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AR7ATcNs THE PssRACE.
The English Nobility Haven't Done MucI
Worth Doing.


Worth Doing.
The death of the Duke of Argyll has
brought out the falsity Of the assump-
tion thar men Of hereditary wealth can
be trusted 10 do the intellectual work
that does not directly pay And this
is simply because the Duke really did
something in that way According to
Carlyle, the British peerage was in its
origin q kind Of glOrified civil service.
in which the titles were certificates Of
success in the most arduOus competi-
tive examinations. Still. according to
him. "the merit system broke down
in its application 10 the British peer
age in the reign Of Charles I. Since
then Lord has nothing TO do "as
such" except TO exist beautifully" As
the lords have all the chances Of edu-
cation that England affords. and moth
inG 10 do but what they may choose
70 do, what treasures Of learned leis-
ure and research we ought 70 owe to
them. The career OF the Duke OF Ar
gyll ought rot 70 have been IN exCep-
ton in his order at ali. but simply an
Illustration Of the rule. And vet he
''' 'tlE NAAF fuNF III TREAT BRITAIN
who within living memory has amount
ed To- anything It is true that the
Marquis Of Salisbury might have been
duke If he had not regarded his mar
quisate as prOuder title than n new
duksdom could furnish And doubt
less the Marquis Of Salisbury amounts
to something When he was Lord
Robert Cecil. Bagehot said 10 him that
hc was rhc only member Of the Brit
ish ariSrocracy who had shown the
capacity OF earning his own living
Tbis he had bad to do for q season.
and had done If IN the character og
political writer. and there Is no doubt
that le would have made a political
success 10 he had been ~ commoner
Ills existence fs fully justified. So IS
rh1t N Lord EOsgberv. as public
speaker and as writer. If not vet
fully J- % politician Here are three
ruf of fv" hundred members Of rhe
House of Lords Perhaps an Ordin-
ariIy well-IufOrmed observer might
manage 'D pick ouf half dozen more
lords who might fairly he called dis
.U-I.-.fl Ior something else than bc-
ng lords barring tho new men. who
ow" their titles % their achievements.
But nm. .s e. sorry showing Tor so
many holders OF what may DO called
perpc'U1.Iy endowed fellowsuips
From .Ihe Point " View" 60 Scrib-
rar.- Nfl-aEIrt
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bears growing were added the fright
ened lOwings Of the COWS. the hubbub
was indeed 50 great that the family
dared not stir forth When day
dawned Wassell ventured To approach
the ditch and then saw that the ene-
my's prospects of getting out were
bad. The beast was wallOwing in
sticky, black mud. and although it
made prOdigiouS efforts To Chamber up.
the soft earth yielded to it's cfnws.
and it was unable TO gain the top OF
the excavation.
Wassell kept ar a distance and none
OF the women left the house that day.
lest the bear should suddenly get out
and, in its fury. rush upon them.
only toward night did wasseiI venture
10 throw bundles OF fodder across the
trench 10 the c.ttle. he dared not try
70 cross with water for them. and was
in much perplexity.
During the night following little
bear. AZ large as n pug dog came C
the trench. attracted probably by the
rOars OF the old one and either fell
or scrambled down 20 IT.. WasSell saw
IT there in the morning, padding about
in the mlre.
Either from his religious scruples
against taking life or because h. Dos.
sessed no adequate weapon. the Young
settler made no effort 10 kill the bear.
and during all that day the family re-
manned in jeopardy. They saw ne
other way than to allow the bear 10
starve there. but feared. meantime.
that their cows would perish for want
Of water.
Toward evening on the third day.
however, affairs took TURN from the
appearance ON the scene Of two young
Canadian sportsmen. who were shoot.
Ing from n skiff along the lake shore
They had seen the smoke of the Douk
hobors' house and landed in the hope
of procuring milk. These young MIN
rods were unable 10 understand what
Wassell said - them. bur they went
10 the ditch with him. and roared with
laughter when they saw the situation
Being troubled by no scruples about
taking life. one of them Immediately
put an sud 10 the Doukhobors' trou-
hleS. and also the bears with three
shots from his carbine. The bears
We're So coated with mud that the
hunters abandoned their intention of
securing the skins. and advised Was
sell 10 till in the trench and bury the
carcnsses where they lay-jocosely
telling him that be- would always
know where his bears were,
Generations hence this will TO doubt
he one Of the stories which the Romigs
of Manitoba will tell their children
how Grandpa 'Yassell enrapped the
prodigious bea.-Youth's Companion.
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Among the most enthusiastic Of the
golf players is Justice Harlan. He
declares there is NO better way Of
learning a mans disposition than 10
engage him In a game Of golf. BE
fore he has played Wee" declares
that jOvial iurist. Il know him thor
oughly.' II is amusingly stated that
Justice Harlan often pits himself
against the attorney general. but the
significance affords only an amusing
pleasantly. In flowing silks and bro
cades of splendor. the Chinese Minis
ter. WI Ting Fan. is one OF the most
enthusiastic Of players And the
debouuaire figure Of Ali Ferrough Bey.
the Turkish Minister frequently leads
the Held home. Ambassador Jules
Cambou. prince Of good fellows in his
set Is q constant attendant. With
graceful care me- follows the ball over
the long stretch making UP the three
mile circuit General and Mrs. Miles
enter into it with real zest. and Mrs.
Miles can score fewer strokes than the
general Secretary Root and General
Corbiu. who have become fast friends.
find relief iu golr. after a day repietc
with trying details Of work md du-
ties. as exacting as any ever imposed
ON Gu Oficial-Tho National Maya
fue
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An Awkrard MiIItnnnire.

