.
A .
"-f itf-pif:' V
If you ever have the onoortunitv to
JAitUCSS n balloon raw. tin un liv nil
1
"fuiis, says Wiillamspurt. (Pn.) Grit.
nurse or automobile race Is not In the
siuio class, r.t'.d even the human rni?. l
quite tame along side of It. The excite
ment Is not confined to the eomiet!tors.
The spectators share It, and they fert
as the balloonist docs that It Is a race
egnlnst time and space, with death as n
competitor with a possible chance of
.winning. The balloon racer is unques
tionably altove other racing men. He
' fioos over a course in which ordinarily
o obstacles can be placed, nnd he usu-
,lly has the track to himself.
Above Is a picture of a recent bnlloon
race showing the balloons ready to
Start. There are about a dozen of them,
ajuf each one Is tugging at the rojies
'Pith hold It captive. One almost fan
cies the great canvas spheres are ani
mate beings and nre eager to be off at
the crack of the pistol, like a trained
track horse. The spectators nre stand
ing about, sizing up the racers and the
men who will race them. The balloons
are really the racers of the aerial track,
end the daring bnlloonlsts are the jock-
..'I... 111 t , . 1 . .
VVheu all was in readiness, at a giv
en? signal the balloons were simultane
ously released, and shot up into the air
with a loud swish. A mighty shout
arose from the assembled spectators.
For n few moments the racers seemed
to be about neck and neck In the race,
and then the racer floating the red
and white colors forged a bit ahead. A
about of frenzied delight arose from
Its partisans. Kvldently the applause
reached the ears of the man guiding
It, for the balloon shot ahead another
WOMEN AND THEIR
JCUET V. STRAUSS.
there Isn't anything to manage on. It consists in being quite cheerful and
smiling In a last-year's gown and a made-over hat. The best management in
the world Is In making life worth living to yourself and to your family. A
woman can never do this by assuming a downtrodden air about spending "her
husband's money."
Many a woman thinks her husband stingy when he Is only reasonable,
and many a man gives In to his wife's pleading for money to furnish the
Tiouse or send the children away to school when all his better Judgment tells
lilm the money should be laid by for a rnlny day. I know women who are
mean in money matters and men who have lived narrow, pitiful lives because
their wives were of the skinflint disposition. Lack of money can come as
near dwarfing a life as any other thing, except a narrow mind and a narrow
creed. But we need not be hopelessly bound in shallows, even though we be
women, custom shackled and seemingly at the mercy of some selfish, close
fisted man.
Let me say again, though I paraphrase Wagner, that liberty is a state
oI mind. . I know women who have private incomes to apply as they like,
wTio travel and see and hear all thnt is to le seen nnd heard, and who are
ny.t-hnitpier or brighter or much better Informed than the writer of those
lines, who has never In her life been free from poverty, who has seldom been
out of her native State, who has never' seen the ocean or the cnpltal of the
United States, but who Is nevertheless a denizen of the world a child of the
universe, "whose lanterns are the moon and Mars." Juliet V. Strauss In
C'ngo Journal.
SECOND WIFE MUST BE DUMB.
m
Widower Bays No. 1 Kept Her
Tonarne Going; Every Hour.
A twelve mouths' trial of Hie as a
Idower has proved unsatisfactory to
iger Manchester and he Is looking for
second wife, but the requirement is
such as to make the search difficult.
aays the Pino Hldge (S. D.) correspond
ent of the New York World. Ills first
-wife was an interminable talker, and,
he says, her chatter was continuous
from the time she arose In the morning
until bedtime.
t Manchester says the woman he seeks,
and he will take no other, must be
Without the power of speech, but she
may have her hearing; he would pre
fer her that way. He began his search
i two months ago and has even traveled
Sail over the State In his quest Dumb
Women, he says, are not at all plenti
ful. He wrote to several matrimonial
agencies setting forth his needs nnd
jtegglng them to send him at once the
tannics and addresses of as many dumb
(women of marriageable age as they
) had listed, so that he might place him
self In communication with them and
snske a choice. '
Xt the time they received his letter
-the matrimonial agencies had no dumb
-women listed, but they have promised
to make a diligent effort to supply him
with the names of some, uik! he Is
now watting with as much patience as
he can command, to hear from them
further.
