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HE BUDGET NIGHT. CB.EAT EVENT INT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YEARLY Some Heminiscences of the Most Im portant Event That Takes Place in World's Political Arena. Lont'on letter: One of the most in teresting features of the house of com mons, of the world, in fart, is budget night. The English system of. govern ment finance, said to be the best in the world, differs in some material re spects iroiu our owu. aiuiuugu, uum being popular governments, all requests or demands for funds have to originate in the lower house, in America known as the house of representatives, in Eng land as the house of commons. Appropriations are made at Washing ton through the initiative of a ways and means committee, and original figures can be slashed right and left in both houses, but the result wlU never affect , the status of the chief executive. In England it is different The budget does not, although presented first through the house of commons, origi nate there, its features having originat ed at successive cabinet meetings pre ceding its publication. The presentation of the budget in England is the most sensational event in things political there. The event is talked over weeks prevl ously and possibilities discussed. Whether it will be "a a'penny more on the hincome tax" or "a penny a pound more on tea" are two opposites in taxa tion which will rouse either party af fected to smarting point If the budget proves to be positively unpopular a demonstration on the part of the people is likely to ensue and the ministry resigns, parliament dissolves, and a new government is formed. Such a radical upshot of the presentation of a budget in the American legislature would not be possible. It can therefore be well understood how important was the recent presenta tion of the budget in England by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, asking for appro priations on account of a war of such unexpected prolongation as the recent one in South Africa has been. The budget, is, of course, more than a mere balance sheet, as it contains the estimates for the coming year, which no mere balance sheet would cover and wherein appear the various features of taxation which lead to so much public discussion and contention. Of even more vital importance than the penny a pound on the tea seems to be the "a'penny" on the income tax. The first budget that ever contained provisions for an income tax was in troduced In the house of commons by Sir Robert Peel, 60 years ago. It was only introduced as a temporary mea sure hut has stood as a feature of Brit ish taxation pretty steadily ever since, notwithstanding the popular cry against It Seven pence in the pound, English money, was the first amount fixed and all incomes above and including 150 were taxed. The necessities of conducting govern ment on a popular basis caused Sir Rob bert Peel to introduce this radical measure. By taxing a man with a guaranteed income he succeeded in re moving obnoxious duties on certain ar ticles of every day use, the tax on which oppressed the poor and against which be had received protesting peti tions from over 3,000,000 people. By ... thie aten the duties were romnvod frnm 750 articles and the road to free trade was directly paved. Later, by continu ing, instead of dropping the income tax as had been promised, the duty was cut off 500 other articles and a deficit in the empire's treasury was converted in , to a surplus. The introduction of the budget of 3846 was probably the most important, historically, of any of these events. On this particular occasion the house was crowded to suffocation and not particular budget was fraught with mighty consequences. One of these was the giving of free trade to England, an other the downfall of Peel and equally Important the commencement of the rise of DiRraeli, who for ten years pre viously had sat practically unnoticed in the house. It was fin this njfrht that the ret Hebrew first got into public view, one of the sarcastic utterances that he then uttered becoming historical. That was the noted phrase in which be alluded to Peel's life as "one great appropria tion clause," and that the ministry "were political peddlers, that bought their party in the cheapest market and sold us in the dearest" After this there speedily followed the downfall of Peel, a man who had been "one of the political lights of the century-One of the great factors which went to the making of Gladstone's fame was the masterful budgets which h produc ed, foreshadowing in one