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TOPICS OF TIIE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER.
" . v E8TINQ ITEMS.
Comment and Criticism Baaed Upon
tb Happening of th Bay Ulstorl
ml and Nan Note.
Tilt man who liurrlci ti frequently
only (purring a rocking hone.
OaBSSXBESaSBSK
In Russia tbe question anumci this
form: "What shall ire do with our ex
viceroys?"
Speaking of current political rcpar-
teo,how would you llko to be called a
cipher with the rim off?
Taxes are tcf'bo Increased In Eng
land, so that the royal family may not
bars to discharge any of Its help.
in the bright and shining lexicon of
political candidates, many are boomed
and few escape being boomcranged.
If the average man cats three times
as much food as ho needs what about
the wan who goes In for lobsters after
the theater?
Circus elephants, being Intelligent
and observant animals, probably have
found out that there Is a shortage In
the peanut crop this year.
Spccti- t
r isvanston women propose to try the
effect of piecework In the kitchen; yet
Bridget has been an expert at this
ever since crockery was Invented.
A book publisher declares that no
first-class Action Is being produced
these days. Let him keep his eye on
the resolutions of the political conven
Hons.
Tbe mother of nine children who, de
serted by her husband, declares sh
can take care of her family, might well
be tile first beneficiary of Mr. Carne
gie's hero fund.
A woman calls herself a good house
keeper when- she worries for fear if
the bouso burned down the neighbors
would talk about the state In which
she left the ruins when she ran out
One of tbe entcrtalnlnc nrofeasara
says every married woman should be
a wage-earner. This might easily be
arranged. Lot every married woman
be paid (5 a week for doing her own
housework.
One of tbe Japanese officers who
were killed at Tort Arthur has been
elevated to the rank of war god In
Japan. Still, comparatively few of us
would care to be blown to pieces even
for that high honor.
It la worth noting that In the 7th
year of McUl (1874) there broke- out
the Formosan war; In the 17th the
conflict In Korea, in the 27th the
China-Japan war, and the present
year, tbe 37th of MelJI, is again disas
trous to peace.
Considerable alarm was created a
short time ago by tbe news that some
one had said a woman of fashion
should have at least ten new hats each
season. The alarm subsided when It
was discovered that tbe person who
made the statement was the head of
the National Milliners' Association.
Berlin was recently connected with
Copenhagen by a new. International
ferry. The boats run between Warne
munde, on the German coast, and
QJedesby, on one of the Danish Isl
ands, and carry through trains over
the 20-mile stretch of water between
the two points. The ferry makea It
possible for a traveler to go In almost
a straight line between the two capi
tals without change of cars.
When a modern steam threshing ma
chine was Introduced into the country
about Damascus It was made In In
diana the Governor General of the
province, a field marshal of the Turk
ish army and other high officials
watched It begin Its work of super
seding the threshing methods which
the country had Inherited from the
days of Abraham. Tbe machine was
o heavy that on Its way to tbe fields
It broke down several bridges, but was
able to pull itself out of the streams,
to the surprise of tbe natives. With
American machinery In the harvest
fields, there will soon be two Damas
cus blades where only one grew be
fore. The denial of tbe power of a State
Legislature to prohibit the use of the
national flag for advertising, on the
ground that it is not a proper exer
cise of the police power, impliedly de
nies that any question of public pol
icy of the State Is Involved In such
use of the flag, or else denies that tbe
Legislature Is tbe proper authority to
determine what such public policy la.
Though two able courts have decided
that such a statute Is unconstitutional,
there seems to be, nevertheless, much
reason In contending that this is a
question of public policy, which It Is
the 'business of the Legislature, and
not of the courts, to decide. But If It
be correct to bold that the State law
cannot prohibit the use of a represen
tation of the flag In connection with
advertising it does not follow that
Congress might not do so.
From three lmportant.lnstltutlons of
learning have come severe complaints
about the illiteracy of tbe students,
their Inability to think clearly, to make
correct sentences, to spell and punctu
ate. This does not mean that college
boys are a picked class of illiterates;
they probably think as well as their
contemporaries who are not In college,
and they probably write and speak tbe
language better, Tbe charge of the
older teachers seems to be that tbe
present generation of youth Is not as
a whole, up to a reasonable standard.