Manchester Is a reticent man, sonic-
ywUerc In the forties, is well to do and
isX:"ly attractive In physical aspect
and In manners. He admires good
looks In a woman and lie says he hopes
the woman he weds may be comely.
IJy llkin a sweet, sunny temper also,
ia;A he expresses the hope that his
L-.nd wife uay be of a fewect, sunny
jcmiM-r.
Could -ut Fool Hit.
Suspicion, once planted in the human
breast, is qui.'k nnd flourishing of
jcrowth. The countryman, proverbial
bait for the wicked, is more often taken
(la by the Innocent thlus than by con
1
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fifty feet as a result of some manipu
lation. For some minutes the balloons
appeared to hold the positions attained
nt the start, and then the red and
green noticeably gained on the red and
white. The two by this time were far
ahead of the others, and It was evi
dent to all that one of the two balloons
in the lead would win the race, and the
betting became wildly enthusiastic.
Farther and farther up Into space they
arose. Now they would appear to be
going inland, and again as they entered
a higher current of air they would ap
pear to be going seaward at a fright
ful pace, and one would hear a groan
of dismay from the spectators. Soon
the two became mere specks in the sky,
and it was no longer possible to learn
which was in the lead. The anxious
spectators learned the result of the race
by telegraph two hours later, the red
and white having traveled the greatest
distance by far in the specified time.
There Was not a hitch or accident in
the race. In spite of the danger which
Is certainly always present with such
sport, balloon racing is rapidly growing
In popularity.
HUSBANDS' MONEY.
Womeu are always telling a tale of woe about
the tragedy of not having any money they can
call their own and being obliged to ask for it
from husbands who treat them like beggars.
After reviewing the matter dispassionately, 1 con
fess to a sneaking sympathy with the men. Whero
does tlie money come from for the incessant de
mands of life Just now I am desperately turn
ing over in my mind vnrious schemes by which
living exjienses may be lightened. Truth compels
me to state that I have not hit upon any. I
know that I have conveyed to my readers the
Idea that I am economical nnd thrifty. Far from
It! I am one of those pis-headed idealists who
are always, working themselves to death and hav
ing nothing to show for it Plenty of people with
less to live on dress better and make more show
in the world, v'
Whenever I hear a woman boast of being a
good manager I always take It with a grain of
salt. Good management comes In mainly when
fidence men nnd thieves. Of such a
type was the old farmer's wife whose
story is told In the Minneapolis Jour
nal. The ways of the city were a mys
tery to the good lady, and she resolved
to be armed for every emergency.
The farmer and his wife weiv set
ting oft for an event In their Jives, a
visit to St. Paul. They had been cau
tioned repeatedly by their friends to
beware of sharpers. They replied that
they would keep their eyes open, and
started with a nervous determination
lo look out for confidence tricks.
On the way the old farmer got off
at a Junction to buy some lunch, and
the train went on without him. It
was a terrible mishap. The last he
saw of his wife she was craning out
of the car window, shouting something
reproachful at hlra. which he could
not hear on account of the noise of tho
train.
It happened that nn express came
along a few minutes later. The farmer
boarded It and got to St. Paul nearly
an hour earlier than his wife.
He was waiting for her at the sta
tion when she arrived. He run up to
her nnd seized her valise.
"Well, Sarah." he said. "I'm glad to
see ye again. I didn't know but we
.vas separated forever."
"No, ye ddn't. Mr. Sharper:" she
cried. "I left my husband nt the Junc
tion. Iton't bo coining any of yer con
fidence fciimt'3 on me, or I'll call a
policeman."
l iter Stlenee.
