A CHURCH OF THE SPIRIT.
Ilia rliun h is universal Love,
Anrl whoso dwells therein
Bhsll need no customed sacrifice
To wash away his sin;
And music In Its aisles shall dwell,
Of lives upright and Inic,
Sweet as dreamed sounds of angel
harps Down-qulverlng through the blue.
They shall not nsk a litany,
The souls that worship there,
But every look shall he u hymn.
And every word a prayer;
Their service shall he written briRtlt
In calm and holy eyes,
And every day from fragrant hearts
Fit Incense shall arise.
James Russell Lowell.
She Took a Chance
"Clarice," rooed the bride's dearest
girl friend, "you've never told me how
you and Jack happened to get en
gaged." i The bride held back her head and
Sudled the effort of nn embroidered
titlal on something white and fluffy.
; "I never told a living soul," she said.
"Goodness! How exciting! What
In the world "
' "Not one living bouI! Hut if you
promise you'll never tell anybody "
"ClarJceJ Jlfou know me better than
to think I'd ever" breathe a word."
"Well, It was one night last spring.
I'd been writing letters In my den and
ras bored to death. I'd lust broken
Off with Howard and I hadn't any
hopes of a caller, for Tom was in C:.n
ada and Martin was working nights
on his law cases and Herbert was out
of town and that nice Mr. Solliert you
girls were all crazy over "
i "I wasn't, If you mean me, Clarice,
you horrid thing! I didn't think he
was nice at all, and I always said he'd
turn out something we didn't expect."
"Well, he did. when they arrested
him for bigamy. But, then, that hasn't
anything to do with how Jack and I
got engaged.
It was one of those lovely spring
nights, all lilacs and full moon, and
people out walking, and I was cooped
up In my den all alone, with every
blessed man I knew out of the ques
tion, and nobody at home except Mabel
studying her Latin on the porch. You
know my den opens right off the end
of the front hall."
The bride paused.
"I'd just fixed up that den," she went
on, "and I felt so proud of It that -1
"01 ess who!"
had everybody come in there. So when
I heard somebody mount the front
Btep3 as If he belonged to the family
and then say something to Mabel, I
didn't budge.
"When Mabel called, 'Somebody you
know to see you, Clarice,' I just said,
Tell him to come straight to the den."
t houeht mavbe Martin had Eot tired
of his law cases and come over for a
four minutes
"Whoever it was walked in as confl-
Hentlv oa if he'd been to see me .tbe
day before. I liked his step. Don't
von think there's a lot of character In
ih wnv neon e walk? Th s man I
walk was Arm and even, just as if he
knew what he wanted and never would
stou until he got it if It took him
years and years.
"Then, what do you think? You'd
never guess in a thousand years!"
"How nerfectlv romantic!" mur
mured the girl friend. "I never could
guess, so hurry and tell me
"He came right into the den, and
before I could turn around he put his
hands over my eyes and said in the
nicest voice, 'Guess who!'
"I racked my brains for a minute,
for I knew I'd heard the voice be
fore, though whom it belonged to I
hadn't the slightest idea. He might be
almost anybody, but 1 knew he was
nice, Just from the way he walked
and the way his voice sounded. Be-
. . v ..
ttlueS, 1 was Ililll liufij lui nwiue fAi-iiu-
mcnt. and I think It was Just direct
tnsnfratlon I suld. softly:
"There's onlv one num In the world
who has a rluht to do that, and I'd
know him among a thousand.
"What do you think of that for
llerve! But, goodness! I didn't have
time to reflect on what I'd done.
Things happened too fust.
"The next thing I remember Is that
I was all bunched up In Jack Phelps'
coat collar and asking him why he'd
never written me from Colorado all
these vears. He'd been away ever sine 9
he left college, you know, and he was
my first sweetheart In fact, we were
ahout half eiiKnecd when he went
away.
"When I saw how perfectly dear he
was and how handsome he looked
don't you think he has the loveliest
noiie?why. I never said a word; any
way, I wa in love with him before I
knew what was happening
H still thinks I remembered his
NEW PHOTOGRAPH OF HEIR
This photograph recently taken,
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he looked two weeks before his grandfather's death.
voice and knew who he was when I
said that he thinks it's perfectly won
derful. Maybe when I'm an old mar
rit.l woman and Jack's baldheaded I'll
tell him about it."
