OPINIONS OF ORE AT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Wort of WertJwr rYeeJktioo.
GOOEDING to tbe authorities at Witlilnnnn
1 I only 17 per cent of tke weather forecasts are
I failure. It must be admitted that the worth of
U bu become Invaluable. Along the great lake
and rivers the weather foi casters practically
control commerce. So much fait b la placed Is
taeir Information that ahlpa aall or remain In port, accord
lag to the intelligence given out. On the great lakes It U
I dam that a great atorm flnda shipping unprepared, be
oause the weather man haa done bis dut.
Tae fanners are especially benefited by weather Intel
Kgenca. and the faith that the public haa In predlctlona la
hewn by the fact that In every newapaper office the one
Item Out muat appear without fall. In aome fixed prom
inent poaltton, la the weatber report Every year there la
4Vipaneat and more scientific ao-arscy in V'rZ into
1M future. fHnclnnatl Post.
Be Grateful to the farmer.
N seeking the reaaou for the uatiou's tomlu
ued prosperity do not overlook the farmer. He
la the man who set the wave of prosperity In
I motion. Secretary Wilson,
Department, now shown fact
prove that It is the farmer who la atlll keeping
the couutry prosperous. In 1903, for Instance,
the aurplua of farm product which were not needed for
domestic consumption and were sold abroad amounted to
878.000.000. Exclusive of farm products, the balance of
trade was against us, the exports of other products falling
156,000,000 lielow the Imports So great was the farmer's
mntributlon to the export trade, however, that hla producta
not only wiped out this balance but established a balance
to our favor of fully $.'M7,000.0ti0.
It la not without reason that Secretary Wilson breaks
tuto praise of the growers of wheat and corn and other agri
ultural products. Big erops mean activity In all productive
and manufacturing lines and an Immense freight-carrying
traffic on the rallronds. A large business for the railroads
means general activity In the, variegated Industries which
A LOBSTfR AND AN tAGLE.
"The disappearing lobster," ns flsu
4ointniHsloneni have termed biiu, might
not only remain, but nourish and in
crease If be always resisted capture
like one described In Forest and
Utream. The lobster In question lived
In Newfoundland. Ills would be cap
tor was a white-headed eagle. Says
a witness of the conflict:
My guide and I were sitting on the
rocks by tbe seashore watching tbe
tilrd souring: round In circles, when
suddenly we saw ill in dash down Into
n pool of water close by us on tbe
bewib and reappear, holding nu enor
mous lobster In his talons. He was
sii old lobster with a huge claw white
wilb barnacles; but the engle bad him
clutched (irmly round the buck, and
4i t tlrst wc could see the claw hang
ing helplessly down, the barnacles
chining white In the sunlight.
(inly for a second though. The rip
pic on the pool had not yet died away,
the huge drops of water bad not ceas--d
to full upon its surface from the
touring eagle's feathers and the cap-1U-
lobster alike, when the lobster
nidileiiiy a woke to the seriousness of
the situation, and to think with tliut
apparently helpless creature was to
lot l"p came the great white bar
nacled claw and seized the eagle round
ll.e !e'li.
There was a furious fluttering and
Itciitiiig of wings. a melancholy
vquiiwk, and then, tumbling and roll
ing bead ocr heels In the ulr In a
von f mud mass, down came eagle and
lobster again. Into the pool.
We rushed forward, thinking that
we i-ou!d. iieihiips, in some way secure
I- lb combatant, as the splashing of
tlie conflict continued In the shallow
water. Hut we hud hardly time to
pie! up u xtouc apiece to throw ut the
before the lobster, feeling him
wif at Iioiiii' again, let go his hold.
Now. with Ids neck nil torn and de
oiil of feathers, away flew the be
draggled eagle to a neighboring cliff,
while, brandishing bis enormous cluw
lu iletniwe, the lobster remained
willing, perhaps at the bottom of the
pcol. But the lobster wll doubtless
le!! you, if you meet him, that the lob-tcr-flshlng
In Newfoundland la very
poor at present.
SECRET8 OF LIFE.
Object of Illnloalcal Laboratories at
Turtugan and on Long Island.
Fresh Interest lu the Carnegie In
stitution la awakened by tbe selec
tion, under its auspices and with its
support, of two locotloua for biological
lulKiratories to accommodate those
branches of Its aervlce that deal with
tbe lioginnings, the development and
the mutations of life Itself. These lab
oratories are to be established at Cold
Springs Harbor, on Long Island, and
at Dry Tortugna. The former will be
he more Important, or at least will
iwgln Its work on a larger ecale and
with better auxiliary equipment than
the other, Inasmuch as It will be In
close proximity to the Brooklyn In
stitute and to the hatchery of the New
York State fish commission, and dur
ing the two busy summer months
when Investigation la moat active their
rnclUUes will be placed at IU disposal.
