'Kill
The Dcparta.ent of AurKii't ir .iow
jroposea to turii'fli'fj(jru:v'iiiilti nut-,
irought to tbs country, to, subdue lii
Mtou boil wee vilrlo.e u the aurage"
actato bug. - . - '
BevPral inventors sre bow at wor
u a no.aeless tjr ewriter, s the sounl
f a large number In an office grate
to oae's nerves. One man baa mad
i rubber device to kill tbe noise, and
the second baa made a glass case
eblch Inclose everything but tbe key
board and tbe roller.
Geographer tell ua that In place
the I'aeluc la more tban twenty-uin
thousand feet deep. Id other words,
at tbe loftiest mountain on tbe globe,
lit Everest, J2B.Of2 tfitt high, wei
placed In tbs Pacific Ocua at Its
greatest depth, tbe summit of tbe
mountain would Just about reach th
(urface of tbe ocean.
Mr. Balfour, the English premier,
la quite a rich man, bavin? an Inn nip
of about $2.V),00. lb niorey i,i
U-rt him by bis giandfath r, who n,ad
i big fortune In Itiil a. and as a n.ivul
tjntractor, bailig been npo.t'd io
Cinke as much as $l..VO:0 1 1 a year.
Dining tbe Boer War the premier mj
lo Land over bis salary to pay hj In
come tax.
A London Jeweler rerenfy hnd a
thermometer stolen from his ah p, an 1
the next day put up the f- lowing t o
tlce In the apace where the thcr noni
etrr once bung: "Vi:i tbe misguided
Individual who took tbe thermometer
without leave the other day phase
return the same. lie hat make a uils
take. It can be of no use to him in
the place to which be It go ng, as it
enly registers 125 degrees of beat."
Tbe 1&00 census shows that whits
farmers operated 4,970. 13) farms In
tbis country, with a total of 70S fXS.
187 acres, and valued at $19,(;t)l,i3l.
fi8, excluhe of p.oduit. Negroes
operated 7H5.747 farms. Including ,K
tx:,lCJ acres, and valued at SiOUMa.
",.'A. Indians bad 19.010 farm, valued
St 138.238.478. Chin se 1.H2 farms,
fapanese 670 and Hawaiian 4h0. Of
U.e entire number of farmer. 3.159,
tll owned tbelr eutl e farm, and l")l,
IK wen. part owners.
The Kaiser la taklag great Interest
In Hans, tbe wonderful th nklng bors
that ha a been exploited by Professor
lochia of tbe Berlin roo!o:;l al gar
dens. Haas counts up to one hundred,
has an eye for color, an car for uiu
sic, snd csn spell simple words. If
Jo. esk him (In German, of course ,
ow ma ay sevenths mutt be added to
Bve-seventbs to make s whole, hi taps
twice with bis fore hoof. Experts In
education bare taken ha raae in band,
nd declare that be shows real pow
er of thought and not mere training.
A ft-relets n tells tbe Washington
Tost It Is a wide t pre d but erroneous
notion that the giowtb of Ivy on Uie
exterior walls of residences crest a
amp habitation,' He Is satisfied u lit
tle reflection will convince any o.ie of
tbe fallacy of this proposition. The
Ivy, Instead of contributing to darup
, has rstber sn opposite Influence,
llnce It must extract molflure from
tbe brick or stone that it overruns.
Tbe dampness of these Is what gives
life to the plant; so ib.it the Inter or of
the house la rendered dryer than 11
Would be otherwise.
Vacation on the farm.
He viltd the dear old firm,
Whore in hi b-iyhood das
fhe weather uaver wis too warm
er cold ta win hiX-praisa,
And now be didn't do a thiug
I'.ut imp, or fan -and
Or say, In aevetrt bbclieriiig;
This beat would me a atone!"
fie longed when In the city pout
To drink from the old well;
fin dipper lit his hand, he went
They bard a dixiual yell!
The winriU that be lured to turn
Had hit him such a crjck,
lip uw a million pUne; burn
la the old well, aluk! .
flie water hni a brackish tastej
'Twas oit the flui l col I
lie uel ij d ink wrtlt fev'rish hata
In the de'ir dl of old. .
fie hi'jird the fm iti rrntking Rrct-t
Tiiieir friend of otlier yeir
And wonders why their nuiiie swu
To him j ch.ingl appears.
lie did.i't Cnd the treat at ul.ht
Of i iiuwiiiito iiiii ii I , -e,
s. iolly cliuiax of de i.-lit,
If he waa any jjdje.
