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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1903)
1 TmPfCS OF TUB TIMES, Laugh and bt bunch laughs wltn you. . Some mm bare an Idea that heaven U one lone par-day. ' You are all advised to give rent to your mirthful feeling. Since the latest auto race In Europo the horrors of war do not teem to dreadful. When you get right down to the true Inwardness of It you will And that a roan's best friend Is himself. When our shafts fall to hit the mirk, we generally have a feeling that It Is because tho mark Is too low. With Kdlson and Marconi working In cahoots, electricity may as well pre pare to giro up Its remaining secrets. If a man should fall to hating him aclt and wanted to get even he should sit dowu and give himself good advice. The arbitration rerm Is doing well. considering the backward season, but Is still a pygmy compared with me (.trlke ..tulcrobo. Que, preacher thinks the American people laugh too much. This Is the worst case of trouble-seeking that we bare ever heard of. All men want to luugh, but roost of them arc generally discouraged be cause they have been laughed at for one thing or another. If the fish that a man catches would only get away and he could nab those that get away be would bring home more and larger fish perhaps. The humiliating fact remains that with all our losses and disfigurement, the Mood record has not been broken. Old 1344 still wears the championship belt A poet has been elected president of a railroad, lie will probably have a grand career. A man who can work his way up through poetry must hare great 'stuff In him. "Great divinities!" exclaimed the shade of Nero; watching the automo bile race. "Could I have had a bunch of them what sights of royal carnage the arena would have been!" Luck has finally turned, and Spain is to secure $300,000 from a British firm that failed to complete a couple of torpedo boat destroyers In time for service in the Joint naval maneuvers held with the United States off San tiago. An excited Assyrlologtst has disin terred Abraham's old threshing ma chine and the plow which he used to put his upper eighty under, 'way back In the days when the Asayro-Ba by Io nian empire flourished. If Abraham bad suspected the Interest we feel in him he would have bought a stone quarry and kept a cuneiform dairy. It may be a more swell event when waiters from a hotel or club are en gaged to pass the refreshments at a party, but we prefer a party where the hostess or a neighbor girl urges, "Do have some more." The hired waiter can't get that personal note of appeal In his voice If be wears a dress' suit and costs $2 for the evening. The charge that this Is an irreverent age will have to be wlhtdrawn soon If the celebrations In honor of famous men continue. What with the glorifi cation of the work and memory of Emerson and Wesley and Jonathan Edwards In one season, one must ad mit that Americans have not lost all regard for the men whose Ideas have affected the religious life of the coun try. Many prophets have been saying that that this will be the woman's cen tury. At any rate. It looks as If the old maid would disappear before Its close. The belles of a generation or two ago were sixteen or eighteen years old, and a woman of twenty-five was regarded as hopelessly stranded if no man bad won her. To-day the unmar ried women do not begin to call them selves "bachelor maids" the most re cent eupbemlBm for "old maid" un til they are past thirty. At a recent convention of airbrake men an Interesting report was present ed showing bow the distance required for the stopping of trains had been re duced by the new high-speed brake. A train running eighty miles an hour was stojwl In 2.210 feet by the high speed bruke at 110 pounds, where or dinary pressure of seventy pounds took exactly half a mile to bring it to H stand. Other train speeds and re ductions in stopping distances were those: Fifty miles an hour, from 810 to 700 feet; fifty-five miles, 1,030 feet; sixty-five miles, 1,035 to 1,300 feet; seventy miles, 2,010 to 1,630 feet; seventy-five mil en, 2,205 to 1.840 feet New York City, according to the latest estimate, has a population of three million seven hundred thousand. Since New York was enlarged by the addition of Brooklyn and other adjoin ing communities It has been the sec ond largest city In the world. London la the largest Tho addition to New York of the New Jersey cities within the metropolitan district would still leave it a hundred and fifty thousand short of London's four million five hundred and eighty thousand popula tion, and more than two millions short of the population of the London metro politan