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Why a Dog 1 m Desei By Camille F^lammt m^ORD BYRON having trie IT vanity and deception, j[ ^ and exalted the ohara ??? not only a professor ol religious morality, prea gf?EEs2 "Man," said he, other and can conceiv he crouches at ills ?e< humbly he regards him, how joyfu about his god; all his powers, all th his service." No matter how we look at the compelled to admit that they appro that in certain cases, where affectioi characteristics are more marked in What shall bo said of a dog, wi brought to that same physician any there are many well authenticated in The most striking illustrations t the numerous instances of their dvli ing of these is reported by M. Hem Niort. He reports the case of a d< as he knew by personal knowledge. Another authentic case is that o a young artist named Charles Bren< sought his food in the neighborhoo e&oh evening at 7 o'clock. One night his master was seize< where he died two days later. Fine the hospital, but stopped there, waited for five days and nights in drinking in the gutter. On the sixth day Finot was foa perished from cold and hunger. 1 greater devoticn on the part of a hi But dogs have even gone so far !of disgrace, sometimes unmerited, itself into the canal Saint Martin al its master had punished it. In 190 a dog was seen to deliberately run beneath the wheels?its mistress t despair, but deliberate premeditatioi I wish, however, to call the a dog's power of smell. , This seems t , is the leading sense, or most of oui t.ion. Even our passions are largel If the dog had the power of c to the sense of smell. The dog d enemy by sight, but by smell. The little notion. A dog brought from if. not how. But that the dog is possessed loves and hated, that it is devoted i pute. We must reject as altogetl that it is all automatic. It is cer many human beings far more bruta than many dogs. | The Valor ni ? w ?r/ By Gen. Homer EITHER now nor in th termined by naval er I tories may produce c< elusion of a war, but lematical. Only thos SKS^SSr ing international stru defeat is relative to w<hele. To affect, to cripple, or to dest by injuring to that degree its pov ability to defend itself against the entire German Navy were sunk in I er Berlin than she is today, and the the German Empire could no more destruction of that nation's navy, trade and interchange prevents the If the entire American Navy sb war, it would have no effect whats< lie, upon its resources or power. A they be, determined by land war far Naval engagements, being remc gle battle. The number of men d* significant. Neither the political < wage war, nor the belligerent attitu tion's navy is destroyed it will thei quent to the defeat of its aVmies, i ( Into the hands of an enemy, will it The navy is but a portion of originally composed of soldiers. 5 being a separate institution, but to sential characteristics of warfare. . laud forces of a nation than heret Navies are not self-sustaining i is necessary for their maintenance The vast theatre of war. where thei Is as barren as- the desert. In con fleets in every sea where nations l suzerainty.?Harper's Weekly. tsA*r Do Americar Or Merel: J3y Henry \rnn l.)yl< ??HE high stimulation o feet of quickening the B astonishes and soraet i?a?i movement of things a There is a rushing tii air. Business is tra tention. Tha- preliuii inaa'd. Whether you want to bu; stock, it is done quickly. I renter at Damascus, once, to get a thorn polite directcr gave me coffee and action would not have taken live coffee nor conversation. The American moves rapidly, I always in a hurry, you would mak is that you n:ust he quick sanetii ways. You must condense, you n little things in order that ycu mt He systematizes his torrespondent business, not for the sake of systeri his work. In his office hangs a pr does not arrive at the railway stall his train, because he has sotnethin; fifteen minutes. He does not like cause ho wishes to get out to his golf and a shower bath afterward one thing connects with another intervals. His characteristic attit that of a man concentrated on the IW?awue. .. V*y. "" ? An Explorer's Rich Booty. Thirty thousand separate volumt manuscripts and documents, dati: back 1,000 years or more, constitu ie rich booty which M. Paul P< l ot, an enterprising young French e lorer, has brought back from Xort eatern China and Chinese Ti eatan, after two years and a