Professor What was Nero's grea
erlme. Bright Pupil He played the
fiddle.- -Chicago Daily News.
"He la an expert penman." "He
must be. lie can write with postofllce
Pens and Ink." New York Globe.
The Ono Hut If you have the money
why don't you pay your debts? The
Other Ben use if I did that 1 wouldn't
have the nioney.
Frank Were you actually sur
prised, as you paid, when I proposed?
May Yes, Indeed; 1 really had all but
given you up! Vogue.
"Those false teeth Dr. Pulliam put
In for you look very natural." "They
feel that way. They ache just like the
ones he pulled out." Philadelphia
Ledger.
Mr. Flatwell Look here! You must
have made a mistake. I haven't or
dered a gas stove.. Delivery Man
'Taln't a gas stove. It'a your wife's
new hat.
"Didn't you telephone us that your
wife was ready to go with us when we
started?" "Yes, but she's upstairs now
changing her mind." Baltimore
American.
"That fellow Smithers is a clever
chap. He can write with either
hand." "Is that so? How on earth
does he manage to do it?" "On a type
writer." Success.
Joan I'm awful frightened at the
lightnin'. I wish there was a man
here. Mistress What good would
that do? Joan He'd tell me not to be
such a fool. Punch.
Her Husband Well, It takes two to
make a quarrel, so I'll shut up. Hla
Wlfe--That's Just like a contemptible
man!- You'll sit there and think mean
things. Chicago News.
Teacher What do you understand
by the word "self denial?" Pupil It
is when some one comes to borrow
money from father and he says he is
not at home. Fliegende Blatter.
The Client How much will your
opinion be worth In this case? The
Lawyer I'm too modest to say. But
I can tell you what I'm going to
charge you for it. Cleveland Leader.
Mr.. Gossip They do say that her
husband has acquired locomotor
ataxia. Mrs. Parveuue I don't think
much of those cheap cars; my hus
band has an Imported one. Smart Set.
Wigwag Bjones says that when he
is at your house he acts just like one
of the family. Henpockke Yes, he
seems to be jii3t as much afraid of my
mother-in-law as I am Philadelphia
Record.
Haversup More Weary Walker's
too much of a 'rlstocrat fer de busi
ness. Maney Stepes What's he doin'
now? Haversup More Got so he
won't sleep anywhere 'cef.t on a flower
bed. Puck.
Minister I made seven hearts hap
py to-day. Parishioner How was
that? Minister Married three
couples. Parishioner That only
makes six. Minister Well, you don't
think I did It for nothing?
Stage Manager Remember, Bangs,
h.-p nrc iienendins on your baby to cry
lustily In the third scene, do you
think he'll do his part? Actor Father
He ought to, sir. He's been rehears
ing night and day Boston Tran
script. "Isn't a lawsuit over a patent right
about the dullest thing you ever saw?"
"Not always. I attended a trial of
that kind once that was too funny for
anything. A tall lawyer named Short
was reading a fi.000 word document he
called a brief.
"Pardon me," said the Romford lady
o.i n marketing expedition, "but are
these cg;;s fresh laid?" "Absolutely,
mndain." replied the grocer, promptly.
'The farmer I purchased those eggs
from won't allow hits hens to lay them
any other way."
Jokely 1 had a close call last night,
T tell vou. Pokely Is that so? Got
in the road of an automobile, eh
Jokelev No, I was calling on the
Youngers at their flat, and two otlier
callers squeezed in shortly afterward
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Inquiring Son Papa, what is rea
son? Fond Parent Reason, my boy,
is that which. enables a man to deter
mine what Is right. "And what is in
stinct?" "Instinct Is that which tells
a woman she Is right, whether she la
or not." London Spare Moments.
"What will we do when the trees ar
destroyed?" asked the forestry expert.
"I suppose." answered the serenely sol
ut(nlj,it.H, u ftor Aiiint thought.
.11111 niilirniiiiiii "
"that in such an event we will be obllg
ed to dopend for wood entirely on .the
lumtx-r yards." Washington Star,
Biggs I had no Idea old Grasplt
was a philanthropist until I saw hlrn
circulating a petition yesterday for
the purpose of raising money to en
able a poor widow to pay her rent
piggs oh, Graspit's all right. He
owns the house the poor widow lives
ln .Chicago New;i
"You've been courting me now for
a number of years, Harold," remarked
Mildred to the young man, "and
want to make a little proposal." "I I
am not In a position to marry Just
yet." stammered Harold; but '
Who said anything about marriage?'
