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Show rillllu M- II .H f! ' i'l The KoilVny to Tench Good English H 'j l'a hoirw ertort has lw m 1 lo ln'"rt H V Jill tlio methods ct public school teachers LH L Hil hnuse " ' of ,h0 h"'lr,"' .tH ' ih nltcnel Ihrse Mlioota sncnls y ! ' 'I l,ad I ngllah. It 1. held up against he aa-H K , " teacher In the l.nellsli .lnss-s that a .H f grr t number of W """ lr' ln"k H t I ,i rfsu h expressions as 1 wro "' aH ,iig,nl nl"Iknowed' Thefe ., 1 mm I lo some lualty within the er '1 of th- Initiuttor to correct. nccorelinj iH ; to tho critics that results In these. H ml,. The assertion Is unjust Jo 'ho ( ir n nnd i.roves i it In r not tlmt .-- ' tin i .10 not knmv their I"""""'"! Vi.'i , tha Ih rlllcsareunrBinlllnr with the H ii.iv f. hllli 'II As n nmltrr of fart HI i In Mils tir else imiipllcatl.m we ""' "" H III... ... .,. .. nt ih, IllflllV l.orpelCllO B ,i n onf ront c liu at in. vi ho rnnmit I control the environment of the J"in people Intruilril lo their laic ' J"" aaaaaW mot ihoruugh grounding In the P"'' H ,,l H r (.rnmniur Ik not pi .rf "fa lnt H x th u iu. hl. h prevail;. In the nfter. B if . ho 1 . i vlrnnnioiit of the child t or- aaaafll f, rr t phi irtna; the proper use nf words. 1 thn simile construction of u sentence - . , ill then, thlnaa mn Im taUBhtnn.l aaaaaafl ii hamuioii 1 pcrslsteml Inlc. the head nr H ; n pupil who will Immedlitcy lapse H ' into Iho hal.lt of .pee. h of hlafath" or hln mother of lila .ompnnloru. m H the atr t or of tlu "n"x".' '" B l i lioimlill To correct the evil one ) iniml r i.h the .hlhla Hanlon whether the i irent the nurae or pln- male The l.ncher ran .only 1'"nn f1' Ii tho chllrt v. hen taken In the net nil, V 1 In ao far a It l poaalWe to -I" . i , It l ilono l. the men nn.l women w o B 1 t nrn employed a teachera In lh niMIc I ' nchroN If parenla will he more mlti'l M L, fiiHt their own epeech the tenney K .S townnlnn Incorre.t imenf I iiRllah will ' I it leiil he checked but It l lmpolhl; ' i to hope tint hv nn niodlllr-itloii or present do method-, the rlalmrBenem ' tlon may be radically leformid In tlila J articular -Harper a Weekly. H 4 r 1 Defects o( Banking System. l. In lt banklntr tem the I'nlleil i'hm P"1"" '" """ ,,enln.'1 '" r7l..e ,tl H ! orll ueh la the burden of the nrtl H , X on -Th. Ilinkhm and T.r,'",,'(rX (i. fiJSem of the t;nlted Sntea lilh l) Jiaa been contributed to the North H American IteMew by I II Wnlk". who I ,g van rlnlrman of the fommltlen m L ? nanklnc rn.l rurrency In I ho 1 Ift ? i )i four'h and fllty nith ('oiiKreaeea Mr II ,t"H tValker cluracterlrrs our InnklnK a B J If tern na crude unclentinc and wnateful ,t mid he contenla Hint It Inlene Ilea, If H I U doea not breed monetary pinlca nnt H i , tndimtrlil derr.nalnna 'llw greatest B ' , eufferera from It nro the iiiial popiihi 1 tlon. who are deprhrd of nil binkliiK ' . prlvlleKe. or nre mado to pny from B II I to 10(1 per rent more than norm il rate l (1 The financial Inntllutlonn of tha i conn H i i', try, Mr N'ormnn arenei., houl I bo mil 3,( fled nnd brought under an improMsl L J rntlonal law. and the whole made tu " l conform to normal llnnnclal and lunk t ( Ins prlnclplea nnd practice Of tho nii- I r tlonKl bipk net. Mr Walker anya ,.',1 "It la more Inlluentlal In depopiihit- "l1? InB countrj dlstrlcta. b fendlnK peoplo ,, iv Into Ciller, thnn nn other fliiRle law V eer rmcted b Conareaa Not n bual H , ,B neaa enlerprlto cm ll that doea not I ' if han tho frlendnhlp nnd contldenie of H . K tho manaxera of amno bank. riomo H iR bank la potentlnlly n. 'apecltl pirtner H ifi Infers liualncua underlakliiK furnlali- H , If lnRnery largo aharo of the carltal In j , t It. In illacountlnB commercial liolea A H ' f man ran borrow onl of peraonH to Hj whom ha la personally known An H 1 1 normal bnnka rannot oxlat !n tho conn- IH n try. cNcrymanwhnwIahra to enler Into B $ tho bimlneaa of mnnufai turlnir, In laiKe j ( or amill deKree. and to eniploj hla ,1 nelKhhoia. miiKt moxo Into some city i lit nnd tnko hla nelclibora with him. thnt B ? J J J,e mny lliua feeiiro a apeclil partner H I nbwilutely nrceatary to him. Mr . a, H If Jnnk. nnd n hank, na I tmeaild, inn- I not exist In tho country uiiIckh It nmy Hl 1 1 luaiio currency ngalnat lla linnets in H ' no othei cltlea In thp world hno thn H ,, cllliena Mich mi untnlr unci oppimwlto v ndinntaKo mer their fellnwa In ho ) countiy dlatrlcta In aecurliiB bank ilia ft rounti. n In thla countr Tbla pmr H ) I tlcal Inhibition of country banka la of I no ndvinlaKe to tho cltlea noublliiK H K thernteof discount In country dlMrh la 1 i doea not lower tho rata In cltlea b the H i . rnuilleat fraction, but It Klra the rill I zena of cltlea n monopoly of opportunl- HH Ii f, ty to do buslnm ' 1 ' Ii . A Xlttlo Gonp; of tho Dawn. Wnck wi tho road I onmo oer. B i Mj liahn