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GRANDER WASHINGTOF
CAPITAL TO BECOME THE WORLD'
MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY.
The Attainment of the Ideale of th
Founder. at Last in Sight - 'r*Jeet
for the Develepmeht of Every Phas
of the Federal Capital's Eqaipment
When a little less than a year ag
the senate directed its district com
mittee to consider the question of de
veloping the park system of the cap
Ital the hope was born in the breast
of progressive Washingtonians who
had labored for years for the attain
ment of the ideals of the founders o:
the Federal city that at last achieve
ment was within sight. As the scope
of te work undertaken by the commit
tee and the personnel of the commnis
sion of experts it created became
known this hope was brightened intk
a belief.
Now that the commission has !a
fished its task and its report has been
laid before the senate with the war
approval of the committee itself there
Is no longer reason to fear that the
old hap-hazard, hit-or-miss methods
of capital making will be fpllowed.
These reports, though not yet adopted
by congress, or, given form in legis
lation even in part, may be regarded
as the new foundation stones of the
Washington that is to become the
world's most beautiful city.
Broad and comprehensive, respect
ful of the principles underlying the
original plans of the founders yet dar
ing in the proposal of new projects in
harmony with the old, regardful of
only the single precept to make thb
most of Washington's opportunities
for beauty and impressiveness, the
plans contemplate a treatment of
parks, buildings, driveways, memori
als, water front and lakes which can
-' ,, be duplicated elsewhere in the
wo~Tffwtlt ,the same splendid effect.
They recogzA the exceptional facili
ties for adornnient afforded by the
site of the capital flanked by two large
streams and buttressed by noble hills.
The marvel is that the progressive,
patriotic men who have been coming
to the halls of congress for the past
century have not more clearly recog
nized the possibilities lying in tht way
of the capital-makers, have not turned
their energies resolutely to the task
of utilizing them to the full, have 'not
rescured the grand original plan from
its repressive, inharmonious setting
which the negligenoe and indifferent
"practicality" of generations has pro
duced. But many great questions have
demanded solution during the trying
decades of national building and pree
ervation and expansion, and the capi
tal, regarded as the mere house ac
commodating the developing machin
ery of the government, has had to
grow hap-hazard, caring for itself in
infancy and in youth and middle age.
Now the Washington of ripe years
is to be at last recognized by the na
tion. Its character as the centre ctf
national activity, the expression of
national thought and ideals, is to be
established. It must be grand and
beautiful, else it will fall short of the
American standards. Where now it
Is tawdry and shows the signs of the
make-shift expediency of the past, it
must be given artistic strength. Where
neglect has permitted incongruities to
crowd the very shadows of the great
structures of governmental need, it
must be made harmoniously true in
every detail and in all places.
The park commission has wisely
conceived its mission one of more than
mere landscape gardening. It has
proposed projects for the develop
ment of every phase of the capital's
equipment. The mall is to be cleared
of its incumbrances and given new
and beautiful featurei of artistic
adornment. A great memorial to Liuu
coin is to stand at an axial point, com
manding the approaches to the me
morial bridge. Potomac Park and a
great park driveway leading into' the
Rock Creek valley. This valley is to
be reclaimed from its deplorable state,
* to become a beauty spot and a means
of access to the two great parks above.
Serles of driveways wil permit con
tinuous communication between a
chain of large public rembrvations
along scenes of artistic landscape gar
dening and passing handsome pubUle
structures. The mfasmatic Anacostla
is to become a water and land park,
affording pleasure and recreation tothe
people where now it poisolA them. PP
tomac park Is to blossom-4iato a place
of beauty and public enjoyment. The
river front, now disgracefully shabby,
wil become neat and attractive- The
city will be girdled by drvqs il
parks which cannot be elsewhere ap
proached for extent or utility, or begt
ty, or accessibility. At the vest doors
of all the people will lie expaases of
space filled with trees and flowers and
lawns to delight the eye and refresh
the soul and body.
