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    IMOSsip of Washington
erstate Commerce Commission Assumes Importance of High United
. States Court—Members No Longer a Laughing Stock—Mr. Roote
peh Hopes Republican House Will Be Elected—Some Campaign
F Speakers—The Jamestown Exposition.
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WASHINGTON—Under the new railway rale
law the interstate commerce commission become?
a far more import ant body than it ever was. It
ia increased in size from five members to seven
members and the -alaries have been raised from
$7,500 to $10,000. The commission assumes ihe
Importance of a high United States court. Us
membership is onlf two less than the supreme
court of the Unitel States and the salaries are
equal to those drawn by the "nine gentlemen in
black." The commission now has a specific law
back of it giving is decisions force and it will
no longer be a laughing stock as it had been for
some years because it had no power to enforce
its decisions regarding railway rates. That has
all been cured no*- and when the commission
designaies a certaii rate the latter goes into effect
and must he observed unless overthrown by the
courts.
he com mission under ihe new law will have two more members than at
nt. The old commission consists of five which, strangely enough under a
blican administration, consists of three Democrats and two Republicans,
[er the new law there are to be seven commissioners, no more than four
lem to be of any one political party. The two new members will theie
1 be Republican in order to bring the majority of the new commission into
Jtical alignment with the administration.
Jl'The new members ol the commission hare been selected and are J. S.
Slrlan. of Chicago, a brilliant young attorne/ and son of the distinguished
saociate Justice of the Supreme Court John M. Harlan, is one of them. E. E.
larke. of Iowa. Ihe head of the Railway Conductors' association, has been
iected as the second new member. These two men will probably be appointed
on the law going into effect on August US.
RffEN OF HIGHEST ABILITY AND INTEGRITY.
i nere is no donut tnat tee new iaw raises the
Standard of the commission and in the future men
Selec ted for ii will have to be of the highest ability
and integrity. In the past this commission has
It times been regarded as a very convenient place
in which to land some ’lame duck" or political
‘has been" who had failed of reelection to some
it her public office. For some years it had been
considered as a convenient harbor of refuge for
politicians and was regarded as the legitimate
latronage of the big political leaders.
This has changed now and with the added re
cponsibility provided for by the new law men of
the highest grade w'ili have to be selected. It is
'oriunate that the members of the old coni mission
if five men are not disturbed, but will go right
ilong serving out their terms. These five gen
Jemen, or at least four of them, are men of tried
ability and their work during the past few
I nonins unaer s|iecini autnonty ot congress in the investigation of big rail
oad and coal companies demonstrates thair fitness for the new duties under
he new law. Messrs. Knapp. Prouty and Clements ail have had long experl
nce on the commission and Mr. Cockrell, although a member of but a little
ver a year's standing, has brought to the commission the painstaking habits
f a generation in the senate. Mr. Lane has just been added to the original
ommission and has his reputation to make.
There is some talk of making young Mr. Harlan president of the conimis
ion. and it is understood that President Roosevelt favors that proposition,
'he eiection of a president lies with the commission itself, and unless Mr.
inapp. who has been president for some time, should voluntarily retire from
he contest, there may be a pretty hot fight over this posilion. Mr. Knapp has
leen active and was one of the most industrious advocates of the new rail
ray rate law ami feels that he is entitled to a continuation in the position
f president of the commission.
R ROOSEVELT A GOOD PARTY MAN.
1
This will be a busy season for the “spellbind
ers” of Mr. Roosevelt's cabinet. No secret is
made of the intention of three or four of the
cabinet members actively to engage in this year's
congressional campaign. The president feels in
a way that his administration is on trial and he
looks to the people to indorse it and particularly
to indorse the policies which congress enacted
into law on his recommendation. The president
despite all that has been said and written about
his reform ideas, is a pretty good party man and
is honest enough to express the hope that a Re
publican house of representatives will be reelect
ed. He does not object to his cabinet officers
going into the campaign, and it is not improb
able that he himself will make one or two
speeches of a somewhat political character.
