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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1903)
TOPICS OP THE TIMES. HumU li the smoothest cltbr.cn In nil Europo. , Johnny Dull ban helped himself to another chunk of dark meat Only one more- year to tho nppoar- nco of tho platform ranter, no is tour-year political locust Mi.or Hint the smnllnox germ haa been discovered, steps should be taken to vacclnato blm at once. Now that union labor has discovered shut (tin Intunctlon U a two-edged word we may look for soinu merry combats. Dr. narrows says that the way to cure criminals Is to exterminate their Til tendencies, tn many cases mis would not loavo much of the criminal. Mr. Carnegie ought to ofTcr to pro .m. f nin iin of self-supporting In sane asylums for poor old millionaires who are driven crazy oy people "u want something for nothing. tn ntirlr evorv rUSO of UCPOtlsm In public office It will be noticed that the son-in-law comes In nnd sits with the family when the public pie is cut lie should never bo overlooked. a man worth millions leaves his all to his many nephews and nieces, with the Injunction "to marry. If ho had been married hlmseir tie wouiu proo i,lr hnve had no millions to leave. There seems to be a fine chance for an argument here. Mr. Watt still maintains that Shakes peare was no master of modern Eng lish. Any seventeenth century poet whn mnli! not write twentieth cen tury English must have been of a very ordinary quality. Mr. wait, we pre sume, writes thirtieth century Eng lish. A woman has obtained, a divorce be cause her husband Insisted on her sit' ting tip late at night and studying. It Is bard to please women. Most of them are dissatisfied because their husbands want them to go to bed early and pay no attention to the time the bead of the household comes In. Now that a Chicago pedant has dis covered that the bard of Avon was a cheap punster, a murderer of the king's English, and as poor as a spel ler as some of the university students of the present day, perhaps the foUJ lowers of Ignatius Donnelly .win quit trying to prove thftt'LotofBacon wrote , .Uiose stupid, witless productions com monly known as the plays of Shakes peare. At any rate. It Is not our business. We are not a nation of Quixotes, but a nation of people engaged, with much success, In minding their own business. It Is quite certain our bits of exports of cotton goods or kerosene, or what ever. Is not an object for which Amer ican public opinion would Justify our lighting to extrudo Russia from Man churia. As little Is It an object that would Justify us in Joining any "alli ance" to that end, in defiance of the sound tradition that is as old as our nation. And It Is not oven certain, nor even likely, that our trade, such as It Is, Is at stake. It seems as If It might perfectly be saved by the frank and manly diplomacy which we nave of late been exhibiting. Despite deceptive appearances Uncle Sam Is really a modest sort of a fel low, who does not believe that be has nothing to learn from the rest of the world. He Is prepared to admit with out humiliation that some things are probably done better In London, Paris and Berlin than In the United States. But there Is this to be said to the credit ot American manufacturers. As soon as tbey discover that an article superior to home manufacture Is pro duced abroad they at once secure a model of the foreign product and be gin to Improve tbclr own goods. They do not wait for years until an ex position is held somewhere in the world to get a "copy" of the finer and more original product Judge Llndsey, of Denver: "Every man found guilty In my court of cruel ty to animals must go to Jail; there will be no other sentence In this conrt to long as I sit on the bench. Tho sooner tbis Is understood the better It will be for the community." A Jail sentence Is severe, but not too eevere for the man who maltreats the brute, over which be Is master. Let him meditate In the seclusion of a cell tho responsibilities of a living soul that has been given domination over the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air. What a friend of man tho horse has beenl That noble animal was companion and assistant to men when history began Its records. lie has plowed man's fields, borne his burdens and carried him to battle. Civilization would hare come slower upon the earth but for the horse. Often abused, frequently neglected, be Is always man's willing slave. What right have you to mistreat him, even though you bold a paper you call a bill of sale? Tour race owes