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about the future. Countless promising
Ilves have been wreckeii by this
♦ Topics of
♦ gloomy phantom, fear. Could we all
put away all of these Illusions and
| rivlnltl»»s. which drain onr Ilf«* for i‘H.
the
♦
j nil ilevote nil of our energy to the
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sential things that II«* ever close
hand, the progress of humanity wo
No man ever had a cold that a thou tie amazing.
sand other men couldn't cure In thirty
minutes.
Tlie failure of Harry Thaw to ob
tain Ills release from custody is a
The- present Czar of Russia has
highly »l«*sirabh* outcome of th** h;ibe.is
reached the ripe old age—for u Czar —
corpus pro<*e«sllngs instituted in his be
of 4<i years.
half. There is no doubt the effect upon
Wizard Burbank might render a val a public opinion already sufficiently
uable service by developing a sensa- cynical as to the elficlencv and roetl-
tilde of our laws would have been of
tionless Gould family.
the worst If Thaw bad proceeded so
Why Is It that "strange tongue p ro promptly from the dock to absolute
(Inly one
interpretation
phecles” never foretell anything that freedom.
would have been put ujion this se-
Is grand and glorious?
quen«*e by the average American—
As the years roll by everylsxly will namely: that evasion of law Is th«*
tie anxious to hear how that girl who secure privilege of the rich. The rough
married the first man she met is get- reasoning of the public at large would
have brushed ashh* the possibility of
ting along.
recovery and would have
struck
Those old timers who accumulated straight at the fact that by a 11lierai
big fortunes couldn't afford to bother exjamditure from the Thaw millions
with divorce courts.
It was much "experts" and shrewd counsel had first
inure convenient to live happily.
saved Thaw from the cons«**pi**nces of
Ills net by establishing one hyi»othesis
If Prime Helle de Sagan says many nml then saved him from til«* eons«*-
more unpleasant things about the news ipienees following upon tills hypothesis
papers they will retaliate by omitting by repudiating It.
Insane delusion
all mention of him in their columns.
sometimes is cured.
But the Judg«*
who committed Thaw to Matteawan
London, It appears, does not under gave ft as his opinion, based upon the
stand George Ade's "College Widow,” opinion of authorities in alienism, that
but then there are a go»sl ninny Ameri Thaw's type of aberration was Incur
cans who cannot solve the mystery of able. This dechiration wouhl have
the “rah-rah boy.”
given to the popular opinion n final
lertalnty that Thaw had evaded the
Andrew Carnegie says the United law. Happily the public has escaped
States has the worst monetary system this disturbing eoneluslon and the ad
in the world. Yet some men have ae- ministration of justlee lias been saved
cumulated quite satisfactory wads of from another blow in the popular esti*
money under that system.
matlln.
It is devoutly to be hoped
that, not only for the safety of those
The latest news from Breathitt upon whom a recurrance of Thaw's
County. Iiy., is to the effect that the mania might be wreaked but for the
undertakers still get an occasional Job welfare of the public nt large, the
or two with the assistance of men with courts of New York will not take
a grudge against each other.
chances with his case. When Thaw Is
proved sane anil permanently «aired
If an American countess will go beyond a reasonable doubt, let him be
boating on the Laborcza River near allowed to go free. But not till that
Ooremezoe. Puszta and Ferencys she proof is given.
must expect to have the boat tip over
or some other disaster happen.
A BEDROOM IN A TREE.
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...
,
A Baltimore doctor who operated on
Sleeping outdoors in a rudely con-
fl man for apendlcltls discovered that
the victim's appendix had previously structed house erected among branches
been removed. We are assured thnt of a high walnut tree In the heart of
♦he operation was entirely successful. Flatbush, N. Y., Is the novel method a
young man has taken of "getting near
“Why be downcast?" asks the In to nature.” The “tree house.” as the
dianapolis News. "At least you don't |>eople In the neighborhood call It, is
have any tire troubles with your lawn located on the lawn surrounding the
mower." Oh. don't we? Perhaps you
don’t know how the machine tires us
every few days.
