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DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
fOHN H. REAM,
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Publisher.;
rWal savings banks ere another
ood thing to push along.
Senator Piatt twnui to have proved
once more the old saw about Mae and
tecciulKr.
. Another wnplensnnt feature of the
Rarle Incident Is that It reminds us of
the flcrrsn Incident.
Cheer up. The Baltimore American
ayw "tho cold frost of Impenetrable
truth will ever kill a flowering He."
Short ulceves eoft n Now York girl
a husband. Who would supose sliort
alecves contained no much material?
.A Washington paper rays the new
10 bill la very beautiful. To most
people any kind of $10 bill la beautiful.
The Russian wheat orop Is a failure.
Russia's tronblcs are equaled only by
those which continue to pester Kan
Francisco.
' The imelcut method of torturing the
accused to force confession seems to
Kaw keen adapted to the Jury to com
pel verdicts. , .
A Freneh electrical schntlst lias dis
covered means of transmitting energy
without Wires. I'erhaps'the trump
problem fs solved.
An esteemed contemporary Is called
. the 8arterla4 Art Journal. As It la
derete t fits, the choice of the name
may he vnierstood.
Bitmap Patter aays that war will lust
as long m Hie world lasts. If wliat
8herma tiM ( war la true, It will
last tbrvagk eternity.
A irespaadcnt of one of our con
temporaries writes asking how one may
hare fceantlfst hands. Home people
get theae by Joggling with tho card
Says ttro St Louis Globe-Democrat:
"It is better to be charitable than rich
a ad yn cant bo both.". The great
majority. It seems, are finding It hard
to be either.
A scientist says he baa discovered
the germ f laziness, but can't flml
. nothing that win destroy It rerbaps
lie bjwt tried bard enough. The genu
may bare subbed him.
En imaged by the naturalists and
government ballet Ins defenders of tbo
crow nre spratging up In all parts of
the eaualiy. No one has suggested,
however, that the crow Is good eating.
A Hlghmare (S. D.) municipal ordi
nance prohibits young men and women
from "lettering ou the stops of any
church bslHUuj or doorway for the
purseee f eathig candy or iicnmits."
This hi likely to break some young peo
ple ef the habit of going to church.
A critic has discovered In four short
poems In ene magazine the words,
"dueWiK,M 'Vanished," "skelloelt,''
"bevctB," "strcpttous," and "riming."
When we leak at tbo size of the dic
tionary to-day H looks as If anyono
who wevld lawent new words ought to
be sea t the penitentiary.
Canadian government czperta who
have been prssportlng In tho Yukon re
gion have lately anuounced that more
than slaty mtrtlon dollars' worth of
gold still remains In the vtflley, but
that eerefsl mhiing methods will be
required te extract it Tbo superficial
metheds' empleycd In the past have
prodssed neaary a hundred and twenty
mllllens, That, of course, applies to
the dkstadlas Yskon region.
The Drltl8h yasth of the preseut gen
. eratlan la net In quite so bad a way
aa the accent discussions of physical
deterioration wsnld Indicate. Atten
tion was latcby called to the Interest
ing esndltlsn revealed by a study of
tho measnrcmeata of the school boys lit
Marlborenfth fat tho past twenty years.
Tho 14-ycar-eld boys of 1!h! are live
pounds heavier and one u-id om-balf
Inches taller ttnra the boys of tho suuie
age In 18H0, and the 10-year-old boys
sro etb peandH heavier and three
fourths sf aw taeh taller. A hatter who
provides ham for tho boys la 8ls
schoets says tfeat a few years ago be
rarely was asked for a hat twenty-one
end s half hiekes In circumference, but
now he Is frequently called upon for
hats an Inch larger. It Is nut at all
unlikely that tite rcvclatlou of the poor
phyhse of Hie P.ritlsh youth that fol
lowed the Boer war recruiting aroused
parents to a sense of the Importance
Of getting their boys Into the fresh air,
where they could take a proper amount
f wfWeeonie exercise.