his race more than you can ever repay, And the dog. lie was the staunch helper of the stone nge man. In all periods of history ho has been a trust worthy friend, constant comrade, de voted guardian. Ills name Is In Itself a synonym of loyalty. To all of these man Is a god. Shall their deity, to whom tbey look In dumb and bumble worship, reward their trust and fidel ity by lack of love and Justice, by harsh and cruel treatment? For shame! As Ood rules man, gently and with compassion, so let man rule beast and bird. "Ilcre goes another fool," shouted a man as he Jumped from the deck of a New York ferryboat. By the time his body was recovered he was dead, and bis body was carried unrecognized to tho morgue. It is a most depressing fact that there were between 8,000 and 0,000 of such "fools" last year, a marked Increase upon any previous twelve months, This prevalence of suicide Indicates that n grave national danger confronts us. In the multi plication of our wants. In tho In crease of what wo call tho "neces sities" of life, we are losing sight of tho value of life Itself. Men measure themselves by what they own, nnd a sudden loss of property therefore brings tho vnlno of existence down to ntlior nro overwhelmed by the vastness and strenuous life ot n great city, and a sense of their own insig nificance nnd helplessness drives them to self-destruction. In all these cases, the underlying cause Is a lack of self valuation. A man or woman becomes riiumniml ami snvs: "Nobody values me, therefore I amount to nothing aud might better be out of the world." It Is peculiarly tragic that there should be so many suicides at the present time, when all great world-movements have become so rapid and Interesting. Almost every morning we rend of a new triumph of science. Travel has become safe and comfortable In nearly every country. Inventions and dis coveries such as the past never dream ed of are to-day common-place facts. This Is an age when the lines of Wordsworth should be true: '"TIs bliss to be alive nnd glorious to be young." The terrible fact that over 8,000 a ronr think otherwise shows that thcrt must be something out of gear In our social machinery. No provision of nature Is wiser or more bcnoflclent than that whereby the terrors of youth grow neutral or amusing In the retrospect The stone bruise, the bec-stlng and the green apple colic are still tender memories but not In the original sense. "Speak ing day" In school was one of the hardest of boyhood's crosses. It caused our hearts to thump and our knees to knock together, yet the thought of dropping It from the cal endar would cause a pang to many a gray-haired boy whose son never knew the fervor with which his father used to address the Carthaginian. The solemn and time-honored occasion seems to be -In danger. Letters of pro test have appeared In the newspapers. The men who write the letters doubt less had to take their turn as boys at declamation, and If they were real boys, hated It as cordially as their children hate It to-day. But and It Is a very large but they know now what the declamations were for, and what they did. They see. If they arc men In any sense leaders ot their fellows, how useful Is the ability to get upon one's feet and say what one has to say simply and effectively. They know, too, that the accomplish ment lsrar, Speeches In town meet ing, at alumni dinners. In fact on social nnd public occasions or nil kinds bow dull most of them are, and bow Ineffective! Yet the men who make them, who drone along for a dreary half-hour because tbey do not know bow to stop, may be able and Interest ing even racy and entertaining, talk ers when oft the platform and at their ease, "Stage fright" Is all that alls them. They have never been trained to face an audience. Self-possession leaves them when the need for It Is most urgent and self-consciousness takes Its place. It Is Jnst this train ing wblcb speaking day helped to sup ply. The mimic "Spartacus" learned more than Roman history when be harangued the Imaginary gladiators; ratrlck Henry became familiar with more than American history when he addressed bis schoolmates as the House of Burgesses. "Beautiful Snow," "Blngen on the Rhine," "Cur few," and all that lovely collection- would any old boy or girl to-day spare them from hla memory! Will any permit such a good old custom as speaking day to pass unbonored and unwept? We hope not A STATUE OF THE "GRAND OLD MAN." What Is declared to be the be counterfeit presentment" of the late Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone ever