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THE SUNDAY OKJSGONIAN , PORTLAND, NOVEMBER. 23, 1902... - , T - TALKS TO SCHOOLBOYS PRESIDENT TAKES PROMINENT PART IX A DEDICATION. Aivised Teachers to Build Good Character by Personal Example Speech, at the Union Leagne. fContlnucd, from First Page.) quarters "where the playgrounds were needed moat, did not need playgrounds at all; that it was a new-fangled Idea, and should be frowned upon by practical people the Idea of having playgrounds. They expected to turn out good citizens from the boys and girls who, when they were not In school, were put upon the streets In the crowded quarters of New York to play at the kind of games that they could play at In the streets. "We have passed that stage. I think we realize what a good, healthy play ground means to children. I think we understand that not only is the effect good upon their bodies, but good upon their minds. We need a healthy body. "We need to have proper physical devel opment. We need to have even more the proper development Of the mind; and then, as I have said before, we need to have a proper development of what j counts far more than body, of what counts for more than mind, the rum of the characteristics, the sum of virtues, wnicn we iiiinn 01 wncn we say uiui sucn iiuu &uui i iiiu.ii or wuo.1 nus u good character. Sometimes you can de velop character by a direct Inculcation of moral precept. A good deal more often you car.net. A gocd deal more often you have to develop it less by your precept than by your practice, and let It come as Incidental to the tone of the whole body, the tone which in the aggregate you all create. Now, isn't that your ex pcrience, all of you, In dealing with these children in the schools; in dealing with them In the familv. in dcalinsr with them In bodies anywhere? They are quick J to take the tone of those to whom they look up to, and if they don't look up to you, you can preach virtue all you wish, the effect wlj be small. "I have not' come here to make an ex tended speech to you, but I should hold myself a poor citizen if I did net wel come the chance to be here, to wish you Godspeed in your work for yourselves, and to wish you Godspeed in your vork as representative? of that great, body upon whose success in efforts to train aright the children of today depends the safety of our institutions of tomorrow." Talked to t!c Hoys. Immediately after concluding his ad dress in the hall, the President was es corted to the north balcony of the build' lng, beneath which were massed the pu pils. President Roosevelt addressed the boys briefly. He said in part: "Boys, it is perfectly easy for me to see by the reception today that you foTt happy over the football game of yester day. I have but a word to say to you, and will sum It up with a bit of advice with which I think those concerned in the development of your team will agree. You are here to study, and while you are at it, study hard. Don't forget this that in the long run the man who shirks his work will shirk his play. "I remember a professor In Yale speak ing to me of a member of Yale, some years ago, and saying: 'That fellow is going to fail; he stands too low in his studies. He is slack there, -and he will be slack when it comes down to the hard work on the gridiron. And he did fall, too. "You are preparing yourselves for the big work of life in after life. I earnestly believe in each of you having as good time as possible, but making it come sec ond to doing the best kind of work possi ble; and In your studies, as in your sports, here in school and afterward in life. In doing your work in the great world. It is a safe plan to follow this rule a rule that I heard preached, once on the football field: 'Don't flinch, don't foul, and hit the line hard.' " At the conclusion of the exercises, the President and his party re-entered their carriages and were driven to the homo of Ex-Postmaster General Smith, where lunchebn was served. -On the route to Mr. Smith's residence, the scenes of en thusiasm were repeated. Later in the afternoon the President repaired to Mr. Stolsbury's home, where he met many distinguished gentlemen. FOUNDERS' DAY SPEECH. Chief Event of Union LcnRne's An imal Banquet. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22. After a brief rest. President Roosevelt was es corted to the Union League, arriving there at 6:20 o'clock, where he partici pated in the Pounders' day banquet and made the principal address of the even ing. At the President's table were seat ed the members of his party, Major General John R. Brooke, Congressman Dalzell, Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, and Charles .Emory Smith. The Presi dent's speech was as follows: "Forty years ago this club was found ed, in the dar days of the Civil War, to uphold the hands of Abraham Lincoln end give aid to those who battled for the "Union and for human liberty. Two years ago. President McKinley came here as your guest to" thank you -and through you all those far-sighted and loyal men who hod supported him in his successful effort to keep untarnished the National good faith at home and the National honor abroad, and to bring back to this coun try the material well-being which we now so abundantly enjoy. It was no acqldent which made the men of this clubwvho stood, as in a