FAVORS FREE WOOL' i ~. « * VAf: MATE? PROTECTION AS MUCH AS EVER ' ‘ 1 * *' •«**<• -« IU iu»<4 *>»* *“■ *• *.I ft , •4 »** 1»r*e «*• urm+ul At Ur *»-« C*4» **1 M«j, * - ■ „ L #1 » r . * - a*.. • report of h* A'oaMU*: j.1, Bn'.imsiM, juttuumi lb* i. 4mtb .*x j© -xragdl T.fe- salt l.-*< t*it? « .■rre*.}ijudemt ■ f I4.- Li L..*- rr-aa & CV of tfau c;t>. *»--** taut Ut Utc J Prjat in lu » Ml * »;J *4 ' :it a • --tared It'adiBft - . *au •»ef. .s pm at# eoeter* *' «i 'uar fa tad «suaift**i u«? aibd c« «.©! .l4 that lhmu£h !»•- vault) rriniiMUT lu a fwortvui of dutM» the* * m* » r» * J tl*' far ftcver mould » at a frw m<*.» usli" V e d«***rr to repea' the paragraph. :■ U- jr ff -vtljr pit pared f© furtitii : «»»» o' the pr'•»"'?!» who ve:» f fOTMkr' (bat It*. moot tar ■€ v wid not W aft a? d tfatt tfa“ «t"Mi f. • ■ -r-f e So *.»l.-d T* wo*r for 'te* -nr fMjAi do m Vi sou.: fear lit*' W Srftwftrru* doff moo'd tie rt x j. 4 from muoi fcj 4: Brjaa. Si* Hr.a* nom mahm tfttc publira i l— ** marf. Loo r\ r. bf a pufah - py^Mg• m ,airfa. a? emu — mall* all pr:* ■*Zm m’ prrooua! ataiirab- *.* a* to b.» . • • fa m r.». la mu -birrr.t-m a<* *■> -4 i* . theft. t»» Mirfa free Wool p rn. :• .'i-n ■* he <« *t - >*ed faj that piper * toons other*, ©f Jifi !* a* tuHova: w ri ata- a r« i*: 4 tr tl*e r« po:t * s. „! a- Lad - baagwi fata vteva ©a :»*• matter of fra* wui ut; . Mi If*, r-rj *.ftat it iirhair of m.**t« rt» * * •*•*■» and uasofac ture.**. be mmild. led p re* i detit lux . a ir:fl on ,,» '«ai V Ilr* aft atated u'rt * r»?bati * * t»*i far bad m«4»- • rtdmwit ft ‘ aTHTrr *o fb* *fr* • tfact be had * 'iutUfted La* . v* r t left » oft I he t»u«** * tm" - ' * »* a* e»pre**e4 JO tae *loo: of ■ * t-aftrra* U*:< L 1C. )©.’ ’fa* *•** • S* fhairsau Jenoauee a* fail©: - -)-* a* Jtm ;■ i ■ t4 rac«;aer- ■ * ‘ *-:t *-• :r • :-2-.irL. ‘-it ■ m a v*l t - Rrtrt of a tar if! cm mjoi. aa a * *,i urj aud far prr-> :ir» pur pu»r» ** Asm! rm Jma jx, its* it i* ftmtoriai .b jadparat « •' :.-r t: - t u*-~p gr Hrrr . * ;v#* i.ny . n* ... S • r ii Wt.rtii »t b# t*. or do#* a*s. ws«*t »• .* the ar-jat auaaiifartwrrr rot. 4 a «m:p#n -*• *rj oitT f’trsc tto# oa :ai#r of v . • ,*■* ftridi and pays it or#r to tli# 9u..j *r oarer. or toi.*- t*.and k##ps it t.Si 1-*- ’ or t fttllurt 4 a: ail. and r-• rr ci#-.-s t n*~ d it. I am for fr## •reoi * f«r W* Bryans friend* to ► 1 tab or ta# otto#: Wr*>m males loo? • to *##A tto# rot#* of voo! growm, a# tto#* toai# to##n do nr cm « # f ->*#arat'#* that tto# fee* trad# plank . : tt i t -#»■ platfarst .# not an ia •aa. f*l«r aroui u an l«*a# in 1to«t Mr. Bryan to*# at*a* ft no tor toil turn poi-iis attoraai# a: Calamlitn. Mi**.. Jin IX itooo. Tto# private wtoirper s Sail 1-ato# City i» ©v#mdd*-n uy ttoc I#.©: 4m jarsiioa aacuia patolkftf #a uuroad “I am for fr## ansai.** A Bryan rirtory ttoo# mean* not only at. -*«d#r and fr## «■ »#r too: a drop to • *. v > ... - - * :"7 •♦■tit* a : otr-'-X pound for ordinary ton# m<-- ■ c ua l tan wool. Tto# W#*:#m woo! rro s#r * ill do »#ll to posd#-r ttoi# and *0 ot cat Mr Bryan a iatonriesr for refetsmee srtosa t,to# 4 a au pa inn i* on »#»t fail — Bsotua Cvaaernal Balls* ■ a 0 A TPULV C*£AT CHANCE. .. . Mtm tU Crude of 4 «4NS end • »e*s«4«r» V«t I'rBiamlrd - —e tti#eeg fa u regarding improved unditiaa* are set forth by th? jLfctO* <111 • Register to the #ii*pe ttff •a xterview with a traveling iutn who rv-pre*ent» three hriarttiAit that ture% ifti* one that makes a •perjihy off table* and another that p-wdncr* a general amort m»-t.t of Jur at :• are Said thi* commercial trav 41 t The factarie* though runn.ug night and day arc away aehinti Their order*. Thr** of th# large#! bouse* on our n» t«m l.#f. we have, for the ptm»t quit tnlflhg order* from.,. ».mply hem—> we t alt t fill them by the time desired Th.* iM n* Irwe 1* looks a*, though my erwiMir* a* trade aoii itor w.Il have to We dispewwed With." How do yen a« count for tin* excev * * demand*"* w«* asked. !*r«#|mrify; everybody at work; ; mi wage#., plenty of noun ft •• but ain't itifffin* a* mu< fa in n hard us well a- ir. go.*! t me**"'; iitiiiirp—>ii a Homer rat T*» and perhaps more to, but In .H t mew thane off Infer*v*r quality are ♦be moat r*!ied for—the kind that ran te more rapidly thrown together. In j-fa :.no a* we now nave the best - required, an«i it take* longer to man -jlartur# them.*" "'What ts jroor experience with ta •» m good a# compared with hard * *>♦> or m M> Kinley a* compared » ' l - *-» • .-Hi tine.