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FAIR WOMANHOOD.
80 gentle and so bounteous doth ap
pear
My lady, when she maketh a salute,
That every tongue, trembling, be
cometh mute
The eye to look upon her doth not
dare.
Though conscious that her praise per
vades the air,
Jin beauty clothed, she moveth mod
estly,
Ai if she were a being from on
high,
Come down to earth to show a marvel
here.
So grateful seems the vision from
above,
The heart drinks sweetness from the
.• $$^1: entranced eye
""Which would mock Fancy if it'were
not proved
And from her lips it seems as^there
were moved
A delicate spirit, breathing full of love,
Which ever blddeth the rapt soul to
sigh.
Vi-Dante.
"Mlndll Philllpstein toia ma you
ctuldtell me how to win her. Please
dolt"
"Sure you can," said Mlndil. "You
can do anything. I saidlt to Plncus—
I said. It to yo\i or to anybody. Go
ahead, Herr Einstein, and tell Plncus
Leben how to win the girl. He ought
to be married long ago."
A smile crossed the great detective's
face. "I have had something lo do
with most Hind of cases, but never
before Was I called upon to advise In
a love affair. I'll' do my best, and I
seldom fall. Herr Placus Cohen, at
tention!"
"Za befehl!" said Plncus, saluting.
He was a member of the Rosenstein
Miners and Sappers' corps, attached
to the state national guard.
"Did you ever do anything like a
hero? That's what wins women," said
Iguatz.
"Once I stopped a horse that wds
trotting down the road without anyone
In the wagon, and It looked as though
It would run over Miss Sarah Minzer.
She saw me do It, awer did not think
much about it. That's the nearest I
ever come to d9lng anything brave. I
can't brag about It, though. Miss Gold
wasser would likely laugh at me."
"Can you swim?" asked Mr. Ein
stein.
"It is one thing I can do fairly
well," said Plncus. ...
"Take her out walking along the
East river some day, get a man to fall
In for you, and then jump In and res
cue him It looks brave and probably
will win the young lady."
"Good idea!" exclaimed Mr. Philllp
stein. "I'll be the man to fall In. I
been the best swimmer In Browns
ville. Won a medal at College Point
at the Eisenstein Club outing last
summer." :'P
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."That man Is 111!" exclalmed-'Miss
Goldwasser. "Look at htm I think he
Is going to fall Into the river. Run up
and catch him before Jie gets In."
Mr. Cohen would like to have done
sA very much, as the wish to be a hero
that day had entirely departed from
him. Before, however, he had fairly
started for Mr. Phllipsteln, who now
was only p. few yards ahead, the lat
ter had given a groaning cry and
fallen with a splash into the river.
Mr. Cohen echoed the groan. He just
remembered that he had not prepared
for jumping Into the water and was
w£|rlng his costly Sunday suit with
histoid watch, and that a goodly roll
of bills was In his pocket, which sure
ly would be spoiled by the water. He
began to take off his coat with no en
tbuslaBm.
Miss Goldwasser screamed: "Help
him! Get him out!"
Mr. Cohen reluctantly approached'
the edge. Mr. Philllpstein had come
to the surface and was treadlhg water
and floating along with the tide. He
had on an old suit,- and Instead of a
coat wore a. tlght-fltting sweater.
"Save me," he said, and waved en
couragingly to Plncus.
With despair In his heart Mr. Cohen*
threw down his coat, handed hlB roll
of bills to Miss Goldwasser and care
fully entered the water. To make It
realistic Mr. Philllpstein clutched him
with what he imagined was the grip of
a drowning man and whispered: "I'll
sink again and pull you down with
me. Tou are doing fine, only show a
little more energy. You act like you
was afraid."
Whereupon Mr. Philllpstein sank
Into the water and dragged the fren
zied Plncus, who was a fair swimmer,
buthated the water/along with him.
When they arose Mr. Cohen gave a
loud cry. Miss Goldwasser w$a ruu
Blnt along
the
bank
with a
long
THE HOST REM AltK ABLE CARAVAH THAT EVER ENTERED AFGHANISTAN
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STEAM HOLLER AHD MOTOBS FOB THE AMEER.
The Indian tour of the Ameer of Afghanistan in i907 has evidently Impressed on him the advantages
roads, and it would appear that he is now about to have such throughout his dominions. Doubt
less good roads and motor cars would greatly facilitate the extensive tours his Highness has to take to
keep in touch with the distant provinces of •his kingdom. Recently some ten elephants were sent to Chaman
motor car, a stone-crushing machine, and
He turned and struck out for the
land, disregarding Miss Goldwasser's
cries to help the Blnklng man back of
him. Mr. Cohen found he could make
no headway towar.d shore. Then sud
denly his courage left him and a little
hysterical panic came upon him.
"Get me outL" he cried. "I'm los
ing myself. I can't keep up any
longer."