made Is the statue herewith repro duced, wblcb was recently unveiled In the north transept of Westminster ab bey. The statue Is of tho finest Car rara marble and shows the dead states man as a D. 0. L. of Oxford. The royal family of England always feared more than It admired Gladstone, but since bis death It has come to a reali zation of the fact that he was a pretty safe man, after all, and the placing ot tho statue so promptly In the placo reserved for the elect Is a recognition that he possessed qualities which will cause his fame to grow greater as the years go by. Method In It. "That trolley car conductor Is the biggest fool of a bore I know." "Not at all. He may be a bore, but he's no fool." "Whatl Why, you can't stand on the back platform a minute before ho be gins to talk you to death " "Whereupon you go Insido where you belong nnd leave the platform clear. That's his game." Philadelphia Press. Hard tn TlellflTe. ICwater There's a good deal of common sense In that old saying about "giving tho devil his due," Ascum How does be get bis dew? Do you think there's really any hu midity there? Philadelphia Pres OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Alarming Immigration, n I.MOST every nation In the world M creasing uumber ot Immlgruuis to tho United Slates. Utst mouth the uewcomeis numbered U.M.iOO, belug 30.000 more than for April of 1002. The total for the year may reach 1.00O.0CO. or half the population ot Chicago, the secoud largest city In the country. Is so great au Influx of foreigners Many In n cuudltlou to know say that motcd largely by mlncowncra nnd railroad managers, who wish to be kept supllcd with cheap labor, aud who do not care particularly whence It comes or desirable material out of which to make American citizens, or whether Its presence may not contribute to social or In dustrial disorder. Many of the great railroad systems approve of unre stricted Immigration because It swells their profitable emi grant business. They have their agents In Europe soliciting that kind of busluess. The greater the number of meu nnd women that can be Induced to come to this country and to buy tickets to Interior points roads make. They offer low ocean and rail rates, which tempt the emigrant and yet are profitable to the roads. While some great employers favor unrestricted Immi gration because it gives them cheap lnlwr. the labor uulons may reach the conclusion that for that very reason unre stricted Immigration must be harmful to their Interests because It will lead Inevitably to a reduction ot wages. When the supply of labor is much In excess ot the demand the maintenance of a high wage scale become Impossible. While n large percentage of the Immigration Is unskilled labor, it must be remembered that many uulons are com posed of men who do that kind ot labor. Numbers of women and children are coming from "sunny Italy" and are offering their services to whoever will buy them. They come with no Industrial experience; but there arc hundreds of kinds of work requiring little skill taught to do. They have strength and Wages which seem low to Americans the Italians. The adult Italian or Slav may be days In a coal mine or a railroad construction camp. The children will not be. They will look for occupations of a higher order. Some of them will learn the number of skilled workers. there will be nn excess of. workers and The labor organizations bolonglug to eration of Labor asked the last Congres to bar out Illiter ate Immigrants. The object was to keep down the unde sirable cheap labor Immigration. The panies, which make money oft their steerage passengers and drum up business throughout eastern Europe, and some Western railroads which are extending their lines, protest ed against and defeated the legislation, "organized labor" petitioned for. Considering the swelling tide of Immigra tion, much of It of nn undesirable nature, trie labor leaders probably will nsk the next Congress in emphatic language. to order the exclusion of Illiterates to labor and the high standard of American cltlzenshln. Chicago Tribune. A Word About the Quiet Rl'SH and strenuousncss are the striking characteris tics of life in this epoch. Success, according to the prevailing notion, consists In getting something, whether it be wealth, public office, social position. notoriety or power, which lifts the possessor to eminence. Failure, In'the general opinion, consists the ruck. To be undistinguished Is to be contented In obscurity Is to be contemptible. In all this Jostling, pushing, scrambling, elbowing scrim