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8 FACTS IN TABLOID FORM. T Nearly nil medical men In the West miles ndvlMtt the wearing of thin wool len and not colton underwear. Many persons wear "cholera bolts'' of flan nel. ' KWM WTMmWmil A TT ' IHAf.V 'i-5J II I 11 I i I I I ' ' r If ff i II -v. . lit HIGHEST DUTY OF THE COUJLT. By William H. Tatt. Tbe highest function of the Su preme Court of the United States la the interpretation of the constitu tion of the United States, so us to guide the other branches of the government -and the people of the United (States In their construction of the fundamental conduct of the Union. Tuke It all In all, in the discharge w.. h. TAEj of this function It Is tho most novel, as It Is In many respects the most Important, branch of the government. It Is the background of the whole gov ernment. It la the balance wheel In Its car of ultimate decision as to tbe respective Jurisdiction of the various departments of the national government, as to the boun daries between State and national control, and as to the guarantees of life, liberty and property of the Indi vidual. . The Supremo courts of the different States exercise a similar, but, of course, a less Important, Jurisdiction within their lespectlve States. It Is to be presumed that the Supreme Court, in the course of its hearings on general law, will lay down principles with sufficient clearness to enable the inferior courts to dispose of sim ilar cases before them with reasonable accuracy. I0VE SOLVES AIL PROBLEMS OF LIFE. By Leo Tolstoi. xou live that is, you are bom, grow, ma ture, grow old and then you die. Is It pos sible that the aim of your life can be in your self? Certainly not How then? man asks himself. What then am I? And the only answer Is: I 0111 something that loves; at first it Roenis something loving only Itself, but one need only live u little and think a little to see that to love the self which passes through life and dies is impossible and purposeless. I feel that I ought to love, and I love myself. Hut loving myself, I cannot but feel that the object of my love is unworthy of it ; yet not to love is Impossible for me. In love is life. What la to happen? To love others one's neighbors, friends, and then those that love us? At first it seems that this will satisfy the demands of love; but all these people are in the first place Imperfect, and, secondly, they change, and above all, they die. What is one to love? The only answer is: Love all ; love the source of love, love, love, love God. Lo've not for the sake of the loved one, nor for one's self, but for love's sake. It is only necessary to understand this, and at once all tbe evil of human life dlsapjiears. Let us devote our lives to strengthening love in our selves, and Jet us allow tho world to go as it will; that is, as ordained from above. Let us act so, and believe me we then shall receive the greatest blessedness for ourselves and do all the good to others it is possible for us to accomplish. Only, love everyone; love not only those who are affectionate, but love all, especially those who hate as Christ taught and life becomes an In creasing Joy, nnd ail the questions which men so vainly seek to solve by violence will not only Bolve themselves, but will cease to exist WE MUST SAVE OUR COAL By Andrew Carnegie. Unless there be careful husband ing, or revolutionizing inventions, or souie Industrial revolution comes S'tr? i-a greater part of that estimated yiv 2,500,000,(100,000 tons of coal form- Wfi'lfj In our original heritage will be gone oerore tne cna or tne next cen tury, say 200 years hence. Still more wasteful than our proc esses of mining are our methods of consuming coal. Of all the coal burned in the power plants of the country, not more than from 6 to 10 per cent of the potential energy Is actually used ; the remaining 00 to 05 per cent is ab sorbed in rendering the smaller, fraction available in actual work. There is at present no known remedy for this. These wastes are not increasing; fortunately, through the de velopment of gas-producers, internal-combustion engines and steam turbines, they are decreasing; yet not so rapid ly as to affect seriously the estimates of increase in coal consumption. We are not without hope, however, of discoveries that may yet enable man to convert poten tial into mechanical energy direct, avoiding the waste. ANDREW CABNEOIB. DON'T BE AFRAID OF SENTIMENT. By President Wilson of Princeton. A greut many men arc, ashamed in this some what artificial age to exhibit sentiment They boast themselves