Manchester Democrat. [volume], May 16, 1900, Image 3

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His
OLD TIME&
There are DO days like the good old
days—
The days when we were youthful!
When "humankind were pure of mind
And tpeech and deeds were truthful
Before a love for sordid gold
Because man's ruling passion,
And before each dame and maid became
Slaves to the tyrant fashion
There are no girls like the good old girls—
Against the world I'd stake 'em!
As buxom and smart and clean of heart
As the Lord knew how to make 'etn!
They were rich in spirit and common
sense,
A piety all-supportin'
They could bake and brew, aud bad
taught school, too,
And they made the likeliest courtln'l
There are no boys like the good old
boys—
When we were boys together!
.... When the grass r,yis sweet to the brown
bare feet
That dimpled the laughing heather
When the pewee sung to the summer
dawn
Of the bee in tlie willowy clover,
Or^down by the mill the whip-poor-will
Echoed his uight song over.
There is no love like the good old love—
The love that mother gave us!
We are old, old men, yet we pine again
For that precious grace God gave us!
So we dream and dream of the good old
times,
And pur hearts grow tenderer, fonder,
As those dear old dreams bring soothing
gleams
Of heaven away off yonder.
•sj-^Eugone Field.
A LATIN LESSON, 1
WBB a year B,uce 1)6
bad left Chl-
Jlcngo, and In all tbat time sho bad
heard nothing from lilm. It seemed,
strange! they had been such friends—
Indeed, mora than friends, for he had
seemed to like her much, and had
sought her society on every posslblo oc
casion. The day before he was to leave
,lie had come by appointment to see
her, Sho had noticed-with concern
Ithat his manner was chill and con
strained, but bad had no opportunity
'to dissipate that chill by her own cor
diality. Although It was not-their reg
ular reception day, the drawing-room
was full of people, and her sister, who
was apt upon occasion to- monopolize
his attention, never left tliem alone for
a moment, although he prolonged his
stay until after the last visitor had left.
"Surely he will write," she had said
to herself, and foi^weeks tho postman's
ring had caused a quick fluttering of
the heart which subsided Into the dull
ache of disappointment when the long
ed-for letter never came. She had heard
of him often from common friends, of
his Buccess socially and financially In
the distant city which he had made his
home, and had slowly and unwillingly
resigned herself to the conviction that
their friendship had been but an epi
sode. And now she held In her hnnd
the announcement of his marriage to
another woman. She felt glad tbat the
family had regarded him as her sister's
admirer.
Slowly she went upstairs to ber room
and unlocked her desk, taking from an
Inner drawer a small stock of treasures
—a dozen notes, some dried violets,
candy
box, ribbons, and other souvenirs equal
ly trifling. She must destroy them now,
she was too old-fashioned to preserve
such memorials of another woman's
husband. Violets and ribbons were
soon in ashes on the hearth, but each
note |n ttie packet was opened and
read before being sacrificed. She was
naturally methodical and they came in
correct order. Sho smiled bitterly to
herself to see how little there was real
ly in them. Even Mrs. Bardell's law
yer would have been puzzled to find on
those pages anything tender or com
mittal What a fool she bad been! Shu
finished the holocaust and turned to re
place the empty drawer. It stuck and.
had to be pulled out agnln. Looking
for tlie obstruction, she found nnotlier
note—the last one—which, sbe had
mourned as lost. Now she remembered
SHE HAD HOT BEEN MISTAKEN HE BAD
LOVED HER AFTER ALL.
that she bad put It away, arter reading
It hastily, for there were people waiting
below. It announced that he was com
ing to see her that afternoon and re
quested' that she would not fall to be
In. Just above the signature was a sen
tence In Latin, rapidly and illegibly
written—his handwriting at Its best
was difficult to decipher. She started as
she remembered that in the "hurry of
that long-ago afternoon she had put off
translating Latin. lie knew that she
had studied tbe language, for he had
once asked her, seemingly apropos of
nothing, but she-had not told blm that
she bad forgotten nearly all of It since
leaving school. She rushed for the dic
tionary and read understanding^ for
the first time the neglected messnge,
the gist, as It proved, of the whole:
"O love of mine my bleeding heart
lies at thy feet deign to accept the of
fering of thy slave."
Sbe had not been mistaken be had
loved her, after all, but why did he—
how could he—trust a living story to a
dead tongue? And why bad sbe, how
ever hurried, left a word of that letter
anrend?
The letter was clutched convulsively,
tbe lexicon dropped to the floor, nnd
her head went down on her arm in a
..(• passion of futile tears.*—Philadelphia
Item.
M. GALLIFET AND HIS FISH.
He Caught It in tlie Presence of Napo
leon III* and It Made Trouble,
In the etats de service of Qen. Galll
fet, tho present War Minister of
France, there Is a curious note which
should endear blm to the hearts of all
fishermen. After paying a just tribute
to his •WWttes, the note reads:
"But, unfortunately, he selects e_
traordlnary companions."
Thereby hangs a fish story. -Long
ago, In the days of the second empire,
Gnllifet was the nld-de-cnmp of Napo
leon III. At St Cloud his quarters
wero just over the Imperial bedroom.
