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delegate* to defeat Guffey.
Mr. Kerr said he counted positively i \
34 delegate* who would be against ^
Guffey and If the nine contests in , m. C. Ryer of Denver I* a busin«a*
Pennsylvania were decided In ttelr j visitor to the city,
favor, they would have 43. the major-
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PERSONAL.
NOMINATE JAILBIRD.
Ity of C8 delegate*. Another meeting
will be held tomorrow.
Californians Discordant.
Denver. July 5—Stirring stories of
discord almost culminating at time*
in physical violence, and Involving
Theodore Bell, temporary chairman,
reached Denver tonight when the Cal-
ifornia delegation arrived on a spe-
cial train from ’Prince According to
Ihe statement of several delegates bit-
ter dissension prevailed almost the
moment of the start from California
to the time the delegation reached'
here. The trouble was due largely to
a factional fight iti the state over al-
leged railroad domination of a cer-
tain element of the party.
Mr. llell failed to land his candi-
dates on any of the committees, be-
ing outvoted. The discussion, which
lasted fur hours at a time altoard the
train during the caucus meetings, at
times grew so acrimonious that physi-
cal violence against Hell was threat-
ened and narrowly averted. On one
occasion. It l» related, Bell charged
Delegate Thomas Pox of Sacramento
With receiving $500 a month from a
railroad, whereupon Pox strenuously
denied the statement, called Bell a
liar, and started Inward the latter with
the announced Intention of doing him
physical damage. Pox was restrained
by other members of the delegation
and lull withdrew the statement after
Pox had denounced him in forcible
language.
Hell strenuously opposed the seine
thin of Nathan Cole as national com-
mitteeman and finally became so Indig
nnnt that he withdrew from the-can
in:, refusing further to participate In
It, and hit at Halt lathe city for
l.incoln to confer with Hryan.
Johnson Will Not Be Chairman.
Denver. July 5, Mayor Johnson of
Cleveland will not lie chairman of the
Democratic national committee, ac-
cording to y hi* own statement on
reaching the convention city today.
"My work Is in Cleveland," said Mr.
Johnson when asked regarding Ills
acceptance of the chairmanship, “and
while I am not ns a rule given to de
• -lining positions until they have been
ottered me. In this case I make It
plain that I will not lie the chairman
of the national committee. That work
In out of my line entirely, and, as I
said, my work is unfinished In Cleve-
land."
Caynof Will Not Discuss.
.Vow York, July 5. Justice W, .1
Gttyitor, who Is at hii farm in tin
village of 81. JatlieH oil l.otig Island,
refused today to discuss any phase of
polities or to say whether he would
at dipt the Democratic nomination for
vice presidency.
"No one Ups asked me to accept any
nomination and if would he preaump
lions on my pari lo discuss It," was
sill the Judge would say.
“Minnesota Johnson Special."
Hi. Paul, July fi. The "Minnesota
Johnson Special," a train of eight
cars, left here today for Denver, bear-
ing about, 125 supporters of Governor
Johnson's candidacy for the presi
deucy. Among the parly was Con
pressman Hammond, who will place
Johnson in nomination.
Okla . passed through El Paso Sunday-
on route to points west.
C D. Case and 1. W. Caae of (as
Cruces are In El Paso on business
R. C. Black of Pawhuska. Okl*., was
In El Paso Saturday on land business.
Dr. W. N Vila* and wife wIM leave
today for California, where they will
spend the remainder of the summer.
James B. Boon, of the local Immi-
gration department, left Haturday for
New York, where he will spend five
weeks.
Denver, July 5. Quite a number of
diplomats arc expected tomorrow and
about the same time will arrive Mrs.
Alice ftooscvclt Longworlll, Hie presi-
dent’s (laughter, who will he an inter
eating figure on tin- convention plat-
form next Tuesday.
The vice presidential situation has
undergone a change during the day,
owing to certain very definite subter-
ranean InfotimiUoii from l.incoln to the
effect that Mr. Hryan feels that it
would lie wise to defer any definite
action as to the second place on the
ticket until the first place has been
dually disposed of. This comes In
such a direct way that it will doubt-
less have the effect of postponing any
caucus action by the New York or the
other delegations favorable to any par
tleidar candidate.
