(Dakota County Herald
Dakota crrr, neb.
John H. Ream, - Publisher
A complaining woman nnl an empty
pockctbook make few friends.
"Everybody hates a successful man,"
ays Mr. Harrlman. And everybody
knocks a failure. So what's the use?
Venezuela's latest revolution lasted
tight days nnd is roiorted to hnvo
been almost as serious as scarlet fever.
"Dreadnought except herself"
leems to be the fitting title of England's
toonstcr battle ship after her dangerous
trial trip.
A 10-year-old Imy Is reported to have
made $40,000 speculating In Wall street
recently. How ho will cry when they
tct It back.
J. O. Phelps Stokes thinks there
ihould bo public ownership of the earth,
fie, too, must have some reason for
ranting to make Chancellor Day mad.
Even the antl-milclde bureaus will
be unable to do much for the people
who are In the habit of taking medi
cine In tho dark.
Ex-President Cleveland has no use
(or old bachelors. If his wife had al
rys felt that way he might still be one
f the detested things.
rrlnee Henry of Holland has turned
Wt to be a hero. Perhaps Jueon Wll
oehnlna knew what she was doing
hon she selected him, after all.
It begins to look as If Mr. Rockefeller
kad been converted to the Carnegie
ftieory that it Is disgraceful to die rich.
Bis teal resembles that of the new con
tert H. O. Havemeyer, president of tho
mgar trust, has been, sued for f40,000,
000. If the plaintiff gets It we may
look for a sharp advance In the price
f sugar.
It ts when we order a porterhouse
rtealc and are served with a slab of
lole leather that we realize bow Impo
tent the pure food law Is to ameliorate
Ae sufferings of people who eat
The Rev. Dr. Gladden persists In
talking about the "tainted wealth" of
Rockefeller. He coined the phrase,
and he clings to it with greater ton
icity than Mr. Rockefeller clings to his
wealth.
General Booth of the Salvation Army
nakes the announcement that he Is
rilling to receive all tho tainted money
rhich may be offered He thinks he
tnows of a way to remove tho taints,
tnd he probably does.
And still another Russian coachman
has been blown up by mistake for his
Illustrious employer. Controlling tho
lestlnles of a bumble hack seems to
be Just about as dangerous as driving
100-horse power motor.
James Bryce, the nuw British ambas
mdor to this country, will receive a
lalary of $50,000 a year, ns much as
b received by the President of the
United States. Perhaps Mr. Bull has
teen reading about the prices, of grocer
lea KUd things over here.
According to some curious lnestlga
tlona conducted by English scientists
eldest sons tend to be criminals and
youngest sons paupers. A great many
thousand school children and many
family histories have been examined to
lield these results. First-born children
were found to be, as a rule, taller and
heavier, with greater ability and en
durance than tho others. This Is In ac
cordance with the popular feellug in
many countries that the oldest child Is
tuperlor to the others and deserving of
special privileges. It Is a well-established
fact that among men of genius
an undue proportion arc eldest sons.
Nature designed men and women to
live out of odors the most of tUe time
where the sun can strike their faces,
where the pure air can get to their
lungs. Just take the rose aud boo what
It will do when kept away from tho
sunlight It may blossom after a long
time, but tho petuls will Iks half grown
and the color will be faded. Then take
that rose and pluce It In the sunshine.
It will open and bloom In all Its glory.
Well, boys nnd girls and old lioys ami
girls are much more finely organised
structures than the rose bush which
gives us these wonderful blossoms.
They grow pinched and puny wheu dal
ly c-oois-d up In tho ahnde. Even the
chickens teach the value of sunlight
The hen dos not know u single thing,
to far as intelligence goes, except to lay
eggs, but she kicks on her Job unless
ho coop ts supplied with windows.
It Is frequently remarked that tbo
ivuse of vision Is by no means us keen
ai the civilized man as It Is In the sav
ige. The same Is claimed to be true
of the senses of hearing and of smell.
