-i J-U....I njri"' "" -m -- '...'' , 1 lopics or 1 i the Times Some politicians had better practii the S 0 S. Germany wans to borrow $120,000, 000. But Is she sure that will be enough? The price of Bibles may go up, but the higher criticism Is not going much higher than at present. "Is It possible for the course of true, love to run smooth?" asks a woman writer. Not in the fiction we read. Again it has been demonstrated that a wireless telegraph outfit is an in valuable thing to have on a sinking ship. There are no Americans moving out as a result of Senator Polrier's dis covery that Alaska Is Canada's by Tight. Peary and Cook have demonstrated that the principal products of the Arc tic regions are meteorites and gold bricks. Wives who palmed off foundling ba bies on their husbands would be angry If the husbands tried to deceive them that way. One of the troubles about getting alone without mpt is that there are bo few other things to eat, if one doesn't like prunes. One of the fortunate features in the case of Paris Is that nobody will be Justified in saying the city is "rising Phoenix-like from its ashes." Down in Mexico they have sentenced an American railroad conductor for contributory negligence. Let's send them an American baggageman. It Is reported that eggs are smaller than they used to be., This makes more work for the investigating com mittee. Let no guilty hen escape. The salary of a general In the Nlca raguan army is 20 cents a day. That Is one of the disagreeable results of having an army composed entirely of generals. "Hip and bust lines are coming into style again," says one of the authori ties on fashions. Stout ladies will agree that the world la growing better and brighter. If King Albert of the Belgians tries to turn over the Congo country to Great Britain, we may discover why the Germans have been so fierce about building a navy. The treasurer of a Pittsburg church recently embezzled $28,000. We' say without fear of successful contradic tion that a man who does a thing of that kind would not hesitate to put a counterfeit quarter In the contribu tion box. Most gratifying progress has been made by the movement for children's playgrounds In the large cities. Of the nine hundred cities in the country which have a population of five thou sand or more, over one-third Includ ing most of the largest, where the need Is the greatest are now maintaining supervised playgrounds. At least one American railway has a record to be proud of. In ten years It has carried one hundred and ninety four million passengers without caus ing the death of one of them.' That is a higher distinction than the road could gain by running its express trains a mile or two an hour faster than those of Its rivals. Yonug men from distant lands are coming in increasing numbers to the United States for an education, and clubs consisting wholly of foreign stu dents now exist at twenty leading col leges and universities. TlTese clubs, the total membership of which is about two thousand, representing almost every land uuder the sun, recently held their third anual convention at Cor nell University. The presence of these young foreigners is incidentally of no small benefit to the American boys with whom they come In contact. A Georgia man who has for a num ber of years been experimenting in floral culture . has succeeded In produc ing a black rose, and, more wonderful still, he claims that by mixing three Inexpensive and common chemicals he Is" able to grow black cotton. His achievement Is hailed as a boon by peo ple who are capable of recognizing boons when they appear. With black cotton it will no longer be necessary to use dyes that are often damaging to the wearing qualities of the fabrics to which they are applied. Socks made of black cotton are expected to be much more durable than are those whicl now trickle through the chan nels of commerce. This one Item would malt black cotton well worth while. And If we can have black cotton, whal is to prevent the experimenter from producing red and blue cotton? The time may be near when we can have calico that has never gone through the print mills. As soon as this shall have been brought to pass, perhaps Burbank or some other wming experimenter can be induced to get ostriches to con Bume food that will result in the grow lng of feathers of various brilliant hues,, and from that it will be but a step to the Easter egg which shall be beautlfuly colored when the hen lias done her part We face a future that Is full of promise. Living launguages grow and change by usage, so that the soleslsms of on generation become the academic speech of the next We are always ready tc admit this after a change has been completed, but the purist in speech always disputes It while the change it going on. An interesting case in point Is the rapid growth in what is con sidered good English of a phrase con fined for many years to the mouths ol the vulgar. The use of the accusative 'for the nominative case after a vert is a notorious fault of children and adults of imperfect education. Par ents and teachers have to battle stren uously against the "It's me," "Iff him," "It's her," of childish speech And you often catch adults carefu: about other things, even such refine nients as the use of shall and will oi the subjunctive moods, calmly taking you into their confidence by making some statement strictly "Between yov and I." Theoretically these are alike unpardonable, but there has been growing disposition of the phrase "It's me" to rise above the others