,;!. aw1 i W ff ': Ft' &Vj r Topics of the Times An aviator Is the chauffeur of th r. ltrcaktng airship records Is becom- ' Ins unite a sport. chief of thai President Taft want every nose to count In tfco next censtw. x. It Is not llkvljr that pellagra will txeome a faaafoaable uMsexue. Alt porta of peotdo Have It. The good nds premonition will be oaivtftl when nil the formers of thp 'onntry own automobile. The boy who thinks he can build iui aeroplane Is going to be n creat trlil to hU fond parents, Tp simplified spelling movement, riccorditig to last reports, hicln't brok en any speed ordinances. Wc hare a suspicion that the north tole looks exactly like anjr other deso iatu wind-swept waste of Ice and snow. What we want to know Is the name et the magnate who will build the first railroad to the new summer resort discovered by Dr. Cook. It Is announced that ballooning Is an tslmost sure cure for rheumatism. Turning on the gas Is another means of stopping iheumatlsm. The newspaper which complains that people or the United States are being cheated by short weight doesn't have reference to our President. Never mind the knockers, doctor. Any great discoverer Is sure to run across a lot of geexera who don't be lieve his story. Marco Polo. If there are highly educated people en Mars, and there Is every Indication of It. they are watching us pretty closely now. Better be a little careful what you do. Jurlous Insects. The American Uureau of Entomology, who has recently returned from a tour of Inspection of Kuropoati exporting nurseries, has been setting forth the Importance of keeping out nil sorts of Insect pests liable to de stroy Ircos) and Browing crops. Tho same newspaper which coutnlned the entnmologtst'M views announced, In n despatch from tho state capital, tint tho codling-moth nnd other Inseeta unit Injured the Pennsylvania apple. and peach crop to the extent of n tttll lion dollars Tho codling-moth Is not a native of Auiirlcn. na It Mine with tho apple tree. The San Joto wale uppoafel to hav entered the country from Jitpun; tho brown-tall moths were hrottftht here on roeea from Europe. Now the national government Is co operating with tho state government of Massachusetts In nu effort to get rid of those rapidly Increasing pests. StatlitkUns connected with the cen sus bure.iu give It as their "guess" that the decennls.1 count next year will how n population for the Unite ' States of between !0,000.OA0 and OS. 000.000. with a possibility that It wit climb to 100.000.000. This last figure Is probably pure statistical exuberance The total Is much more likely to be between 90.000.000 and 95,000.000. It one may Judge from the leisurely way In which the big cities have grown during the past decade. Taking I5. 000.000 aa approximately correct, we have the following comparative figures revised up to this ear of the popu lations of the gre.it world powers. In cluding their colonies and their r,ov nncwANT. WhsrVrr I read In mournful history How all things crumble at the touch of time, And even great deeds, renowned In mighty rhym. Hhow but an cities burled 'neath the sett, Which. In mini ilnjn, men gnse on nw rully. My heart grows heavy; but one thought sublime Hlses. itii.l therewith the uplifting chime Of morning slurs emes lk remem- borlnxly: Woman, thou nrt that thought. In whom I know That I alone uiive Tfme his Drew mlRht, Dropping my foolish lids of clay too low. For, looking up, I see great Love, far far Above nil changes, like a steadfast stnr Behind the pulsings of tht northern light. James ltussell Lou ell. SE0UET OF AEROPLANE'S l'UOHT. f? dependencies: Chinese Kmplre llrltlsh Kmplre Husslan Kmplre United States Philippine Islands Porto Itlco) .. France tternun Kmplre Japan Austria-Hungary Netherlands Ottoman Kmplre Italy 431.000.t00 410.000,000 1&S.000.00O (Including and . ... 15,000.000 .... J0.0OO.00U , ... 71,000,000 . .;. 4J.000.000 .... 4S.000.000 41,000.000 3S.000.000 31,000.000 An Incomplete Introduction Dealers will be prosecuted If they sell "rallk containing more than 3.000. 4500 bacteria per cubic centimeter." Count your bacteria and keep out of the police courts. A Toledo paper says there are 7.000. 