"But not now!" murmured the girl
friend, recovering her breath.
"Oh, by no means!" said Ciirace.
Chicago Daily News.
ORGANIZED CHARITY.
i;vcn In 1H43 I'oor of Cities Adraon-
lahril to Meek the Farms.
When In 1843 Robert M. Hartley, the
father of systematic charity in Amer
ica, ' organized the New York Associa
tion for Improving the Condition of
the Poor, it was in great measure true
that the destitute beggars, who con
gregated in our great cities, suffered
either through dense ignorance of
their opportunities or through the lack
of the moral and physical stamina
that led so many of their sturdier fel
lows to avail themselves of the bound
less natural resources that America
offered gratuitously to any who were
ready to take a hand in building the
nation.
Writing in 1845. Hartley, Harper's
says, deplores the fact that in spite of
enlarged public and private provisions
for the relief of the indigent, "the
streets were still filled with mendi
cants, the benevolent were harassed
with applications, and Importunate
impostors were constantly obtaining
the aid which was designed only for
the needy and deserving."
The attitude of mind created by
these conditions Hartley expressed in
several of the admonitory tracts wnicn,
as general agent of the association, he
addressed to the city's poor. "Every
able-bodied man in this country," he
declared, "may support himself and
family comfortably; if you do not,
it is probably owing to idleness, im-
providence, or intemperance. You will
gossip and smoke, negieci your cnii
dren and beg, live in 01th and dlscom-
fort, drink and carouse, ao almost any
thing rather than work, and expect,
forsooth, to be supported by charity,
Some of you in all honesty ask not
alms but work, but how will you
will
Wt wnai uoes
not exist? There
are so many more nanus wan
work that by remaining here
you are doomed to starve in idle
ness or subsist by charity. lo the
sober and industrious we say. 'Stay
not here to pine in idleness and want,
when the wide and fertile country
offers you employment and all that is
needful for comfort and elevation.' "
Those who willfully and stubbornly
remained In spite of these admonl
Hons, Hartley and his associated Good
Samaritans determined to make the
best of "by elevating their moral char
acter and teaching them to depend
upon themselves." They divided the
city into 278 sections, each one in
charge of a resident male volunteer
a member always of one of the best
families who pledged himself to with-
I hr.r all relief from unknown nernons
i - -
to visit in ineir nomes mose wno ap
and, by discriminating and judicious
relief combined with admonitions to
prudence, thilft, diligence and tem
perance, to help them discover those
hidden springs of virtue within them
selves from which alone their prosper
ity might flow.
Hut Hartley and his associates did
not limit their activities to personal
visitation. Almost all the devices for
improving the condition of the poor
that are current in our day were de
vised by them.
I. Ikied Ilia Father.
"Don't you know that little boys
who swear don't go to heaven?"
"That's all right, mister, I'd rather
be with pa, anyhow." Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Tbe expert accountant who la called
In to balance a set of books never fig-
lures on having a steady Job.
TO THE BRITISH THRONE.
in London shows Prince Edward as '
TAX ON MEN'S INCOMES.
How the Druntic ( ullictliiu Is
I'.nKl-
noereil In (irmt llrlmin.
The resolution authorizing the col
lection of Income tax for the year
April 1, 1'JlW-March 31, 1910, was
passed by the House of Commons last
Qlght, the London Mail says. Through
out the country the boards of commis
sioners are anxiously awaiting the in
structions of Somerset House, so that
they may begin work. The rates of
the new tax are:
Kates per pound.
b. d.
t'nearned income (dividend) 1 2
Kained income up to i,oa 9
Karneil Income. 2,OiO-3,0Oi). . ; . . . . 1 0
All Income over :i,n00 1 2
All Income over 5,000. super-tax on
every pound over t.,uitu o
The usual abatements apply to resl-
ents iu the United Kingdom up to
00 and an extra abatement of 10 is
allowed for every child under 16 from
ncomes under o00.
