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made to bear it, and the waII-behaved
citizen. instead Of suffering by the action
OF the wrongdoer in being compelled 10
support him in jail. actually benefits by
his wrongdoing in the absence Of taxation
So proud are the citizens Of VernaI Of
their model town that the city officials
almost invariably turn back into the
treasury the amounts received for salary.
The only man who is really paid by the
town for his work is the city marshal.
who devotes his whole time TO the duties
Of his Office
As might be expected. the town Is
splendidly laid out. possessing miles Of
asphaIted streets. one Of the finest school
buildings in the West and ample mea2s
for the building OF more as they are
needed. No breath Of suspicion has ever
been directed al the officials Of the town.
Their action in refusing to receive sal
aries might in,itself divert any suspicion
OF "bOodling." The town numbers about
1000 persons. and. as its admirable sys-
TEN Of government is attracting numbers
TO take up their residence there. it IS
probable that it viii emerge from com
paratiye obscurity during the next few
years and become one OF the most i'm
pOrtant cities OF the West.
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WHEN WILL THEIENFANT STATUE CONE?

T. VERY now ard then remorse .stirs
r the people Of Washington. SAYS
IL the New York Tribune" because
Of the treatment accorded Charles
L Enfant, -he French engineer who laid
out the Federal Capital for which spIen-
did work he received neither nonev. nor
appreciation, but only abuse and ridicuIe.
This renlorse finds expression in bills in
troduced into Congress providing for the
erection Of a monument 10 his memory.
which beyond giving a few members op-
portunity 20 make forid speeches. come
70 nothing The last bill OF this kind
was introduced by Senator CalIiurer
early in the session. It provides that $50
600. or so much thereof as may be neces-
Fary. shall be appropriated for the cree
tion Of a statue 20 Major Pierre Charles
L'Enfant. upon property belonging to the
United states in the city OF Washington
other than the Capitol or Library
grounds. but. despite the unusual interest
taken in L'Enfant because Of the plans
formulated by the Park Commission.
which are a yindication Of the great en-
gineer who made the original plans Tor
the laying out OF Washington, since they
follow The lines laid down BY him. il viii
come TO nothing. but be buried in the
same grave that holds countless other
bllls OF similar import. For the present
~ least. 10 memorial viii be raised to
L'Enfant in the beautiful centre which
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By ULRICA DAHLGREN PIERCE.

make us part and parcel Of each and
every war.
There are sins Of omission as well as
commission and as long as those cries
from women ard children ring in your
ears do not cease your enorts-do not feel
that al the end Of each day because your
own are safe and unframed that your
duty has been done-but remember as
Christian women you have also duty TO
humanity-as American women a duty 20
your country,
Read the report Just issued By the
commission sent to South Africa by the
British Foreign Office to Investigate and
rclute the statements made by Miss Hob
house, and learn from English sources
the fearful truth Of those cemetery
camps" Ia name given them by an Eng
hsh newspaper. and then if you have the
courage, il you have the heart. read a
letter from Mrs. JOubert widow OF the
IA . Commandment General Joubert. pub
hshcd in the London Daily News" Of
February p. 1902, and from which 1 make
few extracts.
TIL now not a soul has been allowed
10 visit the camps; but yesterday. after
much trouble and inuumarable aDDlica-
tions. / at last obtained admission 10 the
Irene Camp. Infinitely more
terrible than it had been painted. and
more awful than the widest imagiaings
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Reflections Of a Bachelor.