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Times
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Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects
THE INTAMY OF BLACKMAIL.
AM an old fool,” and so were David, the
ln*ro. and Solomon, the sage; but Thomas
Platt, as a sequel to his folly, has eon-
ferred on society a material benefit in tliat
he challenged the blackmailer and that
whole tribe of moral lepers, compared with
whom the assassin and the thief are ex
emplary characters. How many millions are extortml
from men in high places as the price of secrecy the world
will never know. It is tlie basest of all multifarious ex
pedients of crime and the most cowardly. The “Black
Hand” carries terror to those against whom It is aimed,
but compared with the secret nml noiseless work of the
social blackmailer the “Black Hand” is a rather respect
able method of diabolism. It carries a knife with which
to relieve its victim of his wretchedness, and takes its
own life in hand when it makes the venture.
We arc persuaded that the act of Piatt in refusing the
demands <»f Mae Catherine Wood and the act of Justice
O’Gorman in sending the woman to prison will work
wonders for the peace of society. It was a brave thing
to do when Platt appealed to the court of justice, and
would that every oilier man so beleaguered would do
as much. Though his sin were scarlet, the public would
applaud his service to society. The murderer may be a
daring man, and so the thief; but your blackmailer is
ever a coward, and It only newls to defy him to be rid
of him. All other infamy shrinks to venial sin compared
to tin* moral iniquity of the man or woman who demands
a price for silence. -Washington Post.
KEEP THE SCHOOLHOUSE 0PE7I.
IIY should our schools be closed during the
sun.mer?
is It to give the teachers a vacation?
They certainly need It, but could not sub
stitutes he found? Is It for the sake of
economy? What worse economy is there
than that which provides conditions which
not only lead to the tremendous expense of courts ami
reformatories, but to the infinitely greater cost of lives
that have been ruined through that mischief which
Satan finds for idle hands?
Boys and girls might be injured by a twelve months'
application to books? There are other things than books
in our education. The vacation school should teach
something else than winter school.
Why not tench a trade? Or play? At any rate, boys
and girls ought to be kept off the street, And it makes
no difference whether tin* street is In the city of in the
small town. A great many of us think that the small
town street Is as demoralizing as the city street.
Notwithstanding all our talk about the new education,
our schools still can be Improved. But the reform that
is needed Is not so mill’ll in the curriculum ns In the con
ception of the very purpose of school. It Is all very well
to discuss "Frills" and the “Three It's." but let us open
our eyes to s nuething more fundamental, The welfare
of the community demands training in self-restraint and
plain decency.
When that happy day for which
we all come to our senses, we shall
the State is not to teach boys and girls for nine months
in the year and then turn them loose for thr»*e months;
we shall see to It that if fathers and mothers forsake
their children, then the State shall take them up- -Into
school, not Jail. If It Is the duty of the school to keep
growing children from bud influences in the winter, it is
even more its duty to keep children from evil In the sum-
mer.—The World To-1 lay.
WE WANT LOWER CALIFORNIAP
CALIFORNIA Congresman wants tills
country to buy I.ower California. The Im
mediate prompting of such a purpose Is the
advantage of Magdalena Bay ns a naval
station. Although Lower California is, gen
erally speaking, a «lesohite ami d«*s«*rt»*d
stretch of territory. Magdalena Bay Is a
superb lmrbor; its w ill«* and «1«*« p waters an* prot«*cted
by a natural breakwater, the Island of St. Margarita.
Here tin* battleship fleet engaged in target practice, by
permission of th«* Mexican government, which, however,
iefused its consent to small arms practice on shore. The
United States might have taken Lower California at the
«•lose of the war with Mexico, but there was no reason
to believe that it would have been In th«* least useful.
