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The first scientific society wag estab
lished by Ir. Franklin.
Yarn from wood pulp in now an ar
ticle of commerce in Cermany.
India rubber and gutta percba trees
have been discovered In German New
(Julpea.
The first woman telegraphic opera
tor wus Surah C. Hagley, of Lowell,
Mass., lvu.
The Chinese government has taken
the first steps toward the organization
of a patent system.
Financial students in the Treasury
predict that there will be $l,UOO,iJO,UX)
In gold In the Treasury within the next
five years.
Her puppy having died, a fox terrier
at Twickenham Ik now contentedly act
ing as foster mother to a couple of
young kittens.
Kidder The proverb, "Every dog has
1(8 day," doesn't go in Algiers. Kasly
Why? Kidder Fur the very good rea
son that there every dey has his dog
Two Itoinaii coins, one a sliver token
of Immltian, A. 1). Si-tut, and the other
m brass piece of Trajan, A. 1. OS, have
been unearthed in Dowgato Hill, Lon-
- don.
The, Mexican Government has pur
chased the major part of the recent
Issue of Iiiteroceanle ltallroad Com
paiiy's bonds, thus obtaining the con
trolling Interest In the road.
Since 1S.V) the population of the
world has doubled; Its indebtedness,
chielly for war purposes, has quadra
pled. It was eight billions fifty years
ago; It Is thirty-two billions to day.
Prince Frederick Leopold, who mar
rled a sUter of the German .Empress,
and Is known as a strong pro-Hocr, has
fitted all his men servants at his pal
uce near Potsdam with Jtocr uniforms
and slouch hats.
Postmaster Hubbard, of Hoston, fur
Dishes good evidence that the recent
political campaign aroused consider
able Interest in Masachusotts. Nearly
twice as much campaign literature was
handled as was ever before known In
Lis office.
A million dollar bills packed solidly
like leaves In a book made a pile 2"
feet high. One thousand million dol
lars, the price which Europe annually
pays for armaments In time of peace,
equal a pile of dollar bills over fifty-
two miles high.
Cornell's entry of a crew for the
Henley regatta has Inspired the organ
ization of the Cornell Club of London.
Seventy-five former students of Cornell
University have joined. They are most
ly electrical or mechanical engineers
.-employed by Charles T. Yerkos and
the new electrical establishments there.
W. J. Chapelle, who died recently In
Leavenworth, Kan., was manager of
Ford's Theater at Washington when
aj President Lincoln was assassinated,
and was one of the first to reach the
side of the woiindi-il President. He
was T.'J years old. and had been In the
show business for fifty years. He Was
burled at Great Bend, Pa., where his
daughter resides.
Duncan Gillies, who has been chosen
SpeakiT of the newly elected Victorian
. Parliament, In Australia, was first
i elected to that body In IM.7.) as a min
ers' candidate, he being then but 23
years old. Ever since that time he has
' been a leading parliamentary figure.
Mr. Gillfes, who was born In Glasgow
sixty-nine years ago. Is the first Scotch
man to occupy the Speaker's chair. He
has declined to be knighted.-
'Vanuniamitangl," which Is Samoan
for the "home of the singing bird," is
the nan- given to her new residence
In the Santa Cruz mountains of Cali
fornia by Mrs. Robert Louis Steven
son. The spot Is In one of the quietest
parts of the great blue mountains and
much like the old home In Vallinia.
Mrs. Stevenson had a house-warming
party at Vatiumanutangl recently,
where she made welcome all the lead
ing social and literary lights of San
Francisco.
Reports from Italy stale that the
phylloxera Is working ravages among
the vineyards of that country, and that
there will be nu unprecedented de
mand for American vines with which
to graft the old ones. It Is reported that
1MS provinces In Italy have been Invinl
ed by this Insect, and that not less than
750,000 acres of vlneland have been en
tirely destroyed. The phylloxera Invad
ed Italy In 1M71J, nine years after Its
, first Incursion Into France. When dis
covered In France It was noticed that
It did not Injure American vines that
dad been planted there.
