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fwrte tke Pea erf ml Sabaea hI Am
trail late) Oreaa Sana
1 ,oople realise hew completely
of cam tha surface aspect of thia
1 td globe of ova ha tee
11 ' imi improved. The Wwrld of
tc itr fact, differs from the world
. ... eators much aa a society
1!.. :i i:i tha glory of foM and frill
uo . t-below, differ from bar sarac
latfi -uniting wild la pestilential
'(." A art has transformed tha
one. I'Tf It the other. Only tha
"Midi Kachi-l" who haa mad tha
M.rt'A, U ii' exactly "beautiful for
evr," at least a pleasant and healthful
place wherein to dwell, la no charlatan
ith a dray-load of cosmetics and a
glib tongue, but a elvll engineer, own
ing nothing mora harmful than a few
mysterious looking Instruments and a
measuring tape. And the marvel of It
all la thia that what haa been dona
is but an infinitesimal fraction of that
which may, and doubtless will, be
done. Who can doutot, for Instance,
that tha great Sahara desert that
o! upor- tbe world's face will one
be but a KeiBorrT It waa an ln
' sea one. It would not be a
.'.fflcult natter to convert It lata
im arala. A can al 80 miles long,
s ng with tha Atlantic the Yatt
p vaslon which runs close up to tha
oast nearly midway between the 20ta
nd 30th parallels of latitude, would
do the business beautifully. The water
would not. of course, over the entire
surface of the desert Here and there
are portions lying above sea level.
These would become the Islands of tha
ew Sahara ocean. What would be tha
.vbulte that would ensue upon this stu
pendous transformation T Some would
, be good, and soma bad. Among tha
latter tuay be mentioned the probable
destruction of the vineyards of south
ern Europe, which depend for their ex
istence upon the warm, dry winds from
the great African desert. Aa some com
pensation for thia, however, the mer
cantile marines of the nations affected
wold be enabled to gain immediate
and eaay access to vast regions new
given over to barbarism, and a series
of more or less flourishing seaport
towns would spring up all along the
southern be 'dare of Morocco and Al
geria, where the western watershed ot
the Nile sinks into the desert, and oa
the northern frontier of the Congo
Free State. In a similar manner the
greater portion of the central Austra
lian desert, covering an area of fully
l.OOO.OOB square miles, might be flood
ed. The island-continent would them
he converted into a gigantic oval disk,
of which the depressed central portion
would be covered with water and only
the "rim" inhabited. London Mail.
iAo me city Sonoma ami me
sbools of the Freedmen's Aid Society
f the Methodist Episcopal church, In
tvhich he was appointed assistant to
ie distinguished Dr. R. 8. Rust, Mr.
.lartzell helped to shape the educa
tional policy of the eity and the state.
In 1888 Dr. Hartzell was elected to
icceed Dr. Rust as secretary, the con-
-oiling official, of the Freedmen's Aid
society, a society which controls forty--?ven
colleges and other schools. To
his position he was re-elected In 1899
and MM.
Soaaetlaece) It la.
It la true that the race Is not always
to the swift, but it will be observed
thst the American generally wine.
When It Wan Teeted.
T ' '. H.gglnson, while a mesa
Massachusetts legislature,
- rv-guing against a bill tor
. on of oleomargarine. He
at good oleomargarine was
n bad butter, and fortified
nt by a story of a gentle
had Introduced the aubsti
, tit explanation at a lunch
mil who, on asking his guests to
ve it with the best butter, alee
table, found them aH selecting
" (margarine. Suddenly his ad
y a -ose and with the profound
xisness asked: "Will the gen
v.lly Inform us at what pre-
the luncheon party thle
a- "
mm emiu wen.
A young English actor who had Im
pressed bis manager favorably wa
east for a difficult role in a new pre
duction and his success or failure In
It was a matter of vital importance
to his future reputation. After the
aeoond act on the opening night his
friend, William Gilbert, the populat
dramatist and librettist, went behind
the scenes fully realizing that in a
kindly word or a sympathetic criticism
he would bring hope or despair to the
actor. However, on seeing that his
friead was la a profuse perspiration he
could not resist his own cleverness and
contented himself with merely re
marking: "How well your skin acta"
uncomocious or danger.
