CHS HARBOR LIMIT.
How welcome o'er the sea that night
IT"" twinkle of the harbor light;'
A atar that trembled on the foara
Wllh beams of love and dream of liomt.
The bellt rang o'er the tossing bars
The white sails dipped beneath the stars ;
But fairer than all atari of night
The harbor light the harbor light!
"O nat lorn ain-lng In the spars
A merry challenge to the atara!
O captain, at whoa glad command
Our brave ahlp leana toward tha landt
"Within far tine-clad cota of white
Love hears the aea-bella In the night;
lft at a aeagull'a be oar flight
Toward the light the harbor light!"
r
And awlft we aped from storm and gloom
To ami Ling ahorea of light and bloom ; f
The aorrow of the voyage paat
Hang In the Joy of Home at laat !
Home) where the ah I pa In ahelter rest:
Home ! where tha light the love la beat ;
Over the plunging aeaa of night
I-ove'a bleaaing In the harbor light !
O ahlpa that in the darkneea roam.
Sweet aing the harbor belli of Home ;
Though far the ahore the voyage long,
The dark will drift to morning song:
The belle ting o'er the toaaing bars
The sails bend aura beneath tha atari ;
Stilt still the diatant ahore we fight
And gain the light the harbor light !
a
Margaret's
Adventure.
Margaret was bored to death.
After three happy years nt Glrton,
and a fourth, almost as pleasant, spent
In earning her own living'. It seemed a
little bard that she should have to
amend a month's holiday with an aunt
vn congenial to the point of antagonism.
An aunt, too, who bad outlived the few
friends and Interests she had ever had.
who lived In the middle of the most
"bleak, flat and uninteresting country.
'Margaret had ever seen. After the
first two days she grew very tired of
It. There was not a soul to speak to
In the place, and her aunt gave her to
-understand, on the very night of her
art Ival, that nothing was allowed to
interfere with the strict outline of her
life at Willow cottage, and that she
should not see her niece more, than
once a day.
All human companionship wns evi
dently denied her, but she wns not
quite alone in tha world. There was
intlll her bicycle, and although she ha-
"1 All 80BBT THIS IS THE LAST."
ted riding alone, and felt perfectly cer
tain that the rem da were as bad as the
cenery was hideous, she dragged It
out of the coal cellar In which her
.aunt bad ordered It to be burled.
But ou the third ride, the monotony
was unpleasantly broken by a large
juncture In the back tire; ten miles
I from borne, in a perfectly unknown
Toad, not a soul In sight, and with the
certain knowledge that she bad left the
irepalring outfit at home!
, ' There was nothing to do but to plod
wearily on till she came to somebody or
ieoiuetliing, and she bad tramped at
least two miles of the dusty road be-
Tore help came In sight
It was not a very promising looking
)lace.' A small one-storied wooden
building, with a wheel bung over the
door and a placard over the gate: "Bi
cycle repairs promptly executed."
The man went on with his task, with
out raising his bead.. Margaret was
piqued to notice that he was much less
anxious to talk to ber than she to talk
to him. "Could you tell me any pretty
rides about here?" she said desperate
ly; "I've nothing to do but ride and
1 am so tired of all these horrid bleak
roads. 1 should like t. pretty ride, Just
for once."
He stopped, for 41 minute am
thought
"There Is a little oit village about
ten miles from the crossrjada," he said,
"which might be called Ivifcrestlng and,
with a stretch of lni.vtV.atlon, even
pretty. Some big mau, who was a
friend of Hampden's, was burled there,
I believe, and there Is aa church
with a square tower."
"Wblch is the best way t ft to It?"
he asked; "and what is tha name of
itr
"It Is called Merfleet. but I Jiardly
tnow how to explain the way. Perhaps
I could show you on the map."
He went across the room, took bis
tourists' map from a shelf of books In
the corner, and gave It to ber.
She spread It open ou ber knee, fore
seeing that he would be obliged to
kneel beside her to explain. Then the
young man saw that she Intended to
.condescend to friendliness, and be told
himself that there was no reason for
'Mm to remember that be was a young
man In a shop and that the situation
was certainly a pleasant one for him.
In valu he pointed out the right way,
over and over again she only shook
ber head sadly.
