ATTRACTIVE FLOWER BED,
OLD-FASniOXED GARDEN A FAV
ORITE SPOT OF MRS.
ROOSEVELT.
This Corner of the White House
Grounds, With Its Blaie of Color,
Attracts the Sight-Seer.
Jlrs. Roosevelt's Old FnsMoned Gar
den, as the generous collection of
posies west of tbe south veranda of
tlic White Uouse Is called, has been a
continuous mass of bloom and color
during the summer and fall, quite
different from any of the other Govern
ment flower displays. There are many
of these, surrounding the different de
partmental buildings, those of the De
partment of Agriculture being particu
larly elaborate and ornate, but It is the
opinion of summer visitors to Washing
ton that the old-time corner of the
mistress of the White House Is the
most pleasing of all. At least it seems
t strike the majority of fancies, for it
recalls the scenes acid, times of earlier
days. This part of tiie White House
grounds has always been devoted to
noweri, but until Airs. Uoosevelts ad
vent it has been rather given up to the
latest fads of horticulture than to a
display of tbe familiar blooms of the
old-time flower garden.
The changes in the White Ilouse a
couple of years ago were officially
known as the "restoration," but have,
perhaps, been more generally termed
the "mutilation." It seemed necessary
that something should be done; there
was talk of reconstructing the White
A FAVORITE SPOT OP
ITiiisc I'nt the niggardly appropria
tions made by CoDgress prevented any
extensive change or improvement.
There lias, however, been nothing but
approval for the changes in Mrs.
Koosevelt'B garden. The location is an
ideal one, somewhat sheltered and se
cluded, mid when the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt gave the garden pnrty
Inst spring to the International Rail
way delegates there were many words
of praise for the charming effect or the
hundreds of climbing roses, displayed
In full bloom and fragrance, their vivid
coloring contrasting well against the
walls of the east and west terraces.
Special Floral Pets.
Particular pets of the President's
wife are hardy shrubs and annuals,
too, but all of the kind with which men
and women who loved flowers a half
century ago loved to surround them
selves and with each of which for the
older generation there lingers some po
etic or sentimental fancy. Hollyhocks,
Jessamine, phlox, dahlias, China asters,
lavender, rosemary, columbine, clema
tis, peonies and smaller shrubs and
flowers have contributed generously to
the riot of color and bloom -which has
pervaded this nook during the season.
The mistress of this garden delights
to pick up new plants which are yet
old, and following her various visits
to Arlington, Mount Yemen nud other
places liuve come marry packages of
new favorites to tind au unused corner
lit tails old-fashioned garden.
Does Sugar Make Strength i
Various reasons have "been assigned
for J In Increase In stature and strength
of the modem maiden, who has most
certainly grown uncommonly tall and
proportionately muscular durlug the
past few .years, says an English writer.
It ouiuot be that outdoor sports, gym
nastic exercise and so on, have
stretched her out and made Tier as
strong as she is, because her brother
have had precisely the same advant
ages, and they have not developed at
the same rate. It seems to me, there
fore, that the secret lies in the fact,
that of recent years Rlrls have liecoms
far greater consumers of sweetmeats
than ever were their mothers and
grandmothers.
Time was -.vhen we should never
nave dreamt of having sweets on our
luncheon, dinner and tea tables. Now
It would be quite extraordinary were
one not to offer these dainties. And,
what Is more, women nre not merely
conttat to eat sweet niuats at our meals,
but they consume tl'-'in at all times and
In all places between meals. It was re
cently said that boxes of bonbons play
a conspicuous part in modern li veinak
lng, "sweets to the sweet' being ap
parently the text by which every young
mini of the day guides himself through
the devious paths of courtship.
The great Russian wrestler who Is
shortly to enter again Into contest with
the Turk, Mmlrnll, tells us that the
more sweet stuff one eats the stronger
one grows. Sugar is the secret of
strength, he declares.
