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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1904)
43k- Topics of the Times ' All thine nro easy to the earnest. Uurdcn bearing firings blessing shar- ' There Is Just as much danger In the jlches you desire as In those you pos- Preachers nnd political leaders nro sometimes slow to distinguish the air forenco between Hp service and heart "crvlccL It may bo a Rood plan to elect our heroes by popular vote and provide that uone of them shall serve a longer than four year term. Gold Is said to have been discovered Win arcculand. It Is rather a pity that (these discoveries cannot be made In some place which Is comfortable for residence purposes. A scientist tells us that the planet Jupiter has six floors and a basement, but the most persuasive real estate agent will not succeed in getting us to go and Uvc there unless It has an elevator. " Hera's Mr. Carnegie extolling the ' blessings of poverty again. And Job Hedges says the laird of Skibo might have been enjoying these blessings now If he had taken common stock Instead of bonds. The boy problem Is a mighty one. One-half of the orators are complain Ing because there are not boys enough and the other half are not able to Igree as to what shall be done with the boys that we have. W. K. Vandcrbllt, Jr., Is to have a ''desk In his father's office, where he will start In the railroad business "as a clerk." It Isn't expected that he will be docked for being late or taking a day off now and then. Robert Goelct is being sued for f 10, 000 for running his automobile over a man In Boston. Some of the heiresses will wonder why the victim should not consider It an honor to have been run over by the brother-in-law of a duke. There really Is no limit to the prac tical in education. Here Is a Boston supervisor arguing for teaching the school children more fairy tales. Vet consider the extent to which the coun try Is already o.verrun with promoters capable of writing the most alluring prospectuses. Twenty new varieties of fish were discovered last summer la the waters bout Alaska by an expedition from the.. United. States Fish Commission, The boy with the bent pin and the an gleworm does not care. To him a fish Is a fish, by whatever scientific name It may be called. Fire Is the greatest of architects Cities would make but mean progress without an occasional conflagration. Men will hold on to a ramshackle proi eTty till 'it rots. Whole sections of cities are disfigured by decaying struc tures. Along comes the Are; eyesores disappear and In their places rise wlld structures In keeping with the age. ; off bathing entirely. He frankly con ' fosses that ho conquered the "bath habit" two years ago. "1'neuuionla, colds, and n hundrnLotbcr Ills result from the foolish habit of washing the body," said Professor John 1)111 ltob crtson In an address at the annual meeting of the Chicago Eclectic and Surgical Society. As the professor Is a doctor one naturally expects him to supply physiological or scientific rea sons for his theory, and In this we arc not disappointed. It Is hts contention that heat and moisture arc necessary to the growth of bacteria on the skin. As these conditions arc supplied by bathing. It follows that instead of stopping the collection of bacteria upon the skin bathing actually facili tates their growth. Moreover, the hot bath, says Dr. ltobertson, draws the blood to the skin, the same as alcohol does, leaving the Internal organs with out their necessary amount of nourish ment To support his views the doe tor called attention to the fact that the city gets Its brain and brawn large ly from the country, where the farmer boy does not take a bath during the entire winter. lie swims. It Is true, in summer, when ho gets a chance, but his skin Is not rubbed with a rough towel, and hence the "natural scales of the skin" are not removed. One docs not need to Join Dr. Robert son's anti-bath crusade to recognise the necessity for the exercise of com mon sense, prudence and caution in taking cold baths or' hot baths. That cold baths under improper conditions have caused many a case of pneumo nia Is simply a matter of medical rec ord. But this is a poor argument against the bathing habit J5 5 "J" g55 'J'srJ J f r g J J eg- rj J eg 4 t Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. ' M itHg There has been a vast deal of dis cussion of late, most