Topics of I
the limes
Even a blind mule can feel with bis
feet
When a woman la too angry to talk
her husbaqd la In luck.
Political principle I one thing and
political Interest Quite another.
. True charity consists of opening the
purse and keeping the mouth closed.
The earth Is the Lord's, but Mr,
Rockefeller Insists ou claiming the lu-
alde of it
Many a mau who says he has great
preseuce of mind manages successfully
to conceal It
Boston physicians now claim that
piano music will cure neuralgia. Some
of us prefer neuralgia to Insomnia.
A young man thinks he la unworthy
of the girl during courtship, but after
marriage he aoou discovers his error.
Russell Sage'a version: "Early to
bed and early to rise makes a man'
employer healthy, wealthy and wise.
Although worth eighty millions. Rus
sell Sage lives like a poor man and for
all practical purposes might as well
be one.
The Koreans are getting off more
easily than they expected and an
even managing to make a little money
selling things to the soldiers.
In the list of heroes etched by the
flames on the Slocuni the name of the
captain of a pleasure yacht who made
no effort to save life will not appear,
A scientist has discovered that loaf
Ing is conducive to health and longev
Ity. Come to think of it who ever saw
a tramp' suffering from arteriosclero
sis?
"Dig" Is the terse motto under which
at least one graduating class moved
out into the big, busy world this year,
It might be passed on. to the Panama
Canal Commission.
I An ambitious lady of Connecticut
has applied for admission to the
Daughters of the Revolution on the
ground that her great-grandfather mur
dered the King's English.
Hetty Green has taken the trouble
to deny another report that she has
given away a lot of money. Hetty
must believe there is somebody some
where who thinks she would really do
such a thing.
Far away in thevmountalns of the
Canadian Northwest, on the borders cf
we Canadian national park, near
Banff, a bed of fine anthracite has
been discovered which is from six to
ten feet thick. It has been traced about
ten miles. SuPh a deposit of hard coal
will be of much use to Canada In many
ways. So the development of thi Do
minion goes on steadily and Canadian
prospects are excellent The more
Canada flourishes the better for the
United States. Our neighbor to the
north cannot prosper without benefit
to this country.
Smokeless powder is very different
from the old-fashioned black or the
later brown cocoa powder. These lat
ter are quick to explode, becomiiig
transformed Into gas almost , instan
taneously, but the nitrocellulose com
youuu now usea in our navy guns
burns much more slowly, even when
confined. When not subjected to con
finement it may be said hardly to ex
plode at, all. Owing to this deliberate
decomposition of the powder in the
unclosed gun and In the handling
room below the turret, there was lit
tle or no rending effect of the explo
sive upon the structure of the Mis
souri. The loss of life was due al
most wholly to the Intense heat
terland from Pasta m. All this work,
as well as harbor Improvement sani
tation and wagon-roads, Is done by na
tive laborers directed bv native chief.
thus retained In authority and paid
iur i rum me colonial revauuc wilbout
extra taxation.
No writer in the English tongue
stands in the same rank with Shak
speare, and yet none was so Incessant
a debtor as he to the classic writers
and the folklore of other countries.
From "Hamlet" to "Shylock," from
"Coriolanus" to "Cymbeline" his play
wright path Is strewn with the frag
ments of an older literature from
which he had pilfered the best he
could lay his hands upon without so
much as a "by your leave." It is, after
all, the people who popularize rather
than the people who suggest or Invent
en idea who deserve whatever praise
attaches to its success. The geologist
tells the miner where he might wisely
dig for gold, but it Is the miner whom
we pay for getting out and giving us
the precious metal.
Under skilful business administra
tion the French colonies along the
west coast of Africa are attaining re
markable prosperity. In Dahomey a
railway Is under construction from tho
chief seaport, Kotonu, to Tcharu, three
hundred and seventy-seven miles In
land, The Niger is to be ultimately
the terminus. French Guinea is build
ing -a line from Konakry, the capital,
to the Niger at Kurussa, three hun
dred and forty-two miles, of which
ninety miles are completed. Senegal,
which has several railways In opera
tion, Is planning to dredge the Senegal
Klver and connect It by rail with tho
Niger, as a route for exporting cotton
and other Interior products. The Ivory
Coast la planning a railroad td the hlu-
Are the sacred words, "I lovs
you." for lovers' lips aloud? li the
tender message but for youth's May
day? Why, when the hair Is gray
must the tongue forget Its skill? Why
must the aglug heart forget Its ten
derness? Why when youth has fled
must the message of love express It
self In colder words, or not at all?