police districts. The other cit ies of the world come a long way after these two great English-speaking com munities. Of the fourteen cities which have more than a million populttlpn, three are In the United State. - Two are In Itussla and two In China, If the estimates of the population of Pekln and Canton are trustworthy. No other country lias more than one. Thin fart will not JiiHtlfy a boastful attitude ou the, part oC Americana, for It takes more than big ctles to make a great nation. It the world persists In Its pcrsecn tlon of the Jew he will eventually ami surely rule the world. Persecution as In other cases Instead of crushing the Hebrew race has raised It. lu the early years of the Christian propagan da Its votaries suffered bloody and cruel persecution. And yet In 900 years that religion was enthroned trl umphant In the lloman government, The blood of the martyrs became the seed of the church. You cannot kill a great cause or a great people by op position. Under the persecution of more than 2,000 years the Jew has kept his racial vigor In a wonderful way. The antonomy of the race Is ono of tho marvels of history. Sub letted to proscription and Injustice the Jew has cultivated endurance and ten aclty. Discipline has but made him strong. Like the oak tree he has leaned against the storm and sent his roots down deeper. No other peoplo has thus held Its own. Nations and tribes and tongues have been swal lowed up by the stronger and tho fitter. Itace after race has lost Its Identity, merged Into other types. The Jew lives on, magnificent In his lndl vldualtty. To-day the scattered but vir ile children of Israel are everywhere. In every nation the Jew Is a potent remnant From Grcenland'a Icy tnoun tains to India's coral strand you will find them resourceful, strenuous, pow erful. He has made every river his Jordan, every mountain top his Zlon. every city his Jerusalem. More and more ore tho resources of the world coming Into his hand. More and more are the forces of civilization controlled by hlra. Ills are already the marts. And slowly but surely will he gather the agencies that make and mold the world's public sentiment Foolish per secutorsl If you will but keep up your racial hatred and remorseless perse cution long enough the Jew will be master of the world. Andrew Carnegie has denied with great Indignation any Insinuation In London that he is a member of the "smart set" of New York and New port Carnegie haa been accused of almost everything In his time, but he never before protested with such heat ed vigor. And, as usual when he talks warmly, he had something to say of substantial good sense. "In America, more than anywhere else." he said, "It Is "three generations from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves.' There Is no single hereditary fortune in America that Is not being spilt up. Aristocracy cannot exist without primogeniture and en tall, and our laws know neither." This earnest statement has all the more force because of the fact that Carne gie himself Is one of the finest exam ples the world haa of the man who be gins In his shirtsleeves and ends with more money than he knowa what to do with. Few of our rich and really forceful men began otherwise. The whole list of America's multl-mtlllon-aires contains scarcely the name of a single man who did not start In life comparatively poor. ..They began work In their shirtsleeves, and It was the work, with the strength of aspiration and the quickness of Intellect that work promotes, which made them masters. And there Is an even longer list of men who began life rich and are ending It poor. It I unwritten but almost infallible law that the boy pampered In wealth has a poor chance In the contest with the poor- boy whose mind and muscles have been trained to toll. We talk about "class es" In thl country without knowing the word's meaning. We have social grades, educational levels and ranks of riches, but fixed classes. In society, learning or wealth are absolutely Im possible. The way up Is open to all, and new men are constantly climb ing upward, while others, weakened by wealth, sink back to common service. RESIDENCES OF ROYALTY. Sams of tht Plaxts In Francs Owntd by Nottd Parsons. In connection with the new additions to the extensive property of the king of the Belgians on the French Riviera some note are published relative to the possessions of foreign monarchs, princes and princesses In France. King Leopold's demesnes are at Ville-franche-sur-Mer, near Nice. They are called the Col du Calre and the Pas sable. Both have been Lately enlarged, notably the Passable, to which has been added the whole of the western side of Cape Ferrat. In