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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1904)
TOPICS OF THE TIMES. ' & d.72tf ZTZZ?g S era the flrit rear, of winch $0 an acre was put back In fcrtlllicrs. This was by way of experiment to show how supposedly worthless pine barrens became valuable when properly fertilized. A CHOICE 8ELECTION OF INTER. E8TINQ ITEMS. Comment and Criticisms Ilnaed Upon the Happenings of the Day Ulatorl ral and News Note. The wings of riches make flying ma- chinos look Ilka thirty cents. If a minister's trousers bag at the knees no apology 1 necessary. Fish make excellent brain food and those that cot away make monumental liars. Though the truth will out, it usual ly comes out too late especially In a iiorso trade. Tho mothers' congress covered the ground so thoroughly that there Is no apparent need for n fathers' congress. Trof. Stnrr thinks tho time Is not far distant when tho whllo race will lc washing tho yellow race's shirts. Japanese haro very short legs, but an Improvement may be noted after the war contractors are through pun lng them. Truth Is stranger than fiction. This Is proved by the fact that In truth Iho villain generally gets both Uio girl and the money. J. r. Morcan recently denned a gen ulno monopolist as a mnn that minded his own business. There are but few of us. A 10-vcar-old lady has recured a dl vorce In Chicago. With such an early start It Is to be hoped that she may succeed In living It down. A calf kicked a man and broke his arm. Tho arm Is getting along all rirht. "hut." the local napcr adds, "the man's language continues feverish.' Mr. Rockefeller Is reported to be harboring an ambition to becomo a platform orator. Perhaps ho thinks some of It can never be got In any way save by lecturing. A copy of 'Toor Richard's Alma nac" has Just sold for $505. Any ono who will pay that sum for weather 150 years old must be somewhat dlssatls fled with the present output A woman who wished to play with tho tiger In one of the Chicago parks is thought to bo demented. Yet how many men have the same strong incli nation without having their sanity Questioned. Emperor William has ordered that every deserving child In the schools of Germany shall bo presented with his photograph as a reward of merit. What further Inducement Is needed to make the German school children good? There was a boy born Into the home of a New York millionaire. From ths day ha drew the first breath of life he had everything that child could wish. II knew no salt-denial and nothing about suffering. In his Ufa people got things by ordering tham. They had things done by telling servant to do them. Disease came to him. An ope ration was necessary. Tim lad select ed a certain time for that operation, and In explanation said that his moth er would be In Curope. and would bo spared worry by reason of her Ignor ance of the operation. It Is good to know that his Idea was followed: tho mother was spared the worry, and tho boy Is recovering. Little RInor Sneger, a bundlo boy In a Cincinnati store, grieved because his chum was very III. Each day he went without a portion of his noonday lunch, and the 5 cents saved was Invested In carnations, which he laid on the pillow of tho sick boy. Tho doctor said that tho flowers assisted In effecting a cure. Some ono has said that children are merely little animals. They may be In their sports. In their love of out door life. In their almost perpetual de sire for food. Hut right there the re semblance ends. Deeply Implanted In the breast of every child there Is a bit of pure gold called human love. It Is there at birth. Home training, caress es and kindness develop It, and It grows and buds and blossoms llko a beautiful flower If It Is given half a chance. It makes him drop his toys and run Into the house at tho most un expected periods for no other reason than that he wants to give his mother a great bear hug. It makos him de sire to fight when he hears his father, brother or sister spoken of slightingly. He doesn't know why ho feels ns ho does; ho couldn't tell you why cruelty makes his heart quiver with anguish; why a frown drives the sunshine from his face; why harshness makes tho tears come. But he loves because of the thing In his breast; the thing that made the son of the mllllonalro want to spare his mother; that has made the bundle boy deny himself for his chum. It Is human love, and the power that rules the world put It there. TOLD THEM WHAT IT WAS. Myaterlons Bait that Tazzled ffaih- lnston Scientists for a Time, The. mystery surrounding the pecu liar egg-shaped object In Miss Scld more's loan collection of objects of i oriental art In the National museum - - KM f 1 ssaaaaa-W IMHWmH MMHSaWiVHWMnHHBaWiaMBSSSSSa1l X ' r A; ! MM Oil 1 UMAjLS fS lilt G10L0GICAL SUItVI.V. OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Miami, Florida, was for a long time the southern terminus of the southern most railroad In the United States. It -flt?