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VEGETABLES.
Beaaii wi4'TeKBtc Ckeal
m4 Dcllclemf ly PrcBerre.
'. Tk manner of prcseTTin jf vegeUblet
1 for winter use is now so simple that
! erne prefers to prepare her own and hare
' them .in glass jars these bring- better
than the vegetables to be purchased in
tin cans and less expensive for the jars
may be used a number of years with the
addition of only new rubber bands.
An important item is to make sure
that the jars and covers are perfectly
fitting thus being air tight. When
filled they should be kept in a dark cool
place.
Green peas c'aim attention very soon
as the early pickings seem the sweetest
and best for canning. Wash the peas
and reject all imperfect ones. Fill tbe
jar with the peas shaking them down
closely and filling it to the brim. Pour
over tb peas cold water letting every
little space between the vegetable be
filled. When no more bubbles come on
the water and the jar overflows fit the
covers on securely. Stand the filled
jars'in a boiler of water placing them
upon a wooden rack or something to
prevent their coming directly into con-
tact with the bottom of the boiler.
Place the boiler over the fire and let
the water boll over the jars for three
hours. If the water in the jars evap-
orates so the jars are not full upon no
account remove the covers to fill them
up; the vegetable will be best left as it
is. If the cover is loosened during the
process of boiling it must be screwed
on as tightly as possible when taken
from the water.
String beans may be treated in the
same manner except that less boiling is
required for this vegetable. Cut the
stem and ta:l from the beans and string
them then cut the beans into strips
lengthwise and then in halves or if
preferred cut them into pieces about
one inch long. Tut the cut beans in
the jars filling them very full and press-
ing the vegetable down closely before
pouring.in the cold water; then proceed
as with the peas boiling the jars con-
taining the beans a shorter time; two
hours will be sufficient
i Itipe tomatoes may be canned whole
and kept perfectly without the usual
cookiug. Drop the fruit into hot water
to loosen the skin. When the peel has
been removed take out the stem end
so no green remains. Pack as many of
the peeled tomatoes in the jar as can
be put in having them whole if possi-
ble though any too large may be cut
Into halves. Press the tomatoes as
closely to gether as possible without
breaking them. Turn over the packed
fruit boiling water pouring it in slow-
ly so the liquid will run into all the lit-
tle crevices and allow the jar to over-
flow before screwing on the fitted cover.
As each jar is filled with the boiling
water and covered stand it in a tub
boiler or some large vessel that has
been filled with boiling water having
the water deep enough to completely
cover the jars. When all the jars are
in the water cover the vessel holding
them with a rug or blanket and let it
remain until the water becomes cold.
As the jars are taken from the water
tighten the covers if they have loosened
but on no account Sift them ofT. When
the jars are opened to use the tomatoes
the surplus water with the fruit 11133'
be drained out and not used.
This manner of preserving tomatoes
whole has been well tested and without
the loss of a single jar. the fruit com-
ing out fresher and nieer than when
cooked as in the former mode of can-
ning. X. Y. Sun.
WINDOWS OF OUR HOMES.
Thin nnil Dnlnty Fabric to lie Huiitr
Ajcnlimt The in.
The windows of a country house or
even of the citj summer home are very
well worth consideration and juM. now
the woman who is doing up her por-
tieres and lace curtains in camphor is
nlso deeply interested in thin anJ pret-
ty materials for hot-weather hangings.
Bead draperies for summer houses
usurp every doorway shut out the ugly
view of the fireplace and hang very
close against the sashes of windows to
take the place of Holland shades. Dec-
orators have come to employ them lav-
ishly first because a bead curtain is
the coolest and cleanest of all hang-
ings they are not costly they outlast
any woen goods and as they are now
manufactured they are pretty beyond
- words. One of the most delightful pos-
sible effects to arrive at in draping a
hall door or a long French window is
to suspend there a portiere of blue
beads. Pale blue up near the pole but
a rich dark blue near the bottom while
across this azure background a flight
of swifts or swallows wing their wuy.
Such a portiere is made of beads solidly
with no joints of bamboo introduced
and while it shuts out a view of the in-
terior completely from a person out-
side the doer or window to one within
it merely reveals the road street or
garden through a blue mist. San Fran-
cisco Chronicle.
Perfumed Klnnncl.
Perfumed flannels in dainty colon
come now for laying in the bottoms of
drawers and are- particularly nice in
drawers where bedding and table linens
are kept. They have the appearance
of ordinary flannel and are sold by the
yard and cut to fit the drawers the
edges beig buttonholed or bound. The
flannel emits a delicate perfume and
will scent every article in a drawer
where it is kept. The perfume is said
to be far more enduring than any of
the! sachets commonly in use. Chicago
Tribune.
I .u Crisp.
"Mix together thoroughly lls cupfuls
of coarse graham flour and one-half
cupful of hickory nutmeal prepared
bv pressing the chopped meats of nuts
through a fine colander. Make into a
rather stiff dough with ice cold water
knead well roll into a sheet as thin as
brown paper cut with a knife into
squares and bake on perforated tins
until lightly browned on both sides.
Good Health.
Carramt Strap.
Boil together a pint of pure canned
juice and one-half pound of best white
sugar for ten minutes and can or bot-
tle while at boiling temperature. One
or two spoonfuls of the sirup in a glass
f water makes a most refreshing
drink. Two parts currants and one of
red raspberries may be used in place of
11 currants if preferred. Good Ho us
THE
MJMRESS
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Copyright xls. ky Robert Borr.
