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About the
Iiouse
evee
he tuz-ned by nimble fingers into
ulax1Y• simPle yet dainty stitches
site trial:linings with but little
le and still less expense that I
wonder Why a greater number
•ot take ad.vantage of the fact,
rites a correspondent. Handiwork
for deeOrative purposes has been
of more or less prominence since
long before Cleopatra graced her
feast to Caesar in an exquisitely em-
broidered. veil, but much of the hand
wrought work has taken the form of
oleesaurt and costly granitures, and
coinfequently been an uothought of
luxury to all but the wealthy.
Now the simpler stitches are com-
ing to the front, and for waists or
children's clothes nothing is more
suitable. 13esides the home touch
gives to the article an individuality
which not even the most expensive
braids of the shops can supply.
We are all familiar with the deco-.
rative possibilities of the various
briar and herringbone stitches, but
the old well-known buttonhole stitch
Jane been slighted. It is capable of
very tasteful effects if given the op-
portunity. Try it in parallel rows,
of Education for the county of Gla- the etitches gradually lengthening
and then growing shorter again, fi-ve
morgan. He began life as a grocer's
went to each point, and the points of the
apprentice but subsequently
to Oxford, where he obtained his
B. A. and B. Sc. degrees.
Dr. Penticost, the famous preacher,
is a. picturesque personality. Born
sixty-one years ago, in Illinois, the
lad, through the failure of his fa-
ther, had a rough life as a laborer
on the high roads, wood -chopper in
the forests, and hotel servant. At
-nineteen he became deputy -clerk to
the 'United States Supreme Court at
Kansas, studied law, then entered a
theological training college, enlisted
for the Civil War, resumed his pro-
fession of the law, and at length be-
came a Baptist minister.
Lord Radstock, who is now in his
sevetaty-first year, is a man of strong
religious convictions, whose sermons
are much more eloquent than his
speeches in the House of Lords. So
daring has he been in his missionary
enterprise that thirty years ago he
invaded Russia and founded a sect
after his own heart—the Pashkoffski.
The price he paid for his daring was
that he was forbidden. to enter Rus-
sia. again, so alarmed were the - au-
thorities at the possibilities of his
zeal.
There are many stories told of the
absentmindedness of the late Pro-
fessor Mommsen, the German histori-
an. On one occasion he eves with his
son, then a boy of ten, in a street-
car. The latter fidgeted about so
much- that the Professor, WhO was
lost in thought, turned sharing up-
on him 'anti asked him his Miane.
"The same as yours, sir," was the
answer. The onlookers who had
grasped the position and recognized
the diminutive figure of the distingu-
ished savant, were vastly amused.
Another instance is recorded when
the Professor was discovered com-
posedly deciphering Roman inscrip-
tions by the light ex . candle while
his hair was on fire!
Sir Reginald Hart is the happy
possessor of many decorations, of
which five are for personal bravery.
First and foremost comes the V. C.,
which he won in 1879 by saving a
-trooper of the 13th Bengal Lancers'
in the Afghan campaign; then there'
is the Royal Humane Society's sil-
ver medal, together with a clasp
which was added for saving the life
of a, native in India; While the fourth
and fifth decorations are medals pre-
sented to him by the French Presi-
dent and the Mayor of Boulogne for
saving life in that town. Besides
these, General Milt wears the med-
.als for several.Indian campaigos, ai
well as for Egypt and, of course,
South Africa, where he was with
General Buller on the Tugela.
The King of Roumania, for whote
Queen the British cherish a genuine
affection as "Carmen Sylvia," is
Sovereign of the youngest monareher
in Europe. He was a grim, hard -
fighting soldier before he was per-
mitted by the Powers to be a Sov-
ereign. He conaraemorates his origin
in a singular fashion. The crown he
wears is of solid iron, plain and
unadorned. It was fashioned, by his
desire, from a huge cannon which he
and his brave Roumanian troops cap-
tured from the Turks at Plevna. Un-
adorned, heavy, sombre -looking, the
crown for which he fought and won
is ithique amonf diadems. beau-
tiful Queen, too, wears a crown re-
markable for its simplicity and inex-
pensiveness. It has not a jewel in
it, but is just plain beaters gold,
which the rough-andeready gold-
smiths of Bucharest made her two -
and -twenty year e ago.
Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, of „Eng-
land, who is nearly eighty-one, made
his great name just short of half a.
eentury ago, when, as a youeg sur-
geon in the Malay Archipelago, there
occurred to him that theory of na-
tural selection which also occurred
independently to Darwin earn° ;Scare
earlier, and to Herbert Spencer ear-
lier still. It is a noteworthy fact
that both Darwin aud Wallace haw
told us that they reached the idea
afi a direct re:41.th of the reading of
Malthus's essay on population. Be-
side$ being a vigorous defender el
spiritualist), Dr, Wallace has Commit-
ted himself to entire faith in phreno-
logy', and is an ardent anti -vaccina-
tor, Until the present year be haft
never published any Work upon as-
tronomy, 'Mere can be little ques-
tion that his last book, with it o 830
pages, conetittItee one of the most
OWLS:se
An
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d Editli
It was
ed for-
e sth"atta.
arming
greeted
hostess
visit her
he was to
e house.
lave Mary a cook to
e Or you, and you can goet
—
on the lake, and everybody has prom-
ised to call, so you. met get lonely.
And, besides, it is only for two days,
Edith. I'll be back on • Thursday
morning, and then. we'll enjoy the
' rest of your visit together. Next
week Cecil's cousin from Dublin,
whom I've rtevels seen, but who Cecil
says is a dear fellow, is corning to
stay with as, and I hope you will
like him."
I When Doris had departed with her
husband, Edith made up her mind
• to rnalce the best of things. She set-
tled herself in the hammock with
a book, prepared to enjoy a long,
lazy afternoon. Perhaps she dozed
fr, though she said she never could
eeep in the daytime, for, after finish-
ig a chapter, her next consciousness
s of ,someone—a. man—juraping out
I rap, in. all probability' coming
alacrity Edith tumbled out of
" ramenock, and realizing her dis-
ed appearance, ran into the
here she collided with Mary,
Id.
e's a. man coming -up the
'ay I'm out, or indisposed,
a whispered excitedly. Then
le was cut o� from the
ch..were directly in front
).• ,doorway, she retreated'
the curtain of the sitting-
-.
"Mrs. Fenn?" asked a pleasant
voice. And then came Mary's re-
ply:
pliko"Mrs. Fenn isn't home, sir. She's
gone away."
"Gone away?" repeated the voice,
n sonte astonishment. "Oh, no!
' ou tell her it is Mr. Penn's Cousin
onald, from Dublin. Now. trot
ng, my good girl. Don't stand in
, the 000rway. I've come to stay,
and 1 migiet as well tell you I saw
Mrs. Fenn disappear into the house
as I came up the steps, so you'll
oblige me by taking my card to your
:mistress."
By this time he was in the hall,
and Edith, finding that she was
trapped, came slowly from behind her
place of concealment.
He looked up, and made a step
forward.
, "Cousin, Doris, I'm. sorry I burst in
. 1 you in this fashion. I know
you didn't expect me till next week,
but I found I could get away earlier,
so I determined to take you an Go -
Cil by surprise."
Ile was tall and good-looking, and
Edith found that, in. spite of her em-
barrassment, she was smiling up at
, hint, and that _ really she did not
:mind. *
"I am not your cousin—" she be-
• gan, hastening to correct his mis-
• '01 course you're not, but I feel as
I'd like to call you Cousin Doris.
IT u see, We've never had any girls
in o afaraily, and I've always en-
vied fellOwts who had sisters. That's
why I want to make the most of our
• relationship. You won't mind, will
• you?" •
• Edith laughed. He would not al-
• low her to set him right.
"But—" she tried to tell him
• again.
He interrupted her.
"My portmanteau is still outside
The man. is waiting to carry it up,
and I'm so hot and dusty that I'd
• like to take a dip in the lake before
slimier."
Edith gave it up. After all, if he
took her for Doris, it would put
em both at their ease; while by
•time the truth, she would • only
•r• line and complicate her
t at the head of
test that Doris
at Cecil's cousin
he yellow room.