"It's no use," she sighed. "I am
afraid you will think me terribly atu-
pld, but I never could understand ei
ther maps or railway guides, I am
afraid I ahall have to give It up."
Then the bicycle mender looked up.
Maragaret smiled. "I don't care If I
am forward," she said to herself.
"Somebody must Improve our acquaint
ance and he certainly won't"
1 But at her smile he grew suddenly
bolder.
. "I)o you always ride alone r be
asked.
Margaret sighed. "I have no one else
1HDJ0 THAT COUNTS
juuit v. Strauss. cence, will sit back and let It go on
with Its fads and Its foolishness, to the serious detriment of moral condi
tions and the complete demolition of that sociability and hospitality that
characterizes new countries before the thing called society gets a footing.
Sometimes, In a country neighborhood or quiet street In town, one comes
across a home In which there Is absolutely no social ambition; a placid sort
of stability seems to govern the establishment, there Is an abundance of good
things to eat and comfortable things to wear. The Inmates of the home are
deeply affectionate to one another and filled with kindly Interest In the wel
fare of the neighbors. ' They are not ardent church people or club people, but
somehow their fire burns clearer, their coffee smells better, there Is a sort of
radiant cheer about their kitchen. The men sit In the kltchea while the
women get breakfast, and they pop corn and crack hickory nuts around the
fire In winter evenings. There Is a tone In their voices as they address each
other that would wring the heart of a homeless man to hear.
When I have visited a home like this I have come nwny humbled at
the realization of the superiority of common-sense people over those whose
lives are warped by petty ambitions and silly striving, how simply they have
adjusted themselves to the secret of existence! Kindness, bodily comfort,
simple acceptance of life's mysteries, love of dally labor, satisfaction In the
quiet accomplishment of manifest duties, without aspirations to seemingly
"higher" things. When will the blinded world see things aright, and why
has God given some people the knowledge that He has denied to so many?
Juliet T. Strauss, In Chicago Journal.
to ride with." She hated herself for
saying It and wnlted for his response,
knowing that If It was what she feared
she had only herself to blame, and yet
half hoping that her fears would be
Justified.
There was only one thing for him to
say, and he said It, almost certain of a
rebuff, jet feeling that If she gave It,
she had certainly not played fair.
"I wish you would let nie show you
the way," he said, and Margaret gasp
ed. She turued over the leaves of
Omar's Khayyam nervously, and for a
minute she did not answer. The book
opened at the flyleaf, and half uncon
sciously she read the name of the own
er. Miles Lelghton, E. Coll. Magd. Ah,
she had known all the time that he was
a gentleman. Why, her brother Dick
was at Magdalen; most likely he had
known him It was ss good as an In
troduction. She would go. What did
It) matter about the bicycle business?
No doubt he had the very best reasons
for keeping a shop. The young mau
was watching her anxiously waiting
for the indignant refusal which must
come.
"It Is very kind of you," she said
sweetly. "I shall like to very much.
It will be a pleasant change to have a
companion."
The bicycle man's face was burning
by this time, and when she spoke he
could hardly believe his hot ears. Then,
somehow, the face of the situation
changed. They forgot the bicycles, and
everything else they did not wish to re
member, and talked of the many things
they had In common he as an Oxford
man, she as a Glrton girl.
He knew her brother quite well, he
said, and after they had arranged the
details of their ride to Merfleet Mar
garet went home, her mind In a whirl.
"I ought to be much more ashamed
of myself than I am," she said wonder
Ingly. "I must really be a much less
proper person than I thought At any
rate, whatever else I may be, I shan't
be bored any more."
The ride to Merfleet seemed very
short On the return Journey the bi
cycles, as If of their own accord, went
more and more slowly. Yet the way
seemed shorter than before.
The bicycle man hnd remembered an
other pretty village. Why should they
not ride over to see It some day say,
to-morrow? Why not indeed.
They did. A deeply Incompetent
young man was left in charge of the
shop, whose owner thus lost many cus
tomers and some sixpences. ' But, as ha
wild, one can earn money all the year
around and If one can't earn It, one
can always do without It. But there
are somo things one cannot possibly do
without
When you have ridden for two whole
afternoons with a young man, why
should you not ride for a third? And
a fourth and a fifth?
