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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1905)
M3P aBttf Florence S'tnel Sbiun and EL be la flnley La re made Uie lliustrstl mi (or 'Dandelion Cottage," a new story for glrta by Carrol) Watson Rankin. Tea Russo-Japanese Conflict; Ita Caoeea and Issues," by K. Asakawa, rh. D., an authoritative account by loc of the most eminent of Japanese scholars, now a nieinber of the faculty if Dartmouth College. "When Little Boye King," a quaint Joreiiile, has been published by A. C. McClurg at Co., Cbh-ago. Twelve gongs, composed by John A Men Car lenter, nith colored pictures by Mra. Carpenter, and original vtrv. which re the joint work of both. Half a bun ilre J new volumes of larac largely volumes of new verse, go doubt are part of the output fur this yr of Richard (J. Badger. Bov ton. Marian lxmgfcllow, a niece of Henry W. and lllldt-garde Hawthorne, laughter of Julian and g-and bmgutar f Nathaniel, are among the xm'Ih. It la a qin-er coln -l lence that on tie same day, without any knowledge af each other's purpose. Harper fc Brothers, New York, announced for sublieatlon lump months I euce a w r ftovel by Sir Gilbert l'nrker entitled The Overlord," and Will am Ritchie, mother New York publisher, actually published a novel with tbnt title by alien Mclvor, win;'! "Bide of Ulen tesrg" wn popular last seuson. Katharine Holland Brown, suibor of Diane," recently published by I'ou Meday. Page 4 Co, liven In Qtiln y, til., where ber father in a saccescful bridge engineer. Although "I) sue" ii her first novel, Hbe ban served on ap-prentii-esblp ur a writer of short ttorics for the magazines. Jii r ho k I founded fn Cabot's attempt to es tablish a French communistic m-HI cuent In tills country nt I'urlil, near Natltoo. the old Mormon town on U'. Mississippi. To gather ni(!Ti:il for ker IkmiIi the author made sov nil Journey to visit (lie few widely ' :it tcred IiI'iat!N who iff k' II II V ug, and of iv' n il ..'.. trii'c. Where .11 1 rights? 'f o'l: 'lne of 1 1 1 - 1 1 h:o f'lStllS 'I hem; - ,i r A ;n'n ii 'i pluy- V. V e kti'iw v- It -' y i i'. A i- ! II !" IV i l.e'i: I II' tliey r.i'iMut !'';;.'' ill tie puts to kiHp nil tlie thi-.iti r, i.'.' i: a rnil . li :lr letor-f e:i p o;, ed. The I'.e i t!i "I' v r t ern for tin' stii;e it i::i):-it!, d by th't atinolllK-i'ttien! of till' Appl'f'lll tlillt Within n aiiisle iiion'li tiny liuve n felvvd appl.cat on troin fiinn.,pi" a for permission to lrimi.ri.-e tiree of !b"ir went nove! "Niuiey M.i:r," ly 1111 eor MfCartney Lane; Mlm Daviduea The Misfit rpmn" und 'Ib'inim Ii. Watn'a "I'ctiiany." It is not to b. upponed that Annrii.'in writers ato ot writing plnj H. There Ir prol nbly ot one of them but bus from two to a doxen In bin desk. Whence, then, the dearth? Ih the fault with th; would he play wrlghta or with the nanRRera? Eme; g m IIonli pleada "not (rtillty" to the br?e of animus ncn li t tin aejjro, for hl"li Home reviewers lia v fottnd fault with bin ww not el. "The low of the Land." He nya be coin s f a Quaker family In Vlrlnl.i, whou bwie wii h more than half inspected of tx-IiiR a station on tin- "undirifr itm 1 railroad." and all the tr.id ilons of hH rareer have been fro d!y to this ocjrro. "I am it Itepiihll an." he n rently remarked to n friend, "hut not that wirt of Kcpuhlfcan which think that all the awectnoM and K;!it all tiie wisdom of the cotiulry dwell no th of the Ohio Kiver. In The Law of the Land," my wh dp in tercut was In the solution of the ra v problem the whole book was In the lawyer's closing t-p e h. 1 wanted to Ihow that lids Ibli'tf cannot be cdvel ly politlcH. Legally the bi o k ru!e lhe white, but actually be does ti t and cannot, and ncvi r w hl in our time." .liidg- lc nit I I'.illte. While Charles Wagner, Ihe distin guished author of "The Simple Life," as in Philadelphia he talked to a young girl about wlsdoiii. "Will you give me. sir,' she anld, "a leflnltion of wisdom V" "I'll give you an Illustration of II," flie philosopher answered "an llltii trstioii of wisdom, pol.teucss and tact, til lu one. "In our French courtn there was a wonderful Judge. Before bim an un ajarrled woman came to bear witness hi an Important case. "This woman's lips were no longer ted. Her eyes were no longer bright. (11 figure she was 110 longer slim and supple. "'Madam, how old are you?" the lodge said. " 'Muht I tell my fign? she salted. "'You must,' he answered kindly. Toil must It Is the law.' "She thought n moment. She bit per lip. Nervously she put back from ler forehead tho thin bnlr touched frith gray. . 