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mrnwm HER UTTLE FELLOW VET. What.tinny creature, mother, are) I •ortrtlnin Itufh to Me— 'or *yr,nT bigness and B07 »fe— How- mln. look* after me. She wants to warm me when I'm cold, .To dry me when I'm wet do.teMfcre ibe thlnka me Juet A little fellow yet! I'm not a schoolboy any moret .. With satchel at my back It wont be many year* before I don the. haversack. I'm (ofng ^0 join the volunteers— My father was a "vet."— And sorely then I will not be A little fellow yet! '.' •Alu^well! the mother's good aa gold, And kind as kind can be There's no one else In all the world Thafa half as kind to me. 80 fet her think It If sho will,, When I, too, am a "ret."— C: It may be I will wish I wen 1 Her little fellow yetl —Christian Work. I A Blue Umbrella. MIIIIIHI»IIIIHIIH.» OIX NBLi why did you never marry?" If a cyclone had struck the sharp featured man who ant [with his feet elevated upon the Iron railing of the veranda It could not have caused him to start up more quickly. Be snipped the ashes from his cigar, paced to the farther end of the veran da, and returning to the questioner's •Me, be aakl: "Harry, what made you ask me that toMMton]" The young man, upon whose shoul der th« other's hand rested lightly, lift, •tfbla eyes. Evidently the Colonel waa deeply moved. hy, all men marry that Is, men ns or^-anyhow, they should knarry." "But you have not married." I "And for a good reason I am not able." "But you could support a very com fortable household if you were not well, what you are," aald the Colonel, as he moved away. "Ah! Hold on, Colonel do hot leave in* In that—he's gone!" Tie other, paying no attention to hla^lrords, went down the broad steps ana walked slowly away In tM moon light know what he means he might JO*T as well have told me In so many words—spendthrift! Hang It all! know very well that I am careless about flnancea and all that sort of thing. If I bad been forced to work early I'd know the value of dollars and be "a very different sort of chap now, iAh, "Veil! Life is too short to fret ovjr mistake* gone and done for. Edith -Ugle Is a—here she comes now." waa.if the tap-tap of tiny feet or the frou-frou of snowy aklrta that made H#rry Lancaster's heart throb tumul tously? It waa both—and the fact that the woman he loved more than all'others was Bearing him. Rising, he tossed his cigar away, lifted his hat, and offered the charming creature in white a chair. "Do not disturb yourself, Mr. Lan caster I merely came for a brief walk up and down the veranda. Isn't it a lovely evening?" Thep was a witchery In the tone* of thijjBfcw, sweet voice. Harry's heart away, more vigorously than •ver. if the veranda roof hadn't been cave-fringed with Ivy (he moonlight would have disclosed the hot (lush that mantled the young man's face. "It Is Indeed a delightful evening. If you will not rest here for a few mo ments will you permit me to offer you my arm for the stroll?" 8he laid her dainty band upon his arm and the pair strolled slowly to the farther end of the veranda they turn ed to retrace their ateps when Edith •aid: "Was not that a firefly? Over there among the bushes to the left? Bee, there It is again, and sucb a glowing one, tool There, It has disappeared." "It may be a firefly, but it is my opinion that Colonel Drake of the reg ulars is smoking a cigar out there among the shadows," said Harry. 'Is that charming old bear here?" she suddenly asked, allowing her band to slip from the other's arm. "He came this afternoon." "And as I was not down to tea I did not meet blm." "You seem to be acquainted with the Colonel, Miss Lisle." "Fairly, but really I ought not to have spoken so shockingly about a flne gentleman. He Is 'qulte engaging, but I detest that absurd Idea about his strange umbrella." "Umbrella? What umbrella, may I ask?" Inquired Harry, pussled at her remark. "Why, have you never beard about tb* Colonel's umbrella?" "Never." '. "Colonel Drake possesses a blue, old fasbtoned umbrella which Is supposed to be a very potent love charm or some thing like that Plainly, so It is told, when^ he Invites a lady to share Its against the rain her heart is forthwith. Strange, Is It not?" surd! Have you ever "No" not yet" "I should not like you to accept Its shelter ever—though I do not believe In such silliness," softly said Harry. If she understood bis meaning she was coy of acknowledgment, for, lift ing ber hand to his arm again, the pair resumed the stroll Just in time to meet tb* Colonel as he ascended the steps. The Colonel IMted bis hat and passed Indoors, while Harry and Edith stroll ed and chatted the hours away. Tbe next morning Harry Lancaster's heart sank when he looked from the window and saw tbe leaden clouds •cnrrylng along the darkened Bky. "Bain! And I was to take her for a drive! Well, I suppose I must make the best of It and while away tbe time In tbe parlors," muttered he, a* he per formed his toilet. When he entered the dtnlng room he •aw that Ulss Ll»Ie chair was va cant Ah! the Colonel's chair, to6, was vacant Over his coffee Hairy made tBil .resolve to make a break before nig lit He would ask her for that dain ty white band. He felt in blr heart of hearts that she did not dislike him. On thn contrary, as he recalled the pleas ant past there was mor* than mere friendliness In the depth of ber bwutl fnl blue eyes last night as tbey strolled along the veranda. After breakfast be went to the smok ing room and aeated himself near a window overlooking the white stretch if «and, the curling waves, and tbe loam-capped billows beyond. Ah! A couple approached, from the teach. The gentleman carried—a blue umbrella! Aa the pair drtew near Har y's heart beat wilder and wilder. It was thp Colonel's blue umbrella was the Ooolnei, but—wh* Mr* .. 