Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 51, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 September 1909 — Page 7

BEACHES TOP OF THE WORLD

North Pole Floats Stars and Stripes Through , Daring Exploit of Dr. Frederick A. Cook ACHIEVES THE GOAL SOUGHT BY HUNDREDS Graphic Story Related by Distinguished Explorer. Who Braved Famine and Frost With Eskimos and Dogs to Find His Ambition Satisfied

There was union! need nf rnnlii

advance. Our inuin mission did nut KHstnere Land, reached

Copenhagen, Cable. Dr. Frederick A Cook, the American explorer, reached the north pole April 21, 1903, ac-

cc-di"3 o a telegram just received at (he ccomal office here. The message was received from Lerwick, Shetland islands.. Or Frederick A. Cook, accompanied bv a Norwegian, left Etah, Greenland,

March 3. 1008, taking with him eight I ; , hltH,,"' over

through EMesmcrc land.

penult of detour tor tin.

exploring tin; const. Last Signs of Solid Earth. "Hero were seen the last signs of solid earth; beyond there was nothing atnhlc to he seen.

"we advanced steadily over the

now

i. l i . ,.....,4 vuinriH'a ut-Uiiii in ran? nr

On those exiled. tfmiK ho mwi.. ,.

full Html j of jco and lee conditions. Me tlen e.ohed the theocy which I rought hlni the honor of discovering the geographic iMile. Throwing aside every tradition of arctic explorution. ho decided to make his dash for ih pole In mi.lwlntor. He figured that hin prowrejh would not he blocked nearly so o.'un by open lanes In tho he and his progress would therefore be more regular. This would bo of great advantage in feeding tne dags and the few Eskimos he intended carrying as his companions. He also reckoned that the sllpht difference In the cold would not seriously affect either hlnmclf or his companions, and as his direction would have to bo computed by Instruments, he cared nothing for the lack or light. Leaves Companion Behind. On ronching Etah. Greenland, ho established a base of supplies, left behind his sole white companion, and with a few Eskimos, whose affection he had won. he started on his despeiate journey. He departed from there Feb. 21. 1908. According to his letters and the deductions of scientists

and .polar explorers, he crossed to

by Cnpe

The Man From Out West

Storiette

Thomas Hubbard, on the edge of the

polar Ice. waited a few days. Inving In a stock of fresh meal. When he was ready, and taking but two of the hardleHt of the Eskimos, he began his risky dash over the polar Ice, 500 miles to the ultimate north. 30,000 Square Miles of Land. Tho land which Dr. Cook found at the north polo is said to he vast in in extent. Its area Is roughlv est. mated at over .lu.000 square miles. All of this land is not as barren as might bo supposed, signs of animation having been discovered by the

daring discoverer. There is some vogo

nor the blow hole of seals were detected. Even the mlscrosc. mir fr!)t.

ni. Vk t .. .Iii I . i .

i- i ,n: i ne .-ana eumoii tn;u.ei oi me deep were no longer tinv York Herald publishes alder us. I vii-Piient from Dr. Frederick ' The maddening Influence of the uh.fh i dated "Hans Egede. ' t hlftlng desert of frost hecnino ni.

UHmsda)." on his expert-j most unendurable in the daily roul-I lntio ""d haunts of big game, the tin- reue regions. ine. i untere of which is yet to be ascerpiolonged fight with fam- J "The surface of tho pack offered ' ' utned. This land reaches almost to , i i.Kt," says Dr. Cook, "we less and Iras trouble and the weather 1 1,10 I)0,e- ., I..-! Hiicr. e.Ud In reaching ! Improved, but there still remained tho

Hi j.tle A new highway with j life-sapping wind which drove despair .-mg strip of animated nu-, to Its lowest recess. Tho extreme 1. explored and big game, cold compeled action : ." :::lJ S" Da After D Over Big Distances.

.Uli u.iuilit WIU i ..rr-l

mis ui uiu-i iihj uur wenrv togs spread over big distances. Incidents

and positions were recorded, but ad-

Land Has Been Discovered.

