jar of gold fish in lieu of the cat and parrot, all make the little finishing home touches. The chafing dish suppers, little teas and coffee klatzzches, with which we entertain our friends, are a great success. And the joy of having a home, be it ever so tiny, only girls who have been buffeted about in the cold splendor of furnished apartments can know and appreciate.—Grace A. Lusk in House Beautiful. When Past Fifty. I met a woman past middle age, frankly in her late fifties, one day in New York. She said, cheerily, with a laugh, and yet with a lip that quivered, "What do you think I am doing? I am studying stenography. Every cent I had was lost when our bank failed up-country, and I've got myself to take care of at this late day. But I'm not discouraged. I find stenography very easy, and typewriting is not hard. I would rather do this than sew." I felt doubtful, remembering the scores of bright young girls crowding into this profession, about the chances of success for an elderly gentlewoman who had never been obliged to leave the shelter of her own home. But she was not brave in vain. Finely educated and widely read, she secured a post as private secretary to a man who was revising and compiling books, and retained it to the complete satisfaction of both parties. Anthony Trollope in his charming autobiography mentions that in the decay of the family fortunes and the invalidism of his father, his mother, aged 50, began an industrious career as a novelist. Mrs. Trollope lived to be 76, and before her busy pen was laid aside she had published 114 novels. They served to keep the wolf from the door and a roof over the household. Some of them were written by dying beds, some in the extreme of want, but they brought their return to the indomitable author. The books were long ago forgotten. We have forgiven Mrs. Trollope for her candid censures on our crude and raw country and the manners that did not please her, censures once keenly resented by our fathers, and now we may admire the magnificent courage of her example: A woman undismayed in her attack on hard fortune at 50 years of age. The truth is that we discount our powers terribly when we permit ourselves to be daunted by Time. What ever be a woman's age, if she be resourceful and in fair health, she may find something to do; what it shall be must depend on her capabilities, her equipment and her valor. Perhaps the great trouble when we are beyond youth and the training school is that we are both visionary and rusty. The tools we once had fit clumsily in our awkward grasp. We have forgotten certain essentials. We have commanded so long in our accustomed place that we cannot obey in a new one. Very likely we set too high a value on our own accomplishments, and measured by the exacting standards of the period, we are out of date. But we do not realize our limitations, and under disappointment we grow bitter. The word of wisdom to younger women is, Cherish with care whatever facility or aptitude you have, and do not too easily slip into habits of idleness. Avail yourselves of every new opportunity that may come to hand to learn something that may lie outside the domestic realm. The chief thing to keep in mind is the happiness of individuals in the home, and their chance for symmetrical growth. We must be fair all around.—Woman's Home Companion. FISHING LINES. The Very Finest Are Those Formed from Silkworm Gut. Silkworm gut forms the best line for fishing purposes, partly on account of its great tenacity and partly because it is so transparent. Every year a sufficient number of Spanish silkworm grubs are selected for this purpose. After they have eaten enough mulberry leaves and before they begin to spin they are thrown into vinegar for several hours. Each insect is killed, and the substance which the grub in the natural course would have spun into a cocoon is forcibly drawn from the dead worm into a much thicker and shorter silken thread. The threads are then placed in pure water for about four hours and afterwards dipped for ten minutes in a solution of soft soap. The fine outer skin is thus loosened, so that the workman can remove it with his hands. The threads must be dried in a shady place, and are often bleached with sulphur vapor until they acquire the bright appearance of spun glass.—London Telegraph. Small Trains on English Railways. A friend of mine was standing on the towering deck of the Cedric last summer when she came alongside the dock at Liverpool. By his side was a huge Californian, who was making his first European trip and was full of curiosity. He looked far down from the upper deck to the little train of coaches that was waiting to carry the passengers up to London, and asked what they might be. He was told that it was the special train to London. "Do people travel in those things here?" the big Californian said. "Why, when I was a boy, I used to play with trains like that." The comparison was not inapt. As late as the year 1900 the average freight train load in England was but fifty tons; that is to say, the average trainload was only equal to the capacity of one of our modern freight cars. There has been some improvement since then, and there is now a marked tendency toward heavier equipment, but it all seems like toy equipment when compared with our own heavy trains.—Scribner's Magazine. Tombstone Says 949 Years Old. One of Germantown's old graveyards contains a tombstone on which is a most unusual inscription. It is as follows: "Sacred to the memory of William Uxley. Died Dec. 23, 1822, aged 949 years." How any person could have attained such an extraordinary age many have wondered, but the problem has at last been solved. The dead man was 49 years of age, but when the stonecutter did the work he made Mr. Uxley 94 by mistake. Marble was expensive in those days, and although the stone seemed to be ruined by the error, the tradesman did not feel like casting it aside. After the 94 he cut a 9, and then filled in the first 9 with plaster, leaving the age, 49, as required. The ravages of time and weather have laid bare the work as it was originally, and now the tombstone proclaims William Uxley to have been 949 years of age.—Philadelphia Record. Rome Without a Stage. It will be news to most people that Rome, the channel through which the drama was disseminated through Europe, has today no dramatic tradition of her own, nor even a body of actors of her own. Such strolling companies, operatic and dramatic, as may be traveling through Italy, often from Milan, make a brief "season" in the capital as in other cities, and that is all. An organized effort is now being made to remove this reproach. A city orchestra of 100 high-class performers has been formed, and this will be placed gratuitously at the disposal of the Costanzi theater, in return for six months of a varied repertory of opera. In the same way the Argentine theater will become a national theater of comedy, with subventions of about £4000 a year, on condition of giving a six months' course of a varied dramatic programme.—London Globe. A Raft of Cocoanuts. A curious picture in the Far Eastern Review, Manila, shows several cocoanut rafts in a still lagoon, apparently ready to go to market. The cocoanuts are much lighter than water. They are simply thrown in by the thousand and then roped together by long strands of bark fiber into circular groups about twenty feet across, all the cocoanuts lying side by side. A single native boat can tow a number of these odd rafts down a sluggish stream where no road could be found for ordinary transit, to a steamer wharf. Cocoanuts thus rafted will bear quite a bit of wind and rough water without being scattered. Cocoanut trees are best grown in orchards set out in rows thirty feet apart. Four acres of fair trees should yield a million cocoanuts during their lifetime. Removing a Tight Ring. If you happen to get a ring on your finger that fits so tight that you cannot remove it, a very easy way to get it off is as follows: Take a piece of cord or wrapping thread and push one end of it under the ring. Then, beginning just above the ring, wind the cord very tightly round and round the finger clear up to the tip of the finger. Now take hold of the end of the cord that was slipped under the ring and unwind the cord. As the string unwinds the ring will be carried along with it, and removed without any difficulty. This is an old method of removing a tight ring, and it may prove very useful knowledge in case of a tight ring or a swollen finger.—Medical Talk. Dice in Poorhouse: Once Rich. Col. L. H. Dodge, erstwhile lawyer and newspaper man, who was at one time president of the Michigan Press association, made application for admission to the poorhouse at Bay City, Mich. He was once a wealthy man and wielded much influence in a political way. His money was lost in mining investments. The last five years the colonel had lived with an old woman who eked out an existence by telling fortunes, but when she died, a week ago, he was thrown upon his own resources at the age of 79 years. He has well-to-do children living somewhere in the west. YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN. " The bee goes home when the shadows creep Across from the slope of the western hill; The cricket is quiet; the field is still; The flushed little daisies are longing for sleep. Look! Through the crass comes a firefly light: 'Tis the fairy watchman with his bell. Crying, "Eight o' the clock and all is well; It is time that the daisies were shut up tight." Hark! Through the field goes a sleepy sigh! Slowly the little white petals close; Wee pointed nightcaps, rows upon rows. Nod as the wind goes whispering by. -Margaret Ely Webb in St. Nicholas. The Light That Never Failed. From a fisherman's cot on the bleak seashore a father and son were looking through the small window at a night of tempest. The wind howled dismally round the little structure that ever and anon trembled as in fear. But the hearts of the two were stanch and brave, for they were inured to the weather and had known many a storm. They could hear on the rocks below the hard beating of the surf that thundered and bellowed with fearful sound. It was such a night as might bring to them a wreck at any time, and the old man lighted his pipe and made ready for the call if the lifeboat was to be run out. For with his fishing he combined that of a lifesaver. "Father, I hope you will not have to go out tonight. I hope there will be no poor ship come this way and beat its life out on the rocks." "Ay, ay, lad, it is a night of terror for the poor souls who live far from the sea. God alone knows how many there be quaking in their rooms this night with the wild seas washing over the decks. Your prayer is mine. I wish that there may never be another wreck. Amen." "Where do all the people live, father, and what do they do in the big world," said the lad. "It would be a long story, lad; I could not tell you in a week. But the most of them live safe and snug enough when they are at home. Once in a while there is a bad storm on land, and it does great damage. Cyclones they call the winds that sweep funnel-shape and carry all before them. The same wind will make a waterspout at sea. Sometimes they destroy whole towns." "I would rather live by the sea," said the boy thoughtfully, adding: "And are there no lifesavers on the land?" The grizzled seaman smiled at the naive question of the lad, and replied, half in jest: "Not many, my son, unless it be those who are trying to save their own lives at the expense of others." "I do not understand that, father. "You asked me what the people do in the great inland cities and on the wide plains. They toil hard, my son, for a mess of pottage. They dig the soil, and build houses and trade and sell every conceivable thing in the stores and market places, but not one of them tries to sell something so that another will have more life. He tries to get all he can in the exchange for himself." "But do they never do anything to bring gladness to another. You do father. I have heard the men and women thank you who came from the wreck with tears in their eyes. And think how much money they have given you!" "Yes, lad; I must not deceive you. There are kind hearts even on land, my son; thousands are willing to do and die for another when the peril of sickness stors the heart. But it is not a vocation. When you grow I am going to quit the sea and take you to one of the big colleges and make a smart man out of you. That is what I am saving all this wreck money for. There is a good pile of it now. And if I never come back," there was a faint catch in his voice, "you will know what you are to do. Take the gold and get an education. But always remember that your father, though a rough and ignorant man, gave his life for the good of others. It is the best heritage I shall leave you." The loud boom of the surf dominated the silence that now fell upon the two, each busy with his own thoughts. Then there was the sound of a rocket bursting in air. The old man started up and listened intently, but he heard it not again, and sank into his seat and renewed his meditation. The boy looked out of the window intently. He could see the hurrying clouds with their billowy flashes of lightnings, and he never tired of the sight. And through all the darkness he fixed his eye on one spot low down on the horizon where a star shone. It was a light that never failed him on the blackest night, and he had grown to love it with all his starved little heart, for he knew only the rocks, the sea gulls, the passing steamers by day and the wrecks by night, and the fishing boats that nestled DEPENDENCE Not that there are not "other eyes In Spain" as bright as yours can