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A SINGULAR COMBINATION. RIDER HAGGARD. WEIRD FICTION WRITER; MODEL FARMER AND POLITICAL ECONOMIST. Makes Official Report on Salvation Army Colonization Work. - Would Direct the " nevoJence/ “Waste Forces of Be* H. Rider Haggard Is n man of gen ius. At one time, he Is writing such impossible creations us “She” and “King Solomon's Mines,” calling into play a most vivid imagination and nettings, in weird and unreal color ings; at another time, lie Is actively superintending the work on Ills mag nificent 200-acre English farm; next be Is studying over some new Imagin ative creation, wandering about his home, and not speaking to the mem bers of his family for a week at a time; and again he Is making an eco nomic study, under a government commission, of the social conditions of the poor in America. In a short interview with him, as he passed through Washington this year, on ‘' way west, I found thnt ho possessed eminently practical bard sense, while the Imaginative streak of Ids diame ter did not manifest itself in the least, and I see now, that he has Just made his report to the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, on his inspection of the thro© land fiettlements, which have been estab lished In California, Colorado Ohio respectively, by the American branch of the Salvation Army. - Colonization Work of Salvation Army At these three points the Salvation Army Jins established rural scttlo- meuts, taking worthy poor from the * overcrowded cities, furnishing them with small tracts of land, sufllcicnt money to get a start uud make homes SOUND ADVICE FOR MEN. H. 1ITDER HAGGARD, for themselves, repnyment tot tbo cost ot which U provided at low rates of Interest. ' Ur. llngenrd expresses lilmseir ns extremely well satisfied with tho re sults seen at the Port Rdtalo settle ment In California, and tho Port Amity settlement In Colorado. Ohio settlement ho leaves out of con sideration, ns It la principally devoted to tha redemption of Inebriates, and the carrying out of agricultural experi ments. At both Ports Ilomlo and Amity, he found the settlers healthy, happy, hopeful uud almost without exception doing well. Beginning in nearly every caso with, nothing. In tho course of nbQut four yours nt Port Ho ndo, ho found these settlers worth about $2,000 per head, nbovo all their debts aud liabilities to the Salvation Army and others, and ot Fort Amity, an average of over $1,000 a bend, which he thinks Is more than they could have ]><>.,ilily m-.-imml :!ml dur ing the samo period ns day laborers on the land or In tho cltlos. Reason For Wide Encouragement, It Is true that, Mllhem.h tin? set tlors themselves arc dolug well tho Balvathm Army, for tho reason that unexpected difficulties In the open ing up of the land wero encountered, waa called upon to pay sorno $30,000 ■ for its oxperlcnco. Mr. Haggard de clare#, however, that under nil tho cir cumstances, and Ip. tho faco of tho principles demonstrated, and tho suc cess won in every other direction, this experience has been very cheaply bought, “Further," he says, "I cannot seo any cause to fear a repetition of that loss In the future application of these principles. It Is therefore totally In- aecumto to say, aa has been done widely la press summaries of my re port, that these settlements arc tlunn- dally a failure.” Would Systematize Philanthropy. Mr. Haggard proposes n scheme, L e*“ to combine a Judicious use of tho public credit, with that of what I have called, ‘the waste forces of be nevolence,’ and by means of these two levers, to lift some of the mass of human raiser) - , which demonstrates Itself la the great cities of civilization. ,o a new livel of plenty and content ment” —> He believes that tf settlements arc carried out on theao lines, and cspec- al, y K they iare located upon good land, which has cost tho controlling authorities little or nothing, there fV„ on, 2 Indicated by the ta- blog furnished in this report- no loss, The Woman's Side of It—Conver-e of the Proposition That the Wife Sho Id Not Burden Husband With Household Duties. Beginning away back with St. Paul, who admonished the women to keep si lent In the churches, the no-called weaker sex have been exhorted, vised and ridiculed; and a long list of conduct of the negative sort mappa-l out beginning with DON’T, and equally lengthy array of the positive sort, starting with DO. And all this sage advice applies In turn to maid and wife, debutante and dowager. Now what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gauder. Why not some advice to men? Are you one of those men who con tinually leave their personal belong ings, their hats, canes, coats or slippers, wherever they’ve happened last to use them? • Do you smoko your cigar In the par lor and let the ashes fall wheresq^’er they will, and that, too, after