Aivl, t)viug on a feather bed,
Tint like a blister stuck,
lie wildly rolled his tnuMed head
And blamed bis nie.nly luck.
t now he's bme.-a Mnses inek,
Ills skiu a aiid tin;
Grent frerklea on bis robust cheek,
He's quite a different mm.
t'he burr are wticking to his heels,
The trutih he does n it fliiii-h.
Cut aay the firm t him appeals
A a vacation el ch.
Chicago Itocord-lIeraM.
Qneena' .Nninea in I'uli io Plncn.
Many English Q nee in 1m ve chosen
aak tree In Windsor fori t whereon
Ihilr tuimoa, with the diles of their
rbolce, have been co.infie'iitoratiHl by
ueatis of brass plate. In dirTefi'til
nrt of tht forest, with se.its arounJ
them, are oak bearing the nanus of
Jueen Ellsahelli. Queen Ciirnllno,
Jueen Clnr'nt'e nnd Qu-en Victoria.
ii. y Hi i ii .
1 want Ut be murried in prlngUme,"
Bh sail, in her youtkrul diys
Or else In the jruMpu aummera
for winter I bsra no praise.
Or, perttip. a Utle bster.
In tbe uielhvwliig d lya of fall!"
But saw, sueM he gla I t Ket married
Well, "si y old time at all."
-sl'hilaaabjol Ballalia.
Francis Newton Thorp, au'hor of
veral constitutional histories, bas
rrltten "A tibort Constitutional His
ory of tbe United fiatee," which Lit
is, Brown at CX, Boston, will pub
Ish. It Is said that Gerrrud Atberton a
Rulers of Kings" w ill not b-put-lahed
In Cermauy because "Taucll
llta dares not publishes it." It may
lot be the' precise truth, but it Is a
'airly good story and s much better
idvertlsement
"The Wolverine." by A'.be't L. Law
enoe, is a new romance of love and
jolitlcs. It ai enes are laid In Detroit
Tist before Michigan became a Wlute,
ahen that Territory and the State of
Ohio were nearly at open war ovvr
Jie boundary line.
Tudor Jenka, who was fir mnny
rears on ti e edit rl.il staff of "
Nicholas," Las wr.tieu the lir t vol
Hue In A. S. Iiariej' new series of
'Lives of Great Writ r," under t!u
litle of 'In the Day a of Chaucer," to
Aiik'h Ilaml.tJn Wr'ght Mable ba
?onti ibuted an imrodu. tun.
(Jweu KiliLire, bo bjs sprung Into
wide fume in a very bort time, hnj
written a new book with the sinking
title, -Tbe Good 'of the Wicked," a
itory of I'owery 1 fe In Neiv York,
which the Iiaker & Taylor Company,
New York, will publish, together with
The Pur;y Pkeiches," here.ofore puiv
llshed serially.
Frederick 8. Inham, author of
'Black Friday," ju-t jiublifhed by tbe
Bobba-Merrlll Company, la a native of
letrolt. After he was graduated f.O'u
the high school be devoted himself to
travel abroad, setting down at the end
)f that migratory pi riod to stud lit
Jfe In Munich. Twelve months later
(tobemlan Loudon Lecame bis next
place of abode. For two years be rt
lended the Hoyal Academy of Music
ji Hanover Squire. From this fra
ternal and artistic atuiaophcre Mr.
sham came borne to the bmy life or
aewspnperdoai. He nerved in varioua
capacities on tbe Detroit Free Fresa
snd other papers. Mr. laham's pre
rlous novels, "The S' rollers ' and "I n
ter the Uoae," were both extraordina
rily ascccssful and "Black Friday"
teems destined to an equal popular
ly. Tbe actual writing of the book
aas done In a villa overlooking tbe
tea on the north coast of France.
Maarten Maartens, tbe author of
Dorothea," ls'.ely publULed by the
tnnUioD. and of nassy ether dov!9,
elated recently an anecdote of bis
wybood daya, when be was spending
lie summer at Barblzon, tbe borne of
lean Francois Ml.Iet. Tbe futur? nov
illst, who was about ten years old at
lie time, waa sitting on s gatepost
rstcblng a dog fight The partlcl
tants were bis landlord's dog and a
lelghbor's, In which tbe stranger wua
eventually killed. Young Maartens
a-as so excited at the tragic outcome
jiat be fell off bis perch on top of
be animals. Just ni the neighbor's
rife rushed out of her bouse across
he road, and nrised the boy of kill
ng her dog. The old woman saw the
nark of the t'eth on her do,''s t ront,
md then glanced su-plciously at thd
Ittlc foreigner. "Come here, little
oy," r-he called out, "and show me
our teeth!" "But they dl In't fit."
dr. MaartPiis hastens to explain w hen
io tells the story.
