Not >Iccording to Plants - I Famous Monuments That Ha*Ve JVe'Ver Been Prop erly Constructed. We live in a half-made world. So It ever has been since the Tower of Babel was left uncompleted, and so It will be, no doubt, to the end of time. In our hurry to begin things we forget to finish them, and all over the world today the Great Unfinished stares us in the face—some big thing waiting its completion, says a writer in New \ork Press. There is the Washington monument, that giant obelisk rising up from the low flats back of the white house. Every one is familiar with its present appearance, but few people remember how it was originally designed to look. This tribute of a grateful nation to the father of his country was begun in 1848. and has never been completed according to the original designs. Probably it never will be. It was hard work to get it as near completion as it is. When the monument was started all the rulers of the world sent blocks of marble to be placed in the interior ! ago. Nobody seems to care now wheth er it is ever completed or not. After the lapse of half a century patriotism j is not easily transmuted into money. | The Iron Duke, however, no doubt sleeps very soundly W'ithout his eques trian statue perched above him. London is in a much more half made state than New York any way. and evidences of incompleteness meet one on every hand, although your true Briton is never tired of talking about British ‘ thoroughness.'’ An empty pedestal in Trafalgar square stands proclaiming daily to a wondering world that England has now no hero to stand with Nelson, Gordon, Napier, Havelock and George IV.! Save the mark! And will somebody put a clock In St. Paul s tower, which was evidently designed for one, and place the statues on the pedestals along Blackfriars Bridge, as was orinally in tended? Then there is Westminster Abbey, which was meant to have a M5H1N6T0N \ tnONUMENT fA3 IT WA? // IDE31GNED 1/ WOO BE WASHINGTON MONUMENT AS IT 13 1 of the ornate, rolurnnated structure which was to surround the lower part of the great shaft. The work of build ing went on briskly at first, then lan guished. and finally stopped entirely. It was not' until 187‘> that work was resumed upon the monument, and not until 1884 that the shaft was finished. All intention of completing the monu ment according to the original designs seems to have been abandoned, and there it stands, towering aloft 555 feet above the unfinished world. The Grant monument as designed by Mr. Duncan had imposing approaches, with great (lights of stairs leading down to the river and many other ac cessories of which tt Is now bare. As it is, the monument has an unfinished look, and a glance at the original de signs will show how far from comple tion this memorial to the great gen eral is and is probably destined to remain. YYalllngton's Tomb CnllnUhed. England was exceedingly grateful, too, over Waterloo, and when Well spire, and the much-discussed marble arch, which was designed to have a statue on top of it. Ade said officially was that the money appropriated for the tomb ran short and the work had been arrested "in its present stage of development.” Yet *100.000 was ap propriated for this tomb fifty years hie portion of the choir itself, a small portion of the transepts and probably the chapter house The nave thus be gun was carried forward further in the reign of Edward I„ and gradually finished with other portions of the edi fice in the thirteenth and forurteenth centuries, and the grand close of the whole work took place in the reign of i Henry VII. by the erection of the | chapel which bears that monarch's name. The great central tower and the western towers were, however, still unbuilt, although the work had been in progress for three centuries. Knight says: ‘ The great central tower and l the western towers were still unbuilt. and so to this time the former re I mains; the latter have been added to by the architect of St. Paul's in a style ! that makes 11s regfc't that he did not confine himself to St. Paul’s and works of a kindred character; most assuredly he was profoundly ignorant of the character and merits of the produc tions to which he presumptuously ap plied the epithet if ‘Gothic crinkle crankle.’ ” The first church was built on the site of the present abbey in 184 A. D., and so, with rebuilding, tearing down and adding to, the work of the making of Westminster Abbey has been going on for 1,717 years and the edifice is still incomplete. So it will, in ail prob ability, always remain, chief among the world's Great Unfinished. Within the inclosure of the Alham bra at Granada stands the unfinished' palace of Charles I. of Spain, a struc ture which the monarch fondly im agined would outvie the palace of the Moorish kings to which it stands ad jacent. Charles died before the build ing was completed, and there it stands to-day after the centuries have swept by, still incomplete. Near London stands a modern exam ple of unfinished things. It is the so called Wembley tower, which its pro jector designe 1 to be 150 feet higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was to cost $1,000,000. The lower platform is all that has ever been built of the structure. This lower platform occu pies the same space as St. Paul’s Cathedral. So the list might be stretched out. Nearly every one will remember something to