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Show ' strong as my johnny, w ho is hot more than a year or so the oldest. But I guess I'll do uiy errand and be going. I called to tell you we are going to have a fair tot the benefit of the optn on the committee pressed Poles. of arrangements, and I really hope, Sister Lane, that you will lake right bold and do everything In your power to forward this noble and praiseworthy object." No, thank you, returned her slster-In-la"I think I can find objects of charity nearer than Poland. But there la a society of which yon are a member that I think I should like to Join, she returned, after a moment'! thought the one for providing for and clothing ihtituto and neglected children. Mrs. Shaw's countenance brightened. We shall he delighted, she exclaimed. "The Initiitory fee is only two dollars, together with the weekly eluht cents pat 'f tielmve 1 pa !d the Initiatory fee about mm year ago. when It was first organ"d. dol It heerfullv, though wliat I then rons'dorod to he duties Hi'iist liOinc prev eiti d n y doing more 1 w.ll pav it over again, however, only I n.imt have the privilege of bringing In a destitute chill with me. I often see a little hov roaming about the streets whose !nr!6rn and neglected appeal mice tills tny heart with pity." Certainly, that is what we expect and want every member to do, ns she 1ms an opportunity. We have a number of little trousers and Jackets on hand, nud there will he some among them that will tit him. Our next meetat ing Is just a week from Squire Mam's. Tli'te was a merrv twinkle In Mrs. T.nne's eyes that night, as she superintended preparations for supper, which ever and mum neepened into a smile. P.uf though the children were anxious to know wliat mother was smiling about, she kept her own counsel. The next Wednesday afternoon a .sco"! or more of lad es were seated In Squire Mavo's parlor, vi'i'h tipsy lingers and still more busy tongues. There Is Mrs. I.hne coming up the walk!" exclaimed Mrs. Mayo, w ho was seated at the window. Just see wliat a wretched looking hoy she is leading by the hand! It cant be one of her hoys, for I know they are models of order ami neatness." Mrs. Shaw was too busy distributing work to even glance out of the window. I forgot to tell you, ladies, she said, Joins our society that my slsler-ln-latills afternoon. The hov with her Is no doubt the one she spoke to me about the other day ns a tit subject for our charity. I take considerable credit to myself, she said complacently, for persuading her to the step. Sister I.nne is such a home body so wrapped up In herself ami family. By this time .Mrs. Lane was in the room. Hood afternoon, ladies, said she, glancing around with a pleasant smile. "You see, Sister haw, that I have kept my word and did not come alone," she added, as that Individual fixed her eyes 111 undisguised astonishment upon the hoy, whose reluctant hand she held. I found this poor lad, she continued. "in an alley-waplaying marbles with a number of vklous hoys, who were uttering words ti nt I slind-Iles- . (1(,r (, thlllk of- - Tho Muck eve lie got In vv h ch it r.htllu, witl, one of n,,,t hp ot t!, o orst of It. jt JI(1 H ,,.rv ,,irlv .;,t ragged, as v..u A FABLE. T LEAMDCB TOT. A rose said to a passing breeze, "Carry my frsgrsiu-- to the king." The breeze consented, and easy Across the fields the sweetness borv. A maiden breathed the odor mild. An aged man drank its delight, And a pale brow of rare and paia YVas soothed to ruddy 'ife again. The blessing never reached the king. Who, boaeied in biossoms, wanted not The benediction of the rose; But R ho will sav the rose would weep Should aomewihl zephyr whisper frank: "I he poor your rich periume h Youth's Couipautott.- - tr.