Topics of
the Times
Very few of the churches have been
closed because of overcrowding.
There Is more health In happiness
than there li happiness In health.
Thn hook nueiit who Bold Slionker
Cannon sixty books lio didn't want
would-be nn Invaluable adjunct to the
lobby.
A nnrfo flrlnir machine should car
ry along a few acres of India rubber
scenery on which to alight In case of
Accident.
twilllmi linn discovered a method
for making the dead lifelike. Ho will
be honored for Inventing a plan to
wake up gome of the living.
Thero la nnlv one certain war to dls
Mm nt I tin Imll Wfwvll: Wltlt for It td
.11a nut na am-crnl WnAtcrn Stntes had
to do with tho grasshopper and iotato
bug.
Now that ho has quit work at the
early age of 87 Kuweit Sage 1ms reason
to bo thankful that lie was saving, as
ho has laid by enough to live ou for
the rest of his days.
Tho Czar of Bussla can at least
count upon having all the nowspapcrs
of his country with him on almost any
-subject TIs easier to agree with htm
than to suspend publication.
Since the Empress of China received
several automobiles as a birthday pres
ent bIio can Just line up her loving sub
jects on a well-paved street when they
displease her and touch the button.
Tho life of Edgar Allen Poe Is to be
dramatized. If it is successful It will
be a standing rebuke to those who de
clare that American play-goers cars
only for tho frivolous and spectacular.
Still another way of keeping the
boy contented on the farm Is suggest
ed. This is Is to make It easy for him
to get from the farm to the town, and
vlco versa. Or, in other words, good
roads.
Beatrice Fairfax has copyrighted
tho advlco that a 1-i-year-old girl
should kiss no boy unless it be her
brother. We violate no confidence In
calling attention to the fact that all
men arc brothers.
The author of "Mrs. Wlggs" has
bought herself -a $10,000 home In Louis
Tille. That's rather modest But per
haps the report that the lady's royal
ties have amounted to $-100,000 are
slightly exaggerated.
A Cleveland man who belongs to a
wealthy family has renounced society
and gone to live with tramps, because
bo says society people bore him with
their talk about books and art. This
apparently upsets the widely accept
ed theory that society talks only about
dukes and bridge.
Glowing dreams of past grandeur
and vain imaginings about unearned
prosperity to come do not satisfy the
Spain of to-day. The vice consul at
Madrid reports that the government is
to open a number of agricultural
schools In various parts of tho king
dom. Students will be Instructed not
only In regard to raising crops, but in
the use of agricultural machinery and
Implements. Spain has no well-wisher
more sincere than her late antagonist
tho United States, and every token of
ber progress is noted here with satis
faction. A report made by the dean of the
faculty of arts and sciences of Har
vard university shows that out of 172
students who received the bachelor's
degree with honors at Harvard last
commencement eighty-four were pre
pared for college In the public schools,
as against seventy-six from private
schools of all kinds. This is convincing
evidence of the high character of In
struction to bo had in the public
schools, especially In view of the fact
that the academies and other private
fitting schools exist chiefly for the pur
pose of preparing boys for college,
while In the public high schools this Is
merely an Incident
For years the national party conven
tions were held In Baltimore more fre
quently than in any other city. This
.was at the time when the center of
population was in Maryland or in old
Virginia. The present center of popu
lation Is in southeastern Indiana. St
Louis and Chicago, the cities in which
the national conventions are to be held
this year, aro west of the center, but
they aro nearer to It than any other
considerable cities save Cleveland, Cin
cinnati, Indianapolis and Louisville.
Chicago has displaced Baltimore as the
favorite convention city. Lincoln was
nominated there, and so were Grant
Garfield; Blaine, Harrison, Bryan and
Cleveland. The conventions which
nominated McKlnley met In St. Louis
and In Philadelphia, and Mr. Cleveland
was nominated in St Louis and Harri
son In Minneapolis, ns well as In Chi
cago. Tho llttio parties frequently
choso little places for their conven
tions. The Abolitionists, for instance,
in 1830 nominated a candidato for the
presidency In Warsaw, Geueseo Coun
ty, New York.
Not a few fathers hurt their sons
and damage tho careers of thoso sons
by picking out careers for them. Train
up tho boy In tho way he should go,
and then let him cliooso his own work.
In tho choice of a vocation, ns In the
choice of a wife, every young man
should bo left ulone. If he Is not
worthy of being left alono tho parent
has griovously Injured the boy In the
preceding decade of his life. Thcso in
terpretations mean that I would not
educate my boy under a private tutor.
