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) 1 !if;LL CH!F!E ON WEfiLTH QUAIL A BOON TO FARMERS. SOME ROYAL GHOSTS A Menace to Individuals and Nu'-icns, Says the Novelist. LAMLhTS PACE THAT KILLS SOOLS Telia Julin L). Hoekefeller, Jr.'n. Bi ble t’lKMK Tbut Grout .\utiouN Aro UoinK “the l*noe Tbnt KUIm" That They May Grow Blok — Denonuirea Kvll of l.liiuor Trailii 1 and Look* to Women to Correct It. “The pace Unit kills," not Uie body, but Uie soul, the menace of great pri vate and national wealth, with its con comitants of luxury and self in dulgence and the great necessity for the application of the principles of Christianity to the practical side of life formed the subjects of a forcible address by Hall Caine, the novelist, before the young * men of John 1>. Rockefeller, Jr.’s, Itible class the other afternoon in the Fifth Avenue Baplisi church of New York, says the New York Herald. "I understand that this is a Baptist church," said Mr. Caine after being introduced to the class by the Bev. Air. Richardson. "My father and moth er were Baptists, and 1 was myself brought up in the Baptist denomina tion. I am afraid, however, that that does not exactly mean that 1 am a Baptist at this moment. 1 trust you will forgive me for saying that 1 be long perhaps to a much larger clam!) than the Baptist, the Episcopal or tti" Catholic church—the real church, mean, the big church, the church tb stands perhaps above all church That is my position and my excuse f< standing here today. “As I understand the object of Mr. Rockefeller’s Bible class, it is to her to apply the teaching of the Bible an i the principles of Christianity to tie practical life of our own time. No o ; > ject could be better than this and none more timely. “I doubt if there has been a time when it was more desirable to apply the principles of Christianity to the life of the world. It is even more true now than it was when the poet said It that ‘the world is too much with us. Late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.’ A few days ago Mr. Choate lamented in the life of your country The pace that kills.’ 1 could wish to associate myself with what he said so eloquently ami to em brace my own country iu the range of his criticism. “But I want to go n step farther than Mr. Choate. He lamented the pace that kills the body. I lament the pace that kills the soul. “When I think of the application of the prieiples of (’hristianity to the prae tieal life of the time I am instantly made to reflect on the hard saying. ‘It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to inherit the kingdom of heaven.’ No one with any knowledge of the sym bolism of the east will understand that to mean that, according to the teach ing of Christ, It is impossible for a man to be rich and yet live the Christ life. But any one may see that it was tho Intention of Christ to say that it it harder for a rich man to be good than for a poor man to be good. The world liness of wealth, the temptations of wealth, the heavy load and respousibll ity of wealth, the dangers of the wrongful exercise of the power which wealth gives are forces which make wealth a very doubtful blessing, and it is as true now as it ever was that to be at once a rich man aud a good man is to have virtue aud sincerity and generosity and brotherlincss ami all other Christian qualities taxed to the uttermost. “But if it is hard for the rich man to inherit the kingdom of heaven, what about the position of the rich nationV Hoes not the same principle apply? “President Roosevelt is one of the very few men iu the sphere of public affairs since Mr. Ciladsioue who bring public questions first of all to the touch stone of principle, telling you iu Amer ica that your great republic;, your great democracy, cr.u only live ou the founda tion of justice: that ill gotten power or ill gotten property, whether in the indi vidual or the nation, can only lead to ruin and bankrupts y and shame. We want such a man in England at this moment. There never was a time when in the struggle for national welfare such men with such principles were more wanted in all the nations. “But It is not merely In our Interna tional relations of trade that the temp tation to Ignore and violate the Chris tian principles Is apparent. There Is n trade which all civilized countries frankly recognize as dangerous. Wom en and children are the chief sufferers by the trade of drink and by the false and un-Christian attitude of the nation with regard to it, and I look to the coming enfranchisement of women as the most powerful help toward remov ing the wrongs that attach to It. “It Is a shortsighted policy, is well as an un-Christian one, to fan