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BEST
JErsfST'
THE VALUE OF SAYING "NO."
"No" Ib characterized ns "a mono
syllable the easiest learned by a child,
but the most difficult to practice by
tho man."
Dr. Johnson dlsplajs a world of wis
dom In these few simple lines, and
the saying Is no less true In regard
to women than It Is to men.
It seems cold and heartless to a
man to rcfuso to lend n friend a little
money to tide over some anxious time,
and yet It Is a great question as to
whether he Is Justified In doing so
If he himself Ib forced to make tome
of his own creditors wait while his
money Is fulfilling a friend's need.
In domestic life a woman hnB also
much call for the little monobyllablo
"No." She may dislike to disappoint
her children In some matters, but
knowB in her heart of hearts that the
granted favor would be bad for their
health or future happiness.
Yet how few mothers do say "No"
under such circumstances! And they
excuse themselves by saying It Is bad
for children to be thwarted! Sao It is.
but If the said children were brought
up to know that their mother had
always a good reason for her decis
ion nnd wns not to be cajoled out of
that decision, the mother would save
a great deal of annoyance both to
herself and to others thrown In con
tact with her offspring. Philadelphia
Ledger.
THE WEST LENDING MONEY.
It has not been very many years
since the great and growing West wns
largely dependent on the money cen
ters of the far Cast for the greater
part of the money needed In all lines
of business. Funds required for about
everything from crop moving to coun
ty courthouses had to bo secured from
Wall street or some of Its adjacent
branches and the charges for this
money In th? aggregate made qu'lto
n drain on our traffic profits. This
dependence on the East had a tenden
cy to belittle the Importance of the
West In the eyes of the Manhattan
money kings and the possibility of
a release from this commercial bond
age to them received but scant con
sideration. It Is now being forced
upon them with unmistakable clear
ness. Not only has the West devel
oped a financial power that renders
her almost wholly independent of the
East, but western capital is actually
Invading the domain of Wall street
and picking up financial bargains
which, by virtue of years of monop
oly, that great money power had come
o regard ns exclusively Its own.
Portland Oregonlan.
UNPROFITABLE HOARDING.
Money hoarded means Interest lost.
The old stocking Is as undesirable for
the keeping of money as the unsound
bank. This is a financial turlsm.
It is equally true of goods and chat
tels. The gown of winter before last,
stored In a capacious attic, gathers
moths, but loses its rightful interest
the comfort and ease which it might
bring to some poor woman. The
worn overcoat, kept by Its owner "in
case of need," falls of its proper ser
vice In the actual "case of need" of
the half-clothed laboring man out of
work through Illness.
So of the cast-off clothes of the
mind discarded magazines and
books. Tho increasing piles of these
waste interest on tho top shelves ot
the well-filled library, while the actlvo
minds of men, women and children
leBs well supplied hunger for tho food
of the printed page, until ungratlfied
desire dies, and they sink to tho level
of tho unreadlng mnss.
Whatever has service In It should
bo passed on promptly from hand 10
hand until that power of service Is
exhausted. The rubbish heap Is more
creditable than an unused accumula
tion of useful things. Hoarding is
bad economy In every department of
life. Losing interest on savings .s
foolish Improvidence, whether the In
terest Is reckoned In dollars and
cents or in gratitude, relief and com
fort. Youth's Companion.
HOW TO STAY YOUNG.
How old are you? The adage says
that women are as old as they look
and men as old as they feel. That's
wrong. A man and woman are as old
as they take themselves to be.
Growing old Is largely a habit of
the mind. "Ab a man thlnketh In his
heart so is he." If he begins shortly
after middle age to Imagine himself
growing old bo will be old.
To keep one's self from decrepitude
Is somewhat a matter of will power.
The fatCB are kind to the man who
hangs on to life with both hands. He
who lets go will go. Death Ih slow
only to tackle the tenacious.
Ponce do Leon searched In tho
wrong place for the fountain of youth.
It Is In one's self. One must keep one's
self young inside. So that while "tho
outer roan perisheth the inner man Is
renewed day by day."