of It with a tinge of surprise, about the-frequency with which those who are guilty of crimes of all sorts, from the pettiest to the most atrocious, are found, when dis covered at all. to be little past boyhood In years. Certain occurrences In Chi cago have furnished fresh emphasis. All sorts of reasons for It have been suggested, and to make a list of them appeals curiously to one's sense of hu mor. Some queer speculators have found a cause In smoking cigarettes. Others attribute most youthful crimes to reading novels of the "dime" varie ty. Others find all the Inspiration In saloons, some In pool rooms and some find it In the promiscuous association of schools. On the heels of this come those who Insist it Is because youths Ncrtous Prosperity Is o Disease. HltliLY being prosperous makes many person nervous. Women, having duties which, If not fewer, are less compulsory, than those of men, are peculiarly subject to this complaint. Their physical strength Is less, their nervous systems .ire more complicated, secretary Hoot regrets the decrease of country Ufa on the ground that cities make a nervous race, different from the cool old stock which has beeu the basis of our civilisation. Mr. lioot thinks that nearness to the soil is a necessary con dltlon of strong nerves. The American climate, lu the Northern States. Is exciting. Many who cannot sleep In the united States are less troubled with Insomnia abroad When cable cars, with gongs aud crowds, railways over head, packed streets, automobiles, telephones, telegrams, messenger boys, aud the general machinery of haste are added, nervous tension becomes extreme. Sometime It takes tho form of a passion for late hours, and might be called Somuophohla. The Somnophoblac Is so keyed up that be shrinks from the relaxation of sleep, or any other quietness, me love or excitement is often as disinte grating as the love of drink. "Be not hurried away by cxcltemeut," says Eplctctus, "but say, 'Semblance, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you repre sent.' " Many of our occupations would hardly stand the test of l.plctetus. Emerson made the same point as Mr. Hoot, when he said that Nature's comment Is, "Why so not, little uianr As women arc more responsible. Just now, than men, for Increasing nervosity, one of our prob- lems is to mane natural activities attractive to them not work enough to exhaust them, but enough to keen them from being as restless as a fly under an exhausted re ceiver. Pleasures, diversions, are never sufllclent to form a life. Responsibility Is necessary to freedom. Thackeray, laughing at the strivings of Werther, had his heroine, at tne enu or the poem, go on cutting bread and butter. Candlde, after examining all possible worlds, decided that the real thing was to cultivate a garden. Collier's Weekly. a Ptys'cal Training in the Schools. BOUT the best tblng-that has yet been hit upon In connection with the public schools is the care that is being bestowed on the physical condition of the children. In th Ur.nf ,-tM. t thn : united States and to some extent In Canada children are being examined for physical de fects, and appropriate measures are' being taken In the resurrey which has Just been completed o ibe celebrated Mason and Dixon's Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, soce of tho original boundary stones were found In place. Others were doing duty In ibe neigh borhood as door steps, or ovens; oue served as a curbstone, and two bad been used In building a church mar tbe National Tike. The arbitrary line which they marked has played a more Important part In the history of this continent than many a natural bound ary of far more Imposing appearance. According to advices from the Treas ury Department the government mill at Philadelphia will cease to grind out pennies for a time, thero being now a surplusage of this kind of currency In the country. During the last five years 3,000,000.393 pennies havo been hipped from the Philadelphia mint, which is the only one that coins the 1-cent pieces, to various parts of the country. Between July 1, 1002, and June 1, 1003, 80.000,000 cents were coined. If this five-year output were collected in a heap it would make a sizable stage mountain at least. "Tbe Strike of a Grand Duchess' would be an appropriate title for the story of a recent episode in the career of the bride of tbe Grand Duke of Saxe-Wclmar. When she went