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1T is undoubtedly the opinion of most

''It is undoubtedly the opinion of most
people," says the New York Eoening Post,
''that our fathers and grandfathers were
much more deliberate in their whole
mode of life than their descendants
that they lbegan their education later,
that they ripened more slowly, that they
reached great age. But this current
opinion is delusion, which is totally at
variance with the facts. The truth is
that the average American of the eigh-
teenth century or the first part of the
nineteenth century learned his alphabet
earlier, started upon his career younger,
and if he did not live faster, certainly
died sooner, than the average American
of to-day. Nothing strikes one more
forcibly in reading the biographies of
men who lived anywhere from fifty to
$50 years ago than the infantile age at
which they were encouraged, if not re-
quired, to commence study. He was
able to read the Bible correctly and flu
emily at four is not uncommon state
ment about the subject of such a work.
Started thus early on the road of learning
the boy was never afterward allowed to
lag. If his parents planned for him a
course at Yale or Harvard, he scarcely
needed to reach his teens to become a
Freshman. 1t is simply impossible at
this day to conceive of Presidents rails
ing a lawyer to the highest judicial tri-
bunal in the land at thirty-two; yet Will
liam johnson, of South Carolina, had
only reached that age when appointed
judge of the supreme court by Jefferson
IN 1904, and Joseph Story, of Massachu-
sets, when associated with johnson by
Madison in 1911. But each of these
men had been in public life number of
years when he received his promotion.
Each was graduated johnson at Prince
ton and Story at Harvard-before COM
pletlng his nineteenth year; each was adj
mitted to the bar by the time he was old
enough to vote, and each was elected
speaker of the legislature before he was
twenty-six.
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.

AMONG the 100000 shareholders of the
Panama canal are 1G, 900 women.
''No MANS LAND" just south Of the far
corner of Kansas has been seized by settlers
SAwDUsT burned to the windward saved
many Florida orange groves from the biting
frost
IE 1885 the enormous total of II 800 ,GD
tons of copper was mined in the United
States.
THE Pillsbury Touring mills, at Minneapo-
lis, divided s35, 900 surplus profits among
LOO employees last year.
ABOUT sixty patents are issued every year
to women inventors. Last year the total
number of patents issued was :3,O00.
ALABAMA coa is working its way into the
Gulf and trans Mississippi States, Mexico
and the South American republics.
IT is in contemplation to divide London
into ten municipalities, each to enjoy home
rule and an independent ciri1 identity.
Lulu HURST. the Georgia girl. who made
many thousand dollars by exhibiting her
alleged electric powers, is now student Ill
Shorter female college.
ACCORDING to the latest official figures the
number of workingwomeu in England and
Wales is 1,1OG,545 They are employed in
$50 different branches Of work.
A FRENCH physician claims to have found
case Of ''spt ntaneous hydrophobia'' IN a
patient twenty-nine years Of age. who had
neither been bitten nor scratched by any
animal.
MOODY AND SANKEY are drawing such
immense crowds in New Orleans that the
Washington Artillery hall, where they have
their meetings, will not begin to hold the
throngs 49,.
In Clark county, Kan, during the late
storm, q flock of sheep crowded together onr-
ing the blizzard and the snow melting 1or a
willie and then freezing, fastened the entire
fock together.
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''The Rebels Rest is the name of a
house that stands in the wilderness of
Sac Paulo, the most southern of the
Brazilian provinces, and within few
miles of the house are q score or so Of
plantations held by men once citizens of
the United States. These colonists went
thither at the collapse of the Confeder-
acy. They now number about 600 per-
sons, and they still keep up their Ameri-
can manners and commercial customs.
The leader of the little band, Robert
Burton, who was civil engineer, re-
Gently saw Bedford Mackey, the United
States consul at Rio Grande do Sui, and
assured him of the prosperity of the
planters, who, however, often wish they
were in North America again.
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SUMMARY OF CONGRESS-.
Senate Sessions.