the conver sion of the three per cents to two and a half, thus showing the forethought which was a notable feature of his ca reer. The most famous of the Gladstone budgets signalized the culmination of the free trade dream. In presenting that budget the great statesman said, in 1842, there were 1,052 articles subject to customs duties, in 1845 there were 1.162; in 1853 it was 466 and in 1859, 419. The budget he then presented chopped the number down to 48. On successive Gladstone budget nights the number of these articles was farther reduced, and in addition the In come tax reduced from 1 shilling and 4 pence to 4 pence In the pound, still managing to keep a surplus In the treasury. When Robert Lowe was chancellor of the exchequer In 1871 the famous Matchbox budget was presented. The Idea was copied from America. Lowe wasting to tax matches a halfpenny a box. The British public became en aja at this scheme, which Lowe Justl fl by quoting the Latin proverb. "Ex taea loeeDaa" "out of light a little n2tM The sxpedlent of adding to tho I. ami tax to make up the deficiency r-s naortod to Instead of the napopo I T iiw, a&4 Lows sank Into obll " t t - - taata of Mr. Goscbea baeaaM :ti. Can of Oo Mt BotaMe of s fTiaaaiiii to IK, pamtttlag ,rv j t two awfa t Vum I t si rwa wtfak t tr-r-jc. Ji JUJl; j c plus of over 118,000,000. almost $13,000,- W)0 of which were due to the licenses and duties on drink. With the introduction of this budget a humorous element was introduced in to the budget night performance. The oratorical demands upon the chancellors on these memorable occa sions are very exhausting and som? consume numerous glasses of water during the effort, while others have re course to different kinds of drink. While Mr. Goschen was deploring In his harangue the excessive amount spent by the country for drink, he paused temporarily for the purpose of moistening his lips with the contents of a tumbler containing some port wine. The glass had been carefully hidden by some boxes and papers ju diciously arranged on the table for tbe purpose. The scene at the moment was a most impressive one, venerable statesmen awaiting every word of the ty in view of the transferring and re ceiving of continual streams of men speaker with the utmost interest and eager colleagues rallying around their famous mouthpiece, whilst opponents watched intently for possible missteps. Gazing calmly at his opponents and transfixing them with an oratorical speel, the great chancellor issued a blast of eloquence denunciatory of the drink curse, and whilst doing so, in hig fervor wept deftly for the glass, but, alas, be was not skillful enough to carry out his scheme, and the tumbler, with its important contents, was swept to the floor. Of course, the house was in a roar instantly and the cause of the virtue suffered as well as Goschen's parched throat. Mr. Gladstone's favorite tipple on budget night was egg and sherry. Dis raeli, afterwards Lord Beaconsfleld, was faithful to aristocratic old port, and Ward consumed vast quantities of soda water. Oddly enough, tea or coffee never seem to have been popular with budget makers. When Sir William Harcourt present ed his budget in 1894 there was a large treasury deficit, amounting to about $22,000,000. The great question pro pounded by the chancellor was "how could it be wiped out?" "Not by bor rowing," Sir William cried. He was cheered by his colleagues to the echo. "Nor by ceasing to reduce tbe national debt," he added sententiously (cheers again.) "But," he added, with terri fic earnestness, "by imposing death du ties. (Tory groans.) "No one has any right to property after his death," be added. "The state shall say how it f.hall pass and the successor to it shall pay the new death duty. By this master stroke a permanent increase in the income amounting to SoO.OoO.OOO was added to the national revenue. ARTHUR FIELD. TROUBLE WITH IRISH COWS A Second Precinct Policeman Coins an Emergency Phrase. Sioux City Journal: "Is thfs Willie Brady, av th' daypartmhint av polace an' pooblic buildings?" "It is," was the reply over the Peo ple's 'phone. "Well, Oi'm a polace offlsir, an' Oi have two Olrish cows locked up in th Sicind praycinct station." "Lock up in the station? What in thunder have you got them locked up for, and where have you got them lock ed up? And say, what in the deuce Is an Irish cow?" "Arrah, g'wan wid ye, shure an Ofrish cow is a goat, a nanny goat wud whis kurs. An' Oi hav' locked thim in wan aw U ' grt 1 1 Jo 5 an' wa Kqua n r0,IIiC? in th' yard." "Well, why don't you send for the pound