the pop ular fever which leads to war, but It Is one of many temptations which come to the rich nation, and other tempta tions are the desire for increaied terri tory and power. Your President Roose velt has lately done noble service for humanity In helping to put an end to the bloody conflict In the east. All the world honors him for It, and It Is a proud thing for America that one of its citizens, a man of the people, although the head of your executive, has been able to do a work which was Impossi ble to any crowned head In the world. "The great mil Iona are going at the pace that kills the soul and are not tnk !ng time to reflect that they may grow rich at the cost of nearly every public and private virtue." An Enthiittlaat’n Estimate of Their Value In Eatlnc Weed Seeds. Bobwhites, or the common quail of New England, eat tons of weed seeds annually and should be protected by every farmer as bis greatest boon, says the Washington con-cspondent of the Boston Transcript. Such is the verdict of an enthusiast in the department of agriculture. This authority has taken great pains to study the quail from every point of view, and the results of his investigations will soon be avail able iu a bulletin. He has even taken the trouble to compute the possible amount that ma\ be disposed of in Virginia a .1 North Carolina, where there arc believed to be four bobwhites, or "par- ! triiiges." as they are known iu the south, to every square mile, making 354.821; in each of the two states. Ac cording to his tigures, the quail of the two states each year dispose of 1.341 tons of noxious seeds. This activity justifies the theory that every farmer’should regard the quail ou his land as his personal property, like his poultry and live stock. The farmer’s cupidity may be incited by telling him how much advantage he can derive from the judicious disposi tion of quail, or the privileges for hunt ing them. Some farms containing from 500 to 1.000 acres would by this meth od probably yield a better revenue from bobwhites than from poultry. Shooting rights leased at high prices are a source of regular income in North Carolina. Since much of the land throughout the southern states can hardly lie farmed profitably, millions of dollars might lie made by the proper management of the quail crop. The time is perhaps not distant when farm ers will protect these birds from hawks, foxes and poachers as careful ly as they do now their chickens. The transfer of the time honored scarecrow from the cornfield to the covers of the quail might he a unique hut not im possible innovation. NOVEL HORSE BREAKING. Hovr a ii eaourveful Woman Made One i'umillar Willi Antoa. j Owners of spirited horses who have been feariui of life aud limb since the advent of luc automobile need no lon ger worry, a > ording to a special dis patch from SuiilhtoWTi. N. Y., to the New York Press. Fences aud telegraph posts, which appear to become potent attractions to the animals as soon as a motor car appears, need no longer wor ry the drivers if they will only adopt a plan recently made public by a wom an of Smithtowu who prefers to hide from the fame which is justly hers. She is the owner of a horse which was in the habit of making for the most dangerous obstruction as soon as it sided an automobile. Because of the danger which attended the driving of the animal she was forced to keep it In the barn for a long time, but a few days ago her fertile brain solved the puzzle. She determined to make the horse fa miliar with the sight of automobiles without risking her life In the process of education, so she rigged up a wheel barrow with bright tin pans and | hoops, hung a red blanket and an old skirt over it, and when finished she had a “devil wagon” that would fright en the safest horse. She also placed a long chain in the wheelbarrow so that It would rattle against the pans, and then she pushed the contrivance up and down the barn floor in front of the horse. At first the animal reared and kicked in efforts to get away, but It soon got used to the sight and sound and became tractable. Then an exper iment was made In the open, and again the horse failed to notice the rigged up wheelbarrow. The woman drove the animal the other day for the first time In several months, and It passed all au tomobiles as though it were in blissful Ignorance of any such machine. ROOSEVELT PEACE TOWER. A SaiEKfNtion, Patented, to Kansas by an American In London. A “Roosevelt Tower of Peace,” 1,200 feet high, at the geographical center of the United States is proposed by James Weir Graydon of London, England, says a Topeka (Kan.) dispatch. Be sides the tower he suggests a perma nent international exposition