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When they get to making print paper
from corn stalks the paper trust will
have the pith taken out of It
Sixty years from now the country Is
. likely to be full of old men who will
boast that they once caddled for Rockefeller.
mm1 for the government to make ltl
law practicable by assisting the hos
pitals, and for the capitalists to keep
workmen sound and healthy. The lee
son from this Is not an argument In fa
vor of obligatory Insurance, but a deep
er lesson, the value to society of the life
of a man and the great return on the
Investment of money spent to prevent
and cure disease.
Why docs Dr. Wiley encourage the
people to cat pie? Does he think the
country Is In danger of becoming over-populuted?
Rev. "Ammunition" Smith reports
that the Japanese are "boorish on street
cars." We cannot consistently make
this habit a cbbus belli.
Most people, when they receive a
telegram, are so excited over It . that
they never stop to think that it Is be
ing handed them by a trust
Mark Twain slaved royalty on the
back unrebuked. Mark probably was
Simply trying to get a Joke Into Ed
ward's head by way of the spinal column.
A Ports editor speaks of "the re
markable slowness of the United States
In building the Panama canal." He
was careful not to say "unprecedent
ed" slowness.
A New York man has Invented a boat
that Is expected to cross the Atlantic
ocean In thlrty-slx hours. There will
probnhly not be much spooning oil the
decks of that craft
A St. Louis Judge has rendered a de
cision to the effect that a ball player
Is a laborer. We have seen a number
who would undoubtedly make success
ful bodcarrlers with a little Judicious
coaching.
A Canadian paper says It would do
this country good to receive a sound
thrashing. That Is about the only kind
this country Is likely to get, the sound
belne -produced by people who talk
much and think little.
A rag doll over 2,000 years' old Is
said to have been dug up by an archae
ologist. We shudder to think of what
future archaeologists will thluk of us
when they dig up n Teddy bear a few
thousand years from now.
A rittsburg woman wants a divorce
because her husbuud thought bean soup
was all she ought to eat If he wants
another wife after the courts have
granted iiiin his freedom It might pay
him to look around In Boston.
More Uvea have been lost by acci
dents on American warships In the past
two years than were lost in the navy
during the war with Spain. Sixty-one
officers and men have been killed In the
navy by accidents In the past four
years, which Is imany times more than
the destruction In the navy during the
war of 1898. In the past ten years 323
officers and men have been killed In ex
plosions end other sorts of mishaps
on six or eight vessels. What has been
the cause of all of this destruction
carelessness, lack of skill, or defects
In the guns or the machinery? A serv
ice periodical named the Navy, in an
article published before the recent ex
plosion In the turret of the Georgia,
Intimates that the American war ves
sols are not quite so formidable as they
look. It says there are defects in the
guns, In the machinery which works
them, and In the hulls which carry
them. As the war vessels of other na
tions, however, have had similar or
worse mishaps, the defects, If there be
any, must be widely extended. News
papers and public men are not quite bo
free In the European countries "In ex
pressing their views about the armies
or navies of their own lands as they
are In the United States, and this reti
cence probably conceals many things
which. If disclosed, would disturb the
public. Occasionally, however, even In
Germany, as seen from two 'books print
ed in the past year or two, Inside In
formation Is divulged about the army
and the navy which shows that the
greatest of the world's military powers
has defects In both of the fighting arms
of Its service which show that the
United States does not stand alone In
this unpleasant relation. But In both
army and navy the United States needs
a closer approach to perfection than
any of the other great nations. Out
army Is smaller than that of any second-class
power of Europe. Although
the length of our coast line would ren
der It necessary for us to have as large
as navy as England's, we are .far be
hind England In fighting power on the
water, and also far behind France. Man
for man and ship for ship, we need a
better army and better navy than any
other country in the world, so as to
partly make up In quality what we
lack In quantity. The attainment ot
this standard of excellence should be
Insisted upon by the American people.
A remarkable story comes from Ok
lahoma. A young man, sturdy and In
dustrious, found a young woman's
namo and address written on a box
of blackberries shipped from a distant
county. He did not Btart a correspond
ence with her and they were not mar
ried.
Mexico Is falling Into line with the
centennial celebrutlon procession. Pres
ident Diaz Is arranging to commemo
rate the one hundredth anniversary of
the beginning of tho revolt against
Spain which led ultimately to the In
dependence of the republic. The cele
bration will begin on September 15,
1010.
A man who had been away for fifteen
years and whose wife had In the mean
time married again, returned to his
home at Steubcnvllle, Ohio, the other
day. As noon ns the second husbund
tinw how things were he walked out
tho back door, promising never to re
turn. Another Enoch Ardea story
polled.
