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VISIT TO POPE DECLARED OFF Roosevelt Declines Restrictions Imposed by Invitation. Great Roman Pontiff Expreses With to Avoid Repetition of Fairbanks Incident riome Stirred. Pope to Rooievelt. Tho holy father wlli;bcdollghtcd to grant an audienco to Mr. Rooie velt on April 5 and hopes, that noth ing will arise to prevent It, such as the much regretted incident which made the reception of Mr. Fairbanks Impossible. Roosevelt to Pope. It would be a real pleasure 'to me to bo presented to the holy father, for whom I entertain high respect, both personally and an tho head of a great church. . . . Idecllno to make any stipulations or submit to any conditions which in 'any way would limit my freedom of conduct Rome, April 6. The audience which it was believed that ex-PreeMent Roosevelt would have with the pope to day will not take place.'owing to condi tions which the Vatican ha imposed, and which Mr. Roosevelt refused to accept. Although 'the definite negotiations relative to the audience ended before Mr. Roosevelt left Egypt, tho an nouncement was withheld until after Mr. Roosevelt reached Rome tonight at the solicitation of his American Catholic friends here, who believed that In tho meantime the Vatican might fnange it attitude. ' One of the ex-president's American friends who had been with him in Egypt, camo to Rome yesterday with out any authorization from Mr. Rooso volt, and interceded with Cardinal Morry del Val, tho papal secretary, in an endeavor to avoid tho situation, which, as it now stands, han caused a real sensation in Rome, although It was not entirely unexpected. His efforts wore unavailing. When at Gondokoro in February last, Mr. Roosevelt wrote to Ambassador Lolshman, saying that ho would bo glad of the honor of an audienco with King Victor Emmanuel and tho pope. The audienco with tho king was promptly arranged. Before an, arrangement could bo reached relative to an audience with the pope, several telegrams were Eaaeed and the negotiations were ended y Mr. Roosevelt's refusing in any way to be limited as to his conduct An audience with tho pope under the circumstances Is now impossible. STORM DOES 200.000 DAMAGE. (Utah Trains Must Agslrv'Use Portland Routs to theEsst. Salt Lake, Utah, April 5. Two hun dred thousand dollars will notcovor the loss caused by tho terrific wind storm that swept Salt Lake City and North Central Utah last night. Farm prop erty auffercd big losses, fences and trees being blown down, and in aome instances houses overturned. Railroad property suffered heavily, and in ono caso 15 men narrowly es caped with tholr lives. Doth the Western Pacific and tho Southern Pacific tiro out of commission again. The damage to the Sou thorn Pacific will bo repaired by Wednesday, but the outlook for the Western Pacific is dark. The expensive pipeline of the Utah Copper company, which cost $40, flOfl, was extensively washed away. The storm loss at Saltalr Beach, 20 miles west of here, will amount to 110,000. The pavilion and other val- and railway tracks entering the resort - were washed away. Omaha Fire Costs SBOO.OOO. umaaa, neo., April o. At a law hour tonight fire broke out In the Cen tral grain elevator, owned by the Nye-Schneider-Fowler company, located at Twenty-eighth and Oak .streets, and fanned by a high wind, quickly spread rt f h BiiAiniiKv nsvtt mm r vtin Man ey Milling company. The elevator and the mill were destroyed, entailing a lost of $500,000. Nearly 100 box cars, about half of which were loaded with grain, standing on nearby tracks, were destroyed. A large amount of other property narrowly escaped, r ,4 Victoria Probes Graft. "Victoria, B. C., March 31. Judge Lamptnan as a royal commissioner to day opened a formal investigation Into police methods here, which local news papers have declared to out-Tammany Tammany, The women proprietors of numerous tenderloin resorts testified that they paid nothing directly for po lice protection, but their rents ran from 200 to $500 monthly for prem ises normally worth less than $25. They are compelled to rent in certain localities, where all the property-owners are Chines or oher foreigners. Morse's Release is Pfan. Atlanta, Ga., March 81. It is ex pected that habeas corpus proceedings will be instituted in the Federal court here this week for the release from the Federal prison of Charles W. Morse, the New York banker. Martin W. Littleton, ehief counsel for Morse, ar rived in Atlanta today from Xew York, aad feHewtag a long eenferenee it was iinratiiinl rrtfcrral It-Ail daab aKMBBaVi-JPVsTC-" Hrwwt 1 lmwi saa saw retained and a plan ot proiseeWe de cided Bpori. 