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ATTRACTIVE FLOWER BED.
OLD-FASHIONED GARDES A FAV
ORITE SPOT OP HRS.
ROOSEVELT.
This Corner of the White House
Grounds, With Its Blue of Color,
Attracts the Slght-Sccr.
Mrs. Roosevelt's Old Fashioned Gar
den, as the generous collection of
posies west of tho Bouth veranda of
the While Uouse Is called, baa been a
coat lemons in ass of bloom and color
during the summer and fall, quite
different from any of tho other Govern
ment flower displays. There are mt
of these, surrounding the different
p.'irlinciitnl buildings, those of the :
purtmout of Agriculture being parti
iarly elaborate and ornate, but It la
opinion of Bummer visitors to Washing
ton that the old-time corner of the
mistress of tho White Bouse is the
most pleasing of all. At least It seems
to strike the majority of fancies, for It
recalls the scenes and times of earlier
days. This part of the White Bouse
grounds has always been devoted to
flowers, but until Mrs. Roosevelt's ad
vent It 1ms been rather given up to tho
latest fails of horticulture than to a
display of the familiar blooms of tho
oid tiino flower garden. i
u the White Bouse s
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
American System of Public Education
Par Loss Practical Than That
of Germany.
Tho general public school education
of the country Is complacently believed
by the majority of people to be the
best In the world. There ore some,
however, who insist that much of our
education Is unpractical and does not
flt the youth of the country for the ac
tual hard knocks of life, and that our
school system should Include a much
* Industrial work
German educa
tional methods places the United States
GREAT CANALS OF HARS.
RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS ESTAB
LISH APPARENT ARTIFICIAL
CONSTRUCTION.
The Camera** Eye, More Sensitive
than the Human Optic, Establishes
New Data—Interesting Scientific
Discoveries.
Is places
at an aparent disadvantage In this re
gard. An Instance of this Is seen In a
fort Industrial School, who has been
twice sent by the German Government
to study the Industrial schools of this
country. Mr. Back expresses surprise
that wa have not provided In our
school system for training our dtisens
In special directions, Instead of leaving
the establishment of trade. Industrial
and technical schools to the enterprise
of Individuals or the generosity of
philanthropy. The result Js that a com
paratively small number of these
Ittle op-
tln prnc-
and to
The changes
couple of
couple of years ago were officially
known ns the “restoration,*’ but have,
perhaps, been mpre generally termed
the “mutilation.” It seemed necessary
that something should be done; there
was talk of reconstructing the Whits
United States, while
-tlon of the country little
portnnfty la offered boye to obtain
tieal and thorough Instruction ai
increase their value to the nation by
converting themselves Into trained
workmen.
The German Government, on the
other bond, maintains in every part of
the empire good trade, Industrial and
technical school
the country and sending them out, each
A FAVORITE SPOT OF THE PRESIDENTS WIFE.
nmiso, but the niggardly appropria
tions made by Congress prevented any
extensile change or Improvement.
There baa, however, been notblng but
approval for the changes in Mrs.
Roosevelt’s garden. The location Is
Ideal one, somewhat sheltered and se
cluded, and when the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt gave the garden p
last spring to too International I
way delegates there were many words
of praise for the charming effect of the
hundreds of climbing rosea, displayed
In full bloom and fragrance, their vivid
coloring contraettng well against the
walls of the east and west terraces.
Special Floral Pets.
Particular pets of the President's
wife are hardy shrubs and annuals,
too, but all of tbe kind with which men
tod women who loved flowers a half
century ago loved to surround them-
■elves and with each of which for tbe
older generation there lingers some po
etic or sentimental fancy. Hollyhocks,
jessamine, phlox, dalillaa, China asters,
lavender, rosemary, columbine, clema
tis, peonies and smaller shrubs and
flowers have contributed generously to
tbe riot of color and bloom which his
pervaded this nook daring the season.
The mistress of this garden delights
to pick up new plants which are yet
old, and following her various visits
to Arlington, Mount Vernon nnd'otber
places have come many package! of
new favorites to And an mrased corner
In thli old-fashioned garden.
