Topics of I
the Times I
A little msn tmsrlnes hit contrari
ness U w ill power.
A womant Mea of a rkh man U one
who baa everything she want a.
No man enjoys kissing a girt who
Las her tut It done up in curl papers.
Every year of a woman's age con
tains from eighteen to twenty months.
It turns out as might bar been
expected, that Mr. Fairbanks was boru
la Ohio.
The man w ho Is always telling what
lot of good be would do If be bad
money never Las any.
A song of peace to the accompani
ment of booming caunon is funny
enough to make the whole wona chor
tie. Necessity knows no law, which Is
rather remarkable considering the
great number of lawyers It la Intimate
-with.
It la characteristic tuat what Tokyo
calls a "sweeping defeat" St Peters
burg speaks of as a "masterly retreat-
After a man has tried to talk busi
ness to a woman for five minutes he la
prepared to sympathize with dry goods
clerks.
A Japanese magazine has been
started. This will give the Jap gen
erals and admirals something to do af
ter the war is over.
The World's Fair famous Empire
State Express speed record-smashing
engine, "No. 090," has been canned. It
now hauls a milk train.
In Japan the two political parties
have united in support of the govern
ment To hit a Russian head wherever
seen If the only politics now in the
Island empire.
When a Japanese leader makes a
blander he commits suicide. In this
country they lay the blame on the oth
er fellow and run for office la order
to be vindicated.
No-Vacation Russell Sage should
write a letter of appreciation of Judge
Miller of Mississippi, who says that
high wages ttause idleness, because
men do not have to work all the time
for a living.
Some southern discussion Is heard
over the advisability of writing more
appropriate words to "Dixie. So long
as the tune makes the average audi
ence want to get up and wave Its hat
and cheer, who cares what the words
are?
Thoir unn English, who died re
cently, Is to be described on his tomb
atone: "Author, Editor, Lawyer, Sol
dier, Physician and Statesman. Fu
ture generations will be left to wonder,
naturally, why he never studied music
and china painting.
Heroes do not always wear uniforms
and brass buttons. The driver of an
ash-cart In New York saw an automo
bile come rapidly down the street The
chauffeur was paying no heed to what
was ahead. Just then a 7-year-old boy
rushed across the street The ashman
turned his cart directly in front of the
automobile and brought it to a stand
still just in time to save the child's
life. He doubtless had a little boy of
his own.
Once there were two little grapes.
One was a good little grape and mind
ed his mother. The other was a bad
little grape. One day the bad little
grape disobeyed his mother and rolled
off the fruit stand. A ragged little ne
gro boy came along and ate it but all
the little grape could do was give the
little boy . a stomach ache. The good
little grape was eaten by a rich man,
and it gave him a nice case of appendi
citis. Moral: Mind your mothers, lit
tle folks.
Russia's weakness is at St Peters
burg. Her soldiers are as brave as
those of other nations. They will do
their utmost to uphold the cause of
their country. But they can accom
plish little unless they are supported
at home. And they are not being
supported. It is good to know that the
people of Russia are feeling a sense of
outrage at the Inefficiency and cor
ruption of those in high office. It
may be that Japan, by defeating the
Russians, will be the means of work
ing a great and much-needed reform
in the borne administration. Surely
the wicked, corrupt and tyrannous
despotism cannot last forever.
There is a growing feeling of hos
tility toward users of all sorts of motor
vehicles and their disregard of the
safety of pedestrians. In Philadelphia
recently a motor cycler ran down a pe
destrian. Injuring him so that he was
confined twenty-one days in a hospital
The Philadelphia court sentenced the
rider to the same number of days In
jalL The rider Indignantly contended
that the punishment was excessive.
The court sternly denied his applica
tion for a reduction, declaring that
"the pedestrian is still entitled to free
dom of the streets and highways with
reasonable assurance of safety, despite
the advent of the motor vehicle, and
that right must be respected. No
doubt this states t plain and binding
legal principle, The pedestrian has a
right In any part of the street or high
way, conditioned only upon reasonable1
carefulness In the exerclv of his right .