CHAPTER XV. CoxVEOTED.
"You can say an insulting thing more
calmly and sweetly than anyone I ever
net before; I envy you that. When I
say anything low down and mean I
say it In anger and my voice has a cer-
tain amount of acridity iri it. I can't
purr like a cat and scratch at the same
time I wish I could."
"Is it an insult to oTeryoi the money
you have earned?"
"Yes it is and you knew it was when
you spoke. You don't understand me a
little bit."
"Is it necessary that I should?"
"I don't suppose you think it js"
aid Jennie meditatively resting her
tlbow on her knee and her chin on her
palm. "That is where our point of view
differs. I like to know everything. It
interests me to know what people think
and talk about and somehow it doesn't
seem to matter to me what the people
are for I was even more interested in
3'our butler's political opinion than
I waa in Lord Frederick Bingham's.
They are both conservatives but Lord
Freddie seems shaky in his views for
you can argue him down in five min-
utes but the butler is as steadfast as a
rock. I do admire that butler. I hope
you will break the news of my depart-
ure gently to him for he proposed 10
me and he has not yet had his answer."
"There is still time" said Edith smil-
ing in spite of herself. "Shall I ring for
him?" -
"Please do not. I want to avoid a
painful scene because ho is so sure of
himself and never dreams of a refusal.
It is such a pity too for the butler is
my ideal of what a member of the aris-
tocracy should lw. His dignity is some-
thing awe inspiring while Lord Fred-
die is such a1 simple good-natured
pyery-day young fellow -that if I im-
ported him to the states I am sure no
one would believe he was a real lord.
With the butler it would be so differ-
ent" added Jennie with a deep sigh.
"It is too bad that you cannot ex-
change the declaration of the butler for
one from Lord Frederick."
"Too bad!" cried Jennie looking
with wide-open eyes at the girl before
her. "Why bless you I had a proposal
from Lord Freddie two weeks before
I ever saw the butler. I see you don't
believe a word I saj-. Well you ask
Lord Freddie. I'll introduce you and
you tell him you don't believe he asked
me to be Ludv Freddie if that's the
title. He'll look sheepish but he won't
denj it. You fcce when I found I a as
going to staj- in England for a time I
wrote to the editor of the Argus to get
me a bunch of letters of introduction
and send them over as I wanted par-
ticularly to study the aristocracy. So
he sent them and I assure you I found
it much more difficult to get into your
servants hall than I did into the halls
of the nobility; besides it cobt less to
mix with the LppcrTen."
Edith sat in silence looking with
amazed interest at the young woman
who talked so rapidly that there was
sometimes a difficult- in following
what the said.
"Xo Lord Freddie was not half so
condescending as the butler neither
was his language so well chosen; but
then 1 suppose the butler's had more
practice for Freddie is very young. I
am exceedingly disappointed with th
aristocracy. They are not nearly so
haughty as I had imagined them to be.
But what astonished me in this country
is the way you women spoil the men.
You are mieh too good to them. You
pet them and fawn on them and
naturally they get conceited. It. is
such a pity too for they arc nice fel-
lows most of them. It is the samo
everywhere I've been servants' hall
and all. Why when you meet a young
couple of what you are pleased to call
the lower classes walking in the park
the man hangs down his head as h
slouches along but the girl looks de-
fiantly at you as much as to say: 'I've
got him. Bless him! What have you
to say about it?' while the man seems
to be ashamed of himself and evidently
feels that he's been had. Now a man
should be made to understand that
3'ou'rc doing him a great favor when
you give him a civil word. That's the
proper state of mind to keep a man in
and then you can do what you like with
him. 1 generally make him propose
so as to get it over before any real
harm's doue and to give an artistic
finish to the episode. After that you
can be real go.d friends and have a
jol'3 time. That's what I did with
Lord Freddie. We all went up the
river one day two young men friends
of Freddie's and two nice girls a chap-
eron and myself. Would you beliee
that those two girls proposed to tow
us up stream and the young men
actually allowed them to do so. I
vas steering and it made me so angry
1 couldn't speak. Lord Freddie seemed
to feel that it was necessary to keep up
a conversation but when I didn't re-
ply to him he calmly lit his pipe and
began to smoke. The other two re-
clined with their hats over their eyes
and I think went to. sleep. Mean-
while the two nice girls trudged along
the bank together pulling the rope. I
would have sunk the boat if I could
but I didn't know how. Well when we
got to the place where we were to have
tea the joung men said it was jolly
nice of tke girls to tow them so far;
then they went and sprawled under
some trees leaving the complacent
girls to get tea ready. I couldn'tstand
it any longer. I went up to the three
sprawlers under the tree and bidding
them good-by I started down the tow-
path. Lord Freddie sprang up and
running after me asked where I was
going. 1 tola jim l was going i im
back to London. He laughed anu sam
I couldn't; it was 50 miles away. But
. when he saw I was in earnest he be
came anxious to know what the matter
was.
"I told him I thought I had con.e
out with three gentlemen but finding
I was mistaken I was just going h k.
