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GENIUS.
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yonder desert
What arest thou on
plain,
'•':?'J' Large, vague, and void?
I see a city full of flivkerlng streets
I hear the hum of ni'yrlad engine beats.
3What seest thou?
I seel a desert plain,
Large, vague, and void.
What seest thou in yonder human
...: face,
Pale, frail, and small?
I see a soul by tragedy worn thin
I read a page of poetry and oi sin.
What seast U'ou?
I seo a human face,
Pale, frail, and small.
Jt-
What seest thou at yonder dim cross
roads
.*4 Boslcte-that shuttered inn?
Untraveled Possibility,
Inn of splondld Mystery.
What seest thou?
I see the dim crossroads
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Beside a shuttered inn.
—Florence Wilkinson in McCIurc's.
KDOCte'"
".i -"last "Granny."
(By Frank Caldwell.)
PercherJ high on the steel frame
work of a tall building, "Knocker" sat
moodily eating his noonday meal.
There was something wrong with his
1
appetite that day, for he did a very un
^'-/•common thing—he left the second
place untouched.
Prom where he sat on the flat roof
truss, the lad could look down on any
side through a tangled web-work of
steel beamms, nine rtories below. To
any one not accustomed to climbing,
tills would have seemed IT dizzy
height but to Knottier, who had help
ed erect the building, it was a very un
interesting thing.
Knockor had won his remarkable
name from tho many positions he had
fceld on the Claypool Bultcfing. Begin
n'ng in the basement as water boy, he
had worked his way up Curing the
erect Ion of tho building to t-he dignity
of rivet-beater. That wa« something
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to bo proud of, thought Knocker but
after all, what did it amount to If he
oould not become a union man?
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That had been the height of Knock
r" er's ambition, to become a union man,
an{l
march with the iron workers in
the Labor day parade. But Labor day
had come, and It had found Knocker
.-• keeping solitary watch over the build
lng while the union men were off en-
Joying the holiday.
"All on account of not knowing how
to tie the square hitch!" muttered the
boy to himself, as he closed the lTd
of bis dinner basket
All the long summer Knocker had
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beta diligently preparing for the ex
amlnatlon he would have to pass be-
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fore entering' the union. The day be
.. .. fore he had taken the examination,
and had: failed in it It was, as he
aeld. all_»Q accouritOf not knowing
the boy's good friend, had given" him
lessons In tying knots and rigging,
a Jim had repeatedly warned his
young pupil about that knot, but it
seemed so easy and simple to till that
Knocker had given it slight attention.
When, however, he appeared con
fldently before the board of examiners,
and they told him to tie the square
knot he became confused, and did the
very worst thing .possible he tied a
"granny."
•3 The only difference in these two
knots Is that in the square hitch the
two lines forming the loop are parallel,
while in the! granny they are crossed,
The latter will sometimes slip when
placed under a strain.
Perhaps only a structural Iron work
er or a sailqr would have noticed tho
mistake but among these two classes
of men the offense of tying a false
knot cannot be overlooked. The head
of the examining board, an old man
who had grown gray In erecting Iron
work, saw the error In an Instant and
kindly but firmly refused to proceed
further with the examination.
"They wouldn't even give me
chance to show what I know about
iron work!" said Knocker, hotly, that
evening, as be related his failure to
Big Jim.
"Well, according to rules, you can
sand in your application again in three
months. In the meantime learn to tie
the Square hitch."
Big Jim meant that for consolation,
as well as advice, but it fell short of
the mark. Tlie true cause of Knocker's
deep desire'to enter 1he union did not
oome from the dollar and a half In
crease-In wages.
To Knocker a fearless iron worker
was a hero. What would his boy
friends have tli ought when they saw
him marching with such m#n in the
parade? That would Indeed have been
a triumph.
"Three months! Much good it will
do me then to be in the union!" wop
Knocker's mental comment, as he
looked round for some source of
amusement. "I don't'care whether
ever learn to tie thei square hitch or
not"
Just then a band down the street
•truck up a tune, and Knocker became
all exelteinent.- He knew the different
uaioins were forming for their march
In a few moments the great Labor day
parade would pass the Claypool Build
ing.
Knocker looked round for a place
from which to watch it. Picking up
a long scaffolding board, h4 ran one
end of it far out past the edge of the
building, and hastily made the other
end fast to one of tiie roof trusses.
Then he boldly walked out on it and
sat down, allowing his faet to dangle
over the end of the board.
Although It bent in a manner most
frightful to the onlookers, who were
filling the street below, Knocker knew
the plank was of yellow pine, and,
would hear five times his weight.
A moment later the crowd's attdn
tlon was attracted toward the street
corner below.
Knocker also looked in that direc
tion, and saw the leading band swing
ing round the corndr into the street
Close behind came a company of per
haps a hundred men, dressed in gray
caps and blouses. KnocKer at once
recognized them as fha Iron workers
who had just completed the erection
of the Claypool Building.
The boy's recent disappointment
was instantly forgotten as he became
filled with enthusiast at the sight of
this company leading all others In the
parade. These sunburned men from
tha Claypool Building would have r»
014 wtotlop boxj tq^oook'
er each one of them was a hero. Tht
)ov, forgetting where he was, began to
prln-g up and down on his airy seat,
iceping time to the musfc of the band
is he waved his hat and cheered.