Who kuows how the older heart may
hunger for the words of long ago?
Why does the husband forget that the
wire still listens for the words he has
forgotten? Why does the wife forget
that the husband, who should still be
ner lover, can. by the long-ago words.
"I love you," be drawn swlftlv to her
side. Why does the daughter forget
10 say, ".Mother. I love you," until it is
too late, until the mother is coue. and
the daugther can only say with rears.
i loveu ner?" Why is the son. strong
ana sturdy, ashamed to say. "Mother.
I love you?" Why does he choke and
stuuiDie over the words that b the
presence of his sweetheart come so
glibly to his tongue? Husband, only
mis aay is yours. Say to the wife, "I
love you." Wife, but this hour can
you call your own. Breathe to the
husband, "I love you." Daughter, son
but this fleeting moment belongs to
jou. Say to the father, who Is tot
tering, to the mother, whose hair Is
gray, to the sister who was your child
hood's companion, to the brother who
nsned with you, who climbed with you,
and who is uow growing old with
you say to him, to them all, "I love
your Speak the words now while the
ears are listening, now while the eyes
can smile back their gladness, now
while the heart can throb its Joy.
MATT S JSS?
I7T-N
it i
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects,
Laxity and diversity of the laws re
lating to marriage in the various State
of the Union are Justly blamed for the
growth of what may almost be called
the divorce habit In America. Yet
there are a few general tendencies
which do not derive their origin and
force from individual lives. Personal
reforms are often needed Uefore legis
lative reforms can be effective. It
may fairly be asked whether the con
fusion of pleasure and happiness In
many minds Is not responsible for a
great deal of trouble. The two thlnra
differ in that one is transitory and the
other abiding. Now. if there Is anv
one quality of matrimony which should
distinguish It from other conditions of
lire, it Is the quality of permanence.
Happiness rather than pleasure should
be the token of Its success. It Is a
limited view of marriage which looks
forward chiefly to the pleasure of hav
ing one's own establishment the sense
of proprietorship on the part of the
man, tne greater freedom in many
fields of activity for the woman. The
whole chorus of experience proclaims
the rather tiresome, true story that the
real satisfactions of man-la ee come
from quite other sources the sharing
of responsibilities and experiences, the
surrender of certain personal prefer
ences, the daily, yearly growth of sym
pathy and understanding. It Is hard
to make all young persons believe the
truth of these thrice familiar state
ments. It may be Just as hard to give
them a "realizing sense" of the dis
tinction between happiness and pleas
ure. They must learn most of it for
themselves. This Is meant merely as
a guide-post, pointing in what seems
the right direction.
IT
Wage-taming by Married Women.
Ufc) American prejudice against wage-earning
by married womeu appears In the effort occa
sionally made to make the employment of
teachers In the public schools terminate with
marriage. But thousands of American married
women do earu wages, thousands more would
gladly do SO if thev could, ami othtxr thousand
would be happier and better off If they did. The prejudice
against It seems disadvantageous. American men, as a
rule, prefer to support their wives If they can. If au
American married woman works for pay, It Is either be
cause it gives her pleasure or-because her husband's In
come Is Insuillclcnt She dot's not do It as a matter of
course. How long she can keep It up depcuds upon what
the work Is, and uipn other circumstances. If she has
children, that of course, Interferes with her wage-earning
if It does not stop It altogether, and general acceptance of
a custom which would restrict or discourage child bearing
is not to the public advantage. Marriage tends, and should
tend, to withdraw women from wage-earning, but It need
not stop it per e and abruptly. To make marriage a bar
to future wage-earning by a woman operates In restric
tion of marriage, and that is at least as much agaluat
public policy as restriction of child-bearing. It will always
depend on clrcumstauces whether a young wage-earning
woman who marries had better go on with her work, but
Dr. Tatten seems to be right in holding that It is often
beet that she should do so. and that it Is ofteu better
that she should marry and still earn wages than not marry.
Prejudice should not determine conduct In these matters.