with trira Hill are wet. H Tho shndea at my rlbon- Mill lumh aa I H Ii ptumble, H 1 am wairy and heartsick, und set j I I am ilxlng my era on lh. east and tnn H I . t dawnlnp . . H f r. Where my hopo and tho nioriilns nro H f! . met. ,, D B i( , Kan nnd Ills Stomach. H i; '( Tly tho selection of lila foo.l mm may H )J"t Vecomo lh nrhlter of hla destlns lie n ma j prrsmo and enlarxo mo of his JJ J 1' faculties, or weaken nnd destroy them It nil depends upon the extent to which HHJI I lie usea the natural functlona bImii a i. lilni. If, for Instance ho nelecta foods Jl I i; I. puch na drj ;rnlni. etc, which call for n ' InlKo Humilities nf Filla. to moisten HH I 1 nnd lireparn them, nnd which when I !t taken Into the alnmacli, tlinrnughl I ' jinurlali his body, the aillnr glnu la will nnx etrong nnd elllcleut remnln- H . ' lng with tilm On the other hind, HH ' should 1i choose wet foods exrlusle!, J or tbosn which hecn.use of aome ucld j ' promptly retard tho limy of ralrtn tho I t Klanda will grow wouk nnd grndinlb I dlanppenr Thla Ih urtunllv the rnsc BH i J with fishes, nnd nny beiomo mi wllh B AmTlcniia. Thej eat In hurrj, clmso their food past tho sulhiiij glands BH i " - litcli htnnd nghnst In gaping Itnpo- , '( tenre without giving them n ihnnce to ' do their work The pliro of aalla Is Bfl i ( pupplled with copious draughts of tea, I ' jl colfee, wnter, milk or beer Thla not i ' i onlj tends tnwnrd the llmlnatlon ot ' the aallniy gltnils, but the niiiount of I I , rnllvn ImmrdlaUMy produce I la alio. I ' (tether Inndenunln to diced tho starchy BBi i (lementa of the food In thn acid medium BR ' of the alonmch conlents nnd tho small B amount which Is pindured Is tendered BEI )f,,;s olllclent by dilution ho the bodj j I prows weak In the baianln J vi Whut wondei that atnich Indigestion BH I , tr Is becPinlng almoit n un(raal com i. , 'Ki plaint, when peoplo full to chew their h 4 i food nnd suppl alilha1 Yet pwple l ll ' -wonder wh thc innnot digest stnich l; foods The abundant rro Islon made fH I i In the human bod) for tho digestion I) of unrch first the snllva smond the BB l! hl'e nnd pi,ncrentlc juice, thlid the In 1 ' testlnnl jitleo, nnd tlmllj the lUer- !la evlclenio that nature Intended man to li largely upon farinaceous tools Tho urguinints of those who Insist that r men should Ihe on fruits nnd nuts j 1 .1 nlone leaving nut the gralna and m-i J Ii ' tables which form llw necessarj . nni- j 5 plement of these, nnd make the wrfect ( ' diet, mo based not upon phi Biological ; I facta, but upon theli own pel son il cx- i 3 perlments. Artlun Henry In Alnsltf s BJK ' ,, j " Where Men Eat to Live. 1 Ir Tho Tinpplst monks ronsldcr eating ' ij' to ho n neressury oll nnd curtill It I ,, to audi a degree that one step farther i would be suicide Dinner to wllch ' . ocarcely fifteen minutes Is devoted ( J conulsta of a mesa of vegetables boll d i I .11 In water without butter or salt mid V , i M-rttd In a ciudo enilhenwnri' howl n 1 I V ,' ! sllco or two of rie torend without but H j i ter and a mug of milk or wntei n u j', linvorane bupptr Is the bar st ni" I B ngy lor a meal, being nnthlni, mor I than bread and water The truestm I r I ter did pot mention brenkfaat, si Bl ' I1! J H. Osliorne In Mpplncott's. If th B ' e euch u ineal It probably consists I Ml, BBBBBBBa. ... - At t m rrU or u glas. if wai r A slight l. a. II in of this ill-taiy Is allowed to Invalids who may have two ega1. a rtnv while on extrnoirilnarv occasions suih iii a funeral fount 111 honoi of a il parte il frlir the monks revel In an eg( apleu T liev me slrb t vegetal lans and a TrapplM must be In the vry Jws of death before he will in-sont in-sont In eat meal How these poor untiring tollers can exist on u-h rre ble food aurpaases ml comprehension anl yet I anw Individuals at esl-malle esl-malle who had been undergoing the rigid regime for half a lenturj The majority of the velerant. however weie haggard, sod f a ed and gaunt and bore no lesemblanie to the pro verl Inllv sleek Jollj rotund inonki of the cloister What splendid leatlmony to their slnceilly It la that there arc no desertions fiom tar ranks! Discouraging the Beginners, 13 Hinntors ll.niv Hlah nnd tVllllatii I. handler both of New Hampshire, were not on enenklug terms for a lime but elmo Mr Chandlers defeat for reeliitlon the have for-gi for-gi tten old animosities and mo cm dlallty Itself when they meet Hoth hanened to leach the 1'lflh nentu. hotel on the same day rccenllv Mr Ulalr sat on a sofa In tho corridor after breakfast when Mr Chandler up lionrhel After shaking hinds, the latter said I am not feeling well this morning Henalor. I have a pain In my back lumbago, or something ' What caused It' asked Mr Ulalr Don I know " replied Mr t handler I wna kneeling down to say my prn- era last night when It cniight me all of a sudden ' It must be