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GAZETTE
SEMI-WEEKLY.
SSiJ.'!. 1 Consolidated Pel)., 1899.
COK V ALUS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBE It 1, 1903.
VOL. IV. NO. 19.
iN THE ORCHARD.
Oh! here, beneath this roof of green,
I throw me down and dream again
The golden dreams of what has been
And future harvests yet to gain!
The wheat waves in the field close by.
An apple, ripened ere its time,
Drops from the tree, tie snn's great eye
Seeks through the leaves, and,, as I
rhyme,
. The birds weare to and fro and sing
The very songs . I would declare,
And now and then the branches swing
Stirred gently by a wandering air.
The. binders, clicking in the wheat.
The whistle of a passing train,
The distant noises of the street.
Are to my song a low refrain.
To-day! To-day I rest at ease
And pick the golden fruits that grow
In solitude oa twigs of peace
The fruits that only dreamers know.
New York News.
t.
UNCLE MARTIN'S MONEY.
OSEVTLLE was asleep in the
dullness of Sunday afternoon.
In Mrs. Maloney's sitting room
there was the odor of strong tea, and
. that tueant that Mrs. Burns and Mrs.
Ryan had stayed over after mass for
dinner and. were having a friendly cup
of tea before they started homeward
with their husbands. The men them
', selves 'were hanging about the village
ssmewhere. There had been silence for
some minutes a heavy, thoughtful
slleuce after Mrs. Maloney's last re
mark. The good women were relatives,
cousins in the first degree, and. Mrs.
Maloney had been talking of their ma
ternal uncle. '
. "It's a perfect shame,'r she had said.
"Uncle Martin has a good deal of
ni;;uey saved up. I am sure. He won't
spend It himself and he won't give
anybody tle a chance at it, and, like
' as not. when he dies, he'll leave it to
: Father Shanahan for something or
other that he happens to take Into bis
bead. Martin's getting dreadful pious
in his old days, siuce he's been living
alone in the little house."
"He hasn't it in any bank at Fair
brook e." said Mrs. Ryan, "because Fat
Las iiSkid. ' '
i "Like as not." Mrs. Bums said, "he
has it bid in the house somewhere.
He's that queer about it, you never
can tell. He's always wishing he had
money enough" for a trip to Chicago.
But the Lord knows that it is he that
. could go if he wanted te. Not a chick
m,r a child to hold him." ,-
Mi sv Maloney, looked thoughtfully at
"the speaker. " "I saw him get in with
the McGoverns after mass. He was
going out to the farm to dinner with
them. We might walk over to the
house, and if he's in, give him a little
visit. If he Isn't"
"The key is under the doormat,"
said Mrs. Burns.
And over to Uncle Martin's the gocd
ladies went. " He was not at home,
and the key was under the mat. The
house, though generally clean, had the
air of being managed by a man, which
women see at once. The pipe was laid
away.wlthtbe cups and saucers, and
a pair , of shoes stood prominently on
one of the chairs. But none of them
had liny eyes for these Incongruities
tj-day.
"How much." said Mrs. Maloney,
"do you think- he might have?" as she
drew out a drawer of the old bureau
and began going through it.
r -"A thousand or so," said Mrs. Burns,
from the dapth of an, old rag bag.
"I don't believe it's that much." aid
Mrs. Ryan, as she went. -through the
old cans and jugs stored away in the
closet. , "'-',,
They were so busy that they did not
hear a step outside, just as the three
of them concluded to look through the
cornshucks in the tick.
But all the!? digging brought forth
nothing but a few cents laid away for
ready change;, less than a dollar alto
gether. :'
Red ' in the face with hurry, and a
little bit ashamed, too. they put things
back as best they could.
"I wonder where he has it, any
way?" "Do you suppose It Is that he really
hasn't any, as be says?" - said -Mrs.
Burns. .
"Pshaw!" said Mrs. Maloney, skep
tically. -
The next morning, however, Mrs.
