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THE THIRD DEGREE. It the Master cares to judge me by the things that I have done. There will be no place in heaven for hie foolish, erring son; If the Master's seen the things that I have wanted most to do, There'll be no salvation for me, for the devil knows 'em, too! But I've wanted true to want to do the things I knew were right Bay, can it be the likes of me'll have virtue in his sight? I have soiled my hands with mischief, and I've wanted to do more. And t was but because I didn't dare, it wasn't done before; But behind the dirty deed I did, behind the wish I bad, There's been a longing to be straight, a feeling I was bad; Though he alone has seen and known beyond that double sin He knows my soul is somehow whole say, will he let me in? If there's any place beside the gate to live a life or so, I'd like to try it all again, before I'm sent below; I'd like to try to want to do what's right, and then, maybe, I'd get to try to do it, and at last I might be free! For a full-grown saint I know I ain't and there's plenty more as bad, But give us time and I know we'll climb and make his heaven glad! Gelett Burgess in "A Gage of Youth." Clouds Cleared Away. HWAS lying lazily In the hammock, meditating upon the falseness of womankind in general and the falseness of Dorothy Shepard in whom I had trusted so fully in par ticular. We had been sweethearts ever since early childhood and were now only waiting for the time when I would be able to provide a home. But the newspaper which had come in that morning's mall contained an account of the marriage of Miss Dorothy Shep ard to her cousin, Reginald Fierce. I had been jealous of this cousin, the year before, when he was visiting at Dorothy's home. He was handsome and wealthy, while I was only an ordinary looking fellow and a struggling young lawyer. But my reverie is broken by a sign from Mrs. Farley, my portly and moth erly landlady, who for six summers has boarded me in her comfortable home In the picturesque little village of Hopetown. She is in her rocking chair on the piazza opposite me, en gaged in the construction of a fearful and wonderful thing which she calls a "tidy." Again the heartrending sigh. "What is the trouble, Mother Far ley?" I asked. "Well, Mr. Harry, I suppose you'll think I'm a foolish old woman, but I'm feelin' that bad this mornin' you wouldn't believe and all because I can't have my picture "ook." "Well, Mother Farley, I didn't think vanity was your besetting sin. Why are you so anxious to be photograph ed?" Then the good old soul told me that her son, who was out west, and whom she had not seen for ten years, had sent her some money, and had begged her to have her picture taken for him, The photographer who had been settled in Hopetown had "skipped" one night .about a month before, leaving all his apparatus in his studio, which he had rented from Mother Farley's husband. The nearest town was ten miles away, and, owing to a weakness in her back. Mother Farley was unable to drive so far; but she was Inconsolable at the thought of disappointing her son Rich ard. In my college days I had used a cam era a good deal in an amateur way, and presently I left the piazza and strolled over to the potato field to in terview Mr. Farley relative to a plan which I had in mind. "Law!" he ejaculated, "you don't say you kin take pictures, too! My! But won't ma be tickled!" I got the key and went over to the forsaken studio; found camera, plates, paper and chemicals all in good order, and early that afternoon Mother Far ley, beaming with smiles and attired in her "Sunday best," came over to pose. How delighted she was when 1 showed her the proof the next morn lng, and that evening sbe carried It to the weekly prayer meeting and exhib ited it to all her friends at the close of the service. I finally yielded to their urgent re quest to keep the studio open for a week, and to make photographs of all who cared to have them. Qn the afternoon of the last day which I was to spend in the studio I was mounting some photographs of an old maid with a hooked nose and cork screw curls when I heard a gentle tap at the door. I called "Come In," and a very pretty girl, dressed in a neat bl cycle suit, entered. "Good afternoon," she began, with a bright smile. "My friend and I are on a wheeling tour, and would like a tin type taken with our wheels, If you are not too busy." "I shall be glad to oblige yon, and am at liberty to do so Immediately," I said. "Well, then," she said, "would you please bring in our wheels for us? My friend Is at the door with them, but am afraid we cannot manage to get them -up the stairs." We went down together, and there on