Objects to Appropriations to Make Ls Equal to Our New Responsibilities. Weald Leave Us the Prey of Stronger Nations—Success of Monroe Doc trine Depends On Ade quate Navy. W ;.Sam Jennings Bryan lias always opposed a great American navy, lie vi-nt to Congress years ago. and if be a * t ashed anything worthy of note, the record has failed t«> show it. At That time the Democrats all over the c • : try were l«»'.%iug to him with grow ing admiration because of his obstnn t. •■utli-s. <>:. July 1VJ. lie arose in li.- { '.ace in the il ins*- of Kepre s- at:.: ves and opjaisiiig a propose1 Lava, appropriation. said: “Mr. S;.»-akt*r. 1 iwli‘*ve it: a sufficier.' Ba.vv. We have this now. either in ex istfise or in construction. We do uoi * need more.” I*, tht* Same Bryan Today. Su a was Mr. Bryan sixteen years sci. and such he is to-day. He has op I"—d every proposed appropriation to it.-Tease and strengthen onr navy, as a matter of defense and protection to our coast iine. and a preventative of war with other nations, as a source of pride ► -estige iusui el our ouri try. The matchiess record of our navy at Santiago and in Manila Bay during tiie Spanish war interests him not. Had his ideas prevailed we would have had no v. lories on the water in that war. Must Always Bo Ready. A' wars between nations come sud ssible contin gen< y. Our national history shows that v. :irs have sprung suddenly into exist ed > while wise men were proclaiming that war could not occur. There are many instances where the most unex I-e. it-erty of individual speech and action whi'h we as a peopU so prize and guard, renders it possible that at times miexiiecteil causes of friction with for eign }«>wers may suddenly develop. Kvcn at present this country is nego tiating arbitration treaties with a nuat licr of the great [lowers. These treaties liave a special usefulness because in the event of some sudden disagreement they render it morally incumbent upon both nations to seek first to reach an agree ment to arbitrate and at least secure a breathing space during which the <•00 judgment of the two nations involved may get the up[>er hand over anv momentary ffiirst of auger. Such tr<; U*-s are entered into with the hope of preventing wrong doing by others against us and also as a proof that we have du intention "f doing wrong ourselves. rrrp>rp Slfol IVnrr trunuirnt Yet it is idle to assume that this world has yet reached the stage, or has come witbiu measurable distance of the stage, when a proud nation, jealous of its honor and conscious of its great mission in the world, can be content to r> v for [ica'-e upon the forbearance of other j lowers—a< seems to be Mr. Bryan's idea. It would be equally fool ish u|m>n our part to rely njioii each of them [Ktssessinp at all times and under all circumstances and provocations. an altruistic regard f«r the rights of oth M nut Maintain A uieriran PreKiijEe. The United States can hope for a permanent career of peace on only one condition, and that is ou condition of maintaining a first class navy—despite the obstructive tactics of the Democrat ic party. The government has found it neces sary to t»* liberal in appropriations for rivers, harbors and bays, for irrigation, for tlie construction of public buildings, and for various oilier public enterprises which redound either to the benefit of some specific locality or to the people at large. Every great power lias found it necessary to provide protection for its commerce, its foreign trade, it !>orts. and its peoj.le d ling business or traveling in other countries. We have become a great power. Tills nation to day lines q a •: gside of the five great powers of tile world. We have assum ed resjKinsil.il it ies by the recent colo nial expansion which v\a~ thrust upon us. and from which we cannot excaite if we would, and ought not if we could. Rraponalhility of World Power. We have obligations to Cuba, where we have >aid to the world we will pre lect her against assault or invasion, against attacks ujk.ii her indejieudeuce. integrity of territory, of her institu tions. We have Porto Bieo. which can tie defended only from the sea. as Cuba can tie defended only from the sea. We have the islands of Tutuila. Guam. Hawaii, and the Philippines far from the United States, all of which must Lie protected from the sea. W e have assumed another obligation in the I’au- ; ama Canal, which perhaps is greatest of all. we Dave tne longest line oi >eu omn nf any other [lower in the world ex cept one—T.'Ml miles—anil in addition to that. Alaska. We have assumed re sponsifoility for law and order in Pau aina. The spades and drills and steam shovels are there at work and the whole world is taking notice, because they are to alter the paths of commerce and to change the relations of nations. The future of the Monroe Doctrine is