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mercury and of Venus. and explain the
future with the greatest apparent ease
and confidence oi'' e0''e
Sorcery is science seen upside down
mere is confused groundwork of truth
Taiiacious method of viewing facts
at the bottom Of all the pseudo-scienees.
Yet the truth and the facts exist ana
these explain the success of the decor CEN
tions. WV ueoep-
They dazzle and daze minds NOT +raina5
IN sound reasoning. Strong-minded men
nave weak places IL theil. heads-'sa vel
low streak" so to speak. The societia.
LOT psychical research" and theosonl,ic
speculation begin with an acknowieIler
ment OF the possible trath of ghost-seeiog
and spirit communication. This DossibIe
foothold is seized by the charlatan &c
proved basis for his ilusory structure,
Superstitions are at the core the same
everywhere and at all times, because thew
are based on those desires and that igno-
rance which are and ever VIII be a. part
CT man nature. He Is d!rliy aware
Of mighty untneasured forces and agen-
cies IN ee9seless activity around him.
controlling his own destiny; the ominous
and oEaipFcsent porteat of death meets
him at every turn: dissatisfaction with
MS present condition: intense longing for
lie AID JOY which. ne often thinks, it
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THE WI FhMIL,Y 5. ahd 6 Gs4 %f.. Minister
Minister


Which must be matter of habit, we con-
ceded, and which therefore has nothing
to do with motives or morals. So we pass
ed on. soa d
'Your coat" I suggested, SIS beautiful
IN texture and workmanship, but it does
not fit" aG
1T should not said Nine WI, decided
ly; 1T not modestto fit. Your dress too
close. That is not NICE
IT'S neat
"AhF' Nine. WI laughed outright; 'you
not care for neatness.''
but do"
Then what for you let your dress
drag?"
well, it's more modest than having It
short like yours, and It's graceful"
No, nor Madame's eyes blinked tri-
umphantly. First modesty, then cleanli-
ness; grace after that No grace without
those first. Can you be graceful without
being clean? Anyway, there's your cor
set How you be graceful when you IN
comfortable?''
Il m not uncomfortable But there are
those poor little feet; how can you be
graceful wheH you can't waikiki
II walk, said madame, who had proved
1t. by entering the room alone, with the
aid OF chairs and table, then added quick
iy: anyway, I prefer eat TO walk, -
which scored point for China
Which all goes to show that woman
attire depends on the point of view.
Some American ways Mrs. WI eheerfully
| comedies are better than the Chinese
She has learned to laugh here, and says
she likes 1t. In China there Is little or
| no laughing-certa4plye the present condi-
J ton of things in ct1e, rFlowery Kingdom
! is no laughing matters In China there Is
little hospitality. in the American sense
OF dining with and calling upon friends
She has learned to imake and receive
ealls-a custom which fialso commends it.
self to her Judgment. One thing she prob
ably has not learned TO like is being in
reviewed for the newspapers It is
more than probable that'she didn't know
at the time thatsshe was taking for the
press and 1t is also, more trim probable
that Mr.. WI had few things to say to
Mrs WI when the interview came to his
notice.
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THE RABBIT S Foot

Why the hare, or rabbit which in
Europe is simply a type of helplessness
and cowardice in the animal kingdom,
should be, in the folklore of Africa, the
hero Of a thousand adventures, the leader
of the beasts, by dint of shrewdness in
teligence and courage. is hard to conjec-
ture The legends of "B'rer Rabbit
among American negroes, his clever de-
vices in outwitting his natural enemies
the dog, fox and wolf-and thwarting
every scheme designed for his own pun
ishment, are numerous. From these le-
gends of the preternatural sagacity of the
living rabbit came the idea that the dead
rabbit had certain magic powers. The
negroes believe that to carry a rab-
bits foot in the pocket is not only a
talisman for good luck, but is a specific
for certain diseases The left hind foot
of the rabbit is believed to have the most
efficacy, and if it is taken from a bbit
that runs in graveyard its preternatural
properties are quite irresistible 1t is
needless to say that all this is the rank
est superstition, which can only flourish
in the midst of dense, unthinklng ignor-
ance. Yet President Mckinley and Mr..
Bryan have had dozens of rabbit feet
sent them by partisan friends. Well
mounted samples are to be found in Jew
elry stores, and men are seen wearing
them attached to watch chains
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mains, under the direct care and super
vision of the navy. department. Every
member or delegate in the house of rep
resentatives has the appointment of one
cadet midshipman, the District of Column
bia one, and ten are appointed at large
by the president. Cadets must be between
fourteen and eighteen years of age and
physically sound. The pay of cadets is
$500 per anrum Besides the cadet mid
shipmen, twenty-five cadet engineers may
be appointed each year, from sixteen to
twenty years Of age, on competitive ex-
animation, involving a higher standard
of knowledge. The course for cadet en-
gineers is four years at the academy and
two years additional a sea. All cadets
who graduate are appointed assistant
engineers as fast as vacancies occur in
the navy The course of studying is
strict, including mathematics, steam en-
cheering, physics, mechanics, seaman
ship, ordnance, history, laws, languages
etc. All commissioned officers and naval
cadets who have completed the four-year
course wear in their caps a device of
two crossed anchors supporting the
United States shield and surmounted by a
spread eagle.
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FAMOUS BOOKS /
FLEA ~ w e. ~ " W. "
GIL BIAS.
Pride and Prejudice.

