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
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aKMBBaVi-JPVsTC-" Hrwwt 1 lmwi saa saw
retained and a plan ot proiseeWe de
cided Bpori.
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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
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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.