Maloney was to have more exact
kmwledge as to the amount of Uncle
Martin's money. Her husband, who
was the village constable, along with
being the biggest storekeeper, came
in to her excitedly. '
"Uncle Martlu was just In the store,
and he says somebody has stolen his
money.' He says there were signs of
somebody being In his place when he
came home yesterday evening, and he
thinks he can find out who it was."
Mrs. Maloney was skimming the
soup, and she almost dropped the
ladle.. After a few moments she
managed: to control" herself enough to
ask:
"How much does he say he had?"
"One hundred and fifty dollars. I
would havV thought he'd have had
more." But, Mrs. Maloney -made no
protest. Sh was suddenly thankful
that the old ;man was satisfied -with
that.
"And then, tblnk," went on her
husband, "of the shame on. the town.
There hasn't ben anybody In the jail
for more than flv ysars not since "
Mrs. Maloney interrupted him :
"What's Uncle kartin going to do
about it?" '
"He's gone off t see if he can get
some evidence. 1 has a suspicion
who it is; he's goinl to be gone until
this evening, and tbQ he's to let me
know. He's "
Adurol Developer. Adurol without alkali gives an excellent deveioptt.
Water, sulphite of soda and adurol form the working solution, which gives
excellent shadows without the slightest fog. Only when under-exposed, the
usual quantity of alkali should be added to the developer. The picture ap
pears slowly, taking even as much as a minute, when over-exposed. Bro
mide of potassium is a good retarder for adurol. In the collodion-emulsion
process adurol has the great advantage of hydrocbinone, preventing the
settlement of any impure matter at less pure places. A great advantage is
also the strong insensibility of the materials toward the carbonic acid of the
atmosphere. Photo. Times.
Window Transparencies. Old cast-off negatives can excellently be made
use of. A strong fixing soda solution, to which is added an abundant quanti
ty of red prussiate of potassium, is prepared as reducer, and in this prepara
tion they are left until the old pictures have entirely disappeared. The plates
are then well washed and dried. For sensitizing, the ordinary blue solution,
consisting of equal parts of a solution of green oxide of iron ammonia and
red prussiate' of potassium, is applied. ' (The formula" for this will follow at
the end.) The bath should acffor at least five to six minutes, after which
the plates are taken out. and -are placed in a dark room to dry. On the
following day print under a negative. The exposure should not be too short,
and a little overexposure will do no harm. When the plate is taken from
the printing-frame, put it, film side up, in a tray with water, and the dia
positive will almost at once appear clearly. If the exposure was too long
the shadows will remain yellow; but this will do no harm, as the further
treatment will make this discoloration disappear again. Prepare now a so
lution of ordinary soda (about 10 per cent.) and bathe the well-washed dia-
positive. It seems to disappear completely, the whole picture becomes yel
low and thin. Now wash again thoroughly, and put the plate, in very di
luted muriatic acid about 1 to 80 and you will be astonished how slow and
handsome the blue picture is building up. As soon as the desired intensity
has been obtained, wash again and dry on a rack. The formula for prepar
ing the blue solution is according to Professor Valenta: '
Solution lRed prussiate of potassium, 4.5 g.? distilled water, 50 g. So
lution 2 Green citric oxide of iron ammonia, 12.5 g.; distilled water, 50 g.
Equal parts of Solutions 1 and 2 are mixed. ... For a few 9x12 plates 30 to 40
c. c. m. sensitizing solution are sufficient. Photographic Times.
A summons from the 6tofe came just
then, and Mrs. Maloney was, fortu
nately, left alone.
"He must have seen us," she moan
ed, as she dropped into a chair.
After d.nner she went out and hitch
ed Jenny to the road cart, teiliag her
husband that she was going for a lit
tle drive. Once out of sight, however,
she made Jenny fly. ;
There were . tears and gnashing of
teeth in the ' Burns and the Ryan
households, but in the end the butter
money was produced , and, added to
what Mrs. Maloney had saved by odd
dressmaking jobs in the village, the
guilty women managed to get the $150
together.
Toward six o'clock Mrs. Mai ney'
slipped into Martin's little house and
put the money into the tick. The next
morning early, when the Maloneys
were at their breakfast, Uncle Martin
appeared," chuckling. "It was in ; the
straw tick," he reported truthfully
enough. "Moved about a little. I
guess I've made up my mind to take
that trip to Chicago. . I am so glad
after my scare that I feel like cele
brating. And you never can tell what
may happen," he went on, chuckling
anew, and looking at his niece.