Only a Irtion of Russia,
In order to appreciate the size of
Siberia one must imagine the plnclng
of all of the States and Kingdoms,
principalities and empires, etc., of Eu
rope, excepting Russia, and all of the
Tinted States, Including Alaska, In the
territory occupied by that portion of
Russia, and then would still have a
small amount of land uncovered.
In British Columbia as In England
tlio rule of the road is "Keep to the
left and you're sure to be right.'
5 hi i
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
American System of Public Education
Far Less Practical Than That
of Germany.
The general public school education
of the country is complacently believed
by the majority of people to be the
best in the world. There are some,
however, who insist that much of our
education is unpractical and does not
fit the youth of the country for the ac
tual hard knocks of life, and that our
school system should Include a much
greater preparation of Industrial work.
An examination of German educa
tional methods places tbe United States
at an a parent disadvantage In tills re-!
gard. An instance of this is seen- in a
series of newspaper articles published
in I rnnkfort, Germany, by Mr. Hein-
ricn Afaclc. the director of the Frank
fort Industrial School, who has been
twice sent by the German Government
to study the industrial schools of this
country. Mr. Back expresses surprise
that we have not provided in our
school system for training our citizens
in special directions, instead of leaving
the establishment of trade, industrial
and technical schools to the enterprise
of individuals or the generosity of
philanthropy. The result is that a com
paratively small number of these
schools are found in -certain favored
parts of the United States, while in the
major portion of the country little op
portunity is offered boys to obtain prac
tical and thorough instruction and to
increase their value to the nation by
converting themselves into trained
workmen.
The German Government, on the
other hand, maintains in every part of
the empire good trade, industrial and
technical schools, drilling the youth of
the country and sending them out, each
THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE.
an expert or a trained specialist, to
play a useful and intelligent part in
the great bnttlo of international com
merce. POKER IX THE PUILIPPIXES.
One Moro Who Knew the Game
Reports came frpin time to time from
Portsmouth showing that tbe Oriental
envoys and attaches had found a great
liking for American ways and manners,
and more especially for the true Amor
lean beverages, cocktails and high
balls, and for that little bit of diversion
known as poker. On top of these re
ports came a message from a member
of the Taft party in the Philippines
thnt Datto Grande, one of the leading
citizens of Unnibang, had fallen down
before the Sultan of Ganassi in the
game of poker. Army officers stationed
in the Philippines are stated to have
carefully coached the Datto Grande in
this game and their estimation of their
ability to instruct has had a severe
shock, a result of the Datto's losses or
his carnbaos. wives and raiment, since,
It appears, his opponent had never been
taught how to play, but had relied upon
his untutored skill nnd the devices
known only to the Moros. The next
thing we may expect to learn will be
that this wily Moro "Ah Sing" has
actually taken the uniform from some
of our nrmy officers, aye, even those
considered adepts nt the game.
This news is probably of more in
terest to the people of our island pos-'
sesslou and to the citizens of the United
States than is at first implied, for 1t
shows that for cunning and intelligence
the Moros how ability to defeat even
the skill of highly experienced nnd
practiced American army officers, and,
as an exchange remarks, it shows that
the Filipinos are, and of right ought
to be free and independent
Tbe Postmnster GencrnFs Pants
Filled.
noke Smith, Tost master General
daring Cleveland's last administration,
tells a story of a darky employed at
his home who was usually the recipient
of nil of Mr. Smith's cast-off clothing.
Mnnv of tbe coats, vests and trousers,
when cast aside, were of a fine quality
nnd as a result this negro shone In the
society of his fellowmen. On one oc-
nsion the cx-Postninster General pur-
cuased an eiegani pair oi trousers num
Paris. Somehow, these trousers would
not wear out. Mr. Smith would wear
them day in nnd day out, rain or shine,
and if apparently soiled a little clean
ing up would make them as good as
new. Try what he would, the servant
could not get the master to cast them
away.
One rainy day, Mr. Smith came home
from a ride Into the country on horse
back with his trousers very much the
worse for mud and water. 'Sambo,"
be said to his helper, "take this pair
of pants out and give them a good
cleaning, us I want to wear them to
morrow." Sambo came back in an
hour or two, his face sad anil gloomy.
