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New Privilege for Women.
A stranger in New York expressed
surprise the other tiay wnen two wo
men walked into a Broadway hotel
went straight to the desk and asked
for their mail and key. The stranger s
remark of surprise that the women
failed to use the private entrance elic
ited the statement from the clerk that
times hare changed in New lorK.
-T lvMiovo th Waldorf-Astoria." said
the clerk, "has revolutionized matters
in this respect, and by its innovations
in hotel management secured for the
women nrivileees which few Would
have considered it cuite proper to
avail themselves of prior to a few
years ago. But I can rememuer wnen
it was rare indeed for women to be
seen about the lobbies."
A Forestry Course at Ann Arbor.
President Anecll, of Michigan unl
versity. announces that an instructor
in forestry is soon to be appointed.
Not only the problem of how to pre
serve forests is to be considered, but
the further and mere valuable in
formation, in certain sections, of how
to create new forests, is to b3 taught.
It is expected that tho chair of forestry
will attract the sons of farmers in
particular, since the profession is one
in ore easily comprehended in its prl
rr.ary instruction by them than by
boys from the city, and because high
rewards await the graduate fully train
ed and competent in theory 3 In
piactice.
A Youthful Professor.
Xcnophon de Kalamatinano. 19 years
of age. a native of St. Petersburg. Rus
sia, has been made a professor in the
modern language department of the
University of Chicago, where he will
fill the chair of Russian language. Ka
Uirat'ano will eive the first course in
Russian ever offered at the university.
Ill Pnik4-
In four counties of western Massa
chusetts no less than 120 public libra
ries are in onerntion. containing 825.-
000 books. The towns where they are
! located have a population of 307.000.
Some of the librarians give their time
without 'sala-''. In everal cases the
pay Is from $5 to $"0 a year.
r'l' Wonisti K nr It.
Mrs. C. X. Whitman of Denver owns
the largest ranch of any woman in the
world. It is located in Texas, near
Tascosa, and is called the I S. ranch,
from Lucien Scott, the first owner.
The ranch is thirty miles square, and
hundreds of cowboys are employed
upon it.
tVrets Teler rirbT I.nnt Am.
Miss Marie Corelli. locturing at Ed
inburgh, on "Imagination." read an
extract from a book on the Egyptian
pyramids, published in 1672. which de
scribed the use of wireless telegraphy
by one Saurid. a high priest of Mem
phis. It takes a small boy and a pot ot
jam to mark table linen quickly.
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VER SIX TIMES WITHIN
TWENTY YEARS.
This was the case of Mr. Ell 'Wiltshire-
of Landsdown Terrace, Caln,
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as a pain killer, for I have been a suf
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times during that period, therefore I
consider I know something about rhcu
natism. During all of these twenty
year3 I have tried various advertised
rheumatic remedies, oils, ointments
and embrocations. None of them gave
me much relief, but when I tried St. Ja
cob's Oil 1 found quite di ITcrent results.
It eased the pain almost immediately
and has done for me what all other rem
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"I could give you several cases that
have been cured, which have come un
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mendation; also one cf toothache, one
of faceache, and one of sore throat.
"I have recommended St. Jacob's Oil
and shall continue to do so by every
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Where Thrf Must lo Tilings.
Mr. Carnegie has decided that the
new tchnial school he i3 to endow
in Pittsburg is to be practical rather
than theoretical. He is studying up
on the question, and has spent one
day in looking over a model school
of that character. That i3 the Pratt
lnr titute of Brooklyn, where tne pupils
learn how to do things rather than
to talk about them.
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5 cent. The Ku Company, Soulb Bend. iud.
'it will not help to pray for heaven
ly illumination after you have blown
out the candle of sense.
THE HANDSOMEST CALENDAR
of the season (In ten colors) six beau
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Moran. issued by General Passenger
Department, Chicago. Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway, will be sent on receipt
of twenty-flve cents. Address P. a.
Miller, General Passenger Agent. Chi
cago. The French use only one-third as
much sugar, head for head, as the
English.
WHEN YOU Cl Y STARCH
buy Defiance and Rft the best, 16 ox. for
lo cents. Once used, always, ugttd.
The Kaiser la a Plutocrat.