homo to the palace In Weimar, after marry ing the Grand Duke, she proposed to refurnish her apartments In modern style, but the conservative old women of tbe court objected on tbe ground that tbe furniture which had pleased the duchesses for two hundred years ought not to bo removed. Her bus band agreed with the old women. Then she wished to say what she was to have for dinner. Tbe old women thought that it was beneath tbe dig nity of a grand ducbess to Interest herself in what went on in tbe kitch en, and tbe Grand Duke thought so, too. After several more Ineffectual at tempts to be mistress la her own bouse, she took the train for Switzer land. Her husband followed, but could not persuade her to return home till he had promised to get rid of the old women and to let ber have her own way In tbe bouse. If the Grand Duko had been an American husband be would bare capitulated in the first place. Of courso it Is all guesswork as to hoyr many times a man should tako a bath and what kind of a bath ho should' take. It doubtless depends on tbe man, bis constitution, his temper- amen:, bis work, and tbe cllmato In which be lives. Tbe best the doctors can do, therefore. Is to give generali zations for thok'"averago man." As ' thero la no "average man," the gener alizations; therefore, have small value. But hero wo have a college professor Who contends that we should leave do not have enough of school. Some to remedy these as far as possible. If nothing more was point to vicious home Influences and uone tuan to promote the habit of deep brcathlnz that others to no home Influences at all. would be a hygienic reform of the first Importance. We Some are sure It Is all due to tbe lr- noubt If anything could be done by public authority that religion of the day, others that It Is would contribute more to the health and happiness of the part of youth's rebellion against being community. Until human beings are placed In full posses forced to work, and still others that slon of their physical faculties and In full enjoyment of It Is a fruit of Idleness, of not work : tneir natural functions, they do not know bow cood a enough to "keep out of mischief" This place the world Is. With more of genuine good health In proneness to deal with symptoms and the world, more of something approaching physical ier- call them causes would be funny if It fectlon, there would be less craving for artificial enjoy- were not sauuening. ah mcse tnings menis anu pronaoiy less craving ror wealth. If the schools are effects of a deeper, earlier cause, i will. In addition to making tho children practice dcen Just as the crimes are effects. The ( breathing, cultivate their speaking voices and teach them uuiu iu tv iimi ujvuciu Bucjtri, ( w ,.. r.i, iuc rutrn iu a 1C1V J cars mil DO ma rVCIO US. in tms country at least, nas lost re- oiomreai star, spect for tbe principle of authority. Obedience to established law ought to be the first lesson tho child learns. I Somehow, for some reason. It Is not taught any more. Tbe parent of to day thinks tbe child must be governed. If at all, by reason and love. So be may be, when once tbe habit Is formed. Until then It would be no more absurd to treat tbe baby's colic with philos ophic comment on the folly of crying. Mere passion or foolishness, not firm, cool, unshrinking authority. Is tbe home practice. The child learns no les son of obedience there. He learns no more In school, and when he drops, practiced anarchist In lawless bablt. Into tbe general world of men tbe first fact he observes Is tbe ramshackle ad ministration of the law. "Do as you please" Is the creed, and the ingenuity of lawyers, the perfunctory habits and delays of courts, tbe Indeterminate sen tence and other similar causes lead the youth to think that punishment for wrong-doing has died out of the world This Is a better reason than cigar cties or novels or Idleness. A Quaint Ptwip'e. Tbe heart of Brittany, never ohancek. but Its face Is rapidly losing many o. Its prominent characteristics with tin leveling Influence of the French icpub lie. It Is only far out of the beaten track, now, cr on special occuions l.ki fetes, that you see universally tb ce tumes and customs of tbe tU Armoil can peninsula. Only an hour's Jorrney from Qulraper, the modernized chief town of Flnlstere, and you are nnionc tho Blgoudlnes, a people whose (Irc.