Mr. Philllpstein took two strong
strokes and reached, the side of the
scared Plncus. Supporting him with
one hand he swam to land with the
other. He dragged Plncus out on the
bank and laid him down. The latter"
was fully conscious, and shame and
fury because of his weakness and cow
ai dice possessed htm.
"Hero!'.' said Miss Goldwasser, in a
rapture.
"Sure, he is a brave man," said Mr.
Philllpstein, aB he helped Mr. Cohen
to his feet. "Did you see how he
jumped In for me?"
"He's a#hero!" Miss Goldwasser's
tone .was full of scorn. "Why, he even,
thought of his money! He saved that
before he tried to get you out." She
handed Plncus his roll of bills. "No,
"brave man," continued Miss Goldwas
ser, addressing the astonished Philllp
stein. "You arevthe herd. You saved
him. You are'the most daring man I
ever sawf" I" admire a man like you.''
"Say," said Plncus Cohen. "Where
should I come In?"
"You tried to do something," said-
Miss Goldwasser. "But you were not
equal to It. You had to be saved by
the man you were going to help."
Miss Goldwasser looked a little mys
tified. "How was it," she aBked of
Mlndll, "that you'were so weak that
you fell In and then strong enough to
not only get out yourself, but bring
•Mr. Cohen out with you?"
"A little faintness came over me,"
said Mlndll glibly, as he gazed with
admiration at Mips Goldwasser "and
wh?n I fell in the cold water revived
hie. Oy! oy! I'm glad I was able to
help this man."
The two men goon dried their cloth
ing and returned to Miss Goldwasser.
She greeted Mr. Philllpstein with en
thusiasm and during the car ride on
the street car back to Brownsville
she frequently referred to him as a
hero and learned something about his
position in society,- which was excel
lent. Going to her relatives, Miss
Goldwasser made further Inquiries
about Mr. Philllpstein and found that
he was popular and prosperous, highly
regarded as a fine, smart man by all
\Brownsvllle.
Miss Goldwasser Invited Mr. Phillip
stein to call on her, and he 'promptly
did so.
A month later'the despondent Mr.
Plncus Cohen read .the announcement
ihat Miss ."Rose Goldwasser and Mr.
Mlndll Philllpstein were engaged
•New York Telegraph.
Wrltlnir Hard to Read.
Speaking about handwriting which
is hard to read an old-time conductor
on the Louisville 'ft Nashville rail
road tells a story about James Guth
rie, says the Louisville Courier-Jour
nal. Mr. Guthrie, besides being Sec
retary of the Treasury under Jaiqes
Bucha*nan, was also president of the
Louisville ft Nashville railroad and a
resident of Louisville.
In the early days of railroading
there were no printed passes as at
present, and Mr. Guthrie, would fre
quently write a pass for a friend on
a scrap- of paper. The conductors on
the road would honor these, of course,
but one farmer carried a piece of pa
per purporting to be a pass for a
friend on a scrap of paper. The con
ductor honored It. but later grew SUB
plclous and one day took It up. He
carried it to the office of President
Guthrie and said:
"A farmer has been riding on this
pass for about,
a
year. Do you want
him to continue to use it?"
President Guthrie put on his
glasses,' looked the paper' over and
said:
"Why this is not a pass. It Is a
receipt I gave a fellow .for a load of
wood about a year ago."
Coml.K Back' Again.
Erisoner—"Can I speak with the
convict Smith for one moment?"
Jailer—"No he has just left, after
finishing his time. But ask me aga(p
In about a week."—Filgende Blatter.
Some people Imagine that as. soon as
they get married, they must kiss In
public.'
stick
ppipijii.
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probably for pleasure trips on the Cabul River, while the car will enable the Amter to visit the outlying
province^ of. his dominions in as many days as it has hitherto taken months.
In her hand wliicji she had picked up
and which she was trying to reach
out to the struggling men.
"Tuat to make It seem more like
the real thing," said Mr. Philllpstein,
who was playing his part with much
enjoyment and zeal, "I'll let go of you,
go out a few feet and sink again.
Then you got to dive ffr me. grab me
by the hair and pull me ashore. I like
to bet you win her sure."
And he again cried for help, and
pushed out and sank, gasping and yell
ing for help.
Mr. Cohen had gone as far as he
could or dared. He was more than
ten feet from shore, weighed down by
his clothing, almost exhausted and
afraid to venture out any farther.
motor boat to Cabul. The motor boat
TsSPTOR
Glandular Fever.
This is the name of an acute febrile
disease in childhood, one of the group
to which belongs scarlet fever,
meaBles
and mumps. It differs from measles
and other eruptive fevers In that there
is no rash, the local manifestation be
ing a swelling of the glandB in the
neck, about and below the angle of
the jaw.
