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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1903)
f" '" - 1 , ;, f nppLY AMAZED ENGLISHMAN Bohemia Nugget howahd imowK, ruba. .COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON. ' jTlio bfltli tut) In n foe to pessimism. Possesslon Is nine points of the law ami self-possession Is tno.,ptlier,onp. -M"lio magnetic nccdlo points to 'tho pole, but, unfortnnntcly. It Is unablo tjpolnt out n comfortnblo route. Tlio unfortunnto mnn that nto $100 Inpnpcr currency must lmve bceu nc customed to patent brcnkfnst food. fit Is Bnld tbnt Zola made $1, 500,000 .writing books.' What n power he inTght have been ns a captain of Indus i?T Let us hopo Mr. Itockefcller may not have a chance to pay that $1,000,000 for a new Btomach. Oil Is high enough uow. Tho professor who can discover a scrum that will prevent train disasters enn bo assured of the public's grati tude. There Is no stopping these American girls. One of them has decided to take Lord Ilosobery for a husband, and that settles It A high German official has commit ted suicide to avoid being snubbed. Some people take snubs altogether too seriously. Inventor Marconi modestly disap proves of the Idea of calling them mar conlgrams. Up to date this Is the best argument In Its favor. Eleven million men In the United States are available for military scr- vice, several of whom know which end of a gun Is the business cud. Editorial notice (In magazine of tho near future) Owing to the press of advertising matter, tho literary fea tures have been omitted for this month. The Supreme Court of Minnesota has decided that advertisers must tell the truth. Truly, this Is putting a curb on fancy In one Deld of literary en deavors. Seven billions of cigars, or nearly 100 for every man, woman and child In the country, are consumed In the United States annually unless the statisticians are lying about It The Oregon Senate proposes to stop the circulation of newspapers which mako a specialty of reporting crimes. Here Is a good place for Dr. Farkburst to start his uplifting enterprise. Is the novel to disappear? Is the question propounded In a current re view. Toople-who have been reading. the latest examples of historical ro mance will be disposed to maintain that It has disappeared already. The spectacle of two women under arrest for embezzlement Is Interesting from its rarity. It Is to the credit of lovely woman that, though she may nnd frequently does steal her employ ers heart she very rarely robs him of the money Intrusted to her care. The greatest public service a news. paper can perform Is faithfully nnd accurately to publish all facts of pub lic Interest This Is not only a right It Is a duty. And he who would re strain the liberty of the press In the exercise of the right and performance of the duty Is an anachronism, a curi ous survival of an age when manhood shrank before tyranny and freedom was yet a pretty dream. Rear Admiral Selfrldge has no fear that a proper naval force would over lead this country to go with a chip on the national shoulder. Those who op pose a reasonable naval and land de fense, ought, If consistent to eschew bolts, locks and other handrances to the' Invasion of their bouses. It Is not ordinarily considered that the suitable protection of a home Is an Invitation to attack, or a stimulus to offensive pride. representative mcey or iown op poses the plan of naming new Stales after famous Americans; he recalls that It was once proposed to name Col orado, and subsequently one of the Da Kotos, ror Auraunm Lincoln, just us "Jefferson" has now been suggested for Oklahoma. Congress refrained, he believes wisely, from making the change. A statement that "Lincoln is leading In gold" or "In the front rank as a wheat producer" would not sound In harmony, he thinks, with the asso ciations that cluster about the name of that great American. Each State should bave an appellation that Is distinctive. The Indian words have served the pur pose admirably. To gain admission to the first func tion given In tho splendid house built by a leader of Boston society, one re. porter disguised himself as a waiter, another masqueraded as a musician, and a third stood n ladder against the wall, and from the top of it tried to tako note of the happenings within the house; yet this was In no sense a pub lie festival and the proceedings con cerned nouo but tho hostess and her guests. A certain type of newspaper man defends his intrusions by pleading that "readers aro curious." Are they so curious as that? Suppose they ure. Must the