at the point. Mr. Graydon has written Governor Hoch of Kansas fully as to his plans because the geographical center of the country is at Fort Riley, marked by a government monument. To start a fund Graydon has employed a lithographing Company to make lithographs of the monument, to be placed on sale In ev ery community in Hhe United Statu. He has patented his tower. Graydon is an American graduate of the United States Naval academy, who served as a volunteer under Grant and Sherman. Rare Bird In Northern Water*. The first specimen of the fulvous tree duck ever killed north of British, French and Dutch Guiana was shot a few days ago by Phil Locke of Aber deen, Wash., near Grays Harbor, says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The bird has been stuffed and Is now In the possession of the hunter who ki’led It and is prized as a rare trophy by him. The creature Is much like the American wood duck, recognized as one of the most beautiful of birds. In color It is light brown on the breast and a beautiful mottled brown on the back. In shape it Is much the same ns the American wood duck, but Is considerably more leggy. The bird is belle veil to have been driven north from South America by some storm which It encountered while out at aea. The bird was probably carried out of Its bearings by the gale and finally landed near Grays Harbor, where It waa killed by Locks. SPECTERS THAT PROWL ABOUT OLC COUNTRY PALACES. Queen Elisabeth Han a Weaknem For Wlndnor and Catherine of Ar agon For Hampton Court — Prun. sia’s White Lady. The report that Queen Elizabeth has again been seen promenading the libra ry of .Windsor castle reminds one ol the curious fact that, with but one soli- taty exception, these restless royalties wlio cannot sleep peacefully in their graves are women. It is some years now since Queen Bess was last caught in the act of re visiting her old palace at Windsor, and the circumstances were these: A young officer of the guards was reading one evening In the library when he saw a woman, clad from bead to heels in black, walk slowly across the llbrarj and pass into an adjacent room. Tin oflicer, moved by curiosity at such an unexpected sight, followed the ladj and to his amazement found that she had vanished as completely from view as if the floor had swallowed her, and this although the only exit from the room was the one through which he had followed her. Why the wandering lady should on such slight evidence be identified as Elizabeth of gloqkms memory is not made clear, but at T^udsor castle it is firmly believed that Anne Boleyu’s daughter still tenants a suit of rooms adjacent to the library. Hampton Court palace is richer than the castle of Windsor in royal spooks. Catherine of Aragon, in spite of her not too pleasant memories of her hus band, Henry VIII., Is said still to walk In black attire, taper In hand, down one of the staircases and to disappear through the “Queen’s gate,” and, more disconcerting still. Henry’s second Catherine Inis, so they say, been seen rushing along a corridor with stream ing hair and white apparel, closely pur sued by equally unsubstantial soldiers bent on capturing her. This is supposed to be a re-enactment of a scene which actually took place not many days before Catberine How ard’s death on Tower hill in 1542. The unhappy queen, who was then a pris oner in a room adjoining the long gal lery, escaped from her guards and rush ed away to throw herself at the feet of her royal husband and beg for mer cy. She was pursued by her guards, who caught her at the door of the chap el where Henry was praying and drag ged her back again to her prison cham ber. Ill fated Anne Boleyn does not seem to have ended her troubles on the block at the Tower, for has she not been seen driving down the avenue of Blickley park behind four headless horses, driv en by an equally incomplete coach man? And fair Rosamond seems doom ed to walk o’ nights along the river bank at Gods tone, awaiting her royal lover, who never keeps his tryst. But English royalties have by no means a monopoly of postmortem per ambulation. There is u certain beuuti ful white lady, very fair and queenly, who is said to haunt the rooms and cor ridors of the castle of Schoubrunu. Fair as the vision Is, her appearances are never welcome, for they are said always to herald a death in the im perial family of Austria. She was seen in 1867 just before Maximilian, em peror of Mexico and brother of the Aus trian emperor, was foully murdered and again before the deaths of Arch duke Rudolph and his mother, the beau tlful empress. The royal house of Prussia also has its "A-hite lady,” who is only seen in the palace at Berlin before