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THE GREAT CHICAGO COLISEUM, WHÉRE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL BE HELD •THE JLMOLSLY IS NO PROGf Of LOVE. Bi Helen Oldfield. Í I he Chicago Coliseum, in which the Republican National Convention will be held next year, is one of the great est auditoriums in this country. It is built on the site formerly occupied by the Libby Prison War Museum, and the ornamental outer wall of the building Is the same which surrounded the museum. The seating capacity of the hulld- lng is abofft 15,1)00. A part of the main floor space only will be necessary for the accommodation of the delegates, and the remainder of this and the enormous galleries, extending entirely around the building, can be utilized for visitors. The building is located within a few minutes' walk of the center of the city, one block from Michigan avenue and four blocks from the lake. It cost *500,000 to build, and was completed in 1900. and opened for the National Grand A. my encampment of that year. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? are going to do great things, you •ay— But what have yon done? are going to win in a splendid way. As others hrve won; have plans that when they are put in force Will make you sublime; have mapped out a glorious upward course— But why don’t you climb? You’re not quite ready to start, you say; If you hope to wiu The time to be starting is now—to-day— Don’t dally, begin! No man has ever been ready as yet. Nor ever will be; You may fall ere you reach where your hopes are set— But try it and see. You are going to do great things, you say, Y'ou have splendid plans; Your dreams are ot heights that are far away; They're a hopeful man's— But the world, when it judges the case for you, At the end, my son, Will think not of what you were going to do, But of what you've done. —S. E. Kiser. reached the cabin, and Fulton had al ready gone to the field. The minister didn't remain long. Af ter speaking a few words to the sick woman and the children, he prayed and took Ills departure. He saw at a glance that other things than prayers and words ot sympathy were needed. He spent the morning visiting neigh boring farms. When he returned home, late that evening, tired with the day's work, he felt that It had not been In vain. At noon, when Fulton was told of the preacher’s visit, he said nothing, but a queer expression came on his face. Whether of approval or resent ment It was hard to tell. The next morning he was clearing away the breakfast dlsnes and trying to quiet a fretful child when he chanced to glance out of the door. He was almost startled. A dozen men were hoeing industriously in the cotton patch. He stood for some minutes re garding them, dazed. He wns not a hard man, and, touched by the unex pected show of kindness, a tear came Into his eye; rolled down his cheek, splashed on the plate he was drying. In a moment he was ashamed of the weakness and quickly brushed all traces of it from his eye. He hung up the dishpan, washed the baby’s face, and entered his wife's room. "Molly, we’ll have company for din ner,” he said, as he began to tidy the room. “The neighbors are hoeing in the cotton.” There was a little smothered cry of Joy. “I’m so glad for you, Zeb.” Fulton picked up his hoe and walked toward the men. They saw him ap proaching. One of them stepped out to meet him. “We’ve treated you shabby. Mr. Ful ton." he began. "We didn't know Just how you were situated till the parson rode roun' yesterday an’ tole us." ’’I'm shore I 'predate yore kindness." returned Fulton, as be began to chop into the weeds Industriously. "I 'low you needn't work to-day,” continued the man. "We'd rather you'd stay with yer wife. We'll git over the patch 'gin night 'tliout yore help.” Fulton threw Ills hoe to the fence corner and returned to the house. The wives of the men had arrived in his absence. When he entered the cabin It presented the appearance of having undergone a general renovating. There was snowy linen on the bed. and it was wheeled to where his wife, dressed in a clean wrapper, could look through the sunshine across the valley. A faint color had crept into her checks and brightness into her eyes. The chil dren. with clean dresses nnd faces, looked tidier than for many a day. The baby sat on a quilt on the floor playing with a new rag doll. Some of the women were in the kitchen getting dinner that they had brought, and behind the shed he could hear the sound of scrup-boards as oth ers busily