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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1903)
T01MC3 OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER. E8TINQ ITEM8. Comments and Criticisms Baaed Upon the Happenings of the Day lIlelorl cat and Nawe Notea, Another odd thing Is Hint by not working; at all a man tuny work a graft U In denied Hint King Peter of Scr via In n prisoner under Ills own horse hair sofa. Cliccr up, Langlcy; your flj'lng ma chlno mny yot bo commissioned ai n BUbmarlno boat. It li seldom Hint the Sick Man of Europe, feels too "poorly" to alt up and inillo at tlio powers. Paris tp England will have many ad mirer but few imitator. However, we do not believe Mr. Rockefeller will over' succeed In Bet' ting any of Undo Russell Sago's. "How long shall I wear my dresses!" asks a girl correspondent. Until you can touch papa for the prlco of now ones. It having been demonstrated that Pullman cars can Co made flre-proof, the next thing In line Is to provide tip proof porters. George Vanderbllt has found It nec essary to take refuge where the peo ple arc used to baronial outfits and don't mind them. Trychophytosla Is causing trouble among the school children in Dela ware. The teachers may be compelling the children to spell It. Professor Lnngley nsked the public some time ago not to expect too much from his flying machine. Evidently the professor knew his machine. Tumut has been chosen as the new capital of the Australian federation. By the Insertion of an "1" this may bo changed at any time to meet possible contingencies. General Miles Is reported to be rap Idly getting rich through his Invest ments In Texas oil lands. It would be a terrible blow to Corbln If Miles should wind up as a multimillionaire. The Supremo Court of Nebraska holds that dogs are competent witness es, even though they cannot be sworn. And sonio human beings are Incompe tent, no matter how many oaths they take. It has become evident that the mob spirit is oue of the menacing tenden cies of the times, and it appears to be Increasing in intensity from day to day. There is now a very general recognition of the fact that prompt and vigorous measures must be taken to quell this rising of the mob spirit If the majesty and Justice of the law are to bo maintained. The New York Mali and Express wants to change the nickname of New York to "Buckwheat State." Michi gan will step Into line with the de mand to be known as the "Health Food State," while Kentucky's choice will be "The Eye Opener State." But New York Is Just aB much entitled to be known as the home of the buck wheat as Vermont Is to the reputation of being a maple sirup center. "Idle" is not the word to describe Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria. He is a general in the German army. By profession he Is a surgeon. During the past summer be has been playing first violin In the orchestra of the Munich Opera House. He attended his clinic before going to rehearsals for the Wagner performances. There are more princes usefully occupied than cynics may be willing to admit The Paris police have prepared a picture-book for the use of travelers who lose things which, because of un familiarity with the language, they cannot describe. It contains represen tations of all kinds of articles, from keys to purses, and the inquirer, after missing valuables, has only to turn the leaves and point at the picture that most resembles his property. But the system has Its limitations. Unfortu nately it cannot picture a temper, which is the article now most fre quently lost by visitors to a foreign city who do not know the language of the country. The college youths who haze are be hind tbo times. Hazing does not give way before advancing civilization, for the reason, perhaps, that the hazers are always youths who have not yet "caught up with the procession." At Yalo there was use of red pepper by the hazers, It Is stated, and a mock lynching, with other violent proceed ings, which endangered life and health. "Academic hoodlums" is the term a contemporary applies to the Yale sophomores, and It Is not far wrong, since the doings at Yale, If cor rectly reported, were not such as gen tlemen of sound mind would engage In. College becomes a terror