-nl- , 1 l .NT M .VI.! NT A, please give me a pill, smd a hr g.it looking Put shabbily little tellovv, opening the door of .Mrs. Lane's kill'll"!!. Just see here, he added, pointing to a large rent on the knee of his trouere playing sers, me and tag, and I fell down and tore this." Why don't jolt run home mid get your mother to meml it, .Johnny 1" she Mid, and she did her b. st to bring to- A '- -I (lii-ssc- SMALLEST CITY IN riM la MUmart Caique AMERICA, Baa Aaet Oaa Hundred aad Sljly Inhabitants. Most cities nowadays are regarded as being small If they do not contain more than 10,000 Inhabitant!, observed a man from Missouri, bat 1 came from a city that cannot boast of more than 100 souls. Tbe name of this unique little city Is Fenton, and it Is situated on the picturesque M crime River just fifteen miles to the south and west of St. Louis. Fenton is not a lively or busy town, but ln tbe absence of real metropolitan activity tbe resident are proud of the fact that they live In the smallest Incorporated city In the United States, if not in the world. The municipal government consists of a mayor and a full quota of civil officials, none of whom are paid salaries. Instead of fixed incomes they receive certain fees for the performance of their specific The board of control Is ln duties. charge of one man. who keeps tbe books of the corporation, and the public funds raised by taxation are expended by the mayor in person, by and with the consent of the board. Tlie city marshal constitutes the entire police force of the city. No arrests are made in Fenton, and It has been so long since the squire held court that w hen the last magistrate died last summer it was not considered necessary to elect his successor. There are uo politics ln Fenton, at least not ln so far as municipal go. And, for that matter, elqgtinr there have been uo election! for a fl HEW EMPIRE ' rffl UNCLE SAM cen-tur- y n re-c- flood. There Is a general disposition in the East to ask why the (Jovernment should concern itself with such a matter as tlds. Why should It not leave the farmers In the arid regions to look after their owu affairs, as the farmers in other regions do? Terhaps an Account of some personal experiences may throw a little light on this question. In the early eighties a study of NordhotTs seductive book on California convinced me that the creation of soi-ie- - - r Mn-ro- 111 h, hlh-d-u- 1 hut-pin- -- rri-nl- ra much-neede- ) vi-.l- de - 1 high-wate- cue-hal- law-EV.i- ts F-a- he-lie- for-tuc- e half-cooke- d -- Fnnf ijun-rlor- ends-sar.o- WISE W090S. Sneers does not come with a jump and hurrah. Fame is a flower upon a dead mans heart. Motlierw ell. lie repents on thorn that sleeps oa beds of roses. (Juai ies. You can not improve your own rep tation by belittling others. You must lean a ladder against som thing if you want to climb it. Be friendly with your neighbors; yos do not know when you might need them. A coxcomb is ugly all over with ths nfeet,ation of the fine gentleman. Johnson. o Let them call it mischief; when It Is past and prospered it wili be virtue. ill It JotlSoll. - only the attempt to realise F. art in la mg forms and social iuter-emir-.-- W. limmc-l ii no v ri"i -- i ptirpti-'-- o- -- and pur.-o-s. . mvciN the principal to the Use to all y Taj lor. les-et- is Dur doubts are traitors, and make us e the good we of; might win by tearing to a,ti mpi.- - Slsuke-pearA genuine conscience is growing consiueniv one that ts perpetually been a, ng more prompt, more keen, mors lender. Iu life it Is difficult to say who do with you the most miscli'ef, the worst intentions or lneuds with tne best. Bulw er. lo-- e. - , ' Jtoyal While It ia quite within the province of the royal prerogative to dlspoee of the entire army or navy, and alio ts declare war without consulting anybody. yet our king could not utilize a penny of the public funds without perHowev mission from Parliament. excellent and beneficent his motive may be for so doing, the king is debarred from commuuicating with any of bis loyal subjects, and the same limitation prohibits him from accepting gifts Jrom any of his people, except in cases where the offerings are presented through the medium of an officer of the State or an intimate friend of his Majesty. After an individual has been elected by his constituent! to take his scat iu tbe British Senate at Westminster it is not in the power of the king himself to ; revent the member from occupying his place la that august assembly. Of his own royal prerogative King Edward possesses full jiower to pardon a murderer, even after he has beea found guilty and sentenced to death of the law. by tlie representatives Yet. by a curious statute of one of the Oeorges, the king is prevented from exhibiting nierey or grace to a wilful To render every Fabi.ath breaker. new law absolute and irrevocable ths royal autograph must he invariably attached thereto, nor is Ins Majesty ever permitted to perform this duty by proxy. Even tlie