TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CetOCt SELECTION OF INTER
CSTINQ ITEMS.
I 4 Criticlaeaa Iw4 UM
ah bwnlili Day-
Hill h4 Mews Nete.
IMcj hu ben forced to yield 0
k powers. We don't blame ber for
kkg all cat np about it; she would
baa keen all cut up If she hadn't
Stead think the English people
take the Monroe doctrine eri-
r, especially In rlew of the fact
the United State now possesses a
Mable nary.
Mra. Pabst U Ul with "worry and ex
eJeaawnt" The sight of so much good
twrtlalng going to waste Is bard on
mm aaterprislng woman who ha apent
upon the stage.
persons were fatally shot the
r Bight at a New Jersey Cakewalk.
Cakewalk In New Jersey seems to
M same work for the fool killer that
try dance doe for him In Ken-
"A sealskin eacque," says the Wlchl
m Bade dogmatically, "Is a sealskin
May-" Which shows how much the
Bacle doesn't know about It In nine
gam out of ten a sealskin sacque Is a
bans coat.
The case of Bear Admiral Klrkland
calls attention to the fact that
officers are not paid to talk and
: Ike men to whom that business Is
antra ted are very jealous of their
(hts in the premise.
York, baring come to the lnerl-
s and painful conclusion that It can-
aat hare the next political convention,
fa Srasly determined that Chicago shall
at hare it either. The fact that the
la, la the manger could not eat bay in
aw way lessened his desire to prevent
aapaae else from eating It
i learning was hard memorising;
Bl had to be tackled as an enemy; Greek
bad no English helps, but all
i aad glossaries were in Latin, and
-as a thing forbidden; matbe-
had to be puzzled out by one's
aaaf; aow the work amuses, entertains,
aaai bo prove all along the way.
"Tanj've glreo papa a right angle of pie,
aad you're only giren me an acute an
ajbVamM a baby, who was unconscious
ly ksrolblng bis geometry without trou
ble. Lord TJiraraTen's resentment of Mr.
' challenge for an International
Br race next year Is entirely char-
eswta';-" He pronounces Mr. Hoee'r
"disagreeable, not to say oifen-
and intimate that it not
rt the sentiment of English sports-
atav. It is evident that Dunraveu hns
atytrt got over the defeat of his yacht
lay ke Defender. He was fairly beat
on and altboagh be refused an lnvlta
thna te resall the races, be now takps the
paaltlon that no other British yaclSta
anaa ought to challenge for a race for
the America's cup. Dunraven may
eaaatder Bis attitude manly and sports
Banlike, but at this distance It look
vaaUy more lire a petty display of dog-ha-tbe-manger
seltiunes and spite.
A large proportion of the Russian lm
aaiaratlon to this country is of very
BSVsatrable character. There 1 pos
aflkty more reason In tbe Russian pol
ice of sending criminals to Siberia than
k) commonly supposed. Along with
me are some whose offenses are i
rtely political, who may have better j
cterx. But even of the political
alles a large part are ready and willing
k commit any crime, even murder, It
M will aid them In their political pur-
Not long ago ten Siberian ex-
i made their ecae and found tbelr
way to San Francisco. For a while
there sra much pity for tbem and re
Jatciag over their escape. But they
tlx resumed their criminal career.
r of the ten are In Jail under indlct
at for murder, and all tbe others
at one time or another been un
arrest for crimes of greater or less
Another great tract of Indian lands
srUI nrobablr soon be thrown open to
white settlement Commissioners have j
r laded an agreement with tbe Black-
Indians for the purchase of the
ttlaous region on the west, of their
itton, which Is located In North-
Montana. Tbe strip to be ac-
I by tbe government is orer sixty
i la feirgtb by about twenty miles
ha arltta, aad tbe price to be paid for It
Is) aboot $1,500,000, or only half what
the Indiana originally asked for It. As
the area to be opened Is largely mineral
which nerer would be dereloped
a Indiana, and a tbe entire popu-
of tbe reservation Is but about
, It may be said they are getting a
' eatae for tbelr lands. In addition
thai tbe farm and grazing land bare
a kept for them and tbey are allow
to take timber until tbe lands pass
ssprrvate hands, and also to hunt and
k while the lands remain public.
The authors of tbe new South Caro
Ca constitution hare taken at least
M commendable step In tbe adoption
at a aaecfftc statute against lynching,
" Cagatlag It to be a felony and demand-
1 mbUmI for It Thpw la also
realty . although sot a sufficient
. fx thoee officials and custodians
T ft Wmmen Id tbelr keeping
' 4 -m a ami This Is a at en In tbe
"- - r I iT ii mmj iknaU ha VllaaA
, ' f CCT ether State where lyncblag
" f -"rratS. Lynch law la a earthy.