washed the soiled clothes that had accumulated in the house for weeks. Fulton glanced about him dubiously, not knowing Just how to adjust himself to the situation. “Now. jest sit down by yore wife an' rest to-day,” said one of the women, stepping in from the kitchen. We're shore ashamed for bein’ so onneigh- borly. Guess you think we're a hard set 'bout here, an’ not without cause. We ain't makln’ no excuse, but spring's been so late, an' been so much rain, an’ the men folks so behln’ with ther crops, we Jest ain’t had no time to think o' anybody but ourselves. The parson come over yesterday an’ tole us we ought to be ashamed, an' we air. You'll not hold It 'gin ns. will you, Mr. Fulton?” "I'm shore I 'predate yore kind ness,” said Fulton, awkwardly pushing a chair to the side of the bed. “Yes, do set down an’ rest. You shorely must lie petered out with all the work you’ve had to do.” The door closed and Fulton was left alone with his wife. ’ The baby still cooed over the rag doll, . He sat in sl- lence, holding his wife's hand, his eyes rested on the men In the field and tile baby on the floor. The next Sunday morning. Fulton, the baby on his knee, sat on the door step looking across the valley to where the housetops and spire of the village church had glistened in the sun. He had been gazing some time through the shimmering air that lay over the fields, when he turned and spoke to his wife. "Molly, would you mind if I leave you a couple of hours with the chil dren?” “Why, no. Zeb; but where are you going to-day ?" “I thought I would go over and hear the parson.” Again the sun was sinking behind the fringe of woods along the ridge, The trees made long black shadows across the cotton patch, now white as a field of snow. with its millions ot bursting boils. Fulton and his wife stood by the fence viewing the promising prospect, The baby played about its mother's knee, and the children gazed out over the fields toward the golden sunset. Fulton put Ills arm about his wife and drew her closer to him. As he kissed the upturned brow the sun gild ed for a moment their bared heads. “Molly, when the crop’s sold,” he was saying, “we'll buy back the little Clear Creek farm.” The baby clapped its hands and laughed.—New Orleans Times-Demo- crat HE sun was slipping behind the fringe of trees across the field when Zeb Fulton reached the end of the rows. With an effort he straightened himself. The hoe fell to the ground. He unwound a red hand kerchief from about his neck, wiped over Ills face. and. turning, let his eyes wander over the patch of cotton. Some thing like a groan escaped him. It looked a hopeless task; excepting for a few dozen rows that he had hoed, cot ton could scarcely be seen in the rank weeds. Zeb Fulton had moved into the Gib town neighbor ho d, in tlr- early winter, from the Clear Creek country. There he had owned a small farm; but. his wife fulling sick, he had mortgaged it that he might pay doctors' bills. A crop failure forced him to turn over the farm to Ills creditors. With an in valid wife and four helpless children it hail been difficult for him to rent a farm. Land-owners wanted men that had a "good force of hands.” The cabin and little hillside patch was the best he could do. Under favoring cir cumstances it did not promise much; hampered as he was it looked almost hopeless. He walked slowly toward the cabin. As he climbed the fence between It and the field the children came running to meet him. The tired look vanished from his face as they clung to his trousers and reached up for his bands. NEARLY $200,000,000 WILL BE REQUIRED The smallest, a toddling baby, he kiss TO COMPLETE THE PANAMA CANAL ed and lifted to his arms. The group entered the cabin. Fulton sat down by It Is estimated that it will cost the United States *184,233.358 to acquire the bedside, the baby on his knee. "How have you been resting. Mol and complete the Panama canal, besides the amount to be paid to the gov lie?” he asked, a shade of anxiety in ernment In control of the Isthmus for the concession. Already there has been an Immense amount of money and energy ex his voice. There was a movement In the pended on the canal. It Is safe to say that a sum more than sufficient quilts; a thin hand was stretched out to dig a waterway from ocean to ocean at sea level has been collected to him. Fulton took It tenderly be from Investors at different times In Its history. When De Lesseps organized the first company in 1880 for the construc tween his rough palms. “Zeb, I'm so much trouble. How tion of the canal, it started work with a paid-up capital of *60,000.000. For tired you must get worrin' with the eight years the company tolled, employing at times as many as 15.'