keepers?" "Oi hav' tiliphoned for thim, but th' dlvil a wan av thlm will cum. Th' bay thin tills me go chase meself, th' iday av cumin' to th' Sicind praycinct sta tion for two Oirisb cows." "What did the goats do?" "Do, is it? Shure, an" they did ivry thing; th' two av thim got in th' Nan uncluation square an' begorra they ate ivrything from th' cowshlip to th' johnny-Jumps. Shure, th' foinist grass an clover in th' worruld is on th' ground, but dlvil th' touch did they touch it; it was th' foine flowers they's wantin'. If Oi waz you, Mistaer Brady, Ol'd sin tince those cows for six months in Laf ayette square wid muzzles on." Mr. Brady pondered over this thing wnw4ftaty for long tim. lis tele phoned Billy Hodgins and sought tc have him claim the goats, so as to fix the fine on him, but Hodgins was wary. It was along towards sunset when, after trying to get all sorts of pound keepers to take the goats, that he finally con nected with the owner and begged him to take his Irish cows home and keep them indoors. SOME OTHER UPHEAVALS. Recollections of the Java Eruption Nineteen Years Ago. Springfield Republican: It is inevit able that the Martinique disaster should recall the tremendous Krakatoa eruption of Aug. 26, 1883, to which it bears some resemblance in the fright ful loss of life and the destruction of the vessels in the harbor. But the Kra katoa eruption was on a much vaster scale. The loss of life will never be known, but a Belgian engineer who was an eyp-wltness has estimated that over 130,000 were killed In the course of the general upheaval, which began with Krakatoa and Involved about two-thirds of the 46 volcanoes In the Java group. The noise was heard 2.000 miles, the fiery cinders set fire to ships far out at sea, tbe dust filled the atmosphere of the whole earth and gave those wonder ful red sunsets of the following months. A huge tidal wave swallowed up Anjers and other cities and all the light-houses In the straits of Sunda were destroyed. Perhaps the most frightful feature of the disaster as reported by this eye witness was the destruction of the ships. From his elevated station he could see them gliding from all quar ters, with no apparent motive power, toward a common center. Then tbe sea opened and one after another they shot down Into a hissing caldron, where ths bottom of the sea had fallen oat. A Oermaa correspondent at St Petersburg was Informed In a recen.. In terview with Maxim Gorki's physician that Mm moralist was aafferlag trots an adyaaesl form of tahorcatoaia, aad would act Hva araeh km&r. Bo aiaal Cut kt t-vU Gorki a rapuJotra rs3 Od, wHoo txfgamf eattarc, an tZZzZ? VZLszi try CacSt fcf RARE BIT Most remarkable In It.? beauty is a piece of old lace in the collection own ed by Mrs. A. L. Vroomaa cf Min::crp olis. This piece was excavated f:om th ruins of the ancient city cf Poziuoli, beyond Pompeii. This city was built on the rvlginsl sits of the city of Pompeii, meu'.ioned In the Bible. It was partly burled dur ing a volcanic eruption In the 12th cen tury, and was totally buried by another eruption 400 years later. This remarkable piene of lace was one of several found v.iien excavations DUBUQUE COUNTY'S WOLVES. They Exceed Those of Any Other Iowa county In Number. n Dubuque county pays out more money annually for bounty for the hides of foxes, wolves and other property-destroying animals than 15 west ern counties. It will be a matter of surprise to most people to learn that last year the county treasurer paid out $835.50 In bounties. Dubuque county forests are still fall of wolves and nearly every week larmcrs appear in the court house with hides to secure prize money. Yesterday Philip Richmond, a young farmer living in Concord township, brought the hide of a large female wolf to County Auditor Weimer and secured a certificate for $5.00. Rich mond stated that he killed the wolf, which is of a foxy variety, In a cave after an exciting battle. V-'hen the animal was dead he found six cubs and removed them to a barn with the intention of taking them to Dubuque and receiving $2.00 a piece for them. The next morning, however, he found them dead. Some other animal had entered the barn and ate the beads cH tha young wolves. Dubuque county pays $3.00 bounty for full grown wolves and $2.00 for cubs. Dead wild cats and foxes are also prized by the county and who ever brings hides of these animals to the county auditor he wnl receive a warrant for $1.00 for the former and $5.00 on the latter. Some persons will laugh when It Is stated that wild cats are still roam ing through Dubuque