this portion of the newly acquired property, say the London Telegraph, a small port has been constructed for the king's yacht At Cannes the Count de Cas erta, and at Crolzette the Count dl Ilardl, brother of the Duke of Parma, have villas and grounds, as well as the dowager grand duchess of Meek-lenburg-Schwerln, and another great lady of a royal house. At Biarritz Queen Nathalie has a villa and grounds. The Emperor of Austria is proprie tor of bis ambassador's residence In Paris, which was bequeathed to him by the Ducbesse de Galllera. He also owns the vault of the Dukes of Lor raine at Nancy. The King of Italy owns the abbey of Haute-Combe on the banks of the Lac du Bourget, In Savoy. The Prince of Monaco Is the proprietor of the Chateau de March las and also of a large residence In Paris, the Hotel de Valentlnots, Faubourg Salnt-Germaln. The chateau of Cham Lord belongs to the Duke Parma; Queen Isabella of Spain owns tho Has llevskl palace, near the Arc de Trl omphe, and her husband, the late Don Francis of Asslssl, long lived In tho chateau of Eplnay, on the banks of the Seine, beyond St Denis town. Lat terly the ex-queen of Naples purchas ed some land at Neullly, outside Paris, where a splendid private bouse Is be ing built for her.. If most of us could hare the gold That Morgan's got we'd yell And kick becauaa we could not hold Ills stocks and bonds as well. -Philadelphia Press. The average man Is never natlxnt except when he Is biding bis time to get even. DESCRIBED BY PEN AND CAMERA BOOK THAT TELLS OF THE RESOURCES OF OREGON WASHINGTON Not a Lot of Dry Rot Rubbish and Figures That Repel Bui an Attractive Story About Railroad Han Who Gave Narrative Interest, With and Help to Impress the Truth. "Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Their Resources," this year Issued Jointly by the Oregon llallroad & Navigation Company nnd tho Southern Pacific Company (llncj In Oregon) la Just off tho press. Tho book was compiled by Rlnaldo M Halt. It Is tho best work on Immigration ever Issued In tho Interest of tho Pacific Northwest and clearly demonstrates that thoso railroad compan ies aro doing good work In helping to build up tho threo Northwest ern gems In tho union of states. It contains SS pages, 27 of which nro fine half-tone pictures. Every Industry In tho Pacific North west Is given attention and tho story of each Industry Is so told that It Is. convincing. The first chapter Is devoted to "Tho Pacific Northwest" In general, tho opening paragraph following: Lioi of Frorabt inl Orrorlonltr. "Every year Is n .mcmorablo one In tho Pacific Northwest Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho. Nowhere In tho entire world Is there such a land of promise and opportunity. Prosperity, plenty, happiness and contentment are seen on every hand tnroughout tho great section, where millions of acres of government land nro yet un token .and where several acres of as good. Improved land enn be bought for the price of one In Illinois, Wis consin, Ohio. Indiana. Iowa and other states. It Is tho mecca of the home seeker and Investor, nnd so great has been the Influx of new comers tho past few years that tho Industrial condi tions havo been completely changed and tho outlook entirely revolution- lied." Plenty of Good Uoi for New Scttkrs. The second chapter is devoted to Homes for Millions." In this the number of acres of government land untaken at the close of the fiscal year. Juno 30. 1902. are given. Thoso un acquainted with the government land question In Oregon will be surprised to know that during tho year there were more public lands entered and disposed of in Oregon than In any state west of the Rocky mountains. In spite of all this there yet remained at tho close of the fiscal year 31.S72. 671 acres homes for millions, to be had for the mere nothing, the new set tlers having for neighbors active and thrifty people, who came originally from those parts of the United States where systematic Industry, on pro ductive lines, has long been establish ed and actively developed. The un taken tracts lie In every part of the state and Include lands of all kind; and classes, adapted to all purposes. This chapter In the book will be of Incalculable value to those who re ceive Inquiries concerning govern ment land and bow to obtain It. as especial pains have been taken to point out to the Inquirer now all these lands are secured. CnlUren Miv Eajoy Best School AinnUre. The third chapter Is. devoted to Oregon. Washington and Idaho In gen eraL "School Advantages," Is the fourth, and ono of the new chapters in the book. A lone felt want was supplied when this chapter was In troduced In the publication, for if there is one