from the muck of vulgar speech to the author ity of literary writing. We do nol know how to explain this, unless It be by the analogy of the French phrase "C'est mol." That may have growr up In precisely the same way, althougb we believe that the mol is called i second form of the nominative. The same fiction will probably be employ ed when it comes to be received in the English grammars and dictionaries In the meantime the phrase has beer making its way in the best literature first cautiously In the speech of ir responsible characters and finally witfc the authority of the writer himself. We remember It distinctly In Kipling and more vaguely In Stevenson. Finally comes an English professor of phil ology, named Jespersen, with a plea for full acceptance of the phrase on the ground that "It's I" has become pedan tic, while usage has made "It's me" ? perfectly tsound locution. HIGH LOCOMOTIVE SPEEDS. Preaent Method Mar Yet Make Good Showing Agalnat Monorail. The high speeds which are predicted for the Brennan monorail lead one naturally to compare them with the best that the ordinary steam or eW- trie locomotive on double rails can do, ine ixmdon Globe says. It seems prob able that the monorail will eventually beat the double rail, but Its capabil ities still remain in the reaion oi prophecy, while the locomotives to wnicn we are accustomed have proved themselves by actual running tests. And their records show that they mav yet make a good fight with the new er traction, backed as they are by wealthy companies and enormous vest ed interests. Speeds of sixty miles an hour maintained over fairly long stretches of line -are common to most good railways; a speed of seventy milee Is reached In almost every express run, and short . bursts of eighty and ninety miles an hour are frequent on the four leading lines of this coun try. An experiment made in Ger many some years back showed that ii was possible to maintain a speed ol anything between eighty and ninety miles an hour for long stretches, bul In this case the line has to be - spe cially cleared and unusually powerful locomotives have to be employed. The real difficulty In the way of very high speeds Is that for long-distance Journeys where traffic is great there must be constant stoppages, and al though It is possible to accelerate and decelerate the speed very quickly after each stop especially with electric traction, as our underground lines show the discomfort to the passen gers of such rapid changes of speed is very great if pushed beyond a cer tain point- Things We Never See Nowadays, A Sovereign Itemed r. A Philadelphia woman was ordered by the doctor to put some ice in a bag and bind It on tbe temples of her sick boy. On Inquiring after his patient the next day be was informed: "Oh, Tommy's better, but the mice are dead." Kansas City Times. Burn your money to-day and grovel In the ashes to-morrow. Few men have the courage to admit thev are cowards MAKING- LIFE LONGEB. Previous Race Worked Harder ( Achieve Dlatant Ends. In his address as president of the American Association for the Advance ment of Science, Prof. T. C. Chamber lin, of the University of Chicago, ar gues in favor of the theory of solar evolution for which he is responsible, and he holds that it probably fore shadows a long history for the earth. He says: "But Into the problem of human endurance two new factors have entered, the power of definite moral purpose and the resources of re search. No previous race has shown clear evidence that it was guided by moral purpose in seeking distant ends. In man such moral purpose has risen to distinctness. As it grows, beyond question it will count in the perpetuity of the race. No doubt It will come to weigh more and more as the resources of destructive pleasure, on the one hand, and of altruistic rectitude on the other are Increased by human inge nuity. It will become more critical as the growing multiplicity of the race brings upon it, in increasing stress, the distinctive humanistic phases of the struggle for existence now dimly foreshadowed. It will, beyond ques tion, be more fully realized as the survival of the fittest shall render its verdict on what is good and what is evil In this realm of the moral world. But to be most efficient, moral purpose needs to be conjoined with the high est intelligence, and herein lies the function of research. None of thn mx. lier races made systematic inquiry Into tlie cuiidiUous of life and sought there by to extend their careers. What can research do for the extension of the career of man? We are witne.P f what it is beginning to do in render ing me xorces of nature subservient to man's control and in giving him com mand over the maladies of which he has long been the victim. Can It. mnn. ter the secrets of vital endurance, the mysteries of heredity, and all tho fundamental physiological processes mat condition the longevity of the race? The answer must be left to the future, butj. take no risk in affirming mat wnen etnics and research join hands In a broad and earnest endeavor to compass the highest develonmont and the greatest longevity of the race me era or humanity will really have Degun. Popular Science Monthly. The Killing L,ut In Hamana. - In New Llskeard recently an ; owl perched itself on the peak of a busl- ness block as the crimson streaks of the dawn appeared and wrapped in its muff of feathers, settled Itself in com fort to enjoy the drowsy hours of day light. It was the picture of comfort and pretty as a picture, cozy, warm in the winter's