00 tramps In this country. If this Is true It Is only another Indication of the widespread prosperity that Ameri cans are enjoying. The back-door aiaadouts are never plentiful In periods w nnanclat depression. The fact of the matter Is, Just be tween ourselves, that the wealthy man. Instead of plannluihow he can muxxle the preacher, often goes home from church wondering why the man In the pulpit talked so feebly and genially of psychology, the -modern spirit," and the beauties of gooil nature Instead of telling him he wis lax and cowardly and ease-loving In the field of his high er duties and warning him to quit his meanness and remember that there Is a God In Israel. Cave Mountain, In the Siskiyou Na tional Forest, In Josephine County. Oregon, has lately been set aside as a national monument by President Taft. The mountain contains some extensive caves In the marble and other lime stone rocks that compose It The caves were discovered In 1874 by a .bear hunter, and were partly explored three years later Although they were penetrated to a distance of two miles. It Is known that there remain many chambers and passage ways which Imve not yet been entered. The gov ernment has built trails through the 'orest to facilitate access to the caves. It Is expected that this year's corn crop will be the largest ever grown. The estimate Is three billion bushels, "worth to tho farmers who raise It more than two billion dollars. Corn la Indeed the king of all Amerlran crops, the greatest material contribu tion of the country to the wealth and welfare of mankind Cotton and wheat are often ranked with corn, yet the most valuable cotton crop the country ever raised, that of 1908. wait worth only seven hundred and twenty- two million dollars a little more .than one-third of the value of this year's corn crop and the greatest wheat crop, that of 1908, was smaller still In value, six hundred and seventeen mil lion dollar. The value of this year's corn crop Is greater than the nation' entire bonded debt at the dote of the civil war Corn Is something distinc tively Amerlran. The malse of the Indian was the mainstay of the plon eor. It hastened the conquest of the continent and la one of Its golden glories. Great Is King Corn! Never since recorded history began has the population of the world In creased so rapidly aa during the last half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. Immigra tion from western Europe to North America. South Amerlcn. Australia and South Africa has added much to their populations without decreasing the number In Europe The United States Increased in population during the first half of the nineteenth century 340 per cent, and during the second half 22S per cent. Hut these figures were smsl! to begin with and the huge percentages mean little. A better no tion of our growth may be gained from the statement that the country added 1S.000.000 to Its population be- twen H00 and 1S50. and between 1850 and 1900 disregarding the accessions of territory-It added 5:,000.000 At the present time there Is no country in tne world except Argentina which Is increasing at a higher rate than the United States. It will be Interest ing to determine from the forthcoming census Just what our rate of In crease Is. The express to the north was on the point of starting. A girl was leaning expectantly out of the window of a carriage containing only one other oc cupant a man. In the far corner, who was looking with undisguised admira tion at the girl's charming, animated profile. Another girl canto running along the platform. "Here are your pipers. Ethel; I thought I should not be In time." "Thanks, Marlon, and good-byel" Aa they shook hands, the man In the corner came forward. "Why. Stanley!" cried the girl on the platform. "Going to Trevor granger' The guard's whistle sounded. There was a banging of doors. "Why, of course, Ethet Oh, I forgot. you have never meL" The train be gan to move. "I must Intodure you," she cried, running to keep pare with the moving carriage "Ethel, this Is my cousin, Stanley Mortimer " Hut the train having gathered speed, she was left far behind on the platform. In the carriage, the two laughed. She had beard much of Stanley Mor timer That he was a very handsome ' --i. - r - ., it ' Ml- lies -That's n iiinlnt ring w wrttrliig In It nn heirloom' tm. Well, it ituiw from tht t .iiim,u Cleveland Leader. Trump- Hay, mister, I Ihumi'i feti a bite nil day. lJtrted Aalif naiutt Horn m iier nw i,u II.Mlmi TrniiMtlpt. Where U Hung Kung. John tl teacher. " dun't know, sir, nMir rd John. "I think ho was n fhk,, last time I hetird" When John had a small pin of , put on his plate he grumbl! wish cook wouldn't put n nnb ii,4tl. ruing In this iwutry." ' My doll Is Vry sick.