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LEGAL INFORMATION.
Formerly the farmer went to church behind a pair of oxen. Now he
rides In the Intent innke of vehicle nnd wears diamonds. Secretary James
Wilson of the Department of Agriculture.
WILL ONE DAY BE KAISER.
Emneror'a I.ltle Cirnndson Karen an
Uneertnin Fntnre.
One of the most Interesting of the
royal children of Europe, measured by
the part he Is destined to play In fu
ture events, Is I'rlnce Wilhelm Frled
rlck Franz Josef Christian Olaf, son of
the German Crown I'rlnce FrledrlcU
Wilhelm and grandson of the Kaiser.
This little mite of Immunity, who In
the ordinary and natural course of
events will rule over one of the great
est, perhaps the greatest, of European
states, came Into the world July 4 at
the Marble Talace at Potsdam nnd was
christened Aug. 2!), King Edward of
England being one of the godfathers.
He Is said to be a healthy child and a
typical Ilohenzollern.
Horn In the purple as he has been. It
Is doubtful, however. If his future will
THE KAISEU'S GRANDSON
be an untroubled one. Tho task of
governing the grent German empire Is
becoming more dllllcult every year. The
empire Is growing rapidly and Is now
the most populous state In Europe, ex
cepting Russia. Every year It is add
ing nearly 1,000,000 people to Its popu
lation. It Is also developing problems
dllllcult of solution. To-day the So
cialists, who would change the whole
order of things and who a few short
years ago were a negligible quantity,
are a power which church and govern
ment must reckon with. Already they
comprise one-third of the male voting
strength of the empire and only the
unequal system of representation de
Irlvcs them of a deciding position in
the Reichstag. What will be their
Mrength and what their Influence when
the babe of to-day becomes tho Em
peror of to-morrow?
Itmg ere this, however, the present
balance of the powers In Europe will
probably have been changed. The
Austrian-Hungarian empire will prob
nbly have come to an end and the Ger
man portions of it may have been an
nexed to Germany. Holland, too, may
heroine a part of the German federa
tion. The Polish question has yet to be'
Fettled and other problems will arise
vbU h will render the position of the
future rulers of Geruinny a dlflicult one.
To be trained and drilled so as to be
able to deal with these and other per
plexing problems Is the destiny already
mapped out for the little prince and it
is u task from which the strongest
mind might well idirink.
Acquiring Natural Manner,
Miss Spcltz Of course, no one could
truthfully speak of her as pretty.
Mr. Goodley Well er jerhaps not,
but she baa such a natural, unaffected
manner.
Illss SpelU Yes, but It has taken
her scferal years to acquire It Catho
lic Standard.
Ilia Opinion.
"Mr. Skads, I will have to lose a day
tomorrow; I'm going to be married."
"That won't be losing a day; that
will be waiting It." Houston Post.
We neer tow the picture of a woman
that we cared much for. It Is the real
woman that Is attractl
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JAPAN IS WEAK IN MORALS.
Sen lit HoVfri-iHT la 1'ntil to lliiddhlaui
In the lalnnil Kingdom.
Japanese observers assert that nt
present Buddhism has no influence in
China, and the statement Is still more
true of Japan. The average Japanese
who has any conception of the differ
ence between one religion and another
feels that Ituildhism has a scant mes
sage for the twentieth century. The
real religion of Japan Is ancestor wor
ship a reverence for the service of the
departed ones whose spirits are be
lieved ever to pour their mighty forces
Into the life of to-day.
To a large number of the more Intelli
gent Japanese this creed Is no more
satisfying to the spiritual nature than
the anniversary of a funeral would be
to us; nnd as for the masses, they are
AND HIS PARENTS.
slaves to the most blood-curdling su
perstltlons, amounting In many cases
to a worship of demons. In nn able
article in the "Shin Jin" (New Man)
Mr. Eblna contends that notwithstand
log Its philosophical excellence, Iiudd
blsm Is destined to be overcome by the
practical efllcieney of Christianity. Jap
nnef-e Christians are now exerting a
powerful influence at homo, nnd that
Influence has conspicuously followed the
flag into Formosa, Korea and Manchu
rla. When the main points of the eth
les of old Japan, loyalty and filla
piety, are consecrated by the soda
service of a pure anil noble character,
a great and lasting leadership will be
assured to Japan, not only In states
manship, but in religion and morality
In this most vital point of all, mo
rality, Japan Is weakest, and so long
as she continues so she will lack one of
the most essential requisites of a-
sureil success. In assisting her to feel
rightly on this question Christianity
must prove a potent factor, i'.ut n
present Japan's social morality is the
greatest menace to her advance. liar
jht's Weekly.