The other day a brUle stepped from
her father's house, ran the gauntlet of
flying rice and old shoes, and reached
the carriage. She was about to enter
wiicn an old shoe, hurled by a guest,
truck one of the horses. He plunged
and frightened his mate. The pair ran,
and the bride began her nappy life
with a broken leg. In time we shall
outgrow the thirteenth century style
of humor which leads us to add dis
comfort and embarrassment. If not dan
ger, to nerve-trying ceremony.
PROPER BREATH INO.
Hon Eaaentlnl than a Beautiful
Voice for Perfect Slnarlnv.
I cannot too forcibly Insist that the
mere possession of a lovely voice li
only the basis of vocal art. Nature oc
casionally startles one by the prodl-
gallty of her gifts, but no student hat
any right to expect to sing by Inspira
tion any more than an athlete may ex
pect to win a race because he Is nat
urally fleet of foot.
Methods of breathing, "attack" and
the use of registers must all be per
fectly understood by the successful
singer, who should likewise be com
plete master of all details relating to
tile structure and use of those part
above the voice box and be convinced
of the necessity of a perfectly control
led chest expansion In the production
of tone.
For perfect singing, correct breath
ing, strange as It may sound, Is even
more essential than a beautiful voice.
No matter how exquisite the vocal or
gan may be, Its beauty cannot bo ade
quately demonstrated without propel
breath control. Here Is one of the old
Italian secrets which many singers ol
to-day wholly lack, because they art
unwilling to give the necessary ttint
for the full development of breathing
power and control.. Phrasing, tone,
resonance, expression, all depend upon
respiration, and, In my opinion, inusl
cal students, even when too young to
be allowed the free use of the voice,
should be thoroughly taught the princi
ples of breathing. Nellie Melba In
Century.
Life Insurance In Germany has had
the astonishing effect of Increasing the
tenure of life among Its beneficiaries.
A German law, originally designed to
protect the atate from pauperism re
sulting from Invalidity, provides that
very workuiau must Insure himself
against Illness, Half the premium,
which Is small. Is paid by the employer,
It was soon found that In some Indus
tries many workers developed consump
tion and were Incapacitated. The suc
cess of the whole scheme of obligatory
Insurance was threatened. As a purely
economic matter it became necessary
to protect workmen against consump
tion and to provide hospitals for the
cure o the dlaeaaa. It wu "good bus!
To test the qualities of a submarine
electric light a diver at Aberdeen, Scot
land, descended twenty feet In muddy
water, taking a newspaper and the
light down with him. While seated on
an anchor at the bottom of the harbor
he read aloud ten minutes to the men
above, . the words being conveyed
through the telephone In his helmet.
The paper was held elghteeu Inchet
from the lamp.
What the Oowa Coat.
Gtadys PId that dress cost
much?
Her Married Sister Oh, no, dear.
Only one good cry. Philadelphia
qulrer.
henever you hear a conversation
In a foreign tongue. It seems thst some
thing might; Interesting Is escaping.
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RELIGION IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.
By Rev. Amos Judsoit Bailey.
The Industrial triumvirate Is composed of
the employers, the employes, and the public,
with the government as a fourth party, whose
duty It Is to see that all rights are respected
and all responsibilities are faithfully dis
charged. The interests of these three parties
are co-ordinate. There Is no defense of one
party against other parties. A recognition
of the equal rights of the three parties does
not take from the employers the rights of ownership as
commonly Interpreted. But It does emphasize the ele
ment of stewardship In the Interpretation of the rights
nd responsibilities of ownership.
If there are those who do not want to accept the gos
pel plan of conduct for the Industrial triumvirate be
cause they do not want to "love" the other parties of
the triumvirate, let them say so, and then not complain
of Industrial strife. There is no alternative; It must be
Industrial righteousness or industrial strife. The call
of the gospel Is to those who love righteousness and hate
strife. And for the saving of Industry as for the saving
of a man the call of the gospel Is "whosoever will." The
success of righteousness does not depend on the number
of those who indorse it, but on the loyalty of those who
appeal te It. The code of Jesus applied to Industries will
not help men to get rich and at the same time to treat
other men as euemles. But men whose first ambition
Is to make friends of all other men, as they have op
portunity and as they are able, will find with the wealth
of such friendship there will be added all the wealth
that earth can give and heaven approve. Because the
gospel offers Industrial peace, men can secure It It Is
worth the effort.
