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The Fascination of Crime.

1t is said that burglary exercises
such fascination that, once the de-
lirium Of it's danger is tasted. man
can never put that fatal wine away.
An old and distinguished lawyer once
told me that one of the most brilliant
young lawyers he ever knew said to
him. ut the conclusion of a legal duel
in which he had resorted to the sharp
est kind OF practice and won: THAT
was the most delicious experience of
my life"
Yes, and it was the most fatal. He
became, and Is, an attorney of un-
common resource. ability and success,
with many cases and heavy fees; Dev-
erthelesS, his life is failure. for his
profession and even his clients know
him for n dealer in tricks. Senator
Mcdonald. an ideal lawyer in ethics,
learning and practice of his profes-
sion, told me that one of our justices
once said to him of certain great
corporation lawyer of acknowledged
power and almost unrivaled learning:
"Mr. would be the greatest law
yer in the world If he were not a
scoundrel AS 1t is. j brace myself to
resist him every time he appears be-
fore me-" One of the ablest Circuit
court Judges of the Federal bench said
almost precisely the same thing of the
same man.-Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post. =.
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want to; and I've got hinges on the
seat. and you see there is box under
it where can carry my dinner, and
I've put up that frame for IN awning
90 won't get sunstruck."
when are you going to start into
businesss"
"Oh. don't know; time enough for
that when get my cart finished"
In due time the cart WIS finished.
But now. instead of going into the hen
business. Alpheus began again to loaf
about the grocery store and to resume
his old habits. When he went home
at noon lie would look proudly at his
hen cart. anu he always smoked his
after dinner pipe and read his evening
paper in the shade of it's striped avn
ing.
Arthur Wade was walking home
from his lady loves house one evening
in July. He was one Of the lovers
who had been estranged by Alpheus
the previous spring. Tonight he was
gloomy and mOrose. Alice had shown
a marked coldness that evening and he
remembered how their former trouble
DeSau Ill just tuAt way
Hes up to this old tricks again."
Arthur muttered as he came opposite
the Chubbuck cottage. He frowned
larkly at it and at the hen cart that
showed plainly in the moonlight.
He walked on to the next corner,
where he stopped suddenly. He turned
about and retraced his steps, and for
a long time he stood looking ut the
pink and green hen cart.
"I'll do it, he said at length. ''Yes.
I'll do it the very first cloudy night"
and with that he walked briskly away.
1t was several mornings later that
when Alpheus, as was his habit. went
to the dining-room window to look out
at his hen cart he gave start of sur
prise and exclaimed: what in thun-
der"' Then he snatched up his hat and
ran ou. into the yard.
There stood rickety. dilapidated
hen cart. Alpheus looked at it blank
ly. then his eye caught sight Of an en-
velope tackled to the side. On it, was
written the one word Boot" With
trembling fingers he tore it open and
drew forth Il S. bill.
When he Went in to breakfast his
eyes We're sparkling. Its worse than
the other one" he said. enthusiastical-
ly, land the wheels are dished like pie
plates. The color Of the other one
did not just suit me-" he said, after
n pause. Il think I'll paint this one
yellow and pu1pl?, and it won't take
me so long as it did before, either"
Just before the last coat Of purple
paint was dry Arthur Wade and Alice
We're safely marrieG.--Chicago Record.
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TeLL,M. HER coop.sx.

Somehow, can't keep back the sigh
When Pm tellin' her good-hy! ,..,..s,
Try to pull myself together 8. 3.
wish her joy and pleasant weather.
Hope she'll lam thar safe an SCUM, -
But, good people. IN be boun'
Ef the tears amt in my eye
When I'm tellin' her good.by!
sence she's got to 20. TIM glad
When it's over! an half.mad
That can't keep in control
That upheavin' Of my soul!
Whistle-try to sing Bit
But thar amt no heart in it!
Sun an stars have left life's sky
When I'm tellin' her good-by.
That's the way with women! They
Steal yer heart, an slip away,
Like some bright an sunny beam
You've been seein' in dream!
Jest the minute that you know
You air lovin' of 'em SO!
Hopes done left me-life's sigh
I've been tellin' her good-by!
Atlanta Constitution.
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In that turbulent land, South Amer.
lea. the birth of new republic is
scarcely more of an incident than a
revolution. Some fifteen months ago
a great banker and rubber dealer set
up as President of the forest republic
Of Acre. His constituents were some
$4,000 white people, drawn thither by
the rubber industry. His republic lay
along tributary of the Rio Grande,
partly in Brazil and partly in Bolivia.
1t Is conveniently inaccessible from
either. and in spite of u half hearted
visit from a Brazilian gunboat and a
reverse on the Bolivian border Presi-
dent Aries's republic thrives,. and his
operatives combine the peaceful pur-
suit Of the rubber industry with the
sterner duties of war.
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Some acquaintance with the eXpec-
tations and the despair Of science is
necessary in order to appreciate the
full benefcence of the Zeppelin air
ship. Whatever may happen. hereafter
it is fact that in the present century
of science and invention Count Zeppe-
lin ascended in his machine Il thou
sand feet from the earttfs surface,
travelled a distance of sixty weight nfiles,
made a detour and came down at the
starting point, and that he subse-
quently ascended tive-eighths of mile
and executed various manoeuvres
The airship may get beyond control
and sail away, as so many lost bal
looms have done but no twentieth CEN
tury bOaster can deny that the dirigi-
bic airship is the invention of our own
time.
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COT HIS WISH IN BATTLE,
A Soldier Who Was Hit in the Spot H,
Chose on the Previous Evening.


