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J THE TIMES.
All that now rvmnlns Is for tho
trusts to begin busting. .
Shnkspcaro wasn't much of n iiuin.
Ho raised n very small family.
But when the north ik1o Is discov
ered Mr. CarnegU -will Insist on filvlng
It n library.
May It bo considered significant that
the latest Vnn Vorst literary produe
tlou Is dedtcnted to Mark Twain?
, Tho formalin euro Is said to haw
petered out In Now York. The trouble
seems to have been ft minor onc-tho
patients who tried It died.
If renry can't wait for the raising
of that fund of $150,000 the Ico ought
to bo solid enough now to make walk
ing possible most of the way.
A minister recently prayed that tho
mayor of his town might either be con
verted or killed, as tho Lord might see
fit It Is always well to rIvc tho Lord
a choice In theso matters.
We are pleased to learn that William
Rockefeller has had his assessment re
duced from ?1,000.000 to $300,000. Wo
ore opposed to grinding tho poor by
taxation or any other method.
Kansas women are again denied the
privilege or saved from the burden
some responsibility, whichever way
you prefer to look nt It-of helping
elect the country's Presidents.
Marie Van Vorst says thero Is no
chance for an unmarried woman to
win fame. In view of the fact that
Marie Is rcnchtuB after fame, the In
ference should bo very simple.
A new edition of W. II. P. Phyfe's
"Seven Thousand Words Often Mis
pronounced" has Just been Issued. It
has one serious fault. In that It docsu't
tell how to pronounce tho author's
name or why he spells It that way.
Emperor William's favorlto poet has
written a book In which ho urges Ger
many to join tho United States In en
forcing tho Monroe doctrine. Are tho
Germans foolish enough to believe that
Uncle Sam needs help In this busi
ness? Alr-shlps are not new, for when n
Conestoja wagon carried freight and
pasHongTs from New York to Phila
delphia in three days. In tho early part
of the hut century, thc vehicle was
-ailed a "dying machlue," so unpre
cedented was Its speed.
The lady of fustilou keeps longer
hours than any worklngwoman. has
absolutely no regular periods of rest
and gets In the social "rush" season
no day oil In seven. Her meals are
not well timed, her food Is too rich,
her wardrobe Is a burden and her fe
verish hunt for fresh entcrtalument
to arouse senses dulled by monotony
Involves a constant mental strain, not
to mention moral risk.
"A great struggle arises In a wom
an's mind when she is asked what her
new gown cost. She Is always In
donbt whether to cut the price In half
and make you envy her the bargain or
double It nnd muko you envy her nillu
encc." This Is floating around credit
ed to the London Spare Moments, but
It has a distinctly American flavor. No
Loudon editor, either In his spare mo
ments or any other moments, ever orlg
' inated that Idea.
The world Is waiting for n multi
millionaire who Is willing to lessen his
burdensome Income by increasing the
pay of thoso who arc tho Instruments
of bis success. Let him do what he
pleases with his surplus accumulation.
It would not be in every sense agree
able to see blm bestow It as a gratuity
on bis employes, for such a course
would have the appearance of charity.
Hut let blm rccogulzo tho past and pres
ent services of his helpers by such nn
increase in wages as would be com
mensurato with the great value of those
services and would also serve to de
crease tho embarrassment of riches.
Four small boys stolo tobacco from
a car. Tho quantity was small but
sufficient to make them sick A police
man noting tho 111 effect of their Ini
tial Indulgence arrested the boys on
suspicion. Iiclng in a repentant mood,
the boys confessed. Lucky boys. For
It Is luck Indeed to bo caught in your
first meanness! If you put your finger
in tho tire It Is burned. Tho penalty
follows promptly. You Jearu by ex
perience to keep your finger out of tho
fire. Wero tho penalties following tho
infraction of all laws, physical, mental,
moral Immediately applied we might
not Hvo so long, but wo would get ex
perience rapidly. Becauso tho penalty
is in the future we sin and hope to
dodgo the punishment Had there been
added to that divine warning, "Be sure
your sin will find you out," the word
Immediately, there would possibly bo
ess sinning and suffering, Possibly
not. Would thero also be leas' man
hood and womanhood? Did tobacco
make boys sick nil their lives would
tobacco bo stolen? May bo you agree
with Klbert llubbajd who thinks no
mau can bo deeply religious who has
not deeply sinned and deeply repented.
