that softly
'ne's got oe of hi ma J spells on."
l aa tbe answer. !
"That's plain to be seen." sniffed the
widow. "But what. In goodness' name,
bag brought It on?"
"A dog broke Into the fold last night
killed a fine buck and crippled sev
eral ewes."
"For pity's sake! Well. I never!
That's enough to make a man mad!
Whose dog was It?"
"He thinks It was Squire Long
acre's." "Not Bruno?"
"I believe he has only one dog."
"Well, I. for one. don't think Bruno
will kill sheep. I know he will not,
and the squire Is too neighborly and
too wise a man to quarrel with, just on
a suspicion like that." .
"They'll quarrel, though," said young
Anson. "Father has gone over there,
mad, and the first word he utters will
start the squire."
"It's a great pity," commented Mrs.
Sloan.
"That's what I say," assented An
sou. And he walked through the kitchen
and sought his own room.
He seated himself at a desk which
stood In one corner, and drew toward
him pen and paper. After a few min
utes' hesitation he dashed off a few
lines, rend what he had written care
fully and placed the sheet In an eu-
elope.
After directing It, he affixed a stamp,
nnil. mittlne the letter In an inner
EAR Cloverburg, Ky., lived two pot.keti ieft tne house by a rear door
very respectable oiu geuuemeu. nn(t W1,ike(j across the Held toward me
village.
He dropped the letter In the box at
the post office and returned directly
home. When he reached there he met
his futher.
"Anson." said the colonel, sharply,
fEwmire Israel Longacre, who got his t t scounclrel, Longncre, refuses to
title from having been at one time a pay for tne gueep his dog Jellied, and
county magistrate, wus auout simj ym going to bring suit against mm.
years of age, of rotund ngure auu ..Ye8i gir.
THE MESSAGS OF THE LARK.
SwpptV.eart Sweetheart Sweetheart!"
Calletb the meadow lark
Thro the roue of dawu to me,
o loud and so sweet oh, hark!
: How tenderly, liquidly clear,
' Over the meadow. I bear
Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweetheart !"
And I think of my dearest acro the
sea
The blue, blue ea that holds us
apart
War there U a message
i breathes
Thro' the voice of the lark
I "Sweetheart Sweetheart!"
TSwitlieart Sweetheart Sweetheart!"
3alVth (lie meadow lark
j Thro theroae of dawn to me,
And thin is the messast hark!
i My thoughts are lovebirds true
! That wing the smiles to you,
"Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweetheart!"
And I think of my dearest across the
sea .
The sea that cannot hold us apart
While this is -the message that fondly
l breathes
Thro' the voice of the lark
i "Sweetheart Sweetheart!"
Woman's Home Companion, i
f.
way and walked rapidly across a wheat
field toward a certain big willow tree
which stood on the edge of a pond.
By a singular coincidence Mrs. Abi
gail Sloan, In the course of her ser
pentine ramble, reached this same
pond.
Seated on a fallen log, she and the
representative of county Judicial hon
ors were soon engaged In an animated
While Tese little scenes were being IMPROVE THE NEGRO'S COND.TION,
m
H3S8
i THE CIOVERBHRG COMEDY. I
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enacted, pretty Nellie Longacre, in the
seclusion of her chamber, wrote the
following note, which young Anson
Shortrood got out of the post office the
next morning:
"Dearest An: You know best. We
will attend the Lexington fair, and
I'll be ready then. As papa has for
bidden me to see you, we must manage
our correspondence and Interviews
very secretly. Will be at the old place
Sunday night. Your loving little
"NELLIE."
The Kentucky State fair that year
came off at Lexington In October. The
colonel, young Anson and the Widow
Sloan were there; the squire, his maid
en sister and pretty Nellie also at
tended.
On the evening of the second day of
They owned contiguous uiue
farms, each of generous acre-
Both men were descended from
old Kentucky stock, and both
were extremely proud of their un
stained and honorable lineage.
grass
flge-
good
"I've noticed lately that you've been
paying that girl of his a good deal of
attentloii. I want that stopped."
"Yes, 'sir."
