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DAKOTA
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Can a pick pocket b said to have
feeJplng-haud?
Ths newspapers ars talking about a
chestnut Might." We hope It hits the
Worms.
,ussla la also constructlu law dlrl-
i
: Has alio made ths ship of state
rlglblet
With the evolution of the flying ma-
e,M will com? In due time the fly lug
achlM politician.
' The Englishman's Idea of fair play
npears to be that there la no such
Iblsg unless the Englishman wins.
A Pennsylvania woman killed a
fcnaka but it is a ten-to-one shot that
4he would run If alie encountered a
bouse
i That clergyman who preached to the
token on a liner In a room where It
aa 130 degrees had no need to men
Iwn hell fire.
I A New York baby that was born
without a brain la dead. Some New
Jork babies born without bralna hare
fifed to grow up.
The report that Russia Is sorely
tempted to reform the despotism in
Jftrala indicates that even monarchies
Ira not devoid of humor. " 2
I Tbera are now seven presidential
qpudidatw In the field. In 1900 there
were eight, so It will be seen that we
Ire breaking no records this year.
l An authority asserts that carrots are
tour times as nutritious as cucumbers.
LDd cucumbers, we believe, are twice
M nutritious as Japanese matting.
A Seattle man promptly accepted an
Iter of $2,000 for a meteorite In his
possession. It seems like reaching out
In the air and pulling In tho money.
A Kansas contemporary prints an
dltorlal headed "The Cat Is Out of
the Bag." The trouble In this part of
the country Is that tho cat Is spending
too much time on the back fence.
i The young Turks want the sultan to
Sve up his harem and live with one
lfe. We hope they will not be harsh
Enough to Insist that be shall pick
Krat the homeliest one In the bunch.
A Russian who, has lived 120 years
I'M presented to tho czar the other
ay. As a sample, we suppose, of
what a Russian can do by not attract
ing the attention of nihilists and bomb
thrower.
Much ado is being made over the
ict that aklll In "dlabolo" has won a
Ammer girl a husband. Girls who
pin theirs by skill in cooking are too
iumfcrous to receive mention nowa
lays. A motto la very much tho fashion
these days. If you see an oinoo without
Same sort of Injunction on the walls
ou may be satisfied that the occu
ant It either behind his generation or
head of It
It Is estimated by experts In the agri
Cultural department that rats annually
damage the crops of the country to the
$tent of $100,000,000, which Is vastly
piort than the animals' skins are
Ivorth, even when made into fine kid
(loves.
Interest In old-age pensions la mani
fest la many countries acutely mani
fest In England and France. At the
soma time there la everywhere a tend
ency In business life to consolidations,
Which reduce the number of employes
(Without raising much, lf'any, tho salar
e of those who are retained. There
I also a tendency to dlschargo the
aider employes and to keep only the
Comparatively young. There are many
Who do not believe In pensions, but
Who oonsldur It far better that a man
receive an adequate salary during his
Working years. One or the other plan
fonst come, for there Is an Investment
f labor which deserves Its pormnnoiit
reward as much as the Investment of
capital; and there are colorations
Which by the highest staudurd of Just
Ice should be held criminally resnnim.
Ible for the niggardly salaries they
The death of Ida 1. Suukey brinss
sorrow to the hearts of thousands. Llko
the psalmist David, 1m was "a sweet
singer of Israel," and hi voice has
been beard by more thousands, prob-
oiy, man any oilier voleo In the world
liis songs are sung lu nearly evcrv
Protestant church lu Christendom, and
they have been an Inspiration In tho
homes of the people froiu frozen Nor
way to the Islands of the South Sen.
Mr. Sankey's association with the laic
Dwlght I.. Moody resulted In one of. the
most powerful evangelistic movements
f modern times. These two men, semu
lngly Inspired, traveled over the world
preaching the gospel of Christ; the ser
mons of tho oiio and the songs of the
other wero remarkable luilncnees for
good wherever they wero heurd. Moody
end Ssnkey became household word:
and though the preacher bus lecn dead
these maify yearn und the singer hits
tecn blind for nt least live, their In
fluence has never departed. Mr.
Bankey's finest hymn, the beautiful
. "Ninety and Nine," has come to Ik? re
garded as almost a classic of sacred
song; It takes rank with Cardinal New
man's "Lead, Kindly U'hf," and Dr.