Most people try TO palm of ignorance
r. innocence.
There Is no pleasure like the pleasure
Of avoiding pain.
The way to love a woman her way is to
love her no other woman's way.
II a man can't take kiss from a pretty
girl the next best thing to do is to give
her one.
When some Of the Western States were
making divorce laws and thinking up
causes it's queer they forgot about cold
feet.
Philosophy is an affectation Of submis-
sion TO what one can't help.
It takes two people to make quarrel
and three to make a divorce.
Youth draws pictures Of the future. ma
turity works in the present, age dreams
OF the past.
The more dollars some people pat into
their clothes the less sense they put into
their heads.
Whether a man appears distinguished
looking to woman depends either on
whether he wears eyeglasses or the way
be brushes his hair.-New York Press.
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only point that has been adduced rs es-
peciaIIy in favor Of the former is that it
viii cost less.
Economy is a good thing in the affairs
Of the state as well as Of the individual
but there is also such thing as false
economy. Such would be the selection of
the frst-named site on the ground Of
cheapness. In the general scheme for
the Identification Of the National Capital,
and the part which the erection of great
structures for the uses Of the Govern
ment is TO play in that scheme. the tri-
angle above mentioned has been indi-
Gated as the locality for placing a mum
Der Of great architectural monuments
The desired Hall Of Records comes Iegiti-
mately within this scheme. Why put it
in an out-of-the-way spot, when begin
ming can be made with it in the carrying
out OF the sublime plans Of the Greater
Washington?
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chooses from the menu And to crown
al. doctor is in special attendance at
the house for free consultation BY the
members
Generous as this state CT things is IN
Italy. there is even better arrange
ment in Sweden and Norway. whose mem
1 bers Of the Diet are paid from lis. to lis
a day for term OF years. The House Of
Parliament is composed Of mobiles. CLERGY.
peasants. and burghe-s, and as the two
former classes are in a position 10 per-
nit them 10 waive their monetary per
quisite, the amount is passed on ~ rCta-
ton. and given 20 the poorer members
Those members hailing from Norway
may engage the services OF both doctors
and dentists for themselves and their
families and the State will pay the
piper, but. singular 10 say. this privilege
is not extended 20 the Swedish members.
Everybody knows how Japan is fast
becoming a Western empire in manners
and customs. The MikadO has a ParIfa-
ment which is modelled on our own. the
mother Of parIiaments- But the Emperor
goes one further than that He allows
all the members a sum Of ECO a wear
for four years. and only requires them to
sit for three months in the year. In ad-
dition TO this the members. whether in
or out OF once. are appointed to the
various Offices under government in pref
erencc 10 men who have not served in
Parliament
Germany makes a distinction with dill
ference. While the members Of the Prus-
sian Diet are paid 15s- day. the mem
bers OF the German Rcichstag tBerIin)
are granted a frst-class free pass over
all the railways. and. generally speaking.
have free entree 20 the places Of amusc-
ment in Berlin. and ether privileges CT a
similar nature.
The Dutch Parliament is n model one
in respect to the attention which is paid
in sn Official way 10 its members. For
four years they are paid sum OF .e190.
their travelling expenses are paid. and
those who have not apartments CT houses
in the capital may, during the sitting OF
Parliament, put up wherever they like.
and in certain cases ard under certain
conditions. their hotel bills are betrayed
by n grateful country.
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RIDING AN AVALANCHE.

