Topics of
the Times
Moat men My they Intend to do a
lot of things they never intend to do.
There Is a great difference between
a straight stand up tight and a cow
ardly haxlag.
The cry of reform is too ofteu
drowned by the vociferation of those
who want the offices.
Marshall Field was not the richest
man In the luitea states, lie was
merely the heaviest taxpayer.
They are bringing out everything
they can find against the Cxar. lie
la now charged with writing poetry
King Leopold Das weaaea a mor
ganatic wife. Leopold Isn't nearly as
Interesting as Pittsburg upper crust
The chorosless opera will doubtless
be warmly welcomed by the wive of
Plttsburg'a young captains of Indus
try.
Mr. McOall says he will start anoth
er Insurance company. lie has the
capital and everything but the policy
holder.
Insurance experts say Chicago 1 In
danger of being burned up again. Per
haps they have been noticing some cf
the smoky chimneys.
"When war conies," says William
of Germany, "I will lead the army
myself." This look like a back-hand'
ed one for Nicholas of Russia.
There are people of such sweet dis
positions that they can see sermon in
stones and good la everything. An
Omaha writer rises to defend the Den
Davis apple.
Dr. Charles Eliot Norton believes
useless persons should be put to
death. Seems like a severe penalty to
pass on men for sitting around whit
tling store boxes.
With a fine record in both the prize
ring and the divorce courts, Mr. Fitz
filmmons will feel more confident than
ever that be has special gifts for the
theatrical profession.
Secretary Bonaparte is determined
to stop basing at the naval academy.
If be succeeds in doing It let us hope
that be will generously place his form
ula at the disposal of the various col
lege presidents.
One British Conservative paper lays
Balfour's defeat to fear of American
cotton manipulators. A certain section
of the English press has not yet lost
Its habit of saying: "When la doubt
blame the Yankees."
A New York banker says tlere will
be a terrible panic unless we hasten to
secure an elastic currency. People who
wear their money below the garter
will, however, be likely to cling to the
opinion that our currency Is elastic
enough.
If the franking privilege cost the
American people $19,000,000 last year
It is time something were done to stop
the waste. This is a very large sum
to pay, most of It to allow Congress
men to foist off on the people docu
ments that most of them never read.
There ought to be fewer documents
and the country would profit both
from its printing bill and Its postal
bill.
Almost anything Is likely to happen
to us If we just sit around and wait
The man who kills himself because
be has lost all interest In life should
always give himself six months more
when he seems to be at the very end
of his rope. In those six months it is
within the bounds of possibility that
bis mine may begin to pay dividends,
that he will find a $10 gold piece on
the Bldewalk, that somebody will
think he Is a pretty good fellow and
leave him $10,000 In his will, that he
will see a good dog fight or get a
chance to beat the coal trust Don't
kill yourself. Walt!
The need of more men in the army
and in the navy Is attracting serious
attention. General Mills, the chief of
artillery, reports that, although nearly
44,000 officers and men are required
to man the coast defenses of the Unit
ed States, only a few more than 14,
000, of all ranks, are available. The
'. need of more artillerists is especially
pressing, for modern guns are compli
cated machines, a knowledge of which
cannot be mastered in a moment. The
same need is felt In the navy. The
present complement officers and men
included is only about one-half what
It should be to man the ships properly
In time of war. Seven thousand addi
tional enlisted men alone are required.
The need in the navy Increases, of
I course, wheuever ft now war vessel
goes into commlsslou.
Hardly any Institution of the nation
1 government is of more Importance or
should posses greater intermit than the
Census Iturvau. Originally a census
was merely a count of the number of
people, but gradually the scope of In
quiry has been enlarged and extended,
until now the bureau undertake luv
ttgatlou iuto a great variety of sub
jects to obtain the facts which stu
dents of economical, Industrial and so
cial questions can make available In
drawing useful conclusion. One rec
ommendation cf the director in his re
cent rejort is of special importance, lie
pnpo that authority be given to him
to collect Judicial statistic. The facts
to be ascertained are the number and
character of crime and misdemeanor
that come to the attention of the
courts, and the disposal of the cases.