But all at onco, when the band was
directly underneath ana the Claypool
company half a square away. Knocker
became aware that something was
wrong with his seat. Letting go his
hat, the boy bent over and clutched
the end of the ]ioard with both hands.
When the plank came to rest, Knock
er found his end had sunk down three
fed' below tho edge of the building
and although he had ceased to spring
up and down, it still continued to sink.
Like a snail it crawled past the angle
of twenty, then thirty degrees, while
the boy sat clutching the board in
horror.
He realized what was happening. In
his excitement in tying down the othe»"
end of the plank, Knocker had used,
instead of the square hitch he had in
tended, the terrible granny. Slowly
but surely it was giving way.
At last the boy opened his eyes in
relief to find tho board had come to a
standstill. He remembered that in
one end of the lashing he had used
there was a hard knot. Thinking this
knot had travelldJ up to the granny,
and that the latter was now as safe as
a Bquare hitch, Knocker began to
squirm back up the plank. But this
proved an indiscreet move, and al
most a fatal one.
The granny had not beetn stopped by
the hard knot, but merely by a frayed
edge on the rope. Hardly had the boy
made his first move when this pulled
through, and tha plank gave a little
lurch downward.
Knocker had all but overbalanced,
and saved himself barely by again
clutching the end of the knot. It
sodmed then as if Knocker had ruined
his only chance for life. The plank
slowed down again to Its former move
ment, but it continued to sink under
the boy's weight
Below, the parade came to a halt, all
but the leading band, which, uncon
scious of the pending catastrophe,
went marching gaily up the Btreet.
All other eyes wore gazing at the
helpless boy. As the plank passed the
thirtieth degree and seemetd fairly to
stand on end, some turned away their
faces, unable to watch longer.
Among the Iron workdrs were men
who had witnessed some fearful falls
and terrible accidents, but even they
were rendered helpless at the sight of
their youthful friend in such a posi
tion.
There was one exception, however.
A big man, with courage and determin
ation showing in his clctir. blue eye
and square jaw, sprang from the ranks
and pushed his way Bwiftly through
the crowd. A moment later he reach
ed tho high board fence which shut
in the Claypool Building from the
strost. With agility that would have
done credit to a sailor, Big Jim scaled
the fence and disappeared inside the
enclosure.
Meanwhile, with each Instant
Knocker found his position harder to
maintain splinters from the pine board
pierced his hands cruelly, but^g^n
nrtifflwar-"" and grbm?
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He knew he had one
the hard knot came in contact with the
granny before the board reached a
sliding position, he might be saved.
There Beemed little fiope of that,
however, for the plank had already
passed the forty-fifth degreie. Knock
er's weight on the end would have
started It sliding down that had it
not rested in a slight Indentation in
the pine, caused by tho rough Iron on
the edge of the building.
Then a slicrht quiver ran through
the plank. Under other circumstances
Knocker would not have noticed it
but under the high-string condition of
his nerves he felt It quite distinctly,
and grew sick at heart The boy clos
ed his eyes.
It was only tho hard knot coming in
contact with the granny that caused
the plank to quiver.. An instant later
Big Jim arrived on tho spot. Readily
his quick eye took in the situation,
and he knew in an instant what to do
to save the boy.
Like one in a dream Knocker, who
had now given up all hope and was
about to let go, heard his old friend
begin to speak to him in an every-day
tone of voice—drawing his mind from
the danger, cheerily encouraging him.
As he talked the big man was not
idle. He braced himself and was pull
ing sturdily down on the lashing. In
a moment more he had the plank down
and made fast in its original position.
Then, amid a deafening cheer from
below, Big Jim walked out and carried
the half-conscious Knocker back to
safety.
Down on the street the bands began
to play more merrily than ev$\ and
the different unions fell into line
again.
"Jim," said the boy, faintly "I'm
making you miss the parade."
In that moment Jim saw the look of
eft
action in Knocker's eye, and knew
the true cause of the hoy's desire to
enter the union.
"Since you did not fall, I am glad it
happened," answered the big man.
"We will watcS tho parade together."
From the different companies pass
ing along the street below cheer after
cheer rose to the big iron worker and
the small rivet-heater, standing to
gether on the edge of the skeleton
iron work of the Claypool Building.—
Youth's Companion.
A New Water Pumping System.
Philadelphia has recently installed
a most elaborate pipe system, solely
for fire fighting. For some years past,
owing to tho increased' demand for
water in the congested .parts of tha
city, the pressure in the regular water
mains has been fallllng, till, even
with the aid of fife engines, a good
stream cannot be maintained.
The new system is entirely inde
pendent of the old, and supplies only
tho hydrants the water is drawn
from the Delaware River, and kept at
a high pressure in the mains by a
central pumping station. The pump
ing station Is not yet complete, and
for the present the pressure Is kept
up by fire boats on the rlrer, but
even under these circumstances the
pressure is much higher than that ol
the regular water supply mains.