All the demand notes are prepared,
ddres-x-d and ready for delivery. The
moment they receive the word "Go,"
the collectors will issue them. The
urveyors will have neither the time
nor the inclination to allow much de
lay in payment. Somerset House may
ecide to act Instantly on the strength
f the House of Commons resolution or
may wait until uie nnance out re
ceives the royal assent to-morrow
week. The latter course is generally
thought to be the more probable.
This Is the time of the year at
which the collectors give the first turn
to the screw in the case of arrears,
and as there are now some 23,500,000
to collect, instead of about a tenth of
that figure, as usual at this period,
the turning of the screw will be em
phatic. The powers of a surveyor are
drastic. If a man will not or does not
pay he will receive a curt demand for
the money within five or seven days,
with a threat of the usual proceedings
n default. If that proves ineffectual
the brokers may be put in under a
distress warrant, and if there are no
ffects which can be seized the de
faulter will be marched off to prison
at once.
Mr. Lloyd George estimates that
350,000 has been irretrievably lost by
the delay In the collection of the tax.
Many commissioners and surveyors
are convinced that this figure is very
much understated. Some of them esti
mate the inevitable loss in their own
districts at nearly 10 iht cent of the
whole. There have been failures and
removals and disappearances of tax
payers, and, although the state is pa
tient and persistent In these matters,
it is hopeless (say these experts) to
think that as much of the money will
be recovered as the chancellor seems
to contemplate.
Nobody has yet received a form
which provjdes for the claiming of
abatements in virtue of children un
der 16 years of age. When a man en
titled to such rebates receives his de
mand note he must either pay In full
and claim the rebate afterward or go
to a vast deal of trouble to get the
rebate allowed before bo pays.
Supertax is to be paid not during
the year In which the Income Is re
ceived, hut in the year following It
and persons liable to pay It for the
year ending March 31, 1910. must
make their returns by July 31. So
delicate and Important will be the
work of adjusting this new tax that
the officials of Somerset House charged
with its management have been In
structed to complete their annual noli
days before the end of May.
A It t-ul One.
Tommy Tell us a fairy tale. Guest
Once a man who had a baby that
didn't cry and a dog that didn't bite
went to live in a suburb without mos-
tpiltoes. -Harper's Bazar.
Some people are only critics; they
never do anything themselves, and
thus give others a chance to become
critic.
HOW TO ASK
"Oh, 'tis time I should talk to jour mother,
Sweet Mary," says I.
"Oh, don't talk to my mother," says Mary,
Beginning to cry;
"For my mother says mm are deceivers,
And never, I know, will consent;
Ehe says girls In a hurry who mnrry
At leisure repent.
Then suppose I would talk to your father,
Sweet Mary," says I.
"Oh, don't talk to my father," says Mary,
Beginning to cry.
For my futher, he loves me so dearly,
' He'll never consent I should go
lf you talk to my father," says Mary,
"He'll surely say 'no.'"
"Then how shall I got you, my Jewel,
Sweet Mary?" says I.
' "If your father and mother bo cruel,
Most surely I'll die."
"Oh. never say die, dear," says Mary;
"A way now to save you I see:
Since my parents are both so contrary
You'd better ask me."
-Samuel Lover.
The day was bo hot that even the
Saint James park ducks, brooding be
neath the willow trees, seemed to have
struck work. One solitary drake, a
blackleg among his fellows, did in
deed perform some desultory, languid
feats of diving in pursuit of certain
crumbs, contributed with equal lan
guor by a young mnn on the bridge.
The young man on the bridge yawn
ed and stretched himself, then blew
out the paper bag which had contain
ed the artist's dinner and struck it.
causing to follow a report which
sounded, in that thick sllenco, like a
salvo of many guns.
The young man on the bridge stood
sniffing at the air, which was heavy
with a smell as of smoked honey, and
yawning into the tepid waters beneath
him. All at onco ho was Btartled by a
queer little sound.
Looking eagerly about him, he be
held, some distance up the bridge, and
dressed in all her whalebone airs, a
right London little lady. She, too,
peered into the depths beneath them
and sighed this was the queer little
sound which he had heard as one
who should say: "This is all right."
"I suppose it was. you who woke mo
up?" said the lady.
