I Topi
areas that were once peopled with a
thrifty fanning class practically ten
aullesa and desolate. A late census
thC 1 IlriCS g action has been In progress during the
w past ten years, me enevi vi nun.u una
' HMn tn return itT and suburban Popu
lation to Its proper balance. Accord
ing to this evidence 155) towns, ceo
ters of suburban communities, show
an Increase of 32 per cent In ten years.
This Is about the averts Increase of
the whole country. The gain tn popu
lation of cities between 1SS0 and 1S90
was 7 per cent During the decade
following It dropped to 2.5 per cent
This Indicates that increase In the pop
ulation of cities has not kept pace with
that of the country.
ics of
sSMaaiMM1W'
However. "Cotton King" Sully had
the experience.
Talk Is cheap unless you art using
long distance telephone.
From a stage point of view a dl
rorce without publicity la worse than
marriage.
QUEEN ISABELLA.
former PpanUh Boverelia Dies ea
Kails la I'srla.
Former Queen Isabella I. of Bpaln,
grandmother of King Alfouso, died l
Paris recently of the grip and lung
complications.
The Ufa of the former queen waa a
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
1S77. and since then she hat main
tained her residence In the French rap
5B lEMTdDM ALS
It sometimes happens that a woman
lores a man for his money aud hates
him for himself alone.
Professor Langley says that with
$23,000 he could fly. The cashier of
ur bank did It back In the '80's.
When Bunyan's Christian learns
that he was only a "cad after all, he
will flop down all In a heap and ex
claim: "What's the user'
One often wonders. In scanning the
bulletin of the nhrslclans In attend
ance upon some public man struck railway or immense lengm, not yei wnouy conipieie. very
down by mortal disease, why such he- hastily built Interrupted by a lake over which there Is a
role measures are taken to prolong life wry of more tnau tweuty nines, who a running capacity
for a day or a few hours, or even a exceeding eiguteeu or twenty nines an nour. lurouga
few minutes, when to all appearances very thinly Inhabited section of country, and with constant
no human hand can avert the final danger or luterrupuous oy ssiurui enemies pertecuy pusicu
Cables announce that Rnssla pro
poses to use sand bags for defense. In
political contests In this country the
and bag Is a weapon of offense.
The Queen of England ate a 0-cent
dinner the other day and the fact
was cabled around the world. It Isn't
necessary for a aueen to do much to
become famous.
A Denver man has declined to take
$1,800,000 which was willed to him by
a rich uncle. Really, he ought to be
given an opportunity to address young
John D.'s Bible class.
Schoolboys of Flndlay, Ohio, lmlta
ting the older savages in the colleges,
caused the death of a 9-year-old boy
by hazing. Honestly, now,. Is it worth
all this Just to be barbarously funny!
Dr. Mary Walker recently lmpro
Tised a tournquet with a handkerchief,
stopped (he flow of blood, and saved
the life of a glazier in Washington
who had cut an artery. They are both
till single.
The wages paid in the United States
average more than twice those in Bel
gium, three times those of Denmark.
France, Germany, Italy and Spain,
and one and a "half those in England
and Scotland.
Until 1895 novel-writing was not re
garded as a respectable profession in
Japan, bnt authors of fiction now com
mand respect in that country and are
on the high road to prosperity. Per
haps the historical novel has not yet
reached the land of the Mikado.
A new .triumph of surgery is said to
be "nerve grafting." Some people af-
ready have enough for two, but they
are doubtless the ones who furnish the
supply for their needy and more mod
est brethren. We will take about t
yard of your best nerve, if you please,
doctor!
Secretary Taft said the other day
that there was a splendid opportunity
In the Philippines for educated young
men with public spirit enough to de
sire to assist In the solution of the
problems of government there. That
Is so; but young men of that sort do
not have to cross the Pacific to find op
portunities for public service.
Hudson Bay is ordinarily associated
In the mind with cold and desolation.