Everything around him was very grand
and very gloomy. The window of.his
room looked upon the pond that wash
ed the walls of the chateau. Tho water
was clear, and tho surrounding scen
ery was beautiful but the young lieu
tenaut felt like a prisoner. Early one
morning while seated at his window
trying to drive away the blues with a
cigar ho espied below In the crystal
water an enormous carp. The Instincts
of the angler, strong In Galllfet, made
the young man's eyes snap nnd set his
lienrt a-tbrobblng.
The big fish was the private.property
of the Emperor. Consequently, for
Galllfet It was forbidden fisli. But it
was such a fine fellow! The resist
ance of the soldier's conscience was
useless. It surrendered uucoudltion
nlly. The remaining part of the cam.
paign against the carp was simple
enough. Galllfet went to his trunk,
brought out his trusty line, to which
l.e fastened a hook and an artificial
bait With his accustomed skill he
cast tbe line. The carp was booked
and hauled In through tho window.
Ilerc tho lieutenant's fun ended and
liis trouble began. The fish lnnded
upon table, overturned a large globe
filled with water, and caromed from
that to a magnificent vase, which It also
upset and smashed to pleccs upon the
floor. Then It begun to execute a genu
ine pas de carpo among tho smither
eens.
The Emperor, bearing the strnngo
racket overhead and seeing tho water
trickling through the celling, was aston
ished. He rushed upstairs to find out
what was the matter. Galllfet heard
hlin coming nnd eudeavored to grab
the enrp and throw It out of the win-
•ow,. aud thus destroy the evidence of
his poaching In the Imperial pond. But
the slippery thing was hard to hold so
lie tossed It into the bed and covered
It up with the bed clothes. When the
Emperor entered the room he noticed
Immediately the quivering bed clothes.
He pulled them down nnd uncovered
the floundering fisli. His majesty's
face assumed an almost jlm-jamlc ex
pression, which gradually faded Into a
faint smile. He took In the entire situ
ation, saluted, and left the future War
Minister to medltnte upon the mysteries
of a fisherman's luck.
NEGRO LAD INVENTS NEW GUN.
Eugene Burkin of Chicago Constructs
a Hapld-Firc Machine Weapon.
Eugene Burkin, a colored boy of 19
years, who lives In Chicago, Is the In
ventor of a rapid-fire machine gun
which he claims Is the most effective
weapon of Its kind In the world, and
destined to throw the Inventions ot
Maxim and Nordenfeldt, now in genera)
EUOEXK HCIiKIN
use In the armaments of the world, into
tho scrap heap. Several experts who
have seen the model of Burkln's gun
pronounce It a marvel of Ingenuity aud
ft terrible weapon. The boy Is sai'l to
have refused an offer of $50,000 for hl«
Invention.
The boy has never had any mechani
cal training, yet all the work on his
model has been his own. The first Idea
of the weapon cnine to him during the
Spanish-American war, when the mag
nificent work of the American gunners
directed his thoughts to guns nnd their
Improvement He constructed Ills first
model of wood, his ouly tool being a
jackknlfe.
Not to Bo Outdone.
James Russell Lowell was a" great
student of dialect One day while In
England he entered a South Shields
restaurant, and sat down opposite a
barefooted Shields yokel, who bad been
walking, nnd whose feet were -tired.
"Walter," he said, "bring he a steak
and fried potatoes."
The yoscl loaned his elbows upon the
table. "Bring mo yan, tee," he said.
"Bring me cup of coffee nnd rolls,"
continued Lowell.
"Bring me yan, tee," said the yokel.
"And, John, you may bring me a boot
Jack."
"Bring me yan, tee," added the yokel.
"Why, what on earth can you want
with a bootjack'/' asked Lowell, sur
prised Into asking the question. The
retort nearly took away his breath.
"Gnn away, ye fule," said the yokel
"d'ye think I canna eat a bootjack as
well as ye?"—Glasgow (Scotland)
Times.
Held Reformer to HI* Word.
When a beggar asked a Philadelphia
stationer the other day for help the
latter offered him two lead pencils,
saying: "With half the effort required
In begging you can easily sell these for
5 cents apiece." The beggar gazed at
the pencils scornfully. "Who'd give
me 5 cents for them?' lie demanded.
"Why, anybody," said the stationer.
"Go out nnd try It." ~"Would you?"
asked the beggar. "Why, certainly,"
was tlie reply. A smile of triumph
spread over the grimy features of the
mendicant. "Here you are, then," he
said. "Gimme the 10 cents. You can't
go back on your own word." It took
the stationer several minutes to re
cover his breath, but he finally entered
Into the deal, and hereafter he -will
adopt other tactics.—Hartford Times.
Fifty-two Yeara Without a Drink.
Some animals can live many years
without water. A paroquet lived fifty
two years In the London zoo without
taking a drep of water. A number of
reptiles live nnd prosper In -places
where there Is no water.
It Is the air castle ot every old-fash
ioned woman that some one will "dis
cover" some of her remedies, and buUd
big factory, to make them, ...
THE POLITICAL POT.
HOW ITS BUBBLING8 ARE VIEWED
IN WASHINGTON.
