THE WOMAN'S JOY.
I fondly held upon my knee
My new-born baby, frail and wee;
With joy all mothers understand
I kissed her feet, each little hand.
The little eyes that yet I knew
Not whether would be brown or blue;
Each tiny, dainty, chiseled ear.
The pretty face, so dear, so dear.
I sang an old, old melody.
That oft my mother sang to me,
And to my happy, throbbing breast
My darling girlie closer pressed.
Ah, mothers, if ours be the pain.
Ours, too, the bliss, the sacred gain;
A grander, sweeter gift God could
Not give to us than motherhood.
New Orleans Picayune.
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O you think, father, that hasty
marriages aiways turn out
badly?"
"Well, no, not always. I know a
case where a marriage that was not
intended turned out very well."
'Not intended? How could that have
been?-'
"There was a young fellow (he was
just 19 years old, and I'll call him
Bob) made up his mind that his lot
would be bachelorhood. You see, his
father and mother had married young,
his father had died young, and, the
mother being only nineteen years older
than Bob, they were more like broth
er and sister than mother and son.
For this reason Bob scouted marriage
for him.
"Bob was reading law. One day he
went to court, as was his custom, to
familiarize himself with the methods
of procedure. It was a court of chan
cery. The case being tried before the
judge was a .claim of a young girl
to the estate of an uncle who had re
cently died. The girl was in court,
and a prettier little piece of the Lord's
handiwork never was turned out. At
least Bob thought so, and he couldn't
keep his eyes off her. It wasn't long
before the girl (we'll call her Lucy) no
ticed that Bob was looking at her in
a way that said plainly as words, 'I ad
mire you profoundly.' She blushed a
little, looked away, then glanced side
wise at him again to see the same ex
pression of admiration. She blushed
again, which indicated that she re
ciprocated. At any rate Bob so In
terpreted it.
"The maker of the will had left the
bulk of his property to his only broth
er's son (we'll call him John Doe) and
a small sum to Lucy, but as the broth
er had married beneath him the tes
tator had provided for a passing- of all
the property to the oldest son of his
sister's child, Lucy. As it would be
unsafe to leave the matter long open,
Lucy not being married, the will pro
vided that If Lucy were married when
she came of age the estate was to be
left in the hands of trustees for three
years. If within that limit she had
a son, the estate was to go to that
son.
" 'Hew old is the claimant?' asked
the judge.
"'Sne will be 18, replied her coun
sel, despondently, 'at noon to-day. n
.- 'Is she married?'
i " 'No, your honr.'
" 'Then,' said the Judge, deliberately,
'I see no reason why, after the hour
of noon, I should not set aside her
claim and give Judgment to John Doe.
In case there is no objection, I will
adjourn the court till 2 o'clock.
"To see a fortune pass away from
this lovely girl was too much for Bob.
He was an Impulsive fellow, prone to
decide and act quickly. With scarcely
a moment for reflection, he grasped
wildly for some method of delay. If
the girl could appear to be married,
she might at least effect a compromise
by requiring her opponents to prove
that she was not married. It was half
past 10 o'clock, and her counsel would
have three and a half hours to devise
some plan. Bob as a lawyer, knew
this, and though the chance was slen
der, he staked all on a desperate move.
" 'Your honor,' he said, rising, 'the
claimant is my wife.
"Judge, attorney, spectators, turned
to Bob in wonder.
" 'Have you proofs of your mar
riage? asked the judge.
" 'Not at hand.'
"'Is that man your husband?' asked
the judge of Lucy.
"If ever there was Irresistible appeal
In a man's eyes.t was In Bob's when
he turned them on Lucy. He could
not say to her, 'This 4s .merely to gain
time,' so he gave her a look which
meant, 'I beg of you not to deny what
I have stated.' Lucy's eyes remained
riveted to his. What was passing in
her mind no one knew. She had a de
cision to make, and all waited breath
lessly to hear it.
" 'Yes,' she said.
" 'And you,' said the judge, turning
to Bot 'do you acknowledge this wom
an to be your wife?'
" 'Then if you were not married be
fore, you are married now. I give
Judgment in favor of the claimant.' -
"Then, and then only, Bob saw that
his intent to stave off a decision had
resulted in his marriage to a girl he
had never seen before, and had never
spoken to.
