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JREVENTINQ THE ENORMOUS FIRE LOSS.
By C. M. (loddard.
The total fire loss In the United States for
the past thirty-three years amounts to the
sum of $4 ,500,000,000, with an average loss
for the Inst Ove year of $'i"2,000,000 each
year.
The annual number of Area In American
cities averages forty for each 10,000 of pop
ulation, as compared with eight for each 10,-
1000 of imputation In F.uropcnn cities. Chica
go has n population of 2,000,000 and on annual fire loss
f nearly $5,000,000.
It Is well to consider how to "conserve our nntural re
sources," but II Is equally Important to conserve our
crented resource. School children should be taught the
results of carelessness with fire; railroads should bo
compelled to refrain from "sending out showers of sparks
to destroy the property of others; safety matches should
ever where replace the more convenient but dangerous
purlor match ; the common practice of placing ashes In
wooden barrels and boxes, as evidenced by the wrt'kly
display along our curbstones, should be prohibited by
ordinance. Jf equal care were taken to keep our cellars
anil back yards clean and presentable, as Is taken to
polish the shining metal work of our fire engines and
their equipment, it would do far more t7 prevent fire
losses.
GIRL'S DUTY TO APPEAR ATTRACTIVE.
By Rev. Philip Cone Fletcher.
If I were a young woman I would try to
be winsome. Beauty Is a duty. Young women
ought to strive to appear to the very best ad
vantage, mentally, physically and morally. If
by the use of the pof3er puff, the paint brush
and the brow pencil you. can make yourself
more winsome, you have my consent to use
them freely. It is all right to supplement the
works of God. To be ugly In an age like this
Is but little short of a sin against God and self. I take
the position that lovers should be sincere and honest
with each other, deceptive courtship means a miserable
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marriage. No woman can be happy with the man wi
has lied to win ber. No man can honor and cherish
the woman who caught him as the spider catches the
unsuspecting fly.
There are several fallacies about love that ought to
be corrected. One Is that the first love Is the only true
love. The first love may be a true love, but It need not
be the only true love. Another fallacy Is that love la
blind. Love can see beauties where the world sees de
formities. It Is also a mistake to suppose that oae can
love truly but once. It Is likewise false that "true lore
never runs smooth." What kind does run smooth, then?
And an error equally as great as the others Is the one
which says "true love can never die." Love will die li
It Is not fed.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JAP.
By Prol. Klyoklchl Sano.
Americans are very complimentary to the
Japanese and give thein credit for a deep, un
derlying subtlety which they really do not
possess. An American merchant who had beea
living many years In Japan, representing a
big New York Arm, said: "In business, If you
find the Jnpntifse tricky, it Is your own fault
When you deat with them rightly and Justly
the little Japs re your best friends, and they
will go with you through Are and water. Hut If you
spoil their heart everything goes wrong."
"Sense of honor" to the Japanese mind is as fuel to
the steam engine. If It 1.1 kindled with the fire of a na
tion or humiliation his '1fe has no value to hlni what
ever, on the battlefield or at the oftlee desk. Tnat is
why n Japanese soldier will clltnb Into an enemy's fort
amid a shower of shell and will not show tns back to
the foe even In the face of the most galling Are. In
the school and family ll Japan they do not use the
rod. A reference to a wnse of honor and shame awak
ens the tiirild mind and spurn on the brave. It is entire
ly different with the Chinese. The Chinese will go to
war or take a dangerous task willingly and stoically.
They are born fatalists and not cowards, except as
material gain, oJliclal distinction or luxury makes
them so.
WHERE IS GODP
"'Oh, where is the sea?" the fishes cried,
As they Rwnm the crystal clearness
through ;
""We've heard from of old of the ocean's
tirle,
And we long to look on the water's
blue.
The wise ones speak of the infinite sea.
Oh, who can fell us if such there be !"
The lark flew up in the morning bright.
And sang mid balanced on sunny
y wings :
And this was its song : "I see the light,
I look o'pr a world of beautiful things;
Rut, flying and singing everywhere,
In vain I have searched to find the air."
Rev. Mi not Judson Savage.