People Get an Object Lesson in Im
perialistic 8plendor and Its Cost
Mark Hanna'aReady-Made Platforms
to Republican 8tate Conventions.
Washington correspondence:
Secretary Root, In his report on
Cuban expenditure to the Senate, has
furnished tlie people object lesson No.
1 on Imperialism lu practical operation.
This policy ls no longer a vnlnbow-tint*
ed dream hovering about President Mc
Klnley's Imagination. It Is an actual
and solid reality, which costs money to
support. This report from the War De
partment shows the extra salaries
which our military officials have been
allowed to draw from Cuban revenues
In addition to their legal and regular
salaries as ofllcers of the United States
army. Here are most important Items:
"To the Governor General of Cuba,
$7,500 per year."
"Military Governor of Havana, $5,000
per year."
"Collector of Customs for Cuba,
$1,800 per year."
"Treasurer Island of Cuba, $1,800 per
year."
Secretary Root very frankly states
tlint this extra allowance was made In
order that these officlnls might live In
a stylo more befitting their positions.
He assumes without question that our
"carpetbag" Imperialism must outshine
the princely splendor of the Spanish
tjTants from whom we delivered the
Cubans. Tho old Ideas of Jeffersonlan
simplicity have been entirely forgotten.
The law is very explicit in prohibiting
extra allowance to army officers, but
Secretary Root says that the payments
were authorized by the President on the
oraladvice of the Attorney General. An
attempt Is made to justify the expendi
ture by citing the fact that allowances
were made to army ofllcers performing
civil functions in Mexico and Califor
nia, nnd were sanctioned by Congress
In 1849 and 1853, but Secretary Root
conveniently forgets that Congress in
1870 passed the law specifically prohib
iting extra allowances. Republicans
have strenuously maintained on tho
floor of the Senate that these allow
ances In Cuba were not In tho nature of
extra salaries, but tho official order of
the War Department dated March 1,
1809, shows that tbe amounts were
termed "salaries" when ordered to be
paid out of the revenues of Cuba.
It Is not stated whnt the Impoverish
ed Cubans think of this spectacle of
having their Island revenues spent more
lavishly for the purposes of our mili
tary occupation than they ever were
under Spanish regime. The Cubans,
being under martial law, are not In a
position to make known any criticisms
of their new masters.
The Cuban Item is not so very large
In Itself,, but it is the thin end of the
wedge. If that amount can be taken
every year from insular revenues, why
not any other sum up to the limit of the
revenue-producing capacity of the Isl
and? The same sort of a raid Is plan
ned in Porto Rico, and Congress Is
asked, as a mere matter of form, to
give its sanction in advance to the plun
dering of the stricken people of that
island.
Under all the fine talk about bringing
the blessings of our institutions to the
Filipinos lies this very Bcheme of mak
ing them the helpless subjects of a lot
of Irresponsible officials who will loot
everything in sight. Of course It will
be done in a gentlemanly manner and
with the sanction of tbe administration,
but it Is no wonder that certnln inter
ests are so loud In the defense of Im
perialism. They see already what op
portunities are going to be presented
for private spoliation It only the prece
dent can be established that the Presi
dent nnd his Congress are above the
Constitution.
Murk Hnnna Is taking pains that no
Pepubllcnu State Convention shall be
I
The lack of funds then threatened to
put a stop to the young Inventor's work,
but ho finally obtained enough money
to go into an Iron works on the West
Side, which gave him the use of its
tools and machinery for $3 a day. Here
he constructed the model, which ho
sent to the patent office at Washington,
which lias already allowed seventeen ot
Ills claims on the weapon.
illowed ,to criticise the Porto ltlcan
••ensure or any other matter pertaln
ng to this administration. Unfortu
nately for his dreams of four years
luore In which to strengthen the Im
perial policy, the people may choose
ffter all to vote for a man who will 1'ec
,gnlze tlie authority of the Constltu
lion in relation to the Insular posses
lions and other Important matters.
Ready-Made Platforms.^
Much interest is felt In Washington
the State conventions which are be
ng.lield nt tills time. Mark llanna and
lis lieutenants not only sent a ready
made platform to Ohio, but it looks
is If Indiana, Wisconsin nnd Massacliu
tetts received duplicate coplcs In order
guide their nctlon. Hnnna feels tliut
lliere must be at least the appearance
surface harmony, but it Is suggested
lerc that he might have mauaged a
little more variety ot diction In the va
rious platforms. Hanna nnd Dick re
turned from Ohio In the best of spirits
ind seem really to have persuaded
iliemselves that tlielr shifty and eva
jive platform would convince voters
that the administration is all right and
jnly needs more time and more power
In order that everybody shall be happy.
The trust planks In the State plat
forms are noticeably weak, and It Is
(aid that the representatives of sev
eral of the big trusts served notice on
({anna before he left Washington that
If they were to put up the fund for his
mmpnlgn they expected to be treated
with respect and deference. The trusts
liave gotten so fnr away from tlie peo
ple that It Is difficult for them to see
why. their agent, Mr. Hanna, should
even take the trouble to dissemble his
:ontempt for the mere mob which
:asts votes.
