CALLING IN THE TREETOPS.
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inions of Great Papers on important Subjects
n,n f.itv Mnn in the Country. oi us wno Know in u--;
' . - who lmvc no souse wnatover ol wnui oiuuusinuii unu - . , . , . ..,.
L mr t furni In nrtW Tim Utllt UHU Ult'lim i . . ,. t .. 1. ,,,.,.,l,.,a vtimu ii ii P"iv.u ""'"t v...0 - -v
HOomnnd. of people who begin to realize that the ?"ea r the thick growth, was a severed bam- close to the shore of Eastern rive,
city docs riot Sd all of life that la worth having. al boo of great height, with notches cut , West Dresden, Me., there Is an .p.
frl TV L ,Mrs aeo all the talk and tendency tcats-as noa.lays . abo JJ ln lt. Recognizing It as a Mansaka ,e treo which has few equals. II
"... t mail We BllOUlU lllll. UUl umt i u nwv." u... . ,. w t,. ,..l,f ,.nu ::...., ..... .nn..u,i,uia (All
was of and to the city. Every city uoy was eu will-power as because wo are lacking ln courage, - - - sumua u j it b,
ii.. .rftr rtimtiv imv of ononrv and " " ... nf tin funninlt. fret mid three Inches around ana
stay in uie cny, u 'u v"" . i nntv nr Idunllsm. wltli suiucient motive torce irom iuc win, - - - - ,,
ability had made up his mind to go to the city in search lrU, . All the virtues which To his amazement, there lay on the 8nrcad8 fifty feet. Its owner, Mr,
r flmn W0U ,ca!Z ..J" , ... i.,in nft. top of Uio vegoUitlon two long, horizon- IIanli i,aa gnthored In somo years thli
nTtr bovs olnn to live In the country, and thousands U1! :T u, 7nToZnne tnl baiuboos on which muddy feet had ty bushels of apples from this tree,
and thousands
nnrrnwnpss nit"
and planning for the day when they may leave the smoke
and grime and Imprisoning walls of the city behind and
ofk tho. oonntrv. with Its onen spaces, Its pure air and its
freedom. Of course, the city will always draw rrom uie
rountrv. It must If lt Is to succeed. But lt is essential
tlmt thern shall be something ln the country for lt to draw
from, which there will not be If the current is always to
Rot- In nnn dlrneUon. It would be well for the nation If
every generation could spend Its youth or a large part of
lt-ln the country.
In the Interior of the Island of Min
danao ln tho Philippines, there are
many natives who live ln houses ln
the treetops. Where the forests arc
thick the entrances to villages are
often at considerable distance, and by
way of suspended bridges from treo
to tree. Thus ono may walk directly
beneath a cluster of houses, says tho
author of "The Gems of tho Hast,"
without suspecting Its presence.
On ono occasion, by mere luck, whllo
struggling through a bamboo forest, ho
London paid $150,000,000 on Juno 24
to take over her waterworks from pri
vate corporations. Tho water Is held:
ln 122 reservoirs, and tho filtration
works cover l-lll acres.
The smallest Island Inhabited ln Urn
world Is that on which the Eddystona
llghthouso stands, for at low water
It Is only thirty foot In diameter. At
high water tho base of tho llghthouso,
which has a diameter of only a llttla
over twenty-eight feet, Is completely
of men and women, grown weary of Uie - 7, X 'rm or trodden, and beyond these other bam- v
v life means to the less fortunate, are hoping r"""""' ' i,.lMHh,.M r ,, nil u im boos, forming a path or bridge, lie
WOriH Ol I'liuiuutuii ouuauiuiva iui v..... o--- ... ... , 4 i
by a man whoso will-power
Spectator.
Is high enough. London
Future Railway Development.
HE next great railway development following that
of tho railway development of Mexico and the con
current development of the railway systems of Can
ada, will bo the development of a railway system ln
South America. A number of Influences are now at won:
Of course there arc bound to be many disappointments pointing to this result. Among them are tho opening of
fnr thnso whn lonvp the citv for the farm. Some of them the Tanauia Canal, the necessity for an additional ounce
have a sentimental liking for the country, but are not able for the peasantry of Europe, and tho needs of Europe for
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signaled his men to be .quiet and fol
low, and then preceded to cross tho
lirst length of the rickety way, somo
twenty feet above tho ground. When
ho had gone about thirty yards, he
came suddenly out Into a clearing
where wore four large elevated houses.