sal.trirs of tlie king's servants are fixed by State oth' ials, and he cannot raise the salary of his own butler except by pi rims, ion or out of Bis own private purse. That the king ean do r.o wrong is obvion-l- y the view-take-, for by the Py ins i laws fii.it l.ei.ge the throne no person can take action against Ins Majesty, s and lie cannot he arrest "1 by the ot the law on auv pretext whatever. London Hour tllass. u-- - hr la(Ud. do. ter rights. This law was worked very Imperfectly, as have similar statutes In other States. The fundamental defect of all neighborhood Irrigation work has been the small scale upon whlc' It cculd be applied. There are some substantial reservoirs in Southern California and elsewhere, but the streams whose waters they impound are all insignificant. What is needed is a sy stern that can handle a great met, with all the lands dependent upon It, as a single whole. Even such cor. paratlvely small Californian streams as the Kings, the Kern, the San Joaquin, the Mel cod, the Stani-- I tus and the Sacramento are too large to be adequate Iv managed oy an.v weaker agency than the State, and when it conies to the exploitation of such rivers as the Missouri, the Arkansts, the olorado and the Rio Braude nc power short of the United States can cope with the situation. Simply tapping these streams by independent ditches means robbing them ln the dry seasons and allowing the vast bulk of tln-ianimal flow to run to waste in times of flood. What is needed is a huge svstcni of storage reservoirs like the mighty work at Assuan, ty which the British are preparing to create a new Fgj pt in the desert. New York World. .st 1b ileges and powers relegated to royalty are manifold and peculiar, but there are certain thlnga that a king may not Irrigated orchards and vineyards ln the San Joaquin Valley was the most and certain route to the position direct Tit Evil, Mmrylnij several gether the purls. A big dry goods firm In Seattle Is of a The figures Oh, 'cause mother ain't to home. because the marrying were Irrefutable. Hood land, with vva. nui'ii Ehe is gone In the society for clothing habit seems to have gained a perman- ter rights, could be liought for $3() an destitute children." ent footing among its female em- acre. Iu four years, when the trees Destitute ciiilurcii!" said Mrs. I.nne, and Vines came into hearing, they ployes. a she surveyed her nephew from head The manager reports with sorrow would return ?'JoO per acre net annual to foot, if jolt don't come under that IVli-aii- , t. JarUpn as soon as a salesgirl gains profit, and the land would be worth at that. class, then never n child did. Yv liv, my Little Biliee a history. IB lias to he 1.10 valuA least enough from quite $10io. really in year's experience profits are dear, you rags and tallies. able, she almost invaribly gets mar- acres would be ?.!0.000, which would was rifled from the parent lust on I know It, aunt, risponded the hoy, ried and leaves her place to be filled buy a thousand acres of fresh land. Woman Key (about seven miles south MoMier it hut fault. aint my moodily, by a green hand. He tried to obviate This prcss could lip repeated every of Key West) on September 11, 1!i i:;, no time to mend clothes, ays she has the ditlieulty by requiring of all appli- year. In another four years there by Engineer James Haskins, of li.e nd If she did, they would be Just ns cants for positions a promise to re- would be 1150 acres In hearing, which Marine Service. Bad the next day, so what's the use? There are lour of them, said Enmain unmarried for at least a year. would bring in a clear profit of Si.'iO,-00Father said last night that I looked The girls agreed to that stipulation In tm years from the start there gineer llti'kins, in telling the story, Uke a little heathen, ami he almost and the ugliest litttle creatures volt readily, but forgot all about it when would be 47,150 acres of orchard and (Wished I was, for mother would think the right man came along and the firm vineyard, of which .5150 acres would be ever saw, with nothing on but a few I was worth looking after a little. had no redress. pin feathers just pricking through tin In full bearing and producing an anHave you had your supper, Johnny? The only invisible protection against nual revenue of $050,000. In fifteen skin. Tlie nest was little more than You look hungry. what