mnge which we call the strenuous life, a man has little opportunity to step aside and look at tho the side-lines. Let a man stop a second Into the game. If he lags a moment If he Instead of following the ball, he Is sent an eager substitute takes bis place. The best success, nnd the kind most sists rather In being than In doing or getting. To most men this knowledge comes with years and wisdom when It Is too late to begin again. The men that hare made the great est success in tho world's eyes have borne witness to the wisdom of those contemplative men who In their own minds and not In striving of themselves. To grow Inwardly Is to I MAPLE-SUGAR THAT WAS. Many a New Englander brought up In the country has passed a confection ary store In the city where he 'is been exiled nnd has stopped to look at the cakes ot brown sugar with scalloped edges Ingeniously marked, "Maple Sugar." No doubt he has wished that the sign told the truth, and has gone on his way, shaking bis bead and re membering the time when real maple sugar wns plenty In his father's house. The method of making maple sugar, the days and nights In the woods, the boiling down of the sap nil this hearty good story has been told many times, and there Is nothing to add. But tbcro are two aspects of the difference be tween the old sugar and the new which are not so generally known. In the old days maple sugar was not simply nn abundant luxury; It was a necessity. And strange as It seems to us, the luxury was cane sugar, such as we buy now for a few cents a pound. Before tho time of modern manu facture and cheap freights, "store sugar" was expensive In the north, and especially In the country. Many an old New Englnnder grew up with out any sugar except that which was manufactured In his back yard. Maple sugar was, then, to the northern coun tryman a necessity, like potatoes and ham. It wag only when white sugar became a common commodity tho world over that the making of maple sugar became a sort of special In dustry to supply a confection for city markets, nnd n part of the stock of that thick manufactured stuff sold In bottles as maple syrup. Another change took plnce In the manufacture of real maple sugar, which no doubt has robbed It of some of Its old flavor. Instead of tho wood en spiles driven Into tbo trees to con vey the sap, Iron ones are now used, and Instead of a hollowed half-log to catch tbo sap, the modern maple sugar maker uses nn Iron pall. Thla may seem llkeanlmprovement, and the same old sap, ot course, flows Into these modem receptacles. But It may be that mnpla sap, like other delicate fluids, takes part ot Us flavor from tbo vessel that holds It In boiling down tho sap sheet-Iron aro used In place of tho old generous kettle. And thero Is a complex gas pipe apparatus through which the sap pnssos from tho storing tank to the warming pan. Ttit w, t ii v nadii In th cess comes from Is sending an In stances. ..-.,,1.1 i... iv year, would project his soul he might natural or desirable? UAt becu nua what Immigration la pro sclenco might be book. San Francisco whether It will be the more money the mules or horses, with good gravel they can speedily be willingness to work. seem at first high to willing to spend hla ilar suggestion to trades and Increase en times grow dull wages will go down. the Atnortran fed steamship com protect American Life. of not rising above be unsuccessful: to hurly-burly from for breath to get stands Irresolnto off the field and worth having, con seek contentment for things outside be successful. Suc THE "STAR-SPANGLED BANNER;" AN EPISODE OF THE PHILLIPINE WAR. THE music ceased. Every man listened. There was a hush In the air, and the descending sun cast long shadows In tho field. Through the tangled masses of trees that bid the Philippine musicians, a few figures could be seen moving boldly out on the enemy's works. Then a beautiful thing happened: From the distant camp came a rolling throb of drums, and the Insurgent band swung grnndly Into "Tbo Star Spangled Banner." There was a moment of yawning surprise, and than tbo wholo Kansas regiment, stretched out for nearly a mile, leaped from the trenches and stood on top of the earthworks. Every soldier drew his heels together, uncovered, and placed his hat over hla left breast It was the regulation salute to the natloual anthem. As the music rolled forth, clear, high, splendid, the Kar.snns straightened themselves and re mained motionless while the enemy continued to play the one supreme psalm of America. Tbe whole line was exposed. Not a man carried a