J AUKS 3. HILX,
IRRIGATE THE ARID LANDS. -
r James J. Bill. President Sreat northern Railroad.
At the time the Civil War closed we had a population iof
34,000,000, and bare been increasing at the rate of 1.600.000
every year since. At that rate the gain In twenty-two
years will equal tne enure
in 1865. The census reports since 1790
show that we double our population
every thirty years.
At the close of the Civil War all the
land in Northern Wisconsin, Western
Iowa. Western Minnesota and west of
the Mississippi River to the Pacific
Ocean was practically vacant To-day,
raoflkiner eenerally. there is no arable
land to be had anywhere upon the public domain. There
is not an acre of public land wnere a man m "
of potatoes or grain without irrigation. If that change has
taken place within the last thirty-seven years what shaL
we expect in the next thirty-seven years? Where are the
people to live who come to us from foreign countries at the
rate of half a million a year and what are we going to do
with the natural increase of our own people?
The Northwest is already getting so crowded that more
than 25,000 farmers have gone over the line into British
Columbia. They were good farmers, industrious, intelli
gent and well-to-do, and had the capital to buy outright
from 1,000 to 2,000 acres of land from the dominion govern
ment. We could have kept them on our own side of the
border if we could have given them irrigated lands.
One thousand acres with irrigation is as good as 5,000
witimnt- that Is. ns manv neonle can be maintained
upon a thousand acres under irrigation as upon 5,000 acres
of fertile soil depending upon natural rainraii. j.nereiure
1 1 nra nan mnbp nne flfrP of land do the work of five it Is
worth while trying It. Irrigated land sells for $15 and $20
an acre. Arid land without irrigation is practicany worm
less and I can think of no better investment for the gov-
mnro rrfltnhi Kneeulation. so to speak, than
ClUIUCUl, '"v"- 1' - -
to build a few reservoirs and irrigating ditches In favorable
districts where it can be done at a small cost and thus
convert worthless land into $20-an-acre farms.
moral and social qualities should always be gained even
from the very earliest years. ,
In the physical training of the child, as in all education,
the two persons most concerned are the mother and the
teacher. The proper physical training of the child can
only be accomplished where the school Is concerned with
all of the influences which affect the child at home, and
the home Is also Intelligently concerned with all the influ
ences which affect the child at school.
CURB, DON'T DESTROY TRUSfS.
Br Senator Boar, of Massachusetts.
t 1,1 the tmsta and make the people safe with-
In them. But I would not destroy them. We can require
every corporation, great or small, to do the bidding of
Congress at me pern ui Miwamg
members to individual liability for all
Its debts and obligations and of being
prohibited from doing interstate Dusi
ness. I see no necessity for any con
stitutional amendment. If, as I be
lieve. Conarress may rightfully prohibit
any corporation or joint" stock company
from engaging in interstate or interna
tional commerce at all. It can prescribe
the conditions on which it can so en
gage. It candeclare that it shall sub-
senatob hoab. mt Its affairs to the inspection of gov
ernment, as in Massachusetts railroad and savings banks
and insurance companies submit theirs to government in
spection. It can require their accounts to be made public
t can prohibit the stock watering. It can prohibit every
form of combination which shall prevent competition. "
We are dependent on these great comDinauous oi cayiuu
to do all things for which individual strength is totally
Inadequate. We are dependent upon them to taKe great
risk which individuals ought not to De asKea to xase nun
at without liability to ruin. Above all, we are
Va-UUVV a,uB.xs ' - V
dependent on them largely to succeed in the great struggle
for the markets and the carrying traae oi me worm.
PHYSICAL TRAINING OF CHILDREN.
t n ivAf nirrtnr Phvxlcal Culture. Hew York
Physical training should always aim at im
proved courage, self-control and will power, and
it should from the very beginning strive to de
velop other social instincts and the better nature
of the child, so that he will be unselfish, helpful
tr. ti,r.ao nhnnt him and readv always to co-oper
ate, and thus be prepared for the larger work In
the world after he is mature. The first factor
for the nroc-er Dhvsical training of the
child is the full appreciation by the mother of the impor
tance of that phase of the child's training, ine secunu iac
ic iha L-nniviofitrp of his orcanic physical condition.