one Of the best known mflIionaircs
Of klOudike at the present moment is
Alexander Mcdonald n Scotchman.
born in Nova Scotia. He started life
as 4 day laborer, eventually worked
his way TO the northwest OF America
from mining camp TO mining camp.
He was 80 awkward. however. in his
work that he could not hold a job
more than q few weeks
He went ont with numerous STAN
pedes. but could never arrive in time
to locate a paying claim Finally he
came across a petty journalist with q
small claim on Bonanza Creek. which
he could not develop for vantOf funds
Mcdonald purchased this claim for
SJuO. and IN few weeks made $50.
0p0 from 1T. With this money he Sc
cured several other claims. only a few
Of which proved successful. ueverthe-
less. no is now worth about sJ.OOOOOO.
out Of Que claim ar FL Dorado Creek
hc -hoveled 10000 in twelve hours -
Philadelphia Record.
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Mental Fatigue.

Edward ThOrndike sums up his CON
cIusiou on the subject Of mental "a
tigue rs follows: Mental work is nor q
simple matter Of metal energy. OF
quantity ot positive or inhibitorv uer-
voUs discharges. bur of their direction
~ well. mental fatigue is not like
physical fatigue and requires difereut
treatment. IFS warning izns are more
complicated. less eficacious and
therefore more often neglected. the
warnings thar we DO have arc not
measures OF the degree OF inability.
but indefinite and at present thunder
stood signs of danger. the degree OF
mental inability does not vary proper
fi1uFf'Iv -o fhe amount of work done
without sufficient rest Iur increases
much ie-- quickly up t0 certain
amount OF mental wors and then muv
increase much faster ,o that ono SRA W
or mental work may then brsak -.n
.lurI- back
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-09-18

Andy Fs-ler is tbc pos-ess0r of n
truly mo.hariy cat. aud bc naturally
feels proud or her. About six weeks
ago sh" brought forth baud % little
Kittens. a scv days later. while Andy
was out ou % hunting trip. De came
across some Htrle squirrels Just get
ting their eyes open. Thinking that
OLD I'us- time would he too much oc-
oup.ed in looking after her little ones
to- got ont end hustle u the usual fresh
meat hc brought two OF the squirrels
home with which to crafty her feline
m1iesfy's appetite After placing fhc
little rodents in the nest no more was
thought Of their destiny tin next day.
when, to- his surprise. he found old
Fuss nursing them as tenderlv MS thc
kittcus. They are now about hnif
grown. and can be seen friskiur
around the yard and playing leap
froE with che other kittens. seemingly
as h,ar to their foster mother as her
real offspring -Oxnard Courier.
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rsaeh Trsss In pine Fnrs.t.