1 ttougfc Mder t Be Hests. New York, Aprib Ji. Rosgh Hides ill t -A. I - aLfc 1 a - . . a Celekel Koeeevslt ea hie retem to Aav erisaa the res. It i aeped te have a Iwg detail otkeeriginel reglaMnt g dew fek hsrhor e a nsartsn" vessel. Wm - ---- aad del- V lIV WIOTOTW WiW BWW jele $ aa iseleeea. TJ a jvIb DeiMt, Mseejf wJPJ-iaSf Hah aad CaMtMfV ' ' Rev. Cyrus Townsond Drady's nov el, 'Tho Island of Regeneration," has been barred from tho Toltido Publlo Library. Professor William James has boon elected an honorary assoclato of tho Academy of Moral and Political Bel enco at Paris, Sir H. 11, Johnston has written n book on "Tho Negro in the Now World," embodying tho results of his study of tho color problem in tho United States, tho West Indlos and tropical America. Jack London takos Issue with a California preacher as to the meaning of his novel, "Martin Eden." "Dr. Brown-inlBUiidcrstanda tho work as an Indictment of materialism," ho Bald. "I wroto It as an Indictment of indi vidualism," Lord Morloy, In his biography ot Gladstone, dellboratoly omitted any di rect treatment ot the religious aspect ot Gladstone's life. D. O. Lathbury has been engaged for some years on tho preparation ot a complementary study which will bear tho titto, "Tho Relig ious Life of William Ewart Glad stone." The English are not alone in their desire to stamp out the plaguo ot im proper books. In Vienna the other day the police swooped down upon some thirty thousand volumes in one bop and carried thorn off for destruc tion. Tho result has been a renewed pica for stricter supervision ot tho book placed upon public salo. Mark Twain beforo his return to Bermuda said: "My actlvo work In this life and for this world Is done. 1 shall write no mora books, attempt no more lectures or new work. I have half a dozen unfinished books that 1 havo hardly touchod In throe years. Among them Is my autobiography, of which 100,000 words havo been wrlV, ton. There nro still COO.OOO to wrlto." A now book by Nowman Smyth, D. D., will bo published early this spring. The tltio Is "Modern Delict In Immortality," and the book gives a compact but exceeding) suggostlvo and Illuminating discussion of tho foundations for a belief In immortali ty and particularly ot tho now reasons for that belief, drawn from the scien tific discovery and research of today, which have supplanted tho .older ar guments. Dr. Charles W. Eliot has been en ablod to prevont tho University Ex tension Library from duplicating hi Harvard classics. "It Is to be regret ted," says the Publishers' Weekly, "that any publisher should endeavor to pirate Dr. Ellot'a Idea, to tho bene fit of which ho Is fully entitled, and It Is well that Justice Nowburger ho found it qulto posslblo under the New York statute against the use ot a name or picture without the owners consont for commercial purposes, to glvo him effectual protection. Tho de cision certainly makos for firmer ground for equity In tho book trado." In the eighteenth century as to-day your poet somctimos gavo himself up to rueful reflections on tho market value of his 'wares. In a letter of Cow per's lately sold at auction, occurs this reference: "I am no very good arith metician, yet I calculated tho other day In my morning walk that my two volumes at the price of three guineas will cost the purchaser less than the seventh part of a farthing per lino. Yet there are linos among them that hare cost mo the labor ot hours," How Cowper would have opened his eyes at the "oodles of money" modo by some ef his successors, such as Tennyson or Kipling. . Louis Joseph Vance, author of "The Fortune Huntor, was born in Wash ington, D. C, In 1870, and has been a writer of short stories and contributor to magazines since 1901. Previous to 1907 he bad written several novels, but in that year "The Brass Bowl," h first big success, was brought out It was followed the next year by "The Black Bag." and since then by "The Bronte Bell" and "The Pool of Flame," all of which have been unusu ally successful. Mr. Vance Is at pres ent In Bermuda, where he Is engaged in writing a new novel which will probably appear under the title of "No Man' Land." Dr. William Edgar (Jell, author of "The Great Wall of China," Is now leading another scientific expedition through China. He writes to his pub lishers: "One of the principal ob jects of my return to China is to make, a study of the Americans and Euro peans living there. I want to ascer tain as far as I can just what Influ ence Europeans and Americans have bad on their latter day history, wheth er those Americans who have settled in- China are really representative of our country and whether they have left any Impression upon the Chines people. I shall vslt every province f CbIm, traveling from end to end of the vast country and searching' for new material by which I hope to make Americana understand more fully what a remarkable and Interesting country the Celestial Kingdom really Is." J rare Hlr. Cspt Prlfchard has Inherited all th quiet humor ot the Celt He was ask ed We day how he would make pas senger obey the regulation order that after midnight, none but members ot the crew should he en deck. T should politely remind thesa that K'waa time te turn ia," he said. "Aad Mppese they refused," persist ed the quest loser, "wsuM.you use fore to compel taa to retlrer N "Us fere to gentlemen who merely wteh to eajey a las Bight I" exclaimed the eeisasaasr. "Never I I would merely give an order, 'Be's'a,' etaaa dee.' "at. A. P. Waea a weataa tees to eel hsrrwsaa. tae laetor tarns she 1 hewed, br r$r.,to UU,her vae- ttff 0M9 9& llv4ft itbQ ltftYessW BJa m m m at tj -n . t. BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY WORK OF NATION'S LAWMAKERS Washington, April 4. Declaring that no less than two weeks will bo necessary to consider tho amendments already offered to tho railroad bill in the senate, Cummins today resisted tho efforts of Halo and Elkins to obtain an agreement to Voto on tho bill next Sat urday. Tho Iowa senator not only ob jected to tho proposition, but ho pro nounced It a joke. Bacon mado it evident if no ono clso objected ho would do so. Ho contend ed tho managers of tho bill wore not justified in asking for on agreement looking to a voto until they wero able to present a perfected bill. Elkins brought up the question of a voto after tho clos'o of a speech by Crawford advocating tho recommend ation of tho commercial court provision of the bill. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, has submitted and expects to secure' adoption of an amendment to the river and harbor bill providing that 18 draw bridges connecting the city of Boston with its suburbs shall remain closed during tho rush hours morning and evening, In order that thousands of persons employed in Boston, but re siding in tho suburbs, may not bo in terrupted in going to and from their work. This amendment stipulates that no drawbridges across the Charles river or Fort Point channel shall be required to be opened between the hours of 0:15 and 9:10 a. m., and between 4:15 and 7:40 p. m., except in cases of emerg ency. Washington, April 2. .In tho solem nity of a service in memory of a de parted colleague, Francis W. Cushman, late representative from Washington, Speaker Cannon in the house today talkdd of the trials met by public men in dealing with popular opinion and speculated upon the mysteries of the hereafter. Mr. Cannon then relin quished tho gavel to Representative McCredie. There wero only a few members present chiefly thoso who wero to speak of the Ufa and character of Mr. Cushman. In the gallorics, too, thoro was only a sprinkling of visitors, a majority of whom had dropped in moro ly to sco the houso in session and with no special interest in tho proceedings. Members of tho houso and sonato nro struggling with tho question of fram ing laws to further conservation. Both houses of congress have been so occupied that little attention has been paid to tho subject until two or three days ago. Since Friday, however, effort have been made to get some of the adminis tration measure dealing with conser vation Into ahspe for presentation. Tho public land committee of the houso has gone to piece on the propos ed law to authorixe the president to make withdrawals and classifications of public lands, and th member aro now divided into several group, each pulling In a different direction. Washington, April 1. That the cor poration tax law will be amended to restrict the operation of It publicity feature was virtually assured today when the house slightly amended a pro vision previously adopted by the senate for that purpose. As passed by tho house today, tho law provides: "All corporation tax returns shall be open to inspection only upon tho order of the president, under rules and regu lations to be prescribed by the secre tary of tho treasury and approved by the president" As previously provided by tho sen ate, such corporation tax reports were "to bo mado public when called for by resolution of the senate or tho houso of representatives or under the order of the president when he desires It for public interests." Undor the guise of protecting the watersheds of navigable streams, the ultra-censervatlontsts In congress, otherwise known a the "Pinchotltes," are undertaking to slip through a bill which will extend the vast system of forest reserve Into every state In the Union, entail the expenditure of unee timated mllljona of dollars of govern ment money, and swell the forest ser vice to proportions never dreamt of by Glfford Pinchot, even In hia palmiest days. It Is all being done by subterfuge, in which clever effort Is being made to conceal the main purpose of the legis lation in question. Washington, March 31. Determined to obtain congressional action on the bill requiring the publication of cam paign contributions, Perry Belmont, head of the organization to further that movement, announced today that Senator Bailey, would Introduce in the senate tomorrow the measure he said he had been trying for a month to In duce Senator Burrows, of Michigan, chairman of the committee on privi leges and elections,' to present. Commanding the careful attention of a majority of hi colleagues, Senator Root today consumed three hours in continuing hi speech in defense of the administration railroad bill