Secretary Shaw of the treasury is the best
campaign speaker in me cannier. 1 uere are
men on the stump who can get closer to an audience than he can. He has the
Did Lincoln faculty of illustrating his points with humorous stories, tb : appli
cation of which is instantaneously recognized. He expects to be right busy
and the congressional campaign committee will use him in several states
where there are doubtful districts. The old farmer of the administration. Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson, has a mighty effective way of talking to voters
and his services will be utilized very freely.
The orator in whom President Roosevelt apparently places the greatest,
confidence is his secretary of war. William H. Taft. The number of engage
ments the latter has already made indicates that he will be able to keep his
avoirdupois down to its present 250 pounds by the arduous traveling he has
in view Attorney General Moody will have a few speeches to make in which
he will recount the achievements of ihe administration in its prosecution of
the Octopi.
CHOICE FOB NOMINATION TWO YEABS HENCE.
It is somewhat amusing to note the jealousy
that exists in the little group of statesmen who
have their political lightning rods elevated to
catch the presidential bolt in 1908. These men
who aspire to the presidency are thoroughly
human and they are watching each other like
hawks While for public consumption their words
and acts are altogether disinterested, in private
conversation they indulge in some pretty severe
criticisms of each other. There has been great
anxietv among these candidates to find out on
whom the administration favor would rest. The
developments of the past few weeks seem to have
settled that point and now it appears to be the
held against Secretary Taft, for the latter is
looked on here in Washington as President Roose
velt's choice for the Republican nomination two
years hence.
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BOOM DAYS IN WASH.
There are vice rresiaem rautumn*. ~
tarv ot the Treasury Shaw. Senator Foraker, Speaker Cannon. Gov Cummins
of Iowa. Postmaster General Cortelyou and one or two others who cannot help
gazing on the Taft boom with considerable envy. The idea that Mr. Taft will
acent an appointment as associate justice on the supreme bench seems to have
been abandoned. His opponents in the presidential race declare that his
action* and his public speeches demonstrate beyond all ques.ion that he is an
active and aggressive candidate for the presidential nomination. There is
onlv one thing thev sav. which might take him out of the race and that would
te a vacancv in the chief justiceship of the supreme court To obtain that
honored place it is believed Mr. Taft would forego all ambition to be presi
dentpresident Roosevelt recently in discussing the outlook for 1908 was
nnoted as saving that Secretary Taft in his opinion was the only man who
,»j rifhfeat William J Bryan, and it looked as though the latter would be
[he Democratic candidate The other aspirants for the Republican nommaUon
are not disposed to accept this estimate of the president.
the national exposition idea.
Congress has become resigned to me nauouat
exposition idea. It has gone so deep into these
enterprises in 1he past that every new proposition
to celebrate some great event by a national ex
nosition is pretty certain to meet with support
and favor Preparations are now under way for
a fair which is to be the celebration of the found
ing of Jamestown, the three hundredth anniver
sary of which will occur next May. Speaker Can
non who is of an economical turn of mind, tried
to check the granting of government aid to this
onternrise but national expositions are somewhat
fn the nature of public buildings when it comes
o getting aid from congress. They are made
~rt of a log rolling scheme and combinations are
formed that always insure the enterprises being
indorsed. .. .._„ n# woria’c fain at
j v l* was saia hi in® uiur wi ~ *—■ *—*
■ "IT ^ 1 * ar Aouls that this country could get along wlth
Sl artlr of a century to come, but there imme
out another exposition for a quarw . laBt year and now comes the
dlately followed the big fair at roruaj* . gooQ another noted event In
Jamestown exposition. There is Mt<» for slnjilar recognition,
the history of the country will be p mU(.h the faghitm that one of the
These celebrations have becom created to take charge of matters
regular committees of the house has beeper a lhese expositions, as
relating to them. The government ^ ^ ^ any event u con
the money loaned to ll“|icy encourage enterprises that willJ*dver
sidered good governmenta po United States and create a good Impres
tiae the commercial greatness oi
sion among foreign countries.
THE LAND OF
THE BRAZILIANS
The Sensitive Brazilians Bo Sot Like To Be Ceded Spanish-Americans—
Different from Typical Latia-American Countries.