the regtl lar Friday cleaning? And you en deavor-to placate your wife with that superior sophistry about cigar ashes keeping out moths. Do you bury yourself In the morn Ing paper, even reading-whHe eating, while your wife sits silent at the bead of th table? Do you exclaim, chuckle, or swear sottly at the latest news, without shariug your Informa tion with her? Do you compliment the little wo man when you are enjoying oue of your good dinners, or do you And fault if the morning coffee is just the least bit below standard, though the pre vious twenty-five mornings you have drunk the amber liquid of surpassing excellence? Do you notice tho new gown that has cost her days of thought and ef fort? Or do you say ‘‘/on women spend a whole lot of unnecessary thought and time upon clothes,” and then take your new top-coat back to the tailor tho sixth time because “It doesn’t set just right?” Do you surprise your wife occa sionally by getting seats at the theatre and giving her a surprlso party of two? Or do you say "Aw,‘ go to the matinee if you want to seo the Show. I’ll go to the ball game.”? Do you tell her of your plans, your work, your perplexities? Do you share with her your hopes and fears/ Do you let her know of the real life you lead so many hours each day? Or do you turn her questions with n brief “Women know nothing a.iout business. It will only worry you.”? Do you sometimes take her in your arms and say “Little woman, you are a good wife—a real help-moot.”7 Do ycu ever tell her tho things you did in the sweethear.t days? Or do you let It go, thinking “She knows that any* way.” The woman’s Held of-labor, big man, Is narrow, and circumscribed. It Is bounded, ordinarily, by the walls of tho house and tho needs of tho chil- This Is her provlnco and she glories lu it. But know that sho &I30 longs for contact with the big world, for tho mental stimulus that comes from dally association with men and affairs, for the Joy of recognized compensation for services rendered. Because sho is your wife, because sho has entered Into tho domestic life, theso things nro denied her. Can't you bo generous to the little woman? Can't you wolcomo her into your larger life? Can’t you mako her your real comrado—your true help meet? DESTROYING THE QUEER LARGE SUMS OF CAPTURED COUNTERFEITS BURNED UP AND MELTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. Coin* Stamps, and Other Imitations Accumulate In Uncle Sam's Strong Box In Large Qunntltlefi.—VaJuable Counterfeiting: Machinery. The periodical destruction of coun* terfelt currency, spurious coin, post age stamps, revenue stamps and other contraband material captured from counterfeiters by the aecret service, has been ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury. The accumulation of this stuff In the treasury is larger than usual. Three clerks In the cash room of the treasury have been delegated a committee to see that this “queer" money is done away with. Every two or three years so much counterfeit money and counterfeiting tools and implements accumulate In the office of Chief Wilkie, of the secret serv ice, that it is necessary to destroy it. The chief notifies the Secretary of the Treasury, who Issues an order which scuds the coin to the assay office, where all tho silver and gold Is melted duced from the mass, run into Ingots, by the Chinese and presumably intro duced Into this country by them. It consists in taking a* bag of gold dol lars and shaking them violently about for hours at a time, the result being that they are taken out badly worn and with a small deposit of gold at the bot- tom of tne sack. The government also has In its pos session numerous counterfeits of for eign currency, principally Italian, Ger* wan and Austrian, though there it soma English and French. The gov ernment holds that it is as great a crime to falsify or counterfeit foreign obligations as it ii to counterfeit our ° One of tho features of this curious collection is the number tt advertise ments so closely resembling money or stamps thnt the government officers de termined to take charge of them. Restoration In Government Crounds of Tree Twenty fact This picture represents the ug tree in'Washington and ops of T s his n -- of the National capital. has a strong attraction tor btra from afar and especially from cast and the south. This pleco tree stands In the grounds of th partment of Agriculture, cast Administration building. The giant came from tne XaUoUrarklnCaUfprniaand exhibited at the Worlds Fair at cago. At the dose of thei fair It brought to Washington. It la CHARGES ADMISSION NOR CHARITY. CniEF WU.KIB Ot Tb« been t Servlc and sold, while the rcat ot the stuff, in cluding tho base metal, euch aa files, Longest Bridge In the World. Tho longest bridge In tho world la the Hpn bridge, near Sangong, China, sup ported by over 300 hugo atone