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' A. complaining woman and an empty
pocketbook make few friend
"Everybody nates a successful man,"
saya Mr. Harrlman. And everybody
knocks a failure. So what's the use?
Venezuela's latest revolution lasted
eight days and is reported to have
been almost as serious as scm-iei icvei.
"Dreadnought except herself
seems to be the fitting title of England's
monster battle ship after her dangerous
trial trip.
A 10-year-old boy Is reported to have
made $40,000 speculating In Wall street
recently. How he will cry when they
get It back.
J. G. Phelps Stokes thinks there
should be public ownership of the earth.
He, too, must have some reason for
wanting to make Chancellor Day mad.
Even the antl-sulcide bureaus will
be unable to do much for the people
who are In the habit of taking medi
cine in the dark.
Ex-President Cleveland has no use
for old bachelors. If his wife had al
ways felt that way be might still be one
of the detested things. ,
Prince Henry of Holland has turned
out to be a hero. Perhaps Queen Wil
hehnina knew what she was doing
when she selected him, after all.
It begins to look as If Mr. Rockefeller
bad been converted to the Carnegie
theory that it is disgraceful to die rich.
His zeal resembles that of the new con
vert H. o. Havemeyer, president of the
sugar trust, has been sued for $40,000,
000. If the plaintiff gets It we may
look for a sharp advance in the price
of sugar. ' 1
It Is when we order a porterhouse
steak and are served with a slab of
sole leather that we realize how Impo
tent the pure food law is to ameliorate
the sufferings of people who eat
The Rev. Dr. Gladden persists in
talking about the "tainted wealth" of
Rockefeller. He coined the phrase,
and he clings to it with greater ten
acity than Mr. Rockefeller clings to his
wealth.
General Booth of the Salvation Army
maHftS the announcement that he is
filling to receive all the tainted money
w)ilch may be offered. He thinks he
knows of a way to remove the taints,
and he probably does.
And still another Russian coachman
has been blown up by mistake for his
Illustrious employer. Controlling the
destinies of a humble hack seems to
be Just about as dangerous as driving
a 100-borse power motor.
, James Bryce, the new British ambas
sador to this country, will receive a
alary of $50,000 a year, as much as
Is received by the President of the
United States. Perhaps Mr. Bull has
been reading about the prices of grocer
ies and things over here.
According to some curious lnestlga
tlons conducted by English scientists
eldest sons tend to be criminals and
youngest sons paupers. A great many
thousand 6Chool children and many
family histories have been examined to
yield these results. First-bom children
were found to be, as a ruie, vaiier ana
heavier, with greater ability ana en
durance than the others. This Is In ac
cordance with the popular feeling In
many countries that the oldest child Is
superior' to the others and deserving of
special privileges. It Is a well-established
fact that among men of genius
an uudue proportion are eldest sons.
Nature designed men and women to
live out of odors the most of the time
where the sun can strike their faces,
where the pure air can get to their
lungs. Just take the rose and see what
It will do when kept away from the
sunlight It may blossom after a long
time, but tho petals will be half grown
and the color will be faded. Then take
that rose and place It in the sunshine.
It will open and bloom in all Its glory.
Well, boys and girls and old boys and
girls are much more finely organized
structures than the rose bush which
gives us these wonderful blossoms.
They grow pinched and puny when dal
ly cooped up In the shade. Even the
chickens teach the value of sunlight
The hen does not know a single thing,
so far as Intelligence goes, except to lay
eggs, but she kicks on her Job unless
the coop is supplied with windows.
age cannot distinguish. He may not
bear the Bound of a remote footstep In
the forest but be can detect the fine
harmonies of a Beethoven sonata which
the savage cannot His sense of touch
is far more exquisite and so too Is the
sense of taste. The extremes of differ
ence are doubt elss due not to any nat
ural superiority or inferiority Lut to the
necessity for cultivation In some partic
ular direction. To secure his food the
primitive man must give attention to
distant sounds and sights to which the
man who has bis food set before him Is
indifferent The Boers In the late war
were noted for their keenness of vision.
Their security had depended on It for
generations. ' So long as It Is In the
power of an Individual to cultivate any
of his senses still further should occa
sion demand, it can hardly be said his
senses are degenerating, even though
the present stage of development Is less
than that of an Inferior race. It is not
to be expected that one's faculties
should always be on the extreme degree
of tension, since it would doubtless
mean a corresponding loss of power In
another and more Important direction.
Considering the number and opulence
of our American millionaires, it must
be deemed strange that the steamship
managers have been so slow in pro
viding for them exclusive and high
priced accommodations on the ocean
"flyers." Until very recently the best
cabin that money could secure differed
very little from the ordinary first-class
quarters except perhaps in location.