"When the court was adjourned, the
claimant, her mother and Bob went in
to a private room for consultation. All
looked to Bob for an explanation. He
made a confession of the whole mat
ter. There was nothing to be done but
accept the situation. Bob's credentials
were presented and found to" be excel
lent, and the marriage was consum
mated." "And turned out happily?"
"The couple have been and are de
voted to each other."
"But what right had the judge to
marry them?"
"The secret of that is this: Bob was
perfectly well known to him as a stu
dent of law (for the judge was a pro
fessor in the law school Bob attend
ed) and had a very good opinion of the
young man. More than that, the judge
saw that a nice little girl was about to
be deprived of a fortune for the want
of' a husband. He knew I was lying-"
-
"You, father! You don't mean"
WRUNG MILLIONS FROM POOR.
,AL ADAMS MAKING DOORMATS AT SING SING.
Al Adams, the New York "policy king," who has wrung millions from
the poor. Is wearing the stripes of a felon in Sing Sing prison.
Originally Adams was a brakemen. He became runner for a policy
manipulator, and finally gained a monopoly of the business in New York
City. His wealth is estimated at $2,500,000. A brewery is included among
his possessions. He owns much real estate. His dupes were typical policy
players the poorest of the. city's population.
His methods were cold-blooded almost beyond belief. If the drawings
had been fairly conducted his profits would have been enormous. His prac
tice, however, was to delay the drawings until nearly all the slips had been
sold. Then It was arranged that the numbers drawn should be those that
required the payment of the smallest amount in prizes.
Adams has been a miser, with two exceptions. He has showered gold
upon his family and has been extremely generous In his payments for police
protection. His one great ambition has been to have his children received
in good society; to see them on even terms with refined, educated people.
His son was sent through one of the big colleges and his daughters to
fashionable schools for young ladies. They studied music in Europe and
are highly accomplished. Adams hoped they would be able to make there
friends that would open the gates of society to them later on. He was
disappointed. He installed his family in a splendidly furnished house. The
guests he hoped for did not come. The house burned and he. removed to a
fine hotel, under the belief that there the character of his business might
not interfere with the social aspirations of his children. Again he ' was
disappointed.
Adams, broken in health and weighted' with sorrow, is wearing out his
life in a cell. He has but one desire. It Is that he may be spared to live
the end of his term; that at least It may not be said he 'died In prison. He
is now making doormats. Boyce's Weekly.
"That I am :Bob? Yes, I am. You
should forgive your father for the lie,
my boy, because you are Lucy's old
est son, and by it I not only provided
for your being, but gained you a for
tune at the same time."
"Father, I forgive you. There are
times when a lie Is Invaluable." In
dianapolis Sun.
HAD ENOUGH OF ARTILLERY.
Rustic Gentleman Creates Amusement
at a Band Performance.
An amusing incident occurred at a
concert by Thomas Preston Brooke
and his famous band during a recent
tour of the New England States.
Among the early arrivals at the
opera house were an elderly gentleman
and his wife from the country and
they were shown to seats well toward
the front of the house.
When the curtain arose, revealing
the fifty musicians attractively group
ed on the stage, their natty uniforms
and resplendent instruments complet
ing a picture of dazzling effect, the old
gentleman from the rural district was
all enthusiasm. "Gee whilliken, Man
da, be they all goin' to play at onct?"
he .ejaculated, to the amusement of ev
eryone seated near him.
A . storm of applause greeted the re
nowned bandmaster when he appeared
on the stage, which seemed to mysti
fy our old friend. . "That's a fine-look-in
feller, but he ain't played nuthin
yet," said he. "What's all this hulla
baloo about, anyway? Is he goin' to
play a tune on that huskln' peg?" Just
at this moment Brooke's baton was
raised, there was an Instant of eager
expectancy and then the band struck
up a stirring march. When the music
had ceased the old gentleman was In
ecstasies. He applauded and stamped
bis feet rigorously, then jumped up
out of his chair, waving his hands in
the air and whistling like a gallery
god. When his wife pulled him back
Into his seat he shouted: "By crlcky,
Manda, I never heard such music as
that before. Seth Tlbbltts and his old
fiddle, don't amount to shucks!"
And so It continued throughout the
concert, Uncle Reuben growing "more
enthusiastic with each number.
