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J AUKS 3. HILX, IRRIGATE THE ARID LANDS. - r James J. Bill. President Sreat northern Railroad. At the time the Civil War closed we had a population iof 34,000,000, and bare been increasing at the rate of 1.600.000 every year since. At that rate the gain In twenty-two years will equal tne enure in 1865. The census reports since 1790 show that we double our population every thirty years. At the close of the Civil War all the land in Northern Wisconsin, Western Iowa. Western Minnesota and west of the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean was practically vacant To-day, raoflkiner eenerally. there is no arable land to be had anywhere upon the public domain. There is not an acre of public land wnere a man m " of potatoes or grain without irrigation. If that change has taken place within the last thirty-seven years what shaL we expect in the next thirty-seven years? Where are the people to live who come to us from foreign countries at the rate of half a million a year and what are we going to do with the natural increase of our own people? The Northwest is already getting so crowded that more than 25,000 farmers have gone over the line into British Columbia. They were good farmers, industrious, intelli gent and well-to-do, and had the capital to buy outright from 1,000 to 2,000 acres of land from the dominion govern ment. We could have kept them on our own side of the border if we could have given them irrigated lands. One thousand acres with irrigation is as good as 5,000 witimnt- that Is. ns manv neonle can be maintained upon a thousand acres under irrigation as upon 5,000 acres of fertile soil depending upon natural rainraii. j.nereiure 1 1 nra nan mnbp nne flfrP of land do the work of five it Is worth while trying It. Irrigated land sells for $15 and $20 an acre. Arid land without irrigation is practicany worm less and I can think of no better investment for the gov- mnro rrfltnhi Kneeulation. so to speak, than ClUIUCUl, '"v"- 1' - - to build a few reservoirs and irrigating ditches In favorable districts where it can be done at a small cost and thus convert worthless land into $20-an-acre farms. moral and social qualities should always be gained even from the very earliest years. , In the physical training of the child, as in all education, the two persons most concerned are the mother and the teacher. The proper physical training of the child can only be accomplished where the school Is concerned with all of the influences which affect the child at home, and the home Is also Intelligently concerned with all the influ ences which affect the child at school. CURB, DON'T DESTROY TRUSfS. Br Senator Boar, of Massachusetts. t 1,1 the tmsta and make the people safe with- In them. But I would not destroy them. We can require every corporation, great or small, to do the bidding of Congress at me pern ui Miwamg members to individual liability for all Its debts and obligations and of being prohibited from doing interstate Dusi ness. I see no necessity for any con stitutional amendment. If, as I be lieve. Conarress may rightfully prohibit any corporation or joint" stock company from engaging in interstate or interna tional commerce at all. It can prescribe the conditions on which it can so en gage. It candeclare that it shall sub- senatob hoab. mt Its affairs to the inspection of gov ernment, as in Massachusetts railroad and savings banks and insurance companies submit theirs to government in spection. It can require their accounts to be made public t can prohibit the stock watering. It can prohibit every form of combination which shall prevent competition. " We are dependent on these great comDinauous oi cayiuu to do all things for which individual strength is totally Inadequate. We are dependent upon them to taKe great risk which individuals ought not to De asKea to xase nun at without liability to ruin. Above all, we are Va-UUVV a,uB.xs ' - V dependent on them largely to succeed in the great struggle for the markets and the carrying traae oi me worm. PHYSICAL TRAINING OF CHILDREN. t n ivAf nirrtnr Phvxlcal Culture. Hew York Physical training should always aim at im proved courage, self-control and will power, and it should from the very beginning strive to de velop other social instincts