' RINGS WITH EVIL POWERS.
flnpcratltlona Attached to Manylblnii
Apparently Boras Out,
Some of the most weird and curious
'romances are associated with possess
ions which appear to .have uo other
purpose than to bring misfortune and
trouble on those who own them, A
tragic instance of this is related In con
nection with the Llndsey family.
According to the legend, Colin Dud
ley, a former earl of Halearres. was
quietly eating his breakfast when he
hotild have !cen awaiting his bride at
tbc altar. When reminded of the fact
be hurried off to the church and, for
getting the Indispensable ring, borrow
ed one from a friend which he duly
placed on the bride's finger.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
tkfl aewly made countess took t glance
It tbs ring and on seeing that ltbore
I grinning death's bead, suddenly
f slated away. The Incident affected
her to each an extent that on rccorer
lug conciousness, she' expressed her
conviction that she was destined to die
within twelve months. And sure
enough In less than that period her
life came to an end.
Napoleon HI. was the possessor of
two rings, which he coustuantly wore,
and which had belonged to his prede
cessor, Napoleon I., who was a fatalist
In the fullest meaning of the term.
When Napoleon III. died it was pro
posed that these rings should be re
moved from his finger, but the Prince
Imperial refused to have them.
They were accordingly buried with
his father at Chlseihurst,-aml, -so far
from regarding them from the same
point of view as the prince, the Em
peror's domestic retainers firmly be
lieved that he would come to uu un
timely end for discarding the rings.
And when, in 1S7'.), the unfortunate
young man met his death at the hands
of the Zulus, against whom he was
lighting for England, they saw in this
deplorable event the realization of
their fears.
One of the best known public men
In New Zealand, a wealthy resident of
Hokiungl, North Island, recently trav
clde all the way to St. Louis in a fruit
less endeavor to have an idol cremated
which had cast an evil spell out him.
The heathen Idol had come to him as
part of a legacy from his grandfather,
to whom it had been presented by a
Maori chief. Said Its owner: "I have
traveled 10,0m miles with the Image,
and It has brought disaster after disas
ter upon me. I have often endeavor
ed to destroy It, but without avail.
"I once throw it under a train, and,
in running to get out of the way, fell
and broke one of my fingers. Then I
was arrested for endangering the lives
of passengers. When In London three
months ago 1 threw It Into the Thames,
and a drunken sailor who fished It out
brought It back to my rooms, and in
his rage at not receiving a reward al
most beat me to death.
"While In San Francisco I tried to
chop It to pieces with an ax, when the
ax, rebounding, struck me on the fore
head with almost fatal effect. The
wood is so hard that an ordinary tire
will not destroy It, and I am afraid to
get rid of it otherwise because of the
evil results." ...
The imago was a crude figure in rose
wood and ebony, and about two feet
long. Falling to get It cremated In St.
Louis, its owner started for New York,
where he was determined to have It
destroyed at whatever cost.
Hurled in the shadow of Diamond
Head volcano, at Honolulu, Is a violin
known as the "violin of death." In the
space of a few months two persons
who had owned It took their own lives
and a third mysteriously disappeared
The last victim of this weird lustra
merit, says the London Tit-Kits, was
George II. Scott, a sergeant of the
United States army, Sixty-sixth Coast
Artillery. This victim killed himself
at the barracks at Camp McKlnley,
but a few days before doing so he real
ized the. evil Influence of the violin nni
burled It as above stated.
Father and Hon.
What a father can do, If he will, lf
to make his own experience and
knowledge an Inseparable part of the
intellectual anil spiritual equipment
of his son. But be can do this only
when ho cares mo much about it us
to make It a dally, hourly object of
his life, says the Cosmopolitan. So
many fathers shirk the undertaking;
so many , of them stand aloof and let
the precious years go by, willing to
give anything and everything except
themscJfoB. Tjio first and great re
ward, of course, Is the One that comes
when hu sees the boy, upon the verge
of manhood, going out Into the world
to face the Inevitable dangers which
confront the novice. For the life of a
man differs from the life of a woman
In this respect, that nt some time or
other,- sooner or later, the time must
come when he shall stand alone rely
ing on his own strength to conquer, If
he be sound and brave, to fall If he be
weak and cowardly.
