THE FRANKLIN I
RESS.
FRANKLIN. N. 0.. WBDXKSDAY. OCTOIiER 24, 1906.
NUMBER 43,
VOLUME XXI.
OVER THS ALPS LIES ITALY.
I "Over the Alps lies ItalyK '
Thus spnke the warrior In days of old,
Chei-ki-d by those mountains whose hoary
llftaUS
Of the centuries' wars with the ele
ments told.
. '
I Little lie recked of the danger or fear
That hidden 111 glacier or pau mism
. b: '
Boldly hla voire rang out, and clear
-uvei- ine Alps ilea Italy:
I Deep la the meaning those few word!
noia,
ljffprwr than rarelMut avrs may aee.
I Cheering us onwanl, whate'er betide
-uver the Alps lies itaiyr
Youth reads the words "and bright eyes
nnRh, ; .
Thinking nf all the future hrlnas!
All heart can wish fur of honor and fame.
Of love and Joy and earth s Deauuiui
, things.
Oh, the world Is fair and life Is sweet.
And deep In youth s heart is a woru-
But hla spirit leaps forward, the future
to greet .
"Over the Alps lies Italy!"
Manhood comes on fas years depart:
Heavier enre. nnw nnnrefut the SOlll:
The work of the world must be done each
day.
And all too swiftly the seasons roll.
Poet and pnlnter. merchant and priest;
Nobles and men of low degree.
They strive and they struggle, from
greriteRt to leant
For "Over the Alps lies Italy."
God grant for us all, when the time shall
come ,
That our weak hands drop the burdens
tht'V henr
When the words we hnve spoken, the
deeds we hnve done,
Are remembered only as things of yore.
That when we shall enter that new,
strnnpe sphere
Where no thought of time or of change
ahfill he.
We may find all we labored and longed
for here
Over death's Alps our Italy.
Eleanor Jenkins.
Once upon a time the Queen of all
the Peacocks was seized by a desire
to learn how to sing. Never In all the
annals of the kingdom, had there been
born Into the royal family anyone who
could do aught but scream, but not-
Withstanding this, and the fact that
her own voice was worse, If possible,
than any of the others, proclamations
Were Issued to the effect that an In
structor was wanted, to teach the
Queen of the Peacocks the art of
singing.
" The town-crlera of all the cities of
the kingdom called It aloud, embas
sadors were sent to distant countries
to proclaim It, and if possible bring
professors back with them, and, as the
remuneration offered was a very "b
eral one, singing masters came from
far and near.
But the Queen was very particular.
One was by far too ugly, one was too
fat, this one's eyes were not of the
right shade, and that one's nose was
much too long: so that out of all those
who came flocking to her gates, there
were only nrty-nme wno pieasea ner.
and these she let try her voice, each
In his turn.
One declared her rivaled only by the
nightingale. Another was sure that
In six lessons she would be able to
sing the most difficult operas by heart,
and a third nronounced her possessed
of vocal powers unlike any be had
ever neara.
So the Queen set to work practis
ing trills and scales and arias, operas,
madrigals and serenades, but at the
end of a term of lessons from each of
the flftv-nliic Instructors. It was still
impossible to dlstl:..,iitsh the trills and
arias from the hoarse screams In which
she had Indulged before.
Whereupon she caused them all to
be thrown into prison.
At last, one day, there arrived at
the Kates of the citv a wanrierina min
strel, who. having heard. In his travels
of the Queen's desire, resolved to trv
bis luck.
"Art willing to attempt to teach
me tne art or singing after so manv
have failed?" asked the beautiful
Queen, as the -minstrel knelt before
her throne. "It means Drlsnn for then
if thou dost not succeed."
"Majesty," he said, "I can do naught
but trv. and I am most wllllni In dn
that!" and. havlnsr bowr-d low. he
struck a few chords on his lute.
The Queen rose from her throne,
and. opening her rubv Una. she uttered
one long. Piercing note. The none mln.
Strel staggered back and dronned his
lute In horror.
"Ah,rt cried 'the Queen, in anger,
i i . , i . . .A
wuai is me uie&uing 01 maw inou
hast not ever the crane of tha other
fifty-nine! Off to prison with him!"
End two Sturdy warders srnanaH tha
poor minstrel, one on either side.
"Your most gracious majesty." he
gasped, "give me but leave to ex
plain, and of a surety thou wilt not be
harsh."
"Speak, then," scowled the Queen.
' "Oh, gracious sovereign," he began,
ir i i . ,
i nugoicu iu wuuuer at sucu volume
and richness of tone. I dmnneri m
lute, as a worthless thin whan i
heard thy voice, and if thnn nwMit
but grant me leave to com no a um.
suited to thy wondrous cnnliu amt
ability, not only would I be the most
grateful creature In all the world, but
thou wouldst enable me to hanit ri.
to posterity a work which nn nna aiu
ever couio or ever win he hia in ai
. r"-ts-."