I U.CTJaa, jaat an mnca ana aeaw
'V T f: M barhsrte aa the offeaee
'V' j ft CmmttCmt the betaeas
TM'tx treeaeatlaai la ear
V te fJwt-atattas
' tjaOrr trust n a
dltlon to the original one. The ly ack
ers are lawbreakers In fact and agenta
for social disruption In effect Becaust
one man has committed a brutal crinw
is no excuse why other men should
make brutes of themselves and in da
lng so brutalise the community a
lynching are bound to do. In ererj
Bute there ahould be a specific la a
under which the lyncher may be Just
ly punished. In this one partlculai
South Carolina's example la well worts
imitating.
Almost every day one finds articles o
the 'woman's page" of the dallies show,
lng how women may be made beautiful
"by artificial means." Sometimes the
means are pharmaceutical and some
times surgical. Was it not in Mrs,
Gertrude Atherton's book. "Heruil
Suydam," that the heroine succeeded is
making herself over from a plain mai
den into a beautiful woman T Th
book was read with avidity by women,
and It Is probable that they believe tht
articles in the dally papers of which
we Bpeak. The latest that we note li
In a recent number of a New York
dally, where there 1 a flve-eolumn ar
ticle beaded: "Science Gave Her Beau
tyA Homely Woman Transformed
Suddenly to a Pretty One." It Is, per
haps, a rude shock to disturb the be
lief of women that they can gain beau
ty by taking something out of a bottlt
or out of a box, and smearing or daub
ing it upon the face. But it Is none th
less true. Beauty can only come from
good, red blood pumped through sound
arteries by a rigorous heart, nourished
by a sound stomach. This kind of
blood goes with elastic muscles, and
can be seen through a clear, transpar
ent skin. That is one way for women
to be beautiful. Tbe other is the old
way, and It consists In being born so.
Alway choose your parents carefully.
Tbe recent performances of tbe new
battleship Indiana, with the other Im
prorements in the American navy, bar
generated considerable enthusiasm ai
to tbe future of the United State force
on sea, but this need blind no one to
the urgent need of some reform In the
system under which the service of our
great war vessels is at present conduct
ed. There will doubtless be introduced
at tbe next session of Congress a bill
to readjust the system of organization
in the naval service, and If the ships are
to bare capable officers to man them
the change cannot be made too soon.
At present. In the naral service, there
is a congestion above the grade of lieu
tenant and unless Congress relieves It
by legislation the young man who to
day holds the rank of line officer baa
the hopeful prospect of reaching a cap
taincy some time near the age of 60,
and no sooner. In the matter of pro
motion. In fact, the service Is at
standstill. It ought to be erident that
a captain should hare ahead of blm a
chance to win the grade of rear ad
miral by the time he is 52 years of age,
not only a a stimulus for his own am
bltlon. but that the Gorernment may
have some service from experience In
that rank In the present system It
often happen that a man never reach
es this grade until be has reached the
age of retirement wlille on the other
hand the younger officers In the navy
confront a fair prospect of retaining
their present rank for an Indefinite
term of years. There Is need for young
men In tbe navy, and tfhere Is need for
the opportunities to quicken tbe effort
and ambition of these. Whatever re
form I made should be made in the
way of making promotion a matter of
merit and giving each aspirant for an
officer place the certainty that there
Is no congestion of the ranks above him
to impede uis promotion unm ne suuu
hare become an old man and lost Inter
est In his work.
Had One Bath that Year.
The late Sir Charles Napier had the
credit of not being very partial to ab
lution. Wicked men say that when be
went out to take tbe conimand-In-cbicf
of the army, after the reverse of CI1
llanwallab, he proceeded, immediately
after landing at Calcutta, to see Lord
Dalhousle at the Gorernment House.
He was, of course, cordially recelred.
"I am very glad to aee you, Sir
Charles," said the Governor General;
"you have not come before yon were
wanted. We must bare a long talk
together. But In tbe first place we
must have dinner, which will soon be
ready, and there Is Just time to get a
bath first" "Thank you, my lord," re
sponded Sir Charles; "I shall be quite
ready for dinner, but I don't want a
barb I had a good wash at Alexan
dria r
Kvarts Coaldn't Resist.
