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KNOWN AS "DIPPERS."
They're the People Who Help Them
selves to Candy.

cit is petty larceny by the wholesale"
said floor walker in one Of the big de-
partment stores to Star reporter. re-
ferring to the many persons in the passing
throngs who thoughtlessiy pick up q piece
or two of candy as they pass the stand on
which are heaped peanut brittle, caramels
or other forms Of candy. "Still, If 1 should
stop one Of those women and even intimate
that she had stolen the few bits of candy
she had taken her indignation would be un-
bounded. The fact remains however, that
the picking -up-candy habit is a general one,
and in the course of a day the loss from
this practice will foot up from twenty-five
to thirty pounds Of candy in our establish
ment alone. Now If you will station your
self over there behind that pile of goods
and watch the candy stand a few minutes
you will see how they do it.
There was constant stream of human
ity brushing past the tall brunette girl who
presided with the grace of a goddess over
the candy stall. The first clipper" as the
CONNECTION pilferers are termed, was a wiry
little woman. Her right hand shot out
quickly and seized several caramels while
she kept moving. OF the sixty persons VINO
passed the stand in the first two minutes
twenty-three of them, by actual count,
seized one or more pieces of candy each.
One old lady, wearing gold-rimmed eye
glasses and rather serious expression,
paused in front of the stand. picked up a
large caramel, turned it over and over and
then bit off about One-third of it. The
flavor something did not please her and
she threw it back into the confection pile.
But the tall brunette clerk was argus-eyed.
She had seen the act committed. and deftly
seizing the bitten caramel, she threw 1t
from the tray, with the remark:
That's not manneriy, ma'am."
A small but shrewd-looking boy called for
cents worth of peanut brittle. and while
the clerk was placing the purchase in a
paper sack the light-fingered lad filled both
of his side coat pockets with more costly
cream caramels, and went away without
his theft being even suspected.
matronly looking lady, carrying her
hand bag wide open. dumped two handfuls
of peanut brittle into her receptacle. And
so 1t went.
1T wouldn't surprise me a bit," said the
stately brunette. Ito have some person ask
me for paper sack. then fill 1t with candy
and. without paying for it, walk away. per-
haps remarking as she went: L will take a
few of these to Tootsie.'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03
Workingmen's Insurance.
Eyerybody's Magazine.

From EyeryDouy . SA0eos'
Consider the advance In the general
snirit of kindness which Is indicated by
such a fact as the founding and successful
operation of the system of workingmen's
insurance in Germany. A certain sum Of
money is set aside for each workman every
week (the employer and the employee each
contributing half. and the government
adds supplement Of si2 on each pension;
Ten million workmen are thus insured
against sickness, 1900 coo against acct
dent. 100000 against disability from old
persons receive the benefit Of this fund in
yearly pensions. Incidentally there has
been an immense benefit In the increase of
care and precautions to prevent accidents
and to reduce dangerous occupations. The
employer who is notyyet willing to protect
his workmen for kindness sake will do 1t to
escape heavier taxes And the community
which silently compels him to do this. the
community which says to the Iaboring man,
IF you will perform your duty, you shall
not starve when you are sick and DID, is
certainly growing more kind as well as
more just.
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Utopiah Factory Town.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
An Industrial town unlike any other in
the world is about INTO rise near London
It is to be called Garden City, because
every house wifi be surrounded by gar
den Ebenezer Howard is the protector
of this Utopia. and he has, after many
years. induced rich philanthropists to form
a stock company and furnish the large
capital necessary to begin work
There is to be one family to each house,
flats and two-family houses being abso-
lutely barred; the total population is not
to exceed $4,000 and maximum of one
sixth of the town area is to be given I'D to
buildings. There are to be factories but
every window of these is to be a window
garden. Meat is to be supplied direct from
the surrounding farms; each family is to
grow it's own vegetables on its, own land:
cows are to be pastured in the town and
each house is to be hygienic and pretty.
Garden City is to be governed by a board
of managers and is to be managed strictly
as a business enterprise. There is nothing
sociaIstie about 1t and the residents Will
have little to say about the government
of the place.
The projectors expect to scatter such
Garden cities ali over England
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03
The Divorce Problem.