be, But that no eyes in all the world Can ever seem as bright to me. Not that there are not lips as sweet Kissed daily by each separate wind, But that no other lips to me Can seem so sweet, can be so kind. Sweetheart, I own myself your slave Because you own yourself my thrall; I—with so little, dear, to give; You—who so gladly give me all. —Reginald Wright Kauffman In Tom Wat son's Magazine. Kaiser Has His Joke A member of the crew of the imperial yacht Hohenzollern writes home describing the Easter day romp of Emperor William and the Empress. After the sailors had received their Easter eggs and other presents all were sent below while their majesties hid oranges in the cabins and in various places around the deck, for which the sailors hunted. "You have found all but two," said the Emperor at length, and there was a fresh hunt. Finally one of the sailors saw the Emperor's pocket bulging, reached his hand into it and took out an orange. The last missing orange was found in the Empress' parasol. Bulldog Saves Child. An English bulldog which answered the screams of 5-year-old Clara Merion, who was being chased by a big black snake close to her home, near Atlantic City, N. J., killed the snake and probably saved the child's life. The battle between dog and snake was witnessed by a half dozen golfers, who saw the child's danger, but were too far away to render assistance. The dog was badly squeezed by the snake, but as far as could be discovered was not bitten in the fight, which lasted for several minutes. The child fainted from fright. X-Ray Causes Cancer. Dr. E. A. Codman of Boston, in a discussion of the X-ray in surgery, has reported to the Johns Hopkins Medical society a case in Boston of cancer in the ring finger of a patient, the result of in the cove at the foot of the cliff. There were few companions for his life and he made friends with inanimate things. "The star shines brighter tonight, father!" he said. "It is because you love it so, my son," replied the father. "Have you never noticed that when we are together and we have put out our own little taper and sit here listening to the waves that do so much destruction the star shines more brightly?" "Indeed, now you tell me, father, it is so. When the storms come it shines there and never leaves the sea. I wonder if it is possible that it knows there may be beings in distress and would light them home." "Ay, ay, lad, it does that very thing. Some day you will know this better than you do now. But it is because you think of these things that it shines so brightly. There is nothing like kindness in your own heart to make you know the kindness of others. Never forget that, son, wherever you may go in the years to come. I will not always be with you to tell you these things, and you must remember them and think of the old man who loved you. Don't forget." "I never could forget you, father! But the storm is growing harder, is it not? I do hope you will not have to go tonight." For answer the man took down a huge torch and placed fresh oil in its wick, and then resumed his pipe. "It is blowing great guns now, lad. Perhaps this is the last of it. I hope so. I do not want to leave you tonight. We are having such a snug time here together." The boy thought of his pale-faced mother, who had been so patient with the broken nets, and who had given him many a soft caress when the father was battling with the waves. "Father, did my mother know the star like I do?" "Better than you will ever know it, lad. Your mother was one of the saints of earth, that the world never knows. She knew more of the star than either of us. I think it burned in her heart more than in ours." "How could it burn in her heart? Is the star not in heaven?" The man's face took on a strange expression, and the boy saw it in one of the brief flashes. It awed him into greater silence. It was some time before the father replied: "There is sometimes heaven on earth, my son. The star is but an emblem of that. It shines then out of human hearts. If you will but think of this when you worship it in the night it will make your own heart grow tenderer. But there, let us talk no more of it tonight. Some day you will know." The storm died out. The low rumbling of the surf continued. Overhead the flying clouds grew lighter, and the star on the horizon shone with added luster. Still the two sat on while the moments fled by, and said no word. The boy put hand out and the father pressed it on his knee and held it with a firm, warm grasp. "Look, father, the star is gone!" exclaimed the lad, with sudden agitation, rising from his chair. But ere the worlds left his lips it flamed out as before, and he wondered. The father made no reply. Something tugged at the heartstrings of this silent man. He loved his child with all the idolatry of one cut off from the world, and with all the ardor of his noble nature. He had never deceived him about anything. And now the thought came to him that the lad had grown older. Was it best always to let him dream? Must he not be truthful to him in everything? What if he should die, and the faint trace of a falsehood come upon the boy in after years? Always there had been this thought on his mind. Tonight it became a burden more than he could bear. With a husky cough he cleared his throat. He let his pine go out. "My son," he began, "let me tell you the story of a star. Once the people I told you about in the great cities grew pitiful over the wrecks of the poor ships that lose their way in the night and are dashed-to pieces on shore. And they ordered that their government, which, you will understand, is something like a father and yet is not, should take some of the money of the people and build a tall tower and put a light in it that should shine forever and never go out. And they put this tower by the sea, that when the storms blew it could shine on the ships as if it were a light from heaven, and guide them, while they were sleeping in their homes and knew nothing of the perils of the deep. And this light represents the love of good men and women, who would be kind to the distressed, whoever and wherever they may be. And yonder light, my son, is this love, and it is your star. Some day I will take you to it. But you must worship it none the less." "And my star, then, is love?" queried the boy, in a whisper. "The light that never failed!" murmured the father.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ulceration from an X-ray burn. Some remarkable experiments with the X-ray have been made at John Hopkins under the direction of Dr. Frederick Baetjer, and his hands show the effect. They are seamed with gashes and he has lost practically every finger and thumb nail. The skin on his hands is dry and looks dead and the tips of the fingers are of a dark yellowish tint. How He Warded Off Old Age. A famous French general, when asked how it was that he had such an erect carriage, replied that it was because he bent over and touched the floor with his fingers thirty times every day. If he had acquired rigidity of the spine so that he could not do that, he would have had with it weak abdominal muscles, which result in portal congestion. This portal congestion interferes with the stomach digestion and with the action of the liver. The poison destroying power of the liver is lessened, autointoxication results and arteriosclerosis and old age come on at a much earlier day. But by keeping the spine flexible and the abdominal muscles strong and taut, the portal circulation is kept free and old age is held off.—Good Health. Loon's Great Dive. Selectman E. W. Haines, who is also a dory fisherman, made an unprecedented catch in the bay here yesterday afternoon, pulling from the bottom of the bay, where the water is sixty-six feet deep by actual measurement, an old gray loon, hard and fast to a baited hook that had been set for codfish. It has always been supposed that loons made their feeding grounds in shallow places until Mr. Haines found the one caught in his codfish trawl yesterday, which would seem to prove that deep water is no hindrance to them when they are in search of food. Mr. Haines says the hook caught the loon through the breast, and it was so firmly imbedded that it had to be cut out. Since the finding of the loon on the cod hook some of the fishermen believe that these fowl have been in the habit of robbing the well baited hooks in the past.—Sandwich (Mass.) Cor. in Forest and Stream. THE WISCONSIN WEEKLY ADYOCATE. R. B. Meutgomery, Editor and Publisher. The Wisconsin Weekiy Advocate after three years’ residence at 79 Fifth street, has moved Its headquarters to 729 St. Paul Ave., where we will re- ceive our guests and traus- act our business in fnture. A Representative Jonrnal Devoted to the Ieterest of Af! the Pecple. ADVERTISING RATES. One inch, one vear........----------$15.00 Two inches, one year......---..++--- 200 Three inches, one year......---.++++. 35.00 four inches, one year.......-.--.-++- $2.09 For larger space, special rates. Locals, 10 cents per line. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year... 6.leceeecce cece cee on ee oes F200 Six months ............-ce cree ese eeeees LOO Three months .......--.:esseeeeeeere es oO Direct all communications to R. B. MONTGOMERY. 729 St. Panl Avenue. HOW TO SEND MONEY.—Post Office Order, Express Order, Dratt or Registered Letter. R. B. Montgomery will net be re- eponsible for loss when sent In any other way. TO CONTRIBUTORS: All comnunications mnst be sent with the pame and address of the sender as an eyi- dence of good faith, hut not necessarily for poblication. No manuscript returned if not Accepted, unless accompanied by stamps. EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS, “J know of the bravery and character of the Negro soldier. He saved my life at Santiago, and I have had occasion to say so in many articles and speeches. The Rough Riders were in a bad position when the Ninth and Tenth cavalry came rushing up the hill carrying everything before them. The Negro soldier has the faculty of coming to the front when .ie 1s needed most. In the Civil war he came 400,o0c strong, and I believe he saved the Unicn.”—President Roosevelt. a NEGRO OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UPPER PENINSULA. In the editor's recent trip im northern Michigan he was more impressed than ever with the possibilities ef the small cities as a field for the Negros labor, betterment, development, stecess and fortune. It has ever been the policy of this paper to advocate the migration to the smaller cities in preference to herd- ing together in the slums and colonies of large cities like Cincinnati, Chicago, Detroit and Milwaukee. The opportuni- ties for comfortable situations are many, the treatment accorded by employers is fuvorabie and the chances of stecess and even of amassing a competency are very favorable. In fact so much is this the case that employers will scarcely listen to the idea of having help which has been to a large extent contaminated by contact with the evil influences of the large cities, but would eagerly wel- come such from the rural districts of the southern states. Of course men like Gov. Glen of North Carolina de not wish the Negro, male or female, to come north. He flatters them by telling them they are wanted in the south. But we presume to point out that the induce- ments offered there are not sufficient to counterbalance what can be offered in the smaller cities of Wiscansin, Mich- igan and neighboring states. Among the more prominent people of the Negro race who are living comfort- ably and happily in places such as re- ferred to may be mentioned Messrs. James Rickman, who is a eredit to any race; Joe Smith, also one of prominence and well thought of by everybody: George Preston, Jolin Vanderburg and W. Stone. proprietor of restaurant, all of Marquette, Mich., and esteemed citi- zens thereof: Mr. Clarence Cunningham, Gladstone, Mich.; The Campbell and Harris families of Escanaba, Mich., and the Ritchie family of Houghton, Mich., all of whom worthily sustain the credit of the race to which they are proud to belong. Much comment has been made upen the action of the colored men being in- duced to go into Chicago to break up the present strike there. In our opinion the crisis has clearly shown that the Negro can at all times be depended upon to cast in his lot aud risk his life on the side of law and order when called upon to do so, So long as he was not a mem- ber of a trades union he was fully justi- fied in taking this step. This present strike has peculiar features. The team- sters had no grievance: they struck work to enforce their will on that of the em- ployer, It has not the sympathy of the publie, with the exception of the rowdy element. We can judge of its merits from the advise given by the President when asked to intervene. In these cir- cumstances we cannot but admire and endorse the action of the strike-breaking colored men and can only hope that when the dispute is settled and has gone against the men, as it surely will, these men will be rewarded by being continued in the employ of those in whose interests they have risked their lives. Wisconsin is as usually deluged with ministerial and other solicitors. The credentials of such showld be carefully examined. We know of cases where money has been collected by persons who were no longer connected with the estoblisiments they formerly — repre- sented. There is one thing we are constrained to mention for the-benefit.ef our read- ers. Ii has hitherto been our custom to mention the names of individuals and firms who become subscribers or in other Ways showed their friendliness to our race. The consequence of this indis- criminate publishing of these names led