THE PAS8INQ OE LIGNEOUS La
Pew Wooden Iadtana Now Know tha
Way to Tobacco (stores.
Slowly but surely al) -.e old frlenda
if our childhood are passing away. Itut
Wft of all in tut- passing of the
mt-rl-an India. Not that aborigine
lint inhabits the western plains.
1 refer to that uoblo figure, the
'woodenIndian"tuatfor so many years
las n-i-u to tin; tobuceo store what the
drifted pole is to the barl-r. But, alas,
lis time bus come. And what will the
:blldreu of the future have to take, bis
fdaee V
Thin well known sign bus a distinct
Hid logical genealogy. More than three
tenturlcti ago Sir Walter Rale!;:b
learned that there wan a plant used by
the Indians In a manner unknown in
Europe. Sir Waiter soon acquired the
irt and Introduced It to Europe, in an
incredibly brief period all Europe lmd
:aken up this delight, w hile to day you
ran scarcely 11 1 it I a region on the globe
here tobacco is not known.
And credit was given where it was
lut. Even where the Indian was un
known, nevertheless his praise was
ouuded and heralded. Then canic the
"wooden Indian" as a tribute to the
teacher of Ibis "solace uud delight of
man."
An if by magic all over England and
in thin country the "wooden Indian"
Itoisl hs a symbol of a tobacconist. Hut
to-day bis knell Is rung, and we of the
present generation are seeing the last
f one dear old friend.
What child of yesterday but did not
lellght Iu gazing at the noble "buck"
r sweet faced "squaw" who held in its
wooden band a bunch of cigars as if
to urge upon the world the delights of
liuoklng. In the old days a cigar store
without the symbol was like a one-ring
elrcus of to-day. Passers-by would
Icoin at 1he attempt to sell the weed"
nuiltt any other device.
Hut all his changed. You walk block
ifter block and pass tobacco stores by
tlK' score, but the old friend has gone.
The march of an effete civilization has
marked him out for slaughter.
His principal rival Is the gaudy lith
ograph. It is with shame that 1 ac
knowledge the fai t, but the youth of
to-dny would far rather gaze upon the
picture of a chorus girl smoking that
ibomluation. a cigarette, than stand
gnd admire the stolid features of the
representation of the past.-j-Hoston
Dally Advertiser.
Disturb Graves of
t an Ancient Race t
Flood that prevailed In Tennessee
recently washed up what had been
catyisl an old Indian graveyard. Set
pntiHtK, however, who have given theii
critical attention to the find are now
Inclined to the opinion that It was tin
resting place of prehistoric men, th
tikound builders.
Tin graves were very det-p. Tht
green knoll under which Uiey rested
pttTe no evidence of covering such
irrewaome reUcs. There has been n
Indication of a graveyard In the Io
parity within the memory of the pre
ent Inhabitants and no record of It
tn history. Before the flood the field
wan worth $'10 an acre and produced
fourteen bales of cotton.
But this year the creek spread ovei
ibx- bottoms as never before, causing
much destruction. The soil was swept
away In the torrent, ami when the wa
ter finally receded there were left el
led twelve graves. Some pvidontlj
were the graves of adults and some tht
troves of children.
Now, these graves were evidently not
the remains of Indians. They gavt
evldeine that the dead had beet
burled there with much care, whllt
the Indians were wont simply to wrnr
a blanket about the body and lay I)
'n a shallow grave.
The. Why of the Trolley.
On one point the American Is deter
mined: he w ill not live near his work,
nays Charles M. Skinner In the Atlan
tic. You shall see bliu In the morn
tug. one of slily people In a car built
for twenty four, rending bis paper,
Hinging to a strap, trodden, Jostled,
mulrched, thrown into harrowing rela,
lions with men who drink whisky,
chew tobacco, eat raw onions, and In
continently breathe; and after thirty
minutes of this contact, with the mat
of tht; streets In his ears, with languid
clerks and pinguid market women
leaning against him, be arrives at hla
fllce.