It is estimated that when the pump
ing station is finished it will be pos
sible to send four streams over tha
highest building in Philadelphia, and
that, with such a volume of water at
command, the toughest fire can I?
drowned out a half bout1.—Collier'a,
In Lowell, Mass., there are 17,004
machine-tending operatives who cart
tor .883,000 spindle* egro oyer
|590,9Q0 ft mootb,
lIllfligllllM
SELF-REGULATION IN THE LIVING ORGANISM.
By Dr. R. if. France.
Self-regulation means the tendency of living
organisms to counteract, by biological or struc
tural changes, Influences of a destructive or de
leterious nature. Some of the regulative phe
nomena of the human organism are well known
and recognized as such by *lence. It is gen
erally known, for Instance, that perspiration Is a
regulative phenomenon the object of which Is
to preserve tho normal temperature of the body.
Other Instances are the powerful development of. the mus
cles of the legs In professional dancers, bicyclists, and
mountaineers, the development of abnormally strong bones
in persons In the habit of carrying heavy loads, and the
Increased activity of the heart in cases of Ihdney disease.
Several German and French biologists recently have made
a careful study of the subject and gathered a great deal of
Important material which throws an Interesting light upon
the problem of Relf-regulatlon.
The regenerative faculty which the human body pos
sesses, as documented by the healing of wounds, the restor
ation of destroyed tissue, and the knitting of broken bones,
la developed to a much higher degree in antmals of a lower
order. The planarla, a worm quite common In every
swamp, may be cut into several pieces, and each.piece will
develop Into a smallor but otherwise perfectly formed indi
vidual. Recent investigations hare led to the discovery
that plants also possess restorative faculties, though the
latter are not so strongly developed as they are In animal
organisms. Dr. Hlldebrand observed that, after the first
leaf developing from a seed of cyclamen e&ropaeum hnd
begp cnt off, two new leaves grew in Its place. In another
case a young plant developed three new leaves In place of
the original first leaf, which was stopped In its growth by
the seed capsule? from which it could not free Itself.
While most of the phenomena of self-regulation may be
explained as purely mechanical manifestations of the self
regulative faculty of organisms, there are some so compli
cated and so clearly to the purpose that many scientists are
Inclined to attribute them to a teleogical principle of cas
ualty governing all living organisms. One of the most
perplexing phenomena of that kind is the regrowth of the
extirpated lenses in the oyes of the larva of trltan taenia
tu«, which was observed by Professor G. Wolff In over
100 cases.
HOW TO BECOME INFLUENTIAL IN POLITICS.'
Br Arthur D. Ilmaley. President at rale University.
The quickest way for a man to secure Influ
ence in politics is to identify himself with some
party, take its nomination for office, and look for
the promotion which is about as certain to follow
In politics as In any other business where a man
accepts the rules of the game and plays It skill
fully. The disadvantage connected with tills
way of doing things is that such a man secures
his lnfluenee at the saeritlce of his independence.
He is in large measure bound by the platform of the .part]
which nominated him to office. Seeing the evil which re
suits from Ibis loss of Independence some men nro inclined
to go to the othor extreme—to cut loose from party orgaj
zatlons altogether, voting for the best measures, and
best men without regard to the question which pari
ports them. Those who hold this view say that
small minority of Independent voters could force A
lar party organizations to compete for their
thus compel those organizations to do better t"
country than would otherwise be probable.
I believe It is possible to take a middle ••(a between
the theories of the extreme partisan or "Jlfe hand and
those of the extreme independent on Vjpfer. In taking
tills mlfldle ground I should advise to go into poll
'md some Independer jfjMKs of support sufll
starvation upon
CHINESE BANK CLERKS.
China has a way of getting hold of
some of the Urst principles of things,
even though she may not have devel
oped them Into elaborate and scientific
systems. The method of calculation
used In the Chinese banks may seem
primitive to the foreigner nevertheless
it Is carried on witli rapl'dlty and ac
curacy. An English olflcer, staying in
Hongkong, tells of his- visit to one of
the banks.
As an Englishman he was received
with great civility. "Schroff!" shouted
the head clerk. This word is not, as it
sounds, German, but a corruption of
the Hindu "snrrnf," or ban Iter's'assUi
ant In respouse to tlie call a native
Cdshier appeared, noiseless and defer
ential, witli smooth-shaven skull, a
four-foot pigtail and spotless, flowing
garments. He carried neither paper nor
pencil about him.
With great rapidity he made the de
sired exchange of notes, doing I1I3 cal
culating on an abneui—a frame of
wire and beads, similar to those used
in country schools years ngo. Ills
king, lithe fingers moved over the
beads more quickly than the eye could
follow, but there was r.o mistake in tli--*
total.
The officer wanted a large piece of
money changed into a small coin. In
stead of going through the weariness
involved in counting out tlie three hun
dred pieces iuclnded in this transac
tion, a simple, ingenious device was
employed. A lint, wooden tray was
produced containing one hundred re
cesses, each just big enough to lodge
one coin and jnst siinl ow enough to
prevent the possibility cf two lurking
together.
The pile of small eolns was poured
out on this tray, and with one Jerii
of tho clerk's wrist the hundred re
cesses were filled and the surplus
swept off. During the performance the
clerk kept his enormous sleeves tucked
well np, In order to disarm any possi
ble suspicion of dexterous pilfering.
