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two hours every day. and weighs
herself frequently to be sure that she
is not gaining.
The Princess of Wales has never con-
cerned herself with state matters, al
though she must know what IS going
on. She has always been absolutely
Indifferent to such things, unless
swerved to one side or the other by
personal favoritism. The Queen, who
knows every line Of the possibilities Of
her statesmen, has ever been a politl-
clan, looking for improved service, civil
and military, but Alexandra has never
worked along political lines, and never
will; she is not that kind of n woman.
Alexandra has her little weaknesses
all womanly ones. She IS fond Of
novels, a thing the Queen despises, I'M
less Of the classic sort. She dislikes ia
nous people, such as authors and ar
lists, for she is timid in the face Of
genius, while the Queen will have moth
ing to do with any other. Alexandra
loves fancy work and can outline a
worsted dog to perfection, while the
Queen never takes a stitch. Alexandra
notes the hang of the skirt and the cut
Of the sleeve. Victoria is calmly OBJ
livious to everything except court
dress.
Britishers will have something to do
to get used to their new Queen, for
they viii have to reconstruct all their
ideas of royalty. Court dresses and
jewels will shine in the dull old rooms
and music and laughter will be heard
where now only the echoes startle the
shadowy figures of former gaiety.
Alexandra has been preserving herself
to have her royal fling" and she is
woman enough to insist upon it.
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INDlRECTloN.


Fair are the flowers and the children, but
their subtle suggestion is fairer;
Rare is the rose-burst of dawn, but the
secret that clasps It IS rarer;
Sweet the exultance Of song. but the
strain that precedes II is sweeter,
And never was poem yet writ, but the
meaning administered the meter.
Never daisy that grows but a mystery
guideth the growing;
Never river that flows, but a majesty
scepters the flowing;
Never a Shakespeare that scared but a
stronger than he did enfold him,
Nor ever a prophet foretels. but might
Ter seer hath foretold him.
Back of the canvas that throbs the paint
er Is limited and hidden;
Into the statue that breathes the soul Of
the sculptor is bidden;
Under the joy that is felt lie the infinite
issues OF feeling;
Growing the glory revealed is the glory
that crowns the revealing.
Great are the symbols Of being, but that
which is symbolled is greater;
Vast the create and beheld, but vaster the
inward creator;
Back of the sound broods the silence,
back Of the gift stands the giving;
Back OF the hand that receives thrill the
sensitive nerves Of receiving.
Space is as nothing to spirit, the deed is
outdone by the doing;
The heart of the wOoer is warm, but
warmer the heart OF the wooing;
And up from the pit where these SILVER,
aud up from the heights whore those
shine,
Twin voices and shadows swim starward,
and the essence Of life is divine.
Washington Star.
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'In charge of the conductor" chill
dren often travel on the cars, but ON a
recent trip the Cunard steamship Cam
pania carried ten boys and girls who
We're taking long journeys alone.
A girl of II was going to her aunt IN
Chicago; another, aged IL, to her step
father in North Dakota. A boy Of 10
and a girl of 0 were consigned to two
small towns in Massachusetts. A
9-year-old boy was going to his aunt In
Chicago; an 11-year-old girl to her SIS
ter in Boston, and four children, rang
Ing in age from to IL, were seeking
their father in Calumet, Mich.
1t was the largest party of unattend-
ed children that ever landed at New
York. All were tagged" with direc-
lions, asking those with whom they
came in contact to see that they were
sent on their way.
Counting the ocean voyage and the
long land Journeys, several of these lit
tie travellers covered more than 5000
miles-alone, except for the thoughtful
and kindly persons who may have no.
ticed and helped them.
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PRESIDENT FAuRE.
A Calm, strong Man in Whom a..
French Republic May Tr,st

A Calm, strong Man In whor, -.
French Republic May Trust.
Whatever wild winds blow M :.