"Sow your wild oats," say theso advo
cates of necessary evil. That Is n dan
gerous doctrine, young mau. You may
nut reform and he obliged to reap tho
crop. You may not be caught, ns those
hoys were caught. Don't do n mean
thing, but If you are determined
to do wrong pray you may be caught
In the tint act. Llko tho boys you
may bo so sick and so sorry you will
quit.
Six million two hundred thousaud
farmers' bulletins on n hundred ami
forty different subjects were printed
for the Department of Agrlculturo dur
ing tho past tlscal year. As thero are
about six million farmers, exclusive of
agricultural laborers. In tho United
States, this Is one pamphlet for each
one. If any farmer did not get his
copy, It was because he did not apply
for It, for they are nearly all turned
over to the members of Congress for
free distribution. There Is hardly a
subject In which farmers nre Inter
ested that Is not discussed In some one
of the various bulletins. Information
Is contained In them about the feed
ing of farm animals, hog-cholera, how
to kill weeds, the cure and fcedlngof
chickens, butter-making and tho care
of milk, tho vegetable garden, good
roads, breeds of dairy cattle, bread
making, bow to ralso apples, rice-culture,
tomato-growing, sugar as fowl,
Insects affecting tolmcco, cotton and
graneS; diseases of potatoctt and ap
ples, how to detect oleomargarine and
renovated butter, tree-planting on ru
ral school grounds, the Angora goat,
and scores of other things. It would
be dllllcult to estimate with any de-
fgree of accuracy the lluanclal benetlt
which has accrued to the farmers from
the perusal of these bulletins. Such
men as believe they must be continual
ly studying to keep abreast of tho
times and to understand tho posslhlll
ties of their business have tccu the
mont diligent readers of the publica
tion of tho Department of Agricul
ture. It is the benefit which these
mcu have derived that Justifies the
coutinucd expenditure of money by the
government for freo education of this
.kind, an education almost ns necessary
to national prosperity as that provided
for the children In the public schools.
Who that has noted the tide of Immi
grants which pours Into tho United
States every year has not asked him
self bow the stream becomes merged
In tho current of national life; how
these strangers are transmuted Into
American citizens? Without doubt
(he most Important agency Is the pub
lic schools. A college settlement which
has been studying the matter closely
has brought to light some most Inter
esting and encouraging details. "A
little girl of foreign birth and stam
mering tongue. In one of tho lower
grades, tells a visitor that the beauti
ful portrait of the Father of Ills Coun
try, which hangs upon tho schoolroom
wall. Is n picture of Buffalo BUI. This
Is the beginning. A few grades higher
up a group of boys of foreign birth are
celebrating Washington's birthday. In
mimic scene they reproduce the pro
ceedings of the Continental .Congress.
Statesman nfter statesman answers
as his name is called. Tho gentleman
from Virginia can hardy wait his turn
to dclljpr himself of his great utter
ances; the gentleman from Pennsylva
nia protests In vain. All at last agree
to hang together or to hang separate
ly, and they ulllx their names to un
Imaginary Declaration of Independ
ence. Their audience cheers with ex
citement, and Joins with the patriots
In singing fervently and unquestlon
Ingly 'Laud where my fathers died." "
All. this imiyVTiii nu artificial means
of stimulating loyalty to n new father
land. Yet could u better one bo de
vised? These Iwys nre nt the ago
whoii Imagination plays Its most Im
portant part. Their contemporaries of
American birth are playing Indian and
train robber. Tills docs not mean that
they will becomo savages or Imudlls,
nor is It expected that tho young Im
migrants will grow Into Patrick Hen
rys or Bobert Morrises. But the Ideas
whleh.these names set up for them nro
provocations to the best citizenship.
Tho public schools which guide their
pupils Into exercises of this sort are
doing mi Important service. Our com
posite population needs every unifying
influence.
Tea Services or British Jtoyalty,
Among tho many beautiful sets of
tea sen-Ices lu tho possession of tho
King and Queen of Knglaud Is ono
which was given to them on tho occa
sion of their sliver wedding, in 1889,
by tlifi King and Queen of Denmark,
nnd which is !oth for tea nnd coffeo.
Prlnco Wnldemar of Denmark gave nt
tho same tlmo a cab of antique spoons
which nro also frequently In use. Tho
Klpg Is quite a connoisseur In coffeo,
and has his own coffee-maker from
Tnrkoy, always preferring to drink tho
bovcrago In tho real Turkish way,
Charles Marriott, tho author of "Tho
Column,' Is now Ilnlshlng n new novel
which Is entitled "i'he House on tho
Hands." '
"Old Paths nnd Legends of Now Kit.
gland," by Katharine M. Abbott. Is
shortly to appear with the Imprint of
. P. Putnam's Sous,
Dr. Lyinnn Abbott Is now at work
on a utogrnphy of Henry Ward Beech
or, which Houghton, Mltllln A Co, ex
pect to publish uvxt September.