On this great system of parks a
comprehensive scheme of public build
ings will be based, permitting practi~
cally endless extestoa and aunlidtesd
development uas the government's
needs increase. The caitatl groumnds
are to be flanked only by publie bulld
ings, while around Lafaata squarem
will arise a great series ot beautitl
structures, giving in tbemsalves a d
tinctive character to Wsshlngtoa a a
contre of American art and archtet~
ture. The great triangle betwen
Pennsylivania avenue ad the mail
will be eventually ocptde parut by
buildings of national and a~oalet
ags, surrounded by park .agetac
mad s~aving a new charactere A-t
sothera sidO u the cnptears r*miaeet
stroet' an srnt hietugS''erede
~hlm(~ mIBPtLsI. -~
the landscape features of the capital,
a(The new plan ,nodernizing and sup
plementing the original project of
'SiL'Enfant, wil become the guide to all
future improvements. By adopting
this scheme now, leaving its compo
he nents to be worked out in detail as
ere necessities and opportunities arise,
se ongrees will demonstrate its foresight
it. its wisdom as well as its itdi
go. ent pride in the national espitaL-
m- ashington Evening Star.
Le
p. THE TINT OF THE PEARL.
it
0o Now the Veaettans Put It Upo t(he
n- Glass Beads They Make.
of "You would hardly think," said a
ealer in fancy goods as he held up a
e tring of glass beads, each as big as a
h herry, made in imitation pearls, says
he New York Times, "that to put the
pearl tint and luster on each one of
e ese little globes the lives of at least
15 beautiful fish had to be sacrificed,
woid you? But such is the fact, and
.: Ithough the beads are made in Ven
ce and this string of them represents
4 .a catch of at least 500 of these fish and
"e the exhaustion of a good many cubic
4 feet of glass blowers' breath, I can sell
i it to you for 25 cents and make a
3" fair profit.
"They have been turning out beads
such as these in Venice for nearly two
d Fntries and a half. In the Adriatic
e eves a fish called the bleak, but why
e they named it bleak I can't see, for
there is certainly nothing bleak about
f' its appearance.
s "It is a graceful fish, probably of
the carp family, and has a glistening
Sarmor of silver scales. The fish are
f more prolific than the herring, which
'3 has been a good thing for them. One
s day in 1656 an observant citizen of
a Venice, with a turn for investigating
f things, his name Salvador Jacquin,
placed a number of bleak iji an acqua
rium that he might take ndtO of their
habits. After they had been in the ac
quarium some time he saw that the
water took on a pearly hue.
"Believing that this was communl*
cated by washings from the scales of
the fish, the Venetian observer experi
mented. He found that water could
be so densely charged with the tint
from the fish scales that glass, when
dipped into it and allowed to dry, had
all the outward hues of a pearl. He
coated glass beads with the substance,
and the counterfeits were readily ac
cepted as genuine pearls.
"The coating of these beads, it was
I fnd, though. had but 'slight rutlst
t anct u s-cn-lon and soon disappeared
frobm the surface of the beads. As
sured that a large and profitable de
mand for them would result if he could
fixthe pearly lustre on the beads so it
would defy friction, Jacquin conceived
the idea of having the globes blown
- hollow and then attaching the fish
scale solution to the inner surface.
t This was a success from the start, and
the glass pearl business got its first
boom.
"It requires the scales of 4000 bleak
f to make half a pint of the liquid pearl.
f The fish are more easily caught than
) our menhaden. The scales are re
I moved and soaked in tepid water.
I "The utility of the liquid was im
I proved some years ago by the addition
of a small quantity 6f sal ammoniac
t and' isingless to it. These gave it a
closer and firmer set to the glass and
inereased the lustre. The liquid is
t introduced inside the hollow ,glass
t bead by means of a small tube, and
i when it is dry a coating of transpar
ent wax is run over it.
r "Fortunately for the race of bleaks,
the trade in these beads, pretty and
a cheap an they are, is not so alarmingly
large that extinction of the ylelders of
I the pearl tint is imminent. There are
I apparently just as many bleak in the
r Adriatic now as there were two cen
turies and a half ago, and more than
likely there will be just as many two
- centuries hence as now."
SOvereetie sad Mesality.
SAt a recent purity congress held In
Chicago a vegetarian delegate read a
curious paper on diet. He stated tac
much of the immorality in the world
was due to the eating of animal food.
"The cook," he said, "often leads to
more drunkenness and excess tnan the
saloon keeper. Highly seasoned, rich
animal foods lead to indfsesuon and
ill health. Ill health weakens the
I will, and a weak will breaks down the
moral cenaracter. Total aepravity
Soften nothing but total indigestion."