'Miss Lisle, by heavens! Pshawl I'm a fool to think there Is anything strange about this. What do I car* about that blue umbrella, and lts\po tent love charm? But I wish It bad not been Bdltb," mused Harry and tossing away bis cigar he ft eat out upon the veranda just in timo to raise his bat and say "Good morning," to Edith, who'tripped by him. The Colonel closed that quaint um brella with a click as of satisfaction as he passed Harry with a polite bow and a "Good morning." Two hours afterward Edith Lisle blushed as Harry Lancaster asked her a question. She recovered quickly and said softly "Mr. Lancaster, tbe potency of tha blue umbrella Is not a fiction. He 1* a charming gentleman, and—I always did like soldiers. I—I—thank you, and well—I simply said yes under the blue umbrella and I hope wo shall remain friends."—Waverly Magazine. MAMMOTH PIQEON RANCH. Blsht Frame Sheds Used to Hons* Ten Thousand of Them. Situated at the sharp angle whero the Arroyo Seco, or dry ditch (a ra vine that extends from Los Angeles to the Sierra Madre mountains, some four teen miles away), and the Los Angeles rlVer (at this point eighteen miles from the sea) meet. Is ono of the most curious exhibits of pigeon life over presented to the eye. Here ten thousand pigeons, mostly light In color, are found perched upon the roots of eight frame sbeds. Tlio walls of these sheds are composed of hundreds of empty gasoline cans with one of the ends taken out and wooden boards with apertures large enough for pigeons substituted, and thousands of wooden fruit boxes furnished wltli square openings. Tbe ground is gener ally covered with pigeons until a stran ger arrives, when there Is a great whir ring noise, tbe air is full of wings and thousands of pigeons return to their brethren on the roofs of. the sheds. This institution belongs to one of Los Angeles' enterprising clttxens, and forms a great attraction to visitors from all the country round, as well as to numerous colored thieves, who make a continual practice of robbing this vast aggregation of pigeon roosts. Two large dogs properly qualified to bark and bite are located at each end of tbe grounds, about 200 feet from cacb other. These are secured safely by long chains to spikes In tbe ground. But these, fierce as they are, do not represent tbe entire force for the de fense from thieves of the 10,000 pig eons, two young dogs, trained to »ark and not to bite, are on duty also all the time these are more sleepless and It Is the uproar they make upon which the owner so much depends for tbe dis covery of the colored thieves. Dis ease and rats take away a great many of this multitudinous bird population daily some young pigeons will be found on the ground dead, having gone too far from the family nest—Pearson's Magazine. CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES. Hiram Proved He Had a Sure Source of Wealth. You tnlk very well, and you're not bad looking," Bnid Mr. Fewscads, tha village banker, to Hiraui Clover, an honeBt young farmer, "but you ought to know that 1 cannot countenance your attentions to my daughter." "But, sir—began Hiram. "1 don't think that I caru to argue th* matter, Mr. Clover," the banker cut In. 1 know you are about to say that Mabel loves you and that you can make a nice home for her and all that but 1 think you're mistaken. Any passing fancy she may bare for you will be gone soon. All girls have to go through three or four sieges of that sort before their affections are fixed on the man they ought to marry." 'And yet, sir 'Don't trouble to say anything, Mr. Clover. I would spare yon ail unneces sary pain. But tbe fact is, my daughter would not be satisfied with life on a farm. And besides, pardon me for men tioning it but you cannot support her in the style to which she has been accus tomed. Mabel has had every advantage. 1 have reared her In tbe lap of luxury, may say, and 1 cannot think of her entering upon a life In which she might miss the comforts with which 1 have always surrounded her." The young man smiled a peculiar and masterful smile, says the Detroit Free Press, as be broke In: Do you bappen to know,'sir, that 1 have a flock of fifty bens and that ev ery hen Is laying one egg a day, sir, and do you know what fresh eggs are fetch ing In the market at the present time?" Is that true?" asked the banker, polo with emotion. "It is." "Toke Mabel and be happy." MANY 8PIE8 OF THE 8ULTAN. Turkey Growing Demoralized Under the Present Vlcioua System. In no country and at no time of the world's history has the spy system been developed to the point It has attained In Turkey to-day. It Is a most elaborate organization and costs an Immense amount of money. There are spies and counter-spies, and counter-counter spies to the fourth or fifth degree. Their number Is legion, and they are to be found In all classes of society, from tbe highest to the lowest Be sides the minister of police, almost ev ery high dignitary has his own servlcs of spies, says the London Chronicle. These are all rival organizations, and spend most of their time in spying and denouncing each other. All prominent persons are closely watched, and fol lowed even while shopping, and should they meet another person of note and exchange a few words, tbe fact Is care fully noted. QSirks no longer dare as semble In parties of five or six for the purpose of spending their evenings to gether. It Is Impossible for three or four of them to sit down at a table In a coffee house without having a spy at the next On sucb occasions they al ways speak very loud, so that every body may hear them. Should a Euro pean converse with a Turk In tbe street, a spy will follow tbem and try to find out what they are saying. The result of all this Is tbat the Turks avoid one another's company as much as possible, and whenever they do come together tbe conversation Is on the most futile subjects, and quite childish. The Turkish nation is grow ing more and more demoralized under the present system. 