to par ents if feather-brained sophomores may do what they please to freshmen. At other institutions, rough and un' mannerly persecutions were in evt dence. Hazing Is forbidden at most Institutions, but the trouble is that the prohibitions are too often understood to be Pickwickian. President Roosevelt set a good exam ple to parents by placing his boys In tbo public school at Washington. He could pay the "little red schoolhouse" no higher compliment He demon strates his faith in our public school system. And his Indorsement comes at a time when the freo school system Is under tho flro of severe criticism. Its critics say the public school teaches too many fads that Its education does not educate, etc. Our school system Is jwt what It ought to be. It Is not what it lw mma ilnv. But with ail its faults It Is tho best educational system ot lis kind tho world lias had, and It especially adapted to our Instllu-j Hens, Hook learning Is net nil of edu cation. 'Contact of personalities Is an csscntlnl feature of practical teaching. I The boy who rubs against other boy In school and on playground lentns some Important lessens. He learns there nro others. He gets his rough I comers rubbed off. He Is In a minia ture world. He learns not books only, but human nature. He gets what we I call experience. And be learns to bear himself ns n self-respecting but law observing citizen of the school rcpub- I lln Tim Imr whn l sent to tirlvnte school or to a tutor lacks these things. The public school Is also a great teach er of democracy. President Uoosevelt's boy sits side by side with tho hod-car-rlcr's boy. That's as good for ltoosc velt's boy as for the hod carrier's and especially good for the government of the people. The late Max O'ltell, in speaking ot our schools and school children, said that tlicy were the most HI bred In the world, and wondered whether the fault In training, or the lack of It, lay In the home or in the school. Hopklnson Smith quite agrees with tho sentlraen of the French writer, and John Bris bane Walker Insists "that the schools and colleges should Impart a pleasing voice and address, the art of conver sation, chnrm of manner and expert ness in the care of the person and In tho command of It as to dress, posture and carriage." That Max O'Bell's statement Is to some extent true, must be admitted, but only to a degree, but the eminent John Brisbane Walker ex pects entirely too much when he thinks the school work of a teacher should Include regular lessons In polite de portment The school population of the United States Is made up ot the most cosmopolitan mixture in the world. Every nation on the face of the globe Is represented, either by a newly landed child or the descendant ot an earlier comer. The little girl, looking like a freshly plucked rose, so sweet and dainty Is she in her pretty lawn frock, and wide ribbons, coming from a home where refinement and In telligence are the hall marks of the family, sits beside with tho dark-eyed, dark-skinned, unkempt little foreign er whose home Is a room wherein ev ery department of household affnlrs Is conducted, from eating to sleeping, and whose clothes heaven save the name are sewn on her to save the trouble of dressing and undressing. The natty boy, with his spotless shirt waist and carefully tied tie, hob-nobs with the street urchin, whose one Idea In life Is to know Just enough to embark In some business by which he can make money in the quickest possible man ner. The first boy sits at the dinner table, his every move made under the watchful eye of a careful mother who knows lust what her training will him for its own. The second lad eats as he can, whatever he can grab. And yet a teacher Is expected to take these two girls, these two boys, diametrically opposite to each other In every thing, and Impart to them "charm of manner and expertness In the care of the per son." It would be a task simply hercu lean In Its scope. Every school child, no matter from where he comes, Is in sensibly subject to the restraining In fluence of school life. A teacher who Is firm, quiet and gentle exerts a "charm of manner" over her most un ruly pupil, not because It Is In her line ot duty, but because her own soothing personality makes Itself felt, without