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Opinions of
WOBKINOMEN'S INSURANCE.
FTER many years of aeltatlou France lias
I followed the example and model of Ger
"TV I many In adopting a general scheme of
nui ivuit,i"LII a IUDU1KU1C, tUlir LUIS JMUll
there Ib to be created an Insurance fund
made up by yearly contributions from
worklngmen of $1.80, from working-
women of $1.20, and from minors of 90 cents. Employ
ers are obliged to contribute a like amount for each
pei-Bon in their employ. The fund thus rallied will be
Increased by additions from the national treasury. The
existing old age pension BCheme will be consolidated
with the new system, which Includes, like the German
ystem, sick benellts and accident Insurance. All State
employes In France already are pensioned (and this in
cludes railroad employes, miners and seamen). The
new system will add about 17,000,000 working people, or
practically all of the working people of the country. It
Is calculated that the State will have at first to con
tribute about $311,000,000 a year, hut It is believed Hint
this will be gradually reduced In a few yrars lo n .out
$2.i,(j()0,0(;0. Indianapolis News.
THE FOSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
HE Postofflce Department of the United
States Is the largest business enterprise
in the world, In the expenditures in
volved, the number of persons employed
and the service rendered. There are
many things about it of peculiar Interest.
During the nineteenth century, and up to
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the present time, It has doubled its business once every
ten years, except in two of the decades. This fact in
itself is deeply significant. It necessitates methods of
management which can expand with equal rapidity,
and they, in turn, require change as well as growth.
No other business offers such a problem; nor Is the
end even in sight bo long as population increases.
There are many reasons why the Postofflce Depart
ment is Just now a subject of serious study. It has
always been conducted at a loss. It has long been
considered that this would gradually be reduced In
amount, until it should finally disappear. The facts,
however, have not Justified this belief. The ten-year
doubling of the business has been accompanied by ex
penditures which have somewhat more than doubled
during the same periods. That is not. In accordance
with the experience of the most successful private
commercial enterprises, in whloh an increase of one
tenth In the number of employes is often sufficient to
care for a two-fold increase of business. It Is prob
BOME OF THE WORST SELLERS.
Hard to Ulve Ilea ion for Compara
tive Failure of Certain Dooki.
Every one knows the names of the
best sellers, which as a class began to
make the staid publishing profession
iwlld with excitement about a decade
ago. But, their why and wherefore is
hard to determine, especially when one
iBees how close to them in all respects
arc many books which, with no deroga
tory intention, may be called the
worst sellers.
Antedating "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde" by some years, Julian Haw
thorne's "Archibald Malmalson," the
Etory cf a man who led two separate
existences, though thrilling, unusual
and full of dramatic possibilities, nev
ertheless sank into oblivion, scarcely
having found out what living was.
Mary Cholmondeley achieved suc
cess with her "Red Pottage," but sold
Very few copies of . "Diana Tempest,"
;which most critics find not only not
Inferior to the successful work but
even superior In interest, dramatic
Btrength and construction.
Yet the best sellers passed It by and
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110 uu luuiu leu iuh rvosuu,
"The Garden of Allah" added Jewels
of a very material kind to the crown
of Its author, Robert Hlchens. But
"Flams," by the same author and also
regarded as the better piece of work
by many critics, fell by the wayside
and has not sold more than 3,000 cop
ies since its first publication in 1894.
"Belchamber," written by Howard
Sturgist, younger brother of the au
thor of "The Folly of Penharrington,"
Would naturally be supposed to appeal
to that great class among which nov
els dealing with English society at
first hand Is generally popular. But
Undeniable signs of Intimate acquaint
ance with English society and work
admittedly well done did not keep the
book from shooting wide of the mark
kf public favor. Yet it resembles so
closely many others that hit and hit
hard that one wonders what the rea
son was, all the more since one of the
best known of English dukes, but thln-
Ey disguised, Is to be recognized in the
irinclpal character.
