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Girls, don't seek husbands ffo after
the bachelor.
Tombstone epitaphs don't tool the
recording angel.
It the Japanese neither kiss nor cuss,
iwhat are their pleasures!
A woman without a streak of Jeal
ousy In her make-up Is like an engine
(without steam.
If the wife Isn't bosa during the
bone j moon she doesn't amount to
much as a ruler.
dam and Ere probably Tlslted the
tree of knowledge for the purpose of
studying the higher braachea.
Anybody with an ambition to be
smother John L. Sullivan should go
and take a look at.the poor old fel
low now.
Andrew Carnegie says that the cap
tain of Industry who seeks a board of
dollars is of a low type. What a
Massed thing Is reform!
An average of fourteen railroad col
Uslons a day Is a record In the United
States last year. To use a classic
i.Lrase, wouldn't that Jar yon?
King Edward Is spending more mon
ey on household expenses than bis
mother did; still, everybody knows
how the price of beefsteak baa gone
P. .
A Baltimore man and woman have
been remarried after being divorced
for ten days. The lawyers In that case
appear to be about the only ones who
got anything out of it
Gold deposits have been discovered
tn Thiht This belne the case, the
Grand Llama may as well get ready
tn more out England can't let
. Thibet lie around unused any longer.
Somebody who has counted them
says there are SC9.720 grains In a
bushel of wheat This Is Interesting,
but It doesn't go fsr enough, llow
many particle are there In a barrel
f flour?
Hibernlanlsm Is a flower that never
fades. A New York paper accuses an
Triah naaar of savlna. in an account
f a burrlary. "After a fruitions
search, all the money was recovered
except eae pair of boots."
Professor Charles A. Brlggs baa
been promoted to a postgraduate pro
fessorship of theological encyclopedia
and symbolics. , Presumably the first
three months of the course will be oc
cupied by students In learning what
all that menas.
The Duke of Cambridge has been
buried beside his wife, who could not
bear his name because sbe wasn't of
royal blood. It Is quite clever of the
royal family to concede, In thus per
mitting the duke to He In pease at last
beside the woman be loved, that roy
alty ceases at (he grave to figure in
the proceedings.
all that man doe and la and baa dif
fer so widely from our own. And yet
as this world shrinks year by year, ua-
der man's expanding Intelligence, that
sympathetic understanding of other
race must be won. Without It con
tact can mean only conflict .With It
alone Is there hope for the solution of
the many-aided problem of the races.
Sir Edwin Arnold was a pioneer, a
missionary of sympathy between dis
tant lands, a builder of peace. Ills ser
vices well deserve the remembrance
of coming generations.
Will the future historian be aware
that the people who lived in the twen
tieth century could write Yes; be
wUl find a few letters which the tooth
of time has not destroyed. There will
be the court and probate record, tough
and unfading, thanks to legal safe
guards; and the archeologlst will un
earth blocks of granite aud tablets of
brass with letters cut upon thera.
There will be no doubt that those
Americans possessed the art of writ
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Heroe of Peace.
TIB present war In the East, like all others
which have preceded It will doubtless develop
its Individual heroes. Deedi of special bravery
n times of conflict such as that now raging
between Rusla and Japan have a spectacular
fleet and attract attention and admiration en
tirely natural under the clrcumstaucea. But
let us not forget the htroea of peace who are always with
us. There have been sou notable casts ef heroism lately
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antaMa af th wac jona. and tha PhlladalDhla Ledger au-
tog; but the great libraries and the re- proprlate,y allud to iom. of ta.m.
posltorles of newspapera and maga- cn.e up , tn eannQ., mouta wltn thousand!