- Jnnger enjoys that distinction, for tho railroad has been extended fifteen miles farther south, to Pcrlne, a town consisting of a single store; and the right of way has been graded for a railroad round the southeastern end of the State to Cape Sable. pr ill Tho Prncttcnl Joker. tin practical Joker, the person who laughs at the discomfiture of others, who gets fun out of his neighbor's predicaments, who lays awake night planning some piece of devllty that will cause sorrow or at least chagrin, always hat boon with us, la now aud probably alwajs will be. Ijist week a girl In a Scranton squib factory threw a squib Into a stove. Just to scare her companions. Result, six dead. as many uioro seriously hurt, and factor; wrecked. It was In Pennsylvania also that a small boj lighted the escaping gas from the exhaust pipe of a natural gas Hue, to furnish light for a wedding serenade. Result, one life lost aud aluable property destroyed. Those are only two of many cases taken at random from the news columns. Neither of the young people In tended harm. The girl wnnted to see her companions Jump when the squib exploded. The boy purposed to surprise the serenaders by furnishing an Impromptu lvontlro. They were simply heedless. If everyone who Is about to play a practical Joke would stop to think about It. to study out the possible consequences, there would be fewer Jokes of this sort perpetrated. It Is ludicrous to see a man who Is comfortably seated In a chair suddenly tlud himself sprawl ing on tho floor, through tho dexterity of the practical Joker, but the odds are that the victim's spine has been Injured and that the effects of his fall will cling to him through life. Play the same trick on the practical Joker, and ho would be furious. Strange as It may seem, the practical Joker Is the most Ill-natured target on earth. He doesn't like his own medicine. The fault lies largely with parents. They don't teach their children to respect nge. to respect others' rights, to be thoughtful and considerate. There Is Innocent fun that hurts no one and causes no damage, but It Is not strenuous enough to suit some people. They want to break a leg or burn buildings. Such as these are criminal In Instinct and should be placed under restraint. Tho practical Joker ought not to be tolerated In any community. Toledo Ulade. Eating Into tho Western forests. HE reports of the lumber cvit In the West show that the paper-making concerns of tho countrj are turning their attention to Wisconsin anil Minnesota as a source of supply of spruce timber. There arc hundreds of thousands of acres tributary to Duluth. not reached by rail way lines, which are covered by spruce tlm ber suitable for pulp. Unquestionably there Is enough spruce In this country, notwithstanding tho enormous quan tity used by the paper mills, to maintain a pulp supply Indefinitely, provided proper ro-forcstatlon Is carried on. Here, however. Is the rub. The customary method of the pulp-mill owner who Is seeking a supply of spruco Is to buy the stump.ige and cut off the timber Indiscriminately lllowlng the denuded land to grow up with any species of wood that happens to be left Hard woods commonly suc ceed soft woods on deforested areas, and vice versa, ami, should adopt n forest policy before It Is too lato to make It of any value, lienudation should be made Impossible with out some reforestation. The greatest bcuellt, however, will be derived from a control of tho cutting In such it manner as to make denudation Impossible, and tho Statu can do this now better than later. -lloiton Transcript. jWj mm Asia for tlio Asiatics, 13 look upon It as n war between Japan and Russia - not so tho Chinese, the lliiruiese, the Persians or the Siamese. To them this Is a mullet between white nud yellow, between the forces of tho West 'against those of tho linst, between Europe and Asia. A Japanese victory would send a mighty wave of Independence and pride throughout tlio populations of Asia, n wave of self conlldence, of contempt for their European rulers, which would bear fruits of which no ono can foretell the exact consequences. Furthermore, Japan would receive n great prestige, her lutlueili'O mer the iMilooso lbiinlr.i wonM Iteemim uoiti-.imi. and no obstacle would lie In tho way of tho realisation of "'" 1,11 uvn "'" "fl' by the Nation her racial aspirations. To any person who has even slightly followed tho course I of Japanese