in the custody of our navy. Its jieaceful rec ognition will be the tribute which other nations pay. not to the doctrine, but to our sea power. We as a people do not fully appre eiate the commercial jealousies now ex isting in Europe against us and which will be accentuated by the construction and completion of the Panama canal. Not alone our states on the Pacific, but the whole line of [sirts on the Atlantic Coast, will come into this eomeptition. for the ports on the Atlantic coast are as near in miles to Japan. China and ,the Orient, by the Panama canal, as are the reservoirs that gather for d.s tribution abroad, the products of Conti nental Europe, or London, through the Suez Canal. Commerce and Our Sea Power. This great future commerce cannot tie protected by treaties alone. We cannot protect our commerce and ex pand our trade by mere arbitration at The Hague alone. We cau only main tain commerce by having a sea [lower adequate for its protection, for the *■ curity of our islands, and to prevent hostile fleet from destroying in a neck the Panama canal, after it has cost us from two to three hundred million dol lars and ten years to buikl. It is therefore to the interest of ev ery high-minded, public-spirited Ameri can to endorse the constructive policy of the Itepnblican party, and encourage the establ shment and maintenance of a first-class American navy. HOW COULD BRYAN HELP? His Prescriptions For Business Shown to Be Ineffectual. < Kr, uu the Pittsburg (Jazette-Times. i We hear nf workingmen saying that this time they iuteml to vote for Mr Bryan. l>ecause for the past ten months we have had hard times But what good will that do': How is a tartfl for ret gaoling the pro til th n |.iea altogether, going to ope:, the -hops and mills': How will tht eh tiou of Senators hy direct vote start the wine Is of industry’: Or the ; ui'li -ation of otmiiaign contri liutioiis- nr the further harassment of the railroads: Or toe reorganiza 1 HI t the H*W!*e. SO that the Speaker tin i-e [Hiwetiless': Why open this country now to the markets of the world when we have not sufficient de mand to consume what we ourselves manufacture-: F.iarl Jnmiec Hlithent Ideal. The administration of exact justii-e hy urts w ithout fear or favor, un uioved hi the influence of the wealthy .•r hy the threats of the demagogue, is the highest ideal that a government of the people can strive for. and any means hy wbii-h a suitor, however un |H>]iu ;:r or jMNir. is deprived of enjoying this is to he condemned.—Hon. YYm. H. Taft, at t'olumbus. Ohio. Party Keiiairement*. As a party shows itseif homogeneous, able to grasp the truth with resjiei-t to in-w issues, able to discard unimportant differences of opinion, sensitive with res;ie't to the successful maintenance of government, and highly charged with llie responsibility of its obligations to the people at large, it establishes its claim to the confidence of the public and to its continuance in political power.—Hon. Win. li. Taft, at Kansas City. Mo. NON-PARTISAN LABOR PAPER. Mine Workers' Journal, Represent ing 350.000 Coal Miners. Refuses Space to Politics. The Mine Workers' Journal, official paper of the 350.000 dial miners of the country, published at Indianapolis, will not supftort Bryan in the coming elec tion. In a statement to a correspond ent the Mine Workers' Journal states: "For obvious reasons we are com Iielled to decline publication of your well-written letter. It is contrary to the rules of the Journal to allow any thing of a partisan political nature in its columns. Yours would invoke re plies of a partisan nature and an at tack on other partisan candidates from others who differ with you. and the columns of the Journal would be filled with letters of a partisan politi cal nature to the exclusion of matter that is more interesting and calculated to do more good. Politics of a parti san character are excluded from .he Journal for the good of the Journal and iu. James S. Sherman. It is announced that Mrs. Tennessee Claflin Co<>k is coming all the wav across tile ocean for the purpose of helping to elect Bryan. She is a deter mined woman, awl Mr. Bryan probably will l»o unable to stop her.