It Is only a few months s'nee the
etenin actor-man iger, Ji hn Co email,
vas bin I'd. He died before tbe last
iroof-sheets of this book reached him.
ts two volumes must have flven bin
freat fall-fact'oa. hnd hp lived to imp
hem In print. Rarely Is a.icli a vast
.rruy of Interesting nnrrative and uu
lsun! incident packed lito the Rpnc"
dr. Coleman gives to his lif story.
'Fifty Years of un Act r's I ire" Is
n rapid succsion of lliutiiinnting
il'-lurcs of such pecji'e nn the Kem
i!es, the Kenns, the S'd ous the C. h
iiiin. Macr ady, Charles Dickens, Sir
lolert l'eel, thw yi:epii even; l.nd.r
ilpfslnglon and Count D'Oray. DIs
iieil, Louis Ilo ur art, Edwin Forrof.
.be Terry. Kat nnd Kil -n. Henry
nl'ig. A tho o igli go n( I n l nr,
t man of high L'etls f r th- a ag , onn
A-hose name I in c.r.ibly cmineet.' I
alth the Shakes;ieiire memorials at
Itratford on-Avnn. Mr. Ccl 'man tin
lerstood In the willing of Lis nuto
jlngrnphy what would luterest th.)
uot caHiial reader.
AMERICAN COLLEGE GIRL.
)be Ha Much More Freedom than Her
ICnropcan Winter.
The American woman's college Is a
lilng wln lly nmnxlng in Eur penn
)es, according to th a cr.tK No lluio
)enn educational ins Itutlon would
Jilnk of allow ing to its in nat unci
t luxuriausiics of surroi.n lings as np
)inrs In the American g r's coll ge
ooau the cxtre ne slmp.U i'y ,of" tl
fcdd tielng tbe onll t'h'iiitf.eoiymon to,
oth type of el ii TitT ma T i"o lim'iuilty'..
To the uninitiated b-ho'ders. the
imcrleiin co l ge g rl's mom. with
lags and posters and a-tortlug sou. cu
rs and elms symlo', wi'h mea's pic
turps on desk and d essng table,
night le a co hge boy's.
On the o h r aide tf th ocean young
ro.iien are supto'fd not to keep
oung men's portraits In their rooms,
lust a thi y are not supers 'd to meet
in equal term of comridesh p the
lulevl of the sforoaaid ptctnrea. The
atspoce cf borks In the room and the
conspicuous presence of tandy ttl
ml fruit bakl.ets tisiglit jilo ;r.k
tbe KiT" fun ol a rver as peculiar.
All this co:r"ponda with a radical
difference In the i1 of woman uu
d.'nts iu Ao'.eil a and in Luio;e. The
European glr! go-s to her university
urely for learning, and la the liwr
educational ln-t.tutlons it Is th same.
Ktudy Is the business of'ilfe. and on'y
those fortunate, ones who have friendi
and relatives to take them out occa
sionally and give them a good tlm
ever get any fun.
In America tbe college Is s school ol
life, with all sorts of act'vities befldel
study. Tbe European college girl bat
to find out after she leaves collegi
everything tbat her American sistei
barns while st college, though oecS'
slonally In old Europe a girl baa a
chance of getting out of her life per
haps more experience and at least '.b
same amount of pleasure as tbe Amer
ican girl does, although In a way en
tirely different; this Is a girl who nt
tends university for mei and enjoy)
In the old world, among hundreds cf
mpn, the perfect freedom of move nent
and the feeling of ind-pendence which
eharacterUe the happy life of th
American co L'ge girl (hnnpy in thiif
!:e re: 11, es by Lers If an ld'al of f-e
and intelligent life, wl'hout the in
cv, table htrain wl 1 h comes to tl i
wre life when llvel by one glil
an.oTig a crowd of men).
The chlf hn:atritlc of 11m
Amirican woman's college Is well de
lined, the critic pro eels, by tho his
torical words, "life, l.berty and the
pursuit of happlrie-s."
