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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Waste of forests Mean Ruin.
IID Deon.e of the United States can derive an
& a 4 object lesson from Brsr.ll a to the climatic
B effects produced by the dost ruction of forests.
the fact that trees make the weather.
In northern Brazil largo states hare been
brought to the verge of ruin through the devas
tation of the timber lands. United State Consul General
6ceger at Rio do Janeiro calls attention to the chronic
routbs and torrefactlon In the states f Rio Grand do
'Norte and Ccara, where the parched country has brought
uch suffering that relief measures have been put In opera
tion by the government. The consul geenral points out
bat the situation there can be definitely traced to the
wanton destruction of the timber, once abundant In those
teglons. Now the states are being depopulated, and des
olation reigns where once nature offered every Inducement
to the settler.
The United State In recent years has taken steps to
ward the protection of its forests, but the laws are still
far from stringent The government was. alow to awake
to the urgency of the matter. The waste of timber in this
country during the past fifty years has been almost beyond
belief. The continental railroads alone destroyed millions
f acres of forests. They slashed and burned recklessly
in building their linen, and their engines set fire to and
ruined vast areas. Settlers, with no thought of the future
Talue of the timber, added heavily to the waste. In one
way or another, the ruthless hand of the destroyer has
dene damage that enn be repaired only at the expense of
auany years.
The forestry department of the government is one that
hould be built up and strengthened by laws designed not
nly to foatr the growing of trees, but to protect the tim
ber now standing. Chicago Journal.
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We and Our Neighbors.
MMIGRATION is a subject of infinite possi
bilities. We had 039,830 immigrants lust year;
Cun..Ja had 128,000. Who la the more advan
taged? Of oura 005,000 came from the south
o Europe Latins and Slavs a class that all
authorities on the subject say is llttlo to be
desired. Of. Canada's comparatively small
amount 80 per cent camo from Great Britain, Germany.
France, Belgium, the Scandinavian countries and the
United State the best material In the world to build up
country and make It richer materially and morally. Not
the Idnd to people the slums of the cities, live from hand to
mouth, lncreaso the drain on pauper care, and, in largo
(art, to get out of the country when they bnva got all out
Of It that they can or want
' Canada bus millions of acres, and she is setting about
their disposal in a way to attract the good citizen. She
Hers, too, a stable government; peace, order and law,
where, alas, we have and offer turbulence and a liberty
that, becoming license, infringes on rights Hko a tyranny,
lis the great republic losing Its charm? Is the glamor pass
ing off? Our immigration total does not look Hko It. But
gain comes the question of quality. What boots It that we
, get the offscourings of Southern Europe and part with
some of our best blood to build up our neighbor to the
north, where fruits of their industry are absolutely lost to
US? indianapolis News.
The Cost and folly of War.
Ilia war in the far Enst. accord In a to the eoni-
Iputatlon St a well-informed newspaper of
B I Paris, is costing the Russian government nt
a I 1 ' . . 1 ACu ( M .1 w in.l .111. I oa t.
creasLng dally. If the war continues for years,
as the experts any it Is pretty sure to do, Rus
sia, will accumulate a burden of debt that will
rest heavily upon many future generations.
Of course, $1,000,000 a day Is not a surprisingly great
sum for a first-class power to puy for the conduct of a
war. Our war with Spain cost us considerably more than
that. But it was a short war and our financial condition
was very strong. Russia, on the contrary, has been throw
ing millions after millions since tho new policy with re
gard to the Asiatic portion of the empire was put into
operation. Nobody knows how much tho Trans-Siberian
railway has cost. But It Is an enormous amount; and tin
expenditures on Port Arthur, Dulny, I'arbin, Vladivostok,
and the other outposts have run Into the hundreds of mil
lions. Indeed, It was pretty well known to the Japanest
as well as to the rent of tho world that Russia's treasury
was In an extremely br.d way at the time war was declared.