«X) men. children, the cooking, tending the crop, Then came a necessity for changing the plans and the company failed, after having collected In rouud figures from the sale of stock and lionds and me such a burden—an'------- " "There, don't talk any more. Mol *260,000.000. Of this It was shown that the expenditure actually made on lie. You've had a bad day. You the isthmus amounted to *15.400,000, and that the cost of excavation and mustn't feel that way. I'll hurry the embankment proper was *.88,<XJO.OO<t The ultimate cost was then estimated supper and gallop over and see the as *174,600,000. For several years an effort was made to capitalize a new company to complete the work, and at last, in 1894. the present Panama doctor." “No. Zeb. don’t; you can't afford It canal company was organized with a paid-up capital of *13.000,1 **). Since that time work has advanced at the rate of about 1.000,000 cubic yards of end It'll be of no use.” , "Don't Molly, don't — that's what excavation each year. The total amount of excavation up to the present time has been about hurts. You mustn't give up. The doc tor will pull you through all right, Rl.OOO.i«*) cubic yards. Unfortunately only aliout 40.000.000 cubic yards of this Is available for the waterway proposed In 1809-1900 by the canal yet.” He leaned over and kissed tbe pale commission, of which Bear Admiral Walker was president. The Walker commission's recommendations included this available excavation in the brow. "There, now, see If you can't get *40.000.<**) t J be paid the canal company for Its work. map«. rei-ords, draw some sleep while me and the children ings and the property of the Panama Railroad Company. The commission estimated that the total amount of exca'-atlon which wonld lie required cook a bite.” He took the children Into the «bed for the canal to be built from Its plans, exclusive of that for the Bohio dam room and closed the door. A Are kin and Gigantl spillway, would be 94.8'13.703 cubic yards. The work remain dle«! and supper place«! on the stove, ing to lie done, therefore, represents the difference lie'ween the amount ot he took down the milk pail and went available excavation which it will acquire by purchase from the Panama down to some thatched stalls to milk Canal Company, or nearly three-fifths of the entire work. It 1» estimated and feed the cow. the children follow that the cost of this work will be *144.233.358. In addition to the sum to be paid to the present owner of the property. By the time It 1* completed more ing at his heels. Dr. Gaines and the village preacher. than H50.000.000 will have lieen obtained In one way or another for use In Zora Pertll. were engaged In conver building th» canal, while nearly »312 'W•■<»«' will have actually been spent sation when Fulton reach«*«! the doc In connection with Its construction and administration. It was the intention of the Panama Canal Company to make the canal tor's office that night. So it happened that the Rev. Pertll learned of Fulton's 29.5 feet deep. The increased dimensions of steamers now being built has sick wife. The next morning he drove made It necessary to plan for a much deeper canal, and the Walker com It was late In the day when be , mission's plans are for a waterway thirty-six feet deep. T clety took form, for cruelty was punished by ‘Humanity Martin.” he being himself Judge, counsel and Jury, and the offender was either committed to Jail on the spot or recelvixl adequate punishment at the bands of "Humanity Martin" himself. The late Henry Bergh, of New York, tn 1860. thlrty-two years later, founded the New York society; tn 18«8 the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania societies were organized, and tn the following year the Illinois Humane Society was chartered by the State and organized. Now there are few of our sister States in which protection is not given to helpless animals and children by legislative enactment and the organization of humane societies thereunder. These societies have always encouraged that mode of education of children known as bands of mercy, ami In this Interest nearly every public school In Chicago has been visited and such bands of mercy formed. The continu ance and efficacy of su< h bauds necessarily depend upon the Interest of the teachers in and their devotion to the humane cause. Chlea. o