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i i i i i it -:' THE WEALTH Of POVERTY. PINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS STILL A CHANCE FOB. THX ROARERS are forever saying Hint tho aver sge American boy with nothing but III two bands, bis brain and his pluck no longer ban a chance. tJone, no the croakers lament, are the good old day when merit, with "Excelsior" on Its banner, could press up ward to the height. Somehow, the path to success Is supposed to be fenced U at Its very start ing point; and all that the poor youth of today i ex pected by the croakers to do Is to sit down outside the 'fence and bewail his sad fate nil his days. Isn't It strange, then, that when a conspicuous man idles and the story of his life comet out. It Is still so often found that no silver spoon wus In his mouth at ' fcirth? Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania. and as such guardian of n billion of property and em ployer of 150,000 men, who died the other day, round his first employment as a rodman. The first lesson he i learned In real life was to work, lie knew wli:it It f meant to drag the chain through brush nnd over the j hillside. Then, step by step, he worked upward, his ' only advantage being superior capneity and a determina tion to do particular tasks better than others. Cassatfs '. successor Is James MeCrea. What was his start? Also as a rodman. The beaten pnths to success may be fenced against the boy without capital, but there are always ways across ! lots and over the bills. He whose Ideals are stars swung high In the heavens needs no beaten path to guide him. He who has learned to labor and whose heart thrills with asplratiou and resolve has the best capital there Is and the best chance. The silver spoon In the i mouth at birth Is greatly overrated as a factor either for success or failure. There are lots of rich young men whom wealth has not deadened. And lots of poor ones vtho It would not have helped. Kansas City World. AN IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT. QU a time It was supposed that the relations between the States and the nation had been permanently adjusted by the Civil War. It has lately been impressing itself on the minds of the people that the. war decided only the Indissolubility of the Union, and that the old conflict between the national m power and state rights still continues. It Is of great Importance that the men of the present and coming generations should give serious thought to these things, so that when they vote they may express . their, opinion with intelligence. The general question is between a centralized government, supreme in all mat ters that concern the people of the whole country, mid control In local concerns by the State governments, even when the whole people are interested In the decision. How far can or ought the national government to go In the regulation of large corjioratioim chartered by one State, but doing business In other States? Should it Interfere In the management of manufacturing as well as transportation companies? If International compli cations arise because a State refuses to exercise its pow er over affairs within its borders, shall the national gov ernment, acting for the general good, step in and try to set things right? Such are some of the recent forms In which this old political question reappears for decision. It was the Issue on which Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adnma for the presidency In 1800. The conflict over It led EXPENSIVE GIFTS. . The two girls were talking of Christ mas gifts, and Dorothy asked Helen who of all her tribe of relatives and host of friends seemed to have the keenest Intuition as to her longings. "I'm no,t sure about that," said Helen, after a short period of reflection, "hut 1 know whose gift I always find 6aves kne from embarrassment nil the next year Aunt Mary Colburn's." "Dear me, thnt sounds mysterious," said Dorothy. What does she give you?" "She gives nie n liberal check," said Helen, "and on the envelope which contains It she always writes, 'For my iiiece Helen to mount and frame pic tures, supply cushions, and otherwise jflriish the gifts she receives.' You see, people are lovely about embroidering things for me nnd giving me valuable photographs and sketches, but It costs a ood deal sometimes to get them In or der; and yet if you don't, the people .who give tbem to you seem to think j vu uuu i upprwiuie iiicin, uuu inn. snakes you look so queer, Dorothy? You never gave me an unfinished present" "No," said Dorothy, In a vojee muf fled by