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WOULDN'T GO TO SCHOOL. Onca there was a llttlo boy Who wouldn't go to school, He wouldn't stud)' .'rtthmotlo Nor learn a single rule. And now he's nueh a stupid boy That folks all call him "FooL" The Sheffield Tray IS POWER BEHIND THRONE revolutionists. That such was th outside policy, Lltnantour pointed out, clearly Is proven by the concentration of the United State regulars In Texas. There must bo an abandonment of the reign of the mailed flat, this traveled minister argued, and efforts made at solution through the velvety hand of diplomacy and compromise ! It seems likely that Lltnantour has seized the real Bcoptor, Not that Dlaa for the pretest will relinquish tho chief office, but that the old "king" haa bees made to realise his weakness and has "abdicated" to a new sort of domi nation. , Mexicans here say that Lltnantour has been working to this end foi several years. NEW SENATOR James A. O'Oorman, a justice of the New York supreme court since 1000 and a prominent member of Tammany, 'was elected United States senator frees New York to aucoeed Chauncey M, Depew, breaking the deadlock that had existed for months. The new sen ator haa beea one of Tammany's fore Moat orators for 80 years, having es tablished his reputation as a public speaker In Its. Interest when, n the age of twenty-one, his oloquonco Is credited with having oavod a doubt ful assembly district. gesator O'Oorman was born on the lower West Side of New York city on May 6, 1860. He Is the son of Ellen and Thomas O'Qortnan, and married Anne M. LeelH in New York on Jan vary 3, 1884. They have nine children, eves daughters and two sons. At the as of seventeen, Mr. O'Oorraan en tered the College of the City of New York and later attended the Universi ty of New York Law School, was grad uated and entered at the bar in 1882. In 18D8 he was elected a Justioe of tha municipal court and in 1899 was elected a Justice of the supreme court for a term of 14 years from January 1, 1900. flowing his eleotion to the United States senate, Mr. O'Oorman gave eut a statement in which he said he stands for immediate downward revision ef the tariff; reciprocity with Caaada, the parcels post, fortification of the Panama canal, direct eleoUon of United States senators and the federal In seme tax. He also urged rigid economy in government expenditures and to Deposed to "all special privileges and private monopoly; to the new national Ism aad to the eentrallsatlng tendencies of the Republican party.' , ECUADOR'S NEW PRESIDENT I twtfy-one yemrs of ago who la ablt to read and write. The local adralnls trators, from the governors of the provinces down to the lieutenants of th parishes, are all appointed by the president and removed at his discretion DONATES LAST Three hundred thousand dollars was the ninety-first birthday gift of Dr. Daniel K. Pearsons, the grand old man of Hinsdale, 111., to the colleges and missions he calls his children, The Chicago philanthropist Is happy now that he has fulfilled his determination to give away all of his fortune before aeath. In all be haa paid what ho ee.ll "debts to the world" of approxi mately 16,000,000. All that now re mains of his once great fortune is the modest resldenoo whero ho lives, Talued at 130,000, and this Is destined to go before the owner's death. Here is the aged doctor's philosophy: I have had a lot of fun. I am not a. dollar poorer for the million I have gtvee away. I have had' all I wasted to eat and 4rik and wear. I eould not wisely have spent aaether dollar oti myself. As fer the money I have given away the giving has made me richer, hap Ur. My eoileges are y children. I BMWg them. Every cent I have gives away haa stogie gift I weuM take hack. The best I hare ever gives was the 810,000 I gave to Derca college. Tti XeaUeky mountains bree mm of the Lincoln type. Education counts there. x-eepie won i rememner me or aay of us long, you knew, and need net tmi my children, my eollcgw, will sm4 light dowa the centuries. As the Mexican crista Is now viewed In Washington, tbo modorii power oZ money la combating the ancient pow or of militarism. Tha best authorities on Mexican af fairs hero declaro that Lltnantour, backed by European and American flnnnclorn heavily Interested In Mexi can properties, forced tlio resignation of tho Dlae