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Dakota County Ilcrald DAKOTA CTIY, NEB. JOHN IT. IlEAlt, . . . rnbStohcT Anyway, mere are too many wild animals In Africa. There in a hint thnt Tuffs new horse Ml! be unpolled with reinforced con crete ribs. George Arte Is notv n metnler of the Rational Institute of Arts and let ter ! Gee ! To he a Rood conversationalist Is well, but to hn n good conversationalist ener Is Ixitcr. The river In Mammoth cave threat ens to fall in line with the rest of Kentucky and" go tlr. Coming down to n fine jxilnt. every body will agree we Khould have civil Service In taking the census. A hnchelor should he handled with rare. Tax him and yon virtually g4vc him a license to remain single. Von may not hank on the Judgment et ft volatile, light-hearted man. hut toi't he agreble to have around? Aunt Hetty Green Iins ns pood as Jironifsed her daughter that when she files she will not take her money with ber. With nw hundred thousand bache lors in the State of Texas, what, be comes of the theory that every Jack ims his Jill? The Methodist, Presbyterian and Lutheran churches of I'arkton, 8. I)., re talking of tmblnlng. This shows almost more than human intelligence. "It is surprising how niHny grown people there are who can't sjtell," re marks the Atchison Globe. And they re not all spelling reformers, either. When King Edward and Emperor IWlllluni met in Berlin each kissed the other on the cheek. The cable does not report that anybody was moved to tears. Suits against big corporations resem ble the storm clouds on the great plains; they are very large and black and emit great thunders, but nothing ever happens. Hetty Green's aon-in-law Is reported to be troubled somewhat by rheuma tism, but there Is no likelihood that he will be bothered much by gout If he Uvea with his mother-in-law. A Kansas woman wants a divorce be atiRe her husband compelled her to put on a pair of his trousers and work In the field. lie should at least have per mitted, her to have new treasers. Texas has a new law which provldefr that people who desire to get married In that state must give ten days' notice Of the fact. Hut what if they don't know It themselves ao long before? Tourists with money have so care fully ftvolded Bandit Italsull's neigh borhood that he has been reduced to accepting the governorship of a prov ince. To he sure there are taxes, yet a governor is handicapped wlere n bandit is not. The Cleveland leader tells a good tory, illustrative of business success, about a Swedish miner in tho West who was noted for always striking pay dirt. His fellows thought that there must 1m some secret to this unusual uecess, and questioned him as to how be always mxxveded In finding the siot where the gold cropped out. "Veil, Ay don't know ef Ay can tell nnytang 'bout dat," answered Ole. "Ay only know dat Ay yust keep on dlgglu'." The Karl of I,clcester, who died re cently, was known ns the "first farmer Of England." . On tho great estates which he Inherited from his father were first introduced methods of sclen ttile farming which have greatly bene fited English agriculture. They Include the four-course rotation in crops, tur nips, barley, clover, wheat and th 1lv. etock shows. The earl was Interesting uui omjr uh n luriuer, nut an an exam ple of longevity in a long-lived family. No less than one hundred and nrtwl even years separated the birth of the rather and the death of the son. ..! the son married his second wife one Hundred years after the father married ms nrsr. me rather of flu. ri .i. . - " n IJ V baa recently died headed a deputation rrom Norfolk to urge George 1H to ae- Knowledge tne Indepciuh . ()f the American colonies. He died Ht the age or ninciy, tne sou at the age of eighty wen. A certain philosopher declares that a woman is known by her mouth. Not by the words that Issue therefrom, but by the shape anil color of the lips, and the lines niul dimples that gather alwutt this important feature. He is supported in Ids theory by physlogn. Dilsts. who all endeavor to impress n Willi the fact that no woman with the small red lipped, "( 'lipid bow" mouth, So praised In song and poetry, was ever Intellectual or generous of heart; and It is consoling to those whose mouths re not In accordance with the lines of beat.-fy laid down by 1 1n- poet to be told that u "w ide, straight iiioulh, with strung while teeth" denote the woman of sllterlor Intelligence, goodness of J.rait. strength of mint! and a thousand and one olhe' sterling qualities, which we nil like ',1 tliluk we possess, says the New York Weekly. It la the fash Ion at present to hoc! the lips very fll.bi.'y apart. This 1 suppose!, to giso frit Innocent, wirtf.il. w-tiulorf ill ex-t.r.-.slnn li!ilru,i.'