Of a decidedly different order, "The
pill,", by Horace A. Bachell, a boy's
book, has been compared very favor
ably by critics to "Tom Brown" Itself,
the New York Sun says. Much was
expected of it, as It was thought, to fill
til the requirements It was expected to
meet but alas!
Many novels burled under the over
whelming flood of best sellers can thus
be ferreted out and when laid open to
Inspection appear mch ns the best
ones themselves often hcip an 0"n
brother. And nrrt rften no ono enn
find the explnmf jnn.
Ill-NolutlOIIJI.
( ain't a goln' to git mad
When the gas man comes aroun',
With u bill that looks as I'd furnished
Ga fur half the town.
t won't fume an' flare an' throw a fit,
An' tear my hnlr an' cuss,
tVhen the stovepipe comes a-tumblin'
down.
An' makes an awful muss.
Or If when I have atone to bed,
The telephone should ring,
An' to my bare an' tender feet,
I'd quickly have to spring,
To t!nd there's nothln' doln'.
An' they've run;; me by mistake,
I'll simply swaller down my rage
An' bear the cold uti' shake.
an' all the other cares of life
I'm Koin' to ignore.
There ain't no pesterin' troubles
Ooin' to hurt me any more;
For I've mude resolutions
That I'm goln' to keep or bust,
An' I'm never goln' to worry
Or git mad until I must.
Indianapolis News.
What has become of tne old-fashioned
man who sat around down town
until noon, and then said, as he start
ed away: "Well, I'll go home and
cee if the neighbors have brought in
QTUllDg?"
r m m ht a n r r nw
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
able that the next few years may see radical change
In postofflce organization and management. They are
likely to include a divisional system, and a permanent
superintendent. Independent of political appointment.
Youth's Companion.
throw them into the river at night, though he bought
them, as usual, for & cents a dozen traded out in cotton
cloth and such like, rather than discourage the farmer.
Free to all stood the barrel of whiskey in the village
store with a pint 'cup hanging beside it, for it was
many years before the temperance wave swept the coun
try, a"d whiskey was worth only a shilling a gallon.
Butter Foid at from 8 cents to a shilling, which, in
Michigan, meant 12'j cents or loss. In a line season
potatoes brought abqut a shilling a busiiel and the good
provider filled his cellar with vegetables and apples,
banked the cellar walls and trusted winter weather to
be Just cold enough to keep everything in perfect con
dition. PlttBburg Live Stock Journal.
ter upon the land, and up to date It has speut $48,000,
000. This money has been invested In twenty-eight
projects, meaning dams, reservoirs, canals, machinery
and the pay roll of the 12,000 workers In the irrigation
service, from the engineers who surveyed the rivers and
lakes, estimated the flow of water and plauned the
works, to the dollar a-day man who fills the hundred
miles of canal, serving a thousand acres, merely by
twisting the wheel valve that lifts the water gate. Six
teen large rivers and seven lakes have been restrained
to supply water to the arid lands In their vicinity, and
at the present tlmo 1,250,000 acres of reclaimed deserl
are being tilled and supporting 125,000 people. Cassler'i
Magazine.
MARK TWAIN'S
8TAYED IS THE HAND THAT MADE
. hS$&Hr i if
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Born near Hannibal, Mo., November 30, 1835.
Left school to work as "devil" in his brother'B printing office in Hanni
bal when 12 years old.
Worked as an itinerant printer in different cities in the Middle West.
Became a pilot's apprentice on the Mississippi river, under the direc
tion of Capt. Horace Bixby, of St. Louis.
Served a few weeks in the Confederate Army and went West with his
brother Orion, who had been appointed secretary of the territory of Nevada.
Worked in Nevada mining camps and as correspondent and writer for
the Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise and the Sacramento (Cal.) Union.
Published his first book, "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," in
March, 1867.
Made famous by "The Innocents Abroad," published in 1809.
Married in 1870 to Miss Olivia L. Langdon, of Elmlra, N. Y., whom he
met while on a cruise In the Mediterranean, and who died in Florence, Italy,
in 1904.