lines, to which the historian will look f comrtde, u t tmaU tnlng compared with going alon
ror ine inumate ana accurate p.iur. ft BurElng chiding, groping through the einoke up
of dally life, will contain little more U,rt ctnnot u MQ ,nd my u oa flr6 tnd mrcn,
than pllea of dust, or volumes In which M upp.f n9m fof a ptrf0n tnrt4ltfne1 wita tB awful
nothing la legible, and which crumble FT flrtmen ,tayed en tnt reot of a building la
at a touch. This la the fear of the bis- Baltlmort m was about to fall In, and then hun
torlan and the librarian of. to-day. to the .tTwrutter lwun( themselves to a telephone poll
They know that books and magaalnts. Md .npped fl()wn t0 the ,rth
as well as the dally papers, are now . . ... . . wlth . lti.Un
nearly all printed on paper made from . n
aaaw aa hBiu a wvaa
7 ' rT.::" Z .V.V,r impending; the fireman who crawl,
.-w . W. anA aW. iff tha afaam th.t
Fifteen years ! tbe life 0 " p,rboll. nlm, anVfrom which ht doe, not always esc.pe;
LT.lt ZTJJnlTon. man who step, out nlto the ,tre.t In front of a run
undXwmTues: 5rS Juj catches the bridle, Is dragged for a block, but
; " K . ii "tops the horses these and other heroes of everyday life
any wood-pulp book or newspaper u- ' . .
rarely look forward to promotion and still more rarely to
monuments for their rewards; but the men who wear the
Victoria Cross or the Iron Cross are not greater heroes.
A beginning has been made In London of the erection of
tablets not to the memory, of dead heroes of civil life, but
to record their names and acts while they are alive, and
while the respect and admiration of their fellow men may
be of some comfort to them. Every city ought to com
legible, If not too fragile to handle. It
la useless to hope for a return -to rag
paper. It la too expensive. No one
can afford to use a material which
costs 12 cents a pound when bis com-'
petltors use one ior which they pay
only 2 cents a pound. For this reason
efforts have been made to Induce pub
iisuers oi represeniauYv yaycia iv i ., - , -
print a limited edition on a more dura- P" w - puouc ouuoing, me nero.c
ble paper, for preservation; but there "n bln " J.
are dimcultles hard to explain to the of et"n no more substantial recognition of their daring
layman, yet 'evident to those who are nd ttlp of th 'w ,ine ln tn new'
familiar with modern presses; and so P"1'!8, , tvi " . Wl 4V . ,
nothing has been done. The situation ' There Is nothing grander or nobler than doing one's
has its compensationa. No one who flot7 r,skln ono llfe un,ler ucn conditions as these,
ni.v- nn . mam n.wnin,r and The honor and applause- won by military heroes constitute
up
glances at the array of crimes, acci
dent, and unsavory gossip which Is
displayed under "sea reh tads' can fall
to see ene of them. Another lies In
the possibility ef being able still to
purchase good linen psper for corre
spondence or a Alary. Those who sym
pathise deeply with the future histo
rian must cultlvs the lost art of letter-writing,
or walk In the footsteps
of good old Pepys.
their Just due, but save something ef approval for the
quiet fellows who do equally daring dteds wholly because
It la part of their calling to jeopardize their lives for others.
Troy Times.
JAPANESE CAVALRY
DETRAINING THEIR MOUNTS.
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An editor is a millionaire without
money, a Congressman without a Job,
a king without a throne. He constructs
without a hammer or saw, builds rail
roads without rails or spikes and farms
without a plow. He runs a butcher
shop in the Journalistic world and
deals out brains for cash or credit
The editor is a teacher, a lawyer, a
preacher; he sends truth out to save
souls and gets lost himself.
Few Americans believed the early
reports that the commander of the gun
boat Vicksburg had refused aid to the
men on the Russian battleship crippled
at Chemulpo. Such an act would have
been at variance with all American
traditions. The facts were Just what
was expected. In this country, at least
that the American commander not only
offered assistance, but was the first
to offer It; and the Russian government
has formally expressed thanks for the
act
An Interesting fact in all great and
riotous uprisings against law and prop
erty Is that women so often figure in
them. This quality of leadership has
existed from the time of Joan of Arc
to Mother Jones, and from Judith to
Carrie Nation there has been no lack
of women to assume the initiative and
undertake what men were reluctant to
do. Harriet Beecher Stowe and Julia
Ward Howe had as large a part as
that of many statesmen In beginning
and continuing our Civil War. It Is
the coupling of a highly emotional na
ture with the deep sincerity of natures
more steadfast that makes women so
lovable and so dangerous.