. t;i peculiar pmp fri.v of the liomi'ics t t eld fukhliuc-d lie .!:. hut which bicycle riding and k!:i 'red nuidcv:i ai'tu'ciieat j !:ae cuus td ti vanish. Th; re rcilly is nit!il;i in Chicago thnf a visitor c.iM.ot buy. Or, to be .t:t, there is u-.iiu'i lu thttia Hint pome ftbUglng fentlrman wearing large checked milt is not willing to sell to the visitor at a bargain. The latest bargains put before bucollo strangers are to be found In its collec tion of puWh; pnrks. It seems strange that the parks were not put on the market before, along with the skjscrsp ers, the stock yards, tho bronze Hons at the entrance to the Art Institute and the glided Dlnnn on the tower of the towering Ward Building. But it seems they were overlooked until an Iowa cattle raiser was seen ga.ing with enjoyment at the broad acres and the lagoons of Sherman Park, whereupon It wan tought to convince him that 11 park In the city was Jusf Mint every fanner ought to own. It would cost only $1,800 careful questioning having developed that to be the amount of the stranger's roll but, much to the dis gust of the prospe-tive purchaser, some meddlesome policemen came along and spoiled the deal by arresting the real estate agents. Beyond doubt aoinn other Western cattle raiser, learning of this latest outrage upou the prerogative of an American citizen to buy what he wants, will feel lmH!lcd to get even by going oh with a few hundred dollars and .purchasing Lincoln Park or the Lake Shore drive so quietly that the police will not know anything about it. Prosperity In the cattle buRlncs? and prosperity in the confidence indus try appear to be one and Inseparable If only they are relieved from the ln terferem of a paternalistic govern ment. SOME MARRIED MEDITATIONS. Only about one woman out of fifty cares for a genuinely clever man, nnd that one out of fifty usually looks like a wind-tossed bird's nest. When she can't possibly pick any other physical flaw in the pretty wom an whose looks you praise she says: But have ever noticed her per-fect-ly ee-nor-niouB feet!" If you want to see piety exemplified stjidy the saintly expression of coun tenance your wife assumes when she goes to church on a Suudny morning and you stay at home reading the papers. The man whom your wife Is always holding up to you as a superior exam ple generally is an iuvertebrate male who is perpetually apologizing to n hatched faced spouse for things he linsn't done. When you see her kiss and hug hrr departing female caller, and then, when the caller has gone, turn to you with a wry face and say, "Thank heaven, she's gone!" doesn't it sort of get you to guessing? If some wives only understood that they merely held their husbands by the brittle thrall of everyday habit, in stead of by the enduring leash of love, they'd be a heap more solicitous for their future welfare. No husband who likes peace Is going to observe to his wife, while she's en gaged in Binding her hair with tho curling irons, thnt it's funny all wom en's hair Isn't naturally -wavy like that of a girl he once knew. A borax-hauling burro of the desert has It forty ways on the gelatine aplned male biped, who, after committing In discretion with his eyes wldo open, blabs about them to his wife through what he calls a stricken conscience. The young woman whose ideal of manly beauty is the' Impossibly lovely lummox who illustrates, the clothing ads of the House of Splookeiihemer in the magazines generally marries some thing about as handsome as a string of dead catfish.; INK. Why That of Vii.lc-t Color la lai-d ljr Many I'rrnniii, A business niau who uses violet writ ing ink lu his ollice, and who la some thing of a reckless punster, on bclnt; once asked why ho did not use black Ink for his correspondence, replied with an abandoned chuckle that he wished his correspondence to be "In violet." Ills real reason, as is that of most persons who prefer this color, is a pructkal one. Violet ink, unless the How is unusually free, dries al most Immediately upon being put to paper, und thus saves the bother of blotting. Moreover, it stauds out well on paper of uny color, even its own, since, being a strong mineral ink, if it's good, 111 bronze green in it catches the light in the latter case and renders It distinct. Green ink has properties similar to those of vio let, and while it does not dry so rui Idly, it is always distinct and strong. For tiles reasons violet and green Inks often arc preferred to black or blue-black writing fluid." Writers who are Inclined to nerv ousness, and especially those whose thoughts run so fast, ahead of their scribbling speed that they are fre quently obliged to stop and reread what they have written, should use a strong colored ink in preference to a pale-black Ink, even when the latter