TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER.
ESTINQ ITEMS.
Comments nd Criticisms llnsed Upon
til Happening of tha ajr distort
ml and Newe Nnlc.
Radium rays, It has beon discovered,
do not euro everything. Something
hud to 1)0 loft for tlio N-rnys to euro.
If Homo of thoso north polo expedi
tions do not strike n livelier gait tho
south pole will havo tho distinction of
getting itself discovered first
Tho short lovo story of how Gerald
lno, tho heiress, met and fell In lovo
wltlr Harold, tho St Louis Exposition
guard, will soon mako Us apenranco.
Young John D. says llfo Is n battle.
This will come as a surprlso to the
many people who havo supposed young
John thought llfo was pa's oil busi
ness. "Flirting dovclops tho soul and In
tellect" says Dean Tufts, of tho Chi
cago University. Court records show
that It also develops divorces and co
respondents. Mr. Rockefeller says the money ho
mado when ho was a boy did not burn
a holo In his pocket tt was at a later
period of his career that ho began to
havo money to burn.
Tho theory that boys aro descendod
from monkeys has received an ugly
setback. A Philadelphia gentleman
possesses a monkey who washes him
self with soap and water.
A man of tho nanio of Smith has
paid 2,000,000 for a house in Now
York. Anybody but a Smith would
havo become famous by putting as
much money as that Into a homo.
If a cllmatological cataclysm wcro to
weep tho last vestiges of humanity
from tho faco of tho earth tho weather
burean experts would die protesting
that thero was nothing unseasonable
about It
Mr. Rockefeller will have only girl
caddies when he plays golf. For the
sake of tho llttlo maidens It is to be
hoped that Mr. Rockefeller nover says
anything more forelblo than "cuckoo"
when ho makes a mlsplay.
Somebody says that tho Parisians
furnish tho gowns and tho American
women furnish tho figures. When It
takes threo figures for a gown (he
American father at onco becomes an
active factor In the little epigram.
In a talk with his son's Sunday
school class Mr. Rockefeller attributed
much of his success to tho adrlco and
assistance of his father, but It Is not
every boy's father who will lend bis
son money at 10 per cent, as Mr.
Rockefeller's father Is quoted as hav
ing done.
In Melbourno, In tho first election In
the Commonwealth ot Australia ulneo
tho franchise was given to woman, au
unforeseen result was the doubling of
the labor vote, whereas tho vote of
other classes advanced but slightly.
Tho wives and daughters of working
men went to the polls "to n man," and
Toted for the labor candidates, but the
richer women are said to have paid
Blight attention to tho election. The
men who were In charge of the polling
places wero in despair because tho
women Insisted upon going Into the
booths two or three at a time, and
holding long conferences over their
ballots an infraction of the law which
the embarrassed Judges and clerk)
hesitated to resist by force.
Secretary Shaw has asked Congreu
to remove the limit upon the amount
ot subsidiary silver coin which tho
mints may produce. The limit at pres
ent is a hundred million dollars. The
only "lawful money" upon the produc
tion of which there Is no limit Is gold.
All the yellow metal that Is offered at
the mints will bo turned Into coin. Tha
Secretary has no authority to buy sil
ver bullion, and may coin Into dollars
or subsidiary coins only that which hj
has on band. The volume of United
States legal tender notes or "green
backs" has been unchanged for mow
than twenty-flv years; and that of tha
Treasury notos authorized In 1800 Is
limited to the amount of silver pur
chased by them. Gold and sliver cer
tificates are not legal tender for a debt;
nor are national bank notes, although
all threo aro usually acepted without
question In ordinary transactions. Tho
subsidiary sliver coins are legal tender
for only ten dollars, and tho minor
coins of nickel and bronze for twenty
flvo cents only.
Tho death of Henry M. Stanley re
moved one of the most picturesque fig
ures among tho great explorers of tho
nineteenth century. History will cred
it blm with having added more to tha
world's knowledge of tho "dork conti
nent" than any other man except Liv
ingstone. It Is exactly a third of a
century since ho made his first venture
Into unexplored regions, and It is not
yet thirty years since be began the
greater expedition, in which, after 009
days of almost continuous hardship, bo
crossed Africa from tho Indian Ocean
to tbo Atlantic and solved tho myster
ies of tho Congo. Yot bad ho lived but
a few years longer be would havo seen
the heart of Africa traversed by tele
graph wires from tbo Capo to Cairo,
with railroad tracks pressing on but a
little way behind. 8a vo nt tho two
poles tho earth doos not present to-day
another region ot such mystery as tho
central Africa of a generation ago, and
the qualities that aro needed by ex
plorers of arctic and antarctic regions
are different in somo respects from
thoso which brought Stanley his suc
cess. The Sanleys of tho future will
bavo to discover now and different
fields in which to employ their talents.
