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Fro th hippodrome to an abandon
ed horse car, from the band wagon to
coaJ cart, from SIM a week a the
Mat dating bareback rider in the
world to a acantjr subsistence by bard
labor, and yt the brightest aad bap-
pleat of souls in advancing; years, for
all their adversities! Buck is the re
markahle history of James E. Cooke
ad wife, the latter once known as
Mile. Carlotta de Berg-, now of Elm-
kurst, L. I.
Etmhurat is the actors' paradise. It
to not In fear of missing the rewards
of the next, but determination to make
an earthly paradise here below, that
has attracted to the pretty plain, with
It avenues of shell roads and macad
am, flanked with elm and chestnut, I
company of professional folk who live
In thorough congeniality.
Quite the most handsome home In
Klmhurst is that of "Tony" Pastor.
Quit the humblest, but not one Jot
teas hospitable for that. Is the quaint
little habitation of James B. Cooke
and "Mile, de Berg." A street car, ap
parently stranded there like the one
torse "shay" by the shell roadside if
drawn up on a mossy bank, under the
weeping elms, and with the witchery
of flowers, green vines and, above all,
a woman's artistic touch, the ancient
carryall has been transformed into a
horn that is mora of a home to the
two fond souls than many a palace to
Its occupants.
STABLE OP THE HORSE.
Back of the house there is another
abandoned horse car, surrounded by
shed and fences, and lined Inside with
blankets. This Is the stabla of the
Id horse with which the one famous
circus rider now makes a living, and
around the queer carryall are cackling
hens, quacking ducks, dogs, cats and
ther pets Innumerable.
The interior of the cottage Is bung
with trophies of the gay past, pictures
f celebrities, albums of the great gone
and of the living, autograph letters and
personal mementos of crowned heads
of Europe, with here and there a quaint
old poster In the circus vernacular.
"Mile. Carlotta de Berg, the lithe,
dashing and impetuous, the best female
rider of the world, executes her artistic
elegancies!"
'Tea, It is a great come down," said
the "Mademoiselle" quietly, but with
out one tinge of sorrow; "and yet,
think how much dear 'Jimmy' and 1
nave to be thankful for? Look at that
man 60 years and more, yet sound as
a rock in every fibre. That's what cir
cus riding does for the human frame."
Whereupon the flattered husband ad
vanced and held out his arm and inflat
ed his chest as he used to do when he
was Introduced as the champion bare
back rider of the world.
THE OLD CIRCUS MAN'S STORY.
"You might say that we were born In
the profession," said the old showman.
"Mrs. Cooke was apprenticed to a
famous trainer in Ireland at the early
age of 11, and by the time she was 19,
at which time we were married at
Lambeth church, London, and were
both performing at the Alhambra and
Vauxhall gardens, she was a favorite
with the royal family and the wonder
Of England.
"At Paris we performed before the
emperor and empress, and the prince
wfco wnealterwara tne mar
tyr of the Zulu war, made "va sowenii
gifts. At Lisbon we performed before
the king of Portugal, who occupied a
box, from which, through a rent in the
curtain, he enjoyed the performance,
there being many scares from assas
sinations throughout Europe, which
made it unsafe for these potentates to
be abroad. Through the greater part
of Europe we traveled, giving masterly
exhibitions, returning to England,
where we appeared at Ashley' Royal
amphitheater, London, and afterwards
came to America, where we were the
tar of L B. Lind's circus, in Four
teenth street. New York.and later with
Barnum through the country.
"As we were averaging about $300 a
week each during these year we had
saved a nice lump, which was happily
Invested. Among other Investments we
bought a farm near Newton, paying
more than 114,000 for It
"Here we opened training stables for
circa horse. Some of the most fa
mous of the equine paradoxes were
trained there, Including Barnum's fa
mous black stallions. All went well un
til we ventured Into the show business
on our own plan. Within eleven years
nearly $280,000 was swept away, a mort
gage swallowed up the farm and we
were net adrift in our advancing years,
and finally compelled to take up uch
quarters as you see here.
"And yet we are happy happier than
many who live In grand homes. Severe
physical training and the enforced ab
stinence of a performer's life have
left us a splendid legacy of health arid
strength to cheer us In the struggle,
and while menial labor came hard at
flrt, we are now thankful for It, and
nrlde ourselves In doing well the work
Of the day. After all we have been
through, however, it does sometimes
aeem as if we were only playing at
one humble game for the novelty of
It and that It cannot be reality. God
gave u worldly wealth, and he took
t away, but he gave us alio a ransom
f health, strength and love.
we have these no man can say that we
are poor."