-s suggests the Eskimos and Chinese whose faces are strongly Mongolian In type, and who In language, customs and beliefs seem to bare no relation with the rest of France. More anJ more the picturesque problem they pie sent Is coming to attract attention. Ar tists, students and tourists alike are fascinated by It. Century. Tho Law of Life. ACK of work does turn men Into tramps, but It dots not keep them tramps. The man and the Job cannot always keep apart Unless the man so wishes. The proof Is the fact that thou sands of men have been tramps and are no longer. And these men did not owe their es cape from traraphood to anything that anjbodv did for them. They owed It entirely to themselves. Taking his life through, the average tramp Is such be cause he wishes to be because he falls Into the delusion that It Is easier to leg and steal than to work. One of those economic lulls known as hard times" may havo set him to tramping. But, when this lull was over he did not remain a tramp unless he wished to. The Individual human life, like the electric current. seeks tho line of least resistance. All men are prouo to tako tho lino In, life on which they can travel with least effort. Man, like other animals, Is naturally averse to exertion not compelled by Immediate necessity. In other words, man Is naturally Insy unlets his foresight teaches him and his will Impels him to bo Industrious. The habltuat tramp Is such became he lacks the will to be otherwise. Sentimental philanthropists may be clml lengcd to produce a single tramp who, If his story were truly known, could not bo proved to havo thrown awuy, because It required of h I in harder work than ho was willing to do, opportunity after opportunity to cscapo from bis condition. Civilisation does not produce the habitual trnyip r sturdy beggar. He exists In civilisation because It Is too falsely humane to compel him to work or starve, as sav agery does. And It Is a perversion of philanthropy to hold that the tramp, or any other human belug, Is entitled to any place lu civilisation other than what his will to work can achieve. Work Is the law of Ufa Chicago Inter Ocean. iNAFO:imi)I)KN LAND TIDET 13 DESPOTICALLY RULED UY IT8 I'llltom w Solution of Industrial Methods. 13 believe that Industry among human beings Is destined to pass through three phasesthe phases of competition, of organization, of emu latlou. Civilization has spent thousands of years In the competitive system. Out of a hundred busi ness men nlnety-ulno have failed one hundred business enterprises havo landed nlncty-nlne men with broken hearts, broken hopes, and one man with money In nis pocket ana a Droken digestion. Competition encouraged the merchant to sell adulterated goods, bogus goods, worthless goods. It encouraged him to pay nis employes as little as he could In order to com pete with others who hired employes, and to chargo his cus tomers as much as be could. The competitive system Is now djlnc a slow death, Already tho system of organization has arrived, and the trusts represent this system. It Is crudo and selfish. It takes for a few bio- organized pirates the enormous sums that used to bo distributed among a great many little competitive pirates. nut organization, even under trust management, la a step In the right direction. Ibo trust that is combining tho nation's Industries into a few companies paves the way certainly and surely for national ownership. When one man, or half a dozen men. shall own nil tho railroads, thero will be an Interference bv the Deonle or later. When one man, or a few men, shall own all the steel mills, all tbe coal mines aud all the oil wells, nil the street car lines thero will be interference by the ueonlc sooner or later. When It Is clearly proved that oue man. or a few men. can run the business of the nation, that tho much vaunted I competition Is not tho llfo of trade but an Indication o savagery, then the people will say to the one man. or the few men, "We, the people, will own the business of the people, anil not you, an Individual." New York Journal. Orrtint I.niims Who l'rnctlcully Own All Hie Properly In tho Country-A Uiierr Code tit l nun ve l"ru Ihu by Mecliiitilaiii, Tor centuries Tibet has been nlmosl a sealed bonk to the rest of the world, and the lesull of the expedition under Col. Youiitthuslmml. which tliv British have sent Into the region, will tie watched with Interest. The high priests, or luuias, of Tibet havo ever denounced the