Chose on the Previous Evening.
Somebody had asked q Confederate
veteran in Il group on the hotel piazza
at nearby resort whether he had
known of many cases of premOnitiOn
of death before battle. Yes and no."
he replied. ION the eve of an engage
ment thousands Of soldiers undOubt-
edly have a vague feeling that they
will be killed, and of course in some
cases the prescience is bound to come
true. However. there is nothing re-
markable in premonitions of that kind.
Where one is fulfilled hundreds come
to nought and are forgotten.
But your question reminds me-" the
veteran continued, ''Cf very curious
experience Of my own. 1t was on the
night before Shiloh, and a dozen or SO
soldiers in my company We're talking.
wounded in the battle which we all
knew would take place the next day.
One said he would be willing to sac
rife finger to his country, another
said he would prefer to get it in the
foot and finally somebody in the
party turned TO me. Say. sergeant
he exclaimed. tell us where you would
rather be hit if you have to be
wounded Tomorrow 4 don't want to
stop Il bullet at all / replied, but if
that's my fate. | think I'd prefer to be
hit in the cantcen. They all laughed
fhn sally and tho ~ ffips nn1
TO something else.
Next day we We're in the thick of
the battle. / saw conrade after com
rade fall. and at last what was left of
onr command found itself in That
frishtful death trap afterward known
to history as The Hornets Nest We
We're striving desperately TO hold our
position, and, l myself was kneeling
behind little bush. firing as rapidly
as ] could reload my musket. / had
just discharged the piece, and had my
right arm raised i'll the act of driving
home the ramrol, when I felt ter
rife blow on the side of the head. and
instantly something wet poured over
my face and neck. SuppOsing. Of
course, that I had been hit. and was
being deluged with blood. ! put up
my hand and was amazed To find it
simply covered with water. lncrefli-
bic as II may seem. ] bad actually
been hit i'll the canteen. and the bull
let had given the big tin bottle such
an impetus that il had whirlrd up and
struck me just above the ear. If
had been in any other position ] should
have been bored through and through.
and. in spite of my deadly peril. / was
so impressed by the incident that l
kept the perforated canteen and sent
1t home rs 4 souvenir.
II believe. in ali the war. was the
only soldier who was hit in exactly the
spot he selected. and who was entirely
satisfied with the results. New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
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SPEAKING or LUCK.
A Sporting Man Declares That It Doesn't
Exist Except In Real Life.