pearing In 1715 and the last In 1895. 1t
mas been Translated into many languages,
the earliest in English; the one which
mas remained the standard being by To-
bias Smollett.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.
The story Of pride and Prejudice" is
extremely simple. 1t is a history of the
gradual union of two people one held
back by uEconquerabIe pride and the
other blinded by prejudice but in spite
CT little plot, the interest is sustained
through the book. The characters are
drawn with humor, delicacv. and the in
. innate knowledge OF men and women
that Miss Austen always shows Mr.
Bennett, amiable and peace-lovine, leaves
Mrs. Bennet, his querulous ambitious
and narrow-minded wife, the difficult
task of marrying off his five daughters
his daughter Elizabeth, though not 60
heauu-uI as Jane, is the brightest and
most attractive member of the family
one mas Lively disposition. frank, pleas
ing manners, and a warm heart: and
though bitterly prejudiced against Mr..
barcy, the wealthy, dignified hero. his
excellent qualities and faithful devotion
VIE her at last, and she foreiyes the
pride from which he stopped to conouer
her. Among the minor characters are
George Nickham, fascinating and m
pIlhclpled, who elopes with Lydia Ben
net; Mr.. Bfngley, Darcy's handsome
friend, who marries Jane Bennett. and
Mr.. Collins, small-souled, straight lac
ed clergyman. The scene is laid in Eng
iand IN the country; and the Characters
are the ladies and gentlemen Miss Aus
ten describes so well in her novels
PRIDE and Prejudice" was published in
1873. 1t was Miss Austens first novel
ana was written when she was twenty.
one years old, in 1886
Jane Austen was among the first of the
prominent English female novelists. She
was born Dec 49, 17T5. and f7ied TI,I,, A' 4o
l$l7. Her books, pride and Preiudica,'
and Sense ad SensibiIity" in particular
are more popular today than when first
written owing 10 a prejudice then
against women writers. She describes
WI, Wilh sreat hdelity English middle class
life, rural scenes and Characters VI
ter Scott and Lord Macauley accord her
high praise. --oi
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1.-THE TERRAPIN WAR"


The opponents of the war Of 1872 were
especially annoyed at the embargo acts,
In New York in particular, and with ref
erence to these invented the phrase, 1.-THE
Terrapin War" saying that the country,
by thus extinguishing commerce, was
drawing within its own shell like a ter
rapin. Caricatures, epigrams and songs
We're directed against the embargo and
also against the act forbidding inter-
course with Canada. In one newspaper
cut the trade Of the United States was
represented by a bewildered serpent,
Which had caught itself between two
trees, marked respectively, ''embargo"
and "non-intercourse." The wondering
snake does not understand the trouble
and its head calls out, Whats the mat
ter. Tail?' to which the tail replies, ST
can't get out" A cock, supposed to rep
resent France, stands by growing joy
fully. The feeling was so intense that
troops were called out several times in
different towns of New England In the
spring and summer of 1872 THE Terrapin
war was popular campaign song with
the Federalists The first stanza of this
unique ode was as follows:
Aurrah for our liberty, boys.
These are the days of our glory
IneSe days of true national joys,
w hen terrapins gallop before YET
Ihere'S Porter and Grundy and Rhea
IN congress, who manfuIly vapor.
Who draw their six dollars a dav
And light bloody battles on paper!
An! This is true terrapin war
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GIL BIAS.