half 1 aval. M. Pelliott is only 30 yea f age, and distinguished himself t re on a memorable occasion durli ' I be Boxer rleing at Peking, for wbl? r'e was decorated with the Legion loner at 'he age of 22* . Lr rving of a Soul. irion. d.tlie world and found it filled with lying* entertained a low Idea of human nature cter of the dog. Burns saw in the dog f human morality but even a professor of .chin g by example. s the dog's god. The animal knows no ? no other. See how he worships, how et, how lovingly he caresses him, how lly he obeys. His whole soul centres ic faculties of his nature are employed in intellectual faculties of the dog, we are ach very nearly the powers of man, and j, courage and fidelity are required, these the dog thau in some men. id naa nts leg set oy a surgeon, ana wuo other dog that he found suffering? Yet istances of such action, of the spiritual attachment of dogs lie in lg for sorrow. One of the most interest-i Giraud, President of the Civil Court at >g that died of grief for his dead master, f the dcg named Finot, which belonged to :ard. The artist was poor, and the dog d, but awaited his master's return home 1 with pleurisy and taken to the hospital, >t had followed his master to the door of He waited in the street all night. He front of the hospital, eating nothing and jnd stretched out dead on the pavement, Has there ever been reported a case of iman being? as to commit suicide, plainly from a sense We have the case of a dog that threw t Paris, and did not try to swim, because iS not far from the observatory in Paris, in front of an omnibus and throw itself lad died. Here was evidently not only 1 and determination to end all." ttention of my readers especially to the o be its dominating sense. In man vision r sciences are based upon optical observay controlled by this sense, love especially, lassification it would give the first place oes not know its master, its friend or its ! dog possesses faculties of which we have Paris to London returns home, we know of a high order of intelligence, that it in a highly affectionate degree, is past disler inadequate the statement of Descartes tain that in this world of ours there are 1, coarse, more wicked and less intelligent jgi ' Ig'norance. I^ea. e future will international conflicts be de igiiotriiicuia. ill SUintJ 1U&IUI1C6S II El Veil VIC* mditions that will tend to hasten the oonsuch a state of national weakness is probe who overlook the natural laws governiggles fail to eoTii'prehend that victory or the power or weakness of a nation as a roy a nation in warfare can only he done ver of government, its resources, and its enforcement of hostile demands. If the :he North Sea, England could get no near? ddmands that she might then make upon be enforced than at any time prior to the The multiplicity of the arteries of modern s possibility of blockade, ouid suddenly be destroyed in a storm or oever upon the government of the Repubs all wars have been, sa in the future will e. >te from a nation, affect it only as a sinestroyed is, compared with the nation, inconstitution of the country, nor means to de of the people is affected. When a na1 assume a land defence, and only subseLhe passing of its territory and resources consider surrender, the military forces of a nation, and was in recent years it has the apj>earance of consider it as such is to mistake the es\ navy today is more dependent upon the ofore. n any degree whatsoever. Nothing that can be g}:>tten by them out of the sea. r campaigns are made and battles fought, sequence, naval bases are as necessary as tave established or expect to extend their is Hurry? V Concentrate? :e. f will-power in America has had the el* > general pace of life to a rate that always imes annoys the European visitor. The md people is rapid, incessant, bewildering, ile in the streets, a nervous tension in the nsaeted with swift despatch and close atnary compliments and courtesies arc elini* y a paper of pins or a thousand shares ot uber waiting an hour in the Ottoman Bank sand irancs on my letter of credit. The delightful talk. In New York, the transminutcs, but there would have been no >ut if you should infer from this that he is e a mistake. His fundamental philosophy tnes if you do not wish to be hurried aliust eliminate, you must save time on the iy have more time for the larger things. ie, his oflice work, all the details of his n, but for the sake of getting through with inted motto, "This is my busy day." He Ion fifteen minutes before the departure ot g else that he would rather do with those ? to spend an hour In the barber-shop, becountry-club in good time for a game of He likes to have a full life, in whlcn promptly and neatly, without unnecessary! udc is not that of a man in a hurry, butj ? thing in hand to save time.?Americanj I "" ! What anH \Aiv>x* j9> "I>et me sell you the 1910 style' Dg book. It tells what will be worn and, te why." % 1 ej. "I know already what I'll wear and >x- why. I'll wear my old clothes heft. cause I haven't the price to buy new, ,r. ones."