The driver or rider of any borse-drawu
or otherwise propelled vehicle baa
right only In that part of the streot ,
provided specially for common use. He j
has no right on the footways or 'd- j
walks, which are provided for the ex- '
elusive use of pedestrians. In the ne
of those parts of the street where all '
baTe rlshta. the roadw ays and street ,
crossings, all alike are held to the ex 1
erclee of reasonable care. No driver i
of a horse or motor vehicle In a street i
has a right to pres the vehicle e '
greater speed than Is consistent with
the safety of pedestrians, whoe rl?hta
are at least equal If horse or motor
drivers wih to "speed" those vehicles
they should be coupelled to provl.le
j ways specially for that purpose, wher
pedestrians would not be endangered.
! In his address to the 527 graduates
of Cornell Uuiverslty President Schur
man departed from the beaten track of
commencement day advice long enough
to register an earnest protest against
(bachelorhood. "He who deliberately
leads a single life, whose social circle
U the club, and whose religion Is a
refined and fastidious epicureanism. Is
not a man," declared Dr. Sehurman.
In elaborating his idea as to the du
ties and obligations of manhood Presi
dent Schurman explained that while it
was the primary duty of every young
man to earn a living this could not
fulfill the world's reasonable expects-,
tion of him. lie has a higher duty to'
humanity and the State, which re
quires that he found a home and pro
vide for a wife and family. Ir Dr.
Schurman had pronounced a sweeping
and unqualified condemnation of bach
elorhood be doubtless would have laid
himself open to much criticism. But
It Is to be noted that his protest was
aimed at the college graduate who "de-'
liberately electa bachelorhood." His
purpose manifestly was to rebuke the
young man who carefully and design
edly avoids the responsibilities of our
civilization, chief among which is the
founding of a home and the rearing of
a family. In these times of rapidly
changing Industrial and social condi
tions, when so many thousands of
young women are rushing into all lines
of wage-earning employments and
making themselves independent of the
young man who has a matrimonial
proposition to present it would be a
venturesome man Indeed who would
utter a sweeping and unqualified con-!
demnation of bachelorhood. Investi
gation beneath the surface would re
veal the fact that It Is a condition that
confronts the bachelor, not a theory.
Founding Cripple Creek.
About a dozen years ago, a weary.
plodding man with hammer In hand
left Colorado Springs to look for gold, j
He was a poor man, and on this trip j
he had been grub-staked that Is, some
one had lent him enough money to :
pay his expenses, with the understand
ing that If gold was found the man
who lent the money should receive a
certain proportion. This weary plod
der had trod those mountains for
years. He knew every canyon, every
peak, every crag, and after all those
years he was poor In pocket, but rich
In experience.
It was on the morning of a bright
July Fourth Independence day that
he looked into a wild basin lying be
tween the mountain peaks. Far away
to the west he saw Pike's Peak pier
cing the clouds, but the grandeur and
wildness of the scene were nothing to
him. He was thinking of the day In
dependence day and wondering when
his day of independence would come.
Within twelve hours It came to him,
and Wlnfield Scott Stratton found ths
great bonanza that Fourth of July,
and he called It "Stratton's Independ
ence." Thus he founded Cripple Creek,
and from that time he has taken the
wealth of a Midas and Croesus three
times over.
From the mining camp of Crippla
Creek millions in gold have been
taken. Four-Track News.
High Times These,
References to Hamlin Garland's
Mexican gold mine and to Irving
Bacheller'8 prospecting trip in Mexi
co started a discussion the other day
concerning the pecuniary success of
the modern author.
"All the boys ars buying estates or
swapping mines or traveling in Eu
rope," said an Irreverent publisher.
"There's Dicky Davis keeping up his
own golf links and kennels and sta
bles at a fine place up the Hudson,
and Garland and Bacheller playing
craps for gold mines, and Winston
Churchill with manorial halls that out
English the English up in the Green
Mountains, and Tarklngton wandering
around Italy with a retinue.
"Thomas Dixon owns a Virginia
plantation and a yacht, and Lew Wal
lace draws about $50,000 a, year in
royalties.
"Even the women are having trou
ble keeping their bank accounts down.
The publishers are the only literary
folk who eat cheap table d'hote din
ners nowadays."
Snlcide Strews Bed with Flowers.