I would educate my boy with boys, al
though pot entirely by boys. Boys do,
jiowovcr, educato boys; but a boy who
Is tralnod alone Is llablo to fall In ad
justing himself to bis membership In
humanity. Ho la to become a broth
er of tbo common lot Ho thereforo
should learn early how to adjust him-
self to his fellows. Neither would I
educate my son nbrond; he Is an Atner j
lean boy. 1 should bo glnd to have
hint get nil that Is best from tho prl-
vato school In Lausnnno or Geneva,
but not for one Instant would I have (
his Ideals formed by the French mas
ter or bis methods by tho Herman. A
primary note In his character should
be the American, although n note more
fundamental Is the human. He Is, ns
a human loy, to bo trained up for ser
vice In this great. Interesting, new life
of our new world.
Your father can remember a 7 per
cent government bond served as a sort
of Interest standard. Of course. It was
a gllt-cdgod security, but 7 per cent for
money was considered about the
proper figure. That was not very long
ago. It was In n day when the public
debt of tho nation, measured by the
resources of the people, was n heavy
burden. Now wo have 2 per cent
bond. In fact, more than half of our
bonds are 2 per cent securities. In
the face of a thousand alluring Invest
ments, including farm mortgages and
municipal bonds, the government can
have all the money it wants at 2 per
cent. Your share of the Interest on the
public debt is 34 cents annually. Your
share of tho Interest-bearing debt Is
$11. We piled up millions of liabili
ties during the Spanish war. and yet
tho total of the public debt Is less than
the capital of the Steel Corporation:
less than the total amount of life In
surance credited to at least two con
cerns. The Interest-toarlng debt on
Dee. 81. 1003. was $001.7-17.220. Eleven
dollars per head. In Groat Britain tho
debt Is $73 per capita, and In Holland
it is $00. Franco has a national debt
so great that each inhabitant owes
$150. The ray of sunlight there is the
fact that Franco has borrowed from
tho people, and there is no danger of
foreign creditors foreclosing a mort
gage on that country. Argentina owes
$123 per capita, and Australasia $203.
We talk much of our natural resources,
our loyal people and our new navy.
Don't forget that one of our greatest
Items of strength in foreign lands Is
our financial standing. The nation with
unlimited credit with a big treasure
chest Is In a position to command and
direct and influence. Financially, the
United States has no competitors.
FATE OF THE LAZY GIRLS.
Unlese They Preeerve Thetr Bodlee
by Kxerclee, They'll linat Out.
The lazy girl will not obey the
promptings of naturo to use her limbs
and faculties as It was Intended that
she should use them, says a writer for
the Boston Journal. She infinitely
prefers to loll about reading rubbishy
books which make no call on her
mental faculties, absorbing caramels
or chocolates she does not require,
thus starving ber mind and overfeed
ing her body at one and the same mo
ment By doing this she tends to lay
ou an excess of fatty tissue, which
soon robs her youthful figure of any
dainty charm It might possess, her di
gestive organs become deranged, the
liver becomes sluggish and her com
plexion assumes a sallow tint that adds
years to her looks.
A vacant mind gazes abstractedly
through the lack-luster eyes of the girl
who Is too lazy even to thin, and adds
still further to her prematurely aged
and world-worn appearance.
Her heart and lungs get lazy, too;
her circulation Is barely brisk enough
to keep things going hence she Is
often a martyr to co!d feet and an over
heated nose and she Is apt to be
scant of breath. Thus she becomes a
sort of bad caricature of old age; she
has all its defects with none of Its re
deeming qualities.
If the lazy girl would keep her girl
ish looks she must lose her laziness,
for laziness and glrllshness do not
form nn enduring partnership. She
must exercise both her body and her
mind in a rational manner.
It Is n matter of every-day observa
tion that It Is the brisk, bustling wom
an of business or of society who long
est retain their youthful charm. It Is
the thinkers and workers who retain
their powers of fascination, when the
drones have long since laid them
selves, or been laid, on the shelf.
That Is a striking phrase, "The Joy
of living." It Is a Joy that the lazy
girl can seldom feel, for It Is only
known to those girls who me life
rightly and who will go through tire
and water to realize their high ambi
tions. A healthy life is a perpetual
Joy, and It can lie healthy only If It is
full of constant striving and doing.