Ransack history from Kricn to Chi
cago and Los Angeles aud you will
find few great men and fewer good
men whose cradlo was not rocked by
whlte-eouled woman. Turn all the
rile pages of history and you will find
few nien of brutal Instinct. and d
graded lives whoso cradle wus rocked
ty a woman sf clear Intelligence, of
high Ideals aad ef ripe wisdom, says
tlie Los Angeles Timer, pollute rad
ically tho source of human society at
the fountain head, motherhood, and
you may build a school lum on every
crosarsuds; you may endow colleges
with the wealth of all the mines In the
world; you may nil the chairs of phi
losophy and science with prodigies of
genius; you may make your ciiies like
thickset woods with church steeples,
ud fill their pulpits with men whoe
tongsea are lire. Io nil that, but you
will not arrcKt the race In It down
ward course In vice mid degradation.
Uoless the mothers of the nice lay t Ik
ftwndutlons of character, unless tbo
later of the men set before tUclr eyes
a constant pli-ture of purity and v 1 1
derotiou, and make virtue spiM-nr In Its
Y true attractiveness, and unl.'ss wlvei
hold up before our cyca some reflex of
the angelic qualities of the Suul wbj.'b
makes th human reflect the tmngo of.
the divine, all your accessories of civ
ilization are In rain and all efforts
must fall. Tho bestial In the race must
assert Itself and drag us down to wal
low In the mire of all uncleanness un
less we are guided by the gentle touch
of a white hand with a woman's love of
all that Is pure and of good repute
beating In every vibration of the heart
which vivifies that hand.
It was explained n few days after
the uncompleted span of the bridge
across the St Lawrence t Quebec fell
refrntly that the accident (x-curred lie
cause the Spun was loo heavily loaded
with r.'ructuriil material at Its outer
end. The span bad lieen built over the
rlr one hini lreil and eighty rcct from
tlie pier wltji tin support. Kvcn though
th; average person niny have .1 general
kivv ledge of tlie tirlnclpli's on which
Kti"li a sp.ui I constructed, be always
wonders tinit It does not fall of Its own
weight. Kn:;!necrs were afraid that It
would fall until a bridge was built
across tlie gorge of tile Niagara river
in is.'vl, the fitMt cantilever bridge In
the world. Now, a cantilever Is a
bracket-projecting from the side of a
building or n pier. In a bridge two
such brackets are built from ndjolning
piers till they come near enough to
gether to be connected by an Indepen
dent truss. In Its simplest form the
cant1 lever, or bracket, for a bridge Is
a series of connected triangles. The
side of the pier Is one side of the
first triangle; a twain projecting from
It at right angles Is the neo!'! side,
nnd a brace running back to the pier
from tlie outer end of tho beam Is tlie
third side. This third side forms the
first side of the second triangle, and
the end of the first beam Is at Its up
per apex, and the base of the triangle
Is another beam extending from the
lowest point of the first triangle at
right angle with the pier and sup
ported at Its outer end by another lxam
running from the end of the first beam.
As It Is Imitosslble to change the shape
of a triangle so long as Its sides nnd
corpora remain rigid. It Is theoretically
possible to extend a series of connoted
triangles an Indefinite distance hjito
space. All that Is needed Is tint? tho
supporting pier should be strong enough
and that the sides of the triangles
should not buckle. The chief advantage
of this method of bridge construction
lies In the possibility of spanning deep
gorges and rapid rivers without false
work to support the uncompleted struc
ture. ' Threatened Cnrophe.
Expert engineers predict a catastro
phe more fearful than anything that
has erer happened In this country un
less the conditions now obtaining and
dally growing worse In the operation
of the Ilrooklyu bridge are not correct
ed. Ho writes Hugene S. Itlsbee in the
Technical World Magazine. K reeled
twenty-two years ago, tiefore there w us
a cable lino In the city of New Tork
and before the trolley system of elec
tric propulsion li:d been perfected, the
great structure, more than a mile long,
was Intended for the voudltlon then
prevalent. Cars were not expected to
be run across it, except the cable lines
which began operations with the open
ing of the bridge, arid the great weight
It then had to bear was not too great
for tho Immense cnliles that support
the roadway.
Conditions have changed and there
Is Imminent danger that the growing
strain may prove too much for even
those clghtccn-lnch strands of steel,
and that sonic day from five to fifteen
thousand persons will be precipitated,
amid a mass of tangled wreckage, to
the Kast IUver 1.15 feet below. The
absolute loss of every life on the bridge
nt the time will be certain, nnd the
destruction of property will total many
millions of dollars. No one knows
what chemical changes have taken
place within those elghteen-lnch cables
during the past twenty-two years. They
were never subjected to any tests for
conditions surrounding electricity as a
motive jiower. and electricians are at
sea ns to what may have occurred to
weaken them.