The Indian can distinguish objects at
t remote distance which are Invisible
M his moro highly evolved companion,
lie can detec t Bound which the scholar
recognizes only In slight degree and
ifter closest atteutlon. The difference
is not so marked In regard to odors,
ut It Is said that comparing ourselves
with the ancient Romans the sense of
iiuell Is also degenerating. On the
tner band it may be clulrucd that civ
ilized man can see tints which the sav
ige cannot distinguish. He may not
hear the sound of a remote footstep lu
the forest, but he can detect the flue
harmonics of a Beethoven sonata which
the savage cannot. His sense of touch
Is far more exquisite and so too Is the
tense of taste. The extremes of differ
ence are dotibtelst due not to any nut
ral sniHTlorltyor inferiority Lut to the
tux-esslty for cultivation In so' . partlc
lar direction. To secure his vod the
primitive man must give ut tout ion to
lUtnnt sounds and sights to which the
man who bus his food set before blm Is
indifferent The Boers la the lute war
were noted for their keenness of vWoa.
Their security had depended on It for
generations. So long as It Is In the
power of nn Individual to cultivate any
of his senses still further should occa
sion demand. It can hardly be said his
senses are degenerating, even though
the present stage of development Is less
than that of an Inferior race. It is not
to be expected that onc'a faculties
should always bo on tho extreme degree
of tension, since It would doubtless
mean a corresponding loss of power In
another and more Important direction.
Considering the number and opulence
of our American millionaires. It must
be deemed strange that tho steamship
managers have been so slow In pro
viding for them exclusive and high
priced accommodations on the ocsan
"flyers." fntll very recently tho best
cabin that money could secure differed
very little from tho ordinary first-class
quarters except perhaps In location.
The richest man in the world went t-i
Europe last summer in a suite of two
staterooms that were no better than
the accommodations enjoyed by 200 or
300 poorer people. The possibilities In
the way of excluslveness nnd cor re
Fpondlngly high prices were not appre
ciated by the steamship designers. This
omission Is In a fair wny of being re
paired by tho eonstiYKtlon of what
might be called 'en flats" on the ships
of one trans-Atlantic line. On the
steamship Minnctouka, which arrived
at New York from London the other
clay, the first of these Hpartments was
exhibited. The "sea flats" are located
on "Saloon square." which Is a broad
corridor amidships. Tho "flats' flank
either side. No. 1 has n drawing room,
sitting room, two bedrooms, smoking
room nnd bath. In No. 2 the drawing
room and smoking room are omitted.
Of course, they are ground floor flats
ana mere is no elevator, no stairs and
no Janitor. The exposure changes fre
quently and the air Is excellent These
"flats" are the latest develonmont In
ship designing and they are for peoplo
wuo can arroru them. They offer every
homelike advantage that Is possible on
shipboard. The servant girl question
Is, of course, eliminated. It costs a
pretty penny to occupy one of these
"flats," but the landlord does not re
quire a lease for a year. People who
have plenty of money and a desire to
escape the society of their fellow men
will be glad to pay whatever the price
may be. It is pretty safo to predict,
however, that the very richest oeonle
will not patronize the "sea flats." Such
peoplo are ordinarily satisfied with the
same accommodations that ordinary
folks enjoy. , .'
OIL AND GAS FOB MEXICO.
Denndlnsr of Foreata Causes Dlaa to
Grant Conceaalona.
Gradually Mexico Is becoming Ameri
canized, duo to the foresight of Presi
dent Diaz. For years gas was not nl
lowed to foe manufactured In the re
public. A few years ago a small plant
was Installed In Merlda, tho captal of
Yucatan. Because tho Mexicans con
sidered gas dangerous It was impossi
ble to get n concession to manufacture
It. Another reason wns the great scar
city of fuel. It has caused the govern
ment much worry.