I'ralae and I'rayer.
The half-breed Indian interpreter
with the Sioux tells a great story on
Cbarlie-Owns-The-Dog, one of the
most dignified of the lesser chiefs with
the band. It was at Ilrlghton Reach
and Charlie iwid the interpreter were
taken for a ride on the scenic railway
by one of the men with the show. All
through the whirling trip Charlie le
out a series of discordant guttura
Bounds, and when the trio were safe
on the ground again tin.' man suld to
the Interpreter:
"Charlie must have enjoyed It; he
was singing all the way."
'Slnglug? Huh! Praying," came the
answer. Baltimore News.
Comfort lor (be Author.
"I fear your comedy was a failure."
"Oh. no."
"I beard no laughter."
"Ah. but between nets oH of people
'smiled. ' Nashville Courier-Journal
When you lay an eg,', don't cackle
I too long; get busy, and lay another.
The Ilnakera.
t was late In mild October, and the long
autumnal rain
Had left the miinmer hnrvost Gelds all
croon with grass again;
The first sharp frosts had fallen, leaving
nil the woodlands eny
With the hues of fu miner's rainbow, or
the meadow flowers of May.
Through a tliln, dry mist, that morning.
the sun rose bright and red,
At first a raylcss disk of fire, he bright
ened as he sped ;
Tet, even his noontide glory fell chast
ened and subdued.
On the corn fields and the orchards, and
softly pictured wood.
And all that quiet afternoon, slow sloping
to the night.
He wove with golden shuttle the haze
with vellow Imht :
Slanting through the painted beeches, he
Kloritiod tho hill ;
And, beneath It, pond and meadow lay
brighter, greener still.
And shouting boys in woodland haunts
on ii slit climnsos of that sky,
Flecked by the many-tinted leaves, and
laughed, they knew not why ;
And school girls, gay with aster flowers,
beside tho meadow brooks,
Mingled the glow of autumn with the sun- j
shine of sweet looks.
From spire and barn looked westerly the
rintii'iif wonthoroocks 1
But even the birches on the hill stood
motionless as rocks.
No sound was in the woodlands, save the
Rnnirrpl'u dronninir shell.
And the yellow leaves among the boughs,
low rustling as they fell.
The summer grains were harvested; the
stnlihlo-tiolils lav dry.
Where June winds rolled, in light and
shade, the Dale green waves of rye ;
But still, on gentle hill slopes, in valleys
frinceil with wood.
Ungntherod, bleaching In the sun, the
heavy corn crop stood.
Bent low, by autumn's wind and rain,
throuch husks that, dry ana sere,
Unfolded from their ripened charge, shone
out tho vellow ear:
Beneath, the turnip lay concealed, In
mnnv a verdant fold.
And glistened iu the slanting light the
pumpkin s sphere of gold. ,
There wrought the busy harvesters; and
nmnv a creaking wain
Bore slowly to the long barn floor Its load
of husk and grain;
Till broad and rod, ns when ho rose, the
sun sank down, nt last.
And like a merry guest's farewell, the
day in brightness passed.
And lo ! as through the western pines, on
meadow, stream and pond,
Flamed the rod radiance of a sky, set all
nfire bovond.
Slowlv o'er the eastern sea blurt's a milder
glory shone,
And tho sunset and the moonrlse were
mingled into one!
As thus Into the quiet night the twilight
lapsed away,
And deeper in the brightening moon the
tranquil shadows lay,
From many a brown old farmhouse, and
hamlet without name.