Ife got very red. and then I just gave
him my opinion of him and his friends
coming out with three girls and pay-
ing no more attention to tliem than
if they were three dolls. That settled
things. JFrcddie apologized and he
Faid he would go back and shake the
brutes up! a bit which I suppose he
did for the brutes were as nice as
could be to us after that. When Fred
vBMine.
I AlpiM j4-if prtVVCVl9
die sjkI I were towing the boat back
he proposed and I laughed at him.
After awhile he began to laugh too.
and so we had a splendid time. What
a lovely little rirer the Thames is
isn't it? .A nice clean little pocket
river. I would like to buy it and put
it in our back yard in America just
to sit and look at it. Now here am T
chattering away as if I were paid for
talking instead of writing. Why do
you look at me so? Don't you believe
what I tell you?"
"Yes lJbelieve all you say. What 1
can't understand is why a bright girl
like you should enter a house and well
do what you have done here for in-
stance" "Why shouldn't I? I am after ac-
curate information. I get it in my own
way. Your writers here tell how the
poor live and that sort of thing. They
enter the houses of the poor quite un-
blushingly and print their impressions
of the poverty-stricken homes. Now
why should the rich man be exempt
from a similar investigation?"
"In either case it is the work of a
spy."
"Yes but a spy is not a dishonorable
person; at least he need not be. I saw
a monument in Westminster Abbey to
a 'man who was hanged as a spy. A
spj must be brave; he must have nerve
caution and resource. He sometimes
does more for his count rj than a whole
regiment. Oh there are worse per-
sons than spies in the world."
"I suppose there are still "
"'es I know. It is easy for persons
with plenty of money to moralize on
the shortcomings of others. I'll tell
you a secret. I'm writing a book and
if it's a success then good-by to jour-
nalism. I don't like the spy business
myself nny too well; I'm afraid Eng-
land is contaminating me and if I
sta3'ed here a few 3'ears I might de-
generate so far as to think 3'our news
pajers interesting. B' the wa' do
3'ou know Mr. Went worth's address?"
Edith hesitated a moment and at
Inst answered: "Yes I do."
"Will you give it to me? I think I
ought to write him a note of apolog3'
for all the anxiet3' I caused him on
board ship. You may not believe it
but I have actually had some twinges
of conscience over thai episode. I sup-
pose that's wli3' I partial- forgive 3'ou
for stopping the cablegram."
CHAPTER XVI.
Edith Longworth was astonished at
herself for giving the address to the
30ung woman but she gave it and
Lad3 Slave3' departed in peace saying
b3' wa3' of farewell: "I'm not goinfi to
write up3'our household afterall."
When the new offices of the Canadian
Mica Mining Companj' Limited werrt
completed Kcn3-on took charge of
them. He was somewhat overpowered
b3 their grandeur and he thought that
unnecessar3 expense had been incurred
in the fittings but as they were now
in for it he said nothing although a
fbivcr of fear ran over him when he
ihought of tho possible failure of his
scheme leaving the rapidlj accumu-
lating debt hanging over him. He oc-
cupied a desk in one of the back rooms
while a clerk in the front office gave
away prospectuses to all who called
and furnished useful knowledge to an
inquiring public. Most of Iven3on's
callers were newspaper canvassers who
wanted advertisements which John
at that moment was unable to supph'.
An oih 3'oung man whose cast of conn
tcnance indicated that he belonged to
a shrewd thrifty and money-making
race said he was commissioned by the
Financial Field to get particulars
about the mine and this information
Kcin-on readily supplied feeling glad
that no advertisement was asked for.
Longworth was seldom at the new
oflices. He was bus' seeing acquain-
tances who would take stock in the
new mining compan He constantly
cautioned his partners against being in
(00 much of a hun and he amazed
Wentworth b- informing him that he
had overcome the objections and se-
cured the cooperation of Melville who
had reported so unfavorably about
the minerai. thus showing that an'-
Ihing could be accomplished if 3'ou
took your time over it. A Mr. King
also connected with the china works
had promised his assistance.
The first meeting of proposed share-
holders was set for Monday afternoon
and Longworth expressed his belie!
that the forming of the company would
be accomplished before the week was
out.
One da- when Kenyon entered the
office the clerk said to him:
"That 3'oung gentleman has been
here twice to see you. He said it was
ver' important sir."
"What young gentleman?"
"That gentleman here is his card
who belongs to the Financial Field
sir."
"Did he leave any message?"
"Yes sir; he said he would call again
at three o'clock"
"Very good" said Ken-on and he be-
gan compiling the address to proposed
subscribers.
At three oVrlock the smooth oih' gen-
tleman from the Financial Field put in
an appearance.
"Ah Mr. Kenyon." he said. "lam glad
to meet you. I have called twice but
had not the good fortune to flnd3'ou in
Can I see 3'ou in private for a moment?"
"CertainH'" answered Ken3on.
"Come into the directors' room" and
into the directors' room they went
Ivcnon closing the door behind them
"Now" said the representative of the
Financial Field "I have brought you a
proof of the editorial which we pro-
pose using and which I am desired by
the proprietor to show you so it may
be free if possible from any error.
We nre very anxious to have things cor-
rect in the Financial Field" and with
this he handed to John a long slip of
white paper with a column of printed
matter upon it.
The article was headed "The Cana-
dian Mica Mining Companj- Limited."
It .went on to show what the mine had
1 been what it had done and what
chances there were for investors get-
ting a good return for their money by
buying shares. John read it through
carefully.
v "It's a vcrj' handsome article" he
sa'ul "Jjd it'is without an error so far
as I can see."