EVEN TO COOK'S POLE Constitution Will Follow the Flag, Says VVickersham.

New York. Stjeelal: That the flni?

hns been discovered on : venture .vr.s nromotlv fnrvntt ti it I idailted hv Hr. Önnlt nn thn timv nt.tln

-t the earth's northernmost ! the next da's efforts.

triangle of 30.000 square i "The night of April 7 was made

i been cut out ot the tor notable b the swinging of tho sun at

midnight over the northern ice.

buiiburns and frostbites now were

continent will be defended by the I'nited States was the opinion expressed by Attorney General Wickersham in an Interview at Lawrence Hen eh, L. I., his summer homo.

The constitution wil. follow the

iiikiiown.

Mention was the outcome .n.:uer cruise In the arctic sons

- hoonr Bradley, which a r-, double dav's elltter Infused miii n ' flue if the new land diftenvorod hv

d- the limits of navigation In incentive into one's life of shivers. I Cook proves to be of any value' said s ' md late in August. 1907. ' "Our observation on Anril G nlared i Mr. Wickersham. "The new territory

iid it ions were iound to the camp In latitude SGM. longitude : may perhaps not prove a very valu-

i uture to tho pole

i; Hia.lley liberally supplied '.i- N'hvi suitable provisions i '!- Mv own equijiment for !. - scred well for every ; ct arttic travel." Eskimos Gather for Bear Hunt. ' v Eskimos had gathered on nUn.l shores at Annatoak for ' t bear hunt. Immense qiiant nt Mt had been collected and u. '.i tup were plenty of strong

mlilnntlon was lucky, for u.i- u(Kd material for equip- ' that was required was conarranged for at a point only - irniii the boreal center. House and Workshop Built, v " and workshlp wore built ).k boxes by willing hnnds. tiiirthernmost tribe of 250 t themselves to the problem k a suitable outfit. :iie end of tho long winter were ready for the enteral . plans had matured to force :te over Grlnnell land north1 Its west const out to the ' 1 i.Mialen opened with a few ; .irtles being sent over tho ih chores to explore the way ho game haunts. Tholr ' a-. onlv partly successful be-

tie storms. ' I of 190S

' i Mention embarlte.

i he pole. It consisted of ' .."ii and 103 dogs drawing ' avil laden Fledges. ' vpedition left tho Greenland 1 1 pushed westward over the "I i'e of Smith Sound. - x.ni of the long night was "; ""l by a few hours of day ' :M of the winter was felt at ' tomou the helRhtg of Ellos- - "ii to the Pacific slope, the ':: sank to minus S centi-

94.2.

"In spite of what seem-d long marches, we advanced but little over 100 miles. Much of our work wa

lost in circuitous twists, around troiib- I ored. lesomo jiresstire lines and high, ir

regular ileitis. "A very old Ice drift, too. was driving eastward with sulllclent force to give some anxiety. Although still equal to about fifty miles daily, the extended marches and the long hours for traveling with which fortune favored us earlier were no longer possible. "We were now about 200 miles from the pole, and sledge loads were reduced. Dogs Used as Food. "One dog after another went Into tho stomachs of the hungry survivors, until tho teams wero considerably diminished In number, but there seemed to remain a sufficient balance for man and brute to push along Into the heart of the mystery to which we had set ourselves. "On April 21 we had reached SO degrees 59 minutes 4C reconds. North Pole At Last In Sight. "The pole was In siht. "We covered the remaining fourteen seconds and made a lew final observations. "1 told Etuklshook and Ahwolsh (tho accompanying EsKltnosi that we

(February 19) 1,ad rcac,ied ,1 'a nail.' iibarlted on its j "Everywhere we turned was south.

in .i öinhn- nti I'UIIKI pass from one side of tho earth to the other from midday to midnight. "At Inst tho flag Jlontcd to the breozes at tho pole. "It was April 21. 190S. "The temperature was minus 3D centrlgrndo, harometor 29.S3. latitude 00; as for tho longitude it was nothing, as It was but a word. "Although crazy with Joy. our spirits began to undergo a feeling of weariness. "Next day. after taking nil our ob-