Near the end of the program was
the anvil chorus from "II Trovatore,"
rendered with spectacular appurtenan
ces. . During this selection six red
shirted blacksmiths occupied the front
of the stage and played the anvil ac
companiment to the music, while a sen
sational effect was produced by the
H l .J
I ."I I S M ' I h. 1 I w B ar ja
There are quite a large number of people who think that no one but a
professional can really know anything about photography, and there Is a
very general tendency to look upon every amateur photographer, no matter
how expert, as distinctly the inferior of the professional, even of the
fourth and fifth rate professional, whereas, the facts of the case are, that
many amateurs may be found who in skill and attainments are fully the
equal, if not the .superior, of the best professionals, while the fouth'and
fifth rate gentlemen are easily outclassed by any number of amateurs scat
tered through the land. There are professionals who have but the merest
smattering of knowledge of their craft. They stick to Just one branch of
their art. work by rule of thumb, and when called upon to travel outside
of their chosen rut are just as much at
firing of sixteen electric cannon at reg
ular intervals.
When the first gun was fired the rus
tic dodged excitedly and began to get
nervous. The next discharge added to
his discomfort, and when the third
cannon went off he grabbed his hat
and started hastily for the door, fol
lowed by his faithful spouse.
As they disappeared through the en
trance the old man shouted back at the
doorkeeper: "B'gosh, I got enough o'
that kind o music at Shlloh!" Chi-
cago Chronicle. ' -
A Familiar Face.
The genial bishop of New York and
the most famous of English-speaking
actors doubtless have already much In
common with one another, says a writ
er In the Philadelphia Press. Were
there nothing else, however, they have
both been victims of a similar misun
derstanding of a kind which is pecu
liarly the product of twentieth century
fame. Every one is familiar with the
story of Henry Irving, arrested in his
walk down the main street of a small
English town by the earnest gaze of
a Bmall girl and of her triumphant an
swer to his pleasant remark, "You
seem to recognize my face, my little
maid," "Yes, sir, you're one of Grand
grind's pills!" .
.Bishop Potter had nearly the same
luck when traveling some years ago
in Minnesota. He noticed a fellow
tourist, while waiting on a railway
platform, eyeing him with great curi
osity. "Excuse me, mister," he was
eventually asked, "but I think I've
seen your picture In the papers." "Prob
ably," admitted the bishop. "Kin I
ask," continued the fellow traveler,
edging nearer, "what you was cured
of?"
Died a Natural Death.
Jolyely I submitted some humorous
sketches here several days-ago. , They
haven't appeared. Did you kill them?
Editor I passed upon them, but I
don't think that killed them.
Jolkely No? v
Editor No. I think they just died
naturally " of old age. Philadelphia
Press.
Wrong Girt.
-A student kissed a girl twice after
taking her home from an evening en
tertalnment. " She reported him and he
was deprived of a $75 scholarship.
Bet that girl goes to entertainments
alone hereafter. Buffalo Express.
maimr
V
V3
hofparaphti
sea as any beginner amc&g amateur. '
A WOMAN WHO RULED.
Prince Bismarck's wife was note
worthy for her executive ability and
for her independence. The Princess
attached little value to articles of lux
ury, unless they were connected In
her memory with some distinct trait
of human kindness. In writing of her
in "Personal Reminiscences of Prince
Bismarck." Mr.' Whitman says that in
her unceasing care for her family and
her guests the Princess showed to
what extent a wife, a mother, a mis
tress of a household can sacrifice her
own convenience in identifying herself
with the wants and wishes of others.
No general in command could sur
vey a battlefield more completely than
Princess Bismarck controlled a dinner-
table. She was in supreme command
and overlooked everything. There
was at times something not far from
heroic in this,, seeing that she was
often hardly able to keep awake.
There she would sit, not touching a
morsel.
Yet in .spite of her suffering from
asthma, at times scarcely able to draw
a breath, her eye was everywhere,
controlling, ministering, seeing that
everybody was attended to and satis
fied.
If the conversation at table turned
on a fresh delicacy of the Beason, or
a new dish, or the predilection ex
pressed by a ghiest, the chanceB were
that one or the other would make its
appearance the next day. While at
table she would whisper a few words
to one of her servants to give a mes
sage to the cook to add some item to
the very dinner in progress.
Nor was it only from a desire to
humor the taste of her husband that
Princess Bismarck showed such vigi
lance in controlling the wheels of the
domestic machinery. All her house
hold, domestic servants included, were
the objects of her constant solicitude.