Emperor William is undoubtedly
the richest monarch in the world,
now that Queen Victoria's estate has
been divided. He inherited more
than $30,000,000 from his grandfather
i thirteen years ago, which was well in
vested and has since rapidly increas
ed in value. He inherited another
from his father, the late Emperor
Frederick. His wife is also rich.
Editors Afield.
The Western Canada Press associa
tion Is to make a transcontinental trip
early In 1902.
According to itinerary Just arranged,
they will leave Denver for Los An
geles. Cal.. on Jan. 9, via the Santa Fe.
The sections of New Mexico and Ari
zona traversed by the Santa Fe con
tain material for a great many Inter
esting sketches, both from a traveler's
and novelist's view-point, and doubt
less Canada readers will hear further
from this expedition.
Many noted Canadian writers will be
in the party which will make the side
trip from Williams to view the Grand
Canyon of Arizona.- .
A "STABLE DOLLAR
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, IN THE COM
fo'ONER, DEFINES IT.
Stability Is the Tett of Honesty Tho
Average Pun-liaMliifr l'otvvr Should
Remain the Same from Year to Year
Comptroller Dawes Aliiillon.
A reader of The Commoner asks for
a definition of an honest dollar. Sta
bility is the te&t of honesty. An abso
lutely honest dollar would be one
whose average purchasing power would
remain the same from year to year.
The advocates of the gold standard are
in the habit of speaking of the gold
dol'ar as an honest dollar, but one of
the leading nionomctallists. Professor
Laughlin. in his work on bimetallism,
says: "MonometaliisU uo not (as is
often said) believe that ccld remains
absolutely stable in alr.e. They hold
that there .'s no such thing as a
'standard of value' for future payments
in gold or silver which remains abso
lutely invariable ."
This must be admitted by every in
telligent student of the science of mon
ey. The value of the dollar depends
on the number of dollars and an in
crease or decrease in-the volume of
money (out ot proportion to the change
in the demand for money) will affect
prices. For instance, if all the world
used the gold standard and the produc
tion of gold suddenly increased, say
two or threefold, the Increase in prices
would be very great. The same effect,
though in the opposite direction, would
be noticed if the supply of money sud
denly decreased.
Professor Laughliu,' discussing the
subject further, says:
"As regards national debts, it is dis
tinctly averred that neither gold nor
silver fonas a just measure of de
ferred payments, and that if justice in
long contracts is sought for, we should
not seek it by the doubtful and untried
expedient of international bimetallism.
but by th: clear and certain method of
a multiple standard, a unit based up
on the selling prices of a number of
articles of general consumption. A
long-time contract would thereby be
paid at its maturity by the same pur
chasing power as was given in the be
ginning." Here is a clear recognition of two
facts, first, that justice lie3 ir. absolute
stability, and. second, that human in
genuity can only approximate, never
reach, perfect stability. A dollar rest
ing upon two metals more nearly ap
proaches stability, and. therefore, jus
tice, than a dollar resting upon one
metal. According to the same process
of reasoning, a dollar resting upon a
hundred articles would make a still
nearer approach to stability.
The multiple standard is not. how
ever, deemed practicable. Both gold
and silver fluctuate (the production of
gold has fluctuated more often and
more violently than the production of
silver) but they have not usually fluc
tuated in concert. When part of the
nations used gold and part of them
silver, so that all of the product of
both metals could find a place for coin
age, it did not make so much differ
ence which standard a nation had, for
both of the metals contributed toJ
make up the standard money of the
world, but with all the nations using
gold alone, or all the nations using
silver alone, ihe situation -vould be dif
ferent. If tne gold standard ever does
produce a stable currency it will dis
appoint the gold standard advocates,
for they want a rising dollar. The
Commoner.
Tiegret Are Too Late.
The people of Minnesota and North
Dakota are alarmed over the recent
consolidation of the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern into a monster
trust. They fear the huse combination
was formed for the purpose of cir
cumventing and overriding the state
laws, and they are calling upon the
governors of those states to convene
the legislatures arv! pass laws forbid
ding corporations cLartered in New
Jersey and other states from doing
business In their jurisdictions, unless
legally authorized under the laws of
those states. We are afraid it is too
late, dear people of Minnesota and
North Dakota. You have sinned away
your day of grace. The time to have
acted was in 1896. when Bryan was a
candidate for president. Then you
could have done something effective by
putting in power men who were, in
sympathy with the people and whose
efforts would have been-directed to
destroying the trusts or preventing
them from springing up and swallow
ing vp the country. But you voted to
put in power the friecfis of the trusts
and you are getting just what you
voted for. You have no right to kick.
