unknown benefactor: lie < hi-rlshes ami
loves It In Ills solitude." To the pres
ent day there sre found seekers after
truth who remain Ilina Isolnb-il from
the Times
humanity and caring nothing for
i-ollM-queliei-a of tlielr ill»overlea.
far greuter number are engaged In
aenrcti for whatever may Improve
Npeaklng of paradoses, flic latest is ivoidllloii of man
They are eager to
furnished by chm-olate drops going up. find the practical application of truths
learned In solitude The farmer, who
They are boosting Enos In Pennayl- Ilves classât to nature amt apparently
vanla
Home peupla think that Kuos farthest from science, la one of those
affavi tMMMta
who have rre-elvrel many buona from
the actentlat
l’ro|rer choosing of aérela
lti some of our rifles milk le no high tu plant baa Increqaed the yield of
that Hre cream must have bard work grains from lit to XI per oent Inoro
to rise to the top of It.
Istlon of the soil with hartarla which
turn the nitrogen of the air Into forni
A man of Mr Horkefeller'a lirei|ren
lias Increaaeil ths yield of leguminous
alvo limonai habits can live well ami plants. Analysis of soil has deter
even eave money on |lh.<aa>,<MM) a year
mined what <-ru|ai are treat for a given
afait or where a given crop may treat
Mr. Weyorhauasr saya Hiere la no
Ire pianteli
Illevases of plants are
lumber trust. Ills inllllona show that
studied with the same rare ■■ dlaraaea
Ills trust III lumlrer wss farmeli years
of human beluga and both cure and
ago.
Ims-ulatlon agalnat dlaeaae are prac
Hmv-eaafiil testa are trelng made with ticable In many caeca wire re before
war balloons, but they have not been science took up the problem tlie farmer
was bafflrel by myaterloua plagues
tried as yet as punching bags for can
The Inaect |weta of plants are destroy
mm shot.
ed by searching through the world
Mrs lli-aatd tlilnka that the rich until tin- natural enemy of tire [rest la
ought to have larger families The found Thia la merely a practical ap
rich will continue to think that that lilb'atlon of the general troth of which
one phase waa long ago crystallised In
la a family affair
the atati-ment that "a flea has smaller
"Wby not live slower?" asks U » tiene that on him prey " Hornet I mea
lire farmer rejects árlenos, but In the
Memphis (iotiunerelal A|>|real.
Prliv-1
pally because tlie rent la due every long run lie romes to acknowledge hie
mistake
Tire Ireglalature of Illinois,
month, and we want our money’s worth
for Inatanre, lias defirel science In put
Ti* time le coming, they say. when ting a buiinty on dead crows, at the
you will ts> able to semi wireless die demand of farmers. In spite of the
patches across the t»rean at tile rate fact demonstrated by eclentlats that
of lo ceuta a word. Have your words crows are among the farmer's beet
friends nnd save him more by de
Empresa Tal Au decided that It was atroylng nnxloua Insecte than Hre value
time to make S change. Hire Isalirei a of the few Serein they eat An the cul
dre-rer declaring «'bina a roiietltutlonal tivated area of tire world grows small
monarchy, ami tire thing was done. It er In pro|sirtlon to the Increasing |»op-
was Just aa e-e easy I
ulatlon agriculture must become more
and more Intensive
Tire farmer of
A txwl of anthracite all miles long, the future will be mbre and more de-
I JUKI feet wide and 80 feet thick has la-iideiit ii|x>n tire helping hand Ireld
la-en umsiverrel In Pennsylvania. And out by tire sciential. The national de-
yet the rombine has the nerve to put partaient of agriculture, the Htate
up tlie price of roal
agrli-ultural m-hreda and ex|rer!nrent
stations, ami counties« enthusiastic
A wealthy California rancher who unofficial ex|rerlmentern will make suc-
was lielil up and robbed tins lost bls cesnful fanning one of tire learned pro
voice. Mini be another one of thoar fessions.
men who hnie i-ontrai-ted the habit of
letting tlielr money do tlielr talking.
I
I j H »rn«l«»r Kftlcltii«* nn* reported to be
fninlMhlng. the M m I htì «*« hnvinic I Mtn m
faliur«* tilia ymr.
Cbarltabl«* New
Entfhintlvra ■hmihl «rmt a mrgo of
twnna to tb**«<*
unfortunnt«*«.