France. there is one quiet haven m ,bs
heart Of the land where peace rules nv
RULED. within the gates Of the Elvsoo
palace, the calm and dignified pres,
dent of the French republlc. NJ. Fellv
Faure, guides the distracted shin 30
state with u hand that never wealsens
Frcnchmen in the hour of national dan.
ger turn to the Elysee palace and taxa
heart in the fact that one man at leas,
in all France can be depended upon n
keep his head and still the tempest
Let those whose nature is to rage and
storm in the heat Of crisis waste their
precious heart beats without purpose
President Faure shows no more signs
of perturbation than does the grim and
silent sentinel at the gates Of the pal.
ace. Nevertheless, France knows he
has his finger on the public pulse even
In the quiet of his domestic life.
Few are privileged to pass beyond
the grim sentry referred to. Republic
can freedom such as Americans are ne.
customed to is not part of the pollti.
cal life of France. Visitors to Paris
cannot walk in Mt the gates of the
Elysee palace as they can pass through
the gates Of the White House grounds
President Faure is not "at home to
anybody on stated occasions, as is
President Mckinley. On the contrary
he is as carefully guarded as any
monarch of the empires Of Europe, and
the grounds of the Elysee are as much
barred to the public as the Enclosure In
which stands buckingham palace or
the garden at Marlborough House.
On account of this exclusiveness OF
the head Of the French republic. there
are not many who have seen the In
terror of the fine old Elysee palace, and
there are fewer who know by observa-
ton how the man on whom France de-
ponds in her hour of need spends his
days.
President Faure IS not a man who
needs court seclusion. He Is handsome,
dignifed, clever, statesmanllke. Royal
visitors to France have acknowledged
that although a plain Monsieur" this
man has the manners of a courtier and
the wisdom of a born diplomat.
1t is not easy to reconcile the digni-
fed appearance and polished manners
of President Faure with his humble
origin. For the present head of the
French republic in his younger days
was a tanners apprentice. He grew up
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No bird can fly backward without
turning. The dragon fly however, can
accomplish this feat and outstrip any
lswallow.
Oysters, after they have been brought
away from the sea, know by instinct
the exact hour when the tide is rising
and approaching their beds and so, Of
their own accord, open their shells to
receive their food from the sea, as If
they were still at home.
The tongues Of the cat family are
covered with recurving spines. In the
common domestic cat these are small,
but sufficiently well developed to give
the tongue a feeling of roughness. But
IN the lion and tiger the spines are
strong enough to enable the animal to
tear away the skin Of a mans hand
merely by licking it.
There are several species Of fish, rep
tiles and insects which never sleep dur
ing their stay in this world. Among
fish it IS now positively known that
pike, salmon and goldfish never sleep at
all Also that there are several others
of the fish family that never sleep more
than n few minutes during a month.
There are dozens of species of flies
which never indulge In slumber and
from three to five species Of serpents
which the naturalists have never yet
been able to catch mapping.
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Japanese ambition contemplates the
erection across the straits Of Shlmon-
osekl ola bridge to connect the Kingsui
railway with that Of the Samyo rail-
way, from Shimonoseh to Hlogo, thus
enabling passengers to proceed unin-
terrupted from the southern extremity
Of Klnsul 10 the extreme north Of the
mainland. AS the straits are mile
wide. with q current often running
eight miles an hour, and, as the bridge
must allow the passage Of the largest
steamships beneath i, the colossal
structure viii, II successfully COM
pleted, enable the Japanese TO boast OF
an engineering feat so far unequaled IN
the world Philadelphia Leader.
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another International movement which,
alasl is needed in every country under
the sun. Its object Is the protection
and rescue of women and girls from
the snares which scoundrels set for
them. The Green Cross is It's Insignia.
