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ggp LLiU?X JLL Mi iii.Ul iOW JTj PAY THE GI3L8 TO SAY " NO." OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Every One Should Improve His Mind. EDUCATION should end only with death. The man or woman who thinks that one Is completely educated In schools and colleges Is mistaken, for the most that scholastic training can do Is start one well, show one the right road of learning and wis dom end dMnateh the student forward with a godspeed. The human mind Is susceptible of almost limitless de i,.mnnt and exnanston. and there is no age at which the Ironrovement of It must stop. And It ought to be every man's ambition to make his mind aa nearly full and perfect as it can be made; to approacn. siep Dy ney, that unattainable ideal of intellectual power and com nlptenpaa. the almlchtv. all-knowing Godhead, which all cultivated men, all Intellectual nations have worshipped under divers names, "Jehovah, Jove or Lord." a tne seir -existing source of thought and being. . . . Perhaps the majority of high school and of college .graduates cease studying when they Quit the academic halls. Thev have their sheepskins framed and hung upon a. wall, and whenever they feel the need of an Intellectual :amnlns thev elance' at the pompous Latin Inscription. which they translate bnt awkwardly, and thereby remind themselves that they have complete educations, uui a -college education Is a machine which will rust and rot un less It la Dollshed and kept in use. ... Do not attempt too much. This Is a busy age. and the man who has his living to earn must give the cream of his enerev and most of his time to the work by which he .gets bread and butter. But nearly every man has some leisure for reading. Every man and woman ought to read, especially, the "English masters of prose and poetry; the ancients as well .as the moderns. And It Is an excellent thing to have at least a reading knowledge of some modern language, pre ferably French or German, for those tongues have the greatest literatures. It Is said that one is as many times .a man as the number of languages he knows. Certain It is that the possession of another than one's mother tongue broadens the Intellect and gives the mind new standards of -comparison and a cosmopolitan point of view. San Fran- lsco Bulletin. Bow Toons Men la Amentia Republic Kvaie Bachelor Tax. A new and lucrative field for wom en's work has been opened In the Ar- . I 1 1 1.1. .U - 1 ? T I geuiiue iit'ijuui:t:, uy w uii'u me inn daughters of that favored land are enabled to earn good incomes. It is a business requiring no capital, and all the work can be done at home, but one which is confined, In the nature of things, to widows and maidens. The women who engage in this easy and lucrative calling are known as "professional lndy rejectors," and FIRST DINING CAR IN THE WORLD. town of its present horde of disease breeding and disease conveying curs, a great deal will have been done to reduce .a t. .-.,. tint- nr h ii uuiitcupv-i me nyaropnoum TOUu " " "je canine their business is giving much concern untagged canine vagabond ; muz e all to the Argentine authorltle9. pets trom me isi oi Apru io me . deaths we die will be pleaaanter.-Chlcago Tribune Reform In Russia. CZAR NICHOLAS II. takes marcera 1010 u -with something of the autocratic spirit of his great grandslre and namesake. There shall, be says, be reforms. There shall be freedom of creed and worship-not only, we assume, for Catholic and Protest ant, as well as for Orthodox, but also for Jew. as well as for Christian. There shall be no more smvei, name of "forced labor." There shall be rerorm in and state, and especially In the village communes, which ho mmrtntinn of the emolre. These things the min isters and other offlaers are peremptorily commanueu iu execute. It is a great decree. If it is sincere, as we are v,n,i tn Miim. and If it Is inflexibly enforced, as we are bound to hope and to expect It win eneci me stage In that beneficent evolution of Russia, which seems tn ho the on.lv alternative to revolution. Vr.r a ohinn must come. It WOUld De Bimpiy iiuyuo- slble for Russia to go on for ever, or much longer, in her old repressive, reactionary, barbaric style. "The people will come to their own at last find la not mocked for ever." tc wn an amailna- anachronism that Russia got through tho nineteenth centurv and Into the twentieth with a politi cal, social and industrial system belonging to the Middle Ages. That system cannot much longer endure. Reform mnRt pome, or revolution: and the Czar seems wisely and ..