A Sporting Man Declares That It Doesn't
Exist Except In Real Life.
''The old saying that the odds are
against the guesser,' is firmly believed
in by nearly all gamblers" said q
turfman who prides b. -,self upon hav.
ing reduced betting to mathematical
formula.
1.-THE axiom Is a good deal deeper
than most people suppose. Taken lit
orally, in games Of pure chance. 1t Is
false; applied to human nature 1t Is
true. Suppose. for example. that two
men pitch pennies, the chances for
heads and tails are perfectly even.
and 1t can make no difference which
of the players does the guessing.
Where the guesser appears to have
greatly the worst of it is in such a
game as faro or roulette. The effort
to forecast each turn is apt to unsettle
his nerves; he gets irritated and de-
moralized, makes reckless bets, presses
bad luck. and winds up broke. In
fact, the chief advantage of a system
for gambling Is that it saves nerve
force. The bets are placed according
to rule, and the player and the game
are on the same cold, mechanical ba-
Sis In playing the races the odds are
seemingly against the guessers, for
the reason that they are Influenced
by all sorts of hints, tips and premoni-
tions, mostly wrong. 1t isn't really
case of ruessing. but case Of mis-
placed confidence"
do you believe in luck?" asked one
Of the listeners to the foregoing.
THAT depends upon whether you
mean theoretically or practically" re-
piled the scientific turfman.
Luck Is something that doesn't ex-
list except in real life. The late Profess
sor Proctor delivered lecture in Phil
adelphia on the Mathematics Of
Chance" and proved c0nclusively there
was no such thing as luck. Afterward
he took a dice box and attempted to
demonstrate the fact to some sceptical
sports. and went broke in eight min
utes by the watch. There is absolute
ly no reason why people should have
streaks of good or bad luck. 1 can
demonstrate to you on paper that the
thing is impossible. and you can dem
onstrate to me by ocular evidence that
it happens every day. So there you
are.
ITS funny fact. by the way. that
the two principal systems at Monte
Carlo al based on diametrically
opposite theories of luck. One Is
called the maturity Of chance To
illustrate, suppose red turns up three
times in succession: according to the
system the chance of it appearing
again is greatly diminished and grows
less with each repetition. Conse-
quently the player bets on black. The
other is the system Of runs Its vo-
taries hold that a color which has once
repeated is apt to keep on, at least
five or six times in succession. Each
band of cranks prove their case by the
daily record KEEP. year in and year out
at the Casino. You pays your money
and you takes your choice. New Or
leans Times Democrat. .-,-,,.1s,
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The New York Tribune comments
upon the census for 1900 as follows:
THE United States, at something
more than seventy-s millions, is the
greatest nation in the world, The di-
rect reference Is, of course, to num-
bers of civilized inhabitants. Only
three others outnumber it, and in no
one of them is the standard Of civili-
zation or of in ,ividual Intelligence for
a moment comparable with our own.
Russia proper! outnumbers US by less
than twenty per cent But a nation,
in which probably not five per cent.
Of the people can read and write, and
which has only 10000 miles of rail-
roads to our 10000 or more is scarce
ly to be compared with this. India is
larger in numbers than Russia, If we
regard it as a whole. and more highly
civilized; yet it's intellectual and in
dustrial potentially is far below that
Of the United States. China is prob
ably the, most populous. Of all, but, in
tellectuallv is scarcely superior. to
Russia. and industrially is probably
inferior. Certainty it's preponderance
Of population cannot avail to place it
by the side Of the United States"
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peopL,Mc 4 CONTINENT.
Russia Loans Siberian Em1grants Aoney
70 be Paid IN Thirty Years.