her handkerchief, "but I was thinking about one somebody cave me two years ago some beautiful mull ihands; and I've never been able to af ford the dress to put them on. I haven't any Aunt Mary Colhurn, you know." "I ought to. have been ashamed of myself," said Helen. Youth's Compan ion. Tfnujion'i Astronomy, In Tennyson's "Palace of Art" occur the lines: hu .saw the snowy poles and moons of Mars, That mystic field of drifted light In mid Orion, and the married stars. This nt first looks like a literary par allel to Swift's well known fortuitous forecasts of the discovery of the Mar tian satellites, nnd J. S. Stevenson, writing from Blalravon. Norwood! Oylon, points out that Professor II. II. Turner quotes It in "Modern Astron omy" as having been written In 18M. This, however, appears not to have been tho case, for Mr. Stevenson on refer ence to' the biography of the late poet laureate by the present Lord Tenny Son has found the note: "The '.Moons of Mars' Is the only modern reading here. All tho rest are more than half a century old. Scientific discovery was thus not anticipated by Tennyson In the mention of Mart.'en satellites. Nature.' A lllllrr gpearh. Hilary K. Adair, tho noted Western detective, replied to the toast, Detec tion, at a dinner in Omaha. "Siteeches, pregnant with meaning, Often help the detective In his delicate work." said Mr. Adair. "Often a peech of eight or ten word will re Teal volumes. "Thus I c.nce knew how things stood In a Milwaukee house when I heard a Milwaukee woman siy to her husband, Jim. do you know you talk In your leep?' and the man replied, 'Well, do ou b;rvJo' uie' those few words?' " MMMAL POOR BOY. to nullification In the time of President Jackson, and Anally to secession In IStiO. On the whole, the national power has been greatly ex tended as the result of successive contests, yet every statesman will admit that there must be a limit beyond which the national authority cannot be carried, or the jurisdiction of the State governments restricted. The question Is, where Is that limit, and it Is upon that that parties have divided from the beginning, and will lonx continue to confront each other. Youth's, Companion. s J fleets was ever The jierlls of traveling by sea have been almost eliminated. Modern oceangoing ships are bandied with perfect skUl and discipline, ami one whs takes passage In any of them Is as safe as he would be In his own bed. Rut railroad travel Is no safer than It was thirty years ago; Indeed. It may be doubted whether It Is as safe as it was then. There have been frightful accidents of late and persons risking a railway Journey consequently have come to feel that they are taking their lives into their hands when they enter a train. The perils of the sea are tremendous, but men have conquered thein. The jhtIIh of land are none, and the dangers of u railroad Journey are alt self-created. If railroads were managed as carefully as steamship lines there should be no accidents. The trouble is that rail roads now seem to be In the hands of Wall street specu lators who are more Interested In big dividends on watered stock than In Improving their roads. Railroads will some day be almost as safe ns steam ships are now, but that time will not come until men of conscience are placed In charge of them. To-day those who use the railroads of the United States take risks such as ought not to be demanded of human be ings. Chicago Journal. P are quoted on the one hand. On the other, the cheerful predictions of n British Rothschild and numerous Amer ican men of affairs are printed to show that there Is nothing whatever the matter with the United States. The every-day citizen may wisely conclude that the opinion of one man respecting the future Is Just about as likely to be correct as that of another, 'nnd that bis own best course will he to apply himself with diligence to whatever trade or occupation he Is engaged In, not forgetting the fact that It Is always advisable to keep a certain amount of funds available for squally weather. Worrying over the possibility or "reactions" In advance of definite signs of their coming Is not unusually a re munerative habit. Sticking nt honest work Is apt to be much more conducive to useful results. Philadelphia Bulletin. ISTHMIAN ROAD IS SSSMii MMMslMMSS.SMSlMBSMSasSM "v'-pfc ,, tf i tvsr jsty rfjss ?K&J&v3J?l A Crux General Porflro Diaz, President of the Republic of Mexico, and Sir Weet man Pearson recently nominally superintended the unloading of the first ton of freight from the steamship Venture nnd saw It loaded Into a freight car ready to