not a little pathos In the aorounts o f
the "rush.” Clearly, there Is no ocea
A CHOICE «ELECTION OF IN TE R slon for any revival of the "back to
ESTING ITEMS.
the land gospel" In this country. Th*
land hunger of the people Is acute, and
C om m en t«
aa4
C r t ll* l« a * a
B e ..O
for every farm or homestead there
U » a a th e H a p p e a la f t a l (h a D a p
are at least twenty applicants. There
— M la t a r t e a l a a d N a w a N a ta n .
would be more If the distance were
The Wright boy*, early In life,
not so great and the trouble and ex
must have adopted the buay little bee
pense so "forbidding” to many of the
«a their motto.
weary urbanites and suburbanites In
the East and Middle West. Not all
The Latin Quarter of Pari* la to be
who register may be genuine settlers,
destroyed. We had alway* thought
but, even allowing for adventure and
that the Latin quarter waa a franc.
speculation, the spectacle Is full of
significance. The story of every land
Sentencing a boy culprit to read
lottery Is an eloquent argument for
‘ 'David Copperfleld" 1* one of the moat
Irrigation and reclamation of land that
delightful punlahmenta ever Inflicted.
Is now necessarily barren. Official sta
tistics show that there are scores of
An actor tells women: “ Don't go
millions of acres In Montana. Nevada.
•n the atage If you can do *crubbing."
New Mexico and Arizona which a
That doe* account for the scarcity of
sound and liberal reclamation policy
good scrub women.
will gradually place under cultivation
In the course o f time. There are. too,
European doctors have Informed E.
vast agricultural possibilities In Alas
H. Harrlman that his legs are partly
paralysed. His grip, however, remains ka. "Free land" has made the United
States what It is. and many of our
as strong as ever.
most trying problems would be more
Dr. Eliot says he left out Shakspeare than half solved If we could place the
and the Bible because everybody has aliens, the new arrivals and the un
employed of certain classes on public
read them. Others he Included be
land to produce food and add to the
cause nobody had read them.
real wealth of the country. Intensive
A Society for Beautifying Buffalo cultivation and the application of sci
ence and method to farming and gar
has been organised.
If It has not
dening on a scale never yet attempted
adopted a slogan we suggest this:
here will also Increasingly come to our
"Boost for a Buffalo Beautiful."
aid In dealing with materia) and moral
questions like conservation, economy,
Professor Thomas says the value of
assimilation and distribution of Im
girls Is slight. And every evening In
migrants, prevention of overcrowding
this broad land of ours millions of
In certain Industries and professions,
girls are assured that they are worth
preservation of right standards of liv
their weight In gold.
ing.
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TOPICS OF T H E TIM E S
It Is reported that Harry Thaw's
appearance has been much Improved
since he waa sent to the Matteawan
Asylum.
Why, then, should his
friends wish to get him out?
Sympathy and understanding be
Fire tons of babies. It Is said, were
born In Cleveland during the first tween an English carter and his horses
half of June. There Is material are delightfully described In a passage
enough In those babies for thirty- from "Memoirs of a Surrey Laborer,”
and Is quoted In “ Highways and By
three and one-third Tom Johnsons.
ways In Surrey” by Eric Parker.
"I see a carter once," said Bette-
A certain club which has been mak
ing tests finds that life can be sus worth, “ get three big elm trees up to
tained for 4V4 cents a day. But why a timber carriage with only hlsself and
sustain It for that when somebody will the hosses. He put the runnln' chains
be sure to get the rest away from you on and all hlsself.”
"And that takes some doing,” I
somehow?
said.
The Czar of Russia has shaken
“ Yes, a man got to understand tlie
hands with ten machinists. We as way 'tls done. The farmer say to 'n,
sume that they were thoroughly 'You’ll never get they up by your
searched and oompelled to roll up self.'
their sleeveB before being ushered
” T deaaay I Shall,' he says; and so
into the august presence.
he did too. Three great elm trees
upon that one carriage!
A minister of Long Island says that
"W ell, he had a four-hoss team, so
the present fashion In huge hats are that’ ll tell you what 'twas. They was
not conducive to holiness.
Which some hosses, too.