manager of a newspaper obey when Paul Try commands him :to help htm play the eavesdropper? When a man has money and no occu pation; has been everywhere and seen everything, nnd Is bored from tho time he gets up till bedtime, ho Is called; blase. Sometimes ho buys a gun and ends It; or ho takes to absinthe, which, Is a slower way. It Is Impossible to arouse" or enthuse htm. Isn't tho bulk of humanity getting a touch of that feeling? It Is a sort of fat, lazy sensa tion, and It Isn't good for us. For In stance; The other day Marconi sent wireless ,?4($jfflgCS,, SP'fl- President fRboWelt 'tqjingTEdjWarl, across tlw 'in 'say aj tcalllng a messenger boy, and much more prompt. The pursers of two ocean vessels, separated by llfty miles of heaving wares, played chess by the nld of tho Marconi Invention. The gamo was most enjoynblo and un interrupted. It was enlivened by wire, less conversation, and the loser con gratulated the winner. You would think that this Yankee nation would build bonfires and sit upon Its hind legs nnd whoop at such a marvelous feat. It did nothing of the kind. It was scarcely Interested. One New York nowspnper gave tho affair loss than half the space that was accorded to a woman who had accumulated sev en husbands, and ns for pictures, the woman had the best of It by n ratio of two columns to nothing. It Is doubt ful If there has been an Inrontlou that will exceed In Importance tho one made practical by Marconi. It Is worth all the enthusiasm that can be arousod over It, nnd any honor that this nation can show to the author of It should be his by right. When the steamer St. IauiIs limped Into port days behind schedule time, and tears of Joy rained down the cheeks of those who feared thoy had lost loved ones, a few per sons 'at least realized that no amount of money" could equal In value an In vention that makes It possible to con vey Information without wires, through storm and fogs, to the friends safe on land. Tho celebration of centenaries, which began vigorously In this country In 187B, with the centenary of the battle of Lexington, aud has been proceed ing at a lively rate ever since. Is be lieved by some good people - to be growing tiresome, and tbey call for a halt. If the practice Is stopped, It will be because formal celebrations have become monotonous, not because the list of Important centenaries has reached an end. The year 1803 was prolific of events deserving of recol lection if not of celebration. So far as the United States Is concerned the greatest event of 1803 was the Louisi ana purchase. That transaction dou bled the original area of the nation nnd confirmed Its destiny of grandeur to which the revolution only opened the way. The territory thus peace fully acquired by President Jefferson from France for the nominal sum of $15,000,000, or less than $12 n square mile, extended from the Gulf of Mex ico to Canada and from the Mississip pi to the Hocky Mountains. Jefferson made the purchase without authority, and there were critics who denounced his act as fatal to the constitution. The Louisiana Purchase Centenary will be duly celebrated at St. Louis by a world's fair projected upon such a scale that It cannot be got ready till 1004. Ohio was admitted to statehood on the 10th of February, 1803. It was In the same year that the Miami Ex porting Company opened the first bank In Cincinnati. The twelfth amendment to the constitution of the United States wna submitted to tne States for ratification or rejection oa the 12th of December, 1803. It reme died a defect In the electoral system relating to the choice of Presidents, which had been laid bare by the nar row escape from trouble when Burr Instead of Jefferson might have been made chief executive of the nation in 1801. There are some people who sup pose strikes to be of very recent origin. They are wrong. New York City had Us first experience of a labor strike In 1803. A number of sailors de manded an advance from $10 a month to $14, and marched about the city compelling other sailors to Join tbem. New York was a small place then. Its population in 1800 had been 00,000. The strike and the violence accom panying It created consternation till Its leaders were arrested by consta bles and lodged In Jail. IS EVERY INCH A SOLDIER. Ruaalan Man-at-Arme Looks Like Horn and llretl Fighter. In the summer gardens the most con spicuous figures are the army olllcers In their white caps and long, light, blue gray military coats. The Itusslan values a uniform, but really uniforms are so numerous at the places of popu lar resort that It Is a distinction