Wood for domestic purposes is sold
in tho City of Mexico by "stick" and
tho forests of any extent aro hundreds
of miles distant from the capital. The
universal niaterlnl for domestic con
sumption Is charcoal and the manufac
ture of tho product Is rapidly denuding
the forests which exist within a rea
sonable radius of the City of Mexico.
It was to preserve these forests and
solve tho fuel question that President
Diaz granted the concession for tho
erection of gas plants all over the re
public. So high has the price of wood
been within late years that a Bhort
time ago tho railroads found It profit
able to Import their ties from Japan.
It is proposed now to build an oil
pipe line from the recently discovered
wells of the gulf coast, near Tampleo,
to the City of Mexico, an Immense un
dertaking, for the liquid will have to be
raised from the sea level to a height of
over 7,000 feet, from where It will bo
distributed to various towns and cities
on the plateau.
Tho men to whom have been granted
tho concession have Issued Instructions
to commence the Installation of a gas
plant to supply tho City of Mexico and
the suburban towns of Tucabyua, Mlx
coac, San Angel, Cherubuaco, Tncuhn,
Atzaeupotzulco, Coyoacun and Tlal
pam, Tho contract Is mndo under the law
of "uew Industries" between tho exec
utive of the new republic nnd Edward
Doheny, Charles A. Can Held and Nor
man Bridge, which grants to theso men
a concession to erect and operate In
any city or town within tho republic
of Mexico gas plants for tho manufac
ture and distribution of crude oil gas.
Incredible as It may seem, there Is
not In the City of Mexico with nearly
fiOO.OOO people a single bit of gas burn
ed, so that the capital has come to be
known us the electric city, for It Is one
of tho most brilliantly lighted munici
palities In the world.
Hunt Sid Mara.
"Every sailor has a sldo line," he
said. "Many an old shellback makes
moro out of his sldo line than out of
punching sails and chewing ropes.
Watch 'em come aboard for a long voy
age. Here's one with a camera, plates
and developer. He'll snapshot spouting
whales. icebergs, porpoises, wrecks,
anything of Interest that turns up, for
such pictures sell to magazlue and
newspapers, and he'll pliotogrupu his
mates at so much a head. Hero's a
man with IS worth of flue wooL He'll
knit It all up Into ladles' shawls during
the voyagtt. With his skillful work
he'll change It Into 50 worth of wool.
The tattooed chap has a chunk of Ivory
He'll carve it Into little ships. ije'a.
very handy that way. The bow-legged
feller darns stockings and patches
clothes. The cross-eyed one shares aud
hair cuts. As for mo, I tun a lottery."
New Orleans Tlmes-Democrut.
A filar fr'iniir,
Ix-unls Koorohee, w ho died In Ireland
in the early part of ISM, had 43 chil
dren. 2:1(1 grandchildren and D44 freat
grandchildren.
"TO LAND'S NEW $20,000,000 HOSPITAL FOB DAMAGED WARSHIPS.
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ENTRANCE LOCK TO NEW NAVAL DOCKS AT DEVONPORT.
England's new naval works here shown have made Devonpdrt the best
equipped and largest war port In the world. They Include a fine tidal basin,
with an entrance direct from tho llamouze, and a closed basin, which
has been provided with an entrance from the Hamoaze. which can be
used for dry docking men of war. Devonport has now three new ducks, which
enn take even the biggest men of war, apart from the entrance lock. It need
hardly bo pointed out that the final Issue of naval warfare deM-iids to a con
siderable extent on tho rapidity with which the opposing nations can refit
nnd replaco on the active list battle ships nnd other war vessels damaged by
tho enomy. Thus the north extension of tho dockyard nt Devonport. which
was opened by the Prince of Wulen recently, must be reckoned among Eng
land's most valuable naval assets. The closed fonsin has an area of thirty-five
acres; the extension covers nearly 120 acres. The total cost of the new work
,was about f4.noo.OfX).
