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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1904)
0 THE -Cincinnati Post. DAYS COME AND GO. Leaves fall and flowers fade, Days come aud go; Now is sweet glimmer laid Low in her leafy glade. Low like n fragrant uiaid. Low, low, ah, low. Tears fall and eyelids Rolls, Hearts overflow; Here for our dejd love's sake It us our farewells make Will he attain awake? Ah, uo, uo, no. Winds sigh and skies are gray, Days come and go; Wild birds are flown away. Where are the blooms of May? Dead, dead, this many a day, Under the snow. Lips sigh and cheeks are pale, Hearts overflow; Will not some song or tale, Kiss, or a flower frail, With our dead love avail? Ah, no, no, no. Century. )HEY'LL have to go house-hunt- ing, now, and that's all there is to it," said Mrs. Flynn, decided' ly, ns she opened the new lodger' door, and prepared to sweep the room, The new lodger, a "worn young worn an, had passed away four days ago, and hud left a baby girl of four years, but, unhappily, no money with which to care for it. It was this fact that called forth remark quoted above from tall, stern Mrs. Flynn. Dolly, the lodger's little girl, was kneeling ou a broken chair gazing wist fully out of the dusty window. Spot, Her dog, and only companion, was curled up ou the floor asleep. "Yes, they'll have to go house-hunt' ing for sure," repeated Mrs. Flynn. "I haven't nothln' to keep the dog on, mujh less the child." Dolly looked up, hearing the words. "Come, run out with your dog while I sweep," said the landlady, speaking to the child, who slipped to the floor. "You can't go into the kitchen 'cause Mary's wnshin' and she'll bite your head off, like as not ar.d you can't go into the parlor with that the.re dog. Sit yourself down on tin? stairs 'till I'm through. Run, now." Dolly trudged patiently down the narrow winding Btairs, and Spot pat tered beside her. "Look out for the torn place, in the carpet, Dolly," she murmured to her self, repeating the phrase so ofteu on mother's lips. As she paused on the second land lng a long mirror caught her eyes through the half-open door, and, en terlng the room, she went close to the glass. "You s'pose we look good 'nough to go house-huntin', Spot?" she asked, af ter surveying the chubby little figure for a few moments. "You s'pose we -do? Mamma dressed me up when we earned here. Spot, but I can't dress you up 'cause you're only a dog. But we'll go house-huntln' just the same." The two little friends continued their slow journey down stairs, and to Dot ly's great delight the front door was open. Mary stood on the steps with her sleeves rolled up, talking to the postman. "P'r'aps she won't see ns," mur mured the little girl, doubtfully. ' 'Cause I've got to go." Mary did not pay any attention to the child and dog as they slipped past her down to the sidewalk, but as they were about to turn up the street, the postman put out a long arm and caught Dolly. "Where are you goin, miss?" he asked, laughing, as she struggled to free herself. "You're too little to go up-town alone." "Dolly Madison, just you take that dog and trot into the house, where you belong," cried the exasperated servant. "If yon don't move quick, now," she added threatening, as the postman set the child on the lower step. But the mail carrier showed signs of continuing the conversation, and when Dolly pleaded eagerly to be allowed to go Into the street, and Mary caught the name of her mistress, she relented, saying carelessly: "Oh! Mrs. Flynn said yon could? Then go along, for goodness' sake!" Dolly darted eagerly to the sidewalk gain, followed by Spot, and together they hurried np the short .street Into more respectable, peopled one. As they turned Into the crowd, Dolly breathed more freely. She was half afraid that Mary would Changs her mind about HAZING SEASON HAS OPENED. granting this ' unusual freedom, and send that awful postman after her. On and on they went, past great doors where throngs of people were entering and leaving, and past store windows full of toys which, another day, would have delighted her. No one noticed the little runaway, or, If they did, it was only to smile, and remark how bright and earnest the brown eyes were, or how the low white socks had slipped down so as to be almost In visible for Mrs. Madison dressed her baby as well as she could afford, even neglecting her own dress to do so. Dolly took no interest In