gill BIAS.
The adventures of Gil Bias, OF Santil-
lane. is a series of pictures of life among
ali classes and conditions of people In
Spain two centuries ago. Gil Bias, an
orphan of seventeen years, is sent out
by his uncle, with the gift of mule and
little money, to seek the University of
Salamanca, there to finish his educa ton.
and find a lucrative situation. He does
not reach the university, but falls in
with robbers, actors, politicians, in
succession Of adventures. BY turns he
enters the service of a physician, a lady
of fashion, and a prime minister, with
equal confidence; accepting luxury or
restitution, palace or prison, with equal
philosophy. The narrative runs on with
excursions and interpolated histories
and the thread of the story is as IN
consequential as that Of a tale of the
Arabian Nights or a modern farce com
edy. The charm of the work is its alb
solute truth to human nature. ami IT'S
boundleSs humOr and satire These quail
tiles have made it a classic DR. San
grado, the quack physician, to whom Gil
Bias appTcnticed himself, the archbishop
ca Granada, with other of the person
ages of these adventures, have been ac-
cepted as universal Spanish types.
novelist, was bern May s, 1858, and died
Nov. II, 1747. He abandoned law for lit
erature and achieved his first success as
a writer of comedies. He is now best
known by Gil Bias" a book descriptive
of Spanish life, which he wrote without
personal knowledge of that country. An
otheT OF his Spanish character books IS
THE Devil on Two Sticks"
WhIle LIE Sage was never Sin Spain, vet
through his familiarity with it's elitera-
ture he produced a work so essentially
Spanish III its tone and spirit as to nro.
woke long controversy as to its originate
ty. Padre Isla, a Spaniard, who trans
lated Gil Bias" declares on his title
page that the tale was Stolen from the
Spanish, and now restored to its country
ana native language" ''Gn Bias" is LIE
6age's greatest and most brilliant work
It's writing occupied twenty years of his
literary prime; the first two volumes an
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itary body, subject to the rules and arti-
cles of war. One cadet is assigned to
each congressional district and territory
in the Union, to be named by the repre-
sentative in congress for the time being,
and ten appointments at large, specially
conferred by the president of the United
States The course of instruction re-
quires four years, and is largely mathe-
matical and professional. The discipline
is very strict, even more so than in the
army, and the enforcement of penalties
for offenses is infexible rather than Sc
we're. The Whole number of graduates
from 1902 exceeds 3,000
Appointees to the academy must be be-
tween seventeen and twenty-five years
of age, at least five feet in height and
free from infirmity and able to pass a
careful examination in leading branches
of knowledge. Each cadet admitted mus
bind himself to serve the United States
eight years from the time of admission
to the acadamy. The pay of cadets is
$40 per year, with no allowance for ra-
lions. Cadets wear the following device:
spread eagle, shield and arrow, with
initials ''U. S. M. A" on their caps
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TROUBLESoF OUR OWN :::: &C.,: :;:
ARTICLE NO. L.

FOR INDEPENDENCE AND PEACE.
For a country which has done more
Hhan any other to make peace universal
and perpetual, the United States has had
good many wars, and these, with va
rious local disturbances which involved
the use of troops and the loss of life, will
be briefly described from time to time
In this department. Our policy of indie
pendence and isolation for the Western
Hemisphere, formulated locally in Wash
angton's neutrality proclamation in 1893,
urged in his farewell addresse In 1876
sanctioned in Jefferson's inaugural Of
1901, and developed, extended and an
nounced to the world In Monroe's mes
sage of 1923, removed the American con-
tlnent from the circle of the Old World
political and dynasic interests and am
billions. until 1898 and 1900, and was
force in the direction of peace for this
half of the earth The embargo of 1874
and the non-impoptation, embargo and
non-inteTcourse acts of 1S06-11, as
means of retaliation against England and
France for their attacks on American
commerce in the conflict between those
nations, We're an endeavor, futile, but
sincere, to make trade restrictions take
the place Of war. In the Alabama claims
controversy of 1852, the principle OF
arbitration proposed by the United
States and accepted by England as
substitute for war gained a victory which
has led to many peaceful settlements of
international disputes since.
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MR.. AND MRS. WI T1NG-FANG.