to these persons being at once inundated by solicitors for different objects, xood, bad or indifferent. This is not fair to our patrons, and we therefore in the fu- ture will discontinue giving publicity to those “who become our patrons and friends. We are in receint of a handsome and neatly gotton up invitation to attend the commencement exercises at Tuskexzee Normal and Industrial institute. The anniversary. exercises will take place Sunday, May 21, and the class exercises wilt commence the following Monday and last till Thursday, the 25th. Re- dneed rates of one fare and one-quarter for the round tm, wii be granted by all railway commanies. One thing the editor noticed was the conduct of the municipal authorities in dealing with newcomers into the city, and that was that no loafer or person who cannot give a good account of him- self, and this refers to persons of both races, No man is allowed to loaf around the town wearing fine clothes while he allows his woman kind te support him by to say the least of it doubtful meth- ods. Some idea of the magnitude of the maple sugar industry as carried on in Vermont may be had fromothe fact that at the single station of East Berkshire Herman Chaffee loaded twenty-two tons of the sweet and A. J. Croft loaded eight. At the same time one buyer alone has gathered up over forty tons of sugar and two carloads of syrup., The banner sugar maker of the section is Norman Hogabom of South Richmond. who has produced 7530 pounds from 2000 trees and sold the whole for $677.70. iscnssion as to the length of the line between Maine and the Dominion of Canada caused an Augusta man to write to the librarian of Congress for a definite decision in the matter. He received the reply that roughly measured on the map the total distance was 440 miles, but the ruggedness of the land and the ins and outs of the water boundaries could be depended upon to raise that figure to 500. _—_—— A census of the homeless of London, made on a recent night, revealed a total of 2481 in the streets, on staircases and under arches. Of these 2169 were men an? 312 women. In the common lodging houses and sheiters that night there were 28,690 persons, of whon: 21,254 were single men, 1688 single women, 357 may- ried couples and 34 children under 10 vears of age. London has, on an average, 15,000 street accidents each year, but there is not a city ambulance in the place that is drawn by horses. Whenever there is an accident the police wheel the victim away in a push cart. Some of the Lon- don papers are now trying to get the city to buy antomobile ambulanges or at least to put horses on the old ones. ‘The village of Bradford, Iil., bears the distinction of being the only one in Hli- | nois to restrict the number of saloons and has the highest license. There is but one liquor-selling house, which pays a fee of $4000 a year. In this way the authorities. hope to have perfect control of the dram shop business. The Minnesota state census bureau rules that women cannot be compelled to give their age when questioned by enum- -erators, who will be notified to say po- litely, “May 1 ask your age?” If one so questioned declines to answer, the enumerator will quickly pass to other subjects. The introduction of a sparring match as the “feature” of an afternoon tea at Benton Harbor, Michigan, opeas the way to a new source of revenue for slug- gers who wear silk trunks and part their hair in the middle. The Maine woodsman who killed three bears with a pocket knife—or said ie flid it, has evidently forgotten that this ‘is the beginning of the fishing season. He dipped into the wrong mental grab- bag. a The smaliness of Britt's winning share of the purse, $2291, is proof that even California is tired of the “fighting game.” The “pugs” may yet have to work for a living. Sarah Bernhardt has been provisional- ly elected a member of the Society of Men of Letters at Paris. After making an address at the coming meeting of the society she will be admitted to full RTOS Se According to the German Emperor, “Yo. ho, a bottle of rum” had much to do with the fall of Mukden. It was probably more than one bottle, as the capture required more than one battle. When she had the money, Mrs. Chad- wick would probably have been willing to pay well for Pat Crowe's recipe for keeping out of custody. Nan Patterson appears to be immune against jury verdicts. —<$—_—____. What Beccmes of the Bibles. The announcement of Dr. James Mor- row, secretary of the Pennsylvania Bible society, that his organization alone dis- tributed 10,000,000 Bibles last year, while 5,000,000 were sold by the trade, again calls attention to the immense cir- culation of the book. Where all the Bibles issued go to is a wonder even among the agencies that are concerned in the work. Distributions are supposed to cover, as far as possible, places and persons not yet.been reached, but it would appear that there are no longer any such places and persons left. Even ‘supposing there were Bibles in the knap- sacks of some or even all of the slaught- ered thousands on the field or buried with their clothes on at Port Arthur and Mukden, that would be but a drop in the ocean of production. The propor- tion of Bibles to be found on’ second- hand book stalls is not greater than of other books, nor are they probably stored ‘away more than other books are. Per- ‘sons who have investigated this question Says it is one of the unexplained mys- teries.—Philade!vhia Press. —A pawnbroker who is always ad- vancing is naturally progressive. ig eee rae = ae ue Re if oe . ae Fe) OT Ga aay he abres ee Ep eT Ea a ote e G ' fae - Lo ae we ee Yay A aa Sed oa iinet eae Gena Se ae ee oe Se By Joseph W. Folk, Governor of Missouri. However great in natural resources, however potent in material achieve- ments, Missouri’s fairest and dearest possession is her own good name. This name she has treasured and defended and faithfully vindicated before the people of the world. \Ve have what is called the “Missouri idea”—the idea that eltizenship in a free country im- plies a civic obligation to enforce the performance of every public trust and holding every public official to strict accountability for all official acts. Mis- eanri tank nn the Aoht+ against civic wrongs. A dormant public conscience was aroused. The realization came to the people that if all official acts were for sale free government would no longer exist. From Missouri the idea spread from State to State until from ocezn to ocean the fight was waged against evil. The Missouri idea means the enforcement*of law and that if the law be bad the remedy is to repeal, not to 1g- nore, it. There is entirely too little respect for law in America. Disregard of one law breeds disrespect for all law. “It is the law” should be sufficient for the law abid- ing. Good men will observe even bad laws, but bad men. will break even good laws. There are many who thrill with patriotic fervor at the thought of going to war and risking their lives for their country, but who forget to vote on election day. The pat- riotism of peace is just as necessary as the patriotism of war. The patriotism of the ballot is even more necessary in a free country than the patriotism of the bullet. The government never neglects the people unless the people first neglect the government. No government, city, State or national, was ever better than the people made it or worse than they suffered it to become. The people are the ultimate source of governmental power. The people are the State, and the public life of a nation is but a reflection of its private life. Good citizens may make good laws, but no law can make good citizens. = Small habits reap more vietins from among the youth of our country than do the larger, more glaring ones against which are constantly hurled the warnings of press and pulpit. The venerable minister who gave utterance to the foregoing has a life record of good work be- i hind him, but he never said anything to which it } \ will better pay: the young man to stop and think — of than this. Small habits, the kind that are so small that no one, not even the parents of the young man who acquires them, consider them worthy of notice, are the kind of habits that spell ruin to all too many young men in this country each ear. " You, Mr. Clerk, Mr. Salesman, and Mr. Worker in general, this is written at you. If you are one of that large class of American young men who work daily only to be fn a position to humor their desires at night, you are a victim of the small habits. If you worry about the qual. | ity of your -cigars or cigarettes you are likewise a victim to them. | Remember how these habits didn’t amonnt to anything , at all, at first? "Member when you didn’t spend over 5¢ Small habits, the kind that are so small that no one, not even the parents of the young man who acquires them, consider them worthy of notice, are the kind of habits that spell ruin to all too many young men in this country each year. You, Mr. Clerk, Mr. Salesman, and Mr. Worker in general, this is written at you. If you are one of that large class of American young men who work daily only to be fn a position to humor their desires at night, you are a victim of the small habits. If you worry about the qual- | ity of your -cigars or cigarettes you are likewise a victim to them. | Remember how these habits didn’t nmonnt to anything at all, at first? "Member when you didn’t spend over 50 Rock-Hewn Temple of Egypt Silk a Wonderful Structure. If by some mischanee, such as a fearful pestilence, the busy millions now inhabiting this continent should be swept away, what of our history could an exploring party landing on the desolate shores a century hence for the first time glean by a study of the ruins? It is safe to venture that they would depart but little wiser than when they came. How long, for in- stance, would the Brooklyn bridge sur- vive the ravages of time if no repairs were made? Suppose it lasted a cen- keen ONES TIS Sees sy See i iy i= So once an een - 4 s sy , qe Pim 2s SS m em <1 rn eon Bae YA US 24 waa Bi th | oe a prale = \F pot: AS sae ji erg eS e oes : = ‘aoe oe oo Ca. : Sn , Me ae I f 2 * # ei a ae ee see ieee BE gece ee aaa peoae ent FACADE OF EGYPT’S GREAT ROCK-HEWN TEMPLE. tury or more, what then? Its stone and steel were wrought with a view to combine great strength with some architectural beauty—the latter being a secondary consideration only; and no thought was given to the possibil- ity of its usefulness as a medium for the perpetuation of historical records. Had the nations of old displayed no greater sense in the construction of their public or semi-public works, there would be far less known to-day about their accomplishments both in peace and war. Instead, many ruins that have withstood the action of the elements for such long periods of time as 3,000 and 4,000 years yet bear wit- ness to the stirring events of their day, as may be read on their carved and sculptured walls by the students of the present ‘age. The rock-hewn temples of Ipsambul, Abu Sambul, or Abusimbel, in Egypt, are well-known examples of the fond- ness of ancient races for incorporating in their well-nigh imperishable public buildings all the principal events of their nation’s history. These remark- able ruins are on the west bank of the Ne, 1,014 miles above Cairo and eight THE PATRIOTISM OF PEACE. ge ge ae ae NS ey oe . 2 a \eck age fee a aaee of ae: y sage e ‘A Re YS JOSEPH W. FOLR. DROP YOUR SMALL HABITS. f CENTURIES OLD. 2 ED cents a week at povl or billiards, and when your smoking didn’t cost you much more than that? Costs yeu more now, doesn’t it? But that isn’t all you've lost because of the habits— those few paltry dollars. You’ve lost your opportunities to be improving yourself, to be fitting yourself for the chance that comes some day to every man to step into a position from where the climb to the top will be comparatively easy. The young man who wants to climb has got to choose, and choose early, between these small habits and success. MEN TO BE YOUNG AT SEVENTY. . By Prof. Harvey W. Wiley. The time is rapidly aproaching when no man should die from disease, and few men should die from accidents. The time is coming when men will die simply because they wear out,*and the process of wearing out will be much slower than it has been because they will know better how to take care of themselves and will be freed from the Tavages of disease. I base my conclusions upon the wonderful progress that has been made in the last twenty-five years. Few dis- eases are now considered ineurable. e ~ yr) r p SS @ Vig HH. W. WILEY. Epidemics of diseases, such as the country has known, when smallpox would prevail throughout an entire city, and when yellow fever killed off people in the Southern cities by the hundred, are now impossible. Already, the prog- ress made'by science has increased the average span of life by many years, and I am convinced that this same rapid progress will eventually eliminate disease altogether. Twenty-five years ago it was estimated that the average life was not more than thirty-three years. I would not venture to say how much greater it is now, but it has certainly been increased by many years. To this result various causes have contributed. One is the better knowledge of the !uws of nutrition. Another the improvement of sanitation. Third, there has been a gen- eral adoption of antiseptic surgery. A fourth, and perhaps most important cause, is the discovery of preventive medi- cines, such as serums and toxine. Outdoor exercise has done much to improve the physical condition. The sixth cause is the realization by working people, also of all class- es, that they must have recreation and amusements. Busi- ness men appreciate the necessity