Rattlesnake Celled Itself to Site SB)
Mau's Hrnui
In the course of Mr. Rosa Cos's expe
ition along the Columbia river ram
oara ago, one nc.oer of th- party
had a dangerous f.-lence. of w Ich
ortunately he w . the lime in'-ta-clous.
The men .vcie preparing run
tier oa the bank of the river, and La
bourse, worn out with the fatigue ot
the day, had stretched himself on the
ground and fallen asleep. A few min
utes later I passed him, says Mr. Cox,
and waa horrified at seeing a large rat
tlesnake moving over his body toward
his left breast My first Impulse waa
to alarm La Course, but aa old Cana
dian whom I had beckoned to the spot
said we must make no noise, and the
snake would cross the man's body and
go away. In thia he was mistaken, for
on reaching the chest the serpent coll
ed Itself quietly aa if meditating a stay.
If La Course snowed or woke, we shud
dered to think what would happen.
I Others quietly Joined us, and it waa de
termined that two men should advance
in front, to divert the attention' ot the
snake, while one should approach' with
a long stick from the rear and dis
lodge the creature. Oa seeing the mea
la front the rattler raised its' head,
played its ertl looking tongue and
shook its rattles, indications of anger.
Every one was in a state of feverish
anxiety aa to the fate of poor La
Course, who still lay asleep. The man
behind now came up with a stick seven
feet long, fculckly placed one end un
der the reptile, and succeeded la pitch
ing it ten feet from the man's body. A
shout of joy was the first Intimation
La Course had of his wonderful es-
, cape. The snake was pursued and kill
ed. Youths' Companion. " ''J
Holland's gueni I.Ik as Farmfcmf .
Queen Wllhelmlna; of Holland, haa
a miniature farm, the products ef
which go to assist la relieving the
poor. It was at thia farm that' aha
learned to keep house according to the
best Dutch methods. ' 1
Trie HnowIt-a.il Tnrae up. (
Aa Is customary after such thing. It
haa been discovered that seer .knew
all along that King Humbert waa to be
slain. Attention has been drawn to a
book of horoscopes published tri' Paris
la 1885, In which July 29, 1900, waa
predicted as the date preordained for
King Humbert of Italy to die.' This
was the date of his murder. Thia sibyl
drew horoscopes of other sovereigns
with equal exactness, though their ac
curacy is yet to be tested. ' March 5,
1907, Is the date assigned for the death
of the king of the Belgians, while the
Emperor of Austria Is to live 'until
February 24, 1911. when he will be aa
octogenarian.- New York Press.
Tops I Maeh Favored.
"Not the least beautiful of the many
semi-precious stones for which there
is always a large demand is the topaz,"
aald a wholesale dealer in gems to the
Washington Star. "The name topax
generally suggests only a yellow stone,
yet there are light blue, brown and
green varieties which are frequently
sold as aquamarines. The genuine
aquamarine may, however, be easily
distinguished from a topaz, as the for
mer stone more closely resembles the
color of green sea salt. Besides, the
topaz admits of a higher polish, and
la extremely slippery to the touch,
strange to say, the yellow topaz when
slightly heated, becomes pink; heated
further, the pink grows paler, and by
long heating It is entirely expelled,
leaving the green colorless. The
sherry colored or brown topai Is
bleached In a very short time by the
rays of the sun or strong daylight, and
all the white topazes found In naturt
have been colorized In this way. The
topaz Is found in granite rocks In Si
beria, Japan, Peru, Ceylon, Brazil and
Maine and In volcanic rocks la Colo-
. Utah and New Mexico."
Aa reU nd Dog Fight.