The offense and the offenders would be
classified, and thus valuable Informa
tion would be obtained which would
show the prevalence of crime at certain
periods and in certain regloua, and ex
hibit the progress of the conununltle
toward better observance of the law,
and better enforcement of the law.
I Hetty Green happy t An eastern
paper has devoted a page to a sympo
sium of views on this question. Un
fortunately, Hetty" own view wa not
Included. The consensus of conviction
waa that she 1 an unhappy woman be
cause she Is so rich ; that she 1 to bo
pitied because the live friendless and
alone; that she Is mean because she
wrangle with the grocer and washes
her own clothing, and that she cannot
be happy because she walk la "a vain
shadow" and disquiets herself, heap
up riches and cannot tell who will
gather them. The value of this decision
depends entirely on the point of view.
If a symposium of multi-millionaire
should tell us that Hetty Green must
be unhappy because she la rich, we
should be bound to believe them, for
from actual experience they would
know whereof they ejeak. But the
fact Is that we hear precious few rich
people complaining that riches bring
unhapplnes. So it is quite safe for
us to guess that some people may be
happy, though rich. Just as some others
may be unhappy, though poor. Is the
scientist unhappy because he has made
more discoveries than his fellows ? Is
the scholar unhappy because he knows
more than the average man? Then why
must the one who devotes his acumen
and zeal to business be unhappy tie-
cause they have achieved for him more
than is gained by most? The money
maker finds his Joy in hi work. Just
as any other man does. Simply be
cause he has emancipated himself from
all reasonable physical want it does
not fellow that he has got out of the
game all the Joy there la In it for blm.
It is unquestionably true that happi
ness is not proportionate to riches. It
seems to be a law of nature that tbei
men most endowed with the instincts
through which money la accumulated
are deficient in the higher tastes and
generous Impulses through which
wealth may lie enjoyed. We l(xk at
wealth from widely different stand
points. The money maker finds his en
joyment in the making of It ; the miser
finds his in the possession of it; most
of us find ours in the spending of it
Then who shall say that as the word
"happy" goes, the one who has money
and does not enjoy spending it is any
less nappy than we who enjoy spend
ing it but haven't got it?
FAMOUS OLD POLISH PALACE.
The old palace shown In the picture
Is the former residence of the Polish
sovereigns at Warsaw. On the bal
cony of this historic building the last
Polish king stood and saw the Rus
sians under Suwarrow massacre 80,000
of his countrymen. During the riots
In Warsaw the vicinity of the palace
has been the scene of several bloody
encounters between the revolutionists
and the Russian soldiery and much
blood has been shed within the shadow
of its ancient walls.
Not Complete.
"Pshaw !" disgustedly exclaimed
young Mrs. Mommer. "This is called
an unabridged dictionary, but it cer
tainly isn't complete."
"What's the matter with it?" de
manded her husband, who was dandling
the baby.
"It doesn't tell me how to write 'oot-
sumstootsums.' " Philadelphia Press.
When a girl marries a preaches, she
makes a match that pleases her mother
a great deal better than it pleases hex
father.
FAMILY FORTUNES OF AMERICA.
OtMa H4 Only Tithe of te
Wealth ot Sum MIIHmlr.
The great fortunes that have sprung
up so amaxlugly tu this country during
recent decade to-day, lu the opinion of
many serious thinkers, constitute a
menace to our national well lielng, says
Cleveland MoOYtt lu writing of "The
Shameful Misuse of Wealth. In "Suc
cess Magaaluc," Without these great
fortune there would le uo relgtt of
luxury lu America, no flaunting of
feast and foltloa, no riot of extrava
gance; with them we may expect all
tue evils that have In previous civilisa
tions attended upon enormous riches.
