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The times., 1899-09-03
Teachings of Nature.

II that man could find the secret tongue
To reach all creatures dwelling on the earth,
And with such key could thus unlock the worth
OF ancient instincts scattered out among
The various folk from field and woodland sprung.
Then would he know more careless, sunny
mirth-
More wisdom learn between his death and birth
Than mankind yet has ever said or sung.
For s;rely in its wisdom heards the ant
Against the famine of the winters cold,
The bee as cunnngly provides for want,
Following the precedent of custom old,
And ever with joy and mirth the sweet birds
chant.
Discharging domestic duties manifold
Edward o. jackson.
The times., 1899-09-03
Two ToiIers.

Behold him pass through tranquil fields.
While twilight shadows round him lie;
Though bowed and burdened, yet be yields
Grace to yon gracious sky
The grace Of simple tasks well done,
That regal human grace is his;
Slow steps he home at set of sun.
Nor knows how great he is.
Beside him goes his little lass
Singing, nor deems the day too long;
She is OF those wise souls who pass
Straightway from toll to song.
-Hamish Hendry,
The times., 1899-09-03
NOTES AND QUERIES.

Who is the author Of the lines
''I feel like one who tseads alone some hanqnss
hall deserted.
Whose lights have fed and garlands dead, and al
but he departedY' p.
Thomas Nnnra
The times., 1899-09-03

Yes; he served about a year He was
born at Fayetteville. n. c.; went to school
in Indiana. and after entering the Meth
odist ministry visited many places in the
Mississippi Valley. teaching. preaching
and organizing churches. At the beginning
OF the war he assisted in organizing negro
regiments.
The times., 1899-09-03

I'm longing TO paddle the boat today,
Through the water-logged grass and reeds;
Where the mIskrat swims and the eattaiis sway;
Where the air is cool and the mist is grey;
Where ripples dance in the same old way,
Under the tangled weeds
Back on the old oak log again,
Back by the crystal brook;
Back to the bait
And the silent wait.
Back to my line and hook.
I wish l could wade by the waters edge
Where the fallen leaves drift by;
lust to see in the shadow OF the ledge
How dark forms glide. like a woodman's wedge,
Through driftwood piles and the coarse marsh
sedge,
And to hear the bittern cry
Back where the tadpoles shift and sink.
Back where the bull-frogs sob;
Back Just to float
In the leaky boat,
Back to my dripping bob
Oh, it's just like this on each misty day,
It's always the same old pain
That struggles and pulls in the same old way
To carry off for little stay
BY the waters edge, in sticky clay
To fish in the falling rain.
Back to my long black rubber boots,
Back TO my old patched coat;
Back to my rod
And the breath OF Cod
Home-and my leaky boat
F. Colburn Clarke, in Scribner's Magazine
The times., 1899-09-03

Moon of my midnight! Moon OF the dark sea-
Where like petrel's ghost my soop is driven,
Behold, about me and under and over me,
The darkness and the waters and the heaven
Huge, shapeleSS monsters rs OF worlds in BIRTH
Dragons Of Fate, that hold me not in scope
Bar up my way with fierce, indifferent mirtb,
And fall in giant frolic my hope.
Their next mad rush may whelm me in the wave
The dreaded horror Of the sightiess deep
Only thy love, like moonlight, pours TO save
My soul from the despairs that lunge and leap
Moon Of my night, though hell and death assail
The tremble OF tiny light IS on my sail.
Richard Hovey, in the Bookman.
The times., 1899-09-03

er. once have scat in the United state Senatsf
Please give brief sketch Of bis life
A FARMERS BOY
The times., 1899-09-03

We two, waits wide-eyed and without fear.
With the dark swirl of life about prov.
The hollow, needless swash ef year year
That bears us on, and recks not where or howl
Our skitf is but feather on the foam,
No mighty galicon strong to meet the storm
An open boat-God's gift to Us for home,
And but each others arms 90 keep Us warml
What port fer US TO make? Our only star
To steer by is the star q missing sails,
Our only haven where the kelpies arc
Yet You great merchantmen with freighted
bales,
Rebel and lost and aimless as We go,
We keep joy your pride never know.
The times., 1899-09-03

Messrs. L. c. Page & Co. announce the
immediate publication of the second edi-
tion of ''The Queens Service, or The
Real Tommy Atkins" the first edition Of
which was exhausted on the day of publi-
cation. The subject of the book-the true
experience of man who served eight years
in the British regulars-is an interesting
one, particularly at the present time, when
rumors of war make the real condition OF
the English army of such paramount i'm
portance to the welfare Of the empire.
The times., 1899-09-03
CURRENT VERSE.
sem sonnctr.