the slightest intention on Her part, nut for a teacher to be expected to do what Is either carelessly or negligently omitted at home is expecting more, much more, than she can or should be called upon to do, in the limited time given her for the expansion of the im mature minds committed sometimes wholly to her care. A Turkish Oontleman. Among the Turkish men, as every one knows, the transformation of the exclusive oriental into the accomplish ed European is already become the uni versal pattern of a Turkish gentleman. Whatever his party, whether ho belong to the old or the young Turkey party, ' the Turk of any pretension to style or to social state clothes himself in cer tain of the European modes of thought. as he docs, sartorlally, in European dress. Whatever the laws governing the standard of manners in Turkish life may be their results prove them to be beyond criticism. Tho Turk has not only perfect manners, but be also has this peculiarity among other eastern nations: however lowly his blrtb, once he has "arrived," he is transformed into nn aristocrat of deeply lnrooted conservative tendencies, who yet pre sents, outwardly, a most engaging, sympathetic plasticity. Those whose lineage has ancestral distinction reveal a most engaging social equipment "Whenever I want to talk to n man who understands everything, I turn to n Hot M n hpnntiful woman recently to me In Rome. "He is as clever as a Frenchman, as versatile as our American men, and be has the sympathetic quality of a woman." Century. Poor Mother! Tho scientific housewife, says Mary Moulton Smith, will see that the mem bers of her family receive tho various elements of food in their proper pro portion. "Before breakfast has been pre pared," she concludes, "or after It has been served and eaten, the housewife should add up the different amounts of proteld, fat and carbohydrate found In the foods. In the evening you can And out whether you have taken too much of one kind of food, or not enough of another." The Chicago Tribune comments on tbls advice by dropping Into poetryi I Mother's slow at figures, hut she always 1 has to count i The protelds, to see that we secure the right amount She keeps a pad of psper and a pencil , near tbe sink, And estimates our victuals, all the things wa eat or drink. She lists our carbohydrates and scribbles down the fat, I And our specific gravity she always watches that 1 Suckers never get to be bass. You find the same people on every delayed i excursion. I mean to that boT. when TcMJZ nuNsroiutATlov or THE great west. Br Kentrsl Action A. Mlti. It was my good fortune to wit ness the transformation of tho mighty West. I have viewed much of It on horseback mid have traversed the xones now occupied by the Canadian, the Great North ern, the Northern I'acltlc, the ltlo (1 ramie and Oregon Short Line, the Union and Central Paclllc, tho Snntn Fe route and tho Southern Pacific. 1 have seen the pioneer and the home builder supplant the savage and the lawless. In my recent Journeys across the oontl nent 1 was more than ever tin pressed with the underlying wis dom and tranquil virility of the people. They do uot want war; they want pence. I have traveled far In foreign lands and observed oemcral miles. tho people of many countries. I have had excellent opportunities to know the peoplo of my own country nud am gratified to say that a more Intelli gent, thoughtful, patriotic peaple cannot bo found on tho face of the glebe than the people of our Wcstaru Watou and Territories. There you flil the true Amcrlcau Inde pendence and enterprise. Au American citizen with eighty or ItiO ncres of land Is loyal to democratic government, and he Is a very Independent covert Igu. The rough, wild, tough clemeut has been replaced by the mine and mill owner, the herdsman nud the agriculturist. While In thirty yenrs the transformation of tho groat West lias been marvelous, there Is yet ample room for millions wLo may be seeking homes. There are nearly as many peorle crowded Into the Philippine Islands, an area not ns large ns one of our Western territories as tho num ber thnt arc now living In nearly one-bnlf of the western portion of the United States, while the State of Texas alone, richly stored with the products that have