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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1904)
TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICC SELECTION OF INTER. E8TINQ ITEMS. Comment nnd Criticism Ilnnftl Upon tit IlnnnenliiK of the Uajr-UUtorl' cal and New Holot. A genius ' JUBt ftn ordinary man Willi kinks lti his mtnd. Woman's Inhumanity to man makes countless lawyers happy. After a mnn leaves the marriage altar It's n case of boss or be bossed. There Is nothing In the theatrical line that enn draw like a murder trial. One-half the world doesn't seem to caro whether the other half lives or not When a man Is content with what ho Is, ho Is never content with what he has. Some men think they arc philan thropic when they' give back what tbey have stolen. A girl may be able to pose as nn angel during courtship, but after mar riage she sheds her wings. The Mormon church Is spoken of as a great religious trust Does the chair hear a motion to strike out the word "religious"? In the last census of India one man gave his source of Income ns "begging from relatives." That's the hardest work there Is. If a "coed" of Cornell kisses a man it will cost her ?2. Still, with reason able restraint she can dodge the fine by letting the tnah do all the kissing. Marriage may be a civil contract, but some peoplo certainly behave In n very uncivil manner, after the con tract has been duly signed and seal ed. In proof of Trof. Coe's assertion that baseball Is a part of the religious l(fe of a boy, It Is only necessary to point to the career of the Kcv. WJlllam Sun day. The survivors of the Varlag and Korletz have shaken hands with their czar, and doubtless are convinced that no higher earthly glory can possibly come to them. The"mother of ten children may be considered a better citizen than her husband, providing she does not give the country a Nledermeler. a Marx, or a Van Dine. High nuthorlty to the contrary. It Is purely a question of quality, not of numbers. nty the poor Briton with nn In come? The tax gatherer continues to bear down heavily on him. A year ago his tax was reduced from 15 pence In the pound to 11 pence. Now a penny is added again. That is to say, G.per cent of a Briton's Income must be handed over to the government in time of peace. Colonel Illggluson, In a recent maga zine article, speaks of the House of Lords as a set of brakes not wheels In the practical action of the British government Not only legislative bodies, but methods of procedure and persons, may be divided into wheels and brakes; and the service performed by one and the other Is almost equally useful. "When Adam delved nnd Eve span," runs the old line. Now the conditions are reversed. The son of Adam learns In school to sew and darn, and the daughter of Eve has adopted dig ging as a profession. Some exceed ingly Interesting and Important arch cological discoveries have lately been made In Crete by a young Boston wo man, a graduate of Smith College, who has been working for the Ameri can Exploration Society. Her prin cipal achievement Is the discovery of the town of Gourmed, which consists of a small palace, with Its surround ing courts and numerous houses. Au thorities tlx the date as about sixteen hundred years before Christ, and pro nounce It the best preserved town known to archeologlsta of the present day. A British visitor In St Louis Is quoted with painstaking accuracy as expressing one view of American newspapers that Is Interesting If not entirely new. "The American news papers," be Is reported as saying, "are a great power for good, but they treat criminals too well. Why, they make 'eroes of the bloody burglars, murder era and such. Tbey make such 'eroes of em that others are led to commit crime so the papers will make 'eroes of 'em too." This humble but frank criticism will be recognized as not without cause, but we must emphati cally call for some effort on the part of foreigners, be they highly educated or not to distinguish between the kinds of American newspapers. Somo do not mako '"eroes" of criminals, wbllo some do. Papers that have mi element of readers who think a train robber Is a '"ero" naturally play to their audiences. The bigger the head line and the stronger the details In relation to crime the more uncultured and uninformed the readers of that paper. By Oiclr prints shall ye know them, "I know men and women," said Thos. A. Edison the other day, "who are food drunk all the time." "Food drunk" Is a new term. But it ex presses an Idea that la old, It de scribes a condition that Is notorious. Few of us Indeed but know people whs are constantly gorged with