?Kansas City Times. / of I rs Justice 'Darling, referring to illness>e es contracted by kissing microbeig laden Bibles, remarked: "It is myj -h opinion that a large number of peo-, of pie who commit perjury are punished in no other way." THE EARTH?AND 1 THOU ?Ca: toon by HALLEY'S COMET Its Disappearance For Two Months Likely to Be Visible to the Chicago.?Minus Its tail, its lustre dimmed to a point below the light of a sixth magnitude star, but rushing earthward at the exact place its schedule prescribed. Halley's comet returned to the ken of astronomers, and for more than half an hour before dawn was watched from Yerkes Observatory at Williams Bay, Wis., by Professors Frost and Bernard, working independently. That the spectrum may show what has happened to the apparently lost tail of Halley's comet is the belief held by Professor Frost. "It is worth noting that when it was here before in 1S35 the tail disappeared two days before the perihelion, and was not seen pgain for two months," he said. "Halley's is the only comet ever known to behave like this. It is probable that the tail is there, but is so dispersed that it is net bright enough to be seen. COMET WON Its Track is 13,000,000 Ml Tall Will I Washington, D. C. ? \Villi3 L. Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau, issued a statement that will brin& peace of mind to folks who arc worrying about a possible collision with Halley's comet. Here is what Chief Moore has to say: "Popular apprehension regarding harm to the earth and its inhabitants during the impending visit of Halley's comet to this portion of the universe is unfounded. The result of a collision between the earth and a comet would depend upon the mass of the comet, the velocity of the bodies and the angle of impact. A collision in the present case will be impossible owing to a safety margin between the tracks of the earth and the comet of some 13,000,000 miles. The tail of the comet through which the earth will probably pass will be noticeable only as an absolutely harmless luminous gas or dust, and may produce electrical and magnetic effects that can be detected only by self-recording instruments. A source of possible TO MARK I IMP HP IIAimil 1U KlMIIIl LI11L U1 L111UULI Illinois Representative Takes Historical Project?Only Oldi Burlington, Iowa.?Representative Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois, a former Burlington resident, has taken up the prosecution of a historical project of interest to Western Illinois and to this part of Iowa. By the donation of a sum of money he has furthered the project of setting up permanent markers to outline the march which Abraham Lincoln took up in the Black Hawk war. Only the oldest inhabitants in those regions now have any memory of the course of that campaign, which is not adequately outlined in history. The object of the markers will be to fix permanently the line of march and the camping grounds planned by the martyr President. The way led across the prairies of Illinois to the Mississippi River at a point near Burlington, then known as Flint Hills. The march was made from Beardstown, 111., to Oquawka, then known as the Yellow Banks on account of the peculiar coloringof the river shore line. From Oquawka the route was laid to the mouth of the Rock River. There were two expeditions in the Black Hawk war, one in 1831, when Black Hawk escaped from the pursuers and crossed the Mississippi, and the second in the following year, when Black Hawk returned to the Illinois shore with the determination to re main. Lincoln was made captain of one of the companies which took up the campaign against tiie Indians. The expedition gave several names to the localities along the route which are still borne. It is interesting to note London Expected to Spend 913,000,OOO During Roosevelt's Visit. London.?The first state ball of the season at Buckingham Palace will take place at an earlier < date than usual to enable invitations to be extended to Mr. Roosevelt qnd his family. So many splendid entertainments are projected by American hostesses In honor of the Roosev4lts that it is estimated that some $15,000,000 will be spent in London in ^Ihat way daring the week's visit of tjhe family, and that the coming season will be one of the moot brilliant on record. V - ' " s - ^ , LMMgMMymggBM ;<1.000,000 - * -. ^KH^H - - ? ? - ~^*?