'Twenty-nine,' alia said. 'I am 2!) fears old.' "The wise, polite ntul fnctftil Judgo .Inclined bis bead and smiled. "'And now thai you have given us four age,' he sni I, Mo you stvear to II the (ruth, the whole truth and Vrthiiig but the iruth?'" Killed While l'rsym by a Grave A Polish girl at Brooklyn went to lie cemetery to fitny ut the grate of I relative. While she was there a sautUsluua (ell 011 Iter and killed ber. MM I H I I MHI HtHIM OLD- FAVORITES raithlcM Xirll Gray. Ira Battl a aoldier bold And UlMsd to wnr'a ildrmL But a canuun ball tuok uff his Vr(a. Ht be UmI dowa bis ariua. tow, aa they bore bim off the Acid id be; "Iet others ehoot, for tire I leave tuy second ll And tie Forty mnnud fuoL" (lie aruiy aurjie-nj made bim Uiuba. 8id be: They're only pg. But tbere'a aa wuodea luewuert qail Ai repreteut uy lej;." Kow, lieu be kited a pretty maid, Her name &a Nelly Gray, b meut to pa; her bia devoir When lie devoured bis pay. But when be raited on Nelly Gray She n:ade him (j'litn a scoff. Ku when ahe aw bia wfioden leja iirgau to take tlnui off. 'Oh, Nelly Gray! Jh. Nelly Gray. la this your love ao warm? The love that let en a scarlet coat Mioiild t more uniform." laid ahe: "l loved a soldier once. I ror ue waa (inine auu urate, Bat I will never have a man W'iih both legs in the grava. Before you had those timber toes Your lore 1 did allow. But then, yon know, yoa stand npon Another footing now." 'Oh, Nelly Urny! Oh, Nelly Gray! For all your j'-ering speeches, it duty's call I !-ft my leg! la Itadajoa' breaches." 'Why, then." said she, "you've lost the feet 0f leg in war's alsrms, ind now you cannot wear yoiu- nhoee Vpon ymir featt of arms!" Oh, f.il-e and fickle Nclluy Gray.' I know why you refuse, rinmt'h I've no feet some other man Is standing in my shoes. 'I we h I ne'er had s- en your face'. li it now it hm;; f iret.e!!! ,. r fun will be inv ilea'h alas! i V-.ti will not he my Nell"' I V.iv. when he went from Xdly Gray II. i lll-lrl ,.-;ivy fit Aim! ! . f win ' ;i !i fl Ion-lea crown ; It i '.. f r i7ii t ke a knot. -Thomas Hi i 'V Mr.iii..('m Vet. Stri tic rs yei ! fur veftrs 'f l're together. After fnir nml Kt-.i-my weather, Af'cr travel In far bin Is, After toncti (,f weddisl hands Why thus joined? Why ever met. If they must be strangers yet? St ra Hirers yet! After f.i rif? for common emls, Aftir title of "old friends." After passion fierce and tender, After cheerful self -surrender. Hearts may beat and eves t met And the souls lie BtraiiKers yet. frrnnircrs yet! O. the hitter thought to scan All thi loneliness of man Nitnre by run end ie laws Circle mi to circle draws. But they only touch when met, Never minirle strangers yet. -Klcluird M. Milnes. WOMEN A3 WORKERS. tome Figures that, APer All, Are Not I;iconriiifiiiH:. A statistician has gone to the trouble to ascertain that " per cent of all the , divorced women, .'ili per cent of the 'widowed and .'!1 per cent of the single women are engaged In gainful pur suits. Only about t! per cent of the i married women are similarly situated While the great body ol married worn Hi are at home attending to the do mestic duties which are niHiirnliy sei , down for them, there Is some hope Mil! that the old order of things Is uol c ling to In' completely overthrown. The world will not be without homes, jibe figures indicate that 01 per cent Uf lhe married men are supporting heir wives, though the women are, f course, doing1 their full share In maintaining domestic establishment which are bulwarks of morals and f iod order and which keep the race f.om dying out. I (in surface analysis It may