Ordinary farm
seems stating the case very mildly hosses wouldn't ha' dons It. But he
when one recalls the profanity for only Jest had to speak, and you'd see
which they are more or less responsi they watchln' him.
ble.
"When he went for'ard. after he'd
got the trees up, to see what sort of
Queen Helena o f Italy has put h er
a road he'd got for gettin’ out, they
seif at the head of a revolt against
stood there with their heads stretched
the monstrous hats which the Parisian
out and their ears for'ard.
milliners are forcing upon a reluctant
“ 'Come on,* he says, and away they
world this year, and the Italian ladles,
went, teartn’ away. Left great ruts In
following her example, are resorting
the road where the wheels set In,
to the graceful lace mantilla, fiereln
that'll show ye they got something t*
appears one of the advantages of mon
pull.
archy—-It can set fashions.
"No, none o’ we helped 'n. We was
only gone out to see 'n do I t He
The passion for money and the ob
never wanted no help. "He didn’t say
session o f money-getting have become
much; only ‘Olt back,' or ‘Olt up,’ to
altogether too conspicuous as Ameri
the hosses.
•
can traits. They bring little content
"W hen It come to gettin’ the last
to those who are thus afflicted and
tree up, on top of tother two, I never
they awaken resentment In the breasts
thought he could ha' done It. But he
o f millions. In spits of new teachings
and practices, knowledge still is power. got 'n up. And he was a oldish man,
too; sixty, I dessay he was. But he
Supplemented by wealth, knowledge
Jest spoke to the hosses. Never used
becomes power triumphant. Without
ne whip.
wisdom the power of money Is lawless
"D idn't the old farmer go on at hts
and destructive—* curse to Its possess
own men, too! 'You fellers, call yer
o r and an evil example to the world.
selves carters!’ he says. ‘A man like
that's worth a dozen o' you.'
Many persons look to a vacation to
"W ell, they couldn't a’ done It! Be
make up the year’s arrearages In ex-
sides. their hosses wouldn't. But this
erctse, enjoyment and health, on the
feller, the old farmer says to 'n, T
theory that a bird In the bush Is worth
nsver bslieved you'd ha’ dons I t ’
severs! In the hand. Thus considered,
“ T thought mo*' likely I should,’ he
the vacation Idea la a menace, for one
says. But he never had much to say."
cannot fall In hla duty to hit own
body for fifty weeka In the year and
L o v e and M aser.
make up for It In the other two. He
must carry a good working balance In I never would marry for money,
I think that such conduct is base.
the bank of good health and never
If my freedom I sold for the Jingle of
overdraw It. The strength and spirits
gold
stored up In his vacation should be so To a woman I thought either ugly or old,
much ahead, like an endowment life
Or even if wanting in grace.
policy come due. So far aa the vaca I should blush to myself, as I ought.
tion habit Is a symptom of American
At the thought
hustle, trying to square Itself with na I was bought.
ture In a hurry and all at once. It la
I never would marry for money.
far from a good thing.
I'll marry for nothing but lore.
If of love I'm po-isesaed I am bound to
Five thousand persona are served
be blessed.
every day In the restaurant which oc But some money's not bad, and It must
cupies a whole floor in a department
be confessed
store. A woman has charge, applying,
It's something I am not above.
as she says, the same methods she uses It Is little I’m able to show
In her home—methods which, as out Of ths dongh:
lined In a current magazine, suggest That I know.
that a successful housekeeper con
forms to business principles, but hu I never would marry for money.
But still If you gave me t chance
manizes them while she does so. To
I should not let s pile stand a very great
plan the day's work ahead Is the man
while
ager's first rule, and ths second Is to In my way If a maiden with money
give each direction a single definite
should smile.
point, and make sure that It la under
I should not stick too much for r e
man re.
stood. In harmony with this Idea, the
People never are ngly or old
manager refuses to send word from
one subordinate to another. Each em If they've gold.
So I'm told.
ploye Is reached ns each Is needed:
and If there Is a criticism to be made, —Chicago Dally News.
no one hears It hut the person whom
M o n e y W e l l S p e n t.
