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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1894)
fOPICS OF THE 1131L55 A CHOICE SELECTION OF TERESTING ITEMS. IN. Mia Hapaaaaa mt ta Davf mmm Inn 1'kople never think of whistling io Ice'and. It U a violation of the dmue law. T Ciiicaoo eahruen have been arr sted charged with h ghway rob bery, i at why this In idious dis tinction in only arresting two? Tun free libraries have ban to rule the trumps out They in-ist uiion gome into lh-in to sleep. Isn't this rather se ere on the standard au thors? T:;k wKmer Germany and France 'smoke the pipe of pea e" the hap pier tioth nations wi.l be. It doesn't look as If brotherly love and the anieoltie-of life were being c Ri valed in either nation. An armed rouliict between two such powers would shock the world in these (b8-1 lug years of the nineteenth cei.tury. J i is a celebrated thought of Soc rates t at if all the misfortunes of Mankind were ca-t into a public stoctc. in order to be equally divided among the whole species, those who now t ink themselves the most un happy would prefer the share they a e already possessed of. before that which would fail to tbem by such a diwslon. Yotx'j men who expect to cut a figure in the years to come, will do well to consi .cr wbat is being done now, by men "f affairs It is said by knowing ones that all the futuie is luadi.' out oi the present Certain it is that we have no lack of shining examples aliout us, and I know from actual experience that about all the success that has come to me, hus been due almost entirely to observing how others get along. This sugges tion is worth more than a passing thought to those who desire to make their lives successful. Miss Charlotte M. Yo.voe liar a pretty little home in Hampshire, En gland. She is, per ajs, more tie loved than any pastor or master throughout the breadth of the county. Her house lies at the foot of on of the most dangerous hills on the road from Southampton to Winchester. The village of Ottertwurne, tor such Is Its name, owes a considerable part of Its prosperity to her. The school bouses immediately opposite her dor were built from the proceedsof 'The Heir of lledclyffe," and many sums are spent in unostentatious charity. Undoi'btedly the ticket specu lators profited very largely by the big footDall games, but the collegians do not appear to hive any reason for serious complaints on the score of theirown profits. The Yale-Harvard game at Springfield netted 27,000 and the Yale-Princeton game in New York netted $.'(0,000. Yale gets one half of these sums, which puts her ex chequer in fine condition. The prof its of college football not only pay the expenses of tralniDg the teams, but they help to meet the outlay for other college sports, the income from which is not so large. All the I money goes where it does the good. most j Strange as it may appear, the en tire earnings of the railroads in the State of Georirla do not. emial onA. tenth of the aggregate amount earned ! by roaks in Pennsylvania. And yet Georgia Is the most progressive of the Commonwealths of the South. The annual railroad report just issued gives an exhibit of 2,.kx,500 as the highest amount earned during the year by any one road. The Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of this k tale shows that the freight earnings of the Pennsylvania lines alone were $4", 000, 000, exclusive of the passenger traffic. This is mill ions more than the combined earn ings of all the railroads in Georgia. The Georgia lines have a productive future befo e them and may catch up. Thb grip has apparently taken a Arm hold in England, and the Prin cess of Wales is one of its victims. An increasing death rate in London, Liverpool and Bristol shows that the epidemic is general, and that, un fortunately, the theory which has re cently prevailed, that the enervat ing scourge had worn out its own strength, is not sound. The epidemic seems to be general throughout Europe and ten thousand cases are reported from fieri in as discovered in the Province of Hesse. Although in the United States reports are less alarming than those from Europe, this winter is a very good time to guard with unusual care against catching cold or allowing; them to run unchecked. A young person taai