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Trouble never comes singly to •
bigamist.
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The only people in France who take
no Interest in duels are the undertak
ers.
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The south pole Is ’ no doubt begin
ning to feel as if it were already las
soed.
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Royal weddings continue, and the
people of Europe continue to pay for
them.
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What has become of the man Who
used to say that his home was wher
ever he took his hat off?
The man who goes hunting and falls
to get a shot may be the same ctiap
who goes fishing and never gets a bite.
Sir Thomas Lipton says that It Is
luck to be born poor. It may be luck
to be born poor, but it is hard luck to
live so.
The Kaiser's new Dreadnought Is
said to be so fast that she easily out
distances even the criticism of the
Socialists.
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The discovery that cancer cannot
live in the same place with llmburger
cheese Is of particular comfort to folks
who have either.
Gypsy Smith’s favorite song is,
“Where He Leads I Will Follow.”
That's the one that made Edna May
famous, and won her a rich husband.
"Is the college girl a mollycoddle?"
the New York World asks. Thai’s a
question for some other fellow to an
swer. Jumping In where angels fear
to tread is not a pleasant pawtime.
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A man who has been arrested at
Yonkers, N. Y., for bigamy admits that
he can’t remember the names of all his
wives. It is probable, however, that
he could, if he were to meet them,
truthfully say their faces were .famil
iar,
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A deelre to enjoy the privileges of
democracy and to be Independent once
in a while of the claims of royalty is
the reason given by Princess Christian,
the eldest surviving daughter of the
tate Queen Victoria, for joining a wo
man's club.
Captain Amundsen Is going to start
for the north pole, taking with him a
food supply great enough to lart seven
years. He evidently 1« determined to
avoid any danger of being doubted,
when he returns, because of the speed
he had to make in order to avoid run
ning out of pemmican.
What this world needs is new and
better men and women. Who will find
at hand all the religious help that is
necessary without devising new sys
tems of ethical culture. Not all men
are Intellectual Brahmins, who can
feast their souls on academic Ideals
Most of us need the personal help and
sympathy of a Divine Being, who Is
to us a reality and not a theory of
Mvlng.
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Eight new sanctuaries for birds and
animals have been set apart in the
state of Victoria, Australia, by the gov
ernment within a year. This Is In ad
dition to the ordinary protection af
forded by law to kangaroos, platypus,
magpies, laughing jackals and certain
other animals, and Is intended to pre
vent the extermination of native crea
tures. Several years ago a private clti-
sen established a game sanctuary in
South Australia, and the birds within
it are now about as tame as domesti
cated chickens A similar fearlessness
of man 1s noted In the East African
game preserve along the railroad on
which Mr Roosevelt traveled on hl3
way to the hunting fields.
Paper of a stronger texture, some
thing that will stand the test of time,
better than that commonly used for
legal documents and public records,
la earnestly urged by a prominent of
ficial whose recent researches have im
pressed ui>on him the increasingly
perishable nature of that now used.
Undoubtedly his plea is well founded,
and it might have been extended to
cover the paper used In books and
newspapers, that la. the books and
newspapers which are worth preserv
ing. As a matter of cheapness, such
a quality of paper is now generally
used that its lease of life la certain
to bo much shorter than that used in
earlier years
Paper can be made
from many different materials, and is
employed for a multitude of usee; but
principally ft is used, and will con
tinue to be used, as an adjunct of "the
art preservative," and In this connec
tion it is desirable that It be as sub
stantial and durable as possible.
Interest In the Darien Canal project
has lately been revived In Columbia.