A stranger who had taken lodgings
for the night at a hotel off the Rue
Traverslere, In Paris, committed sui
cide by taking poison.
He had covered himself with a large
quantity of roses, and in a note left
on the table begged to be buried with
the flowers, adding:
"I am a mystery, come from mys
tery, and return to mystery. I have
come to Paris to die there, unbeknown
to my family. It is love that kills
me."
Sometimes the proof of the puddhwt
U the undertaker's bllL
y Opinions of
The Ministry,
F the 20.000 men and women who graduated
LQJ
from our universities and colleges last tiontb
only 1.500 aspire to proa eh the gospel. Aa
there are some 74.0OO engaged In preaching In
the United Statea Uis contribution Is Insuffi
cient to keep up the supply. Here and there
are men and women who have never had a col
lege or theological traiuiug who are discharging the duties
of the pulpit but they are few compared to those who have
bad those advautave. so that virtually the uuinber of as
pirauts Is a correct measure of the exteut of the minis
terial ambition.
The principal reasons why the number of candidates
for the clergy is growing less relatively year by year are
that congregations are getting more exacting, that the pay
Is small a ixl the occupation the least attractive of the pro
fessions. This Is the selfish point of view. Then, the con
scientious student who may be religiously Inclined and who
sees great opportunities for doing good in the calling, some
times is deterred because he cannot satisfy his conscience
of the truth of some of the doctrines of Christianity. Soon
er than preach somethlug which he cannot believe In he
turns his talents to another calling.
Another hindrance la that the religious unrest so palpa
ble in the world, la much more pronouueed In the higher
halls of learning. Here agnosticism, materialism, Indiffer
entism, are at work sapping the early religious training
and turning the mind In its formative stage against the
pulpit Much harm is wrought here by the scoffer and the
unbeliever who are never so happy as when reviling
Christianity and everything pertaining to Its missions!
advancement
The world waa never so generous In Its support of
Christian churches and charities aa It Is to-day and no
where else Is this extended with the generosity of that of
the United States. Yet the disposition to preach Is not
keeping abreast of this sentiment If it were, the candi
dates for the priesthood this year would number 4,000 or
5.000 Instead of 1.500. Utica Globe.
Tie Profit of Good Roads.
OW that the country la measurably well sup
plied with railroads which haul the farmer's,
products to market at an average rate of a half
a cent a ton per mile. It beglna to be of prime
importance that the average cost of hauling
from the farm to the railway station, which
is about twenty-five cents per ton per mile.
should be reduced. The Department of Agriculture claims
that this cost could be reduced two-thirds by the simple
substitution of good macadamized roads for the ordinary
dirt highways now In use.
Pennsylvania's new road law, which divides the cost of
making permanent roads between the State, county and
township, was Inspired by a desire to begin the solution
of atbls problem In a way that would prove least burden
some to the farmers themselves. So far, however. Its pro
visions have not been taken advantage of as widely as
was anticipated. It seems worth while to call attention to
the fact that practically similar laws are already In opera
tion, with excellent results. In New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, California and elsewhere. In the State like
New Jersey, where the law has been In operation longest;
the benefits are marked.
It is the first step that costs, however, in road-making
as in everything else. When a few experimental sections
of really good highways have been provided as object les
sons, it is to be hoped that Pennsylvania farmers will fall
in line with those of other States, where permanent road
laws have been longer In force. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Our Illiterate Citizens.
HERE Is food for thoueht In
H I United States census report
I I cation. Thus we learn that
I 1 iW - t,
uu,wv uivu ui uic age
were unable to read or
army of illiterates constituted 11 per cent of
the voting strength of the
In itself sufficiently strong, If suitably
termine national principles and policies.
Of the total 977.000 were negroes and 1.254,000 whites,
a percentage which when compared with that of thirty
WOODS INDIANS.
The Woods Indians, as Stewart Ed
ward White calls the OJibways and
Woods Crees north of Lake Superior,
are distinctly nomadic. They search
out new trapping grounds and new
fisheries, they pay visits, and seem
even to enjoy travel for the sake of
exploration. This life, says the author
of "The Forest" Inevitably develops
and fosters an expertness of woodcraft
almost beyond belief.