Two years ago Nrr Dukes PUT ont
sis acres Of peach trees among the live
Ing pines People would come by bis
orchard and tell hw tbat hts trees
would never live among the n'uee. Mr.
Dukes is original ir anything aud Boo
advanced rho theory that the pines
would protect the fruit trees from tle
scorching sun in summer anil fhc Soc
verify Of rho winters blast. q was
icft for time ~ Tell the srorv-Nr.
Dukes being tine originator OF this new
scheme Of having peach orchard right
out in the piuv woods This year
these tw0-vaar trees arc laden With
some of the largest ami most lu,fous
peaches thar ever grew 0u % tree
Sow people who two years ago. at-
tempted f0 guy Mr. Dukes about bis
new IDEAS Of fruit growing arc going
t0 follow in bis path and DO likewise.
y iz said that nor n dead tree .7u De-
found among the pines. while further
up where tho timber has been re-
moved. some ~ the trees have died.
while others do not look nearly sol we'll
Nouitric co Observer
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Au extraordinary phenomenon has
been noticed with regard t0 choetnut
trees in tle Avenue Louise. Brussels.
since tile Installation of rho electrical
trains Their foliage beginq 10 turn
brown and drop carly u August. 20
bud. and even ro blossom again in
October The trees ora tho opposite
side 0g tho tramwav behave like or
binary trees. for they lose their foliage
iu rhe iare autumn. and do not put
forth fresh blossom until the spring.
Bo1nIst- are inclined fo believe that
the cause OF fli- singular state oC
things U.s. due fo che electrical current
which passes uuderErouudactIug upon
tho roots NJ tho trees. which are other
wise quite healthy. -Tit-Brs
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HORSE phreuOloZv Us tine latest dis.
..rery Of fbn Royal College or Veteriu-
arv Surgeons OF England According
'1 Harold Leonny. % member of The
college. To- Is easy fo TON horses char.
a'fer Hv .ne shape of bis nose II
there is gentle curve Iu the profile.
and l- fHr same time the ears are
pointed aud -ausitIve.it BE- safe to bank
0n fhe animal 1s gentle. and at tho
-7m' time high spirited If on the
other band fhe horse has dent I'm
fhe middle Of bis nose. it is equally
safe to sot him down as rreacherous
and vicious The Roman nosed horse
.s sure t0 bo % GOO ,imal Tor hard
work and safe to but hc is apt
to Do slow. 18th q slight
roucavty b. viii be sCary
and need rse that drops
bis ~ as wen az
VIC -ucata.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-09-18
PITH AND POINT.