Tne yiieen i lace once more assum
ed Its benign exnresslnn.
I Brant thy request,, Sir Minstrel.
but remember, if this vannrat m-v
does not please our fancr. further.
more, is not nnlahed in twantv-fnur
hours, thou, and the other flrtv.nlna
instructors now languishing h hv
shall diet I am weary nntn riaath nf
you am uor- ana with a wave of her
lily hand, she sank 'back on her lor.
geous inrone.
The two sturdy warders conducted
the minstrel to a narrow Invar
Where the batS and tha unMara ha
iuugDeen tne only occupants. There
they left him, with nothing but a cup
of water to cheer him, and the mem
ory of the sound of tha key turning
in the lock for Inspiration. He lost
no time in examining bis quarters, but
spent the rest of the day and part of
the night arranging a song, which
sounded lftte nothing so much as the
hoarse notes screamed by the Quesu
thm she had attnn-; '.1 to sing.
The Sixtieth Instructor;
Ey Ysabel DeWitte Kaplan.
Over and over again ne twanged the
notes on his lute. Over and over again
he tried to sing them. At last, tired
out, and satisfied with his effort, he
lay down and slept
When at last he awoke, the sun was
high In the heavens, and the gaoler
was pounding at his door.
"What ho, thero!" he called, undo.
Ing the lock. "Sir Minstrel, art awake?
The Queen awaits thee!"
Hastily swinging his lute across his
shoulder, he followed the gaoler into
the royal presence.
"How now, Sir Minstrel," said , the
Queen, as he bowed low before hor,
"hast succeeded with thy song?" And
all the Court leaned forward eagerly.
"Most beauteous Queen," he an
swered, "barken to my song; and only
a voice such as yours can sing it," and
with a bow which bent him double, he
struck tho opening chords upon his
lute, and began to sing.
So like the Queen's own voice did
It sound, that all the Court gazed
opon-mouthed at one another, and she
herself leaned forward in amaze.
"Sir Minstrel," said she, "that song
can I surely sing, and rising to her
feet, she opened wide her Hps, and
poured forth note on note just as tho
minstrel had, but so like, and in such
harmony did he accompany her upon
his lute, that before the day was over,
every man, woman and child In the
kingdom had applied to him for lea
sons. The Queen was beside herself for
Joy.
"Sir Minstrel," said she, "thou hast
made me most happy, for there Is no
one so miserable as a woman who can
not do what she wishes. Stay and
share tho Peacock kingdom with me."
"Majesty, thou hast done me indeed
a great honor,- and gladly will I stay
with so lovely a Queen. But one favor
must I ask "
"And that Is?" smiled the Queen.
"That no one, save I, In all the
kingdom, be allowed to sing my Bong."
"Granted," said the Queen. "Now
that I know I can sing" here the
minstrel smiled (with happiness, of
course) "1 have no further desire to
waken the echoes with warbling."
And so, after giving orders that the
other fifty-nine Instructors should be
set at liberty, the Queen and the min
strel were married, and the sixtieth In
structor became King of all the Pe.
cocks The Criterion.
NOW PINEAPPLE CLOTH.
Not Alone Valued as a Fruit Is This
Exotic.
One day recently, while on a shop
ping tour, some very beautiful silky
looking material was admired very
much by one of the shoppers, who was
Informed by the saleswoman that the
material was "Plna Cloth." She had
a very beautiful gown made of It.
Upon Investigation It transpired that
"Plna Cloth" was made from the fi
bers of the leaves of the plne-applo.
In Manila, girls and women are ar
rayed In this material on special occa
sions, and It Is said that their weddlns;
gowns are often made of It.
Many species of the pine-apple leaves
yield fiber that can be spun like flax
when bleached. A very fine muslin
can be made of It and the very finest
handkerchiefs. In some parts of Mex
ico, China and Africa, the fibers aro
used for cloth, cordage, fishing nets
and ropes.
In the West Indies a sort of liquor
Is made from the Julco. This Is call
ed pine-apple rum, and another de
coction is used as a medicine for fo
vers. From experience It is known that
the Juice of the plne-applo is an ex
cellent remedy for sore throat, and It
has even been used in cases of diph
theria. One way of serving the fruit on the
table for dessert is to cut It tin fine
with a cole-slaw cutter and sugar it
freely. It is more appetizing than
when merely sliced, sb sometimes,
when In slices. It Is very tough. Some
fine specimens of pine-apples have
been grown In Horticultural Hall and
In the Botanical Gardens of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania,
Pine-apples are sent to us In large
quantities from the West Indian in
former times, when transportation was
Slower maji it is now, the fruit was
looked upon as a great luxury. In
most of the marketB last week the
most luscious pine-apples were dis
played at very reasonable prices and
could be purchased bv the nonr. A
great many come from Florida. The
plants are raised there under sheds to
guard against frost Thev are also
grown In Hawaii and the Pacific Is
lands, in India, tropical Africa, and
large quantities In Mexico.
