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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1903)
TOPICS OF TUB TIMES. Sclf-tnnde pedestals nrc a Rood deal more numerous than self-made mm The sooner a mnn recognizes defeat the earlier Is It possible for hlra to get a new Btnrt. We can never hope to conquer Canada now. She has determined to keep clg arcttcs out of her borders. The Vsndcrbllt-Nellson wedding cost the mother of the bride $0,300. All things considered, It was cheap at that . The pessimist thinks the world worse than It really Is, and the optt mist thinks It Is better, and both arc , wrong. The Atlanta bank clerk who filched $04,000 drew a salary of $80 per month Vet he was what may be termed a nigu priced man. If the accounts are true Mrs. Itcgl nald Vandcrbllt will have to take along a dummy annex wheu she desire to wear all her diamonds at once. Whenever there Isn't anything else exciting coins on somebody flourishes a revolver In St. Petersburg and an other plot to kill the czar Is discovered. The dressmakers have declared that the comfortable shirt waist must go, and now It remains to be seen whether or not modern women lias Independence enough to wear what she pleases. The number of leaves on a large sixty-foot high oak tree has been count ed and found to exceed 0,000,000, de clares an exchange ' Which goes to show that some people have time for al most anything. The Emperor of Germany has order ed on Investigation of the case of an army officer who ran his sword through a common soldier because the latter's salute was unsatisfactory. It Is feared by the officer's friends that If be Is found guilty he may be told not to do tt again. It's a trifle late In the history of American progress to attempt to throt tle the American press. The freedom of speech and the liberty of the press were two of the things our forefathers fought for and It might Just as well be under stood now that tbelr descendants won't surrender tbelr Inheritance without a struggle. A Kansas court has decided that If u railroad company has good modern ap pliances and careful and competent en gineers and firemen damages cannot be collected when a locomotive spark burns a planing mill, a lumber yard, a Methodist church and several minor buildings. Tills Is quite Important to both railroads and owners of buildings. The "shot heard round the world" was only a little louder than the drum' beau that echoed with It. The Mas sacbusctts Legislature has been asked to give to the Lexington Historical So ciety the drum which woke young America on April 10, J773, that It may be kept with other relics of the battle, It Is now In the office of the State Ad Jutont-General. IIow Via Dollar, Arthur Petonell was a defaulter to the extent of $130,. ' 000 or $200,000. This man who was the evil genius of n social circle handled , Investments for Rastcrn people who know his family and his wife's family. These Eastern friends sent him money which he squandered In luxurious liv ing. Dollars! Dollars! Dollars! When will men learn there Is something In the world besides moncyj The desire for money corrupted the life of this young man who came to the City of lluffalo fresh from Yale- College with a reputation to be envied. He wanted money for what It would buy ease, comfort, hlgh-llvlng. The desire bred In him a loose standard of morals pro ducing greed, lust, embeixlement, mut der, suicide. He changed the Golden Rule Into a Uule of Gold. In the per sonal equation of his llfo he eliminated the soul of things. He forgot that the man who ceases striving to do right begins to do wrong. On ono sldo of bis scale he balanced spiritual con sciousness; on tho other Ease, Pleas ure, Luxury. The scale tipped the wrong way. Dollars! Dollars! Ool larst When will men stop to ask them selves the question, "What shall It i OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS 5 Vigor from tho form. ECrtKTAUY HOOT, who Is a nntlvo of Clinton Oneida County, N. Y., deplores tho fondness of tho Americans of rural communities for city life. He estimates that the urban population of the country I now "3,000,000. The movemeut to the oltles goes on at an Increasing ratio. "We aro facing," says tho Secretary of War, "a new set of conditions In tho formation of national character. Llfo In tho city tends to greater nlertuess of mind, to a sharpening of the faculties ami greater nervous energy, but at tho samo time to a strained Intensity and refinement of tho nervous system which win mako a dlf ferent race of us. If the strong, self-possessed, solfcen tcred. dominant man Is to contlnuo his race ho