not to be seen In one. At Pavlosk, a suburb of St Petersburg, where you will find the same life and diversity of classes as at Manhattan beach. It seemed to me that half the men wore uniforms. To put It to a test, I counted tho first ten men who sauntered past. Six of them wore otlleers' garb. The propor tion seemed unnatural, and I counted ten more. Nine of them were otlleers. was told that Held evolutions near there partly accounted for their pres. ence In such numbers, It would not be such a wild guess, however, to say that of all Russians who can read and write the majority are In officers' unl forms or In the civilian service of the government. The Itusslan soldiers, as I have seen them, Impress me ns the most formid able looking body of men on the conti nent They have no great appearance of dash, but they look as If they would go wherever they were sent, ns If they would fight longer than It was sensible to fight, and as if, even In flight, they would show their teeth. They seem like men who would march for days with little or no food, and would render about as good an acount of themselves when things were going ngalnst them as when tilings were going their way. Their physique is striking In Its ap pearance of strength and endurance, and their faces are singularly good-natured. The effectiveness of such an army would depend on how It was led. should not trust all the Itusslan offi cers I have seen with Important com mands. There Is an element among them that Impresses you moro with their amiability, their fondness for case and the creature comforts and their Judgment ns to n pretty faep than with their probable quality at strategy or grand tactics. New York Mall and Express. Look lii sr for It Cheap. Dentist "Now, do yojiiwant, to take gas?" Countryman "wai, 1'guoss as uow gasoline would be cheaper," Jailers must lead a painful existence It wo may Judgo by. tho number of fcl- ,qns they have on.tlie.lr hands. Pride makes one man' ridiculous and prevents another from appearing so. i "REIGN Or ELOQUENCE IS PASSING," or Juilae Honesty, courage, Intelligence nnd health are necessary to marked success even In commercial .....clli tvln.i-n Mill nltlltlllliellt of lUOIU'V Is tllC 1 only thing desired. In the i...... ..,. ,1,1,1 in these the management of the people nnd skill nlong the The successful lawyer must have ns excess buggago ease of expression and ,m iniletlimhle adaptability for throwing oneself wholly into the concerns of another. Hut, most of nil, he ,.,,,o. i.. i,... itir in-K iinssess business ability. The 1. r..i 1.,,,-vo,. i. , iv im lii nf to the buluoss man. The reign of eloquence Is passing, If not altogether gone. It is of assistance still, but not In dispensable. Juries yawn before flery oratory, nnd the upper courts now reverse cases because JEALOUSY AN ABUSED SENTIMENT. Or Paola ftontttaita, Italian Protestor. Jealousy Is a constitutional psychological mal ady, aud when born In one Is dlltlcult to conquer. It poisons the dearest Joys of life; It penetrates iuto nil the pores of the skin. Every diop of water Is saturated with Its venom; It Impreg nates every mouthful of bread. It transforms the man who loves Into a soldier, always In arms, his ear strained, his eye alert. The Jealous man carefully watches, he always doubts, always suf ! A fers, lie nucstlons the past, the present, caress he seeks n falsehood. In a kiss hypocrisy. What a life of torment! Jealousy not being nu elementary psychic phenomenon, but a variable mixture, tnkes dltTormt ethnic forms ns numerous ns they are varied. The Jealousy of a number of oriental peoples Is familiar. Of all Europeans the Ital ians, Spaniards, and, above all, the Portuguese, are the most Jealous. In America the Brazilians are tho most Jeal ous. Jealousy Is necessarily stronger In polygamous peo ples than among monogamous. And Just ns It has already dlmiulshed In the monogamous society It will tend to de crease In the future, when marriage will no longer be sanctified without love, when the choice will always be reciprocal, when every trace of hypocrisy shall have dis appeared from the telntlous of the sexes. Can we love any one more dearly than our children? Certainly not. Yet we are not Jenlous of those who lovo them, although father and mother with sublimity vie with each other as to who can love them the most Love your companion In love In the same way. But this Is vain coun sel, words thrown to the wind. FEDERAL AID NEEDED IN HIGHWAY. DEVELOPMENT. Cy Representative Walter P. Brownlow of Tennessee. The fact that the United States government has taken no substantial part In building or maintaining public hlghwnys In this country for the last two generations Is accepted by many people as final proof that the general government is forbidden, either by constitutional limitations or by sound public' pi.''