Hoax-''Some genius has invented n
muzzle for women" Joax-''I guess
that's only Il gag"
Auctioneer-~Lo -. \ genuine
Turner. Painted during the artists
lifetime What offers, gentlemen -
Punch.
She-"It'S too bad poor Jack Good
fellow failed; lac had so many friends,
too" He ,reAectivelyl-"H hadr'-
Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. CIubbey-" And after we were
finished with that business we heId~a
secret session Mr.. Clubbey-"H How
many did you teIl:'
Can I help YOU Maria - Yes. I've
dressed Tommy-now you keep him
clean while dress myself and the two
girls '-Chicago Record.
Her steeIy ewes are china blue.
Her face with marble can compare.
Her heart Is stone. I've noticed. too,
She views me with a stony stare
Philadelphia Record
Blobbs-' Sillicus is not much of
conversationaIist. SIobbs-~That's he
cause he never talks unless he has
something 20 say, and then he's afraid
nobody will listen"
Mammal don't see where you get
your red hair You don't get IL from
your papa. and you certainly don't get
il from me" Little Dorothy-"Weu
mamma can't I start souethingT''
girl may be, there Is one thing she is
not Will-"What's thatF' Jack
she * not contagious" Will-"How
do you meau:" Jack-"You can't
catch her. Detroit Free Press.
Put away the httle jolIelets
or the goldman and the plumber.
For the ancient Iceman punIet
Has the night Of way IN summer
Chicago News.
Mrs. Rash potters around in tie
wet grass wedding her flower beds
day after day and she never gets
rheumatism" Well, some women are
just that contrary" Indianapolis
Journal
1T Is hard for NE TO acknowledge
that I do not know II all" said the
Cornfed Philosopher. but T confess
cannot see why the rock the boat idiot
is allowed 10 live until he il strong
enough TO rip it. over. Indianapolis
Press.
Papa is beginning 10 ask If your
intentions are serious" she naiveIy re-
marked. HIM" spoke up the sutton.
He surely can't think I'm taking
chances of being kicked out twice n
week just for joke, can he f''-Phlla-
delphia Record
Jack-"Wel whatever the summer
All right. then ws,H toss faE-it-z,
said Tommy. Here goes. You hoIIer.
Heads or taHs:'' Very we'll" replied
little Emerson Of Boston. Il prognos-
ticate the falling OF the diverse upper
most. -PhiladelnlIa Press.
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was seen driving alone along the leary
boulevard i'm a fashionable American
trap and nicely matched pair OF
grays. She handled the reins dexter
iously. and her Importance was only
exceeded by her complete seif-possess-
ion II happened only n few mouths
ago. lt was such an unusual occur
renee. and in fact the entire incident
was so palpably daring from a Cuban
standpoint that IL made the Americans
smile within themselves with the
pleasant satisfaction that democracy
was at last striding into the Paris
OF the West Indies.
out a'onZ the cool green lawns OF FL
Nedado. the prin, pal suburb OF Ha-
vana. they are playing tennis like vet
Grams. with gallant young officers OF
the American army n tutors. The
archery parties re becoming popular.
and the young ladies are learning 10
swim and 10 handle n sailboat with
ease. y Cuban girl on bicycle -
not an uncommon occurrence. and the
Turkish bath parlors are rendezvous
for club women. who gather there 20
discuss the merits OF the opera at the
Payret. or some new fad Of Casada.
Havana's tragedienne the favorite of
the coxcombs who loiter in the foyers
or the Tacon and the AlbiSu and sip
creme de menthe between illusions.
The men Of Cuba struck for freedom
when they found the hand Of Spain
too oppressive. II gave an inspiration
10 the women in their own sphere.
They want domestic liberty. They
want their rights. They want the con
sideratiou thar is due human beinS
irrespective of sex. Who knows
where all this Cuban struggle may vet
endt MI that the women need now
Is a leader who dares They await
Il Susan Anthony among them. -Lu-
cie France Pierce in the Chicago
Times Herald.
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Two old carronades were fshed M
from the Savannah River by the dred-e
Bahcock while the deepening process
for the Hutchinson's Island terminals
was IN progress. says the Savannah
GA News. After the old guns were
dug up months ago there was some
correspondence with the Smithsonian
Institute in regard 10 them. but the
Smithsonian viii not get the relics.
and il seems probable that they will
grace some spot in Savannah Prop
erIy mounted and JIM Il with their
history and the and date Of
their recovery. the euns would prove
objects OF no little interest
It is believed the hulk from which
the guns We're recovered was the wreck
Of the British man-of war Rose. which
was sunk by the ContineutaIs and the
French. The exact location of the
wreck could not he ascertained from
The historical accounts. but IL is pre-
sumed that the hulk demolished by the
dredging force was all thar was left of
the British war vessel This belief is
strengthened by the fact that the car
ronades are 81 the type that prevailed
about that period.
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D remember some Eve years ago Z
was uU the NIr. away from big
towns. and had q long taik with var.
.ous -nciss and omfohs or villages. Z
was tbo only Westeruer present. and
we I'D know and trusted each other lt
way 7 asked f taxes wcre lighter.
Yes. was the answer -ts water
fairly distributed Yes care fhe
soldiers paid property" yes scan
Won get Justice against Dasha ~
Yes and who did aU thisf~ Gull-
iy asked, expecting t0 De- told Dc was
The English. There was q silence. tb,y
ore never in n hurry Then an old
sheik answered. Allah"
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INSTANTANEOUS.

