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ALASKA. BOUNDARY. Caltad States and Brltlih Surveyor to Establish the Line Named in the Modus Ylvendl. - The American members of the inter national commission appointed to sur vey and mark oat the Alaska boundary line at Lynn canal, nnder the modos vivendi, arrived in Seattle from Wash ington, and wil proceed to Victoria, where they will meet the two British members of the commission. The American menmbers are C. II. Tilman, assistant superintendent of the United States coast and geological survey, and his assistant, O. B. French. They are gathering statistics and information here concerning the matter they have in hand. Mr. Tiilman said it would requite probably two months to com plete the survey. The line will be marked with the usual monuments, stakes, etc On Chilkoot and White passes, monuments of a permanent char acter will be set op, so that there may be no possible dispute at these points as to the exact location of the line. "We are simply to ascertain the lo cation and mark out for the guidance of all persons the line established by the modus vivendi between England and the United States," said Mr. Til man. "This line was agreed to in Oc tober, 1899, after several months of ne gotiation. It is by no means a per manent or established boundary line beyond the terms and life of the modus vivendi. Our work will be necessarily technical and not diplomatio, although we are operating nnder the direction, in this instance of the department of M state, at Washington. The distance to be surveyed is about 25 miles." Mr. Tilman expeots to begin active work in the field about June 15. He and Mr. French will meet the Cana dian commissioners at Victoria. They are W. F. King and J. L. Mc Arthur. A party of about 12 men will be taken along to a's&lst in the field work. The expenses of the. survey are to be shared equally by the twj) countries. Northwatt Not. State Senator Charles W. Fulton, of Astoria, Or., has accepted the invita tion extended to him to deliver the Fourth of July oration in Pendleton. The warehouses at The Dalles, have already received about 1,500,000 pounds of wool, and it is pouring in rapidly from all points of the'eompass. The good road from Sumpter to Gran ite will be constructed nnder the direc tion of E. J. Godfrey. It will cost $5,000 or $6,000 and will be a credit to that section. The $1,000 bond issued by the Ham ilton school district, Grant County, Or., commanded a premium of $12. The bond bears 6 per cent interest and is payable in 20 years. William E. McClure, formerly of Eugene, and a University of Oregon alumnus, will be graduated this year "from the department of law, Columbia university, Washington, D. O. What are the Oregon boys coming to? asks the Albany Democrat. John G. Hammond, a Europe young man, is do ing the villain in a "Sapho" company doing the New England states. J. T. Roriok last week cut a field of rye on the old Frank Taylor place cross the river from The Dalles, Or., that averaged in height six feet and eight inches. Mr. Rorick says it beat any rye crop he ever saw. A new tube boilor has been sent down to Seaside, Or., to replace the large one now being used by the saw mill there. A 7,000 gallon water tank is being erected by the company near the box factory, and will afford ample protec tion in case of fire. Day Bros, have commenced work on their saw mill at Cascade Locks, and, when completed, it will saw 00,000 feet a day. They will get their logs on the other side of the rivei, one log ging camp being near Stevenson, and another will be put in at Wind river. The prospeot of a large crop of mel ons in Yakima county, Wash., is not as bright as might be desired. The seeds having rotted, necessitates re planting, and the cool spell has not helped to develop a healthy growth; it is predicted the corp will be short and prices high. The experiments that have been car ried on by the O. R. & N. with brome grass and on the arid lands in the vi cinity of Telosaste, south of Union, Or., have shown that the new grass will grow luxuriantly on the dry and al most barren hills. A considerable quantity of seed will be sown this year. The steamer Signal was chartered by the Pioneer Western Timber Company for Cape Nome, and the vessel left South Bend for that point. J. D. Dyer is manager of the enterprise. It is proposed to start a lumber yard at Nome and supply it from South