Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 52, Plymouth, Marshall County, 3 October 1907 — Page 6

Opinions of OJTE GOOD LAW. N admirable law In the

honesty haa gone into effect In New York. It makes It a misdemeanor for any person filling a medical prescription, or putting up any article for use in medical practice, to substitute for the article called for any oth

er article- The law which of little use, because dishonest or

fists could escape punishment, unless It were shown that their neglect to fill the prescription correctly had endangered human life or health. The sere act of substitution now becomes an offense. The iaw .Is not so drastic, however, as to forbid a druggist from recommending aome other article to a customer than the one called for. Druggists are not the only merchants guilty of attempts to sell an article on which the profit is larger than upon the article demanded. The customer usually has some reason for his act when he asks for an article by a specific trade name, and the dealer ought to respect his rights. It may have been ordered by his physician, recommended by his friends, or he may have been persuaded mj a skilfully worded advertisement to test its merits. Bat whatever the reason he seeks It, he ought not to be mpelled to meet the opposition of the merchant In his attempts to get what he wishes. Youth's Companion.

FOOD AND "WAGES. Y way of consolation for the high cost of living the Bureau of Labor at Washington assures wageworkers that their pay last year Increased one-third faster than the prices of their food. To quote Its exact figures, In the principal Industries of the country, the average weekly earnings of each

employe In 190G were 3.9 per cent greater than In 1903, while the retail prices of food for representative worktngmen's families were only 2.9 per. cent higher than In 10C5. Statisticians love exact conclusions and government cSdals flattering reports. But what useful Information o they contribute by striking the average of prices of pickled pork, evaporated apples and fresh fish, which different households consume in different quantities and aome not at all? How can they select forty from the thousands of industries in the United States for comparison of wages with cost of living and Issue any sweeping generalization as to price tendencies that will cornsand respect? With truly exemplary discretion the Bureau of Labor his not considered the circumstances of the millions of salaried men and women clerks, salesmen, bookkeepers mud others working for fixed weekly pay. What comfort has It to offer them by comparing their salaries with the higher or lower cost of dried fruit or fish? There Is one infallible source of facts that the painstaking gentlemen who edit government tables fall to conKilt. "That is the plain, everyday housekeeper who, out of her weekly allowance, buys the daily provisions for

A PLEA FOR THE DOG. lek of Consideration I at the Kot torn of Most Mad Dos Scares. The dej; Is having his day in the newspapers. Some animal snaps at a efiild or man (usually, no doubt, for cause) and Immediately the cry of Tmad dog!" is raised. By the time the creature Is chased with clubs and stones under a blazing un he Is quite likely to be made mad or at least to gtre the appearance of rabies. Of course there are genuine Instances where a Asg Is an actual sufferer from the disease, but the chances are twenty to ate that a ßnapplng dog has been teased or Is affected by the weather and rendered irritable. Just as any ordinary human being is, and that his bite xi harmless. Tbere would be a great many less fictrcs about niaj dos if more consideration were given them. Without Intadlng to be so, many an owner Is cruel to his dog. He is merely thoughtless." A dog loves water. He wants plenty of It, yet while water is the cheapest and easiest thing In the worid for a man to get. It is the hardest thing for the dog to find. The dog has to beg Sar It, and Is not always understood. a man cannot have a supply of cold !mter at his elbow during the heated term. If he Is denied even tenijiorarily m. cooling drink, he quickly makes his frritatlon apparent to every one. But tta dog is expected by a thoughtless owner to find water for himself, and if ta does not get It to be Just as cheerful mm, ever, to maintain an even temper ren If hauled and pulled about A dog nay be thrown a Lone for a morning eI and with it given a dish of water, fcat unless he is the property of a master who understands his needs, he is apt to go thirsty most of the day. (Yet when he snap3 In his Irritation hi 1b promptly placarded as vicious. Tirb article is intended as a pica for the dog for bettor treatment of him. ariere are differences of opinion whether it is Just to any dog to keep fcba tied up In a back yard of a city fceese; whether a city is any place to attempt the training of any but the fceribboned hothouse pets, who are expected tc feed on dainties, to be tucked voder the arms' of their mistress, to be pst on exhibition for the benefit of caning friends, and at last to lie down aad die because life becomes too ranch cf a harden to attempt to drag arc and Che accumulated fat that comes from staffing and sleeping. Men will conto keep dogs In their city homes therefore must assume certain obftsatlons toward them. The dogs must tare exercise, consequently must go t?ea ths streets. Let us say right here that the very first obligation is to see to It that the dog has a constant supply of fresh water. Whether the dog Is better underor Is given more thought on the side of the Atlantic we do not , but the dog that trots through the streets of London is very much better off than is his American cousin. ERse water bowl for the dog is one of Ca street sights over there. At very frequent intervals where the crowds are ant too dense a bowl that is kept filled with wafer stands at the entrance to a Ehop door or beneath a window. The 33 learn who their friends are. Tbi?y fcaow all of these drinking places, just ms a horse knows the location of water troughs. Philadelphia Inquirer. Not m Plunder. "Thia scheme of mine," said the protar, "will make you rich." "Maybe," said the plain, easy-going "But If I had the ruey necesto take the chance I'd ' so rich there would be no nee. going further.' -Washington Star. humorous poet writes llmertetter than anything else." Tnf a on account of hU Irish rrlt." Cslihoon American.

