tartllnar Ileveraal of Form.
Nan I uever saw Kit ai plump a aht
la nowadays.
Fan Plump? Huh! She used to
have a dimple in her chin. It's a mol
now j Chicago Tribune.
Intuition.
"Tie worst has happened, John J" pant
ed Mrs. Jipos, sinking feebly into a chair.
"Well, we'll have to advertise for an
other one; that's all," moodily answered
Mr. Jipes.
For he knew, without being told, that
the cook had left.
The United States government is th
largest individual purchaser of electric
lamps in this country. It buys 650,000
annually.
Mothers will find Mrs. Window's Soothing
Byrup the best remedr to use tor their chlidrej
during the teething period.
Over one million persona visit the Brit
ish Museum each year.
A feeling of security and freedom
from anxiety pervades the home in
which Hamlins Wizard Oil is kept con
stantly on hand. Mothers know it can
always be depended upon in time of
need.
The Persians have a different name
for every day in the month.
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Are the British rich In Immediate
danger of being taxed off the British
Isles? This is a question that Is be
ing asked seriously. The British press
day by day echoes the despairing pro
tests of the well to do against the rap
idly Increasing burdens of taxation, of
which no man knows the end. The
prediction Is freely made by English
men of affairs resident of this coun
try that any substantial Increase in
taxation will be followed by an exodus
of the British well to do, and espe
cially of the British rich from the
British isles. They will seek in this
country or some other a haven where
the idea of taking away the property
of th03e who have it to give it to
those who have none does not obtain.
The Englishman pays a tax when he
Inherits property.
He pays an income tax on his rent
als and on his salary.
He pays a tax on his automobile.
He pays a tax on all stock exchange
transactions.
He pays a tax on all his land and
on all Increase In land values.
He pays, In addition to the rent of
his dwelling, taxes for lighting, pav
ing and police protection. ,
He pays a tax for the privilege of
wearing a ring with a crest on it, and
a tax for putting armorial bearings
on his carriage.
He pays a tax for his carriage, his
dog, his gun and his pistol.
GEORGE JACKSON.
The Man Who First Found Gold lu
Itorkr Mountain and Died Poor.
To-day Idaho Springs will dedicate
a monument to the man who first
found gold in the Rocky mountains.
George Jackson is dead and beyond
the reach of the honor paid his mem
ory. He died several years ago in an
obscure corner of the State where he
was making a fresh try at fortune,
trying again in old age to find for
himself enough gold to remove him
from the necessity to keep up the
search. Independent and self-reliant
to the end as he had been when fifty
years ago he was living on the natur
al food of the country and making his
home under the stars, he who had
pointed the way for many men to be
come millionaires through mining
gold, lived and died with empty pock
eta. The day George Jackson found the
first gold in the land out of which a
great State was to be reared because
of his find, he was most interested in
the fact that he had found sbme dig
gings where he (George Jackson) was
going to make a fortune if he could
and that he had killed a mountain
sheep which would help out his di
minishing' supply of "States" grub un
til he could get back to where he
could get more of the same. His chief
concern right then was the fact that
his dogs, "Drum" and "Kit," had been
worsted in a fight with a carcajou and
were too lame to travel. There wasn't
much in all that to suggest thoughts
of empire building or greatness. Time
has taken care of that and brought
it into perspective. On his part it
was a simple act in the day's work;
in the light of fifty year3 we are
ready to pay with our regard the debt
of obligation under which he placed
a State which set up business In his
footsteps.
Time is Jealous of Its large tasks.
It picks and tests the men it permits
to perform them. Most often it con
siders the privilege of doing them
sufficient reward. Jackson was per
mitted to find the gold; others were
forced to be content with merely min
ing it. The others grew rich; Jack
son had been marked for .a blazer of
trails, a searcher. So he died poor In
the midst of the rich field he had
sown; died as he had lived a poor
prospector doing the work Time had
picked him to do. He left to the fu
ture only a memory, but that will live
on long after those who were privi
leged only to harvest In his field will
have been forgotten. It Is a way Time
has of evening up the score. Denver
Republican.
'EASY MONEY.
Vbe Price for It Must lie Paid In
I.osa of Self-lteapect.
There is no more pernicious sophis
try than this widely prevalent theory
about "easy money," for it strikes
human nature at Its weakest point,
says a writer on the Kansas City
Journal. People who could not be
tempted to commit a crime will Jump
at the chance to get something for
nothing, and many who might not be
too scrupulous but would shrink from
a heinous offense are no proof against
the seductions of "easy money." The
psychology of this weakness may or
may not go back to the garden of
Eden and the primal curse of toll.