During the rest of Margaret's stay
the two rode together every day. And
now, the last day had come, and they
were resting by the roadside, looking
out through the gap lu the hedge at the
hideous country.
"It doesn't seem so hideous now,"
she said. "I suppose one has got used
to It"
He was silent Margaret felt In a
sudden flash of Illumination, that he
was silent because for him, as for ber,
the world bad changed so much In
these two weeks.
And now she was going away. And
this, the pleasantest companionship ber
life had ever known, was to end here.
He sat beside ber, silent pulling dusty
leaves from the hedge .and twisting
them la bis hands. Margaret knew
that be would not speak. 'How could
be? A man who Magdalen notwith
standing kept a bicycle shop.
And If she lost him now, be might
aee someone else she might lose him
forever.
"I'm going away to-morrow," she
a it abruutlr. and ber voice was bard
and cold. "We've bad some nice rides.
haven t Hut its au over and,
anyway, i think the weather's going.
Those cUuds look like rain."
"Going a war?" he said still not
looking at ber. He realised now. as be
had not done before, what these two
weeks bsd been to him, and be looked
IS COMMON SENSE.
I have cerne to the conclusion, not a
very original one, perhaps, that the
keynote of our existence la common
sense, and that tho renaou why so
many likes are "like sweet bells Jan
gled out of tune" Is that there Is never
enough of tbj Invaluable commodity
to go around.
Common sense consists chiefly In go
Ing ahead and minding one'a business,
not to the entire exclusion of the
neighbors or the disregard of society,
but keeping In view the fact that one's
own family and household Is the Im
portant thing to him. There are very
few of us who can do more for tha
world than behave ourselves and bring
up a respectable family. Come to think
of It, this Is a good deal, and more
than many people accomplish.
Of all things utterly devoid of com
mon sense, that which we call society
Is most so. There Is no tolling Just
how far contrary to common sense this
element will go If allowed to take tts
own road, and all for the reason that
common sense people, being gifted
with that most lovable quality, retl-
at a blank future. What would be left
when Margaret went away?"
"Yes," she went on, "I go to-morrow ;
and my aunt says I've neglected her so
dreadfully that she'll never ask me to
stay again. We've had some nice times
I am sorry this is the last"
Still he did not answer. Oh, how
stupid he was! If only she had been
In his place ; how well she would have
known what to say ! She let her hand
fall on tho grassy bank beside her. IIo
looked at tho hand, but he did not
touch It
"It's getting late," he said, awkward
ly. "We ought to be going home."
She did not move, however, ne drew
a deep breath. Her heart was beating
heavily and her hands trembled. She
felt that she held In them her life's
happiness.
"Ride on," she sold, "It's not far now.
I'll come on alone. I shall have to get
used to being alone now. So will
you."
She looked up at him.
"Don't," he said, "It's not fair. What,
shall I do when you are gone?"
"You'll work at your business."
"nang my business," he said. And
then he looked at her, and the last cob
web of doubt floated away from Mar
garet He did love her It was only
the horrid business that stood In the
way. She would risk everything. She
did.
"You think I'm a person of Inde
pendent means," she said, looking down
and speaking very fast "But I'm notj
There wasn't any nice, easy profession!
open to me when I came down from;
college so I took to trade like you..
I'm a dressmaker."
"Why do you tell me this?"
"Because it's true, of course," she
said Impatiently. , "Oh, don't be so
stupid." "
And then-she did what she had bet
ter have done at the beginning of the
conversation. She began to cry in real
earnest, with her face hidden In her
hands. And then even Miles Lelghton
was at last enlightened. '
"You don't mean to say that you
care!" he said, catching at ber bands
and trying to see her face.
"I don't mean to say anthlng," she
said, "and neither, It appears, do you !"
Manchester Chronicle.
No old muld ever lived long enough
to admit she was.
Noise is very useful for grand opera
and political debutes.
Calomel and spanking are both good
for early love affairs.
A girl can think she Is In love when
it Is nothing but the stomach ache
from cucumbers.
The man that puts a 40 h. p. empha
sis Into bis voice has a vacuum where
his Ideas ought to come from.
A very good way not to be proud of
your dressing Is to have a son who
keeps showing you that you are out of
style.
