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I THE TIMES
The 17-year locust 1b said to be due
Skgaln. How swiftly the years roll by.
Patience Is a virtue that all men
are willing to recommend to their
creditors.
Finding the length of the comet's
tall doesn't seem to be one of the ex
act sciences.
Wellesley girls are going to take up
farming. The problem of keeping the
boys on the farm is nearlng a solu
tion. Here, doctor, how's this: An Ala
bama man, 97 years of age, says he
has eaten hot biscuits regularly all
his life.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has
raised the wages of 5,000 employes.
Rather, the lavish patrons of the line
have raised them.
The couple who were married on a
Western Maryland train going at the
tate of 40 miles an hour evidently
wished the matrimonial knot tied fast.
George Burman Foster says money
la the most soulless thing In the
world. There are people who will In
sist that wheat pits beat It for soul
lessness. No self-respecting Georgia convict
Will try to escape In a "Mother Hub
bard," much less appear in one, If he
can help It. "Mother Hubbards" are
awful penalties.
An Indianapolis man died In a bar
gain rush to which he had accompan
ied his wife. Lots of men have
yearned unavalllngly for a like relief
tinder similar circumstances.
A Milwaukee woman who Intended
to leave to each of her four grandchil
dren $28,000 forgot to add the ciphers,
and the heirs will get only $25 apiece.
Urge your grandmother to be careful
about her ciphers.
There are a great many swollen for
tunes in this country, but Investiga
tion will show that very few of them
can be traced back to the Belgian hare
craze that caught so many hopeful
ones a dozen years ago.
Presumably Intelligent men are re
ported In the papers as devoting their
energies to the task of keeping a cigar
alight as long as possible, and one
man proudly boasts of having wasted
an hour and a half in doing so.
A Brooklyn chauffeur was sent to
Jail for six months for running down
and killing a citizen. If he had bur
glarized the citizen's house he would
probably have received ten , years,
which Bhowe the refatlve estimate put
on life and property by the discrim
inating law.
A learned Judge has lately ruled
that If a man does not give his wife
the money she needs, she is Justified
In "going through" his pockets, and
ven in getting her brother to hold
him while she does so. Yet the suf
fragists insist that the law discrim
inates against women.
Now the worm has turned. The
girl continually accused of moBt of
the evils of the nation by her extrav
agance and love of dresa has a cham
pion In a young college woman, who
declares that the real blame lies on
the young man who is a snob; that
It is the best-dressed, not the best,
girls who gets the attentions of the
average young man "Find the wom
an!" Is ceasing to be the cry of ac
cused masculinity. She is already
standing out in clear view, ready to
" declare that she never did it.
A total of twenty-eight statues and
public memorials to women have been
erected In this country, according to
a writer who recently made an In
vestlgatlon. It Is Bald that more hon
ors of this kind have been paid to
women In the United States than in
any other country In the world, .'n
the list are Indian women, heroines
of pioneer days, nurses in war and
pestilence, writers, teachers, scientists
and others who have rendered dis
tinguished service for the welfare of
the race. It is an eloquent evidence
ot the place of woman In American
life, although, of course, many as
worthy aa the twenty-eight in question
are without public monumenta of
bronze or marble to their memory.
What seems to be commonly accept
ed as a plank in the equal suffrage
platform must prove a handicap almost
Insuperable, If Insisted upon by advo
cates of votes for women. "Quality,
not quantity," as a motto for mothers,
Is a false cry, founded neither on facts
of record or theories of accuracy.
Washington was one of a family of ten.
Jefferson was one of eight children.
The email family is not necessarily of
klgh quality. It U not the children of
the rich that become our great citizens,
but the children of the poor. The
curled and perfumed darling whose
early years are smoothed recruits two
classes,-the Idle rich or the wastrel
and criminal. The boy who has to
fight his own way develops real man
hood and those qualities that make for
success. Race suicide fills the homes
for crippled children, the asylums and
prisons. How respectable women can
advocate practices so contrary to the
laws of God and man, and why such
doctrine should be put forward as an
argument for woman suffrage is a mys
tery beyond comprehension.