Russia Loans Siberian Eml9rsnts Aoney
to BE Paid IN Thirty Ysars.
Anna n. Benjamin. An Ainslee's
Magazine, says:
''There are no bad lands' an the
whole Of Southern Siberia, and the
rich, arabic land extends hundreds Of
versts farther north. We passed
through ON the river steamers and
the railroad In June and July. and
found the climate at that time alto
gethcr delightful. The vegetation. the,
trees and shrubs. were like those Of
New England. The crops were we'll
along, the people looked prosperous
and contented. 1t is now several
years since The Russian Government
has adoptedSa system Of colonization
for Siberia She makes n careful ex-
animation of all candidates for emil
grafton, and those who have the re-
quisite qualifications receive, with
their families, free transportation to
the new country. Lands are allotted
to them which are exempt from taxes
for twenty years: at the end of that
time they may be rented or purchased
at moderate sum. They are almost
entirely free from the obligation Of
military service for ten years. Money
is lent to emigrants who already have
a certain ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS they are
not allowed to emlgrate-which need
not be repaid for thirty years. Agri-
cultural implements are given them
outright. No wonder that some of the
1Fp ,1tY
induced to emigrate. Whole communi-
ties have found in their new home a
lot which is better than anything they
have ever known in the mother coun-
try. I was constantly impressed by
the air Of prosperity about every ST.
berian settlement-the neat houses,
the well-kept barnyards. the abun-
dainty yielding soil. the absence Of
sQualor. Later when we passed
through the heart of European Rus
sia, l was able to compare the appear
ance of the two sections, and l came to
the conclusion that the Russian peas
ant betters himself in many ways by
emigration to Siberia.
Hardly day passed as we steamed
up the great rivers that we did not
meet one or more steamers, sometimes
towing barges in addition, filed with
emigrants. They seemed to me to be
the sturdiest people in the world. capa-
BILE Of enduring the strain and the
hardships which attend the carving
out of a living in strange land.
Among the thirdclass passengers on
our,-own steamer Were several peas
ant families that had made moderate
fortunes in the new country and were
going back to their own homes to set
up business with their capital"
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One Of the most prominent facts
brought out during the disturbances
in China has been the high character
of the Japanese troops. In the battle
Of Tien Tsin. in the march to Pekin,
they led the van and bore the brunt
Of the fight. English and American
officers are enthusiastic in their praise,
and say they will compare favorably
with any soldiers in the allied armies
in endurance, bravery and good marks
manship. In discipline they take the
lead, and in equipment are fully on a
par with others. Instances of individ-
ual bravery are given on every hand.
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A dies-sf nothing but. celery is said
by sonke physicians to be.a 3sure cure
for b(th rheumatism ana neuralgia.
Free Aski1ef this vegetabla .is- always
recommen dec. Ito rlse,imntiE patie4s.:
Baked-4ictatoes, ars Higestedt hore
easily than boiled potatoes aha ftbuid
therefore he ppeferfed by .dyspeptscs:
In cases Of .anaenia: cabbag ges asld
spinach are distinctly benefeiak .Sptn-
ach is also almost as valuable. az, Aithia
water in its effect on the .kiddeys.
Beets and turtfips .keep the 'blocd
pure and imprSsetthe appetite. ! =
Tomotoes. are thought in Indian to.
be a preventive of cholera. Like en-
dives and watercresses. they stimulate
the healthy action of the liver.
Just after the battle of Fort Donel.
son, General Grant is said to have
telegraphed to Washington that he
would not permit the army to move
till forty wagon loads Of onions that
had been promised to him should ar.
rive. Onions are essential to the army.
mess, to make pork or -beef palatable.
But they are also an admirable cure
for sleeplcssness and Indigestion every.
where.
/ Garlic, leeks and olives stimulate the
circulation Of the blood.
Too. much meat and. too fsw vegeta.
bles make up the average diet. Health
depends ON. coptinuONs. variety. 49,.
H. - s-t
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New Jsrsssy'c spIendid niekweys.


r N eight years New Jersey has come
to the front as the leading State
In road Improvement. She has
now 1000 miles Of modern roads,
while 500 miles of additional roads
have BEEN. applied for in excess Of
those for which contracts have been
awarded. Instead Of the sandy roads
of a few years ago the State is now
covered with a network of smooth
macadamized roads made into a con:
tinuous system through 4 well studied
plan. which State Road Commission
er R. I. Budd has pursned; ever since
in Office. a..r -.:i
The product ,sto build these roads
with State aid .10rltinated with few
farmers and at mist met with bitter
opposition. 1t was then taken ZIP by
oranges, farmers clubs, county boards
of agriculture and finally by the L. A.
W., resulting in the first State aid law
in 1892. The law in it's present form
was passed in 1895. The State aid act
recognizes the fact that roads belong
to the general public irrespective of
where they live. and that 1t is not right
for the local authorities to be taxed
for roads which are largely used by
people travelling long distances. 80 it
provides that when property owners
along q certain road desire its improve.
ment two-thirds of them shall petition
the freeholders for it, agreeing there
by to pay ten per cent. of the cost.
Upon the acceptance OF. .this,apetition
by the freeholders and it's approval
by the State road commissioner. the
State will pay one-third and the coun-
ty the remainder Of the cost. IT..
The only counties that have not as
yer availed themselves of State aid
in the construction Of roads are War
rem, Sussex, Hunterdon. Bergen. Cum
berland and Cape May. although it
should not be inferred from this that
these counties have no improved roads.
as several Of them have, notably Ber-
gen. The first State aid road in Cape
May County will be built this season.
This will make a continuous improved
road from Jersey City to Camden. the
only break being about five miles; Of
sfdNel TO0u. uOW COuLTO1leu ny luEu-
pike company. The route will extend
through Mount Holly. Bordentown.
Trenton, Edinburg. Highstown, Cran-
bury, New Brunswick to Railway and
thence to Jersey City. Commissioner
Budd, reviewing the work done says
I'm 1S93-94 the State built seventy-fve
miles of road; '95, forty-six miles; go,
ffty-one miles; '97. sixty-six miles; '9S.
and a half miles; 80, 115-
miles. The total amount expended in
road construction by the State and
up to this year was $2,OO1.475
and during the current year over
S5OO,OOO will be expended. New Jer-
sey has more miles of improved road
than any State in the Union. Stone
roads place the farmer almost at the
door of the consumer, saving many IN
all of whom are forced
to have a profit. His increased loads.
the saving in transportation, the dis
pensing with the commission men and
the delivering Of the produce to the
grocers' or consumers doors has re-
suited in saving to the individual
farmer Of large sums ON each load"
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Count Boni's experience is said to
have discouraged several foreign no.
blemen who were coming here for
wives. It IL too much to hope that
Anna Gould's experience win discour-
age American heiresses.
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In the judgment Of Sir Thomas Lip
ton it IL not the conservation Of water
but the conservation OF wind that is
most to be desired for the next inter-
national yacht race for the America
cup. If he could only put up corner
on wind as he did on pork Sir Thomas
would be happy. ''
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WORDS or WISDOM.