The Trifler
"I want to know," said the Trlflei'.
"'I Just wnnt to know how long ho Is
going to be that's all."
He seated himself comfortably as he
fipoke- -flint is to say, as comfortably as
the .Imitations of ollice furniture iei
jnltted In the only armchair In th
room, and, crossing Ills legs, directed a
gracious smile at the Typist, who sat
with the fingers of one dainty hand
poised impatiently over the keys of the
typewriter at the other side of the table
which divided them.
"I am sorry I cannot tell you," r
plled the Typist, gazing pointedly at a
heap of unanswered letters before her.
I do not know how long Mr. Calthrop
will be exactly."
"Ah," observed the Trifler In a medi
tative tone, "there nrs so very few
things are there not? so very few
things In the world that anybody does
seem to know 'exactly.' Perhaps it has
never struck you now difficult It is to
Acquire exact knowledge of almost any
thing?" "No," said the Typist, "It never has."
"I thought It probably hadn't," ad
mitted the Trifler affably. "Yet, take
pilte a common Illustration. If you ask
n passerby the time, he will either tell
you off-hand, or he will glance at his
watch if he Is a polite person and tell
you that is It about half-past 3, say,
ir twenty minutes to C as the case
may be whereas, In point of fact, It
never is within five minutes of the time
he asserts. His watch Is wrong, or he
hasn't taken the trouble to count the
divisions on the dial between each five
minutes. What a wonderful thing that
typewriter of yours Is!'
"This typewriter?" She looked up at
Mm with mild surprise. "Why. it is
pjite an ordinary one."
"I suppose so," agreed the Trifler, a
little regretfully. "And you really can
write with it?"
"Well, I should not be hero If I could
not," retorted the Typist; "should I?"
"I don't know." said the Trifler. "I'm
here, and I cau't."
"Oh. that's quite different. Besides"
she ganced at him defiantly "what
are you here for?"
For the mutter of that," replied the
Triticr. meeting her glance with unruf
fled composure, "what are you here
for?"
The Typist colored violently, and her
yes dropped In front of her.
"I think that Is rather an imperti
nent question,'' she said, In a low tone.
The Triller gave an audible sigh.
"It seemed to me rather a pertinent
one," lie remarked, In a disappointed
voice, -or course, you know what I'm
li.Te for';"
"To see Mr. Calthrop yon told me.
I :ut he's not In I told you."
"It doesn't matter at all," rejoined the
Triller a irMy. "I'll watt. 1 have noth
ing to do for the next hour or so, and
this ih or" he gazed round the room
with expansive appreciation "an ex
traordinarily comfortable ollice."
"Hadn't you better go?" asked the
Typist In a low tone.
"Go! Before swing Calthrop? Why,
he would never forgive me," protected
the Trifler. "1 couldn't really dream of
going yet. Besides "
"I don't sec that there Is any 'be
sides' to keep you here," saSd r?ie Typ
ist. "They say love is blltd," murmured
the Trifler, with an ait of pbilospo&ic
abstraction.
"I don't underlain) you!" said the
Typist, drawing bewlf up.
"I am not in tro least surprised at
that," said the Trifler amiably. "Very
few people do. It has long been my fate
to be nilsnn-'orstood. Yet, I hoped he
paused an? looked at the Typist a little
uneaslln "I hoped," be repeated "by
the t-e, there Is no barm In hoping, is
tlre?" he broke off to Inquire.
"None Uint I am aware of," she re
plied, with her chin in the: air.
"Well, then, I hoped you did," he ex
plained. In Italics.
"lIoed I did?" She affected an ad
miruhle bewilderment. "Hoped I did
what?"
The Triller spread out his hands with
a gentle deprecating gesture.
"You compel ine to be explicit," he
expostulated. "It's so much less em
barrassing to approach these er pre
liminaries in the elliptical manner. Ex
cept," he added as an afterthought,
"when you have a typewriter handy!"
"I have no wish to compel you to be
anything." retorted the Typist. "And
It Is quite time I returned to my work ;
so If you will kindly allow me, Mr.
Claveing " She made him a little
uVSnVBSnl
'"HAUNT YOU" IIKTTKB UO?