and the better nature of the child, so that he will be unselfish, helpful tr. ti,r.ao nhnnt him and readv always to co-oper ate, and thus be prepared for the larger work In the world after he is mature. The first factor for the nroc-er Dhvsical training of the child is the full appreciation by the mother of the impor tance of that phase of the child's training, ine secunu iac ic iha L-nniviofitrp of his orcanic physical condition. IVl O LUV sauw ' w - tt ( fniiv in snnnose that so delicate a machine as the human body will take care of itself, will keep in perfect condition without attention, xnere snouia, accoruiugiy. nin Ko o nrnnoriv pfliipntpd teacher. aisu iJ "t" j - If physical training is to prepare the child better for his life in human society, for his work in tne great wono, it , v..in tnwnn) thA flttnlnment not only of physical UCip health., but of every desirable characteristic and quality which the child should have. Physical training should counteract every tendency to bad position and posture in order that the body may be kept and grow straight and symmetrical. Physical training should make possible a more perfect ,n(oi oinnmptit that will nower. courage, self-control should be effective and in a very beneficial way; that the DANGER OF WEALTH SHOWN. Br John J. B. Johnson. Possessions have value only as they may give pleasure or prevent pain. It is hardly necessary to enumerate how and in how many .ways they are supposed to be capable of giving pleasure and preventing pain; each one knows for himself, and it matters not that the knowing is so different. Nothing Is surer, however, than that possessions do not always give pleasure nor prevent pain. In manv. if not the large majority of cases, neither of these ends is attained. In sixty years I have known many rich, some very rich and a few ultra-rich, and my memory and impression of the lot is that they average up on the wrong side of the ledger of happiness compared with the mass, most of them having nothing of value, unless perchance it Be a good name. , In the doctrines of the orthodox, of all creeds and na tions and in all times, professing to deal with eternity, ni, ist forever in hanniness and In misery. One soul in the lapse of unending eternity will enjoy more or suffer more than all mortal beings mat may live on eunu or earths, planets or stars, no matter, how many there may be nor how long they may live, provided only that the suc cession end. The logical conclusion is tnat one soui is ox greater value than all the possessions of all mortal beings. The point I have to make is whether it is reasonable to suppose so weak a vessel could be loaded with so weighty a cargo on so dangerous a sea? It would look, having ref erence to the eternal verities, like the shipper was lacking common sense and common prudence. Katarallst Bore ' Silenced by Sidney '.-. -v-. . Banul unotation. . For Shiner Smith to joke was no great effort, but not even he could al wm loke bo effectively as in the in stance mentioned in "Memories of Half a Century. - tie was tne guest at din ner of an archdeacon at whose table there were others t the cloth, among them one who was greatly interested in narnral history.. As tne man rode his hohbv to death, he was the brince ! of bores, and his entrance was -mere- fore viewed with something like con sternation.' He was unknown to Syd ney Smith, but his peculiarity: was Boon laid bare.-- . V'..---;:: ' - --r :.- "There'll be no talk at all unless yon can manage to floor him," said one of the men to Smith.. ."Can't you manage nr --: w . - ----. "I can try," he returned gallantly, although with - some doubt, for there was not telling to what branch of his crotchet the bore would' turn. -,'-" The dinner began. The- one or -two customary toasts such as "The Queen," "The Church,", had been honored, and there came a lull which was the bore's opportunity. , . "Mr. Archdeacon, said . he,' "have you seen the pamphlet written by my friend. Processor Dickenson, on. tne remarkable size of the eyes of a com mon house-fly?" . ' The archdeacon courteously said .he had not had the nrivileire. and in snite . . of the discouraging looks on the faces of the guests, the bore pursued bis ad vantage: -. : ; "I pan assure von : It is a most In teresting namnhle'L ettin forth nar- ticulars, hitherto