been writing an article on the bringing op of mothers. Tblrtt years ago mot hen ware not orougnt up; tney j-jh graw. The wore caps earl, gate op danc- ; la wben tceir chiidieu were in abort fro ki and knicker o k rs, and de veloped ail sorts of incu. reel id at about rnaieions and fl itatioos. rormerly the young idea was trained the way it should fco N:-w the o.d tree is pruned and ared into r.haue. iris have assumed the responiiiility of looking after their uiotl er-i j Mothers are kept to are to a wed- ordered bouse, oax re:raetory fain ers. and attend to bore '1 oe must, moreover, be ornament , look well at the head of the table, r ouiinly, keep up with fashions, look nice when the dres the g rls take tbeiu out with them, and smile encouragingly at the young men. Nor a e their morals forgotteu. Fre quently one hears a girl say: "It is an lnle.estiug show, but not one 1'u care to take my mother to 1 I ; London, wh' n a woman wearing a tiny silver star meets a man with a silver star, she will say, "How d'e do, brother?" and he leplieg. ' How ;d')e do, slter " Kliher is then privileged to extend any courtesv or ask anv favor of the other, without the act lieing unapprehended. If, or example, she desires an escort to the theater, she can a-k a man to go w.th her without his thinking she is ex; re-sing a too flattering preference for his society, if he wishes her companionship on any occasion, she ae epts it in the spirit it is oi ered. Owing to men's conceit, niceglrls a e afraid to behave natural y to young men. Owing to the conceit of the girls, meo are airaid their attentions will carry more weight thao tbey in tend. "The order of the Sl.ver Stai" isavs the i vening Sun. arises out of the necessities of a social civilization, In which men and wo men are more and more ind.spensable to one another. For this the new organ ration provide. Otherwise, it is called the "Anti-Matrimonial League." This hy no means prohibits marriage. In fact, it has been called the "Ante-Matrimonial League" But this was by perso e ineligible to membership. Neither widows nor widowers are admitted. The warfare recently inaugurated by California women aga ost gross sensationalism in newspapers is prompted by laudable motives. The petition they are circulating declares that the '-spread ng broadcast of vicious and debasing news In our homes, and among our children, and the consequent knowledge and easy familiarity with crime in all its forms, have a tendency to lower the tone of thought among the best of our people and to strengthen the worst instincts among the masses." The women who have started this movement hope to be able to create a sentiment that will demand the exclusion of objectionable details of crime and scandal from all news papers. Wholesome as the attain ment of this ob ect wo-ld be, the task will encounter serious obstacles. There are very few newspapers that do not have a clientage of their own. Ihe character of that clientage molds the character of their news columns. All newspapers do not deal In "vicious and debasing" sensationalism. Some pacers, for example, studiously keep their columns free of such matter. They aims to earn the favor and sup- port of intelligent, clearmlnded and self respecting readers. Ther arc newspapers that pursue a different poliy. These seek a constituency of different mental tastes and moral sun,Jard So lon as 8uch newspapers And countenance and profit they are not likely to pursue a different course. Instead of attempting promiscuously to purify the columns of the news papers of the United States, the women engaged In the present move ment should admit to their homes only such journals as do not familiar ize children "with crime in all its forms" and 'Strengthen the worst instincts among the masses." There is an abundance of such newspapers. A greater demand for this cla-s of newspapers will be a strong Incentive on th part of publishers to make them still better. Jt will tend to diminish what is impure and degrad ing in other newspapers. No pro fession is more quick to resoond to public sentiment than that of jour nalism. Well Known. In some small New England cities the intercourse between judges and witnesses seems now and then to be of a pleasant colloquial sort not to be found elsewhere. A judge