be transported across the Isthmus of Tehunntepee on the Tehuantepec National Railroad to Coatzacoalcos ready for reshipment by steamer to New York. In doing so they oommerclnijy brought San Frunelseo 11,(527 miles nearer Nev Y'ork. The distance around the Horn Is 10,552 miles, while that via the Isthmus of Tehunntepee Is only 4,!)2! miles. The Tehuantepec hlghwny, tho competitor of the Panama Canal, Is now opened to the traffic of the world nnd the dream of Herman Cortes almost 40 years ago came true. Eight years before the possible completion of the Panama Canal, there Is opened from one ocean to the other nn American Isthmian route. Thirty-five millions of dollars gold hnve already been ex pended In perfecting tills project, and $15,000,000 more will be expended before all is completed. TWO SIDES TO TROUBLE. J Mrs. Peters had Just returned f'.oin a visit to her brother, Calvin Jones, who had recently lost the power of speech through a paralytic strode. "We urns cheer your mother up all we 'iii," Mr. Peters hail remarked to bis (la.ih ter. "She always set consider'iii'e by Cnlvln, and tills allliction that lias come upon him will be apt to upset her com pletely." Put, contrary to their expectations, Mrs. Peters returned home in a tl.oer f til frame of mind. "Your uncle Is In good health," she sa'd In resiKjnse to her daughter's In quiries; "he eats and sleeps well. Of course he can't talk, and that' a dreadful hard thing to bear, especially with a Jones. "When a, man came to the village once, when we were Vm le, nnd exam inee" our heads a phrenologist, he was he said he never saw 'jirjfcr bumps ;f lr.ii(ung lu his life than Calv'u ant I had. Rut of course that don't he'p poor Calvin any now, but I hud a real TRAVEL BY BAIL AND SEA. E'ERAL hundred ships were lost at sea last year, but they were nearly all sailing ves sels. Such steamers as foundered were small and antiquated. No first-class steam ship such as those which make up the of the great transatlantic companies so much as in danger. PROSPERITY'S CONTINUANCE. KOPHETS and the sons of prophets, prog nostlcators, star gazers, "financial experts" and other persons who are manifestly not In that class, are still disputing as to the con tiiiuniii'e of prosperity during 1007. The alleged lugubrious prediction of Rockefeller and the gloomy views of Stuyvesant Fish IN OPERATION good visit with him. mid I jlm'J often." "Wasn't It dreadful dull for you. Just sitting quiet there?" questioned jr Peter. "quiet V" Mrs. peters locked nt blm In surprlH.'. "quiet! oi,, ()f course Calvin couldn't talk, but bo hasn't lost bis bearing, nnd I reg.ir.I that ns a great mercy. He cfl'i h nr. And for the first time In my life 1 vi:s able to speak my mind fully mid free ly, mid to be certain that I was under stood nnd sy.opathlzcd with, nnd that it wouldn't go any further." Mrs. Peters paused for a moment nnd then concluded. "Yes, Calvin's nmi tlon may bo hard to Is-ar, but all my life I have been wishing for a true friend who would listen to what I had to say and wouldn't reeat It. And now I've found that friend lu Cnlvln. "There are always two sides to trou ble, look at It as you may." Yo-ith's Companion. The average limn Is at least ten lull behind his daughters In keeping up with fad and fashions, but thi doesn't make him unhappy If his wlfi Is buck tliwe with bim. 1 Wlfh bid with povrty. Ths wilding rose, Or little violet nestlln( by the stroam, 'Tis thne that set tbe gnsinf eyrs a-dram, Not all th boautie of the (arden-close. Tls not la mighty tempest whers It blows Nor In the sea that shouts to cloud and sail, That music lives, but In the nightingale. Th wee, brown bird that sings at dusk its woes. Tea, and ths crowns of happiness ana love, (Jrace not the troubled brows of king and quef n ; But, Fate's free gifts, they dock th henrts that move In lowly state amid the quiet scene. Tis not rich Croesus, owner of the sod. Rut passing beggar hath ths peace of Oodl Munsry'a Msgasin. A TRUE-LOVER'S KNOT ! "lo have some more tea," urged the Flapper. "Not any. thank yon," responded young Harrington stiffly, ond he put down his cup with a clatter of finality. "Then won't you have have another cake? You haven't tried one of these little pink ones with cherries on the top. They're awfully nice. Hasel made them " Y'oung Harrington's face darkened. "I won't have any more, thank," he enunciated, with great distinctness. "And I'm afraid I must really be " "Oh, don't go yet 1" pleaded the Flap per. He shot a glance of unconcealed dis like at her ; It took In the rough mane of hair beneath her