discouraging to have suih a thing na Hint happen the oiy first time sou ever tried It, leinarkeil Mr Illalr aa he turned smilingly to hla tie wspnper New ork 'limes. Expcilcncc of a Druggist. IVw men see moie of the misery of life than the nveiage elty druggist l'eople with nil sorts of nllmenta IJark In him for mo-ins of relief nnd his u-tlencn u-tlencn Is some limes severely put to the lest lie also aces some comical pluses of life Due member of the cr.itt with a ling business experience has made tho following collcillnn of amusing missives that hive been sent lo him fiom tlnin to time I InvA a culc pi In In my bihy'a stuinmlck Phase give beaicr something some-thing to cur- It ' Mv little rlrt his cat up a lot of bultons I'lenso send a ncmetlo by the enclosed boy ' Dear doclcir n dog lilt my thill on the leg phase send some cork plaster and cutter eves ' Please si nd by bearer one postnl cord Also kludlv glvo bearer, my son, some lie orlco root ' ' lier doctor wot Is good for tlrefoy fever send sotno .illicit, I got It" Let my Johnny have a glass tif sody waller wild come myself but I am washing 1' B. tho llvo centa Is for the sody wntter " 'If you inn till tho enclosed prescription pre-scription for Jl cents do so If not i turn by beaicr Ihlcago Chionlcle. Tho Modest Mr. Mnrconl. riugllelino Mnt.onl does not regard himself us a man nf desllnj except In that he has a deep conviction that he must work out his system nf communication communi-cation until It has accomplished all the rood possible for minklnd He does nut wnnt nny honor which belongs to others Indeed he is slow to accept the pmlso which has been so hrurt!l given lilni Tew know him na n lln gulst, but ho speaks, and wiltcs several sev-eral hingiiiL.es l"cw know him na a musician ct ho plujs seveial Instruments Instru-ments ndiiilrubly hiving studied under un-der a master As an nthlete, ho Is of the nil loiuid tjpe He rides a bicycle, Is an excellent swimmer nnd hpttman, nnd Ina recently added automoblllng to his spoils As a gtneial good fellow fel-low thero arc. few more companionable. March Success A Tunny Lnngunge. Lovers of thn writings of Hobert Louis Stevenson will be Interested to see nn nrtlcle on tho Hamoa of his day by his step-daiightei, Mia Mtonjr, In the Mnrch Centur, from which wo take this odd bit The native dictionary Is Interesting In the light It casts upon the ttnmoun chinicter 1 tlnd an Impossibility, such aa an old man getting a nung wife" Another word means 'to beg deliriously foi fish hooks " ' I'nwel-eonie' I'nwel-eonie' It given, 'such as a visiting, puity tint Is nciompmled by neither a hindsiimo man nor a pretty maid I ho definition of 'widow'' or 'widower' 'widow-er' Is anonmous with detached shellfish shell-fish 'lhere are iilso dc flnltlnns thit show rnnsldc ruble thought and Irony Meanness ' for lnstnnco can ho no further linn "to climb out on our own biendfiult ticc- to steal jour neighbors brendfrull " raapustann, like n trumpet blown by will lids blown anvhnw and at all times, so conduct without consideration Pouo gn, to look owl-eed, as a peison storing stor-ing when food or property Is being ellvlled 'flood brown earth" de sullies an honest unpretendlnrr man In show how dllllcult thn laugungc Is for the Htiungei, I mav say that the little work tn means I, we two, to bent with a slick, to plav nn n musical Instrument, to icpiove, to tnttoo, to open a vein, to ball n cannon, to wash clothing b lientlng, nnd to turn a someisault l'rescnt Diy Ikllef In Demons. Nni Is It In Amjo Hnxoii and lautonlo couiiminltles alone that there has set In a tlecn) of those dtinonotoglcal beliefs whli h, nfler It haa gone n certain wnj, riunot but give nn air nf strangeness, uurenlltv, and Isolation tn much nf the Now Testament wiltes l'ted ( Conj-benrn Conj-benrn In the luttinnllon il Monthls for Mmrh At Venice I was ieceutl lolt-eilng lolt-eilng In the lovel) garden nf the Island colli ent of Han 1-miro with some of the luethicn, who nre In communion with the Ultln church, nnd I mentioned that the rest of nij wit had gone that day to visit Chloggla. 'What charm, ' naked one of in) monkish friends, 'has Chloggla? The people there are so sunk ( nbbrutltt ) In superstition super-stition " What do sou mean?' I an-sweied an-sweied 'Oh lie sail, "the all be-llevo be-llevo whenever the ni shk or tusnne, thnt they have dcvlla Inside them plaguing them e In this convent know It to be so for thej .oine every week to us asking us to expel their demons de-mons with our exoulsms'' And jou do so" I asked Yes at lenst we tnke them Into eliurih tn lead the praers of our Mnshdotz over them nnd they ) thej nre the better for It" 'Hut jou do not believe In their eMI splrlla?' No we onlj consent lo do It, bemuse our founder, the saintly Mckhltnr, SOU yeais ngo used lo Mucins thein. and we follow the tindltlon lie has left us." Homo Growth and I'oielgn Trade. 