1 Stork* of East Indies. In a public park at Calcutta are sev eral birds of the adjutant species. They are the storks of the East Indies, and average about six feet In height These birds parade In a stately way, and at distance look so much like soldier* that strangers often mistake them for grenadiers. *1^ Irishman says he always shuts ™wb«o be look* at lady** ftudta. & The Tile Inlet and Outlet. No ono will question the value of tile for drainage pipes. In lnylng head end of tile, It Is a mlstnko to dump in a few pieces of broken tile and mud dug from the slough bed with the Idea of packing to make nearly waterproof. Many have done that In this section and the water, S(«ufi3ci WELL-MADE TILE INLET. falling to run off, a complaint Is made that tiling does not pay. I have known men to dig up whole ditches of tile and replace with 1 inner ones, when a little work In tbe right way would have brought things out all right A correct ly built tile inlet and outlet are abso lutely essential f*r success In drainage. Where sol! Is of a mucky nature, the Illustration shows a good plnn of filling in around the inlet This plnn, how ever, is not necessary where soil Is mossy. About four or five feet of tile should be covered with coarse gravel to within six or eight inches of tbe sur face, so the plow will not strike the stone. This will let the water off free ly, yet keep the soil In good shape. A largo stone should be placed at end of tile. The outlet should also be kept clean of roots nud bars of netting so placed that the vermin may be kept out If this is done and the tile properly laid. DURABLE WLK OUTLET. "'liter wll! have easy going and tbe farmer will go his way rejoicing In stead of "cussing" the tlio which he thought was too small.—I' red Rlstrim. in l'urm and Home. """7/ Good Farm Gate.^'ii ,'l^i heavy gate that Is opened a 1111 ber of times dnlly is apt to sag In a short time If not well braced. An excellent way of overcoming this fault Is shown In the illustration. The posts arc longer than those ordinarily used, and are set a foot deeper in tile ground than fence posts generally. Heavy flat stones are placed about tbe bottom of the post, to which the gate is hung, and these stones are braced on either side hy stout oak stakes. Those stakes are driven so that the tops are just below the surface of the ground. Three strong hinges are used to bang the gnte and a strong rod of Iron is fastened to the upright of the gate and to the top bar. This helps greatly In keeping the gnte from warping or "racking" out nt the joints. The latch fastcniug, though simple, is- effective. A slot is cut through the front upright of the gate th»-' \VW iMkltStlft, HANDY KARM QATE. and the tongue of the latch run through it. A slot is mortised in the post, as shown in tho illustration, and the tougue run in, which gives a secure fastening. The latch or tongue is hung from the bar of the gate by means of two pieces of hard, smooth wood, bolted together, with the tougue between the lower ends. The bolt which runs through the bar of the gate is loose enough to permit the tongue to be pushed hackwnrd and forward when the gate Is to be opened and closed. Grow Alfatfa. Considerable lias been said In this de partment In favor of alfalfa and the prediction is now made that in less than live years tho farm where more or less alfalfa is not grown will be an ex ception to the general rule. The only possible objection tbat can be urged against alfalfa is that it cannot be cut for hay the lirst season after sowing the seed. This Is a silly objection, for certainly one can afford to miss this cut ting If thereby they establish a per manent meadow that may be cut, after the first year, several times during the season. It has been demonstrated that the feeding value of alfalfa is very great, one authority claiming that in a feeding test 00 piundn of alfalfa gave tbe same returns as 100 pounds of wheat bran. "..... ... Kceplns Butter. Good butter will keep sweet for many weeks when it is placed 4n a crock after being mnde into roi: wrappei. in strong cheesecloth or old muslin and then covered with a brine strong enough to bear up an egg. Saltpeter and sugar may he added to advantage while the brine Is still hot in the pro portion of a teaspoonful of the former and a tablespoonful of the latter to ev ery four quarts. The brine must how ever, not be poured upon the butter un til it is entirely cold. Cabbage Hard on Soil. Those who attempt to grow cabbage on a large scale should bear In mind that the crop uses up large quantities of plant food and Is especially hard 011 the potash In the soil. Tills being the case it is necessary to fertilize heavily for cabbage, and especially using pot- Muriate of potash \Ue beat to use and the least expensive. Of course other fertilizers should nlso be used. A good plan Is to use tlio stable product supplementing It with mnrlate of pot ash, and also to use heavy applications of lime which releases the plant food in the soli. Principles of Pruning While tho proper pruning of trees will not, by any means, Insure their frultfulne8S, It will have more to do with It than even experienced occhard Ists think. It Is a lamentable fact that not ono man in ten knows how to properly prune a fruiting tree it Is nlso to be regretted that more fruit growers do not better understand that proper pruning largely means yearly pruning and not a general slaughter of the limbs