*" war asked. * Mom •ha* 1# something I would summer talk abont than to talk about .dfeut 1 will tell yon The maev who wee store note, and loose board? Tor tables » the Cleveland times are now that they have plenty of work good wage* and good money wanting good factory-made tables. And wb#3 :t come* to furniture in general ft is wonderful to note the increased de mon-! m these McKinley time# com pared with the demand in the Cleve thd-W.iaun tariff era People who «iM wot afford sideboards, ro* king and ensy hair* then air now in a po * :«on to have and enjoy them I ron >*• ns I contemplate the ait nation that I am somewhat troubled U#t I lie nod off until my house* can catch up * .th their order* ~ it will be noticed that it* the diffe eu e between Cleveland# reform tariff flmaa and McKinley protective tariff time# the rhange run# to quality a# well a# quantity of good* consumed CoSai musa be better than four years ago Any old son off burial box would do than; It had to do; but it will not do for people • is are worm mg a=d THE MODERN DAVY CROCKETT. making more money man ever before, and who are able to afford seemly and l ~oj *r m j.tuary accessories. So must the tables t*e more neat and pres''n; . : e * >n in the times when a board or a box bad to suffice; and in the mat ter of furniture a demand had sprung up for a style and quality of articles that put to shame the cheap stuff that four. ! a stinted market in the days of th- Wilson tariff All this means more . a. nds upon American labor, more '-mployment more wages, more mon-iy n :r illation more comfort, more hap piness Truly the change is great. ACHIEVEMENT AND FAILURE. llrauit* of K«*|>iil>li<-*ii ami Democratic 1‘oitc-ie* Contra*ted. W* have had three years of McKin 1 > and Republican domination. Look a: th pra tical results. During the f ••• - h r panh ;>ending the election of 1 sfM* every man owning a hundred dollar* .n currency, w ho could get into th* treasury, got there demanding its substitution in gold, and the Republic an i**auers even predicted that McKin • v. .f ei- ted. would be compelled to start out w th a bond issue. But in stead. confidence being restored even ;.*' • h.- .nur.guration,the gold flowed t»a k into the treasury in a steady *tr* m just a? it came back from its hiding places in Europe to which it had been driven by the phantom of four-bit silver. Before the spring of 9S had waned the money supply of the country, resting upon a sound founda- J t:nn :n circulation in the banks and :n :b* treasuries, had reached the high water mark of experience, and before •hi autumn Lad waxed every preceding r<-< rd Lad been broken. This success wa.* repeated in the unprecedented in rr*-u-e of onr domestic and foreign trade and for the first time in many >* ur.* th*' balance of trade was regis tered at a high figure in favor of this country. Before January. ]S99. more than a million of laborers driven into •he streets by the Democracy had been restored to work at top-rate wages. At the oeginning of the last named year every furnace was ablaze, every mill war pregnant, and every piece of ma in :»ery war instinct with life. Yet the record of 1*9* surpassing all others in business achievements so far as to -tand out as a conspicuous landmark :n hi-'ory, is dimmed and eclipsed by t«4*- achievements of the year just closed Wherein experiment has proved IVmo, ratio policies a miserable failure t ha- proved Republican policies an unparalleled success. Then where lies the path of patriotism and honor?— Webo City iMo) Inter-State Com moner. A fin# H*r«l lirrorU. The January record of receipts and expenditures by the treasury depart ure- was an excellent one. Omitting ■onmderation of anticipatory payments liquidating the public debt by bond purchases in advance of the maturity of tb*- bonds, the net e xcess of receipts over expenditures for the month was more than $0,000,000. The record of customs receipts was also an excellent one showing more than $20,000,000 of r-r pts from this source. The receipts f- ;n nt -nal revenue were about $22, •hmi opo. It is a matter of surprise to pui»li< officials that the expenditures in u< mint of the war department con •inue at such low figures, being less than half what they were during the Spanish war. notwithstanding the maintenance of large armies engaged n active campaigns in the Philippines. A year ago the monthly expenditures ex e**je«i the receipts bv about $10,000, <*»0 As evidence, however, that exist ng tariff laws are not only proving ef fi lent as protective measures, but also n bringing increased volumes of rev enue to the treasury, the