Tolstoy Is sure that the |reaaniito
wl»i tired Into Illa hollar* diri an tn a
spirit of mischief, euri rlra-a not wlah
to prosecute them
Humor la a good
thing, but thia la a lu-w way of sa
couruglug lt.
Many a Western boy will s|iprvclntv
the I’realdent'a metaphor nt Province
town, when he told tlie l'«|re Cod fish
ermen that be was brought up In a
row country, "and workml hard from
•lie liurrlcam- deck of a bronco."
A Inn Moluca man. In order to pro
cure money for his Sick wife, pawned
two gold teeth and hla wreatcii leg. and
the Harrisonburg t Va i News thinks
marriage la no failure uiali-r such clr-
cumstenerw. Htlll. wlu-ti a man la driv
en to aneli extremes In- can 1'iirdl) i e
gnrd It aa a howling auccv-ita.
Home allo«amv must Ire inaile for
Hlr Tisana* l.lptoli In bis contentlon
that a rare mlght Ire made Ju*t aa wcl?
wltb yaclita timi would I h - of aomè
predicai ii«e after tbe contest ls over.
Even a Jolly g>s*.l fello«' growa seiry
of «IM-Iidlng mi II Iona of d-dla-x on Ve»
vela that bave ilo reai valile exrept na
tank.
A tablet tin** been put up In Sulls
bury Cathedral. England. In memory
of the twenty eight |*eraoi>a, imsuly
Americana, «Im were kllbvl In n rail
road ai-eldent nt Kiillabnry In July of
last year. The dedicatory M-remoni-a
were conducted It) the bishop of the
Miocene, and all address was imide by
the American ambassador. It Is am-h
things An this that draw nations tie
aether.
Believers In woman suffrage nnd the
tniait scornful disbelievers will unite,
unless they were born without humor.
In enjoying a res-lal lonndv pri-smlcd
by a recent election In a small town.
Two women were nomlnat-d to sue-
ireeil their husbands as memtn-rs of th»
school committee. Some eltlaenn, who
do not favor women on the treanl,
nominated
the husbands for re-elec
tion. The excitement waked up many
men who hud not voted on aclnsil ques
tions for years. and with pathetic loy
alty to their sex, they swelled the vote
for the husbands to the overwhelming
defeat of tile wives
TKETEUOXAra rOLZS j
a«.»»*«. •*»»»••*•»•«*•*•«• a*
lack of understanding rather than
mallcioiisnerei Iles at the bottom of
many International difficult!*-«. Espw-
cbilly true Is this In the dealings of a
i-IrlllM-d wltb an um-IrlHaed |reople.
Ho apart are the ranges of experience
that a mulual ground of comprehen
sion 1s bard to find, one no longer
wonders at tbe reluctance of tlie Asi
atic tribe to allow the telegraph to
pass through Its country wbeu Ire rends
of the true reasuu of the native's re
funn i The story Is told Iu Mr. Bush's
“Reindeer, Dogs and Know Shoes."
Tire rom|>aiiy. surveying tb<- ground
for the telegraph, «Isllisl to bargain
with tlie I sun ills for direr to Ire uaed
In the »■oustruction of the Hue. Tbs
chiefs recvlied Hre agents with great
dignity, and gravely listened to tlielr
pro|s>M.ila. Then they announced that
tlrey had plenty of reindeer, and were
irerfci'tly willing to sell them for any
other purixine. but not tor the bullil-
Ing of tlie telegraph.
Thinking they did not understand tbe
nature of the line amt Ila object, the
agents ca refully explulneil, telling tlie
chiefs It oiuh I m I is I simply 111 a aeries
of |M*les, extcmllug through the roun-
try. with a small wire stretched along
th« top« They enlarged on what iu!
vantage the natives would gain from
tin- forts and stations established along
the way. from which they could obtain
supplies and chillies.
But nothing aeeuied to satisfy the
chle!«. At liiMt one asked In wnnt direc
tion tin- line would go. tin Is-lng told,
tliey Ire -iime gbsimy and even uiun- re
luctant.
Tin- agents were piutsled. not Irelna
able to Imagine why they were so o|e
|* ims I. when one Lamut, as If Mtrirek
by n new Idea, asked how far apart
the |s>les would Ire placisl. When this
point was made clear, all faces bright
ened. and they assured the agents that
they would »ell all the relnilecr needed.
