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ATTRACTIVE FLOWER BED,
OLD-FASHI ONED GARDES A FAV¬
ORITE SPOT OF MRS.
ROOSE J EL T.
This Corner of the White House
Grounds, With Its Bla~e of Color,
Attracts the Siizht-Secr.
Mrs. Roosevelt's Old Fashioned Gar¬
den, us the generous collection of
j osi. s west of the south veranda of
the White House is called, has been a
continuous mass of bloom and color
during the summer and fall, quite
different from any of the other Govern¬
ment I lower displays. There are many
of these, surrounding the different de¬
partmental buildings, those of the De
narlrnent of Agriculture being particu¬
larly elaborate and ornate, but il is the
opinion of summer visitors to Washing¬
ton that Hie old-time corner of the
mistress of the White House is the
most pleasing of all. At least it seems
*• strike the majority of fancies, for It
recalls tlje seines and times of earlier
days. 1 Ids part (if the White House
grounds Jins always been devoted to
flowers, hut until Mrs. lloosevelt’» ml
old line flow it garden.
ihe changes in the White House a j
couple of years ago were oflleiully i
known tin tin* “restoration,” but have '
jii i haps, been more generally termed |
tho imil i I it t ion. il nocmcd necessary
that Himietldng should l,e done; there
was tail; of reconstructing the White
A FAVOHIT® SPOT OF THE PFtES I DENT'S WIFE.
House, but tbe niggardly
lions made by CongreHH prevented nay
extensive (hango or Improvement,
'1 here has, however, been nothing hut
approval for tho changes in Mrs.
Roosevelt's garden. The location Is nn
ideal one, somewhat sheltered mid se¬
cluded, and when the President ami
Mrs. Roosevelt gave th» garden party
last spring to the International Rail¬
way delegates there were many words
of praise for the charming effect of the
hundreds of (limbing roses, displayed
in full bloom and fragrance, their vivid
coloring contrasting well against the
walls of tho cast and west terraces.
Special Floral Pets.
Particular pets of the
wife are hardy shrubs and minimis,
!<»>, but all iif the kind with which men
it ml women who loved flowers a half
Century ago loved to surround them¬
selves and with each of which for the
eider generation there lingers some po¬
etic or sentimental fancy. Hollyhocks,
jessamine, phlox, dahlias, China asters,
lavender, rosemary, columbine, clema¬
tis, pennies it ltd smaller shrubs and
flowers have contributed generously to
the riot of color and bloom which lias
pervaded (ids nook during the season.
The mistress of this garden delights
to pick tip now plants which aro yet
old. and following her various
pbices to Arlington, Mount Vernon and other
have come many packages of
new favorites to Anil an unused corner
lu this old fashioned garden.
Does Sugar Make Strength ?
Various reasons have been assigned
for the increase in stature and strength
of the modern maiden, who lias most
certainly grown uncommonly tall and
proportionately muscular during the
past few years, says an English writer.
It cannot he that outdoor sports, gym¬
nastic exercise and so on, have
stretched her out and made her as
strong as she is, because her brothers
have had precisely the same advant
ages, and they have not developed at
tiie same rate. It seems to uie, there¬
fore, that tho so< to f lies In the fact,
that of recent years girls have become
far greater consumers of sweetmeats
than ever were their mothers and
grandmothers.
Time was when we should never
have dreamt of having sweets on our
luncheon, dinner and tea tables. Now
it would l>e quite extraordinary were
one n ot to offer these dainties. And.
what is more, wMTnvu are not merely
contMt to eat sweetmeats at our meals,
but they consume H 1 'm at all times and
In all places between meals. 11 was re¬
cently said that boxes of bonbons play
a conspicuous part in modern levemnk
ing, “sweets to tbe sweet being ap¬
parently the text by which every young
man of the day guides himself through
the devious paths of courtship.
The great Russian wrestler who is
shortly to enter again into contest with
the Turk. Madrid!, tells us - that the
one I1 ! oro .r'.V’/ grows. fi, / Sugar n Is the secret stn ‘ n ^''; of
strength, he declarest.
• Only n Portion of Russia.
In order to appreciate the si-e of
Biberia one must imagine the placing
of all of the States nnd
principalities and empires, etc. of Rtt
rope, excepting Russia, and all of the
United States, including Alaska. In tbe
territory occupied by that portion of
Russia, nnd then would still have a
small amount of laud uncovered.
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In British Columbia as tn
the rule of the road Is “Keep to the
left and you’re sure to be right."
Ht/f PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
American System of Public
far Less Practical Than That
of Germany.
The genera) public school education
of the country is complacently
by Die majority of people to he
best in thf world. There are some,
however, who insist that much of our
education is unpractical arid does not
tit the youth of the country for the ac¬
tual hard knocks of life, and that our
school system should include a much
greater preparation of Industrial work.