Tbe charge points to the lower schools.
I'eruaps there is too much "nature
tudy" and "physical culture," too
much painting and pasting of bits of
colored paper. Certainly there is not
enough reading aloud, spelling aloud,
and committing to memory thoughts
worth thinking. Tbe boy who learns
by heart Webster's Bunker Hill ora
tion, speaks It nlouu with proper em
phasis, and can spell every word In it
ia getting the right kind of education.
And when bo goes to college, bis In- J
structors will not find In him cause to
blame the lower schools.
The New York World urges parents
to cease burdening boy babies with
tbe names of famous men. The thing
has been overdone. When William
Dean llowells Green faces the pollco
Judge on a charge of chicken stealing,
and Ilenry Cabot Lodge Jones goes to
the calaboose for wife beating, there
does seem to be something out of
whack with the eternal fitness of
things. In the near future It would
be possible to organlte regiments of
William Jennings Bryans and Theo
dore Boosevclts, with n company or
two of Orover Clovelands In the pro
cession. There Is another side to It
Great men are but men, after all. Up
to the day of their death It Is possible
for them to clothe, their names with
shame. They may become as Infa
mous as they formerly were famous.
There Is history for this statement
Then what Is to be done for the lad
who wears a name that has become of'
fenslvo In the ears of the people? In
directly he Is bound to pay a penalty
for tbe sins of another. There can be
no objection to using the name of one
who has won glory and died; but to
copy the names of the living Is, at
best a hazard. It Is certainly due to
babies that their names shall never bo,
a handicap. They have a hard enough
time getting through life at best
Secretary Dike, of the National
League for tbe Protection of the Fam
ily, has supplied a new summary of
the reasons for uniformity of divorce
laws throughout all the States, and
uniformity Is to be gained, be con
tends, by concerted action of the sev
eral States, not by national legislation.
Congress cannot pass a divorce law un
til the federal constitution has been
amended, and amendment to the fed
eral constitution Is next to the lmpossl
ble. Nearly IB years ago a committee
of the American Bar Association de
clared that a constitutional amend'
ment was ont of the question. The
lato Prof. Thayer, of the Harvard Law
School, used to say that this country
would never get another constitutional
amendment on any question, so great
are the difficulties in the way. Cer
tainly some great crisis must arise
which will arouse tbe feeling of the
people, more than any mere moral
question ever can, before another
amendment can be secured. Through'
out the South there Is unalterablo op
position to any further transfer of
power from the States to the national
government It may also be added that
there la less need in the South of laws
to restrict divorces than In any other
part of the country. Besides, there ap-
pears no good reason why the national
government should do for the States
what the States can. If they wilf. bet
ter do for themselves. The States have
no difficulty In getting together on un!
form laws relating to money affairs;
so It would seem there Is no lnsuper
able obstacle to their getting together
on a vital question or morals, since
the several States can agree to pro
tect the banks, the way Is open to an
agreement to protect the homes. The
courts of Delaware, according to Mr.
Dike, are forbidden to entertain a suit
for divorce for any cause arising prior
to the residence of tbe petitioner In
that State unless It were also a ground
for divorce In the State where It arose.
The adoption of a similar law In all
the States would effectually end the
migrations for divorce. It would put
an end to the rivalry for divorce fees
between the States which Induces so
much of the liberality of the laws. But,
after all, public opinion is the great
power that not only can render divorce
odious, but Influence laws against It
Mr. Dike calls upon the churches to
get together. That would be a good
example to the States.
OLD EGYPTIAN LANGUAGES.
Forthcoming Dictionary Compiled by
Berlin Academy of Science.