- W,) j., ...... ,...tlw "V . H ... . . hvuiuiuiij. !, lam ii rr tlititu iiuiy, nrin uoes ioox wsxr ought lo liai her wailiulrd" Yon MOVES BO FAST IT HAS NOT TIME TO FALL. Suppose you had to cross a lake covered with cake of Ice so thin that If you were to stand upon any one of them you would sink To cro the lake you would have to run from cake lo cake, so that you would not glv yourself time enough to sink on any one of thrm An aeroplane Is trry much In tho same position. It must move so fast that It never hss time to fall through any given section of air. Motion, therefore. Is the secret of an aeroplane's flight. New York Times. a blind admirer of Mrs. Nearly all European nations have furantlae anil Inspection laws Intend Mt to prevent the Importation of In- MONKEY AS AUTHOR'S TET. )mlan Tir l' Manuarrlpta mntt rnnrralrtt VMliiahlr Oritrra. A Paris contemporary dealing wjth the lore of great men for animals gives an amusing account of Chateau briand and his monkey, the London dob says. When he was engaged In preparing Fontanes works for the prewi on returning one day he was met by his monkey. "Ah. you rogue." said Chateau briand, "your shamefaced look tells of mischief" The monkey was chained up, but as things did not appear much disturbed Chateaubriand thought no more of the matter until It whs time to resume work. Fontanes' manu scripts were not to be found. At last Chateaubriand looked Into the waste paper basket and there were the manuscripts. The monkey had watched his master, and as he had seen him fold a sheet of paper and tear It Into four, so he had dealt with Fontanes' writings. With much labor they were pieced together and after ward published. Chateaubriand thought It advisable to see what else the monkey bad done. His orders had disappeared from a drawer which was always kept closed. The servants searched everywhere for them, but they were not to be found Nearly a week elapsed before they were traced, and then a domestic no ticed that the monkey had suspended them to the cornice In a quaslymmet rlral way. The monkey was given his conge and Chateaubriand replaced him by n rat. which was allowed a place on his master's writing table, and great was the pleasure which he derived In play ing with puss. w mmm IIC T0MrSlU WllO SIIK WAS. fellow, she could now Judge for her self; but she woa wondering whether, as she had been told, be was such a consummate flirt, captivating girls eas ily, making love and leaving victims on his path wherever he went while be himself remained untouched by the tender passion. He wondered who she was. How silly of Marlon not to have begun the In troduction In time to Inform him of his companion's name. Anyhow, ha are not Harry r. "I daresay she Is all right. Of course," she continued, "you are ac quainted with most of the guests you are to meet?" "I have seen one of them, at any rate, and by the time that we arrive at our destination I hope the acquaint ance will have ripened sufficiently to warrant my claiming friendship with her." "So soonr "Why should It lake longer? Nearly three hours' tete-a-tete should be equiv alent to many diya In ordinary clr cumstances." "Perhaps so" she admitted, laugh ing Ing "Itesldes, I have heard so much about you, that I seem to know you quite welf; your reputation Is a wide one." "Indeed!" He laughed, well pleased; he was proud of the name of ladyklll er "Hut. as you remarked Just now," he said, "people exaggerate so." "Still one Is bound to be a little prejudiced by what one hears." "You mean that you believe me to be a fllrtr -Well aren't your -N'ot a hit of It." he assured her. "You see. I boiler that a man Is bound to meet the one women In the world whom be must love Until he does, he naturally. In the hope of finding her. goes from one to the other. If his quest Is a long one. ho Is aroused of flirting with all the girls he knows, which Is unfair. Such a man's love What did you say hut night h Jack asked you to marry him" shook my head" 'Hldewsi or i and down? lliutou Transcript "Women have gained fam A,tbu the men!" shouted the sharitfttigrtd uffrsgrtte. "Vr for untold nn,' replied the mere meek nun Suit. 