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If Prince Helle de Sagan says many more unpleasant things about the news- papers they will retaliate by omitting all mention of him In their columns. London, It appears. does not under stand George Ade's "College Widow,” but then there are a goal many Ameri cans who cannot solve the mystery of the “rah rah boy.” Andrew Carnegie says the Unlt«si States has the worst monetary system In the world. Yet some men have ac- cumulat'd quite satisfactory wads of money under that system. The latest news from Breathitt County. Ky., Is to the effect that the undertakers still get an occasional Job or two with the assistance of men with a grudge against each other. If an American countess will go boating on the Laborcza River near Oeremezoe, Puszta and Ferencys she must expect to have the boat tip over or some other disaster happen. luoSt tfe futur«*’ < u»it!« »s pr •mlsli g *:«.««» have li «-il wrei'ked by this xi<>«m> phantom. fea» Cl'Uld we all ut aw «y all of • t'iese illusions and rivlaltles, whl'li drain our life forces, nd devote all of our em rgv to the es •fctial till gs t!l.: t lie ever ci ose at 'rind, th«- progress of humanity would he amazing. The failure of Harry Thaw to ob tHln Ills release from custody is a highly desirable outcome of th«' habeas corpus prtM-wslIngs Instituted In his la»- half. Ther«' Is no doubt the effect upon a public opinion already stiflldently cynical as to th«» efficiency mid r«»et!- tude of our laws would have been of the worst If Thaw hn«l procis'ded s.> promptly from the dock to absolute fr«‘«lom. Only on«' interpretation would have I«« <m put u | k > u this se- «pience by the average American— namely: that evasion of law is the secure privilege of the rich. The rough reasoning of th«' public at large would hav«' brushed a<hle th«» possibility of Htru<k rwmvery and would have straight at th«» fact that by a I Hiera I expenditure from the Thaw millions "experts" ami shrewd counsel had first •inveil Thaw from th«* consequences of bls act by establishing on«' hypothesis and then s:ive«l him from the conse I quences following upon this hyjMithesis by r«*pn«iiat!ng it. Insane delusion sometimes Is cur«'d. But the judge who conimlti«‘il Thaw to Matteawan gave It as Ins «■pinion, based upon the opinion of authorities in alienism, that Thaw's type of aberration was incur able, This dfs'lnratioii would have given to the popular opinion a final certainty that Thaw bad evaded the law. Happily the public has escaped this disturbing «•oncluslon and the ad ministration of Justice has been saved from another blow in the popular estl- matlin. It Is devoutly to be hoped I that, not only for the safety of those upon whom a recurrance of Thaw's mania might be wreaked but for the welfare of tilt* public at large, the courts of New York will not take chances witli his case. When Thaw Is proved sane and permanently cured beyond a reasonable doubt, let him be allowed to go free. But not till that proof Is given. A BEDROOM IN A TREE. A Baltimore doctor wlm operated on a man for apendlcltis discovered that the victim’s appendix had previously been removed. Wo are assured that ♦ he operation was entirely successful. Sleeping outdoors in a rudely con structed house erected among branches of a high walnut tree in the heart of Flatbush. N. Y., Is the novel method a I young man has taken of "getting near “Why be downeast?” asks the In to nature." Th«' “tree house," as the dianapolis News. “At least you don’t people In the neighborhood call It, is have any tire troubles with your lawn located on th«» lawD surrounding the mower." Oh. fl n’t we? Perhaps you don’t know how the machine tires us every few days. Young Vanderbilt, In bls character of “whip," drives a coach mid collects fares from his passengers. He Is mere ly reverting to first principles. Ills illustrious ancestor, the commodore, made many a dime hi Ills early days a« a