An examination of German eduea
floiial methods places the United States
at an aparent disadvantage In this re¬
gard. An instance of this is seen in a
series of newspaper articles published
in Frankfort. Germany, by Mr. Ilein
rieh Rack, the director of the Frank¬
fort Industrial School, who has been
twice sent, by the German Government
to study lhe Industrial schools of this
country. Mr. Hack expresses surprise
tbat we have not provided in our
school system for training our citizens
in special directions, instead of leaving
the establishment of trade,
<4 individuals or 11 k* gr*iir*roslty of
philanthropy* juiraiivoly Tbe result is that a eorn
ft inn 11 nuiuhor of those
h< IiooIh aro 1 JtoflT In ooruiin favorcMl
parts of Die* TTnitod Htatfift, while in the
increase tlicir value to the nation bv
converting themselves into trained
workmen, i
The German Government, tiie '
other hand, maintains in every part of
the empire good — - - .» trade, * »- industrial > z~« > and . i
schools, drilling the youth of
tiie country and sending them out, each
n n expert or a trained specialist,
, play a useful and Intelligent part
the great buttle of international com
uiercu. A
POKER IN THE PHILIPPINES.
One Moro Who Knew the Came
Reports came from time to time from
Portsmouth showing that the Oriental
envoys and attaches laid found a great
liking for American ways and manners,
and more especially for tjjo true Amer¬
ican beverages, cock tails find high
halls, and for that little hit of diversion
known ns poker. On top of these re¬
ports came a message from a member
j of tln> Taft party in tile Philippines
Hint Hatto Grande, one of the leading
citizens of Bainbaug, had fallen down
before the Sultan of Gannssi in tho
game of poker. Army officers stationed
In the Philippines are stated to have
carefully coached the Datto Grande in
this game and their estimation of their
ability to instruct lias had a severe
shook, n result of Hu* Datto’s losses of
ills carabaos, wives and raiment, since,
it appears, his opponent had never been
taught how to play, but had relied upon
Ids untutored skill and the devices
known only to the Moros. The next
thing xve may expect, to learn will lie
that, fids wily Moro “All Sing” has
actually taken the uniform from some
of our army officers, aye, even those
considered adepts at tiie game.
This news is probably of more In¬
terest to the people of our island pos¬
session and to the citizens of the United
Slates i.i ix than iii.iii is in at ill first mat. Implied, imi’i •< ii. for it i
allows that for cunning and intelligence
the Moros show ability illty to defeat even
tin* skill of highly experienced and
practiced American army officers, and,
as an exchange remarks, it shows that
the Filipinos are, and of right ought
to be free and Independent.
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The PostJhnster General's Punts
Fitted.
IToke Smith. Postmaster General
during Cleveland's last administration,
tells a story of a (larky employed at
IPs borne w ho was usually the recipient
of all of Mr. Smith's cast-off clothing.
Many of the coats, vests and trousers,
w lien east aside, were of a fine quality
and as a result this negro shone in tbe
society of Ills followmon. On one oc¬
casion the ex Postmaster General pur¬
chased an elegant pair of trousers from
i’aris. Somehow, these trousers would
not wear out. Mr. Smith would wear
them day in and day out. rain or shine,
and if apparently soiled a little clean¬
ing up would make them ns good as
.
new. i ry what lie would, the servant j
could not got the master to cast them ;
away. Ono rainy day. Mr. Smith home j
came ■
,• from a ride Into the country . horse- . i !
on
back with liis trousers very much the I
worse ” * ‘ for *'•* uttm mud 1 and di’U . water.' n .ut t. “Sambo." xMUtu'H,
1 ’‘E said to His helper, "take this pair
of pants out and give them a good |
cleaning, as I want to wear them to¬ J
morrow." Sambo came back In an
hour or two, liis face sad and gloomy.
“Deed Marsa Hoke." he said, “somehow
I can’t get that tliar mud off'n your
pants, dey certainly am a sight.”
Try some soap and water, Sam,”
j r c 111l .
' ' '
Done tried soap and water, sar.”
"Try some gasoline," Mr. Smith re¬
plied.
"Done tried gasoline.”
“Try turpentine,” desperately cried
t the ex Postmaster General.
"Done tried turpentine.”
“Did you trv ammonia?” trv'em
"Taint no u‘so to on. Marsa
lloke I knows del’ll tit.”
GREAT CANALS OF MARS.
RECEST PHOTOGRAPHS ESTAB¬
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CONSTRUCTION.
The Camera’s Eye, More Sensitive
than the Human Optic, Establishes
New Data — Interesting Scientific
Discoveries.