thing that Interests n newcomer above all others It ia whether or not the chances for edu cating hip children are good. In Ore gon the state constitution makes gen erous provision for a complete educa tional system, from the kindergar tens through the university, and those unacquainted with the educational re cord In Oregon will be surprised and Interested to know that so thorough has the school work been carried on In the state that It Is a statistical fact that Oregon stands third from the top in freedom from Illiteracy, with a per centile of 99.SS of a possible 100, only being surpassed by Nebraska with a percentage or .bt, ana Iowa, with 99.63. Washington and Idaho also stand near tho top. The citizens of these states, ac cording to the above, point with pride to these figures, ana justly bo. for nn more fitting monument could stand aB evidence of the fact that the early pioneers who came here first and settled In the country were pro gressive and energetic In building right foundations for the continued Intelligent growth and progress of the future great states. Not So Moth Fain Alter AIL Oregon's delightful climate Is well Fortunes lu Needed Inventions. Have you an Inventive mind? If so, you have a fortune in your bead If you only knew how to get It out. Here's your chance. Here are thirteen things the world needs, for either one of which It will pay you n fortune: A wall-papering machine. A quick-acting monkey-wrench. A rail Joint without nuts and bolts. A scrubbing machine. A cuspidor that will not spill when upset. A trolley that will not come off tho wire. An oil can that will not explode. A quick fire-hose coupling without screw threads. Combination ironing-board and step- ladder. A music leaf turner. A window lock and burglar alarm. An envelope that cannot bo opened without detection. A simple nut lock. Atlanta Journal. At the Kindergarten. "Would you bo sorry If your mam ma was to die?" aBked tho smallest girl on the bench as she painstakingly threaded her needle and fell to work on her hemming. "Oh, what a silly question!" replied the plump girl with a blue plnaforo who sat next to her. "Of eourso I should." And she gave a vicious tug at her thread to shake tho kuot out of It. "Well, I shouldn't be sorry If my fa ther were to die," put In a thin little woman of 8. The others looked shocked nnd naked why. "Oh, ho's too fresh," replied tho thin girl, In peccnts of deepest disgust. Every young: man Is looking for a position of trust In the employ of a rich man who has an ouly daughter. AND IDAHO This Land We Love Written by a His Work Originality and Strong Illustrations That Catch the Eye told In tho next chapter, Interesting tables for tho months of Juno nnd July being given: nlso nnothcr tahto which Jhows that tho ntinual preclp Italian for Portland, Or., for the past 31 years was 38.52. while that of Hos- ton was 41.2S, New York 43 01, nm' other eastern cities surprisingly ns high. "Soil" nnd "drain Growing' nro each given separnto chapters, the following paragraph from the chapter on "Grain Growing" being of espec ial Interest: Cost of What Production. "The cost of wheat production In tho Inland Empire Is relatively so much jcss nnd tho yield so far nnenil of ninny much advertising and boast ed sections of the United States, that actual returns from harvest fields aro often discredited by thoso who hnvo not visited tho region. Under clato of November 8. 1902. Mr. John Car penter, of Forest River. N. 1).. writes that tho yield In tho lied River val ley for tho year 1902 was from 5 to 3D bushols per aero: that tho cost of raising a 35-bushcl bumper crop was 17.50 ner acre, and that wheat at that day waa worth 60 cents per bushel, which means that tho net profit from an aero of wheat land In tho Red Hlv er Valley that yielded 35 bushels In 1902 wor S13.60. In tho great Inlnnd Empire tho cost of raising nn acre of wheat ready for market Is between ! and J7 Assuming that it is ij.&u per acre, which accord ng to Klcnard aic Oahoy. of Walla Walla, authority on the subject, never exceeds that amount. In the case of Samuel Drumholler.who. In 1902. from tho unlnnds of Eastern Washington, raised 10.560 bushels from 160 acres, an average of 66 bush els per acre, at tho market price 65 cents per bushel, means a net profit of JJ664. or J35.40 per aero, nearly threo times the profit of that from an acre In the Red River Valley. To llruco Ferrcll In the samo county, wno thro.heil 23.230 bushels from 420 acres, an average of 56 bushels per acre. It means a not prom oi ... 