IVl O LUV sauw ' w -
tt ( fniiv in snnnose that so delicate a machine as the
human body will take care of itself, will keep in perfect
condition without attention, xnere snouia, accoruiugiy.
nin Ko o nrnnoriv pfliipntpd teacher.
aisu iJ "t" j -
If physical training is to prepare the child better for his
life in human society, for his work in tne great wono, it
, v..in tnwnn) thA flttnlnment not only of physical
UCip
health., but of every desirable characteristic and quality
which the child should have.
Physical training should counteract every tendency to
bad position and posture in order that the body may be
kept and grow straight and symmetrical.
Physical training should make possible a more perfect
,n(oi oinnmptit that will nower. courage, self-control
should be effective and in a very beneficial way; that the
DANGER OF WEALTH SHOWN.
Br John J. B. Johnson.
Possessions have value only as they may give
pleasure or prevent pain. It is hardly necessary
to enumerate how and in how many .ways they
are supposed to be capable of giving pleasure and
preventing pain; each one knows for himself, and
it matters not that the knowing is so different.
Nothing Is surer, however, than that possessions
do not always give pleasure nor prevent pain.
In manv. if not the large majority of cases,
neither of these ends is attained. In sixty years I have
known many rich, some very rich and a few ultra-rich,
and my memory and impression of the lot is that they
average up on the wrong side of the ledger of happiness
compared with the mass, most of them having nothing of
value, unless perchance it Be a good name. ,
In the doctrines of the orthodox, of all creeds and na
tions and in all times, professing to deal with eternity,
ni, ist forever in hanniness and In misery. One soul
in the lapse of unending eternity will enjoy more or suffer
more than all mortal beings mat may live on eunu or
earths, planets or stars, no matter, how many there may
be nor how long they may live, provided only that the suc
cession end. The logical conclusion is tnat one soui is ox
greater value than all the possessions of all mortal beings.
The point I have to make is whether it is reasonable to
suppose so weak a vessel could be loaded with so weighty
a cargo on so dangerous a sea? It would look, having ref
erence to the eternal verities, like the shipper was lacking
common sense and common prudence.
Katarallst Bore ' Silenced by Sidney
'.-. -v-. . Banul unotation. .
For Shiner Smith to joke was no
great effort, but not even he could al
wm loke bo effectively as in the in
stance mentioned in "Memories of Half
a Century. - tie was tne guest at din
ner of an archdeacon at whose table
there were others t the cloth, among
them one who was greatly interested
in narnral history.. As tne man rode
his hohbv to death, he was the brince !
of bores, and his entrance was -mere-
fore viewed with something like con
sternation.' He was unknown to Syd
ney Smith, but his peculiarity: was Boon
laid bare.-- . V'..---;:: ' - --r :.-
"There'll be no talk at all unless yon
can manage to floor him," said one of
the men to Smith.. ."Can't you manage
nr --: w . - ----.
"I can try," he returned gallantly,
although with - some doubt, for there
was not telling to what branch of his
crotchet the bore would' turn. -,'-"
The dinner began. The- one or -two
customary toasts such as "The Queen,"
"The Church,", had been honored, and
there came a lull which was the bore's
opportunity. , .
"Mr. Archdeacon, said . he,' "have
you seen the pamphlet written by my
friend. Processor Dickenson, on. tne
remarkable size of the eyes of a com
mon house-fly?" . '
The archdeacon courteously said .he
had not had the nrivileire. and in snite
. .
of the discouraging looks on the faces
of the guests, the bore pursued bis ad
vantage: -. : ;
"I pan assure von : It is a most In
teresting namnhle'L ettin forth nar-
ticulars, hitherto unobserved, as(to the
i i - a m & t, - . .
-,"I deny the fact!" said a voic6 from
the other end of the table. f
, All smiled save the bore. .
"Yon deny the ' fact, sir?" said he.
"May- I ask. on what authority you
condemn the investigations of iny most
learned friend?" - ' " -
REED'S PLAGE UNIQUE
f His - Career Shaped by Sell Re-
iiant and Uncomprom'slng Na
tm e and Absence of the Quali
ties of - the Politic tan . ....
'
"I deny: the facC replied the -voice,
which ; was , Sydney Smith's; "and I
base my denial on evidence wedded to
immortal verse ; well known to i every
scholar, at least," at this table."
The emphasis laid on scholar nettled
the naturalist by its . Implication.