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- W.F,'W
CULTIVATE SELF-ESTEEM.
By Juliet V. Strauss.
Nobody's life 'is a failure unless
he himself considers It s6. If it
suits him, that is all that Is neces
sary. A mnu may be a bore, he may
be utterly useless and Inefficient, or
he may be uuendurably officious and
ojways bobbing up at the wrong
time, but so long as he doesn't know
It he Is fortunate above everybody
else.
pS' -vvI iyYj There la a certain class of people
nifiiii In nt limit ia whom I often think are more to he
juuet v. stbauss. envied than any others, and that la
they who are hopelessly bad form and do not know It
They are handsome, they are elaborate, they are stylish.
What more could be desired? 'Their-serenity In coldly
tramping down all the unwritten laws of good taste is a
terror to beholders, and has a humorous side calculated
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to make a cow laugh. There Is only one sort of person
who la funnier, and that Is one who Is Just as hopelessly
good form. Some form Is so 'good that It Is bad, and
people who are afflicted with this laborious sort are truly
ponderous. Their efforts are as unlike the consummate
social grace of those to the manner born as Is the play
ing of the persou we used to call a "bumble puppy" at
whist to that of the real whist player. The "bumble pup
py," however, Is all right, because he thinks he Is.
It Is only when we become a little bit doubtful of our'
own success that we begin to be pitiable, and people kick
us from pillar to post People like Impudence; they like
duplicity; they like vanity; they like display. If you
are meek and modest, mild and meritorious, Just get
ready to turn the other cheek, for. you will have reason
to do so. .
If the thought that perhaps, after all, yon are not the
smartest thing In town begins to creep Into your deluded
cranium, expel It, as you would any other poisonous sen
timent Remember you are the center of the universe,
and let that thought console you; give your hat a little -tilt
over your nose and step out-Jauntlly, for If you slink,
somebody will throw a rock at you or tie a tin can to'
your coat tall.
DIV0ECE AND ALIMONY.
By Margaret S. Harris..
As a rule it Is true that when a woman gets
a divorce from her husband -he' wants him
still to support her. The Judges do wrong In
encouraging such actions. In some special
cases alimony Is all right, but In most It
not, especially when there are no children.
A woman should have too much pride and
self-respect to want a man whom she will Dot
live with to support her. It Is unfair to break
up a man's home and then ask him to support a person
who decliues to live with him. ; . .
As a rule, women are selfish. One reason for it Is that
a wotnuu who does the same work as a man gets only
half the pay for It and so the women want the men to
even it up. The tendency of late years Is for humanity
to become more and more selfish. Another thing to be
deplored Is the great number of suits for breach of
promise. It looks as though she had a market price set
ou her affections when she asks for. money because her .
love la slighted. Whenever a man Is sued for breach of
promise he should feel thankful that he did not marry
the woman. If be has to pay her money he can feel that
"the loser Is the winner." Such things avor too much
of blackmail or a hold-up scheme.
There would be so much selfishness among either men
or women If we were not living In a mad scramble for
wea'th. "Do others or they will do you" Is too much the
business motto of to-day.' We all belong to the human
family and we should treat our fellows more as brother:
and sisters. If we did so life would be more worth lln
living than it Is at present
LOVE UNDER DIFFICULTIES. j
Cnpid'a Taak la Not a Pleasant One
tn Spain ad Italy.
That all the world loves a lover has
been evidenced by the world-wide in
terest that has been manifested in the
courtships and marriages which have
recently taken place in leading official
circles of this country and In royal cir
cles abroad. Every movement of the
happy persons Involved In these Inci
dents has afforded entertainment for
the world at large.
Undoubtedly tho lot of the American
lover Is the happiest of all. We hoar
a great deal of the romance of Spanish
love-making, of serenades and whis
pered conversations, of fan talk and
the flashing of dark eyes from the
shuttered balcony above.
But tho Spanish or Italian lover
would tell you that this Is all moon-
slUne and that there Is mighty little
romance In leaning against a wall tn
draughty, narrow street, with the
mistral, or the , levanter which at
home we know prosaically enough as
the east wind cutting one's liver Into
sole leather and driving through the
thickest cloak that the local tailor can
turn out
And this Is what the Spanish or Ital
ian lover has to put np with. It Is
not the custom to Invite him In to tea.
and pretty well until the banns are up
he Is expected to do all bis lovc-mak
Ing from the curbstone. So It happens
that a Spanish street at night Is lined
on either hand by mysterious figures.
who appear to be glided against the
white walls like flies on a "catch-cm-
live!"