mado this country great and prosperous, could accommodate all the people of the Uulted States nnd ten millions more without being so much crowded ns some of tho Eastern States are now. DISEASES OF THE STOMACH. Br Dr. C. C. The Importance of a thorough knowl edge of diseases of the stomach can not be overestimated. Innumerable aches and pains, formications, tingling and numb sensations are caused by im perfect gastric digestion. The theory that the stomach is only a receptacle 'or the gesta, and Is not. strictly speak .ng, a digestive organ, has not been sus .allied by clinical and laboratory expe dience; while clinical experience testi fies nnd laboratory experiments and ob servation demonstrate that many dl- DO. K. C. SWEET. costive disturbances originate In the " " '" aCUt?, 1U1(IU1CIU uuu nmiuiuuc mi u.uujjut uuu work occurrlug In merchants and other business men, are not due to overwork and brain exhaustion, as Is frequent ly supposed, but arc caused by Imperfect digestion, result ing from eating when the stomach Is tired. When one Is engaged In hard physical or mental labor the blood flow to the stomach Is decreased, and a proper amount of gas tric Juice Is not elaborated, and the functions of motility ! and absorption are diminished. Under dlgHtlon must be changed. Such patients may be benefited by taking only soup, lieef tea or milk for tho noon meal. Sometimes biscuit or bread and butter may be allowed In JOHN ALEXANDER DOWIE HAS A RIVAL IN INDIA Mlrza, Gli u la in Ahmad, ot Qudlab, Punjab, India, Insists that John Alexan der Dowie, of ZIon, III.. U. S. A., Is not up to date. Allah Is good and Mahomet Is prophet truly, but Mlrzn Ghulam Ah mad Is the Mes siah! So claims Mlrza Ghulam that each should pray that the other per ish, and Mlrzah Is lost In wonderment that the overseer of .Ion has not toed the scratch, He expresses his amazement In an article Just pub lished In the Ite UIRZA AUUAD. view of Ilcllglons, which Is printed on occasions nt Gur- daspur, India. That the tempestuous Dr. Dowie shall know that Mlrza Gbulara Ahmad Is no common man. Is not a frail hu man forsooth, the new Messiah writes. "Dr. Dowie should further bear In mind that this challenge does not pro ceed from ati ordinary Mohammedan. I am the very Messiah, the promised one, for whom he Is so anxiously wait ing. Between Dr. Dowle's position and mine the difference Is this, that Dowie fixes the appearance of the Mes- sloh within the next twenty-five years, while I gave him the glad tidings that tbe Messiau nns aireauy appeared, i am that Mcsulab, and Almighty God has shown numerous signs from earth a well as from heaven In my support. My following, which already claims a hundred thousand souls, Is making a rapid progress. The proof that Dr. Dowie furnishes In support of his ex travagant claims Is the very height of absurdity. He claims to have healed hundreds of sick men. But why did bis healing power fall In the case of bis own beloved daughter, where It should have been exercised In tho high est degree?" ROMANCE OF THE PAPACY. Secrets of Vatican That Hare Heacheit l'ubtlc Knowjedee. As a rule tho secrets of the Vatican are well kept and most of tho stories thut are told apropos of the new Pope must be taken with a grain ot salt, Now nnd again, however, something of tbe romance of the papacy really leaks ut though not through the Cardinals. There was, for example, tho strange case of Popo PIux IX, pretty well known a generation ago, but now at most forgotten. In bis younger days, when he was Count Mastal Ferratl and a lawyman, ho met and fell in love with Miss Foster, daughter of the Irish Protestant Bishop ot Ktlmore, who was living In Italy with her Bis ter, Mine De Sails. Miss Foster fa vorcd tho young count, but Mme, De Balls drove tho lover away. After ward she relented, the count returned addition. The largo until the day's work ease, ns functional bo prevented. WHAT THE lUCtl cannot buy them and of disciplined chasable In this world ity, vanity, who was form or a foot There are Swett. or CS'rai o. smoothly. There stomach and produce TVLt ; T, "1 " .. such circumstances south breeze which HOW ANTI-ALCOHOL LECTURES ARE DELIVERED TO PRISONERS IN A strange sight Is presented when the periodical anti-alcohol