There are many species of pine
apple, which differ from one another
In flavor, Just as do various kinds of
apples or other cultivated fruit. Phil
adelphia Record.
Thatched Roofs In England. '
"The thatched roof, which makes
the English cottage picturesque, is
doomed," said an architect. "For
some years It has been going gradual
ly. Soon it will be altogether a thing
or. tne past.
"Fire Insurance la tha ennsa nf the
thatched roof's disappearance. No
company Will insure a cottage or its
contents if ths roof is thatched. They
Who want insurance miiar miiuitiriita
for the roof of thatch a tiled bne.'
: As long as the English cottager re-'
mains very poor so that hi. h mi act an1
furniture are not worth insuring, he
seeps a thatched roof over his head.
"AS SOOn aS he be&-n tn nrraner anA
lays In household goods of value he
takes out a fire policy and away then
goes his thatched roof." Lnnisviiin
Courier-Journal.
Most Unklndest Cut
With reference to the humors nf
country ''society" renortlns-. Mr Mat.
ville Stone, of the Associated Press,
tens of the account of a wedding pub
lished in a Kansas paper. ,
The story, which described the mar.
rlage la the usual flowery adjectives,
concluded with this surprising an
nouncement; "The . bridegroom's present 'to the
bride was a handsome diamond
brooch, together with many other
beautiful things in cutiilass." ir.r.
per's Weekly. .
CtrK-TW.. .in rrsst fBlrlmISm!&.-. isl ft ia i fl 1
m JsjrHsy- .. er.. i s , , sfi- j
Green Crop Fertilizers.
Every farm can be improved In fer
tility, even when manure Is not used,
by turning in green crops. The proper
system is to use fertilizers when the
manure Is Insufficient, but any farmer
who will plow under a grcou crop
every year, aud use lime on tho laud,
will gradually enrich tho soil.
Poor Sheep Fences.
Tho Bheep are good friends of the
farmer, but If they are confined within
poor fences they will bo anything but
friends, and will generally turn out to
be a full-fledged nuisance. They will
not only aggravate tho neighbors but
will aggravate their owner as well. A
little time spent on a poor sheep
fence can generally be put in at good
profit. The Witness.
The Fence Corners.
The farm on which the fence cor-,
ners, and strips along the fenc "3. aro
kept free and clear of weeds might
not be possessed by an extremely
prosperous farmer, but most certainly
he is an Intelligent one. The man
who can see the value of such things
as these Is ono who has the gltt
oftentimes acquired of looking a lit
tle way into the future. Tho old say
ing that "a stitch In time saves nine"
hardly applies to this because of the
fact that a weed that Is killed before
Its seeds mature saves thousands, and
in some cases millions, of tho seeds
which that plant would have produced
from being distributed by the elements
in ull directions upon the farm as well
as upon the farms of your neighbors.
New York Witness.
Straw for Fodder.
Iu the event of a short ha. crop,
horses may he made to fare well on
either wheat or oat straw, or both.
The straw should first be cut, the
chaff then wet, and bran and mid
dlings added to It. There Is more
value of nutriment In sixty pounds ot
bran than In a bushel of whole wheat.
The reason of this Is because the bran
contains the larger part of the pro
tein of the grain, and that is worth
two and a half times as much as the
starch of It, which is mostly contaluetl
in the grain and very little of It In
the bran. As the same holds true ot
middlings, they are likewise about
equal to bran In value. Accordingly,
when these can be bought at reason
able prices, there Is In many respects
no more economical method of keep
ing horses thun on cut straw. Fred
O. Sibley.
To Dreak a Stable Kicker.
Tho best means Is to give him a
sand bag to exercise upon. Fill a
grain sack half full of sund and swing
It up to the celling with a rope so the
sack will hang Just where the hceln of
the horse will have good play upon It.
Tie the horse iu tho stall with a good
strong rope and let him kick. At the
first kick the hag will swing tiwny and
return giving the horse as good as ho
sent. For the next tow minutes there
will be a lively mlxup between the
horse and sack, but the suck will hold
Its own, returning all It receives with
Interest. The horse, In bucking against
the real thing, will soon come to a
realization of the fact, and Will be
thoroughly cowed. Ltuve the sack be
hind htm for a week or so, and then
remove It. If he even shows a ten
dency to get Into his old habit of
kicking, give him another punch bag
to exercise with. Joshua Humble.