But the $l,000,0i) n (My is, after all, only a small part
of the bills Russia h.. to face. Her louse of battleships
have meant the destruction of hundreds of millions of dol
lars' worth of property that-must be replaced, and the
prospective capture of her great towns with their arma
ments must make the Tzar's heart sick.
Considered as a plain business proposition, the war with
Japan does not seem to be a very good Investment Even
though Russia should win nt last, she will have to defend
her possessions more expensively than ever, and how many
years of ownership of Manchuria will be required to make
up her losses? Chicago Journal.
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Railroads in Darkest Africa.
T seems only the other day that explorers were
gaining fame by penetrntlng to regions of
Africa through which one may now ride In a
drawing room car. The other day the first
through train left Cape Town for Victoria
falls, on the Zambesi River, near where Liv
ingstone died, and on the edge of that region
tho exploration of which made Stanley famous. With the
opening of traffic of this southern section of tho Cape to
Cairo road half the plcndid dream of Cecil Rhodes a
dream which caused men of lesser minds to say that he
was touched with madness becomes materialized) into a
prosaic, working far t, a matter of freight rates, time tables
and tips to the l'ulman porter.
From the north one can now travel more than a thou
sand miles to where only a few years ago, "the fires of
hell encircled In the desert lost Khartum" na easily as one
can travel to Chicago, and south of Gordon's reclaimed
capital tho railroad Is creeping along the banks of the
Upper Nile. From Cape Town to Victoria Falls Is another
thousand miles, leaving something like 2,.'(K) miles more of
road to be built, but much less than that if use Is made,
as It will bo at first, of the long stretches of lnke navigation
available. A section of only 750 mllos will carry the south
ern stretch of the road to Lake Tanganyika, from the.
northern end of which a short aection will connect with the
head waters of the Nile.
Before we fully realize what is being accomplished, the
scream of the locomotive whistle will scare the infant Nllus
In his cradle and the realm of the Pharaohs find an outlet
along the shores where Table Mountain looks out toward
the Antnrltc seas. All the schemes of ambition cherished
by tho dead Egyptian kings hail no vision of expansion so
great as this. The dream of Cecil Rhodes was greater than
tho dreams of the Pharaohs. New York Press.
A National Peril.
IT ERIC Is more In tlip tnlernllnn nf rncnnt mitn.
" H I mobile performances on the highway than the
B I mere ignoring of the rights and the safety of
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slblo unless wo had forgotten part of the spirit
of our Institutions.
For Instance, It Is Impossible to avoid tho
conviction that the only reason some of the men who drive
racing machines escape gaol Is that they are conspicuous
in some way, generally the possession of a good deal of
money. The average man would serve n term behind tho
burs if he caused the needless annoyance and danger and
damage which these men do.
But If this is true, where Is the practical equality before
tho law of which we have boasted for years? And without
that what becomes of the basis 'of our system of popular
government?
It lanot merely In the matter of sport that the change
has come. It is commonly observed that It Is almost 'Im
possible to punish Individuals or corporations of a certain
prominence for some offenses. Between the complaint and
the exaction of the penalty there is almost always a way
of escape for these people, ulthough there would not be
for smaller fry. The exceptions are Jnst about. enough to
prove tho rule.
It Is a more or less clear perception of the fact which
causes much of the discontent which existing In Ignorant
men, takes queer nnd unreasonable forms, but Is none the
less founded In a certain degree of Justice, and which
among wiser men leads to apprehension of the future, un
less we con bring about n more general regard for sound
principles of Justice and for the authority of law against
one exactly as against another. Hartford Times.
OBEYING ORDERS, t
During the war with Spain 47,000
- soldiers wero at one time camped nt
Chlckamaugn awultlng orders f6r tho
Invasion of Culm. Some of the regi
ments wero uindu up of the finest and
most earnest young men of tho com
munities from which they cume. The
, exigencies of camp life necessitated
duties with which they had been un
familiar. From one cavalry regiment
two young men, cultivated, wca.ihy,
and graduates of colleges, were detail
ed to usrtlut in horseshoeing; und so
faithfully did they do their work that
within a month they were nblu to
tnuke aa good a horseshoe, and shoe a !
horse as well, as meu who had been
trained to the trade from youtu.