f nrltiier ns an incur natcd detll, and they prearh ttirtt so long ns Tibet remains Isolated from ins rent uf the universe, so I ng shall she be gnat. A few inlsshinnrlei mid ex plorers hae wander, it ncioss the cor ners of this givnt tnliKl.iud, clambered up some of Its snow clad mountains, and lsltcd a few of Us stono cities; jet the mi-uter hurt of Its OM),ls0 A UOI NTIM L.tU.t. square miles, an urea equal in tier many. France and Italy combined, U still unknown to the outside world. On the maps of the world there Is no oth er such white patch as this In tbe cen ter of Asia. From the account of travelers Tibet would seem to be n laud where rillglnn Is supreme. The people obey their priests with almost slavish obedience, mid accept the uiot marvelous teach ings with utter credulity. The Inmns possess most of the wealth of tho coun try, and consequently they have rea son to fear the foreigner and tho In trusion of the explorer. ' Colonel loungliitah.iiid punitive ex pedition Into Tibet was undertaken In retaliation for the grand lama's curt been csllinnlitJ. WXl.OOO, whereas a Until f Hint Hume would probably be nearer Ibe murk, Is rap. Idly un the decrease on account of ho prevalence of disease. Die chief III be ing smallpox. Dirt nboumU every, where, ns cxplorcin soon discover Jo their great disgust. Tho reason fur this state of affairs Is not Imrd to swk, since dirt Is wnshleied sacred, and washing Is religiously Inhuoed. Religion MinounU to n passion with Intuits and biyini'n nllke. but It Is ti many ways a religion of but formal oth servanee. Prayers nro regarded ns of great potency, nnd the Innliis have do vlseil an Ingenious method of saying a groat tunny pra)i rs In a short space uf a .mull hollow cillndir IsUed on an axle, one end f which extends beyund the r Under to serve fur n hnn.lle. In this "praying wheel, ns It Is Milled, nro deposited small U' "f uaper on which Jinvn been wrllten pnijers comiHisctt by the Inmns, Tho wheel Is then revolved rapidly. tli the ory being that the devotees will thus attain the felicity "f Nlrrnnn without hiving lo piss through mntiy Interme diate singes of lelnenrnntloli. The prnjer wheels, It might be rcmnrked, nlso serve to wrenk vengeance on nn cn.-iny, the person Injured ttenllug his enemy's prnjer wluel hiiI revolving It In the wrong direction In the belief Hint this will certainly nssnre nn un happy hereafter for the luckless own er. This nlutie Is snlllcleut t convliire the observer of tho slnlo of spiritual degradation Into which the people are plunged. Tibet ns nt present ronrtllllted Is clearly no place for white men, nor rail It be said to offer many ndrnutagr uinler n high state of i-lilllsnllou, tti niblllhui In Its topogrHphU'Hl shortcom ing, of which mention has already been made, cllmato plays no sum!! pnrt lu making It undesirable for purposes of settlement. August, September, tie- IoIht nnd Not ember nro flic only months which can lie considers! "dry," rain or snow contributing lo render tho leuulnlng iiioulht it it I lensniil. Aero.d- lug to .oulilkov. the avernge annual temperature Is U degrees for morning, 07 for noon ami Ml for night, a tnrla- blllty that, to say the liwst, cannot bo conducive lo comfort. A not unnatural result of (he condi tions which bare so rnVctilnlly barred communication tx-OMvn Tlliel and the outside world Is the maintenance of a tery small army. It Is said thai tbrrn s 111 III Anglo-American Arbitration. SOME of the United States nowspapers su gest the desirability of an arbitration treatv between Britain and that country, similar to mat recently made between Britain and France Everything that looks In the direction of lessen Ing the danger of war. and establishing the paclllc plan of settling International dlsnutea bt- rair argumentation ucrore a competent and Impartial trl ounal. instead of by "the stern arbitrament of the sword.' suouiu navo tne support of all rlght-thlnktng men. The tendency shown among the nations to discuss such nence ful methods, and in some cases to adopt them, is a sign of tno times ror which we ought to be thankful. It Is an evl dence of tho development of tho Christian consclousmi which, when it reaches Its full development, will tolerate war no more. It may teem a far cry yet to the day when "the kindly earth shall slumbrr. lain In universal law." Inn It is coming. By all means the two great Kng'llsh-speaklng nations suojuu