T 15 SPEED LIT?
Question Prompted by the Mapj
New 'Methods of Rapid Trans
portatton
AIRSHIP AND OCEAN FLYER
May Cross Atlantle in Three Days
Mouornll tho Successor to the
osent Itallroad.
.i i, ., ,--
important problems of tho age. They
are "Where Is tho speed limit!" and
"How fast Is It posslblo to travel a
given dlstanco?"
When tho first automobiles reached'
ouch perfection that n speed of twenty-five
miles nn hour was mado with
out Injury to machines or drivers the
public gaBpcd, tho Ualtlmoro Bun says.
Yet llttlo by llttlo this record has been
changed, until recently Harney Old
field dashed nround a mllo courso In
27 seconds, tho equivalent of 131
miles nn hour. And this rcmnrkablu
rata of speed Unrncy coolly promises
, I it.., .,v tim,. lut nntora n
contest. I tno r'cn mnn' nn(1 ,nt0 lho coltngo M
Already it Is posslblo to leave Now to " ,man'on .nM bccn ttl(0(1
York on Monday morning and tako the electric light, at a reasonable rate,
dinner on Friday In Liverpool. Navnl I Grand opera comes high, to bo sure!
men experimenting with oil fuel pro- ul what does that ma tcr when many,
diet that within six months or .a year nany amusement gardens, as well as
tho trip will bo reduced from five o public parks, charge no admlttaneo
days to three. Small craft burning oil their concerts? Tho rich may
fuel lihvo plowed through tho sea on have their prlvato libraries; but much
test runs at tho rnto of fifty miles an 'W libraries, of literature " ehotee
hour. Aeroplanes nro showing nston- choicer, ore open in cities and oven
Ishlng rails of Bpccd. Ucrlol's trl- In villages to tho knock of tho com
umph In crossing tho English Channel, won pooplo. .
leaving far behind steamers which' " not the day of the rich It Is
left Franco at almost tho santo mo- tho day o the poor, where In especial
incut, has shown tho scientific world MUmtlon Is being paid to the i orsons
1. . 1. . It.!- 1.1m .nitnril ftmv
ho broken ut any time. Tho hlrd-llko
flights of (lying machines at recent ex
hibitions show ck-nrly that theso de
vices wilt ono day rival tho highest
rato of speed motion attained by ve
hicles on tho earth's surfnee. It may
bo thnt thoy will exceed them.
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Tremendous speed mentis tho saving
- ,, , rt
m umo, nnu ..... .. """",-"
Tlmo Is money, and overy second
snvcu means uoi ars 10 mo iiusiiina
husltiess men of this genrratloii. Ti ls
prouau.)- is mo rrn. nii.uii .u.
ofpnnt .lrlvlmr for faster methods Of
-
transportation.
In England thcro Is In o in ration ft
outer looking ve hlclo which, It Is
claimed by tho nvcnlor. can b run
over a slnglo rail with nloluto snfet,
nt tho Incrodlblo speed of 140 miles
r T. 1kA,c0?nst,7h0,,mo0.rtM,..k"ey.,,;
tern Is talked of as tho most likely
miccessor to our preeni rniiroaa men
ods, nnd plans to try out tho Engllsii
Inventors time-saving train Ho o n
America nro already under way. With
tho monorail n uccms the trip from
0W 10rK to I'lllinaeipilia COUItl DO
ticcompllihcd In nhout twenty minutes.
Tho Twentieth Century limited when
run from New York to Chicago In six
, lit
teen hours, would then ho about ns
modern ns ft ConCSlOgn prairiO
nchooncr" In the heart of Hroadwny.
Tie ono uesiro pB1hed In further until higher educn--wor
d seems. In t h It generation, to bo . n Qwn chool w p,,,,,.,,.
10 ger. moro nrsi. .w i.ivenuon.,
bo they ever so hanrdoui, nro snap-
.v.. ....,
losing men who nr w w lllng to
iirnvp uwiii in iimiwni, mo mm iv-
tlenble.
CAU8ES OF SMOKE.
In- l)lllllil from llin Owl
llnriiril Iu Ilia I'lirnm-e.
tint
., . I. IA l.,
1 110 UlIUll rniim. ui aiuuno is iw iv
. .
that the gasM distilled from mo coai
are not completely burned In the fur.
.... I.BA I .. .. In M.i.l.1.1 111 1 1 It lIlA
IIUVP UC1UIW IUIIIII1 III .wilMvv ni.. ..v
. . i..n ,.,i., uiiiind
4iiiini-Q ui iiiw oiikh wi ...v..
clillls them below tho Ignition temper
ature. Now, says the Engineering
Magazine, those gases aro the volatile
hydrocarbons which nil bituminous
eoals conwln to a greater or less ex-
. eut, nnd which nro dr!vn off when
' he coal Is heated. The percentage- of
this volatllo matter varies all the way
from 3 per rent for the Eastern nn-
chruclte to as high as 50 per cent for
the Western lignites. The larger per-
centnge of volatile matter the greuter
the liability to smoke production, other
things being equal, and the more dim-
cult Is smoke prevention. The behav-1
ior of these volatile gases during com-
bustlon Is complex. Thoro are good
Tensons for supposing that a hydrocar-
Iwn at a sufflolontly high temperature
Is decomposed Into Its element. Tho
carbon particles are seemingly averse
to combining with oxygen except under
favorable conditions. If the temper-
nturo la too low or the air supply In-
sufficient the carbon refuses to com-
bine and appears later as soot orj
smoke. We must have sutnclent air at
a mgn emperaiure. iuv queano.. to-
olves about the point of perfect com-
bustlon.