And many of these evils, as we have
already seen, are actually with us.
It Is admitted that we are the rich
est people In the world to-day th
richest people the world ha ever seen.
The Vaunted wealth of Croesus Is esti
mated at only eight mtlllou dollars,
but there are seventy American estate
that average thirty-five million each.
A allowing the rapid growth of Indi
vidual fortune in this country there
I Interest In a list of rich men-
printed in ISM, according to which
New York City at that time boasted
only twenty-eight millionaire. And a
pamphlet published some years earlier
say that in IMS Philadelphia could
show only ten estates valued at a mill
ion or more, the richest being that of
Stephen Glrard, which reached seven
miliums. In contrast to which In 1S112
there were over two hundred million
aire In Philadelphia.
A to New York City, the number of
it millionaires, according to best In
formation, Is over two thousand, while
the number of millionaire In the Uni
ted State Is at least fire thousand or
half tlie total number In the world.
There la one family alone, at the head
of which stand the richest and most
powerful man in the world, John IX
Rockefeller, and the wealth of this
family Is estimated at a thousand mill
ion dollars, a sum so huge that the
human mind quite falls to grasp It; a
sura so huge that If at the birth of
Christ Mr. Rockefeller had begun mak
ing a dollar a minute and had let all
these dollar accumulate day and night
for all these centuries, he would not
yet la 100ft, have amassed a thousand
million dollars. And If Mr. Rockefeller
should to-day turn this wealth Into
gold coin and take It out of the coun
try, say into Canada, he would carry
across the border three time as much
gold as would then remain in the Uni
ted States. Nor would he carry It
himself, for the weight of It would be
one thousand seven hundred and fifty
tons. And If he loaded It on the backs
of porters, each man bearing bis own
weight la solid gold (say 150 pounds),
It would require twenty-three thousand
men to move It And If they walked
ten feet apart the line of them would
reach forty-four mile and would oc
cupy fifteen hours In passing a given
point None of which takes any ac
count of the dally interest on this for
tune, which Interest if paid in gold,
would require the strength of seven
men to carry it for It would weigh a
thousand pounds. Such are the riches
of a single family I
FORMS OF LEAVES,
Theory to Explain OatllneCrltlcUed
br DottaUI.
It wa Inevitable that a theory
should be thought out to account for
the varied forms and outlines of leaves,
says the London Spectator. That
which has found favor with many is
as follows: The "simple," large, "un
cut" forms are said to be those which
grow at a height and lie nearest to the
sun. The elaborately "cut" leaves and
leaflets (such as those of ferns) are de
clared to belong In the mala to plants
of lower growth, which only enjoy the
broken sunlight that struggles through
the simpler foliage of the higher
plants. This Is ingenious; but It hard
ly corresponds with fact the read
er may discover by noting the leaves
growing in any English thicket Take,
for example, the foliage hanging 6ver
the thickly overgrown bed of a brook.
Above will be the leaves (quite small)
of the whitethorn and of the maple,
the latter being the larger. Below
these very possibly will bo seen grow
ing the lurge leaved wild guelder rose,
the laurel and the bramble, and below
these again the dock leaf, the broad
butter burr and the arum. t
In English woods and thickets it
would be difficult to lay down any rule
which would hold good generally for
the place occupied by plants with
leaves of different sizes. But the the
ory mentioned above does fit to some
extent the facts in the position of
grasses in a hayfield. There tho small
er leaved pieces certainly do grow at
the bottom, where the tiny meadow
vetchlings and hop clovers and ladles'
fingers, and other minor and sweet
scented plants, of which the best hay
is made, hide their minute and finely
"cut" leaves among the bases of the
taller grasses.
A Trifle Mixed.
Sister How many times did you
dance with Miss Flirt at the ball?
Brother Only once, and that one we
iat out in the conservatory. Baltimore
American.
RAN EMPTY TRAIN.
