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.
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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
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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
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