ferryman. It Is inherently mlsh'ading to say that our general business piosjurity "came with the prosperity of the rail roads"—as if the railroads had created their own prosperity first mul had then lnvlt«l the country nt large to share In it, or had set a pace in prosperity- making that the general business of the United States was quick to catch up with and follow. We start out in life with a definite amount of possible energy, We can spend It ns we please; but even with the best Intentions many people use up a large part of their capital In worry, anxiety or hv fretting over nonessen- tlalR — trifies which have nothing w hatever to <lo with their suc«*e*s. Many people go through life without ever getting full possession of tlieill- Relv«‘R. They d<> not seem able to grasp their possibilities; they never develop th«- faculty of flinging their lives out with force and effect I vencss along the line of their bent. They can use Rotn«* of tli'eir faculties to advant age, and can do some things fairly well, but never come to a full knowl- «slge of their possible strength, If we could only learn to control our thought force and t<> spend It where It is need ed. Instead of allowing it to ooze out or leak away In driblets on unimpor tant matters, «flint marvels we might accomplish! Some p«s>ple s|«end half the power ’ they generate In vain worry, bickering, splitting hairs over Irrelevatides. Much of our possible suci’css energy is wasted through fear, which In all Its phases is the greatest curs«' to the yummi rn«v fear of fail ure. fear ef Imagjnnrj eon«!itioiis and hippcnfiig* that never .«inic alunit. dread «4 ■ Ì»?i«'19l4 4)1.4 fiWe's'ditig^ KEEP THE SCHOOLHOUSE OPEN. 11Y should our schools be closed during tlie summer? Is it to give the teachers a vacation? Tliey certainly need it. but could not sub stitutes lie found? Is it for tlie sake ol economy? What worse economy is there than that which provides conditions which not only lead to the tremendous exjiense of courts and reformatories, but to the infinitely greater cost of lives that have been ruined through that mischief which Satan finds for idle hands? Boys and girls might be injured by a twelve months application to books? 'i'liere are oilier things than books In our education. Th«' vacation school should teach something els«» than winter school. Why not teach a trade? Or play? At any rate, boys and girls ought to be kept off the street, Ami it makes no difference w hether the'street is In the city of in the small town. A great many of us think that th«' small town street is as demoralizing as tlie city street. Notwithstanding all our talk about tlie new education, our schools still can lie improv«'«!. But the reform that is needtxl is not so much in the curriculum as in tlie con ception of tlie very purpose of school. It Is all very well to discuss "Frills" anti the “Three R’s.” Iiut let us open THE THEE. home. A wooden stairway winds around tlie tree's trunk leading to the single ehamlicr above, allowing an easy ascent to lie made. The entire structure is made of wood. At first tlie intention was simply to build a "crow's nest." where tlie "tree sleeper" mid Ills companions could se clude tiiemseives on rainy afternoons and days when It was too hot for ac tive exercise. Th«* "crow's nest” did not prove to lie large enough, so tin* boys added a large platform, which 1 forms what they call their piazza, This piazza Is roomy enough for mi ordl- nary slze«l «lining room table mid com- fortably accommodates six or eight diners. Then the boys decided that they would like to see liow It would feel to sleep out in tin» open. They covered the top of the bouse witli panes of glass, and tills gave tlii'iu all tlie light, day or night, they needed. Tlie trial worked so well that they decliireil tfiat thereafter tliey would, wlille the weath er was warm, sleep In the tre«'. In «he Sprlnw, ♦■«<-. "Perhaps it’s oversensitiveness on m.v