cold, inoffensive and harmless. But the owl was In a fool's paradise. It had lain down with the tiger. It was in the midst of the wolves. .The bushy little ball of feathers had fallen unawares Into the bands of the fiercest and" most bloodthirsty of the world's animals. The sleeping bird was no sooner de scried than the human wolves set up a yap. Men hurried off for their kill ing machines and in a few minutes a battery of riflemen were at work pump ing death into the spark of life In the bundle of feathers. After awhile one of them hit it, and then the heroes were satisfied. They went home with their guns and the boys exhibited the carcass. ' . Poor dead little bit of useless car rion! The boys' eyes sparkled with excitement. There, is a deal of the savage left in the human. Cobalt Citizen. ' SOMETHING FOB EVEBYB0DY Lived Two lioura Three Million. Charles W. McLean, of Brockvllle, Ont., has fallen heir to $3,000,000 as the result of peculiar circumstances attending the birth of his child and Its death. Mr3. McLean, formerly Mrs. George A. Sheriff, was a daugh ter of the late Senator Fulford. She died several days ago and her child survived her only two hours. Mrs. McLean's estate, according to tbe terms of her father's will, amounted to Only $13,200, but if a child was born It was to inherit one-third of the whole estate. The estate is now valued at over $9,000,000, and the infant there fore was heir to $3,000,000 during its lifetime of two hours. The father wiH now Inherit its share under the law. Scrlpturnl Reflection. The man with the fading fringe of hair In sort of a festoon from ear to ear across the back of his head stood in a store and watched a woman pur chasing braids, switches and so forth. Turning sadly away, he mused: "Unto her that hath shall be given, but from him that hath not shall be taken even that which he hath." Life. Instructive Sermona. "AJi, 6lr, we do enjoy your sermons,' remarked an old lady to a new curate. "They are so instructive. We never knew what Bin was until you came to the parish." Sacred Heart Review. . He is a wise poet who annexes him self to a girl with a millionaire far ther. Men may come and men may go, but women's tongues go on forever. Acrostics were Invented In the fourth century. It Is possible to accommodate com fortably 306,000. persons in the New York hotels at one time. Candidates for the profession of teaching In Canada receive a special course of training at government ex pense. The highest masts of sailing vessels are from 160 feet to 180 feet high, and spread from 60,000 to 100,000 square feet of canvas. , Mrs. Helen Troy of Auburn, N. Y.t has been received into full membership of the Six Nations. She has devoted the last 14 years to study and research regarding the Iroquois traditions. It requires many hands to clothe the New York women and some women outside of the city, for there are 96,162 employes in the metropolis working on women's clothing and their yearly output is valued at $261,049,287. A junior league of the New York State Association opposed to Woman Suffrage has been formed at Albany with Mrs. N. H. Henry as president. The membership is said to have reach ed already the neighborhood of one hundred and to include young women of every social grade in Albany. Germany's first complete flotilla of turbine torpedo boats was commission ed last month. It consists of 11 yog. sels of the newest tyne built In Vienna. Germanla and Schlchau yards. Those built in the two first-named establish ments have attained a speed of over 34 knots. Besides Parsons turbines, three types of German turbines are represented in the flotilla. In the Comptes Rendus of the Bio logical Society of Paris, M. Plcard gives an account of a useful wasp found In Senegal' and Nigeria. It is one of the burrowing wasps, and feeds its larvae on a species of tsetse fly. In view of the part played by many species of the latter in spreading dis ease, this wasp might prove a useful ally to those who are fighting malaria in tropical countries. China now possesses 6,300 miles of railways, of which only 1,930 are man aged by the Chinese. The management of the remaining 4,370 miles is divided among six foreign powers, as follows: Russians manage 1,077 miles, Belgians 903 miles, Japanese 702 mile3, Ger mans 684 miles, English 608 miles, and Frenchmen 400 miles. When the railways now being laid down in China are finished, the total length of China's railway system will amount to 8,000 miles. It is perhaps worth recalling that the art of baking loaves came to Eu rope quite late in history. Flat cakes were baked even dn the earliest times, but as late as the beginning of the nineteenth century loaf bread was com paratively unknown In many parts of the continent In 1812, for Instance, when an English captal ordered loaves to the value of $5 in Gothenburg the baker stipulated for payment in ad vance on the ground that he would never be able to sell them In the city if they wert left on his hands. Lon don Chronicle. Petroleum has been Introduced into medicine with beneficial results, and If a Paris contemporary be not mis Informed the properties of petrol are limitless. It is claimed, says the Lon don Globe, that from the residuals of crude petrol a chemist has succeeded in extracting butter! It is said that butter can be made from a base of nitrogen and carbon, but that the' resi duals of petroleum produce these ele ments In greater proportions even than milk. It is further claimed that this artificial butter Is better than the nat ural. The