has two ambulances with horses and a most competent man In charge for the relief and transportation of suffering animals. At an early day the society began the erection of street fountains, of which there are now over sixty In convenient places throughout the city of Chicago, ministering to the wants of man and beast, and for two or three years the society undertook the administration of the city dog pound. There exists the utmost cordiality between this society and all Its correspondents. The grand sum of all this humane work that Is proceeding everywhere to-day throughout the civilized world it would be impossible to estimate. “He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.” Fond Parent—I understand the fac ulty are very much pleased with your work. Dropped Junior—Yes, they en cored my sophomore year.—Princeton Tiger. Caller—Your sister Is a long time making her appearance, Johnny. John ny—Yes, she's got to make It, of course, 'fore she comes down.—Chicago Tribune. “His wife has been the making of him.” “Why, he doesu't seem to be much." “That's it She has made him perfectly miserable."—Philadel phia Bulletin. Politician—Congratulations, Sarah, I’ve been nominated. Sarah (with de light«—Honestly? Pollt'cian— What difference does that make?—Detroit Free Press. The Mother—Bobbie, didn't your conscience tell you that you had doue wrong? Bobbie—Yes’m; but I don't believe everything I hear.—Philadel phia Ledger. "Do you know anything about flirt ing?" “No,” be replied sadly. "I thought I did, but when I tried It hanged If the girl didn't marry me.”— Chicago Post “What can I do for my little boy, asked mamma, "so that he won't want to eat between meals?” "Have the meals Acker together,” replied the greedy young man. Farmer Ragweed—Has Bill learned anything tew college? Mrs. Ragweed —No; an’ wuss'n that, he’s forgot what he uster know! Says he can’t eat pie without a fork.—Chicago News. Doctor—Do I think I can cure your catarrh? Why, I’m sure of It. Patient —So you are very familiar with the disease? Doctor—I should say so! I've had It myself all my life.—Judge. Miss Muddle—I wish I knew ot a really good way to preserve my com plexion. Miss Snappe—U you keep the box In a cool place It will be all right, won't it?—Philadelphia Press. Jonathan—I say, Britisher, can you spell horse? Englishman — Orse? Why, certainly. It honly takes a haltch nnd a ho and a bar and a hess and a he to spell 'orse.—Kansas City Jour nal. “Within the last decade,” remarked the progressive citizen, “woman has gained considerable standing In the business world.” “Yes,” rejoined the female breadwinner, "especially In the street cars " Teacher—You notice that boy who stands at the foot of the class? Well, hist summer he was the brightest boy in school. Committeeman—-He Is now. 1 notice the foot of the class Is nearest the stove! Mrs. Knox—So yon met Mrs. Tom- lyn to-day. What did she say? Mr. Knox—Nothing. Mrs. Knox—You sur prise me—she usually talks an awful lot! Mr. Knox—Oh, she did that to day, of course! Missus—We're going to give a dance on Friday. Jane, and I want you to do FAMILY TRAVELS 1,500 MILES you can to help us. Jane—Well, TO CHICAGO IN BIG WAGON all mum, I'm afraid I ain’t much good at that sort of thing. I only know a bar rel organ Jig and a cake walk. Mrs. Ascum—Did you see Mrs. Lo- cutte at the ball? Mr. Ascuni—Yea. Mrs. Ascuni She was dressed entirely In white, the paper said. Is that so? Mr. Ascum—Well—er—no, she didn't appear to be dressed entirely.—Phila delphia Press. "Seen Ezry's new horse?" asked one citizen of another. “I have," was the reply, “Well, what does it look like?” asked the questioner. Impatiently, “Well, he looks,” said the other man, THE COVERED WAGON. MR. PRATT AND FAMILY. slowly, "as If Ezry had taken him lit Walter J. Pratt, a former Wyoming randier, reached Chicago the other an old debt.”—Christian Register. day with his family after a l.MX) trip from Rock Springs, Wyo., in a covered "Who's the slowest man you ever wagon. It took Pratt Just seven weeks to make the Journey. He was a know?” "A chap In New York. He cattle rancher and after selling his ranch he decided to move East, and to make the trip In true Western style. A covered wagon was secured and ho foil out of a third-story Hat window Immediately proceeded to make It ready for the Journey. A spring bed wns and did not reach the ground for an fitted to the rear of the wagon, nnd a stove, table and all the necessary hour.” “How was that?” “He caught in a tree at the second story and went articles they had use for were placed in the vehicle. Two of Pratt's best horses were hitched to the wagon and then the In to visit some friends.”