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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1903)
TOPICS OF THE TIMES. Even the (meat of friends-has him self to look after nt time. The Cwr has abolished the knout. It wns not half no effective as sword and Kim. 1,1 fe In a salad with olt and vinegar In It, and the vinegar too often pre dominates. llctwecn being n Kins In Servla or n witness lu Kentucky wo believe we'd rather bo n-flshln'. No matter how musical a man may be. thero was never n mosquito yet that could hum him to sleep. Tho street railway death list for 1803 seems likely to enrich both the funeral directors and the lawyers. The collapse of the rubber trust hav ing been averted,- we have a more comfortable feeling around the collar line. Six wills of lieneral Clay have been discovered, but a man shut up In a castle has to do something with his time. It has been found by some of the statisticians that women live longer than men. This Is because fewer wom en become lunocent bystanders. Some men claim that It Is Just as noble to get rich by spending less as by earning more, but It Is geuernlly pretty hard for them to make their wives believe It llabls are being killed by Persian mobs. It may be explained, however, that the mnssacre Is not Uerodlnu In Its character. The Babls are religious fanatics of adult age. Michigan ministers and undertakers have united In a movement to abolish Sunday funerals, which they claim needlessly desecrate the day. Up to date, however, the doctors have not got together1 to abolish Sunday births. The scientists say death Is In Iced tea, and advise that water at a tem perature of about U5 degrees Is the only thing- to drink In hot weather. How about those lce-colir- springs we used to dip It from when we were boys? '. There Is a limit to the number of de sirable Immigrants we can assimilate, but much more as to the undlgestlble mass. It Is nearing 1,000,000 n year, and three-fourths of this great horde of humanity represents the undesirable and objectionable mass; not probably at this time, when labor Is plenty, but what It will be when the labor sup ply Is gorged and work cannot be found for the newcomers? It Is easy to show them that a girl, in domestic serVlce Is, better' paid, has a better room. Is more comfortable, than she would be working for factory or shop girl's wages, but she knows that In domestic service she will not have so much freedom, and she nat urally wants personal freedom as the first essential to real comfort In life. If domestic service were a non-resident calling It would attract younger wom en readily, but until It Is they will spurn It when possible. One provision of the new automobile law lu New York must have been mod eled on the old-fashioned methods of school discipline. When Johnnie abused his recess privileges, he was deprived of his recess for a while. The New York law forbids the running of an auto-car faster tliau eight miles an hour lu cities, and punishes an of fender by prohibiting him from run ning any car for a certain period after his conviction. This provision should be more effective than a fine. There are few If any devices made for the amusement of the boys on the Fourth of July that are more danger ous than the toy pistol. Every year many boys are'' wounded by the ex plosion of the pistols. There was an unusually large number of such acci dents this year, and In the weef or ten days following the Fourth almost ev ery newspaper contained the report of the death of one or more boys from lockjaw resulting from Injury by the toy. This Is a good month in which parents can resolve to keep toy pis tols out of their children's bands next To cook Is forbidden In some fash ionable apartment houses, and when an occupant o'fone developed an after theater appetltefqr friedjfcnions, the people In UieffSfms overhead prompt ly remonstrated? and had the feast suppressed. jiVftertaard, as. the story goes, the beadsTof (he two families be came lntlmate13aucj the onlon-lqver re proached theLpEcr man for being so particular. "QSf 1 wouldn't find fault with you now7y"was the response. "A friend's onion don't smell so disagree able as a stranger's." It was a care less utterance, 'but sages could not have bettered" Jiio wlsdorujf the sug gestion It madey How the'llttle