Interrupted the girl. "1 was going to
nroiiose that vou stop coming here and
nlve HOmCIKHiy else it Cliamc. iMtl-
don Spare Moments.
V urn in
Mr. Monk I '"e by the Jungle New
that its a scientific expedition, and
that Teddy Is only .'fter specimens
Mrs. Monk- Then look out lor your
heh". for everybody says you'ie the
linen cf a huslwnd in the
neighborhood.
When married people do not look
Kiiuaicly at each other when they
apeak, and refer to each other us "he
or "she," there is trou'.ile in the a'.r.
A well digger says there
room el tiie bottom
alwav
FACTS IN TAELOID FORM.
Five Australian states are desirous
of borrowing on an extensive scale for
railway construction and other public
works, the total amount desired be
ing 160,000,000.
Mrs. Julian Heath presided at the
meeting which was held recently In
New York for the purpose of urging
the creation of a Federal bureau to
Instruct mothers In the care of their
homes and families.
It Is persistently reported that Mex
ico is about to remove the duty on
wheat. On Nov. 2C. 1908, it was re
duced for the period Dec. 15. 1908, to
April 30, 1909, inclusive, from 3 pesos
to 1 peso (49.8 cents a hunured kilos
gross (220 pounds).
Australia has turned her pest into
a profitable Industry. During the last
five years 14,423,000 frozen rabbits
have been exported from Victoria,
principally to England; also 98,242,
000 skins, whib 5,000,000 skins went
into local consumption, making a to
tal of 103.242,000 skins.
The provincial legislature of New
Brunswick seems to think -well of sir
ing the right to vote to women. It
has passed a resolution preliminary
to the introduction of a bill giving
the privileges of tho provincial fran
chise to all women entitled to vote in
civic elections. This bill is expected
to pass.
At the end of 1908 there were 41,
727 motor vehicles In uso In Germany,
Including 20,928 motorcycles. In the
year there was an increase of 5,703 in
motor cars. Accidents numbered 5,069
(Increase, 225) with 2,630 persons in
jured and 141 killed. Allowing for
the increase in cars, there was a de
crease in the proportion of accidents.
When asked whether Napoleon
shaved himself Talleyrand replied:
"Yes. One born to be a King has
eome one to shave him; but they who
acquire kingdoms shave themselves."
Dlonyslus, tho tyrant of Syracuse, not
daring to commit himself to a bar
ber's hands, is said to have singed his
own beard with glowing walnut Bhells.
'owhere In the world are the out
ward, visible evidences of wealtn
more impressive than in New York.
The estimated value of the real estate
in Gotham is about two and a quar
ter times greater than all the money
in circulation in the United States.
The personal property listed for taxa
tion in New York is valued at a sum
qual to about one-tenth of all the
money -in circulation in this country.
Bank Notes.
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, who has
been elected United States benator
from Florida, has been considered
Senator-elect since the primaries of
last June, when he was nominated by
the Democratic party. He is a law
yer, fifty years old, and has served in
the Jacksonville City Council, the
State Legislature and as chairman of
the Board of Public Instruction of Du
val County. In 1893, and again in
1901, he was elected mayor of Jack
sonville for two years. Since 1904 he
has been chairman of the Democratio
State committee. Senator-elect
Fletcher Is a native of Sumter Coun
ty, Georgia. He is a graduate of Van
derbllt University.
Bishop James A. McFaul, of the Re
man Catholic diocese of Trenton, is
another prelate who does not think
very highly of woman suffrage. Ia
discussing this interesting topic re
cently the bishop said: "Most women
to-day are opposed to departing from
their own domestic sphere and usurp
ing the place occupied by men, and
men, as a rule, have so much regard
and affection for their mothers, sis
ters and wives that they detest any
thing tending to bring women Into the
rough struggle with men. After all
has been said in favor of woman suff
rage and against it, every true man
and woman realizes that the hand
that rocks the cradle rules the
world."
Prof. George A. Coe, of Northwest
ern University, who has been elected
professor ot practical theology in Un
ion Theological Seminary, New yo.'lt,
has held the John Evans chair of ph.l-
3.ophy in the Evanston institution
since 1S93. He was graduated from
the University of Rochester in 18S4
und from Boston University in ISS'7.