Sheep Notes,
As a lumb is perhaps the most tllffi
cult of all animals to recuperate after
once stunted, it pays to keep thrifty.
W.00I is a product that does not
take fertility from the soil for grain
growing. It does not take such a lu.ge sum to
buy a flock of good grade ewes, while
a thoroughbred mutton ram does not
cost anything at all, as his lambs will
bring about one dollar per head more
in the market than the lambs from a
common ram, while the similarity of
all the lambs' fleeces both In staple
8i.d weight would cause the fleeces to
bting ft much larger sum of money In
the wool market than you get of a
common ram. Therefore, on lambs
baaed from a pure-bred ram there Is
enough clear gain over and above
those from a common ram to pay for
c thoroughbred yearling ram, as 'the
male Is half the flock, how extremely
unwlBe It Is to use a poor male.
Mutton breeds of sheep do not de
pend on waste lands and hillsides lo
become profitable. Good sheep re
quire good pastures, and pay well.
Wool Is simply a product of the sheep,
and no farmer can make sheep pa
who depends on wool only for his
profit. ,
To make early lambs grow, provide
a pen into which the Iambs can go
but which restrains the ewes from en
terlng In the pen. Place a pan nf
ground oats and let the animals help
themselves; the ewes! should also be
fed on ground oats. The Epltomtst
Corn as a Feed- for Hens.
On the average farm, the cheapest
ration is usually corn, and I know of
nothing the average hen will prefer
for her mainstay In col Weather,
Under ordinary farm conditions, the
hen is cheaply wintered when she has
just corn enough to keep her in good
flesh a Utile fat, but not overfat and
ready to hunt the barnyards' over oh
mild days for any waste grains from
other farm stock. In her com supply
should be Included all the moldy and
damaged ears, for several reasons.
First, she takes It, a grain at a time,
and so need not eat any that Is totally
unfit, as other anlipsU may do, Sec
ond, some - observers have thought
that their hens actually did better on
damaged corn than on sound grain,
probably becauso of Its softness, and
since even the damaged grain Bhould
be put to some use, the hen which is
on a maintenance ration should have a
fair trtal as to hor ability to get more
out of it than animals to which it is
evidently distasteful. It may some
times happen that some other grain,
or even Bomo nitrogeuous substance
like skimmllk, may bo available and
even cheaper than corn, and In this
caso winter eggs may be laid whether
or no, and if so, will be had at tho
greatest percentage of profit. The
rolnt la that the average farmer cannot
afford to buy nitrogenous foods to
stiniluate egs laying under tho condi
tions which normally Biirround him
In winter. The hen which has had
enough corn, but not too much, Is
usually in good shape to give a large
and profitable egg yield as soon as na
ture gives thp hint by sending up the
first blades of grass, or even before.
Correspondent Country Gentleman.
Selection and Care of tho Cows.
In selecting cows for the farm or
dairy, choose those with a good milk
and butter record. The best Is none
too t and you will never regret
the &.ift money It will cost to get
cows of the best type. Just which
breed to select, is a question that must
be decided by the purchaser, and It
will depend largely upon his location
and the dairy product he desires. But,
whatever breed is selected, let the In
dividual animal, be of tho best. The
poorest Investment that can bo made
Is buying poor cows. They will never
meet your expectation, nor give satis
faction, and you will condemn the
cows, when the fault lies with your
self In purchasing them. Dispose of
your poor cows and begin again with
good stock. The poor cow seldom
brings any Inconle to the owner, for
as a rule, she more than eats up the
profit. The Bame' will apply to all
classes of stock, but fnore to our cows,
for we spend more it'iie and labor on
the.h-' Quality is of viTartniportance,
ami tho farmer should select the -best
and keep his herd up to a high stand-'
ard. Too many farmers do not appre
ciate the dltferenco between good and
poor cowb as they should. In select
ing the dairy cow, look for dairy points,
find out about her ancestry, and learn
If she was started right with the In
tention of development along tho dairy
line. While a good cow must combine
the points mentioned, yet it will re
quire careful attention to feeding,
milking, wuleilng, salting and neat
ness and cleanliness to be successful.
It. would bo well to keep a record of
the milk yield of each cow, and have
the milk tested so that you will know
what each animal is doing. Another
great point Is kind treatment. With
constant scolding and whipping, any
co'v will fall In quantity of milk. A
cow will not give down her milk to
one she dislikes or Is afraid of, and
the milker lioulil not lie changed of
tenor than Is absolutely necessary.
There should always be a friendly
feeling between the cow and milker.
No cow likes rough treatment, which
is Inhuninn and cruel; no man Bhould
allow such treatment. Do kind and
putlent with the cows; It will pay.