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Great Papers on Important Subjects.

interest of business it supersedes has Indifferent drugWENTY TIGER-SH00TINQ DT INDIA LADY MINTO AND A TIGER Wherever they go. It may be counted upon Lady Mlnio and her daughters throw themselves heart and soul Into any kind of outdoor sport that Is offered. Their visit to India proved no exception to this rule. In Canada they soon became known as the most graceful skaters ever seen In Ottawa, and V AGASSIZ AT PENKESE. J Commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the great naturalist, Agasslz, one of his pupils. President David Starr Jordan, of Lelaad Stanford University, describes in the Independent the summer school which Agasslz conducted at Penikese Island, off the south coast of Massachusetts. The school house was an old barn, which &er?ed both for lecture hall and dining-room, and the lecture and dinner went together. At the end of one of the three long tables, says Doctor Jordan, with a movable blackboard always at his side, sat Agassiz, and when the dishes were being cleared away the lecture would b?gln. On the second morning occurred the memorable event of that summer. Agasglz arose as the dishes were taken out, this time without chalk la his bind, and began to speak with that wonderful touch of eloquence which Is denied to most men of science of his purpose la calling us together. The swallows flew In and out of the building, grazing his shoulders in their flight. He toid us that the people of America needed a better education one that would bring them into closer contact with the realities of nature, and therefore with truth. He told us how this training of people to think clearly and rightly and righteously ought to be accomplished, and dwelt on the results which might come to our country from the training and consecration of fifty teachers young men and young women, armed with enthusiasm and with youth on their side. This summer at Penikese was to be no ordinary piece of school work, still less a merry Bummer's outing. We were there for a mission work of the highest possible importance, . He spoke with Intense earnestness and with great dramatic power, and this was heightened by the deep re ligions feeling characteristic of his mind. For to Agassis each object in nature, a well a each, law of nature, wsj i ocit of God; and trifllfij

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the family. She may not have a precise knowledge of fractional percentages or of an industry outside her own home, but If asked for her personal experience she could state with certainty that month by month and year by year It has been growing harder under the excessive rise In prices to make both ends meet New York World.

THE TROUBLE WITH THE ARMY.

iOMPLAIXT is made bv General Greely. com-

C mandlng the northern division of the army, I that we are suffering from the "low charx . t i i ft r iA

acicr anu general woruiiessness ot rucruua. Does the country expect to obtain the services of men of high character for $13 a, month? The pay of the soldier Is lower

than that of almost any other man In the country. In these days of universal prosperity the army has no attraction for any ambitious man, for such can earn a better living outside the army. They are not subjected to confinement or to discipline and run no risk of being shot to death by Filipinos. If war should suddenly be declared against a formidable foe and the country should seem to be In danger, there would be no lack of volunteers. But those men refuse now to consider the fact that volunteer soldiers are not of much use until they have been In training for some time, and none of them will sacrifice his career to enlist in the army nov and get the training that Is necessary to form an effective fighting force. The hope of the nation is In the State militia, for as long as the present low rate of pay continues enlistments In the regular army will be slow, desertions numerous and the army as a whole less valuable than it ought to be. While It is about the matter Congress might raise the pay of officers. Otherwise we shall soon begin to have the same trouble with officers that we are now having with privates. Chicago Journal.

