LOW TRIBE Of ESKIMOS
There has been discovered upon one
of the Islands of the Hudson Bay, the
remnant of a lost tribe of Eskimos, a
community which hag been for centu
ries without Intercourse with any oth
er representatives of the human spe
cies, and whose members never, uutll
quite recently, hal an opportunity of
seeing a white man. The facts of the
discovery are well established, having
been retried to the Federal authorities
at Ottawa by the Kev. A. W. Bucklaud.
Mr. Bucklaud says that these strange
people will virtually .I've -la the shne
age, knowing no metals. Their habi
tations are built entirely of the skulls
of whales.
The home of the tribe Is upon South
ampton Island, a piece of water-girt
land nearly as large as the State of
Maine, lying at the extreme north end
of Hudson l!ay. These people or their
ancestors have undoubtedly Inhabited
the Island ever since pre-Columbian
days, and at the present time they ex
ist exactly us they must have done
then. Having beeu Isolated for so long
a period it Is natural that they should
possess many peculiarities, A very re
markable collection of their utensils,
weapons of the chase, and other ob
jects, was secured by Mr. Bucklaud,
but, to the great regret of the Canadian
authorities, it whs allowed by him to
pass into thu hands of private persons.
The huts on the island, are buill by
putting together the great Jaws of
whales and then covering them with
sklna. In the middle of the primitive
dwellings Is a slight elevation, on
which stands the stone lamp, employed
for lighting, heating, cooking, and melt
ing snow and drying clothes. This
lamp Is nothing more than an open dish
of whale oil, with a wick of dry moss
fiosked In fst
The whale Is the chief means of
subsistence of these poor people. They
use the bone for many purposes, mak
ing plates ami cups and toboggan-like
sleds. They also manufacture sledges
of walrus tusks, with deer antlers for
crosspieces. The members speak a di
alect peculiar to themselves and they
are the most daring of hunters. Not
more than sixteen members of the tribe
flow survive.
Mr. Buckhind agrees with the explor
ers who believe the story that Anilree
was murdered by the Eskimos. He has
lived for years with these people In
their tents, and can not say too much
for the kindliness of disposition and
readiness to assist strangers. He
explains the tiuding by them of
instruments and other property by the
hypothesis that they belonged to the
Tyrell brothers, who In 1H!U, nearly
lost their lives near Marble Island,
Hudson Iiay, and left many valuable
articles behind, including their cameras,
plates, etc.
Mr. Ruckhind Is confident that An
dree will never again be heard from.
When he was asked by the Norwegian
government lust year to undertake a
search for him, he declined, believing
that to do so would simply mean a
waste of time and money. Nw York
Sun.
THIS ELEP;iAT IS NOf REAL.
Here Is a "freak" photograph. At
first glance one would suppose that it
was a picture of a young lady riding
on a baby elephant
But It Is not a real elephant It Is a
mere silhouette cut out of boards and
Is Intended for an advertisement, a
sign being painted on It. The lap-robe
of a carriage Is thrown over the sign
to conceal it, and the young lady Is
managing herself with dlttlculty on the
harp edge of the elephant's buck
for all that, she looks comfortable.
The photograph was taken in the out
skirts of the City of Washington, the
elephant being set up by the roadside.
A Convenient lcarnen.
Mrs. Hall whs Just wishing she had
some one lo send down town after a
spool of silk with which to finish her
sewing, when her neighbor's Utile six-year-old
boy came in.
"Well, Hobble," mild Mrs. Hall, "If
I pay yon .'! cents will you go down to
Stone's nnd get me n spool of silk?"
Hotiert was very willing to go nnd
waited while Mrs. Hull wrote the num
ber and color of the silk she wanted,
md as she handed him the slip Hobble
laid:
"Mrs. Hall, I guess I must be a little
twin) of hearing, but did you soy 4
enls'" -Little Chronicle.
Like Papa.
"I saw Kluinsey's bnby yesterday.
It's a regular chip off the old block."
"Why, I couldn't see any resemblance
it all."