962.50. or J28.25 per aero." (lifter oa Irrlr-Uoo. Thorn In nn Interesting chanter nr. "Grasses and Forage Plants." "Dairy- I.,.' -Oln.b.nl.lni. " "Fi-lllt PlllllirO." .j.uvn...o...r,. - "Vegetnblo Products," "Hopralslng, "Lumber industry, "Mining, ri.u ,! E-I.hfnt." nml "Irrlirnllnn " This chapter on Irrigation will ,be of es pecial Interest to the people of East ern Oregon. Tho figures In this chap ter bring out some surprising facta. One chapter U devoted to Portland, and as Is the custom of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company, inis city i given special prominence. Onnlr.nn la alan f-lvon A finOPtlll ChBR- ter In above. Another new chapter Is that on "Markets, mo wonucriui iie- ninnA 1 n il Orion tnl floM hofne nolnted out. Chapter 21 Is devoted to "Rail- a . .I . in tho hniv nf tho hnnlr un der "Condensed Information," a short paragraph Is devoted to eacn town along the Oregon Railroad & Navlga dm. rnmnnnv nnrl tho Southern Pa cific lines In Oregon. A splendid map of Oregon, wasnington ann luuuu in also In the back of the book. rnnlnn nf hlo flnlonr1M nnhllcatlnn ..uytcd v . '---- can be secured by sending four cents In stampo to A. L. Craig. Ocneral Pns onnrrn. Af-onr nro?nn Railroad & Nav igation Company, or W. E. Coman. O. F. & P. A., Houtnern racinc, i-ori-land. Oregon. Get tho book and read It. Send It to some Eastern or South- nm trar.A Thon fin BO. nflmln and again. In the cases of other Eastern and Southern friends. A Man of Business. The angry father kicks the young man from the front steps. "Sir," says the young man, picking himself up, "I would like to cnll your attention to the goods bundled by my bouso. We make tho best line of soft rubber soles nnd heels that you can find anywhere." Father goes back Into the house, rub bing his chin and wondering whether blng his chin nnd wondering whctlwr, after nil, he has not made u mistake In refusing to welcome so grent n bust ness genius Into his family. Judge. Expert Itat Catcher. A really expert rot catcher docs n thriving business, as may be gathered from the fact that ho can always count upon a regular "round" of warehouses, hotels, etc., where tho catch Is paid for at the rata of lVt pence per head, while there Is a steady demand for live rats by terrier keepers, who will pay 3 pence each for them. Aa a night's work Is often rewarded by 200 or 300 of the creatures being secured the profit Is large. Glove-makers pay half a crown a dozen for the skins, which aro sent In great quantities from tho metropolis. Wisdom In Crimson Oulcli. "Do you think It polite," snld the fool. Ish stranger In Crimson Oulcli, "for a man to sit In his shirt sleeves and play cards all day'r" "Yes, sir," answered Three Finger Sam; "and maybo It will bo for your' own good to remind you that the fewer sleeves a man bus -on when ho plays cards around hero the less liable he Is to fall under suspicion." , In these days of paternal Indulgence of children, girls aro au self-willed In their choice of a man ns they wero lu picking out a doll their parents eouldu't afford. OPINIONS OF QREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS CJtv Man Who Would a nN agricultural nowspaper lu Chicago, having an uouueed that It will publish free all advertliiments not city persons wanting work In the country. Is fair ly swamped with applications. The letters art In trnxtlnc. as Indicating a general crowded, narrow and couflnlng toutlne of city life, and gel Into the oneu air. Hut what Is still more Interesting and worthy of attention Is the fact that tion tho would-be farmers display a ueeiueu isc- or win luaocM to become actual farm laborers. While the real need of the farmers all-around work of agriculture, most to go tho country want to be specialists. They want to help gather tho fruit of California, round up ths cattle on the nlalns. do dairy work, or ralio West has oast Its glsmour over most of tance lends euchnutment to rural life. nnv who an willing to ea to work uoli, Iowa or Kanaas. California, Montana or Colorado are the favorites. The letters so far received are typical, not so much of a genuine dealre on the part or poor ramillea to eaiauiisii homes In the country, as of the ycarulug of men of the middle class for a change, or for adventure. There la room In the country for millions of people, and there will be more and more room, as West progreaaes. The hopclcua, Incompetent, struggling people who encumber the great cities, atlvo freedom In agriculture, but for establish a home In the country means grit, hard work and perhaps Intelligent assistance from of our pioneer nucestors has fallen off of city civilization. Chicago Journal. Women Gamblers. I KOPI.E who have made tho matter a study contend Y-mJ that when the get-rich-qulck microbe attacks women I It Is not easily exterminated or 1 phantom