Tho path he was on led to tho nearest of tn0 transparent envelope out ol
one, and they were all connected by WUCU tuo 8ntti0 slips. Ills glassyNoy
bridges. sclu0 j8 B0 tough that It cffcctuallj
To cross tho shaky bamboo over the nrotocts tho true eyo from tho twlga
open was u problem for ono less bird- snurp grass and other obstruction
like than the tree dwellers; but taking wnicn ho snake encounters In Its tram
,'hlch Is said to bo more timn on
hundred years old.
Snakes may almost bo said to havi
glass eyes, Inasmuch as their eyoi
never close. They aro without lld
and each is covered with a transpar
out scale, much resembling glas
When tho reptile casts Its outer skln
the eyo scales como off with tho resf
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to adapt themselves to the conditions of life and business the products of South American countries, to saj noumib off ,,ls BhoU3 tho traveler went ahead. els yot lt ls transparent enough to at
in Uie country. They wish to be in but not of the country. 0f Uie gradual expansion of population and the trend of tho Uo ,md Bcnrcoiy reached the middle lo ' tho moat porfect vIbIoh. Thu
OUiers carry tbclr city notions of money-making to the
farm and expect to get rich quick. These are generally
disappointed early in tho game. An agricultural paper
tells of a city man who buried $30,000 on a 250-acre farm ln
flftnon vrnrft trvinir to breed fancy stock. Another city
world's progress. South America has been a neglected re
gion and yet lt possesses numerous elements of develop
ment which railway construction can bring about, mat
country is far removed from lines of ordinary travel. Tho
dominant civilization ls Latin as against Saxon ln North
man, who could easily earn $2,400 a year ln an office, lost America. No broad policies are pursued though they aro
$10,000 ln Kentucky experimenting with a bee farm. A
travellnc man who has been making $5,000 a year tried
Angora goat farming in Missouri and lost $7,000 ln three
years.
Yet Uie editor who narrates these hard luck stories does
not discourage Uie city man who would turn to the farm;
he only advises him to begin humbly, learn well and pro
ceed cautiously. Instead of going Into speclalUcs at first,
th hoclnnor would better try diversified farming. "It ls
the small farm,' the editor says, "some poultry, a few hogs, longer than many navigated North American rivers. j.ueso
conceived of, and feeble efforts are occasionally made to
launch out and realize Uie ambitions of some of the leading
men.
South America possesses mineral wealth ln abundance.
It is a .matter of common knowledge that there aro many
great rivers ln South America, but lt Is not so well under
stood that there are hundreds, perhaps even thousands of
other streams not marked on the maps and not now used
for purposes of navIgaUng by canoes, that are larger and
two or three cows, some fruits, berries and a few acres of
common crops that must satisfy the man who makes the
abrupt change from city to country." Minneapolis Journal.
rivers of the South pour out of mountains and drain large
districts of uninhabited, almost unexplored country. Still
other rivers flow from more populated regions, but are as
and most tickliBh part when Uio Man-
salens ln Uie houses detected his pres
ence, With n chorus of yells they sent
stones nnd arrows at him, and one old
woman crawled out on the bridge nnd
shook lt so that only by using boUi
hands could ho cling to lt At last ho
was able to stand up and make Uio
sign of peace. Tho old woman stopped
and stared at him, while his men
crowded up on tho bamboo, and pre
pared to discharge their guns Into Uie
houses, if necessary, to protect him.
The traveler called his interpreter.
"Tell her she must not be angry
wIUi mo," he said. "Tell her sho looks
if tho snake has not a glass eye, H
may, at any rate, be said to wear ey
glasses.
A Havre fisherman's wlfo drying
codfish caught by her husband on thi
coast of Franco noUccd that ono flsli
had a hard substanco Inside On ln
vestlgaUou sho found In Uie flsb a
golden bracelet How tho ornament
camo Into its strange receptacle In, of
course, not known; but lt is conjec
tured that It must havo slipped from
the wrist of somo fair passongcr lean
ing over the bulwarks of a trnns-Atn
lanUc Unor, and been seized by th
nnd on reaching tho water. As th
ugly when sho ls nngry. Tell her I am Hhon,8 Qf codflah havo 0nly reconUy
a menu, aim carry no ooio, nor oven . f . tl Newfoundland Banks, and ar
The Physical Basis of Character.