of rest for themselves and for those who serve them. Vacations have become the rule, because the system requires an interval of relaxation in whieh to recuperate from the strains to which it is sub- jected in business work of ail kinds. By Henry Oyen WAR’S BENEFITS OF DOUBTFUL VALUE. By John D. Long. The benefits from war are of very doubtful value. They are not the steady flowing stream upon which you can rely. They are rather like the torrent that destroys as much as it carries. I think we may all rejoice that our country now ‘is in a condition of peace; that all the tendencies {of our national life are in that direction. It is Re earnest hope that we shall continue, and that is one of the reasons'why I think we are carrying ADC VOMEMIS 1201 Wal are Of Very GOUDTTU, Aj value. They are not the steady flowing streaw ! upon which you can rely. They are rather like the torrent that destroys as much as it carries I think we may all rejoice that our country now j is in a condition of peace; that all the tendencies L ‘of our national life are in that direction. It is x my earnest hope that we shall continue, and that “ is one of the reasons'why I think we are carrying this Monroe doctrine a little too far. There is great danger that it may be carried to the point where it wil resulgé in unpleasant complications. . ters of which bear figures of Osiris 30 feet high, and the walls exhibit sculp- tures representing battles and tri- umphs. Next is the great hall extend- ing 200 feet into the rock, with ranges of massive square columns adorned with statues. Beyond are an ante- chamber and the sanctuary with sev- eral side chambers. In the back- ground is a colossal figure seated on a bench, and there are similar statues in the side chambers, In the center of the sanctuary is a pedestal on which a sarcophagus may have once stood, and hence the argument put forth by some authorities that the monument was not a temple but the sepulchre of a king. This interesting place, whether tomb or temple, was constructed during the reign of Rameses II, one of the most remarkable of Egypt’s monarchs, who belonged to the 19th dynasty and oc- cupied the tarone during the most bril- Mant period of the empire of Thebes. miles above the second cataract, and are two of the best preserved and most Magnificent specimens of the kind in all Egypt. Both have front walls of sandstone and their interiors are ex- cavated from solid rock. The larger of the two has at its imposing entrance four colossal figures that were carved from the rock. Though represented as seated on thrones these figures are 65 feet high and are the largest ever found in that land of gigantic ruins. The smaller temple, which is sup- posed to have been dedicated to Athos, stands 20 feet above the Nile, and has a front of 90 feet adorned with six gigantic statues. There is an interior HAS STIRRED INDIA, English Woman’s Assertion May Lead to Religious Turmoil. Mrs. Annie Besant, the well-known lecturer and theosophist, has created a profound sensation and quite a lit- ~ tle criticism in In- rs dia, where she now mor » | lives, by her asser- & = 3 tion that theosophy a is the oldest re- he ligion — if indeed rie it can be ealled a ae religion — in the : world. Ever since “ ee she joined the iS Roe fe|{ ranks of the the- PE en osophists, in 1889, - she has been an in- bi ae ae ey MRS. A. BESANT. defatigable worker in advancing the theories and claims and pretensions of the late Mme. Bla- vatsky, the high priestess and founder of the cult. On several occasions she lectured in the United States and was a delegate to the world’s parliament of religions at the Chicago Exposition. Mrs. Besant was separated from her husband, Rev. Frank Besant, many years ago and before her acceptance of Mme. Blavatsky’s teachings was a ‘noted lecturer in England. In Benares, India, where she now resides, she founded the Central Hin- du College. There, surrounded by de- votees, she spends her time meditat- ing on the mysteries of the universe and of man’s nature, which may be said to be the essence of theosophy,. After the manner of the Hindus she counts her beads even in the streets. Her statement that theosophy is the oldest ethical cult in the world may lead to’ religious disturbances. ball having six square pillars, a trans- verse corridor with a smal! chamber at each extremity, and an asylum. The whole is apparently almost as perfect as it was when completed. This tem- ple was first discovered in March, 1813, by Burckhardt. During his investiga- tion of the sacred edifice he made a further discovery, some 200 feet in the rear, of the heads of four colossal statues, the bodies of which were puried in sand. These he rightly judg- ed to belong to the finest period of Egyptian sculpture. The front wall of the temple was covered with well- executed hieroglyphics and displayed above the entrance a figure of hawk- headed Osiris surmounted by a globe, and Burckhardt predicted that * the clearing away of the sand would reveal a temple to that deity. Not until 1817, four years later, was the sand finally removed. Excavating had proceeded to a depth of 31 feet before the top of the entrance was reached and much more haé to be done before it was finished, but it was worth the while. The interior ‘of this ancient temple presents first the e'onnade, the ptlas- » All of Ie. “How much does it cost to keep an automobile?” “That depends altogether on how much a man i3 worth.”—Houston Post. The American Steam Launy 173 SECOND STREET Our wagons Speed all over tow~, All hours of every day, Depositing and picking up Big bundles on the way. We've got the best machinery, And expert help galore; We make your linen ee and gleam Like sea-foam on the shore! 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Mankind’s lofty intolerance of w0- man’s vanity foibles, known best to the feminine world, apparently is founded on not so much his disin- clination to countenance secret dress accessories as the lack of opportunity Bei a ase ay Soe BP ee 7 j My | ) IA Ki \\ VW BES \ ; : y Or < —__ >, 10 IMPROVE THE SET OF THE TROUSERS. to do so, Every once and awhile the invention records reveal the inner se- cret desire of mankind to assist nature and the best efforts of the tailor. she letest claimants for honors in this particular field are two ingenious sar- torial artists from the backwoods of Minnesota, The particular functicn which their device is designed to fill is the prevention of the trouser leg from resting against the rear portion of the shoe, and presumably thereby wearing more rapidly than the rest of the garment. Specifically, they obtain this unique effect by means of a spring tackle attached at one end to the up- per rear portion of the shoe, and at the other to the lower rear portion of the trouser leg. It is even made ad- justable, so as to accommodate itself to all styles of footwear and the vary- ing fashions in trouser cuts. Ta. Hald the Heat. Many little household conveniences originate in the minds of busy house- wives, though many of them never be- come public property, owing .to wo- In eee J WN EL ‘ i 4 i A pee a = TO KEEP THE CUP’S CONTENTS WARM. man’s natural inclination to belittle the value of her mechanical achieve- ments. One of these odd inventions is “the drinking utensil,” as it is offi- A TALKING POST-CARD. Li y ( (oe os ee JAY, oS eae 8 eo tay one 2 Se a Tt x AN — gs $e 3 ZN \\ Hoye 4 ee Se. eon hY POE ————————— i i} ye.) yi 4! 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The principal feat- ures are the interlocking system of switches and signals, the interlocking gates and signals for grade crossings, and the coupling or shunting stick used ae making up trains in the yards, A ‘single simple feature of the interlock- ‘ing system of signals and switches will illustrate. If a siding is opened ‘into the main line, the train signal for the main line must be set at danger before the siding switch is thrown open. The ievers are so arranged in the signal box that the operator cannot move the siding switch until he has set the main-line danger signal. The main-line signal then cannot be moved so as to show that the line is clear un- til the siding switch has been replaced and the main track rendered continu- ous. It is in the protection of grade cross- ings with gates—and the law requires that there shall be gates—that this in- terlocking system proves of great value. There are two forms of gate used, one worked by levers from a sig- nal box and another opened and shut by hand. Where a wagon road cross- es the track, the gates are always kept open for vehicles, except when a train is approaching or passing, hence road traffic is not interrupted more than necessary. The gates opened and shut from a signal box by means of levers can be removed only when the track signals are properly adjusted. ‘the sig- nals on the posts up and dowr the Anyone Can Apply qc ‘ and get good results. Just mix it with cold water to the consistency of whitewash, and apply with any kind of a brush, The colors are beautiful and durable and stay on the wall—not on your clothes. A Package to a Room 35ce Per Package Milwaukee Paint & Varnish Co, 19-183 THIRD STREET. | er La es eee eae, ee LO ee SPECIAL NOTICE Se ‘i. 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It comprises a casing a little larger than the cup it is designed to protect, and forms a tight covering with an upper ring rim attached to the sides and provided with a center opening a little smaller than the largest diameter of the cup. When the cup is set in the receptacle it projects uniformly on all sides above the casing, and the handle is easily reached. As is well known, air is one of the best insulators of heat that the world knows, and a cup con- taining a heated beverage thus pro- tected from radiation will retain its original temperature for a much longer time, owing to the very slow loss of heat by radiation and conduction. Cake Mixing Machine. It is meet and fitting that feminin- ity should confine itself in patent mat- ters to those relating to dress, ap- parel and household appliances, and most of them do so. An example is the cake-making machine shown here, Lepore Senne) : — . i ci oe —' 9 Ij | My Fer) ah A | Hi t i! i nF Hi tl BT! eA am y I LS i S=== — a —— CAKE-MIXING MACHINE. the invention of a woman of Colum- bus, Ga. The object of the invention is to produce a machine in which bat- ters for making cakes, ete. can be quickly and easily formed and in which the whites and yolks of eggs and butter which are used in making these batters can be separately beaten at one and the same time by one per- son. The illustration shows that this can be readily achieved by connecting a number of vessels of receptacles to- gether and arranging paddles or dash- ers in each in one system, which con- sists of a cross head and a handle for its convenient operation. In order to attain the best results it is essential that the paddles should have a certain amount of horizontal play, which is provided for by separating the recep- tacles the width of a paddle, thereby affording this play. track at proper distances from the road crossing are always set for danger ex- cept when arrangements have been mde for a train to pass in safety. The signals cannot be changed to denote a clear line until the gates have been closed across the wagon road. On the other hand, the gates cannot be openéd for the wagon road until the distance signals on either side have been placed at danger. A single pair of swinging gates fences off the wag- on road when the track is free and the track when the wagon road is cleared. —wWorld’s Work. The town of Oil City, Pa., has a smart dog, a cocker spaniel. When he was still a puppy, says Forest and Stream, his master taught him to sit out on the front porch and wait for the local paper to be thrown into the yard; then the dog would bring it into the house, and get petted for doing it. Half an hour after the dog had brought in the paper the other day, his master, going into the sitting room, found a pile of six more papers, which the dog had collected from other yards in the block. It took some time to hunt up the owners of those papers and return them. Mistook the Occasion. Tess—What a queer remark that man made about the bride. Jess—What was it? ‘Tess—He said: “How natural she looks, don’t you think so?” Jess—Force of habit. He’s an un- dertaker.—Philadelphia Press. | Don’t get too close to your friends | or they may accidentally step on you. Overeducated. To Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Wyoming. By reading the Wisconsin Weekly Advocate you will find all the information needed. 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The invention comprises a screen of tubular fire brieks, made of special material built up in the furnace in such a position that all the products of the fire pass through the screen. The latter quickly becomes in- eandeseent, and flashes the gases as they pass through, thus preventing the forma- tion of carbon. By the aid of this de- vice, coal of the worst description can be burned in the ordinary boiler with practically no smoke, and with a con- siderable saving in cost. For the pur- ‘poses of demonstration, cheap, damp coal dust was burned. The only result was a light gray cloud at the top of the ‘chimney stack. which cleared away in x few seconds.—Scientific American. 