Jn a busy factory not many miles
from Boston an old man occupies a
placo among an army of youthful and
alort workers, no receives wages of
only throo -dollars a week, but somo
years ago, In tho samo place, be earned
six times as much as that Most of his
surviving contemporaries bavo retired,
and liko them, ho has been thrifty
enough to pass his remaining days,
should ho choose to do so, sitting by
the kitchen stovo In winter and In his
llttlo garden In summer. Ho has In
sisted on remaining at his bench. As
ono after another of tho factory tasks
ot his mlddlo llfo became too exacting,
ho nsked his employers to reduce his
wages, and to pny only what they
thought ho was worth, but on no ac
count to discharge him. Of lato ho
has had llttlo nioro than faithfulness
to give. Tho question of what to do
for tho aged In factories and olllces Is
now attracting much attention, both
In public life nnd among private em
ployers. Several of the great railroad
companies havo already adopted a
pension system. There Is everywhere,
happily, a growing sense of the obliga
tion which the employer owes. In their
declining years, to men who havo
given freely ot their strength In tho
days of youthful vigor. Adjustment of
wages cannot wholly sottlo this Indebt
edness. Secretary Moody recently de
clared It to bo a duty of an employer,
whether the government or a private
concern, to search for occupations
which those who had grown old In ser
vice could perform. It Is surprising
how far the period of man's usefulness
In almost any lino of activity can lie
prolonged by an Intelligent distribution
ot tasks. In many things tho "old
hand" Is greatly preferred, especially
whero cxperlenco nnd Judgment are
chiefly required.
Whether tho world Is growing bet
ter or worse Is a question that can
hardly be answered by statistics. It Is
worth while, however, to call the at
tention of tho pessimists to the grow
ing tendency on tho part of men and
women of large means to see personal
ly that a good share of their estates Is
devoted to educational and rollglous
purposes. Tho figures showing tho ex
tent ot theso benefactions In this coun
try at least prove a willingness on tho
part of favored onos to promote tho
welfare of tho less fortunate. In tho
year 1803, while pursuing a certain
line of Investigation, George J. Uagar
had occasion to study tho extent and
frequency of bequests to religious,
charitable and educational Institutions
by citizens of tho United States. The
results wero so marvolous and so sug
gestive that ho continued tho Investi
gations over a period of sloven years
and sifted the figures so as to exclude
all gifts and bequests of less than $5,
000 In money or property. In tho Re
view of Reviews he presents tho re
sults of theso Investigations In the fol
lowing totals;
1803 over J20.000.000
ISM " 32.000.000
1603 " 82.SO0.0OO
ISM " 27.000.000
1807 " 43.000.000
1S0S " 3S.000.000
1S00 " 02.700.000
1000 " 47.300.000
1001 " 107,300,000
1002 " 04.000,000
1003 " 03.000,000
Total " $010,410,000
If the omitted Items could bo gath
ered accurately It Is Mr. uagar's belief
that tho aggregate for eleven years
would be swelled by at least $250,000.
000. The figures, of course, are to
some extent a reflex of financial con
ditions In tho various years. In the
year 1001 high water mark was
reached chiefly through the gifts of
Andrew Carnegie, which reached a to
tal of more than $31,000,000. That
theso sums do not come entirely from
people who are very rich Is shown by
the fact that gifts and bequests In 1003
ranging from $5,000 to $23,000 aggre
gated nearly $2,000,000, and those from
$25,000 upward reached tho great sum
of $S7,000,000. In the eleven years
covered there was an annual average
of 400 contributors to the totals. The
showing is a grand tribute to the hu
manity of American men and women.
Saved Ills Books.
Farmer Dockrldgo was hastily
awakened In the dead of night by Alt,
the hired man, who told him the barn
was on fire. Instructing Alf to blind
fold tho horses nnd lead them out
through the back door. If there was
time enough, he hurriedly donned his
trousers, rushed Into the summer kit
chen, grabbed up a screw-driver and
ran out to the barn.
Tho roof was burning fiercely, but
bo dashed Into tbo building and began
with frantic haBto to unscrew tho
hinges of tbo smooth plno door that
opened Into the corn-bin.