1 1 OW much of character is constitutional 'I That ls a
I I question often in the mind of every man who desires
I I to Judge JusUy of himself and his neighbors. Foi
I i ourselves, wo are inclined to reply that lt is but a
non-essential part which can be so considered. All the
same, certain admirable and Important qualities appear to
.have a close connection with the physlquo; for instance,
courage, energy and good temper. Many forms of illness
cap the courage of the most courageous.
otaer rivers now rrom more popuiuicu rugiuim, uui ui uo Tf f, lnv dnwn mCir nrms -
yet little known, the more interior courses as they are J L, y Ju9t to ? nSShTE
Lnn wn,iff wiffr nnrt windinir. nnd flowlntr in nu- 1 . 11 k"! no ono' . , nnco In French waters, lt is probable
it.uv.u,u, p. " - . - . rnin nui wotnnn. wno snn uau boiiiu
raerous channels over many cataracts and rapids. Inter
national Railway Journal.
thn hrneelot has traversed tho
stones clutched ln her hands, hesitated At,nnHp ,n tho fish's interior. Par-
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Marriage for Ten Years.
T is not the first lime that, George Meredith tried to make
a painful situation worse. Both in Richard Feverll and
In Rhoda Fleming he brought his characters to the point
where lt seemed that they could not suffer more, and
Low health re- then, with Infernal Ingenuity, gave the thumb-screw a last
duces energy, and hunger or Indigestion tries the sweetest apparently Impossible, turn, and left both characters and
teniner. On the other hand, such qualities as sincerity, readers Insensible with horror.
sympathy and honesty have apparently no relaUon to the Now he proposes to deprive marriage or its greatest
physical constitution which can be traced. No one ls in- alleviation. When a thing ls known to be permanent It Is
sincere because he feels "seedy," or cruel because he has a accented. A man and a woman marry, and, If they have
cold ln his head, or a swindler because his temperature is hcen properly Instructed, look forward to nothing hut mar
above or below normal. The truth we believe to be this: rlage ahead of Uicm all the way to Uie grave. Marriage
that only Uie secondary virtues those virtues, we mean, therefore enters Into all Uioir calculations, it is iu:e ine
which can be renlaced bv a Judicious blend of other quail- weather. It may bring storms and, worse than storms, dull
ties aro dependent upon the physical constitution, while days. But it is there nnd what people know they can't
tho real essential of character, the primary colors of virtue avoid they don't think of trying to escape from.
as we may call them, have no physical connection what- But let people once fall into Uie habit of marrying ror
ever. But, lt may be said, surely courage is a primary ten years. A marriage for ten years would last about three.
for a whllo, and then regretfully
dropped the missiles. The traveler
went toward her, and caressed her
scarred face. She seized his hand ln
hers, which wore trembling, and Uio
men and women ln Uio houses stilled
their racket.
Tho old woman was tho chief's wife,
and bore Uie scars of many fights. Sho
said they had mistaken the party for
slave-traders. Being reassured, she
turned and led Uio party Into tho vil
lage, and Uioro they were entertained
at a feast. Sho oven offered to adopt
the traveler and make him chief, if ho
would stny, but ho declined Uio offer
firmly and wlUiout regrot
lrtu? In one sense no doubt lt ls, but not in the sense
that red ls a primary color. Many men without natural
courage have been able to make something else do as well;
Indeed, they have been able to produce in themselves a
quality which to all intents and purposes is courage. The
sense of duty and tho habit of self-discipline have carried
There would be a termination in sight, and tho prospect
of termination means Uie possibility of anticipation. Peo
ple do the things that they think about.
Tho centuries have been right about It Tho way to
make a man aud n woman happy together ls to convince
them that they can never get apart. If they know Unit
... . i. t. 1 X 11. 1 I 11 . n,..l fist nnml 4-1r.n Tlflll (nl?A tfl nmilSlriP' tllOlll.
men Willi Honor tnrougii uungurs ub lurriuiu ua uvur were wvy urc ouui ii uit-j "i - --"-
mot hv the natural cift of nluck. Of course, we selves as best Uiey may within the lnclosure.
not monii thnt trond Intentions will make a hero of Schemes like Meredith's for making marriage worse
,,Mr mnn Thnt would be an absurd contention. Many than ls it ought to be quarantined. Chicago Tribune.