Celestial Wonder.
Tbo appearance of a new star In the
constellation Perseus and Its rapid ex
pansion Into a nebula, which has been
going on for some time past, have
revived among astronomers the the
ory that some nebulae may be formed
by explosion, writes a contributor to
Success. About JM70 Professor Bicker
ton, of Canterbury College, New Zea
land, showed that' If two stars should
graze one another the abraded parts,
If relatively small, would have so high
a temperature that they would at once
become nebulous, nnd that the nebula
so formed would under certain condi
tions, continue to expand until dissi
pated In space. The present expanding
nebula has been growing at the ex
traordinary rate of several thousand
miles a second, and Is, In many ways.
one of the greatest celestial wonders of
the time.
What Keally Happen.
A new definition of absent-minded
ness, which Is humor if not psychology,
appears In tbo Indianapolis News In
this dialogue:
Pa, what does 'absent-minded'
mean?"
'Ay boy, that's easy, LHd you ever
stop to think?"
"Yes."
"And your thoughts ran on?"
"Yea."
"Well, that's It."
Kmbarraaaad.
"Are they lovers?"
"Yes; didn't you notice bow hard
It was to get them to talk to each oth
er at dinner?"
Justice only takes a man's port,
but Injustice takes It aU.
Newspapers are being sold through
lutomatic machines in Ilerliu.
Five hundred and thirty-two tons of
cigarettes were exported last year from
Egypt.
t T.na An;-:le Cn T'nli,:: T;;!imi tmr-
ty nominated a Socialist ticket for the
city offices.
Two coal mines are now in success
ful operation in Alaska. They produce
good steam coal.
At the present time the order of
Itailwny Conductors has a inoiulroT
ship of more than 27.IHHI.
The International Brotherhood .of
Carpenters and Joiners has a member
ship of l'JO.iMHJ in good standing.
In Great Britain there are 1.!m5.(m0
Irade unionists, and but Loon.ooo in
the United States, for about twice the
population. ' - -
Ten thousand cannon have been
made for forty States at Krupp's Es
sen works, where 47,OW work people
are employed.
On account of the bad harvest in
Norway the government has granted
?I8,'MJ0 to farmers for the purpose of
buying seeds.
There is a demand for mechanics In
Cape Colony, for skilled platelayers In
Natal, and for first-class building trade
employes in the Transvaal.
Among the working women of Bel
gium there are 30,000 who earn less
than UO cents a day. Only 9,000 earn
more than. 50 cojits and only .more
than SO cents a day.
The Russian government has ap
pointed a commission to Investigate
agricultural methods and the condi
tions of the peasantry In Russia, with
a view to Improving both. '
The largest fine ever Imposed upon
a union workman for refusing to obey
a strike order was recently assessed
James McCarrlck, a former president
of the Kansas Cify Boiler Makers' Un
ion. McCarrlck was fined ?Lr)() be
cause he remained at work when a,
strike was ordered.
The Piano and Organ Makers' Union
of New York has made a demand on
all employers for an advance of 10
per cent in wages and a nine-hour
work-day. The union also demands
time and a half for overtime and dou
ble time for Sunday work.. About
1,500 piano and organ makers, em
ployed in forty factories, join in the
demand.
Toronto, Canada, has started a move
ment for the organization of employ
ers of all kinds into, aa association,
the main objects of which would be
to place business upon a more per
manent basis and to render strikes Im
possible by providing Jn all cases for
arbitration upon an equitable basis of
all matti:: in dispute. Two hundred
invitations have been sent out to em
ployers of labor In all branches of In
dustry, from laundries and liveries to
the street railway company and the
largest employers of labor.
Iiochcstor, N. Y., has an organization
known as the Trade Unionist League.)
The objects of the league are set forth
In the following preamble: "We are
organized for the purpose of promot
ing the Interest of all trade unionists'
cards, labels, and stamps, and to ac
tively aid In the work against nil un
fair firms, individuals, or products; to
take such political action as from time
to time may bet deemed necessary In
the Interests of trade unionists." The
membership will, of course, be limit
ed to union workmen, but members of
every local In Rochester are Invited to
become Identified with the league.