?y-t from engaging In nny juch Internal Improvement. On the other hand it should be noted that no system of public highways was ever tained In any country without jthe substantial aid of the general government The almost universal lack of Im provement In our public road system Is directly referable to the fact that we have had no well established nattonnl road policy. Those who have done most to agitate for permanent improvement!) have found that the farmers of tho country have almost Invariably been opposed to any general and durable roads; although It Is generally con- LONDON WOMAN INSPECTORS "They Are Trained for Duty and Fltl Important Poate. In view of the recent victory of wom an principals here In the struggle for recognition In the selection of the high er officers of the school system. It Is In terestlng to look abroad and see how the "weaker sex" are faring In their endeavors to obtain a footing In post tlons from which tbey have hitherto been excluded In London. On Jan. 15 a meeting was held by the Llnnaean Society to discuss whether women should be admitted to fellowship. A circular having been sent to the mem bers requesting votes on the question, 301 answered favoring their admission, 120 negatived it, whllo 313 were still to be heard from. The Botanic Society already admits them. As sanitary Inspectors women are rapidly gaining ground In London, Tbey were utilized as Inspectors of the slums of the overcrowded city of Glasgow many years ago, but It was not until 1893 that London followed the exam ple. The vestry of Kensington appoint ed two In tbnt year. They have been found such a success that there are now twenty-two women employed In that capacity under the borough coun cils, at salaries ranging from $100 to $750 a year. The work consists In the inspection of all public places where women work, Including homes where they take In outside work, tenement house visiting, and last, but by no means least, the Investigation of causes of Infectious disease. These Inspectors must be trained and undergo an exam ination before being eligible for a berth. Their training embraces the study of physics nnd chemistry In rela tion to air, water, soil and vegetation, also municipal hygiene nnd building construction. IRELAND'S JOAN OF ARC Maud Oonne to Wed an Irlaliiuan Who Fought with the lloera. Announcement Is made of the be trothal In France of Maude Gonnc, tho Irish Joan of Arc aud the fair high priestess of Irish revolution, nnd Major John McBrlde, who with tho Ameri can, Col, John Y. Fillmore Blake, com manded the Irish brigade In South Af rica during the Boer war. Miss Goune for moro than a decade has been a strong and ardent champion of Irish Independence nnd Is well known In this country, where sho has lectured in favor of tho cause bo dear to her. Most of her time slnco she became a champion of Ireland has been spent in France, and In Paris she con ducts a paper in advocacy of her prin ciples. She was not always an Irish sympa thizer. Sho was horn In Dublin, the daughter of an Irishman of aristocrat ic lineage, and who once held the post of military attacho to the British em bassy at St, Petersburg. Tho misery and distress which sho saw on every side In Ireland greatly Impressed her compassionate heart, but, during tho Hfetlmo of her parents bIio wns held In check by their loyal sentiments. When, however, sho found herself at ho age of 10 an orphan and possessed Katanash, of Chlcaio. more, tlinii nnv other The real reason ment, he would lu learned professions to bear. If not greater than he Is able to bear. learning, met In Considering tills In the rural districts, road building Is croatcst nsxlstauce necessary burden The United States some definite policy and responsibility or it. are seeing In the should be repeated to the highways. What members their constituencies districts. There are Improved. uient has already roud-bulldltiK. and the future. In n to Congress through indifference, In love proprlated for the TRUSTS' RIGHTS There subject torested number prosperity, have solicited our business. As a matter of and the name Is and It carries an common use. The country has Arab has for an Ifrlt hood. And were would have supreme might arise. Tho of corporate power corporations themselves. Because of this of the day to assail the public mnn who favor runs the risk