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frfrfrtf I M M M Hit M l M M III t Opinions of 4M&4t..i.4 ; ; i t -M 1 Matrimony ard tysK'fsa T is iit,t good for mau or woman to eat alone. Thus medical authority ha spoken for yearn. Tbe solitary diner out, having no company Ite fore him. other than bis food, swallows it Ira- fJCfirtl Properly mfltica:-d. hurries one course upon SStr3J another before the stoma -h can nronerlv adbist itself to the eondit ous tiiat a dyspepsia that distress him severely and make life a blu print. The increase In dyspepsia and kindred aliments, so o'ie who has been gather:!);; information asserts, is largely due to the Indeper.ihuce manifested by both sexes regarding uiatrtniony. lu other words. were there fewer bachelor aud bachelor rim Menu there would be less demand for ton ics to brace up an Imiialred digestion. In npite of the orthodox juke about the young wife ruining her husband's digestive apparatus by her attempt at rookery. It is es;alilisncd tliat there are, in reality, much fewer ease of dyspepsia among the wedded than among those wImi choose to ninain single. Food consnmp'loii should be a tank of slow process, nd the mind should be free from care and unnecessary ex citement during the meal hour This in best established wheu two persons dine together and enjoy such good-natured chart, raillery or interest ing ehat as divert" them for the moment .V few are so gifted as to be able to dine alone and dine deliberately by the amusement derived from their sur rounding, but the rub' Is, as the reiniirani keepers ran well testify to, that the (tingle diner eats his meal in from one thlnl to one half the time taken by tlio,. who dine in company. The Infereiii-e, of course, established ley this research is that matrimony Is a good thing for djspepsia, and possibly thi fact may e-tablisii a new line of thought In some crusty bachelor and fussy bachelor maidens, who are unable to cat a meal without topping it off with a few specially prepared tablets and nostrums to help out their poor stomachs. New York Telegram. faming a Great In lust rv. 1 1 f-' iiiimuhI rormrt nf tin ,wratttf-v nf A it,t I I turf shows that farming is mill the chief busi I -!K' of the people of the 1'nltod States. East inn iiim-i ium usi i o-n imii' grown, especially vithin recent years, agriculture still far xur iasses any of them in the amount of lis cap ital. In the value of Us products and In the number of poiple engaged In It. We have been boasting of the rapidity with which our exMirtt of manufactured goods have increased, of our "eoii(iiests of the markets of the world," but Secretary Wilson shows that the balance of trade lu all products ex cept those of agriculture ran against us SKJ5,0tMMii0 dur ing the last fourteen yearn. The balance, of trade In agri cultural product wan f l.WW.txiO.i (X) In our favor, however, so that the total balance in onr favor, thanks to the farm er, was $:t.!(lo,tiiiii,(),Ki. While we have not been able to tur.i out oi, at least, have not turned out enough of other commodities to supply our wants, we have raised enough farm piodm-. not only to meet onr own dernds. but to feid a large part or the rOt of the world;! 1 the agri cultural lands of the country mill possess large resources tha' never have been exp'oited. In the couse of time the eou;,tr.C industrial population no doubt will become so lire:.! as lo eint:iii" nil the food that the land can be forced to i roduce. Kansas City Journal. ttiqhsh ai the World's lanqudue, Tbi i nil iw Is a significance, more Important ami far ri aching than appears ou the surface, In the announcement that the English language Is to mmmlllm be (he meilium employed In the arbitration of "'fC-'J Hie Venezuelan dispute at The Hague court. It .0?1 has ho long been the custom, still very generally In vogue, for such exchanges to be carried on In l-'rciieli that 1'rcueh has become recognized as the diploma:-.. !o:ig::e. the language to be observed In international i .ui; and in the interchange of communications between 1 !lio:is The tiist radical departure from this rule was in 1 -.! w in u English was used In the International parlla w:.; tii.tt Kelt led the Samoan dispute between England, C'-ro any, and the ('tilted States. The growth of the ('tilted States as a world power has B'.IIIING WITH AN ANCHOR. 1 'Jn hei-t to the cathead an anchor weighing ekdit thousand pounds, with ii tnie oi wind blow ing and a tremen dous sea rising, is a difficult task. T!i; Sr York Hun tells how this vn; k was undertaken on a warship In Kcn p'on Itoails. In order to raise the i.ucl or t'i the dials of the ship the l.tii. lrcd pound eat block bad to be f.ti-tciicti by the huge book which de p' r.ded rieiii it to the ring In the bal niic'nx I and on the a Dehor shank so thai the (Hiwer of the winch could be iif.::,:cd. 1 1, great anchor hung so that when the . jive receilid it was clear of the vwi ';v. but each Incoming crest sub liieik' d It several feet. As the ship los(d on the wmch there wai great i!i:!i.".