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of Great Papers on important Subjects. LITE'S LOOKING GLASS. HE world Is like a looking glass ; If you smile in It , it smiles back ; If you frown , It frowns. You may hear it said that one of the con ditions of life you cannot make or alter is ii environment that it is fixed , Inflexible , and that you are Its slave. That Is a lie. He ! . who'thinks the world Is full of good people and kindly blessings is much richer than he who thinks the contrary. Each man's imagination largely peoples the world for himself. Some live in a world peopled with princes of the royal blood ; some In a world of pauper ism , crime and privation. The choice Is yours. Psychology has pretty well estab lished the theory that ghosts are creations of the sub jective mind and trouble-finding is very like ghost-see ing. " 5km see frightful goblins in life , If properly traced , will be found to begin and end in your own mind. Re fuse to believe them , and they cease to exist A melancholy thought that fixes Itself' upon one's mind ought to have as prompt doctoring as pronounced physi cal disease. Fate gives to the man who whines just what he expects. Disappointment sardonically meets him at every turn. Misfortune ever lurks In his shadow. The human whine is a signal-call to a thousand and one lit tle demons of distress and disaster , which mock and lash , hinder and dishearten. Life without trials , small or great , is impossible. We must meet and conquer them , or let them conquer us. But we need not waste our strength in borrowing trou bles or in going half way to meet them. It is for you to say whether the mirror of life shall return to you smiles or frowns. It is for you to say whether you will grouch in the glooms , the companion of hateful goblins , or stride in the bright sunshine , seeing smiles and catch ing shreds of sweet song. Chicago Journal. TEACHING PEACE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HE Massachusetts State Board of Education desires to recommend for the common schools another day whereon , as on the pub lic holidays of Washington's birthday , Pat riot's Day and Memorial Day , there shall be a special observance in the Interest of higher humanity. . The idea is right , and the schools of Springfield should seize the opportunity. The love of country is a worthy thing just so far as it is consistent with the love of man kind , and no further. There was a time when patriotism was needed for preservation of national existence , and was the primal civic virtue. It evolved directly from the family , the alliance of families , the tribe , the alliance of tribes , the tie of common blood which made the nation. The highest civilizations of the world have arrived at that stage where wars of nation against nation should cease , as wars of tribe aaginst tribe have ceased. The motto of the day should be , as the Board of Education says : "God hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth. " This means universal brotherhood ; this gives the lie direct in the face of every war ; this signifies that the 'love of country that depends on the injury of another people , or a differ ent race , for its impulse and sentiment , is not only con- ' LEGAL INFORMATION. One who signs the name of another to a note without authority forges the name to the note. The U. S. homestead law was first passed in 1SG2. Since then many addl- iions and changes have been made. ' An improvement In a fruit tree can not be protected bypatent , and very imperfectly or not at all by trade mark. If you have taken counterfeit money for good money , it is your loss. You are liable criminally for passing it again. One is not an heir of , and does not in herit from his stepfather or stepmoth er. One inherits only -from his kin or blood relatives. Pensions , from the U. S. government are not inherited. They are specified privileges , given and paid to a speci fied class , as to a soldier's wife while she lives and then to his children. Where two adjoining owners have gotten a surveyor to mark out the line between their lands , and agree that it is the line and put a fence thereon , the fence constitutes the line by agreement , whether it was originally the correct line or not Unless a highway has been laid out across your homestead , you have a right to keep people from using any part of it as a highway. If they pass across it by your consent , you have a right to prescribe the conditions on which they use It One may be obliged under certain circumstances to pay personal property tax In two localities for the same prop erty , unless one seasonably objects to the taxation. Where one's home Is In one place and his business is In an other , the taxing authorities often at tempt to tax his personal property In both places. Seasonable objection should be made to the taxation in the wrong place. Xovelty Wanted. The prima donna had just returned from the oter side. "Is