LOCATING A BOOM TOWN.
PRESIDENTS A3 SPORTSMEN.
MTRDMALS
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Ihc Semttivc Tfserswest tlq to AM Great Mm.
BBkOK comfort It is better to have a thick (kin.
I but for accomplishment that la worth while
ower Ilea In the sensitive temperament The
ensitlve man auffera a good deal on hit way
I through life. He W Jarred by discord and op-
'position. Hla craving la fur peace; criticism
tings him like a whip. Sensitive men, as a
rule, e odea ror to bide their suffering from the public gaze.
In this eudeavor they assume an arrogance or a cynicism
that la not genuine. Some of the boldest flouters of rrtt-s
and opponents are really the most sensitive. Behind their
outward show of contempt they suffer the keenest agonies
of soul torture.
But the sensitive U the creative temperament A man
that does not feel cannot perform. He is not creative, nor
original. The sensitive man shuns polemic, the give and
take of contest, but once in a tight he stays. All the great
men have been sensitive. The sensitive mau takes things
seriously. The sensitive tempera nient Is the temperament
f the thoroughbred whose pride keeps him from ever giv
ing up. It Is the sensitive men that battle for an ideal, for
a principal.
Sensitiveness Is a symptom of brains. The dull wit Is
protected by a thick skin. Hut the thinker Is sensitive
enuse be thinks. He 1k self-analytical, lie meditates on
rriticlsm and measure himself by It. To the world lie
aiay nppear to lie a hard a teel and. a cold a Ice, but
he feel deeply as very man of brain does. Intensity of
VcMi f Is a necesHiiry element of genius and intensity of
feeling Is possible only to the sensitive temperament.
Genuine sensitiveness must not be mistaken for a spurl
m senHilivenii-s which h very common and which Is noth
ing but viitilt) atid conceit, line finds people proclaiming
rnemsi-lve "i.ei,!;!vp" hrr-aav their vanity Is easily of
tended. These people are quick to imagine slights where
vine were Intended They expect from the world a defer
Mice to which they are not entitled and they frel when
.his deference Is denied. The true sensitive does not cry
ut hi hurts, lie suffers in silence as every great soul
a'ifc. His feeling Is not h airflow vanity, but a deep move
aifnt of the souL S.m 1'ranclvo Hulletin.
Hi-.tory of Japan's Commerte.
A PAN has a history antedating that of any of
ill' nations of Kunipe now existing, its puge-h
liave been hut to us on account of our Ignor-
ince of the Japanese language and litcratnre,
ut these obstacles to the acquisition of knowl
dge are gradually living removed and many
Interesting and important facts are coming
to light.
The subjugation of Korea In A. !., Is proof that
Japan bud made considerable advancement in maritime
power at an early date. The use of puckhor.se nnd oxen.
he spanning of river by bridges, nnd the establishment of
tuitions at the distance of a day Journey apart, as far
oa k as 313 A. D . show that domestic trade and commerce
and Interior means of communication at that time hud
reached a fair state of development. Peddler were known
early as 4." 7 A. I'., while a systematized market was
jrgatiled and a law of meusureuient and price was en
acted In "01; and In TOO the ratio of monetary metals was
established at the rate of one to ten for gold and sliver,
iod one to a liiinilnsl for silver ajul copper.
Hy l.MO more than U.0) Chinese merchant vessel. It la
aid, went yearly to Japan, mostly to buy silk. Prior to
this, and about PJHii, the Japan Island were made known
o Kuropean nation by un Itallnn who had lived many
years In China. The first navigation line from Europe to
Japan was established In l.VU by three Portuguese tner
rhaut. 'Die Spanish secured a few trade privileges In 154!),
tnd In 1001 the Dutch came nnd began to do a large busl
oess under the name of the East India Company.
Hut before or shortly after these events Japan lind es
tablished herself nsa sea power through her own effort. In
th pseifle Ocean. The communication with the Philippine
Islands, with Annan, with Slam and with India began be
fore l.'iflO, and there were then more than irfrf) Japanese
emigrants living at .Manila, and thousands living In 81am.