receipts from ustoms last mouth were more than **! ««Mj in excesr of those in January Jast year. Need of New Anjertive*. One of the needs of today seems to be a new dictionary with a long and varied list of terms applicable to the unprecedented prosperity of the pres ent. The newspapers seem to have quite exhausted their vocabularies.even sometimes in a single issue, in their efforts to tell the story of the great and wonderful prosperity which the enactment of the Dingley Tariff law ha* brought to the country. The head ings of "Good times in Ohio." or "Good times in the South." or "Good times” somewhere else, in common with all the other brief statements made to describe the industrial condi tions existing throughout the country, are repeated over and over again until the reader would grow tired of seeing them, were it not for what they stand for. In fact, t!l the words in present use which are descriptive of prosper our times are very much over-worked I ~ almost a* much over-worked as are : mass of American laborers in the i Present rush of business !n the coun ! try. | MR. BAILEY AND THE TARIFF. The 'Texas hiuteaman l nttilukin£lf Tells Some Protection Truths. If the factories sell less goods, then fewer goods must be produced and fewer meli are needed to produce them, and the sum of it all must be that thousands of industrious men will be denied employment. The wage earner will become an idle citizen, and thuo in turn add to those who want but can not buy.—From the speech of Con gressman Bailey of Texas on the Cur j rency bill. He had been attempting to show that an abundance of gold production had made The good times, along with the foreign demand for our cereals, and that the McKinley and Dingley tariffs had. if anything, hindered the march of prosperity by promoting trusts. But the last paragraph answers his whole anti-protection argument. If the fac tories will sell more goods then, ac cording to Bailey himself, more goods must be produced, and more m**n are needed to produce them, and the sum of it all must be that thousands of in dustrious men will be furnished with employment, and so they will become valuable customers on account of the incomes they receive from full time wages. President McKinley proved himself a wise adviser in 18% when he declared that ‘‘what was needed was open mills and factories, rather than open mints.” And the Dingley tarifT , results have nobly vindicated his far seeing prudence. Mr. Bailey truthfully said, and his fellow Democrats unthinkingly ap plauded him in saying it. that the poor times in 1893 and 1896 came through lack of spendings by the producers in the country, which is sound Republic an doctrine. But he unfrankly left un said the Republican truth implied from his words and which Republican poli cies have abundantly proved, that this lack of spendings arose through the closing of mills and factories by the Democratic tariff, whereby wage-earn ers were deprived of income with which to buy the farmers’ products, and so furnish them means for their spendings. It is apparent that Mr. Bailey and his party followers would be sound tariff men if only it was not a Republican policy.—TVilksbarre Rec ord. I WAITING FOR DEFEAT. How the Democrat! Hope to <>«t Kid of Mr. Kryau. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican, which is not Republican, but is bitter ly hostile to the Republican adminis tration. says: "The Bryan situation Is strictly unique. The less his prospects of elec tion the tighter grows his grip on the nomination. For the first time in our political history, a great party sits worshipfully at the feet of a man and does little or nothing to oppose a lead ership which few believe can result in victory.” The foregoing is a fair statement of the situation by a paper which would delight to support any candidate w ho could make a half hopeful fight upon an anti-expansion platform. But its zeal for Aguinaldo and its relentless hostility to the Republican party do not make the Springfield mugwump oblivious to the facts "which are obvi ous to all except the blind followers of Mr. Bryan. There is but one explana tion for the general acquiescence of the Democratic leaders in Mr. Bryan's can didacy. With the issue before the country they have no hopes of success next November. Whatever the plat form may be or whomsoever the can didate may be. President McKinley, who has generally satisfied the coun try and whose administration has been attended by a marvelous prosperity, will be re-elected. This fact sems to be conceded by leading Democrats in most the states. The anti-Bryan men who are prominent Democrats realize this fact, and. realizing it. they see a sure way to get clear of Mr. Bryan, his silver and other heresies. They may make a little show of opposition, but they will acquiesce in Mr. Bryan's nomination. They do not "sit wor shipfully at Mr. Bryan's feet." as the Massachusetts paper affirms, but they are waiting patiently to see Mr. Bryan rejected as the party dictator by an other defeat. When he is again de feated they believe the Democracy will aceep* men of brains as leaders.