Bend or Knappton. A part of the cargo con sisted of 400,000 feet of lumber for buildings and sluce boxes. Fire broke out in the dry kiln of the Addison mill plant at Tacoma last week. The firemen confined the fire to tha building in which it originated, but hi that building contained the ma chinery, the mill will have to shut down for repairs. The loss is $15,000, while the insurance is but $4,500, leav ing a net loss of $10,500. The com pany will rebuild at once. II. J. Snively, J. H. Visslers and J. M. Baxter, have leased 1,200 acres of land on Toppenish creek, eight miles from Toppouish station, in Yakima county, Wash., and have seeded 400 acres to wheat, 90 to millet, 10 to field peas, S00 to barley and 850 to oats. It is their intention Inter on to engnge in dairying and stoekraising and most of the land will be devoted to timothy. They have contracts with the Indian owners of the land for a 10 years' lease, and believe tho contracts are binding. Jack Salisbury and A. B. Chapman brought into Pendleton recently, 1,500 wethers which were sold to Howard, a buyer from St. Paul. The sheep were shipped via the W. C. R. and North ern Pacific roads, and will be taken to UXj Hi uutaua inuus s suuiuid and then shipped on East in the fall. Mr. Salisbury stated that they received for the lot $2.65 apiece, which is re garded as a very good figure. 1 Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, has tt minature farm, the products of whieb 1 jo to assist in relieving lb poos. BRADSTREET'S REVIEW. Beadjuitwant of Quotations the Lead ing Feature! of Trad. Bradstreet's says: Readjustments ol price quotations to meet the changed condition of supply and demand an still the leading feature of the general trade. In volume the business doing is of a between-seaeon character, im provement in some lines being counter balanced by increased dullness in othei branches. That the basic conditions ol the trade are in the main of a favorable nature, however, is proved by the con tinued good railroad earnings returni which come to hand. The fact seemi to be that the volume of business offer ed the transportation interests of the country continues considerably in ex cess of a year ago. Crop reports are relatively most favorable as regard! corn and onta. In the Southwest, wheat crop prospects are still main tained at a high average. In the Northwest wheat has been helped by late rains, but owing to their late ar rival it is not certain how much bene fit was obtained thereby. The hand-to-mouth domestio demand for iron and steel continues, but th number of small orders received it Southern pig and steel rails note most inquiry. The situation in tht pipe market is no better, and plates art weaker. Concessions of fractions of a dollar are apparently easily obtainod for pig iron, but throughout the tradt the feeling is rather more cheerful, tht feeling being that lower prices will on the one hand encourage consumptive demands, and, on the other hand, tend to restrict production by less economi cal plants. Business faiurea for the week in the United States number 135, as coin pared with 167 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Meattla Markets. Onions, old, 7c; new, 2o. Lettuce, hot house, 25c doz. Potatoes, $16(9 17; $17(118. Beets, per sack, 90c$l. Turnips, per sack, 40 60c. Carrots, per sack, $1. Parsnips, per sack, 60 75c. Cauliflower, California 90c$l. Strawberries $2.25 per case. Celery 40(5) OOo per doz. Cabbage, native and California, Tomatoes $2.50 per case. $1.0031.35 per 100 pounds. Apples, $2.00 2. 75; $3.003.50. Prunes, COo per box. Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c; dairy, 1722o; ranch, 1517o pound. Eggs 19o. Cheese 1415o. Poultry 14c; dressed, 14 15c; spring, $5. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00 12.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $18.00 19.00 Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23; feed meal, $28. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $20. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25; blended straights, $3.00; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; era ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheal flonr, $8.00; rye flour, $3.804.00. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $13.00; shorts, per ton, $14.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed bee! steers, price 8o; cows, 7c; mutton 8o; pork, 8c; trimmed, 0c; veal, S4 10c. Hams Large, 13c; small, 1ZK breakfast bacon, lajjc; dry salt sides, 8c. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 51o; Valley, 61c; Bluestem, 64o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham, $2.50; suporfine, $2.10 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 80o; choice gray, 83o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $14.0015.00; brewing, $16.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid' dllngs, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 pel ton. Hay Timothy, $1011; clover,$7 7.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 perton. Butter iancy creamery, 85 40c seconds, 45o; dairy, 2580o; store, 25o. Eggs 1 3 per dozen. Cheose Oregon full cream, 13o; Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00 4.50 per dozen; hens, $(1.00; sirings, $2.60 3.60; geese, $6.60 8.00 forold; $4.50(30.50; ducks, $0.00 7. 00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1415o pel pound. Potatoes 80 ($550 per sack; sweets, 8s3.Vio per pouua. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c; per sack; garlio, 7o per pound; cab bage, Duo per pound; parsnips, $1; onions, loc per pound; carrot., $1. Hops 28o per pound. Wool Valley, 1213o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 15c; mohair, 27 80c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 3?4e; dressed mutton, 7 7o per pound; lambs, 6o. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.50; dressed, $5.00 6.50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $4.004.50; cows, $3.504.00; dressed beef, 6 7?40 per pound. Veal Large, 6s780; Bniall, 8 8 J jo per pound. Tallow 55.!c; No. 3 and grease, B't4o per pound. Ban Franoieoo Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 1416oper pound; Eastern Oregon, 1015o; Val ley, 18 20o; Northern, 10 12c. Hops 1899 crop, ll13o per pound. Butter Fancy creamery 1717)o; do seconds, 16 16 So; fancy dairy, 16c; do seeouds, 1415o per pound. Eggs Store, 15c; fancy ranch, 17c. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 20.00; bran, $13.50 13.50. Hay Wheat $6.50(810: wheat and oat $3.00(39.00; best barley $5.00 7.00; alfalfa, $3.00 7.00 per ton; straw, 2540o per bale. Potatoes Early Rose. 60 65c: Ore gon Burbanks, 70 85c; river Bur banks, 8565c; new, 70c $ 1.25. Citrus Fruit Oranees. Valencia. $3.758.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 5.00; California lemons 75cra$1.50: do choice $1.752.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas. $1,600 8.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; reman dates. 6(36)aO Dei pound. ytscience tggjlvention The fact that nettle fiber has of late been found to produce the finest tissues obtainable from any vegetable source has led to a project In Germany to In troduce the cultivation of nettles In the Ka merlin region of Africa. If the ex periment Is successful, the enterprise will be undertaken on a large scale In connection with the weaving Indus tries. Among the most remarkable glimpses Into hidden corners of nature that re cent scientific advance has afforded are the frequent discoveries of micro-organisms in unexpected places, where they produce phenomena heretofore supposed to arise from other causes. For Instance, Dr. A. Pettersen, of Up sala, Sweden, has ascertained that In preparations of ment and fish contain ing, for purposes of preservation, salt to the amount of 15 per cent, micro organisms grow luxuriantly, and he concludes that the flavors and odors that are peculiar to various salt con serves ar edue to the micro-organisms with which they are crowded. At the latest annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Prof. I. C. Russell called attention to the recent discovery that many of the swamps and lakes In the southern peninsula of Michigan are rich In calcareous marl, suitable for making Portland cement. Although partly composed of shells, the Michigan marl Is principally a chemical precipitate which is still being formed. The precise method of Its for mation Is not yet understood. The sup ply Is practically Inexhaustible. Large cement works have lately been con structed, others are In contemplation, and Prof. Russell says that Michigan can easily take a leading place In that Industry. In 1893 the Japanese government ap pointed an Investigating committee on earthquakes. This committee, which lias now nearly completed its labors, re ports, among