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Probably opon no reef guard station
la the world have the Urea of brave
and bold men been ao often hazarded
a up on the Nantucket Bboala light
ship, which Is located forty mllea south
from Nantucket, Mas. More than half
a century haa elapsed since the govern
tuf-nt first stationed a lightship at this
dangerous and lonesome spot Until
recently the lightship was a sail
equipped vessel, but now It la steam
propelled; yet whether operated by
steam or sal the dangers and hard
mjw or the men confined on It are
ono and the same.
Forty miles out at sea, cooped In
the little shell that, day after day and
month after mouth, swings and tugs
at Its 7,000-pound anchor lying In 18
fathoms of water, the life of the Nan
tucket lightship nail or man Is one of
almost complete Isolation from the
first of November until the opening of
the spring months. During the bit
terest six months of the year there are
no reprieves or shore leave.
Sometimes for two mouths or more,
during the severest periods of the win
ter, these dozen men are without com
munication with the shore save the
messages sent to them by wireless
telepraphy. Often for days their only
.risible companion Is the great red
bnawn buoy swinging In the sea half
a mile from the ship.
Lven thlg object, which Is endear
ed to the heart of every man aboard
the lightship, In particularly bnd
weather breaks adrift from Its moor
ings or Jj frequently shut out from
sight for weeks by the dense fogs which
drift In over the ocean like a pall from
tne southward, and then the melan
chofy of the loneliness which jwrvades
these men Is not lifted until a close
passing vssel or the Infrequent ad
vent of the winter sunlight comes to
ennso away the monotony of their
exlsfence.
But loneliness Is only one of the
hardships of the men on the Nantucket
Bhoales lightship, though It Is the one
dreaded. There are the days whert
the fog settles" down over the Isolated
vessel In a' thick, damp clonk, com
pletely enshrouding the hulk from stem
(t stern days when only the far off
couuu or a .passing steamers ghostly
whistle or a sailing vessel's horn, or
the systematic ronr of the steam fog
horn abourd the lightship, is all their
world.
Once for twelve consecutive nights
NANTUCKET SHOALS LIGHTSHIP.
and days the bell which was used
aboard the old ship there was kept
ringing at two-minute Intervals, with
the result that when the fog had lifted
( and the noise ceased, the men were
unable to sleep for the first night on
account of the unaccustomed silence.
' But there Is still another danger be
sides that of being run down. When
the winter storms of the Atlantic sweep
across the shoals, tossing the lightship
like a shuttlecock and burying her
athwartships, these men aboard, cling
ing In their bunks between decks or
Standing watch through the bitter cold
hours of the night In the lee of the
oak bulwarks, Indifferently sheltered
from the Icy sleet and spray, know
not at what moment the great anchor
-chain may part under the lunges of
-the rolling vessel and set them adrift
In the Inky darkness In a battle for
life.
Twenty-four times- the Nantucket
lightship has parted her chains, usually
In the heart of the bitterest winter
(ales, and been swept to sea. Only a
year ago vessel and crew thus adrift
from mv'Hings were given up for lost
rnce during the period of the old sail
tng lightship's maintenance the vessel
was fourteen dajs in picking ber way
tack to port after having been driven
far to sea.
Pots and kettles In the cook's room
are always lashed to the stove and the
walls to prevent them from flying
iibout under the stress of the rolling
ship. Each member of tho crew when
lie sits down to the little mess table
below decks haa bis coffee cup and his
tin plute securely held, in place by a
nuinbe of pegs set In the table. Some
times dveu then the coffee goes flying
Into the plumduff or the 8couse'(mndo
of "salt horse," potatin-s and parsnips)
and the pork Jumps luto the molasses.
Because during heavy gales water
washes over decks In n clean sweep,
the portholes of the berth deck and
cabins which are below decks are never
opened.
Sometimes the rolling of the ship Is
such as to fender seasick even those
tried old lightship salts, many of whom
have spent years whullag and grown
accustomed to the "crow's nest"
masthead lookout, where the pitching
and rolling of a ship Is most notlca
abkj. . In fact mal de mer la very
common on board the lightship.
ENGLAND'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAIT.
