A SINGULAR COMBINATION, RIDER HAGGARD, WEIRD FICTION WRITER; MODEL FARMER AND POLITICAL ECONOMIST. Makes Official Report on Salvation Army Colonization Work. — Would Direct the "Waste Forces of Be- nevolence,” H. Rider Haggard is a man of gen- fus. At one time, he Is writing such impossible creations as “She” and “King Solomon's Mines,” calling play a most vivid Imagination and sottings, in weird and unreal color- ings; at another time, he is actively superintending the work on his mag- nificent 200-acre English farm; next he is studying over some new imagin- ative creation, wandering about his home, and not speaking to the mem bers of his family for a week at time! and again he 8 making an eco notnie study, under a government commission, of the social conditions of the poor in America, In a interview with him, as he passed through Washington this year, on his | way west, I found that he possessed eminently practical bard sense, while the Imaginative streak of his charac- ter did not manifest itself in the least, and I see now, that he has just made his report to the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, | on his inspection of the three land | settlements, which have been estab- | lished in Californian, * Colorado | Ohio respectively, by the branch of the Salvation Colonization Work of Salvation Army | At these three points the Salvat Army has established rural ments, taking worthy poor from the overcrowded clties, the with small tracts of sufficient money to andl American onl » furnishing land, et a start and make he or 14 JUS 00 aos o— dh hh FES EE ees dh Ah rene | | iD, H. RIDER HA GOGAT ment the | expresses hl satisfied v | he | at the Po lomie se ment in California, ane e Fort Aniity settlement in Colorado. The Ohio settlement he leaves gut of con- | sideration, as it is principally devoted | ] | Haggard well Mr. extremely sults seen to the redemption of Inebriates, and | the carrying out of agricultural experi ments, At both Forts Romie and Amity, he found the settlers healthy, happy, bopéful and almost withot exception dol: wi ring i nearly every case with course of about four years ant mi he found the about £2.000 per head, a debts and liabilities to Army and other nd i an average of which thinks 1 could have possibly a iu qd d ing the same period as day laborers on the land or in the cities. Reason For Wide Encouragement, It is true that, h tl t. tiers themselves are 3 Salvation Army, f UNEeX Pe ted din! ing up of the la: was ealled upor for Its experiend clares, howe ver, cumstances, and principles demonstrated, an cess won In every other direc experience las bought. “Further,” he any cause to fi loss In the futu principles, accurnte t widely In pre port, that the clally a failure.” Would Systematize Philanthropy. Mr. Haggard proposes a scl L ee." to combine a judicious use the publie eredit, with that of what 1 te forces of Iv of these | 4 g IL 1) o a Rott Ove than he more " be el wme wi y + which demon it cities of elvilization 0 a new level of plenty and content ment.” He belleves that If settlements are carried out on these lines, and espe. fally if they are located upon good land, which has cost the controlling authorities little or nothing, there should be, as Is Indicated by the ta. bles furnished In this report, no loss, but even a considerable galn, gro G. M. ti —— Ancient Adulterations, Adulteration laws appear to have been quite as necessary In the good old days as In the sophisticated Twentieth Century, Even the adul teration of feather beds and bolsters had to be provided against. October 14, 14005, Is the date of fn statute pro- hibiting the sale In English falrs or markets of these articles, or of pil lows, “except they be stuffed with one manner of feathers” It expressly denounced the use of such “unlawful and corrupt stuffs” as “sealded feathers, or fen-down.” The last sub. stance Is the same as cotton grass, and | wis evidently In great demand as a fraudulent sabstitute In bed-stuffing. | In the Eighteenth Century, again, we find complaints of people who bought fen-down at a halfpenny a pound, ay sold It among feathers ut sixpence, into | a short | Army. \ | you ever { — ad Sam SS Sr SOUND ADVICE FOR MEN. The Woman's Side of It—Conver=e of the Proposition That the Wife Sho Id Not Burden Husband With Household Duties, Beginning away back with St. Paul, who admonished the women to keep si- lent in the churches, the so-called weaker sex have been exhorted, ad- vised and ridiculed; and a long list of conduct of the negative sort mappad out begiuning with DON'T, and an equally lengthy array of the positive sort, starting with DO. | And all this sage advice applies in turn to maid and wife, debutante and dowager, Now what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, Why not some ad to men? Are you one of those men who con- tinually leave their personal belong ings, thelr hats, canes, coats or alippers, wherever they've happened last to use them? Do you smoke your eigar in the par- lor and let the ashes fall wheresoe'er ey will, and that, too, after the regu ar Friday cleaning? And ¥ou en- deavor to placate your wife with that superior sophistry about cigar ashes Keeping out moths. Do you bury yourself in the morn | Ing paper, even reading while eating | while your wife sits silent at the head of th table? Do you exclaim, or chuckle, or swear softly at the latest ws, without sharing your informa- tion with her? Do you compliment the ] you are ur good dinners, if the morning cof is just the least it below standard, though the pr vice | Li i 1 i ni little wo ing one © you find faul enjoy cr do y ee DESTROYING THE QUEER LARGE SUMS OF CAPTURED COUNTERFEITS BURNED UP AND MELTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, Coin, Stamps. and Other Imitations Accumulate in Uncle Sam's Strong Box in Large Quantities.