-..- - h nhnun thflt it ahull be reform. In his Ui Q tlj IV .iU ' K .uvtn... - efforts for the welfare of his people he will have the hearty sympathy of the world, and if he Is successful In them he will have a place in history not second to any In all the line of Rurlk. New York Tribune. Li Extirpate Hydrophobia. AST year fourteen persons in Chicago died of hydro phobia. The horror of these deaths need not be dilated upon. Hydrophobia is no tender mode of death. No Chinaman Impaled on a stake, no African tied to an ant hill, no American In- .-dlan staring at the sun with eyes from which the lids had been removed ever suffered greater tor ments than in our own day and in our own city fall td the lot of the victims of a disease which Is communl--cable and preventable. Being communicable and prevent able. Its continuance Is a reflection on our humanity and on our Intelligence. In England, Scotland and Wales hydro phobia Is almost unknown. Humanity and Intelligence have done their work there. It Is time for them to do their work here. Let all citizens, whether on the police force or not, re member that they are proving false to their social and -civic, duties If they allow the lives of their neighbors to be endangered by unmuzzled or unchained dogs. Diligent work for a few weeks will put all such dogs In the pound. It would be a tardy but welcome relief if Chlcagoans could feel during this summer for the first time In the history -of the city that when they walked their streets they did -not have to reckon hydrophobia among the possibilities of -their excursion. One more point, however. Is to be noted. Rabies Is not simply a summer canine complaint. It happens In winter as well as In summer. The notion that mad dogs are to be feared only during the summer Is exploded. If the dog catchers will catch and destroy every dog that Is without a tag, and If they will, In this way, rid the w Spread of the Bible. HATEVER view we may take of higher criti cism, the spread of the Bible will go on. It will be read as a story even by those who do not reeard it as a sacred book. The tales of the Patriarchs and of the great men of Israel It all came about by the passage of the law taxing bachelors In the Argen tine. As the law was thought to bear too hard upon young men who really tried to get married and could not do so from the fact that nobody would have them, a clause was Inserted by which a man was exempt from the tax If he could prove that he had proposed and been rejected. They are not so slow In those Latin-American coun tries as we people up North imagine. The professional lady rejector at once made her appearance on the scene. The fair daughter of the South who chooses the "rejector" business in pref erence to typewriting or becoming a saleslady does not hang out a sign nor send cards engraved with "Carmen- cita Suarez, Professional' Lady Re Jector. Office Hours. 2 to 10," but' she causes It to be known that she Is in the business and will warrant a rejec tion every time. For a certain stated sum she will consent to be wooed by any eligible bachelor tax dodger for a reasonable length of time. He can take her to the theater, buy her ices, and pay for her bouquets and bonbons until the expiration of the time limit, when he asks her to be his, and, ac cording to contract, she promises to be a sister to him. But her work Is not yet over, for when the tax on bach elors is due and Jose goes to the alcalde to swear off his taxes, Carmenclta has to go with him and make oath that he has proposed to her and been rejected. This seems an easy and pleasant way of making one's living; but the girls en gaged in the business say that it really is one requiring the greatest self-con- THE DINING CAR DELMONICO. The first dining car ever operated in the United States, or, for that mat ter. In the world, was built In 1808 and placed in service between Chicago. .. and St Louis, on the Chicago & Alton Railway. The first dining car waa called the Delmonlco. and Its exterior and Interior appearance are reliably reproduced In the above Illustration. The Delmonlco was sixty feet long. The present vestibuled platform In those days not having been invented, the entrance to the car was made from the nnlnclosed platform, and there .. was no Interior vestibule or lobby, the car door opening directly Into the dining-room. The dining-room comprised not quite one-half of the-car and was finished In walnut except the celling, which was canvas, with deco rative designs