It true that you are to be mar ried ? " asked in a chorus a boatload 01 . reporters. "Not this season , " she answered sweetly. "My press agent wants mete to do the unique , and for me not to .get married is uniquer than any other stunt we have been able to think up yet. " Philadelphia Ledger. i It Is one sign that a woman 3s get ting ready to properly sympathize with her friends when she discovers that she .lias left her handkerchief at home. deinned by the righteousness of God , but is outdated by every consideration of human life in its material as well as spiritual advance.rjhe peoples of the earth are one in origin , in evolution , in destinj- , and the children of our land should learn and know forever that they cannot hurt another without the more hurting themselves. This is what The Hague conference means 'this is high citi zenship , in the honor of God and the welfare of all hu manity. Springfield Republican. FOB WOMEN ONLY. E want the women of this country to set a higher standard of respectability for mn. At present the women are too lenient to ward and too forgiving of bad 'conduct" The words are by Judge William McEwen , of Chicago , in an address before the Wom en's Club of that city. They are true words. So long as a man can hide his moral leprosy tinder evening clothes and remain "respectable , " so long will he cling to his moral leprosy. And so long as this sort of a man Is received in society by good women so long will he be "respectable. " It is almost Incomprehensible how women , who suffer most because of the double standard of morals , will smile upon men whom they know to be corrupt. Leniency in this regard Is treason to the woman's sex. Judge McEwen goes on to say : "I can remember a day when drunkenness was regarded as a novel pastime. But a sentiment against it sprang up among the women and.the evil has greatly abated. Drunkenness ceased to be respectable when women put the ban upon it Yet the drunkard Is a harmless idiot by the side of the liber tine. When a woman receives a man of loose morals on equal terms she is being kind to a serpent who "out- venoms ajl the Nile. " The judge is right What he says is not new , but it is one of the things that must be said over and over flgain. Women must adopt a stricter code of morals toward men. Kansas City World. LESS LAW ; MORE JUSTICE. HERE are offenses and crimes committed which , by the technicalities of the law , or 1 the administration of law , cannot be reached. The Federal court sends the litigant back to the State court for redress , knowing full well it is impossible to get service. So wo are left in the position of certain corpora tions being able to defy the government , State and Fed eral , and permitted to go on in their nefarious work of undermining the union of the United States. Is It the purpose of the powers that be to take from the people their faith in government and the integrity of our courts ? Are the courts going to affirm there are laws which for the protection of the people and the State should be enforced , but that'there exists no way in which this can be accomplished ? What will the outcome be ? How long before it is reached ? Who will be the suffer ers ? Answer these questions and the remedy will be fount1. , the technicalities of the law will be brushed aside. Justice once more will life her proud head-and submit to be reblindfdlded , and the people will come into their own again. St. Paul Dispatch. ROYAL TRANSPORTATION IN INDIA. : t'j 7 ? 5S ? & ' W$43&c - . . _ , > > ' . > ; > " ; 5U - r5 . -'i'i ! N 'CJ-j " v i * " " , - - ' \ \ , Elephants carrying burnished howdahs , and wearing rich trappings of gold-embroidered velvet were furnished the Prince of Wales by Indian poten tates for local transportation. The illustration shows several Indian uses for the camel and the elephant 1 , Indian substitute for water cart ; 2 , Elephant candelabrum and fountain ( candelabrum on elephant's tusks ) ; 3 , Camel- omnibus carrying Prince's luggage ; 4 , Elephant transport Tradition of the Pueblo * . Taos stands unique and Distinct from all the other pueblos , and is unusually interesting to the student of ethnology , says the Southern Workman. It Is there that the eternal fire is said to be kept burning in the estufa or under ground temple and there the priests climb daily to the housetops and gaze toward the rising sun , hoping to see the returning Montezuma. The fire , it Is said , was removed to this village from PC-COS in the early part of the last century , when the latter was abandoned. Acci/idlng io rumor , It Is kept In a sacred temple , built In the bowels of the earth and connected with the surface by hidden passages and labyrinths. The priests tend the sacred fire carefully , and if tradition is to be believd'd , it has not been extinguished since Moutezuma left the earth for his heavenly throne. Taos was also the home of Kit Car son , the famous scout who led Gen. Fremont