Alf bad succeeded In getting the
horses out safely, and the sparks wero
falling round the old man; but ho
stuck to his task until he finished It
and emerged from tho burning burn,
carrying the door, Just as tho roof fell
in.
"That'B a good dwil of a risk to take
for the sake ot saving a bit of kind
ling-wood," commented a neighbor who
had run over to see If bo could bo of
any use.
"Klndllng-woodl" exclaimed Farmer
Dockrldgo, pointing to the pencil
marks that covered the door. "Soe
them flggors? There's all my business
accounts fer tho last six years. That
door's wuth moro than the hull barn!"
Practical Solonoo.
The practical man Is Impatient of
theory, and is not convinced that a
study .of apparently useless scientific
problems may load to great practical
results In tho end.
An English professor of geology says
that ho onco received a call from a
man who was at tbo hoad of a largo
commercial enterprise. Ho wished to
consult the professor about tho In
struction of his son, who would ulti
mately inherit his vast business and
wealth.
"But mind you," said ho, "I don't
want blm to loam about strata or dips,
or faults or upheavals or denudations,
and I don't want him to fill bis mind
with fossils or stuff about crystals.
What I want blm to learn Is bow to
find gold and silver and copper In pay
ing quantities, sir, in paying quanti
ties." A Theory.
"She Is extremely careful about her
appoaranco."
"Ob, yos I supposo sho thinks a
woman is as old as she makes up,"
Judge.
Don't get gay. It is easier to keep
tho ltd on than It Is to put It back on
again.
Opinions of
Unfitted (or Citlicnsh'p.
WO men appeared lit the Circuit Court In Chl-
mmtliMt tir nti lurrt Mention tinncm
H I Neither of them could speak English occpt
of fifteen years In this country. Neither of
thorn knew how tho State and Federal Gov
ernments are organised or how they aro con
ducted. They could not tell how Presidents aro chosen nor
what the duties of Congress nro. They could not oven give
tho name of the President now In olllco.
Judge M. W. Thompson, of Danville, who Is sitting
In tho Circuit Court of Cook County, properly denied their
application for naturalization papers. His decision and
his reasons upon which It was based merit tho consideration
of all Judges who may be called upon to grant tho privi
leges of cltiioiishtp to aliens unfitted for tt. "This nation
of ours." declared Judgo Thompson, "has got past tho
point where wo can safely admit all comers to citizenship.
Do you think wo can allow you to como over hero and
without any preparation glvo you nil tho powers and privi
leges wo have as citizens? I have lived hero always and
havo studied our natloual needs. You know nothing of
them. Yet you ask me to lot you have all the powers and
rights I and others have."
The danger of admitting to full citizenship men who
have no knowledge ot American Institutions and no con
ccptlon of the responsibilities which citizenship Imposes Is
patent. Tlio fact that applications for naturalization nro
now frequently mado by aliens wholly destitute of these
qualifications Indicates the dangerous lengths to which the
practice already has been cnrrlcd. The time has come
to adopt the principle that no matter how freely aliens
may be welcomed to this country, they shall not bo per
mitted to oxorclso tho suffrage until a long resldenco nnd a
full understanding of American Institutions havo made
thorn fit for citizenship. Tho soonor tho naturalization Inws
are changed to conform to this principle tho better It will
bo for tho nation. Chicago Dally New.
Young Men and tho Church.
D1TOK 110 K Is after the preachers again.
hT Nine years ngo, says Mr. Hok, In tho Outlook.
Jvt ho wrote an artlclo declaring that tho lack of
Jvltnl nmnehlnir wns tho Milan for thrt nhsence
of young men from tho city churches. To use
a ball phrase, ho was "batted all over tho lot"
by the preachers for saying so.
In returning to tho lists, tho editor who has been gath
ering statistics all tho time, says the percentage of attend
ance of young men is S per cent less than It was nine
years ago. It was only 30 per cent at that tlmo. What's
the trouble? ho asks. I'lvo years ago tbo ministers said It
was tho bicycle. For tho past threo yours they havo said
"golf." A few say Sunday papors. The blcyclo has dls
appeared from Sunday amusements. Tho Sunday news
papers aro moro numerous and larger. That leaves only
golf, says Bok. But he takes up thlrty-ono churches In
different cities where Sunday golf Is prohibited and shows
that out of a possible 1,040 young mcu only 427 attend
church.