The accession of King George V. calls
attention to the fact that the large
majority of the executive heads of the
great nations at the present time are
comparatively young men. President
Taft Is in the early fifties. The Ger
man Kaiser Is 61. The Russian Czar la
42. The King of Italy Is 41. The aged
Austrian cannot last long, and when
he dies the throne will go to Prince
Ferdinand, who is 47. King George is
45, and the kings of Spain, Portugal,
Belgium, Sweden and Norway, also the
Queen of Holland, are younger. It is
the age of young men. The old earth
seems to be renewing its youth and in
fusing new vigor into political, socio
logical, intellectual and scientific prog
ress. As Colonel Roosevelt showed in
his Berlin address, the development In
the last hundred years has been great
er than the sum of all the development
that preceded it. The movement lu Luc
past 60 years has been especially rap
Id. The half century has. been filled
with wondrous achievement. The wis
dom of the older men is of great value,
but the- twentieth century pace calls
for youthful enthusiasm and strength.
It may be regarded as fortunate that
so many of the great executives are
in their prime, or even the flush of
youth, provided that energy is not
allowed to quicken into rashness.
Fortunately, the moat commanding
personal figure among the rulers, the
Emperor William, haa been eoTered
and steadied by years of experience on
the throne. King George gives evi
dence of a most serloua disposition,
and he is not young enough to be gid
dy. President Taft Is of a Judicial
temperament and a trained diplomat so
far as it is possible for an American
President to receive training in diplo
macy. The Czar of Russia haa had a
painful experience and probably will
not be brash again. The nations over
which these four executives now pre
side can easily maintain the world's
peace if they co-operate to that end,
and can at the same time set afoot the
most efficient forces of civilization.
jmUSTLiTINQ HIS MEA1HNG.
The following anecdote of the late
well known actor and musician, Tom
Cooke, as told by the London Sunday
Times, is Included by F. L. Wellman
In his "Day in Court," and affords a
good illustration of the important part
player by emphasis and accent:
At a trial between certain music
publishing houses as to an alleged
piracy of a popular song, Cooke was
subpoenaed as an expert witness by
one of the parties. On his cross-examination
by Sir James Scarlett, that
learned gentleman rather flippantly
questioned him thus:
"Sir, you Bay that the two melodies
are the same, but different. Now what
do you mean by that?"
To this Cooke promptly answered,
"I said that the notes in the two
copies are alike, but with a different
accent, the one being In common time,
and the other In slx-elght time; and
consequently, the position of the ac
cent of the notes was different."
Sir Jamea What la a musical ac
cent? '
Cooke My terms are nine qulneas
a quarter, sir.
Sir James Never mind your terms
here. I ask you, what Is a musical ac
cent? Can you see it?
Coke No, Sir James.
Cook Can you feel It?
Cook A musician can. (Great
laughter.)
Sir Jamea (very angry) Now, pray,
Blr, don't beat about the bush, but ex
plain to his lordship and the Jury, who
are expected to know nothing about
music, the meaning of what you call
accent.
Cooke Accent In music la a certain
stress laid upon a particular note In
the same manner as you would lay a
stress upon a given word for the pur
pose of being better understood. Thus,
If I were to say, "You are an ass," the
accent rests on ass; but If 1 were to
say, "You are an ass," it rests on you,
Sir James.
Reiterated shouts of laughter by the
whole court. In which the bench Itself
Joined, followed this repartee.
The Real Job.
Him I I don't know how to tell
you how I love you.
Her Don't worry about that I'll
take it as it comes. What you want
to get nervous about Is how to tell
papa about it. Cleveland Leader.
We are willing for people to eave
money, if they will quit talking about
it
I SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
The growing scarcity of finishing
woods has led to an annual production
of over 1,100,000,000 square feet of
veneer.