Tho lazy girl must set her bodily
temple In order. She may not have a
motor, a carriage, a bicycle, or a horse,
but she can always use her feet. She
must walk, and walk with a will and
with a purpose in view. She should
adopt a hobby, no matter what paint
ing, music, poultry-keeping, rowing
anything, In short, that will give her
bodily and mental employment.
riio Ants anil tho Elephant.
Eyewitnesses of the marches which
ants make aver that when they come
to an obstacle they go through It or
over It or take It with them. They
march as straight as a Boman road.
Human occupants fly when an ant
army takes its way through a house
occurring on Its line of march. Tho le
gion pass on and destroy nothing but
such ns will serve as food, but after
thoy have gone not a beetle, a scorpion,
a rot or a mouse or nn Insect or a rep
tile of any size, shape or namo re
mains. All have been eaten by the
army. It Is on record that ono of
theso moving companies was obstruct
ed in Its passage by an elephant. It
took tbo army eight hours to pass that
spot, and then there remained nothing
but tho picked bones of tho elephant.
French Coal Supply Small.
Tho coal miners of France, located
In the northern part of that country,
do not supply tho needs of tho French
people, who havo to import 25,000,000
tons, against an average of 21,000,000
tons raised at home.
When a man is abused for mean
ness, It Is a sort of a compliment If
no one suggests that some one "put
him up to It"
Don't say a man Is shirtless; Bo po
lite, and say that he is too contented
to ever get rich. ,
HFiiitiiiiai sBS
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IA1PORTANT. SUBJECTS
Worth of Weather Predictions.
OCOltDlNG to the authorities at Washington.
ytV I only 17 per cent of the weather forecasts am
iBl I failures. It must lie admitted that the worth of
" - 1 ,. vifher It.msi-ttnent Is ffriiwltii- nni! Ihjit
It has become luvaluatilo. Along the great lakes
aud rivers the weather forecasters practically
control commerce. So much faith It placed In
their Information that ships sail or remain In port, accord
ing to the Intelligence given out. On the great lakes It Is
seldom that a great storm finds shipping unprepared, be
cause tho wciither man has done his duty.
The fanners are especially benefited by weather Intel
llgence. and the faith that the public has In predictions Is
shown by the fact that in every newspaper otllce the one
Item that must appear without fall, In some fixed prom
Inent position, Is the weather report Every year there Is
development and more scientific accuracy In peering luto
the future. Cincinnati Post.
Dc Grateful to the rwmer.
N seeking the reason for tho nation's contin
ued prosperity do not overlook the farmer. He
Is the man who set the wavo of prosperity In
motion. Secretary Wilson, of the Agricultural
Department now shows facts and figures to
prove that It is tho farmer who is still keeping
the country prosperous. In 1003, for lustanco,
SB
the surplus of farm products which were not needed for
domestic consumption and were said nlim.nl amounted to
$s"S.00O.O00. Exclusive of farm products, the balance of
trndo wns against us, the exports of other products falling
$5d.000.i00 below the Imports. So great was the farmer's
contribution to the export trade, however, that his products
I not only wiped out this balance but established a balance
fn our favor of fully $3i)".000.000.
It Is not without reason that Secretary Wilson breaks
luto praise of the growers of wheat and corn and other agri
cultural products. Big crops mean activity in all productive
and manufacturing lines and an Immense freight-carrying
traffic on the railroads. A large business for the railroads
means general activity In the variegated Industries which
A LOBSTfR AND AN LAGLE.
"The disappearing lobster," as fish
commissioners have termed him, might
not only remain, but flourish and tn
crcaso If be always resisted capture
like ono described In Forest and
Stream. The lobster In question lived
in Newfoundland. His would-bo cap
tor was a white-headed eagle. Says
a witness of the conflict:
My guide and I were sitting on tho
rocks by the seashoro watching the
blnl soaring round In circles, when
suddenly we saw him dash down Into
a pool of water close by us ou the
beach and reappear, holding nn enor
mous lobster in his talons. He was
an old lobster with a huge claw white
with barnacles; but the eagle hud him
clutched firmly round the back, and
at first we could see the claw hang
ing helplessly down, the barnacles
shining white in the sunlight
Only for a second though. The rip
ples on the pool bad not yet died away,
the large drops of water had not ceas
ed to fall upon its surface from the
soaring eagle's feathers and the cap
tive lobster alike, wheu the lobster
suddenly awoke to the seriousness of
the situation, and to think with that
apparently helpless creature was to
act Up came the great white bar
nacled claw and seized the eagle round
the neck.
There was a furious fluttering and
beating of wings, a melancholy
squawk, and then, tumbling and roll
ing head over heels In the air In a
confused mass, down came eagle and
lobter again, Into the pool.