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Lady Beatrice Pole-Carew haa by popular vote been declared the most
beautiful woman In Knglaud. Her plurality In the contest conducted by a
London evening newspaper wai overwhelming. It Is said that four-fifths of
London voted. Princess Henry of Pless was second, and the Duchess of
Sutherland third. Two American beauties, Edna May and Cam i lie Clifford,
were well down the list
Of all the perils that overhang the
Nantucket Shoals lightship's crew,
however, the direst Is that of acting
as life savers In a case where a vessel
baB gone on the shoals or foundered
In the sea within sight. But It's a
peril which these brave seamen never
flinch from.
The lives of these men aboard this
particular lightship are considered by
Uncle Sam to be of such Importance
that the crew la not obliged to leave
the vessel, even In order to save life,
but It haa never happened that these
men have allowed a shipwrecked sailor
or crew to go unolded.
Without the two great octagonal
copper framed lights, each weighing a
ton, which every night of the year dur
ing' fair weather and storms cast their
beacon-like rays from the masts of this
lightship for the benefit of the thous
ands of vessels sailing outside Nan
tucket Island, this part of the coast
would be avoided as were the Scylla
and Charybdis of old.
As It Is, 500 vessels have been
wrecked and lost around Nantucket,
and it Is only the courage and con
stancy of these men aboard the lonely
little nildocenn monitor that has kept
the total from mounting up far Into
the thousands.
GIVES SAVINGS FOB MISS.0NS.
Woman Havel tl.OOO and Clvfc All
to Spread Uoauel.
"Make all you can, save all yoq can,
and give all you can." By ftUwIng
literally thes three ruios af ejaotuy
laid down by John Wesley, Mr. Emma
Shirley, of St Louis, says ue has been
enabled to give $1,000 nearly every
VUS. KMMA SliruiJEY.
cent it teady cash she possessed to
endow Wble work In Japan. Most of
the money was saved 10 cents at
time. The rest of the amount w:is
raised by keeping ItoarJers during tho
world's fair of 11(04. The Interest on
this sura will support a bible woman
or deaeonesg In Japan.
A Nataral Manlclaa.
"How on earth does Cho'.ly Lowdon
choose his clothes? He's totally color
blind."
"That's easy. He goes altogether by
ear." Cleveland Leader.
A Jealous woman treats tlut man, she
loves the way a cowboy doe a broncho
be U breaking: Subdues biin or kills
him.
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POLE-CAUEW.
EVERYDAY LIFE 07 THE KAISER.
He la ma Early nicer and Hla Meala
Are Simple.
The everyday life of the German em
peror Is rather severely systematized.
says Wolf von Scblerbrand In Llppln-
coil's. lie plunges Into his day's work
with cheerful and vigorous alacrity.
lie is an early riser In the summer
often at 5 and In the winter rarely aft
er 7. During the hunting season he
gets up even before those hours. He
regularly braces himself with a Shower
bath and then he slips Into hU undress
unirorm (for, as William I. used to
say, "dressing gowns are not worn by
the Hohenzollerns") and goes straight
to breakfast.
His meals, as a rule, are simple rath
er than otherwise. Ills breakfast Is of
the "English kind," consisting of coffee
or tea, toast, eggs, beefsteak or a cut
let Luncheon Is served at 2, and he
partakes of soup, one meat dish with
greens, one roast and several entre
ments. Dinner at 0 Is a more elaborate
aieal. Kaiser and the kalserln both In
sist on carefully and wholesomely pre
pared food, and, although she never
cooks dishes for her husband or family
as has been erroneously stated so oft
en she does frequently supervise the
preparing of this or the other special
course. The kaiser Is fond of baked
meats and pot roasts and likewise of
flsh, oysters, macaroni, rice, force-meat
balls and of what Is common iy called
hamburger steak. Usually, unless pres
sure of business prevents, he plana .
with his wife at breakfast the menu of
the day.
NEW IDEA OF CONSUMPTION.
London Doctor Saya tha Dlneaae la
PMmariljr Derived From Cattle.
A London physician, Dr. W. Picket
Turner, who has made a first-hand
study of the disease for many years,
advances the theory that the medical
world Is attacking the problem of con
sumption by an utterly false route.
His view, briefly stated, Is that tub
erculosis Is an animal disease primar
ily derived, In all cases, from cattle.