Meant lute the various boomlets art
undergoing varying fortunes, The
• fray forces arc as Insistent ns ever
that Judge Gray will not take second
place, while the Hi van forces continue
to talk of the availability ol Gray,
John Mitchell, the lalior leader, or
Tonne, the Now York orator. The ar-
rival of Mitchell tonight, with Compels
and other leading lights of the labor
world. Is expected to give an Impetus
to the Mitchell movement, although In-
comes primarily to aid Gompers tu
shaping the labor planks.
“THE CITY OF CROWDS.”
New York Always Goes En Mass at
Work or Play.
You can always gather a crowd In
New York—It is the City of Crowd*,
• ■agi-r lumped masses which move by
the thousands and tens of thousands
and hundreds of thousands helter-skel-
ter from the office to the baseball
game, from the baseball game to din-
ner, from dinner down to the theater,
and home again. Always It surges en
mass to work and to play; each /nan
afraid to he alone; each scurrying
to keep up with the other, to be near
the other. Inquisitive, sullen, weary,
festive hut always together, In a
crowd, a big crowd, the biggest crowd
possible! Four million little black
dots cover a little Island; a half-mil-
lion other little black dot* swarm with
each early son onto that Island to add
their numbers to he sucked Into the
tall buildings, to boll and bubble In
the ilttcli like sheets. When the sun
leaves, out come the millions of dots
to crowd and tumble and Jam their
way into the little narrow cars; to
lie carried and dumped hither and
yon, In wriggling black masses, ul
ways In masses homeward! To
warm and boll under Ihe next sun,
and the next, busy, bobbing, emu-loud,
lest leas, needless black millions of
little dots! It I* not pleasant to look
down upon a vast Manhattan crowd;
It Is not awe inspiring. It is simply
a curious, freakish thing, distracting,
befuddling. Ity a terrible paradox, you
lo not feel the mightiness of man-
klnd when you gaze at a city canyon
packed with a quarter of a million
of men you fee! only the InsIgnUl-
eatice of each puny little speck. A
human life in that vast throng seems
as Impotent as a period on u tainted
page. All told, there are fifteen hun-
dred million of us working at a great
riddle Half of this dizzy synod of
ihe earth tramples the yellow ground
of Asia, one three hundredth sweats
at It:-! cosmic task on the granite foun-
dations of this colossal city. Yonder
the crowds of people come and go,
wax and perish like grass beneath the
rain and stilt Here ten thousand peo-
ple. under ten thousand umbrellas,
land In the rain to hear a pigmy
voice -and all the otutorvor thinks of
ns he sees them, Is of a lake of weedy
lilies! Fifteen thousand men leaving
a baseball field, their straw bats shin-
ing lit the afternoon light, seems at
first glance but a field of black-eyed
daisies! One million people In New
York's memorial services to the mar-
tyred McKinley. Three hundred
thousand persons tossing themselves
dally Into the vast human vortex that
seethes to and fro across Brooklyn
bridge, a million plunging Into the
subways every twenty-four hours. The
thing I* epic, bewildering In Its Im-
mensity, Dike beetles at night, like
nuts In idle daytime- but never like
men. actual men, do they seem! Bits
of bundled llesh, sucking in oxygen,
exhaling carbonic gas -but never hu-
man beluga with n spirit and a brain!
Here Is Ihe magic of a big city, that
it takes a man and makes no mnu of
him. He becomes part of the Crowd;
if fs the Crowd that drives him, that
pulls him. It Is the Crowd that
leaches him, that says, “Go here , . .
there , . . to the beaches ... to the
beaches , . ,. to tho steamships . . .
to the parks."—Broadway Magazine
for July.
CONVICT
18 CANDIDATE
PRESIDENT.
FOR
Socialist Labor Party Get* Out Ticket
Headed by Martin . R. Preston of
Nevada, Now Serving Twenty-Five
Year* in the Penitentiary for Shoot-
ing Restaurant Keeper.