Ironical bow, and was iu the act of
sweeping jiast, when the Trifler, with
Incredible dexterity, caught her by the
wrists and drew her back sideways so
that she faced hiin Involuntarily.
"How dare you?" cried the Typist,
struggling to free herself.
"1 aui a man of simply extraordinary
courage," be explained. "Now, look
here look nt nie look me straight in
the eyes! You know anil you have
known It, you obstinate, willful girl, for
months past! 1 love yu. Oh, yes, I
love you there Isn't tlv least mislake
about that whatever. B.it what I want
to know Is whether you love :;-.e? n 1
I have come here to-day for the pur
pose of finding out. And and I believe
be gave a low chuckle "I believe I
have found out! Tell me have I'r"
"Oh, let nie go! I don't know what
you have found out, or what you
haven't!" pleaded the Typist, her cloak
of dignity falling suddenly from her
and leaving her defenceless and excised
to the arrows of th-t oiie great enemy
whom never girl varquished yet. "Let
me go please !"
"I thought so," niumured the Trifler.
"You do."
"I don't," she protested.
"Then I cau't let you till you di"
he remarked Judicially. "I'm very
sorry."
"Oil well, then. If you must If you
luslst "
"I Insist," said the Trifler, firmly.
fc
"Well, then, you you have."
"You mean.you do?" he Inquired.
"It's It's the same thing, Isn't It?"
faltered the Typist,
"rraetlcnlly," he admitted, after at
Instant s, reflection. "The proposition
increrore stands inus : i love you you
love me. Ergo, we love ench other. The
proposition, by a logical sequence of
ideas, becomes converted Into a propos
al. Which you accept."
"I didn't say so," answered the Typist
"Say so now, then," directed the
Tritler.
"What do you want nie to do?" she
asked temporizing.
"I want you to marry me. I hopi
you don't mind marrying me? It Is, I
bellere, the usual thing under the circumstances."
"Marry you!" she gave a low little
laugh. "But you know I am only a
poor typist, and you you are what
are you, I wonder?" She paused to re
flect.
"My friends," be replied, "have most
unwarrantably got into the habit of
vailing mo a Trifler. A man's friends
are rarely distinguished for an exag
gerated courtesy In their estimates of
him. My enemies" ho considered an
Instant "well, I cannot at the moment
tivi.llect that I have any enemies. Iu
actual fact, I am an individual of ex
treme earnestness and with an absorb
ing passion for acquiring knowledge
and other things; you nmong them.
Since yoi: left home, a week or two ago,
and decided to exist lndciendc ntly In a
small though luxurious suite of apart
r. scuts of your own, you see I could not
very well, being n young and giddy
bachelor, call upon you, being a young
and bewllderingly lovely spinster, at
your own private residence, without
running some risk of offending the pro
prieties. And so I was obliged, you un
derstand, to come here to this office In
order to well, to find out what I want
ed."
"You said you you came to see Mr,
Calthrop!" retorted the Typist a little
resentfully.
"I shall see him later." replied the
Trifler, with an airy gesture. "The fact
is. I have already seen him. Calthrop
Is n pretty Intimate friend of mine, and
he crranged to give mo a clear hour
alone with you In the ofiiee this morn
ing; lie won't be back for" the Trifler
carefully consulted bis watch "for an
other ten minutes at least."
'Oh!'' exclaimed the Typist, "you
you wicked fraud! Then you actually
had (lie audacity to arrange it all with
Mr. Calthrop beforehand?"
Tint Trifler smiled with infinite com
placeney. as he folded the Typist closer
into his frockcoat.
"Actually !" he replied. Sketch.
Her l-'arorlte Doll.
It Is always dangerously easy to
take a too pathetic view' of matters.
The English author of "From Their
Point of View," Miss M. Loane, tell
of a lady who accompanied her on her
rounds as district nurse In one of the
poorer sections of London, and who
was struck by a forlorn little figure
tenderly nursing one of her father's
boots, wrapped In a soiled pinafore
which bad been Intended to bide the
holes in her frock.