It belongs, he says, to the mycotic
group of diseases, diseases In which
the original source of Infection Is a
plant Bovine cattle derive tubercu
losis from timothy and other allied
grasses by natural affinity. -
Man acquires the disease by Inges
tion or inoculation, never by Inhala
tion. It Is not hereditary; neither la
there any pred!sios!t!on to It In the
Individual. The bacillus In a state of
nature Is saprophyte, feeding on decay
of the vegetable world. But the bacil
lus becomes pathogenic capable of
causing disease In cattle when they
are deprived of actinism or the prop
erty of the chemical rays la sunlight
It would, If all this be true, become
reasonable to assume that by restoring
actinism to cattle the bai'lllus would
again become a saprohpyte, In which
case consumption would be extirpated.
Curreut Literature.
Crocodiles and the Care.
One does not usually connect croco
diles with a health resort rather the
reverse but the creatures .are quite a
feature of the Indian bathing place of
Manghuplr, about nine miles from Ka
rachi. This town U a place of pllgrlin
ago for pious Hindoos, but It Is chiefly
famous for the value of Its waters In
the cure of the dread scourge of lep
rosy. The waters are liot, and more
than 00 per cent of the sufferers who
bathe there annually, It is said, are
cured. The crocodiles are rather note
worthy in that they live In the hot
wuter, aparently suffering no incon
venience from Its teiieratiire or medi
cinal qualities. Wide World Maga-
tine.
The Old Maid Anuta.
II you rtuiii io im mieresieu, visit a
family where there is but one baby
and two or three old lualil aunts. Sis
ters always iovo euea oiuer in a wuy
to uttract admiration, aud an old maid
loves her sister's baby almost as nnich
as the mother. And away down deep
in her heart an old mulj thinks the
baby loves her as much as It loves Its
mother. If we could haveur wish we
would wish to be a baby In a family
where there are two or three old maid
aunts; then we would receive attention.
Atchison Globe.
Mauaa L.oa lS.ttSO Feet lllsb.
Mauna Loo. In the Sundwtcb Islands,
13,600 feet high, Is tho highest moua-
J tain which rises directly from the
OUTDOOR GARDENS IN WINTER.
C harm of ltaalle Kiook W'hrre Plaata,
Vlaea an4 Trera Are Et tliwu.
The Ixmuty of the outdoor garden
during the winter season la largely a
matter of thought rather than that of
expense, say the Philadelphia Inquir
er. A little Ingenuity In the selection and
grouping of plants, shrubbery, trees
and vines will go further toward pro
ducing permanent beauty than any
amount of cost and skill In the pur
chase and the care of the home beautl-
flera. An evergreen tree, ono of the
beautiful conifers, a dwarf cellar or a
tall pine or hemlotk, will prove far
more beautiful than tne deciduous
shade trees for certain positions In the
home grounds; and there will be but
little difference In the original coat. An
evergreen magnolia as an ornamental
plant In a small city yard will cost no
more than a magnolia that sheds Its
leaves each autumn, and while the lat
ter will present only bare, straggling
branches through the winter, tho for
mer will hold up In stately magnifi
cence Its thick glossy evergreen leaves
resembling huge leaves of tho Indoor
rubber tree and give the little out
door garen dan effect of almost tropical
greenery through the season of Ice and
snow.
A simple and quaintly beautiful rus
tic summer house, suitable for little
yards of city homes, or sheltered cor
ners of suburban or country estates
may preseut beautiful as well as dur
able qualities when formed of lrregu
lar cedar branches In rustic design
and ornamented with variegated euony
nious vines trained up the posts and
about the seats. The variety known
as enonymous radicans varlegata Is a
delicate looking beanty, but of exceed
ingly sturdy growth and perfectly
hardy. The masses of small green and
white leaves remain on the outdoor
vines all winter ; and the same deslra
ble characteristics are displayed In the
euonrmoiw shrubs wnicn win iorni
well-rounded decorative bushes, ai
beautiful In winter as In summer.
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NORTH COUNTRY INDIANS. J
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One of the most distinctive features
of the Hudson Bay Company, says the
author of "The Noth Country." Is Its
cultivation of the Spartan virtue of
truth upon the part of Its employes in
dealing with the Indians. No misrep
resentation Is permitted for the pur
pose of effecting sales It that service,
or for any other purpose, and any In
fraction of the rule Is promptly met
with summary dismissal.
