Topics of t,,...,;A the Times The Moros of Sulu are comi ng a round 111 rlsht Some 000 mora of thcui have been "pod fled."? ' "Wealth losseua happiness," accord ing to Mr. Curtioglo, but he can't provo It by Cuole Kussoll Sng. Artxona w ill establish a precedent territory satisfied with a position under tlx flag, hut not ou It According to the British census one fifth of the globe Is British. We ought to be content with the remaining four fifths. The man who committed bigamy while "In a trance can console himself by Induing In auother trnuce during his prison term. The more desiierate, abandoned, and v notorious the criminal tin harder hit lawyer always works to turn him loose on society again. England Is having trouble with the "earth eaters" of India, but has no , doubt of her ability to eventually make them bite the dust Congressmen feel nervous when Lin coln . Steffeni ' comes around. " They think "the graft-detector will git yer If yer dou't watch out" ' Some day society may attain a suffi ciently high state of development to penult the consumers to be represent ed at a coal conference. Among the weddings celebrated re cently Is that of a uinn of- 101 and a woman of 100. The dispatches say that It was a romantic affulr, but Jierhiips they mean rheumatic. Over In England they hove been ar resting women who demanded the right to vote. However, the people of Russia are going to vote as soon as there Is anything that the Czar will let them rote for or against "Wealth," says Andrew Carnegie, "lessens happiness." "Andy" Hamilton has not however, become so thorough ly convinced concerning the truth of this proposition as to make It unneces sary for the New York Life to bring suit for the recovery of that million. Mrs. Cralgle, who had a "perfectly lovely time" over here a few months ago, tells a London Interviewer that "the very faces of Americans belong to the seventeenth and eighteenth centu ries." If tills Is true It will be neces sary to give up the Idea that our wom en are as old as they look. Census reports show that the bicycle business In the United States has dropped from $30,000,000 a year to $fl, 000,000. And yet enthusiasts once pre dicted thnt the bicycle would send the horse to the abattoirs. Now the auto mobile craze Is at Its height and simi lar prophecies ore being made. Will ful fillment be an elusive Jnde again? A Louisiana commission reports that the boll-weevil, so much feared a year ago, is no longer a terror In that State. In two parishes which It had Invaded heavy rains and cold weather have practically exterminated It and the farmers who planted enrly-maruring cotton to avoid Its ravages And that the early crops yield more to the acre than the old varieties. ' If some laws are oppressive they are still laws uutll the iieople repenl them, r.nd the more effective the enforcement the sooner they will be r?iealod. But v.e must not forget thnt nil law Is the rorerelgn will of the ieople as long as It remains on the statute books, and the official who neglects or refuses to enforce it Is n betrayer of his trust The citizen who advocates any other policy Is dangerous to the community, nn abettor of crime and an enemy to coclety. 7 ' Illustrating how the college cxpcnsei rf some nthlotea who play on the col lege teams are paid, David L. Fultz. now n professional basehull player, told his old college club the other night of nn alumnus who offered to bet a prom ising athlete S100 thnt he could not Jump neross a line drawn on the floor. The athlete of course Jumped It won the preposterous wager and bad his room rent settled for the rest of the season. However, that Is an old story. The colleges are busy reforming all that sort of thing. . Who says that the world to-day is too busy with sordid, material things to find time for thought npon the less practical but really more Important concerns of existence? Among topics the discussion of whlun has marked the past few weeks are reference to the weekly reviews will confirm the state ment "Matter as a Stable Form of Interatomic Energy." -"Rodin and ! ruvla da Ctrranne aa Testa for De cadent Impressionism," "Polemical Reconciliation for ' Practical Christi anity." "The Idiosyncrasies of Quaker Morality," "The rhtloaopliy of Fa tigue," "The rhysWI Processes lu- volved In Man's Capacity to Answer a Simple Question," "Why W Smile" and "The Scientific Problem of Tempta tion.", " There was a time when It meant something to be the possessor of blue Mood. The