part,” remarked the old bachelor, "but * from this time on until autumn sets in again In earnest 1 am going to he con tinually embarrassed by public love- making. Last Sundny afternoon I went for my usual stroll in the park, and 1 suffer«! any number of minor shocks from coming on couples sjHionlng on the benches along th«1 paths. Later on I had to ride down town In th«* subway, and I saw two mor«’ couples talking into each other’s faces ns If there w asn’t n human being within a mile of them. Of course they don’t mind me. Blit I hate to be put in th«' attl- tude of nn Intruder on love’s young dt emu." 9«» 'f hollic h « f 111. A l.tHid Xiiia. “Your deml husband wor a K'"». mot.,’’ declared the sympathetic Mrs Casey to til«' tiereaved widow. •II.' w’or!" ex« lalmed Mrs. Murply. dashing th«* tears from lier eyes, \ « two pqliiT'iniq cud baud .e him." Judge No weather report received, so we republish tliat of yesterday," a certain village newspiper minoune«»l, on ti tempestuous day when tlie wires were down. Tlie «alitor of a more enterpris ing sheet did better -lie proceeded to make good tlie deficiency himself. ••Feeling sure that our readers will Wish to learn the probabilities, oilidal- ly or otherwise,” he declared, confiden tially. “we have taken personal pains to ascertain tliem. We first consulted tliat respected authority, Squire I’ed- jury discovering incidentally as we irossisl the1 pond that tlie Ice is not Boys, take firm enough for skating, warning! mid as we sat on the top Step emptying tlie water out of our boots, »piire gave us his views from tlie hall. As we were wetter than a drowned rat, mid shook off showers with every shiver, he <li«l not. out of respect for Mrs. Pedbnry’s carpets, ask i us in. We would have appreciated •f he ha«l, but cannot wonder, “Squire opines the wind down witli the sun; that there will a big drop in the thermometer by mid night, mid clear, cokl weather to-m.ir- row. "Our confidence in his judgment is such tliat we were returning satisfied, when on the corner we blew violently into the arms of Cap’n Ebenezer Tuttle, who disentangled us from tils miitller witli diflieulty and warm language, but subsequently consenttxl to prognosti cate for publication. Cap'll Eli says tlie mercury will rise as the wind drops; tliat we are going to have ii real springy, mild spell, mid he'll bet Ills iiat there'll be a warm rain by to-morrow noon. He states that Squire Pedlmry is a fine man. but when it comes to weather, Ills opinion Is not •vortli shucks. “At our olliee door we encountereil our «'steemed suhscrilMT, Miss eLydia Pettengil!. witli whom we enjoyed a pleasant «•hnt while rectifying her |)(>w silk umbrella, which had blown Inside out. Miss Petteuglil differs from tlie gentlemen with m«*lest reluctance, and is a little shy at print; but she Is per fectly stir«« there will lie no present ctiang«' in temt»eratnre. nor will tlie Wind subside, as w«' lire r«»ce|vlng th«' first InRtnllinent of what is bound to l.e a ’dry storm’ of is-vvriil days’ «lura- ♦ l;»n. "Our readers ■ ■ I Ice thcii- ehol e Mennwhll«' tlie gal«* still howls, and we can assure them, with a frrvur unanimously sliaicil by our throe au- tliorii • - that th.) wilj* I»- much more .rouifortalilv in«f<wif« «»«nversing al amt th«- w .-¡t!«*-- tluir «m •l■•ot•» ei|»Tlem ing Il ! "Util’« • ««II p-ll ¡•■fl i h. re new t Ac exi’ctt ¿ut * • • • • • . * • 9 9 • a • • 9 • e I 0 * « A A • - Ì 90 9 *■» 9 rx* j. o. r t * A 9 •• « X <•««• • f «he M«p * «»»• t •< A* ••rule «■< At«» * • *IS X» .f. <»? th.-. 251 mij r gem al* and those of superior rank, upon whom fell the military resi^nslbilitieu of tlie Held «luring the course of tin* Civil War, there are only nine s ir« Ivors. Of e Major General .Imines Harrison «on, 1: iuk > iis «avalry leader and en gineer qflicer. Is president of the Cat airy Society of tlie Armies of tile Cult« ed Stat«s. , General Wilson was Imrn tn Shaw- ni'etown. Ill., in 1S37. His graudfather was one of tlie founders of IIHnol* ami hi» father was au ensi.ii in tlie war of 1M2 anil a captain in tlie Black Hawk War, G«'i ral Wilson was eilu- 1 al« 11 at M K. i, Col ge and at the United States Military Academy, froid which in1 graduated in ls«>0. 