the doorsteps stood Dottle! Before either of us could speak the other young lady exclaimed: "He will carry our wheels up. Dot, and will take our tintypes right away." Dottie paid no attention to her, but came forward, all smiles and blushes, with outstretched hand. "Why, Hal!" she said, I never dreamed that you had gone in the photo business! knew you were In Hopetown, of course, . and when Nell suggested that w should wheel down here and see her auntie, who lived In this neighborhood, I consented, and didn't write to you last week for fear I should let out the secret, for I wanted to surprise you, This is my future husband, Mr. Oak ley. Miss Curtis, and now come on, let's get those tintypes." TRICKS OF COUNTRY FAIR FAKERS. Rgpusmi "Softest CROOKED GAMBLING TOOLS HE country fair is the harvest tinu for the genial faker. The faker is v not a husbandman and he sows not. and neither does he gather up and bind into bundles, and yet, when the harvest season is over the faker has more money than the honest farmer who has tilled many golden acres. For the faker gets up early in the morning and goes to bed late at night, and he makes money all the livelong day. The temptation to get something for nothing, or at least much for little, to flirt with coquettish fortune, is irresisti-. ble. Though a man knows full well that the faker is not at the fair merely for the sake of his health or for a pleasant out ing, and that his tricks put to shame those of the heathen Chinee, still the vic tim will take the one chance out of a million of beating the game. He doesn't beat it, for the game wasn't rigged up so that he could beat it. Still he is will ing to take the chance, and he suffers no disappointment when he fails. Chief among -the catch-penny attrac tions of the faker is the cane rack. The cane rack outfit does not cost the faker much. A net rack may be bought for from 65 cents to $1.25 and a canvas one for from 50 cents to $1.30. Canes cost from 50 cents a dozen to $1.50 per dozen. Rings cost 65 cents per hundred. With this outfit and a permit the faker sets np his rack on four stakes, which are purposely loose, so as to allow the rack to sway slightly. Then he plants his canes. The cheaper ones predominate, but canes with swelled heads are occasionally seen and here and there are crooks, some reproducing a miniature, a lower member missing, the torso of Venus. The rings vary from one and one-qquarter to one and three-qurters inches inside diameter. The heads of some of the canes are al most as great in diameter, and those with crooks are turned in such a way that it is almost impossible to ring them unless the ring is dropped immediately upon them. It is difficult even to ring the smaller canes, for they stand loosely in the rack, and a side blow tips tbem so that the ring slides oS. Next in favor is the knife board. A board costs-from $1.50 to $3.50, and complete outfit board. 100 rings and eighty-four knives may be had tor $14.50 and upward. Knives may be had from 30 cents a dozen to $3.98 a dozen. These knives, the cheaper predominat ing and costing about two and a half cents apiece, are conspicuously display Dorothy has been my wife for two happy years, and I have only one se cret from her. That is, that I thought, even for a moment, that she bad been false to me my own loyal darling! Reginald Pierce has taken the house opposite ours. "The twin Dorothys," as we call our wives, are inseparable friends. TRAPS TO CATCH TIGERS. Powerful Steel Snares that Hold the Brutes Securely. Capturing tigers by a novel method is now being adopted In Sumatra and is proving almost invariably successful. As soon as a tiger's lair has been found natives are employed to construct a wooden fence-nine feet long and four feet wide a short distance away from It and In this inclosure is then placed as a bait a dog, which Is tied to one of the fence posts. A narrow entrance leads into the inclosure and there, deftly con cealed under earth, leaves and boughs of trees, Is placed a .strong steel trap, which is so designed that any animal that places Its foot "on It is certain to be held captive. This trap is of recent invention and consists of strong steel plates and equally strong springs. When it Is set the plates form a sort of platform and as soon as the tiger which has been lured thither by the dog sets his foot thereon the springs are released and the cruel steel grips the leg and holds It fast - Powerful as the tiger is, he cannot free himself from such bondage" and as those who have set the trap are never far away he is in a short time either killed or securely caged. At the same time the dog is released and, indeed, he cquld not be removed from theinclo- sure