When Edwin Arnold gave the
"Light of Asia" to the world a quarter
of a century ago he rendered a ser
vice, both great and unique, to the
English-speaking world. Through bis
combination of gifts, linguistic, poeti
cal, religious, he brought the soul of
the Orient into touch, superficial no
doubt, but still Into touch, with the
souls of myriads of men and women of
the Occident His gifts he used again
for the Hahommedan lands and for
Japan as be bad used them for India
and Buddhism. It Is difficult enough
to enter Into the inner life of men of
one's own race. It is vastly more dif
ficult to comprehend the Inner life of
otter races, whose scales of value for
Horses are little used In Japan, their
work being done by Jlnriklsha men and
coolies. For this reason It has been
said that, however well trained he may
be as a fighter. the Japanese cavalry
man never learns how to ride. The
statesmen of the Flowery Kingdom
have evidently recognized the weak
ness of this arm of their service and
are making heroic efforts to remedy
the defect With this object In view,
s very respectable body of cavalry has
been organized and trained and is now
being thrown Into the field in Korea
and Manchuria. The horses used by
the Japs are small, but wiry and mettlesome.
The Cost of Living.
HERE Is food for thought for all classes of
society In the published results of an Invest!
gatlon at nine of the leading cities of the coun
try by the International Mercantile Agency
Into the recent course and the tendeucy of in
dustrlal wages, of rental values, of prices for
many essential articles of food and of clothing.
The showing Is made and that at all but one of the centers
covered the average rate of wages remains practically sta
tlonary, with a weakening tendencyjn some Instances, the
significance of which Is driven In by statements that at
almost all the cities reported rents have shown a tendency
to advance, and that many of the more Important food
products and staple fabrics are higher in price than a few
months ago or than a year ago.
A further increase in the cost of living seems to be fore
shadowed by the results of the inquiry as to house rents.
and food and clothing prices, when contrasted with what
seems to be a sharp check to further Increases In wages.
and in some Instances a tendency to moderate reaction.
One may hardly infer that rents, food nd clothing are
to cost more because of t! e average gain within a year of
perhaps 10 per cent in wages In many lines. The argument
for the latter was based upon an increased cost of living
that had already taken place. That the existing wage level
may not be long maintained In its entirety seems a natural
Inference from late refusals of railways to heed further
Beer I la the lJltndln ef tbe Dt
faraat Variolic of Coco. -
"A good many people often wonder
what the dlflVrenc 1 between coco
and chocolate, but It is simply that co
coa la chocolate with the oil extract
ed," I am told by the vice presideut ef
a large cocoa and chocolate manufac
turing concern, say, a writer la the
Bt Louts Globe-Democrat
"This amount to considerable, for
one-halt of the cocoa bean Is composed
of cocoa butter. The iwect chocolate
used on candles and so forth la a mix
ture of cocoa butter, chocolate and
appeals for advances; from mny Industrial shut-down aUgiir, and It Is the cocoa butter that
as a substitute for wage reductions; from the outcome of gjvei t s One gloss. There are lev
the Ntw York building strikes; from the Erie Railway tn processes for manufacturing the
Company' appeal to Its employes to refrain from asking for cocoa for drinking purposea, but that
advances; from the murmuring which have beta beard mo g01u,riy followed 1, what Is call
in big steel manufacturing districts, and last, but not leait, tlltt preaaure method.' In this It Is
from the merit, of the rrgument of Western bituminous placed In stunt! canva, bags, and these
coal miners vln their explanation of trade conditions and ara tucu placed In a machine, where
why they were Impelled to ask for a lower wag rate they are subjected to a pressure of
Consideration, such a, these, In a year which Is evident- about seveuty tout, which squeetea
ly to bo one ef convalescence after the financial shock ot tvery vestige of oil from the cocoa
1003, founded upon an exhibit ef prevailing tendencies bear- anj leave, only a dry, extremely brlt
Ing upon the coat of living, should be well calculated to tie cake, to be subsequently ground
appeal to the conservatism ef employer and employ. fln and packed tn tin cans. Whan
Newark News, chocolate for eating purpose la manu-
i factured, the cocoa is mixed with the
rearleuness, Courage, Bravery. v flavoring compounds and sugar in th
t. ttsn that .h.i.vf BoalMve 'fixing machine' aud then rolled out la
L,.r.r.raw. ib in M,.r.M come, not "beet, between bug rollers, making It
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from th abi.net ef fear, but from its prea- w -
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isni-i la. .Iai Tk nAmal AAnBtfl Mlf aVl
2GSI ST exe'ept in momeuu .rirrwT P-fUcular kind of cocoa bean ..not
mtnt Is frightened by any danger that con
fronts him. This does not necessarily mean that no is
making good choco
late and cocoa Is In the blending. One
apt to produce good chocolate or cocoa.