The officer's change was eorivct to
the last penny, nnd was obtained ill
on Incredibly short time.
INDOLENT BY NATURE
Thousaudu of Forto IlicatiB Live Lllcc
the Peons of Mcxlco.
Nature hns put a premium upon in
dolence In Porto Jtlco, writes John IJnll
Osborne in the World's Work, for as
an American ollicial has remarked a
native, 'while lying in his hammock,
can pick a banana with one hand and
at the same time dig a sweet potato
with one foot. The natives are never
theless warm-hearted, law-abiding and
intelligent, honest and capable in busi
ness, public-spirited, nnd appreciative,
for the most pari, of the blessings be
stowed their new government. Hace
prejudice and religious strife hardly
exist. There Js no alarming intemper
ance. There are no serious disputes
between capital and labor, and there
is no marked tendency toward social
ism.
Two-fifths of tho Forto means are
colored, either puro negroes or mulat
toes, a proportion which is a trlflo
larger iiian in Cuba (one-thlril). but
inuch «:nnilor (hau in the otigar pro
ducing British West Indies Islands.
Willi low rent, light cotton cWthing,
charcoal for cooking, nnd no heating
problem, abundance of cheap native
fruits and vegetables, fresh fish on the
coast, uud the dried, salted flsb In the
interior, nnd with temperate habits,
Porto IUoaq laborer Ond* a bar*
'•is
a 1
should advise him to connect himself Willi Hl(J PDfty Sliose
attitade on the whole most meets his view of What the
country Is going to need ill the long run In the way of
subsistence easily assured unless lie is
handicapped with an unduly large and
unprodubtive family. Fresh meats are
too expensive for him, however he re
lies for food ou bananas, beans and
rice. In fact, 50 bananas or plantains
are frequently accrptcd as the equiv
alent of a day's wages of about 30
cents.
Tills condition of the laboring class
is far from satisfactory. Thousands
are upon a level with the peons of
Mexico. Thoy are anemic iu appear-'
ance they live in squalid and vermin-
A NATIVE J10LSI2 OF L'AHX.
haunted huts, constructed of cane or
boards, with front and roar doors, and
a shutter window, and often with a
dirt floor. They dress scantily iu the
cheapest cotton stuffs, while their chil
dren below the age of 7 or 8 years run
naked. They use primitive household
utensils, and cook with a simple char
coal outfit and at night their only
light Is the tallow ruwlie, though, be
ing unable to read, thoy have little u«e
for better. Such, then, are tlie masses
of Porto Itico, whom the American?
have begun to uplift to a higher sta
tus.
Havana's Golgotha.
When Americans visit Havana tluy
are confronted with many peculiar
customs. Ono of the most startling
and revolting is that which prevails In
regard to tho dead. Colon ceuiotery,
nbcautlful burial ground, laid out in
romantic walks, arched with superb
trees and adorned with costly monu
ments and classic cenotaphs, is the last
home for all. graudeo and peasant
alike.
Wit rainbow effects ot tho city's
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measures and men. When lib is in full sympathy with
•what that party is doing he should identify himself with
It as prominently as possible. When he thinks it is doing
badly he should keep out of those offices where he will
he forced to support measures which he disapproves. We
attach ourselves to a party when we believe it Is doing
good and as long as we have sympathy with its general
alms and purposes, and believe that it Is doing more good
than harm, there Is no obligation upon us to separate our
selves from It because there are men within its pale whose
conduct we disapprove or articles In its platform concern
lng which wo feel some doubt
THE IDLE MAN A PITIABLE OBJECT.
1
By S. H. Jt.tes, Mayor of Toledo,
It Is a sad reflection that present day civili
zation ,1s largely poisoned with the idea that an
idle life is a desirable life, and that this delusion
should enslave the American mind, or Indeed that
it should find a dwelling place among us at all.
Somehow1, some way, somo timo we must grow
out of this stupefaction, for all the deplorable
things, of all the pitiable objects that Incumber
the earth to-day, the. most deplorable, according
to the teachings of-all history, philosophy and religion, Is
the Idle man or woman.
I think every one will understand that my pity is for
all Idlers. I make no exception. I cannot understand how
either possession or position of any sort can Justify a hu
man being In loading an Idle life. "In the sweat of thy
brow thou Shalt eat thy bread" is the divine decree written
in every atom of man's being. Our faculties must be quick
ened, strengthened, perilled, perfected, by use, but they
must all be used. God never designed one being for brain
work exclusively and another for bald work exclusively.
Neither has ho ever intended that a select few should have
no moro trying occupation than to loll around, absolutely
lost in a slough of sofa pillows, wondering what they shall
buy next, and,'I ma.v add, nature lias wisely provided that
this sort does not dumber the ground, for it is not of the
kind that obeys the Scriptural injunction to multiply and
replenish the earth.
Believing in unity, In democracy. In Christianity, I can
not understand Jiow I can be true to Chose ideals and hold
any human being In a menial relation. I place my finger
on this as the most cancerous spot In our American civiliza
tion. We can never have social peace or political justice
so tog as we burden our democracy with this blasphemous
heritage of aristocracy.