The richest man in the world went to
Europe last summer In a suite of two
staterooms that were no better than
the accommodations enjoyed by 200 or
300 poorer people. The possibilities in
the way of excluslveness and corre
spondingly high' prices wero not appre
ciated by the steamship designers. This
omission is in a fair way of being re
paired by the constrviction of what
might be called "sea flats" on the ships
of one trans-Atlantic line. On the
steamship Mlnnetonka, which arrived
at New York from London the other
day, the first of these apartments was
exhibited. The "sea flats" are located
on "Saloon square," which Is a broad
corridor amidships. The "flats' flank
either side. No. 1 has a drawing room,
sitting room, two bedrooms, smoking
room and bath. In No. 2 the drawing
room and smoking room are omitted.
Of course, they are ground floor flats
and there is no elevator, no stairs and
no Janitor. The exposure chanees fre-.
quently and the air is excellent These
"flats are the latest development in
ship designing and they are for people
who can afford them. They offer every
homelike advantage that Is possible on
shipboard. The servant girl question
Is, of course, eliminated. It costs a
pretty penny to occupy one of these
"flats," but the landlord does not re
quire a lease for a year. People who
have plenty of money and a desire to
escape the society of their fellow men
will be glad to pay whatever the price
may be. It Is pretty safe to predict
however, that the very richest people
will not patronize the "sea flats." Such
people are ordinarily satisfied with the
same accommodations that ordinary
folks enjoy.
It Is frequently remarked that the
sense of vision is by no means as keen
In tbe civilized man as it Is In the sav
age. , The same Is claimed to be true
of the senses of hearing and of smell.
The Indian can distinguish objects at
a remote distance, which are invisible
to his more highly evolved companion.
He can detect sounds which tho scholar
recognizes only In slight degree and
after closest attention. The difference
la not so marked In regard to odors,
but It Is said that comparing ourselves
with the ancient Romans the sense of
mull is also degenerating. On the
other hand It may be claimed that clv
Uli&l man can see tints which the sv-
OIL Am) OAS FOB MEXICO.
Denuding of Forests Causes Dla.a to
Grant Concessions.
Gradually Mexico is becoming Ameri
canized, due to the foresight of Presi
dent Diaz. For years gas was' not al
lowed to be manufactured In the re
public. A few years ago a small plant
was Installed In Merida, the captal of
Yucatan. Because the Mexicans con
sidered gas dangerous It was Impossi
ble to got a concession to manufacture
it Another reason was the great scar
city of fuel. It lias caused the govern
ment much worry.
Wood for domestic purposes Is Bold
in the City of Mexico by "stick" and
the forests of any extent are hundreds
of miles distant from the capital. The
universal material for domestic con
sumption Is charcoal and tho manufac
ture of the product Is rapidly denuding
the forests which exist within a rea
sonable radius of the City of Mexico.
It was to preserve these forests and
solve the fuel question that President
Diaz granted the concession for the
erection of gas plants all over the re
public. So high has the price of wood
been within late years that a short
time ago the railroads found it profit
able to Import their ties from Japan.
It is proposed now to build an oil
pipe line from the recently discovered
wells of the gulf const, near Tamplco,
to the City of Mexico, an Immense un
dertaking, for the liquid will have to be
raised from the sea level to a height of
over 7,000 feet, from whore it will be
distributed to various towns and cities
on the plateau.
The men to whom have been granted
the concession have lssuod instructions
to commence the installation of a gas
plant to supply the City of Mexico and
the suburban towns of Tacabyua, Mix
coac, San Angel, Cherubusco, Tacuba,
Atzacapotzalco, Coyoacan and Tlal
pam. The contract Is made under the law
of "new Industries' between the exec
utive of the new republic and. Edward
Doheny, Charles A. Canfleld and Nor
man Bridge, which grants to these men
a concession to erect and operate In
any city or town within the republic
of Mexico gas plants for the manufac
ture and distribution of crude oil gas.
v Incredible as It may seem, there Is
not In the City of Mexico with nearly
600,000 people a single bit of gas burnt
ed, so that the capital has come to be
known as the electric city, for It la one
of the' most brilliantly lighted munici
palities In the world,
S. P. Sharp
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to all
calls, both night and day.
Calli promptly answered. Office on Third
Street. Athena. Oregor
"Mamma, Is Uncle Jake - very
wealthy?" "Enormously so, my dear."
What Is he guilty of V Life.
Elsie What did he do when you
told him he must not see yon any
more? Ada He turned down the light
Ally Sloper.