seem tvondcrfill that III per cent of the mar tied men find enougn to do to support families, when so many women are In Sien's occupations; but the earth Is big, nd the ordinary attempt ut compre hending the things to be done and the number of people to do them Is puny Euleed. In the long run there appears 1 be room for everybody the home rvomnn. the "new" woman, the man (lh woman, the bachelor woman, etc.. likewise for the womanish man and the men who depend on the labor and j llirewdtiess of tlmlr wives to keep them going. The inlxturu of the sexes 'in the active business uff airs of to day ;ou!d have scared writers ou political Konom twenty live years ago.- It leeum plain enough, for example, that 1 ben a iiibii on a sul try gets work for itis daughter In the mime occupation at p-rhnp smaller compensation than he Vcelves. he Is sapping the foundation , tf his own employment and prosperity. liat. In t'te long run. he wl I be simply llvhllng up his salary among the mern ers of bis own family nnd driving 1 her men out of employment. The results of widespread cliang"R of lila sort look, apparently, to an entire fvolutlonl.lng of society. But people tre not stopping to study the text ft'siks. They are going ahead with lie f.tshhlns of tho lime, leaving the iertblinlsts and loose who have nothing to da kntt snstry- wtA mp ss polltteal economy. A gret uti; "le Unki have been imiimcticable In rtdsUon to business affairs. If society Is going wrong In DOttitiu the genlicr se m the lines of employment that were former ly exclusively for men, the tnuttan will manifest itself aoiue day la a seri ous way. Money panics result from over-wroogbt ambition to get rich quick, and then follows the travail ot liquidation. And so it is with othel affairs. Cincinnati Emjuirer. Although there are nearly fifty per sons employed In the Bntuth royal kitchen, beginning with a Frew cue! whose salary Is well over four fifcnres a year In pounds sterling. King Ed ward himself, says Loudon Answer ieeuis U prolit littie by Uieir skill. A ihin soup. su-Jj ss Julienne, some or of white fish, and a delicate dish com-( posed of chit ken of other birds, fon; one of his Mesty's typical meals. II is to his truest that most of Uie dUntj disheai a, Desulte all that is said atxiut tin Gexuian Kmperor's Spartan habits, there are few monarch who keep mor elaborate tables. lie has four chefs, of different nationalities, and In addi tion there is an Individual who may bt described as "aausaue-uiaker to th ICaiser." His Majesty is very fond of the bug white Frankfurter sausajr'-s, and hat a aujiply of thern made fresh every day In his own kitchen, w hen engaged maiieuverliuf bis army ou a big neiu- ikay. these Frankfurters and bread in variably form the Kaiser's lunch. The chef to the Czar of Uussla leaili a dos life. It is said, thanks to U monarch's habit of ordering sjiecl dhdies to be prepared, and tiien refus Ing them and di-miinding sotnethin lse. "Elk. in ten fashions," was on it bis extraordinary orders counti maiMbd in favor of black game aft ihe menu was put before him. Klui: Carlo of rortugal is Uie stout est of liuropean monarclis. This muj he due to bis love of English fisid Nothing delights him so much as sim ,)le ro:ust JuinU and poultry, with plaCJ ravies ami sauces. When he is diniiM ilone bis evenltu mm! fn-iucutly con osts of a few oy.-ters, a portion of sirterlmuse slcak, and a little Gruyert -lieee. Ma -.iniiii may be described US t'l t..ple food of King i orge of (!reec. lie iiisl..s upon having it on lhe tab unl partaking of it at every 1.4:1!. i mine form or oilier, ami be alone 1 Ounipi-an monarch employs a "mn ironl chef," an Italian, who is 11 nu!v expert at preparing lhe food 1 every piwss lUle wiiy. hut also at bui'il Ing It into nil kinds of shapes. The young King of Spain is extreiin ly nartial to goat's llesl). As he cotijile with this a strong Kklng for the gnrlj btdoved of bis countrymen, bis chef ingenuity is frequently taxed to pro vide something new In Lhe way of dish i. Goose stuffed with chestnuts Is an other favorite of Alfonso. The Scandinavian tnoimrehs are aim tile In their choice of foods, and th eoo1 have easy times. The King ol Sweden and Norway, In particular, ii Kirtlnl to cold meats and fish. Her ines with tomatoes are a favorite mix ture of hiR. and reindeer flesh, which is n rmimlar food In the country, ul- , 1 ways finds a place on the mval table Beauties .e,tr a 11. 