Conquest Great
American Desert
The great Roosevelt dam in Arizona
Is Hearing completion. Within a few
mouths this colossal bar of masonry
will choke the gap between the moun
tains, and the city bearing the Presi
dent's name, 284 feet below Its crest,
will gradually lie engulfed by the In
rush of waters which will, when the
huge reservoir Is filled, form tho larg
est artificial lake In the world. More
than 200,000 acres of fertile larm laud
will spread out below tho lake to re
place what Is now a desolate desert;
thousands of families will prosper In
the midst of plenty, on soil which' hith
erto supported no living thing but sago
brush and lizards, nnd generations of
happy Americans will bless tho nnia
inatlon act which ennblcd the engineers
to work' such wonders in the "land
that Ood forgot."
While tho government Is doing the
work the homesteader will, in tlino,
pny back to the government every cent
that has been expended for htm, but
the payments will be extended over a
period of years nnd he will be charged
no Interest As soon as the Irrigation
works are completed nnd tho precious
water Is available for tho use of the
farmers the land benefited must begin
to make returns, and It Is expected that
ten annual Installments from each wa
ter user will settle the bill.
The Irrigation funds given Into tho
hands of the reclamation service by
Congress come first from the snle of
public lands In the arid St-ites, but
after the various projects become oper
ative the annunl repayment Install
ments will continue tho maintenance
and the construction of new water
plants. .
There are twenty-five great Irrigation
projects now under construction, and
when these are developed to their full
extent It Is estimated that no less than
3,198,000 acres of desert will be re
claimed. Add to these thirteen other
projects which are now being held In
abeyance pending the completion of
some of the first twenty -five, which will
reclaim 8,270,000 acres more, nnd we
have u gvand total of 0,408.000 acres of
waste changed us If by magic to a gar
den for gods and men.
Tho twenty-live engineering projects
now under construction will cost $00,.
000,000 when completed, and will re
claim an areu of land equal to the crop
acreage of Connecticut, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire nnd Florida, but In
comparably more fertile than those
States. All told, it is estimated, tho
newly created farm urea will add $2I?2,
000,000 to tho taxable value of tho
States, and will furnish homes for
80,000 families on farms aud in vil
lages and towns. The work of the re
clamation service has leen In progress
only five years, and early In loos tho
greatest project of the list, the Roose
velt dam, will bo completed.
About all that Is known of the Roose
velt dam lu the east is that It Is a bar
rier thrown across the Salt River Oau
you In Arizona. Some huve heard that
tbo town of Roosevelt, In the valley
that la to become the bed of the great
artificial lake, was built there only to
be destroyed when Its usefulness ended,
and that where now are schools and
stores and homes In a few months will
be found nothing but the element In
which fishes dwelt and which the desert
needs so much. This Is literally true.
As aoen as the dam Is finished the resi
dents of tho towu will move their be
longings, even to the house In which
they live, to other parts and the pow
erful gates of steel will let the waters
In. Within a few weeks there will be
more than 200 feet depth of water
above the dam and the newest form of
blue npoo the map of the United
States, the latest lake, will stretch 1U
ruigth of twenty-five miles up-streain
und its breadth of two miles between
the giant notch that seiwrates the hills.
llBdlcpyd.
"Alas," moaned the leopard, "I can't
ueak out of recitations any more. I'm
alwaya spotted. "Harvard Lauipoou.
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PAPEB RUINED BY GEBMS.
Mlcrobea Spot the Surface and Ml
Laat Wreck the Fabric.
Germany has been looking Into the
question why paper does not last for
ever and has come to the conclusion
that Its decay Is largely due to bac
teria. They not only injure tho tex
ture but destroy the color.
Tho brownish siots which appear In
old books and which are known to Eng-'
llsh bibliophiles ns foxing are really
duo to the bacterium prodigorutn. This
tiny destroyer Is especially fond of
starchy media and its propagation is
promoted by damp. It has loug been
known that damp produced foxing, but
the share of the microbe In the opera
tion has not been suspected.