"Well, sir," he said, as calmly as he
was able, "will you liave: 'the kindness
to quote your authority?" .
"I will. sir. - The evidence ; Is those
well-known, I may say immortal, line's:
. " 'Who saw -him "die?. '
'I,' said the fly,, .
With my Httlefeyer " '
The guests roared, and during the
rest of the dinner nothing' further was
heard on the subject of. natural history.
MY LITTLE BOY THAT DIED.
Look at his pretty face for just one inin- plre g0 njgn7
lite? I net
"Ye gods!" said Jack, tragically, beth's tragic declaration: "Behold the
'and does my adorable sister-in-law as
"te! . "Stop your nonsense, Jack, and tell
His braided frock and dainty buttoned . . , ? commanded his wife.
Ilis firm shut hand, the favorite play
thing in it
Then tell me, mothers, was't not hard
to lose
And miss him from my side
My little boy that died?
How many another boy, as dear and
charming,
His father's hope, his mother's one de
light, Slips through strange sicknesses, all fear
disarming.
And lives a long, long life in parents'
sight!
Mine was so short a pride! .
And then my poor boy died.
I see him rocking on his wooden charger;
1 hear him pattering through the house
all day;
1 watch his great blue eyes grow large
and larger.
Listening to stories, whether grave or
gay.
Told nt the bright fireside,
So dark now, since he died.
But yet I often think my boy is living,
As living as my other children are.
When good night kisses I all around am
giving,
I keep one for him, though he is so far.
Can a mere grave divide
Me from him though he died?
So, while I come and plant it o'er with
daisies
(Nothing but childish daisies all year
round)
Continually God's hand the curtain raises,
And 1 can hear his merry voice's
sound,
And feel him at my side
My little boy that died.
Miss Mulock.
us who he Is?" commanded his wife.
"I obey, as usual. He is Arthur Shir
lev. Jr.. who was my college chum and
a crack athlete. After leaving college
he made a name for himself by devoting
his time to writing under the pen name
future Mrs. Arthur Shirley, Jr."
But Elizabeth made no reply.
THOMAS W. RUSSELL.
Man Who Was Stoned by a Mob in Ire
land at a Political Meeting.
Thomas W. Russell, the member of
Parliament who was stoned by a mob
c imA wi-itinw nnner tne nen name .
"io , . . ! after addressing a political meeting in
of 'Don James,' which I see is familiar , a"er au,eBS f , - , lh
X A A
THE FUTURE MRS. SHIRLEY
ACK!" No answer.
"J-a-c-k!" with emphasis.
' "Yes, my dear sister-in-law, I
am coming."
"When Jack has lived with you six
months longer he will learn the folly of
trying to keep you waiting," laughed
Jack's young wife.
"Well, when I want things, I want
them at once," remarked Elizabeth.
"Now, Jack," she continued, "don't take
possession of your wife as if she were
a bundle of dry goods, but sit down and
answer some questions, like a good
boy."
"More questions," groaned Jack.
Questions were a mania with Elizabeth.
"Yes," answered Elizabeth, calmly,
seating herself on the study table (she
did hate chairs sol, "first, wouldn't yon
like to have me settled in a nice little
home of my own, where I would be too
busy to disturb your continuous honey
moon?" "Who Is the poor devil?" asked Jack,
dodging a penwiper and tossing It back
to Elizabeth. "Now, seriously, sister, it
is time to confess. Out with it."
to you. He inherited the Shirley for
tune some two years ago, and Is at
present abroad, and when he returns to
town you will see him often. But, listen
and heed my warning, fair sister. He
has never seen a woman he cared to
marry, although designing mammas
have forced their daughters upon him
with great diligence. He is a eaten,
Elizabeth, a great catch, with a capi
tal C."
"Thank von. Jack. I should say he
was just the man I have been looking
for. Behold the future Mrs. Artnur
Shirley, Jr.," and Elizabeth swept trag
ically from the room.
I'll be hanired!" ejaculated her broth
er-in-law, and straightway he turned his
attention to bis wife.
Six months later Arthur Shirley, Jr.,
was seated In Jack's study, smoking
and waiting for Jack, and when that in
dividual entered the room he put down.
his cigar and said:
"See here, old boy. I wish you would
tell me why Miss Martyn dislikes me
so intensely. She Is the most unaffect
ed, interesting, vivacious girl imagin
able with anyone else, and if I appear
she stiffens Into a regular puritanical
Bostonian."