So he returns to the old attack. Ho has Interviewed
hundreds of young men nnd the majority say: "Nothing to
go for." "Don't get enough out of tho sermons." "It's
nil words, words, words no vital message." Thon he tells
how the churches of Uunsaulus of Chicago and Ratnsford
and Lorlmcr of Now York where the big noto of spiritual
ity Is sounded aro crowded with young men. Truo, ho
quotes many young men who say they are too tired when
Sunday comes nnd allows for hard conditions and tl'
money madness of the times, but ho sticks pretty closo to
bis text: Lack of vital sermons. Des Moines News.
British and Japanese Interests.
T has been lightly assumed that British Inter
ests and Japanese Interests are convertible
terms. Wo bavo our doubts whether this the
ory has received adequate proof. For soveral
generations dread of Russia has been a deep
seated clement In tho formation of British
opinion. It has determined our policy both In
the Near East and upon tho Northwest frontier of India.
But Lord Salisbury was ono of thoso who considered that
Ibis prejudice led us to put our money on the wrong horse,
and the effects of that error in the Near East havo been
nppnlllng. Let us suppose, however, that Russia receives
BRITISH SPEAKER'S POSITION.
A Personage of Hluh Olllclal Dignity
nnd 6ocIul Consideration.
It Is doubtless becauso tho position
of Speaker Is so onerous that tho re
wards attached to It are great He Is
originally a member of parliament Hki
tho rest and Is selected by the leader
of tho house, who Is not necessarily
tho prlmo minister, from nraong his
own followers for his personal charac
ter and dignity and Ids knowledge of
parliamentary procedure. He Is usual
ly elected unanimously by voto of tho
house, and from that moment ho
ceases to bo a party man, and his oon
ttltucncy Is divided In Its fe dings be
tween tho honor of returning tho
Fpcnker and tho disadvantage of being,
for all practical purposes, unrepresent
ed In parliament.
Tho Speaker of tho House of Com
mons Is a personayo enjoying tho
greatest olllclal dignity and social con
sideration. Ho is tho first commoner
In tho realm; his Invitations to dinner
are almost equivalent to a royal com
mand; court dress Is worn by members
who dine with him olllclally. In tho
houso ho Is treated with extreme d -fer-enco.
nnd ho receives a salary of 5,X
and tho uso of a magnificent house,
which forms part of tho palace of
Westminster. Ho retains olllco though
tho politics of tho ministry may change,
through successlvo administrations un
til his health falls or bo deems him
self to havo corned rotlromont. Then
tho sovereign bestows a peerago upon
him, ond tho country a munificent pen
sion. Tho House of Commons has boen
singularly fortunato in securing for
Speakers mon of great dignity, unfail
ing Judgment, nnd unquestioned lmpar
tlallty, and never moro so than at pre
ont In tho person of the Right Hon.
William Court Gully, member for
Leamington, a Llboral boforo bo was
raised abovo all party ties. It Is a
splondld position, and though Its In
telloctual demands aro unceasing and
Its merely physical domands exhaust
ing, It Is splendidly rewarded.
Tho position Is as oxhaustlng as It Is
distinguished. During a largo part of
tho sosslon tho Speaker must bo In
tho chair from 2 p. m. till after mid
night except during the dinner hour,
from half-past seven to nine; and oron
when the bouso Is in commlttco, and
tho chairman of committees la presid
ing, ho must bo in official dress in his
bouse, which communicates directly
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
EE
T the
a month from tho
beon burned Into
cess and nothing else
fnlso Ideal, and
thrown down from
before tho minds of
man.
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JAPANESE ARTILLERYMEN AT PRACTICE.
Huropean and American military experts who havo witnessed artillery
maneuvers In tho Japanese army havo been loud In their praises of tho rapid
ity ond precision with which tho llttlo brown gunners handle themselves. In
modern warfare the tendency Is to tight at longer rango than formerly, so that
tlio artillery Is constantly becoming a moro Important arm of tho servlco.
Ono dllllculty with securing good gunners among tho Japs Is said to bo tho
poor eyesight that Is n national characteristic. This obstacle has been over
come In n moasuro by choosing for artillerymen only thoso with the keenest
vision. Tho Japaneso lleldpleco Is tho Arlsakn twolvo pounder, Invented by
General Arlsaka, tho master of ordnance.
with tho lobby behind his chair, ready
to appear at a moment's notlco If sum
moned. Ho must, of course, know ev
ery member by sight nnd bo able to re
call his namo Instantly. It Is astound
ing sometimes when from n back
bench there rlsos Rome mombor who Is
utterly unknown by Mght to his fellow
mombers, who seldom nttends nnd
hardly ovor speaks, nnd Iiob nothing
whatever dlstlnctivo In bis manner or
appearance to hoar tho Bpenkor say
"Mr. Blank," js readily ns if ho wero
accustomed to address him every day.