You must take your medicine.
Where Cheers Would Count.
A London cablegram to the Chicago
Tribune, referring to a dinner given to
Sir Thomas Lipton m London says that
Lord Tweedmouth "in terni3 of excep
tional heartiness proposed the health
of Theodore Roosevelt, president of the
United States." Then it is said that
"the demonstration which followed ri
valed the outburst of enthusiasm at
the recent chamber of commerce din
ner when the name of King Kdward
was pronounced. The great audience
responaed to a man, and the hall rang
with the shouts and cheers of approval,
each guest seeking to outshout his
neighbor." While it is well to keep on
good ternm with all of our neighbors,
it will be difficult for many American
citizens to avoid the wish that the
name of the president of the United
Etates could be cheered a3 heartily arid
as cordially by the Dutchmen who are
fighting for a republican form of gov
ernment in South Africa, as It was by
the representativea of an empire as
sembled at the Loadon banquet table.
lm7 Makes so Admlmlon.
Comptroller Dawes of Illinois, in his
canvass for the senatorship has reached
a point in his campaign where he finds
it necessary to discuss the - money
question, ani he boldly indorses the
quantitative theory of money which
the republicans ridiculed in 1S9G. He
says "the factors which determine the
range of prices are supply and demand
and in ascertaining our money supply
we must consider those different cred it
substitutes for money which circu;
late on a par with government money."
When he gets a little farther along in
the study of the question he will rec
ognize that standard money is quite
different from "substitutes for money,"
for whilj the substitutes circulate well
enough when everything is running
smoothly, their value is impaired in a
panic. The republican party is lessen
ing the volume of real money and in
creasing the volume of substitutes for
money. The folly of its policy will be
apparent when an industrial crisis
comes.
Following a Bad Kx ample
All this haste for a great naval es
tablishment peoms to proceed on the
assumption that the United States
must keep step in the race of maritime
prowess with the war powers of Eu
rope. But the only nation that could
seriously threaten us is the nation
Icart likely to quarrel with us. The
United States should be very slow to
imitate the example of nations that go
perpetually armed to the teeth and
drain the lifebiood of their people in
a vain show of counter-menace. K
we shall maintain our policy of mod
eration in warlike expenditure we shall
be bettor able to make war when nec
essary. Men and money are the real
and the ready foundations of strength
alike in peace and war.
Overlooking a Great Dancer.
There is always danger that the
great financial operators and railroad
magnates, as tbey are called, mcy un
derestimate the force of popular re
sentment. If public sentiment is defied
too long it may be aroused to such a
pitch as to sweep down all opposition.
Then the people, acting under the im
pul3e of excitement, may work such
Injury to corporate interests as may
seriously and Injuriously affect the
public welfare. The railroads are es
sential to national prosperity, but when
their managers fall to the temptation
to gain by means of unjust discrimina
tion they forfeit the consideration of
the people.
Whero the Shoe Pinches.
A clerk, writing to the New York
World, provides food for considerable
thought when he says: "The times, we
are told, are generally prosperous, yet
it is a kind of prosperity that 'has a
string to it." The drawback is this:
Mary men. like myself, have fixed in
comes and earn no more than they did
five years ago. Meanwhile the price of
every necessity of life has greatly in
creased. The average bookkeeper, clerk
or office employe has harder work than
before making both ends meet. And
congress will again refuse to lower the
tariff!"
Looks I.Ike Compounding Felony.
Just as some of the goody good of
New York citizens are rejoicing over a
victory for good government in the
election of a Republican mayor of their
town it is announced that the ruined
Seventh National bank of that city
has been reopened and its injured de
positors paid in full for their claims.
In other words, the men who ruined
that bank have been allowed to restore
the loot and escape punishment for
their crime thereby. In common law
and against common criminals this
would be called "compounding r. ei
ony." Tli a Philippine Incubus.
Taken all iu all, the Philippine out
look is dit-couraing. We cannot hold
the islands save as dependent and sub
ject colonies. The native races will
always be hostile and insurgent. Am
erican homeseekers find the climate
too deadly for endurance beyond a
term of one or two years. Little rev
enue will be derived from the islands.