You're awfully good,
• And, by the Way,: what
ion get home?"
tete&
He won't be back un -
se he had tO explain the
. mat, to he servants; ' hut both
\
Selary land thet: cook listened with dis-
favor, and it ook all of her naceet
Perratasitre eloqienee to get them to
:abet bea in her plan. ,
11.
Ronald was rvaitiug when she come-
down t� dinner, and he took her in
with a glance of approval, •
'''You London girls, somehOW,
Seem clifferent from, those in the
country, teed,I know We are going to
be great friends, Couein Doe's!' he
Paid.
Edith hoped 50, With a shade less
entivosiatn.
Then Mary anneenced dinner.
To Edith's relief, the evening passe
off ..quietly. After dinner they
on the lake, and thus.
0, Edith told. hereelf , tercept the delayed, greeting..
tier side when she4 'Viten you're not
.The next norning passed rapidly,
as• he had niany photographs to
show her, and he talked entertain-
ingly of wbat had seep,
Just before Welchem), Edith heard
carriage -wheels, and, glancing in the
direction of the road, perceived a
smart trap turning in at the gate.
She sprang nervoosly to her Xeet, up-
setting the pile of photographs.
"Cousin Ronald, please take these
views away; and would yon mind
staying upstairs? The girl who is
coming to call is an awful bore, and
she'll never leave if she finds you
here. Oh, do go; and let rae get rid
of her soon!"
PERSONAL POINTER,S.
Notes of Interest About Some
Prominent PeopSe.
Mr, Austin Chamberlain,. the Brit-
ish Chancellor of the Exchequer, has
an extensive knowledge of agricul-
ture, and 'one of his recreations is
the running of a dairy farm, In
which he takes a keen practical in-
terest, The farm is, as may be sup-
posed, kept mainly for pleasure; but
cess.it is conducted on economical prin-
ciples, .and has proved a signal sue -
From. grocer -boy to seientist is the
And. Ronald, after a moment's honorable record of Dr. John James,
thought, gathered up his photos and
*eat into the house., bead of the Physics Department, High
School, Middlesbrough., England,
The carriage stopped, and a gr°°ra who was recently appointedeDirector•
jumped down and went tie the
horse's head. The girl got out and
came hp the steps, at the head of
which stood Edith, smiling broadly.
"How d'exe do? Awfully nice of
you to call!" she murmured, holding
out her hand.
The girl seated herself, and eyed
her hostess furitively, Iler manner
was strangely ill at ease.
"My name is Brooker--" she be-
gan,
"And mine is Wells. How funny!"
And Edith to her own horror, began
to giggle,
Miss Brooker forced a smile.
"Mrs. Fenn is our nearest neigh-
bor, and she asked 3ne to call. She
feared you might be lonely." There
was a pa.use, and Miss Broolser
glanced curiously at a gunmetal cig-
are4e-case lying on the sattee. "We
would be so glad to have you dine
with us to -night, informally."
The invitation was given with less
warmth than Miss Broolser had. in-
tended before she caught sight of the
cigarette -case,
Edith, who had noted the pause,
and followed her visitor's gaze,
reached out her hand carelessly, pick-
ed up the offending case, and laogh-
ed.
'Tray don't think I smoke, Miss
Brooker; but I carry some dyspepsia
tablets in this." She slipped. in in-
to her pocket. "You are awfully
kind to ask me to dine with you,
and. I should enjoy it very much,
but the fact is—the fact is, I am
diet ng. I can't eat anything but
the ightest food, and the doctor has
for idden me to be up later than
nine _o'clock."
MA! Brooker made a movement to
rise. ,
"I ain sorry. You don't look like
a. dyspeptic," she said. Edith's
cheeks were flaming. "And I feel
as if I would like to do something
for Doris's friend, but, you won't
let me."
Suddenly Ronald began to whistle,
and Miss Brooker rose stiffly.
"That's the carpenter,". volimteer-
ed Edith deperately; "sold, as it
isn't seer house, I don't like to tell
him he mustn't whistle."
Miss Brooker raade no reply, but
held out her hand, and, with a curt
good -morning, stepped into her car-
riage and drove off.
Edith was on the verge of tears.