Wo rushed forward, thinking that
we could, perhaps, In some way Becuro
both combatants, as tbo splashing of
the conflict continued In the shallow
water. But we bad hardly time to
pick up a stone apiece to throw at the
eagle before the lobster, feeling him
self at home again, let go his hold.
Now, with his neck all torn and de
void of feathers, away flow the be
draggled eagle to a neighboring cliff,
while, brandishing bis enormous claw
in defiance, the lobster remained
smiling, perhnps at the bottom of the
pool. But the lobster wll doubtless
tell you, If you meet him, that the lobster-fishing
In Newfoundland is very
poor at present
SECRETS OF LIFE.
Object of Iiloloslcat Laboratories at
Tortnsaa and on Long leland,
Fresh Interest In the Carnegie In
stitution Is awakened by the selec
tion, under its auspices and with its
support of two locations for biological
laboratories to accommodate those
branches of Its service that deal with
the beginnings, the development and
the mutations of life llself. These lab
oratories are to be established at Cold
Springs Harbor, on Long Island, and
at Dry Tortugas. The former will bo
the more Important or at least will
begin its work on a larger scale and
with better auxiliary equipment than
the other. Inasmuch as It will bo In
close proximity to the Brooklyn In
stitute and to the hatchery of tho New
York State fish commission, and dur
ing tho two busy summer months
when investigation Is most active their
facilities will be placed at Its disposal.
Along the upper end of the harbor a
sandsplt runs nearly the whole dis
tance, forming an almost Inclosed bas
in which Is very rich In marine life,
while the channel between it and the
outer harbor exhibits a rank growth
of algae, among which mollusks and
cchluodcrms aro abundant,
Thero was some prospect at one
time that the laboratory established at
Woods Hole, at which excellent work
has been done for some years, would
bo Incorporated In the general system
of the Institution, but the selection of
Cold Spring Harbor was made upon
the advlco of Professor Charles B, Da
venport, of Harvard and Chicago uni
versities, who will be the directing
head of tho now laboratory, and
whose achievements In the past Justi
fies tho highest expectation of tbo now
line of Investigation In which be Is
to engage. Itcsearches Into tropical
marine life have not been carried so
pi iTa iin
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JAPANESE SOLDIERS
JAPANESE Sll.UtPSHOOTEItS
far as In higher altitudes, and rich dis
covery. It Is believed, awaits tho work
at Dry Tortugas. which will bo under
the direction of Professor Alfred G.
Mayer, formerly of Harvard and now
president of the zoological department
of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and
Sciences.
Science seems to be adventuring Into
broader realms of mystery than ever
before. It Is bolder and more persist
ent than at any previous time In the
world's history. It Is building not for
to-day, but for all time. Tho struc
ture which It proposes to rear Is bound
less, and its fearlessness and faith are
In striking contrast to the timidity with
which, not so many years ago, It ap
proached problems which now seem
simple If not almost contemptible.
Could Professor Darwin return nml
witness the emancipation of mind
wrought by his doctrine of evolution
he would have no reason to reproach
himself for contributing nothing to the
world's progress. It Is nothing less
than the secret of life that It Is pro
posed to probe at these laboratories.
How does It start; tion what condi
tions does It depent In the scale of as
cent or descent? As Professor Black
ford, of the fish and game commis
sion, says of It "Neither Professor Da
venport nor nnyone else expects to live
to see tho work undertaken more than
Just begun. It Is laid out on lines com
prehending the causes of maintenance
and development that will require a
course of observation of possibly cen
turies." Boston Transcript.
COLORS IN EGGS OF BIRDS.
One of Natures Secret. Over Which
Scientific Men Still Puzzle.
"If you are liitTcided In nuturi
problems," snld a man who likes to
pore over the oases In the Museum of
Natural History, "hero's a very simple
one, but you can find In It all the food
for speculation nnd theory you want,
as scores of very eminent thinkers
have done already. What Is nature b
reason for tho color und murklng of
birds' eggs and in tho process of evo
lution how has it worked out? There
must bo n reason for their Infinite di
versity and it can hardly bo nn es
thetic one.
"That looks simple enough, yet the
most advanced naturalists haven't been
able to puzzlo It out All they can say
with nnv confidence Is that the all-
pervading Instinct of dlslrust and need
for protection is exhibited In egg shells
as In more Important things and the
main Idea of their color scheme has
been to sccuro Bafcty In harmony with
their surroundings. But even that has
exceptions.