The problems of his homeward Jour
ney In the evening will be still mor
dlllicult, Ix-cause, In addition to the
workers, the cars must carry the mill
titllde of demoiselles who shop and gc
to matinees. To many men and women
of business a seat Is an undrenmed
luxury. Yet. they would be Insulted
If one were to ask why they did not
live over their idiops, as Frenchmen
ilo, or buck of them, like English men.
It Is this uneasy Instinct of Ameri
cans, this desire of their families to
eparate Industrial and social life, thai
makes the use of the trolley car tni
perallve, and the street railway In thli
uiaunrr widens tho life and dominion
of the people. It enables them to dl
tribute themselves over wider space
and unwittingly to symlsdb.e the ei
pajislveuess of tho nation.
Fast Warship fiir France.
At Ht. Naxalre the French v rnored
cruiser Admiral AuIk? was launched re
cently. Hh Is to steam twenty-three
knots, carry a crew of C25 men, and
wlU be armed with forty guns and foui
lopedo tulss.
Home men who are Just on the Tern
f bring smart, apoU erjrtbHjf J
fool hobby or bablt
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Comment and Criticisms Baaed Upop
the Happenings of the Kay Histori
cal and New Notes.
There is little hope for the man who
underestimates his own ability.
The child Is father to the man and
:he college graduate la bis grandfather.
Some of the new millionaires seem to
have got ahead by thinking with their
i'lllOWS.
Verily the. war la over. Arrangements
ire being made for a world fair at
Johannesburg.
We might possibly have a better
class of prominent citizens if It were
not such a nuisance to be one.
The man who smokes 5-cent clears
not wisely but too often may in the end
become a victim of cabbage-heart.
They are building a wire fence be
tween the United States and Canada.
Is somelsidy trying to fence this coun
try In?
When last beard from the Crown
Prince of (iermauy was beginning to
nit solids and cast shy glances at other
jlrls again.
Hooker T. Washington says tho col
ored people need lenders. One trouble
with the white people Is that they all
want to be leaders.
A Chinese edict prohibits the officials
from filling their own pockets out of
'.axes taken from the people. This Is
1 blow aimed at a well-established
precedent.
Mary MacLane says she saw a man
In Chicago that she might love. We
were passing through Chicago at that
time, but It was on a Sunday. Besides,
we bad our fingers crossed.
The city of Cleveland Is making war
tgatnst dirty money, compelling the
banks to return the soiled currejicy to
Washington and get dean bills. In
ibis town the filthy lucre Is as popular
is ever.
Paris has discovered a stock company
it counterfeiters with a paid up capi
tal of p.HJ.oort-not bogus. If that con
cern had not been unearthed by the
Jetcetives It might have become the
nucleus of a clearly Illegal trust. In
this case publicity Is likely to prove
effective.
A Swiss physician wlio has been
studying the rGCuiTvuCc of contagious
llseases reports the cases of three per
10ns who had been attacked seven
lines each by measles, the malady
fvhlch, In memory, lights up childhood
vlth a red glow. Were a fractional ex
erlence possible, one-seventh of one
Ittack would satisfy the desires of the
iverage human being.
Three Victoria crosses, ten distin
guished service medals, two promo
tions to commissioned rank and four
mentions iu despatches have fallen to
the lot of reform school boys during the
South African War. Perhaps It Is with
a premonition of some such .honorable
career for his charges that the proba
tion officer of the boys' department at
the New York Tombs always addresses
.hem collectively as "gentlemen," and
ndlvldually as "mister." In spite of
Ilsbellevers, many good things do come
ut of Nazareth.
The Canadians are not satisfied with
Jieir present relations to the commerce
ind Industries of the United States.
They want to quarrel with us about
the use of the word "American." They
tuy that they are as much Americans
as we are and that we are not entitled
to the exclusive use of the word to de
scribe our nationality. They are com
plaining about some other things. In
regard to these matters the Cleveland
Plaludealer wisely says: "Canada Is
n a rasping humor, but she really can't
ifTord to slay mad -nor can we afford
to have her."