This reasoning reminds one of the
old conundrum, "'Why is home like a
baby?" the answer being, "Because
home is where thi heart is; the heart
is in the chest; a chest is a box, box
I is a small shrub, a smalt sarn is a
growing plant, a growing plant Id a
- beautiful thmg, a beautfut thing is a
Sprimrose, a piimrose is a pronounced
'yeller,' and a pronounced yeller' is a
baby."
A Anmelest RIillfel Talk
There is a billiard-table in London at
the present moment that can boast of
b life time of t'o centuries and a long
acquaintance with men who have made
history. It belonged originally to
Louis XIV., passed into the poesaession
of Napoleon I., and now in its old age,
is on exhibition in So0ho square. This
celebrated tlble is smaller than an
English table. The body of the table
is a block of oak, weighing tea-huna
dredwelght, covered with a eleth of
electricte blue. The frame of the table
is of rosewood, and the six pockets
perhaps the most strikLing feature of
the table-are repro~dcteins Ia htbna
of queer hideous old gargoles. When
the ball fallas ipto the poket, the lower
kv of the'ar~tole drops, and the bail.
ilaouan in its moith. Ita lsever
-p oefat otJ usecham-'ba-4,taVloroo
to eny. the ~
~a~f~h~Wd Ikeiir
WILL BE 1 P -.ONATION.
Will Attad It.
There y not be many America[
women among the peeresses at th
coronation of King Edward, yet the3
will make a fair showing.
Four American women have had the
right to wear the ducal strawberry
leaves. Consuelo, Dowager Duchess
of Manchester, is one of them. She
was a famous New Orleans beaut3
back in the '70s, and even now is e
handsome gentlewoman with a fac
whose sadness has not lifted since the
death of her young daughter. She has
always been the gaeatest ally. of hel
husband's mother, the Duchess of Dev
onshire, and she is a favorite with the
Queen.
The Dowager Duchess of Marlbor
ough, now.the widow bf Lord Willian
'Beresford, has been an interesting fig
ore in English society ever since her
marriage to the Duke of Marlborough
A beautiful young girl, she married
Louis Hammersley. He died soon,
leaving her an immense fortune, and
when her betrothal to the Duke wa:
announced there was a jeremiad of
orophecy.
Contrary to all expectation and pre
diction, her money was not squan
dered, and though much' of it went to
regild family fortunes, the Duchess
found herself upon the Duke's deatl
richer than when she married him.
Then she married a third time for love
The young Duchess of Manchester
formerly Miss Zimmerman, has not yet
made her entry into London society
but of course holds high rank among
the peeresses.
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough
is one of the most attractive and popu
lar of English women of rank. She is
a favorite with both King :.nd Queen
and finds favor every-where. Just now
she has gone to Russia to be presented
at the Russian court and attend the
great court ball of the season.
A grade below the wearers of the
strawberry leaves are other American
peeresses who will have their place at
the coronation.
The young Countess of Craven, who
is famous for her jewels and her
wealth, has often entertained royalty.
The Countess of Essex, formerly
Miss Adele Grant of New York, is de
voted to country life, and spenrds littl
time in London, brn -ri veup for the
coronatio-.
kltogether, though the Americans
will be a mere handful among hun
freds of peeresses, they will be a.dis
tinguished and attractive group.
It is said that two American womel
who have no right to stand among thl
peeresses will still be present at thl
coronation, among the elect few fo
whom the King has reserved a place.
Mrs. George Cornwallis West gary
up, voluntarily, the title which woul(
have entitled her to a place with the
peeresses as Lady Randolph Churchill
it seemed only fair that she shoul
be among the few favored with th
King's invitation. It is probable tha
popular Mrs. Arthur Paget will be in
chluded in the same charmed circle.
There will be more hearthurning
over the small list of onlookers that
over all the rest of the coronation in
vitations. Peeresses are peeresses b3
the grace of God and the marringe
ceremony. Less fortunate women ad
mit that with sighs of resignation; buo
when it comes to invitation and natura
selection, that's a different matter.
It is said that the toilets leing mad
for that visitor's gallery are calculate
to make the most gorgeous peeress lool
inconsequential.-New York Sun.
The Papaya Tree of the East.