It must be blended with other varie
ties to secure the desired flavor, one
times a half doxen or more different
kinds of cocoa extract being mixed to
gether for this purpose. Kvery manu
facturer has his own method of blend-
It In a cold room, while another will
do tbe same thing with It In a hot
room, and esch contends that the re
sults he achieve, are, the beat, my
naturally."
INGUSH WOMAN WHO OPER
ATES A SWITCH TOWER.
Ordinarily. America claim the hon
or of presenting to the public women
who have succeeded In Strang
vocations. But in one branch of work
panic-stricken, but only that he Is conscious of tbe gravity
of the situation tn which he finds himself. It is then the
part of manhood for him to take himself In hand and re
press any demonstration of hi, fear which might react Id
a demorallx ing way upon him.e ine courageou. man (he ,
mates up bib miuu tuai, n waiter wim vuiuwi . z, . .... ..i-j.a.l tn.
.i. v. .m w i a .. Different blends are also ,ubjected to
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uia vuij uvyt rcsia iu utivr tcniug u vi u.u.av..,
being constantly In such a state of mind that be can take
advantage ot any opening that offers. The frequent ex
ertion of this self-control resulu In gradual hardening or
seasoning, so that although be never overcomes his fears.
It Is progressively eaaler for him to avoid being overcome
by them. ' .
The actually fearless man. If we can Imagine one, is
not likely to be very highly organized, for a fine organism
means emotional susceptibility, aud substantially all lav
ages are brave. He may be a worthy enough person, bnt
more or less wooden. lie must be classified In sn exclu
sive category, since be poaseases a trait of distinct, value to
t.lM.l - A W I - V.. A.A a mnw lilcrK nlAfll filial.
Ity. As th. ancient philosopher explained why the gods Englsnd lcd-rllrodlng. Mrs. Mer-
wished for nothing, by noting th. fact that they had
already everything that heart could desire, so we may say
that the fearless man deserves no special credit for his
good conduct In the face of peril, because be Is under no
temptation to behave badly. Washington Post
Seals In Lake Superior.
TJMAN Ingenuity 1, tireless when a profit Is tn
sight Now they propose to maintain tbe sup
ply of seal coats by breeding seals In Lake
Superior. As a matter of act seals have been
bred in fresh water, so that this transportation
from their natural babltat Is not Impossible.
But there are other considerations which
stand lu the way of Us profit and of Its desirability. One
is the climate. The Ice In Lake Superior Is said to be
heavier than salt water Ice, through which the Arctic seals
And their blow holes, and incidentally enable tbe Eskimos
to catch them and secure their own dinners. Then If the
seals could live In lake Superior it Is a question whether
any other form of life would long survive them. A colony
of seals would be worse than a fleet ef fishermen that cov
ered the whole surface of that Inland sea. They are glut
tonous beasts, and they would respect no close senton.
Tbe fish of Lake Superior are more valuable than the
seals would be, even If seal culture there Is possible." The
seal has tbe broad Pacific for bis own now. He Is dis
appearing there, but bis disappearance, with his shiny
and luxurious coat, would not be an unmitigated calamity.
Brooklyn Eagle
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MAGAZINES OLD AND NEW.
Case of Mild Self-Esteem.
"You feel sure that books are com
monly reviewed by people who have
never read them?"
"Yes," answered he author.
"How can you tell?"
"Easily enough. When a man says
that my style is crude and my plot
commonplace it proves conclusively
that be hasn't read the book, doesn't
it?Washington Star.