An amusing Instance of an orator un
able to resist making a neat paradox
was presented in a speech made at a
banquet giren When President Hayet
and his Cabinet were In Omaha. Evarta
was making a most eloquent eulogy of
the West, and concluded one of bis fa
mons Interminable sentences In these
words: "1 like tbe West 1 like her self-
made men and the more I travel Went
the mure I meet with ber public men.
the more I am satisfied of the truthful
ness of the Bible statement that the
wise men came from the East T
Right la Kpiug.
Dick Talt Do you think a typewriter
I caps We of keeping books?
Ben Wurkt 1 think a typewriter la
capable of keeping anything she gets
bold of. New lor orld.
: e
A Positive Dtallka for It,
"Hare you no respect for age r be
demanded.
"No," abe answered, and knocked ten
yaera eat the color of ber hair. Detroit
Tribune.
v DM Oor
He-I'd like Sowar la ay east whea
Igo.
Oa11 awt H ta w-U5a,
THE housekeeper Is by no means
tbe home-maker, though she may
manage successfully to combine
the two vocations. A woman with some
old-fashioned idea say that in wom
an' phere In life there Is nothing that
can transcend the majesty of home-
making
There Is no need to recall the thou
sand details that are blended In the
turn total of home-making. Housekeep
ing Is relative to home-making, and
there are a thousand details under this
head. It is In hoosekeeping Where we
grasp at majesty In the least things,
and nerer rise abore the footstool of
the throne of the home-maker. W hat
obstacles lnterrene between ns and the
throne to continually prerent our wear
ing the crown and wielding the sceptreT
We escape our royal heritage when we
place too light a ralue upon self-sacrifice
wben we offer up ourselves upon
the altar of false economy, when we ex
change nerre force for material result
that are In no wise Its equivalent I'er
haps you know a woman who last week
grasped at tbe majesty of currant Jelly.
She has a shelf full of the carmine-tinted
fruit syrup put up In glasses glued
down with paper and white of egg and
all labeled. She worked quite hard over
It and It made ber pretty cross, and her
husband mentally measured up physi
cal results along with saccharine re
sults, and tbe former weighed the most
by a good deal Perhaps you know a
woman who grasps at the majesty of
dusting and scouring and dressmaking,
and well, you can tell by looking at her
whether she lifted her occupations to
her level or descended to the level of
them. You can tell by the thought
waves that surround ber, whether she
governs the borne or whether the bouse
governs her; whether he keep the
house for tbe sake of making a home
for her subjects, or whether she keeps
house for the neighbors and as a mat
ter of playing at precedence. We made
a great stride in reaching for real maj
esty when we abolished a best room
that was kept closed for company, and
when the company cake that was too
good for the family was abolished. We
hare yet to learn how to preserve nerve
force and tbe Importance of impersoual
thought as an ozone generator for home
atmosphere. I beard a woman tbe otber
day bewail the fact that her house
maid of all work wiped np the floor
with the dish cloth and made muffins
when she ordered biscuit, and the prob
lem of home-making looked to me as
though it was hopeless as far aa solu
tion was concerned. If a cyclone had
swept away the roof she could bare
put rery little more regret in her wall.
Grasping at majesty in sucn tnings as
floor-dotbs and biscuit demonstrates In
lulficlent regal qualifications for a home
queen.-Phlladephla Times.
Kcw Hlbbona.
Dresden ribbons are en on every
thing; large hats, toques, muslin and
gauze dresses, wherever It is possible
to place a bow Ihey are to he rouna.
They hare tbe clear, bright flower de
signs familiar on Dresden porcelain.
tbe rlolet or rose ribbons on wulte or
pale grounds being most popular.
These ribbons are most effectlre as
trimming of plain fabrics, ecru, white
or light solid colors, rather than when
an attempt Is made to match the flow
ered design of the dress. Short taffeta
ribbons are also stylish trimming for
summer gowns of light fabrics.
Woman's Teeth.
"Take one tooth away from fair
Uelen't mouth," say an old author,
"and there bad nerer lieen a alege of
Troy and tbe dlrlne Iliad bad nerer
been written." It Is Impossible to cou
celre of beauty In a woman without a
set of regular, white, well-shaped
teeth, and It la true that with every
otber feature of tbe classic mold with
beautiful eyes, well-formed Hps, a akin
of rosea and lilies, a magnificent head
of brown or golden tftaaat, tbe akonl
dan aad bust of a Hate aad the Ilia be
of a Plana - a wosaaa etaade or faHa
ty the baaaty or defecta of her teeth.