feeling and policy, there can he no doubt that these ambitious cnu bo summed up In the phrase: "Asla for tho Asiatics, under Japanese hegemony." For several .wars past Japan has been Hooding with her agents the remotest parts of Asia, to rouse tho sleeping patriotism of i the peoplo and prepare the way for liberation. Asiatic ! When the Northern Pacllle Railway was selecting coal lauds In the dense ly forested regions of Washington, says the lloot.lovers" Mngailne, tlio ge ologist In charge, having measured ami calculated the dip of the strata, sa to his assistant, "Jltu, take your dr crew over to section 13 ami Sue If yon don't find coal about the middle of th section." Jim, who knew that the geologl had never visited section 13, went o on what he considered a wild goose chase. When he arrived on the ground the deep cover of Ulldergrowlh and soli prevented einuilmitlou of tl rocks. Rut ha went to work, nud In short lime sent his drill Into it gooi bed of coal, great quantities of whl have since been used to haul train across the mountains. Jim would drill Into a cloud now If the gculoglst told 1 tl in there was coal In It. Although It Is not always posslb thus accurately to piedlct the disco cry of minerals, It can be done with sullli'leut frequency nud certainty render vnlunble the mapping of soil nud rock strata which Is being cm rile ill (leologlciil Survey. This work, llrst systematized In 1870. has progressed so far that a thlid of the urea of th I'nltcd Slates, or about a intlllo square miles, has been plotted, exam hied and mapped. The maps describe the contour or changes In elevation o the surface, the rainfall ami limiting ,, ,,,i ...,, l 1....... .I....I.I.. ... - ' ricuiiiginii loriiiiiuoii, nn ir lltlcal divisions. them we might name besides several Chinese and Korean dignitaries, a deputation from Lhasa, tho Siamese Prime Minister, tho Persian grand vlilcr, a high priest from Af ghanistan, nnd several Indian mnharajas under Rrltlsh rule. These men have had long conferences with the Ministers of the Mikado, and tho object of these visits. In spite of all official denial, is well known to and In full sympathy with public opinion In Japan. Westminster Revlow. Five hundred women are employed In the provision stores In New York cutting meat and waiting on custom ers. They aro as skillful as men, and their employers say that they attract custom because of their neat appear ance. They wear black gowns nnd long white aprons. The most difficult thing they have to learn Is not to wipe incur nands on their aprons nfter cut ting a slice of meat One woman, nfter cleaning her hands on n towel be hind her block, remarked to a cus tomer, "It took mo two weeks to re member that" The average young man or woman who has to work for a living would rather live In the turmoil and glitter of the city than to enjoy the far more healthful, If less exciting, less "styl lsn" perhaps, life of the country. Wo do not know by what means the sur plus unemployed labor of tho cities can bo restored to the farming communi ties. It Is certain, however, that an adjustment of tho existing falso and abnormal conditions scarcity on the farm and oversupply In the towns would operate to their mutual advant age and benefit There seems to bo need of a campaign of education and enlightenment Of all the weaknesses that man Is heir to none Is more universal than the deficit habit, and few aro as capa ble of adding to the discomforts of life. Not only is the deficit a problem In the life of the worklngman, but men In high positions government employes who have generous salaries aro forever living with a deficit star ing them In the face. They do not spend more than they make, but they simply spend It before they receive It Mnn seems naturally to fall Into tho habit of living a week If he Is paid by the week or a month If he Is paid by the month ahead of his means, no Is very unnecessarily al ways pinched for cash, nnd whether It be his grocer or baker or tho various men with whom ho deals, ho must en deavor to get accommodations until pay day. Only a few years hnvo elapsed since ono of tho railroads of the Mississippi Valley began a campaign to increase tho freight produced along Its lines by teaching tho farmers of Mississippi aud Louisiana to raise "garden truck." At first It was hard work to Induco them to plant anything but cotton an uncertain crop which furnished heavy freight for a short tlino and Jlttlo the rest of the year. Truck gardening for Northern markets, fos tered by cheap freights and aided by crop and soil experts hired by the road, soon proved enormously profita ble. Tho State of Mississippi, Inter ested In tho new source of prosperity for Its