Hillsboro independent. (Hillsboro, Washington County, Or.) 189?-1932, September 14, 1906, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textietwcen Two fires By AMTHOMY HOPE "A wie man will make more opportunities than be limit." -Francis Bacon. ril.MTKH I. I tedium I bad somewhat feared, and the There were fewer revolutions la South I young ladies of Whittinghaiu did their America than usual, and lh Panama beat to solace tuy ! it-. A (or buaineaa, ranal had oouie to the (rout la a prouiie- I found lh bank doing a aiuall buaineaa, lug and progressiva way, but the Rruub- but a tolerably satisfactory on, and if lie of Aureatalaud wa certainly Dot lu mad eotue bad debte, we got high In- a flourishing condition. Although niost I teres! on the good ohm. io that, on way haonilv situated lit lies on the coaet, or another. 1 managed to send bouie pret rather to th north), and gifted with an I ty satisfactory report, and time passed tensive territory, nearly aa big aa North I ou quietly enough in aplte of certain man Dakota, it bad yet (jiied to wake that prestations of discontent among the popu- material progreaa which had been hoped lation. These disturbing pbeuouiena were by ita founders. It ia true that the Mtata first brought prominently to my notice at waa atill in Ita infancy, being an offiboot lite time when 1 became involved in tba from another and larger realm, and bav- iug obtained the bMn of freedom and eelf- governmeut only aa recently aa 1X71, af ter a aeriea of oliii-al ronvulxioua of a violent character, which may be atudled with advantage in the well-known hiatory of "Tba Making of Aureatalaud." by a learned nrofeaaor of tha Jeremiah 1'. Jecka I'uivenity. 'I'll i a profound b i "to ri u ia, beyond all question, accurate in government, by the terma of which we tiriuiiring tne chier snare in the national w(r , Dave tDe jovernment business. Diovement to the energy and ability or an, to occupy, in fact, much that quasi- fortuuea of the Aureatalaud national ' debt, and aa all my story turna on tbia incident, it perbapa if a nt aubject (or a new chapter. CHAPTKU II. When our branch waa eatabliahed at Wbittiughain there bad been an arrange ment made between ouraelvea and the the firat President of Aureatalaud. Ilia Kxcellency President Marina W. Whit tingliam, a native of Virginia. Having enjoyed a personal friendship with that talented man. aa will auhquently appear, I have great pleasure iu publicly eudors iug the professor's eulogiwn. Not only official poaition enjoyed by the Hank of Kngland at home. A a quid pro quo, the bank waa to lend to tha republic the aura of $."io,(liiO at H per rent. The I'realdent waa at the time floating a loan of one million dollara for the purpose of work at the harbor of Whittingham. Thia aa- mi tne president bring Aureataland Into .. rui,r nB(jf t am-med. hit on the plaa neing. Dut ne mould..,! her whole conatl- of instituting public work on large union. It waa hia genius (aa the pro- ,0., . corrective to popular diacon lessor oliscrves with propriety) "which .,. honlna- therehv not onlr to Heveloa waa fired with the idea of creating a truly trade, but also to five employment to 1 formal auplicarlon to me on the tame snh- ' Ject. I cablea tbe directors, sou receir ed a prompt reply in the aingle word, "Tootauuia." which in our co.R, meant, i Must .iMuluteiv and finally uWliue to 'entertain anv aooliiationa." I couinmni- 'cated the conteuta of the cable to Henor lnu Antonio de la I'aaabiam a. tbe min ister of nnanif. who had, of course, eow- miinlrared them in turn to the President. I ventured to remind hia excellency of theae facta. He had beard me wan auent at fentinn. I fear" I concluded, "therefore, that It la Impoaaible for me to be of any aaaisl- ance to your excellency. He nodded, and gave a alight aigh. Then, with an air of closing the aubject,! he aaid : "I suppose tbe directore are paat rea-i on. You occupy a very rcsponsime po aition here for no young a man. Mr. Mar tin not bevond your merit. 