Century.
TIN FOUND IN ALASKA.
Ore Believed to J.slst There In Puylnir
Quantities.
Tho tin finds In tho United States
that havo beon periodically announced
for so many years bavo tended to
make men skeptical as to tho proba
bility of tho exlstcnco of this valuable
metal In this country In largo quanti
ties. However, contrary to past re
ports In this connoctlon, tho valuo of
the tln-bearlng dlko recently discover
ed In Alaska scorns to lncrcaso with
time, says Minos and Minerals. It
has been reported that ore to tho
amount of fifteen tons from tlio Alas
ka Tin Mining Company was brought
to Seattle, Wash., recently. This oro
i
i
her drubbing. What then? Aro wo serious In Imagining
that .Inpnn It lighting the buttle of tin- Anglo S ixonV It
so. there awaits us n rutin surprise, 'Iho goal of Japanese
statesmanship Is tho llbointlon of AhIh from l.uropoiin
control, nnd Asia Includes tiidln. When wo back Jnpiin
wo virtually Indorse tho cry, "Asia for tlio Asiatics." which
Is quite the reverse of tho watchword, "An Open Door for
Great Britain." Russian statesmen realize what an
awakening of tho yellow races menus for Immunity as a
whole. Wo approve that awakening, but must also ronllto
Its consequences. The resurrection of tho Mlddlo East led
to tho Invasion of Spuln by tho Moors and to battles be
tween Cress and Crescent at tho gntos of Vienna Itself.
Christendom was there confronted by Oriental Invnd.'is,
who possessed arms equal to her own. The same plienoin
enon Is developing at tho Far East. Neither China nor
Japan has bowed before the Ideals upon which our religion
Is based. Hut Japan has adopted, and China Is In process
of adopting, tho weapons of modem warfare, ami when
the yellow races havo acquired our methods of destruction.
It Is posiilblo that wo may loam too Into how wise It would
have been to allow Russia to remain lis a counterpoise,
London Dully News.
Don't Stopi Kcrp On.
HE head of a pumping cnglno company was
recently asked whether school trained men or
shop trained men are better equipped for work
In his factory. Ho answered:
"Tho practical man Is likely to know more
than the technical school man about actual shop
work, but he Is also likely to stop knowing
when ho should go on knowing."
Right here Is tho point whero tha young man of broad
school education excels tho young manof equal natural abil
ity but only shop education, lie goes on knowing.
Tho Ixiy apprenticed to n skilled trade will learn to do
his particular work mora deftly than tho boy who puts In
tlio equivalent years In school. But tho properly schooled
boy. If ho has learned les-s how to do, has learned bettor
how to learn to do.
And what Is wanted In every Industry and In every pro
fession Is not so much tiion who can do well tho particular
task ot tho day as m on who can readily pans on to somo
other and more dllllcult tasks men who can keep on learn
ing whllo they work.
Tlio mind, liko the muscles, consos to grow If It bo not
exercised. The ordinary boy, set early at a trade, may
lenrn that, but In learning It ho Is In danger of closing his
mind, for lack of all round exercise, to learning anything
o.l so. And tho subdivision of labor In modern Industry has
Increased this danger. From thnt danger tho properly
schooled boy Is delivered. The soil of bis mind Is so broken
up that It cannot become Incrustcd agnlnst new Ideas. Ho
keeps on learning whtlo ho works.
That Is what broad education does, and that Is why
tho protests of certnln exceptional nnd successful men
against broad education beat vainly against tho dally ob
servation of common sense Chicago Inter Ocean.
fho Ouzo for Money.
