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OPiNIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS-
Work and Leisure.
MAINE motorrnan , having come into a fortune of
$00,000 , announces that he will continue to work
A for the company that now employs him. His money
at 5 per cent would give him leisure and an income
six times as great as his wages , but work is his
choice. The president of Harvard , who said In Boston
the other day that a man should work as hard and as long
as his health permits , will be interested in this Maine motorman -
torman , John 0. Tripp.
But the possession of wealth puts obligations on Trip ; *
He must try to do more than to earn his week's wages , lie
must aspire to rise until , like Motorrnan Root , who was
running a car seven years ago , he becomes general mana
ger of his company. He must cultivate his mind as much
as he can , studying books and men and politics , making
himself every year a more useful member of society. He
must dress as well as his purse permits , and educate his
children , if he has them , and give his fellow molormen a
helping hand and be good to the poor. His fortune will
make life more complex for him , loading him with new
responsibilities. He will find enough to do to keep him
busy if he does not seek to shirk his obligations.
And a word about President Eliot's precept regarding
hard work. It is the palvation of man that he is obliged to
labor. lie is happier than ho-.would be under enforced
Idleness and more useful to society and to himself. And
to work a little harder than you have to that is the secret
of success.
Relaxation in its place is equally beneficial. The Har
vard president gets it when lie goes to a Boston symphony-
concert or makes an after-dinner speech. He got it as a
youth rowing a boat witli other undergraduates on the
Charles River. If he had spent that leisure or were to
spend it now in hard mental labor uiireniitted we do not
suppose he would be any greater man than he is , any more
than we can suppose a motormnn or a miner working hours
overtime would be more serviceable to his employer or
better equipped for the next day's work. There is much
to be said to the contrary , and much to be said about that
moderation which secures for the toiler a proper relation
between work and leisure. Xew York World.
\
. Learn to Forget Injuries.
OME people are so intent on revenging their injuries
that they never have time to accomplish anything
( worth while for themselves. From a purely selfish
and practical standpoint , not to consider the moral
aspect of the matter , revenge is not worth the trouble
that it takes to accomplish. A man had better employ
himself in honest , productive labor which will bring him
some valuable returns instead of giving himself up to petty
schemes for "getting even" on his enemies : Every man
would do well to wipe out all those old scores of enmity
which he had intended to pay back by evil retaliation , and
start afresh to do something honest and positively bene
ficial for himself.
After all , most of our enemies would be our friends if
we knew one another better. Few , men are wholly or ma
liciously evil , and when one does another an injury there
Is usually some misunderstanding at the bottom of it. How
often it happens that mutually hostile men , having been
thrown together by chance and become mutually acquaint
ed , conceive a warm friendship for each other ?
This is a busy world and life Is too short to remember
grievances a long while or to take trouble for the sake of
obtaining revenge. A man must learn to forget injuries
as well as to remember favors , else he will go backward
Instead of forward in life. The past is dead. Let it be
Think of the future and endeavor to build up your own
fortune and happiness instead of tearing down the fortune
and happiness of your enemy , who may be , for all you
know , some decent fellow not nearly so black as you paint
him. San Francisco Bulletin.
Vandalism at Niagara.
| AMENTATIONS come from Niagara Falls over the
& intrusion of power-houses and industrial innovations
I upon the scenery. The American side has not been
J. helped esthetically by the various means devised to
make the river run in harness , but the reservation of
the State of New York seems to have been reasonably well
guarded. Victoria Park , on the Canadian side , has not
fared so well. Vociferous complaints are made about the
ABSENT-MINDED VICTIMS.
iLudicrous Tales Told of Their Ex
traordinary Performances.
A peculiar trait of humanity is what
Is-called absent-mindedness , and many
are the amusing stories told of those
suffering from this species of mental
aberration.
A Cambridge professor , whose fits of
mental aberration were as frequent as
they were amusing , wassone day out in
a heavy rain , with his umbrella held
high over his head , when he met a
friend , who stopped him and ex-
chi.'ined ' : "Dear me , Prof. M , why
don't you put up your umbrella ? You'll
be drenched ! "
"Put up my umbrella ? " said the pro
fessor. "It is up. "
For half an hour , more or less , the ,
professor had been walking the streets
with a closed umbrella held above his
head.
At another time the same scholar
was riding downtown in an electric
car , and lost himself in a book he was
reading. Suddenly he noticed symp
toms of merirmeut among the other
passengers. What cofld they be laughIng -
Ing at ?
The mystery was explained when he
discovered that , having been annoyed
by something between the plate of his
artificial teeth and the roof of his
mouth , he had removed the teeth and
\va < holding fheiu up to view between \
the tlhimb and finger of his hand !