—In dianapolis (Ind.) Journal. No Time for Tinkeriue. It is encouraging to note that the man who always has a scheme lo put ter away at the tariff is not conspicu ous at the present session of congress. The tariff is doing very good work at present, and it seems to be accepted that this is no time for tinkering — Topeka (Kan.) Capital.. Vnless a woman fa pretty In her tears she should do her 'trying in se cret. % TALMAGES SERMON. “PRODIGAL SONS," THE LATEST SUBJECT DISCUSSED. From Like SV:13 8« Follows: “The Voonffr Son (.atlierwl Alt Together and Took liis Journey Into a Far Country.” ' Today the old homestead is turned upside down. One of the boys, tbe younger, is about to leave the parental roof. The eaglet is tired of being warmed by the wing? of the old birds and with ruffled feathers stands upon the edge of the eyrie ready to fly off. It is a sad sight to see a home being broken up. When the children are about to say goodby the families laugh, talk and joke up to the last moment, j but they are only trying to keep the courage up. Even the wedding bells j weep as well as chime. The guests may congratulate yon upon having gained a son or a daughter, but you know that it is a mockery, though you ! do smile through your tears. From I now on the daughter will never be the same again. She has gone to make he: own home, to build her own nest, rea: her own young and live her own life. Instead of belonging to you she is an other's. Instead of you being first, no* you are last. “After the wedding of a very dear friend and the worn slipper and the rice had been thrown, and the bride anfl bridegroom started. 1 followed the old gray-haired father down to the garden gate, and there we stood alone in the moonlight. ‘Y*s, Frank,’ he said. T know she has married a good man, but she was my youngest, and It breaks the heart, it breaks the heart.’ Children are born, grow up Into young manhood and womanhood, and just wheu it seems the parents cannot get alone without them.* off ; they go. Death knocks at the door and carries away some. Love hovers about the spring flowers and breathes through the orange blossoms and woes others. Business calls and duty beck ons until the old nursery is silent and there are rooms to let in the home stead which once resounded with the young people's voices. JUotber Who Grieves. "Such is the sense of my text. The mother did not sleep much last night Though she tries to look cheerful her eyes are very red. Every little while she disappears into the pantry or goes upstairs. She makes an excuse as ; though looking for something, but we know.it is only to have a good cry. The father is giving his las; instruc tions and handing the young traveler some letters of introduction to a prom inent merchant with whom the son will ledge in the next town. There is a noise at the gate. The servants are , bringing out the horses and strapping the baggage upon the pack mules. l They talk In subdued whispers. EveD they feel sorry. The young ■massa' j was a happy, jolly, go-lucky boy, and always had a cheerful and kind word for the hostlers. The only creature who seems to be merry-making this morning is the yellow dog. He frisks , about, barking and yelping, thinking | he is to follow the sportsman on a week's hunt. But his hilarity is Hopped when some one shies a stone at the brute and shouts: ‘Go back to the barn!' Slowly he erawis back with tail and head lowered in abject woe. He stops now and then as if expecting tv hear the familiar call. Perhaps he realizes for the first time he Is tak.ng a last farewell. 