(Dakota County Ilorald
XMJQQrEaV CUT, Km.
Uohn H. Rmmr, . Pb4shr
rnonsy II s the bend that runs
lru.it.
Someliodr with a memory hoi wlttl
fty dnhhed the new bobtalled spelling
JoslibllllngsgaU."
What a man would call "enthnsl
aMii" aa applied to himself be dubs
"gush" In others.
: V
It'a an easy matter to size up a
Man If hla dog crawls under the house
very time lie sees him approaching.
In the cane of that Philadelphia
bank, ton, the bunk examiner found a
rotten state of affulrs after It was all
rer.
The importance of the saying that
"murder will out" Is largely compro
mised by the probability that the mur
derer will get out
A l)oy of 17 was married the other
day to a girl of 1. with the consent
of her guardian. Tho guardian ought
to have a guardian.
In the latest French duel one of the
antagonist missed and the other
wouldn't fifeoot They can do that well
on almost any vaudeville stage.
A New York millionaire recently
asked his typewriter to marry him and
was refused. Perhaps she tSiought It
would be easier to run his olllce than
to try to keep a cook.
Philadelphia has a social organiza
tion which is trying to make It appear
that a woman U a girl until she Is 40.
Julia Ward Howe Is probably ready to
admit that a woman of -10 is a mere
child.
Canada la a good neighbor nnd n
food customer. (Sixty -one per cent of
'all tho purchases which Canadi made
lust year from other rountrhs were
from this nation, nnd they amounted
to nearly two hundred million dollars.
A Philadelphia manicurist Is to be
come the wife of a millionaire brewer.
She says their romance ncgau when
they first held hands. It I a t always
necessary, however, for a lady to be
a manicurist In order to M i.t a ro
mance by holding hands.
A Georgia Judge has d.-cid .l that it
is every man's duty to kiss Ii : s wife at
least once a day, the hot time being
wheu he gets home at u!,''.ji. There
are some mean men, thou i, who will
prefer to do It the first tiling In the
morning, So as to have it over with.
John D. Rockefeller gave orders to
bore for water under hi big o"lce
building in Cleveland In the exjtecta
tlou of saving ft few dollar mi water
rents. Instead of water he truck gis
and oil. Is John H. a sort of modern
Midas, that he cannot bore a hole In
the ground anywhere without striking
oil?
A youth who thought it was fun to
alarm bis companions sw am round the
Boat In which tliey were fishing and
sank mader water several times, pre
tending that ho was drowning. At last
he went down with a shout for help,
and no attention was paid to him.
This time bo did not reappear on the
surface, and searchers were unable to
find hla body. This Is tho old story of
the boy who cried "Wolf! Wolf!" so
often that when a wolf finally did at
tack him, he was left to his fate.
Whllo It is true that our public lands
have been recklessly wasted nnd that
the area and productiveness of our
wheat lands have been greatly re
duced, we do not think the situation
at, all alarming. The public lands
. granted to railroads and sold to graz
ers and ranchmen have not been spirit
ed away. They are all here, as fertile
as nature made them, and before ninny
years they will all bo owned, occupied
aud cultivated by private owners. As
for lands whose productivity has di
minished through unscientific funning,
tbey can easily be brought up again by
proper fertilizing. The so-called
"worn-out" lands for wheat purposes
are not dead; they aro only overwork
ad and tired.
Wheu does a girl become an old
maid? This question, blunt aud shorn
of delicate Innuendo, is now figuring
In the discussion of Philadelphia so
clety. One might say that a girl be
comes an old mnld when she falls to
marry betimes, but that Is uot the
point. What Is the exact year 't
ushers lu ttplutttei'hood and closes for
ever the gutes of youth? Of course
this Is not a matter lu which man has
nny word to say. No rational wearer
of trousers would tempt fate and tho
scorn of femininity by attempting a
suggestion, for nny arbitrary dead lino
would necessarily brln,; down uku the
luckless masculine head a storm of
reprobation. It bus been left to the
women themselves to brave the peril.
And they have placed the age at 40
years. Under this ruling a woman Is n
tender bud until two score years have
counted their gloomy litany of days
and the hair near the scalp logins to
vhltcn.
it is uot often that ono man cares so
much for another us to desire to end
his own life when his friend Is taken
away. The account of uch a case,
which was priutod u few days ago, only
emphasizes the rarity of such attach
ments. For the love of women there
has been no limit to which men have
not gone. Murder and suicide, home
breaking aud life-wrecking, and every
s'ngle act lu tho long catalogue of
crime bave attended the relationships
which man's love for woman has pro
duced. Put In actual experience men
Kcldom love one another devotedly.