ACCURACY OF FAMOUS ARTIST.
"ingot H pa red No I'ulns to Make III
Picture Correct.
Tlssot, the distinguished painter who
died recently, while at work on his
"Life of Jesus," took extraordinary
pains to have every detail absolutely
correct, and he Nattered himself that
he had not made a single error until
oue (lay, when he happened to show
a critic, a waicr-eolor drawing In
whkn the parable of the barren fig
tree was depicted, relates the St. Louis
Star.
Known. g that this drawing was In
tended to form part of the series en
titled "Life of Jesus," the critic ex
amlncd It very carefully, and finally
said: "I nm Just wondering why
there are so many .aloes In tills gar
den. Do you lutend the scene to bo
lypleol of the time of Christ or Is It
in an ordinary scene, suitable for uny
time?"
"Jly sole object In painting that gar
den was to depict a familiar scene In
the life of Christ," answered the paint
er, "and I assure you that. I have
taken the utmost pains 'not to Intro
duce Into the scene anything which
would bo out of harmony, with that
epoch."
"Nevertheless, you have made one
blunder." replied the critic, "for It Is
a well-known fact that alow; were not
Introduced Into the Holy Laud, nor
Into any of the' countries Kdjolnlng (be
Mediterranean, until after the con
quest of Mexico by the Spaniards. "
Tlnsot at once laid aside all other
work, nnd did not rest until he. had
removed the objectionable aloes, from
the garden.
How Ha View.
'Yes; we refused to offer tbs yaung
Inventor a prlxe." -
"Then he didn't fly In his airship?"
"No; he flew In a rage."
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTSi
The Rush for New Land.
ANY one seeking to understand the movement of
settlers Into the Canadian Northwest from the
United States has only to look at the conditions in
Illinois ttiid the other Commonwealths that were
carved "out of the fertile lands of the Mississippi
Valley less than 100 years ago. Here a very large propor
tion of t ho farms are cultivated by men who do not own
them, while the real owners, who are either descendants
of the' original settlers or men grown wealthy in trade,
hanking or oilier pursuits not directly connected with the
soil, reside in the cities and towns that dot the region.
With wealthy men everywhere seeking profitable invest
ments for their idle thousands the price of the fat corn
lands of the West is prohibitive so far as the farm tenant
Is concerned. If he pays a cash rent of $5 an acre, which
he iloes in many Instances, he is gambling heavily on the
beneficence of the seasons that make up the year. When
lie can go to the Canadian Northwest and get cheap land
in a country of "wheat and cattle the temptation to be his
own landlord is likely to be irresistible if he Is of an enter
prising disposition.
There are many farmers, also, who have small holdings
In the Middle Western States and who are tempted to sell
by the high prices which such lands now command. To
take their money and go to the new regions of Canada,
where one acre of Illinois land will buy 200 acres of equally
fertile soil, seems to them a highly sensible action. The
descendants of those pioneers who "tamed the wilderness"
have lost none of the enterprise which was their chief
heritage from their fathers.
While the United States dislikes to lose these enterpris
ing men of Its own blood. It cannot think that they will
cross the border with any desire to be false to the new flag
which protects them. On their own fertile acres they
should be loyal Canadians as they have been loyal Ameri
cans. Chicago Daily News.
Revenge Costs Too Much.
N politics, business and In society generally the man who
spend his time trying to get revenge Is a fool. Even
when he gains his revenge he loses something more
valuable. Revenge may be sweet, but It costs too much.
It was the wise maxim of an ancient sage that we
should ever conduct ourselves toward our enemy as if he
were one day to be our friend. Most enmities spring from
misunderstandings, and it happcus often that bitter foes,
when they come to know each other, become the best of
friends.' One's enemy is seldom as black as he Is painted,
and as none of us is perfect ajl of us ought to be chari
table. It Is better to win one's enemies by kindness than
to intensify their enmity by doing them harm.