NEW MODEL FISH TRAP
As the old saying, "Every man to his
taste," still holds good, and some fish
ermen will swear by genuine live bait
only, a New Englan. Inventor proposes
to provide it for them as easily as' pos
sible; hence, the ingenious little fish
trap shown In the accompanying pic
ture: Its principle is similar to that of
the large fish nets used on the "sea
shore, where the fish find their way
through openings at the apex of a
V-shaped net into a large holding net.
In this case the tubular receiving net
has glass cones at either end, with
small opening at the apex, through
which the fish find their way into the
CATCHES LIVE BAIT FOB FISHERMEN.
interior. It may be wise to place a
small quantity of bait inside the trap,
which the fish will quickly spy through
the transparent cones, working their
way toward It until they find the open
ings and pass in. It will be seen that
one of the cones Is tilted on its pivot
pins, this feature affording' a - handy
means of access to the interior, or
enabling the cone to be reversed to
drop the contents of the trap into it
for selection and assorting. If the trap
is supplied with the necessary bait and
immersed for a short time along the
shore of a stream or lake. It will be
found to contain the live minnows
sought for, according to the Inventor.
John E. Hill, of Center Harbor,
N. H., is the patentee.
Fair Front for Carmen.
A conductor of a Sixth avenue car,
during a lull In the ringing of fares,
stood passing coins from one hand to
the other, turning up the dates of each
coin as he did so. "There are more
ways of making money than by
'knocking down' fares," he remarked,
noting the inquiring look on a passen
ger's face. "Any greenhorn can pock
et a dozen nickels in collecting 120
fares in a car built for forty-eight pas
sengers, but a man has got to know
something to spot a coin that has a
premium value.
"It's surprising how many more or
less rare coins pass current without
falling Into hands of. someone who
knows their value. This was suggest
ed to me one day, and I took to study
ing the catalogues of dealers in rare
coins and memorizing the dates of
those that are worth more than the
prices stamped- on them. Since then
I have picked out of the money I have
taken In fares several hundred coins
with a premium value ranging from a
few-cents to $5, and have redeemed
them with my own money and sold
them to dealers in coins." New York
Times.
' Method in Her Madness.
The feminine coterie was holding a
garrulous powwow In the .' drawing
room, when suddenly a mouse loomed
up amid the scenery. It was all of the
fair ones in a go-as-you-please race to
the lawn with the exception of one
maid of more or lees uncertain years.
"Why didn't you run, too?" asked the
strong man who rushed gallantly to
the rescue.
"I I was ln- h-hopes," sobbed she
of the unrecorded birthday anniversar
ies, "that I m-might be scared out of
s-several years g-growth if I re-remained."
Whereupon the strong man took on a
sympathetic look and said never , a
word. .
Diaflg-nredt and Ont of the Hunt. -
Banby But why have you thrown
Charlie overboard?
Maude I couldn't marry a man with
a broken nose, you know.
Banby Ah! I wonder how he got
his nose broken, poor fellow? .
Maude Oh, I struck him playing
tennis! Pick Me Up. '
Faber: The art of saying appropri
ate words in a kindly way is one that
never goes out of fashion, and Is with
in the reach of the humblest.
HOUSEWIVES IN AMERICA AND EUROPE. -
Br Oel Aumtrimm.
Many American women declare that the trials
of housekeeping are becoming so manifold that
after a few years of arduous labor they are seized
with nervous prostration. To one traveling
abroad it is Interesting to compare the responsi
bilities of the foreign housewife and her Ameri
can sisters. While In Dresden I met a woman
who gave me much Information concerning this
question as it appears in Germany. One day she
A
showed me through her home, artistic in
house was full of sunshine and fragrant odors given off
by potted plants. The place bespoke ease rather than beau
ty. There were plenty of comfortable chairs to be found;
attractive prints and etchings were everywhere on the
walls, and the library was well stocked with books. After
she had shown me through I remarked that she must have
many servants to keep so large a place In order. She
answered, "I suppose my home would appear a great deal
more attractive than it does If I kept more servants. You
see, I only have a cook, chambermaid, and a woman to
help with the washing and ironing two days out of the
week. Your women have so many more Interests than
we. We have no clubs and classes that demand our time.