Their milking and their home tasks done,
the merry huskers came, '
?wung o'er the heapod-up harvest, from
pitchforks in the mow,
Khoue dimly down the lanterns on the
pleasant scene below ;
The growing pile of husks behind, the
golden cars before,
And laughing eyes and busy hands and
brown cheeks glimmering o'er.
Half hidden. In a quiet nook, serene of
look and heart,
Talking their old times over, the old men
sat apart;
Whilo up and down the unhusked pile, or
nestling in its shade,
At hide-and-seek, with laugh and shout,
the happy children played.
John Greenleaf Whittier.
HOSPITAL CAR FOR WRECKS.
Operating; nnd Ward Iloumi on
Wheela Provided bjr a Hnllroad.
In car No. 100!) the Erie Railroad has
added n complete hospital on wheels to
its equipment, says the New 1'ork Her
ald. It is provided for uso when in
case of accident passengers or employes
are Injured and tho nearest hospital Is
so fur away that operations on thv nyut
become necessary.
Divided Into two coinparrnients, the
sixty-foot car has nn operating room
fifteen feet ten Inches In length, equip
ped with -jii Isaac operating table, with
n movable head nnd foot extension, nn
Instrument Htcrili.cr on the right and
a surgeon's basin on the left. The car
also has two lockers equipped with sur
gical Instruments und stocked with ban
dages, plasters, sponges, niuesthetlcs,
antiseptics, astringents and other medi
cal and surgical necessities.
Four-foot slide doors in either side,
with portable steps, permit of an easy
entrance with a stretcher to the room,
which has ten side windows and a large
window In tho roof over the operat
ing table. All are of ground glass and
provided with white rubber roller cur
tains. Two four-flame ncctylt'iie gas
lights nnd two smaller ones furnish
light nt night. A gravity water system
to furnish both hot and cold water can
be regulated by n surgeon with a valve
ojieruted by the foot.
Two sliding doors, with ground glass
ivindows, lead to the ward room, forty
three feet four Inches Iu length, equip
ped with eleven brass bodsteuds nnd a
lavatory nnd saloon. Boxes under the
car curry crutches, splints, army
stretchers, surgical Implements, wreck
ing tools and other accessories. The
car rests on six-wheel trucks.
OoIbv lo Kslreuiee.
"You ought to let that man down
easy."
"Why?"
"Because he's so bard up." Balti
more American.
The greatest thing In the world Is po
liteness. Aud no schooling is necessary
to be agreeable; simply have a little
consideration for others, Hid b quiet
aud modest
The right to mpvrsedens pending np
leal Is held, In State ox re I. Gibson vs.
Superior Court (Wash.), 1 1. R. A.
(N. S.) fi.VI. not to extend to an ap
peal from in order enjoining contin
tied operation of n shooting gallery.
The r'.gli of a city to require a li
cense for the use of street by a tele
phone company Is denied. In Wisconsin
Telephone Company vs. Milwaukee
(Wis.), 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) rSl. where
the sta;ut, authorizes the company to
use the streets.
A carrier having led passengers to
Ih'Hcvp that the doors of the vestibule
to a car would be kept closed between
stations and then negligently left tho
doors open was held liable, In Cran
tlall vs. Mlnneajiolls, St. P. & S. M. It.
Co. (Minn.), 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 043,
to a passenger Injured thereby.
Funds of nn Insolvent bank on de
posit with a correspondent bank are
held, In Clark vs. Toronto Bank (Kas.),
2 I.. R. A. (N. S.) S:i, to pass to the
receiver rather than the holder of a
draft Issued before the appointment of
the receiver, but not presented until
after the drawee bad notice of the re
ceivership. A right of action for trespass for
failure to provide the seat called for
by u (heater ticket Is denied, In Homey
vs. Nixon (Pa.). 1 I It. A. (N. S.)
11S4, upon the ground that the owner
of the theater Is under no Implied ob
ligation to serve ihe publb: and that
the only remedy Is assumpsit for
broach of the contract.