the death of some member of the reigning family Unlike her sister of Schonbrunn castle, however, the white lady of Germany Is said to be ill favored, If not downright repulsive, and Instead of torch or scep ter she carries in her hand u common or domestic broom; hence she has been irreverently christened “the sweeper.” There are white ladies attached to other European courts, notably that of Hesse-Darmstadt, the lady who inspir ed Wagner’s "Lohengrin,” but the odd est of all these royal wraiths Is oer tninly the ml man who confines his patronage to the royalties of France. He used to dog the steps of Catherine de’ Medici, wife of one French king and mother of three, along the corri dors at the Tuileries; he had a long in terview, so it Is chronicled, with the great Napoleon before be started ou his ill starred Russian campaign, and it may have been through not following the specter’s advice that Napoleon had such a sorry home coming. Aud it is reported that he was seen by the Em press Eugenie shortly before disaster finally overtook the house of Napoleon. —Loudon Tit-Bits. No Snoring. Postmaster General Payne the other day told a story of something that be once saw In a Milwaukee courtroom. Through the kindness and tact of the judge the court crier was saved from a fine. “I one day attended,’’ said Mr. Payne, “a session of the court at which this Judge presided. The court crier was a very old man; be bad served with fidel ity for many years, but age was be ginning now to tell on him. He fell asleep while I was In the courtroom and In a little while he was snoring. "The snorer, of coarse, disturbed the proceedings of the court, but the Judge showed great tact lu interrupting, without embarrassing, the crier. “ ‘Crier Jones,’ be said In a loud voice —‘Crier Jones, some one Is snoring!* “The crier awakened with a start and Jumped to his feet. “‘Silence!’ he exclaimed. There must be no snoring Ic the courtroom,’ and he glared fiercely all about him." -Philadelphia Press. .5 «□: i; i sex ^ i; i ea i; t ea i'i; t ea i'i; i ea w u i v7 Specially Registered to You * /TV* l«5 >42 Consider how the United States Government protects a letter registered to you, guaranteeing its delivery safe and in good order. The NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY einfrrfoff even greater protecting foresight in delivering its Biscuit and Crackers to you. Fresh from the oven, they are enclosed in a dust tight, moisture proof package, on each end of which is affixed this trade mark in red and white. 1 |N v >' iy ZnZu c INQER SNAPS—Crizp, delidou, golden-brown morsels of sweetness and spice that everyone loves. CHEESE SANDWICHES—Thin crackers enclosing a layer of creamy cheese a delicate bite to tempt an epicure. ki;TKia k'r.f THE BELTED PLAID. Thla Wan the OrlKinnl Drew of the Scottinh Highlander. The original dress of (he highlander was the belted plaid. This was a piece of tartan cloth, two yards broad and four long, which was drawn around the waist in nicely adjusted folds and tightly buckled with a belt The lower part came down to the knees in much the same manner as the modern kilt, while the upper part was drawn up and adjusted to the left shoulder, so that the right arm might be perfectly free. This upper part was the plaid, which was used as a covering for the shoulders aud body In wet weather, and when the use of both arms was required It was fastened acraw the breast with a brooah, often curiously enriched. A brooch was also used to fasten the plaid on the left shoulder. To attire himself In the belt ed plaid required on the part of the highlander no small amount of dexteri ty. The usual way was to lay it on the floor and after carefully arranging the folds to lie down upon It and then buckle It ou. The lower end was fas tened at the right hip. The utility of such a dress In the highlands is ob vious, for the plaid rendered the man Indifferent to storms and prepared to pass a night In the open air in the most Inclement weather, while the loose undergarment enabled him to wade rivers or ascend mountains with equal ease. It was thus peculiarly adapted to the warrior, the hunter and the shepherd.