1 l ar. A Frenchwoman who has devoted much time to the ftnd.v of America 11 says that hIk; finds them delightful llmiccially Is she t b ime-l with tb American grandmother, who. bavin no exacting ties, tuny travel an amuse herself at nil age when t lit French gramlmo her, vtlih a t o clln.;- ing affection, has begun to crowd th lust. The New Oil u:is 'I lines! lean) rat gives tins little Illustta ion of th diffience: "You imvc etitl IreuV asked Frenchwoman of an American who she bad met for the first time. The American's face lighted charm Inglv. "Four, she answered, 1 uui. twelve grandchildren." "Four children and twehe gran children, and yet you nre In Europe I1 "Oh. they don't nei d me." "No, perhaps not; but in jour plat I should need them." "But why?" The question caused the French woman a visible shock. "Every evening," enl 1 the American. "I write to my children. I lei them vhnt I have done. My letter leavei on Wednesday. Every mail I ritifis mi news from one of them. I have exec lent health. I went to protit by It There are so many things to see." "What things?" "Sweden and Norway lint. I shnl1 go there this summer. I visited Jnpa In the chrysanthemum season. I amsl return for the cherry blooms." "Oh!" The Frenchwoman's face was Inter- citing to see. A woman of llfty-flve. the gratdtrotber of twelve children was talking about tetti nlng to .Inpa to see the cherries bloom. Ku -h thing waa unheard of In her experi ence. A Mini y-M klng ' omb ns'lon. Friend How are you doing now? Scribbler First rate. Itev. Mr. Snlntllo and I h"..-e gone Into partner ship. Making money band over fist. "Eh? How do you manage?" "I write books nnd he denounce! them." New York Weekly. A girl will say mean things abottl her kin to the man to whom she Is en- gared. which she will not permit hire to even remember after they are mar ritd COOKS 10 THE CRU1. ) (-wAvS(Ass M11 1 1 rrwi minimi t itttir Opinions of 444-M UUI 1 1 1' Cheap Preacher Make Chep s AX a recent church couference, held in one or me Western States, it developed that several of the ministers received less than $300 a year each. A few were paid $1j0, while one waa struggling to save souls on a salary of 120 a year. In the light of these dis closures the frequently deplored scarcity of ministers Is not so much of a mystery ss some have considered it. Added to the terrors of the donation psrty, such niggardly salaries are enough to deter the bravest man from euterins the ministry. Men capable of being preachers can any other Tocation, and no man who is not capable is fit to preach the gospel. It is possible, of course, that some of these poorly paid clergymen receive all their services are worth. In such cases the church sDd the tie better off if they were to put their talents to some other nse. The chorcb cannot thrive upon cheap preaching;, any more than a school can flourish upon cheap teacning. i ue railways and the great financial and industrial concerns of the country employ none but the highest ability, and they pay the h'gbest price for it The average minister uf the gospel is worthy of his hire; and his hire should be sufficient to maintain him In accord with the digulty of bis calling. Chicago JournaL Carefulness and Engineers. ONE reads, almost dally, accounts or an aeemeni mat has occurred uion some steam or elevated railway. In which a number of ieople have been killed or Injured, through a rear-end collision. What is the cause of the f-eqiiency of these catastrophes? This question may be Biiswered by the single word carelessness. And tbe blame generally Is attributable to tbe negligence of tbe engineer it the throttle or the controller bar, as the case may be. It Is due the public that every precaution should be observed In Insure safety In