An engineer who la trying to get a con
cession from the government for the
construction of the canal has been In
London seeking British capital for th«
enterprise
The recently appointed
Japanese consul general in Bogota ex
presses an Intention to co-operate with
the engineer. Those familiar with the
history of the Darien project will nat
urally Infer that there is more inter
national politics than canal building
in the renewed discussion of IL The
Darien route by the »V « tin AWtto
River wu explored bf American en
glueers in 1U7, in 19/9 and in 1811»,
but the difil«*ltiee in thq
were so
great that the project was abandoned
It la true that Senator Hanna talked
about this route during the negotia
tions over the Nicaragua and Panama
projects, but it is generally believe 1
that this was for the purpose of bring
ing the other negotiations to a success
ful issue. Four other general routes
serosa the isthmus have been consid
ered besides the Darien, Nicaragua
and Panama locations. One is by way
of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec tn Mex
ico, and the other three are in Pan
ama; the Chlriqul Lagoon-Dulce Gulf
route, the Ban Blas Bay-Bayano River
route, and the Caledonla-San Miguri
Bay route. A railroad has been built
across Tehuantepec by Mexico, and
the canal project there has not been
seriously considered for years. The
San Blas and the Caledonia Bay and
the Atrato routes involve the construc
tion of a tunnel, and have been reject
ed for that reason.
The Nicaragua
route Is the only one which was ever
a serious rival of Panama, and the
United States would now be engaged
on that project of the French company
had refused to sell Its rights at Pan
ama.
In suits for divorce, as in other un
pleasant cases, judges have the right
by law to hear testimony In private In
the interest of public morality. We
do not know how far this wholesome
law differs In different states. It must
grant everywhere wide discretion to
the Judge and thia may Include power
everywhere to suppress the decree as
well as the evidence and to seal the
whole record file so that It never can
be examined by the public. That
practice has prevailed in New York
City for a long time, though it was
not brought to general public notice
until census officials sent by President
Roosevelt to obtain statistics of di
vorce found themselves confronted In
New York with sealed records in
locked safes. These cases are lnvari
ably those of rich and prominent fam
Illes, or persons possessing an equal
Influence with the courts. This Is a
shameful abuse for protection of privi
leged classes of a law strained from
the original purpose of protecting pub
lic morals. It is one thing to prevent
demoralizing recital In open court and
another to cover up evil whose exam
ple would be wholesome to society.
The cause of public morals is not
aided but injured by allowing persons
of wealth and station concealment of
vices which are ruthlessly exposed
when practiced by humhler persons.
There can be no reason for this dis
crimination but some form of bribe,
whether paid in larger fees for secret
hearings, as direct honorarium to
court officers or. a tribute to the polit
ical organization by which they are
controlled. Why should the Astor fam
ily be broken up in secret while the
frailtiee of John Smith and his wife
are exposed to the public and spread
upon the record unless it is because
they pay for the privilege? These se
cret records are kept with peculiar
care and. like the secret archives of
government, will make interesting
reading for posterity.
USES CAVE AS DWELLING.
Fitted
Up «■ n Modern Flat,
Water and Electricity.
With
One of the most pomlnent and suc
cessful farmers of Prairie Grove, Ark.,
who Is an active member of the Na
tional Farmers’ Union, has dwelt in a
cave for years. It Is probably the
most palatial cave In the world, and
Is fitted up with all modern conven
iences, including hot and cold water,
electric fans, electric lights and steam
heat. He discovered the cave at the
top of a mountain, 1,700 feet high.
It Is seventy-eight feet long by twen
ty-five feet wide and thirty-two feet
high. The walls are of beautiful gran
ite, which has been handsomely pol
ished. The celling Is forty feet thick.
The front of the cave Is of glass,
which the owner and occupant, H. S.
Mobley, put in, together with hard
wood floors.
The flues for the cooking range pass
out through the mouth of the cave and
extend outward a distance of nearly
forty feet. Movable screens permit ths
Increase and reduction of rooms at
the pleasure of the occupants. A fine
spring at the top of the mountain fur
nishes water through a private system
of waterworks.
This novel dwelling was completed
about two years ago. It is approached
by a beautiful road ascending tho
crest of the mountain by easy stages,
and the grounds about the cave are
kept in perfect, condition. The occu
pants declare that It Is the coolest
dwelling In summer and the most com
fortable In winter, and they have no
fAr of cyclones, which are frequent
In that region.
Neither heat nor cold penetrates the
solid protection of yards of granlto.
Mr. Mobley says he will live in the
cave for the rest of his life. The cave
Is in easy driving distance of Prairie
Grove town.—Boston Traveller.