Certain it la that there is an Inherent
revolt In human nature against the
drudgery of earning bread in the
sweat of one's brow. Normally con
structed people combat this rebellious
spirit through the human affections
which ennoble toll and consecrate the
hardest tasks to the comfort of loved
ones. But there are few people who
work very hard for the sheer love of
working hard.
"Easy money" Is the dearest find
hardest In the world; It Is gained at
a fearful price, whether It is the booty
of the highwayman or the unearned
and Ill-gotten gains of the dishonest
man of business. The human law may
not reach the sinner, rich or poor; the
miiwifi
VAST JTGJZV JBZU8JL JFJ&GMVT
He pays a tax for the privilege of
shooting game.
He pays a tax on every servant.
He pays a tax when he dies or his
estate does and leaves property.
"Americans have little Idea of the
various taxes that are imposed In
England," says a writer on the sub
ject. "If you are a renter and pay,
say $300 a year rent, you would be
obliged to pay not less than $90 addi
tional, which would cover the light
ing, paving and police protection. But
richer people are caught in all sorts
of ways. For Instance, in England I
would pay $5 a year for the privilege
of wearing this ring. It carries a
crest and if I had a carriage with
armorial bearings upon It I would be
obliged to pay $10 a year for that
privilege. When a man dies his estate
must pay a tax of 1 per cent on every
thing, if his estate is below $2,500
in value; 2 per cent on $5,000, 3 per
cent on $50,000, 4 per cent on $125,
000, 44 per cent on $200,000, 5 per
cent on $225,000, 6 per cent on $500,
000, 6 per cent on $750,000, 7 per cent
on $1,250,000, 8 per cent on $2,500,000,
9 per cent on $3,750,000. and 10 per
cent on $5,000,000.
HOW THE WRIGHT AIRSHIP IS STARTED.
i . I MtlHOt) OE
The Wright airship has no wheels, but a set of wooden runners like a
sleigh. These travel upon a rail, and the initial impetus is given to the
machine by the release of a weight which runs over a pulley in a wooden
tower. The descent of the weight makes the airship fly off in a direction
away from the tower. The impetus causes it to rise a little, and afterward
the screws and planes keep it afloat.
penitentiary doors may not swing shut
on either. But the price must be paid
all the same paid in the coin of the
soul, In peace of mind and loss of self
respect, and in a thousand ways in
which our human nature, even while
it yields to evil, yearns for the eternal
good and stretches its hands upward,
no matter how low It may have fallen.
HUNGRY AND DIRTY.
Condition Whleh Will Qolckly Ie
niornllae the "Down-and-Ont."
"I'll tell you what puts a man in
the 'down and out class," " said a west
ern man who has been retrieved from
the Bowery, according to the Cincin
nati Times-Star's New York corre
spondent It is the Impossibility of
keeping clean when you're out of
money. I went broke six weeks ago,
over In Jersey, and came to New York,
thinking I could catch on here. The
few dollars I had melted away, I had
found no Job and I had to hit the
bread line. Then my real troubles
commenced.
"It wasn't that I didn't have enough
to eat or a place to sleep. I could
stand that But I couldn't get a
bath. A week of that sapped my self
respect I began to slink along the
treet. Instead of walking. Whenever
I could, I dodged down a sldo street
to avoid meeting any one 1 saw ap
"Perhaps the greatest burdens
which the land owner Is subject to
are on account of the poorhouses,
which are maintained at great ex
pense, and on account of the new pol
icy of old age pensions; that is, pen
sioning any one over a certain age
wbo hasn't an income of $2.50 a week.
The great question that is being con
sidered in England apparently is not
what to do with the unemployed, but
with the unemployable. The people
who have saved money and have made
the most of their opportunities appar
ently will be obliged to take care of
those who have not taken care of
themselves and who never could take
care of themselves."
The amount of the graduated death
duties, or inheritance taxes, collected
In the United Kingdom, which has a
population of 44,000,000 and upward,
ranges from $90,000,000 to $95,000,
000 annually out of a total internal
revenue of $470,000,000 to $480,000,
000. It is drawn from more than 67,
000 estates. The revenue from the
death dues is a little more than half
that from excise imposts, and consid
erably more than half the amount real
ized from the Income tax.
proaching me. If I couldn't di tha:,
I got my head down and faced the
wall. I loathed myself but what
could I do? You can't bathe In the
bay this sort of weather, and cn the
Bowery you don't get a room with a
bath when you panhandle a dime from
some one for a pallet in one of the
filthy holes they call lodging houses.