Then there Is the tiny fungus, or
mold, penlcllliuni glaucum. It Is re
sponsible for gray and black marks
upon old papers and In setting the
surface It helps to break down the
fabric nnd hasten Its destruction.
There nre many other microscopic
enemies, of paper nnd they abound
chiefly In those which are glazed with
gelatin.' Given n little moisture nnd a
little heat nnd theso will multiply lu
the surface of n picture or a dlpio-.ua
on highly finished paper just ns they
would in the' culture tube of a biolo
gist. ,
Several methods of fighting these
bacteria are projHjsed. Ono is to sub
stitute for animal gluo In finishing
fine paper glazes made from rosin.
These, it Is said, give equally good
results and totally defy the invasion
of microbes, it Is also proposed to
Introduce chemical agents in the man
ufacture of paper which ore known to
be fatal to microbes. This, however.
Involves many complications.
Where the paper Is to be used for
water color painting and printing In
colors almost every chetuleal Is barred,
ns they are apt to combine with the
pigments In the course of time and de
stroy them. But for ordinary writing
papers small quantities either of bi
chloride of mercury or of nntlpeptlcs
of tho carbolic class may be Introduced
without Impairing the use of the paper
for ordinary purposes, whether writing
or printing, and at the same time ren
dering It proof against the ordinary
pro'Tsses of decay.
EDITING CONSULAR REPORTS.
All Statement Calculated to Hart
Foreign Ration Are t'nt Out.
In the bureau of trade relatlous the
consular reports ore carefully read
und, when necessary, so revised as to
eliminate everything unsuitable for
publication from tho standpoint of the
interests of the government, says tho
Atlantic. Not infrequently u report is
of such character as to make it Irex
poclicnt to publish nny portion. In
which case it Is filed in toto In tho
archives of tho department of state for
future reference. All statemeuta In
the reports calculated to cause adverse
criticism In a foreign country, or to
bring about diplomatic representations
on the part of another government, or
to embarrass the mlinlnlNtr.itnri r nn
executive branch of our government are
omiiteci rrom the material transmitted
to the department of commerce aud la
bor for publication.
Tuder the hea'. of matter that Is ob
jectionable because of Its probable ef
fect In a forelcn romnumif,.
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slighting allusions to any nationality or
race: adverse criticism. vu i,.,..n...i
of the political, social, or rellglou ln-
.i.iuiioii.; uisparaging statements In
regard to the enforcement of tho laws;
charges of dishonesty
of the officials, etc. In short, anything
that reflects on the integrity and rffl
clency of the foreign administration,
or that minht offend tli
of the people of the country. Is efunl-
unit in me state department, walch
IS. of Course, the beat lml.ru ii.
v tun 'iijr
lomatlc properties.
Visitor (at studio) I do not Beoitow
au artist could paint such a beautiful
woman without falling In love with
her.
Great Artist I assure you, juaflm.
that while painting that picture I iwrrer
once thought of love.
"Yes. You see, the modol wao ma
wife."
"Is It possible?" Tit Bits.
ELECTRIFICATION OF STEAM RAILWAYS.
By Bloa P. Arnold.
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Previous to 1904 the official of the steam
railways of the country had paid but little at
tention to the vuhject of electricity, but were
beginning to realize the Inroads that were
being mnde upon their local traffic by the In
terurban roads. This caused the more pro
gressive ones among them to Wgin carefully
to Investigate the claims of the advantages of
' electric traction, with the result thnt at that
time there either were contemplated, or well under war,
a number of important electric installations, which coul l
be credited to the favorable decisions of steam railway
officials.
The Pennsylvania railroad system, in addition to the
electrification of its great terminal system in the vicinity
of New York, gradually Is clect'ifying the Tmg Island
Railroad system, which so effectually gridirons the Island
lying east of Manhattan Island, and known ns Ixnig Isl
and. The New York. New Haven nnd Hartford railroad
company als' Is going to great exix-use In the electrifica
tion of its line from New York City to Stamford. Conn.,
a distance of thirty-one miles, with probability of grad
ual extension of electric traction over its pystm.