The department of agriculture is ex
perimenting In several of the south
ern states with Japanese grasses used
for matting.
Porcelain was discovered"' by an
alchemist who was seeking a mixture
of earths that would make the most
durable crucibles.
The latest mechanical furnace stok
er not only puts the coal on in the
most approved manner, but it ainn
poses of the ashes automatically.
While the number of violent deatha
a thousand among miners has under
gone in European countries a decided
decrease,' in this country it la steadily
Increasing.
Switzerland haa 14,717 miles of
telegraph and teleDhone linen. Tn inns
the 2,255 telegraph offices handled
4,S4Z,uuu telegrams, producing a rev
enue of $680,444.
After six years' contest Peter Cooper
Hewitt has received Datents for hla
mercury vapor electric lamp. The
patents have been In dispute almoat
alnce the date when they were first
appnea for, In 1901.
"One cannot be long In any hotel or
Icslauttuil lu Cuuuutt wlLuoul beeitig
halibut on the bill of fare." flnvn a
writer In 'Canada." "In this respect
assumes the position of a national
dish, rt Is there on Christmas dav
and again on Midsummer day."
The comet's tail could have been
packed in an ordinary trunk if Dack-
ed by a man. If packed by a woman,
sne would still have had room for
eighteen dresses, four nebula, two hon.
nets, six pairs of shoes, the children's
ciotnes, and two entire comets. Chi
cago Post
Noting a projecting ledge a poor
prospector struck it a casual blow
with a sledge, and one of the world's
famous gold mines was discovered.
The poor prospector was Stratton. No
wonaer he called his mine the Ind-
pendence, for it made him Independ
ent, converting the prospector into a
rich man.
The finishing touche8 have iuae
been placed on the exterior of "the
model power plant of the world" a
$1,600,000 structure erected by the
United Statea government a stone's
throw from the capitol at Washing
ton. This station la to furnish heat,
light and power to the entire group
of Immense government bulldinsrs on
Capitol hill.
Vacant lot cultivation In Kansas
City, Mo., la done thla season under
the direction of the City Club. One
nine-acre tract and several smaller
lots have been set out in vegetables,
the farming being done by needy per
sona. They are not taxed for soil.
seeds or tools, and the City Club has
engaged a practical gardener to super
vise the work.
A public school teacher on the east
side recently asked a pupil in her
United States history class to describe
the death and repentance of Benedict
Arnold. She was somewhat astonished
when the child, in whose mind Amnrl.
can, British, Union and Confederate
Boldlers were pretty well mixed, re-
piled: He beKeed to be allowed to
die in a Union suit." New York Sun.
Much attention and thought, stales
the Chemical Trades Journal, have
been bestowed by those engaged in the
breaking up of battleships and other
craft as to the profitable disposal of
the large quantities of wood obtained
from the various vessels In course of
destruction. Although there Is much
useful timber uot that can be sold for
re-use, there ia a considerable quan
tity that is splintered to such an ex
tent that renders it practically value
less. One or two firms are contem
plating putting down wood distillation
plants to utilize the hitherto value
less wood.
Trial by ordeal still exists in some
parts of Japan. If a theft takes place
In a household, all the servants are
required to write a certain word with
the same brush. The conscience is
supposed to betray its workings In
the waves of the ideographs written.
Tracing an Ideograph Involves such
an effort of muscular directness and
undivided attention that thla device
often leads to the discovery of the
guilty party. The teat is, at all events,
more humane than the ordeal by boil
ing water, to which accused persons
were formerly submitted in Japan.
London Chronicle.
Professor Elliot Smith, of the Uni
versity of Manchester, has lately made
a minute examination of the mummy
of Ra-Neferln the museum of the
Royal College of Surgeons, England,
and finds that It is older by eleven
centurlea than any other known
mummy. The body of Ra-Nefer, a
high official in the court of Seneferu
of the fourth dynasty (8000 B. C),
waa found by Dr. Flinders Petrle at
Medum, Egypt, In 1892, and presented
by him to the museum of the College
of Surgeons. Although dlacovered ao
long ago, it Is only now that Ua ln
oortanoe haa become apparent
COMBINED CRIME AND ART.
fturarlar and Forcer Who Manaarad
to Keep Up Air of Reapectabllltr.