"I am glad you think so" replied the
young gentleman folding up the proof
and putting it in his inside pocket.
"Now as X said before although I am
not the advertising canvasser of the
Financial Field I thought I would see
you with reference to an advertise-
ment for the paper."
"Well you see we have not had a
Metisg- of the propeeed atoekkolders
yet and we are not in a position to give
any advertisement abort tin mine. I
have no doubt advertisements will be
given and of course your paper will
be remembered among the rest."
"Ah!" said the young man "that is
bardlj- satisfactory to us. We have a
vacant half page for Monday the very
best position in the paper which the
proprietor thought you would like to
secure."
"As I eaid a moment ago we are not
in a position to secure it. It is prema-
ture to talk of advertising at the pres-
ent state of affairs."
"I think you know it will be to your
interest to take the half page. The
price is 300 and besides that amount
we should like to have some shares in
the company."
"Do 3'ou mean for one insertion of
the advertisement?"
"Yes that is what I mean."
"Don't that strike 3'ou as being
trifle exorbitant? Your paper has a
coniparativelj- limited circulation and
thej- do not ask us anything like that
price even in the large dailies."
"Ah! ro3 dear sir the large dailies
are quite different. They have a tre-
mendous circulation it is true but it
is not- the kind of circulation wc have.
No other paper circulates 0 largely
among investors aa the Financial
Field. It is read b3 exactly the kind of
people 3-ou desire to reach and I ma3'
sa3 that except through the Field 3ou
cannot get at some of the best men in
the cit"
"Well admitting all that as 1 have
said once or twice we are not j'et in a
position to gie an advertisement."
"Then I am very sorr3' to say that we
cannot on Monday publish the article
1 have shown 3011."
"Ver3' well I cannot help it. You
are not compelled to print it xmless j'ou
wish. I am not sure either that pub-
lishing the article would do us ain-
good. It would be premature as I
Eay. We are not 'et ready to court
publicit3' until we have had our first
meeting of proposed stockholders."
"When is your first meeting of stock-
holders?" "On Monday at three o'clock."
"Very well we could put that an-
nouncement in another column and 1
am sure 3011 would find the attendance
at j-our meeting would be verj' largelj-
and substantial' increased."
"Possibl3 but I decline to do any-
thing till after the meeting."
"I think 3'ou would find it would pay
you cxtrcmelj- well to take that half
page."
"I am not questioning that fact at all.
I am merelj' saj'ing what 1 have said
to cverj'one else that wc arc not rcadj1
to consider advertising."
"I am sorrj we cannot come to an ar-
rangement Mr. Kenj'on er3' sorr in-
deed" and sa3'ing this he took another
proof sheet out of his pocket w hich he
handed to Kenyon. "If wc cannot come
to an understanding the manager has
I3 L
y
2-
"Do you in-an 30O for one lneriinr
determined to print this. Instead ot
the article 1 showed von. Would you
kindly glance it over because we would
like to have it as correct as jxjs.siblc."
leii3'on opemd hisev'esniiil unfolded
the pajK-r. The heading was the same
but. he had nad onlv a sentence or
two when he found that the mica mine
was one of the great tst swindles ever
attempted on poor old innocent finan-
cial London!
"Do you mej.n to say." cried John
looking up at him with his auger kind-
ling "that if I do not bribe 3 ou to the
extent of .100 besides giving you an
unknown quant itv of stock you will
publish this libel""
"1 do not say it is a libel." said the
young man smoothly: "that would be
a matter for the courts to decide. You
might sue us for libel if you tlionghtvve
had treated 3011 badh. 1 may say that
has been tried several times but with
indifferent success."
'"But do 3'ou mean io tell me that3'ou
intend to publish this article if I do not
pay 3011 the 300?"
"Yes; putting it crudely that is ex-
acth' what I do mean."
Kenyon rose in his wrath and flung
open the door.
"I must ask 3ou to leave this place
and leave it at once. If you ever put in
an appearance here again while I siinin
the office I will call a policeman and
have 3'ou arrested."
"My dear sir" expostulated the other
suaveh' "it is inereh' a matter of busi-
ness. If you find it impossible to deal
with us there Ls no harm done. If our
paer has no influence we cannot pos-
sibly injure you. That of course is
entirelv- for 3011 to judge. If any time
between now nnd Sunday night you
conclude to act otherwise a w ire to our
office will hold things over until we have
had an opportunity of coming to an ar-
rangement with you. If not. this arti-
cle will be published on Monday morn-
ing. I wish you a verv good afternoon
sir."
John said nothing but watched his
visitor out on the pavement and then
returned to the making of his report.
TO BE CONTINUED.
A Shaker.
Both Queen Victoria and the princt
of Wales have not only excellent ears
for music but memories so acute that
the.v can recall exactly how a piece
should be played if they have not heard
it for 3'ears. Mme. Calve remarked
after siDgiug at Winds-or that thi
English sovereign knew more about
mtisic than nine out of ten of her sub-
jects. Baroness Bloonifield tells how
on one occasion the queen desired her
to sing and she "in fear and tremblng"
sang one of the queen's favorite airs
but omitted a shake at the end. The
queen's quick ear immediately detected
the omission and smilingly her majes-
ty asked: "Does not 3'our sister shake
Lady Xormanby?" to which Lady Nor-
n.anby promptly replied: "Oh yea
ma'am she is shaking all over De-
troit Free Ptm
PITH AND POINT.