add to it. But these few examples cited show what a half-made world this is after all. Seattle Cemetery. Seattle has secured ownership of a tract of 100 acres, with a view to con ducting a municipal cemetery, in imi tation of a project successfully car ried out in Cleveland. There a level, finely situated tract of land has been acquired by the municipality, and bur ial plots are sold without regard to lo cation at the uniform price of 75 cents per square foot. This price includes the actual maintenance of the lot at the expense of the city in perpetuity. The maintenance includes grass seed, sowing, moving and general caretak ing. Flowers and shrubs, when re quired. are. of course, charged addi tionally. The purpose is to defeat speculation in land for burial places, and to insure perpetual care of the graves. In Cleveland the enterprise is self-supporting, although the charges are very low. IndlAn'ti Salvation h Work. The attitude of our government to ward the Indian in allowing him in idleness to follow his ow n untrammel ed will on the reservation, is a relic of the old French and Spanish original discoverers. Are these wards of the government never to have homes, but be always condemned to tribal rela tions? Are they to never know the mental uplifting of a wife's hands, but be always fated to burden-bearing squaw life? Some day a statesman will arise and point the way for these aboriginal Americans to become men and women among us, and truly citi zens of our states. Until that time —until Indians are alienated from their savage surroundings—their treat ment is a proposition not reached by any pink-tea standard of ethics.—Na tional Magazine. A« Hood a* a Corkucrew. No doubt you have found yourself in the predicament of having forgotten the corkscrew, and you are out in the fields trying to get a draught from a cold bottle. Here is a new and sim ple way to overcome the difficulty, the invention of which is to be accredited to a convivial young scientist. Hold the neck of the bottle firmly in your right hand and with your left hold a handkerchief against the trunk of a tree. Now with a quick blow it it the side of the tree covered w'ith the handkerchief. The cork will immedi ately fly out. Then turn the bottle up ward so the fluid will not flow out after the cork. 3t ridiculous feature of the storm was its attack upon clothing. The heroic clergyman of the Church of England cathedra! at Port Louis was struck by the fact which he recorded "that near ly all who were rescued on the night of April 29. 1892, had been denuded of clothing. This," h° wrote, "was speci ally the case with women. Whether lying dead or whether they succeeded in gaining shelter, it was always the same, they had scarcely a rag left upon them.” Approaching a corner of a street which had been particularly ill-treated, in company with my pri vate secretary, we perceived behind a hurricane shutter, which had been wrenched from its window, and was lying half on the ground and half propped against a crumbling wall, some three or four disheveled heads bobbing up and down in an anxious manner. A discreet inquiry proved the heads to belong to a family of re spectable Creole ladies, whose suffer ings had proved small in presence of the agonies they were then undergo ing. seeing that for twenty-four hours they had had no food, and were so painfully conscious of their nudity that even to satisfy the pangs of hunger modesty forbade their utilizing the only article of clothing left to them, viz., their boots, and make a run to the nearest standing house.—The Empire Review. ABOUT THE WILD ASS. >ligli-Splrlt«<] and t'ntninable. They Fly from Min'* l’re*encr. The wild ass may almost be said to be the antithesis of the domestic spe cies. The one is high-spirited and un tamable, the other the meekest and most submissive of quadrupeds; the j one is as remarkable for its speed as , the other for its slowness; and while | the wild specimen ranks among the most graceful animals of creation, its every movement typical of the untram meled freedom of the desert over which it loves to roam, and of the un fettered breath of heaven, which seems to lend it wings, its subjugated con gener is awkward and ungainly. In color the roulan, or wild ass, is a | creamy white, shading to fawn on the back, with a handsome darker stripe , running from wither to tail, and a corresponding marking on each fore arm; the head and muzzle are finely molded, the ears less long and pointed than those in the tame donkey and eyes large and prominent and as bright as those of the gazelle, and the legs resemble in length and lightness those of the deer. Wild assis congre gate in herds of from sixty to seventy; and it is said by the natives that there ,s generally but on-e male in every herd. It is even rare to find a male among the young ones captured. No ettier sight can he seen than one of these herds careering over the plain sending up the solt spray like a show er of crystal in their flight. Theirs is the very poetry of motion, but the sight is too transient, their fleetness of foot carrying them out of the range of vision long before the enjoyment that their beauty gives is satiated.