Fro n 1S88 to 1S90 he was a profeasor
in the University of Southern Cali
fornia, and from 1S90 to 1SD1 he stud
ied at the University of Berlin. Pro
ftssor Coe was born in Monroe Coun
ty, New York, in 18G2. lie has writ
ten several books on religious sub
jects and has been a frequent contrib
utor to philosophical and theological
magazines.
Under the headline "Saved! Saved
Trom the American Treasure Hunt
er!" the dossier Zelttwg says: "The
beautiful silver tankard which has
been one of the show pieces of tho
city hall for many years and to see
which visitors always went to 'Huldl
gungszlmmer,' has been sold for 7"i0,
000 marks to the Emperor Frederick
Museum of Berlin. Tills masterpiece
of the old German silversmiths' art
would iwjvrr have been sold but for
the fact that It would now be placed
!eond the reach of grasping relio
lxiiitsrs and whr.-j more pe;:l may
see and r.pptc-viato it. Tho first year's
lnic-rit on the sum realized will be
:-J to avert an increase in tho tax
T..ie of our town."
Tin? 510.ooii.oOO or so which the
Dreadnought as the fastest typ" of
battleship now costs would- inAdmiral
.'e':i..n s day have sufficed for the
Hi'idiui; of a whole Meet of meiKif
war. For then a 100-gun ship whic h
waa the fVrst-rater of the period vnst
JiiiiS.f'UO and second rati rs (ninety-t-!,;ht-giin
and iiinety-ymti ships) JUS"),.
0iO, while $60.u00 was suSicien: for
the construction of a twenty-elght-tinn
boat. These sums liieldd.-d building,
coppering, mart a aid rigin. but i x
eluded armaments. Writing oft $4,-
t'uo.ooo or me t,iou,ui) whk'ii s
Dreadaought costs aa the bill for
guns. It sun remain) t.lat nrteen va-
sels of the typo of Neliiu's Victory
THE DANGER CF COEDUCATION.
By Will Urn Le
We have reached that point in human
knowledge, or, in other words, we are getting
back to common sense, where even the inex
perienced must acknowledge that a change is
needed in our educational method of mixing
the adolescents of both sexes in the high
schools. We are now fully awake to the great
mental and psychologic variations at this age
due to the differentiation of the sexes. The
past hypocritical denials of the great psychologic and
physiologic changes and moods which are constantly
surging in the adolescents have done much harm. This
injury to growing boys and girls In trying to educate
them together is well known to physicians and psychol
ogists. Many doctors have tried to carefully explatu
these important matters to parents and teachers, but
so wrongly impressed have been these parents and teach
ers of the past that many physicians have given up in
disgust, and some of them have lost patients by attempt
ing to tell the truth.
This fog which has enveloped parents and teachers
must be blown away and the true educational course of
our daughters and sons clearly shown. Ideas are chang
ing; truths are forcing themselves to the surface, and
in the younger generation of parents and teachers I find
eagerness to have the doctors tell of the false method
this country has followed in mixing the adolescents in
classes at the public high schools. Older and wiser
countries know better. The Housekeeper.
THE MIGRATION INTO CANADA.
By
If half a million American settlers should
suddenly pull up roots and migrate in a body
to some foreign land the event would be her
alded as one of the most epic movements ot
the century. Yet this is virtually what hap
pened, with little notice and less comment, In
the last six years.
In less than six years 388,000 American
farmers have pulled up stakes in their native
States and moved from Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Da
kotas, Nebraska, Arkansas and Oregon across the invlsl
ble line of the International boundary to free home
steads in the Canadian Northwest. Moreover, 100,000
Americans have gone North as investors, speculators,
miners, lumbermen.
A railroad traffic manager and a customs officer both
told me the same thing; very few of the American
homesteaders came in with less than $1,000 cash; many
came in with capital ranging from $3,000 to $10,000.
The capital brought in by the investing classes varies
from the $10,000,000 placed by the Morgan banking
AFTER THE SINGER, IS DEAD.
Bright is the ring of words
When the right man rings them.
Fair is the fall of songs
When the singer sings them.
Still they are caroled and said
On wings they are carried
After the singer Is dead
And the maker burie:!.
iow as the singer lies
In the field of heather.
Songs of his fashion bring
The swains together.
And when the west is red
Witj the sunset embers,
The lover lingers and sings,
And the maid remembers.
-Robert Louis Stevenson.