,Mr. Quay and his friends have seeu
fit to indulge in a good deal of bittcr
pess over his failure to be seated as a
(Senator. It was a lesson to those who
£et Into the comfortable belief that
when the Legislature and the pre
scribed forms become an obstruction to
certain interests, that the Governor of
a State can assume almost any function
and "by interpretation" put himself
abovejaw' and beyond the power of
the people. There Is a general feeling
through the country—and In this case It
was reflected In Washington—that It
was about time for tlie Senate of the
United States to declare Itself.
Now the Quay supporters are threat
enlng to defeat the ship subsidy bill
becJfuse Senator Hanna was against
Quay. If It should happen that way It
would be something for which to be
duly thankful. Hanna Is declaring
that tbe ship subsidy bill has to pass
the Senate If Congress stays In session
-all summer. He has been trying to get
the Democrats to agree to let the ap
propriation bills through without de
lay, in the alleged Interest of early ad
journment, but as no nssurances are
made about dropplug the subsidy bill,
the Democrats nr'e not hurrying nny-
Ihing. Every week Congress remains
lu session the Republicans furnish the
Democrats with additional campaign
material,
It Is said that Hanna will be serious
ly embarrassed in the collection of tbat
big campaign fund unless he can put
the subsidy bill through the Senate, as
an evidence that lie still has control of
at least that branch of Congress. It
is not thought that the House could
pass it in the present state of Republi
can demoralization.
Senator Hoar to the Rescne.
Senator Hoar has always taken
strong ground against the imperial pol
icy of the Republican party Indeed, on
one occasion, lie announced that the
downfall of the republic would date
from the administration of William
McKluley. in this, he cume very near
the mark, but did not quite hit the
bullseyc, so on the 17th of April he
took his party to task with a vigor of
denunciation and a fertility of facts,
rhetoric and metaphor that would have
shriveled up Mr. McKlnley, seated In
his chair of state at the other end of
the avenue, If that gentleman could
possibly shrivel up to any greater ex
tent.
Senator Hoar agrees with the great
mass of Americans: "I believe, Mr.
President, not only that perseverance
In tho Imperial policy of tlie Republi
can party will be the abandonment of
the principles upon which our govern
ment is founded, that It will change
our republic into nil empire, that our
methods of legislation, ot diplomacy,
of administration must hereafter be
those which belong to empires, and not
those which belong to republics but I
believe persistence In this attempt will
result in tho defeat and overthrow of
the Republican party."
This prediction was based upon the
contemplated action of the adminis
tration and tbe Senate upon the Phil
ippine Question. But the Senator's
words had no effect upon his fellow
Republicans, nnd, so far as tbe Senator
himself Is concerned, he purposes
sticking to tho Republican party and
go down" with It to destruction.
"The issue," said he, "is a question of
constitutional power, of International
law, of justice and righteousness, or a
question of public expediency. This
can be clearly shown in the abstract:
"The constitutional question Is: Has
Congress the power to hold In subjec
tion unwilling vassal states?
"The question of International law Is:
Con any-nntlon rightfully convey to an
other sovereignty over an1 unwilling
people who have thrown off Its domin
ion?
"The question of justice and righteous
ness is: Have we the right to crush
and hold under our feet an unwilling
and subject people whom we have
treated as allies, who had established
their own free government nnd "who
had trusted us?
"Thequestlon of public expediency is:
Is It for our advantage to promote our
trade at tbe. cannon's mouth nnd at the
point of the bayonet?"
To all of these questions the Senator
gave the most complete and convincing
answers in the negative, but still lie
knew he was arguing against a policy
that answered all of thein in the af
firmative. "We have hoisted the flag,
who will dare haul It down?" To tills
the Senator'answered: "The American
flag Is In more danger from the Im
perialists than from the whole of Chris
tendom. Foreign violence nt worst
could only rend it. But these men are
trying to stain It." ijv
Everybody Has Wot!i|"Eh?
Every man with eyes that wants to
see it, knows that there is a vast army
of Idle men in the United Stntes seek
ing work aud not getting it. These'
men nre not tramps who will not work,
they want work. A simple thing like
work in the big tunnel in New York
draws thousands thither.
"The commencement of work on the
big Rapid Transit tunnel In New York
lias brought about a strange stnte ot
offalrs," said Charles M..-Groves, of
Manhattan, at tho Normandie. "As
soon as the news of the proposed tun
ned was noised about, unemployed la
borers from every large city lu the
country began to arrive in Gotbnm. aud
to-day I should judge that there are at
least 15,000 Idle laborers waiting for a
chance to get work on tlie new enter
prise. It had bepu printed everywhere
that an army of men would be required
to dig the hole, and'these meu came
without funds, expecting to be put to
work nt once. As an actual fuct, It
may be six months before one-tenth of
the number will get n. chance to do
anything. The sub contracts arc let to
contractors who have already men
enough of their own to do the Jobs, and
the army of unemployed will be forced
to tramp back to their homes. Nothing
but a little work on a sewer at Bleecker
nnd Greene streets has been begun as
yet, and there are plenty of New York
men waiting to be put to work."
Acting Up to HU-ConvictloiiB.