The papaya tree flourishes all ove
tropical India, from Delhi to Ceylon
Its fruit is greatly prized by both El
ropean and native, as well for its ed
ble as for its medicinal qualities. I
the United States it is known as tlb
papaw or pawpaw and wrongly ident
fled with the small tree and fruit c
that name, which is of the custard-al
pie family, and is found growing i
the Middle, Western and Southor
States. According to modern botan
Ists the papaya is (lomesticated in Il
dia, and is dobutless a native of th
shores of the Gulf of Mexico, when,
It was introduced into India by th
Portuguese at an early date or soon a:
ter the discovery of America. In th
Burmese language its name mean
"fruit brought by seagoing vessels.
The fruit when ripe attains the sia
of a small melon; which it somewhb
resembles. While growing, it has
deep green color, which on ripenin
turns to a dull orange. The interior
soft, yellowish and sweet, and coi
tains numerous small black seeds a'
ranged in five longitudinal lines alon
the centre cavity. They have a plea
ant punagent taste, not onlike muastar
seed. The ripe fruit has a flavor ps
collar to itself. It is eaten by a
elasees And is considered wholesom
In the West Indies it is sometime
balld and eaten as a vegetable. I
India, when green, it is cooked by th
the natives in their curries and is ale
pickled. It is nusually, however, eate
raw, when rpe, with salt, and
ranked among the finest of Easter
truits.
TaRb. Oesl With Tearelf.
Yopung men cannot estimate too higi
ly the advice of parents and friend
It affords them the beneft of exper
eace and ls given them from slnces
solletnSa for thear welfare. It shounl
enretembered, and weighed, and ae
ed upans. B.t, after all, every man a
hi. ona ladividsal existenca; he .h
his mwn tito lsqt for which he sMe
sa eco-ubt Ie. HEf aould h t dow
and hlitate bhr hhesl, and make4
hIs mallag4 to tbe coarse which b
r Eaone this, be sabold enter upe
*ezaPttsS Ef Intsi plans with a 4(
~ et im ilK-Detrl olt Fr
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THE NAGGING HABIT.
Ine *f the Slus TSmhat eetr.y the Com
fee of Nome. -
There is one etceedingly disagree
able habit into which some people fall 1
without seeming to notice it. This is
nagging. They -cannot say what they
have to say and then let it alone, but
keep pecking and pecking at it on it
every occasion, and if occasions do not
arise naturally they make them. In ,
this nagging sarcasm or irony bears a
Leading part. A thing may be said once !
Dr twice as a pleasant raillery in a
genial humor, but when repeated over I
and over it ceases to be fun. It then
uts. Sarcasm is a two edged tool; it
:uts and wounds the one at whom
it is aimed, and it irritates and rough
ens the one who uses it. It is a Ian
gerous tool for one to use who wishes
to be either kind or just. It comes
easily to the llps; and the Intellect
takes a certain kind of delight in apt
ness, ingenuity or sharpness. Its use
grows on one; at least the habit be
comes so habitual that it is used un- b
consciously. However good naturedly
Dne seems to take it, it is almost ce b
tain to leave a sting; theredis a wound
that hurts. Struggle against it as one b
will, there will often be an impression
carried that some part of it is meant
in earnest. b
Too often do all of us wound. the !
feelings of others by carelessness in
speech. We cannot too carefully guard a
ourselves against the nagging habit. b
It rasps and wears out the best of
dispositions. Let us 'endeavor ever
to make our speech kindly even'when
obliged to find fault. "A blow with a
word strikes deeper than a blow with I
a sword." We shall never err by a
speaking too kindly. These naggers l
are often kind at heart and would not a
willingly wound another. They have b
formed the habit unconsciously and Ii
are not aware of how frequently they a
indulge in that kind of talk. It does I'
not occur to them that any one may r
take a further meaning than they have B
meant or that any part of it will be s
taken seriously. It is unavoidable, y
bowever, that this is so. a
The nagging habit is the real rea- h
son why some women find it difficult
to retain servants. It is for the sharp
ness of their tongues that some really (
excellent people are avoided and die
liked in society. People dread the
tongue lashings that sup so easily
from the lips ..Ad *fhave- reut A'aeCe, t
but they fievertheless cut deep. Let
us put a guard on ounielves and see
that this habit of sarcastic speech and
nagging is not outs., The Chinese:'
have a saying that "a mias conversa
tion is the mirror of his thoughts."
There is truth in it. It we habitually
talk in a certain way, we grow to be i
that way in -character.-Milwaukee
Journal.
French Recruits for w3agol Army.