For a abort while the Philippine island were under the
jontrol of Japan. In lOK) William Adams, an English
shipwrecked mariner, landed In Japan, .and was naturalized.
Captain John Smith, sent by James IL, arrived In lol3. In
September, loll, a world atlas was first Introduced Into
tlie country and stimulated the atudy of geography and the
desire for trade and discovery. So with the assistance of
William Adama two schooners were built la them the
Japanese crossed the Paeiiic and opened trade relations
with Mexico, only eighty years after Columbus discovered
America. So active waa the commercial spirit that during
this epoch over 1,000,000 Japanese emigrant had settled
in the islands and mainland of Southern Asia.
But la lG3d the Japanese (ioverument became afraid of
foreign religious Influence and alarmed on account of the
enormous export of gold; so It Issued a law shutting up
porta, confiscating all ships large enough to go to sea, and
prohibiting shipbuilding. China and Holland alone were
allowed to continue trade relations, but their operation
were confined to one port A a result of this law, the
growing power of Japan was crippled, and for over 200
years she led practically a hermit existence. Kansas City
Journal.
Slate Aid to Good Roads.
EVEUAI. of the Knslern Stlute. t,L-in.. a
I practical part in road building. New Jersey,
I the first to make a State appropriation, passed a
m in i.tui uy wuieu me mate paya one-iuira
of the cost of improving the roads. Tlie coun
ties furnish the other two-thirds, with the priv
ilege of charging a part of thU proportion to
the towns in which the road are built. At first the farm
er were opposed to the measure, but now co-operate with
it gladly. A State Commissioner of Highways furnishes tlie
plans. Nearly l.Ois) mile of rouds In New Jersey have
been macadamized since the law went Into effect. In
Massachusetts the State meets the entire cost, but requires
the counties to pay bark one fourth. The State appropria
tion of $.")ij,H) a year have reached a total of $.j,xki,ihxi,
and, a a result. Massachusetts has constructed hundreds
of mile of tine raids. Connecticut operates on much the
same system, und Its J l..VHi.ism in appropriations ha pro
duced . !) mile of excellent roads, tin a smaller scale
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Del
aware assist In the building of good roads.
Hy the New York plan the State pays one -half the cost
of building roads, the counties ;!," per cent, and the town
ships 13 per cent. Appropriations liave reached a total of
over W.OdO.om. last year's Installment being $i;oo,kio. Penn
sylvania, at the last session of the legislature, appropriated
a lump sum of $i.rXMi for good roads, the State to pay
two-thirds and the counties uud townships one sixth each.
lint there seems to be a loophole In the law In the matter
of determining routes, and the rivalry, or Jealousy, of
neighborhood has prevented much headway thus far. The
principle of Slate aid to Improved roads has been firmly
establlshisl, on the ground that Ihc whole people are In
terested In tlie best highways and that all citizen should
bear a fair proportion of their cost Already the road
built on this basis In Massachusetts, New York. New Jer
sey and (Vinnectlout nre au Impressive lesson on the value
of the good roads movement St. Imls Globe-Democrat
The Morals of Americans.
Tl- CHARLES CUTIIHKItT HALL think thai
Dthe moral standard of the American people is
degenerating. Dr. Hall Is president of the
m mmm l-'nlon Theological Seminary In New York. In
f4CX tue course of an address before the Kellglou
W Educational Association In Chicago he spoke of
me relatively goon state or tne common mor
ality of the American people," but a deeper examination of
the social side of our American life reveals, he thinks, a sit
uation that causes anything but satisfaction. Our activity
has astonished the world, "but morally we are rapidly go
ing usteru so rapidly that one Is dumfounded at the con
trust after a visit to some of the countries of Euroe." Re
ligion, he finds, has very little part la our civilization to
day; iur home life might be better, and our people are
generally apathetic aliout their spiritual Interests. To much
tlie aunio Intent but more spectnc are tne conclusions ot Dri
Coyle, of Denver a disclosed by him May 10 at the open
ing of the Presbyterian general assembly at Buffalo. He
noted the drift of the people away from lofty Ideals and
from organized Christianity. It means something, he
thought, when conservative observers called our time "the
age of graft." narpcr'a Weekly.