AVoiiinn and Her Hat.
"A woman's wild anxiety not to be
separated from her hat," commented
n masculine Uieatergocr, n'ccordlng to
tho Philadelphia Press, "is beyond me.
Last night 1 took my wlfo to see a
certain show nnd directly before her
sat a woman with n lint of decidedly
ample dimensions. She turned around
ns the curtain went up, looked my wife
nppenllngly ln the eye and asked: 'Will
FRIDAY NOT UNLUCKY.
On the Contrary, Stutlntlc Show that
It Ib u Day of Good Fortune.
Friday, lt has been discovered by a
painstaking and laborious statistician,
Is not Uie unlucklest but actually tho
luckiest day of the week.
Taking nil the great calamlUes
which befall humanity, the painstak
ing gatherer of facts hns discovered
that the general average gives Uie
title of "luckiest day" to Friday, and
that of unlucklest to Monday.
The moral is plnln. Bcwnre of Mon
day. In ono line alone it has been found
that Friday deserves its present title.
In railroad accidents Friday bends the
list So lt ls wise, If you bo super
stitious, to nvold beginning a Journey
on Friday.
Tho "thirteen superstition" wns
knocked in the head long ago, nnd it
wns to be supposed Uint nn iconoclns-
tlc ngo would "tuko u punch" nt the
Friday dread before long.
Sir William Churchill was ono of
the llrst to discard tho superstition.
"Friday ls my lucky day," ho wrote.
"1 Avas born, christened, married, and
knighted on that day, and nil my
best nccldents have befallen me on n
Friday."
It has not been necessary for a per
son to admit being superstitious to
acknowledge n preference for begin
ning certain things on any other day
than Friday. This feeling is inborn
in nearly nil nationalities oxcept tho
Scandinavian.
Sir William Churchill's experiences
might not be accepted as disproving
the general rule ngalnst Friday un
dertakings, but the conclusions of Uio
staUsUclan may havo more weight.
First ho takes the record of assas
sinations. In these he discovers that
Sunday is pre-eminently the conspic
uous day. Wednesday comes next,
counting attempts which did not suc
ceed as well as attempts which did.
Saturday is third, and Monday fourth.
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday aro
equal.
There ls n possibility that Uie per
son having ln mind such an attack
chooses any other day than Friday,
In the belief that the day will provo
unlucky for him. An examination of
tho records of such attacks ln the Inst
ISO yenrs hns disclosed tho fnct Unit
tho would-be murderer looks on Fri
day as an unlucky day for his ut
tempt That might bo construed to
prove eiUier sldo of the argument, but
It is fair to ncccpt the stnUstlcInns
conclusion ln favor of Friday as tho
lucky day.
As a side issue, ho has discovered
something which might bo used to
bolster up tho "thirteen supertstition."
Of nil the nssnsslnatlons attempted or
accomplished, during tho last century
nnd n hnlf, 9 1-3 per cent havo fallen
on Uio 33th of tho month. A proper
rtronorUon would havo been about
3 1-3 per cent
Three famous men, among others,
ho finds were assassinated on Friday
Abraham Lincoln, William McKin-
ley and Nasr-ed Dcen, Shah of Per
sin. Three attempts were made to
kill Aloxander II of Russia on Mon
days, two to kill Bismarck on Mon
days, and three to kill Louis Philippe
on Tuesdays.
The sailor has tho right to consider
Friday his luckiest day if exempUon
from shipwreck be considered. It has
been a pot superstition of Uie sea that
Friday ls the unlucky day for sailing.
This ls found to be extraordinary, as
Uie number of shipwrecks occurring
on that day of the week is tho small.
sot
To secure this conclusion, the stntis.
tlcinn examined the records of the dls.
asters to British vessels from lSOo to
Uio present day. ne found tnat per
cent happened on Thursday, au per
cent on Saturdny and Sunday, 14 per
cent on Monday and Wednesday, 12
per cent on Tuesday, and only 4. per
cent on Friday.