Boca Sugar Mate Strength f
Various reasons have been assigned
for the Increase In stature and strength
of the modern maiden, who has most
certainly grown uncommonly tall and
proportionately muscular during the
past few years, says an English writer.
It cannot ba that outdoor sports, gym
nastic exerdse and so on, have
stretched her out and made her at
strong as she la. because her brothers
have had precisely the same advant
ages, and they have not developed at
the same rate. It seems to me, there
fore, that the eecret lies In tbe fget,
that of recent years girls have becoms
far greater consumers of sweetmeats
than ever were their mother* and
grandmother*.
Time was when wa should never
have dreamt of having sweets on Our
luncheon, dinner and tea tables. Now
tt would be quite extraordinary were
ana not to offer these dainties. And,
what is more, wpmen are not merely
content to eat sweetmeats at our meals.
Bat they consume them at all times and
Jn aU placet between meals. It was re
cently said that boxes of bonbons play
a consplcuous part In modem lovemak-
fng, “sweets to the sweet' being ap
parently the text by which every young
man of the day guides himself through
the devious paths of courtship.
Tbe great Russian wrestler who Is
shortly to enter again into contest wltb
the Turk, UadraU, tells us that the
more sweet stuff one eats the stronger
one grows. Sngar Is the secret of
strength, ho declares.
Only » Portion of Russia.
In order to appreciate tbe sin of
Siberia one most imagine the placing
sf all of the States and Kingdoms,
principalities and ampins, etc., of Eu-
- rope, excepting Russia, and all of the
United -States, Including Alaska, in the
lerrltery occupied by thnt portion of
Russia, and then would still have a
snail amount of land uncovered.
la British Columbia as hi England
tho rule of tho road la “Beep to the
loft and you're sure to be right.
an expert or a trained specialist, to
play a useful and Intelligent part In
tbe groat battle of international com
merce.
POKER IN THE PHILIPPINES.
One Moro Who Knew the Game
Reports came from time to time from
Portsmouth showing that tbe Oriental
envoys and attaches bad found a great
liking far American ways and manners,
and more especially for tbe true Amer
ican beverages, cocktails and hlgb
balls, and for that little bit of diversion
known as poker. On top of tbese re
ports camo a message from a member
of the Taft party In tbe Philippines
that Datto Grande, one of tbo leading
citizens of Bambaag, bad fallen down
before tbo Sultan of GanassI In the
game of poker. Army officers stationed
In tbe Philippines are stated to have
carefully coached tbe Datto Grande lo
tbls game and tbelr estimation of their
ability to Instruct bas bad a severe
shock, a result of the Datto’s losses of
his carabaos, wives sad raiment, since,
It appears, bis opponent had never beeu
taught bow to play, but bad relied upon
bis untutored aklll and tbe devices
known only to tbe Mores. Tbe next
thing wo may expect to learn will be
that tbls wily More “Ab Sing” has
actually taken the uniform -from aome
of our army officers, aye, even those
considered adepts at the game.
This news ts probably of more In-
._reit to the people of our Island pos
session and to tbe cltlsens of the United
States than Is at first Implied, for It
■bows that for cunning and Intelligence
the More* show ability to defeat even
the skill of blghly experienced and
practiced American army officers, and,
aa an exebaflgo remarks. It shows that
the Filipinos are, and of right ought
to bo free and Independent
The Postmaster GeneraPe Panto
Pitted.
Boke Smith, Postmaster General
during Cleveland's last administration,
tells a story of a darky employed at
his home who was usually tho recipient
of all of Mr. Smith's cast-off clothing.
Many of the coats, vesta and trousers,
when cast aside, were of a flue quality
and aa a result this negro shone In tbo
society of bis fellowmen. On one oc
casion tho ex-Postmaster General pur
chased an elegant pair of trousers from
Paris. Somcbow, tbese trousers would
not wear out. Mr. Smith would wear
tbcm day In and day out, rain or shine,
and If apparently soiled a little clean
ing up would make tbem as good as
new. Try what bo would, tho servant
could not get the master to cast them
away.