Forty years ago John Itmfree, of Sy
racuse, New York, was a ragged boot
black. One day be sat down on the
iteps of the Pike block In that city to
at his lunch. The Janitor emptied a
pall of dirty water on him from an
Jpper window. "I'll own this block
tune day," said the lad, "and I'll tiro
rou." The other day John Dunfree,
the millionaire contractor, bought the
I'lko block, paying therefor 2'J.ri,0.
It Is In th center of the business dis
trict and has been a landmark In Syra
ruse for many years. Unfortunately
the objectionable Janitor Is dead and
!he millionaire cannot "fire" him. Boy-
sh boasts are not always to be taken
letiously, but John Ounfree's made
food. "I'll Ik- Governor of Indiana
ionic day," an Id Young Wright when
lis companion bod carriers, working
911 Indiana's State bouse, made fun of
III III because be carried a book In bis
pocket. And be was. Itlessed Is the
lioy who has a high, definite aim. He
may not climb as high as he Intended,
hut bis mental and moral filter will
row strong In the climbing. Never
ugh at a boy's Ideal If It Is honor
Ible. It Is the divinity that stirs with
n him! It differentiate him from the
rowd which has no Ideals worth bav
ng. Besides, If the boy Is of the Dun
ree or Wright type, and you poke fun
it bis ambition, be Is likely to make
-on out a false prophet.
Do you remember how when Ulysses
a mo borne bla Identity was disputed?
tut when be took up the bow which
ion ba4 been able to bend, ami. mw-
log It back, sent an arrow whirling
through the eye of the ai, everybody
knew it was Ulysses. The old adage
says the proof of the pudding Is In the
chewing of the string. When William
F. Cochrane. Jr., came home from col
lege, bis father, who held the theory
that young men should make their own
living, told him to go and shift for bliu
self. The young man took the dare
He went away from home, to Haiti
more. And began to use bis brains
Noting the great waste of packing casei.
and Itoxes, he began buying them Ir.
small quantities. He did not try to do
something big at first. He rigged ur
a shop and hired an old horse anil
wagon. He bought all kinds of boxes,
rented a pony planer, and, tearing-up
the old Iioxps, made them over Into new
ones, for which be found a ready sale.
His father was several times a million
aire, but he uever asked for a cent.
His business Increased gradually until
he begau to make new boxes. Finally
he organized the Shippers' Pox Com
pany, for which be bus been offered
$l(X,0O0. Hut that Is not all. There
was a beautiful young lady, named
Nina ;ill. She was also rich. Many
young fellows courted her. They failed.
Finally she heard about young Coch
rane. His story Interested her. Here
was a man with brains and character.
She managed to get acquainted with
him. The courting was done largely
In tho little shot). Now they are to be
married. Nor Is that all. Cochrane, the
elder, was proud of his son. He died
and Iu bis will left all to him. 15c
slde the pretty story there is a moral.
Young man, the world does not ask,
What do you know? but What can you
do? You must prove yourself as Ulys
ses did. You must use your own brains
as young Cochrane did.
As an "observer of American man
ners" the author of an editorial article
In the Century Magazine comments up
on the bablt of some newspapers of
"recording accidents ami other inter
esting occurrences as happening not to
mortals simply as such but to possess
ors or prospective possessors of world
ly goods." He says: "In the Journalis
tic 'scare heads' It Is not John Jones
of Jonesvlllo who has been run over
at the railroad crossing, but 'A Rich
Man Killed. It Is not Miss Mary
Marigold who has been struck by light
ning wlillo riding on the old Marlbor
ough road, but 'The Daughter of a Mill
ionaire.' 'The Son of a Wealthy Con
tractor' has been hurt In an automobile
sinash-jp; 'The Great-Aunt of One of
the Richest Men in Eaurel County' has
fallen out of a second story window;
'A Millionairess' has come near getting
drowned; 'The Second Cousin of a Mul
timillionaire' has written a play.' The
writer asks whether this sort of thing
Is "plain snobbishness In the maker of
the scare heads ami in that part of the
public which Is supposedly pleased
with this method of Identification, or
Is It a sign of a general greed for money
and of curiosity concerning those who
have It?" Perhaps neither of these
reasons will answer, and In cases
where so much stress is laid upon
money It Is because there lies the man's
chief claim to public distinction.