We have successfully solved these
problems for oil. we started with
smoky torches, as the air could not bv
at the .body of the oil In the center
ihe wick. We then used a flat wick
that is, we gave the oil more surface
for the air to net on. We then used a gret humps on them, which made
hollow cylindrical wick, air acting on them appear absurdly broad,
both sides. The final step was tho I "All this la past and gone. The per
center core or nrgand lamp, which first ' fertly-clad women of to-day appears
nut when we try to force fne lamp by
turning up the wick and thereby In-
crease mu uu luupuuiptivu nn gci iuiu
trouble Immediately, producing smoke,
We have exactly the same conditions
to meet In the combustion of solid fuel.
In other words, if coal Is to be burned
with maximum economy and without
smoke It must be supplied with the
correct amount of air at the proper
temperature.
The OIJ Hniltr.
Mistress Han anybody been to see
that old oil painting I bought?
Mary-No ma'am. Somebody called
10 see me o.u masier, uui i earn ne
was out London Scraps.
lt Is only when the baby Is particu
larly cross that a woman reminds her
husband that ho was once a baby him-Hit
THE DA'S OF THE POOR.
Waver llrfnre Jlnvn Tlier lleen Atila
in l'mc-ut-p mi Much fur no Mllte. I
Disciples of unrest would have tho
orld hellovo thnt this Is tho day of
tho rich ; whereas, on tho contrary, '
never In tho history of tho United
States havo the poor and thoso persons
of restricted moans been enabled to
procuro so much for so little, writes I
Edwin L. Sabln In Llpplncott's. I
Tho rich may spcod In tholr automo-!
biles, but for five cents tho poor may
rtdo royally from ono side of a city
like Chicago to tho other, or bo car
ried miles Into tho country. What un
Improvement over tho days of out
forofathors, when It was Ither own
your own prlvato conveyance, or cls-i ,
Journey by foot or In tho expensive
singe, mo rich mny sociuuo mora-
. i .. .
wives in spacious vmaa nnu tuuiui
h ntry
?ZMb,0J" " lZ
ponae to them. In oxtonslvo patKs
I whero grass, trees, fountains and mu
'c; How-i-i and statuary, arc theirs to
enjoy as It created by their pocket
books.
For two cents a lottcr may be sent
a dlstanco which once would havo de
manded 25 cents. To the address of
the poor as to tho hall of the rich tho
carrier delivers tho mall, and for tho
farmor whoso labor will not permit
him to go to town thoro Is tho rural
service, For five conts tho poor man
may talk over tho telcphono on far ns
HUb mill UlUUIl. UUI nihil ,.i..v.
STARTED AT ZERO POINT.
I'rlmnrr ftrlinol IMtirnlliin tlnl1
Womi-ii 1(10 Vrnr AK
nvrrr mini ni w i au h uiiiui nvnw i
. ... . an . -. I l...',l.l I........ ...1.1.... mm.1 H.ah Itialat
irom IlilCIICClUai SWntlUling Cluiiii'B iiiut I iiiuir ituuiu nun i van, nun wiuh ...
i ..,.. i .i i.. it. a ilmn nt MnrtMlltnl llin fnlan tinmna were llinlr own.
W WII lUIUVaiCU, Ill HIV i.uu v.
... i.i..,t n in i,,i
II uliaiulll'WI III! viuuniii . -.
ta.to to suggest that a primary school
,,., WM iUllnbIo for womon. To
Br nuytl),K ftl nU wft, MA by ;
tho mniiciani, tho womo themsahva 1
.,..,, , i.ollflf to mako
fcu,'""u" y , , , I
ncr twin, immouesi, uwemiuino. a
ho ,M to know W1U t0 kM ac.
Ud ,ko JC.
comI,,llhnicn,'Ui 0rnmmnr ahd spoiling
J conrten,nB l0 a nr0lM)ry r,ftrcd
. , .
nl mn.t r.,i vnnr uso. wotnnn
sts pis".
exorcises It. Sho bgan
. ,.., mirer ,i0mP,t0 sur.
roun(J,nM jmplne,i by tho call to par-'and
c,.wt, , moremenU, "though
euom hw QW MnMnwBU wore
m ho flrtt al
, ,,,,. iKr1v in pnt a nrlmnrv
education.
Consider tho antagonism of outraged
......nlU uV.ii u..iAn ItAitnn In h.
tun ? Pill lull wiivii nuiiivii ..n.-.-
.Jo nKurcf th0UK imaUi Tn9 ea.
. rnmmnn .pliool nit.
UCAUon orndually tho wedgo wo
Jh Jn y,,. partJdpntlon In
fc unWersUy work wns allow-
pj. tnen eatrnnc8 mio tne proressions.
what now. proUl throughout
1B u,ftr,,, iM..t that nart of tho
world which shares Ideas In common
with us.