mis cries" of Ufa Tyould fall away and leave us untouched If wo would but cultivate the spirit of friendliness! The completion .of rhe last link In the cable from Ban Francisco to the Philippine Islands Is an epoeh-muklug event In the history of the Pacific. Whether we Ylew It from a political, a commercial, an educational or a mili tary point of view, It Is an event of far-reaching Importance, For nearly forty years wo have had cable com munications with our neighbors across tho Atlantic, but the spanning of tho Pacific wns a much larger problem and the prospect of returns much less en couraging. It Is true that more than thirty years ago Cyrus W. Field pro posed doing for the Pacific what he had already done for the Atlantic, but tho government did not see fit to un dertake the task and' private capital could not t that time afford It It is as the herald of our commercial con quest of the Orient that the cable hm It grcntert significance. It cornea at an opportune time when the nation" of tho Orient look with favor upon Amer ica mid American goods. . Sufferers from headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Irritability or melancholy will do well to pay heed to the advice to guard against "eye strain," unless they already know where la the real origin of their trouble. The eye Is a deceptive organ. When It Is most abused It may not cry out a warning through the nerves, but Instead take a toll of vengeance In some part of the iKNly so remote that tho layman would never think of putting the two togeth er ns cause and effect. Utile defects of the eye not diseases, but simply mal-adjustments of the delicate parts may give no trouble at all It a man's employment nre so varied that he does not hold his eyes steadily to one task, lint If he must work all day with hooks . and papers. If he must watch the same scries of movements over and over In n machine. If he must work with bad light or for an exces sive length of time In n day, then the trouble begins. Herbert Spencer's case. Instanced by an oculist, has been a peculiarly unfortunate one. lie could never work for more than n few hours at a stretch, and he has suffered from Insomnia and headaches all his life long. The whole trouble Is laid to his eyes, llrownlng, Darwin, Carlyle, Huxley and De Qulnccy aro Instanced as other sufferers. When a man does not know "what alls him" he will do well to consider his eyes. If he finds there -the source of the trou ble he may get aid from spectacles, or he may learn that a change of em ployment Is essential to his physical well-being. Whether ho can avail him self of the remedy or not. he will at least be able to save himself part of the strain and perhaps quiet some fear he may have as to the underlying cause of his sufferings. Prevents Soiling tho Fingers. If It were not for the delicious flavor fit sweet corn It might find Itself barred from the table on account of the ne cessity for holding It In the fingers and gnawing the kernels from the cob. but It Is loved too well to count It out of the bill of fare. Nevertheless, a sigh of relief will follow the Introduc tion of the device presented In tho drawing, ns few people are no accom plished as to be able to eat corn from the cob In a dainty manner. The picture shows one pair of hold ers In use and a second pair resting on the plate In front of the ear of com. These forks have very short tines, arranged Jn a triangular manner about the center,, and are provided with rests, extending at light angles from the handles. When In use one fork Is fixed at each end of the cob, bringing the rests to an upright iosi tlon to bold the ear on the plate. Ily turning either handle the ear can then bo rotated for seasoning the kernels, and finally both handles arc grasped to elevate the 'ear to the mouth for eat ing. If properly Inserted In the cob there Is little or no danger of the forks becoming detached, and the ear can really be manipulated with greater case by their aid than without them. F. P. Pfleghcr. of New Haven, Conn., Is the owner of this device. Uncle Sam's Negrcs. Over 0,000,000 block skinned people nre now living In the United States. They have about doubled In numbers since Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. Count ing In the dark-skinned Inhabitants of Uncle Sam's Insular possessions, 18, 600,000 colored people nre living un der the Stars and Stripes. The negro population of the United States own more property than Is gen erally supposed. Nearly four per cent of the total assessable property of Vir-' glnla belongs to them. In Georgia alone they are assessed on $15,000,000 worth of property. Of the 1.100,000 heads of colored families In the entire country lu 1900. 