Early lajra In Gotbiie Were Exciting
la an Eminent lcnree.
A. II. Huston, who has practiced
aw at Guthrie since the ojwniug of
iie territory, in recalling Incidents of
surly day tells this story of how
juthrle waa first se't'ed:
"I made a heroic effort to be the
1rst man on the ground that day, but, j
iesplte all my endeavora, I found a i
whole city full here ahead of me.
lust as I crossed what is now Division
ttreet, going east from the Santa Ke.
1 first met John Cioloble; he was en
gaged In an animated discussion with
surveyor and a number of other gen
tlemen upon the Question of the right
of settlers to take lota east of that
section line. All of the others were
surveying, staking off and claiming
their lota, but John was Just arguing
the point and making no attempt or
effort to take a lot himself. I do not
know whether he baa ever got one
since or not But aa a debater John
established a reputation then and there
which entitles him to high rank.
'"A peculiar affinity manifested Itself
In those early days between the men
from Kansas and the men from Texas.
They organized a machine and cap
tured all the offices In East (Juthrle.
When It appeared that there were not
unices enough to go round the ma
chine, being untrauimeled by constitu
tional ... limitation or conscientious
scruples, made new office. Colonel
1'om Soward, of Kansas, and Judge T.
J. 1iwe, of Texas, were among tne
principle manipulator of the East
(Jnthrie machine.
Not appearing to have been properly
appreciated by the machine myself. I
assumed the attitude of an untl, and
jt a representative of the common peo
ple. Jn a short time, however, when
i vas notified thiit niy service were
required In the administration of the
government of the city, I felt con
strained to look with less suspicion
and criticism upon the ollielal acts of
good men and soon we were ail work
ing together for the advancement. and
up building of the community. We set
jp court for the preserving of the pub
lic peace nnd the protection of 'prop
erty, and while the physical boundari s
i.f the government were the city limit,
j-ct we assumed and exercised Jurisdic
tion between Kansas and Teu on
the north and south. No Man's I. nnd
on the west and a I'nlted Statin court
tit Muskogee on the east. Kansas City
llournul. ..
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "LOVE"?
ON THE WINGS Of
VKKKVI
r IHC WIND. T
The dangers of ballooning, writes
Sutitos-Dumnnt in "My Air Ships," are
confined usually to the landing. Hut
tlie sea of air presents many kind of
dangers, and sometimes the balloonist
encounters more than one on the sume
voyage. In Nice, In 1IXK). he went up
from tlie Place Massena In a good
sized balloon, alone, intending to drift
a few hours amid the enchanting
scenery of the mountains and the sea.
Ills experience were enough to make
most people content with solid earth.
The weattnr wa fine, but the bar
ometer soon fell, which Indicated a
storm. For a time the wind took me
In the direction of Clmlez; but as It
threatened to carry me out to sea, I
threw out ballast, abandoned the, cur
rent, and mounted to the height of
aliout a mile. Koou I noticed that I
had ceased descending. Aa I bad de
termined to laud soon, I pulled on the
valve rope and let out more gas, and
here the terrible experience began.
I could not go down! I glanced at
the barometer and found that I was
going tip. Yet I ought to be descend
ing, and I felt, by the wind and every
thing, that I must be descending. I
discovered only too soon what was
wrong. In spite of my continuous ap
parent descent, I was, oeverthelfs,
being lifted by an enormous column of
air rushing upward.
The barometer showed that I had
reached a still greater altitude, and I
could now taka account of the fact by
th way In which the land waa disap
pearing under me. The upward rush
ing column of air continued to take
me to a height of almost two miles.
After what seemed a long time the
barometer ahowtd that I had begun to
descend.