<? ? "'_ ^HjHn GHT I WAS GOING SOME. 1 G. "Williams, in the Indianapolis News. j, HIDES ITS TAIL J t Was Noted on Previous Visit?Not b Naked Eye For Some Time. v v "The theory of its being foreshortened or the head being between us and the tail is altogether untenable. A comet's tail always points away from the sun, and if there have been f any pictures printed in which this was e not the case they are incorrect. Some- t times a second tall appears, and this freak tail may point toward the sun, but the main tail always points n away. d "If the tail is there and Is merely u invisible to our eyes the spectroscope t might show it. There was, of course, t no such instrument when the comet was here in 1S35. We hope to be " able to use the spectroscope on it in a short, time, and may prove that the tail is present by this means. The fact that the spectroscope did not reveal its presence would not necessarily mean that the tail is not there, however, for it might be too dim foi I that instrument." T HARM US. lies From the Earth, But Its Reach Us. danger or discomfort to the earth attending cometary visits would be the falling into the sun of a comet. As the leaBt distance between Halley's comet and the sun in the present instance will be more than 54,000,000 miles the possibility of discomfort from solar excitations will not exist." Halley's comet was sighted by Professor Asaph Hall, U. S. N., at the Naval Observatory through a powerful telescope. At 4.50 o'clock in the morning Professor Hall saw the dim outlines of the approaching comet. Its position was one hour and forty miniftes west of the sun. The comet should have been visible during the past week, but its approach was obscured by cloudy weather. This was the first time the comet has been sighted in this city. On May 19 next the earth will pass through its tail, and after that date the comet will be visible only in the evening. It will then be leaving the earth, not to reappear again for about seventy-five years. N'S MARCH IN INDIAN WAD Up Prosecution of Interesting est Inhabitants Have Menmrv. i that twenty-five years after his brush 1 with Black Hawk Lincoln, when he 1 was coming into prominence, again t visited Yellow Banks, and, after mak- ? ing a speech there, came to Burlington by boat. Yellow Banks had become Oquawka and was a thriving 1 village. ' The markers to be placed along the ' route will be of stone and with suit- t able inscriptions, and a map of tha t march will be drawn and copies kept j on tile among the public records at t various points. , HISTORIC ELM SAVED. Washington Tree on Cambridge Common Given Kew Lease of Life. Cambridge, Mass.?After considerable hard work on the part of the Cambridge Park Department officials : the Washington Elm on the Cam| bridge Common has been put in excellent condition and probably will live for many years to come. According to the report, just is I sueu, sirenuous measures?tne same j as were used on the historic tree?are being used to save the trees bordering Decatur street, many of which havo been badly eaten by the elm leaf beetle. On the Washington Elm much of the dead wood was removed, the tree was sprayed.twice with arsenate of lead and watered twice a week from a perforated pipe, which was laid a year ago. It was also watered frequently from a near-by hydrant. High Price of Beef and Mutton Leads the Poor to Try Goat Meat. Brooklyn, N. Y.?Brooklyn is "getting the goats" of a lot of people these days because of the high cost of llTing. With the prices of beef, mut- . ton, lamb and pork soaring. the ooor of the borough are turning to the meat of "Nannie" and "Billy" for 1 food. i For the flrat time in ita history the i fleeh of goats is being offered for sale I in the poorer quarters of the borough. The price is from flee to seven cents q ( pound