By examining tho record of railroad
disasters from 1803 up to date It wns
discovered thnt the nervous person
who fears to begin a Journey on Fri
day can point to some substnntlaUon
for the fears. It was In tills Item
alone that tho day kept up Its repu
tation. Chicago Tribune.
Very Often.
Teacher Now, then, what do we
mean by composition? Little Girl
(eagerly) Please, miss, composition Is
the art of bringing simple ldens into
complication. Manila Times.
There Is a mistaken impression that
every Umo an old maid ls Introduced
to an unmarried man, sho sees Hope
Ahead.
haps its owner will como forward to
claim lt. i t'
F. V. Covillo, ln the Nntlonal Geo
graphic Magazine, gives nn interesting
account of how tho Indians of tha
desert obtain drinking wntor from tha
barrel cactus. It wns among Uie do
ert hills west of Torres, Mexico. Th
Indian cut the top from a plant aboul
five feet high, and with a blunt staka
of palo verdo pounded to n pulp th
upper six or eight Inches of white fles.
In tho standing trunk. From this,'
hnndful by handful, ho squeezed Uiq
water Into tho bowl ho had mado in
tho top of tho trunk, throwing Uio dln
carded pulp on tho ground. By thli
process he secured two or three quarti
of clear water, slightly Baity and
slightly bitter to tho taste, but of fai
better quality than some of the watei
a desert traveler ls occasionally com
pelled to use. Tho Papago, dipping
tills wuter up in his hands, drank lt
with evident pleasuro and Bald thai
his people were accustomed, not only
to secure their drinking water ln thil
way in times of extreme drought, but
. . . . rr... ti.f imed it. also to mix their meal
my nat ue in your way, umimuu xiur aaA
speaking at all took my other half off preparatory to cooking lt Into bread.
her guard and, affected by timt be
seeching look, she murmured some
thing inaudibly.
Tho Same Old World,
if t wpi n millionaire
J i 1 liinwvi.rtj A. m. --" -
ii'w, imf a,ivwi nn nmi mv wife And lived in a mansion and drove a pan
X 1IU 1IU1 MlJV " ' ' - - w I ----- m
bobbed first to ono side and then lo And you were tne common uu
AnU livcu in u uuvsi
Uio other, putting two and two to
gether, as it were, and making up ln
her mind Just what Uio complete stage
picture was llko. Tho woman must
havo been conscious of her victim's
tactics, for presently sho looked
around again and, with misery all over
her face, asked: 'Does lt annoy you
very much?'
"My wlfo hadn't tho heart to say it
did, so sho viewed that hat all the
evening. What puzzled me was tho
horror even agony of tho woman nt
the Idea of taking off her hat I won
dered if her hair hud not been done up
or if sho were bald and her hut woro
nttached to her wig."
ROltj
third
And I had money
And you had none
And you had trouble
And I had fun
Romothiiig Wrong.
"You say you don't understand what
'cold cash' ls."
"No. I don't."
"Why, man, any Bort of money is Why, I'd be a millionaire
cold cash."
If I were as rich bb Sage,
Or Morgan, or Drcxel, and you weri
poor
If you were all bent with age
And I were young, at my fair prime'a
door;
If I were hnppy
And you were sad
If I had dollars
For cents you had
If I woro loaded
With yellow wealth,
Got, mayhap, boldly,
Or won by stealth
And you had a paltry gift
Of getting along (If you had a Hit)
And llvo In a mansion and drive a pah?!
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"Well, if that's so, how is it that lt Ana you-a do ....
always nums a uuiu m uj uv.u.n
Philadelphia Press.
A rtuthlOHfl Critic.
"Mr. Dobbins says he is wedded to
his art"
"Yes," said Miss Cayenne, "wedded
but wiUi nraplo ground for divorce."
Washington Star.
No man can do anything against Uio
grain. Woman can do It, but man,
can't
L'ENVOI.
Tills world moves along
In its settled way
It'B the samo world to-morrow
As yesterday.
Baltimore News.
Lost a Good Snapshot.
lie Look, look! I think that man
out in tho breakers is drowning!
She Oh, heavons! and I havo loft
my camera at homo! Judgo.