GUESSWORK AND DEATH.

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& ( A I Vermont Why? It was because the trains II I rvmi i n t from nnnoslti r1!rWIrn vfrt tint

running under specific orders from headquarters, but instead were feeling their way along a single track in accordance with Information occasionaly furnished to the

conductors as to the location of other tralus. A little error In a dispatch between two stations, a figure 30 Instead of 34 that was all. One conductor thought he had time to make a siding four miles away before the other reached It The trains met half way. The twenty-five dead furnist twenty-five" substantial reasons. If, Indeed, any new reasons are needed, why Congress and the State Legislatures should abandon their present half-way measures of regulation and pass stringent laws compelling the companies to manage their roads without murder as a lde line. Chicago Ilecord-Ilerald.

SPORT FOB LADY MINTO. HUNTING SCENE IN INDIA, in India they distinguished themselves at tiger shooting. At Kolabarl, Lady Mlnto shot a very fine specimen, and Lady Eileen Elliott, In the course of a day's hunt, brought down not only a cub, but a full-grown tiger as well. Both woiue i are expert equestriennes and fearless shots. thoughts and conduct in the presence of God's Ideal expressed In nature was to him the most foolish form of sacrilege. What Agasslz actually said that morning can never be said again. No reporter took his language, and no one after all these years can call back the charm of his manner or the simplicity and Impresslveness of his zeal and faith. At the end he said abruptly, as he sat down, "I would not have any one pray for me now." For a moment we were surprised, not knowing what he meant Then it flashed over us that he wished to say that he would not like to call on any one else to pray In his place. And he concluded with the hope that each one of us would utter his own prayer In silence. After this, during the summer at Penikese, with Its succession of Joyous mornings, bright days and calm nights, with every charm of sea and sky, the master was with us all day long, all the time ready with help and encouragement, always ready to draw on his own wide experience In Europe and America, always ready to give us from his own stock of knowledge. Whatever he said was translated Into language we could understand. The boundless enthusiasm which surrounded him like an atmosphere was always present. The thing he had In hand was the one thing best worth doing; the people round him were the men best worth helping; and the "bit of sod under his f jet" was "the sweetest to him In any world." C nation. "No, I've nothing for you," snapped the woman. "Why don't you look for work?" "Madam," responded the applicant for a hand-out, "no later than this morning I read of a man near here who starved to death while looking for work. I do not desire to annoy this hospitable community by expiring In Its midst" Philadelphia Ledger. Awomaa using face powder is like a man drink log- whisky: Everybody khomlt