The young man blushed. ,"I suppose
it was. Very Borry, I'm sure."
'Oh, you needn't apologize. Its a
good Job, really. If you hadn't woke
me, I might have slept till goodness
knows when. I only sat down' on that
seat there for a minute Just to get
cool and before you could mention it
I was asleep. Like nie, I admit.
I wonder you have to trouble
about gettin' cool," said the young
man. "If looks are anything to go
by, you must be always cool, like
like alabaster."
Ah! That's what you think," re
plied the lady.
It's enough to make you want to
chance it," she continued, "to look
down into the water there. If I had
my way, I'd be a fish."
"Or a mermaid, suggested the
young man.
Not that, I hope! said the young
lady, with dignity.
I suppose," ventured the young
man, "that it wouiuni ao ror me 10
suggest a boat? I can easily get one."
Well . . .," replied the lady. .
'I don't know as I see nny objec
tions."
"1 suppose you often go boating
with young men?" he Inquired.
"I haven't got a young man, she
nnswered. "He he's dead. She left
It at that.
Not. much love lost there!" said
the young man to himself, with a lit
tle grin of contentment. "You've eot
told me your name yet," he remarked,
aloud, to his companion.
'Well, they generally call me Jim-
mle," replied the girl. "What's
yours?"
'Henery. I'm in the auctioneer
ing."
"Oh," murmured the girl. "I got
an idea into my head it might be
Will. . . . You you do get silly
ideas, this sort of weather. I don't
know why It Is," she went on, rapidly,
but I feel Jollier like, s'afternoon.
than I've felt for months and months
and months. It's this weather, I sup
pose. Everything's so bright and the
birds so chirpy, and and "
"In the spring a young gel's fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of love,"
rubmitted Henery.
She blushed. "That's a bit of poet
ry, 1 know.
It is," asserted Henery, not with
out a certain modeBt pride In the
fact.
"Where does It come from?"
"ShakBpeare, of course," responded
Henery.
"Well," remarked the girl. . . ,
"You've got some sauce!"
There was a long pause.
"I'll give you a penny for 'em," said
Henery, at length.
"I was wondering. If If suppos
In' you and somebody else waswas
sweethearts rare sweethearts and
and you died. I suppose you
wouldn't think much of her after
wards If she got playln' the giddy with
other fellows?"
"I'm not good at conundrums," an
swered Henery, with a superior little
cough.
"Aren't you? I'm sorry. I beg your
pardon," replied the girl. "At any
rate," she continued, musing aloud.
"I don't play the out-and-out giddy;
Bo one cau say that. And . . .
Oh. what's tbe good of wondering?"
AND HAVE,
Cpe
Round nnd round (ho pond they
went. Round and round went also
the hands of the little watch which
6he wore on her bosom.
"You do row nicely," she said, as
he paused for a rest.
There was another silence.
At last she spoke. "My old dad's
goin' to marry again in August." she
said, clipping her lingers into the mo
tionless water.
"Silly old Josser," said Henery.
She laughed. "He's a good old dad."
sho said. "He's In the provision busi
ness." "Oh?" murmured Henery, languid
ly. "My pater's a statlonmaster."
"You do row nicely," repeated the
girl.
"You oughter learn, too," said Hen
ery. . . . "What's the matter, with
me teachin' you?"
Again she laughed and blushed.
"Oh, my gracious goodness!" she ex
claimed inspecting the little watch,
"it's 7 o'clock. The time has gone,
and no mistake. Kather'll be havin'
fits. I don't suppose," she added a
little ruefully, "that he'll trouble
about me so much after August.
He's a good old dad, though."
"Hadn't I better see you home?"
suggested Henery, as they left the
boat house.
She shook her head. "You can fetch
me a cab if you like, and perhaps I'll
give you .my address."
"Cabs, eh?'-' remarked Henery. "We
do duchess it!"
They laughed. She was still laugh
ing when the cab drove off.
But Henery . . . ?
That young gentleman stood upon
the pavement of Whitehall with a look
of surprise and disapproval on hia
face. In his hand he held a lady's
visiting card a card of rather un
usual dimensions.