Still more embarrassing was the case
of a lady who hurried into church one
Sunday morning without her bonnet ,
and when reminded of the omission
by her husband , who had preceded her
by several minutes , rose hastily and
hurried up the broad aisle with a large
red parasol raised and held close to
her head !
A certain old man suffered much
from absent-mindedness , and was fre
quently compelled to seek the assist
ance of his servant
Ihomas , " he would say , "I Uave
ju.M. been looking for something , and
alarming concessions of the Canadian commissioners t
tunnel-builders and power companies on that side of thi
river. Several power-houses are being built in Victorii
Park itself , and , worst of all , another is building in th (
gorge at the foot of the Horseshoe Falls. The Canadiai
commission has shown itself so indulgent to industrial
companies that confidence in it is violently shaken. Thq
New .York commissioners have made a protest against its
concessions , and the feeling is that , bad as is what hai
been done , there is only too much reason to fear that worse
remains behind. Another ominous enterprise is going oq
at Niagara. An American company is using electricity to , I
extract nitrogen products from air. Mr. Wells write a
prophetic story that turned on the discovery of a process
for getting nitrogen out of the air and turning it into
food. Tlie upshot of the tale was that the atmosphere
was deprived of so much nitrogen that the resulting excess
of hydrogen made every one tipsy , and thing wont from
bad to worse , until finally the atmosphere took fire. If
any such process as that has begun at Niagara the police
should be notified. Whatever needs to be done to restrain
the liberality of the Victoria Park commission must be d ne
by the people or Government of Canada. All we can co
is to spread the tale of vandalism and stir remonstrance
Harper's Weekly.
The Metric System.
action of the international customs congress ,
which has recently been in session in New York , In
THE
voting unanimously in favor of the adoption of the
metric system of weights and measures , Is another
indication of the growing popularity of that system.
It has spread so rapidly that the European states , with
the exception of England and Russia , have adopted It , as
have the the South American states and Mexico , and even
Turkey and Egypt.
Both in England and Russia the sentiment is growing
steadily in favor of the change. There are 290 members
of the present House of Commons in England in favor of
the metric system , and the Premier , in speaking on the
subject , said : "There can be no doubt whatever that the
judgment of the whole civilized world , not excluding the
countries which still adhere to the antiquated systems
under which we suffer , has long decided that the metric
system is the only rational system. "
Opinion in the United States is divided on the subject
but the people of this country will have to consider whethei
they want to be out of harmony with all other nations on
this continent and in Europe on this subject. It certainly
will not be advantageous to our foreign trade.
A recent consular report from Mr. Mason , in Berlin ,
deals particularlj * with this phase of the case. Germany
made the change in 1872 without difficulty , and Consul
Mason says that public opinion there is unanimously of the
opinion that great advantage has been derived from the
change. Inquiry among importers led the consul to believe
that our trade was injured by the use of the awkward
system at present employed in the United States. Phila
delphia Press.
Shall Clergymen Work as Mechanics ?
prominent Philadelphia clergyman urges young men
who contemplate entering the minstiy to learn some
trade either before or after ordination. He is moved
to give this advice by the large number of ministers - '
ters who are without a charge. As the number of
ministers without charges is increasing rather than dimin
ishing , the most effective way to comply with the law ofi
demand and supply would be to reduce the supply. It
could hardly happen otherwise than that , under the plan
proposed , there would be either poor clergymen or poor
mechanics. The ministry is an exacting profession , and
in the present strife for mastery in mechanics the Inferior
is left behind. If it should appear that that inferior was
also a clergyman his value as a mechanic would not be
enhanced. There has never jjeen a time when high schol
arship was more urgently required in the pulpit than at
present. Not only does the layman incline more to enquiry
than formerly , but lie enters the tl/eological debate with
better equipment. If the teachings of the scientists of
the nineteenth century do not possess the force of divine
authority they furnish arguments with which the skeptical
layman may confuse the minister who has not had time to
study both sides of the theological question. San Francisco
Bulletin.
now I can't remember what it is , "
whereupon the obliging Thomas in
variably made suggestions.
"Was it your purse , or spectacles , or
checkbook , sir ? " and so on , he would
inquire , until he hit upon the right
object.
One night , after the old man had re
tired , the bell rang for Thomas , and
on reaching the bedroom he found his
master rambling aimlessly about the
room.
"Thomas , Thomas. " he said , "I came
up here for something , and now I've
forgotten what. "
"Was it to go to bed , sir ? " suggested
the faithful retainer.