tam-o'-shanter, her WAS THE GIBL UAK1NQ FUN OF HIM? short and mud-spattered skirt, the hockey-boots whose laces always seem ed to be coming untied. It was almost Incredible that this girl Bhould be own sister to bis dainty Hazel, and yet better an unattractive hoyden than a heartless coquette. "Hazel will be sorry to have missed you. I can't think what can have kept her Young narrlngton Inughed, the short, cynical laugh of disillusioned twenty three. In his ears rang tbe warning of a man quite two years older than him self. "Don't you get let In for making a fool 6f yourself over that girl. ' Very pretty, very charming, but she's an ab solutely hnrdened flirt 1 I'll tell you the kind of thing she'll do encourage a fellow up to the top of his bent, say be may call, fix a day even, and then, when he turns up she's out, If you please, and he's left to have tea with that leggy tomboy of a sister." Y'oung Harrington had not been un plcased with this report. Morton, the "fellow" lu question, was scarcely a man one would wish "encour aged" by Hazel; he had probably brought the significant slight upon him self. But Ted Harrington, without un due conceit, had hoped for a very different sort of reception. Rut now 1 ' He glanced at the clock. "It Is an hour and a half," be ob served Icily, "after the time your sister said she would be at borne, llowever, It doesn't matter In the least. Will you say good-by to her for me? I shall be going back North to-morrow." He rose and held out bis band. "Where whereabouts In tho North?" Inquired tho Flapper, as K were with a feverish interest Was the girl making fun of him? "Newcastle," he answered curtly. "Oh, yes, they take coals there, or something, don't they?" responded the Flapper, with an odd, hysterical sound ing tremble In her voice. Y'es. She was laughing at L.ui. She was in this arranged scheme to make a fool of him. "Good-by," he said, without looking at her. "I hnve to get back now to to pack." "I'll come with you to the gate," gasped the Flapper hurriedly. "I mean I'll show you the short cut through the orchard. Walt one second while I tie up my Isiot lace " She stooped with one of her coltish, angular movements. "Let me do It." suggested young Har rington, Icily polite. "Oh, no!" protested the Flapper. Her mane of hair fell forward over her hands. "I can do It. I want to tie tho knot my sailor-cousin showed me." She fumbled busily. "There!" As she rose youn.' Harrington took a step forward to the door, stumbled, and almost fell. "What " "Oh!" exclaimed the Flapper, In ac cents of despair. "I am so frightfully sorry. D'you see what I've done? I've been Mid tied your liootlace. to mine, by tiilstfike." Youn Harrington realized, as never before !n his life, the absolute futility of human speech. Tlie Flapper bent again and fumblAl "Can't you do It?" demanded y'oung Harrington, almost savagely. "It's very hard," panted tho girl, raising a Hushed face. "It's what my sailor-cousin called 'a true-lover's knot,' und I hcviu to have lost tho trick of It" "Tbls'll do It," he said, and, with a glance of purpose, brought r ut a busi ness Ilk looking pocket knife, Old Age. -There Is nothing so potent to save old age from sterility as the rapacity to associate oneself with the needs of the world at large and the hopes and the activities of the growing generation. Rnbht II. 0. F.nelow, He brew, Ixtulsvllle. Sympathy and Iive. No angel from heaven has a plummet that can reach the depth of human sorrow and human sympathy, and no archangel has a wing that can reach the height of the love of Christ for a redeemed being. Rev. C. R. dnlloway. Methodist, Montgom ery, t Resect for Women. The treatment of woman Is the Index of civilisation. Where she Is resiected and treated with courtesy In girlhood, with fidelity In wifehood and with reverence In motherhood, there civilisation reaches Its highest cxproKsln. Rev. J. L. Levy, Hebrew, Pittsburg. Great Battles. Tbe greatest battles nre not physical, but moral; they are not fought out on tho field of blood, but within the human heart. The great est battle ever fought was that between Jesus and the devil. This conflict was Inevitable. Rev. II. H. Proctor, Con gregatlonnllst. Atlanta. Galilee. There Is no sheet of water on the face of the globe thnt has asso ciated with It a tithe, of the sacred and Immortal memories that cluster about the Sea of Galilee. It Is woven and luterwoven with the life and work of Christ as no other place on the earth. Rev. G. R. Vosburgh, Baptist, Den ver. . Experimental Marriage. The ease with which n divorce may be procured lends