lower than lamb or mutton. idSa-. ifiiitttii r - WOMAN. s She works harder before breakfast o ban man works all day. She has more humor In an offhand o rord than man has in his funniest <1 tory. n She shows more pathos in her gen- t lest sigh* than man shows in his most ugubrious wailings. e She can economize more with twen- t y-flve cents than a man with a dol- 1) ar. a She can dress herself neatly and ttractively for less than it costs a aan for shoes and hats. She has more patience in opening drawer than a man has in laying he foundation of his fortune. She displays more grace in falling ut of a hammock than a man dinlays in his favorite dance. She has more dignity in a nod of ler head than a man has in a bow a hat embraces his entire anatomy. fc She can show more justice in feed- I ng chickens than a courtful of judges an show in a hundred volumes of irinted decisions. She shows more ingenuity in the hings she does with the left-over oiled potatoes than the greatest inetator who ever signed a patent specBcation.?Washington Star. * "T NOT RELIGIOUS HYSTERIA. s The voluntary sufferings of the suf- r ragettes during their prison experi- c nces must enhance public respect for " he earnestness with which they hold c o their political opinions. This is " tot a matter of religious hysteria, nor t ;oes it concern women lacking in ed- t ication or mental balance. Some of a hose who have endured these tor- v ures are gentlewomen in the best g 1 Fig Cake.?Take one c 3 ? x ' ter, one-half cup of cold ^ T 0) > o soaa uissoivea in it, one an ? & c a J little, not fine; two teaspo 0 O-a , fuls of nutmeg, two eggs, k. w 1 more than two cups of fl 2 ? ?o\ layer of figs in the middle ^ ) ers together with fig jelly ense, who plainly have been upheld iy the belief that they were battling or not only a just, but an absolutely ital cause. Take the experiences of diss Mary Allen and Miss Vera Wentcorth in Horfleld Prison. Sentenced o two weeks' imprisonment on Saturlay, November 13, Miss Allen starved lerself until Tuesday, when she was ed through the nose, until the nosrils became so inflamed as to render his impossible. She was ill and in he hospital until released, when she vrote to a friend: "I had a terrible ime in prison, but shall soon be eady to go again." Miss Wentworth efused to put on prison clothes; for hat ofTence she was deprived of her nattress and bed-clothes, and left ihivering in a bitterly cold cell. For iinging a sufrragette song, she was >ut into a dark cell, and then forcibly ed. Some of her other experiences ire as follows: "After two days and a half she was emoved to a lighter cell, where, learing the screams of fellow-pris>ners in pain, she broke her cell winlows, and was placed in handcuffs or two days and two nights, her lands being fastened behind her durng the day and in front at night. >he describes this as diabolical cruel:y, since it is impossible to read, sleep, Irink, pull up the bedclothes if they 'all down at night. Finding cup'eeding, with four wardresses holding ; rer down, useless, the doctor used ;he nasal tube, causing great pain ind a feeling of sickness." Yet she, too, is ready to suffer igain, in the hope of thus helping to I vin the ballot for women. The suf- | 'ragettes are particularly indignant lecause the men who have been inerrupting election meetings have jeen allowed to go scot free, while j hey go to jail in droves for shouting ( 'Votes For Women!"?New York Svening Post. ( ( NO MILLINERY LAW NOW. One point in common, as regards ' ill this season's hats is their supera- ' jundance of trimming, chiefly where feathers are concerned, but, apart 1 from this general feature, I do not 1 <now of any period in the memoirs of Dame Fashion in which individuality : af f ooln Vio/1 f iilloi* nlo V Tn-HflV O i woman considers a hat in the light of in accompaniment to this or that ;own, while as to shape, size and general style few rules are taken Into ac:ount. The prevailing notion that dressy tats should be large, while the smallir examples should bo reserved for more ordinary wear, is being contrallcted in many of the newest models, indeed, there is no hard and fast law where the millinery of the hour is :oncerned. Some hats have no :rowns at all, while others boast very large ones; some are almost brimless, while in other examples brims attain lulte huge proportions. As for feathers, there's no classifying them. The