as long as the trap was set,, since this instrument, strong as It Is, never theless is so delicate that the pressure even of a dog's foot would release the springs and cause the animal's leg to be crushed in a twinkling. London- Telegraph. INDIAN PRAIRIE DOG HUNTS. The "Little Animals Are Deemed Dainty Dish by the Navajos. The Navajo Indian, while he cannot be prevailed upon to eat a rabbit. Is greedily fond of fat prairie dogs. Large communities of these small animals abound on the western plains, and the Navajo has resorted to many ingenious methods for trapping bis coveted dain ty. One of them is by the aid of a bit ef mirror placed at the entrance to a burrow. When the animal ventures from his bedroom,, deep underground, he sees a familiar Image mocking him at the front door, and be hurries out to confront the impudent intruder when jj --1 . rewi' vmM mws ' sr- i SOLD TO FLEECE FARMERS. ed with all the blades open, and therein lies the secret of the knife board. JChe cunning faker arranges his knife board so that the rings slide over them as water does a duck's back. The wheel of fortune seems as fair as any game can be, yet the arrow has a "sneak" aud the faker can stop it at any number or article he desires. A wheel may be bought as low as $10, in cluding 250 pieces of jewelry, but this is of the cheapest kind, rings, for exam ple, being quoted as low as one cent apiece. With this cheap wheel the first profit at 10 cents a whirl, without any sneaking, amounts to $15, and the busi ness "requires -no previous experience." A full outfit of 250 pieces of jewelry costs but $5, thus making a gain of $20, and come fakers make as much as $o0 a day. The higher the cost of the wheel the more easily and quickly the money is made, as they are fitted with large pins to separate numbers or colors, and the arrow point has a screw feather, making a certain winner of any desired number or color and avoiding all possibility of dispute. Nothing is more tempting than the striking machine, and nothing looks fair er. But these striking machines are in genious arrangements, and, in the words of an advertisement of a new kind now on the market, "can be manipulated without a helper." One of these may be had for $50, while prize cigars are offer ed to the fakers for $10 a thousand. Red, white and blue is a dealing game. There is a "layout" with three shields on it, one red, one white, ono blue. AJbox and sixteen balls, five of each color and one "dealer's percentage" goes with;the outfit. Players place their money On a given shield, a slide opens in the box, and out pops a ball. If the ball is of the same color the player puts his money on he wins. If not he loses. If this was a fair game the player, by the law of chance, would stand some show of win ning, but as the box is "fixed" the dealer can produce a bail- of any color he de sires, yet any one not in the secret can examine the box at any time and find H apparently square, yet it is a tricky box There are half a hundred tricks work ed with cards, and all of such . nature that they can be worked "without the slightest fear of detection. But the visitor to the fair is looking for fun. The faker and his outfit enter tains him and he" doesn't begrudge the money. be is pinned to the ground with, an ar row. , - - - - But the most effective method L is what the Indians call the rain hunt. As soon as the steady downpour of summer rain begins every Navajo who can walk repairs to the prairie dog vil lage with hoes, sharp sticks, or any dig ging implement. : With these they hol low out trenches, that will lead , the storm water into as many burrows as possible. Soon a little stream is pour ing down each small home, and the in mate, much disturbed, pops out to see what the matter can be. Many of the animals remain under ground until they are drowned, and their bodies float to the surface. After such a hunt, in which many pounds of prairie dogs are . generally secured,- there Is a feast for many days in the Navajo huts. . Desirable Qualities in an Opal.' "In judging an opal, color is of the greatest importance. Red fire, or red in combination with yellow, blue and green, are the best Blue by itself is quite valuless, and the green opal is nqt. of great value unless the color is very vivid and the pattern very good. The color must be true; that Is to say, it must not run in streaks or patches, al ternating with a colorless er Inferior quality. Pattern is described as being an important factor, the seyeral vari eties being, "known as "pinfire," when the grain is very small; "harlequin," when the color is all In small squares, the more regular the better, and the "flashfire," or, "flashopal," when the color shows