The highest title that can be conferred on me is that
of "man." Than that no man should seek a higher. Yet
what do "we sec on every side of us in this "democracy?"
Out there on the street passes a man. "Xo! No!" some one
Is hasty nnd kind enough to inform me. That is tho "gov
ernor," "senator," and So-and-so, or "his royal highness"
Prince So-and-so. Is there anything in our vaunted democ
racy so utterly inconsistent and withal so completely dis
gusting? And yet it is a habit thnt is apparently ingrown
in tile grain of tile American people, thin habit n'r ivo-^jp.
lng place or position or money.
MARRIAGE TIE SHOiJLD BE INDISSOLUBLE.
/,
Dy
It miy be long before the views I have expressed obtain
general practical acceptance. Yet If they are true, as I am
convinced tlicy are. the time is bound to come.
RUSSIANS LAUNCHING A
SUBMARINE AT VLADIVOSTOK,
The queer uudcr water craft shown in this picture was lauucbed In the
hope thnt it might prove efficacious in protecting tlie warsliTps of tlie Ozar
or In bringing destruction to those of the Mikado. When this submarine was
floated in the water it was found uecessary on account of the icy surround
ings to bring Into requisition a novel method of procedure. Tlie beat rested
on the ice, which was sawed all around it. With a comparatively slight push
the ice block was then overturned, and the submarlue took its position hi
tlie water.
architecture nre carried out here, as
revealed in the various colors of the
crosses which mark the f.r.ivoi but
suddenly, nnd without warning, the
vision is astonished with grotesque
contrast, which is truly a shocking
commentary upon civilization.
It appears that the ground in tills
cemetery is leased, not sold, and If
after a term of Ave years the renewal
rent Is not paid tha dead forfeit the'.r
resting places. The bodies are ruth
lessly dug up and cast into a common
heap, exposed to public view along
with thousands of other skulls and
bones of men. women and children
I who can never lie traced by poiterl'y.
Kuay, Vot llurtf.
The merchant,was booking an order
for a customer whose name lie had en
tirely forgotten. lie tried to get tho
name without betraying himself, and
made a mess of it, as is usual in such
eases.
"Let me see." lie said, "i'ou spell
your name the easy way, don't you?"
"Yes," replied the customer. "I sup
pijse it seems easy to most people, but
it's really Hard."
Tills did not help the merchant any.
"I beg your pardon," he confessed,
"but I shall have to ask you how to
spell It."
"Oh, it's quite easy to spell."
"But didn't you say a moment ago
that It was hard'/"
"Yes and so it is. But it's
too."
"IIou- do you make that out?'
"Hccause It's Hard—H-a-r-d."
WEALTH OF THE CZAR.
Nicholas II Has an Income of &>0,000,
OOO a Year—"World's Richest Man.
It was reported from St. Petersburg
the other day, on seml-ofSclal author
ity, that the Czar had given the equiv
alent of $100,000,000, from his private
treasury to Russia's war fund. If cor
rect, this is the Inrgest single gift ever
made by an individual donor to any
cause. But the Czar can well afford
It, for lie Is said to be the richest man
on earth.
No living man can tell the full ex
tent of his wealth, not even Baron
Frlederlclis, the Comptroller of the Im
perial Household.
The official revenue of the Gzar is
nearly $10,000,000 per nunum. It is
difficult to arrive at it exactly, for it
Is pnid in various ways and under
many heads, and the sum total fluc
tuates from year to year. But $10,000,
000 may be taken as a fair average.
It Is only a small part of his wealth,
however, and the expense of maintain
ing his royal state more than accounts
tor this vast sum. If he depended
upon his official Income he would find
It hard to make both ends meet.
Ills expenditures nre almost incredi
ble. It is estimated that the magnifi
cent state bail which was given Just
as the war with Japan broke ont cost
over $1,000,000.-
The Czar's gifts to the Orthodox
Church in tlie course of the year aver
age over $2,BOO,000.
On the other linnd, the church turns
over large revenues to lilm, estimated
to exceed the amount which it receives.
With the exception of tho Shah of
iausitii
Kcr. Dr. Dirld H. 6recr.
I recognize the necessity at times for a sep
aration where, for any of various reasons, the
home is impossible. Never, however, should tho
separation carry the privilege of remarriage In
the lifetime of both parties, because marriage is
an indissoluble relation, to be broken only by
death. Even before separation-lie granted every
other means should first be exhausted, but If by
reason of brutality or other cause a separation is
the only solution it should be granted, yet never severing
the marriage bond or permitting remarriage. The separa
tion, as the Latin phrasing goes, might be from bed and
CZAll NICHOLAS II.
Persia, the Czar owns a greater for
tune in diamonds and precious stones
than any man In the world.
When Nicholas II. was crowned a
few years ago, the Emir of Bokhara
and the Khan of Ivhiva, his two prin
cipal vassal princes, vied with one au
other in making him the richest gifts
within their power.
The Khan gave him a priceless rope
of pearls, which is said to be the fin
est in the world, besides diamonds,
emeralds, and rubies. Flis presents are
estimated to have been worth at the
lowest computation, $2,5Qp,000 but no
price could really be put upon them.