Dyke's 'Holy, Holy, Ilolyj" The value
of a life such as Ira 1. Striker's can
not be estimated by. human methods.
Only the Great Judge knows Its full
measure. Rut mankind everywhere
Will coiK'edfi that Mr. Saukey's influ
ence was all tr ?.' l. simple religion,
Bot bound I y i '1 n ir formalism, wr.s
What l. l ;!...' to l:i vlve wl!!i his music
snd his coi!i: :. If emotionalism was
the basis (f wlvit he attempted to
Quicken lu li t breast, he U hardly
to be critl.I,' ' for that. Ilw could
i
hit fla-htly Wrortwl tbt 1ntd?efWP.T
tsui was the basis of Ks critics' teach
Ings and there would hare been no hon
ors on cither slde Hut Mr. Snnkey was
no blgn't; he duynot quarrel with sect.
Ire onlv went (ibout trvlne to do Cio.1
with the talents his King lrad bestowed
upon hln and for doing Just that he
was honored by men of all creeds every
where. His Is "a sweet voice tllat has
been stilled, a gntle light gone out"
Russia and Persia have furnished
fresh illustrations of the trid truth tfiat
paper constitutions and paper reforms
are worthless, and that only an effect
ive and organized public opinion
breathes vitality into gronts extorted
In emergencies from despotic govern
ments and privileged ruling cliques.
When the revival of the Turkish con
stitution of 1878 was announced to the
amazed world skepticism was univers
al. It was not confined, moreover, to
western observers. Tho young Turks
and the other progressive elements in
the sultan's dominions showed that
they were In no hurry to disarm and
assume that tho millennium had arrived.
It is certain, however, that so far the
march of events In Turkey hns been In
a direction that Is calculated to
strengthen one's faith In the genuine
ness of the great change. In Russia
the grant of the constitution, so called,
was followed by massacre and civil
war; In Turkey peace has relgnod to
a remarkable degree. Even In the
storm centers of Macedonia an armed
truce has tacitly been proclaimed.
None of the militant "bands" hava
tried to take advantnge of the situa
tion; the Christians In tho province are
safer than they were bofore the pro
clamation of the constitution ; tho Insti
gators of Insurrection and rebellion in
the neighboring principalities have sus
pended their activities. And nothing
Is more significant In this connection
than the decision of England, Russia,
Australia and the other powers to re
frain from pressing their -own pro
grams of Macedonian reform for the
present and to await developments.
This means that tho new regime Is to
be given a fair trial and that the first
parliament will Ik afforded a proper
opportunity to deal with tho whole situ
ation In European Turkey. Tho sultan,
on his pnrt, hns ma do additional con
cessions. A progressive ministry hns
been organized; a program has been
put forth which promises to amend all
laws and regulations that are not con
sonant with tho primary prlnolples of
tho constitution. In Russia the great
difficulty Is that tho constitution Is one
thing and the laws administered by lo
cal satraps and even by ministers are
quite another thing. Is the cause of
reform actually stronger In Turkey
than It Is In Russia? Without Jumping
at conclusions, It must be admitted that
all the early Indications In tho former
country are distinctly favorable.
I A SECOND SEE VINO.
Old age should command respect,
and an old Joke which has remained
fallow for fifty years should not re
ceive too harsh treatment on Its re
appearance to tho world. But Jokes do
not always lmprovo with years, as Is
the case In the report of the Manches
ter Union. The paper first records tho
current Joke.
"Why, Jennie I" exclaimed a Sunday
school teacher to quite a large girl.
You have come to Sabbath school
barefoot Do you think that many lit
tle girls would go that way?"
"Yes, ma'am. Borne of the girls on
my street go that way, and the rest
mind their own business."
Now the above has been trotted out
in the funny column of the local pa
pers for several years, even being
claimed as a local happening In dozens
of places. Tho following article was
printed In Harper's Magazine for Au
gust, 1857:
"Old Professor S. was one of the In
structors of Dartmouth College years
ago, and was about as blunt and
straightforward a specimen of human
ity as ever walked. One day In the
early summer be was taking his usual
stroll round the village, keeping his
'eya out' for any student who might he
off duty, when he chanced to see Mr.
Page, a sturdy farmer of Eust Hano
ver, with a load of wood, trudging
along the dusty street barefooted and
con t less.
