Corvallis gazette., February 06, 1903, Image 4

WHEN THE LANE TURNS.
Tht.re'11 be light and joy forever
When the long lane turns
The singing of the river
When the long lane turns;
The singing of the river as it ripples to
the sea
In the light that falls in showers over
you and over me,
And we'll revel in the gardens where the
fairest roses be
When the lane when the long lane
turns!
We'll forget our cares and crosses
When the long lane turns,
With gains for all our losses
When the long lane turns;
The birds will fill with music all the
forests and the dells
To the ringing and the singing of the
golden-throated bells,
i When the lane when the long lane
turns!
Atlanta Constitution.
Jack's New Leaf
. vfACK HARDY had often laughed
1 1 at his friends and business asso
elates about turning over a new
leaf or "swearing off" on New Year's
Day. He was inclined to be proud of
his cynicism, for he naa nevw
' of a single pledge having been kept
longer than a fortnight.
Hardy never let his conscience wor
ry him about New Year resolutions.
His conscience had a first-class excuse,
but he simply wouldn't listen to It.
Mrs. Hardy-had given him a "swear
off" talk regularly the last week of
each of the six years they had been
married, so he was not surprised when,
on the evening of Dec. 81, she asked
him to come into the library for a few
minutes after dinner, as she bad some
thing of Importance to say to him.
' "Jack," began Mrs. Hardy, "you'll be
33 next month, and "
: Hardy knew the formula, and Inter
rupted. I "We'll get at it straight this time,"
said Mrs. Hardy, as she procured pen
cil and paper and requested him to
answer all questions as asked. When
she had finished examining him as to
his weekly program of life, she said:
"Now, let me read , you what I have."
"Monday night theater, usually.
"Tuesday night club.
Wednesday night club.
Thursday night secret society.
"Friday night-club.
"Saturday night another secret so
ciety. "Sunday miscellaneous dates. Oc
casionally at home."
Hardy had to laugh at the way he
was being handled.
"Now," said Mrs. Hardy, triumph
antly, "where do I come In? How
many evenings do you spend with me?
Only one, and that at the theater. Now,
let's see how much time you actually
pend at home."
She figured rapidly for a few sec
onds, and then announced:
"Barely one-third of your time, Sun
days Included, is spent at home. In
other words, you dine here, sleep here
- a few hours In the early morning, ana
passes few minutes here at breakfast.
I don't think It's being a bit nice to me,
Jack, to say nothing of the Injury it
is doing your health. Now, then, nere
is a program which I wish to substi
tute for your present one:
"Monday night theater.
"Tuesday night club.
"Wednesday night home.
"Thursday night secret society.
"Friday night home, possibly thea
ter. -
"Saturday night home.
"Sunday home and church. "
"Retire each night not later than 12.
'.'Be at office each morning not later
than 9:30." -
Hardy did not surrender without a
struggle, but Mrs. Hardy was deter
mined, so at last he pledged himself to
live up to her program for one month,
beginning Jin. 1.
Hardy's business required his guid
ing presence each morning as early as
9 o'clock, but he was rarely in his
office at that hour. His clerks were
accustomed to 'Seeing him rush In
about 10, frequently later, and throw
the office into an uproar, and when
on the morning ofJan. 2 he arrived
promptly at 9, and In quiet and evi
dently good spirits, his face showing
signs of having been permitted to go
to sleep for a proper length of time,
they exchanged anxious glances. As
soon as Hardy went out his conduct
was freely discussed. One or two at
tributed the change to New Year, but
the majority were apprehensive of
trouble.
Hardy ' . continued to come to his
office at 9 sharp, all the while his face
growing ruddier and his disposition sun
nier. In' two weeks the new spirit had
entirely pervaded the office. Business
went -with a vim that was contagious.
It was all the talk on Hardy's floor In
'the big office building.
But Hardy was having a hard time,
notwithstanding the fact that surface
indications were to the contrary. The
worse tug came at night His even
ing at the club New Year week was,
In a way, memorable. At 10:30 he
abruptly broke away from one of the
most select circles that exclusive place
afforded, and announced that he would
have to be off.