"Charley, dear, said young Mrs. Tor
kins, "Is Is true that' money talks?"
"I suppose so."
"You must be very fond of silence.
After losing your money at tho races
you go to the ball ga.tie and lose your
voice." Washington Star.
Imiuuue.
"New designs on gold coins, eh?"
sniffed Smyttie, laying down his pajer.
"Well, I don't cere. A fellow with
some of the old designs got mine."
Philadelphia Press.
A lot of trouble would be averted
If women feared men as much as they
do mice.
Hewitt What did they charge you a
day at that summer hotel? Jewitt I
only know tin minute price. Town
Talk. v
First Commuter What do you do
with yourself evenings? Second Com
muter I take the 5 :C3 train from the
city. Puck.
"How was ho comic opera?" "My
wife thought tlie costumes were dis
gusting." "I guess I'll go." Louisville
Courier-Journal. ,
Cook Now we've 'ad words, you'll
be lookiu' for another cook to keep
company wit!? Policeman Not me.
Ill starve first! Punch.
Hadsum I wnut a good revolver.
Dealer A six-shooter? Hadsum Met
ier make It a nine-shooter. It's for a
cat next door. Ally Sloper.
Newwl I)on't you believe that mar
riage broadens a man? Oldwed Well,
I don't know nbout that ; but It usu
ally makes him shorter. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
",Now that your son's In college, I
suppose he'll be getting very exclusive;
he'll be getting Into tlie 4W." "Oh, he's
more exclusive than that already: he's
on the nine." Philadelphia Press.
"Do you regard baseball as a' health
ful game?" "Well," nuswered the phy
sician, "I Should say. It ought to do a
great deal toward strengthening peo
ple's lungs." Washington Star.
Comparative Stranger What's all
the excitement nbout? Summer Hoard
er Nothing; Just a lynching. The man
who wrote the folders nbout this place.
Is coming down on the train. Puck.
Yeast Our hoarding-house lady has
been' taking cooking lessons, and she
says next week she Is going to try her
hand In her own kitchen. Crlmsonbeak
Is that a threat or a promise? Yon
kers Statesman.
First Boy Did you really win three
prizes at school? Second Ditto Yes,
and one was for my excellence of mem
ory. "How did you win the others?"
"The others? I forget what they were
for." Black and White.
Father Well, how does your husband
succeed with his art? Does he sell any
pictures? Daughter I should think so!
Why, there Is not a single one left of
those you gnve us for a wedding pres
ent. Fllegende Blatter.
Mrs. Goodart I always feel so sorry
for those poor shop girls; they're so
overworked, you know. Mr. Goodart
Well, my dear, tlie best way to help
them Is to keep away from bargain
sales. Catholic Standard and Times.
Miss Elderlelgh Jane Jones 13 a
mean, spiteful old cat. Miss Younger
What's the matter? Miss Elderlelgh
I told her that my family came over In
the Mayflower and she asked me If I
was . seasick. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mr. McDooley Faith, an It do be a
question 01 have fer yez, me darlln'.
Miss Clancey Pfwat Is it Pat? Mr.
McDooley Whin it comes toime for
the funeral, how would yez like t' be
th' Wldder McDooley? Chicago Daily
News.
Wise He's very wealthy. Mrs. Wise
Yes, and very stingy and mean. Wise
Come now, you're not sure of that
You mustn't judge a man by his
clothes. Mrs. Wise I don't I'm Judg
ing him by his wife's clothes. Phila
delphia Press.
"Our engagement will have to be
temporarily suspended," announced the
summer girl, calmly. "Oh, impossible,"
the young man vowed. "It will have to
be. My husband writes that he Is com
ing down for a week." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
"My good man," said the lady mis
sionary, "do you ever pause to think
whero you are going?" "Sure ting."
replied the uulaundeiwd hobo. "Ef I
didn't I might get on de wrong freight
an' land back at me startin' place!"
Chicago Dally News. .