bottom of nil the too prevalent corrup
tion, commercial ana political, is tho prevailing
Idea that succuss consists In tho gaining ol
money. Joseph It llurton, of Kansas, tho first
I'nlted States Senator to bo convicted ot crime
while In otllcc, testltled that ho used his official
tnfluenco lu consideration of a salary of $500
Itlalto Grain and Securities Companies of
St. I.011I3, because he needed tho monoy, Those convicted
of fraud In tho Postotlleo Department nt Washington, per
petrated the frauds In onlor to make money. Almost every
act of corruption In olllco Is done to get money; and tho
money that Is pnld to Induco olllclal corruption Is paid to
obtain wrongful opportunities to mako moro monoy. All
tho dishonest bargains between business men and corpora
Hons jiro merely attempts to make money. People who
havo no need of moro money keep on trying to mako money,
because that Is their only Ideal of success. Thoso who havo
moro monoy than they can count or uso In any way, try
to add to It becauso they aro lured on by tho Idea which has
their minds that mnklng money Is sue'
Is success. Corruption thrives on this
will ceaso only when this falso Idol is
tlio high pedestal on which It stands
the American pcoplo. lloston Watch
wns taken out by sluice boxes nnd re
sembles ordinary gray sand (stream
tin) and samples taken from tho cargo
assayed 58 per cent tin at a goern
mcnt assny olllco. This oro had all
beon worked by hand, but having dorn
onstratcd that tho oro was lu sulllclent
quantity and rich enough to pay to
work It tho company plans to put In a
pumping plant nnd machinery that
will handlo 500 tons of dirt n day.
Tho season, howover, Is limited to 100
working days.
A lator report In regard to this Alas
ka oro has Its source In nn assay of
fice) In Providence, R. L, which nil
nounccs that It Is a very high grado or
almost puro cnsslterltv, and needs no
concentration wliutovor; further, that
twenty claims havo boon token up by
different parties, two of whom bavo
sent to their olllco oro which averaged
nearly 50 per cent tin. In vlow of tho
fact that hitherto no tin hns lieeu prof
Itably mined In tho United Htntes and
that for tho years isuo and 1002 tin
Imported was worth about 27 cents n
pound at Now York city on a con
sumption of ovor 85,000,000 pounds,
tho Importanco of this discovery Is up.
parent
Womon soldoin uso religion as a
cloak) it Isn't fashlonablo enough,
How tlio Animal Is Most HiicceriiH
I TIII'lH'tl.
llin urlzi.lv bear Is the only nnlmol
In America that Is really dangerous,
sajs a writer In tho Illustrated upon
lug News. Wo nil know Hint any mil
mnl will light If cornered; n bull moose
iiiny bo ugly and charge; n black near
will light for hor cubs or If wounded.
but the grlzsly, "Old Uncle Uphiiilm,"
tho "mountain mon" cull him, i" i
ways ugly and ready for a light. Ho
well Is tills fact recognized Hint very
seldom do nny of the old lliners tnko
a ohnnoo unless everything Is lu lliolr
favor. Their Immense nls. coupled
with their ugly disposition, makes
thorn Indeed very dangerous. Thero
are ninny ensos on record of grizzlies
weighing I.MHl pounds, I hnvo never
soon one thnt weighed actually that
much, but bavo seen soveral Unit
weighed over l.tHHl pounds, and bavo
seen skins that were much Inrger than
nny I have killed; so do not doubt the
statement that they grew to weigh
1,!UX) pounds.
Tho most common methods of killing
grizzlies are to watch n ball at night
or to trap thorn, either with a largo
steel trap or a long pen with n falling
door mado of heavy timber. Tho steel
trap Is tho most successful, although
not considered very sportsmanlike.
I know of two cases where a grizzly
was shot through tho heart and yot
lived long enough to run ISO yards and,
In ono caso. maul a man very badly.
Thoso boars, nlthough killed early In
September, wcro In good fur, the largo
ono (estimated to weigh 1.200 pounds),
particularly so, tho fur being long,
clean and very well innrkod. 'I no
smaller boar (estimated to weigh Ni
pounds) was very thin, but had good
fur. Tho largo bear was n veteran
surely, iih on skinning him vlght bul
lets and several buckshot wero roiinu
two of tho bullots being round, such ns
wro used by tho Indians many years
ago lu tholr old smoothbores.
FOX FARM A FAILURE.
Anlinnta l'.cuied from lalumt to Miilna
Wood (her Ice.
A mnn named .HUlllngs, of ltnugor,
recently started n new industry on an
Island off tho coast between Mnehlns
and Jonesport, Me., says the Portland
Kx press. This was fox raising. Ilo
bvllovwl that thero was monoy to bo
iiiado In raising foxes for their hides,
and so leased what Is known ns Triton
Island, somo distance off tho coost
llnvlug secured the Islnnd, ho went
west nnd bought nbout sixty of tho
finest furred nnd most hnrdy foxes he
could find, paying fur somo of them
as high as J.'iOO npleeo. Thene he placed
on tho Island last fall and started hit
fox farm with every prospect that bis
novel plan would t a sucross.