Mexico «loes not now* find Its possession of any material
benefit; but such Is national sentiment In the matter of
territory that it Is Improbable that slit* wouhl consider
favorably an offer to buy it. As an available half-way
anchorage between the west coast ami the Panama canal,
the harbor «muid probably be made serviceable to the
tl«*ets of the United States, es|>echilly In event of war.
Providence Journal.
N view of all that has been said about the
fall in the death rate, it seems strange to
realize that we are not living so long as
our grandfathers and grandmothers did.
More babies live to grow up nowadays
than formerly, but people in later life die
younger. Once arrived at adult age, the
average man i or woman has few years of survival to ex-
pent. This seems on the face of ft so surprising a state
ment that in order to be accepted it should be backed
up by data authentic and Indisputable. Such data are
furnished by the figures of the Insurance companies
(which all agree on the isdnt), but It Is easier to refer
to the government census reports, which tell the tale In
simple and convincing fashion. Even «luring the last
fifteen years the death rate among all persons over 55
years of age of both sexes lias risen very considerably.—
Health Culture.
A PLEA FOR A VERMIN-EXTERMINATOR—THE BARN-OWL.
No w«*ather r«*port r«*ceiv«*d, ho wi *
republish thnt of yesterdny.” n «•«•rtnin
villnge neivsp:ipei* iinuounced, oil n
tempestuoliH dny when the ivires were
'down, '1'lie «ilitor of a more enterpris
ing sheet <H»I better lie proc«*e(l**d to
make gn.iil the deficiency himself.
"Feeling sun* that our readers will
Wish to learn th«* prolmbilltieH, official
ly or otherwise,” lie «le»*lm'«*<l, confiden
tially. "we have taken personal pains
to iiai'crtiiln them, We first consulted
that respected authority. Squirt
■ jury discovering incidentally :
?n,ss<*<l the pond that the * it*e is not
Boys,
firm enough fur skating,
warning I and as we sat on
1
the
•tep emptying the water out
*
of
boots, sipiire gave us his views
■
from
I the hull. As we were wetter than a
drowned rat. and sh«Hik off showers
with «‘very shiver, he did not, out of
respect for Mrs. Pedbury's carpets, ask
us in. We would have appreciated
•f he had. but cannot wonder,
“Squire opines the wind
down with the sun; that there will
a big drop In the thermometer by mid
night, mid dear, cold weather to-nmr-
row.
"Our confidence In his Judgment is
such that we were returning satisfied,
when on the corner we blew violently
Into the arms of Cap'n Ebenezer Tuttle,
In the Spring, Etc.
"Perhiipa it's ov«*rsensltivem*ss on my wlm disentmigled us from Ilfs muffler
with difficulty and warm language, but
part,” remarked th«* old bachelor, "but
subsequently consente«l to prognostl-
from this tint* on until autumn sets hi
1 cate for publication, t'lip'll Eli says
again In earneet I am going to 1...... ..
the mercury will rise ns the wind
tinuiilly embnrrassed by public love
«Imps: that we are going to have a
making. Last Sundny afternoon 1 went
! real springy, mild spell, and he'll bet
for my usual stroll In the park, anil I
■ bls hat there'll lie a warm rain by
suffered any number of minor shocks
j to-morrow noon. He states that Squire
from i*omlng on couples spooning on
, I’wllitiry Is a fin«* man, but when it
the benches along the paths. latter on
coineH to wentber, Ills opinion Is not
I had to ride down town In the subway,
worth Hhucks.
and I saw two more couples talking
I "At our office door we encountere«l
into each other’s faces as If there
our esteemed subscrilier. Miss Lydia
wasn't a human lielng within a mile
Pettengll!. with whom we enjoytsl a
of them. Of courue they don't mind
pleasant »hat while rectifying her new
But
I
hate
to
fa*
put
In
the
atti
me.
silk umbrella, which had blown InsId«*
tude of an Intruder on love's young
out.
Miss Pettenglll differs from the
dteam."