There are stories which bave come
down from reunite ages telling of the
IcvotlMii of Jonathan to David or of
the sweet aud lastlug friendship of
Damon for Pythias, but, even whou
ued as examples worthy of emulation,
these tales hor had little Influence to
bringing men of to-day Into relation
ships of special or unusual personal
closeness. The days of chivalry were
I often marked by the devotion of one
IO me lnicrcsi 01 nuuiucr, u ul-tuhvii
In which lutense admiration and will
ingness to serve came pretty close to
worship, but as the romance of such
an era faded away In the advent of
the stern and practical life of a com
mercial age, and the notions of per
sonal lndeendence came Into violent
conflict with the Idea of service under
a feudal lord, the Oner sense of real
admiration disappeared, lest such a
feeling should be counted a sign of de
pendence and Inferiority. In the same
way, In American political life, It has
been no uncommon thing to we men so
devoted to the Interests of a party
lender as to be willing to make sacri
fice of nil sorts In order to have that
leader win time, money, strength, and
enthusiasm being given without stint.
Clay, or Rlalnc, or Jackson could count
many such admirers, but such Interest
In n lender rarely approximate real
love. Men trust their fellows In busi
ness. They have every confidence In
them when matters of moment are to
1 considered In secret or when finan
cial Interests are Involved. They enjoy
their companionship In cluhroom or
lodge, or on outings for health or pleas
ure. They will use nil honorable ef
forts for promoting the welfare of one
another. They will risk life to save
another from danger or death, but
when It comes to the deeper feeling It
Is surprising how few the cases have
been where one man has cared much
for the affectionate regard of another.
The exception Is the more noteworthy
because of the ordlnury rule of life.
Every fresh collapse of a plantation
company, every new scheme for fleecing
Ill-advised jwor folks out of their little
savings by roseate promises of wenltli
that they cannot possibly gain, every
shakedown In Wall street, and, Indeed,
every collupse of a savings bank In
which small depositors hare placed
their money gives new Impetus to the
demand that safe opportunities for safe
Investments bo In ioiuo way provided
those citizens who do uot know how
rightly to sufeguard tnemselves. The
movement for the postal savings bank
Is one result of this demand. The
movement lor publicity lu corporation
affairs Is Another. The movements for
municipal nnd government ownership
of public utilities also gather a certain
amount of strength from this quarter.
In general the need for siffo Investment
of umiill savings seems hcund to play
a prominent place among tho factors
which will determine our future In
dustrial tendencies. In England the
ovornmont has uudertakeu to make In
vestment In certain safe securities easy
to all citizens, ami, strangely enough, the
extent of the facilities It offers are very
little known outside the ranks of those
who utilize them. It Is through the '
postolllce that these Investments are
made; the formalities are no greater
than In the purchase of uu ordinary
money order, and the government ;
charges for Its service as a broker an
exceedingly moderate fee. Four stocks
may be bought In this way namely,
eciMoIs, 2 per cent annuities, 2V4 per (
rent uiinuulties nnd local loans. . Not
more than $1,000 may be Invested In
this way In a single year, nor more
than $?.500 altogether by any ono per
son. Hut from these limits at the top
to a ?5-ccut limit at the bottom the
Invesor has free scope. If only a shill
ing or two Is to be Invested the depos
itor receives a document called an "In
vestment certificate." When he has In
vested 100 bo can get a certificate to
bearer with coupons attached. Ho long
as he has less invested than the lowest
denomination of the securities Issued
he Is dependent on a transfer of his
account on the books of the postotllce
for purchase and sale. As he gets
more money Invested be can take his
securities himself lu tho ordinary way.
Py this device, however small a sum
the Investor may have, he can place It
lu the safe Investments mentioned at
current prlecs aud sell out whenever
ho wishes at prices current at the time
of sale. Tho government no doubt es
tablished this system mainly to widen
the market for Its own securities, but
the advantages are manifest, and the
system may well be capable of future
elaboration.