When I began to see land, I threw
out ballsst, not to strike the earth too
quickly. Now I could perceive tha
trees and shrubbery. Up In U storin
Itself I had felt nothing.
Now, too, as I continued falling
lower I could see how swiftly I was
being carried laterally. By the time
I perceived Uip coming danger I was
In It. Carrifd along at a terrific rate,
knocking against the tops of trees and
continually threatened with a painful
death. I threw out my anchor. It
cuught In trees and shrubs and broke
away. I was drugged through the
small trees and yielding shrubbery,
my fa-'e a uimss of cut and bruises,
my clotlms torn from my back, fear
ing tlie worst and able to do nothing to
save myself.
Just as I hud given myself up for
lost the guide rope wound Itself round
a tree and held. I was precipitated
from the basket and fell unconscious.
When I carnu to I hud to walk several
miles until I found some peasants.
They helped me back to Nice, where
I went to bed and bad the doctors sew
me up.
DIVORCE LAWS OF CANADA.
Ther Art Far More Stringent Than
TbM KxUtinic lu the l.'uited Htatea.
It will not be advlsablo for mui
matod couple in this country who
may desire a legal separation to go to
Canada to obtalu It. Recently publish
ed statistics show that during one gen
eration of thirty -four years those pre
ceding tlm year 1IMJ1 the divorces
granted In Canada numbered only sixty-nine.
In the I'nlted States during
die Mine period the numbor of di
vorces was almost 700,000. The popu
lation of the 1' ul tl States ha aver
aged twelve times that of tlie Domin
ion, while ita divorces wero 10,000
times as ninny.
If divorces in the Uulled States dur
ing the time mentioned had been the
same per cuplta as hi the Dominion
there would have boon less than 2,000
In this country reduced, In other
words, by W,000.
Wre these figures reversed if Ca
nadians had outnumbered our divorce
decrees by 10,000 times, relatively
would w not be looking upon our
"lady of His snows" with something of
the regard bestowed upon the biblical
scarlet woman? Yet no especial op
probrium, nationally speaking, lias
been attached to our national laxity.
Ilffre a trivial excuse, spidcr-webby
lu its validity, may serve as a pretext
for Rcporatlon. Hut In Canada It Is a
much more serious affair. Only one
cause, the Scriptural, may be taken ns
ground for legal separation, and then
the matter In not left to the Indifferent,
Insignificant weighing of a local Justice
of the peace, or even to the courts; It
Is made the concern of Parliament
both houses of which must pass tho
bill which Is entered by counsel In be
half of his client.
In addition, a published notice of In
tention to apply for divorce, giving
name of applicant, and accused with
ground of accusation, must lie Insert
ed for six months In two newspapers
published In the applicant's residential
town m well as In the Canada Ouzette,
the oftlctal government organ.
Asa further bur tlie cost of securing
a divorce Is so high that few people of
the lower classes can afford It The
foe varies according to the eminence
of the counsel retained, but the aver
age cost Including traveling expenses
for both applicant and accused must
appear at Ottawa, the sent of govern
ment, when the bill Is heard govern
ment fee, solicitor and counsel fees
and so on, Is not less than $500, and
ofteniT Tenches $1,0(10 or more.
the Landlady, the PsyclioloiilHt und
Home (It hers Attempt Ilvllnition.
What 1 love?" wa the burning
question asked by the company of
Immortals.
"Ine," said the landlady, "Is that
power so subtle as to defy analysis,
which draw two people together who
i-annot afford it, and enables nie to fill
my third story front."
"Ixive," said the society woman, "is
the alliance of two families In such
a manner as to produce the fewest off
spring and then cut the greatest
swath."
Said the psychologist: "Love is
Ihat set of sensations which, finding
their way through the afferent nerves,
stimulate certain gangllonls centers of
the occipital portion Of the brain, and
extend upward 'through the. .higher
ireus of cerebral consciousness. It is
purely subjective in its action, and
while II ao regular ?rntiei.. be
ing extremely diverse In all of Its as
pects. It seems to be subject to' some
higher definitive law as yet under
mined." Said the college graduate: "Love
is the supreme folly."