1 am eure. They leave you a pretty free band, don't I renlied that aa far aa routine oui- neaa went I did much aa aeemea gooa in mv own eves. Kout Ins business? including invest ments, for Instance?" be aaked. "Yea," aaid I; "inveatmenta in tne or dinary couree of buaineaa discounting billa and putting money out .on loan and mortraoe over here. I place tne money. and merely notify the people at borne of what I have done." "A moat proper confidence to repose In you," the I'realdent waa good enough to ar. "Confidence ia the lire or buaineaa; you must trust a man. It would be ab- aurd to make you eend home the billa. and deeds, and certlficatea. and what not. Of courae. they wouldn t do that." Though thia waa a atatement, aomehow It also Bounded like a queation, ao I an- awe red : "Aa a rule they do me the compliment of taking my word. The fact is, they are. aa your excellency aaya, obliged to truat eomebody. "Eiactly aa I thought. And you aome- tluiee have large auuia to place?" At thia point, notwithstanding my re-1 I TTV 1'IFt H yti 1 ! t TT A TT rm aav '.' - -m mm r i i mm I . .T tV mw I imilaTllVI II aa. I "i 'UX ir- It s I 1 1 I I II VIIIIM llfVill - Opinions oi oreat Papers on Important bubjects. ef-t t 1- (4WM M.M t J t i f f I it T A - - - - j i rni if-, nut aiso io give employment io . . . r.i,., i ,n nmlern State, instinct with the progrea- m.nT ,,.,, who, ,J onoPPU,pB4 became for ,h VrfMfat 1 ban t0 m" aive .pint of the Anglo-Saxon race. It nlrrn of .gta,n. Such at least waa ' : . - . ... waa hia genius which cat aside the worn- , 6ffl(.,,, tcM ot hln . whpth(r h, no. air I re, lied out tradition, of Kuropean dominion, and it w th, tru on. , ,0 "" Ot r buaineaa i. not ao exten.ive taught his fellow-citizens that they were, if not all by birth, yet one and all by adoption, sons of freedom." Any mia takea in the execution of thia fine con ception must be set down to the fact that tlie rresidi-ut'a great powers were rather the bnppy gift of nature than the reault of culture, To this truth he waa himself in no way Mind, and he waa accustomed to attrib ute hia want of a liberal education to the doubt later on. Aa regards thia loan, my office wai purely ministerial, Tbe ar rangements were duly made, the proper guarantees given, and the June after my arrival I bad the pleasure of handing over to the I'resident the f.VIO.OOO. I learned from him on that occasion, that to hia great gratification, the balance of tha loan had been taken up. "We shall make a atart at once, air,' aaid the President, in hia usual cnnflHenr aociui ruin nrouzlit upon his Tamily by tbe but quiet way. "In two yeara Whlttlng Anierican Civil War, and to the disloca- hum harbor will walk over the world. tion thereby produced in hia atudiea. Don't be afraid about your Interest. Your Starting under the aupice of auch a director never made a better Inveit- gifted leader, and imbued with ao noble ment. a aval for progreaa, Aureatalaud waa, at the beginning of her history aa a nation, the object of many fond and proud hopes. Hut in spite of the blaxe of glory In which her sun had risen, her prosjierity aa we could wish.' "Whatever," aaid the President, look ing me atraicht In the face, "whatever may be usual, at thia moment you have a large sum a very respectable aum of money in your aafe at the bank, waiting for Investment. "How do you know that?" I cried. "Mr. Martin ! It la no doubt my fault : I am too prone to ignore etiquette ; but you forget yourself. I hastened to, apologize, although I wat pretty certain the President waa contem plating a queer transaction, if not flat burglary. "Ten thousand pardons, your excellen cy, for my moat unbecoming tone, but may I ask how you became possessed of tbia Information?" Jones told me," be aaid, simply. Aa It would not have been polite to I thanked hia excellency and withdrew with a peaceful mind. I had no respon- aibility in the matter, and cared nothing whether the directors got their Interest or was not maintained. Tha mnnir, ... in linyr rh h.A .k.'n n . ,i. expres tbe surprise I felt at Jones' aim well auited for agriculture and graxing. loan, a curioaity which waa not deatlned ?".l',t' ln 0oi1 auch a confidant, I tut tbe population a very queer mixture to be satisfied for aome time. I u u peace. of racee waa Indolent, and more given The works were begun and the Inter- To ba cont'nuJ.) to keeping holidays and festivals than to est waa paid, but I cannot aav that th honest labor. Most of them were unlntel-1 harbor progressed rapidly; In fact, I doubt iigent ; tnose who were intelligent made if more than 1 100,000 ever found their their living out of those who weren't, a way Into tbe Docketa of contractors nr method of aubalstence satisfactory to tbe workmen over the Job. The President had inuivmuai, Dut adding little to the aggre- aome holea dug and aome walla built ; NEW FACTS ABOUT POMPEII. City Proved Never to Have Bees a I (port. mo question wneiner i'omneil waa a I gate of national wealth. Only two classes having reached that point, about two "enport In the atrict sens of the word, made fortunea of any size government officiate and barkeepers and even in their case wealth waa not great, looked at by an English or American standard. Pro duction was alack, invention at