"Do you think the time will come
when there will be no money in poli
tics?" said one boss. "I don't know,"
answered the other. "It won't be our.
fault if It doesn't. We buve done the
best we could to take out all there was
In It." Washington Star.
Russian Official You can not stay
In this country, sir. Traveler Then,
of course, I will leave It "Have you a
permit to leave?" 'No, sir." "Then I
must tell you that you can not go. I
give you twenty-four hours to make up
your mind as to what you will do.M
Tattler.
"Train holdups," said the old trav
eler, "are nothing new for me. I've
been In lots of them." "How does It
seem "to be covered with a revolver?"
asked the listener. "Cant say," replied
the old traveler. "I've always been
held tip with a whisk broom." Mil
waukee Sentinel.
JIglcy We were talking about sub
urban cottages, and Suhbulis remarked
that the only thing they ever dreamed
of out his way In Poghurst was Quihmi
i.ne. Citizen The Idea! Is that the
voy he pronounces It now? Jlgley
Pronounces what? Citlman Quinine.
Philadelphia Press.
"Can you give bond?" asked the
Judge. "Have you got anything?"
"Jeilge." replied the prisoner, "seuce
you ax me, I'll tell you; I hain't got
nutlin' In the woii' Vept the spring
chills, six acres o no-'count land, a big
family, a hope of a hereafter, an' tlm
ol' war-r;eii;na!is:ii !" Atlanta Consti
tution. Hun They Do It.
First Little GirlWhen you grow
up are you going to advertise for a
husliaml?
Second Little Ghi N'o; I'm going to
U a widow. They don't have to.
kkeiilleiil.
Tom They say Miss Prunes speaks
eight different languages.
I Dick I'll bet $1 she says tho same
! thing In every one i,t them. Detroit
I Free Press.
Apologies are- like family skeletons:
They should not be taken out before
' company.
ATE UP THE SHOW.
Coat That Mill Mar o Mor la
Wlld-WeM Seenea.
He was only a goat, a simple-minded
William goat, but with such an appe
tite! it was this capacity for devour
ing things that caused his downfall
airfl usHndon from one of the biggest
wild west shows that ever struck East
Lynn. Not thnt li got his walking pa
pers, but Us use he nb? up the show,
aays the Lynn item.
It nil happened In the sand pits off
Melvln avenue. Ills gontshlp thnt Is
owned by Charlie Famuni nnd a bnn.l
of Juveniles who have become enthused
with the rtorles of Wild Bill (not tho
goat) nnd his stunts with the Apaches
In the far ""est were depicting those
sceiicR true to life. They hnd the nec
esary (home mnde) paraphernalia of
burned cork, old sheets for blnukets
and other accoutrements, even to real
guns, which were without powder.
Just as Wild Hill, set Upon by a big
hand of bloodthirsty Inrilnn, was. single-handed,
wiping then) out of exist
ence, mounted on his handsome bron
cho (the goat), box 521 crtiiie In. The
lads saw the fire and In an Instance
Wild Bill was fro the tall plues, and ns
Imaginary fire engines they1 were hat
foot for th Hunt grain store fire.
Tlie gont was left behind, hut Sir
William did not mind It In the least.
He found those blankets pretty fair,
although n trifle dry. Tin cans were
not In It with those guns and other
things. And he munched away ns
confuted as a small boy over his
Thanksgiving dinner.
A fire cannot Inst forever, especially
when such trained firemen are on the
scene, so after a couple of hours the
boys returned. to the scene of the great
battle. What waes their surprise to
find not a pile of drad nnd dying
Indians about Wild Bill's steed, nor
any bows, arrows or tomahawks, but a
cleanly swept field of battle. There
stood Sir William, ns meek ns Mary's
lamb, munching something red and
white. Alns, a closer Inspection re
Tenlod tho fact that even Old Glory
hnd 'failed to resist the powers of Wil
liam's appetite, and as a pleasing des
sert to his meal of wild-west scenery
William was finishing up the American
flag.