Mark Twain U making haste to put
the llultdilng touches to his papers wi
Christian Science llint a book may bo
nmdo of them for early publication.
t Miss Alice Brown, the author of
"Meadow Grass," has written n third
novel, "The MautieriiiKS." The ncllon
pusses In a country house aud Includes
a double love story,
Tho author of The Story of Mary
.Mclnn" Is at work upon a uuvv book.
It Is said to be quite different lu char
acter from tho first one, nnd to bo
written with more reserve. It Is dllll
cult to Imagtiie what form tho girl's
Ideas will take now that she Is two
years older and has seen more of tha
world.
Henry Holt & Co. have In press for
Immcdlatu publication a handbook on
"Money nnd Banking," by Professor
William A. Scott, of the University of
Wisconsin. Whllo Intended primarily
for educntlonal use. It will bo service
able also to the busy general reader
who wishes a clear statement In com
pendloiu form of the first principles of
mouern currency.'
The llttlo magaxlnc which tho Scrlb
ners have published for so many years
under the title of the Bookbuyer, tins
-ovn transformed and given tho title
of tho Lamp. It has been made a llt
tlo weightier, lending off with an ar
ticle on "Macnulay's First Hssay," by
Professor Wilbur L. Cross, aud the
department called Tho Bnmbler" has
been relegated to the pages at tho
back.
John Lane will soon publish a novel
by Mrs. Wilfrid Ward called "The
Light Behind." Mrs. Ward Is a niece
of tho Duke of Norfolk, the premier
British Duke. Her father wss James
Bobert Hope Scott, the parliamentary
barrister, and a close friend of (Bad
stone. He came into possesion of Sir
alter Scott's home, Abbotsford, by
his marrlsgo with the romancer's
granddaughter and solo descendant,
Miss I-ockhnrt. Mrs.. Ward's childhood
woo passed at Sir fruiter's home. She
published an earlier novel some time
ago, called "Ono Poor Sample."
THE NAVY A8 A TRADE.
Pcrtry Moo.1r 1'olnU Out It Op
portunities for Yuan Man,
"Not only the man behind tho gun,
but the man behind the coal shovel, tho
man behind tho wheel, the man In
front of tho engine, aud, not by any
means least of all, tho man In front of
the galley range tacit of theso Is tho
subject of solicitous thought by men
who are distinguished as brilliant coin
mandurN of ships and of squadrons,"
said Secretary of the Navy Moody,
apropos of the departure of enlisting
parties for the navy, to cover tho Mid
dlo West and Southwest.
"I mean by that to convey forcibly
that each of thu many trades, callings
and occupations which constitute the
Industrial life of a Inodent warship Is
being scrutinized for avenues of Im
provement; that there Is a consistent
and comprehensive effort being made
to Improvo tho conditions surrounding
tho enlisted men afloat, an effort which
has already borne nidi fruit that I
think I am Justified in saying that In
no navy nre the conditions of comfort
which surround the bum of the navy
of the United States approached.
"Tbo system under which tho navy
department Is training material for
crows is, I believe, If continued nlong
tho present linen nnd with the Improve
ments that experience will enforce, cer
tain to give ns the finest maii-o'-wnrs-
men tho world has ever seen. A boy
from 15 to 17 years of age who enters
the navy as an apprentice at $0 a month
receives a good Kngllsh education and
a thorough training in seamanship. He
bus certain preferences In the matter
of rating, and may easily, by good con
duct and continuous service, work his
way up through successive ratings,
which will give hi in from 30 to f15 n
month; the latter pay, with tho quar
ters and rations, equivalent to at least
(85 n mouth In shore omploinent. Ho
Is aided at all times, If he evinces nn
ambition to perfect himself In his pro
fession, by instruction on board ship
and in special schools established for
tho Instruction of petty officers and ad
vanced seamen, and Is cllglbio under
certain requirements to take the exam
ination for warrant officers, positions
ranking next nfter ensigns, and with
pay ranging from 91,200 In tho first fivo
years of servico to 11,800 nfter twenty
yearn of service, with allowances and
permanence of position and employ
ment that makes the rank quite at sat- J
Isfactory In n financial wny ns a very
largo proportion of tliu bettnr-pald po
sitions ashore. There Is also thu possi
bility of securing n commission nn en
sign, n possibility that has been real
ised within tho past year by an ex
apprentice." Washington Post.