Minister WI has shown himself to be a
marvel Of tact and cleverness The adj
dress he delivered on the anniversary of
Washington's birthday showed that he
was a fstudent of American institutions
and history. He gave a good many peo-
pie who thought themselves well posted
a few ideas about government and morals
that were well worth considering
In his wife Mr.. WI has a worthy help
mate. She is only twenty-six years old,
she is the mother of a boy Of twelve, and
mistress of one of the most palatia1 resi-
dences in Washington. She is making fair
progress in the English language, and
even in 4her crude expressions makes it
plain that she is we'll bred and of refined
tastes. According to a female reporter,
who has been interviewing her, Mrs. WI
is quaint and dainty, and as deIicately
painted as bit of china from her ma
tive land" In a discussion of the com
parative merits of American and Chinese
customs. Mrs. WI vigorously defended
those Of her native land. In China she
explained, I'VE marry and then fail in
love-" which is reversing the process as
practieed in America. And when they are
married, Nine. WI says that the women
aim to be great, explaining: Chinese
women progressive, too, only different
way. Chinese women try to be great,
too; good mothers, great wives. Chinese
women earnest. They not spend time
making their hair crooked en- irons, MAX
ing their waists small making their
dresses full Of frills and changing all
time. Chinese women not strive for how
to look, but how to be-
Mrs. Wa was not pleased with the
American woman's costume THIS is the
way the female reporter puts the dia-
logue:
Your clothes immodest and ungrace-
full
$50 are yours, Nine. WI"
No. emphattsally: these modest
Nine. WI touched the soft silk trousers
as she spoke.
you couldn't get a self-rospecting
American woman to appear in trousers. .
You not get one In China to appear
without them
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THE ARoosTooK WAR

Between 1887 and 1889 the unsettled
boundary line between Maine and New
brunswick came near leading to active
hostil1ties on the Aroostook river, be-
tween the Americans and English. The
governor of Maine sent troops to drive off
the intTuders and erect Notifications. and
congress authorized the president to re-
slst the encroachments of the British.
President Van Buren, sent Gen. Scott to
the scene, who arranged a truce, and it
was agreed 3that the country should be
occupied jointly, as before, pending adj
Justment of the boundary, which was
defnitively settled Aug. 9, 1912, by the
Ashburton treaty.
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can never offer. goad him to seek a
knowledge which weights and measures
are impetent to accord him. Yet such re-
stricted knowledge is all that science can
supply. Therefore he turns in despair,
as last resort. to the mystics and the
adopts. who stand ready to beckon him
into their halls Of deception. They may
believe in their business and may make
others believe. for an adequate fee.
However strange and improbable the be-
liefs and claims Of ancient and modern
wonder workers. none exceed the mar
vels revealed by science during the past
half century; Of natures laws. The wild
est dreams of the old-time soothsayer is
being realized in the discoveries scientific
men are making today by probing into
the secrets and forces of the air, sea.
land and living things
From time to time in this department
we will give accounts of the different and
most striking forms of superstition COM
mon in America and the old world
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THE BEAR FLAG wAR

This was an insurrection against the
Mexican government in June, 1886 sup
posed to have been instigated by John
=. Fremont, then captain of United
states troops in California. A body of
American settlers seized some Mexican
horses and then captured the town of
Sonoma. They raised flag having on
1t the figure of a bear. In July, the
Mexican war having begun, the Stars and
Stripes were raised at Monterey, and the
Bear Flag war became a factor in the
American conquest of California. A force
OF men called the Bear Flag battalion
was active in driving the Mexicans from
California.
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THE GABRIEL INsURREcr1oN.

OF slave instructions in the South
there is evidence of a number, but details
are meager except as to Vesey and Tur-
ner. 1t has always been the policy to
suppress comment and particulars. The
Gebriel insurrection of 1900 was thor
oughly organized and ready for explosion
when discovered. Its first work was to
capture Richmond. The leader was a
slave named Gabriel, belonging to
Thomas Brosser, near Richmond A
thousand or more slaves were to assem-
bic on the night of Sept. 1 and march
to Richmond. On the last day two
slaves turned infOrmers and revealed the
plot The white inhabitants were to be
murdered, the state arms to be taken and
distributed among the slaves, and the
whole country ravaged. The alarm
following the revelation was painful AID
the state was soon under arms. Patrols
We're established in ali the towns and all
plantations put under guard. Arrests
followed IN rapid order and parties of
five to ten negroes were hanged at a
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Tin fBe Year 1000.
What the World May Be a Hun
bred Years From Now.
ARTICLE NO. 1.