Recruiting sergeants at Trafalgar i
square are just now being puzzled by a
the advent of a new class of raw ma- I
terial in the shape of yesng French i
candidates, hardly able to speak ai
word of English, but strangely anx- I
ious to volunteer for imm ate service '
at the front. A case t int oc-'i
curred on Saturday, w a smart
young Frenchman aco ne of the
veterans of a crack cavl'ry regiment
on dity near the National Gallery, and I
with some difficulty made known his a
desire to serve the king in South I
Africa. His papers were perfectly in i
order, and he came direct from the
cavalry school at Saumur, where he t
had gained one of the six medals an
nually awarded to the best among a
the competitors from all the cavalry
regiments of France. The astonished
veteran; when he had somewhat re
covered his equanimity, Dpolitely re
ferred the candidate to .oer quarters.
The young Frenchman isserted that,
on receipt of a wire aouncing that '
he has been accepted, ' fewer than
40 of his comrades wi' leave Paris
in order to follow his tample. They
are still waiting for thgt wire.-Lon
don Chronicle.
Men Now Shave T~PeIeve.
It is nearly come down to that pas s
where a gentleman tilWhit be caught
in a barber shop for a sahave. He
shaves himself. Barber. are losing
trade. Many are on itaPatlon diet. 1
If men could only cut tl*~r own hair
and trim their own wbthkers Signor
Tonsor would be out of employment.
The adoption of such terms as "anti
Sseptic" barber, "hygieniC" barer; etc.,
has failed to recover last patronage.
The more fashionable shops have pre-.
sented loadstones in the. shape of
handsome women as magicures (mere
fortune tellers), but even these do not"
long attract. An old an4 ~ilosQophical
self-shaver says: "Tip,M tell all your
friends to dip the blade f the seer
in hot water before dravag it over
Sthe face. The sensation-i so delight
ful, the 'esult so satisbEtory, that,
once tried, the 1b3'rer .ops will go l
out of business. " ry t~e will hhave
himself."'-New - n Pres
Beots south of et Btorder wll be in- I
terested to lear noat Bu~ris gtage
and homestead 'ba-o beensal atred as
nearly is posstbi to the;~uht tl~by
were in when BE:ns' fthM erected
them and resided' here, 4yj tie West
minster Gasette. With a wWir to pr
.serving carefully be colSWin of a;l
The trqsteps, ftar, the suaimisl e
of the cottage .nd moos* het; hte
receantl greatly agi col
lection of MS. :.nd realC# these
will be carefully ,reser a pUb'
lie in all time comfint iag . ha- a
have also uniderttakeI to S l the
Auld Ktrk of AIisay. in 4U. at
tier t Is rath~erea *b tt
1there are mne pilgrims
thse M zte the a t
Agv 7~ J ~~
PEARLS OF THOJCHT.
True boldness never blusters.
The wrost getting is that which .
iinders giving.
Most men may be known by the way i
:hey use money.
Fleeing from responsibility is hid
ing from reward4 t
Comon sense is often but commeo I
sympathy with alL t
Suffering when it does not t
teach us long-suffering.
To get accustomed 'to evil is to be
zome assimilated to it.
Crystalized virtues are apt to be
:uting rather than kind.
The frivolity of fashion is the soil t
in which corruption flourishes.
When a man -wears his success with t
pride it is often made of paste.
.When prosperity falls on the evil
heart it but nourishes its weeds.
Time will not make the great man,
but he cannot be made without it.
You may know a man's principles
by the things he has an interest in.
Not pain but right pleasures is tife
best cure for the love of wrong ones.
Put your stumbling block where it I
belongs and it will become a stepping I
stone.
When your kindness is only intend
ad for coals of fire it will certainly
burn your own fingers.-Ram's Horn.
Japanese Paint Brushes.
The Japanese artist has made a most
careful study of how to convey truths
In the most pleasurable way; how to
make his lines most beautiful, as
though a speaker would use but words
of most exquisite sound. To do this
he has cultivated his "touch" fistil it
is but mockery to compare with that
of his European brother. He hit
learned to handle his brush with a di
rectness and precision which is
a thing of wonder, and be has
studied with a patience be
yond. compare the possibilities
of each particular kind of brush. He
knows, for instance, that one kind of
brush may be used to express a bam-'
boo stem and that another brush will
be less efficacious. He knows how to
ll each particular part of that brush
with a certain amount of color or at
w.-s., so tsp, r - nste movement of
the hand over the paper will paint the
ilem, its light and shade, its peculiar
characteristics, complete And to the
perfecting of that single movement of
the hand over the paper he and his an
cestors have given years of study.