"It was not exactly what we had in
mind when we enlisted," suld one of
, them, "and it wus as near tho bnttle
fleld as we ever got; but It was our
way of serving our country then, nnd
we tried to do our duty."
A harder duty still was assigned to
another man in the same regiment.
The major detailed him to keep the
regimental canteen. Not only was he
total abstainer, but he was opposed
to the canteeu on principle, and in his
conversation with his comrades had
made no secret of his teellng in the
matter.
lie hotly resented bis assignment to
this hateful labor, and could easily
nave risen In rebellion at what seemed
.a gratuitous insult to his well-known
principles. But he said to himself that
t the responsibility for his assignment
X to the task rested with the major, but
tbe responsibility for the way in which
be performed bis duty was bis own.
Bo be took up the unpleasant work
mid not a little curiosity on the part
of bis comrades concerning the way in
which be would obey the major's or
ders. "I will give you the beer if you want
it" be said to the first man who asked
for a drink of beer, "but I have some
thing better here In the finest lemon
ade to be found in camp." Removing
. the cover, be disclosed a generous ves
sel filled to the brim with rich lemon
ade, and a large lump of Ice in the
middle. It was too tempting to re
sist, and the lemonade was purchased
Instead of tht beer. Before noon of
. the first day his lemonade was known
throughout the ramp, and the run upon
. t canteen was such that bs was kept
f T making more, and ba took paUii
' ) I 7 t-t onallty np to the mark.
The major camo by and saw how he
was conducting the place, but he rais
ed no objection. The men of the regi
ment understood the reason for sup
plying the lemonade, and although nt
first there had been some disposition
on the part of tho rougher ones to
make merry over tho uncomfortable
situation In which the young man had
been placed, even these came to ad
mire tho spirit i". which he obeyed or
ders, and they rallied to his support.
When his duties nt the canteen wero
over, he was found at the camp
Young Men's Christian Association,
helping lu tho religious work of the
regiment. But the popularity of his
lemonade proved so great as to de
mand a steady supply of it, and in
proportion as the lemnnndo was con
sumed, the sale of other drinks dimin
ished. The young soldier had obeyed his or
ders, und performed a task which his
soul despised, but he did it in a way
that helped to glvo nls regiment the
reputation of being one of tho soberest
and most orderly in camp.
HALLSANDS IS DOOMED.
ICnttll.h Village Is Falling Slowly Into
the Hcu.
Nestling under the cliffs about u
mile from Sturt point, on the east side.
Is a cluster of white cottages, which
forms the village of Hullaands, says
the London Graphic. Far removed
from a railway and separated from the
nearest point of tourist traffic by sev
eral miles of rough Itavoushlre lanes,
its main connection with modern life Is
the dally cart which curries era I is to
the station.
The village, which Is built close to
the sea, faces east, and is exposed to
the fury of easterly gules. Walls und
quays have from time to time been
built to prevent tho waves reaching the
houses and nature provided a safe
guard from the peril lu the shape of
fifty yards of pebble beach which the
gale rolled up ugulnst the quays and
so formed a natural embunkmeut to
preserve the walls and foundations.
All would, no doubt, have continued
to go well with the primitive spot hud
not the contractors for government
works at Keyham cast their eyes on
that bank of shingle. They persuaded
the government to let them use this
beach for their work, and for three
years every spell of fine weather
brought the dredgor to tho spot and
strings of lighters would go away
laden with the shingle.
In time the beach sank twelve feet
for a mil and a balf, leaving the
quaa tiposed. When bad weather
on mo the mischief done was apparent,
(i round swells swept the beach bare,
leaving little rocks. Soon the walls of
the quays began to suffer, nud then the
sen begnn slowly but surely to en
croach on tho shore, until house after
house hud to be abandoned because of
the damage done to them by tho force
of the waves that beat against them
unrestrainedly.