"What must she think of me? , I
never knew one lie could lead to so
many!" she naurroured wearily; as
she went indoors to call Ronald.
After dinner they sat on. the ver-
andah,. and he brought out his man-
dolin and played for her. Suddenly
he stopped. • •
"Have you a sister?" he asked.
"I was just thinking what aelucky
fellow Cecil was, and I was wishing
you had a sister."
There was a pause. Ronald was
telling himself he had no right to
be so interested in his cousin's wife.
and Edith was wondering what he
would say when he found out the
truth.
The next morning Ronald did not
whistle as he passed under her win-
dow on his way to the lake. When
he took his seat opposite to her at
the breakfast -table he said:
"I find I must go away to -clay."
"Go away! Without seeing Cecil?"
"I'll see him in town. But, I've
suddenly • remembered something -
must do at once."
"Cecil will be so clieappointecl,"
There was real regret, in her voice.
"I can't stay. It's impossible!'"
he groaned,
The red mounted quickly to Ed-
ith's cheeks. Sho must put an end
to the masquerade Soon.
, "You don't---" she begat. But
he faced ber, cool and self-contained.
"Don't—don't make it harder for
me!" be said bitterly. "I ought to
have known the coutsinship wouldn't
go down."
Suddenly there vette a Stir outside,
and the door lime open, to admit
Doris and ber husband.
"Edith, what • sloes this mean?"'
cried little Mrs. Fenn. , "We drove
up to the back door so as t ot to
disturb yott, and we find you .enter-
taining a, young Man at breakfast.
Please unravel the mystery, I'm
dying of curiosity. Why, Ceeil, is he
your Cousin, I'nt so glad!"
Remold, who was still Sh.aking Ce-
hatui warmly, listeued, and tried
to take it all in. N'
"Ronald, I hope Edith, has been a
gated hots, It's rather Irregular
but you seem to have got on fant-
ousler Cecil, you haven't spoken to
Eelith.▪ "
Cecil dropped hie dousitinS hand,
belt Hoitald sprang forward to in- A woman iney cure her husbatti
. the, tobacco habit by urchasing hi
wife eigare kr bini. '
two rows almost touching. The out-
er edges keep straight and even, and
between the two rows place French
knots, not tiny ones, bat of generons
size. On a cream or brown dress
use red floss for the buttonholing
and golden yellow for the knots. For
red, black and yellow or brown and.
yellow are good, or two shades of
green.
Another equally pretty trimming is
formed of rows of disks not more'
than a quarter of an inch in diamet-
er set between. parallel rows of plain
narrow buttonholing. The owner of
a black silk coat ornamented after
this manner has recently bedome a
target for com.pliments without num-
ber on her originality and workman-
ship. She used a. three -quarter -inch
black ribbon as the basis of her
needlework. The.edgeswere treated
with buttonholing an eighth of an
inch deep of a rich creamy silk floss,
soft twisted but not too fine. The
disks formed a row between, green,
blue and cream color following each
other in succession. The disks were
enabroidered straight across, all in
the same direcLion. Each was then
outlined in one of the other colors;
the green in blue; the blue in cream;
and the creel-11.in green. This orna-
mented ribbon was then used in the
form of bands on the coat. Pastel
shades on a cream ground would be
charming, or on darker material the
ti. ts found in autumn foliage would
w up admirably.
• e old-time cross stitch is anether
fad of our grandmothers which has
forged to the front again, Band
trimming:and all manner of conven-
tional designs are carried out in this
simple stitch with highly gratifying
results. The beauty of this work
rests largely on placing the tiny
crosses in exactly the same direction
throughout the design. This work
is best adapted to the canvas weaves.
Any material woven in small
squares can be utilized, or the work
cat be done. over cotton canvas, and
the threads of the canvas drawn out
alter the stitohes are in plane':
Any pattei* used in bead .itereving
can be converted into a cross stitch
design by substituting crosses . for
heads. Or, if one has a favorite eme
broidery design it can be turned into,
a cross stitch pattern in this way:
Trace the outline of the design, on
paper. With a. ruler divide all the
space into squares the size you wish
to make the crosses. Now fill the
forms of flowers with crosses, . one
to each square, following the outline
as nearly as possible. You can -thee
count the crosses necessary to carry
out the design in any given direction.,
*
•
A PEW HINTS FOR, WIVES.