food, with the result that their Intellects are ue clouded and their bodies benumbed just as truly as It tbo excess had been liquid Instead of solid. The man who has his stomach full of food Is moro or leas stupefied. Ills mind and mus cles work reluctantly nnd sluggishly. Ills faculties are dulled and bis feel ings deadened, Ills condition differs only In degroo from that of the man drunk with alcohol or of tho snake that Is gorged. It Is a common say lug that If you are going to ask a favor of a man first feed him well, Tht philosophy Is good. The "well- ?.V mnn U In rvtntltttnn in c-rant nnv thing rather thnn dispute about It. Me will not question or deny or bnggh1. Take anything from hlm but his re pose, and he will not object. Every one has experienced the mental dls turbancc produced by occasional over eating. It Is easy to see that the mnn who I continually gorged Is continual ly oft his mental balance. And If tho proportion of us who coottnually gorg were actually known we would no doubt be amazed and dismayed. That the rich are continually tempted by dishes that tickle tho palate scorns to afford some little excuse In that direc tion. But those who have specially ob served unanimously declare that the most of the overeating Is among tho poor. There the stomach Is overload ed with uiiassltnllnbte stuff In order that the necessary nutrition may be gained. It Is quite possible that we all might live comfortably and better than we do now on half what tho average man now consumes. One of the things which marked the late Senator Hanna as n man of strong Individuality was his consistent belief in the practical value of the work done by the Salvation Army. Though his gifts to the army were without osten tation he did not hesitate to publicly proclaim his sympathy with the pur poses and alms of the organization. He advocated its cause upon every suit able occasion. Being a hard-headed business man. It Is reasonable to as sume that Senator Hanna familiarized himself with the nature and scope of the army's work before giving it such unqualified support. A feature of the work which particularly appealed to Senator Hanna and which enlisted his active support was the "farm colony" system which the army Inaugurated many years ago and which has spread Into many lands. The bill to create a colonization bureau, which was to have been Introduced before Congress by Senator Hanna, proposes a method whereby the Government may apply the plans and experience of the Sal vation Army in putting actual settlers upon Its Irrigated lands. Whether such a colonizing plan, under Govern ment direction, would bo practical or not, the measure serves to call public attention to the success of the nrmy's farm colonies and their remarkable growth In this and other countries. The primary purpose, of course. Is to re lieve the congested districts of the larger cities by attracting families to unoccupied lands and giving them an opportunity to become homo owners under favorable conditions. The object of the Salvation Army colony is not to gather a group of cranks or adher ents of some particular socialistic or religious creed, nor Is It the purpose to create a strictly farming population. The army starts a family on a ten or twenty acre tract with a cottage, a team, agricultural implements and seeds. It advauces all this and some money besides. The settler pays It all back In three or four years out of the earnings from the soli, and In the meantime has the benefits that come from living In an organized communi ty. Farm colonies under the super vision of the Salvation Army have been established In South Africa. Aus tralia and England. In Rhodesia 3.0X1 acres have been turned over to the army, and western Australia has set apart 20,000 acres for Its use. In this country the army has established farm colonies In California, Colorado and Ohio. At Fort Amity. Colorado, the colony consists of 2.000 acres, and is perhaps the most successful Illustra tion of the army's plan for drafting the surplus population of the larger cities and enabling It to get a permanent hold upon the soil. WHEN THE CURTAIN LIFTS. Pen rictuf e of a Bnromer Uor Boat, a Hixl, a Man, a Mold, Scene A little lake, deep-set among the hills, long and narrow, fringed with liiles, the water lying level like a sheet of steel. Back and forth along the northern end piles a sharp-nosed boat with scarce a wake. Amidships, n brown-necked young college lad In bathing suit propels It with an easy rotary motion of the bands In alter nate strokes, with oarcly a ripple. In the bow, both small bands on the gun wales gripping In nervous tension, a lovely