Tender by the seller Is held, In IkU
vs. Hattleld (Ky.), 2 I R. A. (N. S.)
oM., not to bo necessary Iu order to hold
the buyer liable for breach, where the
latter failed to designate the day of
delivery, and was not present at the
place of delivery called for by the con
tract during -the time delivery could
have been called for according to Its
terms.
The homo port, for purposes of taxa
tion of a vessel owned by residents of
different States, is held, In Olson vs.
San Francisco (Cal.), 2 L. R. A. (N.
S.) 197, to be that nearest the resi
dence of her managing owner, although
temporarily registered In another State,
engaged Iu commerce on tho high seas,
nnd never within the State In which
the port Is located.
A railroad company Is held, in St.
Ixnils Southwestern R. R. Co. vs. White
(Tex.), 2 I.. R. A. (N. S.) 110, to be
liable for the proximate Injury result
ing from misdirections given by its
ticket ngent when applied to by an In
tending passenger for information as to
the best route by which to reach bis
destination nnd furnishing a ticket in
accordance with such directions.
A purchaser who before purchasing
a ticket was Informed by the ngent
that a certain train stopped at his sta
tlon nnd was given a time table also
showing that the train was scheduled
to stop there, was held. In McDonald
vs. Central Railroad Company (N. J.
Err. & App.), 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) D05,
to have by contract a right to have the
train stop at that point, rendering his
ejection nt the last preceding station
wrongful.
It Pn' to He Amiable.
A young man In the neckwear de
partment of Marshall Field & Co., who
had been with the firm but a short
ttne, was one day waiting on a cus
tomer who seemed to be unusually
hard to please. The would-be pur
chaser, who was a handsome, elderly
man, tossed the ties about nnd seemed
to desire any shade nnd stylo save
those offered for bis approval. The
salesman patiently displayed a varied
assortment of the goods, deftly knot
ting the ties nnd holding them out
to sho the effect and tho shimmer
of the satin or silk, searching through
boxes for the desired colors, nnd, iu
spite of the somewhat captious man
ner of tho customer, never for a mo
ment lost his smiling good nature.
Finally n half dozen ties were selected,
and, with waving pencil, the clerk
asked the usual question :
"Cash or charge?"
"Clu.rge," replied the gray-haired
man.
"What name, please V"
"Marshall Field."
The new salesman almost gasped
with astonishment, aud be probably
does not know to this day that his
subsequent promotion was owing to his
sincere politeness and patient endeavor
to serve his employer and to please
bis customer, who, of course, lu this
case proved to be one and tho same
person. Saturday Evening Post.
She Sciirea.
They were very fond of each other,
and had been engaged, but they quar
reled, nnd were too proud to make It
up. lie called afterward at her house
to see the old gentleman on busi
ness, of course. She wns at the door.
Said lu-:
"Ah, Miss Blank, I believe? Is your
father iu?"
"No, sir," she replied, "pa Is not In
at present. Did you wish to see blui
personally?"
"Yes," was bis bluff response, feel
ing that he was yielding; "on Tery
particular personal business," und he
proudly turned to go away.
"I beg your pardon," she called after
him, as lie struck the last step, "but
who shall I say called?"
He never smiled again. The Gentle
inau.
"Do and Don't."
A few things picked up from a
child's school book : Never say, I
don't think It will rain." What you
mean Is 'I do think It will uot rain."
"AH over the world" Is bad; say "Over
the world." "The reason why" Is uot
only Incorrect, but doesn't sound as
well as The reason that." Don't say
"A man fell off the dock." A man might
fall Into n dock ; but to say that he
fell off a dock Is no better than to say
that he fell off a hide. Atchison Globe.
"Considering the troubles I've had,"
nearly every married woman thluka
"I look pretty well."
CRAZE FOR RICHES.
The general storm of protest against "graft"
or favoritism nnd dishonesty In tho public ser-vli-e
has aroused a degree of attention from
citizens even the most supine nnd good-natured.
Adding to the Impression recently
made by what ajwloglsts call ''muck-raking."
Is the present exposure of fraud, cheating and
deceit In the world of Industry and business.
Tbe craze for riches has Infected everybody.