"An engagement," was his explana:
tlon to the-many queries. When he
was gone It was the subject of conver
sation. .He had never been known to
do anything like that since he had been
a member of the club. He did not
"show up" again that week, and. the
following Monday a self -constituted
committee of three jovial spirits called
at his office to ascertain what was
wrong. The idea of a New Year reso-
pected, so his plea of being overwhelm
ed "with business was accepted; but It
was far from satisfactory, and he was
duly impressed with how difficult it
. was for them to get along without him.
Hardy had to confess to himself that
there was "a difference all around," as
he expressed it. The passing remark
"on. the street, "You're looking fine!"
was getting common. He was not only
feeling and looking better, he was
doing better. His business had picked
op surprisingly. One day he cleaned
up $10,000 in a close transaction, and
hjs friends opened their eyes.
On Jan. 31, before leaving his office.
HM-M"lli"i""T
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SENATOR ALLISON'S LONG CAREER.
WILLIAM B. ALLISON. -
Ojf3 HE late James R. Doollttle, of Wisconsin, for many years an associate
"Ir and personal friend of William B. Allison, the father of the United
States Senate, once remarked in speaking of the Iowan's characteris
tics: "My friend Allison is without doubt the most diplomatic of men. " I
have never known him to make an enemy, and .if the Senate floor were
strewn with eggs he could walk all over them without cracking a shell."
Doubtless Mr. Allison's long tenure of his office has been due in large
measure to this quality In his character his reluctance to give offense even
to his political opponents. He is always courteous and considerate, always
polite. His term of service In the United States Senate exceeds in length
of years that of any other occupant of a seat in that body, and even sur
passes that of Colonel Thomas H. Benton, of Missouri, whose thirty years
was regarded as an epoch In our national history.
Mr. Allison was elected to the Senate to succeed James Harlan, and took
his seat on March 4, 1873. He' has been successively chosen as his own
successor four times. He has served thirty years. .' Besides his incumbency
of his Senatorial seat he was a member of the lower house of Congress for
four terms, beginning with the' Thirty-eighth Congress, so that his legisla
tive career in national affairs spans a period of thirty-eight years.
For many years Mr. Allison has been chairman of the Appropriations
.Committee, one of the most Important and influential positions In that "body.
Without any seeming effort he has easily held a position in the very front
rank of his party counselors. His personality is attractive and he wins the
confidence and devotion of all his colleagues. Apparently he Is of the most
yielding disposition, but when the record of a session of Congress is scanned
It is never found that any project or plan determined on by him has .failed
when his party has had control. In his suave, diplomatic way he gives the
impression of being led rather than leading, but in the end the object he
seeks Is always accomplished.
Hardy got ready to square accounts
at home. While thinking it over he
jotted down a list of the things to the
good, which was as follows:
Feel 20 per cent ' better
Weigh nearly five pounds more.
Business Increased.
Worth $10,000 more than expected.
Having a jolly time at home.
That night, after dinner, Hardy wait
ed Impatiently for Mrs. Hardy to brng
up the subject. It had not been re
ferred to In any way since the evening
of Dec. 31,' It having been a part of
the compact that It should not be men
tioned. "Well, Jack," said Mrs. Hardy, "1
suppose you'll wait up until midnight
and start out as soon as the last min
ute of January is gone?" ,
"Oh, I don't know," was the reply.
"The fact Is, my dear, this has been
a very pleasant and certainly a very
profitable month to me. If you don't
mind, dear, I think I'll remove tfie
time limit from the pledge and make
it for an Indefinite period."
Mrs. Hardy's eyes fairly twinkled.
"Just to think," she said, "it took
me six years to do this!" New York
News. '
Janitor's Point of View.
She was a young writer who had be
come convinced of the growing popu
larity of children's stories and natur
ally she decided to write one. In
view of this determination she started
out to observe the "smaller fry" in
both their natural environments, . the
home and the school.'
One day while visiting a school she
fell in with the janitor and whole
pages of local color danced before her
excited fancy as she engaged the old
man in conversation.
"I suppose," she Jiegan, "you have
numerous chances to observe tile chil
dren at their games during recess. Do
you find them less Interesting as they
.grow older?"