"'Hello, Mr. Page!' growled 'the pro
fessor. 'I'd like to know If all the peo
ple of East Hanover go barefoot?'
" 'Pnrt of 'cm do, and the rest on
'em mind their own business!' was the
reply."
The startling thing is the story of a
little, girl at Sunday school perpetrat
ing the same Joke half a century Inter.
'Tha I'lml lOnullah Ilouk maker,
Roth the Derby and the Oaks owe
their names to that Eurl of Derby who
kept a pack of staghounds near Epsom
during the last quarter of the eigh
teenth century and resided at a hunt
ing box called tho Oaks. Elfty years
later a spiteful description of the Oaks
and its Jockeys was recorded lu the
dairy of Charles (irevllle., In the re
isn't of the first Derby run the names
of live starters and of all the riders are
missing und there Is no betting quota
tion. As the earliest known bookmaker,
Ynuxhall Clarke, was hanged, not for
welshing, but for highway robbery, bet
ting on the raol course could not at
that period have been a particularly
profitable profession. Jockeys did not
then possess their present princely sal
aries, but with a fee, or a guinea were
more richly rewarded than those if
Kin. 'j James I., who were regaled by
our Itrltlsh Solomon with long sp(eches,
delivered half lu latin and half lu
Caledonian. Westminster Curette.
1' llliitu I llio Flat.
"What's thlsV Inquired .Mr. Young
'nuh, us he picked up a colander.
"It's an open-work saucepan," ex
plained .Mrs. Ynunghiih. with superior
wisdom. "It must be the latest thing."
-' Wai-hiiipton Herald.
Golt't-r will ymi come round ugaln
to-morrow ? Second Enthusiast Dunno.
I'd arrarged tj get married to morrow.
Pt-rhupa I cuu postpone It. Tatler.
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Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
THE MARRIED MAN.
I5T
lEFOKE a niau Is married,
a fit companion for any
us he Is inn rr led he is
gerous except when his
wither him. A man may travel the world
over, end come back all right, but at home
he is considered a savage unless his wife
Is along to control him. Young women are allowed to
spend a great deal of their time with unmarried men,
but If a married man walks along the sidewalk, the older
members f the Inmlly rush out and bring the girls In.
The married meji must have been guilty of some great
wickedness In the past; otherwise they would not be
looked upon with so much suspicion. Innwccnt amuse
ments are planned for all sorts of people except married
men; it Is generally believed that mnrrled men are so
wicked that they only enjoy swearing, drinking whisky
snd chewing plug tobacco. A great deal Is done by
young women to entertain unmarried men, but a mar
ried man, particularly if he has children, Is a wretch If
ho wants to be entertained beyond allowing the children
to climb over blni. Married women have their afternoon
parties, and enjoy themselves, but a ninrriod mnn is not
trusted In the sacred precincts of his own home when
there Is company; It is feared that even his wife may
fall to keep him from acting up, and possibly shooting
some of his guests. Atchison Globe.
PROGRESS OF THE CANAL.
ISITORS to the canal zone, both officers of
VI the government and tourists, report that
I they find the men employed on the work
I &tn .T...1 In A n mil rlvall-v HXl-rt ttimn
years ago the subject of discussion was the
difficulties lu the way. Now everyone con
nected with the work Is boasting of the
amount of earth moved last month, and of how much
more they expect to move next month. The most hope
ful are talking of the probability that ships will be sail
ing across the Isthmus within five years.
At the present rate of excavation the trench can easily
be completed within that time. More than one-fourth
of the earth has already been removed from tho trench,
and there remain only about a million cubic yards to dig.
In the year ended on March 31 last about twenty-two
million yards were excavated. In Marvh this year the
excavation amounted to about three and a half million
yards, or three times as much as In March of last year.
In May, the first of the rainy months, with twice tho
usual amount of rain, which impedes the work, two and
a half times as much earth was moved as lu the same
month a year ago.
When It was decided to build a great earth dike for
the Gatun dam to Impound the waters of the Chagres
river, the problem of the disposal of the excavated earth
was solved. The dike will bo a mile long and half a
mile wide at the base, and will create a lake twelve miles
long, through which vessels can pass nt full speed. Dirt
HOW THE COST OF LIVING HAS INCREASED
FOBTY-FOUR PER CENT IN TEN YEARS.