Their forcible government will cost
the people of the states yearly millions
and the sacrifice of countless American
lives.
IIow the Tariff Operate.
Wage workers are feeling the pinch
very strongly at thi3 time. The cost
of living has largely advanced. In
some cases the increase of wages ha3
disappeared and in others where there
has been no increase there has been an
absolute reduction, following increased
values for the necessaries of life. While
labor is thus oppressed how is it with
the trusts and monopolies? Their prof
its and dividends have become almost
measureless.
Ills Kake-OiT Too Small.
City Attorney Salsbury of Grand
Rapids, Mich., has been found guilty
of accepting a bribe of $100,000 from
New York capitalists in consideration
of delivering to them a water contract
for work worth 51.000,000. The ordi
nary municipal boodler when he fig
ures out that Salsbury only got two
and a half per cent on the contract
price will probably bs of the opinion
that the sentence i3 a righteous one.
Honest Currency Not Wanted.
The facts are that Gage and Wall
street do not want an honest currency,
nor a stable or sound money system.
They want a currency and money sys
tem that will give them the greatest
speculative and robbing power over
honest industry, and the sooner the
people see this and make "the cur
rency question" a vital issue in polities:
the better for the country." Coldwater
(Mich.) Star.
Mayor Johnson Is Pleased.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland
is pleased at the evidence of an out
break of the factional war in that state
between Senator Foraker and Senator
Hanna. "It is of much greater conse
quence to the people of Ohio." he says,
"to have tax reform than it is to have
peace and harmony in the ranks of the
republican party."
An Adept at tho Work.
Certainly President Roosevelt Is
handy with his pen. He can write all,
around a dangerous question with as
much ease as a mountain goat picks
blades of grass from the edge of a
precipice.
The Reeiprorlty They Want. -
The kind of reciprocity most favored
by the Republican leaders Is most
noticeable about the time the trusts
make campaign contributions and re
ceive promises In returr.'
BRYA2TS CEITICISM.
PERTINENT COMMENT ON PRESI
DENT ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE.
Question of Reciprocity Dealt with In
tAe Document lit an fnsatlsfactory
manner Significant Fact That the
kloer War Was Not Slentloned.
President Roosevelt's first message
to co.igress contains much that can be
commended by members of all parties.
He pays a deserved tribute to agricul
ture and emphasizes the importance of
the preservation of the forests. His
recommendations on the subject of
irrigation are especially good. He
seems to fully appreciate the magni
tude of the subject and the limitations
which he suggests are eminently wise.
His comparison between the granting
of "perpetual water rights to others
than the users" and the "giving away
of perpetual franchises to the public
utilities of cities" is just and timely
His indorsement of the Monroe doc
trine is emphatic and comprehensive.
His remarks on the labor question In
dicate that he has a clearer conception
of the laborers' struggles and difficul
ties than some previous presidents;
his plans, however, for the ameliora
tion of the condition of the laboring
man are open to discussion.
The Democrats will dissent from his
hieh tariff remedv the laborer has
been suffering from the administra
tion of that remedy for about a
quarter of a century. There is virtue,
however, in the president's advocacy
of the eight-hour law, and of regula
tions to prevent over-work and un
sanitary conditions. He failed to con
demn government by injunction and
the blacklist, both of which have
caused much injustice to the wage
earners. The president's recommendations on
the Chinese question are welcome;
they will insure a prompt extension of
the Chinese exclusion act. While
many of the Republican leaders lean
to the cheap labor side of the Chinese
question, there will be enough Repub
licans ready to act with the Demo
crats to make futile any attempt to
open our doors to Chinese emigration.
The president has stated his position
with clearness on the general subject
of emigration and on the subject of
civil service, and he pledges his ad
ministration to make the appoint
ments In the army and navy depend
upon merit and not upon personal, po
litical or social influence. He gives
considerable attention to the size of
the navy, and urges-a considerable in
crease in the naval strength of the
nation.
His recommendations upon the sub
ject of the merchant marine and on
the subject of interstate commerce are
not specific. He wants to see the Am
erican merchant marine "restored to
the ocean," but he does not definitely
indorse the ship subsidy bill, which
gives the interpretation which Repub
lican leaders have placed upon the
Republican platform. While he fa
vors an enlargement of the scope of
the interstate commerce law In the
interest of the patrons of the road, his
language raises a suspicion that he is
also willing to concede to the rail
roads the pooling privileges for which
they have contended for several
j-ears.