"Not Well, when I the kid It
sad just opened Its mouth and put Its
foot In It." l'liilndelplila Tress.
' Kaat T.me er H.
A DMHit travels over an ocean cable
it about 700 miles a second.
feJi
RICH, BUT WRETCHED.
A Miserable Millionaire" Poara
Forth Pathetic Tale.
Money does not make men happy,
dear Lady Hetty, though the want of
it may make them unhappy. The fol-
lowing letter, which has been address
ed to me by "A Miserable Millionaire,"
is a curious document:
"Sir Poverty Is to happiness what
hunger Is to food; it Is appetite. The
simple pleasures delight the ioor, and
those are innumerable. Elght-aud-tlfty
years ago I was born In a cot
tage, with do hope or -prospect of rising
above the position In which circum
stances had placed me. As a laborer
I passed my youth; would that my
millions could reproduce that -happy
time! It is sufficient for the present
purpose to add that I emigrated, pros
pered, and eventually amassed a co!os
sal fortune. I now live in palaces, and
am wretched!
"Care Is my master. I have a multi
tude of Interests, and In many direc
tions, and my mind Is never free from
anxiety. I am In continual dread of
losing some of the money which I
have so painfully acquired, and a
thousand and one unexpected occur
rences could materially affect my
fortune. The raid into the Transvaal
cost me a quarter of a million, though
I was not concerned iu that despicable
attempt.
'That Is but one source of my mis
ery. Money is made to be spent, and
I do not know how to spend it Intel
ligently. It requires special Instincts,
education and training to enjoy the
artificial pleasures which money can
provide. I have collected many art
treasures which I do not understand.
I only know what they cost, and the
cost represents to me their value. In
my library are stored the best editions
of celebrated books, but I have neither
the Inclination nor the time to read
them. My butler, gamekeeper, coach-
man ) rw! thn wintnln f m .,.t..
, . . ... ,
are masters In their respective depart
ments, for I know little or nothing of
the management of a big establish
ment, the rearing of game and the
beating of covers, the art of cooking,
and the government of a ship. The
sense of Inferiority Is always active
though I am the nominal superior. The
finest wines require the fluent taste
to appreciate them, and my taste Is,
like my nature rough. My friends
have been chosen for their social val
ue; they are the best which money can
command. We have nothing In com
mon; they are companions, not friends.
My wife, who formerly took so great
an Interest In whatever concerned me,
now devotes herself to society. My
Imagination breeds disturbing thoughts
every instant of the day; my wlfo Is
ashamed of me, my son Is eager to suc
ceed to my estates and fortune, my
friends are designing, my servants are
swindlers. I am alone and in the way.
I was immeasurably happier when
from day to day I dodged starvation.
"But this misery Is mostly caused by
my being an upstart! I find those who
were born rich are only apparently
happier. The wealthy are always pre
paring to be happy. 'When our new
house Is built,' 'When my picture gal
lery is complete,' 'When my viseotintey
has been changed to an earldom,'
'When my daughters are married
so it goes on, and death calls before
the last element for happiness is
secured !"
"Scare Heads."
In the hands of the modern newspa
perman, an ordinary Incident receives
a melodramatic flavor, while a tragic
episode Is made trebly thrilling by sen
sational headlines. Were Hamlet de
scribed In a press telegram, the mes
sage would be headed something like
this, large letters: "Appalling Trage
dy In Denmark; King Murdered by His
Hrother; i'oung Court Lady Goes Mad
and Drowns Herself; Four Hoyal Per
sonages Slaughtered!"
"The Merchant of Venice," Instead of
appearing under that modettt r.nd com
monplaee title, would have been her
alded by Bhe liner as "Extraordinary
Venetian Trial: A Jew Moneylender
Claims a Pound of Human Flesh!"
In like manner Itomuo and Juliet
would have become "Deplorable and
Pathetic Tragedy In High Life. Two
Lovers Commit Suicide!" or something
of that sort These examples Indicate
how Sliakspeare's terse titles would
have shot out If bandied by the mod
ern Journalist
Good Figuring;.