Organized the C. L. Webster Publishing Co. in 18S4, and lost almost his
entire fortune through the firm's failure in 1894.
Given the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by Oxford University,
England, in 1907.
Retired to his villa, "Stormfield. near Redding, Conn., In 1908, to live
with his daughters, Clara and Jean.
Journeyed to Bermuda late In 1909 and returned broken in health and
spirit. He failed rapidly after the sudden death of his daughter Jean,
December 24, 1909.
EOV7 THEY KAEP-Y 121 ARAM.
M.u-rluKe i ;i k 1 1 :n j 1:1 IsIcU 11 -Man
IliM'au't C hooiC 111m V ltV.
In her article on the Aran Islands,
off the coast of Ireland, in Harper's,
Maude Radford Warren tells of some
amueing marriage customs obtained
there.
"The marriages are made by the par
ents, and frequently the couple never
speak to each other alone until after
the wedding.
" "But ought a man not to choose
his own wife?' Darragh Shuun, the
fisherman, was asked.
" M,et you listen lo mc,' sai0 Dar
ragh Shuan, leaning bad: on his
curagh on the beach of Inlshmore.
He pointed fu at to a" thin line of given
on a plateau of rock, and tln'ii to a
tiny cottage lonely againiit a gray ciui;.
'If that field were my father's,' ex
plained Darragh Shuan, 'and If I was
thinking of a girl in that cottage there,
and If my father did not like the girl,
then ha would not give me that Held.
Then what would I be doing? It hc.s
to be.'
"It has to be that is the word of
the islands.
" 'There ia a girl back from Amer
ica,' eald Darragh Shuan, 'and she li
having sixty pounds of her own. She
tuu told the priest and we are all
IN YE OLDEN TIMES.
OW many of us yearu for the time when
as boys we dashed into the village store
with: "Gimme a cent's worth of beeswax;
here's y'egg!" and we like to think about
the time when eggs were worth 6 cents a
dozen and were sometimes such a glut In
the market that the storekeeper would
ENGINEERING AND RECLAMATION.
O GIVE a clear conception of the achieve
ments of the engineer In the reclamation
of arid lands for crop production, some sta
tistics should be noted of the great scope
of the series of projects. Nearly eight
years have passed since the United States
went Into the business of turning the wa
LIFE REVIEWED.
THE WORLD LAUGH AND WEEr
knov !n, It, that ehe will go Lack nexi
ni.'Pl': i? i:o one v, l'ies to marry her.
T'orveen Michael Bawn v. Ill be nsk-
inz her If his great uncle, who i3 dy
ing, leaves him bis cottago and field
But the old man may not die before
the steamer sails.'
uarragn miuan said this very
gravely.
l ne most desirable consort is a man
or girl returned from America, for
they always have money. About 21
per cent of the population go to Amer
lea and most of them come hack, for
they love their Islands so dearly that
they ouly go away, as It were, in order
to stay in them. Many of thoBe who
return die of consumption, but many
more regain whatever health they have
loft and marry, reverting to their old
ways, with no regret for the civiliza
tion they have cant behind."
Courtroom I(lliurlte.
"Now, your conduct during the trial
may have ronsldurablu effect on the
Jury."
"Ah, quite bo," responded the ultra
swell defendant. "And - should I ap
pear interested or Just mildly bored?"
Kansas City Journal.
Doesn't it often occur to you that
the devil has a trudge against youT
What U a positive teott
AUTOS OF OLD DAYS
OF
Coiled Spring Vehicle One of the
first LfforU at Horseless
Carriage.
MACHINES THAT HAD LEGS
France Hns Honor of First Ultng
Steam Successfully Amer
ica's Pioneers.
Early in the dawn of human Intelli
gence there came the drenin of tin re
Btrlcted, individual locomotion. It was
toward the end of the thirteenth cen
tury, says R. T. Sloss In his "Book of
the Automobile," that the learned
Franciscan friar, Roger Bacon, wrote:
TRgviTnicK'3 Steam-Carriaqe, I602.