drinking purposes. was caught by the sec
ond slide He was discovered a moment
later sitting in the dishpan about 2a9
feet down the gulch, unharmed. hut
shrieking at the top Of his voice
Foreman CCs Paro saw the avalanche
pass the house and. running out OF the
dump. he jumped astride a shovel and took
a quick tObOggan slide to the bottom 81
the gulch- He saw hand trying 20 wavo
above the snow and saved Johnson from
being suhOCated- Johnson was brought 10
town in the evening and his wounds were
dressed az the hospital. He was painfully
but not seriously hUrt.-Denver Post
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can picture. The people are dying like
flies. Of starvation. exposure. and disease
II is impossible to realize the condition
and the suffering of the women and chill
dren. Typhus is raging everywhere. We
are having an exceptionally wet sum
mer. and heavy rains fall frequently in the
evening and again at midnight.
'AII who know the TransvaaI know these
fierce storms As the camps are generally
situated on slipping grounds. the water
beats with the force Of torrent against
the sides Of the tents. flooding the whole
PLACE Standing n deep water. the IN
fortunate creatures have 10 clutch their
poor belongings, led clothes. etc. to pre-
vent their being carried away Afterward
they have TO lie down 10 rest in several
inches OF mud II the war lasts another
year not woman or child will be left.
The world knows thIs-aud yet the mighty
cnes OF the earth look on at these cruel
murders-this barbarioUs slaughter
Let every woman do what she can to-
ward breaking up those camps and re-
leasing those women and children. II is
true. they have no homes to return to
but there are willing hands and loving
hearts waiting to welcome them in Cape
Colony and along the coast, where YOU
may be sure the present death rate of
40 per cent will cease and return TO its
formal rate OF per cent.
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garet May asthe star supported by strong
Of the in the piece exceedingly
trely new to the stage told one scene viii
cost several thousand dollars o construct.
letter from Madame M0djeska at the end
OF her present tour with Louis go at once
TO Poland and that the likelihood returning to
this country small She number OF fiat
tering offers to play the European capitals which in any
event VIII keep her abroad for years Polish
actress also adds: return next season my tour viii
certainly be managed BY wagenthaIs Kemper with whom
have had the most agreeable relations as
1t IS rumored but in all probability the story true
that the Daniel Frohman Stock Company to exist at
the end Of the Dame at Days Theatre
The play VIII be tour beginning
April and although Howard not made good as
Captain Phoebus- he viii be the
cast for the remainder season
-
When Henrietta Crosman leaves Republic
viii 90 the road Tor short and
new play called Madeleine secured the
rights for The MasQue the she viii
produce Her production drama
The Baltimore Marriage several months
II
NANCY SYKES"
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THAT HALL OF RECORDS.

Everybody agrees that substantial
building In which the valuable records Of
the Government can be preserved and
guarded against fire OF mutilation from
other causes should have been constructed
long ago. Congress has been importuned
upon this subject by every prominent
Official for jhe last ten years ct least,
and recommendations with reference to
it have appeared IN several Presidential
messages. Several bills are now pending
in Congress looking to the construction
OF such a hall OF records.
The need fo- a building Of this sort
being generally conceded, the chief Ques-
ton Of interest in connection with it is
its Ioca. ion. Two sites are most promi-
nently meutioned-the one in the square
Immediately west OF the State, War, and
Navy Building; the other in the triangle
between Third and Fifteenth Streets and
Pennsylvania Avenue and the Mail The
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-27