The particular portion of the globe
drawing the eyes of the world for at
‘east an instant's attention is Brazil. :
the Pan-Amerieau conference in Rio
*le Janeiro giving prominence to the
zountry called by some one "Portugal's ,
Gigantic Daughter."
You remember—or perhaps you
never knew in this age with its so
many things to know—that the royal
family of Portugal in 1807 fled to
Brazil, that in 1815 the colony was de
clared a kingdom. A few years later
the Portuguese court having returned
to Europe, a national congress at Rio
De Janeiro chose Dom Pedro, eldest
son of the king of Portugal, perpetual
defender of Brazil, bis title now con
stitutional emperor and perpetual de
fender. In 18:11 Dom Pedro I. ab
dicated in favor of his son: Dom Pedro
II. reigned until the autumn of 1889.
Dom Pedro II. was a wise and tactful ’
ruler, devoted to the interests of his
country, but was dethroned by a sue- !
cessful revolution, he and his family
were sent into exile, the empire of
Brazil was declared a republic, a re- I
public styled the United States of;
Brazil.
To-day there are not nearly so many
Portuguese as Italians in Brazil; the
census of 1900 showed 1,100,000 Ital
ians, the majority settled in San
Paulo. In the southern Brazilian states
there are very prosperous German and •
Italian colonies in Rio Grande de Sul. j
Portuguese. Spanish, Germans, Aus
trians, Scandinavians. Poles. Russians,
English and French, of whom the pre
dominating race, in so far as numbers
are concerned, is the Italian. There
are nearly four times as many Italians
as Portuguese in Brazil, notwithstand
ing the fact that the country was for
so many centuries a Portuguese colony,
then a Brazilian empire, and now a
Brazilian republic with the Portuguese
tongue the official language, and man
ners and customs and leading families
to-day harking back to the mother
land of Portugal, as America to Eng
land."
Brazilians are not Spanish-Ameri
cans. they do not like to !>e known as
Spanish-Americans. "Brazilian" is the
only acceptable terra.
Brazil is of a bigness, larger than
the United States prior to the purchase
of Alaska. Bishop Hendrix, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, writes of
the land as "A Republic in the Trop
ics;” calls attention to the fact that
the wide region is almost wholly in
the tropics, and that it is one of the
world's largest territories under a
single flag. The last to emancipate
her slaves, the task was accomplished
without bloodshed or without granting
compensations to the owners. Immi
gration followed fast on the emancipa
tion of the slaves, which emancipation
was begun in 1871. carried on gradual
ly, completed in 1S88.
IN RIO DE JANEIRO.
something like 800,(W0 Germans. In
the seaport towns the principal part
of the population is of European de
scent.
The returns of the census of 1900
were not adopted, considered fallacious
as they reported a decrease in popula
tion. The census of 1890 gave the total
population as 14,000.000; some over
0.000.000 whites, more than 4,000,000
metis (half-breeds), about 2,000,000
negroes, and 1,200,000 Indians. The
population to-day is put. in round
numbers, at 17,000,000. The Indian
element preponderates in the north
ern provinces, the negroes are numer
ous in Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco
and Bahia. Brazil has a larger popu
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BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE
UNITED STATES.
lation than any country in America
■save the United Slates; less than one
half are whites, one-ihird are half
breeds, one-seventh negroes, and the
Indians are less than one-tenth.
Ethel Armes, writing in the National
Magazine, says; "As in this country
so there is in Brazil the same fusion
of races and of nationalities; Italians,
| The immigration to Brazil in 1890
was 200,000, in 1S98 it had fallen to
less than 60,000, mostly Italians, Por
tuguese and Spanish. The early priv
ileges offered immigrants brought in
such an overwhelming tide restric
tions were imposed. The cause of no
inconsiderable internal dissension has
been the question of showing favor to
l foreigners. Latin-America sends the
most immigrants: the Germans have
contributed greatly to the development
of their chosen province, and German
I colonization is a most important fea
ture of present day Brazil: English
and Belgian capital has aided greatly
in railroad development and growth
of banks.
Brazil has had her share of financial
problems. The cost to replace slav
ery by immigration was tremendous.