Every storm does furthor damage
and one of the lust Inroads inude by
the sea cut through the one street of
the village, the two sides t which are
now connected by n wooden foot
bridge.. A fund has been started to
purchase land on the top of tho cliff
ul tin back of the village, us n site for
a new village, for the old llnllsands
seems doomed.
The destruction of the fishing vlllngo
Is to be made tho subject of a lawsuit.
An owner of property there has Issued
a writ against Sir John Jackson, Lim
ited, the contractors for Keyham dock
yard extension works. Tho plaintiff al
leges that the defendants, by dredging,
r moved thousands of tons of shingle,
which formed a natural barrier against
the sen.
The admiralty and Sir John Jackson
subscribed $7.r00 toward a sen wall to
protect the vlllnge, but that hus been
partially washed uwuy.
Ilo ics l'p K.nrly.
"If you want to get cool lu these hot
days," said u mini who begins his dally
work at ." o'clock In the morning, "try
rising early.
"I get up nt about a quarter pnst 3
In the morning and get out Into the
open air Just before 4 o'clock, which Is
half mi hour before sunrise. It Is pret
ty nearly broad daylight then, and the
aspect of things Is cheerful, and the
transition from Indoors to the bright
cool outer air Is delightful.
'The atmosphere Is Just then at its
coolest, from Its longest freedom from
the wurinth of the sun, and It Is clear
and bright nud tonic. If you want a
breath of cool, fresh ulr lu the hottest
seiison get up and get out at 4 o'clock
In the morning." Chicago inter
Ocean. ,
Too Much to Expect.
Brookelelgh I don't know whaf
time it is.
Ascuin Iii't your watch running?,
Rrokeleigt I don't think so. I
could hardl;i expect the pawnbroker to
keep It won (id up. Philadelphia Press.
Now up
good look
don't you
bad lookln
hoi up, wheu you take a'
at yourself lu the glass.
think, "Well, I'm not tuck a
k fellow r , . y
Queer Thin a to Me Keen In the Hot of
Trlenle.
Around the head of the Gulf of
Trieste, In the southern part of Aus
tria nnd extending across the br.se of
the Istrlsn peninsula. Is a plateau of
limestone which presents some pecu
liar phenomena, says the New York.
Tribune.
Full-grown rivers Issue from Its side,
disappear under other hills, to renppear
later nt some distant point. Mysterious
springs rise through the bottom of the
Bay of Trieste, In time of heavy rain
full bubllug up with n violence MilH
clent to endanger small craft. lu the
heart of Cherso Island, which Is 'u the
middle of the Gulf of (Jimrneio, Is the
Lake of Vraun. It. Is surrounded en
tirely by hills and lies In n bnsln said
to be 45 fathoms deep. Tho level of
the water Is reputed to be at least 40
feet below the level of She sea about
tho Island. It has no apparent afflu
ent or effluent, yet the waters are al
ways fresh and cool.
It Is believed the lake Is fed by
some subterranean passage, leading
out under the bay from the Istrlan
Alps, possibly from Monte Mngglore
Itself. Home distance to the north
ward Is a lake which disappears for
weeks at a time. This sheet of water,
known as the . Lnke of Zlrknitz, is
about four miles long and from two
to three miles broad. Villages, chap
els and castles are reflected In Its wa
ters. Frequently In July, although not
every year, the waters begin to dis
appear, and lu August the bed, 50 feet
below the suifnce at some points, nt
times gradually appears. From 20 to
2." days nre required for the entire luke
to be discharged. When the bed Is re
veuled tho peasants plant crops of bar
ley where only n short time before
they were drawing their nets. The bed
remains uncovered sometimes for
many weeks. The peasants gather
their bnrley and hay from the bottom
In the menntime. Then, with n rush,
the waters return, the basin being re
filled sometimes In a period of 21
hours.
The limestone which forms the bed
Is perforated with a vast number of
caverns and fissures. Nearly U0 of
these are visible. They are 50 feet
deep. The peasants give them names
such as the Kettle, the Sieve, etc.
