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TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS
Cos menu aad Criticlaau Baaed Upon
tha Happcalaga ot the llay-Hia-tori
cat aad Xawa Notea.
So far as that $40,OX) cheek was con
cerned, Zetla Nk-olaus still Insists that
It wasn't paid, by George.
The dog tax of a Western town has
been set apart as a library fund. This
U a caste of going to the dogg for a
good purpose.
A New York girl saved her aunt from
drowning, and the papers began calling
her a heroine before they learned the.
aun was poor.
In short, Dr. Nansen has successfully
demonstrated that there are several
more miles of sea water and ice up
nea" the region of the pole.
That there Is no more sensible animal
than the horse was proved In Shelby
vllle, Ind., the other day when an un
caged bloomer girl caused a runaway.
CoL Phoebe Couzlns, ex-United States
marshal of St. Louis has come to the
conclusion that the home is woman's
proper sphere. Ah, Phoelie, if you had
onlj spoken sooner.
The science of electricity as applied
to torpedo defeuse would at any time,
at short notice, make the United States
ports Impregnable. Such la the judg
ment of Thomas A. Edison.
Uncle Sam is nothing if not gallant,
but if the emergency aroses and it be
comes necessary to preserve his dig
nity, he will tell the queen regent kind
ly t ut firmly that she can no longer
pla even in the back yard of the west
ern hemisphere.
Printers' Ink complains that the $20,
000,000 annually spent for chewing
gum In this country Is twice as much as
its spent on churches. The comparison
la a queer one. and suggests that if the
people who eat missionaries had more
currency perhaps the expenditure
would lie equalized.
A street sweeper recently gained no
toriety in New York through his refusal
to appear against the gripman of a car
that had injured him. His broom was
set up beside the tracks, set in an lrou
socket and topped by an American flag.
His reason for refusing to appear
against the gripman was that the latter
was a workiuguian who needed his
full week's wages to support his fam
ily. Tin. difference in size between Eng
land and the United States is hard to
grasp, and many educated people have
little idea howT vast it is Of course,
a very little study of map and geog
raphy would show, but no one thinks of
doing this. A fact that should bring
the matter realistically before cyclists
Is that while the record frmn. John o'
Grant's to Land's End is a little over
three days, that from San Francisco
to New York is over 'orty-three days.
The British campaign In the region of
the Upper Nile is bringing out the ef
fectiveness of the Maxim gun. The
9,500 troops of all arms which accom
pany the expedition seem to te needed
for little more than a show of force, as
the Maxim guns do most of the fighting.
In the attack upon Firkeh, the Maxims
mowed the dervishes down in swathes;
and six men were found lying in a row,
killed by a single Maxim bullet. A
dozen careful-and steady men with
these guns can put a considerable army
to flight. A correspondent says that
"with the Maxim guns sufficiently sup
ported, and with a road for supplies
kept open, the British may .recapture
the Soudan." But he neglects to say
what might, happen If the dervishes
also were supplied with Maxim guns.
A theory that has been recently ad
vanced by Dr. Louis Robinson attrib
utes the advantage gained by a change
of air to a deep-seated hereditary In
stinct derived from nomadic ancestors.
A change of climate has a beneficial
effect, even when Jhe change is from
one bad climate to another. Dr. Rob
inson point! out that the epoch during
which our progenitors were savage
banters, with no fix 1 abode, wag so
incalculably longer than the most ex
tended estimate of historic time, that
It Is impossible to Ignore the Influence
of snch a state of thing on the consti
tution of Caucasian man as we And It
to-day. That such habits, prevalent
through so, long a period would be
likely to leave a lasting impress on ev
ery cell and fibre of th. human frame is
pronounced more than probable.