"Take tho doves. Their eggs aro
whlto and arc plainly visible In the
flimsy nest, though the nest is built In
a tree, and tho eggs should bo of a
darker tint, to follow tho general rulo.
Now. thnt I believe, has been reasoned
out in this way. Tho original doves
were rock doves and they laid white
eggs In conformity with tho natural
law. which ordnlns that color for most
species of birds nesting In tho. dark,
so that tho female might reudlly see
them when she comes Into tbo gloom.
"You find traces of this early In
stinct In tho fact that wherever thero
Is a deserted rabbit warren you will
And doves taking ndvnntngo of It to
build their nests In tho abandoned
burrows. But whether In holes or
trees the nests still contain whlto eggs,
which naturo ordained for their rock-
dwelling ancestors.
"Owls lay pale eggs Tor tho same
reason. They breed In tbo dark. On
the other hand, tho ducks, which, so
far os anybody knows, havo always
contribute to railway maintenance and operation. It also
means large and regular dividends and a healthful tone In
the world of finance. In fact, while the fanner Is pro
ducing large and salable crept the nation has a stable basis
of prosperity which eon the wildest financiering of Wall
street speculators cannot disturb. Chicago Nuws.
Tho futility of War.
N this day and age of tho world, what an
anachronism It seems that lttistlii and Japan
must settle their differences by the arbitrament
of the sword. Nearly two thousand years after
Christ, has the world ndauced m little, Is there
no other way? Must men still be food for
cannon, to servo the selfish ambitious of
their rulers?
What nation ever permanently profiled by war for war's
sake? Where is the empire of Alexander, tho Homo of
Julius Gttcsar, the France as Napoleon made HI And the
conquerors themselves? Caesar died by the hand of an
assassin, because bo was too ambitious. Alexander, un
satisfied, sighed for more worlds to conquer. Napoleon,
perhaps the greatest of them nil, died a hopeless prisoner.
In the awful bankruptcy which robbed him of throne, son,
wife, everything.
These men had drunk to the dregs of military glory;
their fame makes beggurs of the putig military heroes of a
day: and yet
Vorostchngln In his Vivo I'Empcreur paints the glories
of wnr In a heap of skulls with vultures Hying overhead.
A young French professor of history. M. Ilerve, In n recent
text book, thus summarizes NaHIoou'a work: "Four mil
lion men killed ou the battlefield; national hatreds that
were to perpetuate themselves and bring nlKitit fresh bos
tlUtlcs; the Declaration of tho Bights of Man hated, and
Justly hated, by all humanity." If this bo us uufalr and
one-sided as to curso Napoleon for the Ills which France
endured with the return of tho Bourbons (as some writers
actually do. It Is not without suggestlvoness as showing
tho other side of military glory tho conqueror cursed for
his very triumphs, because of this awful cost of his glory,
In blood and treasure. Albany Argus,
CAN SHOOT STRAIGHT.
FIUI.NG I ltoM TltENCHES.
frequented tho most open places, also
lay palo eggs without markings. But
with them you will find n greater
tendency to revert to olive browns or
sandy tints, the very color of the sand
and shingles on which tho eggs are
laid.
"The egg shell of tho plovers and
similar beach breeders aro exactly
ground color, Just as the partrldgo and
pheasant eggs arc tho color of fallen
leaves. And grouse, quail and moor
fowl have eggs matching exactly In
color with tho brown stems of heath
er and tho pine tree scales among
which they lie. But there aro blue
nnd white spotted eggs you can't ex
plain. At least I can't satisfactorily.
Anybody may start his own theories
on the subject and find tho problem
endless. Solve It correctly nnd I think
you will solve nt the snme time tin I f
n dozen other mysteries which havo
puzzled' grent scientists on this queer,
problem fit toil planet." New York Sun.
Not Much Impressed.
If New York has a word to say to
tho stranger within Its gates, says a
correspondent of the Now Orleans
Times-Democrat, It Is this: "IJnvo you
succeeded at home? If not, why do
you think you will succeed whero con
ditions lire more complex and dltll
ctiltV" But In New York, ns In other
large cities, those who are not to be
"bluffed" or discouraged and who go
resolutely about their business are reu
bouably sure of success. Sometimes,
perhaps, a little success makes more of
a nulso In the world tlinu It should.
One evening In n restaurant, says the
corresiHintlcut, wo were waited on by
a real .Southern darky. He was no un
mistakable that nt last I wild to him,
"George?"