travel, and It is doubtless a moral duty that devolves upon tbe ofllelals of railway corporations to employ only competent men as engineers or motorinen. Competency does not merely mean the ublllty to run a locomotive or train of cars, for there are other qualili 1:1 Hons of far more Importance required of those who carry he lives of persons lu their cart!. The (it and most Im portant requisite which an engineer should possess is care fulness, nnd until this Is the standard of qualification, vtinslii lighter, which Is now generally termed accident, will ontiioii" at the present rate. There are comp-ir.it, vely fewer collisions and accidents ti England than in this eu-it;try, as can be shown by sta 'vtics. Is it hc-iitise greater care is observed in the selec- ,nn of eii.'iare:s, or is it that the men are better trained? M any rate, our railway accidents are too numerous, and ilicy must be reduced. Make care the motto of every tigiiiecr so employed, and a solution of the problem will if found. The American Inventor. Squelch Ihe Stud.ut Rioters. COLLEGE students all over the country to-dny are nursing broken heads and bruised bodies. The sym pathy that Is being extended to them wouldn't com fort a sick cat The day may come when students will cease making nsses of themselves, but the hope of the thing Is pretty near dead. Riotous "Tech" students In Boston attacked the police nnd were pounded. Sophomores and freshmen at the Uni versity of Illinois had a fight One student was seriously Injured and now lies on n hospital cot. Others were bat tered nnd bruised. Four students living on the North Side :t Chicago played pranks with tombstones, things ordinari ly hell sacred by all but savages, and when tbe fun of the thing palled they smashed the windows of a passing trolley car with stones, winding up their peculiarly student like ui tions by attacking a citizen. These precious young sters were given n chance to cool off In a cell. The people are too prone to wink nt the deviltry of tfinlenls. It's called high spirits and animal energy and a 'ot of other rot about lack of criminal intent Is Indulged In. This sort of stuff breeds riot Tbe students, every me of whom has reached the age of moral responsibility. -!"5"l"If-f-!"!--5"!-5"H-v-vr-J---5"'- v t DLSLRT WILLS. When the "tenderfoot" tirst strikes tlie desert country he Is surprised to l"arn that he is expc"t"d to fi-ay for the water he use-t for himself and for his beast A little later, says the ail thor of "The Mystic Mid Region." lie becomes indignant upon finding him self unable to purchase even a small quantity because of the extreme cau tion of the proprietor of some desert well where he has expected to replen ish his stock of water. It Is not an unusual happening for the desert traveler, who has toiled hours over the burning sands after his supply of water has been used up, to find the desert dweller unwjlling to sp ire a drop of his scanty supply. Not all desert wells are dependable, and sometimes the solitary dweller of the oasis finds his supply exhausted. He then has to haul all Hie water he nses forty or fifty miles until such time as the winter rains come to replenish the vein which feeds his well. Men tortured by thirst become des perate. A thirsty man knows no law save that of might. Not long ago a respectable citizen of a little Califor nia town had occasion to cross Uie desert at a point where water holes were few and far apart He di pemled upon obtaining water at a certain ranch, established nt one of tlie oases on his route, and when he arr.ved there be and his guide and burros were in sad condition, having bi en several hours without water. lie gave hOs guide a llve-d ilhir gold piece am! told Ii 1 111 to see ihe rancher und purenaw! the water necessary hi carry them to the next watering place. It happened that Ihe rancher's well was In danger of going dry. and he declined the mon ey. He refused to part with any wa ter. Pleading were unavailing, and the gtiale retunifd to his employer and rejtorled his ln..iiilllty to ninke a deal. Then the staid cltix-ii arose, and. with