cabinet, and Is now him self seeking to bocome tho real dicta tor of Mexico, Fresh from his conferonco with the moneyod masters of tho world, both hero and abroad, Lltnantour carried an ultimatum to Diaz and his associ ates. It was, simply, that there must bo pcaco In Moxlco. Tho holders of Mexican Investments, totaling toward two billion dollars, powerful In their home government, would not stand by while Diaz, with conscripted armies, plunged the country Indefinitely into a state of anarchy, while battling the FROM NEW YORK Senor Emlllo Estrada was elected president of the Republic of Ecuador. He will bo Inaugurated on August 10, 1911, succeeding the present Incum bent, Gen. Elroy Alfaro. The presi dent of Ecuador Is elected directly for a period of four years. Tho Yicc-pres. Ident Is elected In the same manner, but two years after the election of president, sorvlng accordingly across two terms. The congress consists of two houses. Tho membera of tho seu ate (two for each province) are elocted directly for four years. The house of representatives consists of metnbors elected dlroctly for two yearn at the rate of one deputy for every 85,000 In habitants, with a deputy for every 1C, 000 inhabitants or more. The Indians, being practically in. a condition ol slavery, are unrepresented. Congress meets bl-ennlally, but can bo sum moned for an extra session by the president The voting franchise li rem t H rt u1 in auarv mtla nif.An l OF FORTUNE love them all There Is not a failurt done good. 1 know. Ther. u nnt FROM ALL ABOUT. A little girl from 'way down South, Once put her finger In hor mouth, . When suddenly sho had to cough. And bit her linger almost off. A llttln hn frnm 'wnv lit. Mn.th Who lisped, onco said; "I want a n horth y.nu tiiuuuiu mo uiai i can nuo With thord and plthtol by my thlde." A little girl from 'way down East, Attended onco a birthday fenst, And ate so long and much, thoy say, Tho doctor had to come next day, ' A little boy from 'way out West, Went out one morning, neatly dressed, In mud ha HllnDed from head to heels. And now "stands up to tako his meals." BRIGHT BOY CAN MAKE TOY Push Filer Swiftly Off Rod and It soars About Room for Some Time Most Amusing. Even tho toymakors have taken up tho crazo and the market Is flooded with nerlal toys. One of tho mos't amusing and one so slmule a brlctht boy can make it himself, is dovlsed by a Virginia man. Tho secrot of this toy lies In tho four-blndcd flier Itself, tho blades being twisted like those of a ecrow propellor or an electric fan. A long pleco of strong wire, or of twlstod wlro, for It must not bend easily, has a ring nt the bottom for thumb or finger. On this ring seta a Toy la Easy to Make. spool and on the spool rests the flier, which has a hole drawn over tfie wire. By pushing tho spool up swiftly the wings of the flier are set in motion by the air pressure, and as it flies off the top of the wire it soars grace fully around the room for some time. WHY HE ADMIRES GREAT MEN Small Boy Learns Something Easily About Washington and Lincoln and Gets Holiday Besides, The two latest holidays the birth days of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington have given the youth of tho country much information about thoso two great men. At all tho pub llo schools there wore exercises In honor of each and at some thore were tableaux of some of tho events of tholr lives. One small boy who Bpoke nbout the tableaux was asked whether ho learned much history at tho ex erciser. "Sure,'1 ho replied. "On Lincoln's birthday wo loarnod all ho did. Say, ho was shot In a noppory-houso by a man called now Wllkas Booth. Wo loarnod a lot moro about him, too. It's moro Intorestln' henrln the others speak than rcadln' It yoursolf, an' yor romomber bettor, Yestday we lonrnod nil about Washington. I guess I know all ho over did." "Do you look forward to tho ex ercises?" ho was asked. "Bet we do next day's a holiday." AEROPLANE DART IS POPULAR Addition of Wings That Has Been on Market for Years Increases Demand for Toy. Cyo of tho most popular children's toys In Purls nt tho present tlrao Is tho aeroplane grrow or dart shown In tho accompanying drawing. The same toy, minus tho wings, has been on tho market for a number of years, but the addition of the wings has moro than doubled Hs popularity. Tho dart Is projected by means