It la alleged that Herr May (the
German philanthropist and author re
cently proved to have been a burglar
and bandit In early life), in addition
to the improving literature of which
he was the acknowledged author, also
published anonymously a series of
cheap and detrimental fiction, In which
hla experiences as a bandit were util
ized. In other respects, however, he
appears to have wholly forsaken his
wicked ways.
If this is so, and It would be kinder
to give him the benefit of any doubt,
the case only bears a partial resem
blance to that of the celebrated Charles
Peace, the London Standard says.
That now notorious burglar waa ac
tively practicing hla real profession
when he waa known to the sedatest so
ciety of Peckham as a well-to-do and
cultured gentleman of impeccable ante
cedents. Peace waa a past master in the art
of imposture and had the makings of
a brigand in him, If he never got the
chance of following the more adventur
ous and perhaps more picturesque
branches of crime. He, too, managed
to establish some reputation for piety
by his partiality for sacred music. Hla
house waa crammed with musical in
struments, but he never allowed any
thing else to be played.
Another criminal who managed to
Imnose on his friends and acquaint
ances was Thomaa Walnewrlght, who
waa certainly a forger and probably a
prisoner, but who had been a fashion
able writer and critic and was the
friend of Charles Lamb, Talfourd and
De Qulncey. "The kind, light-hearted
Walnewrlght," as Ella called him, waa
a thoroughgoing and heartless scoun
drel and the offenses for which he was
sentenced to transportation for life
were only Incidents in a long career
of wrongdoing. Whether he really
confessed that he poisoned the unfor
tunate Miss Abercromby, urging In ex
tenuation that she had very thick
ankles, may be doubted, but quite
enough has been , proved to his dis
credit. At the same time it Is improb
able that he would ever, like Herr
Karl May, has returned to respectabil
ity, even if the opportunity had been
allowed-him.
Another and less known man of let
ters who combined literature with
crime waa George Barrlngton, trans
ported to Botany Bay to pocket pick
ing In 1790. He did recover his char
acter, became high constable of Para
matta and was much thought of In
official circles for his good conduct.
His literary fame rests mainly on the
often quoted description of the true
patriots: "Be it understood, we left
our country for our country's good."
INVENTS A NEW SEESAW.
Can De Adjnated for Uae by Chil
dren of Unequal Weight.
One of the most popular- forma of
amusement among small children Is
the seesaw, but up to the present time
this exercise could only be indulged in-1
by children of equal weight. A Vir
ginia man, however, has Invented a
Jforel Rope Faatener.
No knots are needed with the novel
and effective rope fastener that haa.
Just been patented. Therefore, aa
there la nothing to
tie up or unite, lta
use means a big.'
saving of time. The
fastener is shaped
like a letter "W"
with an inverted
"V" on the bottom.
This makes three
slots, two above and
one below, and to-
firm as if tied, fasten a rope the
latter Is brought over one of the upper
slots, down the lower one and up again,
over the other arm of the W. Wound
over the fastener in this way the rope
cannot slip, but will hold its position
as firmly as If tied. This device has a
spring hook at the apex of the middle
section of the W by which it can be
attached to any projection. The fast
ener will be found very useful on sail
boats or for hanging up clotheslines.
The average person ties a knot that re
quires much time and patience to un
tie. With this fastener he is saved the
trouble of making and opening weird
knots.
SEESAW FOB CHILDREN.
seesaw that can be used by an adult
end child and can be adjusted to make
their weights equalize each other. An
upright post rises from a firm base.
