HRk $IES ARE MUCH ALtKE
82gK2^^^av\g Qf Alaska and Finland
nat May Be Expected
V the Yukon.
Sr ta unfamiliarity with
have impaired the
Br Strong's com par i^Kh
that country, and
WMi in his annual reSHthing
done in Finwealth,
material
is possible in
HH^Brger scale," the
Post remarks,
hcs gained
Hffoubles and the war
give the comparison
ra climate tbtj like that
; ,% $??pBH?T and with one-fourth of
area, Finland supports
750.000 people; she has over
3,000,0()0 head of lire stock; she
% produced annually some 909,000
Ptons of grains and legumes. This
development is in part a result of
good roads, of which she has nearly
r 30.000 miles, and of her railways,
aggregating nearly 2,f>00 miles. It
is also partly traceable, though Governor
Strong does not mention this,
to a huge canal svatem impossible of
duplication in Alaska, and to the
fact that Helsingfors and the central
part of lower Finland are less than
300 miles hv rail from St Ppfnrs
burg. On the other hand, mineral
and fishing opportunities in Alaska
and the area of available fanning
land arc much greater. The new
government railway and the wagon
roads building in Yukon and British
Columbia should also diminish one
severe handicap as compared with
the older country. One fact in support
of Governor Strong's comparison
is the statement that Alaska now
haa nearly 60,000 reindeer.
HOW MEAN
I '? ' I
Dr. Phil Graves?That's an insult,
sir. I'll make you sorrv for
this.
Mr. Berryinore (an undertaker)?
Are you going to retire fiom practice
? - ,
THE FUTURE TO RUSSIA.
Whatever may happen to tlie other
nations whoso swords are crossed in
the great conflict that is now waging,
no one expects that the destiny
of the colossus of the north will be
seriously interfered with. France
may l>e overrun or a similar fate
may overtake Germany; Austria
may disappear from the map or the
British empire may be broken up;
but between Russia and anv great
xi ' . ?
iwi 1111 nun in.- igutH- impenetrable
spaces where the armies of Napoleon
lie buried?those armies that Europe
has not forgotten. When the
swords that are now clashing are put
up and the game is over, Germany
and Austria or England and France
niay divide the present, but the future
belongs to Russia.?Century.
* ON
DRY LAND.
"We're luckier than the chapa in
the navy," said a Tommy, standing
np to his waist in a water-logged
trench, while the pitiless rain beat
down, "we are fighting on dry land,
anyhow !"?London Globe.
THEY COME FIRST.
"You keep your house too hot for
human beings to flourish in."
"Can't help . if, Doe. It's just
right fbr the rubber plant and the
fern."
THEIVt NAME.
"There are tirties which knit even
the society woman to the fighting
herooa abroad:"*
"Oh, 1 know?aooka."
NO EFFECT.
"Tjihnr theories hen one dra rebeck."
"Whafa thfttr |
mvestmmBammmasamBSBaamBBBem
| WINTER VACATION THE BEST
Writer Puts Forth Strong Argumonte
In Favor of Root During the
/ ' % Cold Months.
Writing of the effect of weather
and climate upon work, in Harper's
Magazine, Ellsworth Huntington
brings out some interesting facts in
regard to vacations.
<rWe have an idea that people need
vncationa in summer, hut apparently
the need is much greater in January
and February. Of course there
are strong arguments for taking vacations
in summer, since that is the
time when it iB pleasant to he out
of doors, whereas during the winter
the majority of people have no
means of enjoying themselves. Tn
spite of this the work of our operatives
suggests strongly that in the
management of factories it is eminently
wise that work should he
light during the winter months. Al
remiv ii ?* a cusiom in many pinces
to alow* down during January. anil
now we pee that there are strong
physical reasons for doing this. If
tho operatives of a factory, or
people engaged in any kind of work,
am to be speeded up. the time to do
it is when nature lends her aid. To
speed up in February is analogous to
whipping a tired^horse and expecting
him to win a race. Later in
the year, however, during the spring,
and especially during May and dune,
people may be pushed to the limit
and will not suffer, because their energies
are naturally inereasing. This
i? ill iimrw tin* cam* in Ovloln*i iuiu
early November. After the middle
of November pressure mav produee
important results, as we sec at
Christmas. Nevertheless, the chances
are that if the pressure is continued
straight through tlie winter it oxI
hausls jH'oplc to an undue degree.
1 It may l>e that a considerable part of
the nervousness of Americans is due
to the fact that, although we relax
during, the summer, even in years
when we do not greatly need it, we
keep ourselves at high pressure right
through the winter, when the need
of relaxation is much greater."
DIFFERENT KINDS OF DUCKS
Josh?Are you going to duck for I
apples this Hallowe'en?
Hosh?No; I'm going to duck invitations
to duck them.
RAT KILLING IN MANILA.