I knew the little girl. She wns the
child and grandchild of skilled art I
;iiis, and I hail seen her so often
standing erect In her Saturday tub
that I knew her dirt was superficial
and that no sign of want or III treat
ment was observable, But the pathm
of the scene was too deep to be coin
bated by mere common sense, and my
friend went home anil dressed u doll
for her.
The child received it doubtfully
with a slight preponderance of pleas
ure. That day she broke it. the next
day she destroyed It, mid was soundly
slapped by her mother. Half an hour
later I saw her, the tear-stalns scarce
ly dry, smiling grimly but sweetly as
the hushed her father's boot to sleep
once more.
And some people seem lo d"rl,"
lot of satisfaction from byli-g nj'.sui;
derstood.
Sixty languages are spoken In ttusfla.
Saccharine, mi artllii la! product. Is
M0 times sweeter than sugar.
There is a growing d"mand '.or Amer
ican pearls. Those taken from the
western waters last season w valued
t J.-iOO.IHIO.
It Is said that there Is 'Jl per cent
more nourishment In sugar than any
ithcr food t ll it t can be miv'nirted for
he same money except wheat Hour .Hid
corn.
The Bell Memorial Association at
iraiitford. Out., announces that the
oriuer homestead of I'rof. Alexander
mhaiii Bell will be acquired as a pub
lic park In addition to the erection of
a memorial monument to cost fllo.OOO.
This monument will Le unveiled In
11)10.
Through the death of iter father the
Countess of Batburst has become the
sole owner of the Morning Post of Ion
don. She was the only daughter of
lord Glcncsk and since the death of
her mother she did the honors of her
father's bouse, both In London and In
Scotland. During the war In South
Africa she was with ber husband while
he was lu command of the island of St.
Helena.
The Austrian government Intends to
electrify Its mountain railway and has
been studying the question nf hydro
electric plants in Scandinavia. Accord
ing to a report recently made to the
government, Norway has a total water
power of ls,0eo,000 horse power, Swe
den 10.000,000 horse power and Finland
4,000.000 horse power. The plants of
these countries now In use or building
have a total capacity of .'OO.txiO horse
power.
.George Ade says that when a certain
college president In Indiana, a clergy
man, was addressing the students In
the cliapel at the beginning of the col
lege year ho observed that It was "a
matter of congratulation to nil the
friends of the college that the year had
opened with the largest freshman class
In Its history." Then without any
pause the good man turned to the les
son for the day, the third Psalm, and
begnn to read In a voice of thunder:
"Lord, how are they Increased that
trouble me! " Llpplneolt's.
According to the government's goo-
logical experts, we waste 200,000,000
tons of coal every year in this country,
owing to Improper mining methods.
Through working the lower beds of tho
coal first, the mining of the adjacent
higher beds becomes Impracticable.
Again, much coal is left as pillars to
support tlie roof of tho mine. We are
using what Is best and cheapest, and
this neglect and wastefulness will cost
succeeding generations more for their
coni. We leave underground almost
one-half of our supply; In Vancouver,
British Columbia, OS per cent Is mined
Review of Reviews.
The first horses of the western plains
were probably brought there by the
Spaniards. In 1545, almost fifty years
before Jamestown was settled, Coro
nado, the Spanish captain, was roaming
about the plains of New Mexico; and
ho tells of the dogs used by the Indians
to haul their plunder on lodge poles,
Indicating that they hud no norses at
that date. In l'Hi the Spanish again
worked tiielr way eastward across the
plains, nnd their letters tell of the as
tonishment of the Indians at seeing the
horses they had will) them. The expe
dition was constantly losing horses, and
there is little doubt that the first
droves of western horses originated
from these strays. McClure'a.