E. L. MorrlB.
Cost of Feeding Hens.
During tho last week In January I
weighed all the grain and other kinds
of feed my flock of 205 chickens con
sumed, and estimated Its value at
what might have been outlined for It in
the local market. Although the ag
gregate sum amounted to more than
ono who had never Investigated the
subject might have expected, yet for
each individual It . was surprisingly
small. I selected this particular time
because I was then feeding only ma
ture stock, and because there wis
then nothing to be obtained from out
side sources. For these reasons I ex
pected to be able to make a fair esti
mate of what it cost me to keep my
poultry during the winter. The re
sults quite agreed with those obtained
from former estimates based upon
similar investigations, and I felt Justi
fied In computing the entire year's
cost therefrom, Of rye I fed 30
pounds, which was then worth 45 cents
per bushel; of oats 76 pounds at 25
cents per bushel; wheat 20 pounds
at 60 cents per bushel; soft corn 1
bushel worth 35 cents, and ground
feed, 20 pounds at fl per 100 pounds.
I also ted a generous' quantity of,
ground- bone and chopped vegetables,
besides what skimmed milk they
would drink every day, which I esti
mated at 10 cents per 100 pounds. -
Altogether, the total cost for the
week was about $1.65 for the 205
chickens, or about 4-5 of one cent for
each individual, or a little less than
cents a month, which, at the same rate,
would amount to something near 45
cents for an entire year. This esti
mate seems Incredibly email, but in
reality It is dtill too large; for -during
the Bummer months the flock obtained
enough from the range to materially
lessen the cost of their maintenance;
yet, as little as it cost for one, It must
have cost me for the 205 at least 180
for the salable grain they consumed.
Well, suppose It did cost you ISO
In cold cash to feed 205 chickens one
year. That Is only 39 cents each per
year. Suppose it cost yon 80 cents a
year to feed a hen, If she lays only
150 eggs In the year, it half of them
anl laid between September 1 ' and
March 1, as they should be, her eggs
will bring you 83. Household Realm:
The Baldwin Locomotive Works, of
Philadelphia, turned out 2250 locomo
tives In ths year 1!W'5.
ife Philosophy
of a Gildecl Youth
uy ivuson jntzner. v
(He married ihe middle-aged, mil ionaire widow of Char!c T. Ycrkf s.)
IME belongs to no union. Ho never goes on a strike. While
we sleep our enemy Is ever at work. Sooner or later ha
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I practical Joke.
I f Work! Dou't speak of It. It is the poorest excuse of
If 1 an occupation I know of. No one ever got a snapshot at
me doing manual labor. I hate work like the Lord hates
St. Louis. But why should I work? I never committed any
crime. Ugh! I wouldn't mind getting up at 7 In the morn
ing. But if I had to I couldn't I'd He awake all night long thinking about
It. Work is a curBe. 1 can't understand people making such work out of
pleasure.
There's this skating rink fad in New York. It's too much effort And I
never could understand a man's going to a dance with four collars In his hat
extracting pleasure hopping around and perspiring. I'd get operated on for
anything that would make me energetic. The Ideal state of existence Is rest.
Sleep and food; then food and sleep, and then reverse tho process. Be sure It's
light, then go to bed. The sun Just lulls me to sleep.
People take me for a clothes-rack; a namby-pamby Jackass; a peaceful
baboon who wouldn't raise bis hand to help a fellow, capable of only the most
elementary knowledge, two Ideas being an unlawful assemblage. Dress is a
secondary consideration with me. I'm a perfect slob. I only go around so
the health commissioners won't complain. As for money, I don't care for that
either. 1 have always made a lot, but I never can keep It. If I had $8 at the
end of a year I'd break out In a rash.
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Japan's Trade Invasion
of Europe
By Major 'Gen. Sir Alexander Tulloch.
OMB fifteen years ago, when there was a possibility of the
manufacturers of warlike stores being' too busy in England
to supply what we might require in Australia, I got our
minister of defense In Victoria to try what Japan could do
In mnblnv rltlna tn atiAplnl nntternn. We sent a cadet's
H rifle (Francott) and
I derfully short time
II tha anma nrlnn -a
quite equal to the Wilkinson for 1 each Just one-third of
our contract price for tho same article from England.
In articles of ordinary use, such things as cricket bats and tennis racquets
made In Japan are In Australia cutting out similar articles made in Bnglantt
Last summer, when In the Highlands, I was Informed that a consignment of
Japanese-mado nail-brushes similar to English ones ha.l actually found Its
way to a town In the east ot Scotland.
I found Japanese boots made to measure when I was In Yokohama so
good that I now get my boots from Japan by parcel post. The material
American leather and the make are both excellent; the price, Including car
riage, Just one-half of what I have hitherto paid for similar boots In Loudon.