It Was to Be
Rosette laughed softly. "It's of no
use, Aunt Louise. I'm going on the
next boat. Jim has hoisted the flag
and it will be here In ten minutes."
"Do be careful about missing the
train," cautioned Mrs. Oxley. "I shall
worry if you are out late; remember
your fallings."
The young woman pouted. "I never
can go anywhere without a peck of
advice, just as though I was an in
fant. You haven't said what you
wanted. Aunt Louise."
"What's the use," retorted Mrs.
Pierce; "it's no more nor less than a
can of that potted chicken at Lovelt'a.
What do you say to that, young lady V
"Hm-hra' murmured Rosette faltrl
ly. "I'll think about it, auntie. Good
bye." As the boat splashed around te
point Rosette looked dismally at the
little red station planted upon the
bare, sandy knoll like a danger signal.
"It will bo perfectly horrid In the city
hot and stupid hut Aunt Louise
must be taught a leeson. I won't have
her making any matches for me. Cas
sius Lanford, indeed! Well, I'll Just
make the best of it. I can run up to
Clara's after I finish my errands. My,
but there's a lot of them!" Rosette
scanned the pages of her memoranda
critically. "Might as well see Mme.
Du Shane about that suit while I'm
here. I'll Jot that down, too."
It lacked an hour of luneheon time
when Rosette sank exhausted on the
nearest seat in madame's cool parlors.
"How will I ever get through this aft
ernoon?" she Inwardly groaned. "I've
a great mind to take the next train
back, but then I'd b sure to see that
that creature! And If I should slop at
any of tho resorts the folks would
find it out. No, 1 11 stay until the 5:10
If I melt."
hcrwtte looked out of the window
ll.'tl' sly. Across the way two huge,
gray lions sunned themselves on either
side cf a wlde-plllaied portico.
"There." Roset'e started with re
lieved ner?y. "11! go ever to the gal
lery r;:M' rftr luneh and look at
ll.o.e eti IiIti'-m Miss Carew was s;ieak
Ing of yes'rrday."
A tall, f! uly-bMllt young fellow was
tK'ii.lii:;; ii'.'.e: e-terlly ov r a collection,
"ile must l.'c an ait'.-.t." thought Ro
sette, i overtly t yelt k the strong, lntel-
etiril f.'ee. "No. lie's too umeli of an
r.:!:l ;e. ' she- 'ii d aft-'T further o'
Vfrvi'lou. "What a splendid physique
- :i'id mm h eye -.! My. one would l;ivw
lie v:m tli a ri ;lit t.o:l ju .t to lo;l; at
t.l::i."
Sn.lil'.rly the utran.' T I"okeil tU his
v -: t 1 1 e. n 1 1'iiiile l :,.a;'. J'.o-.ette's Ill
icit, st I.'i 7in to i:tie; eho waii'.eied
t!no':g!i i lie tooi.ii absr nt-mliu'edly.
When a dor'.t struck S sle s'artwd in
astonishment; tl'.e af'.crnocn bad act
Howard, M. D.
house in the Canadian Northern Railway to the $200,
000 and $.100,000 capital placed In actual cash by the
land and lumber and fish companies.
Average the American newcomer's capital at $2,000,
snd the American Invasion of Canada In the last six
yars repreutnts in hard. cash an Investment of a bil
lion dollars. From what I saw in a leisurely four
months' tour of Canada first by c'ar.oe, 1,500 miles
anions the settlers of the frontier beyond the railroad,
then by rail twice across the continent I have no hesi
tation in saying that a billion-dollar average is too
small by half. The Century.
WEATHER TRUST
we could prove even this much, we should have a story
worth the writing; and we can prove not only this, but
very much more
By way of Indictment of our Delphic oracle at Wash
ington, we may make the following Epeclfic and definite
charges:
1. That it is unduly expensive.
2. That it does not progress.
3. That it is excessively explanatory and excessively
self-defensive.
4. That Its service is general and not specific, where
as specific service is the only sor' which can possibly
be of value to the average Indlvi. .al man.
5. That it is evasive and intentionally ambiguous
6. That it offers no well-founded hope of improve
ment In local forecasting.
As to the expense of this service, we paid last year
more than $1,600,000 for it; more than any other nation
in the world has ever thought of expending. Yet our
bureau does not serve a greater population nor a wider
range of Interests and industries than are served In
other civilized countries. Our institution is like other
things American: It is bigger and costs more than any
thing of its kind in the world; also, like other things
American, it is cursed with politics.