In discussing the tariff question the
president assumes what is not true,
namely, that "thsre is general acquies
cence in our present tariff system as
a national policy." He recommends a
limited system of reciprocity, but
wants it distinctly understood that we
must not concede anything that is
really of any value to us. No one can
read that portion of hi3 message with
out being convinced that the reciproc
ity idea will be entirely subordinated
to the interests and demands of the
beneficiaries of a high tariff. In fact,
he says as much, when he declares
that "reciprocity must be treated as
the handmaiden of protection," and,
therefore, like a handmaiden, subject
to discharge on short notice.
Tie president follows the Republi
can platform, and recommends the
creation of a new cabinet position to
be filled by a representative of the
commercial and industrial interests. It
will be remembered that the Demo
cratic platform advocates the creation
of a department of labor, with a cabi
net officer in charge. The difference
between a representative of commerce
and industry (already represented to
a large extent by the secretary of the
treasury, who i3 closely associated
with the bankers, by the secretary of
state, who is in contact with our con
sular representatives and by the at
torney general, who has for years
been intimate with the great corpora
tions) and one speaking for and rep
resenting the great wage-earning
classes of the United States ought to
be apparent to anyone.
The president's recommendation in
regard to an isthmian canal also fol
lows the Republican platform, and
leaves out all mention of the route to
be followed. There is a widespread
opinion that the Panama canal pro
ject has been used by tho railroads to
prevent the digging of the Nicaragua
canal. "The niessiige indicates that the
president appreciates the importance
of the canal, and this gives us some
room to hope that even tiiough he does
not specifically indorse the Nicaragua
route, be will not permit the railroads
to further delay the inauguration of
this great enterprise.
The president makes no reference to
the Boer war. Whether he has been
so occupied with public affairs as not
to have learned of the struggle going
on in South Africa; whether, having
learned of It, he considers it a matter
of trivial importanoe; whether he sym
pathizes with the Boers, but Is pre
vented by allegiance to his party from
giving expression to that sympathy, or
whether his sympathies are with Eng
land in her efforts to extend her em
pire, all these are left to conjecture.
Scant attention is given to the
money question; less than three hun
dred words are used to set forth th
presidents' position on a Question
which the Republican papers declar
ed to be paramount i he last cam
paign. Below will be found the only
roference to this Important sunject:
."The act of March 14,1900. intended
unequivocally to establish gold as the
standard money and to maintain at a
parity therewith all forms of money
medium in use with us. has been
shown to be timely and judicious. The
price of our government bonds in the
world's market, when compared with
the price of similar obligations issued
by other nations, is a flattering tri
bute to our public credit. This con
dition it is eminently desirable to
maintain.
. "In many respects the national
banking law furnishes sufficient liber
ty for the proper exercise of the bank
ing function, but there seems to bo
need of better safeguards against the
deranging influence of commercial
crises and financial panics. Moreover,
the currency of the country wlil be
made responsive to the demands of
our domestic trade and commerce."
Does this mean that the president
doe3 not favor the proposed measure
making the silver dollar redeemable
in gold, or doe3 it mean that he is
going to adopt the plan followed by
the gold standard advocates In the
past and prevent as far as possible the
discussion of financial measures? He
does not mention the branch bank or
the asset currency? Does it mean that
he does net favor them, cr that he pre
fers to have them sprung upon con
gress and rushed through before the
people have a chance to understand
them? If measures are necessary to
protect the people "against the de
ranging influence of commercial crises
and financial panics,' why not present
such measures for the consideration of
the people? If the currency should be
made "responsive to the demands of
our domestic trade and commerce,"
why not outline a plan so that the
public generally can examine and dis
cuss it? Everybody reads the presi
dent's message, but comparatively
few people know anything about the
bills presented. We shall see, as time
passes, whether the currency question
occupies as small a place in congres
sional consideration as it has in tho
president's message.