New York, July f>.—Candidates for
president and vice president of the
United States were nominated and a
platform was adopted by the national
convention of the Socialist I jibor par
ty here today. The ticket named ts
as follows:
For president—Martin R. Preston of
Nevada.
For vice president—Donald Munro
of Virginia.
The nomination of Preston for pres-
ident was unanimous. The candidate
was placed In nomination by Daniel
DeLeon, who characterized the man
he was naming as "an honest working-
man. not a professional workingman,"
and added:
"The name of that man Is Martin
It. Preston and he is now in Jail at
Goldfield, Nevada. Preston Is In Jail
today for conduct that Is honorable
and which no workingman should lie
ashamed ol."
Del s on explained that Preston had
been sentenced to 25 years’ imprison-
ment for shooting a restaurant keeper
In Goldfield three years ago during a
strike. Preston. Del-eon asserted, had
acted as ihe protector of defenseless
girls, and by so doing his action en-
raged a restaurant keeper named Sil-
ver. Silver, Mr. Del-eon said, was shot
by Preston while threatening to kill
the latter.
The platform Is identical with one
adopted-by the party four years ago,
and declares for the substitution of
the cooperallvo commonwealth "for
the present state of plantless produc-
tion, Indus!rial war and social disor-
der.’.’
LOCAL NKWS ITEMS
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land, the ffre-cent rate was profitable
from the Mart. There la a profit today
on ft with all Europe. The postoffice
sl^tild not be a source of revenue.
Tnb present rate Is a grievous tax
on the immigrant when be Js at his
poorest It adds to the cost of trade.
It serves no useful purpose.
So'.ne European countries will re-
fuse to surrender the revenue they
receive from the ftve-eent rate, but
with England possessing the advantage
of the two-cent rate to the United
States, France, Germany and Italy
cannot deny It to their people. The
She Simply Had to
Very self possessed was a beautiful
Viennese, who called ohe evening on
the purser of one of the American line
boats, when that' gentleman, having
closed his affairs for the’ day, was
smoking a cigar In his office. Of
course, it Is against the rule* to
smoke below decks. baBnusc of the
danger from fire, but the purser and
the ship's doctor are usually privileged
Characters in this respect, while many
of the passenger* smoke in their cab-
ln* *o long they esn conceal the
fact.
m?sUgeS,a(torh"sH,fflce* ’(top'artmcnL T‘*e Vlfcnne8e’ however, who was ac
having secured a two-cent rate with
England, should extend It to all Eu-
rope and sat far as Isfeaslblc.—Phila-
delphia P Grits.
H* Accepted the Dare.
For months and months before Rob-
customed to a cigarette after her
meals, was either unwilling to do this
or lacked the courage, and when she
sought the smoking room she found
that the American line, of a$l the great
ocean transportation companies is
alone—or was until recently—In bar-
ert Vance Davidson announced for a' rlng ladles from this apartment. As
third term in response to the demands
of the people, he was deluged with
anonymous letters, in which the writ-
ers threatened him with financial, po-
litical and social ruin If he dared to
remain In the race and keep tip his
warfare against Illegal Trusts. There
may be more contemptiole dogs than
anonymous letter writer*. If fu>, they
have never been tagged.
Too Many Adverb*.
"I love you,” exclaimed Lady Gwen-
dolen Maltravers twltterlngly.
"You love me?” echoed 1-ord Chuck
aluck ruminatlngly.
”1 love you.’’ said she asaevorat-j fumeursT Will you* be so goodasto
it happened, especial force had been
lent the ruling in her case, through
the complaint of several men that the
presence of the young woman In fetch-
ing toilette and with a gold-tipped cig-
arette between her teeth. Interfered
with the masculine freedom of speech
and conduct. This the
plained to her as diplomatically as he
could.
“But where shall I go, m’sleur?”
she asked helplessly! “I cannot smoke
in comfort on deck, because of the
wind. It ts forbidden that 1 smoke in
my cabin, or in the salon, and it seems
that 1 am not desired in the salon des
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the Juice of one lime; follow rvltb a
dash or two of Angostura ofilers, and
finally add a bottle of imported ginger
ale. Harmless as the result may be,
it will accomplish wonders.