School teacher, examining the class,
lights on the youngest and Is so struck
with his Intelligent aspect that he
questions blm forthwith:
"Now, my little man, what do five
and two make?"
The little one remained silent.
"Well, suppose, now, I were to give
you five rabbits to-day and two more
to-morrow, how many rabbits would
you have then?"
"Klght," promptly answered the
Juvenile.
"Klght! Why, how do you make
that out?"
."'Cause I've got one to home al
ready." Cincinnati Knqulrer.
A I ii in Inuni i. a a Mubatltutn for Pnpir
It Is slated that experiments with
aluminum as a substitute for paper
are now under way In France. It Is
now (Ktsslhlc to roll aluminum Into
sheets four-thousandth of an Inch in
thickness, In which form It weighs less
than paper. Hy the adoption of suit
able machinery these sheets can be
made eve n thinner nnd cnu be used for
book and writing paper. The metal
will not oxidize, is practically fire ami
water proof, and Is Indestructible by
worms.
When you have overslept ever notice
that the clock gets a look of contemn'
ou Its face?
jcience
For years the fertile soil of France
has been cultivated mainly with the aid
of cows and oxen instead of , horses.
Now, however, In consequence of the
Introduction of American agricultural
machinery, horses are rapidly coining
Into use on French farms, and, as In the
case of the machinery, America is
called upon to supply the larger part of
the demand. American horses are also
purchased-in large numbers for the
French army.
One of the most remarkable and in
teresting products of German chemistry
is the cubic inch of radium lately pre
pared for Prof. Curie. It cost $2,000
and required the use of several tons of
barium salts. It shines like a lamp,
also exciting phosphorescence In other
materials like zinc sulphide. So ener
getic is this action that a small particle
lights up a mass of zinc Bulphidc a thou
sand times as large, and this phos
phorescence continues a considerable
time after removal of the radium.
The terror of cattle, dogs and wild an
imals before5 the eruption of Mont Pelee
adds to the evidence that the senses
of the lower animals are unlike our
own. The late Prof. S. Sekiya, of Toklo,
kept pheasants to study their behavior
before an earthquake, and Prof. John
Milne testilies that their screaming
often gave notice of preliminary tre
mors of an earthquake that were unfelt
by human beings. This being the case,
It seems not unlikely that the creatures
on Mont l'ciee heard sounds and felt
vibrations not perceptible lo man.
It has been long known that the colors
of butterflies are Influenced by temper
ature. Experience during the last ten
years has given Dr. K. Fischer some
startling results, and have shown not
only that cold seasons may produce new
butterlllcs from the old, but that ab
normal heat may yield the same varie
ties, the changes being due to retarded
development. Extreme cold, moreover,
brings out other variations that may
appear also in extreme heat. He sug
gests that these varieties of extreme
temperatures may become permanent
at a future stage In the earth's evolu
tion, all hough Standftiss contends that
they never were and never will be any
thing but singular freaks.
Within the last fifteen years the new
Industry of "fox farming" has been de
veloped In Alaska. It originated In the
desire to preserve the valuable blue fox
from extermination. The experiment
was begun by placing twenty foxes on
an unoccupied island. In the course of
a few years some thirty islands were
thus turned Into fox ranches. It was
found that the animals soon became
sulliclcntly domesticated -to cease fear
ing their keepers and to assemble at
feeding places. Eight hundred or a
thousand foxes are included in a ranch.
At the proper age a certain number are
killed for their pelts. The business ap
pears to pay very well, and It Is sug
gested that other fur-bearing animals
might be domesticated and propagated
In a similar manner.
That a certain portion of the blind
may be taught to see Is indicated by the
striking success of M. Heller, of Vienna.
When brought to him three years ago,
two Hungarian boys, aged seven and
five years, could see nothing, but their
eyes appeared to be normal. Their
training began with looking at a bright
disk iu a dark chamber. They learned
to distinguish this, and the younger
boy, who progressed more rapidly than
the other, was then shown familiar ob
jects against the disk, then lines and
figures, and finally was able to read.