common people, ducked and acrned and were content to 1 called serfs, for they realised that it was a blessed privilege to breathe the same air with the classes. Hut they are get ting over thnt bravely in certain quar ters of Europe. Tradesmen have the audacity to send In the Milt on the first of the month and Insist that his hid ship pay. The duchess who neglected to settle with her cook lost the cook and was compelled to apear lu the same police court In which the common folka get ten and costs on occasion. It Is terrible. And the limit has Just been reached In London, where the Countesa Guelph demeaned herself by personally calling upon the butcher and purchasing steak. The meat didn't suit and she asked for another cut The butcher said nay and they mixed It up right merrily. The counters used up her available supply of language and punctuated It with her umbrella, which she wore to fratale over the butcher's head. What an honor for the butcher! To be clubbed by a countess. That Is something like. The butcher had his head dressed and hiked to court, where the strong arm of the law soon haled the lady. Blood, birth, title, ruffled feelings all were as naught The fine assessed by a coarse-looking Justice was 10 shillings, and the countess had to iy. What's the use of anything? First thing you know, they will send King Ed to Jitll for walking on the grass. All the advantages, of local and Inter urban electric lines for passenger ser vice are familiar to Americans. Single cars between small towns ran be run more frequently than It pay to run steam trains. The rates on trolley-llncs are cheaper than ou steum-llucs. Elec tric curs ilgzag along old highways, or across country over hill and dale, and make stops at any point; whereas tho route of steam roads Is determined lurgely by the topography of the coun try, and the trains stop only at widely separated stations. Not long after trolley-lines began to Join town and town, and town and country, patrons and op erators saw that the adrautngea of pas senger service of trolley-lines could lie extended to freight and express service. Many electric roods In the Middle West. and In New England and New Tork a small but Increasing number, do a regu lar express business. In many of the larger cities the charters give the com panies the right to carry freight and In most places there Is no opiosltlon to giving electric roads this privilege. It may be said thnt the extension of trol ley express Is recognition of the busi ness possibilities In a picturesque nnd pleasant local habit Obliging conduc tors have been accustomed to tnke pnr- cels from denier to customer, from Bill to Itlllvllle to Tom of Thompson's Cor ners. It Is no uncommon thing In the country for a car to stop while the con ductor drops a parcel over a fence and the motor-mnn toots or rings for some one to come and get It Organized ex press service within the company, or In contract with It, follows, as a natural sequence. The service has become more and more common. When It Is made co-cxtenslve with trolley passenger ser vice, a new, and for a time the lost, lm Iiortmit chapter In the history of public carriers will be complete. Million Baabrls of Wheat Wasted. "During 1005," writes George R. Metcalfe, M. E.. In the Technlcnl World Magazine, "the railroads of the United States ordered new locomotives to the number of 0,300, together with 3,300 pusseuger cars and 340,000 freight cars. These last figures give a good Idea of the relative lmortaucc of passenger nnd freight tralllc to n large railroad. The rail mills started the new year with orders for 2,500.000 tons on their hooks. "In rplte of t!ie?c great orders nnd In pplte of the best e.Torts of the railroad ii.iinngcrH. pile after pile of thousands of bushels of corn has been heaped up o:i the grand In Iowa. Kansas, nnd Xebniftkn, for want of storage room or transportation facilities; while In North Dakota alone, over a million bushels of wheat has rotted on the ground for wnnt of freight care to move It." Iter Ailment. Naylior I noticed that your wife dldnt look very well this morning. Subbubs Oh, It's nothing serious. Naybor Her eyes were very red and tearful. Subbubs Yes; It's merely a case of wjmt yon may call "millinery hyste ria." Philadelphia Press. Don't Believe It. "Did you know that this diamond and a lump of coal are made of the same substance?" "Go on coal's not made of glass I" Cleveland Lieadeft BELLAMT STOKER. RELIEVED 07 DIPLOMATIC DUTIES. Bellamy