"Yns'in," was the grateful rejoinder.
"You're from tho South, aren't you?"
"Yus'm. All's from do South."
"How did you get up here?"
"Ah don' know, mn'm, how ah
come."
"And wlm t do you think of New
York, George?"
Ho hesltnted, nnd then summing It
up In his mind, he send:
"New York? Pcuh lak dish hyeh
New York cs got a good deal er ratllln'
er de dishes for do victuals what's
served."
First Orreriflo.
A certain New England woman who
claims descent from a long line of stiff
nnd aristocratic ancestors Is constantly
troubled by the fear that sho may do
something unworthy of the Ideals
which they established nnd tho stand
ard which she endeavors to maintain
for herself.
One warm summer evening she was
ovcrpersuaded by a' youug cousin from
New York to take n stroll nloug tho
street without nny fixed destination,
lured on by tho charm of tho flooding
moonlight
"What a beautiful night!" cried tho
girl. "But Oh, Cousin Hester, you'ro
not hnlf enjoying It with a hat on and
gloves! Do take off your gloves!"
"My dear," said Miss Hester, firmly,
"I should not think of It. You aro
young, and you do not consider results
nnd consequences. If ono begins to
let oneself go there Is no cud to It.
Since wo started I havo felt that my
coming without a veil was perhaps a
mistake. I can only hope that none
of my father's and mother's friends
will hear of it."
We suppose that tbo reason tho man
on tho stage does such perfect love
milking la thnt bo knows ho will not
bnvo to pay for her clothes und gro
ceries after the curtain falls.
Paper enr wheels, inndo by pressure
from ryo straw paper, me usually In
condition for ll second set of sled
tiles lifter I lie first set Is worn out by
a run of three hundred Ihuiisaiid miles.
llndlum constantly generates bent,
nnd Wleu lias now shown that It may
coiistnutly generate electricity. It
gles olf both positive and negatlvo
electrons, and tho former several linn
dred times as largo as the Inltcr niny
be held back by a sieve of glass or any
other of a variety of substances.
Suggestive at least are tho conclit
slou Of Hon. It. J. Striitt, of Bath,
England. Helium which Sir William
llnmsny has found to bo Klowly given
tut by radium exists In the gases of
the city's largest hot mineral spring,
and at a test of the deposits In tho
spring has revealed a small propor
tion of radium. It Is believed that
these substance are brought up from
a large deposit of radium deep In tho
earth.
All admirers ns well ns cultivator,
of carnations are much concerned
about a new disease that the Depart
incut of Agriculture has recently de
tected affecting these plants In the
District of Columbia nnd Pennsylvn
nla. The disease I manifested by tho
appearance of ringed spots ou the
lento and stems. The spot are
shown by the microscope filled with
bacteria, which uro different from the
micro organisms causing, prctlously
known diseases In carnations. A care
ful study of tbo now disease Is under
way.
The German government I devel
oping n plan to have Its customs olll
clnls Instructed In chemistry, physics
nml mechanical technology. At the
most Important custom houses In every
province of the empire thero Is to
bo established a laboratory nnd n
library of technical books for tho use
of the customs official. The olttcer
of high rank nre to Instrurt tho minor
officials, nnd will themselves bo train
ed In n great Inlmrntory which It I
proposed to erect In Berlin In connec
tion with tho chief customs office.
Tcnclier for thla institution will bo
drawn from tho staffs of professor in
technical colleges.
The Bureau of Forestry finds that
sugar culture, the grentest Industry of
the Hnwallsn Island, depends upon
the preservation of the native forest
These nro mainly confined to the
rainy east and northeast sides of tho
mountains, and they conserve tho wa
ter that I needed to Irrigate the dry
plain where the sugar plantation ev
1st. Tho value of these forests con
slst not In the trees, which nru fre
quently low, crooked nnd spnrsely scat
tered, but In tho impenetrable under
growth, composed of vine, fern nnd
uiosacs, and so thick that It hold
water like a sponge. ThU undergrowth
I, however, very delicate, nnd cnttlo
and goats quickly destroy It. It I
proponed to save the forests by fenc
Ing.
Condensed Into a few word, these
aro tho "Modern Views of Matter," as
expounded by Sir Oliver Lodge: "Elec
tricity Is n substance, the only kind of
substnnce, and nil matter Is merely
an accumulation of electric charge.