One rainy day, Mr. 8mlth came home
from a rldo Into tho country on horse
back with his trousers very much the
worse for mud and water. “Sambo,"
be said to bis helper, “take this pair
of pants out and give tbem a good
cleaning, ns I want to wear tbem to
morrow.” Sambo came back in in
hour or two, hts fare sad and gloomy.
“Deed Marsa Hoke,” he said, “somehow
I can't get that tbar mud olfn your
pants, dey certainly am a sight”
“Try some soap and water, Sam,”
■aid Mr. Smith.
“Done tried soap and water, sor."
“Try some gasoline,” Mr. Smith re
plied.
“Done tried gasoline.”
“Try turpentine,” desperately cried
the ex-Postmaster General.
“Done tried turpentine.”
“Did you try ammonia 1"
“Taint no use to try «a on. Marsa
Hoke I knows dey*U at"
Astronomers and scientists In _
eral are deeply Interested in the
modest announcement made by Pro
fessor Perclval Lowell and his
associates at tbe Lowell Obeervatory
in Arizona .recently that after zereral
partial successes and some complete
failure* the greater canal* of tho
planet Mar* bad at last been photo
graphed.
' Itherto the general pnMle has been
compelled to accept or to reject the
existence of the Martian canals on tbe
word of tbe stargazing fraternity. Bat
with the aecompllzhment of tbe Har
vard observers In Arizona everyone
will now have an opportunity to see
tbe actual photographs In proof of
what has long been considered as more
or less of a theory.
While several photographs were
taken of the canals some weeks ago,
It was not nntll a few days ago that
the solar photographers were ready to
annonnee tbe complete success of tbe
undertaking. Professor Lowell, In the
following account of tbe achievement,
Is unreserved In his belief that tbe
Martian canals closely correspond to
tbe familiar waterways of tbe same
general classification ob this planet
Up to tbe present time hamsa
knowledge of Mars has been largely
theoretical—tbe principal facts regard
ing tbe planet being that It Is
141,600,000 miles from tbe sun and
approximately 47,000,000 miles from
earth. The Martian year has 087 days.
Mars 1* 4230 miles In diameter, tbe
earth being 7018, Jupiter 80,600 and the
snn 800,400 miles.
“To photograph tbe canals of Mars,”
■ays Professor Lowell, “bns for many
years been a purpose of the observa
tory established and maintained by
Harvard College In Arizona. The first
attempt to meet with an even approxi
mate success was made In 1001. when
a more or less satisfactory print was
made of tbe Mare Acldallum, or Lake
of Acid
“Yet, encouraging as that pioneer
effort was, no canal could then be
detected on tbe negative wltb absolute
certainty. To-day wc can state as
positive and final thnt there are canals
on Mar*—because tho photographs say
so, and a photographic negative Is
nothing If not truthful.
“In my firm belief, It Is only n
question of time, possibly of months,
maybe a few years, when wo shall be
able to determine tbe exact natnre and
probable purpose of the canal* of our
planetary neighbor. Meanwhile we
hnvo a number of excellent negatives
which have served to bring ns a bit
closer to Mars than ever In tho past.
“Tbo negatives thoroughly confirm
the eye In showing not only the exist
ence of the canals, but reveal them aa
continuous lines of tens and oven hun
dreds of miles In length. Of coarse It
Is yet Impossible to say positively
whether the Martian canals are of
artificial or natural creation, or exactly
of what composition Is the liquid or
molten substance In them. Bnt so far
as we can at present conceive they
appear as corresponding to our famil
iar waterways classified under the
beading of canals.
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SHOW GREAT EXPANSION Ot
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL MA.
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Commerce Commission Power to
Fla Railroad Rate*.
Value of Advertising.
Once, beset with pain and trouble,
When the day waa dreary and dork,
And I felt most weary staking /
Of my liver, lungs and heart'
In the pipers I was scanning,'
Advertisements by the score, '•
Trusting there to find some doctor
In whose ears my woes I’d pour.;
Then there flashed across my vision's
As If writ In living light;
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Tell, before you sleep, this night
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All your aches and svery pain
He can sooth you, he can cure you;
Pqt new life In every vein.