Though wealth Is a commonplace, and
though even a Journalist, recognizing
this fact, would be glad to find some
thing more novel than a dollar sign to
put before his victim's name, still it
is not so much of a commonplace as
not to create a faint halo of interest
about a man, and lacking any other
halo the journalist must fain be con
tent with this one. Of course It is bard
on the sisters, cousins and aunts that
their share of distinction must be based
upon their connection with a rich man
In whose wealth they have no share.
Hut when "Miss Mary Marigold" has
done something of her own accord to
merit distinction the fact will be duly
recorded In the "scare heads."
Their First Ice-Cream.
Seven hundred immigrants wert
spending on Ellis Island their first Sun
day in the New World, and through
somebody's kindness Ice-cream bad
been ailded to the bill of fare. This
was a novelty to most of the iinml-grants-Ko
great a novelty, Indeed, as
to amount to a puzzle. The New York
'limes reports some of the comments
which It called forth.
"Sure, an' there's frost In th' milk,"
said an Irish girl, when the first cold
spoonful had surprised her throat.
"Milk, did ye say?" said a North of
Ireland lad. "Ah, but It's more like
swatened snow, It Is!"
"An' how did they kapo It from melt
In'?" Inquired another.
Some Italian Immigrants did not
take as kindly to It, and trie,! to make
the attendant understand that they
would like to have It wanned.
"Oh, what stuff this would be to
cruise with In 'ot weather!" exclaimed
an English fisherman, smacking his
lips.
A Wrong Interpretation.
A bright young woman was very
deeply Interested In her Sunday school
class and endeavored to make the lit
tle ones understand different verses iu
the Bible more clearly by letting them
finish each sentence. "The Idol bad
eyes," she said, "but It couldn't "
"See!" cried the children. "It bad Hps,
but It couldn't " "Speak!" I he chil
dren answered. "It had ears, but It
couldn't " "Hear!" they once more
correctly replied. "It had a nose, but
It couldn't " "Hlow It!" the chil
dren confidently shouted. New York
Evening Sun.
Grocers say tht every traveler who
returns from a summer resort calls for
a new health food. The grocer buy a
case of It, sells one or two package,
and haa the rent on. hi handa.
WTut
a terrible lot of thinking a
tnaa
about himself warn be Ilea
nhtl
THE PACIFIC CABLE
R reiilllt of till fleeit,,n nf (ilt-
AA I.. 1. ,1,.. ,.f
the new trans Pacific cable to
private enterprise, the work will be
Immediately begun by the Commercial
Pactie Cable Company, a new concern
formed on the basis of the Commercial
Cable Company; which will consum
mate a duplicate all the world around
cable.
It is specifically stated that while the
United States government does not in
cur any expense or responsibility, it
will have at its discretion command of
all facilities. This is particularly ioi
por'aut because the government has
already gone to the expense of laying
inure than Tuo miles of cable in the
Philippine Islands. These cables were
laid as ;i necessary strategic measure
during the recent trouble there and are
intended to be a counJ-ctlng link in
the general system covering our posses
sions. I.eiiL't li of tlie Cable.
The new cable will run from San
Francisco, a distance of 1',-11,'i miles, to
Honolulu, thence to the Midway Isl
ands and Guam, another 2.2!Ki miles,
and then to Manila, another 1,:!i10 miles,
enabling the company to connect with
a cable to Hong King and all points on
the Asiatic continent.