It appears probnblo that thesn electric
charges nre all of exnetly tho same
ninount, nlthoiigh some are positive
and soiho negative, and thnt the ntoms
of tho cheinlcnl clement nro formed
by vnrytng numbers nnd nrrntigeinents
of these charges, or electrons. There
nre about seven hundred electrons,
330 positive nnd 350 negntlve, In the
hydrogen atom, which has been so
long regarded as the flnnl nnd Indl
vlslblo unit of matter; there must lie
about sixteen times as many in an
oxygen atom; and about 2.V time a
many, say lfiO.OOO, In n radium ntom,
tho heaviest known.
HERE'S A HOMILY ON HUNTING.
Called Forth br a Demi Ymino: Atasr
nt the Mark t.
"Far bo It from me," remarked tho
Coarse, Brutal Man, "to attempt to
bring the blush of solf-reproncb to tho
bronzed check of our mighty Nlmrods,
high nnd low, particularly nt this sea
son of tho year; but, walking down
tho street a couple of mornings ago I
saw n dend young stag hnnglng head
downward In front of a market store,
nnd It didn't look to mo Ilk- as If that
young stag belonged there at all, with
all of the life gone out of htm, nnd
bis nice, honest, on-tbo-lovel brown
eyes closed for good nnd nil, nnd him
triced up thero In front of n butcher's
shack. I stood off and looked at tho
clean young chap for a long while, and
tho longer I looked him over thn mora
It puzzled mo to understand how nny
civilized man could havo It In his heart
to kill a fellow llko that. I wouldn't
do It, boy, for a five thousand dollar
note, and I need tho money nt thnt,
und I'm no moro of n slow-muslc-ou-tlic-E-strlng,
out-ln-tho-snow, sentimen
tal Clnrlssn Hartowo than my neigh
bors, either. I couldn't help but think,
bb I stood leaning against an awning
pole, feeling sort o' sorry and jrulpy
about that young stng, thnt no man
with. tho right kind of gravies of kind
liness In his system would do n thing
llko that cither In tho namo of 'sport'
or commerce. The man who cnu let
an unsuspecting deer, or elk, or, b'gee,
even n bull moose nny wood roving,
Inoffensive horned benst como 'down
tho wind' on him, with nnry n enre In
life, nnd looking with Interested curi
osity mound hlin nny mail that can
stuff a bullet Into a gun nnd poke, that
bullet Into the heart of such an mil
mn!, Hint's minding Ills own business,
nnd only nsklng for n clinncn to roam
unmolested nnd freo under God's blue
sky, Is suffering from a kind of ossifi
cation of tho heart and gizzard that I
wouldn't have ull inc for a hull lot of
minted money.
"Thero Isn't anything much moro
square or honest or trustful In this
world than tho look that a deer gives
you out of his two eyes, nnd that's a
fact. Ho Isn't looking for tho worst
of It, unless bo's been hunted heforu.
To his vlow you'ro Just something nllvo
that's moving around under tho blue
dome of heaven snuio ns ho Is, and IiIh
clcou nostrils crinkle ns ho sniffs curi
ously nnd probably wonders why yoit
haven't got four legs, Just llko bo bus.
Ho Isn't trying to butt Into mid Inter
fere wllh civilisation. He's sticking to
the environment In which ho found
himself wheu lie came Into tho world.
Ho Isn't bothering anybody. And to
plug a chnp llko that, so honest and
foursqunro to all tho winds ns bo Is,
mid cut a gash In hi neck when hu
fall In lit tracks, seems to me to bo
about ns low-down nnd ornery a piece
of work ns n while man could do. I've
had n hull lot of preening chumps lako
mo Into their libraries or smoking
room mid, pointing to nutters stuck
up above tho llnlel of their doors,
perkily, nnd wllh a foolish sort of
vanity, say lo me, 'I killed that fellow
myself,' but I've never had n mall sny
a thing like that to me Hint I didn't
feel llko replying, 'Ye, you abject lis,
nml If you got your deserts you'd havo
about n thousand yenr In purgatory
for ll.'"--Wnsliliigtoii Post.
CLIMATE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Health nil tho latitude lleiiemte llnim
the Healdeiil.
Secretary Tuft ha suggested tlinl
the newspaper cnu "help the Ameri
can government In the Philippine by
denj Ing tho lie circulated nliout ttiu
terrlblo cllninln there." in this good
work wo gladly offer our co operation.
The climate of thn Philippine la not
nt nil terrible. Many people live there
nil Iho yenr round. As n climate the
Philippine article ti it re much In recom
mend It. The resident or tlaltor has
no uucnslucH regarding hi raiment.