, The ladles of Connecticut are said to
be growing more and more fond of the
pastime of wading barefooted In toe
dewy morning graas recommended by
Father Knelp aa being, Id conjunction
with liberal use of cold water other
wise, panacea for all the Ills that flesh
li heir to. And having found how
jptesMint It la to go barefoot In the grass
In the morning, many of them have
. queried whether It won't be equally
pleaaant to go barefooted whenever else
hy ran. - Query has led to experl
tMTt, and lad lea fashionably dressed
otlwrwla are now discovered all over
lav Bute playing the part of the "bare
C3t toy" from morn to dewy ere. So
Camm mat agalar winning the
' j, m ta tbe cane of the bicycle,
tt Jiat torturing conventionalities, ami
ttta la another era of Greek ali.i
iP&j la the matter of footwear. ,
- r of feat Wesley Harper,
. CZfm af tao faswaa imMlanla' flrai
i i'srpcr Brothers, revives Interest In
the history of that remarkable bouse.
The common ability, unity of purpose,
mutual respect, firbeuraB-e and help
fulness exhibited by that family of
brothers, and which have built up the
largest publishing business in the Unit
ed States, are almoin unique in this
country, where It is almost impossible
to find a large family of brothers who
wiU pull together in the same harness.
Some centrifugal force seems always to
sn1 them In opposite directions, and
make family unity in business enter
prises impracticable. Perhaps, as the
country tills up, and the choice of op
portunities becomes more restricted,
this American characteristic will van
ish And the example of the Harpers
proves, not only how "sweet,' but how
profitable it is for "brethren to dwell
together in unity."
Pr. Jameson has tieen found guilty In
London of violating the neutrality laws
in Invading the Transvaal Republic
with an armed force and sentenced to
fifteen months' Imprisonment without
labor. All the other defendants were
found guilty of the same charge, but
were sentenced to shorter terms of im
prisonment. The result of the trial
will lie a surprise to most people, w ho
expected it would be lon drawn out
and would result finally In some form
of "whitewash." There has never been
any doubt In the public mind that Jame
son was guilty of an overt act of hos
tility, but it was known that he had the
moral support of the English people in
the purpose of his raid, and it was lie
lieved that the Government would find
a way to escape punishing him. The
verdict must lie accepted as a direct
result of the diplomatic tact of Presi
dent Kruger, who has worried Colonial
Secretary Uhamlierlalu from the licgln
ning of the trouble. Jameson's punish
ment is the sop thrown to Com Paul's
protests.
The Health Department at Washing
ton pre'umabiy actuated by an exjeu
sive experience, has leen finding out
"what' the summer girl drinks. The
investigations have covered a wide liq
uid field, but public interest naturally
will be concentrated on the discovery
that "ice cream soda" enters so exten
sively and frequently into the summer
girl's daily program. Undoubtedly the
common belief is that this seductive
beverage cons sts of a little soda, a dose
of sirup, a siimll lump of ice cream, and
a generous filling of watei-. The won
ders of science have Iwen able to reveal
that the ingredients in fact are butter
fa', mineral matter, proteids. sugar,
dis'illation of coal oil, water, rartxmlc
aciti gas, and In some cases rancid but-
ter Distilled with alcohol and sulphur!?
acid. It might lie an economic stroke
for the jiopular young man to study up
this Bubject with care and share his
kncwledge with the summer girls of
his acquaintance. It might prove a
blow to the Ice cream soda Industry,
but the valuable acquisition of facts
should be ample comnsation for all
reasonable young women.
In one respect at leas the Dominion
Canada is far ahead of us. Since ls'
th-? Canadian Government has main
taii.ed a system of postal savings
bulks. In that country, with Its insu
lation of less than S.O Ki.iKifi, there wers
on deposit in these banks a year ago
more than f J!,(Kto,(NK in small ac
counts. Wherever postal savings banks
are in ue. as they are In most clvllizej
countries except the United States, the
shewing is similar. In Great Britain,
for instance, the deposits in IX! 10
amounted to. more than $3'JT.0(0,(hx.