—Chicago Tribune. SEMRt ROOT Republican Administration Vigorous for Enforcement of Law. Taft the Logical Successor to Con tinue Roosevelt Policies and Reforms. I libu Root. Secretary of State, chairman of the Republican convention which nominated Charles K. Hashes for tiov rnor of Xew York, addressed the i-oiiveiitioa in part as follows: Mr. Spepeh. "We call turn to the administrations no" drawing to a dost*, both in tbe State and in tli • nation, and with con do n« ass every American voter to say whetner they have not met all tb>* ureal fundamental questions of good government, whether they do not jus tity tlie lielief that it is l>est for the country to keep in p..wer the party which is responsible for them and is entitled to the credit of them. Have u*>t these administrations within the State and within the nation l>eeu hon est'/ Have they not been capable? Have they not l>een efficient? Have they not set before the jnople of America exam ples of pure, high-minded and patriotic service in public office? Have they not raised the standard of public duty which the young men of America have set for themselves? Have they not done us honor before the world?” Mr. Bryan Aanfiered. Mr. Hoot took up ami answered at length Bryan's question. "Shall the Peo ple Buie?” including the various ar raignments of the Republican party and its leaders made by the Democratic- can didate in recent sj»eeches. Among other things he said : "Mr. Bryan charges that the Repub lican party is responsible for the abuses of corjHtrate wealth. As well might he charge that the man who plants cotton is responsible for the boll weevil, or that the man who plants fruit trees is responsible for the San Jose scale. Un til the millennium has brought the eradication of human selfishness and greed, social abuses will tome accord ing to the shifting conditions of the times. Adversity and prosperity, wealth and poverty have each their own kinds of abuse. Constant vigilance and con stant activity to meet and put an end to abuses as they arise is the task of government and of good citizenship; but the work is never finished. The Republican party has produced the con ditions which have made our great pros perity possible, and it is dealing with the evils which have been incident to that prosjierity with vigor and effective ness. Upon the course to be pursued regarding these evils, ujion the attitude and action of the government towards trusts, railroads, and all the great cor porations. there is no substantial issue between the two parties. T«ri fl "The Democratic party promises that they will wipe out the protective tariff and sul«stitute a tariff for revenue only I shall not discuss that proixisition. hut it ought uot to he forgotten. The elev en years which have passed since the Dingley tariff was enacted have brought about many changes iu the conditions to which tue tariff law is applied. >lauy of these changes have resulted from the very prosjierity which the protection afforded by the tariff has produced. In the nature of things, such changes must occur and from time to time every tar iff must be revised and adapted to the new conditions. A- the jieriod of revis ion. however, is always one of uncer tainty and a consequent injury to husi ness, revisions ought not to lie made too often or ii|»>n slight grounds. The Republican party lias not considered that sufficient grounds for thus disturb ing Business have existed heretofore. It now considers that sufficient grounds do now exist, and it has pledged itself immediately after the 4th of .March nest to devote an extraordinary session of Congress to making such a revision iu accordance with the true principles of protection. "The last time the Democratic party was in power the result was the Wii son-Gormau tariff of 1801!. The very threat of such a proceeding at that time stopjied business, closed the mills, threw millions of men out of employ ment. and was accompanied by uni versal business depression and disaster. Are we ready to repeat that experience now. as we surely shall if we put the Democratic party in power? The Kailrnado. "The Republican party believes ii the regulation of railroads. It believe that their managers ought to lie made, and can be made, to ol>ey the law. li believes that by an eiifori-emeut of the law. uot spasmodic and sensational, but steady, firm, and jwrsistent. excessive and discriminating rates can 1» stopped: and it is now. and has been Xo llcfeuilalile Policy. The difficulty with the Democratic party and the reason why the Ameri can people thus far have manifested their distrust of it is because it has no policy which the country can depend u|N>n. Its whole stock in trade is that of irresponsible criticism and olvstruc tion. but when charged with the re sponsibility for doing anything it utter ly fails.