AGE OF FORESTRY.
which produce
Agata, in
was a tri-
angular territory of sfci ftiDg sands and
marshes known as the [Landes, which
has b^en changed froAj a formerly
worthless condition to a'profitable for-
e*t valued at $100,091 .qoo. France
and Germany together Lave a popula-
tion of lOO.Otld.OOO, In n End numbers,
against our probable 85'uOO.OOO, and
state forests of 1-4,5* do ,000 acres,
against our 100,000,000 Wcres of na-
tional forests; but FranW and Ger-
j many get from their foreikts in net re-
' turns $30,000,000 a yeaij, while the
ured a net
All Old World Nations Have v Prac-
ticed for Centuries Past
In the recent congress of governors
in Washington, called to consider
questions bearing on the conservation
and development of the natural re- ___
sources of the United States, the sub-1 t’nited ^States last year __
Ject of forestry was one of the most ! re,llni of i«-ss than »13aiflOoX. But then
important offered for discussion. For- j Gerniiinv and France spend Xn their
estry is practiced by every civilized forests $11,000,090 a year, whfhfe the
country of the world except China and I pm ted Slates last year spent onl>\ $1.-
Turkey. The subject was discussed j 400 000. In variety, combined
2000 years ago. and the United States | va|„„ olir forests are without parallel
is by no means in the position of a j fn th„ wori<i They produce limber
pioneer In Ihe field. The countries j a4aptfl<J to tbe greatest variety of
of Europe and Asia, taken together, uses *0 that Importations of wpod are
have passed through all the stages of j pr8Ctically unnecessary. Furthermore,
forest history, and applied all the . transportation facilities enable us to
known principles of forestry. They are m!tke everv for(.st region available,
rich in forest experience. The lessons gQ whlle u ls evident that the United
. of forestry were brought home to them I gtatw js enormously behindhand’ in
purser ex- by hard knocks. Their forest syg-j the management of Its forests, it Is
terns ware built up gradually as the j pqually eVi J<-nt that an Increased effi-
result of hardship. The I nlte.1 States, i pj^ncy of management cannot, fail^sto
then, in attacking the problem, has ! yU>w ’ the most spiendid returns,
the experience of all other countries ; '
to go upon. The forest principles 1
which hundreds of years of actual j
practice have proved right are at its
ingly.
At this point we threw aside the
book disgustedly.
Smart Kid.
“Pa says he ain’t going to buy no
fireworks this year."
“Ain't you going to beller far a
few?"
"Naw. Pa’ll watch the neighbors
fer an' hour, an' then he'll chase out
an’ buy twlct as, many.”
LAW AND LITERATURE.
Imported beor on draft at the Gem.
The sWellest bar In town. Finest
goods at the Gum.
Governor Curry of New Mexico will
arrive here tomorrow, according to
advices received in this city last nlglit.
No. 3, Golden state Limited, arrived
one hour late yest’erday; No. 1 Hock
Island was three hours and 15 minutes
Into, and Santa Fe No. !* was forty
minutes late. All other trains were
on time.
M. Araknwa, Japanese ambassador
to Mexico, who was In the city Satur-
day *‘ii route to' Mexico (lily to take
up his official duties after a visit to
his home country, left yesterday
morning on the Mexican Central.
Thu telephone companies' wires
which were blown down In a wind-
storm which occurred Friday after-
noon. have practically been re-erected;
Hie Southwestern, Hants Fe and
Southern Pacific tracks, which were
washed out by the storm the previous
night, have bean repaired, and El
Paso Is In a measure entirely recov-
ered from the effects of both rajn and
wind. Trains were delayed only a
short time, but the telephone service
remained crippled, partially, lit the
eastern part of tho city until yester-
day.
Writers Who Might Have Won Reputa-
tion at the Bar.
The old connection between law and
literature tvus strengthened by the late
Sir I-owls Morris, who practiced as a
conveyancer in Lincoln's tun while he
was establishing his reputation as a
poet. There have been several poets
who have abandoned Ihe steep places
of the bar for the slopes of Parnassus,
but the late Sir I-ewls Morris Is the
only poet of repute who has found the
tasks of conveyancer not Incompatible
with the cultivation of the muse. It.