In tho England thnt denied woman n
common school education 100 years
ago, full municipal suffrage prevails.
IIUI1IWII IU1W IUI HIVIIHIHB I
Womon vote for everything except
. r..ll.n.unl ,!,.( l.,l.l
KlVllllKJID U 4 HI IIHIIIUIII, HttH lltH. I ,ft.
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no..eM,on of Iul. .ufrraK0 i OVOry otn -
mmnKft
r rosiwcu
SENSIBLE STYLES.
pmou, Actr-. imi. juiiiua .Nm
i Vunue.
"Women never looke! so well as
they do In the stylos of the present,"
Myfl j,jss Julia Marlowe. "They have
gono to the ancient Oreclan style
t0 a grent extent, and nothing could
D0 ra0ro beautiful than that. Ever)
rtut will agree that tho women of
nucient Greece were the most artistic-
njiy cia4 0f any In nil the centuries
of changing fashions.
..f;ow we Dave g0ne back to that
classical garb, and I thin we have
improved upon It to some extent. We
Mave a liappy combination of the past
an(j present In the styles of to-day.
Nothing could be more graceful and
truiy classical than a perfectly dressed
woman of good figure to-day, They
aw getting clow to nature, not uu-
adorned, but adorned In the moat
artlstlc manner possible.
"Women have passed through
periods when fashion decreed that they
must dress in way mat niaae tnera
aD4olutely deformed. Ilustless, hip
(pads and what not were required to
Dring them Into conformity with the
style and
make them artistically
, ridiculous.
Our mothers wore great
tooop sKiru wnicn wore atrociously
ugly nnd ungainly. Only 12 or 16
years ago women's shoulder's had
" u"i
nature made her, and for the first time
n many, many years she Is artistic I
irusi lutti ii win uo a iuug ivuie iw
fore she permits the fasblonmakers
to disfigure her again as they have
-tone so often In the past,"
TI Ll Straw.
An attendant at a Kansas institution
lor tne aeai ana aumu was unaergomg
a pointless rapld-nre inquisition at
the hands ot a female visitor.
"But how do you summon these poor
mutes to church!" she asked, finally,
with what was meant to be a pitying
lanM at the lnniate, near by,
..n rlninr tha dumhhll. nrnlim."
retorted tbe exasperated attendant
Tudge.
Sy thm Philosopher,
"Er-ry man to his trade, Ya
bossss. Boston Herald,
to
jtob cunts to read.
A'ew Itiilo Tlint 111 ltrci-iitly Anne
Into HITcot lit (lie I'lMdilllcr.
It wns addressed to n mnn, hut none
tho less It Is a letter for girls to road,
"Dear Grant," It said. "Somewhere
1 havo seen this: 'Ono Is never tho
common sinner.' It means moro to mo
now than over before,
"This morning I wont downtown, as
we ngrecd I should, to get your letter
at tho general delivery department of
tho postofflcc. 1 found thcro wcro two
windows for women, but there was n
long lino In front of each; so I took
tny place at the end of ono line, feel
ing as uncomfortablo ns If everybody
knew that I was going to ask for my
letter under a false namo.
"Don't be Impatient with me for
that. I hadn't forgotten tho argu
ments In favor of keeping our corre
spondence secret, and 1 know father
and mother do seem to us unreason
able and unjust, but, you sec, to them
t nm Just their llttlo girl, and well,
1 couldn't help feeling strnngo.
"Soon I noticed that tho lino didn't
move. A loud-voiced woman was hav
ing an altercation nt tho window. Aft
er a while tho woman next In front of
mo asked n stranger who stood look
ing on what was tho matter, and he
camo closo and explained In a too fa
miliar way, which somehow Included
mo with her, about n rule which had
gono Into effect this morning, com
pelling every woman who applied nt
tho general delivery window to gtvo
her real namo and address. Tho de
partment, ho said, was primarily Tor
tho convenience of proplo who had no
fixed address In tho city, and It had
been misused, n great deal of crime
was known to originate thcro. And he
went on to say that hn had been there
alt tho morning 'watching tho fun,'
and that It was 'mighty Interesting to
co how many married women camo
thcro for mall.' 0 Grant, 1 felt
ashamed!
"lly this tlmo a young girl behind
mo began to nsk questions, Then she
nud a still younger girl compared
notes. I couldn't help hearing. They
hod been answering some horrid mot
rlmonlnl nds under assumed names
Tho llttlo ono said her mother would
'Just kill her If sho found out,' and
tho other ono suggested that If thoy
should glvo somo out-of-town plnco as
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n.i.v wnni.i nmimi.iv ent ilmlr tetters
...w .... o
nil right.
"It mado mo slok to hear them plan
It so coolly, nnd yet, Ornnt. for ono In
stnnt 1 nctunlly considered borrowing
t ho doa nnd getting your letter tiiai
way. Then I looked up, nnd not ten
feet oft stood a man that lives near m,
It was Just llko n flash of lightning,
tho curious, unbelieving stnrn ho gave
me, nnd suddenly I saw myself In It,
tho 'common slnnor.'