'I ho real pi ice where piogress must begin and from whhh higher nnd better bet-ter attributes musi emanate is home giowth rorilun niimirco of any slg-nlllcnnce slg-nlllcnnce must ncr ssnillj bo Hie rouse-epicure rouse-epicure of domesl'i ixpanslnn There never ran be any hi ice demand per rnplti for foicilgii tnininerio unless there Is a hl,hlj dlieislflnl homo con-gumption con-gumption nnd this can nnv.r nitso without romparallvetj dlversllled do-nn do-nn -.tic Incliiktrj blmple domestle In duitrj nwnsa ineiiia simple social life mil m ., I consumption, nnd. Mce versa, the nation that keeks foreign rcr mr bv neglecting home Industry nultlll i ii nal piot-ress Tor In in mi i j this ii untry could clou-tn clou-tn ir treble Its foreign trnde by low ering It i w ifce rote to foreign conditions land thn l commonlj advocated) that woull destroy home consumption to a far greanr extent than all the ndvnn-tage ndvnn-tage of the foielgn trnde A reduction ,if mile -. cents a d ly for all who work foi i living In this countrj would take n,r d n one) nut of th uatlonil con simi Hon Now a, 10 re r cent profit on the i itnl cxpnils mil Imports for 1001 would onlj imount to JI31 142 Rt7 or nlKiiu llinnfioooii less than the loss from a ii rent a dav reduction In home earnings earn-ings In other wnnls this reduction of S cents n clay would entnll ,i losa In American consumption nc vvelfme nnd stimulus tn business greater hj J11O0O),-iwi J11O0O),-iwi tlnn the rntlie fronts nt lrt per rent en the whole Imports and exports of 1101 the greatest commercial yenr In our history Ounton'a -Magazine for March c Cnuso of Her Neglect. One of our dentists met with nn amusing nxfierlence Hie other diy A very pietly girl from one nf our country coun-try tovvnshiis came to the olllce to In ve a tooth extracted fiho had naturally nat-urally a i,ood set of teeth, but had nrgleitel them gientlj s she was leaving tho nfllce the dentist den-tist I Indlj (old her that she must take belter care of her teeth "ou slioul I use your brush on Ihem diligently nfter eaeli meal he advised Well I used to brush 'em some," acknowledged ac-knowledged the pntlent frankly ' but when brother Tom Joined the army he look our toot'i brush with him." Tav-lorvlllc Tav-lorvlllc (111) llrceze. Tho March Wind. IiIoh wind of March, anl slug lour song unto the timid buds nnd t nclnsp iho fetters of the woodland string Hushed In Its homo of glass. Plow wind of March nnd thrill Tin languid pulses of the Inrren trees ntll their empty hands with blossoms mi . . .-uL And tempt tho honey tires. Plow wind or March, nnd wake The sloping vlole-is with gentle words, Pprend your green canopy of leaves and ninlte A shelter for the birds Plow, slurd) wind of March And burst tha winters frosty prison bars, plow nil llio clouds from heaven's azure arch And stud It wllh white stars Hln wind of Mirch nj I low. I'nlll the orchards heed jour voire nnd I loom Then whisper softly vvhero tho wild Mowers crow About the winters tomb I rank liempster Hhermm. American nnd German Wnys. In Oci many It tuny he said that tho lendeiiej Is to make better workmen. In Anierlri nn 1 Hnijancl the tc ndencj Is to make better men The Anglo-Havon Anglo-Havon ollc Is to 'enst the luntllng on tho rock" nnd let him work out his own snlvntlon through temptation In Clerinnnj the pollcj Is eiullo the toverse; the workmnn H piotecled fiom disciplining discip-lining temptation nnd ruled in a thousand thou-sand wnjs by tho (lovernment Instead nf being allowed to rulo himself American Ameri-can discipline Is from within, German from without, saja the Outlook, The (leiman woiKmin Is without hope even In icllglnn, for it Is inro that a .Sermon workman Is ever seen In church nfter confirmation, theio Is Utile or no chance for him to rise, ho has before him no losslble c irecr In politics, nor nny hopo of becoming n Cnrnegln or n Huntington Hunting-ton t orsecuentlj he is without nmbl-tlon nmbl-tlon to do his viork faster or bj better methods lie is content to do what hla father dl 1, without thinking, though thn all seelnx (internment Is mulling hertu-lein hertu-lein efforts through lla scores of technical tech-nical and Industrial si honla tho best In tho world -tn stir him from his stolid and piccedent-boiind lelhnrgj. Tho (t.rman witkmin is slow, therefore his wn,en me smnll It is less expensive In Oerminj to hlie muscln than it Is to Install expensive machinery. Therefore in all sorts of Herman manufacturing ei tabllshments ono sees clouds of workmen work-men bending their lurk to burdens will h In Amerlci nre hnrno svrlftlj, nnlselesslj nnd inoro chc'ply by clcc-tilclty clcc-tilclty or steam A Critic Answered. l'lorlin I'elxntto linn nchleieil the most mnhlllous unci successful work of Ills career thus far In Ida large, decorative decora-tive