girl of 10, her delicate color coming and going, her hair aware, her eyes atlash with excitement and In the stern a middle-aged man whose hair In the right light shows a touch of Iron gray. In his hand arches a fly-rod of split bamboo, well back over bis shoul ders, the quivering tip darting In Ir regular thrusts far astern like the lun ging beak and serpentine throat of a giant crane, pointing to where the lino Is weaving this way and that In surg ing tugs. The lake grows sullen. Dark, white dimples show the hills, gray mist shrouds them. There Is a patter of falling drops, large ones, here nnd there. But tho rod keeps up Its lung ing, the line Is weaving to and fro. Slowly the bamboo straightens, a bull necked fish sculls slowly in resentful, rage, then with a surge and splash darts back again. Still the pliant crano keeps fast Its yielding urging, again the lisu is guided alongside. There Is no net. Nathless, there Is a hand that has been an expert frog-catcher In its day, which gently hovers ready, grips and swings Into the boat, with a sin gle motion, a barely three-pound pick erel, so lightly hooked In the check that It seems not possible tho hook could have held through all that striv ing, granting, as It did, to the fish to keep his nose well turned away from tho angle of the pulling lino. But hold It did. And then the rain comes down In very truth or we awako to It at last and the boat perforce flies shore ward. I would that I could make you see It as I saw lti For It was a lifting of tho curtain to Just the seeen that Will lam Black delighted In tho bare-armed, bare-legged gillie at the oars, tho delicately beautiful young American girl in the bow, nnd In the stern tho same old, yet never old, lad In tho hair of Iron-gray; and all In the heart of the hills, of the gray mists, on tho level of that sullen lake. Forest and Stream. If the girls can reach up high enough to lower them, this Is to In form) them that pompadours will not be worn so tall hereafter. V t Opinions of Tho Methodists and Amusements, HE question as to what amusements may be permitted to the members of the Methodist lipla iiip.il Church Is one that has caused moro dis cussion In church circles than possibly any oth er. "Time change, and men's manners and -ustoms change with them," Is an old and a true proverb. It Is also true that this change in manners nnd customs nnd the Inevitable change ns to how they are viewed la as active In the churches as any where else. It Is to this steady shitting of Ideals and opinions that the question remains perennial with the Methodists. In the early Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church In America, the whole matter was dismissed In a prohibition to members against "taking such diversions ns cannot be used In the name of the Uml Jesus." Hut along In the decades about the middle of the last cetiturj the Inevitable broadening of Ideas due to the rapid increase In population, the change from solitary rural life to the hurry and bustle of the city all were liberalizing ten dencles. Especially In the cities. Methodists In good stand Ing Indulged In amusements, etc., which were looked upon with horror by the moro conservative, and hence more strict member In the country, especially the elder genera tlou. But the liberals argued that they were well within the prohibition of the Discipline, and that there was no loss of true religion to themselves. It became evldeut that the clause In the Discipline needed amendment; that the church must authoritatively specify what tilings could not bo permitted to the Moth odlst laity. The change was made by tho General Con ferenee of 1S72. The paragraph which has stood since then deals with conduct and expressly forbids among other things, "the buying, selling or using Intoxicating llquor.s as a beverage." and "dancing, playing at games of chance, attending theaters, horse races, circuses, dancing parties or patronizing dancing schools, or taking such oilier amuse ment as are obviously of misleading or questionable moral tendency," etc. But thl.s did not end the controversy. In very many churches, this regulation has become a dead letter. Meth odist members attend theaters, visit circuses, send their children to dancing schools nnd play card games In their homes: and they do not feel that they thereby commit any sin. That Is to say. they do not admit that the church has a right to prohibit uny line of conduct that Is not sin ful: and feeling that these things are not. they Ignore the precept. The matter was all threshed over again at the recent General Conference In Ios Angeles. Toledo Blade. The Question of the