a atand atill, and taxation heavy. The Presi dent's talenta seemed more adapted to founding a State in the shock and turmoil of war, than to the dull detaila of admin istration; and although he waa nominally assisted by a cabinet of three ministers, and an assembly comprising twenty-five members, it was on his shoulders that the real work of government fell. On him. therefore, the nior.il responsibility must also ret a burden the President bore with a cheerfulness and equanimity al most amounting to unconsciousness. .When I first set foot in Aureatnlnml Twas land'd on the beach by a bout from the steamer at the capital town of Whit tinghain. I was a young man, enterimt oil my twenty-sixth year, and full of pride ar finding niywlf at so early an aje sent out to fill the reaHinsilile position of man ager at our Aurestaland branch. The directors of the bank were then pursuing what may without unfairnesa be called an adventurous policy, and, in response to the urgent entreaties and glowing exhor tations of the President, they had decided on establishing a branch at Whittingham. I commanded a certain amount of inter est on the board. Inasmuch as the chair man owed my father a sum of money, too mail to mention, but too Urge to pay and when, led by the youthful Itch for novelty, 1 applied for the post. I suc ceeded in obtaining my wish at a salary of a hundred dollara a month. I am sorry to say that in the course of a later busi ness dealing the balance of obligation shifted from the chairman to my father, an unhappy event which deprived me of tny hold on the company and seriously In fluenced my conduct in later days. When I arrived In Aureataland the bank had leen ojien some six months, under the guidance of Mr. Thomas Jones, a ateady going old clerk ho was in future to act aa chief ami cashier under my orders. ' I found Whittingham a pleasant little city of about five thousand inhabitants, picturesquely situated on a fine bay, at the spot where the river Marcus debouch ed Into the ocean. The town waa largely composed of government buildings and tiotels, bnt there was a street of shops of no mean order, and a handsome square, called the "Piana 1S7I," embellished with an equestrian statue of the President. Hound abont this national monument were large number of seats, and, hard by, a cafe and bandstand. Here, I soon found, waa the center of life in tbe after noons and evenings, tjoing along a fine venue of trees for half a mile or so you came to the "Golden House," the Presi dent's official residence, an imposing villa of white stone with a gilt statue of Au reataland. a female figure sitting on a ploughshare, and holding tword In the right hand and a cornucopia In the left. Hy her feet lay what was apparently a ladly planned cannon ball; this. I learned, waa a nugget, and from Ita presence and the name of the palace, I gathered that the President had once hoped to base the prosperity of hia young republic on the solid foundation of mineral wealth. This hops had been long abandoned. I have always haled hotels, so I lost to time In lmiklng round for lodg!ng tillable to my means, and waa fortunate enough to obtain a couple of moma In the house occupied by a piUt, father Jacques Itonchrcticn. lie wss a veTy gout fellow, and though we did not beonme In timate, I could alwaya rely on bla cour tesy and friendly services. Here I lived In great comfort at an expense of fifty dollars month, and I soon found that my apare fifty made me a well-to-do man In Whittingham. Accordingly I had the entree of all the best houses, Including the Uoljen House, and a very pleasant little society we had; occasional dance, fresjuent dinner, and plenty of lawn ten Hia and billiard prevented ma flio tba year after the Interview above recorded. he suddenly drew off the few laborer ar 111 employed and matter came to a dead top. It wa hortly after thl occurrence that I wa honored with an invitation to dine at th Golden House. It waa In tbe month of July. Needles to any, I accepted the invitation, not only because It wa In th nature of a command, but also because the President gave uncom monly good dinner, and, although a bach elor had a well ordered a household a I have ever known. My gratification wa greatly increased when, on my arrival, I found myself the only guest, and realized that the President considered my society in itself enough for an evening'a enter tainment. It did cross my mind that this might meitn busines, and I thought it none the worse for that. We dined in the famous veranda, the scene of ao many Whittingham function The dinner waa beyond reproach. The President was a charming