Listen to a description by a Japan
ese. He is not an artist himself, but
is explaining how artists use a certain
brush:
"The brush with color is passed over
a piece of paper with a heavy stroke
that spreads the bristles of the brush,
at the same tinfe bending them at the
tip. The brush is then turned so that
the bristles curve toward the artist,
and a light stroke will produce the
hair-like lines. This is one of the
ways of painting the hair or fur of
animals."-The Independent.
Russian Methods.
Persistance may be a good quality,
but judgment is a better one,
and the young American in ne follow
Ing story, told by Frederick Palmer,
evidently became convinced of it:
An American drummer, fresh from
our direct methods of business, called
on Monsieur de Witte, the Russian
minister of finance, to get certain In
formation necessary for the sale of
his goods. The minister refused It.
The young man persisted. The minis
ter still refused. Then the young
man declared:
"You are the only man that can give
me what I want. I'm not going back
to my folks and tell them that I
couldn't do any business. I've got to
know. I could get the same thing in
two minuted in America, and I'm not
going to leave the room until-"
The minister pressed an electric but
ton. In walked two guards. The mln.
ister spoke to them in Russian, and
directly the young mai found himself
walking down the Nevesky Prospect
with an uncongenial escort.
As he thought the mater over in Jail,
he concluded that his hand was not
strong enough, as he put it, to bluff the
whole Russian empire. Within an
hour he was led back into the presence
of De Witte, who told him that a de
cent apology would save further trou
ble. After the young man made it, De
Witte gave him'the information, saad
with it a reminder that it was not wise
to be rude, even to ministers of sMtate.
Mill Whtll·e Useles.
The largest whistle in the state, it
't said, is to be placed in an Indian
apolis manufactory. It is to be so big
as to be easily heard all over the city,
a three-inch steam pipe furnishing the
nolse-making power. Why? Why
should it all boeso? Why should there
be a whistle of this sile or any sire in,
this factory or in any other? There was
a time when whistles were as nee
esusary as a bell on the farm is today.
But today it Is a poor man indeed that
has not some sort of timepiece. There
are a dowen ways in which the sap
posed need of a whistle in an indus
trial establishment can be slpplie4.
Simple gongs in every depsrtmsmnt, to
be touched by electricity, wonuld up
ply the place. Whistling by railroad
locomotives is forbidden in the alty.
Whistling biy factories ought likewise
to be ferbidden.-Indlanapolis ews.
The keepers of snake houses at o0
Zoological Gardens lad some dlbcltt
In Ietti8l the rigt toed for the co
bras n their charge. T the.li- ativ
land thsi nakes ire d-isly e t
sualier and nea-petlsesus isnnh s It
as it is tpeiosible to git a abirdBA
supply t tat hest trt f ee th lf
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-1I9
ICOUNTRY AND CITY MILES
messem Wh one s*mesm tthe re1otras as
neon Last'r Then se Oshr.
"I have observed a eurifa thing
about distances" said a thoghttfl of
citisen yesterday, "and I have heard b
many persols commedt on the same *
thing, but I have never seen any satse the
factory explanation of it. In fact, I '1
suppose nearly every person who has the
had an opportunity to contrast condi.- ev
tions as they,exist in cities with the dol
more open conditions in rural sections the
has observed the same thing. At any "'
rate, most men are inclined to regard 81'
the city mile as somewhat shorter than an
the country mile. Of course, there are He
many things which will suggest them- S.