India ! the treasure house of the
world. For ages Ceylon aad Barman
supplied the world with the mret
St aad the eastern potentate kept
the finest for their own use, ay th
Chicago New. Of all the Jewela the
most noted belong to the Oulcowar of
Baroda. They are valued at H5.00O.eO0.
Hi chief diamond necklace contain a
atone called the star of the oath,
Brazilian stone of 1M carat, for which
IMtOM was paid, the whole necklace
helng rained n.OK.000. The Oolcowar
haw wonderful shawl, made entirely
of on wrought pearls and colored tonei
worked Into beautiful pattern It cost
bjhm, sad was originally Intended
3$ foTthe cerlng of
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tomb, bat was o wveiy wnra
VSt 0 Oalcowar kept It for hlmeelf
W Jang Bahedw. the prime rntnurtei
rT.t9rL . njni a a hat mad
of diamond, worth over ff.'
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Baa Francisco. (8peclaX)-The lltUt
two-masted schooner Kate and Ana it
back from a hunting trip among the
islands of the north Pacific, which al
most ended the career of the tiny craft
and her gallant crew. After tare
months vainly spent In pursuit of sea
otter the Kate and Ann anchored one
afternoon In a small bay off the Alas
kan coast, almost at the foot of Mount
St. Ella.
Before the anchor had fairly reached
the bottom a canoe-load of Indians put
off from the shore. The crew of th
schooner, anticipating no treachery, al
lowed the canoe to come alongside. As
the skiff touched the schooner's side
one of the Indians, throwing aside a
blanket in the bottom of the boat, dis
closed a number of rifles and two re
olvers for each of the four redskins in
the boat Catching up their firearms
the Indian clambered over the schoon
er's side before the white men realized
what was happening.
While his companions covered the
crew on deck with their revolvers the
leader of the party, who proved to be
the chief of the tribe, marched up to
Captain Anderson of the Kate and Ann
and said, speaking fairly good English:
"This Indians' country. White man no
hunt here. White man come, Indian
kill 'em. White man take- boat; go
way. Quick."
Captain Anderson is an old seal hun
ter and ha faced death too often to be
Intimidated by any Indian chief. But
be and his men were in a bad situation.
All their firearms were below deck and
the Indians seemed to hold the winning
hand.
"All right." said Captain Anderson.
"We'll go away; but wait; I'll give the
Indian chief a present"
Diving below deck the skipper grab
bed up a couple of revolvers, and before
the Indians realized the ruse Captain
Anderson had a revolver at the chief's
head. Though th crew had no firearms
they picked up marlln spikes and made
a rush at the lour savages. Tne In
dians couldn't stand the charge, and
leaping into the boat, followed by the
chief, they hastily put back toward
shore.
The Chief shouted an order to one of
hi men, who fired two shots In the air.
Immediately eight more canoes put off
from the shore, where a big congrega
tion of redskins could be seen. The
chief held a consultation with the men
in the canoes, and then with a blood
curdling shriek the savages turned their
rannii fnwarri th Kitt and Ann ana
fired a fuailade at the men on her!
decks, while they paddled toward her j
with might and main.
The Kate and Ann carries only four
teen men. Including the captain and
the cabin boy, but this time the schoon
er's crew was not taken by surprise.
Fire over their heads," roared Cap
tain Anderson. "Don't alll unless you
have to."
From behind the schooner boats,
bulwarks and cabin the crew fired vol
ley after volley over the heads of the
Indians, who paddled steadily on. The
Indians began to get the range and the
bullets from their rifles struck the
schooner's sides, tore through the cabin
and cut through her partially furled
sails by the dozen. Then the schooner's
crew began to fire lower. Their bullets
began to bit the canoes. One of the
men in the canoes was hit and with a
wild rell fel lface downward In the
boat Other were wounded and they
began to lose heart
Thev still fired at the schooner s men.
but paddled no nearer. The otter hun
ter tram the well-protected aeca no
died the canoes with bullets and hurt
seeral men. Then the native began to
retreat and paddled out of range.
"Indian come night kill all white
men, burn boat." shouted the chief
when he saw that his men were de
feated. While the crew could defend the Tea
sel in daylight when they could see
their enemies, at night the Indians
could surround the schooner and by at
tacking from all Hides at once over
power the crew and capture the vessel.