Most things American, however, are progressive. The
serious and humiliating truth is that our weather bu
reau does not progress. Twenty years of costly experi
ment by the weather bureau have failed to develop one
decided improvement in weather prediction. Yet in
thirty-eight years the cost of the service has risen from
$15,000 to $1,6C2,260 a year. Everybody's Magazine.
Agnei C. Laut.
ually slipped away without her real
izing It.
A dull, rayless sky hung gloomily
above the waters of the lake as a sin
gle passenger alighted at the little red
station. The car lights feebly revealed
the well-worn trail which zigzagged
down the road and across a plot of
turf, to where. In a narrow Inlet, a
small steamer was darkly outlined
against a hedge of willows. Two lan
terns, at the sides glared like the fierce
eyes of a watchful Cerberus.
Rosette peered beneath the awning.
"Capt. Duggauld!"
"Ay, ay," responded a bluff, deep
chested voice from the depths of the
shadows, and the owner of the Water
Sprite appeared a thick-set personage
with grizzled hair and beard and the
rolling gait of a sailor. '
"Will you take me across, captain T'
Rosette put the question anxiously.
"Couldn't think of It, ma'am Jest
one passenger. I'm lookln' for a tick
lish night, but ye can't tell. Ef it was
ol' Huron, now, I'd know Just what
to depend on; ef the signs wuz fer
foul, w'y foul It 'ud be, but this 'ere's
the most spiteful, capreeshus teacup
ful!" "But I must get over some way!"
Rosette started as though she had
8erlou3 intentions of wading the dis
tance. "Ef it ain't that Oxley girl! W'y, I
didn't know ye! An' your ma'a wor
ryln' most likely. Well, now, seeln'
it's you mebbe I might make it.
There's a bowl of bread an' milk wait
In' for me at the tavern, but I recokn
It'll be there when I get back. All
aboard, lively, now!" And Capt. Dug
gauld with more gallantry than grace
briskly whirled his passenger Into the
boat. Rosette tossed her hat on the
seat and curled down In a little heap
ut the boat edge, her dimpled chin
resting upon the palm of one small
hand.
A grinding shock sent Rosette from
her seat to the bottom of the boat with
a heavy Jar. There were muttered ex
clamations fi( in Capt. Duggauld as,
suddenly arrested in Its course, tho
boat with onu brief fluttering like a
disabled bird gave a sidewise lurch
and settled helplessly upon Kome ob
struction underneath tho evident
cause cf the catastrophe.
"Quick ui.cii tin; heat!" shouted the
apfaia.
"l'f that ain't grit!" Capt. Duggatilu
was lo t In admiration at Rosette's
com;:oKU!-". "W'y most gels would a'
tainted ) dumb dead or gone Into his
terlekj. I and! I wlih I could get ber
out o' thU fix roni') way. It don't
matter t,o ranch about tills ol' critter,"
and the captain caiefully scrutinized
tho horizon.
"Halloo! Hal!oo!" called a strong
ROHKTTK'B INTKItKST HKUA.V TO WANE.
LATEST CHARGE.
By Umcrson Hough.
Our weather bureau is a trust. One by one,
It has absorbed the State services and the
hydrographlc office reports, until to-day it is
one of the most beautifully bureaucratic bu
reaus known in this land of the free. It is
a trust; but. contrary to the practice of our
most benevolent trusts, it does not hand us
out a better article for less money. It hands
us out the same article for more money. If
voice when within speaking distance.
"What's the trouble?"
"Git her 'round t'other side," bawled
the captain. "We're stuck on this con
founded ol' slump."
Nearly drenched. Rosette was as
sisted Into the rescuing boat and In a
maze found herself facing her athlete
of the afternoon.
"I had Just reached the hotel when
I heard your signal," he explained, hla
eyes fixed admiringly on Rosette.
"W'y, if It ain't Mr. Lanford!'' ex
claimed the old man with enthusiasm.
"We'd probably bin playing with the
fishes 'bout this time ef ye hadn't
steered up Jest as ye djd. Look there!"
A flapping awning and a smokestack
was all that was left of the once vig
orous Water Sprite.
Rosette pushed back the muslin dra
peries of ber window and bolstered her
curly head upon a round, white arm.