color Is said to be a little darker than that Of dairy butter. Fuhvood's Rents, the little Holborn court leading Into Gray's Inn gardens,' which 'will be largely rebuilt, former ly possessed the privilege of "sanctu ary," and hence became a notorious resort for fraudulent debtors and still more unpleasant characters. Yet this dingy i'dive" can boast of many glor ious memories. Francis Bacon lived here In "Fulwood's House" and val ued his furniture at 60, a huge price for that period. Here the Whig Club and Melbourne .and Oate's Club met In the reign of Charles II, and here stood Squire's coffee house, from which sev eral numbers of the Spectator were dated. Westminster Gazette. "A part of the Nobel prize, which was awarded to Selma Lagerlof, will be applied," says the Times ,of Stock holm, "to the purchase of a house on the Marbacka estate, where she was born. This Is situated beautifully near the banks of the River Mellanfrykan, its main building being the old home stead, which is severely plain In archi tecture, but large and comfortable. It came into the hands of the family through her grandfather, who was a regimental clerk. At his death it was Inherited by Eric, whose children were born there. Through reverses the es tate passed into the hands of strangers, from whom the Nobel prize winner will rescue it, and her joy at being able to do so is shared by her country-ma ' Creamed Crab Meat. Cut the crab meat into dice. .To a pint of the meat allow two tableipoou fuls of butter. Melt this in the sauce pan, add two tablespoonfuls of flour and stir until smooth, then stir in a pint of 'milk, half cream, If you have It, season well with salt, paprika and pinch of nutmeg and stir to a smooth sauce. Now turn In the crab meat and a green pepper minced. Cook, stirring all the time, until very hot, then turn Intova hot dish. Garnish with rings made of green peppers sliced crosswise. White Cake Filling. . Heat two-thirds of a cupful of milk; In a granite saucepan, add a piece of butter the size of an egg and two cup fuU of sugar. Stir constantly. Let the mixture come to a boll and add two squares of chocolate and a pinch of salt and cook until the mixture forms a soft ball, when tried In cold water. Remove from the stove, allow to cool for a few minutes, and add two teaspoonfuls of vanilla. Stir until it begins to thicken, then spread on the cake layers or loaf. Salt Codfish, Boiled. Soak over night before using, chang ing water at least once. Place It oa the back of the stove, never allow It to boil just simmer, until soft enough. to pick apart very fine with a fork. for codfish cakes, have the Dotatoes- nlcely mashed, with milk and a little Dutter, proportion of tine cupful of fish to three of potatoes, a little pepper,, red or black. D1d In egg or not. aa you prefer, before frying brown. To- be made in - cakes of a thickness to- "Iease. Lamb Stew. Take the neck or breast of lamW parboil and cut in pieces, then put on In cold water, enough to cover it, add ing a large onion, cut fine, a large slice of bacon cut fine, black and red pepper and salt. After cooking until all bones caa be extracted, add canned tomatoea and corn and half a pound of butter. Before serving add stale bread crumbs. Serve in a tureen. Ginger Drop. One-half cup sugar, one-half cut- butter, one cup molasses, one cup boil ing water, with two teaspoons soda. dissolved In it, one teaspoon each of . cinnamon, ginger and cloves; two add one-half cups of flour, two eggs bvitea well and addd last thing. Don't add more flour because they may look thin. They are very dainty with but the- amount mentioned. Bake in gem- Ins. Norwegian Crnllera. One cupful of sugar, one teaspooi. ful of butter, four eggs, four table- spons sweet cream, one tablespoonful of brandy, a little salt. Beat yolka and whites separately, also beat cream. Flour enough to roll thin. Cut In any shape and fry In hot lard. Sqnaah Fritters. To two cups of mashed, dry winter squash add one cup of milk, two well beaten eggs, one teaspoon of salt, a little pepper, and one heaping teaspoon of baking powder. Beat well, and drop by spoonfuls into hot butter or cook ing oil, and fry. Orange Marmalade Icing. One cup of granulated sugar, one- quarter cup orange marmalade. Mois ten this with boiling water until It ia a thin paste, cook until It forms a soft ball In cold water. Remove from fire and beat as you would fudge, until creamy. Spread on with warm knife. Baked Codflah. Soak fish a dozen hours, gently sim mer until nearly done; remove bone and bruise fine; mixed mashed pota toes, two parts potato to one of fish. Place before fire or In oven until rlchi brown. Serve with egg 'sauce. Creamed Pineapple. Whip one-half pint of cream; drain one can of shreddeu" pineapple and stir the pulp Into the cream. Chill an serve In sherbet cups. Hint for the Housewife. Mix starch with soapy water and ths, linen will have a good gloss and ha easy to Iron. Graham bread and brown bread are both excellent for sandwich purpose and raisin bread, "with lots of ralslna In it," is a welcome change. Carrots will-make delicious nrft. serves. Take three-quarters of a pound of sugar to a pound of carrots and sufficient water to make a sirup, and boil until the preserves are thick, a little ginger or lemon should be added to navor. For those who find maple slrun ha. yond their means try this: Five cupa oi iignt Drown sugar, three to four cuds of granulated sugar, and ahn., one-quarter to one-half pound of maple sugar; aaa water and boll to consist ency of slrr