FoRTY-F1RsT DAY-Mr Manderson of
fered resolution, which was referred d-
recting the secretaries of state and war to I
inquire into the murder Of Captain Crawford
by Mexicans last month, and to report what
steps had been taken to punish the
murderers.. Mr.: Edmunds introduced
hour Iaw law he e4s said the b bin related to letter
carriers, whose hours of labor were beyond
human endurance Referred. IA resolu-
tion by MIR. Allison was adopted inquiring OF
the secretary Of the treasury what amount OF
United States notes had been redeemed under Z
the redemption act from July l, 1879, to june
30, 1885. Mr.. Eustis called up his resolu-E
tion of inquiry as to the refusal Of the sub
treasurer at NewOrleans to receive silver dol
lars. An amendment by Mr.. Teller, extend
falcation in the same Office was agreed to and
the resolution passed. Mr.. Dawes bill to !.
allot lands in severalty to Indians was dis
cussed. The educational bill came up, and
Mr.. Evarts took the floor in its favor.
Speeches were also made by Messrs,
ingalls,, Morgan, Wilson and Harris. u,
MIR. Edmunds, from the COMMITTEES on the:
the political disabilities Of Alexander P: J
Stewart Of Mississippi, Thomas L. Rosser OF
Virginia. and Edward G. Butler, Of Missouri.
The bills were at once passed 1
FoRrY-sECoND DAY.-Mr. Morgan intro
duced q long preamble and resolutions con-
cerning the attorney general, and proposing
an inquiry whether certain offenses alleged
against the attorney-g general would call for his
impeachment. The resolutions were laid On
the table The bill appropriating Ss5O,Og
for the erection of q monument to GenerA
Grant in Washington was passed MI
Gray spoke in opposition to the Education
bill. Mr.. Plumb also opposed the bill The
debate was continued by Messrs. Call, Nor
gan, Blair and George. Executive session. z
FoRrY-TH1RD DAY.-A joint resolution was
passed authorizing the President to grant
permission to one or more officers Of the army
to accept service for three years under the
government of Corea to instruct and drill It's
troops, the officers not to receive pay from
the United States during their absence.
Messrs. Blair and George spoke in favor OF
the education bill. Executive session ,
FoRrY-FouRrnD DAY.-Bills werefavorably
reported as follows: By Mr.. Edmunds, from
the committee on judiciary-For the relief OF
;he political d satellites of Robert H. Ander-
son. of Georgia The bill was passed: by
Mr., Hoar, from privileges and elections:
The bill fixing day for the meeting o. presl-
dential electors. >. Mr., EdmundS introduced
a bill providing Tor the exclusion OF adulter-
atad articles OF food from imports. The
Senate took up Mr. Dawes bill to PROVIDE
land in severalty for the Indians, and passed
it. Mr. George concluded his specn In:
favor of the education bill ......... =.
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At the recent convention of the Ma
tiona. Agricultural and Dairy associa-
tion in New York, paper was read by
S. Sato, of Japan, on The Past and
Present of the Agrarian System in ia
pan." Mr.. Sato described the land ten
ure and agriculture under the old fcudal
system and said that lands were now held
chiefly in fee-simple by peasant proprie-
tors. The average of farms in Japan
was one acre, as against 134 acres in the
United States. The method of farming
was to work small piece of ground
carefully and always up to its fullest ca
pacity. The law of diminishing returns
had apparently not been carried out. The
same plot had yielded the same crop
of rice for many years. Lately stock
had been introduced, but only few Of
the wealthiest classes ate flesh to any ex-
tent. The farmers lived on the cereals
and fruits. Of the 37,0O0,0O0 inhabi-
tants 15,0e0, 900 were engaged in agri.
rcultsae.
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William Guyton was brakeman on
the Evansville and Terre Haute railway.
There was a collision in which he was
badly injured. but remembering that a
passenger train was due soon, he managed
to extricate himself from the wreck, and;
mangled and bleeding, seized red flag
and staggered up the track. Twice he
fell from exhaustion, but pluckily got up
and went on and tagged the train 500
yards from the place of danger. Then
he tainted away and remained uncon-
scious for two days. When he recovered
he w:s cripple for life. lie sent the
doctors bill to the railroad company and
payment was refused. Then he sued for
$4,000, and a jury has just awarded him
$5,OS3 damages after four years OF liti
cation.
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Halls Journal Of Health calls attention
to the fact that this is the season for
pneumonia. Anything that lowers the
vitality of the system is conducive to the
disease, and should be carefully avoided.
Overwork, either physical or mental has
much to do with it, and this explains
why so many business men and brain
workers fall victims to it. Sudden
changes of the weather and draughts of
all kinds are to be guarded against. In
word, live tempcrately, dress warmly,
avoid all imprudences, and pneumonia
will keep away from you.
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Every minute of the day seventy human
beings are brought into existence and
sixty-seve are removed, says writer.
The population of the world is steadily
increasing at the rate of three minute,
of 4, 1920 per day, more than 1900, 900
per year. Just think of the yearly in
crease of man being equal to the entire
population of the State Of Iowa. Where
do they all go? The home of the huamn
race, so far as we are able to learn, was
in Asia, and from there all the nations
have come. The rapid increase of popu-
lation in the United States shows the
tendency of the race to scatter and seek
new fields.
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The Norwagians in Minnesota have in