I gentlemen with tinniest reluctance, and
Is a little shy at print; but she Is i>e**-
No Thonirht ful.
Is* no present
Nell—Yes, the count Is attentive to feetlv sure there will tie
her. She admired some roses she saw change In temperature, nor will the
In a florist's window they were passing wind subside, ns we are receiving the
yesterday, so he had nome Rent up to first Installment of what Is bound to
I m * a 'dry storm’ of several days' dura-
her------
♦Jon.
Belle- I low thoughtfid !
"Our readers can take their choice.
Nel!—Yes; C. O. D.—The Catholic
Meanwhile the gale still howls, an»!
Standard and Times.
we can assure them, with a fervor
A Good Man.
unanimously share«! by our three au
"Your dead husband wor a g<KH, thorities. that they will la* much more
mon," declared the symiaithetlc Mrs * comfortable Indtairs conversing about
Casey to the bereaved widow.
I the weather than out«loors experiencing
"He wor!” exclaimed Mrs. Murphy, It." Youth's Companion.
dashing the tears from her eyes. • "N 1
There never were men like the Ulen
two ¡mllcemin cud handle him."—Judgu |
at* expect our neighbors <o la*,
.*^U>
MAJ. GEN
I Oue of
I
WILSON.
the Mile Nur» Itinti General«
of the CH II War.
Of the 253 major generals and thoM
of superior rank, UjM.>n whom fell tlio
military res|M»nsildlition of the held
during the course of the Civil War,
there an* only nine survivors. Of
these Major General James Harrison
Wilson, famous cavalry leader and en
gineer officer. Is president of the Cav
alry Society of the Armies of the Unit-
*?d States.
General Wilson was born in Shaw
neetown, III., in 1837. IIis grandfather
was one of the founders of Illinois and
his father was an ensign in the war
of 1812 and a captain in the Black
Hawk War. General Wilson was edu
cated at McKendree College and at the
United States Military Academy, froii
which he graduated in 1XGO. He was
assigned to the corps of topographical
engineers and was the chief engineer
of the Port Royal expedition. He then
served in the Department of the South,
and acted as aide-de-camp to General
George B. McClellan, being present at
th<» battles of South Mountain and An
tietam.
Appointed lieutenant colonel
in the volunteer staff of the army, in
November. 1.862. lie served as chief en
gineer and insist-tor genera) of the
Army of the Tennessee, and was active
in tile operations around Vicksburg. He
l>eeame captain of engineers in May.
1863, and brigadier general of volun
teers in October of that year ami was
engaged in the operations near Chat
tanooga. the battle of Missionary Ridge
WE ARE DYING YOUNGER.
WEATHER TO SUIT.
It Is inh-rently misleading to say
that our g. neral business prosperity
"cam«* with the prosperity of the rail
roads" as if the railroads had created
IN T1IF
their own prosperity first and had then
home.
A
wooden
stairway
winds around
invited tin* country nt large to share
in it. or had set a pace In prosperity the tree’s trunk loading to the single
making that the general business of chamber above, allowing an easy ascent
the United States was quick to catch to be made. ’The entire structure is
made of wood.
tip with and follow.
At first the Intention was simply to
One of the largest cantilever bridges build a “crow’s nest,’’ where the “tree
in tin* world will be opened to the pub sleeper” and his companions could se
lic in the early i autumn, when the clude themselves on rainy afternoons
bridge connecting Manhattan Island and days when it was too hot for ac
with Long Island, . by way of Black- tive exercise. The “crow’s nest” did
well’s Island, is I completed.
The not prove to be large enough, so the
tiridge will he In three spans, the long boys added n large platform, * which
est of which is nearly twelve hundred forms what they call their piazza, This
feet. The spans of the Firth of Forth piazza Is roomy enough for an ordl-
cantilever bridge are each seveiit<>en nary sized dining room table and com-
hundred feet long. The new bridge fortably accommodates six or elght
carries two floors. On the lower one diners.