sense, the champions and upholders of the principles of Lincoln In the early '60s, stand no less stoutly for those typified In the person of McKinley during the closing of the century. The qualities apt to make men respond to, a similar call cf duty in one crisis are also apt to make them respond to a similar call in a crisis of a different character. "The traits which enabled our people to pass unscathed through the fiery ordeal of the Civil War were the traits upon which we had to rely in the less serious, but. yet serious, dangers by which we were menaced In 1$96, 1SS8 and 1500". From the very beginning our people have markedly combined practical capacity for affairs with power of devotion to an ideal. The lack of either quality would have rendered the possession of the other of small value. Mere ability to achieve suc cess In things concerning the body would not have atorfed for the failure to live the life of high endeavor; and, on the other hand, without a foundation of those qual ities which bring material prosperity there would be nothing on which the higher life could be built. The men of the Revo lution would have failed if they had not possessed a like devotion to Jlberty, and ability, once liberty had been achieved, to show common sense and self-restraint In its use. The men of. the great Civil War would have failed had they not possessed the business capacity which developed and organized . their resources in addition to the stern resolution to expend fhese re sources as freely as they expended their blood in furtherance of the great cause for which their hearts leaped. It is this combination of qualities that has made our people succeed. Other peoples have been as devoted to liberty, and yetr be cause of lack of hard-headed common sense and of ability to show restraint and subordinate individual passions for the general good, have failed so signally in the struggle of life as to become a by word among the nations. Yet other peo ples, again, have possessed all possible thrift and business capacity, but have been trampled under foot, or have played a sordid and ignoble part in the world, because their business capacity was unac c mpanled by any of the lift toward no Hcr thines which marks a great and generous nation. The stem but just rulo of judgment for humanity is that each nation shall be known by its fruits, and if there are no fruits, if the nation has failed, it matters but little whether it has failed through meanness of soul or through lack of righteousness of char acter. We must Judge a nation by the net result of its life and activity. And so we must Judge the policies of those who at any time control the "destinies of a nation. Greatness and Prosperity. "Therefore, I ask you tonight to look at the results of the policies championed by President McKinley on both the occa sions whence appealed to the people for their suffrages, and to see how well that appeal is Justified by the event. Most certainly I do not claim all the good that has befallen us during the past six years as due solely to any human policy. No Legislature, however wise; no adminis tration, however efficient. can secure prosperity to a people or greatness to a. nation. All that can be done by the law maker and the administrator is to give the best chance possible for the people of the country themselves to show the stuff that is In them. No law can make a fool wise, a weakling strong, or a coward brave; but gcod laws and good adminis tration cf laws can give to strong, hon est, brave men a chance to do well. Pres ident McKinley was elected in 1S9C, on the specific pledge that he would keep the financial honor of the Nation untar nished and would put our economic sys tem on a stable basis, so that our peo ple might be given a chance to secure the return of the prosperity. Both pledges have been so well kept that, as is too oft en the case, men are beginning to forget how much the keeping of them has meant. When people have become very prosper ous they tend to become sluggishly indif ferent to the continuation of the policies that brouffnt about their prosperity. "At such times as these it is of course a mere law of nature that some men prosper more than others, and too often those who prosper less. In their Jealousy of their more fortunate brothers, forget that all have prospered somewhat. I ask you soberly to remember that the com plaint made at the present day of our in dustrial or economic conditions never takes the form of 3tating that any of our people are less well off than they were seven or eight years back, before Presi dent McKIn'sy came In and his policies had a chance to be applied; but that the complaint is that some people have re ceived more than their share of the good things of the world. "There was no such complaint eight years ago. In the Summer of 19. Com plaint was not then mado that one had prospered too much It was that no one had prospered enough. Let each one of us think of the affairs of his own house hold and his own life; let each of us com pare his standing now with his standing eight years back, and then let him an swer for himself whether it is not true that the policies for which William Mc Kinley stood in 1E3G have Justified them selves thrice over by the results that they have brought out. "In 1900 the issues wore in part the tome, but