built up or main cleared. The corporations have their rights, ns the hull vlduals have theirs. protect them In their and sold them tno ness. We continue shape of taxes, for tection of our laws. of a goodly Inheritance, she decided to devote her life to tho amelioration of tho conditions surrounding her. She would go among the evicted tenants, preaching to them the necessity of ral lying to the cause of home rule. That her labors were effective Is proved by tho fact that the British government Issued nn order for her arrest She tied to France before the arrest could he 1IISS MAUD OONNE. made. She has often visited Ireland since, but has not bceu molested. Miss Gouuo Is a beautiful woman and is n forcible writer and lecturer. Major Mcllrldo Is n native of County Mayo, Ireland, and slnco the close of tho Boer war has been living In France. CHEF GET8 A BIG 8ALARY. KIhk Hdword's Cook Itecelvca Stipend Kqual to that of llank I'reeldcnt, The chef who perparcs the food for the table of King Edwatd of England receives as largo n salary as docs an admiral of a fleet or a lieutenant gen eral of the army. Every year ho draws from the royal exchequer the handsome sum of $10,000. The man who nt pres ent occupies the post Is n native of southern Franco and his name Is Monti ger. Ills age is about -10 and he Is con sidered, at least by King" Edward, the most capahlo chef In the world. So great a culinary artist Is not ex pected to produce three masterpieces In one day, so he has nothing to do with the king's breakfast He arrives at Buckliibnm pnlaco from his private resldcnco near by in a hansom nt about 11 o'clock. In a large, sunny kitchen, overlook ing the lawns, he receives the lunch eon carte, drown up by Lord Farquhar, and his work begins. First of nil he or ders what will bo required and tho mas ter of tho kitchen sees that all the ar ticles como In, checks each Item and then sends tho account to Sir Nigel Klugscote, the paymaster, who writes out a check In payment After luncheon Is served M, Mcnager i. .1 A "Mil ""Si I ceded that the farmers would bo benelHed ns much, If not class of people by such roads. for the farmer's objection Is found In Hie fact that, according to the ordinary scheme of Improve eal led unou to nay tho entire muiien o cost; which he Intuitively feels to bo greater than he ought long continued opposition by the peoplo mid the lack of policy on the part o: the general government, nnd especially considering that undoubtedly n public duty whlcli resi upon the government In some form. It seems clear tbnt tho farmers are entitled to some assistance In bearing the of cost to Improve the public highway government should step forward with and assume some share of the burden which Is necessary to produce n creiut. able system of public highways. What we have seen and development of rural free mall delivery In the mutter of permanent luiprovomnls of Congress want Is nn expression from showing what Is desired In the scvera many rural districts which have no great rivers, or grent harbors, or great cities which entitle them to public buildings; but there Is no district nut lias many tulles of public roads whlcli need to be permanently It Is a remarkable fact that the United States govern appropriated $1,000,000 to Porto lllco for another $1,000,000 to the Philippine isi anils; nnd the Secretary of War has Just made nu appeal the President of the United Stntes, who strongly Indorses Hint appeal, to have $3,000,000 ap use of the Philippine government AND RIGHTFUL USES. By Franklin Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, has been much discussion of late on the of trusts, nnd New Jersey Is largely In In the matter by reason of the largo of corporations organized under her Inws. The fees nnd taxes from these corpora tions nre sufficient to pay the annual expenses of the State, to pay a largo proportion of the cost of our public education, nnd to leave a handsomo surplus besides. Other States, envious of our copied our laws, reduced their fees, aud fact, there are few, If any, real trusts, given promiscuously to large corporations of all kinds, especially If composed of a combination of a number of smaller concerns. It Is a wrong use of the term unjust Inference, but It has come Into no moro occasion for alarm than the or we have for the ogre of our child the sltuntlon really threatening, I still faith In the ability of the people of the country to protect themselves In any emergency that danger Is not to the people from the greed asserting Itself unwisely, but to the alleged danger It has become the rnslilon