With the organization of the federal
government in 1890 radical changes
were made. Revolutionary movements
later in the 90's added to the difficul
ties. But the ship of state has passed
through the rough waters, guided by
the skillful piloting of President
Campos-Salles and other sagacious
statesmen. Next November the repub
lic celebrates its seventeenth birthday,
at peace, at home and abroad. Brazil,
uniike certain neighboring states,
courts the friendship of the nations,
labors for peace and continued prog
ress.
Brazil is an agricultural country, as
: yet undeveloped. Cofiee is the chief
product cultivated, then come sugar,
tobacco, cotton, mate (Paraguay tea),
I india rubber, timber, cocoa and nuts.
The forests and mines are of great
value, their wealth not yet brought
forward. The industries are cotton
spinning and weaving, sugar refining,
j brewing, match, paper and hat manu
facture. The ••strike" is unknown in
industrial Brazil.
Perhaps one reason we show so
much ignorance of the other America,
and of Brazil particularly we speak
now. Is because of the distance. It is
a shorter run from Rio de Janeiro to
European ports than to ports of North
America. Our country is just awaking
: to the fact that “Portugal's Gigantic
Daughter" is a lady to be paid court to.
KATHERINE POPE.
HOW TO KEEP COOL.
tee Water Really Makes One Warmei
—Beat Itrink Water Just Chilled
with Lime Juice Added.
“Nothing could be worse than the
luantity of ice water which people
drink in the hope of cooling oft their
temperature. Cold water only chills
the stomach,'' says a southern woman
in the New York World. “The reac
tion makes one warmer. The best
drink for the summer is plain cold
water, not chilled, but just cold. I
drink a great deal of this, but never
forget to add to each glassful a little
lime juice. This gives it the refresh
ing tart taste and also counteracts
the effects of bad drinking water.
"When it gets really hot. there are
i few simple ways of cooling off the
blood which many people know, but
hardly anyone practices. I keep cool
hv using all these little resources, and
when it is very enervating, and 1
have work to do. I don't hesitate to go
about with wet cotton behind my
ears. A piece of cotton dipped in cold
water and placed behind the ears so
that it touches the big artery, will
cool one off wonderfully. A drop or
'wo of ammonia may be added to the
water in which the cotton is im
mersed, and will make one feel deli
ciously refreshed. When the nights
ire very hot and breathless, the hot
water hag filled with cold water and
placed at the back of the neck will
let the cold water run over one's
getfulness.
“Of course we southern women
wear our fischus and low collars in
Ihe house, and you have no idea how
we dislike even the shirt waist, with
its dimity or lace collar band, not so
much for the heat of the material as
Jor the stricture around the throat.
“If it is uncomfortably hot a cold
compress around the neck is deli
cious, and everyone knows that to
tet the cold water run over one’s
wrists for any length of time will
cool off the warmest individual, and
s restful and soothing besides.
“Where it is not possible to take
Iwo or more dips during the day. the
feet at least should have their prop
er amount of care and ventilation
night and morning. The thinnest
kind of straw slippers or mules are
.Y) be had now for little or nothing,
and when possible in the privacy of
(dp's own room stockings should be
discarded and the feet allowed a cer
tain amount of freedom after being
refreshed by a foot bath.”
WHEN COOKING CABBAGE.
Cook in Boiling Water. Slice and Add
Sauce Made as Directed—How
to Overcome Odor.
Drop the prepared cabbage into
enough water (boiling) to completely
cover it; if the heads are small, use
who'#’; if large, halve or quarter
the#i. Keep the water boiling brisk
ly for half an hour: then lift into a
colander to drain, after which slice
finely; season with pepper and salt
to taste. While the cabbage is cook
ing. prepare, in another vessel, a
sauce made as follows; One teacup
ful of vinegar (if very strong, weak
en a little with water), add butter
the size of a hen's egg; two table
spoonfuis of sugar: bring to a boil;
set off the fire and stir in a well
beaten egg. Pour this over the cab
bage. stirring thoroughly with a fork,
and serve hot.
The water in which cabbage is
boiled should not be poured into the
sink unless you flush the drain at
once with some disinfectant, as the
odor is so strong and lasting. If you
have a garden, the better way is to
pour it on the earth. To get the
smell out of the kitchen, keep the
windows open and roast a few coffee
beans on the stove.—The Commoner.