To the college girl's happiness many
dements are co-ipra:ing, anion,
which, notably, are rp.i's checks and
the advantages depending thereon
faculty votes forbidding a schedule t
over so many hoi:rs a week cr nion
titan a certain number of courses foi
the semester; constant anJtfty on thi
part of "Prex" and "M. D." lest thi
young buds of hop? break down undei
tho strain of study, and so for h.
This last appears particularly
strange to the European mind. No out
gives a thought there. It appears, tl
the effect of study on the bcaltb o(
the students. "We may moan, sigh
or revolt," nays the writer, "we may
strike, protPHt or die In the attempt'
from the serene Clymprs of tbe fnc
ulty the gods watch with calm, un
ruflled brow tbe struggle of the non
cutties down in tbe bulls of learning.'
- Outlook.
The Fen of Plirhr.
Like every other sense, that of s!gfr
Improves by use under healthy condl
tlons, and therefore the people wh(
have the greatest exercise of tbelr vi
Ion In Die open air under the light o;
tbe sun have tbe best eyesight ' Gen
erally speaking, savage tribes posseai
the keenest eyesight, acquired through
bunting. Natives of the Solomon Isl
ands are very quick at perceiving dis
tant objects, such as ship at sea, and
will pick out birds concealed In dens
foliage some sixty or seventy feel
high. Shepherds snd sailors are blessed
with good sight
Eskimos will detect a white fox In
tbe snow a great distance away, whll
the Arab of tbe deserts of Arabia
have such extreme powers of vlslot
that on the vast plains of tbe desert
they will pick out objicts Invisible t
the ordinary eye at ranges from on
to ten miles distant Among civilized
peoples the Norwegians have bettei
eyesight than most, If not all, others
as thiy more generally fulfill the nee
essary conditions. The reason wh;
'defective eyes ore so much on the in
crease in this country and lu Europi
Hi In too much study of books hi earij
life and In badly lighted rooms.
F:iepfiniim ! it Wnrknrs
Any one who think the elephant I
fclovv, clumsy beast would have cnusi
to change bis opir.lm on seeing hln
at work along the river of northern
lara. The ralay season, wh cb l e
gins In A pi II. la the time when tht
teak logs, cut during the dry feason In
the forests abnut the upper watirs oi
the Menum Iti v. r. are floated dowa
to Rahang. whers th y are caught ami
rafted to Rangkolt. Ins e, id f red
sh rted, Fplke-choed ' river driv rs'
Kueh us handle the logs in tliolp down
at renin Joi rney to the sawn. 1. Is mi tin
Penobscot and lvennel.ee In M.ilnu
(lie "lumber-drh l ig'' of the Siamcs.;
rivets is done by barefo .t -d. half
n;"ked men on elephants, ami tin
"bnue" labor unil much of the think
lug Involved In tile rper.itioa are (Ijui
by the elephants. St. M -ho as,
A Mrcinmiis 1 To.
The scene was a third-class Nmokliii
compaitment, bve on a sidi. Th
apuuker was stout, florid, with short
cut gray hair, nnd was very self-satls
lied. The . effeminate degeneracy ol
modern young men wag his theme.
"Look-at me! Sixty years of age
ncver had' & day's illne Iu my II fe
and can 'do my four uiiies an hour
Why? Because from when I wins a
till 1 was over 40 I lived n regular life
No delicacies for me! No late hours
Every day, summer and winter, I wen
to bed at I), got up nt 5, lived prlnel
pally on porridge, worked hard hard
mind you, from 8 to 1, then dlnnei
Yhitli.aiTuourV walking exercise, am
thill ,
" ljeg' your pnrd'n, giiv'nor," Inter
rupted a youiig worldngnian sitting op
poslte, "but w-ot was you In for'"
lor I .on if Years,
.'He gave me his promise to pny."
"Did he keep his piomlHeV"
"No; but I did. New Orleans Times
I leuiocia t.
If a woman Las had Inmble ANL
twins, the bright aide must be t nd i
loo man Ugsrs to Ira worib IooUuji
for.
ji. 7 sti
Ik
Opinions of
,11111 i II 4 4 4
4-
Lookioo, for Easy Jobs.
N aged colored man was recently arrested in
V I Washington and pronounced Insane after a
I midlcal examination. One of tbe chief proofs
of bis Insanity was his stubborn Insistence tbat
J fJr, the government owed him a
CftOey was entitled by right to a
tbe Federal Departmenta.
