MAY Bf EMPRESS OF GERMANY.
Brl Mar H Hal4 br ka.
lie Marriacr.
Co art goKalp iu Europe revives tb
ftrport Uutt the Crown Prince of Oer
tiany. frederlck William. U to Hurry
-. h Prince Ale
-l dra ofCumberl
Should this u
exan-
berlaml
1&
carnou out, It
will be a romantic
one, for there bit
been a bitter feud
between tLa Uo
betjxollerui and
the Cuelpbs of
Hanover for the
la at thirty-flva
alm&amda. years. In the war
ISM tbe king of Hanover, the
grandfather of Princess Alexandra,
H lea by bin warm friendship for
atmperor a'rancia Joseph to take the
teeUOf aide, with tbe result tliat when
Prussia bad crushed Austria be wat
aetbroned ami bit dominion added to
tb Prussian imwn. There i still f
taoeipb party iu Hanover and ever)
rear ou tbe luke of Cumberland')
birthday a deputation pws to Guiun
den to carry biiu tbe greetings of but
"loyal. subjects iu Hanover." Tb
Coelpblaa nto.ement in Hanover,
however, ia suppressed with an irot
baud by tbe most approved Germat
police methods. Since the crash the
royal family baa lived lu Austria, at
PeuzJng, near Vienna, und at Gmun
Vn, In upper Austria. The bead oj
tbe family uses bl English tlUe, Cum
ber land, but keeps up all tbe state and
ceremony of h kins at bl residences
Princess Alexandra is the matonia'
granddaughter of the King of Den
mark, aud Ik consequently niece U
the Empress mother of Russia, and bei
namesake, the tueen of England, at
well as tbe King of Greece. She li
a taU, pleasant looking girl, but not
particularly beautiful. She Is an en
thusiastic yachtswoman and Halls bei
own boat over the wuters of tin
treacherous Gmundcn Lake. She but
been much at the Austrian court
where tbe Cumliorlands take prece
xicnee of ever- one and are treated at
reigning family. She Is a Protest
ant, and therefore religiously ellglblt
to lie the German drown I'rioce'i
bride.
WOMAN LIGHTHOUSE-KEEPER.
Arduous TaW ef M r. Nincy Hnnc, hi
Hetirt?, Ak?i1 7fl Year.
b)T nearly b:ilf n century Mrs. Nun
cy Rose has had tin- sole rcspoiisibllitj
of keeping the lighthouse th.it marki
the crest of Stony Point, on the Hud
sou. Now, at rl;e age of 79, she pro
jxises to Rive tip her arduous work an(
give over the watching of this beacot
ligbu, and t! " ii'.-pp!i"iliility of tin
fog bell, Into younger bauds.
Mrs. Row was left it widow, wilt
six children, when sin- undertook tin
work of the Stony Point lighthouse. Il
was iu 1V2 that Alexander Rose ro
eelved the Appointment of llghthoust
keeper. A few years Inter, while ear
rylug timbers for the bell tower whiel
the government was then constructing
bo ruptured a blood vessel, and a few
week later he died Mrs. Rose step
pod Into bis place as lighthouse keep
erd, aud although the work Is tetlloui
aud tbe- situation Isolated and lonely
for forty -seven yeurs tbe brave wumai
bus kept at ber post, trimmed tu
lights aud kept the fog bell ringing.
Tbe cottage at the foot of the light
bouse where the Roue family have II v
d so long U twenty-seven years old
but tbe lighthouse itself Is severity
. seven, and Is built on the foundatioi
of Stony Point Fort, the old walli
bavlug been filled In and long since be
come a terrace of grass 'and nmnl
brubs. Dozens of bullet and grape
shot, rusty and soil eittcn, have beet
found about the fort several fine sped
meus of which Mrs. Rose has presort
d A flagjmle marks the spot when
Mad Anthony Wayne of revolutionary
fame is supposed to bnve fallen, an
with bltn Jacob Parkinson, a great
grandfather of Mrs. Rose, was wound
sl
The lighthouse lamps have to be ro
plenislied at midnight and the foj
boll machinery 1ms to be wound uj
every three and three-quartern hours
. In 1WW tbe bell wni removed aboui
an eighth of mile away from tin
bouse and nearer tbe water. This mndi
extra labor and exposure. Rut Mrsj
Roue never fallen in iter auty, ue uu
weather acorcblng hot or cold with
winter blizzards. For ber work h
KKvlved a maximum salary of $."00 i
yeflf. Two of Mrs. Roso'i children re
main wltli her, and a pretty cottagij
hat been built In the locality or Htonj
Point wblch tbe family will occupy,
tilddlnff good by to tbo llghthousi
where this faithful woman bai tolled
for nearly fifty yearn.