dries afterward to a deecr black, as so many good black Inks do, Tho pale ness of the llrsi Impression on the paper Is an annoyance to nervous writers; there seem so thing in effectual alsiul the apeiirai!cu of the writing to them, sub-i-ousclou though it be, and any added discomfort of the kind tends to interrupt and impair the tlow of thought. Bed ink Is used prop, erly for emphasis, ruled lines and or namental purposes only; reading o much willing lu red Ink, es;eclally on white paper, Is bad for the eyes and aggravating. When one realizes, as those persons do who are obliged to read let let s from cranks of all class., that tlie use of colored Inks and paper i one of the mi st frequent Indications of a disordered uiliid. It is not strango that the orilluiiry blink Ink of com merce continues to hold chief place In written correspondence to say noth ing of Its Uing the cheapest. After pulling his best foot forward many a man has had bis leg pulled. 1,4.1a of men know how they could gel i ik-h. If other lucu wouldn't butt In. LONDON IMPHOVINO. Irunkrnrai In Not Now So Mrkr4 Kratnrf of Ita Slrrela. There Is one thing uIkmiI the street f Io:ulon that strikes one this year pf grace ns being the harbinger of a London both greater and mora glori ous for the years that are yet to lie, writes a correspondent. Only a few years ago and the streets of this World Diet ropol Is bad a far different look as the revealer of the hablls and usages of the English people. One need not to look for evidences of drunken ness ; they were brutally common and brutally obtrusive. The streets told Ihe story of poverty's crime against Itself, the common London woman be ing as brazen and as shameless In tier drunkenness ms the common Ixmdon man. The saddest sight In all this uni verse surely Is a woman reeling at ihe bar of some public house, brutally ilrunk, with a baby at the breast, and this sight In this largest city of Chris tendom la4 puzzled the rest of the ivorld for many, many years. But Loudon has changed and la changing. The streets tell the story. A new order of things Is gradually revealing Itself nnd the outward signs :f this new order are to be seen In tho comparative absence of Unit which a few years ago was painfully common the typical Cockney in his cuis. On all hands one hears the word that the social habits of England among high and low are changing, and certainly the superficial evidence of the streets bears Interest to this. The seeming alarming physical decadence of Eng land and her recession In many indus trial lines from her former supremacy have at last alarmed and pushed con ceited, slow John Bull Into a reforma tory mood, and he Is evidently taking hold of himself with vigor und doing penance for Ids sins. A friend of the writer said the other flay, "Time was when the public house was the only public place available for the business man to retire nnd discuss any business mutter with a client; now we lo not think of this, for the multiplication of cafes, restaurants, and every imaginable place where one can chat indefinitely nnd get what one wants renders the old custom unnecea sa ry." England, with its concent rated life, its pervasive religiousness und Its vast training lu commerce and industrial ism, may yet overtake Itself and regain much of its surrendered ascendancy. SHORT METER SERMONS. Staice Hypnotism. Stage hypnotism ought not to be per mitted, for an entirely wrong Idea Is given and there Is no beneficial effect. But hypnotic suggestion Is a boon to many. Uev. C. F. Wlnblgler, Baptist, Washington. Mill Fniwrr. Manhood is measured by the amount of will power possessed by each Indi vidual, and that a man without this power Is of little force in the world. Bishop J. II. Vincent, Methodist, In dianapolis. nrl(tli "Willi Ile. It is our business to have Iiojh? for tho future and not ls'come pessimistic by living In the past. The world is not growing worse. Wo must be bright with hope, Uev. A. B. Meldrum, Pres byterian, Cleveland. ( nmrrrlllllam, The commercialism .of to-day crowds out the character of Christ. Just as the commercialism of 111k time crowded from the public Inn the parents of Christ. Bev. A. A. Atwood, Congrega tlonallst, (Julncy, Mass. The Worth While. To grow Is one ofthe laws of life. T have a .larger cotnprolienslon of life, to have a higher Ideal for one's life, to rise to the call of duty this Is worth while. Uev. W. B. Beauchump, Methodist. Episcopal. Iwmlsvllte. lOil.llrNH I.I to. It tcips n bit of real courage these days to prove by personal action thnt tirre Is Just one thing nobler than mak ing a living, and that is making n life that will live after fur funeral Is over. Bev. ,T. II. llobbs. Episcopalian, Ctlca, N. Y. Church I.llratnrr. Through church literature tho peo ples of remote corners, of the earth are lelng made citizens of the world. Sor did lives are being transformed by the gift of Ideals of heroism, integrity and devotion. Bev. Robert Gordon, Rap Ust, Milwaukee. Xrrvtnir lnklnl. B yourself, and he your best self. Make It your ambition to be of service to men in any adverse condition you may bo placed. You cannot be of ser Tlea to mnn will. out being of service to God.