Since 1877 there has been only one
year In which the C.erman national debt
has not been Increased. It Is now, ac
cording to recent olliclal statements, $1,
013.000,000, or n llttlo more than the
French Indemnity. The debt has loen
doubled since l.spri. For tho last eight
yen vs. ovi-i :u""f publications again
primit, expciidilui es have exceeded re
ceipts by $171,000,000, or an average of
ifo.'VOO.ooo a year. The national debt
bus already cost the country In Inter
est and iidmlnlsu.-itl .'. expenses about
y:;,so ooo.ooo and yet Germany could
I'.uve kept on' of d.'bi i:IUgether, art
I'rof. Sehanz "'as recently shown, if
the revenues bad on'y bin r Increased
i.y about. $! (.oo.ooo yearly. Atlantl
Queen Maud of Norway keeps a
scrap I k 'hearing the Inscription on
the cover, "Things We Have Not Said
and I lone," lu which she lias pasted
newspaper cuttings giving stories about
herself ami her husband which have
their foundation only lr. the imagina
tion of enterprising Journalists. It Is
said, loo, that among the Herman crown
prince's must treasured possessions Is
a scrap book containing over 1,000 pages
of adverse newspaper criticism. The
first 5CO pages are Inscribed with a
gold-lettered heading: "I hope I nm
not like this!" while some of the most
outspoken comments are accompanied
by marginal notes iu the prince's own
handwriting, such as: "The enemy's
voice is no less interesting than the
friend's." etc.- Til-lilts.
The production of petroleum has been
a national Industry for Just half n cen
tury. Previous to this there was spo
radic production of petroleum without
any definite market. The industry real
ly bean when Kicr ami Ferris, iner
i bants, of Pittsburg, perfected a lamp
witli a sul l aide glass chimney by which
petroleum was made capable of yield
ing a steady light far brighter than
,iny other arlillcial Illumination known
at the time, lu this half century 1,80!,.
iM'S.-i:i barn's of petroleum, or 210,-
'.il'.U'.Tii tons, bus I n produced, worth
a little less than S-'.uoo.imhi.OOO. New
petroleum fields have been found and
developed mure rapidly than the rato
of product Ion In the older fields has de
creased, so that the rate of production
has shown a rapid Incrmse from 500,.
M xi barrels lu IX'X' to H ',0,000,000 bar
rels iu l!s7. We produce almost as
much nil as milk.- Kovi.-w of Reviews.
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
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WHO BUPPORTS THE FAMILY f
t""N thirty States of the I'nlon a mother has
I no ownership lu her own children, and the
I I husbund can collect every dollar of their
mmM earnings. Is the wife who brings up a fam-
Afjrftjjl lly of children, under such condltlens as
joV5SXj these, not a self-supporting member of the
community? Who supports the family, any
way? In the days of our grandfathers the husband paid
for a barrel of flour and the wife made that flour Into
rend. Converting raw-material Into a manufactured
product Is usually more expensive than the raw mate
rial Itself. The cash value of the wife's contribution
te the bread might have been more than the value con
tributed by the husband to provide t he flour. Would
she, then, not be as self supporting as her husband?
All this balderdash nbout the necessity of economic
Independence for women Is a pretty poor tribute to the
Intellectual ability of the female reformers who are re
sponsible for so much trouble and unhapplness. Is the
woman who draws n salary from the mere man who
employs her In his ollice more tudceudent than the wife
who Is comfortably cured for by her husband? Or can
the wage earner of either sex he considered as econom
ically Independent?
There Is no sex to brain jiower of Itself. And In this
free country there Is no more obstacle to a woman at
taining economic Independence than there Is to the man.
6tp arguing, sisters. There Is no room for argument.
Time flics and opportunity fleets. If economic lndepend
ace Is your solo object, roll up your sleeves and dig In.
Chicago Journal.
DEATH BY VIOLENCE.'
EARLY 11.000 itersons committed suicide In
I this country last year. This Is probably
I the largest number of suicides In any single
I .AAt. In tlx, 1,1a,,,,.,. tl,. rtniinli, mtntim
j m . ih in. ,i.r.ivi(, .,i inr .wuu.ij, mniia
tics showing n marked and steady Increase
lu late years iu the uuinber of cases of self
destruction. Other deaths due to persoual
Tlelence numbered S.U52, which, with the 100 cases of
lynching reported, make a total of 10,004 cases of death
y personal violence In a single year. These- are star
tling figures.