—Detroit trip commenced. The travelers stopped only to feed nnd rest the horses. In Free Press. "I don't believe In paying fancy the evening the horses were unhitched and allowed to roam the prairies. Stops were made at all cities to get supplies. Pratt Is the possessor of a prices for custom-made clothes," ssid valuable farm near Higgins Ijtke, Michigan, and after a short stay in Chi Kloseman. “Now here’s a suit I bought cago started for that locality with team, wagon and family. ready made for seven dollnra. If I were to tell you I paid twenty dollars minster, 10W; the Austrian house of for It, wouldn’t you believe it? NO WATER MAY BE NEEDED. llapsburg goes back to 952. nnd the might If you told me over the Agricultural Department Coneldere house of Bourbon to 804. The descend phone."—Philadelphia Press. the Problem of Dry Forming. Blobbs—What a touchy little chap It Is probable that In the near future ants of Mohnmnicd. born 570, nre nil Hotspur is—he's always ready to take It will be possible to raise good crops registered carefully nnd authorita offense. Sharpe—I've known him without either natural or artificial Irri tively In n book In Mecca by n chief ' when he wouldn't. Blobbe—When of the family. Little or no doubt ex gation. As Is apparent to everyone, j was that? Sharpe—When we were ists of the absolute nuthenticlty of the, even the most lllieral system of Irri long line of Mohammed's dimcendantn. ¡following the Atherstono hounds. He'd gation will not exhaust the available always rather go half a mile round— arid and semi arid roglona of the west, In China there are many old families, sooner than take a fence. as even when Irrigation hna be«m ap also among the Jew«. But In point of “One week from to-day, Uncle John, plied to Its titmoat llmlta there will peilegreis the Mikado of Japan has a Ills place has been I will be a married man. Yes, In seven remain some millions of acres of fer unique record. tile land that adjoins these reclaimed fill«! by members of his family for short days I will be Initiated Into ths more than 2.500 years. The present mysteries of matrimony.” “No mys wastes. The lands lie principally be Mikado la the 122d In the line. The teries about it, my boy. It Is Just the tween the one hundredth and the one hundredth and twentieth meridians first one was contemporary with Ne plain, simple rule of three.” “Rule of Eh—wliat three?” "Wife, and comprise areas over which there buchadnezzar 6W years before Christ. three? motherin law. and hired girl."—Kan la a deficient rainfall, with no avail The Pope's Sleeping Car. sas City Journal. able neighboring sources of supply Although the pope never travels he “Are you sure you really and truly which might be brought to them even o-.vns a sleeping car, which was con love me, John?” asked the fair buneb by canals. strutted In 1868, when the line from of home-grown sweetness. “Sure, I'm But the department of agriculture Rome to Naples was opened. It will has other resources to fall back upon. be exhibited at the Milan exhibition In sure.” replied the he end of the trans If the custonwiry crops require water 1!*«K> to Inaugurate the Simplon tunnel. action. “But Tom loves me, too." per why not d<welop new crops that can There are three compart merits—a sisted the fair party. "He said he'd lie grown dry? Thia, in substance, Is throneroom, a car for the guard of gladly lay down his life for me.” “Oh, the problem the bureau of plant In honor nnd a bedroom. The throneroom all right,” answered John.. “If you dustry has set for Itself. Dry lan«l la richly furnl Ned and lias a cupola want a dead man you're bls and he's farming or "dry farming” la the nani" engraved with the papal aims and the It.”—Chicago News. of this unique scheme. Just now the twelve apostles. The carriage Is so Fine Tai Dmlger. world la living ««-arched for Industrial I arranged that the pope when seated German Imperial authorities have plants that can sustain life aixl mature , on his throne Is plainly visible and secured a fine of *12.