—Hon. Win. H. Taft, at Greens boro. North Carolina. for a considerable period, engag 'd-in such enforcement. with marked effi t cien-y and success. It proposes for the ! presidency a candidate who dec lares his purpose to continue and complete that enforcement of the law. and whose competency to do so with success has lieon proved. Mr. Itfyan does not be lieve in the regulation of railroads. He does not tielieve it practicable. He re a crds it as bound to fail, although he is willing to criticise the Iiepuhlican party for not accomplishing that vast and complic ated task all at once. “It is natural to observe that, if the jieople of the country desire railroads to be regulated, and the laws regard ing them to tie enforced, it would he | wise to entrust that regulation to Mr. ! Taft, who believes in regulation, and j has faith in the wisdom and effective j ness of the law. rather than in the hands of one who lieiieves that all ef i fort to regulate must prove futile. The Democratic Keccird. "What is furnished by the record of ! tile Democratic party at large to show ! that it is competent lo maintain the | prosperity we have, and execute the promises of reform it tenders. No proof whatever of that is offered. All the evidence we have is the other way. The majority of us have not yet for gotten the second administration of Hrover Cleveland, which ended only on the 4th of March. ls:>7. The Democracy then had its opportunity to show the world what it could do with govern ment. for it jiossessed the executive office, a majority of the Senate, and a majority of the House. Its opportunity to exercise that control for tile public lienetit was wasted. Discord and con fusion reigned throughout the entire four years. Incapacity to reach prae iical conclusions or to take any effect ive action was demonstrated. No prom ises were kept. No reforms were ac complished. it became apparent that the sole cohesive force that bound the I>emocTatic party together was the de sire for office, and. once in otic-e. in stead of progress, we had all factions pulling different ways, totally incapable of agreeing ujioii a common course of conduct. “Are the people of the United States ready to repeat that experience of Democratic government?” TAPI S SETTLEMENT OF THE FRIARS' LAND PROBLEM. In the whole story of Judge Taft's brilliant aud useful career as jurist, executive and diplomat there is no more creditable chapter than that de voted to his adjustment of the eoutro \ersy concerning what were,known as the “Friars' laiuds" in the Philip pines. Those lands, consisting of some 300,000 acres of the most fer tile soil in the islands, were held by priests of certain religious orders, but were occupied and farmed by native tenants, who complained that the rentals exacted by their clerical land lords were excessive. Upon the with drawal of Spanish authority from the Arctoij>elago the Friars' Lands became the subject of earnest controversy. The farmer tenants contended that the property should be taken from the j priests aud thrown open to purchase in small parcels by the actual occu pants. There was a demand, indeed, tor the confiscation of the property and the priests themselves, in their ignorance of American methods, were fearful that such a course might bt adopted. It became one of Mr. Taft's tasks to settle this s'.rious dispute, and lit accomplished :t iu a manner which not only greatly increased his owe popularity and enlarged Amcricau ! prestige in the islands, hut developed among the clerical authorities and the tenant farmers a vastiy m re neighbor ly spirit, aiid a more nannonious community of cterest than had ever existed before. Mr Taft carefully iu v estimated all conditions relating tc the Friars’ Lauds. lie consulted the clerical landlords, the higher church authorities atvl the tenant farmers. Then he went to Home, where his proiKisais for an amicable adjustment of the controversy received the cordial approval of the papal authorities The Friars' Lands were purchased for a sum approximating $7,000,000. Clerical landlordism censed and the property was divided into small par cels and sold on easy terms to former iiw*s and others desirous of engag iag iu agriculture. The real importance of this trans action is appreciated only by those familiar with the manifold and deii •ate problems which have been en countered in the work of American izing the Philippines. The settlement of the affair by Mr. Taft removed per i maueutly a fruitful source of friction, between the civil and the religious in terests of the islauds. It laid the foundation for kindlier relations and more intimate co-operation between tlie dil government and the authori i ties of the church. It set before tbt i Filipinos a high example of American ! friendship and fair dealing which is ! oound to exert a wholesome moral ' .