Oil Conamnp'lon.
Kor many months the oil consump
tion of tbe world iias exceeded th
production, for which roason financier1
and merchants have feared a posslhh
exhaustion of the oil fields. Reporti
published In th! Mtimial of Statistics
howeter, ahow an extensive decrenst
In the to k of crude petroleum Iu the
greatint of all American llelds. Peuu
aylvanla, within the Inst two years nnd ,
figures of equal authority Indicate thai
for months tbe consumption of oil from
Pennsylvania nd Wett Virginia welii
baa been very largoly In cxii-ss of
production. Tho atock of crude Penn
ylvanla petroleum above ground In,
December, 19U0, wni 13.174,717 barrels,!
while In December, 11)02, the ainouiil
tons atored was only 0,000,127 barrola
The man who growli aboat hi wlfe'i
cooklBf thrte time a day wUl eat any
oM thing with iwllah wbea he la campj
Inf oat for a waak wUa a ata part.
flVention
The biojhoac, a new German phono
graph, produces pictures as well aa
tounds. It shows, for instance, tbe
tinker giving a Mung.
Tbe temperature limits of life are
much more widely separated tbau we
snce supposed. Bacteria are now
known to develop and multiply at T'J
3eg. C; aud Prof. A. M:fadyeji . of
Loi:dou has exposed such orgaulsuis to
i'.si deg. t'. below zurw for six utouths
wlth'jut bariuilig them, while they
even survived deg. C. below zero.
An luvestigatioii of paving stones
has b-eii undertaken lu Ireland by
Prof. Joly. He finds tliat resistance
to wear varies diieitly with the
tmounls of uuurtz and felspar eoiitaiu
d, the completely c-rrtulliMe igneous
granites, etc., U'lng as a rule the
toughest. Rixks that are ditidedly
porjdiyrltie, sjious or glassy are to be
ivo.ded. A certain Coarseness of grain
la usually desirable, as line grained
rocks, like a rerlaln Welsh diorite. are
luili to lie ouie 1 i pf -ry .
'1 In ehttrii; diw barge between two
vessels of men ut y in a purlin) vacuum
Is the mosl efficient form of artilicial
lighting jet discovered. In a rei-enl
test by W. C. Ijeer, tlie uieiciiry term
iltals were about four tiflhs of an lte-h
npart. and an arc of two Indies lu
length was produced by a direct cur
leut of llo volts. Nearly So per ynt
of the energy supplied was converted
into visible light. Turning to other
lights, the (jeissler tube showed an
efficiency of 32 per cent; tbe ordinary
arc lamp, 10; acetylene gag, 10; the In
candescent electric lamp, 0, and the
Argand gaa burner, 1.0.
Tliii entomologists employed to abate
tbe inoHijuito nuisance along the north
shore of Long Uland report, among
other things, that a single ralu-bitrrel
will breed more mosquitoes than a
large pond. Even the salt meadows
hardly equal, as mosqn'to producers.
four or five good barrels apiocK Tho
reason Is that the larger pools contain
fifh which prey upon the larvae, A
soggy pasture, lu the mune Dense,
eijuals from one to two ratii-barrels.
Wind Ik a great enemy to mosquitoes.
Kven a gentle fanning keeps them olT
This recalls the legend that lOmpid
ocles freed the great city of Acragas
(Ai;rigcntum) In Sicily from miliaria
i by opening the hills, o that the north
j wind swept freely over the town. We
j now know that mosquitoes are the
I chief distributors of malaria.