And when all your troubles vanish,
And your liver works all right
And your lungs resume their functions
And your heart with Joy Is bright
Then you’ll sing loud Hallelujahs,
And you’ll pay your bill In gold.
Thankful that to Dr. Gartln .
AU your troubles have been told. /-
And you'll know that lucky Fortune
Made you know, at any rate.
That It pays for all to keep their
Advertisements up to date.
A Few Afterthoughts.
The negro who demanded 55.000 from a
New York life insurance company la to
bo prosecuted. This man la evidently un-
nlllar with tho New York method*. Ho
>uld have applied for tho gUt through
syndicate.
l mining engineer In Guadalajara, Mex
ico, has round a petrified apple, feet
underground. This ta almost as startling
as the seedless apple take.
There were 137.000 pounds of Mocha and
Java coffee Imported into the United
States In the last six ycara. It seems
Strangs that during that tlmt. grocers
throughout tho country have sold 1,500,000
pounds of pure Mocha and Java.
A recent meeting of the National As
sociation of Agricultural Implement
and Vehicle Manufacturers at Niagara
Falla brought forth a number of Inter
esting and Important facta relative
the great progress which has been made
in recent yean in the making of all
classes of farm and working Imple
ments and also the great expanse
this class of trade abroad.
Since 1899, when our exports In tbls
line for tbe first time shot ahead of
thoee of Great Britain, the United
Stales has been easily the heaviest ex
porter of agricultural Implements and
machinery In the world. Manufacturers
claim, and their efforts to secure for
eign markets seem to substantiate It,
that exports play n most Important
part in the successful conduct of agri
cultural implement manufacturing.
Tbe last census puts the annual value
of this class of production at {101,000,
000, and it la estimated that tbe pres
ent year's production 1* greater. This
SINGULAR I NOUNS
WEST.
OF NORTH
bears were not i
when I suddenly
came upon them.” Surely the President
A clever counterfeit of the ten-doilar
“Buffalo” note la being passed In New
York. Another Indigestible security, only
It has the misfortune to be technically
Hall Caine has concluded that he win
not write a novel on American million
aires. He was probably unabls to find
on* who would make a good hero.
dealing i
aken th
i Stock Exchange.
has grown from {6,000,000 In 1850. The
Increase In exports, however, has been
far greater as we have, one after an-
other, captured foreign markets. Ic
1870 we exported only a million dol
lars’ worth of foreign Implements; lc
1900 we were at the {16,000,000 mark,
and the high water mark waa reached
In 1904 with {22,700,000, or over one-
flfth of the product
Much Work Ahead.!
"Tho"Niagara meeting, however,
brought forth the tact that there aro
many fields as yet unconquered by our
Implement makers. In sharp contrast
with the brilliant snccesa achieved by
American harvesting machinery In Rue-
slo, American plows are practically un
known in that vast agricultural coun
try. The plows used are mostly Ger
man or of local make, while the Amer
ican types of light, strong plows^ cap
able of doing almost twice tbe work
of the Russian plows, and which have
swept everything before them In South
Africa and Australia, have thus far,
for some reason, failed to gain an en
try Into Russia.
{American Manufacturers Foremost,
It seems that tho American Imple
ment makers are a progressive set and
the secret of their phenomenal suc
cess uis been In their good organiza
tion nnd the close study they have
made of the wants of tbe foreign peo
ples. The American manufacturer has
made a study of conditions and has
thus beaten the Britisher with hts
take It or leave it,” and the German
plan of making an exact imitation of
the native or local Implement,
The National Association of Agri
cultural implement and Vehicle Manu
facturers Is on Influential body and Its
annual meetings are participated In by
some of the heaviest manufacturers In
tbs world. It takes up. In addition to
its regular business, the various broad
questions of the day aa they may have
tome direct or Indirect bearing upon
the prosperity of their Industries.
Among other questions discussed at the
recent meeting were the ten-hour la
bor day, certain phases of the tariff,
the parcel poet question, ship subsidy,
the railroad rate question nnd the re
peal of the land laws. Tbe principal
discussion, ns noted by the dally re
port!, centered around the railroad
rate and land law questions and parcel
post, although there was, of course, no
dlssentlon to the view that everything
possible should be done to expand for
eign trade.