It concents. Again, the manager tries
"I suppose to educate your daughter
to learn and hear In mind each work
In musk: costs a great deal of
er'* limitations— to remember that a
money."
faithful and willing assistant may
"Yes; but she's brought It all back
hay* ths tlms, hut not the strength, to
for me."
do a certain task, and that If th* bur
"In deed !"
den la regularly Imposed, enthusiasm
'Wes; I'd been trying to buy out my
falters snd work becomes drudgery.
Moreover, th* heed of th* department next-door neighbor at half price for
years, and could never bring him to
maintains sympathetic relation« with
her help, shows an Interest In their af terms until she came hom e!"— Flie
fairs, Invites their confidence, and tries gende Blaetter.
to assist them In their troubles. She
A C a p ita l T h in g ,
believes she has her reward. There la.
Blnks— I have no use for artists. 1
perhaps, no startling novelty In these
would kill all the tribe If I could.
laws of conduct; hut a point that de
Jinks— Well, the execution of a good
serves to be emphasized appears In the
suggestion that th* plans which mak* picture by one Is a hanging matter,
th* machinery of a home run smoothly you know.— Baltimore American.
work ont equally well In the conduct
Every man who has a twinge of
o f a business enterprise.
dyspepsia thinks he knows all about
___
____ i
what that Spartan boy went through,
There Is profound sociological mean
with a fox gnawing at his breast.
Ing In th# "rush" reported from th*
centers o f registration for the three
When a young woman marries an
Indian reservations recently thrown old man. It la an indication she thinks
•pea U homeseekers. There Is also | ah* would look well In black.
TH E CHRISTMAS STAR.
A REAL RELIEF PARTY.
Behold the town of Bethlehem
One midnight long ago.
When not a footstep In the street
Was moving to and fra
A lantern In a stable door
Sent out a feeble bar.
And slowly o'er the humble thatch
Arose th* Christmas star.
It silvered every scattered straw,
And touched the olive-boughs
With brightness l|ke the aureole
That crowns an angel's brows:
It lit the manger-bed where slept
The Prince of Peace, new born.
And poured upon Hie Infant head
Th* glory of th* morn.
Three thousand years or more have
passed.
To darkness whence they came.
Unnumbered worlds have dropped from
space
In winding sheets of flame.
And countless moons have waxed and
waned,
And countless suns have set.
But over all the ancient earth
That star Is shining yet.
It shimmers on the tropic sea.
And gilds the arctic shore;
It beams, a* lamp to dying eyes;
The grave Is dark no more.
Undimmed by either storm or cloud
Its splendor never dies.
But night and day it lights the way
That leads to Paradise.
—Metropolitan.
Watson was In a hurry to get home
In order to make his fourth annual
appearance In the popular and mirth-
provoking character of Santa Claus.
The regular passenger train passing
through Ballyboggln. where he had
been detained on business, would land
him at the union station In Chicago
at precisely 7:30, which would mean
8 o clock by the time he could possi
bly get home.
He confided his difficulty to the sym
pathetic landlord of the hotel and the
landlord said: “ There's a freight
leaves Hardwick at 11:30 and you
ought to be able to make connection
with the Egmont express slap Into
Chicago If It makes anywhere near
time. That will be three hours earlier
than the regular passenger, but you’ll
have to get a livery rig to get over
to Hardwick and that'll coat you $3.”
Five minutes later he and his valise
were packed Into a buggy and a start
made. The roads were particularly
bad. however, and about half way to
Hardwick the driver announced his
cheerful conviction that they would
miss the freight. Watson thereupon
urged him to apply whalebone to the
team with the promise of an extra
dollar If he made the freight. When
they arrived at Hardwick they found
that the freight was still there.
Watson paid the driver, climbed Into
the caboose and disposed himself as
comfortably as possible on the long,
"slippery, cushioned bench that ran the
length o f the car. Then he looked at
his watch and found that It was five
minutes past the time for the freight
to start. After a while he got up and
looked out of the car door.
There was nobody in sight. He
stood there wondering whether It
would be safe to go In search of some
one. for the freight was a little dis
tance out In the yards. After what
he thought waa half an hour's consid
eration he got down and started to
ward the engine. He had got about
ten steps when the clanging of a bell
sent him back on the run. Just as
he climbed aboard the cars began to
Jolt and bang from the head of the
train down, and the freight began
slowly to back. Then It came to *
standstill.
Watson was thoroughly exasperated.