Later he was made to recognize the ob
jects and letters by daylight. Another
examination showed a defect of the
retina, and It was concluded that the
field of vision was so narrowed that the
feeble Impressions reaching the brain
attracted no notice before the unusual
teaching.
TURPENTINE FORESTS GOING.
Buthleaa Depletion of I'inea Drought
to Notice.
The first organization of turpentine
men, known as the Turpentine Opera
tors and Factors' Association which
recently held Its first annual conven
tion In Jacksonville, Fla., was con
fronted by the question of complete
annihilation of their business, due to
the ruthless tapping of young trees
and the rapid depletion of pine forests.
Ten years ago Norfolk, Va., was the
great naval store port of the industry,
two years ago Savannah and now
Jacksonville, and next Tampa and
then what? Professor Ilerty of the
I'tilted Slates Department of Forestry
has been called upon, and was present
at the convention.
Newspapers In the South have pre
sented able articles on this same sub
ject for years, but the writer has seen
young trees no thicker In diameter
thnn eight Inches boxed; once, twice,
yes, three times, so that a step ladder
was used for the top boxing, nnd the
strip of bark left was Insufllelent to
gather the sap to feed the tree. The
life of a turpentine tree after the first
boxing Is about two years. That meant
Hint after the sap has been taken the
third time the tree must either be cut
for timber or It dies. A trip through
the pine forests of Georgia and Florida
will demonstrate the rccklet-s manner
In which the boxing has been done,
and. worse still, where clearings have
been made no effort has been made to
check the growth of scrub oak and
nw palmetto, which effectually choke
the young pine rearing Its head where
Its parent stood. Gradually ttie oper
ator hive been driven south, land to-
day It Is estimated that at least on
hundred camps are located In Florida
alone, and about fifty camps In Geor
gia. Nine hundred operators were at thi
convention. Each man has elthei
bought or covered with options mort
or less pine forest and In spite of hli
knowledge of what the future will
bring Is rapidly killing the goose wit!
the golden egg. The end Is near In tbt
turpentine nnd rosin industry. A few
more years will see a tremendous risr
iu these commodities, and no effort hai
yet been made to restore the depleted
forests of Virginia, Georgia, Alabama,
North Carolina or northwestern Hon
(la. The "fat pine", is indigenous tc
Piesa. States; It grows rapmiy, out. u
easily exterminated by the more stur
dy plants which spring up In the foresl
clearings.
NAMES OF LAKES IN MAINE.
Peculiarand Wonderfully Constructed,1
but liorrowed from the Indiana.
i lie mention in a press aispaicn iron
arnnngton. We., describing a urown
lug accident of Lake Mooselookma-
guntic recalls to uimu me tearruiness
and wonderfulness of the aboriginal
titles with wihich some of the charmiu
inland wafers of the Pine Tree Statr
are burdened.
Those who urge the retention of th
Indian names of American localities
and natural features have much reasot
on their side. Certainly those who have
substituted for them modern Englist
names have seldom been happy In theli
selections. Hut such aboriginal local
names of lakes and mountains as Med
dy hemps and I'assudumkeag and Slsla
delists P.ashaheegan, Umbacooksua
MollechunUenmg and Mooselookma
guntic can commund unreserved admi
ration only from enthusiasts. They art
undeniably cumbersome and hardlj
likely to strike euphoniously on the un
prejudiced ear. Possibly they, are re
plete with poetic suggestions, but thej
don't convey them very clearly. Theo
dore Winthrop had the poet soul In him
but he strove In vain to get poetry oul
of the mimes of some of the Maine
lakes he loved best. MoosclookmaguntU
suggested to him only the effort of at
Indian hunter, with an exceedingly ltn
perfect command of the English lan
gtiage, to tell how he had unexpecledlj
sliot a moose, and Mollechunkcmug sug
Rested to him nothing more romantli
than the thought that the lake had beet
named by some woodman after hli
Inamorata, his short-faced Mary, hli
Molly of the chunky mug.