I servuuous, u suiuiiiieui oi intense

able acquisition, but if human beings

can live there or If there are native races living there, a serious question of citizenship will have to be conshl-

REGULAR , CUT-UPS. 1 Frenchmen Fight Duel and Refuse to Make Up. Pnris, Cable: Captains Gerard and An go, two of tho best swordsmen In tho French army, fought a duel with swords last week under the big wheel on the old exposition grounds. The men fought seven rounds of three minutes each when Ange fell with four wounds. Gerard suffered only ono slight cut. Tho duel was the most fiercely fought of any seen in Paris In several years and the combatants were unreconciled at Its conclusion. Tho trouble grew out of reflections on Gerard's veracity made by Ange. Gerard demanded a retraction, but Ange struck him In tho face. Gerard Immediately resorted to tho "code" and clearly avenged himself.

TO SEEK THE SOUTH POLE. What Dr. Cook Will Do, According to His Brother.

Fc-c

' does were frozen and tho 'l severely but we soon " i-iiino trails, along which v w.is nsy.

e Way Through Nansen Sound.!

while we

solicitude penetrated us looked nt tho horizon.

"Was it possible that this region, without a patch of earth had aroused the ambition of so many men for so

I iiiitttv f-i-iif urlf''

1 'f'l through Nausen Sound i "There was no ground, onlv an lm-

i d. in this march we so-lmenstty of daitzling whito snow; no

ii 'link oxen, soven boars and

i' 'li' il out Into tho polar sen m uthern point of Herbert '" March IS. Six Eskimos re-here.

1,1 t men and forty-six dogs

I Piles for eighty days, the lack of publicity that has been Rivj i tin- clrcumpolar pack was; practically every other expodltk

lis later two other Eskltho last supporting "ii.-,i and tho trials had now ' ' 11 cd by the survival of tho 'wo best men and twenty-six Plfked for the final effort. G'al Lays 460 Miles Away. ''-lore us In an unknown -nlles lay our goal. The

- mi,ied long marches nnd

living being, no point to break tho

frightful monotony. "On April 23 we started on our return." The cunquerttf of the north by Dr. Cook was achieved with remarkablo

en

podition

against tho power of the Ico god. Comparatively few people knew of the event when In the little schooner John K. Bradley he weighed anchor and sailed north from Sydney. N. S. Tho vessel was equipped and furnished by Dr. Hoswell O. Stebhlns, and tho master of the vessel and its crow were not Informed of the purposes of the trip. Dr. Cook, a man experienced In arctic exploration, had ideas of his own as to methods by which tho pole

enc-oiirnclmr nrnirrwi-

- b ad which separated tho 1 cn,l,,, 1,0 rcncno1- IJo "n,l accompa- "" 'he ico of the central pack i n'0' ,n0 Ioar-v expedition of 1S91 as a

wun uitio delny. , . ; '"w temperature was poralstwinds made life a tor- ' . roope(1 ,lp 1,1 our 8now M,'8 dried beof tallow nnd ' r lh0r Wer "0"'' p . , , ' ""Torts occasionally to ho k-r V ' "',vnral dn'8 nttor the sight of p . ., . lost tho overcast skv ',t , tuliM0 nccurate dotermiiialion (""-illons. pr.5'niTihj!0 tlic horl7-on was pnrtly 'ir XnTS;,lniul W!,s discovered. 11 llMt. J.f oil1-0"8 Bavo 0,,r Position l SU,, longitude SG.3C.

surgeon, and ho won mine for his

coolness and courage by leading a party of explorers to safety In an open boat through a dangerous son. Ho had commanded nn expedition of sportsmen, explorers ami scientists Into the polar regions, whore he mnde Important observations ami described them In accepted geographical works. Decorated by Belgian Navy. Ho had boon attached to a Hclglnn antarctic expedition and on account of his courage and resourcefulness saved the entire parly from death. For this he was decorated by King Leopold.