Along the upper end of the harbor a
snndsplt runs nearly tbe whole dis
tance, forming an almost Inclosed bas
in which la very rich la marine life,
while the channel between It and the
outer harbor exhibits a rank growth
of algae, among which tnolluaka and
c hlnoderms are abundant
There waa aome prospect at one
MKDMALSlM
contribute to railway
means large and regular dividends and a healthful tone in
the world of finance In fact while the farmer la pro
ducing large and salable crops the nation haa a stable baaia
of prosperity which even the wildest financiering of Wall
trawt speculators caunot disturb. Chicago News.
cannon, to kerve tbe aelOsu amuuous oi
their rulers?
What nation ever permanently profited by war for war'i
sake? Where la the empire of Alexander, the Itonie oi
Julius Caesar, the France aa Napoleon made It? And tlx
conquerors themselves? Caesar died by the hand of an
assassin, because he was too ambitious. Alexander, un
satisfied, sighed for more worlds to conquer. Napoleon,
perhaps the greatest of them til. died a hopeless prisoner
In the awful bankruptcy which robbed him of tliroue, son
wife, everything.
These men had drunk to the dregs of military glory;
their fame makes beggars of the puog military heroes of a
day; and yet
Verestchagin In hla Vive 1'Empereur paints the gloriet
of war In a heap of Bkulls with vultures flying overhead.
A young French professor of history, M. Herve, in a recent
text book, thu summarizes Naioleou's work: "Four mil
lion men killed on the battlefield; national hatreds that
were to perpetuate themselves and bring about fresh bos
tlUtlea; the Declaration of the nights of Man hated, ami
Justly bated, by all humanity." If this be as unfair au.l
one-sided as to curse Napoleon for the Ills which Fraucf
endured with the return of the Bourbons (as some writer
actually dot. It Is not without suggestlveues as showln;'
the other Bide of military glory the conqueror cursed foi
his very triumphs, because of tills awful cost of his glory.
In blood and treasure. AJbany Argus.
of the Agricultural
and figures to
JAPANESE SOLDIERS
JAPANESE SHARPSHOOTERS
time that the laboratory established at
Woods Hole, at which excellent work
haa been done for some years, would
be incorporated in the general system
of the Institution, but the selection of
Cold Spring Harbor was made upon
the advice of Professor Charles H. Da
venport, of Harvard and Chicago uni
versities, who will be the directing
head of the new laboratory, and
whose achievements In the past Justl
lles the highest expectation of the new
Hue of Investigation lu which he Is
lo engage, Researches Into tropical
marine life have not been carried so
far as lu higher ultltudes, and rich dis
covery, It Is believed, awaits the work
at Dry Tortugas, which will be under
the direction of Professor Alfred O.
Mayer, formerly of Harvard and now
president of the zoological department
of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and
Sciences.
Science seems to be adventuring luto
broader realms of mystery than ever
before. It is bolder and more persist
ent thnn at any previous time In the
world's history. It Is building not for
to-day, but for all time. The struc
ture which It proposes to rear Is bound
less, and lta fearlessness and faith are
In Btrlklng contrast lo the timidity wlih
which, not so many years ago, It ap
proached problems which now seem
simple If not almost contemptible.
Could Professor Darwin return and
wttne the emn ncIpHtlon of mind
wrought by his doctrine of evolution
he would have no reason to reproach
himself for contributing nothing to the
world's progress. It Is nothing less
than the secret of life that It la pro
posed to probe at these laboratories.
How does It start; upon what condi
tions does It depent In the scale of as
cent or descent? As Professor Black
ford, of the fish and game commis
sion, says of It, "Neither Professor Da
venport nor anyone else expects to live
to see tbe work undertaken more titan
Just begun. It Is laid out on lines com
prehending tbe cnuses of maintenance
and development that will require a
course of observation of possibly cen
turies." Bostou Transcript.
NEW VEIL DANCE.
Junt the Opposite from the Grotesque
and Nolay C'nke Walk.
A new dance which has already cap
tivated Paris has made Its appearance
In the Loudon ball rooms, says the Lon
don Mall
The dance of the veil la danse du
voile Is just the opposite of the gro
tesque and noisy cake walk, and Is
likely to bring back something of the
grace and beauty of the stalely minuet.
