If "IVnshiiiKTton Were Tliera.
Two prftnnhent society women of
'Washington were seated In the gallery
reserved for tlie families of Congress
men. '
"Wliiit a grand body ofmen ! " exclaimed -
claimed the younger of the two enthu-
. .siastically.
"Do you think so ? " asked the other
demurely.
"Why , of course I do. See how alert
and businesslike they are. 1 am suiv
if George Washington could come back
to Congress he would be proud of such
a dazzling spectacle. "
"I fear , dear , " , remarked the elder of
the two seriously , "that if George
Washington were to come back and see
Congress he would lose no time in d
liverlng another farewell address. "
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They were choosing n name for the
sicw baby.
"I think Esmeralda is too sweet , "
said one of the' infant's aunts.
"Alfreda is better and more uncom
mon , " said another.
"IIow would Alvina do ? " asked a
ithird.
Hardly. " said the fond father. "You
seem to be getting away from the idea
that this is a r-aby and not a new kind
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Fitr.c s of Things.
Medders , vrho had eaten a hearty break
fast of ham and eggs , with the usual evi
dences of the meal on his shirt front and
-waistcoat for Medders was a bit care-
-Jess in ILS feeding leaned back in his
"iliair with sereue satisfaction.
"Well. " ho said , "I feel better. I'll so
KOW and order that suit of clothes I have
> con intending for the last month or more
Jo add to rny wardrobe. "
"Jf yon will take ray advice , " susgest-
i3 the feminine autocrat of the brealc-
I&st table , purveying him with marked
lisplnosure , "you'll get a pepper and salt
tuit. "
"What for ? "
"To go whh all that prr. "
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HH Kumor.
3. class of little folk in an Englisl
-elementary school were recently askec
to define "a lady , " with curious results.
The definition of Lizzie , a.gcd 7 , will
1 strike a responsive choid in the heart
of the busy woman and shows that
'Lizzie ' must be an observing person. "A
lady is something like a man , " says
Lizzie , "but she's got long hair and
. she's got a different face aiid dffferent
slothes , and she's got a lot of work tc
do. " Charlie , aged G , is impressed by
ihe difference between tbe sexes. "A
' lady" he finds to be "different from a
> man because a lady has different
ilothes from a man , a lady has different
yes from a man , a lady has a differ-
- snt body from a man , and a lady has
* Different shoes from a man. " Howard.
* aged 7 , gets at the same facts from a
i different point of view. "A ladjhe
\says , "has not got some trowsers , but
"a man has got some trowsers. " A sec- >
and Charlie , a year older than the first
/ .one , thinks that "a lady is a nice women -
> on because she don't have torn clothe
i accl * she has a woch with her , and she
-has a chane on the woch. "
/ " Two Acre Farms.
. In Belgium a two-acre holding is
sullicieut to maintain a farmer and his
Dunily. The typical two-acre farm in :
.that country contains a patch of wheat
ar rye and another of barley. Another
-fair portion grows potatoes. A row of
cabbage grows all round on tbe slopin ; :
sides of the ditches , with a row of
Dillons just outside , leaving bare walkIng -
Ing room between them and the grain.
The shade trees round the house arc
pear trees. Every foot of land is made
to produce , and the fanner keeps pigs
* and chickens.
Cos-reeled.
'It was at a reunion of a gallant Irish
-regiment , and in due course a member
rose to express his carefully lehearsed
- sentiment.
"Here's to th'culd Fifty-ninth , " ho
* began , hotly , "th' last in th' field an * )
'
.ill' first to lave tit ! " /
"Ye muddler ! " shouted a Compatriot ,
-springing to his feet. "Here's to th'
wnld Fifty-ninth , equil to none ! "
PLEASANT SUMMEB.
f
1C iKlit Food lite Cause.
A Wis. woman says :
"I was run down and weak , troubled
with nervousness and headache for the
last six years. The least excitement
would .inaLo me nervous and cause se
vere headache.
"This summer I have been eating
< ; rape-Nuts regularly and feel better
than for the six years past.
"I am not troubled with headache
-mid nervousness , and weigh more than
I ever have before in my life. I gained
5 Ibs. in one week. "
Name given by Postum Co. , Battle
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"Thcre'c a Reason. "
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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
TH53 PSISOEf COJ7GEESS.