When a man steps Into the bathtub
full of scalding water and doesn't
swear, It's not because he Is a Chris
tian, but because he is speechless,
TabU Forli Aarad 0O Years,
The six hundredth anniversary of
the invention of the table fork, which
was used by King John IV., Duke of
Bretsgne, to eat fruit with In 1307,
will be celebrated in sundry parts of
the world. In Paris several banquet
will be given la commemoration of the
event
Borne people have a way of saying
"You re welcome,' mat makes one
wish be bad not started anything by
saying, Thank you."
Every man Is a great baby If be
can find the right one to cry to.
1 mfp rerTTTfr ..-t
DEVICE JOB FIRS BESCUB.
1aarnlaaa Ayaaratii laveated ar m
Realaeat et lladea-Badea.
The Department of B'.ate has been
furnished with a description of an In
genious device for the removal of per
son and property from burning build
ings. It was sent by United States Con
sul Brlttaln of Kebl. It is said a model
of this profitable fire escape Invented
by Wllhelm Lamps of Baden-Baden
will soon be brought to this country
and may be exhibited In Washington.
The apparatus Is irnllt on a wagon
or trucks. It Is provided with a num
ber of extendable platforms which can
be set according to the heights of the
floors of the building from which the
people are to be rescued. It Is also
supplied with a double arrangement of
ladders and with the necessary number
of railed safety bridges which can be
let down and put together. . These are
to assist In the rescue work and In re
moving furniture from burning build
lugs. The entire fire escape with ap
pliances may be placed In service In a
few minutes. It can also be used la
making military observations and for
searchlights.
A framework of lacy-tongs Is con
structed la such a manner that the ex
ternal places of Injunction of every
second pair of legs are adjusted to serve
as supporters for the platform. These
platforms can be put up at the various
heights of the floors of a burning
building and a gangway Is hinged to
each platform. By the aid of these
gangways persons are enabled to pass
from the windows of a burning building
to the main platform and then descend
by the old of a rope ladder.
When In operation the gangways may
bo let down collectively by a single
movement so as to stand out horlton
tally, with their outer edges or ends
laid upon the window ledges of tho
different floors of a building. The en
tire framework of the portable tower'
or fire escape may be folded up and
placed in a comparatively small apace.
When the tower has been adjusted
ready for use It Is kept In position by
a system of rods made of tubing and
attached to the framework In a manner
which makes the tower very substan
tial. Washington Star.
HE WAS NOT AT HOKE.
The etxtreme distaste of the modest
Quaker poet John Greenlenf Whlttler,
for foolish hero worship, and tho skill
wblch he attained In politely eluding
too enthusiastic admirers, have been
exemplified in many anecdotes. Even
now, however, new ones occasionally
como to light One such recently re
lated tells how two women, of the type
at once sentimentally gushing and over
confident of their own Importance, vis
ited Amesbury to seek the poet In bis
home.
They went astray In their search
for his bouse, and bustled Into a small
general store to be redirected. The
clerk, smiling a little queerly, Inform
ed them that the Whlttler bouse was
near by but a few steps round the
corner.
One of the women, a big, florid, over
dressed being with languishing eyes,
caught the smile, and clasped ber
hands with a rapt air.
"Oh, don't you think he'll see us?"
she demanded, "ne simply must!
We've beard be doesn't like to, but be
must; we won't go away till he does.
We've thought up ever so many things
we want to ask him."
The clerk, still smiling, glanced cas
ually toward a quiet man In a shadowy
corner, sitting on a barrel, surrounded
by a group of other leisurely custom
ers. They had all been talking politics
together, village-fashion, when the
strangers came In.
Think be will?" said the clerk.
"Well," replied the man on the bar
rel, hesitatingly, "thee knows Greenleaf
does not find It easy to refuse a lady.
I think perhaps he will If he Is at
home."
The women' bustled away again, ex
cited and expectant and a chuckle
went round wnong the laughing men.
The man on the barrel, with a trace of
apology in bis tones, rose from his
lHrch to go.
"They will not waste Ave minutes,"
ho murmured, "It Is such a little way.
Besides, thee knows very well that ex
ercise Is a good thing for sfout ladles."
"That's so, Mr. Whlttler," assented
the clerk. Youth's Companion.
A lllarhnarmaa'a Contempt.
Lancia, the Italian automoblllst was
asked by a reporter if he did not think
motor racing too dangerous.