When the human mind ceases to ex
pert Itself, whon there Is no longer an
Motive Interest In tho affairs of this
-Hfe; when tho human stops reading
' and thinking and doing, the man, like
a blasted tree, begins to die at the top.
Vou nro as old as you think you are.
Keep the harness on. Your Job Ib
not done. Milwaukee Journal,
WORLD'S
WRITERS
THE POWER OF "DIXIE."
No other song has ever touched tho
hearts of all the people of this land
as "Dixie" touches them. During the
wnr "John Brown's Body" swept the
heart strings of the north nnd their
brnve "boa in blue." The war has
passed nnd the song Is passing, Ib al
ready much of a memory. Hut "Dixie"
Is moro vlbrnnt with llfo todny than
It wns when It cheered the lean and
hungry legions that were battling for
tho "lost cause." It has not only sur
vived the war, but slnco then It has
conquered tho conquerors nnd echoes
In the heartB of those that loved the
blue as In the hearts of those that
loved tho gray. It has tho mnglc of
tho "Marselllnlso" In It. Hut It Is
without Its clarion call that excites
the red blood of strife. It Is gay,
sweet, serene, Indefatigable. It may
not be great music, but It has the
quality of all that counts In this
world survival and It Is one of
those ballads of a nation that the very
wise man reckoned as moro powerful
than laws. Indianapolis News.
NO PLACE FOR SHIRKER.
Then It bluntly follows thnt thero
Is no religion at all In shirk and no
salvation for the shirker. There must
bo a new vision of honest labor, as
the hopefulest sign of manhood. To
cut down our work to a minimum Is
the new sin of tho twentieth century.
To hinder a man or a woman from
earning dally bread violates not so
much civil law, as the Golden Rule.
Wo have got a huge He Imbedded In
our modern view of labor. It Is some
thing to be avoided, something to be
legislated out as far as possible. The
now religion will demand more work
rather than less, but a fair division
of Its obligations and aftorward Jus
tice In distribution. The sooner we
turn our faces away from the dogmas
of mediaeval pietism and the crotchets
of formalism tho better for us.-.
Church Register.
THE FOLLY OF GILT LACE.
As I have often said, I wonder that
raonarchs cannot officially meet with
out each arraying himself In the uni
form of tho other. If I were to call
on a Turk I should not, put on a fez
and expect him to cover 'his head with
a hat. Why, Indeed, monarchs should
wear uniforms except when taking
part at reviews I do not know. They
are tho heads of states which aro
composed of clvlllnns who pay a cer
tain number of persons to bo soldiers,
or who oblige all to serve as soldiers
for a fixed period.
Why, too, an English cltlr.cn who
Is asked to attend tho Levee of his
Sovereign supposing that he has no
uniform, as Is tho case with many
should be called upon to array him
self In the dress of a bygone age ot
velvet and frills, with a sword by IiIb
side, is also a thing that surpasses
my understanding. Tho poor man
manages to look as ridiculous as some
stout civilian deputy-lieutenant strap
ped up In the uniform of a colonel.
Ixmdon Truth.
BEAUTY ON THE DOWN GRADE.
A warning note Is struck by a lady,
who has both medical and literary
sum, against the reckless disregard
Of those laws Which In.lkn fnr linnittv
We English aro growing plainer, she
avers, simply because we allow even
our children to bo affected by the
stress and strain of modern life. The
smartness, tho ability to look after
themselves and tho athleticism of the
women and children of the present
time spell physical ruin. Beauty Is
rarely seen nowadays In Its unadorned
style. Lovely women nro artificial
products, and really lovely children
are as scarce as auks' eggs. The rea
son Is that our expressions have
grown anxious, eager, cold, our limbs
and members are strained out of
shape by overexerclse, our complex
Ions nnd hair are starved for lack of
nervo force. The exaulslto enmninv.