the manager dolefully calls the years there would be 574.5'JO acres, a big bundle of sticks in a fork of a No, said the hoy, casting a longing marrying evil, lies in the selection of vorth in round fisrures S5o0.0no ooo mangrove three or four feet above tin look at a generous piece of pumpkin salesladies who are aged, infirm and nd fielding net profits of $lo pi'id.Lon a ground. I took three and started in to pie his aunt was cutting; mother left generally unattractive. Such a policy year, wtlcn would be multiplied by bring them up by hand. Two the, hov.s some cold victuals on the table for would act as a detriment upon busi- ten a Roon as the younger trees and stoned to death, but Biliee I btought father and me, hut ness nnd, ns soon ns the plan became vines Should come to through all right. He's a fisherman, "Well, Interrupted the good woman, maturity. no woman on earth sure enough, but It isnt necessary for public property, I felt a for the Vanderbilts the and sorry poor upon pie placing adding plate him to work, because the marketmen a remewould for The position. apply and had to on a to It couple of doughnuts that she get along astors, who dy would be far more disastrous than $100,000,000 apiece. My only fear was around at the fish market throw him a Twas frying and a piece of cheese, the disease. that there might be no land left in the snapper every morning nnd afternoon, you Just take this and mind you don't In short, the manager is butting his San Joaquin Valley when I got there, besides what he gets at home. Biliee leave a bit of It. head against a wall of unusually solid but I found, to my reticf, that there calls around for Lis rations pretty John lost no time ln obeying his masonry. When a woman makes up was a considerable amount still to he regularly, I guess. unno means but aunts peremptory by her mind to get married, her em- had, and I succeeded in securing 150 Hes a spoiled bird, nil right. He pleasant Injunction, and tbe contents ployers arguments dont count for acres from a philanthropic real estate had a battle royal with a couple of of thB plate rapidly disappeared before much, os compared with those of the They were fishbefore it was all gone. In fact, Cubans yesterday. the energetic onslaught. other man ia the cave. And its ve Ijent I declare, exclaimed Mrs. Lane, as, I understand that It Is not r. 11 gone yet. ing nnd had thrown a- snapner on to unlucky to postpone the weddin This was my first Introduction to the wharf, which Bine- sei.cd and had taking tip the rolling pin she resumed should Is It as We think be, hut this her labors, If it Isn't a (hanie for which I found in his pouch in no time. They rushed practical irrigation, it Is one of the reasons why the busi- quite different from the theoretical on him, but tlie bird stood them off Tfaney to neglect him; I am certainly ness woman doesn't command such a view I had with his slid p beak nud outspread shamed of him, and his mother an gained of the subject at as her brother. Ohio But tiie (Mi was still et:if-!ilarge salary active member of half a dozen college and from hunks, v.'o got our wings. State Jom mil. As for hrolher John, lie's clean water f.om K;r:-- ' Ilivcr hv the method to the Jto Ac, :ul tlmy tauten d tli flue .a J.ilei on board, when he Of A number iaiseourageiLaml I don't wonder at it. prior appropriation." SfcrulN of Old Homan Bath. tin t - it. h a comrs of form farm would dih I don't believe that he comes to a Women to lose their hairpins a Biliee is the pi.i-cof whies of nrarra supper once a week. It's my tlmu-.iii- d vi er-- , ago nuieh iii the same pany a iil stick up a notice somewhere I'l't-'l s "t.na at tii" Stabs Is a woman's busumss Belief that It nmr-- i tne x of tic river, for along upper br.ugI1(, ns to ,!t .,p,dogy st,p way dnj. That, at least, they do West. I'orcst and Stream. flrst to look after the comforts of her, ln ,u;s condition, as is the impression one gets from the an- claiming UK) or 2(H or iota cubic Bet Kvy llilu t(, ca-'t town family, thcii If she had time to do might M)(.i(.IV mmied for the hen- tiquities luitiid during last jear at the of water per second, as tin Rliuck bv a 'Mliumtrr stone. for others, well and good. Chanty V(ir be. Thou they would pay in a little ell t of such, ami I trust that under Sili'h. 