Ret ratr front Jersey Cllr
Itt IMHbur KitU Trip,
It cost the Pennsylvania railroad
and the Pullman Palace Car Company
$12. on Christinas day to ruu ft train
without any passenger from Jeincy
City to Pittsburg. The train, the
Pennsylvania llydted, one of the fines!
on the road, consisted of an engine,
baggage car, diner and three coaches
when it pulled out of Jersey City at
11:21 a. in. on Monday, and when It
reached Pittsburg at Otfft o'clock that
night the only passenger It carried
were the three change of Pennsylvania
crews and the regular Pullman crew,
Tho run wa strictly according ta
schedule, but not ft ticket wa punched,
not ft meal wa served, or ft piece of
baggage handled. Nobody worked but
the engineer aud firemen.
Three cook basted fowl and f rented
good things In the culinary line for
four waiter to serve, tho passenger
who didn't come. A oarlier waited In
vain for "Next!" and th Pulman con.
duct or had plenty of time to admire
his new uniform. All this cost the
company, founded by the Iat Georg
Pullman, good cash, and, a for the
Pennsylvania, why, there were thre
conductor who didn't conduct, whll
twelve trakeinen aud three bnggnge
mastera twirled their thumb Instead
of lantern, flag or trunk. A lone sten
ographer had time to waste, aud th
wear and tear ou the tralu, the equip
ment of which represented about fl.V
WH kept on with every turn of th
Wheels."
It la doubtful If a railroad train ever
made such a run before. Joseph Brown,
the Pennsylvania conductor who had
charge of the train from Jersey City
to Philadelphia, said that In hi forty-
five years a a railroader he never re
membered such an ocuerreuce, New
York American.
Modera AK er4UU.
First Actress Have you had your
diamonds stolen lately?
Second Actress No; I Quit that sev
eral year ago.
First Actress What' your gam
now?
Second Actress Banning down
prominent citizens In my auto.
Hard Reeord to Drat.
Friend Io you think that autoov
biles will eventually take th place of
the railroad?
Auto Eutlitislnat (gloomily) I hardly
think so. Th rallroa-l killed 13.000
people last year lu this country alone.
Scrofula
Few ere entirely free from It.
It mar develop to slowly m to eaune little If
any disturbance during the whole period of
childhood.
It may then produce dynpepula. catarrh,
and marked IrmU-ncy to consumption, before
manifesting Itself In much cutaneous erup
tion or glandular (welling.
It is bent to be sure that you are quite free
from It, and you can rely on
Hood's Sarsaparilla
to rlii yon of it radically and permanently.
Accept no subntltuUt, but lnlnt on having
Hood's. Liquid or tablets, 100 Doses II.
Get What You Ask For!
THERE Is ft Reason
Why tho Good People of
America buy Cascarets as
Fast as the Clock Ticks.
Every second some one, somewhere,
is Buyjng ft little Ten-Cent Box of Ca
carets.
I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 40 times to the Minute.
60 Minutes to the Hour, 3600 Boxes sn
Hour, 36.000 Boxes a Dajr of Ten Hours,
1,030,000 Boxes a Montis and then soma.
Think of it 220,000 PeopTo take a
Cascaret tablet each day. Millions use
Cascarets when necessary.
Tho Judgment of Millions o( Bright
Americans Is 'jl'alUble. They have been
Buying and Taking Cascarets at that rate
lor over Six years
It Is not an Experiment, not an Acol
dent or Incident, but a sound, Honest
Business, based onTlmc-Trled-and-Tcsted
Merit, neVer found wanting.
There Is a Reason.
Cascarets are the
All Disease Germs;
implacable foe of
tho Incomparable
cleanser, purifier and gtrengthener of tho
entire Digestive Canal.
They Act like Exerclao on tho Bowel
Muscles, make them strong and active
able to Help Themselves do their work
keep themselves clean.
Cascarets are the safe-guard of Innocent
Childhood against the Dreadful Death
dealing bangers that threaten tho Lives
of tho Little Ones.