the gay throngs of people that she passed. She had an indistinct idea of what she wanted to do, and she kept on. Soon the streets grew less noisy, and broader, there was an occasional tree, and the sidewalks were smoother. Houses took the place of stores, and the child began to realize how tired she was. Her little feet were burn ing, and seemed very hard to lift, and she sighed, a soft baby sigh. Then her face lit up. "Now we'll look for the nicest, pret tiest house, Spot," she said eagerly, "then we'll ring the bell and they'll say 'come In.' Thut's what mamma did." In a well-furnished library, a gentle man was lying 'on a sofa, one foot, which was tightly bandaged, on a pil low. The doctor, who had just re moved his hand, from the bandage, rose to go. "It's too bad, old man," he said. "It's a bad sprain, and will take some time to cure. It was the first time you'd been out since Ethel's death, wasn't it?" The patient nodded and cleared his throat at the mention of his 6-year-old girl, who had died two weeks before. Her mother was dead, also, and he was alone. His kind, genial nature had . changed since the death of his child. The doctor took his leave, and Mr. Abbott was left to himself. He picked up a book, tried to read, threw It down, and picked up a magazine. Hut that soon followed the book, and he rang the bell Impatiently. "Get me a cigar, will you, Thomas?" he said to an old servant. Thomas did as he was told, casting a pitying look at his young master. "It's too bad, sir," he said. "It's beastly slow," grumbled Mr. Abbott, with a little kick at his wound ed foot. "Thomas, If a. y one calls, show him In." Half an hour later the doorbell rang, and as Thomas went along the hall, Mr. Abbott pulled the afghan more smoothly over his foot, saying half aloud: Thank heaven, I need not spend the afternoon alone." He looked expectantly towards the door as Thomas pushed it open, say lug, "A young lady to see you, sir," and to his surprise, a child, batlcss, and with faltering steps entered the room. Thomas, what do you mean by this?" he asked sharply. "If you call this a joke It Is a very poor one." He was hurt, and a sharp pang went through his heart. Those brown eyes brought his Ethel back to him. What right had another child with brown eyes? and what Thomas, a very red Thomas, was about to explain, when the child spoke: 'I came house-huntin','' she said simply, but " And a little sob rose in her throat "if you're cross. I'll go away." Mr. Abbott looked at her In some surprise. "Who are you, child?" he asked. But Instead of answering, the tired little creature suddenly covered her face with her bands and burst Into tears. Come here," said the Invalid, kind ly, and he put out his hand and caught her dress. "Who. are you, aud why did you come house-hunting? Won't you tell me all nlxmt It?" Thomas quietly withdrew and closed the door, but as he moved to aud fro in the next room, he could hear the murmuring of the little girl's voice, and then his master's, once more kind and tender, as he comforted the tired child. Presently the bell tinkled again, and Thomas opened the door Into the li brary to be met with the words: "Hush! She's all tired out, poor child. Can you lay her on the lounge without waking her, Thomas? She is an orphan, poor little mite." Thomas lifted the sleeping child from the floor and laid her on the lonnge. "She has a look like Ethel," mur mured Mr. Abbott, softly. The house which Dolly, when a lit tle girl of four years, selected as "the nicest, prettiest bouse," has been ber home ever since. Waverley. THE HOOD RIVER GLACIER. NEEDLE AND SPOOL OF THREAD. The Buaia Upon Which Frank Parmlee Built a Fortune. When Frank Parmelee, founder of a Chicago transportation line and a man of much wealth, died In Chicago the other day there was found In the pocket of the coat which he had last worn thread and a needle. He had car rled them so throughout h 1 s long and success ful career and they were buried with him. To them he I'UANK PAKMKLEE. oiieu Hiiriuuieuuis success aud he never wearied of tell ing the story of his "needle uud thread capital." Seventy-six years ago, when Parme lee was 12 years old and living with his parents at Byron, N. Y., he decided to leave home. The family was poor and the boy considered himself old enough to make his own livelihood. His parents granted their consent re luctantly, aud the son arranged for a "Job" In a stage coach office at