New York, Special: Dr. Frederick A. Cook will now try to find the south pole, according to his brother. William L. Cook. "My brother's success is duo to his gigantic and never-falling efforts, to Ids love for adventure and to the Cook ambition." said the brother. "The best and most complete way

possible to explain why my brother reached the north pole Is to say that he will now find the south polo. He will not fail. He can not fail. His whole life proves this, tils career has boon picturesque In the extreme and filled with honest and determined effort. Ho Is u self-nindo man as inurb no as tho greatest figures in tho world ? history." Auto Kills Lord De Clifford. London. Cable: Jack Southwell Hussell, Lord Do Clifford, was killed in nn automobile accident at Hamber. near Brighton. His car collided with another vehicle and turned turtle, nnd Lord Do Clifford was killed instantly, lie was born in 1SS4. In February, 1900, he was married to Eva Carrlngton. who was at ono time on the stage as one of the "Gibson girls" In a musical comedy. Abdul Suffers From Cancer. Constantinople. Cable: From a reliable, yet confidential, source It Is loarnod that Abdul Hamid, the de

posed sultan is suffering from cancer

of the Btomncn. i ne pajsicmns woo have exnmlnod him say his ailment Is Incurable and that his tenure on lifo is only a few months at host. Ta-Ta, Salomes. Albany, N. Y Special: Salome dances at fairs and many fakirs thnt have thrived heretofore must cease, according to nn order Issued by tho state department of agriculture, otherwise appropriation that goes to these fairs will be cut ofT. Kentucklans Gorge Themselves.

Louisville, Ky., Special: Fifty! thousand full meals, 22,000 pounds of barbecued meat and 4, BOO gallons of Kentucky "burgoo" those things wero ftild to have been consumed by the people who took advantage last week of the "Jefforsonlan barbecue," hold in the state fair grounds. ,

It was Saturday that last find hardest day of the woek. Since 5 o'clock Margaret Gladys had been on her feet directing and assisting her maid of all work, who. having boon out to n dance the night before, was even slowerhanded than usual. Yet, though provoked almost beyond endurance, Margaret did not lose her temper. She wun a slender woman with a remarkable glrllshness of figure and a remarkable pathos and sweetness of expression. Her big blue eyes had shed tears enough to fade them, but they were not faded. Bravely did she try to keep the corners of her mouth up as she went swiftly from one task to another. It was not her way to look worried or down-hearted, no matter how she felt. Twelve years before her big. rough husband to whom her mother had married her, an Ignorant slip of a girl, had gone down with his engine to tho foot of an embankment in a cloud of escaping steam, which had scalded him to death. Since then life had been harder than ever for Margaret. There was a little daughter to he provided for besides herself, nnd only her two untrained hands to depend upon. For ten years she did everything that an honest, incompetent woman may do to earn her living. She sewed, baked, scrubbed and took caro of the sick. The few hundreds of dollars that the railroad company had doled out to her as compensation for the loss of her broad-winner had purchased a homo which sheltered her and the little Madge. But for food and fuel and clothing she had to furnish the wherewithal. In a big town, far from the few to whom she was joined by ties of kinship, she fought alone in the sight of God and her little girl. At the end of ten years, with Madge beginning to be able to help a little, Margaret decided that she would try to do what so many of her neighbors did keep boarders. She reasoned .that working in her own home must of necessity be easier than working in another's. Her first boarder was an overHow from Mrs. Hunt's larger house a young mechanic who wanted a quiet

place to lodge in. He brought others, until the house was as full as it could hold. For a year she worked alone, then help became a necessity. No place at her table was ever empty, for It was known throughout the neighborhood that cleaner beds nnd daintier fare could not be found anywhere. It was hard always to maintain the standard. Margaret felt that today as she hurried to and fro, preparing the Sunday dinner and that day's luncheon, bestirring the languid Maud and listening to hear If Madge were practicing as she should. The kitchen was full of odors and warm as an overheated range could make it. Suddenly Margaret caught at the edge of a table with one hand and pressed the other to her eyes. Maud, aroused by the unusual movement, stared at her. "What's the matter?" she asked. "Nothing." Margaret managed to say; "I'm just a little dizzy, that's all. It's pretty close in here. If you will watch the cooking I think I will take a little rest." At that instant something seemed to give way in her head: she began to sink and felt herself falling. She tried to cry out as her hand was torn from the stair rail by its own weight. Then a horrible, rushing darkness seized her, she felt a shock of a terrible blow, then, with a moan, she passed into unconsciousness. With another moan she opened her eyes and looked into those of a man who was bending over her with an expression of grent dismay on his face.