At flrst, the nervous tourist will but
ton up his coat, and wish he had
brought a revolver with him. The
sight of these dim figures, cloaked to
the eyes, their swarthy faces half cov
ered with soft, slouching felt sombre
ros, recalls to him every villain In ev
ery drama he ha ever seen, and as
the streets echo with their soft whis
perings, he Imagines that they are con
spiring to murder him
But no such thing! Were he an In-
habitant of the town he would soon
recognize the first villain as Pepe Her
rero, the ship brokers' clerk, who Is
desperately In love with Juanlta Anun-
buru, and perhaps. Just a little In Kwre
with the good house property against
which he Is leaning, which will all
come to Juanlta wheu her mother I"
gathered to her ancestors In the whlte-
walled catacombs outside the city.
In the second villain we have young
Enrique De Mollno, son of the proprie
tor of the Hotel D Paris, who Is the
MB. GREENE'S PANAMA EAT.
Papa.
Mamma.
Johnny.
Sister.
Grandma.
AND HOW THE REST OF THE FAMILY MADE USE OF IT.
'querldo" or sweetheart of pretty
Elena De Lus Sierras, only daughter
of the elderly manager of the local
branch of the Banco De Espana ; and
so on.
Let us translate all this love making
Into English, -and here we have, robbed
of a romance which Is only supjiosl
tlous, poor Pepe Herrero, or Joe Smith
which Is the true English of bis
name, as frequent In Spain as It Is in
any other country making the best
love he can to Joan Aranibnru, who
lives in a second story flat at least 30
feet above his bead.
In all sorts of weather Tepe, or Joe,
Is bound to turn up at 8 o'clock every
evening to transmit bis love making
In hoarse whispers to the balcony
whereon his Juanlta stands. If he
mlnnes an evening, winter or summer,
Juanlta will want to know the Reason
why, In Just the same sort of pluln En
glish as' she would If she were Mary
Jones.
And so Joe Smith has courted her
for the last three yeiirs without even
the privilege of kissing that tiny hand
which waves so whltely In the moon
light above.
The Blahop Apologised.
Pr. Temple was wont to rule the dio
cese of Exeter with an Iron hand, and
a tale Is told of a deanery meeting at
which he presided, when the subject
for discussion was 'The Hindrances to
the Spiritual Life of the Diocese." Af
ter the discussion had proceeded for
some tlmeta vicar electrified his audi
ence by declaring that the greatest hin
drance to the full spiritual life was
none other than the bishop himself. "I
repeat It," said the speaker calmly,
"our right reverend father In God Is
very far from being a father to any
ofus. Tour manner toward us," he
continued, turning to the bishop, "Is
hareh In. the extretne, while your meth
od of rule Is this: Yon treat us all, old
and young, as If we were a set of school
boys." This bold statement drew from
the bishop an apology, and he explain
ed that beneath" his brusqueness of
manner was a very genuine sympathy
with the work of all the clergy. This
Impeachment created the more sensa
tion In the meeting because It came
from a son of Dr. Temple's predecessor,
the famous Henry of Exeter. West
minster Gazette. r.:
Too Rapid Growth.
The minister's 0-year-old son Is of
very critical, literal turn of mind.
and his father's sermons sometimes
puzzle him sorely. lie regards his fath
er us the embodiment of truth and wis
dom, hut he hasdlHiculty la harmoniz
ing we aonunies pulpit utterances
with the world as It reallv Is. His nnr-
ents encourage hliu to express his opin
ions, and clear up his doubts as much
as possible. So one Sunday at dinner,
after a long period of thought, they
were not surprised when he said, grave
ly, Papa, yon said one thing In your
sermon to-day that I don't think la so
at all."
"Well, what's that my bov?" asked
the clergyman.
"Why, papa, you said the hov t
to-day Is the man of to-morrow.' That's
too soon." ,
The Names of Tea.
We talk glibly about Pekoe. Rohen.
etc., but few people have any Idea of
what these names signify. v
"Pekoe," In the dialect of
means "white hair," for the tea which
bears this name Is made from the
youngest leaves, so young that the
white down Is still on them.
"Soochong," In the same dialect la
a quite unpoetlc name; It merely sig
nifies "small kind."
"Flourishing spring" Is the meaning
of "Hyson."
"Congo" signifies "labor;" much trou
ble and toll are expended In Its prep
aratldn at Amoy, and these are com
memorated In Mm name.
"Bohea" Is called after a range of
bills. Portland Journal
Every old timer will tell yon there
Isn't much grace In the modern dance.