The reason of tlielr rortm-r objection
wan explained. They knew that the
line of telegra|>b would cross tlielr
usunl routes of travel, and tlrey liad
suppoMctl Hint the poles would Ire ao
close together that they could not |> iims
between them with their direr. This
difficulty dls|»iMed of, they Immediately
promlacil to furnish 2tli> deer.
VICTORIA À MIGHTY CATARACT.
Arriess WBferfall Far Kells««» Os*
Own Nlasaes Is Gr«n4»sv.
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
THE PRISON CONOBZM
N olden times Hre Jailer was a dark-vlaag«!
executioner who cla|*|red bls victims Into
the dungeon and turiual a ponderous key In
Hie creaking lock
He was the official pun
isher of bad men. ami It was hla buelneaa
to make tire prisoners as uuhappy as poaal
ble. With tbe change In tbe ronreptlon of
_________ by which rennaly and prevention, not ven
punishment.
geance. Inspire tlie treatment which society reserve» for
offenders, there came alao a change In the manner of men
who manage the prisons.
Tbe Prison I'ongrrao. held In Chicago, would have
surprised any casual visitor who had derived hla Ideas
of jail and Jailers from old novels. Here were met to
gether hundreds of wardens, chaplains, prison superin
tendents. sociologists, physicians, to discuss not only
the practical administration of prisons, but the relation
of prison discipline to our system of Justlre.
Tbe Attorney Geuersl of the United Htstes s|x>ke from
the |snnt of view of a Jurist. The head of tbe Volunteers
of America described tlielr method of helping discharged
prisoners to get honest work. The lawmaker learned
from tire Jailer whet are the rondltlons of prison life,
and bow they «fleet tbe criminal; Hre Jailer learned more
about tire story of Ills cbargi« before and after tlrey
came under hla care. Tin- effeit of such unification of
Ideas will Improve tire criminal rode. Its,administration,
and the entire relation between society and tbe criminal.
The necessity for Improvement Is Show* by tbe declar-
atton of tire genets! secretary of Hre Nntlonal Prison Asso
ciation that “No county or Htate In the Union In sattatied
with Ila metlxxln of confining and taring for Its prlsiA
era" That Improvement will tome In directions urged
by generosity, humanity, but not by sentimentality, tbe
words of a student of prison work give rrnwin to hop«;
"Tbe wardens, tbe actual prison managers, are tbe finest
lot of men you ever saw great physique, earnest. Intelli
gent no noMSMV. but big hearted and kind.”—Youth's
Companion.
HOW TO REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING.
HE cost of living Is high nnd going higher.
But everybody can regulate the amount of
money nre-rsaary to s|rend for sustenance.
There la no reason why ¡reraona should find
It more rxtreualve to live. If they will only
consider tbr question with care and fix the
amount of lood they ought to eat.
We do not advocate the method adopted by twelve
hundred people of Kennebec County. Maine, who have
pledged themselves to abstain for ten days from the use
of meat. In the ho|ie that thus they may be able to force
down the price of Isref. But there Is no doubt that moat
persona eat two or three times as much food of all kinds
as la nre-easary for them, anti a reduction in diet would
have a good effect, not only ui»n the bills one has to
pay but alao U|>on health.
If food la too high, then consume leaa of It. That Is
a simple rule for comfort, both of mils! and laxly. *The
average mnn and woman eat ao much more than Is esaen-
ITI
TREATMENT FOR FLATFOOT,
Hal that seven tenths of all dlaeaae« with which hu
manity Is afflicted sre due to thia excess. The patinch
to be seen on almost every man over 40, no matter bow
lean Hre rest of him may be, la evidence of overeating;
and the fai-t that many women of the name age are
murfi heavier than they should be proves their lack of
•elf restraint.
High prices will be beneficial to Americana If they
will Induce a study of the' subject of eating, and the
reduction In the amount of food consumed that will fol
low. We should be a much healthier, happier, stronger,
more Intellectual and longer lived people If we should all
resolve to eat hereafter, not to satisfy tire demands of a
pampered and spoiled appetite, but to answer tbs real
nerela of the body.
Also, we should be richer, for food Is the greatest ex
pense of moat of ua. If we can cut down our household
bills, not only without Injury to our health but actually
to Its benefit, we should be grateful to tlie cauae which
brought about the change, even though It be the greed
of purveyors— Indianapolis Kun.