Besides making up the bedrooms, I keep the sitting room
and my husband's library in order and do the week's mend
ing. My afternoons are given to reading and an occasional
call or 'Kaffee Klatsch.' Besides, most of the men in Ger
many come home at noon, bo we have dinner at 12 and a
cold supper in the evening. Our husbands lay much stress
on their food. Though a woman does not always do her
own cooking. It is taken for granted that she will superin
tend her kitchen. We do all our own marketing and rarely
order anything over the telephone. The German woman -Is
not expected to attain social position for her husband nor
sustain It. Her function is to please him, look after her
home, and bring up the children."
The French woman is probably the best housekeeper in
the world. She is devoted to her home and to her family.
Her household is exceptionally clean and attractive, though
she manages to do it with few servants.. If she does not
assist In the kitchen, she superintends it; she sees that the
table cloths and napkins are snow white and that the table
is set with taste. She Is equally particular about her own
appearance and that of her children.
The English are excedlngly simple and unaffected in their
homes. They desire comfort more than luxury. Still, in
the family the husband Is considered the head of the house
hold. He -limits the weekly expense and no improvement
is made in the household without his beteg consulted first.
If expenses are to be- cut it is ,ni wife whe is expected
to get along with one servant Jess! An English woman
will live on a leg of mutton served hot on Sunday" and
warmed up In different styles during the week so that her
husband can frequent his club, enjoy oysters and partridge.
Notwithstanding that the English are hearty eaters, they
live simply. The household is managed with great econ
omy, dinner in the evening being the only elaborate meal
of the day.
CONSTANCY MAY BE CARRIED TO EXCESS.
Br Helen OldfleU.
Constancy in love Is a virtue much lauded of
romancers. Yet It may be carried to excess when
the love is not reciprocated constancy is
foolish, and when the beloved Is bound to
another, , instead of a virtue it becomes a vice.
Even when neither pride nor duty forbids one
to worship at the old shrine, when death
has broken the tie, the laws of the
land sanction a second lore, and th
hearts of men incline thereto. We all know second
marriages which are indubitably happy. It is a merciful
providence for humanity that wounds of the heart, for
the most part, heal even more readily than those of the
body. There are few people comparatively who marry their
first loves, nor is this fact always a misfortune. George
Eliot, naturally, disbelieved in first love. "Why," she asks,
"should a man's first love be his best? Does the artist
or the musician produce his masterpieces at the beginning
A BRAINY WOMAN.
Western Beantr Who la the Head of a
Bin Klectrical Knterprise. .
A beauty with brains is one defini
tion of the word anomaly. A synonym
for it is Mrs. Iva E. Tutt, of Los
Angeles, Cal. Mrs.
Tutt . has - more
beauty than most
women and more
brains than most
men. At present
she is engaged in a
$3,000,000 enter
prise in Arlaona,
the erection of two
electric power
plants which will
supply power ex
clusively for min
ing purposes. The
UBS. IV A X. TTJTT
project i a big one. It means that
the mining industry of Arizona will
be revolutionized by the Introduction
of a power which will cost but one
third as much as the power now in
use. .
The scheme is Mrs. Tutt' s own.
While on a visit to Arizona she dis
covered two unused water rights which
could be had at a fair price and a
promise to organize a company and
proceed with the storage of the water
and the development of electrical cur
rent. Mrs.. Tutt contracted for the
water rights, took out her engineering
party, followed the transit every step
of the way back to the mountains,
where few men and no women had
ever gone before, to the bead of Fos
sil creek, and returned with all plans
formulated for the prosecution of the
work. .
Last, and by no means simplest,
was the" financiering of the enterprise.
The fact that she was willing to risk
her own money in the scheme helped
Mrs. Tutt in ; interesting additional
capital, and two companies were form
ed, one to erect a 6,000 horse-power
plant, the other 14500. Of both' com
panies Mrs. Tutt is vice president and
general manager, and all that the rest
of the stockholders know about the
work la what she reports to them from
time to time. She has entire charge
of the construction work, with head
quarters at . Prescott, Ariz., and the
directorate is so divided that whenever
Mrs. Tutt happens to be, whether In
Prescott or Los Angeles, there is a
quorum and a .meeting can be held.
DIAMONDS FROM THE 8KIE8.
Theory that Preclene Stones Came to
Earth aa Meteorites.
Diamonds from the skies, conveyed
to earth in meteoric showers, la a the
ory first broached by Meydenbauer.