snow a good lead In this direction. Th L'hrlstlan Uuardlan. A HANDY CORKSCREW FORK. - r The accompanying Illustration looks as much llko a corkm-rett- as It does a fork, but the combination makes a very excellent arrangement for kitchen service. It Is particularly designed for turning nnd lifting large pieces of meat during the process of cooking. The fork consists of the usual handle, with a tube or sleeve fitted therein, tho tines mounted on the outer end of the tube, and a rod passing through the tube and handle and carrying at one eud the spiral screw, and the other end secured by a nut to cause tbe screw to rovolve with the handle. In operation tbe tines are driven Into the meat to tho proper distance, aud the handle Is then turned to cause the spiral screw to engage or twist Into tbe meat, giving a firm and reliable connection between the fork and the meat To remove the fork, release the screw by turning the handle lu the reverse direction. Tbe advantages of the fork arc .apparent, for with It n piece uf meat or a fowl of any size can be bandied with great ease wlthout.fear of tearing tbe meat or of dropping tho same. FISHES THAT FLY FOR LIFE. Interesting; Scenes While Vornclna In the Gulf or Mexico. Watching the flying fish In the Gulf : of Mexico is one of the favorite pas- Th rpfirnL?.'0 f tt. i, i. ot Persons who make the voyage tJ ,V ? Postmaster of the Brit- lacro ,he Gulf for the flrlt tlmei.. Mla ish House of Commons tells a story . obserrant -,nd ,he ,mblt ,s of his early experiences of postal work. not an unIntcrestlng one, for there Is a good many years ago. It was a Lon- mucn to bo lcarned, much that is new don omcc, and a customer came In and nnd attractive to tbe stranger. There banded a letter over the counter to u ,ometulng particularly fascinating the young woman who was serylng about tll0 fl,.Dg fish In the Gulf of stamps. , jjoxica After reading the address, she said j "During the trip recently we ran It would bo flvepence. lnto great tQboola of them between "But I have never paid more than here and Vera Cruz and It was dlffi twopence half penny before." object- cult not to believe at times that they ed the customer. "Is it overweight?" wero simply making sport of the big No, it was not overweight, said tho vessel that was plowing through the clerk, but all letters to China were blue waters of the Gulf. They would flvepence, and as this was addressed to 1 dart across the bow of tbe ship, scam- Dresden- Aud Bo Ho Did Not Say It. Mr, Elder There Is something I want to say to you, Bessie er that is, Miss Kutelcy, , Miss Kuteley Call me Bessie If you wish. Mr. Elder Ob, may I? Miss Kuteley Of course; all old gen tlemen call mo Bessie. Philadelphia Ledger. Hottest I'laoo on Uarili. The hottest placo on earth is Bob- relm, on an Island in tbe Persian Gulf, which has a mean annual temperature of DO degrees. After a woman gets on the shad sldo of 40 sho speaks of herself auf her female friends as "us girls." per this way and that, and seemed to be In a playful mood all the while. They looked like animated sprays, mere flashes and splashes of water; now taking this form, now that, now shooting along with tbe course of the ship; now bounding out from tbe ves sel's side, and all the while apparently conscious of tbe fact that men and women were watching them. They seemed to take somewhat of pleasure from tho enjoyment ot the human be ings. But, of course, they were busy with other problems. It was not a pleasant business either. It was a matter of life and death with them. They were being pursued by tbelr ene mies. The only way they conld escape was by leaving the water for a while. The enemy has not learned this little trick of flying, and consequently could not follow wheu the flying flsh spread their wings and soared In the air for n while. "It Is remarkable what distances these delicate members can go on tbelr poorly trained wings. I have seen them fly as far as two city blocks. They are interesting little fellows, and they al ways draw the attention of the tourist and the stranger In Gulf waters." A WOMAN'S LOFTY CLIMB. How Sire. Workman Got to tbe Top or a UZ,9U4-Pont I'eek. Mrs. Funny Bullock Workman, daughter of former Gov, Andrew D. Bullock, of Massachusetts, Is known as tbe world's greatest mountain climber and explorer. Word comes from India that she has broken ber first high rec ord of 21,000 feet twice In one day