While a little boy, accompanied by
s cattle dog, were proceeding through
a paddock, near Dandenong, the dog
vns attacked by a hnge eagle and
1 I ed In the air some considerable
.fight The dog struggled to get
loose and managed to catch the eagle
oy the bony part ot the wing, and
ooth fell to the ground, the dog, which j
welched some twentv-flva nnunrta '
being badly cut about tho body and
head as a result of the attack. The
hird was killed by the boy with a
ttiutre of a stick and meaaured sevea
feet from tip to tip across the wlaga
nteltMnrtje (Australia) Leader.
faaaattTe to btm Slna4.
uuiural effect of the free delivery
tern la the Improvement of high
..a throughout the country. In lo
..iig free delivery routes the condi
n of the roads Is always an impor-
"nnslderstlon, and many petitions
i ll denied on ths ground that
guwnys were not fit for travel
- the muddy months ot the year.
ioint Is now understood, and
:., every petition that comes tf
Iciartment these days Is acconv
iy an offer or a pledge oa the
r the county commissioners to
viuve the roads and put thsta la
i condition as rapidly as the as
system is established.
WRITES SWEET SONGS
IOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON'S
GREAT FAME.
We Other Amirirtn Woman Baa AS
talned Snob, a Hl.-h Degree of Intee
austlonal Suoees Waa a Child of Ooa
BreetlcnU ""' ' ""
Xvery reader of tho best magaslnes
and every lover of real poetry must be
familiar with the name of Louise Chan
dler Moulton, a Boston writer who has
woa for herself a high place in A inert -caa
literature. ' Although it la as a
poet that Mrs. Moulton has won the
highest distinction,. her prose writings
have had many admirers, her lettera of
travel' being particularly good. Mrs
Moulton is of eastern birth,' having
been born In Promfret, Conn., in 1831
Hers was a home in which the theolo
gy and traditions of the Puritans sur
vived, and her childhood was not like,
the childhood of the children of today
Some very Innocent amusements were
strictly prohibited and her childish
companions were few. Happily for
her one had a highly Imaginative na
ture that helped her to people her lit
tle world with agreeable comparlona
and she was not unhappy. Like1 most
poets, Mrs. Moulton began to write
when she was very young, and she wat
but 13 years of age when she wrote
for a composition in school a poem
that her teacher could hardly believe
LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON.
eras original, and he detained hei
after school to ak if she had really
written the poem. Whea 14 years old
she sent a little poem to a local news
paper and for the first time saw her
own lines la print. No lines of her
that appeared In after years In tb
great magaslnes and that brought hei
praUe from Longfellow and Holme
and Browning and Matthew Arnold
ever gave Mrs. Moulton the peculiar
thrill of delight ehe felt on seeing her
first lines in that little village new
paper. Only once In a lifetime can
experience the delight of see'ng
first literary effort In print.
When II years old the young r
nectlcut poet brought out a small v
ume of the stories, poems and sketch"
she had had pu' llshed In various n
rlodlcals up to that time. Some n
these poems and stories had sppepn
In the Boston True Flag, then edile
by William V. Moulton. who bad be
come greatly Interested In his youns
contributor, and they were married In
1865. From that time until now Mr
Moulton has lived In Boston, with t
exception ot many summers epon
abroad.
It is doubtful If any other America'
woman ever attained the prestigt. 1r
literary circles attained by Mrs. Moul
ton in both America and Europe, a
woman of a kindly and sympathetic
nature, fond of social pleasures, n
eager to give pleasure to others, sh
oes made friends everywhere. One
the memorable events In the lit"
ary history ot London was a breakf.i
given tor Mrs. Moulton by Ir
Houghton (Richard Monckton Milne
some years ago. The most noted poi
novelists, actors and artists have a
tended Mrs. Moulton's London "at
homes." Her Friday afternoon recep
tions at her home In Boston partake
more ot the nature of the salon than
any' other social gathering In the city.'
The writer remembers seeing at Mrs.
Moulton's at one of these receptions'
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Julia Ward'
Howe, Sarah Orne Jewett, Thomas
Wentworih Higglri.-on, Julia Marlowe,
and a hot t of aitlbta, writers, college
profMsorsj and men and women of dls
tln'ryqn in the higher walks of life
Ko otar .-woman In Boston has enter
tained so many itVr-n and women of
llio lilghnst 'dlsMiiei'ou, and no other
woman bps been Mmler or more help
to ntniRtdlne young writers and
artlst. She ha encouraged when oth
ers have ridiculed and has helped
when others have hindered. Her aoo
Bet l:avH been unsurpassed by any
arneric.m poet. nul all ot her work
bear the Imprint of a master hand
MORRIS WADS.