A brief dispatch from Berlin conveys
intelligence which will thrill the heart
of every scholar. It announces the
near completion of Professor Erman's
monumental "Dictionary of the An
cient Egyptian Languages," a work en
dowed by the Kaiser, compiled by the
Berlin Academy of Sciences and aided
in no small degree by the best Ameri
can erudition. Professor Erman, the
editor, is easily the foremost Egyptolo
gist of the world, though be has tolled
in a field wherein there bas been
friendly contention for many years
among the scholars of France, En
gland, Germany, Italy and America,
says the Philadelphia Ledger.
The oldest records of tbe Egyptian
language date back to about B. C.
400O and it did not die out as a tongue
until about three centuries ago. Pro
fessor Erman's great book will, of
course, embrace Us long history and
tbe many changes It underwent
In one of bis own published mono
graphs on tbe subject be shows bow
the language of the old Egyptian em
pire was no more Intelligible to an
Egyptian of tbe nineteenth dynasty,
for example, than Latin would be to
the average Italian of the present day.
Long after old Egyptian, the classical
tongue of the old empire, had ceased
to be spoken, It led an artificial life as
a learned language, playing much the
same part as Latin played In medieval
Europe, and was regularly employed
for religious and monumental purposes
down to the Roman period. Then fol
lowed tbe middle Egyptian, represent
ing an Intermediate stage between tho
language of the old and tbe new em
pire. In It most of tbe old forms and in
flections are retained, but some of tbe
peculiarities of the later speech make
their appearance, this being the Neo
Egyptian or. popular language about
B. C. 1GOO-1000. It Is represented by
a number .of papyri containing tales,
poems, letters and legal documents.
From about B. 0, 700 to the Christian
era the language of tho Egyptian peo
ple was tbe demotic, about which com
paratively little Is known; and It was
succeeded by the language of Christian
Egypt or Coptic, written In a modifica
tion of the Greek alphabet with the
addition of characters derived from the
demotic. As a spoken language it per
ished about 300 years ago, but Is still
employed In the' ritual of tho Coptic
church.
Getting married Is a serious busi
ness; but many peoplo are willing to
risk it '
jjjH Editorials j
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
American Husbands,
""""""""WIUTUU In the London Telegraph deplores
I A I the fact that the American husband of the
I . I "middle class" does not
I n ifVfilr niul "sMrlom etnmtn,. tho account of
he grocer, the butcher or the baker and bard
,y knows the cost of staple articles of food.'
He also regret that the husband Is extrava
gant and "does not make his wife a regular allowance, but
gives her as much as he can spare,
system,"
These are simple extracts from the writer's long article
and It shows the vast difference between the American
and the Kngltsh husband. In England
that he has to "keep tab" on every penny and dole money
out to his wife In gingerly portions and, to the American
way of thinking, look upon his wife
The writer In the London paper Is
report The American husband la extra-agant He does
not bother his head with tbe price of meat and flour and
potatoes and other thlags for the table.
do so? He has confidence In his wife.
partment Is not his department He
office and allows his wife to run things
ties are well content Ho has no Interest whatsoever In
the bill sent In by his grocer or butcher
He knows that his wife has done the best she could. On
the other hand, the wife docs not concern herself with his
business. Sho knows that the bills are paid promptly and
that ber husband Is satisfied. That Is
the business.
The natural Independence of tbe average American girl
would resent a husband's constant Interference in her
household duties and expenses. She considers herself per
fectly capable of looking after that end of the family, and
she Is right Tills shows the difference
and English girls. St Louts Ilepubllc.
The. Hero In Politics.
HE case of Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson
hows that tbe war hero does not alwars have
tj I the open sesame to the prizes of polltlce. Young
ltrVt..m rft,lcTnt from th nsvv a venr or two
ago. and announced that
an election to Congress.
Congress, as he recently
been to work for the construction of a
United States than England has. He
try the same pre-eminence on the sea
has had for the past third of a century,
sltated the expenditure, within the next
two or three billions of dollars.
But Hobson's war record did not prove to be eo pow
erful an asset as he and some others supposed it would be.