His rival, tlie Emir, waajioJ ftrr-be
kihfl'intliiirntl^htf'll^lman of the Don
Cossacks, Trinec Sviatopolsk Mirskl
II., came forward with some- band
some contributions, as did all the lead
ing nobles and priuces of the Empire,
to say nothing of foreign potentates.
The Czar is the luckiest man on
Qarth in the matter of "windfalls." His
loyal subjects arc constantly leaving
him large sums of money by will,
which are not always accepted. Deli
cate diplomacy is required to iuduce
the Czar to accept a legacy. These
legacies, when acceptcd, are never
used by the Czar fos Ills private grati
fication.' He regards them as a trust
fund, and they have been so regarded
by most of his ancestors. This fund
Is drawn upon for charitable and re
ligious purposes.
Two and a half million dollars were
given from It to relieve the starving
peasants during the last terrible fam
ine in Bessarabia. But it Is not con
fined to Russian objects alone. The
Czar made liberal donatious from it
to the last Indian famine relief fund
and in aid of the negro peasants of
Martinique who suffered by the erup
tions of Mont PeJce.
"It is Impossible to arrive at any
exact estimate of the wealth of His
Imperial Majesty," said a high diplo
matist, "but I should think that, on
(he most conservative estimate, he
must be worth, from all sources, far
more than $50,000,000 a year. This is
actual revenue, and does not take into
account the huge treasures In specie,
bullion, and diamonds which are stored
In the vaults of the Teterhof Palace,
in the citadel at Kronstadt and else
where."-
Woes or a Motor Man.
"We gits it comin' en we g& it
goiny raid the old motorman to a
Washington Slur writer.
"Who nets it?" he was asked.
"Me and the conductor," was the
prompt response. "He gits most of
tlie jawing, but we motormen gits our
si.-.ire. I almost wish," said tlie old
fellow, "I almost wish I could go back
to my old perfesston of gravedigging.
Vou know what a cold day It's been,
and I'm nearly froze through and
through. It's been cold enough to
freeze the now off a polar bear. Weil,
I was goln' along street near Cth nnd
the little ice pebbles was blistering my
face up, when I see a fellow on the
corner waving ills umbrella and yfllin'
for all he was worth. He was cold—
I admit that—but I saw him all right
and slopped for him but I couldn't
help saying, 'Why don't yer holler mur
der V' 'Well, I want to get on the car
lie said, 'en I'm going to report you for
Impertinence,' he said. And so he did,
to the conductor, who told me, and we
both jess laughed. Would you believe
It? Just a few blocks further up there
was a fellow standin' right on tlie rail
and I stopped for him, of, course and
this other grump, says lie, 'What y.er
stoppin' for, yer idglt? I don't waist to
get on your old ark.* And so it goes.
Every day there's trouble and I say I
was far much happier when I was ditr
Cin' graves than 1 am driviif a street
car."
easy,
Eiiou£l to Hold Him for Awhile.
"The average weight of men's
brains," ventured Mr. IIenpc_-k, "b
about five ounces greater than
woman's."
"And the average brick," replied his
darling, "weighs good deal more than
a book of real poetry,"
lie May lio Good Now.
"I never trouble myself about the
future," he Bald.
"Xo wonder," she repllsd. "It must
keep you prct'y busy thinking about
your past,"
Somo women nre 'afraid In the dark
nnd otbev# nro move nfrald of the
V, 4 „. I
Muflt Work Harder Than I'ver.
"So I hear you have taken farm
fifteen miles from the city. Whea do
you retire from business?"
"Who said anything al.out retiring
from business
It stands to rraron you can't farm
and attend to business here at the
cn4jie tlmo."
"Who's going to Er.pport the fa raj If
I quit business?"—New York Prs 3.
It's useless for somo women to deny
that they married for money after you
•ee their husbands.
It takei a f»t aiftii to beat a tpanJ
Republican Tariff Plank,
Senator Aldrlcfi" says the Republi
cans will revise the tariff when It Is
necessary to do BO, but as the Senator
manages the Republican tariff pro
gram and In turn Is controlled by the
trusts, the time for revision is certain
to be In the distant future. Those .of
UB with small Incomes, at the mercy
of high trust prices, have seen the
necessity for tariff reform ever since
the combines boosted prices beyond the
ability of the poor man to pay. The
Rockefeller group ot Industrial trusts,
with whom Senator Aldrlch is con
nected, will hardly consider It neces
sary to revise the tnrlfft unless to raise
It to a higher plane. The last Repub
lican platform for Iowa declared that:
"Duties that are too low should be In
creased, and duties that are too high
should be decreased." That was the
plank adopted to compromise the dif
ferences between Gov. Cummins and
"the stand-patters," so that each could
point to It with pride. The followers
of Gov. Cummins who believe that the
tariff shelters trusts, could quote that
part of the plank which promised that.
If duties were too high and were fos
tering the trusts and allowing them to
rob the Iowa farmers, the duties
would be reduced. The stand-patters,
on the other hand, who proclaim that
high duties bring prosperity, doubtless
feel that still higher duties wonM
bring about even greater prosperity.