TraTeli ar SHimkI t'orpuaale.
fle mileage of the blood circulation
reveals some astonishing facts In exit
personal history. Thus It has been
calculated that, assuming the heart to
bet sixty-nine times a minute at or
dinary heart pressure, the blood goes
at the rate of 207 yards In the minute,
or seven miles per hobf,168 miles per
day and '6L820 miles .per year. If a
man of 84 years of age could have ewe
single blood corpuscls floating in his
blood all his life it would have trav
eled In that same time 6,160.880 miles.
Do Wqt EaBetweea MeaJa.
Eating between meals, says a wise
doctor, is vCi''habU for one to ac
quire. It will certainly injure the di
gestive progress, and soon upsets a
natural, healthy appetite for regular
meals. It Is a very easy habit to get
Into, and Is rather, difficult to break
up. tf any eating' Is' Indulged In be
tween meals, perfectly rfpe.'fresb trult
Is the least harmful kln,d of refresh
ment '
TO, SAVE TIMK. .
A Reform Tliat'a Rura-eateei far
niffrrtal Corrvrtpnndeuea.
Not content w'ith the 'destruction ot
the art of letter-writing through the
Invention of the telegraph, the type
writer 'and other time-saving devices,'
an iconoclastic Camden genius makes
what he calls a plea for reform la
commercial "correspondence by elimi
nating the few courteous words, such
as "Dear Sir" and "Yours very truly,"
which still survive in the arid waste
of business letters. "By actual experi
ment,"' he says In the Philadelphia
Record. "It will he found that It takes
a typewriter one hour to write these
formal Introductions and conclusions
to 600 lettera Now;" the estimated
total annual letter mall of the world
Is 8,000,000,MO pieces! Ot eourse, this
Is not all commercial eorresponVaue.
nor is it a.l typewritten, but for he
purpose of having aome ' statlstiaU
starting point If will be assutnedUhattt
It U. To write the 'Dear airs" saSM
Tours very trulys' for this riumbeT
ot pieces would take one typewriter.
14,000,000 days, or allowing 300 work
Ing days to the year, about S,7P.yeare -To
translate this Into an approxini.
Uen of Its money value, allowing $!u
as the wage of the typewriter aa
eight hours as the average . day's
work, the cost would be $3.3.10,000. Is
It worth It? Or, to go a step further
Is It worth anything? Little by little
the forms of address have been con
densed until such old-school phrases
aa 'My Dear and Respected Sir' and
'Tour bumble ami obedient se vant'
are obsolete. Why not continue th
good work and 'rer-m It altogether
Why not adopt tl Mowing sensible
stiaightaway. bu like form:
"'John Smith ft Co.:
" 'We wUb to order, etc. T
"T Brown ft Co.'
Thst In what yo ;n Why not saj
II and tour
Tta.
rnrxr nmnritr
Celebrated VVCI KAIL W A I
BICYCLE ATTACHMENT
b ' in h i n i t t
ffl
3NABLES cyclists to r .iir me railroad .
rails tha nur thrniuh' .Mlin- t h. 1
I J full use of your bicycle. Fifteen or
I f I twenty mi lea an hour ceo. be Blade.4
I I tone aarlof lima. Cycling waa oarer
Btade more eaay or pleasant. No fcaUa,, no
atoaea alwnya smooth road- Tfaousaoa In
daily aaa. Entire wt-igbt, 8 pound. Ball
Beaiiat. Attached or datacaed la three
minutes. Vila any bicycle made. Telesccpra
lato a small packaire to be carried on bicycle
In carrylns eaae w hen not in use Fully pat
ented. InrriDirrre w 111 be and are twins; pros
ecuted. Haa been on the market for 8 year.
iC. A. Coey & Co. .