weapon In bis band. Yet not a shot was fired. The Filipinos watched the bareheaded American regiment, and played on. It wns one of those psychological moments when some profound sentiment unites thousands of hearts when the Pentecostal spirit descends, and the passions of men are stilled In tho presence of a com mon altar. "Ob, say, does tbe star-spangled bnnncr still wave O'er tbe land of tho free, and the home of the brave?" What was It that stirred the Insurgent Asiatics to play that anthem? What was It that Inspired a whole regiment to bars Its breast to the enemy In order to solute the music? What power held the forces of death In leash while Kansan and Malay faced each other that burning day? Why did tbe rugged men In khaki shed teas? And when tbe anthem was done, and tho splendid line still stood erect and uncovored on the breastworks, why did that roar of applause ascend from the Philippine camp? Never was there a loftier sceno on a Held where men were met to shed each other's blood-a noble challenge, nobly met When It was over thoro was an Interval of silence; but as the light died out ot the sky, and tbe stars appeared, tbo sound of rifles was beard again. The dreat Highway. ui,ini faahlon of all modern food production, Is light In color, thin ond clear, and has not tnat smeu ami taste of tbe woods which belonged to that made In the cruder way. Vaccination In Japan. ttrt.na in Knirliinri and America tho utility of vaccination is still doubted, and the right of public enforcement of It disputed by numerous fanatics, ,i iimt in little Julian, tho youngest of civilized nations, not only Is vaccination compulsory, uui re ...in.n,n nt atitcd periods Is rigidly enforced. By an Act of Parliament passed In 1800, and at once signeu oy tbo Mikado, re-vacclnation at porlods of five years was mado compulsory upon every Japanese, whatever his or her station in life. Vaccination is dono with lymph from calves only, wmcn Is procured from vaccine establish ments owned nnd controlled by the government, and which Is distributed gratis. Any attempt to evade re-vnc-clnatlon at tbo stated period Is made ii k 1 1. , "Tcnso, and Is trailed n J wlllilu and does uot depend on circum , -11 If oven- innu. ones or twice dm'lug a himself, meutally, out of the melee aud endeavor for a short while lo gel a uroauer ouuoos ...I... 1,1. ...Irltnnl luvirlnir lldlrllltf tutu tho rectus Of compare his present self with what be . . . a . I tf nopei 10 ue, auu iuujtvi uiu.w .,-i-Mlnv Ilia elimination of cou- ulded by tho reading of soms meditative uuiiciiu. Good Road. A GOOD road la one that will reasonably meet the peculiar demands of the locality aud Its conditions as to character of tralllc, topography, available mate- i V rials aud tltmnclal resources. For mauy roules a very narrow roadway will sutllce. With Infrequent travel of comparatively light vehicles ouly, a light construction at a corresponding cost will bo permissible. At the other ex treme, for roads over which many wagous heavily loaded with ore. metuls or quarry products, aud drawn by many even tho most substantial form of the ordinary classes of construction, at all within financial possibility, Is often Inadequate, and tn such places some form of steel road may be found more economical, In first cost as well ns In maintenance. Soms localities are favored or stone with which hard roads can be built at small expense, nnd their topography and soli are favorable to easy aud thorough drainage, an Important con sideration. The people need, also, to be taught how to use good ronds after they are built. One little example of what should uot be done Is the habit of follovvlug the same track lu the middle ot the road, which soon produce ruts by concen trating the wear both of the wheels and of the horses' feet. To meet this difficulty. In some parts of the country signs hare been put up alongside the roadside with admoni tion: "Do not keep lu the middle of the road," or some sim distribute the truffle over the whole width of the roadway. Experience with various materials, Im plements, methods of construction aud maintenance, aud types of bridges nnd structures Is yielding useful knowl edge which should be made as widely available as possible for the benefit ot those having charge of road and street work. The Engineering Record. War and Long Life. IT Is not always true that war shortens life. The sole survivor of the Greek War of Independence, who was brought to the notice of King George the other day. Is said to lie 103 years old. and the last survivors of our