citizens, recently bought a tract of "pine-slashing" laud at from $2.50 to $5 au acre, cleared the slashings, planted a winter crop of string beans tot tho Chicago market, followed it by at Washington has lemlnded many of therefore, a spruce forest once cut down Is not naturally renewed for many years. The experience of tho Eastern paper mills, which have cut over most of the available area of spruce forest. Is likely to be that of the Central West Tho systematic attempt at reforestation has been Insignificant compared with the tremendous slaughter of the forests. The West should take time by the forelock and Insist, by legislation If necessary, upon proper methods of cutting and reforestation. The State has an Interest In the preser vation of Its forests which Is paramount to tho right of the private landholder. Here In the East what Is being done Is largely In the way of locking the stable door after the horse has been stolen. With the great forest areas In Minnesota and Wisconsin yet untouched these States the older curators of a similar Instance f the Inability of men of science ti determine the nature of curious and little-known objects, which occurred some twelve or fifteen years ago. At that time there reached the museum from a person who was In Ignorance of the naturo of the object he sent n singular ball, the true character of which none of the curators could toll. Some thought It was simply a ball of Ivory, says the Washington Post, others that It was a very hard and dense wood; one or two advanced the opinion that It was of metal; some were positive that It was an egg, while others conjectured that It was a piece of fossil resin or fossilized wood, a seed of some plant and so on. Dually, nfter all had passed on the object and failed to come anywhere near guessing Its true nature, Wit Ham Palmer, the venerable chief of the government studio and workshop, a man who has been over the world. seen everything and talked to every body, was called In and the mysteri ous object that hdd baffled the skill and knowledge of every man of science In the city was placed In his band. He drew forth his spectacles, adjusted them very carefully and, t.tklng the object In his hands, he looked at It all over and when be finished bis scrutiny, said: "Why, don't you know what that Is?" "No," said tho men of science In chorus, breathlessly awaiting the old man's decision. Then the old man told them that cows. In licking themselves, got a cer tain amount of hair on their tongue, which rolls up In little quids, which they ewullow. Tho hair eventually reaches the animal's stomach, wbcie It lies for years, during the whole period of the animal's existence, in fact, and. collecting In the shape of a round ball, In time becomes as bard and com pact as Ivory and somewhat resembles rhinoceros born, of which It Is an al lied substance. Body la Often Itonewed. Of course everyone knows that the human body Is wholly changed every seven years the school physiologies teach that much but It will surprise some to learn that certain portions of the anatomy undergo more frequent changes. It takes but four weeks to completely renew the human epider mis. You havo new eyelashes every Ave months, you shed your finger nails In about tho same time and the nails of your toes are renewed annually. The white of the eye, known as tho cornea, Is in a continual stato of re nowol, being kept clear and clean by the soft friction of the oyellds. Theso are a few manifestations of the re storatlve powers retained by man, who Is less fortunate than tho lower animals. Crabs can grow fresh limbs; tho snail can renew even a large portion of Us head; with eyes and feelers lizards do not worry about tho loss of a tall, and If you make a cut In the caudal appendage of some of theso last mentioned creatures they will grow another tall straightway and re joice In the possession of two. Hut man still possesses the wonder ful restorative little cells which sci entific men call leucocytes. They aro always coursing through tho body to renew nnd to defend tho body from Its enemies, tho harmful bacteria of various maladies. These cells gener ate antitoxins to kill our enemies. They do battle for us In hundreds of ways, and yet the majority of ub know nothing of theso great services rendered by our tiny friends Inside. T g Tho Muck Mtin's Utirdcn. HERE has been a ge)od deal said nud written .ibout the "whlto man's burden," nud not a little of it has been pure cant. Hut there Is an other side to the picture, nnd this reveals that the dark man also has a burden, and a most grievous one. In the Congo Freo Stato ho has been robbed, and murdered In a wholesale way that has In German Southwest