"That's right., that's right," said her
husband. "You might as well have
the good of it yourself. You worked
hard enough for it."
Mrs. Maloney choked, and set down
the cup of coffee she was drinking,
and rose hastily from the table. Uncle
Martin looked on sympathetically.
But the chagrined and angry woman
had one consolation. She knew that
there were two others no less uncom
fortable than she to find the old man
going merrily to Chicago on their
hard-earned money.
Alas, curiosity is the ancient sin of
woman, and it seems to take many
lessons to break her of it. New Yrk
News.
MRS. JAMES Q. BLAINE,
Wife of ths biatinamWberl American
t tateatnan, Paaaea Away.
Mrs. James G. Blaine, widow of the
brilliant American statesman, who
died in 1893. passed away recently at
the Blaine, homestead, at Augusta, Me.,
In her seventy:sixth year. For some
time past she had been sick and her
death was due to a general breaking
down of the system.
Mrs. Blaine was a native of Augus
ta, her maiden name being Harriet
Stanwood. She and her distinguished
husband were married in Kentucky,
where Mr. Blaine was teaching in a
military institute In Blue Lick Springs.
She also was a teacher, being .connect
ed with a ladies' seminary near Au
gusta. Her long life in Washington
during Mr. Blaine's ; notable , career
made her .one of the most prominent
1ruioaraftti
V
Air
n
women of the national capital. She
leaves one son, James G. Blaine,, and
two daughters. Mrs. Harriet Beale aiid
Mrs. Walter Damrosch, of New York,
who were at her bedside during her
last Illness. j
Mrs. Blaine was a woman of remark-'
able personality, great will power and
limitless ambition. This am bit Ion was
not, however, for 'herself, "bub for her
husband. She believed him. the most
gifted of statesmen a ad ever held the
hope of the White House alluringly be- i
fore him.-When he- was -defeated - at'
the polls by Grover Cleveland In 1SS1
she was tremendously disappointed,
but, did not even then lose hope. In
1892 General Harrison was a candi
date to succeed himself and Blaine had
promised to support him. At the Min
neapolis convention, however, Mr.
Blaine announced himself as a candi
date, and Mrs. Blaine's influence was
said to have been responsible for this
change of front. After her husband's
death Mrs. ' Blaine practically retired!
from the world. With his demise the
object of- her ambition passed and the
public saw and heard little of her.
Her gifts of mind and speech and her
strong will would have made her
among the most noted ladies of the!
White House had her husband been
elected to the presidency.
WOMEN IN BREACH OF PROMISE.
Why ia the Weaker Sex Foremost in
Arsnmen a of Tlii Kind?
Of every thousand suits for breach
of promise to marry, at least nine hun
dred and ninety-nine are i brought by
women. Now, it Is probable that men
are the victims of such breaches at
least as often as women, and therefore
the question arises whether the vast
predominance of feminine plaintiffs
has and significance as to the relative
delicacy of mind possessed by the two
sexes. For a breach of promise suit
is essentially Indelicate. To bring It
requires a more or less brutal Indiffer
ence to public ridicule, and an amaz
ing willingness to place one's self
and one's private emotions under de
risive inspection and vulgar commen
tary. And men rarely do all this,
while women do it frequently. It's
very puzzling. Of course, there is the
matter of money, more commonly in
the possession of men than of women,
but that explanation is not kiud to
the women, for It Involves the assump
tion that they are mercenary, and that
for the sake of money they are will
ing to go through an ordeal that would
be simply frightful for men in motft
respects callous. As for the "vindica
tion," which the plaintiffs usually say
is all they want, that is too mysterious
for masculine discussion. We simply
do not know what the dear creatures
mean when they talk about the "vin
dication" that results from a breach
of promise suit As a general rule,
some observei-s declare, men ha te
"scenes" much more than women do.
and a suit of the kind under consider
ation prfrtakes of the nature of
"scenes." But. why do m.n hate
"scenes" more than women do? Is
it because the "scene" usually reveals
the man' as a villain of one kind or
another? ' Perhaps peace and safety
can be bought only by letting it go
at that.