Don't make the evening repast a
confessional for household troubles.
Your husband has troubles of his
own. You may be one of them.
]Don't be the last to Acknowledge
his merits. Men love flattery as wo-
neon do finery.
Don't put him on the fire escape
to snaoke. Suppose the draperies do
get full of the fumes. Some day
you may hunger for •the smell of
theta
Don't wear a, chip on your shoul-
der. . An ounee of forgiveness •
worth a pound of pride. Give it.
You can have your way when he is
not looking.
Don't lee ashamed to protlaim
your love for him. Tell him often,
and demand a response. It gives
him something to think about.
•Don't antagonize his mete friends.
They may be better than they loOk.
Don't travel Wide apart, or the
chaios Will cut. The only way
to feel them is to keep close togeth-
er.
Don't cook unless you know hold.
When his digestion goes, reform ad-
ministration is dead,
Den't aek him for money; make him
offer it. Yee knotv the way, yr
you do not, you should. Something
in a rean's coestitutional make-up
rebels when he is asked to part with
his money. Men abirk the things
that are expected of them; but they
Will give freely of time, money, and
labor when accredited with not only
the thing done, but the impulse that
prompts it. Men are generoue
enough, but they like large portions
of gl
remarkabla Metrtriee$ of rapid: and ex- Be prudent and as thrifty as you
hausting Work ever aehieved by an am IVien are attracted by ethereal
octoget ari an . IneanS, • but held by material methe
• edta Wiee economy, however, re-
quires great tact. Theo> is no
economo in that course which •leaves'
yottr linehe limp, your personality
ebodely, or your home regime eon -
ducted on poor -house rations.
Don't listen to outside criticism,
whether of' friends or relativoS-ine
law.
Don't attach too ranch importance
to those little tiffs which may be the
result of outside worries or indigos -
tion, Make allowances for bis being
humeri'. Give him the benefit of
every denbt. If you put a pint Man
in e, quart .measure he will grow up
to it. ,
Don't condemn these rules the first
time they -fail. They are goed. The
only question is, Are we good enough
to persevere with them until we get
results? .
Let's begin to eourt him "all new
from the beginning," Let's blot out
the ugly interim of cruel words and
acts, and offer him wholesorne good -
fellowship. Let's have a talk, and
pledge ourselves to keep the peace
until we come to an understanding.
And then let's away With false pride
that has gained us no end but to
widen the breach, and drag, a net for
him, as we did in the pre -nuptial
'days when we wore our best gowns
and bore our best temper, and said
tender things that scattered the
cause of dispute.
Suppose he is in the wrong—we
promised to help beat.' his burdens;
why not share his fault with him?
There is all the world against u$ on.
the other side of the front door; let's
fight to win. • The ammunition may
be costly, but the spoils will com-
pensate.
HELPFUL HINTS.
To close a small leak in a tin ves-
sel in use, sift into It a handful of
cornmeal. It swells and -soon closes
the aperture.
Buckwheat flour will absorb oil;
scifien spilled on the carpet there is
really nothing to fear if one pours
over it plenty of buckwheat (wheat
will answer) to entirely cover the
spot. In a few hours the Rohr will
be moistened by the oil and it may
be swept up and fresh put on. Even
a third time may be necessary, but
it will remove the oil so thoroughly
that the spot >nay not be diseovered.
A tidy housewife euggests that it
is best to cope with a spot of grease
on a bodice or waistcoat while U—
tile spot—is still fresh. Spots of all
kinds, not less than stains, are much
harder to get out when. old than
fresh, she remarks. Spots caused by
food tend to spread and sink in If
one wipes off all that will corae with
a clean na,pkin the minute the• act -
dent occurs and then embraces the
first opportunity to pour benzine or
naphtba, over it and rub it with a
piece of the goods one can often suc-
ceed in removing it altogether.
—4.
• SILT WATER EXPERIMEET
THE REMEDY WAS WORSE
TH.AN THE DISEASE.
People of Hastings, England.,
t Thought Theys Ilad a Pan-
acea for Civic Ills.