-Rev. V.'. II. Falkner, Episco palian. Boston. Soelol Itlshtrnaanraa. The church may help to raise the standard of social righteousness. Je sus began Ills ministry by arraigning the social and ethical standards of Ills time, attd by Inspiring men to live above Them. Rev. Caleb S. S. lutton, I'nltarlau, Brooklyn. Il-ari llnoyaner. We ikhsI to have something of tht buoyancy and joyousncss of life, health ful, normal life in our souls, ami until one brings himself under the Influence of ideals of truth and of beauty and of duty and or Cod ami of all those things that maUe up the Invisible re ligious environment, be can never know what elasticity of step means or buoy ancy of heart means. Rev. E. L. Pow ell, Christian, Umlsvllle. I- car. 1'ear clips men's wings s'id vents them from rlsug. It puts pre out their eyes ami prevents their seeing good, it prevents them from doing any thing. Men are afraid of dlseaie, of defect, of exposure. Haunted by feir tho garden of mini's soul Is turned into a graveyard, and the stones placed In that garden so that man may build himself a throne are made to Uar epi taphs and become headstones for graves. Rev. Nell Mcpherson, Presby terian, I nil In Nil polls. Some people can't enjoy a pleasaut day, they are so fearful that It la "weather breeder." HE HAD AN ABSENT FART. Areralt t.li.l to Slnrl luivjril la tJlorjr a "CarliiK, the riihllcr." "The son of a wealthy old friend of mine, being stne struck, Joined with n U-'2i :'u opera eoi: puny. I met lilm loallng and strutting about a hotel in Inilulh, Minn.," sahi the veteran actor to a repn seniailve of the New York Telegraph. "'Come over to the opera house and see the show,' fmIiI be. "I went, but I saw no sign of this young man on the stage, nor was bis name on the program. Afterward I tnet him In the lobby of the hotel. "I did not recognize any of the characters as you,' I remarked. 'What part are you playing?' ""Why. I am playing the part of Carlos, the KicMlcr.' said he. " 'There was no such part.' "'Oh. yes there was. IMdn't you not Ice how they talked about him? In the first net. In order to get the chorus off stage, didn't the souhrette put her bands over her eyes, look off L. 4 E. and say: "oh. girls. Carlos the Fiddler Is going to hate a dance on the green; let us hasten of we will miss It?" Then burst into song and skip ofT? You bet they did. "'Then again. In the second act, when the bell Is tolled without, don't the prima donna say: "Hark that bell! That bell can stand an awful lot harking, for who Is pulling the rope but. Carlos the Fiddler?" "That is true, young man, but they only talk about you. You do not show yourself on the stage during the whol? performance.' "'I am aware of that, but you must remember I am as yet a raw recruit, still I feel I am on my way to fame and glory, though the path may be strewn with thorns.' "Oh. If the hope and optimism of youth could be with us in our later years," sighed the veteran actor. Aim Fool I woke up 'ast night with n start. I dreamed that my watch was gone. Drool Well, was It? Fool No, but it was going. An English lecturer on chemistry said, "One drop of poison placed on the tongue of a cat Is sullielent to kill the strongest num." "And does your husband still think you the an angel?" "Oh. yes! At least lie seems to taluk I don't need any new clothes." Plck-Me-Cp. Knlcker Wouldn't you like to wake up and find yourself fniuous? Bocker I'd rather be so famous I wouldn't have to wake up. New York Sun. Tom What was that sentence the choir repeated so often during the lit any? Ijiura As near as I could make out it was "We are all miserable sing ers." Clara That man who Just passed was an old flame of mine. Kate In deed! What happened between you? Clara Oh. he dared up one day and went out. "A fool and his money are soon parted." quoted the pessimist. "Yes," rejoined the optimist, "lint It's worth while being a fool to have tho money to part with." Loafer the First I thought this yer unemployed fund was for charity. Loafer the Second So It. Is. Isn't It? loafer the First It ain't. It means work. The Sketch. "I can not tell a lb'," declared the eminent magnate. "You don't have to," urged his eminent counsel. "Just say that your mind is a blank on that sub ject." Louisville Courier-Journal. "What are the names of that young couple next door?" "We