There was not a breath of air stirring
and the Kate and Ann couldn't get out
to te&. Captain Anderson brought all
his firearms on deck, provided as much
protection as was possible for bis men
and then waited for the Indians' at
tack. An hour passed and no Indians
appeared. It was a very dark night
While the crew were straining their
eyes trying to penetrate the inky dark
ness and expecting every minute to
hear the crack of a rifle, a breeze
sprang up. The crew spread the sails,
weighed the anchor and In fifteen min
utes the Kate and Ann was safe.
The Kate and Ann made no stop un
til she was off Gray's Harbor, where a
sea-otter was killed, the first skin the
schooner had taken in four month.
It was the 13th of August when the
fight with the native occurred, and
excepting the one stop made off Gray's
harbor the schooner made no delay In
getting Into port Though the trip was
a big financial loss the one skin they
obtained not being worth over $S00, the
captain and his men are thankful to
get back alive. '
The Kate and Ann Is a 24-ton schoon
er, owned by Captain Luetzen of this
city. She has been In the sealing trade
for years. Julian Icrcee and Charier
Worker, the otetr hunters, who did the
rreatest execution among the Indi
ans, are still aboard, and will go with
the vessel when she makes her next
cruise down toward the Mexican coast
Plght For Many Uvea.
New York. (Special.) A madman In
the switch and signal tower of the
New York. New Haven V Hartford
railroad, at Larch mont, this week, bad
a desperate flght with the operator
early In the morning trying to get hold
of the levers, the key of life nd death.
Three time the men reeled back and
forth, almost reaching th levers.
Th man rushed Into tower No. ti and
shouted to Signal Operator Louden:
"Stop the express train. The tracks art
full of bear and wildcat."
"You don't mean it," aald Louden
when be saw he had a lunatic to deal
with. "Sit down and I will see about
It"
"No yon don't!" exclaimed the crazy
man, as he attempted to seise the lev-
Louden pulled him back and des
perate fight enued. The operator knew
that an expres train wa due, and II
the man disturbed the signal ther
might be a wreck.
"The bears are coming thl way, 1
feel them at my leg." th Intrader con
tinued a he renewed his attack on th
signal man. Louden knew It wa
cae of life and death with nlm an
many passengers. Three times he thre
the lunatic away from the levers. Fi
nally he managed to lgnal a mils
train which wa passing. Coadttctoi
Conneld and four brakemen respond
to th operator's call and It took then
united strength to gt the m"i out ol
the tower. They locked him in mitt
car and when New Hoehetl was reach
ed he was taken to ft poll MUM
H aald at nam was Oeorge 0"Sv
ghr, and that he lived at Waatrfartm
Par. rVrtc heater, . ,
1 guess I hav a f? M t I
tram. I own t ra23r4," ft tc J tS
Th man who starts la business) for
slmsetf la usually well versed in the
particular branch or ha a a partner
l man who has the requisite knowl
edge. Year of clerkship or work la
!actory or shop, or a large acquaint
ance with consumers are among the
requisite for a good start In nearly
ill branches of business, and It would
be difficult for the brand new small
nercbaat to obtain credit If it were
Known that be had neither money nor
the least knowledge of the business.
The saloon business is the consplcu
u exception to the rule, and, al
though hundred of men open saloon
who know all about the goods which
they sell, know their effects, price and
peculiarities, who have had year of
experience in the saloon Duines aa
contributors and consumers, there are
hundred who go Into the saloon busi
ness who know nothing about It To
the casual observer Gottlieb Kleinglaas
a th proprietor of the place, for his
aame appear on the sign over the door
tnd he preside over the place with the
! and grace of a Teutonic bo.
Bill for everything that Is bought for
the place are made out In his name,
tnd he treats the boys and decide
who shall have a slate account and
the license are made out In hi name.
But, in point of fact he is only the
sianager of the concern, th real owner
being the brewing concern which fur
aishes the beer for the place.
The man who has a little money
which he wishes to invest In th saloon
business ,or who has enough friends to
warrant his embarkation in that neta
if Indolent Industry, usually goes to a
brewer who ha no customer in th
tame block, and If be can show that
there I a chance for business, he ha
tittle difficulty la having the place fur
nished with the latest things in bar
fixture appropriate to th part of th
ity where the new concern ts situated.
In some Instances the new saloonkeep
er Is an ex-prise fighter, whom strang
irs In town want to see, and who has a
following of sporting men; he may be
l politician with a pull or an active
member of organizations from which
be hopes to draw patronage.