Th re is need in tills country for an in
stitution with which those persons o'
moderate Incomes can deposit their
savings with confidence that their
money will be perfect! sate. Banks of
thu kind eouid very easily Is- estab
lished by the Government of the Unit
ed Stares and operated In connection
with the postal department. Just a
they are In other countries. The bene
fit which they would be to the people
is very great. The Un!ted States ought
not lr nger to delay establishing the sys
tem when It Is necessary only to go
across the border Into Canada to find an
example of its successful operation.
Xo More Midnight Falls.
She watched him put the package
away carefully, and, womanlike, she
was curious.
"What is It ?" she asked.
"Phosphorus," he replied,
"What do yon intend to do with It?"
she persisted.
"Last night." he explained, with de
liberation. In the tone of a man who
felt that he had a grievance, "I came
home late."
"As usual." . '
He paid no attention to the Insinua
tion, but continued hi explanation.
"You may recall." he said, "that I
fell over two chairs and a doll carriage
and stepped on a wooden bail that
threw me on the back of my neck."
,"I recall It," she admitted. "It waked
up all the neighbors as well as myself.
What of Itr
"Nothing. Oh, nothing at all," he re
plied, sarcastically. "It was a small
matter, but it annoyed nie. and I made
up my mlud that If you couldn't leach
the children to put their things away
where they belong I would at least
make arrangements so that I would
know where they are when I come
home after lodge meeting to-night. The
phosphorus " '
"Pooh!" she retorted, contempt nons
ly, "you'd have stepped on an electric
light If it had been in your way last
nlght'-Chlcago Evening Post.
"One of the hardest things In making
a speech." said the old campaigner, "la
to aa just what you mean." Tea,"
was the reply, "that's pretty hard. Baf
once Iff A While, It's a good deal harder
to mean Just whit on aa." Waab-
Ington ft tar.
am.
Loading Fodder Made Ensr.
Low wagons are a great convenience,
greatly lessening labor In filling silos,
hauling fodder, manure, etc. A num
ber of low frames to tie attached to or
dinary wagons have been illustrated
In these columns during the past year.
t. X. Buckingham, of Iowa, describes
In American Agriculturist the fodder
loader shown. It has been used in
Iowa with very satisfactory results.
The timbers a a are the hayrack sup
ports on a wagon high or low. The
loader is attached at b b. by means of
a long lmlt; c is a 2x which extends
under the wagon and has a sharp Iron
point at d; c is attached to the loader
at e e e by means of a long bolt form
ing a hinge Joint. The shock Is laid
crosswise, and no matter how large the
shock, when the team starts, the iron
point d catches in the ground and
throws the loader up over the wagon,
dropping the fodder on the rack. Two
or three shocks can be put on at once.
The loader Is left on the field. Make
of material sufficiently strong to hold
tlie number of shock put on each time.
Clip the Oueen'a Winca.
From long experience In managing an
iqiiary. we have (tunc to the conclusion
that clipping the queen's wings Is a
decided advantage. So swarms will
then escape to the woods. The owner
Iran go from home, attend church, with-
j out having his mind disturbed with
thoughts of losing swarms In his a!
iotice. It Is ls-tter to do this than run
the risk of losing excellent queens and
kwanns. The bees will never leave for
good if the queen docs not ai-company
them. This, of course, has reference to
first swarms, as neoond warins may
'sue at any time, with a young queen
fully fledged, like Minerva from the
head of Jove, ready for Bight and legiti
mate business. These latter can also
be prevented by opening the hives after
they have cast swarms, examining
carefully the combs and cutting out
nil queen cells, but one In each hive.
If this Is done no si-ond swarm will
issue. Oilman's World.
Floot.nif Fence.
An excellent water fence Is shown
herewith. Some short cross logs sup
sirt one, two or more lengths of stout
rails that form the bottom of the fence.
Holes are bored In these. In which up-
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SKCI KK Ff.OATINO FKX E.
right staki-s are driven to stipjiort the
upper rail. The lengths of fence are
chained together. The outer log is an
chored up-stream and down-stream
with sufficient length of chain to per
mit the rising and falling of the fence.