companion. Though not, aa I have hinted, a man of much education, he had had a wide ex perience of life, and had picked up a man ner at once quiet and cordial, which set me completely at my ease. Moreover, he paid me the compliment, always so weet to youth, of treating me as a man of the world. With condescending confidence he told me many tales of hi earlier day; and aa he had been everywhere, bia con versation waa naturally most Interesting. I tinner was over nad the table cleared before the President seemed inclined for erious conversation. Then he Mid ud denly ; "Mr. Martin, thia country la In a neril oua condition." "Vour ex.vllency." id I. "do you refer to the earthquake?" (There had been a slight shock a few day before.) "No, air," he renlicl n n i "ounces. The harbor W(rka have proved far more exiiensive than I anticipated. I hold in am ilsi4 'n,I"",r' rtirW that mem. and they are not finished not bv any means finished." ' They certainly were not; hardly begun. , IVar me," I ventured to seems wh on by they were ay. "that cms a g,od deal of money, considering hat there la to show for it." "Yon cannot doubt the rwptin.... t. Martin." said the President. I did doubt the certificate, and should have l.ked to ask what fee the engineer had received. Hut I hastily said It was, of course, beyond suspicion. -Ves," .aid he .teadily. "quit beyond uspicion. You ee, Mr. M.rtin, In my position I am compelled to be liberal The government cannot set other employl era the example of grinding men down by low wage. However, reason apart, there I th fact. W cannot go on without more money; and I may tell yon. In con fidence. that the political situation make it imperative we should go on. Not only my personal honor pledged, hut the oppo sition. Mr. Martin. Id by the Colonel, 1 making Itaelf obnoxious- yea, I may say very obnoxious." "The Colonel, sir." aaid I. with a free dom engendered of dining. "I a beast." "Well," said the President, with a tol erant smile, "the Colonel, unhappily fr the country, Is no true patriot. lint be Is powerful ; he is rich ; he Is, under my IT alone, in command of the army. And moreover. I believe he stands well with he Signorlna.- The situation, in fact, l desperate. I must have money, Mr. Martin. Will your director make m a new loan?" I knew very well the fate that would attend any inch application. Th direc tor were already decidedly nnesy abont their first loan; shareholder bad asked awkward questions, and the chairman bad found no amall dinVnlty in ahowing that th Investment wa likely to prov either afe or remunerative. Again, only asfort night before, tne (orernment had mad a or whether It waa aeparateil from th aea by a atrip of lutul, waa aolved de facto, la 1879, by a network of trenchea oiwned by ItugKero a cross the dlu puted district, aaja Prof. Lauclanl, In Harper' Weekly. It waa ascertained on this occasion that tbe atory of a three-mnsted ship, In fact, of tbe flag ship of rilny, alleged to have been found near the farmhouse of Messlgua In 1S33, was absolutely groundless. The mnsts, seen B(ui described by the naval architect Giuseppe Negri, were simply trunks of cypress trees. Many such trunks of cypresses linve Iieen found slr.ee. Tliev meiisure. as an avernse. 1.42 millimeters In circumference, .47 millimeter In diameter, wlilcb. seems to be the projxT size for a tree 40 or 4." years old. Their roots are still planted lu the antique, humus of the mouth of the Sumo, whereas the trunks Hre em bedded In the lupin of the eruption of !). With the help of these fossil re mains the line of the ancient seitconst hns lieen traced from Torre Annun.lnta to Cnstelhinimnre, crossing the Hlver Samo 3.000 feet above Its present mouth. The picturesque rocks gf Hovlg llano, the K'tra Hcrculls of the no mans, which, lief ore the eruption, were separated from the mainland by a channel l..V) meters wide, pome now within 4-0 meters of the shore. Among those who remalneu faithful to duty In spite of the appalling elr- cumstniKvs, were the few soldiers rfar- risoiiing the city. Sixty-three skeletons have Wit discovered In the barracks. Jhoxe facts, which I have oimtml from memory, prove that the number of the victims of the eruption within and near the Ill-fated t-Ity Is greater than generally supiHwcl minielv. from Ksi to 7ih for t,e ,H,rti excavated up mis iKirtion represents four- tenths of the whole surfuce. if tue ratio 1h the same for the districts yet unexplored, the total number of the r?in,7y.,!r ,,u.t at ' m'"1,m,m f leHiO. Admitting the tiumler of loooo or IMS) as the most probable for 'the population, this means that of nine PomiK-lans one