There should be a freer choice. Harper's Weekly.
streets of Montreal and the suburban roads are Infested
with automobiles, lu the hmmIou of a lot of howling
Yahoos, who go out of their way to be offensive to people
who do not happeu to like the smell of gasoline. They de
liberately try to frighten horses; to scare pedestrians, and
to splaah them with mud. It would be Interesting to know
now some or the ends come to be hi even temporary pos
session of the machines. Tliry certainly do not belong to
the chtM that can afford to owu or to hire such luxuries.
It would be worth the. while of all respectable people who
are Interested In automoblllng to make a combined effort to
suppress this nuisance. Anybody walking along a highway
frequented by automoblllsU can readily understand why
hatred has grown up between the East Side gangs aud the
iew lorn automoblilsN. Montreal Star.
Ml
ml
Still la a Church Spire,
Not long ago an interesting discover
was made at Quezac, France, by a cou
ple of officers of the customs. As the
result of anonymous information they
climbed into the spire of the church.
and after a careful search found a still
which, although dating from the sev
enteenth century, was yet in a per
fect sta,te of preservation and eatable
of being worked. Naturally the re
quirements of the law with regard to
apparatus of this description had not
been complied with In this case, but
who was the offender? The vicar in
charge of the building? The sacristan
who visited weekly?
Interrogated, the former declared
that he had only reecntly come Into the
parish and had never set foot in the
spire. He was therefore totally ignor
ant of the existence of the incrimin
ating vessel. The sacristan, however.
could not allege so valid an excuse, and
his explanation not being considered
satisfactory he will be proceeded
against
Waste Lands and Criminals.
ASSACIIUSETTS Is about to try a new experl
meut in the Industrial management of its eon
vlcts. Instead of employing them In manufac
turing goods to compete with the products of
non-crlmlual labor, it is proposed to establish
Industrial camps and set the convicts to re
claiming waste and worthless Innd. of which
the Bay State possesses enough to keep them at work for
generations.
The plau Is a tentative one, the first camp having Just
been established near Rutland, hut on the fao of It th,
scheme appears to possess two merits. It furnlshe nut
door work for the cou vlcts without subjecting them to the
humiliation of constant public observation, as would be
ine case ir tney were employed on the streets and high
ways, and the work performed will be useful work. If
they are able to make two blades of grass erow whn
one or noue grew before there Is authority for the claim
that they will be transformed from malefactors into beue-factors.
The experiment will be watched with a ewul An nt
Interest for various reasons. While no sane person would
advocate the maintenance of criminals In Idleness, no one
has as yet found a way of employing them that Is entirely
satisfactory. The farming out of convicts which has beeu
practiced In some of the Southern States has been shown
to be subject to glaring abuses. These abuses could be
minimized if not entirely avoided the State did the
farming under wise and honest management. Evr Rtatn
has an abundance of waste lands, which would be worth
reclamation, and which, if reclaimed, would add to the
public wealth. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Automobile Nuisances,
H I has been nearly killed by a stone thrown nt her
I head while riding In an automobile. The Police
commissioner, uiscussing tne event, says: "The
lutomobile people must be protected. This mat
ter of hatred that has been growing among the
mob gangs of the lower and upper East Side
has got to stop if I have any power." Of course there is
no possible excuse for such an action as throwing a stone
at a lady's head, but we wonder If It has occurred to Police
Commissioner McAdoo that there are other people besides
the automobile people, who need protection; that there
must be a cause for the hatred between the automobile
people and the gangs. At the present time some of the
The Insurance of a Man Hanged. x
Y the ruling of a Pennsylvania court an In
Mirance company has been freed from' the
necessity of paying the policy of a man hanged
for crime. The man. of courso, was beyond
the possibility of having any concern in
the matter. Ills heirs were not and
thev are the ones who 'must anflVr. In
China, not a highly civilised country, the relatives of
an assassin are roreeu to snare tne penalty with him, or
inaeed to bear all or It In case of the criminal's escape.
The courts of Pennsylvania may understand law and
have the ability to const It To anon ci-mll ti
are entitled for acumen, purity and fearlessness they are
neartlly welcome. And doubtless on the lofty plane which
they operate in the Interests of iustlra thev ar ahuv fool.