pictures which rlo and of the ticker fascinate theiu, and they chance with the recklessness of veteran drrds of women give their orders clandestinely, and the fact that they have an Interest In the their dally examination of the market reports Is prompted by anything beyond a desire to be Informed, Is not known to any one sare their brokers. These art good customers for brokers. A sigh over u statement showing a balance on the wrong side, a vow "never to do so any more" or au order given "Just to get even" Is the There Is another class of women which the bad loser Is largely represented. This cists sup ports bucket shops lu the rcsldeuce parts of the city, llkt the one which was raided a few days ago. When these women win they are happy, hut when fortune frowns nn them they are "horrid." They want their money back from the bucket shop proprietors. Tbry cVy, scold, and finally threaten to "tell on the mean things" who took their mnr glns. In order to shield themselves tho threat Is not often carried Into execution, and the bucket shop continues to do buslneti at the old stand, taking money from tho women who succumb to tho temptations of the tape. It Is refresh ing to know that once In a while a woman gels so thor oughly angry because of her losses that she does her share toward breaking up the bucket shop business. She would never do such a thing If her speculations were successful bence all good cltlxens should rejoice when she loses. New York Tribune. The Jews In Russia. IT Is true that the Russian Jews do not engage In agri culture nor work In the field. They art not allowed to do so. They are not permitted to own or even to rent land, and are confined, passing their Uvea within allot ted "pales of settlement" lying almost wholly In tht cities. They art restricted by arbitrary laws Flve-slxtbs of all the Jews In Itussla and have no chance to s-e, much lets destroy, the peasant by whose fancied bassador Is so moved. As a simple Jews of Russia, as a class, are abjectly poor, and the few of them who are wealthy enough to have money to lend REALLY FINE PANAMAS, Hata that Can Ha Kntlralr Hlclilth In tbt Claaed II. nil. The fashion for Panama bats of the last two or threo years bas made peo ple commonly acquainted with the fact that tho hats are not made In Pana ma, that the term Panama bat Is only a trade name, and that the best of these hats come from Jlpljapa, In Ecuador, says the New York Hun. Hut there are other Interesting things not generally known about Panama bats. Thus Senor Franco, who was a can didate for president at the last elec tion In Ecuador, had presented to him not long ago by bis friends a hat sold to be the finest of Its kind in the world. It Is to be on exhibition at the St. Louis World's Fair with other products of Ecuador. The whole hat, says the owner's son, who Is at Columbia University, can bt pressed so small tbat It can be hidden entirely In tho closed hand. When the baud Is opened the hat will spring back Into perfect shape Just s If it bad never been touched save n the most careful manner. In Its making particular core was used because of tho great desiro of Senor Franco's friends to give him a hat that had no equal. It Is very rure that a bat such as Senor Franco's Is seen In tho United States, and when one Is brought here It Is not In a reg ular shipment meant to be sold, but u tho possession of some man who has Just visited Ecuador or who has received It as a gift from a native of the country, Ernesto Franco, the Columbia stu dent, haa one which, though not so fine as his father's Is of a quality not to be bought In this country. It came to him by way of the minister In Washington, enclosed In a little cylin drical box no mora than an Inch In diameter. When his fraternity mates at Colum bia were told tbat there was a hat n the long box they refused to believe It. Hut when the box, looking Just nbout like a neatly wrapped newspa per, was opened tho Incredulous stu dents were treated to a performance something like that of a Jumplng-Jack, for they saw before them a perfectly formed Panama bat. Soon after bo got It Mr. Franco carried It to ono of tho best known hatters lu tho United States to have a leather band put around the Inside. After ths expert had looked at the hat for a few seconds he said; "I'll give you $1B0 for that hat." Tho offer was refused. Mr. Franco still has the beautiful white straw hat, and he expects to have it for many moro years. He lives not very far from the cities In Ecuador, where tho only farmer De. desire to encapo tho almost without excep Is for men to do the of those who offer chickens. Tho far the applicants. Dis There ar Hardly ou the farms of 1111 tho