county. County Auditor Weimer, however, avers that not long ago he paid out $1.00 bounty for the hide of a wild cat that was killed in the county. It is said that there are more wolves in Dubuque county than In any Antiquarians are taking- deep interest in the excavation of the sub way at Mew York and eagerly watch the workmen as they ply pick and b hovel, in the hope that they will discover further buried treasures. Above are drawings of some of the curious finds alrady unearthed. Porto Kicans Eager for Schooling. Philadelphia Record: James Pres ton, tbe artist, returned from Porto Rico, where he was deeply Impressed by the natives' desire to get an educa tion. "There are about 50 American srhoolhouses In Porto Rico now the Washington, the Lincoln, the Penn, the McKlnley, the Jefferson, the Irving, the Hamilton and so on and about 1,300 pupils are attending them." said Mr. Preston. "One of the principals pointed out to a young girl of 17, very pretty, who walked, he explained. 20 miles to snd from school daily, slept on a bare floor and begged nearly all her food, she ai so poor. This was one of his best students. A boy had on a shirt go much too big for him that his whole person could have slipped easily through the opening at the neck. What's the trouble with your shirt, my lad?' the principal asked. The boy, an swered; 'This ain't mine; it's father's. Mine's In the wash. That boy would have come naked rather than have missed a lesson. In a town I visited there Is a night school. The men who attend It bring their own candles and Sit on the schoolroom floor In group of three, one candle to each group. The intelligence of the Porto Rlcans, their teachers say, Is as remarkable as Is their thirst after knowledge. No tru ant offlcers are needed down there." One on the Author. A good story related by a well-known publisher, Is being told on the author Santos-Dumont's successful serial flights have precipitated an Intense rivalry among French builders of gas oline motors. His airship was supplied with a 16-horsepower motor, weighing 13 pounds per horsepower. His latest ship will have a W-borse power motor weighing but all pounds per horsepow er. Tho Da Dion Arm recently capped the climax with a 40-horsepower motor which weighs teas than four pounds par horsepower. LoadOB la considered a crowded city, yet only 1.4 par coat of Ita lahabltaots M-rooM vmtmmnm, ssjiisbi ia tt to W MT OF LACE. were made. It is a thread lao, crory stitch bavisg been nade tvith the needle, and the pattern Is plainly la t'ndd to represent tho rcens ia the Garden of Eden. In the center of each repetition of the pattern i a tree with many branches. Under the t:-oe are plainly Ehown the figure cf a csaa and a Korean, and two of tho brr.nehea of the tree, one on each tidc, an sinuous in form and terminate in a well defined serpent's bead. The lace, which is of ellk, 5s esti mated to be more than 900 years old. other county of the ntate. They are so numerous in some sections of ths county that some farmers make a practice of trapping them every win ter and then in the spring appearing before the county auditor with 40 or 50 hides. Wolves are more numerous in the northwestern section of the county than elsewhere. Dubuque Telegraph-Herald. Nspolcon's Great Fortune. Napoleon Bonaparte's will, among those of great men, affords the near est parallel to that of Cecil Rhodes In the fortune it bequeathed. He was surely the richest exile since the world began. From his lonely home at St. Helena he bequeathed to bis rel atives and friends $40,000,000. He had been rich, in cold as m power, be yond the dreams of avarice, and there must have passed through his hands a private fortune such as mortal man has rarely dreamed of. His exac tions from conquered states have been set down at nearly $375,000,000, which Is, after all, but six times mul tiplying the gift he secured for him self from the Austrian treasury after Austerlitz. Chicago News. Last Suntiay the blue laws were acain enforced In Boston, and in addi tion to the prohibition of the sale of bananas, candy and Ice cream soda, the authorities prevented dentists and photographers from doing business. Bostonian who wpre unwise enough to have toothache last Sunday were, therefore, either compelled to suffer or go to some hotel where, by ordering sandwiches, they could seeurp the privi lege of purchxfing strong drinks. The London Chronicle reports that J. J. Hill has bought the China Mutual Steam Navigation company, which owns 13 large steamers trading between Liverpool and the Orient of "When Knighthood Was in Flower." who has been supplying a series of short storle for the magazines. "I could not say," said Mr. Major, "that these short stories are In my best vein." 