201,000, or nearly one fifth of them all, own the homes and farms on which they live, where forty years ago they did not own even their own persons. In forty years more, If they go on Increasing us they have done since 18U3, there will be about 20,000,000 of colored people In the United States, not counting those on the islands. Italy, ex in grims remarkable for their frames. Among tho curiosities may be enumerated lathes formed of splinters from ships that have been wrecked, also frames made of pieces of heavy cables, oc casionally, painted bright hues, but sometimes left In their primitive gray color splashed with tur. Nailed to the laths surrounding a painting represent ing sailors fighting with fierce savages may bo seen African or Polynesian spears and darts or swords made of hardwood, evidently mementos of ter rible struggles. Sailors or landsmen who have made vows during times of peril nt sea and who have no trophies to display, will surround their paint ings with broad bands of wood heavily Incrusted with shells nnd seaweed, not Infrequently of rnre nnd extremely beautiful kinds. Where Light la Hear, In New York, nt the lowest possible average, WX),000 people live In rooms which aro dark and without any win dow or ventilation. Married men get the worst of It In nearly every deal, but they get the best ot It In a lawsuit. When a mar- rltd man Is In trouble, his wife's pret ence In court always helps him. FORKS HOLD THE EAR Or CORK. In manv churches of Provence and Dear-shaped emeralds. One necklace " 'Y, ' ' ,,, ' '"'";! u r; ' , , .. in man) murium ui iiuiuwiuw ' ilrpn." she exnlalned. " s the eondl. the War Min ster. The "nliini" nt unriiiuH i iL-iuru r raiucn. oHiieelnllr those near the Ma ' immense nr uinnis in i-juropean cui - - - - - . -- ----- ----- -- --- - , especially inose near me ea, .,,' tlon of having several wives; bigamy. Turkish officials Is tho ndmlra tr. voto paintings placed on the walls ' . ' - ""' , ,i,m ,,, ,1B..inl. ,,.. ,..i..o. .n.i wi,ii, i. .nrfh jfti non n venr n...i i, nrenrilnnce with vows made bv nil. nDt- inls is one ot tne great diamond -- - - " " " , , - , acioruauie wan os mnue pu- monogamy, that of having only onn nresent holder Is stated to hnvo amass. In moments of dancer nre often ul "uu """ r ...n, THE LOWE SPECIAL ON IT'S Los Angeles. Cat., August 31. Tim Santa Fe'a remarkable run with the special train currying mlllloualro II. P, Lowe of the Engineering Company ol America Irom Chicago to this city, established a now transcontinental record. The train left the Santa Fo station in Chi ago at 10:15 a, m. Wednesday, and arrived In Ims Angeles at 1:00 p. m. Fri day, Aug. "th, covering 2265 miles at an average rato of 42.8 miles per hour, and beating tho time of tho Santa Ke'a CallforuU Limited by more than 15 hours. The fattest previous run to the coast was undo by the Peacock Special from nesi io hsm, us avreaga speeu oeing -u. TWAIN'S ROAST CHICKENS. Cooked In a recullar War that Made Ihem DeHclona. Recently Major John B. Downing, of Mlddleport, Ohio, was discussing army chicken stealing and the various ways the boys had of preparing them to be served. The Major was a Mississippi river pilot In his young days, and stood at the wheel as a cub under the watch ful eye of "Sara" Clemens, the Mark Twain of the present day. "Speaking of chicken stealing," said the Major, who Is now gray and rem iniscent, "we had great times on the Mississippi when Mark Twain, Jake Estep and myself were together. Jake would have made a typical soldier. He could locate a fat pullet In a whole coop of half-breeds. "In those days we carried a great deal of freight from points along the Mississippi river to New Orleans, par ticularly during the holiday season. At many places the coops were four and five deep on the levee when we landed. Estep always bad an eye out for a particularly promising coop, and usually kept In