V. It -is~ ever trlle. that he who does
nothing for others. does nothing for
D. Don't let your heart grow cold, and
you may carry cheerfulncss and love
with you into the teens Of your Sec
ond century. if you can last SO long
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
1t is possible so to complicate the
machinery of living that the very life
itself is crushed among the wheels.
We may wrap ourselves in comfort un-
til our breath is smothered in the
folds.-W. II. Huntington.
Time takes heavy tollsRsTwe pass.
one after one, the JanuS gated years.
but he goes -hragelyy hge.lyy.-op Cd who bears with
him the perfume of his Eden, and the
romance of the morning. and the Law
ish heart of youth.-Benjamin f. Iay-
lOr.
Life is reproduced by sacrifice. Tho
life that is lost is the only life that
is saved The dead self is the only
life bearer. Only the man who thus
sinks himself in his cause is remem-
bered as it's apostle.-Francis G. Pea
body.
What we are all doing, rs we stand
in our lot, steady to our manllness or
womanliness in our black days, is to
tell, in its measure, on the life and
faith of every good man coming after
us, though our name may be forgot
ten.-Robert Collyer.
l would say to every young girl. rich
or poor. gifted or dull: Learn to make
a home, and learn this in the days in
which learning is easy. Cultivate q
habit of vigilance and forethought.
With reasonable amount Of intelli-
gence, woman should be able to
carry on the management of house.
hald and should yet have time for art
aid literature. of some sort.-Julia
Ward Howe: y
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The abandoned" farms of Massa-
chusetts are fast being taken up. Three
years ago there were $50 thus classed
in the State. A recent enumeration
shows there are now but 1876. All the
rest have been sold to persons who
desired them for cultivation or for
summer homes
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Brains In This Joke.

1t is said that Mr.. Evarts was once
going up in tie elevator at the State
Departmentswith many applicants for
Ministerships and Consulships. well"
ssyd he to a friend, this is the largest
coilantion for foreign missions that has
Been taken mp for a long time"
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Horses, giraffes and ostrichcs Lave
largoc eyes than any other creatup96
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A nursery near Mexico. Mo-, con.
tains 25O.00O young fruit trees, pruned
and cultivated to perfection.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-01-11
EInD6lO dc Carload.

Las safforss Lugo Vjfas, Her.
nandes Lopez, Autonsetti, Acuf1a Y
se1iorits Amparo Fernandez, vienen
CON emps11o decidido luchando en-
bi6n de los menesterosos.
Las dificultades no han hecho
mas que excitar en- elias So PROPOSE
to que las almas benevolas salvan
los obs taculos para poner en- practi.
ca ell ejercieio del bien.
Ahors, SO han dirigido al Homo
rable Gobernador solicitardo, algun
edificio de los Barrasones para esta
blecer en- Ell un Asilo para. les po'
bre<; ell moviliario 10 han consegui'
do va del .Ayuntamiento y cuentan pa
ra empezsr obra tan meritorfa con
uno cuatro c;entos pesos, de los
cuales Glen envi6 Ia sef1ora de Mr.
Allen.
Es seguro que Mr. Hunt, hs de
prestarse complaciente ante Ia pc
tici6n, de esas sef1oras y senorita,
que es Tn coniunto de corazones
que van practicando Ia virtud y
tienen por divisa eniugar las lagri
mas de los desgraciados'
SQae puerta 40 Sc abfe, cuandC
Ia caridad llamaP 1Quien permane
ce sordo ante ell ruego de las damAs
que valiendo mucho SO preocupan dc
los desheredados?
iEs seguro que todos responde
ran con su 6bolo en- benefcio de loG
pobres.