historical lalntlngs for the new courthouse nt Tort Wnjne Ind. Ilelng destined for n frlere on walla of slenni mil other hlghlj colored marbles, these llctuies of 1'lexottos nro toned to a correspondingly high kej, which makes them Icml. u trllle garish when Isolated from their proper harmonious surroundings surround-ings When these works were on exhibition exhi-bition recently nt tho Amerlcui nrt galleries gal-leries a rich and pompous old collector, whoso well-known purchasing powers make him a clangernua person for joung urllsts to dispute, stood disdainfully be-foro be-foro the tortrnjnl of den Anthony ta lie's Indian fight nnd said loudlj ' Well If tint is nrt, then I in ft fool ' Jlr IMxotto who had been standing iiniecognlzed In the tnckgiound, stepped step-ped furwaid nnd remarked gentlj, but III ml) Well sir, that is nrt' New York Times. Duties of a Minister to Chlnn, Diplomacy In Ohlin is a different thlig from that which Is prnc tired In I urope The Foreign .Minister In that countrj inn j bo said to he nn Integral part of Its Oov eminent The doctrine of extra, territorially, which pervades and dominates the condition of nil for-elgrcrs for-elgrcrs regulates in n peculiar man-nei man-nei their lelntlon to the Chinese 1'n eler It tho Chin e courts have no Jurls-dlitlon Jurls-dlitlon over tho forMgnor The Intter Is legnllj responsible to hl own Con sul onlj win administers In a special court the lurlsrnidenie of his own countrj The Minister constitutes nn ainellnte court over these trlbunnls llesldea tl us rontriillng the conduct of bis nntlnunlp he Ih th- Interpreter of the treaties nnd he muRt hold the Chinese Chi-nese otllclnls to the observance of them He Interposes his veto on nny change, nr the tariff and on anv act which does not romplj with It He cle. manda redress for outrages he ill-lalgns ill-lalgns for lunlshment ( hlne.e otllelalu who have ncled Injiirlnip'lv t ii- elgners h protests agilnst il publications he suggests fac limes to be adopted fin trn le and commerce he Insists on the Improvement of livers liv-ers ho attacks mnnopolleH granted tn persons of nnj natlonalltj In a thou-sand thou-sand mis he tnkes an active part In the government of the countrj It Is Impossible for the foreign Minister Min-ister to avoid being drawn Into the uaelstrom of r ingress T i promoter beslegen him with letters nf r.cnm mendatlon from the most distinguished of his fellow citizens '1 his promoter has a budget of Improvements filled with tallroad schemes electric lights phjslial science, nnnj reforms new navies a mint a banking sjstem piano for a postolllce and mining enterprise en-terprise He , a plausible gc ntleiiinn he has figures at his fingers ends, mid ho will demolish ate that the ginntlng of nnj one of his srln mea will make C hlna rich and prosperous In the emirs of a few jears The Minister liaH iioroinee before him ex ept tn aid these gentlemen In seeming c hnrtein His own (lovernment grudgingly rer mils him to do this, for It Is subject to the saino pressure It nnturallj wants to sie our trnde an I commerce ex tcndid nnd even while It rccornlzes that Its ncciedlti I re preventatives should not be oonimeirial drunimi rn 11 leives to their discretion the mode In which our business lnlluen o should be promoted Nnturallj the Minister finds It easlei to 1,0 to the Urn u nnd dennnd a con csslon 'han lo liglit the enthusiastic drummer who has (.' covered a new field of operations ant Is eager to enter Into It Ilehlnd the promoter ntanda the great newspaper which Is ever ready to denounce Us coilntrj's representatives, because the American public loves sensational writing No -Minister Is perfect nny mote than other men are, nnd If he ha.s anv weakness the newspaper nun will find It out If ho Is oor nnd cannot entertain largely he Is denounced a atlngy If he spend mom) lavlshlj he Is 'aping rojaltj ' If he Is attentive lo the fair rex, he Is Immoral If not he l a savage liven the missionaries sometimes attack him Ono of them kindly told me once that he hart four hundred thousand men In his church hehlrd him I told him In replj that I had ii'venty-flve mllllona behind me ( hatles Dcnbj, In March horum I Onco In n While, Once In 1 while the sun shines out And the arching skies are a perfect blue. Once In n while, 'mil clouds of doubt Hopes brightest stars romn peering through, Our paths lead down by the meadows fair. Where the sweetest blossoms nod nnd smile And we lay aside our cross of caro Once In a while Once in a while within our own We clHjp the hand of a stendfast friend, Once In a while we hear a tone Of love with the hearts own voice to blend And the dearest of all our dreams como true. And on life's way Is a golden mile, llach thirsting flower Is kissed with dew. Once In a while Once In a while In the desert sand Wo find a spot of the fairest green Once in n while