- Ne OF the lessons the twentieth
century has set before us is that
~ Of harmonious combination. The
individualistic idea has run its
race; men must organize in order to
achieve. Competition has disclosed It's
cut-throat character; combination. com
munity OF interests. is the key offered By
the new time. This seems 10 be true very
subtly as well as very extensively.
The rivalry and defiance that spranz
up between man and woman in the nine
teenth century, caused by her determine
ton TO be reckoned with as an individual.
was a very natural result Of a necessary
phase. Woman could not remain forever a
bas-relief. only half cut from the rock OF
life She had to emerge; TO stand forth
full-rounded; and every step OF her mark
ed development in the nineteenth century
was step toward clearing herself up.
and thus becoming aware OF her own ca
pacities.
Now, this is pretty fairly done. says
Leonora B. Halsted. in the St Louis
"Globe-DemOcrat," and the next spiral
upward is apparent-indeed, has been for
some time-that CT merging individuals
into larger community Of interest. 1t
is not easy; in fact. there is a strong cur
rent against it; for there is much danger
that the tremendous emphasis laid on in
dividual liberty, which has done wonders
in emancipating peoples from political
and Industrial forms OF tyranny. viii 20
too far and destroy balance This is alb
soIutely essential. and, If destroyed. must
be recovered before progress can con-
tiEue- For it is plain that a man cannot
run when he has lost his balance. On the
contrary, he lies prone, and be must
pick himself up and establish equiii-
brium before he can resume the race.
The method Of education that sets in
dividual whim above -- reasoned expert
ence. enjoyment above persistence, wheth-
er pleasurable or otherwise. is one indica-
ton OF the extrayagant emphasis laid
upon individuality. II is an old moan that
culture, breeding. Difference, and rever-
ence are fading out OF our ideals SELF
assertion has come to be regarded az the
glorioHs privilege OF everybody. child and
man. white and black
And, OF course. self-assertion to 2 de-
gree is necessary and desirable. Nc one
can amount TO much who is incapable OF
saying and meaning with his whole soul.
/ viii But this. like the fear OF God.
is cniy the beginning OF wisdom Once reso-
IuteIy spoken. the remainder Of life must
be devoted largely TO subordinating it TO
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something greater. It is not because I
viii 10 so that an object is desirable or
right. else the clashiug Of wills would be
utterly meaningless. On the contrary. It
is what / viii that decides my validity.
So the child must be trained to viii in
conformity with what the race has learned
TO be best; in education. IN culture
(which is TO education what honor IS 20
honestly. in Difference to others and in
reverence for the ideals that shine upon
us through the pure hearts Of all ages.
The most sitting place for this training
IS the home. II Is. indeed. the social
heart. whence All life giving currents are
pumped to the farthest Circumference
Nothing. therefore can justify the reieza-
ton Of the home TO a secondary plSce.
save the necessity OF family preservation.
This necessity IS rare. however. and the
chief boon o. the accumulation OF wealth.
distributed constantly through larger
wages and shorter hours Of labor. IS that
a greater proportion OF. people raise
themselves out OF the tmmfnence OF star
walton into the possibility Of home life
and ali that its culture signifies
While men. like chickens. go about per-
petuaIly with their heads 20 the ground,
seeking anxiously for a crumb Of food,
CT. like the Patagonians. make the
semblance Of a stomach blown around By
a cold wind as their idea Of God. they
have little chance 10 create home. Our
fortunate land has been always particu-
larly blessed in its opportunity for homes,
and thence has come a large part Of the
wholesome yigor OF our race
For in the necessary division OF labor
woman's work has been, is now and ever
shall be. first and foremost in the home
This does not mean at all that IL is sub
ordinate or tributary 20 mans work. In
deed. il cannot be too often repeated that
humanity is one. equal in its halves.
which are Complementary. not antagOnis-
tie Neither is superior nor inferior. but,
like the concavity and convexity Of
single object. they are absolutely essen
tiaI to each other
This is what the new tine should rec0g-
nize and emphasize; not rivalry. compe-
titiOu. seIf-assertiou but harmonious
combination Comte says that the atti-
tude Of man toward woman in the rels-
ton Of mother. wife and daughter Is that
Of obedience. reverence and protection.
and OF course the attitude OF woman
toward man as father. husband and son Is
that OF reliance, devotion and love. These
are the normal relations that should be
cultivated assiduOusly as the potent anti
dOte TO the poisonous evils that abound
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The San Miguel mine. at Telluride. Col,
was visited by two snOwslides Thursday
morning The damage was scarcely 5000.
Two men were carried over a thousand
feet One escaped entirely unharmed aud
the other with bruises and his scalp gone
The first slide. known as the timber
slide" came down about o'clock from
the southwest followed almost imme-
diately By another slide The first took
with it Isaac Johnson, the trammer work
ing the dump No. level. He and his car
went down about GOO feet.
Herman GoetliEger. the cook. who was
getting a dishpan full Of snow TO melt for
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-27
PROTECTION OF NEW ENGLAND FORESTS