before the senate. He again failed to conclude his remark. He defended the merger Gompers Will Hurry Trust Suit. Washington, March 81. President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, expects to leave for Indian-' spoils tomorrow to confer with Gover nor Marshall in connection with the suit that Gompers Is planning against the Steel trust in Indiana. Gompers in an interview is quoted a saying that the American Federation would not wait for the department of justice to attack the Steel trust. According to officers of the federation, the suit to dissolve the Steel trust will be brought on violation of charter. Sill to Open Indians' Lands. Washington, March 31. Senator .Chamberlain will introduce a hill sim ilar to Hawley's to open the Klamath reservation to settlement after Use In dian have been alloted their lands in severalty. Secretary Ballinger ha written him that he believe the lands should be allotted, a well as that all ladlaa ea the Umatilla and Warm Spring reservations should have their tfotsaoat and th resaaiaiBg land Mfdd he seld. provisions of tho bill ns a great ad vance over existing law, as It made the purchase of ono company's stock by another an offense, whilo he argued, such acquisition was not now illegal except as part of. a conspiracy. Representative Sabath of Illinois, want to know whether officials of tho department of Justice scattered throughout tho country form cliques and have a monopoly of bankruptcy and other cases that como into tho Fed eral courts. According to Sabath, it is Impossi ble in many cities for litigants to cm ploy the coumel they desire, but they aro practically compelled to employ members of tho "favored circle," and ho asserts that the funds of litigants frequently are absorbed in thcao charges. Congress may be ablo to adjourn on May 16, said Senator Aldrich on leav ing the White houso today. Several influential members of con gress believed opposition to certain feature of the administration pro gramme may cause tho session to last much longer. Washington, March 30 Representa tive Bennett of New York, today in troduced a resolution to expunge from the houso record the reort of the spe cial committee that caused to bo laid on the table certain sections of one of President Roosevelt's messages relat ing to the secret service. The message' was Interpreted a contsining direct reflections upon the Integrity of mem bers of the house. , By some members the effort to ex punge the record is taken as an indi cation that Republicans of New York state are planning to rally under tho leadership of Colonel Roosevolt By their spectacular fight in the house of representatives the republican Insurgents have gained absolutely no practical concession. They havo abol ished the old commltteo on rules, con sisting of five members, and substitut ed for it a commltteo of 10, but tho relative strength of majority and min ority remains tho same, and tho insur gents aro without representation on tho committee. Director Newell, of tho reclamation scrvico today appeared beforo tho ways and means commltteo in practical op position to tho administration bill, making nvallablo $30,000,000 to hasten the completion of the government irri gation projects. Ho said that about $7,000,000 a year now coming Into tho reclamation fund would complete pend ing projects. Newoll did not, in so many woras, object to the bill. Ho said, however, that the government today had consid erable land under irrigation for which it had been Impossible thus far to find settlers. His intimation was that, If this $30,000,000 Is mado available, It would flood the market with irrigated land and the government would bo years in getting settlers to settle upon Washington, March 20. "While there has been conservation of natural resource at the presidential spigot there ha been enormous waste going on at tho congressional bung." do clared Senator Chamberlain, of Ore gon, today, apeaklng on tho bill em powering Uio president to withdraw public lands for forestry sites and other purposes. Chamberlain favors the measure, and on it ho delivered his first set speech. Tho bill specifies that the president may withdraw land for water power sites, irrigation, forestry reserve, classification or other public purposes. In giving his reasons for favoring tho measure, Chamberlain said that first, the main principle Involved, tho right of tho 'president to withdraw portion of the public domain from en try, settlement or salo, had been ap proved by every department of the gov ernment from the earliest days. The exercise of power necessary to protect from legislative improvidence what was left of the public domain made(the bill advisable, he declared. He argued that It was necessary to conserve undisposed and unappropriat ed natural resources and favored tho bill as the best plan for accomplishing this purpose. Warren Irrigation Bill Will Pass. Washington, March 30. The senato Irrigation committee today informally discussed the Warren