He has been beaten by John 11. Bankbead, of tbe Sixth
Alabama District, a very much less picturesque person, but
a person who has had an experience
Congress, and who served In the Legislature of bis State
many years before going to Washington, while Hobson
never has had any political service of
Like his companion In arms, Dewey,
Merrlmae has bad bad luck In politics.
country have been less fortunate than
the war in which Hobson figured has
prize to anybody except President Roosevelt It furnished
him the governorship of New York,
presidency. The chances are that it has no more political
posts for anybody. St Louis Globe-Democrat
Will Penmanship Become a
ISCCSSION of "vertical writing" In the schools,
which has been revived of late, naturally raises
the question as to the future status of penman
ship as a means of recording the facts of com
mercial exchange or conveying the thoughts of
men.
Is penmanship destined to become a
D
lost art
"Vertical handwriting" was Introduced in the schools
because It was supposed to be better adapted to the needs
of our time than tbe old Spencerlan, running hand. It Is
more condensed, and. if properly taught more legible than
the old style. But now comes the parental objector with
the contention that the "vertical" writing disqualifies the
child for clerical positions in mercantile or banking con
FEED CALVES COD-LIVER OIL.
Animals Make Orent Oatn on Till
Kind of Nourishment.
An attempt Is being made to substi
tute cod-liver oil for tbe natural fat
of milk In feeding calves, according to
the Philadelphia Record. Milk con
tains, as Is generally known, all the
nutrients necessary for the full de
velopment of young animal life. If
one of these elements Is removed It
has to be replaced with a substitute
of like kind In order to Insure thrifty
development Butter fat and cream,
of course, are the most highly prized
and valuable of dairy products and
some resourceful Individual suggested
that these might be extracted by press
ing tbe whole milk through a separa
tor and their loss be made up to the
calf by adding an equivalent amount
of cod-liver oil, another fat nutrient.
Experiments have accordingly been
In progress for some time at one of the
agricultural colleges In Yorkshire and
recent reports seem to Indicate that
they are entirely successful. There Is
but little labor Involved. Tbe cod
liver oil and skim milk Is a cheaper
feed than the whole milk and the
calves appear to thrive on It During
a feeding experiment embracing some
28 weeks It was found that the average
dally gain of the calves fed on whole
milk until they were weaned was 2
pounds; those fed on skim milk and
oil and continued on an oil ration, 2.4
pounds, while those which had bcon
fed oil and milk but from which the
oil was subsequently withheld gained
only 2.1 pounds.
On slaughtering the animals no In
jurious effects on the flesh could be
discovered. The dally ration that ap
peared to be successful was made up
of five quarts of skim milk and two
ounces of cod-liver oil. Fortunately
the calves do not develop that aversion
to cod-llver oil which Is natural to most
human beings, but, on the contrary,
readily become accustomed to It
ONE PENALTY OF WEALTH.
Indigestion Afflict Many Men Who
Huve Immense Fortune,
Ono curse of riches which, It Is said,
bas come to quite a largo number of
Americana who have, during the past
few years, made considerable for
tunes, Is Indigestion, due to what may
be termed good living. The sudden
transition from a simple life, where
hard work was required early and
lute, to a life of luxury wltn but little
bard work, hasproved a change too
great to be healthfully made. It Is a
change which has como to many who
have not during their previous Ufa
had to take into account that where
Interfere lu domestic
freely, but without
the husband thinks
merely as a servant
perfectly right In hi
Why should he
The culinary do
runs tilings In his
at home. Both par
beyond paying It-
all she thinks about
wets
from
together.
between American
rlago of races and
he Intended to seek
One of his objects In
declared, would have
bigger navy for the
would give this coun
that Great Britain
even If this necea
twenty years, of
of eighteen years In
overmaster him.
any sort
the hero of the
The sailors in this
soldiers. Moreover.
given no political
and this led to the
public
of publishing houses
Lost Art.
Illinois and Missouri
to suggest Itself to
supervision of tho
serves the purpose.
This Is a freo
SOLDIERS SEATED
Soldiers In the French army have a drill to perfect them In the art of
sitting down comfortably without cbalrs.