Erie, Pa. He was not concerned as to the manner In which be was to reach that point because his future employers were willing td transport him most of the way and he could walk If he had to. The day of his departure his moth er bade him good-by In this fashion: "Franklin, I wish your father was able to give you a little money to start on, but you know he hasn't got It. Now then. Franklin, your mother, who thinks a good deal more of you than you ever imagined, Is going to give you a bit of advice and something else with it, and she wants you to treasure both of them. "Above all things I want you to take a great deal of pride In yourself and Just make up your mind that you are going to be successful. And you must ulways keep neat and clean and keep your clothes In good repair and don't let the buttons come off or else you won't respect yourself. Now then, I'm going to give you a reminder." The mother held out her hand and young Parmelee reached for the "re minder." It was a spool of black thread with a needle stuck through it crosswise. The boy kissed his mother and put the thread and needle in his carpet bag. Then he started out for Erie. He afterward went to work on the lakes, saved money, started a street car line In Chicago and later engaged In the express business. ' Japs in American Army. It may not be generally known that the United States army of the future ' will include a command of Japanese soldiers, but this Is a fact. They will not come from the armies which are fighting In the far east, but will be enrolled from our Japanese citizens in the Sandwich Islands. It Is need less to say that a very large portion of the population of the islands, and especially of Honolulu, Is composed of this nation, They are found among the bankers, merchants and profes sional men and are Included among the wealthiest residents of the city. One of the principal schools of Hono lulu Is attended exclusively by Japa nese children and here has been en rolled a command of cadets which Is to be mustered Into the United States militia as soon as Its members are old enough. It Is drilled by a former Japanese army officer and although organized but a few years ago this battalion has already attained high standard of efficiency. It Is frequent ly seen on parade in Honolulu and attracts much attention. It Was th Black Hand. "Charley had a dreadful time last night," said young Mrs. Torklns. "He says he was a victim of the 'Black Hand.' " "You don't say so!" exch.Imed the caller. "Yes. He came borne without a cent. I don't quite understand the par ticulars as he explained them. But they pulled a deadly weapon on him that Is known as a club flush." Wash ington Star. His Position. MIfklns What position docs yonng Sloboy play on the village football team quarter-back, half-back, or full back? Bifklns The only time I ever saw him in a game be was the ' draw back. Mora Appropriate. La Montt Harker la always brag ging. He says in Boston even the bath houses' are built of brownstone. La Moyne Brownstone? Seems to me they should be built of soapstone. HOOD BIVEIt. OREGON, LET US ALL LAUGIL JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA RIOUS HUMORISTS, Pleasant Incident Occurring; tha World Over-Sayinus that Ara Cheer ful to Did or Younu-Fuuny Selec tions that Vou Will l: n jo j. "What's the master across the way?" asked the tailor of a bystander, as the ambulance backed up (o the door of his rival. "A customer fell in a fit over there, and they are taking him to the hospi tal," was the reply. "That's strange," mid the tailor. ' I never knew a customer to get a lit in that establishment before." Trick. Ida Belle was .flattered yesterday. Throe young men Insisted upnn her taking the only seat lu the car. May She mnst have been flattered, Ida But not long. She found there was tar on It. ltoueat. v f i ra vJ.it "Now, George, 1 want you to lie honest with me, since 1 accepted you. Ara I the only girl vou ever told that you loved IwrV" "You are the only girl," (ieorg. vowed, then fooling a twinge of his conscience be suppl. 