The Jesup expedition, pent out by
flic American Museum of Natural His
tory to Investigate the native tribes of
Northwestern America and North
eastern Asia has completed its
field-work and collected Rome
twenty thousand specimens of bouse
bold articles, dress, ornaments, tools
and weapons such as have uevor before
been exhibited. The explorations ex
tended from tbe Columbia River
around the North Pacific coast to the
Amur River In Asia. Close, similarities
were found lu the customs, dress, Im
plements, folk-lore and, other charac
teristics of the American and Siberian
tribes, pointing, It Is thought, to the
common origin of these people at
some remote past time. Tbe most nu
merous of tbe Siberian races are the
Yakuts, Lumbering about 270,000 In
dividuals, and dwelling lu and around
the Lena River valley. Their terri
tory Includes about one-third of Sibe
ria. Many of them have amassed
wealth In the fur trade, aud their sil
versmiths are rioted for skill. Yakut
bellea frequently possess costumes of
furs, ornamented with silver, worth
$1,000,
Tbe Chance of a Prisoner.
I entered my olllce one morning to
find a very worn and traveled stained
wanderer awaiting me. He had been
a crook ever since be had been old
enough to gain his living, and having
bad no home lulluenue except thai
which was evil, he followed the wrong
path faithfully to his own ruin. He
had never done lionnst work In his
life. Wltb no trade, no character, no
references, no friends, aud with a
criminal pnst stamped ou bis face,
when his money was gone after he bad
been discharged from prison the out
look was most discouraging. Just at
this point a policeman acted the part
of fate and ran hlra In, not because be
had committed any crime but to pre
vent hlin from doing so.
That night when the door of bis cell
clanged behind him a deep realization
of bis failure swept over him. "Pris
on, prison. Is It always and forever to
be prison?" he groaned, and throwing
himself on his knees, for tbe first time
In bis life, ho prayed. The next day In
court some one unknown to hlrti Said
a good word ou bis behalf and be was
discharged. He walked from Boston
to New York and when I heard the
story very simply told In his rough
way he said: "Now, Little Mother,
will you give me a chance? Is there
any hojie for tne?" Very gladly did we
bid hlui welcome.
Wbeu he left ns It was hard work
be undertook. When tbe first pay day
canto be called at my olllce, coming In
straight from work in toll-stained'
clothing and bis hands bearing tbe
marks of toll which mean so much to
ua. Aa I rose to greet him ha clasped
my Angers In his two strong hands and
with tears filling his eyes he 'said:,
"Uttle Mother, I just came to thank
ynu. I can't tell yon what the Home
kas done for me, but I want my com
rade to know I am really grateful."
And then be drew from his pocket a
UtUa roll tt bills and pressing It la my
band, be aald: "Tliat Is the or
honest money I ever earned. I warn
you to tne It for tbe boys who are nos
wbere I was one." Leslie's Monthly
When the Horn Blowa.
As yoa rashle with adversity sod pin
along the road
Ketps yoar tesaper sofflewhst jangle
out o' tune to bear the load.
An' you very often wonder if there
ever come-a dav
When your labors will be over an' you'l
have a chance to play,
Keep a-jackiu' up jour courage, fur Uii
tiiue will come at lust
Wlirn your trials an' your troubls'll b
uiein'ries o' the pasf;
There's a better day acoutio whei
you'll dump your earthly won.
An' you'll know that yoa hive atrucl
it when the last born blows.
Ofntiiues you feel a swelliu' in you
gullet niien you meet
With a inillioiiuire a-ridiu' in ai carriaf
'long the street
Au' the jarWin of euvy gives yoor soa
a stiuKin' cut
When you see him ou the road an' yo
a struguliu' in the rut.
Sicli a frelin' o' resentment doesn't bei
the case a bit,
Doeku't regulate the matter fur to ('
your leeth a grit;
Though you haveu't got the boodle no
his tailor fitted clothes'
You will le as rich as he is when th
List horn blows.
We are only her a'-waitiu', sort o' klllii
time until
We receive the. invitation fur to climi
the golden bill, .
An' we hndu't ort to grumble jes' b
cause a favored few
Have a knack o' grabbin' fortune that
denied to ma. au' you,
Fix your eyes ou the eternity we'll cnte
by and by.
Life on earth ain't half a minute to tb
time we'll spend on high
Try to keep the tear o' trouble froi
a-trickliu' down your nose,
Fur you'll holler halleluyer when tb
lflnt horn blows. , . .
Denver Post.
MACEDONIAN PEASANT8.
Fhockina Abusea to Which Even b
Peace 1 her Are fuhject.