Through a breach In the darkness
above a Btream of light trailed across
the lake and turned to silver the toss
ing whitecaps in its path. For one
Instant Its rays fell upon a launch
which shot across the shining track
and then was lost In the darkness be
yond. "It was to bo," murmured Rosette
with conviction, as she watched a va
grant moonbeam that rested for one
brief moment upon the snowy billow.
and recalled Cassius Lanford's look aa
he hade her good-night. "Dear Aunt
Louise" the sound of steps below
brought a sudden recollection "she
shall have that potted chicken to-mor
row If I have to go after It myself."
Now Orleans Times-Democrat.
r TT71TT7 TTT TITSO TTTtTT rWCl
A warning against probing too deep
ly Into the motives of a man Is con
tained In his story from the New York
Sun. A tale of Jurymen appeared be
fore a certain Missouri Judge, and
every man explained that it would
mean disaster to him to serve at that
term of court all but a little fellow
at the end of the line, a hunter who
had lived in a cabin on the creek all
his life.
"Tou have no excuse to offer?"
asked the surprised Judge.
"No. sir."
"Haven't got a sick mother-in-law
needing your attention?"
"No. sir; I ain't married."
"What about your crop?"
"Don't raise anything."
"No fence to fix up?"
"Haven't got a fence on the place."
"You think you can spare the time
to serve on a Jury two weeks?"
"Sure."
The Judge sat a while and medi
tated. Reaching over, he whispered to
the elerk, who shook has head in per
plexity. Then the Judge's curiosity
got the better of him.
"You are the only man who has got
the time to serve your country as a
Jurymnn," he Bald. "Wonld you mind
telling me how It happens?"
"Sure not," the liltlo man replied
promptly. "I heard you was going to
try Jake Billings this term. Ho shot
a dog o' mine oncet."
Hardest Part of the Job,
Citizen What'll you charne me, Un
cle Itastiis, to cart away that pile of
stone?
I'nele Rastim About two Collahs,
sah.
fit len -Isn't tlmt very high?
I'nele Rastus Yes. sah, Jes' fo' caht
in' away tbe stone, but I got ter hire
a man to help me hahness de mule.
Exchange.
The less a man has to fuss about the
easier it U for him to grumble.
THO-RAD-X, THE NEW RADIUM.
Raya That Coat l.llll and Hit
Fln C'nratlTP I'roprrtlra.
Tho-rad X is a combination of rare
radioactive substances, the formula of
which I shall later give to the profes
sion, says Frank H. Blackman In Har
per's Weekly. It Is a flexible, soft, Don
Irritating substance, made to cover
any desired area; easily sterilized by
flame, alcohol, ether, boiling water or
antiseptics, incapable of absorption of
rfTete products or antiseptics or, In
fact, of eny material or substance
whatsoever.
Its therapeutic eeticn ih slower than
thr.t of radium, absolutely safe, and
Its (ot w'.thln reason. Around it we
can associate all the physical phenom
ena associated with radium. The clin
ical evidence demonstrates Its posltlv
value In tho treatment of disease.
Tho-rad-X canuot be called a discov
ery. It Is tho natural result of work
nnd therapeutic experience.
The therapeutic value of tho-rad X
has been established beyond question
during the fourteen months In which
we hive ben using it for the treat
mnt of disease. It has never failed
to rIvo relief and In many cases it
has cured. Some of the diseases on
which it acts successfully are cancer,
tuberculosis of the skin, ulcers, birth
marks and nervous affections. Its ray
are as effective as those of radium,
although It does not act so quickly,
Us moderate action keeps It from be
ing harmfully caustic, as radium ii
likely to be when in the hands of un
skilled persons.
In fact, the discovery Is of so great
importance to humanity that I hesi
tate to epress myself adequately for
fear that I Bhould seem to be going
beyond the mark. There Is no doubt
at all that tho-rad-X possesses every
quality and all tho curative vlrtuel
of radium. It will be sold to surgeons,
physicians and laymen through a cen
tral asency to be established In Chi
cago at a cost merely sufficient to de
fray the expense of manufacture.
SHORT METER SERMONS.
Kalth.
Faith, the appropriation of the Ideal,
Is the secret of a successful and Inspir
ing life. Rev. E. L. Powell, Christian,
Louisville, Ky.
Urarra ol Trmper.
To bear evils with patience extracts
from them their sharpest thorns and
gathers from them the sweetest graces
of temper. Rev. J. B. Reraensnyder,
Lutheran, New York City.