RECRUITING FOR THZ ARMY.
HERE la much said about tire trouble which
is experienced In securing the right kind
of men as soldiers for the army. General
Greely has made the latest contribution.
The complaints are now made In connection
with the effort to Increase the pay of the
army.
Aa a matter of fact these complaints are not new.
They are made In England as well as In this country,
and the real bests of them la that both countries get
their soldiers by voluntary enlistment and not by con
scription.
Tire probability Is that neither country could procure
(he kind of men desired by the army officers unless con-
acrlptlon should tie resorted to. A few Englishmen bars
suggested the continental system for their army, but no
political party would dare sustain the method, and In
tbit country there is no one who baa the hardihood to
siiggi-ot conscription.
Moreover there Is aome doubt whether Intelligence
above a certain level la of any value to a man conald-
ered merely aa a fighting animal. Especially must there
not Ire a too highly developed, sensitive, and Imaginative
nature.
As to pay, the ordinary aoldler la often a laborer In
uniform, and bla stipend. with free food, a larger allow-
ante for clothes than be can spend, free lodging, and
free medical attendance. Is the best laborer’s pay in
the country.
When we come to the experts for the coast artillery,
there Is a different question rslsed.
To make men good artillerists the government educates
them to s point where they become more valuable as
civilians than they are to the government. If we are to
Judge from the |>ay which tlie government gives them.
But Is the government really Inclined to pay one of Its
*2" a-inonth gunners the «75 that a civilian employer Is
glad to pay? There are complications.—Harper's Weekly.
STARTLING CHARGE OF A CHICAGO MINISTER.
Falstwl AMiellow Hemegle* Only ky
Wrsrlsg Satiable Saeerert.
Flat foot la a very common affliction.
It la alao one which Is frequently over
looked by physicians. The isitlent com
plains of |siln In the heel, the ankle,
tlie Inner border of the foot, great tire,
the niiBH-les of tlie calf, tlie kuee or
even tlie hip. Tlx- busy practitioner
notes them- symptoms In a hurried, cas
ual way, attributes them to rheuma
tism, prracrilrea aallcylatcs and what
not nnd another flat-footed Individual
ploila hla weary way.
Increased deformity la added to what
may have treen merely foot strain In
the first place. A curable case has be
come well nigh Incurable nnd the med
ical profession la again Justly liable to
well-deserved censure.
Any factor
which tends to diminish the muscular
jxiwer of the foot may cause tint foot
A great. Increase In tin- weight borne
by the foot may cause It.
This Increase In weight may be
actual, such aa occurs In (reople who
put on a great ileal of fnt. or It may-
ire relative, such ns occurs In athletes,
jumpers eaireclnlly.
But by far the
most rommon cause In a cramping of
the foot brought about by Improper
■hoes.
, For treatment of thia condition me
chanical support la beat afforded by
means of the footplate made from high
ly tempered steel nnd maided upon a
plaster cast of the foot.
The fixitplate should be worn aa long
as It la required, but no longer. Addi
tional wearing of the plnte beyond the
time necessary, as Indicated by the
symptoms, la simply an additional
cause of harm. With the foot plate a
shoe should Ire worn fitting the normal
contour of the foot.
Most l.lalit-llesrted Street.
From the Avenue dee Champs Elyseea
to till- Boulevard des Capuchins In
Paris Is but a step, but there the tune
1« Tim» nt Trouble.
is even merrier, says the Bohemian.
That the folds of "Old Glory" nfford It Is a place of noises, blare, glare,
gtaal shelter ill uny land Is the obvi the perfume of women, the raucous
ous |Milnt of Hile New York Timea •»nk-bonk of automobile horns; by day
tin- street of costly shops, by night the
story :
During one of the frequent révolu promenade In chief of his moat antanlc
tlona In Halil a party of Americana majesty. It la at Its treat—or worst—
__________________
made
a riding tour _______
of the ___________
mountains | in February, during Ml-Careme. when
One
member ...
of .....
the i party'***
n'r
tbl-’k with confetti —
am!
I. — morning
„ .. n ...........
—• *j i
— the
.
auddcnly drew rein with nn ejacuin !*"'n'*e,,a of the boulevards sre I real de
The American |n-ople ought to lie
Interested In nil tlmt (rertalna to the
survivors of the Civil War. Hint moat
sanguinary confilct of modern times.