Ing a pang of discomfort at the intimation that the Chinese
tneory, rennea and modified and made presentable by a set
ting of words, appears in this decision. It would be unfair
to hang the lnnoceut wife of a murderer, or send his chil
dren to prison. It Is not more dazzllngly fair to starve
them or send them to the Door house.
Nobody desires the Insurance company to be deprived of
any legitimate protection. As a rule, it does not suffer
much. Generally the rare swindler is caught and a heavy
I'ciuuij exaeieti.
Policies carried for a certain time beenmw "lneontont
able." That Is to sav. tho romnanv wilt not rnntoat ihm
unless through some circumstance, probably a technicality,
it sees a reasonable chance of beating the claim of the
heirs. If it has agreed to pay a certalu sum upon the
death of a certain man, and the man. having fulfilled his
snare or the contract Is dead, nothlug remains but the
payment or the sum or a dishonorable attempt at evasion.
In the Instance under consideration the man had com
mitted murder. This was the business of the company only
as it was the concern of all law-abiding citizens. It is a
folly to assume that he committed the murder with the
purpose of getting himself hanged, and thus securing for
his heirs a sum of money. The law prescribes the pun
ishment for murder. It stipulates, lu Pennsylvania, that
tne guilty snail be hanged. It does not add "and his
heirs deprived of the Insurance upon which he may have
yam premiums.- isew lorn American.
C5
Educated Business Men.
TUDE.NTS of the history of education are fa
miliar with the time when the object of the
collegiate foundation was amost solely to train
young men for the priesthood or the ministry
Then the desirability of general scholastic cul
ture as a preparation for entry into the law
was recognized, and last v. as a nrenn rattan
for entry Into medicine. The ministry, the lnw ani mmii.
clue these almost up to our. time have been the three
icarneu professions. Except for the comparatively small
number attracted by tho notion that an academic education
was fitting to gentility, the vast majority of academic nu
plls were destined. In the order named, for the surplice, the
roue ana me cnaise. rom tne three typical American
universities the greater number of srrad llfltps now Innlr far.
ward to business careers or to technical nursulta whlrh am
closely related to business. The business man of the future
is piauny to De a man or scholastic education. This ten
dency Is likely to have an effect on business as it already
nas an enect on our universities. New York Globe.
Weight at Birth.
Thn averflira wplchf- nt Wi a ki.m.
' 3 0 . v. WJ I. U k Vkk IU
la a little more, and nt crlrla nti
less, than six and a half pounds. For
nine years the sexes are uearly equal
t 4-.. t 1. . 1 X XI tm
m iueir grvwiu; uut men tne Doys
r antra ranldlv nhpfid. an that at on
w - , uu U l,
they average about 143 pounds, and
young women of the same age but
120. At 35 a man generally reaches
his heaviest at about 152 pounds; but
women slowly Increase until 50, when
they average about 182 pounds. Aver
aging men and women altogether, at
full growth they are about twenty
times as heavy as at birth. The com-
m an ran era nt nrolcrhf fn mm I-
to 220 nounds. and tnr venman CO (
Mr OO LU
207 pounds. London Medical Rec-
i
U1U,
Art of War.
"And if one is unable to keen th n.
emy from crossing the river?" asked
the pupil.
"In that case," replied the master of
strategy, "Xhe press censor should al
low rumors to circulate that you are
trying to lure him across." Puck.
1-H' i 1"l'H"H"H"H-HH"H-
LACKED JIST WHAT HE WANTED. $
The agent for the "Inexhaustible
Cyclopedia, in Twelve Parts." up
proached Mr. Kansoni with a light aud
springy step, and was greatly cheered
when he received nn invitation to
"drawr up an' show your wares," and
the other rocking-chair on the shady
porch was pushed towards him.
"You say there's everything anybody
wants to know In It," said Mr. Hansom,
genially, when the agent's flow of con
versation had ceased for a moment and
he looked hopefully at his host. "Well,
1 guess I shall have to buy It Lawzee,
yes, I can see how easy the puy
ments'U be. But now I Just want to
make sure o' one or two things before
I pay ye down the fust money.
"Le's see, what parts have ye got
with ye? 'Vol. One, A to Com;' that's
al lrigbt. Now you find me the place
where It tells about ant-hills, and the
best way to rid your dooryard of em.