other things, that It seems likely that one part or another of Japan will be visited by a destruc tlve earthquake once In every two and a half years. That portion of the land bordering the Japan Sea is seldom dis turbed by other than local earthquakes, while the Taclflc coast of the country frequently suffers from great shocks originating under the ocean. When a region Is shaken by constantly recur ring small earthquakes, It appears to be rendered safe against the occurrence of destructive shocks, becouse the accum ulatlon of stress In the earth's crust at that point Is prevented. Prof. E. H. Barbour, of the Univer sity of Nebraska, after comparing his own observations In 1895 with those In 1899, and collecting tho opinions of oth er visitors to the National Park, ex presses the fear that within a decade many of the scenes now most attractive In the wonderful Yellowstone Valley will have disappeared. He gives de tails showing that nearly all the hot springs and geysers have declined In activity. "Old Faithful" geyser still does honor to Its name, but the Interval between Its eruptions, formerly an hour, has Increased to 75 or 80 min utes. Meanwhile there seems to be an Increase of ebullition In the water of the greatest of all the geysers, the Ex celsior, whose outbursts have always been separated by Irregular periods, lovering years at a stretch, and there Is hope that It may be preparing another exhibition of Its power. QUAIL-HUNTING IN EGYPT. Half a Million a Year Ensnared by Natives. Much has been said lately of the cap ture of quail In Egypt, touching the protest made by Frenchmen against carrying the birds across French terri tory for English use. Until this mat ter rose nobody seemed to know that quail existed in Egypt, but they do by the millions. The passage of bands of quail over the coast of the delta of the Nile, from Fort Said to Alexandria, begins in Sep tember and lasts a month and a half, the birds arriving in little groups and alighting on the dunes. Generally the chaso Is made by means of nets of five meters high, which the natives extend on cords fastened to poles, In the fashion of curtains glid ing on their rods. In reality the net Is double. The first near the side of the sea Is of meshes very large and loose, but on the back Is another net where the bird will real ly come and perch Itself In the folds formed by this second net of small meshes. There Is another method of capture which b more picturesque. Rows of dried branches are placed on the shore. At the foot of each branch is disposed a tuft of fresh herbs, In tho middle of which is arranged an opening which ends In a snare. The quail, tired by Its Journey, takes refuge in the branch, without figuring to itself that it Is going to put itself into a trap where a native will surprise It and kill It With these perfected means of de struction, it Is not astonishing that each year more than half a million of these poor little birds are taken. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. NEW FIND OF FULLER'S EARTH. Depoatta of Unnsua 1 Purity DlcoveredT ' 1 , ... , , arid, 'sweeper who saluted him In military in Florid There has lust been brought tn it near the Ocklockonee River, fourteen iv? miles west of Tallahassee, Fla.w'uat Is believed by experts to be one'of the most wonderful pure veins of fuller's earth ever discovered In any country. It Is sa'A to yield, at the expenditure of very little labor. Immense quantities of fuller's earth, which stands the 100 test that Is to say, there Is no waste. Nearly all mines of the kind contain, besides the valuable commodity, rock, flint gravel, sand, etc., but this Is abso lutely free of all such substances. Fuller's earth Is a soft clay and it has many uses. Half a century ago It was , little mined in England, and was so valuable there that exportation of It was prohibited. .Twelve miles from the place of the new discovery are two fullers earth mines that have been worked for a long time. One Is known as the Ward mine and the other is owned by the Standard Oil Company. The product largely for refining crude olL Hitherto these two old mines have regulated the supply and the price of the article and enormous profits are said to have been realized from them; It is estimated that the fuller's earth found in this new vein can be put on the market ready for commercial uaea at one-third the cost possible from any other mine. Some of the more Important uses to which this material Is now put. with excellent results, are the following: 1. In making baby's powders of great healing properties for the skin. 2. In refining all kinds of crude oils. 3. For distilling whiskies and brew ing beer. 4. In the manufacture of all kinds of vaselines. 