\ olden times the jailer was a dark-visaged
executioner who clapped his victims into
the dungeon raid-turned a ponderous key in
the creaking lock. He was- the official pun-
isher of bnd men. and it was his business
to make the prisoners as" unhappy as possi
ble. With the change in the conception of
punishment , by which remedy and prevention , not ven
geance , inspire the treatment which society reserves for
offenders , there came also a change in the manner of men
who manage the prisons.
The Prison Congress , held in Chicago , would have
surprised any casual visitor who had derived his ideas
of jail and jailers from old novels. Here were met to
gether hundreds of wardens , chaplains , prison superin
tendents , sociologists , physicians , to discuss not only
the practical administration of prisons , but the relation
of prison discipline to our system of justice.
The Attorney General of the United States spoke from
the point of view of a jurist. The head of the Volunteers
of America described their method of helping discharged
prisoners to get honest work. The lawmaker learned
from the jailer what are the conditions of prison life ,
and how they affect the criminal ; the jailer learned more
about the story of his charges -before and after they
came under his care. The effect of such unification of
Ideas will improve the' criminal code , its administration ,
and the entire relation between society and the criminal.
The necessity for improvement is shown by the declar
ation of the general secretary of the National Prison Asso
ciation that "No county or State in the Union is satisfied
with its methods of confining and caring for its prison
ers. " That improvement will cone in directions urged
by generosity , humanity , but not by sentimentality , the
words of a student of prison \\ork ; give reason to hope :
"The wardens , the actual prison managers , are the finest
lot of men you ever saw great physique , earnest , intelli
gent no nonsense , but big-hearted and kind. ' * Youth's
Companion.
HOW TO SEDUCS T3B COST 03 ? LIVING.
HE cost of living is high and going higher. .
But everybody can regulate the amount of
money necessary to spend for sustenance.
There is no reason why persons should find
it more expensive to live , if they wil ! only
consider the question with care and fix the
amount of load they ought to ear.
We do not advocate the method adopted by twelve
hundred people of Kemiehee County , Mair.o , who have
pledged themselves to abstain for ton days from the use
of meat , in the hope that thus they may be a bio to force
down the price of beef. But there is no doubt that most
persons eat two or three times as much food of all kinds
as is necessary for them , and a mj.uction in diet would
have a good effect , not only upon the bills one has to
pay but also upon health.
If food is too high , then consume less of it. That is
a simple rule for comfort , both of mind and body. Tluj
average man and woman eat so much more than is essen-
TEEATMENT FOB PLATFOOT.
Pninful Affliction Rerc-rltefl Only i > y
"Wearing : SisitnMe Sniiporl.
Flat foot Is a very common aflliction.
It Is also one which is frequently over
looked by physicians. The patient com
plains of pain hi the heel , the ankle ,
the inner border of the foot , great toe ,
the muscles of the calf , the knee or
even the hip. The busy practitioner
notes these symptoms in a hurried , cas
ual way , attributes them to rheuma
tism , prescribes salicylates and what
not and another fiat-footed individual
? lods his weary way.
Increased deformity is added to what
nay have been merely foot strain in
the first place. A curable case has be
come well nigh incurable and the med
ical profession is again justly liable to
ivell-descrvcd censure. Any factor
vhich tends to diminish the muscular
oower of the foot may cause flat foot.
A. great increase In the weight borne
> y the foot may cause it.
This increase in weight may be
ictual , such as occurs in people who
? ut on a great deal of fat , or it may
DO relative , such as occurs in athletes ,
lumpers especially. But by far the
nest common cause is a cramping of
he foot brought about by improper
shoes.
For treatment of this condition ine-
jhanical support is best afforded by
neans of the footplate made from high
ly tempered steel and molded upon a
plaster cast of the foot.
.The footplate should be worn as long
is It Is required , but no longer. Addi
tional wearing of the plate beyond the
time necessary , as Indicated by the
symptoms , is simply an additional
amse of harm. With the foot plate a
shoe should be worn fitting the normal
wntour of the foot
Pat's Prize Effort.
An American visiting Dublin told
wmo startling stories about the height
f some of the New York buildings.
Jin Irishman vho was listening stood
It as long as he could , and then que
ried :
"Ye haven't seen our newest hotel ,
have ye ? "
The American thought not.
"Well , " said the Irishman , "it's so
tall that we had to put the two top
stories on hinges. "
"What for ? " asked the American.
"So we could let 'em down till the
moon went by , " said Pat. Pittsburg
Press.
She Ileanl It.