If not of nil times. The wnr ended
forty-two years ago, nnd the men who tlon, and |aihited to a lone ridge win-re ¡
endurrel the burden nnd heat of the nn old tattered Stars nnd
Htrlirea
No use then to nit nt one of the little
bitter days from ISdl to l.Mdil are get fluttered on n hnmlaio pole.
¡ tablas on the sidewalk, thinking to en-
ting fewer in mimlrer every year. An
"We must ¡my our respects," some ’<>J
""'fUy changing pnnomma of
other quarter of a century and they one anld.
j tire festival. In a moment you w-ould
will Ire but a memory. It la an article
After some nean-h they found a path ,,n<, tl"’t "
or POTrldge of confetti,
of belief among the lluddhlata that one that slgxagKvd up to the wild plaire. T""1r ,'"t J’’""««’ <"<*r your ears, the
of the steps of salvation comdata In Tln-y followed It, nnd at last discover !™“^/*™™ fr'”" u"<l,'r -'»’l "fl.d your
right memory.
It la certain that a Ml nn aged negro sitting la-fore Ills
«"IW «elf tint on your back.
nation In aaved In no other wily. The wnttlMl hut smoking bin pipe, while . " n,4rT,,|ou* ,l”‘ penetrating quality
nation that forgets Itn heroes dies.
of confetti! I have ahakeu It out of
he kept an eye on the flint.
"Sinh were your ancestors, O Athe
"What’s the ting for?" some one my Innertnoa pockets, out of my ahoes.
nians." cried Demosthenes, after an
I have even fourni It In my sireka, ami
asked.
enumeration of tlielr virtues in the fa
hobnobbing
with the franca |n my
"Perfection,” said the old man, qui
mous oration that stirred Ills ireople to
etly. "I henh dry done begin anudder purse. It flits everywhere, and when
tight Philip of Macedon. The remain
resolution, so I put hit up. Yah, null, j Ml ('«reme la over the streets are thick
ing veterans of the Civil War teach
I come heali twenty-two yeaha ago, an’ with It. a ninltl-colorod snow You buy
ua what our own people were forty
liah dnt wlv nidi. Um Georgy, aa cook It at an many sous the package from
and more years ago. Bravely \and
verniers on the boulevards, until the de
on a steamer out o’ Hnvniinah.
self-sacrlflclngly they went to the
stro for more of It becomes an ohweo-
"Lak de place? Yas, sub.
Plant
front, resolved Hint the’government of
yam an’ coffee an’ csaaava. Résolu- alon.
the people, for the people and by the
tlona doan’ truhlid dia tilggnh. Ebery
• he Heard It.
people should continue to be a power
time dey resolute down yander up goes
There was a blast of dynamite not
on the carfh. I ret them be held In
de flag, an’ flat’s all dere 1a to hit I"
far away, and aged Mrs. Ixing turned
'verlaatlng remembrance!
toward the door with a smiling counte
How people admire a bashful child! nance.
Wordsworth wan able to apeak of
"Come In!” ahe said.
aclence aa "by no habitual and direct And how they dislike an Impudent
sympathy connecting ua with our fel one I
“Do you know," ahe explained to her
low beings;" he could say: “The man
Tbe right that the poor naver fai) caller, “that to the first knock I’ve
heard la twenty-five years,"
of science seeks truth aa a remote and to sxSrclse la tbe right of crttlcimm
REV. F. E HOPKINS.
"Fifty per cent of the women who dine at the ’resiwctable* restaurants
of our large cities drink txxixe.“ This Is the startling statement of Rev. F. E.
Hopkins, imator of tbe Pilgrim Congregational Church iu Chicago, whose
utterances on feminine Intemirerance aroused tire city. The assertion is based
on an Investigation which Hopkins has carried on for fifteen years.
In the midst of a series of sermons which aroused bis fellow ministers
and teni|rerance workers- to take aides In the controversy llo|>kins left his
chun-b work a day. aixl with several witnesses made a tour of the fashion
able eating places. Sixteen were visited. Betweeu the hours of noon and
midnight he saw 4fl3 women and girls enter tlie«e places. t»f this number
2fBl or M> per cent were seen drinking hard drinks. Cider war not counted.
At one place the preacher four»; a trusti-e of his cliurch.