Ambition,
Ambition is right and proper and
necessary when kept within proper
bounds, but when It brooks no re
straint it leads to crime and shame.
Rev. 8. 11. Burgln, Methodist, San
Antonio, Texas.
Hhallovr Satire.
It Is a shallow satire which seeks to
ridicule all forms, manners, fashions,
observances, as mere manacles or
warts upon the hands of freemen.
Rev. C. E. Nash, TJnlversallst, Los
Angeles, Cal.
The War o Heaven.
If we would live the life which leads
to heaven, we need only to intend to
do right voluntarily in preference to
doing It by compulsion of circum
stances against our will. Rev. Hiram
Vrooman. Presbyterian, Providence,
R. I.
Hlht Prarlnr-
When we pray aright we are com
muning with the true and only God;
when we pray aright our thoughts, as
pirations and emotions climb to the
very highest tablelands they are enp-
able of reaching. Rev. C. A. Busklrk,
Christian Scientist. Ixmlsvllle, Ky.
Mnklna n Life.
There Is a vast difference In making
a life and making a living. With but
little effort anybody can make a liv
ing; but it soqulres the strenuous en
deavor of a manly soul to make a life,
Rev. Weston
nruner Bantist. San
Antonio, Texas.
Chrlatlanltr the Foundation.
A cupola or a lightning rod you
may have, but a foundation you must
have, and that foundation Is Chris
tianity. Ckrlstlanity furnishes the
foundation, and no man can get on
well wlthruit It Rev. T. E. Bartlett,
Baptist, Providence, R. I.
The. IMonn lrand.
The wealth of the pious fraud, the
wolf In sheep's clothing, whose stolen
fortunes should be denounced, the men
who help to build the churches, but
at the same time exact their usurious
returns from the tumbledown, ram
shackle, tenement houses. Rev. T.
Schanfarber. Hebrew, Chicago, 111.
fltauld Mankind.
Notwithstanding our boasted civil
ization, mankind, as a rule, Is more
itupld than the ox and the ass, be
cause those creatures Know tnoir
masters; but mankind, during the
long ages of Its pupilage, has not
learned to know Its Father. Rev. C
Ross Baker, Baptist, Spokane, Wash.
The err American.
What will the New American be
like? Will he take away the artistic
sense of the Italian and leave behind
his lovo of revenge? Will he take
away the German steadiness and leave
only brutality and drunkenness? Will
he take away the keenness of French
Intellect and leave only the sensuality
of that nation? Will the people we
have received from foreign shores ab-
scrb only cur political corruption and
sensationalism? It rests with you
Thrt patriotism of today calls tor a
nor? terri.V sacrl.l" than that de
m:tidd ly the Civil War veterans.
rev. Charle.-J A. Eaton, Baptist. New
Ycrli C'lly.
I iiaiijir i l:il-il.
Tho la'ly kJ'er vas I ousting of his
pio'.vo-n.
"On ;;'rl wluni I h.icw," 1m Bald,
i tn.-lly ii led for u-v of inn, I was
'; v !.--t tho'at."
'"; y eyed hli.i nialevoh ntly.
' J rhm 1.1 tl'l.iU." remarked on of
' t'i. "'hat you raiht be anybody's
'.-. !'..( i: !" New Yo.-!; Times.
It
r.nd
n
O.d :
ri- 'M no d'ffercnre li her hue-
rati c"Yr.l It cr not. eyery wom
m na a o rn If u fortune teller
cr z Hi va Zi'-nn
Old Favorites 5
4Ctf ( ftfC tf (-
Th Tbraa Sailor ttor-
Oh, we're three Jolly, Jolly sailor boys,
And wt're newly home from South
Amerikee,
With our hearts still tingling with the
salt, salt wind
And tbe tumbling and tossing of the
ea.
Oh, honey, we've our pockets full of
money ;
Will you trip, trip, trip, will you trip It
on the quay?
For the wind la in the sail and the thun
der in th gnle.
And the good ship plunging to be free.
There won three protty girls In merry
Portsmouth town.
And eneh was like a posey on the
tree;
There was great-eyed Margaret and trim-
art Pal,
And sweflt Kitty from the north coun
tree. No, honey, tho' jour pockt's full of
money.
We won't trip, trip, trip, we won't trip
it on the quay.