lecture Is de livered to tho prisoners of tho new French penitentiary at Fresnes, near Paris. Tbe lectures are given In an Immense hall, on one side of which, reaching almost to the roof, are what look like steps, but on closer Inspec tion prove to be rows of boxes with openings nbout four Inches high, through which can be seen tho heads of the audience. In this utrango manner the pris oners are enabled to see the lecturer, but prevented from holding any com munication with one another. Mutual recognition on release Is thus nlso ren dered Impossible. These lectures against drunkenness nro bcllovcd to have bad some lnflucnco on tho diminution of crime, which tins lately been mark ed In France, and In future the are to bo given more frequently and In a larger number of prisons. and the wedding day was fixed. On tho appointed day tbo bride and her friends wcro at tho church, but no bridegroom appeared, nnd Count Mas tal Ferratl was never seen again. Yenrs afterward Miss Foster went to see Pope Plux IX and was astonished to recognize In the pontiff her old flame, the count The most sensational novelist could not bavo Invented a plot moro fascinat ing than tbe real story ot Popo Leo's prcdocessor. Mme. De Halls had made an unhappy marriage with an Italian, and bor parents, fearing a similar fate for the younger daughter, mado her promise to guard Miss Foster against a union with a foreigner, henco bcr In terference to separate the lovers; it was only when her sister pined away that Mme. De Sails relented. Tbe dis meal, or dinner, should not bo taken la dime. Thus suvvrer tonus ot ills, dyspepsia nnd chronic gastritis, may MAN CANNOT UUY. ftr IVesMenf allot or tfanard I'nhrrslfr. We want more happiness, mora real satisfaction, more Joy, moro enjoyment, it Is said that we Americans are always trying to get nuire money more pay, higher wages, higher salaries, mure profit In our trade- anil there Is truth In that description of the American aim. Nowk Is that tho ultimate end of life! Is that tho way to win greater happi ness, truer enjoymeut. deeper satisfac tions? I think the first source, the grin tost riKsitK.NT kuot. SOurco In this world. Is family life, the Joys ot father and mother aud children nud grandchildren and grandfather aud grandmother and grandchildren, they last. In the natural course of llfo they last titty, even six ty, years, and they grow ns tlmo passes by. They nro always Increasing; they are not diminishing satisfactions. I)ees( the rich man have any mare of thwie true nnd high satisfactions than tho poor man? Not one whit nmrel He Thcv are. th. re.U of natural affection character. They arc absolutely unpur HIE ART OT MANAGING A MAN. Br Ittten OUtlcU. A woman's privileges are more valuable than her rights; the best way In which to Increase those privileges Is to take them with great show of gratitude to the man who confers them. "Van all Is vanity, and no man ever Uvea not accessible to flattery In other. To conquer, n woman somo must souiotlmes stoop. Gentle pcrsuasdon goes a mllo often whero nggresslvcness cauuot stir not mnny things In tho world outsldo of matters of conscience, pure and sluiplc. which are worth contention upon a woman's part, agalust the man whom sho loves and who loves her; aud for these few things the reward, gained through martyrdom, comes usually In the hereafter. Standing up for ono's rights against oue's husband Is wearisome work; It Is more comfortable to relinquish them; still they may be had, except In rare Instances, by asking for them as a favor to be granted for love's sake. Deference to a husband Is the drop of oil uhlcb keeps the wheels of the domestic machine running Is much In mental suggestion, fake It . for granted that a man will do a certain thing because It Is tho proper course, aud In nine tlmrs out of ten he does It. The tactful person drops suggestions and leaves them to take root. Just as the husbandman sows his seed upon fertile grouud. "There is a time to keen sllenco and a tlmo to speak," and even though "a soft answer ttiruetli away wrath," there aro seasons when no answer Is belter, when the only fitting coin of conversation Is the gold of silence. To nrguo with an angry man Is worse than folly. When a man Is hungry and tired, perhaps