Itlillnif h Houlu Sra Surf.
"I shall never forget the first big
wave I caught out there in the diep
water," says Jack Ixiuduu In the Wom
an's Home Companion. "I saw It com
ing, turned my back on It and pad
dled tor deur life. Faster mid faster
my hoard went, until It xecmed my
would drop off. What was happening
behind me I could hottell. Ono can
not look Is'hlml and paddle the wind
mill stroke. I beard tin, crest of the
wave hissing and churning, and then
my Ixmrd was lifted aud Hung for
ward. I scarcely knew what happened
the first half-inlnute. Though I kept
my eyes oiien. I could not see nnv-
thing, for I was burled In the rushing
white of the crest. Hut I did not mind.
I was chiefly conscious of ecstatic bliss
at having cacght the wave. At the
end of the lialf-iuiuule. however, I 1h
gan to see things and to breathe. I
saw (hat three feet of the nose of my
Isiard was clear out of water and rid
ing on the air. I shifted my weight
forward and made (he nose come down.
Then I lay, quite at rest lu the midst
of the wild movement, and Matched the
shore and the bathers osi the beach
grow distinct. I didn't cover quite a
quarter of a mile on that kave, because,
to prevent the Itonnl from diving. I
shifted my weight back, but shifted it
too far, and fell down the rear slop
of the wave."
roaaom'a llrnrur uf llrr Hitlilca.
Two girls at Pass Christian, Miss.,
recenty stole eight baby possums from
their mother, says a special dispatch
to tho New York World. The next
night the mother crawled through a
window nnd bore away In r little ones.
('Ills or KiMccn I ti i nk. they are
mighty pretty, and they are, but a
little girl of six or n'Ven. with her
hair done up lu a knot on top of her
Iliad, aud her starched xUlrts sticking
out all around her, can give n slx-tecn-year-i'ld
girl cards and spndca mid
tho beat her.
I ho I'ai luu l.rtler.
"Would you think It sale to go t,y
thi 'It lu giving an oyster supper?"
"h i safer to t'u by the 'X.' " Ual
tlmoie American.
Illah Drainer.
The majority of Improved appllaneei
designed to assist and lessen the worl
f tlie housewife nre too complicated
nnd troublesome tc
warrnnt even f
trial. To gain at
tentloji 'they must
be e i ? e e d I n gl j
simple In construe
tlon. Bitch as tin
dish Jralnei
shown here, the
Invention of a New
York man. Thli
dish drainer li
. . i t it..
man dhainkb. mane a pari ot ui
dish pan, lielng hinged to tiie edge a)
one of the handles, so that It will not
slip. The drainer Is also In the form
of a pan, having side wall to prevent
the dishes falling to the ground when
Is'lng drained. The water drninlnj
from the dishes descends down the In
clined bottom of the drainer Into th
dish pan. A small upright serves tc
supiKirt the outer end of the drainer
and raise tho drainer on an Incline
The drainer nnd dish pan can lie In
stantly separate,! or readjusted.
Urddlnic nUf.
Cream a half-pound of sugar with I
half-pound of butter, nnd, when very
light, whip lu six well-beaten eggs. Stit
In a Imlfteasjsionful each of powdered
cinnamon, nutmeg anil cloves and a
cupful of flour. Have ready prepared
and mixed the following fruit a half
jKMind each of seeded and cliopped rai
sins and cleaned currants and a quar-ter-iHund
of minced citron. Uredg
this fruit plentifully with flour nnd fold
It into the batter. Last of all, add a
tablespoonful of vanilla. Turn Into d
well-greased tin and bake In a steady
oven until well done, trover for tb
first half-hour with brown paper. When
cold, Ice all over with white frosting.
Turtle Snap.
Chop the coarse parts of the cleanet
turtle meat with the Nines. over with
four quarts of cold water, add a bunch
of swiet herbs, two sliced onions, pep
per and salt to taste. Stew very slowly
for four hours, strain and stir In the
other jwrts of the turtle meat with tlie
fat both of which should have been
covered with two quarts of water and
allowed to simmer for, an hour. Thick
en all with browned flour, after putting
them together, nnd simmer for an hour.