The Norwagians in Minnesota have in
troduced their peculiar snow shoes there.
The shoes are made of strips of hard
wood, about ten feet long and six inches
wide, slightly turned upin front. They
are fastened to the foot at about the mid
die of the shoe. The wearer slides over
the snow, not trying to lift the shoes, and
carries pole with which to keep his bal
ance. After the big SHOWS of the past
winter these shoes were almost the only
means of locomotlon in Dodge county.
It was not unusual to see something like
half a cord of shoes piled in front of a
store, within which their wearers were
shoppino.
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WAR BEGUN.
The Senate Calls for Papers-An Ad-
verse Report.

The Senate Calls for Papers-An Ad-
verse Report.
In executive session of the Senate on the
o3d Mr.. Edmunds reported resolution from
the committee of judiciary authorizing that
committee to send for persons and papers
in the case of John Goode, Jr., OF
Virginia, Solicitor general. Mr.. Ed
munds stated that charges of very serious
character had been preferred against Mr.;
Goode relating to elections in Virginia, and
before the committee could report on the con =
firmation it would be necessary to send for
persons and papers at Norfolk and elsewhere
and conduct an inquiry. The resolution was
adopted.
The committee on finance reported against
the confirmation of McGraw, a collector OF
internal revenue for West Virginia, and that
report was also adopted. The cause Of there
iection of McGraw was the refusal OF Secre-
tary Manning to furnish the papers relating
to the suspension of McGraw's predecessor:
The Senate finance committee afterward
agreed to report adversely on the case OF Nc
GraW.
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Speaking of the use of alcoholic
preparations in the treatment of cholera
and kindred diseases the British Medical
Journal says: "1'he superstitious value
attached to alcohol in the treatment of
disease is fast disappearing from en-
lightened medical circles, and the use of
alcoholics in the great London hospitals
is largely diminishing, with good re-
suits" 1t illustrates the sentiment by
referring to the experience of the Lon
don temperance hospital where alcohol
has been given in only three out of three
thousand inpatient cases, with an
average annual mortality of FIVE per cent.
during twelve years.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

The soul is not poisoned by mere cr-
rors of the head, but by evils of the
heart.
If YOU would not cease to love man.
kind, you must not cease to do them
good.
TO things which you bear with i'm
patience you should accustom yourself,
and by habit you will bear them we'll.
It's them that takes advantage that
gets advantage in this world think
folks have to wait long enough before it's
brought to 'em.
Contemplate thy powers; contemplate
thy wants and thy connexions; so shalt
thou discover the duties of life, and be
directed in all thy ways.
There are hours in life when the most
trifing cross takes the form Ola calam-
ity. Our tcmpers arc like an oper.
glass, which makes the object small or
great, according to the end you look
through.
The same objects seen from three diff
fcrent points of vicw--thc past, the pres
ent and the future-often exhibit differ
cnt faces to us, like those sign boards
over shop doors which represent the face
of lion as We approach, of man when
VIC are in front, and of al ass when VIC
have passed.
The everyday cares and duties. which
men call drudgery, arc the weights and
counterpoises OF the clock Of time, giving
it's pendulum true vibration, and it,
hands regular motion; and when they
cease to hang upon the wheels the pen
dulum no longer swings, the hands nc
longer move, the clock stands still.
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s.: LILLE AND SUSIE LILLY, twin sisters, aged
six wears. were caught by their clothing in
the machinery of their fathers mill at Sha-
mohin Hill. Penn, and mangled to death.
MRS. THOMAS LoUGHLIN, Of New York,
attempted to throw can of Vitriol at her
husband, but in the struggle the liquid was
spattered over her own face, and she was
frightfully burned. losing her eyesight. The
two had been living apart
A STATEMENT prepared by the United
States treasurer shows that out of 222, 739, ISL
standard silver dollars coinedup to February
20, 51,627, 1850 were in circulation on that
date.
SuRaEoS-GENERAL HAMILTON, of the
United States marine hospital, says that we
will probably be able to keep America from
cholera this summer, as we did last.
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Articles of incorporation has been j