Ntrvy in Time or Peril.
She You're so bashful, Mr. Callow!
I really believe that if you ever marry
the lady will have to propose.
He W-Well, but I might have er
nerve enough to decline. Puck. - v.-
Women may be outspoken, but they
are never out-talked.
' Inhabitant of New Mexico believe In
a future State.
SOME COSTLY FOUNDATIONS.
Part of London Paid to Be Bnllt on
Veritable Quicksand,.
In connection with a recent Ameri
can "sky-scraper" building It is re
ported, says Tit-Bits, that the founda
tions, which go five stories below the
street level, will cost something like
100,000, this being quite irrespective
of the price of the ground. But this
is by no means record even here in
England, for the huge excavations ,in
Whitehall, intended for the war ofHce
and other buildings," will run It pretty
bard and in the case of a Manchester
block of buildings the huge total has
been surpassed.
In this ' latter case, however, the
shifty character of the ground consti
tuted a veritable quicksand. Into which
tens of thousands of pounds were lit-
erally flung, only to be absorbed, as
it seemed, everlastingly, just as years
before Chat Moss swallowed up every
thing that the best engineers of the
world could throw into it during the
construction of the Manchester and
Liverpool line. There is, as property
owners cannot disguise from them
selves, one whole district of London
where houses and shops, many of
them only recently built, bulge and
crack and have frequently to be
"shored up," and a great engineer has
lately said that In order to build safe
ly in this crowded teeming ' part of
London the foundations of every house
would cost-more than the place itself.
In a short walk of half a mile or so
the writer counted, more than nrty
houses that either were .'or had been
cracked from basement to roof and in
every case this was because a suffi
cient sum had not been spent on the
foundations of the buildings.
In some towns the hidden founda
tions bear such a startling proportion
in the way of cost to the general struc
ture of the buildings that within the
area of a few principal streets millions
sterling are sunk beneath the street
level never to be 'seen -by man. In a
certain populous Yorkshire town an
old quarry, covering a huge space and
tremendously deep, happened to be in
a part of the town that became fash
ionable. The work of filling in this
vast opening took some years and be
fore a single stone of the splendid
houses that were afterward to stand
there was to be 'seen a sum of over
100,000 had been spent in filling up
the great gap and In securing the deep
cement foundations upon which man
sions were to arise. i;
GIRL WHO IS MEM3ER Of A
VOLUNTEER LIFE SAVING CLL'B
Up jieat-tbe.91st strf4t..pier-i4nNi
York City, where the water is deep
and the current swift, ; children are
plenty, and quite venturesome. They
are always falling into the water.-' As
there is no special police supervision
over them, and appeals for a govern-
BaWaaSafi
MISS ANXIE DONAHUE.
uient life-saving station have been ig
nored, the neighbors have organized a
volunteer life-saving club, a member
of which is always on watch. Miss 1
Annie Donahue, 19, is a tall and wi1-'
lowj' beauty. She has saved a boy and
a girl from drowning at the pier, and
effected another rescue by leaping from !
an excursion boat as it was passing
through Hell Gate.. On this occasion
she saved a woman. .
A TALENTED FILIPJNO.
The begowned Filipino shown in the
illustration" is a student at George
town University. Four years ago he
could not speak a
word of English, '
but to-day Ramon i
Jose Lacson, as he
is named, is consid
ered a literary mar
vel. He has defeat
ed American born
studeuts in com
petitive examina- j
tions and has been
granted degrees
never before given
to one so young
he is but 20 years
old. Fossiby Lac
son's greatest in
tellectual triumph
was the winning of
a gold medal of
fered by Arch
bamon lacson. bishop Riordan for
the best essay on the Christian, re
ligion, the essay to be written in Eng
lish. His father, a rich sugar planter
of Xegros province, was one of the
first natives to recognize the sovereign
ty of the United States..
' Speaking From Experience.