worried, and so Inclined to be. cross, Is not n favorable time for any request, however reasonable. The wise woman who Is versed In the ways of man will hide her time, will see that he has a well cooked mnclllng-bottle. These measures, how dinner, and good colfee. nnd when he has beeu soothed ' ever, proved of no avail as a protre Into good humor with himself and all the world will broach Hon from tho pungent aud penetrating the subject upon which she desires his approval. Smiles diluvium which emanated from the are more effective than tears to open a man's heart; genUe ' f uturo president of tho republic. At persuasion avails more than reproaches. It Is the sunshine and dew which bring forth the foliage on the trees, the soft unlocks the Ice upon tbo streams. A FRENCH PENITENTIARY appearance of tho count has qulto a flavor of Dumas nbout It Unknown to his tlaucca ho wns hound to tho Jesu its, and his superiors In tho order per emptorily sent hliu a n ay on a mission to prevent bis marrlago with an Eng. Hull woman and a Protestant. Letters wero Intercepted nnd he wns led to believe Hint sho had married another, so ho took orders a'nd rapidly rose to ho Bishop, then Cardinal and eventual ly Pope. Then In tho height of, his grandeur ho wns brought for a mo ment face to faco with tho woman ho had loved and lost Nothing more dramatic has ever been staged. Duties or Tolstoy. Count Tolsoy is obliged to devoto half his tlmo to answering letters and receiving visitors. SbortQtofleJ;: E.H..M--M--M-H 1 I M I M Jiuues Cobb tells a curious story of a lady, a sister of Owen Tudor, who, llko Henry VIII.. was greatly given to marrying, and did not die until alio had been led seven times t the nllar. When she was following her fourth husband to the grave, the gentleman behind whom alio rode un horwhaek ventured to urge his suit. "UnlmP' iillv." sflld the dame, "thou art too lnle, M-elnc that 1 nm litlghted already; yet do not tow heart, for, should It fall out that I have again to perform this melancholy olllce, 1 will boar thee in mind." The story la told of a kindly Massa clmsi-tts man who chanced In a rvstiiu unit In one of tho frontier towns where he met a waller armed with a sorrowful towel tied nbout his waist. n dented tin triiy. nnd a couple of guns The Easterner looked hliu oer In n gentle wny, and asked him If ho hail liny lireakfimt food. "1 guess yes, eipondnl the eowlmy waller: "we got ham and eggs, fried naumge, chuck steak, spare rib', mutton chops, corned beef hash, hog and bouility. light Iintvr WriNid. toast briAtl. apple iucr. cow uuuor. . (t nmi 1,.. nrHif mm food? Well, that's our winner. Name your grub." Frederick III. of Prussia, who de lighted In his reputation as tho most laconic man In Europe, once met a Hungarian nobleman, taking the wa ters nt Carlsbad, who had also ac quired fame for abruptness uf speech. This tempted the Prussian monarch to meet hliu nnd try him In the arts of brevity. Tho magnate was pointed out to Frederick as tie sioou in me hull of his hotel. The king went up to him, nnd the following conversation was tho result: Frederick Iliithlug? Hungarian Drinking. FrederickOf ficer? Hungarian Magnate. Freder ick So! Hungarian (taking tho ttillla live) Detective? Frederick King! Hungarian Congratulate! Like many Frenchmen, rwpcclnlly those hailing from the south of Frnnrc, I'nuldclit tonhct Is very fond of thowi national dishes In which garlic forms an Important Ingredient. Once, In his lawyer days, when he was pleading In court after having partaken of some such dish, his democratic tastes In this respect placed him In a somewhat embarrassing position. The presiding I Judge happened to bo a man of nrlsto- ! cmtlc origin and breeding, to whom the odor of garlic wns absolutely Intol erable. M. I-oubet rot and began his argument He bad not proceeded very far whin the Judge was observed to tniln rath it uncomfortably aud to take out n perfumed handkerchief, re-in-forcing It n few moments later with n hist, his olfactory neiise rising in open rebellion, the Indignant Judge shouted: Usher, open the windows; open tho doors. For heaven's sako let nut HiU abominable smell." Since then M. Iou lict, It Is said, though ho still preserve his simplicity of life, has eliminated