Ia the course of three or four more
backward and forward movements he
settled Into a sort of desperate resig
nation and It was In a tone express
ive of this frame of mind that he ad
dressed the brakeman when that
worthy at last came Into the car and
climbed up to the cupola.
"Would you mind telling me what
we are waiting for now?" asked Wat
son.
“ Waiting for the passenger to go
past,” replied the brakeman.
"N ot the 2:10 from Ballyboggln T"
"Sure. That's her. I guess we will
start now.”
It was past midnight when Watsoa
reached his home. Mad? You ought
to have seen him.—Chicago Newt.
Snowed In, but W illin g to Be Festive— B rin gin g P rovisions to ths
Passengers o f a Snow bound Train.
sence, the overflowing good-will, the
outspoken kindliness, the unselfishness
and cheeriness, need not be limited to
one day In the year. There is no rea
son why we should not have them ev
ery day. Why should love not rule
through the circle of the year? A year
full of Christ Is a year which carries
Into every day the best of Christmas.
NEW Y E A R 'S BREAKFAST.
I a J a p a n I t I s a I t v t la io u * H i t s a n d
a S e r io u s M a t t e r .
To a devout Japanese breakfast on
New Year’s day Is a religious rite
rather than a vulgar satisfaction of
the appetite. No ordinary dishes are
consumed at this meal. The tea must
be made with water drawn from the
well when the first ray of sun strikes
It, a poutpourrl of materials specified
by law forms the staple dish, while
at the finish a measure of special sake
from a red lacquer cup must be drain
ed by whosoever desires happiness
during the coming year.
In the room Is placed an “ elyslan
stand," or red lacquer tray, covered
wth evergreen leaves and hearing a
rice dumpling, a lobster, oranges, per
simmons, chestnuts, dried sardines
and herring roe. All these dishes have
a special signification. The names of
some are homonymous with words of
happy omen; the others have an alle
gorical meaning. The lobster’s curved
back and long claws typify life pro
longed till the frame Is bent and the
beard Is long; the sardines, which al
ways swim In pairs, express conjugal
bliss; the herring Is symbolical of a
fruitful progeny.
These dishes are not Intended for
consumption, although In most cases
the appetite Is fairly keen. The ortho
dox Japanese not only sees the bid
year out; he rises at 4 to welcome the
newcomer and performs many ceremo
nies before he breaks his fast.— Lon
don Chronicle.
tils
I lo a r .
a ball, and the powder dusted over It
from a perforated toilet powder box.
The other end of the wire Is bent over
to form a fastening, and the ball la
ready for the tree. It Is effective to
have the balls vary In size from that
of a small apple to a large orange.
H ow
to M a k e P la n t P a d d i n g Sm aee.
A sauce without brandy Is made as
follows:
One tablespoonful of corn
starch, one tablespoonful of butter, on*
pint of boiling water, one egg, one-hall
cup of sugar.
Put cornstarch, egg
and sugar In a bowl and mix them
well. Pour over them the boiling wa
ter and stir over the fire until thick.
Add any flavoring.
H elping Santa.
CONSERVING TIMBER SUPPLY.
O ne A c r e o f F o re st L and N eed ed fo r
E a c h ClttRcn.
P o ste d
on
T h a t.
"Now. children." said the good man
who was talking to the Sunday school,
"you know, of course, where all the
pretty things you find In your stock
ings on Christmas morning really
come from, do you not?”
"Yes, sir," they replied with one
voice. "Germany.”
McGorry (carpln gly)— Thlm makers
av almanacs hov got us be dhe t'roats,
N o t a B ad Id e a .
I ied ad!
Johnny— Tommy, let's put our pen
Mrs. McGorry— How d’ yez make thot nies together and buy ma a nice
out?
Christmas present.
McGorry— Make ut out? Here, now.
Tommy— All right.
We hov cowld weather New Year's,
"W hat shall It be?”
phwln we don't nade ut; an' do dhey
'1 guess we had better get her a pad
give us aven a brlth av frost on dhe ded slipper.”— Texas Sittings.
Fourt' av July, phwln our tongues are
l a th e D a rk .
hangln' out wld dhe heat? Not so'»
"W ell, have you bought your wife’s
yes cud notice ut, bed a d!— Judge.