-r that the enormous weight of the liii-l.or would send the anchor tiirovi;!! ber thin plating. But with sen nig enough to toss the ahlp about n lasiy a if she were a fisblng l oai, uml lo swing that anchor back i. ml f iitlt like the pendulum of a toy eioi k. It was no child's game to book Ihe cat-block. 'I w o men, were chosen, each a One s",H-ciim-ii of the American sailor. Just i niier the arms of each a line was made fast, and men on deck stood ready to haul away In case of need. The two sailors watched their i l,ii in i'. uml. when the ship's head vas well out of water, over they went They had hardly reached tha anchor wh-'ii a wave rolled In that surged four feet above their beads. When It passed Isith were clinging, almost breathless, to the shank of tha an chor. ' Hut the Instant they war elaar of water they Jumped to their work and strove to get the block In plaoo. With tha thin Uaullug oaa way aod tka wlad EinreiAiLSi Great Papers on Important Subjects. undoubtedly bad a greater influence in this step toward making English the universal language than any other cause. This nation Is now an Interested party In any dis putes that may arise in the Pacific. She has ber Interests In China, by reason of the united action of the Powers during the Boxer revolt, and her position as arbitrator and ;teace preserver In South America has become more pro nounced with the development of that continent and its American continent. Russia, it is true, has a larger popu peon countries. More people apeak the English language than use any other tongue spoken In Europe or on the American mntinent: Russia, It Is true, has a larger popu lation than the United States and Great Britain combined, but millions of her citizens do not speak the Russian lan guage. Aside from other considerations, there Is a force and directness to plain English that are not found In any other tongue, and international relations are now such that plain, direct, concise terms are needed to avoid compllca tlons. The adoption of English as the diplomatic lan guage is hut a natural step In the right direction. Wash ington I'oet. I tax If. and acquires have long been careful about exposing themselves to in fection by persons who have a cold, lest they "catch" it The old notion Unit a cold Is result of exposure to draught or to cold air, or nf getting the feet wet, baa been aban doned, although It Is true that one may get a chill in that way which will afford some of the symptoms and sensa tions of the nasal catarrh caused by a noxious germ. It Is safer to avoid close contact, and all unnecessary contact, with a person who has this cold. A horse that has been wintered out often catches a cold upon being brought Into the stable In the spring. Expenmenta with disinfectants have shown that It is not the warmth of the stable that Induces the cold. Arctic voyagers are commonly free of colds until their return to a community where they pre vail. In the small rocky Island of St. Kllda, one of the Western Hebrides, Scotland, cold are unknown except when It Is visited by some vessel, and It Is said that the Inhabitants can distinguish between the different kinds of colds brought by different ships. There Is much similar evidence relating to the subject, and the riospltal declares that "some source of Infection must be present before It Is possible to catch cold." What appears to be needed la a specific germicide which may be used either for pre vention or cure. Hoston Herald. Fuel from the Marshes, fc series of experiments has lately been conducted Auuder the auspices of the Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology, Into the fuel value of k . marsh mud. Now the aimounciiiient Is made Holland, of some parts of Germany, and yet more of Rus sia, are being worked commercially on an extensive scale for the supply of what Is In fact artificial coal, resem bling It In appearance. In specitlc gravity, lu heat units and in effective service. In this country, Mr. Edward Atkin son says, we may be justllled in considering It proved that New England and many other sections, distant from coal mines, are In possession of material that can be con verted Into domestic fuel at lower cost than any coal can be secured, and in many respects of letter quality for cooking and other domestic purposes. It is also available for gas production; also for conversion into coke at lower cost aud of purer quality than any other fuel that can be obtained In New England. Mr. Atkinson considers the secret of conversion to be solved; and he also asks this