Then the boys decided that they
there will be four tracks for surface
curs and a driveway for carriages. would like to see how it would feel to
There will be four tracks for elevated sleep out In the open. They covered
cars on the upper floor. besides two the top of tile house with panes of
foot paths. This Is the third bridge glass, and this gave them all lire light,
across the East Hirer between Man- day or night, they needed The trial
liatten and Long Island, but It will worked so well that they declared tfiat
not be the Inst. Work Is progressing i thereafter they would, while the weath
rapidly on a fourth one, between the er was warm, sleep In the tree.
We start out in life with a definite
amount of possible energy. We can
It as we please; but even with
the best Intentions many pc»,pie use up
a large part of their capital In worry,
anxiety or b.v fretting over nonessen-
tlals — trifles which have nothing
whatever to <lo with their success.
Many people go through life without
ever getting full poss»*ssion of them
selves.
They do not seem nble to
grasp their possibilities; they never
develop the faculty of flinging their
lives out with force and effectiveness
along the line of their lient. They can
use some of their faculties to advant-
a go. n nd can do some things fairly
well, but never come to a full know!-
edge of their possible strength, If we
could only learn to control our thought
force and to sjiend It where It Is need
ed. Instead of allowing it to ooze out
or leak away In driblets on unimpor
tant matters, what marvels we might
accomplish! Some people spend half
the power they generate In vain
worry, bickering, splitting hairs over
irrelerancles. Much of our possible
success-energy Is waste»! through fear,
which In all Its phases is the greatest
curse to the human race—fear of fail
ure. fear of Imaginary conditions and
happenings thnt never come about,
drend of criticism and forebodings
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2
Young Yanderbllt, In his character
of "whip,” drives a conch and collects
fares from his passengers. He Is mere
ly reverting to first principles.
Ills
Illustrious ancestor, the commodore,
made many a^diine in Ills early days as
a ferryman.
0I1I Brooklyn Bridge and the new Wll-
'■anislmrg Bridge.
I
'•r* v*. ■**'
and the relief of Knoxville. Placed in
command of the third division of the
f’avalry Corps in the Army of the
Potomac, lie bore a conspicuous part in
the operations under General Philip H.
Hheridan, including the Richmond raid
I'lid the combats near Petersburg. He
led his division through the Shenan
doah campaign. Including the battle of
Opequan, until October, 1864, when he
was assigned to the command of the
Cavalry Corps of tin» military division
pf the Mississippi. Organizing a mount
ed bodj of 15,000 men. he contributed
largely to the success won in the west
by the armies of General Thomas and
General Sherman, particularly by his
capture of Selma and Montgomery,
and Columbus ami Macon. Ga.
days lie captured five fortified
»•¡ties. 2,'l stands of colors, 288 guns
mid I1.N2O prisoners, among them Jef-
Person I »avis. April. 1865, he was pro
'noted major general of volunteers.
In January, IMtwi, he was mustered
out of th«* volunteer service and in July
was conmilssloiie<l lieulemint **»d»»m*l of
the Thirty-fifth Infantry mid brevett»*»!
major general in tin* I'. S. A. for gal-
lant ami meritorious services diiring
till* Will*.
| In INTO h«* was honor.ibly dlseharg«*«!
ngagi'd in largì* railroad and en-
operal I oiis al homi* limi
In May, 1XHS. he was coin-
mission**»! major generili in ilo* volun-
tecr servi* »■ for Ih»* Spallisi! w.ir and
commende«! Ilio First ami Sixth Army
t'orps ili Georgia nml t'uba ami t»s>k
IMirt In tln* l'orto llico ciimpaign. Il»
was witli tln* Ubimi Rellef Expmlltlon
and coniniamled Ih»* <•<» <>|M*ratliig force
of American ami Brillali troops lti tlie
captare of elglit Chlnes«* tempi« s. I Io
nlso <*<>mmiin<!e<l tl»»* Aim*rlcan forces
in l’eking. Wlien King Edward of En-
glnml was erowned General Wilson rep-
resented thè Uniteli States Army. Il»
was plaeed on thè retlrcd lisi In listi
by s|ss*lal act of Congress as brigadier
generai of the U. S. A.