mind the place where It had been stored away. "Shortly before midnight he would go on deck and extract several plump fowls from the coops be had 'pre empted.' The chickens were dis patched without a protesting squawk, the entrails removed, but tho feathers left Intact Seasonings were then In serted, and the fowls inclosed In a heavy casing of soft clay to the thick ness of two Inches. They were then cast among the hot embers In the ash pan and permitted to roast to the queen's taste. When thoroughly cooked, they were removed, and tho clay casing broken from about them. The feathers came away with the clay, leaving clean, smoking hot fowls ready for the dish of hot butter awaiting them upstairs. Estep with a fork stripped the flesh from the bones Into the melted butter, while the rest of us stood about and smacked our Hps In anticipation. Dear, dear, but they were good: In cooking them in that way all the rich flavors were retained I can almost taste them now, and I wish I could as a matter of fact" HAS $20,000,000 IN JEWELS. Maharajah of Ha roil a One of the Most 1, r..1 nf LHtnl. . , , , ! India has more royal rulers than all i the rest of the world combined. There are 088 of these under England's Im perial sway, some ,. . of them ruling over , J ter over domains as large as l-'rauce. One of the richest nnd most powerful of these royal rul ers Is the Mahara J a h of Ilaroda, whose crown Jew els nre valued it $20,000,000. Seven THE MAHARAJAH, rows of magnificent pearls are his fa vorlte wear, but ho has fifty necklaces of equal value. First In wonder among iqual value. First In wonder among I possessions Is a diamond cape that s from neck to shoulder In a great i ss of table-cut stones, fringed with ! his fall mass of table-cut stones, fringed Tfrth I nnnf i The Maharajah Is of simple taste nnd . easlons. Ills throne room In his new ' palace Is one of the most magnificent In the world, nnd recently 1.000 Invited guests assembled In It to witness the performance of "Hamlet." The great hall Is lighted by electricity, twelve crystal chandeliers being In Jihice, any one of which would almost fill nu or dinary b"11"""" ilr l.a.t !).,..,... John's wife was dying, and she ba one request to make of him "What Is It, dear'" he asked. "Well, John, It Is the last thing I shall ever ask of you. I want you to promise that you will ride to the grave In the same carriage with mother." Now, John and "mother" were not on very congenial terms, but after hesitating for nn instant ho made this reply: "I will do It, dear, since you wish It, but I can tell you one thing, It will Just spoil the whole day for me." Natural headaches are not" in It with tbo acquired kind. Borne men take what is In sight and bustle for mors. , oi uieni ruuuK u.iiith)n and nl ur() t0 wat u (n j petty states, ointrs mornnK RECORD BREAKING RUN BETWEEN CHICAGO AND LOS ANGELES nines an nour Dolneen Los Amtoles - g mvllCT. p Further experience of the recent storms of dust Is told by the African mall steamship lloruco, which, before reaching Tinerlffc. ran through a ter rific sand-storm for thirty hours. The record of voracity belongs of right to -."..i w,uM't " Feniiyhlll Pa During the night the bloodthirsty little creature had killed eleven turkeys, thirty ducks and twen ty chickens. "Most people nre aware," says the Scientific American, "of the power of egg-shells to resist external pre.-sure on the ends, but not many would ciedlt the results of tests recently made. Eight different hen's eggs were submitted to pressure applied extern ally all over the surface of the shell, and the breaking pressures varied be tween -100 pounds and 1175 pounds per square Inch. With the stresses applied I menially to twelve eggs, these gave way at pressures arylng being thirty- two and sixty-live pounds per square Inch. The pressure rcqulrtd to crush the eggs varied betwivti forty pounds and seventy-five itounds. The nverage thickness of the shells was thirteen- one thousandth Inch." Discovered the Secret, ne Is a young man with a blase air, i wti trnnM nnt tt nnvflilniy Riirnrlan him for the world. As a matter of fact he has traveled enough nbout ., sm.. t .. tmnrvlnn. n .nr. prise. The other night was the ex-1 ceptlon, for when the young man boarded the train which was to take htm to New York ho found