Storvr, who hut been re called as ambassador to Austrla-lluu-gnry, was conspicuous In Ohio politic before he entered the diplomatic ser vice. He was In Congress from 1K01 until 1805, and In INttT lie was appoint ed minister to Belgium. In 1KPU he was transferred to Madrid, and In llkia he was sent to Vienna. Mr Storer was horn In Cincinnati In 1N47. Ho la graduate of Harvard (INttT) and of the Cincinnati Law School, and he began the practice of law here In 1NM8. His father waa Judge Bellamy Storer, who studied under Ianlel Webster. j Patrick Ryan, a tramp, tried to steal a ride on a freight train one day re cently. In bis urins lie carried fox terrier puppy, whose white coat was as lmiuaculutu as Ityau's garments were I slovenly. A writer In the Boston Her - aid tells the story of the ride. I "Oh, let me and the imp ride!" plead ed Kynn, from the bumr. wheu the brnkemau discovered the pair. "We're mighty tired, and the pup ain't feeling right" I The brakenmn let them alone. I Half-way to Bristol the motion of the train made tho terrier 111. He licked Ryan's grimy hand and whined plte ously. i "Ail right, dogguns." said Ryan, "If you can't stand It we'll get off." ' Ryan edged his way out to the end of the brake-beam, holding the terrier carefully In bis arms. Then, as the train slowed at a switch, he leaned far down towurd the ground ami dropcd the little anlmnl on a spot of grass. The terrier yelped lu fear. i "If nil right I'm coming!" cried Ryan, and leaied. 1 His foot slipped, caught In the brake ladder, and he pitched under the wheels. When they picked Ryan up his right arm waa cut oft, his left leg crushed, and his bend a mass of bruises. He was taken to a hospital, where ho regained consciousness for a moment "Has any one remembered to feed the little dog?" lie asked. It was his last request as bla Injuries proved fatnl. gam Here. The thanks of every tired woman are due to the gallant strap hanger who gives her his seat In the crowded dis trict railway carriage wheu he sees her nuking desperate attempts to keep her balance on her feet. But his gallantry Is sometimes a little overdone, or It niay 'le thnt his apparent politeness covers a hidden sense of blttermws at having to stand when he hns paid for a seat. In any case, tho lady who remonstrated with the young man when he courteous iy offered her his sent felt that his re ply should have been left unsaid. "Pray take it," he begged her Impressively; "my legs are younger than yours." London Chronicle. The Vice rreildent's lr. The tall. Impressive vice president is clad when In the Senate In convention al garments of the statesman long I'rlnce Albert dark gray trousers, and n plain black silk tie. This raiment Is duplicated for at least five rows c.f seats back nnd then comes a sprinkling of white vests nnd colored ties. Mr. Fairbanks always carefully dusts his lnimneulnto cont-talls, and he never leaves his shilling top lint in the lobby, but brings It Into the Senate and places It with extreme caution on the top of his desk. Disappointed. "I understand your hoy was severely hazed at college?" "Yes," answered Former Conitossol. "He alius was get tin' Into trouble. I never could keep him out of It when be wns at home." "But nren't you ludlgnnnt?" "No; I'm not Indignant But I'm kind o' disappointed thnt I wasn't there to see It" Washington Stur. A Tilt at Ills Falllnsri. Maude Is he one of the sort that tips the waiter? Belle No, he's one of the sort that tips the Roup plate. Boston Transcript. Did you ever eneountur n lazy man who didn't attribute all his trials and trlhulutlous to bud luck? Hood's Sarsaparilia We arc often asked, Why does Hood's Sarsaparilia effect so many cures of cases that seem to be almost beyond the reach of medicine? The answer is this, that this great medicine is enabled by the peculiarity of its formula to produce results unap. proached by any other medicine, this peculiarity consist ing in the balanced combination of the very best specifics for the blood, liver, kidneys, stomach, and bowels, namely, for the blood, Sarsaparilia, Stilling Yellow Dock; for the liver, Mandrake, Dandelion; lor the kidneys, Uva Ursi, Juniper Herries, Pipsissewa; for the stomach, Gentian, W ild Cherry Hark, Hitter Orange IVcl; for the bowels, Senna, Mandrake and Dandelion. Sold by druggists everywhere, tlet a bottle today. -Usual form, lUull, or ntw form, tablet, 100 1W Ouo Dollar. A rinM tnr l. "I have, holies," said Cholly Sappy, "of getting u job lu Mr. Merchant's of fice, don't ye know." "I wouldn't tw surprised If he did And room for you," remarked IVpprey, "he'a very systematic." "Aw leg purdon er why " "Well, he believes lu providing place for everything and everything In IU place.' " Philadelphia Prvaa. A coroner In England points out tht little-known fact thnt all parsons than over 1 3 jrmrs of age cau bi onll.nl upon as Jurors. J ri'l... li v.... II...... A I..