"I do that," returned the Janitor,
with heartfelt emphasis, "and I'll tell
ye another thing. The older they get
tfie dumber they get. Why, down In
the lower classes when we go in to
sweep of an afternoon the board does
be .covered with work an' every sum
has a dif runt name signed to it (the
teacher makes 'em do it that way, so
she kin spot the careless ones), but up
stairs in the highest classes (where
they do Jometry, mind ye!) there's only
COACH TELESCOPED BY ENGINE.
REMARKABLE RESULT- OF A WRECK IN ' CALIFORNIA.
CTjp HE accident at Byron station, CaL, that caused the loss of twenty
, j 7 three lives, apparently because the brakes refused to work, produced
. " remarkable conditions. The Stockton flyer crashed into the "Owl"
train, and when the big engine struck the day coach on the rear of the
"Owl" its speed was so great that it dashed the trucks from beneath It. The
engine plunged clear through the day coach, moving it but a few Inches
horizontally, and was stopped by the heavy dining car next Neither train
left the track, although both were late and the flyer was running at from
sixty to sixty-five miles an hour.
one chap knows enything. He does
the work for the whole class an' his
name is all over the board. I'm think
In' If that teacher don't get a move
on her soon she'll lose her place."
"And what is the name" of this boy
wonder?" asked the writer of the fu
ture, according to the New York
Times.
"I don't know his name In, full," re
turned the observant sweeper, "but the
letters he signs to his jomerty sums
is 'Q. E. D." '
AMERICAN WOMEN TO
GIVE DISE A THEATER
Miss Anne T. Morgan, daughter of J.
Pierpont Morgan, has undertaken to
raise a fund of $150,000 with which to
provide a theater in Italy for 'the use'
of Mme. Eleonora Duse, the actress.
While Mme. Duse was attending a re
ception Miss Morgan heard her speak
of her long cherished plan to erect a
temple of art to be devoted to the pro
duction of classic and modern drama.
The young New York woman at once '
raised $21,000 among her friends and
pledged her support to the project un
til the theater Is built Only the worn
enfrlends of Miss Morgan are to be
asked to subscribe to the undertaking.
A man wearing rubber heels ought '
to be compelled to carry sleigh bells.
Start to roast him," and'you are liable
to turn around and find him at your
elbow. .
' '"A ' ' I
THERMOMETER MAKINQ.
How Boiling and Freezing; Points Are
Found and Degrees Marked.
The making of a thermometer may
be either a delicate scientific operation
or one of the simplest tasks of the
skilled mechanic, according to the sort
of thermometer made. With the ex
tremely sensitive and minutely accur
ate instruments designed for scientific
uses great care is taken and they are
kept in stock -for months, sometimes
years, to be compared with Instru
ments that are known to be trust
worthy. But so much time cannot be
spent over the "comparatively cheap
thermometer in common use, and these
are made rapidly, though always care
fully. .
Mercury Is generally used for scien
tific instruments, but most makers pre
fer alcohol because it is cheaper. The
alcohol Is colored red with aniline dye,
which dqgs not fade. .The thermom
eter maker buys his glass tubes In
long strips from the glass factories.
The glass blower on the premises cuts
these tubes to the proper lengths, and
with his gas jet and blowpipe makes
the bulb on the lower end. The bulbs
are then filled with colored alcohol and
the tubes stand for twenty-four hours.
On the following day another workman
holds each bulb in turn over a gas jet
until the colored fluid by Its expansion
entirely fills the tube. It then goes
back Into the hands of the glass blow
er. He closes the upper end and turns
the tip backward to make a little hook,
which will help keep the tube in place
In the frame. -
The tubes rest until some hundreds
of them, perhaps thousands, are ready.
Then the process of gauging begins.
There are no marks on the tube and
the first guide-mark to be made is the
freezing point, 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
This is found by plunging tfie' bulb
into melting snow. No other thermom
eter Is needed for a guide, for melting
snow gives invariably the exact freez
ing point. This Is an unfailing test for
any thermometer when accuracy may
be- suspected. But melting snow is
not always to be had and a little ma
chine resembling a sausage grinder is
brought into use. This machine shaves
a block of Ice Into particles, which
answer the, purpose as well as snow.
When the bulbs have been long enough
in the melting snow a workman takes
them one by one from their bath, seiz
ing each so that his thumb nail marks
the exact .spot to which the fluid has
fallen. Here he makes a scarcely per
ceptible mark upon the glass with a
fine file, and goes on to the next.