The two subjects specially empha
sized in the President's message are
the trust question and the Philippine
situation. A perusal of the President's
utterances on the trust question will
convince any unprejudiced reader that
the President has heard from the trust
magnates since he made his Minneap
olis speech. His famous phrase in re
gard to the shackling of cunning Is re
produced, but it is so diluted with
warnings, cautions and fears, as to be
scarcely recognizable. It is evident
that the president has been deeply im
pressed by the doleful prophecies and
threatenings of the monopolists. He
is willing to admit that the consolida
tion of capital which is going on is a
process which has aroused much an
tagonism, but he feels it necessary to
add "a great part of which is wholly
without warrant." He borrows the
phraseology of trust-defenders when
he asserts that "the average man, the
wage earner, the farmer, the small
trader, have never before been so well
off as in this country and at this time."
The Inference is natural that the
trust evil is not really serious, if in
dustrial conditions are as favorable as
the president asserts. He borrows the
epithets of the trust magnates when he
warns the country against "ignorant
violence," against "the ignorant or
reckless agitator," against "crude and
ill-considered legislation" and against
"appeals, especially to hatred and
fear." It 13 doutbful whether any one
as badly scared as the President seems
to be is in a proper frame of mind to
calmly consider an effective anti
trust law. He gives the benefit of the
doubt to the corporation, and nowhere
expresses as much solicitude for the
rights of the masses of the people as
he does for the interests of the great
combinations of capital which in his
opinion "will take the lead in the
strife for commercial supremacy
among the nations of the world." To
embarrass them would be in his opin
ion, to "cramp and fetter the youthfuV
strength of the nation."
(Concluded next week.)
May lie Trouble In Manila.
The new Protestant Episcopal bish
op of the Philippines seems to be un
der the Impression that he is to dispute
with Governor Taft and General Chaf
fee for the control of that interesting
government. In a public address an
nouncing his acceptance of the ap
point he said: "I go to the Philippines
to stand for righteousness in civil life,
to make civil service what it should be
there, to promote Christian education
and to foster the true elements of
American civilization." As Taft and
Chaffee are already working on the
lines thus laid down, or pretend to be.
there are likely to be several new and
different kinds of trouble in Manila as
soon as the good bishop hangs out his
sign. Chicago Chronicle.
Some Onestlons for Cnnrr.
Did Maclay tell tne truth when he
called Admiral Schley a coward? Is
it probable that he made such a charge
without being inspired to do so? Who
inspired him to insult Admiral Schley?
What are tho contents of the letters
from "certain naval officers," which
Maclay claims to possess, approving
his conduct in this matter? Finally, if
there are no such letters, and if there
was no inspiration back of Maclay's
charges, why is he still retained in the
employ of the navy department? Al
bany Argus.
What the Cubans Blight Do.
Why don't the Cubans, instead of
offering and asking half tariff rates.
adopt the highest kind of a tariff and
become the most prosperous islanders
In the world? Have they never read
In American newspapers that our
high tariff has produced all our pros
perity? St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The . New England manufacturers
who
ant
homeopathic dose of reciprocity
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gling with a big, blue, disagreeable po-
will
tion
City
Tribune.
A Scientific Remedy.
Senator Hoar's prescription for in-
oculatir.-g anarchists with the virus of
Rnarcy and then Isolating them on
an island in the sea is scientific, any
way. Ecston Herald.
THE TEMPTING HAGGIS.
Englishman Kats of Scottish D-tlnty Bat
Admits Prejudice.
I sat gazing wonderingly at some
thing resting in what seemed to be so
much hot water, which enveloped it
in steam. It was piping hot I might
say Scotch piping hot, for, though tho
pipes were wanting, there was tho
Lag. It was very wet, of a peculiar
livid tint, tight, and to l.e frank
about the most unappetizing-looking
thing I ever saw In my life, says J.
M. Fenn in Chambers' Journal. All
this I saw at a glance while our host
looked down at the haggis, and then
suddenly put down the spoon. I fancy
I glanced at the door in expectancy
that it would open again to admit
a piper who would start drone and
chanter, and ceremoniously march,
playing, around tfie taM?. vkhlle
the guests were served. Bwt no: all
was sllrnep. for Mr. David C'huailxTi
had only exchanged the spoon for n
knife, with which ho ref-md to ?-Ij
the object in the iliih. On t'lrut and
there was a transformation scene.