who was not only learned in legal matte s, but was also an ex cellent Judge of horses, was at one time holding the January term of the Supreme Court at Saco, Maine. A horse case was on trial, and one of the witnesses, who was not as clear in his testimony as the Judge thought desirable, was requested by blm to describe the animal in ques tion more minutely. "Why, .ledge." was the reply, In a patronizing tone, "all you Saco fel. iers know that air boss: 'Twas the Hill Llttlefleld boss that Al Hodg kins used to drlre." The "Saco feller" on the bench imlled qu,eUy but tD, mt of fellers" sailed audibly. TV.E IRA, is j MAN. ttTofcev waft a raiaiib ta a 6. Of l w ara ran.. ii , idmmuj . kb kftioe i H 'd tti to rt i ow a . AuU t o rea"! nul I amtn Ma MuS 1 ur kuaf au et'Oraae iuwa ' "Qrtvd far. La Kuro-yed wide. AiU cbitHr tratruufc m , Ann u a ktmm a-ca 'J i..-ai'-crw At u i-r tb tr tc roi ; li'UtiiuK.ftl i h iruA, eipeeiad t uf -en u4 auy m caa Th Kb lori araild a hm aaw hit taea tjc urn irlr 4 luacn an 1 U :t ! i.a fi a tk a fruxa at p 4B ' U extewi fur h nwll ; Ad .a ari a tier i great ahieb ha aat up lata j ay iUa tixa at uhi 10 lalt U Cot up at tfa r!t dawa 1 Tufa ib l aarlv worm. If buttle aj.d h and cit&1 raUa He tenia iv bt Urf -rai. And ia w wh a uaiii it aooa becama A UitAulwr ut Uw flrui. And ftooo ha taught bit partcera oat, ho riift b db t0 fua. And l: ii.ll lu bltxk ul gill-adgi! atockt A atiuifjr.aj'l tuiu. Witii a buDM bpar ibe Park I may reluark Tlia it co i a pra'iy pl-m- Aod vt vtT rky. TOrcfcaiit prim. hi Pato a lc.lv i li, Ar-ar-d &.H plf-a-d, uut wnt aver Kaixd tAikb b rt. uf unrri. An.i U . wlUi raic nt hit tranliug dart Wtia- lila bai ta b a Mil. 80 ba ta!pbottal Lit wifa ona day - IUi a cb'ry balo. bailu. Ami a br it g od bv and a raadr lie: "tm bukJi.)-t I Uflt o. Ad'I I I ba back ou tija 4'o.ral track, ia abuut a ak (tr o." and it workad to wall, I ra heard hlrn tell, roa habit D -w l:fl v gi, Whru niit. r. ilraic an bl. plrtti aag Aud b d'-en t know wba; i abat. He tsiMt bit grip and taket a trip Tu auUia acludd apuu. Bit rnonilt don t know, and thar'll tell jou to, hyi'a ae in tmtb rn-ldaa. Be t an todtf for tbe sag jnoar, r wb ra ta sou.y nuea ; fambiDa or raia. ha tak-a a train. w a ater bit faucjr guidea And b'i happy daw a tb day it lung, And Care .miui inlr tba uan ; ror b uow oummntei on a duzeD rootaa Iwl-tbaretnd wicblijan. And t tia ar la ttlain. far tie hat Leooina Afca-n a iroTailng man. -. Y Sunday ha. AN OBLIGING BANKER Billy Haven was no ordinary burg- lur. llis theory was that if a man 1 wished to make a mcccss of his pro fession, he needed to use his brains ( rather than his muscle. The conse - ueoce was u.ai. ni.iy, oy sbrici, at tention to business and the endeavor to p ease customers, soon began to bul d up fot himself an enviable repu tation among the police. They never caught sight of Billy or his pals, but they always recognized his handiwork hy tbe neatness and dexterity of it 'J hey did not even know hi but they called him among them selves Billy Haven, out of respect for , the memory of a detective of that name who was especially god at Hacking crimes ot a kind whose origin was obvure and the clue to which was not visible. They said anions themselves when their at tention was first directed to the kind of burglary the new burglar was do ing, that this was a job Billy Haven would like the unravelling of if -he , were alive, and so they drifted o i, j never getting a slgnt of the burglar, i until the crimes were called "Biliy i Haven jobs," and Dually the un-1 known cracksman came to be called Billy Haven. j As a general thing, where Billy ' Haven was at work the inmates of, the house never knew a robliery had been cotumitted until next mo ning. ' Billy and his gang left almost no traces of their 1 t except the disap pearance of the most valuable things ' in the residence. At last these neat j burglaries ceased, and there were no traces of 1 illy for jears. It is proba-1 hie that the authorities would never have known ant' particular aUut Billy's career if it had not been that a convict dying in on; of the prisons told about Billy's last and successful coup, which enabled Haven and his gang to ret re into resectable but monotonous private lite. j Billy, it seems, had long