The tubes, with the freezing point
marked on each, now go Into the hands
of another workman, who plunges the
bulb Into a vessel filled with water
kept constantly at 96 degrees. This
Is marked like the others, and the tube
is now supplied with - these guide
marks, each 32 degrees from the next.
With its individuality thus establish
ed, the tube goes Into the hands of a
marker, who fits Its bulb and, hook
into the frame it is to occupy and
makes slight scratches on the frame
corresponding to the 32 . degrees, .64
degrees and 96 degrees marks on the
tube.' '
The frame, whether It be wood, tin
or brass, goes to the gauging room,
where it is laid upon a steeply sloping
table 'marked exactly in the position
for a thermometer of that size.
A long, straight bar of wood or met
al extends diagonally across the table
from the lower right-hand corner to
the upper left-hand corner. On the
right this rests upon . a pivot and on
the left it rgsts In a rachet, which lets
It ascend or descend only one notch
at a time. Each- notch marks the ex-
-act distance of two degrees. London
Express. -
BIGGEST CRAB EVER FOUND.
One in Brooklyn Museum Over Eleven
- Feet in Diameter.
xhe biggest crab ever discovered, It
is said, is now mounted and on exhibi
tion in the Brooklyn Museum of Arts
and Sciences. The natural home of
this creature Is under from 600 to 4,000
feet of water. The crab measures 11
feet in diameter and for the most part
it. has a very beautiful complexion
for a crab ranging from a delicate
old rose tint on the top of the carapace
and legs to a pale brownish shade on
the underside.
-The two front, legs have the. usual
crab claws, which are big enough to
crush a man, but the others end In
narrow brown hoofs without toes. The
eyes on the branches are enormously
large and the feelers are as big as
garden hose.
The crab was taken off the Japanese
coast and formed a part of a collec- j
tlon made by Professor Bashford
Dean, of Columbia College, last year, 1
and It was presented to the Brooklyn
museum by Eugene G. Blackford.' It,
took more than a month to mount it ;
It is supposed that the giant crabs
erow to twelve feet in diameter, anva
the Detroit News-Tribune, but the one !
In Brooklyn is the biggest ever cap
tured. ..- Not many of them are cap
tured not more than ten or twelve a
year although the Japanese are fish-,
ing over the grounds where they are
found all the time.
The Japanese fishermen set lines sev
eral miles in length, with many hun- j
dreds of hooks, which are sunk to the
floor of the ocean and left over night j
When the lines are hauled In the next
morning all manner of extraordinary t
things are found attached, from giant
crabs to sea lilies.
Popcorn la Excellent Food.
"Popcorn is one of the best foods we !
have; people don't begin to appreciate
its value," said Mrs. Mary D. Cham
bers, In the course of a lecture on
cereals to a class of women In domes
tic science at the library building in
Brooklyn. And then, seeing the sur
prise on the faces of the women before
her, she went on: '
"Let your children eat all the pop
corn they want,.: It contains a valua
ble oil, has high calorific powers and is
mostly starch cooked thoroughly by
high pressure of steam."
' None to Spare.
"Tacoma speaks up and says she Is
not suffering for sweet girls for
brides." '','' - r
"Well, there is one thing sure, and
that Is that none of the other cities is
suffering from an overplus." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.. ..
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
How to Succeed in Life.
THE problem of how to succeed in life will always
exercise human minds and human curiosity. Every
successful man has, ho doubt, a theory by which to
explain his own success, and some of them have
been generous enough to publish these to the world.
According to a famous American millionaire, if we remem
ber aright, to be industrious" is to succeed, but that dictum
must have been delivered in an optimistic moment, or out
of a spirit of modesty which would disclaim for itself any
other virtues. We cannot, credit that industry alone, or
even joined with temperance, will necessarily achieve suc
cess; and Dr. Max Nordau confirms "our scepticism. Dr.