"Acrobatic dancer!" he murmured
to himself: "Acrobatic dancer!" he
repeated.
"Good Lord!" cried Henery, almost
reeling at the thought of his narrow
escape from vulgarization: "Good
Lord an artiste! A Pro! What
would the pater have said?" Man
chester Chronicle.
IMAGINATION IN CHILDREN.
Introduction of Many Pleaanrea
SlitillliiK Their Nlmple Joy.
One of the saddest signs of the times
Is the decay of imagination in chil
dren, the Buffalo News says. A la
mentable feature of our complex social
life for some time has been the crav
ing for expensive and artificial pleas
ures and this sign of effete mentality
is appearing now even in childrn.
Children are no longer willing to en-
Joy simple pleasures, and It Is not dif
ficult to account for the reason, for by
Inheritance they have come into a
veritable kingdom of wants. Motors,
expensive dresses, trips abroad, an in
ordinate desire for variety in attire,
and elaborate food are all part of the
regime which we live in accordance as
our means permit.
The children of to-day are having
handed down to them theories of llf
that, depend upon aioney to make them
happy to an extent that Is terrible to
contemplate. If the mother who glvei
her child elaborate and costly toyi
would only look ahead she would save
her Innocent little one much trouble
of mind nnd perhaps much deteriora
tion of character. If she would teach
him to amuse himself by contriving lit
tle games for himself, by weaving hla
own little dream around a stick or a
tin can, she would cultivate something
In him that would give htm a sourco
of Imaginative happiness which would
often brighten his road for him. The
more simple a child Is brought up, the
fewer costly toys he has, the better for
hlm In the long run. He will learn to
play the old simple games, to build
castles, to fight great battles with
wooden swords, to exerclso his Imag
ination continually, Instead of learn
ing to crave for excitement and new
extravagances.
A great deal may be done by a Ju
dicious mother who makes up heroiind
to refuse her child a multitude of
toys. She will lay the foundation of
u liner and happier character than will
be built up by the mother who gives
recklessly a store of perishable and
expensive playthings.
All I ll likely Suballtiile.
When I was teaching In the kinder
garten I always tried to Impress on
my pupils the necessity of neatness.
One little girl repeatedly forgot her
handkerchief. One day I Bald to her:
"Use your handkerchief."
She, as usual, "fordot It."
I sa!d, "You did not forget your
lunch, did you?"
She looked up in great surprise and
said, "I tant wipe my nose on an
apple, tan I?" Delineator.
A boy la never bat Lb fled until he
catches a fish bo big that it pulls hbo
Into the creek.
Old Favorites
l ittle Clernmn Home Aerosa (he flea.,
I love to think about the days so full
of Joy and glee,
That never will come back again to
me;
Oh, it's many years ago, when but a
llttlB boy,
That I lived there so happy, llgTit and
free,
I used to play about all day,
And drive the cows and sheep.
Until I was as tired as I could be,
And when my evening prayer was said,
I'd lay me down to sleep.
In the little German homo across the
ea.
Chorus
No matter where I roam,
I don't forget my homo.
That homo it ever was so dear to
me.
Oh, It's many times a day
My thoughts they fly away
To the little German homo across Ihi
ea.
I've traveled many weary miles around
this world ror years.
And many more 1 yet expect to
And when I luy me down to sleep, then
In my dren in appears
A vision of that dear old German
Put when lily days are over here, If It
were rar tno oesi,
Oh, It would bring much Joy and
If I could closo my eyelids there an-1
lay mo down to sleep,
In the little German home across tho
sea.
Talk's Cheap.
There's lots o' quaint oP sayln's
I've noticed in my day
Hit? truths and solid principles
Told In tho shortest way.
My father list to have one.
An' this Is how It ran:
"Talk's cheap, my boy," he ust to say,
"Hut money buys tho lan'."
I own tho sayln's homely,
Undignified nnd rough;
But then, It tells Just what you mean,
An' tells it brief enough.
An' when you Kit to thlnkln
llow short Is life's thin span ,
It's well to mln' "that talk is choap.
Hut money buys the lan'."
'Twon't do ti boast, an' Muster
An' brag an' try to bluff;
An' don't you git to thlnkln'
This wor;d "ain't up to snuff."