Where's your husband? I neter
see him now." "Oh he's home with the
rheumatism." "Is he doing anv-thing
for it?" "Yes; limping." Yonkers
Statesman.
"Daughter what time did your
company lea e last night ?" "Wh- pa-
pa he started home at half" "Never
mind when he started; I want to know-
when he left." Ohio State Journal.
"Here's an account of a Colorado
- ! I 1 t.J . .t. .. nt Vmmt
Pooocatanetl and san 'The tar.
Spangled Banner.' " "She had some
sense didn't she? It's too bad some
other girls are not as thoughtful when
they want to Mng." Chicago Evening
Post.
"Fellow tried to work the editor
vesterdav." "How was that?" "Of-
fured him a manuscript poem called
'Marco Bozzaris' for two dollars."
"What did the old man say?" "Said
the fellow had made the mistake of his
life in not writing the poem two months
ago." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Thinking Aloud. Mrs. Phillips
"George wli3 were 3-011 swearing so
terribh- In the baek yard just now?"
Mr. Phillips "Swearing my dear?
Did I swear? Well bless me. I was so
busy- getting that piece of wire disen-
tangled from the lawn mower that I
didn't know I had time to do ain'thing
else." Cleveland Lender.
At the Summer Kesort. "Yes."
said the new nrrhal "I am greatly
surprised greatly surprised indeed.
I had expected to find things here very
different from what they are." "Why?"
exclaimed several of the girls in chorus;
"don't the hotel and its surroundings
look as tluw were pictured In the cir-
cular 3'ou received?" "They do. That's
what surprises me." Cleveland Leader.
NAVIGATION IS ALWAYS OPEN.
Ilnnti Never Celine to TriMcrp the
Witter of I.nke M!eh!;cnn.
Navigation on Lake Michigan is
neer closed. Steamers run baek and
forth across the lake and between the j
ports of the west shore of the lake dur-
ing the entiiv winter with remarkable
rcgularit3'. The first attempts at win-
ter navigation on the translake routes
were made b the Detroit t .Milwaukee
Uailroad company ami by the now de-
funct Engelmann Transportation enm-
pain many 3-ears ago. and the-success
of winter entiires became e-tablished
as the character of the steamers was
improved and developments were made
In marine engine'. Now winter nav-
igation proceeds almost uninterrupted-
h and the new car ferries steam baek
and forth with little regard for weath-
er or for ice. The success of the ear
ferries on Lake Mi-'hiiran and the car
. ferrv which defies winter in the Straits
! of Mackinac is probably the cause of
the announcement that negotiations
nre in progress looking to i he construc-
tion of ice-breaking freight steamers
that will enable their owners to keep
them in commission on the Lake Su-
perior and the lower lake route during
the winter. The report is without
foundation.
There is a vast difference between
the navigation of Lake Michigan from
one shore to the other ami along its
west shore and the navigation of the
great lakes throughout their lengths
und through the interlake channels. 1
Ice breaking is expensive ami ncen-
Mounlh the ice floes defy the crushing
powers of the best of the so called ice
breakers. One of the ear ferries was
recently stalled near Menominee which j
defied not onlv the steamer but the e'- j
illusive oower of dvnamitc. The !
trouble of winter navigation -on the
!
ihain of lakes would occur in the inter-
lake channels und in the canals. Owing
to ine clogging euect uc v .1
would be almost impossible to operate j
. .- J.
canals during midwinter.
Another and a verv serious bar
to
general i;kc navigation in winter i mc j
prevalence of snowstorms during'
v.hich nothing whatever can U seen. '
. i.Il. .
Snow is more obstructive to the sight .
than fog. and during a driving snow- i
storm it is impossible to see au.vtltiiig ;
ahead even in the davtime. Winter
navigators on Lake Michigan who are '
ncter out of sight of lam! for any
length of time experience their chief
anuo.vance from snowstorms. Tlnw
manage to steam into port when snow
is flying thick because of their famil-
iaritv with the route but the.v occa- ;
sionall.v get into trouble while the.v are
...... j. .... ..w....v - .... ...-
wraijpcu 111 tne tumuiuions pnwie 01
the storm."
f !t... . f.tlljtv Kt 'iiiv tiiitinc flint
.1 ww.: ... .v .... ......
because winter navigation is success
ful on Lake Michigan it can be mail' :
I successful in the upper and lower laki
service. .Miiwauuee Wisconsin
ItnllrtintlM In the Orient
Japan has 2jQ0 miles of railroad in J
oneration and 1000 miles in course of
construction. Of the 2:t)0 miles the'
government owns TOO and 1 believe th-;
I success that we have had thoroughl.v
1 proves that government ownership is
' not onl.v practicable but probable and
; desirous. I notice that there ib some
! talk in America of the government bu.v-j
. ing the railroads. I tlunu it vvoin.i uea
fine thing to do. u hile in C olorailo the
other da.v I had to pay five cents a mile
ami that Is much too high. In Japan '
the government Axes a uniform rate of
1 one cent a mile and it leaves a good in-
1 terest on the investment. Japan is verv-
prosperous much more so than everbe-
' fore. ICverythingislivel.v. Capitalistsare
coming there in great numbers and are
j building railroads ami factories. There
; is employment for everybody- and more
laborers are needed. Tokio Cor. .". Y.