'Ob, mamma," eirlalnied uttl, running In from the garden, kit she saw a roblu redbreast for lb flnt time, "rome and look at this .arret with a red flannel shirt on' Hit after a long sllmco DM 1 htsr anything fall? He ttlmUlii- Why, tto. Hue (with a )i.i--l tiruse me, I thought you dreHi4 t remark. Hattlmore American Her- Yes, he umh! lu taks we toUi theater and send me flew era and tin dy llltti What did ou do to hints Her -Oh. I rtt of the window "That Is the ear frets the grange," she explained Again he tried to secure her hand make him uult It "Friendship? I want more thai ,na married htm!- -Cleveland LMd.r. friendship, i want your leve "I am afraid I could not protuUt you that " "Do you mean that there Is no hop for me? Htliel -you will not forbU me " The door of the rarrktge flew open. "Here you are, Htkel, had a goed day In town?" said a rhrery vulce "Why. here Is Mortimer, loo' How art you. old boy? Let me Introdure - "Mr. Mortimer ami I traveled to gether. Harry." Interrupted Hthel "Marlon Introduced him lo me In l.on don. Just as our (ruin was starting. It made the Journey so pleiMiil. and we have become such great friends, haie we not. Mr Mortimer" Mortimer followed, smiling to him self, she haif laid such gracious streas on the fact of their new-formed friend ship, her smile hsd been no brilliant and kind, that he thought her previous "Hut, Willie," said the d b;t mother, "dhln'l your .mtri-e trX )kii that m were ihdiig wrvtiT "Yes'iii," n-pHisi Willie, kit jmi kt )otl Mil lue IHd to Itellrve rtrrjtU! I hear." Medium littler the inihti i sn ss; one tell how spirits .wltl hse pit k to the rtMtH wihI iiiutrd the fitrHHttr wlii-n all the iliHirs were hMked' lltltUt lUt) (ntlalHg Ills h.Ndi Willi aVrU (nil keys. An old genllemsn pUilng with his little granddaughter on iUr, when she tiotlred that tooat of bit hair was missing llrsmlps b queried earnestly, 'why iUut joj wear a switch?" "Hut I don't see Ihst )ou need U so hrart-hrulien because MsUI Kl; away has Jilted )ou" It Isn't lb Jilting 1 mind, but h relumed Ibt revtlon of his advance, rould only ring In a parcel marked (Hsu WHh by rwjuetry Is far more worth haying than that of a man easily won b the first pretty face he encounters," "Still. Is It necessary that this min have been prompted Victory was at hand! They were approirhlng a Urge mo tor, where sat a nurse ih a one-vesr old child on her lap. Ethel took a quirk step toward It uu, iuh darling." she cried! "Let me' have him, nure" "Harry." she said. "Mr Mortimer hss not seen our son yet; l.n't he a love?" and she held up the lare-swalhe.1 rhll.i i for Mortimer's Inspection ladles' rieiu. ra,e'!"--Hichange. "Pa." said John, the other dr. "I planted notiie otatoea last illnmer,. and what do you think rente upr "IVitators, of eourse," answered I's. ' Nup." said John There esme up drove of pigs and ale them all" "Ma," cried Dot. "my butlou shoes are hurting me." "Wh). child, no wonder," reclaimed Ma. 'ou put them nn the wrong fret!" Dot looked puixled; thrn said. "What will I do, ma? The) are all the feet I sot" "I ean't do this example," pouted John "You run do anything vuu wiut to do." replied his wi. Even wsl'f AiHvrlraiH Cnllrara. .The American college Is In evurv way unlniii- It , i.- .i . .. ... ii. . , . . .,.. ., ..' ----.-- ,v uriiiiFii in a wuiie irlllR iu iiiiu me wuumn who ii wnril a a n uhnni ... . ., " . ,. . mi i.i. iif. .i,..i.i -..i.- wor" V ll.iwnxl tr ImiHirilng more may be carried In n sieve. If )ou onl . I l ii . .. general and ndvaured Instruetlon than wall" lluw Inn must I waltr aik girls whom he knows are not the one fn i.. n,iin.,i i.. .i.. . ""'""' ,ltw ,0"' "u, ' .. Id-,.ir. ,n " 00'",.l I" the various arade- John. "Till It freV coolly so- ! mlesj- nml private schools. The unlvcr- 'swered Pa Tou must admit." he replied, light-1 slty, however, more iwrtlcnlsrivrn I .V 1.1.1. Iv. -that some rlrl. ar. , r,A, l nrl... . ...,. '" . TJ "''"?" COm- 'John," she gad. "doil'l )Olt think would have first Innings and make 1 1 made love lo that they mistake or-! Imparting Instruction In ill dS ilh" n)- I''?' """"-Whl' S the "iiiory cmirirmc. mr s.iineuiing inner- menis or Knowledge, Including rlsiahv ZL . . .. '. " "- ....,' a. ent" la literature. ih . ....1 .';.. uo" ''"'" "" """ ", 1.1-1 I...'