and twigs every three or four years. Tills general prnctico sim ply means urging the tree to make a heavy growth of wood which is not needed. In pruuing, the experienced orchnrdlst cuts but slightly the strong limbs, but wields his knife and shears vigorously on the light branches and twigs growing on tbe Inside and on the underside of the tree. This Is tho general rule and most growers of ex perlence practice It with all fruit trees, although in recent years expert fruit growers seem Inclined to take out the stronger wood 011 peach trees, although this plan Is mainly to get tho tree beaded low still the peach often requires different treatment from oth er orchard trees which may best be determined by experiments with dif ferent plans, for while general prin ciples mny be laid down it Is not pos sible to cover in such directlous local conditions. .. ._ A Sheep Record. A Missouri sheep grower lias madA a record which he thinks stands near tbe top, If It is not nhead of all others. Lnst spring bis forty-three Shropshire ewes dropped eighty-five lambs, among which were seven sets of triplets, twen ty-eight sets of twins and eight single lambs.. Ho lost six by death, and killed two for bis personal use. The remain ing seventy-seven Iambs were let to run on wheat and other pasture last fall, nnd later were given about twenty bushels' of corn to put them in market able condition. When sold they aver aged 103 pounds each, and were report ed "fat as butter," selling at 56.25, the highest price in a year or more at Kan sas City. An income of nbout $500 be side tbe Wool from forty-three ewes makes It look as if well-bred Shrop shire were a good kind of slicep to in vest in.—American Cultivator. Advantages of Lime. Lime is not a fertilizer in tho sens' tbat the term is generally understood. Its best use is to sweeten tho soli al though It possesses great value because of Its action 011 the plant foods in tbe soil, loosening them and making them available. It Is tills nction that gives some people the impression that the lime In itself is a fertilizer. Reallzinr the action of lime on the plant foods In the soil It should rarely or never be applied to sandy soil, for in such sol! the fertilizers are lost quickly enough nnd the plant food is easily released bj nature. On clay soils an application ot say ten bushels of air-slaked lime pel acre would doubtless be very beneficial and one application in this quantity should be enough for four or five years longer on soils that were well culti vated and fertilized. Use Fresh KKKS Jor Hatching. Mauy of the poor hatches of chicks are due to tho eggs belug kept too long before tbey are given to the hen or placed in the incubator. I'oultrymcn consider four weeks about the limit of keeping eggs for hatching, and when kept for that period It must be iu a place where the temperature Is be tween 45 and 50 degrees and the eggs turned over twice a week. lt kept in the temperature named for two weeks and during that period turned several times, the eggs If fertile, will be all right, but If the eggs can be set within a week after tliey are laid, the results will be better. Only the eggs of norma! size and shape should be used for hatching, never tho very large or very "0r tl,0Se tI,at LIVING IN THE COUNTRY. Oae Gains Advantage! and Escapes Multitude of Obligations. If you get ever so rich, what do you do?* Buy a farm somewhere. If you have the root of a good matter In you» you will wnut to poultice a worn spirit from tlrao to time with healing airs and tho restful scenes of the country. If you get ever so poor, what do you do? Work harder, probably, If you axe fit to do anythlug and can find any thing to do. Hut if you have a spirit of the requisite flber, and have come to Just the requisite degree of Impecunl oslty* nnd clrcumstauces and your ex perience of life favor It, you go and live In tho country. You can live very cheaply In the country If you choose, and possess your soul In complete In dependence, and wear your old clothes with a cheerful spirit. You will be quit of a host of obliga tions to fashion, to society, which may vex and otpress you In town, for the price of snpcrtliMtles Is by far the big gest Item in the cost of ordinary living. You will miss opportunities, too, but not all opportunity. You will live face to fuce with nature. You will be able to say your prayers In peace, and de velop the spiritual side of you, If you have any, with only the smallest con cern arbout landlords, grocers, or rai ment. There are no taxes of any con sequence In the country think of thatl The greatest luxury you get there Is time, and tho next greatest are sights and sounds and smells. If you have thoughts to think,* the country gives you a great chance to think them. If you have books to read, you can read a lot of them In the country, eveu with kerosene at 11 cents a gallon. On the other hand, If you have money to spend, what a chance to spend It the country offers you I Gar dens, cows, horses, houses, stables, roads, milk at a dollar a gallon If you like, sheep, and dogs, and, most of all, children. It Is no trouble at all to spend $00,000 a year on roadB alone, if only you start with a fairly sharp land hunger and push out your borders with due energy. You can get more for your money In roads than In dia monds or pictures, and roads are a permauent Investment. They don't burn down you don't have to keep them insured you don't have even to keep them clean, for If you build them well, let the weeds grow never BO thick on them, the roads will bo there still. And once you put your money Into them, It stays. You can never get tt out, nor cau any one else. You can not even be taxed adequately on them, for no assessor presumes to see much value In a road. Indeed, a very large sum of money can be hid In a country place where tbe assessors won't find It—In water pipes, drains, nnd such things.