Of the illegal hangings or lynching, the South con
tributed idnety-seven and the North three. California
had one case nnd Illinois two. There were ninety-two
legal executions In the country, thirty-six of which were
In the North and flftar-slx In the South. Two jiersoiis
executed were Chinese, forty-four were blacks aud forty
six were whites. Of the sub-Ides, tEU arose from busl
aess losses and failures, ami of this number thirty-one
were barkers nnd brokers. Among professional men,
physicians furnished the largest number of suicides
Seven tliousund. eight hundred sixty-four males and
2,088 females destroyed themselves, a rati of nearly
three maies to one female.
These figures that tell of the violent deaths of 20,000
people yearly, because of crime or Inability to cope suc
cessfully with tn controlling forces of life, onght to
!wken profound and sober thought and lead to serious
ngulry ns to the best possible way to end tula needles
and wantoa waste of human life. Milwaukee Sentinel.
WATCH CANADA.
SN the Canadian Northwest the railroads
are laying out new towns by wholesale
along their new lines. On the Grand Trunk
Pacific, the Canadian Northern and the Ca-
fVnnhftl nadian Pacific 220 new villages will be plat--1VJK
within the next few months. The rail
road authorities believe that to locate such
trading places and railway stations not more than eight
or ten in I lee apart, along their extensions westward and
northward, Will facilitate the settling of the farming
country between and promote the development of the
entire territory. It Is expected that settlers from the
United States will furnish a large part of the population
required to fill up a great region, far north of the boun
dary, Canada has seen Immigration from thla country
rise to 60,000 a year, with sighs of a still heavier move
ment, and the plans of the Canadian railroad companies
are on a generous ecale, accordingly. It Is solid, en
during, fruitful growth which will add Immensely to
the productiveness and wealth of America, on both sides
of the International frontier. The Dominion la moving
forward at a great rate, In all of the vital elements of
national life and progress. Its future will surely far
outrun all that Its past has known. As we have aald
before, "Watch Canada." Cleveland Leader.
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WATER WAYS AND PEACE.
HE use of common waterways has always
proven a prolific cause of International
wrangling. The Joint navigation of such
waters, the Joint control of water power,
the regulation of fishing rights and the
determination of the use of water In navl
gable streams having their rise la one
Jurisdiction and their outflow In another have led to In
terminable dispute. Later Inventions, especially the use
of water power for the development of electrical energy,
have only served to Increase the possibilities of dissen
sion. There has been a continuous unsettled water
ways debate between the United States and Great
Britain from the time of the colonies. It la therefore
of most happy augury for the future that a treaty has
Iteen successfully negotiated by Secretary Root and Am
bassador Bryce providing for amicable adjustment by
n Joint high commission of all future waterway and
boundary difficulties. Philadelphia Record.
APPLE3' PLACE IN STORY.
gyuiiiili Willi SIIuk to 11.
Weeks The true American always
lives the utidi'-.- og In the fight
WiseYes, ami then gives hi in
wlft kick for being chump enough t
get Into It. F.osiou Transcript,
Grtfka Knrn ol be Frail unit M
Ibuloicr Ufftrrni-i to It.
The apple is mentioned In fable and j
history more than any other fruit. It
played a purt iu the downfall of man,
for had not Eve lieen tempted by Sa
tan, who, In the guise of a seriK'nt,
offered the first woman fruit from the
tree of knowledge, nn apple tree, and
had not Eve yielded the father and
mother of the world would not have
been driven from the Garden of Kden,
says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Greeks knew the apple, and
many of their failles are stories on the
luscious fruit. According to Homer the
apple was one of the causes of tho
Trojan war.
Homer says that at the wedding of
Peleus and Thetis, two immortals, nil
of tho gods were invited except F.rls,
or IMseord. Enraged at ber exclusion
tho goddess threw a golden apple
among the guests, with the Inscription,
"For the fafrest." Thereupon Juno,
Venus and Minerva each claimed tho
flfe. The decision was left with
Paris, a beautiful shepherd. Minerva
promised him glory and renown In
war If he would yield her the prize;
Juno promised power and riches, nnd
Venim assured Mm the fairest of wom
en for n wife. Purls decided lu fa
vor of Venus.