Another phase of this almost perfect
correspondence to environment is the
readiness with which an Indian will
meet an emergency. We are accus
tomed to rely first of all on the skilled
labor of some one we can hire; second,
if we undertake the job ourselves, on
the tools made for us by skilled labor;
and third, on the shops to supply us
with the materials we need. Hardly
once in a lifetime are we thrown en
tirely on our own resources. Then we
bunglingly Improvise a makeshift
The Woods Indian possesses his
knife and his light ax. He never Im
provises makeshifts. No matter what
the exigency or bow complicated the
demand, his experience answers with
accuracy. Utensils and tools he knows
exactly where to find. His job is neat
and workmanlike, whether It Is the
construction of a bark receptacle, water-tight
or not; the making of a pair
of snow shoes, the repairing of a badly
smashed canoe, the building of a shel
ter, or the fashioning of a paddle.
About noon one day Tawablniaay
broke bis ax-helve square off. This to
us' would have been a serious affair.
Probably If left to ourselves, we should
have stuck In some sort of a rough
bandit made ef a straight sapling,
which would hare answered well
enough until wt could have bought an
I WOODS trUNL V
other. By the time wt had cooked
Great Papers on Important Subjects,
years before shows up to the manifest disadvantage of
tie dominant race. Thus la 1S70 the excess of Illiterate
negroes over Illiterate whites was 00.000, whlio now, thirty
years later, the latter outnumber the former by .'77.000.
Nor can we Justly retort that the illiterate whites are
aliens dumped upon our shores through the agency of Im
migration. Of the total umuher of white Illiterates only
5415.000 are foreign born, while the native born number
ilSS.004), or an excess of 113.000. Nor Is this the worst of It
The report shows that the percentage of Illiterates among
the native born sous of American parents la nearly three
times as great as among the native boru sons of foreign
parents. Evidently our forelgu born citizens hsve a higher
appreciation of the advantages of education than many of
the native stock.
At no time In our history haa the percentage of Illit
erates been as great as to-day. Durtng the past sixty
years the percentage
from 8.15 to 4100, despite our free school system and the
earnest efforts to popularise education. The State having
the largest number of Illiterates Is Georgia, as might be
expected, with Its great negro population and Its large
number of struggling while. Pennsylvania Is next having
130.082 illiterates, ss compared with 158.247 for Georgia.
The percentage of illiterates among the native born voters
of New Mexico la 25. Utica Globe.
N I teachers
I parts of
1 I . . .
of men. There la a certain Inspiration of manly leader
ship which a boy greatly needs, and which be can only get
from a manly man. The Influence of a thoroughly robust
school teacher upon his class of boys cannot be calculated.
He puts before them constantly a model of manliness, and
high honor, and attractive Industry, and clean courage,
which leaves Its stamp upon their forming minds through
all the rest of their lives.
The generation of boys which must always go to
school to women, and to no one else, will lose something
very' valuable out of their school-day training. They may
get as much arithmetic and grammar and history and the
rest of it from the women as from the men, but they can
no more get the quality of manliness from women than
they can get the quality of refinement from men. Our
schools should be "manned" with men as well as women,
and If we have permitted the financial attractions of the
profession to fall so far behind the Increasing sttrsctions
of competitive callings ss to allow all the young men to be
drawn away from this profession, we have been guilty
of a serious betrayal of trust to the generation which la
now growing op. Our fathers did not so misuse us.
Montreal Star.
I phy In
th flmri of th
dealing with edu-
In 1900 there were
A, .
vi i. -ur over wno
write. This great
nation an electorate
distributed, to de
dinner that Indian had fashioned an
other helve. We compared it with a
manufactured helve. It was as well
shaped, as smooth, as nicely balanced.
In fact as we laid the new and the
old side by side, we could not have
selected, from any evidence of the
workmanship, which had been made
by machine and which by hand.
Tawablnlsay then burned out tly?
wood from the ax, retempered the
steel, set the new helve, and wedged
It neatly with ironwood wedges. The
whole affair, Including the cutting of
the timber, consumed perhaps half an
hour.