"Thnt Is nil. I waited Just long
enough to say to thoio silly glrU what
I should wish somebody to say to my
llttlo sinter In tho snmo circumstances,
then ramo nwny without getting
'your letter which I wanted moro than
I words can toll,
i An(, arM1, please-please under-
litnnd nml ivmt'nthltn when I sny thnt
I cannot hnvn lottors, oven from you,
at tho expenso of deceiving my father
ntul ninllmi If nnr InVH flip flllnh nllier
... ...... ..v.i .w... v. , .......
h, n) 1)int wo i.ellovo. It ran II vo down
onnoalllnri- If U mint hr. It rould even
'outllvo nn enforced sllenco-but It can
; never stoop to anything that even
isms vulgar or tricky." Youth's
'Companion,
How many poor youths on farms,
In stores. In workshops or factories
have held tholr minds persistently
toward tho objout of their ambition
when thoro did not seem to bo tho
1,.V.I I..VIW M.l. wvv... w
ii,.i,,a, ,.n.l,ii,iiilv n nvnP rAniiiim-
. their dreams; nnd yet the way has
opened to the young art dreamer, the
music dreamer, to study with the
great masters abroad, when such a
thing seemed to be out of all keeping
whh their poverty and Impossible to
their condition, says Orison Hwett
m,,i i a,, Mn!?ii.n
, There lg a fireat difference between
ie Chance3 of the young mau who
tart8 out wjtj, a Uiorough understand-
)ng Wtj, himself that he is going to
maK6 a success of his life, with a grim
resoiutlon to win at all hazards, and
the youth who sets out with no pap
tlcular aim or ambition, backed by
no flrm determination that he will
make B00lj, no matter how long U
takea or now lmrd the fight. It Is pill-
ful t0 see so many young drifters in
our Bt0res and offices and facvorlos;
young people who would llko to get
on t,ut wb0 havo never set their facos
nke flnt toward a single unwavering
ra 0d burnt all their bridges be-
j,nd them so that they should not be
tempted to turn back,
i Tbere is all the difference In the
'word between the prospects of the
man wno has committed himself to
his life purpose without reservation,
who has burned all bridges behind
him and has taken a sacred oath to
do the thine he has undertaken, to
KeA hl nrnnnslUnn thrnunh to thn nm!.
n mnller what saerlttMM ho must
make or how lonE lt may lak ana
.he man who has only half resolved.
who has not quite committed himself,
who Is afraid to cut off all possible
retreat In case of defeat.
There is a tremendous force In tho
very act of committing one's self un
reservedly 10 bis great lire aim; a
propelling power In the very net of
flIngjng one's being with all his. might
Into what be Is doing, determined
never to turn back, that is well-nigh
Irresistible.
Irresoluvlon or unwillingness to
commit the whole of himself to his
aim Is one of the great weaknesses
ot tbe American youth of to-day.
KUuiet.
"He loves me not," the daisy said,
When Elsie sought to pluck
An answer from It, leaf by leaf.
Of 111 or happy luck.
"He loves me not," the daisy said,
When all lis leaves were dried,
And Elsie smiled at Fate because
She knew the daisy lied.
Success Magazine.
Think of the Hot Air in every tows
Uut never amounts to anythlogl
DON'T TURN BACK. I
IT WAS D1FFEUENT LONO AGO,
I'licn layn 11 ml All Oiililonra ntul n
(irciit Illu llnrii (i, l'lur I"-
When wo remember childhood's
nnppy hour wo think of all outdoors
to play In: or. Jf not exactly nil out
doors, tho next thing to It a big back
yard with currant bushes In It nnd
flower beds and a regular garden wltn
rows of sweet corn (nlasl theso had to
bo hoed at tho most lnopportuno
times) nnd applo trees nnd flowering
currants and Japan quince, and lots
of grass, with dandelions, so that you
could mnko curls of" tho stems by split
ting them with your tongue, or dron
ing noises by blowing on thorn, or you
could puff on tho old gray-headed one?
to see If your mother wanted you, and
Carmlchacl's rooster crowing "ooa-oo-a-oo-oo!"
and Jdhnny Darker tooting hla
horn for his meat wagon, nnd your
mother with hor head under the back
lid of It, and tho cat rubbing up
against her dress with that "I do-love-youl"
way ho had at such a time.
Thoro wcro mallows that you couia
"p'tend" wcro cheeses, nnd pieces of
broken dishes to keep house with, and
tho tops of baking-powder cans for pie
tins for mudplcs, nnd tho brass tops
of old lamp burners, and n discarded
caster, and glass knobs from old dress
ers up In tho garret, and corncobs, and
oh, I don't know what all lots of
things to piny with and lots of room to
piny In, says Eugcno Wood In tho De
lineator. And n great big oh, n
whooping big barn, tho next slzo small
er thnn Madison Squaro Garden, with
old John In his stall "chomping" oats
(bo careful not to pull his tall; he
doesn't llko that), and old Molly chew
ing hor cud nnd rolling her eyes nt you
(sho doesn't moan any harm when sho
puts her head down that way; she
Isn't a "hooky" cow; sho Just wants
you to scratch her forehead and under
her chin; sho likes that), and tip In
tho haymow billowy mountains of hay
to Jump around on nnd mako caves In,
and feed boxes, and barrels of bran
nnd chop, nnd mice, nnd nil kinds of
nooks nnd corners, nnd harness rooms,
uul n hnmlot of sheds about, toolshcdi,
and buggy sheds, nnd corncrlbs, nnd
smokehouses Just tho plnco for sheep-tn-thc-pen.