'incut, d, "you are the only girl that ever b lieved me." Seen Kvcrywhere. Ostein! (in nnis:'U!in-- I'a, why do they ahvtiys have "iron-jawed'' men In the museum, but no women? Pa Because iron-jawed women arc no rarity. Killers. Itodrlck I saw the uurumn parade of the fashionable folks. Van Albert Were they dress d to kill? lioilrlck Yes, a few chauffeurs. An Othera ee t's. Askltt 1 see .Mugsns on Hie slree? every day. What's he doing? Knoltt Looking for work and congratulating himself on his Inability to find It. Appropriate, "So this Is the 'trust' brand of blot ters," said the gentleman In the sta tionery shop. "That's a strange name." "Not at all, sir,", replied the clerk. "Wo call them that because they are such great absorbers." Rather Insinuating. Eva Did Jack kiss you last night? Ernestine No, the chaperon was In the parlor. Eva But she was playing the piano all evening. Ernestine Yes. but she persisted In playing, "I've Got My Eyes on You." Over the Wire. Stubb it Is nice to propose to a telephone girl. You can give her such a cheap ring. I'enn Yes, but she generally re turns It. Why the Clothes Were Delayed. The I.aoy Dinah, why didn't vnn bring the clothes home earlier In the week, as you promised? Dinah Why, bres yer heart, missus, I'se done needod some ob dem to go to dat cakewaik ou Tuesday tbenlu'. Love la Blind. lean iney eloped lu an automo bile. Ruby And was it a success? Pearl Yes, even , Cupid wore gog gles. Feminine Charity, Maud Young Simkliis is what would call a prize Idiot Clara Then the report must true. Maude What report? be liara i hat he has been making love to you, dear. Not Truclo Her Se, Mrs. Homer The wife of our nfw neighbor is awfully sellisli. Homer So? Mrs. Homer Yes. She Insists on keeping everything she knows to her self. Too Choice. "Look here!" exclaimed the Irate householder. "Don't you know gas comes out of the furnace you sold me?" "Well, what do you fxpect to come out of a cheap furnace?" demanded the stove deajer. "Electric lights?" - The Old Problem. "How do you like housekeeping " "Well," a'nswered the recently mar ried man, 'it's only a partial success. The people whn come to visit us are well enough pleased to stay long time, but we cn't get the servant girls to agree with them."--Washjjjgton Star. r THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1904. Keyed Up to It. "Gee whiz! Ethel!" exclaimed the young lady's beau. 'This toothache is simply frightful." "Oh, George, It's too bad," said the dear girl. "Of course, you won't speak to papa to-night" "Won't I, though? I'm Just In shape for it. Bring ou your old man! I don't care what happens to me." Philadel phia Press. Perfectly hull. lied. "Every man I've told that I had rheumatism h.ts offered me a cure. Ex cept Jepson." "What did Jepson say?" "I told him I had It and he said he was glad to hear it." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Provoking, "Why are you pouting, Ethel?" "Jack said I was beautiful. I told him he must have been shortsighted." "What did he say?" "Why, the horrid thing said perhaps he was." Rapid Arrival. "Thor is a young man in th' parlor to see yez, miss," announced Nora. "Dear nie!" exclaimed the young lady. "How did he get there?" "lhrough the window, miss. lie came lu an automobile and it blew up." He Didn't Like to Carve. "This paper says that a Kansas chicken was hatched not long ago with Its wings ou upside down." "Another contemptible device for an noying the amateur carver." Cleve land Plain Dealer. In the Old Barn. It was at the Kentucky husking bee. "I suppose It's considered lucky to get the red ear " ventured tho tourist "Not always, pard," warned the lanky youth. "If you go kissing the wrong girl It's nilghry unlucky." Involution. When the Sinythes iirst bought their automobile they culled It a machine. fter they hud moved In better society they called it a touring car." "What do they call it now?" "A motor carriage." Limit. Silas And Is old Hiram Kale so very stingy? Cyrus Stingy Why. if he set a hen ou a door-knob he'd expect her to hatch a barn door. The Inference. Farmer (who has given first aid to a wrecked motor cyclist) Now, I don't think he's a married man be cause he says this is the worst tiling that ever happened to him. II lull Hocieiy. They paused ut the door of high so ciety. "Why all Oils demonstration?" one asked. "Is It a wedding?" "Too much celebration for that," re sponded the wise man. "It must be a divorce." finillni hut Diflercnt. "Say, pa," queried the editor's small son, "what Is the difference between jm amateur poet and a professional?" J he difference, my son," replied the old man, 'Is that one writes for glory and the other writes for cash." "Then they have nothing In com mo" " said the youthful information seeker. "Yes, they have one thing In com mon," replied his father, "and that is their disappointment. Neither gets what he Is after." Aa Compared. He (on excursion boat) This Teasel Is like a bad pastry cook. She What's the answer? He It makes heavy rolls. 