to Ill-advised and hasty mar riages. With many marriage Is merely an experiment, for they know that If they are not satisfied they can be freed, If not In one State then in an other. Rev. Alexander Lewis, Congre gationallst, Worcester, Mass. Money Mad. Our national energy Is consecrated to commerce. Somebody has said that If Shakspearo and Dante lived In the United States to-day, they would not create masterpieces of world literature, but would catch tho con tagion, give themselves up to money making nnd become millionaires. Rer. J. K. Wrny. Methodist, New Orleans, Ln. Religion and Business. The Chris tian of to-day Is beginning to get anew Idea of what It means to carry his re ligion Into his business; bo has found that It signifies nn earnest effort to mnke his business not only a menns of gain, but nn Instrumentality of help nnd service to, all his fellowmen. Rev. Washington Gladden, Congregational 1st, Colu:nbus, Ohio. LIFE IN A SIBERIAN PRISON. Shocking; Mlaitloa of Ilaaln Con. vlcts Death Welcome. Winter, fnnged nnd remorseless n winter U In these regions only, had fallen on Siberia with a sort of hungry vengeance, nnd lengtnened the lona Journey Interminably, says a Russian revolutionary writer ln Islle's Week ly. Cooped up In a convict car, which was divided Into some twenty small, badly ventilated -ells. It seems, a mira cle that we did not perish miserably on the way. One or two emaciated wretches, bit ten deeply by exposure and consumption, did succumb, while the remainder of my companions dwin dled gradually In numbers as we crawl ed tortuously from station to station prison to prison over the barren leagues lietween Russia In Europe and the confines of the empire. Akntul, a decrepit village nt best, was more than half burled In snow when we my so IT, two other prisoners and guards ar rived, nfter sledging the last fifty-mile stage of the Journey. Rising over ths town at one end wns the grav prison. surrounded by high and massive walls,' built, It Is said, of material taken from the great wall of Chlnn. Half frozen, nearly furnished nnd wholly discour aged by the first glimpse of wbnt was to bo my residence for, nearly two years, I was lodged in n roomy cell In company with two other prisoners of hope. During theelgliteeii wretched months t'int followed, every spare moment we had was Kient In plannln? an cscnp. but so heavy wns the iruard maintained over the town ns well ns the prison, nnd so vigilant were tho soldiery, thnt two years passed before my drenm of escape came true two years of drudg ing, unremitting labor in the sllvef mines of the region ; two yenrs of rigor nnd hardships which only the strong est constitutions may prwsibly survive. Death, In fact, Is n release which on t dozen occasion I have heard weleom ed In our exile community there. Ilonr.iliiur llon iiiiiintruin. "Why Is n woman like nn airship? nsked the thin boarder. "Hard to manage?" suggested th man with tho fat wife. "Good, but not the correct answer," said the l!i!n line, "Tubes so l ing to get her started?" hllf.'gi'Sted mint her. 'That's not it." "Well, we give it up," came the ch irus. "P.ccnmv when she goes 'up In the air' ,vo,i can't' tell what she's going to do next." Yunkcr Statesman. 'I I'rrs.'.liiic !!. N.'dd - Tbe' nuw baby carriages ore simply great. When you are finished with one you can fold it up and put It uwny till the next time. Todd Tin y nre good as far as thej go. What we really want, however, ll n baliy that can be folded up mid put invay. Smart Set. When n widow "bears up" wonder fully there ure those who say: "Hel mourning Is :il in her tonnet." An unmarried I'irt is npt to develof into a inur led fury. Tourlst-i-Are we not near the falls? Guide Quite near; as soon as th la dles stop talking you will bear th roar. Wiener Carlcnfuren. Prison Chaplain (preaching on Sun day In tho prison chapel) I am so de lighted, my dear brethren, to see you assembled hero In such goodly lumber. Figaro. Principal (to applicant for post of corresiKndent)For my business you will require n wide knowledge of lan guages. In which language can you not write? Figaro. Farmer'a Wife Why have you left that piece of aleak I sent out for you? Tramp (Indignantly)! didn't ask for work, mn'am; I asked for something to eat. Illustrated Bits. Englishman (whose dog has fallen overboard) Stop. Captain, stopt Cap tain I can't do It. I can't stop for anything short of a man. Englishman (Jumping overboard) Well, then, stop now ! Floh. Mrs. Hunks I wish you wouldn't b so positive. There are two sides to ev ery question. Old Hunks (with a