—Valuable Counterfeiting Machinery. The periodical destruction of coun- terfeit currency, spurious coin, post age stamps, revenue stamps and other contrabaud material captured from coanterfeiters by the secret service, has been ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury, The accumulation of this gtuff in the treasury is larger than usual, Three clerks in the cash room of the treasury have been delegated a committee to see that this “queer” money is done away with, Every two or three years go much counterfeit money and counterfeiting ice, that it Is necessary to destroy it. I'he chief notifies the Secretary of the Treasury, who Issues an order which sends the coin to the assay office, where all the silver and gold is melted or re- duced from the mass, run (nto ingots, oD A Uy ’ A vious twonty-five mornings you has | ¢ the amber liquid of surpassin excellence? Do { has cost her fort? Or spend a thou $i +} notic ) n ce the gown that hit and new days of thou do you say “fou wome: whole Jot of unnecessary and time upon ¢lothes,”.an then take your new topcoat back to| the tailor the sixth time because “jt doesn't set Just right?” Do you surprise your nall el ght n wife occa: si y by getting seats at the theatre and giving her a surprise party of two? Or do you say “Aw, go to the matinee if you want to seo the show I'll go to the ball game.” ? Do you tell her of your plans, your work, Your perplexities? Do youl hare with her your hopes and fear > you let her kitaw of the real life vou lead many hours each Or do you turn her questions with brief “Womeni know nothing ness, It will only worry you. Do you sometimes take her in your arms and say “Little woman, you arg a good wife—a real help meet”? | her the things yo theart days? Or ) go, thinking “She krows that way." The woman's fleld of labor, big man narrow and circumscribed. It is i linarily, by the walls ise and the needs of the chil This is her province and she | glories in it. But know that she 1i%0 longs for contact with the big orld, for the mental stimulus that mes from dally association with men 1d affairs, for the joy of recognized | ompensation for seriices readered, Because is your wife, because | he has entered into the domestic life, | these things are denied her, Can't you ba generous to the little woman? Can't you welcome her into your larger life? Can't you make her your real comrade~your true help meet? 80 day? Qa avout bu ? the Bwes it is is l i, or ghe a Loagest Bridge In the World. The longest bridge in the or r Sangong, China, s » stone are and onequarter the Yellow Sea world is the 1p hes extend miles over ths { ria ol t Rorvien f the stuff in. y metal, such as dies, ] ) 8 nas there de} ret se - avis of the ho rest o ’ vir v Lis iy ' af t been a o-clea net Noven Valuable Counterfeiting Machiner the contraband n to counterfeit n id revenue stamps, type, by meat e¢iters print the Latin ber, 19 y counter on “q art ng 8 8 money | This year a la: th of the John- | notes will be bur son-Hancock known as the “Han They are They were made by the eele terfeiter Johnson of ID 0 nearly perfect that the suspended the issue of tl loubt many of these co ts are | still in circulation and performing the functions of real money, A number of notea made by the ne torious but now “reformed” counter felter Brox kway will be destroyed. Even Pennies Counterfeited In the m of the ret Serv 1 are many boxes of bad coins very coin of the United States from ents to $20 gold pleces has been tated, counterfs nickle ; f re frequently than sliver or copper K 28 rated coun ar 1 8 not nterfs t we X 1 » | | Kq¢ 4 il 3 In the collection is some gold coin!’ that has been sweated, Sweating Ia a ‘ancient and simple trick, long practiced | wor » .] ea | Se IS SAC IA | 3 ARB In. Glo AL aa ATT, (Bo FW THE MERGANSE One of the most beautiful of wild| ducks, with its dark, glossy green head, | rich, salmon colored breast and strong ly marked wings, its voracious fish- | eating habits make the Merganser use. | leas for food and thus an object but little troubled by sportsmen. A large number of local names such as the goo sander, the shelldrake, saw-bill, diving goose, the weaser, have attached them. selves to this large, handsome swim- mer that studiously avolds man, even though no sportsman would trouble him, and that eludes pursuit by the most remarkable feats of diving and swimming. Eating is the calef object in life for the Merganser, who fre quently swallows a fish so large that it ean not descend Into the stomach, but must remain partially in the dis tended throat until digested, pleco. meal. But this process is so rapid as to always leave the bird with a vora clous appetite and drive It to desper. ate rashness to secure ts prey, Bwift currents with deep pools where the fish hide