It la; an' while you're blowln'
Your own bazoo, my man.
There's some one aneerln', "Talk li
choap.
But money buys tho Ian'."
JAILED AS "BLACK HAND."
Maladministration of Justice la
New York's Lower Coarls,
Nothing so engages tho attention of
the stranger to New York as the mal
administration of justice In the lower
courts. The city magistrates aro
crowded with work, of course, and
hardened to the misery that Is parad
ed before their eyes during intermin
able days. They seem to be chiefly
anxious to get through the day's stunt
that they may get to their clubs or
their social engagements. They do not
seek to get at the truth of the sordid
story that is placed before them, ap
parently. They only wish to be freed
of it.
Because of this attitude, which Is
common to every magistrate in the
lower courts, the story of Emil Rosen
thal Is told a3 a typical one, the New
York correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times-Star says. He Is honest, hard
working, the father of three children,
the son of parents who are Industrious
and poor. He had suffered an unusual
run of hard luck, accident after acci
dent befalling hlm. Released from
a hospital after an operation that had
taken from -hlm a part of one hand,
he was told by the physicians to "eat
plenty of nourishing food and to stay
In the open air" until he was fit to
work again.
His wife had gone to work in a
factory, to support the family. Rosen
thal looked over tho three children and
the housework as best he could. One
afternoon while he took his consti
tutional he found a woman's worn-out
belt which still preserved some rem
nant of elegance. He took It home to
his wife, delighted, poor chap, that he
might offer her even this poor gift.
The following day he again went out
to walk. Mindful of his find of the
day before, he kept his eyes on the
pavement. He saw a pasteboard box,
stooped to pick It up and was seized
by three detectives. They said that he
was a "black hand" emissary that the
box had been placed there, ostensibly
filled with money, in obedienco to a
"black hand" letter.
No other evidence was offered
against him. The slightest intelligent
effort would have revealed the whole
pitiful story. But Magistrate Cornell
did not put forth that effort and
bound Rosenthal over to appear be
fore the grand Jury. For forty-six
days this sick and innocent man lay
in a Tombs cell. In the Tombs one is
well fed If one tips well. If one
has no money for tips, one eats soup.
The attendants graft, as a matter of
course. It hapj)ened that a story in
the newspapers attracted the atten
tion of a lawyer, and he secured Ros
enthal's release, without a blot upon
his name. No one can make up to
him for what he has suffered became
of tho careless lsolence of certain
Jacks-ln-offlce. But he is a philosopher,
In his mild way. "I can forget," says
he, "if I but get a job."
WHAT BLOSSOMS WILL ENDURE.
Home Interesting told Weather
r'aets for the Orchurtllnt.
When is an apple blossom killed?
Prof. Weldon, In charge of the local
experiment station of the stale agri
cultural college, according to the Den
ver Republican,, says that when show
ing pink it can stand 20 above zero
and when In full bloom as low us L'ti.
J. H. Sayles of Palisade, one of tho
best known orchard men in the wen,
takes Issue with the professor.
"I have had apples showing pink
seriously damaged at 20 above," naid
Mr. Sayles, "and In full bloom I hava
had them killed at 29. The amount
of cold a bud or blossom can stand Is
dependent upon so many circum
stances that It la never safe to take
chances. When my blossoms are out
X light my orchard heaters mlghtf
soon after the thermometer gets be
low 82.
"A lower temperature than that
might not hurt the blousoms, but I'm
not experimenting with my fruit. I
want a crop'. It costs me little to
light my heaters and to be on the safe
side means a full crop. An orchard
man is foolish who takes chances."
The agricultural experiment bulletin
showing results of experiments with
various fruits states that blossoms will
withstand cold as follows:
Apples, showing pink, 20 above zero.
Apples, in full bloom, 26 above zero.
Pears, showing pink, 20 above zero.
Pears. In full bloom, 27 above zero.
Peaches, showing pink, 23 above
zero.
Peaches, in full bloom, 23 above
zero.
Mr. Sayles holds that It Is only In
exceptional cases will the blossoms
withstand the cold above Indicated
and that any farmer who depends
upon those figures U likely to lose
his crop.