roar) Well, that's no reason why you should always be on the wrong side I Chicago Tribune. , Doctor The Increasing deafness of your wife Is merely an Indication of advancing years, and yon can tell her that. Husband Hum! Would you mind telling her that yourself, doctor? Welner Salonwltzblatt. Boarder (warmly) Oh, I know ev ery one of the tricks of your trade. Do you think I have lived ln boarding houses twenty years for nothing? Landlady (frigidly) I shouldn't be at all surprised. New Yorker. Her query. Agent I have a book jrou should buy for your son, telling how to become a politician, statesman. President of the United States, banker, broker Mrs. Hennesy G'wau;dld yer mother buy wan for you? 'Are you sure tho sick man wanted me?" asked tho physician, reaching for his hat. "He didn't -.nention your name, but he's screaming for some one that'll put 1 1 1 in out of his misery and I thought of you right away." Houston Tost Mania I can't think why your sec ond concert didn't go; the first was so crowded. Dora That's Just It. Wo scut tickets to all our friends for the first concert, nnd hadn't even acquaint ances left for the second one. Slovo. pi,e Did you enjoy tho opera last night, Herr Schwarz? lie No; I couldn't hear anything. She Why not? He Two ladles sat In front of me and chattered the whole eveulng about how much they loved music Kleiner Wlts blatt Elderly Lady (to workman who haa given her his seat ln tho Btreet car) Oh, thank you very much. Workman Ob, that's nothing at all, Miss. Many men only get up when tho lady Is pret ty, but It never makes any dlffcrenco to me. Die Muskete. Ills mother tucked 4-year-old Johnny away In tho top berth of tho sleeplug car. Hearing him stirring In tho mid dle of the night, she called softly: "Johnny, do you know where you are?" "Tourse I do," he returned sturdily. "I'm In the top drawer." Youth's Com panion. Manners. Jimmy had come to school with dirty hands, snys a writer In New York World. Ills toucher wns shocked. "Ja.nle," Bhe said, reprovingly, "your hands are very dirty. What would you say If I came to school that way " "I wouldn't speak nlniut It," sold Jimmy; "I'd bo too polite." Naturally. Tho elderly v lady who was looking through tho shop of a dealer In kulcknacks yvJcked up a small handbag. "Are you aure," she In quired, 'that this Is d real crocodile skin?" 'Absolutely tertnln, madam," replied the dealer; "I shot tho croco dlle myself." "It looks rather soiled," observed his cusUr.ner. "Naturally, 'madam,'' explained the salesman; "that Is where It struck the ground when it tumbled off tho tree." Easily Americanized. There was a little Irish boy named Patsy, who came to the United States with his family. One morning his teacher In tho public school asked him: "Who was the first man. Patsy " "George Wash ington," was the prompt reply. "Oh, no," Bald the teacher; "George Wash ington was the father of his country, but Adam was the first man." "Well," responded Patsy, 'I didn't know yo wof spoaklu' o funiners." Gam IMpea Made of Paper, Gas plpcj of paier ure being madt In France. Manila paper Is cut Into strips equal to the length of the pipes to be iiiiide. i'lic.v are then placed In a receiver filled with melted asphalt and wrapped around a core of Iron until the desired thickness Is reached. After being submitted to a strong pressure the paper is coated with sand, cooled nnd core withdrawn nnd tint outer pipe surface covered with a water proof preparation. It Is chtl'ned that these plles are a- g "d as mid more econom leal than n"t-l ones. Out n Million Arrival. The total iiunil.cr of cabin und steer age passengers landed at the srt of New York during the year l!)(ill by all the trans-Atlantic steamship lines was l,1.-i!i.:.-il. In lis:. oic.'.ci;:. were landed, which gives the jear Just ended tho rec ord by a margin of l;".4si;. lie Knew Women. She Why Is It u man always drops Into n had; scat when be goes to church? He Because he lias no bonnet to show, my dear. Yonkers Statesman. When u man comes around, nnd In duces a society to get up n play, mem bers of the society say their purest Is tq make money. Really, tho mivuliers i want to act ; usually, they know they I will lose money. j Wib i The Vale of ( utarn, Who has not heard of the Vale of Cash mere, With Its rosfi the brightest that earth ever gave, Its temples and grottoes and fountains as clear As ths lovsllghted eyes that hang over their wsve? Ob, to see It at sunset, when warm o'er the lake It splendor st parting a summer ert throws. Like a bride, full of blushes, when linger ing to take A last look of ner mirror