practical, hard-headod men, who face the stern facts of life, and do not deceive themselves regarding their character. I know of men, for example, who attend church services with a sort of excuse to their friends for the habit, faying (hat they go be cause their father's pew is there; they are ex pected to be there; they always went with the old peo ple. They have established the habit. Remove the cover nnd you will catch the gleam of water, where the real springs of sentiment bubble in the life of that man. And it is from these springs that they draw their re freshment and retain their- power and are kept active upon the field of affairs. When the springs of sentiment dry up, then the' world of affairs is closed and gone for ever, i " ' "UNCLE REMUS" DEAD. Joel Chandler Harris FauM Away la Atlanta, Ga. The death of Joel Chandler Harris, trhlch occurred recently at his home in a suburb of Atlanta, Ga., removed one Of the best known writers of the pres ent day. Mr. Harris was known In the world of letters as "Uncle Itemus," and he became famous as a delineator Of negro character. He was born In Eatonton, Ga., Dec. 9, 1848. and It Was in a country printing office that ls author of popular Southern tales came first associated with literature. Beyond a few terms at the Eatonton 'Academy, Harris had no regular educa tion. As a stripling of 12 he became a "printer's devil" on a small weekly published on a plantation. Then came the civil war. Following that, Harris became a full-fledged journalist He ivas employed successively in Macon. book, which had a wide sale here and abrond. Then he wrote for magazines and turned out other .books, which brought him n snug Income. In 1SS3 he published "Nights with Uncle Itemus;" In 1884, "Mlnso and Other Sketches in Black and White;" in 1887, "Free Joe and Other Georgia Sketches." Of all his works, "Blue Dave," published in 1SSS, was his pet Mr. Harris was a great lover of chil dren and domestic life and modest to bashfuluesa. He never could explain why people were so Interested in his books. He was shy of women, but de lighted to romp with his own or neigh bors' children. Two of his sons Oje engaged in newspaper business. A Vacation. A certain scientist la the service of Uncle Sam at Washington is said to be a hard taskmaster to both his offi cial and his domestic servants. Being detailed once to accompany a JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS. Kew Orleans and Savannah. In the fatter city he married Miss La" Rose, Ik French-Canadian. He was fast win ting fume when yellow fever swept Savannah, in 1870, and he and his bride fled to Atlanta, where he became a tnember of the staff of tho Constitu tion. It was there that he won his first spurs in the field of literature. Not long after Mr. Harris became a mem ber of the staff of the Constitution, Sam W. Small, who had made a hit with a aeries of negro dialect sketches, had re signed. The management asked Mr. narris to continue the column. Mr. Harris consented with much concern, but he insisted that his sketches be furnished to the readers under the title Of "Uncle Remus." "The Uncle Remus" series met with Instant success and opened the gate of recognition for their young author. They tickled tilt fancy' and excited the Interest of readers to such an extent that Mr. Harris was asked to write scientific expedition on an extended cruise, the scientist U said to have un bent n trine in communicating the news to his personal attendant. "Henry," said he, "how would you like to go with ine around the world?" "Do we go from east to west sir?" asked the man. -"Yes." "And we lose a day colnz that wnv do we not, sir?" "We do." "Then, sir, I should like very much to go. It would give me a day off.'1 Harper's Weekly. When we are driving to a strange place In the country, and usk direc tions, the man who directs us, says: "Go south a ways, and then turn to the right. You can't miss It." And then we find I lie road a particularly crooked and difficult one. A road you are familiar with, seems easy. If only girls intend, Irs not a party. WATCH THE LIPS. Their SennHive Muscles Malta Them Great . Telltales. "It's a queer thing," remarked the professor, "how people can control their eyes and not their mouths." The Inventor with whom he happened to be talking made the comment that the professor probably na?ant tongues when speaking of mouths. "No, I didn't mean tongues. I meant mouths," the professor rejolnod. mean, if you want to be scientifically accurate, the action of the lip muscles. There's nearly always, la a moment of excitement of exultation, depression or emergency, a telltale movement on their part which can't be guarded against Why can't It be guarded against?