"If I hear of you being together
nstitution.
flje carried his years well, and al
though possessed of a naturally kind
heart, was at times subject to violent
Httncks of choler, during which pe-
..in,i nf tomnorary insanity he would nnin rii disinherit you. She's as bad
neither reason himself or listen to the ng ller father, and he's no better than
xeasonlng of others. a thief. His sister, Miss Dorothea, is
He married, late In life, a very es- a very cieVer woman, and the only
tlmnble lady, and had one daughter re(lny decent person about the house."
a .beautiful and accomplished girl Mrs. Abigail Sloan, who usually spoke
who, at the time of which I write, was of MlBg Dorothea Longacre as that
Just budding into womanhood. "hatchet-faced old maid," told young
Tho squire's wife had died four years Angon that night thatho for one did
previous, and since that time his not hdleve In these neighborly quarrels,
household affairs had been managed nna gi,e meant to tell Squire Longacre
4)V his only unmarried sister, a lauy 01 tutlt gie had no hand in tne matter,
- ..l ..l..
By Kx-Presldent trover Ctertland.
It Is foolish for us to blind our eyes
to the fact that more should be done
to Improve the condition of our negro
population. And It should be entirely
plain to all of us that the sooner this
Is undertaken the sooner will a serious
duty be discharged and the more surely
will we guard ourselves against future
trouble and danger. If we are to be
Joat and fair toward our colored fellow
enovEB cxEVEtAKD citizens, and If tbey are to be more
completely made self respecting, useful and safe members
f nr hndv oolitic, they must be taught to do something
more than to hew wood and draw water. The way must
be opened for them to engage in something better than
menial service, and their Interests must be aroused to
.owni-ii nf Intellleent occupation and careful thrift.
I believe that the exigency can only be aaequaieiy met
,crh th Instrumentality of well equipped manual trnln-
the fair, at three several places in the ,ng and industrial schools, conducted either Independently
blue erass citv. there were- three sev- - tn Pnnnertlon with ordinary educational Institutions. I
eral couples, under cover of the night. I am convinced that good citizenship, an orderly, contented
drove out of the city by three several llfe and a proper conception of civic virtue ana oDiigauuus
roads, which all, however, headed to- are aimost certain to grow out of a fair chance to earn an
honest, hopeful livelihood and a satisfied sense 01 secure
protection and considerate treatment.
ward the Ohio river.
Everybody has heard of Aberdeen,
Ohio, which Is of a verity the Ameri
can "Gretna Green," and most every- WORK OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
uncertain age, spare ugure aim .u-
jpgnry temper.
Tho squlre-albelt all people and all
.things were usually subservient to his
willhad a mortal dread of his spin
ster sister, and a wholesome respect
,fov her sharp tongue.
She had absolute control of house
hold matters, and as the squire never
and did not believe his dog killed
sheep, the first time she saw him.
At about the same time Squire Long
acre was standing on the porch of his
house, angrily confronting his daugh
ter Nellie, who had Just returned from
the village.
"Nell," he said, "that old rascal,
Shortrood, has been here, and I expect
Interfered with her arrangements, the we'il have a lawsuit. He says my dog
body has heard of Squire Massle Beas
ley, the presiding genius of the little
village. 1
Late on the morning of the night I
speak of, a man and woman were fer-1
tied across the river from Maysvllle,
and proceeded directly to the squire's
house.
A few lusty raps on the door roused
his sable assistant, who rejoices In the
name of Vulcan probably because he
has assisted In welding so many pairs
of hearts together, and he opened the
door and admitted them.
There was no light, and he ushered
them Into a big room which opened di
rectly off the hall.
He was just going for a light when
another knock summoned him to tho
door, and he admitted another couple.
Again he started for the light, and a
third knock sounded. He admitted a
third couple, and, leaving them all In
the big room, he hastened upstairs to
arouse the squire.
Busnlz ez boomin', boss," he said,
when the Great American Matrimo-
ninlizer jumped out of bed.
par uv em, sail!
Three!" repeated the magistrate,
making a hasty toilet. "Take that lamp
down. I'll be there directly.
statutes coincide with equity. This conumon wu.
lawyers can bring about
In politics the demand for serious rervi ""
As we have to do with wise men and clean men. states-
. i . ..l.nll tool rnnrn una
men instead or vote manipulator, t
more the need for them. We shall demand not only men
who can lead In action, but men who can prevent unwise
action. Often the policy which seems most ai.inu.-wT
the majority Is full of danger for the future, we neeu
men who can face popular opinion and If need be to face
It down. ' "'
The need of the teacher will not grow less as the cen-
. ( . lA4. l 4 V A
tury goes on. The history of the ruture is wmira m
schools of to-day, and the reform which gives us better
schools Is the greatest of reforms. Free should the schol
ar be-free and brave, and to such as these tne twen
tieth century will bring the reward of the scholar.