6. Packing-houses use It for refining lards, oleomargarines, butterlnes and cottolenes. These commodities cannot be made without the use of fuller's earth. 6. As a foundation for manufactur ing all kinds of laundry and -toilet soaps. 7. A new use recently discovered for fuller's earth Is that the wool manu facturers wash old wool with It as it Is a great absorber of all oils and re fuse matter found in raw wool. POCKET SCALE. Convenient for Physicians, Amateur 1'hntogropliers and Others. A convenient pocket scale for the use of physlclins, photographers and oth ers who require a scale capable of ac curately weighing small quantities of drugs, chemicals or other solid sub stances is here illustrated. As soon as the box lid Is opened the standard, which supports the scale beam, Is thrown Into an upright position by a spring. This scale beam Is Just loug enough to go In the box, and the stand ard is so connected to It that there Is r-OCKKT SCALE. no connecting or adjusting of parts necessary, the scale being ready for Instant use as soon as the case is open ed. Another good Idea In this design Is to have a sliding beam scale, so that there Is no picking out and manipula tion of weights, the beam weight be ing simply adjusted, at the proper point on the beam to balance the opposite pan and Its contents, when Its weight can be read on the scale at once. This arrangement also secures great stabil ity, as the box, when opened, forms the base for the scales, and prevents their being toppled over when In use. Naming tho Prince of Wales. About six hundred years ago there was a king of Englaud Edward I. who subdued the people of Wales. Af ter conquering the Welsh he was anx ious to get their good-will, and so, when It happened that his first baby prince was born In Carnarvon, in Wales, he had a bright idea. He an nounced that his boy was a native of Wales one who could speak Welsh Just as well as any other tongue (this was true, as the baby was but a few weeks old), and he should therefore be the people's own prince, Edward, Prince of Wales. 'Twenty-three years after this baby became King of England, and about fifty years later his grandson had as signed to him, as the third Prince of Wales, the crest and motto which has been borne by all the English kings' sons who have since that day had the title. The crest Is three ostrich feath ers, and the motto is the sentence, "Ich dlen" "I serve." It was given to the Black Prince, a boy of great promise, who fought bravely at the battle of Crecy. Forward. A Thrifty Habit. "Stinginess is one thing and an ob servance of excessive nicety In finan cial details is another," said a Western man who is worth a good deal of mon ey. "As an example I will cite a rich old nnnln T x-w.o hm He was a mill- .... . . iou nave oeen In the Service, my man?" said he. "I have thin, yer honner!" replied the sweeper, in a broad Irish brogue. "Have you been In any engage ments?" "Shure I was all through the Crlmaja war." "Did you get any wounds?" asked the officer. "I was shot through me heart," re plied the crossing sweeper, without the slightest hesitation. "Get along, fellow!" said the officer Indignantly, assuming that the sweeper was an impostor, "ir you Had been shot through the heart you would have been as dead as a door-nail"' "But shure, sur," said the man, "me heart was In me throat at the time!" The children's Idea of good luck Is to have their mother prepare for a party, and a big rain prevent any guests from co mine ill WHERE 'LITTLEMINISTER' LIVED. Carrie's Home la in Tlirume, the Scene of Several of Ills Stories. Mary B. Mullett writing of "The Real Thrums of Barrie" In the Ladies' Home Journal, tells of seeing the fa mous novelist at the railway station Id Kirriemuir (Thrums) "to which the family party walked together. Mrs. Barrie first, a slight figure in brown and scarlet, more English In dress than In face, holding her head rather proud ly and walking confidently she was on the stage before her marriage. With her was Miss Barrie, a quietly dressed, rather colorless woman, not one to draw attention from the three men who fol