Africa his Thero Is no better trained or disc pllned scientific corps In the worl than that which has this tusk charge. It Is dlvtded for field work Into three chief divisions. The lira to cover tho ground Is the topograph! cat, whlrh, after laying nut tho conn try Into quadrangles of a square de gree each, surveys minutely cverythln within those lioundarles, measuring tho height of every hill nud mountain, tho depth of every valley, and tho course, direction and exact location o every watercourse or other feature, This provides the now familiar "con tour" map In which points of cqua elevation nbovo sen-level are connect cd by n line. The presence or nhscne of many Hues In a small area Indicate mutilated shocked civilization. property has been seized, ho has been Hogged. Imprisoned n "'"I lopo or n gentle descent or n anil shot his wife has been mado a beast of burden und his 'l'i plain. child: eu havo been tortured. In China ho has been robbed of his territory until his Integrity as a nation Is threatened. In America he has been enslaved, whipped, burned at tho stake and lynched. In the Philippines he has been Introduced to the "water cure" anil other "civilized" Inventions. Look where you will on the nntlvo heath of tho man of dark skin, or In foreign countries wbero ho has sought asylum, nnd you will find the black mnn and tho brown man carrying n burden compared with which tho "whlto man's burden" Is a featherweight If tho dark man lias been the white man's burden, tho white man has been and Is the dark man's curse. Aud If tho dark man finds his burden greater than he can bear, anil attempts to turn on his barbarous task master, It Is called a "native uprising," nnd soldiers nro sent to show him his proper place In the whlto man's scheme of civilization and progress. Tho white man's burden Is largely n myth; but the dark man's burden Is terribly real, oppressively heavy, grossly cruel and unjust In a word. It Is the white man's selfishness nnd avarice. Chicago Post. TRADE IN THE WAR ZONE. to American Commerce Now Amounts I.urue Part of the Trade. In his article in the World's Work on "Our Trade In the Wnr Zone," O. P. Austin, chief of the bureau of sta tistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, presents some striking facts and figures. He says: Japan's total commerce now amounts, In round terms, to $250,000,000 a year, about equally divided between Imports and exports, and that of China to a little over $300,(Xio,000 a year, of which Im ports considerably exceed exports. Ko rean commerce amounts to $15,000,000 a year. From 1&S3 to 1003 our Imports from the countries named doubled, while our exports from China, Japan and Hongkong amounted to $37,000,000; In 1003, to $72,000,000. Tho amount from Korea and Asiatic Russia was a mere trlllc. In 18S3 our exports to these countries, Including Korea and Asiatic Russia, amounted to $50, 000.000. This makes clear that our trado In terest In theso quarters Is very great We, buy n very large proportion of tho unmanufactured silk nnd practically all of the tea exported by Japan and we also buy large quantities of raw silk and tea from China, as well as many other articles, such as opium, matting, rice, wool and manufactured silks. Of the exports of $50,000,000 value In 1003, $21,000,000 went to Ja pan, $10,000,000 to China, nearly $0,000,000 to Hongkong, anil $1,500,000 to Asiatic Russia. As regards our trade with the two countries now at war our exports to Japan In 1873 were $8,000,000, In 1003 $21,000,000; to Ruv sin, our exports In 1873 were $12,000, 000, In 1003 $15,000,000. Thus In thir ty years our exports to Russia In creased 25 per cent and to Japan 150 per cent Commerce of tho United States with Japan, Korea, China, Hongkong and Asiatic Russia, 1813-1003, was as fol lows: Imports Into tho United States from the countries named: In 1813, $1,385,000; 1853, $10,573,000; 1S03, $11,. 031,000; 1873, $30,115,000; 1883, $37, 150,000; 1803. $10,310,000; 1003, $72, 801,000. Exports from the United States to tho countries named: In 1813, $2,110, 000; 1853, $.'!,73!,O0O; 1803, $0,355,000; 1873, $17.7711,000; 1883, $li,...,000; 1803. $11,101,000; 1003, $10,001,000. Next to tho United States comes Great Ilrltaln, yet its commerce with tho territory In question has only grown from $50,000,000 In 1853 to $100,000,000 In 1003 that Is, doubled. JUST WORN OUT. Btory that Wmitcd a Rest After a Very Hurd Worked I.lfc. The worn-out story collapsed at tho feet of tho Father of Fictions, "What's wanted " Inquired his Sa tanic majesty with his usual warmth. "Oblivion, please," gasped tho wretched creature. "I never pretend ed to bo a good story, but that doesn't Justify the way I've been treated on eart'n. You will remember mo If you happened to seo n copy of last Sun day's Ilehlnd-Thc-Tlmes. 