But according to Consul General Cul
ver, stationed at London, Canada, not
to speak of the vast amount of grain
and grazing land In its neighborhood,
the bay in itself is a great source of
riches. It abounds In all kinds of fish,
although the industry will remain un
developed, as will also the oil Industry
from the whales and porpoises and
walruses, until It is thoroughly navi
gated and thus brought within the lim
Its of the commercial world.
Whether D. J. Sully won or lost was
in one sense a thing of small conse
quence, but the mischief wrought by
the transient success of such meteoric
gamblers In the commercial world Is
very great and widespread. Every vil
lage in the country suffers something
by the example of such men. Sully Is
nothing, but the men dragged down
In the vortex when the Sully ship sinks
are a multitude. The money they have
lost may be small, but the aggregate
of misery is very great, for it general
ly means a lost business reputation if
not a robbed trust fund. That is the
curse of all this commercial gambling,
whether In stocks or cotton or wheat
or copper.
Sinews of War.
LTIIOUGH Russia, In the preseut conflict
with Japan, has au Immense preponderance of
military forces, we are apt to forget the ex
treme dltllculty of placing and maintaining a
great Russian force In Manchuria. Vladivos
tok Is farther from Moscow than Is Sau Fran
ctsco from Boston, and the field of operation
Is connected with the base of supplies by a single track
A
in regard to the location aud condition of the road In all
parts. It will be an Immense undertaking to support 300,
000 men over this road. In the opinion of a good many
military experts In Europe, 25O.OO0 men represents the
largest army which Russia can properly support In Man
churia. The financial ceutcrs of Europe have been a good
ask what Is the good of It why pro- -pal disturbed by the possibility of heavy drafts by both
long the agony of the dying man aud Jiau m urat-r iu arry un in i.
rend the hearts of those whom he Is neither country has shown any Inclination to draw upon
leaving by vain efforts to stay the Europe. Japan intends to noat a war loan or aoout w
hand of death? Whv not let the bar-. 000.000 at home, ami Russia hns begun by Issuing treasury
,,! .o,na in Rut he-' notes to the extent of IS3.0OW.OOa During the Chinese
Issue. When we hear of the patient
weak and tired, asking only to be al
lowed to die In peace, tormented with
lnjectlous of salt solution, with Inhala
tions of oxygen, with the prick of the
hypodermic needle, we are tempted to
fore blaming the doctors
seeming inhumanity one should stop a
moment and hear their side. The mis
sion of the physician is not only or
chiefly to relieve suffering It Is, be
fore all else, to save life. If death is
Inevitable, It Is his duty to soften It
so far as he may; but be has not the
right for the sake of a moment's ease,
to throw away the chance of averting
death. No one can gage the vital
forces. Many a time, when death
seemed actually to have closed the
scene, some well-directed measure has
fanned the spark of life again into
flame. No one knows better than the
physician that while there Is life there
Is hope, and his duty is plain to use
every means at his command to main
tain the action of the heart and to
stimulate the nerve-centers to renewed
work. There Is always the hope that
the disease may spend Its force at any
moment and so the conscientious phy
sician must light on, in the face of des
perate odds. Often he falls, but he
may succeed, and while the possibility
exists he would be recreant to his trust
as the preserver of life to leave anjr
for their' war nme years ago, Japun astonished the financial world
'by raising about $1 12,000.000 by loans absorbed at home
and by taxation. The Russian Goveruincut among others
resources, has over $300,000,000 In gold and bank notes
In reserve; so that although the financial condition of the
country Is anything but sound, the sinews of war for the
Immediate future are amply supplied. The Outlook.
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The Lost Art. of Hospitality.
HERE are the good old gods of hospitality that
were once the chief deities of the household
and fireside? Have they no place under the
new social regime? Perhaps we hurry too
much nowadays to practice the graces of our
forefathers. Electricity has set the pace foi
the past half century, and we are trying to
keep up with Its telegraph systems, its cars and motor
cycles. And dust gathers on the neglected gods as they
huddle forlorn and neglected in their corners.