of a Bprlng In the barrel, of tho pistol, It being com pressed whon tho end of tho dart Is Inserted, says tho Popular Mechan ics. The pulling of a trigger releases tho Bprlng and tho dart rushes on Its Ingenious Aeroplane Toy. Journey toward tho targot. Tho rub ber tip, which 1b hollowed out, cre ates a vacuum within Itaolf when It strikes tho targot and holds tho. dart tn place whore It strikes. The Cattail, The cattail of tho Amorlcan swamps Is almost exactly tfie same plant as tho Egyptian bullrush. It Is no longer used for making paper as It onco was, but from its root, is prepared an as tringent medicine, and Its stems are used for tho manufacture of mats chair-bottoms and tho like, ' That little boy, the very same wno wouldn't go to school. So, now, dc-ar little children, Ponder nn fhMn thtntra And gladly hurry off to school wnen mo school bell rings. FIRST OF THE WHEEL CRAZE It Began to Rage In United States as Long Ago as Year 1869 Velocipedes First. Mr. Frank H. Vlxotolly tolls "The Story of tho Whool" in St. Nicholas, Mr. Vlzetolly says: Tho Bprlng of 1869 found the wheel craze universal. Carriage-builders woro led to add to their factories plants for the manufactur ing of velocipedes. Over one thou sand of thoso machines woro turned out every week, while orders were pouring. In by tho tens of thousands. To quoto from a newspaper of about that time: "As an Indication of the extent to which tho manufacture of velocipedes was carried on, it may be mentioned that Mr, Calvin Witty, the purchaser of tho Lallemont patont, em ployed tho resources of seven large carriage-makers, and kept tholr estab lishments buBy day and night. Ho had Bovcnty men at work In ono establish ment In Now York, and ho also kept men nctlvoly employed In two fac tories in Connecticut, ono In Wash ington, Del., and one In Newark, N. J." But few peoplo had oxpoctod that the mania for this new style of wheeled vehicles would bo so great. Among the earliest who exhibited their skill on the voloclpedo in public woro the Hanlon brothers. Thoy used a aomowbat clumsy type of wheel from France. These, at best, were but heavy things, which were soon im proved upon by American makers. Schools for teaching learners to ride were quickly opened; and that of Frank Pearsall, the well-known New York photographer, was perhaps the first of thoee. His school was on the corner of Broadway nnd Twenty-sec ond street. Together with his broth er, he turned out upwards of three hundred well-taught riders within two months. Threo months later nearly fifty bicycle-schools thrived in New York and Brooklyn. These schools vied ono with tho othor in high-sounding names. Ono was tho "Amphlcy- clotbeatrus," another tho "gmynocy clldlum," etc. Tho cost of tuition was fifteen dollars each; but this amount carried with it tho right to uso a velocipede and to practlco in the hall for one month. NOT A HEALTH FADDIST. Mr. Brown Ah I want to nhnvnl off tho snow, oh? Well, It's lino, healthy work, my llttlo man. Tho Kid I ain't doln' It for mo health. I'm doln' It fer flvo cents. A Storehouse. In the old birds' nests that are placed near the ground In shrubs and Bmall trees close to hazol nut bUBhos and bitter swoct vines In tho country you will otton find a handful of hazel nuts or bitter awoet berrlos. Thoy wore put there by the white-footed mlco and tho meadow mtco that visit tbeso storehouses regularly, A white- footed mouse will often cover a bird's nest with flno dried gross and Inner bark and mako a nest tor lteolf. Flanders Babies. Did you know that. In tho leht. eenth century, almost all dolls were mndo by tho chlldron of the Nnthnr. lands? They weren't called dolls then, nut "titnacra babies" Instead. There used to bo an old English noun. let which run thus: "The children of Holland take pleas ure In making What the children of England take pleasure In breaking." I ? By TEMPLE BAILEY (Copyright, igti, br "I don't want a wooden tray," Pat terson said. "I want to be euro when I sot my tea cup down thnt I'm not going to leave a mark. It's all very well for you careful housowtvcB, who have tlrao to polish your mahogany. But I have to leave such things to my man, so I'll take a metal one, please, If you con find It for me." "Careful housowlvest" Mrs. Car rlngton reproached him. "Can any one be a careful housewife who llvos In nn