Only a coward will refrain from doing right for fear of
making enemies, but only a fool will make enemies for
the gratification of his own petty passions. Every man
relies in some measure on Ids friends. We cannot live or
prosper except by the good will of our neighbors. Shrewd
men, knowing this, never raiss an opportunity of making
friends, and they endeavor to conciliate, rather than an
tagonize, their enemies.
Every positive man, and especially every man that does
his duty, will have some enemies. That cannot be helped.
Human nature Is Infirm and human interests ore so con
flicting that one cannot be everybody's friend and remain
an honest man. But one can exercise some worldly pru
dence nnd endeavor to multiply friends rather than ene
mies. San Francisco Bulletin.
Don't Worry.
ONE of the most curious phenomena of human life is
the way in which troubles and misfortunes exhaust
themselves and vanish Into nothing. Something may
occur or may threaten to occur which will worry a
man exceedingly. His spirits will sink, his appetite
will lenve, sleep will quit his bed, and he will go about
moiling, dejected and thoroughly, unhappy. In company
WHEN SUMMER DIES.
(ilorien of a Summer lnjr Jlown on
the Ohi Kuriii.
,LelVi.go back to the old farm for a
day just to catch a glance of fading
Indian summer and the yawning time
of year. It is a lazy month. Old Moth
er Nature is sleepy. She sits with
hands folded and waits for the white
mantle and the long rest. The country
is Beautiful in spring and gorgeous as
I lie slnnnier wanes and every valley
lKTOlii'es an art gallery.
In the early morning we leave the
old farmhouse, snuff the crisp, keen
air and start out on a tramp. There
Is no smoke, no rumble of trucks and
Jar of trolley cars. Miles away a
hound on the trail Is baying, and the
xouud Is wafted over hills and mead
ows clear as a bell, and it arouses the
wlhlncss In our breast and takes us
back many years.
Let's walk, let's cover miles and get
Just as far front f rouble and worry and
Misfires us wo can. Why, this Is the
abode of peace. It doesn't seem possi
ble Unit' strife and "passion anil wrong
can -exist so close tu the earth's bosom.
-We pass through the old orchard,
gather late apples tint t. somehow, have
a llavor Hint Is lost when the fruit
leaven Ihi' orchard; follow the crooked
path that winds like a great serpent
across the pasture, labor across the
new plowed yelds and find the smell of
fresh earth grateful. Here's the brook.
We fished tin-re' once wllli bent pins.
There was only1 " warm sunshine In
those days-sunshine and butterflies.
IIjw good life was, when we were
young! And there Is the woods, no
longer gloomy and 'mysterious, but gor
geous with all tliw glow of the peacock,
painted by frost and sun, every tree a
rajubow, every bush n bouquet. Isn't
It strange that nature makes death so
attractive?
Listen. Jo you henr the music? Chil
dren arc laughing. There Is a har
mony In the natural mirth of little
folks more tuneful than anything that
man has ever written. It Is no sweet
thut even the phonograph has failed to
reproduce It, and I'l never rings clearer
I liau down on the old farm when there
Is a hutting expedition on. '
Takes us back about 40 years
rton't 'lt?--bsck to the time of stone
bruises nnd battered fingers and red
cheeks nnd healthy iippl!l and a
TABLE CRICKET AS PINGPONG'S RIVAL IN LONDON
Plngpong Is to be matched by table cricket, which Is expected to soon
have as many devotees as the other young game. A demonstration was
given at a public ball in London recently and the thlug pronounced a suc
cess. The bat Is n diminutive affair, as are also the wickets. The chief feature
of the game, however, Is the "bowler," which Is an Ingenious arrangement
of springs which pitches (lie ball at the wicket In n most baffling way. After
a little practice even a novice at the game makes a first-cliiss bowler. The
real skill Is demanded on the part of the batsman. He has a small bat,
about an Inch and a half long, with which he must guard his wicket. The
field Is arranged with pockets for catching out the batter, and the whole
plan Is arranged to conform closely to cricket.