painted upon It In the dining-room were six tables, each table seating four guests. The seat were upholstered In morocco leather and were Immovable, being almilar, with the exception of the upholstery, to the seats at present in use in sleeping cars. In one corner of the dining room of the Delmonlco there was a walnut side-cupboard for wines and liquors and groceries; this cupboard was hinged to the side of the car, thus enabling the car cleaners to fold It back and clean the end wlndowa, in front of which it stood. The car waa lighted with candles, which were placed in fixtures secured to the roof of the car, and candles were also placed In metal candlesticks on each table. The floor of the car waa cot ered with oilcloth, and in the aisle between the tables there was laid a strip of carpet. At night time the crew slept in the car, the cushion being pulled down upon supporting cross-bars In a similar manner to that which is at present done In sleeping cars. , The kitchen of the Delmonlco was in the center of the car. The kitchen was eight feet long by seven feet wide, the remaining width of the car being used for a passageway between the dining-room and the rear half of tbe car. which was finished In similar style to the dining-room, the forward half being used as a dining-room, the rear half being used to furnish parlor car accommodations, the tables being removed for this purpose. The kitchen contained a charcoal range and cupboards containing cooking uten sils and non-perishable provisions, the perishable provisions being stored ia a refrigerator or store-box under the center of the car. There was no pantry, the viands being delivered by the cooks to the waiters through aa aperture in the wall of the kitchen. Below this aperture was a little door In the side of the partition, by which tbe cooks entered the kitchen. Not withstanding the difficulties under which the crew worked In the early days, the bill of fare was elaborate, and passengers were enthusiastic over the meals, which were served table de bote at 75 cents each. will nnt mbIIv fade out of the human early world. They troi nd frequently causes the greatest COUPLE MADE VOWS IN Industries,' Issued by the treasury will not easily fade out of the human mind. They brlug agony of spirit to the practitioner, es- jH LANGUAGE. burean ot -tatistici In 1002, estimate to us the uoetry of the early world. They have the priuil tive glow. It was not merely as a missionary mat ueorge Borrow carried the Bible throughout the length and hreadth of Spain. It Is not solely as a religious book that 180,000,000 Bibles have been accepted from the British Bible Society, and that a steady flow of lU.oou a aay pours lorcn from their depots. ' it Is partly as tne most numan oi an the documents handed down by the human race. There is verv little pure dogma in the Bible. Most of the dogmas of the Churches were evolved In the succeeding centuries, struck out like sparks by the application of the precise Greek mind to an Oriental theme. We listen to the story of human life in all Its variety and pathos, and from it there grow, like flowers from some rich soli, the great utterances on life and conduct which still acts as pillars of fire to lead us on. From the rooms of the Bible Society this flood of books goes forth like water to irrigate the world. It spreads out gradually, carried by missionaries and colporteurs, translated into every tongue, carried across deRerts and seas and with It the light spreads too. A Bible Is left on some Inland, and there for the first time the Islanders have a literature. It is placed In a prison, and there the weary captive, reading It in some listless hour, finds light and hope. We talk about the "trade following the flag." The trade we speak of Is not always of the best But here Is a trade which will not shame any flag a trade In something more precious than rubles and brighter than diamonds. London Daily News, pecially if she has a large and wealthy clientele.' For a spinster whose chances m.f -om.-whl weddin that 194.300.000.000. against $65,037,001,197 of matrimony are on the wane, or a wft8 ever celebrated in all probability n 1890, an Increase of 20,()00,000,000) v.... n.Mroi .hn. Intim tn hu ran. ...l n Phlln riplnhla. in ten years, in iiwu uw yuiue oi soled, to resist the temptation to vlo- The ceremony was entirely in keeping late her contract and say "Yes" when with the well-known quietude of the some nice young man with a nice for- Pennsylvania metropolis, for not a tune proposes, requires phenomenal word was spoken during the entire per- buslness Integrity, and Is a Bevere formance. When it Is known that the .nnnnk n. np fapllntra LtntMnllni, nartlaa warn both deaf 'cmu "i .