Numberless are the means that might
be useful for the purpose. but not more
numerous than are the pitfalls cum
nlngly prepared for victims. The
most obvious. and perhaps the most
usual way to help women and girls
who are encountering dangers Of
which they are unaware. Is to place
agents of the Green Cross at the rail-
way stations OF the great cities, and
protect arriving passengers nt the mo-
ment when they are most helpless The
organization Is already at work in
Switzerland. Arrangements are being
made 10 Introduce 1t IN all the coun-
tries Of Europe, and no doubt the
movement win have devoted ana ener
getic promoters on this side of the At
lantic. There is no more worthy oh.
ject OF humane endeavor than this, Of
worldwide Importance, that remains
and needs to be done.
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Mo Power or lie Ere.

It has been told Of Van Amburgh, the
great lion tanner, that on one occasion
when in n bar-rooin he was asked how
he gained his wonderful power over
animals. He said:
1T is by showing them that am not
in the least afraid of them, and by
keeping my eye steadily on theirs. III
give you an example Of the power of
my eye"
"You see that fellow? He's n regular
clown. IL make him come across the
room to me, and l won't say one word
TO him"
Sitting down, he fixed his keen,
steady eye on the man. Presently the
fellow Strengthened himself up. rose
from his seat and came slowly across
to the lion tanner. When he was close
enough he drew back his arm and
struck Van Amburgh n tremendous
blow over the chin, knocking him clean
over the chair. with the remark: you'll
stare at me like that again, won't your
Love and coins are sometimes tested
by the ring,
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"When I went to the far East I re-
celved letters full of congratulations
on the life Of luxury opening before
me-" SAYS Mr.. Charles DENLY, who was
for thirteen years minister to China, in
a recent magazine article. But he
continues. almost the humblest house
In an American city Is better provided
with luXurios than the American Lega-
ton at Picking. We drew water from
clsterns which l constructed. We used
coal-oil as an illuminant, and had open
coal fires. We made an attempt at
electric bells. but they never worked.
There were no sidewalks in Picking. no
waterwOrks and no decent streets. The
resident of Washington Is a king COM
pared with the native or foreigner IN
Picking" One Of our consuls In China,
Mr. Fowler, encloses in one of his re-
cent reports an advertisement from the
North China Herald. calling for pro
pOsals for constructing a "tramway"
IN Shanghai; and he adds incidentally,
To-day there Is not n tramway in
China. Shanghai is the great empo-
rum 1T All AoAas ~ AANA liblt Aut VI
hcials 20 to get their Ideas of foreign
enterprises; and If an American com
pany can succeed In securing the con
tract It will be a valuable advertise
ment in the event OF other cities in the
East deciding to have tramways."
Such evidence as this from ex-Mlnlster
DENLY and Consul Fowler. showing.
as It does, the backwardness of Asia,
serves also to emphasize the progress
which the United States has made. Mr..
DENLY says the trouble with Ameri-
cans is that they do not know their
real greatness. 1t Is perhaps we'll for
us as a nation not 10 be too conscious
of greatness. but rather alive always
to the sources OF real greatness"
These, It will be found, are not In steel
and granite, in electric RAILROADS. and
suspension bridges, but in the personal
character OF our people, In their Intel
llgence and their honesty. This is
what has enabled them so fully to con-
quer the material world, ana these con-
quests Of invention and discovery are
but the outward expressions Of a Wig
orous national life.
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each. "oh, come, now, you're Joking

each. "Oh, come, now, you're Joking
You're"
mo, really" he asserted; there's an
opening there in our house. They want
young man to take charge of their
branch clearinghouse there, and can
have the place. 1t looks like n good
opening, and | thought I'd take II. OF
course, It means clearing his throat
tearing ones self away from ones
friends, but then, probably will not be
greatly missed"
"Oh, Mr. Warren" broke in the girl,
repoachfully.
The coquettlsh manner was gone
The genuine woman was speaking.
We'll, for day or two few may
remark my absence, and then"
lie finished the sentence with a care
less wave Of his hand. to denote the
ephemeral nature of the friendship he
conceived was felt for him.
but there are no nice girls there"
,she remarked, mischlevously.