1 wns among the Gossip of tho Stage, dressed this way: " 'Blanche Walsh has a country homo on Ixmg Island nnd Is occasionally bothered by tramps. Ono day a small, thin specimen of hobo honored her with a call. He told ft hard luck story that would have brought tears to the eyes of a Japanese Idol. And do you cnll yourself a man'" demanded Miss Walsh. No, ma'am, not entirely. Just now I'm only an outline. All I need Is a little lilllu' In.' " 'And he got It, too, nfter that ad mission of his Incompleteness.' "When you turned to tho Literary Chat, there I was again: " 'Irving Rachcllcr, tho author, has n country homo at Sound Reach, and Is occasionally bothered by tramps. One day n small, thin specimen of ho- im honored the novelist with n call. He told a hard luck story that would nave urougnt tears to the eyes of a Japanese Idol.' "'"And do you call yourself n man?" demanded the writer. " ' "No, sir, not entirely. Just now I'm only an outline. All I need Is a little fillln' In." " 'And ho got It, too, nfter that ad mission of his Incompleteness.' Tho Woman's Pago hail mo served In this style: " 'Mrs. Roosevelt, when spending tho summer at their simple country homo at Oyster Bay, Is occasionally bother ed by tramps, etc' "I also posed among Anecdotes of the War: " 'Owing to the scarcity of provis ions at Port Arthur, begging Is dis couraged; but-having eluded the vigi lance of tho guards, a small, thin speci men of hobo the other day accosted VIcoroy Alcxlcff, etc.' "One page further on, tho Toklo correspondent had his little say: " 'Notwithstanding the splendid dis cipline of the Japanese navy, a small, thin specimen of stownwny was lately discovered aboard tho flagship, and brought before Admiral Togo, etc.' " 'Hut the climax came, your majes ty, when I found myself In tho clutch of the Babbler of the Boulevard, who said: 'At tho dinner given to Curncglo on the eve of his departure, a story told by Chnunce There was silence. Tho Father of Fibs summoned a minion, anil, Indi cating the miserablo wreck, said In pitying tones: "Put him In tho hottest fire you have. Nothing can hurt lilm now." New York Sun. Aquu Pura. Tho medical world of to-day has gone over "hook, bob nnd sinker" to water, cold and hot It stnnds with tho profession almost as a panacea. It Is a good sign; for It Is Indeed very doubtful If there Is any dlsenso In which the patient should not havo cold water. Oh, how babies oflcn suffer for cold waterl A nursing baby Is given, no matter how thirsty, nothing but milk, a virtually solid food. Tho little Hps nro dry nnd cracked, nnd the little tonguo so parched It can scarcely nurse, nnd yet It has nothing but milk to assuage Its craving thirst. Try It yourself, mother, when you havo a fever, and wo nro sure that ever nfter, when your darling Is al most dying with thirst, tho teaspoon and tumbler of cold wnter will be in eonstnnt use. Deny It milk nnd give It plenty of cold water, and It has n chance of speedy recovery In many In fantile nITectlous. OLD LADY WAS DISGUSTED. Her Visit to Betsy Ito.s' Home Wan IHauiitoIiiUiltfa They wcro a very old man nnd a very old woman. They wcro doing Philadelphia sights and wandered Hit) tho historic landmark on Arch streot known as the home of Betsy Ross. There was not pinch that psrnpcd their observant eyes. They examined every tlio In Iho old llreplneo; they Investi gated tho floors and ceilings; I hoy asked as many questions as the small boy who Is told to write a composition on It, and they mnilo the guide, who qulto flutters himself thut he Is n compendium of universal knowledge, feel llko twcnly-llvo cents with live more cents added to It At length lh. eye of tho old Indy was attracted by a baby coach that was standing In tho hall. "Horace, Horace, corao hero!" she cried, nnd her husband obediently hur tled to follow his more observant spouso Into tho unexplored regions. Tho baby coach was a splek-and-spnti modern affair, such ns one noes many mothers wheeling In tho parks. "Do you suppose this belonged to Bt-tsy?" Bho asked In nn awed wills per. "Shouldn't bo surprised," he replied In a whisper equally awed. "They keep most of tho relics of them great people." ".Miss, como here," the old woman called to tho girl who Is In charge of tho correspondence connected with the Betsy Ross association. "Does this baby coach belong to Betsy Ross?" "No," answered tho young woman, "that coach belongs to tho lady who takes care of the house." "Humph!" exclaimed tho o!d wom an, "just iiico roius that nln't got a conscience to keep things here to de ceive people. Ain't you any