There are 28 openings which draw
water off, only 12 of which both draw
off and discharge water. They connect
with caverns and subterranean pas
sages penetrating beneath the sur
rounding tnountalns.
Iu this neighborhood also Is the grot
to of Adlesberg, the lurgest known
cavern In Europe and one of the most
beautiful In the world. It has been
explored for a distance of four ov five
miles. Through a portion of it Hows
the River Polk, which takes this sub
terranean method of reaching Its des
tination. Besides the fantastic caves nnd grot
toes are deep pits, varying in diameter
from n few feet to several miles, some
of them having forests and agricul
tural lands at their bottoms.
JEWS ARE MADE GENERALS.
BET. O. F. HAIX.
TELLS HOW TO KEEP YOUNG.
Br Dr. George P. Mull.
In olden times men lived to a great
age; few died under th -rntury murk
unless killed In the battle or the chase.
There Is no physical reason, no edict of
nature, why men should not live 100
years nnd upward now. And yet age of
Itself Is no virtue. I'nless one can keep
young In looks, feelings, actions and
ambitions what pleasure can there be In
merely piling up years?
I believe that the art of keeping
young consists largely In the main
tenance of a right altitude of the mind
on the subject The great apostle Paul
laid down one of the most profound philosophical truths of
the ages when he said: "As a man thlnketh so Is he." If
woman constantly thinks gray hairs and wrinkles she
will soon have both In abundance. On the other hand. If
she boldly defies spectacles, powders, paints, stays, wigs,
etc., and constantly asserts to her own heart and the whole
world her right to remain young, nine times -out of ten she
will still be a girl at 40 Instead of a broken-down old wom
an ready for the grnve.
If a man will defy old Father Time by n constant men
tal and physlcaKdeclnratlon of his right to keep young and
buoyant he can win in a walk. There Is no use for a
nervous collapse at 35 or 40. Most men chew too much
tobacco,' smoke too many cigarettes, drink too much liquor
and live too fast every way. Too many mistake reckless
dash for strenuousness. Repose is one of the greatest needs
of the hour. Washington was a man of giant purpose
nnd iron will, yet withal a man of magnificent repose. But
for a little carelessness which precipitated pneumonia he
might have lived to pass the century mark.
Sandow advises exercise nnd cold baths. This Is all
right a far as it goes. But a regimen which considers
only the physical mnn Is worth very little without a pure,
strong mind, a clear, honorable life nnd a God-centered soul.
Two Receive Signul Promotion in Aiib
trlu and One in Frunco,
The Austrian army has received two
Jewish genernJs nt the same time, says
the Israelite. Eduurd Von Schweitzer
has been appointed general of the In
fantry and Naval Constructor Siegfried
l'opper was rnlsed to the rank of a
general, the first case in the Austrian
navy. Popper wus born in Prague
in 1848, Is a graduate of the tech
nical college lu Carlsruhe, and has
been In the service of the navy since
1871.
General Von Schweiteer Is a native
of Iliuury, entered military service
as a pvf-in sonuer in rne wnr or istiiu,
studied afterward In the cadet school,
was made lieutenant and distinguished
himself In .the Bosnian insurrection of
1878. Being admitted to the military
aendemy, he became staff officer, colo
nel of nn Infantry regiment, and is
now raised to the rank of general.
According to Oesterrelchlsche Woeh
enschrll't, this Is supposed to be the
first case of a Jewish genernl In Aus
trla. There wos reported, however,
some time ago the appointment of an
other Jew, General Von Porges. He
may, however, have been converted to
Christianity before.
A French Jew Colonel Vulubregue
hus been appointed chief of the cab
inet of General Andre, the French min
ister of war. This extremely Impor
tant promotion, of course, produced a
spasm of furious excitement in the
anti-Semitic papers. They declare thnt
France and the army have been be
trayed to the Jews and that Vulu
bregue Is cousin to the "traitor Drey
fus." "From to-duy," exclaimed the
Libre Parole, "Valnbregue Is the real
head of the army. We shall soon see
hlni minister of war and Dreyfus chief
of the general staff, lie Is also the
cousin of General Nuquot, that other
Jew, who, In a certain measure, 1
grand master of artillery."