Time to Reform.
“Isn’t It disgraceful the way worn
en smoke nowadays?”
“Why?”
“I Just saw an advertisement offei
Ing to any woman six puffs for a dol
lar.”—Purple Cow.
Mode
a
Good
Job.
Minerva had just sprung from thw
brow of Jove.
“I always had a good head for fig
urea,” he cried.
Herewith he eyed the classic out
lines approvingly.
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RAM S HORN BLASTS.
Wirnlni N o I m t'alltaa lb« »liked
to Repentan«*«.
Opinion* of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
DRINKING AT MVALS.
NE by one old and cherished ideas are giv
ing way before the simple application of
practical tests. Perhaps no other one Idea
with reference to eating habits has become
more widespread and more persistent than
that it is injurious to drink water at
meals. The old medical rule against eat
ing before going to bed has been discountenanced by
the medical profession itself for a long time now, and
it has been repeatedly shown that a reasonable amount
of food taken before retiring Is beneficial to many nerv
ous people, and is not Infrequently a cure for insompia
The rule against drinking at meals has been more
persistent, but It appears to be doomed, now that the
profe. ors in the physiological chemistry department of
the University of Illinois have set about making exper
iments to prove the digestive value of copious drafts
of water taken while eating. One quart of water at
each meal was the prescription followed, and it was
found that the subject actually throve on it. The theory
is that the water, diluting the saliva, "causes the di
gestive fluid to assume greater digestive activity.”—
Manchester Union.
THE TWO-DOLLAR BILLS MUST GO.
WISH to simplify coinage has led to the
disappearance of many coins which It was
supposed when their coming was author
ized would be a popular convenience. The
$3 and SI gold pieces have gone. The last
was too small and the first never was
needed. It was supposed by the men who
suggested Its coinage that the 20-cent piece would come
in handy, It proved to be a nuisance because It was
so near the size of the quarter dollar, It did not help
materially In making change, So it did not last many
years The silver half dime was abandoned because too
small, The 3-cent piece In silver or nickel had a long
life, but was discarded finally. So was the 2-cent piece,
It was agreed that there was no need of a coin between
the cent and the 5-cent piece.
Now it Is proposed to get rid of the $2 bill for a sim
ilar reason. The only objectors thus far are-the bank
tellers. They say It saves them time In handling money
when there Is a good deal to be handled. Of course It
takes only half as long to run through a hundred dol
lars In twos as when It is made up of ones. But the
bank tellers are not the only persons to be considered.
There are notes for their special accommodation—$5,000
and $10,000 bills, which the common people never own
and seldom see. The men who handle money on a
small scale—the petty dealers, for instance—would be
•glad to see the $2 bill disappear. They consider It some-
,what of a nuisance.
The twos certainly ought to be called in and con
verted Into ones. There ought to be In circulation more
bills of that useful denomination. There is never a
surplus of them, so great and so constant is the de
mand.—Chicago Tribune.
A SLAP A -UGH BROWS.
E ARE overburdened with high brows.”
says Thomas A. Edison. "We have too
many professors and academicians."
This surely Is a busy world, and the
harder a man works in it the more he
discovers there is to be done, the more
anxious he is to see things done, the
less time he takes to brush the dust of granite from his
hands before he assumes the next job, the greater the
irritation and impatience he displays toward those he
terms- with little courtesy—the unproductive.
It is
given to everyone to catch occasional glimpses of won
ders that could be accomplished, of marvels which could
be digged from the earth, of happiness which could be
brought about, if only such and such work were under
taken. Mr. Edison probably has had more qf these great
visions than anyone else In this country. It irks him
that men should muss over ancient manu cripts or dis
pute over species of shellfish. Rather, he thinks, should
they be up and doing, holding nature up for comforts,
forcing content out of the energies of sky and earth.
And still human nature yearns for the wisdom which
cannot be utilized. It loves to gorge itself with the Indi
gestible facts of history and science and metaphysical
speculation. How fine for humanity It would be if all
worked all the time to cure Its Ills—and how fearfully,
fearfully wearisome!—Toledo Blade.