I think It's sheep-ln-tho-
pen. Isn't that tho game whero you
sny off:
One-cry, o-ery, Ick-ery nn
Finis)', folllssy, Nicholas Jnn,
Quecvyitinvy, Kmtll'h Navy.
Tlnktum, stnnktum, Johnny co buck,
One, two, three, out goes IIKt
Oil and coal nro successfully burned
together undor boilers In England.
About ono-fourth of tho men In tho
navy nt tho present time hnvo recii
listed.
A now electrlo desk lamp has the
filament strctctod out In a long lino
to distribute tho light over a greater
nroa.
Ilussln produces moro hemp for ex
port than all other countries; but
Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germnny,
Franco, Ilelgtum, Turkey, China nnd
Japan grow It commercially for flbro.
A sort of combination sun tilnl nnd
compass, tho Invention of nn English
man for aviators, consists of n cell n
lolil dial to be Inserted In an overhead
plane, the shadow from the pin In tho
renter ot It Indicating the course the
machine Is taking.
Undor the headllno "Old but Sweet"
n German agricultural paper publisher
n description of what ho cars tho old
est fruit bearing grapevine lu tne uutv
world. The vino Is on a fnim In Ho.t
noko Island, North Carolina, "whero It
Ivu flourished moro than three hun
dred years, it was planted by one ol
the followers of Sir Waller Itnlelgh In
16S1, and the history of tho old vine
shows that It has borne fruit ovory
year."
"Tho child actress Is born, not
drilled. From the time sho sits up and
babbles baby phrases she lives In
mimic world. From tho time she leariis
to walk, she dances, pirouettes and
minces her way along. Her 'make-be
Hove' world Is full of thrilling happen
Ings, and so when her talent finds an
outlet on the stsgo, acting Is no of'
fort, and she learns 'lines' as tlw aver
ago baby girl absorbs and memorizes
Mother Qoose Jingles." Frauds Wll
son In Collier's.
The Journal recently printed a dls
patch from Tiffin, 0., In wlifoh It was
stated that a man olgbty-four years o
age reeltod "Paul Revere's Ride."
which he had committed to memory
seventy-six years ugo. Hon. 11. It
Morell of Gardiner suggests that pos
slbly tho gentlomnn learned the poem
somo years before It was written. No
doubt of It. If bo learned It seventy
six years ago, as Lingfellow's first
book ot poems wns published In 1830
Kennebeo Journal.
The blue grass region In Kentucky
In the center of whloh lies Iexlngton(
raises about twenty thousand acres
ot Cannabis satlva, from whloh hemp
Is procured. The acreage devoted to
hemp in other parts of the United
States Is very small perhaps six hun
dred acres around Lincoln, Neb., and
an equal number In the lower Sacra'
mento valley in California, with small
experimental plantings In Indiana
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Minnesota, Iowa and Arkansas.
Ilrlvlnir (lit) I'm' I Hume.
There are various methods, diplo
matic or brusque, of notifying an un
satisfactory employo of his dismissal
The pink envelope, says a writer In
the lioston Record, is the recognized
messenger ot fate In many business
offices, but there aro other ways.
The most plcturosquo and original
ot methods was that which "Uncle
Jimmy" Gilbert used to uso in his
printing office. When a new man
came Uncle Jimmy drove a nail in
the wall for him to hang his bat and
coat on.
Some morning tbe man would come
to work and find tbe nail driven In
up to the head. He know that be was
through then.
"My ambition," said a man to-day,
"is to have as little to do w a worn
ilTTLE THINGS WOnTII K1I0WIN0
Many toilet soaps aro scented with
the oil of petltgrain, which Is distill
ed In Paraguay from tho lenves of
the wild blttor-ornngo trcos.
To prevent explosions of coal dust
n mines experiments nro under way
In Gcrmntiy In which water Is pump
ed Into borings undor pressure.
Tho United States Is tho only coun
try of commercial lmportnnco which
docs not forbid tho uso of white phos
phorus In tho manufacture of
matches.
For thawing dynnmlto a metal ket
tle hns been Invented In which tho
explosive Is placed In nn Inner com-
pnrtmont, which Is surrounded by hot
water.
Uso of tobacco Is universal In tho
orient, nnd tho word cheroot and Iti
uso como from Madras. Tho first ci
gars seen by Columbus wero wrapped
with corn shucks.
llnnnnh Huglll, lC-ycar-old girl of
Yorkshire England, received recently
a medal for hor bravery In saving her
mother from nn Infuriated bull by
prodding tho anlmnl with a pitch
fork. V
Tho supply of machtno guns Is In
creasing In all European armies. Ev
erywhere It Is conccdod that this, tho
Intcst arm of tho sorvlce, will piny n
dcclslvo part In tho battles of tho fu
turc.
A now rango employes both elec
tricity and steam, a current of the
former, used to cook food on top of
tho range, nlso heating water to pro-
duco steam to operate tho oven eco
nomically,
llomo-mnda clgnrcttes sell In Moxl
co for 3 to 20 cents n pnekngo of
fourteen to clghtcon. Evan tho 3
cent grnda Is snld to comparu favor
ably with tho IS, 20 and 3C cant
grades lu tho United States.