'sier exeat atio'is. .tl! dr n led tl. tinier sto"" Tie has ought to begin at home, if it dont stay 'The most interest. ug discovery was money on their stock to meet tin ab- be n k'mllv care he will soon present cen of late vents tout jutir seldom sj there." tin- huililii'g which formed another apnenrnneo. apparently solutely necessary cash expenses of the it has come to be t.g.tr-leby the vulThere's Annt Nancy, now, just comTwice did Mrs. Shaw essay to inter- the pim!p.il baths of the Roman company nnci work out too re- -t with gar ns almost legendary, lu't the people said her ln the daughter, rupt the speaker, but anger and shame town. The expiut.itioit of the baths their teams and scrapers. They would gate, ing of Br.-b- d rece" 'y had reason to know lien M rs. , Betsy, ns, looking up from the modes checked her utterance niini. r of arcltltcciur.il build fi dam of boulders and bru-1 its Hiring a very severe reality. she was paring, she chanced to glance I.nne concluded she sprang to her fr.igmctits, im in lit a a in and out a small altar, put scrape hcadgate thiiiuier.'ti.nti some masons at wmk out of the window. From this each man on a feet. perilous of Clip.! lls and has s. part trunk iflital. seatVolding at Ilor.teld state that Indignant as she was. It was not ln Malinda ,Tnne," she exclaimed, do of a large has. it oi l'nrbei U marble, and would dig his own branch ditch to ids mw a thunderbolt coming lie. reto nreil Mrs. heart nat Lane's comgood own farm. Sump of the canal you protend that yon don't know that some s, ngiii.tr pita es of metal. from tbe direction of ouih sister-intjem to her fuse a kindly greeting In a, that is my hoy? h.vpocattst were found panies were organized on a more capMead. law, who was evidently too ful of in Mrs. a as dealt but water exclaimed I.nne, at least loo bom- p.iis. which hail evi- italist basis, Your hoy'.O to cf then lost his b.aanco aml Her concerns to have noticed any lack vv.th well diss milled mimz"- - dent;. been used to adjust the pack commercial speculation, hut all of ony raved him rif fr.-tstarting falling by of cordiality, had there been anv. moot; Is it possible! Now that 1 had; lut f f Roman women who used the them tapped the river iu the same to a plank. Tbe others had to ringing How do you do. Sister I.nne? now at him closer it docs lo-like Johnny. hath l'robably tiny had been way. h id on to whatever was handy. They do you do, Betsey, she said, seating But who would have thought It? I dropped in the way women throughout Now, Kings River, like all the desirin' what saw as lookii g tliry herself ln the first chair sm came to, t ti,. ages has shed arid rt it to uui," sin ahl. nddress-nhad its of streams and were eul the region, I ke a dazzling all cf Arc larger than es If quite exhausted, though her keen, the other ladies, if the mistake was jected by lilt Let pmsi seasons oF lioo'd and seareiy. In a fo Uball. per of the baths. ( ia cf the men rays: It as looked and bright sharp not a natural one, or if ever a child Some of them arc quite three lm lies the spring it rose like a little Nile, bright ryes cleared rw budding, but struck a ss ever. Always conk big. I do' de- stood more in need of jour friendly long, and would make passable s filled all the canals and Cowed cn, but wbat boenno nrigYieviug clare. Ah, spending so much time for offices." for the present fashion. But two of it I can lotcl.imro', An never missing the loss. say. utter'y demolthe poor, perishing body. A pair of gold earrings with uncut months later it was a trickling rivuTlds assertion could not be denied ished cbiirn'.v cbwk retrains to testify Folks ennt live without entire." re- by Mrs. Shaw, who was cnmn'.otoly green are so bright that they let The firat dan it struck tnr"cd to lain veracity. The thunderbolt 1 as sponded Mrs. Lane, a little tartly, ns silenced, though she was looking look jti if lit y might have just come the whole stream into the roighberirg net been but It ii well k it wa this remark called to mind wliat she o.u'of a Jewdier's hop iu Bond street. ditch. The canals lower down went that these gfc.i. things. roualiy cot ia i ci . considered her sisters remissness in lesson London Chronb-leA This sharp, but Th6a there was trouble. dry. at such a veil city with tl:a earth the care of her family. Leastways, had a most happy result, and was evico mpany that had a right by nticr aptnt evr Hi- - Unlit a they bury thcnaclveo. Counay