The Rcpubllcau Senator from Mary
land, George I,. Wellington, exhibits
degree of political and moral honesty
much higher than his weak-kneed fel
low Senators. He not only declines to
support tho McKluley policy, but pur
poses keeping his morals pure by stay
ing away from the Republican councils.
"I have been opposed to the acquisi
tion of tbe Philippines as a permanent
colony," said the Senator when asked
concerning his attitude during the next
campaign. "I was opposed to the 15
per cent, duty on Porto Rienn imports.
This being ray position I do not see my
way clear to support the Philipplue poi
lcy of the President and the policy of
laying a duty on Porto Rico when they
are embraced in a national platform.
I will simply step aside. I do not In
tend to support a platform that is
against my convictions in such Import
ant particulars. I do not intend to re
main a member of tbe national com
mittee, nor do I Intend to nttend tiic
Republican national convention."
The Meaning of a "World Power."
Tlie boastful cry of empire-dazed Re
publicans that the present administra
tion has made us a "world power" Is
scarcely a matter to crow over. What
are the world powers of to-day. Simply
machines of military power for the ex
tinguishment of weaker powers, and
their engulfment In the sack of the
cormorant. This Is the "principle" on
which the "open door" policy Is found
ed. England is now endeavoring to
open another door in Africa. A people
who love the real principles of liberty
will only hope and pray that she may
not succeed. Kalamazoo Gazette
News. t-
Keep Thein Out.
Don't permit any half-hearted Chi
cago platform Democrat to snenk into
the national convention of the party
this year. Remember he will meet the
tempter there aud may fall Into his
snares. Send only tried and true men
to conventions, If you would preserve
your liberties.—National Watchman.
Flops Not Mentioned.
The rough' draft of the Republican
party creed that has been accepted by
the Republican leaders does- not uiGii
{lon aa one 4f the Issues president Mc
'f
Klnley's thousand and one Sops on
tbe Porto Rico question. Yet who can
doubt this will be one of the issues?—
Joplln (Mo.) Globe.
A Helpless People.
The tariff clause of that Porto Rico
law Is bad enough, but It Is a mere trifle
compared with tlie rascally provision
which robs the Porto "Rlcans of all con
trol over tlie granting of railway and
all oilier franchises.—Grand Rapids
Democrat.
Preparing to Fool the People*
The season for fooliug tbe people Is
uow open the Republican members of
the House Judiciary Committee have
suddenly grown Indignant at the ag
gression of the trusts.—Milwaukee
News.
It Would Benefit tbe People.
If, with a Treasury surplus of $150,
000,000, tho war stamp taxation is not
to be repealed, will it ever be removed?
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Tarred with the Sauie Stick,'
Let us hear no more of Filipiuo bad
faith. What sort of faith have we kept
with Porto It I co?~
patcli.
St. Louis Post-DIs-
NOT A CHEAP JOURNEY.
Ameritane Going to South Africa Will
Have to Pay Roundly.
Those Americans who contemplate a
trip to South Africa to witness the
scenes of conflict will have to pay a
good sum for the journey. In spite of
the large American Interests in the
Transvaal and other parts of South
Africa no direct line-of passenger com
munication between the United States
and that country has ever been estab
lished. All passenger traffic for the
scene of the present war between the
Boer and the Briton must be by way of
Europe. From there one may havo the
choice of several lines. The steam
ships of the German East African line
touch at Amsterdam twice a month on
their way to Delagoa Bay and Durban.
Steamers of the Union and Castle lines
sail each Saturday from Southampton,
England, for South Africa ports, but
first go to Holland to pick up passen
gers nnd freight. The British and Co
lonial steamships sail every fortnight
direct from London to Cape Town.
They are of light draught, especially
designed to cross the bar at East Lon
don and Natal, but carry only first
class passengers. Rates of passage
from London to Cape Town range from
$00.43, third class, up to $109.28, first
class.
The distance from London is 5,051
miles and the average time of the voy
age by royal mail steamers is seven
teen days" and by other lines about
twenty-one days. From New York one
must add, of course, to these figures
from six to nine days of time and from
$50 to $100 for fgre. In brief, a trav
eler from New York to Cape Town via
England might reasonably hope to
make the voyage In something less
than thirty days and possibly In twen
ty-five, at an expense for steamer fare
of from $130.43 to about $300, accord
ing to ine accommodations desired.
Most of the English lines sell through
tickets to Johannesburg via Cape
Town, the first-class fare beiug $225.13
and the additional time from Cape
Town by rail about two days. "7
Tickets* Please
As a train was approaching a town
ou the Great Northern Railway in Ire
land an lutelligent-looking young Irish
man observed a lady standing up
searching her pocket. She commenced
to weep. "Have yon been robbed?"
lie asked.
"Oh, no," she replied "I've lost my
ticket, and they will accuse me of
fraud."
Seeing her distressed state of mlud
he said:
"Oli, don't mind here, take my ticket,
and I will give the guard a problem,"
while their fellowTpassengers awaited
the scene at the station with Interest
Wheu the train stopped the guard
collected all the tickets but one.
"Where labour ticket?" lie asked the
young man.
"You have got my ticket," he replied.