She was trying to get back to the
icoquette again. But her eyes were
molst
"That isn't a consideration" he an.
rswered, gloomily. "Theres only one
girl in this world for whose smile I'd
give the hopes l entertain for my bust
mess future, and I'm afraid that in her
seyes I'm but as all the rest of the
fworld."
'Who is the young lady, may ask;
lido l know herY' she queried, with an
attempt at gayety. Warren glanced at
her, but she wasn't looking at him.
4 She seemed to be manlfesting an eX-
traordinary interest in picking at the
end of ribbon on her dress.
1--WE just been reading the Social
Gossip" wrote Marion, who had gone
West for a month on a business trip,
"and l congratulate you. But why in
the name of all that's absurd did you
hesitate to call for a show of hands,
when you held a flush? One of these
fine days you viii want a crest. How
would this suggestion meet your ap-
prevail: "A bold bluff painted on u field
of blueY"
And he UNDERSIGNED two words in the
last standardization Herald.
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poor, but well educated. His devoted
mother though she could not bequeath
money to her son. provided him with
a liberal education. His marriage was
a love match. He met with his wife
during the period of his apprenticeship
as a tanner sued for her hand and was
told by her relatives that the earnings
Of tanners apprentice were not suti-
cient for the support Of a wife as well
born as the lady he loved. A few years
later young Faure was a rising mer-
chant Of Havre and the marriage took
place. The young merchant became
one Of the rich men Of Hayre, was
elected to many municipal posts and
eventually attained the highest position
IN the gift of the nation.
President Faure is a pattern Of neat
ness In his personal appearance. a
sportsman, an athlete, an ardent
yachtsman, a fearless horseman and
fine fencer. A man of robust mind,
quick and alert in conversation, with
the quiet cOmpOsure of the born leader
who has perfect confidence in himself.
he is just the one to inspire confidence
in others. Had France been searched
from end to end there could not have
been found a man better fitted to direct
the affairs of state in these dangerous
times, when the nation is torn by In
ternal dissensions and threatened with
external dangers.
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The Marquis of Waterford has PROV
ed himself a tirst-rate amateur detec.
tive. A robber had broken into the Mar
quis' house at Curraghmore and was ar
once pursued by him and followed 70
a public house four smiles off. There
the robber had seated himself among
a number Of men who were DRINKING
and smoking and not one of them would
betray him. The Marquis. however in
sisted upon feeling all their hearts and
as he was their landlord and the ereat
man Of the county no one dared to 70
fuse. The man whose heart was stin
beating quickly was the robber who
had just ceased running.
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a man who once met Ralph Waldo
emerson at the house of friend tells
oi the characteristic way In which the
concord philosopher blunted the edge
of a compliment.
oh Mr.. Emerson" said a young
woman Of the party, ut must be so de-
Iishttul to know that people all over
the country are grateful Tor the things
you have saidw
n Ahank you,' said Emerson, slowly;
put II Is for some of the things have
aot SAID that feel most grateful"
II pretty hard to make a schoolboy
oelIeVe In an all-wise Providence when
II rains on holiday. -
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tree, and requesting 1t to be left there
until his return, he went to Athol
about eight niles and joined regl-
ment that was sent South. Unformn.
ately, he succumbed to fever. and the
scythe was never removed, with the
result that the tree has grown entirely
around the blade, Bliss father still
lives in the town.
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Typewriters Invented 1875 Years Ago


tits generally supposed that the type
writing machine is quite a modern in
Yention, but there is q record in the
archives Of the English patent office
for liza of an application for patent
for such machine Exactly 100 years
later the firm of Balm & Wright applied
for similar grant and the eonstruc-
ton of their machine afforded a basis
that enabled a Mr.. Thurber at Wor-
eester to improve the system. In the
year 1851 a Frenchman named Foucall
obtained an English patent for very
ingeniously conceived writing machine.
winch was shown in the great exhibit
uon of the same year and created no
small sensation.
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A report of special interest I'm view of
the present Nicaragua Panama discus
sion Is that sent forth by the treasury
bureau Of statistics in its latest issue
In reference to the worlds canal traffic.