Business Her Chief Idea.
"I heard lust week," suld Profesnoi
Gates of Harvard, "n good example of
double entendre. There was ,u man
who had been courting a woman for
five or six years. This man, it was
plain, loved the woman; he called on
her live nights In the week, but in
that shy mood common In New Eng
laud he could not bring himself to pro
pose.
"lie sat one evening opposite his
sweetlnuirt. He had grown quite bald
since his courting hud begun and, us
for her, little lines hud appeared about
her mouth ami eyes, und she stoopct
us she walked. Very desperate she
was. It seemed to her that they might
have been married five years ago.
"'I seen.' said the shy lover, "l seen
an ad. to-day for a suit for 910.'
"'Was It a wedding suit?' tho worn
an asked In a strange voice.
" 'No.' he auswered uervously, 'it
was a business suit.'
" 'Well, I mouu business,' said the
woman."
Ktorks Have No Voice.
Storks have no voice. The only
noise they make Is "klappering" (snap
ping their great red mandibles rapidly
and loudly).
Intellectuality is the cause of bald
eaa. So says a baldheaded sclsattat
TREATING BUSINESS AS A SCIEXCE.
Ity John A. Howlund.
There is n strong tendency nt present to re
gard business ns a science, knowledge of which
can be reduced to principles and general laws.
This means that the painfully acquired experi
ence of Individuals Is being ttlfted, formulated,
made general In application, so that It can be
handed on to bpnefit'others. In no department of
business practice has there been such enormous
development In the last decade as in organization
the Intellectual framework by means of which a business
moves, und this organization of business Is now being stud
ied as never before. It has long been known that system
was an Important element, but, as competition grows fiercer
and fiercer, the perfection of method, of system, appears
to be the very key to success.
The latest development of this tendency to discard the
methods of our fathers is shown In the rise of the "business
doctor," who Is an expert who may be called in to examine
and prescribe for any business that shows symptoms of
failing health. He is n graduate from the school of experi
ence. He takes charge of everything nnd bosses everybody
concerned. The. first think he does is to examine the work
ing system, nnd he Invariably finds this to be closely con
nected with the sent of the disease. .Striving at every point
to eliminate waste, he often finds It necessary to reorganize
It from top to bottom. Detecting lenkage here, wasre of
time there, he endeavors by Introducing time and lalwr
saving devices to reduce the running expenses. He tenches
managers how to advertise most effectively for the least
money, how to have tho windows dressed, how to economize
floor space, how to make two men do the work of three.
Besides examining into wastes that result from lack of
system, tho business doctor looks out for possible dishonesty
on the part of employes. He uses nil sorts of clever devlce
for detecting such practices, lie mercilessly prods everyJ
body to see how much work he enn get out of him. H
pries into every nook nnd corner and Into every sligtesf!
transaction till he knows Just what Is going on every whera!
every minute. He shakes up nnd he shnkes down the wholeJ
business, tightening a screw here, fastening a loose board
there, applying to one man n tonic, to nnother a dressing'
down, always with his finger on the pulse of his patlentj
till finally It steadies down to a normal, healthy action.
It Is not such a long stretch of yeaTs since the Dutch,
trnder used his foot as the standard of weight In buylnai
iurs ironi ine imiians or America, 'more was method inj
that! But we have elaborated business knowledge anoi
methods hi America since then. To-day experts nnd sp
clnlists In business principles are known as "doctors," nn
we may without undue exaggeration dignify the siftedJ
classified, and duly arranged substance of their specinj
knowledge as science.
SENATOR DKPEW.
AMERICA AND THE PRESENT TIME.
By Senator ChMuncer H. Depcw.