I). Blackmore, the author of "Lorua
Dooue,” practiced as a conveyancer for
several years. Sir Walter Scott, speak-
ing of himself and law. said. “There
was no great love between us. ami It
please 1 heaven to decrease It on fur-
ther acquaintance.” Most of the poets
who have sprung from the legal profes
slon appear to have entertained the
same unfavorable view. Cowpor, who
was u fellow pupil of I-ord Thurlow in
an attorney's office, was called to tbe
bar ut tho Middle Temple, but he quick-
ly yielded himself to the charms of
literature. Denham was a member of
Lincoln's Iuu, and Thomas Gray- the
uutbor of the famous “Elegy Written
In a Country Churchyard,” studied for
the bar, but neither of these got beyond
the apprenticeship stage. Burry Corn-
wall was a solicitor.—Law Journal.
BISHOP POTTER STRONGER.
Bulletin Holds Out Hope of Recovery
for Distinguished Prelate 111
in Cocperstown.
Cnoperstown. N. Y , July 5.—With
creli succeeding hour hope Increases
for the recovery of Itishop Potter, who
Is seriously til here from a compltca
lb,a of stomach and liver troubles.
Ills physician tonight said his im-
provement warrants a decided hope
for a favorable outcome of the ease.
Dr. .lanvreiii issued this bulletin to-
day ;
"The Improvement in Bishop Pot-
ter a condition continues. Respiration
2k, pulse ION, temperature 99. Has
had a pretty comfortable night and
It resting quietly at the present, and
indication* point to ntill more lin-J the Lulled States on last Fourth of
provement. Dr. Hassell's hearty oo i July.
Germs Everywhere.
At no Instant In any man’s life, wak-
ing or sleeping. Is he free from as-
saults by swarming myriads of tiny
but powerful, unseen enemies of life
—those soldiers of death's dark le-
gions, the germs or microbes of dis-
ease. If It were possible lo wear
apeetatcles of the magnifying power
of high-powered microscopes, we
might see the very air we breathe
thick with the monstrous shapes of
untohl millions of bacilli: and that
in, or .about, or upon the water we
drink, the food we eat. the hands
we shake, the car straps we hang
to when going to work, the clothe*
we wear, the halt’ We comb, the lips
wc kiss, the cats and dogs we fondle,
the books we read in short, always
and everywhere, the armies of death
surround us, ami Incessantly make
war upon us. And not only do they
Attack us from every possible exter-
ior vantage point, hut they are also
ever at work trying to undermine or
carry by assault the citadel of life
from within the lines of our own de-
fenses. Germs thrive and multiply
in the mouth. In the nose, and espe-
cially in the in test I mil organs Thus
Is call hp said that not only do we
live In the midst of death, but that
death lives it| our midst. The wonder
Is, not that we arc ever HI, but that
we are ever well.
An Ag« of Bibness.
"Sir. 1704 people were injured In
"What of it?"
“Doesn’t that figure startle you?”
"Not a startle. 1 would have guessed
at treble your statement.”
Figures in all lines ts gtttln’ too
operation In carrying out the treat
menl has been most valuable and at
my suggestion yesterday afternoon
Dr. Henry Hum of Albany came in
consultation, and approving the treat . - •—
ment in every particular, presented a [ darned big In this country,”> coin-
decided hope for a favorable Issue of! plained the party of tho first part ns
the case. he moved away. "Got so yon hafter
■/Signed) "G. 12. JANV12IN, M. D.” I kill off half the population to arouse
______ ___ j a Mute pausin' Interest.”
Meeting the Condition. »
•■AUgusta," said Mr. Wvss when the
quarrel was at Its height, ’’you have ,
devised a great variety of ways to call
me a foot."
"Merely a matter of necessity." re-
plied Mrs. Wyss. "You have devised
so many ways of being one."
THE WRITING TRADE.