lowed her. The tallest of these three, the one In ministerial 'black,' a high hat on his snowy head, was Dr. Ogllvy, brother to Barrie's mother. The other white-haired man doubled over, as are so many In this land of looms, and wearing great hobnailed shoes, for he likes to take care of the pretty garden at the top of the brae was Barrie's father, Between them was a slight figure of boyish slenderness. Though small, he was not dapper, and we breathed a sigh of relief. As be turn ed we looked at his face with eager ness. "It Is a thin, dark face, almost hag gard; delicate, sensitive, wistful some how, but stronger than we bad expect ed it to be. The dominating sadness of his face makes almost a real shadow over it He smiled once or twice, but his face did not once really light up. But sad and thin as It was, It is a face that one would not soon forget yes, and that one would be glad to remem ber." The Hindu Child-Wife. A nindu chlld-wlfe divides her yea. into two Intervals, one of which she spends with her parents, this being a sort of vacation time, and the other she spends at the house of her husband's parents, this being the time of dally downright drudgery. Village girls In Bengal blacken their teeth with mlshl, a coloring powder. The Hps are black also, and this is supposed to make them exceedingly charming. Writing letters, especially to her hus band, Is thought to be fearful immod esty In a Hindu girl; and she has no chance of Improving her mind by in telligent conversation with any one. She must write to her husband, though she has to do it by stealth In the night The moon is her lamp, a stick out of the domestic broom her pen, the Juice of the puiu berry her ink, and proba bly the dried leaf of the banana her pa per. A Hindu girl must always keep the inner apartment of the house. She Is only let out when she goes to draw water for the household either from the pond or the well or the river. Hence the waterside is a great femi nine resort, a sort of women's club, where there is much gossiping and plenty of stolen leisure. Christian Reg ister. How the Young; Elbow the Old. "The part of wisdom Is not to drop one's tasks too early, not to be in haste to retire from posts of Influence and duty," writes Margaret E. Sangster in the Ladies' Home Journal. "Insensi bly the young, with a certain uncon scious arrogance, elbow the old out of the way, and monopolize the places in every profession and branch of busi ness. Yet the young are not dowered with experience, nor have they the riper Judgment of maturity. But they do have what age has often lost en thusiasm, self-confidence and pluck. Old people are sometimes out of touch with the present age. They have ceased to be receptive; they have grown mentally inhospitable and inert Is there, however, the slightest reason why a woman should rust out through mere Indolence before she has done the full measure of service required by her Master for the time In which she lives? As a teacher, as an artist as a house mistress and mother, in whatever field yon are, my friend, do not withdraw from active duty too soon. There Is need at the front for the woman of warm heart and trained capacity for affairs, and her age is of little conse quence If she Is equal to her work. There never was a time when the Judgment of mature age was mora needed than It is to-day." A Plea for Tea. "Nature is, after all, to be depended upon pretty thoroughly," said a Chi cago physician who has made a study of the effects of tea on the system. "For example, It Is the exceptional person who craves tea at breakfast a time of the day at which It is least needed and Is frequently most Injurious. Tea with dinner, too, Is not to be recommended, because even if perfectly made there Is sure to be a little tannic acid In Its com position, and the stomach, In attempt ing the digestion of a heavy meal, Is much better without this principle. . "After 5 o'clock, however, the hour that fashion and custom agree In pro viding tea, Is an hour that Is also prop er and lavorablo to the system. Tha supply of energy, with which the day was begun Is about exhausted, and a cup of well-made tea Is often a refresh ment and tonic that is both acceptable and desirable." Chicago Chronicle. He Won't Get Her a Bicycle. Mr. Wimpley My constant lm in this .Ife is to do something to make the world better. Mrs. Wimpley-Well, you'll do it; I feel sure of that Mr. Wlmpley-Ah, Maria, I