The goat still lives and Is still hun
gry, but hereafter he Is to be banished
from the role of charging steed In any
such production, no mnttor how big, for
with such an appetite even the actors
themselves nre In danger.
A CROCODILE ADVENTURE, t
While looking for a, hippopotamus It
was the fortune of the author of
"Uganda to Khartoum" to encounter
a crocodile under somewhat unnsual
circumstances. He wns following a
fresh track leading through the dense
undergrowth from the lake Inland.
Two men accompanied him, one carry
ing his camera and the other his sec
ond gun, while he shouldered his rifle.
Suddenly I heard a rustling noise in
front of me, and realized that soma
creature was approaching, but what?
It could not be the hippo, because
there was no thunderous tread; but I
had no time to think, for the creature,
whatever It might be, was upon me In
a second.
At two yards I discovered what It
was an lnuneii.se crocodile, more than
twelve feet long.
I was right In its path, and there
no possible escape on either side, so I
stood still with my rifle at shoulder
and waited. The "crock" did not wait,
however, and in some remarkable way
It hustled me to one side, almost
knocked me over, and endeavored to
make his way to the water.
To dispute his right of way would
have been folly. I realized only a hor
rible, soft, wriggling mass pressing
against my legs In a most sickening
way. Why be did not bite me I do not
kuow. At first I thought he bad done
so as be brushed against my leg; but I
found It was only his horny scales that
scraped my shin. And he was raoro
taken by surprise than I was, and for
got nil nbout his huge Jaw and tho
lasting Impression be might have made
pon my legs.
After he had passed I turned to see
how the men would fare. One ha4 got
back to the shore, and so was no long
er In view. The other mnn with tho
camera was the funniest sight! His
head was stuck fast In the thick bram
bles, and his legs were In the air, the
camera, of course, In tlie mud beside
him.
I do not think the "crock" could
have seen him, for be had literally
taken a header Into the bush, and his
legs were far above the crocodile's
Jaws.
Tlm Ha rat 'a Baseball Troubles.
At the close of that memorable sea
son when Tlm Hurst managed the
Browns for Von der Abe he laid over
In Philadelphia on his way to his homo
up the State, and while In the Quaker
City he told his dnlly experiences while
running the Mound City club.
"My Mondays," said Timothy, "were
devoted to telling thy St. Louis sjsirtlng
editor how I was golin; to win the
pennant ' the next year. Tuesdays I
would be kept busy denyln.1 to the club
owners that I had ever made any such
statements. Wednesdays I would be
explaining to the newspapers why we.
weren't winning games. ' Thursdays I
would be lighting with Chris to keep
him from fining the players nil the
money they had coming to them. Fri
days I would generally fin busy nil day
getting the terms of pltchivt that no
butter could hit."
"And on Saturdays?"
"On Saturdays I would s;icnd the
day. signing players that t-f wl ' T hit
ny klml of pitching. " Iultit!i Herald.
Ill ,Xr,w York.
"Policeman Jinks wns fired for per
nicious activity."
"Pernicious activity?"
"The same. lie Insisted on .n'rnl
Ing his bent." Louisville Courier-Journal.
About all boue 'leaning means to
a man Is an excuse for his wife to re
arrange the furniture so hi will fall,
over It
ran
EM
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
WHAT WATERWAYS DEVELOP.
fcrOTWEKN May and Decemltcr, thirty-
four million tons of ore whs shlpMd from
tiie Lake Superior mines to Luke Erie ports.
This trulhV greatly exceeds the total pnsslng
through the Sue Canal. Facilities for
liHiirtllng the mountain of freight hnve
fruwi with its growth. One railroad has constructed
twe docks, located at Uuffnlo nnd Erie, that unload
2.200,000 tens of ore during tlie season of navigation.