This plan Is splendid for tide water
rivers, .and good wherever the rise U
not likely to be so sudden as to wah
It away.
Kjatem on the Farm.
In every department of lalxir the ev
sential to success is a systematic meth
od. System is especially needed In
farm work, ticca use thrift of so ninny
living things is in the power of the
fanner. There should lie a regular
hour for feeding stock. Animals soon
learn the hour for their meals when
given regularly, and are Impatient of
delay. Bawling, bleating or squealing
for an hour before each meal doe not
hasten the development of fat In calves,
lamb or pigs. At other times (he food
is given too soon, the animal not being
hungry and not prepared to make the
best use of it. There shonld be a cer
tain hour at which to begin feeding In
the morning and a time at which to
quit feeding at night, or rather evening,
for we don't believe in feeding after
dark except In the shortest December
days. The farmer who feeds his stock
by lantern light during spring mid fall
months will be apt to get crops in late
aad pick corn till holidays. The fam
ily meals should not vary ten minutes
from the! specified time, neither should
the men ever keep meals waiting. Chil
dren should be off to school on time,
neither too late or too early. They will
be more apt to have their lessons on
time If everything Is regular at home.
The work Is so much easier to do when
arer one knowa hie time and place;,1
.NOVEL FOlillER I.OAI'KU.
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life Is pleasanter and happy time com
oftener. System preserves health, for
we know that worry kills more js-r-sons
than disease.
The Van Ieman Ptrawbrrry.
Some years ago an enthusiastic
strawberry grt-r. realizing that a
new strawberry was needed to tak
the place of the
Wilson and
Downing as a
fertilizer ami. at
the same time
prove a healthy,
productive,
linn market ber
ry, sowed a lot
of Crescent
seed crossed by
Captain Jack, w eli. -tested hkhrv.
Sharpless and Crystal City, of tliest
but two proved valuable, one, named
the Van Deman. and which was a
('apt. Jack cross, and the liody Jane
a Sharpie cross. The Van Detnun
showed signs of superiority the flrt
season, and for several seasons since
has given very satisfactory results In
many extensive commercial berrj
fields. It has been tested In twenty
seven States and with generally fa
vorablo results. Farm and Home.
Do A way with the f will Iturrcl.
Because a hog will eat anything Is n
reason why It should lie either offered
or allowed to eat decaved. odorous an.)
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it.fltclv the hoir will be eaten bv our
selves or soiire one who would like H
be as squeamish alsuit taking anything
that Is unclean Into their systems.
There ought to lie no such thing as a
swill barrel, holding for weeks and
even months a comiiouiid of sour milk
dish washings and other refuse from
the kitchen or table. There is no rea
son why the daily product of swill
should not be eaten as soon as made.
Every day's neglect to disjiosc of it
lessens its value, Itcsldcn the dangei
which every neglected swill barrel It
io the health of all in the house, or eveij
In the neighborhood.
Poultry Pointer,
Buckwheat is fattening; when
sparingly Is egg producing.
Sell the culls as soon as iKisslble, In
order to save feed and give more room.
Do not set the drinking vessels toe
low; If you do the fowls will scratch
dirt into them.
Let tlie nests lie In a dark place. The
hens like It N-tter. and are lews liable te
tcqulre the habit of egg eating.
Fowl left to nelet their food, doubt
less would take seeds, ln.swts and
grass. We should come as near as pos
sible supplying these preferences.
If your hens lay soft shelled eggs It
is because there is not enough lime In
their food. Feed them grit gravel,
oyster shell, plaster or ground bone.
There is considerable difference lie
twecu selling eggs for 10 cents and 25
or 30 cents a dozen, consequently it will
pay to pin k them In salt. Salt Is cheap,
find packing eggs iu it docs not destroy
it.