I've tried more'n forty different ways
a'ready."
Mr. Ransom leaned comfortably
back In bis chair and rocked with a
loud creak while the agent searched
the pages of "Vol. One," with an anx
ious face.
"It doesn't tell about them," he
stammered at last. "You see " Hut
Mr. Ransom raised his hand in protest.
"It's too bad," he said, "but prob
ably that slipped their minds. Jest turn
over to the b's, and find 'butter.' Now
see how you can make it come when
It's contrary, same as It is sometimes
when you're In a hurry to get through
churning."
Again he regarded the agent's red
dening face with a calm and genial
gaze.
"Not there!" he said, when the re
sult of the search was reluctantly ad
mitted. "That seems cur'ous, don't It?
But still I'll give 'em another chance.
Now you turn over the c's till you
come to 'cats.' There, you've got It.
Now how do they undertake to keep a
Malty cat from shedding all over vis
itors' clothes and the furniture, so the
whole family won't be picking an' eat
ing gray hairs the enduring time?"
The agent shut the book with a slam
and rose abruptly, in spite of Mr. Ran
som's benevolent smile.
"You stan there a minute till moth
er fetches ye a glass o' lemonade; it's
a warmish day," said Mr. Ransom, cor
dially. "But as to the book you're
peddling, why, mother's got a 'Helps
to the Handy that her mother had be
fore her that you'd ought to take a
look at some time. What with that
an' the World's Atlas an' the diction
ary, I guess mother an' I'll make out to
get along without any cyclopedy,
young man."
NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.
Traffic on the Mlaaiaalppl Has Experi
enced a Decline in Kecent Year.
The best days of the Mississippi
River traffic are long since past, and
the scenes that once endeared that
stream have apparently gone never to
return. '
The best year for steamboat busi
ness on the Mississippi is said to have
beeu the one immediately before the
outbreak of the Civil War, says Mr.
Chittenden lu the World To-day; Dur
ing that conflict, until the North gain
ed control of the river, commercial
boating below the mouth of the Ohio
was broken up entirely. On the Mis
souri a new source of business sprang
up In tho early years of the war by
the discovery of gold at the head
waters of that stream. Then began
that most remarkable episode In the
history of river navigation, the send
ing of cargoes from St Louis In tho
base of the Rocky Mountains, more
than 2,000 miles distant and half a
mile vertically upward.
Long before the steamboat btiRlnoaa
on the Mississippi and its tributaries
had reached its maximum the forces
which were to accomplish its ruin had
begun to opernte. Tho beginning of
practical railroading followed innnv
years after that of Hteimibnntlnir. Imt
when ItNmee got well under way Its
progress and development rupldly out
stripped those of its older rivals. Here
was a steam engine that could go with
Its load anywhere. It did not hnve
to follow water courses. It could
climb mountains if they were lu Its
way. It could serve the lnlaud town
as well as the river port. Its speed
was four times or more that of the
steamboat It was not put out of
commission by the winter's Ice. but
served the public the year round.
Clearly, the steamboat stood little
show in its struggle with a rival like
this.
For many years, from one cause
and another, the boats held their own;
but finally the railroads got the up
per hand, and their vast development
in the twenty-five years following the
Civil War practically drove the steam
boat business from the rivers.
The commercial Interests of the
country have always looked with re
gret upon the disappearance of the
steamboat. There Is a deep-rooted
conviction that our rivers have some
value In the commercial economy of
the country, as regulators of freight
rates If nothing more, and there has
been a strenuous effort to maintain
active navigation. There is a hopeful
belief that the future will see tho
rivers again teeming with boats, as
they do in Russia, Austria and France.
But the logic' of statistics Is against
It. .
Tranlo on the Sues CanaL
In spite of the reduction of trans
portation charges of 10 cents a ton,
the receipts from the" traffic of the
Suez canal for the year 1003 are only
a little less than those of tie nrevimm
year, so a further considerable in
crease or tramc can be stated. The
receipts were 120,700,000, or $20,000
less than In 1002. ,
EKNION IROSSIPE.
W
SALVATION LASSIES
ADOPT NEW ATTIRE
About 12.000 women la the Cult!