Kaala of Bfemorr,
The memory Is a faculty which
through patient practice may bo culti
vated and truluod to a wonderful de
gree. Morphy, the celebrated chess
player, could play several games of
chess simultaneously without seeing
nny of tho boards on which tho vari
ous games were being conducted. It
was a peculiarly Impressive sight to
see him standing in the middle of the
floor, with his nrms folded, defending
himself and attacking tho various op
ponents, with thu position of the chess
men on the several boards always in
his mind's eye.
The noted Jesuit Suarez was said to
have known nil the works of St. Au
gustine by heart. These consist of elev
en largo volumes. Pascal Is said never
to have forgotten ntiythiug bo read,
nnd the samo Is told of Crotlus, IcU
nitz nnd Kuler. Themlstocles knew thu
name of every one of the twenty thou
sand citizens of Athens.
Old (iravryard I navrlpt loaa.
At Worcester, England, the slab
erected over a departed auctioneer is
Inscribed with a slnxle wrod, "Cone."
lu Sussex the Initials und date of tho
death of the deceased uro followed by
two words, "lie was." The most re
markable Inscription Is nt Can Hill
Cemetery, Ilelfust, where uie Inscrip
tion says, "Ix'ft till called for."
nulla of All Mruauaa.
Thou bast nil seasons for tmue own,
O ball. In the autumn we have foot
ball, In the winter the social ball. In
the spring baseball, and lu tho sum
mer the moth ball. Four-Track News
Manlrlnal Halt-Off.
Of every ?10O that a New Yorker
pays In rent, it Is estimated that 12.23
goes Into the pockets of uiuulclpul "ser
vants." Kvery mother pato L-crsclf ou the
back when her daughter uiurrlsa the
man she selected.
A DREAM IN MARBLE.
MOST EXQUI6ITE DUILOINQ EVER
ERECTED DY MAN.
klaaaolenm of Taj Mahal la lad la
Mgaamrnt at a Itaabaad'a Love
for Ilia Wife la It Art Beached
Its Perfection.
The most exquisite building ever
erected by the bands of man Is the
TiJ Mahal, which was crnstrueted by
the great Mogul Emperor, Shah Ja
ban, at Agra, India. It marks a
great man's love for a woman Ar
jamand Panu Pegu in, bis wife. Shah
Jahan was a Mohammedan despot who
led a magnificent life, and had other
wives; but In his eyes the Ver of her
sex wos Arjamond. When she died he
declared be would rear to her memory
a mausoleum so perfect that It would
make men marvel for ail time. And
th:s he accomplished. More jsjetry and
p-ose have Itcen written about the Ta,
with more allusions to it as a symbol
of love, than of any other creation
marking human affection--and the
secret probably lies In the fact that all
the world loves a lover. ays a wrltr
in the Pooklover Magarine.
ohnh Jahan ruled from 1C2S to 10.Y8
nut! had been on the throne only two
y:rs when death took from him his
adored Arjamand. Then came the re
soive to erect to her memory n monu
ment that might measure his love ami
grief. All tho best architects, artists
nnl skilled workmen of India, Persia
and Arabia were summoned to Shah
Ji'jnn's court und tho resources of bis
empire placed nt their diajiosal. Tho
TiJ, consequently, was not the creation
of a single muster mind, but the con
summation of n great art ejioeh. IM
THK "DUKAM
MAHIILK" : THK
construction was commenced four yeurs
after ArJ. inland's demise. '
In keeping with an old Tartar cus
tom, a garden wus choRen as the site
of the tomb a garden planted with
flowers and fragrant shrubs, emblems
of life, and solemn cypresses, emblems
oJ ''oath und eternity. In Mogul days
such a garden was maintained as i
pleasure ground during the owuer's life
time, and used for his Interment when
diad.
Tho laborers came from many parts
of the world the chief masons rroji
northern India and Pagdad, the doiiu
builders from Astatic Turkey, and the
m.ifcnlc artists from Persln. Kvcrv
soctlon of India nnd Central Asia was
drawn upon for materials. The marble,
spotless lu purity, was brought from
Juypore, 300 miles away, on the backs
of elephants and camels or by bullo -it
carts. Tho red sandstone was contri
buted by Fathpur SlkrlJ, ono of the
Mogul capitals, the Jasper by the Pu l
Jab, the crystal and Jade by China.