relation to Betsy Ross?'" Thero was a gleam of ludlgiintloii In tho sightseer's -eye. "No," meekly answered Iho young attendant, "I nm no relation to Hetsy Ross. I nm employed to tnko care of the books here. Tho old woman and o!d mnn ex changed glances. Another deception had been prnctlccd. Thero was a mo ment's painful silence, and then the old Indy said: "Como on, Horace; I guess wo vo hail enough or this hum bug. 1'vo had all of tho Betsy Rosses; I want." Philadelphia Record, Following the topographical workers como the geologists, who examine soil and rocks, sink drills, examine borings, measure tho dip of strata and study the geological formation of tho whole region. On the topographical map they plot the colors which by International agreement represent the various min erals. I.-ist of nil como tho hydrographrrs, who study the rainfall, the capacity o watercourses, the current nnd voliuuo of rivers ut all stages, the rapacity o hikes nnd ponds all that pertains to drainage. An engineer having theso facts pro vided for lilm Is able iilmoat nt glanco to select n route for n railway or n canal, or to locate tho best site for n storage reservoir. It Is mi this Recount, nud because of Iho cxcellenco of the corps, that Congress has en trusted the Geological Suru'y with tho carrying out of tho new reclamation law, by which arid Innds nro to I mado fertile through Irrigation. At Jioiigh the law Is very young, the en glneers havo already been nhlo to be gin six dams for reservoirs, and to project n slx inllo tunnel to divert river In Colorado. Wo oil hnva our trials- rer is glad of It -and tho luw Ailvnntiiru ul Father Ilriiurpln, "Happy the uiiiii that once In four nnd twenty hours rou'd get so much ns a Sup of Ilnmtli," wroto Father Hennepin In describing his rxplnrn lions along tho river "Oiilscnnslu" In 1(178. ratio r Hennepin am) ono nt teudniit linmed Plcnrd left tho larger party In "a llttlo sorry Cnnou" to meet n ro enforcement which was to tiling powder, lend and provisions, that wcro so greatly needed. He thus describes their progress: When wo embarked In the Morning, wo knew not whether wo shou'd havo anything to ent nt Night. Twns not every Day we met with any Gnine, nor when we did were wo sure to kill It. This put us upon Hunting tho Tortoise; hut 'twas with much dllll culty that wo could lako any: for be ing very quick of hearing, they would throw theinselves Into the Wnlrr upon the least noise. However, we took ono nt last, which wns much Inrger than any we had seen; Ills Shell wns thin, nnd tho Flesh very fat. Whilst I was contriving to cut off his Head, he hud llko to have been before-hand Willi me, by snapping of my Finger with his Teeth, which lire very sharp. Whilst wo were managing this Af fair, wo had hailed our Cnnou ashore; but It sec-jns n sudden and violent Blast of Wind had enrry'd her off again to tho mlildlo of tho River. Plc nrd wns gono to the Meadows, to see If ho could kill n wild Bull; so that I was left nlono-Willi tho Cannii. This obliged mo to throw my Habit as fast ns I could over the Tortoise, which I had turned, for fear he should get away. When I had dono I fell n swimming nfter our Cnnou, which went very fast down tho River, being enrry'd by n very quick Stream. After I had recover'd It, with a great deal of difficulty, I durst not get Into It, for fear of being oveiHot, for fear of welting the Woollen Coverlet nud the rest of our llttlo Equipage. For which reason I was forced to push It Home times before mo, and sometimes tug It nfter mo, till llttlo by little I gained tho Shnnr. Plcard In tho incautlmo had killed n Buffalo, Twns now nlmost eight and forty hours slnco wo cat last; so that wo foil n kindling n Flro us fast ns wo could; nnd ns fast as Plcard skltin'd It, I put the pieces of Flesh Into our llttlo earthen Pot to boll. Wu eat It with that greediness that both of us wero sick; so that wo were obliged to hldo our selvtH In nn Island, where wo rested for two Dayo for tho recov ery of our Health. Tho trouble with ninny n young man Is that ho spends his fortune before ho makes it When we speak of the world's "lov ing ii lover" our first thought Is of youth with his bright face uplifted to the future. But surely the world has room In lt great heart, too, for thoaa oilier nnd rarer ers who hnva kept tho promlas nud the faith of aprlug time, nud ara still holding bauds now that tho snow has come. Where 1 th one among us who has grown so cyni cal that hv will not pause with a (ru der smile to listen to n little love pas sage like the following? A silver bulled liner was sitting by the bedside of his lifelong swrolheurt, who had fallen nud hurt hcisclf so sa rloualy that her head was low