Astronomers and scientists in gen¬
eral are deeply interested in the
modest announcement made by Pro
fessor Percivul Lowell and his
associates at the Lowell Observatory
in Arizona recently that after several
partial successes and some complete
failures the greater canals of the
£Sj Iar9 bud at iaut ix:en
with the aecomplishnient of the liar-;
h-'V vard observers ’ITa/”p"hoMgrapTis in Arizona eveoron*|
r ' *
In proof
wlmt lias long been considered as more;
or less of a theory. j 1 I
While several photographs
jTwns it w.is 0 n not 0 ?unri7n until a V°T* few Week! ’ ff I
the solar photographers J ’ ■ * » ‘'J— 1 .3 were »* > 1 rj ready 1 1 Lif to It;
announce tho complete success of the
undertaking. Professor Lowell, in the
following account of the achievement,
is unreserved —j In t.*... his * belief -«? - that ... the
Martian canals closely correspond to
tiie familiar of the same
general on this planet.
f'P to the present time human
knowledge of Mars has been largely
theoretical—the principal facts regard¬
ing tic- planet being that it is
141.f50o.000 miles from the sun and
approximately 47,000,000 .miles from
earth. The Martian year lias 047 days.
Mars is 4””0 miles in diameter, the
earth being 7018, Jupiter 80,500 arid the
sun 800.400 miles.
“To photograph tiie canals of Mars,”
says I’rofessor Lowell, “lias 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 1!>01, when
a more or less satisfactory print was
made of the Mare Acidallum, or Lake
of A eld.
“Vet, encouraging ns that pioneer
: effort was, no canal could then be
detected on the negative with absolute,
certainty. To-day wv can state a*
positive and Anal that there are canals
on Mars—because the photographs say
so, and a photographic negative is
nothing if not truthful. .
“In my firm belief, it is only a
question of time, possibly of months,
utaybe a few years, when xve shall bo
able to determine the exact nature and
probable purpose of the canals of our
planetary neighbor. Meanwhile we
tinvo a number of excellent negatives
which have served to bring us a bit
closer to Mars than over in the past.
“The negatives thoroughly confirm
the eye in showing not only the exist¬
ence of the canals, but reveal them as
continuous lines of tons and even hun¬
dreds of miles in length. Of course it
to say
whether the Martian car.-JL
artificial or natural creation, or exactly
<>f what composition is flip liquid ur
molten substance in them. But so far
as we can at present conceive they
appear ns corresponding to our famil¬
iar waterways classified under the
heuding v f canals.
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j i ulue of Advertising.
Once, beset with pain and trouble.
When tho day was dreary and dark,
Ami I felt most weary sinking /
Of my liver, lungs and heart/
In the papers I was scanning,’
Advertisements by the seore, V
there to find some doctor
In whoso ears my woes I’d pour.,
Then there flashed across mv vision
As if writ in living light;
Toll, oh. tell, old Doctor Cartln!
Tell, before you sleep, this night..
AM your xvoes and all your troubles,'
All your aches and every pain
He can sootli you, he can cure you;
Put nexv 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 yon’11 sing loud Hallelujahs, ^
And you’ll pay your bill in gold,
Thankful that to Hr. Gartin
All your troubles have been told.
And you’It know that lucky Fortune
Made you know, at any rate,
That it pays for all to keep their
Advertisements up to date.
A Fexv Afterthoughts.
The negro \yho domnnded $5,000 from a
New York life inyurunct* company is to
bo prosecuted. This man is evidently un¬
familiar with the New York methods. He
should have applied for the gift through
a syndicate.
A mining engineer in Guadalajara,
ioo, has found a petrified apple, 10 fet-n
underground. This is almost as startling
as tho seedless apple fake.
There wore 137.000 pounds of Mocha
Java coffee imported into the Uni tea
States tn the last six years. It seems
strange that during that time grocers
throughout the country have sold 3,500,000
Pounds of pure Mocha and Java,
-
rino, ^, contributed !) r V bj e . l the n , S^hners’ President, Maga- savs
-Ordinarily my experience has been that
bears were not flurried when I suddenly
I-I’llt' 1 « e ats£o?*«S disguised. HlhAl tllnni l0m ' " Sursly tho i >, .. President 1 : : .. V
The German who has huflt a house en¬
tirely of cork must be an Irishman.
A clever counterfeit of the ten-dollnr
Buffalo note Is being passed in New
ork. Another Indigestible security, onlv
'•t lias the misfortune to bo technically
illegal.
Hail Gain* has concluded that he will
not write a novel on American million
tires. He was probably unable to And
tie who would make a good hero
One Furman cot five years in prison for
stealing a bag of wheat. He should have
taken the precaution to do his business
through the Chicago Stock Exchange.
Ooitimbfa Unfvprsitt- proposes to abolish
hazing by expelling the hazers The
Beard of Directors are to be congratulat¬
ed cu having thought out a br.ght idea.
1EPLEMENT MAKERS MEET.