corporations on general principles, nnd Is bold enough to sny n word In their or bitter criticism ns to his motive, as If It were a crime to be n stockholder and Immoral to be the friend of a stockholder. It Is time the air should be We undertako here In New Jersey to rlghtB. We have token their money cnnriers under which tney do ineir nusi to take their monsy ench year In tho which wo give them the continued pro retires once more, to reappear nt o'clock, when the great event of the day the preparation for dluner com indices. That over, the nrtlst Is free for the evening. It Is worth noting that he owes his enviable post solely to hard work and genius, for the cook, like the poet is born, not made. An additional Interest nttaches to this culinary auto. crat because of the encouragement lie gives to women cooks. It hns always been said that women cannot attain to great heights as cooks and creators of dishes, nnd Hint Just as they fall to excel In music, poetry and painting tliey fail also In the higher mysteries of cooking. It Is very Inter estlng to learn on the testimony of the king's cook that tills Is no longer true, however true It may have been for merly. HE LOVED HER JUST THE SAME. llli Antic Were Not Due to Any De- rntigcincilt of Ilia Affection. It was 0:31) o'clock In the drawing room of the home of Miss Clara Ann htreleh. As the last notes of tho piano died nwny the young lady in question suddenly whirled around and gazed long and fixedly nt the agitated eoun tenanee of her embarrassed fiance. "Mr. Miilnspokc," she said, bitterly, "this Is too much. When you first came In this evening It was evident to me that you Intended to provoke a quarrel. There was a marked cool ness In your manner, and as we sat on the sofa together you edged awoy and Insisted upon ehnnglng to n chair. Even there, however, you were not contented, but you suddenly arose nnd I eniight you glancing nt tho clock. Several times 1 saw you start to pace the floor as If something wns on your liiliid, nnd now, when at your request l piny your favorite air on tho piano, I catch you trying to mimic me behind my back. This has gone fnr enough, If, sir, you wish to break off the en. gagement, you have only to speak. Let there be no further shillyshally. Ins." James Malnspoke loved tho Indlg. limit girl before lilm better than his life, suys the" Now York Times, and ho became conscious that unless ho told the plain truth she wns lost to him forever. "Darling," he said, his face suffused wltli bluslics, 'If you must know. I hnvo on a suit of brnnd-uow under- wear." Also Her Prloca. Pilttl's voice nt CO may not bo all II used to be, but If Bbe comes over here It will bo found, no doubt, that her din morula retain nil their pristine splen dor. Boston Globe. British Hwcots Welcome Colored sweets of British manufac ture may now bo Imported Into Turkey, It hns taken nearly two years to per suado the Turkish authorities that such sweets contain nothing Injurious. Useful Dog Aiiilmluiioo. A dog ambulance Is llkelv to bo ph. tabllshcd shortly In connection with the llrltUU military service. Mngerlnu Kusplclon In Ilia Mind that Hhe Poked Fun at lllm, "Tim conversational versatility of your American girls astonishes tne, said tho Englishman who was up- pronchlng the close of his first month In Now York. "Not only do I Hud that In society the young women hnvo quickness of perception nnd readiness nf i-minrli.tv hut I hnVO found that In tho downtown restaurants, whero girls nre employed as waitresses, they aro extremely handy with their re torts." "Been trying two Jolly 'em n bit, eh?' snld the college graduate, who was finishing off III Uncle Jim's Wntl street office. "Not nt nll-not nt nil!" replied tho Englishman, hastily. "Sly observa tions are based on what I hear them saying to other men. Tho girls nro quite bright y'know." "What led you to think them other wise?" said the American citizen. "I did not look for tho quality of glllmess In girls of that class," said the man from London. "In eating places on the other sldo tho waitresses never tnlk to you, not even after you have been going to tho restaurant every day for months. Hero In New York It Is vastly different. And they seem to know where you nro from, too. "I went to my usual restaurant to day. There was a new girl at my table, and the one who usually waits on me was a sort of assistant head waitress. Sho came over to the girl at my table before I had a chance to kell what I wanted and said: " 'llrlng the gent n rasher of bacon, -wo eggs, underdone n toasted inullln and ten. Is there anything