question; 'May It not be possible that the Irish peasants who have been converting the turf of their hill slopes Into domestic fuel for gcneratWms have taught the scientists a lesson In heat and power which they had wholly over looked?" As loug as New England cannot have natural gas, she may find "mud coal" from the marshes a good substitute. Buffalo Commercial. blowing another there was small chance for them to drag that hundred pound block In still a third way. Again and again they had It almost fast ened, when a great wave knocked It away and burled them far out of sight. Still the two mi'u struggled at their task. Then the inevitable happened. The great cat-block swung far out as the ship plunged forward, hung poised an Instant, as if taking deliberate aim, and came sweeping back straight at the bead of one of tbe two men. It struck him on the back of tbe bead and knocked him ten feet from the an chor Into the sea. Tbe rush of an Incoming wave swept him away from the ship, and for a mo ment It seemed as If be would sure ly be lost. Then was Justified the wis dom which bad placed the line aliont bis shoulders. The men on deck drew him in. unconscious but safe, and in ten minutes he was declaring to the officer in charge that he could surely book that block next time. Put the captain bad formed another plan. He determined to haul up the anchor as far as whs possible, so that it should have the. smallest room for play, and to make harbor. Just nt nightfall she reached quiet waters, and once more the unruly anchor was let go again. WA8 THI8 MAN HONORABLE ? Tried to Beat an KiraCanipaiiy,bnt Lost hy the Tranaactlnn, Now that the Mary and Ann prob lem has been disposed of let me (ell of au actual case which came within my knowledge several years ago, says tbe Brooklyn Esgle. These were tbe facts: A wealthy and close-fisted bank er In a certain Illinois city was accus tomed to sending currency by express to his correspondent bank In Chica go. Somehow the express agent got a suspicion that the banker was sarlnf I 18 9 I ffrt-M t 4 1 1 4 1 1 W W A XA V Now We Catch Colds. HE London Hosnltal. a medical maaazine. Tltna'ntglus that colds ara caught the colds that I have nasal catarrh for their chief symptom, i ,1 iur r 1 1 rt a j mat uiiiti 1 1. 1 1. V LJU un uio, nx t are caught, by the lodgment of a germ. The character of the germ is not specified. This Is no new discovery or theory. Knowing persons that this material contains the elements of coal to an eijuul If not greater amount than peat. The fact Is well kuown that the mud bogs of thnn he pretended, so one day when the banker brought In a package which he said contained ?5,tKW the agent gave hi ni a receipt as usual for that amount and later In his private office opened the package and found that It con tained $10,tiOO. Without saying a word to anybody tbe agent bid the package away in bis safe and awaited devclop menta. In a few days the banker came in to say that the Chicago hank had not received the package. "Very well," said the agent. "I will send out a tracer for it." A few days later he told the banker that the pRckagc must have been lost In transit, so he counted out $5,000 and handed It over to him. Now, tbe agent fully expected the banker to object, to a settlement on a $5,000 basis and was prepared to tell him that when be paid double express ii ge on all the packages be had sent lu the past the remainder of the $10,000 would be returned to him. Rut the banker preferred to lose the money rather than confess his dishonest methods, so he accepted the $5,000 and signed the regular release, believing that nobody but himself knew the lost package contnlned double that amount. Up to this time the agent had acted faithfully In the Interest of his com pany, but now a question arose In hla mind as to who rightfully owns the remaining $5,000. Never mind what he actually did with It The question Is, dear reader, what would you have done with It, and whyt Good Ltnrolata. No less than 111 officers of tha Brit ish army have qualified as interpre ters In the Rusalan language, 81 of whom batong to tha Indian serrloa. Few dm can afford to stand on their dignity ail tha tlma. It la nao- aaaary to gat off and knatlt J Yellow fever Is br-ing eradicated in Cula since the America u occupation of th( island. This is due principally to the extermination of the mos.jr.itn From the latest measuivuiem - !j Curie. It is estimattd tliat tbe i-iicigy Of fifteen pounds of radium, fuiiy utilized, would run a uue-horso-power engine many centuries. Sycamore U an exceedingly durable wood, and a statue from it, uow in the museum of Gizeh, is reported sound and natural in appearance, al though nearly six thousand years old. i A cedar, which is 1,W years old, Is said to have been recently cut near