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(ie eC eM co ne ees ease Oe ate Bae pias Lt f Peas: 4 eet Sues UR age. ee ol i ie ore ge ee * pete reas eee bi 5 i ar LS lamer a ese cecme aie sta is a Gait Cage ea Ber a oa ec einen Baa Tees gti So RO ae cara ta De OES ok (See esas aren eee ee OE ae ee eae ae enn ; {Banas ees Vee Ac eN a Sees Pt ae aa ie gee gee Bh ae CEO SORE fee ‘ pees pee 3 ane eae es ie Be Pee cae wie Bea poe d age eset tae SEC PL a: Sap GEOR TC NO POR 208 NRO te aI EOL MOR OS TERRE ea Dees aie et eee Se OE Re ae ad ER Beg Ss ROSES Si 3 ed BS ROR Oe eS tie DE Po TG aC a THE NIGHTLY PATROL The contrest between the East and West, between the old and new, is nowhere more graphically seen than at that gateway between Europe and Asia—the Suez Canal. The great artificial waterway connecting the Mediterra- nean and the Red Sea is said to have accomplished more for the prosperity of the human race than any other engi- neering work of man. Along its entire route the canal is patrolled by faithful sentries, mounted on camels who carefully scan the banks, ever alert for any sign of danger. In itself the native sentry is in sharp contrast to the prin- ciple expressed in the waterway, and the contrast is RESPITE ae the words “T Come, kindly sleep, from thy far home of peace, And ee me steal a little time from life For happiness. ‘The storm encroaches not Where thou art—nor the ugliness of strife, © ‘They war till death—these two strange souls of mine; Their hate hath blackened yesterday— to-day. 3 Give me good Lethe’s cup, thrice blessed sleep; I will forget to-morrow while I may. —Century. THE STORY OF MOTHER HE mother sat in the nursery. i Save for her and one other the room was empty. Drawn up close to the fireplace was a little cra- dle in spotless white drapery. The mother was gazing into the fire, her thoughts far away in the future, and yet busy with the cradle by her side. Presently there was a slight stir amid the soft coverings of the cradle. One tiny foot asserted its presence, a little pink crumpled up fist appeared round the curtain, with much effert and struggling two lids opened softly and revealed the questioning, wondering eyes of a baby. The mother quietly bent over the cradle. “My little son,” she murmured gently. “Are you awake; have you come back from Paradise? Tell mother what you saw there,” and then she tenderly lifted the little burden on to her lap and drew on the little blue shoes. Just then the nursery door opened and the father ‘entered. “Oh, little mother,” he cried surveying the pretty picture in front of him. “You spoil ‘that child. Come and spoil me like- wise.” The mother gently put the baby own on the soft rag and allowed her- ‘self to be drawn into the embrace of ‘two strong, loving arms. She merely ‘drew him down upon the hearthrug, and together they spent the happiest hour of their day with their first born. “Baby, where is your shoe?” laugh- ed the mother presently, seeing that one tiny foot was without its blue cov- ering. Together they searched for the little ‘shoe, but nowhere was it to be found. ‘There seemed to be no corner in which jit could possibly be hidden, and at ‘last, in obedience to the somewhat im- erative cries of King Baby, they hac to give up the search. “It is not very valuable, after all,’ said the big man cheerily, noticing a troubled expression in his wife’s eyes. “I did value it,” she answered, with her head bent low over her restless burden. “It was the first thing I made for baby, and all the hopes and fears 1 had seemed to be knit into that litt blue shoe. It is because of that | value it.” -_ et * Twenty years later. The mother sat there staring into the fire with hard vacant eyes, which were bright with unshed ‘ears. The cradle no longe1 stood by her side; that with other indi eations of the nursery had been re moved long ago. The high fender re mained, and the paint which had beer kicked off by little feet had not beer renewed. She sat on the same low nursery chair as she had done from force o! habit every evening for the last twen ty years, living over again the earl; days of her happy motherhood—an¢ now—— Her hands had fallen on her knee: in a listless, apathetic attitude. One loosely held an evening paper. Ar opened telegram lay nearby on a smal table. 3 Standing out clear in black type OF THE SUEZ CANAL. heightened and intensified when the comparison is insti: ‘tuted between the ship of the desert, as the camel has fittingly been called, and the modern steamship, which follows its self-illuminated way down the tranquil waters of the canal. On the one side is the spirit of the past old, conservative, almost as unmoving as the sphinx, which not many miles distant looks down upon the burning sands of the desert with the same stony gaze which was ancient when European civilization was unborn, and on the other side is the spirit of progress as typified in the engineering skill which fashioned the canal and in the modern vessel which has displaced the historic galleys of the Pharoahs. WHERE EAST MEETS WEST. | were the words “The War in Manchu- ria,” and underneath in smaller type “Casualty List.” No ned to look any further. Here was a home stricken and a heart stunned by one line in this column. A few short hours ago that heart had been alive and happy, thrill- ing with the joy of life. Now it was dead to outside influences, aching with the uncontrollable pain of a hopeless struggle to understand what had hap- pened. It seemed such a little while ago that she had sat on that very chair and played with her baby, and now she sat there again—while he—— But not even a shudder crept over her as she pictured to herself the nameless grave on the snowclad field in far-off Manchuria and tried to realize the great pathos of a soldier’s death. The door opened and the old family doctor entered, followed by the father. The sight of the teariess, unmoved face filled him with alarm. “She will go out of her mind if this state con- tinues,” he murmured to himself. The strong, burly form of the father was bent with grief. Kneeling by his wife’s side he drew her head down io his shoulder. “My little wife,” te whispered in a breaking voice. “We have each other still; we must bear up—for his sake— don’t look like that, dearest. Just let the tears come, and God will help you.” She put her arms around his neck with a little sigh, but the wildness was still in her eyes and the hard lines around her mouth did not relax. Another visitor entered. Father Serge, the family priest, an old, saint- ly man, his face beaming with love and sympathy. He did not speak to the grief-stricken mother for, several minutes, but stood there in silent pray- er. “My daughter,’ he said at last, “your sorrow is great, but’ God will give you strength to bear even this.” “Oh, yes; I believe in God,” she said, “a hard, cruel God; but where is His love and mercy? ‘Why has He taken my greatest treasure from me?” The apathy and indifference were gaining on her, the weight on her head was becoming still more terrible to bear. She was physically unable to listen to the spiritual consolation of the priest. At last he, too, left her alone. “My boy, my boy,” she moaned, “where are you? Come back to me— oh, come back!” Her eyes, anguished with pain, fell listlessly on the antics of a little pup- py which was gamboling round the room after its own tail. Suddenly he stopped short beside a huge oak cup- board which stood against the wall. He began to dig curiously for some- thing which was jammed between the cupboard and the wall. One tremend- ous dig, a struggle, and the puppy brought to light some object which he carefully deposited on the nursery floor and regarded proudly. His mistress thoughtlessly picked up the dirty, shapeless object. What did she behold?) Why did her memory travel back to twenty years ago? What was it that brought so clearly to her distorted vision a little white cradle and a happy, kicking baby? Oh, she knew, she knew! For a brief space her reason totter- ed and the doctor’s fears were almost realized. Then with a wail of pent- up grief, pathetic in its utter weari- ness and abandonment, she sank down in the low nursery chair. In her hand she held the long-lost blue shoe. What doctor, husband and priest had failed to do the sight of the little blue shoe had accomplished. The healing tears had come at last.—In- dianapolis Sun. ' | After a man passes sixty, the num-| © ees | ber of times the hero saves the hero- Jne |e in the book doesn’t count for as : ‘An | Much as the size of the type the story nall | 1S printed in. When a man does a thing particu-|§ ype | larly well, he is crazy to quit it i) VALUE OF CAMPHOR TREES. By-Products of Formosa’s Growth Are of Considerable Worth. Every part of a camphor tree, even to the leaves, contains camphor. The forests are not confined to Formosa alone, but are also found in Japan proper. With the extension of the in- dustry the large areas of this tree have been greatly reduced, though replant- ing and cultivation are practiced to a considerable extent, a tree requiring 50 years to attain a dfameter of one foot. In Formosa, however, there is still an extensive supply of native forest growth and many huge trees are to be found in regions still unexplored. The supply, therefore, is assured for years to come. Camphor is found in the form of crystals in the wood tissues and is separated from the crude oil by double distillation. From the first distilla- tion is secured an oxidized product. ecamphogenotol, the principle of the eamphor oils of commerce. The crude eamphor is a dark-colored substance, fusing at 170 degrees centigrade. Among the by-products may be men- tioned crude camphor oil, which comes out simultaneously with the camphor; white oil, obtained by sublimating the crude oil and used in the manufacture of soap. Red oil also is obtained from the crude camphor oil, as well as a black oil, which is extensively used in the preparation of varnishes. A tur- pentine is secured from the white oll that is in great demand for medical and industrial purposes. From red oil is obtained the product known as saff- rol, employed to a considerable extent in the manufacture of perfumery and also soap; and a disinfectant is also distilled from red oil, after the addi- tion of other substances, claimed to kill the cholera bacillus. Another pro- duct is an insecticide, which when min- gled with 100 parts of water destroys insects injurious to farm crops. The annual export of camphor from Japan is about 6,000,000 pounds, three- fourths of which is produced in For- mosa, the other fourth coming from Japan proper, chiefly from Kyushu and Shikoku. By a provision of the law of 1903 the sale of camphor produced in Japan is monopolized by the govern- ment through a restriction of the sale of crude camphor and camphor oil. Journey to a Fixed Star. “Let us suppose a railway to have been built between the earth and the fixed star Centaurl,” said the lecturer. “By a consideration of this railway’s workings we can get some idea of the enormous distance that intervenes be- tween Centauri and us. “Suppose that I should decide to take a trip on this new aerial line to the fixed star. I ask the ticket agent what the fare is and he answers: “‘The fare is very low, sir; it is only a cent each 100 miles.’ ““And what, at that rate, will the through ticket one way cost? I ask. — “It will cost just $2,750,000,000," he awers. : ‘I pay for my ticket and board the train. We set off at a tremendous rate. _ “ ‘How fast,’ I ask the brakeman, ‘are we going?’ | “ ‘Sixty miles an hour, sir,’ says he, ‘and it’s a through train. There are no stops.’ ““We'll soon be there, then, won't we? I resume. ““We'll make good time, sir, says the brakeman. _ “*And when will we arrive? - “In just 48,633,000 years.’ *—Min- | neapolis Journal. The Limit of Enthusiasm. Gunner—They say Cogg is an avto- | mobile fiend. Guyer—And so he ts. Sleeps in his goggles and has gasoline sprinkled on his pillow.—Detroit Tribune. People are becoming better; but we sometimes think they are not as good- looking as they used to be. = } . A Little Lesson In Patriotism PEFSSSSSSSSSSSSSA enn “Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our eountry.”—Daniel Webster. Because of the circumstances of his election to the presidency John Quincy Adams has possibly received less con- sideration for his own greatness than has been his due. Few men have ever enjoyed so great popularity with his country- men as Andrew Jackson, and when Adams was chosen by Congress be- cause of the fact that Jackson had not received a majority of the electoral vote, al- PE aie sea ee ere | a ee Wy | ee a ae aa cured the largest number of any one of the candidates, public opinion charg- ed Adams and Clay with a conspiracy. But even his political enemies came to admit that the character of Adams precluded this possibility. They re- membered that When he had been chosen senator from the State of Mass- achusetts by the Federalist party, he had left his own party to favor the embargo act of Jefferson, although he knew that this step would inevitably cost him his seat in the senate. He proved that his adherence to the prin- ciples that he considered right was greater than his party affiliations or his desire for personal advancement. No greater tribute can be paid to Adams than to record that his oppon- ents admired his courage and his de- votion to duty. Senator Holmes, of South Carolina, himself an antagonist of all the theories that Adams advo- eated, when pronouncing the eulogy on him, declared him “the patriot father and the patriot sage.” SCHILLER, THE GREAT GERMAN POET AND DRAMATIST. The illustration is a photograph of Anton Graff’s famous portrait of the great German poet, dramatist and his- torian, Johann Christoph Friedrich von. Schiller, the centennial anniver- sary of whose death was recently ob- served, Schiller was born at Marbach Nov. 10, 1759, and died at Weimar May 9, 1805. His father was a sur- P , sj) m £ as SCHILLER, geon, who later became a soldier. It was Schiller’s original intention to study theology, but he took a fancy to the law, and soon abandoned that for medicine, and for a time was regi- mental surgeon at Stuttgart. His lit- erary career began in 1781, with the publication of “The Robbers,” and this speedily was followed by other works a. =-.,. ~2 - 4 a + ff — ‘ SER, > a Eris bk eS I ee 5) GANS, Sas. ee ra ie ba Eee Eg ie eee AWC A eae = AV a = St ees oe HOUSE OF SCHILLER’S BIRTH. that brought him fame. From 1787 to the time of his death, with the ex- ception of a short period, he lived at Weimar, and was associated with Goe- the in the publication of the “Horen.” The best of his poems, ballads and dramas were produced after 1794. In 1802 Schiller was ennobled by the Em- peror Francis IT. Spaniel Aids a Shoplifter. A woman was arrested at Paris for shoplifting not long ago and it was ‘noticed that she carried a bright-look- ing King Charles spaniel on her arm. The police happened to examine the ‘pup rather carefully and were sur- prised to find that it was trained to ‘help the woman at her graft. The dog was schooled to snatch a piece of lace ‘in its mouth and then hide its head ander the woman's arm. | His Dic. re His Dig. =a “John, do you think this man Atkin- son is right and that a woman should de able to dress on $65 a year?” “I certainly do.” “Well, can you let me have my $65 20w ?’