Out with the tide-atar. afar. ATARI
Where will the wide dark tnhe us. you and me-
The darkness and the tempest and the sea?
How long waited " kerss the tall ships are
Diseonsolate and safe withia the bar.
Ocean forever calling US ttst we
God, how we stifed ;heFe, nor dared be free
With a sharp knifesand hight and the wild
darel
But now, the hawser cut, adrift, away
Mad with escape, what 10 what doom
The bitter night may bear usg Lost, alone.
In vague world Of roaring surge astray,
Out with the tide and into the unknown,
CompaSsed about with rapture and the glooml
The times., 1899-09-03

Several months ago the Review of Re-
views" published the Canadian side OF the
Alaskan boundary dispute. In the August
number the American side is presented by
Mr.. William II. Lewis, of Washington
State, who bases his argument entirely on
the facts as set forth in the British official
records.
The times., 1899-09-03

The Doubleday & Mcclure Company will
have ready for publication in book form in
the course of few weeks Charles Dana
Gibsons Sketches in Egypt" which has
been running in MeClures Magazine.
The times., 1899-09-03

Was whisky taxed anywhere in the world be-
fore the Whisky Rebellion oi 1892 W
Yes; it was taxed in these United States
shortly before that-17s1-though this was
the law that led to the Pennsylvania lnsur-
rectiOn. In England, as early as 1850. an
excise duty was put on aqua vitae" the
name by which whisky was then known.
Duty was paid In England on over half a
million gallons in 1854 the first wear IN
which record Of such payments was kent.
The times., 1899-09-03

An attractively printed romantic novel
of the period chronicled by Froissart, from
the press of l.. G. Page & Co., is worthy
of special mention. Some of the characters
in the story are Edward the Third, Queen
Phillipa, the Black Prince, and Bertrand
du Guesclin, and the tale, which is entitled
''The Knight of the Kings Guard" is by
EVAN Martin and presents an interesting
picture of life in the fourteenth century.
The volume is attractively bound and there
are some decorative illustrations by Gilbert
James
The times., 1899-09-03

Messrs. Small, Maynard, & Co are is
suing a revised edition OF "The Dreyfus
Story" by Richard w. Hale. This handy
statement of facts and law about this noted
case is of particular use just now in en-
abling readers to understand and appre-
ciate the events of the trial now taking
place in France.
The times., 1899-09-03

A Well Wisher: The Chief OF the Gov
ernment's Secret Service is John e wiikie.
Enquirer: Captain Sigsbee was aboard the
Maine at the time she was blown up. A.
L.; December Is, 1871. fell on Wednesday.
v H.: Alfred TennysOn married once. His
wife was Emily Sarah Sellwood. who cut
lived him. NJ. B. H: BY the census of 1880
the population Of Springfield. No. was IL
$50; for 1894. it was estimated at 25 600,
and 1t is now probably in excess Of 90, coo.
The city has system of sewerage. NJ c.
B.: By our last census the population OF
the country was 51.21 per cent males, 4S.7s
per cent females.
The times., 1899-09-03

It is said that the author of 1.-THE Mar
tyrdorn of an Empress" which appeared
anonymously some time ago, is the
woman who signs herself "Marquise de
Fontenoy." She was at one time attached
to the court of the Emperor of Austria, but
eloped with an attache of the English le-
CATION in Vienna, and came to this coun-
try, where she and her husband are now
engaged in journalism.
The times., 1899-09-03
The old Home Haunts.

There's sound that rings in my ears today,
That echoes in vague refrain,
The ripple OF water DER smooth-washed clay,
Where the wall-eyed pike and the black bass play,
That makes me yearn in quiet way,
For my old iy-rod again.
Back to the old home haunts again,
Back where the clear lake lies;
Back through the woods
Where the blaekbird broods,
Back to my rod and flies
The times., 1899-09-03

An interesting luncheon was given in
London not long ago by r. H. Russell the
publisher. After reading the list of guests
one is tempted to wish that there could
have been phonograph behind the door,
There were nine OF them: Mark Twain,
Mr.. Dooley," E. A. Abbey, Phil May.
Bran Stoker, William Laffan, Anthony
Hope, E. H. Sothern, and William Heine-
mann The pairing off of Mr.. Hope and Mr..
Sothern was certainly a happy thought.
Imagine how unhappy either OF them would
have been, for example, with Mr., Clemens
or Mr.. Dunnei
The times., 1899-09-03