This mojiey-maklng corporation thor
oughly believes, and Its long experience
fully demonstrates, that the Indian of
the north woods Is not only Industrious,
but honest as well.
Upon this theory an Indian cornea
Into a tradlug-post In August or Sep
tember without a cent. He has no furs
to sell, but he has many needs to. sup
ply. He requires flour, tea, sugar, ba
con, a new gun,' powder, shot and bul
lets, traps, and many other things to
maintain him eight months during the
winter. He has no money, but be has
honesty and Industry and skill; and
for the company's trader this Is suffi
cient. ,
He Is furnished with all he desires,
and the company extends him credit
on "Its books for supplies aggregating
from two hundred to, five hundred dol
lars, and the Indian, with loaded ca
noe, departs Into the forest to his hunting-grounds
three hundred or five hun
dred miles distant
The trader loses no sleep, for he
knows that when June has thnwed out
the Ice of the lakes and streams the
canoes will return, bearing their valua
ble furs, and be will be busy balancing
accounts with his former debtors, who
have returned to, discharge their debts
and to receive credit for the additional
furs they have brought to the trader.
Last summer a post-trader was asked
about the frequency of bad accounts.
He replied that he had never had a
bad account; that It sometimes hap
pened that the Indian was unable to
make full payment but In such cases
the payment was simply postponed un
til he had a more successful bunt.
The only event which prevents the
Indian from paying Is his death, and
In that case the company cancels the
debt
Meaanra Llarht of Stara.
Various attempts have been made to
estimate the light of stars. In the north
ern hemisphere Argelander has regis
tered 324,000 stars down to the Oft
magnitude, with the aid of the best
photometric data. Agnes M. Clerk's
new "System of the Stars" gives the
sum of the light of these northern stars
as equivalent to 1-440 of full moonlight
and the total light of all stars similarly
enumerated In both hemispheres to the
, number of about 000,000 Is roughly
placed at 1-180 of the lunar brightness.
The scattered light of still fainter ce
lestial bodies Is difficult to evoluate. By
a photographic method Sir William
Abney In 1800 rated the total starlight
of both hemispheres at 1-100 of full
moonlight and Prof. Newcomb In 1001
from visual observations of diffused
sky radiant flxed the light power of
ull stars nt Just 7i!S times that of Ca-
pella, or 1-80 of tho light of the full
niiKin.
It h not certoln. however, that the
sky would be totally dark If all stars
were blotted out. (Certain processes
make the upper atmosphere strongly
luminous at times and one never can be
sure tliut this light Is absent.
l n uipalhellv.
"Don't you feel any sympathy
for
him?"
"Not a bit; he didn't need sympathy
till he got found out; an' a man that
g-.'t found out doesn't deserve sym
pathy." Houston Post.
Where It llelonua.
Yeast To what family does tho
pruno belong T
I'rliasonbeiik I dou't think It belongs
to uny lanuiy. It Is a boarding house
product Yonkers Statesman.
Women often any, "How the children
enjoy Christmas!" True enough; but
why should old people butt lu?
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EXTEKT WITNESSE3.
OTH In civil and criminal
Bl frequently circumstances In which the testl
I mony f,f expert Is highly desirable. To
I sIat Arm itiaB tha ami !tla hi a civil suit special-
Ized knowledge Is oMen
determine the degree of
criminal case the same Is
fortunate fact that In the American courls. except per
haps In poisoning cases where a chemist gives the direct
results of his analysis and confines himself to thnt, such a
thing as honest expert testimony Is almost unknown. '
We have. Indeed, a disreputable kind of testimony
which masks Itself under the name of "expert," and
which we hear of entirely too often. It Is the testimony
given by men hired cither by th prosecution or by the
defense to help its cause. But this Is not expert testi
mony, unless, indeed, the very sklllfutnesa of the prosti
tution of knowledge that Is sometimes exhibited may It
self be called expert
When an expert takes the stand the first question put
to him should come from the Judge, and It should be In
this form : "Have you accepted, or agreed to accept, any
fee from the prosecution or from the defense?" as the
Case may be. If the answer Is yes, or If evidence Is
produced of the payment of such a fee, there should be a
law permitting the prosecution of the witness for bribery.