The twentieth century will mark an epoch In the his
tory of religion. Some say Idly that religion Is losing her
hold In these strenuous days. But she Is not. .She U
simply changing her grip. The religion of this century
will be more practical, more real. It will deal with the
days of the week as well as with the Sabbath. It will be
as potent In the markets of trade as In tlie walls of a
cathedral, for man's religion Is his working hypothesis of
life, not of life In some future world, but of life right here
to-day, the only day we have In which to build a life. '
per.
jalr got along very nicely togetner.
Both loved the beautiful girl who
.had grown up to womanhood under
their eyes, and tho heart of the old
quire could always be approached
through Nellie, who was the Image of
lier dead mother.
The daughter and her aunt who re
joiced In the name of Dorothea Long
ji(rc never quarreled, and, taken alto
gether, the Longacre household ma
chine moved smoothly.
The Longacios" nearest neighbor was
Col. Anson Shortrood, who at one pe
riod of his life rode at the head of a
valiant regiment of militia.
The colonel was a widower of long
standing, his excellent spouse having
departed this life several yojim ago,
leaving to him, as a legacy, a boy,
now grown to manhood, who was
named Anson, Junior, after his father,
nnd who was a model of Industry and
sobriety.
Tho colonel's household goddess was
a buxom widow, Mrs. Abigail Sloan,
who was related to tho head of the
household by marriage, belug tho only
ulster of his late consort.
The colouel was fifty-five, or there
abouts, was tall, angular and bony,
nnd disposed to be unrelenting and un
yielding lu disposition.
The colonel and the squire had'llved
neighbors for thirty years, and up to
.about six months previous to the oc
currence I am about to describe were
warm friends.
They fell out over a trifling matter.
The colonel owued a Hue Hock of me
rino sheep, of which ho was very
proud. The squire was the possessor
f a large mastiff dog, of whoso Intelli
gence and good qualities he was al
ways boasting.
One night an animal, supposed to
3o a sheep-killing dog, broke into tho
colonel's fold, killed a valuable buck
and mangled several ewes,
When the doughty military chieftain
discovered his loss lie was furious, and
stormed In true soldierly style,
"What dog could have done It?" In
quired the son, who had been attracted
to tho spot by his father's storm of
word.
"Why, that cur of Squire Longacres,"
tawled his father. "He shall pay me
heavy damages, or I'll have the law on
Mm."
"I don't think' began the son.
"Well, don't think, then!" bellowed
his father. "I'll do tho thluklug."
"But"
Shut up!" roared the colonel, froth
ing at the mouth.
And young Anson wa9 silent.
The colonel hurried back to the house
' for his cane, and In a few minutes
vas stfidlng across the field In the di
rection of Squire Longacre's mansion.
"What's the matter with your fa
ther?" asked buxom Mistress Sloan,
young Anson entered the kitchen,
vhere she was at work, shortly after
the departure of Us slra.
Bruno killed" his sheep last night, and
I told him flatly that If he said my
dog killed a sheep he was a liar!"
"Oh, papa!" protested Nellie.
"Well, he's an unreasonable old
wretch, and I'll give him all the law
he wants. His son's no better. And
hark ye, girl, If 1 ever catch you and
that young puppy together again I'll
break my cane over his back and put
you In a a madhouse! Do you hear?"
"Yes, papa."
"Well, heed, then!" cried the squire,
warulugly; and he walked In to sup-
By Dsrld 3. Jorlan, President or Leland Stanford Vnlrerslty.
The twentieth century will be strenuous, com
plex and democratic. Strenuous It must be, as
we can all see. Our century has a host of things
to do bold things, noble things, tedious things,
difficult things, enduring things.
More than any of the others, the twentieth
century will be democratic. The greatest dis
covery of the nineteenth century was that of the
reality of external things. That of tbe twen
tieth century will be this axiom In geometry: ine
st.raightest line is the shortest distance between two
points." If something needs doing, do It; the more plain
ly, directly, honestly, the better. '
Democracy does not mean equality Just the reverse
of this. It means individual responsibility, equality be
fore the law, of course, equality of opportunity, but no
other equality save that won by faithful service. The
social system that bids men rise must also let them fall
if thev cannot mantain themselves. To become the right
man means tbe dismissal of the wrong.