selves in explanation of this matter, ift
we think shabot it seriously, and yet er
they are not at all satisfactoyy when so
we weigh the problem analytically. en
"Suppose we walk the distanc be
Along the line of the city mile we find of
many things which will crowd into a
the mind, pictures along the way, I
pretty trade displays in show windows, inl
bandsome buildings, men and women' co
bustling hither and thither, and a thou- be
sand and. one other things common "S
anough on the city thoroughfares, of
things which prodnee a series -of in
psychological effects which. -deaden to he
some extent the idea of distance, and, of
consequently, the city mile is seeming- Id
ly shortened. On the other hand, the it
country mile, to the average person of
who has no taste for the artistic and
can see no beauty in the ruggedness he
at the hedges, to simply a long and th
-arren stretch. But thus far I am w
;hreshing over old straw. This is the W
.ommon view of the matter, and ito P1
loubt these psychological processes P1
;.lay an important part in determining ti
:he impressions received *ipth reference ec
to distances under the different con
lltions assumed. a
"But here is the particular thing I w
would like to call your attention to: se
the city mile will be' made in much of
less time than the country mile. As of
t rule, a man will walk a mile in the di
city hn two-thirds of the .time it will
take him' to walk a mile m the
)rdlnarily it waould seenrmthat the o eeai
would be on -the other foot. The is i
wluch to arrest his attention, 40 stop te
aim and to consume his tthmo. In the W
contry the way is clear and there it
lothing for a . m to do but hustle ne
for his destination. Of course, the pW
walking is better in the city because I»
at good sidewalks and the lift of the ai
feet is not so. heavy. But the main A
reason for the shorter time required, cI
in my opinion, is found in the stimulus of
which the city pedestrian receives from ft
the excitement around him. Every- p
body is going at a breakneck speed. is
Everybody is hustling. There is noise
and bustle, and in spite of the fact that a
his attention is arrested, and in spite as
of being bumped and jostled abouf by it
men and women going. in opposite di- 1it
rections, In spite of delays at crossings
caused by passing cars and vehicles of
every kind, the pedestrian is worked
up to a quicker movement.
"Excitement is the thing that dead
ens the idea of distance- and makes it
seem so much shorter in the city than A
in the country, and excitement is the
thing which causes a man to walk a ft
mile in the city in Just two-thirds of
the time required to walk the same dis
tance in the country, and the difference
between a dirt road and a paved street
for walking purposes has but little to al
do with it."--New Orleans TimesDem- B
)cmt
His Hard Luoek
It is not unusual for persons Indlct
ed for crime in this Jurisdiction to 8
plead guilty, but very seldom does it 01
happen that a prisoner who admits that J'
he has bee4, rightly accused is comn
pelled to enter a plea of not guilty. m
Such an incident occurred here re- t
ently.
It was desired to make a test case in C
order to secure a ruling from the Ap
pellate Court on a knotty legal propo
sition. A certain colored individual
who was in-the toils was selected to
turnish framework for the issue. He
was escorted into court for arraign
ment. Prior to that formality, how
ever, the prosecuting odheer took the ,
precaution to remark: "Of course, yeou
are going to plead not gailty." 8uch h
a plea was essential in order to take
the matter before the higher eourt.
The response was a surprise and (
somewhat disconcerting, for the attor
aeys and the court were anxious to go *
ahead with the test proceeding. The t
prisoner declared: "I'se guilty, an' I ,
wants to be sentenced right here an' 4
now." This dlsarranged the program ,
very decidedly
It required the combined persuasive
eforts of the proseeuting oacer and g
the counael assignled to represent the a
defendant to Induce the latter to con
seat to plead not gutlty. A he was a
led from the court room he shook his ,
head dnbioasfty and imurmured: "I4
dida't want to do iA, 'eause I'se guilty
all right. Don't know what they'ra ,
up to, 'deed I don't." - Waslhington
Many so-called successftl re , are t
their own worst emeaes, They would U
never thipk of abusing a horse or ay r
other dumb animal as they imp~ge t
upon themselves. They go without e
eating, are irregular at meals, and rob t
theamseles of dleep amsdecretiah; ki d
fast, 'theyvielate every law of their <
physical and eetal natures, aud yet Id
wonder why they a am gry-ha]rted
dysp~pt sad Drdken iteowtL efuoe
middle life. They seaunt * s
why thei ambition ad gd grd toast s
in the wnOrl shot~ not be the messore
of tlherlrtsnsgtk, aed soe i at up
fareln( their biales to we*
forn to l hea beer. esha
aIt 0she q the
DOING o- U, , g
Rao O d-s.Iw assi .5# * 1rr
,~omewlere and soi time world
of trade has lost the - t (tying hp
bundles in grocery "s
houses, hardware t . and er .4a.
the drug stores. V
The paper bag to havr bees
the beginning of it. s iots lfl
even a crossro gasP Soll lay A
double thlcktbass of biro paper on
the counter, empty a dollar's worth of
"Coffee A"-sugar upon it out of a b j*
scoop and tie the package up as ~b9t
and tight as a block of planed wood. '
How many detls in a Chicago corner d
grocery could do it now? - $
In the old days in some of the small
er towns the purchaser carried his
sogar home on his arm, and in consid
eration of this the brown parcel would
be rewrapped in a thinner, lighter sheet
of paper, which was supposed to make
a more comely package.