"Ah , the very thing , the very thing !
Thank you , Thomas. Good night ! "
A clergyman , walking one day in the
country , fell into thought. He was so
accustomed to ride that , when he
found himself at a toll , he stopped and
shouted to the man :
"Here , what's to pay ? "
"Pay for what ? " asked the man.
"For 1113 * horse , " said the clergyman. -
"What horse ? There's no horse , sir. "
"Bless me ! " exclaimed the clergy
man , looking down between his legs ,
"I thought I was on horseback ! "
One of the finest instances of absence
of mind on record is that furnished by
a certain Oxford don , whose "scholar
ly abstraction" frequently landed him
in difficulties. Dining out one night ,
he suddenly became immersed in
thought , and for a time sat gazing at
his plate , evidently deeply engrossed in
some mighty problem.c
Now , it happened that his left-hand
neighbor , a portly dame , had a habit of
cesting her hands on the table , palm
down and fingers closed.
Suddenly the professor awoke from
his brown study , seized his-fork , stuck
it into the plump paw reposing to the
left of his plate , and , beaming genially
through his glasses , remarked , "My
bread , I think ! "
The first Lord Lyttleton , an English
nobleman , was very absent-minded. It
is declared of him that , when he fell
Into the river by the upsetting of a
boat at Hagley , "he sank twice before
he recollected that he could swim. "
Chinese Fruits.
" 'Tis an ill wind that blows nobody
any good. " Now that China IB being
opened to civilization Western nations
may have many things , both strange
and good , from that country. A writer -
er in Garden and Farm says that some
of the Chinese fruits , cunningly coax
ed and lovingly cherished through
many centuries , are said by travelers
to be delicious.
There is an orange grown In China ,
that is reported to surpass In sweet-t
ness and delicacy any of the oranges' '
to which the people of Europe or
America are accustomed ; and it may
be grown in places where the tempera
ture falls twenty degrees below the
freezing point. There is also a peach
unlike anything to which the West Is
accustomed , and a winter muskmelon
jthat will appeal irresistibly to the
American palate. This melon is at its
bcst in December and January.
1 There are many other good things
in China to , which the United States
i will doubtless be introduced hi time.
j Of some of the choice Chinese dishes ,
such as bird's-nest soup and the like ,
there have been abundant descriptions ;
! but there are better things in reserve.
The fruits are described as surpassing
those of any other country.
: Disappointed.
; The story is told of a Scotchman ,
one of several brothers , whose father ,
a wealthy man , had died. There was
much quarreling about the property.
A friend condoled with them on the
bereavement. "Well , " said he , "our ]
father's death might have been a ? ealt'
pleasure to us : instead of that it ls {
only a misery. "
No Chance to Got Picture * .
Mrs. Gaddie They hain't got many
pixtures in their house.
Mrs. Kromo I didn't s'pose they
had. Why , she told me they don't
never buy no tea at all ; don't use Jt
Philadelphia Press.
CANADA'S DIAMOND FIELD8.
ftlncs as Rich as Those of South
rica , Perhapa , Near Hudson's Bay.
Somewhere in the far North , south
f Hudson's Bay , lie undiscovered dla-
nond fields as rich as those of South
Lfrica. At least , this is the assertion
if ProfessorAV. H. Hobbs in an article
written for the Popular Science
Uouthly.
In proof of his remarkable s'tatement
Professor Hobbs has prepared a map
svhich shows within * a few hundred
miles where the great diamond belt
aiay be found.
The reason of his investigation was
the discovery of the following seven
diamonds in Wisconsin and adjoining
States :
'Eagle stone" 1U carats
Oregon diamond 4 carats
Kohlsville diamond -J carats
Saukville diamond 0 carats
Burlington diamond 2 carats
uDowagiac stouc" 11 e.jratd
Milford diamond < > carats
These diamonds were picked up by
farmers who were ignorant of the.r
worth , and kept as curios for'years be
fore their true value was discovered.
The Saukville diamond was kept on
the clock shelf of a. farmhouse for six
teen years before it .was recognized as
anything but a curious bit of brijiu
quart/ . .
The "Eagle stone' ' was kept for scv
u years and then sold to a Milwaukee
Jeweler for a dollar , neither buyer nor
seller having any idea of its worth.
Perhaps the 'strangest fact ale ! '
these discoveries that attracted th >
attention of Professor Hobbs \\as that
'the soil in which these seven diamond- ,
were found was not in any case the
kind from which diamonds could be
produced.
In spite of all the digging and delv
ing that followed every discovery no
second stone was ever found.