From Hong Kong the connections of
the Commercial Pacific cable will run
north up the Chinese coast, finally pass
ing through Siberia to St. Petersburg,
and thus completing the route through
Northern Asia and Europe. From the
same Junction Micy will extend down
through Slam and the Straits Settle
ments, connecting with the Australian
and New Zealand cables, and passing
west through India to Aden, along the
Ited Sea and Mediterranean to Gibral
tar and Lisbon, thence to the Azores,
where the Commercial Cable Com
pany's system has another headquar
ters, extending to New York. Both the
San Francisco and eastern ends of
these cables will be connected with the
land telegraph system of t lie Postal
LIFTING THE PACIFIC CABLE ASHORE.
Telegraph Company for all points In
the United States. A uniform rate of
$1 a word will be charged for messages
from San Fraurisco to Manila and
China.
The first section of the cable from
San Francisco to Honolulu Is being
manufactured by the India Rubber
Gut la Perchti Telegraph Works Com
pany. Ltd., London. England. The
length is about 2,413 miles.
I.ujinic the Cable.
The cattleshlp Silvertowu, owned by
the manufacturers, will convey this
section of the cable from iAiiulon to
the Pacific coast via Cape Horn, where
she will proceed with the laying opera
tions. It is expected to complete the
entire cable from San Francisco to Ma
nila by-January, 1!K5.
The laying of the new cable will In
volve searching ocean depths to possi
bly as far as three miles. While the
government work was being carried
on Iu the Philippines the greatest depth
reached was one and an eighth miles.
The estimate Is that a depth of at
least three miles will be reached In cov
eting the Pacific ocean.
The operation of laying so many
thousand miles of cable will necessar
ily Involve a great deal of skill, but
I li i difficulties which those who laid
the Atlantic cables encountered have
parsed away, those having charge of
the precnt work being able to carry
out all details. The delicate and par
ticular work, however, will be the land
ing of the cable at Its objective fsjlut
at Manila. The shore end conveyed by
the Silvertowu to this point will be
it'tcd gently from the ship toward the
,and, where It. will be placed In a deep
iteiich, through which It will be con
veyed to its final land communications,
i hence connect Idk with the cable to
Hong Kong.
The death of John W. Mackay called
attention to cable-laying projects In
die Pacific, It is stated that the plans
(..litciiiplated by his company will be
pushed forward with all possible dis
patch. The project has been delayed
ey the failure of the government to
.uriiish the company with soundings
aki n In the Paetle. It Is expected that
h -se soundings will soon be furnished
mil that the work will then be pushed
o completion. Possession of the Philip
pines bus made the necessity of a Pa-
lilc cable very apparent.
GOATS WARD OFF DISEASE.
riic r '-hon Id lie Kept Wherever Horse
Are Kcmitiirly llonm-d.
"Goals are good things to keen
'olind the stables where the hoi's"
:( housed," said an old dealer I"
irses, "and the man who wants his
irse to remain healthy will make a
. stake If he docs not keep a few goaU
ruuud. .' do not propose to go Into
It Will Complete an Elec- I
trie Ulrdle About the
Earth Our Government i
Will Have Special Facili
ties for Communicating 1
with Island Possessions
in the Pacific, jt j
an analysis of the reasons, but I an
in a position to state the fact, and '.
do it after many years of experience
I have been handling horses for won
than a quarter of a century and I havi
had occasion to observe very closel;
those things which tend to benefit thi
boine. Occasionally I have been with
out goats and nearly every time I havi
been called upon to doctor one or nion
of my horses for some complaint fie
I'uliar fo this kind of animal. Whi n ;
had goats around the stables to rul
up against the stalls and wallow
around generally sickness among uij
horses was a rare thing.
"My attention was called to the facr
a good many years ago by a man wh
had spent the greater part of his lifi
in the horse business. I had just los
a couple of tine horses and I was great
ly grieved over the loss. I had dealt
wilii them very carefully and, in fact
had made lets out of them. I hap
pencil to meet my old friend and wa!
telling about my loss. 'Do you keej
any goats around your stables?" he ask
ed. I told him I did not. There II
where you make a big mistake,' hi
said. "Huy a few goats and turn their
in the lot with your horses and lei
them run together. I have tried It
and it is a good plan.' I never though!
much of it at the time, nut 1 con
cluded that I would try it just for luck
It could do no harm. 1 bought int
some goats.