The disease Is not of common, occur
rence and this is rather curious, tor
it seems to be eminently contagious,
all the members of the. household, at
least all under 14 or 15 years, being
affected when once the fever, gets into
a house. Children are the ones ffrho
suffer chiefly, infants in arms or very
young children. Adults or those above
15 years are not often attacked.
The attack begins suddenly, usually
a week or less after exposure to the
contagion, with fever, sickness at the
stomach or actual vomiting, coated
tongue, constipation and a stiff neck.
The appetite Is gone and swallowing
is painful. Any attempt to move the
child's head causes pain and Is strong
ly resisted. Pressure on the side of
the neck from the angle of the Jaw
to the Adam's apple is usually also
painful.
The fever rises, gradually, for two
or three days, reaching its highest
point about the third day. At. this
time also the enlargement of the
glands of the .neck becomes manifest
to'sight and touch.
The enlargement may be on both
.sides, but appears more often, per
haps, on the left side first, runs its
course there and then begins on the
right. It is usually also more severe
on the left side.
The disease lasts a -week or ten days
as a- rule but may be prolonged to
two weekg.. by Buccesslve crops of
glandular enlargements-
There is no real eruption, although
sometimes the flush of the fever may
take on a,dusky red hue and simulate
rash.
The fever continues so long as the
Swelling of the glands persists, and
after Its subsidence the little patient
is usually weak and pale for a time.
Glandular fever is almost never fa
tal, but it may make the child pretty
sick while it lasts. The treatment Is
simple. The patient should _be kept
In bed In a well ventilated room as
long as the fever lasts and when
the disease is over he will need good
food, lots of fresh -air and possibly
a tonic to overcome the anemia and
debility.—Youth's Companion.
MOTHER'S BODY IN HOG YABD.
Mrs. Lizzie Hies, 57 years^oifl, liv
ing-near Omaha, 111., was found dead
In a lot near her home. Hogs had
mutilated the body. She bad prepared
dinner for one of her sons, saying
she would leave it 011 the table for him
while she went to see a neighbor. The
boy came from work, ate his dinner
and waited awhile for. his mother to
return. Going out *in the lot, he dis
covered the hogs about his mother's
body.
Poor John.
A Pblladelphlan who was formerly
a resident of a town In the north of
Pennsylvania recently revisited his
old home.
"What became of the Hoover fam
ily?" he asked an old friend.
"Oh," answered the latter, "Tom
Hoover did very well. Got to be an
actor out west. Bill, the other broth
er, Is something of an artlst'ln New
York, and Mary, the sister, IB doing
literary work. But John never
amounted to much. It took all he
could lay his hands on to support the
others."—Lipplncott'a.
Denaftty of the Atmosphere.
Meteors prove that the air Is still
dense enough to make those little
bodies: Incandescent through-- friction
at a height of 100 miles but up to
the present jnan has succeeded In ex
ploring the atmosphere to a height of
only sixteen mile*.
fr'Uf. y»l
Children
Home
Wanted, a Map
Another map, an* please you, sir!
For why, we cannot understand.
In a)l your great geogratphj
There is no map of Fairyland
Another map, an* please you, sir!
And, afterward, describe in full
How Fairyland Is famed for pearls
And fleeces made from golden woo?
And prancing, gold-shod, milk-white
steeds.
With bridles set with jewel eyes
Tell how the fairy rivers' run.
And where, the fairy mountains
rise
And of the fairy-folk, their way*
And customs, if it please you, sir
Then of the journey there, how long
For any speedy traveller.
Another map. an' -please you. sir!
And would you kindly not delay:
Sister and I wouiil dearly like
To learn our lesson there today!
—Mary E. Wllkins, in the Christian
Register.
SILVER LAKE
A
Uncle Jaok has been away on an
angling trip we have been eating
what he caught for two dinners an4
one luncheon, and Mlnkle has betin
talking so much about his experi
ences that Arabella is just wild to
try tier luck at fishing.
"But of course you'd have to sup
ply the bait and stick it on." she said
to «ne. "I never could do that."
'Oh but 'I'd Just hate to," demur
red I "can't you go fishing with a
net?"
"Why to be sure she can," laugh
ed Uncle Jack "I'll take you two
kiddies wihere .you can catch lots of
nice creatures with a net. Let's see
I've a day off tomorrow. Let's get
an early start, and go gold fishing
In Silver Lake. What say?"
anT"up"a''^ny "creek"there""anl"into Just
the lily pads yonder while wherever *s
and whenever, he stepped and rested
away for good-dear little turtles
tion on our Humane Club buttons-
from out of our hands.
After awhile Minkie rowed
forced itself upon me. particularly nke
my old black skirt.
Oh, if you knew how I hated that'
all the office girls looked so fresh and
pretty In their, trim business suits.
I Imagined all tha first' morning
that they were iittying me and felt
them looking at imy shabbhiess, and
during noon hour I waB so miserable.