The occurrence furnishes a fit text for the pen of the
humorist Yet as a matter of fact Is it not true that a
very large number of white men who are young, vigorous
and presumably capable of making a place for themselves
In the world are likewise possessed of this particular form
of lunacy? How many Senators and Congressmen, If they
should gpeak out frankly, could furnish some Interesting
revelations regarding the extent and persist ncy of thp
importunity to which they have been subjected by people
wbo were convinced that they ouirht to have a government
J ib and who frankly based their preference for this sort
of employment on their belief that It was about Uie easiest
that could be found anywhere?
There Is, of course, nothing dishonorable In Backing a
Miltordlii.'ite position under the government In some
branches of the public service, owing to the gradual Intro
duction of the merit system, there Is more chance than
formerly for promotion based on fitness and capacity. But
Ii Is undoubtedly true that the belli f that work for the
government is usually "an easy job," inspires the bulk of
the applicants who annoy members of both houses of Con
press with their appeals. Yet is this the way to win gen
iilnc success? Is a task that Is "easy" the kind which the
average healthy young person should look for?
Men who have risen to eminence In trade, industry and
professional life have not wasted their time In hunting
up places where they would have little to do with com
paratlvely small prospect of advancement They have reso
Imply looked for openings which were accompanied by
bard labor and plenty of it; and when they have secured
such an opening they have usually proved that they had
the rlffht stuff In them by buckling down with energy to do
their bes.t Philadelphia Bulletin.
Why Little" Japan?
HERE is one Illusion nluint .Tnnan which aewmn
I I o survive evidence and to work most serious
I I political mischief. The Continental Towcts.
lull Jkunma luuic trojywiu t tyf lUUMUI. nu Ul
the belief that the Island Empire, however
jrave or astute or lucky Its children may be.-ls.
artcr ait. uut a "little" state, whlcli In a very
short time must "bleed to death." It Is not very easy to
trace the origin of this belief, unless It be the habit of
expecting great sire In all Asiatic Empires, or of comparing
tlic- area of Japan with that of China, or of Russia Itself
Bo compared, Jitpan Is, of course, a little place, which looks
on the maps almost insignificant Compared, however, In
a more sensible way, with the other Island Empire which
bas so long been one of the Great Powers of the world
Japan Is by no mean small. Its total area, without count
lug Formosa. Is by twenty-seven thousand ujngra miu.
greater than tbat of the British Isles, and as large a pro
portion of It la fertile and thickly populated. That popula
tion, again, la forty-four millions, or three millions greater
than that of Britain, six millions greater tban that of
France, and almost equal to that of Austria-Hungary. If
tbe word "little," again, refers to strengtii for war, that
strength Is In many respect superior to our own. We
could probably destroy the Japanese fleet, but the Japanese
fleet bas destroyed that of Russia, and could, If allowance
Is made for position, maintain a contest .with tbat of
France or Germany wblcb would not be absolutely hope
it as.
As regards soldiers, Japan bas a conscription, and the
tonscrlptlon obviously works. Within the last six months
fhe country has sent out six armies, each nearly equal to
sither of the forces that contended at Waterloo. We
thought we had done a great thing when we sent eighty
thousand men to India In 1857. and an extraordinary one
when we transported two hundred thousand men to South
Africa In UKJO. But Japan has transported more than four
auudred thousand men across the sea, and defied the Rus
i MINING ARSENIC ?
4
s-0Mlj0sW
A Virginia farmer, up among th ;
foot-hlils of the Blue Ridge Moun
tains, (I.-ared a new lle'.d and pastur
ed his cows there. Before long the ani
mals sicki tied and cua die 1. Think
ing that le.hnps the spring which
b'.'libltd from the rocks In nppnrput
purity might be ih: cause, th? farme,1
caused Its waters to be analyzed. It
was found that they coutnlael arsenic
in such tjuanil ies as to render them
dangerous to u.nii and l.ea-t. '11. Is
dluovery, says the BoMon II raid, led
to nu industry, uni iue, not only In the
I'll! ted M.it'8. but l:i tbe. western
hemisphere; that in, the mining of ar
8,'iiic ores mid thri manufacture of
white nrs'iilc, for the supply of which
America has hitherto d -p ended en
t'rely upon foreign markets.