Add forcement balls and tho Juice of a
lemon. Stir well nnd serve.
lirrman PleUlca.
One peck of. green tomatoes and eight
large onions. Slice and mix with a cup
ful of salt. Let stnnd five or six hours,
drain ami add one quart of vlnegnr and
two quarts of water. Again drain and
add two iMiuiids of sugar and three
quarts of vinegar; also two tnblesqioon
fills each of cloves, cinnamon, ginger,
allspice nnd mustard and a dozen finely
chopped green peppers. Iloll again from
one to two hours, and seal In glass or
earthen Jars.
hill Snuce.
I Ve and chop together two dozen to
mntoes ami six small onions with two
seeded red peppers. Stir In four table-
spooiifuls of salt, n cup of granulated
sugar, threo tenspoonfuls ench of
ground cloves, cinnamon aud allspice
and a teaspoonful of ground ginger.
Put into a kettle with two quarts of
vinegar and IkiII for three hours. Set
aside until cool before bottling.
rhrrry I'le.
Line a pleplate with good crust ant
half till with ripe, stoned cherries,
sprinkle over one cup sugar, a little
Hour and a few bits of butter; then fill
in more cherries nnd sugar and put
strips of the pastry on top. Hake In a
Utt oven.
Teat for Kicki.
To know If an egg Is fresh, place li
In a basin of cold water. If It remains
nt the bottom, It Is all right; If it floats
at all. It Is of rather doubtful fresh
ness; If It floats gayly on tho surface,
you may be certain It is quite bad.
'l'i lluke llolloiu i'ruala.
Put In your iHittoni crust first nnd
bake a light brown, then add the fruit
or other lillltig, and you will have pies
with no soggy morsel anywhere a'.sjut
theni, fays the Heliueator.
Mrlnt 'IVnpola Kept Snt-rt.
Metal teiiiots, If disused for some
time, give a .musty flavor to tlie tea
when next used. This may be prevent
ed by placing a lump of sugar In the
teaiwt before putting away.
Short Snitlteatlona.
Kgg spoons that are stained should lu
rubbed with damp salt before polish
ing. Sauivpans should be as flat aud
broad as possible, so that no beat may
lie waited.
Place tea grounds around the roots
of ferns aud bo rewarded with a rich
growth of leaves. Frequently change
tlie leaves,
If canmsl pears have a flat taste, and
most ieai's do, they will ie Improved
by adding stick cinnamon to tliciu
while cooking.
The line ash found over the oven of a
cook slow in which wikhI Is used fur
ulslies (when used dry) a silver polish
equal to any on the market.
Wheu the brass tops on kerosene
lamps get loose, try welted alum for
holding tlieui In place. Alum must be
melted over au Intense beat, aud It Is
excellent for mending pitrMset.
luru your eoiiee mm down very
tightly, till tlie ltopxr with granulated
sugar, grind It through onco or twice.
or fven three times, end you have an
excelli'i'.; powdered Migar.
Lemons will keep longer If placed in
cocred glass jars. Py some It U sa'-l
they will Jiivp longer If the j:;rs nro
filled with water. If wrappe.l In tissue
pa;er and placed In bran they will last
many weeks during' hut weather.
First Turtle (irnndtna Is nearly 400
years oil anil has lost all her teeth.
Second Turtle Well, then, she has a
soft snap. Life.
Church I Md you ever try.nny of
these "close to iiiiliie'' methods? Goth
am Well, I've used a porous plaster!
Yonkers Ktntesninu.
Madge Is that writer i'eally fa
mous? Marjorle He must Is?, my dear.
I wrote to lil in for bis autograph, and
ho never sent It. Puck.
Short There goes one of my pre
ferred creditors. Long Why prefer
red? Short We never asks me for
money. Chicago Daily News.
She Your last liook was a success,
wasn't It? He Yes. She Tho ro
vlews were so unfavorable 1 was ul
inost tempted to rend It. Life.
"Justin, here's a bill collector," call
ed Mrs. Wyss. "Ail right," replied
Mr. Wyss from the library. "Give him
all he can carry away." Leslie's
Weekly.
First Deaf Mute If you objectej to
his kissing you, why didn't you call for
help? Second Deaf Mute I couldn't.
He was holding both my baud). Har
per's Weekly.