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I'QjKiriED rossn risncs.
M& afsLv-V -" . s7 -nj X-lBl
ttcvent geological research has dis
covered a series of wonderful fosll
fishes among the shale deposits of Wyo
ming. Their original forms have been
somewhat tlnttened nud changed. They
men mired from i.'0 to 1(0 feet long, nud
were In life exceedingly ravenous anil
dangerous. That they fought among
themselves Is nliuost positively known,
for n specimen has been taken from
the rock the stout back plate of which i
had been completely crushed In two,
bearing In Its solid bono deep Imprints
ami gashes which fit tho Jawtlps of
this species, which had Jaws set with
a bristling row of teeth. Theso for
midable creatures are found along with J
others In what nre known as the "Bad j
Inuds" or fossil beds of tho West.
This whole section wns, ages ngo, a
grent lake, which, through changed
geological conditions, was drained,
leaving the mighty monster of thu
deep to sink nud become burled deep,
away from tlo destructive elements
of the ntr nnd flesh rating nnlmal. By
piling up successive lay its of sediment
nature has thoroughly embalmed and
preserved their remains theso millions
of years, until the pick of tho fossil
hunter has cut nud chiseled out their
petrified forms.
II I I I M-r-t"H"fr-t"t H M-H-4;
i Wnys ol fcoplc
Whfi Steal Dogs. :
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Dog stealing In London has Increased
to a very large extent latterly, and the
profocstonal dog stealers, of whom
there arc many, are having n very pros,
porous time. A well-known West Knd
veterinary surgeon explained some of
the methods of the dog stealers.
Theso men," said he, "are by no
nutans ragged loafers, but well-dressed
persons of some address, many of thriu
well off," says the loudoii Kxprrss.
"They find out that n well-known so
ciety lady or gentleman has a dog
which Is taken for a walk dally. They
cultivate that dog's acquaintance with
surreptitious feeds, and then ono day
the man finds himself round a corner
alone with the dog, aud the theft Is
accomplished.
"Sometimes a decoy dog Is taken out,
especially In case where It Is desired
to steal an animal of tho larger kind.
Kensington Gardens nro the happy
hunting grounds of the dog thief nud
score of pet nre there stolen front
their owners. I should say from my
knowledge Hint at least fifty dogs a
mouth are stolen lu the West Bud
Generally speuktng, a lost, dog can al
ways bo recovered If ono goes the right
wny about It. Tor Instance, I got to
know a dog dealer who, though ho
would never steal n dog on his own ac
count, must, I niu morally certain, be
In touch with thoso who do. A client
comes to me with n talc of a lost dog
and prepared to spend money to get It
back.
"I go to tho dog dealer, describe tho
animal, and ask hltn to keep his eyes
open for It. Very shortly ho comes to
mo and tells me for what sum ho will
be able to produce the dog. Sometimes
negotiations go on for mouths. Where
rewards are not forthcoming, or where
the police nro hot on tho Iraek, tho
stolen dogs are sent down to Club Bow
Jn Bethnal Green, where thero Is a salo
ovcry Sunday morning."
Thn Power of" Imagination.
An English, physician made an Inter
rating experiment not long ngo for thu
purposo of determining tho relatlvo
power of Imagination of tho sexes. He
doHctl 100 of his hospital patients with
sweetened wuter, and soon afterward
entered the room, In great apparent
agitation, saying that by mistake- ho
had administered a powerful medicine.
In a few, minutes four-fifths of tho pa
tients, mainly men, responded to tho
supposed emetic. Not u woman was
affected.
HoniBtliliiK of Heal Value.
"I notlco In the horrid newspapers
that somo person ovnh on tbo conti
nent has dlscovahed tho microbe of
hydrophobia, don't you know," '
"Dealt me, how stwnngel But, weal
ly, that doesn't concern nio nearly so
much us would tho discovery of somo
menus to countoract, don't you know,
the effect that Is pwoduced on a blood
ed dog by biting common persons. My
llttlo Fldo wits qulto ill tho last tlmo
be bit an ordinary child on tho vtrcct,
don't you know." Clovolaud Plain
Dealer,
JEf-'FEHQON DAVIS' OLD HOME
Ilannvolr Mnnstrtu to ltoconis n lit treat
for CntifUrnt Holdlora.