The ex-secretary of the Tagelohner
wlttwenundwelsen kranken unterstutz-
angsvereln would find it an easy mat
ter to Induce a brewer to furnish a
place for him, from the polished bar
ind bright mirrors to the sign over the
Joor. Nothing about the place would
how that the former secretary was
aot the owner, but the man who be
lieves in signs could tell by the one
ver the door of the new saloon that
the brewer whose product was adver
tised In it had a chattel mortgage on
the Dlace: that the proprietor was
bound to buy beer from no other brew-
5r. and that In many caaes the brew
r's wishes as to where to buy cigars,
liquors and other saloon merchandise
were law with the saloonkeeper.
Many of these subsidized places soon
ihake off the yoke of the brewer, take
lown the sign which bears the name
f the holder of the chattel mortgage,
ind branch out Into actual Independent
justness. Before this can be accom
plished, however, the saloonkeeper
must be sure that the brewer king hag
no pull with the landlord or with the
lease or license-making powers. If he
fias, the sign may be taken down, but
the beer from the License and Water
Brewing company must continue to be
wld over the bar of the almost eman
cipated saloonkeeper. The pull relaxes
ifter a while ,and the saloon becomes
'ree. but another and possibly two
chattel mortgage places take Its place
tnd the number never grows smaller.
To some saloonkeepers the brewer
arrangement is a blessing, because the
solder of the chattel mortgage keeps
in eye on them and holds them down
to business. The confession of a Ger
man who saw hi place sold out re
cently confirms the theory: "I used to
jet much money from the people who
were sent here by the brewery, but
they stayed away when I changed my
Deer, and the new brewer sent me no
trade. And then when I first started
t used to have a few holidays every
year, and now I have a birthday every
Jew weeks," and the former saloon
keeper, whose place had been a favor
te resort of pinochle players and men
who could appreciate beer served In
arge glasses, actually bemoaned the
fact that he had escaped from the
dutches of the brewer.
Some of the large breweries have
Handing contracts with sign painters.
tnd there Is always a stock of migna on
nand for them, on which the name of
the brewery Is the most conspicuous
feature, and a small space only Is re
ferred for the name of the saloonkeep
er. Wherever these signs appear it is
safe to Infer that the brewer is the
ictuai owner of the saloon; but this
tact has become so well known that
some saloonkeepers object to the large
iign, and endeavor to hide their itcrf
lom behind Blgns from which the brew
ir's name has been omitted. The whole
saloon business, as conducted by the
brewers has been a mighty weapon in
the hands of politicians, and it is tola
one of their main sources of strength. -New
York Tribune.
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
Dr. Parker of the City Temple church,
London, has entered upon his thirty-
first year as pastor of that church.
Leo XIII has now been more than
sixty years a priest, more than half a
century a blyhop and almost half a cen
tury a cardinal.
Until twenty years ago, tne statutes
of Massachusetts Imposed a fine of 110
on eeryone found traveling on the
Lord's Day, except for necessity or
charity.
An attempt is being made in France
to organise a school of fromer Catho
lic who shall be neither protestants
nor Catholic, but purely biblical and
evangelical.
Bishop Henry Nlles Pierce (Episcopal)
of Arkansas, whose death is announced,
was bom In Paw tucket, R. I., on Octo
ber 19, 120, was giaduated from Brown
university In 1842 and was ordained a
priest In IMS-
Secretary Miller of the army and
navy department of the Young Men's
Christian asuoclatlon report between
7.000 and 8.000 converts as the raault of
(! work of the association in the army.
The death Is announced of the Rev.
Dr. W. K. Pendleton. preeMent emtr
Itus of Bethany college, Hethanr, Va.
He wa the son of Coloix-I Edmund
Pendleton and after being graduated
from th University of Virginia went
to Bethany college as professor of
chemistry and sciences.
It is related of a certain Scottish min
ister that It has bwn his practice for
twenty-five year that, before perform
ing a marrl.e ceremony, he tlpulate
that no alcoholic tlmulnt shall be
u?ed at the wedding feat. In all thl
:ime but six couple declined to give
the required promise aad they were
obliged to find another clergyman to
perform th ceremony.1
The Jepar.' gwWTftmfnt ha recent,
ty Issued an eAtt compelling U rail
Ion !. CfwinH'n or otherwise, to
report thttr pl:r" to the local govern
or before try begin their work. Any
parson deal; Ins. lo eng In the teach
ing of fUu-.iM mut forward to
eel gnTeir-if all partlcamrs OjnWernlBg
hi chunk.' It finance, swtlclee M
faith, plan rf work ana
rellgloux history of th pplMwt H
ether officer et enure.