From Harper's Weekly
Undoubtedly there are far too many d.
vorces Bishop Potter. who has very
liberal ideas on the subject, and has been
especially DESTROYS of fair play for the
innocent party" declares in his pastoral
letter that it Is in vain that our people
concern themselves about such matters
as municipal improvements IF these
moral sewers which we call the divorce
courts are not flushed from time to time
with the tide of a purifying and cleans
ing public sentiment" Yet in this very
phrase that Bishop Potter uses there Is
perhaps little more truth than he took
note Of No doubt the divorce courts are
moral sewers through which lot OF
filth constantly flows. 1t is argued that
1T is at least as well for the public health
to let this current go the way IL Is going.
A newspaper (the SUM lately reported
that London journal which invited
discussion of the marriage question by
voluntary correspondents got in great
mass of correspondence so many letters
that were unprintable because of their
horrible confessions that ii stopped the
discussion. That would not happen here.
and 1t is the testimony OF very well quail
fled foreign observers that morality in
the United States is at least as high as in
the best European countries.
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Color and Temperament.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harpers weekly
Certain sounds awaken equivalent moods
in a nearer, certain colors quell given
temper of mind, and certain odors have
an unexpected associational value, induc-
ing alien and unlocked for trains of
thought. Family We grasp that We live
in subtle but strong relations to all the
phenomena of nature. Consciously or I'M
consciously. wherever we look, we are
searching for the color particularly our
own, or selecting from the incommensur-
able thud of the universe that sound
which is in tune with our own mental
makeup. But the colors we choose to
keep about us, or instinctively note In
cur wanderings. disclose more definitely
than any of the other choices the Unborn
temperament.
Color and sensibility are closely allied,
and one inattentive to clashing combina-
tions is likely to be also a little blunt to
the finer moral and intellectual distinc-
tions, little impervious to the more
delicate tastes and acuter pains.
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Aesculapius in Two Shapes.
From the Lancet.