wars have often reached a much greater age. Mr Joseph Fayrer. one of the King's physicians, has spoken to a man who fought In the battle of lluxsr, which took place In 17tH. William Gillespie, who saved the colors at Preston Pans, and Is on the roll of Chelsea pensioners, died lu Dumfries at 10 aud the last survivor of the capture of Gibraltar lived to be 115. Thomas W I in ins, who died lu 1701, near Tuam, In Ireland, had fought In the battle of Londonderry In 1701, and Phoebe Hessel. the Amazon, who received a bayonet wound at Fontenoy tn 1743, lived to be 10S, receiving a pension from the prlrate purse ot Grorg IV. until her death. A veteran of Cullodta draw a pension for sixty yean and died aged 10(1, and a man, whose born was shot under blm at LVlgohtll In ItH- died, ninety-four years later, aged 113. There Is now no survivor of Water loo. but Madame Ulvron, of Vlcsvllle. Hatnault saw tbt ground drenched with blood, and Napoleon riding "as If In a dream." Loudon Chronicle. Protection for Willing Workers. THE cure for the paralysis of industry which Is caused everywhere by the locking of horns between employe and employer Is available whenever the public Is ready to apply It It consists of full protection for the thousands of laborers who always prefer work to ldle ness. Protection, however, does not lie only In long sticks carried by the police for use In momenta of positive vio lence. It lies first In public opinion so general and so de termined to give men their rights under the law that th misguided sentimentalists who keep pouring the encourage ment of praise on the leaders of coercion shall not prevail against It. Where law rules Idleness cannot last for any length of time in any civilized community. New York Sua. grave dereliction against public health. The result Is that smallpox, once tho curse of tbo Isuiuds consti tuting tho renlm of Japan, Is now all but unknown. Similar results are re ported from every country where vac cination Is made compulsory and rigid ly enforced, Kindred Dtiortooiiilim, "I have no patience," said the large man with tbe blue nose, "with people who acquire, enormous fortunes." The doctor with tbe short practice sighed soulfully and replied: "I ngrco with you, my friend. Un fortunately, I have no patients with that class either." Baltimore News. Kansas Cuttle Ilaiioh. A tract of 20,000 acres In western Kansas has been bought by Indiana and Ohio capitalists for raising polled Angus cattle. About the most helpless thing ou earth Is au automobile seven mile from n country store with Us gasoline nir i m. Oi 1 . WCEDINQ THEM OUT. How lbs Minister l'oiuiJ the Man Wlie lililii't Hlaii. "I smllo over It even now," declared tbo well-known minister of tho gospel who wns In it reminiscent mood. "It was my first church and I was am bitious to imiko n good shuwlug. Wo were siully lu need of now church nnd 1 decided lo innko nu attempt lo get one. The cougregiltlou wus nut n Wealthy imo nnd I fully realized that It would be a dlllleult matter to secure tbe needed funds. Knowing that many aro sensitive over the fact that tbey nre not able lo give ns much as others, I tried tbo plau of having them write the a mount they were willing to give upon n curd mid put It lu n small en velope that I furnished. "Well, I collected the envelopes uml took them In my study to look over. The amount pledged was very satisfac tory but there was one card calling for J 100 that was unsigned. At first I thought this wns nn oversight then thinking I recognized the writing. I was not so sure Thero was only one member who wrote n band like It and that wns Deacon Jones, a man who had n reputation of being very close. Now J 100 wns none loo much for blm to give, although I bad not eipeelcd to get more than f'.'.'i from Iiliu. 1 ills tluetly remembered seeing blm make a groat show of dropping hla envelope In the bat when It wan passed and as there was no card with bis name I felt sure that the unsigned card was hla and that ho waa aware that he had not signed It. "Well, tho next Hundsy-rcnirnibcr I wns yoiing-1 resolved upon a lld plau," continued the minister, accord ing to the Detroit Free Press. "I aroe aud requested all those who had baud ed In an envelope the Sunday before to stand up. This they did, (be deacon among them. Then, as I read a list of givers I had mnde from the cards, I requested them to be seated. One by one they sat down, and when my list was exhausted only tho deacon was standing, and he was pretty red In the face. I blandly rxplalnid mat ters, luvlled the deacon to sign bis card, and nfter he had done so. much against bis wllj. I announced the hymn "Praise God Tom Whom All Blessings Flow.' " I THE HOME-MADE BALL. 1 $- Two grown up Iwys of sixty were standing In front of n window In which were displayed all sorts of game aud sporting goods. There were several boxes full of baseballs which ranged lu price from ten cents lo a dollar and a half. "Our young fellows have too much of their fuu ready-made for them." said oue. "Look at those baseballs, which my young gentleman of ten or fifteen with his allowauce of several thousand dollars a week." the other grlnued-"mon or less, buys by the dozen, throws around and loses. 