The trade of writing, as well as the
professlorf of letters, is much more
highly paid In the twentieth century
than ever before In the history of the
world, and the rewards for both medio-
crity and genius promise to he larger
In the future than they are in the
present. As the eapltalns of Industry
have brought to a highly specialized
condition the market for brains that
spell achievement in the various fields
of Industrial enterprise, the publish-
ers have specialised the market for
brains that produce anything that the
ever-widening public will read. Here
Is a market for blank verse poetry,
and there a place where limericks are
bought at so much a line: here a
house that deals tn the output of the
novelist and there n hoU’-ln-the-wall
where the dramatist may submit Ills
ware's to purchasers who may make
him famous In n night and rich lit a
twelvemonth, and who are sufflclentlv
hard driven by competition to keep n
keen eve neelod for whatever bids fair
to touch the popular taste. The com-
mercialization of writing may cause
lovers of literature to lament, but It
has opened a most fruitful field pf
endeavor to writer folk of every class.
Mark Twain's earnings amount to
rflmost $l.nfio,ooo— -an amount that
many persons, mistakenly, assert can-
not tie honestly made ip commerce In
a lifetime. This shows how mueh
richer the field of humor Is today than
it was a century or s few eenturtcR
ago. George Bernard Shaw might
have remained a clerk If the possi-
bilities for gelling money returns
were no greater than those that were
offered when Terence and Plautus
wrote. Mr. Dooley Is vastly better
paid than the Athenian philosophers,
and Wallace Irwin Is much more
handsomely remunerated than wa*
Ihe brilliant but now almost-forgotten
Wluthrop M'eckworth Praed.—Louis-
ville Courier-Journal.
A HOMESICK PIONEER.
tell me where It Is that I may take
tny cigarette after the diner?”
“I regret to say that the company
seems to have made no provision for
ladles who smoke," said the troubled
purser, to whom this was a new <jHN’
culty.
“Your regrets are easily voiced,
m’sleur,” purred the lady. “I trust
that you will lie as readily able to
suggest a remedy." Bnt then her gaze
chanced to fall upon the cigar, which
he had laid aside to receive her, and
her face brightened. “It seems that
you are privileged beyond most of
us, m’sieur. You smoke in this
cabin?”
"Oh, I—er—!’’ he stammered, flush-
ing like a schoolboy before the merry
sparkle in her eyes, "Sometimes, you
know, 1—er! Well, yes,” he concluded
defiantly. “I smoke here ’every even-
ing after my work is done. Of course
I am more than usually carefui about
fire.”
“Vralment,?” she said naively, taking
a cigarette from her Jeweled case. “I
will profit by the example. Aiver.v
evening after I have dined, I shall
come her for my cigarette, for, of
course, if you may smoke here, so may
1. And soon we shall grow to he great
comrades. Is It. not so, m’sleur?*
She was as good as her word, too,
for she did come every evening anil
lounged prettily on the sola berth,
white the purser, good American that
he was. saw to it that the cabin door
stood wide open, to let the perfumed
smoke out and the gaze of the inquis-
itive In.—From “The Log of an Ocean
Traveler," by Aubrey Lanston, In The
Bohemian Magazine for July.
The people who want U dou’t seem
to realize that there isn’t such a thing
as the biggest half.
Celebrating.
T wanna toy ballon,” walled the
little Tite|'h 1st baby.
"You can't have a toy balloon." ex-
plained Mr. Tllcphist "That would
cost 5 cents. But be a good ehikl.
and father will read the Declaration
of independence to you."
Gold cash warms a marble heart,
[ but the effect Js only temporary.
CHEAP EUROPEAN POSTAGE.
No possible reason .exists why two-
cent postage should not be established
at once by tlio United States with
every European country that will ac-
cept this reduction. The present lnter-
natloial flve-cent rate was established
a little over forty years ago. It suc-
ceeded prohibitive rates of twice to
five times 0s high. There were Asi-
atic countries to which the postage
on a single letter was 75 cents to $t,
ami some distant lands to which the
foreign rate from this country was
(Mil
To the present generation such In-
ternational imstal rates seem Incon-
ceivable; but tbe flve-cent rate to
all parts of the world seemed a prod-
igy when It began. On the North At-
i lar.tlc, between this country and Eng-
Postic Plaint of One of the Early Bet-
tier* In Missouri.