beautiful ostrich plume Is rivaled by any number of variations, inch as the willow, the snake and the uncurled, and yet It Is likely to hold I tea nwrti A pretty girl seen yesterday had a < lat arrangement of straight plumes j1 tanding at the front of the crown g f her rather large hat. I Ribbons are playing as conspicu- g us a part just now in millinery as In " Iressmaklng, not merely for trim- g ning purposes, but to the making of ? he hat itself. g Sometimes yards of ribbon, gath- 1 red and joined, are used to make J he shape, or very wide ribbon may J ie pressed into service, in which rjbpf f t draped effect is preferred, y?rt*e? wo-color scheme is always more efective and requires a less elaborate rimming; for instance, if the hat is overed with figured ribbon, the linng is generally plain, and when the . ormer is of a pale color a less monot- ? inous result is achieved by employ- . ng a darker garniture and lining. " n this connection gray and mauve, . tronze and pale blue, "wood brown" " md old rose represent favorite and < larmonious combinations.?Phlladel. ihia Record. , I ( HOW THEY PROPOSE. | A diligent reader of novels, says he Wiener Fremdenblatt, has taken he pains to examine one hundred lovels, with a view to finding out how nen usually propose, and has pubished the results of his research in * tatistical form. The one hundred uitors proceeded in the following | nanner: Eighty-one of them delared they could not live without her," seventy-two grasped the hand if the beloved, twenty-six embraced 'her," twenty-five popped the quesion seated comfortably by "her" side, hree stood before "her" on one leg, md six bent a knee before "her," vhile four considered it necessary to ;o down upon both knees. In thirty. :up of sugar, one-half cup of butvater with a small teaspoonful of d a half cups of raisins, chopped a Dnfuls of cinnamon, two teaspoonone-half pound of figs and a little >ur. Bake in two layers. Put a of each layer of dough. Put layar plain icing. wo cases the wooer kissed his sweetleart oil thn month tnn klssprJ fhp lair, two the hands, three the eyeirows. and one kissed?though involmtarilv?his adorata's nose, while >ne contented himself with kissing he fair one's shawl. Of the one hunIred wooers, ten were speechless A vhen "she" whispered "yes," nine dedared enthusiastically that they were he happiest men under the sun, one lisdained a royal crown, two felt like he gods, and five, in their eonfuiion, faltered but unintelligible vords. And now as to the one hunIred women. Eighty-seven had long oreseen the happy event, sixty-eight eaned their little heads against the vooer's breast, twelve against his nanly shoulder; one dropped into a :hair, and eleven embraced the young nan; seventy-two pairs of eyes berayed infinite love, seventy-two pairs >f eyes were wet with emotion, fortybur cried aloud, twenty-seven picked lowers in pieces, or nervously belajored their gloves or handkerchief; / welve hid their faces in their hands, me resisted when the man wanted to tiss her, while six kissed the man irst; nine left the room in haste and ive became hysterical; three turned >ale, eighteen blushed, one sneezed, hree begged to "ask father," and me?a widow?said "Yes, but I hope fou won't be sorry."?New York Tribune. New is a hat pin with a single -ose petal and stamens in translucent mantel. Many of the new silk gloves are lecorated with fancy stitching and ?m broidery. The jewelers are selling six en- \ imelled buttons in a case with buckle io match. White madras shirtwaists, striped with colors to match the suit, are to l>e worn. Pearl gray and delicate banana are shades that are highly approved in gloves. Black and white mixtures will be the must popular materials in suitings. Often the draped tunic is outlined^ in a stripe of beads, sometimes mlxet*^ with embroidery. Pi Very handsome for trimming liatwF or adding dressy touches to a gown ire the metallic ribbons. Many of the linen coats of an elabarate nature have three-quarter or {even-eighths slpevos. New coiffure ornaments are dazclingly pretty and most becoming, particularly the jeweled bands. Flowered taffetas in old tent-stitch patterns In obliterated coloring make up most effectively. The newest jabots are side-pleated and the ruffles sewed down on one aide of a strip of insertion. Some of the new combs are, of carved horn with a design of birds or insects, In natural tintlngs.