El
There I In Birmingham a middle
iaad Mctaodlet ilk Rockefeller. elf
idueatad aad self-made who, by In
renting aad managing a kind of sub
rtltute for trust, bid fair to change
the whole status of manufacturing and
(killed labor la England, aad perhaps
ilMwhere in th world. If be had lived
a the United State hi extraordi
sary operation would have mad hi
same a topic for music hall ditties be
fore now; but the English newspapers
ire cumbrously deliberate about taking
p new men who have done surprising
hlngs, and In consequence the name of
S. J. Smith Is not much known to
London, however large it may be writ
ten across the face of Birmingham and
ther manufacturing centers.
Yet this remarkable man already
ba made himself felt to $0,000 working
people, to S00 employers, and to stock
holders back of $75,000,000 in capital,
ind now ha in hand operations which.
f successful, will nearly, if not quite.
louble these figures. He estimates that
n less than ten years nearly all the
manufactories in England will be run
ning according to the new order of
things.
If the Smith scheme work a well It)
ill line of manufacture as It has In
the nine or ten practical monopolies al
ready established, It would be rather
lifficult to exaggerate lis Importance.
Described in the most condensed form,
the Idea is about like this: You bring
together all the manufacturer In some
line of work and bind them not to sell
below a certain price; you bring to
rether all the workmen and bind them
not to work for any manufacturer who
tells below the established price. You
bold the manufacturers by making
their price high enough to give them
good profits; you hold the workmen by
living them a percentage of that In
creased profit You keep the whole
combination In line by a vigilant com
mittee that pounces down on any one
who cut the rates. Any manufacturer
vutside of the combine must perforce
pay the combination s rates to nis
workmen or else those workmen will
loin the combination and yet he
;an't afford to pay combine wages un
less h charge combine prices for his
goods; so competition Is squelched. If
by any chance the outside manufac
turer manages to meet these condi
tions the combination finds other ways
to make It hot for him.
That Is the plan In the main, al
though come of It items have been
omitted for brevity' sake. It Is a
beautiful plan for the workmen and for
the manufacturer. The consumer, who
usually has to pay somewhat higher
prices, ia not always enthusiastic about
it.
The plan differs from the old simon
pure trust plan In Important details,
the chief of these being that prices
cannot be raised w'thout the consent
a fthe workmen. Bdt the workman Is
not going to consent to an increase in
prices which, although it gives him,
for example, 6 per cent Increase in his
day's wages, reduces the demand for
the goods to such an extent that th
mills have to slow down and the work
man has to lose 10 per cent of his time.
So there is a case on record where the
workmen actually threatened to strike
because their wages were to be In
creased by a rise In price.
Another important detail wherein the
Smith idea differs from the trust Idea
Is that the members of the Smith com
bination may compete as much as they
like, providing they do not go below;
the dead line in prices. Each house
keeps it own commercial travelers.
Many letter of Inquiry have come
over from the United States lately
asking for details about this new sub
stitute for trusts. One of the United
States consuls made a report on It,
and a few days ago a representative of
the labor bureau came over with a let
ter of Introduction from Secretary Hay
to talk with Mr. Smith on the subject
and see what would be the effect In the
United States If the plan should bo
adopted there. I thought It would be
Interesting, therefore, to make a trip to
Birmingham and see what manner ot
man It was that had made such a com
motion and to get from him further
details about It.
Mr. Smith lives In a large and com
fortable house In Birmingham's Fifth
avenue, which bears the wry name of
Hagley road. Like his house, this
financier Is well built and comfortable
looking, with a benevolent and sooth
ing aspect.
Mr. Smith seems to be making a
great deal of money out of his new
scheme. He goes on the "no Cure, no
pay," principle, but when the prices are
raised, the first week's extra profits
usually go to him In quarterly pay
ments. In one case recently these ex
tra profits for a week were $50,000. The
manufacturers were rather astonished
at the sum. and the organizer finally
took $15,0)0 as his share. Whenever he
is retained to keep track of costs and
act as chairman of the wages and con
ciliation board he also gets from $1,M0
to $2,500 a year salary. The bedstead
manufacturers alone, however, give
him $6,50 0a year to act in this capac
ity. The man who Is thus engaged In
dealing with more important Industrial
operations than any other private citi
zen In Europe is as surprising physi
cally as he is financially. For years he
went to bed at 3 in the morning and,
got up at 0. He says the more work a
man doe the more he can find time to
do. and that theonly man who is too
busy to take on extra work Is the man
who never does anything anyway. Yet,
in spite of this alarming doctrine, he Is
today, at 52, in perfect condition. He
applied for an extra large Insurance
not long ago and was examined, there
fore, with extra care.
"You evidently take great care about
your eating." observed the examiner.