—Harper's Magazine. -Sf Crows and Corn. My experience is that one cannot keep crows from cornQelds any easier or more snrely than hy stringing up twine about the fields, occasionally adding a crossline. From my earliest recollection this was our practice, and w© suffered very little from crows while our neighbors, who depended on scarecrows, guns, tinware or corn soaked in tar, came out much worse. •We always saved the twine from year to year, as it has to come down with the first cultivation, and It Is still strong. As to watching a field with a shotgun. It sometimes needs grit that would go through South African war, especially If a colony of crows'gct It "In" for a field. A neighbor two years ngoopenedsucb a campaign, and- had to shoot eighteen crows, fairly finishing the entire flock, before what was left of tho field was saved. It Is safe to say that the crop was a good many bushels cut down by what was taken, even then. I believe In crows, as t|cy live on insects and mice from preference but they must live or die, and if pre ferred food is not plentiful, they will do crops harm. Better, then, adopt a harmless way of driving them from cornfields.—Correspondence Country Gentleman. TREE STOLE SHEEP'S HORNS Firmly Imbedded In a tree, a section of which has been sent to the Smith sonian Institution, are both horns of a moufflon or Rocky Mountain sheep. The horns must have gotten there so long ago that the tree has grown iround them. The section was taken at some distance from the grouud, and the conjecture that someone placed tbe horns In the crotch of the tree does uot seem at all likely. It seems more prob nble that the auimal was caught by the horns in this position In one of its prodigious leaps from the cliff above. Messages to a Druggist. A Philadelphia druggist has made tlie following collection of amusing mis sives that have been sent to hlui from time to time: 4I have a cute pain In my baby's stummlck. Please give bearer some thing to cure it." "My little girl has eat up a lot of but tons. Please send a nemetic by the enclosed boy." "Deer doctor a dog bit my child on the leg please Bend some cork plaster and cutter eyes." Pleaso send by bearer ono postal card. Also kindly give bearer, my son, some licorice root." Deer doctor wot Is good for tlrefoy fever send some quick I got It." Let my Johnny have a glass of sody water. I wul come myself but I am washing. P. S. the live cents is for the sody water." If you can fill the enclosed prescrip tion for twenty-five ceuts, do so. If not, return by bearer." New Way to Mnko Writers. •Dls boy," cxplaiued the old colored farmer, "wants to bo a writer—lak dem what writes do 'Pontic's Prog ress,' en de 'Robinson Crowso.' Tho black pickaninny stood In the corner, fumbling with his frayed hat briui. Well, what evidence has he given of it? Has he ever wrltteu anything?" "No, sub lie can't write he name. Dat's what fotch Mm up hear fer— ter make a writer er 'im! He 'lows mebbe you could sorter beat It inter 'lm—des frail Mm out, lak, 'twell he tuk ter It nacbul! He already been hit side de head wld a dictionary, an de blgges' sort er words Is been runuln' In his head ever since! I think dat ef you'd lainin Mm rouu' wid some er dem books you got dar he'd fetch up all right. Hit's my bones' beliefs dat all dat boy needs Is a fair showln', eu he'll gprise de worn"—Atlanta Constitution. mis Keep Pigs in Barn. At'the Kansas station n^kept iu a warm barn during cold weather ato more shelled corn and gained more that is, pigs In the open yard ate 2 "!)I pounds of shelled corn and gnlned'418 pounds pigs kept in the bam ate 2 487 pounds of shelled corn and gained 481 pounds. This is in line with a number of experiments. Better Crops, More Profit The indications are that far do more reading und thinking than ever before. The results that they will raise better make more profit. The tenden will be to have better sustained the result of the agitation tion that are going on from rectlons. farmers will lis year will be crops and tendency also prices, educn veral dl- ond 1 sevt Salt the Cows Regularly Sometimes for different ter after it comes will not lly. Neglecting to salt the larly will sometimes p effect. Keeping the milk or Jt is too old is a very common Sometimes too much wheat chop «s ft feed \y)U 1)? thp Wr reasons but gather read cows regu produce thii cream until cause, or barley Yellow Glasses. '. Hitherto workmen and others who had to bear very strong white light in "their work or profession have been In the habit of wearing blue glasses to relieve their eyes from the possibility of being blinded. This is the case with sailors who operate the powerful searchlights that are now so necessary an adjunct to the war vessels and com mercial craft, especially If their eyes happen to be blue or gray. But re cently it has been demonstrated tha( yellow-colored glasses will servo their purpose better, and It is expected that they will be used'hereafter Telephones In Europe. Western Europe will soon nave as omplete a long-distance telephone ser rlco is f' United States now have. POLITICS® a How to Check the Beef Trnst. Hit tho beef trust through the tariff. Representative McDermott has made a beginning by Introducing a resolution Instructing the Ways and Means Com mittee of the House to report a bill to remove the duty on beef. But the reso lution does not go far enough. The du ties should be taken off mutton and pork nud everything eatable In which the beef trust deals. Inquiries instituted by Attorney Gen eral Knox to ascertain whether or not the beef