from where wo stand The hills or rnrartlse nre seen A loy that tho world cannot defile Wo trade earth s dress for the purest gold Once In a while Iloston Olobe. Emperor of Korea and Ills Methods LI Hisl the Emperor of Korei, Is the twenty-olghth sovereign of his djnasty a dynasty that usuiped the throne of Korea some 300 jesirs ngo Tho 1-mperor scnrcelj ever stirs out of his palace He Is supposed to make a rojal progress through Peoul once ench jenr hut does not nlwajs do so This progress Is gorgeous with nil the tawdry display of Orientalism tinged with Occidental Ideas wionglv understood under-stood The most mngnlficont thing about this display la the bill which Is presented present-ed to thn treasury to defraj expenses hometlmeB this amounts to as much as 'CO 000 on (JIM COO) for one daj s en-tertalument en-tertalument a vnst urn unt when the purchasing power of n jen is considered consid-ered Tew or no details are given and when they nre they often pnitake of tho nature of a farce. Puch Is the Item of champagno for the foreign representatives repre-sentatives which figured once at "0000 yen (J15 000)' of course most of these vnst sums nre mlsipproprlitod, and tho Hmperor haa his share He also has nnoin"r source cu revciuie nn ii m ri profitable. This Is tho snlo of patents for coining money tn private Individuals Individ-uals Tho right to coin h-son (21! cents) nickel pieces Is the usual one granted Tho purchnsercpaja down S0O0 en (t)OOfl), nnd he receives the privilege privi-lege of LOlnlng nickels, for which privilege privi-lege he I ays addlttomlly 4000 en (J20O0) monthlv. This In Itself Is good business for the Hmperor, but he his Improved It. and, bj a sjstem of stop, ping all patents periodically, he obtains frequent repnjments of the Initial premium! pre-mium! Jt Is said nlso that the fmperor hna lecentlj ordered 5.00O-000 5-sen pieces In the United Mates Of these the actual cost will be 1 cent (2 sen) each, leaving him with a profit of some $30,000 Mention must nlsn bo mide of the silo of concessions to foreigners Iheso frequently cost th" concessionaires concession-aires more than they nre worth, but this Is not nlvvnys so na miy be seen by tho following Instance, which was toll In Seoul; A Hrltlsh otllclnt having died In Ko-ren, Ko-ren, tha court was given to understand, heaven alono knows why, thnt somo compensation should bo nvvirded the widow. She therefore wna given the post of governess to tho Crown l'rlnce. with nn official sitnry. It Is Slid thit during the three jears of her governess, ship she never once saw the Crown l'rlnce, as a pupil; nevertheless her engagement en-gagement for another term of three jears has been at ranged for. Alfred Stead In Harper's Magazine for March. The GreekB as Financiers. The Oreeks hno been extolled ns poets nnd nrtlsts, but really they excelled ex-celled ns colonlrers nnd ns financiers, and they conceived nnd perfected in cnconomlo ejeteni, perhips, relatively more perfect than any other ever devised. de-vised. Little nrgument Is needed to rrove that no overland route from line-tra line-tra to Bjrla, and thence west, can compete with the line by the Caspian, the Euxlne, thn Hosphorus, and the Isthmus of Corinth. Tho obstncles which long retarded Its supremacy were never geognphlcnl but mllltnry, and consisted In a hostile occupation of the Dardanelles or of tho Hosphorus, of the Caucasus or of the country he-tween he-tween Teheran nnd Treblzond Even now English wires enter l'ersla by tha ancient road which leada from Treblzond through Tabrlr tn Teheran. The Oroeka grasped the situation from the outset nnd through centuries sought to solvo tho problem bj a process of colonlzi. tlon nt onco ehoip nnd effective, rirst they cleared awnv obstructions, then, pajlng little intention to tho bnck countrj-. they seized the outlets of traete. Troy belonged to the Hahylo. nlnn sjstem. nnd win the key to the position That Troj adhered to Nineveh Nine-veh Is bejond doubt even setting nslde the statement of Dlodorus. for the leg. end of the Argonnuts proves that the gate to the Hlack Pel was so guardel that only herooa could enter Ilrooks Adams In tho March Scrlbner s. Tho Marriageable Age. In dermanyn' mm" In order to marry must ho nt least is jenrs of nge In Portugnl a boj of 11 la considered marrlageuble.'nnd n ' woman ' of i: In Orcoce the map' must haie seen nt least II summers and the ' vvonnn" "in Trance the man" must bo IS and the woman" HI In lielglum the sime nges In Spain the Inlenilert husband must have passed his Hth j.nr and tho wo. man 13th In Austria a "man" mil n "woman" are supposed to be capable of conducting conduct-ing a homo of their own from the nge of II In Turkey nnj jouth nnd maiden who can walk properlj nnd can understand tho necessnry r llglnus services are allowed al-lowed to be united for life London Modern 