Battleship. KltBTOI'OBE, when the public spoke of bat tleshlps. the breath was bated and there was .i gleam In the eye that boded the kindling of destructive pride. Some spirited souls even wont so far as to lift the bat when one of our navy's ornaments was named, but something has happened. It has become dangerous to my refer to America ns sailing the seas like a battleship. We hate to think of the ship of state as armored and earning 12-lncb guns. We cannot even remember that famous line. "She seems to feel the thrill of life along her keel," without sympathetic shudders. The reason Is ns follows. Ccsarevltch, 13.110 tons, dis abled by torpedo and beached, Feb. 8, at Port Arthur; Itetvlzan, 12.700 tons, disabled by torpedo and beached nt Port Arthur. Feb. S; Poltava. lO.DiiO tons, disabled at Port Arthur; Sevastopol. lO.PiiO tons, disabled Feb. 0; Pobloda. 12.(174 tons, damager by mine nt Port Arthur. April 1.1: Tetropavlovsk. lO.lMiO tons, blown up by mine at Port Arthur. April 13. Six first-class battleships, four of tlleui undoubtedly destroyed by submarine engines of warfare, not to speak of the dangers within the ship Itself, as we Ime learned In the cases of the Missouri and the Iowa. It Is told that the unfortunate Admiral MakaroIT dis approved of battleships on the ancient eggs In one basket. The admiral is Head ana a battleship holds his body, a battleship which sank within two min utes after a submarine was exploded under It. There arc others along the shore of the bay at Port Arthur, nil for mer prides of the Itusslan navy, pointed nt by the experts of other nations ns perils to peace and warnings for war, 4&t4444'&44444"S44 H-t-4"S I SOLDIERS Of THE CZAR. I The uniform of the itusslan ,soldlcr Is the simplest uniform In Europe. In winter a sheepskin coat goes on be neath tho gray one. In summer, or during campaigns In hot climates, the Itusshins. like the Japanese, fight In white dress. To critics who say that this renders them needlessly conspicu ous, they reply that It Is better than khaki; for n man dressed In earth col or imagines himself Invisible, nnd be haves accordingly. He gets shot; whereas the man who knows ho can be seen keeps under cover nnd comes' off with a whole skin. A writer In the Boston Transcript describes the sol diers of the Czar as follows: The Russian campaigner marches somewhat heavily laden. He has his kit-bag with clothing slung over one shoulder, his haversack with two days' rations of bread and salt slung over tho other, his greatcoat strapped under one arm. Including his water bottle, arms and ammunition, a section of tent and the uniform he stands in, he car ries something over sixty-six pounds. Tho ndvantago which offsets the bur den Is that at a pinch the Russian foot-soldlcr Is practically Independent of a baggage train. He can transport his modest necessities upon his own back. The Russian cavalryman rides so laden with cornsacks nnd blankets and greatcoats nnd wallets and saddle bags and things that ho puts ono In mind of the much Incumbered White Knight In "Alice In Wonderland." Al together bis Impedimenta weigh 111) pounds. Fortunately what would op press another soldier Is no burden to tho Russian. Ho Is sturdlness Itself. Russian soldiers have been known to march thirty miles without rest, and then go directly Into nn engagement Severity Is accounted tho prime fac tor of Itusslan military discipline. But something better than severity goes to make soldiers of Russian peasants, and that something Is a powerful spir it of camaraderie. A high Itusslan ofllcet docs not bcsltato to joke with his men. When tho commanding officer meets his troops for tho 'first time In tho morning, ho calls out cordially, "Good morning!" Tho men reply wllh a pe culiar, long, rattling shout, "Your good health, your excellency!" When a maneuver Is executed to the commander's satisfaction, ho shouts congratulations to the men, and Great Papers on Important Subjects. W ground of "all your they respond all together, glad you like It" 'We arc IS THE SUN HOT Ort COLD 7 Sun and a Hot Stove Have the Hume Kind of Energy. So far as I know, no reasons at all for doubting the high temperature of the central body of tho solar system have ever been found. There aro In general three distinct ways In which heat can be transferred from ono body to another conduction, convection nnd radiation. The first two are depend ent upon tho presence of matter, the latter will take place across a perfect vacuum. Wo may receive heat from a stove by all three methods. If we place our hands upon It wo receive heat by conduction; If w. hold them above It they are warmel