"More men than women were found drinking the less harmful beer," said
tbe Rev. Hopkins. In s|H-aking of the Investigation. "Nearly all the women
and girls were drinking boose. That sounds slangy, but you can’t give It
too bard a name.
"The cauae of drinking among women and girls In all our large cities
Is the mad ami foolish pursuit of fashion. The drinking habit is steadily grow
ing. Unless something radical Is done to stop It at once future generations
will suffer."
ROYAL MISCHIEF.
Prince Edward of Willes, son of the
Prince of Wnlea and proapectlve heir
to the throne, la Just beginning his
education «a h cadet at the Itoyal Na
val College on the Isle of Wight.
1’rlnce Ellwand, a little more than 13.
la entered as an ordinary cadet, and
shares all comforts aud diecomforts
with the rest of the lads. If he re
sembles his father at that age. lie Is
capable of getting a good deal of boy
ish fun out of life. In a book on the
"Private Life of King Edward VII.,"
some of the emupailea of the present
Prince of Wales are given.
Prince George and bls elder brother
were "rare young toads,” aa an old
middy remarked. They recet.-ed their
training on the shod ship Britannia,
and afterward went on a cruise In the
Bacchante. They had to rough It with
the rest, and were treated without dis
tinction.
When the Bacchante touched at Ber
muda. on the famous cruise, the au
thorities of the Island were nnxloua to
present a bunch of Bermuda lilies to
Prince Eddy, and anxiously Inquired
his Identity. Prines George, ever ripe
for mischief, gave an misleading an
answer that the embarrassing bouquet
was presented to several midshipmen
before it reached the proper bands.
When the party went on shore to
lunch, the two princes gut together In
the bow of the boat aniltxx-upled them
selves very mysteriously.
When they
landed, the assembled natives were as
tonished to see their future king and
his brother with noses of the most
brilliant yellow. The two had used
the pollen of the Hiles to adorn them
selves with.
It wns probably their enjoyment of
this Joke which leil the two not to con
tradict (lie statement which was soon
after published to the world, that the
heir to the throne had had an anchor
tattoed on hla nose. The Prince of
Wales was made exceedingly anxious
by the report, and for a long time the
story was believed.
Reapoastbilttr.
"Has he a proper sense of respoaal-
bfllty?" asked the earnest patriot.
"I don’t know." answered Senator
Sorghum. "I sometimes fear he Is one
of those people who are so anxious to
be financially responsible that they for
get to be morally responsible."—Wash
ington Star.
are
de
Goal ng out of a black. )»>ggy depres
sion In tire Ireart of southern Africa Is
a sluggish, muddy stream which wends
Its way southward, leisurely at Brat,
but It aoon grow a rapidly In slxe and
strength until it pours Into tbs Indian
Ocean. 13B0 miles away, fourth In
rank among tbe mighty rivers of Af-
rice, says the Hdentlfic American
About 700 miles from Ita source, and
lust Ireyond the cataracts of Mololix
tbe Zambesi, joined by tbe waters of
the Kwando River, spreads out intd
what might be termed a lake about elx
miles long and over a mils In width.
This lake Is studded wltb lalamla and
the surface Is very smooth, Hre vegeta
tion along tbs banka being perfectly
mirrored in tbe plscld water. Strange
to say. the lower end of this lake le
marked not by a shore line nor by the
slightest narrowing of Its surface, but
by aa abrupt fall beside which our
much vaunted Niagara la a mere pyg
my. It Is an entire lake that takes tbe
plunge, and not merely a river.
A rompsriwrn of Niagara and Vic
toria falls shows at a glance bow vast
ly greater la the African falls. At
Niagara tbe river takes a plunge of 168
feet, but the Zambesi falls sheer 400
feet. The crest of Victoria falls 1s over
a mile long—feet, to be exact—
whereas the American fall at Niagara
measures only 1.060 feet, and tbe Horse
shoe fall la only 1.230 feet across, or
3.010 feet as measured along the curve.
To Illustrate tbe magnitude of tbe Af
rican waterfall we might depict against
It the skyline of New York from Bat
tery Park to Worth street Not a bulld-
Ing would project above the crest gf
the falls excepting only the tower of
the Ringer building, which Is now In
process of erection. To be sure, In
comparing Niagara with Victoria, It
must be
ild In flavor of tbe former
that the Horseshoe fall presents an NR*
broken crest, while the edge of tbe
Victoria la divided by numerous IM-
ends Into stretches which nowhere ex-
roeils 600 feet. At tbe center ls IJv-
Ingstone Island, and to tbe left aa
you look up stream, la tbe main fall,
while at the right of tbe Island Is tbs
Rainbow fall. Buka Island separates
the main fall from tbe Cascade or Dev-
Il’s Creek.