am glad that you have for once In your life in dicated that you have faith In my abil ity to accomplish something. Mrs. Wimpley-Yes. you'll die some day. Then the world will be better. Chicago News. Chiaese Widows Seldom Marry. In China It is the rule of good society that widows do not remarry. They are not forbidden to do so, but they are thought more highly of if they don't In order to encourage them the govern ment, when they have passed the age of 50 and have not remarried, confers on them a tablet containing a eulogy of their virtues, which they can stick op over their front door If they like. It is a pity that the Woman whose labors begin at dawn, and last all day, and sometimes all night In caring for a sick child, has no resource by striking for an eight-hour law. Live eagles are as hard to catch at .those on ear silver dollars. 'OUK BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO INGS HERE AND THERE. Joke, and Jok.l.t. that Ar.8nppo.ed to H.t. Been Recently Born-Bayta. and Doing, that Ar. Old, Cnrlon. .ad langbabl.-Th. W.ek'. Hnmor. "Young Sammie Spender Is carrying out his Governor's wishes faithfully, isn't he?" "How's that?" "Why, the old gentleman left Instruc tions in his will that after his death bis dust was to be scattered to the wlnds."-Llfe. Fne Did. "Do you believe In teaching the lan guages in the schools?" asked Mr. Clingstone of Miss Glldersleeve. "Yes, Indeed," replied the young lady, "every one should be able to speak English and golf."-Detrolt Free Press. No Wonder He'. Popular. "What makes Benedict so popular among other men, I wonder?" "Why, he came right out, the other night, 'and acknowledged that his little boy never says anything worth repeat ing "-Philadelphia Bulletin. A Distinction, "Miss Flatte Is a beautiful player." "You mean she plays beautifully." "No; that's Just what I don't mean." St Louis Globe-Democrat. All that Was Necessary. "Were your amateur theatricals a success?" "Oh, yes; every one In them had friends enough to convince him that he was the best one of the lot." Phila delphia Bulletin. Would Not Suaar-Coat the Pill. Mrs. Young Don't you believe In managing one's husband by letting him think he Is having his own way? Mrs. Strong Decidedly not! Man should be made to feel his Inferiority. Puck. Pqnelchintt a Gradgrind. "But how," asked the hard-featured man who was looking at the pictures, "do you know this Is an accurate like ness of Homer?" "Do you know, sir, of anybody else it looks like?" demanded the artist. "No." "Then of course It's Homer." Chi cago Tribune. Afraid of Her Majesty. "My dear Mrs. Tlmmidd, how have you managed to keep your cook so long?" "Keep her? That's easy enough. It's only because none of us have the courage to discharge her." Philadel phia Bulletin. Willing to Write a Few More. Friend Tennyson once received $10 for one line. Poet Well, on one occasion I wrote one line and received $20. Friend Extraordinary I Poet Not at all I You see, I was a student then and I wrote home to fath er, "Please send me a twenty at once." Omed." Taking Hia Spite Ont. He was holding up one side of the vestibule when the milkman arrived. "What do you mean by being so late?" he thundered. "W-why, sir," stammered the milk man, "It Is only 5." - "Doesn't matter! My wife ripped me np for being late and I got here at 4." One Wuy Aronnd It. "Bronson's wife has conceived a great future for him. She wants him to run for ofllce." "Are you sure she isn't looking for cause for divorce?"-Phlladelphla North American. Respect Age. Ida I don't understand Itl Every time the comedian tells a few Jokes the vender boys in the gallery begin to shout: "Peanuts!" at the top of their voices. May-They do that to drown the cries of "chestnuts" from the other boys. Chicago News. One on Her Husband. When you're downtown to-day" aid Mrs. Jlbsqwak, "I Want you to get something at the druggist's If you caf a the druggist's you can get it of the Iceman." "What's the matter with you?" de manded her spouse. "Are you crazy? There's nothing that the druggist and Iceman both keep!" "Oh, yes, there is!" 'What is It I'd like to know?" "Why, pond's extract, my dear!" New York World. 1 , Her Secret. She-Doesnt the grand old sphinx awaken glorious emotions In your He-Well, yes, that is-she always re minds me of a woman who has firmly determined that she will never tell w age.