Tae depth ef water at these docks Is sufficient for tho
largest boats. Massive electric machinery unloads the
ore and then puts on board n return cargo of coal. At
the Buffalo dock MK) tons of ore nn hour Is transferred
by uiaoalnery directly from a ship to a train that runs
long the face of the dock, and storage blus are at hand
that bold 2o0,000 tons each.
t'p to four years ago a steel bucket holding a ton wns
lowered Into a vessel nnd filled by Nlovelers. Now self
filling baskets, each of five to ten tons capacity, are used,
and no shovelers are needed. The deep lake channels
have brought about the big ships, nnd these In turn
have expanded the methods of loading nnd unloading.
Econosnlc gains are large and added to every year. Let
no oe undertake, to deal with rler Improvement on the
bsjuls of the commerce on tne present unimproved river
channels. Big vessels, with assured depth of water, cre
ate eondltloim of their own. They have never fall;l In
tals resjiect nnd will not work differently on the main
streams of the Mississippi Valley. St. Louis Globe
INVESTIGATION OF RAILWAY
HE fact thnt stands out with most startling
fUnHnMiiftjia In cmiticcHnn with toiHnt rntl-
II wny Occidents Is the general distrust that
I la In Kn ntdimnf. si ttia pntlwni'a !, ......
in 111 HIV uurni'M vi I hp iwuii 11; n Liiriii-
selves to Investigate the causes of neefdeuts
and to apply the remedies. No sane per
ssti supposes for nn Instant that tlie fre-
qneney and seriousness of disasters nre matters of Indif
ference t railway managers nnd ollleers. The nctunl
deMruetlon of property nnd the enormous damages thnt
Inrnrlftkly follow would alone be sufficient to Insure all
plle precautions; but thnt these potent motives have
preved Ineffectual, shows that tho radical defect In Amer
ican aiethods and practice has not yet been reached.
The successful incorporation Into American
practice of an Independent public Investigation of rail
way accidents by a trnlned official, such ns nn engineer
Ing fflrer of the nrmy, presents ninny difficulties of
leg Wio.tton, bnt these It should not be linjiosslble to over
come. At nil events, the repetition of disasters like
that at the Atlantic City drawbridge, the collision near
tkt ntlonal cnpltal a few weeks ngo, the derailment of
the electric train on the New York Central nnd the acci
i'HEKIDA'3 MANY MILLIONAIRES.
Mmm Rich by llrnrqnrn Yucatan
Mar Yield Supremacy.
The wealth of the mines of Mexico
Is proverbial, yet there are nearly ns
many millionaires In Merlda, the capi
tal of Yucntan, a State with practi
cally no mineral resource, as there ore
In all Mexico combined, says Modern
Mexico. Ilenequen, or sisal hemp us It
Is sometimes known, has made Merlda
and Its iieoplo rich. Merlda has forty
millionaires, or one to every 2,000 In
habitants. The farmers of the United
States, who use binding twine, which
is manufactured from henequen, have
enriched the growers of heueijuen lu
YiHtin. The United States, In 1900,
bought from Mexico 05,834 tons of
henequen, valued nt f 14,4$U,5(i9. The
Imports of henequen elsewhere than
from Mexico amounted to but
tone, valued nt nbout SHOO.IOO. 0 the
total amonnt of henequen exported
from Mexico to the United States, and
tills accounts for about 05 per cent of
the total production, all but less than
0,000 tons wns produced in Yucatan.
Only In Canipcehe, Chiapas and Ta
basco Is henequen grown outside of Yu
catan, in Mexico. Of these the largest
amount of henequen Is grown in Cam
peche, the production of this State last
TT being 5,200 tons. Campeche Is the
future competitor of Yucatan In the
production of henequen. While Yuca
tan Is the natural habitat of henequen,
yet the production In Campeche Is
greater per acre. This Is due to the
better quality of land lu Campeche
ad the greater amount of rainfall.