must con tlnue In contact with tho soil. No race of tho city bred cau perpetuate these qualities, for the nerves and slnows are strengthened and the moral Integrity enlarged and profit a man If he gain the whole world and lose his own soul J" In Ilellevue Hospital, New York, a patient afflicted with hysteria, which took the form of laughter lucessant and for several hjurs tucurablc work ed more wouders than a whole collcge- ful of chlrurgcons or the congregation deepened by contact with the soli, by tho soothing and calming Influence of nature." The city Is always calling to the rural American of the old stock. It offers him goldeu opportunities, and he comes to make the most of them. Kuu through the list of the generals of Wall street, tho leaders of the bar, tho skillful physicians, the merchant princes, tho big contractors, the cuRtueers and architects who are most In demand, and you will find that a surprisingly largo number of them came to of a Kalth Cure Church. Ward after i Nw Yorl! wl,1 ono ,u,t of clothes, a change of linen and a ward was Infected by his mirth and was tho better tor It. Nineteen In mates of the alcoholic ward a place Inhabited by blue devils rose from their cots and expressed a desire to get out Into the air of sobriety. Their de mons had been exorcised, and Instead of enjoying a morning of the horrors they went forth suffering from strained ribs and distensions of the Jaws. We have not heard that any fractured bones or dislocated Joints were mended by the laughter, but we do not doubt a course of Ullam Itellly persevered In would work some strange healing of the hurts that seek Ilellcvuo for re lief. We are glad to note so marked a case of the therapeutic value of a laugh. Although It marks no new discovery, the medicinal value of the cachlnnatory Irruption of laughing William Itellly was exhibited In such a public and general way that It must needs attract attention from our men of science. Soon we may expect to read of laughter sanatorlums, where all diseases are cured without the use of medicine or the employment of sur gery, wet or dry, and to which a sick world may flock at the usual prices of dmtsslon board and lodging extra. Whoever thinks nature-study a fad of modern times should read ancient , history. Nearly thrceibuiidred and fifty years before Christ Alexander the Grest placed at the disposal of his tu tor, Aristotle, tbe services of one thou sand men throughout Asia and Greece, with Instructions to collect and report details concerning tbe llfe-condltlont and habits of fishes, birds, beasts and Insects. To this magnificent equipment of assistants Alexander added fifteen thousand dollars In gold for books and laboratory supplies. While praising tbe modern millionaires who give co generously to biological research, let us not think that interest In natural phe nomena began with them. "Keep your friendships In repair" Is the advice a New York clergyman of fers to young men who find themselves "lost and lonesome" In a great city. In bis native town the youth Is an Individual; be Is under observation; people notice bis good deeds, and their wholesome scrutiny frequently re strains him from foolish actions; but In tbe city no one seems to see him, and bis loss of Individuality disheart ens him and leaves him open to tempta tion. "Make your way to some social settlement, some nlght-bcbool, some church," tbe wise preacher advises such strangers; "surround yourself with a little group of friends who will ap plaud your success and encourage you after failure." Great teachers ofen Imitate nature's way of silence. lie was not a foolish man who said to his son, "There are the letters of tbe English alphabet Go Into that corner and learn them." Ma ria Mitchell, an unusually successful teacher, would draw a complicated dia gram on tbe blackboard and say, "To morrow tell me what that means." It may have been unintelligible to tbe class at tbe moment, but tbe next day most of tbe students bad discovered Its application. Such a class-room la a re hearsal for after life. Tbe class-room where tbe teacher does all tbe thinking and the pupils none prepares one for nothing more practical than being en tertained, or, more likely, bored, for life. Apparatus, elucidation, opportu nity these are the crutches of the lame and the couches of the lazy. "Newton rolled up the cover of a book; he put a small glass at one end and a large brain at the other It was enoughl" The coward on the Held of battle breaks his word and flings It from him because It Is not a Damascus blade. The king's sou tbe man with the masterful mind pursued and