"Well," said Mr. Smith, "when I get
home late at night and am cross-examined
by my wife as to whether I hae
eaten anything or not, I have to go
over my engagements for the day to
see If there are a couple of half hours
not accounted for. If there are I sm
free to suppose that I have used tbem
for luncheon and dinner. That' the
oi.ly way I can tell, for I can rarely
remember whether I have eaten or not,
and It doesn't make much difference
to me on wsy or the other."
"H'm," said the examiner thought
fully; "then you doubtle take great
pains to get regular exerciser'
"Yes, I walk from my door to my
carriage, that's all."
"At leu ft you are a temperat
man?"
"I never pay any attention to what 1
drink or smoke. Neither has much et
f t on me."
If bo been announced In Part that
ttlnre John, second son of the Luc
r Cliarlres, Is about to wed hi cou
rln, Prlnei-M Ixabrlla of Orleans, third
!uughttr ot the Comlse de Parts. Ii
Is c peeled that the marriage will takt
Place toward the end tit October or In
ti e) early part of November at Randan
or In London or Pari. Prince John If
!i years old and Is ervlng a an offlcei
In fh ranlh army. The Princess Isa
bella, :ter of the qaeer of Portugul
1 brrely SI snd live with her mothei
chiefly In th chateau of Randan In Um
Puf le Pom.
From th Chicago Advance (Congre
gational 1st): Th proposition to organ
fa aad antl-lmoerlal party may not
tan a very sariou hold upon the coun
try. But It may as well he admitted
that the Philippine question I causing
trouble of heart to many good people.
It la clear that some of th reasons
urged for the subjugation of the Fili
pino do not cmmead themselves to
the righteous sentiment of th country.
The argument that the possession ot
the Islands Is necessary to th expan
sion of our commerce In the east I one
of them. A war of conquest for tbe
sake of trade 1 not a Justifiable war,
and everybody in America knows it
Killing Filipinos In order to mak a
market for our manufacturers or to
open a gate to China la not a business
which will go down In a land filled
with churches and teeming and beam
ing with benevolent Institution and
philanthropies.
And no better I the argument that
th war is necessary to America's new
role as a world power. In a legitimate
way we would all like to see America
a world power, but not on the basis of
th conquests of pagan Rome. We
have reached too high a moral plane to
drop back to tbe level of the world be
fore Christianity came. ' We must have
some other reasons for swallowing up
the weak than Just to expand and rule.
Make much of Ibl Idea that w are
to overrun the world, ind we will oon
be reaching out for Mexico and South
America.
Bad a both of these argument are,
they are at the bottom of the majority
of the speeches and article In defense
of the Philippine business. The fact
that they do not satisfy the conscience
of the country Is the caus of much ot
th growing restlessness and dissatis
faction regarding the matter.
The argument that tbe Filipino are
not capable of self-rule and need a
governor la somewhat better, but needs,
tike homeopathic medicines, to be taken
In very small doses. For there are a
great many million of brown people In
the world, and all the tropic are full
of scantlly-clothed people. It we ar
to et about governing all of them In
the interest of civilisation, and mor
garment and moral, we shall bav
our hand full. It may well be ques
tioned whether we should have civiliza
tion and morals enough to go around.
For. If w can rely upon the news
columns of the dally press, we are still
somewhat In the raw ourselves. And
If we are to mak new possessions
something more iban the prey of po
litical spoilsmen, we must thoroughly
establish the civil service system. But,
unfortunately, we have recently been
moving In the opposite direction.
Then, again, the argument has so long
been used to justify alt sorts of tyran
nies, political and ecclesiastical, that
we may well stand In doubt of it.
Great Britain did not think that our
forefathers could govern themselves.
The largest church in Christendom
thinks that they cannot even be trusted
to read the bible alone. The Catholic
bishop who put a communion of 600
people out of the church the other day
thought that they did not know bow
to govera themselves. It Is a way that
all the Infallible people have, but it i
a way very strange to America' man
ner of thinking.
The desire to spread Christianity,
which ha also been urged as a reason
for an aggressive policy. Is commend
able, but the method Is new, and so far
does not work satisfactorily. No doubt
our kind of Christianity would be a
great improvement on what tbe Fili
pinos have had at the hand of the
friars, but it we must kill them in or
der to get them to hold still long
enough to preach It to them the draw
back is serious. Cortex conquered and
converted the Mexican as b went, but
that doe not seem to be our forte,
thank the Lord. Our belter way, dem
onstrated in a hundred successful mis
sionary fields, has been to go in peace
and preach In love
But there Is an argument for the
war which has great force with the
American people, and that I that we
are in it. It I safe to say that If we
had it to do over again we would not
be In it Being In it, the country does
not want to get out ot It with dis
credit or loss of prestige. But it wants
to get out, and every time It reads
such an article a that on the Fili
pino In the August number of Har
per's, It wants to get out more than
ever. Our hearts have been too long
trained in sympathy for the weak and
oppressed not to be stirred by such a
history.