Irrigation of the might tlnd couipar a poor city man to without. The splalt sadly In these days made baruiluia. The fall with the click qf every terlot-a laat ten years In play the game of gamblers. Hun to surpsss this awful record. -Hoaton Herald. stock market, that usual acquence. stock gamblers In tune may be to dalliance with the rare. Many men neither tho meana against Ill-fortune, resourceful speculators. llaltlmore Sun, tivity, with tht aelf-seoklng men. to certain trsdes. never leave tho pales. to overpower and sufferings the am matter of fact, the man can put himself other side of tho question. The Engineering Record. perfect Panamas are made, and Is fa miliar with tho process of weaving them. All the work Is done under water. From the time when the two first straws aro Joined together to the time when the entire work Is done the hat never comes to tho surface. More over, nobody but the half-breed In diana living near the west coast of Ecuador has tho art down to tho finest point. They have practically a monop oly In the manufacture of tho very best hats. Ecuador Is the only place where the proper kind of straw grows. Varie ties much llko It can be found else where, but they all differ a llttlo from the grass of Ecuador. In his country, Mr. Franco says, hats that are considered very good here and cost anywhere from $lfi to 20 bring only 60 cents. They nro not valued so highly, even, ns tho Ameri can flat straw hats. Hut tho bent, even In Ecuador, will sell - at big prices, such ns 7.7) or ?(K). Hut when you once get one anything like Senor Franco's you aro fixed In tho way of headgear for n score of years. NEW8PAPERS AND HISTORY. Dallies Will He or Value to the III. torlnn of tht Putiirt. Yet ono cannot, from tho standpoint of future history writing, reckon tho value of tho newspaper of to-day In terms of tho unwieldy bulk of Its ma terials. And despllo garish coloring and distorted perspective the dally newspaper does reflect llfo and make history In a sense tbat Is true of It alone; all tho more, perhaps, for the exaggerated emphasis It puts upon news as news and for tho often ab surd category of Its classification. Part ly because of Us success and partly bo cause of Its imperfections, Its methods have come to obsess the periodical press to a surprising' extent, writes a contributor to Hcrlhncr's. Evident witness of this Is given by tho care fully prepared paragraphs of nows summary, a now familiar feature of the weekly paper largely displacing tho editorial In Importance, These news summary paragraphs nro extended to tho occasional monthly, while tho ordi nary monthly magaztno of miscella neous aim surrenders an Increasing spaco to contemporaneous subjects and to the reports and comments of men who havo seen Important happenings, or who have been themselves a part of them. Novel and highly useful aa all this ''material" will provo to the his torian of the future, embarrassing In its riches and long accesslblo (slnco the periodical press, weekly and monthly, Is printed on durable paper), It yet cannot take the place of tht are In no position to practice extortion, On tht faro nf It, to plead tho wrongs of tho people of Russia at the hands of a small class, oppressed, corralled and kept under every species nf civil and legal disability- political, social and barbaric persecution of the most detestable character as tho Justification for a wholesale butchery, Is absurd. And, of coursa, they wtr not peasants they were cllltena of a capital city, populated by 1.0,000 pcuplu- who fell upon the Jews of Klshcnrff nnd smote them with slaughter, wlrlte nfllrlnl eyes looked on. Can such a nation claim tlm decent reaped of mankind, or Is It entitled to bo regarded as a I'tvlllird country? - Philadelphia Ledger. Juvenile Suicides. THE Chicago Tribune, which keeps careful records of many classes of abnormal happeuliiga, calls atten tion to the Increasing frequency of suicides of young puraous. Hulrldea lu geurral are Increasing In tint country at an extraordinary rate, the number In UK), being SVJ4. which Is 1,000 mure limit lu thn previous year. At the ratio of Increase, for the .first three months of thn cur rent year, tho total will be much larger than for 1WM. In tho latter year the suicides of women were three times aa many as In 1001. and tlm ratio of Inrrviav continues lu thn current year. Regarding the suicides of young persona, ths following la given as an Incomplete record for thn last two weeks: A hoy of 13 at Marine City, Mich., ahot himself rather than go to church; a young married woman only Id drowned herself at Port Jrrvts, N. Y., beeauao her huabniid of IS would not give her an Easter bonnet: a hoy of 15 