new ones had been added. Prosperity had returned; the gold standhrd was as sured; cur tariff was remodeled on the lines that have marked It at all periods when our well-being was the greatest. But, as must often happen, the President elected on such Issues was obliged to faco others entirely unforeseen. Rarely, In deed, have our greatest men made issues they have shewn their greatness by meeting them as they arose. President McKinley faced the problems of the Span ish War and those that followed it, ex actly as he faced the problems of our. economic and financial needs. Secjnence of Spanish War. "As a sequence to the war with Spain, we found ourselves in possession of Che Philippines, under circumstances which rendered it necessary to subdue a formal Insurgent Insurrection which made It im possible for us with honor or with regard to the welfare of the Islands, to withdraw therefrom. The nrcnKlnn e-nicA v.. the opponents of the President for trying to raise a new issue, on which they hoped they might be more successful than on the old. The clamor raised against him was joined In not only by many honest men who were led astray by a mistaken view or imperfect knowledge of the facts, but by all who feared effort, who shrank from the rough work of endeavors. The campaign of 1JXX) had to be fought largely upon the new Issue thus raised. Presi dent McKinley met It squarely. Two years and eight months ago, before his second nomination, hespoke as follows: We believe that the century of free govern ment which the American people have enjoyed has not rendered them irresolute and faithless, but has nttcd them for the great task of lifting up and assisting to better conditions and larger liberty those distant people who, through the Issues of battle, have become our wards. Let us rear not. There is no occasion for faint hearts, no excuse for regrets. Nations do net grow in strength, the cause of liberty and law is not advanced, by the doing of easy things. The harder the task the greater will be the result, the benefit and the honor. To doubt our power to accomplish It Is to lose faith in the soundness, and strength 6t our popular Institu tions. We have the new care and cannot shift It. . And breaking up the camp or case and isolation let us bravely, hopefully and soberly continue the march of faithful service and fal ter not until the work is done. .Burden la our opportunity, the opportunity Is greater than the burden: "There snoke the gospel of hope as well as the gospel of duty; and on the isstii thus fnirw- oo between those who said we would do our new work well and triumphantly, and those Who Said we WOUld fall Inmontnlilv won. And now I ask you, two years after the victory, to look across the seas and judge for yourselves whether or not the promise has been kept. The prophets of disaster have seen their predictions so completely falsified by the event that it Is actually difficult to arouse even a passing interest in their failure. To answer them now, to review their attack on our Army, is of merely academic interest. They played their brief part of obstruction and clamor; they said their say, and the cur rent of our life went over them, and they sank under it as did their predecessors, who, 3G years before, had declared that another and greater war was a failure; that another and greater struggle for true liberty was only a contest for subjuga tion, In which the United States could never succeed. "The Insurrection among the Filipinos has been absolutely quelled. The war has been brought to an end sooner than even the most .sanguine of us dared to hope. The world has not in recent yeara seen any military task done with more soldier ly energy and ability; and done, moreover, in a spirit of great humanity. The strain on the Army was terrible, for the condi tions of climate and soil made tlteir work harassing to an extraordinary degree, and the foes in the field were treacherous and cruel, not merely toward our tncn. but to ward the great multitude of peaceful isl anders who welcomed our rule. Soldiers Jn the Philippines. "Under the strain of well-nigh Intolej able provocation, there were shameful in stances as must happen in all wars, where the soldiers .forgot themselves and retal iated evil for evil. Every effort has been made to detect such cases, to punish the offenders, and to prevent any recurrence of the deed. It is a cruel Injustice to the gallant men who fought so well in the Philippines not to recognize that .these in stances were exceptions, and that the American troops who served in the far-off tropic Islands deserve praise, the same in kind that has always been given .to those who have well and valiantly fought for the honor of our common flag and com mon country. The work of clvlf adminis tration has kepi pace with the work of military administration, and when, on July 4 last, amnesty and peace were de clared throughout the islands, the civil government assumed complete control. Peace and order now prevail, and a' great er measure of prosperity and happiness than the Filipinos have ever known in their dark and checkered history; and each of them has a- greater ffpsii't nf liberty, a greater chance of happiness and greater safety for his life and property than lie 'br his forefathers have ever be fore known. "Thus we have met each task that has confronted