- Be cause it is so largely unconscious. Most of us from our youth up have been trained to use our eyes'and to use them In such a woy as to conceal our emo tions. It '8 different with the mouth Perhaps we haven't advanced far enough to do two such Important thlngc at the same time. Anyway, the fact remains that we don't do it "If. for example, I have reason believe that a man is. not telling me the truth I don't give my attention to .lis eyes. He may look at me as fearlessly as he wants. What I watch for something significant In, the region of his face below the hose. If there is no change In the expression of his lips I, am disposed after all to believe him But If there Is the least trembling; e: iwitcning, uie lease exuimtion, let us call it, of nervousness well, then. huve my doubts." "I suppose," observed the inventor. "that while that fact does not explain the wearing of the mustache it shows that the mustache has uses." "It does,"-retumed the prof essor, "but you must remember that the mustache, as a rule, doesn't obscure the lower lip, And the lower lip, if you'll take the trouble to notice, Is, if anything, more revolutionary than the upper one. Is usually that Hp which gives the ex pression to the mouth. The upper lip follows suit, as it were." "Well, well," said the Inventor, fin goring his mustache. New York Press. to it Tea ting Her Hat. Two women had been shopping near ly ell day and were as warm and weary us the circumstances warranted. As they were handed their change at the last counter one exclaimed: "Now for an ice cream soda and home!" "Not for me," returned the other, with a martyr-like expression on her face. "I'm going to buy a hat" "A hat? Why, you're all tired out and your hair Is coming down." "I know It, and that is the very reason. Wheu you start out well brushed nnd fresh almost any hat will look good on you, but one that looks decent on me as I am now Is tho hat I want. That will be a true test. I always buy my hats when I am looking a little worse than usual. So yon go for your ice creum soda, while I choose between a Merry Widow and a 'Soul Kiss. " "No, no," protested the first, "111 try on a few, too, Just to cheer my self up." Confidence, Jackson Heaven bless him! He showed cunfldewe in me when the clouds were dark and threatening. Wil son In what way? Jackwm He leut me an umbrella. London Telegraph. Though people are too modest to admit It, every man is bis own hero, und every woman her own heroine. If you would lengthen your life, shorten your worries. Ueorglna Ashton. n singer, who was fined nt the Marylebone (London) po- llt court, for being lutoxlcated ami In- npable. declared that she had been sliming at- n house in the West End, and that she was overpowered by the scent of the flowers with which the room was filled. l'ho Lambeth (London) Board of tSunnllans has decided that no outdoor relief should bo given to widows dur ing the first six months of widowhood if they have spent lavishly on funeral ntul mourning any money received from club. Insurance society or other source. A Colchester (Eng.) rate-payer has received n demand note for 1 farthing Iti' respect for n rate "for special ex penses under the sanitary acts." After walking a mile to the collector's office to pay It. he tendered n halfpenny, but the collector could not give him the farthing change. Mr. Asulth was recently speaking In n Welslj town when ho was some what rudely Interrupted by a voice in the audience, which demanded to know his position as to woman suffrage. That." Mr. Asrjulth replied, blandly, "Is n subject I prefer to discuss 'When ladles are not jiresent." Three years ago there were some thing like 10.0110 Chinese students In Tokio. Now there are only some 4,300. Several schools where they were taujrht are empty, nnd theer are few If nny Chinese now attending the mili tary college founded by General Fuku-r-hlmn. South China Post From a Tarls uewspaiwr is taken the following conversation in a police i ourt : The president, nddresslng tho prisoner, said sternly, "It upienrs from your record that you have been thirty reven times previously convicted." To which the prisoner answered senten llously, "Man is not perfect." News reaches London Punch from' a private source of tho wonderful and uitlsfactory effect the Highlanders are having on the Znkha Khels, tho retiels In India. No sooner do the wild tribes men catch sight of the skirted war riors