RESPECTING THE LAW.
HE American people need to have more re
spect for the law,” sagely remarks the
chief Police Commissioner of the city of
St. Louis, relative to the re< ent outbreak
of crime In the Missouri metropolis.
True, but what the American people
need most Is to be taught to respect the
law by being punished when they break the law. Ab
stract ideas of reepect for the law as a great moral en
gine count for but little with a large part of our popu
lation. One man In the penitentiary Is often worth
more than a thousand lectures upon the beauty of law
observance.
It Is often said that It Is much easier to enforce a
law In Great Britain and upon the continent of Europe
than in this country, because the people of the older
countries respect the law more. It would be more
proper to say that they fear the law more. If a man
breaks the law in England, the odds are about 50 to 1
that he Is punished, and punished promptly. Punish
ment Is frequently a great aid in making the law re
speeted.- Ixjulsvllle Post.
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Mrs. Peterson, with an odd smile on
her Ups.
THE BOY AND THE CENT.
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Her husband nodded. “I thought I
«-ees-en-n-s-sae «««-««•-««• might as well.”—Youth's Companion.
Mr. Peterson did not mind being
called a moralist In fact, he was
rather proud of the habit, whlph he
sedulously cultivated, of discoursing
In a high, ethical tone about whatever
came to his notice. Mrs. Peterson, a
silent, hard-working woman, listened
to her lord’s remarks faithfully, ap
plauding and commenting at what she
thought were appropriate spots.
One day Mr. Peterson returned from
the village hot with righteous indigna
tion and overexertion.
"These
people,” he said, fanning
himself rapidly with a palm leaf.
“These people and their children! I
am almost glad we haven't any chil
dren, Marla, for if we had I’m sure
we should train them up to be just as
thoughtless and Ill-mannered as the
rest of the world.”
"What—” began Mrs. Peterson, in
her soft voice.
“Begging!” answered her husband.
“Plain, every-day begging! And John
Lincoln’s son, too! The little rascal! I
don’t think he’s six yet”
"He was five last May,’ ’replied Mrs.
Peterson,
with a readiness which
showed that although she hereelf had
no children, her Interest In her
friends' offspring was keen.
“Anyway.” maintained Mr. Peter
son, “he’s old enough to know better.”
This was somewhat illogical, seeing
that only a moment before a virtue
had been made of the lad’s youth.
However, Mr. Peterson was a moralist.
"He’s old enough to know better,”
said Mr. Peterson, "and he doesn't do
better. This very morning, for exam
ple,”—he paused to emphasize again
the fact that it was to-day, as If the
date made an Important difference—
"this very morning I was passing by
John Lincoln's house on Vernon street
and there, in the front yard, was his
son John, Junior, playing with the
puppy. No sooner did the boy see me
than he said, ’Please, Mr. Peterson,
give me a cent.’ ’’
"I am surprised that Sarah Lin
coln’s boy------” began Mrs. Peterson.
“I am not surprised at anything in
this world,” announced Mr. Peterson,
"after the things I've seen and heard
In my life. I am disappointed. So 1
said to him, 'What do you want with
a cent, John?' And to this he re
plied, 'Buy something.’ If any boy of
mine—had I a boy—were seen on the
public streets------ "
"Wbat did you say to him then?”
asked Mrs. Peterson, becoming a little
Impatient to get to the point of the
atory, aa she had cakes In the oven.
"Why." said Mr. Peterson, "I hap
pened to have an extra cent in my
pocket, and so I lectured him for sev
eral minutes on the crime of begging,
and------”
"Then you gave him the cent!”
RIVAL OF ADEN.
British St ronifhold at lied Sea A if at n
to Be an Important Port.
SCOTT AS A DUNCE.
Great Author Gave Sueeeaeor Fee fol
Krepioic Hi« Place Warm.
Once there was a dunce.
The name of this dunce was Walter
Scott, and when he was at school hi
was such a dull boy that his teachei
called him “the great blockhead,” ac
cording to the Philadelphia Record.