NEW SPORT FOR THE NEW WOMAN.
You may admire all ber other features,
you may dwell on her grace of contour
and revel In the delicate lines of a
goddess-like form, let tbe pretty mouth
open to disclose discolored, misshapen
and, abore all, decayed teeth, and all
your admiration Is forgotten. The
mental exclamation Is always the same
what hideous teeth! The other side
of this picture Is a much more agreeable
one, and we must agree that a beauti
ful set of eren, white teeth Is of In
finite charm. Many and many an
otherwise commonplace face has been
redeemed by a mouth full of brilliant
white teeth.
For the Baaineaa Woman.
A model dress for business women
presented at a private dress session of
a recent womsn's council baa a skirt
of fashionable cut with the approved
number of gores In tbe back, a simple
vest with a breast pocket ! cut-
away coat with a French back. The
coat contains seven pockets. The dress
skirt which Is of the usual walking
length, has two; tbe skirt 1 so arranged
that It can quickly be adjusted for a
rainy-day dress without changing Its
"hang" or making the figure look either
awkward or unusual. By such adjust
merit the bands are left free, and one
does not hare to struggle with severs!
handfuls of dress, umbrella and pack
age. fowling for tbe Ladles.
The heat and the languor of the sum
mer are gone, and wltti the crlspness of
winter the young and healthy blood Is
enllrened. With this feeling always
come the prompting for enjoyment
physical as well as social. After the
enervating summer the muscles seem
to cry out for freedom and play. A
woman has muscles, and she oan be
young and healthy, and of late years
she has discovered this and she has
acted accordingly. Bowling bids fair
to become woman's favorite game, says
the Chicago Chronicle. During the last
season the alleys were used exclusively
In tbe afternoon by tbe once frail sex.
As a rule the ladles repair to tbe alleys
about 230, and by 3 o'clock the play is
fairly started. After 4 I luncheon
with light talk and laughter. Again
tbe playing la resumed, and the ladles
leave In time to appear home at the
dinner (able. In some case tbe women
go to tbe alley with their husbauds
and brothers and nave formed no club
exclusively for themselves. This I the
case with tbe woman folk of the mem
bers of the German la Club. To this
club belongs the credit of Introducing
bowling among the Chicago women
Years ago, long before the game ever
promised to be a "fad," the ladles of
German la bad acquired skill In upturn
lng the pins. At one time they bad a
club composed of some of the lesl-
known ladles In the city.
The Fireplace.
Unless your fireplace I already fur
nlshed with flredoga, fenders and all
the belongings of well-regulated fire
place, seek to find what you want In
tores where they ell uch fireplace
paraphernalia a wa made when the
fireplace waa an important feature of
the household. Bra flredoga, hoveli
tongs, bellow and coal cuttle make a
picture of truly magnificent beauty
wben tbey are kept Dngnt by day and
are flashed upon by the flames at night
Th old-fashioned trivet, too-that 1H-
tle three-legged repository of dishes
that were to be kept warm may be
found and add to the qualntne of the
hearth.
Why Women Ureas. r
It U often said that women dress fur
otber women and not for men, but don't
you believe It. Not one woman la a
hundred would rare a belt ribbon
whether abe bad a silk or eailoo gown,
or whether It waa made with leg o
mnttoa or akin tight aleerea, If there
waa no man, aata redly or proepectlrety,
la the taadaeape to look with admiring
ayeeapoaker Make were It
EDUCATIONALCOLUMN
NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND
THEIR MANAGEMENT.
The TJnltc4 kUtea Pays Too Little
Attention to the Foundation of
Learning Foot Ball Fsrer Again
On General Educational News.
A Defect In Education.
The worst fault with education in the
United Stales is that It pays too little
attention to th foundation and too
much to superstructure. This Is ob
served all along tbe lines from the com
mon school to colleges and universities.
The first requisite is education, wheth
er in the country district schools, the
graded schools of tbe cities or the high
er institutions of learning, Is, or ought
to be, a knowledge of one's native
tongue. Tbe first purpose of schools In
tbe United States should be to teach
their DUDila bow to speak, read and
nrrlt the English language. But It Is
believed that they conspicuously fall in
this regard. It 1 known that boy and
girls graduate from the best high
schools, and that men and women go
through the higher educational insti
tutions without having learned now to
nrononnce mint common words In con
versation or how to spell tbem In writ
ing. Tbey know more about Greece
and Rome than tbey do about the Unit
ed States. They can read Homer and
Cicero, can converse In German,
French, Spanish and Italian, but they
cannot write a letter to a friend with
out betraying Ignorance of their native
tongue.