Fifty years ago and more men kept their houses prac
tically as wayside Inns for the specific use of their friends,
for the general use of whosoever fared that way. To-day
a man's house Is where he rushes for his meals or to see
If his wife and children are perudventure still alive within
Us walls, und where he sleeps when his business worries
leave his brain clear enough to Invite slumber. With the
coming of day he Is up and off again In the swift mad
chase for fame or money, chiefly money
There are a few people who still cling to the good old
weapon unused In his light with death. naDit of receiving on specified afternoons and evenings
The thoughtless may call him cruel, nave retained the charm of looking always so rested
but lor him it would be cowardice to an)j at ease that their guests come to rest and acquire. If
shirk a manifest duty In the face of possible, that same ease, and look with longing on the res
possibly adverse criticism.
BOBBY'S BARGAIN.
He Saw Endlea Profits to Accrue from
Purchase of a Horse.
Henry and Bobby, aged 8 and 10
respectively,, were little boys who
thought and had tendencies. In conse
quence of which, at times, they were a
source of great embarrassment to their
mother. Bobby, in particular, had the
money-making propensity. He saved
his pennies religiously, and his eyei
urrected gods free from dust smiliug, contented and happy
on their pedestals. For the majority of hosts and hostesses
to-day, however, entertaining means an annual Investment
tn flowers. Ices and music, and a setting open of alt the
doors to the home. An army of friends and acquaintances
rushes through the swift and lukewarm greetings, nobody
remembers who came or what they said, and the house Is
cleaned and closed until the next annual Invasion. Some
times It is a card party, where many come because of the
prizes or the supper, and forget even to speak to their
hostess again when next they meet her on the street
Entertaining so that both the entertainers and their guests
enjoy it Is an art almost lost In this busy, work-a-day world
The open door that was the synonym for old-tltno hospl
WAR MAPS IN DEMAND.
The prime object of our common
school system is to furnish a ground
work of rudimentary education for all
children in the State. That done, the
State could go no further without In
equality and preference. It Is not
tight to make all the taxpayers pay
for the benefits that only a part of the
taxpayers can enjoy. The higher edu
cation should be paid for by those
alone who get It The elementary
schools have deteriorated in quality as
a consequence of the establishment of
bigher schools. The money spent for
the establishment of high schools
would give greater resultant advant
age if it were devoted to the Improve
ment of the common schools in Impart
ing a thorough rudimentary education.
was keen for a bargain. tnvtv u word Hint i known to d.iv onlv in it.i noimvii
vue evening iu twiner meir lauier Blnse ftnd when flDDiied to China. To build houses for ac
had as a guest a gentleman who was a Mmmodatlne one's invited truest.- Is not characteristic of
great norseman. me Doys ustenea at
tentively to the conversation for
awhile, then Bobby opened fire with:
"Say, Mr. Smith, can you buy a
horse for a hundred dollars?"
"Yes, Bobby," said Mr. Smith, "you
can."
"Can you get one for fifty dollars?"
"Yes."
"For twenty-five dollars?"
"Yes."
"For ten dollars V
"Yes."
"For seven dollars?"
"Perhaps."
"Seven dollars, really?" said Bobby
wonderlngly. "Would the horse be
awfully fast?"
"Well," said Mr. Smith, "you would
not be likely to get a Lou Dillon or a
Dan Patch, but the creature might be
able to pull a plow."
Bobby thought for a moment; then,
"But Mr. Smith, could a horse you
paid seven dollars for have a colt?"
"Possibly," said Mr. Smith gravely.
"I have seven dollars in the bank,"
continued Bobby; "I guess I'll get a
horse. For if a seven-dollar horse
could have a colt end that colt have
a colt and that colt have a "
Bobby's mother and father and Mr.
Smith became seriously interested in
the salad; the youthful Henry began
to fidget; the embryo stock farm con
tinued to grow "and that colt have a
colt end that colt have a colt and
that colt "
Henry could stand It no longer.
Turning to Bobby, he remarked in a
tone of impatience, "Say, as soon as
you think you have the worth of your
money would you mind passing the
bread?" Llppineott's.
to-day. The man who not long since added two or three ItiL longing to return to her native
room to his house because he wa "te fond of havlug com- heath. Owing to tue nener. mat ner
pany come and stay.- Is a mild sort of actuation In the eyes presence In Madrid would be danger-
of his less hospitable neighbors.
