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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