The veil dancers float and glide
about with light, nebulous wings at
tached to tbe side or back of tbe cor
sage. These they wave up and down
aa they daintily advance or recede with
tripping steps, or manipulate them so
as to form beautiful and varied Ogurea
In wing and cloud effects.
Much of the bnauty of the dance
depends on the cleverness and orig
inality of the dancer, who may make U
MBJBv M 7', ' M I -C Jtl 3 aVnOkslBk. Vr
maintenance and operation. It
The r utility of War.
N this day and age of tbe world, what ai.
anachronism It aeema that Russia and Japan
muat settle their dlffereocea by the arbitrament
of the sword. Nearly two thousand years aftei
'A noyl Christ, has the world advanced ao little, la there
jmvmr J no other way? Must men still be food foi
CAN SHOOT STRAIGHT.
3eOe
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FIRING FROM TRENCHES.
stately with statuesque poses, or romp
lng and coquettish, us will best sull
her personality.
In the ball room the veil dancer'i
wings are worn with the regular even
ing gown, being fashioned of color, ma
terlal nud design to harmonize will
the costume for which tliev are intend
ed. The wings may be of silk, with long
ends, which are waved and handled
like scarfs, but those of tulle or mus
llu are generally preferred, as they givi
a delightful, transparent, gauzy effect,
and are more novel, Is not so easy tt
manipulate prettily.
Often the wings are bespangled
with gold or silver, so that they scin
tillate and flash as the daucer movct
to and fro waving them beneath tin
lights. Boston Herald.
WAS THIS LAND PAID FOR?
Confederate Money Win the Only Con
sideration Received for It.
A suit baa been filed In the second
division of Pulaski circuit court which
takes one back to the days of the con
federacy, when the currency In circu
lation was that Issued by the Confed
erate States of America.
The suit Is a petition tiled by tb
heirs of .Mark Kelly, through their at
torneys, Hose, Hemingway & Hose,
praying a writ of mandamus directed
to Francis K. Conway, State land com
missioner, to compel him to Issue a
patent to certain lands In Green coun
ty, purchased by Kelly In 1858, ami
which were paid for in confederate
money.
The petitioners are J. W. Kelly, C.
i:. stone, II. L. Stone, Allle Stone and
Frances Valley Bowen, by M. V. CoU
lier.
The petition allege that In 18M
Mark Kelly purchased at a sale by th
common school commissioner ol
Greene county the west half of ths
southeast quarter of section 16, town
ship 18 north, range 0 east, consisting
of eighty acres, located In the north,
ern Part of Orocu county, about elgh
miles from Paragould. Later, "when
the civil war was flagrant and when
the only circulating medium was con
federate money," Kelly paid for ths
land In confederate money, which was
accepted by the State as good and
sufficient payment.
, However, Kelly neglected to secure
from the State n patent for the land.
He entered upon the land and remain
ed In full and undisputed possession
thereof until his death, since which
time the heirs have continued in pos
session, claiming It as their own.
Recently they applied to the State
land commissioner for a pntent on the
land, which he refused to Issue on the
sole ground that It was paid for In
confederate money. Little Rock
Gazette.
' It Takes Tims.
It take about 28 days to print bank,
notes properly so tluit they will 1st
fully "sea soiled" to go Into the audi
of ths nubile.
IMMIMHMIIMIMI
OLD-
I FAVORITES
MMIMKMHIMIIHUHI
Tke Oacietr Upon tbe Btaalelaae.
I reaida at Table Mountain, and my
asme is Truthful James;
I am not up to small deceit or any sinful
games;
Aad I'll tell in simple language what I
know about the row
Itat broke up oar society a pan the Sun-
Ulow.
But Unit I would remark that it is not a
proper plan
For any scientific gent to whale his fel
low man.
And If a member don't agree with his
peculiar whim
To lay for that same member for to "put
a bead" on him.
Now nothing could be finer or more beau
tiful to see
Than the first six months' proceedings of
that Miue society,
CUl Brown of Calaveras brought a lot of
fossil bones
Thst be found within a tunnel near ths
tenemeut of Jones.
Then Brown he read a paper, and ha
reconstructed there.
From those suine bones an animal that
was extremely rare;
And Jones then asked the chair for a
suspension of the rules
Till he could prove that those same bones
waa one of bis lost mules.
Thea Brown he smiled a bitter smile, and
said he was at fault.