111. Status. ' Geneva Yes, I murried my Idol, but he turned out to be only common clay. Elolse I could have told you long before you married him that he was a brick. Like Father Like Son. Little Fred Say, dad, Mr. Marks said I was a chip oh the old block. His Father-How did he come 'to say that, my son? Little Fred I asked him to lend me a quarter. Only Rintile Men Know. First Man No, sir; I don't pretend to know anything about women. Second Man Indeed! have you been married? How long Cost of Iture JOIeinnnla. Boron in powder made by the Mols- san process In (ierniany Is worth $142,80 per kilogram (1!.2 pounds); ger- manitirn, fused by electrolysis, sells at J.'ii.oO per grain; lanthanum In bales, J'.UM per gram; tellurium, $l(Xi.U and $107.10 a kilogram; uranium, $1!0.40 - .,lT:,; with Uie cooking. Ho ffi- lthe Cubuns ,ut er ",t0 i; VSlf Ithcy cooked. At last he 'HSS ''iMiCix I that ho would eat nothing per kilogram and zirconium, ?:i."i.20 per "to be a normally built youth. He Is kilogram. Most of the rare metals are within a few months of 20 years of used In the laboratory for experimental BKO. He Is five feet ten and three purposes, but a few, like iridium, quarter inches tall and US 8 pounds in quoted at J!.."i2 and J10.T; per ten weight. Ills strength is normal, a llt grams In Oennany; osmium, $17.11 per tie better than the average, ten grams; magnesium, commercial (0-1 ! "Like ail midshipmen, Adalr has cer and 1)7 per cent), $2.75 per pound in tain minor defects, and for these spe New York; molybdenum, commercial, clal exercises are prescribed," the doc- $1.05 and $008 per kilogram in Ger- man, and tungsten powder, 88 cents per pound In New York, And employ- ment as an Individual metal or as al- toys for special manufactures. There Is an Increasing market however, for to keep him In absolutely normal the nitrates, especially cerium, $10 per health, we shall Insist upon his chang pound. and thorium, $L50 per pound, lng It W must have sound young which .are utmzea m tne manufacture of Incandescent gaslight mantles. Ra- dlum and polonium, recent discoveries, I oave a purely speculative Taiue.-i.a-, glneerlng and Mining Journal ! r I r I t H , h4"I GOOD f Short Q tofiesl 4. " A Scotch gamekeeper, a great light In one of the kirks, was asked the dif ference between the Free aud the Unit ed Free chuches. "Give me the actu al difference in a simple form," the In quirer requested, after a long lecture from the gamekeeper. "Well, sir," said John, "if you waut It plainly, It is tills; we'll all be saved and they'll all be damned." "On a very hot day, recently, two cullud gemmen' were chatting outsido my window," said Alex. S. Thweatt, of the Southern Railway; "one was a bright mulatto, the other blacker than stovo-polUh. 'How yo' feel, Abe?' ask ed the mulatto. 'Kind o' warm, Jake,' answered the darker chap; 'how's yo' se'f 'Bight peart, thauk you,' said th mulatto to his ebony-hued friend; but say, Abe, yo' . shore do hold yo' color fust rate dls hot weatherl' " It Is not often that the stage aspi rant manages to reach the office of Wells Hawks, who is the right-band man of that Napoleon of theatrical managers, Charles Frohman. Of course. It was a woman who did the trick, the other day. She apparently created a fair Impression, for the gen erally busy Mr. Hawkes asked her: "Are you married or unmarried?" as he prepared to book her application, "Unmarried four times!" was the re ply that startled the placid manager. Justice David J. Brewer, of the Su preme Court of tho United States, said that the best way to reach the young men Is to send the young women after them; that ever since the days of Moth er Eve they had been a potent factor in catching the elusive man, and that they are as strong now as they ever were. He told the story of the re ligious man who took his Bible in one hand and his little sou by the other, and went for a walk and Instruction. They came upon a bevy of young girls playing In the forest, and the boy ask ed what they were. "Geese, my son, geese," replied the father. "Oh, catch i me one. father; catch me onel" cried lbs boy. Admiral Dewey's favorHe story Is of an American army officer who, when dissatisfied Insisted that everything announced but