SHOW GREAT EXPANSION 01
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL MA¬
CHINERY TRADE.
Pass Resolutions For Land Law Re¬
form—Against Giving Inter-State
Commerce Commission Power to
Fix Railroad Rates.
A recent meeting of the National As¬
sociation of Agricultural Implement'
Fa!!s '®hicle_ brou ght Manufacturers fortil number at of Niagara inter
a
e f l;ng anfl _, important facts relative to
I*"' recen great t progress years in which the making has been of made all
Cl ‘ S f ° f farm and working lm ple
, expanse cf
those of Great Britain, the United
Klne^ ^£%™om in the wor d^Xnufacturers seluTZ
to
« ark « ts 8 f em to substantiate it,
that €xports P !a y a mt)St important
part part in in - the successful conduct of agri
cultural implement manufacturing.
The Tk. last lool census puts the annual value
production at $101,000,
and it is estimated that the pres¬
year’s production is greater. This
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JUDGE PETER S. GROSSCUIV.
grown from $G,000.000 in 1850.
noreaKe in exports, however, has
Iar , creator as have, after
we one
?o™ r ’ cai)t " rc(1 foreign markets.
,, S wortl1 ’ we ^ported of foreign only implements; a million
a *" 000.000
:in ” water mark was
in 1904 with $22,700,000, or over
lifth of the product.
Tb/jf ^Much Work AheadT'^
f Niagara v '
brought meeting,
forth the fact that there
many fields as yet unconquered by
implement makers. In sharp
with the brilliant success achieved by
American plows machinery in
kn known in are practically un¬
that vast agricultural
try. i 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 the 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 the American imple¬
ment makers are a progressive set and
the secret of their phenomenal suc¬
cess ,.as been in their good organiza¬
tion and the close study they have
made of the wants of tbe foreign peo¬
ples. Tbe American manufacturer has
made a study of conditions and has
thus beaten the Britisher with his
“take it or leave it,” and tho 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 an influential body and its
annual meetings are participated in by
some of tho heaviest manufacturers in
the world. It takes up, in addition to
its regular business, the various broad
questions of the day as they may have
some 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 post question, ship subside,
the railroad rate question and tbe re¬
peal of tbe land laws. The principal
discussion, as noted by tFrfi daily re¬
ports, centered around tbe railroad
rate and land law questions and parcel
post, although there was, of course, no
dissention 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 fame in his beef trust
decision, auuressed the association
upon the evils watch he raid would re¬
sult in case the Interstate Commerce
Commission was vested with power to
act as both prosecutor and court, as
they would if they were given "took power
to fix railroad rates. He strong
ground against all rebates and discrim¬
inations and declared that it 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
Ibis idea.
*TM. Tbe . association .. . . also indorsed the
re¬
port of President Roosevelt’s Public
Land Commission, advising the repeal
of the 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 lands will furnish tn unpar¬
alleled market
The proposed parcel post legislation
came in for a scoring as being inimical
to independent manufacture and de
-troyer of the thousands of retail and
eveu wholesale dealers throughout the
touutry with whom the farmers do
i usiness directly and tending to fur¬
ther concentrate manufactures in a few
treat centers, and create monopolies.
SINGULAR 1 NDIANS OF NORTH
WEST.
The Marriage Contract a Compli¬
cated Document.
Many peculiar customs exist among
the Kwakiute Indians who live
the coast of British Columbia. These
Indians are divided into numerous
tribes or clans, entry into one of which
is obtained only through most exact¬
ing laws. Marriage among them is
considered a purchase which is con¬
ducted on sound business principles.
But the object sought is not only the
woman, but also the right of member¬
ship in her clan for the future children
of the couple. The privileges of the
clan are not given as a present to the
son-in-law, hut he becomes entitled to
them by paying a certain amount of
property for his wife. The wife is
given to him as a first installment of
the return payment The crest of the
dan, its privileges, and a considerable
amount of other property besides, are
given ]a*er 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 the entire payment is made the
marriage is unmilled, because the
wife's father has redeemed his
daughter. If she continues to stay
with her husband, she does so of her
own free will. Oftentimes, however,
to avoid the husband
makes a new payment to his father
in-law in order to have a claim to his
wife.
A RATTLER STORY.
Where a Miss Was as Good as a
Mile.
“Being no devotee of hunting, I sel¬
dom carried anything but my revolver,
while niy partner, an enthusiast for
any game 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 as
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 sleep mountain side,
my body inclined far forward with my
head naturally hut a short distance
from the ground.
“A sudden sharp gun shot report
roared in my ear, and I felt the 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 your 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
liad been shattered into a shapeless
mass.
“ ‘Well,’ said Jim, smiling godd nat
uredly, ‘your two heads were about
two feet apart. A hit too close, I
thought.’ ”
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