Sun.
Ante Protection for Hue.
For some time past British entomol
ogists or bug hunters have been exer-
cised over the extermination of certain
insects in consequence of the zeal of
collectors who roam over the country
with butterfly nets. It would 1" tlilH-
cult to protect butterflies and moths bv
legislation as has been done for birds
so an association has been formeil un-
I . --l A ...I
der the auspices o: inc. i.nioinomg.c.w
' societv of London. The numbers agree
to leave rare insects aione ior aw nur
. r . . .. ...I .
nnd to do all 11. their power to curb the
sporting instinct in others. The insect
onllo.lnr ivhn nhirhS hV it Will lJf more
t.V'lt.t..t .-..w -.-- -- --
than human. Imagine a stamp collector
. .
nrrreeinir not to nick una rare specimen
from the roadside vet a similar temp-
tation will be met and have to be resist
dleetor.-Chica'gt
ed l3' the insect col
J
A llndillnc hUt-ntte. '
Xurse Johnnie the stork has Just'
brought you u little bab.v. Wouldn't (
vou like to see your little brother?
Johnnie Naw! But I'd like net
the Rtvrk. Stockholm Kasper
TEMPERANCE.
A DRUNKEN WILLIAM TELL.
Temperance Stqry from the V!1I
of 'Xonlnna.
"Ben whose boy 're you?" The voice
was thick and huskj".
"You'rn pop."
"An' who's the best shot in these
parts. Ben? Tell these fellers."
The man's dull eyes fixed themselves
on the bov. The little fellow's face
lightened up and he answered looking
round defiantly:
"My pop's the best shot in Mon-
taunv.
cMnnno foil nvor the crowd and
....v..w.w.. --- .
ething of pride gleamed from the ;
Bom
whiskv-dimmed C3'es of old Utllman. J number was sutU.eniy increase".
Then he said handing the boy anapple: J ies as the result of tlie exteuive use of
-Tlip.o fellows 'low I'm no good. Ben alcohol as a return;.- for la grippe.
an' I'm just goin' to do our Willyum The effects of alcohol are shown to
Tell act. and show 'em that Jim Billman be hcreditav at any ra! as regards
kin draw as fine a bead now as ever he ' idiotw and imbecilttx-. We quote as fol
could." j lows from the article referred to:
Billman patted his son's head with a 1 "Dr. Howe of Massachusetts in ex-
trembling hand and the 003- drew him- ' amining the antecedents of .too idiots
self proud I v as he took " the apple 1 found that -l per cent were the chil-
from his father.. dren of habitual drunkards. Dr. Beach
"tlo oer to that tree Ben" command- 1 out of -l.it) patient in Darcuth idiot asj'-
ed Billman. at last and the boy walked ilum. found 31 per cent similarly the
with n 'fearless sten to the nlacc indi- I nrogenv of drunkards.
cated turned his baek to the tree re-
nved llis Iat balanced the apple on
m
S3
Mm
KIl.I.CD BY HIS DUUNKKN r ATI! Hit
ins Ilea... men piaccu nis nanus ovlu
him. There w as not a q.mer in his face r
. . 1 .it.i lt..l-I--1
not a shadow 01 lear. ii$s iainer wuuui
1 it 1 f'i 1 vsr iiii
11 r- tti r . '"v t -
ftcfci Vurfcrf-
1 &s s t 1 t s - -v ar
PA'- "itf "Tr MM
m? 'y- ttr
" - Efti
not a saoow o. ie.r j.v- ........ .u... HorNh AU thK however i re-
he loved and who loy huu was the p fn)m bltfm in hawl. nB1
marksman. ....
Old Ilillmnn raised his gun to his I
shoulder. The weapon shook in hi
- . - '
nerveless hand.s like a recti. Uttering
an imprecation he lowered tho gun
ami brushed his sleeve across his eyes
trieil again but still without success.
"I know what's the matter" he mut-ti-n
1!. and took a drink from a bottle in
his picket. "Now then; all right
!....
"All right pop."
A hort moment the tnn trembled in
Bilhnau's hands and then
Spring!
It was a strange. IulI sound not Ilk?
the crash of a bullet through oak but
more like
Alas! the smoke had cleared awnv.d
mid the bov' was Iving in a lifeless heap
tinoit tlwt irrnii ii1.t."t 1 tt fit 1 Tc 1tmyti rrr
...... ... . w.... ....
father; A crv as ot a vvmt oeast.a rusii.
itml old P.nimjin had the hicodv form hv
j;.. :irms.
man.
"Kill me!" shrieked the old
rocking to and fro. "kill me!" I5.;t the
miners pa.s-.ed silenth away one by one.
d left the idd man alone vith his grief
--
nil his deatl.-Detroit Tree Press.
A VAKIETY OF RESULTS.
1 L'ti 111 pit nil l t- i:n"eets itf IMflTt-reiit AI
fniiuiio iirliikx on M.-n. J
cran has imestiirated the!