. "" ""'"es, as.rour. .11.., l0 if ehsro's any rns ou Just iho It takes a genius to give a grace ful compliment, and It takes another to accept one gracefully. Ana many a man nas puea up a fortune by minding hit owa buslnssc I headway with ber before any of other fellows at Trevor grange should even have a chance of looking at her. She smiled nwee'Jy, making soma re marks on the length of the Journey. "Ob," he observed, It cannot be too long for me." "Indeed?" "Under present circumstances, yes," "You mean, of course, the return of fine weather." she said. Innocently. "I mean," he answered, "the privil ege of the society of a charming fel low guest." "Oh, well." she laughed, "you will have the pleasure of many charming guests' society at the Journey's end; the house party Is to be a large one," "Still, I should prefer to retain the present delightful situation as long aa possible," "Would you? I suppose you have stayed at the grange before?" Oh, yes, some time ago, before Har ry Trevor was married. He has Just returned from abroad and Is to bo there with his wife. You know her?" "Very well Indeed," she replied, smiling. "I bave never met her, but I bear glorious accounts of her," "People exaggerate so," she re marked. "From which I may Inter that you '" l literature, the art. and sclencei ' """ '" "?, 3 "Do they? Then all the more rea-1 biology, medicine, surgery. L"" V,.", that X a t a V son why men should be more rlrcum- ogy, mechanics and so on Tii. i...,. " l ' ' ' i ." I" which I. th. most de.lrald. th.,n'''""l,h,U,,e,,,hU lM "You may be right. My attentions n,M- useful, has beeu discussed at ed to girls might, In reality, have been uw.onal congresses, n in, ,mb0 niruttons; my excuse is this: that '"""" " notaiiiy in the lending re- was oerore 1 met you." "Have I converted yon, then? Are you really never to flirt again?" "You understanddo you not, that having met the one wotnun I longed for, my flirting days are over?" "And how many times before now have you thought that you had found herr "I may have thought so more than once," he admitted, laying his hand softly on her gloved one, "but I do not think so now I know." She gently dlsennaged her hand. He thought he had gained an advantage, and tried to pursue It, "You will believe," he said, impres sively, "that you are the one woman for whom I bave waited," They were approaching the country station to which they were -bound, "At any rate, wo may consider that you havo secured the friendship which It was your deslro to claim at the end of the Journey," She fluttered her handkerchief out ....... iiirro nas been ovlit.m i these discussions a tendency to look upon tho college as a kind of Inferior school which must be given Its plac ....." " nm 'no" '"oney to establish the more expensive tint verelty. On the other hand, the eel- lege has not wanted out cham- .Ions, In whose view the American col e, with Its concentrated curriculum, the closeness of touch botween pupil and Profe-sor, Is not only an lastltu lon that Is to be conserved, but Is one that often, If not always, offers a bet ter kind of education thnn 1. ...n.t.i. in the university,-Leslie' Weekly. Cunrlaa Nhnrt ai,,,,, Angelina loved Edwin Jonea. Edwin Jones was pooe. Angelina Is Mrs. ttntiinun m-. change, ' ' Married women are bracin nn. h.. ore looking moro hk stria than ever "T l0,Jr .. rid ot that tired, weary, disgusted, look. Young I-ady (live me on yrd of - why, haven't I seen you beforsi Draper's Assistant Oh, Maud, bat you forgotten me? I savsd jour III at the seaside Isat summer' Youol l.ady wannly)Why, of course you did. Then you may give me two ysnl of the ribbon, please, "Have you ever noticed" began th bald gentleman, who liked (0 entr tain the people gathered In his corner of the hotel plaua, "that little u" Invariably marry large womsu" "' may be so," murmured a mild eyed fellow guest, "but I had always sup posed that It was the other way about that the Urge women married th small men." He wm poor, but otherwise honwt, and he had Just proposed to the heir ess, "Are you sure," s4ie queried alter the manner of her kind, "that you ds not want to marry me far raf money?" "Of course 1 don't," h re plied. "1 am anxious to marry you because 1 haven't the heart to lot you become as old maid morely becaui you happen to have a paltry halt Jloa."--Tht Wasp. gjajaassMBsiiaawiiisiesi "SSS1asaSSWt"iaef 'SW"(Wa T-awswrs. ;,x;,,.ii,jiuiis