Doctor Heisen says Manila, in
1900 to 1905, puid $15,000 in rat
bounties and $525,000 in other ratcatching
expense, without decreasing
the number of rats.
The way they succeeded in getting
rid of bubonic plague was to catch
i few rata in each part of town, examine
them for bubonic plague?a
rat fain pi in# process, if you please?
a od then draw circles around the
plates where pi ague-infected rats
were found. They then began rat
extermination and rat proofing at
iho periphery alld worked toward
the middle.
THE HANDICAP.
"Jlave you asked Julia's father
'or her?"
"Not yet. You see, the old man
has such forbidding manners."
HIS TRADE.
"I know a man who always gives
cut rates for his work."
"What kind of work docs lie do?" |
"He's a hedge trimmer."
THE DIFFICULTY.
''My friend, always l>e open with
your wife."
"How tan L l?e when she is always
shutting ine up?"
TOO MUCH OP ONK.
He?You do not seem to be so
anxious for a flat now
She?How car i bt? Didn't I
Marry you? ^ ^ f
SIMPLY HAD TO BE PLAYED
Under the Circumstances, What Was
There to Be Done With the Cricketer
Without Value?
A well-known cricketer told us
this story the other day:
He was staying in a small country
village lately, and on the local
"half-holiday he went to see the village
cricket club play on the green.
Afterward he discussed the match
with the captain and Ventured to
make a few criticisms.
"There was one man playing for
von todav/' he said, "that I can't
think why you have him in the team
at all."
The captain nodded wearily.
"I know whom you mean," he
said. "Jones, the man who went in
last."
"Yes. that's the man," replied the
other. 'Why do von nlav him ? He
can't hat, he can't bowl, and he I
missed at least two easy catches.'
"The fellows will have him in the
team," grumbled the captain.
"Is ho such a favorite, then?"
"Clreat Scott, no!" exclaimed the
captain. "The fellows hate him
like poison. But his three sisters
are the prettiest girls in the village,
and they always come and wateh the
match when he plays!"?London
Answers.
GUIDING THE CHILD ARIGHT
Matter of Correction la One Calling
for Careful Consideration by
*u. n
iiiv rarems*
Treat the child more as an equal,
whose obedience you require on reasonable
grounds because you are
older and know more than be does.
Compel bis obedience by showing
him the bad results of his disobedience.
At the same time let his personality
have play so that he may
learn to do for himself as much as ;
possible. I/Ot him feel free, so long
as be does right. Do not deprive
him of a walk or outdoor air or
make him study bv way of punishment.
That is to give hint a distaste
for study, and a shut-in system
of correction is uubealthful. It is
no cure for a nervous child to be
so frightened that be trembles more
from fear than from nerves, so avoid
any sort of punishment that terrorizes
him. Whipping is usually (not
always) barbarous.?I<os Angeles
Times.
BELGIUM'S GREAT SONG.
The national anthem of Belgium,
"La Brabaneonne," iR set to lighter
music than the dignified British and
Kussian compositions. Its author
and composer were both Belgians,
and the song was written t<> meet
"the public need at the time of a
groat crisis in the country's history,
the revolution of 18IU), when Belgium
repudiated its so-called amalgamation"
with Holland The music
was the work of a reputable musician
of the time, Francois Van
Campenhaut, a violinist, a fine tenor
singer, and a composer. "Ln Brabanconne"
constitutes Van Campenha
it's principal claim upon posterity.
Van Campenhaut concentrated
his otTorts upon giving the soldiers
of the revolution a good marching
tunc, one which would carry along
the burning enthusiasm of Jenneval's
words without einphnsizing any
of their deeper qualities. He caught
something of the impulse of Kouget
(If? t.l^lo ill III" I>nniiu>uit!n? -
l IIV V* ? I I I J M ?.-! I I I VII *M J Jit
Marsciliaise/' and even produced a
hint of the rhythm of the Great
French song.
LITTLE JOLT FOR THE BAR
Lawyers Must Have Found It Hard
to Smile at His Honor's Humorous
Comment.
Here is a story that was told at a
recent Washington banquet by Congressman
James Mnnahan of Minnesota.
in throwing the harpoon into
some legal friends.
In a certain court some time ago
a German was drawn on the jury,
hut when it came time to officiate
he ar<^ in meeting and asked the
| judge to excuse him.
"I don't know about that," quick!
ly answered his honor, casting a ju
dieial eye on the juryman. "Ia
there any good ami valid reason why
you should be excused?"
"It vas dis vay, shooge," hopefully
explained Hans. "I vas a Sherman
j by country, und I don't know any
goot English."
| "I guess you will do ail right,"
I chuckled the judge, with a happy
glance at the legal talent before him. i
'It is doubtful if you bear enough |
good English to perplex you."
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"That depends on whether there
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EQUIVOCAL.
I "Do you believe in putting up
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"I believe in putting 'em down
every time."
Marcel la?Fercival blushes every
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