himself on a compartment sleeper. The young man knows about buck-1 lng bronchos nnd how to eat aspara gus vinaigrettes, and what Is the prop-1 er thing to say when you tread on n a woman's gown, but be didn't know , about compartment sleepers, for he bod never been In one before. He was very much attracted by tho prospect however, and ho looked over the ground with great satisfaction . before getting ready to retire. "This beats an upper berth all hoi- low," be muttered to himself. Then, the porter passing near, be I called to that functionary. ... . , , ., ' Come , here," said he, "and tell me how to turn this on," pointing to a handle In the wall near the wash stand. "I havo ' entirely forgotten how to screw tho Th. twriar fnmn npflr amlllni a porter ever does. "Yessir," said he; "yesslr, yo' turn hit on dls way. Hit's , not a water splckett yo' know; hit's a nlace to heat curling Irons." And after this the sophisticated young man went strnlght to bed. but he tells the loko on himself with much glee. Baltimore News. j i Common MIstHke. The teacher had been explaining to the class lu etymology the meaning of " . " " " nn end " pounds, and had taken as lllus ra Ions " worls "l'olygamy." "big- "lit. i ucussiuB var.ous omer roois IU1U ill US, OHV It) It IfU IW B1JSJ I '""1 explained, and put questions to test the knowledge of her pupils. "Now, children," she said, "when a man has tunny wives, or u woman has many husbands, what do we call It?" "Polygamy" was the response. "And what Is It when thero are two wives or two husbands?'-' "Illgamy." "Very good. Hut If the right state of nlMll'H exists, aim n man nas uiny one wlft' umI n woman only one husband- what Is It then?" "Monotony." Public Ledger. liabor Poorly Jtownrrtort. D'Auber I only got 25 for that painting. Friend Well, you didn't put much work on It. D'Auber Whatl I guess you never saw mo trying to sell It Philadelphia Ledger, . A Definition, "Pa, what Is a fray?" "Why, my son, that Is what a per son who has never been In a fight calls it" Fuck. ami Chicago. I A CHARITABLE DUCHESS. I The wealthiest peeress In England Is tho Duchess of Iledford. She Is a sister of I-ady Henry Somerset, long the head of tho temperance move ment In England, and like her Is a philanthropist. Recently on her hus band's estate at Woburn nbbey slin opcnpd ,mmI(10Iml ,,,,., ,,,,, fr .I,,, I ,( f l.P LMinntn mill the of hw T,u, ,,. , ns well appointed ns Is any In I.on don and Is sup plied with the best trained nurses and c o in p e tent sur geons nnd physi cians, who attend the I n h 1 1 1 u tlou from Loudon. The duchess s p e n d s much of her time In visiting hospi tub ih'ciiem. tals and prisons and In many ways evinces her Interest In tho less fortu nate class of people. In manner she Is haughty and Imperious, qualities which do not tend to make her popular In her own set. Tho Iledforda nre among tho great est land owners In England. They own huge blocks of Ixindon real estate, among them Convent Garden Market and Convent Onrden Opera House. A curse Is said to rest on the. family '"" ot Woburn abbey. In tho days ' of sequestration. In the reign of Henry VIII. one of the duke s ancestors hnnged the abbot of the monastery to a tree. Another abbot predicted that the dukednm should never pass In dl rect line three time In succession. Thus far tho prophecy has held true and ns the only son of the duke Is n delicate boy of 12 there are not want ing those who believe that the proph ecy shall lx; fulfilled ngaln. This youth would be tho third lu tho direct line. Cold Water Adsorbs Poison. lu connection with the subject of water there Is one peculiar property of that liquid with which everyone should be made acquainted, and that is its capacity for absorbing Impurities, which Increases proportionately the colder It gets. Hence wnter that has stood In an ttisulllcleiitly ventilated sleeping chamber all night Is nut only unpleasant, but positively Injurious to drink, since It readily absorbs the pol sonous gases given off by respiration and nctlon of the skin. An ordinary pltcner of wnter, uudir such conditions, nt temperature of sixty degrees will lift found to llrtVO nbSOrhcd flllrlnff tils night from a pint to n pint nnd a half of carbonic acid gas, and an Incrcass of ammonia, ice water is an onjecuon ablo drink at all times, but If It Is In dulged In, tho vessel containing It should never be left uncovered In sleep- mg or sitting rooms, oecause at rrec lng point Its capacity for absorbing these deleterious substances Is nearly doubled. Pay of Turkish Ministers. A Turkish ministerial portfolio Is n --.