unobserved, as(to the i i - a m & t, - . . -,"I deny the fact!" said a voic6 from the other end of the table. f , All smiled save the bore. . "Yon deny the ' fact, sir?" said he. "May- I ask. on what authority you condemn the investigations of iny most learned friend?" - ' " - REED'S PLAGE UNIQUE f His - Career Shaped by Sell Re- iiant and Uncomprom'slng Na tm e and Absence of the Quali ties of - the Politic tan . .... ' "I deny: the facC replied the -voice, which ; was , Sydney Smith's; "and I base my denial on evidence wedded to immortal verse ; well known to i every scholar, at least," at this table." The emphasis laid on scholar nettled the naturalist by its . Implication. "Well, sir," he said, as calmly as he was able, "will you liave: 'the kindness to quote your authority?" . "I will. sir. - The evidence ; Is those well-known, I may say immortal, line's: . " 'Who saw -him "die?. ' 'I,' said the fly,, . With my Httlefeyer " ' The guests roared, and during the rest of the dinner nothing' further was heard on the subject of. natural history. MY LITTLE BOY THAT DIED. Look at his pretty face for just one inin- plre g0 njgn7 lite? I net "Ye gods!" said Jack, tragically, beth's tragic declaration: "Behold the 'and does my adorable sister-in-law as "te! . "Stop your nonsense, Jack, and tell His braided frock and dainty buttoned . . , ? commanded his wife. Ilis firm shut hand, the favorite play thing in it Then tell me, mothers, was't not hard to lose And miss him from my side My little boy that died? How many another boy, as dear and charming, His father's hope, his mother's one de light, Slips through strange sicknesses, all fear disarming. And lives a long, long life in parents' sight! Mine was so short a pride! . And then my poor boy died. I see him rocking on his wooden charger; 1 hear him pattering through the house all day; 1 watch his great blue eyes grow large and larger. Listening to stories, whether grave or gay. Told nt the bright fireside, So dark now, since he died. But yet I often think my boy is living, As living as my other children are. When good night kisses I all around am giving, I keep one for him, though he is so far. Can a mere grave divide Me from him though he died? So, while I come and plant it o'er with daisies (Nothing but childish daisies all year round) Continually God's hand the curtain raises, And 1 can hear his merry voice's sound, And feel him at my side My little boy that died. Miss Mulock. us who he Is?" commanded his wife. "I obey, as usual. He is Arthur Shir lev. Jr.. who was my college chum and a crack athlete. After leaving college he made a name for himself by devoting his time to writing under the pen name future Mrs. Arthur Shirley, Jr." But Elizabeth made no reply. THOMAS W. RUSSELL. Man Who Was Stoned by a Mob in Ire land at a Political Meeting. Thomas W. Russell, the member of Parliament who was stoned by a mob c imA wi-itinw nnner tne nen name . "io , . . ! after addressing a political meeting in of 'Don James,' which I see is familiar , a"er au,eBS f , - , lh X A A THE FUTURE MRS. SHIRLEY ACK!" No answer. "J-a-c-k!" with emphasis. ' "Yes, my dear sister-in-law, I am coming." "When Jack has lived with you six months longer he will learn the folly of trying to keep you waiting," laughed Jack's young wife. "Well, when I want things, I want them at once," remarked Elizabeth. "Now, Jack," she continued, "don't take possession of your wife as if she were a bundle of dry goods, but sit down and answer some questions, like a good boy." "More questions," groaned Jack. Questions were a mania with Elizabeth. "Yes," answered Elizabeth, calmly, seating herself on the study table (she did hate chairs sol, "first, wouldn't yon like to have me settled in a nice little home of my own, where I would be too busy to disturb your continuous honey moon?" "Who Is the poor devil?" asked Jack, dodging a penwiper and tossing It back to Elizabeth. "Now, seriously, sister, it is time to confess. Out with it." to you. He inherited the Shirley for tune some two years ago, and Is at present abroad, and when he returns to town you will see him often. But, listen and heed my warning, fair sister. He has never seen a woman he cared to marry, although designing mammas have forced their daughters upon him with great diligence. He