11«» wa* tissigim«l to tin1 corps of topographical engln« era mid was the chief engln«*er of tlie Port Royal expedition. II«' then served in the liepartment of th«' South, mid acted as aiile-de-eamp to General George B. Met 'lellaii. being pivsent at 11 he battles of South Mountain and An- 'tietmn. Appointed lieutenant colonel In tlie volunhM'r staff of tlie army. In Novi'mlier. l' i.2. lie servetl as chief en gineer mid ins;H‘etor general <>f the ¡Army of th«' T«'mn ss«'«>, ami was aetivo In tlie operations around Vicksburg, lie ixsaim«' captain of engineers in May, I 1S«!3, mid brigadier general of volun teers in October of that year ami was I engaged in th«' operations near Uliat- t.iiiooga. th«* battle of Missionary Ridge MAJOK <«J \ ! iJAl. WILSON. ami tile relief of Knoxville. Placed in command of the third division of tlie Cavalry Corps in the Army of the J’ lb mne, lie bore* a coiispi nous part in the operations under Gen iral Philip II. I’heridan, including the Richmond raid I nd the combats near Petersburg. Ho led his division through tlie Slienan- iloali campaign, including the battle of Dpequnn, until October, 1SC>4, when lie was assigned to the command of tlie Cavalry Corps of tlie military division «if tli<> Missis ippl. Organizing a mount ed body of 15.ooo men, he contributed largely to th«' success won in tlie west by tlie armies of General Thomas and General Sherman, particularly by Ills capture of Selma ami Montgomery, and Columbus and Macon, Ga. S days lie capture«! tile fortified cities. 23 stands of i-olors, 2ss guns and ti.sjo prisoners, among them Jef- ferson I »avis. April, 1SU5. lie was pro ■noted major general of volunt«'crs. In January, istiii. hi* was mustered out of tlie volunteer sei « ice and in July was commissioned lieulemilit •■olouel of tlie Thirty fifth Infantry and hrevetteit major general in tlie U. S. A. for gal lant and meritorious services during til«' war. In INTO lie was honorably discharg«*«! and engaged in large railroad and en gineering operation« at home and abroad. In May, lsns, he was com missioned major general in the volun teer servb-c for the Spin sh war and commanded the First and Sixth Army Corps In Georgia ami Cuba and took part in the Porto Rico campaign. He was with tile Chita Relief Expedition and commanded the co operating force of American mid British troops In th«» captur«* of eight Chines«' temples. He also «■■•millllllded the Ameriean forces in Peking. When King Edward of En gland wa erow lied General Wilson re|s resented the United States Army. He was plmid on the retired list in 11)01 by s|w lai act of Congress as brigadier genera I of tlie U. S. A. Ton llnrtl to Pronounce» A BAHN OWL ON A MOONLIGHT RAT HUN UNG EXPEDITION. The barn owl is not popular with the country people, and it is a inuch- ¡H'tsecuted bird. If the farmers only realized how very useful the owl Is In exterminating rats mid mice they would protect it. The bird would be a very valuable ally to the Society for the Extermination of Kats, which has now begun active work In this country.--London News. W«>n«lerf:il Mat'hines. • •• • marked on the scale of a delicate In strument; hut «•ven this perform.inc it surpassed by the “colu'rers" of Branley of Paris, by which th«» Hertz waves ol wireless telegraphy are caught In tliell pulsings through space. The range ol impressions which w<> get from liftint an object Is exceedingly small. An or dlniiry chemist’s balanee Is some mil lion times as sensitive and welghti down the two-hundredth part of a mllli gram. Without such instruments in these we should know far less about the world than they place within Olli reach. A well «lr< ssed man enter«'«l