perished, wiill,. pUht su.veoded In saving their lives The latest discovery decrv,llC consideration Is that of a trunk of lnureiauruiI nobllla the plaster cast of which 1 an admirable reproduction. In the mass of a.hes m which tlie trunk lay imrled print, or marks of leaves and berries bacca laurl-have been Identified, be- Tond doubt. The discovery, studied and nalyed by the professor 0f botany In the I Diversity f Naples ,d other eml- net specialists, I, Tery Important, be cause t hrl1K, f((rth a ?h rT " " w" "-l-ted. on .... - concerning the exact or tne eruption and of the dlsap ince of Pompeii. -Pj-rvrtll RirORM TENDENCIES. M'n-iiV of spelling) muria vj r. ruirgis Alien show ,h,t tDr '' ideiice of change Ulng In British uaage than there ia In Auierln- Rl" w I11 ""esthrtlc" or "esthetic" nrmsn puonsoer ao uoi tag to ,i ,trr. on tne otner nana, -American. ......miners who publish for the Hrltlah aa well aa the Ameri'n market." Mr. Allen tells us. "And that adopting tbf (which Is considered an American Ism) ten.la to Injur the sale of their books to the Brit ish trade." conwderble changes, he adds, are taking place In America usage In tlie direction of returning to British usage- a, for example, -honour' for honor, "ceil tre" for centee .nd "traveller" for traveler. After all. American puhBrr ho w,nt the w,,lpt market for books of a certain clM lo consiuer tne rastuilous buyers In Austriil. Cnild,, fouth Africa and other British colonies ti well M In the Cnlted States. It thu hapiiena that the Fr",al l,1,,rt ot many bookmakers In this country run counter to tne project or extended "spelling reform" endowea ny mt. i aruegie. i ue type writer and typesfttlng machine seem to be chiefly re siionslhle for the common substitution for the dlpthongs, aa tbe machines would become much more complicated If they provided for tb'ra- "Should the dictionaries," Mr, Allen asks. "ev the preference to 't forma when usage does not without Indicating that usage prefers the dipthoug forms In those cases? i sage, aner all, la and should be the master. The time la past when dictionary makers could unlrrt to dictate. Baltimore 8uu. FUTCBS OF SAN FRANCISCO. IAN FRANCISCO started to rebuild even be fore he bad any assurance that she could establish herself more securely against fur ther earthquakes. That showed the quality of ber courage. It has, nevertheless, been glvlu. ber satisfaction to hear the testimony of earthquake expert and architects and builders to the effect that she can make her buildings trong enough to resist even worse shocks than they have exerlenced. Professor Nukxtuurs, of the Imperial University of Toklo, the architect ent by Japan to Inspect conditions at San Francisco, reorted some time ago that one of the great causes of diimage had been the oor quality of mortar and the faulty construction with the use of hollow tiling and fire block instead of concrete. He gave the San Francisco pwi1'8 formula for the kind of mortar which, according to Japanese experience, will resist hocks, and he told them that even brick buildings, If projierly set lu mortar, can be made proof against damage. The writer on applied science In tbe current Forum dda bla testimony ai to the stability of the steel frame buildings, when properly braced and when established on sufficiently solid foundations. For tbe smaller build ings re-enforced concrete that Is, concrete with an Im bedded metallic network la approved for Ita resistance both to shock and to fire. Even the light tud water problem, of San Francisco are aaid to be siweptlble of entirely successful solutions. both from tec htilil and from commercial standpoints. The substitution of flertrlclty for gas will do away with one ot that worst tohe fire dangers that coming from the gas mains th'cartliqunke has broken. The water pipes can probahlyje made secure against the worst break by laying tun on concrete foundations. Indirectly San Franc!? Is planning to make great conflagrations Improbable 6eren ft er by establishing a system of broad I 1 boulevards, which tha Ore will not be apt to leap, even If the water supply Is In part Interrupted. Some of these boulevards are planned to be put through at once, others after Ave year and other after tea years. San Franclaco baa every reaaon to feel confident that It I aa safe a any other city, and much aafer than many, against tbe recurrence of disaster with destructive result akin to those of last April. Chicago Heord Herald. CHECKS ON PROSPERITY. HE rich bear little of tbe general burden of taxation, lu any country, proportionately t the poor. Tbe British Chancellor of the Ex chequer hint that an attempt