She knew him. He was the man from

out West, as Madge called hlni. the

man who wore a handkerchief knotted

about his neck on wet days and pulled

his hat-brim over his eyes on sunsliinv

ones. He had boon In the house two mouths, yet she had rarely spoken to

him. He never complained or was anything but quiet and sober. Sometimes, as she had hurried in nnd out

of the dining room nt meal time, she

had met his eyes and they had Impressed her as being very dark and keen: it was the only way in which ho over appeared aware of her presence. "Are you hurt bad?" he asked now. "Yes," Margaret tried to say. but failed, and had to finish her meaning with a nod. "My God!" the man from out West said. He put his arms gently under

neath her slim length and lifted her as easily as a strong wind lifts a feather. Then he shouted for help. Tho sound of his voice rang strangely in Margaret's ears as she again lost consciousness. Half an hour later she found that she was lying in her own bed. Dr. Krlng was there and he was talking to Mrs. Hunt, who was also there, about some one who was "going to be laid up a good while." "Do you mean me?" Margaret asked. Then, before the anrwer she dreaded came, she turned her fnce away ami cried. To be laid up for weeks, maybe, seemed almost more than she could bear. If she gave up her boarders, how could she live? And there was no one she could depend upon. Mrs. Hunt, fat, red of face, but with the kindness of an angel, saw Margaret's tears, and she went over to her. "Now. my dear," she said, "cheer up. I'll see to things here for a few days till you're able to see to them yourself." "But how can you?" Mnrgarct protested, faintly, hut beginning to see a glimmer of hope. "You have your own work to do." "Don't you worry about my work, or yours either." returned Mrs. Hunt. But Margaret could not help worrying, though for a week all wont fairly well. At the end of that timo she managed to crawl out of bed and down-stairs, where, from a couch, she ran her own household machinery. The hoarders were good, making no complaint, though there must have been reason for many. But It was the man from tho West whom Madge praised loudest. "He bought most all the fruit and flowers you had last week," she declared, "and he asks after

you evor time he comes in. And tins morning, whon Mnud spilled vouie coffee down his back, ho novor trald a word." The man from the West, stroking her hair softly, said: i soe it's a new Idea to yon, but it ain't to me. I've wanted you ever since I first aw you. I came out here looking for a wife, but the minute I saw you I know I hadn't to look any farther. And 1 haven't. And 1 won't. I ain't poor. I've got a big ranch and money in the bank. I'll do well by you and educate the little girl if you'll have me, will you?" He put his hand under nor chin nnd lifted hor face until she had to look at him. "I never thought about I moan I didn't care whether you had money or not." Margarot faiterod, "but I did I do caro about you " The table was thrust aside and he was beside her. holding her with awkward tenderness In his arms. "God loves you, girl, for that!" he cried. And then he kissed her. New Haven Register.

THE GARDEN OF EDEN. Many Believe That the Island of Ceylon Was the Home of Adam. Millions and millions of the devout Christians of the Orient nnd all tho followers of the Prophet Mohammed believe that tho Island of Ceylon Is tho Garden of Eden, in which tho human race first came to consciousness. Connecting Ceylon with India and the mainland of Asia is u low llng chain of islands and sand banks known as Adam's Bridge. In tho southern part of the Island is a beautiful mountain which has been known for centuries

as Adam's Peak. ! A railroad built like tho Florida i Keys road to Key West will soon run I across Adam's Bridge to connect Eden . with Asia, and the angels with tho I llainlng swords who htand guard ut I the gate will be made to do signal