6oclelj Tho Belief In a Devil. I late'y had a icnilnder ' it In tho class from which dnmesti h drnwn a belief In the posslhll personal assault bj the Till Ono c .gcra a littlo under the surface writes Trod c Conjhenre In the International Month-Ij Month-Ij for Mirch, under the title of 'Tho Hecoj In tho llellef In tho Devil" A mild servant, l longing to cue of the women s lollegui, bad been out with her lover with nit iceve from her mis tresa and was irtuiiilug Into nlnng nij road, at the top of which lived tho lamented 1'iof Nettleshlp Now thn latter hart a large je.lovv dog thnt took the usual ranlni drllcht In ncelng cats scatter and flee and, tho better to pounce on them when they were stealthily crossing the street, ho would perch himself on the lop of the pro-ffnors pro-ffnors garden wall sin rounded and half hidden In foliage Aa the truant maid ativnnt passed beneath him. ho caught sight of cat in Iho middle of the reidd, nnd making u aprlng at It collided with In r mil knocked her down riho picked herself up and ran screaming home nlinost mad with ter Ml because, as ihe said, the Devil had Jumped on her bick and thiown her dnwn Today we only smile at such an Incident, but our forefathers would have greatly discussed her story and believed It, A Heady Answer. Little Hobble O , nlthough only 7 jears old nlways has a ready tongue nnd a quick answer, which Is the cle light of all those who know him rre ciuentlj Hobbles wits save him rebuke from the parental wrath as thej did only recentlj Hobble hid been naughty and his mother deemed Ii necessarj to chastise him with a small svltch of which h 'tcod In great dread although It wia n very frail in strument of punishment The mother got down the switch nnd called Iter son to her He rime very rcluctantlj nobble' she aald gravely, 'I am M-rj sorry that I will have to whip y""lf jou are so sorry. ' enme the quirk answer I will foi glvo jou nnd jou ncednl whip me mamma. Slow Growth of London, i The population of the city ' d'a" In tho jear 15 has been estima led at 123 000 souls In that jear John LjlJ was the most fashionable English u thor nnd Fir ThlllP Fldnej the dar Ing of Ihe court t dmun I Spei ser had just leaped to his Immediate and Inst m, populirltj nnd Shakespeare wns courting court-ing inne Hathiwaj In the greer . Hnej of Warwickshire not a line dramas so much ns thought of I .wis not until twenu-nve jears later, when King James had come to the throne that the cltj came lo number SOOOOO London was then as now the renter of the Tngllsh speaking world but that world wns smaller In population than our single btntes of 1'cnnsjlvnnla or New York nnd Interest political social nnd llterarj were concentrated In the metropolis to a degree far bejond the present even In Englind lellx L Schelllng In LIpplncntt s. Antlclpatl of Spring. Open wile the nlndons- The green hills ire li"l?ht , . Winds nre whlcpulng v Uletsi And there s a dilsy white And the great n s 'Ooejd rnnrn irg' ' nnd the v cllejs sing Pcllatit Open wide the windows 1 ire will not let us rest' A thniuand olrj messengers ArT.nm? wl",., .';.?& slnglng-wlth roses for Loves breast. No more the whit lirowcl winter Wllh stormi wild iiMrmsl There s a poet listening listening. Where a sense of music charms Lien tho woman In ih- doorway wllh the bab) In her irms Take hands and meet the morning On the hllls-ln vnllojsclccp fhe Darkncs was hut dreaming Where he fell the shadows creep, Crlef nwakeps In the hr nst of Joy who sighed himself lo sleep And the green of field and meidow And the enfolding blue above The clear call of the robin Filler thrush and graj w Insert dove hh ill seem lo us u recompense for lost, remembered 1 ovel Open vvlde the windows bwcet smells the rain blest sod; The seed dreams of the harvest Anl the cohrs In Ihe clod, Anl toe whole world breathes the beauty of the LIlM ard I ove of Ood' Atlnnlft Constitution. Vive Le Canuck! Tho French Cinadlan forms a most interesting study for the sociologist himself and his manners, customs nnd Ideals His countiy wis fairly conquered con-quered in 17SJ, und ever since he his mulo tho best of lt Ho might now havo many a grievance ugalnst the Ooiernment, but ho has leirned a trick woith two of thnt. If Canadi could be left to herself with her present population popu-lation and with no Influx of settlers. In fifty jears the Trench Canadian would have reconquered Canada Not by the musket, but by his big fnmllj nnd by his quiet persistence In acquiring and cltnrlng land. Ills natural gift for politics hna led him to Improve tho original position that gave him nlmost the. bilance of power, until now he holds tho fate nf political parties In his hands At one time the counties of Quebec south nf tho Bt lAwrence, between tho river and the United Htates boitndarj, wern fllleil with Tngllsh formers, It was the excentlon to nnss