ArsenyL is uiin -d in 'Japan, Italy, j
Portugal, Spain, Germany and Lug- :
land. Its uses ar.-" many. As a pul
ton It has been known from wry enr
1 time. Tl.e i e.t ant woan n of Aus
tria consume large quautties of it.
having faith Iu its virtues as a bean
tilier. nnd the men of the same region
are iielillctcd to its usa in tbe mistake. i
belief that It Increases their bodily
strength and endurance.
Arsenic Is a useful mineral. It Is
tifced In the manufacture of glass,
wiiltF metal, Pai ls grei n and a great
variety of paint; In printing calico.
In making toilet rmp. eoniue ! and
compli'xlem powders; In flip mumifae
tare of fireworks and as a con-t.tueiit
of many alloys. For the' and fdiil
l.i r pur.to e between five and six
(liousniiel tons nre Imported into the
1' lilted States every year. The nse.'
age alue of white assoi.lc . iiiaybe
placed at about eighty-five dollars a
ton.
It was only about a year ago that
IbH ieiilc ore was discovered In Vir
ginia; then the mountain to; ro.ind tht
(ri se nt mining town of Hrlnlou was
an ahiiot unbroken wilderness, Th
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
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living and that bf
position in one of
Ci?iff31 after
r be-1
world,
Criminal
ITS'
ory of Its transformation into a busy
industrial community la u good illus
. ration of tbe pluck and indomitable
will to which America owes its indus
trial supremacy. The mine Is located
at the Bumii.lt of a mountain, thre
thousand feet above the sea-level.
The physical difficulties that had to
be overe'ome were enormous.
The ore body averages twen'y-flve
to thirty per cent pure arsenic. It is
found In fissure veins, cropping out
at the surfae-e and extending Into the
earth for an unknown di-tanco.
Twenty distinct veins have b'en dis
covered, outcr .pi lug for a d s'ance of
seven miles, so that the ebp'Sts nrj
extensive nougb to sitp ily :lie world's
tieinrt ds for an Indefinite p -riod.
From the time when the e re enters
the crushers until the finished prod
uct reaches the casks It is untouched
by human hin ds, it" is carr el along
from point to pnl'it by a u.o .nut c ar
rangotnents thiouh each pro.iss of
manufacture. Hie lmp-ilpable dust
and poisonous gass generated nre so
dangerous that the atmosphere of th.)
jlaiit has to be kept pure by artificial
means. As a fmthpr precaution tin
works ore provided wl h Lot and e'old
baths, of which the men are required
tc make use as soon as tholr d .1 y task
is completed.
At the present time the output Is
three tons of white arsenic a day.
When one stops to think of thm.
tl;ee figures conialn some startling
possibilities. The output for four d y
would furnish a fatal doso f r, eery
man, woman nnd, child In the linked
State.. -In n few .weeks th p'an' oo'.ld
turn Tint enough arft'-n c to w ipe out
the entire population 'of e .globe.-- v
Would Tke $4.50.
"The people who complain about the
ordinary mosquito don't know what
mcMqiiltoes are," said a civil engineer
the other diy. "The Evanston mos
quito is n positive Joy :npi red lo the
blood stickers we have In the North
west. In North Dakota you couldn't
possibly sit out In the evening without
chain armor or a smudge fire to pro
tect you, and along the lino ot Lbs
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sians at Lla Tang and Port Arthur with armies greater t
the aggregate than tbat which Napoleon IIL mobilised tac
tile Invasion of Germany. Of tbe quality of these forces sf
is unnecessary to speak. Sailors snd soldiers alike are, tX
discipline. In speed of marching, snd In endurance of
fatigue, the equals of any tbat Europe bas produced; while
in tbelr reckless contempt of death they display a special
quality which, a great Russian officers admit somt tints
appals and demoralizes their own stubbornly brave men.
Where in all this is the evidence of the "littleness upoa
which their press declares to be a guarantee of their owl
ultimate victory? London Spectator.
Love and Work.
DBALISM as an Interpretation of life, a vlsto
of ultimate ends and conditions, has alwayt
won to Itself the ardent, the poetic, and th
high-minded the great company of seekers
''silt aml love n eyeT
against tlie hardness and
generation, whs
d Injustice of tbe
-bate its noise and brutality, Its flerca
competitions and Its Btolid indifference to the defeated.
