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TIMELY TOPICS. ■Nwmvwww^ No wonder England la aonr over the Boer war. Her sugar had to he taxed ft rat gives it out to the plague lector that be simply refutes to come tk, ,(0Wt and be exterminated. A new device dispenses with the tele- l D R**"® replying to a call. It has Veen tried, and answers very well. -t A railway train made a spurt of nine miles In six minutes. Agulnaldo's best time la supposed to have been beaten :"*& h. . !.. ■ ■ • . > A French physician declares that the , Chinese are a very nervous people. It Is difficult to see how they could be otherwise at present ' A man who has had some experience In Africa says that four toen can bold down a lion. One would not care to be the party designated to hold down the front end of the beast. .....■■■-—tH 1 The story that the Czar jumps two feet Into the air every time anybody strikes a match Is officially denied. The Czar's bomb-proof room is also a string flendoffskl Uecvltch. It does not exist __ > A. mother bad a girl arrested for ^making goo-goo eyes" at her son. If . ; mamma thinks the polie« can put a shade over this kind of an eye she is laboring to mop back the Atlantic Ocean. The g.-g. eye Is here to stay. It has remained for Chicago to dis count the story about the theft of a red hot stove. A couple of youthful burg lam In that city got safely away with a ferocious watch dog which had been "tied loose" for the protection of the premises. _, So we are to have a new rifle which Is an Improvement upon any arm In the arsenal of nations. In the matter of carnal weapons It Is good policy to get the best, for the best not Infre quently keeps outsiders from kicking op a disturbance. It Is a case where prevention Is very much better than cure. It la too soon to tell whether the re duction In the size of thé page which several metropolitan daily newspapers are making Is merely ap advertising experiment or the beginning of an im portant permanent change. The dally hewspapera are much too large; they absorb so much time jug to leave little for more serious reading! The report from Pennsylvania that young trades' unionists are marrying the young women whose labor was brought into competition with their own seems to be in keeping with the tendency toward consolidation. Per haps this movement, started so mod estly In the Keystone State, may prove the key to a puzzling social and eco nomic problem. The novel of many édifions Is no new thing. Fifty years ago 'The Heir of Redcliffe," by the late Charlotte M. Xonge, went through twelve editions In six months, and her novel, ''Daisy Chain," was also very popular. More notable than their success, however, «ras the disposal of the proceeds. The profits of the one book were devoted to fitting ont a missionary schooner, the Southern Cross, for the use of Bish op fielwyn in New Zealand; and "Daisy Chain" erected a missionary college in Auckland. The main battle for the cause of a rational position on horseback for women was fought wpen the bicycle came Into vogue, liiere was no way ' to ride that vehicle except astride, and ' even the most prudish have long since gotten over the idea that there was anything immodest or out of taste in bicycle-riding for women. The unrea sonableness of admitting cross-riding on the wheel and forbidding it on the horse has been too patent for even the strait-laced people of Boston; hence the collapse this year of all objection to it In the Boston riding clubs. the District o A t éw weeks ago some schoolboys in of Columbia went out to *lth toy guns. One of carried a real gun, which his parente had been foolish enough to 4 give him. The youthful captain of the 4 company told him he need not go with the party unless he would refrain from » loading the weapon. But he thought it 4 a great Joke to load it oil the sly, bellev f. lng that be would be sufficiently cau , tlous In lta use. Another boy, who sup * posed that the captain's orders had 4 been respected, tried to be sly, too, ■t with the result that the gnn went off. A ballet passed through the jaw of an Innocent member of th« party, who had f ;■ to be taken to the hospital, whre fo» 4 iévyk hik |l|s hung Ip to« balance. His ^ mother was st the time s nervous in he Was her only child. Oon atly it waa found necesaary to keep from bar all knowledge of the sad affair. Since this is a true story. Its repetition win be Justified if its lessons convey "still