A book of peculiar interest-biographi
political, and social-is the "Reminis-
cences of My Life by Prince Krapotkin,
the famous Russian reyolutionist. His is
emphatically one of those stories bearing
out the correctness of the old adage that
Truth is stranger than fiction" The book
consists of matter already published Sc
rally in the Atlantic to which lew
chapters have been added. II will have
two portraits of Krapotkin, and will be
published shortly by Houghton, Mifflin, &
Co.
The times., 1899-09-03

To students of sociology there will be an
especial interest in a new book, "Tramping
With Tramps," which is the work of 10
siah FIynt." AS some of his readers may
have suspected, Josiah Flynt' is not this
authors real name. His first paper on the
American tramp appeared some six or sew
en- years ago, and he is now only thirty.
There is time and opportunity for him to
do work even more brilliant than anything
which he has yet done, if he cares to try
it, and the papers by him which have ap
peared from time to time in current maga-
zines certainly show several different kinds
of talent.
Evening journal., 1899-12-01
eoY pAbIEs.
.neasons why Thoy Are More Popu
lar Thnn Girls


We have lately printed number o
letters from Evening World readerl
discussing this question which the in
tense interest in Dr. Schenk's discov
cry suggests-Why are boy-bahies pre-
ferredg The writer's offer these rea
sons
/. That it is more expensive to bring
up q girl than boy.
2. That when they are reared boy
can earn more. and hence that thel
sooner become self-supporting and abll
to give helping hand to their parents
3. That girls, after they reach thei
teens. are a greater source OF care anl
anxiety than boys-slmply and solell
because of their SIX.
In our judgment however, none o
these explanations, nor all OF them to
gether. completely accounts for thl
etrong desire OF the average father an'
mother to have more male than femal
children.
Il Is only the mature parent. with th
experience gained in raising a family
who is seriously impressed with tn
fact that daughters are more expensive
to bring up than sons. Young married
people are, as a rule. far too sentiment
al, sanguine. and buoyant in their out
look upon life TO figure closely on th
comparative cost OF rearing boys AMI
girls.
Yet the desire go have more boy
born to them than girls Is manifested
as a rule, more strongly by young pa
rents than by parents OF ripper years
Why?
The true explanation is a sentiment
al not a mercenary one. Il is the mod
ern survival of 8p ancient idea-th
idea so strongly prevalent in the Eas
even to this day-that a son represent
the strength of the family its defense
its protection. It's hope of perpetuation
the carrying on OF its name and fam
to future generations.
You will find this idea In all the oil
Hebrew writing. A traveller in moder
Syria relates how he talked with th
head Of a large family on this subject
How many children have your" h
was asked. Three" he replied. "Bu
l see seven standing around you now.
said the traveller. "Ah, but four q
them are daughters only
The feudal lord vas eager for son
heirs TO succeed him, TO go to tn
tourney and the wars with him,
bear his name. wear his coat-of-armi
to help him hold his castle and hi
lands against his foes. He loved hi
daughters, but his pride. his glory, an
his hope were in his sons.
Unacknowledged. and unconsciOusll
the average American man and woma
are still thinking this old Oriental an
feudal thought. and that is why. as
rule they would rather be the parent
of four boys and one girl than fou
girls and one boy.-New York Evenin
World.
Evening journal., 1899-12-01
JessIc's Advice About nuralnrs.

"Wotever you do. maam," she says.
never let master meddle with 'em," 4"
which is precisely my own idea OF wis
dom, for lis easier to get a new tea
pot than a satisfactory husband any
day. especially II you insure the teapot
Jessie once lived with an old lady whom
she regards as a model of wisdom. Ev-
cry night Of her life the plate basket.
her cameo brooch, her earrings, her
watch and seals. and her hair bracelet
with gold clasps were deposited on the
han table with a note to the burglars
% this effect These are all the yalua-
blcs the house contains. You are well
some TO take it, and there are meat and
beer in the pantry. But please do not
disturb the inmates OF the house THAT
basket is yet waiting for the enterpris-
ing burglar.
Jessie knows OF another place
which she regards as a paradise Of safe
~. The house has a deep, hooded
porch, in whose shelter the policeman
slept every night all night long. lie
used 70 deposit his impedlmenia every
night before making his rounds TO as
certain that all was comfortable before
he turned in. 1T were so comforting,
says Jessie, TO put the chain on the door
and peep out and see his cape In tho
corner. He was one to snore. too
ma'am. I'd have a porch like that, II
youll take my advice. Policemen al
ways likes them TO sleep in."-Lon
/ don Globe.
Evening journal., 1899-12-01
An indian nrianI PnIr.