"Deed Marsa Hoke," he said, "somehow
I can't get that thar mud off'n your
pants, dey certaluly am a sight"
"Trv some soap and water, Sam,"
said Mr. Smith.
"Done tried soap and water, sar."
"Try some gasoline," Mr. Smith re
plied. "Done tried gasoline."
"Try turpentine," desperately cried
the ex-Postmaster General.
"Done tried turpentine."
"Did you try ammonia?"
Taint no use to try em on, Marsa
Hoke I knows dey'H tit"
GREAT CANALS OF MARS.
RECEXT PHOTOGRAPHS ESTAB
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COXSTRUCTIOX.
The Camera's Eye, More Sensitive
than the Human Optic, Establishes
New Data Interesting Scientific
Discoveries.
Astronomers and scientists In gen
eral are deeply Interested In the
modest announcement made by Pro
fessor Perclval Lowell and his
associates at the Lowell Observatory
In Arizona recently that after several
partial successes and some complete
failures the greater canals of the
planet Mars had at last been photo
graphed.
Hitherto the general public has been
compelled to accept or to reject the
existence of the Martian canals on the
word of the stargazing fraternity. But
with the accomplishment of the Har
vard observers in Arizona everyone
will now have an opportunity to see
the actual photographs In proof of
what has long been considered as more
or less of a theory.
While several photographs were
taken of the canals some weeks ago,
it was not until a few days ago that
the solar photographers were ready to
announce the complete success of the
undertaking. Professor Lowell, In the
following account of the achievement,
Is unreserved In his belief that the
Martian canals closely correspond to
tne familiar waterways of the same
general classification on this planet.
Up to the present time hfiman
knowledge of Mars has" been largely
theoretical the principal facts regard
ing the planet being that it Is
141,500,(100 miles from the sun and
approximately 47,000,000 miles from
earth. The Martian year has 087 days.
Mars Is 42.10 miles In diameter, the
earth being 7918, Jupiter 80,500 and the
sun 8G0.40O miles.
"To photograph the canals of Mars,"
says Professor Lowell, "has for many
years been a purpose of the .observa
tory established and maintained by
Harvard College in Arizona. The first
attempt to meet with an even approxi
mate success was mnde In 1901, when
a more or less satisfactory print was
mnde of the Mare Acldalium, or Lake
of Acid.
"Yet, encouraging as thnt pioneer
effort was, no canal could then be
detected on the negative with absolute
certainty. To-day we enn state as
positive nnd final that there are canals
on Mars because the photographs say
so, and a photographic negative is
not li lug If not truthful.
"In my firm belief, It is only a
question of time, possibly of months,
maybe a few years, when we shall be
able to determine the exact nature and
probable purpose of the canals of our
planetary neighbor. Meanwhile we
have a number of excellent negatives
which have served to bring us a bit
closer to Mars than ever in the past.
"The negatives thoroughly confirm
the eye In showing not only the exist
ence of the canals, but reveal them as
continuous lines of tens and even hun
dreds of miles in lengtii. Of course It
is yet impossible to say positively
whether the Martian canals are of
artificial or natural creation, or exactly
of what composition is the liquid or
molten substance in them. But so far
as we can at present conceive they
appear as corresponding to our famil
iar waterways classified under the
heading of canals.
Value of Advertising.
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When the day was dreary and dark,
And I felt most weary sinking
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Trusting there to find some doctor
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And your lungs resume their functions
And your heart with joy is bright.
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Thankful that to Dr. Gartin
All your troubles have been told.
And you'll know that lucky Fortune
Made you know, at any rate,
That It pays for all to keep their
Advertisements tip to date.
A Few Afterthoughts.
The neprro who demnnfled $5,000 from 'a
New York life Insurance company Is to
be prosecuted. This innn Is evidently un
familiar with the New York methods. He
should have applied for the gift through
a syndicate.
A mininpr pnptneer 1n Guadalajara, Mex
ico, has found a petrified upple, 16 Teet
underground. This is almost as startling
as the seedless apple fake.