Herring Saiad.
Herring salad may make a pleasant
change as a supper dish on a warm
day. Heat through by boiling, or in
the oven, three smoked herrings.
Then tear off the heads and pull the
skin away; split, take out the back
bone and cut up into small bits, or to
shred them is better. Put in a safad
bowl, add one small chopped onion,
two hard-boiled eggs, chopped, and one
boiled potato: cut fine with a tea
spoonful of chopped parsley; season
with a teaspoonful of salt, one of pep
per. three tablespooiiftils of vinegar
and two of oil; mix well, and if you
have it, decorate with a boiled beet.
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About Corn Meal.
To prevent corn cakes and bread
from having a raw taste. 1 mix the
meal with milk a few hours before
baking the bread. When ready to
bake it. add the salt. egg. a spoonful
of flour and last of all the soda, or if
sweet milk be used, add baking pow
der. Mush, to be good, must he boiled
a long time. Having neither time nor
inclination to stand by the juush pot.
I boil the mush thoroughly, being care
ful not to make it too thick, then
place closely covered in the oven,
wheiy it is kept at boiling heat for
several hours.
Cabbage Salad.
For one quart of finely chopped cab
bage. use a dressing as follows: Boil
together one-lialf cup vinegar, two
tablesiioons suzar. one-half teatnoon
ARE REUNITED BY A
PIECE OF NEWSPAPER
SON AND DAUGHTER LOST TO
MOTHER 25 YEARS.
TAKEN AWAY BY FATHER
Parent Accidentally Sees Marriage
Notice of Girl and Traces Her
Through Witnesses — Ha.ppy
v Ending of Long Quest.
Louisville. Ky.—After a separation
of 25 years, during which she tried
every means that money could devise
to And them. Mrs. Thomas O'Bvrne
has been happily reunited to her two
children. Ruth and Charles. When she
lost them they were babies, the boy
four, and the girl two years old: when
she found them. Ruth was a tall, beau
IN A FIT OF RAGE HE CARRIED THE
CHILDREN AWAY.
tiful girl, no longer Ruth, but Mrs.
William Ipher, while Charles was a
full grown man and wealthy farmer of
Harrods Creek.
Mrs. O'Byrne was a happy young
wife 25 years ago in the little town of
Memphis, Ind. She was the wife of
Thomas Treasure, proud in the posses
sion of two beautiful children. Charles
Thomas, four years old. and Ruth, two
years old. One day there was a quar
rel. and in a fit of rage the husband
seized the two children while his wife
was visiting a neighbor and carried
them away. He brought them to this
city, and placed them in an Episcopal
orphans' home, while he disappeared
and was never heard of again. When
Mrs. Treasure returned, she found her
children gone, and for 25 years they
were as completely lost to her as if the
earth had swallowed them.
She sought everywhere in the coun
ty. but could find no trace of her chil
dren. Personals were placed in every
newspaper in this part of the country
without success, and the police were
asked to look for them, but it was of
no avail.
She came to Louisville after getting
a decree of divorce, and continued her
search. The children meanwhile, were
received by the home and reared. The
girl was called Amanda Jane, while
the boy was rechristened Sol. They
were brought up as ail the rest, with
out any idea of their parents.
When the girl was 18 years old, sb*
displayed such aptitude for the needi*
that she was sent out by the home as
a seamstress and eventually obtained
a position with the Ballard family as
a family seamstress. Her beauty at
tracted the attention of young Ipher. a
stalwart farmer of the neighborhood
at Glenview, and they were soon be
trothed. They came to this city on
January 8. 1905. and were married.
In the interim Mrs. Treasure had be
come Mrs. Thomas O'Byrne. Sudden
ly one day Mr. O'Byrne was glancing
at a hit of torn newspaper that caught
his eye as it lay on the ground, and
he saw the marriage notice of Ruth
Treasure and William Ipher. Hurried
ly he took it to his wife.
She knew that the only family with
that peculiar name was her former
husband's. She looked through the di
rectory, but not one trace was there
of the names of Ipher or Treasure.