Christmas present yet?"
Im ita tio n S n o w b a ll« .
” 1 dunno. She has all our Christ
A Christmas tree decoration that Is mas stuff locked up In one of the clos
easily and Inexpensively made at home
ets, where 1 can't get at It.”
Is snowballs. A coll of fine picture
H a u e r c h ild r e n .
wire, a box o f diamond powder and s.
Blessed are the children who cat,
bundle of cotton batting (not sheet
wadding; are the materials needed. still hang up their stockings and be
P e te r S t e y v e s a a l 's N e w Y e a r * * .
The wire Is cut In various short lieve Implicitly that a Yeally, truly
The custom of celebrating New lengths, a wad of the cotton thrust Santa Claus will fill them.— Brooklyn
Year's Day In our own country Is upon It, patted Into shape to look like Life.
largely due to the Dutch. Old Peter
Stuyvesant mads much of the day, and
JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
cheery assemblages were held at the
governor’ s home In New Amsterdam.
The Dutch method of kissing the wom
en for "a happy new year" was ob
served and toll taken of all who were
young and handsome. In fact, during
the reign of Peter Stuyvesant New
Amsterdam was the most thoroughly
heklseed country In all Christendom
and formed a marked contrast to the
staid Puritans, who thought the ob
servance of this day savored strongly
of reVeronce for the god Janus and
who made no note of their first New
Year's Day In th* new world save to
record. "W e went to work betlmee."—
New York Evening Post.
A
N ew
Y e a r 's
W ish .
Ood keep thee, dear, through all the
years.
Through all the Joys, the sorrows, tears
Of life— Its commonplace*, too,
God keep thee sweet, and brave, and
true
Amid the doubts and fears that rise
In every life—the mysteries
Things that are hard to understand.
The moving* of a mystic hand.
God keep thy reason sound and sure.
Thy mind alert, thy heart still pure.
God keep thee always—this I pray
For thee, upon this New Year's Day.
—B. McM. Bell.
C h r is tm a s t h * Y e a r T h m a g h .
Christmas candles burn out, decora
tions mustsbe thrown aside, exchange
of gifts comes to an end. But these
things play only a secondary part In
CAiistma* Th* k>v* which li Ka •»
The life of an 8 inch gun la about
two hundred round*.
The annual production of wool In
Australia amount* to about $126,000,-
000.
Among the product* of thl* year *
cod fishing In Norway are 47,000 bar
rel* of cod liver oil.
Trans-Atlantic communication will
be greatly facilitated by a submarine
line from Manhattan beach to New
foundland.
The exterior walla of the new Penn
sylvania terminal station In New York
city are nearly half a mile long and
contain 490,000 cubic feet of granite.
Greece is a large consumer of edi
ble oil. Her population of about 2,-
600,000 use annually 20,000 to 25,000
ton* of oil, or eight to ten kilo* per
capita.
The French League of Pioneers in
Aerial Navigation ia being formed in
FTance, with the primary object of
giving assistance to Inventors and ex
perimenters In aeronautic*.
Mr. Edison recently stated that
there was no doubt that in ten year*
flying machines would be used to car
ry the mail*. They would go at a
speed of one hundred miles an hour,
and would carry passenger*.
An Irrigation project to cost $25,-
000,000 Is on the cards in Argentina,
the principal railways to do work and
be paid by the government in 6 per
cent irrigation bonds, with the water
rentals to take care of the bonds.
Mias Harriet May Mills, represent
ing the National American Woman
Suffrage Association, is said to have
delivered the most noteworthy address
heard at the conference of the League
of American Municipalities recently
held In Montreal.
Miss Ellen Day Is said to be the
oldest organist In London.
She is
81, and has been before the public
ever since she was 8, when she created
so great a sensation by her skill on
the piano that she was called to play
for Queen Victoria. Miss Day knew
Mendelssohn, Liszt and Chopin and
gave music lessons to the children of
Balfe.
A Mexican newspaper tells o f the
proposed railway plans to run Pull
man cars from Seattle to Panama. It
is to be part of the Southern Pacific
railway system, which Is now being
pushed on to Guadalajara, and a con
cession has been secured for a line
from Acapulco to Sallna Cruz, the Pa
cific port terminal of the Tehuantepec
-allway.