"The butcher, the baker and tlie candlestick maker" are
beginning to show evidence of their unsavory origin, ac
cording to the old nursery rhyme. Another proof of the
prophetic powers of Mother Goose. We must test, with
weights and measures, everything we buy for food. The
milk upou which the precious lives of children depend
must be examined with minute cure. Bakers' bread and
butchers' meat, sugar, coffee, tea and oil, vinegar, spices,
pepper and ginger, all these must In looked after by the
careful buyer.
The stream can rlo tin higher th:in Its source. As long
s fraud and dishonesty rule In business. In manufactur
ing, In buying and Ke'.llin. they will rule In public affairs.
The evils of graft nui't le attacked at the root. In tho
lives and acts of men ami women as shown In their per
sonal dealings with one another.
When you ee a man who smiles over a s'.ory of graft
In Killtlcs or In the public service, look out for that man.
He Is dishonest. lie cheats and laughs lu li ki sleeve over
bis acuteness as compared with the confidence of his
trusting customers, craft In politl-s means grnft In
business, line cannot exNt without the other. "Charity
begins at home," says the proverb. So does honesty.
WHAT IS "REAL" LIFE f
Dy
A frie id of mine said to me recent
ly, p(":ili'iiig of another friend, that
she was having her first glimpse of
real society, I wondered If there could
be anything real in society as It has
corns to be lu these latter years. It Is
a great question whether anything has
intrinsic value. Value is entirely a
relative affair and I doubt If we know
It when we are actually up against
the real thing, If I may use the most
unpardonable of our unspeakable
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UBS. STBAITSS. tilling.
It Is rather amusing to a steady going person who has
thought considerably about the whyness of things to note
what different people doom "real." I have actually known
people who considered "real" and "swell" as synonymous
terms. They would consider a woman In n tailor-made
suit and correct hat more real than nn honest old body
In a blanket shawl. In my humble opinion the real Is the
elemental. I should say that life was most real when It
has to do with the mere necessities. I should think we
are closer to the genius of the universe ivhon In Mime
Ntrenuous day's work than In the "realest" society there
Is. Happily for most of us we are allowed to help In
working out the destiny of the race, we are given work
io do with our hands and for this reason we aro more
real than those Idle society people who think, besotted
creatures, that they are "real" because they have money
enough to make them artificial.
A great many people think that life moans noise and
excitement the clatter of feet upon the asphalt, the ring
ing of electric car bells, the clash of voice, the crash
THE GRANDEES OF SPAIN.
Cnrlona Cuatom of Head Covert nil"
When liter Are Knnobled.
The ceremony of "head covering" was
recently performed by a number of
Spanish peers, who thereby passed to
the rank of grandees of Spain. The
ceremony, Interesting on account of Its
antiquity and Its historical significa
tion, Is, like many Spanish customs, re
markable for Its extreme simplicity.
The peers who took part in' It were
the Count of Cabra, tbe Count of Pln
sencla, the Marquis of Rafal, tho Mar
quis of Malferlt, the Marquis of Bena
mejl, the Count del Real, the Marquis
of Hoyos, the Marquis de In Cenln, the
Count of Bilboa, the Marquis of Vlana
and the Marquis of Tovar, who were
each attended by a grandee as their
sponsor. When thej had made three
customary reverences to the throne, the
queen regent, lu the king's name, bade
them "Cover your beads and speak."
The speeches which followed, Justify
ing tbe right of each peer to the honor
he was receiving, were for the most
part Interesting excursions Into the past
history of Spain. Tho first, which was
also tho most brief, that of the Count
of Cabra, may serve 03 an example:
"Senora, If noblesse obliges me to re
ceive the honor of covering my head
In the presence of your majesty, I came
here obliged by the merits and virtues
of my forefathers, and with the desire
nt lenst to Imitate them, although to do
so In reality may, unfortunately, be lm
Ksslble. I nin called Osorlo, Borbon,
Ponce de Leon. Cnrrlllo de Alhornnz,
Hurtado de Mendozn, Fernandez de
Cordova, Gusnian de Mauiique de Lara,
Bllva, Rojas, Alvarez de Toledo, and by
other names us well so Illustrious that,
were It possible to forget them, one
would have to forget with them the his
tory of Spain.