through the wilds and whose name has been sung In many tongues. He lived and died In the little village , loved and respected by all the Indians. There Is a little patriotism In u Presidential election , but in a local elec tion there Is nothing but ix quorreL A Home-3In.de Brooder. The brooders sold by manufacturers are unsually all that are claimed for them , but when one desires to economize , a home-made affair can be constructed by anyone with a little ingenuity which will work nicely. Take two boxes of convenient size , three feet square by fifeen or eighteen inches high is a good size , and set one on top of the other , cutting a hole through each directly In the middle. The hole in the bottom or floor of the upper box Is covered HOME-MADE BROODER with an Inverted tin pail , or can , which is perforated at intervals of two inches , using a vr-rre nail for the work and punching in. Fit this can snugly over the hole and place the regular brooder lamp underneath it , resting on floor of the louver box. A little door is made in the sfde of the lower box so that the lamp may be properly at tended to. The roof of the upper box is lined with canton flannel , as are also the sides , except the front , which is left. open and across It , three Inches from the edge , is nailed a strip ( dou bled ) of canton flannel , which is cut in strips an inch wide. A walkway is built from the ground to this opening through which the chicks pass. Essen tial ventilation may be had by boring a few tiny holes in the upper box at a point furthest away from the lamp. Exchange. Caring for Chicks. When chicks are removed from the incub.ator to the brooder great care should be taken that they do not he- come chilled. The floor of the brood er should be covered with fine , clean chaff. Fine sand and clean water should be In the brooder from the be ginning. All the fine , dry bread crumbs they will pick up every two hours should constitute the feed for several days , gradually adding rolled oats , hardbolled eggs , cracked wheat , johnny cake , millet seed , etc. Milk and water should always be kept in the fountains. When three weeks old make mashes of bran , meal , middlings , beef scraps , table refuse , all salted to season and mixed together with skim milk. Alfalfa leaves may also be thrown Into the brooder In the place of straw or chaff. The mash in the morning , wheat at noon and cracked corn or kaffir corn at night constitute the main feed to keep the chicks grow ing : A Profitable Implement. On soil that is inclined to lump up some implement must be used whics will level the soil readily , and at ths same time crush the clods. Such an implement can readily be made at home and be quite as effective as those which must be bought for the purpose , If one has a leaning toward manufactured ar ticles. This home-made clod crusher and soil levei Lcan me made of a log of hard woofl r splitting it in half. The log shouldoe about two feet in diameter to WOPK to the best advan tage. Lay the t\vb \ halves of the leg side by side wi fi' the rounding part down.and at either end , about a foot from the end , spike a two-by-four strip , letting them project out sufficiently far at one side so that an Iron strip or CLOD-CRUSHER AXD LEVELEB. hoop may be set over the ends , into which to hook the whiflietree chains. This implement can be made at small cost , and unless the logs are too heavy a good team of horses can handle it nicely. The illustration shows the idea clearly and how very simple It is. Indianapolis News. Shape of Ideal Dni > Cow. Whether she be a Holstein , a Jer sey or whatever she may be , you will find the typical dairy cow with bony head and strong jaw , long between the eyes and nose , with broad muzzle. She should have a bright , protruding eye , which , means strong nerve force and action later on. She should have a thin neck and retreating brisket The lines above and b ° low must not be straight , or she will steal from j'ou. She should be slightly depressed be hind the shoulders with a sharp chine } not too straight a backoone. She must have large organs of reproductioa and large heart girth , wide between fore legs and sharp on shoulders , . which tflves large heart action and strong arterial cfrculation. And last , but by no means least , she must have a good udder , for one-half the value of a cow is In her udder , which should be long from front to rear. Hoed Crons la the Orchard. The best orchnrdists are averse to growing anything in the orchards but the trees even when the latter are young. They argue , and properly , that the growing trees need all the virtue there Is in the soil and that If the ap ple crops In future years are to be ot any value they must be provided for during the earlier years of the trees. There are fruit growers , on the other hand , AVIO insist that a hoed crop will be of benefit to the trees , and that this may be consireded so under certain conditions and up to