In nil the fair southland tlinro Is not
it plnuo dearer to the hearts of tho
Southern peophwthnit ilenuvolr, (ho
lite homo of Jefferson Davis, President
of thu Confederate Stairs, This homo
was recently purchased by the sons of
Confederate veterans and will noon 'be
come it home for Impoverished Confed
erate veteran soldiers.
Ilenuvolr Is tho most bountiful nnd
Imposing place on tho (lulf coast. It
was settled nnd Improved by James
Biown, a wealthy planter, who was lav
lull lu tbo expenditure of his abundant
menns In building aud beautifying his
home. Oaks, cedars and mnguollns vie
with each other lu adding charm, nud
the long, gray moss fills In any little
details that are lucking. Tho mansion,
ns It wns termed, Is ns gooil as It was
tlib day It was built, over (K) years ngo.
A gallery 80 feet long nnd II Vj feet
wide borders tho building In front nud
on the sides, nnd ends In wings that
KullaflK'P', .&&&
BTnrnintiri i fmmrr
noun or jj-yrcusoM havis,
tre entered through tall Venetian doors.
The hall Is 10 feet wide and opens at
tho rear on a wldo gallery, on which
tho wings nlso open. The room to the
right ss tho hall Is enter M from the
front was MIm Winnie's room. What
n Mecca this room will be for tho veter
ans, nud how they will cherish every
thing that belonged to the "Daughter
of the Confederacy."
Kqually distant from the mansion,
east nud west, are quaint little cot
tage. Originally there was only ouo
room lu each, surrounded on the four
sides by wide galleries, I-ntcr one and
two side have been Inclosed, giving
two additional rooms. It Is nbout tho
east cottage that the principal Interest
centers, for It was lu this that Mr. Da
vis studied and wrote, nud where MUs
Winnie did much of her early literary
work. Tho main room of this cottngo
was Mr. Davis' private library. Tho
walls nro lined with liook shelves, nnd
a little gallery runs along tho upper
shelves. This was reached by n small
ladder. Near the flreplnce Is where Mr.
Davis' desk stood, and the door beside
It Is spattered with Ink thrown from
his pen when he was writing his book.
"The Itlso and Fall of tho Confederate
Government." The east room baa been
enclosed, nnd In this room the chieftain
wns wont to recline and rest ou a sofa.
Back of this was a tiny room where
MUs Winnie wrote. It Is n real girl's
den, and Is yet quite characteristic of
the former fair occupant.
Tho west cottage wns occupied by
Mrs. Hayes, the older daughter, nnd
her children when visiting her parents.
Thn Ilenuvolr home wns bequeathe))
by will to Jefferson Dnvts by Mrs.
Sarah Anna Dorscy, of Louisiana.
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The Mcdlclnnl .
Value of Wntcr.
Tho human body Is constantly un
dergoing tUNiio change. Worn out
particles are cast asldu nnd eliminated
from thn system, whllo thu now nro
ever being formed, from the Inception
of life to Its clone.
Water has the power of Increasing
theso tlssuu changes, which multiplies
thu waste products, but nt tho snino
tlmo they nre renewed by Its agency,
giving rise to Increased appetite, which
lu turn provides fresh nutriment. Per
sons but llttlo accustomed to drinking
witter nro (labia to have wasted prod
ucts formed faster than they nre re
moved. Any obstruction to tho froo
working of natural laws nt oucu pro
duces disease, which, If oneo firmly
seated, requires both tlmo nud money
to cure.
Peoplo accustomed to rise In tho
morning weak nnd languid will find
tho cause In Imperfect secretion of
wastes, which many times may bo
remedied by drinking n tumbler of wn
ter before retiring. This very material
ly assists In thu process during tho
night, nnd leaves tho tissue fresh nnd
strong ready for tho nctlvo work of
tho day.
Hot water Is ono of our best reme
dial agents,
A hot bath on going to bed, oven in
tho hot nights of summer, Is u better
reliever of Insomnia than many drugs.
ipflnmcd parts will subsldo under
tho continual poulticing of real hot'
wator.
Very hot water, as wo nil know, Is
a prompt checker of bleeding, nnd be
sldo, If It Is clean, as It should be, It
aids In sterilizing wounds.
British Trade He turns.
British trndo returns for 1D0U show
an Increaao In exports of ia,017,00l, nud
In Imports of 0,870,080.
Most men enn stand a disappoint
ment In lovo butter thanUho loss of a
dollar.
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