"Piety, heroic valor, wisdom, states
manship, In all these my forefathers
have offered examples for Imitation;
and, though It be not permitted to me
to reach such heights except In admira
tion, In my love and loyalty to my coun
try and my king I am worthy of them."
Tho other new grandees, soys tbe
Madrid corremndent of the London
Times, were far more precise, not to
say discursive, In relating the histories
of their families, and one, the Count of
Plascncla, devoted almost the whole of
his discourse to an ancient grlevnnee
that Philip II. had cut off the head, of
one of his ancestors by mistake "un
tunesto error."
Where II lark Means White.
"If I told you," said a philologist,
"that a word like white meant not only
white, but black as well that It had
two meanings, one the opposite of the
other you'd hardly believe me. Yet
we have In English many such words.
"Cleave uieaua to cling together. It
also means to cat apart
"Let means to penult It also means
to hinder. 'Let me do It' we say, add
ing, 'I did It without let or hindrance.'
"Fast means motionless The horse
was tied fast' It also, means swift
moving The horse ran fast'
"Master means a little boy 'Master
Willie Bell' and It also means a strong
and resolute leader 'He was the un
questioned master of that unruly
hand.'"
Chiropodists are satisfied to remain
at the foot'
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Dy Ada C. Sweet.
Juliet V. Strauss.
Women aro born Imitators nnd will
them merely because It Is worn by a
MME. HUMBERT HOPEFUL.
Pennlleaa, She Still Inalata that
Alrthlral Millions Kslat.
Mine. Humbert, who has been liber
ated from prison, still sticks to her
story of the mythical Crawford mil
lions. Of tho 111,000,000 francs which
make up the dubious estate, she has In
actual cash eleven francs.
The mystery of her parentage with
Regnler. a tnllor during the Frnnco-
i
ill
ilMC UUMUfcUT UlltUATEU.
Geriuuu War, is true. Hulf she told at
tho trial, the other she refused to tell
because the apparition of Henry Craw
ford appeared In front of her und
warned her, saying, "Your fortune Is
at stake; s;eak not a word." Her first
hours of freedom were rather pitiable.
She left Rennes with an empty purse,
some linen and a handbag containing
the toque worn nt the trial.
OMITS HIS MAIDEN SPEECH.
New Member of Ihe Commons Is
Tauvht a l.eaaon by t'onMlt nenta.
Few iieople have any Idea bow close
Is tbe watch kept by earnest constitu
ents uou the parliamentary perform
ances of their representatives. About
three months after the house met this
year a new member, a friend of mine.
went down to his constituency. He
bad uot made bis maiden rpcecb at tho
time, but be attached little Importance
to that, thinking that probably he was
more conscious of the fact thun was
ODy one else. lie was soon undeceived.
for the jiorter who took bis bag r.t the
I station remarked directly the tvuor
ttpfy 3Ar
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of commerce, the baliel of the market place. But life Is ft
quiet thing, a deeply rumlaatlve, s'.eadily busy thing.
One must get rid of ninny things commonly deemed essen
tial, In order to be "real"
I often think that tbe realest people In the world are
those who, If, by some stroke of fate, everybody In the
world should be made penniless and houseless, would be
of most use. Surely tho men who can hew and plow and
build would be the real people. Surely women who can '
cook nnd wash and prepare food and makeshifts for liv
ing would take precedence over the Idle and useless ones.
But maybe those who can do nothing would still plums
themselves and sit enthroned and maybe those "good olfl
wagons" who can work would go right ahead waiting
on them and looking up to them.
If I were looking for the real people I would look for
the contented ones. No matter where I might nnd them,
In palace or hovel, I should consider them the real thing.
AMERICAN WOMEN.
Dy Judge Lmmbert Tree.
"bet American parents watch their girls In
Europe." The atmosphere of "smart -life," as
It Is known on the continent, Is contaminating
to American girls.