—London Mall. PRAIRIE DOGS. Choked Up a River While Traveling From Oklahoma to Texaa. "The prairie dog migration from Oklahoma to southwestern Texas dur ing July, 1874, eclipsed anything of that sort witnessed by white men iu this country,” said a veteran who saw it. "Millions of the frisky little bark ers must have been in quest of new pastures or perhaps feared the ap proaching legions of home seekers would surely exterminate the dogs aud plow up the dog towns. The prairie dog migration from the north to the southwest lasted six days during the month of July, 1874. The traveling dogs wnlle crossing the Red river in terfered to a great extent with the cattle that came to that stream to quench their thirst. Some cowboys that were ou the banks of Red river during the time when the prairie dogs swam across say that the stream was chock full of the little rascals for many miles up and down the river. The thirsty cattle were either unable or unwilling to stick their mouths into the water through the moving mass of living prairie dogs. The cowboys were getting ready to drive the famishing stock to a distant stream, but the Red river became clear of the repelling swimmers after blocking the useful drinking place for about a week. It was generally supposed that the dogs halted when they had reached the staked plains of Texas.”—Kansas City Times. The Pin In Enirland. The date of the first manufacture of plus In England is shrouded in uncer tainty, but It Is authentically recorded that as early e* 1464, when money was •‘tight,’’ extensive cloth workers com pelled their laborers to accept In pay ment for their work “pins, girdles and other unprofitable wares Instead of money.” The march of Improvement had begun aud kept on steadily until toward the middle of the sixteenth century plus begun to win appreciation so high that statutes were enacted pro tecting their manufacture, and rigid laws were passed prohibiting the Im portation of numerous minor articles, Including pins, gloves, knives, tailors’ shears, scissors and Irons. Up to this period female dress was fastened with ribbons, laces, clasps, hooks and eyes and skewers of braaa, sliver and gold. The latter were, In fact, pins without heads.—London Globe. Old and Yonn*. "Well, well, tbafs a funny thing.** "What Is?” “Miss Tassay was an old maid be fore she maiTled, and now that her hnsband Is dead she has become a young widow.’’—Catholic Standard aud Times- " \ EAR OF DIONYSIUS. Rne of <h* Famona Whlaperlna Place* of the World. Among the notable whispering places of the world is the “Ear of Diony sius” of ancient Syracuse. It is In the shape of a parabolic curve, ending In an elliptical arch, with sides par allel to its axis, perfectly smooth and covered with a slight stnlactitie incrus tation that renders its repercussion?- amazingly sonorous. It is 64 feet high, from 17 to 35 lu breadth and 187 deep It has an awful and gloomy appear ance, whifh. with Its singular shape, perhaps gave rise to the popular and amusing paradox that Dionysius had it constructed for the confinement of those whom he deerafed Inimical to his authority and that from the little apartment above he could hear all the conversation among the captives whe were brought to the ancient town of Syracuse in the time of its splendor, when It was the largest in Sicily. The sound of words uttered with a lo\/ voice is augmented In vaults or gal leries so as to become audible at ificon slderable distance from the speaker. A like effect takes place in a less de gree when sound ascends from the bot tom of a deep well or when words are uttered at one extremity of a long cor ridor or passage in a building. If a pin be dropped into a well the sound produced when It strikes the water Is distinctly heard at the mouth or the sounds of words spoken near the sur face of any well is similarly augment ed. Try it.—New Orleans Times-Demo crat. A FAMOUS STAR GROUP. Tbe Constellation Orion In Leiccni) and Literature. The constellation Orion is mentioned in the literature of all ages. In Egypt It represented Homs, the young or ris ing sun, in a boat surmounted by stars, closely followed by Sirius, which was shown as a cow. It has also been found sculptured on the walls of Thebes 5,000 years ago. And on the men of that early time it shone down from the same position and with the same brightness as It does on us today, a striking example of the unchange ableness of the heavens. From the days of the early Hindoos to the present the constellation has for some reason borne always a stormy character. Allusions to its direful Influ ence are found everywhere among the classic writers. Thus Milton wrote: When with fierce winds Orion arrived Hath vexed the Red sea coast. The loss of the Roman squadron lu the first Punic war was ascribed to the fleets having sailed just after the ris ing of Orion. The group 1ms also been employed as a calendar sign, Its morn ing rising indicating the beginning of summer, its midnight rising the season f of grape gathering and Its early even ing rising the arrival of winter, with Its attendant storms. In recent times the group 1ms always represented a great hunter or warrior. Its present title came into Greek astronomy from