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America' Banking Strength. In the number of Its banks of all sorts aod the amount of their deposits, the United States Is far ahead of any ther two countries. And In both reipects it Is growing with great speed. There were 0,521 national banks In operation in the United States at the end f the fiscal year 1907, on June 30. These banks had a capital of $898,000,&00 and had a circulation of $003,000,000. In each case there was a large Increase during the year. In each case, too, the highest figures ever reached w ere touched. Naturally, there has been a great expansion In national banking since the enactment of the law of March 14, 1900, which makes It possible for banks to be organized on a capital of $25,000, the previous minimum having been $50,000. This act has Incited a large expansion In the small towns of the South and West There have been 3,510 banks organized since the passage of that law, with a total capital of $207,000,000. The Middle West has 0S5 of these, the Far West has 807, the South has SSD, the East has 575, with a few scattered through New England and the island possessions. Texas has gained more new banks In the past seven years than any other State, or 5S1, with $17,000,000 capital, and Oklahoma and Indian Territory have 295 new banks, with a capital of $9,000,ooo. In the entire extent of Its banking power capital, surplus, deposits and circulation the United States is more than two-thirds as strong as the rest of the world in the aggregate, the United States' total in these four Items being over $17,000,000,000, while that of the rest of the world Is approximately $23,000,000.000. This is a striking evidence of the Industrial and financial ascendency of t's country. Moreover, our lead on all those Items is increasing rapidly. Our Internal trade is far greater than is that of any other two countries combined, and this ca'ls for an abundant supply of cash and also demands the ise of money saving devices, such as checks, drafts and bills of exchange, to an extent unknown elsewhere. Population Is growing with much speed in the United States, but the amount of money which is on hand, in various shapes, is expanding far faster. Coat of Living and Labor. According to a report Just issued by the United States Department of Labor it Is shown that while the cost of many items of living has increased, wages have advanced at a greater ratio, while hours of labor have been reduced. A great mass of facts and figures accompany the report and the deductions can be tested by any who may be skeptical. On the average labor, for fewer hours, is earning more, with a larger margin of wages over the advanced cost of living. Employment was never more abundant and Idlers are few. The comparison Is for the year 190G with the average of the ten years covered by the last census. An advance In wages Is shown of 21.2 per cent, an increase In the number of employes of 41.9 per cent, with a reduction In hours of labor of 4.C per cent. By the same comparison the retall price of the chief articles of food have advanced 15.7 per cent. For an hour's labor a worklugman gets 7.3 per cent more food supplies than in the previous decade. Practical analysis like this disposes of the assertion frequently heard that for the masses th cost of living has outstripped Income. Often the many articles that cost either the same or less are overlooked. Flour and sugar are no higher than In the last census ten ye.irs. Kailroad transportation is lower. First-class newspapers are cheaper and better than In former years. The National Department of Labor goes over the subject Item by Item, and locality by locality, and Its conclusions are reached with unerring exactness. This has been a perverse 6eason in vegetables and fruit, but the Just average of prices cannot bo ascertained from a few exceptional articles. When the whole field of the Income and outgo of a home Is covered, a3 in this careful, unbiased report the situation is seen to be favorable. St Louis Globe-Democrat A Serloua Matter. The tariff cannot be amended without diligent and thorough inquiry, and this Inquiry means a great deal of time and brings about a sharp conflict of the Industries affected. Modern business is so complex and tariff schedules are so Involved and far-reaching that to tinker wlVh the customs schedules is to eet almost every kind of business in eager motion, either to gain some fresh advantage or else to defeat proposals that seem fraught with menace. All this Is laughed to scorn by theorists as of no consequence, but business men know it is a serious matter. Indianapolis Star. What Tariff Smashing Woold Do. If the United States were to adopt the ideas of the tariff smashers and buy mostly abroad where labor Is paid what Americans would call starvation wages, so that money was constantly and largely shipped out of the country and labor reduced to the basis of foreign wage scales In competing Industries, the tending of the circulating medium away would bring such results as the conditions prevailing at the end of ten years of that practice following the free trade program of 1S4G. Buffalo News. The Truth Cornea Out. Miffklns The happiest hours of my life were when I was going to school. BIffkins I cannot tell a lie, old man. The happiest hours of my life were when I was playing hooky from school. When Talkina; Decouie .ceary. Harry Some things are better left onsald. Harrette But suppose a man won't take a hint? Some tropical plants can really bo seen to grow. An eminent scientist who made measurements In some botanical gardens In Java, recorded a growth In a bamboo of seventeen Inches In a single day. Another bamboo was observed to add eight Inches to Its height dally for fifty-eight days, while two others grew four Inches steadily each day for sixty days. A church for all denominations Is to be founMed In Constantinople. Thr sermon and services will be conducted la Esperanto.