-v...-0 i iiui.v.i.o , , nro til m It readily will be seen that It Is not mutes the reason for the silent cele- ur,, w. ?"LrZ m.n h nn aiiPooprt In thn hratlnn U iinilpratnnd. cayim, ugamav aow.iot.o.i m iow, w CTCI J HVWOU " " " " " v.umwu in., n iait rplootnr Slip mnat I T.pnrla A ah nf Phnenlxvllle. Pa., c-BUiiiB .-j- ----- - -. . rvorppntxra nf ilph lur onnlta waa have the faculty of convincing men the man who, tnougn ms iq "T" 1 Io mrta In nr thpv nn nnnri' nrnn thp heart Or MISS Be 118 I V- lilttl uri vw...m, - J I . will not trust her, and she cannot get Remmey, daughter of Edward Rem- business. The young girl Just enter- mey. 027 Synder street rnuaaeipoia. In the nrofesslon has a hard time of The marriage ceremony was per If It Is onlv the old. reliable lady re- formed by Rev. Mr. Koebler, pastor KAISER BUSIER THAN MORGAN. Jectors who are able to accumulate for- of All Souls' Church for the Deaf, and "WANTED HIS MONEY'S WORTH. ' Would Not Blre. Cab Unleaa He Could Do tha Driving. It was evident that he was not a city .man, for he looked at the cab long and doubtfully before deciding to .hire it. "Funny lookln thing," he muttered, -"with the driver's seat out over the tail of it; but I got to play all the games there Is, so here goes." He moved up to the waiting cabby. "I want to hire the go-cart fer a while," he announced. "All right sir," said the cabby. -'Where do you want to go 1" "Say!" was the indignant response, -"seems to me you're glttln' pretty gay. What is it to you where I want to go, .-s'lone as I pay the price? Think I'm rnin tn run away with the two- wheeled box?" "No, sir, certainly not" returned the .nahhv. "Pleasure ride, I suppose; want to see the sights. Get right in, .and-" "Git in!" exclaimed the stranger, -"Well I euess not. Think I want to ride In that caboose? No, sir. I'll git vAn ton." "But that's my place," protested the ..oabbv. "How can I drive" "Drive! Who's askln you to drive? D'you think I'm hlrin' this hearse so's I kin play the part of the late lament ed? Not any. I m a live man, 1 am, I'm payin' fer a live man's fun. Git In " yourself. ' "But I can't do that air." "Why not? You're smaller'n I am." "I mean I must drive." "Then what's the fun fer me? I was innkln' fer a little Joy dodgln' things, an' I sure ain't goln' to pay you fer indulgin' in the sport If you got to . drive, why, take your ol' upright piano box an' drive to thunder. I ain't never played I was merchandise yet an' I ain't goin' to begin now." Brooklyn Eagle. MILLIONS WHO DINE OUT. New Tork Heatanranta Do Not Supply the Demand. Within the past six months the res taurant business of New York, partic ularly above 23d street has undergone a remarkable expansion. Not only has the business of the more fashionable dining resorts grown to an extraordi nary extent but the prevailing prosper ity has been equally shared in by the QUEER COMMUNICATIONS THAT COME . - . i m ay THROUGH THE MAIL TO THE WHITE HOUoL T HE President gets a large number of "fake" or "queer" letters every day from Insane people all over the United States and burope. xue executive receives a great quantity of mall, but few people have an idea of the amount of this "fake" mall that It falls to the lot of the Prpaldent's secretary to open. The mall for the President is handled In the official mall room at the city post office in Washington and is delivered at the White House by a special carrier detailed from the force of employes at the executive mansion. There are six letter cases In this room, and each case contains one box for the mall of the President and his family. The number of letters for the Presi dent alone runs from 300 to 400 a day, and from ten to fifteen of these are the "fake" letters. There is one man in California who has been writing to the various Presl dents for a number of years. He numbers each letter, and the last received was No. 3150. In the upper left-hand corner Is written the rather startling Information, "From Jesus Christ." One of these missives was opened some time ago by permission of the President's secretary and found to contain only a number of unintelligible hieroglyphics something like shorthand. Of course they find their way ultimately into the waste paper basket at the White House, but they are not destroyed at the post office. Another "freak" who has also been writing to the Presidents