a flor ist’s shop in a certain city recently, threw dowii a dollar and mid said he wanted some tlowers to take horn«'. He wiis quite unsteady, evidently taper- Inr, off a s|ir<x«, ami th«' flowers were apparently intended as a domestic peace offering. Tlie florist picked out a collection of hyacinths, and the caller started to leav«>, but at the door hesitated. "I say." Ii«‘ said, thickly, "what's this - flowers called?" “Ilya- cinths," said tlie florist. Th«' customer shook Ills head, mid, ns he walk«*«! Iimk to tlie counter, s.ald; “Gotter hav«' something easier. Gimme a dozen roses.” Art nn.l I'cHrs, “I suppose you sometimes shed real tears at tlie theater?" said the ad- miier. "I nm tempted to.” answered Mr. Stormington Barnes, "w b< n I look over tin' box olliee statement." Washington Star, When a woman imites another to ba her guest, mid finds that she has a pre linen the Knie Hy Henri. vious eiig.'igement, she feels that so far "Do you think yeti could learn to lov» ns she Is concerned the slate has bee» file?" the young’man Inquired. •cashed off. "Ix'itrn to love you?” «.xdaimed th« '1 lw mail who has a motto fa, also apt rapturous maid, “ilnrold, I could givi less« Ills H P ft. Louisville Coerier to take up some <»f your tiniw by quot* ii.g poetrg you aren't anxious tu lieu g f Journal, • • 9 9 9 • • • • • • • •• 0 e N view of all that has been said about the fall in the death rate, it seems strange to realize that we are not living so long us our grandfathers and grandmothers did. Mon» babies live to grow up nowadays than formerly, but p«*opl«> in later life die younger. Once arrived at adult age, the average n an or woman lias few jears of survival to ex- |«eet. This se«‘ins on the face of it so surprising a state ment that in order to be accepted it should he backed up by data authentic and indisputable, Such data are furnished by the figures of the insurance companies (which ail agree on the point), but it is easier to refer to the govi'rnment census reports, which tell the tai«' in simple ami convincing fashion. Even during the last fifteen years the death rale among all persons over 55 years of ng«' of Ixitli sexes has risen very considerably.— Health Culture. * .. o * • ® » •a * • 9 9 WE AF.E DYING YOUNGER. The seiisitivem'ss of ilio human or gunism is gross Indeed when one coni- pares it witli eertuiii marvelous ma- cllines. A pllotogl apllie piate, coU|»led witli a t< lescope, dls-overs millioi s of stara wliose light thè retina of thè eye d<a*s Hot appreciate ; the microphone makes thè inaudible tread of a fly sound like thè tranip of eavalrymen. The human beat sei sc cannot realize a difference of temperature lieyond one- tlfth «>f a degree. But th«' baronieter. ali instnuiient 2<<'.'»" times iis sensi tive i|s tlic skin. not s a dlfierenee of a mlllloiith of a «legrc«'. A galvano m< ter tle«< s. It« finger at a cillTelit geli- erated l»y thè "« eh« r«T<" <>f P.i .mh’j of p. ... gg io prrM ¡t "Ut et a spli^r ». g| gbape luto timi <*f an • .g i he « asuouut <>f AoiJ» «!<>n«' l>v thè wink of mi t (,i>‘ i^uuj» ÎOV,*UV,UW,UW ut tlig Viutos ii o R CALIFORNIA Congresman wants fifis country to buy Lower California, The im- tmdiate prompting of such a purpose is the advantage of Magdalena Buy as a naval station. Although Lower California Is. gen erally speaking, a desolate and deserted stretch of territory, Magdalena Bay is a superb Imrlsir; its wide and deep waters are protisted by a natural breakwater, the Island of St. Margarita. Here the battleship fleet engaged In target practice, by permission of the Mexican government, which, however, icfused its consent to small arms practice on shore. The United States might have taken Lower California at the close < f the war with Mexico, but there was no reason to believ«' that it would have been in til«' least useful. Mexico docs not now find its possession of any material benefit; but such is national sentiment in the matter of territory that it is Improbable that sin1 would consider favorably an offer to buy it. As nil available half-way anchorage between the west coast and the Panama canal, the harbor could probably be made serviceable to the fleets of the United States, especially in event of war.