1 doubt If he has so good a lime as 1 did. Ever make n baseball?" "Uundreds of 'em. Hundreds of 'em. Do you remember bow we Used lo watch for old rubber boots so we could use the heels?" "Yes, Indeed Ileal rubber, tbey wero then, too. Made a line core. If you didn't stnrt with n good core, the other fellow's ball would bounce higher. A fellow wnn pretty poor stuff that couldn't bounce bis ball over the shed." "Aud mother used to give us tho yarn. That never seemed extravagant to her. although maybe she objected If we spent a nickel for candy." "I used to get enough ynrn to make n ball from my old Aunt Emma, as pay for holding live skeins," "Did you put hard twine nn the out side before you put ou the cover?" "Yes. Fine, hard twine or small fish line. That was a Utile more expensive, but well, I made great balls!" "So did I. My brother taught me to cut the cover from old boot tops. Quar ters, you know pieces shaped llko pieces of orange peel." "Yes, I've Hindu 'em Hint way, too, but sometimes wc cut the leather In two dumb-bell-shaped pleres, like those balls In the window there. Then wo sewed 'cm with waxed thread." "Say I'm going lo leach that boy of mine to make n bnseball. There are some things absolutely necessary lo a liberal education. Good-by!" "Good-byl I suppose I shall see you at the directors meeting at four?" "Ileal Indian." A young woman recently received Instruction In the art of Indian basket ry, and bad made several copies of Indian baskets of which alio waa very proud. A friend, who had been living In Arizona, called upon the young wo man, who showed the baskets with considerable pride. "They nre really very well done," commented tho visitor, "but of course they are not tho real ludlau bas kets." "Why, Mrs. Sawyer," Indignantly exclaimed the maker, "how can you ssy that, when I Just told you that I mado them myself?" Ono Point of View, "1 ooi very much afraid that you do not nppreclato the spirit of a free coun try." " "Oh, yes I do," answered the man who had recently landed In New York, In a dialect which It Is needless to re produce. "What do you unuersmnu uy a rrce country?" "It Is a ulace where you are free tn' do ns you ehooso If you can mnimgo to get on mo punee lurce. vtasuingtoil Dlploni iay. Mrs. Housekeep It's almost Impos sible to get a servant girl these days. You've got to keep telling them what they must do uud even then they won't stay! Mrs. Unkt Gracious, uol I onlj manage to keep mliiu by constantly telling them what they aro respectful ly requested to do. Philadelphia Press. Col ion Mill nt (Julio. A cotton mill to be built at Quito, tbo capital of Ecuador, must be cur ried ou the backs of mules through tho Andes, passlug a point 10,000 feel In altitude. Tbo largest iiiulu ou earth, a fi-yrnr. old Jluiiul, belongs to Mlclmul Murray of Hereford, Mo. Hliu Is eighteen hands, or six feet high nt the shout iters and weighs 1,703 pounds, Germany has built the finest, fastest vessels alloat, although alio Is uol geo graphically u niaiitlmo country, and uo other country la so largely depend ent ou others for tho raw material which enter Into tbo making of a ship. A duel ou bicycles was receutly fought lu Paris. The two combatants were placed fifty yards apart and then ordered to charge. They rodu nt om another nt a furious pace, but over shot the murk and fulled to meet. Wheeling quickly round, tbey returned lo tho charge, mid this time came to gether with a terrific shock. Both were thrown, while tbo seconds, who were following behind, also on bicy cles, fell III their turn, nnd both wero Injured. Neither of tho combatants touched tho other with Ills sword, but lu falling one run his weapon lulu him self and his opponent Injured hla leg. A scientific examination of thu oil deposits lu the great coast prulrlu ex tending from Louisiana through Texas to Mexico, a illntancu of ueral hun dred miles, haa recently been mudo by