—Cham bers’ Journal. Tramplantlng Largo Trees. Paris has learned the ari of trans planting large trees successfully, so that at the earliest signs of decay a street tree may be removed and the symmetry of the vista not spoiled by its successor. For these trees alone the expenses of Paris amount to about $60,000 a year. The municipal nurser ies include a “hospital,” or “cure,” for the tired trees, where they are re stored, if possible, to health and strength in soil that is richer than the city's. In spring and fall these trees on their way to and from the hospital are no uncommon feature in the street scenes of Paris. Hark anti Stone as Food. In a very unusual season like that through which the province of Paipu tana. India, recently passed, it is not uncommon for the people to grind the bark of trees and even stones to mix with their scanty supply of meal or flour in order to increase the bulk and thereby stay the pangs of hunger for a longer period. A small quantity of well-ground bark, or of a soft stone found there, does not seem to be in jurious. If used to excess, however, the diseases incident to starvation be I come apparent. ■■■uw.ww Needless is Worry It is An Easy Matter to Drop It. “What is worry?” Annie Besant in the Theosophical Review asks this question and then dilates upon it somewhat as follows: "It is the proc ess of repeating the same train of thought over and over again, with small alterations, coming to no result and not even aiming at the reaching of a result." He who is given to worry has dwelt on a puzzling painful sub ject, wishing, but failing to find the solution of some problem until, held in this anxious and uncertain condition, he becomes dominated by the fear of the anticipated trouble. His thought current has made for itself a channel and his mental energies flow along this track as it is the line of least resistance. Held as it wore in this brain-track by the fascination of fear, his mental vitality is sapping itself away and poisoning the blood cells in his brain. As Elmer T. Oates has proved by his chemical analysis of perspiration of the man who is de pressed, low-spirited and despairing, he is actually producing a ptomaine of a certain kind which enters into the circulation of his blood, and often physical disease follows. Now how can we get rid of this worry channel? By digging another of an exactly op posite character, made by definite per sistent regular thought of the kind opposed to worry. Let a man who is given to worry give a few minutes every day to some noble and encour aging thought. Let him picture the Divine Self within as a fountain of strength and peace from which he may drink refreshment at any mo ment of need. Let him turn and listen to the message of his innermost Divine nature and he will find himself en folded in peace that swollows up fear. If he will persist in this with regu larity the thought will dig a new channel and the old one will disappear. Ere long he will find that whenever his mind is free from labor, his thoughts will flow unbidden into the channel of peace and power w’hich will shed a restful atmosphere around him, felt though perhaps not seen by all who are near him. Mental energy will flow into healthy nourishing channels, increasing not sapping his vitality and worry Is a thing of the past. Thus may we learn the secret of rising above troubles and pain until they si lently steal away. -k 4>enr£ti*'« (itmit Syf»mOPe« Dougherty county now lays claim | to the champion big tree of Georgia. It was discovered several weeks ago ! by employes of the Red Cypress Lum i ber company who were engaged in cut | ting timber. It rears its head from amid a thick swamp where hardwood trees abound, and to this is due the fact that it was not discovered sooner. . a is giant of the swamp is a syca more. It is on a little knoll, and ex cept in seasons when a great deal of rain has fallen its trunk is not reached by water. A foot from the ground its trunk is forty-four feet in circumfer ence. For twenty feet above the ground the body of the great tree is round and symmetrical, but at that point it branches into four sections, any one of which would make a giant tree if standing alone. The four arms of the big sycamore do not spread out as would seem natural, but reach sky ward. almost perpendicularly. The tree is pronounced by all who have seen it a curiosity, and places ‘‘in the shade” all the known trees in Geor gia.—Atlanta Constitution. WMftlilngton Snore at the Sennle. John Quincy Adams under date of November 10, 1824, wrote in his diary: “Mr. Crawford (secretary of the treas ury) told twice over tne story of Pres ident Washington having, at an early period of his administration, gone to the Senate with a project of a treaty to be negotiated and being present at the deliberations upon it. They de bated it and proposed alterations, so that when Washington left the Senate chamber he said he ‘would be damned if ever he went there again.’ ” There has never been a President present at such deliberations since, and this Inci dent probably largely determined the dignified forms of communication now existing between President and Sen ate.