Miss Doveye 'We girls are just wild
about Victor Pretty. , , , - -
Mrs. Binthair Now, I simply can't
endure him. I like strong, stern-browed
men of indomitable will.
- "Gracious! What for?"
'"They are so easy to manage."
Lif e.
fffmrtBTin am i uwu vmmmammmaak
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OVERCAPITALIZATION.
By John W. gates,
1 do not consider that any corpora
tion is over-capitalized when It
.an pay regular dividends on its
-apitalization. The great trouble
vith this so-called overcapitalization Is
that the incorporators do not look far
nough ahead. They do not fix theh
mark so that prosperity will .be bonnri
o illumine fheir target and make their
lim sure. In plain English, they do
not allow enough time to dispose of
heir securities and place their schemes
on a solid operating and dividend pay
ing basis. Many of the failures of tin
present are due to this fact. For instance, a company that
was expected to float successfully and operate remuner
atively at about this time would mo up against an abso
lutely dead security market'. Of course the good ones wiL
come out all right they can afford to wait the time when
all securities will be sought for eagerly for investment
purposes.
Of course there are some corporations that have diffi
culty in floating in the most prosperous times. They arc
organized largely to make money through sales of stock.
The dividend proposition is a remote consideration. But
these corporations would never see the light of day if the
bankers were more conservative. In nine out of ten cases
the bankers are responsible for putting this class of securi
ties on the market - It is to the banks that Incorporators
first go to lay the foundation for the flotation of their stock.
If, therefore, there was more conservatism among
banks, less inclination to participate In apparent good
things without fully founding their actual means and ulti
mate ends, there would be fewer failures, fewer shortcom
ings, attributed to overcapitalization.
HOW TO FIGKf TYPHUS AN 3 TYPHOID FEVE.7.
Br Prrt. Dr. Robert Koch. .
While possessing only unprofessional reports
those of the dal'y press respecting the recent ty
phoid epidemics in the United States I do not
hesitate to say that In numerous cases cited the
word typhus should have been substituted for the
term typhoid. Kvery. newspaper reader, if he
has access to medical statistics, will find that the
mortality from typh fevers and the frequency of
their occurrence In cities have decreased steadily
during the last ten or fifteen years. WLy are city people
less subjected to these deadly diseases? Because sewage,
plenty of hot and cold water, and facilities for bathing
male them cleaner than the average country folks.
L warn everybody that typhus, as well as typhoid, is
communicated from man to man, that it is highly conta
gious as contagious as cholera, and can be restricted nd
fought by the public health authorities, and henceforth mus!
be subjected to the rules and regulations that apply to
cases of cholera aud malaria. ' - ' - . ,
I spciirhreeuioM
tricts about Treves, Germany, where unimproved towns
and villages were alike affected with deadly results. I
learned that one case was propagated by another, despite
ordinary sanitary precautions. The t'.Iseae was communi
cated by inhaling the patient's breath, by a handshake, by
wiping his brow, by washing his linen lu the same tub with
the rest of the people's, etc. In the Treves district I like
wise observed that small children often suffer from typh
fevers In mild form ro as not to be obliged to take to their
bed. 1 found over 100 such .cases where parents had negr
lected to call in a physician. ' As a consequence, no pre
cautions whatever were observed and whole households
and schools were Infected, sometimes long after the little
gufferers had gotten over their Indisposition.
I found thirty-two persons 111 to the death and removed
them at once to a barrack lazaretto, set up on the hill out
side -the Infected district. The sick people left In the houses
MERRY MEAL TIMES.
The Table No I'l .co for Fault Finding,
Nnsr-rinji and Strife.
Has It ever been your lot to sit at a
table with a group of young folks who
eafthe meal In silence, or with a few
constrained remarks, looking askance
et the head of the family, before venturing-on
any remark? I have seen
such a sight on more than oue "occa
sion. Doctors have told us over aud
over again of the beneficial results
arising from a ratal eaten with a .con
tented frame of mind and with cheer
ful surroundings, but, ad to say. there
are many households where each meal
U a constant scene of bickering, nag
ging and fault finding.