The turquoises came from Tibet and
the Ited Sea, the sapphires nnd lapis
laiull from Ceylon, coral and corne
IUp from Arabia, onyx nnd niiiothyls
from Persia, und the diamonds from
B ludelkund.
It engaged the unceasing lalmr of
20,000 men for seventeen years to com
plete the Taj ; nnd like that other great
i tOJib, the Cheops Pyramid In Kuypt,
! It was reared chiefly by forced labor,
unpaid and unearod for, aud thereby
produced great suffering und mortal
ity. This Is the chief blemish on the
fair fame of tho mausoleum overlook
In? the Jumna.
Tho Taj garden Is perhaps n lu'f
mile square, and Is surrounded by n
strikingly beautiful wal of masonry.
It Is an orderly wilderness of rl.-h
vegetations, to be found only In Asia,
nn.l the deep greens and rich browns
of the aveuues of foliage unquestion
ably accentuate the whiteness of the
Tiuiple of Death. As the garden hePis
the tomb, so the tomb gives expression
to the garden.
The great gateway of led finndstone,
whose roof Is adorned by Moorlsu
arches and pavilions. Is In Itself one
of India's most perfis t buildings. Fro n
Its summit a ierfect view of the Taj
Is had. with the Jumna flowing slu
ghly beneath Its marble platform;
und from there the grounds nre spre-id
boforo the visitor In n (lerfect pan
orima. The paved avenues, all lead
Inf to the magnificent pile, miles of
nmrblo aqueducts tilled with orn.i
m.Mital fish, playing fountains all
breathe tho superlative of urt, every
fluttering leaf whispers oi the oust
Not by Its size Is Arj.ummd's tomb
coiuicnudiug, for Its dimensions are
very moderate. Imagine u plinth of
fUwloss marble, Sl.'l feet square and
riling IS feet from the ground tint
is the foundation of the wondrous
Bf-'cture. The Taj Is lSu feet square,
with dome rising to an extreme height
oT J20 feet. At each rorner of the
pl'.uth stands a tauriiig minaret rear
ing Its crown 137 feet.
No buPdiug carries the Idea of per
sonality further than the Taj, a fern
lutne personality, as It should be, for
It contains no suggestion of the rug
gnj grandeur or a touio for a gre.it
man. The TuJ Is the antithesis of the
Parthenon, of Napoleon's resting j-i&ce,
of Grants robust mausoleum ou tho
Hudson. A scpubiier fashioned after
ordli ary architectural canons can ou'y
b ct uvcntloual ; tho Taj Is different
from all other buildings in the world;
It Is symbolical of womauly grace and
IS
putlty Is Iho Jewel, the Ideal Itself.
A pectator marvels that c much beau
ty can come from so little apparent ef
fort. Yet nothing Is wauthig. there Is
n -thing In excess; we cannot alter a
single stone and claim that the result
w-u'hl be better.
One enters reverently the burial place
of Kbnh Ja ban's Queen, whose cenotaph
Is of the whitest marble, placed In the
p-etlse center of tho building and sur
rounded by an octagonal screen of ala
baster, that Is pierced and Interwoven
H'o lace, Kvery foot of the walls,
evry column and panel. Is elaborately
embellished with flowers, leaves, scrolls
nnd sentences and these nre Inlaid In
JasK'i', bloodstone, Jade, onyx and
prclous stones. Arjamand s tomb blos
soms with never fulling Persian flowers
a: d Arable sentences extolling her
i-haci cter ond Is ns marvelous In work
imui.hlp as If produced by Florentine
in i .vers of the present day. It Is
said that eight years were consumed
by tne artists Intrusted wltb the mnk
In? f nd beautifying of Arjamand';
ceiotiph nnd further that the Koran's
evpry line and every word Is repro
duced in Inlay or In relief carving on
th- It.terlor or the exterior of the Taj.
This gem of Agra Is worshipped as
fe. vently by Hindus os by those of the
Mslem faith nnd Indian artists In a
f- years almost destroy their eye
sight trying to portray In miniature
upon Ivory the architectural perfection
and delicacy of this marvel of the
world.
BEAVER FARM NO IDLERS' HOME.
Furry lonlta Drive Off Thome Who
Will Not Work.