The weak, the incompetent, the untrained, the dlssl
pated find no growing welcome In the century which Is
coming. It will have no place ror tne unsKiuea laDorer.
A bucket of water and a basket of coal will do all that the
unskilled laborer can do If we have skilled men for their
I?, -direction. The unskilled laborer is no product or democ
racy." He exists in spite or democracy.
The lawyers of the future will not be pleaders before
juries. They will save their clients from need of a judge
In every civilized nation tne lawyers must be
STRIKES HELP WORKINGMAN'S CONDITION.
By Bishop Potter, ot New York,
I believe In strikes, shocking as the
statement may seem. I believe In the
conservative value of the organizations
from which the strikes come. The con-
dltlon of the working man was never
Improved until In reply to the demands
of a labor organization Itself or by the
interposition of persons not Interested
as capitalists or laborers. The real
value of the labor organization Is that
It appears to be the only method by
which the great Interests which serve
themselves best by exacting most can
bishop potter. be obliged to yiew some consideration
to those over whom they have control.
INSECT TRAP FOR NIGHT USE.
An Inexpensive Method for Killing;
Insects That Fly.
The Government Bureau of Statistics
Is authority for a statement containing
figures reaching Into the hundreds of
millions of dollars as Indicating the ex
penditure applied directly to fighting
the Insects and worms which damage
the cotton, wheat, corn and other crops
which form such a substantial part of
our revenues. A large portion or mis
Nellie retired to her room, took a
letter from her bosom and read the
contents eagerly.
"Dear fellow!" she said, nnd kissed
the sheet which had been penned only
A few hours before by young Auson.
Then she went down to supper.
But little was said during tho meal.
Tho squire wns cross and sulky, and
Miss Dorothea was evidently In oue of
her worst moods.
After the meal she put on her bon
net and threw a light shawl over her
bony shoulders.
"Where are you going, Dor?" asked
her brother.
"None of your business!" was tho
sharp answer.
"You needn't bo so snappish
about It!"
"Snappish!" cried the ancient maid,
and she tossed her head. "I should
say snappish! A man as unreasonable
as you are, talk about people being
snappish! Quarreled with one of the
nicest men lu tho county." '
"Ilo'a a scoundrel!" snarled the
squire.
"He's a Christian gentleman!" con
tradlcted Miss Dorothea, "and you
ought to go dowji on your knees to him
aud ask his pardon.
"I'll see myself! If there's any go
lug down on tho knees, let htm go
down to mo. lie Insulted mo lu my
own bouse."
"1 suppose you'd go down on 'em fast
enough If that maneuvering old widow
would ask you!"
"She's a lady!" cried the squire.
"You'd better go tell her so. It'll be
news to her, I reokou."
"Perlwps I shall."
"Well, you'd better. A lady! Well,
heaven save the mark!"
And, with this spiteful reflection
Miss Dorothea flounced out of tho
room.
Sho directed her steps toward a
grove of maple trees which marked
the boundary line between the farms
of tho two belligerents.
Bv a curious coincidence Colonel
Shortrood strolled In the same direc
tion at about the same time.
Tho angular soldier and the maiden
ladv met. Tbov spoke, and finally
walked toward a. unfrequented part
of the grove, arm n arm.
Shortly after Miss Duiuthea left the
house the squlr stole out the back
lor jury.
vi.,o u00 ti, rf; n,i when 'the lawgivers. The sword has given place to the green
a ' ,w t ,hl hto. rnnm I bag. The demand of the twentieth century will be that the
and the rays of the lamp he carried ' z
flooded the apartment, the six people
therein contained gave utterance to six
quick cries of astonishment.
It was the denouement of the Clover
burg comedy!
Standing In one corner of the room
was Colonel Shortrood, on whose arm
hung Miss Dorothea Longacre. Facing
the military chieftain was Esquire Is
rael Longacre, whose arm was twined
about the waist of buxom Abigail
Sloan. In the middle of the apartment
stood young Anson Shortrood, holding
to his breast "pretty Nellie Longacre.
After the first cries of astonishment
there was a moment's silence, then a
tremendous roar of laughter; and then
'followed such handshaking and kiss
ing, and cries of mutual forgiveness
and pledges of eternal love and friend'
ship as probably were never neard or
seen before.