— Providence Journal. ■M -1-+-5- -+4^~F4«-ì-M~ì-+-5"l-4-4-:"M"ì»4“t» • . DO WE WANT LOWER CALIFORNIA? A PLEA FOR A VERMIN-EXTERMINATOR—THE BARN-OWL. Nell I Yes, the count Is attentive to admired some roses she saw her. She I In n florist’s window they were passing yesterday, so lu* linci nome sent up to her------ Belle—How thoughtful ! Nell—Yes; C. O. D.— The Catholic Standard and Times I AM an old flail,” mid so were David, the hero, ami Solomon, the sage; but Thomas Platt, as a sequel to his folly. Ims con ferred on society a material beuetit in tini t lie challenged the blackmailer mid that whole tribe of moral 1« pels, compared w itli whom tlie assassin and the tliief are ex- emplary characters. How many millions are extorteil from men in high places s th«' price of secrecy tlie world will never know. It is the basest of all multifarious ex- pedients of crime and the most cowardly. Tlie "Black Hand" carries terror to those against whom it is aimed. but compared with the secret mid noiseless work of tile social blackmailer the "Black Hund" Is a rather respis t able method of diabolism. It carries a knife with which to relieve its victim of his w ret« licdii« ss, mid takes its own life in hand when it makes the venture. We are persuaded that th«* act of Platt In refusing the demands of Mae Catherine Wood ai d the act of Justice O'Gorman In sending the woman to prison will work wonders for the peace of society. It was a brave tiling to do when Platt appealed to the court of jiistlc«'. and would that «'very other man so beleaguered would do as much, Though his sin were scarlet, the public would applaud his sen ice to society. The murderer may be a daring man. and so the tliief; hut your blackmailer Is evi r a coward, and It only needs to defy him to be rid of him. All other infamy shrinks to venial sin compared to the moral Iniquity of the man or woman who demands a price for silence.—Washington Post. our eyes to something more fundamental. The welfare of th«* community demands training in self-restraint and plain decemy. When that happy d i.v for which we look dawi s mid we all com«* to our seiis« s. we shall stie tliat the duty of tlie Stale is not to teaeli laiys and girls for nine months in til«' yi.ir mid then turn them loose for three months; w«' shall see to it that if fathers and mothers forsake their children, then the State shall take them up—into si ’.i >«>], not Jail. If li is the «hity of tin* school to keep growing children from bail influene«s in th«' winter, it Is even more its duty to keep children from evil in the suui- m« r.—The World To-Day. WEATHER TO SUIT. IN One of the largest cantilever bridges In the world will be open«*d to the pub- lie in the early autumn, when the bridge connecting Manhattan Island with Long Island, by way of Black well's Island, is completed. The bridge will be In three spans, the long est of which is nearly twelve hundred feet, The spans of the Firth of Forth cantilever bridge are each seventeen hundred feet long, The new bridge carries two floors. On the lower one there will lie four trucks for surface «•ars and a driveway for carriages. There will be four tracks for elevatisl cars on the upper floor, besides two foot paths, This Is tlie third brlilge across the East River betw«*en Man- hat ten mid Long Island, but it will not lie the last. Work Is progressing i rapidly on a fourth one, betwe«'n tlie old Brooklyn Bridge and the new Wil- 'lamsburg Bridge. Opinions cf Great Papers ca Important Subjects THE INFAMY OF BLACKMAIL. ’ • • o I mu «1 tach Week 9 : • • • • o BANDON RECORDER » • a a 9 « a • • •• • • • e t •• a l 9 • • • • • • • 9 » . • <• • •• A <s> a