once I saw a pretty thing a young
bride of the Kickapoos, on sort OF
wedding trip. She was tal and slight
and-sO closely do the members of a
tribe resemble one another-she looked
like the twin sister OF her young hus-
band. At first they were accompanied
by a stout old chief. but he left after
circus day. ID is odd to see an Indian
chief patrOnize the peanut and lemon
ade stands, and sit unmOved at the per-
formance, and yet stand enthralled be-
fore the cages OF animals unknown on
his native praiIies. The bride and
bridegroom spent three or four days in
the town, wandering about as uncon-
sciOusly as Adam and Eve In the Gar
den. The man was already masterful
and protecting, the girl shy and subser-
Went. Day after day they walked hand
in hand looking at everything, people.
shops. cattle, but never speaking to any
one, never even to each other, yet
deeply content in the consciousness OF
.compa They were a living ex-
ample Of the happiness of simplicity,
and, while they stayed in the hustlins
Town. made many a civilized man and
woman think Of how far their own con
duct as wives aud husbands fell short
of the standard of this unconscious In.
dian pair.-Ainslee' Magazine.
Evening journal., 1899-12-01
Won His Case.

"That reminds me" said a Chicago
man in a reminiscent group the other
night. "of an old story that is good
enough to repeat. Some years ago
three bookmakers put up at a Chicago
hotel and handed a large package Of
money to the chief clerk. They told
him that they would leave II with
him every night. and were particular
in saying that it was to be delivered
only in the presence OF all three IL
was evident. you see, that they didn't
quite trust one another. Well week
or so rolled around, and one morning
one of the trio came down rather early
and called for the cash. Without think
ing of the conditions of delivery the
clerk handed it over and the book
maker promptly skipped. His two part
ners we're furious and brought suit
against the hotel for $4,000, the
amount in the bundle. A smart young
lawyer volunteered to take the de-
fense. which other attorneys regarded
as hopeless. When the trial came on
he waited until the bOokmakers had
submitted all their evidence, and then
arose with a large bundle in his hand.
We stand ready he said to fulfill the
letter Of agreement you have just
proved This package contains $780,
900 in cash. AS soon as the three own
ers apply for it together we are pre-
pared to turn it over OF course the
third man couldn't be produced, and
the case Immediately collapsed. The
parcel really contained an old pair OF
pants. ."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Evening journal., 1899-12-01
How chicIscns TaIls.

II is a language that human ears
learn readily to comprehend. For the
most part Il is instructive. A fuzzy tod
der six hours out OF the she'll has FIVE
distinct calls The frat and loudest OF
them is the lost note. uttered when he
loses sight Of his mother OF finds him
self out in the cold. II is loud and
shrill. The second, the hungry note, Is
as shrill, but more plaintivc. AS soon
as eating begins it changes to a sort OF
satisfied chittering.
After eating they grow sleepy. and
cry to be lowered. The note Is some-
what like that of hunger. with a pocu-
liar tremolo breaking Il in the middle.
Rarely do the mothers disregard it,
though they may be eager to 20 forag-
ing over grass plots or down hedge
rows
The fifth note. the chir-r-r OF fright
or astonishment. is the quaintest of all.
The chicks themselves appear TO find
something in It distinctively humorous.
When they are a few days old n a big
wriggling worm, or a fat. juicy bug, be
thrown to them with their usual food,
they will first draw away from It, CHR
r-ring in concert then, after eyeing it
minute. seize upon It and toss It about
with faint immature chuchling cackles.
This chir-r develops at last in the graf
ing call of warning, at sounds of which
from their mothers even the youngest
scatter and scuttle TO cover.-Boston
Globe.
Evening journal., 1899-12-01
II Has Come to This in ChicaEo.

A woman. in answer to an advertise
ment for a cook applied at fashiona-
BILE boarding house on Lake avenue.
She seemed to know her business and
was practically engaged wnen she said:
81 have two children and would like
to board with them elsewhere"
Where is your husband?" asked the
landlady.
He keeps a butcher store on the
West Side"
Don't you live with him? Doesn't
he support your
Yes, he does at present" answered
the woman, slowly
why do you want to hire out,
then?"
Il am afraid Of being chopped up
blurted out the applicant.
Chopped upl" exclaimed the mis-
tress of the house in astonishment.
'Yes," answered the woman, that is
why l am looking for a situation.
Butchers, it seems, are inclined to chop
up their wives. There's Luetgert and
Becker. My husband has been abusing
me lately and I've got afraid. There e
no knowing what might happen.
want to be on the safe side and get
away from him"
The woman was not engaged, much
to her disappOintment.-Chicago Jour-
nal.
Evening journal., 1899-12-01
unxnried Diet.