"What do you care?" askedx Jack,
slowly.
"A great deal," replied his friend.
"Hang it all, you must see that I love
her. Never saw a girl before that I
wanted to marry, and now, when I do
reallv love one, what does . she do?
Snubs me so we can't even be decent
friends. What is the matter with me,
anyhow?" and he looked so downheart
ed that Jack had not the heart to laugh.
"I'll tell you what to do, if you will
follow my advice."
"It's a bargain," replied Arthur.
"Elizabeth Is down In the garden
nice, secluded spot you go down and
walk rleht up and ask her to marry you
before you have time to think about
it Not a word; it is tne only way,
said the benedict, authoritatively. "Tell
her she has got to marry you."
After a little hesitation and a ereat
1 deal of pushing he finally went down to
the earden, and, meeting Elizabeth sud
denly. he said: "Miss Martyn, I want
vou to become my wife. You must
marry me."
She did not turn to look at him, but
said, very calmly: "vnat l must do i
have learned not to try to avoid.
For a moment Arthur was puzzled.
but be stopped before her hi the path
and said: "Elizabeth, this is a serious
matter. Please look at me. dear. I
love you. and "
But he never finished the remark,
for Elizabeth looked at him, and he
knew he had won his' case.
Some time later Jack and his wife
T. W. RUSSEIX.
Ireland, is a. Lib
eral Unionist, who
has sat for Tyrone
since 1896. Mr.
Russell has his
own ideas about
reform in . Ireland.
While aggressively
opposed to home
rule he has consist
ently advocated the
purchase of land
for the benefit of
tenants with an in-
THOMAS BRACKETT REED.' ;
Thunder is rarely.' 'iFv ever, heard at
a greater distance than jelghteen miles. '
The wife of the Governor of New
Borneo has a baby: .rhinoceros for .a;
There are but nine subscribers to, the
post office telephone . InT Swansea,
Wales. - ': - ' "" ."' '
TTia mftrtaA fleer hna the lArgresf floras
of any animal. They ofteneigli f rem
fifty to sixty pounds.. 1 1 . v r . ; I
Beetles in the East and WestilTidieS;
are so brilliant in coloring. that;: they
are beautiful as gems. : . t t ' I
Denmark has the largest. vannyi in
proportion to her size. She. has. j 187
soldiers to every 10,000 of ner popula
tion. - r "' '
The largest butterflies are the "bird
winged" of the Moluccas. Their wings
are sometimes twelve inches " in ex
panse. A person usually begins r to lose
height at the age of fifty.and at the
age of ninety has lost at least one and
a half inches.
A wall thirty "feet high "and thirteen;
feet broad could be built all ' round
England with the coal annually raised
in that country.
Malta Is the most thickly populated
Island In the worid. ' It has? 1,330 peo-
demniflcation of something like f"00.
000.000 for the landlords. During the tQ re mjle Barbadoe8 naa
home rule agitation, when Gladstone s the souare mile.
Dili was Deiore l aruameui, ue wan . , -
ardent anti-home ruler, and threw his The reindeer can endure more than
influence in the landlord party. Since u T'Tr f""
then, he has changed his face, and, cameLA reindeer has been known to
while still onoosed to home rule, he is Pul1 200 Pounds at ten miles an hour
the vowed enemy of the landlord class. for nours-. . . s
and the most persistent advocate of The world now consumes ,6.300,000,.
the land for the people by government wu pounus oi wuatcu j-eanj, w 4,0
purchase. Mr. Russell is a native of 500 tons.: This ts worth $200,000,000.
Fife, a graduate of Madras Academy, In other words, the world's smoke bill
and an unusually vigorous, powerful w jusi a.uw.wu a wees. : ; ,; ;
and original statesman. . I A Berlin periodical; Der Weinkenner,
. relates-that when. Bismarck died, about
Ought to Be a Good Cake, 10,000 bottles or the,, choicest wines
mi, maa a nhiiiwh ha.QQV In tne . . . ' 1. 1 -V. -.W i-1 ! 4.
kcio i-"u'u U were iouuu in uis ueuqis, uiusuy gins
village of Comrle, Strathearn, Scotland, from friends and kdm'ffers. "They came
A..,v 0 1 ortA o nmraltv of nno n tlie ' , - t. ' ' -, - -
Aug. ox iv.w.v,, " iroui en LuuiiikJtB.