DIItD CHAT.
Why do wild ducks fly In n trlnnglo!
Tho last great auk was killed In
1844.
Sparrows halo blue. Why? Who
proved It?
Ilecscnn fly for short distances fast
or thnn pigeons.
Tho French Congo has n pigeon
postal service.
. Is tho brown egg suporlor to tho
whlto egg ot tho hen?
Why doos tho hen cackle after lay
lng?
Tho nverngo weight of a hen's egg
Is 2 Mi ounces.
A hen attains her best laying capac
ity In her third year.
In nn nverngo llfotlmo n hen Inys
from 300 to COO eggs.
A healthy swnllow Is bolloved to do
vour 0,000 fllrs ovory dny.
How high do birds fly? This Is nu
unscttlod problem In ornithology.
Parrots nro now bolng trained to
talk by the aid ot the phonograph.
The Czar ot Russia Is an oologlst.
and Is snld to have n flno collection of
bird's eggs.
The falcon has been known to live
over 102 years, according to a Euro
penn naturalist.
Ovor 1,000,000 robins nro annually
slnughtered overy winter down In I-ou
Islann. Shnmel
UNFAMILIAR- X'ACTB.
The snlnry paid to professors at the
University of Cambridge averages only
5,70.
American manufacturers of well
drilling machinery havo a praotlcal
monopoly of tfTo business throughout
tho world.
A smnll Jnmes I. silver goblet, 0
Inches high, nud only S ounces 4 pen
nywelghts In weight, realized 110 In
lmdon.
A good gamecock fins no white In
Its plumage, and hence the synonym
for cowardice "to show the white
feather."
Holland collects Its famous herring
fishery with a fleet of about 760 ships
perhaps forty-flvo of thorn steam
boats nnd only 10,000 men.
The etymology of yeggman Is uncer
tain. Some pontons assert that the
term owes Us origin to ono John Yegg,
a lender of n gang of thieves.
Germany has -'1 unlversltlos; France
has 10, Austria-Hungary 77, Great llrlt
aln, IS, Italy 21, Russia 9, Spain 9,
Switzerland 7, Itelglum 4, Sweden 3.
Consul John K. Jones of Winnipeg
says that fully 90 ;ier cent of nil the
great business enterprises of that sec
tion ot Canada havo American eapl
tallsts Interested In them.
SPLINTERS.
Headwaters Hair tonic
A truek farmer is not necessarily
vegetnrlan,
The man who walks around asleep
Is not always a somuamuuiist.
You can learn by experience, but It
Is a slow way of getting an education
Most neonle In easting broad upon
the waters expect too much to come
back.
You have got Insomnia, all right, it
you can't sleep about tbe time the
alarm clock rings.
Boyco Why do you say that ho Is
such a good dresser? He doesn't look
It. Joyce He Is a window decorator.
Bills I will havo to get n new suit
Faun Mine Is looking shabby. Willi
Don't do It. Plaster the old ono full
of hotel labols.
Mr. Powers Do you moan to say
that you shopped all day and didn't
got anything? Mrs. Powers Yes, but
I know what everybody olso got
Judlclnl.
"Prosr old Judco Talklt got hold ol
Smythe the other day and treated tin
poor fellow to a regular judicial pro
ceeding."
"What was lt?"
"First he arrested his progress and
then he tried bis patlencV Baltl
nore American.
N'alurullv.
The father of a brfght baby can
readily Deiieve mai smartness is ne-
tedltary, Cblcago News.
FACTS IN TABLOID FORM.
Thcro nro 270 known nctlvo vol
canoes In tho world, but most of thorn
nro too small to bo dangerous.
A flro cntisod by an oxplodlng lamp
may bo quenched with milK, wator
only spreading tho burning oil.
Tho soil turned up by nnts In mak
ing tholr hills In Central America Is
used by tho natives to mako bricks by
mixing It with water.
Tho gold output ot Alaska slnco
1880, when placer mining began, Is In
excess of 1101,000,000, according to
geological survey figures.
Of tho 1,000,000-horso power which
tho rlvors of Minnesota aro estimated
to bo capable ot producing, lets than
ono-thlrd hns been mado available
Tho largest wireless station In Eu
rope, that on tho Adriatic Sea at Pola,
Austria-Hungary, Includes n 300 foot
tower built on n foundation of glass.
A boxllko utensil with crowed knife
blades on tho top Is a new Implement
with which a potato may bo cut Into
chips by a slnglo pressure ot tho hand.
To prevent n person soiling his
fingers when squeezing n alien of lemon
nt n dinner tnblo n dainty silver Implo-
mcnt for tho purposo hns been In
vented.
A one-half horso power electrlo mo
tor, driven by n lighting current nnd
directly connected with nn ntr pump.
Is a now convenience for Inflating nu-
tomobllo tires In gnrnges.
Propelled In tho samo way ns a sky
rocket, but by powdor that burns moro
slowly, nn norlnl torpedo to carry llfo
Hues to wrecked vessels has been pet
fected by n Swedish army officer.
Morlarlty had been badly hurt by
falling from n scaffold, and nftor tho
nmbulnnco hnd carried him nwny tho
question of breaking tho news to Mrs.