certain limits. If the soil In the orchard Is kept up to the highest state of fertility so that the trees will not suffer the want of the portion of the fertilizer taken by the hoed crop , then the latter can - done no harm , Indeed , it will be of value because the soil will receive a certain amount of cultivation which , perhaps would not be given It If It were not for the hoed crop. } Vork the hoed crop In the orchard cautiously , and watch the effect on the trees. More Oleo IS'orr Being : Made. Butter men may well find food for thought in the/figures showing the big Increase in the oleo output for the last six months of the past year , says the American Cultivator. There was an average gain of more than a million pounds a month as compared with the same period of the preceding year. The figures Include both colored and uncolored - colored oleo , and the relative gain In many dairymen that the product final- the uncolored product suggests to ly reaches the consumer In some mys terious manner , having acquired the yellow hue without the payment of the 10-cent tax. Nobody seems to be buy ing or using uncolored oleo in a retail way , yet the output of tlie product Is Increasing to an enormous extent Tlie present high price of butter is , of course , a stimulus to the bogus but ter industry. Holder for Hay Jlaclc. I used a pair of the jointed braces to a commonplace top buggy , writes a correspondent The illustration ex plains the position of braces on rack when standard is up and down. HOLDER FOE THE HAYRACK. Fasten braces on outside of standard and on Inside of bed piece. By taking brace and trying you can soon tell how far back to fasten it. Do Well on Alfalfa. When your pigs weigh about fifty pounds each , turn about twenty-five head in an acre of alfalfa pasture and they will make a gain of about 100 pounds each during the growing season , says an Indiana farmer. They will need no other feed , but can be given a supplementary feed of grain if you wish the gain to be better. From this you can figure up a fine return for the use of an acre of alfalfa 2,500 pounds of pork , worth at the low figure of $4 per 100 pounds , $100. But prices are much higher now and you can get more for your pork. Again your hogH will almost always be free from any disease. Harrow " \Vltliout Tonjme. A correspondent of a farm paper , who was not well satisfied with his disk harrow while it had the tongue on it , thus tells how he improved it : I have been using my disk harrow without a tongue , or rather. I cut the tongue off just ahead of the cvener. I find that this is very much more satisfactory than to use with the tongue : in turning all the horses help turn the harrow instead of the two pole horses having to pry It around by the pole. In addition to this , it takes the weight off of the horses' necks when they stop. Sheep Are Good Fertilizers. When a flock of sheep is kept on a field the land will be made fertile in a short time , as the sheep not only dis tribute the manure , but press it into the ground by trampling , the loss being but little. For that reason It has been said that "the foot of the sheep is gold to the land. " A flock of sheep , how- evev , cannot add anything to the land other than to prevent waste of materi als , which they naturally consume and are , therefore , more valuable when they are fed at a barn at night , the additional food rendering the manure valuable. German Carp. A few years ago there was consider able enthusiasm regarding German carp. A pond covering one acre will , it is statedvhold 7,000 carp to growing condition , if they are fed. The carp will eat anything that a hog will con sume , even corn , and will gain about three pounds annually until it reaches li ! or 15 pounds. Belonging to the sucker" family of fishes , tlie carp haslet lot become popular in this county , and probably never will , as it is cot very lesirtJble , compared with otter varie ties of fish- The Senate , at 4 : 0 p. m. Friday , pass ed the railroad rate regulation bill by a vote oi ! 71 to 3 after having adopted the Teller amendment eliminating th words "in its judgment" from the section giving to the interstate commerce commission power to fix rates. The House passed the bill to pay to the estate of Samuel Lee of South Carolina $10,482 for allowances made by reason of his election as a negro contestant for a seat in the Forty-seventh Congress. The Democrats , under the leadership of Mr. Williams of Mississippi , conducted a vigorous filibuster lasting all day , but were defeated.w . w " P y a vote of 107 to Gf the House Sat urday refused to pass the anti-graft bill , so-called , dealing with cotton leaks and other matters of a confidential character , which , should they become publicly known , might have a tendency to affect markets because the conferees had recommended that the members of Congress be in cluded within the SCCJQ of thf bill. The opposition v as led by Mr. McCall of