Ilk' Peak, Colorado. Charles E. liessey, of the I'nlveisity of Nebraska, is responsible for this assertion. The tree was a brown cedar and the growth rings ou the stump were easi ly counted. ' The dam Is dlsappenring so fast that the United States Fish Commis sion Is endeavoring lo propagate the mollusk by artificial culture. The tish commission Is studying the soft, or long dam. but the Stale of New York is confining its attention to the round, or hard clam. The serum obtained by Inoculating horses with cobra venom, so effective In the practice of Calmette, has been found by ir. Tidsweii to have no power lu counteracting the venom of Australian snakes. Oilier experiments seem to prove that the auti venom serum Is only active against poison of snakes of the same species as that siip!yliig the venom of the serum. Many of the curious animal Inhab itants of the earth are threatened w nh extinction, but the ostrich, fortunate ly, can be preserved by artificial rear ing Considerable attention has lately beeu drawn to the ostrich farms of California, and now It Is reported that ostriches have been successfully rear ed in Australia. They produce mag nificent white feathers, as much as 27 Inches In length and 15 In width. The first birds were Imported from Africa. Spiders and crabs are able to re place limbs which have been removed by accident. Crabs are decidedly pugilistic, and when they come In contact with members of their own apecles a battle Is likely to ensue. In which limbs are destroyed. Fisher men state that wheu crabs are con fined In shallow water a thunderstorm will cause a wholesale picking away of their limbs. It Is fortunate for them that nature has provided for these accidents by giving them the power of growing new limbs In a short time. A German chemist describes a new cement, composed of casein and some tannic acid compouud, that becomes very hard when dry. and Is then In soluble In water, oils, petroleum, etc. In preparing It, calcium tannate may be obtained by adding clear lime wa ter to a tannin solution until no further precipitation occurs, then pouring off the liquid and drying the precipitate. The calcium tannate Is mixed with casein In proportions ranging from one to one up to one to ten. The dried mixture is reduced to (sowder, which Is ready for use ou adding water to any desired consist ency. ft H. Ewart, who recently traversed South America from Callao and IJmn, across the Andes and down the Amazon Valley to the Atlantic, informs United States Consul Keune day at Tara that the Ucayall River, one of the tributaries of the Amazon, is as large as the Mississippi, and traverses a rich, rubber-tree district; but ail through this region the coun try lying beyond a distance of two miles from the principal streais is completely unexplored, even by tfie na tives. Besides rubber, the fonksts abound lu rosewood, mahogany, ce dar, walnut and dyewoods, and on the high lauds are vast stretches of sav annas, or prairies., with a climate like s-prlng all the year, and great possi bilities for cattle raising. HANDLING OF FOOD. Care Rhonld Be Taken in Putting Groceries Away Properly. It matters little how much cure Is exercised In the selection of food or tbe sum expended In Its purchase if It Is not properly cared for after It reaches the house. Through carelejsfi ncss and Ignorance the loss is often great, proving that there is more than a grain of truth In tbe old adage, "A woman can tbrow out on a teaspoon what a man brings In on a Hhovel." Salads and vegetable that arrive In good condition are dumped in a hot kitchen to wilt and wither until the cook gets "good and ready" to put them away. Meat is left In Its paper to absorb the taste and got glued fast to It Fruit Is bruised In emptying it out, butter left uncovered to grow rancid, and milk standing to sour. When green vegetables come they should be put at once In the cellar or into tha Icebox. Ralada may be wrapped In a damp cloth, than In news paer, and put In the air. Cereals should be emptied In their proHT receptacles of tin or glass and closely covered to prevent Insects get ting In. Coffee should go Immediately Into an airtight canister In order to keep Its aroma. Olive oil should be put Into a cool, dark place, and salt soap and cheese Into dry places. Dried fruit should be kept In air tight glass cana; nuts In a cooL dry place to prersnt their growing rancid. and etrficoiate, cocoa and cocoa betla iu cold storage. MoUsses and syrups t;wd to be where It la cool. Eggs should be handled carefully, so as not to break the membrane feejii rating the yolk ati white, and kept in a dry, cool place. Flour belongs in a bin ac barrel raisi-d a few inches from the floor. While wheat flour may be obtained in quantity, (-orumeal or graham flour should only be