Prof. It. T. Hill, who describes Ids results In tho Journal uf th Franklin Institute, ilio oil was first struck In 11U1 by a drill holo driven 1,100 feet deep, through clay aud quick, saud. More than two hundred wells are now lu operation, ami one has been sunk to a depth of more than three thousand feet. Sometimes hot water Is struck below the oil, aud sometimes the ull Itself la hot. Tbo deeper It Is found tbo more salt thu water Is. There are about two hundred thous and stars between tho first and iilulli magnitude, the number of each lesser magnitude being about three times that ot the next higher. Now, If tills rutu of Increase wero continued down to the seventeenth magnitude, there would be uhont UOO.(M,0H) visible. It) the beat uiodrrn telescopes, tele scopic observation nnd phelographlc charts show nothing nppro.iehlng this number. Tbo latest estlmato does not exceed ono hundred million. As th Instruments reach further and further Into spare they find a continuous di minution lu tho uumber of stars, thus Indicating an approach tq the outer limits of tbe strllur universe. When the natives of Paraguay drink tea they do not pour It from a ten-pot Into a cup, but Ull a goblet Hindu out of a pumpkin or gourd, and then suck up tbo hot liquid through a long reed. Moreover, the tea which they use Is altogether different from that which comes from China, belug made out of th dried and rousted leaves of a pxlm like plant which grows lu Paraguay aud Southern Brazil. The natives ssy that this tea la an excellent remedy for fever aud rheumatism, and chemi cal tests which have been made by German physicians seem to show that there Is good ground for this state unit. Certain It is that tea is widely used throughout Paraguay lu rases of Illness, and that, so far as has been observed, the effects produced by It are highly beneficial. Innovation, on (tie l-'arm. The prairie West Is more progressive than most peoplo believe. It takes up the new Ideas quickly and pushes them to the limit. In rural delivery the States of Kansas and Nebraska are as progressive as Ohio. Out ou the plains. 100 miles and more west of Kansas City and Omaha, are Ibe rural wagons making Ihelr dally trips. Tho towns are mostly on tho railroads running east and west. Must of tho rural routes run north and south, nnd each covers approximately fifty miles In tho round trip, serving ItH) families. Out on tbe edge of Kansas, close to tho Oklahoma Hue, where only n few years ago It was a cattle range, aro the white wagous, From tbe little town of Cald well go seven wagons, serving 700 families. Out on the ranches, where the cow-boys aro 'watching tho im proved herds, the morning Kansas City papers with tho full Associated Press now a up to 2 o'clock In tho morning are delivered at 10 a. m. Every event of Importance lu tbo world's history of the last twenty-four hours Is thus known. Fast mall trains have brought the pnpers to tbe county sent and tho carriers started nbout 8 n. m. on their trips. Leslie's Weekly. New Kinds ur Bullets. It Is generally supposed that nothing save a metal bullet could commend It self for tho purposo of man-killing In war. That such a missile is more powerful for long-range shooting may be true enough, snys tho Ilegtmeut; but for destructive purposes at a short distance a bullet of paper or tallow has greater effect. During some re cent experiments lu this direction It was proved beyond doubt that whero ts a metal bullet penetrated n deal plank an Inch In thickness nnd left a neat hole, n pasteboard bullet bad a far greater destructive effect upon tho target. A paper bullet passing through six pieces of tin placed nt n distance of a foot apart buckled tliem up so ns to be of uo further use, whereas a melnl bullet merely left n small round holo nnd In no other way disfigured tho tin. An Aged Scholar. A penpnnt womnn named Mntlnuio Huguet, In tho Hum Commune of Iho Sommo Department, lint put herself to school nt seventy years of ngo, Do plorlng hor Illiteracy, tho old dame nt last summoned courage some months ngo to nsk tho village schoolmnsler If he would teach her lo read, "Then Is not n moment lo lose," said that worthy fellow, with lender humor "we'll begin this Instiiiit," nnd, pro ducing the alphabet, bo there nnd then administered to his nged pupil her first lesson In tho mysteries or ABO. But mother Huget wns mi npt scholar. By Infinite docility ami dillgtnco sho wns nblo to spell n Utile at tlo end of several weeks, could read In a few months, and can imw Indite n Utile letter ns well us mull of her class.