-iiid educational influence for rnnnj (cars to come. Free Trade Fallacy-. Our free trade friends have told us for years and years that if we do not buy we cannot sell, but we have gout an doing hoih at a woiklrously increas ing rate, but selling just enough mors than we buy to meet all foreign obii gat ions and keep our gold a« a bulwark '■* redemption. That has lieen the Re publican method, and that is going to i continue to lie the Republican method 1 —Hon. James s>. Sherman. ■ HAD TO BE MORE EXPLICIT “Dear Grandpa” Conveyed Little to Post Office Officials. A member of the Yale basketball team which played here a night or two ago received a check—a present in three figures—from his grandfather who lives in a New Jersey town. The ! check, as a matter of fact, was a fake prepared by William L. Lush, the Yale coach, formerly left fielder on j me v triaiiu uas»?uau team, woo was here with the team. But fake or no fake the recipient of the check got mighty excited. He raced right across the Hollenden ; lobby to the telegraph desk, the min- j ute he saw the size of the check, and wrote out a te'egram as follows: | "Dear Grandpa. -, New Jersey, j Thanks very much for check. This is a receipt. Your grandson.'' HeVvrote I it just that way. Then he hustled into the writing 1 room to thank grandpa more fully by letter. " hile he was preparing the letter a bellboy brought him back his tele- I gram, along with the 30 cents—he had paid to send it—30 in pennies— and this was written across the mes sage: "Can't find anybody named ! dear grandpa." Then the Yale boy came to.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Don’t Ee Left Handed. It has been estimated that aboo one boy out of 15 is left-handed whea he reaches the age of ten. This is his mother's fault in not making him use his right hand more during his baby hood. In Germany there are schools where the boy is taught to be right handed. Nearly all tools are made for right-handed men. and the boy whi grows up left-handed will be awl ward. If one can use both hands alike 1 has an advantage in some things b t seems as if nature intended t, — . . U. - . 1 L. . ....... L J. luu >\ Gi. A, j mo-jt dPL£mi> MWfz/m ro# /ymra?# r/ry HOW /fit nl/oEun WTUMAL Ni-jJORY WILL MPPtAH WiiErf COTPLETEE completed BROOKLYN IHST/TUTE MUSEUM When the three great museums of ; the Greater New York are completed in the years to come there will be : given to the country and the world j groups of art palaces the like of which | the world has never before seen. They will represent an expenditure of $50,000,000 exclusive of the priceless collections which will find shelter within the spacious walls of the insti tutions. The Metropolitan Museum of Ait will be the largest building de voted to art in the world; the com pleted museum of natural history will overshadow the British museum, and the Brooklyn Institute museum is planned along the same magnificent lines. In the case of the last named the eastern wing. reeenrly finished, completes an entire front of the struc ture, including the corner towers. In the case of the Natural History museum the great outer wall has finally turned the southwestern corner and is being carried some distance Qorthward. The new wing is the first of the great side walls of the building. The Fifth avenue facade of the Met "opolitan museum is being carried this vear nearly a block northward from the main entrance. The nerv wing is particularly interesting, since it is the first wall to be built besides the en trance. on the outer line of the build ing. The museum will ultimately in close the great hollow rectangle, whose longest dimensions will parallel Fifth avenue. The main buildings of the museum to-day, those in red brick, will in time be completely inclosed. The outer walls will be of a light gray stone. The cost of this building when completed, it is estimated, will be sir Caspar Purdon Clarke said recently that he believed the great museum would be completed in ten years, when it will certainly be the chief architectural feature of the city. Some idea of the proportions of this building may be had from the state ment that the present Fifth avenue facade, nearly two blocks in length, is less than one-fourth the length of the completed eastern front. The new wing is built of a some what lighter stone than the main en trance. The same alignment is main tained. It is two floors in height, with a basement. One of the features of the new addition is a spacious lecture hall opening from this wing into the inner courtyard. The need of such a hall has been felt for years. The walls of the new wing on the inner courts are of white brick, and the greater part of the roof is of grass. The in terior is designed with the same ef fect of lofty spaciousness so charac teristic of the older halls of the museum. The management of the museum has long been embarrassed for room, and the new wing will be quickly taken up. The second floor, according to the present plans, will be devoted to Robert Fulton and Hendrick Hud son and their times. The display of these collections will have a peculiar timeliness in view of the approaching Hudson anniversary. It is probable that the Henchel collection, the prop erty of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, will also be allotted space in this wing. Although the new wing, as seen from the street, appeals to be practically complete. it is not expected that it will be regularly thrown open to the public for