as a single flash, or in very large pattern. Harlequin is the most common, and Is also popularly consid ered the most beautiful. When the squares of color are regular and show as distinct, minute checks of red, yel low blue and green, it Is considered magnificent." Some stones show better on edge than on top. M'Kinley's First Diplomatic Victory. The first social Incident of Presi dent McKinley's first administration was his granting Vice President Ho bart precedence over the ambassadors. Lord Pauncefote is known to have re ported this Innovation to his foreign office, which is said to have thereupon Inquired In to the custom of other countries. . It was eventually agreed that Mr. Hobart should be regarded as the heir to the Presidency and there fore on the same social footing with the crown princes of European mon archies, whose social rank is second only to that of the heads of state, their royal parents. Ladies' Home Journal. The company manners of her hus band and song Is one of the greatest trials In a woman's life, and that of her daughters her greatest comfort. BIRTH OF A FAMOUS HYMN. Mr, Banker's Story of How He Com posed "The Ninety and Nine." In the Ladies' Home Journal Cleve land Mpffett tells how the greatest of all singing evangelists, Ira D. Sankey, came to give the world a hymn that will live long after his voice is stilled. It was during Moody and Sankey's first visit to Great Britain. As they were entering the train in Glasgow, Mr. Sankey bought a copy of a penny religious paper called "The Christian Age." Looking over It, his eyes fell on some verses, the first two lines of which read thus: There were ninety and nine that safely lay In the shelter of the fold. Mr. Moody," exclaimed Mr. San key, "I have found the hymn that I've been looking for for years." "What Is it?" asked Mr. Moody. "It's about a lost sheep." Two days later. In Edinburgh, they held a great meeting, in the Free As sembly Hall. As Doctor Bonar fin ished, Mr. Moody leaned over the pul pit and asked the singer if he had not a solo for the occasion. The thought of the verses he had read in the penny paper came to Mr. Sankey's mind, and opening his scrap-book. In which be had pasted the clipping, he placed it be fore him on the organ, and after a mo ment of silent supplication, struck a full chord and began' to sing. And note by note came the now famous song. He composed it as he went along. What he sang was the joy that swelled in his own soul, hope that was born. the love for those who needed help, Thus he finished the first stanza. Then, as he paused and played a few chords waiting to begin again, the thought came to him: "Can I sing the second stanza as I did the first? Can remember the notes?" And concen tratina his mind once more for the effort he began to sing. So he went on through for five stanzas and after the services he DUt the melody in music. Saturn's largest moon is 2,092 miles in diameter, slightly smaller than our own. x As President, Washington first lived in the house at 1 Cherry street, the site of which is covered by one of the piers of the Brooklyn bridge. Later he moved to the Macomb bouse at 30 Broadway. There are nine members of the Su preme Court of the United States one Chief Justice and eight associate jus- ; . i" i, nnnn;ntn f,. 1 ; v. . . , . At . , the President, with the concurrence of the Senate. ulco. lurj oic auLuiuLu i hil , A pigeon in harvest time eats its own weight in grain a day, and a blackbird , Hungary sent no immigrants to this eoun or thrush will eat its own weight daily or not. enough to make any impres of ripe fruit. Many kinds of birds exist in summer largely upon plants raised by man for his food. In order to obviate the frequent dis putes as to the ages of children,' the steamboat authorities in Switzerland have decided that in every case where doubt arises the child must be meas ured.. All children under two feet are to have free passage, while those be tween two feet and four feet are to pay half fares. The dressing of the hair Is the most important part of a Chinese woman's toilet. The district she comes from may always be kuown from the manner in which she does her hair. It also in dicates her station in' life. Young girls, whether married or single, wear cues, coiling up their hair, as their Western sisters do, ou attaining a certain age. There are three nut-cracking plants in St. Louis, giving employment to con siderable number of people. The nut crackers are driven by electricity, each nut being fed individually into the crusher. After the shells are cracked the nuts are winnowed by an air blast, an J the meat is picked from the crushed shells by band, women and girls being employed for this part