- ort SoM-mta. to the holder. It s not the Mz er, however, who holds the richest claim, though his salary Is .iAa..Anin fr iru int.. m lU U turiUUB Ul ?,vw,UW. 1JIO Mill- isier or foreign Auairs lias ,uw, UJJU UUUUtC VVWCn UUA I Wall u tllOU sand lower, financial ability being np parently esteemed In Inverse rntlo to tho need for It, Tho lowest salary Is that of the Minister of Mines, though It Is rather higher than that of tho Promler of Great Britain. Tho sum li A Haorod Treo. Tho oldest tree on earth with an au thentic history Is the great bo-tree of Ilurmn. For twenty centuries It has been held sacred to Iltiddhn, nnd no person Is allowed to touch Its trunk. When the leaves fnll they aro curried away as relies hv pilgrims. oiih Thing Iieft. "And liquid air," ald the girl be hind tho counter on Lexington street, "has been proved after all to be of no use." " 'TIs sad, ain't It?" agreed tho girl In the blue waist, "but hot air Is still effective, dear." Baltimore News, Undressed kid Is tho favorite mate rial for slippers, but slippers nro not tho favorite material with the un dressed kid. The man who laughs last falls to ee tho Joke first The house tly, with a total llfo of about ten days, develops III these periods: Egg from laying to hutching, one-third of a day; hatching ot Inrvn to first molt, one dny; second molt to pupation, thrco days; pupation to is suing of the adult, live days. The new boat of M. Turc, of lbv French navy, designed to puss through tho waves without roll or pilch Is described as a combination of sub miuino and high platform. Tim sub mnrliio Is three hundred feet long. seventy llvo feet wide and twelve feet deep, nnd Is to contain hollers, engines and steering genr, which will no sun- merged to a depth of twelve feet From the submarine will rise vertical ly two llonlers, sixty-five feet npart, each two hundred feet long nnd ten feet wide. In addition to nu eight-Inch disap pearing gun, firing a light projectile by compressed air. there Is, In an armory of tho National (luard In Brooklyn, a model of a ship's cutter, carrying n crew of ten men and a olio- pounder gun, nnd running on concealed wheels, which nro driven by means of n rope attached to the oars. A rudder-post Is geared to a guiding wheel In the stem, so that, with oars swinging and men bending to their work, the boat glides bIhiiU tho armory floor, and looks. In partial darkness, as It It wero genuinely ntloat. Tho boat and tho disappearing gun, to gether with tho model of a fort en able the regiment to practise many of the manoeuvers of coast attack and defense as they aro carried on In actual warfare. A scientific Investigation of muscular fatigue has been begun by M. A. M. Bloch. From questions sent to per sons of many occupations he finds that It Is not the most used muscles that aro most subject to fatigue, but those that are kept under tension, al though doing no work. The back, loins nnd neck need morn exercise to strengthen them, the arms nnd legs less. The baker becomes first tired lu tho legs, the wood-sawyer In the calves of the legs or the loins, tho rond-dlggcr in the legs, the blacksmith In the buck nnd loins, tho young soldier lu the back of the neck, the horseman In the thigh, the artilleryman In tho neck nnd loins, the Immature violinist lu the neck, the practiced violinist III the left bund, the expert fencer In the right shoulder, tho oarsman In tho calves and Insteps. The dcuirtinetit of agriculture litis undertaken a series of experiments In tended to answer. If possible, tho old question, "How long can seeds remain burled lu the soil and stilt retain their power of geruiliintlon?" Many extra ordinary stories have been told of tho prolongation of tho vitality of seeds during innuy years, and even centur ies, but very few actual experiments hnve hitherto been made. In UH)l Doctor Ileal reported that he had found seeds which responded to germ Inntlou tests after having been hurled twenty years. The seeds burled by tho agricultural department nt tho Arling ton farm last Decenilier were packed with dry clay lu Hirotis clay pots, cov ered with saucers, and placed at vari ous depths, from six Inches to three and n half feet There are ,T2 complete, sets. In .'I.5MI (Hits, representing 100 species. HI genera and .11 families. Tests nre to be made nt the end of 1, 2. n, 5. 