LEGAL INFORMATION
In the case of Scheuermann vs.
Seharfenberg, 50 Southern Reporter,
335, this question arose: Is the owner
of a storehouse, In which goods and
other valuables are kept by him for
sale and In deposit, liable in trespass
to a would-be burglar of such store.
w ho is shot by means of a spring gun
placed in the store by the owner for
tho purpose of Bhootlng persons who
might attempt to burglarize it, the
gun being discharged by the would-be
burglar w hile attempting to enter, but
after the breaking is completed? The
Alabama Supreme Court referring to
the right to defend one's property as
well as his person against violence
and felonies, and citing cases holding
a man's place of business susceptible to
the same defense as his dwelling
against burglarious Intrusions, decided
that the setter of the spring gun was
not liable In damages to hlm who at
tempted burglary.
A philanthropic citizen, wishing to
alleviate a Btate's financial burden, de
posited money in trust to be accumu
lated for the benefit of the state of
Pennsylvania. The Instrument pro
vided that the trustee should Invest
the money and all lta accumulations
in the public stocks of the state when
ever they could be purchased for a
certain price, otherwise in government
of other stocks, until the time should
arrive when the fund so accumulated,
together with any other sums which
might be deposited with the trustee
for like purposes, should be equal to
the debt at that time owned by the
state, when It should be paid over to
the treasurer of the state for the pur
pose of discharging its entire indebt
edness, and for no other purpose what
soever. The amount deposited was
$2,000; the Indebtedness of the state
at that time was $40,000,000. In Rus
sell vs. Glrard Trujt Co., 171 Federal
Reporter, 161, thf court held that as
the state took no vested interest In
the fund, but was to receive the bene
fit of it only on a contingency which
might never happen, or might hap
pen at some Indefinite time In the fu
ture, which might exceed the limita
tion of the' rule against remoteness
or accumulations, the trust was void,
and the fund was recoverable by the
personal representative of the settler
upon his death.
To start a Tlnht Screw.
Lots of folks have tried to remove a
stubborn screw from a piece of wood,
a screw that won't budge at all, and
have in the end given It up as & bad
job. Well, if such a thing occurs again
don't give it up, don't lose your tempei
or exert yourself, but try this reclp
for removing the screw: Heat a pokei
red hot and then hold It against th
screw bead for a little while; wait a
few minutes for the screw to cool
down, when it will be found that the
screw can be removed quite easily
with the aame screwdriver that Jusl
previously would not perforin th
work. The explanation ia quite sim
ple. The red hot poker heats tht
screw, and the screw expands and
makes the hole It la In Just a wee bit
bigger. The screw then cools dowa
and resumes its original size, leav
ing the hole in tbe wood a size ton
large and there you are. New Yorli
Sun.
Views on Woman.
Artists, poets and writers generally
conspire to represent woman as be
ing beautiful, gentle, self-sacrificing
and the embodiment of love. With
this extravagant Ideal of woman form
ed for them In their youth, Is It sur
prising that many men are doomed to
disappointment? Truth.
All women hope to be called dan
gerous before they die. F. Frankfort
Moore.
Every man seeks his ideal woman,
but heaven only knows when be'Cnda
her he never does. Stuart Set.
An Improvement in a woman's looki
generally means a man, either some
where in the background, or very
much to the fore. Mary Gaunt.
Many strings to one's beau do not
always tie the matrimonial knot.
lie Took the Hint. '
"Do you believe in hypnotism?" he
asked as he looked intently Into her
great brown eyei,.
"I must." sho ausv.ered, wuu all the
bravery she could summon. 'I know
that you are going to kiss me, but I
am powerless to protest."
The Hooater ot the Otily One.
You all laugh at the rooster for
Imagining the sun rises only with his
permission and upon being announced
by him. How much different are you?
Can you conceive of a world without
you in it? Lawrence (Mo.) Journal.
I.tniterluw Kullh.
"That arctic cxr'orer may yet d!g
up proofs."
"Where is he keeping them?"
"Oh, somewhere In cold storage."
London had a population of about
two huudred and fifty thousand ia
1740, In which year there were t.715
death from smallpox.