This is not the only case where there
are young childrn, who require a rep
rimand occasionally for carelessness,
bat I am speaking of v , those homes
where the girls and boys are well into
their teens. Sad is that house aud
wrbn is that parent, either father or
mother,who chooses the hour when all
are assembled round the table to men
tion some haif-forgotten grievance or
to find some fault.'
If any-trivial thing has been done
wrong, or any duty omitted, wait until
after dinner or tea is over before you
scold, blame or reprimand. Let the
food which God gives us for the pur
pose of nourishing and sustaining our
bodies have the opportunity of accom
plishing that end, which cannot be the
case If every mouthful Is swallowed
with either a sarcastic word or an un
complimentary remark. More indiges
tion, nervousness and other derange
ments are caused by the too common
fault of uncomfortable meal times
than many people would suppose, and
it is our positive duty, which we should
all try to remember, to make those
hours of the day cheerful and agree
able to the children, and to set them an
example which you would be the first
to notice and approve in others. The
Scotsman. . ' .
A COLONEL'S SWAGGER.
Wan Amons the Canaea of the Bloody
Traae ly in Servia'a Capital.
One of the contributing causes, and
perhaps the greatest, to the revolution
in Servia, in which . King Alexander
and Queen Draga perished, was Lieu
tenant' Colonel Nicodem Lunjevics. one
of the Queen's younger brothers.
When Draga, who had been a lady In
waiting to Alexander's mother, ex
Queen Natalie, became Queen, on of
Stetl Trust Hagnmtt.
dis
her first actions was to send Nicodem
to Paris to round out his education
and obtain a knowledge of French mil
itary methods. She hud formed a
great design for the young man. her
ambition be'.ng, iu the event that there
would be no Issue to her marriage to
Alexander, to set him upon the -Servian
throne. Possessing an unbounded
influence over King Alexander, Draga
had no ditacul.y In making him look
upon her scheme favorably, and in the
designs of the royal couple. Nicodem.
who had not a drop of royal blood in
his veins, was selected as heir to the
throne.
When Nicodem returned to Belgrade
UfcUT. COL. LUNJEVICS.
from Paris he swaggered about , the
streets as "though his succession to tbe
throne was already settled, and re
fused to salute his superior officers, on
the ground that he. as the Queen's
brother, had the right to expect their
salute first. He was a reckless gam
bler and made debts of honor which
Queen . Draga was obliged to pay to
keep them quiet On several occasions
be became involved in brawls In the
streets of Belgrade and in restaurants
and cafes there, and his name was fre
quently mixed in scandals of various
kinds. . ; "'' '
This conduct gave offense to the peo
ple and to tbe military. A few weeks
before the tragedy Nicodem had left
Belgrade and it was his return to tbe
sJJ i ill i mmm i 1 1
rp'-i Pit t ' v 7 Z -
were completely Isolated by trained nurses. Sisters of Char
ity, and a disinfector was appointed for every two afflicted
houses. The treatment was the usual one, but the addi
tional precaution taken saved the lives of every' one of
aur typhoid and typhus patients; not a single man, woman,
or child died, while before that every third patient had
succumbed to the disease. Isolation did more; withinthree
months the epidemic was completely stamped out.
Sewerage, cleanliness. Isolation, then, will stamp out ty
phus and, typhoid. Let the health authorities treat .these
diseases and fight them as they would cholera and all is
well.
KINGS SERVE WHERE ONCE THEY RULED.
By Marcel Prevost.