These few examples, together wlt'.i the olectrienl oper
ation of the great Slmploii tunnel, by menus of which the
traveler will be carried from Switzerland Into Italy with
out tho nnnoynnce duo to the obnoxious gnscs emitted
from the steam locomotive, I believe are sufficiently im
pressive to emphasize the correctness of the lines of de
velopment outlined by me in J904, liivolvins:, ns they do,
an expenditure of approximately $100,000,000 for electri
cal equipment, and a collateral Investment of some $'"00,.
000,000 more.
MEDICINE HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES.
By Dr. IV. H. Wchh.
I wish to emphasize the mutual helpfulness
of the various nietlical sciences in the develop
ment of medical knowledge ami practice. Con
sider, for example, the Indispensable share of
embryology, of anatomy, gross nnd microscopic,
of physiology, of pathological anatomy, of clin
ical study, In the evolution of our knowledge
of the latest contribution to diseases of the
circulatory system that disturbance of the
cardiac rhythm called 'heart block." Similar Illustrations
of the unity of the medical sciences and of the co-operation
of the labotatory and the clinic might be multiplied
Indefinitely from nil classes of disease.
. Great ns has been the advance of medicine In the Inst
half century, it Is small. Indeed, in comparison with what
remains to be accomplished. On every hand there are
still unsolved problems of disease of overshadowing im
portance. The ultimate problems relate to tho nature
and fundamental properties of living matter, ami the
power to modify these properties In desired directions.
Knowledge breeds new knowledge, nnd we cannot doubt
that research will lie even more productivt In tho future
than It has lsen In the past! It would be hazardous In
RECLAIM LAND WORN OUT.
Portuuruene Unite to l!ctore to Cul
tivation 10,000,000 Avre.i.
Portugal, according to Vice and Dep
uty Consul R. II. Klachant of Lisbon,
has started lu on a system of land rec
lamation which, if as successful as It
promises to bo, must result in similar
movements In various parts of Europe.
He writes:
"In tile south of Portugal a serious
attempt is being made, with some
chance of success, to bring back Into
cultivation a large tract of land. This
country being essentially agricultural,
any steps to reclaim land that has gone
out of cultivation, estimated at 4,.'514,
000 hectars (about 10.000,000 acres), or
U per cent of the total area of Portu
gal, are a move lu the right direction.
"So:ne energetic members of society
In the district of jSerpa, in combination
with tho municipal authorities, have
set to work uoii loO.ooo acres, divid
ing it up Into allotments of fifteen acres
each and letting it at a nominal rent,
calculated according to the estimated
value of the land, which has. ns it were,
four classifications, the highest qui!"
rent being placed at $3.20 and tho low
est at 40 cents an allotment, free of
totnl rates and taxes for ten years.
"Quite a heterogeneous mixture of
Bottlers hns already taken iossession
of their tenements. Carpenters, ma
sons, doctors, chemists, barlwrs, seam
stresses, tailors, and even beggars, fig
ure in the list.
"One of the chief difficulties to bo
ovoroomo before making the allotments
was to deal with the proprietary right
of beekeepers, who centuries ago had
certain privileges conferred upon tlie.ii
whereby they did a thriving trade In
honey and wax. This trade has in later
times diminished, owing to the destruc
tion of tho floral produce of the land,
chlelly by firing when portions thereof
were cleared for wheat and other cere
als. Matters have been amicably set
tled for tho beekeepers und the em
bryo ngrieulturlsts. The success of
the scheme ns far ns It has gone has
stirred the ambition of tho residents In
a large part of the north of Portugal,
where a project on slinlar lines Is being
set on foot to bring back Into cultiva
tion something like half a million
acres."
The ChlldUh Voice Two Much.