another warning." The elderly people of the farm very well remember when country life bad a larger mix of sociability among neigh bors than is the fashion now. They had plenty of bard work, but It was the regular thing to take a day off now and then to go visiting—not a little formal call, city fashloa, but the horses were stabled, a chicken was beheaded for dinner, and while tbe men viewed tbé flock and crops the women com pared babies, looked at the new quilts and made themselves cozy in the kitch en. Newspapers were not so plenty ■ then, with daily happenings from all over the world, so the neighbors evened up with an exchange of views | on the books they had read, and with ; a gossipy good time on local affairs. 1 In addition to the regular round of day- ( light visits, whkl^embraced all the neighbors op one's set at least once a year, there were also the evening calls In winter time, when the farmer and his wife went across lots to a neigh- • •tor's to "sit until bedtime." This last program did not Include supper, but'« simply a merry chat, with apples and nuts, and all over by 10 o'clock. These 1 old-fashioned informalities in the visit-. Ing line were very pleasant in their time and made friendliness the fashion. It did not hurt a mite then to take a friendly Interest in your neighbors' wel fare, and it would not hurt now. But somehow the older the country gets the weaker grows our ties of sociabil- ! lty; we read our daily papers, wutch | the markets, mind our affairs aftid don't ! bother about the neighbors. The grange and tbe farmers' club bring a spice of sociability where tbe farmers are or ganlced, but will we ever get back to 1 the good old back-woodsy way of let- ! ting the farm and kitchen have a rest while we dress up and go visiting? Within a few months thirty-five wo men have been brutally butchered by men In this country. In each case the slayer professed to be in love with tbe slain and killed her because tbe feeling wA not reciprocated. In some cases the girl had made known to her parents that threats had been made against her life and the man had been bound over to keep the peace. But hta bond waa no restraint and he killed her. This erotic Insanity Is the most dangerous form of homicidal mania. It Is treated lightly by the law or not at all. It generally appears In persons of evil temper and uncontrolled passions, who are not desirable company for any self respecting woman. It is becoming too common, and In default of legal pro tection should be dealt with sternly by the male protectors of women. When these erotics are arrested for making threats their offense Is treated all too lightly. Often the matter Is regarded Joke. Any man who forces his disagreeable attentions upon a woman should be isolated and held either In a prison or an asylum. In 99 per cent of such cases the unreciprocated infatu tion ends in murder. Women are en titled to tbe most complete protection against such brutes. Tbe 8an Fran cisco Call thinks that If the law will not furnish It there is no other way ! than to kill the man who wooes a wo- ! man by threat of murder. If she have a male protector he should save her life, for she Is doomed unless he act. If a woman yield to the threats of such j a man and marry him to save her life , she makes for herself a lifetime of i misery, for such men are perverts, de- j generates or psychopaths unlit for the I conjugal association. We do not wish ! to be misunderstood in these comments. We only say that it is the duty of a father to save the life of ids daughter, j or of a brother to save his sister. If he arrive on the scene when such an erotic Iteaet is executing his threat it is his duty to kill the wretch, and the law holda him blameless. In view of the fact that such threats to kill arc in variably carried out, why la It not the duty of a father or brother to act in advance of the opportunity which the erotic assassin Is seeking. The Kinn and His Dog Tax. A recent Greek law is to the effect that every owuer of a dog shall pay a yearly tax of 12 drachmas. Those who do not pay in time are condemned by the new law to pay double tax. Kins George sent recently to the indice in or der to register his four dogs and pay their taxes. But the official found that bis Majesty owed for the taxes a sum of 48 drachmas, and had been fined another 48 drachmas for having de layed payment His Majesty has paid 90 drachmas for his dogs.