•’’«»> from the heirs crops with a minimum of water and ' can give bls benediction to the crowds of a German manufacturer on the an elaborate life study of all such nt the stations. The sleeping car Is ground of his having understated his divide«! Into throe parta—le-il. hath income and so paid too low a tax dur planta Is under way. and dressing rooms—which are hung ing several years of his lifetime. Oldest Family in the World. with yellow and white, the papal col Of the 4**) barons in the British ora. The be«! la of ebony and Ivory. Not Quite as Bail as Reported House of Lords about a dozen of them Madge—They say your mother takes Irate Father — Ah! how is It I catch Iiack to IB*), the earliest living dale In washing? 1264. The oldest family In the Brltiah you kissing my daughter, sir? Answer Marge—No such thing; she hasn't me, air; how la it? Young Man — Fine, Isles Is the Mar family in Bcotland, come to thst yet. She only goes out sir, fine! — Ph'ladelphln Ledger. 1003. The Campbells, of Argyle, tie- washing.—-Boston Transcript. gan Is 1190. Talleyrand dates from No man la always right—and if be We can all And reasons why Other 1199, and Bismarck from 1270. The Is a married man It's ten to ine that people shouldn't make mistakes. Grosvenor family, the Duke of West- he's never right It jealousy be proof of love, that love Is love of self. It rushes eagerly to sacrifice the sup posed object of its deep and absorbing affection upon the altar of its own vanity and selfishness, and never hesitates to drag the so called sovereign of Its heart captive at the chariot wheels of its caprice. A great love must of necessity be un selfish, too full of the beloved to think of self, prizing all Its talents and possessions, great or small, only as something to offer with Itself. Love Is slave as well as king, and serves faithfully, joyfully, taking pride in Its humility, and ready always to sacrifice Itself with alacrity for the use and behoof of the beloved. There ntay be some men. and more women, who, upon making the bitter discovery that the heart which they coveted for their own had been given to another, have not only put their own claims unselfishly aside but have also done what they could to make the person so dearly loved happy with that other. Can any one deny that such affection, counting its own happiness as naght In comparison with that of its object, is far more pure and devoted than the self-seeking passion which claims everything as its own, and begrudges even the crumbs which fall from its table—the mad desire which has lieen sung by poets, and which nowadays occa sioually figures In tae police courts as preferring to slaugh ter the object of its fierce devotion rather than relinquish it to another? No; a thousand times no! I'nselflshness is the strongest proof which love can give in evidence of its own truth and sincerity. There Is a faint shadow of apology In the case of the mother—the natural pang of “to bear, to rear, to lose,” the giving way to another. And there is far too much truth in the old adage, “Your son is your son till he gets him a wife.” It cannot be denied that wives are far more likely to be touchy, not to -av Jealous, of their husbands' mothers, than mothers are with regard to their sous’ wives. Mother love Is, or ought to be, the most unselfish sentiment upon CAPITAL AND LABOR SHOULD BE FRIENDLY. earth, and it is to be hoped and believed comparatively few ■> Senator Harcaa A. Hanna. mothers would condemn their sons to lonely lives In order If there are men who from force of that they may keep them all to themselves until the in circumstances and tlielr environments evitable day comes when they must leave them. But for do not feel competent to decide ques the sister’s Jealousy there Is no possible excuse. What right tions of interest for themselves, for that lias any sensible woman to expect her brother to keep class organization is a good thing, and single for her sake? Yet time and again all sorts of family It Is a good thing to have leaders. Dig differences and quarrels arise purely from bitter opposi nify labor by conservative action and tion to a brother’s choice of a wife. Nor—singular fact— by choosing as representatives men who is it by any means the case that the women who keenly fully appreciate and fully understand resent their brother's thoughts of marriage are willing to both sides of the question, men who give up matrimony on his account. On the contrary, they do not feel it to lie their duty to go Into are ready and willing to say “Yes” to the first fairly good a fight for the sake of a “scrap.” offer; nay. sometimes are already engaged or even married. My proposition Is, first, that the in- In which latter condition of affairs they are selfish for terests of capital and labor are mutual; second, that tie- their children as well as themselves. cause