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
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"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.