is a eaten, Elizabeth, a great catch, with a capi tal C." "Thank von. Jack. I should say he was just the man I have been looking for. Behold the future Mrs. Artnur Shirley, Jr.," and Elizabeth swept trag ically from the room. I'll be hanired!" ejaculated her broth er-in-law, and straightway he turned his attention to bis wife. Six months later Arthur Shirley, Jr., was seated In Jack's study, smoking and waiting for Jack, and when that in dividual entered the room he put down. his cigar and said: "See here, old boy. I wish you would tell me why Miss Martyn dislikes me so intensely. She Is the most unaffect ed, interesting, vivacious girl imagin able with anyone else, and if I appear she stiffens Into a regular puritanical Bostonian." "What do you care?" askedx Jack, slowly. "A great deal," replied his friend. "Hang it all, you must see that I love her. Never saw a girl before that I wanted to marry, and now, when I do reallv love one, what does . she do? Snubs me so we can't even be decent friends. What is the matter with me, anyhow?" and he looked so downheart ed that Jack had not the heart to laugh. "I'll tell you what to do, if you will follow my advice." "It's a bargain," replied Arthur. "Elizabeth Is down In the garden nice, secluded spot you go down and walk rleht up and ask her to marry you before you have time to think about it Not a word; it is tne only way, said the benedict, authoritatively. "Tell her she has got to marry you." After a little hesitation and a ereat 1 deal of pushing he finally went down to the earden, and, meeting Elizabeth sud denly. he said: "Miss Martyn, I want vou to become my wife. You must marry me." She did not turn to look at him, but said, very calmly: "vnat l must do i have learned not to try to avoid. For a moment Arthur was puzzled. but be stopped before her hi the path and said: "Elizabeth, this is a serious matter. Please look at me. dear. I love you. and " But he never finished the remark, for Elizabeth looked at him, and he knew he had won his' case. Some time later Jack and his wife T. W. RUSSEIX. Ireland, is a. Lib eral Unionist, who has sat for Tyrone since 1896. Mr. Russell has his own ideas about reform in . Ireland. While aggressively opposed to home rule he has consist ently advocated the purchase of land for the benefit of tenants with an in- THOMAS BRACKETT REED.' ; Thunder is rarely.' 'iFv ever, heard at a greater distance than jelghteen miles. ' The wife of the Governor of New Borneo has a baby: .rhinoceros for .a; There are but nine subscribers to, the post office telephone . InT Swansea, Wales. - ': - ' "" ."' ' TTia mftrtaA fleer hna the lArgresf floras of any animal. They ofteneigli f rem fifty to sixty pounds.. 1 1 . v r . ; I Beetles in the East and WestilTidieS; are so brilliant in coloring. that;: they are beautiful as gems. : . t t ' I Denmark has the largest. vannyi in proportion to her size. She. has. j 187 soldiers to every 10,000 of ner popula tion. - r "' ' The largest butterflies are the "bird winged" of the Moluccas. Their wings are sometimes twelve inches " in ex panse. A person usually begins r to lose height at the age of fifty.and at the age of ninety has lost at least one and a half inches. A wall thirty "feet high "and thirteen; feet broad could be built all ' round England with the coal annually raised in that country. Malta Is the most thickly populated Island In the worid. ' It has? 1,330 peo- demniflcation of something like f"00. 000.000 for the landlords. During the tQ re mjle Barbadoe8 naa home rule agitation, when Gladstone s the souare mile. Dili was Deiore l aruameui, ue wan . , - ardent anti-home ruler, and threw his The reindeer can endure more than influence in the landlord party. Since u T'Tr f"" then, he has changed his face, and, cameLA reindeer has been known to while still onoosed to home rule, he is Pul1 200 Pounds at ten miles an hour the vowed enemy of the landlord class. for nours-. . . s and the most persistent advocate of The world now consumes ,6.300,000,. the land for the people by government wu pounus oi wuatcu j-eanj, w 4,0 purchase. Mr. Russell is a native of 500 tons.: This ts worth $200,000,000. Fife, a graduate of Madras Academy, In other words, the world's smoke bill and an unusually vigorous, powerful w jusi a.uw.wu a wees. : ; ,; ; and original statesman. . I A Berlin periodical; Der Weinkenner, . relates-that when. Bismarck died, about Ought to Be a Good Cake, 10,000 bottles or the,, choicest wines mi, maa a nhiiiwh ha.QQV In tne . . . ' 1. 