—Houston Post. New York yey Day. Pe ee Oras. Charles T. Yerkes arrived in New York city trom Europe. He declared as soon as he set foot on shore that be Was opposed to municipal ownership of street raihways because it was illezal. _ Wallace McCreery, aged 53, and dur- ing his time one of the best comic opera tenors, committed suicide by “jumping into the Hudson river from a ferryboat. It is belieyed he was mentally unbal- anced. Members of .the executive committee and the committee of arrangements for the interchurch conference on federation have approved plans for a meeting of the representatives of the various Prot- estant churches of the United States at Carnegie hall November 15-20. The con- ference is to be the largest in the his- tory of the Protestant church in Amer- iea. Delegates will represent 17,000,000 church members. Mrs. Mary Carroll, widow of Dr. Wil- liam E. Carroll, has presented to Rev. Father Whalen of St. Patrick's cathe- dral, in Newark, N. J., a large and val- uable collection of diamonds for the benefit of the church. Instead of selling the gems, it has been decided to have them set in a new ostensorium of solid gold which is being made for the grand altar of the edifice, and which will, it ix said, be the mést costly and beautiful ove in the United Stat, s. Mrs. Bob Osborn, the brilliant New York woman who has made a success in mosi of her numerous enterprises, has been granted a divorce. She married Robert A. Osborn in 1888. Mrs. Osborn will be remembered as the promoter and manager of Mrs. Osborn’s playhouse, an enterprise which for a time had the en- thusiastic support of the Four Hundred. Later she established a dressmaking es- tablishment, and in this she attracted ihe patronage of the best people. If Wall street is right in its informa- tion August Belmont is making money faster than any other man in America with one or two exceptions. The finan- cial gossips place the increase in this wealth at from $12,000,000 to_ $16,000,- 000 in the last year. This is a little more than $1,000,000 a month, and any man who finds his stock of this world’s goods piling up on such a scale as that is like- ly to have some attention paid to him, even in a district that has its Rocke- fellers and Morgans. The marriage of Margaret Lemon, a grand opera singer now connected with the Metropolitan Opera company, to J. Reed Littell .a patent attorney, was an- nulled: by Justice Dugro in the supreme court of New York. They were married three years ago, after Littell’s first wife, Miss Mabel R. Raum, daughter of Geu. Green B. Raum of Washington, had se- cured a_ divorce from him in Chicago. Justice Dugro declared that the Chicago court had not acquired jurisdiction in that suit and that its decree was void. Having worn out one after another of its keepers and being the indirect cause of the death of one, the old clock in Trin- ity chureh steeple has ceased to turn. Weary from nearly sixty years of con- stant service, its great works have stopped ticking. A new and modern clock will replace the old one. Because of its cwmbrous winding mechanism, the old clock was known as a_ “killer.” J, Sperry, who used to wind it, was injured internally by winding up the great weights and his death was attributed to this cause. The heavy work connected with the old clock has worn out every man who ever undertook to care for it. The three principal routes of the rapid transit commission $300,000,000 — pro- gramme were finally adopted and ordered sent to the board of aldermen of New York city at a meeting of the commis- sion. These routes provide for three complete four-track subways from the Battery to Harlem, as follows: Third ayenue, Lexington and Fifth avenues via Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth streets and Seventh and Eighth avenues. At the last moment an important change was made in the original plan and an inde- pendent cross-town route was Jaid down on Thirty-fourth street to be built witb- out any connection with any north aud south lines. One of the fashionabie restaurants in New York city is owned by a famiiy of three brothers, who came to this country only a few years ago and have prospered as few of their kind do. Now they have aequired a farm, which is to add greater attractiveness to their New York establishment. They expect in the course of a few years to be able to sup- ply the demands of their restaurant en- tirely from their own farm. The farm is to be used as the means of experi- menting to decide whether or not certain vegetables hitherto) grown only in France can be acclimatized here. In or- der to give this phase of the farm a good chance the cultivators have been brougit from France. Fifty-one Igorrotes from the Island of Luzon will furnish at Luna park this summer an attraction different from anything ever seen in a Coney island amusement resort. In the band is a witch doctor, who will perform the sacred ceremonies peculiar to the tribe. The Igorrotes eat dogs—tie only meat they ever taste. At the world’s fair sev- eral dog feasts were held and it is ex- pected that visitors to Luna park will witness similar exhibitions. The Igor- rotes will oceupy the entire northeast portion of the grounds, in the space where the natives from India lived last season. They will build their own pecu- liar houses and will live exactly as if they were in their mountain homes. Although London has all along resist- ed efforts to introduce the American bar, and particularly the American cocktail, Jake Wolf, the former proprietor of the Casino cafe, which was recently closed to meet the building laws in the remod- eling of the Casino theater, is going to establish a typical Broadway barroom in the English capital. He expects to force the cocktail into popularity by advertis- ing it. Before sailing Mr. Wolf burned a huge bail of “I. O. U.’s” which his customers, mostly actors, had deposited with him in exchange for drinks. If the election to the office of mayor of New York depended on the votes of actors. and all of them who owed Jake Wolf money voted for him, he would be elect- ed by an overwhelming majority. The charities of Miss Helen Gould amount to about $500,000 annually, and while this amount seems small in com- parison to the great sums given away by Messrs. Rockefeller and Carnegie, it must be borne in mind that Miss Gould's donations are nearly all of a personal nature. It is said by authorities on the subject that Miss Gould supports and contributes to more individual charities than any other person in the world. Through -her secretary more than $3.- 500,000 has been distributed to thou- sands of beneficiaries. About 200 per- sonal letters asking for help are sent to her each day, but they are thoroughly di- gested before Miss Gould sees them, most of the applicants proving un- worthy. In one week requests amouut- ing to $1,500,000 have been made. LIEUTENANT BOWMAN. ee = ee 2 oS . = a os a oe IN FORTY-ElGHT HOURS PE-RU-AA URED HIM Chas. W. Bowman, Ist Lieut. and Adjt 4th M. S. M. Cav. Vols., writes from Lanham, Md., as follows: “Though somewhat averse to patent medicines, and still more averse to be coming a professional affidavit man, it seems only a plain duty in the present instance to add my experience to the columns already written concerning the eurative powers of Peruna. “Ihave been particularly benefited by its use for colds in the head and throat. I have been able to fully cure amyself of a most severe attack in forty-eight hours by its use according to directions. I use it as a preventive whenever threatened with an attack, “Members of my family also use it for like ailments. We are recommeni- ing it to our friends.”"—C. W. Bowman. Pe-ru-na Contains no Narcotics. One reason why Peruna has found per- manent use in so many homes is that it eontains no narcotic of any kind. It can be used any length of time without ac- quiring a drug habit. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus Ohio, for free medical advice. All cor- respondence held strictly confidential. Alabastine Your Walls Alabastine produces exquisitely beautiful effects on walls and ceil- ings. Easy to apply, simply mix with cold water. Better than kalso- mine, paint or wall paper. It is not a kalsomine, it is a sanitary, perma- nent cement, which hardens on the walls, destroying disease germs and vermin, never rubbing or scaling. Kalsomines mixed with either hot or cold water soon rub and scale off, spoiling walls, clothing and furni- ture. They contain glue, which decays and nourishes the germs of deadly disease. If your druggist or bard- ware dealer will not get ALABASTINE, refuse sub- stitutes and imitations and order of us. Send for free samples of tints and Infor- mation about decorating. ALABASTINE COMPANY Grand Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 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"Men who have to do difficult and dangerous work on electric lines at any hour of day or night, can't afford to have anything the matter with their health," said Mr. Donovan. You can imagine, therefore, how much I was alarmed one winter's day in 1902, when I was seized by a pain just behind my right hip that made it difficult for me to walk home. It was so bad by the time I reached the house that I was obliged to go straight to bed." "Did that relieve you?" "No, the pain grew more severe and kept extending downward along my leg. I sent for a physician, and he soon decided that I had sciatica. In a few days the whole nerve was affected, and the least movement brought on terrible agony." "Did your condition improve under the doctor's treatment?" "Quite the contrary. At the end of two months I wasn't a bit better, and at times I feared that I would never be able to leave my bed." "How did you get out again?" "When I was lying in bed, unable to move and wasting away in flesh, a friend visited me and told me about the wonderful cures brought about by a great blood and nerve remedy, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. He strongly urged me to try them, and I luckily had sense enough to take his advice." Did you meud quickly?" "Yes, that was the astonishing thing. I noticed a slight improvement before I had quite finished the first box of the pills. I could get out of bed while I was on the third box, and I was entirely owned by the time I had taken five boxes." Mr. Joseph A. Donovan is living at Plaistow, New Hampshire, and is line inspector for the Haverhill, Newton and Plaistow Electric Street Railway. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are the remedy to use when the blood is thin, as in anaemia; or impure, as in rheumatism; or when the nerves are weak, as in neuralgia; or lifeless, as in partial paralysis; or when the body as a whole is ill-nourished, as in general debility. They are sold by all druggists. Blind Man Tells Friends by Tap of Cane. The degree to which the remaining senses can be trained when the sight is lost was illustrated the other morning by two blind men from the home at Thirty-sixth street and Lancaster avenue. The men came from opposite directions, and as they approached each other a man standing on the corner was surprised to hear one of the blind men say, "Hello, Ed; what are you doing out this morning?" When the blind man was asked how he had known the other with a distance of five yards between them he answered: "By the sound of his cane, of course. I can tell at the distance of half a square the tap of the cane of any man in the home."—Philadelphia Record. What Puzzles the Man. When a man comes home very late at night he never knows whether there is no money in his pockets the next morning because of that or because his wife was smart enough to know he wouldn't mention the subject.