bill, which was opposed yesterday by Senator Hoyburn in tho senate, and decided to press it to early vote. The committee was unanimously of the opinion that the bill was not justly subject to criticisms made against it by Heyburn, in view of the fact that it will materially ad vance Irrigation in all Western states, it was determined to keep Heyburn filibustering until he gives out, and has to consent to a vote, Red Citizen Board Made, Washington, March 30. Qualifica tions of Indians to assume tho rights of citizenship will be determined In the future by boards appointed by tho commissioner of Indian affairs, to be known as "competency boards." This is the result of an experiment initiated last summer by Senator Valentine, when he appointed such a competency board for the Omaha Indians in Ne braska. These boards will be appoint ed for each reservation. Bill Hits Tipping System. Washington, April 4. A mib-com-mlttee of the house committee on the Disrlct of Columbia, headed by Rtpre senative Campbell, of Kansas, reported favorably today a bll by Representa tive Murphy, of Missouri, under tho terms of which tip-giving or tip-receiving in hotels, rcstauranta and cafes in Washington shall constitute a misde meanor Tho offense is made punish able by a fine not exeeeding $600. Railroads Have Some Rights. Washington, April 6. Emphasizing the rights of railroads, the Supreme eourt today declsred unconstitutional the law of Nebraska requiring rail roads to build switches to grain eleva tors along their track upon request, and called a halt on the attempt of the state of Arkansas to penalize an inter state railroad for failure to supply ear enough to accommodate interstate toaJU. "WHEN I WA3 Y0UNQ." There Is a land whero storm and calm and sun Follow each other with fast flying feet; A land of hope, whoso hours aro fair and fleet Where llfo seems long, and always Just begun. With eager feet wo prcRs along its wnys, Nor pause to watch the rainbow tinted skies; ' Another land of hopo before us lies, and In our drenms it holds still fairer days. So slowly fades the brightness from tho sky, So slowly hope turns backward from our side, Wo know not when wo leave those highways wide, Tilt we bnvo paiBcd tho pleasant places by. Gladly would we that flowery path retrace, And breathe that hope Inspiring air agatn; But nono among the weary sons ot men Has found, once paused, the portals of that place Btlll memory bears us to that magic strand, With every year still dearer, brighter grown, And oft wo speak its name with tender tone, "When I was young," oh, dear, enchanted land! New York Sun. In Search of According to tho family Blblo, Julia Wnlslngham was 34, but she pleaded guilty to 26 with such ingenuous frank ness that everybody believed her. She bad been engaged many times, but never for longor than three months at a stretch, although she had been in troduced to each man's family as the only girl a reasonably sensible per son could marry. The rolling stono nature of Julia's affections at last caused her to bo classed as fickle, and friendly atten tion? from young men suddenly ceased. Oho took serious counsel with herself as to tho quickest method of acquiring a husband. There was no time to wait for a man to como to woo her, so she dtesscd herself In a dainty costume and went forth to battlo. By a fortunate accident sho ran right Into the arms ot Jack Homcblrd, cynical married man whom she had flouted long ago, when ho thought her too beautiful for this sordid earth. Ho was sorry for Julia now, nnd so grateful for his own cscapo that bo undertook to help hor to stalk n hus band, although his conscience told him it was n cruel conspiracy against his fellow man. Julia, cheerfully confessed that, as HE LIKED she would soon be 27 (that Is to say, (35), It was really tlmo for her to sober down and be of some use to the world. The Idea of Including posterity In the purview of her altrulstlo Inten tions seemed to invest the pursuit of man with a lofty spiritual purpose. Jack Homebtrd cordially approved, and they proceeded to plan the am buscade, It was rather a protracted business, as they differed widely on the Important question of tactics, "I csnnot for the life of me see why you object to dances and musical evenings," aald Julia, with a pout. "My dear girl, the men you catch that way are only fit to be let loose again out ot pity." "I never thought of that" "Few girls do. Julia." "Do tell me what you mean In a way I can understand." "Well, all things considered, and es pecially having regard to your erratlo past, I strongly recommend the role ot the Ingenue for you." "Why?" "Because It deceives the most ex perienced bachelor, and gives ft neo phyte In Inyo no chance at all." "I don't quite like that, but tell me what I havo to do without any moro flippancies." "Listen. Ask the predestined person to lend you a book or something and tell blm to bring It In the afternoon. When he comes, recolve him In a pret ty apron, and have your hands all