1 -V. -.W i-1 ! 4. kcio i-"u'u U were iouuu in uis ueuqis, uiusuy gins village of Comrle, Strathearn, Scotland, from friends and kdm'ffers. "They came A..,v 0 1 ortA o nmraltv of nno n tlie ' , - t. ' ' -, - - Aug. ox iv.w.v,, " iroui en LuuiiikJtB. .. " 1 X II..., Stalls was a saie ui wuai wm cuueu rrpHOMAS BRACKETT REED at the time of his death was only 63 years old. He had a powerful, constitution. He was7 uiifclially temperate in his habits; he was abstemious , in regard to food, and' drink; slept eight or nine hours every' night," and jwasjn the habit of -taking- a nopn'-day nap- He never worked too hard' and, .took abundant -exercise, walking sev eral miles a day. Few men have ever taken better care of themselves or observed the rules of health so carefully as he, and he was seldom J1L Mr. . Reed was always, a frugal; man, leaning hiore to economy , than to extrava gance, and not only , saved a good part of his salary, but made an extra $,000 or $5,000 annually by legal and literary work. sHe would never' deliver a lecture or contribute an article for publication' without pay, charging ?500 for a lecture; $200 was, his lowest price for a literary production, no matter how short, . ' . . ; ; '; - ' " -v .'V,i 5 tp'xy: :' - :i'-v: - ':--f ' :' Mr. Reed was uniaue in character, writes William E. Curtis in the Chicago Record-Herald. There was never, any one like -him in .public life and he has no imitators. He was so origiriai, his indiviiluailty was so pro-.. nounced, and his traits so peculiar that it wbuld be : Impossible to. imitate him. His failure to receive what may be termed a respectable support for the Presidential- nomination at St- Louis embittered -his life and intensified those Qualities-, which caused his unpopularity. He (had none 'of the -arts of the politician. He was imperious and intolerant, autocratic and uncompro mising, and given to the most cruel satire. Men feared, him more: than they respected or loved him, although he had many warm.. friends and devoted H admirers and an anectionate disposiuon toward a tew. persons .oi .wnom ne was. fond. . . . . ' Reed and McKinley never got along well together. His; jealous disposl . tion seemed to detect rivalry in the early days of their acqii&lnance,' and . when both became candidates for the Presidential nomination.'55 Reed's com-:; ments upon McKinley were always severe and often' unkind.1. He'!'did' -not enter the White House but three times while McKinley -was Preshlent--once 'at the beginning of the first Congressional session after the inauguratiotil' ' when McKinley invited him to a conference over the .message, and the Re-' 'publican legislative program; 'again. when he was invited to a state dinneH- and at third time when he Went voluntarily.at the outbreak of the Spanisfii- war to assure McKinley of his cordial support. ; . : . .: Reed's, relations with Harrison were similar, and , he, did not enter the White. House during the last three "years' that Harrison was . President . be ca'se'llie'fai'fer1 refused to recognize him as entitled to equal, consideration with the Senators from Maine in the-distribution of patronage. ' Nor was hei.e .i,4rer friendly .with; Mr. Blaine and fell out entirely, with Win while' he! was 'Secretay; of ..State because of an article that appeared In the' Nprh- American JteffiftM. criticising Reed's parliamexitary: jtactics as Speaker of the Hoilse. The article , was anonymous, but ;Mrf Reed -.could not he convinced .that Mr. Blaiu-3 did ,pp,t write iTuniiuugu iuc?, mLi t yuviuvvij ucuieu tue auiaorsnip. Real" Adventure In Sonth Africa that - Keada Like. Fiction. -Burnham. the American scout, who was Lord Robert's cUef of scouts, was one of the most interesting figurea in the South African War. ; Some-:of hU adventures are as thrilling as the wild est .inventions of the writers of dime 4 novels, differing only in the important . respect that they are true. . Frederics: Unger, the American war correspond ent, relates one of them in jus book. "With Bobs' and Kruger." " .. Burnham once allowed himself to be captured and ' led 1 into VDeWet a . camp,b.9ping to. t information and ttgn "escape. .. He conceajied.hsidentl-. ty, dux was Detrayea wy.. auuiuw yi 10 oner, a British ofilcer, who, ii spite . of Burnham's signs, stupidly "called him by na'me. , A , epejciale guard was immediate; yb placetfi? him,vand on the, march ,. he .was, put into ; a trek wagon, clowly; coyered jexcept in. front , An armed driver sat on tne seat, a guard rode at-eacli- side and one. be- " hind. - Learning fronV the (conversation of his guards that when theyarfiached the railway he would : be sftnt on to Pretoria by train, he knew, he must escape them 'or neverV-,' He kept awake at night ana watched his chance. It came -when-"tbedrlver got ;. down to -give J some directions to the native boy leading the oxen.: Burn- i: ham crept up on. the seat .'rom which he slipped down to the cart-tongue, and from there he slid quietly 'to the ground, prostrate "under - the .cart, which- passed over' him. The ' guards . on; the - sides ; could inior-'see, ' put those behind might He -lay stm preparing to endure even the tread, of. a horse and not give a sign. t . ... . 9SThe1 nlgfit was' darT" The horses of the 'fSn'owmjr cart stepped carefully over fiini,"ahd thelrrldersnst happen- eto'ttbt tosook -down- The nest- cart, drawn by oxen, was some distance behind, and before , it caine,up Burn ham' roiled , swiftly to the side of the rpadi: where h lay until the carj pass ed! Then'fiefore another earned up, he had time 'tb?rbll' several hundreds yards into the nigbr -and was ."for the mo ment, safe. - ': ; - Jl But now his escape was. discovered. The column halted and. .lights Appeared.- Horsemen rode up and down the line, shouting .and firing shots. ...Other horsemen rode oyer' the veld, and sev eral came close to . where Burnham was lyihg. In the darkness, he looked so like a lump of grass that he escaped notice. Had his pursuers .waited till daylight he would have been taken. After a while the column moved on, and Burnham rose to ' his, feet" and struck off southward for Bloemfon tein. - He spent two days and nights on the veld, hidden by : day on the summits of kopjes, from which he cpuld see Boer scouts, evidently on the lookout for him. At last he succeeded in reaching Blpemfontein, after., forty eight hours without fodd.' ';He had gained important information from the careless conversation of his giikrds, and had accomplished his "purpose. ; (jlq.yijv.pf.;the annotmcftd deteismllna itiono. make f eathei'take. fyR; extraor dinary part in the coming seaMffnil- linery, "Bird-Lor' , (Macmillaa : Cora v pa'nyy, tnl'cM 'organ df ?the Audu j bdh sdcieles Bund'si'k,ra'TIy' call 'and ' urges'J indr'e strenuous vfarfare againsl tne dHiKtrors rf Vilrfl;' r'V'. Reed was a great admirer of Roosevelt, although the latter, did hot .escape ' tne aeBWo3rera or DIras' ' ' 'I , Ss shafts of satire. " ';, " 7' " .f. ,T - ' Pleasures of the Table.' by ' There was a 'secret in .Reed's life fof -which h .was very;. sensitive,. - Wheid e3- Ellwanger, is an elaberate he was a young man he was an earnest .wbrfcer,in: religl6us.affa.irs, an. ajeWvef f 0,u- pr?te?t J u "member of the First :cdigregational Church of' Pdrtiand., a' teacher .iin, the -j8SUled bJ Doabjeday olume printed by De Vinne and Just Page &.Co. . Th Sunday school and participated-ln theprayer meetings and oher,. religious exercises. At that time ne- was preparing tor uuiege aiiu.intenaea to enter the ministry. 'He;enered Bowdoin College in I858,',ah5t during his first two : years accepted monejfrom the ladies' society of the congregation to pay his board and college expenses. : In his junior year he changed his plans, and decided to study law, whereupon; the women of the First Congregational Church of Portland who had. sent hinT the money were ; disappointed, ac cused him of duplicity and provoked him into writing an intemperate and foolish letter, which gave such offense that he was declared an apostate and his name was stricken from the- rolls of that church.' He never joined an other. He taught school and did copying In a lawyer's otBce to aid in the payment of his college expenses, and after liis graduation' secured " an ap pointment as paymaster in the navy, and' returned to the ' pastor of1 the chiirch dollar for dollar with interest all he money that had been con Hteri tn aid in his education. His wife andc,ttaughter Were regular at-. tendants at the Congregational Church in Washington, but he never entered vogue of "Ret Pottag";j8hei?.wg be lts doors. This sensitiveness to criticism, remained witn mm throughout his sieged Dy puDiisners, B.uR.wjepj, Bf ?eue- entire life and caused him great unhappiness. , . .