Ions, luxuriant locks, dcllcnte features
and clear. Innocent-looking eyes that
one associates with beauty are so scl
dora seen as to be quite remarknblo
when they are, and we are threatened
with a still further decrease of these
elements of good looks unless we
bring back our girls to the prunes
and prisms style of upbringing, which
perhaps after all is the best for them.
The "larger life" certainly has Itr
drawbacks. London World.
WHY NOT ENDOW MEN?
We venture, to assert that if our
men of great wealth and philanthropic
motives who have lately been giving
so generously and largely of their ac
cumulations to tho endowment of col
legos, hospitals, libraries and other
worthy objects and Institutions should
turn some part of this volume of be
neficence Into tho endowment of men,
they might be contributing even moro
largely In some Instances to the prog
ress of the world and tho happiness
and well-being of their fellows. Wo
mean by this the selection of men of
character, experience and proved abil
ity and tlmir assignment to some lino
of needed educational, charitable ot
reform work, with a fair and Just sal-
in i nllnu-nnnn f.itnr.inlnn.l rn n -
" o .....v..... ivji a rvu-i
sounble number of years, If not fort
lire. Leslie's Weekly.
MAKES HUE KINDLING EASY.
New Combination a Welcome Thing
On a Cold Morning.
There Is an nrt in starting a tiro
that Is not known to oer one, which
Is frequently attested b the news
paper repot ttt of unfoituniito sonant
girls who are blown through the
kitchen roof while attempting to light
the stoe with the aid of a can of
kerosene. For thos-o who are not pos
sessed of the aforesaid nrt and who
arc not pnrticulatly nnlous to meet
the fate of the unfortunates icfirreil
to. there has been devised a really
commendable assistant In the foim of
a klndler.
Now, everybody knows thnt one of
tho very best aids to fire-making Is n
nice plno knot or light wood stick, but
Using the Kindler.
the great difficulty that confronts tho
nverage housohold In the consideration
ot this method Is that tho means arc
not rendlly procurable.
Tho now klndler consists of a com
bination of Intlnmmable, but not dan
gerous, Btibstances, which nro lighted
nnd thrust Into the rnngo or stovo or
furnace, for It wrll do Its work equally
well In one as the other. Tho patentee
describes his Invention na consisting
of n core or foundation of wood contcd
with a mixture of rosin nnd tnllow,
nnd finally enveloped with finely cut
shavings of wood pulp. Ono end of
the wood Is free of tho coating, and
is thus easily used as n handle.
Killed 150 Rattlers.
This country rings with tho praises
of a party of bIx Pittsburg telephone
linemen who yesterday blew a hun
dred nnd fifty rattlesnakes In one
bunch by modern methods. Tho
slaughter took place near Garrett,
where the progress of the telephone
employes was impeded by rnttlers,
which came out in great droves on the
mountain bide.
On a ledge of rock the linemen saw
what they claimed was a bunch of
many hundreds, and they laid plans
for a killing. Yesterday morning, at
daybreak, dynnmltc was placed on
two sides of the ledgo of rocks where
the snake congress met, anil at noon
when all the snakes had crawled o'tt
to sun themselves the explosions
came. When the smoke cleared away
124 snakes were found dead. Tho
linemen report that previous to this,
In six days, they had killed fifty rat
tlers with their guns nnd clubs.
Somerset (Pa.) cormspondenco of tho
Baltimore Sun.
Scarf of William the Conqueror.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Wentworth Fltz
trilllam of Milton Hall, Peterborough,
England, have a little baby. When the
baby was christened a few weeks ago
tho Infant, following a custom which
has been observed in tho Fltzwllllam
family for centuries, wore tho famous
William tho Conqueror scarf. This
Bcarf. it Is said, Is ono of tho two au
thentic possessions of tho Conqueror,
and was proscnted to a direct ances
tor of tho family who was n marshal
In tho Conqueror's host. Now over
800 years old, It Is In a somewhat tit
tered and precarious condition. So
cherished a practice has It becomo in
the fnmlly thnt the present Earl Fltz
willlnm, who waH born in Cannda, was
brought to England to bo baptized, In
order that he might bo adorned with
tho historic garment.