The i .easanta of -Macedonia who at
In revolt against the rule of the Tur
are an Interesting people. Their coir
try Is -much diversified In populatloi
in tbe south the Ureeks predomluati
In the north the Slavs. The middl
section has a mixid and debatable coi
g rh-8 of nationalities and dlalecti
'1 lu re are a. few Wul.aehlans here at
there und a sprinkling of Mahometan
ev ryttli' re. In times of peace 0.1 p(
cent of the population Is engaged ti
ngilciiliure. They till the fields in :
primitive fashion, having little use ffl
niodi-rn improvements or farm mi
clilacry. Their stolid Industry, the!
thrifty habits, the tiro climate aud th
uaitiral firt.llty of the country woul
make them n most prosperous and bar
py pet pl; were It not for the oppru
s on put uimH them.
I'.aclt Christian village suITits exai
tion from Its Moslem neighbors, It
Turkish landlord,' the Albanian brlj
anils, to say nothing of the olllclal fa
coll ctors. The peoj 1 have no securlt
In trade, and the privileged classes llv
upon thrlr labor. Ia some places tb
pe.isiinis, besides sharing tbe produc!
of their field equally with their lan
lords, are forced to work for thei
eighty days cadi year, Including Sui
days, without any -pay In money
goods. They are forced to obey l
the point of the knife, and there Is d
redress.
The cottages of tbe peasants ai
grouped together In little hamlet
There, are few fences and the lam
marks are uncerraln. Many of the vl
lage have a common lot for p.istu
Ing tho flocks when It Is Impossible fi
the shepberdH to lead thorn luto tt
mountains, where fi.r several iuontr
each year the grazing Is good.
Both men and women are stronj
11ml ed aud full of endurance. Few ai
Idle or vicious. The wi.meu d- the
shaw of work In tho fields, aud hat
no end of home duties. They make tt
clothing of the family, usually froi
wc ol grown and sheared upon tt
farm, spun, woven, cut and made I
the house.
The 'hospitality of the people appca
to the visitor. Oriental laws preval
and no one who comes In peace
turned away. Even the poircst pea
nnt will share bis crust of bread an
bis woolen blankets with a, strange
and without asking.
Tbe average peasant family po
sess-8 a pair of oxen, forty or fl CI
aheep, a cow, several pigs and chlcl
eiw. A portion of the Increase of tl
taeep flock must be turned over to tt
landlord In many case. One day ear.
week In the towns of the district
market day, and the peasants cott
from every direction, driving slow-g
ng ox teams bitched to rough car
loaded wltb produce.; The distances ai
great, and the market Jotiruey Is usUa
ly begun tbe day before and ended tl
day after market day.
Like bis brothers In Bulgaria, tt
Macedonian pea? ant buries his monf
In tho field's. There are few brink
and" tHe'se 'few; lio .peasant does ni
trust. ,' 'The' houselsnot. a '.safe iiidir
place, for It Is liable to be searched i
any time, by passing bands of Turk
whVdo not liesltafo .to loot wjijn t,hi'
Is arlythjiig 1,0 lie takeu. . In Itulgarl
where le'-prm tas been In force ft
some yars, tbe peasant la prospcro.ii
h'nd 'th total amount of coin burl
In the (lei Is Is enormous. So fast C
tb peisante , bide the moucy whit
cjmcs'to them that tbo output of tt
Bulgarian m'rU disappears almost i
aoon as coined ........j. tM,: i( ; ,
Call for flympaihy.
Klrat Bachelor 1 wish 1 could wrl.
a decent letter of condolence.
Second Bachelor Some one 70
know dead?
"Na. toxgm4.H-Dtrort Kre Pn
frfi I rr 1- 1
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
0M pooka tor New Readers.
8 tbe love for old books that is. for the works
A,' I of the standard authors of the past should not
I be confined .to old readers, it la gratifying to
' aa I - . 1, .. v. i ... k , , t. .... t ....
uoie tuai yuuiiBucua wiu ucic mu iu xuugiauu
ire making a feature of. the reprints of former
favorite. k
i ithout reflecting upon the authors
ture. It can truthfully be said that time is the great win
nower of literary chaff. That which survive the genera
tion in which it appears is usually worthy of belag read
by succeeding generations, and not infrequently better
worth universal perusal than tbe bulk of tbe books from
which the worthless and purely ephemeral nave not yet
been eliminated. Plutarch never grows old with students
of biography; Cervantes and Sbakspeare are as delightful
after three hundred years as when their immortal works
were first published, and every generation has furnished
authors worthy of being read by all generations.