Said the octogenarian: "I.ove Is eter
nal." Said the theologian: "Love Is that
divine force, coexistent with Jehovah,
that has dwelt In the hearts of men
ilnce tho shepherds have watched
their flocks, and which enables us to
force every one to believe in our own
particular views, even If we have to
dot It with the edge of the sword."
Said the actress: "Love Is the an
Selwlth plenty of money."
Said the bachelor: "Love Is an
amusement"
Said the married man: "Love Is the
dearest tiling In the world. It's the
puly thing that prevents me from liv
ing within my Income."
Said the widow: "Ixve is constant
In its change."
Suld the dressmaker: "Without
love I sjiould go out of business. Love
lay all my bills." Life.
The Freshest Yeu
"This order of poached eggs on toast
doesn't look very" nice," said the cranky
guest. " Are you sure the eggs weru
freh laid?"
"fiure," replied the waiter; "tliry
were laid right on the toast." Phil
adelphia Ledger.
Not Ihiing It,
"He left numerous relative to
mourn his death.
"Well, he might as well have taken
them with him; they're not carrying
out Instructions." New Orleans
Times-Democrat
What Is there that silly enthusiasm
will not lead nonio people to do!
The Tomato.
The tomato hns a curious history.
After the revolution of Santo Dom
ingo ninny French families came from
there to Philadelphia, where they In
troduced tJielr favorite "pom me
fl'amour." Although Introduced from
South America as early ns 1500 Into
Kngtand, It was looked upon with sus
ilclon and Its specific name, lyeopersl-i-utn,
derived from lykos (wolf) mid
ierslkon (a peach), referring to the
beautiful but deceptive appearance of
Its fruit, Intimate pretty closely tbe
kind of estimation In which It was
held. It Is now, however, almost uni
versally used.
Ijonc-ntatanc Consolation.
Mrs. Topnoteh Our children net su
perior to us.
Mr. Topnotcu Cheer up, Eustaclu;
llielr children will act superior to
them. lndluiinpolls Journal.
When a preacher Is going to be
tway from home on Sunday, he has as
much trouble sneaking away from bis
xingregatlon as a woman has in get
ting away from her children.
Useful records of the Joltings of j
different railway cars have been ob
tained by F. OmorL the Japanese
earthquake student, by means of the
seismograph, or earthquake recorder.
When the transformation of cities
by electric power and light Is com
pleted we may expect the air to be
practically as pure as that of the
country. It is estimated that the car
bonic acid exhaled yearly by the peo
ple of New York City is about 450.000
tons, but that this is less than three
per cent of that from fuel combustion.
The Russian government Is consid
ering a scheme to connect Riga, on the
Baltic Sea, with Cherson, on th Black
Sea, by means of a deep draft caaal
following the rivers of Dwlna and
Dnieper. Although there Is to be a
paved tow-path on one aide, the canal,
as planned, will run for more than
1,000 miles inthe bed of the Dnieper,
where the river is several times wider
than the full width of the canal, which
is to lie 2M fwt The line of the canal
amidst the river-water will be Indi
cated by elevated slgnalB.
" "A Kansas dental instructor points
out that tlie teeth, tlie most Indestruc
tible of all animal tissues, have been
strangely neglected as a means of
identifying decomposed bodies. They
have many peculiarities, and dentists
could easily keep record showing the
size and width. of the arch, the size,
shape and color of the teeth; missing
or altered teeth; kind of hiliugs and
location; gold crowns, bridges or arti
ficial plates and other features. Such
record Would be of Kpccla! value to
Insurance companies, often saving
tedious and expensive litigation.