Mafia's Emblem.
This Is tho slgnaturo most dreaded
by, the sons ot Italy.
Mouse Nest Under Rallrcad Frpg.
A mouso nest under a frog In tho
railroad tracks near here has been
discovered by V. K. Sharp, tho sta
tion agent, and the Rev. W, Bennett,
Tho nest Is within a fow Inches of
tho rails, over which hundreds of cats
pass dally. Berlin (Pa.) correspon
dent Philadelphia Record.
Novel Milking Process.
In tho now Umschnu electric milk
ing process a rubber cap Is placed over
tho cow's udder, and the milk Is drawn
by the suction of an electrically driv
en pump. Tho method Is claimed to
bo both cleaner and quicker than
hand-milking.
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HIS DUTY TO TEST ALU.
English Official Fined 32 Cents for
Neglecting His Duty.
Among tho curious old customs still
surviving In England, one or tho most
Intt'icHiIng Is that nt Dunstable, where
tho town council has an official ale
taster
Not Is this offico a sinecure, since
the nldernmn who holds It wns the
other day fined 32 cents for neglect of
duty, and before being icnppolntud to
It he gae promise to discharge faith
full) his service In future
Last Saturday night he sot out on a
round of the public houses. At each
of them he called for ale, whtau wns
willingly given when tho wnirnnt had
been read, hotting forth his duties as
follows: "To know good nle, to taste
tho assise and goodness of nil ale
within the precincts of the manor, and
to look after tho mcasuics used In
public houses."
At most of tho plnces which ho
visited ho was able to glvo a guarantee
that the ulo was "of good body, free
from harmful Milmtances, and of full
meanuie."
This the Joyful publicans nre now
exhibiting In the windows of their hos
tolrleu to advertise their wares withal
Sketch.
CAT LOVES SWEET CORN.
Every Day He Brings an Ear fer His
Owner to Husk.
Jack, a pet of Miss A. M. Flagg of
Exeter, Mass., Is a black and white
cat of remaikablo size and beauty, and
posseted of Intelligence of a lugh or
der. He has this season developed an In
oidlnato fondness for sweet corn, nnd
for some time has dally brought to his
mlstiess an car, which she would
husk, whereupon he has eagerly de
vout ed every kernel of tho corn und
at times much of tho cob.
How Jnck seemed his tidbit hns
been a mystery Just holved nfter long
watching. Ho was seen to entt'r tho
gat don, lenp high upon n corn stalk
ntid bend It to tho ground. It wns
then nn easy mntter to tour off tho
coeted ear.
Manchurlan Pagoda.
This Illustration, from tho London
Sphere, sIiowb the tulns of ono of tho
Chinese pagodas in Manchuria. Pa
godas aro Btill erected occasionally,
but foreign Ideas have crept In to tho
oxent that they aro sometimes built
of iron Instead of brick.
Rats Cause Disastrous Explosion.
A remarkablo gas explosion oc
curred recently In Ix-ndon. The explo
sion took place underneath tho foot
way, dislodging some paving stones
nnd throwing up among a quantity of
debris two dozen large rats, killed by
the explosion, and n number of oth
ers, moro or less Injured, scampered
away In nil directions. An examina
tion disclosed the fact that tho net
work of gas and water pIpeB at tho
spot had formed tho nesting place of
a colony of rats. Moreover, tho re
mains of several matches indicated
the probability that they had been car
ried theio by the rodents, nnd, becom
ing Ignited by friction, had caused tho
explosion of gas which had escaped
from the mnln and accumulated there,
Infant In All but Intellect.
There has just died In Stockerau,
Bavaria, at tho ago of 28 years, a
dwarf, Maria Schumann, who passed
her wliolo llfo In tho cradlo whero she
slept her first sloop twenty-eight years
ago. Up to tho day of her death this
strange creature preserved tho height
and general appoaranco of an Infant
of a few months, but her Intellect wns
normally dovelopcd, and nothing could
huvo been odder than to hear this
tiny baby In tho cradlo talk like an
adult, with much vlvnclty and Intelli
gence! Late Census Figures.