VARIOUS REASONS

"Why Varlona People Are Aniioai to Rip l p the Tariff. There are various reasons In the minds of men promoting the . desire for a taking up of the tariff question. In the first place every manufacturer who favors tarifT changes has in mind the other man, never once thinking that he will be hit. Secondly, the man who would have a change has In mind lower prices for the other man, not for himself. Third, the salaried class who feels that their situations are permanent This class has always been in favor of practical free trade. Fourth, the man who has plenty of money with which to avail himself of the advantages to be offered to him In the way of low-priced property. In other words, the man who Is prepared to make money out of disaster welcomes disaster. Fifth, there is a class of men who think the wage worker Is getting to be too obstreperous, too hard to handle, all the time wanting more money. A suspension of business, caused by tariff ripping, would, they say, bring the wage worker to his senses by causing him to seek a Job Instead of having the Job seek him, as Is the case at the present time. Men are not asking for more wages when they are out of work. Then they are only asking for Jobs. Tariff ripping would throw men out of employment The National Manufacturers Association has declared for an immediate revision of the tariff. That association is anti-union. Sixth, there are those who are complaining that they are weary of the servant girl tyranny. They want something to break the servant girl's back, figuratively speaking. Closing factories and shops by tariff ripping would throw girls and women out of employment and they would be compelled to seek domestic service. Hence tariff ripping, some people think, would solve the servant girl problem. Seventh, a large number of men voted for McKinley and protection In 1S9G who never believed In protection, and only resorted to It as a temporary expedient. While calling themselves Republicans they are really Democrats, They began to agitate for the repeal of the Dingley law two years after Its adoption. They voted for it to bring better times and better prices. So soon as it began to accomplish Its purpose they returned to their old ideas, wanting low prices by which to buy and high prices by which to sell. These are some of the classifications and some of the reasons for the tariff ripping sentiment which prevails today. Des Moines Capital. Whr Farmen Are Protectionists. If there is any one who deserves the comforts of this life, it is the farmer. When a farmer has splendid gas lights all over his fine new house, big bathroom, hot and cold running water, furnace heat, hard wood floors, fine piano, gas for cooking and even gas lights In his barn, we can't shed tears over his trodden condition. And we are glad that we can't In addition he, of course, has rural free delivery at hla door. All he needs is a trolley car and an automobile. As It Is, he has more of the comforts of life than any resident of Belle Flalne. This Is ivt an overdrawn picture. If you don't believe It we can show you, and within eight miles of Belle Flalne, too. Belle Plalne Union. It is this condition of things thai makes the average Iowa farmer a protectionist. All of the good things that the Union sreaks of have come to him through the beneficent operation of the protective tariff, which has not only af forded him better prices for his grain and produce, but has furnished him a wonderful market In which to sell. The unlimited amount of work now afforded the laboring man, and the splendid wages be is receiving, enable him to buy generously of the good things of this lire, which Include In large measure the products of the farm. With a scaling down cf tlie protective schedules, the farmer would at once experience a decrease In demand for what he has to sell and a resultant falling off In profit. There are those who strenuously deny the farmer is benefited by the protective tariff, but not many of them exist among the farming classea Burlington Hawk-Eye. Kot a Square Deal. The goods Imported from Germany are virtually under the new agreement allowed to enter at the value certified by the German chambers of commerce. Thus the duty on German goods Is less than that exacted upon the products of other countries which are subject to an ad valorem rate of duty, because the lower the value at which imports are appraised the less the duty. Until w allow France, England and other countries the same favor, it can hardly b called a square deal. The Manufacturers Association and the standpatters object to this agreement with Germany because it thus reduces the rate of duty In this roundabout way. Janesvlll (Wis.) Recorder. Abner'a Lnelc. ' MIes," said Mrs. Taft, 'Tm afraid Abner's going to be the unlucky kind." She gazed after her son's retreating ugure, and sighed so deeply that the new summer boarder looked at her Inquiringly. "Nothing awful la that line, Mrs. Taft hastened to say. "I don't mean that But In little stinging ways that kind o' take the heart out of him and touch his pocket at the same tune. I'll tell you. Most as soon as he went to Boston to work Abner fell In love with a girl that worked In the same store." "That may have been good, not bad luck," ventured the newcomer. 'In Itself you couldn't say it was sac or the other," Mrs. Taft said, impartially. "But the girl lived In one of the towns a little ways out of the city, and soon as Le made up his mind he'd like to keep company with her, Abner up and bought a fifty-trip ticket to her place " "Yes, and " "And got turned down at the second call," concluded Mrs. Taft, with a wan nlle, "and the ticket left on his hands.M The Wlae Father. "But I can't live properly on an allowance of $10 a week," protested thi son. Of course you can," replied thi father. "You want an Increase so you can live Improperly." Ko Loiter Frlenda. Mabel No man could ever kiss mi against my will. Siella Huh! If a man ever doet kiss you it will probably be against bis own will. . j