-Detroit Free Press. His Only Chance. "Well," said the poet, "T never can be spoiled by praise, anyway " "No," the critic admitted, "not un ess your stuff improves wonderfJJ in the future."-Chlcago Tlmes-Herafi Remarkable Change. "Do you think that Turkv ..n wremo,Ihoses on rw J. T"rtf,y mak,iD 0 goose of tt, tX -Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.- Iffl f DrIsv Whv. Chnllu t hPfld. Chlcaeo Newa u H Harbinger of Spring "Our cold weather is all over" "What do you go by?" "Our Janitor Is glvln us a fn u of steam heat every day now." No Time to Break Down I "There's one thing about a polltl) nnroor nftor all " "What is that?" "It keeDS all oonrilrintoa i ... . cellent health." Ground, for Attraction f "Wasn't that a peculiar weddn The lovers hadn't seen eaeh other (' forty years." t "Oh, I don't know. By this time I doubt, they both look like somebot else." i The Modern Father. f "Papa, he has broken my trust' heart," moaned the old man's gef mental daughter. "What shall I i What shall I do?" 1 "Take It round quick to the rep shop," said the practical old raanl Cleveland Plain Dealer. i An Artist's Admirers. I "Don't you thing Mrs. Dawbltt pall beautifully?" "Oh, yes. I actually took It for natural complexion at first" Phllaj! phia Bulletin. Mitigating. I "Wasn't It terribly lonesome m dreary living away up there among u Eskimos for a whole year?" I "It was delightful in the spr't ma'am. Thi y don't do any house-cltal Ing up there." Chicogo Tribune. Man'a Contrary Nature. "When John was younger he alwa' grumbled when I asked him to dig i the garden." "Well?" "Now he has rheumatism, I gimpf can't keep him from getting out i digging it up before he ought to.-l dianapolis Journal. t He Wa. Satisfied. "Do you believe that those who ca sing and won't sing should be made I sing, Mr. Sourdrop?" asked Mil Screecher, with a coy glance toward to piano. I "No, I believe In letting well enongf alone," said the mean old thing. Baf tin) ore American. i An Exception to the Role, "We ought to put more persona warmth in our letters." "Oh, I don't know. A man I knel once put a lot of personal warmth il some letters, and it got him into cour In a breach of promise suit" India apolls Journal. Use. of the Foot. Chicago person Your custom of M binding is wholly incomprehensible t us. I Chinese person There Is everyth'i' in usage. Your custom of foot-paddlnf Is quite Incomprehensible to us.-Bt trolt Journal. "Did Lot's wife turn to salt?" "No; to rubber." 'I An Affliction. City chap (angrily) Look here! Yo. warranted this horse to me to be en tirely without faults, and now I flndj that he Is stone blind. Country chap (cheerily) Wa-al, blind ness ain't a fault; it's an afillctioii.- Puck. Thrown Down Again. "I have always been a reader of youi poetry," began Mrs. Gushe. "I am glad," replied Algernon Charlesl Mystic, "that some one understand! me." "Oh, but that is what I have been hoping to meet you for. I wanted you to explain." Philadelphia North Amer lean. Would Do in Hi. Absence. "Dobley has Just bought the Century Dictionary for his wife." "Yes; he said something might come up she'd want to know about some time when he didn't happen to be t home." Life. Girlish Playfulness. "I wrote that girl three letters asking her to return my diamond ring." "Did you get it?" "Finally she sent me a don't-wonj button." U i n ri n . r-i n.hit. Horses often have what Is called the vice of shying, that is, of starting W denly at the rustle of a leaf or a plec Of Daner. or nt tho niinronch of 8nf object to which they are not accus tomed. Clearly this is the remnant of an Instinct inherited from their will progenitors in the steppes or prairies, where the sudden rustling of a leaf might Indicate the presence of a wolf, and where everything that was Strang was, therefore, suspicious. Tt la Irila a a wall a a nftial tft tlPSt horse for shying. That only increases his alarm, and may easily reduce him to the state of terror in which he loses his head entirely. Horses In that staw seem to lose not only their heads, but their norfuvnttT-. m.rA a horse iO that condition may dash headlonf against a stone wait The habit of shy ing, when once formed, is difficult to cure, but it may almost always be pre vented by such consistent kindness of treatment as to overpower the Inherited Instinct of Instant flight from possible danger in which the habit originates. Our Animal Friend. ' Not the Place. rrhollv I think In mo u . Just ,ke the' Wome,u