The visibility of eighty-five "canals"
on Mars I traced by IVreival Lowell
for different periods from 375 draw
ing. Thd canals are supposed to rep
resent vegetation, and they seem to
follow the water, which Is believed to
be almost entirely locked up in the
polar show'cHpa In winter and to be re
leased by the melting of the snow and
ice at the summer solstice. The water
after its release seems to have a re
markably steady flow toward the equa
tor' of fifty-three miles per day. The
spherical form of the planet Indicates
a condition of fluid equilibrium, and
this in il.stlf is held to be strong evi
dence that the water channels are arti
ficial. Of the strange and rare animals now
Inhabiting the isirth the thylacines of
Tuiiiaula, commonly known as the
Tasnitifilan wolf, are among the most
singular in appearance mid habits.
They have been almost exterminated
by the Tnsmanlan sheep farmers,
whose folds they Tavage. They are
represent 1 In Regent's Park,. Ixn
don, by a single living specimen. The
thyhicine looks like a cross between
a wolf and a hyena, but It has tlger
llke stripes on Its back and hind quar
ters, and belongs to the marsupials,
like the kangaroo. Hut whereas the
kangaroo feeds on vegetables, the
thjiacine Is carnivorous. When Euro
peans first settled In Tasmania thyla
cines were very common In the rocky
and mountainous districts, and they
are not now found in any other part of
the world.
Talk! What aq unreliable thing It
Ml
CAVES IN WESTERN HILLS.
Home Hinttulur Natural Formations
Found Out in Oklahoma.
Ill Urueu County, Oklahoma, are lo
cated the Gyp hills, almost lurge
enough to be called mountains. In
those elevations there are some curious
formations. They are scattered all over
these hills and many of them run so
fur buck that, so far as known, no one
has ever had the temerity to thorough
ly explore them. They are hollowed
out ot the face of solid rock and some
of tlietu are composed of sets of cham
bers with high vaulted ceilings sloping
down to a narrow entrance into the
next chamber. Through most of them
streams of living water flow, which
never run dry, even in the most
drouthy season, and the water from
them is always clear and cold.
Of ail the caves in these hills the
Black But cave, near Francis, and the
Jester cave near Jester, nre the .most
renowned. Both of these are very large
and plentifully supplied with water.
The Jester cave Is named for D. C.
Jester, on whose place It is located.
This Is one of the largest ones which
has never been explored. Several liun
dren yards from the entrance Is a pool
of deep, forbidding-looking water,
which deters many from going further.
Thorn who have crossed this say tiie.se
pools reoccur at frequent Intervals far
ther back In the c'uve and the only
party which ever nuido a systematic
effort to explore the giant fissure was
compelled to turn back because of the
failure of torches.
Beyond the second pool. It Is do
eiured, the names "Jesse James"' and
"Frank James" are Inscribed In tlie
soft rock, and It Is the general Impres
sion In thut neighborhood tliat this
cave was at one time the rendezvous
for these bandits nnd their band. It
Is also believed that tho Daltons mid
other outlaws of early Oklahoma made
these caves a hiding place when pur
sued by officers.
Considerate Papa.
At the end of thirty years Hiram
had accumulated a fortune. Ills wife
and daughter were delighted. "For,"
said they, with becoming modesty,
"we now not only have money enough
to cut a splurge, but poor, dear papa
Is too broken down to appear among
the best people."
Kooaevclt Not the Only One to Indulga
Jn Hunting,
Persons Interested In the big game
hunting trips and the daily athletic
exercises of President Roosevelt need
only to examine the records of form
er presidents to learn that he is by
no means the first executive to spend
his vacations and leisure hours in the
pursuance of sports, says the Phila
delphia Ledger. No more arduous fish
erman and duck shooter could be im
agined than President Cleveland. At
his home near Bustard's Bay he spent
every moment of his leisure time in
his favorite pastime with the rod and
reel. It was a common thing to see
Mr. Cleveland out to catch the proper
tide even before dawn, and bis skill
Is said to have been equal to that of
any of the old shellbacks In the neigh
borhood when it came to playing a
bass.