While very hutch is heard of tee
success that atteuds municipal own-
ership in English and Sootch cities,
very little is heard of its failures.
The most notable failure in this new
method of supplying utilities to the
People and of doing public work by
public eaachinery is that of the great
salt wdter experiment which recently
ended in economic disaster for several
coast cities in England. It was not
long ago that some alert genius in
the town of Hastings conceived the
daring and original idea of "harness-
ing the ocean." to sprinkle the streets
of that city. So simple was the
plan and so obvious was its desira-
bility that the inueiripal fathers of
Hastings proceeded without delay to
put it into effect. Of course, the ex-
ecution of tl-e plan. was quite expen-
sIve. An. entire new plant for pump-
ing and maieing was necessary, but
expense is no object when the public
pays the bills, especially when the
public is vastly benefited bye the ex-
penditure. And in tbis case the.
was manifest a double desirability -
inasmuch as a large revenue to. the
city was clearly in sight. Why not
exteud the pipe system generally, so;
that anyone who desired it could
have his salt water dip in his own.
private bathroom? It NVVIS an al-
luring prospects, and the fila,ns went
through with a rush.
.A.DVANTAGES APPARENT,
News of the Pah water system in
Hastings speead rapidly and a num-
ber of coast towns took advantage
of the example and were presently
equipped With pumps and pipes in
plenty. The system seemed t� be
the very acme' cf desirability and
perferstibidiy. Netncrous advantages
not thought ofebetcne were diecover-
ed as soon as,it was put into actual
practice. Sea salt is known to have
considerable, antiseptic power, and
its presence in all •tl:e streets had a
most salubtious effest on the general
bygienie state of the town, This, in
conneetion with tile fact that every-
body who could afford it had private
sea water bathing froilities, wrought
a two -fold good effe.ct ,o the general
health, Again, the salt, being high-
ly Ile"groecopic, or water absorbing,
the geeei al hunnehty was reduced.
Still again it was found that as the
salt ammoniated on the surface of
the streets it Reined a hard and
neatly' toutuled roadbed. Lastly—
and potesibly the moet •desirable fea-
ture of the entire affair—the revenue
to the city frOM. private consumptien
was vastly larger than even the
Most urgent advocates of the plan
ha,ci looked for. In one word, the
system proved itself to be an
qualified etweeee, ect matter how its
Meet fastidious critic was dispoeed
to look at it, The getlus in Haste
legs who originated the Iia beeteme
quite popular oral was plaited as
positive benefactor to Lie kind, So
much for the Iniget xtee of the Sic -
thee, Now for tlie dark,
SALT, SALT' EVERYWhittilla't
'All studente themietry Ictow
that coninten salt peeeesees the pro-
perty of eo.IiqueExerice, whi(h is an -
ether tante kr tee taking up a Wa-
ter from the air. Salt tot;es tip wa-
ter front the nipo-that la it heeontee
wet. When there is very little hue
miclity In the seir salt remaies tsssts-
paratively dry; When there is Much
water in the air it beetomes quite
wet. Now upon -dry daysthe salt on
tho Streets of our Forglish coast
toWes became dry and was blown
about by the winds. It settled ore
the goods in shops, worked its way
into the most remote corners of
cloth and clothes, settled upon fruits
and vegetables, upon carpets and ,fur-
niture, and, in short, At did precisely
what fine dust will do. But, un-
fortunately, it was deliquesceet, and,
saltlike dust, it took up water foam
the air and bename wet, tl ereby
rna,king •havoc of values in almost
every kind of commodity upon which
it had rottleci.
But this was only pert of the
trouble. The tieing ealt ti.„•ext rsassie
ruined the clothes people -N bue, „
it got Seto eyes and mouths, - which
is not the most pldisarit thing im-
aginable by any means. • It clung to
tee wheels ef carriages, deetroyinie
the paint thereon, and was dashed
wet against the bodies of the . can -
doges, eating away the varnish and
the color there. It formed crystal-
line leyets on bootand Shoes and
detlined to be removed even with the
aid of spatulas and knivea And 11
no Mare could be said of it, it was
by this time preceivesl to be a posi-
tive public nuisance. -
Ales! Not half has been said of it
yet. For this omnipresent and peso
tiferous salt, not coetent with work- '
ing above ground, must Leeds carry
on its depredations in the dark and
underground. For it was found that
at corroded the pipes through which
it was disto ibuted , can ming leaks
without number and withoet warning
of when and where toy were about
to occur. Families • awoke to find
their houses deluged with sea water.