Questions of Legislation.
Judge Grosscup of Chicago, who re
cently attained tame in his beef trust
decision, nuureased the association
upon the evils winch he raid would re
sult in esse the Interstate Commerce
Commission was vested with power to
act aa both prosecutor and court, ns
they would if they were given power
to fix railroad rate*. Ho took strong
ground against all rebates and dlscrtm-
lnatlons nnd declared that tt would be
wise to replace the present machinery
by a government bureau empowered to
Investigate all complaints, with a court
of transportation to adjudge the va
rious points raised.
Resolutions were adopted embodying
this Idea.
The association also indorsed the re
port of President Roosevelt’s Public
Land Commission, advising the repeal
of tbe Timber and Stone Act and
changes in the Desert Land Act. and
the Commutation Clause of the Home
stead Act to prevent land frauds. The
Interest of the association In this mat
ter and In the government Irrigation
work Is active, since irrigation and
home building on millions of acres of
Western landa will furaic'a cn unpar
allolcd market
Tho proposed parcel post legislation
came In for a scoring ts being Inimical
to Independent manufacture and de
stroyer of the thousands of retail and
even wholesale dealers throughout the
country with whom the farmers do
business directly and tending to fur
ther concentrate manufactures In a few
great center*, and create monopolies.
Where a Miss Was as Good as a
Mile.
Being no devotee of hunting, I sel
dom carried anything but my revolver,
while my partner, an enthusiast for
any gamo from bear to poker, great or
small, as I was the reverse, seldom
stirred from the tent without his
double-barrelled shotgun,” said the old
timer from Nevada.
As small game was fairly plenty in
that part of the Sierras Jim generally
took the right-of-way, lest It might be
frightened away before he had an op
portunity to shoot. This afternoon,
however, we were merely going a short
distance up the mountain back of our
tent to see that our horses had not
strayed too far. The gun was taken ns
a matter of habit, but the prospect of
meeting anything for ‘Jim’ to shoot was
so slight that I pushed on ahead and
was climbing the steep mountain side,
my body inclined far forward with my
head naturally but a short distance
from the ground.
"A sudden sharp gun shot report
roared in my ear, and I felt tho wind
of the blast as the charge almost
grazed my cheek.
" 'Devilish careless, Jim,’ I said,
angrily as I wheeled around. ‘Don’t
make game of yonr best friends with
out at least a slight warning, and
don’t fear but that after such a start
ling hint I'll always let you take the
lead, though not even a chipmunk is in
sight.’
The color rushed from my face and
was succeeded by a blush of shame as
Jim quietly pointed to the mangled
body of a six-foot rattler, whose head
had been shattered Into a shapeless
is.
‘Well,’ said Jim, smiling good nat-
uredly, 'your two heads were about
two feet apart A bit too close, I
thought' ”
The Marriage Contract a Compli
cated Document.
Many peculiar customs exist among
the Kwaklute Indians who. live along
the const of British Colombia. These
Indians are divided Into numerous
tribe* or clans, entry into one of wblcb
Is obtained only through most exact
ing laws. Marriage among them Is
considered a purchase which ta con
ducted on sound business principle*.
Bnt the object sought ta not only the
woman, but also the right of member
ship In her clan for the future children
of tbe couple. The privileges of the
clan are not given as a present to the
son-in-law, but be becomes entitled to
them by paying & certain amount of
property for bis wife. The wife ta
given to blm as n first Installment of
tbe return payment. The crest of the
clan, Its privilege*, and a considerable
amount of other properly besides, are
given laser on, when the couple'have
children, and the rate of Interest paid
by the wife’s tribe Increases with the
number of children. For one child,
200 per cent of Interest is paid; for
two or more children, 300 per cent
After tbe entire payment Is made the
marriage is annulled, because the
wife's father has redeemed hft
daughter. If she continues to stay
wltb her husband, sbe does so of ber
own free will. Oftentimes, however,
to avoid complications, tbe husband
makes a new payment to bis father-
in-law in order to have a claim to bin
wife.
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