.. " 1 X II...,
Stalls was a saie ui wuai wm cuueu
rrpHOMAS BRACKETT REED at the time of his death was only 63 years
old. He had a powerful, constitution. He was7 uiifclially temperate
in his habits; he was abstemious , in regard to food, and' drink; slept
eight or nine hours every' night," and jwasjn the habit of -taking- a nopn'-day
nap- He never worked too hard' and, .took abundant -exercise, walking sev
eral miles a day. Few men have ever taken better care of themselves or
observed the rules of health so carefully as he, and he was seldom J1L Mr.
. Reed was always, a frugal; man, leaning hiore to economy , than to extrava
gance, and not only , saved a good part of his salary, but made an extra $,000
or $5,000 annually by legal and literary work. sHe would never' deliver a
lecture or contribute an article for publication' without pay, charging ?500
for a lecture; $200 was, his lowest price for a literary production, no matter
how short, . ' . . ; ; '; - ' " -v .'V,i 5 tp'xy: :' - :i'-v: - ':--f ' :'
Mr. Reed was uniaue in character, writes William E. Curtis in the
Chicago Record-Herald. There was never, any one like -him in .public life
and he has no imitators. He was so origiriai, his indiviiluailty was so pro-..
nounced, and his traits so peculiar that it wbuld be : Impossible to. imitate
him. His failure to receive what may be termed a respectable support for
the Presidential- nomination at St- Louis embittered -his life and intensified
those Qualities-, which caused his unpopularity. He (had none 'of the -arts of
the politician. He was imperious and intolerant, autocratic and uncompro
mising, and given to the most cruel satire. Men feared, him more: than they
respected or loved him, although he had many warm.. friends and devoted H
admirers and an anectionate disposiuon toward a tew. persons .oi .wnom ne
was. fond. . . . . '
Reed and McKinley never got along well together. His; jealous disposl
. tion seemed to detect rivalry in the early days of their acqii&lnance,' and .
when both became candidates for the Presidential nomination.'55 Reed's com-:;
ments upon McKinley were always severe and often' unkind.1. He'!'did' -not
enter the White House but three times while McKinley -was Preshlent--once
'at the beginning of the first Congressional session after the inauguratiotil'
' when McKinley invited him to a conference over the .message, and the Re-'
'publican legislative program; 'again. when he was invited to a state dinneH-
and at third time when he Went voluntarily.at the outbreak of the Spanisfii-
war to assure McKinley of his cordial support. ; . : . .:
Reed's, relations with Harrison were similar, and , he, did not enter the
White. House during the last three "years' that Harrison was . President . be
ca'se'llie'fai'fer1 refused to recognize him as entitled to equal, consideration
with the Senators from Maine in the-distribution of patronage. ' Nor was hei.e
.i,4rer friendly .with; Mr. Blaine and fell out entirely, with Win while' he! was
'Secretay; of ..State because of an article that appeared In the' Nprh- American
JteffiftM. criticising Reed's parliamexitary: jtactics as Speaker of the Hoilse.
The article , was anonymous, but ;Mrf Reed -.could not he convinced .that Mr.
Blaiu-3 did ,pp,t write iTuniiuugu iuc?, mLi t yuviuvvij ucuieu tue auiaorsnip.
Real" Adventure In Sonth Africa that
- Keada Like. Fiction. -Burnham.
the American scout, who
was Lord Robert's cUef of scouts, was
one of the most interesting figurea in
the South African War. ; Some-:of hU
adventures are as thrilling as the wild
est .inventions of the writers of dime 4
novels, differing only in the important .
respect that they are true. . Frederics:
Unger, the American war correspond
ent, relates one of them in jus book.
"With Bobs' and Kruger." " ..