At the suggestion of her husband they
went to the office of the county clerk,
but he did not know the people or any
thing about them. They started to
leave the office when a sudden idea oc
curred to Mrs. O'Byrne. “The wit
nesses!” she exclaimed; “they will
know.” At last she found that they
lived in Glenview- and Mr. O'Byrne
telephoned to them. Mr. O'Byrne
spoke to Mrs. Ipher and in trembling
tones asked her who her parents were.
She had no parents, she said.
They went to see Mrs. Ipher and in
a touching scene the daughter and
mother were reunited. They talked'
of old times and it was discovered that
parent and child had seen each other
several times a week for years with
out knowing it. while all the time they
were seeking each other all over the
counTry. Mrs. Ipher had been em
ployed in a millinery store where Mrs.
O Bvrne had been in the habit of deal
ing. They had passed each other on
the street and for a half year had lived
within a stone's throw of each other
without knowing it.
The son had left the home at the
age of 14 and had worked on a farm
near Frankfort. For several years he
had corresponded with his sister, but
she was sent out from the home, some
of the records were lost and they were
separated. He l>egan to seek his sis
ter, but without avail. One day she '
came to the home to learn something
of her brother and incidentally left
her address. In the course of a few
months he found out her address and
the sister and brother were united.
Then came the news of his mother and
in as short a space of time as it takes
to tell it mother, son and daughter
were reunited and were vowing never
to leave each other again.
The quest of 25 years had come to
a happy end and the sorrows of years
w’ere recounted amid tears of joy and
happiness. “I never gave up hope,"
said Mrs. O'Byrne, "although there
were times when I despaired greatly.
If it were not for the fact that ny
name was so curious—I have never
seen any other Treasures besides out*
family—I might yet be seeking my
own. and if it were not for the scrap
of paper that my husband saw we
would probably be as far off as ever.
"1 made a vow that as long as I had
strength and money 1 would seek them
and 1 have sought for them through
thick and thin until I at last met with
success. We are all reunited now and
nothing will ever separate us."
T ” 'Ti 'V T"’T* T^V^tT’T^V'TI"
FAITHFUL ANIMAL KEEPS
LONG VIGIL FOR OWNER
Dog Patiently Remains in Doorway
Waiting for Master Who Never
Comes.
St. Joseph, AIo.—“Have you seen
the dog?” said Frank M. Atkinson,
whose office is on Francis street, to a
visitor. "I have not,” was the reply.
“Come to the window. See him over
there?” continued Atkinson, pointing
across the street to the doorway of
the United States Express office,
where lay a small dog furred like a
shepherd, with black-and-tan mark
ings.
“1 don't see anything remarkable
about him,” said the visitor.
“Well, there is something remark
able about him. Watch him for a few
minutes and see what he does."
The dog was evidently in need of
sleep. His head sank upon his paws
and his eyes closed.
Then several persons approached.
The dog leaped to his feet and stood
In the middle of the sidewalk, looking
into the face of each man who passed.
But the face that he was looking for
was not in the crowd and he went
back to his place in the doorway ap
parently dejected.
m
j It is believed that the dog was
! brought to town by some farmer and
I lost track of his master when the
“That dog has been doing that for
more than a month,” said Mr. Atch
ison.
Men whose places of uusiness are
in the neighborhood first noticed him
six weeks ago. He attracted atten
tion by looking into the face of every
man who passed. He was apparently
lost and waiting for some one's re
turn. As each inspection failed he
would take up his position again in
the doorway of the express office.
All day he watches, and no day has
been too cold for him to be in hi3
doorway.
owner went into some Francis street
office.
The dog is fed by tenants of the
buildings in the neighborhood.
Sorry.
"I am sorry I did not master the
French language when I was a stu
dent,” said the old-time friend. “So am
I.” answ'ered Mr. Cumrox; "many's a
time I have picked up a menu in Paris
and wished I could make the waiter
understand what I meant by pork and
beans.”—Washington Star.
ifniwi'wiwinminiiwi
Wit and Humor.
A Wonder.
‘ My husband is a man who has won
derful self-control," said Mrs. Sniggs
ley.”