They talked about the magin wide
Between the wants OF men.
How some had simple tastes, and some
FlstIdious were again
QuOth he: "Oh yes. SOM are content
With things Of little worth
But that won't do for me; | want
The best there Il on earth"
With Iov of uncaged bird that once
Again 20 freedom scars
She tell INTO his arms and screamed
Thanks. darling, l am yours
Boston Courier
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The royal and imperial housos OF
Greece. Denmark and Russia converse
toC-ther in English The Queen mvar-
ABLY speaks German iu her home cir
de. while her grandson The Emperor
cf Germany speaks English t0 his
wife and family and German else
N ..r.
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Scattered i'm evnuescenr cloudIets
through the air near the earth are
many odors Balloonists find reason
10 believe that the most powerful OF
these exhaIltions do not reach far up
ward. while diffusion literally is so
slow thar rho smell Of oil OF lines was
eighteen minutes passing through a
tube three feet long. bur the wind
transports the odOrs far and rapidly.
Rev. John VI. Bacon. who has been in
vesrigatiuZ the subject. mentions
smell OF burning fat that was drawn
by the wind into n stream much more
THAI seven niles long but Of little
width. He mentions The record OF
boats crew that was enveloped in n
dense wreath Of wood smoke when 400
miles nj sea. AMI also that of a smell
Of primeval forests that seemed 70
have been borne 10y % cyclone across
the Atlantic TO the coast OF France.
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u x II
!. !. !: !. !. !. !.
III Russian Doukhob-
Ors are Synonymous
A - terms. Five thou
EfAki - sand of this sect
C'W.H emigrated from the
NHN1 Caucasus provinces
W+f1 E%Af~A Of Russia 10 Amer
fk,G ica during the win
q; n s3HsY ter and spring OF
AS%A ~ 1899. For several
1iS - sss'SS1ssrS~ years they had suf-
- fered relentless
kZc-@ prosecution because
g -\-N their religious faith
forbids them 10 take life, and hence
prohibits them from serving "a sol
diers in the Russian army. PERMITS
sion 10 emigrate WAS az first with
held, but Mt length il was obtained
from the Gar through the interces-
sion of the authorph illnthropiSt.
Count Leo Tol~toi and of prominent
QUakers i'm England and America.
The Canadian Governments. bsIiav-
ing the DoukhoborS would De- good ser
tiers made them welcome and accord
81 them farming lands in thre"
districts 10 the north AMI northwest
of Winnipeg Owing 70 tine cpnt,ca-
ton o.. their property Icy rho Russian
Government. nearly all the immigrants
arrived i'm America very poor the eK-
penses Of transportation having heeu
betrayed largely Ivy Count TOlstoi and
sympathetic friends in England and
elsewhere.
The Doukhobors are vC-etari1ns 10y
reason of their unwiUugnasS 20
slaughter domestic animals. poultry.
game OF food Such o. them ms fen
III at the quarantine station refused
70 take beef tea. or extracts from
meat
These people are mainly farmers.
and when the spring opened they Inc
gan W king with great ch-erfUIness
on their new homeSteadS. but Is the
soil. climate. seed. birds and BEASTS
in Manitoba are different from those
which they had been accustomed To
Southeastern Russia. they had much
o. in their first season aud their
did not all prosper. But they
see fossessed Of IN Astounding i'm
dusl Nand viii doubtless do as we'll
rs T. cogeuerS the NenuonireS.
when shall have become accus-
TONED country.
One .ckhohor family. consisting
of WasSrtl Romig. young man TWEEN
~ years of ages his mother So@patra
BOmi=: .is younger sister PeIgia. and
- Lttlo brother Tumofeu had q queer
Svcnturc with a family OF bears.
fhe Romi-s bad settled in the Dau-
lin Lake district Of Manitoba. aud
tere were living with them ar rhi,
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RE Quakers" and
Russian Doukhob-
Ors are Synonymous
terms. Five thou
sand Of this sect
emigrated from the
Caucasus provinces
Of Russia 10 Amer
ica during the win
jter and spring of
1900. For several
years they had suf-
fered a relentless
prosecution because
their religious faith
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The tendons OF the hind legs OF beef
cattle have hitherto gone 70 the glue
factory. \ Dutch inventor now makes
them into artificial whalebone The
tendons are thoroughly dried. tanned
in a solution Of chromate of aluminium
and salt. pressed between warm plates
AMI finally cut into strips OF the size
desired
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

Color photography will doubtless 10
time be 81 great use for reproducing
the medical and surgical aspects OF
disease Mr.. Ives has experimental
upon this subject with his "kromS
kop-' II * easy 20 sec its usefulness
for lecturing and teaching purposes.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-09-18

\ falling meteor gives ont great heat
just rs "A bullet l. heated when il
strikes the target Some have coniec-
tured thar vast stream Of these little
hailstoues raining upon the sun sup
plies its fuel But II the whole mass
OF the moon were put into stone
crusher. broken Mp AMI thrown against
the sun. it would barely furnish heat
for a single year. And no such weight
could possibly approach the sun with.
out our knowledge.
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The STORM
BIZ EorILY A. WARDEN.

Cold blows the gale from out the North,
Wild moan the forest, vale and moor.
Fierce spirits wander boldly forth.
Grim monsters scream at every door
Against the tempest's hurting might
God keep the helpless poor tonight 4,
Cold creep n yves along the shore
Wild shout veakers IN their glee,
Fierce syvcll- 'Ce OF ocean roar.
Grim stalk tn ides along the lea
Against the storms tempestuous might
God guard the sea-tossed ships tonight.