I have only contempt for watery pat
riotism. M know men who Invest abroad
because they see the shadow of an an
archy and communism which is to
touch their possessions. I know mei
who live abroad to get out from under
the American avalanche. I hope they
will never return. We neither want
them nor do we want the offspring of
such stock. What are our perils? I
comparison with what we have gone-
through and overcome they nre noth
ing. Our dyspeptic friends talk about the glory of the oldi
time and how we have fallen away In manners and In mor
als. Early records speak of the exceding drunkenness
among the clergy of Virginia, but no. such record attache
to any church in any denomination in any State, lu any
township, of the United States to-day.
The eighteenth century had for 11s Inventions by Amer
icans two things, the lightning rod nnd shingle nails, but
the nineteenth century., contributed more to the happinesa
of mnn and the glory of God than all the centuries which,
preceded it. General Washington's administration and hU'
republic were rocked to tho Center by a whisky rebellion la
a county of Pennsylvania. butMn our time thirteen State
nnd a million of men, American a thnt, in arms against tha
republio for Its overthrow only placed it on firmer founda
tions with purer liberty. Rah for yoMr good old times! The
best time is to-day, except to-morrow.
PE0FLE OF
IF TODAY ALL IMITATORS.
By ieE. rincenC.
woman Is but an lmilatlon of some otlfcr;ujmor
woman. In literature, nrt, religion, we are all
under the influence of some domineering power.
Even in sports wo are not free from imitation.
Thousands of people who did not want to ride
bicycles did so because they wanted to lmitate
the wealthy class at Newport. And of what us
was their rejoicing? Now they must needs motor-
nnd play golf, because it is fashionable to do so
and the people they want to seem like enjoy these things.
We will never get rid of the fads, and we may never get
rid of the imitations, but the only chance for the latter Is to
cultivate Individuality. The way to do that is to stimulate
yourselves for greater efforts by never letting a day pas
without spending fifteen minutes at leu.st with some one
you feel Is superior to you or by1 reading for that length of '
time In n good book.
MEN CHEAPER THAN HORSES.
Vamlne In Horses und Rush of Work
Make Them Hard to Hir.
If anyone is deceiving himself thnt
the automobile 1ms any chance of driv
ing horses out of the market let him
ask the teamster or bus driver, says
the Chicago Chronicle. The contractor
will tell the same story, trlvlnir flrures
to prove that tho horse market was
never in better shape than it is this fall
and that horses were never In greater
He considers this a big estimate,
allowing for the high rental of barn
room downtown. "And even nt that
rate we think It is costing more to keep
a horse than a man," he explains, "be
side that we have our Investment to
look out for, we have put money In the
horseand the man dldu't cost us a cent.
And then again the man can take care
of himself, but a beast of a man will
abuse a poor beast of a horse. A horse
will work all day long and all night If
HOUSES GET BIGGER PAY THAN THEIR DRIVER.
demand. Indeed, It is much as the su
perintendent of one of the city bus
line said the other day: "It Is a pity
tlie automobile does not take hold of
the rough work the horse now has to
do. We don't need automobiles to haul
the fashionable about town. We need
them for delivery wagons and for dirt
haullng and for coal wagons and the
like. The horse can do the best of the
work himself. What he needs Is some
thing to help him with the hard work.
There are not on the market to-day
anougb heavy horses to do the hurd
work of city teaming. According to re
ports the price of an average team
horse hus doubled within the lust nine
pionths and the scarcity of teams for
general hauling Is alarming. Contrac
tors are having the greatest difficulty
In getting enough teams to do their
work and the prl ce of hire for a ten in,
wagon and driver has receutly ad
vanced froi". f3 to 1 to ?5 to $0 per
day. Even at this price horses are not
to be fouud and general teaming com
panies are unablo to fill their orders
because of their shortage iu horses.
trivers and wagons are plenty enough,
bat it is impossible to get the horse to
complete the outfit. It so happens that
while a man is earning $1.00 a day his
team is earning $3.