Tho 1900 consus shows that whlto
farmers operated 4,970,120 farms In
this country, with a total of 708,908,187
acres and valued at $19,091,131,880, ex
clusive of products. Nogroos operat
ed 740,717 farms, Including 38,233,933
acres and valuod at $409,943,734. In
dians had 19,910 farms valued at $38,
239,178; Chinese 1,842 farma, Japaucso
r,70 nnd Hawallans 189. Of tho entlro
number of farmers 3,149.344 owned
their entlro farm and 4Iil,5in were part
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RICH MEN WERE WARY.
Card Sharper Disgusted Over Fail
ure of Efforts to Fleece Them.
At tho bankers' convention In New
York they told this ntoiy nbout .Indies
Stlllmnn, president of the National
City bank. Ho was on his way homo
from Emopo not long ago and In
common with sonic other mngnntcH
was pestered by gamblers who want
ed him to piny cards. Ono morning
ns Mr Stlllman wns in close conver
sation with II. McK. Twombly the
nioht dnrlng member ot tho gnug of
card sharps pushed his way to them
and renewed his Impoitunllles. Turn
ing upon him thnt stccHIko glance
they know so well at tho Nntlonal
City bank, Mr. Stlllman said quietly:
"Ixiok here, now, I have repeatedly
told you that I do not wish to play
and do not Intend to play. Do you
sco (hat tuff rail? You get away from
me, sir, or I'll throw you overboard."
As tho gnmhler drew off Millcnly, ho
was heard to u'.nnrk. "This Is tho
cheapest 'hunch' of mllllouultcH I oer
struck on tho Atlantic."
HONORED BY ODD FELLOWS.
vN .3, awM
E. S. Conwny, tho newly elected
deputy grand Biro of the Odd Fellows'
fraternity, Is a resident of Oak Park,
Illinois. Ho was selected on tho sec
ond ballot at the convention in San
Francisco, Cal., by a vote of almost
two to ono over J. L. Nolan of Tennes
see. Mr. Conwny will have charge of
tho greater part of the work of tho
order, and this made tho fight for tho
position a spirited one.
THOUGHT PRINCE WAD WAITER.
Embarrassing Mistake Made by
Southern Millionaire.
Gov. Wnrfield of Maryland was ten
dered a reception In St. Louis, while
visiting the fair. Among other guests
was n millionaire tail mine ownor
from Louisiana nnd a Clngnleue
prince. Tho southerner desired to
order some Ico cream for a Baltimore
bcllo who wbb of Gov. Warficld s
party and looked around for a waiter.
His eye fell on tho oriental potentnte,
whom he took for a waiter and direct
ed to bring tho desired dainty. Tho
prince, however, wns game, bnw tho
humor of the -iltuatlon, and with the
nBslstanco of a waiter secured tho
delicacies nnd presented them to tho
Iialtimoro hollo with nil tho grace of
a cultured man of Ceylon's Isle. Tho
salt merchant's embarrassment was
almost painful when he realized the
situation, but npologles followed and
the prlnco laughed as heartily as an.
of the guests.
DON CARLOS IN DANGER.
A would-be assassin recently flrnd
two bhots at Don Carlos, the pretend
er to tho Spanish throne. His nlm was
bad nnd Don Curios was uninjured.
WON BY DISPLAY OF WEAL'i..
Wronged Husband Gives Long List of
Seducer'c Wiles.
CharloB H. Fox, a well-known Phila
delphia florist much patronized by
boclety, who Is suing Georgo L. Slpps,
a wealthy builder, for alienation of
his wife's affections, hns filed a list
of ways lit which ho says Slpps won
Mrs. Fox, as follows: "Spending
money while out with Mrs. Fox; wear
ing numerous flno and Impressive
suits of clothing; sporting many mag
nificent diamonds; by freely opening
choice vnrletles of wines. Inchniimr
champagne; by supplying Mrs. Fox
witn many oxnens ve and olfi-nnt
gowns; by taking Mrs. Fox with him
to an tno pleasure resorts In tho city;
by rare boquets und flowers; by pur
chasing many laces, furs and furbe
lows for Mrs. Fox; by tho largo tips
ho gave waiters In cafes while ac
companying Mrs. Fox; by hiring ve
hlclos and allowing them to stand by
the hour, regurdless of expense.