Aid to the Dreaamaker. A very simple and practical aid to the dressmaker is a device called a "workholder," the invention of an In diana woman. It was designed especially to assist the sewer in basting and similar work. As shown In the Illustration It consists of a holder, which can be Instantly clamped to the holds the waist. work tame or otner nearby object. At the top of the clamp Is a large needle, which is supported rigidly upright In the holder. In use one end of the piece of goods to be sewed Is slipped on the needle and the goods stretched with the left hand. The operator Is thus able to sew freely and quickly with the right hand. As one part of the piece of goods is sewed. It Is slipped off the needle and advanced to the next point. ZVerr But Hook. Disciples of Isaac Walton will be interested In a new casting line recently patented by a Chicago man. This hook Is for game flsh only, the Idea being to have the bait flexible. In use a bass striking the bait and holding It in his mouth does not feel the Jerk of the bait when the fisherman pulls on the line. If bass hook. tue nsn uoes not have a good hold the bait Is not pulled out of the mouth, but on the contrary, the pull Is on the hook. In the IllusRIDE QUEER iL yy J.i:--' - T ,',v

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NEW GAME OX FLOATING HOBBY HOUSES WITH MOPS FOR LANCES. The players ride on floating hobby horses and are armed with' mops for lances. These water steeds are anything but secure, and a good thrust with the lance ends In a ducking for the defeated player. Unskillful piaying, too, may unhorse the rider who misses a shot

i Li BORER AND KINO. When George III. of England, In 178S, made his tour through the southern counties, his progress was not that of a monarch, but of a squire, to whom fresh air and exercise were necessities of daily life. "Society in the Country nouse" narrates that the king Inquired about Addison's birthplace, and found his pleasure In visiting places enriched by literary associations. He refused to bo feted and stipulated that there should be no state entertainments. During this Journey the king gave a proof of his kindliness and courage, which may be a matter of surprise to American readers. He had recently visited Berkeley Castle. In conversation with his companion, on Edward II.'s murder in that building, the king seemed wholly preoccupied. A minute or two later, with the remark that he would ride on a little by himself, he spurred his horse, and met a laborer Ading by the side of a wagon. Attempting to steer his horse between the rider and the cart, the king was somehow hit on the leg by the rider and nearly precipitated into the wagon. Manners, his companion, seeing the accident, quickly rode up. Doubling the thong of his hunting crop, he lifted It against the man, exclaiming, 'You scoundrel! Don't you see It Is the klngr The countryman, petrified wlh surprise, remained speechless, and in imminent peril of the courtier's lash. "Don't strike him on any account!" exclaimed the sovereign. "My knee Is hurt a little, but it was altogether an accident, and will do me no real harm." On reaching the next stage, his majesty insisted on himself applying the liniment which had been procured. It proved to be a severe and painful rontusion ; but the king would not confess himself disabled, and continued the Journey as If nothing had occurred to interrupt it Plasue of W'olvea la Canada. James K. Cornwall has returned from a month's trip to the northern country beyond Athabasca Landing, writes an Edmonton correspondent Mr. Cornwall states that the wolves re cresting devastation, and Inestimable loss among th settlers of the epper Peace River district At DunTagan and Fort St John mora Chan 1 25,000 worth of horses fears been

tration the hook Is shown baited with the customary pork rind. You get a strike from a bass, pike or muskalonge, you give your rod a quick reverse motion to hook him, as Is always proper when using dead or artificial bait The result is the strain on the bait Is taken up by the spring and you don't deliberately Jerk your bait from the mouth of the fish. He does not feel It pull, but the hook Is drawn into his mouth. "Side biters" can't get away. "Short biters" must strike over the hook to get at the bait It will be noticed that the hook passes entirely through the bait, the upper end of the bait being hooked on the smaller hook.