It costs more to live, anywhere In the
United States, than It did ten years
ago. Rut comparisons of Chicago price
Increases with those discovered by the
national government show that the law
ef compensation has not been altogether
off tho Job here.
Br Instance, coal here la higher a
full 100 per cent higher than ten years
ago. But If you have no coal, and catch
cold through luck of It, you can buy
quinine to cure your cold much cheaper
than you could In 1898.
On the other hand, coffee Is cheaper
on the Chicago retail market than It
was a decade ago, but the drugs most
lu favor for curing Indigestion, which
coffee sometimes causes, are costlier
than they were then.
Meat has gone up scandalously In
fuct, 50 per cent In three years. Oh,
very well. Vegetables and canned goods
are about as cheap as ever, and the
logic of the household expense uccount
Is making more egctarlans than ap
peals to sentiment ever did.
The government figures show a high
er price on tho whole lu 25.S commodi
ties that enter largely Into the living
of ull the people. In l'.K)7 the percent
ago over l!0tl was 5.7 per cent, and
44.4 per cent higher than 1S',7, the year
of lowest prices during the eighteen
year period, and l'!t.." per cent higher
than fhe average for the ten years, l.K:0
to llsxt.
Farm I'roilurti t p.
For farm products, taken us a whole.
the increase was greatest namely, !().!
per cent; for food, 4.H per cent; for
cloths and clothing, 5.0 per cent; for
fuel and lighting, L',4 per cent; for met
als und Implements, 0.1 per cent; for
lumber uni. hullding materials, 4.;) per
cent; for drugs and chemicals. S.:i per
cent; for house furnishing goods. 0.S
Jk.t cent, and miscellaneous, 5 per cent.
Chicago lumbermen say the govern
ment's estimate Is about right for the
Increase in Chicago market prices for
their wares. Increasing depiction of
the forests, they say, has kept tho price
ascending gradually, and the average
Increase In cost which fillers Into ordi
nary living expenses is around 5 per
cent.
Furniture and house furnishings have
oared, and experts on the Chicago mar-
j ket ay tlm government's 0.8 per cent
Is too low to serve- locally. Not less
than 15 per cent, they say, has been the
Increase here. This Is due to scarcity
Of material, especially oak, to hlghsr
Mttt of the materials for Iron and brass
furniture, nud to higher prices of labor.
l)rui l'i aul I6n.
Drug and chemicals, of such sort as
to affect the coat of living, were higher,
say by 5 isr ceut, lu Chicago last year
thau la ISM; but thy huvs fsllttu until
,
trains are now hauling earth to It In a continuous pro
cession. The work on the locks at both ends of the canal and
at tho dam will be carried on as the excavation proceeds.
They cannot all be completed by the time the trench la
dug, but barring unexpected delays, the oceans will be
Joined much sooner than was expected when the United
States took hold of the work. Youth's Companion.
he is considered
woman, but as soou
thought to be dan
wife Is along to
erned by what, for want of a better phrase, may be
called sense hypnosis, mny be far more effectually modi
fied lu any required direction by combining the appeal to
reason with a harmless deception of the sensvs. The
mnn accustomed to gutting out of bed at 6 o'clock will
turn out at twenty minutes to 5 far more willingly and
certainly If the clock faco Indicates the usual 0 o'clock
than if he has to stop and reusou out all the advantages
to be gained by rising an hour and twenty minutes
earlier.
Resides, as a matter of fact, It Is Just as much 0
o'clock, or 0, or seven minutes past 3, for that matter,
at twenty minutes to 5 as It Is when the Greenwich clock
marks those precise periods. Clocks and the labels af
fixed to seconds, minutes and hours being man-made de
vices, mere empiric foruiulie and schedules, so arranged
for the convenience of home sapiens,, are obviously legiti
mate subjects to change at his convenience. There Is
reason to believe that the United States will not. allow
John Bull to remain nn hour and twenty minutes ahead
of her very long. New York Globe.
WHAT
HAT
they are about where they were, and
In some Instances, such as quinine, low
er than ever. The higher prices were
caused by tho scarcity of root and herb
diggers, the lower prices by the finan
cial panic.