But Walter Scott did not cry and he
always tried to do his best, and after
ward, when he grew up to be a man,
he became famous all the world over
because of the great books which he
wrote. And because he was so famous
he was made a knight, and afterward
he was known as Sir Walter Scott.
And yet he was such a dunce at
school!
One day, when he had become a fa
mous man, Sir Walter Scott went on
a visit to the very same school where
he had been called “the great block
head.”
He talked to the teacher and to the
boys, and then he said: “You have
shown me the clever boys. Now show
me the dunce. You have one, haveu’t
you?”
The teacher, therefore, called up a
poor little boy, who. was very bashful
at being brought before such a famous
man as Sir Walter Scott.
Sir Walter smiled cheerily at the lit
tle boy, and said, “So you are the
dunce, are you?"
“Yes, sir,” said the little boy.
Sir Walter patted him kindly on the
head, and said, “Well, my good fellow,
I was the dunce when I was here, so
here is half a crown for keeping my
place warm!”
I rather think that every boy In the
school must have wished he was the
dunce then!
Aden, the British stronghold that
commands the entrance to the Red sea,
has of late years fallen behind the
times from a commercial point of
view, says an exchange. Through the
poor harbor facilities the trade of
Aden, once paramount between Egypt
and India, has been largely transferred
to ports that were quite obscure a
few years ago, as Berbera on the Brit
ish Somali coast, Jibuti alongside of
It on French territory, and Hodelda,
the Turkish-Arabian port on the Red
sea. Many of the larger modern ves
sels, unable to enter the Inner harbor
of Aden and unwilling to suffer the
expense of lighterage, have dropped
the call entirely by enlarging their
bunkers sufficiently to take enough fuel
to carry them from Suez to Colombo
and vice versa.
To remedy this state of affairs, the
Aden port trust at the beginning of
the year decided to make extensive im-!
provements, dredging the entire area
of the mooring basin In the inner har
bor and the entrance channel, the To
ronto Star says. Work was begun In
March last, and although the contract
called for completion within two
years, It Is now certain that by the
end of February next the entire project :
will have been carried out, so that the
very largest vessels that can now >ass ,
through the Suez canal will be accom
modated in the Inner harbor of Aden. I
This much-needed activity In Aden
Airirrn vutlng*.
Inner harbor forms a parallel to the
When the late Gen. Edward M. Mc
vast Improvements now carried on at
Singapore, that other citadel of British Cook lived in Pike’s Peak, he once pre
imperial sway. There, too, competl- I sided at a dinner in honor of a fa
tlon had made Itself keenly felt for mous Indian fighter. Mr. McCook, as
some years, thanks to the awakening he then was. concluded his Introduc
activity of the Dutch In making the tion of the Indian fighter with the
best of their opportunities In the Malay words:
archipelago. Of the rivals that have | “I can find but one fault with the
arisen to Singapore, the best known, | colonel's methods. I allude to his well-
hut not the only one. Is Sabang, at the , known custom of enlisting In his regi
entrance of the straits of Malacca. ment only baldheaded men. To aggra
This competition, so surprising and vate the'Indians’ feelings so cruelly as
frequently alarming to British Inter that Is carrying war too far.”
ests, is proving a needed stimulus to
A Bl« One.
British enterprise, to which a too-long
“W’hat a nice advertisement for the
enjoyed monopoly had been wholly un
personally conducted travel trips!" re
favorable. The magnificent works un marked the Casual Observer.
dertaken both at Aden and Singapore,
“What Is?” demanded the Practical
together with the project for a aew Person.
naval base at Bombay, are Irrefutable
"The fact that the north pole has
and welcome evidences of Great Brit- been discovered by a Cook tourist.”
a'n’e continued supremacy, while the
Found.
fact that the Suez canal, when fully
Mr. Popp—Hurray! For once In my
dredged in another five years, will al
low far larger vessels to pass through life I know where my cuff links ars.