won't be able to find out for several weeks. They've Just been married, and he calls her Birdie and she calls him Pet tie." Suburbanite (to visitor) Oh, how are you? t'ome right In. Don't mind the dog. Visitor But won't he bite? Suburbanite That's Just what I want to see. I only bought that watch dog this morning. "So you have mimed your little girl Investigation? Yes." "Isn't that a queer name?'' "Well, we read every day of some rich man courting Investi gation and we shall want our daughter to marry well." The Artist's Wife (In a whisper) There's someone knocking. Jack. Shall I open the door? The Artist No; It's Jabls'r's knock. It's a special knock I gave him, so I wouldn't let hi in in by mistake. Life. "All writers are not impractical, are they?" "Oh.no. t ine man will write a Joke and sell it for fifty cents. Anoth er will write a comic opera around it and draw $'(,( H) in royalties." Louis ville Courier-Journal. O'Brien Oh. but me daughter's the slimart girl. She set two min flghtln' for her band. Landers And she mar ried the winner? O'Brien Begorry, no! she married the one she, could lick alslcst. Boston Tiauscrlpt. "Give woman the credit she de serves," the suffrage! le cried, "and where would man be?" "If she got all the credit she wanted, he'd be In the pootiioiiso," sneered a coarse person 111 the rear of the hall. Stray Stories. "Pa. will you please tell me what a financial genius Is';" ".v financial ge nius, my child. Is a man who cm spend money that lie has never had. and which the people who think they are getting II will never see." Chicago tectird -Herald. hat Mm Wuutcil lu Srv. English l 'lerg.Muan - And when yot arrive lu London, my dear lady, don't fall to see St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey. F.:lr American You bet. pu rattle those off sure; but what I'm- heeu hankering to see, ever since I was knee high to a grasshopper. Is the Church, of Engrain!. A girl should be given an u I low a lice every week, if it ly not mora than ."si lints, li will te"h her how to handle the great sums entrusted Uj her care when she marries. GREAT WEALTH AND HAPPINESS. By Andrew Larnegic. r-. Beyond a competence for old age, jGiJ'. which need not be great and may f 1 ,rv l JJv than Increases 5 M Millionaires who JM- AXniiEW CARXEOir,. i tie deplorable r.imlly quarrels which so often a til let the rich gen erally have their rise lu sordid dif ferences about money. The most miserable of men as 'old age ap proaches are those who have made money getting their god; like Hies on the wheel, these unfortunates fondly believed they were really driving It. mi!y to find whon tired and craving rest that It Is impossible for them to get off, and they are lost plenty to retire upon but nothing to retire to. and ko they end as they began, striving to add to their ust less boards, passing Into nothingness, leaving their money behind for heirs to quarrel over. Gigantic fortunes, lu the nature of things must be fewer and harder to bul'd up in the future than In the past. Most great enterprises are now In the corporate form. The writer knows hut one man now In active busi ness who is likely to have an exceptionally large estate, and the foundation of that was laid more than half a century ngo by the purchase of timber lands which have Increased enormously In value. Meanwhile, our Immed'. ate duty Is to distribute surplus wealth to the best of uur abilities in such forms as we believe best calculated to iniprovo exh ting conditions. We must all learn the great truth that only competence is desirable, almost nec essary, wealth non-essential, and when it does come It is only a sacred trust to be administered only for the gen eral good. VACCINATION FOR TYPHOID. By Typhoid fever is one of these distinctively human Infectious diseases for which pre ventive vaccinations have been attempted. The results are of general interest because of the widespread prevalence of this fever. PfelfTcr and Kolle reported In ISlitt the phe nomena following the Injection Into man of the bacillus typhosus killed by heat. Their most Important observation was that these In jections imparted to the blood of human beings specific bacteria-killing prepertics, just as they protected guinea pigs against fatal doses of the bacillus. Taking advantage of the almost certain epidemics of typhoid fever in military camps. Sir E. A. Wright In stituted Mi extensive test of nntl-typhuld vaccine among the British soldiers in the Boer war. The vaccine con sisted of cultures of the typhoid germ grown in broth for several weeks and then sterilized by heat and an Japan has thirty-two time piece fac tories, which turn out annually goods valued at uearly $SiX,(HKl, the latest figures being 200,75)2 standing clocks, 441,7". hanging