apartment of two roomB?" "Well, you keop overythlng shining and perfect," Pnttorson told her. "It's an index of the way you would manage a big houso." "But I don't want to mnnago a big house," Mrs. Carrlngton protested plaintively. "For so many years I lived in a barn of a place." Sbo shud dered. Patterson spoke quickly. "But love wasn't there. It wouldn't have seemed barn-like if your husband had been congenial." "Please" Mrs. Carrlngton hold up her hands in a llttlo genturo of on- treaty "Please, we won't talk about it" Patterson kept robolllously silent. He bated tho attitude of her widow hood, which mado hor forget tho faults of her husband and remember only his vlrtuoa. Everybody know that Carrlngton had been a brute, that MrB. Carringotn bad suffered, and that death had brought her re lease. "It Is so cozy hero," she Bald hur riedly, "and I picked out Just tho things I loved best from my bite house. The old mahogany was my mothers. The booku were a part of my father's library, and tho pictures I selocted myself." Patterson noticed that thore wasn't ono article of her husband's choosing. "Whore did you get your tray?" ho asked abruptly. "This!" Mrs. Carrlngton moved tho fragile teacups bo that the oval of pollBhod mahogany could be seen at its best It bad a rim of metal and an Inlaid star in the middle. "My husband gave It to me. We bought it at an auction In those first days " Her volco faltered. "I have kept It because It marked the high tide of romance. I remember tho dim store with Its array of antiques, and the auctioneer's droning voice. Arthur wanted me to have this tray. He really pald-a fabulous sum for it, far In excess of its value." "He had money," Patterson said bitterly. "Yet hero I am limiting you to a paltry $15." He hesitated, then plungod In hotly: "But, after all, why should we have such a multipli city of trays, when, If you could only see it my way, we might share our belongings for tho rest of our lives." "Don't," she begged. "I am glad to have your friendship, and It pleases ine that you should ask me to help you furnish your little apart ment but I cannot share It I want to be free." Patterson Btood up. "I know," he said. "Your husband made you feel thut marriage was bondage, but It would be different with mo." "Oh," she smiled up at him bright ly, "let us just bo friends, and I'll help you pick out your old mahogany and your brassos and your rugs, but you mustn't expect anything more of me." When Patterson went bock that night to his bacholor home he was depressed with tho futility of his ef forts to make It comfortable. On his return from the Philippines he had been full of enthusiasm over his plans for comfortable living. Ho bad talk ed of tho superiority of masculine housekeeping, and bad congratulated himself UDon tho nossession of a Japanese servant who coull be more to him than wife or housekeeper. Then he had found that Rita Car rlngton was free, and Immediately the sense of tho glory of his bachelor es tate had departed. All his life he bad loved Rltu, but she had chosen Car rlngton, and the rejected suitor had gone away to find forgettulness in a far country. He had discovered that he could hold Rita's friendship best by means of practical things. She would not talk of romance, but she would talk of rugs and antlquos and mahogany, hence he hod commissioned her to buy blm many things. It gave him the opportunity to talk to her over the telephone and to call on her fre quently. They had many things In common, such aa, samovars, andirons, candlesticks and Are screens. It wau at ten o'clock tho next morn ing that Rita called him up about the Sheffield tray. "Whero do you think I have found one?" ah naked. "Not at nn auction house this time, but In an English family. The Janitor told mo about it: the woman won't sell It without her husband's consent Ho will be at home tonight, and I want to go there. Will you go with mo?" Patterson jumped at the chance. "At seven o'clock sharp. Is that too early?" It really seemod that tho husband ate a seven o'clock supper, and went to bed soon after. His wife thought they had better come before sleep overcame him. "He's not anxious to sell. It," Rita stated. "He may need a little coax ing." They yeat ea the trolley oar, Pat- Auoclttsd Literacy Pre.) terson would bavo had a taxi cab, bat Rita protested. "Wo want all