looked with hungering ees on a large man sion that stood in a lonely part of a I lonely suburb. It was entirely sur-i rounded by a high brick wall, and B lly felt that if be aud his mates ever got .nside that mansion they could work In uninterrupted security. Inoulrv show, d Billy that it was the , residence of Mr. Slider, tbe well-' known banker, a man intimately con- j nected with numerous pros eious! companies, and a man of great re puled wealth, liiliy's investigations led him to the knowledge that Mr. Slider was a most carelul man who had arranged eveiy electrical appli ance then known for the disco eiy of a burglar. He appeared to realize th it if once a burglar got entrance into the big house the family would lie, compari tively speaking, at his mercy, and so It was that every win low was pro tected by balf-a-do.en different de- Ices. The door-mats and passages w je so arrange! that after every body went to bed the lightest footfall on any of them would ring a large bell in the tower, would te egraph a warning to the nearest police-station, and would set more gongs ringing all over the place th in a burglar who was at ail nervous care I to hear. Billy reali ed then that the ordi nary methods of a burglar would have a tendency to fail if applied to the big bouse standing in its own exten sive grounds, and so he resolved that when be and his pals entered the bouse it would be by the door and not by one of the windows, a d It would be at a time when the family had not retired to rest Billy's plans, wiien matured, were very simple. He obtained the cos tume of a police Inspector for himself and tbe clothes of an ordinary police ruan for ach of his four pal. He got. likewise, a very good imitation of a warrant for arrest, made out in the name of Mr. Slider, billy was tbe man of bruins in the gang, and tbe other four realizing this, did ex actly as he told tbem. Tbey ware In a pe fact at He of discipline, and had tbe utmost confidence In Billy's In- fQulty. The plan was this: Tl-ey were to obtain entrance Into the hocae about n o'clock in toe eteniog. in uerfect legal form; the iri-perur u ti arreat Mr. Hlder, who might, of course, be indignant, t ut tbe rou piratrs expected that tbe respect a banker baa for the forms of l.iw wou d at leant insure the --uo- ! misiun under protest, and while the inspector sioiid guard ovei tbe ar- res'eJ duu, two of the ail ged nolic - tii'-n were to be posted o that no one cou d lta.e tbe houe. even if sir. M.der wanted to nd a m Monger away, hn b was not likely, I e cause of his certainty that this was a rais te which C'u d caiiy 1-e cleared UD- The other two a le.'ed po ice men cxjuld then .search the house un der th protection of a lgm search warrant, and yuietly errete all the valuables and monev that tbey could lay tn ir hand-, on. 'i he inspector then Intended to tell Mr. Slid'-rthat, l'caue of his prote-t, he would not take him to jail, but he tuu-t under stand that he was under arrest, and that be m gbt have to report to the head o Deer wlien culled uxn to d . so. i.iilly imagined that the time w ic!i must intervene tefore the news of the unwarranted arrest readied the real po Ice would give hnu ail the opiortunity h- wanted to cover his tracks an I tecrete bis spoils. This 1 lan worked admirably uptoaertain ioint, wtwn iiilly and bis pais were treated to a stupefying surprise. Tbe man at the porter's lodge tremblingly admitted then , cersotthe law into the grounds. He was then ordered to lock the gates, which be did. and one of the policemen took tbe key and remained in the porter's lodge with the man and his wife, wh were certaimy very much fright ened. Another policeman wa left to guard th" entrance of the l.ise, while the lio'us inspector and the re maining policemen rang at the front door. Tne tierson who admitted them was also terrified at the ight ' of their uniforms Billy aked if i Mr. Slider was at ho ne, and was In- j formed that he was in the draw ng-' room. He then ; sked that he ' and the oiliccrs might be shown there ; wllr)0Ul ein announced. Mr. SI der was sitting In an eisy- chair surrounded by his family. He turned his he.id round when the door opened without the customary knock, and when he saw the. uniform of the insjiector a ghastly pallor came over his