"Has he? I'm surprised to hear you
say so. Somebody told me that he lost
his temper completely while he was
playing golf, the other day."
"Oh. that may be. but he can sit in
church and keep from either coughing
or sneezing ail through the sermon.”
Nature’s Sermons.
•‘Every grass-blade in a sermon,”
I heard our pastor say.
A sentimental idea that:
1 thought of it each day.
One eve our pastor mowed his lawn,
And as I watched 1 thought
How strange it was to see him cut
His precious sermons short.
—J udge.
One on the Men.
Female Lecturer (very much excit
ed)—You men claim superiority in
everything. You say there never was
«• «rre#* woman nainter Rcnlutor.
or historian. Well, let me ask you.
what man ever gave birth to triplets?
—Chicago American.
LINES OF THE POET
BROUGHT UP TO DATE.
They were about to take summer
boarders.
The woman, for the eternal fem
inine will not down, could not fore
go a touch of sentiment, and she was
writing out a rustic sign, which she
purposed nailing up by the well:
"The old oaken bucket.
The iron-bound bucket,
' The—"
But her hand faltered.
“There's no moss on our bucket,"
she said, looking very blank.
The man seized the crayon, and
with a bold flourish, finished thd
verse:
"—sterilized bucket.
That hangs in the well.”
“That’s more up-to-date, anyway,"
he said.''—Puck.
each of salt, and pepper: rub one
fourth cup of butter to a cream with
>ne teaspoonful flour and add it to
the boiling vinegar; boil five min
utes then stir in one well beaten
egg: pour while hot over the cabbage.
Breakfast Chocolate.
Take six tablespoonfuls scraped
chocolate, or three of chocolate and
three of cocoa, dissolve in a quart of
boiling water, rich milk, let scald, and
serve hot. This is enough for six per
sons.
History of the Bell.
The first bell was invented by
Paulinus, bishop of Nola. in Cam
pania in 400. In England, the first
bell w'as used in Croviand abbey, in
Lincolnshire. 845. Musical bells are
a Belgian invention, dating back to
1407.
Women to Erect Window.
A stained glass window Is to be
erected In St. Mary's church. Bulphan
Essex, England, to be known as the
"Mary" window. It will be sub
scribed for entirely by women bear
ing the name of Marr
Bull Tosses Boy to Safety.
Washington, Pa.—Howard Levda.
aged 15 years, is dying at the Wash
ington hospital as a result of injuries
inflicted by a mad bull owned by his
father. The boy was attacked by the
animal while crossing a pasture field.
Tossed once on the brute's horns, he
was practically uninjured and started
to run. Then he was caught and
gored and trampled by the bull, his
life being saved temporarily when the
animal tossed him over the fence.
His father found him several hours
later, with his clothes completely
torn off and many wounds inflicted.
End of the Experiments.
Berzelius, the Swedish chemist, made
most of his laboratory experiments in
his kitchen with the cook, Anna, as his
only assistant. “What is your master?”
asked one of his neighbors. "Oh, be is
a chemist” “What's that? What does
he do?" “Well, I will tell you. He
has something in a big bottle, then
he pours It into a smaller one, and
then again into quite a tiny bottle.”
“Well, and what then happens to it?”
“Oh, then I throw it away.”
Mislaid Socks Wreck a Home.
Pittsburg.—The fact that shemislaid
a pair of socks that her husband in
tended to wear caused Mrs. William
Reed, of Sharpsburg, to bring suit for
divorce. Mrs. Reed, in her petition,
declares that si* months after their
wedding, in 1898. she mislaid the
socks. Her husband was furious, and
from that tim* on. she says, made her
life a burden. She declares that every
time he became angry he would bring
up the question of the mislaid socks,
and that on various occasions he tried
to shoot her.
A Musical Plant.
In Nubia there is a strange plant
called “isofar." When the wind blows
it sends forth musical sounds closely
resembling those of the flute. The
natives, who are ignorant, supersti
tious people, regard the plant with
dread. There is no reason for this,
for the plant gives forth its unusual
sounds because of certain thorns at
its base. These are pierced with tiny
holes by insects who search for tha
gum Is the plant.