"We will be able to propel carriages
with incredible speed without the as
sistance of any animal." At the same
time ho -predicted the coming of the
steamship and the flying machine. The
scientific character of Bacon's Imag
ination has been completely vindicated
in the ocean liners and the swift
flying automobiles and partially so in
the recent efforts of Santos-Dumont
and others.
The horseless carriage first took tan
gible form In the seventeenth century,
when Johann Ilaustach of Nuremberg
contrived a vehicle propelled by a huge
coiled spring, the action being on the
principle of clockwork. Ilaustach was
known as "a manufacturer of chariots
going by spring and making 2,000
paces an hour." The spring was con
trolled by a lever in the hands of the
chauffeur, and. in the absence of a
steering device, the "chariot" could be
propelled only in a straight line. Ilaus
tach seems to have paid no more at
tention to the ornamentation of tho
body of his vehicle than to its pro
pulsion.
Null Wnitmiii of llollonil.
About the same time probably the
general utilization of the winds of
heaven in the windmills of Holland
suggested the idea of "sail wagons,"
used to some extent on the flat plains
of that country. These were called
"seyleude windwagen," and consisted
of the rigging of a ship attached to
wheeled platforms.
In 1644 a patent of Louis XIV.
granted to "Jean Theson the privilege
of employing a little four-wheel car
riage set in motion without any horses,
but merely by two men seated." The
supposition, in the absence of detailed
drawings, is that the "men seated"
propelled the vehicle by strenuous leg
work.
Sir Isaac Newton Is said to have In
vented a steam carriage after others
had conceived the idea of propelling
vehicles by steam power. The devel
opment along this line followed close
ly that of the steam railroad. The
latter, however, appeared bo much
more feasible to the inventcfrs that it
was followed and the steam carriage
idea thrown into the background. New
ton's idea was not original fundamen
tally, it is said, but copied after the
original steam engine of Hero of Alex
andria, who broke Into the 8team-en-
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A CLocUworK Ckakiot or
glue business about 200 U, C. New
ton's model was propelled by the reac
tionary forie, or kick, of a Jet of
8team eticuing in ni a nozzle In the
rear.
I'.nrly Vrk. In Kruiiee.
In "(!9 Nicholas Joseph Cugnot.
with state fundi placed at his disposal
by the Due do Cboiseul, constructed a
steam gun carriage and the following
year he produced an improved auto
which is still preserved in Paris. Tho
machine had but three wheels, the
boiler overhanging in front on tho
theory that its weight would bo coun
terarted by the load on tho carriage.
The engine was diredly behind the
boiler and tonsluted of two 13-lnch
single-acting cylinders. The move
ment of the piston was transmitted
to the axle of the driving wheel by two
ratchet wheels. The engine could be
reversed at will. There was a steer
ing gear, and the vehicle proved Its
capacity for carrying a load of two
and one-half tons at a ipeed of three
miles an hour. Napoleon Bonaparte
caused the appointment of a commit-
slon of the Institute to Investigate
the Invention, but the revolution sud
denly put an effectual check on the
further development of the automobile.
It Is Interesting to note that In the
matter of the production of a prac
leal automobile France led the world
In the eighteenth century, as she now
lends the world In the building of
racing marhlne of tremendous power.
Dr. John Robinson Is said to have
suggested to James Watt, the reputed
Inventor of the stearn engine. In 1759,
the Idea of building a Rtcntn-propcllcd
carriage. Watt, apparently, did not
take kindly to the suggestion, for he
did not adopt It; but in 1784 he him
self patented a steam carriage.
I.rii Trlnl on Mnohlne.
The first American inventors to
tackle tho steam-propelled vehicle prob
lem were Oliver Evans of Maryland In
1787. and Nathaniel Head of Massachu
setts In 1790.
Richard Trevlthlck of England in
1S02 patented a steam carriage that
was a distinct advance over previous
efforts.