upon (ho pillow, lie hud been telling her that she was Improving nt a rate that was n marvel, (Oiislilrilug lu r seventy, live yenrs. Tim doctor hud said It that morning, nnd now they wero having a little (lino of thankfulness together. Presently the iloor opened, and Het ty ciiine quietly In nud begun to busy herself iiIkiiiI her grandmother's room, scarcely noticing tho gentle murmur of tho lovers until suddenly alio lira rd: "Vou weren't any bigger than Hetty, there." "I was lalliT, father." protested Ilia weak voice from the pll'ow. "Well, yon didn't weigh any more, 1 know that; ami you bud n nleo, trim llttlo black alpaca dress, anyhow, didn't you? I remember It p!a!n s day." Why. grandmother!" put In llrtty, surprised. "You weren't married lu black, were you?" No, Indeed!" The weak voire sound- cd stronger. "I was married In whlto. Rut I had this black dreaa, too." ' "And a black nlpaea dress was pretty line thing In thoaa days, I tell jou, Hetty!" milled the loyal lover. Must havo cost ns much aa a dollar n jnrd, didn't II, mother?" A dollar and n half," corrected tha swoetheart. "Hetty," she waited for Hetty to come close to tint bed, wbero she could get the full force of the fait that was nliout to be Imparted; "lift 0, It was silk nnd wool." uli. It was n slick llttlo rtressr testified the lover, stoutly. And I hud," continued the sweet heart, whllo a pleased audio plnyrd ovor her dear old face, "I had n black silk pelisse, mado with a velvet yoke aud long pleats that hung to tho bot tom of my skirt. I got tho pattern mid made It myself. Ami I had n black velvet bonnet to go with It." "A black Unmet!" echoed Hetty, on a doubtful nolo again. 'Wasn't that rather elderly for a III year-old bride?" It was a glpay bonnet," enmo tha answer. In n tone or calm superiority, "nnd was trimmed with gold colored satin ribbon - ntHiiit so whin -nnd fringed on both edges. I had long ttaa of It. And Cordelia auld" Hatty rec ognized the reason for the emphaals on this name, for she knew her fath er's sister (Virdelln had always bran the oracle of the family "Cordelia said, when she took my things, '1 ad- Mire your taste!" " Hear that, will you?" chuckled th lover, whoso blue eje twinkled Ill concealed admiration. ' Ruling passion, oil see. Doesn't matter how sick a wotunn may be, you mny begin to talk about something she woro fifty alt yenrs ago, and wnteh her lit en up! Now I'll warrant, Hetty, that aha ouliln't tell you n thing about whst kind of n necktie I woro to the wed- Hog!" Well, I guess I can!" came from the bed like n Hash. "Not remember hat lavender satin necktie with tha pattern like lace running all over It? Why, father! Didn't I make the pariya cap of- It?" The only answer fnther could maka to that was tho answer ho always makes when his swoetheart gets th letter of him: "Well, well! Hear mother!'' then Holiday ut tlio Farm. Oil Humbly mnriilu'a yen ra ago, but a little bi'l, used to come to salt til sheep In thli anion Held with dm!, ho little clouds Hint lion led 'round I thoiiKlit were hits of wool; lie sky iv us blue ns 'tla to-day, and calm ami beniitlfut. Now dm) la gone, nml mother, toe; thty lie up on the lull, Just by that clump of popplt-trtts b- join! the OKI red mill; For Tiiuo hns kept n-crreplu" on, and you nnd I are men, Aud little Robblo thlnka the thoughts Hint I hub t Ii i ll k. In' then. There's a brown thrasher In the trrt that atnuils there on Iho knoll; Just henr tho llttlo (ke R-aplllIn' Ml iuiuiiirtiil koiiI I Our preacher any thnt mnn alone has got a soul, hut jet Wlint pn-lly critters Coil hna mailt, and loves nil, too, I'll bet! I know the city pretty well; I lived there once a while. Rut I wns the lioinrslckest boy you'd meet in ninny a mile. The very horses on tho street looked sad. it aeeiiieil to me. Thero wa'n't no colts a-frlskln' 'round. nor Itiinljs, as 1 could see. So when In Juno tlio breezes blew across tlio pralrled West, t pneked my grip and told 'em I had got finmti.li I t.nr.BA,lt Of course, there's city folks who keep tlielr fnitli In (J ml and man. Though If they stayed there all the while i noii t seo now lliey caul We've hml our troubles, wife and I, w hurled llttlo Dot; Upon thnt slope wo made her gray green nud sunny snot: And Death will never more to me seem terrible and grim, Since I havo seen iny little girl a-imlllu' up nt mm. And oflcn now I como out her and st mo down a spell, Where ruatlhi' loaves and wavln' triii In seem whlsn'rln' "All Is well." I wish thnt nil who'd llko to feel theli dead nro safo from harm Could como out hern and spend with m n Miinony nt the fnnn. Chicago Herald. If n woman has uo servant n. rarkH overtime; If sho has sb wnr. rlcB overtime.