garlic from his articles of diet KING PETER I. Htlll Bliupto and Democratic His llallr Itoullne. The private life of Peter I. lias hard ly undergone any change slnco his no retwlon to the throne. The king lives to-day ns simple and democratic a life ns did tbo exiled Karagcorgvvltch at iencra. Ho observes court etiquette so long as It does not conflict with his democratic convictions. Ho rises ever morning at fi o'clock, and takes a drlvo round the neighbor hood of Belgrade, accompanied only by oue aide-de-camp. At 7 he returns and Is shaved; as 8 he begins bis dally work. First of all he receives his pri vate secretary, who has to submit to tho king bis letters nnd other mall mat ter. Next the iwllce prefect of Bel grade uuikcs his report to his majesty. That olllclal has to Inform tho king of all occurrences of Importance or Inter est within the limits of the city of Bel grade. Next the first aldo-do-camp, who at present also acts as court mar shal, and finally tho chief of the royal household, aro received. The latter has to submit a dally account of nil tho money expended on nccount of tho civil list Tho king checks every Item most minutely. At his suggestion book keeping by double entry bus been Intro duced In tho royal household. At 10 o'clock tho king Is generally visited by his llfo-long friend, Colonel tho Marquis de Hose, with whom ho discusses prlvato affairs. Tho marquis, who Is at present tho king's guest, was his schoolmate nnd his comrado In war, Slnco tho colonel retired from the French service six years ago ho tins been almost constantly with Peter Knrageorgevltcb. After this visit tho king receives his ministers nud other persons who lit va requested an audience, or ho rends tho newspapers nearly nil those published In the Servian langungo and sonio Ger man and French Journals. At 12:30 lunch Is served for tho king, a meal In which tbo Marquis do Hose and two of tho officers of the house hold participate. This meal Is a most simple affair, and consists mainly of Servian nnd French dishes. Tho king drinks nothing but mineral water on account of an old Internal malady, which, however, Is now gradually dis appearing. At 1 o'clock tho king re tires to his prlvato rooms, where ho remains until 8, when he again re ceives his private secretary aud dis poses of his correspondence. Bcforo dinner his majesty sometimes takes another drlvo round tho city. Dinner Is served at T, and seldom occu pies more than ono hour. After that tho king Is usually occupied with lit. erature. Ho reads mostly books nn military or financial subjects. In In dustrial twitters, too, ho shows a lively Interest, and does his best to luduco forolgn capitalists to invest money In Servla, Ho has no particular leaning toward any sport except shooting, In which ho Is qulto an expert Peter I. Is generally regarded as n good-natured nud energetic, man of strung ruling cnpnclly nnd admirable tenacity. It will readily be seen that he combines nil Hm essential qualities of a good iiioimrehi but hla people nro uot what ho could wish them to be, and they will yet provide him Willi many a illlllcult problem to solve.-London Leader. A Voting Coiiiniauiler, The story ot a boy of II! years acting ns eonininnder of a ship seems rnther wonderful, yet Fnrrugut was but 1'J years nnd -I days old when ho wns put In comma ml of the Barclay, a prl ship taken by t'liptalu Porter. In consideration of hi lender years, says the nuthor of "Tweuly slx Historic Ships," the former Kngllsh master of Iho vessel was sent In her for the ks slhle benefit tho young prise-master might llnd In hla advice. Farragut tells the story of the queer division of authority In his Journal as follows: "I considered that Hm day of trial had arrived, for I uas a little afraid of tlin did fellow, ns every onn else wa. But Hie time had coma for me at least to play tho man; so 1 mustered up courage nud Informed the cnptnlii that I di'slivd the maliitiipsall tilled away In order that we might close up with tho i;ei Junior. He replied that he would shoot any man who itarrd to tonoli a rope without Ills or ders, He would go hie own course, and had mi Idea of trusting himself Willi a 'hlastrd niilshell.' ami then lis uciit below for his pistols. "1 called my right-hand