us during the past six years. Thus we have kept every promise made in 3S96 and 1000. We. have a right to be proud of the memories . of the last six years. But we "must remember that each victory only opens the chance for a new struggle; that the remembrance of triumphs achieved in the past is of use chiefly if it j spurs us to fresh effort. No nation-has ever prospered as we are prospering now, and we must see to It that by our own folly we do not mar this prosperity. Yet we must see to It that wherever wrong flourishes it must be repressed. It is nol the habit of our people to shirk Issues, but squarely to face them. It Is not the habit of our people to treat a good record in the past as anything but a reason for ex pecting an even better record In the pres ent; and "no administration, gentlemen, should be judged save on only those lines. Growth of Industrialism. "The tremendous growth' of our indus trialism has brought to, the front many problems with which we must deal; and I trust that we shall (Tea! with them along the lines Indicated in speech and in ac tion by that profound Jurist and upright and fearless public servant who repre sents Pennsylvania In the Cabinet. Attorney-General Knox. The "question of the so-called trusts is but one of the ques tions we must meet in connection with our industrial system. There are many of them, and they are serious. But they can and will be met. Time may be need ed for making "the solution perfect, but it is Idle to tell this people that we havo not the power to solve such a problem as that of exercising adequate supervision over the great Industrial combinations of today. We have the power, and we shall find out the way. We shall not act hastily or recklessly, but we have firmly macfe up ur minds that solution, and a right solution, shall be found, and found I it will be. "No nation as great as ours can. expect to escape the penalty of greatness, for greatness does not come without trouble and labor. There are problems ahead of us at home, and problems abroad, because such problems are incident to the work-' ing out of a great Xatlonal career. We do not shrink from them. Scant Is our pa tience with those who preath the gospel of craven weakness. No nation under the sun ever yet played a part worth play ing if. it feared its fate overmuch if it did not have the courage to be great. We of America, we the sons of a Nation yet in the pride of its lusty youth, spurn the teachings of distrust, spurn the creed of failure and despair. We know that the future is ours. If we have in us, manhood to grasp it, and we enter the new cen tury girding our loins for the contest be fore us, -entering the struggle and reso-' lute so to bear ourselves that the Na tion's great future shall even surpass her glorious past" At the conclusion of the banquet the Presidential party proceeded to the Penn sylvania Railroad station and boarded their special train. Notwithstanding the late hour at which the distinguished guest reached the station, more than 1000 persons were in and about the big build ing. The President, acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd by several times lifting his hat. The train pulled out of the station en route to Washington at 11:55 o'clock. On Way Bade to Washington. BALTIMORE, Nov. 23. President Roose velt passed through here en route to Washington at 3:09 A. M. REFORM IN ADVERTISING The National Capital Bent-Kept City in the Union. Leslie's Weekly. The authorities of the City of Washing ton propose to adopt an. ordinance direct ed against freak advertisements on the streets and other public places. It Is de signed, among ether things, to prohibit such nuisances as the sandwich men, the carriers of transparencies, and the dis tributers of dodgers. The proposition 13 en excellent one, and the regulation pro posed canot be put Into operation too soon. The National Capital is a good place to start such a reform. It has al ready gained the. reputation of being the cleanest, best kept and most beautiful city in the Union, and if It suppresses these advertising abominations within Us borders, Its appearance will be still more improved. And the reform proposed for Washing ton ought to be carried out In every city and town In the country. The methods of advertising mentioned are always and everywhere offensive and abominable, and wl.th no legitimate excuse for being. Such devices as the'sandwich man and the perambulating transparency are an obstruction upon the streets, and an in vasion of public rights which ought not to be tolerated. If adopted by all trades men they would make every thorough fare impassable and convert every street Into a huge public signboard. As a mat ter of fact, few reputable tradesmen re sort to these sensational and clap-trap methods, .their use being confined, for the most part, to the venders of cheap and shoddy wares, to fly-blown restaurants, or places of amusement of which it is better that no one should know. No worthy and genuine business, interest, In Jjrief, would be Injured la the least by the absolute prohibition Bf all such ad vertising schemes along with huge bill boards and the street-car signs, while the pleasure and comfort bf the public would be greatly Increased thereby. Since a movement is now on foot to beautify New York, and develop its artistic side, an