In wonder the people of today reml
of the persistent cheerfulness with
which the pioneers went about the
business of settling the great weal.
Nevertheless It somehpw gratifies tlig
weakness of human nature to know
that there was now unit then a wearer
of the deerskin leggings nud coonsklu
cap who grumbled.
One early settler who went from a
snug New England village to the fever
haunted prairies along the Missouri
wns moved to put Ills complaints Into
rhymes, one of which hits survived
and 1« now carefully preserved by tho
descendants of tho early seltter, who
live surrounded by the peaceful pros
pcrlty and comfort of a Missouri farm
right In the heart of the anathematized
prairie:
Ob, lonesome, windy, grassy place,
Where buffalo and imuko prevail—
The first with dreadful looking face.
The last with dreadful sounding tall--
I'd rather live on camel hump
And bo a Yankee Hoodie beggar
Than where I never see u stump
And shake to death with fever’n nger.
Judging from the last line, one might
conclude that an acute attack of ”ager”
bad suddenly prevented him from con-
tinuing.
Pis In England.
l’le came to tins fore In England
muuy centuries ago. it originated la
the form of mince pie aud was used hi
the celebration of Christmas. In Its
primitive stage it was baked In a deep
sided dish, lined and covered with
rolled out dough. The filling was of
forcemeats, richly sweetened and
spiced This spicing anil flavoring
stood for the presents which the wisp
men bore to tho Christ In tho manger
For years and years this custom of
having the Christmas mince pie pre-
vailed, but finally it was denounced far
and wide by tho I’urltau* a* a form of
Idolatry, and the government after par-
liament had suppressed the celebration
of tbe birth of Christ took steps to stop
the baking and eating of the mince pie.
Eventually saner reasoning led to the
taking oft of the ban, and the pto eat-
ing custom was renewed. — London
Standard.
If you want to know how old a
woman Is, ask her sister-in-law.
She—A woman Is more apt to leek
before she leai»s than a man. He—
Yes, If she has a looking glass handy.
Some men get stoop-shouldered from
carrying around the responsibility of
things that don’t really concern thorn.
Do your best-
friend.
-but not your best
Gray hairs need be honored only
when they adorn honest heads.
Refreshing Summer Orinks. '
Another refreshing drink, especially
In the dog-day season, is Mrs. H. A.
Hardy’s Kentucky claret cup. To pre-
pare it. mix a quart bottle of claret
wine with equal parts of cold oolong
tea and very sweet lemonade. When
wi ll blended, place some long strips
of previously frozen cucumber in the
pitcher, season to taste with grated
nutmeg, aud serve very cold. If de-
sired, several sprigs of mint, may also
be added, In which case the flavor of
the beverage could scarcely be distin-
guished from that of an extremely
tasty julep.
Or, if it should chance that some
one of your guests is so firmly planted
upon the “water wagon" as to he ab-
solutely lmimmi from even so mild a
m
Fire-Walking in India.
_ __________________ _ __________ Here is the latest fire-walking story
command. In studying the history of from India. It is published tqr the
forestry’ two .'acts stand out with ! Times of India, which says that It
striking clearness: One ls, taht those comes from a correspondent whose
countries which have gone farthest veracity It has no reason to doubt,
in the practice of forestry are ,hs ■ This, of course is not qmte the same
ones which today are the most pros- [hi"* «« vouching lor the truth of It
perous, which have the least propor-1 A >lnl<luo and extraoidinary -
lion of waste land, and which have ! «"« ^nanny took pUujej»tjxag?r-
the most promising futures; the other J ’ , le ltl‘ h .'.ho ^ " ?. Ki.k
is that those countries which have * being members of the Sowrasta or silk
’ ” countries wuicn nave weaving community. For some days
spent the most upon their forests re- „„„ JL rD„at„B
ceive from them the greatest net re-
turns. German forestry Is remarkable
for Its thoroughness. Starting in 1830
with forests which were in as bad
shape an many of our own, having
been as recklessly cut over. In seventy-
fpur years it raised the rate of pro-
duction threefold. During the same
period it trebled the proportion of saw
timber got from the average cut; that
Is, through the practice of forestdy
the tlinberlan.ls of Germany are of
three times better quality to day (han
when no system was used. And In
fifty-four years It Increased the money
there had been ceremonial reading of
the Mahabharata, which was followed
by the festival of Droupadl and Arju-
na. Devotees numbering forty under-
went partial fasting for forty-one Jays.