I sat the other nlgbt In tbe palm room of a
fashionable Homburg hotel. It was like
fairyland, with delicately shaded lights and
splendid people gathered around the tables,
talking, smoking and drinking. All tbe world
was represented. There were men and women from Tur
key, Russia, Austria, Germany, Italy, France, England
and tbe United States. My eye sought out tbe American
girls In that gorgeous, polyglot company. They were
there In astonishing numbers pure, beautiful, and fault
lessly dressed, contrasting magnificently with their dark
er sisters from more southerly lands.
But they bad capitulated to every foible of tbe salon,
Including the drinking of stinging, parti colored liquors
nnd the smoking of seductive cigarettes. This Is a most
dangerous cradle for motherhood aud society'. In my
Judgment, of all women the Americans thus far have been
the least affected by the luxuries and vices of modern so
ciety. It behooves the parents of the rising generation
to look to the security of their daughters.
DEEP BREATHING AND GENIUS.
By Mrs. Ormlston Chant.
Genius Is largely a matter of knowing how
to breathe. Whenever I want to think out a
great article I go Into a silent room where
never a sound can penetrate. Then I take a
deep breath, close my eyes and mouth and con
centrate my thoughts on the main point of the
subject I wish to write upon, and Invariably
a glorious Inspiration comes to me. Then,
taking my pen, I write an article which, bad I
not known the art of breathing, I could never have com
posed. Then, again, I want to write a beautiful hymn, so, re
tiring to rest, I again take a deep breath and think only
of beautiful things. Then, In a calm, sweet sleep, beauti
ful visions come to me, nnd In the morning -my mind Is
filled with glorious thoughts, which are afterward crys
tallized Into n hymn. Everybody now realizes the extra
ordinary benefit to health which results from deep breath
ing, though few know, ns It was known to ancient EasK
crn philosophers, what nn Important part It plays In the
building up of a great nnd noble brain.
buy hats and gowns unsuitable for
friend on whom It looks well.
able gentleman stepped from the train:
"Haven't hnd the pleasure of read
ing your maiden speech yet, slr we're
looking out for It"
My friend had to make a polite and
pleuBant answer, for the porter was ft,
most energetic electloneerer. Then,
nenrly every ono ho met began with the
accusing formula, "Haven't had the
pleasure " until he was nearly mad.:
The climax was reached when he
asked a policeman the war to some
place, and the constable having In most
official manner replied, "First to the
right and second to the left" changed1
his tone and looking severely at the
poor man began: "Haven't bad the
pleasure " And at this my friend
fled. .
Ho told me afterward that he be
lieved . the fellow was fumbling for
the handcuffs. The result was that
the honorable gentleman came back to
tbe house determined to Jump up all
day and all night whenever a speech
wns finished, whatever the subject was,
until he had said something or other.
His chance came at last when he was
quite exhausted and when be had real
ly nothing to say. So he said nothing
at considerable length nnd now he Is
quite a hero in his constituency. M,
A. P.
A Foreat of Giants.
It Is almost impossible for one who
has seen only the Eastern or Rocky
Mountain forests to Imagine the woods
of the Pacific coast Pictures of the
big trees are as ccynmoa as postage
stamps, but the most wonderful thlnjf
about the big trees Is that they aro
scarcely bigger than the rest of the for
est Tbe Pacific coast bears only a
tenth of our woodland, but nearly half
of our timber. An average acre In tho
Rocky Mountain forest yields one to
two. thousand board feet of lumber; in
the Southern forest, three to four thou
saart; lu the Northern forest, four to
six thousand. An average acre on the
Pacific coast yields fifteen to twenty
tluiiisand. Telescope tbe Southern and
Rocky Mountain fcjests, toss the North
ern on top of them and stuff tbe cen
tral Into the chinks, and, acre for acre,
the Pacific forest will outweigh them
all. American Magazine.
Appropriate.
He 1 want to give Miss Sharp a
palm for her parlor. What kind would
you suggest?
She Why don't you give her ft cactus
plant? Detroit Free Press.
Fast.
The Soubrette You say you're not
on speaking terms with the manager?
The Comedian Prtrtsely. I slyai
require a wiitteu contract Puck.