The game has already liecome popular In Iindon, and Is likely to spread
to America. It Is thought Its predicted success here may Increase the Interest
of society people In real cricket Itself.
thousand things that fade away when
we are no longer young. We used to
bo In Just such n party, and the dog
looks Just like the stump-talled dog we
had. Why It must lic--"Coine here,
Sport, come here, good dog"
It Is useless! Thnt was 40 years
ago. Time doesn't turn backward,
even for old men who have made fame
In the business world. We can watch
th happy children, breathe the sweet
sir of the country once In a while, gaze
he will be sad, however gay the others. He will carry about
with him that dull pain In the breast which is the symptom
of worry and proves it really a bodily as well as a mental
ailment. ;
For a few days this state of mind will last Then, grad
ually, the clouds will clear away and the mind will have
peace again. Nothing may have happened exteriorly to
porduce this pleasant effect. The facts which gave rise to
the worry may be just as they were before. The change
has taken place within the mind, and the cause of It lies not
In any outside event, but in the Interior of the mind itself.
Worry and grief consume energy and soon exhaust the
mind and body. With exhaustion comes quiescence, which
Is the beginning of ease. Reaction sets in, and the spirits,
like water, soon regain their proper level. Worry
cannot alter a fact. It is, therefore, a foolish waste of
energy. The man who worries Is as silly as a man who
would run after an express train that had an hour's start
of him. He cauuot do away with an awkward state of facts
by worrying any more than he could overtake an express
train by running; and after worrying a while he finds him
self In the same case with the mi(n that has chased the
train, baffled and clean forspent. He has had his trouble
for nothing. San Francisco Bulletin.
Crime Is Decreasing.
THE average man, if asked for his opinion on the sub
ject, probably would say that crime Is increasing.
Matt Pinkerton, head of the Pinkerton detective
agency, and one of the most expert and experienced
criminal catchers in the country, takes the opposite
view. He grants that carefully prepared statistics of crime
tend to sustain the popular impression; but, he says, these
statistics and the circumstances on which the popular belief
are based are both deceptive.
The principal cause of the common opinion that lawless
ness Is growing is undoubtedly the wide publicity now given
to crimes by the newspapers. Every murder, embezzle
ment or highway robbery which happens In any part of
the country is telegraphed within a few hours, not only aa
formerly, to the newspapers of the immediate vicinity
where the crime was committed, but to those of the entire
country. The morning paper presents a complete panorama
of the criminal, as well as the business, political and social
events of the preceding twenty-four hours not of any par
ticular section of one country, but of the world. The aver
age reader makes the mistake of failing to consider that
the crimes be reads of now are those of the civilized globe,
while those he read of a few decades ago were mainly those
of his immediate neighborhood. Kansas City Journal.
English Words Good Enough.
WHY should the operator of an automobile be
called in England or America by the French
word "chauffeur," instead of by the good old
Anglo-Saxon word "driver," which the English
apply to their locomotive and other engineers?
For no reason in the world,, except that sort of intellectual
dandyism which causes some men to say that they "trans
port" a thing instead of that they "carry" it; that they
"purchased" what In reality they just "bought;" that an
author's or a painter's best work Is his "chef-d'oeuvre,"
Instead of bis "masterpiece;" and that causes many literary
fledglings and most scientific and philosophical writers to
clothe their thoughts in long, sonorous words not infre-;
quently Invented by themselves which nobody but a
pedantic professor of rhetoric can understand or be ex
cused for using.
"The bane of philosophy," says Walter Bagehot, "ls
pomposity." And mental and verbal dandyism is the bane
of the talking and writing of too many men who have got
sufficient education to despise the simplicity of those less
taught than themselves, but not enough culture to appre
ciate the beauty and power of simple, clear English, nor to
see how it. Is emasculated when words from other tongues
are mixed with it. Kansas City Journal.
at the show, and memory must All the
gaps and do the rest.
We've Been the bags filled with nuts,
I he dog chase Imaginary game Into a
brush heap; we've eaten lunch In the
woods and drunk from a spring and
our hearts are filled with the glory of
It all. We have been closer to the
power thnt rules the world and make
the seasons, and we are glad that N
has been given to us to lire oat anoth
er tatofc r day. Cincinnati Past
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