Images were carried in procession
through the principal streets, after
which came the fire-walking ceremony
In a large pit 17x12 feet. Forty cart-
loads of fuel were furnt from early
morning and glazing coals nearly two
feet, deep were spread over the pit
and leveled. The devotees, who num-
bered forty, bather, and dressing them-
selves in saffron-colored clothes,
walked straight Into the pit, shouting
est seven fold. The method of man
agement adopted Insures that no more
wood shall be cut than the forest pro-
duces. When what Is wanted Is a
sustained yield from the forest year
by year, It Is clearly necessary to have
always a certain number of treos
ready to be cuC there must be a prop-
er proportion or trees of all ages. This
percentage has been secured and main-
tained with almost mathematical ac-
curacy in the German forests. The
great achievement of Frahce In for-
estry has been the establishment of
protective forests where much destruc-
tion had been caused by floods and
winds. Two-thirds of the torrents of
Europe are in France. In the Alps,
Ihe Cevennes, and the Pyrenees jnouti-
tains there are 1,462 brooks and moun-
tain streams which are consoldered
dangerous. Nearly a million aeges of
mountain slopes are exposed to ero-
sion by these streams, to say nothing
of the dangers of Inundation to the flat
land below. During the French revo-
lution the mountaihs were cleared at
such a rate that disastrous effects
were within ten years. The clearing
continued unchecked until some 800.-
000 acres of farm land had been ruin-
ed or seriously Injured, and the popu-
lation of eighteen departments had
been reduced to poverty and forcer to
emigrate. In 1882 a law was passed
ordering reforestation at the expense
of the state, with excellent results in
every way. The sand dunes on the
, coast of France, mainly In Gascony,
tipple as this Innocent claret cup, try j which the winds drove farther and
hint with one of Miss Truly Shattuck’s farther Inland, wasting the vineyards,
favorite summer night thirst quench-1 have now largely been fixed in place
ers and see if he does not pass the |,y forest plantations; and the dunes,
glass for more. To do this, however, instead of being a constant menace to
fill a large beer glass about one-third the neighboring fanners, now are
returns from an average acre of for- “Govlnda! Govlnda!" and came up
at tho other end, after making a few
circuits over the fire. The heat pro-
duced was intense, and the Iron rail-
ings placed around the lnclosuro be-
came red hot. It was considered an
auspicious circumstance that at the
Identical time the fire-walking was
about to commence, a Brahmin kite
made circles over the fire. The spec-
tacle was witnessed by a crowd of
G.000 persons, among whom was Dr.
Mitchell, principal of the Maharajah's
College Trivandrum; Mrs. Mitchell,
Mr. Benseley, superintendent Tran-
vancor police, and Sankara, Menon
district manager.” Possibly the Eu-
topean witnesses may be heard from
later on.
The Tender Thought.
Harry is six years old. “Pa.” he
asked one day. "if I get married will
1 have a wife like ina?"
"Very likely," replied his father.
“And If I don’t get married will I
have to he an old bachelor like Uncle
Tom?"
“Very likely."
"Well, pa,” he saldjjtfter a moment
of deep thought, “it's a mighty tough
world for us men, ain’t it.
Cut It SChort.
“I presume,” said tile amateur
speaker, “that in a Fourth of July
oration it Is pardonable to be a little
boastful.”
“Yes," assented the candid citizen,
"but If you want to make a lilt, don’t
be verboastful."
The man who wastes the host years
of his life should make the best of
what he has left.
Times want ads. bring results.
The Elephant-Say, old f Head .have you any spare change? i need a lot of money for this campaign.
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