"No, I have not got it. I'll call the
stationmaster and see about it."
"Where Is your ticket?" asked the
stationmaster, when he appeared.
"He has my ticket see if he has a
ticket in his hand with a small piece
off the corner."
"Yes, you have, Dave there it is."
"Well, see, will that fi^ it?" said Pat,
hauding him tlie small piece, and it did.
A look of surprise crept over the
guard's face as he left the .carriage,
while Pat caused much amusement by
exclaiming, "Begorra, I knew lie
couldn't solve it"—Tit-Bits.
Intense Artificial fiort.
The greatest heat produced artificial
ly is that of an electric arc furnace, the
kind that is used lu tlie production of
artificial diamonds, calcium carbide,
etc. It is so intcusc that nothing exists
with which to record it. It is esti
mated, however, to he of about 400 de
grees Fahrenheit. The coldest known
temperature is that of liquid air, which
freezes alcohol and mercury and dis
tances all means of measuriug. It Is
claimed for it that with It a tempera
ture of 400 degrees below zero, Fahr
enheit Is reached. The prcseut limits
of heat and cold are, therefore, repre
sented by the arc furnace and the
liquid air.
Gren tha Sermons Wore Dry.
The late Rev. Lawrence Lockhart,
D. D.» before his succession to the fam
ily estates in Lanarksliire, was parish
minister of Incliinnan, in Renfrew
shire. When, ou liis succession to the
estates, he was "flitting" from Inchiu
nan, he left a uurnber of thiugs behind
him stored in a garret. Some time
afterward he wrote to his successor to
ask •him whether the thiugs in the gar
ret were "all right" and in particular
whether they were "well aired." In
reply he was told, "The things in the
garret nre all right, well aired and quite
dry—sermons and all."
Electrification oPSeeds. t.1
Rr. E. H. Cook read a paper before the
last meeting of the British Association,
giving the results of his experiments
on the effect of electrification of seeds
previous to planting. His results show
ed that, although there was no differ-*
ence in growth, a far larger number of
seeds germinated if they were electri
fied. .•!}
Slow Work.
"Maria," you let that young Bobster
stay last night until 1 o'clock."
"But, mamma, you told me I must
give him time to propose."
"But five hours!"
"Why, mamma, you know how he
stutters."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Flue manners are a stronger bond
than a beautiful face. The former
binds the latter only attracts.—Lamar
tlne.
The United States building at the
Paris exposition will be closed on Sun
day.
WOMEN AS BEASTS OF BURDEN.
In One Section of Canada Ths* Art
llarnesecd to the Plow.
Like the squaw of the American In
dian, on whom ber lord and master lays
the task of taking the place of-a beast
of burden, the women of a colony of
Russian settlers, who came to Canada.
A little over three years ago and located
on the bleak prairies of the great Cana
dian northwest, are slaves of the most
menial kind. Not only do they take the
places of horses in .plowing, but they
also perform other heavy work that in
most sections is reserved for lower ani
mals and *he men do the lighter work.
Plowing both spring aud fall is done
by "bees." The head of the family Is
sues a call for a plow bee at his home
stead on a certain date. The women
gather in large numbers. They are
buxom-looking women and ready to
work. They arrive early In the morn
ing, and are at first placed at a table
and fed. The food Is coarse, but sub
stantial. At the conclusion of the meal
preparations for the field are begun.
The party Is divided Into three reliefs.
To the beam of the plow Is attached a
long rope, Into which are tied stout
sticks equal to half the number of
women In each relief. As draught ani
mals the women go to their places, di
viding on either side of the rope, and
the day's work Is begun.
The owner of the land, holding the
handles of the plow, gives a grunt. The
women bend forward to the yoke, the
plowshare enters the ground, and nt a
rapid rate the first furrow Is turned
over. For four hours each relief works.
As fast as returned the women ate
privileged to go home. During working
hours not a word is spoken. The wom
en are as dumb as the animals they
represent.
Last year the Canadian mounted po
lice, In order to assist the Impoverished
settlers, gave them several small con
tracts for hay. In the execution of
these contracts the women again played
an important part. Harnessed to small
wooden sulky rakes, they could be seen
dally during the summer tolling up and
down the prairie meadows harvesting
the hay. Tho men did the loading into
the police wagons.
WORSE THAN A WATERSPOUT.
British Forces 111 South Africa Suffer
from "Sand Perils."
The English forces In South Africa
have suffered severely during tlie dry
season from the sand-storms, or "sand
devils" as the natives call them, which
CLOSED DOORS.
and Americans are employed en the
electric railroads, I believe tbe posi
tions are all filled. Employment with
the mines would have to be seenred
before coming to Korea. The agent of
the mines in America Is H. A. Noble,
representative of the Oriental Consoli
dated Mining Company, San Francisco.
Prospectors cannot operate In Korea,
and there is no employment with the
mines other than on wages. I am told
the-miniug company has no lack of ap
plicants.
Mechanical Curiosities.