at night ere she goes I When the shrlnea through the foliage are gleaming half shown. And each hallows the hour by some rite of It own. Her the music of prayer from a minaret wells. Here the Magian his urn full of per fume is swinging. And here, at the altar, a sone of sweet bells 'Round the walet of some fair Indian dancer la ringing. Or to see it by moonlight when mellowy shines The light o'er lis palace, gardens an t shrines ; jWhen tbe waterfalls gleam like a quick I fall of star. iAnd the nightingale's hymn from the Iste of Chensrs J Is broken by laughs and light echoes of ! feet From the cool shining walks where tho young people meet. Or at morn, when the magic of daylight awakes A new wonder each minute as slowly it breaks. Hills, cupolas, fountains, rslled forth every one Out of darkness, as they were Just born of the sun ; When the spirit of fragrance is up with the day. From his harem of night flowers stealing way; And the wind, full of wantonness, wooes like a lover The young aspen trees till they tremble all over; When the east is as warm r.a the light of first hopes, And day, with Its banner of radiance unfurled, Shines in through the mountainous portal that opes, Sublime, from the valley of bliss to the world I Thomas Moore. A Hmn of the Homeland. The Homeland 1 Tne Homeland! The land of the freeborn ; There is no night in the Homeland, but aye the fadeless morn. I'm singing for the Homeland, my heart Is aching here; There's no pain in tbe Homeland to which I'm drawing near. My Lord Is in the Homeland, with angels bright and fair; There's no sin in tbe Homeland, and no temptation there. The music of the Homeland is ringing in my ears, And when I think of the Homeland my eyea gush out with tears ; For those I love in the Homeland are calling me away, To the rest and peace of the Homeland, and the life beyond decay, For there's no death in the Homeland, there's no sorrow above; Christ brings us all to the Homeland of His eternal love. Amen. JUNGLE HUNTING IN PANAMA Gold with m Bir Marheto la ITaoallr Necessary, As there ore as yet practically no roads lu tho Interior of Panama and trails are nearly always tributary to tbe nearest river, travel Is almost en tirely doue by canoes, says a writer in Recreation. The native cuyuco or piragua of the Interior is usually made of native cedur, narrow, fiat bottom ed and ending in a flat, plutforni-Ilke bow and stern. This peculiar construc tion Is to enable one to land directly over the bow or stern when, due to the nature of the bank, It Is Impossible to more than force the bow to solid ground. ' A trip up the rlve,r needs little prepa ration us compnred with a camping trip to a cold climate. A good guide with his big working knife or machete can do wonders. With this he can cut trail, clean tbe camp site, make a shel ter or house, a bedstead, a inutrress or thatch and a cover for the fire nil fastened together with vine ropes which he cuts near by. He can cut firewood and dress game, slice bacon or potatoes, chop out an impromptu paddle or palunca, "cut rubber," dig roots, get out fair-sized logs and. If necessary, inflict serious wounds with It As your canoe slips quietly along the hnnk of some good river, the charm Is derived both from the beauty of the scene and from the feeling of ex pectation regarding new sights and chances at odd sorts of game. You round a bend, your canaletero, or pad dleman, stops and, as you slowly bring into view the stretch of vuelta be yond, probably be says, ' ixigarto, senor, sill! AI1I!" and wh;-n your unaccustomed eyes finally fd!ow bin direction you see a big 'gator, light gray on the back from dried mud, unit yellow below, lying like u log on tho farther mud bank. Ho sees you, you may be sure of that; lu tact, he usu ally sees everything that moves, and bears mid smells us well as sees; ho Is In no hurry to slide Into the water, however, for bo sees native canoes every day and they never bother bhu. Tk Soulful llostou 8l-riicr. A short time ago a gentleman In Boa ton sent a small boy in his neighbor hood to deliver ll noto to u young lady who 11 veil a few blocks a way. lie gave tho boy u quarter to make him hurry. Afit-I it ovit tliiiu tUw i.iCiXT.JJ'.T (.UIO back and, bunding the money, said: "Miss X says alio will lie glud to se you to-night, but she didn't want the quurter." Judge's Library. Some people have tho "blues" worse than others. The kind of blues tho young opk have seem to bo worse than any other kind. When a fanner hns any leisure time, he usually fixes fem e or breaks colt. A just complaint 1 an aucouimoda tou.