will be made to throw the Income tax more heavily on the rich. The Liberal party may also adopt the principle, practiced In several Ku ropes n countries, of taxing Income from property more heavily than Income based on effort. Prussia, Baxony and YVur temberg tax Income from property about three time a much aa Income from work, and I Denmark twice aa much. The principle la recognized In Italy. Tbe only objection to a progressive income tax la tbe encouragement that It glvea to iierjury, and this objection It share with the ordinary form of taxing tersonal property. Income tax es. Inheritance taxes, and lawa ln restraint of monopoly are all efforts, of course, toward the one goal of so ar ranging the lawa that society shall grant to the Individual only aa much a I for the material and spiritual wel fare of the race. Massachusetts ha just declared, through her Supreme Court, that no person or body In that State shall make It a condition of sale that the purchaser shall not handle tbe goods of other dealer a significant example of what Is to be expected more every year In the direction of preventing tbe Individual or the corporation from having too much In common with the supposed disposition of the much-wronged hog. Collier's Weekly. w THE COLLEGE ADDRESSES. HEN a man la called Uhii to speak to col lege students he usually weighs bis words most crefully. However extreme a partisan may be In other circumstances, when setting forth his views In the presence of those who are learning about the great problems of life he strives to be Judicial and fair-minded. consequently, the annual college addresses afford a dis tinct guide to what the leaders of thought really think. Those addra this yeur were remarkable for their cheerful optimism and for their faith lu the honesty and uprightness of the men of the present generation. There were some ex-eptlons, but the rule waa that the young men atiout to begin the truggle for survival were told that the old-fashioned virtues have not gone out of style, that honesty and uprlghtnesa are still highly priced, that greed for gain Is as despicable as It has always been, and that the road to uecess lies along the straight and nar row way which, has commended Itself to men by centuries, of experience. This word la needed. It Is Important that a true and wholesome standard shall lie held up for admiration at tbe time when young men begin to find a standard necessary. It la a most gratifying sign of the firmness of the moral foundations tluit neither tbe colleges nor the men whom they honor by invitations to speak have been swept from their feet by the tide of sordid accusations too many, alas! proved that hns lately been flooding th country. Youth's Companion. THINK PLANTS HAVE EYES. Idealists Tks JOxplala War The Reek to Aveld the flaa'a lare. ' Plauta are by no means so stupid or so helpless at they commonly get creil It for being. No matter how a beech happens to be placed lu the ground, the root will turn down and the stem grow up Into the nlr and there manage somehow or other to find Its way to the nearest support Ivqioclally remarkable Is the behn vlor of vegetables toward light. House ilants, as every one knows, grow ln t ho direction of the window, but if the pot be turned halfway round tlfi leaves will nevertheless umiiHge to screw themselves back into their old posl tion, and the sunflower will "rubber round" all day long so as to stare at the sun. In temperate countries leaves grow at right angles to the raya of light to get as much of It as possible In the tropics they set themselves edgewise to get a little, Kvldently, then, plants come at least as near seeing as do some animal Pretty much all that hns been known alnnit the matter, however, is that they attend only to tlie bl"e "J ot the un; for though they will grow per fectly well in red or yellow light they how not the allglitcwt inclination to turn toward It. A German botanist Haberlandt who for manv vears b bc'n studying these problem, has concluded that the whole upier surface of n Icf la a sort of ctuniKiund eve. The thin, translucent skin which in mt plant cover the green, ueculent tissue of the leaf la Itself. In certain cases, coniHsel of innumerable rounded cells. These, think Profe-r Haberlandt. are so manr mini,.- unes wliien concentrate the light nt the living substam-e lie low and enable the plnnt to distinguish between light niX ""r"1""' or twecn weak lijht " iruu l""u" not cf course, to i- primitive lense nllu' " Wy. magnolls. wood-sorrel ana otner nl.n.t fw.i. nlant. like the pepfier ' - ' i n i ' date pea ran Hs, V..