He does not go to hualucs In a linen
"duster" and curse himself on III way
homo for not having carried nn ulster.
In It reliability the Philippine cli
mate I endlessly tho aiiperlor of our
Amerlenii brand. The nbeuce of snow
und frost I not necessarily n proof of
either uncomfortable or unwholesome
conditions. On the contrary, from tlmn
Immemorial the great majority of
world dweller hate been lestdvnt In
either tropical or subtropical region,
nnd many have litis) to a ripe old ago.
Health In tho Philippine, In Culm,
In Porto lllco and In all other similar
region, burring theso having vast
urea of low-lying and mlsasmatls
mnrh hind, depend primarily upon
the resident, upon lit ability nnd rend-
lnca to adjust himself nnd lit habits
to bis environment. The snuio law
hold In New York city with equal
force. In no place ou earth may na
turo' law ho violated or Ignored with
Impunity. Dun obedience to thoso
law In tbo Philippines or elsewhere,
will Insure a corresponding degree of
health, comfort nnd longevity. Tho
to whom hot weather brings real phy
sical suffering, and there are such, will
do well to mold the tropica or thn edge
of them. But there am many who find
cold weather a rail so of suffering and
who find rent delight In a menu tem
perature of S3 degree. The question
of bent nnd cold Is largely a mutter of
Individual preference.
So fur n salubrity I concerned.
Secrctnry Tnft I entirely right nnd
Jutlfled In decrying nny nttempt to
malign the rllmnto of our Philippine
possession. Those who bnvo thu de
sire to participate In tho economic
development of the Island limy go
there entirely fearless of any climate
terrors, providing they will enrry wllh
them a modicum of common sense.
New York Sun.
Tho GimmI Gunlpti Name.
Yankees, who aro good at guessing,
are nevertheless puzzled lo know why
the Englishman whose namo I I.ygnii
should call himself lle.iueli.imp. It
might reasonably bo tipK)f)cd that
English people could straighten out the
tangle of tides nnd family names, yet
Sir Frauds O. Humane! shows In his
recently published "llciiilnlscences"
that such Is not alwn)a the ease.
Ou one occasion, when the Into
Duke of Edinburgh was having Ira
with Sir Arthur Hulllvnn and his moth
er, Mrs. Hulllvnn snld to their guest!
"Sir, there Is one thing I do not un
derstand. Your family iiainu Is
Guelph, 1 believe?"
'My dear mother" began Sir Ar
thur, reuioiistrntlngly.
'Hut It Is, Isn't It?" tho excellent old
lady persisted.
Certainly," said tho duke, much
amused. "What's the matter with
that name, Mrs. Sullivan?"
'Ob, nothing," sho repllisl, musing
ly, "only I can't understand why you
don't call yourself by your proper
name."
Sir Arthur tried to explain to her,
but the duke would not allow It.
There's nothing to be ashamed of In
tbo nnmn of Guelph, Mrs. Hulllvnn," h
remarked, gravely.
"That's exactly what I say," snld
Mrs. Hulllvnn. "Nothing whatever ns
fnr ns 1 know yet you don't nso it!"
Tim Growl of a Grizzled llaoliclnr.
Man proposes and woman fore
closes.
Too many men with unbleached In
comes marry women with hemstitch
ed aspirations.
Marriages aro inndo In heaven. Tho
wlso bachelor Is content to wait until
ho gets there.
Whenever I hear a mail boasting
that bis wife made lilm nil thnt ha I,
I wonder how mnny men will confess
Hint their wives havo inimado them all
Hint they iilu't.
Tho husband of tho average) hnwk-
billed, deep-voiced reformer Is perpet
ually whltecappcd by his wife, until It
Is natural with hlin to bo so thin (hut
when ho cnts cranberries (hey stick
out llko button ou his vest
Wo nro told that married men llvo
longer than sluglo ones. In Indiana
there Is n bachelor who Is ono hun
dred nnd seventeen years old. Possl.
ily ho would havo lived no longer had
io been mnrrled, but It Is n snfo wager
that he'd bnvo looked longer. Wo
men's Homo Companion,
In tho Vernucnilar.
Customer (limine u cup of choco
late with plenty of whipped cream.
Boston wnltrcss (shouting back to
tbo kitchen) Chocolate solitaire In a
plentltudlnous setting or chiistlsed
lacteal lluld! Philadelphia Press.
Lots of marriages cnll for relief cx
pedltlons from 'the bride's father Intor
on.
H a iniiii wears three collars n week
Mime people look upon hlin us stuck
up.