—New York Press. —Joseph Chamberlain, while preferring orchids to any other flower, has a great fondness for roses, of which he has a magnificent variety at Highbury. "IT SAVED MY LIFE" PRAISE FOR A FAMOUS MEDICINE Mrs. Willadsen Telis How She Tried Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Just in Time. Mrs. T. C. Willadsen, of Manning, Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "I can truly say that you have saved my life, and I cannot express my gratitude to you in words. Mrs. T. C. Willadsen "Before I wrote to you, telling you how I felt, I had doctored for over two years steady and spent lots of money on medicines besides, but it all failed to help me. My monthly periods had ceased and I suffered much pain, with fainting spells, headache, backache and bearing-down pains, and I was so weak I could hardly keep around. As a last resort I decided to write you and try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I am so thankful that I did, for after following your instructions, which you sent me free of all charge, my monthly periods started; I am regular and in perfect health. Had it not been for you I would be in my grave to-day. "I sincerely trust that this letter may lead every suffering woman in the country to "I sincerely trust that this letter may lead every suffering woman in the country to write you for help as I did." When women are troubled with irregular or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrhoea, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, flatulence, general debility, indigestion and nervous prostration, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E, Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. No other female medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. Refuse all substitutes. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. If afflicted with sore Eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water EF I COULD ONL HAVE MY WAY. I wisht 'at I could have my way; Time would always be in May, Er June. Er June; The leaf would never leave the tree, The birds could always sing for me, An' everything would always be Iustine Er June, when men an' boys, awake With new emotions, could forsake The duller ways for stream an' lake, An' play. ECONOMIZES MATERIAL. A Stepladder Built on Entirely New Lines. There have been stepladders and stepladders, but these have all followed with more or less fidelity the familiar design that needs no description. In searching ter "something new under the sun" a Colorado man has worked out a stepladder that is nothing if not original and economic of material. While it does not have an appearance of great stability, there is no real reason why the three supporting points should not be as effective as four, and probably this sugges- A tion of instability arises from the skeleton design. The economy of material would be much appreciated by those who have, to carry stepladders about from place to place, to whom any saving of weight is a grateful benefaction. The ladder consists of a single stile, to which are secured a series of horizontal steps. A single prop, pivoted near the upper end of the stile takes the place of the usual double stile support. A cross piece at the foot of the stile carries diverging braces and ensures stability by increasing the base area. Theoretically nobody can rest on more than three points at any one time, so that the modified tripod stepladder here shown fulfills this fundamental requirement. MILLIONAIRES' SALADS. A Gardener Who Makes a Business of Supplying Them. Somewhere or Long Island there is a gardener who has hit on a wonderful idea. Anybody who has been to a fair and seen the exhibits sent by the millionaires must have been anxious to taste such vegetables. The gigantic string beans, the onions and above all, the beautiful salads must have appealed to the taste of the most ascetic spectator. This gardener hit on the idea of supplying such things to the tables of those who could pay high prices even if they could not afford greenhouses. His specialty is salad and all that he can raise is brought to an uptown shop whose proprietor weeps that he cannot get more. Chiccory is not a highly popular salad in this country, as it is likely to be bitter, but chiccory from his garden is sweet and tender. Every head, moreover, is 5 to 6 inches in diameter. The center is entirely white and crisp and the pale green leaves about the edge of the head make the plant appeal as strongly to the eye as to the taste. Equally attractive is the color scheme of the escarole, from the beautiful white hearts to the long crumpled leaves that enclose them. The escarole is usually 6 inches long and most of it can be eaten, which is a contrast to the ordinary escarole of commerce. Most of that must be thrown away. The endies, which are beginning to be well liked here, are better from the garden than from any other available to the masses. It is the inability of this genius to supply the demand for his products that distresses the proprietor of this establishment. His failures in this direction fall heavily on those customers who must depend on an extra large supply. So many households leave a standing order for the salads that there is rarely enough for the casual customer. More to be wondered at than the delicious taste and attractive appearance of these salads is the fact that they cost only a few cents more than those in the ordinary shops.—New York Sun. The Deep Sea Zoo. "Naturally the fish of the deep portions are carnivorous, no vegetable life being found below 200 fathoms. In the Atlantic ocean the vast Saragasso sea, containing 3,000,000 of square miles of surface—a great marine prairie as large as the whole of the United States exclusive of Alaska and dependent islands—affords vegetable food for uncountable animals, which, in their due time, die and are precipitated to the depths, their bodies in turn to be eaten by the animals which live far below all vegetation. So it is throughout the whole ocean; animal life is constantly falling from the surface waters for the support of the animal life of the abyss. A very large number of the deep sea animals are exceedingly tenuous or translucent in form—so to put it—having no special organs of nutrition, but taking in their nourishment through the walls of their bodies, appropriating from the water the food which suits them. Some of them have a bony structure, a skeleton, which they form also from the water, silica and carbonate of lime being the chief skeleton forming materials.—Harper's. Grass Dried Linen. To have "grass dried linen" is one of the latest domestic extravagances. It has been handed along by word of mouth from one to another who appreciate a good thing and there has been neither need nor inclination to cheapen it by advertising. It was the happy idea of a man who fell heir to one of those New England farms that you cannot rent, sell or give away. But the first view of the situation showed that his farm would bring him to speedy bankruptcy if he were to attempt to run it agriculturally. It had plenty of water and broad, wind-swept meadows where the sun beat all day long. This gave him his idea. From a city friend he cajoled a lot of what housekeepers call the "big pieces" of the family wash. When the sheets and tablecloths and seviettes came home it was not so much that they were clean--that is elemental laundry work, though rarely attained--but they had the breath of country air and the smell of the grass. From this beginning the trade has grown until that Massachusetts farm is paying better than it ever did under a system of rotation of crops.-New York Sun. FEW PENNIES IN BUTTE. People Regard Them as a Nuisance and Take Them to the Postoffice. A 12-quart pail will hold all the pennies in Butte, Mont. In the money drawer or cash register of nearly every business house in Butte there is a tin box back in one corner, and in it are pennies. When the box is full the merchant puts it under his arm and climbs the hill to the new postoffice, unloads his accumulation on Postmaster George Irvin and carries home stamps for it. When a child under a certain age comes into a store and buys and proffers pennies in payment, the pennies are forthwith cast into the little box. At the postoffice the purchaser of two 2-cent stamps receives a penny back. If he has 2 cents coming after buying a money order he gets two pennies for it. As a general thing the pennies given out in change in the postoffice seldom get outside the building. Before leaving the building the owner of the pennies decides that he or she would rather have stamps for them, and the exchange is made. So the pennies in circulation in Butte hover about the postoffice. Once in a while an arrival from the east scatters them among several stores, but eventually the little discs find their way to the postoffice. The stores do not make change in pennies in Butte. Some use postage stamps. It has not been so long since pennies have been given out in change at the postoffice. Two or three years ago a man bought a money order at the Butte postoffice. He had 2 cents in change coming to him, but there were no pennies with which to pay it. He complained to the postoffice department at Washington, and then came an order directing that a supply of pennies be obtained and change made. Since then there have been pennies in Butte, Helena and most of the larger offices in Montana. But the merchant as a general thing has little use for pennies and it will probably be a long time before they come into circulation in this part of the northwest. There are no penny newspapers in Montana. Children always have a nickel to buy candy—sometimes more. There are no penny values shown for sale in Butte. The merchants think the pennies a nuisance; the public look at the matter in the same light, and if it had not been for a disgruntled buyer of a money order, who failed to appreciate that if the 2 cents had been coming the other way nothing would have been said about it, the probabilities are that pennies would be fewer in Butte and other Montana cities than they are today. Two Columns of Horseshoes In the town of Fort Collins, Col., the village blacksmith, has created a curious but very appropriate sign. In fact, it represents not only his industry but the many years in which he has been engaged in it. On either side of the entrance to the shop are pillars, which rise several feet above the roof. From a distance they resemble box trees with the branches closely cut, to give them an ornamental appearance. As a matter of fact, the columns are composed of discarded horseshoes. As each is fully thirty feet in height and five feet in diameter, a faint conception may be obtained of the immense number of shoes utilized in constructing them, for each column was build up by laying the shoes one upon the other with their flat sides in contact. Through the center of each column runs a wooden post, and the novel structure has been formed by wiring the shoes to it. The construction of the sign was begun when the shop was opened for business. The columns have become too heavy to be increased in height, and are anchored by iron bands to the walls of the building.-Scientific American. Shaved While He Slept "My first day in India," said the tourist, "I was surprised when I awoke in the morning to feel how smooth my face was. "By Jove,' I said, 'how slowly my beard grew yesterday. I hardly need to shave today.' "It is, however, a matter of religion with me to shave every morning, and so I bade the native servant, a man provided by my host, to fetch my shaving things. The native smiled." 'But you are already shaved, sir,' he said. "Already shaved?" said I. "Yes, sir,' he answered. 'I shaved you while you slept. That is the custom here.' "I found that he was right. I found that in India these wonderful native servants shave their masters in bed every morning without waking them. "All through my stay in India I was shaved like that. It was almost enough to keep me in that hot and horrid country forever."—Louisville Courier-Journal. Secretly Shipped Across Country. Many cars, sealed and in bond from New York, have arrived at Longwharf within the past week or so. They were loaded with strong, ironbound wooden cases, shipped from Hamburg to Kobe, Japan, marked "E. M. E. H. H." and invoiced as "Manufactures of metal." When notified of the character of the goods he was loading the captain of the British steamer Heathdene sought the advice of the British consul. Consul Bennett sent Vice Consul Moore and the captain to the office of Collector of Customs Stratton for a conference for the purpose of stopping the shipment of the shells, but this the collector declined to do, as their transportation was not a violation of the neutrality laws. Asparagus and Radishes in Same Row. Asparagus is one of the best vegetables for the amateur's home garden. It is perfectly hardy, never fails to produce a crop, is one of the very first vegetables ready for spring and yields until June. It grows on any ordinary garden soil, but is surprisingly improved by high cultivation and heavy dressings of rich manure. It is a seed of slow germination, so it is well to plant radish seed in the same row—they will mark the row so that weeding can be done, break the surface of the soil to prevent baking, and give you a crop of radishes as a sort of extra dividend.—Garden Magazine. Taking Wind Out of Her Sails. Cleopatra had just dissolved the pearl. "Doesn't that make a pretty expensive drink?" she inquired. "Oh, I don't know," returned Anthony. "I have put a whole mint in a julep myself." And in the silence that fell she thought what mean old things men were, anyway—New York Tribune. A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Best.Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Men's Wear for the Country. Panama hats are in as good form as ever for the country, and the fact that they have been dropped by "the great untubbed" has merely served to give them an added fillip toward exclusiveness. Of course no man in his senses would wear a Panama in town. Next to the Panama for the country come the rough straw sailor hat for the city. This will have a black or dark blue ribbon. Fancy ribbons on straw hats, unless they are in the wearer's club or varsity colors, and thus symbolize something definite, are not to be recommended. Frankly, they look a bit silly. With the flannel shirt for knockabout many launderable cotton ties will appear, and in these no pins are worn. The fold collar is the only form that is proper for morning, lounging and "the open." Low cut russet shoes were never appropriate for town wear, but belong in the country with the felt hat and Norfolk jacket.