"Dangerous yes," M. Lucia replied.
'Too dangerous no. For nothing that
benefits mankind and automobiles
ben fit Lunnklnd Inexpressibly Is too
dangerous for a man to' undertake. I
am like a highwayman who held up a
gasoline runabout ou the outskirts of
Home.
This highwayman stopped the run
about with a shot In the air. Then be
ran forth from the tomb that bad con
cealed him the hold-up happened on
the Appian way aid found, to bis sur
prise, only a woman in the little car.
"Where, madam, Is your husband?'
he demanded, sternly and suspiciously.
" 'He's under the sent,' she answered,
flushing.
"Then,' said the highwayman, 'I
won't take anything. It's bad enough
to have a husband like that without
being robbed In the bargain.'"
A Blow to Seatlataat.
"I cannot sing the old songs any
more," said fie man who bad been
eluded for bis silence. The sympathetic
hostess turned to hint with her gentle
smile.
Tbey are too full of memories and
associations, I suppose," abe said, soft
"No," said the man, decidedly. 'They
are not run enougn, mat's the trouble.
I can't remember the words, madam."
The only thng we can recommend to
women for the management of a bus
band, Is to feed him well and trust to
luck. '
A girl can please her father by prom
Islng not to marry until she la thirty;
ibnt bar mother won't like It
M IEmtcmmials H -
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
DETECJTVE LEGISLATION.
LITTLE more than three yes re ago there
I was a terrible disaster lu Chicago. The Iro
I quota Theater burned and hundreds of men,
, Vilify null liailltiv-ll ivfll lin-11 , . i . r " .
oue of the greatest disasters of the age, and
the world was horrified at the number of
fatalities and the awful death suffered by
helpless women and children. The demand was emphatic
for an Investigation and the prompt punishment of the
person er persons responsible for the wholesale slaughter.
The Inquiry was made, nnd It was found the loss of life
was due to neglect of known precautions, which. If kept
In werklng order, would have protected the audience.
Then came delay In the trial of the manager of the the
ater on one pretext or another, until the whole affair
was little more than a memory. A change of venue was
lso secured, and now the world Is Informed, after wait
ing more than three years, that the manager is dis
charged because the city ordinance of Chicago governing
theater buildings were defective and Invalid. ,
There ia no disposition to criticise the findings of the
court, but It does bring once more to public attention the
loseness with which city ordinances and State laws are
constructed. In this Instsnce, because Vounell waa negli
gent, hundreds of people were killed and no example
can be made of the person crlmlnaly responsible. The
result of the trial should prompt city legislators to be ex
tremely careful In drafting laws providing for the pro
tection of the public. Toledo Blade.
NO HANGINGS IN MISSOURI
APITAL punishment has been virtually abol
ished In Missouri. The bill which has passed
both houses of the Legislature leaves the
option to Juries to assess the death penalty
at their discretion, but It is reasonably cer
tain that this authority will be rarely exer
S3
cised only In extreme easea and probably
not at all. The other option, life Imprisonment, Is In
harmony with the growing tendency of modern society
to merciful and reformatory methods In doallng with
criminals, while capital punishment Is growing more
and more to he regarded as a relic of barbarism, cruel
and murderous, stupid and Ineffectual.
However, although the bill passed the House by a vote
of 00 to 23, mora than four to one, the debate disclosed
the fact that many educated persons still cling to the
Mosaic standard of Justice, "an eye for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth." Regardless of the fact that this
makes the law an Instrument of revenge, many of those
who advocate this stern measure of Justice doubtless sin
cerely believe that In Its practical operation It constitutes
the best deterrent to crime. Whether or not this be true
cannot be proved by statistics In this country. In some
States that hnve nbollxhed the death xnalty capital
crimes have decreased, while In just as many others
there has beeu an Increase. Thoughtful opponents of cap
ital punishment ascribe the Increase In such cases to for
tuitous circumstances and point to the
crime periodically sweep over certain
tnunltles, either as phenomena or superinduced by causes
which have no relation to the operations of criminal Jus
tice. Such concurrent manifestations
OUR ARMY ENGINEERS.
EMarariast tha Panama Canal llaa Deea
Placed la Fit Hand.