dur ing her explorations this season of tbe Himalayas, These giant mountains climbed by ber are two snow peaks looming high above tbe Cbogo Loongma glacier and bordering the distant provluce of Hun-za-Nagyo. Starting at 3 a. in., August 12, by moonlight, from tbe highest camp, at 10,355 feet, and ascending over the sharpest of snow slants, tho party, con sisting of Dr. and Mrs. Workman and tho three noted Italian guides, J, I'ctl- gax, 0. Savole and h. Petlgax, climbed steadily until long after daylight, , and at 7 a. m. this Indomitable American woman climber stood on top of her first peak of the day, 21,770 feet high. After half an hours bait for scien tific observations and photography tbe party descended this mountain a short distance, and traversing a long snow arete, ascended a still higher peak which lay beyond, and nt 10 a. m. I cloudless wmther, Mrs. Workman scored her greatest record, and stood at 22,r&S feet above sen level. Tbe heights of these mountains have been computed with tbe utmost sclen title accuracy. On the day of the at cent hypsometric and mercurial barom etcr readings were taken on tbe sum mlts themselves, nnd alto by a govern meiit official at tbe lower station of Sknrdu. Tho climbing of thefo Himalayan mountains was not accomplished by camping on grass or rocks to 10,000 feet, ns In the Andes, but by continual difficult snow bivouacs, made at 1C.0CO 18,100 nr-d 10,353 feet. Two nights were passed at this Int ter Immense nltltude, whero two-thirds of the eighteen coolies, who carried the high camp equipment, were pros trated by mountain sickness. Dr. and Mrs. Workman nnd guides, although they slept Utile and suffered somewhat from mountain lassitude, wero not 111, nnd were able to carry out tbelr fifteen hours' climb tho next day with com plete success. These wero tbe most notable climbs of tbe expedition In 1003, but besides these, tbreo large glaciers have been explored nnd surveyed and four first ascents and traverses of snow passes from 18,000 to 10,000 feet In height ac compllsbcd. This season's work, "add ed to that of 1002, when many peaks and tho great Chogo Loongma glacier were first ascended, combine to make tbe two greatest high climbing expedl Hons yet carried out In tho Himalayas, Several hundred magnificent photo graphs were taken during tbe summer, Bolton Herald. One Women tllieve. He (after the wedding) -Urn my love, these bills are piling up at a fear ful rate; but, of course, my angel, with your large Income, you are willing and no doubt anxious to help me pay them? She I? Why, my dear, I haven't a cent. "Wha ?" "On my second marriage all my money went to my late husband's rel atives." "Eb? Wha why didn't you say so 7 " "You particularly requested mo nev er to mention my lato husband In your presence." Couldn't Fool HI in. My ledger shows that I did a busi ness of more than $20,000 last year," said tho grocer who was trying to sell out. Yes," rejoined the prospective pur chaser, "but what docs your pocket- book snow?" GRAND LAMA'S PALACE LASSA. refusal to treat with tho mission suit by the British to discuss thu Tibetans' non-observance of trado treaties. It may mean the complete unveiling of the mysteries that enshroud this Asia tic country which has so resolutely pursued n policy of shutting Its diors to foreigners, nnd has since tbo expul sion of the Jesuit missionaries early In tbo nineteenth century been visited by but a scant handful of daring ex plorers. Of these but four or five suc ceeded In penetrating to the capital tbo sacred city of Latsa, where the grand lama dreams his life away In bis nine-story palace. Tbe hostility of the natives Is by no means the only thing Hint prevents ex plorers from penetrating far Into Tibet. Tho country, a tableland of 15,000 to 20,000 feet nbovo sea level, .wild, moun tninous u ml devoid of roads, Is by na turo fully ns Inhospitable ns Slberln. Outside of the monnsterU'S, or lamas eries, as they arc culled, there are no houses, mud hovels serving to nccom modato the natives. This, however, does not apply to I.assa Itself, which, as the few photographs obtained show, Is a well laid out city, plcluresnurly lo cated on the southern slope of n moun tain, with tho palace of tho grand lama towcrlug above tho other buildings. The grand lama, or, rather, the dalal lama for there aro two grand lamas Is not only the chief pe-rsonngo In Tibet, but Is acknowledged as the