Hard t<»
A BARN OWL ON A MOONLIGHT RAT-lIl'NTING EXPEDITION
The barn owl is not popular with the <*ountry people, and it is a much-
jsTsecuted bird. If the farmers only realized how very useful th«* owl Is
In exterminating rats and mice they would protect It. Th«* blr»l woul«l be
a very valuable ally to tin* Society for tin* Extermination of Rats, which
has now begun active work In tills country.—Ixmdon News.
Wonclrrtnl Mn el»ln »«.
The sensitiveness of the human or
ganlsin la gross Imlee»! when one com
pares It with certain marvelous mu
chines. A photographic plate, coupled
with a telescope, discovers millions of
stars whose light the retina of the eye
il»«u not nppr»*e|ate; the microphone
makes the Inaudible treail of a fly
sound like the tramp of cavalrymen.
The human limit sens»* cannot realize
a difference of temperntiir»* lieyond on«*
fifth of a degree. But the barometer,
an Instrument 2t«M»i<l times ns sensl
tlve us the skin, notes a difference of
a millionth of a degree. A galvano
meter flexes Its finger nt a current gen
»■rat»*»! by the "coherers” of Branley of
Paris, so ns to press It out of a spher
ical shnjx* Into thnt of an egg The
artiount of work done by the wink of nn
eye e»juals luO.PtAJ.lAltJ.IRAl of the winks
marked on the scale of a delicati* In
strument; but even this performanci* I»
surpassed by tin* “coherers” of Branley
of Paris, by which the Hertz waves ol
wireless telegraphy are caught In theli
pulsings through space. The range ol
Impressions which we get from lifting
an object Is exceedingly small. An or
«Hilary chemist's baiarne Is some mil
lion times as sensitive and weight»
down the two-hundredth pqrt of a rullìi
gram.
Without such Instruments at
these we should know far less about
flu* world than they place within Olli
I
reach.
Knew thr
Itole
I'roiKinn<>r.
A iv«*ll <lri*ss<*«! iimn euti*ri*«l 11 fi»ir-
I r I' h simp In 11 «‘«‘I'taln city wiqitly,
tliri'iv down 11 ib'lhir and
mid said Im
iviint«‘d Home flow«*rs to take home. He
ivng quit«* uiiHteiidy, evidently taper-
hi»,* off 11 spree, mi«l tlie flowers were
nppii reiitl.v lntei>di*«l as a domestic
p-iice ’»fferiiig.
The florist picked out
the
»i **ollectlon of hyacinths, and
»'»iller Htnrted to leave, but nt the door
lieHitiited. "I any,” In* Raid, thickly,
"ivhat'a tin's«* tloivera cnlled?" "Ilya-
clnthH.” Raiil tin* fbirlst. The euatotner
shook III« bend, and, as he walk«*«!
back to th«* couiiter. Raid;
“Gotter
have Rometlilng eaaler. Gimme a dozen
r*«H«*H.”
Art nml Trnr««
“I suppose you soiihdimes shed real
tears at the theater?” said the ad-
tniter.
“I 11111 tempted to,” (ins were«! Mr.
Stormington Barnes, “ when I lisik over
the box »»flice statement." Washington
Star.
lly
“Jk, you flilnk .voli colli»! learu lo lov «
me?" thi* young man ln«|Ulred.
"Ix*arn to Invi* you?" exclalmed the
The mu ó who lias a motto Is also apt
rapturous inaili,
Harold, I could givi
lessotis nt It.” LuuUvllle (Joorier to take iii > Home of your time tiy quot
ing ¡»oetry you aren't aniloua tu lieu#
Journal.