arches and extending fivo and one-quarter miles oyer the arm of the Yellow Boa. eluding me ease mciai, eutu «*«■», sumps, etc.. Is taken cither to the navy yard or to a foundry and there de stroyed In the presence ot secret sprv- ica officers, who make affidavits of tha deotructloa to tho Secretary, : : There has not bcea a home-cleaning of this kind since November, 1902. Valuable Counterfeiting Machinery, At p resent the contraband Includes la addition to counterfeit notes, coins, postage and revenue stamps, valuable and costly type, by means ot which counterfeiters print tho Latin numerals on ’-queor" notes; Inks, paints, acids, photographic apparatus, dies, molds, stamps and other accessories of the art of making fictitious money. This year a large batch of the John- son-llancock notes will bo burned, They are known aa th* "Hancock 2s. 1 They wero mado by the celebrated poun terfelter Johnson of Detroit and were so nearly perfect that the government suspended the Issue ot this note. No doubt many of these counterfeits are still In circulation and performing the functions of real money, A number of notes mado by the no torious but now “reformed” counter feiter Brockway will bo destroyed. Even Pennies Counterfeited In the* store rocm ot the Secret Serv ice Bureau are many boxes otkad coins. Every coin of tho United States from cents to f-’O gold pieces has been im itated, counterfeit nlcklcs being found more frequently than silver or copper coins. In tho collection la some gold coin that has been sweated. Sweating Is nn ancient and simple trick, long practiced hut even a considerable gain’. O.M. Ancient Adulterations. Adnlteratlpn taws appear to have been quits as necessary In the good mi. a* la th. sophisticated Twentieth Century. Even the udut- teratlon of feather beds und bolsters 5“**.*® *»• BWTided against. October if-1* thp date of a statute pro hibiting the sale In English fairs or markets of these articles, or of pll- Iowa, “except they bo stuffed with one manner of feather*.- It expressly denounced tho use of such “unlawful and corrupt stuffs" as “scalded feathers, or fen-down." The taat sub stance ta the same ns cotton grass, and was evidently In great demand as n ■ fraudulent substitute In bed-stuffing. In the Eighteenth Century, again, we find complaints of people who bought fen-down at a halfpenny a pound, and •old It among feathers at sixpence. THE MERGANSER WILD DUCK. One of the most beautiful of wild ducks, with Us dark, glossy green head, rich, salmon colored breast and strong ly marked wings. Its voracious fish- eating habits make the Merganser use less for food and thus an object but little troubled by sportsmen. A large number of local names such ns tho goo sander, the shclldrake, saw-bill, diving goose, the weaBer, have attached them selves to this large, handsome swim mer that studiously-avoids man, even though-no sportsman would trouble him, and that eludes pursuit by the moat remarkable feats ot diving and swimming. Eating is the cnlef object In life for the Merganser, who fro- quently swallows a fish so large that It can net descend Into the atomach, bat must remain partially In the dis tended throat until digested, piece meal. But this process Is so rapid as to always leave the bird with a vora cious appetite ami drive it to deeper- ate raBhnees to secure Its prey. Swift currents with deep pools where the fish hide and foaming cataracts where they leap are the delight ot the Merganser, whose marvelous diving and swimming enable them to take heavy toll from tho finny tribes. Cold baa no terrors tor these tough creatures and they swim as nimbly In the ley rivers of the north as In the waters of the Carribcan. They “dive at a flash,” and are as difficult to kill as the “water witch" Itself. Only the most guileless housekeeper will look at any saw-blUed duck In market—the serrated mandibles Indi cating that the organ is used as a fish chopper, and fish food never makes good game meat The drake is a goregous but vain and selfish bird and Immediately deserts the neighborhood when the six to twelve creamy buff eggs are being hatched. All the domestic duties then fall upon the devoted mother. “I ones paddled after a brood,” says Chamber lain In the Nature Library, “and though several times they were almost within reach of my landing net they eluded every effort to capture them. Throughout the chase the mother kept cIom to the young birds,.and several times swam screws the bow of the ca- no* la her efforts to draw my atten tion from the brood and to offer her self as a sacrifice for their escape." European and Diplomatic Cossip. James J. Van Alan, the expatriated American millionaire, has taken a hint from the Duke of Westminster, who bos tor some time past charged all tourists or excursionists who desire to explore Eaton Hall and spend a day among the beautiful