On tho farm of the Itev. W. E. Chrls
mas, a few miles from this town, ex
ists one of tho few beaver farms of
Cnnndn, says n New York Post writer
at Oxbow, Susk. Within the limits of
the farm nre five large dams, peopled
by some 2K) beavers. The banks of
TAJ MAHAL. AGKA. INDIA.
the Sourls river, which runs through
the farm, are fringed with poplar trees,
supplying the beaver with tho best of
building mntelal and also with his
dally bread. According to a law pass
ed In 1S!)0, It is Illegal to kill leavers
until tho fall of 1008, consequently this
colony Is waxing strong aud multi
plying very rapidly. Having been pro
tected from tho trappers for the past
ton years, they aro becoming very tunie
and do not seem to mind a casual on
looker, although tliey do most of their
work by moonlight. One night these
beavers cut down fifty-two trees, ac
cording to tho Kev. Mr. Chrlsnms, who
takes n grent deal of Interest In bis
little tenants and watches carefully to
see no harm comes to them.
These heavers are very Industrious.
and have no use for ono of their num
ber who refuses to do his share of the
work. When such u member r thn
flock is noticed the others drive him
away to live In solitude, and when such
n beaver is found by a trapper they
are known as bachelors, u takes the
beavers but n short time to fell u large
sized tree, and they are able to throw
It In any direction desired. When once
felled tho tree Is quickly cut up Into
DANCE BY THE WAKIKUYU
mi
The Waklkuyu are known as tbeKlkuyu and Aklkuyu, and tbey Inhabit
the Ktkuyu hills, one of the most beautiful, fertile and economically important
parts of tho Itrltlsh East Africa Protectorate not far from Nairobi. Sir
Charles Kliot says that they are Intelligent and fairly Industrious, and live a
:ml-settlcd agricultural life; that Is to say, they burn a clearing In tho 'orest,
build a village and cultivate for a few years. As soon as the soil shows any
sign of exhaustion they move on, bum another'clearlug, and rept-ut the same
process. Sir Charles says that the Klkuyu are almost a comparative recent
hybrid between the Masai and u Pantu stock, aud there Is no reason why such
hybrids should not continue to be formed lu the future, to the great advantage
of tlw country. It Is estimated that the natives of the Ktkuyu country uuiuher
some "i)0,)00. Klkuyu Is said to be derived fron Kuyu, which menus a fig,
tig trees of various kinds being ubuudaut In the country.
lengths for houes, dams, or food, aa
may be required. The honse of the
heaver Is built on the bank of the
river, with Its entrance under water.
Once having built the entrance the
rest of the bouse Is started, the whole
colony working nt the house until It
14 finished, nnd when completed It Is
warm, dry and cozy. Although It Is
Impossible for beavers to live for long
under water, the entrance Is built for
some distance under the water, and
then there Is a long tunnel connecting
the house with the water.
A beaver family usually consists of
four or five, ond comes Into the world
with Its eyes wide ojien. The young
ones live with their parents for two
years and then they nre made to ahift
for themselves. The full-grown beaver
measures about two fist In length,
with a tall some ten Inches long, which
he can use as a spnde or a trowel ns
well as a paddle. The average age Is
IS years, although aome have been
known to be ns old ns 20, but such
cases nre said to be rare. When the
allium: is 0 years of nge Its pelt Is nt
Its prime, nnd will fetch from $10
to $12 In Minneapolis.
STATE OWNED RAILROADo.
Some of the Llnra That Hara No
Ilontlrd Indcbtednraa.
A few railroads have no bonded In
debtedness, says Ilronson K. Keeler In
Moody's Magazine. The Cincinnati
Southern, extending from Cincinnati
to Chattanooga, built and owned by the
city of Cincinnati, Is one. The Cincin
nati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific,
which leases the Cincinnati Southern,
Is another. The Creeii Pay & Western
Is a third, it hns some Income bonds,
which nre really n preferred stock, as
the interest Is payable only If earned.
The company has no fixed charges ex
cept taxes. The Chicago Grent West
ern Is a fourth road which has none.
The great Kock Island system has none.
Its constituent companies have funded
debt, but the Kock Island Company It
self has none. The Western & Atlantic,
extending from Chattanooga to Atlan
ta, has none.
The road was built In the 40's of the
last century by the State of Georgia,
and is still owned by the State, al
though It Is operated under a lease
by the Nashville, Chattanooga &' St.