I havent found out tbe other way of dent not only in Johlmy's improved ap2)-- cr.bio feet of water Life. Dr. Jit--- ! us I huge became a few propriation to living. hut by the Increased comfort cecoud all the year round fon ul pearance, per health of.cer of St. Faul. ago years Yon always did make nice doughSlutw Mi. whole of the Too Jlujti. family. Itself cut off by a later onarr that had ruts, Malinda," Raid Mrs. Shaw, eorn- - lt,ari,pj hntt it is to be feared, too lie t.o, iced a lut of si.tal in the Mis- builfa dam higner up tne river. MoreA Chiaczs trrvnnt ctnaycJ In a lieu the tide only posedly, helping herself to one. These m Women forget, that no object. sissippi. owners on the low- New Ycrk Lti..dy, win liv I i.:,t i.oor land the over, great was but accessible within ten low, are as light as honeycomb, she added, however praiseworthy, can excuse the course of the stream denied the to a fa; taus wcuiau pianist, lclt sudas she proceeded to dispose of it with neglect of home duties: that, ns there minutes' r.d irom theCi y I. all. Secur- er of tho Irrigators to divert any denly after a frvr days rerviee. right as I know as rf timed don't possess. by g.fr, ing (in. evident satisfaction. lies the truest liappiness, so there are o at alh They Insisted unon the Ills knowledge of the Il.trlish water when I have made any kind of pastry. found the dearest object of her care, he could, and by purchase of what he waa limited,, and the letter old English riparian law, which orProfessor Spare, who lectured here who have the first claim upon her could not beg, he had the city's clean that water should Cow as It Which te left behind him notifying last winter, said that they were very t'me and affections Waverley Maga- - waste dumped np.u tins litlla Blard, dained accustomed to flaw. been thn. family cf his departure was writhad di-r thus rapidly brm- ia;; jt above (Unhealthy, entirely destroying the The result wan that our pertlcular ten in Chinese. With the aid cf an infour the Of matk. f and festive apparatus. acres thus ingeniously wreeted ditch company. In which I filled the terpreter the gist of the communicaYes, I know, responded Mr. Lane, I do not mind honorable but net lucrative office of tion was made cut. The most valuable aloes come from from the father of wafer j," the ciiy drily, husband Invited him home to involved in was heathen the letter; raid eight parrot, Treasurer, yattr now Faul maintai St. he lies which is within tea one day, and I could perceive the island of Sokotra, just eaty I do net raind yor.r barbarous customs at once. Nor did the rows alAfrican const from Cape reach of a majority of its population bad no particular objections to my pies ofT the stop with suits. On one occarlon of dresrinj and eating, bi t the lady and cakes. Indeed, I remember think- (lunrdafui. The drug itself is the bit- a children's playground, a s nail zv. ways was I requested to drive to a tcxru ln next locr who kits "n the musical init a leaves of r.uthe the vegetable gnrt.en isunj forty ing that If thnt was his ordinary way ter resinous juice of the next county, buy twenty pounds strument every day is too touch. the of eating. I should not like to be the aloe plant that has been hardened ln uniformed atteuilmtsi, public baths, leaves are of a with modern sterilizing t louts for Hie of giant powder and carry it twenty IlaiBtr's Weekly. one to cook for lilm. And. let folks the sun. These to the dam of a rival cj npany. ay wbat they may. I never will fibrous, fleshy nature and, ln addition bathing suits, a day m r.ery, a boys nllca A Nct of Uank Note. It najght be well that plain, light pastry, eaten to the Juice, the natives make this gymnasiu n and all unitev) py a small It wassuggested thatWinchester The ere a cautious people Eretcns take alcug. ray me.to fer I It but let that satisfactory park. fiber into rope, many insisting moderately, ever hurt anytxidy. I executed tbe commission, and when and prefer to hide their money rather my children have It. and they are as makes a better rope than hemp. Knuln l.nniln. I reached the darn I found that about than keep it iu a bank. One of them bealthy and robust a set of boys and s Statistics the Zentvos A by compiled Direction Good I sixty cf the honest farmers ln cur tbj ether Cay, having had a small as girls as yon can find anywhere; left him, could think of