Tbe Whole Thin.
"Your majesty," began the court his
torian, ''in my chronicles I have taken
the liberty of speaking of you as a
'citizen of the world ' " '
"Impudence!" thundered the Kaiser.
"But, sire, you are so cosmopolitan
and -"
"Hound I am 'the citizen of the
world." Philadelphia Press.
Tommy's Quick Answer.
"Tommy," said an uncle to his pre
cocious nephew, "your mother tells me
she has to give you pennies to be good.
Do you think that isas things should
ber'
"Of course it Is," replied Tommy.
"You certainly don't want me to grow
up and be good for nothing, do you,
uncle?" Chums.
Industrial Progress la Ecuador
Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is to
have a cotton mllL The machinery for
it must be carried on the backs of
mules to an altitude of 16,000 feet Jn
the Andes in sight of Chlmborazo.
Money doesn't always bring Lapp!
ness, but the average man is willing
to take chances along with the money,
Contrast Between Thoae of Fifty Year
Ago and Now.
The contrast between the American
magazines of fifty years ago and those
of to-day is so marked that It will im
press the most careless reader. Take a
bound volume of Putnam's Magazine
from the shelves of a public library,
free it from its layers of dust, turning
Its yellow pages, and, lot you are con
fronted with some of the most famous
names In the literature of the nine
teenth century. Contrast this treasury
of wit, humor, pathos and sentiment
embodied In the clearest ot English
prose, in the most musical English
verse with the current number of a
magazine of to-day, and the unfavora
ble gulf between the two periods will
at once be apparent. The great names
of literature have given place to those
of men and women who have gained
a passing notoriety through good or
bad fortune.
A successful Wall street broker Is
traveling for health and pleasure and
in a mountainous country of Eastern
Europe is captured by bandits. The
bandits, in a businesslike manner, de
mand 150,000 as a ransom; otherwise
the American traveler will return to
his sorrowing family and friends
minus bis ears. Negotiations are en
tered Into with the outlaws and after
long delays, during which the bro
ker's precious ears are- constantly
threatened, the money Is paid, and he
returns in an unmutilated condition to
his office in Wall street But bis ad
ventures have made him a famous man
and, magazine editors are clamorous
In their demands that he shall tell the
story of his capture and retention by
the bandits in his own way. . Their or
dinary rates of payment shall not stand
In the way of this much desired contri
bution; the manuscript, if accompanied
by photographs of his eminent ears,
will be paid for at his own valuation.
The Wail street broker, being a man
of business, if not a man of letters,
writes the desired article or series of
articles, and receives in return a check
that satisfies even his own conception
of the value of his work. Ills eminent
ears are photo-engraved for the public
edification, and all that can possibly
be made known of his perilous adven
tures Is given to tbe waiting public.
The result is double-dlstllled dullness,
presented in the most unattractive
form- and without the slightest natural
or acquired literary aptitude. But the
editor believes that be has satisfied the
curiosity of the readers of the mag
azine of which he has control; from bis
point of view, the lasting value of the
article for which he paid so high a
price does not enter into the question.
And when the eminent ears . of the
Wall street broker have ceased to In
terest a fickle public the frost-bitten
nose of an arctic explorer may be used,
as a substitute.
There can be no doubt that a famous
or notorious name adds a seeming Im
portance and weight to a magazino
article, however lacking it may be
In Interest or attractiveness of treat
ment; and a contribution which on
Its intrinsic merits would be rejected
is, published if It bears tbe name of
some celebrity of the hour. Of course
readers nre primarily to blame for this
state of things. They yearn for namei
with which they are familiar, and the
editors of regular magazines endeavor
to satisfy them as a 'mere matter of
business. The question of literary
culture is not considered either In the
editorial rooms or by the purchasers
of the periodicals of to-day. And it
must be admitted that tbe voice of a
foghorn carries farther than the most
dulcet notes of Pan's pipes.
INDIAN LEGEND.
How tbe Chiefs Bqnaw Found a New
Dish.