Hicks Did you ev;T succeed In pcr-
sundlng your wife when she gets an
gry, to count ten In-fore she si-aks?
Wicks Yes, but she Is a very rapid
counter. Somervllle Journal.
"I notlco that you writers use a
great deal of tobacco. Does it stimu
late your brains?" "I don't know.
Hut It makes you forget that you're
hungry." Cleveland Leader.
Illauche The most dlillcult thing Is
to mnke up one's mind what to tako
and what to leave behind. Hennctte
Oh, I don't think so. I take all my
frocks and leave my husband. Itlre.
"Fifth grade next year, Johnny?"
"ies, sir." "And you'll Ikj In fractions
or decimals then, no doubt?" "No, Blr;
I'll lie !n bendwork and perforated
Bquares." Washington (D. C.) Her
ald. "Poor man!" exclaimed the benevo
lent old lady. "And you say you have :
no friends?" "No, madam," replied
tho weary wayfarer; "I used to be a
baseball umpire." Philadelphia Rec
ord. Wigwag What is your wife mad
about uow? Hcnpocke-VHer absent
mlndedness. She was going to scold
me about something and she can't r?
membor what It was. Philadelphia
Record.
"Tell me," said Miss Witherupp,
"Mr. Newman remarked lo you that I
didn'- show n.y age, didn't he?-' "Not
exactly; he said you were careful to
conceal It," repi.ed Miss Frank. Phil
adelphia Press.
"There lire only ceven miles of rail
road lu operation In the whole of Per
sia." "Too bad !' commented the Hon.
Thomas Rott. "It must be mighty hnrd
for a politician to make a living In
Fersla." Puck.
ftarber Thank you. sir. I don't oft
eu got my tip before 1 begin. I'm sure
I appreciate 'Customer (who likes
his hair cut In silence) I don't want
you to consider that a tip. It's "hush"
money. Punch.
Mrs. Dashawny Yes, while we were
In Egypt we visited the Pyramids. They
were literally covered wlih hieroglyph
ics. Mrs. Newrlch Ugh I Wasn't you
afraid some of 'em would git on yon?
Philadelphia Record.
"I suppose," remarked the dear girl,
"that you do uot believe lu love at first
sight?" "Oh, yes, I do," rejoined the
old bachelor. "If men were gifted with
second sight they would uevcr fall In
love." Home Magazine.
They wyro lu the parlor of a sum
mer resort hotel. She John, why do
you alway occupy the piano stool when
you nre in the parlor? You can't play
a note, lie No one else can, either,
while I sit here. llariier's Weekly.
"Pilkins tells me he is getting aw
fully tired of living alone." "I would
think he'd marry and settle down." "1
was talking with 1 1 i in about it tho other
day, and he says bo doesn't know
whetl.er to get married or buy a pho
nograph." Milwaukee Sentinel.
"Young man," said the merchant, "I
hear you've been kicking because you've
got so much to do." -Well, yes, sir,"
replied the clerk, "I do think that "
"ll'iii ! we'll have to give you so much
mop" to do herenfter that you won't
have time to kick." I'liiladeihis
Press.
A widow advertised for a man to do
xld jobs, and v. lieu she arrived koiuu
one evening she found a young man
waiting to see her. "Well," said th
lady, "1 want n init'i lo do odd join
about the bouse and garden, to run er
rands, to wash my dog, and i.e to the
cats; one that never answers back, and
Is always ready to do my bidding." Ap
plicant : "You are looking for u hus
band, ma'am, not a servant. Good
evening." I. ndon Spare Moments.
Wurae YeC.
"People, never give me credit for
any serious thoughts" complained
Ive Comedy. "I can't imagine any
thing worse than to nave folks laugh
nt you when you really mean to be
serious."
"x'ou don't sa.yV" replied Hi Tragedy.
"I should think you'd lint. It worso to
ha-o fo'.ks not laugh at you when you
mean to bo funny." Philat'r.'phis
Press.
The One lttitlcit.
"I supiHise," si. id tlie man from the
city, "you rals. practically everything
on your farm."
"Well, yes, everything," replied the
CHiiilld fanner, "but Ihe money to uuktf
it pay." Philadelphia Press.
How a thief nimt laugh to read In
the papers .hat the Jf."i watch be stole
tlie night before is valued at ifMO by
Its owner.