Paris possesses the largest public
garden and the largest hospital.
A square foot of a Persian rug means
twenty-three days’ work for the weaver.
Ro your huaireud baa given nr>
smoking Tbat 'waota a pretty strong
will. Hhe—Well, I’ve got one.—PundL
Daughter—8bo seems to bavo g >t
over tbs death of her first buabaiiiL
Fath«r—Yes. but her second huaire.id
hasn't—Pick-Mo-Up.
Mrs. Smalltown— Would you accept a
place In tbe suburbs? Cook—I'll row-
older it If yas bare room In your guru»»
for me motor.—Town Topics.
"What did you th Ina of that girl nt
her coming out party 7’ "Well, to bw
perfectly frank, 1 thought she'd txrlier
go back !”—Leslie's Weekly.
Mother—But what do you expect to
do later, my son. If you never learu to
write? Son—Oh, that will be all rigut
I’ll buy a typewriter. Silhouette.
“May I call you Mabel r be asked
at tbelr second meeting, pretending to
be badly amltten. “It you wlah to; but
my name la Gertrude."—Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Candidate for Crow—Could you tell
me where tbe rhetoric claea ls being
held? Candidate for Football—I dou t
know; I'm a student hero myself
Town Topics.
Employer—This makes tbe fourth
grandmother of yours that baa died
tbta spring Office Boy—I know
ain't these family troubles fierce
Cornell Widow.
Snooks—To what do you attributo
your success aa a tradesman? Helleux
—If a customer doesn't see what lie
wants, I make him want what he sees.
—Illustrated Blu.
“Wbat'e become of your umbrella?”
“I loaned It to Tompkins.” “Why
doesn’t be return Itr “The
caught him wltb It and demanded It.
—Milwaukee Sentinel.
“Father, do all angels have winger
"No. my eon. your mother has none.”
And then she said, sweetly, that bs
might go to tbe dub If be wouldn't stay
late!—Atlanta Constitution.
Teacher—How long had Washington
been dead when Roosevelt was Inaugu
rated? 8cbolar—I dunno, but It hasn't
been very dead since Teddy has beew
there!—Lippincott's Magaxine.
“Do you think cabbage Is unwbole-
somer asked the dyspeptic.
"It de
pends somewhat,” answered the f'«xl
expert, “on whether you eat It or try
to smoke It"—Washington Star.
“Mrs. Rogers Is a perfect slave to
her busband.” “What does she dor
“Would you believe It? Every year, oa
bls birthday, sbo get» up la time to eat
Herrings are being sold In the streets breakfast wltb him.”—Leslie’s Weekly.
of Sunderland, England, at twenty for
Teacher—You have named all domew-
a penny.
tlc animals eave one. It baa bristly
Squares, triangles and slmlluar Im hair. It la grimy, likes dirt, end la fond
plements used by draftsmen are now of mud. Well, Tom? Tom (shame
made of glass
facedly)—That’s me.—Chicago Trib
A German estimate of the capital In une.
vested In the construction of tbo world’s
Mabel (aged elx)—Ain’t you afraid
railroads la »43,310.000.000.
of our big dog? The Parson (very thin)
The swiftest river In the world la the __No. my dear. He would not nmka
Sutlej, of British India, which In ISO much of a meal off me. Mabel—Oil.
miles has a descent of 12,000 feet.
but be likes bones beet—Chicago Dally
The Actors' Church Union of England News
has In the last year gained fifty mem
“A tramp fell Into the water tank of
bers and baa now 142 centers, with 171 a locomotive and rode twenty-aerew
chaplains.
miles without being discovered." "Wax
"Nik
The great cathedral at Cologne, al- be nneonsetoua when foundr
Plain
ibcu»h completed but a few years ago, Unrecognizable.”—Cleveland
has so deteriorated from factory smoke Dealer.
tbst the body of the church will have to
Dolly—Molly Wolcott told me
be renovated throughout.
month ago that her new gown was
Cremation makes great headway In going to be a dream. Polly—Well, that
iu» Alps. Genera takes the lead, both Is all It la. no far. Her husband won't
In point of number and equipment, but give her tbe money for It.—Somervlllo
Zurich, Aarau. Berne and Lausanne are JournxL
each building a second crematorimn.
