New-York tribune., 1901-11-09


to the effect that with the advent Of this ath-
letic girl has occurred the spread Of nervous
troubles across the country. The physician con-
cedes that this may 70 a certain extent be
caused by the climate. but he adds:
Be the causes what they may, the invalid wife
" omen or no other country flop on the roadside
Of life I have ye- 10 see the American who,
after an athletic girlhood. develops into a
healthy matron- They may exist, but have
never met one. having or the contrary. re-
marked that the greater the feats performed IN
youth the more complete the slump in after
How much money IN ths past eight years have
various American citizens given away to educa-
tonaI and philanthropic institutions? No less
q sum. II is estimated. than S314. .650 900 That
is not bad for a supposedly materialtstic coun-
try. Of one Of these gtvers, that energetic Puri-
tan, Dr.. Pearsons, The Review OF Reviews'
has many entertaining things 70 say. This
friend Of the American small college" Is
terse in his talk he & quick in perception.
= don't call myself benevolent man" he de-
Clares I am not There is not a particle OF
benevoIenCe in my nature. : have Just been
looking around for a place To make an invest
nleTt. Where can find better one than in
the brains Of poor young men and women?'
He is a vigorous old man, whose life is the
healthiest and simplest imaginable. and he
poets 10 live 70 the age Of ninety Long ago he
resolved 10 spend his last score Of years in Civ
ing away his money. and most Of it will soon
disappear, leaving only the moderate annuities
which he reserved for himself and his wife. old
age, he tells US deoends upon heredity com
mon sense and q good stonach-he might add.
perhaps, soul at peace with itself
Not the least lively paper in "NIcCIure's' IS
that in which Mr.. ". Wel,nan describes the
automobile race from Paris TO Berlin. He quotes
cess L IS caution more than nerve:
The reckless man Will never win He is the
pitcher who goes too many times 10 the we'll
TIE secret Of success Is 70 keep out Of trouble
and thai means = 20 slowly and carefully where
there IS danger. Then when conditions are ia
vorable when the way IS clear and straight and
smooth. push her Ike mad ChauTeurs are
born. not made. do il. and DO not know how
Dtsraeu and Gladstone facing one another IN
Parliament are ever picturesque figures 10 con
template. and no EngItshman dealing in rentn.s-
Ceaces consents 70 leave them out e his gal
Iery. NJ. Fu-nlss remembers one occasion which
he describes in "Harpers." an occasion when
Gladstone had launched a tremendous attack
against his opponent:
No-ut-hstacding the fact that from the outset
ot his speech i was evident thar Gladstone
meant way 70 the knife. that as he proceeded he
UaxeG more and more hostile. and that his
peroraticu was couched IN the most vehement
terms. D.s-ae.i remained % the finish i VI
-r-zG - -r---r1 - - ez-aa- Zri+h ~ arms
hanging l.S-lesSly a. his sides once only during
th= progress y me attack Ire appeared 70 wake
ID. when. taking his single eE=E-aSs (Which he
usually kept in pocket o5 his waistcclrt be
tween his finger and thumb. he calmly surveyed
the House as : 10 satisfy himself how i was
composed. just as an experienced c-tcket-r eyes
the field before hating. in order 70 see now lhe
enemy are placed The1. having taken stock OF
those present the eE-g-ass was replaced IN his
roc1e-- and tc all a5rea~arce ne once more
F he .-e- -- s.. - u
only Z te.Dr. for -nc very instant that Gladstone
sat down. uI jumped I-sraeA The contrast be
tween his method ana thar - Nj Gladstone was
very noticeable Placing one hand artlsticaIy
upon the b0x in front CS him. and tn other ur-
the calnlesr manner possible. although With the
most telling and polished satire. he aimed dart
after dart across tn- table at Mr. Gladstone
As he proceeded 20 traverse ne speech ~ his
and effective skin. = soon became evident that
in reality he had slept with ore eve open. With
mastery tact he reserved the principal point IN
his reply 70 the end. and then. bringing bis full
force n besr upon f. the conclusion n his speech
tod with re5cub-ed effect.
The agricultural experiments Of China are
worth noting by the soi-disant social reforneTs
who vearn for an equal distribution of lands
Fx-Miuister DENLY. delving in Chinese history
fo- the enlightenment q Forum readers. de
scrIbes some efforts in this direction begun IN
China two thousand years ago. and continued In
Iero- Wang Wang was specially suggestive.
H 5ec-eed that seventeen acres should he the
limit q any person . holding, mat tn surplus
he divided among the owners claus-ren and r.
la-.6us without couueEsatto0- and that death
fe the per atty of Q failure 10 comply aiter lhFee
years 50 numerous We're the offenders how
ever. that the law could not be enforced. and It
had - L. abandoned. N the fifth century an
other d E-z-1sEessto- q wealthy Vvas GeCreeI
and seven acres We're given "a every man and
woman 10 become their absolute property at the
-rFr 4" 30
planted certain number of trees This statute
Iarsed after short time
A most remarkable episode was attempt
IN the eleventh century 70 benefit the farmers
and improve agriculture generally, by loaning 70
the farmers the money Of the State al = per cent
interest Tha results were most disastrous. The
FUNDS were stolen before reaching the farmer for
whom they vere intended Many abuses sprang
up and distress was universal
# We were to believe the Boer prisoners in
Bermuda the South African war VII not end
while q Boer IS left alive. They are quoted In
The Pail Mall Magazine" as asserting that
there IS no chance Of their side ever being
ready 70 surrender 7r 70 make terms. Things
have gone too far" said one man. and not
long ago when there was some talk OF Botha
considering terms Of surrender, he was given
70 understand that his life would he taken by
his own men + he carried out his proposal The
B9er commanders know well that for their own
safety they dare not make terms Of peace. even
i they were willing to do so themselves"
The hectic industry Of novel writing IS the
subject Of some suggestive paragraphs in The
Worlds Work" one publishing house" il
SAYS. which does not publish many novels, has
within given period received eight hundred
volunteered book manuscripts. Of which six hun
dred and fifty were novels. OF these four were