by coi.vee tlon, tho heat being brought to them by the rising current of hot nlr. If now wo stand In front of tho stove w e will feel Its warmth, tho sensation In this case being produced by tho heat waves which It emits. These waves are similar to the electric waves used In wireless telegraphy, differing from them only In their length. Thoj boar the same relation to them which the ripples on a mill pond bear to the Atlantic rollers. With tho lntru ments at our disposal at the present time we can measure the length of these waves as accurately as wo can measure tho length of n table with n foot rule, and wo can provo that thoy will pass through a vacuum, a plate of glass or a tank full of liquid air, without losing their ability to warm our hands. Wo find, however, that If we pass this radiant heat through cer tain substances, water vapor, for ex ample, Us Intensity Is diminished, ow ing to tho fact that somo of the waves have been absorbed. It Is possible to determine the exact length of the waves of heat which have been re moved by absorption In the vapor, nnd if wo test tho radiation which comes to us Yrom the sun wo find that waves of this samo length nro absent, the water vapor In tho onrth's atmosphere having refused to transmit them, 'this fact, taken alone, Is pretty good evi dence that tho sun nnd tho hot stove nro pouring out the same kind of en ergy. Harper's Weekly. What Made Him Ask. Paying Teller What Is your name, anyway? Indignant Presenter of Check Don't you sco my signature? Paying Teller Yes. That's what aroused my curiosity. Baltlmoro American, now squatting drutikenly In the mud, their huge guns raking the affrighted stars. They have felt a shudder along their keels, nnd their glory has dwindled llko a leak ing balloon. Tho American people are prone to ask question when things happen. Something ha happened. The colored pictures of our navy are singularly uninspiring Just at present, and we desire to know why. If wo cannot find out why, we, nt least, wish to bo suvo that something was really wrong. So there Is the question In the air. How much I n Jtl.OOO.000 battleship worth? If a Japanese cor poral's guard tor tho naval equivalent of the body) can take a rowboat. a cap pistol, and n torpedo and sink bat tleship, wo desire to be allowed to look on, and possibly make a small bet on our own prospects. Further, some would like to know Just how we are going to keep the upper hand If our battleships won't battle against tho enemy's torpedoes. Wo are In a alato of doubt. San Francisco Argonaut Chlncsci exclusion. T Is expected that the now treaty regulating the admission of Chinese Into the Palled Slates, now In preparation, will permit certain China men, not of tho coolie class, who are now ox eluded, to enter the country. I'nder tho exist ing exclusion law, Chinese laborer are pro hibited from coming to or remaining In tho Fnlted States. Iteglstered Chinese laborers may leave the country and return to It, under certain conditions, and Chinese olllclals, teachers, students, merchants and travel ers may come Into the country when properly certified. Tho law has been strictly construed by the Attorney-General, who ruled that not all Chinese person might enter the country who were not specifically forbidden, but that inly those who are entitled to enter who are expressly permitted to do so. Tho ruling excluded traders, salesmen, buyers, bookkeepers, accountants, managers, storekeepers, Interpreters, physicians nnd agents. Persons falling within those designations are not manual laborers, against whom tho exclusion law was particularly directed. The classes excluded by the rulings are numerous, and the new treaty may provide for tho admission of ome of them. Our expanding trade with the East would doubtless bo stimulated by a more hospitable treatment of what may be termed the Chinese mercantile and professional element. I A discreet extension of the privilege of entry could be per-1 mltted.lt is believed, without Injuriously affecting the wages of labor. It Is understood that tho contemplated regula tions apply to tho admission of Chinese of the higher class es nnd that there Is no Intention to admit coolies. Whether provisions shall bo made for use of Chinese laborers in tho construction of the Panama Canal Is under consideration, and the more extended use of Chinese labor In the Philippines Is urged by certain Interests concerned In tho development of the possessions. Philadelphia Ledger. The Price of funic. HEN one considers how much tho people love to bo humbugged, It I surprising that thero are not moro people engaged professionally In the business. A