ArClCleS OF incorporation HaS Ocen
sued at Springfield, ILL.,, to the Trans
continental Aerial Navigation company
at Chicago to establish aerial transporta-
ton lines, the capital stock being $780,
900 and the incorporators DR.. Arthur Dc
Bausatt, Eugene Marquerat, and Jules
Lang. Mr. Dc Bausatt has lived in Chi
cago for several years, and has made q
study of aerial navigation for over twen-
ty-two years. His ideal is to build an
air ship, the length Of which will be ia
feet. Its width is to be twentyfour feet
and its height twenty-five feet. 1t is
expected to prove by the vacuum theory
that it is possible to navigate the air by
the laws of gravitation, by overcoming
the pressure of the atmosphere without
the use of hydrogen or any other gas.
The doctor is in receipt of very tlatter-
ing letter from the Smithsonian institute
concerning his invention.
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House Sessions.

FoRTY-F1FrH DAY.-Mr. Hewitt tN. ~
called up the joint resolution tenderIng
thanks of Congress to Joseph Francis, as the
inventor of life-saving appliances, ana an,
thorizing the President to present hlm go!o
medal Passed. The House wen5 ineo
rommittae of the whole on the private cafen"
dar, Mr.. Hatch (Mo) in the chair On Lne
fr,t bill on the calendar, q war claim, Mr.
Scott (Penn) offered verbal amendmenG,
and proceeded to make speech favor1ng al-
yer suspension and gold standard ne was
followed by Mr.. Geddes CO., IN
speech favoring silver coinage. shorty
after the conclusion OF Mr.. Geddes' speech,
the committee rose and the House passeo
dozen private bills. AT the night session
the House passed forty-four pension bills, and
at9:D p. u. adjourned. ~.
FoRrY-s1xrH DAY.-Mr:- Weber, Of New.
York, reported bill to the house !or enc
ner1nauent improvement Of the Er1e ano
Dswego canals, and to secure the freedom
of the same to the commerce OF tne
United States. Mr.: ELsberry OF
snnS Gma' +o ali invalid soldiers or their widows
or children who are dependent on their daily
labor for support. Mr.. Buchanan, OF New
.Ip,sey. reported a bill for the relief OF the
Survivors of the exploring steamer JeanueGte
,nd tho willows and children Of those who
nerished The bill folfeiting the unearned
land grant of the Atlantic and Pacific
railroai company was taken up and passed..
The bill to annex the northern or pan
handle" portion Of Idaho to Washington Ter
ritory was debated. The bill TO loan e1-
hibits to the New Orleans exposition was
laid on the table by large vote
Mr., Morrison, from the committee on
ways and means, reported joint resolution
directing the payment Of athf the surplus Hsx in tas
treasury on the public DEBT. MI. ne"'Se
presented minority report
FonTy-E1t;HrH DAY.-Mr Hewitt tN: "
presented memorial OF l29 savings bank OF
New York STAFF represented l6o,UW oepos-
itors. asking for the repeal of the Bland Sill
YER act. Referred. Mr.. Reagan Nexas)
from the committee on commerce, re-
! ported q bill To incorporate tne
| atlantic and Pacific Captain Eadsl ship
; railway company. Referred to commit'ee Oh
! the who'll. :. The military academy and the
postoaicc apr ropliatjon bill ~trI reported,
! and referred to the cOmmittc, OF the whole.
The military academy bill appropriate, s&l,-
| Suj. or $l14,2IO less than the estimates
Mr. Towrshend DELI in committee or
the whole explained the provisions Of the pen
sion appropriation bill. which app!oprlates
! S15, 1:j4 200. or about $l5.0O0u0O more IMAM
! the law for the current yca! Mr. henderson
uowa) analysed the negative vote on the OIL
TO increase the pen~ions OF soldiers WIG
ows to S13 month, which. ne sald,
consisted of sixty-siN Democrats; all
Southern members except two, and said that
the men who cast that vote were keeping ND
the sectional line MeSrs Randall and Nor
rison replied that Southern members huh
never refused to vote for pensions for Union
soldiers. After an animated debate the
| Eouse Il ljourned-
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GUNP0WDER EXPLOSION.