some months. The Natural History museum will be carried a step nearer completion this year by the opening of the south wing of the west facade and by a new ap proach to the central power house and tower. The museum, it is perhaps not generally realized, will ultimately considerablv exceed in size the British museum. It is now nearly 20 years since the first hall was built, one of the interior wings, which is now almost completely hidden. Since then the entire south facade has been completed, an avenue block in iengtn. | The new wing earries the line of the corner tower on the west nearly a city block northwest, thus giving the first suggestion of the appearance of the west front as it will ultimately ap pear. The great building will some day occupy the entire space facing Central park, measuring three city blocks in length and one avenue block in width. A great central tower will ultimately rise high above the present roof line. Despite the apparently endless cor ridors of the present structure the museum is badly cramjied for room. There are tons of valuable material, gathered at great expense, which it is ! impossible to display. Space in the wing with its five broad floors is. how ; ever, already heavily mortgaged, i With many exhibits demanding space, it has been decided to devote the new wing to the new Congo and Philippine | collections. The Congo exhibit, re cently obtained in Belgium, of unusual popular as well as scientific interest, is especially timely. It is believed it will make a very strong popular ap peal and will amply justify the space devoted to it. The second wing, which is available j for exhibition purposes this year, leads from the central power house directly westward. While smaller than the south wing on the street side, it is nevertheless an important addition to the museum. This wing will be given ! over to various fish exhibits. It will soon be thrown open to the public. These wings together make the most I important addition to the museum in some six years. As in the case of its neighbor, the Metropolitan museum, the new wing stands practically complete so. far as ! its outer appearance is concerned. The brown stone used in its construc : tion is of course somewhat lighter in i tone than in the older parts of the s building, but a few years of exposure will correct this. ‘ The new addition to the Brooklyn i Institute museum has already doubled : the capacity of the building. The work here has been completed some months in advance of the similar addi tions to the other city museums. The completion of this wing has done more for the general appearance of the building than have the additions to the other museums. An entire facade ’ of the Brooklyn museum now stands j completed where before a single wing appeared somewhat isolated and de tached. The museum will ultimately inclose a great hollow square, with im pressive towers at the four corners and with elaborate staircases leading up at the center of each side. The new wing carries the building from the central entrance to the corner, thus rendering the facades svmmet rical. The new wing has so far cost *2, 400,000, and it stands to-day less than one-fourth complete. The central staircase and approach to the east wing cost alone nearly $90,000. It is in some respects the most beautiful architectural feature in the city. Wisdom of Economy. If men would only be content to live on the right side of their incomes there would be little cause to fear panics, for they could be easily averted when they threatened. The man of saving habits, of thrift, of economy, who never allows his output to exceed what he takes in. c^n al ways breast the storm and reach the port of safety. Cotton Growing in Uganda. American upland cotton grown in Uganda actually commands a higher price in the Manchester market than when it is grown in the United States. There appears to be practically no natural difficulty in its cultivation throughout the larger part of Uganda. A great development is only a ques tion of organization and—money. TREASON! We would not for the world engage in criticism of the court. But surely there can be no harm in reproducing a Republican editorial (for whoever knew a Republican editorial to be out of accord with the accepted rules of polite society?). The New York Press, a Republican paper, referring to the Grosscup decision, says: “The judgment of the court of ap peals. which calls for careful scrutiny and cool reading, can not alter the pub lie conviction that the offenders be hind the Standard Oil corporation in its rebate crimes deserve to be in the penitentiary and will be sent there when the law is enforced by those who take oaths to administer it." Important Personage. A king s coachman is a personage of no small importance. Certainly the coachman to her late majesty. Queen