of the work. A Warning Against Cbeap Furniture. It is one of the saddest sights in our modern life to see a young couple, when starting to furnish a home, go out with good money and buy bad furniture. It is positively nothing short of criminal for cbeap department and furniture stores to be allowed to sell the furniture which is being offer- ed to-day in our great cities. Young people are attracted to this rubbish be- ( cause of cheap prices. Every stick of the furniture offered at these, stores is cheaply put together, and by glue and thick coats of veneer is made only to sell. It barely gets Into the new house before it falls apart, and what was thought to be a cheap purchase . . . .1 A J CIA LUlFiSC V J- till. OLlUCl kJVA TV turns out to be .a very expensive hivest- admlt tnat their forefather of the ment It is strange that folks . cannot en wag h t get it through their heads that a bed, iand wag a bu of a coward are prone a table and two chairs honestly made, ! tnemselves to put tne blam where It are cheaper at sixty dollars than onedoegn,t belong sometimes. There was of those fearful concoctions known as fl man ,n a car yes'terdaT who was ap "bedroom suits" which are sold at par&ntly of this ciass. He wore the forty dollars and eighty-three cents.- conventionai. afternoon dress of frock Edward Bok. in tne iJiaies nowe Journal. Contrary to Ethics. "We had to send him out o' town coin nrniicu null. "He was always talking about his rocord as a desperado." remarked the visitor. 1 "Yes. That's what got Crimson Gulch down on him. He wasn't satis fled to brag decently. In makin' up the list of people he'd shot he wanted to count innocent bystanders." Washing ton Star. - Trapped Himself. Dibbs (facetiously) This is a picture of my wife's first husband. not going to spoil an $8 hat for your Dobbs Great snakes! What a brain- pleasure," growled the man, and dis less looking idiot! But didn't know , regarding the surprised look If his corn- Lyour wife was married before she met you. Dibbs She wasn't. Tnat is a pic- ture of myselfat the age of 20. Lon don Tit-Bits. Pa's Kxperience. Little Willie Say. pa, did you ever Bee a sea monster? Pa Lots of them, my son. They run tiie hotels along the seashore. Chicago News. . People who have soft snaps are usu ally the ones who don't enjoy them. UP Distribution of Immigrants. The number of immigrants coming into this country between 1820 and Jnne 30, 1900, was 19,115,221. Prior to 1820 the govern ment did not take account of immi gration, but. the generally accepted estimate of the to tal immigration be tween the adoption of the constitution and 1820 is but 250, 000. This number is not included in the above total. The charactei of the immigration has changed in a mjst interesting way. From 1821 to 1850 ti.3 per cent of our immi gration came from Canada and New foundland; during the next decade, 1851 to 1860, the percentage was the same, and during the last decade only 0.1 per cent of the immigrants were from those sections. From 1821 to 1850 24.2 per cent came from Germany, and in the next decade 36.6 per cent, this being the high est percentage reached by the Germans. During the last decade the Germans sup plied only 13.7 per cent of our fomign immigration. During the period first named, 1821 to 1850, Great Britain fur nished 15 per cent of the immigrants, and in the next decade 16.3 per cent. Then came a large increase from Great Britain between 1861 and 1870, the percentage being 26.2; from 1871 to 1880 it was 19.5, while for the last decade it was but 7.4: From 1821 to 1850 Ireland fur nished 42.3 per cent of our immigrants, and between 1851 and 1860 35.2 per cent. Since then there has been a rapid de crease, and between 1891 and 1900 Ire land furnished but 10.5 per cent of bur immigrants. Those from Norway and Sweden constituted only 0.6 per cent be tween 1821 and 1850. The Scandinavians increased in numbers between 1881 and 1890, when their proportion was 10.8 per cent; during the last decade it was 8.7 per cent. The immigration from the whole group just named, Canada and Newfoundland, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland and Norway and Sweden, shows a marked relative decrease. While the immigrants from these countries constituted 74.3 per cent of the whole number of immigrants during the entire period under discussion, they furnished between 1821 and . 