The Le Droz family, of Neufchatel,
In Switzerland, were famous makers
of mechanical curiosities. One of these
was a clock, presented to the King of
Spain, having a sheep and dog attached
to It. The sheep would bleat in exact
imitation of a live one, while the dog
was placed in custody of a basket of
IS
WOMEN TAKE THE PLACE OF HORSES AT THE PLOW.
loose fruit. If any one removed the
fruit, he would growl, snarl, gnaBh his
teeth, and endeavor to bite, until It was
restored. Another was an oval gold
snuff box, about four and one-half
inches long by three Inches broad, and
one Inch nnd one-half thick. It was
double, as though one box were placed
on top of another, with a lid for each.
One contained snufT. In the other, as
soon as the lid was opened, there rose
up a very small bird of green enameled
gold, sitting upon a gold stnnd. Imme
diately this minute curiosity shook Its
wings, wagged Its tall, opened its hill
of white enameled gold, and poured
forth, minute as It was, being only
three-quarters of an Incfi from the beak
to the extremity of the tall, such a
clear, melodious song as would have
filled a room of twenty or thirty feet
square with its harmony.
'The Siamang.
Tbe gentle slnmaug is a gibbon and
no monkey, says a writer lu Black
wood's Magazine. In assemblies on the
treetops live the slamang, whooping
through the octaves, calling to their
friends from miles away, and swooping
off to meet them, racing steeplechases
with the winds. I have seen, and hope
to live and see again, a pack of the
slamang going through the jungle—a
long black arm and a small crumpled
body swinging wildly' from It like a
pendulum run mad, then a suicidal
ding, a crash In tbe covering green, aud
so they are gone. Tame they are the
gentlest of creatures. The Malays
catch the young ones and bring thein
to our doors, knowing that Buy we
must. It Is not among the possibilities
THE "SAND DEVIL iN A SOUTH AFRICAN CAMP. jMa
rage frequently on the dry and dusty
veldt. Just as sometimes pieces of
paper and bits of litter are caught up
by the wind on a street corner and kept
twisting round and round in the air,
so on the great African plains great
columns of sand are raised high iuto
the air. In shape and in motion like a
waterspout. Sometimes the "sand
devils" are driven at a high rate of
speed by the wind, and people who get
in their way come out of the inter
view looking and feeling as if they had
been thoroughly polished with emery
paper. With the coming of the rains,
of course, the sand is laid and danger
from sandstorms Is over.
Little Korea Affords No Field for
American Knterprisc.
In pursuance of the policy now pur
sued by the Consular Service of as
certaining the state of foreign fields as
opportunities for American labor, cap
ital and enterprise. Horace W. Allen,
Consul General to Seoul, Korea, writes
for the consular reports that Korea
uow, employs no foreign military of
ficers as advisers or instructors in its
army, and is not likely to do so, owing
to an agreemeut made with Russia
when a large staff of Russian officers
were allowed to leave. By tills agree
ment Korea annouueed her ability and
lutention to dispense with further as
sistance of that kind.
The many requests from young men
who have recently left the service of
the United States asking for positions
In connection with the Koreau army
are futile. There Is no demaud for
their services in Korea. There is no
demand for foreign advisers to the
Koreau Government. Although two
Americans who held such positions
have recently died, their places have
been filled, and there is no further de
mand for assistance of that kind. The
newspaper report that one of these ad
visers had been receiving a salary of
$100,000 gold per annum is entirely
misleading such positions pay from
$150 to $250 per month. There is no
demand for employes on tiie railroads
in Korea. Japanese control and oper
ate {(if gteam railroad, and Korean*
.ifc-SfeSS
feilisSS
for a Mem to resist the forlorn small
speechless thing, when it winds its long
arms and fingers round her neck, and
hides its black wrinkled face of an old
woman, with round unhappy eyes, In
the softness of her morning gown. Or
it lurches across the veranda on a pair
of very bandy little legs, balancing It
self with oustretched arms. But they
always die. They who have weathered
torrential rains under the open heaven
die in captivity of consumption, and
cough out their ill-comprehended souls
like Christians, huddled in a blanket.
Some Rig Fires In Europo.
In 1S02 there was an enormous con
flagration at Liverpool, which destroy
ed more than $5,000,000 worth of prop
erty. In the year 1700 over one-half of
the city of Edinburgh was destroyed by
fire. In 18G5 there was a fire in Con
stantinople which destroyed 2,800
buildings, shops aud bazaars. But
Constantinople's greatest fire occurred
in 1S70, when almost half the peninsu
la on which the city is built was swept
by the conflagration. No record exists
of the number of houses destroyed on
this occasion, but the value of the prop
erty lost was roughly estimated to ex
ceed $25,000,000.
His Baby's Future Quite Apparent.
"Augh waugh!"
It was the baby. He had repeated
this remark sixty times In the last
hour.
Mr. Newlelgli's hair, such as it was,
stood on end.
"Gwow ahmb wowbdgow alwaugh!"
added tho baby, while people across
the street got up aud closed their win
dows.
Mr. Newlelgh ground his teeth. "To
think," he groaned, burying his face in
his pillow, "that I should grow up to
become the father of a railway porter!"
—London Tit-Bits.
Her experience with the men doesn't
seem to help a woman any when she Is
a widow, and fllce, polite men want to
borrow lier life insurance money.