But when I went back the next morn
ing I noticed that one of the girls
had cn nearly .as old clothes as 1
did. and Bhe was so nice to me 1
fancied she was glad 1 had come be
cause of our mutual poverty.
Not until after I earned enough
money to buy some suitable, nice
olothes did 1 realize that the "poor
girl" as thought her, had drifted
back into the prettiest, most tasteful
clolihei worn by any of the girls.
She had only iborpe me company at
a most trying fime, £nd she knew,
because her fellow workers all ad
mired J»er. that the little object les
son wou'd keep them from hurling
my feelings.
The day has come now when new
clothes are usual, when I may even
achieve an appearance that is known
-as 'stylish." But In my office when
tf^gtrl comes In shabby, painfully sen
•sjtive7 as I was, I "bear her company
until the better times shall come.—
ellneator.
STORM.
CAUGHT I.N
/The following is an account of a
sailing experience 1 had one after
noon last summer. My father owns
a large sloop, equlpp-zd with a pow
.artful engine, and one Saturday after
noon last year he, a friend and 1
went out fishing. As 1 do not enjo.v
fishing, 1 took along my model yacht
to sail after I had cleaned the large
boat up.
We got away about 1 o'clock noon,
and after leaving the harbor of this
town we decided to fish ngar the
southwestern end of Cap'.ain's Island.
We reached the island after a fifteen
minutes' sail and anchored In among
some very large rocks.
As soon as we were anchored fath
er and his friend began to fish and
I to clean the 'boat -up. I had quite
a job doing this, as father had drop
ped the sails in a hurry and had
gotten the ropes all snarled up, but
finally I finished and, taking my model
yacht in the tender, I put off from the
boat.
I had a very enjoyai-fe ttaie sailing
my 'boat until about 4 -o'clook, when
the sky tbegan to grow dark, causing
me to return to the sloop. When,I
got there, I found that qu'te a collec
tion of fish had been caught. In about
fifteen minutes the sky was black and
father decided to return home. This
was very agreeable to his friend, who
didn't like the idea of staying out and
getting wet, and also to me, who was
somewhat afraid.
Iii about five long minutes the lines
were in and -put away and we all
were working at the anchor. We were
thus engaged for about forty-five sec
onds. when suddenly the wind began
to blow and the rain to fall and then
the thunderstorm was upon us in
earnest. Father .'Caw that we were
.nearly on th? rocks and so told me
to let go the anchor and run aft and
lash the steering wheel as tight as 1
could. While was thus engaged
Why, what should we say but father had started the engine and let
Goody, goody." And 9 o'clook th6
next morning we were aboard the bis
b~6at steaming across the harbor. Ws
were as close as we could get to
go the large sea anchor, which was
the first time he had had occasion
to use It since bought the boat
three year, ibefore. You can there
fore see what a pesition we were in
With rocks on every side of us and
the shore twenty-five feet astern.
U10
front railing with the fresh- breeze
most blowing. our hqlr off Arabella
was clutching a mosquito bar flsh net
andand a tin 'box with holes
punched into the cover. It was
hanging Into a tin pall (with
pleoo— of laoe window curtain
tied over it) and a small crab net
Our uncle carried the box of lunch
and a small basket of fruit anJ
"tSie voyage was too lovely for any
th'ng," Arabella declared. In Staten
Island we took -a Silver Lake car and
As soon as this was accomplished
we all retired to the cabin, and for
six hours, wh'ch we shall never for
get, we let the storm roar without
us. AL 10 o'clook the storm had abat
ed enough to allow us to stop our
engine, which- had been working
steadily throughout the storm, and to
gq' out on deck. We saw frocn our
-pesition, five or six different fires in
trolleyed "along through the utt'o different directions, -and we wondered
town—always up hill—by real old how the bont had stood the storm,
farms. Pretty country houses, by the We soon were under way, and at
big "Pour Corner's" Hotel and on and
on witb thick green 'woods on both
sides of us. At last we got out and
after a very short walk reached thj
lake there was a tiny hotel right
on it and -here MfnHe left our luncheon
and wraps and Jiired a boat and In
It he rowed us"~all about the lake.
Close to the shady, hilly bank here,
10:40 we reached our anchorage in
tbg riv: r, after a very severe experi
ence.—Robert F. Brundage in the New
York Tribune. .s
W. DOWNY, CARP.BXTER
Is the modest sign on the old pin
at 'the northern end of the forest
now thi3
lad'
cleverest, of builders
a'
work on a home Tor
*hf» he soon to wed.
on his oars Arabella and I fished. I I-'sten. That shairp rattle is Dow
And we did catch such hosts o'!
ny'3
l°ve
ea»- hammei'e?
things! Gold fish and silver fish and hollow Umb of the dead tree. He is
water spidfers and beetles and two assuring his sweetheart that he
teeney-weeney frogs, anr -tour lizards thinking or her and hurrying as fast
and three-only one of them got
88
th?y *n
tucked lizards and frogs and turtles wonders. See how fas. the chips fall
and clams into her box she first
as
when rte had eaten our snack,!
out
ea.r' Bayf
the rrass with his hat over his face, bright hawk or a smart snake to -find
"to think things over a bit" mean- ^«.1ln
this
us
even on Lake George or Ijike Hopat
cong.—Kate 'Hudson, In the Brooklvn
Eagle.