Although the supervision of the con
struction of the Panama canal will
prove for and away their greatest
work, the army englneera have Justi
fied the faith which the country has
manifested In their qualifications for
this gigantic task In many difficult en-
MAJ. GEORGE WASHINGTON GOETHALS.
glneerlng projects which already stand
to tbelr credit 1
High up on the roll of notable en
gineering projecta with which the
army engineers have been successfully
Identified Is the work at Hell Gate,
once the worst obstruction In tho east
ern approach to New York harbor. It
was under tho supervision of Gen.
John Newton, a West Point graduate
and an officer of the engineer corps of
the army, that this olwtnu-tlon was
undermined and hurled from Its
foundation. At tho time that the work
was begun the predictions were gen
eral that It would prove unsuccessful.
At that time, as now, criticisms were
beard about the slowness of the work
of the army engineers, but Gen. New
ton blew up Hell Gate, and few people
are aware to-day' of the sensation
caused in tho engineering world at the
time by the complete success of this
difficult project
Illustrative of the professional ver
satility of the army engineers Is the
fact that. In addition to their so-
called civil duties the entire super
vision of the Improvements of the
rivers and harbors of the country-
are such monuments to their engineer
rng ability aa the Washington aqueduct.
Cabin John bridge, the Washington
monument and the wings and dome of
the Capitol.
Nearly all the lighthouses of the
country bava been erected by army en
ftueera, and some of these have p re
are also manifested In another swing of tlie pendulum
in the shape of religious revlvala, which cone and go re
gardless of the Immutability of eternal punishment and
rewards.
It will be Interesting to note the effects, If any, of this
new act In Missouri. Whatever the outcome, the law
represents the sentiment of a large majority of the peo
ple, atid it speaka well for society in this State that this
sentiment is on the side of Christian mercy and charity,
based as well. It la hoped, on a more Intelligent concep
tion of the duty of society to Its criminals. Certainly, as
the antts ssy, "The poorest use to make of a man la to
hang him." Kansas City Journal.
!rge scale. There la a smaller department of the same
field that la almost entirely neglected. Along the road
side and on the hillsides of New England are numberless
trees, which have sprung up by chance, and are of what
ever variety chance determines. A tree of value, such aa
black walnut or hickory, to' name only two varieties,
makes no more demand upon the soli and requires no
more care than one of red oak or scrub pine."" In spite
of the increasing use of concrete and steel for big build
ings, there ia no falling off In the demand for "cabinet
woods" by the makers of furniture, carriages and bouse
furnishings.
If the farmers of New England would plant trees of
the proper kind on land now waste, fence corners and
along the roadsides, In a few years they would have be
come a source of Income that now tbey do not appre
ciate. By planting nut-bearing trees In large numbers
there la opportunity for Income before the trees reach
maturity. Boston Globe.
THE
almost drowned him In the campus lake.
Presldeut Roosevelt's recent address at Harvard now
known aa the "mollycoddle speech" In which be In
veighs against femininity In college students, rings true.
Every full-blooded American boy should, and will, find
an outlet for bis surplus energy. Haslng. however, Is
not to be countenanced as a healthful exercise. Superior
ity n the number of the assailants takes from the at
tacked any chance of defending himself.' The practice Is
duugerous. More than that, It Is cowardly throughout
No schoolboy escapes being a "mollycoddle" by taking
part In a basing bee. Rather does he stamp himself as
weak and cowardly when he helps to torment a fellow
student who cannot fight back. St Louis Republic.
fact that waves of
localities and com
of human nature
seated engineering problems of great
difficulty. Each section of the country
knows the class of work that the en
gineer corps has done upon the rivers
and harbors of the United States. This
work has been almost entirely under
control of the engineer corps. It waa
this corps which practically made pos
sible through communication between
Buffalo and Dulutb by means of a uni
form twenty-foot channel The work
st Suult Ste. Marie Is one of the most
notable of the accomplishments of the
engineer corps.
The work already accomplished by
the army engineers Indicates that the
building of tho Panama canal Is in
safe hands. MaJ. George Washington
Gocthals, who will direct the work, Is
a graduate of West Point, and was on
the stanr or Gen. Nelson A. Miles as
engineer ofllcer of the Department of
Columbia. He served under Col. Mer
rill at Cincinnati In tho construction of
dams, dykes and locks, had charge of
the Mussel Shoals canal, Tennessee
river, and was Instructor of practical
military engineering at West Point.