'No?" said his publisher friend. "No." said Mr. Major. "In fact I could write much better stuff if I want ed to." "Indeed?" said the publisher. Inquir ingly. "How do you know?" The friends of Bronson Howard, the playwright, are much concerned over his condition. He is now in the south of France with hi wife and U nearly helpless from a nervous disease, which first came upon him last winter while he was in Egypt. Though his mind and his body, other than his nerves, are sound, the nervous affliction keeps him conflnpd to his rooms and much of the time to hla bed. Mr. Howard is the author of a long list of plays. Prince George, of Hohenzollern, who died In Germany recently, wrote, under the pseudonym of "G. Conrad." a num ber of dramas, Miveral of which ran st length In Berlin. Though a distant cousin of Kmperor William, and former ly a cavalry general, the prince kept aloof from court snd military circles, and associated chiefly with liternry men and artists. He wps fond of wander ing around antiquary shops, decipher ing Inscriptions with a microscope, which he was never without. Algernon flartorls, a grandson of Gen eral Ulysses S. Grant, Is to enter the ermy. Toting Sartorls Is 2 years old, a fine, strapping, athletic fellow. He Is ambitious to serve In the foreign branch of the army. He was educated at Oxford university. During the Span ish war he served on tbe staff of Gen eral FlUhugh Lee as a captain of vol unteers. After the war he studied for the bar and later became an Apprentice la the works of the Wectlnghouse com pany at Pittsburg. Neither occupation was to hla liking. A chimney 11 fast high will away 10 tecfeaa la a kink wind withont danger. PING PONG AT CAPITAL MAY SOUND DOOM OF THE TIGHT LACED CORSET. All Sorts and Conditions of Washing ton Society From Staid Senat ers to Budding Debutantes. Washington Iptter: Never has the national capital been so completely enslaved by the fascinations of a game, indoor or outdoor, as it has fallen un der the seductive influence of the won derful new game which, having set all England crjzy. hp-, come with a power ful stride across the Atlantic to exer cise Its potent influence upon our so cial life. As a prominent leader of Washington society remarked the other iay, "Washington has fairly gone ping pong mad." Conversation in capital so ciety has now become impregnated with the peculiar terms of the ppw pas time. Where formerly one would hear "social precedence" and 'rbiing man," now one hears "clever half volleyer" and "invincible striker out." "Love" and "advantage" as topics of social conversation have now a ping-pong significance entirely foreign to their former meaning among the capital gossips. The ping-pong party has entirely supplanted the v.'hist par ty and the bridge circle. The peculiar ping-pong of the cellu loid bails as they are beaten to and fro (from which the game derives its name) is now to be heard in every Washington home from tbe palatial mansion of the family of the men who shape the nation's destiny on Pennsyl vania avenne. to the humble residence of the congressional bootblack in the eastern section of the city. Years are a matter of no consideration among the devotees of the sport. The mature ma tron whose nod or frown has settled one way or the other tbe social aspir ations of many a new comer at the capital, 1 as frequently to be seen ex erting herself In a manner wonderful to behold, to keep the little swifly pass ing celluloid ball from dropping on her side of the net, as i the beautiful bud ding debutante, who with flushed face, eyes sparkling with enthusiasm and excitement, and bared arms, wildly but withal skilfully circliug the air. In a dally testimonial to the aethestlc fea tures of the game. Nor are the enthusiasts of the new game to be found only among the fair er sex. Washington masculinity has given Itself up to ping-pong with an abandon which would furnish a profit able study to the seeker of psychologi cal phenomenona. Staid congressmen, dignified senators, learned members of the bench and bar when they meet to gether nowaday discuss not the polit ical significance of the times but the latest make of ping-pong racquet. This may bo regarded as gross ex aggeration. It la a potent fact, however, that ping-pong has attained surpassing vogue among Washington's public men. All the leading hotels and cafes are hastening to open up ping-pong parlors on their