SHE BORE ME COMPANY.
I
°n ,n
he. can to finish her nest so that
begin housekeeping
(about as big as a half dollar), and ®e has only his sharp ea
two fresh water clams. Arabella
wor*
and yet he accomplishes
he rounds off the doorway to his
lined it with water lily leaves, and snug home! Ah. here comes M.s.
my pail was just about filled with Powny^to-be. How she peeis o
fishes 1)V the time w* took our lunch- ?ee "hat her new home Is going to
eon under a tall anil spreading tree ,,t,e
Hke
_. 'Fine
wn^'
sa's-
„i,f.
You are
Uncle Jack begged for half an hour of I Blad you are pleased^ my
"undisturbed repose" and lay-down in
certainly a genius.
8nuS,
while Arabella and I made friends hle you are slt.ing,
with the hotel dog and'stroked the scour the country for the
ho'vel pussy cat and'We fed the chick-
"ur„ser£j
"e
ens, turkeys— plreons and ducks piciest hugs ifor jour
"whti the scraps from our luncheon.j
}ucleat
a.n*
he.
.inner'„m
They were all just as tame! Arabella '^hat a happy little hrlde j, shall
says they must have read ths inscrip- ®°°s'
C°J
otherl
f1"
we always wear 'em wherever we go ®he can watch her ga^
-and that's why they took the bread
ot
he
tree,'wh,ere
^am?ners ayray on his tas^-Mar
W
was the shabbiest girl at the of.
flee. It was .no one's fault and no hop at a time—and thus cared for h's
one's shame that we were poor—I family untilHhev reached their flying
had intelligence enough to know
that! knew, too, what sacrifice
mother had made to pay for my tui
tion at business school. Still the
knowledge -fit my shabby clothes
l^ton, In the New Y0.4
clear Tribune.
around the lake -again and stopped In
among the lilies so we -might gather
some. Arabf 11a picked a lot cif them
for Auntie Sue—wllh'.ut tipping the
A DEVOTED FATHER BIRD.
For several summers a pair of Bal
__ tlmore orioles bad nested in an app'.e
boat veTy'muoh and seizing the stems' 'r®e near my study window^
down as low as possible so's they'd I Last summer, when the nest was
be gcod and long—and I had just ex- full of young ones, the mother bird
actiy 'as, many for mo'hcr and then was killed, and the father bird had a
It was time- to go home: So WJ broken wing. When I d.scovered th-3
Btopped in at the hotel where we had tragedy, the father was carrying f^od
some Ice cream—Uncle" Jack always to his family.
Just knows what we long for—and There was a grape vine growing un
we made ourselves a bit neat and der the tree, untrkmmed and lawless,
then we traveled back. You'd Just Some wayward branches had caught
better believe we -had a good tima hold of the lowest apple boughs, and
and Uncle Jack says we couldn't a pole, leaning against the trellis,
have, fished harder nor eaten 'more: formed a continuous roadway from
lunch, nor grown more sunburned nest to ground. Down this road the
poor bird would hop and forage for
food. He never went far from the.
grape-vine and kept a sharp lookoiu
for enemies. After filling his moutli
with food, he would commence his
tedious journey up the grape-vine, one
age and were able to care for them,
selves.—Jean Martin, in Bird Lore.
A PEf CALF.
I thought that possibly you might
t0
,hear
a.bout the
uttle 'Pet calf
1 had last summer. By the time It
was four .weeks o'd it followed me
skirt! Mother had cleaned it everywhere 'I went, even-to town. It
pressed it, pressed it and cleaned it,
but it seemed "-bent" with age, ami
cs=d to go into the hous-?, where it
would stay until I took a piece of
breaI ani ca
ned it out again. For
seven weeks it was a great psC but
after that it grew*too large for me
to handle so I had to put it In a
pasture, where it had other little
calves to play with.—iHuston Gordon,
in the New York Tribune^ .:
CONUNDRUMS.^
1 Why Is the wick of a candle like
Athens? Ans.—Because It Is in Greece
(grease).
Why Is ft fire fender like Westmln
ster Abbey? Ans.—Because It hold?
he ashes of the grate (great).
What is that which a coach can
noji move wlth6ut, and yet Is of no
use? Ans.—Noise.—Washington Star.