man with a very brilliant mind may make a brilliant nddress before n brilliant audience, and there tho brilliancy stops; but a man with n mind about the size of a shriveled walnut, may talk a lot of nonsense to an au dience of no or of nverage or unusual Intelligence, and Immediately he becomes famous. An educator In a recent religious meeting told n fairly Intelligent audience that dancing was the closest approach to Paradise, and tolay l.ls name nnd theory Is known from Maine to California. A 1'iilvcrslty of Chicago professor tells wherein ltockefoller Is superior to Shakspeare, mid while the oil magnate mod estly protests, the professor's mall Is overwhelmed with re quests for photographs and locks of his hair. A' Harvard professor, who teaches Slavic literature, and who Is a native of Hussla, expresses the hope that his fatherland will be defeated In the Eastern war, mid he gets half a column of attention, where his sensible utterances had never won hlm more than very moderate attention. And so. If a man must simply bo foolish to become famous, Is It any wonder that almost everybody today Is famous i Baltimore Herald. SEVEN AND THIRTEEN. They Arc the Mimt l'fipillur Number Id u Mml'i .Mini), "As n man to pick out some num ber between one and ten and you can tell hlm ulno times out of ten what number ho has selected, though his selection is uiado mentally," said a writer 111 tho Nuw Orleans Times Democrat, "and when you come to think of It tho task of naming tho cor rect number Is not n dlllkiilt one. In the course of an hour tho other day I asked ton men to think of n certain number any number between ono and ten and 1 would toll them what num ber they had fixed their mind on. In .line cases out of ten I was correct, missing It only once. Tho minds of nine of tho persons selected tho num ber seven and olio of thorn selected the nine. It Is not dllllciilt to under stand why the mind should run to tho iiumlMr seven. It Is tho most natural thing In tho world for Ihu mind to select seven. Even In tho caso of tho man who fixed his mind on tho num ber nine, he told me when It was all over that his mind had first run to seven, but ho quickly changed to nine without knowing Just why It was that ho changed, "Seven Is tho most prominent figure tweon ono und ten. It Is tho most pop ular number In tho lino and Is asso ciated with moro tilings than any oth er number nnd It Is quite reasonable that tho mind should light on seven. I made another test tho other day with llvo persons, asking each of them to wrlto some number between ono and ten and glvo It to a sixth person. When tho slips had been handed to the sixth man 1 said, 'Seven Is tho number on each of tho slips.' 1 "'Correct,' said tho man to whom tlioy had been handed, nnd tho five men worn n bit bewildered for tho moment by tho fact that they had all hit upon tho samo number nnd that I was abln to toll what tho number was. It would bo qulto as easy to name n number between ten mid twenty, though I hnvo mado no tests along this line. I daro sny that thirteen would ho tho first number to flash In tho mind, simply because It Is 'tho most tnlked-of and tho only number be tweon ten and twenty that has tbo widest association. So you can toll thero Is no trick about It and It docs not reqnlro nny knowledge of tho oc cult philosophies." When n woman agrees to becomo it stepmother to n man's children, does sho enter the marriage relation with Now Year's resolutions? Willi Deadly Microbe ltverywl.ere, Mult' Clmm.es Are HI tin . Death through tho agency of n mciuly microbe la becoming a thing no now to dlo of any old fashioned din ease. Everything must have a bug In It. oven to tue otnerwuo vu.piy uiuu of a crnnk. Appcndlcltl I now class- cd a being n bug promoted alllletlon. Toothache will doubtle bo tho next ninlndy to fall Into line. In till con- uectlon snino simple rules for dmlg lutf tho varum bug that would work ha- voc In our delicately ' Jrr$Au?Z .'ho NVW York Hun, who sign, hlm.elf High Price ucsor XI. D., and are a fob )0W1(. May I beg to caution my fellow cltl- son against using telephone? Thn microbe upon tho immthplcrt' are a sure cause of Infection, Also against taking one's meal In restaurant! No- body know who use the plate, cup and saucer, glassware, etc. Also ngalnt entering a room where oilier persons are. The agitation of the air caused by one's entrance set microbe circulating. Also against raising one t ... I I It. u.d.ll,.. nut or waving ... - '"""",:"". Hon; a these gesture et mlel.ore ii circulation. Sleeping In bed or on sofa at hotels Is, If possible, morn .tniiL-erou still. Killing III pew 111 churches