The diamond, he says, can be of cos
mic origin only, having fallen as a
meteorite at a late period of the earth's
formation. ; The- localities where dia
monds are found contain the residues
of not very compact meteoric ma sees
which may hare fallen in historic aires
If SSpj
its simplicity. The
tne moon, and turns
overhead. Is a fool;
reaaiiy loses tne old
tnH-nrA I. -Kill
SHALL SOCIETY SHARE IN TRUST BENEFITS.
Br fretferlct M. Taylor, rrotesmor of Political Kconemr.
JOYS OF A VACATION SPENT
UNDER CANVAS IN THE WOODS
MORE and more popular Is camp life becoming each year, says
Country Life in America. With those who go into the deep woods in
aueet of big game and fish the camp life is. after alL the real attrac-
Itlon. and not the mere desire to kill. But where one can make these
trips, there are thousands who cannot. For these there are peaceful rivers,
wood-girt lakes and ponds and beautiful spots on the shores of Old Neptune
available for quite as charming a two weeks' outing beneath canvas. In
making up a camping party, choose you such congenial spirits as shall be ,.
forsworn to philosophical optimism. And let there be a wag among them.
who, catching tne numor or every situanon, puis to mgnt aii mougnt or
discount. A level site near a spring with plenty of shade, a pleasant sheet '
of water with good fishing, pine boughs for a bed and drift wood for a fire,
and who would trade his life for a king's patrimony? How delicious the
fish flavored with the pungent smoke of the fire! How rarely satisfying
the simple bill of fare, and how few, after all. are the needs of this life!
Yours Is the joy and happy freedom of he gypsy and vagabond. You have
become a species of civilized barbarian, and It is good. Sunshine and
shower, wnat matters it? xou taae wnar comes ana give tnanxs, and if ;
you are of the right sort some of the beauty of each Is absorbed into your
very nature. , Long days, lazy days but happy days, are the days in camp.
Hap and mishap will don the Jester's cap and bells and parade through the
memory many a time during the after months.
and penetrated more or less deeply ac
cording to the more or less resistent
character of the surface where they
fell. 1 .
The most striking confirmation of
the theory comes from Arizona. Here
on a broad plain over an area about
five miles in diameter . were scattered
1,000 to 2,000 masses of metallic iron,
the fragments weighing from-half a
ton to a fraction of an ounce. There Is
little doubt these masses formed part
of a meteoric shower, although no rec
ord, exists as to when the fall took
place. Curiously enough, near the cen
ter where most of. the meteorites have
been found Is a ' crater with ragged
edges, three-quarters of a mile in di
ameter and about 600 feet deep, bear
ing exactly the . . appearance which
would be produced bad a mighty mass
of iron or falling star struck the
ground, scattering In all directions, and
burled Itself under the surface. Dr.
Foote In cutting a section of this me
teorite, found the tools were injured
by something vastly harder than me
tallic iron. He examined the speci
men chemically and soon after an
nounced to the scientific world that the
Arizona meteorite contained black and
transparent, diamonds. This discovery
was verified by Profs. Friedel and
Noissan, who found that it contained
three varieties of carbon, diamond,
graphite and amorphous carbon.
Glacial Ae Near Ita End.
"European engineers have been con
gratulating themselves that, although
the coal mines may fail, they have in
the Alpine glaciers inexhaustible
sources of energy. The melting of the
glacier ice gives rise to mountain tor
rents whose fall Is being utilized more
and more, especially since the . elec
tric transmission of power has more
Mil
of his career?" Thackeray tells us that "every man ought
to be In love a few times and have a sharp attack of the
faver." It is often a blessing when one is torn ruthlessly
from one's first love. The mad devotion of a college boy
for a woman in the thirties Is as unlike to the steady
flame of bis manhood as the flare of a straw heap is to the
warmth of an anthracite fire, while the infatuation of a
girl of 17 is rarely felt for the sort of man whom a woman
of 25 would choose for her husband.
The true philosophy of life is contentment. "In what
soever state ye are. therewith to be content." This Is the
victory which overcometh the world. He who cries for
bis back upon the electric light blazing
while the man who has only a rush-
"S" vim rauac 10 rejoice mat ae bii uoi la uanmesB.
When one cannot have what one wants, it Is the part of .
wisdom to accept what one can get and make the best of It.