clocks and 23,nlO watches. Prof. Louis Agasslz, many years ago, first announced that the ice sheet, or glacial tlow, at the northwest of Maine could not have boon less than a mile deep; while later geologists have con firmed his statement, adding the more recent conclusion that the ice was of that thickness at least over the larger part of New England. From calculations made by Prof. H. C. Wilson, which are quoted in Nature, there seems reason to suppose that the conditions under which llalley's comet will return to us In 1!H0 will be much the same as those under which it ap peared in lotiiS. It was then one of the grandest objects which ever ap peared in the heavens, and made a tre mendous Impression upon the medieval world. A great ileal of atteution has recent ly lieen given to the cultivation of rub ber, on account of the continually in creasing demand for it. Prof. Francis E. Lloyd points out that "the inelvt able struggle of man with nature" lias already manifested itself in this new field. Already a considerable n umber of parasitic enemies have been discov ered, "whose energies appear to be largely concentrated upon cultivated rubtier trees." It Is another problem for science to deal with. The growing Industry of extracting aluminum has stimulated the search for water power in the British Isles, because the extraction of aluminum Is bo expensive that only low cost power can lie economically employed. In this respect Scotland, with its mountains, is coming to the front. The water power plant at the falls of Foyers, In Scot land, has bit heilo been the largest In Great Britain; but now a still larger plant, at Kililoehleveu, utilizing tile rainfall over a tract of square miles, is about to be put Into operation Vr the production of aluminum. Its nine hydraulic turbines, each of 3.2(H) brake horse power, are the largest water wlui'ls lu Ihe British Isles. Prof. Edward I Nichols, In his ad dress as retiring president of I lie Amer ican Association for the Advancement of Science, used these suggestive sen tences: "With the development of the doctrine of energy has come the con viction of an end or the world, inevita ble, as the death of the Individual Is inevitable. In neither ease, however, Is longevity to lx regarded as neces sarily beyond human control." Profes sor Nichols then went on to say that biologists are lieglnniiig to intimate the IKisslbility. remote but thinkable, of a considerable extension of the term of bodily life, and that it Is ispuillv con ceivable that the human race may so modify and control conditions as great ly to prolong lis career. The means to this latter end. he mdiealed. are the checking of wastefulness affecting ani mals, the soil, the forests nod the Ft reams; the solution of the problnn presented by the gradual exhaustion of nature's supplies of coal and iwtroleuw. and the search for ways to utilize, la the form of mechanical energy, the radiation of the sun. Don't stay up all night Ixvause you can't learn it all in one day. wealth lessens rather beoinn tin iiii'iicks laugh are rare. GRAVE DANGER Dr. J. C. Torrey. ONE OF OUR v. r -': s 1 us ''I Hi . t i aaataalaiBvftMJpsaa THE MAN OF LA CHAPELLE-AFX-SAINTS. It is not the artist's Intention to depict merely a type of prehistoric innnr but the actual man whose skill! was found recently in the Department of Correze. Taking the bones of hie skull, and recognizing to the full the lawa of anatomy, Mr. Kupka lias covered the bones with the muscles necessary to them; and, still bound by the rules of anatomy, has given the face the expression it must have worn. The remarkable prominence of the suikt cillary arches, the width of '.he nose nnd its flatness, the absence of chin, are all evident in the skull. Tlie man must have been alsnit rt years of age, was 1 meter lit) in height (about 6 feet li inches), and could not assume the upright position of the superior races, although his knee-pan. unlike that of the monkey, was lu front, and be was more upright than the ape. His iegs were short; 1 iitalned bis food Irregularly and with dillU ailt.v ; and could not have been fat. The illustration shows htm emerging ti the cave that gave him shelter, in which lie died and In which his precious remains were found. With the aid f Mr. Mim-cllln i-'oule, Mr. Kupka lias reconstructed the sctnery in which this ferocious ancestor of ours lived. Our drawing can fairly claim to be the first that has shown with anv s- ientiti.