From the Lancet.
The iconography upon coins and monu-
ments of the Greek god of healing. Aescu-
lapius, is fairly well known. but when we
come down to Roman times we find that
their Aesculapius partakes of the attrf-
butes of other deities This is notably the
case with regard to the Romano-Punic
Aesculapius, who is assimilated with the
old Phoenician god Eshmoun. A coin of
Septimius Severus gives us representation
of Aesculapius-E shmoun, youthful and
beardless, with two serpent supporters and
the caduceus or serpent baton in his hand.
Taken by itself this piece might be consid-
cred as representative of Aesculapius only,
but in reality 1t Is a type derived from the
coins of Aesculap plus Eshmoun of Grecian
and Phoenician times-the deity whose
sanctuary at Carthage was destroyed in
the great siege of 146 B. c.
This view of the numiSmatic evidence as
to Aescula plus Eshmoun has recently been
confirmed by a coin which gives us a tab
leau Of deity representing much more the
attributes of Eshmoun than those of Aescu-
lapius, but at the same time indicating
clearly the alliance or affinity of the two
GODS It was struck by the Roman colony
at Beyrout, the ancient Berytus, and al
though dating from the epoch of Elagaba-
lus being a coin of Phoenicfa, 1t presents
the form of the ancient Punic concept of
Eshmoun to greater extent than the Ro-
man coins do further west, because their
engraverS came more under the influence
of Hellenic ideas. The god Is depicted as
a youth with short shoulder cloak only.
with two dragon-headed serpents. This is
very unlike the bearded. somewhat Zeus-
looking god of most Greek art, but is GER
tainly the prototype of the Aesculapius-
Eshmoun of the coin of Septimius Severus.
His juvenile appearance does not. however,
prevent us from regarding him as the YER
table double of the Greek Aesculapius for
the Asclepios adored at Berytus was a ju-
yenile type of god assimilated to Eshmoun
who, we know. was mixed up with Tam
muz (Adonis).
In short, the usual figure of the god is
bearded, wise, MISUNDERSTANDING and elder
ly, but this is not the only type: when he
is assimilated to Eshmoun he becomes
youthful and beardless This explains state
ments in the classics that had been ac-
cepted with hesitation. for they said that
beardless and youthful representations of
Aesculapius had been sculptured by Gala
mis- for the temples at Sicyon and Philonte.
and that Scopas had carved another such
form of the god for Gortys of Arcadia. We
possess types of the youEg Aesculapius. and
1t is probable that certain extant statues,
hitherto attributed to other deities apper-
tain to the god of medicine.
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submitted its report to the President, and
his approval has been obtained. locating the
naval station and training school At Lake
Blum. ILL.,. thirty-two miles north of Chi
cago. The citizens of Chicago have donated
the land amounting in value to about s175.-
600, and the Initial appropriation Of $3.50 900
was made by the last Congress. Work will
be commenced at once and hurried forward.
We ought to have a naval station In the
west. and the west ought to be more closely
identified with the navy" continued Secre-
tary Morton. THE very best men we have
In the navy are from the interior. All of
our officers tell me that since recruiting has
been conducted In the west the general aver
age has advanced to such a degree that to-
day We have the highest grade OF merI in
any navy In the world. / have made IL n
point in visiting training schools. trairing
squadrons and battle ships to call men out
while inspecting them in line. and have t'een
astonished to find so many of them RESP ond
to the question Where are you from? by
saving Rockford. SIR Kalamazoo, sir;
Toledo. sir; St Joe SIR Burlington.
Iowa, sir or some other point in the nedi-
terranean states. These young men are
week and correspond for their local papers
and, while they are landlubbers' pure and
simple to begin with. they soon make fine
seamen, and have added great strength to
the navy. 1t is a great thing for the couu-
try, great thing for the young men and a
great thing for the navy that these young
men are willing to enlist and remain In the
service three years.
Eu0CC OF new SCat1on.
THE new training station at Chicago will
give great impetus to the local interest In
the navy. take deep interest I'm this
n after myself, because I personally know
the good material that can be found among
the boys of the west.
'It goes without saying that shall do
everything In my power TO hasten the de-
yelopment of the Lake Bluff station and
will push it as rapidly possible"
What are you going to do about a new
gunboat on the lakes?"
That is matter that depends largely
on the revision of the treaties between the
United States and Great Britain. An
authorization was made in 1898 for a gun
boat on the lakes, which has never been
carried out. The subject has been at a
standstill since the failure of the Joint
high commission to complete the agreement.
though 1t is understood that an amendment
of the treaty provision had been arranged
for. This failed OF completion with other
subjects which were under consideration by
the commission"
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The New Lake Training Station.

I'VE are soon to have naval station and
school for sailors on the lakes board
appointed by the President under the terms
Of the last naval appropriation act has just
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Keen the Soul on Top.

We are tod of a little boy who was
asked by his mother on returning from
S~undayschool what he had learned in his
class.
well, mamma" said the little fellow,
II have learned that it is always best to
keep the soul on top. Teacher said SO,
and taught us a verse that means that"
What was the verse, darling!' said
the wondering mother.
II can't remember it, mamma, but that's
what it means, anyway.
The mother thought long, and finally
by dint of questioning, found 1t was PauPs
declaration. But l keep under my, body,
and bring it into subsection" Ind tears
came to her eyes as she thought the lit.
tie son had gotten the larger meaning OF
the text in his homely Interpretation,
Keep the soul on top"
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Shirt Waists Still Worn.