—St James' Gasette. A Frond Record. I see that one of the newly appoint ed patrolmen made on arrest within twenty minutes after he assumed his , duties," said the observant citizen to . the experienced policeman. •That's nothing." smiled the latter. ! "I went to sleep while my commission ' was being handed to me.'-Baltimore American. : ! Many Ose Tobacco. It la estimated one-third of tbs dwel lers Upon earth are habitual fliers of tobacco. j A Batch Biscuits * OF 4 k * 3 * OVE. what a picture!" exclaimed young Falrtelgh, his eyeakindling. " never thought that Elsie was so pretty—never!" Elsie, busy at the table In the kochen of the apartment house waa quite un ■ iware that she was being observed, q ow could she know there was ahvone |„ that long vacant bouse next door? | indeed, it was mere chance which had ; brought Robert Falrlelgh to that sec 1 ond-story hall window, from which he ( looked across and down at Bid«. The firm of which be was a member bad been given Instructions by the owner aB to the papering and decorat!ag of this particular house, and Fairielgh, • knowing that he was invited next door .to supper, had put the key of the va CRn t house in bis pocket and gone out {early in the afternoon that he might 1 make calculations and estimates before it was time for him to keep bis engage ment "O, she Is a harmless little creature," Miss Isabel Burns had said to him apropos of her cousin Elsie. "An or phan, whom we keep out of charity. She Is quite a burden In a way, being ! so Idle and Incapable. When we are | without a maid, as occasionally hap ! pens, all the hardship ef the kitchen {falls on my shoulders. Elsie ts the drone of this hive." And straightway Falrlelgh, who bad 1 an old-fashioned feeling that the do* ! mestic woman was the kind he wanted for a wife. Ignored, extapt in so far aa courtesy went, the existence of the little cousin, and devoted himself to Isabel, who. If pgat her youth, waa still an Im posing and stately young woman. A recollection of their conversation Bashed upon him as he stood and stared ! ^ th® round young form In the blue ! gingham gown. How brisk she was, how busy! Flitting back and forth {between table and pantry, carrying va Hons articles, / flour and butter, and j baking powder, and mixing pan. Then , ® b ® was rolling up her sleeves from i ronud * milk-white arms, and tying on a j snowy apron, and washing her I bands at the sink. He could see how ! r ®* y the ®° ,d water made them, and £ b#n bow 8be attack the task before herI V ' ,th the de« 1 "** «ud rapidity j wh,ch evidenced practice and skill she chopped and stirred, and rolled and cut i ] j I VIII WIM, YOU SI NO FOB BK AOAII ? and laid the little round disks In even rows on the buttered pans. And then she opened the oven door and put her hand In to try the temperature, and nodded as if satisfied, and came back to the table with ber soft cheeks ever so slightly flushed, and a few loose gold tendrills finding their way from under the dainty white lawn cap she wore. And, as she went back and forth with her biscuits, and began to clean and put away the utensils she bad used, she began to sing. Tbe window near tbe table was open. Falrlelgh çouhl bear the lilting lines: My love is like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June, My love is like a melody That's sweetly played in tune! A high, rasping voice cut the song short. "Well, have yon the chicken salad made? And did you frost the cake? Tbe biscuits are in? Then, do make haste, and set tbe table. I can't for the life of me see what makes you so poky! Mr. Falrlelgh will be here be fore you get everything done. Now, mind. I don't want you coming to sup per. You can wait on table. He won't , . n< £ lc ® y ° u ' anyhow, Th ® n 11188 Burn8 - who had evidently ! been , «*"»« • by her ' t ? U8, ® d , ha ' r ; and loklng suddenly and alngularly divested of her stateliness In : the loose and shapeless wrapper iff soil ed light-blue cashmere she wore, yawned and took herself away. ! Elsie stood a mlnnte tense and still. She lifted her eyes an Instant as though j In a mats appeal for patience. Then But Fair tense of In that the flush looking white, it was with much effusion that Miss Burns received her caller. She bad been hoping be would come earlier. Al though, indeed, she could hardly have S ven him much of her ttipe had .he ine so. They' Wer« ! Without a maid, and shc bad b$en compelled to prepare supper. Not that she really disliked