Collapsible Lnncbbox. For picnics and similar fresh air outings the preferable form of Innch box Is undoubtedly the shoe box. Unfortu nately, the storekeepers are unable to supply the sudden demand for these accessories at this time of the year, and recourse has to be had to another form of box. Those who do not take kindly to shoe boxes, etcM foldixo lunch box. will bo Interested in the collapsible lunch box shown In the illustration, the invention of a Massachusetts man. The several sections are hinged at the corners, so that they can be folded Into a small space when necessary. In fact, when the entire box is folded up It can be carried in the pocket When expanded the box Is carried by a leather strap. The box Is made of pasteboard, of wax composition. Insuring the proper keeping of the food within a distinct advantage over the ordinary box. WATER STEEDS. killed by the wolves. The reason for the ravenous rampage of the wolves is the scarcity of lynx and rabbits, which have died off or have migrated In large numbers. So numerous have the wolves become and so desperate In their invasions that for the first time in the history of the North the Dogrlb Indians have been unable to pay their debts at Fort Vermillion because the wolves have regularly cleared up their traps and bait and have even devoured their dogs. Clement Paul, the celebrated hunter and trader of Hay River, killed twenty-eight wolves this winter within a radius of Ave miles of his cattle corral. Toronto Globe. Everything la Proportion. For many weeks the Irritable merchant had been riveted to his bed by typhoid fever. Now he was convalescing. He clamored for somethi'jj to eat declaring that he was starving. "To-morrow you may have something to eat," promised the doctor. The merchant realized that there would be a restraint to his appetite, yet he saw, in vision, a modest steaming meal placed at his bedside. "Here Is your dinner," said the nurse next day, as she gave the glowering patient a spoonful of tapioca pudding, "and the doctor emphasizes that everything else you do must be In the same proportion." Two hours later the nurse heard a frantic call from the bed chamber. "Nurse," breathed the man heavily, "I want to do some reading; bring me a postage stamp." Harper's Weekly. Alwara on Her Mind. Dick You didn't take the pretty hairdresser out rowing this afternoon? Jack No; she talks too much shop. Dick Shop! How Is that? Jack Why," when I told her how gloriously the waves looked the other evening she said they looked Just like marcel waves. San Francisco Bulletin. Looked That War. "I don't think she'll ever marry him," said Mrs. Henpeck. "Sha quarrels with him so and Is so domineering that" "She Is?" Interrupted Hecpeck. Til bet they've been secretly married already Philadelphia Press. Womanlike Patience I understand he and hla wife produce songs. Patrice His wife furnishes the words, no doubt Yoaker StatesaaSj

RECORDS OP AUCIZST CITY. Hidden by Official l.TOO Yeara As Antlqaltlea of Central A at a. Mj first objective wa? the ancient site In the desert north of Xlva, wherein 1901 I had discovered the remains of a settlement abandoned in the latter half of the third century, A. D., says Dr. M. A. Stein In the Geographical Journal. Want of time and adequate labor had then prevented me from .clearing some of the ruins more deeply burled by drift sand ; subsec, aent roamIngs of "treasure seekers" dad led to the discovery of other homesteads hidden away among the high sand cones on either side of the main gToups. Working with as large a party of laborers as I could keep supplied wlth water from a distance of some twenty miles, I cleared now close on thirty more dwellings. They yielded ample antiquarian spoils. Including many Implements and household objects Illustrative of everyday life seventeen centuries ago. The numerous relics of Industrial art and architectural wood carving clearly reflect the predominant Influence of Greco-Buddhist art as developed on ti.e Indus. Finds of records written on wooden tablets la the Kharoshtl script peculiar to the extreme northwest of Ind!a, and In an early Indian dialect mixed with a good deal of Sanskrit, have been abundant Among these records generally In excellent preservation, all kinds of correspondence, official and private, deeds, accounts, etc, seem to be represented. A "haul" of special Importance was secured In the comfortable residence of a local official, who, besides leaving files of papers, namely, tablets scattered on the floor of his office room, had taken care to hide quite a small archive, undoubtedly documents of value, below one of Its walls. From the way In which the place of deposit was contrived and marked it appears highly probable that the house was abandoned In some emergency. All the deeds, etc, found here still retain their original wooden covers and string fastenings In perfect condition. Among the dozens of Intact clay seals which attest these documents Impressions from Greco-Roman Intaglios prevail. Their appearance side by side with Chinese seals seem to symbolize, as It were, the part played by Scythla extra Imaon In the early cultural Interchange between the classical west and the far east Near several of the ruins the ancient orchards, fenced gardens, canals, etc ould be traced with great clearness, showing how little the economic conditions differed from those of the present oases. On the other hand, surveys effected in the desert beyond, showing the course and extent of the river from which this ancient colony drew Its Irrigation, strikingly illustrated the great physical change which has taken place here Bluce the settlement was abandoned.