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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
LACK TO THE FARM.
T last the cry has been raised in this coun-
V I try, "Back to the farm." The cities nre
f I over-crowded. Employment is difficult to
a I t , , IT1..I-.I oA.il.Mn Ilia
OllltllO. IIKCS HI V insulin inn J mmi;
necessaries of life. The prices of, all food
studs are high. These conditions must lie
remedied, and. as the demand for Indus-'
trial products is limited, recourse must be had to agri
culture. The farm can be made more profitable than a
City Job.
A year or so ago when London wns disturbed by bread
riots, there arose among t lint city's poor a man who
thought he could solve the problem. In a small way ho
began to lead Ixindon's poor Into the country, establish
them on small truck patches, teach them how to raise
vegetables and fruit, and his experiment to-day hns
proven so great a success that Ixindon's poor are crowd
ing to the country. The exiM-rlinent has attracted at
tention In this country and now philanthropists of New
York, Roston, Chicago and other great cities are ma
turing plans to send their toor Into the country, place'
them on land, give them a start In farming, and thus
help them to become self-supporting citizens. The move
ment In this country, although Just begun, promises to
be the most humanitarian of a generation, lieeause It re
lieves actual suffering, both physical and mental, such
as most of us know very little about. England Is small;
this country is large. If the experiment should prove
successful In England, it certainly ought to here.
In raising the cry "Pack to tlie farm" there is no dis
position on the part of anyone to crowd the ioor out of
our large cities. The olc idea Is to do good In a much
more effective way than the methods that have been In
vogue. Practical charity is what Is Intended, nnd, If
assistance Is received In the same spirit ns it is offered,
there ought to be, before many years, a mensurable re
lief to the conditions that have obtained in our large
cities, and made them the centers of widest contrasts of
human existence. Wllllamsport (Pa.) Grit.
THE CHURCHES AND SOCIAL
TfJNS of the t hues are
SI more apparent In the work of churches. In
I stead of devoting themselves to man's eter
I nnl 'nl f 1 1 c i . n a iiaml in lid tliA nacn flint? .1 ii
11 a 1 n i iiui ncy n . -i . i . .... .u.-v, i ... j v
growing more and more concerned with this
life on earth. Once priests and inluisters
talked exclusively of heaven nnd hell. Now
they discuss the manner In which men should live in
this world, not so much with reference to a future ex
istence as to Justice anil happiness here.
One Chicago Baptist clergyman, occupying the pulpit
of one of the largest and most Influential churches in
tho city, has gone so far In this direction us to convert
himself into n soclnl reformer, without consideration of
religion ns It was once known.
Churches, he says, nre usually afraid to denounce In
justice, because they are supported by men in imsitlons
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"In recent years." said an ordnance
officer to u New York Times reporter,
"everything on a war vessel gives way
to target practice. The one thing a
commander Is moro Interested In thin
anything else Is the record that his
men cau make nt the ranges. But
there was a time when the '1111111 behind
the guu' wns not recognized as the
most Important element In the efficiency
of a fighting ship.
"To illustrate: I was Junior officer
on the old Essex many years ngo. In
those days we had target practice once
a quarter. We were forced by regula
tions to expend so uinny rounds of am
munition every three months, and
well, that was about all there was lo
It. It was a perfunctory kind of prac
tice, and every one was glad when it
was over.
"One day we went out for the quar
terly practice, anchored the target, and
went at It' The targets we used in
those days were three planks fastened
In a triangle, a spar stepped In the
center to hold the canvas which formed
the target proper.
"Now the gun captain of the forward
pivot rifle wns an exeellcnfmarksiuun,
and on his first trial he sent a shell
through the spnr, which smashed it
Into flinders. That, of course, stopped
the practice, and out went a boat to
tow the wrecked target alongside for
repairs.
"When It -hail been patched up. It
was towed back to Its place nnd tiring
was resumed.
"Again the same gunner had the llrst
shot, nnd again bis shell brought down
both the spnr and the canvas.
"The boat was again sent out. but
when the repaired target wan being
towed back to the range, the captain,
who was much out of humor by the de
lay, spoke his mind.
"Tell Gunner Blank,' be command
ed, 'that if he hits that target again
I will put him In the brig:"'
Ilooarwlfolr luatlift.