weaponless, snatches up the broken sword and wins tbe day. A Hugo or an Ibsen could And on endless series of chapters In the Bur dick murder mystery. And raveling the tangled threads, they could And tbe cause of It lu one man's fall from grace. There can be no doubt about It that the mosquito Is an undesirable Immi grant. No objection will be made, therefore, to tbe measures now being taken by the surgeon-general of the marine hospital service to prevent him from landing on our shores. Tbe mos quito is Ignorant, vicious. Illiterate, and fllthy. He has no redeeming qualities. As a usual thing, vicious people have re deeming virtues and virtuous people have vexatious faults. The mosquito has a character which Is a monotonous. unrelieved black. Jim Daly, tbe miner, n ceo ruing to bis epitaph, "did some things that were mean," yet, accord Ing to tbe same epitaph, he also "did other things that were meaner." His character had lights and shades. Va rlous birds whlcb bare been accused of Injuring crops bare been able to prove that they also destroyed noxious In sects. The man who Is convicted of a corrupt political record always pays the rent for tbe poor widow In tbe next block. The man wh3 gambles away his wife's proixTty Is always willing to lend a fiver to some poor wretch who Is down on his luck and hasn't any money to bet on the next day's races. So every kind of creature offers sjrue kind of social service to be weighed In tbe bal ance against bis personal offenses. Tbe mosquito Is the exception. He carries malaria and yellow fever. He stings. Even bis extraordinarily large family. wblcb might commend him to tbe pres idential clemency, does not seem to most people to be an argument In big favor. There Is a unanimous senti ment for his exclusion from this coun try. Even tbe liberty mongers of Bo ton will hardly venture to make quota tions from Lincoln to prove that no man Is good enough to hamper tbe movements of a free born, Independent Insect which may belong to an Infe rior race but Is nevertheless possessed of Indefeasible powers of self-govern ment Let tbe antl-mosqulto Immigra tion edict be enforced as strictly as possible. ramshackle trunk. Their capital Is thrift, hopo and an appetite for work. Their constitution waa a bank which honored every draft upon It. They out-work, out fight and out-live Uie city man, and fall Is not In their lexicon. New York Evening Sun. Tl English Jury System. HE English Jury system remains so far unmodified for two reasons that It has worked well on tho whole, and that public opinion Is not easily roused In favor of Innovations. Hut the requirement that all the twelve good and true men shall be unanimous docs occasionally cause great Inconvenience. Wo had a flagrant Illustration In tho Pnsenball case, where wo successive Juries disagreed. And In tho London Sheriffs Court the other day. one obstinate man held out against tbe other eleven, and caused all the labor of tbe hearing to conic to naught In the opinion of the under sheriff, who summed up. thero was no point of difficulty to bo decided; but, whether there was difficulty or not. It Is amazing that ono Individual, a twelfth of the whole body, should have the power of nullifying the unanimity of tho rest Of course, the Jury Is "the palladium of the Englishman's lib erties," and as such has furnished many a flowing oratorical period. No one, however, proposes to tamper with the "pal ladlum. The only change advocated is tbe substitution of a two-thirds majority for absolute unanimity. Tbe Scotch have got on very well with a majority system, which applies In England already to ccroner's Inquests, and would not do any harm at Assizes as well. Liverpool Mercury. E GIRL AN ADEPT USSO THROWER. One of the prettiest girls In tbe Ok lahoma Territory Is Miss Agnes Mul- hall. 21, daughter of Zack Mutball, general live stock agent of tbe Frisco, and leading cattle man. She and ber sister Jessie lead tbe society of tbe town of Mulball, which was named after their father. Both girls are typl- Problcm of the Country Towns. VERY year or two somebody of an Impulsive turn of mind publicly discovers that the country towns are going to smash, whenever a number of particularly tough cases have been brought to light through the courts or otherwise. These prophets of woe are of tbe same class as travelers who Judge a city by Its slums and back streets. The country town Is no annex of realms celestial. It has Its toughs sometimes. Its degenerates occa sionally, and Its share of no-account folks, like tbe city. Only a few of them, to be sure, but police supervision being necessarily