To travel with a Woods Indian Is a
constant source of delight on this ac
count The Indian rarely needs to hunt
for the materials be requires. He
knows exactly where they grow, and
be turns as directly to them as a clerk
would turn to his shelves. No prob
lem of the living of physical life Is too
obscure to have escaped his vsrled ex
perience. You may travel with Indians
for years, and learn every summer
something new snd delightful about
bow to take care of yourself.
C0S8ACKS ARE A BUGABOO.
Facts the Japanese Learned Before
Opening Hostilities.
The care taken by the Japanese to
make sure that they were right before
going ahead Is shown by the fact that
previous to the war with Russia, they
took the greatest pains to ascertain
the actual value as a fighting force of
the much vaunted Cossack cavalry,
says the army and navy register. The
conclusion was, to tut the language
ef the Japanese official from whom wt
obtain this Information, that they
were "a mere bugaboo, It was found
that tht custom of the Russian gov
ernment was to furnish each Cossack
la Manchuria with a fixed sum for the
purchase of a bore. One-half ef this
tun he put Into his pocket and pur
chased the beat horse he eould with
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of this class of citizens has Increased
The Disappearance of the Male Teacher.
""""aO one will denv that manr of tha heit school
In the country are women. There ars
the delicate and highly Important
I I . 1 . - LI.L . . .
mat ui uaimug uie young wuicu can IXH ua
done by tactful and gentle women. Ilui It Is
also the serious opinion of experts that grow
ing boys should very largely be under the cars
Wireless Telegraphy l War.
HE Question of the value of wireless telerra.
war has already been considered. New
ii is supplemented oy mat or its legality. The
Russian Government haa practically served no
tice that It regards It as Illegal At any rate,
the use of such a device at the seat of war will
be treated as a breach ef neutrality. Corre
spondents telegraphing without wires will be shot as spies,
and vessels equipped with wireless telegraphic appsrstus
venturing near the scene of wsr will. If caught be con
fiscated as contraband of war. So far as correspondents
accompanying the Russian army are concerned, we may
unhesitatingly concede the Russlsn the right of censorship.
That is a matter of course. A belligerent power has the
undoubted right to decide whether it will permit corre
spondents to sccompany Its army at all and if It does let
them do so it can, of course, prescribe what matter they
may send through the lines, and bow. Similarly, it may
exercise a censorship over news vessels entering Its terri
torial waters, or the waters implicated in the sphere of
belligerent action. But a general outlawing of wireless
telegraphy in that part of the world would be a much
more extreme matter New York Tribune.
the remainder. The money given for
the purchase of fodder was treated in
the same way and the horse left to pick
up a living as best he could.
The result was shown In a serious
deterioration In the efficiency of the
Cossacks. Similar dishonesty was
prevalent In the other departments of
Russian army administration, an illus
tration of which Is found in the story
of the Russian officers found guilty
of se;)lng powder to the Chinese and
putting sand In Its place.
The Japanese even assert that the
number of troops under the command
of Kouropatkln was misrepresented,
so that money might be made by draw.
Ing supplies for fictitious warriors. To
make full allowance for contingencies
the Japanese estimated the number of
Russians they would encounter on the
Yalu as 40,000 In all and sent 00,000
troops against them. It was found In
the end that the Russians had only
20,000 men to oppose the crossing of
the river. Brooklyn Eagle.
Some Amwsement Sobemes.
The railway companies of the coun
try are engaged In all kinds of amuse
ment schemes, with the Idea of attract
ing patronage, and the latest innova
tion of this character has taken place
In Cleveland, where the manager of a
street railway company has organized
a baseball league. Each of the towns
along the line has a nine, and a reg
ular schedule has been arranged. The
railway company has supplied the unl
forms and offered other substantial as
sistance besides undertaking to carry
the players free to snd from the games.
The company, however, does not par
tldpate In the profits of tht team, but
la repaid merely by the increased busi
ness resulting from the games.
If you go around exploiting a fool
belief, people will notice it and talk
about It People who hart fool beliefs
art not accorded as much charity as
formerly.
TRUMPET CALLS.
ataa IJ. Haanda a Waralag Nat
to the Caredaaaiad.
TUKNilTII Is al
ways simple
Praise sra rea
rs out pride.