There is no excuse for tbe existence
of this disgraceful deflcleucy In tbe ed
ucation of graduate from eren th
high chool of our cities and towns,
but It shows more glaringly ana regret-
edlr in the graduates of Institutions for
rhat la railed liberal education, lnia
fact appears to bare impressed Itself on
the management of Harvard wnicn is
Investigating the matter through Its
committee on composition and rhetoric
Th first report of this committee was
made two or three years ago ana at
traded attention by its frank statement
of fact Another report is now made
Dubllc. and It Is the reverse of compll
montai-T to the ureuaratory scnoois. it
says, among otber things:
There Is no conceivable justincauon
for using the revenue of Harvard Col
lege, or tbe time and strength of her
Instructors, In the rain attempt to eti
lighten the Egyptian darkness In which
no small portion or our undergraduate
are lttlng. The college must do some
thing to redeem herself from disgrace,
and to put the disgrace where It be
longs; but she must no louger spend
time, strengt and money on the bope-
task which she has recently un
dertaken."
It Is Intimated that some of the large
and well-known preparatory school In
New England are the worst offenders,
Th committee accuse these Intuitu
tlona of "neglect and contempt" of tbe
English language. Extracts from ex
amlnatlon papers are glveu which Jus
tify the committee's strictures. Trans
lations from I-attn into English are tbe
usual means employed by the authors
of these papers to display tbelr learn
lng. "Behold, however," write
pupil, "the bull smoking under the hard
plowshare fell and threw out from hi
mouth blood mixed with froth and stl
fled his last groans. Tbe sodden yeo
man departs unyoking roe bullock sor
rowing at his brother's death, and
leaves his Implements fixed In the midst
of his work."
If Harvard University can success
fully inaugurate and vigorously push
on such a reform In education as thl
committee desires, it will do a greatly
needed and long neglected work. An
If the entire ytem of public schools
throughout the country will pay great
er attention to fundamental work, their
usefulness will be enhanced. In most
respects our schools are a great Im
provement on the school of the father
and mother of this generation. Hu
In the matter of Imparting a knowledge
of the English language, of teaching
bow to pronounce and sell, the old
time school excelled their successors,
Washington Post
A Talk with Primary Teachrra.
As we enter our school this mouth
many of us will determine to do more
than we have ever doue before. We
are feeling fresh and euthiMlaxtic after
our vacation. Have any uiaile resolu
tions concerning this work during tl.e
comlug season .' I hare made one which
I certainly do not Intend to resign to
oblivion and It Is one which I want all
to make. I have resolved to do more
work In the line of "Nature Study."
Will not all of you resolre to do more?
Do not say "I cannot take the time
from reading and numbers to bare na
ture study." If you cannot do more,
derole ten minutes a day to a "General
Exercise" period and In that time give
bright little lessons on animals, plants,
physics, health lessons, etc. If the chil
dren are tired one of these letuix will
rest them. Let us do all we can and I
am sure we shall feel amply repaid
for tbe time spent Exchange.
Foot-Ball Fever.
Tbe foot-ball fever 1 begtnnlug to
attract the attention of the public
again. There I no doubt that many
students are attracted to college where
moat attention la given to athletic.
Thl aeeine to be tbe prevailing fad at
present Tbe question with tbe boy I,
not where I get tbe best practical train
ing? Where shall I look for tbe pro-
fondest acbolarabla and tbe most
valuable teachmg, but wblcb college
stand blgbeat la foot-ball or general
athletic. Some day tbla will be aU
different Our bablt la to twlng edu
catlonally, aa well aa otherwise, like
th noadnlom from one ettreme of tbe
arc to the ether.
Wa admire the talk af tba groat
moral courage dereloped on th foot
ball field. We have often looked lor
It In our classes, but wa fall to find It
Some of those most courageou phyl
cally are not by any means tbos most
courageous morally as moat teacher
have not failed to observe. Educatioa-
I New.
awadtah School.
Sweden educates the child for the
state. The state pays an eaucauooai
bills. Only the lower grades are up
ported In part by lx-al funds. The gor
ernment ha the upervlion of all
grade. In the lower schools no tuition
Is charged; In the higher grade a small
fee Is paid by eacb pupil. Tbe lower
grades are ammmed to be for the poorer
classes. There is no foreign language
taught In these grade.
Tbe teachers are largely women.