"I've got a Job now, and I hope to
keep it. I'm working as I never did
in my life before, for while I'm not
afraid of starvation and hardship, i
am sincere in saying that I had rather
die than go without bathing for three
weeks, under the conditions that the
'busted' man meets on the Bowery.
The bread line saved my life or kept
me from resorting to theft and high
way robbery Just as it has thousands
of others every winter. But If the
bread liners were enabled to keep
themselves clean, our army of "down
and outs' would be reduced In a hurry.
I know. If you're hungry and clean
you're a self-respecting man. If you're
hungry and dirty, you're a bum. and
you know It"
Almost Got It.
"Is there any difference In the mean
ing of the words 'nautical' and 'ma
riner " asked Mr. Malaprop.
"Not much," replied Mrs. Malaprop.
"One la a cinnamon of the other.
Chicago Record-Herald.
iUr
. llitYl
The nature of the realty which con
tributes to the duties is varied, but
agricultural land furnishes less of the
total than household property and
business premises. For 1908 the net
value Of household property and busi
ness premises was 28,137,000, while
In agricultural land it was a trifle
under 17,000,000. Leaseholds were
valued at 9,100,000 and ground rents
at 3,845,000. Other items exceeding
1,000,000 were building lands; mines,
minerals and quarries; cessers of an
nuities, and sporting rights. Real
estate not classified was a fraction
under 2,000,000.
Owners of big properties alone will
not suffer. The great landlords, it is
predicted, will promptly advance rents
and stop all Improvements and con
struction. Financial opinion is unani
mous that enormous sums will be
driven out of the country. The bank
ers and big houses which float gov
ernment and other foreign loans say
that the new tax on such transactions
covers the entire margin between
profit and loss and that such deals
hereafter will go to Paris, New York
and Amsterdam. The New York stock
exchange, It is said, will profit mate
rially. There has been large specu
lation in American securities In Eng
land, but the bulk of that business
hereafter will be transacted in New
York to escape the English stamp tax.
The effect of some of the other new
taxes is problematical.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
Excerpta Made from Trade Report
of Various Countrlea.
Belgian works are getting large or
ders for steel rails from Brazil, Swe
den, the Kongo and other coun
tries, also for bolts and metal ties,
says the New York Sun.
The rubber industry in Mexico 13
not as profitable as was expected. In
side of a few years the far east will
have 60,000,000 para trees producing
from one to three pounds a. year of
rubber superior to the best Mexican
grades. Fewer trees produce more
rubber in the far east.
The study of English has been made
compulsory in the primary schools of
Gautamala.
In 1908 - there were organized In
Austria thirty-five Joint stock com
panies, with $15,590,000, about half the
1907 record in number and amount.
Italian imports of American goods
in the nine months ended March,
1909, reached a value of $47,278,791,
or $6,215,000 more than In the nine
months ended March, 1908. Argen
tina's Imports were $25,484,817, an In
crease of $1,149,000.
The Swedish government has ap
pointed a tariff commission In prepa
ration for a thorough revision of the
tariff In 1910.
Jury 1, 1909, will begin the enforce
ment of the new pure-food law In
Switzerland. The American meat
trade 13 largely Interested, as some
of the restrictions are very stringent
and the inspection fees may be put
far too high.
The Mexican railroad finds Its fa
cilities overtaxed to move the impor
tations entering the country at the
port of Vera Cruz. Notably among
Importations the automobile demand
In Mexico is shown to be 6teadily in
creasing. Taxicabs are a success in
Mexico city. All told Mexico bought
$36,897,715 worth of American goods
in the nine months ended March, 1909,
against $34,539,937 purchases by Amer
icans of Mexican goods.
Portugal Imports yearly from $60,
000,000 to $65,000,000 worth of mer
chandise, of which 6 per cent 13
American. Six articles cotton, corn,
petroleum, tobacco, wheat and staves
account for all but $700,000 worth
of the American goods imported. That
$700,000 is made up of nearly 300 ar
ticles, many of which are materials
for manufacturing. In manufactures
imported the American share is in
significant Transportation is our
handicap besides want of' knowledge
of the Portuguese market. American
letters are not Infrequently addressed
"Lisbon, Spain." Tariff rates are high.
Where Shark Ment la Eaten.
In Italy i3 regularly served a fis..
food which Americans discard through
ignorance and prejudice. In Rome
the shark finds a ready sale at the
price of 8 cents a pound. The color
of the meat resembles that of the
shad, but is of firmer consistency and
has comparatively few bones. The
shark is plenteouslydistributed up and
down our coasts from Maine to Pana
ma throughout the year, and is as pal
atable as the sturgeon or halibut. But
it is systematically cast away at ev
ery haul of the net by the dory man
of the deep water fishing smack.