“And do you have to be called In
Fire other towns are doing likewise.
the morn Ing r naked the lady who waa
He was a Scotchman and somewhat about to engage a new girl. “I don't
shy. At tea the variety of cakes was bax to be. mum." replied the applicant,
bewildering and the young lady whose "unless you happens to need me."—
guest he was helpfully Inquired, “Will Yonkers Statesman.
“Your sentence la to be suspended.”
you bare a cake or a meringue, Mr.
Johnstone?" "Hoots. no. ma lassie,“ began tbe merciful court “Great
quoth he, kindly, “you’re no wrang— Scott. Jedge!" exclaimed the prisoner,
“ef I'd knowed chicken stealing waa a
1'11 bae the cake !”
Monks and nuns exiled from France hanging offense I wouldn't hare stole.”
by the recent laws sre still seeking —Philadelphia Ledger.
“Which do you prefer,” said the ar-
refuge In England In considerable num
bers. Fifty nuns recently left Brest ttsttc young woman, “music or piretry?"
on board the Antelope, and 160 brothers “Poetry," answered Mixa Cayenne “You
of Christian schools, who have been ex can keep poetry shut up In a book.
pelled from their Institutions, are seek You don’t hare to listen to It unless
you choose.”—Washington Star.
ing a home In Jersey and England.
"Excuse me. sir." remarked the
The production of metallic cadmium,
which has hitherto been confined to weary wayfarer, "but I don’t know
Belgium and Silesia, has been under where my next meal Is coming from ”
taken by a chemical company of Cleve “Neither do 1.“ replied the proafrerou»
land. Ohio. The ore of the Joplin dis looking Individual. "My cook left this
trict Is stated to be richer tn cadmium morning, too.”—Philadelphia Record.
than the ore of Silesia, but under the
“Oh. madam," said the French maid
conditions of sine smelting In the (Tilt “Fldo weel not eat xe bon-bons” "Thw
ed States It has not been considered dear. Intelligent little doggie!" exclaim
worth while to attempt to save cad ed Mrs Rich. "There must be some
thing wrong with those bonbons ( lire.
mium as a by product.
Give them to the children."—New York
Moot for K«r*i*Mrs**t
Evening Mall.
As a patroness of struggling and dis
Polities
couraged artists and musicians Mrs.
Follen was not markedly successful,
A story Is told of a Bradford County
although she bad plenty of money and politician (the sharp and shifty kind)
a warm heart, and waa Interested In who was urged by hla wife to hoe tha
art and artists.
garden. He couldn't think of any very
“I’ve brought some of my lsst win good reason, so he went at It Soon
ter’s sketches to show you," said one be came In with a silver quarter he
poor young man whom ahe had asked said he had found. He washed It. put
to call upon her, “but I do not feel it In bls pocket and went back. In a
satisfied with them. They are not ax few minutes he showed up with another
g-xsl In some ways as the work I did coin, this time a half dollar, lie said
a year ago.”
there must be a burled treasure In that
"Nonsense!" cried Mrs. Follen. with garden. He unearthed a couple of
Being
loud cheerfulness, patting him on th« dimes and another quarter.
shoulder. “You paint Just as well as very tired, he announced his Intention
you did last year—as well as you ever of taking a nap. and duly went to alee)»
have. Your taste's Improving—that's When he awoke his wife had a danger
ous and steely glint In her eye. but Hie
all!"
garden was all hoed. It Is mlatruat-il
Hard Work.
that she bad hoed while he sleyit. and
"What do you think is Mr. D’Auber's that she bad failed to find any burled
greatest work?"
treasure.—Milton Standard.
“Selling the pictures be paints,”—
Cleveland Treader.
Ckaaee to Prove Hl
The herring catch off the shores of
England represents 415,000,000 annu
ally.
Hhe—1 would never marry a max
who was a coward.
He—About bow brave would It Ire
necessary for him to be In order to wla
your approval?
Here la a chance for aome man to
Hhe—Well, he’d have to have courage
make fifty million dollars in a few enough
to—sr—propose. — Cutes»*
minutas; marry Helen Gould.
News
If you want to make a msn trouble
In s nice, polite way, let him have ths
distribution
of
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tickets