There were 137,000 pounds of Mocha and
Java coffee imported into the United
Stales In the last six years. It seema
stranpe that during that time grocers
throughout the country have sold 3,500,000
pounds of pure Mocha aud Java,
A hunting Brtlcle In Scrlbners' Maga
zine, contributed by the President, says,
"Ordinarily my experience has been that
bears were not flurried when I suddenly
came upon them." Surely the President
was disguised.
The German who has lhullt a honse en
tirely of cork must be an Irishman.
A clever counterfeit of the ten-dollar
"Huffulo" note Is being paused In New
York. Another Indigestible security, only
it has the misfortune to be technically
illegal.
Hall Catne has concluded that he will
not write a novel on American million
aires. He was probably unable to find
one who would make a good hero.
One Purman pot Ave years In prison for
stealing a bag of wheat He should have
taken the precaution to do his business
through the Chicago Stock Exchange.
Cotirmbla University proposes to abolish
hazing by expelltnir the haters. The
Hoard of Directors are to be congratulat
ed on having thought out a bright Idea.
IMPLEMENT MAKERS MEET.
SHOW GREAT EJPAXSI0X Oh
FOREIGX AGRICULTURAL HA
CUIXERY TRADE.
Pass Resolutions For Land Law Re
formAgainst Giving Inter-State
Commerce Commission Power to
Fix Railroad Rates.
A recent meeting of the National As
sociation of Agricultural Implement
and Vehicle Manufacturers at Niagara
falls brought forth a number of inter.
esting and important facts relative to
the great progress which has been made
in recent years In the making of all
classes of farm and working Imple
ments and also the great expanse of
this class of trade abroad.
Since 1899, when our exports in this
line for the first time shot ahead of
those of Great Britain, the United
States has been easily the heaviest ex
porter of agricultural implements and
machinery in the world. Manufacturers
claim, and their efforts to secure" for
eign markets seem to substantiate it,
that exports play a most important
part in the successful conduct of agri
cultural Implement manufacturing.
The last census puts the annual value
of this class of production at J101.000,'
000, and it Is estimated that the pres
ent year's production is greater. This
Courtesy Washington Star.
JUDGE PETER S. GROSSCUP.
has grown from $0,000,000 in 1850. The
increase in exports, however, has been
far greater as we have, one after an
other, captured foreign markets. In
1870 we exported only a million dol
lars' worth of foreign implements; in
1900 we were at the $1G,000,000 mark,
and the high water mark was reached
in 1904 with 822,700,000, or over one-
fifth of the product.
Much Work Ahead.
TheNiagara meeting, however,
brought forth the fact that there are
many fields as yet unconquered by our
Implement makers. In sharp contrast
with the brilliant success achieved by
American harvesting machinery In Rus
sia, American plows are practically un
known in that vast agricultural coun
try. The plows used are mostly Ger
man or of local make, while the Amer
ican types of light, strong plows, cap
able of doing almost twice the work
of the Russian plows, and which have
swept everything before them in South
Africa and Australia, have thus far,
for some reason, failed to gain an en
try into Russia.
lAmerican Manufacturers Foremost.
It seems that the American imple
ment makers are a progressive set and
the secret of their phenomenal suc
cess -.as been in their good organiza
tion and the close study they have
made of the wants of the foreign peo
ples. The American manufacturer has
made a study of conditions and has
thus beaten the Britisher with his
"take it or leave it," and the German
plan of making an exact imitation of
the native or local implement.
The National Association of Agri
cultural Implement and Vehicle Manu
facturers Is an influential fcody and its
annual meetings are participated in by
some of the heaviest manufacturers in
the world. It takes np, In addition to
its regular business, the various broad
questions of the day as they may have
some direct or indirect bearing upon
the prosperity of their industries.
Among other questions discussed at the
recent "meeting were the ten-hour la
bor day, certain phases of the tariff,
the parcel post question, ship subsidy,
the railroad rate question and the re
peal of the land laws:- The principal
discussion, as noted by the dally re
ports, centered around the railroad
rate and land law questions and parcel
post, although there was, of course, no
dissention to the view that everything
possible should be done to expand for
eign trade.