It seems he had been trespassing on
Jones' family vault;
He was a mnst sarcastic man, this quiet
Mr. Brown,
And ou several occasions he had cleaned
out the town.
Now I hold it is not decent for a scientific
glMlt
To say unothcr Is an ass at least, to all
intent;
Nor should the individual who happeus
to be meant
Be ply by heaving rocks at him to any
great extent.
Then Abner Denn of Angel's raised a
point of order when
A chunk of old red sandstone took him
In the abdomen,
And he smiled a kind of sickly smile and
curled up on the floor,
And the subsequent proceedings inter
estcd hliu no more.
For, iu less time than I write it, every
.uiemlxT did engage
la a warfare with the remnants of a
paleozoic uge;
And the way they heaved those fossils
in their auger was a sin,
Till the Kkull of an old mammoth caved
the head of Thompson in.
Aud this is all I have to say of these
Improper games.
For I live ut Tahle Mountain and my
name Is Truthful James;
And I've told in simple language what I
know about the row
That broke up our society upon the Stan-
Islow.
Bret Harte.
THE TOWER OF LONDON,
Older Titan Any Knropean Palace
Jewel KoomCtit. lilood'e leed
Possibly few persons are aware that
iu comparison with tbe tower tbe pal
aces and prisons throughout Europe
nrc modern creations, says tbe St
James Gazette. The oldest bit of pal
ace lu Europe, tuut of the west front
of the Burg lu Vienna, Is of tbe time
of Henry VIII. The Kremlin In Moscow,
the Doge's palace In Venice, are of
tbe fourteenth century. Tbe seraglio
In Stamboul was built by Mohammed
II. The oldest part of the Vatican was
commenced by Borgia, whose name It
bears. Tbe old Louvre was begun In
the reign of Henry VITL, the Tuileries
lu that of Elizabeth. In the time of bur
civil war Versailles was yet a swamp.
The sixteenth century claims tbe Es
curlal, tbe eighteenth Sans Soucl.
Jerusalem's Serall Is a Turkish edifice;
the palaces of Athens, Cairo, Teheran,
are all of modern date. So It Is, too,
with the prisons. With the sole ex-
! CfpLluu o oi. an-iu v... ,.v,
I of modern date ns compared with that
one from which Italph Flambard es
caped In tbe year 1100, the date of tbe
Ilirst crusade.
The crown Jewels In the tower are
worth. It may be supiosed, some
3,OU0,OW. Everything of state re
galia Is there with one notable ex
ception. The Knblnor is represented
by a crystal. Queen Alexandra wears
the original on grent occasions as part
Df her personal Jewels. The, tower bus
been the sovereign's strong room for
the storing of treasure ever since tower-dwelling
moniircbs were. The old
jewel house Itself was built simul
taneously with the royal mint, when
that establishment was within the tow
er walls. The only attempt to steal
the treasure Is historic. It was tbe
feat of that picturesque villain Col.
Blood lie bud Ingratiated himself
with the deputy keeper of the jewels;
bad gone so far ns to propose n match
between his ward and the daughter of
the official. All went smoothly. The
bogus swain turned up to be inspected,
with him three others and the colonel.
They beat and gagged the old ninn, se
cured the crown, orb nnd scepter and
were Just making off when by the
strangest coincidence the son of tbe
jewel keeper arrived from Flanders.
The scene which followed would do
credit to the dramr.tisL The colonel,
disguised us a clergyman, had the
crown concealed beneath his cassock,
and added bis voice to the hue and
cry. "Stop the vllllnn!" he roured.
He hod reached his horse before the
Imposture was discovered. When they
'made for him he turned and fired In
tke fare of the men nearest htm. The
pistol mlMwd fire and tbe crown was
saved, but not uninjured. Trampled In
the mud, its jewels were all k no- ed
out and many of them lost. An ap
prentice found the great pearl, a scav
enger the biggest diamond.