a leu-dollur gold piece in oue hand Great Papers on Important Subjects. li'1'4 I H U I Mil strengthens their vandal deal res with the ery weaknesa aC the public view. When the are taught that the lawa aC decent conduct are for them as for others a ad that tha penalty fails on all al.ke there may he some chance at reform. Tbe shining; heights of student asslnlnlty were reach at the University of California. The students of "w tactics" rebelled because they were to be taught to march. They would take the truly royal road to learning;. Coohi there be an exhibition of more consummate Idiocy than that of a lot of youngsters who would learn the science of wa without going through the preparatory school of the sol dier? What they need is two hours' "setting up" drill la the sun without a slDgle "in place rest" order. College students may be too old to be spanked, but the hard hand of authority ought to do eoiuethiug in tbe pua Churches. earn more In almost community would hjiliia: line and that Has Japan the Money lor Lono. War ? nO nation can wage a protracted war unless it pea sesses an abundance of cash, la the long run It fa possible that the conflict in the Far East will be aa ter ruined by "hard cash" as much as by the valor anf endurance of the victor. For the fiscal year 1904-05 th cost of the war to Japan is estimated at $284,00X1,000. Tnh outlay has already been provided for by the Japanese Pan liament which has authorized an Internal loan of $1M OOO.tXK) and treasury orders to the amount of $15,000,004 The balance Is to be raised by Increased taxation. How long can Japan stand such an expenditure! The. Russian press is almost unanimous in declaring that It ll tbe unalterable purpose of the Czar's government to co tlnue the war until ltussia is victorious. That may meaa a war of several years' duration. Evidently tbe Japanese realize that there is to be a prolonged conflict, for th! Mikado, in congratulating his soldiers for their valor In tbi series of battles which compelled Kuropatkln to give o Llao Yang, frankly stated that the end of the war was long way off. If Japan can get the money there seems U be no question of It ability to fight the Uusslans on equal and a revolver In the oLher, sought the rancher. "There Is ten d illars for the. water. If you will sell It," be said, "and If not. Ishall take It, anywnyl Now which slull It be?" There was but one reply to an argu ment of that kind; the rancher sulkily accepted Uie money, rho bra'-kisli wa ter was drawn from the well, and the Journey was soon resumed. As a re sult of this transaction, however, the rancher was obliged to take a forty mile Journey over the desert nnd back, to replenish his water supply from an other well EFFECTS OF SMOKE. Injuries It Indicts lipon Valuable Vect-'tation. An Interesting discussion has been going on In Utah to determine the ef fect of the smone from Rinelters upon crops, as many of the farmers near Salt Luke City claim that they have suffered damage by the injurious fumes given off from such establishments. Inasmuch as the annual vulite of ag ricultural products In Utah 11 mounts to $17.0tMMMM. while t-ie metallic output Is practically twice as much. It Is of Importance that conditions should be 1 emulated so that neither Industry Is Injured, either by direct effects or by restrictive legislation. It was found that farms lying In the direction of the prevailing winds were the most dam aged, but that In no case was it snlli cient to cause a total loss of the crop. The greatest damage was done In tho spring, when the leaves were tender, and In the case of fruit trees the pear was the most Injured, and the plum the least. Potatoes were also affected, but corn possessed considerable power of resistance. The chief cause of damage wns the presence of sulphur dioxide. In the smoke, which exerts Its greatest effect when the- atmosphere Is (lamp, bin as this Is rarely the case In Utah, the In jury was less than might be expected The presence of arsenic ntul copper In the smoke was nlso shown, nnd It was believed that such suustuuees, when 4 I 8tl II