Twenty Persons Injured, Three Fa.
tally, in n Country Store.
powder explosion occurred in Winches-
ter, KY, the other afternoon, in which a
number of persons were injured, some fatal
w. Mary Willis eating house and grocery
store as crowded at the time by
country people who came in to at
tend the county court. At noon some
party came into the store to buy powder, ana
while the clerk was weighing II OUT a Person
horton p of the ignited sulphur flew into the
powder. which exploded and tore away almost
the whole side Of the room. About twenty
nerson we're in the room at that moment:
nearly all OF whom were more or less injured
and three at least fatally
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There are only four students this year
in the school of agriculture and horti-
culture connected with Harvard college.
The instructors are so numerous that
there is one for every pupil, and few
left over even then. The instruction is
given by lectures and recitations and by
practical exercises in the greenhouses,
fields and laboratories.
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A new NAVY.
Five New Steel-ArmUred Cruisers
to be Built.
Fifteen Million Dollars for Con-
struction Purposes. a

A Washington dispatch says that the
House committee on naval affairs has nearly
completed the bill for the Improvement Of
the navy. Arguments have been made
by the secretary of the navy, Admiral Por-.
ter and other prominent naval officers,
and the testimony given by an Of them
will accompany the report of the committee !
The committee estimate that SIS, 200, 900 viii
be proper sum for this Congress to appro-
PIRATE as beginning, of which 81, 7,50O,-
1000 will be provided for in the bill
shortly to be reported, with the
understanding that a like amount shall
be appropriated next year: It was
decided not to adopt the idea of the heaviest
ironclad of England, as vessels Of that size,
so Admiral Porter told the committee, draw
so much water that there are probably only
two harbors on our whole Atlantic coast
which they could enter-Portland, Me-, and
Port Royal, S. G.. Admiral Porter said that
England had more than one ironclad which,
while it could not get into our harbors, could
lay off Coney Island and utterly destroy
Brooklyn, if not New York To meet such
vessels as this it would be best to provide for
torpedo boats which make their attacks under
cover of darkness. The determination not to
recommend the construction Of vessels of the
heaviest class was also influenced by the con-
sideration that such vessels have no other
capacity than to tight-their movements are
slow and speed is lost sight Of @
Secretary Whitney, in his remarks to the
committee, favored the creation of plant
at one Of the navy yards sufficient to produce
heavy ordnance, ar1nor plates, steel shafts,
etc. This idea the committee will, in all
probability, adopt and recommend lib
rhoyoc AZ
600, for this purpose. Five large vessels
will be recommended to be constructed, one
at a government yard, hereafter to be deter
mined upon, and four to be given out by
private contract. These five vessels are to be
from six to eight thousand tons, ,to, be heavily
armored and equipped with the most power,
full armament attainable. -" i
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Washington.

The House committee on postoffices and
most roads has unanimously agreed to report
adversely all bills before it for the purchase
or construction OF telegraph lines by the
government.
CHAIRMAN BLAND, of the House commit
tee on coinage, weights and measures has
prepared minority report, signed by him
self and two other members, on the bill to
provide for the free coinage Of silver, which
was reported adversely by majority vote OF
the committee The report strongly favors
the free coinage of silver.
FoRTY-sEvEN ladies, representing twenty,
three States of the Union, appeared before
the House judiciary committee on the 10th,
and delivered addresses in behalf Of woman's
rights.
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Foreign.

MEXICO wants to be at peace with the
United States. and therefore will make every
effort to find out whether the recent killing
of Caprain Crawford. of the United States
army, by Mexican soldiers, while. in pursuit
of the Apaches was accidental or Intentional,
and if the latter will punish the offenders.
A MEETING of socialists in Hyde Park
London, was attended by $4,000 people and
4,OlO policemen, but there was no dis
.,lrbance.
YOKOHAMA, Japan, has suffered from a
LARGE fire. the Windsor hotel and adjoining
buildings succumbing to the flames. United
State Consul General Denny, who was stop
ping at Yokohama on his way to Corea: was
obliged TO jump from second story win
dow. but received no injuries.