I-'int
PWII.N t;lk' )Iaci. thc nervous
sv..m jm. to .ise of iliunnt alco-
i holic drinks wine. beer absinthe cs-'
seuces. etc. Some of his conclusions
.r . fmVs:
Iecessicuseof aleohoiicdrinkof
h; K.ri.. ...... of alcohol the tactile
a:i hernial sensibilities tlo not seem to
h KFeSilly altered while sensibilitv to
pain seems exaggerated. In those that
use aiisutthc ami similar cirniKs to exec-
s. the plantar reflexes are increased
liirht tickling causing movement while
stiirltt stroking of the knees legs or ab
domen cause pain severe enough to
cause the patient to coin tn in
"Similar
results. al:hii"h less
marked are to be observed in the up-1
extremities. In -wine drinkers!
drinkers
( th; sl.nsjtiM..t.sS.0f tu. sk7n is muchi
! less in the lower extremities: above
1
j thl.n. m.V Jt ; tUMr hvperaesthcsia
while still higher in the IkkIv- norma!;
skin sensation Jsthe 1 ule. 1'svcliical :
svmptoms li.v absinthe drinker are
flatui to be fewer than is 'gem-rally
uptio-cfl anil taught in the ordinary
text litwiks. Wine and alcohol drinkers
' "re prone to imacKs 01 acu..-ciciirtum
while in those who drink alohotie es -
; scncK lorms ot dementia art- more
liable to follow."
i:nvtMs f mhouIuk on iiis.
t shiHcd phv-ieiau investigated the
.jTt.-i.-t f smoking on :: bos betwei-n the
... f nj. :imi Hfteen'uho were at!-
;irU.i to the habit. Twenty-seven
shuweil distinct mptums of nicotine 1 The san.k of n'lrning tobtc vr -voi-oning.
In -"J the.-c were serious tains nHo"ta meotiauir sal's .f a -di
rders of tin- eir'iIation indiges- inont.i. hydroexar.ie r.cld sU'; -'
tion. dullness of intellect and a marked ' hvdrogen. three or foir v. .:. ..-
appetite for strong drink. In three phenol creosote aid s uni ther Kb-tli-ri-
vvas Jieart ntVection; in eight tb- -tanees.
cidetl tleterioration of the blood; in f A tir.enrv hotel in ! t -i tanrot
1 frctjuent bleeding of lite nose; 10 f et a lieenH tosell liiino: - Im-i .!..- i' :s
liatl Hisnirneti neep. aim t uicvrxiion
of the month. Of course. 11111113 of them
had s cral of these evils combined.
(itMiti Health.
.Vol I'll 11 a Ilea I nt MI.
William Llo.vd dnrrison tnc said
'It is a cheup device to brand the tem-
.- . . .-
nerance movemeni as iunaiicnt. .now
j Jt.nv lhal it ms u yiltv (m f
fall;t;Visin. for it is based irp-ut physio-
- . r'i.t.jft.s. rhi-mieal relations.
tll. w.ifnre tf p-ieiy. the Jaws of self-
In.ervnt'on. the claims of snirer;r.
j.um:.nit v all that is noble m -mtriot-
P
i-in. senerous in phiianti rop.vaud pure
hJ . christiauitv.'
-
I !'.. I-lfI.t 111. Int.. IInl.lt
..- .-.
It is .satislac.ory to Know that i nc-
r.-1-.nce wh ithe recommendations ot
m- ji..j. ii-u .. x .m 111L- iu nit
m.. Uti.lllltueC Itf th.l 1ft tit lll I Tr.-.
tt.v .... ...Uv.o . ...v. ...... ...... .-
mission the Indian government has at
: f" important measures against
the . e of opium smoking in India.
1 'I h- opium smoking d-ns have been
! suiipre.-sed. ami the sale'of th- drti-
uh.-n prepared for smoking ha.- been '
i..iare(l illegal. '
wt
I t pay to have 50 vorkingmeP !
I poor anu raggeu in order to have on
su'ooaVeeper dressetl in broadcloth and
flush of mone3'? Independent Citizen'
CAUSES INSANITY.
The Effect of Alcohol Cpen the BrlM
and Xerroiw Srtcnt.
Dr. Bedford Pierce medical super-
intendent Of the Yorklictreat Eugland
in a recent artlule in the Medieal
Pioneer; calls attention to some most
interesting and important fact in re-
lation to the effects of aleol'il upon the
brain and nervous system. Dr. Pierce
shows from tntbtivs that more iDbu
U per cent of all cases of insanity in
England are due to alcohol. 20.03 pec
cent of cases of iusanity in men beii3
the result of alcohol and :U in women.
At the lI03-.il Edinburgh aylum. the
number of enei of alcoholic insanity
during the pas-V 13 years was 10. t per
o - .. ...
cent. During "icilucna year mm
"Dr. Legrain in a recent work upon
'Social Degeneration and .!conoxm.
has published an account 01 me e-
.veendants of 2:0 drunkarils tnai ne
personally has traced. 'I his work shws
concluicly that in such families a
ver3 large "number of the children die
young and th.it the families rapidU'
"die out; that epilepsy immunity and
other nervous disorders are extreme!"
common.
"Before leaving this part of im- yn-
ner. it mav not be out of p!acr to ec-
! prts the opinion that I enuler thiin-
r' 3.7 v. press UK' lljIKID'! tli.li l H"'"'
fJ U ) ' lllu'm"t' of sdcohol upon the brain qf in-i-i-axJi
2 fijutt-lv greater important-. than. Its
Influence uoou the circulation or upon;
other iarts of the body. And it is on
this account that I regret that we have
so far as I know to '.Ov to Germany
for workers to elucidate the action of
alcohol and other drugs upon thciid.