1 always did believe a bright dog was smarter than a stu pid man. But the farewell words are now being said. The father has given his benediction. We must turn aside a little, while the mother has her last ' convulsive clasp. These are the snap ping of heart strings. A mother can never realize the baby she once rocked in a cradle can grow to be a man. "People who have stood upon the wharf at Queenstown and heard the Irish peasant's moan when the young emigrant steps into the boat to take steamer for America know what I mean. There is only one cry similar to it. That is. when a family draped in heavy black push back the veils to take a last lingering look at the silent form, sleeping in the casket, when the un dertaker stands impatiently behind. Tooth IlidM Away. "But suddenly the young man breaks away. He leaps into the saddle. The spurs cut deep. The parents shout their affectionate adieux to the horse man dashing off. Then they wave and throw kisses. The oid father now wipes his face vigorously with a hand kerchief and scolds the servants and sends them off. because he does not want them to 6ee him cry. As the horse disappears over the last hill the old mother buries her head on her hus band’s neck and sobs as if her heart would break. He tenderly puts his arm about her and draws her toward the house. Slowly they walk up the tree-arched path. They stop a moment on the first step to glance for the last | time down the road. Slowly, wkh a sigh, the father opens the door. The men go back to the work, the women back to the kitchen; the domestic ma chinery is started and the neighbors say it is merely the natural order of things for ‘the younger son to gather all together and take his journey into a far country.* "Lesson the first: This journey or the prodigal son into a far country Hi % divine protest against making sin at tractive. The far country was evi dently the land of sin. By this Jesu£ does not mean every young man who starts away from home is bad. But if we carefully study the parable we can read between the lines how the young er son was restless. Like a bird he felt his wings clipped by the control of the old folks. He could not be out with bis friends as late as he thought he ought to be. Some of the entertain ments he attended were questionable. He feared a meddlesome neighbor might report him. He was too old to he punished and yet not old enough to take care of himself. He decided to lss^e his old-fashioned father and mother and the strict rules of the ■ homestead. These are the reasons of i the departure. “Christ does not enter into a dis gusting description of what the young man did. He does not picture him among the gay aristocrats of the new town, opening the best bottles of wine, driving the fastest horses, and living *1th evil companions whom he dare not introduce to his sisters. He does not describe him in some lewd dance hall, intoxicated with flattery as much as with wine. He does not have a palace of Circe filled with princes an« • ow I erformam e of Mir acle* Aided t hri»t in ni# worlu 1. "After v an davs " Some .11V. ter the healing of the leper 1 'Hill U’hnn ti ( 'ml K 1 4^* that mir e' i ,1' ‘ x,'it( rri")lt concerning uiai nur.u U- had quieted down, "it was noised. Rumored, rejnirted "That he was in the house." Either' »iJ k Which he occupied vl-h 1 e, Uvu*" ' Kroi I,* *ieu v hjs mother am! , ; s bft .• - i..—ne. ,i„., jso.oS*. 1'"r"'aml'n^" Bi»'. <■* _. M.i... t.e.c gathered together" in ; fromall , v^c Md “s «' 1'tvr r s d, m ° GaUkv- JvA^- a"d Je * TLd a^d 1 F >Sa "7™ lh* ■»* “ ttue: - I preached rs::Anf iha J'"> ‘ And ho ’ ’he ti i-alvti ‘ ,mke' *a!‘ sIM'«‘king, when ! 'tk' 7 \ • W~s bruURht the hous I The v.ord The word God had sent | by him; the good news o{ salvation | d. “And they come," while Jesas 1 i preaching "Bringing „ne sick of the pas>. He was full grown, for it took .our to carry him lb- W(1S young for Jesus calls him •son." Palsy is a con traction ol tin world "paralysis." <- And when they could not coma ' n!h!lKUft» km f"r tbe I’ress " Or crowd. which Idled not only the room, but the j court and the narrow street on which the gate was. "They uncovered the roof where he was Over the house, or over veranda- Tb, v uncovered the roof. 1 1 hey let down ih.- bed." A rude pal let. merely a thh-kl> padded quiit or I mat. held at the corners, and requiring I J*° cords T<> *« it down. They could cue j il> reach tli* roof by the stens on fh • j outside, as the roof i> low. or they conlo ; have gone into an adjoining house and Passed along the roofs. ; ^ a. "\\ hen Jesus saw them faith." Tin' ! falth of the sick man and of the friends who Drought him "Son." expressing ; •*> mpatliv and a kindly fueling. Matthew adds. "B. of good cheer." "Thy sins ho (arei forgiven thee." The past is wash ed away. You are received back again • o your Heavenly Fathers favor and uive. as the prodigal son to his father s i home. 6. “But there were certain