cooking, as so many ,women averred they did. She had studied the science, believing It to be more essential to th« making and the maintenance of a hap py home than knowledge of a language. To be sure, to-night they bad asked lyni only to théfr ordinary family supper. TIer ; parents, bad always insisted on dlnliig early In the day. She was sure he would make allowances. Certainly. They were good to let him come Informally. And all the time he was wondering at the transformation well-brushed hair and a properly-üttlpg gown ,had effected la the unattractive person who had Instructed Elsie. Elsie, minus her cooking cap, and wearing-a soft little lawn gown, came and went serving them. Just at first Elsie-bad given Falrlelgh a distant bow, but *1 though she quickly glanced away «be had seen a new look In hla eyes—a look of questioning admiration that brought the roses blossoming out on her cheeks. Once, during Elsie's absence from 0»« room, Isabel made some laughing apol-1 is saylngj r, I think > ialiU ogy for having Elsie wait on table. "But whenever I have cooked the supper—What? A delicious supper! O, I'm so glad you like it. 1 was when 1 have cooked the snpper, It is only fair Elsie should wait at table, Have another biscuit, Mr. Falrlelgh, If' only to flatter me! Yes, I am a trifle proud of my biscuits!" ~ "A The elder people were talking togetitëfj er and paid no attention, but Fairielgh, looking np at that instant, saw tb«J luvaiug uv in tu» iiwutm, anw um swinging door was held back, and El»l sie, another plate of golden-brown bls-J chits In her band, stood there. Her eyes met those of Falrlelgh fall. A| flashing look passed between them. She had heard then! Whether it was th« speech, or Bob Falrlelgh's amused and radiant glance of intelligence that dlJ turbed her, Elsie did not know, but at that moment the door swinging shut! sent tbe plate dashing from her hand, Falrlelgh sprang to her assistance: where she stood dumb with embarrass! ment And aa the young man restored the recovered biscuits and the shattere4 plate, he handed them to her with toe whispered entreaty: ^ "W hen wlH you sing for me again. L "Again?" she said. She was Ike th« rose she sang of In that Instani w ga ! * « „ „ lfh J Fortunately when he called with hi« newteamtheday oilowing lsabel was out. Elsie told him so. But he bad no. caHnd .o, h,r. h. „pm.nad. H C had called for Elsie. What a drive that was! How the story of his obser ration surprised her. And It was a happy girl whom he persuaded that If his was not love at first sight. It was love all right, and would make his life a melody that's sweetly sung in tune!— Chicago Tribune. Conjuring the Sharks. In the Persian gulf the divers have a curious way of opening the season. They depend implicitly upon the shark conjurers, and will not descend with out their presence. To meet this jjif-{ Acuity the government is obliged to hire the charmers to divert the atteu tlon of the sharks from the fleet is tbe season approaches vast numbers of natives gather along the shore and erect huts and tents and bazaars. At the opportune moment—usually at midnight so as to reach the oyster banks at sunrise—tbe fleet to the number of eighty or 100 boats, put qnt to sea. Each of these boats carries two divers, a steersman and a shark charmer and is manned by eight or ten rowers. Other conjurers remain c« shore, twisting their bodies and mumbling Incantations to divert «he Bharks. In case a man-eater Is perverse enough to disregard the charm and at tack a diver, an alarm is given, and no other diver will descend on that day. The power of the conjurer la believed to be hereditary and the «ffl cacy of his incantations to be wholly *" ----■*—* — faith.—, Independent of his religious Lipplncott's Magazine. Original European Language*. It la said by philologists that are thirteen original European gu ages—the Greek, Latin, Slavonic, Welsh, Biscayan, Irish, Alba nian, Tartarian; Illyrian, Jasygian, Chaacln and Finnic. hat toere wan Ian German, A fir*fcnm.n rm fu r» tn. m TT ff ln A brakeman refers to a coffin as "a *»"• dlÄl1 - toe ibd Take tbs Children ' ts a garst for tbe Vucntleo Ttms. "What possible excuse the average other can concoct to Justify her In ing her very young children to ! miner hotel I have never been att.e | T"Writes Edward' Bbk, in r ates ' Home JournaL "It eannst be the food, because in the few sum mer hotels where It Is not positively bad and uneatable, It Is cooked