for years scorns envelopes and stamps and. uses postal cards altogether. If he does not finish what be has to say in one he takes another, numbering them consecu tlvely. Sometimes he uses as many as five or six. , He signs himself "Ml chael, King of Heaven," and bis communications are usually in the form of commands to the President on tbe way in which the United States should be run. During the period of the Spanish war be wrote almost every day and gave orders as to the movements of tbe fleets in Asiatic waters. Not very long ago a letter was received addressed to "George Washington, President of the United States." Letters come addressed to the President In all sorts of ways. His real title Is "The President," but he gets them all from "His Majesty" and "His Excellency" down to "Teddy Roosevelt Chi cago Record-Herald. our money and property in 1000 aa farms and farm property .was $20,- 514.00L838; of manufactures, $13,039.- 279,508. Tbe percentage of wealth per capita in 1900 was $1,235.86, against $1,038.57 In 1890. On June 80, 1900, tbe public debt less cash in tbe treaa- la $14.22 per capita. On October 81, 1002. go of debt per capita waa Of all the important na tions the United States has the small est debt per capita. Gunton't Maga-elne. tunes. New York Press. most of the wedding guests were from BALL PLAYING 18 POPULAR. less pretentious restaurants. The pro prietor of one of the medium-priced restaurants on Broadway, who was asked about the Increased patronage of his place last night, explained it thus: "In the first place Broadways is growing as a popular dining resort; secondly, more people are in this lo cality than ever before, and with the Pennsylvania tunnel looming up ahead I have not hesitated to renew my lease for a much longer period than would otherwise have been the case. As soon as the noonday rush Is over we begin to make preparations for the crowds that flock here for the night dinner, Hardly a person you see in this room to-night Is in this part cf the town at midday; they are all down town, while the patrons lunching here between 11 and 2 o'clock have by this time reached their fauburban homes. "The business In my place has grown nerceptlbly from week to weeli, and other proprietors' experience has, I am told, been similar. In order to accom modate a few more people I have sac rificed some of my office space." At the victoria Hotel dining rooms the story is much the same, it being impossible to seat all those desiring tables between 0 and 7 o'clock. The congestion at the Waldorf-Asto ria lias been notorious for a long time, while tables are at a premium at the Holland House and elsewhere. Apromincnt notei man who was aBked whether the new hotels under constrnctlon are likely to afford measure of relief when completed gave It as his opinion that tbe prospective restaurants would scarcely make them selves felt in any diminution o tbe ex lstlng trade. "There Is enough for all, including all the new-comers," he said, "You cant seem to build too many good hotels in this town." New York Commercial. American National Game Haa Spread to All Parte of the World. Base hits are made all over the world to-day, for American sportsmen are carrying the national game of baseball to foreign lands just as their British brothers have the manners and customs of old England. Some of the New York stars who draw fat salaries for playing compar atively few games on specially prepar ed grounds would feel abused if they were asked to pick grounders and passed balls out of cactus plants as the players In old Mexico, where the game has Just begun to take root In and around the city of old Mex ico Is a league of four clubs, compos ed of American and Merlcan players. Two games are played every Sunday, one in the morning ana one in iuo afternoon. It must be a truly wonder ful sight to see a lot of exclty Mexi cans at a ball game on a hot Sunday, yelling up and down the foul lines like Yaqul Indians, when In the or dinary course of eventB they would be at home taking a self-content-bringing siesta. Baseball has followed the flag, the constitution, Incidentally the army and other things to Manila, and in that excitable clime the position of umpire Is not only dangerous in the runny papers. In Cape Town, too, the residents leave off winning diamonds now and then to play a game of American baseball The Cape Town Argus of recent date tells of a game between the Colum bia, ex-resldents of the United States, and the Maple Leaves, who were transplanted Canadians. The Ameri cans won, 