A dozen or more men stand In a circle each facing the back of tbe next
In line, at a carefully calculated distance apart. At tbe word of command
they sit down, each resting on the knees of the man behind blm. In this
way, as the accompanying picture illustrates, tbe weight la distributed around
the entire circle.
physical exercise does not come with
a man's dally pursuits somo means of
obtaining It through out-of-door sport
of a greater or less athletic character
It essential If good health la to be
maintained.
To eat and drink, possibly to excess,
to live luxuriously that Is, to satisfy
all one's desires without material phy
sical exertion Is almost certain to be
physically demoralizing and the num
ber of those not beyond tho middle
period of life who have In the last few
years acquired great wealth, who aro
now under medical treatment, not so
much for nervous ailments as for
what may be termed an excess of lux
ury, Is said to be exceedingly large.
There Is, perhaps, this compensa
tion In life, that tbo man of moderate
means, who Is compelled by tho neccs
slty of the case to live In a reasonably
simple manner, Is more likely to enjoy
better health while he lives nnd con
tinue on to a good old age, than Is the
man who docs not have to place the
least restriction upon his expenditures
and who cannot withstand the temp
tation to consume all of the dalntlea
procurable by money. Boston Herald.
COST OF CANADA'8 CANAL8.
ISnormous Outlay for Water Way that
Ara of Hut Little Commercial Value.
For many years the government of
tbe Dominion of Canada has devoted
much labor and an enormous amount
of money to tho Improvement of the
cerns, that It Is "not n good hand for liookkecplng." And
yet It was this objection to the old, running, long ham'
that led to the Introduction of the vertical system, whos
condensed, legible form was supposed to adapt It perfect!
to mercantile uses.
The question suggested bj toe dlicusilon of "vertlea'
writing Is: How long will pok .nnnslilp of any kind last:
How long will wo need to loach It In the schools? Isn't
the typewriter supplanting It In all departments of business
endeavor?
To discuss Intelligently these questions wo have first to
get rid of the notion that thero la anything sacred about
"penmanship." Following the law of evolution. If It ho
comes useless. It will luivo to go. As a matter of fact. Isn't
Its usefulness even now confined to social correspondence
and bookkeeping? How long will It take to break down
the social barriers against tha use of the typewriter for
polite correspondence May not the typewriter become as
common and as necessary In th home as tbe sowing ma
chine? As for bookkeeping, machines havo already been In
vented for writing In books, and It can bo but a question
of time when mechanical Ingenuity will supply the perfect
and practical bookkeeping typewriter. And then what
will becomo of penmanship and the stlcV'rs for a partic
ular form of writing? Chicago Record-Herald.
Mixed Marriages.
HE people who have lately been agitating tli
nuestlon of "mixed marriages" of various sorts
A meaning by the term, marriages between
..a....! nf .llff.Mii tt-hlt t.i,.rta nn.t i1lnr.Htf
are, of course, looking at the question
tbclr own race or religious standpoint Hi
This la a matter lu which all tin
baue. or all the good, depends on the point of view.
Broadly speaking, the Interest of the American nation
lies In a multiplicity of mixed marriages. Tha safety of
the republic demands that there shsll be no upgrowth of
castes, no hard and f.ist delimitation of component ale
mcnts. Our public schools are the greatest mixing sgancy
on tho earth. Our politics are themselves a mlxel mar
cults. America is the melting pot of the
nations.
Our young people havo taken their cuo from the cbool
and the hustings. They mix, and no one can stop them
from mixing. Nine out of ten of the young families known
to every reader of theso words are probably In some sense
fusions. Itcllglous considerations are a more potent bar
to mixture than race considerations, save when the race
happens to be African. But even religious Iwrs fall before
a fusion of elements which Is proceeding hero on a grander
scale, and In more rapid movement, than baa-over before
been known.
I,ove laughs at canons, at rules, even at anathemas
Perhaps It would often do better to obey them than to
scorn them. It all depends, In the last resort, upon the
Individual will. And we have here a land In which Cupid
Is as free as air, with no will or tradition or authority to
New York Mall and Express.
Boy Bandits and Their Origin.