It was remarkable what a neat-look
ing bundle a groeer or hardware dealer
could make of several odd-shaped
bundles or packages. In some of the
"general" stores a coffee mill, a bag
of salt and a tin dipper could be tied
into a paper so skilfully that a neigh.
hebor across the street, seeing the head
of the house some in with it, would be
left in deep wonderment as to whether
it was a new suit of clothes or a bolt
of '"domestic."
With the perfecting of the paper bag, eal
however, slovenliness began to mark t
the wrapping in stores. At first a bag al
was Alled, the top folded -into place
neatly, Ind tied as if it were open.
paper. The grocer, especially, com- "P
promised by twisting up the month of
the bag and rolling it down onto the
contents, using no string whatever.
To-day wrapping up bundles is a lost
art. Nobody carries neat bundles any
where. An ordipary packagsT-sVnsme
solid pbject is labl.Aaw on a piece
of paper, p l as it Is rolled up the ends
of e per are tucked into the bun
dle aving the wrapper to tie a strig t
d the center pt the roll. Wth
small objects anostring Is used,
and a person with sevcral of these
bundles, starting home from down
town, is most likely to have trouble
with wrapping before he gets there.
In ma'ny things the druggist still does
neat wrapping, as in the case of bottles,
packages, and even powders. But to
buy from his general stock of toilet
articles and kindred goods he makes as
ugly a bundle as the grocer. In most
cases, too, he uses some hideously col
ored wrapping paper which simply
flares with the "Intelligence" to ther hw
public that you or some of your family IN
isto sick.
The ordinary bundle to-day Is neither S0
neat nor pretty-which may.be a rea- e
son why more than ever before people MO
insist on having all goods "delivered IN
in the rear."--Chicago Tribune. Ti
WORDS OP WISDOM. sy
Nothing is so infections as example.
-Charles Kingsley.
Observe your enemies for they first
find out your faults.--Antisthene.
Envy always implies conscious in
feriority Wherever It relides.-Pliny,
The less heart a man pua into a
task the more labor it requires.-Amlel.
Evasion is unworthy of us, and Is
always the intimate of equivocation.-
Balsac. *
It there is any person to thiom you
feel dislike, that is the person of whom *
,you ought never to speak.-R. Cecil.
The chief pang of most trials is not
so much the actual suffering itself, as
our own spirit of resistance to it.
Jean Grou. %
There is no beautifice of complexion,
or form, or 'behavior, like the wish
to scatter Joyhand not pain around us.
--Emersp.
Count that day lost whose low de
seending sun .
Views from thy hand no worthy to.
tion done.
..-Bobart.
Valuable Tiled leas.
Something which may not sound
remarkable is a hearth tiled with small
nquares of real old fashioned Whitby
Jet. When one remembers that
Whitby has for years been out of
fashion, and that a sudden rise to
favor would materially Increae Its 0
price, the hearth, for its stone alone,
may become valuable. The owner et
this Areslde ooring does not deeams it
valangle, simply because the material
wa obtained wh~ the original jet
workers were on3e verse of ci
tinction.
llery place. of stone is made the
foandation of soamthing more vai- a
able than Iitself-a gem may be ina
bedded or a gluass-covered miniature o
some celebrity may torn a centr4
wha. here an there the dainty irfn
of a noted work in ename or oti
colors renders the particular sab an
Sobject of anyv. Ten thousnd bellars
Is the value pat apon this dawing
teIem hearth by its proud posseeuor.
The hearth and foors of a pruee t
day bookworm .are decorated with
tl es bearting sketches from Bibles il
I sed as early as 1485 an 147. GCold
r covered cement was used in joinig
Stime taue. Many yeas of labor ware
t eonusmed tn procurbag sabjets for
ithe taolets, while artists of a ient
a day decoratlos were paid large ass
r tf mtosey to produce the PrdagtIma
t drawings faithftel11
e s,,ws em Um- tvipa ..s .
I In coeaertioi with the up-todate
B question of thedepigdelatio ot5 orase,
Sthe .Puris Mneager smersmL tn
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or ts nr made to leresse tie
kr t ishaollanti of the inmrntiy
rpf ha.b to the aomsan prs
tI seted that a a r
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