of your spare money for that Sheffield tray, sho told him, "and you're not rich." "You needn't rub it in," Pattersc remarked Sho laughed. "I'm not rich, elther, sho told him. "Arthur's money went, you know; bad investments and all' that." "It isn't any wonder, Rita, that after the luxury of your life you don't want to come down to my level," Pat terson said. She flashed a reproachful glance at him. "You know it isn't that; I am; afraid afraid that our romance might end as tho other one did." Then Patterson's anger flared, "Why should you Judge me by him?" ho demanded. "Aren't all men alike?" she anked. Thoy found the young Englishman at bis very hearty supper. Mrs. Carrlngton brought up tha subject of the tray somewhat timid ly. "Wo heard that you had one, and wo are very anxious to see it" 1 "It Is an old family piece," the! young man said. "I'd never sell It, but ray w'lfe thinks It is best" Tho little roBy-cheeked womaa camo to her own defense. "Wo need the money," she Bald, "because wo are buying, a house, and it is to bo our home, and I'd rather have that than all the trays in tha world." Her husband brought his fist down heavily on tho table. "That's right" ho said heartily, "the girl and I need a home, and we are going to have It" "You see," the little wife explained eagerly, "wo found a little white house In tho suburbs, and I had soma money saved up, and he had soma money saved up, and we made a payment, and In the spring we are going to move into It, and we're going to have roses On the porch and a garden with our own vegetables, and maybe somo day we'll keep a cow." "You havo never seen such a girl' for flowers," the young husband told them, "I believo she could make them grow In tho desert" The supper was almost forgotten as the homely llttlo couple told of their plans and aspirations. Then, a llttlo later, a transfer was made, a cheok went into the young husband's pocket, and Patterson wont away with tho tray under his arm. As thoy walked through the dark streets, Rita said softly. "Think what life means to them." "Think what it might mean to us," Patterson answered, looking down at her. "Did you notice tho way they spoka of home?" Rita asked. "Yes, It means something to then besides mahogany and old brasses. Oh, Rita. Rita, aren't we wasting our lives over things that don't count?" . For the first tlmo she admitted, "Perhaps." Patterson had a sudden Inspira tion. "Let us send that young couple your tray for a house-warming present Then you can pat aside old memories and we will begin over again. We will find a bonse in tha suburbs, Rita, and put our mahogany and rugs and brasses in it, and my Shoffleld tray shall have Its place ont your sideboard, not on mine, and you shall serve tea to me every after noon from It and it will be home." And Rita, enraptured by the pic ture he had painted of domestic Joys breathed a little sigh and whispered,' "Yes, it will be home." The Real Difference. "What Is the real difference between! the classes and the masses?" asked o man at tbo club lunch; and several definitions wero handed out "I Baw In tho paper this morning," the observer said, "In a police court case, a wife described her husband as. a good man because he always brought homo his wagos." There, one thinks, Is a real distinc tion. The good husband of a certala social standing brings home his wagea and receives from his wife a small amount for pocket money. in that case the wife is the financial export, and looks carefully after her hus band's pockets. And against that there is the other system, where tha wife hsB her pocket money and doeun't know bow her husband spends the rest. It Is a real distinction and' one would like to know how Mr. Rock efeller would have fared if ho had al ways pourod his wages into his wife's lap. London Chronicle. Why They're Short. "Marriage," Bald George Ade, at a dinner In New York. "Is a wonderful thing." Mr. Ade laughed a cynical bachelor's laugh. "Marriage," be went on "changes people bo. I met a man the other day who had recently married, and ha looked so different that I said: " 'Why, my boy, I thought you wore tall. But you're shorter than when I saw you last You aro actually short now. "Yes, I am short,' he returned. 'I've married and settled down, you know.' " Alaskan Roads. Alaska now has 2,408 miles of wag on roads and trails. 1