ex cellent beginning can be made by pausing an ordinance aimed at the advertising nuisances. This would relieve the city of one of ito ugliest and most offensive feat ures at one stroke. After Train Robbers. TRINIDAD. Colo., Nov. 22. Word reached this city tonight that Guy La crolx. the man who the officers believe led the gang that attempted to hold up the Colorado & Southern trafn near here. had been seen in the vicinity of. Clayton N. M., and at 8:30 this evening a posse left on the Colorado & Southern train for the same locality. Special Agent Reno and Division Superintendent Rainey x&re in charge of. the first posse. Efforts were made to keep the departure of the officer? a secret. Scarcity of Fuel and Lack of Heat Cause Grip, Colds, Bron chitis and Pulmonary Ills to Increase. J The use bf "Seventy-seven." Dr.. Hum phreys Specific, breaks up Colds, Grip, Influenza, Catarrh. Pains and soreness In the head and chest, Cough,- Sore Throat, General Prostration and Fever, and pre vents Pneumonia. "77" consists of a small vial of pleasant pellets fits the vest pocket. PNEUMONIA ATTACKS THE FIRELESSCITY I fodeeel we are about ' I " Sftwfe ' -': - ' ; ' And so are all those who I r EMIa, See them I ; ' - . Km" I -you are cordially in- I : ,. iKlffiMiHi ' VITED TO AN INSPECTION 5 i - AbteviS v ' You will also become an enthusiast. I ' " " " The small price will help - I T:""' -.0-; to 9 ' - - ...... O e BSTN QC1 1 IfolC LEADING LSI OLLLlnU CLOTHIER ! e o o c o & e o o e o o o o e o o e o o o o HAIR AND ITS . WAYS FASHIONABLE SHADES FOR THE , COMING WINTER. Conceits of tbc Coiffnre Styles o tbe Ancient's The Present and the Future. In the museum of Roman antiquities at York, England, one of the chief treasures is a coll of woman's hair, says the New York Tribune. It was found in tlie. grave of a Roman woman, the wife or daughter of some military or civil ofllclal sent aiit from the seven-hilled city to extend or maintain the Imperial power In the third century after Christ. The nameless head upon which It once grew so luxuriantly fell away cenfurles ago into the dust whence, as Scripture grimly reminds one, all are born, and whlthpr all return. But the cruel hand of time has left the wo man's hair as thick and lustrous and richly chestnut as on the day when last its owner braided it smoothly, then wound It round and round Into the noble cororiet that graces the museum. From the ghostly Ro)nan woman to the flesh and blood New Yorker of the pres ent moment may seem a far cry. But, while dynasties have waxed and waned and races have arisen only to fall back into oblivion, the coquetries of women have remained pretty much the .same a3 when Eve flrst "did" her hair in the Garden of Eden. In the eyes of the up-to-date hairdresser a thousand years are as one. Hair is today a mo3t absorbing topic with women, and hairdresslng "parlors" :;nd false-hair experts are busy supply ing the demand for dyes, wlg3 and smart coiffures. "More American women than ever are coloring their hair," was the opinion of a leading hairdresser with a French name and an English accent." "And more false hair is being bought and worn than in the last 30 years since the days of water falls and chatelaine brald3. -ma'am.'' After the hairdresser had taken tlnfe to rearrange a false front that had fallen Into crooked ways on the forehead of a wax young man, she resumed: "The fash ionable shade in hair is still Titian' red, but of this there are several tints, rang ing from a bright, brlcky red to a browner, darker color. Women choose the tlnt'they like best or that they fancy will best suit their complexions. Dyeing the hair has been brought down pretty fine these days, but although it Is often possible to gunrantce a given shade, sometimes we decline to undertake a head at all. For example, there was a lady In here yesterday. She wanted her hair dyed dark Titian. Well, she'd been trying one; cheap dye after 'another on her hair till it was every color and all colors, striped and spotted like a zebra and a tiger In a composite photo. On the right temple It was a dull sea green, with one dye, and down behind her left car she was a rich violet, with the effects of some other decoction she'd been using. In order to get her hair into shape for successful dyeing I should have had to bieach it anywhere from one to four times before applying the Titian coloring, and she wouldn't stand for the expense. Dyeing costs from $7 up lo $20, according to the length of time and the amount of work involved. Never very cheap, you see, but vanity makes one pay the piper some outrageous bills. Different Shades. "However, this woman I'm talking about said she'd take a bottle of dye and jpply it herself. This morning In shc. came again, quite humble and weeping. And wasn't she a sight! One side of her head wa3 five shades lighter than the other, and on the nape of her neck It was carrots just carrots. She ha.d'done it all wrong, and then she wanted to know what the matter was. She was al most in tears. As she left the store she said, quite wobbly and broken-like in her voice: 'The way of, the transgressor a a e e o o o o o o o o a o o o is hard,' which the same it certainly was in her case, ma'am. "On long hair the dye will Inst from three to six months, but the roots need to be touched tip every month or oftener, according