Captain lleaton, the well-known Eng
lish game fowl enthusiast, once paid
?.r,im for a black-red game cockerel, and
'he results proved the purchase to have
been one of the ls-st Investments he
ever made. The bird formed tlie
foundation ot his now famous flock.
Horticultural Hinta.
Fresh lime for snails.
The nicer the appearance of fruit the
better the price.
If plums are to be shipped long dis
tances forward by express.
AppleH are selling in the State of
New York at n cents per barrel.
The first year after the tree Is plant
ed is the time to prune and shape the
tree.
How much did the garden contribute
to the supiHirt of the family this sum
mer? Don't haul your fruit to market in a
lumls-r wagon, but use a strong spring
wagon with a large platform. It saves
your fruit from mashing.
If you mix windfalls with picked
fruit they will detract from the fine
qualities of your fruit, from tlie prices
and worst of all, from the excellence of
your reputation. Keep them separate.
If the ants are cutting the leaves off
your fruit trees fasten a wisp of loose
cotton around the stem of the tree be
twecn ground and the first branch; the
ants tangle In this mid can't climb
over It.
In packing fruit for shipment no pur
pose is served by ventilation other than
the escape of moisture. The contact of
fresh air hastens decay. Have the
package on the outside as dry as possi
ble. Just after the gathering of fall ap
ples price are usually low; better profit
would be obtained If they could la
held until the early winter months.
Ict them be sorted and stored In a per
fectly dry room, with a very low tem
perature. Ir, Flck haa shown that winking la
more frequent as the retina bewmes
more fatigued, and It haa been fouud
that In reading at a distance the num
ber of winks per minute Is 1.8 with
electrical Illumination, 2J& with gas
light, while with weak Illumination,
which barely permits reading, Ui
number la per minute.
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Vnnvlni in Action.
A correspondent of the Companion
win visited Mount Vesuvius last year
nd again this summer found that con
ildeiable changes had occurred In the
flow of lava which broke through the
ilde of the crater in 1KW. He was In
formed by Prof. Palmleri. the director
at the observatory on the mountain,
that the same eruptive activity which
produced the great eruption of
: s'ili going on, and that another ipow
?rf jl outburst of the volcano may take
place at any time.
Another Karly Wan.
Mention has been made in this column
9f tin, opinion of Prof. Marsh and other
lavants that the au.'lent human Nines
lis.'overed Ju Java by Doctor DuNiis a
yea or so ago must have lieloiiged to a
being of human characteristics, Jet not
no fully developed as the man of to
day. The name "ape-man" has lieen
N'Stowed upon the creature supfiosed
to lie represented by the bones In ques
tion. Recently Prof. Xehring has dls
Mvered, near Santos In Brazil, a hu
man skull of a low tyie, which Is de
ncr'N'd as agreeing Iu some respects
with the skull of the "aie-tiian," but as
Indicating, also, a much higher capac
ity. Some fragments of Implements of
i '' ,riK'n- ,l,f' of tUh'' an'1
.onus of the lower law of a toothed
i
whale, were found near the skull.
Wonderful Frather Work.
Among the strange trllics of men
i bout whom little h known are tlie
Cfumacocos, living on the upper Para
guay river. An Italian artist, Slgnor
Boggiani, who visited these people not
lon ago, has given a vivid descrip
tion of their appearance and customs.
Like all wild tril-s In warm countries,
thV" wear very little clothing, but they
pxiel in the art of making personal
tidcmmonts from tlie feathers of birds.
Tb'h country aNiunds with birds of
the most beautiful plumage, Including
pafots, toucans and trognns, whose
fiiulier are dazzllmr In color, rhetts
ivltp gray plumes, muk dii' ksof a glos
sy '"lack color egret.i with feathers of
pure whit'1, and sissmbllls of a delicate
pink hue. The Chumncoios combine
all this wealth of colored and graceful
plumage in an artistic manner, and
some of these savages tail and of per
fect shape, walk their forest glades in
habiliments more brilliant, if less am
ple, than a Paris m sliste could pro
3u e
Tremendous Gun Power.