- ; .r ly on her way, :and. ,siJhasn( 'ikntil seldom madea set speech, but had no equal in his generation in rough ' now had &noel faJ? l?r the H-e wiuu" i., ,4. i . ? - nresa S?he Is1 the 'flatifrhter'.' (IT a, re- . i via eTinte. i-iis siiUKiUK reiuiio, uia uuitu wiL.seeu uuwer or anntv. i - . miies force in attack made him feared on the. floor, and wn l tired clergyman unto the man who attempted to interrupt or answer him. It was his moral courage that enabled i Jto jcrush filibustering in the House of Representa- author has made a book of" real, inter est and literary distinction!, full of. good stories, unusual recipes tjuaint-eddi-ties and suggestive facts... George Kennan's account of hia, ex periences and 'observations in Martin ique in the three week's im mediately foilowing the secdnd'erupttou ojfiont Pelee, which completed:" tn'e JdeWsta tion o,f St. Pierre, have be'iin'-ubfihed by the Outlook Compan"!uifiiF'5the title, "the. Tragedy of Pelee.' Mary Cholmondeley cpriSldeitefBrea years little enough, time fi"te5 writ ing, of a novel. After the "phienomnal But eight States do -not now require "scripture cake," which was in great examlnatIon by a state Board of those demand. It was made according to . wsh to practice medicine. They are Arkansas, Colorado, itentuckyi the following recipe: Take four and one-half cups of I Kings. Iv, 22 (first clause); two and' one-half cups of Judges, v, 25 (last clause); two cups of Jeremiah, v, 20; two cups of I Samuel, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and Tennessee. Prizes of $L200, $750 and ?500 foi Jeremian, v, zu; two cups oi i oainuei, . . , - . . . . . , the best instruments to measure wind xxx, VZ two cups or iauum, m, 12; , one cup of Numbers, xvli. 18; two ta- pressure are offered by the Hamburg blespoonfuls of I Samuel xv, 25; sea- - - " Z tt v. w o. foreign inventors. The plans must be six of Jeremiah, xvil, 11, a pinch of 8ent b? APrd t 1803. . Leviticus, ii, 13; half a cup of Judges, ! xne xew 10m u om- m n Finoiw fni. nisi mi Wlcn tinn. owned and Issued bv IV, lis ua&iu& pwruci. '""1JJ , ..w ar ' - - low Solomon's prescription. Proverbs, the. municipality, is the biggest news- xxiii, 15, for making a good cnna, ana paper xu iiie nuuu. n. .cijr you will have a good cake. I day In the year, ..Sundays and legal J Holidays excepted,, ana- soineuines coa- We have long been expecting to hear tains as many as 383. pages, a story like this: A woman goes for -a j Five of the twenty fellowships re walk to the woods. She emerges in a cently awarded in" the department of few moments, her face bleeding, wild philosophy. University of Pennsylva- ejeu uu uu nuu injui, uic uuuo nia, were given 10 women, aiusi ui had recognized a former playmate In these fellowships carry with them an 1 . ...ImmiiKv n Kav hat and hai jm t t n9 iue hiujmaiaas v . " income uuniig lue j 1 vi sought revenge by clawing at her hair 500 and free tuition, with an addition- and pecking at her face. Occasionally you see a girl who is al S100 for particular Tesearcn work. Honesty Is a prevailing virtue among nicknamed "Sunshine." The name nost Chinamen, borne- or tnem, in may sound like a compliment In bleak ' their native towns and cities, often December, but she has a right to sue , pve lueir fial-ra ul uu3.uC!,a B tr 1 n ! ed while ther eo off for half an houi her friends for slander if she is called the name In August Justice is so busy holding her scales that she hasn't time to give some peo ple what Is coming to them. ... . 