Nordau, in his Instructive essay oh '"The Conditions of Suc
cess" in the Fortnightly, divides success into three classes
"one pecuniary, another political, and Ihe third artistic. It
should be pleasing to artists generally to know that to the
last he confines the use of the word "fame." Dr. Nordau
warns hs not to despise money, which we should hardly
have looked on as necessary advice in these days. He also
considers that unusual qualities go to make money, quali
ties "not possessed by' one man in a million." That is not,
of course, why he is called a millionaire. It is probable,
however, that there is not so great a difference between
human beings as between their circumstances and the
chances which fall to them. The tide may come once in
the affairs of all men, and the flood pass unnoticed by
most, but it would look as if some men had many tides.
But Dr. Nordau, we are glad to observe, does not on the
whole recommend a . search after riches. On the other
hand, he approves of ambition to succeed in public life,
which may come of "honesty, firmness' of character, sound
common sense, public spirit, sympathy with one's fellow
man, a little geniality, and a little gift of the gab." Lon
don Morning Post.
Study Both Sides.
WE are all partisans by nature, and the judicial
habit of study both sides of a question must
be acquired. But few acquire it. The average
man takes h!s opinions exparte from - some
biased authority' and never bothers to inquire
whether they are right or wrong., He accepts statement of
fuct without question, and, once having adopted them and
lodged them in his mind, it is not unusual for him to resent
any attempt to correct them.
It is a matter of observation that the most violent and
fanatical advocates and partisans are those who know least
about the other side. Ignorance is the mother of bigots,
but knowledge tends to make a man tolerant. .
No man has a right to have an opinion and no man's
opinion on any question is respectable unless he has studied
both sides. A man ought to be ashamed to give judgment
on any question unless he has heard and considered the
arguments for and against.
We decide the weightiest matters without either infor
mation or reflection. How many citizens are In favor of
free trade or of a protective tariff and yet cannot argue
intelligently the great problem involved In the tariff ques
tion ? -tvow many people shouted and voted for the free
coinage of silver who could not define what the term
meant?
If "education and culture train a man to study both sides
of a question before he voices an opinion of it they accom
plish all that can be expected of them. Even among edu
cated men it is the exception to find one who studies both
sides of questions. San Francisco Bulletin.
A Universal Language.
DURING the Paris exhibition of 1900 several con
gresses and committees met to take up the question
of "an auxiliary international language," and signed
a report embodying certain conclusions on the sub
ject. A committee was permanently established,
with Dr. Leon Leau as its secretary, and it has now begun
an active propaganda.
This idea of a made-up tongue was first suggested as
far back as 1640 by Sir Thomas Urquhart, and has re
ceived the approval of such men as Leibnitz, Grimm and
Max Muller. But most of us can remember what happened
to such a language actually constructed, by Schuyler some
TWO BLUE. COATS.
The Owners Met in a Great Depart
, nient Store.
"Bargain day" in a city is generally
productive of comedies and tragedies,
which appeal especially to the feminine
mind. But at least one man, who was
stranded near the door of a big Bos
ton department store, waiting for his
wife, witnessed an incident which
cheered his spirit. '
Near him was a handkerchief coun
ter, and as he Idly watched the. tide
of women Burging round it his glance
was arrested by a remarkably pretty
and somewhat conspicuous blue jack
et curiously braided in black. He
gazed at It with approval for some
moments, as the wearer's ' back was
toward him most of the time.
At last he looked away. As he
turned his eyes toward the door, his
glance fell upon another blue Jacket
exactly like the first. The woman who
was wearing it was just entering the
store. He glanced back to the hand
kerchief counter. There was the
other jacket and what was more,
the eyes of the woman who wore It
were fixed on the . approaching coun
terpart of her own garment As she
looked, an expression, of anger and
disgust crossed her face, and the man
who was waiting said to himself,
"There's trouble ahead." ,
The two women approached each
other slowly, but with evident inten
tion. The wearer of the second jack
et had a conciliatory air ss she pre
tended to examine a fur scarf that
hung near the door.
"She won't "speak unless the other
one does,' thought the man, but "he
was mistaken. When the woman from
the handkerchief counter reached her,
the other suddenly turned with a smile
on her face. - -
"I know just what you're -thinking,"
she said, Impulsively. "You are the
one who was coming back "at the end
of half an hour, aren't you ?"
; "Yes, I am," said the otherT quickly!