A Massachusetts man' tells a story
Illustrating the ruling spirit of a Yan
kee housewife.
Late one night her husband was
awakened by mysterious sounds on tins
lower floor of their house. Jumping
out of bed, the husband tool; his revo'
ver from a drawer and crept noiseless
ly to the head of the stairs. Presently
the wife herself was awakened by a
loud report, followed by a mad scur
rying of feet. Much agitated, she In
turn sprang from bed and went to the
door, where she met her husband re
turning from the scene of the disturb
ance, and wearing a very ilisappululed
expression.
"Richard," she asked, "wns It was
?"
"Yes, It was a burglar."
"Did be did he- "
"Yes, lie got away."
"Oh, I don't care nUiiit that." was
the wife's 1 Joinder. "What I want
to know Is, did be wipe bis feet before
he started upstairs';" New York
Times.
How o Strrnitlhru u l'uil' l.i'ui,
j If a puppy is Weak 0:1 Its legs, the
addition of limewater to Its mil't Is of
groat benetlt ami t.'iids to prevent rick
I ets, says Home Chat. Chemical food
I which consists of tlie sirup of phos
phates may Is- given at the kiii.i? time.
Ikiu't bover about your sore j oU.
(Written by a unia who docs.)
of wealth and power; but no fear affects him. He wants
the government to take absolute control of nl public
utilities, to regulate all estates, so that it shoil be lm
possible to pass an estate on to the third gewiMtlon;
to make large landed ownership Impossible, nut! to pen
sion widows, the aged and the helpless.
It Is good to see the churches now finding aa outlet
from the plnce of Indifference 1 which they ano grad
ually being left by the masses of the people aud plunging
Into .piestions that deeply Interest every thiskUig man.
The religion of the future will, of course, consecn itself
with man's destiny hereafter, but It will hnvc much
more to say tbun the religion of the past abent man's
state on earth.
If religious feeling can once be enlisted hi tlie cause
of social reform, It will give a tremendous taiix'tus to
the progress of civilization. Chicago Journal.
m
REFORM.
crowlnc more and
LATEST AND BIGGEST
BRITISH
WARSHIP BELLEROPI
NAUGHT.
The latest and biggest thing in the way of seagoing fortresses is the
warship Bellerophon, of the British navy, which was christened by Princess
Henry of Battenberg, King Edward's youngest sister. Though ef the class
of the Dreadnaug'it, the Bellerophon Is of 18,000 tous, 700 more than the
earlier ship. A third battleship of this giant class, the Tcmcraire, was re
cently launched.
ALBINO BROWN TROUT.
Extraordinary Lot of I.IHle Fcllovra
Now In liothain Aqnarinm.
Extraordinary among fish freaks is
a lot of 1...1 albino brown trout now at
the aquarium, says the New York Sun.
These queer little fishes were hatched
out In the aquarium's hatchery In
February. Originally there were i."0
of them, of which fifteen died in the
first two months. In the last four
months only two have been lost, one
of these by Jumping out of the tank
to fall on the floor. Something of the
success that has thus far attended the
rearing of- the llshes hatched from
them must be attributed to the facili
ties which this model hatchery af
fords for looking after both eggs, and
fishes; for here with comparatively
small lots of cgg.i. It Is possible to
give them almost Individual care and
to Insure that all the little llshes shall
be profierly fed.
Another extraordinary' thing about
these little albino brown trout Is their
number ns compared with the total
number of the hatch of eggs from
which they were hatched. Albino fish
es nre not very common among such
varieties as brook trout and lake trout
ami among brown trout they are very
rare, but these 1!0 albino brown trout
were batched out of a lot of 5,000
egs; a every remarkable proportion of
albinos.
The little albinos nre here to be seen
all In one tank, while pear them Is an
other tank of brown trout of their
natural color hatched from the same
lot of eggs. Seen thus Ihe little al
binos with t'uelr almost colorless bod
ies but with dark set eyes become all
the more striking.
The ulbinos nre now growing faster
than their little brow 11 brothers, but
what will hai'ix n to them later uolxxly
can tell, for albino llshes are not so
long-lived as lislies of their natural
color; they are more delicate nnd as a
rule they die young. If an amino trout
should survive tiftcr six months and
should grow to maturity It could not
be expected to live more than half the
life of a fish of natural color.