REVERENCE FOR BOYS,
-I feel a profounder reverence for a
boy thaii for a iman. I never meet
a ragged boy on the street without
feeling that I may owe him a saTute,
for I know not what possibilities ma?
be 'buttoned up under bis .coat, said
President GarfieliUit
""•j--.* •...
MR. ROCKEFELLER'S GIFTS
Within recent months we have
noted that more and more frequently
diaries have been mtroduueed into
divorce trials kept by one or both
parties to the suit. Sometimes these
diaries were begun long" previous to
any open disagreement between man
and wife/ when one or the other may
have ben unconscious of any infelicity
between them. In such a case the un
suspecting one, all unguarded In his
or her innocence, has been dally re
cording In the accusing book, everyact
that would be prejudiced in the eyes
of court or jury set down in black
and white and in cold blood. There is
no distinction in law between divorce
sought in a hot temper and divorce
with malice aforethought.
We sincerely trust that the "holy
bonds of matrimony" will not become
generally vitiated by the practice of
keeping a diary dating from the wed
ding day, and that briae and groom
HOAD TO DISSOLUTION.
will not feel that reasonable precau
tions should be taken against emer
gencies. A diary in the possession of
either one of the "happy wedded pair"
may be regarded with suspicion and
may Introduce the first, serpent into
their Eden. It is carrying concealed
weapons into the connubial state, and
diary toting of this sort Is as repre
hensible as gun toting.
The distrust of humanity that Is
often so marked In the ordinary rela
tions between man and woman ap
pears to have extended itself to the
relationsv between man and woman.
It Is not only when poverty comes in
at the door that love files out at the
window when doubt comes In at the
window, love slips out of the door.
Modern marriages with their "mental
reservations" and their diaries may
give the grieving contenders against
"the divorce evil," another phase of
the question to ponder over.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
TONGS OP CHINATOWN.
Eleven Secret OrsanUatlona Com
posed oC Criminal Oriental*.
The tongs of San Francisco's Chi
natdwn are made up of "highbinders,"
or bad men, says the Bohemian, and
their names are as follows: Ping Kong,
Suey Sing, Hop. Sing, Bo On, Bo
Leopg, Suey On, Quong Tuck, Hip
Ying, Hip Sing Suey Ylng and Jok
Lin.
If these eleven tongs have any quar
ters In the new Chinatown it is not
known where they are.- They are. se
cret bodies and move In darkness, 'i'ne
Six Companies five months ago ap
pealed to the Chinese consul general
to stop a war between several of the
tongs. The best he could' do was to
get them to declare a truce, which
lasted until the Chinese New Year.
But as these lines are being written
the New Year festivals have ended
and the tong war has again begun.
It must not be inferred, however,
that the tongs typify the mass of the
Chinese, who are generally peaceable.
The tongs seem to be bands of crimi
nals working something like the
"black hand" among the Italian popu
lation of New York. To show how
they work, the. Hop Sing Tong has of
fered a reward of $1,000 for the death
of any officer of the Suey Sing Tong.
These rewards are not printed In the
American or Chinese newspapers, but
are placed on the walls of Chinatown.
There is no special animosity against
the particular individual.
Small Parmer In Alaska.
There are fully 30,000 square miles
of Alaska Bulted for grazing or agri
culture—an area equal to three-quar-
tors
of the State of Ohio, a writer in
:m
$SMOO.OOOV^I
Amount He Haa Given to One Institution Equals Cost of live Battle
Ships.
OHN. D. ROCKEFELLER celebrated his seventieth birthday by
^giving. $1.0,000,000 to the General Education Board, making the
total of his gifts to that philanthropy the stupendous sum
of $53,000,000 and bringing the grand total of his known ben
efactions to the aggregate of $120,000,000. Add his unknown
gifts to Innumerable institutions, objects and Individuals, and
the final figures are probably in excess of $135,000,000—a sum
of money so huge that its magnltuda Is difficult to estimate.
Take alone the gift of $10,000,000 officially announced by Frederick T.
Gates, chairman of the General Education Board. Some Idea of what $10,
000,000 amounts to can be had in this way: A comfortable home, capable
of adequately housing a family of average circumstances, can be bought in
Brooklyn for $5,000. Mr. Rockefeller's gift would buy 2,000 such homes for
2,000 families. His total gifts of $53,000,000 to the General Education Board
would buy 10,000 such homes. The total of all of his gifts. $135,000,000,
would buy 27,000 such homes. Five persons is the average of a family.
Twenty-seven thousand such homes would mean a city of 135,000 persons.
There are many pretentious cities In the United States where all of the
homes of Its citizens do not represent an outlay of half the money given
away by Mr. Rockefeller.