HERE Is a groat moral In the execution of
TPS I the three Chicago boy bandits, and It shows
H Irhnt thppM Is aomefhlnir worn for bora than
i-lgarcttes. It is the dime novel that glorifies
the deeds of train robbers, bank robbers and
other robbers. This may be the Initiation of
sentiment building for the suppression
that Issue such pernicious books.
Four legal hangings and one prospective banging In
and nine murders oro the latest crop
of tills kind of printing. The criminal press becomes as
much a part of the care of tho state as the criminal who
performs the homicides. The criminal play staged at the
theater Is also part of tho machinery that supplies gallows
fruit A censorship of publications and of plays Is likely
tbe public mind, although L'nclo Ham's
United States malls In some measure
country In which no one Is allowed to
Incite to crime by public speech. Is any one to be per
mitted to Incite to crime by public print? Books sold under
the name of "The Boy Bandits" or similar titles will con
tinue to do their pernicious work until public authority
must Interfere. Illustrated Home Journal.
WITHOUT CHAIRS.
water ways of th country. Wbll
these bave undoubtedly bad tbelr ef
fect In cheapening the cost of trans
portation, It Is the opinion of many
that the compensation has scarcely
Justified the cost
According to tho minister of rail
ways and canals, the government has
already spent on canals 102,4K,MB,
an amount slightly In excess of the
outlay authorized for the Improve
ment of the Erie canal by the much
larger population of New York. It Is
tho time-honored policy of Canada to
Improve Us natural water wuys and
construct artlflclal ones,
Tho result has been, as Commercial
Agent Hamilton at Cornwall points
out, the development of tho ditch seven I
feet wide nnd two and a half feet I
deep Into tho magnificent artlflclal
water way 150 feet wide, with not
less than fourteen feet of water.
Since the confederation of Canada In
18(17 the canals havo been under oper
ation by the dominion government
Tho total expenditure on canal staff
and maintenance, repairs and renew
als for 1002 was $851,080.
Tho Cornwall canal, which over
comes tho Lang Sault rapids, is light
ed and operated throughout Its entire
length by electricity. Arc lamps of
2,000 candle power aro 'placed every
400 feet, making the line us clear by
night as by day. All gates are oper
ated by five-horse power electric
motors,
j; A CAROLINA DODGCIt.
rT-l i
Not even an unwilling woman's '
most coquettish evasion could equal
tho Indirection of the mind of n na
tive whom n traveler met lu the wood
of North Carolina, Th man was get
ting out n load of wood, and the trav
eler stopped to gossip with til in. He
soon found that "yes" and "no" were
th word which were not In th na
tive vocabulary.
"Is there any tavern on th road to
Fayettevlller'
"I reckon you inotit find one, ef yo
looked lu tho right place."
"How far Is It from here about ten
miles?"
"More or less,"
This Is tho direct road there, I sup
poae?" "You'll be putty apt fur to git there
ef you keep goln' ahead,"
"Do you sell much wood thero?"
"I reckon this hrali Jack thinks he
has to haul a right smart chance.
"Does wood bring a good prlc
now ?"
"lt'a Jest accordln'. Home fetches
mnro and aomo agin not so much."
"Oak fetches more than pine, I sup
pose?" "Can't say as It does, reg'lar. Mont;
then agin It mnutu't. Green oak kin
der needs a little light wood fer to
sot It goln'."
"So you need both kinds?"
"lCf on or t other won't do single "
I believe you Southerners burn
gren wood mostly?" i
"Oh, we ain't pertlklar. Erery fel
ler to his own llklu'."
"Which Is heavier, green pine or
dry oak?"
"What good would It do to know?"
"Well, I'm writing a book."
"What sorter book?"
"Oh, Just a general book on tlic
country, and I'd like to get your opin
ion on the relatlr weights of th
wood."
Th Carolinian gave tho Northerner
a full glance, then looked steadfastly
ahead, saying, "Well, now, stranger,
you kin Jest set It down In your book,
when you git to that pertlklar p'lnt
that all th popl o' North Carollny
was aech fools you had to weigh It
yerself."
MEN REALLY LOVE TO COOK.