The aquarium has now four albino
lake trout surviving out of n lot of
eleven albinos of this species received
a year ago from tlii! State tish hatch
ery at Saranae Lake. The largest of
these four albino lake trout, which
are now txtuecii 3 and 4 Inn old,
is now about ten inches In b-ugth.
Tbcy are all striking albino spec-linens.
The people really do nvt deserve
luJf the mean things said about them.
I
EMIGRATION PROBLEMS.
T Is not often that Americans MawdVler the'
other side of the Immigration question; yet
the governments of the countries from
which the people come here are troubled
over emigration almost as much as Immi
gration perplexes the officers In Washington.
For a number of years from one-hnlf to three-quarters
of a million Italians have been leaving home to f
to South America or to the United States. Agricultural
laborers have become so scarce In many provinces that
It Is almost Impossible to till the land. Italian, writers
on the subject call attention to the fact that only the
very young nnd the old in those districts remain, the
best young blood having gone abroad In search of for
tune. .When these young men return they are too often
broken In health from having submitted to hurdfchip and
privation to save money to spend nt home. ,
Complaint of the depopulation of ngrlculturnJ districts
comes from Spain also, although Spanish emigration Is
small ns compared with that from Italy. Germany is
uot pleased with the departure of hundreds of thousands
of able-bodied young men who are needed at home, not
only to serve In the army, but to assist in the industrial
development of the fatherland and Its dependencies. The
decrease In poulation of Ireland is regarded as a striking
commentary upon the result of British rule In the island.
There are In the United States to-day more native-born
Irishmen and children of Irish uen than In all Ireland.
Japan has lately co-operated with the United States
in nn effort to prevent Japanese laborers from coming
to America. The Japanese government gladly did this
because It prefers that the people not content at home
should go to Korea or some other dependency of the em
pire rather than cross the ocean to a country where they
can do nothing to Increase the prosperity of their own
laud. Even Russia is striving to Induce the discontented
population In the European part of the empire to migrate
to the fertile and pleasant lands of southern Siberia.
Youth's Companion.
THING IN WARSHIPS.
ION, BIGGER THAN
THE DREAD-
A HOPELESS CASE.
Uraale Wan Sure There Would Be a.1
I 1'nnfPll Snnilir.
Luther Laflin Mills tells this story, V
which he considers typical f the start-,
ling and grotesque nature of some of
tho pathos and misery that come to the
surface in the changeful current of hu
man life: '
A lady was approached by one of her
hired girls with the request that sba 9
be allowed to be at liberty on the fol
lowing Sunday.
s The lady demurred. ' Why, 110, you
cannot get off next Sunday, Bessie;
you know It Is Margaret's day out"
"But, ma'am, I want to get away
badly that day," pleaded the girl, "be
cause I want to go to tho funeral."
"To go to the funeral? You have not
told mo of the death of any of your
friends."
"No; he's not dead yet, iiia'nin, but
there's no hope for him."
"Your sweetheart, Bessie?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"But this Is Thursday. And you
don't expect him to live till Sunday?"
"No, Indeed, ma'am."
"And you even expect to attend hi
funeral Sunday?"
"Yes, nianni, and I've got tlie mourn-,
lag goods already."
'"Then his case must be quite hope
less?" "OH, entirely hopeless, ma'am."
"Too bad. Has be been long ailing?"
"Oh, he's not ailing at ail, ma'am."
"What!"
"It's not sickness that's the matter
w ith biiii at all ; he's as well and strong
as ever be was In his life."
"Bessie," exclaimed the surprised
lady in Indignation, "you are trifling
with me most shamefully and I will
not tolernte It one moment longer. Re
turn at once to the kitchen and ceuse
inventing stories in order to get out on
Sunday."
"I ain't inveutln', ma'am," so bed,
poor Bessie, "as sure as goodness I
aiu't. If you want to know the truth
about It, he's to be banged to-morrow.:
lion to Make Hop I'oullirea. 1
Hop poultices have always been used
with splendid effect for ail sorts of
pain. An old fashioned one is made as
follows: Put a handful of dried bops
Into one cup of water and let it boil
until tho water Is reduced to half a
up, then stir lu sutiiclent Indian meal
to thicken. Apply very hot.
If you lire battliq; better than ..'HiO
per cut a lot of envious people lutto
you.
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