than, with a cry of "Look out ::ere come the suffragettes!" liey dls rppenr as by magic. The death has taken place at Peter borough of Miss, Anne Mander, the old est resident of the city and believed to oe thp oldest spinster in the country. She was within a few days of enter ing her hundredth year. On attaining tier ninetieth birthday she had a letter jf congratulation from Queen Victoria. London Standard. A Dubois (Ta.) firm of dealers in musical instruments offered as a prize I $:'r0 piano to the one who could Mite the name of tbe piano maker tho most times on a piece of cardboard Ihree or four Inches in size. R. L. I'tithcnrt, of Clenrfleld, won the piano jy writing the name on the card 2,120 limes. The firm name has two words, iine of six letters and one of five let lers. connected by vthe word and. The production of calcium carbide In -Argentina bus increased from one ton ;o four tons a day since the year 1000, iccordlug to the Chemlker Zeltung. In j ifiat year a Cordoba factory first com-' oieneed its manufacture. Meantime a new plant is being erected, and the J Dutput will be greatly Increased. There Is an abundance of water power at hand, nnd the prospects for the Indus-1 Iry in that country are held to be good, j A Massachusetts Congressman who was on board the trnln which "was wrecked at Hyde Tark, Mass., says Ihut when the shock came one. of the passengers was pitched over several seats Just in time to receive the con tents of the water cooler, which tipped over ,and soaked his clothing. A high ly excited passenger rushed up to him nnd told him to koen cool. "Go away," paid the wet man, "I am the coolest man In the car. I havo Just had two buckets of the ice water emptied down my "back." One hundred nudthreemW were kill ed and about badly Injured by tho explosion u boa rd the French battleship Jena, March 12, VM). Now the French armor experts are looking forward with unusual expectation to the use of the Ill-fated craft as a target in tho pinner experiments planned for sum mer. The Jena, having a fourteeu-lucli belt of special t'repsot steel, Is count ed on to give especially . instructive lcsvtins as to the resistance of modern armor to the dilTerl'iit typeH of projec tiles at various ranges. The old battle ships Toimere and Neptune also will be nsil as targets. There Is a plant, u native of Borneo, which Is known as the "clock plant." The name Is derived from the action i f the sun's rays on the leaves, which i re three In number a large one ex tending forward, with two small ones nt the base point In;: sjhhfway. These,, coming In contact with the rays of the sun. oscillate like the enduluiii of a clock, the larger leaf moving upward nnd downward. goUig its full length every forty-live minutes, the smaller leaves moving (owurd the larger, com-p;-t;i!g the distance forward and back Yard every forty-five minutes, thus re-M-mldlng the hour and minute hands if a clock. , Among -recent wonderful surgical op era ;ioi.s Is one of a most during and tinusur.l naciiv. 'An idiot, six years old. tlie daughter of a resident of lcr lin, has In i n converted Into an intelli gent liiing by the process of grafting part of the mother's thyroid gland iipou the; child's pancreas. In more p.prlar language, this means that part of tin mother's throat has been trana f.ircd by the grafting process to a gland, or tissue, lying directly at the buck ef the stomach. The operation was carried out by Dr. Carl Gurre, a Gci'i!.: ii s.irgcoii. whose success In the triii spin;:;!: g of organs from ono ani mal 'o iinot'.ier :i::d even from the lower iinl.iials t i liiuu.ui beings, has Ut triu'tud wlJo atttntloa. Opinions of Great Papers oa Important Subjects. 2 t YYYYYrVr Y 'r'-iy THE HOPELESS BAN? CLERK. IIUXTTORS of banks are notoriously pnrsl- D inoulous in respect to salaries. There are I a lot of young men who go into a bank I i Li.... ........ i . r. I n A . slUou likely to . lead to something good very rapidly. As a fart, there Is perhaps no class of expert workers so poorly paid and none where the responsibilities are greater. A young man works at a meager salary which Is slowly increased until he gets gray-haired. He bundles millions In money or accounts and absolute accuracy Is demanded. Banks are usually profitable institutions, especially national banks. They pay no Interest on dr'poslta and pile up large surplus accounts as a guarantee against trouble after paying handsome dividends It would be a muck better guarantee If tho employes were given living wages, If they were awarded Increases according to ability and length of service. No man wants to steal unless he be a degenerate but the temptation is great where poverty dwells, and the opportunities are large In most cases. There Is no excuse for dishonesty, and there Is no excuse for parsimonious greed on the part of bank directors. It is time for a reform alt around. Philadelphia Inquirer. MATBIMONY BY MAIL, MINING CAMP In a Western deifert re- A I ccntly witnessed the loathsome end of a M I woman who, a few years ago, was the chief Ui m UltUUUWIIII DJ I1U(V.MIU n U IVU Ui Eastern cities fooled many credulous seek ers of wealthy wives. On the same day that her death was reported the country was horrified by revelations of the doings of a woman in the Central West who, after advertising for "well-to-do bachelor" husbands, not only robbed but murdered the strangers who sought her band. I Both women found tholr victims through "mttrlmonlal agencies," most of which agencies publish papers contain ing what purport to be descriptions of a "young man of 25, salesman, good salary, seeks blonde wife, with so cial gifts," and of a "widow, comfortably situated, aged 5, who would Ilka to find congenial life companion," and others, to suit all tastes. Some of the cases are genuine. They embody natural hopes and longings that grow up In lonely surroundings, or that are not easily expressed by shy natures outside the shelter of a false name; and many responses to the appeals ara equally genuine. But the fact that a man has honest Intentions, and therefore credits them to others, makes him the easier dupe of an adventuress, and the trustful good farth of a friendless woman by.no means Insures her against the wiles of a scoundrel. Young girls some times answer such advertisements "for fun;" but the very freedom with which girls write Increases the danger that they will be entrapped and blackmailed by scoundrels who batten on innocent indiscretion. A man who stands high in public esteem once declared that he never wrote a letter which he would fear to have posted on a bulletin board in .front of the city ball. He has, perhaps, established a standard above the reach of the average Impulsive mortal. But persons of ordinary Intelligence, who read the newspapers, ought easily, henceforth, to resist the appeal of the "matrimonial" ad-' vertlsement for recent events have shown that It la frequently a lure to ruin, if not to death. -Vouth'a Companion. THE THB.EE "R'S" s ' .11 1 1 IIIJ EVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX teach ers from the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades In Chicago public schools have formally advocated more time for reading, writing, arithmetic and spelling in those 'grades. . A committee of the Board of Educa tion asked for opinions from fifteen hundred teachers in the upper grades. Borne of the answers are almost startling. Forty-five teachers report hat they give no time at all to writing, and nearly 850 give less than fifty minutes weekly; 845 teachers give between twenty-five and fifty minutes weekly to spelling; nearly 500 said they make no effort toteach children w-6rds outside of their natural vocabulary. . . One teacher, a little bolder than the rest, writes that children should be drilled in rapid addition, or letter writing, or spelling, or cultivating a taste for good books, "Instead of using precious time In making paper furni ture." Other teachers complain that the courses are overcrowded. Nearly 600 teachers express dissatisfac tion with the result of the spelling courses. These comments are from those who should be ablt to judge the results of their own work. They harmonize closely with tbe Judgment of those in the outside world who are constantly confronted with glaring deficiencies of public school graduates In reading, writing and arith metic. Even high school courses do not remedy these fundamental deficiencies. Chicago Journal. CANADA SIFTS EES EHMIGBANTS. I F Canada selects all her citizens aa cau tiously as her immigration commissioner In London, England, Is now doing, the North ern Empire may some day be what Its na- vjjry Uvea often dream of the Utopia of the ZmJym-M Angle-Saxon race. The Canadian govern- una is uui uuijr uiKwiug must cuecuveiy the Influx of Southern and Eastern Europeans and Ori entals; it la making the English themselves pass a stiff examination to prove their desirability. Fifty prospect-, lve immigrants whom the Balvatlon Army bad arranged to send from London hovels to Canadian farms have been held back until the Canadian authorities have investi gated each member of the