But this juggling with words that gave
both factions a chance to approve the
platform did not lead to any revision
of the tariff by Congress and In fact
the Iowa delegation, led by Senator Al
lison, agreed to "let well enough
alone." That Is the trusts and corpo
rations had more Influence with Con
gressmen than their constituents, for
Gov. Cummins, who believes in tariff
reform was elected by a large major
ity which shows that moyt of the peo
ple of Iowa favored revision.
The Republican leaders are now try
ing to agree on tariff and trust planks
to be incorporated In the platform to
adopted at Chicago and the same
juggling with words that will allow
both factions to stand on the platform
Is certain to be presented to the vot
ers. Senators Aldrich and Lodge are
said to be preparing the_ planks, under
the close supervislon"""of President
Roosevelt, nnd the voter that will not
be able to find what he wants will be
hard to please.
Yet the fact remains that t|ie pro
tectionists and trust Interests will
write the platform and also control the
action of the Republican national con
vention, and a9 every revision of the
tariff by the Republicans has resulted
In increasing duties, It Is certnin that
If the Republican party wins the elec
tion it will not be considered necessary
to revise the tariff, and more certain
that if any revision is attempted the
protection the trusts now enjoy will
be maintained. Dun's Index Ugures
for.Mny show that high prices for-Jill
the necessaries of life are still main
tained and yet wages are declining,
with a vast number of workers unem
ployed and'many Imported Industries
running on short time, and yet the high
tariff, which the Republicans declare
produces prosperity, is In full working
order. The price of many farm prod
ucts is falling and yet the cost of liv
ing shows but little, if any, decrease.
The beef trust, the coal trust, the salt
trust, the oil trust, the sugar trust,
and the minor combinations are paying
large dividends, fostered in most cases
by tlie protection the tariff gives
them.
It would seem, therefore. Senator
Aldrlch to the contrary notwithstand
ing, the Republican national platform
should declare when the tariff will be
revised and If the revision shall pro
vide for higher or lower duties, espe
cially on trust products.^J
The Intelligent Farmer,
Giving the farmers taffy before elec
tion and promlsliv them legislation
that never was intended to iiuterinl
Ize, is a favorite game of tlie Republi
can leaders. It is therefore not an un
expected pleasure to read the first in
stallment of guff and blnff given out
by Hon. Joseph Weeks Bnbcock, chair
man of the Republican Congressional
Committee, in which he brings In the
"Intelligent fanner" as tho standby of
the d. O. P. Mr. Bnbcock snys he has
Implicit faith that the "intelligent
farmers" will vote the Republican
ticket-for they have telephones in their
houses and read the dally newspapers.
Thnt Mr. Bnbcock really believes tho
^Intelligent farmer" will support the
party in league with the trusts and
corporations Is doubtful, for he Is evi
dently much exercised, though he says
lie is not worrying over the outlook for
a Republican 'majority in the next Con
gress. Yet Mr. Bnbcock evidently Is
alarmed about what the "Intelligent
fanner" will do, for he also says: "It
keeps member of Congress busy all
the time to answer the questions they
ask him about public affairs." Maylie,
whefi he gave out that interview, Mr.
Bubcock was thinking of the uncom
fortable questions that, many of bis
own constituents liuve, been asking
blm about tho charges of his too clese
connection with the railroad corpora
tlons, the padding of the mails In the
Interest of those Institutions and his
failure to push Ills bill to reform the
tariff schedule that shelters the steel
trust, though.lie had declared the tar
'.IT must be reformed. Or, possibly, be
was thinking of the charges made by
Secretary Brlstow thnt over 100 Re
publican Congressmen, including him
self, had been mixed up with the post
office grafters, if not in league -with
them.'
The "Intelligent farmer" who reads
the dnily newspaper could hardly
have missed knowing about those
churges r.iul a number of other senn
dills .that Mr. Itnbcock nnd his party
are responsible for. and It Is hardly
any wonder that It has kept those
members of Congress busy, as It has
Mr. Babcock—for be tells us so—ex
plaining nnd twisting and turning, to
answer the questions, of not only the
"intelligent farmer," but to others of
his and their constituents.
No moro favorable news for the
Democrats lias been published than
this acknowledged Interest the farm
ers are taklug in public affairs. No
doubt they are inquiring about Repub
lican extravagance, nbont the enor
mous increase iu price of wlrnt they
buy and the cause tot It. 'i'hoy doubt
less want to know why the packers'
combine la paying lest for cattle and
hogs asd j'ot tlie prlco of meat to tbe
ww«m«r if HW-H
was. There is no end to the ques
tions that intelligent farmers will ask
candidates for Congress that will pus
ale the Republicans to evade, let alone
to answer. That Is Just what the Dem
ocrats want—full and free discussion
and Intelligent Inquiry by all voters.
A Little Remembrance.
Big events at present scarcely grant
ns an Interval In which to notice mi
nor episodes. 6ut there Is often profit
In small things, and it inav pay us to
consider for a moment we adjourn
ment of the Republican Congress. Con
gress sought to sneak "tout unobserved
while great wars, the World's Fair
and other tremendous concerns occu
pied the fore and the attempt was
well-nigh successful. The difference
between Congress in session and ont
of session is Imperceptible anyhowi
and except for the empty felicitations
and formalities in botji houses there
was nothing nnnsual to signify th«
cloee.