head of tho Buddhist church throughout Tibet, Mongolia and China. From tho llttlo that has been written about him It ap pears that, as a rule, tho dalnl lama, who Is elected when a child, dies young, nnd It has been hinted that the length of bis days depends upon tbo amount of trouble be gives tho gyalpo, tbo temporal ruler of I.assa. Tho lamas domtnato tho country. Their Influence can bo cnlly under stood when It Is said that fully one sixth of tho population aro numbered In their order. The lamaseries dot tho mountain sides llko fortrewies, and tho people willingly bibor to support their spiritual guides, who do not lose nn opportunity to terrorize them, Ono thing that contributes to keep these priests In power Is (he fact that thu people bellevo them to possess god- llko powers, anil wonderful nro the tales trnvclers tell of rcmarknblo exlib billons going to support this belief. Human sacrifices are nleo snld to bo n component pnrt of the religion of the country, which Is" described ns being but n veneer of Buddhism over a body of savage and uncouth supersllfon, As may bo Imagined, the spiritual, ncs luetic and moral sides of the peoplo of iiuct nro in n very prim vo condition. in tho country districts tho principal occupations nro ngrlculturo nnd cattle raising. Lalwr of all torts Is very chenp In Tibet, tbo men being paid but or d cents .n any, while tho women generally receive but their board and lodging. Whero tho country Is not n barren waste tho.prlnclpal products nro wnent, nnriey, pens anil beans, tho live stock raised Including hoises, asses, mules, entile,, sheep mid. yaks. As In everything else, prlmltlvo melhods pro villi, aud prosperity Is constantly nl. scut. Tbe population, which tins nt times aro not more than 4, soldiers In all tbe dalnl lama's d.iinal .s, and thesenre very inrorly equipped and disciplined. As n comcqucuco rohucry and outrage are prevalent throughout Tibet Tho Inmns, It should be said, control tho administration of Justice as well as tho dispensation of religious Instruction, and the courts are more remarkable for their suierstltlon than for their law. Crude nnd barbaric iiiethiHls prevail of n nature that would disgrace even the Middle Ages. Drowning, torture and flogging nro common penalties tar slight offenses. Auilnoli.ua Morgan. An old Washington genllnnan tells a story which be overheard President Lincoln repent. During one of (lie busy reception hours, when the Presi dent was talking first to one, then to another of the many who tilled tho room In tho White House, a gentleman askisl If any news had been received from John Morgan, whoso Confederal caVnlry wero raiding Kentucky aud Ohio. "We'll cntch Hum some nt ih.j days," replied Lincoln. "I admire him, or ue i ii uoiu operator. Ho always goes after the mall trains In order to get Information from Washinetnn. nn his Inst ruld he opened some mall bags and took possession of the official correspondence. "Ono letter was from tho War be. pnrtmcut lo a lleiilcnntit In Jrn..i nrmy; It contnliiisl n captain's commis sion for him. Itlghi under the signs turo of A. Lincoln tbo audacious Mor gan wrote, 'Approved. John Mnmni. and sent the communication on lie way. Ho there Is one officer In nor army whoso commission bears my slgnaturo with tho atmrm-nl nt n,. daredevil raider." Fleet Arllllolul Teeth. It Is certain thnt the ancients i.n,t soino acquaintance with the dentnl nrt yet It Is difficult to determine by whom artificial teeth wero Introduced. Her odotus, In his accounts of t),0 llclent Lgyptlans, mentions a "dentist for tho oelh." The British Museum contains """"" llli instruments discov ered among the ruins of Pompeii (de slroyed A. I). 70)i nnd flnlen In the second century describes the operation of drawing te-elh will, orcfp,. Vu zonl establishes the fct that the nn (leu s were ncqunlnted with tho nrt. for he found artificial teeth lu their catacombs nnd tombs. It Is generally accepl,,!, however, In modem dentistry Hint Albucnsls first (might Iho true art lb tenth century, and hi, work. "Al , i, '. . l. Klvc" ''rowings f several 'Inilnl Instruments Dion In use. .. i Altered Uecmines.. 11 o scorching chauffeur lost control of his machine which dashed through tho wall of a w.ltlng-lluui factor n "Well," bo muttered, ns ho crawled n il. "I mny bo bndly damage,!, l u n, ! . ?'WM t0 wcll-ordei. "How S0" 111(0(1 , ,n.gMI, "Becnuso Pm nrsl-dass lu Inky ra