Oftentimes that best will be for better than at first seemed
possible. -Most tastes In life are acquired, and the blackest
bread, eaten with a hearty appetite, has a' sweeter relish
than the whitest loaf of princes If the "cake bread" be
watered with tears. Heartache is bitter, but memory
in tne presence of the new. Fever is
I iv nu-- l . . i I
avvttcu wj tiuu, auu uwu viw rwvieri. iae laiesi lore la
always the one which is loved.
The utterances of President Roosevelt regard-;,
lng the trusts emphasise the question whether or
not their permanence is fully assured. In recent
newspaper comment much stress has been placed
on the throwing of people out of employment.
This is claimed one of their greatest advantages,
for throwing people out of employment by mak
ing their services unnecessary is merely insuring
that the sum total of our wants shall be satisfied
at smaller cost. Another evil generally charged to the
trust is the maintenance of outrageously high prices, but
we would probably be able In most cases to take 'refuge
in the -use of substitutes. The gas monopoly, the electric
monopoly, find competitors In each other, as well as in
the new inventions like acetylene gas, or old friends like
kerosene. Again, if any one trust push its advantage too
far, it will Inevitably 'stimulate competition of allied trusts. .
If it demands such a high price that there is profit to be
made at this price, then competition inevitably springe up.
The existence of the trust depends on its not exacting from
the public the highest price which could be paid. -
It must be admitted that the trust leads to a vast saving-
In. human effort. The great consolidation saves in the
uttHzatlo of material. Tne great factory has se much
waste thai te establish fey-tndestrtes. Again, it
carries out la.t-he comfrfetest way the prlaciple of geograph
ical specialization. The school furniture trust, for example,-
will not call upon the Boston factory, to furnish a
school building in Omaha, but will give the order to the
particular plant that is nearest to the point. Another ad
vantage promised is a greater freedom from industrial
storms, panics and depressions. Unrestricted competition
is wasteful and often dangerous to quiet, orderly progress.
In a crisis there is no unity of action. It is "each man for
himself." ,Glgantic?combinatlons naturally enough move on
more steadily. Competition Is shut out It is, therefore,
pretty certain that the industrial cyclone would be much
less likely. Thorough-going socialists welcome the process
of consolidation among warring industries. One after
another, they say, these Industries will be organized Into
trusts and these trusts In turn will consolidate, until all
Industrial activity Is united In one universal monopoly,
whereupon the state will take possession and the socialistic
goal will have been attained. Just what form of regula
tion the trust will take it is hard to predict. It Is proba
ble that, first, a fairly sharp distinction will be made be
tween those Industrial Institutions which may be left to
the ordinary forces of competition and those which need
regulation. A few thoroughly consolidated Industrial in
terests will probably be brought under the direct control of
the public. The remainder will then be left in the hands
of private individuals, but will be subjected to sharp regula
tion, with such degree of publicity, in accounting as -shall
Insure the safeguarding of the rights and interests of the
public. .
nearlv anuroached Derfection. The s-la.
cler is thus a mine of stored energy
nH 1a bA TlA haon tAfnuvliat
lcally termed '"white coal."
But if the researches of some recent
to be relied on the glaciers may fall us
some , day as well as the coal mines.
It appears that the glaciers, not only
of the Alps, but also of other conti
nental mountain ranges, are shrinking,
in some cases imperceptibly, and In oth
ers almost visibly. Of course this may
be only one swing .of the pendulum
and continued observation may show
that It will be followed In future years
by a proportionate increase, so it may
be as well not to Indulge in too dismal
forebodings. Success. .
Has a Wonderful Timepiece.
One of the most wonderful watches
In iha bpitM la that nvnaH n-rA .4 -
by Major Dopplng-Hepenstal of the
Royal Engineers. It is a comparative
ly small watch, not much bigger than
an ordinary lever, but it performs a
variety of services in addition to tell
ing the time. It rings an alarm bell
in the morning to wake its owner,
then it proceeds to light a spirit lamp
and boil a kettle of water, and finally
pours the boiling water Into a small
teapot. The Prince of Wales witnessed
the wonderful performances of this
watch and partook of a cup of tea
which it made for his royal highness.
Knew Her Intimately.
Dolly What would you do, Cholly, If
you were rich? ,
Cholly Well, Dolly, if I were rich
enough to be perfectly reckless I think
I would propose to you. Somerville
Journal. ,
fJrtMln isn't rfsl hart nnloma Ha aT1.
lng of It makes an hour seem like two