—National Magazine. The Care of Glo'VeJ. ^ Nothing looks worse than soiled gloves, and as they are an expensive item in dress they require careful management. A first-class glove out wears half a dozen pairs of cheap ones, and at the same time looks well until it is finally discarded. Cheap gloves, however, have their uses; expensive ones should never be worn in wet weather or in hot rooms or in theatres, where the heat will cause the hands to perspire, for when a glove is once stained by perspiration no amount of cleaning will make it look well again. For such occasions cheap gloves are far more serviceable. To clean chamois gloves put the gloves on your hands, and wash them as if you were washing your hands, in warm water ami white castile soap; wash until they are quite clean; then take them of: and hang them in a warm place to dry. Kid gloves may be cleaned in the following manner: Put a little fresh milk in a dish, and a piece of white castile soap in another, and have convenient a clean cloth folded three or four times, and a small piece of flannel. Place the soiled glove smooth and neat upon the cloth, and dip the flannel into the milk; then rub ofT a good quantity of the soap on the wet flannel and commence to rub the glove downward toward the fingers, holding it firmly with the left hand. Continue this process until the glove, if white, looks a dingy yellow; if colored, until it looks dark and spoiled. Then lay it aside to dry, without rinsing out the soap, and the glove will, when dry, ____ _ — _ look nearly new. It will be soft, glosay, smooth anti elastic. Tlir IIor*e I» Still The application of electricity to mu nicipal transit everywhere released from one form of service a myriad of horses, and it looked at one time as if the price of that useful quadruped were going down almost to zero. But the Boer war created a new demand for horses and mules, no less than 125,000 having been shipped from this country alone, the export still continuing. With all the forces of competition, urban and extra urban, arrayed against him, there is always something left for him to do, and he is a live asset in the world's market, at least till further notice.— New York Tribune. (Graduate* of American Collages. “The graduating lists of the Ameri can colleges this year show an increase of 25 per cent,” says a well-known Philadelphia educator, “and it seems 1 probable that the institutions of learn ing will have more than their usual quota of students next fall. Education is beginning to make itself felt in the commercial world. In other words, it is now on a practical, everyday basis. The demand for college men in all branches of business, as well as pro fessions, is gradually increasing. The notion that college education unfits men for business is no longer seriously considered by the up-to-date man of business.” XOater Keeps Men AlinJe y Tt is no secret to medical men ana physiologists that there is a great deal cf nourishment in water. Even that which is sterilized contains enough of solids to keep a human being from death for a long time. During a pro longed fast the loss of weight is un usually rapid at first and decreases as time goes on. Death ensues when a certain percentage of the loss has been reached, and this percentage varies ac cording to the original weight, fat animals may lose half their weight, thinner ones perhaps two-fifths, a man or woman of rather spare build, weigh ing 143 pounds, might, therefore, lose about fifty-five pounds before suc cumbing. Children die after a fast of from three to five days, during which they have lost a quarter of their weight. Healthy adults, however, have fasted fifty days when water has been taken. A German physician reports the ease of a woman aged 47 years, who fasted for forty-three days, tak ing water freely. She lost forty-four pounds of 143 pounds and died from exhaustion. A Sigh Tor the Old Innkeeper. There are times when the frequenter of the great caravansaries would, for a little, step out. from the glare and bustle and take his ease in the old way, in some place where there would he no crowd, no obsequious servants, no extravagance in dress, no gilded furniture, no office encumbered with bags and trunks and choking with cigar smoke, no gaudy bar no arc lights, no clanking steam pipes or grassy furnaces, no dining-room where one is supposed to eat in state, and, hi; me wnim or u terrifying nead waiter, to be company for people one floes not care for: and especially where the iiill at the end of a week would not take away one’s income or his breath. There is, in fact, a chance, especially at our summer resorts, for a new Innkeeper, who shall be the old innkeeper in a modern anti friendly guise.—Saturday Evening Post. Almoftt Married lo Wrong Sian. What would have been a rather se rious complication was averted by the presence of mind of a bride at Towsou a night or two ago. To the best man was given the honor of escorting the bride to the altar, while the groom fol lowed with the bridesmaid. Whether the groom and his best man forgot their positions or both went into a trance is not known. They did not ex change places, but stood, the best man with the bride and the groom with the bridesmaid, as the clergyman began the ceremony. Then the bride realized that she was about to be married to “the other man” and objected. In a moment or two she got things straight ened out and the ceremony proceeded. It was a narrow escape.—Baltimore Sun. Forest l.nnda of America. For nearly three centuries an in creasing army has been chopping away at our forests. Yet more than one third of the area of the United States is classed as woodland—over 1,000,00(1 square miles. ---- When the fight begins within him | self a man's worth something.