Pivoted to swing on this post are hor
izontal bars with 8eats on their outer
ends and handles by which the user
may hold on. The horizontal bars are
made in two parts, slldably mounted
so that one side of the seesaw can h
made different lengths, thus adding to
the weight of the person who alts on
the long end. The whole structure is
stronely built and works easily and
there la no danger of a breaking board
or of children losing their balance on
It as they have resta for their feet
when in. the air and a handle to grip.
Such a device will be found a nnnnlnr
one for private or public playgrounds.
Too Lavian.
Mra. Dobba was trying to find out
the likes and dislikes of her new
boarder, and all she learned Increased
her satisfaction.
. "Do you want pie for breakfast?"
she aaked.
"No, I thank you," said the new
boarder, with a smile. "Pie for break
fast eeems a little too much."
"That's JuBt the way I look at It,"
said Mrs. Dobbs, heartily, "I say pie
for dinner la a necessity, and pie for
supper gives a kind o' finishing touch
to the day, but pie for breakfast la
what I call putting on airs." Youth'a
Companion.
A girl always crlea when aha loaea
her Job
Soar Cream Pie.
Two eggs ,a cup of thick, sour cream,,
three-quartera of a cup of sugar, one
cup of chopped raisins, half teaspoon
ful of vanilla, a pinch of salt Add
the pinch of salt to the yolks of the
eggs and beat them very light. Stir
in the sour cream, then the sugar and
the raisins, mixing thoroughly. Add
the vanilla and pour the mixture into-
an open crust. Beat the whites of the
eggs light, beat in a acant cup of augar
and spread over the pie. Bake In a
moderate oven.
Cheetnnt Boodle.
Mix a rounding tablespoonful ot
flour and a quarter of a cupful of sug
ar. Add a cupful of chestnut kernels,
boiled and mashed, then gradually half
a cupful of milk. Cook five minutes,,
stirring constantly. Beat the whites
of three eggs until stiff and dry, cut
and fold into the first mixture. Fill
three-quarters full, set In a pan of hot.
water and bake in a slow oven until
firm to the touch. Turn out and serve
with whipped cream or lemon sauce.
Cheese Nnta.
A delicious dish to serve with toast
ed crackers and hot coffee. Chop a
pint of English walnuts or blanched
almonds. If almonds are used, slight
ly toast them. Place the layers of
chopped nuts in a small pan, alternat
ing with layers of grated cheese and
grated bread crumbs; season with but
ter (In dots) and dashes of salt and
pepper. Soften with a little boillng
water and bake twenty minutes.
Potted Cheeae.
When leftover cheese grows dry and
hard, don't throw It away, but grate
to a powder. Put some In a bottle
and save to serve with soups, Italian
fashion, or cook with macaroni, or add
to scallops. The rest of It may be
beaten soft with a fork, seasoned with
mustard or cayenne, and reduced to a.
paste with a little vinegar. This 1
fine to spread on saltines or crackers
or for a sandwich filling.
Coeoanat Macaroon.
Wet one and a half cups of powdered
sugar with a little cream, Just enough
to dampen It well. Beat the whites,
of two eggs stiff and gradually whlp
into them the moistened sugar, then
beat in two cups of grated cocoanut
When the mixture la very light drop
it by the teaspoonful upon buttered pa
per and bake quickly to a light brown.
Oranare Salad.
Peel ripe oranges, divide Into lobe
and cut each lobe with a sharp knife.
Into three pieces if the oranges are
large, into two bits if small. Set on
the ice until cold, arrange on crisp
lettuce leaves and add a mayonnolse
dresslng. Hint About the Houae.
The ribs ot a discarded umbrella
may be utilized for tying up tall and
willowy palms in pota.
Lamp chimneys should never be
washed. Damp a cloth In alcohol and
rub them with it and it will clean and
polish them.
Boiled potatoes should be served as.
soon as they are cooked. To make
them drier drain oft the water quick
ly, shake them In a strong dralt of
air and do not put back the lid on th
pot
When making glue you will find that
the addition of a little glycerin In
creases Its adhesive quality and makes
it more elastic One part of glycerin
to three parts ot glue la the right pro-