Less hurry and less worry and seeing one's congenial
friends, more often would mean the salvation of many a
work ridden, rare-worn porsou of to-day, and architects
should discover what the art was In the old houses that
made them so attractive that one's friends could not stay.
away from such comfortable places even If they tried.
Memphis Scimitar.
ous to the ruling house, she has besu
forced to remain lu exile.
Maria Isabella Ixiulsa was born at
Madrid Oct. 30, lS.1l). Her father, Fer
dinand VII., revoked the sallc law;
and st his death. Sept 1!0. 18.13. his
slddit daughter, then a child, was pro-
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Need for Hospital Car.
ITII all the Improvements In medicine snd
surgery of recent years, with all the Increase
In tho uumber of physicians, with all the sub
stitution of trained nurses for Mrs. Gamps,
with all the provision of hospitals and dispen
saries to the cities, little consideration has
bwcu shown for Invalids by railroad companies
and hotels. The sick man Is never welcome as a passen
ger on a railroad train, and he la not received with glad
ness at a hotel. On the day expresses, running from New
York lu all directions, the man who suffers from an Ill
ness or an Injury has a hard time of It If he Is trying to
reach his home In the country, or a sanitarium, or a resort
lu the mountains to which he has bceu ordered by Ills
doctor. There Is no place In the car for a bed, uo place for
his medicines, and he may have to ride for two or three
hundred miles sitting tn a chair, racked by the motion
of the train and hardly able, from weakness, to hold him
self erect The sleeping car Is au Improvement but there
Is Just objection on the part of the othor passeugers to
sharing tho confined space with a consumptive, aud It Is
certainly disquieting to think of occupying a berth that
only a few hours before was taken by a patleut suffering
from a coutaglous disease.
Hence It Is a move In the right direction that has been
made by the Pullman company in building a car for the
express accommodation of Invalids. It will probably have
larger beds than the ordinary sleeping car, no top berths
and better ventilation; It should have the easiest of springs,
and be clear of carpets, curtains, plush and the usual
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qtUCKN 1SAUKU.A.
ntlla tli.) ,..,!, m I,. ,1.1 nili.Pf.fiA. It ,,,. ,1,1 V. w a
,, , , . , m Inounclng sentonre of cxllo ou
water as well as cold, on tap; It should have cupboards , . ... .,
WHV biiu Ilia Ruun etna.
claimed queen under the regency of
her mother, Maria Christina.
This event proved tho signal for
civil warfare, as the claims of the
late king's brother wcro warmly sup
ported by certain cIi.ks-s of the people.
The war lasted seven years end tho
country was desolated, until the Cortes
confirmed the claims of Isabella pro-
Dou
for drugs and instruments, where they would be In no
danger of breakage aud, especially, It should be so con
structed that it could be cleaned with a hose after every
trip, after the manner of operating rooms In hospitals. If
this car were switched from road to road, aud Its depart
ures advertised, there Is hardly a doubt that merely as a
business proposition. It would be made to pay. In the
better sense there Is no doubt on that point Brooklyn
Eagle.
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Japan's Sea Training.
N the eleventh or tweifl'a century the Jap
anese were the most dashing pirates of the
East; tn fact we might almost call them the
vikings of the East They used Junks small
ships with a scrap of sail, but the little vessels
lu which the Danes once raided our own coasts,
or as the ens ft which the Pen nee fisherman
have to-day. With these junks the Japanese roamed the
seas, going everywhere along tho Clitneso main, ravaging
the cousta, trading and bringing home priceless works of
art from China.