Now and again the residents of locall
ties afllicted with such names as thes
petition the powers that be to changi
them to something better fitted for or
idliiary daily use and nre therefor
abused as vandals by all cultured per
sous In oilier parts of the country. Bui
It Is possible that the most cultured per
sons would sympathize with the van
dais If they had to summer and wlutei
with Mollechunkemug and Mooselook
maguntlc and the rest; had to say all
that every time they were asked
whence they came or whither they wer
going; had painfully to write It all oul
every time they sent forth a letter or
telegram. Rochester Democrat.
Almost a Pessimist.
I ain't a-goin' to kick about the way thii
world is run;
I ain't a-goin' to kick about the way I'm
gettin' done.
I'm tnlkin' 'bout the sunshine an' tht
butterflies an' bees
An' the ningm' of the brooklet an' tilt
iiiunnuriii' of the breeze,
Instid o' tellin' how the cow I lioughl
two weeks ago
.leg' nnelielly quit givin' milk which
surely goes to show
That human nature in a trade ain't wlial
it ought to be;
But tlieu 1 ain't a-goin' to kick about it
no, siroe.
The times that I've been swindled, well,
they'd nearly fill a book,
Hut you'll never hear mo hintin' that mj
feller man's a crook;
The only proper way to tell my senti
ments would be
To find some language which was growed
inside of Mount Pe-Iee
An' turn it loose like lava fur to burn th
land near by
An' send up strenks o' lightnin' to ilium
In n t e the sky.
I ain't a-kickin'; I Jes' let my dithVukiei
slide,
I know I couldn't do the subject justlc
If I tried.
Washington Star.
Egyptian Telephone Poles.
The company operating a large tele
phone system In Egypt has ex perl
enced great difficulty In securing suit
able poles. The climate of the countrj
Is so hot and dry that good timber U
use for a pole line for the transmis
slon of an electric current does not
grow, and timber Imported from othei
countries dry-rots and becomes ust
less in a short time. A certain poll
Imported from Sweden proved to b
the most valuable, but Its greatest Ilfi
was not over four years.
The company began negotiations
therefore, with cedar pole firms In tht
Fulled Slates, with the result that ar
rangemetits have been completed wltt
wholesale producers of cedar poles
ties and posts for the shipment of fif
teen hundred poles of the white cedni
variety, Michigan grown, to Alexau
drln aud Cairo, Egypt.
Ilnnk Nolo Forg-pry.
An extraordinary method of fnb'rl
eating bogus bank notes has Just been
detected In Brussels. The operator
cut small pieces from real notes, and
put t In-111 together with Infinite dexterl
ty on u tissue paper so line that tin
fraud could only lie with difficulty do
tecled when the bogus note was held
up against a strong light From ten
good nnlis an eleventh of higher de
nomination was manufactured In thii
war.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE 8ELECTI0N OF INTER.
ESTINQ ITEM8.
Comal ant a and Criticisma Baaed Upon
the Happening; of the Day Histori
cal and News Notes.
The aeronauts continue to parachute
themselves to death.
. Now for a few more lectures on
"How We Did Not Reach the North
Pole."
Medical science needs
bodies, no
doubt, but medical science can
aiong without grave-robbing.
get
The dressmakers have decreed
against the trailing skirt Street clean
ing departments may again be neces
sary. It Is hard to separate the sheen from
(hp enut trnstu hh nil nf th pm nrA nun.
j po8ed tQ buU ja wheneTep and wher.
ever they can.
The captain general of Catalonia and
the editor of a Madrid newspaper
fought a duel, but they chose firearms,
I so neither was hit.
Mr. Morgan's name Is conspicuously
absent from the list of directors of the
Hi,ip combine. The power behind the
throne usually stays there.
That 10-year-old Utah boy who came
upon three bears and killed them all
offers assurance that the Presidential
supply is not shut off at its source.