"Well, it was a gallant deed; It was
to gain a crown," was all Blood bad'
to say as they carried bint a prisoner
to the dungeons. But no ill befell him
for this and other treason. He bad
played for high stakes before, bad at
tempted to surprise Dublin castle and
capture tbe duke of Ormonde, and,
thut failing had coolly laid his plans
to sieze and bang him when he return
ed to London. The outcome of all was
that, confessing to having plotted to
take his sovereign's life, he was grant
ed a pension, and lived and died in the
odor of sanctity at court
All this took place in the Martin
tower, which is haunted to this day,
your are desired to believe. Tbe ghost
hi that of Harry Percy, ninth earl of
Northumberland, who spent fourteen
years of bis life a prisoner there. Tbe
wizard earl, they called him. For his
companions be bad Halcigh. working
on lils mystic preparations which be
hoped would produce an elixir of life;
and Henrlot, Allen Torperley, his Magi,
as they were known. This llttie coterie
discovered sun spots before the alert
eye of Galileo had detected their ex
istence, and was the first to detect the
satellites of Jupiter. When, at the end
of his long Imprisonment, tbe earl re
turned to his home, he founded a li
brary from which half the learuing
of following years had Its inspiration.
Only a sun dial, fixed by Heriot's owu
bands remains to commemorate that
remarkable fellowship which did so
much for tbe glory of English science.
MANY SYSTEMS ARE IN USE.
Ballwars In England Arc Operate
L'nder a Variety of Conditions.
It is not easy for an American rail
road man to conceive of the conditions
exlsng In tbe British Islands. Tbe
English railway systems total only
000 miles. et this comparatively small
mileage Is the property of 2"J0 com
panies, more than half of which have
their separate administration and exec
utive. The others are "leased and
worked lines." Allotting an average of
eight directors apiece to each of the
1Z5 Independent companies, the Eng
lish railways support 1,000 directors,
whose fees can hardly be less than
$1,250 a year each.
The railroads of India cover about
2C,0u0 miles. Yet Thomas Bobertson,
tbe expert who recently reported to
the British government ou Indian rail
way administration, says that tbe tusk
of supervising the lines of that vust
country might safely be Intrusted to a
board of three qualified men, assisted
by a secretary, a chief Inspector and a
nutnoT of inspectors and auditors.
Three experts with a small staff are
considered by Mr. Robertson capable of
performing duties of about the same
character as those for which In Eng
land are employed 1,000 amateur di
rectors with their secretaries and as
sistant secretaries, accountants, audi
tors, clerks, messengers, etc.
If only the sum of $1,250,000 paid
awuy unnuully in fees to railway di
rectors were available for a centralized
rauway board it would be possible to
attract the ablest men by offering tbe
largest known salaries and yet make
a saving.
The saving by "standardization" Is
also to be considered. The Harriman
roads, 17,000 miles, are to unify their
machinery so that all "parts" of roll
ing Rtock shall be Interchangeable.
The consolidation of American roads
has gone much farther than in Britain.
The Vanderbllt and Pennsylvania sys
tems contain about 20,000 miles each,
cither one of them nearly equaling the
22,000 miles of nil England. And
though the Individual roads In these
systems have in some cases their sep
arate boards, these usually consist of
practically the same men. Many Im
portant lines nrc also "leased and
worked." Against the VtO systems of
22.0W miles less than 100 miles to n
line In England the Vanderbllt and
Pennsylvania systems Include together
less (ban twenty component lines, or
an average of more tudii 2,000 iii'ic-3 u
line. The longest single line In the
United States, the Southern Pacific, has
over 0,500 miles of track.
For Their Stomachs' Sake.
Sunday-school treats must come
round oftener In England than In the
United States, for the Dean of Bristol
has Included In his recent book "Odds
and Ends," many Btories of tbe hold
of such festivities on the juvenile
heart and stomach.
The hand of the small boy wavered
for an instant over a plate of cakes
before be took one. "Thanks," be said,
after his momentary hesitation. "I'm
suri I can manage it if I stand up."
Another boy, still smaller, who had
stuffed systematically, at last turned to
his mother and sighed. "Carry me
homo, mother, but, ob, don't beud mo!"
Tbe average boy In Yorkshire knows
why be attends these feasts, and does
not relisji being furnished forth scant
ily. A solicitous curate approached one
who was glowering mysteriously
"Have you hud a good tea?" the
curate asked.
"No," snid the loy, in an aggrieved
tone, laying bis hand on his diaphragm.
"It don't hurt me yet"
Man for the Place.
Scarett, who was elected president of
the Automobile Club of America, bns
an oppropprlnte name for the position.
Perhaps, says the Chicago Dully News,
the members could find no man named
Ilunoveritt.
The easiest way to get along 1 with
some people is to let them think they
ere right
Mark Ashton, the author of
Stands Alone," has written
biblical romisoe.
Doubleday, Page St Co. auxuMiaee
"The Fugitive," a picture of Kueaaaa
Jewish life, by Ezra S. Bruduo.