Questions of Legislation.
Judge Grosscup of Chicago, who re
cently attained fame In his beef trust
decision, auuressed the association
upon the evils wmch he riid would re
sult In case the Interstate Commerce
Commission was vested with power to
act as both prosecutor and court, as
they would if they were given power
to fix railroad rates. He took strong
ground against all rebates and discrim
inations and declared that it would be
wise to replace the present machinery
by a government bureau empowered to
investigate all complaints, with a court
of transportation to adjudge the va
rious points raised.
Resolutions were adopted embodying
this idea.
The association also Indorsed the re
port of President Roosevelt's Public
Land Commission, advising the repeal
of the Timber and Stone Act and
changes in the Desert Land Act. and
the Commutation Clause of the Home
stead Act to prevent land frauds. The
interest of the association in this mat
ter and In the government irrigation
work is active, since irrigation and
home building on millions of acres of
Western lands will furnish an unpar
alleled market
The proposed parcel post legislation
came in for a scoring as being inimical
to Independent manufacture and de
stroyer of the thousands of retail and
even wholesale dealers throughout the
country with whom the farmers do
business directly and tending to fur
ther concentrate manufactures In a few
great centers, and create monopolies.
ft: e- y - : ;fr
OF XORTH
The Marriage Contract a Compli
cated Document.
Many peculiar customs exist among
the Kwakiute Indians who live along
the coast of British Columbia. These
Indians are divided into numerous
tribes or clans, entry Into one of which
is obtained only through most exact
ing laws. Marriage among them Is
considered a purchase which is con
ducted on sound business principles,
But the object sought is not only the
woman, but also the right of member
ship In her clan for the future children
of the couple. Theprlvileges of the
clan are not given as a present to the
son-in-law, but he becomes entitled to
them by paying a certain amount of
property for his wife. The wife is
given to him as a first installment of
the return payment The crest of the
clan, its privileges, and a considerable
amount of other property besides, are
given lser on, when the couple have
children, and the rate of Interest paid
by the wife's tribe increases with tbe
number of children. For one child,
200 per cent, of interest Is paid; for
two or more children, 300 per cent
After the entire payment is made the
marriage is annulled, because the
wife's father has redeemed his
daughter. If she continues to stay
with her hnsband, she does so of her
own free will. Oftentimes, however,
to avoid complications, the husband
makes a new payment to his father-in-law
In order to have a claim to his
wife.
A RATTLER STORY.
Where a '. Miss Was as Good as a
Mile.
"Being no devotee of hunting, I sel
dom carried anything but my revolver,
while my partner, an enthusiast for
any game from bear to poker, great or
small, as I was the reverse, seldom
stirred from the tent without his
double-barrelled shotgun," said the old
timer from Nevada.
"As small game was fairly plenty In
that part of the Sierras Jim generally
took the right-of-way, lest it might be
frightened away before he had an op
portunity to shoot. This afternoon,
however, we were merely going a short
distance up the mountain back of our
tent to see that our horses had not
strayed too far. The gun was taken as
a matter of habit, but the prospect of
meeting anything for 'Jim' to shoot was
so slight that I pushed on ahead and
was climbing the steep mountain side,
my body inclined far forward with my
head naturally but a short distance
from the ground.
"A sudden sharp gun shot report
roared in my ear, and I felt the wind
of the blast as the charge almost
grazed my cheek.
" 'Devilish careless, Jim,' I said,
angrily as I wheeled around. 'Don't
make game of your best friends with
out at least a slight warning, and
don't fear but that after such a start
ling hint I'll always let you take the
lead, though not even a chipmunk Is in
sight.'
"The color rushed from my face and
was succeeded by a blush of shame as
Jim quietly pointed to the mangled
body of a six-foot rattler, whose head
had been shattered into a shapeless
mass.
" 'Well,' said Jim, smiling good nat-
uredly, 'your two head3 were about
two feet apart. A bit too close, 1
thoiirht.' "
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