It must be a puzzle to military men
to note the honors heaped on General
Booth, who never killed anybody or
Invented a new butchering machine.
Filipino women are forming women's
clubs and are learning to conduct fairs
and expositions. Evidently they pro
pose to do some benevolent assimilat
ing themselves.
The English aeronaut who sailed his
air ship over London may not have con
tributed much toward solving the prob
lem of aerial navigation, but possibly
be got a chance to see the sun sbine.
Most of King Edward's pictures show
him with a cigar in his mouth. If the
annual salary proves inadequate King
Edward can no doubt secure a liberal
revenue by merely mentioning the
name of the cigar.
A French physician says the ancient
Egyptians suffered from appendicitis
and were frequently operated upon, as
is shown by the mummies. He doesn't
go so far, however, as to say that every
ancient Egyptian who became a mum
my had Just left the operating table.
Although the signers of the Declara
tion of Independence held that "all men
are created equal," they did not main
tain that all men have equal Intellectual
powers. The colleges are beginning to
recognize that some students learn more
readily than others, and are arranging
to graduate the bright students in less
than four years. Several of the leading
universities of the country have Just
announced that they will give the de
gree of bachelor of arts to students who
complete the course In three years.
Commissioner Ware's pension report
for the year ended June 30 last shows
that there were then carried ou the
rolls !)!l'.),iJIG names, which is a gain
of 1,71 1 over the previous year and a
net gain of 5,732 since 18!8. The total
amount disbursed for pensions in the
last fiscal year was $137,500,000, and
there are 3311,430 pending claims await
ing net ion by the pension bureau. In
1K70 Garlield said the pension list had
reached lis limit. The number on the
rolls that year was 242,755, and the
mini paid for pensions a little more
than $33,000,000.
Robert Morris said that experience
hail taught him to be cautious, even
when trying to do good. A like con
clusion has tieen reached by a manu
facturer whose relation to his employes
was almost fatherly. He used to pro
vide for the girls a luncheon, for which
he charger only one cent although It
was reckoned that the food cost him
4Vi cents. The girls struck for certain
privileges. Later, when they begged
to be taken back, the manufacturer
decided to charge 5 cents for lunch and !
make a profit therefrom. The girls
prefer this arrangement Even be
tween capital nnd labor the "treating"
method whlchsbould not be confound
ed with fair treatment Is bad ethics.
"Have you ?" "No, but I have
something just as good." That Is sub
stitution. And It Is one of the crying
evils of the day. it Is a crime against
lie laws of modern commerce. It Is
robbery of a fair name. It Is theft of
a reputation. A man or a firm devotes
years to the preparation and perfec
tion of a standard article of commerce.
At the expense of hundreds of thou
Miuds of dollars the article Is exploited.
I'ubllelty of tills sort costs huge ex
penditure. The name and merits of
I he article are made household words
by mentis of newspaper advertising. A
demand for this specific article Is cre
ated and the call Is made upon the
druggist or the grocer or other mer
chant by the purchaser, if the nier
hant does not keep what Is wanted he
should let the customer go elsewhere
o liml It. Instead, many salesmen
-ay, "Now, here Is something I make
nyself and I can recommend It" Or
Here Is something Just as good." As
natter of fact, the substitute Is not so
:ood or tie real article would not lie
ised as '.lie stnndiird of comparison.
One cur for this wrongdoing Is to
limine the merchant out of It The
other is for the customer to staf bf
bis original Intention and refuse to ac
cept the substitute. Let there be aa
Imperative demand for honest goods.
Fair dealing should dictate. Foul deal
lng should not be encouraged. There;
is nothing 'Just as od" as the thing1
Itself!