1850 84.4 per cent of the total, and during the next decade 91.2 per cent, since which time there has been a rapid decrease, this group of countries during the last decade furnishing but 40.4 per cent. These figures enable us to bring into , . . ... . uud-i auu auaru vouiimnson me liumigra- ti - , ;..;., .,: v. ! tion from countries which fifty years ago furnished hnrdlv nnv inppAmanf n population. From 1851 to 1860 Austria- sion upon the statistics, but between 1861 and 1870 the immigration from that country was 0.4 per cent, during the next decade 2.6 per cent, from 1881 to 1890 6.7 per cent, while during the last decade it was 16.1 per cent. Italy, beginning with 0.2 per cent during the period from 1821 to 1850, increased to 2 per cent be tween 1871 and lSSOfand to nearly 6 per cent during the next decade, while during the last decade that country furnished 17.7 per cent of our total number. The proportions for Russia and Poland are almost identical with those of Italy. Those two countries, taken together, be ginning with only 0.1 per cent of our total number of immigrants between 1821 and 1850, increased but slightly until between iai and lsyu, when they con tributed 5 per cent, and during the last decade 16.3 per cent. These three sec tions Austria-Hungry, Italy and Rus sia and Poland taken together, contrib uted during the last decade 50.1 per cent of our immigrants, as against 40.4 per cent, as stated, for the group of five coun tries hrst named; 9:5 per cent came from elsewhere. During the year ending on June 30, 1900, the total number of immigrants was 448,572. Of this number, 2,392 be longed to the professional class, 61,443 Were skilled laborers,' 163,508 were la borers, while 134,941, including women and children, had no specified occupation. .The State having the largest percent- "THE WOMAN DID IT." A Pointed Conversation Overheard in the Street Car. Since the time of Adam men have ueeu laying uie uiame tor ail tne ills in the world to women. Do they fail ia -busmess-the women of the family 'dl Do they become Inebriates- WCAC IU U1111IL U J LUC 11 1 volity of their wives and daughters. Do they wear shabby clothes and be come careless about the cut of their hair the extravagance of those who are dependent on them- has divorced them from their pride and. left them nothing -but rags to wear. I THimn 4-V ncm r-f 4-Yta ctarnn snr nrVin coat striped trousers and tall hat, and every time he leaned toward his conK panion the pile of his immaculate hendffpnr came in contact with the and was I prow-like brim of her hat uueu tne wrong way. After the man had repaired the dam age twice his patience gave out. "You'll never get me to wear a silk hat again when yon are wearing that thing on your head, so you needn't ask me to," he exploded his tone was the irritated one of a relative. "I didn't ask you to wear it this time, did I?" asked the woman. That doesn't make any difference, you'll never set me to do it acain: I'm panion he sunk Into a gloomy silence. Directly a fuse blew out of the car wneei ana tne venicie came to- a nait, The man roused himself from his ab straction. "Don't yon ever ask me to ride out in the suburbs with you again," he said with much concentrat ed energy; "here we are two miles from home, and I'll be bite at the meeting of my society. I was to read a paper, too." : : "Goodness gracious V replied the wo man, using a favorite feminine ejacula tion in. her impatience. "I did not ask age of foreign born in 1900 was North Dakota, that element constituting 35.4 per cent; the next largest being Rhode Island, with 31.4 per cent. The other extreme is found in the Southern States, where the lowest percentage is in North Carolina, her foreign born constituting but 0.2 per cent of her total population. Nearly all the States in the southern sec tion come below 5 per cent. The number of foreign born in some States seems to be decreasing; in fact, the percentage in the whole country has decreased 1 Peru CARROLL. D. WRIGHT, United States Commissioner of Labor. Women Should Preach. Women should be substituted for men in the pulpit as evangelists and ex pounders of the gospel. Women preachers would present the wom an's side of relig ion, and that is something that the men preachers rare ly or never do. How frequently and with what unction the preachers select and dwell upon the thirty-fifth chapter of Proverbs, in which the worth of virtuous women is put far beyond rubies and fine gold. - "But virtue in women is given such a narrow interpretation by many. It has so much broader significance. By this 1 mean that a virtuous woman is a woman who is a good mother, one able to conduct her household in the best way, who could manage a business or any large enter prise. "This is the woman whose worth is not to be measured by rubies or fine gold. "Again, sermons dealing with 'The In crease of Mother Love' are very popu lar, but how often do you hear one on 'The Responsibilities of Fatherhood?' "If women were in the pulpit they would handle these subjects from