Chlcsgo Record-Herald.
TO MAKE TAXES POPULAR.
AXES are paid more reluctantly than any
f I I other Indebtedness. One of the reasons for
I I the reluctance lies In the belief, which pre-
ak I 1 1. bl,lulif 41, nf siMior mAii nra lint ! i n v ( 11 c
their fair share of the cost of government.
There Is foundation for this belief, since
no taxation system Is perfect. In every cast
It Is the result of tinkering with old systems without a
comprehensive Idea of what should be done to cure the
evils.
New York has lately had the benefit
of a special commission appointed to
provement In Its system. In that State all the expenses
of the State government are paid by special taxes levied
on corporations, on liquor-selling, on stock transfers and
on inheritances, so that there is no levy upon the general
taxpayers for State purposes. , Consequently the tax
which has to be paid to the local collector Is for local
purposes alone. This tax is levied
personal property.
The commission has recommended that
erty tax be abolished, and that a real
on the rental value of the house n man occupies be prac
ticallv the only taxes the citlr.en bus to pay. This is to
be supplemented with a revised Inheritance tax, the pro
ceds of which shall he divided between the State and
the community in which the property
excise tax Is now divided.
Attention is called to this report,
ble contribution to the discussion of
Under the close scrutiny of his wife
and sister, Mr. Hanson sat unhappily
In his chair, drawn up to tho cheerful
blaze, to be sure, but between the
chairs occupied by the feminine mem
bers of his household.
"Well, now. what difference does It
make whether Letty's husband Is well-
favored or not?" he demanded, irrita
bly. "I've told ye there weren't nny o'
those folks In that little town o theirs
much tq look at. Why ain't that
enough for ye? He's a mighty good
fellow, Ed Norton Is. Everybody'll tell
ye he's got the best disposition that
ever was, and he's smnrt, too."
Mrs. Hanson leaned forward and
twitched her husband's coat by its
sleeve,
"I It true he's the homeliest mnn In
oil that part o the country?" sho de
manded. "If looks don't make nny
dlff'rence to you, why don't you seak
up and tell the truth?"
"Long as you've worried It out o'
mo," said Mr. Hanson, reluctantly, "I'll
tell ye. , There'a a game they play,
young an' old, when they hnve one o'
their gatherings In the little hall
they've built If anybody's made dough-
nuti that day I mean whoever's made
'ein, or cockles or what not lustead o'
handing 'cm round with the rest o' the
food, they do 'em up separate, all In
papers and boxes and tied with strings
In hard knots, and then they'll give 'em
to the children to deal out, saying,
'Now that's for the man with the big
gest mouth.' That's for the man with
the largest ears.' That's for the man
with the longest nose.' That's for the
man with the biggest hands,' and so
on. You see what I mean? They men
tion what you'd generally call personal
defects, I take It.
"Well. It makes consld'able sport, and
nobody's sensitive. 1 was there to one
of those times, aud aaw how It worked
But Just before they began to play it
the man that was kind of master of
ceremonies, hfc stood out In the center
of the floor, and said he, 'Before we
begin I will ask IM Norton to step
outside,' he said. 'I understand there's
a new brand o' cakes on hand to-night,
and some o' the rest of us men want to
get 'em by rights,' ho said, 'and not
have to dejeud on Ed Norton's bounty,
as we've done at the last two entertain
ments.'
"Ne,w I hope you're satisfied," and
Mr. Hanson closed his eyes wiTh the
air of one from whom no further In
foLluntlon could bo drugged. Youth's
Companion.
fonalaucy of I'urtmse Only.
Gen. Sir Alfred Horsford, once in au
thorlty at Aldershot, believed In an
army of unmarried men, and invariably
turned a deaf ear to privates who were
In love aud who wished to take wives,
When Horsford was In command of a
battalion of the rltlo brigade, suys Sir
ICvelyn Wood In his recent entertaining
volume, "From Midshipman to I'leld
Marshal." a soldier came up to him
for permission to marry.
"No, certainly not," vas the curt re
ply. "Why does a young man like you
want a wife?"