' Each successful author Is unique. Take past writers of
American literature as examples. Irving, Cooper and Haw
thorne have had no successors in their own special fields.
Scott Thackeray, Dickens, George Eliot and Charles
Ueade among the English novelists of tbe past century
have not been excelled or even duplicated in the present
The children of those who derived pleasure and instruc
tion from these writers while living will find equal profit
and delight in their perusal now that they are dead.
"King's Treasures" Is what Ruskln hag fitly named collec
tions of books that have survived Time's winnowing proc
ess; and these books cannot bo made too cheap, plentiful
or accessible. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Wealth and National Stamina.
YPF.N'XiVF. houses Hch fnrntulUnefi eosttv
El-iports, extravagant entertainments, criminally
lexpenslve hotels and the like, everybody sees
I .... .1 I. .w, -r, W, . , , .. .1 I V. A,AI.nnB
who have a scale of living that would put the
rich men of most other countries to shame. But
tlie real question Is not whether the amount of uuneees; ary
or even vulgar expenditure be large, but whether sucb ex
penditure vitiates taste, Induces to Idleness, and encour
ages vice. Tbe only, fair answer 1$ that there is as large a
proportion of idle and vicious among the poor or the well-to-do
as among the rich. Most American men have occu
pations, and most of them have engrossing occupations.
Rut there Is probably a larger proportion of American
women who suffer from Idleness than there was a genera
tion ago, and the chief social danger from great wealth Is
the danger to women. Yet there conies up from the hum
bler social levels Into the ranks of well-to-do life so many
robust and well balanced young women of every genera
tion that those who are spoiled by fortune are, in com
parison. Inconsiderable.
Our democracy reinforces Itself with a safe and vigor
ous womanhood, even more surely than with energetic
manhood. If all the women In the United Suites between
the ages of 18 and 40 could be appraised by the tiest stand
ard of womanhood, they would show such an advance
iner tlii'lr mothers as could perhaps not bo shown by any
preceding generation of men or women since civilization
began. They owe much of it not to excessive wealth, but
to the well-diffused prosjierlty that they have enjoyed.
And excessive wealth nnd all Its evils are, after all, only
unfortunate Incidents of this diffused prosperity. Tbe
W orld's Work.
Parental Responsibility For Spoiled Children.
jg
NE of the saddest of sights Is a spoiled child.
Seeing such a child one almost, revolts against
the system that leaves the young in the care
of their parents, however unfit those parents
may be for their Important responsibilities.
There are Incompetent parents In all stations
of society, but It would seem, from casual observation, that
the poor are really wiser and firmer parents tban the rich.
Poor people perforce must discipline their children and
keep them well In hand. Tbe children of the poor must
Le taught to help themselves, to work about tbe house, to
practice thrift. Fortunately tbe majority of poor parents
in this country appreciate the value of 'education, and they
-cud their young to the neighboring public or private
-i-hool even though doing so cost thera much pinching and
inlmr. . Between being disciplined at home nnd knocked
VALUE OF THE EGQ CROP.
Venr In, Year Oat, It Kent Produc
tion of I'recloua Mctula.
Russia is the lnrgest seller of aggs
ii the world.- She soils to foreign coun-
ries I.'o.inni.inmj dozen eggs nearly ev
ry year. In ISOil she sent abroad 1,
7r,.(KM),iHMi egs; in 1S97, 1,737,000,000,
:nd 111 1SUH l,8.'ll,0O0,000. Her sales
in.- all the time Increasing. : . ;
China is supposed to be tbe lagest
inslm-cr of eggs In tbe world. There
1 no such thing as statistics of poultry
iroilucts lu China, but there are over
. ji,i:(i(,(KK) persons In that empire who
n very fond of eggs; It takes a good
i.auy eggs to supply them. Tbe hum
i"t farm but has bens In plenty,
1 ni they do their best to supply the
i-.naiid. There is little doubt that
'I, Inn takes the cake as an egg pro
ucer. Her entire, supply Is usually
oiiMimed at home, though she some
inies manages to spare a few for ,7p
nese consumers.