Ifovr Young Matron Manage When
th Matd I Out.
"We Just let our friends cook their
own supper on Sunday when the
maid's out," said the young tnarrlM
woman. "I havo found out that men
)ust love to cook. -and l honestly think
they know a good deal more about It
than women.
"One man we know make errry
delicious kind of omelette you could
possibly dream of, and a great runny
kinds you couldn't dream of, for you
haven't been to all the restaurants
and hotels that he has. Yon see, h
married lite In life, and his long scrloi
of bachelor years perfected bis knowl
edge of omelette-making.
'He knows how to make oyster
cocktails, which Is more than inoit
amateur cooks know. He U going to
mske som Sunday. Here's the list
of the thing I'm to have on hand.
"When I saw that my Idea was go
ing to prove a success t bought some
cheap sprons for th women and the
men. The men's are regular butchers'
aprons! I have all the aprons In a nlo
pll on the kitchen table when my
guests enter. Wo put them on first
thing.
"As hostess I become kitchen maid.
I keep an eye on eierytblng that Is
going on. I put away tho provisions
the moment they are not needed any
longer, and I keep the dishes washed
up as they are used In the rooking.
By being constantly occupied In this
way I keep my small kitchen free
from confusion and my guests' tem
pers from being ruffled.
'After supper the women help me
clesr the table. We banish the men
from this. I leave tho kitchen neat,
with the dishes piled together ready to
be washed. It Is Sunday and I want
to make as little work as possible for
the maid.
'The maid grumbled a little at first,
Just because It Is In tho maid code to
grumble at anything unusual, but t
dispelled the last remnant of her Ill
nature by telling her after th first
evening that she could go out erery
Sunday Instead of on alternate ones.
Ys, tbe men really do like It" Now
York Sun.
Whan Mouaroha Are Hlnlc.
"Emperor William, of Germany, Is
sn excellent patient," says a French
writer, "and his only fault Is that
whenever his physician attends him he
Insists on siting tho superficial knowl
edge of mcdlclno which he has ac
quired through reading a few popular
works on th subject
"King Edward VII. Is an admirable
patient Whatever the doctor tells
him to do he does without a murmur.
"The young Queen of Holland, on
the other hand, gives her physicians a
good deal of trouble, for sho hates to
have one of them come near her, oven
for tha purpose of feeling her pulse.
"Of all rulers, howover, the Czar
and the Sultan are tho most difficult
to treat when thoy aro 111. Tho Czar
Is extrtmely sensitive and has an In
tlnctlv dread of even the most harm
less remedy, and the Sultan Is very
suspicious and Is constantly nfrald that
soms one Is going to poison him. He
does not even trust his own physi
cian, and he employs a chemist to ana
lyze any medicine which Is prescribed
for blm."
No Tim Allowance.
"I think." said the first business
man, "I'll go home to lunch to day. A
new cook arrived at our house Just
after breakfast, and she has tho repu
tation of being a good ono."
"Why not wait for your usual 0
o'clock dinner?"
"Sho may bo gone by that tlmo."
Philadelphia Press,
Problem In Millinery,
"Why, oh, why," remarked Iho oh
server of events and things, "will n
woman smile with delight when she
sees a hat In a milliner's window nn.l
frown when she sees tho same hat mi
her neighbor's head?" Yonkeis
States-man,
In th fortified rock tif Gibraltar
thero nro 1)2 tulle of tunnels. They
are stocked with nu ntnplu supply of
arms, ammunition mid provisions, In
readiness for n siege.
There wits aomo trouble over Hi
dividing lino between the town of
New Hartford mid Hnrwlntoii In Con
necticut until the original survey of
the towns laid out In 1720 by the pro.
prlvlors, who were taxpayer of Hart
ford, was found, nud this record will
bo used In making a new survey.
After 10 years Incessant labor, Mrs.
Lizzie Hoffman of Anthony has fin
ished what Is probably the oddest hod
quilt III the country. It 1 n patch quilt
made of II.IMH) pieces of silk of all
kinds and colors, and every piece of
silk en ine from a different bride's hat.