Louis Company. Put from the time ci
Its completion down through the civil
war, and until the 70's, It was operated
directly by the State. Tho engines,
cars and entire equipment were the
property of the State, and the employes
were State ollicials, nnd drew their sal
nrles from the State treasury. In or
der to keep It out of the hands of the
so-called carpet bag government, it was
leased In the 70's to a company, nnd
later to the corporation which now op
erates It.
It Is the most historic railway in
the world. Along Its line Gen. Sher
man began his march to the sea. Kvery
foot of the right of way has heard
the sound of buttle; and every. station
was the scene of violent bloodshed.
A thousand years from now Mission
ary Uidge, Dalton, Resaca and Atlan
ta will be classics in American his
tory. It was over this line that oc
curred the famous locomotive chase,
one of the most thrilling episodes In
the civil war. And It was at Atlanta
that Gen. Corse was hard pressed by
the Confederates, when (Jen. Sherman,
from the top of Kenesaw mountain,
signaled to him through tho nlr, "Hold
the fort; I am coming," a message
which Inspired the famous gospel
hymn. In the tide of rising socialism,
if the city cf Cincinnati and the State
of Georgia should resume the cporution
of their respective properties, and
should Join forces, they could have n
line of in'.blic-owncd nnd operated rail
road from Cincinnati to Atlanta of no
mean proportions.
Ilrr I'onlllon.
"Do you think your latest matrimo
nial venture will be for the better or
the worse?"
"I can't say," answered the sensa
tional nctress with a look of resigna
tion. "Everything Is now In the hands
of my press agent." Washington Star.
IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA.
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WHS, - .
DEATH LURKS fN
Philadelphia Item.
IN THE HEMP REGION OF LUZON.
Eaay Life of the Filipino Who On-na
Small Plantation.
It Is a fascinating region, this great
hemp district of Southern Luzon, writes
a correspondent of the San Francisco
Chronicle at Neuva Carceres, Luzon.
Everywhere one goes In tho mountains
he Is apt to stumble on some little un
suspected sequestered hemp plantation
hidden away like a moonshiner's dis
tillery In the Cumberland mountains.
In the mountains, in the lower and
more populous country, almost every
where, In fact, you see the hemp fiber
strung out In the sun on bamboo strips
like a washing put out to dry. Some
of It Is twelve feet long. Wonderful
fibers they are, like spun silver, even
more delicate than the hnlr of one's
head, and with a silvery whiteness
when drying that suggests nothing more
than the Inside of a white sea shell.
For miles and miles one sees the
hemp strung out to dry. It dries In a
couple of days, and then perhaps there
Is more hemp strung out, or possibly
not For who would work ionger when
you, providing you have been born In
the hemp districts, can take what little
hemp you have down on your pony and
sell It lu the market In the city?" Then
come rare delights. For there Is your
sweetheart or somebody else's sweet
heart, and you buy her sweetmeats at
the market place where every body' Jab
bers for a penny each. Then perhaps
you go to a wedding or u balle (dance)
and dance all night In your giddy new
American ehoes, patent leathers they
are, nnd ugonlzlngly uncomfortable be
cause you are not used to tbein. And
then again at night you may go a-ser-enadlng
aud tinkle with your mandolin,
first standing on one foot nnd then on
the other because these magnificent pat
ent leathers are very uncomfortable.
And then when the money Is all spent
you go back to the plantation and strip
more hemp nnd put the glossy fibers
out In tho sun to dry. While the hemp
Is drying you dream dreams In the
shade. You plan the purchase of a
black derby hat, a red necktie and n
white shirt, nnd you will buy your sis
ter some school books nnd clothes, for
she Is In the provincial high school nt
Neuva Carceres learning to be a teach
er. Perhaps you will have to etrlp more
hemp than ever, for now that she knows
English and Is a friend of the English
lauy meastra (teacher), she must dress
better.
SCIENTIFIC KITE-FLYING.
Uerman Government Making a Study
of Wind C'nrrenta.
The great advantages resulting from
scientific and systematic Investigation
of the conditions prevailing In tho up
per strata of the earth's atmosphere
were recognized some years ago by the
German government, and great progress
has been made In this direction In Ger
many lately, says the Paris edition of
the New York Herald. I learn that the
State meteorological establishment at
Llndenberg, a description of which has
already appeared, has yielded such sat
isfactory results that the authorities
have made the necessary arrangements
for tho erection of a second institute
following the same aims.