They are Purely Vegetable, absolutely
Harmless, alway Reliable and Efficient,
Is It Your
Own Hair?
Do you pin your hat to your
own hair? Can't do it?
Haven't enough hair? It must
bo you do not know Ayer's
Hair Visor 1 Here's an Intro
ductionl May the acquaint
ance result In a heavy growth
ofrich,thici,clossyhairt And
we know you'll never be gray.
I think ! AT"1 mir Ylitnr I. th m.41
wniulKtful h,irmiic that tul I
hml Nv1 It tat tint I ran truth.
fullr that I mm mOlr plM.wl vllh II. I
tMrf iiltjr tvin,mrii.l it . .filnnttlil trp4
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CltURT KCT08AL
later Lilted HIm.
"Hare you any reason to believe that
your sister like mo, Willie?
"Course she doe. Just yesterday I
beard her aay, 'Nobody could help Ilk In
the dear old easy mark.' "Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
For forty year FWs Cure for Con
sumption lis a cured rottuli and cold. At
druggists. Price 23 ooitU.
A rarer! Patleat.
A woman who throat had troubled
her for ft long time, says a writer In
the Philadelphia Public letter, grr
Impatient at the slow progrcea she
wa making, and mad complaint to
ner doctor, who said:
"Madam, 1 can never cure you of
this throat trouble utiles you stop
talking, and give your throat ft com
plete rest.
"Hut doctor," objected hi patient,
"I'm very careful what I say. I nor-
er use harsh language or anything or
that kind."
Marrla.e mm laotittatloa.
The historical fact concerning uiar
rtugeaaan Institution are probably only
vaguely known to the majority of peo
ple, most of whom would doubtless b
surprlsed to lenru that the Institution,
as we know It today, 1 less than WW
years old. Historic of the marrlage
ccrcmony show that It wa not solcin
nlxed In church as a religious rite until
the time of Pope Innocent lit., A. I.
llt)M, and was not considered a sacra
ment until 1113.
Am lalrleale Problem.
Sirs. Kbrown That conductor Insult
ed me.
Mr. Kbrown How?
Mrs. Kbrown Wanted me to pay
fare for Tommy.
Mr. Kbrown Well. Tommy Is quite
chunk of a lad He look
Mrs. Kbrown And you. too? Do you
mean to insinuate that I look old
enough to have a child old enough to
pay car fare?-rClevelnnd leader.
ft true, faithful, loyal servant of Mankind.
Over Five Million of Dollar hav
been Spent to make the merits of Cas
carets known, and every cent of It would
bo lost, did not sound merit claim and
hold tho constant, continued friendship.
Patronage and Endorsement of well
pleased people year alter year.
There Is also a Reason
Vhy there are Parasites who attach)
themselves to the Healthy Body of Cas
caret's success Imitators, Counterfeiter,
Subslttutors.
They are Trade Thieves who would
rob Cascarets of the "Good Will" of th
people, and sneak unearned profits,
earned and paid for by Cascarets.
A Dishonest Purpose means ft Dishonest
Product and a Disregard of tho "purchas
ers' Health or Welfare.
Bewaro of tho Slick Salesman and his
ancient "Just as Good'' atory that com
mon sense refutes.
Cascarets are made only by tho Sterling
R'Uf d3f Company, and tho famous little
Ten Cent "Vest Pocket", box Is here
shown. They are never sold In bulk.
Every tablet marked "CCC."
Bo sure you get tho genuine.
nr frch: to our friends!
We want to send to our friends a beaotlrul
French-detlped. GOLD-PLATED BONBON BOX,
hard-enameled ut color. It Is a beauty for the
dressing table. Ten cents in stamps is asked as a
measure of good faith and to cover cost of Cascarets,
With whlcrTtKlsoanity trinket Is loaded. m
Ru2-t2Tday wentlonln this paper. Address
Sterling Remedy Company, Calcago or New Yotk.