Recent discussion of the best means
of protecting our harbors in case of
war has called renew ;d attention to el
penitents on the power of great guns.
The result of one of these experiments
hiw Ix-en used as an argument In favor
of placing guns of Id inches calibre at
cetl'tln points on the -oast. In the case
refitred to a projectile weighing l.Sof)
pounds was fired from such a gun. The
taigfft consisted of a compound plate
of fteel and Iron 20 Inches thick, and a
second plate of iron 8 Inches thick,
ba -ked by a mass of squared oak tim
ber 20 feet thick, barked by a granite
wail 5 feet thick, lichlnd which was 11
tee, of solid concrete, while the rear
of the target consisted of a fi-foot wall
of brick. The projectile, fired at close
ranee, passed through the 28 Inches of
iron and steel, through the 2ft feet of
oak, through the 5 feet of gran' I p.
thiough the 11 feet of concrete, and
mote than half way through the 0 feet
of brick behind them nil! What, say
the advocates of heavy guns for coast
left nse, would be the chance of any
ha'tle ship In existence against such
l ptxijertile as that ?
Tipping Hudann Par.
A curious result of the slow changes
tf ievel going on at various points of
'.he earth's surface has recently lieen
pointed out by Prof. Bell of the Geo
raphlial Survey of Canada. This Is a
itraduul tipping up of the shores of
H;;.lsou Bay, as If some gigantic power
we- engaged In an attempt to empty
!hat great baslu of water Into the ad
lolning sea. One of the earliest Indi
cations of what was going on came to
the attention of the officers of the Hud
ton Bay Company when tbey found
that the water at the mouths of the riv
ers where their posts are stationed was
ridually getting shallower and navi
gation consequently becoming more
dlRVnlt. Examlnatlor shows that the
shore Is lined with old lunches of sand
and gravel lying as high as fifty feet
or 'jiore above the present level of the
bar When Hendrlk Hudson, In 1010.
discovered the great body of water that
beau bis name, he wintered with bis
ships, on the east coast of the bay In a
harbor which has now disappeared, or
it least has been so far dm I tied off as
no longer to tie recognizable from his
Jescrlptlon.
Napoleon After the Battle of Dresden
Prof. Hloanc's "Ilfe of Napoleon," lu
the Century, takes up the "Collapse of
the Western Empire." In describing
the end of the Grand Army after the
battle of Dresden, Prof. Hlonno says;
The night of the 7th was spent in Inde.
dakm as to any pne or all of these Ideas,
but In active preparation for the re
treat; any contingency might be met or
a resolve taken when the necessity
trose. During that night the Emperor
took two warm bat lav, Tlie habit of
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led
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slums had induced attacks of nervous'
unw. and these were not diminished
l.r hi.. huiJ of in re. To allay these and
other ailments, he hal had recourse for
some time to frequent tepid bathe.
Much has been writti-u about a myste
rious malaily which had lwen steadily
Increasing, but the burden of testimony
from the Emperor's closest associates
at this time indicates tiist in the main
he bad enjoyed excellent health
throughout the second Saxon camla!gu.
There were certainly internals of self
Indulgence and of lasitnde, of cxes.
ive emotion and depressing self-examination,
which seemed to require the off
set of a physical stimulus; but on the
whole, natural causes, complex but not
inexplicable, sufficiently account for
the suleqtlent disasters.
INDISCREET LETTERS.
Never fafe to Pea Mattrra Which
Yon Want to Keep tv-crct.
Harriet Martineau. who was very
deaf, always shifted her ear trumpet
when any one asked her a question she
dl 1 not wish to answer. The late Cy
rus W. Field apparently did not bear
a question that It would ! indiscreet
to answer. He had another good habit
Lct'crs that If seen would cause others
pa. ii or might be misunderstood lie de
stroyed as soon as h? had read them.