"In Iglapd it Is true that we hav:
heard of the watering of geranium tv
diluted solutions of alcohol and of at
tempts to aeeustom w.vter-tlea.s to live
fe hu. wp
. . Blr water-
the skeptical person is not convinced by
. ' ' frm .- xm.ri-
UtUUl IH'U v ------ - -r
meats. The work done bv Profz-Kraep-
elin and hi pupils in He-del:erg r-.mai-
fses to 1m of ver' great importance.
rnfortlmate!v for it his 1hhK detail-
ing his experiments and researches inttf
the mental phenomena produced by al-
cohol ami other drugs has ot been
translated into Engb'sh.
"KraepeUn has summed up hlv con-
clusions as to the action of alcohol in his
" Psyehologisebe Arbeit en." He states
that experiment has shown that the
idea that alcohol strengthens he
arisen from se!i-dee.ption. Alcohol
onlv- facilitates the discharge of motos
impulses n-nd does not in:k themiKre
powerful. If there is any -treugthen-iug
effect. .1113- increase of power it la
verv
verv transitorv and is quickly follow!
I .. .. 1 .1 -...:.. ...:-.. wfct. 1
IV tt ifl tMI. Il rl .. !.; . :'.. .-.-
' - . 1 ......r n- .
a uroiiouneed diminution.
on to say: "M'rcver. the prr
j .......- a.i iiii't-it.. r? arc fr.-iu ''
WjrinMillir (l-iim-:k ..fr.etet!. alt! o.e
i ... .....v;' ij Tk... .en il
lVtlJW. - ll.l. Hl..lf. ...w-
facts are exactly the opposite to '
popular belief. I must confess th r n .
twu experiments. rt;tend:rr over n
than ten vtr. ar.tl ih theoretic.
duetious therefrom have made m u
opponent of alcohol.'"
i-i... ..... .:... ..1 i ?r
nytpfllln
'I lit 11 f"- WltXM " J ...
w.ree e3cat.tIv uith .XW
tttkt.n .cvcr:ilvars agVi
rrnncnts wi"r-
i bv the writer.
vhi.h dearh-'shmv that aN-t-'.i.' ee?
in moderate doses diminish! - ! -t t-
cess of nil the perveprlves. ar "In .ii '.
it.v of the brain to recite Itnpre-s ."-
and to transmit :mp .'ss. Tvt mi .!-
of brandy ?e- ei.nl a ; j:r:' ic "'s ' ;
iug capacity iitnrc tb.u '" r eer
Science gives no eo m tenat.ee -..?! r..i
of alcohol even in the g-:'.t - ' 'a
tioti. Good Health.
FACTS AND FlKWWGa
Wine "ntovefh itself arirh." but
those vvlu drick it r.t'i ii. K.iiu'b
' Horn.
I One -of the obi U.tlisrl..".l h.id thin
among hi5 lim;;..s framed on tl .
"Touch not. titsie nt inn .1
. . .
vva.l:
'Un - iK.
Drink is the great
civilization. It o.uek-
ot 11. : n
: .1 w.13 fi
X.fioi ... LV11.-
jeverv - thiiigth.U Lsgood.
' jter.iaee Adtoea.e.
'fhe putting of drinking I.011-. - h.t
.e t-ane r.tejrv nit. h - - :'.'-
j fam. anr other public i...
- i:e s .- .1:.'
: . D'.uimi ."
a question of time.- II
Uav.
Many a person ha g..-. a a ps ti .
j because he!i! n-t iw '. gar ttes 1 i
P'Pt but we have " ' lit.ir ..f h:
) trs one that gt r.t. u t.-e !.
smoked ehewd. drank or g.imb!d.
! Outlook.
vvithin 4Wi feet of a m h boi' . I. it
the proprietor ha. reee.ti 1 a !: .i'fir
a saloon in an allev- in t.ie r.-ar. a-.d
guests 'of the hotel can r.'.: ( ;.i Ivs
frun the saloon and havetaem nn.i.gl.t
in.
Compromise with iri You i
rpr
I .. ...-....: . :.t. .v.. 1
"""""' : imh;. 1 . a
j jungle: wi'h the cyrlone i :l ijht;
(.with an K-ryptian plague sit o ...lies
" empire; with A !! ' . f..r v.l'.m
j this evil 1 recruitiusr t;- er.
1 master and comma nde: -
irt 1-
- T
DeWitt Tal
mage.
t"eor-r Mi!iic Scot: a .-id
son of a htlMirerm Aler' re::.
receiitl.v i!i. I from the :! t
hHc miiiui.-. H- ..1 :..
;siM (f .. U)rr .
;iratk . f h .... .
t able to v.t!k home but iwcinif j
scious and lieI on afterwanl.
"Will 3 ou have wrar?-vsrhl a puseas-
ger to his fellow passenger in the washr
; ruom .f 'ie s-eMr;a; t;-..e U
I l"x:ending to him a 'oott.e. His offer
uas rfwUnetl. At that moment lheMi-
ictor coming in the u.an with the bot-
tie said: " eoadqt :r nver drinks
when on dut.v. I be!iee." "So" said
the comluetor. "i.or vhea tY dirtv
either if he is a good one." Unitfcd
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