By this tlmo It came to be believed
that ordinary wheels were insufficient
to secure traction, and mechanical legs
were devised as propellers. The Gor
don machine, patented in 1824, was a
Blx-legged affair, the pedals being op
erated by steam. Goldworthy Durney
about tb.o same time produced a steam
carriage which used legs as auxil
iaries. The steam coach patented by
Walter Hancock and named the "Au
topsy" was placed In commission, with
four others, between Stratford and
Paddlngton In 1836 and did a lively
passenger business. Tho more recent
development of the automobile la bet
ter known. In 188C Charles E. Duryea
conceived the notion of propelling a
carriage with a gasoline engine, and
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Dotal Sail Waqoux Seventeenth Century
two years later partially produced a
light buggy driven by a two horse
power engine. Ills first complete ve
hicle was brought out in 1892. '
SLEEPING OUT OF -DOORS.
How tlie Traveler I'anae the Mtfht
In the Arlaona, Deaert.
"People drop Into a loose habit of
speaking about the right and the
wrong way of doing a thing," remark
ed the experienced caenper, according
to the New York Times. "As a mat
te of fact, there may be a dozen good
ways and as many bad.
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thc Se.vcntcchtm Century.
"Take, sleeping in tho open, for In
stance. My little trips haven't been
confined to the Adlrondaeks and the
Berkshires. I've knocked over the
ahole North American continent and
I've picked up some mighty good
wrinkles that were never heard of
within a 2.')0-mile radius of New York
City.
"Down in the Arizona desert last
year I was a member of a party Trav
eling between Tucson and the Mttclcfn
frontier. The Unit night out found us
in the .middle of a flat expanse cf sand.
There wasn't even a hillock or' a rock
behind which one could find shelter.
"But tho westerners In the party
knew a trick or two. I was surprlnej
to see them grubbing out little hol
lows in the sand corresponding to the
shape of the human body. They made
a deep depression for the hips and a
shallow one for the shoulders, with
sand banked up In the middle to sirp
port the small of the back. At one
end they built up a ridge of sand as a
footrest, pounding and stamping on it
until tt was compact enough not to
break down under pressure.
"Then we wrapped ourselves In our
blankets Arizona fashion. We placed
one corner of the blanket on the left
side, Just below the heart, and turned
around until the body was covered five
or six folds de?p. This left plenty to
spare at both ends, which was dlr.posed
of by giving the blanket a turn
around our feet and knotttjig it, and
folding down tho upper end around
the head as a sort of cape.
"Wo lay down In the hollows we had
prepared 'graves,' the westerners
called them .and found that we were
amply protected from the wind. The
latter blow the fine sand over us, and
In time our blankets were hidden from
sight. Thero was no danger of our
being choked, however, as we used our
saddles as pillows, which kept our
heads at a sufficient elevation from
tho surface of the desert.
"When we opened our eyes at dawn
the ground was covered with a heavy
frost. It must have been very cold
during the night, but wo had not felt
It. We Jumped to our feet, Bhook our
selves free of the sand that had sifted
Into our clothes, and-lighted a Are.
The desert was very desolate and
whlto.
"Two hours later It see-med like a
dSTerent world. The sun had dissi
pated the frost like masic and the sanD
was Mazing hot. That is tho most
singular thing about the Arizona des
ert at high elevation. One pasBes from
winter to summer overnight.
"While my bones ached for a few
days from sleeping in those artificial
sand hollows, I soon grew accustomed
to it, and I pass on the hint to those
campers who may find themselves
obliged to spend the night on an un
protected plain."
BACH'S MUSIC.
Some Advtc to IIott It Should
He Interpreted.
The Interpretation of Bach must al
ways be noble, broad and firm, rather
too hard than too soft, explains Fcr
rucclo BtiHonl, tho great pianist, in the
Delineator. Affected methpda, such as
a "soulful" swelling of the phrases,
coquettish hurrying or hesitating, too
light staccato, too smooth legato, pedal
debauchery all these are vicious and
out of place here. If used with a
proper sense of proportion a certain
elasticity of the tempo, giving the in
terpretation greater freedom, will im
prove the playing of Bach materially.