ll&M quickly. Chicago 1'ost terms. But will the financiers or Europe keep uie japauest government In funds? Will the British allies of Japan 1 ready to furnish loan arter loan, on the theory' Unit th! Japanese are lighting Great Britain's battles as well ai their own? This is n phase of the war which must glvi the Mikado's government no little concern,, for, after all, the longest purse and not the most brilliant strategy may prove the decisive factor, unless the Japanese conduct al aggressive winter campaign and destroy or capture th' main Uusiian army. Baltimore Hun. ITori s! Growin j in Trairie States, ; THE American Government Bureau of Forestry bai selected two widely separated sections of tho treelea area of the West for a study in artificial forestry dur ing the present season. A field force is at worl studying the soils and the kind of timber best adnptcf to the States of Illinois and the two Dakotas, the former being a low, level prairie for the most part and the latter, a liih table-hind, but both without trees, except along th! streams. There has been considerable private tree planting In both States, chiefly, however, ou a small scale, and fed purposes of shade and shelter for farm buildings. The Forestry Bureau is making a study of the snbjed with a view to the encouragement of tree planting on a more extensive scale, Two purposes are to be further by this: one, the growth of timber suitable for fueL fencing and building purposes, and the other, the gradnal growtll of timber shelter belts at Intervals eufllcleut to break tbv force of the fierce winds that sweep across these plaint, Some experiments in this Hue have demonstrated two very important benefits, the one being that the winter wheal protected by these shelter belts survives, where otherwise; it would be blown bare and killed. The other demonstrated advantage Is that In the drouth seasons tho sheltered lani retains moisture much longer than that which is wind swept. As great portions of the treeless sections of th! American West have a deficient rainfall at best, the im portance of retarding evaporation can hardly be over-estt mated. Philadelphia Bulletin. carried during the winter to distaa snow fields, might become dissolved lu the water and carried through th district by the water of Irrigation syi terns. It Is even possible that concern tr-ation produced by evaporation might ciin.se the water In pools to be sulB ciently stronj? In these last named sub stances to cause the poisoning of anl mills. The effects of the smelters, whil) unquestionably present, were not nt serious as feared and were not na wide spread as claimed by the farmers. Fus ilier Interest attaches to the lnvestigs. tion In that country Is arid and Is form ml with tlie assistance of artificial lrrl nation, and it was thought that by na turning on the water when the wlu blow from the smelters tin Improver condition of affairs could be secured. llarper'B Weekly. Illness Ruled by Inches. Among the most Interesting of thi papers read nt a recent meeting of thi British association at Cambridge ws that of Dr. Shrubsall on tlie physical characters of hospital patients. Sufferers from tonsil itis, rheumatism and heart disease, he said, are of a higher stature and sufferers from t berculosis, nervous and malignant dla eases of a lower stature than health! Individuals. It appears that blonde sufferers fron pulmonary tuberculosis respond t treatment better than brunettes, whlh. In diseases of the heart tho posltlooj are reversed. It Is believed that ll successive generations of city lift stature shows a progressive dlininutioi and that there Is an Increase in bra netle traits with each generation pass Ing from rural to urban life. With ta creasing length of residence there is a ineieuse of morbidity among the (lift fereut classes of Londoner!-. If a girl is popular she enters he) married life with a salad stomach, at the result of parties given in nor boa or. Combine this with new shoes, aa then talk nbout "happy brldea" If yo dure. ' , We will bet a glass of Jelly that jrc don't pronounce paralUne right 4