"And she told me the lady who iad
bought the first one lived in- "
"Providence!" said the latest comer,
nodding violently. "Well, I do. She
said you told her you wouldn't mind
having another jacket just like yours
If you weren't afraid somebody who
lived within a stone's throw of you,
or went to the same church and be
longed to the same clubs would buy
it"" -
"That's just exactly what I said,''
admittecL.the other woman, with a re
lenting expression about the corners of
her mouth. " "I've had that happen
with a hat and it's so exasperating I"
"I know. I bought a golf cape" once
one of three; and both of the others
are onv my street" . v
"How horrid I She said there were
only just two Imported, and when I
went back, and she said a lady from
Providence had bought it and worn
it off, I felt perfectly safe."
"Well, you see my train doesn't go
for two hours, and I'd seen the hand
kerchiefs : and stocks advertised here,
and I just had time to run in. I
hardly ever come up to Boston after
this time of the year until late in the
fall, and this jacket wouldn't be warm
enough for that season. Well, I'm real
glad we met. I'm glad she was such
a truthful girl. . You know sometimes
they're so anxious to make a sale,
poor things, that they ""
"I know," said the first comer, now
dissolved in smiles. She hesitated a
moment, and then bending forward
whispered something In the other wo
man's ear, and then stood off to look
at her.
"Yes, that's exactly what I paid,"
was the gratifying reply to the whis
per, "and I think we gt great bar
gainst don't you?"
"Yes, Indeed! Good-by!"
"Good'-by!" And the little comedy
was of er. '
A CHEERING OUTLOOK.
Proposed Expenditures This Tear by
Varions Bailroad Corporations.
The Railway World, adverting to the
prevailing opinion of prominent bank
ing and business men that "we have at
least another year of business activity
ahead of us, and that the railroads, in
the work of reconstructing their lines,
and upon which hundreds of millions
remain to be expended, will be an all
powerful factor in continuing business
activity," gives importance to the fact
that enormous expenditures by various
railroad systems are scheduled for the
coming twelve months. It-js stated,
the - Pennsylvania Railroad will enter
upon contracts calling for an expendi
ture of over $50,000,000, provision hav
ing been made for an increase of $100,
000,000 In the company's capital stock.
Some $6,000,000 Is to go Into new yards
and buildings at Pittsburg, $10,000,000
into real estate, etc.. In New Ygk
City, "$5,000,000 Into the new union
station in Washington, $3,000,000 into
track elevations, etc., in New Jersey,
$1,000,000 for .the Trenton bridge, and
$2,000000 for improvements in Phila
delphia. The Baltimore and Ohio, also has
work' In contemplation that calls for
the yearly expenditure of many mil
lions, the total not falling below $30,
000,000. The New York Central has
$25,000,000 to spend on general im
provements. The Southern Pacific and
old Central Pacific are to have nearly
$40,000,000 of new capital put Into
them. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
will spend $20,000,000 on new. lines
in Oklahoma. And these are but a few
of the large outlays to be made by
railways, the effect of which' upon
twenty years ago, when he put together the ingenious lin
guistic system which he called Volapuk. Volapuk abso
lutely fulfilled the requirements of a universal language.
It was perfectly simple and unvaryingly regular. Its vo
cabulary was based three-fourths upon words of Teutonic
origin and one-fourth upon words contained in the Romance
language. Its syntax was 'simplicity itself. No one will
ever Invent an artificial language better than this. It was
taken up everywhere with great enthusiasm. Schools for
teaching It cropped up in all countries. Grammars of It
were published in every Occidental tongue. At least twenty
lexicons of Volapuk appeared, and no one had a word to
say against it. Nevertheless it may be doubted whether at
this moment there is a single human being who uses It,
studies it, or even speaks of it. London Chronicle.
Letter Writing.
ALL children should be carefully Instructed in the art
of letter writing, and should be encouraged to write
to parents at regular intervals when away from
home. An instance is recalled, and such instances
are not infrequent, where a daughter who married
and left her old home in her early womanhood wrote to her
parents every week for fifty years. In too many families
the tie is broken when children depart, or is not strength
ened by faithful and systematic correspondence. The
strongest family rfectlon is subjected to a severe test
when brothers ak- sisters separate and very rarely or
never renew the old family life by frequent visits or com
munication by letter. -
Owing to cheap postage and ease of communication, the
arrival of a letter is not such an important event as it was
when postage was costly and mail transit was slow. In
former days letters from absent friends were warmly wel
comed and carefully preserved. .