Under the protection of the goddess
Paris was hospitably received by Men
elaus, king of Sparta. Helen, the fair
est of her sex, was the wife of Mene
lnus, but Purls, aided by Venus, per
suaded her to elope with him and car
ried her off to Troy. Purls was the
son of Priam, king of the Trojans, and
was welcomed by his father and
court. The Greeks gathered an
army, and iu a siege that lasted for
years finally succeeded In entering the
city by a slrntagemand totally destroy
ed It. The story of the siege uud of
the subsequent adventures of one of
the besieged are the themes of the two
greatest poems nird antiquity, Ho
mer's "Iliad" and Virgil's "Aeneld."
The search for the golden apples of
the Ilesperldes was the most difficult
of all the twelve adventures of Her
cules. The apples were the ones that
Juno had received at her wedding
from the goddess of the earth and
which sho bad Intrusted to the keep
ing of the daughters of Hesperls. Alter
various adventures lu his search for
the apples Hercules found Atlas, a gi
ant, wlio held the sky on his shoul
ders, ami Atlas promised to get the ap
ples If Hercules would suport the sky
while he was gone. Atlas secured the
apples for Hercules, took up his bur
den reluctantly and let Hercules re
turn with the apples, ills task com
pleted. Ataliinta, said the Greeks, was a
maiden whom the gods had warned
must not marry. Terrified by the ora
cle, she fled the society of men, and
to persistent suitors who found her
voluntered to marry. the man .vlio best
ed her in u foot raco If he would pay
with his life If lie lost. Suitors ran
and lout until lllppomeues volunteered
to try. Venus beard his prayer, and
from her temple, In her own Island of
Cyprus, brought three golden apples,
Which she gave to the young sultur,
with lust met Ions how to use them.
For a time the two racers ran even
ly. Then Atalaiita forged ahead. Illp
poiuenes threw an apple lu front of
her. Sho st'iopod to pick up the prize
and In stooping lost ground. She re
doubled her e (Tor Is and soon overtook
lllppomeues. Again he threw an apple
to one side, aud again the girl fell be
hind in stooping to pick It up. Venus
Impelled the girl to pick up the third
npple when it was thrown, nnd Hlppo
menes shot across the goal n victor.
The two lovers were so full of their
own' happiness that they forgot to do
honor to Venus. Thnt goddess was pro
voked nt their ingratitude and caused
them to give offense to Cybele, who
changed Hlppotncncs to a Hon' nnd
Atalanta to a lioness, and yoked them
to her chariot.
William Tell, the Swiss spy, wus n
not 1 crossbowmnn, nnd when Gesler,
the Austrian governor, had his lint
placed on a pole on the market place
and stationed a sentry to make the
Swiss bow to the hat. Tell refused and
was arrested. Gesler told him he
would be freed If he would shoot an
apple off the head of his only son.
Tell, threatened with Imprisonment If
he refused to undertake the test and
urged by his son to 4y, ahot the apple
from the boy's head.
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TESTED SPINELESS CACTUS.
I. undone
plained his methods in a lecture to a '
hundred of the most Influential of the
club women of Los Angeles and won,
their hearty support
Prove Urn JVntrlrlous
) Value.
The attention of medical scientists
all over the world. Just now, Is cen
tered on Dr. Leon Albert Lnndone, of
Los Angeles, Cat. He has demonstrat
ed not only u new principle In food
theories that organic salts are abso
lutely necessary for the preservation
of the body but has proved, despite
the statements of government chemists,
that Luther Burbank's spineless cactus
contains all the elements necessary to
sustain life. This last demonstration
Is of extreme Importance, itecause it
was to save the lives of scores who
yearly perish on the American desert
thnt Burbank undertook his marvelous
task of eliminating the spines from the
desert cactus. Dr. Lnndone says:
"The test lusted two weeks. Dur
ing that time I continued my ordinary
work, which is considerably In excess
of the work of most men. At the end
of the first five days I had lost one
and a quarter pounds, but at the end
of the 14 days I had regained this and
had added two nnd three-quarter
pounds to my weight. The record
showed a continual gain In strength,
and at no time was there any decrease
of energy or endurance. In fact my
strength Increased. It was shown con
clusively that cactus leaf Is decidedly
nutritious. I understand that the gov
ernment Is drafting a bulletin stating
that the thoruless cactus Is not , fit
fisid for men but I nm quite positive
that the experts have not tested the
Luther Jturhunk cactus as 1 have.