purchased in small qua -Lilies aid kept ill tin or glass. iiniorts should not Iss left cut, as they are great absorbers. Neither onions, bananas nor muskmeions should be put lu an icebox with other food. Winter vegetables should be fully matured when gathered, dried thor oughly and then stored in a cool, dry place. Carrots, beets and celery keep better if packed In sand. Small and soft fruits should be scattered on platters, not left In bas kets aa purchased, as their own weight crushes them and they decay. Peaches and fine pears should be removed to a shelf and not be allowed to touch one another. Tomatoes may be ripened by exposure to tbe sun. Milk and cream should be kept separate frura the other foods, as they absorb odors. Hurler, if purchased in quantity, should have a cloth spread over the toji and on lop of that a thick layer of sail When necessary to take out butter, lift the cloth from the slde cut out a square, even piece, and recover with cloth and - i t. If only a few pounds are pur, Iiiim:! at a time, keep !a a tin or agat.' pail, cover with a cloth, wrung out of s ilt water, and the lid. Lard should be kept in tin aud In a cool place. Frewli fish should never be permitted to soak in water. Tut in a cool place directly on artificial Ice. Meat should uot be laid on tbe ice, as that draws out the Juices. If fresh killed, allow it to get chilled before putting in cold storage, otherwise, the animal heat is driven inside and causes fermentation, which Is poisonous. Do not let chops and steaks rent against one another, much less ham and steak. All meats and poultry require a cool, dry atmosphere. If necessary to hang them, suspend with the choicest and tniider parts down. Hang lamb and mutton by the shank, and poultry by the feet Hoston Journal. POWERS COULD CRIPPLE RUSSIA If Country's Money Supply Was Shot efT Mir Could Not Kight. That every power in Europe is Jealous of Kussia and would be glad to see ber schemes of conquest lu the orient defeated aud the natiou hum bled in the dust is too apparent to require emphasis. An article on Rus sia published in L'Eun pean, a Journal of international influence issued in Purls, has attracted no little attention In the European press. The author is the Danish publicist. Bjornstjerne lijornson. lie assumes that Russia It tin undesirable and dangerous element in Europe and Asia, and as a means of thwarting her further advance pro poses that other nations stop supply ing her wilh money. Since 18!)!). the writer estimates. Russia has borrowed iil.ric.id $Til(l,(KiO,(HHt with which to build Meets and to maintain an army no less than to establish the gold standard and build railways, and M. Hjortison seems to take it very much to heart that "the larger part of this foreign gold, which has maintained the Russian institution nnd served its plan of oppression and of conqtiost has flowed from the country of liberty, equality and fraternity." "It Is admitted In France and Amer ica." M. lijornson goes on to say, "that without French gold the Russian in stltuiion would have gone to smash long ago. No centralized power, even the best. Is, for any length of time, capable of governing so many and varied pts'ipies. No hand, no matter bow powerful, can stretch over such an enormous territory or unite so many contrary destinies created by varied climates and by numerous racial nnd religious differences. But what the best government, what the most powerful hand cannot perform be comes chaos and misery under a feeble autocratic power or a bureaucratic In stitution that Is mercenary and mewla clous, unstable and oppressive. With out the foreigner's aid it would have destroyed Itself, whether by revolution or by asphyxia. What, however, would have been most natural would have been a general disintegration of the administration of the colossal masses cf Russia according to a scheme of federalization. "With the aid of the foreigner's gold ah the Inflammable material of this foiniidablo accumulation of Injustice nnd distress has been able to subsist until it has income a danger to us all. t'nless a war precipitates her upon her neighbors a war which would be fol lowed through long years hy thunder lngs and tumults she will continue to eouii them as of yore. On this point Russian and foreigner agree. But war will come. If up to the present time tbe all-powerful Russian Institu tion bus not recoiled before any of the means taken to prolong Its existence, why should it recoil liefore war? Whatever the result of the war, one thing Is certain the payment of in terest will cease. Russia will thank the aid given her by state bankruptcy." Aa Irreparable laies. "Have you . heard the latest? Brown's wife has run off with his chauffeur." ."Mercy, what a pltyl lie was such a good chauffeur! Brown will uever be. able