Professor Ilobbs soon dscovied
that all these diamonds , besides a
number of smaller ones , had been
found along the ridges of land formal
millions of years ago by the jreat gla
ciers that had moved down from tha
north.
He at once concluded that the pre
cious gems had been carr ! l to tha
places where they were found by thosu
moving icefields that are known to
have existed long before there was any
life on this planet.
When at last the glaciers stopped
and melted , the diamonds which they
had carried on their backs werq
dropped upon the ground , to be dis
covered ages afterward by Wisconsin
farmers.
The important question , therefore , to
be answered is : At what place die
the glaciers pick up the diamonds ?
Professor Hobbs replies by tracing
, seven lines northward from the place *
w'here the stones , were found , showing
.that they come almost to a point jus
south of Hudson Bay.
I "The ancestral home of these diamonds
mends , " says Professor Hobbs , "mus
ibe in the wilderness of Canada be
tween the j tints where the severa
tracks converge upon one another. I
is by no means improbable that whor
the barren territory about Hudsoi
Bay is thoroughly explored a region
for profitable diamond mining may bj
revealed. " New York World.
The Unknown Swamp.
Within twenty miles of one of
largest and most energetic of tin
Southern cities of the coast , and on ths
border lands of two of the oldesl
Southern States , there lies a districl
some two or three hundred square
miles in extent , but little better known
at this day than it was 150 years ag
when George Washington himself laij
out a route through its wilderness
The name alone , "The Dismai
Swamp , " is a by-word everywhere
When the spring is far enough alonj
for the wild honeysuckle and jasmin <
land the arbutus vines to be hanging in
delicious masses over the sides of th
'ditches and reaching down to the red-
brown water , of a color so clear an < J
warm and sunny , then there is.a festival , ,
tival time in the Swamp. Companiej
of young people come from the villages
lying around the borders of thf
swamp , twenty or thirty at a time
with some slight camping outfit , em
'bark on large , flat-bottomed dugouts
that draw but little water , and then
'are ' poled up-the ditches for ten 01
[ twelve miles from the fertile farm
[ lands of the outer world to the sav-
jagely luxuriant beauty of a lake hid-
tden in the midst of the wilderness.
'Then ' at a camp on the lake shore thej
spend a night or two , fishing in th ?
lake , poling along its shores , doing q
.little . shooting perhaps , much dancing
'in the evenings and merry-making , un-
itil they are poled out again , often bj
a different route. A real spring fes
tival that has been a habit in thai
country for many years. Leslie'/
Monthly. (
Colors Injurious
Experiments with glass of various
colors in greenhouses indicate thai
nothing is better than plain uncoloree
glass. With violet colored glass the
size of fruit was decreased , and quality
injured and the earliness retarded , al
though the number of fruit was great
er. Other colors were injurious ir.
every way.
Not Feazed by lightning.
A curious characteristic peculiar to
the California redwood tree is that If
the head is cut off by lightning a new
one will gradually grow out in its place
as shapely as the first.
If a woman is a widow , and has a
solemn 12-year-old daughter , the girl
lias her duties the same as any chaper
on.
on.Don't
Don't you * complain too much , and
don't you find too much fault ? Think
It over.
Hints to Girls.
Bedspreads of net are especially
dainty and airy for summer bedrooms.
Upholsterers show a heavy variety of
the net for this purpose wihch is rath
er coarse-meshed. The spread should
be large enough to fall over the bed
on three sides and just clear the floor
when finished ; itshould have an edge
of heavy Russian lace 4 or 5 inches
wide . If liked , a ruffle or valance of
the net may be put around the bed ,
the lace-edged spread to fall over it.
These spreads are often used over an
under piece of colored sateen , green ,
rose or yellow.
To supplement the services of a
small writing desk a deep shirred bag
of heavy silk or of velveteen may be
Fitted and attached below the table of
the desk. This is useful to hold let
ters , etc.
A delicious tea cake that may easily
give your " 5 o'clocks" a deserved rep
utation is thus made : Reserve the
white of one of six eggs , beating the
yolks to a stiff froth ; add five ounces
of sugar and the same quantity of almonds
mends that have been blanched and
pounded fine in a mortar , with three
ounces of flour , the grated rind of half
a lemon , one ounce of orange peel cut
very fine , a dust of ground cloves , and
half a teaspoonful of cinnamon. Final-
tween the two the bridesmaid should
enter the room first , followed by the
maid of honor and then the bride with
her father , or whoever is to give her
away. As in a church wedding , the
ushers head the bridal processsion.
Health and Beauty Hints.
A hot strained infusion of cam
omile flowers is useful as a lotion
when the eyelids are inflamed.