People could not sit down to a
xaeal without dread of interruption
froin a gushet of the saleletio'uts Sea,
where as the sudden bursting of largo
street males was the oecardon of sev-
eral deaths before relief could be had
from headquarters.
NUTS FOR PESSIMISTS.
Ndw the worst of peesAmists could
not ask for more in the cmantity and
quality of this public. curse, And yet
the tale is not all told. 1.`here was
yet another and a life -destroying ef-
fect from the salt water system,
which, if it did not kill men, at least
killed much that was very clear to
men—namely their trees and -shrub-
bery. Ile leakage from the eipeo
seeped through the earth, and ate
tacking the roots of vegetation des-
troyed all the greenery in these salt.
cursed eiteies of the English coast'.
Grass, flowers, trees, -rites all
plants that drew their nourish' meet
from the wet earth were fed •upon
salt solution, wilted, drooped and
died.
All these etfects were felt simultane
• eously. They did not occur precise-
ly one after the other. A little time
was required for the salt to permeate
above and below ground, to a reas-
onable extent sbefore it began to
make itself the most conspicuous fa,ct
in the life of these communities.
pall fell ali at once. it was a long- `se,„4
tine ecoming, but its calnee e It cov-
ered everybody' and made everybody
perfectly miserable in mind and
body. • And as nobody in particular
could make a fortune out of it, it
was forthwith lifted and put- away
forever,
The salt water system has been tbe
most disastrous experiment tried
by tke munieipal ownership-govereed
tc>wns of England arid the suggestien
has been made that these towes
would have been in a pretty Ex hed
they given a twenty -five-year Iran-
chiee to a London company to sups
ply, them with the blessings of
"ocean Water harnessed to • your
hand." -
LITERARY PRODUCTION.
—
Books Printed Since the Invention
of Printing.
Paul Otlet, the' secretary of the
Brussels International Bibliographi-
cal Institute, estimates the number
of printed books since the invention
of printing to January, .1900, at
12,163,000 separate werki, and the
number of periodicals at between !fife
teen and eighteen. millions. f
For the foirowing .ea years, °pet •
adopts, 200,900 as aeyearly "averlege.
This•Seerns'rathee high, and the' iig-:
ures of this table, which woidd xiisako
15090 a year ''a goied average, sham
1486-1536 " 42,0Stes
1536-1636 . 575,900
1636-1736 1,225,0,00
1736-1822 ,.... 1,839,00-
1822-1887 . 6,500 000
1887-1898 . . 1,782,000
1899 .. . . . . . 150,903
1900 ,,, . .
1901 ..... ... 150,0
1002 .. . . . .....• 160,o,
1903 • 150,0
more reliable: •
0
Total ,, 12,713,0j0
To the year 1904, therefore, up-
ward of 12,500,000 separate rel rks
have appeared in the world, r itch
figures, however, include new ed tons
and translations.
In point of number of output, Ger-
nanny and German -Au stri a, llec-
tively, yearly lead the world. Then
follow Prance, Italy, England, the
United States and the Nether nds.
Cermany leads the World in book
production, and the United Sates
the world in the production pad-.
odlcal literature,
Al ELOQUENT PERORA ON.
"And," said the rising yotin poli-
tician as lie reached his eloqttel t per-.
oration, "I predict that our
date will, will, when the votes are comet -
ed, be found to have riddeh t sue -
cess upon a tidal wave of g tbat
will have tavesteSittle bef /Sao
wild -fire lestalingebt Irking up -
en the etratitl where the eon of vie -
tory shall bletex forth its first ffule
gent rays open the close of on of
the • most noble, most me, able
cattpaigns that, have
lauethed epon the flea
gather strength and car y
it like the cyclone Sweepine
the broad prairies Crow wh
tho eel) of clay has disapperg
terror,"
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been
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