The modernization of Bach's compo
sitions by such masters as Liszt and
Tauslg and many others Is accepted
by all clear thinking masters as not
derogatory to the master's stylo. It
affords rather a completeness of ex
5SB
pression. Witness tho fact that Raff
has orchestrated Bach's "Chaconne"
without making it seem ridiculous.
Many others have followed with hap
py results Raff's example of arranging
Bach's music for the modern orchos
tra. The ease with which Bach's music
lends Itself to this adaptation is proof
of his comprehensive genius. He was
cot for his day, but for. all time.
Bach's "Prelude" and "Fugue No.
10." Important and not too difficult,
show the man-sided branching of
the present day piano technique. The
legendary tradition of playing Bach
without the use of the damper pedal
is obsolete.
The I'orler'a Dilemma.
The porter was greatly perplexed
At High Polsover, says a writer li
London Opinion, a lady with a lorgn
ette entered the train. She was i
middle aged, tall, angular, tallor-madt
woman, and afie looked sternly at th
commercial traveler in the seat op
poslte through her lorgnette. Befort
Beating herself she opened the carriagt
window, and sent it down with a bang
At Hllsdon Cross another woman camt
In.
She had fluffy hair, and an appeal
ing look in ber blue eyes. She sal
down and glanced at tho open window
and shivered pathetically; then Bh
looked at the fommerclal traveler.
"I shall be frozen to death!" cried
the fluny-hi'lred lady.
"If this window Is closed. I dial I
suffocate!" cried the other-woman.
Tho' porter opened his mouth. IU
started to raise the window. .Then
he retreated. Dazed, he turned appeal
Ingly to the commercial traveler.
Both the women also turned to the
commercial traveler. That gentleman
rose, passed by the ladles, opened the
door to the platform, and went out,
followed by the porter.
"And nhat, sir," eald the porter,
"would you say as 'ow I should do,
sir?"
"It's (uite simple," said tho com
mercial traveler. "Leave tho window
83 it Is, open, till one lady Is frozen
to death; then close It and suffocate
tho other. I'm going forward for the
rest of the trip.'
l:lcrlfuce Would 'I VII. .
"I want an easy chair," said the
householder, entering the Btore.
"Yea, sir," said the salesman. "What
sort?"
"I don't know yet." was the answer.
"Let me look Into the boss' office and
see what be has. He ought to be a
Judge." Buffalo ExpreBs.
Never proclaim yourself a failure,
Leave that to your friends.
BRITISH HEBREW CHURCH.
t.eaenda nt an Anrtrnt l-'narllxh rt
Located mt GlaMtonfcnrr.
London is mildly interested Just now
In an attempt to revive In corporate
form the ancient British Hebrew
church, first formed, tradition says, at
Glastonbury, among Hebrew exiles, by
Joseph -of Arlmathea, in A. D. 85, the
year of the first persecution. The le
gends of the sect affirm that the an
cient British people descended from
a Iosd of Hebrew exiles who reached
Ireland under the leadership of thw
prophet Jeremiah and Tephl, the
daughter of Zedekiah, the last king
of Judah. Through her marriage with
Hermon the pedigree of King Edward
II Is traced back to David, king of
Israel and Judah.
A settlement of these Hebrews prac
tising Hebrew rites was In being at
Glastonbury when, according to tra
dition, quoted by Baronltis, a Roman
historian, and Maelgwyn of Llandaff,
a writer of the fifth century; Joseph
of Arlmathea, Lazarus, the Virgin
Mary, Martha, Mary the Magdalen and
others found refuge in this colony and
made their first converts to the Chris
tian faith ten years before the found
ing of the Church of Rome. From
the fact that the word "Hebrews"
means "thoso who have crossed th
.lood," they infer that tho epistle
bearing, that n-iine was addressed to
tao Hebrew Christian church In Eng
land. The service at present consists en
tiroly of Biblical readings, followed by
a sermon. There Is no singing. Bap
tism Is administered by means of im
mersion on profession of belief and
the Passover supper Is observed an
nually on the fourteenth ay of tho
Jewish month of NIsan, the elements
being pure grape Juice and pierced un
leavened cakes. For officers a plu
rality of elders are elected, one of tho
present holds of the office being a
cousin of the late Cardinal Wiseman.