limited, moral lapses sometimes become pro nounced and offensive, yet much less so than would happen In tbe cities were the restraints equally lax. The blg'cltles without a trained police force would be scarcely endurable, as places of residence. However, such comparisons do not disprove that room for country Improvement exists, espe cially when much of the good old stock has been sup planted by people of Inferior and neglected training. What ever can bo done by way of remedy must be done by tho good citizens, aud Is a part of the personal responsibility of each, There are oltlcera to be aroused to their duty laws to bo enforced, children to bo kept In school, work to bo furnished, religious and charitable measures to bo em ployed. What many a town needs more than anything olse Is selectmen and constables who ant willing and auxlous to perform the plain duties of their office. American Cultl vator. CABINET OITICERS EARN EVERY DOLLAR Of THE SALARIES THEY RECEIVE. MS 1 1 his I Ecs not! Headaches. OST medical books for popular reading mislead. contlnliig himself to what he calls a "blograph leal clinic," Dr. George M. Gould baa succeded In book called "Genius and Eye Btraln," In writing ono of tho most useful works on popular medtclno that has recently appeared. Some four centuries of Investigation In modern mrdlcluu ncre necessary before the faculty discovered the relation betweeu tho Imperfect lens of the eye and uervous strain which registers Itself In large or small derangement of the entire system from a passing headache down to life-long derangement of digestion. It Is not surprlstug that this relation Is still little understood by most of tho commonalty. lly taking four men Do Qulncy. Carlyle, Huxley aud Browning aud using them as examples of tho neglect of this fact. Dr. Gould has made ono of those convincing personal demonstrations which will lead any ono who watches their own development or has to do with children to bo prompt to understand that where there la liitorrup tlon of normal function, lu adolescence or during any work of any kind, mental or manual, ono of the first questions which should be asked Is whether the eyes 'do not need examination, not by some one who does nothing moro than fit glasses, but by a competent physician who makes this Meld his specialty. There are fretful children, Juvenile delinquents, women who are unable to control their tempers, and men who Aud themselves unequal to tho task of plying their craft, their calling or tbelr profession, whoso llfo would bo changed and altered If this were once understood and acted upon. Philadelphia Press. Thousand-Dollar Dills. THE recent finding of a thousand-dollar bill has brought out the luqulry, How many such hills aro there In existence? As a number of correspondents have asked us this question, the answer may bo of general Interest to our readers. According to tbe tables prepared by the United States Treasury, there were out standing on Jan. 81, 1009, United States notes of the value of $1,000 each to tho amount of $20,033,000. Of the treas ury notes of 1600, (504,000 was outstanding In $1,000 bills; $23,000 was outstanding In national bank notes In such bills; ftO.733.fMX) In gold certificates, and $130,000 In sliver certificates, making the grand total $73,313,300, whlcb would seem to prove that there were outstanding, accord ing to the treasury estimates on Jan. 81 last, 73.315V4 $1,000 bills. The greatest amouut of our paper money Is In $10 bills, wblcb foot up to $410,334002. Then coino $3 bills, amounting to $340,001,204. with $20 bills third, footing up $330,331,300. These three classes make up practically two thirds of tbe paper money now outstanding. The fourth class Is $10,000 bills, the fifth $100, tbe sixth $1. tbe seventh $1,000, the eighth $30, tbe ninth $2, and tho tenth $3,000. Tho great bulk of tbe ones and twos, and even the flveo, are silver ccrtlflcatcs. More than half of the tens are United States notes, while national bank notes and gold certificates make up tbe bulk of the twenties. Be yond the tbousand-dollar limit there Is practically nothlug but gold certificates, the only other paper mono, according to the treasury table, being three United States notes, two for $3,000 each and one for $10,000. Boston Herald. TH11 position of cabinet officer must bo n snap In Washington," re marked n visitor to n resident ollli'Jal friend In the olllco of an uptown hotel this morning. "I would like to have lliu olllco 'lendered' to me. The nlucrlly with which I would 'accept the portfolio' would bo aston- Islilng." "Bill thero might bo reasons wh) you would not accept," replied tho official. "The position Is very far from a wimp, n you sny. and I, being u poor man. would, for ouo man lu the capital, decline tho honor, no matter how much I might secretly desire I ho olllco "Thero Is not a member of a cabinet, with possibly an exception1 hero and thero. who gel out of the game fur less lhau $20,000 a year mid no ono under $10,000 or $12,000. To properly maintain the position of cahlnol olll. cer, and to live upon the salary would enliill (he practice of economy which would be qullu unusual. A member f lh" house can live-ami many practically tlo-tipnn his mllenge, but not a member of the cabinet upon his salary. 