boiled eggs. "They can't sugar them," he declared. So he ordered thorn next morning. But, before he appeared at the table, another olllcer had filled the salt cruet with sugar. When the "kicker" appeared, his eggs were brought to him. He opened them with a gloomy complacency, and sprinkled over them plenty of the doctored salt, At the first mouthful be turned pur ple. "Sugared! Sugared!" he exclaim ed, and rushed from the table. A young man who was trying for the sheepskin in Missouri, and who had made a poor showing, was asked by Senator Vest, one of his examiners, If he would like to be questioned fur ther. "I regret to say," remarked Mr. Vest, "that you have fulled to come up to the maif. in the branches of law upon which we have examined you. But," he added, In a most kindly spirit, "we will question you further, If yon so desire." "Well, sir," responded the applicant "I would suggest, If you please, that I be questioned on the statutes." At this Mr. Vest smiled, sadly. "My dean young man," added he, "I do not doubt that you're up on the statutes; but I do doubt that you will succeed In the law. Supnose you should have the utmost familiarity with the statutes, what's to prevent the legislature from repealing all you know'" NAVAL CADET VEGETARIAN. Midshipman from Ohio la Carrying Ont This Idea. For the first time In the history of the naval academy at Annapolis a vegetarian has been admitted as a midshipman. Ills name is Charles W. Adalr, and he halls from Xenia, Ohio, ays the Philadelphia North American, The question that now confronts the young man, and one that will be close ly considered by the authorities, is whether or not be will be able to go through the course of four yeurs and remain steadfast to his principles. Right at the start It may be said that It la a thousand to one he cannot. While Uncle Sam is willing to pay young men to aid In an Investigation of pure, or rather Impure, foods, to feed them on borax and to watch them fade away upon a diet of cold storage tood' hf "lcllft(1 J take any chances with the young fellows who are to be his military and naval offi cers. Medical men who have studied the question of diet for the cadets have fixed upon certain classes of foods aa being: good for them, from both a tihvi- jcal and mental point of view. The diet contains items of flesh and fowl and fish. Of course, there are vegeta bles In plenty, but the question of whether tho variety Is sufficient for the new middy to make the needful ration without eating meat Is one not difficult to answer In the negative. Tho physical examination passed by Midshipman Adalr was most excellent "I found him," said Director Bogart, tor went on. "He aspires to play on the football team and he seems to pos- sess the physique to make a valuable member. But the work Is hard here, If the vegetable diet Is not sufficient men, and no fads shall be permitted to stand In the way. "For the present however, I aea no reason lor interference, i think it a I wall -established fact that Americana j Sift'f &rif i In Cuba, was extremely eat too much meat, anyway. They do not need all the meat they bolt A. certain amount of albumlnols are re quired, but they do not necessarily have to come from meats. "Most -vegetarians eat butter and drink milk, and get what they need in that way. I understand that Adair is not at all 'cranky,' and feel certain that If he does not get enough vegeta- bles to keep him In good physical trim we shall not have much trouble In in ducing him to modify his Ideas. Wo will not make an exception in bia case." Ho Is a finely built, handsome young feilow. His cheeks are red. his eve bright, and compared with some of the other middies in the gymnasium ha a crlnnr TJi. cl,nl.lnr. . His broad, his hand. 1hTO b fl,m ,i the poise of the whole body Indicate war ne is in perfect health. He discarded meat about four year ago, and believes that his strength and general condition are better without it He disclaims any pet theories on the) subject although he says he has found beans and peas the most strengthen ing. Since arriving at th academy, he has used a little butter on his bread. ana arink plenty of milk. "But" b adds, "I shall not starve for the sak of carrying out my theories as to diet I am not so unreasonable as that" THEORIES ABOUT THE SUN. No Immediate Denver that II Will Born Itself Out. The current theories concerning th sun and the planets are that the Jim was one