KIXQ EDWARD AS A SAILOR. Britisn Raier la Almost aa Fond of a Ship aa He I of a Fine Horae. King Edward has always been devoted to the sea, says Fritz Morris In Recreation. If there Is one thing more than another, after a horse, which excites the Interest of a Briton It U a ship; and the king has alwaj's ßhown himself a typical Englishman In hit love of the sea. He paid the navj the compliment of entrusting it witfc the education of his two son.-, while 1m himself Is a no less enthusiastic than practical sailor, as well of the IronClad as of the yachting type. It sc happened that the year 1S7T, which beheld the first appearance of the then Prince of Wales' colors at Xewmarket, also witnessed his first Rlgnal victory as a yachtsman ; for In that year, wlti his schooner Illldergnrde, he won the coveted Queen's cup at Cowl es open to members of the Royal Yacht squadron, of which his royal highness was, and continued to remain, conmodore until his succession to the crown. Once more, in 1SS0, the king secured the holy grail of the sea with his cutter Formosa, while In 1895 and 1S07 he again carried It off with his famous craft Britannia, which generally enabled him to rule the waves wherever he flew his bürge from Cannes to the Clyde. No one In all England has done more than he to encourage recovery of the America's cup, and It may be remembered how his majesty's devotion to this great national cause, as represented by th Shamrock IL, came very near to costing his life. The king has, however, of late yean rather favored his splendid steamer th Victoria and Albert and a new steam yacht is now being built. The Victoria and Albert Is a stately looking vessel, resplendent In handsomely gilded carved work at bows and stern, whllsl two lines of gilded rope molding sweer gracefully along her sides. For tb interior decoration white and gold onlj are used. The prettiest effect of thli ran be seen In the deck saloon, which li a very fine apartment and u?ed eithei for dining or reception purposes. The London Boa. At about 7 o'clock the omnibuses tegan to ply. I had never known befort what was indicated by the verb to ply. Rut I saw at once that It Is the only word that properly expresses the peculiar gait of an omnibus, which Is a cross between a rolling lurch and t lumbering wobble. Fascination is a mild term for the effect these thing! bad on me. One omnibus might not so enthral toe. I don't know; I have never seen one omnibus alone. But the procession of them along Piccadilly Is the one thing on earth of which I cannot conceive myself becoming tired. The Tennyson's Brook of omnlbusej was still going on, and I stood on the corner to watch them again. From this point of view the effect is quite different from that seen from an upstalri window. You cease to generalize about the procession, and regard the individual 'bus with a new awe. The ocean may be wider tike Flatiron building may be taller but there'i nothing in all the world so big as a London omnibus. Putnam's Magazine. How to PreaerTe Umbrella. There Is no surer way of making as umbrella wetr out quickly than thil habit of carrying It about by its middle. Again, after being out In the rain you should turn your umbrella upside down and let the water drain oS ai it stands with the handle downward. By doing this you prevent tha -watet from getting in at tha framework and thereby protect the ribs from rusting, Some men open their umbrellas before they stand them up to dry, but this U a bad plan, because tht umbrella maj itratch when It Is wet Another thlcj, too never roll your umbrella up, aa t j a, cut, tha iUk. ti j