party. It will be interesting to see how long tho government can continue this mi nute and scrupulous control In the face of a growing demand for unskilled labor. New York Tribune. "Yea, fny dear, that's all It brought If I could have found room for it I should have bid (2 or $3 mora on It and I think I should have got It I know you, couldn't buy a bed new like that for less than $45 or $50. I'm sorry now that I didn't bid more, for I could "It was Just too aad for anything," aid the woman la brown. "I don't know when I ever had anything affect me so." "It must have been sad," said the tailor-made friend. I meant to ,have gone up there myself, but that was the day I went to the Kenyona' luncheon. I had to go; but it was an awfully tupld affair. Was Mrs. Brent there T' "All the family were there except Mr. Brent I don't see how they could bring themselves to do it but they did. I'm euro it was sadder than a funeral. I could have cried, though of course I didn't know them very well. Yea, Mrs. Brfcrh and Dora and Edith and the two boys what are their names? I always forget. I thought at first they were Intending to bid In some of-the things, but they didn't" "Did they sell everythlagf -Everything. Wasn't it too badlp use imagine now you would reel see ing all tbe things you owned going way to strangers I You know I'm so attached to everything I have' that I can't bear to throw away so much as a chair when it gets broken. It's fool ish, but I'm afraid I always shall be ft little sentimental. I send everything up to the garret as fast as it gets worn out and sometimes I go up there and Sit for hours just thinking about the happy days they are associated with. Mr. Dlmsy laughs at me and says he's going to throw them all out into the alley some day." "Wasn't It too bad?" murmured the tailor-niado friend. "I Just wanted to weep, I felt so miserable," said the one In brown. "Toor, poor things I I Just know how they felt exactly. A lot of strangers coming in and fingering over all your possessions and tbe auctioneer making jokes about them and all ! As I say, It's worse than a death. They've had those thligs, or a great many of them, ever since they were married. When I thought of the 'memories that must have been connected .with some of them "She was very,' very brave about it ana tno gins were, too, but once or twice I could see thy pretty nearly broke down. I wonder what they will do now." "They're going away to the Pacific coast, I heard." "Oh, of course. I knew that. meant I wondered how on earth they would get along. Everything will be so different for them after being In such comfortable circumstances. I feel so much pity for any one who meets with misfortune of that kind. It really tmrts me. I supixiso they will have to go into some poky little house In a poor neighborhood and the girls will have to go out and work at something. Mr. Brent's salary won't amount to any thing, my husband tells me not enough to support them even In tbe most inodest way. All they have in tho world Is what they got out of the sale." "Did the things bring much?" "Mercy, no! They didn't bring any thing hardly. Not half what they were worth. That lovely colonial bedstead told for $'l." "You don't tell rael" have disposed of one of mine. ' I did buy the, Daghestan rugthat waa in tbe library and four palra of curtains. I bought that dainty little Doulton tea set too. Nobody bid against me, so L really got the mat my own price. Wasn't I perfectly lucky?" "I told Mr. Dlmsy that I wouldn't ell my bargains for five times what I give for them and be said, "You'd be a fool If you did.' and when Mr. Dlmsy admits that anything la cheap you may bo sure it Is. I was awfully pleased. I believe if I'd bid less than I did I could have got them just the, same. That's always such an annoying thought Isn't It?" Chicago Dally News. 1 -a. -St- -a- a a. m X KING EDWAED AS A FAEMEB.T King Edward has been an enthusias tic agriculturist for nearly half a cen tury, says a writer in the London Ex press. For many years his shorthorns, shire horses, thoroughbreds, hackneys and Southdown sheep have been second to none In the kingdom, It might be erroneously supposed that the King wins at the agricultural shows merely because ha la King. Farmers, who ought to know, are quick to controvert tho Idea. The King never shows an animal tie has not bred himself, and his cattle win purely on their merits, been use they are the best Since he came to the throne, affairs of state have prevented bis majesty from devoting as much time as he would like to his farming and