else?' and she looked at me. 1 said that would be all right, and remarked that the weather was changeable, and what do you think she snldV" "Something equally bright," 1 sup pose." remnrked the college man. The Englishman eyed him a mo ment. "1 wonder If she wns puking fun at me?" he said. "Well, she Just answered: 'We have so many foreign ers In New York we have to have nil kinds of wenther to suit 'em. This Is not our day for English weather, but I hope you won't get tired waiting for your turn." Malt and Express. iWJWiifS All ordinary onk tree raises 120 to ir,() tons of moisture from the earth dur ing a single season. The joungest monarch who ever ns- ended the British throne was Henry VII. He wns eight months and twenty- live days old at his accession. A raindrop one-twenty-llfth of nn Inch In diameter cannot full nt any greater speed than thirteen feet In n second.- lln hull ops rarely exceed one eighth of nu inch In diameter. Originally the common or domestic gnat was a native of the highlands of Asia. Naturalists generally regard It . having descended from an animal ouiul In the Caucasus Mountains nnd ihe hill cnintry of Persia, called In tho I'trslnu language the pesaug. Fancy two plants Iwlng so unfriendly that the mere neighborhood of one Is dtnth to the other! Yet this Is the case with two well-known llrltlsli plants. These ure the thistle and Ihe rape. If the Held Is Infested with thistles, which come up year after year and ruin tho crops, all you have to do Is to sow It with rape. The thistle will be absolute ly annihilated. The use of hard coal has become so common that It Is hard to comprehend how the community could be initialled with soft coal. Yet the available supply of anthracite In America Is so small that unless some other fuel be discov ered, the use of bituminous cost must prevail within seventy-live years at tho most Tho anthracite fields of Penn sylvania will be exhausted within sev cntydlvo years, and there Is no other deposit of the sort In the United States of any Importance. Europe hns very lit tle anthracite. Most of the Welsh coal is bituminous, though tho coal of thu western part of the South Wales Held Is hard coal, China has vast fields, how ever, compared with which our Penn sylvanla field Is but a dot on the map. The China fields underlie forty thou sand square miles In Hunan, Honnn and cast Hhansl. Kduoutlon In Kwodcn. Tho largest school house In tho world, one which has accommodation, for nearly three thousand children, Is claimed by Stockholm. In the base ment aro ono hundred bath rooms, whero the children nro required to bathe If their teachers think they nro Kold coin for the amount designated by not taught habits of cleanliness at' the assay olllco cashier as the nearest home. Soap and towels nre furnished to the desired nmount, receiving there free by tho city. A wholesome dinner for a certificate which, upon prrsentn. Is furnished poor children at noon In tlon ot the assay office, Insures the do. all tho public schools If they need It, as in Norway, whlcli Insures overy child at least ono warm meal each day. Chll-! dren whose parents enn afford to pay, for tho dinner nro charged a nominal price, auu tue personal priuo aim inuo- penuenco or tno aweues compel many people to pay who really cannot nfford ' o uo no. " tho race, says William E. Curtis, who adds: "Swedes abhor charity, and ns rule, If they cannot tnko rare of them selves, will suffer nnd even starve ruth. cr than uccept it. They take care of me.r poor in u generous manner, 1111(1 have asvlums for tho d sensed, tlm' . . . j, . , I nflllcted and distressed, but you sol- dora seo n beggar In Sweden. I visit ed overy part of Stockholm, and did not see a beggar; ono may travel for months in Sweden without being ash ed for alms," Putting It tho Bight Wny. I have no doubt you have heard sonio stories to my discredit," ho said, '1 don't lllto to put It In that way," sho quietly replied. "How theiiV" ho hopefully asked. "I have never heard any storks to your credit," said she, Cleveland Plain -Dealer, If peoplo llko you, don't over start trouble for yourself by asking them Why. When a woman serves cake. sho makes an apology for the froatiiiy T I 4- OLD .. ' . ; ' rWUKI ' " . . ; ; , ; ; J,...H.H.H-r lllow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind. Blow, blow, thou whiter wlnd Thou art not so unkind At miiti'a Ingratitude! Thy tooth U not ao kten, IWcsuae thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude, Holgh hot Slug heigh hot unto the glttn holly I . , Moat friendship la feigning, moat lotlng lucre