"Oh, please, sir," said the soldier, "I
have two rlnss ("good conduct"
IwwaTbar
badges) and five pouuds In the savings
tion, and Is an attempt to make taxes popular by remove
trials there are
Ing some of the inequalities of old systems.
The report is Important too, because It recommends
co-operation among
and to protect those sources of revenue which belong t
the State from the encroachment of the national taxing
power.
necessary, and to
rewnslblllty In a
true. It Is an un
Of course the only
tion Is to reduce expenditures by economies and purity la
administration. It Is
people complain so much at an Inequitable distribution of
the burden. Youth's Companion.
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a breeding ground of disease Is the common
dust of our bouses. Every housewife who Is possessed
of cleanly Instincts should welcome an apparatus which
lemoves dust Instead of scattering It In all directions,
lost to the senses, so to speak, for a time by Its atten
uation in air, only sooner or later to settle again on the
shelves, pictures, curtains and carpets In a thin film.
Moreover, the removal of dust and Its collection In a
receptacle by means of the vacuum cleaner permits of Its
absolute destruction by fire.
Bacteriological science can easily demonstrate the ex
istence of disease germs in common household dust and
there Is evidence of an eminently practical character that
dust Is otherwise a source of disease; there could hardly
1 a more effectual means ef spreading the Infective and
Irritating particles than the old-fashioned broom. London
Lancet
of the suggestions
recommend an Im
process which makes them plump as well.
To secure this appearance the salt water product Is
plnced in fresh water, frequently in fresh water streams.
This bleaches them, and owing to tho fact that nowadays
few fresh water streams are pure, that the oyster ab
sorbs so much water that It appears plump, and that Its
digestive functions are retarded by the unnatural con
ditions, any bacilli In the water absorbed rapidly mul
tiply, thus Infecting the oyster.
This Infected food, often shipped long distances, be
comes a menace to health of whole communities. This
practice of bleaching and futtenlng the oyster certainly
should be discouraged by epicureans and consumers in
general. What to Eat
on real estate and
thepersonal prop
estate tax and a tax
Is situated, as the
because It is a valua
the taxation ques
bank, so I am eligible, and I want to
marry very much."
'Well, go away, and If you come
back this day year In the same mind,
you shall marry. I'll keep tho vacan
cy." On the anniversary the soldier re
peated his request.
'But do you really, after a year,
want to marry?"
"Yea, sir; very much."
In spite of himself, Horsford was
visibly impressed.
"Sergeant major," lie sold, "take his
name down. Yes, you may marry. I
neyer believed there was so much con
stancy In man or woman. Right face.
Quick march !"
At the door the man turned.
"Thank you, sir," ho said, gratefully.
"It Isn't the same woman."
NEWSPAPERS FOR ROYALTY.
How Ilnlera of the World Keep In
formed of Eventa.
Most presidents and kings and rulers
of countries are far too busy to look
over the columns of all the dally pa
pers that aro published In their respec
tive lauds, says the New York Herald.
At the same time, those who are re
sponsible for the welfare of their sub
jects and their citizens must keep In
formed on all topics of national and
International Interest. In ordes that
they may do this with the least possi
ble effort and waste of tiino It occurred
to the Emperor of Austria to arrange,
or have arranged for him, a morning
Journal of clippings which would pre
seut all the Important features of the
day so that his time would not be taken
up with glancing over extraneous mat
ter.
The Journal that his majesty perused
while partaking of his coffee and rolls
was a neat little leather affair that
served as a binding, and Into this his
wmtarr slinned the coattnna of prlnt-
ed matter which was to furnish the
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emperor's mental food for the day. If
the articles were too long tuen it was
the duty of the secretary to condense
them and present them to his majesty
In neatly typewritten sheets.
As a matter of fact royalties are
usually well read and well Informed
personages. Many of them devote con
siderable time to the perusal of foreign
papers and magazines, and they can
tell you offhand more about the way
government affairs are going on on the
other side of their world than many
of the iKopI" lu that world can.