According to a bulletin issued by
the Forest Service, there Is at present
an unfortunate lack of authoritative,
scientific Information In regard to re
production, either natural or artificial,
of American forests, to their growth,
and to the best time and methods of
cutting them, the New York Post says.
The recent endowment of the Morris
K. Jessup chair of silviculture, at the
Yale Forest School, should render pos
sible the collection of much data on
these subjects and Its widespread dis
semination. The bulletin says:
'The United States has been so rich
ly endowed with natural resources that
ths thought of conserving our woods
has come late. We have been unavoid
ably Ignorant and therefore excusably
heedless.
By a careful conspectus
made within the last two years o f all
ths wooded area of ths oountry, It has
been learned that our total stand of
timber la now between 1,500,000.000,-
000 and 2.000,000,000,000 feet.
In s
score of years consumption has been
doubling on population, and lumber
prices hare shot up.
"In President Madison's day the
States east of the Mississippi com
prised over 1,000,000 square miles, or
700.000,000 scree.
To-day there are
not over^SOO.OOO square miles, or 210,-
000,000 acre« of merchantable forest
left In this section
At present about
21 per cent of our lands is devoted to
agriculture, a h a !' century hence It
will probably be SO per cent.
"W e had 113,000,000 acres In farms
In Lincoln's day. we have 415,000,000
to-day. For each cttlsen there Is re
quired one full acre of forest land. If,
In the coming
years, the
United
States Is to be self-sustaining as re
gards Its lumber supply. At present
each citizen has seven and three-
fourths acre* to draw from, but In
truth he Is actually drawing from an
accumulated surplus of sixteen acres
per Inhabitant At this rats we face
a timber famine In a comparatively
few years
"Our national forests form only
about one-fifth of our wooded lands,
four-fifths being private forest*. It Is
essential, therefore, to have the gener
al principles o f forestry understood
and practiced. This endowment will
help materially toward actual conser
vation of our wooded areas and refor
esting of those already laid waste."
IN RURAL B A VAR IA.
W l o r a E v e r y M a s Is T » i ( k t t h s I t .
s s a t l e l s o f Y'*-to~n*to F a r m l n « .
"In order to promote agricultural
Interest the kingdom of Bavaria has
established agricultural schools In al
most every town," says a prominent
resident of Munich, Germany, who Is
visiting In this country.
"These
sct^pols are In charge of
teachers who In addition to an aca
demic education must be versed In
botany, geology, chemistry, physics,
zoology and natural history.
At a
time when nothing Is doing In the
fields, from November to March, these
school* are open, and the peasants for
a nominal fee can attend courses on
cultivation and fertilization of the soli,
th* proper rotation o f crops on th*
earn* land, the best source* for good
seeds. Irrigation and the raising of
■took. They are made acquainted with’
Improvements and new Inventions in
agricultural Implements, the adoption
af which can be recommended. They
are taught th* rudiment* o f beeh-
keeplng and other commercial knowl
edge essential for
»
up-to date
farmer.
"In the spring after these farmers
have returned to their work In th*
fields It becomes the duty of the teach
ers who Instructed them during th*
winter to travel from county to coun
ty and to act aa advisers to the farm
ers. Much good results from the trav
els of these teachers. By practical sug
gestion to the farmers they Indues
thorn to make valuable Improvements
In the cultivation of their farm s
“ The wandering teacher helps to
form co-operative clubs for the Joint
Interests of a number o f farmers In
one district. From time to time th*
teacher has to lecture In these clubs
on any subject which might prove of
Interest to the members. These visits
and lectures to the different districts
are entirely free to the people, sines
the state assumes all expenses. There
Is probably no other country In the
world In which so much Is done by the
state for Its rural Inhabitants as Is ths
case In Bavaria. Other German states
have these agricultural schools, but
their teachers are not sent In such a
practical way direct to the places
where they can do the most good, as
Is done In Bavaria. The results of this
commendable care have been very
gratifying.”
MONEY FROM LITERATURE.
M t i r A u t h o r s H a v e F e ll e d to Animas
W e a l t h — P u b l i s h e r 's Ultc F o r t u n e s .