SheThat Mr. Scarey Is the most
chicken-hearted fellow I ever met He
Possibly he waa an- Incubator baby.
Boston Record. .
"Do you believe that the good die
young?" "i guess they do, If all my
wife tells about her first husband is
true." Houston Post
Madame (to her newly arrived maid
servant) What Is that you are bring
ing In your hand? Maid Oh, that Is
nothing but a little crockery cement
Meggendorfer Blaetter.
"Are you related to the bride or
groom-elect?" inquired the busy usher.
No. "Then what Interest have you
in the ceremony?" "I'm, the defeated
candidate." Courier-Journal
"What a well Informed woman that
Mrs. Wadlelgh is, Isn't she?" "Why
shouldn't she be? Her cook has worked
for nearly everybody In the neighbor
hood." Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Mister!" "Well?" said the drug-
gist "Maw wants to know If she tries
a porous plaster for a week an' don't
like It, will you exchange It fer a tooth
brush?" Minneapolis Tribune.
Mistress (engaging new servant)
And I hope you're not too friendly with
the policemen. Servant Lor, no,
ma'am. I 'ate 'em. My father was a
Hanarchlst, mum. Pick-Me-Up.
Mistress (to colored house boy)
Don't your new shoes hurt you, Sam?
Sam Yaas'm, dey do hurt me consld'-
able; sometimes I has ter get up in de
middle of de night 'n' tek'm off. Smart
Set.
Polite Floorwalker What can we
show you to-day, lady? Mrs. Finicky
For goodness sake, my man, don't
call me "lady!" Polite Floorwalker-
Excuse me I see now that I was mis
taken. Clipped.
"Aha!" exclaimed Mr. Jellus. "Been
treasuring another man's picture all
these years, hey?" "Not exactly,' an
swered his better half. "That's a photo
taken of you, dear, when you had hair." ,
Washington Herald.
"Speaking of Idle curiosity," said the
typewriter boarder, "men have more of
It than women." "Naturally," rejoined
the scanty-haired' bachelor. "The curi
osity of women is anything but idle;
it works overtime." Chicago News.
Madge I don't know whether to be
mad or not Kitty What's the mat
ter? Madge I Just met Charlie Brown
apd he said this veil was very becom
ing. You know It's so thick I can't see
through It at all. Detroit Free Press.
"Have you any request to make?"
asked the sheriff of the erstwhile socie
ty man who was to be hanged on the
morrow. "Yes, one," replied the con
demned man. "Let me tie the noose
myself. I never yet wore a ready-made
tie." Philadelphia Press.
"Wealth has Its disadvantages," said
the philosopher. "Yes," answered the
man with sporting Inclinations. "It
must be very monotonous for a man to
be able to bet five or ten thousand dol
lars on a horesrace without caring
whether he loses It or not" Washing
ton Star.
"Doctor, I want to thank you for
your valuable medicine." "It helped
you, did It?" asked the doctor, very
much pleased. "It helped me wonder
fully." "How many bottles did you
find It necessary to take?" "Oh, I didn't
take any of It. My uncle took one bot
tle, and I am his sole heir." Philadel
phia Inquirer.
Golfer (who rather fancies himself)
I suppose you've been round the links
with worse players than me, eh? (The
caddie takes no notice.) Golfer (In his
loudest voice) I say, I suppose you've
been round the links with worse play
ers than me, eh? Caddie I heard ver
ra weel what ye said the first time.
I'm Just thinkin' aboot It The Sketch.
Counsel (defending prisoner) I am
a follower of Lonibroso and believe
that my client was predestined to per
form the deed, therefore he should not
be punished, but should be acquitted.
Judge I also am a follower of Loin
broso, and believe that I was predes
tined to pronounce Judgment upon the
prisoner. I therefore sentence him to
two years Imprisonment Lustige
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Veronese's Bis; Painting;.
Veronese loved to represent festive
gatherings on a colossal scale. Ills
"Marriage of Cana" is thirty feet long
j aud twenty feet high and contains 130
figures. The most remarkable feature
of the patntlng Is tbe group of musl
j clans In front around a table. Among
I this party Veronese represents Titian,
I Tintoretto, himself and other celebrated
painters. ,
Collision Not Collualon.
The Judge In this divorce suit there
seems to be some collusion between the
man and his wife.
j The Wife Collusion? No, It's been
'collision ever since the ceremony!-.
Pittsburg Gaiette-Tlmes.
Twtllffht.
In carmine cloak the gypsy day
Knocked at eve's monastery bars;
Now comes he, novice cowled in gray.
To light the candles of the stars,
Smart Set.
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