-....- .fit ninHjii atiiiiKMv nil wiriltt tlic l(ll!l turn of Cluirt. II. Fletcher, mid Jm.t been nmilo. uuilcr Ills) mthoiiiiI suprrvlxloii for over HO yours. Allow no nn o tlect'lvo J on In tills. Counterfeit. Imitation ntiil .Ilst-ns.pMMl,, nro lut lOxpcrliiientH, iiikI fiiilnngcr tho licnltll if Children Kxpcrknco nguliiM KxpcrliiunU What is CASTOR. A Cnstorlu Is a harmless substitute for Castor OH, I'nrc Rorlc, Drops mid Nootliiiiur Hyrups. It Is I'lcitwint. It coiituiiiH neither Opium, Morphine nor other Marcotlo substance. Its niro lit lis frtiuritiitee. It destroy Worm nml ullays I cvcrlshnnsM. it cure Phirrluriv mid Mind Colic. It relieve Tectlilnir Trouble, cures Constipation nml Flatulency. It assimilate tlm Food, regulate tho Stomach nd ltovvcls, Kivlnir hcnlthy mid imtiirul sleep. Tho Children' l'unuccii Tho Mother's Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought 7 Bears tho In Use For Over 30 Years. TM CrTUH MMNN Get What You Ask For! THERE Is a Reason Why tho Good People of America buy Cascarets u Fast as the Clock Ticks. Every second seme one, somewhere, la Buying a little Ten-Cenl Box of Cas carets. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 660 times to the Minute, 60 Minutes to tha Hour, 3600 Boxes an Hour, 36,000 Boxes a Day; of Ten Hours, 1,030,000 Boxes a Month, and then some. Think of It 220,000 People take a Cascaret tablet each day. Millions use Cascarels when necessary. The Judgment of Millloni of BrlgM Americans Is Infallible. They have been Buying and Taking Cascarels at thai rata for over Six years, It Is not an Experiment, not an Aect Jent or Incident, but a sound, HoneM Buslness.baaedonTlme.Trlcd.and.Tesicd Merit, never found wanting. There is a Reason. Cascarets are tha Implacable foe of All Disease Germs; tha Incomparable cleanser, purifier and strengthener of the entire Digestive Canal. They Act like Exercise on the 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 Dangers that threaten the Lives of the Llltle Ones. They are Purely Vegetable, absolutely Harmless, alwaya Reliable and Efficient, fane's Wealth In rimli, Tew copt who have not traveled about the Russian empire ran Imagine how Isnindless Is It wealth In timber. "Wooden Russia" la the name applied to the vast forest arena of KumIh In Enrol, Which cover nearly B.OOO.OOO acres, or Sil xr cent of the entire area of the country. In Russia bouses built of any other material than wood ar almost unknown outside the titles and wood constitutes the principal fuel The forest licit culled ls "Tulgn," In Siberia, stretches In a direct line from tho I'ruls to the Pacific for 4.000 mile and In nmtiy parts Is boo iiillea broad, All this I the prosrty of the ciar. M,Vi11w,rtMH 1. a ..... , SIgnaturo of a true, faithful, loyal servant of Mankind. Ovnr Five Millions of Dollars havs been Spent lo make the merits of Cas carets known, and every cent of II would bs lost, did not sound merit claim and hold the constant, continued friendship, Patronage end Endorsement of well pleased people year aflor year, Thero Is nbo a Reason Why thcro aro Parasites who attach themselves to the Healthy Body of Cos caret's success Imitators, Counterfeiters, wuLstllulors. They are Trade Thloves who would rob Cascarels of tho "Cood Will" of th people, and sneak unearned profits, earned and paid for by Cascarels. A Dtalumert Purpose means a Dishonest Product and a Disregard ef l!io purchas ers' Health or Welfare. Beware cf tho Slick Salesman and Ms ancient "Just as Cood" slory that com mon sense rofutcs. Cascarets are made only by the Sterling Remedy Company, and the famous little Ten Cent "Vest "Pocket" box Is her ahown. They are never sold In bulk. Every tablet marked "CCC." Bo sure you get the genuine. Br FREtt TO OUR FRIttNDSI We want to send to our friends a beantlfql FrmchMlwwd, GOLD-PLATED BONBON BOX. hard-enameled In colors. It la 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 whlchlHls"oaInty trinket is loaded. 786 Send to-day, mentioning this paper. Address Sterling Remedy Compaay, Chicago ar Mow York.