of the greater experience and. if you please, greater Intelligence of the employers as a whole, It makes their 1HE GROWTH OF HUMANITARIANISM. responsibility greater, and they should go more than half way. By Joan C. SHortall. Hrealdeat at llllnola Humane Satiety. The conflict that lias been going on for so many centuries between the forces of kindness and CURE FOR THE TRUST EVIL cruelty, of barbarism and civilization, sill' .con Hv Governor Cummin* of Iowa. tinues. The last 100 years has seen the greatest It la my firm belief that If all cor progress In the practical development of humane porations are so organized that the ag sentiment. Animals ceased to be merely the gregate par value of their bonds and property of their owners but became through tlie stocks Is limited to the actual value of development and application of the divine emo the capital contributed to the corpora tions of mercy and Justice clothed with certain In tion the trust question will not long herent rights. The most notable public recognition of the vex the people of the United States. evidence of this humane sentiment occurred when Lord The corporation or association that Is Erskine stood up In his place in the House of Peers In brought Into existence for the express 1811 and In gentle and appealing tone pleaded the cause purpose of suppressing competition by of Justice to the lower animals. Side by side with Ixird the purchase or consolidation of Inde Erskine stood that great apostle of kindness, Richard Mar pendent plants covering the whole field tin, who then represented the County Galway In both the OOV. CUMMINS. and that proposes to destroy the force Irish and British parliaments, whose boast was that be of potential competition by the same method is a vicious tween his entrance gate and his hall door lay thirty good and unlawful combination, and all the powers of gov Irish miles. Upon this vast estate the first humane se- ernment should be employed tor its annihilation. NEXT TO ALICE ROOSEVELT. Miss Enl<1 Shaw Takes « High Place In Washington Society. Over 1,000 Invitations were sent out for the brilliant function In Washing ton, when Miss Enid Shaw, daughter of Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, was Intro duced Into society. The President and his family, together with the official world of the capi tal, were present to welcome the Iowa girl into the charm ed circle of Wash ington's upper ten- MISS ENID SHAW. dom. Miss Shaw is a young woman of at tractive appearance and bears a strong resemblance to her 'istlnguished fa ther. She has dark-blue eyes and wavy brown hair, with in exquisite pink nnd white complexion Last year she grad unted. after n five -ears’ course, from Cornell College, M< mt Vernon. Iowa, from which her father many years be fore graduated. It is a co-educattonal institution. She tte?n traveled in Eu rope, perfecting h r French nnd Gor man, both of wl ch languages she speaks fluently. Miss Shaw Is now ’he ranking young woman in Washing..»n society under Miss Alice Roosevelt, and will come in for a large share of so al attention. A Visible Argument. Some uneducated people are victims of the fallacy that because there are graduates of colleges who are un worthy of the Institution that has tried to do so much for them, there fore colleges are bad. The Rev. I Thomas P. Hunt relates In his spirit ed autobiography an Incident In which he corrected one man's prejudice. While I wns acting as agent for Ijifayette College I applied to a wealthy miffchant for a donation, a ,d also urged him to take a scholarship and have his sons educated. I found him so strongly confirmed in the opln- Ion that a college education la but the road to worthlessness that I de- slated from arguing with him. After dinner I proposed a walk, We made a thorough visit to the wharves, grog shops and hotels of the placet After supper I remarked, “What a pity that so many of the worthless. Idle nuisances we have seen in our walk to-day have spent their time and their father's money in colleges!” “Colleges!” said he. “Why, there Is not a college boy among them? They are ignorant; their parents do not go to church nor rend the Bible. Col leges, Indeed!” I had him. “You see, then,” I said, “that young men may tie ruined with out a college education. I admit that educated boys may be ruined, not in consi-quenci of education, but rather in spite of IL Statistics show that a smaller proportion of college students become worthless than of any other class of young men in the country.”