their point of view and show to men that they, too, have responsibilities that must not be disregarded. "The virtuous woman of the proverb is increasing in numbers every day. You will find her in nearly every business as clerk in a coal office, as stenographer in a bank, as bookkeeper in a department store in a score of other occupations. "She is self-supporting and therefore independent. She has numerous avenues of effort opening before her. She does not have to marry; she does not hare to ask any one for money. "It is this independence that will finally solve the social problem. "Let the womanhood of to-day realize that strength, wisdom and every talent or grace which1 develops Christian ehar acter affords an example that shall last through the ages. And the heart of the pulpit should hold ascendency over the intellect, as truly as the heart of the in dividual should control the brain. ELIZABETH B. GRANNIS, President of the National Christian League for the Promotion of Social Purity. Laws Against Anarchy. The anarchist is not th 'oe of one nation or form of govern ment, but the enemy of all. For this reason there should be joint action in every civilized land to stamp out the brood entirely. For an attempt on the life of a President I would make the penalty much more severe than for an ordinary assault. Life imprisonment, probably, would be a fitting punishment for the crime. We have outgrown the idea of in flicting the death penalty for a lesser crime than murder, and I would not re turn to it. Nor would I make such im- you to come; you asked me. You said 'Let's go somewhere where we can be peaceful, and quiet and happy, and I came. Don't you ask me to come any more with you, for I won't do it. If the '-sbjes foil I believe you'd blame me for it." The man opened his lips to reply, but his case must have seemed weak even to himself, for he shut them again, and a silence profound aud unbroken fell over the car. Baltimore News. POPULAR PRESIDENT'S WIFE. Dolly Maliain Was a Remarkable Mis tress of the White House. Beautiful,, vivacious, affable and rich, Dolly Madison dispensed a lavish hospitality at her husband's house while he was Secretary of -State and presided at such social functions as took place in the White House during Jefferson's days. Becoming' regularly installed as its mistress at her bus band's inauguration in 1809, she was the leader of Washington society for sixteen years. No lady of the White House ever ap proached her in popularity except Har riet Lane, the mistress of the mansion at the time of the bachelor president, Buchanan, and Mrs. Cleveland. Mrs. Madison never forgot the name of a person she had once met. She always recollected every incident of conse quence connected with the history of every person presented to her, thus making every one feel that he held a high place in ber esteem. In this way she .disarmed much of the hostility to the weak administration of Madison and won him many friends whose sup port was of the highest value to him and to the country during the tempest uous days of the troubles between the United States and England. Worthy as Madison was, says Leslie's Weekly, Mrs. Madison was a much greater per son in her field than he was in his. Lions and Florida Water. A small girl writing to Our Dumb Animals tells an amusing story of a Hon delighted with the perfume of Florida water: We have often heard that animals were very fond of perfnmes, so Mamie and I saved our pennies and bought a bottle of Florida water, which we took with us to the zoo. You just ought to I 1 it' ,- , prisonmeut at solitary confinement, a hus been recouiuienaed. The ooject of punishment is twofold to serve as an example to others and to protect society by removing the criminal from a posi tion where he might further endanger lives and liberties. As to the deterrent effect of the punishment upon others, life imprisonment would probably serve as well as capital punishment. Conspira tors against the life of a ruler or high official of our own or any country, when the conspiracy results in the death of -the person plotted against, should be held equally guilty with the one by whose blow death is inflicted, and all doubt should be removed, so that there should be. provided the same degree of punish ment as for the murderer. Laws should also be enacted makmg It r misdemeanor, punishment by long im prisonment, either in writing or by spok en words, to incite to violence against the life of any person. This law should be, however, carefully safeguarded so that it would not interfere with the rights of free speech guaranteed by the constitu tion. Incitement to acts of general vio lence during a strike or other disturb ance, for