18 to 14. In Honolulu the national game has taken deeper root than American prin ciples. There the papers devote half MB. AND MRS. LEWIS A8R. that church. At the close of the ser vice the wildest confusion ensued when friends offered congratulations. The hubbub of rapidly moving fingers and wildly gesticulating arms was something a layman will never forget Latter Doee Twice as Much Work aa. the Big Financier. Wall street smiled recently at the naive remark of that remarkably active person, the German Emperor, that J. Plerpont Morgan was a busier man than he. K Men in the street said the emperor bad been misled by the enormous in terests centering about Mr. Morgan, says the New York World. As a mat ter of fact, Mr. Morgan, who la a tre mendously rapid worker, Is rather leisurely about getting down to bla office, and spends less than half the time that the German Emperor does in physical activity. The daily work of the emporer would overwhelm almost any man not a. trooper, as will be seen from the fol lowing comparison, which gives only a faint Indication of the kaiser's varied activities: Morgan's Dally Routine: 8 a. m. Rises. Has bath. Read papers. f . t. v a. ui. rea&iaaiB. t 0:30 a. m. Summons cab and drives MAIL CARRIER 67 YEAR 8. Appointed by Preeldent Jackaon and Haa Recently Kealgned. Sixty-seven year as a mall carrier Is the record held bv Samuel Gibbons, of Hodirpnvllle. Kv.. who has just retired to Union Club. Spends an hour or from service. He Is two cnaning, smoaing, wun pernapa r: 78 years old. Mr. Gibbons began his career as mall car rier under tbe ad- m I n I s t r atlon of President Jackson In 1830, when he was but 11 years old, and he has seen service under every a d m 1 n I a t r atlon since that time. He made the acquaint- SAMUEL GIBBONS, ance of President Jackson at Greens burg. Ky.. while the later was on bis war from Nashville to Washington, day's work; sees adjutants, 8 a. m. ueceives ministers. a game of solitaire. Noon Reaches bis office; goes over letters; receives callers. 2:30 Eats light luncheon. 2:45 to 4:80 Busy at hla office with his partners. 4:30 Leaves office. 6:30 Dines at borne (usually). Evenings Reading, rarely at the opera or theater, occasionally at tha club. Kaiser's Dally Routine: 5 a. m. Rises. Take cold bath. 6:30 a. m. Breakfasts. 7 a. m. Goes to study, maps tot The President took the lad upon bis knee, and at bis solicitation promised him that he should be appointed a mall carrier. A few months after the Pres Mpnt'a arrival at Washington the lad or the sporting page uoi io racing uui fgceed hlg appointment and was baseball, ana tne way me crowus turn ,ren the nxlte froin Greensburg to 4.1 AA ulJt.A t I . - .... out to see me couiesis iuibui ue a Hndirenvllle. revelation to local enthusiasts. New mpJ gInce then he has carried the York Mall and Express. ' on nearly all the prominent , . ,. i.,T7 4 routes In Kentucky and has the remark Where wet wood-vIoleU fringed a river fecoru - ghore aay nr met wuu mionny. And lilies clung about the dripping Wealth of the United States. oarr,. . -1.1-.-.. Mulhall's estimate of the wealth of iou see a ..u ..-a united States In 1805 was 10, . ."?""'... -i. nm.nno.000 ($78,480,000,000). or 231 Ana near me laciurjr a uiumwi, ct.i . .. ... US1.123) per capita. It was dlstri 0 a. m. Goes riding or driving. 11 a. m. Returns to work. Audi ences begin. 2 p. m. Lunches with children. 8 to 6 p. m. Visits high officials. 0:30. Receives callers, official and. a distance of thirty-five otherwise- 7 p. m. Dinner. 8 to 10 p. m. Reads amuses himself. . 10 p. m. Retires. or otherwise-. roar. --Isabella n. FiHke, Selected. A young man who never goes to call on a young lady unless accompanied by a friend may be a little hard to land, but he means all right. Our friends often think of us as our enemies speak of us. fSl.123) per capita. It was dlstribu ted as follows: Farms, 4.142,000,000 ($10,881,000,000); railways. 2,000,000. 000 ($10,848,000,000); houses 4,440, 000.000 ($21,340,800,000); merchan dise. $1,503,000,000 ($7,302,400,000); sundries, 3,030,000,000 ($18.007,200.. 000). A monograph on "The Progress "How was tbe show last night?" ws heard one man ask another. "WeH." tbe man replied, "some liked It and some didn't." That's the way It Is with everything. "Spring haa come!" cried tho Iceman. Jubilantly. "Nay," sighed the coal man. "Winter has gone." Newark News. When a man tells a woman be lovea her, she ought to bear what be told tot of the Material United States in Its rest, and how Boon be got over It,