Squire Massle Beasley married the
three couples, and they went back to
Cloverburg together. The lawsuit was
dropped, and all parties thereafter
lived together lu peace and amity.
Saturday Night
DEMOCRACY Of THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Br Jacob fcoiiJd Schurman, President ot Cornell Vnlrerslty.
State schools are, so far aa mental training
and the acquisition of knowledge go, vastly su
perior to either church schools or private schools.
Private and church schools tend to breed caste
and division among the children of the com
munity. The public school, on the other hand.
Is the mirror of the republic. In the public
schools of a town you have the purest democ
racy In the world. When we look at hard facts.
we see that It is folly to blame the schools for defects ot
blood, lapses of virtue and blight of character, which
neither our laws nor our policy requires the schools to
combat. You must blame the church, you must blame the
offenders, you must blame yourselves, when your children
become the victims of Intemperance, vice or impiety.
THREE MEN WHO HAVE MADE THEMSELVES
WEALTHY AT FARMING IN THE SOUTHWEST.
STOLEN DOQ AND REWARD.
What Happened to One of Sir Edwin
Landaeer'a Models.
Sir Edwin Landseer was about to
put finishing touches to the portrait
of a dog belonging to Lord X., and
was expecting a visit from his model,
when the owner arrived In a state of
great perturbation, without the dog
tho animal had been stolen. After
talking over tho loss with Sir Edwin,
the owner decided to leave the matter
In the painter's hands, together' with
a 10 note as a reward for the recov
ery of the dog. Now, Sir Edwin's
acquaintance with tho dog fanciers
was large, and he summoned to his aid
one Jem Smith, who he thought might
put him on tho right track. He showed
the man the picture, and the bank note
and promised that if the dog were
restored no questions should be asked,
Jem Smith said ho would do his best,
and went his way.
Six weeks later Jem Smith arrived
at the studio leading the missing dog
by a piece of string. "Is this the dorg,
Sir Edwin?" There was no need to ask
the question, for tho animal was the
very plcturo of his portrait "Here
Is vour 10 note," said the artist, "and
I suppose I must ask no questions,
But now that the affair la done with,
you may just as well tell me all about
It.' After a moment of hesitation,
the man confessed that he himself was
the thief. "You! you thundering ras
cal!" exclaimed Sir Edwin, "then why
on earth have you kept us In suspense
all this time?" "Well, yer see, guv
nor," was tho answer, "I stole the
dorg. but the gen'elnian I sold him to
ken' Mm so Jolly close that I hadn
a chance of nicking him again till
yesterday, and that's tho truth, s'elp
me,"I.ondon Chronicle.
In order to be sure you are right you
must go ahead and Ami out
FLAME ATTRACTS PESTS.
amount, no doubt, goes for the Intro
duction of new Ideas which have been
devised to aid lu the work of destroy
Ing these pests, and perhaps this latest
trap, the Invention of a Kentucklan,
will receive a share of attention and
serve Its purpose In many a field. The
Inventor takes advantage of the well
known propensity of Insects to fly to
ward a light the flame In this Instance
being mounted within a metallic cas
Ing, to which entrance Is gained
through four funnels pointing In differ
ent directions. Once within the hood,
ihaS hisect soon falls to the reservoir
benenth, wherein a quantity of lnsectl
clde has been placed to complete tbe
destruction of those which escape the
actual contact with the flame. Men
tlon Is also made of the fumes rising
from the liquid and Impregnating the
atmosphere around the flame to over
come the Insects and cause them to
fall Into the liquid.
NE of the most successful millionaire farmers in tne went
Rankin, of Tarkio, Mo., who has made $1,000,000 In farming, and who
actually owns the largest farm In the world. Rankin has 23,000 acres
nnHoi. hia nernonal sunervlslon. all of which Is under cultivation. He
began farming with a colt which his father gave him when a lad. He
traded the colt for a pair of oxen and with them tilled eighty acres of
rented land, until he had accumulated enough to buy a small tract. He had
been living In Illinois, but thought better of Missouri as a farming country.
So for $8 an acre he bought great tracts of ground, adding to his fields
as the Income of the other fields would permit, until he had surrounded
himself In thirty years with 23,000 seres, all or which is sown to crops
. .. . il.. IT. U t n A l
everv vear. He employs zuu men on uie iarm. ne u iw iwuia, uu
good seasons he makes 5100,000 clear money, ne Duys o.uw io iu,vw um
of steers every year and feeds them. He keeps these cattle, not in pastures.
but In clean stables and lots, where they are red rrom tne proaucis or nis
fields until he Is ready to ship to the markets.