lace. Belore the ins ector could sneak, be held out bis hand nnd "One moment j lease." Then, turning to his wite, be remarked to her in a low voice: "Take the chil dren to your own room and slay there till I come- I have some business with this gentleman. Ikm't be alarmed. Everything is all right- I had an appointment with h m, bul forgot to mention it to you." The pale woman and her fright ened children withdrew, and SI der SUkk) alone confronting Billy and his two pals ' I am sorry to say," began Billy, "t hat 1 have here a warrant for your arrest All the entrances areguaided, and, of course, you understan I the futility of making any resisance." "iviuite so, quite so." said Slider, huskily. "1 appreciate all that" "I have also a search warrant here, ana wnne i stay wnn you my men must have a look over the pre mis a. l'o you wisn me to reaa tne warrant to you?" "It is not at all necessary," said Slider, in agitated voice. "I have no doubt but It is quite correct. As for searching, I have no power to pre enl that; but tefore you begin I would like to make a proposal to you, Inspector. You look like a shrewd man. How many policeman have you with you?" "1 have four," answered Billy. "There are live of you altogether, then?" "Exactly." "Now, Ins; ector, i am a man cf business, and, as y u know, a man of great wealtlL I would ilk ? to have a few words with you in private. Would you kindly ask these oillcers to step out of the room a moment?" "That is harldy regular," objected the inspector. "1 kn w, I know," answered the banker, hurriedly, "but I think lean make It worth our while to do what I a-k." "Bogers," said the Inspector to the policeman lesid; him," you and l.en hara juststepout for a moment Into the hall, but come at once If you hear me call." Kogers and Benham saluted and withdrew without a woid. When tbe door was closed Billy stood with his back against it and Mider re mained standing near the fire. "If I had happened," Bald Slider, "not to have been at home when you came, what would you have cone?" "1 presume," answered the lnspec- tor, ! would bave tried to Hod out where you were without arousing mis- picion, and if that could not be done 1 would have bad to come at some other lime " "Brecisely. No what will you 1 take in go.d to go back to the station and report that you have not be-n able to find me?" "That would be a dangerous busl ness," sa d Biliy, quite honestly. "I can muke it worth your while to run the rlsg." said S ider. (ijve me a start of twenty-lour hours, and that is all I ask. Now. bow much?" Biliy hesitated and pondered fo a moment "What do you say," he said at la t, 1 'to 82.1, 00 ) tor m and 115,000 apiece for each of the men?" ' That, would be 5,0t)0 in all," said the banker. "Well," said billy, "suppose we make it 1)00,000 as a lump sum. If you say 1100,000 in gold, It's a go." "X agree to the 1 00,000," said the banker after some- parley. "Can you make sure of your men or their si Uncer "Keaaonably sura, "answered Billy. The only uuentlon is can we bare I the muney iu goid ha a and now?" j "1 am not uie ibat lt-n gite you s ail ibat amount in gold, but I lb uk j I can He consulted a pocket book I he bad with him, and addci oiue 1 gures. ILH -Ve," he aid, ell" said Hilly, 1 can do A'ery "it's a ' bargain," 1 liiilv called bis Dais, and together they uccuiupamed toe banker u an other r 0111 that contained a la.ge aa.e, wbich Mider opened. He took out several bas, and. taking down a pa.r of acaies I rum the top of the a,e, bald: You may weigh this, aud you'll And it coire U 'ibereare ten bsgs here, and tbey each contain . Io.ouj. pena.l of tbe bags." hald Hilly, cautiousiy. The banker did so, and liiliy ran a bandiul ot gold from each of them through his Bng-rs and found every in 1 ng correct. Jiow much does a thousand we gb.'" be asked the banker, and, on receiving his answer, piaced one of the bags lu the scales. It Is a pity to break bulk," said liiliy, "I tbink we will call it right" "ery well," answered the bunker. tsupi os : you call jour men in. I wish to be sure that you will keep your part of the compact Th our men were Seedily iuside the room, aud their eyes opened as they saw the glitter of tbe gold. Toe inspector brle.iy detailed to tbem the po ut o. the bargain, while the banker