Urorrn-lp Children.
It Is not only the frivolous whon.
the spirit of childishness is Just now
leading astray. Silliness Is the fash
ion even among the wise. Women
especially affect a kin of childish
shrewdness In talking on serious sub
jects. Like children who have the
habit of romancing, they lose the
Bense of reality, and because they
never talk exactly as they think they
begin to think exactly as they talk.
London Spectator.
Fooled the Baby.
Hewitt Ooes your baby keep you
awake?
Jewett No, I fooled him; as soon
as he was born I got a job working
nlfhta.
ARE TAT PEOPLE STUPIDf
Man? Great Men Have Been of More
than Average Welifhf.
Both tha willowy people of the
rorld and those of average weight'
nsaoclato fatness with stupid'ty. where
a often such is not the cise. They
have been to the shows at country
fairs and have seen the obe3e ladies
and tho fat men th9. e displaying their
superabundant collection ;f adipose
tissue, and have gone away with the
idea that fat people, merely because
they are fat, are stupider and more
deficient in Intelligence than peopl3
of average avoirdupois, and this, In
their opinion on the subje't, has ex
tended outside of the showB to apply
to fit people generally, says Tit Bits.
At the present moment William
Howard Taft is the second fat man
Bitting in the presidential chair and
the first republican of more than av-eragi-
we.'ght to occupy that position,
the first fat man being Stephen Grov
er Cleveland of democratic persuasion.
These are only two men of the pres
ent time, though Cleveland M dead,
having a fine Intellect In a body of
supernormal . weight. Looit'n Into
history we find that some of the fin- -est
intelligences the world h?3 ever
known have been incased in fleshly
caskets plump even to obesity. Na
poleon Bonaparte, notwlthstindlng his
active career, was decidedly stout. Dr.
Johnson was Inclined to fiabbiness,
v-hile Boswell, his biographer was in
he Fame condition.
Honore de Balzac, the great French
novelist, was so large that to-day ha
might be nicknamed "Jumbo" Balzac;
i'umas pere was stout, while Salnte
Beauve had a Falstafflan stomach, tn
spite of his great corpulency, which
he tried to keep down by drinking
vinegar, Eugene Sue wrota "The
Wandering Jew."
Possini, the composer, was so fa
that for six years he never saw hla
knees, and Jules Janin, the prince ol
critics, broke down all ordini-y sofaa
he sat upon, his cheeks and chin pi in
truding beyond his beard and whisk
ers. Lablache, the Italian singer, waa
charged three fares when he traveled.
NOW IT'S DUTCH CAPS."
In honor of Wilhelmina's baby,
toothers are making starched and flar
ing headgear for their children and
here's how to make one: The Dutch
cap is fashioned of strips of linen
spun and embroidered by the thrifty
mothers and Joined with exquisite
lace knitted or crocheted by the same
loving hands. Before it is worn it
is starched very stiff and the cor
ne"rs are bent back as you see them
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in the illustration. It is tije sweet
est frame you ever saw for the little
faces. The strips of linen and inser
tion are 18 inches long, with 20 inches
of lace to edge the front. When the
strips are Joined they must measure
8 inches at the narrowest and 11
inches at widest point. Join at the
curved seam of the back, place a nine
inch draw-string across the center
back and your little cap is complete.
A One Time Comanche Chief.
Quanah Parker, one-time bloods
thirsty Comanche chief, was recently
elected head of a district school board
in Oklahoma, and his son, a graduate
of Carlisle school, was appointed
teacher. Quanah Parker's mother waa
a white woman, taken prisoner whea
a child by the present chiefs father.
The child grew to womanhood among
the Comanches, then a wild, wander
ing, bloodthirsty tribe, roaming the
plains of Texas. The chief made her
his squaw and she bore him the son,
Quanah Parker. Not long after she
went back to her white people, but
the Indian life had gained too strong
a hold upon her to remain, and she re
turned to her tepee and her chief, the
father of her son. She lived with the
ribe until her death.
Refleetlona on Fame.
"People will praise my work after t
am dead," said the playwright, gloom
ily. "Perhaps," answered the cold-blooded
actor; "but Isn't It a good deal of
a sacrifice for a little praise?" Wash
Ington Star.
Where He Slept.
The Pastoi- And do you sleep with
your head to the north?
The Deacon Let me see! Which
way does the church stand, anyway?
Yonkera Statesman.
No woman should give way to grief.
Let her keep her hair frizzed, and
everything may come around all right.
A man who hopes a great deal will
not wort