During the war with Spain he was
chief of the First Army Corps.
ITALIANS THRIVE IN TEXAS.
rioarUalas Coloar Where All Are
Happr and Growlaa; Ittch.
Bryuu, Tex., is an example of what
la being done In the South by colonies
of Italian Immigrants. There are In
that township 2,510 contadlnl under the
spirited guldunce of a young Sicilian
priest. Father Giovanni Mtlltello.
They raise mostly grain and cottoi.
either ou their own landa or ou rented
farms, which tbey got at $3 an acre a
year. Tbey save from $100 to f 1.000
a year and live comfortably on the
rest
Father Mllltello was able to collect
lu a few days $1,100 to cancel the debt
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INDIVIDUAL FORESTRY.
ECAUSE of the rapid exhaustion of native
lumber, large territories are being set aalde
aa forest reserves, while lumber companies
already have created demand for trained
forestry experts that Is greater than the
supply of graduates from the few forestry
schools. This Is a matter of forestry on a
PRACTICE OF HAZING.
HE sDlrlt which abolished hating at West
Tl Point and Annapolis la very happily sub
I scribed to In the Middle West The expul
I Inn sv tWAntv.f hMA s Aatm rVtm a t laaiiti
nw vs. t -1 j u t w v 1 1 a a. vui n ioouui a
military academy la just punishment to the
band of upper classmen who, without warn
ing, seised upon a 16-year-old youth and'
on the local church. His parishioners,
embellished the church with a numbet
of statues and presented their pas tot
with a safe and buggy and team. Onca
a month be drives to the farthest point
In the township and celebrates mass In
tent. .
Living Is cheap;. flour, meat, sugar.
coffee and oil are at low price. Meat
sells at 5 cents a pound. State and
county taxes are very light and tha
climate Is like that of Sicily. Land la
so abundant that Its use Is given free
for two years to those who will clear
It of timber. The Italians cut the tim
ber and sell It at $3 for eight cubic feet,
raise grain the first year and get a crop
of cotton the second.
"It was encoursglug to see along the
road the vast cotton and grain planta
tions," says a visitor. 'Those kept by
Italians could be distinguished because
of their freedom from weeds. Aa we
drove past the priest would call out to
tome of the farmers by name and tbey
would leave tbelr spade or plow and
come running to us, hat In hand. Be
hind the farmers came the farmers'
wives and the children; and bow many,
children! 1 found one mother wlthj
eleven of them !"
Cricket Kla-nta la China.
A. E. Parker has Just returned fron.
a trip to Sau-hul, a large walled city ln
Kwaug-tuitg province, and while there-
visit ed the guardhouse, where he saw
six or seven earthen ware bowls of fight
ing crickets.
He wks much amused as to the de
scription of the methods of stabling and
dieting these Insects. During the day
the female and mule crickets are sep
arated, but aa soon us night fulls they;
are mated. Their diet consists of wa
ter, boiled rice and a little ginseng, the
latter to give them stamina.
In matching the Insects to fight they'
are weighed and a light weight would!
not be pitted against a welter weight,
The Insects are spurred on to combat
with a fine piece of glass, which treat
ment naturally rouses tbelr anger.
The belief that crickets are distin
guished by pieces of colored wool Is a
fallacy. They are recogubted by their
owners aa we recognise our canine pets.
In a contest the first cricket to run
away Is adjudged the loser.
The officer In charge of the guard
house mentioned that a dispute which
had arisen over a cricket contest three
years ago had yet to be settled, each
party holding that the other man's
cricket ran away first. , .
Some of these crickets are , Indeed
worth many times their weight In gold,
several hundred dollars being some
times paid for a real cbamplon. South
China Post.
Lake Uurvae.
Borgne, the nuiue of a Louisiana
lake, is a French word weaning "blind
of one eye." The name was applied to
the lake because of a wonderful mon
ster said to have been seen la Its wa
ters. ' '
The man who lays bis hand affec
tionately on your shoulder when be
talks to you, has to have a" very ln
ti resting message If he gives satlafao.
tlon. .
A widow baa many surprises, aod
chief among them Is .!) number of
times she has to sign her name la set
tling up an estate.
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