AGRICULTURE-The vast population Of
the United States in 2000 will imply an inn
mense progress in the irrigation of arid
lands, in the cultivation of our noun
tains and sand plains, in the drainage
of our low lands, in the utilization for
manure Of the present waste of fertility
through the sewage of the cities, in tho
restoration of soils and of forests, in
seed selection, liberalization and Inten-
sive plant culture so as greatly TO in
crease the product per acre, and In uthe
introduction from all sparts of the
world of grain, vegetables and plants
for food. The average. crop of wheat
per acre, where planted, will be likely
to rise from IL to 20 bushels, as now.
to 100 or more bushels per acre, to which
all ground intensively cultivated IS
equal. There viii be proportIonate in
crease in all crops. Sugar VIII be an
extensive northern product. Utensils and
dwellings, viii be manufactured largely
of pulps and cement, SO as to utilize
vegetation and stone in every stage OF
decay, ordinary waste or unitness. The,
habits of insect pests will be better un,
derstood. and their parasite enemies dis
covered and utilized so as to prevent
destructive ravages upon vegetation The
eloyers and otker nitrogen gathering
plants and the bacteria which, aid them
IN collecting this important element from
the air, viii both have been SO bred as
to enrich the earth with almost SUPER
abundance of thc p!aEt food wllich.
makes protein IN plants and muscles and
nerves in animals
ANIMAL s AND BIRDS-The size of.
domestic animals will be Increased and
improved in form ard flesh. The scrub
and nlorgre1 viii lave practically dis
appeared. The cost OF supporting good
animal wiil rot be greater than to keep
a poor enc. The speed of horses viii be
increased: COWS will give more and better
milk. The bovine tribe Will have become
practically extinct, except useful yarie-
tie9 which may be domcsticatcd. Snakes
e IA i:slgeiy disappear In The United
StatcS. IRE culture of fishes viii be
iaere extensive, as al acre Of water can
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OUR INDIAN WARS.

1t IS estimated that since the United
States government was formed $4,000
white men, women and children have
been slain in Indian wars and ARRAYS.
and about $4,000 Indians. This includes
5000 whites and $500 Indians killed in in
dividual combats. The total number OF
fatal engagements number about $50. The
cost Of all these wars, from 1T76 to $780,
to the government, is placed at $SO7, 073, 65S
This figures includes army service incl
dental to the Indians, but excludes cost of
Notifications, posts and stations. To this
immense sum of money must be added
the civil expenditures of the government
on behalf of the Indians, which, between
1875 and 1890, amount to $259, 944, 0S2, max
ing total of $1,067, O1774O for civil and
military expenses, in connection with the
Indians. Accounts of the principal IN
dian wars will appear from time to time
In this department.
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P6RSTITI0NS +: ::::.;: : ::
ARTICLE NO. 4.
INTRODUCTORY WORDS ABOUT sU-

INTRODUCTORY WORDS ABOUT sU-
PERST1TONS.
From some unexplained reason there
has heen a wonderful revival within tba
pas decade or tive Of nearly every me-
oleVal SLperstition, under various guises
In the most enlightened centers of the
world. The practitioners of this modern
ssFcery' instead of concealing, adver-
use their ciaims, and urge them upon
inc community under psaudo-scientifc
names and jargons: PaJmistry, card lug
glery and fortune telling, astroiosy, SYM
pathetlc magic, the doctrine of siSna-
lures, hlere-ihera2eutics, and all the
1arrago OF middle age thaur2a.urcy aoiIr-
ish today in American and European
cities to a degree e;iuai:ug any arc in
the worlds history. Many an anxioug
inquirer. is today busily engaged with
aid Of rctort AMI cr1ciDle in oilest cf
. the philosophers stoae, CT IN seeking r.
tx the site OF buried treasure or prec'el,s :
metal by means Of s.Iol.y funii-o tioy1S
People lay money 70 have ;hcir char
acter told from their hand writing. TIC
signs Of scothsayeIs and pal:rl:sis are
found on many q city stree, preparcl
to read the lines IN the hnE,is % clients
for consideration. ard tel What Is "a
happen. They viii discuss fneniIy OF
lines Of life and health. Of Jupiter, 81