Burnham once allowed himself to
be captured and ' led 1 into VDeWet a .
camp,b.9ping to. t information and
ttgn "escape. .. He conceajied.hsidentl-.
ty, dux was Detrayea wy.. auuiuw yi 10
oner, a British ofilcer, who, ii spite .
of Burnham's signs, stupidly "called
him by na'me. , A , epejciale guard was
immediate; yb placetfi? him,vand on
the, march ,. he .was, put into ; a trek
wagon, clowly; coyered jexcept in. front ,
An armed driver sat on tne seat, a
guard rode at-eacli- side and one. be- "
hind. - Learning fronV the (conversation
of his guards that when theyarfiached
the railway he would : be sftnt on to
Pretoria by train, he knew, he must
escape them 'or neverV-,'
He kept awake at night ana watched
his chance. It came -when-"tbedrlver
got ;. down to -give J some directions to
the native boy leading the oxen.: Burn- i:
ham crept up on. the seat .'rom which
he slipped down to the cart-tongue,
and from there he slid quietly 'to the
ground, prostrate "under - the .cart,
which- passed over' him. The ' guards .
on; the - sides ; could inior-'see, ' put those
behind might He -lay stm preparing
to endure even the tread, of. a horse
and not give a sign. t . ... .
9SThe1 nlgfit was' darT" The horses of
the 'fSn'owmjr cart stepped carefully
over fiini,"ahd thelrrldersnst happen-
eto'ttbt tosook -down- The nest- cart,
drawn by oxen, was some distance
behind, and before , it caine,up Burn
ham' roiled , swiftly to the side of the
rpadi: where h lay until the carj pass
ed! Then'fiefore another earned up, he
had time 'tb?rbll' several hundreds yards
into the nigbr -and was ."for the mo
ment, safe. - ': ; - Jl
But now his escape was. discovered.
The column halted and. .lights Appeared.-
Horsemen rode up and down the
line, shouting .and firing shots. ...Other
horsemen rode oyer' the veld, and sev
eral came close to . where Burnham
was lyihg. In the darkness, he looked
so like a lump of grass that he escaped
notice. Had his pursuers .waited till
daylight he would have been taken.
After a while the column moved on,
and Burnham rose to ' his, feet" and
struck off southward for Bloemfon
tein. - He spent two days and nights
on the veld, hidden by : day on the
summits of kopjes, from which he
cpuld see Boer scouts, evidently on the
lookout for him. At last he succeeded
in reaching Blpemfontein, after., forty
eight hours without fodd.' ';He had
gained important information from
the careless conversation of his giikrds,
and had accomplished his "purpose.
; (jlq.yijv.pf.;the annotmcftd deteismllna
itiono. make f eathei'take. fyR; extraor
dinary part in the coming seaMffnil-
linery, "Bird-Lor' , (Macmillaa : Cora
v pa'nyy, tnl'cM 'organ df ?the Audu
j bdh sdcieles Bund'si'k,ra'TIy' call 'and
' urges'J indr'e strenuous vfarfare againsl
tne dHiKtrors rf Vilrfl;' r'V'.
Reed was a great admirer of Roosevelt, although the latter, did hot .escape ' tne aeBWo3rera or DIras' ' ' 'I ,
Ss shafts of satire. " ';, " 7' " .f. ,T - ' Pleasures of the Table.' by
' There was a 'secret in .Reed's life fof -which h .was very;. sensitive,. - Wheid e3- Ellwanger, is an elaberate
he was a young man he was an earnest .wbrfcer,in: religl6us.affa.irs, an. ajeWvef f 0,u- pr?te?t J u
"member of the First :cdigregational Church of' Pdrtiand., a' teacher .iin, the -j8SUled bJ Doabjeday
olume printed by De Vinne and Just
Page &.Co. . Th
Sunday school and participated-ln theprayer meetings and oher,. religious
exercises. At that time ne- was preparing tor uuiege aiiu.intenaea to enter
the ministry. 'He;enered Bowdoin College in I858,',ah5t during his first two
: years accepted monejfrom the ladies' society of the congregation to pay his
board and college expenses. : In his junior year he changed his plans, and
decided to study law, whereupon; the women of the First Congregational
Church of Portland who had. sent hinT the money were ; disappointed, ac
cused him of duplicity and provoked him into writing an intemperate and
foolish letter, which gave such offense that he was declared an apostate and
his name was stricken from the- rolls of that church.' He never joined an
other. He taught school and did copying In a lawyer's otBce to aid in the
payment of his college expenses, and after liis graduation' secured " an ap
pointment as paymaster in the navy, and' returned to the ' pastor of1 the
chiirch dollar for dollar with interest all he money that had been con
Hteri tn aid in his education. His wife andc,ttaughter Were regular at-.