in such large quantities and In such a slap-dash maimer that all the nutritive qualities are cooked out of It It cannot be the freedom from conventionalities, be anse conventionally reigns as su preme at the summer hotel as It does ha the city drawing-room. Thers Is all the slavery of dress and none of Its freedom. • • There Is a bigness, a freedom,.an honesty, a sincerity in the fife of the farm and Its folks which thousands of us know nothing about, The sanest, the highest lives are led by these people, • and yet in our narrow horizon we think their lives are con traded. The fact la that we are nar row; not they. It is their lives that are rea i_- n ot ours.. , "it is the essence of the lives that are lived In the country that we need so ! pinch in our lives: the essence of sim plieity, of sincerity, of freedom from things which are external and not werth while. We cannot, of course, j u V e in the city and. live as do country folk. What we can do. however. Is to go to toe conutry In the summertime an d livje with toeni and extract aorae of j the wholesome Irisons of simple living which their lives Can teach us. The love 0 f Nature is I *i plaited In all ef us to a more <jr less dogrte: the crime to our-j selves Is that w« give it so little chance 1 0 f development or expression. And the. crime fe doubled when we withhold the expressions of Nature's workings in 0 ur children." I-- Edward VII. »nil "ïlarriet liane. Ident Bucbanan's guest, and occupied ä|)äiTfeentS of tbe Executive Mansion l,u\lvltw> Anna T afo flnliosn tr tuslfod "Dqrlqg the Prince of Wales' stay in Washington (upon the occasion of his, visit to America, In 1800), he was Pres looking over Lafayette Square," writes WjUlaqi Perrine, In the Ladiecf Home Journal. "One evening when an elab orate display of fireworks was given in his honor he stood on the balcony of the White House, together with Mr. Buchanan and Mias Lane, amldBt great cheers. When dining with his hosts he would escort Miss Lane to the table, ' seating himself at her right. His man ner was somewbnt bashful, and most public ceremonies apparently bored him. But while he was with Miss Lane and the coterie of beautiful women of her set It was noted that for the first time since he had been in this country be seemed to show the manner of a gal lant young gentleman desirous of pleas lng. One of the merriest mornings she had with him was at a gymnasium In : Washington attached to a female sein- : Inary. On the brass rings suspended from the celling he swung himself one by one across tbe room, and the whole party laughed heartily at his pranks on h \ r0P V add ry; T r hen to pay. lng tenpins. Miss Lane and the Prince together succeeded in conquering Mrs. Thompson and the Duke of Newcastle: It was next the torn of the victors to play against each other and Harriet. who was one of the most robust girl« o. .he on.hewM .he Prince and put his muscle to shame.' - Mow Spring Comes In England , Tbe la rks have begun to sing theii I spring carols, and the privet is green lng in the hedge, says an English mag azine. A erimson shell of the apricot has broken to show its crenmy, folded petals. Under the naked lime trees the exquisite blossom-like leaves of th* columbine are mustering, a purplish magenta beneath, a pearly green on If no rude hand of frost the great flag lily push upward from the earth ns if they were the bavonets the surface, or east wind prevail the daffodils will soon be in bloom. The little dark green rosettes of the London pride are rounding gracefully, and the spikes of the earth ns if they were the bayonets of buried warriors. -— G ^ at * n D ® n * ep ° r Extlctlon. V 1 ®, fl8bt ']' men of Dieppe, Boulogne °. nd Gravelines are acc-ised by the So c ® ty , ^ or tbe Protection of Birds of ^ atcb * n g that rare species of gull kn ® w J 1 a8 _ tbe great "kua and using it 88 ba t ' The great skua is already In danger of extinction, and its only known nesting place now is Foula, a "°" nta,no " 8 * 8,et off the west coast of Scotland. Steps are being taken to hav ® Vl breedlu * ß rouud8 closely watcbed thla 8ea80n v <""* — ** <m Bxpr ® 88 ' watched this season. Foula was the last haunt of the extinct great auk.— The Point of View. Mike," said Plodding Pete, "do you Pink New York is de wickedest city on de map?" "No, sir," answered Meandering Mike. 'Dese little towns is de ones dat sets de dogs on you an' makes ye saw wood, instid of arrestin' you an' tryln' to make you comfortable."