There was n blast of dynamite not
far away , and aged Mrs. Long turned
toward the door with a smiling counte
nance.
"Come in ! " she said.
"Do you know , " she explained to her
caller , "that is the first knoc& I've
heard In twenty-five years. "
The right that the poor never fafl
to exercise is the right of criticism.
tisil that seven-tenths of all diseases with which hu
manity is afflicted are due to this excess. The pauncli
to be seen on almost every man over -10 , no matter bow
lean the rest of him may be , is evidence of overeating ;
and the fact that many women of the sasne age are ,
much heavier than they should be proves their lack of
self-restraint.
High prices will .be beneficial to Americans if they ,
will induce a study of the subject of eating , and the
reduction in the amount of food consumed that will fol
low. We should be a much healthier , happier , stronger ,
ni9rc intellectual and longer-lived people if we should all
resolve to eat hereafter , not to satisfy the demands of a
pampered and spoiled appetite , but to answer the real
needs of the body.
Also , we should be richer , for food is the greatest ex
pense of most of us. If we can cut down our household
bills , not only without injury to our health but actually
to its benefit , we should be grateful to the cause which
brought about the change , even though it be the greed
of purveyors. Indianapolis Sun.
BECSUITXliG FOE , THE ARMY.
HERE is much said about the trouble which
is experienced in securing the right kind
of men as soldiers for the axmg ; . General
Greely has made tfce latest contribution.
The complaints are now made hi connection
with the effort to increase the pay of the
army.
As a matter of fact these complaints are not new.
They are made in England as well as in this ctnmtry ,
and the real basis of them Is that both cetmtries get
their soldiers by voluntary enlistment and Hot by con
scription.
The probability is that neither country could procure
the kind of men desired by the army officers unless con
scription should be resorted to. A few Englishmen have
suggested the continental system for their army , but no
political parry would dare sustain tke method , and in
this country there is no one who has the hardihood to
suggest conscription.
Moreover there is some doubt whether intelligence
above a certain level is of any value to a man consid
ered merely as a fighting animal. Especially must there
not be a too highly developed , sensitive , and imaginative
nature.
As to pay , the ordinary soldier is often a laborer in
uniform , and his stipend , with free food , a larger allow
ance for clothes than he can spend , free lodging , and
free medical attendance , is the best laborer's pay in
the country.
When we come to the experts for the coast artillery ,
there is a different question raised.
To make men good artillerists the government educates
them to a point whpre thcj" become more- valuable as
civilians than they are to the government , if we are to
judge from the pay which the govermncat gives them.
But is the government really inclined to pay one ef its
927-u-month gunners the $75 'that a civilian employer is
glad to pay ? There are complications. Harper's Weekly.
STARTLING CHARGE OF A CHICAGO MINISTER.
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KEV. F. E. HOPKINS.
"Fifty per cent of the women who dine at the 'respectable' restaurants
of our large oil ins drink booze. " This is the startling statement of Rev. F. E.
Hopkins , pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Chicago , whose
utterances on feminine intemperance aroused the city. The assertion Is based
on an investigation which Hopkins has carried on for fifteen years.
In the midst of a series of sermons which aroused his fellow ministers
and temperance workers to ttVe : sides in the controversy Hopkins left his
church work a day , and with several witnesses made a tour of the fashion
able eating places. Sixteen were visited. . Between the hours of noon and
midnight he saw -1G , ° women and girls enter these places. Of this number
209 or 50 per cent were seen drinking hard drinks. Cider was not counted.
At one place the preacher found a trustee of his church.
"More men than women were found drinking the less harmful beer , " said
the Rev. Hopkins , in speaking of the investigation. "Nearly all tie women
and girls were drinking booze. That sounds slangy , but you can't give It
too hard a name. ,
"The cause of drinking among women and girls in all our large cities
Is the mad and foolish pursuit of fashion. The drinking habit is steadily grow
ing. Unless something radical is-done to stop it at once future generations
will suffer. "
Zllost Utflit-IIcartcrt Street.
From the Avenue des Champs-Elysees
to the Boulevard des Capuchins in
Paris is but -a step , but there the tune
is eren merrier , says the Bohemian.