1 have known of many members of different cabinets who havo spent from $30,000 to $130,000 a year. In tho Kenalo nnd Houso combined thero arc scores of men who have practically no Incomes other than their salary of $3,000 a year. These men work for what may bo properly termed their wages. "Cabinet officers do tint work for their salaries) they merely nccept what the Congress decided a century or two ago. In stage coach days, to bo adequate compensation, The salary of the olllco did not enter Into their cnliulnllons lu iiliiety-nlne cases out of 100 when their portfolio was leu tiered them. "When n cabinet officer la a wealthy man, as most of them usually are, they work for n variety of reasons. Somu have wives who havo social ambitious mid tastes which cannot be gmlllled In their former environments. Others work for the personal pleasures, the privileges and tho honurs the position bestows, tho hist being more or less paused down to their posterity, Others glvn up $100,000 n year income, toll llku ssciiger over their desks by day and eat official dinners nt night Tor reasons past finding out. Homo believe, usually erroneously, however, and occasionally correctly, that ser vice lu the cabinet may provo of future use to them In presidential conven tions or In senatorial elections. Dozens of members of tho cabinet havo resigned before the end of the llrst two years, "The pay Is liirommeusurato with tho responsibilities nnd the work. A cabinet officer once said to me: '.My salary pays my houso rent nnd gna lillls. .My work Is performed solely for love; It Is uncompensated, and, upon the theory that the laborer Is worthy of his litre. I am going back homo and gatlutr up tho stray strings to my scattered Income," aud home ho went shortly afterward. "To the feminine members of a cabinet officer's family the rulo la re versed. They get about $1,000,000 a year each out of It In tho gratification of their personal ambitions and desires and the fun they have. "You often hear men say; '1 would go Into the cabinet for $8,000 n yenr.' These men can't get In. Ninety Ave per cent of the cabinet nAlcers of the United States, who aro not multimillionaires, servo their country at n sacrifice, and the latter do. too. to n certain extent, t'pon n slnglo meeting of the cabinet may bang tho fate of hundreds of thousands of lives and tho expenditure i f billions of money, yet tho men who thus are to pass Judg ment are paid salaries on a par with the cashier In a New York bank of small size." "I should think that Congress would properly Iticrvaso the pay of cabinet officers." ".My friend, you do not understand Washington llfo. Kor over a century there has been n deadly social feud Itetwcen the members of the Senate aud the members of the cabinet. Up to the time of the passage of the presidential succession act. placing tho cabinet In line for succession to tho presidency In the event of death, the Senators had the best of It, but to-day the wives of the cabinet members carry the trophy flag. There Is no Immediate pros pect of the passage of the bill you suggest."-Wnshlugton Star. SMALLEST HORSE IN WORLD. MISS AQilES MOLUAIT. cal products of tbe West, and can ride nd throw tbe lasso In expert style. Miss Agnes Is tbe recognized champion horsewoman of tbe Territory, and won first prizes at tournaments at Oklaho ma City and Memphis, Tenn. Although her father has a palatial borne at St. Louis, Mo., Miss Mulball spends much of ber time on tbe ranch. A young man sometimes gets plump refusal from a slender girl. Lilliputian Twentj-Tifo laches High neighing Beventy-Threo Pounds. What Is undoubtedly tbe smallest horse In the world, cays the Los An geles correspondent of tbe Buffalo News, has Just been brought to Tarn pIco, Mexico, by Tablato Esposlto and sold to A. J. Morrison, of Los Angeles, Cal.. for a large price. This Tom Thumb of equlncs, wblcb Is approprt' ately earned "LUInutlan," stands Just blgb enougb to reach