Till you've aW the dork a-ainging ana
the wedding bells a-ringlng.
And the par ion hsa pocketed hia fee.
Then up we spake, we Jolly sailor boys.
All arm in srm, so Jolly for to see,
"There are girls beside the waters
of
Janeiro or Gibraltar
Who can dance right merrily as ye.
So. honey, while our pocket's full
of
money.
Come trip, trip, trip, come and trip It on
the quay,
For w sailors love the ocean, and the
change and the commotion,
And the good ship plunging on the sea."
Then Marrisls.
A Bollder'a Lcaaoa.
"How shall I a habit break?"
As you did that habit make.
Aa you gathered, you must lose;
Aa you yielded, now refuso.
Thread by thread the strands wo twist,
Till they bind ua neck and wrist;
Thread by thread the patient hand
Must untwine ere free ws stand.
As we builded, stone by stone,
We must toll ouhclped, alone,
TlllAhe wall is overthrown.
But remember, aa we try,
Lighter every test goes by ;
Wading in, the stream grows deep
Toward the center's downward sweep 1
Backward tBrn, each step ashore
Shallower Is than that before.
Ah, the precious years we waste
Leveling what we raised in baate;
Doing what muat be undone '
Ere content or love be won !
First acroaa the gulf we cast
Kite-borne threads, till lines are passed.
And habit builds the bridge at last I
John Boyle O'Reilly.
LITE IK A JAPANESE PBISOH.
Indaatrlona Convlcta Sometimes Sap
port Their Fainlllea.
In the bamboo-carving ehed was a
different class of men. The physiog
nomy was a revelation large. Intellec
tual foreheads; bright, intelligent
eyes; clear-cut mouths. Only one man
reminded me of other convicts I had
seen In England, lie waa short In
stature, the eyes were small and
oblique, the forehead narrow and re
ceding, the ears large and the Jowl
flabby. His crime waa manslaughter.
He was the chief actor In a drama of
Jealousy that was played to a fatal
finish In one ot the hovels of Tokyo's
east end. A faithless wife, a hypocrit
ical friend, a surprise and in the nar
row hovel a fight to the death had
been waged, the guilty wife the only
witness. He did not look up as I
passed him, this humble Othello. With
marvelous dexterity he was fashion
ing In bamboo an angel with out
stretched wings, a writer in the Wide
World magazine says.
In the weaving department the con
victs were making uniforms for the
army. Piles of the finished garments
lay on the shelves around the shop
ana nere again me worumammip wa
perfect. Ana now tney woraea: ine
shuttles were thrown through the
warps by hand and It waa obvious that
the weavers were old "lags."
It pays them to be Industrious."
said the warden. "The average con
vict makes 10 Bens 5 cents) a day;
sens go Into bis own personal ac
count. A skilled worker will make 20
sens a day. 8 being his own again.
Some of these men actually support
their families on what they earn in
prison! As you know, the average
coolie can live on 50 sens a month."
One old man, whose eyebrows re
minded me of white feathers laid on
the forehead of a bronze statue, was
rritically regarding a newly-mado
khaki coat. He was an old burglar,
who had spent most of his declining
years in the prison. He had become
an expert tailor and was held by the
authorities In something akin to es
teem. He had sons who had fought
for the Emperor in Manchuria; one
followed Nogl to Port Arthur and nev
er returned. I tried to read the old
man's theughts aa 'I watched his ner
vous, wispy fingers fold the dun-col
ored coat. I wondered if he ever pic
tured In hla mind a bruised, Bhell
malmed. huddled form lying on the
slopes of that mighty fortress of the
east, a form enfolded in a garment
that his old father might have made
In the peaceful calm ot Sugamo
lrlson.
Waited Opportunities.
The view of the proper uses to
which nioney may be applied depends
wholly upon the Individual. There
are many who v. Ill see nothing funny
fn the old man's romment on the uses
a departed relative had made of her
pjoperty.
"I dunno what good Elizabeth's
money ever done her," said Mr. .Sage,
reflectively. "She spent It all. Give
It away here and there, and bought
things with It.
"No, sir," he continued, "it wasn't
much good to her. She didn't leave a
cent."
This Insurgent move you hear so
much about In Congresj is no novelty;
very family has an Insurgent or
.wo, although, pertiaps, they are known
by another name.
If the balrs ot a woman's head are
ilso numbered, the hair census will
ihow a healthy Increase this spring.