Recognizing the f"-!. however, that
kites furnish'"! ui:'u registering ap
paratus are v.i--::- superior to free bal
loons for sin-ii ourposos, the new Insti
tute will bo of a perfectly different kind
from the one at Llndenberg. Kites can
lie sent up to altitudes of 10,000 me
ters, aud, unlike balloons, can always
be used at any given height and for
any length of time, but dltllcultles are
occasionally encountered when tho
wind 1 unfavorable or when there Is
no wind at all.
In order to overcome siKh drawbacks
all the kites sent up from tho uew
Institute will be flown from a small
vessel possessing great speed and a
small turning radius, such as a motor
boat, as by this menii3 unfavorable
wind conditions cau be host met. After
agreement with the two States border
ing ou the Lake of Constance, the Uer-
ADULTERATIONS.
man government has decided that the
new station be erected nt Friedrlchhn
fen, near Munzell. A motor boat has
already been ordered nt a cost of 40.000
marks, and the plans completed for the
station, laboratories, workshops nnd
other buildings, which nre to Ik fitted
up with the most modern apparatus
and repairing plant.
The staff of the Frledrichshafcn sta
tion will consist of a scientific director
with ono assistant, a machinist, a me
chanic and a clerk. The total cost of
the station when erected will not ex
"eed 00,000 marks and it is estimated
that the annual expenses will amount
to 23,000 marks.
The kite which has been officially
adopted at the German Institute is the
so-called Ilargreove, or box, kite, on
slstlng of a box-shaped frame, strength
ened by line steel wires. The linen
covered end enn be either flat or curv
ed, and automatic apparatus for regis
tering the temperature and humidity
of the atmosphere, as well as the vari
ous strengths or wind, are fixed Inside
both the ends.
EEILY'S BLUNTNESS.
"How would you have liked It if I
had come home without any mustache
to-night?- Prainenl asked his wile at
dinner one day. "The barber cot after
me, and was bound he'd give me a clean
shave.' Mrs. Praincrd uttered a sound
of dismay.
"Well, what if I had?" defensively.
Al Cook-y's had his shaved."
"Oh, Al Cooley! Put that's a differ
ent mutter !"
"Like to know why?"
"Why, Uobert, think of the difference,
in your mustaches! H!s lias been
cropped and cropped until It's nothing
but a little bunch of stubby bristles.
but yours is silky and graceful. It
would be u shame to cut yours oft "
"Pshaw!" said Praluerd. ahrusitiiiir
his shoulders complacently.
"Oh, by the way, John iou:ir came
out with a smooth face to-day," he vol
unteered a few nights later.
"He did? Well, John ;'oug.ir isrfl
you."
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, he's so homely anyway that it
doesn't matter what he does. II.
couldn't look any worse without a mus
tache than he does with it. Put you're
an uiiuscnlly fine-looking i-.nn, Robert.
I think it's wrong to meddle with any
thing that's perfect."
Prainerd laughed Indulgently as h.
strolled off into the library. When h.
came back ho had unearthed n lot of
old photographs.
"Here's the Idea, Emily," he said.
"Look at this picture of me at IS.
That's the way I'd look with a smooth
face, you see."
"Yes, that's just it," answered Mrs.
Braluerd, decidedly.
"What?" He turned on tier sharply.
"Why, you'd look like somebody else.
The baby wouldn't know .vou. I'm sat
isfied with you just as you are, dar.'"
"What a girl!" l'.ralnerd spoke with,
tender Impatience.
But on Sunday morn:ag be faced
her, shaving mug in hand and deter
mination lu his eyes. "You'll have to
come to It about this mustache, Emily,"
he announced. "Smooth luce is the
only thing. AH the fellows are doing
It."
"Oh, Robert, please don't '.' she cried.
"Put why do you care o much?"
She hesitated, the a braced herself.
"You're a handsome man, Robert you
know I think so. You're very hand
some, but If there is one f.siture about
your face that is any less hand-tome
than another It's your iu-nith!"
Prainerd set down his shaving mug
aud stared blankly. "Well!" he said,
at last. "You aro certainly the blunt
est spoken woman I ever saw. Emily.
If you felt that you must U'll me u dis
agreeable fact like thai, couldn't you
have gone aliout It with -i little bit of
tact?" Youth's Couipnulou.