The case of Stephen Phillips, the
poet and playwright, who Is In very
straitened circumstances, has opened
the question as to whether English
writers can on the whole be called suo-
ctsssful financially, a New York Sun's
London letter says. Mr. Phillips has
had many plays produced In England
and America, yet he Is now In actual
poverty, which he attributes to the
failure of bis last two plays. "The Lost
Heir” and "Faust," both of which were
presented In London.
The very recent death of John Dav
idson because he was tired of strug
gling to make a living from his
poetry; the death of Francis Thomp
son, also without means; the case of
Matthew Arnold, who, after all bis
years of successful work, left but
$5,000, and that of Charles Godfrey
Leland, author of "Hans Breltmann's
Ballads,” whose estate was valued at
about $2,000, are Instances cited, which
are balanced by the case of Lord Ten
nyson, who left nearly $300,000; of
Swinburne, who left over $100,000, and
of Robert Browning, who left $60,000.
As to authors of successful books,
many have amassed considerable for
tunes. Henry Seton Merrlman. Edna
Lyall, John Oliver Hobbes. Mrs. Isa
bella Lucy Bishop and George Mere
dith all left estates of value; but
Florence Marryat, Mary Kingsley and
even Lewis Carroll left Buch small
sums as $7,395, $17,055 and $19,000.
Publishers In many case* left very
large fortunes, the chief among them
being G. Smith, of Smith, Elder A Co..
$3,809.800; Thomas Nelson, of T. Nel
son A Cassell, Peter A Galpin, $2.606,-
805; Alexander Macmillan, of Macmil
lan A Co.. $736,305; George Lock, of
Ward, Lock A Co., $595.050.
TORTURE FOR BEAUTY'S SAKE.
H ow
W om an
tn fllr fc ri
A fo a r
aa
to I m p r o v e H e r L o o k « .
You must suffer to be beautiful, ac
cording to a French saying. There
seems to be some truth In the state
ment, If a lady’s maid Is to be be
lieved, says the Paris correspondent
of the London Telegraph. She ha*
revealed the secrets of her mistress’
boudoir, or, rather, torture chamber.
The woman herself If now beautiful,
but one wonders that she Is still
alive. For months she lay flat on her
back on the floor, motionless, with her
arms close to her sides, during sev
eral hours every day. This was. It
appears, to Improve her figure. Dur
in g the rest of the day, for the same
period of time, she sat on a high stool
and rocking the upper part of her
body backward and forward and from
side to side unceasingly.
By this process she Is said to have
acquired a statuesque throat and a
sylph's waist. The woman's nose,
having a soaring nature, was correct
ed and made Grecian by the constant
application day and night for months
of a spring bandage. One nostril waa
originally larger than tbe other, so
she wore a small sponge In It for a
year. Her cheeks have been filled out
and ronnded by Injections of paraffin.
Her ears for months were compressed
against ths sides of her head by
springs, while heavy weights were at
tached to the lobes to promote the re
quired elongated shape, which has
been successfully achieved.
Having suffered this complicated
martyrdom for a year, the woman, as
already stated. Is now beautiful.
w ar
H e D oss N et W o r k .
"But,” said tbe good old lady, "why
don't you go to work?”
"W hy. ma'am.” began the disrepu
table old loafer, "yer see, I got a wife
an' five children to support— ”
“ Pat how can you support them If
you don't go to work?”
"As I waa a-sayln', lady. I got a wife
an' five children to support me."__Phil
adelphia Press.
A
Look
A h ead.
O. listen to the little bird.
That slngeth In the sun;
It knoweth It can fly away
As soon as summer's done
From furnaces and slushy walks.
And stay away till spring,
So listen to the lucky bird—
No wonder It doth sing.
—Kansas City Times.
P repared
f o r f h o O ffer I n * . .
A Kansas City druggist tells that _
wealthy man came Into his store Sun
day morning and. throwing a dime on
the showcase, said:
"Give me two
nickels for that, please?" "Going to
try a slot machine’ " asked the drug
gist. pleasantly.
“No." replied th*
wealthy man, "I'm going to church."
So often reporters hear men say: "T
know nothing but bard work." Every
man thinks h* Is worked to death.
Tha dishonest man Is apt to find »he
peopls a rather suspicious ioL