The following true story proves the
wisdom of Mr. Field's practice:
A dist'nguished educator had. with
considerable difficulty, persuaded a
millionaire to found a college. Tlie ed
ucator was to have been Its, president,
but unfortunately he neglected Aaron
llu-r'i advice: "Talk, as much as you
please, but don't wriie a word."
The founder, an uneducated nian,
was full of crotchets which, if express
ed 'n the deed establishing the college,
would have greatly Interfered with Its
CiUcatlonal work. Tlie educator. Irri
tated by the labor It required to elimi
nate these whims from the founder's
mind, one day wrote a complaining let
ter to a clerical friend, in which he nar
rated his trials, and ended by saying of
the rich man, " Is an ass."
The clergyman, a careless, absent
mlndiHl man. put the letter into his hat,
an 1 called at the office of a law linn to
transact business with one of the part
ners. While in tlie private office he left bis
ha: outside, and one of the lawyers,
seeing the letter, and knowing the
handwriting of the addn-ss, read It. Of
coutse he was not a gentleman, and
wa.i without moral principle; and his
subsequent conduct showed him a mis
chief milker.
I Lt retailed the con. cuts of the letter
to a nephew of the founder, who was
bitterly opsweil to his uncle's proposed
disposition of his properly. lie report
ed It to the uncle.
Tlie college was font tied; but the ed
ucator was never Its president. He
died a broken-hearted man, through the
eairlessticss of his clerical friend and
the meanniws of a legal Paul Pry.
The Public Kervlce In ( til na.
Kx-Sccrctary John W. Foster, who
wne the coiitldentliil adviser of the
Emperor of China In the peace negotia
tions with Japan, contributes a paper
on "The Viceroy LI Hung Chang" to the
Century. Mr. Foster says of the
Viceroy:
He does not regard the competitive
educational system of admission lo the
public service as a tcrfect method, a in!
more than once he lias recommended to
his Emperor material modifications In
the existing system. But it mtwt be
confessed that it has stood the test of
centuries with much benefit to China,
and Its practical operation has demon
strated that It possesses two merits of
tmattlinable value to any nation; first,
it brings all the offices of the empire
within the reach of the lowest subject;
and secondly. It diminishes the Incent
ives to, anil opportunities of. corruption
and favoritism In securing entrance
lino official life. But ill China the com
petitive examination ends with the ad
mission; beyond that step promotion
must come through other methods. LI
Hung Chang secured the right of ad
minslon to office through his assiduous
application to study, and every succeed
ing step In his upward career has been
attained by his own genius ami capa
city.
Cowboy Way of H hooting.
lMir some years past the cowboys uf
the wild and woolly west have employ
ed a process called "fanning the ham
mer lu using their pistols. To do this,
they either take the trigger off or tie It
back, and woik the action by striking
the hammer with the thick port of the
palm of the hand. This method has the
advantage of discharging six shots In
the time required for the self-cocker to
discharge I wo by the ordinary method.
I he requisites for use of the pistol In
this way are a large hammer, a pliant
mainspring, extremely smooth action.
and a cylinder-stop operated from the
heel of the hammer instead of from the
trigger. Tills style of pistol has N-come
so popular thnt one of the big Fasten
firearms companies Is going to put a
line of trlggerless pistols on tlie ma--ket.
The tools for their mnunfnctur.i
liave already been completed, and tho
new type of revolvers will soon tv on
sale.
Huburlmn-What do you suppose I
have raised In my garden thus far this
summer? Visitor Well, If you've had
the same weather that we have I Im
agine you must have raised your um
brella oftener than anything else. Boa
ton Courier.
We refuse to feel flattered by the so
licitude with which a man who baa
something to sell Inquires aNitit our
health.
"They eey a piano sounds N-st when
Itstandsneara wall "I think It sotmda
beat out In a tea-acre lot ."--CulL-aga
Record.
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