. 177 La Salic St CHIC AOO. ILL
tat fMatiat Mpaei fsw a.
s-4tsaaw. Chwa t rmmif Um th mm pm Itossf mn
Tniuportx'i n la Ancient Erypt,
On the way to Philae and the he,
if the cataract, a short distance soutA
of Assouan, we come upon the anclettt
marries which supplied granite for tb
columns, statues and obelisks throngl
ut Egypt for many centuries. Froi.
iiUBtrauons in the Umples, It Is cl ar
hat these monuments were ."oa'ea
iown the river on flatboats ami raf's.
nd then carried inland by artifii lal I
anal, or dragged overland by tbou- !
ands of slaves. In one of the toinlis
it Beni-Hassan is a picture Illustrating
be process. The great stone Is loaded
pun a huge sled drawn by a multl
tide of workman. One man la en
aged in pouring water upon the run
ers to prevent friction. Anothei
ands at the left of the statue ant)
ts time that the man may work la
:. son, while overseers, provided with
dps, urge the laborers to their task
-ChauUttiuaa,
TURKEY'S RESOURCES.;
The Otto ma Xmplre One of the IU
Countries to the World.
The Ottoman empire Is, In potential
resources, probably the richest country
in the world next to the United States,
says Collier's Weekly. For years
American and Turkish statesmen have
been endeavoring with all their power
to foster what little trade their coun
tries have, and to create new trade
ahannels to commercially connect the
republic and the empire. These en
deavors have already borne good fruit
and the future possibilities in that di
rection are Infinite. The mutual rela
tions ot commerce amount already to
millions, and It would be most unfor
tunate that an untoward event sbou!
disturb in their growth these pro:
lng shoots ot trade, and bring about
distrust which would cause the orli
'natlng of new branches of trade to
made Impossible for many "years
come. The feeling of fellowship amoi
nations Is to a large extent' seatimen
tal, especially when there is no nossl
ble point ' of ' hostile ' contact The
Turks have ' been educated to know
that there is a great free nation far la
the west, foremost in 'all the endeavors
of commerce. Industry and technical
Invention a nation to whom they
could without' any fear entrust tha
development of their magnificent re
sources. ' fERILS OF DEATH VALLEY.
Most U-Hulutu 1. 1 All the W eaters
llenilftphure.
Death valley Is probably the most
unique . natural feature in California.
It is located in the southeast corner at
Incyo county, and is Inclosed, by the
Panamiht mountains on"' the west and
the Funeral range on the east' It Is
seventy-live miles long and at its nar
rowest point but eight miles wide. The
prevailing winds In Death valley are
from the west Though originating la
(lie Pacific ocean and saturated' with
humldltw in traveling the rntermedlate
illstiafice, they are intercepted by the '
l9a peaks ot 'the.' four, ranges of
-nj.QiifUalns, . wWab;1, absorb all of their
'nioiJfArd ' TKnt frv thai 'tiki a tha
Wc4.thgtVBleey. aft humidity has dls
. apiyjfrea., The blasta1 are, as- If heated
n"a feryrftii-nace. and, no" living, thing
jan survive the -49tento, ,'wat Even
birdsAindlgendus to the.'raglphdle. It
lBil fr.injapTths'rof greatest heat that ,
the ;saoid ' Btorm'AbfJ3sajkh valley are
most 4adly7 They rage, with an In
tense fury, Obliterating the landscape
and dimming the' light of . the' sun,
withering the scanty vegetation and
covering the trails deep In powdered
dust. At all times the aspect ot the
valley Is superlatively desolate. . No
spot ' on . earth surpasses it In aridity
and tophet-Uke heat. During the heat
ed term an hour without water means
death. Meat becomes ' putrid in aa
hour. Eggs are cooked In the blister
ing sand. Water is only palatable by
means oi, targe porous earinenware
Jars, common to all hot countries, sus-
pended in drafts end reduced in tem
perature by, means of the rapid evap
oration of the moisture from the out
side. anything you''lnwint or improve; also get
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UMCFDM1 POLISH CO.
Chatham. Pa
Sankey Thtake Luml
Ira D. Sankey Is dlKtl
Ion that ths spiritual' I..
Is on the upgtade. Indec-i
tided to the British We
regards my special wo: k I
much gratified to note
Christian tone that prevail.' .
religious community. A
with 1873 there are even a
neatness and a warmer
p.r
'mi
tin-
'as
en
IftHl
'he
red
ear-
spiritual
jglow. I have aa Impression that
vrsei revrva. is aaBfieaalny."
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