It was not until long afterwards that the ruling authori
ties of Japan, under tho great Emperor HldeyoHchl, de
cided that It suited their purpose to shut off communica
tion with tho outsldo world and to live to themselves,
trading merely among their own Islands. The old Jap
anese vikings were reduced to simple fishermen, and the
period of 'Internal feudatory wars began, for at that time
at least Japanese would fight because they loved it
London Telegraph.
lu 1840, the queen regent finding It
Impossible to carry on the government
without making concessions to public
feeling for which she waa Indisposed,
retired to France, resigning her pow
er into the hands of Kspnrtero, head
of affairs. Isabolla was declared by a
decree of the Cortes to have attained
her majority Oct 15, 1813. and took
her place among the reigning sover
eigns of Europe. Maria Christina re
turned to Madrid In 1813.
We have all become familiar in re
cent years with the statement that the
dty has absorbed the country, that
urban life, with Its peculiar attractions
and Industrial opportunities, has drawn
feearll upon rural life, leaving large
A Broad Hint. '
Sometimes men take advantage of
Leap Year as well as women. This
was shown the other evening at a
house where I wall visiting. I happen
ed to be for a minute the only other
person in the room, where a young
couple were conversing, and they were
discussing about the privilege that
women have one year in four of mak
ing marriage proposals.' The young
fellow listened to what his fair com
panions had to say on the subject, and
then blurted out:
"Gosh, If a girl should ask me to be
her husband, I wouldn't have the crust
to refuse."
I hope the young woman-took the
bint
Trouble in the Far East Proving a
Bonanza to Mapmakenu
To the mapmakers in the United
States the Russian-Japanese war In
the East is proving a bonanza. The
principal home of the Industry in this
country Is Chicago, and one firm In
that city is now turning out 4,000,000
maps a week. These figures seem in
credible, yet the books of the firm
show that the statement Is true. The
United States and Canada absorb most
of this supply, but Europe and Asia
also take their share of it
War Is a great stimulator rf the map
business. Since the trouble began
draftsmen, engineers and electrotypers
have been busy night and day In turn
ing out diagrams of the scene of the
Russian-Japanese conflict Korea,
Manchuria, Siberia, and the Islands of
Japan have been the subject of maps
of all sizes and colors. "War atlases"
have been compiled containing prints
of all the Russian possessions and of
every bit of territory that is In any
way likely to be affected by the naval
and military campaigns. Advertisers
seize upon these booklets with avidity,
knowing that the average man likes
nothing better than to spread one open
in front of his admiring family and ex
pound to them the meaning of the
meager and contradictory cablegrams
from the seat of war. England's fight
with ; the- stubborn Boer republics
opened up a strong demand for geo
graphical Information regarding South
Africa, but the Spanish-American con
flict was the prize winner from a map
maker's point of view.
"When Dewey opened fire on the
Spanish ships on May 1, 1808," said a
man who has spent thirty years In fos
tering the map industry In Chicago,
"not one man In a hundred knew
where the Philippine Islands were.
happened to be aware of that fact and
our draftsmen were at work upon far
eastern geography before the people
waked up to their desire for knowl
edge of the subject It was the most
strenuous six weeks we have ever had.
Cuba and Porto Rico did their share,
and we bad to turn out new maps of
the United States showing all our lsl
and possessions."
The Alaskan gold furore and the
Panama Canal discussion made people
want to have those portions of the
world platted out for them, but the de-
JAP ARTILLERY LANDING ON THE LATING RIVER.
The Tatung River, a view of which Is herewith given, flows through
northern Korea and empties Into the Yellow Sea. Plngyang Is situated on
tho banks of this stream, which is now held by the Japanese. The Tatung
Is used to transport munitions of war and troops Into the Interior. Small
boats are employed for the purpose. By such means guns, artillery mules
and other ordinance supplies are transported, thus avoiding the Korean roads,
which are practically-Impassable at this time of the year.
RATS LEAVING BY THOUSANDS.
Tit Thers Is No Apparent DecresM lis
Their Number at New Orleans.
Captain A. It McUoniilgal was for
a number of years an officer of one of
the fruit steamers plying between Newt
Orleans and Central 'American ports.
Talking with me about this fruit trado
he said: "Do you know, It amuses m
that the fruit steamers do not succeed
in ridding New Orleans of Its rat popu
lation. They are continually carrying
rats away from New Orleans and nev
er bring them back, yet tho rat supply
In tho Crescent City always holds up.
under the strain pretty well.