7. 10, 15. 20. 23, 30. -10, nnd 50 years. MODERNIZING: THEHOLY LAND, Invailoti nf American Mechanical In ventions llltn Hjrrlil, "A peaceful rewilutlon Is now going nn In the Holy Laud," writes an Amer ican correspondent. "Where plows nf antique types were hauled by camels, oxen, and donkeys, the steam plow is seen. In harvest time, instiiiil of the patient, antique methods, huge harvesting mnchlniN, reapers nnd threshers are operated by steam. The standard gunge railway has already penetrated Inland to Hums, the 'Man chester of .Syria,' where, on Its arrival, a mob demanded Its surrender. Vic torias nnd landaus are running be tween Horns and Palmyra, where the ruins were once a sealed book. Auto mobile lines arc preparing to cross tho desert nnd succeed the mall lines of fleet dromedaries. When tho Ameri can steam thresher arrived In Hyrla from Indiana the plant was promptly bought by Najlh Kursock Bey, tho pro gressive millionaire, owning great areas of Syria ami Egypt, who vows to buying anything the Americans Invent Tho success of the plant was com plete. The strnw bruiser attached to the separator tins opened n new dnwn of plenty for starving animals of tho Holy Land. Syrian strnw Is hard and stiff, and hence It was supposed for ages to bo valueless. The bruiser, a steel cylinder with twolve rows ot corrugated teeth making 1,200 revolu tions it minute, now makes tho straw fit for the animals to cut. Tbo Ko ran," adds our correspondent, "will surely retreat before American ma chinery and methods Introduced simul taneously with American schools. This may bo said to be the first death blow at Mahomcdanlsm. Tho Arabs aro accustomed to work, nnd court It, All the wars heretofore waged havo nover wielded the slightest Influence on tho religious fanaticism of these people. Machinery and modern moth ods nnd enlightened education, liow. over, bringing tbo Arabs new and cheerful labor, better pay, and re wards, will expose llicin constantly to tho weaknesses of their creed n nil end In their complete metamorphosis from their forms of dress, foods, thoughts, and conduct." London Sphere. QUEER THINGS ABOUT 80NGS. Boms Fiivorltcaof Latter Times Were Composed Centuries Auo. Mnrtln Luther wns not the llrst to object to "letting the dovll havo all tho good tunes," says the International Quarterly, Tho bishop of Ossory In the fourteenth contury used such tunes ns "Do, Do, Nightingale, Slug Full Merry," In compiling n book of hymns, 1 The song ot weuorau ana iiarak in , ths scriptures, with Hi oitempnrltn tlon, Its clapping of hands to mark tho rhythm, Its alternation of solo nnd chorus, would not b uhllkt tho sing lug at a CRinp-meetliiK on a Hotitherit plantation. Tho drum major of a mil itary band la n survival of ths cham pion who strode, twirling his sword at tho head of nn nrmy In the old days, challenging the champion of tho other side to' combat. "Wo won't Go Home Till Mottling" has n more Interesting history thnn any other song. It was llrst sung lu the Holy Lund lu honor of n French eiusndcr named Miimhivii. Tho melo dy was caught by the Hnracciis nnd Is still sling In the east. In Franco (ho name ".Miuubruii" was centuries nfterwitrd nllcieil to "Mulbrooko," do rlslvely applied to the iMko of Marl borough. "Mnlhrooke he went to war" the words lilted well enough. Tho further statement, trim of the old crusader, "he's dead and hurlid," win applied In spirit of hope to tho victor of Blenheim, Du Mntirler lu "Trilby" makes grout uso of "Mnlhrooke," its he lines of "Ben Bolt." Beethoven usid tint theme lu nu orchestral score, "Tho Battle of Vlllorla." lu England tlin son Is oflenest fitted to the words, "For He's a Jolly flood Fellow." Scot tish folksongs a iv most dllllciilt In lull fate. Mendelssohn did It no success, fully, however, that most people who lng "f)h, Wert Thou lu the Onuld Blast?" take It for an old native air. 8EE8 HIS DEATH IN DREAM. Montana Kaiiettniaii Murdered b a Tramp lla Had Oir.u.W.I. Students of the