"Swinburne' is the new title an
nounced by McClure, Phillips & Co. tit
their "Contemporary Men of Letters"
series. The biography will be writ
by George Edward Woodbury.
Mrs. Aldeu's book, "Women's Way
of Earning Money," will be the first
volume In the Woman's Home Library,
which Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster ie
editing for A. S. Barnes & Co.
Two weeks after tbe date of iaaiM
the American Unitarian Associatiott
found It necessary to go to press with
a aecvbd edition of David Starr Jor
dan's new book, "Tbe Call of ts
Twentieth Century." .
A new book by M. F. Waller, enti
tled "A Daughter of the Rich," tells
of the adventures of a wealthy New
York girl who went to live in a happy
Vermont family. It is said that the
story Is told with "genuine Louisa iL
Alcott sympathy.''
Dwlght Tilton's new novel, "My
Lady Laughter," the latest announce
ment of the C. M. Clark Publishing
Company of Boston, will have as its
background a location and period
which has been hitherto practically
neglected by novelists.
In her latest novel, "The Pine Grove
House," Ruth Hall turns aside from
historical fiction and gives a realistic
picture of the life of city people at a
summer hotel in a small country tow a.
The story has an abundance of inter
est, mystery and Incident.
This has beo-n a prosaic season la
fiction, on the whole, and the reaction
brings Its comforts. It Is pleasant lo
pass out of the garden of rose-perfumed
titles and meet such homely
thistles as "Sally of Missouri." "But
ternut Jones," and "Tennessee Todd."
It speaks well for Mr. Van Zlle's
characterization of his English noble
In A Duke and His Double" that
Messrs. Ward, Lock & Co., of London
have just purchased tbe English rlghla
In that book from Messrs. Henry Unit
& Co. It also speaks well for tbe goo
nature of Mr. Van Kile's satire that, al
though Flint and his family of newly
rich Chicagoans are satirized, the book
Is popular In Chicago.
D. Appleton & Co. have issued a
new edition of Andrew D. White's
"History of the Warfare of Science
with Theology." This edition has a
larger page than the former ones and
Is bound In a new style of cloth, mak
ing It more srtrlctly of the library form.
It Is the fourteenth edition that haa
been printed since the work first came
out in 389t. Editions have been pub
lished in England, aud among tbe
translations Is one in Italian.
A large part of the elatmrate edition
of Dr. Mudgo's groat work, "The God
of the Egyptians; or, Studies in Egyp
tian Mythology," which Is to be
brought out soon by the Open Court
Publishing Company was destroyed
by fire in the bindery,' thus reducing
the total number of copies to 1,000, of
which 300 are reserved for the Ameri
can market Owing to the great cost
of making the original color plates,
which were also destroyed. It is doubt
ful whether the work will be nnder
taken again.
Though Lillian Bell is now Mrs.
Arthur Hoyt Bogue, of New York, she
retains her maiden name for 11 Usury
purposes. She is the daughter of
.Major Williuin W. Bell, of Chicago,
and was born and educated in Chicago.
Her first successful book. Issued Just
ten years ago, was "The Love Affaire
of an Old Maid," which, with "A Little
Sister of the Wilderness" and "The
Under Side of Things," established her
reputation as a writer of clever fiction.
Her more recent books, dealing with
her impressions of European Ufe, have
been Revercly criticised. Her latest lo
"The Dowager Countess and the Amer
ican Girl."
lluW iSe Cooked, It.
Roast beef which happens to be tore
has been at times turned Into well
done meat with a rapidity that the lay
patrons of restaurants could not un
derstand. Yesterday one of the men
In a restaurant who had cut away a
piece of roast beef observed to the
wulter that he regretted It waa so
rare.
"I'll fix thut all right" said the wait
er, taking up the plate.
"But I've cut it" was the nnswer.
That seemed to make no difference,
for the waiter carried off the beef,
lie returned presently bearing a slice
that looked quite different But when
it was cut the meat was just the same,
although It was dark outside. The
waiter was pained that the guest
should be in tbe least dissatisfied.
"Why, I never worked in a restau
rant In my life where it wasn't the
customary to make tbe roast beef well
done by holding it in boiling water,"
said he with an Injured air. "That"
what we ulwnys do when we hove to
take It bock for a customer."
Wna Hell-Centered.
Miss Beemer Who is your favorite
poet, Mr. Weaver?
Weaver (who Is addicted to TOntlfy
ing) Really, don't you know, I think
it might appear egotistical for me to
answer that question frankly. Beaton
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