"Since that time I have always kepi
goats with my horses, and the healtl
of my horses has been a matter of not
among those who are familiar with
my business. I do not pretend to saj
just what it is about the goat whict
will benefit the horse. Hut there h
something which acts as a great pro
tectiou to the horse in the matter of
health. I have often heard that tin
odor of the goat, while oft'ensivt
enough to a great many persons, ww
a very healthy thing even for members
of the human family. I guess it ii
the odor of the coat which benefits tin
horse. I have often wanted to see a
chemical analysis of the goat odor, so
that I might understand just what the
active purifying principle was mad
of. It Is evidently a good disinfectant
of some kind. Goats are good horse
doctors, and the man who wants his
horses to remain healthy and vigorous
should kei'p goats around the stable."
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Hooks Named from the f tittle.
A close acquaintance on the part of
authors with the terse and expressive
phrases in the Bible is plainly shown In
the lilies of a host of books. Amonf!
the titles taken directly from the Bible,
says the Philadelphia Saturday Even
ing Post, are the following:
"If Sinners Entice Thee," "The Day
of Temptation," "The Favor of
Princes," "Wayfaring Men," "Weighed
nnd Wanting," "The Wages of Sin,"
"Black but Comely," "Dross," 'in
Kcdar's Tents," "Tht; Valley of Deci
sion," "The Unjust Steward." "Sous nf
the Morning," "Visiting the Sin," "The
Quick or the Dead," "The Prodigal,"
"The r.ondvvoinan," "Tinkling Cym
bals." "The Crown of Life," "Unleav
ened Bread," "A Laodicean," "The
Birthright," "The Garden of Eden,"
"The Story of the Innumerable Com
pany," "The Wings of the Morning,"
"Until the Day Break, lTie Mantle
of Elijah. liiey That Walked In
Darkness," "I Go a Fishing," "The
Tents of Shetn," "The Snare of the
Fowler," "Give Mo Thine Heart,"
"Mine Own People," "The Measure of
a Man," "Resurrection," "The Market
Place," "From My Youth Up," "Hi?
Brother's Keeper," "The Hosts of the
Lord" and "On the Face of the Wa
ters." Standing on the Itian.
During the trial of a street rallwaj
damage suit In one of the circuit
branches, of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia a few days ago
an Important eyewitness of the acci
dent took the stand In the person of
an elderly colored man. The plaint Iff
had been Injured while the car was at
a street crossing, and one of the attor
neys was endeavoring to elicit from the
witness Just where the latter was
standing at the moment the plaintiff
was struck by the car.
"As 1 understand you," remarked the
attorney, after a number of question
had been asked, "you were standing at
the street corner diagonally opposite
tho point where the ncledetit occurred."
"No, ulr, I wasn't," declared the wit
ness. "I guess I was standing kinder
sort er bias from tho spot." Washing,
ton Star.
The devotion a father has for a cross
baby In its sec nd summer to acquired)
it is Dot natural.
ROBBERS EASILY SCARED.
Certain Types of Thieree Are Alwajn
Heady to Bun.
Tn all grades of crooks there ar
certain peculiarities which are verj
marked," said an old police detective
"How do detectives go Into a crow
of people and arrest twenty or thirtj
professional pickpockets in the courst
of a few hours.?
"There is a jsipular Idea that thej
are familiar with their faces. Thej
are to a certain extent, but It's the waj
the pickjs-ket acts In a crowd, rath
than his face, which tells the trained
detective his character.
"Pickpockets are very easily scare
off. If u man who has been marked
by crooks gives the least sign that hi
suspects what is going on they will
drop him like a hot cake. I have seen
them mark out a inai anil follow hint
until the man happened to turn around
and look one of them squarely in th
face. Then I have seen tbeni droj
that man instantly, although I wai
morally certain that he hadn't tht
faintest suspicion that anything wai
wrong.