Morlarlty camo up. "Send Hntinlgnn,"
suggested ono of tho gang. "He's Just
tho mnn to brenlc tho now grndunl
look how ho stuttirs. '
Mnny peoplo thought that King Ed-
irard sot tho fashion for men. Ho did
not Fashion Is n capricious creature,
nnd tnkes no notlco of monnrchs. Tho
Into king wns hnrdly ovor scon without
flowor In his coat when custom wnn
against tho "buttonhole." Contrary to
tho gonoral belief, tl.o king hnd no spe
cial tnllor. "Ho gives us nil n turn," Is
how n St. Jnmcs' strcot tradesman ex
pressed It
&'chocncbcrg, ono of tho municipal
cities ot greater Dorlln, hns pnssitl nn
ordlnnnco requiring Its munlclpnl snv-
In cm bank to ssuo to each new born
baby n pass book showing n deposit ot
ono mark, or nbout 24 conts, presented
by tho city, not ns n partial compensa
tion for bolng required to enter this
cold world, nor yot rcgnrdlng tho pa
rents, but ns nn enrouragement to
thrift on tho part of both ciiuu aim
paronts.
Louts llrennnn, llko olhor Inventors,
has ninny Imllntors. A Russian who
hns employed the gyroscopo to keep n
railway, train upright on a single ran,
but who uses lt In n different manner
from Mr. llrennnn, hns recently boon
nxhlhltlmt his model In Ixmdon. As
yet It Is uncertain whether nny ot tho
monorail systems baseu on tins princi
plo will fulfill tha expectations ot their
Inventors, but tho grentor tno nuiniwr
the greater tho chance that ono will bo
successful. New Pork Trinuno.
Carmen Bylvn, nueon of Roumanln,
Is said to bo ono ot thn best business
women In Europe. It wns hor Idea lo
use tho Roumanian talent for ombrold
srv ns n commercial nsnet for her coun
try. She opened workrooms whore tho
pensnntH could otitnin materials mr
tholr embroidery nnd soil It nt n fair
tirlrn. Tho sur ni us work was sent
nl.road and tho profits divided nmong
tho workers. In this way hundreds of
pensnnls hnvo beei able to froo tlieir
land from debt, to rebuild tneir coi-
tngos nnd educate their children.
It was tho morning of tho Yale-Har
vard irumo at Cambridge, and two New
Ilnvon collegians wore wandering
through the Harvard yard, looking nt
tho university buildings. Down a woik
toward them came youth of serious
asnect. but nalnabty an undergraduate,
'I bee your pardon." said thn Yale
mnn w in 's U bit Of a WOE. 10 1110
stranger, "can you tell me where I can
find the Harvard University?" "I'm
very sorry," said tho serious ono with
novnr a smllo. "They've looked It up.
You see, there are so many vaio men in
town."
I have read that tho humming bird
In Australia protects Its homo with n
lightning rod. Uetore n thunderstorm
hursts, tho nrudont bird covers the out
ride ot Its llttlo nasi with n spider's
web. Silk is a nonconductor of elec
tricity, and sine) the spider web Is silk
tho humming bird's nest Is thoroby
made lightning proof. The spider web
between the oaunon of the north and
tho cannon of tho south will, let us
hopo, protect us from all future thun
derstorms of war. Three cheors for tne
spider and her web. Rev. J. M. lar
rar, In Christian Herald.
"Wo have no Ideu In our country,"
writes an Amorlcun from Uucharost,
"what tho gosangvorelu glee club Is
tho nearest word wo have for It Is In
Germnn-sponklng countries. I was re
minded of this yosterday when I wit
nessed a public roceptlon here of tho
gesangvereln, composed of Austrian
railway cmployos. Thoy are on a trip
to Constantinople, nnd stop nt nil Im
portant points as guests of tholr fellow
singers, for there Is no place so hmall
that It has not Its singing organization,
at tho sessions of whloh thoro Is al
ways u Joyful blending ot mirth and
music."
Looking Into tho fire, particularly a
coal fire, Is very Injurious to the eyes.
The stimulus ot tire ami heat united
soon destroys tho eyes. looking at
molten Iron will soon destroy tho
sight Reading In tho twilight Is In
jurious to tho eyes, as they aro obliged
to make great exertion. Reading or
sowing with a side light Injures tho
eyes, as both eyes should bo exposed
to an equal degreo of light. Tho rea
son la tho sympathy between tho oyea
Is so groat that It tho pupil ot one eyo
Is dilated by being kept partially In
tho shado tho eyn thnt Is exposed can
not contract Itself sufficiently for pro
tection and will ultimately bo Injured.
Drltish Health Review.
tub niairrs 01? womew.
UTmt II iui Jtfion Aecompllahcd la
Nnrrrnr unit (Icrninn j"
Women now have full suffrage In
Australln, Finland, Norway, New Zea
land, Tasmania, Isle of Man and, at
wo all know, In tho four American
Stntea, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah nnd
Idaho, writes a lender In "tho cause."
Eighteen women, or thereabout havi
sat as members in two successlro Fin
nish dlots.
Thoy havo municipal suffrago in Un
Drltish Isles, Canada, Natat, S. A,
Kansas, Swcdon, Iceland, nnd school 01
bond suffrage and other fragments ol
suffrage In about 30 other BtAtca and
countries.