During 10 year Mrs. llolTiuaii has
been collecting these pieces.
A remarkable Industry of Paraguay
Is the preparation of essence of orange
leaves. More than 1 50 years ago tho
Jesuit priests, who then ruled that
secluded country, Imported nriiiigo
seeds and planted groves, which have
now become Immense forests, filled
with amiill establishments for extract
ing the essence, which In exported to
Frnuce and (ho fulled Hlntes for usa
In soap and perfumery making. It Is
also employed by the unlives In Para
guay as a healing ointment and a hair
tonic.
Every engineer Is now familiar with
the fact that In all modern works of
any slse tho making ti ml repairing of
tools I managed by n speelul depart
ment of th works. The "good old
days," when a gang of men would
stand lu Hue, waiting for their turn at
tha grindstone, have gone by. lu a
modern shop, when a tool need grind
ing It Is sent to the tool department
and another one, all ready for use. Is
obtained at once. It Is easy to see how
much more economical such a method
Is, for the preparation of tools I kept
in the hands of people who are doing
nothing else, and who are necessarily
much more expert than the general
workman would be, while the latter
does not waste time In waiting for a
turn at tho grindstone.
rATIIER CHOMN, LONG
A CATIIOIIC tUITOR.
The Rev. Patrick I.. Trunin la re
garded. In point of sen Ice, as being
the oldest editor of a Catholic newspa
per In the trnlted Stale This wner.
able newspaper man and priest Is nil
tor of the Catholic Colon and limes of
Buffalo. N Y . and has recently roin
pleted thirty years of service on that
paper.
In addition to his nlii'I'r to wield a
trenchant pen. In his editorial work.
i-ATiirtt rnoit.
I'stlier Cronln bus written ers which
bas won him a reputation. He Is also
a powerful orator and among scholars
Is recognized as a man of great liter
ary attainments. Despite his years.
Father Cronln ahowa u marked rapac
ity for work and besides his editorial
duties, on which ho spend several
hours a day, he has ehargo of n large
parish at Tonownnda, N. Y.
Nearly all of tho many priests who
exercised the sacred ministry at the
time Father Cronln assumed his pres
ent edltoroal position havo passed
away. In every case the venerable
priest penned their obituaries.
A Vegetalilo Otmlr.
One of tho most wonderful pieces of
furniture In the world is a vegetable
chair, which camo from Korea, and
has grown from a single seed, planted
twenty-six years ago. Tho seed was
that of a glngko tree. In fertile soil
and amid sunahlno and rain tho seed
grew Into a vine, when the native gar
dener set about to fashion by Ingeni
ous twisting, compressions and train
lugs Into an arm chair.
Much pruning was necessary In or
der to make the lower branches de
velop in size and strength. The chair
was carefully formed by tying th
young and pllablo branches together
with strong fiber ropes, and us the
tre expanded the ropes hold linn.
The chair weighs moro than 100
pounds, and Is oven harder, sturdier
snd more Imperishable than oak. It Is
three feet four Inches In height, and
twenty-five Inches In width, nud some
of the knots which formed between the
binding ropes aro twenty-two Inches in
circumference, Tho bark has been ro-
moved, and tho surface, which Is gold
en brown In color, has taken a fine
polish, nnd In spite of its look of lumpy
antagonism u is quite as comfortable
as the conventional factory mailo chair.
Had Jlenid of It Hnnmwhrrn. 1
Senator "Tom" Plittt was Ilngerlnc a
gilt-edged book that had como to him
In the mall, He seemed so much In
terested In It that Senator Quay naked
what ho was reading.
"This," explained the. Now York
"boss," as he turned tho pagea slowly,
"Is a reprint of a curious voluiuo much
thought of by Wllllum Penn and his
ronowers, nut which 1 am told la
scarcely known among their descend.
ants."
And what Is It called." osked n.
Pennsylvania statesman.
Piatt tossed It on Quay's desk. Tr
was the lllblo. llultlm'oro Herald.
Why don't they nut rubber heel on
boys' shoes?