over flour. Say you the sure he Is laugh ing at you, but you take a delight In domestic duties and wero making cakes' for tea. Tell him you would ask him to stay, but, unfortunately, every thing Is homemade, as you were not expecting anybody. If you had known be was coming things would have been vory different. He will think you naive and natural, and when a man makes that mistake his days of single bless edness are drawing to a closo." "That sounds rather deceitful, doesn't itr "Ob, heaven excuses such things In a woman." "I shall make as good a wit as most women, I am sure." "I should hopo so." "Don't be so horribly smart" "Now, Julia, where are we going to find the fatted 1 mean the victim?" "I know the man I want already." "Thanks. You have removed a, ton of remorse from my mind." "He Is an author Mr. Laurelle." "A roan like that can bo lured Into the tolls wlthoui trouble. It will Ml? rtqulr a little diplomacy U make hiss MRr rt Ku--. SBT Bk. a Husband bollovo that you are the woman ho has been watting for all these weary yoars." "I want htm to fool that," said Julia. "No doubt; but when ho Is en grossed In his work you will havo to ahow him your marriage-line to re mind him that you are hi wife." "He' a bit fond of mo, but hate flirts." "If you can avoid that virtuous form of indiscretion he will be as plastic as clay in your accomplished hands." Julia sot about ths siege of tho au thor on the lines laid down by Jack Homoblrd. Mr. Laurelle was, among other things, a poet, and sought Inspiration In a publlo park in tho ovenlng. Ho was madly fond of flowers, and, like many men similarly senslttvo to their beauty, ho could not grow thorn at homo, for you could not swing a cat In his gardon at least, not with any degree ot comfort to the cat Julia met him qulto accidentally, ot course, and asked him about his work. Ho gavo her a voluble biography of all ho had written since a child. She told htm sho bad nothing to road worth reading, nnd ho Immodtatoly HICU SONGS, pressed her to accept a copy of his poetic drama, "Tho Startlod Oazelle." Ho walked home with her, and glad ly promised to come to tea somo even ing. He went to Julia's to tea, and she behaved so sensibly and charmingly that he metaphorically smote himself for not having seen long ago that life was a howling wilderness without a wife. She sang to him, and he liked her songs because they were not too saccharine in sentiment. It was a glorious ovenlng for both, and she Invited blm to coma whenever ho cboso, and guide her choice of books. Mr. Laurelle's conception ot love was august, and glittered with Arthurian rectitude. He professed a knightly chivalry, and offered a devotion of such ardor that no caprice of Julia could chill It. The fanfare ot adula tion wound up with an Impromptu odo to her eyes, which so correctly cata logued the glories ot those orbs that It might have been written by un outcast with a gift for rhyme. When this avalancho of sentiment fell on Julia alio gasped with amaze ment, and soon got hopelessly out ot her depth In the welter ot unfamiliar words in which he expressed bis ado ration. Julia wisely refrained from answer ing i,t, and he called In aome trepida tion a few daya later. He bad never been so wildly In love before and fear ed that be might have overdone it She. however, put him at bis ease on that point, and he became a frequent guest at her house. Now, Julia generally managed mat ters so that ho should avoid meeting other friends until he could bo Intro duced as her future husband, for then his Sir Galahad style of gallantry would be excused. Ono evening, bow ever, an old lover called; ho wus a bank clerk with a dlvlno mustache. He was also deeply In debt. Julia was In a radiant humor and simply could not resist the temptation to flirt, She cooed and languished and rather neg lected Mr, Laurello, who was puzzled at first and Anally took refuge In deep thought Ho mado no allowances for the civilities due to a fellow guest. He did not understand tho persiflage of his companions and felt that be was being made to look foolish. Julia was not an alert observer and saw nothing of the turmoil that was tearing Mr. Laurelle's delicate nerves to shreds. . He fancied that the other maa saw hi discomfiture aad was Joying It. This Infuriated him ana n abruptly bado them good night wltb a chilling politeness which prevented her from saving tho situation. Tho next day came and the next. nnd tho author mado no sign. Then she wroto hlra a cajoling little note saying how dreadfully sho missed his visits; but ho was a master of tho epistolary raptor and replied with a caustic courtesy that caused hor poig nant anguish. Ho came no moro, A year later sho heard that ho wo married, and then someone sent her a small sheet ot notcpnper bearing the typewritten legend: "A bird In tho hand should be held." London Bkotcu, PLANS NEW INSOEANOB. TemllllRtr Promlae n Llvellhootl Whatever the Coat ot Llvlnsr. When a man and a fat man at that walked up to