Report has given Mr. Rockefeller $400,000,000, but men with some
of estimating his wealth say that Is an exaggeration. If his fortune be $300,
000,000, his Income at 5 per cent would be $15,000,000. If $400 000 000 It
would be $20,000,000. This $53,000,000 he has given the General Education
Board Is for a single purpose-to multiply and widen educational facilities
for American boys and girls, irrespective of creed or anything else Col
leges all over the country, particularly In those sections where the need is
greatest, are the beneficiaries of the fund. They receive $5,000 110 000
$50,000, $100,000 or $200,000, or whatever sum the trustees of the'fund b»
lleve they are entitled to.—New York World.
MATRIMONIAL DIARY.
the American-Review of Reviews says.
Make this accessible and develop local
markets and the farmer will come—if
not from the States, then from north
ern Europe, a region which has al
ready furnished many good citizens to
Alaska. Finland supports 3,000,000
people and exports agricultural prod
ucts. Yet the Finnish colonist will
find in Alaska a better climate and
soil than in his native land. Be It re
membered. however, that Alaska is far
from an ideal farming region, fhe
growing season is short and the win
ters long and severe. It will probably
never furnish agricultural products ex
cept for local consumption, but th&t
such a market will prove a lucrative
one Is shown by the success of the
mhny small farms and gardens al
ready under cultivation.
NOTHING GOES TO WASTE.
By-Prod act* of Petroleum Are
Sources of Prollt.
Paraffin wax, so long an unconsid
ered by-product of the Eastern petro
leum, grows in importance each year.
The big oil company manufactures
more than 300,000,000 candles of 70C
sizes and. kinds yearly. Yallow and
wax (beeswax) candles have disap
peared and *12,000,000 pounds of para
ffin wax Is sold yearly to candlemak
era. It Is used for making waterprooi
paper for wrapping, for~ preserving
stone surfaces from weathering and
crumbling, for making colored cray
ons, for blanching linens and cotton
cloth, for chewing gum, for sealing
canned fruits and as a substitute foi
beeswax, for Bealing wax and as insu
lation for wires.
New uses are discovered every day.
The last available figures for the Unit
ed States' production of paraffin wax
are those of the United States census
for 1905. In that year, the total out
put was 258,072,100 pounds.
Petrolatum, a product not general
ly known under that title, is disposed
of to the extent of 12,000,000 pounds
a year. It serves as the basis for vas
ellne, ointments, shoe polish and
so on.
Asphaltum, the basis of heaviei
oils, is another most important thing
in roadmaklng. Coke, the final resid
uum of the distillation of petroleum,
has proved valuable.. It sells for $7
a ton, and is used for fuel as well
as for making the carbon points of
arc lamps.—Cleveland Leader.
ALL CAN SMOKE ON MISSOURI.
State Produces 24,071,400 Col pipes
la 1008.
The statistics concerning Missouri's
production of corncob pipes—styled
the "Missouri Meerschaum," supply a
good pipe Btory, though it is not a
"pipe dream." According to the fig
ures compiled by the Missouri State
Bureau of Labor and Sta sitc!s for Its
annual report there were made In Mis
sourl 24,671,456 cobpipes in 1908. sev
en factories being engaged in their
production. Of this total number 23,
268,096 were -njade in Franklin county
alone. In addition there were turned
out the same ygar 415,314 wooden
pipes, 1,729,350 extra stems and 149,
238 pipe cleaners.
The value of the total product was
$431,810, of which Franklin county
county produced $401,643. The value
of the raw material consumed was
$233,688, the capital invested In the
seven factories was* $124,547, and the
wages paid exceeded that sum slight
ly, being $128,295. In the manufac
ture of these pipes there were em
ployed 303 males and 6r females.
Missouri made enough of these
pipes last year to supply one to each
man. woman and child in the State
and still have more than 20.000,001
left. Each head of a family in tb.
United States could have been sup
plied with a Missouri made pipe, tht
product of a single year, and have left
about 9,000,000 for export to foreign
countries.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Suited to the Plaee.
"Well, this is certainly crazy man
agement!" cried the chairman of thf
committee Investigating tbe State in
stitutlon.
"But you must remember." pleaded
the superintendent, "that thi3 is ar
Insane asylum."—Baltimore American
Tact and Talent. .—
Talent feels its weight, tact finds It
way talent commands,"tact is obeyed
talent Is honored with approbatioi.
and tact is blessed by preferinent.
London Atlas.
In order to do a thing once som
people have^ivt'o it twice.
He—What did'you discuss at your
lebating club this afternoon? She—•
Nothing. We Just talked.
Magistrate—Are you a friend of the
prisoner? Buxom Witness—No, I'm"
his mother-in-law.—New York World.
"Say something to the little boy," -v
said Bobbie's mother. "Say, kid," said
BobBTe, obediently, "kin you fight
yet?"
"I hear you spent your vacation
with friends." "We were friends dur
ing the first week."—Louisville Cour
ier-Journal.
"Are you going to take the late
train to Chicago?" "No, the engineer
of the train Is going to do that."—
Baltimore American.