A good story Is told of Signor Foil,
the famous basso. Once u)on a time
he was singing "The Hart," when a
childish voice from somewhere in the
stalls suddenly piped in and attempted
to organize an Impromptu duet Un
fortunately the next Hue of tho song
was: "Hark! What sound Is that which
breaks upon mine earl" This so tickled
the fancy of the great vocalist that he
burst Into a hearty fit of laughter and
left the platform, followed by the pian
ist Twice they came back and at
tempted the song, and finally they had
to five It up lu despair, much to the
tinuseuient of the audience.
Collision Xot Collnaloa.
The Judge In this divorce suit there
aeeuiB to be some collusion between the
man and bis wife.
The Wife Collusion? No. It's been
collision ever since the ceremony!
Pittsburg Gazette-Tlmr-a.
Twllluht.
la rarnilue cloak the gypsy day
K Docked at eve's mouantery bars ;
Now eouies he, novice cowled la gray,
To light tb candles of the stars.
fenart Set.
mosquito, and many
knowledge.
LIFE IS STILL ROMANTIC.
This
ARCHWAY TO THE EDDY HOUSE.
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This photograph shows the main
near Concord of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science. The
home of Mrs. Eddy, Pleasant View, occupies approximately fourteen acres,
situated on Warren street, where that thoroughfare begins to assume the
aspect of a beautiful country road, and about a mile from the business center
of Concord. The "home place" has ten acres, to which has been added tho
Tuttle property of about four acres adjoining. The house is about forty feetP"
back from the street, and to the rear of the buildings the ground slopes grad
ualy down Into a picturesque valley.
ODDEST TREE IN AUSTRALIA
In Time of Dronth the Cattle Feed
I'noii the Wood.
The vegetation of Australia Is differ
ent from that of any other country.
The various species number about 10,
(HK, which Is n far greater number thau
Is to be found In Europe. A ieeullarlty
of tho trees found growing near the
coast Is the vertical direction of the
foliage, which allows the sunlight to
pass easily through the leaves. Many
curious trees are found, but none is
more remarkable than the bottle tree,
or baobab. The jiecullarlty of the tree
is found In Its abnormal trunk, which,
ns compared with other forest trees, Is
out of nil proportion to Its branches.
Sometimes the trunk Is nearly spheri
cal, resembling a huge Inverted turnip.
The peculiar nature of its spongy
soft wood is resiiousihle for this re
juvenescence. The tissues contain large
quantities of moisture in the form of
mucilage. Indeed, lu time of drouth
the trees are often felled aud the wood
broken up Into small pieces. This the
cattle devour with great relish. The
rruit takes the form of a thin-shelled
gourdlike capsule covered with a thin
green velvety pile. In fine examples
they are equal In size to small cocoa
nuts. When rljie they contain a flour
like jiowder having a eculiar acid
flavor not unlike cream of tartar. The
fruit remains attached to the branches
for a considerable time after the leaves
have fallen. The flower which precedes
the fruit Is white, somewhat like those
of the eucalyptus. Its center being filled
with a sheaf of slender white stamens.
The African baobab ba4 the peculiarity
of hanging Its fruit from the branches
by means of loug cordlike stems some
times from a foot and a half to two
feet In length. lu common with the
dragon tree of Tenerlffe, the baobabs
are regarded as tho slowest growing
trees and the longest lived members of
the vegetuble world.
This dragon tree of Teuerlffe was one
of th wonders of the vegetable king
dom. It stood ueur the town of Ora-
the extreme to attempt to predict the particular direc
tion of future discovery. How unpredictable, even to tht
most farslghted of a past generation, would have been
such discoveries as the princ iples of antiseptic surgery, ,
nntltoxlns, bacterial vaccines, opsonins, the extermination
of yellow fever by destruction of a particular species of
other recent contributions to medical
ric.
Dy Helen Oldficld.