to replace him." Smart 8et. The experience a man- buya la sel dom up to the sample i omitted. ' - The full dress liveries of the British royal footmen cost S5TjO apiece. The famous Maelstrom whirlpool is four geographical miles in diameter. A plague of white ants Is devour ing tbe wooden house in New Or leans. Tbe profit to the Government ou pennies pays the entire expenses of tbe mint Sheep used as beasts of burden in North India carry twenty pound weight apiece. In nearly forty Instances language have been first reduced to writing by the British and Foreign Bible Society. A waterspout spins with enormoua speed. Its velocity at the sea level has been estimated at six miles a min ute. Eighteen observatories are at work on chartering tbe stars. Tbe finished map will contain thirteen million stars. A man in Palmer, Mass., died re cently of chronic poisoning from ar senic in the colors upon tbe wall pa per of bis sitting-room. Blank verse wag firm Introduced Into English poetry by Henry How ard, Earl of Surrey, In a translation of Virgil's "Aeueid," tn 154T. The number of stars visible to the naked eye is fewer than six thousand. The number of stars visible through the largest telescope Is probably not fewer than one hundred million. So many rabbits and quail are kill ed by house cats running loose In the woods that the New Jersey hunters want to have a law passed allowing cats found in the woods to be shot. Tbe present law provides that any person allowing a dog to run wild shall pay a fine of $20. Oats are said to be more destructive of game than dogs, foxes, minks or hawks. A remnant of the Serls tribe of In dians Inhabits tbe Island of Tlburon. In the Gulf of California, and is ruled entirely by the women, formally the tribe numbered about five thousand, but Is 'now shrunk to a taw handred, living a life of almost complete Iso lation, and refusing to intermarry with any of the Indiana of the mainland. The woman Is master of the house hold, and a council of matronal la at tbe head of public affairs. . . A boy who was killed in Tbe Bronx recently by lightning had the like ness of a fern imprinted en hla body' by the shock. A similar Incident la reported from Europe. During a shooting competition at Post, in the Cantou Vaud, the other day, the grand stand was atruck by lightning and twenty-five persons received shocks, from which, however, they sustained but little physical Injury. One most singular effect however, remained. Every person who had felt the elec -trie shock had photographically stamp ed upon the back, the face or the arms the reflection of the pine trees behind the firing line. Value of Appreciation. Many men and women underesti mate the value of expression; they take too many things for granted; they assume that their affection, or their gratitude, or their sense of ob ligation, is understood without words. Such people are often surrounded by those who are craving some expres sion of affection, some word of ap proval, s one kind of recognition. The best work is sometimes done with shut teeth and a fixed purpose, in dead si lence, so far as the world Is con cerned, without a murmur of applause or a word of thanks; but this Is not the way In which work ought to be done among intelligent men and wo men, and it Is not the way in which,, as a rule, the best work la evoked from the greatest number of people. The majority of men and women get the beat out of themselves when they are In a congenial atmosphere. Thla is particularly true of those finer kinds of work which express Individuality, quality and personal gift St Loula Republic. Followed Directions, A gentleman eugaged a man to act In the capacity of coachman and gar dener. One day he bought a bottle qt horse liniment and told tbe man to ap ply It to a lame horse according to the dlroctlous on the bottle. About an hour afterwards he 'went to the stable and fouud the man industriously dipping a spike into the liniment and then rub bing It against the horse's leg. ' "What are you doing that for?" he asked. The man looked up with a smile of assurance. "Because," said he, " 'twas what It said In tbe directions on tbe bottle; but It's slow work." "You must have made a mistake,' said the gentleman. "I have not" answered tbe man. In an aggrieved tone. "It says here on the bottle, 'Apply with a large nail or tooth brush,' and, as I bad no tooth brush, I thought I'd better as thla spike." At the Grating Teller 1 cannot cash thla cheek, madam, unless I know who you are. She (haughtily) I wouldn't accept the money, anyway, from anyone who doesn't know who I am. Life. Facta are stubborn things onlsse they bump up against a shrewd law yer. A woman cares not where A tuaa balls from If she ts permitted s retgm. Many a man who cist ma to be ft gentleman doesn't week At It