agricul tural interests. lie Is longer able to occupy his mornings, as he did when Prince of Wales, sitting in bis pleasant business room ut Saudrlngham, recelv lng and instructing the bailiffs and others concerned In the management of -tils two-thousand-acro farm. But in spite of his multifarious engagements, the King still manages to continue and supervise the breeding of stock. Ills Btockkccpcrs ore , enthusiastic in his service, n,nd the result has been that the King Is even more N successful at the shows now than he was when he was Prince of Wales. King Edwnrd may well bo proud of his remurkable record, particularly if he walls the condition of the San drlngham farm lands, whence many of these triumphs huve come, before he put them Into cultivation. . A famous agriculturist who inspected tho land before King ICdward set about trans forming It, rcjiorted: "It is a very bar ren soil, burely capable of cultivation." Could he revisit tne laud to-day, lie would Indeed bo unitized at the revolu tion which has niudo Sandrlngham ono of the finest stock-raising farms in tlio country. The result of his majesty's labors is Biiiiiiuarled by an unimpeachable, au thority, Ithler Haggard, who says; "It is a wonderful farm, for I imag ine that nowhere is so much high-bred stock to lie seen uiiou the same area. At least, in all my extensive Journey lugs throughout he twenty-six coun ties In Lngluud of which I huve exam ined the agriculture, f have not foun4 Its' equal." If there is ono department of hli ' farming In which King Edward take ' particular pleasure It Is that of horsoi breeding, and he was greatly delighted. therefore, at the achievement of hi " shire stallion, Premvlctor, in winning the first prize In the International Live v Stock Exhibition at Chicago. ' The success of the King's shires has been extraordinary. At one sale fifty four of his horses realized an average of two hundred and twenty-four pounds each. Tbe King's Southdowns and short horns are aa famous to-day as they were In the heyday of his active farm ing when Prince of Wales. Only a, few months ago one of his shorthorn bulls, 'Trlde of Sunshine," fetched th high price of four hundred guineas. Not that this is a record. One such, bull, ' destlued for Argentina, brought no less than a thousand guineas, Tha Saffdrlngham shorthorns are coveted, by breeders everywhere, and picked, bulla among them have often been soltf for fabulous sums. King Edward's example and patron age have been of Incalculable benefit to agriculture In England. He has al ways been Interested In the work of tilt t Royal Agricultural Society, of whlctl he has been president several time, and be is also n patron of the British , Dairy Farmers' Association. Cast Up by taa Sea. They that go down to the sea la . ships learn much of the mysteries of life. From tho coast of Africa ther traveled to ficarboror Me., the pttatlnf of an old time sea captain of that tows who long years ago was lost with an on board his ship In the China seas. The ship sailed from the home port with every prospect of a successful Vef age,but she never returned to the horn land. Years went by and she 'was giv en up as lost her name - was taken, from the shipping list, and no news ft ' her came back to tbe waiting ones at home. Long afterward a passing ves sel picked up off the African coast the . portrait of an American sea captain such as the Chinese artists paint, and on the back of the picture were tho captain's name and that of the port from which he sailed. The painting wus forwarded to the little American town, and It was found to be a picture of the Scarboro sea captain, master of the lost vrosel that hed left the harbor . so many years ago. Kennebec Journal. Larat Grave la the World. The largest single grave In the world occupies Just exactly one acre of ground, which is surrounded by an Iron railing. This enormous grave is lo cated at I'earto Cortex, in Honduras, aud is the burial place of a woman. The tombstone occupies the center of the ground inclosed, and several wood en figuree representing the deceased are arranged in statuelike form In dif ferent parts of the ground. There are no fewer than sixteen of these figures, which fu the evening give the place a ghostlike appearance. The deceased had died rich und in her will h&tl specified the amount 'of ground to be purchased for her grave and the man ner in which it should be decorated, She had many curious notions, and the tlzo and ornamentation of her grave was one of them. Some peoplo who uiuke theauelvei too free should be locked up, 'V f