As to canned goods, peaches sold In
1897 for tho same they did In 1007,
while some canned products wero much
cheaper teu years ago. The cause for
this was that fruits and vegetables
were plentiful last year, while the pro
duction was much larger. East year
beans were scarce and higher. Up to
the time of the panic buying did not
drop off, but since thi-u pnees tiavo
been dropping until they arc about as
low as they were In 1S1I0.
Tho cost of preparing food products
Is much higher now ou account of the
Increased cost of labor, also the In
crease In the farm products that go Into
thein. Sugar Is higher this year than
In 1007, while coffee Is cheaper. Tea Is
as cheap as it has been in several years.
Staple commodities are not high this
year In tho grocery line. In many com
modities the prices are 10 iht cent low
er than they were in 11)07.
A leading clothier says that clothes
are higher than In the Inst two years
and that this should not'be. This Is
partly due to the s.iirelty of wool, but
Is lu pnrt due to existence of clothing
combinations to keep prices up.
Cotton Is no higher, yet the manu
facturers are In combination to main
tain high prices. Ten years ago gisd
wool suits were 100 per cent lower than
uiey are now, mm were made or as
good material and us well made, but
without the same degree of care as to
style. Higher lahor cost, higher "wool.
uosneruy nun coiiiinuaiions among
manufacturers lire the reasons he gives
for the higher prices of clothing.
Shoos are higher oii'the average than
ever they have been, hut are only 5 per
cent cheaisT thau at their highest
point, In V.KJ7. They have, however,
gone up in price 13 per cent In the
last eighteen years, but to compensate.
for that they are heller made. 'The In
creuse In cost of shoes Is due to the
high price of Vldes, which havo In
creased In eighteen years 150 per ceut
Shoes are relatively cheaper than tho
hides from which they are made, this
seeming paradox being duo to Improved
methods of manufacture.
The price of meat has Ween soaring
for tho last eighteen years, aud It is
generallycoiicededthut this has been due
to the going out of the range cattle and
the consequent scarcity of beef cattls,
aiid the combinations among the pack
ers, who have virtually a monopoly of
the business, having driven the small
country and towu butchers out of bul
ua, Prosperity aud high wages, as
SAVING DAYLIGHT.
NE may at first be Inclined to assume that
the obviously slmplu way for a nation to
save an hour of Its summer daylight Is
t )ot up an hour earlier, without paying
any attention to the clock face. This is
very good advice In theory, but people be
ing creatures of habit and largely gov
BECOMES OF THE COINS?
becomes of all the metal money? We
A T I know thnt paper money Is worn out or de
eAW I slroyed from time to time, but what hnp-
W V I ... ., , V. - ...(.Irtl. fTniA C .. ... . .... .
out yearly by the tens and tens of millions?
The Philadelphia mint In the fiscal year
which ended June 30 made 137,133,777 sep
arate pieces of money. These coins were worth $120,
755,848. Now It happens that this same mint has been
converting gold and silver bullion or metal alloys Into
coins for many years, and several other mints In the
country have also been' working steadily.
If the nation's population Increased 1,000,000 In the.
past year, the Philadelphia mint made for each person
137 coins. Who hns that money In his possession? Moro
than 81,000,000 pieces of the new money were pennies,
so that every citizen of the United States got a new cent
since last June. Philadelphia Tress.
well as the scarcity of cattle, are given
by the packers as being responsible for
the rise in prices in the last ten years.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
BRAIN THE SOURCE OF YOUTH.
Malntala Ita Activity and Preserve
Suppleneaa of the Body.
Vital as Is the physical side of con
serving youth, however, Its true fount
ain Is In our brain, says Scrlbner's
Magazine. If we maintain activity of
it cells it quickens the circulation of
the blood, the vital orgnns, gives light
to the eyes, preserves the suppleness
of the body, removes to a distance Ill
ness, age, death Itself.
Remember the lesson of the bicycle;
how tho laboring man and the busy
housekeeper, ready to dr.op from the
day's work, would go for a spin and
return, after an hour's exercise ol
those same weary leg muscles, rested.
Body ache is often nothing but brain
rust.
"He looks much older than he Is,"
said Von Moltke of a follow-offlcer ;
"he has used his body more than his
mind." Age was to the French wo
men of the salons no excuse for dull
ness. To the very last one must be
pointed, animated, alert. Because nn
age has come when ordinarily the crust
of custom begins to encase our free
spirits is exactly the reason for keep
ing them elastic.