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century
practical. The struggle for life Is strenuous,
and many are forced to "cut. their hard paths
stralghtly by poor Richards eloquence." On
the other hand, we are continually told that
modern society has no earnestness, no depth,
little or no sincerity, and, worst of all, no high
moral standard. Fashion and pleasure and a
sham love are tho amusements of the hour. To
outshine each other in dress, In engagements. In admirers
Is apparently the whole duly of young women in the
"classes." There can be 'no love without romance. Take
that away nnd poetry vanishes: even ns war without
rniiir.iw Is .merely licensed slaughter, so love, bereft of
its sentiment. Is but nn affair of sale aud barter. It Is
love, romantic love, which makes of mnrrla?e the most v
sacred nnd beautiful of ties; thnt sweet pnssion which
South has cnlled "the great instrument of nature,' the
bond nnd cement of society, the spirit nnd spring of the
universe,' which, wisely controlled and rightly bestowed,
warms, elevates and brightens life. But It Bhould not
be lightly given nor heedlessly accepted. Tho heart
should carefully discriminate between true love nnd Its
ninny spurious Imitations; with Us sacred aureole of
glory no unworthy object should be crowned, neither
should It be allowed to dominate reason and Judgment-'
Romantic love is by no means one and the same witlln , l
blind, unreasoning passion. ' '
TRIAL MARRIAGES WOULD BE MONSTROUS.
By Rev. Dr. Frank Crane.
The modern novel attack upon the family
Is nothing but another form of the world old
complaint ngalnst human destiny. Mrs. Par
sons suggests trial marriages. The scheme of.
trial marriages is, of course, simply mon
strous. To cure a slight evil It would open
the door to a most certain and positive crime.
It would put a premium upon the wicked pro
pensities of men. When a man and woman
marry It Is right that It should be under the promise of
"for better or for worse, in sickness and In health, for
richer, for poorer, till death do us part" It Is this feel
lug of finality In the act of marriage that brings out the
good in both parties. For few marriages fall which
would not have succeeded had there been unswerving
loyalty to the spirit of the marriage vows. Men and
women are so constituted thnt, other things being reason- '
ably equal, nnd there being no Intolerable and manifest
Incongruity, their living together in loyalty Induces Iove
more and more.
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entrance to Pleasant View, the home
tava, on the Island of Teneriffe, and
many travelers examined and measure
it. Meyeu found it to be seventy-five'
feet high and forty-eight In girth. Just
above the ground it was seventy-nln
leei m circumrerenee. Humboldt found
It and when he monsnrel If ,iio.,.-i'
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that it had not changed In size since1
the days of the French adventurers, tW
Metnencourts, who seized the Island In
the fifteenth century, some four cea-i
turies before. The trunk was hollow'
and a staircase had been erected Inside
by which one could ascend to tho height1
at which the branches began. This relic;
of ages was unfortunately destroyed by;
a hurricane iu 1S07.
Different Out There.
The owner of the ranch in one of the
arid regions of the great West was en-
TP
it-riaining an tnstern relative. Ha
showed him over his broad acres, spok
of the difficulties that had been over
come in making tho desert blossom a5(
the rose, and outlined his plana for thei
future. :
"But Is It possible." asked the visitor' I
"to make more than a bare living en. A
such laud and in such a climate, a V
this?" 1 "
"It Is. I have made considerably
more than a bare living on this lundV",
"I am glad to bear It Cyrus. Then;
you have something laid by for a rafnyi
day, have you?" '
"Not exactly," rejoined the host with!
a laugh. "On the contrary, with thf
help of an occasional rainy day I hav
managed to lay something by for tb
dry days."
The Camel's root.
The camel's foot Is a soft cushion p
cullarly well adapted to the stones and;
gravel over which It Is constantly waUt
Ing. During a single Journey through
the Sahara horses have worn out tbreai
sets of shoes, while the camel's feet in
not even sore. I
There are so muny useless things t
the world that we sometimes think thfj
Lord made some things just to be wist
chievoua,