- eert-ilnty prehistoric man in his habit as lie lived. We reproduce It bv arrangement with Lillustration" of Paris, to whom the cre-tit of the reproduction la due, Illustrated London News. FLOATING SLUM OF CANTON. VYhf-re the I'uiir of 11 l.rent t'hliieie t'ltr Live. Stand beside tlie Imperial custom house at Canton and let the eye range down the river toward I long Kong. As far as the sight can reach lie boats, boats and again boats. There are no ordinary craft, mere vessels of trans port pl.viug hither and thither, but the i ouuilcss homes of myriad Chinese. lu which millions have been born, have lived and died. They lire the dwellings of t. very poor, who live In lliem pra.tieal l.v free from rent, taxes ami I be other burdens of the ordinary cltl.en. Thei'ankia (which mums bout dwell erst, as lie- tleiib.eus of these floating houses are called, form a sort of caste apart from the rest of the Cantonese. The shore dwellers regard them us be longing to a lower social order, and Indeed they hae many customs pecu liar to themselves which mark lliein as a se-rate coMiiumlty. II. w the swarm ing masses of them contrhc to supirt existence Is a mystery, but their chief antiseptic. Thousands of soldiers were treated wltH standardized amounts of Ibis vaccine. As to wh.'thef the results Justified tin trouble and disagreeable iffectg. of the treat incut there !s great diversity of opinion. The statist Us of the British war ollice were considered unfavorable, and the prophylactic Inoculations have l'eii officially discontinued. Wright has claimed that tli general results were favorable, and In this opinion h Is supported by the majority of the medical men win followed the experiments. Metscb.nlkoir has placed the great weight of his Judg ment In favor of the utility of a continued trial or.tha prophyhii tic. According to Wright, the most exact data are those in regard to the army men Isolated at tha siege of Ladysmith, and here there were only one-eightti as many cases among the vaccinated as among the un vaccinatcd, with the mortality very much lower in tha former. Wright lias found that especially good protec tion Is afforded by two successive vaccinations. He now Injects si.bcutancously in the first dose about l,tHK,txK) dead typhoid bacilli, and In the second, given approxi mately n week later. H.Oon.iioO. Harper's. OF THE TOO-FOND MOTHER. By Edith Shackleton. When n woman declares: "I am complete ly bound up in my children," or, ' I have no interests outside my home," a chorus of coiu UHiidutlon of these callous confessions arises. This overdeveloped maternal Instinct, with its almost invariable accompaniment of snob bishness, is Just as dangerous to the nation's welfare as the overdeveloped self-preservntlve Instinct that impels men of the Rockefeller type io seize nnd hold everything that happens to be knocking around, and there is no place for either of them In the true democracy. The havoc that inn be wrought by a single specimen of the fond mother Is instanced In history, and has In spired at least one great novel. All the misery and tragedy in "Trilby" came through a fond mother of the malignant tjpe. Tills specimen said she was acting for the good of her child. To make this statement Is one of the creature's habits, though she really has not tha faintest notion of what really Is the "good of her child.' Thr. npplovrd methods of dealing with the fond moth er nuisance arc educational rather than destrueUve. It Is possible that none is past redemption. Even an no tive one may be led into ways of grace by being set t consider her offspring. Let her carefully note their re semblance to her husband's sisters (whom she possibly loathes) or to her own great-uncle, who disgraced the family a generation ago. Let her consider how much of them resembles no ono vise at all. Then she will begin to realize how small a share is her own; that her child Is n member of the human family; not a gift, but a se rious charge. When old English was new, by the way, the word "fond" meant foolish. FIRST ANCESTORS. 4 IN- ( i - f 1. i ' i mode of employment Is In carrying met chandise and passengers rrom pla.-e t(J ,',:"''' 1,1 s ' eases the daughters ol the family p, ..si,,,,,. , .(.k , f,( torlcs, ns do the girls of other -.im. Hies: but the year's earnings of a Chi nese factory Kv ,,!,; si-arce suifiee t '"'.v a slugh. hat for her Western si t' r. of course ns against this low rat "f pay the standard of living is cor re. spondingiy different. The bouses which make up these vast oo.iung slums are of nil sizes. Some are nut t.-, r,M,t 11Uj, rr(mi thesq eraiiiKd ilinieiisious, however thcji rang- up to a length or 7 or CO feet A Ix.at large enough to a.-i-ominodate a f:"""-v "'' 1 lerate size can be obtained f'T ami Min.-. the anchorage is free It Is obvious that the Tanklii effect many mi vines Impossible to the Klw,r. dweller. - lady's liealtn. II unittroua Foot pud. Circassian Girl So you were held up. eh 7 Why didn't j.u ask the high. aymnn to spare you? Living skeleton I did Uud he said,. "You are spare euoiwh.' I