(.f., j JlRlojr say. he ei,...ri wat,.bIn game of baseball now Just ..much." he did hen he was . boy." Yes; clever scheme Is jlgley's." -What's that?" ' "Wliy, he always carries Into the grand stand a piece of board with a knothole ln J J th-oKQ that"-Phlladelp),l Press, The largest carpet In thTwrld la In Windsor castle. It I. fort. f breadth and contain. 6S,o.Soo ltch 7 . tTh of It occupied tweuS tight men fourteen month, n.i t., J ' - have In addition little eye spot, wblco In truture approach tbe eye of the .ln.pleat.nl- mala and apir, 'n w Tt n nlants do act a If they could see ,, feasor Haberlundt ha. f.mnd that ea.b of th" orgnns ran I m",,e ' , 7 lot on . Dbot;rai"-- '-"- lier'a. A 1.1,. .. ...hop in Washington was arguing wltn frjend on the .leslral.lll- ,let.nainlclln . "no '. one nni,7 , byrHsTltea there " "-turning th 1M " P T -Don't li ISst keep yon ay; there U lw.y, flforone more. E'er, - rrTbs contractor, nd caVES around say it require. PUTTING HIS FOOTWT IT. Airs. Hkrappy Oh ! Why Ulun't 1 marry a sensible man? Skrsppy Because, madam, a sensible man would never have married you. POLITE JAPANESE CHILDREN. T He I asked ber to tell me ber age, and she said '"3." She Well did you Brooklyn Life. "Why do you refer to hi fortune a bush money T" Wagg He made It In soothing syrup. Philadelphia Itecord. "lo you leave your valuable In the hotel aafe when you go to a summer resort T" "Only when I leave." Judge. Stella Isn't that Mr. Bachelor kind and gentle? Bella That'. Just tbe trouble; he stands without bitching. Brooklyn Life. "That man baa a very shady buaineaa record." "Why, what baa be been do ing?" "He put up awning." Balti more American. Sapbedde A penny for your thoughta. Miss Pert Mis. Pert They are not worth It. 1 wa. merely think ing of you. Philadelphia Itecord. Husband (angrily) I don't ee why I ever married you. You ar a fool. Wife (calmly) Undoubtedly. Other wise I would have refused you. Grit Ou An Ocean Liner. The Wife Shall I have your dinner 'brought to your room, dear? Husband (feebly) No. Just order It thrown overboard. Cllpiied, "Out of a Job. ebr "Yeh. de boss laid be wa losln' money ou de t'luga I waa maklu'." "Dat ao? Wot waa you inakln'?" "Mistake." Philadelphia Press. Dentist (prodding a patleut'a gum In search of a fragment of root) Funny, I don't seem to feel It Patient (ironi cal In spite of the pain) You're lu luck ! Lea Annate. "Who la It that robs us while we are asleep?" asked the teacher, trying to get tbe clasa to spell the word "burg lar." "IHj gaa meter!" shouted the boya iu unlsou.-MJhicngo New. Assistant This poet aaya that tbe last two verses of bis poem may be omitted, If you think It 1 desirable. Editor I'll do better than that. I'll omit the whole poem. Somervllle Jour nal. "Tbey found a cigar ln a aafe that had fallen down five atorlea ln San Francisco and wasn't the least bit dam aged by Are." "Yes, I've tried to smoke several of those cigars." Cleveland Lender. "Ueally, you know, I don't think Mis. Summergal look at all athletic." "Well?" "Well, you told me she waa always engaged lu aome college sport" "Stupid ! I said 'engaged to.' "Phila delphia Press. Mistress What made you angry wltn the doctor and tell him not to come any more? . Bridget Because be said be thought he would send me to a warmer climate, and I am on ter him. Los Angeles New. "Do you think that wealth bring, pines?" "No," answered Mr. Dustln 8 tax. "It doesu't bring happiness. But It give a man a little bit ot option about the klud of worry be will take ou." Washington Star. "Pa, what' tbe difference between a profession and a trade?" "The man who work at a trade quit when bla eight hour are up. Tbe man who fol lows a profession baa to keep on until hia work hi doue." Chicago Record- Herald. "Don't you like to bear the wind whistling through the wood?" asked the poetical one. "Weil," replied the practical one, "If I'm out In tlie forest I do ; but if the wood la made up Into a $2 flute, I can't any that I do." Yon- ker Statesman. "Yes," said the condescending youth, "I am taking fencing lessons." "Good!" answered Farmer Corutossel. "I alius said you was goln' to turn In an' da lometbln' useful. What's your special ty golu to be rail, stone or barbed wire?" Washington Star. "Well, sir." brusquely Inquired the glrl'a father, "what can I do for you?" "Why er I called, air," stammered tbe timid aultor, "to ace If er you would give assent to my marriage to your daughter." "Not a cent, air! Not a cent I Good-day." Scissor. ' A school teacher, one day during tha hour for drawing, suggested to ber pu- Japan Is the country In which the word "boor," or an equivalent, Is not needed. In that laud habits