Nearly all of the world's great ruler
ts'loiig to press clipping bureaus, nlid
the majority of them Insist uimn read
ing all tliit is printed about them. If
n single unfavorable article Is suppress
ed the fact and the article usually come
to the knowledge of tlielr majesties,
Once the faithful secretary of one Eu
ropean emperor took It upon himself to
save his royal patron the embarrass-
n:ent and discomfort that were sure to
follow the reading of a certain news
paper "roust." But that very morning
the emperor hud decided to put his
newspaper secretary to a test, and he
ordered copies of every paper that was
sold in his country. What was his sur
prise to see hlmxelf lllmrally caiica
tured aild featured with anything but
fluttering comment The result was
that the secretary received a sound
scolding, and ever after that he was
scrupulous nbout Inserting In the leath
er Journal all articles about the em
peror.
the States to secure uniform tax laws
way tc reduce the burden of taxa
not excessive taxation of which the
WITH THE BROOM !
lii-nnm throatona arwin In ha aa fhanlt
I I as the old copper warming pan, Judging
I I from the number of vacuum dust removers
n uieu am ueiug piai-ra upon iu- iimrnei.
The change Is ono which must meet with the
unqualified approval of allvwho know what
OYSTERS AND TYPHOID,
NVESTIGATION has shown that oysters
eaten raw frequently cause typhoid. Not
the thin, grayish oysters, fresh from the
briny deep, but those which, in consequence
of the consumer's demand that the bivalves
be good to his sight as welt as to his per
verted taste, are subjected to a bleaching
SKATING IN FRIESLAND.
Ideal Conditions toe Enjoyment
Thta Oatdoor Sport In Holland.
The lovers of skating In New York
would le rejoiced, Indeed, If they could
make ono of the skating tours now so
popular on the cauals of Holland, says
tlie New York Tribune. Trlesland, tha
northern province, especially, Is de
scribed as the true paradise of the
skuter. Its canals, threading the coun
try In every direction, are, In tho win
ter months, converted into miles upon
miles of leeclad highways, stretching
out in almost every direction aa far as
the eye can see. The milkman, the'
butcher, in fact all of tho tradespeople
nd nearly all persons having occasion
to travel through the country, use thesa
leeclad canals in going from village to
lllage.
It Is only natural that where thera
are such tempting stretches of Ice the
natives should be exiiert skaters, and
this Is true of the Frlslana. The
ordinary skater In this country, though
he may have his own special footgear
for the enjoyment of the sport, always
sees to It that the shoes used are good,
stout onei.
Not so In Frlesland. The expert
skater there takes off his shoes and
skates In bis stocking feet, the only
addition to hla footgear being another
pair of socks. The big wooden sabots
ordinarily worn by the Frisian arettsu-
ally carried under tho arm when he 1s
enjoying hla skating.
So much do the Frisians think of
their leeclad highways that the author
ities in ench city and village, many clubs
aud Individuals unite In their efforTS to
keep them in flrst-clnr-s condition and
free from snow In the winter monfns.
One of the best mediums for the
transportation of the small kits one
taking a skating trip In Frlesland needs
Is the rudely but stoutly constructed
Frisian sled, which can be h.lred at
small outlay. The other expenses can
be made equally small. The food serv
ed at the little Inns along the canals Is
clean and wholesome, and the prices for
meals are reasonable. Then, to add
to the pleasure of such a trip, at Im
portant crossing points there are re
freshment tents where an invigoranng
drink of hot spiced milk may be had,
or, If the travelers prefer, there are
many cozy little spots along the Una
of the canals where they may pause
and prepare their own-lunchoons ou tha
l,.p in short, it I difficult to conceive
a winter outing affording more beauti
ful pleasure than skating through
Frlesland.
She Knew IIIiu.
"There are many gocd voices," Mme.
Calve said, "that fie world will never
hear because tbrlr owners are too In
dolent to develcj) them.
"It Is I'.ke the story of the farmer.
"Loo'.lug up from his magazine the
fiiruwr said vehemently to his wlf
one night:
" 'I m you know what I'd have done
if I had been Niuxdeon?'
" 'Yes,' idie answered. 'You'd have
settled down In (Jessica and sient your,
life grumbling a'xtut bad luck and bard
times. "Kansas CJty Journal.
Men have a gopd deal to suy about
women telling secret, but mighty few
men ever get In on a real ground
floor, aud refrain from telling the!?
particular friends "ou Uia quiet"