nt llaltlmore shot himself because he had to work; a boy of 18 at Hamilton, Ohio, hanged himself because he was cheated lu a horse trade: a girl nf 17 In Chicago poisoned herself because her mother forgot to deliver a mcsangn to her boy lover, and a young man nf IN polmiucd himself In Chicago becauae he failed to find his sweetheart at homo when he called. What Is the matter with our rlvllliatloii that such a shocking record can be made? Hurely, some thing Is wrong. It Is a subject that demands tht attention student of social condition". During tht Europn mort than 400 persons under lfi years of age committed suicide. Tht United States Is likely Speculation. HUM 1 1,1 ICS on the evils of apeculatlon art as old as the practice of gambling In futures, and evidently am regarded as belonging to that species of "good advice" which noliody ever thinks of accepting. Home men who specula to lu stocks or grain or cotton arn made of such sttm stuff that no matter how unkind for them they aro never driven to despera tion. They art philosophers as well as fighters, and arn willing to bide the time when another turn of fortune's wheel may restore to them what they Inst In previous "fickle Jade." Such men, however, nro who arn ruined by speculation have nor the courage to renew the fight while some are utterly crushed and find Ufa no longer worth living. There Is a great deal of pathos In the caso of a man who flnda thn wealth which It had taken him years to accumulate swept away In a da through the manipulation of markets by aggrestlrt and Apply tho Golden Rule. ONE of the most distressing, and bodeful phenomena of tho passing years, and especially of recent months. Is tho unrest of labor tho frequent and sometimes, at least, seemingly unreasonable Interruption of ac many concurrent evils, The sovereign remedy far thrae and similar dlaeaaes of the social Uidy waa stated very clearly alwut nineteen centuries ago. but has ttcen ptrslateutly adulterated or rejected by selfish and The broad man, the great engineer, hss laid upon him a large measure of the responsibility for thn elaboration of. the details of tho practical application to present day relations of man to man, of the principle of doing to others as ono would havo others do. Neither thn narrow-minded nor the Ignorant, nor the small-souled at the view-point of the man on the dally newspaer'a flrst-hand Itnprees slnns. Theiw havo n chararterlstlo freshness-, crudo but realistic, that tho other must lack, n quality that counts for much lu determining values In a picture, As tho historian of to-day, seeking what Is vital lu tho past, turns from records, documents and state pa pers to gossipy letters and diaries even though biased and tnallclnus-so tho historian of tho future might turn from tho most Judicial of chronicles and the most painstaking of recollec tions to tho spicy first reports as they appeared on thn yellowest page of a "yellow" Journal. Old Hlung Hevlvnd, The grent eirt excuse almost the only excuse for slang Is the humor of soma of tho lct plu-nsea, and Just as no Joko Is altogether new In tle days, so many slang phrases that we think are nf late manufacture hare ancient prototypes. Ono piece of modern slang Is tho phrase, "to feel like thirty cents." For somo unaccountable reason, "twenty llvocents"or "fifty cents" Is not funny, whereas thirty, perhaps from tho very Inslgnlflcanco of Its distinction from twenty-five, Is droll, and caught tho public fancy. In a book of storlea nbout Americans, published In lloston In 18.10, Is this story, tho point of which will bo under stood If It be home In mind that tho silver coins In common uso In this country were Spanish, to which Eng lish value names were given. In Now England six shillings mode a dollar. A late municipal Judge In lloston, ns famous for his wit as for tho lownraa of his stature, was walking once with several gentlemen of unusual height, "Well, Judge," asked one, "how do you feel walking nmong so many tall fellows?" "How do 1 feel?" replied the Judge. "I like fourpence ha'penny among six pences." Louis Couldn't Unop It, York House, Twickenham, so long tho home of the exiled Orleans family, Is to ho sold, A number of anecdotes are related of the kings In exile. Louis. Philippe once had a witty con versa tlon with the landlord of the Crown hostlery, hard by York Houso Itself. "And who aro you?" asked the oxtlcd king of tho landlord, whom ho met In tho grounds. "I keep the Crown!" replied tho other. "Ahl" answered Louis Philippe, "that's more than I could do." Now York Tribune. Saloons In Ohio, Ohio collects over f 1,000,000 in li censes from 10,730 saloons. Some people are so lucky tboy can catch flab.