One of the most remarkable things In
the career of Dr. Richard Storrs was
that by far the greatest portion of that
career wns after ho had passed the
age of 50. The duke of Marlborough
began his career as a greaf commander
in 1702, when ho was 52 years old,.
Lord Lyndhurst on the eve of his 80th
birthday ninde a brilliant speech In.
parliament. Sophocles wrote his
masterpiece nt SO. Goethe finished
"Faust" in his 82d year. AI fieri began
Greek nt 47, and at &1 mastered It.
Mrs. Piozzl preserved her flue faculties,
imagination nnd unexampled vivacity
to the end. On htr soth birthday she
gave a great ball, concert and supper
lu the public rooms at Bath to over 00
jiersoiis nnd opened the ball herself.
Our I-ady Grey painted beautifully
though she only began to be nn artist
when she was quite an old woman.
She always weut out sketching with
thirty-nine articles, which one sen-ant
culled over ut the door, another mur
muring "Here" for each nrt'.cle, to
make sure that nothing should t left
behind.
Frn.uk nena.
"Frankness," said Speaker Cannon,
"is an attribute greatly to be admlrej.
Frankest man I ever knew was a chap
out lu Illinois who served several terms
lu the Legislature. Then ho came homo
and built himself a fine house. It was
a beauty and cost a power of money,
'"Nice house you've got there,' said
a visitor In tio town where the ex
leglslutor lived.
" 'Yes,' he replied, 'It's a nice house.'
MWher did you get the money?'
"'Down nt Springfield, of course, the
ex-leglsltttor replied. 'I tell you. my
friend, there Is a heap of yeas and nays
in that house."'
Sprtntrra All.
Pastor Aud what, may I Inquire, Is
your walk In life?
Rrlslc Newcomer Obsolete exnres-
slon, my dear sir. There are no walks
la lire nowadays; everytsxiy lias to run
like mad or get left. Boston Transcript
The Grand Canyon
4j of the Colorado River
Congress, nt Its Inst session, was
asked to appropriate money for a monu
ment to John Wesley Powell, to be
erected somewhere on the rim of the
Grand Canyon of the Colorndo,- which
he was the first white man to explore.
His achievement differed from those of
other explorers In that they followed
routes or trails more or less known to
the aborigines, while his way was
through a charnn so tremendous, so ap
palling In Its vnstness, so filled with
hidden perils thnt even the natives
feared and shunned it. Until after
Powell and his companions passed
through the terrific depths of the Grand
Canyon what the world had known of It
was mostly based upon mythical tales
told by the Indians, or some hunter or
prospector. Stories were related of
pnrtlcs entering the gorge in bants, and
being carried down with fearful ve
locity Info whirlpools, where all were
overwhelmed. Others told of under-
GRAND CANYON FROM SCENIC DIVIDE.
ground passages of the madly rushing
river, Into which boats had been car
ried, never to reappear. If wns cur
rently believed that the river was lost
under the rocks for several hundred
miles, nnd that any attempt to ride its
surface meant certain denth. There
were stories of great catracts, from
which the roaring music of the waters
could he heard on. the summits of dis
tant mountains, and there were ac
counts of parties wandering on the
brink of the canyon, vainly endeavoring
to reach , the waters below, aud, finally
flying from thirst within sight nnd hear
ing of the river which seemed to mock
their distress. The mysteries of the
canyon were woven into the mouths of
the religion of the Indians.
The Grand Canyon of Arizona Is
within a government forest reservation
sixty by -eighty miles In size. About
two-thirds of it is on the eastern ami
the other third on the western side.
The timber Is In fairly good condition.
There was a bad fire two years ago
which ruined several hundred acres of
flno forest, but there Is little danger of
Its recurrence because of the vigilance
of the superintendent nnd his corps of
foresters.
It Is thirteen miles from one rim of
the canyon to that on the opposite side,
and there are two trails by which the
western side may be reached. One of
them, the Bright Angel Trail, Is op
posite the new hotel, and although it Is
VIEW OF THE RIVER
eighteen or twenty miles to the top tho
climb is comparatively easy. It follows
a stream of clear, pure cold water
which comes tumbling down a narrow
canyon on the western side, nnd Major
Powell during his first memorable ex
ploration of the canyon culled It the
I5r!ght Angel River because it was such
a grateful discovery.