t Ireat Britain Is tbe largest buyer of
K-.-isii eggs In tho world. Of conrse,
Lnglisli breakfast table Is cpmplote
iUiouI eggs us a complement to Its
.it and mnrmalado. Great Britain
i.vs every year iin average of 1.500,-
m.iHH) eggs from, about twenty couu
..,ei.; iilnj-"tills, la 'only 40 per cent of
':n ; consumption': British lions' man
..e p proiltico tln-jfo-flfths of the eggs
i(iit bs home., market demands, in
s'l" Russia sold ,W England 5.10.053,
!1 '''fjgs, und the next largest sellers
; Hulgiii ;i. jieiimark, Germany,
ni.ico, Egyp, a:i Morocco. Great
-Mill spent $;,7 15.1M In the pur-i.-no
of eggs lu 11)01.
'mi' entire export of eggs in 1902
h only 2,717 iH) down, valued at
-'. ;7 i. which cuts a small figure In
' i.;iii-iion with Russia's total. But
1 ii"iis nre. very , Industrious, and It
" i a ,V tbi enormous home demand
-it Keeps our exports at sucb a low
."re.
i 1 1S!)! there were 233,o08,005 chlck
14 iu Mils country, and they produced
..J;,.'..si.H.l 14 dozen eggs; and tb fact
of current litera
Ml
ml
that we consumed 90 per ceut of them
shows thai we are a nation of egg eat
ers. It is enough to make any hen
dizzy to think that a train of ordinary
refrigerator cars containing omentire
egg crop of that year would have ex
tended from Chicago to Washington,
with several miles of cars to stretch
along tboj track toward Baltimore.
In 1!X)1 tbe receipts and consumption
of eggs in New York City were 2,372,
000 crates of thirty dozen each. Chi
cago has even a linger per capita con
sumption, or an average of 1,581,545
crates a year, Truly,.tJie egg Industry
Is a great business; and when we con
sider it in oonnectlorl with the broilers,
spring chickens, tough and tender, and
roosters we consume, the poultry In
terests assume prodigious proportions.
. The total value of the poultry and
eggs wo produced In the last census
year was $281,178,247. The Industry
was worth more tban all tbe cattle
and bogs we slaughtered. it was
worth more than the wheat crop of
twenty -eight States and territories;
nnd the valno of our eggs alone wits
higlier than that of tbo combined gold
and sliver product of tbe United States
In any year, since 1850, except In 1890,
when tbe precious metals exceeded the
oggs by $0,418,125.
"Tbo Weaker Sex "
Tho women who are attempting to
run a big hotel for women In Now
York are solving some Interest ing prob
lems. Tbo hotel Is called tbo Martha
Washington,' and tho Ititcnliou of the
management was to run It entirely
with women, as well as for women.
I.ltt,Ie by little tbe male Rex has been
encroaching, not because men were
especially anxious, to work there, but
because the women could not do with,
out them. , '
first of all, tbe girl "bell boys" had
to go, because the women could not
"make tbcm mind." Boys were In
stalled. They oliey orders, but do not
si ay long, because, they say, "the wom
en are nutty." ,
Tb head woman waiter eonld not en
about a good deal by their playmates, the children of tho
poorer families grow up pretty well ..broken. having a
proper self-respect, but not unbearably conceited or srlflssj
or vain.
Rich parents are prone to Indulge their children. What
with irursea, governesses, fine clothes, ponies and every toy
be cries for, tbe little son of the millionaire la very Ukeij
to grow np in tbe notion that the world was made for bat
special use and pleasure, and that the business of all othsr
people la to stand about awaiting and obeying orders from
him. There afe, of course, plenty of wealth famlllos ta
which the children are not spoiled, bat tb conditions
make the parental duty really more difficult and perilous in
an environment of wealth than la poor surrounding.
Ban Francisco Bulletin.
To Fight foreat f ires.
EW realize what an immense loss tbe United
States suffers each year through the destruc
tion of timber by fires. In Oregon and Wash
ington last year ?20,000,000 of timber waa de
stroyed by fire in two weeks. From Maine to
Puget Sound every timber region in tbe United
Males butters annually from forest fires, and the vearlv
loss averages between 2O,00O,0O0 and .V),000.000. Tho
forest fires which swept over New England In the early
part of this summer will make the loss tbis year large
perhaps bring it up to the maximum.