Before the Franco-Prussian war, when the
men of my generation were children, the prophets
of the salons and smoking parlors predicted the
near-end of the monarchies of Europe. No war
occurred on the continent but that they pointed
out the decadence of royalty and the resurrection
of the dream of republican empire. Thirty years
have passed. The thrones of Europe are more
stable to-day than ever before, and perhaps that
of England Is the most, stable of all. The revolutionary
vents since then have, in fact Increased the strength of
monarchy." The sovereigns, threatened by the tempest,
realized the dangers which menaced their authority and
acted with caution. When an institution is manifestly in
contradiction with the existing customs and opinions, it is
?vldeut it must pass away or undergo a change. The latter
is what happened. Monarchy, Instead of passing away,
adapted itself to existing circumstances a wise move on
the part of the monarchs. .- : O
Thus a new opinion of royalty Is fqrmed in the mind of
the public. That air of "terrible majesty", of . which Salnt
Slmon speaks no longer surrounds the monarch.- He is
simply a grand bourgeois, coming from amilitary family
which formerly fought for their country, and which is now
principally occupied with its administration. To be sure,
this royal person gives great and expensive fetes, but it is
for the honor and glory of the country to reflect credit
upon the nation that he does so. Tbe expense he. may
incur in this way is looked upon in the same light as that
Incurred by any high functionary who represents his gov
ernment. But should he incur expense for the serving o
his. own personal ends the press will soon re-echo with the
discontent of the taxpayers.
The fear of revolution which prompts modern kings to
live a life of domestic virtue also Inspires them to combat
chelr own natural egotism and live, or at least appear to
I've, as their subjects. Even though It may be a forced
habit, In course of time It will become an acquired habit.
There are few sovereigns now who do not have the pros
perity and grandeur of their country as the highest object
of- their ambition. Kings no longer proclaim war to gain
possession of a throne which may be theirs apparently by
right of succession. - Recent events have 'demonstrated that
family interests weigh nothing now,'bit yield to political
interests.'" When a ybung"prmeess "marries
as the psalmist enjoins, she forgets the home of her father.
Feminine intrigue, which used to be so potent In the affairs
of state. Is now almost disarmed. The queen, like her sub
jects, simply plays the role of mistress of the home. In this
home. It is true, there is much receiving, grave questions of
industry Jind commerce are discussed there, and therefore
it requires the good graces of a pleasing and intelligent
hostess. The princes and archdukes, when they reach the
age of 20, are free to marry into a family not of royal
blood, and may enter private life altogether or .remain
in the service of the government In some capacity. ' At the
same time their coat of arms showing their royal descent
will admit them Into the society of royalty.- -They 'may
serve as ambassadors of their government, or, as often hap
pens, they may enter commercial lines, or again may be
found in the studios of the busy cities of the mother
country. "
capital, coupled with the fear that
Alexander would proclaim him heir to
the throne, that hastened tne conspira
cy to its bloody sequel. Had Queen
Draga not toyed with the succession to
the throne she might still be Queen.
Among those to perish were . Nico
dem and bis brother, the conspirators
handing them a glass of water and
bidding them embrace each other be
fore shooting them.; . ;
Cold April Kvsry lOO Yenrs.
'French meteorologis: s have-worked
out the theory ih.it exi-epiioualiy frig
id Airils occur at imcrva s of exactly
300 years. In April. 1803, the gutters
were frozen and snow fell in Paris.
In Arr'l. 1703. the price of wood rose
and people died of cold In the streels,
while a chronicler of the period writes:
There Is snow at Versailles and we
are ' perishing of cold at Paris at a
semn - when the sun ouht to be
warming us. The north winds afflict
us. bringing us co'd fr ,m the moun
tains.': Documentary evidence is not
needed to prove that April. 1003,, was
also distinguished by low tempera
lures, v - ..'.
Too .Slavic aiu
"I lay my name and fame at your
feet!" exclaimed the count, his voice
thrilling with the great love that filled
his warm." Slavic heart.
The American smiled kindly down
at him. '
"The two of 'em ought to make right
smart of a heap!' she said, with the
nalvette that charmed all who had any
accurate knowledge of her financial
status. Detroit Free Press.
N- Pleasing Him,
Mother Tommy, what's the matter
with your little brother?
Tommy He's crying .. because I'm
eating my cake and won't give him
any. , , . .
Mother Is his own cake finished?
Tommy Yes'm, and he cried while
I was eatin' that, too. Philadelphia
Ledgerl
. Plain.
Naturally when the Young Person
fouud herself making Somebody Such
a Good Wife her womanly instinct was
startled. ' "
"Am I so dreadfully plain as.'that?"
she exclaimed, and from that hour lost
interest in life. Detroit Free Press.
When a girl goes away for a -two
weeks' visit she always comes home
with her hair arranged in a new wu.