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MORGAN TO QUIT BUl
Son of Great Financier
Charge of Firm.
J. I'lerpont Morgan Jr. has lea?
n New York house, furnished,
four months, and Ik going to spend
tho winter there. Mr Moignn expects
to take up tho details of the mnnngo
meut of tho fit m of J. P. Morgan &
Co. nt the end of the year, when hit
father will retire from actlvo busi
ness, though remaining noinlnnlly at
tho head of the firm for some time.
Thu financier has pnld less atten
tion to his business and more to nrt
and charity lu the last two years, and.
It Is said, ho Is now willing to shift
almost the entlro responsibility upon
bis son und upon other partners, of
whom ho hns ten. It Is estimated that
Mr. Morg"n's wealth Is from $100
000,000 to $150,000,000.
CHIEF JOSEPH A GENERAL.
Head of the Nez Perces Indians Mad
Record as Fighter.
Old Joseph, chief ot the Nez Porco
Indlaim, Is dead. Joseph was a gen
eral. Ho was ono of thu fow savages
who succeeded in combining the boat
In tho red man's system of fighting
with thnt which ho hud learned from
tho whlto man'3 methods of war
fare. Ho mudu tho combination tell
In the field. Tho "Nez Perces had1
boon treated badly in tho matter of tfc
treaty. Joseph with his hand fought
for the land which tho whites would
have taken from him. He thrushei
tho troops. Reinforcements' wcro sent
and Joseph led his men In a masterly
retreat through tho mountains. CcJL
Nelson A. Miles wns sent nfter Chief
Joseph, nnd ho succeeded In rounding
up and bringing the band to bar
Overwhelmed by numbers, Josoph sur
rendered on condition thnt ho bo al
lowed to return to his own country.
Tho government promised and broko
Its pledge. Josoph, tho story goetr,'
onco snld to MIIcb: "You should lovk
mo; I mode a brave of you." Tbtrci
aro few of the Nez Porccs toft, and la
the death of Chief Joseph they bare
lost their last clnlm to distinction.
GRAND 8IRE OF ODD FELLOW&i
mwr stmjTr
Robert Emmet Wright, who has
been elected grand biro of tho Sover
eign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, has
for years been a dlstinKulshod mem
ber of tho ordor. Bora In Allontown,
Pa., Feb. 10, 1847, ho has lived thero
ever slnco and is Interested in many,
of Its Industries. Ho was educated
for a civil engineer, but Inter studlod
law, and hns acted as attornoy for
railway and other corporations. Fi
nancially ho Is interested In banks,
Btrect railways nnd other lr.rgo com
panics.
LEARNING THE GENTLE ART.
Ambassador Choate Makes a Discov
ery While Angling.
Joseph HodgoB Choate, American
ambassador to Great Britain, Is trying
to master tho gentlo art ot angling
under the direction ot an Englistt
"trouter." Ho writes to a frlond: "I
am getting on famously, my average
weeklly catch being about ono bite."
Not long ago Henry Whlto, secretary
of tho embassy, went down to tho
country place whero Choato Is Btop-,
ping and found him buty whipping s.
etream. Not far away a decaying flab
In tho tall grass wna attracting the
vermin in the air. Tho nmbassador
noticed Mr. White's glaueo nnd slight
aniff. "Whlto," said he, "did you ever
land a tiout?" "Just a few, Mr. Am- t
baasador." "I'm wondering if you
drow the moral I havo drawn. Did
you notice" pointing toward tho
wntcr and then to the decaying sub
stance "that it In much harder to
catch fish wJth fllvs than files with
fib?"
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