Out of the Chicago University come
a love story that makes the world feel
tender toward a woman. When a
wife, proud of her husband, wanti
him to have a career, the chances are
that she will work harder to obtain It
than he will. She is content to live
In the reflected glory of his promi
nence. She gladly accepts hardship
and worry in order that he may grow
and progress. That was the way with
Mrs. Robert Gordon Jeffrey. Robert
was teaching school. It is a Job that
does not pay well. A locomotive en
gineer receives each month about three
times as much as the average school
teacher. The one is not paid too
much, but the other is certainly paid
too little. There had to be a bread
winner for the Jeffrey family, and yet
Robert was determined to enter the
university just as soon as he had
saved a little money. Mrs. Jeffrey reg
istered in the university summer
school under her husband's name.
What she learned each day she taught
to her husband In the evening. She
was a pupil by day, a teacher at night
and a glorious little woman every hour
of her life. She did the housework,
she cooked and washed dishes. She
burned her cheeks over a hot stove,
and work drove the dimples out of her
fingers. But she kept up with her
class and did prodigious things in the
way of learning, and all because she
loved a man and wanted him to get
on. It is over now. The male Robert
Gordon Jeffrey is a student at the uni
versity. He is three months ahead of
his class, and was allowed the ad
vance credit by the faculty. Some day
he may be the head of a great college,
or even President of the United States,
and if he is wise he will never forget
what a treasure he possesses In the
woman who was pupil and teacher be
cause she loved her husband.
It is good to live with fine old trees
They are the best of company to one
who has learned their language. They
listen or speak as one chooses and
they never tell secrets. In the fall
Kentish country of England there Is
a certain pair of English oaks standing
sentinel before a pleasant English
country house. Their proportions are
noble beyond praise. The great sweep
of their branches has gone, for they
are old very old. But friendly Ivy
growing thick and lush about the limbs
lopped by the hand of Time conceals
the wounds. Their gigantic trunks are
three times the stretch of a man'e
arms. At night, sitting beneath them,
one is surprised by a whisper of wings,
and a ghostly company of white owls
sail forth, noiseless and weird, seeking
their meat while the world sleeps.
They are the most timid of birds, but
the old trees are their friends and pro
tectors against Intruding human curi
osity. In the depths of their hollowr
arms the solitary birds are safe. Five,
six, seven hundred years these trees
have stood, looking on the human life
that has ebbed and flowed about theli
roots. What lovers' vows have they
registered! What children's games
have been played about them! What
weddings and funerals have passed
under their shadow! WThat bitter quar-j
rels have they heard, and what lonely
repentance have they sighed to seel
What crimes have been desired or de
vised beneath their branches! WTmt
gentle deeds of mercy have been
wrought within sound of their rustling
leaves! Gazing upon them now, there
comes to the sensitive spirit a vision
In which all ordinary human life has
the flimslness of a dream. Before the
dignity, the silence, the age of these
gigantic trees human discontent sinks
away abashed, and one trusts, child
like, the power that has nourished
through centuries these great oaks,
and has kept them ever more beautiful
from youth to age.
F.ducation Rest ric ted.
Education in Persia does not appeal
to be very general. The bazaar and
merchant class know how to read and
write, and also acquire the rudiments
of arithmetic. The missionaries have
established numerous fine schools In
which secondary education Is ac
quired. In Teheran there Is a college
founded by the late Shah some yean
before bis assassination, in which are
educated the courtiers and great no
bles of the army. Although nearly
every village has its school, usually
held in a mosque, a large proportion of
the population are Illiterate. Of course
there Is nothing like public schools, as
we understand the term, the teacher
receiving a small sum each month
from the parents of each of his pupils.
As discipline Is severe, a boy who l
Idle or whose parents are backward
with the monthly stipend has a rough
time of It. The bastinado on a minia
ture scale Is always ready In the cor
ner. Old Knieralil Mines to lln Worked.
A company has been formed for t hi
reopening of the rich emerald mines
of Somondoco, Columbia. The mines
were discovered In 1537 nnd worked
to advantage until 1702, when they
were closed by order of the King of
Spain.
i
When a 'man has to have breakfast
at 0, to be off at work by 0:30, the
neighbors don't admire blm so much
as they pity his wife.
A woman Is never mean to a niiia
until he has said he loves her.
Some little people can eat a mlgbt
big uieaL ,