Another result of Dr. Iinduue's ex
perlments Is the fact that It Is much
better to preserve the tissues with
green leaf foods, containing organic
salts than by their constant destruc
tion as the result ot a diet In pro-
telds, and the consequent necessity for
lli! production of an immense amount
of extra energy to rebuild tho tissues,
He paraphrases the old maxim, by say
ing, "An ounce of preservation Is worth
a pound of repair."
Or. I. undone now proposes to do for
children what Iiiirbank has done for
plants. With a corps of "JO assistants,
trained by himself, lie has begun the
scientific training of children. This
work promises w revolution in the
methods of child-culture. His purpose
is to develop the conscious, discrimina
tive, functional life of the child by
training the senses, the uiliid and tho
motor organism ; aud his methods are
In line with the advanced scientific
thought of the day. Recently he ex-
GHOST OF A FAMOUS TOWN.
Center of Nevada Mining; Boon D
erted and la Rain.
Virginia City is Indeed a strange
town a living skeleton, says Cllftou
Johnson In Outing. In the height of
Its opulence It boasted a population
of flO.OOO. To-day there are less than
one-tenth that many, dilapidation and
ruin are seen on every hand. The chief
straets terrace along a great hillside.
Farther up I he sl pe are wastes of
sagebrush gr iwlng In srauted clumps
that half hide the earth with their
gray twigs and foliage. Down below, '.
Is n valley where the mines have
dumped vnst henps of waste. The en
tire region is a wild upheaval of hills,
and around the horizon are, seen ranges)
of snowy-topped mountains. The only
trees are an occasional gnarled Bcrub
pine or dwarf cedar n few feet high.
Formerly scrub pines of fair size were
plentiful on the Willis ; but they were
practically all used for firewood long
years ago. After they were gone some
Chlnnmen ran a wood yard and sold
pine roots. Probnbly 150 donkeys were
engaged In tolling about tho upland"
and bringing In the stumps and roota
of the old scrub pines. This material,
too, was exhausted presently, and now
the fuel cornea by train.
The town streets are rough and dir
ty, and as I walked about I waa con
stantly encountering old tin cans and
getting my feet tangled up In wlrea
from the baled hay. Buildings In good
repair are rarities. There are totter
ing fences nnd ragged walls and broken
roofs and smashed glass, and many
windows and doors are boarded up.
The search for gold has resulted In
tearing the country all to pieces. Ev
erywhere tho hills are dotted with
prospectors' holes. From any height
you can see dozens perhaps hundreds.
They suggest the burrowing of wood-
chucks or prairie dogs. The region
along the Comstock lode abounds, too,
in deserted shafts. Usually the spots
where had been the buildings and the
machinery for working the abandoned
mines are now only marked by great
dumps of waste, with possibly a few
Immense foundation stones and Irons.
Two miles from Virginia City la the
village of Gold Hill, which, If any
thing. Is more nearly dead than lta
neighbor. There is the same dilapida
tion and wreckage, and the same cant
ing walls and neglect of repairs. Oa
the borders of this hamlet I met a
Scotchmnn who affirmed that bis cabin
was the oldest dwelling In the region.
The main purt contained a single room,
but there wns a lean-to nt the rear,
and a little envo ran back under the
hill. The owner Invited mo In to rest
myself, and, ns we entered, a gray cat
depnrted through a missing window
pane.
Tho Family Neektle.
"Whnt did your wife g"ive you for
Christinas?"
"A necktie," answered Sirlns Barker.
"And I suriwse you have done some
thing to make her Christmas merry V
"Yes. Sho ought to have some good
laughs when she sees nie wearing It
Washington Star.
Wanted Them Dead.
"How will you have your frogs legs,
slrr
"With the kick taken out." HI
mlngham Age-Herald.
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