Congress, however, leaves us little.
something by wbteh to remember It—
a deOfflt of 77,900,000 the appropria-.
tlons for the coining fiscal year made
by the present session being |781,(fr4,
629 and the estlmited, rtfvenuej) being
but 1704,472,080. The chairman of the
Appropriations Committee character
lzes. this financing as "laudable econ
omy." But Senator^ Gorman, irtth
muoh more reason and regard for fact
calls It amazing extravagance and at
tributes a large part of It to the .im
perialistic and rash ambition*: 6f 'Mr.
Roosevelt Be that is It may,77,000,
000 Is a rather, sizable and menacing
deficit and points in the direction of
either bad financing or a considerably
raised tax rate, or botb.
Incidentally we may inquire: Where
is the boasted benefit of DIngley "pro
tection" to the people, the taxpayers?
The taxpayers are *77,000,000 "in the
hole." DIngley "protection" has done
better by the trusts. To be sure, they
are not "ont" »T7,000,000 on acconnt of
it. Our political economists, and espe
dally those who are both political and
partisan, might not support the'propo
sition but a court of equity sitting
upon the question of adjustments
would require the privileged monopo
lies to pay over the sum of the deficit
into the treasury and make np the peo
ple's losses. Robbing the people to en
rich the trusts Is good economy from
the Republlcon standpoint bat it is de
cidedly inequitable and uncomfortably
burdensome to the country as a whol^,H'3
Saving Us from Roosevelt.
That Mr. Roosevelt Is a menace to
national peace and safety as a presl
dential incumbent Is frankly and slg
nllcantly conceded by the Globe. In
Friday's edition this Republican organ gj
indulged in the following paragraph
"To the big brnln and' steady, nerve
of Secretary Hay Is due tbe.^fact thnt
we got through the Panama canal
deal without a~war.* '-r r- JP'
&
Thus wo are told
protagonist was saved from himself by
his secretary of. state that Hay was
the balance wheel which checked the
rash impetuosity of the buccaneering
gcntlemnu who now' bids for cdhtlnn
anee In the supreme' executive post.
Let us, therefore, tjbank our stars for A
balance wheel. Bnt In so doing we V.
should contemplate*the perils, sug- tM
Rested by this* eminent Republican or
gan, of a future characterized by a
President Roosevelt' If possible, we
would be spared a four years' admlb
Istratlon during which our safety from
rash wars would depend softly upon J-.,
the big brain and steady nerve of some
one othqr than the President himself.
Wo would prefer to have the big
brnln and steady nerve reside in the
same person upon whom the direct re
sponsibility rests, and In whom" also
rests the power to incite wars and call
for armies.
We must view with fear the posses
slon by him who can provoke wars
and direct armies of a temperament
nnd proclivities of the' Roosevelt
stamp. Front a man of Impulsive and
dangerous jingo propensities'we would
remove the power and opportunity to
precipitate disaster, it Is as Judge
Parks observes: "The command of
the army and navy for four years more
might tempt him to abuse his power,
nnd to involve his country In the mis
ery aud guilt of an aggressive'and d»
structive war."—St I.ouis Republic.
Seiiee Molly's got a boati, they cn
Nobody givolier any sass
Xer tell tli' innn 'at Moll jess str
All day by 'at big lookln' gla
Wc got t' mnke out like she loo
Like 'ot nil times, 'cause shi
Our heads right off, ef we 'tid
Him how ahe look^ in her o]
When he alu't there!
I wi*iit *nt they'd stop sprwnil
A Kittin' on th' sofa—say!
I saw him put his arm arou:
Moll's waiflt, I did, lad* Sat
I wiRht 'at they'd gs»$ marrle*
We wouldn't )iave tn primp
They ain't no fun in liviu'
Sen re Sister Molly's got
'At whiskered man. f.
—Baltimore News.
I
Sister Molljr'a Be«n.
Ut children got t' be* as nice
As ever wns, nn' when we go
T' nuswer *nt doorbell, we got
T' make little bow—jess so?
An* ef it's yit- big inuataclicd man
'At eame from lteiven t'other da
T* call on Moll.r, we must put
Our oieeHt manner} oh so* say:
".lest walk*right in."
An* 'en we got t* go: upstair*
Am quiet, os we evVr knew, ppS
An' snjr t' Molly: "Sister, denr,f&&
A gentjemniTs t' call ou you!"
'Canne'efiheM hear us say: "Oh, 1
'At guy 'ith whiskers jess come
Why. Vre would bo a nawful rov
lAnVwe'd get spaak»d by Moll, li
'^nuse he's h»t beau!
f.'r:
Important Cle-
•'81187, otHslier," bego^
it
4
home. You—hlc—rknov'
housh is, don't you^'
"Let mo see," mtjsed
"what's the name of yc
Between Fri»
rHyllls*—I understan
ds to be Introduced tt
It ft ease of love at
Sylvia—Poor fellow
awfully jpsr-algbted!
There is, at yet, er.
denoe from ifeptit&b)'
ridlum baa actuatl
wntymptto*
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