7 INQUIRY by the members and agents
OF the Society for the Protection Of
4 New Hampshire Forests has brought
out the fact that the lumber cut Of
that State has nearly doubled the last
two years, while the price has strength
ened some 81 a thousand feet. II is upou
this increased cutting that the rapid I'M
pairment Il New Hampshires forest IS
primarily blamed, but some serious OBJ
3eetlons have also been raised TO the
manner in which the cutting is carried
On Some Of the largest corporations en-
gagged in getting out lumber from the
State have admitted that the usual plan
Is simply TO buy standing timber, take
on the pine, and sell the land again for
whatever Il may bring. It is generally
agreed that there is urgent need to cor
rect some OF these evils. and TO estab-
fish a more careful method o. cutting. II
the forests are 10 be preserved. At the
same time, though. in Isolated instances.
some rather encouraging news as 10 ex-
Deriments with pine growing has been
made public 1t has been shown that in
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PURE GRIT AS An ELEMENT OF SUCCESS

sinking ship. and with a crew in mutiny.
it still persists and perseveres. In fact,
nothing but death can subdue the high
est kind Of grit and it dies still strug-
Cling.
man OF grit carries in his very pres
ence a power which controls and com
mands, says writer in Success" He is
spared the necessity Of declaring himself.
for his grit speaks in his every act. Clear
grit inspires sublime audacity and heroic
courage in emergencies and danger. A
man OF grit sticks 20 the thing he has
begun and carries it through; he believes
he was made for the place he fills. and
that no one else can III il as wen.
No man can expect to get very far in
this world. OF to succeed to any very great
extent, who lacks grit-that solid. sub
stantial quality which enters into the very
structure, the very tissue OF the constitu-
ton, which stihens the backbone. which
braces the nerves, and which gives con-
bdence to the faculties and re-enforces
the entire man.
An lrresolute, weak, wavering man may
be nervy in an emergency, and even
plucky. but pure grit is a part Of the
very substance and character Of strong
men alone.
Many Of our generals in the civil war
exhibited great heroism. They were pIucky
and often displayed great determination.
but Grant had quality which rose above
the pluck Of his generals; he had pure
grit in the most concentrated form. He
could not be cajoled, coaXed. convinced
or moved from his purpose; he was self
centred self-sufhcient, independent, i'm
movable.
No matter If the papers did call him a
blunderer. or an Incompetent he would
simply light another cigar and sit in 81
lence. No matter II they did ~ to in
duce him TO disclose his plans for a cam
paign. he would remain in silence and
smoke on. Nothing could move him from
his mighty purpose.
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PERQUSITES OF LEGISLATORS

THE members Of the Danish Parlia-
ment have the right OF entering
any Turkish bath within the king
dom and enjoying a luxurious bath
for nothing This privilege is eQ1aIed
in interest by those Of members OF GER
tain other Par:iamcnts, says 'Pearsou's
Weekly"
Honduras is a republic and its parlia-
ment congress Two members are
elected for every 10000 Of the inhabitants.
the first being called a tituIar represent
alive. and the other an alternative When
the former cannot attend the sittings Of
the native house the latter takes his
place and votes. and is compensated for
his trouble by being allowed 60 a day
and free pass on the railways.
San Salvador adopts almost precisely
the same methods as are employed in
Honduras in respect TO her parliamen-
Jary representatives.
Madagascar is a French pr0tectorate.
though the country is allowed 20 do pref
y well what it likes W the making Of
laws. which are fashioned by a few Of
the leaders Of the state. and then read
out 10 the populace fer their assent.
which. Of course. is always given This
small legislative body is called together
at the Will Of the sovereign. and ex-
penses incurred are betrayed by the royal
eNcheQuer. save those for shaving and
hair-cutting. the cost for which is borne
by the BARRIERS on whom the members Of
the council call on their way to or from
the capital
No matter where an Italian member Of
Parliament wants to 90. even to remotest
parts CT the world his couatrymeu-s
steamers wifi convey him and feed him
while on board for nothing He Is also
presented with gold medal which he
hangs on has watch chain as a symbol
that he is a member Of Parliament. and
the steamship companies. with the rail-
ways. forTard him joint ticket to fold
in two for the waistcoat pocket. one side
Of which bears his likeness for identih-
cation. and the other the pass
In addition to these compliments. while
the house is sitting. the country feeds
him for nOthing-Se has the run of the
parliamentary dining rooms. being per-
nitted to eat and drink whatever he