The stability of the henequen Indus
try is, to quote a Yucatan authority,
"greater than thnt of any bahk." The
plant as practically no enemies.
lught does not affect It, and the
leeway allowable In Its harvesting ex
trad over twelve months. The best
ut&orKlaa agree that tbe cost of pro
duction of henequen to the planter Is
about 2 cents per pound. Landed In
Mew York, tbe cost per pound Is placed
a abovt 8 cents. The average price
of kteoequen Is about 7 cents per pound,
how4ag a net profit In the nclghbor
ho4 of 100 per cent. With an aver
age good stand of henequen, counting
In the sroflts from by-products, each
aere, tt to estimated, will produce ?(MJ.
Had Not Been Introduced.
The late Bishop George F. Seymour,
of Springfield, 111., who founded St.
Btepbafi's College, at Annandule on the
Hudson, had a reverent fondness for
trees.
While the bishop was walking with
a young woman one day, says the Mill
neniMilis Journal, he pointed out to her
some of the fine trees In the neighbor
hood. She professed great Interest and
delight, declaring that the tiohlu uect
of beautiful trees stirred up the keen
est emotions of tlie soul. Then, pat
tlag a great trunk, she said, glowingly:
"You mpcrb oak, what would you
say to me If you could talk?''
Tho bishop smiled.
"I believe I can be his Interpreter,"
be said. "He would probably say, 'I
teg your pardon, inLss, but I niu a
Ween.' "
Vocal Power.
"Why, his voice completely filled the
bosse. I wish mine was so jiowerful."
"Well, don't feel badly about It
Your voice could empty tho house."
Philadelphia Ledger.
A book ngcut may have a great
many friends back homo where they
don't know his business.
I Most lieolklo seem to eiilov eoiulnir
at tt a church more than tittj do go
' In In.
dent to the rennsyWanla'g "elghteen-hour flyer" will soon
er or lnteiwompel decisive ncUon for the protection of
Mhp traveler. It were far better that the action should be
taken with the co-ocratlon and assistance of the rail
ways than If It were hastily Imposed npon them by the
compelling force of an outraged, and possibly Illogical
and Ill-Informed, public opinion. But something must
be done; thnt Is a conclusion from which there Is no
possible escape. Chicago Tribune.
N Uie
ACCIDENTS.
1 I stage.
I I It Is
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Conditions prevail In Utah somewhat similar to those
In the government timber regions, and, first and last,
there has been n great deal of thievery and worse In
all the public domain. Men high In place and power
have been mixed In It and hnve mostly covered their
tracks so well as to escape tbeltf Just deserts. Senator
Mitchell of Oregon was caught, but there nre other
equally ns guilty as bo was who are yet unpunished.
They have been stealing Uncle1 Snm poor, and if they
can be brought to book and made to suffer ike other
criminals tho country will(' rejoice. WUHamsport (Pa.)
Grit.
CHANCE MURDER
MltS. EDNA,
That death Is Intent In surroundings
thnt seem most secure Is demonstrated
by the slaying of Mrs. Kdnn Ilumel-
hagen on the streets of Freeport, 111.,
by a stranger, because she looked like
a woman who had spurned his love.
Mrs. Humelhugcn, married only a
score of months, was trundling her
baby along tbe street In the sunshine,
blHhe In her heart and proud a, a
young mother can be of her child.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
When the cousin from the Middle
West, who hnd never seen the ocean,
was exiiecled, her New England rela
tives rejoiced in the three-days' wild
storm that preceded her arrival, for It
ussured such a surf as would render
her first view suitably Impressive. They
escorted her Jubilantly to a jutting
headland, where she could best behold
the tremendous sea, and stood eagerly
uwnltlng her verdict. It was unex
pected. "Waves rolling mountains high, In
deed!" she exclaimed, disgustedly,
"Why, they aren't rolling any higher
than, second-story windows! Jion't
they do uny better than that, ever?"
She soon canto to nMU'isiato tho real
Itcnuty uud majesty of u sceno for
which the figurative laugtiagu of the
Hets, taken literally, liad ill-prepared
her; but it was long before the dashed
spirits of her Lastrn 'cousins resumed
their buoy aucy,
A like shock was that experienced by
a lady who uceoii:paulel a friend for
the first time to the White .tlouutalns.