—The Haberdasher. QUICK RESULTS. W. J. N. C., Hill, of Concord, Justice of the Peace, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills proved a very efficient remedy in my case. I used them for disordered kidneys and backache, from which I had experienced a great deal of trouble and pain. The kidney secretions were very irregular, dark colored and full of sediment. The Pills cleared it all up and I have not had an ache in my back since taking the last dose. My health generally is improved a great deal." FOSTER-MILBURN CO., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers, price 50 cents per box. Troubles of a Nebraska Hostess. A lady said recently: "I wish somebody would make guests understand that the hostess is the only one with the right to run a party. Twice recently I have been at informal afternoon companies where some guest has broken up the gathering by insisting that refreshments be served at an hour to suit herself. "On one such occasion we were invited for bridge and the lady who asked for refreshments early skipped out after she had eaten her luncheon to keep an appointment with a dressmaker. Of course we were left one short. The hostess was annoyed and all the rest of us cross, so we put on our wraps and went home. "At another affair, where a guest insisted on interfering with the arrangements, the hostess finally exclaimed: "This is my party and I'll have it the way I want it." And she did, but all hostesses have not the nerve to quell such disturbance."—Nebraska State Journal. Fixing Railroad Rates. Making railroad rates is like playing a game of checkers or chess. Communities to be benefited, producers, manufacturers or shippers to be aided, represent the pieces used. Every possible move is studied for its effect on the general result by skilled traffic managers. A false move in the making of freight rates may mean the ruin of a city, of a great manufacturing interest, of an agricultural community. Railroads strive to build up all these so that each may have an equal chance in the sharp competition of business. So sensitive to this rivalry are the railroads that in order to build up business along their lines they frequently allow the shipper to practically dictate rates. Rate-making has been a matter of development; of mutual concessions for mutual benefit. That is why the railroads of the United States have voluntarily made freight rates so much lower in this country than they are on the government-owned and operated railways of Europe and Australia that they are now the lowest transportation rates in the world. The student circus at Ann Arbor, Mich., in which 600 men and women participated, to raise funds for a university clubhouse, cleared $4000. What is CASTORIA Truths that Strike Home Truths that Strike Home Your grocer is honest and—if he cares to do so—can tell you that he knows very little about the bulk coffee he sells you. How can he know, where it originally came from, In each package of LION COFFEE you get one full pound of Pure Coffee. Insist upon getting the genuine. (Lion head on every package.) Sale Ten Million Boxes a Year. THE FAMILY'S FAVORITE MEDICINE Canders CANDY CATHARTIC THEY WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP 10c. 25c, 50c. 500 All Druggists BEST FOR THE BOWELS THE LION In each package of LION pound of Pure Coffee. Ins (Lion head on every package.) (Save the Lion-heads f SOLD BY GROCER Sale Ten Million THE FAMILY'S FA CANDY CA 10c, 25c, 50c. THEY WORK WH BEST FOR T Flourished for a Thousand Years. In a paper published in the Victorian Naturalist for January, 1905, N. J. Caire gives an interesting account of the giant trees of Pretoria, all species of eucalyptus. Among the number he especially mentions Big Ben, which, possessing a trunk of 57 feet girth, was destroyed by a bush fire in 1902, and a black butt of the same circumference which was sacrificed for the Paris exhibition; both these veterans were probably more than 1000 years old. Most of these trees of enormous girth present signs of senile decay, as shown by broken tops or later by hollow stems. Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot Ease. A powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet, Cures Corns, Bunlons, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Zuni Bread. The Zuni Indians will not eat bread that has not been crushed and ground up by stone implements. 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Agents wanted everywhere. THE POP By Rev. H. A. Harrington. "Pray without ceasing."—I. Thess. 5-17. To many it is an open question whether it is worth while or even possible to pray at all, and therefore out of the question entirely to pray continually. Paul's injunction appears even to those who believe in prayer applicable only to the monk and the recluse. Even if it were possible to obey the command in the ordinary sense it is doubtful whether the world would be any better if life were one perpetual prayer meeting. It is not strange that many have swung away from the practice of formal prayer when the older conception of its meaning is contrasted with the modern conception of life. Once prayer meant the sealing of the eyes and the ears to the scenes and the sounds of this life that one might gaze upon and hold communion with those of another world. It meant, too, almost exclusively the act of ardently petitioning heaven for the things that one could not and often would not get for himself. But life to-day dare not shut its eyes; it counts it a sin to ignore this world of need and sin even for the sake of the bliss of a world where these things are not. Then, men ask, if prayer is no more than a getting of goods from God without labor or compensation, in what way does it differ from begging? In what way is the man who says "Heaven owes me a living" any better than the one who says "The world owes me a living"? The product of such prayer is pauperization. The logical end of that theory is savagery; all the inducements to toll as well as the restraints of life would be gone; one might ask for calamities on others as well as for blessings on oneself. But practically all the difficulties of prayer arise from the limitation of its meaning to a petition. They come from the point of view that thinks only of answers, of goods sent in response to prayer orders. The man who says I will work for my bread instead of begging heaven for it may be still a man of prayer. His work may be the noblest prayer, while his heart may go out to God in gratitude for strength and opportunity to labor. Work is prayer, love is prayer, gratitude is prayer, education is prayer. The world needs more men and women who pray with their hands of helpfulness, their feet that speed on errands of kindness, their eyes that look out in good cheer, their ears that listen in sympathy. Prayer is an attitude rather than an act. It must be without ceasing. It is like love, not an act nor a series of acts, but a relationship. It is as much more than words as love is greater than its deeds. Formal prayers are to prayer itself as the letters of a friend are to the love of that friend. The love goes on without ceasing; the prayer, the aspiration, the longing after the presence of, the knowledge of, the love of God goes on without ceasing. Prayer is an atmosphere, a habit, a second and higher nature. It is a life that in itself is one long unbroken petition for his likeness and his life. It will find expression in words, but it will not be limited to them. It is the child living with his father; such a life will involve the making of requests and the granting of them, but such things will be only incidental, not essential, to its communion. Living with such a father we shall tell him all our needs, desires, fears, but shall we hide from him our joys, hopes, and aspirations? We shall want him to see our work, to rejoice with us in it. Prayer will not be reciprocal. The prayer that is no more than petition for provision must be as painful to God as it would be to us who are parents if our children never addressed us save to beg for their meals and their clothes. On the other hand, the life of prayer that found no expression in words, that made no requests and looked for no tangible gifts, would be as strange as if our children were dumb and we were powerless to love them in deed as well as in feeling. The life of prayer is the realization of the perfect relations of the All Father with all his children. THE CHILDHOOD OF CHRIST. By Rev. T. Vincent Tymms, D. D. Text—"And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him."—Luke ii:40. By humbling Himself to wear the likeness of men the Son of God became a Brother to the whole race of mankind, but, at the same time, He entered into special family relations. By His birth of Mary, He became not only a son of man, but a member of the family of Abraham, a scion of the royal house of David, and a near kinsman of all Mary's kindred. The gospels say little of the feelings with which He was regarded by these relatives, but some facts are recorded which are highly significant and worthy of far more attention than has usually been bestowed upon them by the Christian church. The verse before us contains outline the story of twelve years: "And the Child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon Him." Apocryphal histories of the infancy are full of marvelous tales; but none of these is trustworthy. Our information concerning the earlier years may be summed up in the statement that, after the wise men returned to their unknown country in the East, Jesus was carried into Egypt, and presently was brought back and placed in one of the most beautiful and retired villages of Palestine. In Nazareth He grew up in quietude as a healthy, happy Child: dwelling in the home which His heavenly Father had chosen for Him, as the most suitable of all the homes then existent on the earth. Artists have painted a golden light round the head of the Holy Child, as if a radiance were emitted from His body. The device we may accept as a symbol of the truth that "the grace of God was upon Him," or, in other words, that the beauty of God was seen shining through His daily deeds. The true aureola is one which no painter's brush can show on canvas; and in childhood this light shines most lustrously in the beauty of a loving and obedient spirit. He who in the zenith of His manhood said, "I am meek and lowly in heart," was adorned with this same grace in His earlest years. He would gladly listen while Joseph and Mary kept the law of Moses by talking to Him, in the house and by the wayside of all the works of God in the olden time. Like every other child in Nazareth, He would attend the common school; and just as men and women are comforted and strengthened to bear the heavy burdens of maturity, so boys and girls may have their tasks lightened and their recreations hallowed by remembering Him, who is now the Lord of Glory, but was once subject to the discipline which they are tempted to resent, and is able, as a sympathizing friend, to have compassion upon them and to help them in every time of trouble or sorrow. It may be said, and said with perfect truth, that we can never be like Jesus in all things. We have already sinned much and grievously, and yet, thank God, we are taught that this fact will not prevent our rising to a heavenly throne at last. Sin may, and evidently must, disqualify for such functions and honors as are joyfully ascribed to Christ, but it cannot hinder the reception of His grace. God will not remember the sins of childhood against those whom He pardons in the name of His Son. Yet surely the holiness of Christ should teach us what a deadly and bitter thing sin is, even in the youngest child. The stains of evil may be washed away; the recording angel may blot out the record from the book of remembrance; but every wrong action will be a source of weakness in after life. Would to God that the Holy Child Jesus might be taken as a pattern by all the little ones who hear of Him to-day! May the grace of God be upon all who hear me now! May all who humbly strive to copy Him become more like Him day by day! May they, while striving faithfully, ever put their trust in Him and in the transforming power of His Spirit! So shall they attain at last to His perfect likeness, and He will write upon them His new name. BIBLE BOOK FOR MEN. By Rev. Dr. George F. Hall. The bible abounds with stirring biography. Oftentimes, however, that which might be expanded into volumes is condensed into a few paragraphs, and the casual reader runs over rich mines of suggestion, which if dug out and used would go far toward illuminating the whole world of thought and inspiring millions to higher liv- DR. G. F. HALL. DR. G. F. HALL. The Bible is especially a man's book. It is brimful of heroic literature of every variety. Its reading develops moral muscle. Its study creates a kindly spirit. Its practice leads to earthly victory and heavenly glory. The man who does not make the Bible his daily companion does not realize how much he is missing of the good, the helpful, the beautiful and the true. SHORT METER SERMONS. Sloth makes slaves. The prodigal are never liberal. The pain of loss is the price of gain. It takes more than a despising of fame to deserve it. It is easy to be rigorous without being righteous. Faith never has any need to dream about the future. 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