trust has gone outside the law In Its operations will amount to noth ing. The people can be robbed under the forms of law quite as effectually as when those forms are defied. Suppose It should be found that the beef trust has been proceeding illegally In some particulars, what will It do? Just fol low the example of the Standard Oil and other trusts and reorganize in von fortuity with tho statutes. It Is hard that monopolists should be able by any means to raise the prices of food nt will, as the beef trust does. But It Is Intolerable that the govern ment should help these exploiters of the people by protecting them against the one thing that is fatal to monopoly —competition. By levying duties on foreign beef, mutton and pork the gov ernment employs the power of federal law In the interest of the beef trust. That Is, tho government becomes a partner of the beef trust—not a partner In Its profits, but a partner who stands around with a tariff gun to keep off anybody who wants to undersell the trust. Will the people of the Unted States, all of whom must eat, and all of whom, therefore, are being robbed by the beef trust, continue to endure this partner ship between tbe government and their despollers? Off with the duties! The remedy for the thieving prices to which the neces saries of life have been forced up by tbe tariff-shielded monopolists lies with Congress. The Republican party Is in full con trol of House and Senate and has the Presidency. Therefore the Republican party has plenary and immediate power over the tariff, to alter it as it chooses. Monop&ly which corners tho neces saries of life deserves no favor at the hands of the government. Tariff fa vors to the beef trust are favors to cold blooded and systematic oppressors and plunderers of the poor. Let the people demand of Congress that It strip the beef trust of tariff protection, and do it at once.—Chicago American. Secretary Root Should Resign. The damaging evidence of atrocities In the Philippines has been In Secre tary Root's hands—in the report of Ma jor Gardner, civil Governor of the Tayabas—since early in February. This report was not only held from publi cation by the Secretary, but was con cealed from the committee of the Sen ate investigating the very matter con cerned. Had not General.Miles forced the hand of^the-Secretary tile veqr ex istence of this testimony would~rtot have been suspected. Secretary Root's usefulness is nt an end. He has for feited tbe Confidence of the public. Will lie retire gracefully or will be re pent the painful experience of his pre decessor, Alger?—Boston Post. Trouble in Roosevelt's School. The President" has ordered General Fred Funstou to hold his tongue. What Is the matter with the administration school? The boys are all out of or der. The head master finds it neces sary to box somebody's ears every day or two, but discipline doesn't seem to improve. The boy£ simply would not keep still. Unless tho head master succeeds better iu keeping order a change will become necessary. No school can be run without some kind of discipline. The author of the San tiago round robin will have to sup press the spirit of mutiny and restore the old-fashioned respect for authority. —St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Wrong Ouce, Wrong at AU Times. It Is announced that at a conference of the Republican leaders of both houses at Washington It was decided to shelve the ship subsidy bill passed by the Senate. It Is not doubted that the bill could be put through if made a party measure, but It is said to be the majority opinion that "it would be bet ter to allow lt to go over until after the Congressional elections." This is prob ably a prudent decision, but it raises the question: If the subsidy bill is right nnd just why not pass it now? If it is wrong and unjust why plnu to pass It after getting a nev lease of power?—New York World. New Official Is Handicapped, The auspices uuder which the young Ivausas poet enters upon tlie duties of pension commissioner are all unfavor able. He is selected to fill the place of a capable and honest official, who is re moved because he was honest and capa ble enough to make his honesty of some value In the service of the people. He Is backed by an element whose very antagonism has been a decoration of honor to the objects of their enmity, and he conies from a State in which that element has obtained au ascendancy In the affairs of his party.—Rochester Her ald. Where the Poor Man Can Protest. Every time there is an advance in the price of foodstuffs a nail is added to the coffin prepared for future Repub lican political hopes. It is uot neces sary to argue whether or not as to the justice of this course. The Republicans hare been in power for years the trusts have grown up uuder their rule they make the tariff laws that have fostered the trusts the polls are the only remedy for a poor man who can no longer afford meat and the party in power must take the responsibility. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Issues for 1004. Unless we read the signs of the times altogether incorrectly all efforts to make anti-imperialism tho paramount Issue will fail, although it will be an Important issue. On the tariff reform proposition all Democrats can get to gether, no matter how widely they split In 1890. And when they get to gether on a sane platform they Will be re-enforced by thousands of Republi cans who now see the error of their protection waya-Toledo Bee. Would Improve the Senute." Deppw follows the lead of Senator Hoar in «rrouiwlless *''tjiat to ele* w*y «ff /W/Wi. KS or THE DAY unfavorably affect the character of tho Seriate and Is therefore an obnoxious Innovation. There is no more danger in electing Senators by popular vote In States with limited franchise than there Is in electing representative#. Whatever change the amendment would make In the character of th* Senate would be for the better.