That the situation I a difficult one
must be admitted, but Inasmuch as It
Is not satisfactory to the country from
a moral point of view, It ought to be
found possible speedily to Improve it.
Th Army Pack Train.
The army mule Is the most essential
feature of the campaigning, but there
are several varieties, and the pack mule
ts, without doubt, the most unique and
Intelligent There are about sixty ani
mals in a full train, and these are led
by the patient "bell mare," a steady,
well broken horse that leads the way,
and around whose neck a bell ts sus
pended. The sound of this bell Is the
guide to the mule to follow, no matter
where It leads. They follow blindly,
without any other guide, except the
urging from the packer who ride other
mule along In the train. The animals
wear no brides except, perhaps a hal
ter, and yet thev trot along and never
stray from the trail. As long as they
are with the train they show remarka
ble intelligence, but one take them
away from the rest and they are hope
lessly lost. Horses were very scarce
during the Santiago campaign, and so
a few of the pack animals were Im
pressed Into service under the saddle.
I was fortunate enough to have one
and he was not the least of my trou
bles, lie was branded with a huge "n"
and In every one of bis adventures lie
upheld the tradition of that time-honored
symbol of bad luck. It wa most
amusing to see him on the road, as he
always imagined that the pack train
wa just ahead and at every bend he
would crane his neck to see If the rest
of the mules were ahead. If he had
ever heard a bell that sounded like th
one he had been following he would
make for It, and no power could stop
him. While riding near the front I
lived In deadly fear lest some one In
the enemy's line should sound a bell.
If I ever hesrd a pack train coming
In the opposite direction I had to climb
down and anchor him to a tree or he
would Join them.
In New Guinea tight lacing I In
vogue among the fashionable young
men, who wear a belt about eight
Inclx-a wide made of stiff bark,
Among the same people a girl an
nounces her betrothal by appearing
slilnin gwith an ointment of red ochr
snd oil, which covet her bead, shout
dr and bosom.
An English woman ha patented a
separable muff lining, which can be fit
tod to a mulT of any Mze, being formed
i,1 a soft fabric shaped Into a tub
with flanges at either end, the central
portion being provided with longitud
inal tension cord to take up the lin
ing until It,) the right length.
SQUABS MCAL IN A OAtVLt.
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Th food of th future will be concen
trated or compressed. Science ha al
ready done wonder in demonstrating
th large amount of water la ail that
w eat and tbe possibility of getting
lid of It o a to have the food in the
smallest compass possible. Already the
housewife find many of her problem
simplified by utilizing the extract that
are Increaalnr In the market from day
in Amv WIN thla rondenaed food SOiV
th servant girl problem? It looks as
ir It wouia oe largely iniinim
doing o. When Instead of having to
hv AAiin hnnii sad aouD-bunch. and
cooking it for three or four hour, you
hare simply to swallow a little capaule
or pellet as a plate of soup, and the
matter of housekeeping Is very mud
simplified.
But the scientists nave aon vry
...nk m nM tn this Ther can at the
present moment save us hour of time'
and endless trouDie ana epeiio
providing a dinner of seven courses M
.. .ii m m mi i dinner Plate and
can be swallowed In Ave minutes. Ths
best part of It all 1 tnat you win .
better nourUhed than If you bad at at
. ..ki. fnr nn hours, for all of the
waste portion of the food have beea
extracted, and you swallow only that
which you can ana win w
Hy. , - .
When the woman go shopping she
heed no longer alt and fume for an hour
waiting for the slow waiter to bring
her chicken salad and Ice cream; but
she win simply ask tor a glass of wa-.
ter And a little alt, put a lozenge of
v.ur xiraxi in tt and have a more
nourishing Inch than ever before, and
that without losing a minute of th
precious shopping time. When you
.mm Anurn m hrralc fast there need be
no question: "How do you like your
eggs 7" but you win nna a mue
a your plate, and, washing It down with
a swallow of water.you will have eaten
your eggs. Do you like mtia tor oreaa-
faat? Have anotner nine cuut, n
down In a moment, and you have had
your milk. If you prefer chocolate or
tea, there are similar compression of
these liquids for tne stimulating oi im
system.