to bis owners knees and weighs only seventy-three pounds, though fat and plump. Tbe pony Is 7 years old and Is S2& Inches five nnd a bnlf bands tall. Lilliputian has a history that Is al most as remarkable as his diminutive size. Tbe Mexican who disposed of blm claims he stole the animal and as be Immediately disappeared there seems to be no reason for doubting the assertion. Tbe wily senor, it ap pears, got Lilliputian from an Island off the coast of South America, be tween Guatemala and Samoa. Tbe natives there worship pretty little horses and keep them constantly guarded on a high cliff. Esposlto took this and another dwarf tbe two smallest be could find and made away with them by lowering them from the cliff with a rope. Ho was botly pursued. Before reaching Mex Ico the other horse, less hardy than Lilliputian, died. Tbe tiny pony came near being eaten up tbe other day by a big black-maned Hon that bad been on exhibition In Los Angeles. The Hon was In bis cage and Lilliputian was browsing nearby on straw that bad been scattered about There was an opening In the cage where tbe keeper could put In a bucket of water. Tbe Hon reached bis heavy paw through and caught Lilliputian by the tall. Tbe little fel low gave a kick and a squeal and part ed with a handful of hair and flesh. Mick, Mr. Morrison's bulldog, went to tbe rescue and telzed tbo lion by tbe under Up. In tbe mix-up Lilliputian escaped. He Is Intended for a family pet at Mr. Morrison's borne In Los An geles. CACAO IN PHILIPPINEa New Source of Wealth Developed In tlie Island. According to a bulletin of tbe Philip pine Bureau of Agriculture on cacao culture the cacao grown In tbe archi pelago Is of such excellent quality that there Is keen rivalry among buyers to procure It at an advance of fully CO per cent over tbe price of tbe common export grades of the Java beau, not withstanding the failure on the part or tbe Filipino to "process" It In any way. In parts of Mindanao and Negros, despite HI treatment or no treatment, the plant exhibits a luxuriance of growth and wealth of productiveness that demonstrates Its entire fitness to bo considered a valuable crop In those regions. Tbe Importance of cacao growing In AMERICANS OF PURE BLOOD STRAIN ARE FOUND IN THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. ENGLAND'S NAVY TO BE INCREASED BY ADDITION OF THIRTY-ONE NEW VESSELS. Tl MANY poor strain or t of these t course. In I people understand In a vaguo way that the purest American tbe United States Is round In the Southern States, In some the proportion of foreign born Is a mlnuto fraction. Of tbe Atlantic coast and gulf line States there Is a large black mixture, but In tbe Appalachian Mountains tbe wbllo Anglo-Saxons aro found almost- pure. This Is an enormous region, stretching from Pennsylvania to Mississippi aud making up tbe mountain hinterland of nlno States that front on the ocean and on great navigable rivers. x The President of Berea College, whlcb lies near the Kentucky mountains, describes these people In a recent lecture In the North as "our contemporary ancestors." The phrase describes them like a picture. These mountaineers, to tbe number of several millions, are living In the precise manner nnd amid almost forgotton conditions of colonial times. Industrially the women retain tbe art or tbe spinning wheel and hand loom; the men aro clever In tbo uso or tbe whip saw ror getting out lumber and the baud mill for grinding corn. The mountalnstltls nsc the primitive methods of the last century and tbo mountain potteries, make open lamps In which grease Is burned with a floating wick. Intellectually they have rather degenerated than developed from tbe Scotch-Irish ancestors of the eighteenth century, but they have retained strict, though narrow, religious Ideas. What Is to be the future history of these colonial Americans of pure blood, hardly changed ror live generations, who thrive nnd multiply In lonely homes, only a day's Journey from modern civilized life They have physical vigor and latent Intellectual pOwer. The few Individuals Ilka Andrew Jack son and Lincoln who have risen out of the mass have left the strongest mark upon our national lire and history. It Is a common question. In playing with historic analogies, where the barbarians are to come from to renew decayed American civilization as the Teutonic tribes renew that of Rome. Perhaps they will pour down, when the time Is ripe for them, out of this mountain backbone of tbe continent Minneapolis Tribune. tbe Philippines can bardly be over estimated, as recent statistics place tbe world's demand ror cacao (exclusive