Mas sachusetts , assisted by Mr. Crtimpacker ( Ind. ) , Mr. Grosvenor ( Ohio ) and Mr. Gardner ( Mass. ) , while the friends of the measure were represented by Mr. Burle- son ( Texas ) and Mr. Jenkins ( Wis. ) , The Senate was not in session. In the Senate Monday the legislative , executive and judicial appropriation bill was passed within three hours 'from its first reading. It carries appropriations aggregating $29,815,259 , an increase of $5' ) , . ' 45 over the amount reported to the Senate. A number of unimportant meas ures were passed. Notwithstanding that the leader of the minority , Mr. Williams of Mississippi , insisted upon the presence of a quorum throughout the day , delaying as much as he could the orderly procedure of legislation , the Ilouse passed twenty- two bills , six Senate nad sixteen House measures. Among the bills passed was one to amend section C of an act entitled "An act to define and fix the standard of value , to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States , to refund the public debt , and for other purposes , " approved March 14 , 11)00. For an hour or more Tuesday thb Ilouse of Representatives could not de cide whether to go into committee of the whole on the diplomatic and consular bill or to follow the lead of Mr. Gardner of Massachusetts and take tip the immigra tion bill. Assisted by Mr. Williams , Mr. Gardner led a mild filibuster against t king - ing up the consular bill. Ilhe Republi cans , however , had a quorum of the Ilouse present , and eventually the consular bill was taken up and general debate begun. The Senate devoted the greater part o the day to the immigration bill , but be fore it was taken up Senator McCumber ir-ade a personal statement contradicting an article printed in a New York paper to the effect that the railroad rate bill had been so amended at his instance as to ren der it ineffective. A resolution directing the committee on privileges and elections to consider the course to be pursued in the case of Senator Burton was adopted. _ * Half a dozen bills to which no objec tion was made were passed Wednesday , after which the Senate devoted the re mainder of the day to the immigration bill , consisting of a scries of amendments to the existing law designed to bring about a better distribution of the immigrants throughout the country. After long dis cussion the bill was passed. Republican and Democratic leaders clashed in the House , clearly defining the issues of the next campaign. The fireworks began when the session opened , Mr. Williams de manding a roll call on the motion to go into executive session for further con sideration of the diplomatic and consular service bill. This he failed to get. Charles B. LandJs of Indiana made a "stand-pat" speech on the tariff , and Mr. Williams replied to him. Mr. Longworth spoke , ad vocating the ownership by the government of the legations abroad. The Senate Thursday passed the bill re lieving denatured alcohol from the in ternal revenue tax and began work on the agricultural appropriation bill , which was under discussion when adjournment was taken. The session of the House was given over to oratory , the speakers being two leaders of opposite schools of politics , Representative Charles A. Towne of New York and Representative John Dalzell of Pennsylvania. Although the diplomatic and consular bill was before the House , nothing of a legislative char- icter was accomplished. Jn the National Capital. Senator Beveridge of Indiana will in troduce a bill for stringent federal regula tion of meat business. Ilouse Democrats , led by Williams of Mississippi , made a prettj- but unsuccess ful filibuster fight on negro bill. Pennsylvania railroads paid rebates to : oal shippers , was testimony given be- . 'ore interstate commerce commission. The President has sent to the- Senate : he nomination of Bernard S. Rodev of Sew Mexico as United States district judge. Count La Mira. Mexican minister to Hhina , formerly military attache of the Mexican legation at Washington , who was njured during a recent typhoon , is in a iritical condition at Pekin. Practical agreement has been. reached y the conference committee on the state- lood bill. The it is report , said , will pro- ide that a referendum vote be taken separ- Ltely in Arizona and New Mexico to allow he people to decide whether or not they vish to come into the Union as one State. The construction of a lock level type ot anal at Panama is to go on : Congress islet lot expected to decide at this session. Eki Hioko , in charge of Japanese af- airs in Washington until the arrival if Viscount Aoki. the new ambassador las started for Japan. ' Speaker Cannon is to be nominated on he floor of the Ilou e of Representatives or President of the United States. The iominating speech probably will be mad > y Representative Boutell of Chicago and rill contest the statement frequently re- eated that "Uncle Jce" is , too old to b Resident. " A.