lower service lor a Government lallwav. Tho high slopes of Adam's Peak are devoted to growing tea for tho afternoon delectation of some daughter of Eve, who has long ago forgot the garden, the serpent and the exile. But despite all these modern improvements and developments Ceylon is still a Garden of Eden, although It Is much confused as to who is the master of the garden. Near the top of Adam's Peak there is a depression in the stone which lesembles a footprint the track left by a giant in the form of a man. Good Moslems and the va.t inajo'ity of Oriental Christians firmly bf.tete that It Is the footprint of Father Adam when he turned to leave h s paradise. Good Buddhists believe thai it i3 the Imprint of tin bare foot of Gautama Buddha, who brought the eniightc nment of his wisdom to Ceylon. Deout Hindoos believe that the footprint is that of one of tho thousand and eight manifestations of the second in the Urahminical trinity. So pilgrims of every religion make their way to Adami Peak to pray for the salvation of mankind at the spot where many of them believe the first sin came into the world. Twenty-five years ago Buddhism was moribund in Ceylon. Hardly a monk could bo found, the temples

were given over to the profanation of tho Hindus and their disgusting worship. Everybody recognized that Buddhism was dying out in Ceylon Just as it had already died In India. Colonel Alcott resolved to reform Buddhism. Enough of his Christian training and Occidental heritage remained with him to convince him that "faith, if it have not works, is dead." He established a Buddhist college, in which bovs and young men wero to bo instructed in the ordinary branches of learning and In the pure precepts of their fatheis" ancient faith. Soon after came Mrs. Mario Biggins, also

an American, who established a similar college for girls. The yellow-robed monks rubbed their eyes in wonder, and then they, too, caught some of tho inspiration of tho Western blood in an Eastern religion. In this same Garden of Edon the American laborers in the Clnlstlan vineyard are also hard at work. The American mission in the north of the Island is taking outcast boys and girls, educntlng them, giving them English names and setting thorn out on the road to prosperity. In Colombo there is an old Dutch

Presbyterian Church, the congregation dating from lCt". The present church building was erected In 1749 and Is th largest and handsomest building In the city. It contains tho tombs of the Dutch Governors. Generals and Admirals a might v host. Its people are all "burghers" descendants of the old Dutch colonists. Whether the footprint on the peak Is that of Adam or Buddha or Vishnu only the pilgrims enro. But ihere Is no doubt that todav American influence is tho most potent In tho confused religions or this island. Springfield Union.

INDENTIFICATION BY VEINS. More Effective Means of Detection Than Are Finger Prints. A new method of identification of prisoners has been devised by means of photographs taken of the veins on the back of the hind, the London Evening Standard says. Prof Thomassia, an Italian professor, the Inventor, bases his method on tho observation that no two persons have the veins on th back of the hand so much alike as to allow room for confusion loss. Indeed, than with finger prints. The prisoner's hand is hold downward for several minutes, or the pulse nt the wrist is restrained, and the veins are then photographed. This photograph, Prof. Tliomassla says, will always bo available for explicit proor. whereas criminals now understand that with an ordinary razor they can operate on their own hands without much pain or Inconvenience, and mny change the pattern of the finger print beyond chance of Identification. To burn the finger tips is more painful, but perhaps even more effective. On tho other hand, Prof. Tomnssla

points out, a serious and dnngerous operation can modify the velnal system.

Woman's Adaptability in Married Life

A woman begin.- upon her wcddlm; day that Miiin-Ksion of h telf and hi r otlu rwlse visible emotions that Ufa from ynr to year requires of her. Why It has become a matter of established and expected form that un the oeeiiKloi. of the most sacred and personal affairs of life the bridal and the burialdoors should be thrown open and a cloud of witnesses should bo asked In to view the exhibition. Is txplnlnrd only by the love of the spectacular or by the survival of the old lull rest in gbiditorial shows and the baiting of the bear. But the public wed Hug in the crowded church, or with the tluong of guests at home, has become a usual thlntr, rtnd the bride's business Is to look as lovely as fate allows and to show no atom of emotion or of Inner feeling, neither that of a Venus Victrix or of a liiitib led to the slaughter. It Is not an easy task, but she usually succeeds hi It: and when well done It helps her. with various previous experiments, to keep In the background, her life long, much of the visual evidence of herself which she finds It best to reserve from sight and knowledge.