looked fioni man to man and l.siened auxiously. lou agree to th s?" said Billy, and each o tbe men nodded. "You will bae no urtber trouble from us, Mr. Mider," said Wily Haven, politely, "at least .or twenty four hours. " The banker drew a deep breath of relief as each man took some ba 's of ' gold and quietly departed. A few -Javs a tertne papers were tilled with the startling i.n nouncement that j.r. .Slider, the well-known banker, bad ab sconded, and that an enormous amount of money was missing. Investigation of the books showed that be bad 1 een preparing for fl ght J lor over a year, and rumor has it that be is now living somewhere in South America. But that is one of the things about which nolxtdy knows anything definite. i-'rank Harrison's 1- amily Maga.ine. Kalnfall and Population. T he re-ultsof the last census have shown that the distribution of tbe population tn the I'niied Mates is regulated by the abundance or scar city of rain. Tbe larae-it part of the population Is distributed In those regions where the annual rainfall varrles from thirty to forty inches. These comprise three-fourths of the people. The density of the population di minishes very rapidly where the amount of rainfall differs consider ably In either direction from these figures, which may be taken as of mean value. Greatest density is found where forty to fifty Inc ics of rain fell yearly, tbe number of inhabitants in such districts lelng fifty nine per square mile. Where the rainfall Is thirty to torty Inches per annum the mean density of j rier gauare mile population is 4X1 Tbe dry regions of the east, where less than twenty inches fa 1 in a year, which includes two-iirtht of tbe territory, contain actually less than three hundredths of the people of the Statea Tbe population has multiplied most rapidly with a rainfall of twenty or thirty Inches, In the great plains extending from Texas to Dakota, where the density has Increased from Bi to 1J. l per square ruile. These figures show that, as might naturally lie expected, in the variety of climatic conditions found in the great expanse of territory constitut ing the I nited States, those most favorable to Increuse the number of In abltants are a moderate tempera ture and a moderate annual rainfall Following a National Precedent. A good honest fellow, in his way, was lilli i'.otts, but be had never bad an opportunity to sturVy moral phil osophy as It Is taught in the colleges and universities He came from Blddelord in licvon, and - ery likely some of his ancestors had helped Irake "wallop" the Spaniards. He had followed in their footsteps by enlisting in the na.y to fight for his (Jueen and count ry whenever called upon to do so. When he returned from a voyage to China he brought with him a pres ent for a gentleman who had been very kin i to bis old mother during bis absence. It was a curious fash- toned Chinese garment made of bits r a "l'e ut straw strung together, ' Blase, sur, you must excoose un torn," he said ba hfully, when h,J presented It, "the Chinaman woukju t pun, witn un aisy. He had run across a Chinaman wearing It somewhere In the streets of Hong Kong, and the unfortunate Celesl al not understanding his sum mary request to "Hand that over here,'' he bad simply yanked It oif blm. To the suggestion that bis conduct had hardly been consistent with strict honesty be replied: "Beggln1 your pardon, sur, be wuz only a haythen, an' I never heard that taking things from a haytben counted as stalln " "Well." rej.lied his friend, 1f n any illustrious Englishmen bad not acted on that assumption I don't know where the British Empire would now be. so I'll keep tbe heath en's garment" A mkpical Journal tells of a man who lived Ave years with a ball In Ms bead. We l ave known ladles to live twice as long with nothing but balls" In their baads. jlwirtfOr AUSTRIA S EM?EROl He flrlprd a latat Wi Uk for I Ixat IK. From J-chl comes the following l eident, wbich is reported to have happened a lew days belore Kmperer Joepb left that lor 1, mounts n cit for toe maneuver I i dalica, saya toe ienoa cot respondent ol the Lon don Iiallv New. Thf American ladles in Ischl bv a maid with tbem who Is a uadroon speaking very iiu erfeciterraan, and woo duty it s to lead a heautl ol 1 ttie duchsbund by a