—Port land Oregonian. Picas Upset by the Facts, Itlsurgedtliat tho United States must pay a sufficient subsidy to encourage the trust to build Its vessels at home, otherwise it will buy foreign shipyards and build them abroad. The plea is made that it costs more to build a ves sel here, nnd much more to operate It under American laws. If It costs so much more to build vessels here why do Russia and Japan place orders in American yards? As to the difference In cost of operation it has not been no ticed that there has boon an Influx of foreign seamen upon American steam-, ers In consequence.—Pittsburg Dis patch. Destruction the Only Treatment** The solution of the trust problem will be provided once the Intelligence of the American people is thoroughly aroused to the necessity of grappling with this great evil. It Is not to bo "controlled," because give the selfish few an ell and they will take a mile. (Jive them the power to organize In '•communities of Interest" led by "eaptalus of Industry" nnd when tho people become thorough ly aroused they will loosen the screws a bit only to tighten them up again when the people once more slumber. Destruction, no£ regulation, is tbe rem edy for the trusts.—Omaha World-Her ald. The People Will Be Aronsed* So long as the trusts confined their, operations to such commodities as steel and Iron, glass, oil, manufactured ar ticles of vurlous kinds and other pro ducts that affected hut a limited num ber of people or the majority but sights ly, the people have been patient, but let these combines continue their en croachments on staples of food required by all the people, dictating the supply nnd arbitrarily fixing prices, nnd tho government will find itself face to face with a situation that has not been paralleled In gravity In the history of tlie republic.—Rochester Herald. One-third of Them in Revolt* The Republican party has been so anxious to have au effective opposition that it has developed one within its own ranks. With more than one-third of the Republican membership of the House deliberately voting to defeat the wishes of tlio organization and of tho President himself what Is left of the far-famed "Republican discipline?" After four mouths of unremitting effort to devise a measure of Cuban legislation consistent with party harmony, we see the party toru in two and the legislation further off from cuactmcnt than. ever.—N"eTT York Evening Post. British and American Food Taxes. The beef trust and the dairy trust could not keet the retail prices ofjneat and butter at their present extortionate height if it were not for the fencing In of the home market for them by the import duties. So that In fact the dally food of the American people Is taxed much more heavily than that of the British. The chief difference is that tho British food taxes will yield revenue that Is needed to tho government our food taxes yield next to nothing to the government and simply bleed the peo ple to fatten the trusts.—St. Louis Post Dispatch. Day of Reckoning Will Come. Times, are good and tho Americans are long-suffering. For the time being the politicians may find it safe to fool the people by juggling with tho trust question. But should there couie a geueral busluess depression the party in power would have to give a strict account of its stewardship. Neither the party that had permitted them to usurp unlimited power nor tho trusts themselves could expect to escape un scathed from the ordeal.—Philadelphia North American. Urging the Wrong Remedy/ Republican papers all over the coun try have been advising the people to curtail their consumption of food as a method of fighting the trusts, but what Republican paper has urged the Repub lican Congress to remove the tariff on trust products? What Republican pa per has urged the administration to en force the federal anti-trust law in every district throughout the United States wherever that law was belug violated? —Omaha. World-Herald. The llcginning of Reform. Tariff revision is declared to be in the air in Cougressional circles at Wash ington and undoubtedly got a great send-off In the vote of the House on the Cuban bill, on which sixty-two Repub licans put themselves on record in fa vor of romovlug the Diugley tariff on refined sugar, it Is believed to be the beginning of an effort within the Re publican party to make a general te vision of the Dingley schedules.—Pitts burg Post The Stock Ticker Aguin Working. It looks as If the sugar trust would again become a Congressional football. There was a time when the wide fluctu ations in the quotations for tho stock on account of Congressional action with regard to sugar enabled the statesmen in Washington to speculate advantage ously In sugar and this cutting off the differential, gives them another chance. There's still a stock ticker in the cap ital.—Boston Herald. Cheap Beef Kaslly Obtainable. There is a duty of $3.75 a head on cattle worth not more than $14 a head and of *21^2 per cent on cattle valued at a higher price. The repeal of the duty would bring iu cheap Mexican cattle to restock the Western ranges, and It would let In Canadian cattle ready for the butcher.—Boston Herald. Between Friends* Fair Critic—Some one has insinuated that you stole the plot of your last novel. Young Novelist—Well—er—would you blame me if such were the case? Fair Critic—I certainly would. If it was necessary to steal one you should have stolen a good one. All that Is. human must retrograde if do not advance.