of jKtllte ness begin to be formed with the first training of the child. Alliert Tracy, lu hi. "Hamblcs Through Japan," write of what he observed In the most obscure parts of the country. Among the many things which be found to pra!se none . more pleasing than tbe fine courtesy of the children. I saw some children emerging from school, and storied on the opiioslte aide of the street to look at them. They came out with none of the rude bolster- ousness which characterize, pupil, at home, but walked sedately and quietly. with books and slates under their arm. The Brat to come ont were not a little startled, evidently, at eeelng a bearded foreigner looking at them. They etop- H I moment, and then, with a cour tesy which I wish I could Imagine poa- Ible in an hngllsh town or an Ameri can village, made an exceedingly re spectful how, and passed on. Of course returned the salutation. The next one. repeated their civil' Ity, and then as fast aa the pupil, came to the front they stopted and made pro found reverence, all along the line. t was a very pretty picture, and quite well illustrated the polite bearing of the apanese, who are thus trained to civil ity from childhood. Before a baby can speak, almost be fore It can totter alone. It I. taught to lift the hand to the forehead on receiv- ng a gift; and 1 never saw a child fall to make thia signal of respect and grat itude without being reproved or remind ed of the omission by some bystander. At another place I came suddenly upon two pretty children who, ap- roachlng from tbe opposite direction, to be married, but I don't know how to draw It" Life. were completely taken bv had no opportunity to Mean tui. P" that each draw what he or she faces showed that they were very much would "ke t0 when grown up. At frightened, and the vnniF the end of the lesson one little arlrl closely to his brother. showed an empty slate. "Why," aaid Just as I wa about to speak they the teachcr' "l"n't there anything you made the most profound of reverences 'ultl like to be when you grow up?" ......... m, ,,ii-iijr mm i gave them esch "a,u luo mllB lrl' 1 wouiu like - i-vm.y, uemonst rating. I hojie, n their -.,.. mm even a white-faced bar "..u u inoioangerous f one pote "' I-MtU Mistake.. Iter. F. W. Gunsaulu met the other day two children l blue sailor aulta naming wuu tneir mother Mr. Gunsaulu praised the' pretty blue suits, the trim sailor bats apd the mmimiiue reerers. Then he an.tii .. . . " "V'l m crriain cnurcO one R,,n. morning three children sat In the front row of the gathering with salb.e h... lucir ueaus. The sexton before tbe servlc m menced tiptoed down the ai.i. .-a . i i . . .. "'i" louuiy ana indignantly; i"' iuem nata off. bovs "Tlie children took no notlc. aiinriiy i ue sexton appeared: wn w,in mem hats, do you hear? "Bflll .11.1 . ur"' ...... uiti in. i cnmtilv ii.- .- old man came and leaned over them "'"""'ii wn-ir laces. Why' he liegan. but In . ....... little pli of terror one of th m.ii.. ' Interrupted him. "'Please, sir. we are girls Bb, Ml(l Chicago Inter Ocean. 4 Taerw la FatF "I notice a party ha. left the wesWn coast to lisK for whallniF . . .. . .1 a'uuiKia In the Arctl.-e ocean." Not a difficult task. Most e ... T,ulltl..n. . . - " "le "V , "'-orti have found - '-'"" waning" rti tlmM Ameelf-an nl- "Seela'e BellevlaV . Senator Bailey was once ataylng for a abort time at a country place, when he received a telegram urging his Im mediate appearance In Washington. Tbe place waa about two miles from the railroad station, and aa the schedule had been recently changed, and bis boat did not know the new bour for tbe train there wa. but one a dav n. gro wa. hastily sent to Inaulre of th. station agent It wa. perhap. three hours when the negro ambled Into tbe yard. "Where have you been. m.. -. Doe It take three hours to ask when a train la due?" the Senator'. hn- manded angrily. "Now. Mar Jeem.." the negro pro tested, "yo know bit don't take no thr- hour, ter ax when er train But Mar. Jeem.. dat station Ich er liar yo' can't take hia word fer nuffln-. an' Ah stayed ter aee for man sef. An fer once In bis lir h t..v truf she ho did pass dar des when he say she would !"-Amerlcan SjMvtator. Boa .4 to He Coa,fn.bU. A Philadelphia man went net on bis vacation and be found the night. rnev sw.1.1 -.1 M,stwi. "u in-ucioinc sea roe. Ive W are In favor of tbrowin. word "palatial" nnleM the house dl crlbed ha. a closet la .very room. Are theee all the bedclothes , ?.lD:!"'rP,3 of t,,e 'hHn.I.ermald. replied. on. r-om.- iauTfien COUpl fef roo"'. When a man Is satlsned with himself. i ,L Vur thlng that otn ar no! atlgfled wlU him. , .