Customer—Give me a bottle of Dop
em's Stomach Bitters. Druggist—We
haven't any in stock, madam, but
there's something just as had.
"There are two sides to every ques
tion," said the broad minded man.
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum
"a winning side and a losing side."
"Why did you leave your last
place?" asked the boss. "I got six
months off for good behavior," an
swered the job seeker.—Chicago Dally
News.
Prospective Best Man—Got the mar
riage license yet? Prospective Bride
groom—No I'm not going to get that
until the last thing. She may go back
on me.
Bess—So you're engaged? Well,
well! As for me, I wouldn't marry
the best man on earth. Jess—You
couldn't—I've got him.—Cleveland
Leader.
Scott—I remember reading of a very
rich man who said he'd sooner be
poor. Mott—Yes, and probably you re
member reading somewhere that all
ipen are liars.
"I can't understand why Brown
should have tailed." "Nor can I. I
always thought he was doing finely.
He often came to me for advice."—De
troit Free Press."
"Did you have a good time at the
Suhday school picnic, Bobby?" "I
should say so," answered Bobby, en
thusiastically. "There was three
fights."—Buffalo Express.
"Why, Ethel, what's the matter?"
asked her mother, as the little one
almoBt choked at the dinner table. "I
got a piece of bread head first down
my cough pipe," explained Ethel.
"I never have no luck." "Neither
do I," responded the other citizen.
"Therefore I keep out of enterprises -.
requiring large gobs of luck to be a
success."—Louisville Courier-Journal.
"We," remarked the young married
woman, "try to see how tew quarrels
we can have In a year." "We," said
the old married woman, "try to see
how few cooks."—Louisville Courier
Journal.
Judge—How did the trouble begin?
Witness—:It began, yo' honah, when de
chairman of de entertainment com
mittee swatted de secretary over de
haid wlf de lovin' cup.—Boston Tran
script.
SlUlcus—We should all strive to
bear each other's burdens. Cynicus—
Yes, most of us seem to think we
could bear each other's burdens more
easily than we could ourr own.—Phil
adelphia Record.
Bessie—Oh, Mabel! I am In an
awful dilemma! I've quarreled with
Harry and he wants me .to send his
ring'back. Mabel—That's too bad.
Bessie—But that
lBn't
forgotten which IB his ring.—Kansas
City Journal.
"What was the date ot the Union ot
the Crowns?" asked the school In
spector and the answer was "1603."
"Right And why was
^*mm
thiB
.^l
the point. I've
date an
Important one for you to remember?"
"Because you were sure to ask for it,"
returned the lt£tle victim of cramming.
De Quiz—Did he have any luck fish
ing? De Whiz—Well, he says he
caught a number ot flsh, many of
which would weigh three pounds. De
Quiz—Yes, I guess It, would take
a
great many of the flsh he cought to
weigh three pounds.—Chicago Daily
News.
Little Bobbjj—Papa, did you ever
see a cyclone carrying houses around
up in the air, and cows and horses
and wagons upside down? Papa—No,
my son. Little Bobby—Did you ever
see a sea serpent? Papa—No, my son.
Little Bobby—I should think it 'ud be
tiresome to live so long and never r-i
anything.
"You ran Into this man at thirty
miles an hour and knocked him forty-*,
feet," said, the court. "That, or
a
little better, I suppose," answered the
chauffeur. "Why didn't you slow
down?" "Mere precaution, your honor.
Once--I shut off speed and hit a man
so gently that he was able to climb
Into the machine and give me a lick
ing."
"Your husband'U be all right now,"
said the doctor, rubbing his hands
with evident self-satisfaction. "What
yer mean?" demanded the weeping
wife. "You told me be wouldn't live
a fortnight." "Well, I'm going to .cure
him after all," said the doctor "surely
you're glad to hear such unexpected
news?" The woman wrinkled her
brows. /'Puts me in a bit ot an 'ole,"
she said. "I've bin and sold all his
clothes for his funeral!"
iV:i'.w His Last Word!
Man—I'm getting to have my life
insured.
Woman—Don't It costs too mnch.
Man—But what would you do if I'd
die?
Woman—Marry again.
I-an—You couldn't it I didn't have
a good big Insurance policy.—Clever
land Leader.
v."
A Long Shot,
"Didn't I say you couldn't play ball
until after 2 o'clock? Tell me!"
"Why-er—Marm—yes'm! But-er—
didn't pop read you last night how
down In Washington all the govern
ment clocks are goin' to be set two
hours ahead durtn' the summer?"
Puck.
The Explosion.
"Mah goodness," yelled Aunty Chloe.
'Dat 'sploslon neably scalrt me to
ief."
"An' mah goodness," piped up Uncle
Rastus, "It done neahly scalrt me to
leafneBS."—St. Louis Star..
Occasionally a deaf person expresses
sound opinion.