There mny be many a thing nbout her huVband not to her taste; as with equal possibility there mny be much about her not to his taste, either; things seen in the tniniünrlty of married life and unguevsed before, but which husband and wife can no more change now limn the leopard can change his spots. The Inedmnd. the wife, was loved before. It Is still desired by both to love and to be loved, maintain the warmth of mutual affection, each is still dear In spite of any fault: and thus a very necessary suppression of personal tastes and preferences takes place almost at once. If, for Instance, a wife said just what sue thought, or showed just what she felt, concerning her husband's friends who come Into her purview, there would either be a irreat disturbance upon the spot, and it would be found out who was master, or the husband would take to meeting his friends somewhere outside the home, where It might be best neither for him nor for her. Or, again, a wife jorhaps objects to her husband's pipe or cigar: but sho knows very well that it is wise not to waste herself upon the small vices, but to reserve her reprobation for the greater occasions. She may very possibly find things that are unpleasant to her in the traits of her husband's family but of what use to betray It? Without question he may feel thesania nbout hers, and It gives away her advantages to express It. There they are; and the wisest and pleasantest course for her Is to suppress her feeling. And in the course of time the feeling that is suppressed unless exa.p. rated to outburst or stimulated to ranker growth almost ceases to exist. One thing which, as a rule, never does cease to exist, is her objection to tho wny in which her husband eomt-ts the children. Yet to lift an eybrow about It she knows is not only likely to make a bad matter worse, but is bad for tho children themselves; and not by a look askance unless positive and unbearable cruelty supervene will she dismount the father's influence and authority. Nor docs any of this Imply thnt there Is to he the least deceit on tho part of the wife. If she is asked, or If sho finds It necessary, she will declare her state of mind; but 'experience nnd observation have shown her that tact is the viceroy of success, and that It accomplishes much more than the direct means of open opposition do. Moreover, great love will always make her wish that her husband should be first, should have his own way wherever It is possible; and It tells her that he would too often give up his way for hers if he know her way were other than his; and she frequently derives her greatest happiness in keeping her differing way effectually out of steht, indeed that woman whose marriage has been most conspicuously a happy one. might tell you If she would that It has been so largely through a long self-effacement and suppression In many things, the balance of satisfaction being struck in others, nnd that It Is not alone tho women of the convent-cell who nro seen only behind veils nnd lattices.

THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE.

Sharp Contrast Noted Between Eng lieh and American Born Boys. A stout Englishwoman said tho other day thnt In her opinion the American climate is "better for boys" than that of her native Inland. "My first two hoys were born in Yorkshire " he said, "and my young er three were horn in Massachusetts and Ohio. Well, those three fellows aro way ahead of their British brothers. They have more brains and they'ro quicker to catch on to things." Her husband agreed with hor so far as tho Intellectual superiority of his American boys were concerned. Ho added, however, that the blessing was not an unmixed one. "Tho American boy has more check," he said. "Ho talks too much and thinks little of his father. My English hoys, when they were boys, used to look up to their pop. They thought mo tho cleverest and bravest man on enrth. Thnt Isn't what my Yankee lads think of me. They obey mo all right enough, but there Is something in their eye all the tiie which makes mo fool as If thev sot me down for a foreign old fool. 'They're too proud of their country, and everything that Isn't American seems small nnd funny to thorn." Now York Commercial Advcr-tisor.

The Lady Caller. "Woll." remarked the optimist, "opportunity knocks once nt every door." "Yos, there's ono thing very feminine nbout opportunity," replied tho pessimist "She makes her call whon sho's pretty sure you'ro out, and that's the end of It." Philadelphia Press.