or local consumption) at 200.000.000 pounds, valued at more than $30,000, 000 In gold. There Is little danger of overproduction, and consequent' low prices, for many years to come. So far as known, the areas where cacao pros pers In tbe great equatorial zone are small, and tbe opening and develop ment or suitable regions has altogether failed to kepe pace with tbe demand. Cacao Is cultivated nearly every where lu tbe archipelago. It Is known In several provinces In Luzon, In Min danao, Jolo, Basllan, Panay, Negros, Cebo. Bohol and Masbate, and Its pres ence can be reasonably predicated upon all tbe larger Islands anywhere under an elevation of 1,000 or possibly 1,200 meters. In most cacao producing countries rts cultivation bas long since passed tbe experimental stage, and' the practices that govern the management ot a well ordered cacao plantation are as clearly defined as are those or an orange grovo In Florida or a vineyard In California. In widely scattered localities the close observer will And In tbe Philip pines many young trees that In vigor, color and general health leave nothing to be desired, and with due precautlou and with close oversight there Is no reason why growing cacao may not become one or tbe most profitable hor ticultural enterprises tbat can engage tbe attention or planters In tbe Philip pines. Tbe bulletin treats or climatic conditions necessary ror the btst de velopment of tbe cacao, wblcb loves to HE naval program or the British government ror the coming financial year Is bold nnd comprehensive, says the London correspondent of tho Washington Star. Although the details of the ships to be ordered are not yet drawn up. It has been decided to order thirty-one new lighting vessel, exclusive or n river gunboat, a new admiralty' yacht, aud a surveying ship. The new program Includes three hattrcshlps. three armored cruisers, four scouts, fifteen destroyers, ten submarines and two coast guard cruisers. Even tho "forward group." who desire the navy to be Increased at the expense of the army, wilt be satisfied nt the estimates, which propoao a net Increase of the naval expenditure of (3.230,000. com pared with the last year. Exclusive of 1,230,000 met by appropriation, the total expenditure will be 131.300.000. The personnel will be 127.000, n net Increase of 4.000, for which (tllll.000 Increase Is taken. The biggest Increase, however. Is (2,230, 000 for new construction, principally In contract work. The Item for arm aments bas decreased by (130.300 to (3.230.000. but thero Is an Increase of ucarly (300,000 In works. Those who havo complained In the past that the naval authorities appear to have been asleep while other countries were making a great fuss over the doings or their submarines will bo particularly pleased with the state ment explaining the navy estimates. Tho admiralty havo been active In tho matter or submarines and before long England should havo a nice little fleet of these queer craft A year ago the or thoso vessels wero under construction and they havo been delivered. Trials will shortly commence to test their practical utility hott, for defense and attack, and one may expect to hear some Interesting detail. Meanwhllo four vessels or an Improved typo havo been laid down ami It Is hoped they will be completed before tho end of Mnreh ' I Om"i the four has so far advanced that preliminary trials have 'begun tun . crecy Is maintained as to tho results. Evidently they havo been'sa ll,tZ. tory. for It Is proposed to build ten more. HUfac- DON'T DROP BEHIND. No Woman Hliml I I.imo Iter Hold Upon I'rourc. au.l Orowtli, Oftentimes one hears a woman com plain that she Is losing her hold on progress that suetlmsn t time to read aud to keep up generally. Why has she dropped behind? Homo women do not Under any circum stances, amid any surroundings, they develop, Take them Into n log cabin In tho wilderness aud they return to civilization and talk so delightfully about their experiences that overyono envies them tho chauce of tho wilder ness aud tho Joys or tho log cabin. In tbelr success ono finds a hint or the possibility ot catching up with the procession, aud keeping up with It, too. What Is their secret or progress, whero ..... ,.,. nt II,,.. ... "tplm nnrl .wait.. I I . lOlUCr wuuil'U iuii uui v. uiu uuv v trJLX 'r,,0"S, b?t fmt 10 1 Om woman, relate. Harper's Bazar, the growth or the plant, the soil. Its 1Ivcd , 10 II10S, out of.tho-way drainage and preparation. I , fl TcXBt for ,omo u. Hie cacao, relatively to tho size of nIlJ can)0 back moro charming than the tree, may bo planted closely, for It tba wcnt, explained It thus: "1 novcr rejoices In a close, molsturo-ladcn at- ct cither my dress or my mind get mosphcre, and thus permits a closer careless. There Is a great deal In planting than would be admissible girding up ono's loins, as tbo Bible with any other orchard crop. Indvlsca, nnd keeping them girded. . 