tendants at the Congregational Church in Washington, but he never entered vogue of "Ret Pottag";j8hei?.wg be
lts doors. This sensitiveness to criticism, remained witn mm throughout his sieged Dy puDiisners, B.uR.wjepj, Bf ?eue-
entire life and caused him great unhappiness. , . .- ; .r ly on her way, :and. ,siJhasn( 'ikntil
seldom madea set speech, but had no equal in his generation in rough ' now had &noel faJ? l?r the
H-e wiuu" i., ,4. i . ? - nresa S?he Is1 the 'flatifrhter'.' (IT a, re-
. i via eTinte. i-iis siiUKiUK reiuiio, uia uuitu wiL.seeu uuwer or anntv. i -
. miies force in attack made him feared on the. floor, and wn l tired clergyman
unto the man who attempted to interrupt or answer him. It was his moral
courage that enabled i Jto jcrush filibustering in the House of Representa-
author has made a book of" real, inter
est and literary distinction!, full of. good
stories, unusual recipes tjuaint-eddi-ties
and suggestive facts...
George Kennan's account of hia, ex
periences and 'observations in Martin
ique in the three week's im mediately
foilowing the secdnd'erupttou ojfiont
Pelee, which completed:" tn'e JdeWsta
tion o,f St. Pierre, have be'iin'-ubfihed
by the Outlook Compan"!uifiiF'5the
title, "the. Tragedy of Pelee.'
Mary Cholmondeley cpriSldeitefBrea
years little enough, time fi"te5 writ
ing, of a novel. After the "phienomnal
But eight States do -not now require
"scripture cake," which was in great examlnatIon by a state Board of those
demand. It was made according to . wsh to practice medicine. They
are Arkansas, Colorado, itentuckyi
the following recipe: Take four and
one-half cups of I Kings. Iv, 22 (first
clause); two and' one-half cups of
Judges, v, 25 (last clause); two cups of
Jeremiah, v, 20; two cups of I Samuel,
Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, South
Dakota and Tennessee.
Prizes of $L200, $750 and ?500 foi
Jeremian, v, zu; two cups oi i oainuei, . . , - . . .
. . , the best instruments to measure wind
xxx, VZ two cups or iauum, m, 12; ,
one cup of Numbers, xvli. 18; two ta- pressure are offered by the Hamburg
blespoonfuls of I Samuel xv, 25; sea- - -
" Z tt v. w o. foreign inventors. The plans must be
six of Jeremiah, xvil, 11, a pinch of 8ent b? APrd t 1803. .
Leviticus, ii, 13; half a cup of Judges, ! xne xew 10m u om-
m n Finoiw fni. nisi mi Wlcn tinn. owned and Issued bv
IV, lis ua&iu& pwruci. '""1JJ , ..w ar ' - -
low Solomon's prescription. Proverbs, the. municipality, is the biggest news-
xxiii, 15, for making a good cnna, ana paper xu iiie nuuu. n. .cijr
you will have a good cake. I day In the year, ..Sundays and legal
J Holidays excepted,, ana- soineuines coa-
We have long been expecting to hear tains as many as 383. pages,
a story like this: A woman goes for -a j Five of the twenty fellowships re
walk to the woods. She emerges in a cently awarded in" the department of
few moments, her face bleeding, wild philosophy. University of Pennsylva-
ejeu uu uu nuu injui, uic uuuo nia, were given 10 women, aiusi ui
had recognized a former playmate In these fellowships carry with them an
1 . ...ImmiiKv n Kav hat and hai jm t t n9
iue hiujmaiaas v . " income uuniig lue j 1 vi
sought revenge by clawing at her hair 500 and free tuition, with an addition-
and pecking at her face.
Occasionally you see a girl who is
al S100 for particular Tesearcn work.
Honesty Is a prevailing virtue among
nicknamed "Sunshine." The name nost Chinamen, borne- or tnem, in
may sound like a compliment In bleak ' their native towns and cities, often
December, but she has a right to sue , pve lueir fial-ra ul uu3.uC!,a B
tr 1 n ! ed while ther eo off for half an houi
her friends for slander if she is called
the name In August
Justice is so busy holding her scales
that she hasn't time to give some peo
ple what Is coming to them.