Even In the presence of the great purpose which runs
through the vLsible order of things and the society in which
men bave arranged themselves, and which lias come to
light, as one of the most spiritual men of the day has sald
Just in time to save some of the best men and women frouf
despair. It la hard for the sensitive and aspiring and tender
hearted to bear the sorrows of the; world and to sit with a
cheerful spirit while so many Iosses ravage the homes thai
are dear to them and despoil the best fortunes of men;
There are hostis of men and women who jo through life
with a noble discontent In their hearts, a se nse of lonelW
ncss and Isolation in their souls; tbey are homesick for a
world In which men help Instead of smite, bind up lnsteacf
of wound, are quick to recognize the good insetad of eagei
to find the evil, stand ready In all crises to rebuild th
fallen, are patient of spirit with the weak, love the sinnet
while they loathe the sin, are kindly In speech because kind
ly in thought are indifferent to external conditions becauss
conditions are the happenings of life while the soul Is IU
great and enduring reality, are bound together In a vast
conspiracy to cheer, to aid, to give heart and hope, to maki
'he h'ghways of life bloom with spontaneous kindness, an
to make Uie lonely world a warm, hospitable, many-win
dowed borne for all who pass this way on tbe Journey ol
life.
Men are made happy, not by the things which surround
them nor by the things which they take to themselves
but by the noble putting forth of the aoul in love and work!
tbe two great activities which are never divorced In tha
harmonious and balanced life, tbe two languages In which
every true Idealist make confession of bis faith and give
evidence of Its reality. For lore Is the ultimate expression
of faith, and without works faith is a vain shadow. TM
Outlook.
frequency of Railroad Wreck.
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I I accidents In this country must sooner or latoi
I bring about determined governmental actio
tor tn protection or tne trave ling pumic. mere
Is not another country m tbe world where u
unnece ssarily large a proportion of railroad pa
seugeia lose Ufa or limb.
The fact that so many American railroads are composed
of but a single track la a partial explanation of this awful
slaughter, but it does not account for everything. In Eng
land, where accidents of serious proportions are so com
paratively few, railroad precautions for the safety of tha
public ere prescribed, and supervised, by the Board of
Trade, and the wholesomejiess of this regulation was ree
ognUed by a bill which was introduced in Congress last
winter, providing for a similar supervision of our roads bf
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Interstate Commerce Commission is already a use
ful body, but it would be of larger use If this new power
were given to It The railroad Influence blocked the bill
just nu ntloned nt the last session, but this fact should not
deter the vigorous revival of the measure. Pittsburg Press.
Canadian Pacific the workmen weai
gloves and veils. When I was out
there a year ago, Iexking after tha
'building of a short branch road, ws
had only one mail in the gang who did
not mind mosquitoes nor even.bor90
files. lie waa a hig Swede with a bids
like sole leather. His impregnability
to the assaults of stinging thinzs waa
the wonder of the cai7, and one day .
he offered to bet my assistant that ha
could sit half an hour in a 'slough' and
not win.ee once while the gallinlpperi
drained his life blood. My assistant"
had a $5 hill which said the Sweds
couldn't do it. The Swede stripped t
the waist, folded his arms, and let tha
bloodthirsty Insects do their utmost
Tern, fifteen minutes passed, and my
assistant saw his $5 leaving him. lis
took out a sun glass nnd focused It on
the Swede1 back. The big fellow btv
gan to squirm. His back was toward
us. and he could not see what was go
ing on. His back began to smoke. lis
writhed f:rr nearly three minutes, tlioit
he twisted his head over his shoulder
and calk'd out: .
" 'Ae tak off 50 cents If you kill thai
horse fly.'" Chicago Inter Ocean.
Pat's Answer to tho Sergeant.
An Irish soldier wi crossing a-bar-)
rack square with a pail. In which be
was going to get some water. A er- .
geaiit, passing at the time, notfeed thai"
Pat had a very disreputable-looking
pair of trousers on, and, wishing to
make a report, stopped the man ami
askeiV , ' . ,
"Where arc you going?"
."To get,some water." . .
"What! Iti those trougftrV v ,w
" "No, sefaeanCln the p.iM." v
C'hr.Miiens In .1 iptii, .
According to tiie Church Missionary
Gleaner, the Christians Iu Japan num
ber 140.800. The Proieslnnta iiumbtti
&!,354; Iiomnn Catholics, 58,0815; P.us.
sin n Orthodox Christians (GrceH
Church). 27.WI.
Wl.eti eggs are scarce, the popnlar
lty of the. woman who liai eggs tf
soil, Is not to be desplaod.
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