He also holds he office of angel, or
messenger, a post corresponding to
that of preacher.
Professing, In common with other
Protestant churches, that the Bible
only la their sole rulo of faith and
practice, the British Israel Ecclesla,
ns they designate themselves, are entl
Trlnltarlan in theology. They hold,
nevertheless, the doctrine of the di
vinity of Jesus Christ and the sanc
tity of the Holy Spirit. They also
hold strong views on the necessity for
observing Saturday as the Sabbath,
and look tor the establishment of a
Messianic kingdom on earth In which,
the Jewish race will be predominant.
For further confirmation of their
tenets they point to the fact that the
word British is from the Hebrew
"brlt," a covenant, and they conclude
therefrom that the British race aro
the covenant people. The stone in the
British coronation chair in Westmin
ster Abbey, they assert, is not Jacob's
pillow, but part of the rock from
which Mose smote and out of which
water flowed.
S Wit of the Youngsters $
Little Margie's mother was playing
one of Wagner's most strenuous pieces
on the piano, and after she bad fin
ished, Margie naked: "Mamma, were
you playing a piece or dusting the
planoT"
Llttlo Joe Mamma, I wish you
would lend me GO cents. Mamma
What do you want it for, dear? Lit
tle Joe Uncle Tom Is going to give
me a bird dog, and I want to buy a
cage for him.
Minnie, aged C, was spending a week
in the country and beard her grand
ma say the hens were not laying ns
well as they had been doing. "Well,
don't worry, grandma," said Minnie.
"I s'pose they got tired of laying and
thought they would stand awhile."
Spnnka Her Ilnaband,
Among the many letters in the New
York Herald, this appeared the other
day:
The writer, though a woman, has
no sympathy and little patience with
the demand made so loudly and per
sistently nowadays for woman suf
frage. What women should insist upon Is
the right to be the absolute ruler In
the home. I have practiced this doc
trine during the nine years of my
married life, and with most excellent
results. I have four children and I
am obeyed and respected by them and
enforce discipline by corporal punish
ment whenever I think it is needed.
I also demand obedience in domes
tic matters from my husband, and
when he Is naughty or disobedient I
take him across my knee Just as I do
my youngest boy. My husband is
older, larger and stronger than I am,
but submits to my discipline without
question, knowing it is for his good.
WIFE AND MOTHER.
Brooklyn, April 11, 1910.
Kara llny'a Anticipation.
"Uv course I'm glad to hev the spring
Git here," says Kzry H:y,
"So's I kin plow aK'ln, un' git
My garden undor way.
I like to see things comln up
And growlh ev'ry day;
But I've got other reasons, too,"
Says Uncle Eziy Hay.
"I've been cooped up all winter long.
Hain't been out anywhere;
Hain't even been a show In town
This winter, I declare.
But follerin' the plan tin' time
An' Mister Robin's song,
It won't be very long afore
The circus comes along.
"I don't mind stayln' In bo much.
Nor workln' hard all spring.
With knowln' that fore very long
I'm goln' to hev my fling!
An' that is why I'm glad it's spring-.
So's 1 can till the ground;
But moro beous the circus folks
Will soon be cumin" 'round'"
Boston Herald. .
The Unix I limine
My lady is perfect quite.
Her name is Brown, her hair the
sa tne.
Her disposition's sweet and bright;
There's naught I'd change except
her name.
Catholic Standard and Times.
1 The police force of London arrested
last year mors th toa.000 persons.