no better provinces of Evropcan company bad happened area id with bought a of forty-ninim sure they would not be if they An English lady InandJapan found the di- Russia showed that S01.000 peasant their riflea, prepared to spend the hiding place than a drawer in an old were fed on cold, victuals, can of mushrooms as fol- families, representing a population of night The giant powder got itself cupboard In an attic which he sereneInto translated English rections given them any way, and Just when It will perhaps 7,000,000, had only nine acres Inserted among the bculdms of the ly thought no one would suspect. several Direction If lows: persons happened. manner shall of land to the family, and that 2.210,. dsn, and by mornirg there was a lit- Coing one day to pay a visit to his In this that eat be, they snd noisiest It Isn't always the board, he found his bank notes all freshest children that are the health-tor- t, feel satisfied nutrition and very sweet 444 peasant households, representing a tle water In our ditch. about IS.000,030, hml Later the riparian owners beat the transformed into a beautiful soft nest said Mrs. Shaw, helping herself or it gan put In the hot water for the population of acres each, although Irrigators ia the courts, and their suc- harboring a family ot young mica Now I think of half hour and then take off the lid. only twenty-on- e to another doughnut. of thousands ot such hou. cess led to the passage of a law an Not a note was Intact not a number It, I am certain I can see a pimple on They shall be proper to eat. It can be hundreds holds consisted of from sigLt to twenty-f- thoriilng the formation of Irrigation visible; the whale was reduced to a for several over-eatwithout of sure nose a putridity supply proof Betsy's membara ive district! and the condemnation of wa state of wool lng; and John Thomas is not near gp years. - flit Da Is a prevalent and popular' notlos by the monarch la absolute and almost without limitation. This Is a fallacy, as the following facts will attest. The priv- troupppp pputtppppppppp c pppppp By SAMUEL E. MOFFETT of agitation this coun- try has been definitely launched upon the reclam-atio-; of the arid region by iioverument enterprise. wofth three times the amount of the national debt and capable of supporting people in comfort , will be wrested from the desert, and the same some regions process that will from drought will rescue others from Keftervattuna of I that the power possessed of Little Irrigators Ly FTEIt a quarter of a WHAT THE KING CANT Rom It trougppouupupgpypupuouoppuup The Conquest of the Desert by National Irrigation :: Why Private Enterprise Will Not Do :: Troubles , FOR Powerful Odor of Ambergris The uruggist held in his hand a lump if giay smistanee like putty. It was : ilia Her than a bas'ball and as light as corn. Through it, here and there, raa streaks of yeMoiv and black. This is a lump of ambergris," ths drugg.st said, it is worth about $oU0, I juuge. Sn.ell it. The patron put his noge to tbe ambergris. 'Then he said, surprised. WLy, it hus no stlell. The druggist, smiling, mbbed It with his sleeve, and immediately a powerful musk-likodor filled the air. Crude ambergris, he said, never smells until jou warm or rub it bere This chunk of ambergris smells like musk. That Is because it is crude. The odor of prepared ambergris has not the least resemblance to musk. He rubbed his hand over his sleeve. Fron handling this," he said, my coat will smell till the autumn. My, hands, no matter how I wash theta, will smell for several days. Ths Seattle e 8om IUr Moth. Yorkshire possesses a farm for the rearing of rare moths and butterflies for zoological collections. Half an aers of land has been planted with trees and shrubs for the purpose. In their season the stock' of caterpillars Is From 30,000 to 40,000 preserved Insects are kept in reserve, so that butterflies and moths can be supplied ts museums Irrespective of the time st war. 20.-00- Out Fannin Area. The total area used for farming ptm poses in the United States is &41.000,-00- 0 acres an area larger than England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Germany, Austria, Spain. Japan and the Transvaal. There are 10.438.00 persons engaged in the agricultural pursuits, while all other Industries employ of the people liut 18.845,000. One-thirii therefore devoted to farming. d |