It Is a place of noises , blare , glare ,
the perfume of women , the raucous
honk-honk of automobile horns ; by day
the street of costly shops , by night the
promenade In chief of his most satanic
majesty. It Is at its best or worst
In February , during 'Mi-Careme ' , when
the air is thick with confetti ai.d the
denizens of the boulevards are beside
themselves.
iNo use then to sit at one of the little
tables on the sidewalk , thinking to enJoy -
Joy the swiftly changing panorama of
Hie festival. In a moment you would
fiAd tbat a bock or porridge of confetti ,
your bn ± Jammed over j'our ears , the
chair jerked from under yon and youi
erstwhile happy self flat on your back.
It isrmarrclous , the penetrating quality
of confetti ! I Jiave shaken it out oi
my lnnenn s packets , out of my shoes ,
I Jiave even found it in my socks , and
hobnobbing with the francs In my
purse. It flits everywhere , and when
Mj-Careme Is over the streets are thldq
vfith it , a multi-colored snow. You buy
it at so many sous the package from
venders on the boulevards , until the de
sire for more of it becomes an obses
sion.
Men who are found fault with are
able to say a good deal In tieir de
fense.
Every time the fire whistle blows ,
we think we can smell burning plna
CHUONOSCOPE BEADS THE MUTD.
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MACHINE WHICH LAYS BAKE INNERMOST THOUGHTS. if
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Startling revelations have been made
of the secret tests applied to Harry
Orchard , the self-confessed multi-mur
derer and chief witness at the trial of
William D. Haywood at Boise , Idaho ,
by Prof. Hugo Munsterbcrg , of Har
vard. The disclosures are contained in
an article by Prof. Muusterberg in Mc-
Cltire's Magazine ; ,
The Harvard professor of psychology
. probed to the very recesses of the con
vict's brain , and used for his startling
researches perhaps the most remark
able scientific instrument ever devised
the chronoscope.
The use of this Instrument on an
actual criminal In connection with a
murder trial marks an epoch in legal
history , the final developments of which
may substitute this mute , inexorable
revealer of the Inside of ti man's or a
woman's brain for judge , jury , district
attorney and police inquisitor alike.
Imagine the use to which the per
fected chronoscope will be put indeed ,
can now be put. Suppose the suspect
arrested in some mysterious murder ,
like the Tavshanjiau crime. No police
"third degree , ' ' but an absolutely cer
tain decision , by the application of the
chronoscope , will declare whether or
not the man is guilty.
The chronoscope is affixed. Two lit
tle metal bits are placed , one in the
mouth of the inquisitor , the other in
that of the suspect. A dial , divided in
to the thousandth part of a second , is
in electric contact with the bits , and
then a single word is spoken by the
inquisitor.
The prisoner is told to speak , in re
ply , the first word that conies to his
mind in response. The time this takes
! < ; recorded on the dial. If the pris
oner refuses to speak it IP M fvnfes-
sioiuof guilt. If he replies his guilt or
innocence can be surely proven. For
other wordsjollow , and the time of the
answering ideas is taken. Then when
FADS OF THE PAST.
It has taken many years for horse
hair covered furniture to pass into ob-
iivion , for the reason that there was
no wear-out to it , except in a boarding
house. Most people , therefore , will re
member last having seen horsehair fur
niture in a boarding house , whither it
probably was relegated in the hope that
it would be worn out. When such a
phenomenon did occur , the fact was
usually heralded by the protrusion of a
HORSEIIAIi : FL'IIXITL'KE.
rusty spring and a mossy bunch of
curled stuffing.
But the remainder of the cover
would remain in such unyielding good
repair that the owner would be loath
to sacrifice the piece of furniture ,
which made it a white elephant , there
being no way to repair it unless the
whole cover was , replaced.
Another thing that tended to lon
gevity on the part of the almost im
mortal hair furniture was the difficulty
of sitting on it. Its curves were steep
and its surface slick , so it was much
like trying to cling to a slate roof. You
would slide first Imperceptibly , and
then with the speed of a roller coaster ,
till you hit the floor In a heap.
ADVANCED "WOMEN OF BURMA.
Clever , Shrewd and Industrious , All
of AVTiieli Their Husband * Are Xot.
The Burmese woman is clever , witty ,
well informed , one of the shrewdest of
business persons , usually an excellent
housekeeper as well as a good mer
chant , says Charles E. Russell in Har
per's. Her two errors seem to be , first ,
in marrying John Burnian , who is gen
erally lazy and unworthy of her ; and
second , in submitting to the medical
tomfoolery that the Burmese , for all
their intelligence , still practice. I
might add for a third , if one more be
needed , the smoking of the Burmese
igarette , which tends to twist out of
shape her handsome mouth. This cigar-
* itc. by the way. is a monstrous thing ,
ften eighteen inches in length and an
nch and a quarter in diameter.