"One morning the mighty shunter,
Woksis, bade his wlfo cook for his din
ner a choice bit of moose meat, and
have it ready when the tall stick which
ho stuck In the snowdrift should throw
its shadow to a certain point Moqua
was a meek wife, so she promised to
obey, and well did she know her fate
In case of failure. After her lord en
parted she hewed off the meat with
her sharpest stone knife, and filling aji
earthen pot, or kokh, with snow for
melting, she hung it over the fire.
"Then she sat down to her em
broidery. It was her pride that Woksis,
her lordly husband, should sport the
gayest moccasins In the tribe, and
many hours did she spend every day
In working with bright colored porcu
pine quills. For no brave lu all that
country was so warlike as Woksis, no
squaw so skilled In embroidery as
Moqua. A. she worked on tbe mocca
sin, hours passed as minutes. Sh. took
no note of time, so busy was sh. In
her labor of love. Suddenly she beard
a startling noise, the bark string that
held tbe kokh suspended was burned
off, and a quenching, scattering explo
sion followed the overthrow of the pot.
"What could she do? There was no
water, tbe melted snow was gone, and
she must boll the moose meat before
her lord's return. It was growing late,
there was no time to melt more snow,
so seizing a birch bucket ' of maple
water that was always tapped In tbe
spring for its sweet flavor, she filled
the kokh anew and bung It over the
mended fire. Into It she popped the
moose meat, and set a cake of pounded
corn to bake on tbe slab before the
fire. Then she resumed ber embrol
dery, In which the quills were both
needle and thread. She was working
the totem of Tier race, tbe bear, so dif
ferent from the wolves, eagles and tur
tles of other tribes.
"Dreaming of her husband's future
success in bunt and battle, the hours
passed by; the shadow crept past the
mark; the fire burned low; the once
Juicy meat was a shriveled morsel In
a mixture of gummy dark liquid. When
she saw this the frightened squaw ran
Into the bushes and hid herself from
the rage of ber coming lord. After a
long and silent waiting she carefully
drew near the camp once more, and
what did she see? There was Woksis
devouring the morsel of mooso meat,
and ber wonder was great when be de
liberately broke the earthen pot and
carefully licked out the last vestige of
her spoiled cooking.
"She forgot her fears and cried out
In surprise. When discovering her
Woksis said: 'Ob, Moqua, my wise
squaw, who taught thee such a marvel
of cooking? Was the Great Spirit tby
Instructor?' With great Joy he em
braced ber, and in his sticky kiss she
tasted the first maple sugar," Pitta
burg Gazette.
wood, of Wblpplnghain, bas operated
a complicated switch tower and signal
system for ten years and bas never'
hud an accident Wblpplngbam Is on
the Isle of Wight Railway, and In ad
dition to the switch tower Mrs. Mer-
wood looks after tbe duties of station
and ticket agent, gatekeeper, and finds
time to cultivate some beautiful flew- '
ers outside the depot Tbe Isle ef
Wight was one of th. favorite country
places of the late Queen Victoria, who
took a fancy to and often befriended
Mrs. Merwood. '.
HORSE RIDES IN CAR.
The only gravity car Una 1 -eh-
world 1 located In Denver, Cola., and
runs from the city proper lnte tbe
mountains, a distance of several miles.
One man acts as conductor, motorman.
hostler, general manager; In short be
does everything, Including th. fault
finding. The grade up which tbe road run
Is slight A horse, tired and always
ready for breakfast and a ride, haul
BEADY" FOB THE BZTUBIf TRIP.
the car with Its load of .passengers
from Denver to the mountains. Op the
return trip he Is put onto the rear
platform and carried back to the(itart
ing point ' .
So fond is the horse of riding and
so glad is he that the end of the road
is reached that be Jumps aboard tho
car with as much alertness as a boy.
All tbe way down hill be bumps
against the corner of the Car unless a
tree approaches, when be carefully,
draws his bead back. '
The road ris supported chiefly by cu
riosity seekers, who ride over It be
cause of the novelty of the experience. .
Peonllacltles of tbe Memory.
It Is lnstanced'as one of the curiosi
ties of the memory that people wh
know long pieces of verse by heart fre
quently cannot remember their tele
phone number. 1 '