premises so that their distin guished patrons may Indulge to their heart's content in the game. Senator Hanna, when asked, the oth er day. whether he favored the erec tion of a ping-pong parlor In the na tional capltol puckered his brow and gave the matter a few minutes' seriouR consideration before discussing the idea with a smile. Congressman Sulzcr, when asked to explain the tremendous hold that ping-pong hax taken upon members of tbe house, said that it Is a wonderful game for exercise and gives one a good hand to sustain the hand shaking proclivities of the vast army of well-meaning citizens who swoop down upon the unwilling hands of the representatives of the people with all the relentless energy of tbe notorious New Jersey mosquito upon its helpless victim. As may be supposed, the stores have not been slow to take advantage of the commercial possibilities of the craze. In addition to the fact that some of the larger dry goods emporiums are open ing up pins-pong saloons for the ac commodation of their patrons, the new game has an important bearing upon the latest styles. The ping-pong waist Is prominently displayed In the shop windows and is a phenomenal seller, while the new forms of neckwear for women and men bear handsomely em broidered figures of ping-pong racquets and balls upon their silken folds. One important reform the game promises to effect, which may render rational the devotion which has been lavished upon It by England and: Amer ica and immortalize the game as one of the most valuable and beneficent reform factors of the cer.tury. Ping-pong may abolish tbe tight lac ed corset. Ping-pong Is essentially an Informal game, to be played at the pur of the moment, as the whim seizes, it Is a game to be Introduced by the smiling hostess after the last vestige of the din ner has been cleared away, and the white table cloth I removed to make way for the ping-pong net. Consequent ly, the rapid movement and free dom of body necessary to the ping-pong player, renders the corset ImpOMiible, the charming diner out has either to leave off her corsets when she drtes to attend a modern dinner party or run the risk of having to stand against the wall In all the prim symmetry of a a corset waist and watch the merry movements of her more fortunate sin ters, who, with gracefully swinging forms, keep the merry celluloid ball plng-ponging acroxs the table at a live ly pace to the Intense admiration of the man with the racquet on the other side of the table and every other man In the room, This good may ping pong do; but oth erwise what peculiar qualities has the game to give It phenomenal popularity? Strictly speaking, It Is nothing more or less than a table adaptation of lawn tennis; and tennis, while possessing to an equal and even greater degree the same physical benefits and sporting fascinations of Its replica, hns never attained the vogue which bas been vonchssfed to ping-pong. Ping-pong Is played on an ordinary dining table, and Its only acessorles are posts to hold the net, the net It self, vellum string or woo) racauets and celluloid balls. The game Is for two people, one standing on one end of the table, the other opposite. The player who first delivers the ball Is called the server, The other the striker out The service Is strictly underhand and Is de livered from beyond tha end of tho ta ble. Th bail aar? ai matt iron oa tha ta ble beyond the net and Is then In play If It drops into the net or off the tauio it counts to the striker out The server wins a stroke if thfi striK er out falls to return the service or ball In play of the table. The striker out wins a Btroke ir me server fails to return the ball In play or makes a foul In service. r On either player winning nls nrst stroke the score is 1. Joe second stroke brings the score to 30: the third stroke is called 40, and the fourth stroke wins a game. The player who wins the first six games wins a set. This is all there really is to the game of ping-pong. Certainly it te a sklll demanciing and f kill-acquiring game. It has simplicity and cheapness to rec ommend it. It is far-better -from-a hygienic standpoint than a majority of parlor games, and Is an extremely so ciable and interesting pastime. It K for these reasons and its similarity to tennis, a game calculated to prove at tractive to the younger members of both sexes. But why it has set the people of two countries almost crazy; why old as weir as young have taken up ping-pong when1 they would not as much as look at an other form of sport: why the game has acquired such a vogue on the other side