Cold cream rubbed around the nails
will counteract the tendency to crack
and will keep the skin around the nails
soft and fresh-looking.
To cure corns take white-pine tur
pentine , spread a plaster , apply to the
corn and allow it to stay on until the
corn comes off itself. Repeat this
several times.
For chapped lips wring a soft linen
cloth out of hot water in which a little
borax has been dissolved and press
to the mouth , repeating the operation
several times daily.
A good remedy for sleeplessness is
to wet a towel and apply it to the
back of the neck , pressing it up to
ward the base of the brain , and fasten
ing over this a dry cloth to prevent
too rapid evaporation. The effect will
be found prompt and pleasant , cool
ing the brain and inducing a sweet
MRS. H. A. PHILLIPS.
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Mrs. Phillips was recently elected president of the Chicago Culture Club.
ly the single beaten white is quickly
Etirred in and the cake baked in small
round pans. Harper's Bazar.
Beauty , ' 1 act and Grace.
Mrs. Laurence Townsend. wife of
the United States minister to Belgium ,
is one of the most popular American
women in Europe.
Recently while on
a visit to England
she was a guest of
the King and
Queen , whose ad
miration and high
esteem she posses
ses , and later in
London she scor
ed success as a
musician. She i >
MBS. L. TOWKSEND a composer or no
mean ability and plays the piano well.
Mrs. Townsend is a native of Phila
delphia. She possesses beauty , tact
and grace and is popular in the diplo
matic set at the Belgian capital. She
takes a deep interest in struggling
American musicians abroad and has
often helped them in the line of their
studies and in other ways. Her home
in Brussels is famous for its hospital
ity , the brilliancy and wit of the host
ess attracting to it noted personages.
Among her particular friends in high
places are the Prince and Princess
of Pless.
Weddinjr Etiquette.
If you cannot be present at the wed
ding reception of your friend you
should send your cards to the bride
and bridegroom and also to the bride's
parents , or to whoever invited you to
the wedding reception. If you attend
the reception you should leave your
cards at the house. Should the bride
groom be an intimate friend it would
be both kindly and courteous to send
a present to the bride not necessarily
an expensive sift with a note of con
gratulation and good wishes.
It is not necessary for the bride to
provide carriages for the guests at tlu
wedding unless the guests come from
a long distance , and carriages must
meet train. Bridal veils should always
be worn unless a bride wears a travel
ing costume. Tulle veils , absolutely plainer
or finished with lace , are the most be
coming of all. The veil should be long
enough to reach within a short dis
tance of the hem of the skirt. It Is al
ways a little difficult to arrange for a
bndal procession when there is a maid
of honor and only one bride m .id , bat
in order to mark the distlnctteo
and peaceful slumber. Warm water Is
better than cold for the purpose. Thla
remedy will prove useful to people
suffering fr6m overwork , excitement
or anxiety.
Children in schools should be care
fully watched in order to guard against
troubles with the eyes , as shortsight
edness is becoming yearly a more com
mon defect. They should not be al
lowed to hold the books nearer tha
eyes than , fourteen inches , and must
not stoop over their work.
The "no-soap-on-the-face" fad would
win more adherents If so many of its
advocates did not carry on their faces
more or less blackheads the very
thing that cold water and "no soap"
are supposed to banish. There ara
without doubt some skins so tender
that a smart scrub with a brush , warm
water and soap roughens and breaks
them. There are also many young
women living in the country who have
charming complexions notwithstanding
that cold water and hard water at
that is their only cosmetic. It Is
plain , however , that for most women
who live in a large town , where dust
and grime are rampant , soap In some
form is a necessity if they would keep
t ieir faces clean. Plentiful bathing
*
with cold water after the face bath
with complexion brush and soap Is a
necessity , but taken by Itself It gen
erally works mischief.
Easy Way to Clean House.
A systematic way of cleaning avoids
confusion and at the sajne time makes
the work much lighter. For instance ,
one or two days can be devotedto ,
the cleaning of beds ; another day to
the cleaning of windows and raking
down the soiled draperies which can
be washed and ironed on the following
day. After this Is done , a day should
be set apart for the brushing down of
walls and freeing pictures and mir
rors from dust and dirt. This work
can be followed by what Is necessary
in the way of whitewashing , papering-
and painting. Then comes the floors.
If you are fortunate enough to havs
them polished or painted , a day can
be utilized In having them cleaned and
freshened. Where carpets are used
It la an excellent Idea to hare them
taken np and purified from the win
ter's dirt. The expense Is not large
and It gives the satisfaction that one's
house is more * ireet and
An electric carpet alien-
At * spring fever.