AS is customary at the beginning Of
every season, the positive announce
ment is made that shirt waists are no
longer fashionable, and that every skirt
must have q waist to match; yet,
strange to say. the shops are full
of the most fascinating designs for
shirt waists, and seamstresses and
dressmakers alike are busy making
blouses. The truth of the matter is
that the shirt waist is an absolutely
~essentia! garment, and can no more
be dispensed with than 4 Goa or skirt.
In a handsome costume it is not so
fashionable to have a waist of different
material from the skirt, but. none the
less, with the coat and skirt there are
many occasions when 4 cloth waist, in
fact, one OF any material excepting
lace or linen. silk or satin. is most I'M
comfortable to wear under the coat
and when the smart separate waist is
the only correct style.-llarFer's Bazar.
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diseases have no idea that their trouble is
due to catarrh. The majority OF the peo-
pie think that catarrh is a disease con-
fined to the head alone.
This is not true. Catarrh is liable to at.
tack any organ of the body; throat, bron-
chial tubes, lungs, stomach, kidneys and
especially the pelvic organs.
Many a woman has made this discovery
after a long siege Of useless treatment.
She has made the discovery that her dis
ease is catarrh, and that Peruna can be re-
lied upon to cure catarrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use. Of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving q
full statement OF your case, and ne will be
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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5z@ " u

spring trocks, as we'll as various en-
broideries. A good many graduated
bands of taffeta. satin and velvet will
also be used. In some cases these
bands are very smart, but on the other
hand they are apt to a%ccentuate any
tendency to stoutness. These bands
of satin ribbon are most useful where
renoyations are concerned; for in.
stance, in order to lengthen a frock,
a new founce may be added beneath
a band. and all of us WHO %patronlze
tee cleaner realize that some things
must shrink a little.
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ana LEAD.

The most venerable of gags-which
is the heavier, a pound of feathers OF
a pound of lead?-nearly caused a fight
between two excellent friends in the
lobby of a Forty-second street theatre
Tuesday afternoon. Many a laugh have
we heard and had owe it. In the open
air the substance. of course, balance
each other, but in the exhausted bell
glass of an air-pump the feathers will
outweigh the lead by as much as the
bulk of air which they displaced out
weighs the bulk of air displaced by
the lead.-New York Press.
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and to the entire gown and to a varie'
ty of materials. but in the case Of the
model makes part Of a costume of vio-
let crepe de Chine, with a tucked yoke,
full front and cuffs Of chiffon in q
lighter shade and trimming of ecru
lace. The shirrings Of waist and
sleeves are arranged or continuous
lines that give the fashionable breadth
of figure and the garniture over the
shoulders provides the dropping line
without which no waist is quite up to
date.
The waist is made over q fitted lin
ing on which the yoke and front and
various parts Of the waist are ar
ranged. The waist proper and the
sleeves are shirred and the closing is
made invisibly at the left shoulder
seam and beneath the left front. The
sleeves are wide and full above the
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per portion that give a yoke effect,
but is left plain at the front, so avoid
ing unbecoming fullEess. The model
is made of tan-colored foulard fig
ured with brown and white and is
trimmed with folds of the material
stitched with silk, but all the fash
iOnable clinging materials are admir-
able and trimming can be applique of
| any sort.
Both skirt and folds are circular and
the latter are shaped to fit smoothly
over the foundation, which can be
tucked at the upper edge as illustrat-
ell or arranged in gathers as preferred.
The quantity of material required
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CNE DOLLAR WHEAT.
Western Canada's Wheat Fields Produce
It Magnificent Yields Free Grants
of Land TO Settlers.