The hot water had disappeared, and
a ri(h, steaming, dark compound was
ready for the spoon which transferred
It to the plates. I can wall lb" scenr
vividly, and the strn resolution with
which the dainty was eaten, and I
scornfully repudiate any attempt to
ridicule the dish haggis: but, at th
same time, perhaps from narrow
minded English prejudice, I will aay
that if I were going to entertain a
royal stranger I would, rather than
the Scotch dainty, put before him the
national English roast beef. However,
the guests of the haggis luncheon wer
unanimously of the opinion that th?
whisky waa sublime.
A PAINTED DINNEil.
Very Pretty AtTnlr levied ly an Orig
inal Woman.
Apropos of dinners, a woman, noted
for her originality and the courage of
her convictions, gave what she called
a painted dinner the other day. Sh
dubbed it a painted dinner hecanse the
color scheme wis so vivid and intent,
like the hues of the painted lady but
terfly. The table center was Parisian
bizarre in the extreme square of
thick white silk crossed by woven linen
of turquoise satin toward the middlp.
and broad bars of black splashed with
silken flower petals, mauve, red, and
tawny yellow. A great silver bmvi,
raised on a stand of 'finely carved
ebony, held a mass of zinnias of every
shade possible of that gay flower, toned
by trails of maidenhair. Maidenhair
was laid here and there upon the table.
Candle shades, like the silk center,
haiied from Paris. On each of these,
in a framed medallion, was painted a
dainty dancing lady, and each, when
lighted, changed from an etching to a
brightly colored vignette by some trick,
of the shademaker.. The menu. too.
were painted in trails of autumn leave
and the fruir. piled in high silver
dishes, was decorated with tinted Vir
ginia creeper. Each Venetian glass finger-bowl
held a leaf of scented verbena
and one blossom of blood-red car.na.
The silk doilies wrre painted like th
candle shades, while the bonLon-.
specially made, were packed in silver
baskets and repeated half the color of
the table. New York Commercial Ad
vertiser. Cure for a Stoop.
A surgeon was consulted by a gen
tleman, who is now one of our fir.-t
tragedians, us to the best mode of cor
recting a stoop which he had acquired.
The surgeon told him that neither
stays nor straps would do him any es
sential good, and that the only method
of succeeding was to recollect to keep
his shoulders back by a voluntary ef
fort. But the tragedian replied that this
he could not do, a his mind was
otherwise occupied. The surgeon then
told him he could give him no farther
assistance.
Shortly after this conversation the
actor ordered his tailor to make him
a coat of the finest kerseymere, so as
to fit him very tightly, when his
shoulders were thrown back. When
ever his shoulders fell forward he was
minded by a pinch under the arms,
that his coat cost him six guinra. and
that it. was made of very fragile ma
terials; being thus forced, for the 3ake
of his fine coat, to keep his shoulders
back, he soon cured himself or the
stoop.
The surgeon was much obliged to
him for the hint and afterward, when,
consulted whether young ladies sho.tM
wear shoulder straps, permitted them,
on condition that they were made cf
fine muslin, or valuable silk, for tear
ing which there should be a forfeit.
Brande's Journal.
Italian Brigand Dies Hard.
Bufolino and his brother, two noto
rious thieves and murderers, the ter
ror of the country round Palermo, ha 1
long eluded all the efforts of the police
for their capture, but were found at
last on a dark, tempestuous night hid-
I fng in the deserted lodge of a baronial
I estate. They fled in different direc
tions on tne approacu 01 tne carbi
niers, and the brother succeeded in es
caping, but Bufolino showed fiht
and Parthian-like, ran and fired on hi
pursuers. The chase over hill and dale
was long and arduous, shots being ex
changed whenever the lightning glare
afforded a chance of taking aim. At
last the brigand did not return the fire
of the carbiniers, who, cautiously ap
proaching, found him dead, riddled
with bullets. Of the six pursuers four
were slightly wounded.
Capturing John Hull's Trade.
While our own exports to Canada
have In the ten-year period increased
nearly 150 per cent, those of the United
Kingdom to British North .Amcr!c:i
show a slight decease; while our ex
ports to British Africa have increased
over 400 per cent, those of the United
Kingdom have Increased but alotit 4'i
per cent; wnile our exports to Aus
tralia have Increased more than 12
per cent, those of the United Kiugdoni
have slightly decreased. 'and while our
own exports to Japan have increased
475 per cent, those of the United King
dom have increased but about ion per
cent. O. P. Austin in December Na
tlonal.
A.