instance, should not he pun ished so severely. The law should espe cially aim to prevent the promulgating and teaching of the doctrine of anarchy. There is, in my opinion, no necessity for amending the constitution of the Unit ed States to secure proper laws for the treatment of anarchy. State laws are or can be made amply sufficient, and the prosecution for conspiracy or other out cropping of anarchy properly belongs in the State where the crime is committed. Convictions are more Teadily and quick ly secured, also, under the State laws. At present the punishment provided by the federal statutes for such crimes as have been mentioned is wholly insutli- -cient. No one has thought of the possi bility of anarchy and attempts upon the President's life, and hence there is none . in force where Congress has jurisdiction to sufficiently punish the criminals and avert such calamities as that at Buffalo. Anarchy differs from rebellion in that it opposes all law and seeks the over throw of all government. It is a crime not against a nation but against civil ization, and must be so treated. FOSTER M. VOORHEES, governor of New Jersey. Labor Unions and Workingmen. The question of organized labor is not a question of wages. It is a question of more vital importance. It is a question of administration, of running your own works in your own way. I have nothing to do with labor organization, but if I was a workingman, and I was at one time, I would not belong to a labor organ ization. They put all men on the same level. If I was a bright, alert, competent man, I would not be put in the same clasa with the poorest man. Organized labor means that no man can advance' unless all the others advance. CHARLES M. SCHWAB, President of the U. S. Steel Corporation. American Schoolhouses. The school houses in this coun try are for the mast part dread ful and are a matter of the greatest surprise to me. I have seen some which are little more than barns and which seem pos itively unsafe and unhealthful. Such a state of affairs is not right in this land, where there is a justifiable boast of the public school system, the best of all agencies in the advancement of hu manity. But I know the trouble with your schools you have too much politics mixed with your education. I have as certained approximately the amount of money expended by the people for school houses, and the results are not at all commensurate. There should be a better showing for the generosity of the people, but there has been a dreadful leakage, and the people will have to be generous ngain to remedy the conditions. ELIZABETH P. HUGHES. Educational Agent of the British Gov ernment. have heard the racket Iu the lion house. It was very near their dinner-time and they were all hungry. The old lion and his wife were prancing round their. onrta rfnrincr with nil thoir niin.hi- TliHr noise stai'tpd the numn nnH. wuen ue ueg.iu tie sianeu ine pantuers. It was, I assure you, pandemonium let loose. So Mamie poured half of Florida water on a piece of raw cotton and threw it in the lion's cage. . He stopped his noise, sniffed at it, rolled all. over it, and acted just like a good-natured puppy dog. He rolled over and over with his four big strong legs In the air. He was perfectly hinnv and for- ot that he was. hungry. Then Mrs. Lion came up and had a roll, and he never once snarled at her as he so often does. They both were as nice and quiet as two pussy-cats. Ma'inie and I didn't regret having spent cur money on the perfume. ; Shoppers as Detectives. Professional shoppers are employed by a large dry goods firm to test the abilities of their clerks. This firm owns over thirty large shops, andi employs nearly one thousand assistants. To find out whether every customer is po litely served, a number of lady custom ers are employed to call at the various shops. They are told to give as much trouble as possible, and sometimes to leave without making a purchase after looking at nearly everything In the shop. Should the unfortunate assist ant's temper not be equal to the strain, or should a single word be said that might offend, a report will infallibly reach headquarters and lead to the dis missal of the sorely tried handler of silks and ribbons. Pressure in Ocean's Deepest Depths. There are spots in the ocean where the water is five miles deep, and If it is true that the pressure of the water on any body in. the water is one pound to the square inch for every two of the depth, anything at the bottom of one ot "five miles" holes would have a pres sure about It of 13,200 pounds to every square Inch. ' Timonr the Tartar Tamerlane, the Tartar conqueror, had a club foot. His real name was Tim our Lenk, or Timour the Lame.