Norway led all tho rost In hor splen
did conception of tho valuo ot listen
ing to woman's voice In government,
ns well ns man's. Thin wns not unoxt
pected, In the land that produced Ibsen
and lljornson.
At first glnnco Germany seems t
lng bohtnd in tho womnn movement
Uut this Is not so. Womon have beoa
making tremendous strides In Ger
many. Wo must always romombui
that they havo phlegmatic Germans t
movo.
In tho last ten years ono German
university nftor anothor has opened Iti
doors to women, compelled by the vlg
orous activity ot Gorman leaders ol
womon. On August 16, 1008, tho hul
groat university opened Ha doors. Tht
names of Henrietta Goldschmldt, Jean
otto Schwcrln, Allco Salomon, Hclent
Itngc, AnIU Augsburg, Minna Cauei
and Lily Ilraun are written In gold
among lenders of German women,
Thoy and women llko them cleared
the way to the learned professions.
Gorman womon to-day freely practice
medicine, law nnd other rotations. Is
Russln womon hnvo always been Iq
tho fore ot revolutionary movemonU
nnd ns soon as the government hag
to face, In 1901-5, tho possibility ol
popular representation, tho question o
political rights for women mado ltsoll
urgent Tho first dumn was on tht
verge of granting suffrage "without
distinction of sex" whan dissolved. A
monster petition for woman's right U
voto wns scut to tho second dumn, but
Mint parliament wns short lived. In
tho third dumn a law was Introduced
giving women tho right to voto fqt
the zemstvos, but chnotla condltloni
prevented Its passage
UNITED STATES SUPERIOR.
fllniittnrit of Mvliiif lllnlirr limn In
Kuroornii Cuuiilrlra.
Comparing statistics complied In
European countries with those gather
ed In our country It Is evident that tlx
standard ot living In tha United Stntoi
Is hlghor than In those lands across
tho sea.
Half the families ot this country
live In their own homes. No great
ICuroponn nation approaches this pro
portion except France. A small part ol
northern Italy hns peasant proprie
tors; Ireland inny have them undei
tho Innd act. Tho tenements ot New
York compare favorably with Liver
pool's or ller!ln', with their largo per
tentago ot one and two room homos.
Our savings bank deposits per in
habitant are surpassed by those ol
Norway, Denmark and Switzerland,
but this test Is almost valueless, ssyi
the Now York World. Wo havo perhapi
one-tenth as many paupors In propor
tion ns Great Ilrltaln. In Now York
public charity Is a small Item. In tht
budget of Rerltn It Is n big one. Where
paupers aro plenty- living standards
ire low.
Americans In the cities aro bettet
JreMied to the eye thnn people abroad,
though the tariff on woolens deprives
ninny of wiirin iinderelothlug. Yet
llalwrt Illnlr, education offleer for I-on-Jon,
says, "Of the 700,000 ehlldren In
tjiidon schools, approximately 00.000
tppwi? to be nemultoui In the winter
leason." There Is no such proportion
hero. For education we spend much
aiore than other nations wholher with
better results thnn Germany or Bwltx
trland Is disputed.
Coming down to tho most vital con
ilderatlou diet we find thnt, because
of the high price of food, especially
meat, the diet of the people has un
loubtedly 111 lowered of late In dls-tase-rcsUtlng
and rnergy-produelng
value. However, w? are better fed still
than European people.
CniihiIm ami Ilium-" Nrnrinoiis,
Canada Is aynouymoun with bigness.
It Is three times larger than the Unltcf
States, Including Alaska; It would
make thirty Great llrltalns; It Is equal
to one-third tho entire llrltUh empire
ind almost the slz of nil Rurope,
writes Frederick Iwnhnupt. Out of
in area of nearly 4.000.000 square miles
rlosu to 1,000.000 are yet unexplored.
It Is often said of the United States
that with 8S.0O0.OO0 population they
sre still young- What shall he said ot
. .. .... . . ..,!. .
i country grewer in ozieui wnn icwor
than 8,000.000 Inhabitants? Someone
(ins said that "Canada begins with tho
twentieth contury In the position tho
Unltod States were In nt tho beginning
ot the nineteenth" lly whloh lt U
meant, of course, In respect to Its mnr-
velous resources which have as yet
oardly been touched. Canada's advan
tage, however, In tho situation de
scribed, lies In the fact that It stands
3n the threshold of u wonderful future
with all tho experience ot the United
States to guide It.
I, runtime Knrlr.
Elsie (aged 7) Ma, I want a nickel
Mother What for, dear?
Elsie I asked Wllllo Jones to play
we're getting married and he says ho
won't do lt unless I havo a dowry.
Dostou Evening Transcript.
At Croa I'uriioaea,
Scott Half the people In tho world
ion't know what tho other halt aro
lolng.
Mott No; that Is because the other
uult are doing them. Boston Tran
script. Tlio liU-ulUllc.
Miss Rogers How did you Imagine
anything so beautiful as the angel In
your picture?
Artist Got nn engaged mnn to de
scribe his llaneeo to me. Ilrooklyu
Life,
Wu haven't muoh use for menjbut
.ve believe that occasionally there Is a
man vorthy to live with a good wife.