of the scribes. "The scribes, nr rabbis, w*-tg j t*ie leaders of the nations, tin theolua* ians. the legislators, the polite ns ..f Israel. ^—Geikie. Referred to abe . frriig j Luke a: IT. “Reasoning." "Th word •dialogue' is derived from the or. ,in.il of j this word; and tin meaning litt ally 1* , that they held a dialogue wit!, them* j selves. —M. R. Vincent. “ii thtif | hearts Not speaking it open ] •. This man thus speak blaspb -miev''’ To blaspheme is to slander God. .o speak evil, impiously, of God. In thi- case was arrogating to himself what tat longed only to God. thus making G do vou misjudge, and put an evil constructed on mv words? "M hether is it easier to say," etc. “In our Lord's argument it must be care i fully noted that he does not ask whlcii is easier, to forgive sins or to raise a sick man; for it couid not be affirmed that that of forgiving is easier than this of healing; hut which is easier to claim, this power or that; to say. Thy stn« in forgiven thee, or to say. Arise and walk? ... It would be easier for a in.in equally ignorant of the French and Chi nese languages to claim to know the last than the first. Not that the language itself is easier, hut that in the one cask multitudes could disprove his claim; In the other, hardly a scholar or two In the land."—Trench Saying. "Thy sins In forgiven thee" could not 1* put to the proof. But the saying. "Arise and walk.” could be tested on the spot. Both were divine acts. He that could do one di vine act proved that he had authority and power to do the other. 10. “Ye may know that the gun of man." The Messiah, “the head and rep resentative of the new humanity.” the Son of God manifested in the flesh. "Hath power." Both right and might, author ity and power. The proof lies In the indorsement of God to Jesus’ claims to be the Messiah. The miracle was the signature of God to his nature and mis sion. 1L "Arise." Which would be impnsst ble without a miracle. "Take up thy bed." This would show the complete ness of the cure on the spot, which would be impossible if the cure were a medical result. 12. “He arose, took un the bed. and went forth before them all." A living witness to Jesus, unimpeachable, and making the cure a visible illustration of the work which Jesus came to do. "In somuch that they were all amazed ” Luke adds. "They were filled with fear.” The miracle awakened a religious awe in their minds, such as men ever . feel in the presence of a great and myste rious power. Here was one who could I read their hearts, and who would not I be afraid if every secret thought were about to be brought to light. Here was , one also who had unlimited power; what might he not do to them? But they also saw the goodness of God; his forgiving love; his readiness to help; and this, too. for the sinful and helpless. This was the most amazing thing of all. "Anti glorified God." Luke adds, “saying. We have seen strange things to-day.” They ascribed the honor and glory to God, :is the source of this beneficent power. The good deeds of God's children honor God. and lead the souls of men toward him (Matt. 5: 1«>. k -1 Tin Trade of Fre-Historie Days. Recent investigation of the old prob lem of the diffusion of tin over eastern Europe and Asia Minor in prehistoric times leads to the conclusion that r.bout 1.000 years before Christ the tin , of the British isles were carried over i land to the Aegean sea. The inven tion of the anchor led about 2.700 years ago to the opening of a marine ! route between England and then the Phrygians controlled the tin trade with their ships. The short summer nights of north Britain were among the wonders that Greeks talked of in i the days of Homer. ITEMS OF INTEREST. _ ' The healthiest troops in the worlf are those of the German army. The sew ing w omen of Berlin get only SO cents a dozen for making fine shirts. The young man of Samoa, when in •love, has the name of his sweetheart tattooed upon his forearm. Nearly all of the Egyptian farmers use the same kind of plow that was used 5,000 years ago. In Wales, up to the year 1850. it was I customary for people attending church to smoke during divine service. American cotton is preferred by the Japanese manufacturers, because it has a longer staple than that of any i other country. When an unmarried woman is borne to the grave in Brazil her coffin, the hearse and the livery of the coachmen are all scarlet. Bv special request, a circus at Beil ville. Kas.. changed the route of its procession, in order that two sick boys might see it from their windows.