"There (Tiey are! Look !" she cried,
ns Mount Washington and tlie assem
bled H-aks of the Presidential rnugo
burst Into view through parting clouds.
"Wbere'j" demanded her friend, eag
erly. "What, not those? Why, I
thought of course they would be snow
cnpied! What are they called White
Mountains for if they're not w hite?"
Sty more dhcournfcir.g was the ex
perience of tho farmer lu a beautful,
oftly rolling country, who was visited
f V"'- 4 ':'N
CONVICTION OF MAYOR SCHMITZ.
long list of bad city admlnlstratlosr
which this nut Ion has to its discredit the
period of misrule given to San Francisco
by Sclnnits and his unscrupulous political
partner, Abe IUief, must be ranked near the
top. It stands as a reproach to San Fran-
liseuns, who were hot sufficiently public
spirited to net In tho Interest of the community at criti
cal times. Instead, they dallied with faction and so
were overwhelmed with disgrace lu municipal affairs
long after they had l;nd olHitnlant proof that the Schmlta
regime was unreliable nnd unscrupulous. In the riot of
bribery which has been a logical result of their lack of
public spirit they linvo' had their well-merited punish
ment. Here is a lesson for every American municipality. No'
citizen of any of them can afford to shape his course In
political mutters In response to any but the best mo
tives. If he elects boodlers to power they are his bood
lers and his Is the shame when their evil doings ars ex
posed. There nre plenty of worthy and efficient men to
hold all the public offices. To choose any other kind
of putrilc officers Is to drag onVa citizenship In the dust
ChloHgo News.
PUBLIC LAND THIEVES.
HE miblc la ml troubles has renchod an ncnfa
The climax lias come In rtah, where
shown that corporations, the heads of
entry on coal lands of almost fabulous val
ue and are retaining possession by the shot
gun method. '
A NEW TERROR.
HUMELIIAGEN. .
Suddenly a young man tbe worse for
liquor, halts, stares at her, mumbles
a curse and frightens her Into a run.
As she flees this shadow across her
path, the brute whips out a revolver
nnd fires at her. The third bullet
strikes down tho terrified worn a a and
she drops Into the arms of a passerby.
The shooter was a youth who says ho
mistook Mrs. Humelhagen for a woman
who had rejected him.
at the same time by .relatives from Illi
nois end relatives from Vermont.
sin John from the' prairies grew rest
less arter u day or two, and finally own
ed be felt shut In and smothered.
"These hills! these hills! Living m a
bole, I call It," be said. "Now I like
tosee a neighbor coming when he's ten
miles off, and get som sense and feel
ing of the size of this good, big old
world of ours. . I w&nt room !'
Cousin Ellta, from the Green Moun
tains, made no remarks, but she short
ened hen visit by several days, and ad
mitted tho reason, a trifle shamefaced
ly, on the morning of her departure.
"Tho fact Is, Eben," she owned, "It's
so flat round here I Just couldn't stand
It any longer. I'm downright homesick
for a hill !"
A r'rleud'e l)laitnola.
A mnn of somewhat caustic wit who
had Ih'cu dining sumptuously at the
table of a nouvcau rlche din -In red to a
friend on bis homeward way that he
felt a new und strange sensation about
Ills' heart.
"If It Isn't indigestion," ventured
the friend. "I think It must be grati
tude." A ev Motor .a.
"Alkoetblne," the new motor gas, U
a mixture of uir. alcohol vajior and
acetylene, resulting from tho spraying
of dilute alcohol over calcium carbide.
It proves to be a cheaper fuel than gas
oline, and the necessary apparutus for
producing It can be adapted to any
high-speed gasoline motor.
About all the decoliette gjwn does
for a thin, woman Is to start an argu
ment about which looks worse: collar
bones or elbow.