Nor was President Cleveland the '
first to dignify the ground which Is
popularly called the "presidential hunt
ing preserves." President Harrison
went duck' shooting along the shores
of these waterways and hunted every
foot of them clear to the sea. All
sorts of wild duck abound In this dis
trict, among them canvasbacks, and
resides these quail, pheasant, snipe, and
wild turkey are to be found. President
Harrison was a fairly good shot with
a gun, but his first venture proved
slightly disappointing, for he mistook
a black pig belonging to a negro for a
raccoon. He offered at once to settle
for the pig, but the patriotic owned
declared on the ground thut he had
been highly honored by a president of
the I'nited States shooting his pig,
and that the proud distinction would
be handed down from one generation
to another in his family. President
Harrison never took much to horse
lack riding nor to Geld nports, but
with shooting lie fell more and more
in love as he became older. He even
shot buck from a "sneak-box," an
achievement of which any duck hunter
may well lie proud.
Before CtMirge Washington became
(Jen. Washington he hunted all over
this same ground. After he became
a general be had Utile time for hunt
lug and shooting, but he was passion
ately fond of horseback riding and
was considered an excellent horseman
even during the dnys when lumberinij
stage conches were responsible for
much riding in the saddle and when
horsemen were plentiful.
Curious to saj1, fond as President
Cleveland and Harrison were of tha
water front, neither of them ever found
pleasure In swiinuiing. President John
ijulncy Adams was by all odds 1 lio
swimmer president of the White
House. Next to Benjamin Franklia
he was the best swimmer of any public
man In Washington. President Adams
also was a remarkable walker and
frequently combined his two hobbles.
Often he arose before dawn, walked
as far as Georgetown, where he had
a secluded nook, and stripping plung
ed into the Potomac. Then, after a
long, refreshing swim, he would dress
and walk, back to his home, where he
arrived by break of day, ready for
whatever come.
President Arthur was always espe
cially fond of camping and hunting
and fishing, nnd on one occasion was
100 miles from where he might have
been reached by telegraph wire. Bass
and trout were Mr. Arthur's favorites.
He is said to have been remarkably
evpert at casting the fly, and once,
when on a visit south, the Fishing
club of Ixniisville presented him with
an exquisite rod; suitably engraved,
nnd of this the president ever felt espe
cially proud.
President Garfield was also given to
the pursuit of sports. He did not care
for fishing, however. Hunting was hi?
pet diversion. But aside from this be
took a lively Interest in all sorts of
field sports, especially in the national
game, baseball. At no time was theu
a more enthusiastic baseball "crank"
In Washington than was the president.
He was elected on honorary member
of the old National base-ball club, and
he frequently attended the games play
ed by his team, and followed its victor
ies with a Jealous eye in tlie morning
new-spa per. Billiards was another
favorite diversion with President Gar
field. During his administration a new
billiard table was placed In the base
ment of the White House, and here be
played almost regularly every after
noon. President Garfield also was fond
of horseback riding. Taking him nil
In all, he was probably the most all
round snorting president, for no mat
ter what the sport he felt at least a
mild Interest in It
Drunkenness and Coffee Drinking.
A traveler has made the observa
tion that coffee drlnlutig people aro
seldom given to drunkenness. In
Brazil, for Instance, where coffee Is
grown extensively, and all the Inhabi
tants drink It many times a day, In
toxication Is rarely seen. The effect
Is not only noticeable among the na
tives, but the foreigner who settles
there, though possessed of a pnslon
for strong drink, gradually loses his
liking for alcohol as be acquires the
coffee drinking hnblt of tho Brazilian.
Original Descent.
Mrs. Mushroom That's a very
pretty dinner service you've got Mrs.
Lineage.
Mrs. Lluoago Yes, those are some
specimens of our family heirloom.
They have been In our family for gen
erations. You see, each piece bears
our family crest
Mrs. Mushroom That's Just splen
did! But wait till you see the family
china I've ordered. I'm going to have
a different family crest on each plate.
Some doctors claim to be able to
cure anybody who la sick.