The superintendent of barns for a
bis cab company figures the coat of a
torse's keep at $12 a month. The sum
is divided something as follows:
Feed $0 00 Barn rnt ... $3 00
Groom 4 00 Shoes 2 00
the driver forces It, but a man won't
there's the difference. We have to
look out for the horse and the man can
look out for himself. If you were to
figure It out deducting for the extra
expense of keeping a horse and for the
odds and ends In the Hue of expenses
you will find that a single horse does
not hire for quite as much per day as
a man does. But we never hire a sin
gle horse we get them in an outfit
horse, wagon, harness and driver for
so much. Naturally the outfit will cost
more than any one part of It"
Many of the large contractors, un
able to get horses to use in the work
of excavating cellars, have put in large
forces of men, who, with pick and
shovel, are able to do the work of
teams.
In the meantime If there is an auto
mobile which will haul dirt or scrape
road or do any of the drudgery of the
horses' work the equine family will no
doubt welcome It. There will be plenty
of work left for the horses.
WOMEN MAKE PAPER MONEY.
Even Galdra at Bureau of KiiKraviug
and 1'rlntlunif are (iirla,
The government and the banks, and
even the postofliees, would be In a
hole for a time if all the women in
the bureau of engraving and printing
should drop dead all at once. That
shop wmld have to close up pretty
quick. Way, you can't even go over
there and look around without a wom
an to show you. All the guides to the
bureau for the benefit of tourists and
other ignorant people which includes
all Washington people, for Washing
ton people are the most ignorant peo- ,
pie ou earth about Washington institu
tions all the guides, and there are
seven of them, are women, young wom
en nnd pretty women at that ,
And how the people do visit theref
Three thousand a week, said a guide.
That's 500 a day. And that's one a
minute for every working hour of the
day. Pretty constant strenm of caller.
that.
Not so many years ago three decrepit
old men were the guides. Now the
seven are women, which Is significant
and one that typifies the work done in.
the bureau, for here, of the 3,000 em
ployes, more than half are of the fem
inine persuasion.
These young and good-looking guides
n-111 ornlaln hrtn, 1 nuiHimn mnnnn ta
printed ou the back, then put In eoid'
storage, where it goes through a dry
Inar nroeess: then sorted anil tho im
perfect sheets thrown out; then print
ed ou the face, and then perforated and
put up in packages to be sent to the?
treasury for the government seal.
They generally tell how useless it
would be for any one to try to rob
the wagon containing this money. la
the first place, because six guards al
ways accompany It; nnd, lu the sec
ond place, because the money at thla
stage of its manufacture wouldn't ba
any good, anyway.
"It is seven days after a bill Is print
ed on its back before it is printed on
the face," aald this visitor's guide. "It
fakes thirty days to make a silver dol
lar bill, and forty to make a gold one.
The gold one Is printed three times,,
twice on one side, because it has to
have the word 'gold' and a little splotch,
of gold on this side before the face can
be printed."
Then she led the visitor to the
framed dollar bills fastened to one of'
the walls in the hall, and showed these
bills, calling special attention to the
gold certificate, and then led the way
back to the front door and said adieu
It was all over In ten minutes. Wash
ington Post. .
Furs Growing; Scarce in Siberia.
The wealth of Russia In furs Is be
ing rapidly sapped. It Is reported that
In a certain district of the Yenesel gov
ernment, where fifty years ago hunt
ers annually shot JS.tHH) sables. 0.010
bears. 2-l.OiK) foxes, H,00O blue foxes,
3o0,iHH squirrels, R,0u0 wolves and
OO.imiO hares, hardly a sablo can be
found to-day. The blame Is laid to
tho wanton destruction of wild anl
mnls In the course of the hunting ex
peditious. No steps seem to have been
taken to put a stop to this.
IlullfroK as Hentrlea.
A Pennsylvania fisherman has dl)
covered that bullfrogs act as sentries
to fish, and that it is useless to try to
catch basa when a deep-voiced bellowy
ing frog is watching.
They tell of a young man who was
educated so much that he finally bad
all the native sense educated out of
him.
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