Of coursn, the Island being somo dis
tance from tho land, It wns Iuiiu4lbld
for tlio foxes to get off and n fences
wrre not noeossary. This winter riiuio
with Its cold weather and gmdiintly
tho watur between Triton Island mid
tho mainland closed slowly In until
finally tho wldo pnssago was covered
Willi thick Ico which could support a
man or n team, for that matter.
All this bad boon going on so quietly
that Mr. Skltllngs hint qillto failed to
think of what this rapidly forming Ire
might mean to his now Industry, mid
ono morning bo nwoko to Ilud that
every fox ho owned bad escaped from
tho Island to tbo mainland and had
taken to tho heavy growth of timber
irhlch covers much of this section of
tho coast. Mr. Hkllllngs Instltuled
searches and scoured tho surrounding
country, but bo has not succeeded In
recovering ono of tho nillmnls. Tho
sixty foxes, many of whlrh wero ex
tremely valuable, aggregated an
amount of many thoiminds ot dollars
and tho loss gle- ever)- Indication of
being a total one.
Progress In IimIIa.
Tlio nncleut temples nnd tombs ot
India with tholr Intricate carving are
tlio marvel ot all who sco them, says
tlio author of "Cities of India," and tho
wonder of tho beholder grows when hu
realizes that the enormous blocks of
mnrblo and snudstono hnvo boen
dragged, by baud In many ensvs, up
step nnd lofty cliffs.
Homo years ngo Mr. Forrest whllo
walking through n remote village ot
tho Deccnn, noticed n largo stono pil
lar, richly carved, lying by tho road
side. Ho asked the origin and destina
tion of tho monolith. It was for the
porch of a tomplo on tho brow ot a
proclplco two miles away, overlooking
tho hnmlut
"Tho villagers drag It" sold tho
head olllcer of tho placo, "on great fes
tival days. In my lifetime, sahib, they
huvo moved It a hundred ytirdH, And
sco bow much carving tuey huvo
done."
Ilo pointed to somo eight Inches of
wonderful decoration. Tlio olllcer wns
nearly fjO years of ago, and tho trav
eler looked In astonishment wonder
ing how long boforo tho pilar would
complete Its Journoy. An old Brahmin
standing by noticed bis expression.
"You English aro In such a hurry,"
ho said. "Thero Is tlio ago of brass
and tho ago of Iron. They como and
thoy go. Others havo como nnd gone
tholr way, and ho will you. But tlio
pillar will reach tho tomplo."
Ills reply wns tho spirit of ancient
India, which takos no heed ot to-day,
but having set nbout tho construction
ot such a monument, goes steadily at
work, Kiitlsflod to dovoto a thousand
yours to It If tho tomplo bo worthy la
enduro when It Is dono.
Tlio Two Williams,
Tho Kaiser's unqualified respect for
tlio divinity that "doth hedge a king"
Is rovoalod In an anecdoto found In tlio
"Memoirs" of Ludwlg Barney, tho Ger
man trngodlnn.
On nn evening whon "Richard II."
was played at tho Berlin Theater In
tho presence ot his Majesty, tho ICalsor
sent for Barney at tho closo, and said
to him: i .
"During tho porformanco four linos
wero roeltod which aro not to bo found
In Hlinkspoaro's works."
"It Is truo, siro," replied Barnoy.
"They nro an Interpolation by Dlngoh
stvdt, In order to obtain greater clear
ness." Tho Kalsor frowned. "In future such
mutilation must bo avoided," ho wild,
"Ono does not play tricks wltli Bhuk-Hpearo."
OLD
I FAVORITES f
t4..hH-l-l-4-
llurtiiiril I'lMi'llt.
Up from Hi" msndiiws rich with corn,
Clear lit tlm cool Heplember niiirn,
'II... i-lnntared snlros of Krwdcrlck stsnd
Gritn waited by tin' hill" t Maryland.
lloiin,! nbout tlivm orchards swrop,
Apple nud ptncli trees fruited dnnp.
I'n I r ns n enrdon of tlio Iord
To tlio yis of lli fniillslied ri'lI bonis.
On that pleasant morn of tnrly fall,
When ho mnrclinl ovr urn mountain
Willi
Over the mountains, winding down,
llorss and foot, Into Krvdvrlck town.
I'orty linns, ltli tlitlr ttiltr stars,
Iforty ling, with crimson bnrs,
Happed In tlio morula wltidi tho sun
Of noon looked down and sw not ous.