chain. Vbe the ladies were out walking ona morning the d g to e him elf aay and dis ppeared Into a thicket. Tba girl guessed that the uog bad en tire 1 private giounds, but lumped over the hedge and followed bias. . uduenly an e.derly otticer atood be fore her and ake 1 her wtsat she was looking for. She toid him and A said, "We must call him that bring blm back faster than running after him. What is his name?" "i aldmann," was the reply The oritrer took a silver whistle oot of hi pocket and aiternatelv called and whistled for the dog, who did not re-pond, though be was heard barking hoar ely In the distance Then a forest guard came, and tbe ol.cer toid him to find the dog, and asking tne quadroon where the ladies lived told the man 10 take it to tbe hotel she named. He then bowed politely and went h s way The quad roon asked the fore-t guard who the gentleman was. When he told her "That was our Emperor" she him to look lor the dog himself ran back to tell her ladies. In left and the evening an imperial servant appeared In ihe hotel to ask whether the dog bad been found. Wealth of the World. Few people, even among profeed politicians, bave much idea of the wea th of the world or of ,he man ner In whi b that wealth Is growing. Still fewer bav any not on of the potential ty of wealth to increase. M. Jannet quotes the elaborate cal cu atlon of an ingenious author to show that 100 francs, accumulating at ." per cent, compound interest for seven centuries, would be sufficient to buy the whole surface of the g obc, both land and wat r, at the rate of 1,000,000 francs (40, Of) the hectare. The actual growth Vt riches has not hitherto assumed such inconvenient proportions, says the Edinburg I evicw. M. Jannet cites various authorities to how that the weulth of the l oited Kingdom exceeds 10,000, Ouo.0 0: that of Kranch xt 000,000, -000; that of all Europe, 40, 0(10,000,. 000; that of the United States 14, 000.000,000. If we place the we Ith of the rest of the world at 2,( 00(. 00 ,ouu we shall arlve at an aggre gate of (0,o0 ,000.0 )0. We should have, we may add, to multiply this vast sum 30,0o0 times bctore .wr reached the total to which, accord ing to M. Jannet's Ingenious author ity. 10 franca ac umulatlng at 5 per cent, compound Interest for 700 years would grow. The figures we have given are so vast that they convey no appreci able Idea to the ordinary reader. It may assist the apprehension if it be added that 1-ranee on an average possesses more than 1'00, the United h Ingdom more than 250 for each member ot the populat on. Just 200 years ago Sir W. Betty estimated the entire wealth of England at only VI 0,00 ',000. Two centuries, there fore, have increased It forty-fold. But the chief additions to itha.ebeeo made In the last titty vears and we believe that we are not far wrong in saying that the sum which Is an nually added to the United Kingdom amounts to -'00,000,000, or In other words is nearly equal to its entire wealth at the time of the revolutloa of I0B8. A Journalltitio Mentor. A brilliant and not unsuccessful newspaper proprietor once remarked to me, apropos of his staff: - aa not care for men of broud views, sound common sense, and correct principles. Give me a clever, disap pointed man, or morbid mind, who wants to get his knife' into as many of his fellow-creatures as possible. That's the kind of man who can write what the public like to read; but, or course, he needs constant supervision. At the time I was somewhat shocked ly the cyni -Ism of mv jour nalistic mentor; but an extended ex perience of life Is apt to con-: , u .. - . s. i a ouu ttiai most persons inwardly ftN iau uisparatciug and "Spicy" COII1- ujeuis on ukiicra, ana are not over ana aoove pleased when an ' 0 schoolfellow or next door neighbor old Is ld- Dublb ly acclaimed. Let those kind ly soun wno may feel inclined te aeny mis cynical view of human na- ture turn again to Dean S rlft's pungent verses on bis own death, ath, oot witn tneir lamous land shall we say, accepted?) motto from bis 1 mas- ter liochefoucault, "Dans Pad versite de nos meilleurs amis nous trouvonos toujours queique chose qui ne nous oepiait pas.- i he National Hevie Heallng Power of Egg oil. Eltrarirdinari tl.rlo. . ... . . 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