vastly hotter than it is now, and that for a long period It has been slowly but steadily cooling. This doc trine Is built on the notion that tlm sun Is a mass of Are in progress of In tense and fierce combustion, and that like any other fire, unless Its fuel I replenished, it must burn out and be come extinguished, gome astronomer teach that the sun Is supplied with fuel by vast quantities of comets and meteors that are shoveled Into It by some process of nature, but olhcr as tronomers like Sir Robert Ball reject the possibility of any such systematia supply of fuel, and they believe that the sun as it burns out shrinks In sizo at the rate of 220 feet of lta diameter In a year, As the mass of the sua U something like 80,000 miles to dlam- , eter, It is calculated .till to last for a " good long time, but there is something extremely melancholy and saddening in the Idea that our grand luminary will one day burn out with a spas modic gleam and a whiff of lll-m"ll-lng smoke like tha snuff of a caudle. It Is with groat satisfaction that we ore allowed to believe in the possibil ity that tli sun Is made of radium, and that It can continue to glvo oft heat and light for an lnconeeivablo lapse of ages without being In tho least diminished either in size or ca pacity to warm and illuminate us. Th Idea that It I not losing 2-0 feet of It diameter yearly is particularly cousol lg. There Is another suggestion which would enable our solar system to con t'nue Its operations without either suffering an Instantaneous conflagra tion or being consumed by slow com bustion, and this Is that the sun and the various bodies which revolve around it constitute an electric dyna mo and an incandescent lamp on such a scale as could be designed and cre ated by combined omniscience and omnipotence, to go on it beneficent course forever. Such a notion meet only the contempt of science, wh eh In sists upon the existence of actual fir In the sun, that must sooner or later burn Itself out to complete ex'ln- gulshnient Until, however, astrono mers like Prof. Langley shall make a flying machine without balloon at tachment that will enable human be ings to fly, their vagaries con ernlng the playlng-out of the sun may wtll bo neglected by all except full-fledged scientists. New Orleans Picayune. MANNERS OF CHILDREN. Neglected Youngsters Ara Menace to the Community, Every child should be taught at home to treat with respect lis teach ers and elders. If each mother would send forth her children thus fortllled, the publlo school teachers would hav a Ires Irk some task, for good manners are cer tainly Infectious. Every bad-manuer- fd or neglected child In the community is a menace to every other child in the community, a disgrace to parent or guardian nnd a stumbling block to the public school teacher. Each nation has its own peculiar customs for its children, and tha small folk must abide by the teaching of the elders. I think the young Ameri cans can hold their own with the young people of any nation, remember ing, of course, that one country mav have a prettier way of displaying the same courtesy than another. Th Japanese children, for Instance, on en tering the dining-room for their morn ing meal, make a pretty, low bow, al most touching the floor, to their par ents, and say a soft, sweet "Oood mornlng," while the American child will rush to Its parents' arms with a hug and a kiss. At one of the best boarding school In New York, where all the teachers were gentlewomen) the pupils Were taught to say "Yes, mother," or "No, father," or "What Is It, father?" or "Yes, Mr. Smith," etc. "Yes" and "No" only would not be tolerated. If talking to a person of great distinc tion, a pupil must give the full name ortille, as "Yes, Pnfe-sor Smi:h, what is it?" or "Professor Smith. I did not hear you." An abrupt "What?" was considered coarse, and the cuiprit wa punished. You can neither teach nor expect a very small child to repeat the namei of the people with whom It comes In contact dally, but It can lie taught to say "Yes, mother or father," and to speak with a low, gentle voice. It ia not so much the words "what" and "yes" and "no," as the way In which they are said. Tbe tone Is ruder than the word very often, and sometime a look without any word offends or pleases. After the honeymoon marriage be gins tQ resolve Itself Into a guessing contest , Most town (oik admire their coun- try relatives for visiting purposes only.