Officer Harry Smith, who stood dutifully by the telephone booth at tho Brooklyn bridge all yes terday afternoon, and remarked that ho was no longor annoyed by th cost of living, Ofllccr Smith retrained from calling tbo psychopathic wagon long enough to hear tho fat man say: "It's a now kind ot life Insurance company." Calling to mind tho fact that Inves tigating Insurance companies Is a Urst rung on the ladder ot fame, Officer Smith began to probe. As a result ot his questions a 8un reporter travelo.t to Yaphank, L. 1., and interviewed Tcrwllllger, the Inventor. Terwllllgcr, best known as the ma who Invented the chicken-picking ma chine, was found in his laboratory la the woodshed of his home, th New York Sun says. A dozen stovepipe rent the air, the sound of buss saw was continuous, but the inventor fat man hlmsolf prevailed agalast them all. "Th high cost ot living," said he, "Is tho public, Indcod, I may say, th prlvato question of the day. I hav solved it I am about to launch and float a full-rigged Insurance compear which will carry the cost ot living fer you and mo and the next follow, "This company will not pay pre miums at death. It will be a genuine life-Insurance company and will lit erally Insure your living. By paying $10 a year you can Insure having a root over your head; by paying $20 a year you can aocuro a policy Insuring your lodging aud sustonance. By pay ing $50 a year you get steam heat and cholco ot marmalade, apple plo or char lotte russe at supper; by paying $100 a year you obtain parquetto floor throughout and grapefruit for .break fast uot to exceed twlco a week." Tho reporter choked with admira tion at which Terwllllger patted hlas on the back, withal kindly. "That is about all," exclaimed th Inventor. "It Is simple, as the achieve ment of genius always Is. I do not mind, howovor, explaining, that there seems to be money In It However, It thoro Isn't an appropriation might be secured. "How much better Is It than exist ing allegod life-insurance companies. They don't Insure your living at alL In fact, their carelessness has oftea mado me wonder. You take out a pol icy for $20,000 or so and as long as you pay your premium you may starve to death and lose them nil that money, for all they seem to care. "I will admit that this scheme ot mine did not occur to me at first. For a time I thought the only way to solve tho high cost of living would bo by repealing tho law of supply and de mand. But politics Is so vexing and Information about this law of supply nnd deoiand Is so vague that I aban doned tho Idea, It would be Interest ing to follow tho social problem fur ther and devise a method of Insuring n man his Job; but since I understand ono can already Insure his Income thl hardly seems essential." Tit Inbarlmuc Tai. An Inheritance tax la an assessraea laid upon the male heirs of property. either by distribution or descent. Some times this assessment la confined to collateral heirs, when It Is called col lateral Inheritance tax. The raising ot publlo funds In this way has been sanctioned by legislation from the be ginning of Roman law, and In England and In other countries Is a large and steady source ot revenue, although such taxes havo been stigmatized by certain economists as "death duties." During the Civil War taxes of thl kind were mado part ot the Internal revenue system of the United States, but abolished soon after the struggle ended. Tho rata and method of as sessment vary In different countries and In dlfferont States ot the Union. In the United States lineal collateral and succession Inheritance taxes have been instituted in several States as a source of domestic revenue. Inher itance laws havo In tho United States occasioned much discussion and liti gation, but their Justice and utility have been testified to by experience and tho decision of the law courts. Tho leading economists of the present and other periods havo seen the scien tific propriety, even necessity, ot such legal provisions, and have notod the uniformity with which they deal with all classes of tho financial community, SInke Sumo On llappjr, Charles Klngsley in us counseled a friend: "Make It a rule and pray to God to help you to keep It, never, If possible, to lie down at night without being able to say, 'I have made one human being at least a little wiser, a little happier' or a little bettor this day,' You will And It easier than you think and plcosanter. Iluii'l Mention II, Tho polttcut man In Iloston collided violently with another man on the street, Tho second man was angry. "My dear sir," said tho pollto ono, with a bow, "I don't know which ot as Is to blame for this encounter. It I ran Into you, I beg your pardon; if you ran Into me, dou't mention lU"- Success Magazine. I'erhapa li la. "If you want a thing well done" "Oet an expert to do It for you. Ain't that snore sense than what you were going te say?" Cleveland Leader. In Wood Green, England, tbir 1 living a womaa of 105 year ot agl who caa read without glass.