scenery on his Cheshire estate, 12 cents a head. So great has been the Influx of tourists to Rushton HaR, Mr. Van Alan's his toric place In Northamptonshire, dar ing this season, that, commencing with January 1, be proposes to follow the Duke’s example 1 with a condition .lightly changed. The Income derivei from the Duke’s visitors 1s divided among local charities. Mr. Van Alan will charge a maximum of 23 cents to alt visitors from abroad and 12 cents to excursionist parties other than those who may come from the county of Northampton, to whom the grounds will be free on Mondays and Satur days. The income derived from all sources will be divided between the local infirmary and an institution for social intercourse and educational Im provement which be means to estab lish In the neighborhood for the bene fit ot workingmen. It ta estimated that next year.whcn the house and grounds may be seen at the best, the income derived from this project will not fall far short of <5,000, King Leopold of Belgium, who Is of ten mentioned as business pat tner ot ’i homas 8. Walsh of Washington and Colorado, possesses considerable real estate In the French Riviera. Hta de- A SEQUOIA GIGANTEA, strangers the of a t De- t the Sequoia ' .was CbL . „ was i twenty KINO LEOPOLD OF BELGlUlf, mesnsa are at Villcfrsnche Bur Mere, near Nice. They are called the Col du Cairo, mid tho l’assauls. Both lmve been enlarged some few years ago, notably the Passable, to which has been added the whole of the western side of Cape Ferrat. In this portion of tho newly acquired property a small IHjrfc has pew constructed for the King’s yacht, " " Lady Henry Somerset, who la well known In this country from her great work In the Interest of the temperance movement, ha." a woman footman,- a female butler, and women in charge ot Hgy stables. Members of reigning families, princes as well asftftSMMM cjf Jhe flood, have to obtain permission frdld the sovereign before they can leave the country. They are always expect ed to notify the monarch when they intend to absent themselves from tbo town or city where the court happens to be In reeldence at the time, * The late King Humbert of Italy on one occasion called' hie niece. Duchess Helen of Aosta, to severe account for having left Italy to visit her mother In France without previously obtaining his Ban. llou. This rule, which Viceroy Lord Curzon also introduced In India, caused almost open rebellion among a number of the. more powerful maharajahs and gaek- wars of the empire, who ouVnumbei of occasions disregarded the Viceroy’! yule and left the empire not only with out bis sanction but against his strlct- The wealth of some of tho Russian churches In costly gems, jewelry and precious stones'Is proverbial. 8ome churches In the United States, notwith standing they sro not supported by the government, as they are in Russia and other countries, are gradually acquir ing rare pointings, statuary, stained ;lass windows and costly vestments, ‘’or Instance, the most costly mitre in the United 8tates, a mitre which rep- reecnta $10,000 worth of jewels and precious stones, Is worn by Bishop Horstmann of the Cleveland diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Most of these Jewels were presented to the church by Mr. Gordon, who also donat ed to the city of Cleveland his magnifi cent Gordon Park. Mr. Gordon was father of Mrs. Daisy Hanna, wife of Dan. Hanna, son of the late Senator Hanna. VAN CALAVA. f’OId Probabilities” In Japan. White Japan has had meteorological stations on sent* of hey very high mountains since 1899, these were only ln use during the summer. An all the year station wilt now be opened on the summit ot Hoont Taukaba. near Tokio. Rockefeller Scores In Japan. The Britlah steamer Monarch Sailed from Philadelphia recently for Japan with a cargo of 1,170.790 gallons of refined petroleum, one hundred barrels ot lubricating oil and 1,100 cases ot [I wax. This Is the greatest oil cargo ever shipped ont of the United feet ta diameter and ta called The General Noble ta honor of tho Secre tary of the Interior under whose ad ministration so much -good wins done for tb# big tree reservations of the Prcific coast The coat of its trans portation to Chicago was $10,000. The Interior is hollow and * spiral atalnvoy jeods to the platform nt the wp. A Dress Unde of Postage Stamps. An American lady wore a ball dress at a ball In Bermuda recently In whlob 30,000 aUmps wers uisd. Tears were spent in th# collection, and tbo dress was covered with stamps of all na tions. An eaglo gadf entirely with brown Columbian stamps was the .. tre of tbs breast Buapended from the talons was a globs made of very old blue revenue stamps. On either side of tbo globs was an American flag, tbs stripe# of blue and red stamps. A form ot a shield. 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