—Gibbon. IftlilS8® %P sSSSSiSfaaa, SMALL BUT GOOD TEACHER. Young Illinois Schoo1ma*am Only Little Over Four Feet TalL Teaching In one of the largest coun ty schools In Illinois Is Miss Lena Ar nold, a ilotite and pretty young woman whose stature Is just above four feet She enjoys the distinction of being the smallest schoolma'am In the country and has the reputation also of being one ot the best. She presides over the scholars nt the Rhodes school, Ave miles east of Alta Pass, iu Union coun ty. Many of her pupils are much larger than she, yet she rules with a firm hand and directs the young mind In the way It should grow with a skill fully satisfying the school directors, And there Is no recollection of a time when she did not. ft The fact of the matter is tbat the country school of this day is not the country school of another. The trucu lent gladiators of the countryside who waged war on the teacher as an Igor- iS:-- $ Miss LENA ARNOLD. rote wages war on people who wear clothes has been long away. In the seat of .the erstwhile teacher trouneer sits now a youth that even this little lady from Lllliput may rule. He will build the fire for her. Ho will sweep the schoolroom for her. He will wind the clock nnd operate tho windows, nnd there Is no big or little thing to serve her that he will not count it Ills good pleasure to do. Miss Arnold boards at a farmhouse near tho school. There is a creek be tween and recently this creek was swollen after a rain. The little school ma'am could not cross nt the usual ford. So she called upon her boys. A couple of them lifted her between them and splashed across with her, setting her down high nnd dry, and Sir Walter Raleigh did not spread his cloak for the queen's sake with a bet ter grace than these young gentlemen wet their feet that the little school teacher might keep her own dry. Lit tle men rule the world. Look out for the little woman! FLAGS AT THE CAPITOL. When and How the National Emblems Arc Put at Hulf-Mast. The flying of flags over the capital at half-mast is regulated by tho strict est rules. Whenever tlieso Hags are seen floating down the staff Is a sure indication that a Vice President, Sena tor or Representative is lying dead, or that the action is taken In response to a presidential proclamation ordering flags on public buildings nt half-mast In respect to the memory of some promlucnt official of tho government who has passed away. When the sergeant-at-aruis of tho Senate or House of Representatives learns of the death of a member of cither of those bodies they at once or der that tho flags over the Senate chamber and Hall of Representatives bo half-masted. This is often done be .for the houses of Congress themselves are officially notified of the death. A good deal of discretion is exercised In the manner of placing the news of a death of this kind officially before the Senate or the House. Upon such an announcement It is customary for the houses to adjourn in respect to the de censed Senator or Representative, and In order that current busluess mny not be stopped early In the day the an nouncement 's generally made just be fore the houses are ready to concludo their day's work. Officers of the Senate and House, when they fly the flags at half-mast In response to a proclamation by tho President, regard their action as ono of courtesy, ns they do not recognizo the power of tho President to order Congress to do anything except to as semble in extraordinary session. They have always responded to the requests of such proclamation. It would be a nice question if one could Imagine that It could ever be raised to know to what exteut the President's authority would allow him to order flags at half mast ou the capital. While his author ity would uot extend over the employ es of the Senate and House, yet the capital for many years was In fact controlled exclusively by him so far as the care of the building Is con cerned, nud the superintendent of the building is to-day appointed by him without conflrmatory action oi* the part of tlio Senate. As a matter of fact, the capital has for years been under the direct con trol of the committees on appropria tions of the two houses of Congress, but that control has been accorded them by the failure of the President to give any orders 4:o the architect or more lately to the superintendent of the capltoi. If he should order that official to fly flags over the capltoi at half-mast and the order should be dis obeyed he would have power to dis miss him nnd appoint somo one else in his place without the concurrence of either branch of Congress, except so far as the appropriation for tlio offi cial's salary would be involved. These are practically moot questions, says the Washington Star, but they occasionally form interesting subjects for hrcside talks when flags aro half masted in response to presidential proclamations. A Reform Idea. "My aunt Is awfully fussy since she joined tbe Woman's Reform Club." "In what way?" "Sho scolded mo roundly for giving up my seat in the car to a woman younger than myself." "But how were you to tell about their ages.'" "That's what I asked my aunt'1 •••£«& "What did she say?'1 "She told me not to get up at all."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. s* '.v Wealth in I'tntlnum Minos. arc all going to be millionaires out 111 my fetate," salil Senator Clark of joining. Not only liavo wo ills covcrrd oil, liut In a copper mine, as I learn from a letter I received to-lay, a vein ot pure platinum has been dis covered. It is tbe only Instance of the kind oil tho United States." Platinum Is worth a great deal more than gold. An Amazon. Among a band of revolutionists whq recently fought with Turkish troops near Monastlr was woman dressed aa S(ie ivaa killed li) tho fighting. 'is I