A man who lacks sense, bitterly ob*
jects to it in other*.
HE'S A ROYAL COWARD.
Priuce Adolphus of Tecfc brink* Dis*
srace on British Army.
"A Royal Coward" Is the title which
the Duke of Teck, brother-in-law to
the Duke of York, England's future
King, 1ms succeeded lu adding to his
princely name In tlie South Afrlcnn
war. Among all tlie recent scandals
of the British war office none has
aroused so much public indignation as
the disgraceful part which the member
of the English royal family played at
the skirmish of ICoorn Spruit.
At Kooru Spruit the Duke of Teck
was escort officer for a convoy of ar
tillery. He allowed Ills men to walk
Into an ambuscade, and then turning
his horse's head, lie fled at mad gal
lop, permitting 450 men aud sis guns
to fall Into the hands of a small de
tachment of Boers. The Prince, ac
cording to reports prevalent In mili
tary circles, founded on official In
formation, is not only accused of gross
negligence, but is suspected of equally
gross cowardice. The surprise pre
pared by the Boers ou this occasion
was one for which a brave soldier,
alive to his duty, should have been pre
pared. Teck' was neither. When the
word first came to hiin, "We are
trapped!" his womanish terror, It la
\t
I'ltlNCE ADOLPITUB OP TKCK.
said, was pitiful. Not one of his men
but would have stood his ground, am
bush or not. But tbe leader, terror
stricken, turned, leaving the greater
number of his men In tbe trap where
his own folly lind led them, and tak
ing with him a small guard for Ills own
protectlbn.
It Is not likely that there Is another
such Instance In the recent history of
British arms. Teck and his men did
not draw rein until they had lied 1,200
yards, where tbe untaken guns were
unllmbered and a perfunctory attempt
was made to shell the Boers, who
qulckiy got out of range with their
booty. Nor were tbe guns followed up,
though It is kuown that recovery was
feasible.
The only sequel, says the Ohlcago In
ter Oceao, to this piece of egregious
cowardice has been the victimizing of
Gatacre. Teck was major In the First
Life Guards. An untitled Britisher
holding such a position and committing
sucli a disgraceful act would have been
promptly shot. General W. P. Gat
acre was the Duke of Teck's command
ing officer. In dispatches to the war
office, at least those made public, the
entire blame for tho disgrace of ICoorn
Spruit was laid upon Gatacre by Lord
Roberts.
Danger of Night Parties
"I abominate night parties for chil
dren," said a prominent city physician
recently, while speaking of the care of
the young, "aud I believe every phy
sician does. It Is not so much the ex
posure aud the eating In the night, but
the breaking Into the sleep habit.
Equally bad Is it for children to study
In the evening. It gorges their brains
with blood, and If they sleep they
dream. I had a little patient of 12
years who was wasted and nervous nnd
whose dreams were filled with his
problems. It was a marvel and a
pride to his parents that the young
ster worked out hard problems In his
sleep such as he failed to mnstor when
awake. But he came near his final
problem. I locked up his books at 4
o'clock, ne must not touch one after
supper lie must play and romp nnd
then go to bed. He Is now robust.
Ton cannot emphasize too strongly the
mischief of children's night study."—
Chicago Chronicle.
Only Women Can Pronounce It.
The state Bcsjukovschtschinn in Rus
sia is probably the ouly place In the
world that is run entirely by women.
This stale is made up of seven villages,
each presided over by a mayoress, the
whole under the superintendence of a
lady named Suschka, who acts as pres.
Idcut. There are women magistrates,
women preachers, women policemen—
in fact, every capacity In the state is
filled by women. The roads are made
by women and women sell milk and
deliver letters. If you want to bring
an action against your neighbor In this
Stnte you go to a woman lawyer, nnd
If there Is anything in your house to
be stolen then a burglar of the weaker
sex steals It. No plnce of any Import
ance is filled by a man.
Checking Tlclcot Specu'ators.
There Is a stringent ordinance In At
lanta, Gn., against speculation In ticket:
to places of amusement, and one of Its
violators came to grief during the re
cent engagement of Richard Mansfield
In that city. The speculator was ar
raigned before the city judge, the case
proved against him nnd he wns prompt
ly fined $100 nnd sentenced to thirty
days in jail. The latter pnrt of the
sentence was afterward remitted. Mr.
Mansfield expressed pleasure on being
Informed of the sentence. He said his
own ageuts charged the public for ad
mission tas much as they were able to
pay.
Av'. A Rare Conversion.
Brown—Jones has been converted to
a silver man by going to gold country.
Smith—How did that happen?
Brown—He took $1,000 up to Cape
Nome, Alaska, last season aud came
back with $10,000, aud now he says 10
to 1 is plenty good enough for him.—
Detroit Freo Press.
A Capable Woman.
v.
Joiies—Brown married very capa
ble woman, didn't he?
Smith—1 guess so. At least she seems
to be capable cf making a living for
both of them
Qunlci.'rClty Abolishes a Mulaanoe.
A new ordinance In Philadelphia pro
hibits the placing of loose circulars un
der doors, In vestibules, on doorsteps,
(ront porches or ground doorknobs.