Victoria, had a befitting sense of the dignity and responsibility of his posi tion. J ONE KIDNEY GONE But Cured After Doctors Said There Was No Hope. Sylvanus O. Verrill. Milford. Me., says: "Five years ago a bad injury (.nuai.'icu auu affected my kid neys. My back hurt me terribly, and the urine was bad ly discolored. Doc tors said nty risht kidney was practi cally dead. They said I could never walk a^ain I zt Doan's Kidney Pills and began us ing them. One box made me stronger ind freer from pain. I kept on using hem and in three months was able to get out on crutches, and the kidneys were acting better. I improved rap idly, discarded the crutches and to the wonder of my friends was soon completely cured.” SoH by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. WHEN YOU GET RICH. Only Then Are You Appreciated for Your True Worth. Upton Sinclair, the novelist, was talking about wealth at Lake Pla cid. "It is pleasant to be rich " he said. Nobody can deny that. Many of the pleasures of wealth, though, are false and mistaken ones. "When I was making my living by the composition of blood and thun der tales for boys—and 1 could turn out my 8,000 words a day— 1 knew a pale. bent, ink-stained old chap who i wrote love stories. "His stories did not pay; he was very poor; but an aunt died, and sud denly the old fellow found himself a millionaire. "He saw me one afternoon on Rroad wav. He stopped his red car and we chatted about old times. " ‘And is it pleasant to be rich ?’ I asked. " Yes. it is,’ he answered, as he lighted a Vuelto Abajos and handed me another. 'And do you know what is the pleasantest thing about it? You have an opportunity to make real friends, friends who can understand you. Y'ou get at last to know people ; capable of esteeming you for your own qualities alone. You find, sir, that you are at last appreciated.’ ” ONLY A COW. Artist (who has been bothered by rustics breathing on him all the morn ing*—My good fellow, I assure you that you can see the sketch with more advantage from a little distance! Microscopic Writing. A remarkable me'nine made by a lately deceased member of the Royal Microscopical society for writing with a diamond seems to have been broken up by its inventor. A specimen of its works is the Lord’s prayer of 227 let ters. written in the 1,237,000 of a square inch, which is at the rate of 53.S80.000 letters or 15 complete Bibles, to a single square inch. Tu decipher the writing it is necessary to use a 1-12-inch objective, which is the high power lens physicians employ for studying the most minute bacteria. Wanted to Go the Same Way. We were taking a little trip into the country. The only vacant seats in the train were turned so as to face each other. I told my little girl, four years old, to take the seat in front of me. as riding backward would not make her sick. She hesitated, and said: • I know it won’t make me sick, but if 1 ride backward will I go to the same place you are going to?" Conan Doyle at It Again. "It is clear, Potson." said Herlock Shomes, "that the farmer who raised this spring chicken was very tender hearted.” "How in the world do you know that?" asked the astonished Potson. "It's simple enough. The farmer hesitated so long before striking the fatal blow. ”—Boston Transcript. What's* His Age? “After all, you know, a man is only as old as he feels." “Yes. How about the fellow who ‘feels like a two-year-old?”—Philadel phia Press. AFRAID TO EAT. Girl Starving on Ill-Selected Food. “Several years ago I was actually starting,’’ writes a Me. girl, “yet dared not eat for fear of the consequences. “I had suffered from indigestion from overwork, irregular meals and improper food, until at last my stom : ach became so weak I could eat scarcely any food without great dis | tress. “Many kinds of food were tried, all with the same discouraging effects. I i steadily lost health and strength until j I was but a wreck of my former self. “Having heard of Grape-Nuts and | its great merits. I purchased a pack age, but with little hope that it would help me—I was so discouraged. “I found it not only appetizing but that I could eat it as I liked and that it satisfied the craving for food with out causing distress, and if I may use the expression, it filled the bill.’ “For months Grape-Nuts was my principal article of diet. I felt from | the very first that I had found the right way to health and happiness, and my anticipations were fully re alized. “With its continued use I regained my usual health and strength. To-day I am well and can eat anything I like, yet Grape-Nuts food forms a part of my bill of fare." “There’s a Reason.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well ville,” in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A nev* one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human int:rest.