An amusing story is told of an old
time soldier who loved liquor better
than food, and was bound to have his
diet according to his taste. II was in
the days when British soldiers provid-
ed themselves with rations out of their
pay. To insure the proper feeding Of
the men a strict inspection Of the daily
mess was instituted 1t was found that
unless this was done many soldiers
would go without meat in order that
they might have money to buy grog.
Donald loved whisky, and could live
very we'll on oatmeal. Therefore he
eschewed butchers meat. But at the
daily mess It was essential that he
should have meat before him.
For a long time Donald saved his
money, and yet, to all appearance, lived
up to the requirements. When the
officer went his round Donald had his
mess before him. 1t was tripe, tripe,
and tripe again for a change
do you always eat tripe?' asked the
inspecting officer, becoming a little sus-
picious
Always, your honor" replied Don
aid.
The officer stuck a fork into the disk
before him.
well, Donald, he remarked, 81
never before saw tripe with buttons on
it,"
The meat proved to be a slice from
q pair Of leather breeches.
Evening journal., 1899-12-01
Ner,ons Ahont Mlcrohe..

A Partisan who was lately travelling
by train refused to show his ticket to
a travelling inspector of the company.
The passenger was summoned by the
company. He argued, however. that
he had not refused to show it (present-
err. that he had let the inspector see
it so that he could easily satisfy him
self as to its being in order, but that
he certainly had refused to let the
ticket inspector take II into his hands,
because his hands we're so dirty He.
the passenger, therefore was unwilling
to put into his pocket a ticket which
would be contaminated with microbes
and might likely give him some dis
ease. After a long legal discussion as
to the exact meaning of the word
show" (presenter), the court fined this
ardent disciple Of modern hygient the
sum of one franc.-London Lancet.
Evening journal., 1899-12-01
roo nInnr pogr in INnnsns.

Kansas has suffered in years past
from an reproduction of grasshop-
pers and Populists. Ii is now afflicted,
1t appears, withsa surplusage OF dogs.
II is long on dogs, but short on sheep.
The secretary of the Kansas State Ag-
ricultural society deplores this fact in a
recent report He shows that there are
but 10000 sheep in the state, while the
number of dogs is 10000. Two years
ago the sheep outnumbered the dogs
by 30 per cent, while last year this
percentage was reduced to seventeen.
In one county there were 800 dogs to
each sheep, and in twelve selected coun-
ties there were 209 dogs to each sheep.
If similar investigation were made
in other states, we doubt not that some
of them would show an equal dispro-
portion Of dogs and sheep. But it is not
a good sign anywhere. Prosperity for
the farmer does not lie along the way
Of an increase in the dog crop.-Leslie's
Weekly.
Evening journal., 1899-12-01
MAHOGANY is PLENTlFUL.
No Present Likelihood OF Scarcity
of the wood.


Mahogany is no longer the rare and
hardly procurable wood It was in our
grandparents days. when a table OF
chest made from Il was an unmistalxa-
bic indication Of prosperity and gentll-
ity. Now IL is used in railroad cars,
in the finish or private houses. hotels,
and for other purposes formerly un-
dreamed OF.
A steamer in the service Of a large
importing house brings in over ! 200, 600
feet OF mahogany lumber on a single
trip. Where 1000 feet OF lumber were
brought to this country on slow sailing
vessels twenty-five years ago. 1000 900
feet are brought on rapid steamers now.
The character OF the wood has changed,
however. The best mahogany came
from Cuba and San Domingo, but all
the mahogany near the roads and wat
erways was used. There is still plenty
OF mahogany in Cuba, but il Is too diff
tlcult and expensive 20 obtain. The ma
hogany Of San Domingo and Cuba was
superior in hardness, in the beauty OF
its grain and IN It's susceptibility to
high polish. Next In quality Is the
lNicaraguan wood, which IS imported In
large quantities. The American firm
which has the sole control OF the wood
on the Atlantic coast Of Nicaragua is
under contract to plant two trees for
every one cut down. and these It Is es-
timated. Will be ready for the market
in fifty years.
Africa has millions OF acres OF ma
hogany, which is Just beginning to
come into the market. but It is not aa
good In quality as the Nicaragua wood
N Y Press.