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How to Limi
Fortunes
1 By Professor James Walter Crook,
' of Jimherst
ORTUNES may be consitered as swollen beyond healthy
limits which yield from ,V000,000 to 820,000,000 a year.
The methods of relief sometimes proposed arc uu arbitrary
limit to the amount an Individual may accumulate; pro
gressive taxation of Incomes, and progressive Inheritance
taxes. Where should the limit be drawn? The limitation
Is repressive and Is meant to be so. It would put a pre
mium upon relative Inefficiency and deprive society of the
advantage of beneficial enterprises. A progressive tax on
,
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Incomes high enough to accomplish the purpose aimed at has the same dis
advantages. There Is left the progressive tax on inheritance. As a tax meas
ure aiming at revenue, 1 approve of It. It Is easily collected. As a measure
to-limit fortunes, however, It seems to me moro doubtful. To accomplish tho
purpose the rate must be very high. A tax heavy enough would Involve a
problem of administration. Even so low a rate as 30 percent would mean a
tax of $15,000,000 for every estate of $90,000,000, and there are now many for
tunes of that size.
There are said to be fifty men In Pittsburg alone whose fortunes exceed
that amount, and In the case of some well known fortunes the tax would
amount to upward of $43,000,000. The greatest objection Is the encouragement
which the heavy taxation of the weslthv wtu give to extravagant public ex
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Demoralizing
Effect of Money
By Walter Beverley Crane.
HE first and most conspicuous of the moral Influences of
money, as they are developing themselves in our actual so
ciety, Is a consequence of the undeniable but prodigious fact
that most rich people are radically convinced that to be rich
Is in Itself a merit '
81 It Is amaslng, but It is so.
II ' There are persons ot this description who positively
JI acorn other people because they ate not rich, too: who look
upon dollars as the
erty as a condition of low Inferiority, if not, indeed, of absolute degradation
and disgrace.
It is deplorable, but ,tt la so.
'- To ask such persons, men or women, to believe that their money is noth
ing but a mere accident a simple hazard of tha same ot life, w5uld be like
telling them that two and two make five; they could not comprehend It the
allegation would surpass their understanding. Of course, your plutocratic
readers will laugh and quote Voltaire: '"It is more easy to write about money
than to hare It; and those who have It laugh at those who can only write
about it." - t
Tea, It Is laughable, and It la so. ,
Annoying.
Mr. Gardner Well, dear, How are
the tortMtoes you plantedT t ,1
: Mrs. Gardner Oh, John! I'm afraid
we'll have to buy what we need, thlB
year.
Mr.' Gardner Wjiy, hoVe that,
MaryT' '". '
Mrs. Gardner 1 recollected today
that when I did the planting I for
got to open the cans! Puck.
n s proposed to hold a laborers' ex
Motion In Paris in 190.
aasSsjl)SSt
a Wilkinson officer's sword. In a won
we got a dozen perfectly made rides at
hnrl hitherto elven. and a dozen swords
ft ft
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College,
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one test of merit, and who regard pov
-An Explanation,
Hewitt I understand that you said
that 1 was the biggest liar that you
ever met
Jewetfc Well, you must remember
that I never' knew Ananias. New
York Press. ,
flaw Material.
'JJVTiat are you doing now, JlnksT"
'fanufacturlng ladles' shirtwaists,"
."Any money In It?"
"Well, I should sny so. Holes aro
cheap,"- IiOttlBvllle Courier-Journal.
8KY-LIGHTED HISTORY.,
How Astronomical Research Has
Found the Origin of Stonehenge.
Following tho same line of thought
which he formerly applied to certain
Egyptian tomple3, Sir Norman Lock
yer is able to show that Stonehenge
was originally buHtAtovscrve tfie pur
pose of a Ijriinitlve observatory. It
was built for the use of the astronomer
priests who, perhaps, brought the wis
dom of tho Kast to this country many
centuries before its very name had
emerged Into the light of history. The
sun and star worship which forms the
basis of so many types of primitive
religion was closely Interwoven with
the practical need of fixed dates in tha
year for the uso of the agriculturist,
who possessed no calendar to tell him
when to sow his seed, and when to -pect
his harvest. To this day the
Pleiades aro known as the "hoeing
Btars" in South Africa, and tuke the
place of a funning calendar to the
Solomon Islanders, just as their mid
night culmination fixed the beginning
of the feast of Isis at Buslris, and reg
ulated the fifty-two year cycle of the
ancient Mexicans. It Is now proved,
from a comparative study of prehis
toric monuments and ancient temples
all over the world, that one of the first
use;i of these edifices was to enable
the astronomer-priests to fix such
dates with ease and certainty.