States this year are to have brand
new bonnets for the flmt time In many
summers. The arw
women, too. who
heretofore have not
known what It Is t
have a new Kaster
hat, or what It U
to wear a dower or
a feather. Their
millinery has not
only this peculiari
ty, but each one's
bonnet is as exactly
alike her iMer's a
two peas. Whether
her face Is loutf and
narrow, or short
and broad; wheth.
er her note turns ul
llh a heavenly tin or down with
melancholy droop, and without on
thought as to what the beauty expert
declares to be her physical culture
duty, every one of these 12.000 women
has been wearing the same kind of
hat winter aud summer, lu wvt weath
er aud dry.
These are the Salvation Army las
sies, aud their black poke bonu.-ta,
trimmed with somber ribbon, may
have a vacation this year if the tasalos
think It best
There are new suits, too, to go with
tho new hats, and, while they ure an
Innovation In this country, they are not
novelties on the other side of the wa
ter. It is the summer uniform worn
by the Salvation Army women not only
In England, but In Canada, and !
made or lighter colors and materials,
suitable to tho warm weather. The
suit is of linen a plain skirt, with
a short sack coat buttoned the full
length, with a little turn down collar
at the neck, and strans on the ahoul.
ders. Upon the straps the officers of
tne army may have the stars Indicat
ing their rank, if they desire. The
picture shows Knslgn Margaret Iron-
ide, a dark-haired laIc. in one of the
Urst suits brought over.
MODERN BULLET WOUNDS
United fltotea Army Hiirgvoii I)l
cou roc ou the Yitrloua Kind a.
In the courso of au address lu
which be described some of his ex
perience as surgeon with the Ameri
can army in the Philippines, Dr. W.
u. vtcub stated that his nersona ob
servations of the character of wound
made by tho modern small bore high-
velocity bullets was not lu accordant
with what he had read lu the lltera.
ture of the subject says the Hospital.
lie found that he was aulte unable to
tell from the nature of the wound at
what range a wounded man bad been
lilt or to say beforehand what kind
of wound would occur at a given
range. As a general rule the nature
of the tissues struck was of more con
sequence than the range at which the
bullet was fired.
Thus -wounds of the cranium or of
compact bones were accompanied by
extensive comminution, whllo wound
Involving the soft tissues were, al
most always, perforating In charac
ter, with very small apertures of en
trance and exit, lie snw a number
of accldeutal wounds lu the. bandit
and feet whero the muzzle of tho rlflo
was within a few inches of the in-
jured member, and lu these cases a
small perforating wound was tho usu
al result, unless the metacarpal or
metatarsal bones were iuvolved. in
which case there was commonly pres
ent extensive comminution, with forc
ing of the fragments outward and a
large wound of exit.
He saw a number of wounds made
at ten to twenty yards In native nrl.
oners shot while attempting to escaper
and these again failed to show the ex
plosive effect described for this range,
unless the cranium was involved.
Three natives, shot at 1,400 yard
range, sustained perforating wounds.
with small apertures of eutranco and
exit two through the chest and one
through the thigh. Wounds of tha
bead were accompanied by extensive
communication and usually resulted
in immediate death. Wounds of th
thorax were in practically all cases
perroratmg, with small wounds of en
trance and exit An uneventful recov.
ery with few symptoms other than the
expectoration or a small amount of
blood was the rule, unless a large
vessel was involved, in which case
death usually occurred In the field.
Wounds of the abdomen iinllk th
experiences of the South African war
were highly fatal. Every case that
be saw which was not nnerntt n
died either Immediately or soon after
the wound was Inflicted from nH.
tonltls. Only two cases recovered nnt
In both there were perforations of
stomach or Intestine which were closed
by suture.
Not Yet a Lost Art
"The art of letter-writing la anAiv
neglected nowadays," said the man of
literary taste.
"That remark." Said his mora nroA.
tical friend, "shows that you haven't
a son at college who is applying him
self to showing you why his allow
ance ought to be Increased." W ah.
lngton Star.
. Biyad and Itlce as Food.
Only one-third of the world's nnnn.
latlon use bread as a dally article of
food. Nearly one-half of tho
of the world subsist chiefly on rice.
When you give a dollar present to a
friend, don't butt your foelings against
a wan by asking him to guess; he will
suy 75 cents.
It Is a question which troubles a
woman the more through life her
I heart strings or corset strings.