to the growth of the hair. This the lady can do for herself. The dyeing process begins with the shampoo, which must be as thorough as possible. Then the hair may need bleaching in or der to clear it of other preparations and get it uniform in, color. Then comes the dye. With long, thick hair or strong, wiry, it may take four hours to com plete the process; with fine, soft hair, two hours. A great many women ruin their hair with cheap dyes. Of these walnut stain comes off, while the various sul phur dyes smell and are sticky and greasy. m "As to the tints that go with the hair becomingly, very dark brown or black requires a bright color In the" cheeks. In nature they often are found in company with a clear brunette complexion, but the ladles who dye their hair commonly go for a white skin and rosy cheeks, this being regarded as most captivating. Red hair combined with a bright, light com plexion may be quite ravishing, as you may' say, particularly If blue eyes go with them." . "And what Is the color of hair to go with a pale, sallow complexion?"" "Ah, my dear, the ladies who dye their hair never have pale, sallow complexions. Women who dye their hair generally rouge a bit and powder a bit more. "As for the false hair that New York l ladies are going to wear this season, I there are two no, three reasons for it. In the first place, the low styles of do ing the hair call for a great deal more hair to look well than the high. There is that hollow in the head, you see, that has to be filled up with something; but whatever hair "you've got shows for all it's worth, as it were," when you mass it on top of your head. Then, again this is reason number two the American la dies as a rule havo not got hair enough of their own to make a low coiffure sat isfactorily. Their hair Is not so strong or so heavy as the average English wo man's head of hair. Convenience of Fale Hair. "Lastly, false hair Is often much more convenient to wear' than one's own hair, being easier to manage and more easily adjusted. You can pin on a curl or a puff in a second, where to mako the curl or the puff would be a matter of time and may be out of the question. Luster less, dark brown hair is the cheapest shade to buy, and natural blond and nat ural gray the dearest. A good, well-made switch of the former can be bought from $3 up to 520, while the same thing in nat ural gray starts at $25, and from that soare as high as you like. The reason why gray hair 13 so expensive Is that it is hard to get. European women don't grow gray the way Americans do. Then," too, by the time a woman is old enough over there to have gray hair she is usual ly too old to have much hair left. Fur Cherry Pectoral quiets tickling throats, hacking coughs, pain in the lungs. Your doctor will explain .this. He knows. Trust him. We send doctors our formula. Doctors have tested it I for 60 years. , i&fitfSfc o o o s o e e e o e o o o o o thermore, you can't make gray hair out ' of any other kind of hair It has to be j gray to start with. "Paris is the headquarters of the whole sale trade in false hair," the English hairdresser with the French name went I on. "The Paris buyera go around Europe J once or twice a year buying hair from ' the "peasant women; then they ship goods to the wholesale houses in New York, and ! from them the retailers get their stocks, j France and Germany grow the most hair for export, but golden hair comes largely from Sweden. None of it grows on Amer ican heads that I know of. Even 'if American women did grow hair fine enough for the tradesman, they wouldn't part with it, I'll go ball. There Is a j widespread superstition that dead people's head3 are shaved to obtain switches and j wigs. That's nonsense. It wouldn't be j allowed by any country, nnd If It was j allowed nobody would want the hair, be- ; cause It would be as dead as the corpse It came from. It would have lost its , brilliancy and luster." VIRTUES OF VOLCAKOES. They Fumj.sli Mankind Wli Some Important Needs. Pearson's Weekly. The crops of the country round Vesuvius were spoiled last Spring by rain charged with hydrochloric acid. But it Is the flrat time such a thing has happened for more than 30 years, and this very acid In the small amounts wnlch the Volcano usually ' gives off ha3 been largely responsible for ; the enormouo crops which this district Uiiually yields. The slopes of Mount Vesuvius produce. In fact, nearly treble the crops which other neighboring parts of Italy can be made to yield, and this is only one of a hundred such districts which owe their fertility to the soli being composed of crumbled lava. Even the dust which volcanoes eject la often extremely valuable to tho farmers upon whose land It falls. In 1S12 a violent eruption of La Souffrlere, the great St. Vincent volcano which has recently given so much trouble, covered the whole of Barbadoes with some two Inches of ashes. At the time Barbadoes was suffering from a fearful plague of red anta, which ren dered some parts of the Island almost uninhabitable. The dust absolutely de stroyed these pests, and not only that, but doubled the crop of sugar cane Hhe next year. The fertilizing effects of that dust were visible up to the year 1830. Not even the great rivers of the world can compare In fertilizing powere with volcanic outbursta Tombora. at Its lart great