Up roo old Ilnrlmrn I'rMelils tlisii,
llowtKl with her fourscore ytiirs slid lnt
llrnveiit of nil In Frederick town,
Hint took up tin) ling tlm men hiltlrd
don ill
In her nttlc window the staff set,
To show thnt one heart wns lojnl yt
Up tlm street enmo tlm rrtcl tread,
Htnnonnll Jackson riding slivnil.
Under his slouched hat left and rlitht
U fc-lnncvd; the old Hag met lil sllllit
"HoM!" the dint brown ranks stood fait.
"Plre!" out blaied tho rifle blast.
It shlrervd the window pane and sash.
It rent the banner with seam and iissh.
Quick n It fell, fpim the broken staff,
Dnme llatbarn snatched the silken carf
She leaned far out the wludow sill,
And shook It forth with a royal will.
"Shoot, If you must, Hits old uray htad,
And spare jour country's flail," she said,
A shade of sadness, a blush of thnme.
Over the fare of the leader came;
The nobler nature within him stirred
To life nt thnt woman's deed and wnrdl
"Who touches a hair of yon iirny head.
I)lv. like n dox! March on!" he said.
All day long through Frederick Htreet
HounJ the trvad of marching feet.
All day long thnt free flag toned
Over the heads Of the rebel host.
llrtr Its torn folds rose and fell
On the loyal winds that loved It welL
And through the hllhffapa sunset light
Shone oer It with a warm iwhI night,
Barbara Frletrtile's work Is o'er
And tho Rebel rides on lilt raids no
more.
Honor to her, and let a tear
Fall, for her sake, and HtouewnH s Ma
Over Barbara Frlctchle's grave
Flag of FreeJom and Union wavel
Peace and order nnd beauty draw
Round thy sjnibol of Unlit and law.
Aw! ever tho irtars aboro look down
On thy stars below lu Frederick town.
John G. Whlttler.
AN8WER FOREIGN MAIL.
Htenournsihere Well I'ald for TrutleUt
IllU lltlalnesa Letters
Translating business letters received
In Chicago from foreign countries and
making business replies In tho snnin
language hns como to bo ono of tho
profitable tldo lines of stenography
ond typewriting.
Just after tha Hpaulsh war, when
Cuba and other Hpaulsh territory cam.)
Into closo touch with Chicago ns n
business center, many stenographers'
undertook to master tho 'Spanish Ian
guago to tho extent of business corro
spondence. But oven boforo this thero
was a necessity for typewriting In for
eign languages, nnd ns this necessity
hns grown tbo stenographer has kept
paco with tbo dumaud.
Tho card of a young womnn opera
tor In ono of tlm largest olllco build
ings reads: "Translations In French.
German, Hpnnlsh, Italian nnd Portu
guese. Typewriting dono In tho above
languages." This joung woman not
only can accomplish this, but tho do
inand for tho work Is sternly. Ordin
arily tho business man, through a mes
senger, sends the bilslniss letter which
ho recolves, and when tbo work Is
dono tbo letter Is posted back to lilui,
worked Into good Kngllsh. If It bo nil
order that Is to bo tilled, or tho request
for prices, somo ono capable of reply
ing to tbo letter Is sent to tho olllco
of tho young woman and, taking bin
dictation In Bngllsb, sho translates It
Into uny ono ot the live Innguagrs at
her command.
This work Is bettor paid than Is tlio
ordinary stenographic work of tho
bettor clnss, nnd tho tlmo Is nppronch
lug when tbo mastery of two or threo
languages nt least inny bo looked for
ns ono of tho oxnctlnnn of tho school
of shorthand nnd typowrlllng. Chi
cago Tribune.
(Jetting n Good Mlnrt.
'Miss Hophle," beloved Iwnefnctreas
of half tho poor of Now Orleans, sat
at hor desk writing when an elderly
womnn who had mado many previous
demands uiwn her wiih ushered In.
"0 Miss Hophle," sho mild, breath
lessly, "I want to borrow n doHnr,
please, right awny."
"Whnt do you need tho money for,
Krinngurdu?"
"Well, now, you sop, I'm going to
get married, nnd I neud It for tho
HceiiM;."
"llut If tbo man you aro to marry
cannot pny for tho license, how Is bo
going to support you "
"That's Just what I want to explain
to you, Miss Bopblo. You sco to-morrow
la Thunksglvlng, nnd wo nro com.
Ing to your freo dinner. Then you
nlwnys glvo us something to tnko
homo, nnd In the evening tho King's
Daughters nro going to have a baskot
distribution, nnd wo shall each got
ono. Thnt will kcop up n wook easily,
and by that tlmo we'll bo on our feet"