IIojlDSSS U
soul wholeness.
Truth raunot
be lu a trukt
The godly can
not but be glad.
There Is ne
f o r g I Veiieaa of
guilt unlets there
Is forsaking of guHe.
Every living mind mut grow.
Manna Is better than mammon.
His the fruit, onra but the fulth.
Importunity lead to opportunity.
Merry Is looking for merit In alt
You will need faith to light fakes.
Wealth does not exeutf froui work.
The gonts do not know they sre lowL
Society la often s synonym for Satan.
Ills beuuty des not depeud en the
oascness of all others.
None of the currents that belong ta
this world (low toward heaven.
There never yet waa an audience so
small as to dencrv,a atuall serinou.
The man who makes his boast In
God will never have to back down.
You will never have to love your t no
tnlcs very long, the process will kill
them.
When the Ulble has been the guide
for the day It makes a good pillow for
the night
Is It fair to expect to get gold out of
a sermon when you only put copper
Into the service?
Some men sre praying for a heav
enly blessing who need to pray for
some earthly brains.
Some men clve their wives ten rent
for the church for the same reason that
they buy a lightning rod.
Men will snend years learning a
trade and then expect to pick up th
art of living In a momeut
The average boy would a good denl
rather carry In all the coal next door
than pick up a little kindling at home.
THEIR FAVORITE DISHES.
Gingerbread for Lincoln and lluck
wheat Cake for Jackaon.
Queen Victoria la said to have given
mutton the preference In the line of
meats, and was nowise offended If of
fered "the cold shoulder."
Queen Elizabeth wus very fond of
roast goose. She was dining on this
when the good news was brought her
on Michaelmas Day that the Spanish.
fleet had been driven back. And ever
since that fowl has been to the English
feast of St Michael what the turkey
Is to our Thanksgiving Day.
Henry VIII. wss extremely fond of
beans, and Imported a Dutch gardener
to raise them, as In his day they were
only used by the upper classes "a
dish to set before the King."
Napoleon's favorite dish was bean
salad, much cheaper lu his time, but
equally good.
Louis XV. was "extravagantly" fond
of a dish made of the eggs of various
birds, which cost 1100.
George Eliot while at Brookbank,
used frequently to walk over to the
farm, where she purchased her vegeta
bles, and chat with the. farmer's wifo
on gardening and butter making. who
was somewhat surprised at tho great
novelist's conversation on such homely
topics, and afterward remarked: "It
were wonderful, just wonderful, tht
sight o' green pens Hint I send down,
to that gentleman and lady every
week." This whs the summer "Mld
dlemarch" was written.
George Sand not only liked sauces,
but excelled In making them.
Lincoln, In tho days when he did
his own marketing, often stopped at a
certain shop for his favorite ginger
bread. He used to say: "It swell
up and makes me feel as if I had hud
something."
Stonewall Jackson delighted In buck
wheat cakes in season and out of
season,
Ralph Waldo Emerson wns fond of
pie, especially that matin of plums,
which he called the fruit of paradise.
Dr. nolmes, on the contrary, suld of
the peach: "When Nature has deliv
ered it to us, in its perfection, we for
get all the lesser fruits, and If not
found by the River of Life, an earth
born spirit might be forgiven for miss
ing it"
Charles Sumner's private secretary
tells of the statesman's sweet tooth for
chocolate creams.
Andrew Jackson surrendered to let
cream, at first taste, when Mrs. Alex
ander Hamilton Introduced It into
Washington; and swore his usual oath
"By the Eternal" he would have It
at the White House, and he did at
the next reception.
Washington was noted for his fond
ness for hickory nuta, and the amount
he could consume. What to Eat
Colorado Fish as Emigrants.
Tht streams of the Argentine Re
public, South America, are to be
stocked with rainbow trout from the
hatcheries of Colorado. The deal Is be
ing arranged through the Unlfed
States Fish Bureau at Leadvllle, which
bas obtained 60,000 eyed eggs from the
Colorado Fish and Game Commis
sioner. It is still a question whether things
are wicked because they are nice or
nice because they are wicked.
If you lend some men money they
will be under everlasting obligations to
you.
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