"I was In the trade for a good many
years, and I count this curious freak
of the Louisiana rats one of tho oddest
things I have ever becu cognizant of.
While the fruit steamers He at , the
New Orleans docks the rats stow them
selves away by the scores and the hun
dreds. Cats are of no avail In keep
ing them back. I bad fifteen on board
my craft once, and they succeeded In
doing no more than keep the rodent
below deck. On the out voyngo they
are one of the biggest nuisances Imag
inable, but as soon as the vessel reach
es one of the Central or South Amort
can ports they swarm ashore, as
though the Pled Piper of Hamellu
were playing on the sands.
"During the return voyage te New
Orleans, with my vessel loaded with
luscious fruit and, it would be pre
sumed, far more enticing to a rat I
have never seen them on board. They
sail out with us, but they never come
back. I don't know how to account for
it, but the statement Is true, and I
have no doubt tho captain of every
vessel In the fruit trade out of New
Orleans has noticed It and will sub
stantiate my assertion." St Louis
Globe-Democrat
mand was not so great as the quest for
war time knowledge. World's fairs,
the opening of Indian lands, and sim
ilar events of national interest are
other "peaceful reasons" for map-mak
ing. .
EXPERIMENTS ON THE BRAIN.
Electric Current Uaed to Induce Sleep
Sensation Felt. .
Experiments on the brain of a living
subject with electric curents have been
comparatively rare, as there has pre
vailed among physicians and physiolo
gists the idea that such a course of
experimentation was extremely dan
gerous, says Harper's Weekly. There
have recently been published, how
ever, records of somo experiments car.
rled on by M. S. Leduc, with the ob
ject of using the electric current to
produce sleep and of studying its ef
fects on the brain., generally.
In early experiments it was shown
that the brain is the best conductor of
electricity In the human body, being
about 8,000 times more conducting
than muscle. . It was also observed
that when a continuous current was
passed through the head from one eur
to the other the sensation of giddiness
was produced, and that objects appear
ed to revolve la the same direction as
the current flowed, However, when
the electrodes are placed on the fore
bead and neck and the current sent
from back to front, the effects ure
innocuous so long as a mild current Is
used and in some cases may be bene
ficial. According to M. Leduc, the
Postage Htamp Tussle.
Take a row of postage stamps, say
twelve, gum the end one down to the
table and find in how many ways the
whole twelve can be bent at their per
forations so as to make a compact pile
of twelve. Of course, If you have only
roost satisfactory current is one of m,.t... h. u hnf ,r r
four milllamperes at thirty volts, which forming the pile namely, the folding
Is broken or Interrupted 100 times a tne one om the other; If you have
second for nine-tenths of the period of lt u eagy t0 see that there are
the Interruption. The first effect noted two wayB 0f manipulating the third
was the disappearance of the faculty Btamp, aula Ingenuity and a little
of speech, after which . followed tho pauence will enable you to decide how
loss of the motor faculties. Under or- .tumni mnv bo folded, but when
dlnary conditions there is no affection
of the respiration or pulse unless the
current Is increased, and then lt mny
cease. The patient Is said to awaken
Instantaneously from the electric sleep
and to experience a feeling of refresh
ment On English Railways.
The number of men employed on
the railways of the United Kingdom,
including boys, Is 623,082.
the number gets larger the problem
becomes very difficult.
The Band-Glass.
The sand-glass Is again to be found
as a picturesque dlnlng-table equip
ment, and the old-world timekeepers
look quite at home. Three-minute
sand-glasses accompany the bronze
egg-boilers now so popular for break
fast table use. These glasses are used
by many housewives at table when the
I viands run the risk of being spoiled by
a fraction over a second under or over
, doing.
After a man has been engaged three
or four weeks, he begins to find oppor
tunities to take sides in her quarrels.
1 The first thing a woman plants is
If a man loses all his money he also' sweet peas; the first, thing a. man,
manages to lose nearly all bis enemies, , plants is potatoes.