and foaming cataracts where they leap are the delight of the Merganser, whose marvelous diving and swimming enable them to take heavy PP a Ee ul R WILD DUCK. toll from the flany tribes. Oold has no terrors for these tough creatures and they swim as nimbly In the fey rivers of the north as in the waters of the Carribean. They “dive at a flash,” and are as difficult to kill as the “water witch” itself. Only the most gulleless housekeeper will look at any saw-billed duck In market—the serrated mandibles indi cating that the organ is used as a fish chopper, and fish food mever makes good game meat, The drake is a goregous but vain and selfish bird and Immediately deserts the neighborhood when the six to twelve creamy buff eggs are being hatched, All the domestic duties then fall upon the devoted mother, “I once paddied after a brood,” says Ubhamber. lain in the Nature Library, “and though several times they were Almost within reach of my landing net, they eluded every effort to capture them. Throughout the ¢hase the mother kept close to the young birds, and several times swam Across the bow of the en noe in her efforts to draw my atten von from the brood and to r hen self as a sacrifice for thelr escape.” tools and implements accumulate in the | office of Chief Wilkie, of Lhe secret gery- | | imesnes are at Villefra im | * by the Chinese and presumably intro duced Into this country by them. It consists in taking a bag of gold del lars and shaking them violently about for hours at a time, the result being that they are taken out badly worn and with a small deposit of gold at the bot tom of tne sack. The government also has in its pos session numerous counterfeits of for. eign currency, principally Italian, Gere man and Austrian, though there is soma Eaglish and French, The gov- ernment holds that it is as great a crime to falsify or counterfeit foreign obligations as iL is to counterfeit our own, One of the features of this curious collection is the number of advertise ments so closely resembling money or stamps ‘hat the government officers de termined to take charge of them, CHARGES ADMISSION FOR CHARITY, European and Diplomatic Gossip. James J. Van Alan, the expatriated American millionaire, has taken a hint from the Duke of Westminster, who hag for some time past charged all tourists or excursionists who desire to explore Eaton among the beautiful scenery on Cheshire estate, 12 cents a head, great has been to Rushton Hall, Mr, Van Alan's his January 1, he proposes to follow the Duke's example with a condition «lightly changed, The income derive from the Duke's visitors is divi among local charities, Mr. Van Alan will charge a maximum of 25 cent to all visitors from abroad and 12 cents to excursionist parties other than those who may come from the county of Northampton, to whom the grounds will be free on Mondays and Satur- days. The income derived from all mrees will be divided between the ocal Infirmary and an Ingtitnti vocial intercourse and educational in provement which he means to estab- lish in the neighborhood for the | fit of workingmen, It is estimat next year,when the house and grounds may be seen at the best, the ir derived from this project will not fall far short of $5,000, King Leopold of Belgium, who is of ten ment! bus valsh of oned as partner of fay | : i DC Washi RING LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM. ir Mere near Nice They are al , enia 4} 5 | sh 8 some yes ably eo Passable, to whicl been added the whole of the side of Cape Ferra, In t! red property { the newly acqu ort has been constructed King's yacht, lady Henry Somerset, who is known in this country from her great % in the Interest of the temperance movement, has & woman foolman, a female butler, aud women in charge of her stables, Members of princes as well wl pOYereien reigning as pris have to obtain pe before the the country. They are always ex} ed to notify the monarch when intend to absent themselves from 1 towh or city where the court happens to be In residence at the time, The late King Humbert of Italy on one occasion called his nlece, Duche Helen of Aosta to severe account for having left Italy to visit her mothe in France without previously obtaining his sanction. This rule, which Viceroy Lord Curzon also Introduced in India, caused almost open rebellion among & number of the more powerful maharajahs and gael wars of the empire, who on a number of occasions disregarded the Viceroy rule and jeft the empire not only with out his sanction but against his strict. est instructions, The wealth of some of the Rus 4 n the Can a tian churches In costly gems, jewelry ar | pred lovs stones is proverbial. Somes churches in the United States, notwith- rtanding they are not supported by the government, as they aredgy Russia and other countries, are gradually acquir- ing rare paintings, statuary, stained glass windows and costly vestments For Instance, the most costly mitre In the United States, & mitre which rep. resents $10,000 worth of jewels and precious stones, is worn by Bishop Horstmann of the Cleveland diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Most of these Jewels were presented to the church by Mr, Gordon, who also donat. ed to the city of Cleveland his magnifi. cent Gordon Park. 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