Take the Forsha ranch. In Kansas, for Instance, where another system
Is carried on entirely, Mr. Forsha is a believer In the raising of alfalfa, and
he has 15,000 acres sown to that. He also raises and feeds cattle for the
markets, but he never raises cereals. He has a mill on his ranch, and he
buys the wheat from other farmers, makes It Into flour, but he raises little
wheat himself. He makes from $10 to $100 net profit an acre from the
alfalfa, and the fields In the fall nnd winter furnish pasture for his herds.
Forsha began ranching and farming in Kansas only a few years ago. To
day he Is worth several hundred thousand dollars.
John Stewart began farming in Kansas without a dollar. He was work
ing In a real estate office as a salesman. He bought some homesteaders'
rights to deserted quarter sections for a mere pittance. A boom came, and
in three years he was worth ,ouo. 'men tie went to Sumner County,
Kansas, and began ranching and raising wheat. To-day Sumner County
produces 8,000,000 bushels of wheat annually, and holds the world's record
in quantity for Its size. Stewart bought additional land every year there
was a drouth, thereby getting it at a reduction. He has made a large fortune
In less than thirty years.
suspicion I hope unfounded that
mv correspondent Is "getting at me"
with a view of lusplrlug wholesome
terror In the hearts of women of dis
honest proclivities who do their shop
ping in the West End. But as that is
a desirable end, I have no objection
to co-operating In It to this extent. It
may perhaps be useful If I mention at
the same time that, according to my
shopkeeplng friend, his manageress Is
a very muscular woman and her weap-
on a formidable one. Perhaps some
of the shopkeepers of Selby may feVl
Inclined to give a trial to this castlga
tory cure for kleptomania.
New Cure Tor Kleptomania,
A few years back a West End shop
keeper, prompted by some remarks in
Truth as to the best punishment for
kleptomaniac woman shoplifters, wrote
to luform me that he had adopted the
plan of giving every woman detected
In purloining articles in his shop the
option of being summarily birched by
the manageress or prosecuted by the
ordinary process of law. The same
correspondent now writes to report the
result of his operations In this direc
tion up to the present time. In all. he
vs, twenty women have accepted the
ordeal of the birch, In addition to two
young girls of foreign nationality,
who. In consideration of their tender
years, were treated to a milder form of
chastisement. I am not, of course, in
a position to guarantee tne accuracy
MEXICAN ARMY.
Will Boon Number 300,000 Perfectly
Equipped Bold lor.
Mexico, which next to the United
States, Is the most orderly aud stable
of all the American republic, Is pur
suing a policy of military expansion
which seems likely to develop a highly
efficient system of national defense. It
Is the desire of President Dlaa that
within two years the Mexican govern
ment shall be ablo on short notice to
mobilize an army of 200,000 thor
oughly trained and perfectly equipped
soldiers. To make this result possi
ble more than 800,000 boys and young
men are now recelvlug regular dally
military instruction in 11,000 public
schools of Mexico, and the army will
be recruited from their number. This
greater Mexican army is supplemented
with plans for a larger naval estab
lishment, two vessels for which are
now under construction at the Cres
cent shipyard, Ellzabrthtown, N. J. In
this development of her military re
sources Mexico Is following the natur
al policy of enlightened nations. It Is
believed lu some quarters that the In
tegrity of Mexican Institutions will
be severely tested when President
Diaz retires from office, and that a
strong government. Including an effec
tive military establishment, will be
needed to protect the republic against
serious Internal disorder. It Is pos
sibly with a view of providing for
such an emergency that the present
movement for a large and trustworthy
army has been Instituted. Army and
Navy Journal.
of this Information; I own, Indeed, to ; rvrovram for the creation, of a
Municipal Ownership in England.
A comprehensive return of tbe finan
cial workings of the "public utilities"
undertakings In British towns and cit
ies has just been given to the public
through a government board. It cov
ers the four years ended March, 1902.
The principal undertakings carried on
by the 209 corporations were: Mar
kets, 223; waterworks, 193; cemeteries.
143; baths, 138; electricity, 102; gas
works, 17; tramways, 45; harbors, 43.
The aggregate net profits were $23,
417,522.
Fresh men usually tell stale storlea-