Every one knows that tho sun rises
at a different point on the horizon
daily throughout the year, and that
:he time of star rising varies night
by night. These simple facts sufficed
primitive man for the determination
of his calendur. Some of the Egyptian
temples were carefully oriented so that
a bright star, Hko Slrius or Canopus,
was visible down the avenue which
served as the tube of a telescope at a
particular hour on a given night In the
year. Dy far the greuter number of
stone circles, of which Stonehenge Is
the best known example, were so ori
ented that the rlting sun on midsum
mer morning flashed Its rays directly
upon the central altar; in other words,
their axis was carefully directed to the
point on the horizon over which the
sun rose on the longest day in '.he
year. There are many other Instances
of different orientations, each corre
sponding to the fixed points in some
ancient calendar. But Stonehenge
was certainly a solar temple and ob
servatory. Now comes in the bearing of this
fact upon the history of its building.
Tho point of midsummer sunrise Is not
always the same. The precession of
the equinoxes or the fact that the
celestial pole is travelling round a
vaHt circle, which It takes about
twenty-five thousand years to com
pletecauses a secular change In this
polut. At tho present day the axis
of Stonehenge Is not directed to the
midsummer sunrise, but to a point
nearly one degree away from It. Now
we know the rate at which the place
or midsummer sunrise changes In
a . . . .
oiHjuciiue 01 precession, ana Ifhi a
comparatively mVetmMoa to
determine the ihUeTwnioh the Bun
nusitvejin on midsummer day
e with the avenue at Stone-
enge. The conclusion is that this
remarkable edifice must have been
erected about 1C80 B. C, tho possible
error being not greater than two
hundred years on either side of this
date. Than astronomy tells us that
Stonchengo must have been built
somewhere between 1900 and 1500
B. C, if the assumption of Its pur
pose be correct. The general evidence
from similar temples ull over the
world hardly leaves room for doubt
on that head, and thus we obtain what
may safely be called tho first definite
fact In British history, carrying It
back more than fifteen centuries be
fore our Islands first came into contact
with recorded civilization. It is clear
that the people who could build
Stonehenge for such a purpose wore
fur removed from savagery. The
Spectator.
Extravagance In English Society.
Tho latp Duchess of Rutland once
alleged that the men and the women
In a Scotch town, whero she was stay
ing during tho shooting season, alo
eleven meals a day. It Is, of course,
notorious that the chefs In several
private houses in England today re
ceive salaries of $4,000, $6,000, $7,500
and, In ono caso, $10,000, and would
think a dinner (it only for a work
house feast if its material, including
frultjmd whiecost much less than
$17o or $200 for a score of guests.
One young English peeress, whose
husband has an Income of $1,500,000 a
year, was so disgusted with the waste
of rich food with which she was con
fronted In the principal of her new
homes that she dismissed the chef
and engaged a woman cook for $325
a year, and she now alleges that she,
ber husband, and ber guests are all
much better fed for a third of tho
former coat. '
Balloon Trips for the Jaded.
Dr. George Bull, an eminent ey
specialist, agrees with Dr. Daulnoy in
thinking that many diseases of the
eye may be relieved by treatment In
balloons at heights of 8,000 to 8,000
feet In an Interview Dr. Bull sug
gested that the "balloon cure" might
be popularised. "I would recom
mend," he said, "the institution of
captive balloons outside all theatres
and art galleries. Nothing could be
better for the headache brought on
by the atmosphere of theatre or
for the strain on the eyesight by
much picture gazing than an ascent
of, say, 8,000 feet"
"' The Real Thing. ,
"We had a sensational case of kid
napping in our house lately."
"You dont tell me! How did it
happen?" i . "
"The baby slept the whole night"
Baltimore American, -
On ths .Rise, '
Weary I'll tell you how to make
money. Buy thermometers now and
sell 'em next July.
. Beery What fur?
Weary They're bound to g Sp,
Tit-Bits.
Indeed, In a millennium of free
clothes of the latest fashion we shall
all bo rtrchnnsrc.ls.
GARB OF ARGENTINA COWBOY.
Wears Biggest Trousers en Record.
His Saddle and Whip.
Our friend, the gattcho Is as much In
evidence along the line to (he west as
to the Boutb In Argentina. He still
clicks ito the Inevitable poncho, but
he has discarded the chlrlpa, a
blanket-like garment that the south
ern gauche wears around hie jegs, or
bombachoB, which is Ihe namdSfor ab
solutely the largest trousers on .rec
ord, The bambachos In the first place
were, I believe, brought to Argentina
by the Basques, writes a correspon
dent In the Los Angeles Times. The
things went straight to the heart ot
the gancho and he adopted them at
once. Only he has steadily Insisted
011 amplifying them, until today one
leg of a pair of bombachos will house
a small family. There Is no particular
point of utility to be urged for these
windbags, but they servo to make their
wfarer a conspicuous figure when he
rides Into town, which is reason
enough for the gaucho.