or standing In the nlle I milcldp lireonianii nn oeei.ne.i iron, iniriy Equally dangerous with Iheso I thn thousand to fifteen thousand In twenty riding In trolley or railway roaehe. years, owing lo tho thinning out of reading book from public libraries, or !. hear and walru. swooping out room, or touching now- Statistic have been compli'ted re paper or magazine, or walking In Iho cently which Mate that the incnign public street. All these should bo life of u English express locntuoMe molded. Fruit and breadstuff pur- I twenly-fivo year, of a local pa chased nt public Imp, breakfast scngor engine twenty five years, of a foods, butcher' meat, confectionery, fielght loeomotho twenty lx four nil may bo fatal. Each nnd all of nnd of a switching engine twenty these I and are swarming with bac- seven year. Tho total tulleago of an lerla. Writing letlprs or telegram and express passenger engine was llird at opening them nro risky things to do. from seven hundred thousand to niio Wearing clothe made by tailor or million mile, and for each of tho oilier dressmakers or purchased ren.ly mad classes of engine a mileage of llvo (and the same 1 true of boot and hundred thousand to eight hundred shoos) should Ik never thought of To thousand. kts a woman or a man or child I , There I a group of Islands lo th voluntarily to aitmo every mlcrol toMh o( Scw Zmin,,,! railed the HI. they possess, In sample not only, nut In swarms. I wrlto this out of pure lovo for my race. A IICLPIUL SPIRIT. Mr. Sanderson put on her glasses and looked amlubly thruiigl. them at her guot. "Know where you could " . fc. ' ..." "".'."..TV g any ripe win, . raw .orr.e.r ...o imiu ill urr iui-ii.iii"ot. iiMii-. n uj of coune I ilo. It curloui liow often people come to mo to ask about thing, and how often I'm able to help them out You can get somo wild struw berrtcs up on James Wilder' hill. Ho told mo tho other day tlioy were Just about ripe, and tliat If I hadn't a patch of my own he'd offer me some. "1 llko to lis helpful to my neigh bors," said Mrs. Sanderson, without a glanco at her guorit, who seemed to bu trying to make up her mind to say something, "and now I'm killing two bird wltii one stone, for If )ou pick somo of thoso strawberries Tommy Wilder won't bo half as likely to over cat and make himself sick. "Yesterday I had two chalices. Ono was when .Miss Mauser rauic over to see If I con lil icml nor an ironing board, and I was able to tell her that Mr. Brown had bought a couple of a 'of tho middle clas begin to ghe cl traveling man, and would dliisc of denco of what Is to bo hi chief na them reasonably. I told her 1 should ' tlonal characteristic as a husband have bought one If I hadn't owned two. hi unfailing, unselfish and almost bu Sho started right off for the store. Mho provident generosity, said hers had met with an accident. Tho middle closs husband III Ainer but I know bow easy 'twould be for lea rarely Interfere wiih tho affair her to get the Isirrowing habit and I of tho household, lie hardly knows know sho wouldn't want to If sho real ized." Thero wan a slight sound In the cull er's throat, but Mrs. Sanderson hurried on: "And tho second chance was when that llttlo Porter girl ramo hero with tho subscription list for Aimer Tump. kins, that pit hurt In the mill. I nsked her about his bruise, and when she'd finished I said, 'I can glvo you some thing hotter than money for him, Susy. I'll give you tho address of tho man In Nashua that makes tho wonderful liniment that healed Brother Sam's bruises and culs after Ids accident' "I did glvo It to her. She's a curl - oifi, silent kind of a girl, but I guess sho was grateful, for I'm sure thero were teurs In her eyes when sho said good-by. I don't think folks are lit to live in this world If they can't forgot themselves and do for others now nnd then." Hoth ljnarno.1 Tholr l.nssnn. When George Roberts was president of tho Pennsylvania Railroad, says the New York Times, ho had an ex perience with a train conductor lu which each learned a lesson. Tho conductor, who know Mr. Rob- crts, walked by hlm with a nod and without calling for his ticket "Here, conductor," said the presi dent, sharply, "you havo not looked nt my passl" "But I know who you are," snld tho conductor. "That has nothing to do with It," replied the president "I might bo traveling without lt I am entitled to rldo free only when I have tho evi dence of my Identity." Ho spoko sharply, thinking ho was giving the conductor a lino lesson In duty. "Ticket, please!" said tho conductor, sharply, nettled nt tho chiding. "That's right," said tho president, and ho began to feci In his pockets for his pass. Ho wont through pocket nftcr pocket In a vain search, whllo tho conductor stood looking grimly on. 