that one serious British magazine writer has accused English society of being more interested in the records of the ping-pong champion than In the fortunes of the British troops in South Africa and has prophetically croaked of Nero fiddling while Rome is burning these are phenomena that it would puzzle the average human being to ac count for. and the answer is certainly not forthcoming from the devotees of the game. BERTRAM LEBHAR. THE FLOWER CRUSADE. Ornamentation of the Home and Beautiflcation of City. Several years ago a flower-loving cit izen of Cleveland, 0-, organized a club for the ornamentation of the home, fayB the Indianapolis Journal. Out of this small beginning has gTown the Cleveland Home Gardening association, otherwise known as the flower crusade. Children are enlisted in the movement, which Is under the management of the association. This organization distrib utes seeds among school children, ex amines the gardens exhibited in com peltion and distributes the prizes, a number of which are offered. The seeds went to 20,000 homes last year. Not only are homes beautified by the flowera but the school yards. Last year the children planted in all 170,000 packages of seeds. The results are so evident that the casual observer notes the change In the smoky city, and it Is known throughout the state as the "city of flowers." St Ixiuls has now taken the matter up. A botanical club has prepared a system of seed distribu tion In co-operation with one of the seed rompanleg. The reward offered in this case to the children who are most successful is a diploma signed by the mayor, indicating that the holder Is worthy of merit for aiding In the beau tifying of St. Louis. This sort of en terprise will show results long after the flowers of any given year have faded. The experience of the children will not be forgotten by them, but will be re newed when they are In possession of the homes of their own. And this form of ornamentation will open their eyes to the needs and possibilities In other directions. Until recently American towns and t!ti-! liave ijrt-u K'ven over io negli gence, partly because the necessity of looking after the more practical and Immediate Interests made attention to aesthetics impossible, and partly be causn people did not understand JiiBt what their towns lacked or how to rem edy the deficiency. Both these condi tions are passing; education is tending in the direction of the artistic and the rising generations will have much bet ter ideas on the subject thaa prevail at present. Tbe flower movement is a use ful feature in this education. UP-TO-DATE BURGLARY. Location and Capture of an Inestima ble Treasure. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Hush! Pass me the dog." The man on the outside lifted the dog through the window, and then noise lessly clambered after it. "Have you the plan of the house?" "I have it fixed in my mind." re plied tbe second man. "We pass to the right and ascend tbe stairs to the kitch en. Hush! Keen tte dor oulet Pn Put on your mask and get your gun ready.' j no iwo men. tne one in the rear bearing the dog. lightly covered the dis tance io tne stairs, and noiselessly as cended. Then they baited. "We'll start the dor on tha ui l-ere." whispered the Kecond man. "Ivm't let him whine." The first man knelt on the floor and put the dog down. "Quiet, Rover, quiet!" The dog sniffed at the flooring ho.i- tated a second, and then slowly moved forward, the men closely following him. He led them through the pantry and the china closet, his nose close to tho floor and his tall quivering. Then bo led them through the dining room, and the breakfast room, and the library. A large safe filled an alcove amid the rooms of books, but the burglars did not pause. Straight Into the dining room the dog led them, his pace suddenly quickening and then he stopped with his paws softly clicking against the glass doors of a mahogany cabinet "I felt su- they'd try to hid" It softly chuckled the second man. "That's why I brought the dog to scent It out" The first man opened tbe door, and reaching Inside, drew out something wrapped In brown paper from behind a row of Oriental vases. Hugging It close, Ihe first man led the little party of marauders back to the open window and nut Into the street When they reached a dark angle of the wall they pauaed. "Hay let's have a look at It," mur mured the second man with an eestaUa grimace. There was a sound of crumpling na per, a little click, and the steady flare of a dark lantern fell on tha precious loot Itjasa magniflcaat, lf-kaiat, feu