man of the crew and told Is lit of my situation; I nlso Informed htm that I wanted the uialntopsall filled. He answered with n clear 'Aye, nye. sir,' In n manner that was not to be misunderstood, aud my confidence wns perfectly restored. "From that moment I became master of the vessel, and Immediately gave all uiH-essnry orders for making sail, noti fying the captain not to come on with his pistols unless ho wished to go over board; for 1 really would hare had very little trouble In having such an order obeyed." (.'heated llio Yiinngatrra. Ill certain parts of New Guinea wallaby, n specie of kangaroo, are very plentiful", nud the traveler In search of spurt find the pursuit of them an exciting occupation. Walla by stenk Is n refreshing change from canned meats, mid the natives am nly too glad to have the remnant of the en ream. A writer In the llnilmtii ton tells mi nmualiig Incident connect ed with the nuliunl. Ho had been ashore In oue of Iho sparsely populated regions uf the coast, and secured four wallaby, nn ample supply for the whole party, na tive guides and servants Included. But tin found that nllhoiigh wallaby la re garded ns such n delicacy that no trouble Is considered too great to ob tain It, iiniin of the native Isiya In the party would touch It. This was n mystery until one of them explained that they bad been trained In childhood In the belief that If they ate wallaby before reaching n certain nge, It would stop their growth. These Uiys nil belonged to the part of tho country where wallaby are few. and one can Imagine the crafty old folks seated round the festive (Hit nnd winking nt one another ns the young peoplo declined tint succulent dainty, Those who seo nn unwarrantable deception In tho flittering of such n belief nn the part of the young peoplo must nsk themselves If they hnvo never told n child Hint "two piece of pie will iiinko little folks sick." Kvery.llny Heroes. When the cloudburst wiped the town of Heppner, Ore., off the map, man seemed powerlem befoie nature. Yet the news of the next Hay contained two stories which show that bravo men did what they could. Thu people of two neighboring towns, Lexington mid lone, escaped without loss of life. They owe their safety to tho heroism of two men, When tho flood swept Iho town, Ker nan, the station agent at Heppner, stuck to his post long enough to tele graph warning to Lexington. Then ho tried to escape with his wife and two children mid u friend. Tho friend suc ceeded In reaching safely wllh thu children, but Kcrnmi mid his wife were swept to death. Another hero wns Leslie Matlock, who, llko Paul Ituvere, Jumped on hi horsu mid Hpreud the alarm. He reach ed Lexington In time to confirm Ker nan's warning, mid tbo people lied to tho hills. Over n hundred peoplo In Islington would have lost their lives but for these two men. Matlock continued down the vnlley, rnrrylng tho nlnrni to overy fiirni houso. His horso gave out soon after ho left Lexington, but ho got another, mid galloped through the darkness mid the rain to lone. Hero ho telegraphed down tho vnlley to the ranchers, who passed tho word mi. His long Journey hnd been n rnco with tho flood, which poured after hi in almost nt his horso's heels. Oon. Clay's Coursgo. General Cusslus M. Cluy fought ninny duels In his day, usually with his loiigOiladed knife, meeting pistol or rlllu equally wllh that trusty weup on. His physical strength wns gigan tic. Ho was accustomed to thu uso of weapons, nud ho wns iihvayH cool and never lost his Judgment. For ox Itmple, when mi adversary shot him, and ho supposed he wiih dono for, ho Inflated his lungs to tho full, conscious Hint ho would llvo ns long ns ho could hold his breath. Then ho drew his kulfu nnd did Ids bloody work, Thnt wns when ho killed Turner. After all, speaking musingly, reviewing his life, ho confessed to u reportor, when ho was nbout SI, thnt ho was opposed on prlmlplo to tho duel, thinking It n siivugo way to sottlo a dllllculty, "hut there nro sonio enses for which 'It Boemn to bo tho only remedy," Now York frlbuno, Improvement In Boilers, Such has been tho Improvement In engine boilers mid flro boxes that the power' derived from a pound of conl to-day s nearly threo times as grout ns It vdis lift years ago,