Teacher are rarely university trained,
but they are normal trained. There are
no girls In tbe secondary schools. A
boy must be at least 8 years of age to
enter a secondary school. German U
taught in the secondary schools. At
the beginning of the fourth year of
the seconds ry school there Is a division,
some of the boys choosing English, oth
ers Latin. The study of Latin language
must be much better than In the classi
cal department
A Girl's Esaar on Boya.
Boy are men that have not got so
big s their papaa, and girls are wom
en that will be young ladles by and by.
Men was made before women. Wben
God looked at Adam he said to himself:
Well, I think I can do better If I try
again," and then be made Eve. God
liked Eve so much better than Adam
that there have been more women than
men. Boys are a trouble. Tbey wear
out everything but soap. If I bad my
way half tbe boy In the world would
be girls and tbe rest doll. My papa
I so nice that I think he must bar
been a little girl wben he waa a little
boy.
Edncatlonal Intelligence.
There are M In the freshman claaa
of tbe University of California.
Two hundred and sixty-four women
receive the bachelor's degree from Cor
nell University up to June, 1804.
Cornell University has broken ground
for the veterinary college for which
the State legislature appropriated
f 150.000.
The average salary of teachers and
supervisors In the public schools of
New York Is 1077; Brooklyn, $702; Chi
cago, 1780; Cincinnati, $808; San Fran
cisco, $883; Boston, $1,000.
Tbe will of Mrs. Martha A. William
son, late of Cambridge, Mass., learea
of $50,000 in public bequests. Bate
College, Iewlston, Me., and Carleton
College. Minn., each recelre $20,000;
$1,000 goes to the National Council for
Ministerial Relief. The American
Board la residuary legatee.
Tbe University of Michigan ha re
ceived a magnificent gift In the shape
of a fine art collection valued at $300,-
000; Mr. Henry C. Lewis, of Cold-
water, Mich., waa tbe donor. Tbe col
lection comprises 725 pieces, mad np
of painting, bronzes, marble statues,
and medallion.
Of the four great women colleges In
America, two, Wellesley and Bryn
Mawr, have Cornell women as presi
dents, and college professors may be.
counted by the dozens among Cornell's
alumnae. This Influence must spread
rather than decrease, If the growth In
number of tbe women entering Cornell
Is any criterion.
At the annual meeting of tbe Board
of Overseers of Harvard College, held
at Boston a short time ago, formal an
nouncement was made of the election
on commencement day of Theodore
Roosevelt of New York, as a member
of the board. Mr. Roosevelt heads the
list of seven member of tbe bonrtl
elected at that time.
The Doctor Got Kven.
"That horrid little Blimley boyT' ex
claimed Dora, pouring tea; "he wa Just
as Insulting to Dr. Craver as he could
be."
"What did he dor
"Why, the doctor was walking quiet
ly along, and, meeting Willie, put Ms
hand on bis bead and said; 'How do
you do, Willie? Just as nice, and that
boy up and made the horrldest face,
stuck hi tongue out at the doctor and
said, 'Yah! Yah! In the hatefulest way
possible. I declare If he was my boy
I'd whip blm. I wonder what Dr.
Craver thought?"
'You needn't worry about Craver."
David said complacently. "I met Blm-
ley Just now and he had his bill."
Tbe doctor's bill""
"Yes."
"What for?"
"Five dollars, for looking at Willie'
tongue." Rockland (Me.) Tribune.
Husbandry In ttweden.
The ihimiImt of farm In Sweden
amounts to ZIM.ifiO under Ave acres, '
05.000; between five and fifty acre,
l.-.,0f; Itetween fifty and 2Ti0 acre,
2it,0"O; over 2.Y acres, 2,."i0. The num
bers of domestic animals are: Horse,
4".mi; cattle, 2,1K1,400; sheep, 1,006,
400; goats. 121,800; swine, 421,800.
There Is a farm for every aerenteen In
habitants, a head of cattle for erery
two, and one horse for erery ten per
sons. I ,n r ire and small tract of culri-
rated land or fruitful glen and valley
hounded by woods or rocks, with farm
bouses and cottages, round which fair- ,
haired children play, present a strik
ing picture of contentment
Money la Hunting Frog.
Law hare been enacted In Belgium
prohibiting the hunting of frog. Tbe
Belgium buntera, bowerer, bare found
it eaay to continue their occupation la
tbe neighboring country of Holland.
Recently, In one day, these banter ant
aa many aa 20,000 frog' legs to Paria.
Aa these dellcacle bring from fear ta
tr cent apiece the calling la a paytag
one to eoa of tag hunter.
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