the Euphrates iud originally signified the light of heaven. Fi» Sunday. Ualin Sunday is known in England as Fig Sunday because in many dis- »;•: -t figs are freely eaten on that day. The custom is coiumou ln*the villages of Bedford, Bucks, Hertford and Ncrtlmmptou and is found in some l.aris of north Wales. As Palm Sunday approaches the shop windows of Dun stable are filled with figs in readiness for the crowds who go to the top of Dunstable downs to regale themselves 0:1 that day. At Kempton, In Hertford- hire, to "keep warsel” Is to feast ou iig or fig puddings with your friends on Palm Sunday. Fig Sunday is proha bly connected with the story of tin barren fig tree, which forms part of one of the lessons for the day,—London Mull A Ltf* layer. “Yon seem to have a great liking for large wonls." 1 “Well, sur.” answered Mr. Erastus Plnkley, “1 once knowed a man whose life were saved by a big word. He once told me dat I prevaricated, an’ by de time I foun’ out wbat dat word meant It were too lata *foh me to hit him.**—New Yorker. PROFITS OF THE DUMP. Good Money In Many Old Thtnara That Are Thrown Away. “I get,” said a Philadelphia dump boss, a week, free rent and the dis posal of any dump of value. "Tin cans, for instance, itelong to me if they are dumped here, and I make a pretty penny out of them. They are turned, you know, into tin soldiers and so forth. “Forks are another perquisite of mine. >tnny and many an old broken bottle on this dump hud a good cork in It. I get 8 cents a pound for all the corks I And. “Old shoes are never too old to be sold. They have always one good piece—the piece over the instep—that can be used again. The smarter pieces of good leather cut out of them are made iuto purses and wristlets. “Eggshells also have value. Some thing like 1,000,000 pounds of eggshell are used every year In the manufacture of kid gloves and print calicoes. “Do you see those eighteen barrels behind there? Well, each of those bar rels contains its own variety of assort ed marketable dumpage. Bach will sell when filled at a good price. There are, I believe, fifty-seven varieties of marketable dumpage, aud some dumps yield all the varieties. Mine yields twenty-seven.”—Philadelphia Press. THE PORCUPINE. I* Hid Likin* For Salt an Acquired or a Natural Taatet Some men who were camping In the Adirondacks several years ago on breaking camp in tbe autumn left an old tub which was saturated with salt briue. Ou returning to the same camp the next year they found that the tub had been gnawed until little of it was left. They were not long in find ing out what animal had done the work, for the camp was overrun with Canadian porcupines. At night they became such a nuisance that the camp ers were obliged to kill them to protect their property. The handle of a paddle was gnawed half through. The explanation of their presence In such numbers during that year, wheu they had not been noticeably abundant In the previous year, Is that they had made a rendezvous of the camp, being attracted by the old brine tub. On this they feasted all winter and for that reason were greatly pleased with the locality. An interesting query is this: Is the liking for salt an acquired or. a natural taste? Were they ever able to gratify that taste to any extent before man gave them a chance to do so?—St. Nich olas. PUNISHED BY PROMOTION. Curlou* Law* 'That Prevailed In the Florentine Republic. The Florentine republic had a unique method of dealing with its too ardent democrats. In 1203 the state passed the famous “Magna Charta of Flor ence,” to curb the cruelty and rapacity of the lawless nobles, who, In defiance of the law courts, were accustomed to flog and torture their dependents at will. The act practically disfranchised these titled harpies by a clause which excluded them from the signory—a body iu the state corresponding to the British cabinet—unless they renounced their nobility. This curious provision prepared the way for a still more extraordinary clause, which enacted that any member of the democratic party who made himself obnoxious ‘to the government and was by them declared to be "guilty of treason to the connnonwealth”should be given a patent of nobility and thus at the same moment be raised in the social scale and reduced to a political nobody at the will df the state.—Lon don Telegraph. The Onlr Way. Mrs. Subbubs—We must give a din ner party, dear. That’s all there Is about It Mr. Subbuba—Why, we haven’t any excuse for giving anybody a dinner party. Mrs. Subbub*—Yes, I have. It will give me a chance to borrow back the flue dishes I loaned to Miss Nexdore when she gave her dinner party three months ago.—Philadelphia Press. ? i I « % M e» t