7. " Once loosen everything and you din- ... '!?" . ?", L ,tubbopo''- Jsolvo lu sloth, nnd lose ground beforo I notice, said tbe observant lady you know It." She was determined to the cobby, as she handed blm tbo 0t to drop behind, and. having tbo strictly legal rare, . "that your poor W, she round tho way. She kept up hoise has got a large blister on tho her correspondence with many friends, side or his neck. Do be cnrcrul with subscribed ror h Now York newspaper, blm, won't you?" and reud t regularly, oven ir n trlllo "Yes. mum," tbo cabby replied; "he late, and studied with so much Inter hurt hlsscir turning nround so orten to est tho life of tho far-away spot whero see it any Kind-hearted old party she lived, Its people, Its animals, Its would glvo ino an cxtrn copper or two plants. Its customs aud Incidents, that for an extra reed ror him. It did hap- when sho enrao back to her Eastern pen once, aud ho was so surprised homo aud talked to her frlemlu about and pleased that bo wept tears or Joy, It. every woman or them sighed and mum, nnd I think It must ha' drawn Bn,(,! "0n' ,v,mt nn opportunity you 'em nil into one spot, aud they ain't U,IU '" ijc",k merer tnstenil or com subsided yot."-Lomlon Tlt-Blts. mlseratlug her ror having been n thou. saud miles from a woman's club, CWEATNESS OF INVENTIONS. An Engraver's Font. An engraver of Odessa has engraved the entlro Ilusslan national hymn mum a grain of corn, nnd recently he pre- True Meoiure Their Bcrvlce to floclety seuted the curiosity to the Cznr. Ills! In Influence on Civilization, majesty bas now forwarded to him Tnc ereatness of Inventions Is meas through the Civil Governor of Odetsa urwl "ot uy ,uclr ln6CUuly nor by tho a gold watch and chain, with his fortunes they make for Iholr origin thanks for carrying out such a labo-' B,ori' or others, ror that Is n small unit- rlous undertaking. ter, but by tho service which they ren der to society and by their Influenco on civilization. I had Intended, there- The man who thinks his wlfo Is blind to his rauIU hi entitled to another think. destructive wenpons or war nrc lire savers and peace-preservers; how tho telephone will nffect morals aud elevate the slumlord of hunor; how the arc light serves as good police; how the elevator Is affecting social problems bv tilling one city on top of another; how tho ocean cables, the telegraph and wire less telegraphy nrc creating new world conditions which nre producing a new world-life, nnd how the bicycle and tho automobile, by securing for us belter roads, will not only Increase the wealth but also Improvo tho Intellectual and moral life of the country, but the limits of this article forbid. If Inventions nre to bo measured by heir effects, by fur the greatest In the history of the world was the Invention of the strain engine. In 17(10, tho sumo year In which the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte were born Jnmca Walt patented tils steam engine' which was destined to exert more lullu. ence In shaping the world's future than both of theso great captains put to gether. From tho beginning, man 1ms had to struggle with nniur rnr n Sho scorched him; she frosted him; she starved blm; she smolo blm wllh dis ease; sho overawed and terrorized htm; her winds buffeted him; her waters drowned him. Before her lightnings, ber floods, her catoraets. i,..r anches, her tempestuous seas, he was ..ran. Against the measureless forces of nature ho rnnhl i hi" puny arm. On that arm he must rely lo wrest from her his rood, fuel, raiment, nnd shelter. Such equal contest for long thousands of years. But to-day nature Is man's ser- vnm; nor migtity forces do his bidding, nnd run his errands. Dr. Joslah Strong, lu Success. A Human Onndlo. Candidate for Miiyor-I Imvo fouad somothlng beside u caiidlo that wll" an swer "nt old rlddlo, "Tho longer It stands tho shorter It grows." I'rlend-Whnt Is It? Candldafo ror Mnyor-A candidate Tho longer ho stands ror olllco tho shorter ho grows flnanelnlly.-iialtl-mora American, Japanese Unloiulars rtir America. Ono or tho prettiest calendars or the yenr halls from Japan, It Is bound with quaint Oriental Jingles lu n moult book which Is Illustrated by Jiipaneso fore, to Interpret briefly some or tUoliWauiimMTZVuT'T great Inventions, to show how tbo most 1 " U'0 Uv,U'u,e rlc