a farm owned bv a hihltnnt Now tho position Is In pine-ess pine-ess of reversal. A thrifty habitant cm obtain all tho money he viants on n first mortgige at a low rate of Inter- ' est, often 2 per rent, nnd whenever nn Lngllsh farm Is for sale he buja It This habit has come to be a pollcj, It has cnrrled the Trench Canadlin be. I ond the bounds of his own provlnc t Into the bordering counties of Ontario ; nn I New llrunsvvlck, nnd wherever ho comes the will of tho English voters ; Is strangled by the Trench, who stand ! solid ns a rock when their own Inter- t ests are therebj defended or conserved Throughout the Province of Quebec for I every Cnlon Jnck thnt floats there nro i ten tricolors This Trench flag represents repre-sents a simple. Idylllo Joy In descent ' English Canadians are told. It has no ; political significance, thej- are assured And though the ultra -rojnllst may growl at the dlsplij of a foreign dig , tho Hag nieB There la nn reason why ' It shnul 1 not fly so long .is French t Canada Is sufficiently lojnl, nnd nt K present It Is Just lojnl enough llet- f man Whllnkcr In Alnslees. tj Tea Mnnufneturo In America. ji A brief summary of the routine fnl- i lowed nt 1'lnehurst ri C, will glie an ! ldei of tho interesting process of tea-mnklng That In Importanco Is the picking of tho tea leaves which Is a rnnfnl mid dellcite operation performed inostlv hv colored chlldien, who are cniefultj Inught the art They earn from it tn M cents a daj, nnd have Ihe advantages advan-tages of a free school IJie virlnus grides of tei are rl, ter mined hv the leaf which Is picked from the tender shoots on the brnm hes or Iho plmt, nnd each leaf of the shoot Is named The ten ler leaf nt tho tip Is rolled the Tlowerj Tekoe the smnll leaf next the Oin.ii,e Pekce tho third Inrger leaf Pekoe nnd these three Iciies furnish Peko- tea Fouehong tea is made from Iho next two e rs nnd nro known ns the first and - nnd Fouchong Thn lenf-plurklng nrles som .lint with the season and Is so carefully con ducted thnt often from n jnung anl tender plint nnlv the le-if hurt nnrt the next following lef are pinched oft between be-tween tho thumb nail and foro linger Tho tea lonv.es are taken from the field In baskets to the 'withering loftt," In the fnetoiy In tho mnnufne lure nf hlack tei the first step Is that of withering ' which is a preparation for rolling A gieat amount of space Is necessarj for the drjlng and with erlng of even on pound of tea nn I this Is partially obtained bv means of cleth trnjs whlrh loneted with loaves mo submitted to a mechanical conttl vnnco which exposes them to hot ntr When sufficient!) withered the leaves nre lolled bj machlnorj tin Ind I af remeived, nnd nfter being left tn tin oxidizing Influence of the nr for a while they are fired' In ill lei s i, 1 1 tin. finished tei Is then weighed and boxed foi shipment Pearson s MiiLa zinc fur Marih l'rlnce Henry's Sense of Humor Our distinguished guest has ilsn demonstrated that he possesses i sem. of humor which his stood him In gneul Head during his American plf,ilniig As Ins been observed bj one common talor W a right democ ml In,, with a' allor a nffabllltj anl tr,n( ncldre nd nn Intuitive pcnci tu n if the nturo of hla mission it thit uillvo perception of th i , , lure of thlnrn snll and done i, ,, that has tided him over tl'untlnn tint mght have proven embarrassing t,, nn Embassador of stnrrhlei mol When n fiee born American citizen nf n veiv certain and prevalent type, nnd with. e out whom, " me,h'ehdUec,koef a less Jojous People fron ha ttlln tugboat halls his lWal H,ncltorne to How; nre you Henny v. America' he Wg ni knowledges house of ',nn,tn,h a waveof his hand the salutation th a wave d na(, nnd a hearty laugh and tr ii i the slightest warn ng of ivu d l ending would doubtless n ive "i T &';Sn33aS ment and of so rend .an a J ri MeeAi S-hM see.rec,r,Ch.;,hm.sVn"arn.es-Harpcrs V eekly. Sir Boyle Heche's "Bulls" He was the father of bulls ' It was finite W,rnJne 1 cssesslon of a sinecure. Hut l0;'1 thn gem of h s rhetoric wns the pic-! pic-! ?e which he conjured up on ono oc- f mS -estm- Jf-saffls ?"ble to staro us In the face."-London Express. Notorious "Billingsgate This Is the notorious billingsgate, but nno ooks in vain for the I shvvlfp who -i it. nn-.fnt fatno 't is no use i" EHSHfeheiK vTctlve Evil answers nude her bile boll over Only one human mi ins was over found to quiet hrr. It Is said to be one of Ilorne Tookes titles to fame thit he s II. need, a fishwife with the re tort "Mndim believe me j oil are a naralleloplpedon " But what man could Tacrnpllsh for ono moment his been done forever by the slowt! " yeirs Of all her rhetorical .?l only profinlty remains, and evn,l!l" so like the universal profanity or1"", that It makes tho fishwife i J? more hopelessly extinct John c? " In the March Hcribner s c"'h, |