WASTE IN THE KIIVtlE..
rtnlv a hmiaekeener has any Idea Of
the tremendous mass of material that I
not consumed and wasteJ every day
In rM-onarlna- the meals. It IS a fact
that a man six feet tall eat seven
times his weight In food during a single
year. It he were to live on compressed
food he would find that he consumed
only one and a half times his slse. So
great is the difference between the food
of the past and the food of the future.
But It is easy to see how true thla
statement Is by a glance at the picture
of different foods In their natural state
and compressed. There Is an egg. and
its equivalent is hardly more than a dot
In comparison, hardly any bigger than
a bonbon. There Is a plate of soup, and
its actual food value Is only a good
sized pill. Tea Is compressed so well
that even the aroma Is preserved In
the little ball that stand for a cupfuL
ti. .mni.Minf nt milk has reached
perfection only lately, and here It I
shown how small is tne aciuoi comcin
ot a glassful of this nourishing liquid.
You can "drink" a glass of mineral
water by swallowing a little bill, and,
queerly enough, it will quench your
thirst better than the original. It is
now staled that a man can swallow a
cake of mineral water the size of a vis
iting card and require no more liquid
tn- fVi u-hdin dflv. The compression
ot meat has been accomplished to per
fection, so that you can nave a mice i
roast beef in the shape of a pill or a
thin wafer of extract.
This food of the future must mak
many changes In our mode of life, and.
largely contribute to our health and j.
r.fnr whan there is no more mar- .
ketlng necessary, no more quarreling
with the butcner over snon wenui
snd poor steak, when Bridget can t
burn the steak to a crisp any more, and
there is neither need for the Ice man
nor the garbage man. living will be
relieved of many of the terrors which
have driven housekeepers out of their
AWAY WITH DINNER W'CKETS.
This compressed, prepared food will
Io be of great value to the working
man, who will merely flip a lozenge or
two Into his pocket Inetead of carrying
a tin pall full of all kinds of things
lhat are a m when It is time to eat
ihem. It muM be cheaper than the food
ot the present, for it will be prepared
n large quantities and there will be
no waste. All parts of the ox, for In
stance, are equally nourishing, and the
neck Hill be as valuable for this food
as the tenderloin. It Is lmpos-ble to
think of all the problems whlcli this
food may aid In solving. But of one
thing we may be certain, that It will be
3t infinite value to the explorer and
the traveler. Polar expeditions will be
greatly simplified, and a man can eas
ily pull on a sled all the food he will
,vani for a year in the compressed form.
There is no more need for whole colo
nies of reindeer or dogs to drag the
provisions; each man can take all that
he needs for a long time to come. But
undoubtedly the chief boon of thl food
of the future will be In Its solution ot
the housewife's problems of help and
supply,
FRILLS OF FASHION.
Th nasturtium shades are beautiful
ly copied this autumn season In Lyons
woven silk velvets and double-faced
satin ribbons used In elegant millinery.
Narrow ties of white gros grain rib
bon two or three Inches wide hav
pointed ends with lace Insertion and
edging.
Crepe de chine Is seen In the new
neckwear and is In short ties, four or
five Inches broad, with real lace or nar
rows row of the pretty machine-made
lace In fancy designs on the ends. They
come In white and in colors.
Brown seems to be a popular color In
fall hats, and grebe Is p. pular on sim
ple felts, as well as mure elaborate
hats. The felt In hats Is ornamented
with rows of stitching, th band of
cloth or velvet around the crowns are
stitched and th silk trimming ha
stitched end.
To a woman who is Interested In
gowns the most Interesting thing about
these Filipinos I the pretty plaid pine
apple gauze that Is worn for blouses or
waists by both men and women. It I
loo pretty and cool not to be purchas
able at a reasonable price In America.
Scarfs of silk, edged with fringe
three inches deep, form part of th
trimming on the new hat. They ar
twisted around ths crown and tht
fringed ends fall over the edge at ths
back. , The scarfs may be of black,
white or colors, with the fringes to
match, or the fringes may be of differ
ent color.
Next to a finish of silk machine.
stitching as a trimming for cloth and
wool costume of medium fall welghl
the fancy I to decorate more dressy
model with strips of the white or very
lighl-coloied cloth overlaid with a vim
or other pattern In fine silk corn passe
menterie. Scotch plaids are among the first
fabric the salesmen show customer!
who ar looking for serviceable fall
drees goods. These stylish material!
ar In varied quallile and new, at
tractive color Mendings, and they oo
eupy at present a prominent Dlace a
tie counter of all Orat-claas dry gong '
bouses.
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