Tho recadn or saddle ufced in the
west is much the same as In the south.
It consists of a couple of smooth
pieces of wood to fje laid on a blanket
behind the horse's withers. Over thcie
several thicknesses offisjece ot--)ffr-blankets
are strRppoTTjfapair ot stir
rups thrown over the whole and the
rtiado is ready for use. This sounds
like a crude arrangement, and such
it often is; nevertheless I have heard
a number of Englishmen who have
used It claim that the recado gives a
knee grip In the soft blankets that In
siir"s a seat more Buro than that pos
sible In any saddle of hard leather.
The most inseparable companion of
the gaucho of the west is his rlbenka,
o- whip. This has a heavily loaded
htnidle about a foot and a half long,
which terminates In a thick single or
double thong of rawhide of the same
Ienilh as Ihe handle. The handle Is
sometimes covered with hide, or,
again, heavily inlaid with Bilver. A
blow from the handle of a rlbenaa
will fell n horse, and cut from Its
lash will tear open a gash In the flank
of a tough-skinned mule.
The gaucho of the south fights with
his knife in one hand and his folded
poncho In the other as a Bhield. The
western gaucho Substitutes tho rl
benka for the poncho, and must make
a far more formidable opponent. His
great facon, or knife, reposes most of
the time in his belt; his rlbenlta never
leaves his hand during tho day, and
at night he sleeps with tho thong of
it about his wrist.
Not An Intelligence "Bureau."
A well-known Indiana man says
that some years ago, when the late
General Lew Wallace was serving as
Governor of New Mexico, he shipped
home to Indiana a carload of curios
for his friends. The collection con
sisted mainly of boxes of minerals,
furs, Indian blankets, and be
ind with them, went a Mex
inte
pet.
When the car rS
tlon the freight agent.
up the contents of the car.
Btood the word "burro." and thin
that It was the phonetic attenfht 11
some illiterate railroader to spell
"bureau." was unable to find anv
piece of furniture on hand to fit the
bill of lading. So, according to rail- '."
way custom in tho matter of Irregu
larities, he promptly telegraphed back
to the shipping point:
"Car 38,42, Albuquerque, consigned
Wallace, arrived, minus one bureau,
plus one Jackass. Please trace and
notify." . r
General Wallace himself dictated
the reply. "Change places with jack- .
ass." Harper's Weekly.
Chicago Society Item.
Mr. Makinbrakes was trying to say
a consoling word to one of the beof .,
magnates, whom ho had chanced to
meet at a banquet. : '
"Anyhow, Mr. Muchblud," he said,
with a reassuring smile, "the people
here this evening don't seem to be so
terribly afraid of the meat. I had time,
to notice that because I'm not much
of a meat eater myself. That is, X
don't eat as much meat as I used to
er not that, exactly, either, he
cause I well, nothing of the kind i
affects me, you know, and I can eat
anything I really want to though, of
course and I don't believe half tbey
say about It Is true, anyway, but ev
en before the expo the lnvestlga -I
mean before there was any scan- ''
any talk about It, you understand, I
was more or less a vegetarian, but r" '!
wasn't not at that time I I wasn't
er quite -such a blamed foo as 1 '
seem to bo making of my Mr. Much- -blud,
what time have you gotT "My ,
watch has run down Chicago Tri- ,
bune. . ,k.
That American Spirit. "
It has been wonderful and stirring
to see the kindness, the magnanimity,
the absolute absence of greed In tak
ing advantage ot one another's mis
fortunes. , It takes .more than pain
or loss to make a tragedy when tho
spirit of a free people burns up strong
and clear to meet Its fate as It has
burned -In stricken San Francisco,
Everywhere that American spirit that
". .Turns- a keen untroubled face -Home,
to (he Instant need of things,'''
everywhere (the spirit that dares
"To shake the Iron hand of Fate --
And match with Destiny for beers"
has lifted its dauntless. Impudent
front, and with half satanlo humor has
lightened the load of hardship with a
Jest. From Louise Herrick Wall's
"Heroic San Francisco" In the Cen
tury. , . , " . . , . '. 1.
And That's No Mistake.
v "There is a time in the affairs of
men which, taken at its flood lend.)
on to fortune,' " quoted the moral- "
lzer. - -
"True," rejoined the demorailer,
"hut a lot of them are left straniiei
high and dry every year because thev
picked out the wrong tide." Chlcui'n
News,
The tallest building in the world
being erected In Nw YorK by a 1:
insurance company. It will be 5: 0 f
fclh,
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