"The pickpocket Is afraid of his owl
sha.ilow. If he is on a street ear an
any one gets on that car who he thinla
knows him, he will leave the car al
once, even if he had no intention ol
doing anything wrong. He Is afraM
of eople becoming too familiar wit!
his face. Then again he figures thai
if anything happens on that car, h
will be held responsible for it whetb
er he is Innocent or guilty.
'The same peculiarities mark thl
highwayman, commonly called tht
'strong-arm man.' Here in New Yorl
the strong-arm man usually follow
his victim home and attacks him OJ
a dark street. Most of his vlctimi
are drunken men, because he can tht
more easily swtik up behind them an
lay them out with a club, without be
lug seen.
"A strong-arm man will run like I
whipped dog if his victim happens tl
turn around and get a look at him
He's too cowardly to kill a man, and
he won't attack a man who has had
a look at him, as he knows that thai
man may Identify Mm later on."
STUDY OF SHRUBS AND TREES
Learn Natural Science at Arnold Ar
boretum iu a Hosky Bower,
Unique among tht; various reserva.
tlons which go to make up Boston'l
wonderful system of parks and parto
ways, and beautiful, in its way, beyond
all others, the Arnold arboretum Is jusl
now coming into the full bloom of itl
surpassing loveliness.
At no other place in tills country
probably nowhere else in the world ll
there such a collection of living treei
nnd shtibbery, carefully disposed fol
both study and enjoyment.
Twenty-five years ago knowledge ol
the characteristics, geographical , dim
tribution and economic and hortlculb
ural value of the trees of North Amer
lea was vague and hardly within th
reach even of those anxious to aeqnir
such knowledge, but, as a result ol
the work done at the Arnold arbore
turn, it may be fairly said that to-daj
the trees of no other country have beet
so carefully studied and are so well
known.
The arboretum Is a department ol
Harvurd University, and was original
ly established with a view to providt
opportunity for the scientific study ot
tree life, yet so carefully has the wort
been planned, and so artistically havi
these carefully wrought out plans been
executed, that the scientific value ol
the collection Is almost lost sight of ll
Its picturesque beauty.
'The tract of 225 acres which are In
cluded iu this reservation was pun
chased by Harvard University wltl
funds bequeathed to that institution bj
.Tames Arnold, of New Bedford, sayi
the Boston Herald. At that time l
was a piece of rough, uncultivated land
overrun with a wild growth of natlvt
shrubbery, and with little tiinltei
growth, except scattering hardwoot
and a remarkable growth of hemlocks
which latter still remains the crownin
glory of the collection.
Domestic Economy.
The little economies of many womei
fire as amusing in their way as art
those of Mrs. Jerome, who lives In l
little Massachusetts village, and u
known to her neighbors as a careful
thrifty housewife.
She stood before the hat-rack om
day this spring, and looked ruefull
at the tattered straw hat which h
husband wore In the field.
"Your pa needs a new hat to worl
In," she said to her daughter Emma
who was wiping the banisters.
"Well, there's that other straw hat,"
replied the daughter. "He doesn't weal
it for best or when he goes to town
He hasn't had It on for two years."
"Hut It's a nice hat," objected Mrs
Jerome, "It cost a dollar and a half.'
"But he doesn't use It, ma, and hi
might just, as well take It to work In.'
"My dear,"' said Mrs. Jerome, "yoi
young people are altogether too es
travagant In your Ideas. I'm not goln
to let. your father wear a good hut ll
the field when I can get him one gooi
enough to work In for M cent."
Needed No Ilefense.
Congressman Williams of Mlslssipf)
has a new negro Htory.
"Are you the defendant?" asked I
jnati In the courtroom, speaking to a
old negro.
"No, boss," was the reply. "I alni
done nothing to be called names llkt
that. Use got a lawyer here who doa
tho defenslng."
"Then who are you?"
"I'm the gentleman what sU-Ie tbt
chickens." Omaha Ilee.
What mean U'uga ran paaa thrvufl
dime sweet llpa!