This loss of timber by forest fires is an actual loss
wealth goes up in smoke and Is vanished forever. New
trees grow to take tbe place of the old ones burned, but
the value of those destroyed U blotted out from tbe na
tion's wealth. Taking the average annual loss In the last
twenty years to be $30,000,000, It means that the country
has been the loser of $600,000,000 in that time. Though
this loss has been going on year after year ever since tb
settlement of tbe country in fact was going on before it
settlement no systematic attempt to prevent it has been
niade except in the States of New York, Pennsylvania and
Minnesota.
. The danger arising from the deforesting of tbe great
watersheds by the axe of the woodman has received a con
siderable share of popular attention, and the checking of it
is one of the tasks set before tbe Bureau of Forestry. In
vestigation and study have been actively at work in that
direction, but the matter of preventing fires has been en
tirely neglected heretofore by the general governmnt, which
now proposes lo take the matter up from tho beginning
aud study it thoroughly. It Is true that lu the national
forest reserves there has been for some time a patrol sys
tem, charged, among other duties, with reporting and fight
ing fires, but 110 general principles have been laid dowa
and no valuable data gathered from which to work. New
York Press.
Vacation Arfv'ce.
ORE attention should be given to relaxation
and rest, especially in the home circle. Noth
ing has ever been found better for exhausted
nature than sleep. Vacationists should not
overlook this Important fact The stay-at-homes,
.who enjoy short trips and return to
their own comfortable beds at night can . congratulate
themselves' on securing needed rest Wise tourists plan
to get all the sleep they require. This class believe in th
advice of the famous writer. Dr. J. G. Holland, who one
said on tbis topic: j
"Sleep is a thing that bells have no more business to
interfere with tban with prayers and sermons. God la ro
creating us. We are as unconscious as we were before we?
were born; and while He holds us there, feeding anew tb
springs of life and Infusing fresh fire into our brains and
preparing us for the work of another day, the pillow Is as
sacred as a sanctuary. . '
"If any fanatic huR made you believe that rt Is good1
for you to be violently wakened from- your sleep at aa
early hour, and to go out into the damp, raw air, morning
after morning, with your fast unbroken and your body un-j
fortified by the stimulus of food, forget him and his coun
sels and take the full measure of your rest When you
get your breakfast take your exercise If you have time! or
wait until a later hour In the day. Just as much labor
can be accomplished in ten hours as in fourteen, with mora
efficiency and loss fatigue, when rest and bodily exerciao
are properly taken." Boston Globe.
force discipline among the women
waiters. And so a man had to under
take the job, It was also found' that
carrying tho soiled dishes from dining
room to kitchen was too heavy for
women. Men wore put In to do this.
Finally the rest of the girls struck and
their places were filled with men.
How Is it tliat women won't "mind"
women? Would a regiment of amazona
have to be officered by men? St Uonl(
Post Dispatch. ' ' '
A Common Weakness.
Dr. Joseph Le Conte was an author
Ity, recognized' by tbe world at largo,
on the science of vision. One day, says
the New York Tribune, he was show
ing a class how. to detect the blind
spot In the human eye, He took two
coins and held them, one In each hand,
before bin) on the table. " :
"Look at both of these steadily," said
he, "and gradually move them in op
posite directions. ' Presently tbey will
pass beyond the range of vision. Thai
Is due to the blind spot. Continue th
movement and the coins will again
emerge to view."
Then the philosopher and rmtnrallst
had his little Joke. ''You cad expert
men t -for yourself at 'home," said be.
"But If you are unsuccessful, try soma
other object Instead of a coin. Soma
people have no blind spot for money."
Tho Hour of Triumph.
Tho angular lecturer on woman's
suffrage took a drink of water, brought
her fist down hard on the table and
faced the audience.
"You probably know,", she said la
cold measured tones, "that Ixni Dillon,
a female horse, broke the world's'. trot
ting record."
Acting upon the hint, the and lone
arose en masse and the building rang
with rheers.Indlanapolls Sun.
When we visit In the country, wa
like tbe hi stess' disappearance to b
followed Immediately by tbo souna of
chickens squawking In tb bark yara.