fully. Then heigh ho, the hollyl This life Is moat Jolly. ITrevis. freeie, thou bitter sky, Thnt (loci not bite so nigh At bcnelHa forgot! Though thou the waters wtrp, Thy atlng la not to sharp At frlumli romemtMrad not. Hrlgh hot Slug ht-lgh liol unto the gritn holly i , , Moat friendship la feigning, moat loving mere folly. Then heigh ho, the hollyl Tide life la moat Jolly. William Hhnkepcare. I.ltlle Thlnua. I.lttle drepa of water, I.lttle grains of and, Maka the mighty ocean And the beautooua land. Aud the little momenta, Humble though they be, Make the mighty agea Of eternity. I.lttle deede of klndnraa, Little worda of love, Make our earth an Eden Like the heaven above. So our little errora Lead the aoul aatray, From the path of virtue Into aln to atray. Utile seeds of merry, Sown by useful hanila. Grow to blrsa the natlone Far la heathen latida. Meet Me tiy Momillulit Alone. .Meet me by moonlight alone, Ami then 1 will tell you a tale Muit lie told by tho moonlight alone, In thu grove at the end of the vale. You niuat proinlae to come, for I aald 1 would allow the night flowera their turn not away thy aweet head, "fia the luvellest ever waa seen. Oh! meet me by moonlight alone, Meet me by moonlight alone. Dajrllght may do for the gay, The thoughtleaa, tho heartleaa, the free, Hut there's something about tho moou'a raya That la sweeter to you and to mo. Ok! rememlpcr, he euru to be there, For though ilearly a moonlight 1 prlte, I care not for all In the air, If I want the aweet light In your eyes. So meet me by moonlight alone. Meet me by moonlight alone. HONEST AND TRUE MONEY. Uncle Pern Uenla Out Tlioiian'nita of Dollnra III New York City. Beueath stout bars guarding n wide arched window In tho United States nssay office. In Wall street, New York, thousands of dollars' worth of llttlo guld bricks, the honest nnd truo kind, pass over' day from Uncle Sam's cof fers to the hands of Jewelers and bank ers. And nil that Uncle Sam charges for tho exchange Is 0 cents on $100 for the amnll ones. The bars Uncle Sam dispenses are of two general sizes, the $5,000 size, for bankers nnd the flM) size for Jewelers, the small size being about an Inch nnd a quarter long, tliree-qunrtcra wide, nnd perhaps half an Inch or less In thickness. Very often they run up to $'J00 or even moro In value. Their size ndapta them to the size of the Jeweler's crucible. As for the banker, he does not melt his gold; ho contents himself with shipping It back and forth across tho ocean. A remarkable feature of tho exchange of legal tender for gold bars Is that one cannot always get Just the amount he wishes. If a Jeweler or hanker wishes $10,000 In gold bullion Uncle Ham gives hint ns near that amount ns he possibly can. It may bo $0,070.50 or $10,000.30, because the bars vary In size and weight, and practical ly all of them have odd cents In their value. Two bars the cashier handed out one day recently were stamped $.'31.70 and $1'.'3.10. In buying gold bars tho purchaser first tells tho cashier at the assay of fice how much he wishes, The cashier comes as near this amount as he can with tho bars on hand, and then tho purchnscr goes next door to tho sub treasury, where he deposits his legal tender, gold certificates, greenbacks or livery of the bars. But before they may bo taken awny the recipient must sign for them In the register, which lies open beneath tho bars of the wldo arched window. Ilrotlior Against Brother. iirother ncnlnat hmiiu.r ,. i, utlcal situation In the light for Con- gross in tho Tenth North Carolina Dls- trlct. Cms.il rinnnrni it a n.i... n'nt Panama camo all the wav to Ai.n. vine, N. 0., to campaign for Ilepro- scutatlvo Moody, who was nominated i,r Mm Honnhiie,. I1B in allniiniul 1 I e. ...... t In tll0 meantime, J. M. Gudger. Jr.. i . . , .. ' ' -iuiou ui imiuwiie, was nincio mo uem- ocrntlc nominee In tho Tenth District Notwithstanding this fact, howover, the consul general spent his thirty flays' leave In making political speeches telling why Moody and not Gudger should ho elected, whllo Gudger, Jr., wns billed extensively nt political ral lies In his own behalf. The light was tho hottest In the Stato nnd tho election tho closest and tho Gudger who Is consul general will go back to his olllco In Panama disap pointed, whllo his brother will como to Congress. Tho Second and Fifth North Caro lina districts will bo represented In tho Fifty-eighth Congress by the Kitchen brothers, Ola ml o and William IC. Ill Indiana, says tho Washington Star, Itoprcscntntlvo 0, B. l.andls will bo assisted by his rounger brother, Fred K. LandU,