11 1. i 4.1.1,. k .A ery wen, uu 13 mis uiaui auu 1 - j ... .. .. " . ! nMn.A Amor, tha ir.t.n naih an1 I she passed mm tne picture 01 a nana- 6.u v, . some, athletic-looking chap which she ! as they drew near a certain sheltered It Is reported that boy ate so much had found In an old desk of Jack's. nook Jack exclaimed, mocking Eliza- m honey be was attacked by Wves. ed. while they go off for half an hour or more. ; Should customers, arrive tn the meantime, they find the prices of goods plainly marked, select what they want and leave the money for them. It is one sign of age when a woman imagines she is looking sad. and some one asks why she is looking so sour. and cdmesWiarliiie ot tives. . ' . - ----- Those were exciting times. . Under the rules of the House, as interpreted by his predecessors, business could be indefinitely suspended and the princi ple of representative government violated if a sufficient number of members efused to answer to their names when the roll was called to break a quorum. That became the favorite way of preventing the majority of the House from enacting laws. The minority was thus enabled to control-legislation, which Mr Peed and every one else realized was wrong,, but this trick was resorted to and the House was left without a quorum whenever the minority- objected to the passage of a bilL Mr. Reed decided to stop the practice, and whenever a roll call showed the lack of a quorum, counted a sufficient, number of si lent members upon the floor to make one. r The minority made violent protest against Reed's rulings and on more than one occasion-a personal, assault on the Speaker was prevented only, by the timely Interference of cool heads from both sides of the House. On these occasions Mr. Reed was always the coolest man In the House, and the familiar. Yankee drawl, "The gentleman will be kind enough to take his seat" often relieved a tense situation. . Reed's rules were sustained and vindicated by the Supreme Court, and all of his successors tn the House of Representatives have followed his ex ample. He was a czar and a tyrant . however. He would "not permit the House to consider legislation that he did not approve, and could pass almost any bill he liked, because members who opposed him knew what to expect No man ever exercised such an arbitrary, influence . upon legislation. Colored to Suit. A process has jheen invented by which eyes may .be colored to suit the taste of their owner. This is accom plished by the Injection of some liquid into the eye behind the pupil. The ex periment has been tried in Paris, and pale blue eyes were transformed to deep violet orbs in a second, with no apparent Injury to the patient Siam's Prince on Oar Authors. Being a writer of no mean ability himself, the prince, for the time, posed as an expert critic and terminated the clerical folk. Joel Chandler Harris -has'eve? pub lished a noveL 'His.- Unch?'-' Rufous made him famous; and. smcal their ho has given ,his. time to.'Juv'enite: books, short stories and yersesi'-pe.hasyijpw-ever, succumbed .to the :npyielA.)jac3Jus, epidemic In literary tanks,, this, ear, and will soon publish;pabrlel "olll ver," a story of the recbnstruclipn 'pe riod in Georgia. -. ,; V. V Longfellow Is the universal poet.'jHe has been translated into. French, Ger man, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Portuguese, - Spanish, Russian, Hungarian; Bohemian, Latin; Hebrew, Chinese, Sanscrit Marathi and. Judea German. '"There is no evidence," says CoL T. W. Higginson, "that any other English-speaking poet of the last cen tury has been so widely appreciated." . The novelists are at great pains to Invent odd titles nowadays, -For one book with a title as unpretentious as "Adam Bede," for Instance, we have a dozen With whimsical .names cleverly contrived to set people talking about their oddity. Presumably Julian Ralph's use of the almost superfluous word, "millionairess," as the title of Interview with the following estimate. of some unnamed" American writers; "Tbey think out a plot say 100 words;.; his new story will cause some profit then a scene, say 100 words more; then ' ahie :comment. Mrs. Ruth McEnery they conceal their plot In 10,000 words Stuart's forthcoming book, "The Gen and bury their scene in 10,000 more ' tleman of the Plush Rocker." has a words and the bookbinder completes the crime." Philadelphia Record. When fortune begins to .smile on some men they think it Is up to them to sit down and bask in the smile. Dispepsla and disappointment In love produce similar outward effects. title which is deliciously American. When It is known at a funeral that the deceased picked out the hymns and arranged the program in advance, the women present find the occasion so sweetly sad as to be almost enjoyable.