eruption, emitted enough dust to have covered the whole of Germany two feet deep, and the dust greatly Improved the land It fell upon. But othors besides farmers owe much to the action of volcanoes. Does it occur to you that warfare and sport 03 practiced during the past three or four centuries would have been impossible but for vol canoes? Gunpowder's meet Important in gredient is sulphur, and sulphur Is purely a volcanic product. Another most indispensable product of volcanic action Is gypsum, better known as plaster of paris. Sculptors, cast-makers and oargeons alike would be loat without this substance. Builders, too. make great use of stones which owe their hardness to having been brought up molten from the depths of the earth by volcanoes. The "tuff" of which Naples Is built is an 'old lava of Vesuvius. Basalt la another vol canic stone. All those beautlfjul veined or semi-transparent stones known as chalcedony, por phyry and jasper have been formed by heat and thrown up into our reach by vol canoes. Clay has been found turned Into jasper simply by the heat of a lava stream which has pae3ed over it. Felspar and horn-blende are other well-known and valuable volcanic products. The domestic use of pumice stone Is too well known to need description. Pumice is also employed In many of the arts and crafts, for instance, by painters to re move old paint from timber. Hundreds of people gain a livelihood digging pumice from he volcanic district of Middle Italy. Hentlon must also be made o rock crye- e o a o a e .e a o o o o a eseoo tal, so valuable for fine lenseo. This Is a sort of by-product of the great' volcano factories. Mr. Rhodes would proTjably never have been a millionaire but for volcanoes. The great bed of blue clay to Kimberley, from which practically the whole of the world's supply of diamonds Is now procured, is nothing but the core of an ancient, worn out volcano. A diamond is only a bit of carbon which hao been crystallized by al most unimaginable heat and pressure. The volcano hao done easily what all- the art of man can hardly succeed in imitating. A Year's Bulldlnpr at Harvnrd. Boston Transcript. Harvard Is so big that one building more or less hardly attracts any atten tion. But the briefest review of the ma terial progress of the past year reveals an almost startling rate of expansion. Six new buildings have been completed, three additions made, and a part of the fence .with Its gates built, within that time; while one building Is still in pro cess of construction, almost finished, as is also a new addition. The agregate cost of this enlargement of the housing spa'ce is more than a million and a quar ter of dollars. And the platis for the near future purpose the erection of four other expensive buildings. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby In CnttlnR: Teeth, Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Wln?1ow'e Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It Eoothes the child, sottens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic und diarrhoea. REMARKABLE SUCCESS Of r. New Catnrrli Cure. A large and constantly Increasing ma jority of the American people are catarrh sufferers. This Is not entirely the result of our changeable climate, but because modern Investigation has clearly proven that many diseases, known by other names, are really catarrh. Formerly, the name catarrh was applied almost exclu sively to tho common nasal catarrh, but the throat, stomach, liver, bladder, kid neys and Intestines are subject to catarrh al diseases as well as the, nasal passages. In fact, wherever there is mucous mem-, brane there is a fesding ground for catarrh. The usual remedies. Inhalers, sprays, douches or powders have been practically failures, ao far as anything more than temporary relief was concerned, because they simply dry up the mucous secretions, without having the remotest effect upon the blood and liver, which are the real sources of catarrhal diseases. It has been known for some years that tho radical cure of catarrh could never eomq from local applications, but from an Internal remedy, acting on the blood and expelling the catarrhal poison from the system., A new Internal preparation which has been on the market only a short time has met with remarkable success as a genuine, radical cure for catarrh. It may be found in any drug store, sold under the name of Stuart's Catarrh Tab lets, largo, pleasant-tasting lozenges, composed principally of antiseptic Ingre dients, Blood Root, Red Gum and similar catarrh specifics. Dr. Ainslee, in speaking of the new catarrh cure, says: "I have tried the new catarrh remedy, Stuart's Catarrh Tab lets, upon 30 or 40 patients, with remark able satisfactory results. They clear the head and throat more effectually and last ingly than any douche or Inhaler that I have ever seen, and although they are what Is called a patent medicine, and sold by the druggists, I do not hesitate to recommend them, as I know them to be free from cocaine ard opiates, and that even a little child may use them with en tire safety." Any sufferer with nasal catarrh, throat or bronchial trouble, catarrh of the stom ach, liver or bladder, will find Stuart's Catarrh Tablets remarkably effective, pleasant and convenient, and your drug gist will tell you they are absolutely free from any injurious drug.