'Come, come!" said tho conductor. If you haven't n ticket, sir, you must pny your fare." President Roberts mado n last hasty examination, and then taking a live dollar bill from his wallet, paid his faro from Philadelphia to Now York, and tho Incident was closed. Ho hud loft his pass In his ofllco, A woman who Is alwnys looking for slights from those higher than herself In tho social scale, Is pretty sure to re ceive them. The bamboo ha been known to grow Alaska has paid for It cost to tin government twenty time over. Thero are over leu million pcoplv III Italy who cannot read or write, Ewry square mllu of en I estlmat tl) VOutiilii some 120,000.000 llll. T(( (,nnt )1)k of e1(k u composed of . t ,lrfm,t species of tiny ; f , ,,, I.r.t.mesa.econd; " All tho cork ucd In the world III year weigh a lllllu over Olio thou- and ton, To form n rainbow I he sun must not bp moro than forly-lwo degree uUiV the horizon, A r(lo lmet , traveling nt it speed nut a it leiite til n,,,, mt nt B,uut ten fret III front ()f ,)u, ,mlM,., . , only thousand known criminal In Loudon. Tho whole Ireord of 8rot ,U1, Yard , not contain III all . mnuy name, nml ninny been dead for year. It 1 csllmulrd that the i:klmo pop. illation of Alaska, Labrador nnd r kCVcii Hlter. which ro r putoil to be subjected to a practically constant rainfall. The snino may be said nt tho Island and mainland of Tlcrra del Fuego, save for tho differ- I enco that thu rain often take tho form of sleet and snow. (In a lljjo running i round the world from four to eight I or nine dogrros, there nro i itehrs over ., ,.. 1 called the zona of constant pre- clpltatlon." but nt tho saino tlin Bre ffxrni , aoilg wUI, It with very llttlo ralnfull. OUR AMERICAN HUBUAND. Home OliBcroittlnoa as to 1IU AJlrud Li.urutlcrUtlc Ii u Londoner, All American joung man does not, as rule, look forward to marrlaga nor prepare for It by saving apy con slderublu portion of hi uutc-nuplUI Income. When he marries It Is usu ally on short notice and becaus ho ha fallen very desperately In lovs with some oiih and cannot find It In his heart to wait until cold caution do Clares the venture advisable. Even when an engagement Is a long una ho usually squander so much on gifts and entertainments for his fiancee Hint there Is only a very moderate amount to begin housekeeping on. Thus bo foro hi marriage tho joung American. tho cost of stnplo articles of food. As a rule he does not mako his wife regular allowance cither for household or personal expenses, but gives her as much a ho can spare freely, but with n lack of system that Is not con duclvo to tho beat outlay of their In. come. Tbo young American husband Is also very Indulgent to hi wife's fondness of lino clothes. Ho would far rather have an extravagant wife than a dow ily one, and although he grumbles oc raslaiially nt a millinery' bill, In real, ity he glorle In tho resplendent ap pearanco of his wife In her line fealh. Vrs. Tho American husband Is niM Who does not concede his wife's right t expend n much larger sum with ,her dressmaker than ho does with his tnllor. Indeed, ho often leaves Ids tall, or altogether and cheerfully repairs to , the, reiidy-tnade clothing house In order that his wifo may havo more noney for extravagant finery. London Tc!o graph. Au.ulrlK A Hpeolmcn. Mrs. Franklin hud always spoken her mind, and sho luteded to do It ns long as the gift of speeci was spared hnr. Her ehllilren nml L-riinilehltdren klu)W lcr ,,,, BIlJ folllia lt l0t ways cheering. "I'd llko to have you tell mo what Induced Edith to fall In lovo with that young man I saw Inst night lor tha first time," said tho old lady to olio of her daughters. "I think sho was attracted to hlm at first becauso bo's such nu athletic fellow and such n splendid swimmer," tho mother of Edith ventured feebly, nftcr n moment's caBtlng about In Lr mind for a satisfactory answer. "Humph!" snorted Mrs. Franklin. ""Which docs sho proposo to keep hlm after she's mnrrled hlm a gymnasium or an aquarium?" Wauled a Doiuiiiiatrntlon. "John," said Mrs, .Ni..ep o, com ing nut on the back porch, whero her husband sat tilted back In Ids chair, his foot on the railing, "didn't 1 hear you tell tho minister when ho was here that you wcro deeply Interested In torn, pcrnnco movements?" "Yes," Mr. Mnkepcaco replied, rnth cr stlllly. "I snld bo, and you know that I am." "Well," said Mrs. Makepeace, "sup pose you go and mako n few of thorn on tho pump-haiidla. I want a pall of water." If ndverslty docs not crush n man prosperity will not spoil hlm,