People are lieglnnlng to find their
way to the Grand Canyon. Last year,
which wns the first siin the railroad
was opened, about 12,hh people came.
This year, If the present average keeps
up, there will be from 20,000 to 25.0U!
visitors, and every one who comes goes
home a walking advertisement for the
place. There is nothing to compare
with It anywhere In the world. It Is
Impossible to exaggerate tho grandeur,
the sublimity, the lmpressiveness of the
scenery; and Its fascination cannot be
accurately descrlliod. It Is Impossible
for one man to express his emotions to
another.
It Is a singular, fact that three
fourths of the rieople w ho come to the
canyon ar women. A largo number
of them are well along In years, and
tho endurance and the nerve they show
Is extraordinary. Nearly every woman
who comes Insists upon going down to
the bottom of the canyon, while only
hiilf of the meu show that amount ol
energy.
Were a canal of the size of the pro
jected cut at Panama to be dug la the
vt 'V -
Grand Canyon It would appear hardly
larger than a baby ribbon to a spec
tator on the rim. It (s estlmnted that
to obtain enough earth to fill the Grand
Canyon It would be necessary to exca
vate 20.000 Panama canals.
The Grand Canyon Is like an Inverted
mountain range, 217 miles long, reach
ing a depth of 7.5110 feet, with a series
of depressions averaging 0,000 feet chis
eled out of the earth by the erosion of
ages. It Is the generally ncccpted the
ory that this great clntstn Is solely tho
work of water of the floods that come
down from the mountains every spring
nnd summer but Mr. Ordonez, a dis
tinguished Mexican geologist, who
came here not long ago, made a sugges
tion which may not be entirely new but
is worth mentioning. It Is his Idea
thnt, while the earth was cooling, the
soil nnd tho rocks contracted and split
a deep and wide fissure In the surface
of the plateau, nnd that Its sides have
since been worn down nnd polished by
the action of tho water.
That seems
reasonable.
MYSTERY OF LOST MEMORY.
Xot an Uncommon Occurrence for
Pcrwona to Forg-pt Namca.
A youug Parisian actress who had for
weeks held tho title role in a popular
play, recently. It Is said, was, while on
the stage, suddenly alllicted with for
getfulness nnd was utterly unable to
repeat the lines of the lust act, though
she had successfully passed through tho
three preceding ones, says the Indian
apolis Star.
It Is not nn uncommon happening:
with stage people, lecturers and others,
nnd seems more likely to occur when
the mutter memorized hns been so often
repeated that forgetfuluess would ap
pear Impossible while Intelligence re
mained. The same thing happens in a less
marked and conspicuous way to a great
number of people, Its most common
manifestation . being forgetfuluess of
proper nnmes. A 'name ordinarily fa
miliar and Just about to be spoken will
vanish from tho mind nt the Instant
nnd be to the one about to utter It a
If It had never been. His consciousness
grasps at it In vain, and, as It were,
beats against a blank wall. It Is al
ways n disagreeable experience, this
momentary failure of the memory, and
sometimes extremely embarrassing.
Often It happens when the victim 1
FROM ANGEL PLATEAU.
about to greet an old acquaintance, or
when it Is desirable to Introduce two
men, each of whom he knows well.
Doctors do oot clearly uxplain this
occasional defect In the mental powers,
but those who experience it know that
it occurs when they tire especially
weary or overworked, and they may
therefore assume that It Is a form of
brain fag and as readily accounted for
as a Jameness of arms or legs. That
It Is most often displayed In connection
with proper names Is perhaps due to
the fact that these are each held in tho
memory by separate and arbitrary ac
tion and not through association, and'
are therefore most 4'asily lost. But
whatever the cause, the multitude of
persons who forget names will have a
sympathetic comprehension of the stato
of mind of the French actress when she
helplessly sought to find tho words of
her play.
Centrrl Tint rain t.
Judge You'd better be careful or I
shall commit you for contempt of court.
The Lady Don't be 'ard on me, yer
worship. I'm a-doln' me best ter con
ceal me feellu's. Tho Sketch.
'ot to lie EsDrcteU.
7 "Have you any Idea how many
pounds the shipments of teu received In
this country lu a year would total?"
"Of course not I'm not a tee-total-er,"Kausas
City Times.