occult are finding much food for thought In the murder of Fred Tensdale, a rancher of Brldg rr, Mont., by a tramp who refuses to give his name, but who says that ho knew the dead man long ago, nnd that Teusdale did him n deadly wrong. I bad a queer dream last night. only It wns not really n drenm," snld Tcnsdnie, when be went Into the field lu tho morning, addressing several men. "I thought that I wns living long, long ago and did a fearful wrong to a man who was once my friend. Wit parted mid met years Inter, whefl we engaged III a quarrel. During till quarrel he shot me. The funny part of It all was Hint nt the time I scciiiut to be living firearms had nut been In vented." As the men were working, nbout noon, n tramp iippi-ured lu the field and asked to be put to work, lie was given employment. When Ills eye fell on Teusdale he turned pule and stag gered us If lilt a heavy blow. Hnoif Tetisdnle begun to Joke nbout his poor uiirkmnnshtp. This angered the tramp, and hot cords followed. Suddenly Tiitvlale leuinil forward mid struck the tramp In the face. Curse yon, that's twice you Intra wrongnl me In this world," shoiiliM the tramp, "but It will be tho Inst." Then he drew a revolver and Ilrcd, the hull penetrating the heart of the rancher, who fell dead. The trump was seized anil taken to Jail. He re fuses to give his untile, saying only flint Tensdnle knew him, and flint be merely took revenge fur an Injury done him many years before. The trump showed Indications of having nt one time filled n high xiltlou In lint world nnd is evidently a man of edu cation. Tim I'renlitent'a Trip. The President's trip Is likely to In duce more of bis countrymen In sen the magnificent scenery of the West, He was happy In his choice among his companions, of two such lovers and Interpreters of nature as John Burroughs and John Mulr, writers whose preaching of the gospel of out door life Is one of the sanest Influ ences of our berated times, Mr. House veil's debt of health to the West mid his appreciation of Its great natural features lend practical force to his wish that his countrymen shall know It better. Ills regretful statement Hint the larger proportion of visitors to tho Yellowstone lire foreigners would prolt. ably apply to the (iriiml Canyon of tint Colorado us well, If not to the Yosein He. All three of these marvelous regions should be ns familiar to our people ns Nlngnrn or the While Moun tains, "Tim spoiled child," suy tho Japanese, "should bo made to travel," n prescription which may well bo mucin for the child In dnnger nf being spoil ed. It would ha fortunate If well-to-do parents In the Eastern States could see the advantage ot sending their sons nut from the fi ft nnd luxury nf our complex Ufa into tho .wholrsoino cnlni, simplicity, and uuforgetable ma jesty of theso Western wonderlands. Century. Nnturn Hoiilpturn. Ono of the most remarkable pieces of niittiro sculpture In California Is tho George Washington rock, about thlrty-flvo miles northwest of Los An geles, In the Santa Susnna Mountains, says tbo Sunset Mngnzlno, Near this rock n two-inllo tunnel Is being bored; through tho Snntn Susuna Mountains Just outside Clmtswnrth Pnrk. A chls eled monument couM hardly hear truer likeness to Georgo Washington thnn this chanco picture In the ragged, contour of a lingo bowlder. Viewed from one point nnd only one, It stands out sharp nnd distinct against tho sky. From nil other points the rock Is n shapeless tnnss. Tho Imago meas ures full 25 feet from chin to brow nnd Is close to trio top of the hill. In ',,!, tho vicinity hnvo been found Indlait' ' relics; ovens, stones containing Indian . writings, arrow heads, mortars and ninny traces of n settlement of abor igines, 'v A Pliiiiuolul Note. "Wbnt's up, old innn? ,,I nover saw i you look Ho huggnrd." "Tho 'Sleenth Bunk Is tip; thnt'sj """H' what's up. And my deposit's gone up with It." - . "Oh I I wouldn't lot a thing Ilk i, that upset mo," v t' "I'm not upset; merely lost my bnU ' ance," Philadelphia Press, . $ M'liii 1'ass (he Kxiiiulnntlnn, -'jSp, Seventy-seven per cent of (ho women t- nnd hut 02 per cent of tho men tnkliiff U (ho civil servlco examination nro ablo to puss It. ' in every love nffulr, both nartlca juit forth a pound of effort to sccurt what will not bo 'an ounco of gain. '' ,'i