— Washington Star. Costly Butterflies. One of the Rothschilds Is reported to 1 " Te ** ,d *L°00 for a butterfly. Htl extensive collection of butterais» Is valued at *500.000. BOERS ARE CPMPLA!N!NG. | _________, .......... J^nth Bate I* Heavy-food Is 8aid to be Bad - A Boer gredeber Arrives in New gorb —Makes Charges Agetust tbe Britlfb-^-ito Wilt Males Funds. ! know from letters that 1 have received —one only the other day from my sii ter—that it is a hundred times worse now." j When the doctor 10ft South Africa he said ha wa« virtually banished by order of General Maxwell, military gov efnor of 'Pretoria, j Dr. Von Bruakhulsofl said further of the camps: "In an official report made by Dr. Donald P. McKenzie of the Brit ish army on February 18 of this year to« British government is notified that 1 toe conditions are horrible, the death rate appalling ahd th« foqd furnished unflt t0 aa 1 -" New York, June 1L—Rev. Von Bruckkulson, of Pretoria, South Af rica, toe minister who doted the volks raad with prayer after President Kru ger's ultimatum had been read to that body, la la this dty. His brother, Dr. H. J. Von Bruckhalson of the Orange Free State, who served im the Boer armies, acoompaaled him. Their mis sion In this country Is to raise money for the Boer women and children now in refuge campa, Rev, Von Bruckhuison said .in an in terview: "Our women and children who are at pressât concentrated in camps established by the British, are in horrible cpadltipa. It was bad enough when I left South Africa, but I The Afrikanders, Dr. VonBruckhui son avers, will never be overcome and all reports to the contrary are false. The Boer army numbers from 15,000 Boer forces are now armed with Lee Metford rifles, hs says, and have tons of ammunition burled, which they can use at any time against the British. to 17,000 men, and Is constantly being augmented by Cape Colony Boers. The * ' " NEW MAIL BOXES. Ran to Mako The« Valnable far Gen eral Information. A San Francisco inventor Is not sat jgfied even with tbe Improved malt boxes which register tbe time when ' the last collection of mall was made and when the next will be made. He thinks the boxes should be made a sort of bureau of universal Informa tion for tbe good of the public, and he has figured out & : waT to wh j ch ^ mal i collectors can : dl8 { rlbute thla information without in terferin* with their duties n n th e tint round e f ch morn , he ^ C J rler ahould , Mert |n a rack on ea( , b boi . card ghow , ng tbe weather predic tlong for tbe succeeding twenty-four hours< He ahould algo w , nd and Iate the clock wWch tel , a the tIme to . paggerg .by. m another frame on the box bulletin, of Important events hap ^ aU oyer ^ world are t0 be ,r. ,__. , . .__ . .. . . lDfo f m atlon as to the rates of fitted with an automatic mail scale for weighing letters and packages, and I contains a thermometer and placards |i 7 k®5 An Aer cwt ' I™» ' ' postage and of money order fees Prices Paid Producers. Poultry and Egg»—Chickens, old, 10 to 11c per lb, llv« weight; ducks, $4 per dozen; geese, dremed, 12c per lb; turkeys, live. 10@12c; dressed, 12@ 13c; eggs, fresh, $5 per case. Vegetables—Potatoes, 65c per cwt; onions, 13.50 per cwt. Live Stock—Beef, live steers, 4%c; dressed, 8c; live cows, 8)fc; dressed, veal calves, dressed, 7@9c; mut ton ewes, 8c; wethers, Sftc; hogs, live, dressed, $7 per cwt The local mills pay the following prices for grain, delivered: Club wheat 44^c bulk, 46%c sacked; blue stem, 47c bulk, 49« sacked; red, 43c bulk, 44« sacked. * Sheepskins—Shearling», 10c each; short wool pelts, 30@50c; medium wool, 60@75c; long wool, 75c@$l. Hides—Grew hides and calf skins, 6@6c per lb; dry hides, butcher, 10@ 12c per lb. Commander Bull's Severe Pall. Buffalo, N. Y., June 10.— Lieutenant Commander J. H. Bull of the United States navy, in charge of toe hydrographic aerviiw at the Pan-American grounds, fell from the dome of the government building and was seriously injured. He w as unconscious when assistance reached him and was taken at once to the emergency hospital. The talk about the Ideal man may bo all right, but when it comes to marry ing a plain, everyday soft of a man is more to be depended upon to provide the wherewithal to pay the grocer's bill. The man who carries a tiny comb In his pocket tor surreptitious use on his mustache Is by no in nans the exoeptioo some of the sex would have os believe.