... . 11 1. i 4.1.1,. k .A
ery wen, uu 13 mis uiaui auu 1 - j
... .. .. " . ! nMn.A Amor, tha ir.t.n naih an1 I
she passed mm tne picture 01 a nana- 6.u v, .
some, athletic-looking chap which she ! as they drew near a certain sheltered It Is reported that boy ate so much
had found In an old desk of Jack's. nook Jack exclaimed, mocking Eliza- m honey be was attacked by Wves.
ed. while they go off for half an hour
or more. ; Should customers, arrive tn
the meantime, they find the prices of
goods plainly marked, select what they
want and leave the money for them.
It is one sign of age when a woman
imagines she is looking sad. and some
one asks why she is looking so sour.
and cdmesWiarliiie ot
tives. . ' . - -----
Those were exciting times. . Under the rules of the House, as interpreted
by his predecessors, business could be indefinitely suspended and the princi
ple of representative government violated if a sufficient number of members
efused to answer to their names when the roll was called to break a quorum.
That became the favorite way of preventing the majority of the House from
enacting laws. The minority was thus enabled to control-legislation, which
Mr Peed and every one else realized was wrong,, but this trick was resorted
to and the House was left without a quorum whenever the minority- objected
to the passage of a bilL Mr. Reed decided to stop the practice, and whenever
a roll call showed the lack of a quorum, counted a sufficient, number of si
lent members upon the floor to make one. r
The minority made violent protest against Reed's rulings and on more
than one occasion-a personal, assault on the Speaker was prevented only, by
the timely Interference of cool heads from both sides of the House. On
these occasions Mr. Reed was always the coolest man In the House, and the
familiar. Yankee drawl, "The gentleman will be kind enough to take his
seat" often relieved a tense situation. .
Reed's rules were sustained and vindicated by the Supreme Court, and
all of his successors tn the House of Representatives have followed his ex
ample. He was a czar and a tyrant . however. He would "not permit the
House to consider legislation that he did not approve, and could pass almost
any bill he liked, because members who opposed him knew what to expect
No man ever exercised such an arbitrary, influence . upon legislation.
Colored to Suit.
A process has jheen invented by
which eyes may .be colored to suit the
taste of their owner. This is accom
plished by the Injection of some liquid
into the eye behind the pupil. The ex
periment has been tried in Paris, and
pale blue eyes were transformed to
deep violet orbs in a second, with no
apparent Injury to the patient
Siam's Prince on Oar Authors.
Being a writer of no mean ability
himself, the prince, for the time, posed
as an expert critic and terminated the
clerical folk.
Joel Chandler Harris -has'eve? pub
lished a noveL 'His.- Unch?'-' Rufous
made him famous; and. smcal their ho
has given ,his. time to.'Juv'enite: books,
short stories and yersesi'-pe.hasyijpw-ever,
succumbed .to the :npyielA.)jac3Jus,
epidemic In literary tanks,, this, ear,
and will soon publish;pabrlel "olll
ver," a story of the recbnstruclipn 'pe
riod in Georgia. -. ,; V. V
Longfellow Is the universal poet.'jHe
has been translated into. French, Ger
man, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish,
Polish, Portuguese, - Spanish, Russian,
Hungarian; Bohemian, Latin; Hebrew,
Chinese, Sanscrit Marathi and. Judea
German. '"There is no evidence," says
CoL T. W. Higginson, "that any other
English-speaking poet of the last cen
tury has been so widely appreciated."
. The novelists are at great pains to
Invent odd titles nowadays, -For one
book with a title as unpretentious as
"Adam Bede," for Instance, we have a
dozen With whimsical .names cleverly
contrived to set people talking about
their oddity. Presumably Julian
Ralph's use of the almost superfluous
word, "millionairess," as the title of
Interview with the following estimate.
of some unnamed" American writers;
"Tbey think out a plot say 100 words;.; his new story will cause some profit
then a scene, say 100 words more; then ' ahie :comment. Mrs. Ruth McEnery
they conceal their plot In 10,000 words Stuart's forthcoming book, "The Gen
and bury their scene in 10,000 more ' tleman of the Plush Rocker." has a
words and the bookbinder completes
the crime." Philadelphia Record.
When fortune begins to .smile on
some men they think it Is up to them
to sit down and bask in the smile.
Dispepsla and disappointment In
love produce similar outward effects.
title which is deliciously American.
When It is known at a funeral that
the deceased picked out the hymns
and arranged the program in advance,
the women present find the occasion
so sweetly sad as to be almost enjoyable.