The figures show the business of the
Suez canal. the Kaiser Wilhelm, the st.
Marys, the New York canals and 9th
ers, and are very suggestive as to the
course and tendency of inland and
world commerce. From these tables n
few statements may be adduced show
ing the Increase and present amount Of
tonnage Of these great avenues Of COM
merce. Taking the Suez canal as his
t0rically Of the greatest significance,
the treasury statistics show an increase
in net tonnage from G,57G tons in 1869,
Its opening year. to $685. TT in 1891,
since which there has been little
change. The Kaiser Wilhelm canal has
Increased during the three years It has
been In operation from / .5O5,9S3 tons
to 2,460,705 In the year ending March
81, 1898. or an increase of nearly 30
per cent. The most stupendous figures
ult AiAOot III NOnItNAlbu WIN Ailt 81
Mary's Falls canal, connecting Lake
Superior and the lower lakes. The
freight tonnage in this canal has in
creased from 1867. 741 tons in 1881 to
more than 100000 in 1S07-an in
crease without precedent In the history
of canals, showing that In volume Of
business this pathway Of commerce
takes first rank in the world. The
Welland, also. shows an Increase from
S10.934 tons in 1880 TO 1927 ,9S7 the
last year. The New York canals alone
show steady decrease since 1880, the
number OF tons In that year being T.
OCT .402, while in 1897 the number was
only .STS,21S This result has been
brought about by number Of causes,
chief Of which, however, has been the
reduction In rail freights from Chicago
to the coast. Thus the average rate
per bushel for wheat from Chicago to
New York by lake and canal In 1877
was "a cents. and In 1897 4.25 cents.
During the same time the combination
OF lake aud rail freights has fallen
from 1913 cents In 1877 to 1882 cents
! In 1897.
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rMnl ANn.s Nj ouEEN.
stories Bearing on the Person"l''y o.
the Princess of Wales.

the Princes of Wales.
oueen Victoria recently admitted
that of all the members of her royal
family. excepting only her youhseS'
daughter. the Princess BeatrlX, she mas
most love for her probable successor
the beautiful Princess of Wales.
Alexandra, the next Queen oil hn-
gland. will enjoy in way all the pow,
or welded by her husband ana ia
have the full social prestige now oe-
longing to her motherin-law. FOR inns
reason and perhaps because she likes
TO keep herself young enough to ENJOY
this the Princess of Wales deyotes Il
norton of her time to athletics. she
exercises constantly. and one room at
Marlborough House is filed with au-
tomato side saddles, stationary Dlcy-
Giles and all sorts Of athletic aids. Sne
rides horseback indoors and outdoors
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The Cars proposition that disagree
ing nations should proceed as In n
duel" shows that he is In earnest in his
phllanthropic aims. lie probably has
IN mind the French duel.
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1t is said process has been invented
by which eyes may be colored to suit
the taste Of their owner 1t differs
probably from the old process Of color
ing eyes In direct opposition to the taste
of their owner.
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In South Dakota an amendment was
adopted IN the recent election which
introduces . modified form of the Swiss
initiative and referendum in the max
ing OF laws. In the future. whenever
b per cent. OF the voters Of the state
petition for law on any subject, Il will
be the duty Of the Legislature to pass
such law and submit 1t 10 the voters
at the next election for their approval
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Under the circumstances Hobson,
when lac meets his fate. Is going TO be
embarrassed at that point in the pre-
limlnaries when she asks him II she's
the first girl he ever kissed.
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The proposition to make Havana
health resort Is an audaclous one, but
American engineering and energy Is
equal to us accomplishment. The con
version of such pest hole into resort
for invallds would be a shining object
lesson of the difference between Span
ish aud American methods.
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A man who has four living wives
has confessed and given himself up to
the police. lie is supposed to have been
actuated by remorse, but 1t is dollars
TO doughnuts that he has one eye ON
dime museum.