of Land to Settlers.
The returns of the Interior Depart
ment show that the movement or
American farmers northward to Can
ada is each month affecting larger
areas Of the United States. Time was,
says the Winnipeg Free Press, when
the Dakotas, Minnesota ard Iowa fur
nished the Dominion with the main
bulk of its American contingent. Last
year, however. forty-four States and
districts We're represented in the OH
cial statement as to the former resi-
dence of Americans who had home
steaded in Canada. The Dakotas still
head the list, with 1905 entries, Mime
sofa being a close second with 3SSI,
but with the exception of Alabama and
Mississippi and Delaware every State
in the Union supplied settlers who, i'll
order to secure farms in the fertile
prairie country of Canada, became citi-
zens Of, and took the oath of allegiance
to-. the Dominion. Last year no less
than ! 1,S41 Americans entered for
homestead IQDuS III CuEuuu.
From the Gulf to tie boundary, and
from ocean to ocean, the trek to the
Dominion goes on. Not only the wheat
growers of the Central Mississippi Val
ley, but the ranchers of Texas and
New Mexico, and the cultivators of the
comparatively virgin soil of Oklahoma
are pouring towards the productive
vacant lands Of the Canadian North
west. 1t is no tentative, half-hearted
departure fer an alien country that is
manifested in this exodus; it has be-
come almost q rush to secure posses
sion of land which it is feared, by
those imperfectly acquainted with the
vast area Of Canada's vacant lands,
may all be acquired before they ar
rive. There is no element of specula-
ton or experiment in the migration.
The settlers have full information re-
specting the soil. wealth. the farming
methods, the laws, taxation and sys-
TEN of government of the country to
which they are moving. and they real
ize that the opportunities offered in
Canada are in every respect better and
greater than those they have enjoyed
in the land they are leaving.
Canada can well afford to welcome
cordially every American farmer coming
to the Dominion. There is 10 question
but that these immigrants make the
most desirable settlers o%btainable for
the development of the prairie portion
of the Dominion. Full information
can be had from any authorized Cana
dian Government Agent, whose ad-
dress will be found elsewhere.
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When We Return to God.

You have seen the heavens gray with
dull and leaden colored clouds, you have
seen the earth chilly and comfortless qn.
der it's drifts of unme!ting snow; but let
the sun shine, and then how rapidly does
the sEy resume its radiant blue, End the
fields laugh with green grass and vernal
flower. ., -,
So will it be even with a withered and
a wasted life when We return to God and
suffer Him to send His bright beams OF
light upon our heart l do not mean that
suffering will necessarily be removed
even for Christ it was not so; but peace
will come and strength will come, and res
~ignation will come, and hope will come
and we shall : el able to bear anything
which God shall send. and though He Stay
us we still shall seek Him, and even if the
blacklist cloud of anguish SEEMS to shroud
His face from us, even on that cloud shall
the rainbow shine.-F. w. Farrar.
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W " sGsis ssss, T ass Ihompson's Eye Water
Colored Umbrella at Last.

Are colored umbrellas really to make
their appearance? There is no doubt
that in its present form the umbrella
is the ugliest and most inartistic dress
item we possess, not even excepting
man't tall hat. The Japanese have
shown us what is possible to do with
it, but somehow our fashion mongers
have never learned anything from
them. However, this spring. our hopes
are again revived that we are to be-
emancipated from the tyranny Of the
dark paraplule.-London World.
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A Parlor Trick.

Place q block of some light wood,
perfectly fat and smooth, upon the fiat
and smooth bottom of a vessel, and
hold it there until the vessel is filled
with water. Then remove the hand
and the block will remain motionless
until water irsiIuates itself beneath
through the pores of the wood. If
the wood is made waterproof it will
remain below permanently. The prin-
ciple is that a body lighter than water
will not rise unless the water can get
under it to press it upward.-New
York Press.
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Do Good.

Do good on the Sabbath. Jesus did not
mean that people should do a lot of work
on Sunday which could just as well be
done on other days. but that they should
be ready to be helpful always. Which
word shall we say strongest? DO good.
Ii we do good on Gods day it will help US
to do better all the week, and to do our
best all the time. -.
Do all the good you can,
To all the people you car, K
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
I'D mat 90 lone ga oan oaa
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deep cuffs but SHRED to fit the upper

deep cuffs but shirred to fit the upper
arm snugly.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and seven
eighth yards twenty-one inches wide,
three yards twenty-seven inches wide,
or one and three-quarter yards forty
four inches wide, with one yard of
chiffon, one-halt yard of all-over lace
and four and one-quarter yards of ap-
pliuue to make as Illustrated.
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Newest Materials For Stocks.

The newest materials for stocks are
cross-stitched canvas, mummy canvas
and coarse linen. with Russian and
Hungarian embroidery effects in the
vivid national colors.