The Burmese woman not only man
ages all the material interests of her
household but she keeps the Buddhist
faith , intact. Without her influence It
mar be doubted if John Burman would
the inquisitor , taking the suspect
awares , pronounces "trunk , " there !
comes the crucial test.
If guilty the suspect will' ' seek to put
the inquisitor off the track and may
" " " " "railroad"1
answer "strap , "leather ,
or something else of a similar nature. '
But in his brain the word "trunk" has' '
suggested the idea of the dead body ;
within It. He must think of two thingsj
instead of one. That takes time , and )
the inexorable dial with its indicator' '
will show what has occurred.
In Prof. Munsterberg's article In Me-
Clure's he tells of applying the chrono-t
scope In the case of Harry Orchard in )
his cell in the jail at Boise. Prof. Mun-j
sterberg called out In succession fifty1
wordc. Orchard lent himself to thei
researches and replied with the first )
answering word that came to his mind-i
The first word spoken by Prof. Mun-
sterberg was "river. " Orchard an
swered "water. " Then "ox , " and the.
answer was "yoke ; " then "mountain , " '
and he said "hill , " then "tobacco , " andf
the reply was "pipe. "
All tills time Orchard did not knowi
that the time taken for him to rcplyj
was -being registered. The time averaged - '
aged seven-tenths of a second. Then ,
Prof. Munsterberg proceeded to put test *
words , such as "confession , " ' 'revolv
er , " "religion , " "jury , " "death , " "blood , " '
"prayer" and "railroad. " "Blood" sug-i
gested "knife" to Orchard and the oth-i
er words similar significant replies , but ]
there was no hesitation. The case was *
made exhaustive and the inference was )
that Orchard had reached the point )
where , by reason oC much rehearsal , hoi
believed his own confession.
Scientists believe the chronoscope ,
now only in the first stages of Its per
fection , will before long be evolved into
something resembling a diver's helmet ,
which , fitted over the criminal's head ,
would become the microscope of the
mind.
care very much. He Is too indolent
and too fond of his ease In smooth ,
water. But the women are strict in.
their performance of religious duties1
you can see them at all hours praying *
in the shrines where not often you see
the men. If this theory about the wom
en is correct , it is wonderful testimony
to their strength of mind , for Bud
dhism in Burma is rock-ribbed and ap
parently unassailable ; and then , in the-
last analysis , it must be to the women ,
that we owe the beautiful pagodas , the
excellent monasteries and the gemlike
shrines that dot this pleasant country.
Indian Girl.s at Basket-Bali.
The finest basket-ball team in Indian
Territory is at Sapulpa , and is com
posed of full-blood Indian girls who ,
have been trained by the superintend
ent of the Euchee Mission School , an ,
experienced coach.
The Euchee team has never been de
feated , a writer in the Kansas City
Star says. Match games have been
played with " "
the
"crack" teams of Tulsa -
sa , Claremore , Bristow , Sapulpa , Ok-
mulgee and Strond , but the Indian -iris
°
have always won. ±
The Indian girls , who represent some : ' '
of the best and purest blood of the-
Creeks and the
Euchee
clan
, are all
scholars in the Euchee
school. They
are excellent students.
fjh a ral aPtitUd ° ° f the Ind1
for
athletics crops out in their basket
ball play. Their
strongest
point Is
in team" work , backed
% up by great
swiftness of foot. In tbeJJ
match game these
girls
once made a
goal from the
toss-up
without
lettin-
the opposing team touch the ball or aC
lowing the ball to touch the floor
The fame of the Euchee team" has
spread to such an extent that already
games have been scheduled
for a Mis
souri-Kansas tour.
To Err Is Unman.
Robert Browning once found himself.
at a dinner , at a great English house
sitting next to a lady who was con
nected with the highest aristocracy
She was very
graciously Inclined , and
did her utmost to make conversation
"
"Are you not a poet ? " she finally
asked. J
"Well said Browning
, people are
sometimes kind enough to
say that I
lll-l *
"Oh , please don't mind ,
my navln <
mentioned It , " the duchess hastened
say , with the kindest of smiles "v0
enow Byron and Tennyson and
" other *
vere poets.
The only thing we can recommend la 1
to endeavor to make an uninteresting
Ife interesting as possible.