Mrs. Popp—Where are they now?
than at present is a guaranty for still
Mr. Popp—The baby's swallowed
vaster Improvements to be carried out
by Great Britain In the harbors of her 'am—Cleveland Leader
empire._______________ _____
One way of gracefully saying that
There ace a good
many very poor
people who have
plenty of money.
If a hair shirt
could make a
saint,
the devil
would
wear
mourning all the
time.
The purpose of
all education Is to enable us to see
that the world Ls moving, and show
us what it is moving for.
The trials that just about break us
are the ones that make us.
In most cases we look in the wrong
direction for our happiness.
The man who fears the light is al
ways running from a shadow.
Whatever God's providence gives us
to do Is something He wants done.
The money that does us the most
good is the money with which we do
good.
Some folks will do anything for the
Lord except behave themselves at
home.
When we know that God Is the giver
of all good, we shall find good In all
He gives.
Anybody can talk religion, but it
takes a true follower of Christ to show
what it is.
God provided for the worst that
could happen to man before He
breathed into him the breath of life.
God believes in good cheer or He
would not have made hearty laughter
about the wholesomest and healthiest
thing in the world.
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THE MIGRATORY SENSE.
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The migration of birds, unlike the
migration of human beings, is a very
mysterious thing. Flying, as most of
the song birds do, by night, coming
and going in great flocks, and chang
ing their locality for no one reason,
but for many, the problem of these
“tidal waves” in bird life is wholly
fascinating. D. Lange, In the Atlan
tic Monthly in discussing some phases
of it, speaks as follows concerning
the birds’ sense of direction:
How do birds find their way? There
is no doubt that they are often guid
ed by sight along coasts, lakes, riv
ers and valleys, which are plainly vis
ible for a great distance from the
height at which birds travel.
In other cases, old birds which have
been over the route lead the way, and
the young birds follow their calls and
their leadership.
What wonderful stories these wing
ed travelers could tell If they could
talk to us! What fascinating teachers
of geography they would make for our
children!
It has, however, been
shown lately beyond all reasonable
doubt that in adldtion to keen sight,
acute hearing, individual experience
and race instinct, birds possess what
must seem to us a kind of sixth sense,
the sense of orientation.
The Harriman Alaska Expedition
found flocks of murres, which are
sea-birds, flying straight for their
home on a lonely rock island thirty
miles away, through a fog so thick
that everything a hundred yards off
was absolutely hidden from view.
What human brain could guide a ship
thirty miles through a dense fog with
out a compass?
Still more conclusive demonstration
of this sense of direction in birds has
recently been furnished by Frof. John
B. Watson. He caught and marked
fifteen sooty terns and noddies on the
Dry Tortugas, in the Gulf of Meaico,
and took them out to sea. Some of
the birds were carried as far as Cape
Hatteras, eight hundred and fifty miles
north of the Tortugas, before they
were set free.
The sooty terns and the noddies are
southern birds, which seldom range
farther north than the southern coast
of Florida, and it Is not likely that
any of those experimented on had
ever been farther north; but none the
less, thirteen out of fifteen found their
way back to the TortugaB Islands.
Didn't Know.
"Well, Mr. Henpeck, what do you
think of this Feary-Cook controver
sy?”
"I really don't know what to think
about it.”
"Difficult to know what to think,
isn't it?”
"Yes, especially when one's wife ta
out of town.”—Houston Fost.
Escuinlile Ileaeatmeat.
"It’s really provoking,” said the
fond mother, "baby always cries when
we have company.” "Well," answered
Mr. Croucher, "you cant blame chil
dren for disliking company.
If <t
weren’t for- visitors they wouldn't
have to recite or play pieces on the
piano.”
Tie Arithmetical Spirit.
"As a rule," said the cynic, "one
may reckon the number of his true
friends on the fingers of one hand.”
"Well,” answered the good natured
person, "anybody who counts up his
friendships the same as he does his
money doesn't deserve any more."
When a woman buys a newspaper
she thinks she Isn’t getting her
money's worth unless she finds the
People get too old to dance, bvt a girl Is homely Is to constantly refer name of somebody she know* UMSg
to her sweet disposition.
they never get loo old to sing.
the death notices.