Children should be encouraged to write letters, because
the habit is educative If practiced under the direction of
intelligent parents. Nothing reveals one's knowledge of
the language more certainly than a letter or other written
effort. Our forms of speech are acquired chiefly In the
family, and not In the schools. The accuracy of one's writ
ten and spoken language depends upon parents, rather than
upon tea.chers. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
What the Hague Court Is.
THE misconception that The Hague court is a body of
international jurists that assemble at The Hague
whenever called on is so rife that it may be time
ly to repeat how the court Is not a tribunal, but
consists of a large number of men "of acknowledged
skill on questions of International law, possessing the high
est moral reputaion and willing to accept the office of arbi
trators" when called on. Each of the signatory powers has
appointed four members of this court The tribunal in any
particular case, in the absence of any special agreement to
the contrary, consists of five arbitrators, chosen from
among the members of the court, two being named by each
party to the dispute, and the four so-named choosing the
fifth. tIf they fail to agree on the fifth member he is to be
chosen by a power agreed upon,, or if no such agreement
can be reached, by two powers agreed on. Just how the
tribunal to consider the Venezuelan case will be selected
will not be known until the terms of the protocol are made
public. The Hague treaty intentionally gives a very wide
latitude so far as the constitution of the tribunal Is con
cerned. Its framers were seeking to make arbitration
agreements easy, and therefore did not impose any more
restrictions than were necessary. St. Paul Pioneer Presa.
Go Back to the Farm.
THERE is no cure for conditions of depression In
either organized labor or organized capital. Both
depend on the markets and neither the one nor the
other can command them. The real remedy for hard
times, the enforced remedy for redundant labor, is
a reversal of the townward tide of population. As a last
resort men must dig to live, and they must go back to the
land to dig. The reviving movement for the occupation of
the public lands in the West is a healthy one even where
It takes the form of migration to the cheaper arable lands
nf Cnnndn. Philadehohia Record.
business must be very considerable.
The mines, the furnaces, the machine
shops, and the factories will be kept
busy in filling the contracts made nec-
essary by the extensive wants of the
railroads. All branches of business
will doubtless feel the benefit of the
large outlay, provided everything goes
right in the financial world. Balti
more Sun.
No Presents for Him.
Up on Columbia Heights there's a
cunnin' little boy-che-ild with . many
flaxen curls and ultramarine eyes like
moss-agates, who was totallly cut out
of his maiden aunt's gift-giving scheme
at Christmas.
About ten days before Christmas the
maiden aunt was visiting her sister,
the boy's mother, when, In jcl violent
explcsion of laughter, her store teeth
became loosened and fell on the floor.
The boy happened-to be In the room at
the time, and the dropping of his spin
ster aunt's teeth caused him speechless
amazement. i H
Three evenings later there Was. a din
ner party at the Columbia Heights
house, at which the maiden aunt was
one of the guests. The aunt Is Just at
an age when she doesn't want to look
it, and she "touches up" her hair ' and
goes after the make-up box a-plenty.
She was fixed up pretty splendiferously
at the dinner party and was . talking
animatedly at the table with a widower
who Is just commencing to "take no
tice," when the angel boy, from . his"
little chair down at the end of the
table, piped:
"Auntie, auntie!"
"Well, what is It precious?" inquired
the spinster aunt.
"Say, auntie," said the kid, amid the
solemn hush which usually falls upon
a table company when one of the
youngsters of the family Is about to ,
say something cute, "show 'em how
you kin spit out-your teeth -an' then
swaller 'em again, like you did the oth
er, day!"
As observed above, the presents that
that boy didn't get from his . maiden
aunt on Christmas would fill a large
folio catalogue. Washington Post
Too Selfish to Carve.
"Did you never learn to carve a tur
key?" "Never,"vanswered the intensely sel
fish man. "I could never see the wis
dom of putting yourself In a position
where you must offer everybody his
choice and content yourself with what
ever happens to be left" Washington
Star. : . -.
Just Makes It,'"
"She borrows everything she can
think of." .
"Oh, no; she never borrows trouble, t
Philadelphia Bulletin,