Last year the farmers of the Ul
States received $185,000,000 more 4
their products than in 1899.
If the habit of making these colossal
bequests continues, private fortunes
will become more and more a public
snap.
An attempt to prove war impossible
vill never result in the abolition of
war. There is, however, a growing
belief that war is always impolitic.
The convict who has been released
because of his claim that he- has dis
coverd the lost art of hardening cop
per has probably mistaken that metal
for brass.
Many a woman would possibly feel
discouraged did she realize that she
carried from 40 to 50 miles of hair on
her head and that some of them are
burdened with the task of dressing
aver 70 miles of hair every day of their
lives.
An international congress is pro
jected, to be held shortly at Berne,
Switzerland, at which an amendment
is to be offered to the Geneva conven
tion, to provide for the. Immunity from
capture of surgeons and their attend
ants serving on the field of battle un
der the Red Cross. Common humanity
suggests its adoption.
One of the results of the Smith Afri
can war has been the organization of
rifle clubs in Great Britain on the Boer
plan, to teach every man capable of
carrying arms how to shoot at long
range and to detect objects at long
distances. These clubs are organized
by field cornets, ana all members are
on an equal footing in service, irre
spective of their status in society.
About a year ago the Hawaiian gov
ernment undertook to burn up some
plague infected buildings, and in so
doing set fire to the local Chinatown,
- thus sewing the seed of a crop of
claims now nearly ready for harvest
ing A million and a half was apro
priated to meet them, but they al
ready exceed $5,000,000 and are still
coming in. It is a new role for John
Chinaman to appear in, but as a de
butant it is not to be denied that he
shows considerable talent.
The growing importance of commerce
on the Pacific is indicated by the chart
ing of "lanes" for steamers crossing
that ocean. Such lanes have
ftecn established for many years
Setween Europe and America and
have greatly diminished the risks
of collision. There is still danger of
collision of steamers with sailing
ships, especially in the foggy region
gff the Newfoundland coast, but such
vessels know when they are in one of
the steamship lanes and take extra
precautions to avoid danger. Hitherto
the steamers on the Pacific have been
so few that no official action has been
deemed necessary, autliougii the
courses usually taken have been fairly
well understood by all shipmasters.
This is largely, perhaps essentially,
an ultilitarian age, but that Is no rea
son why the esthetic and beautiful
should be ignored in government
buildings and parks. Very recently
Mr. Frederic Harrison, one of the
leading English men of letters,
visited Washington and spoke in
high terms of the beauties of the cap
ital of its possibilities in the future.
Europeans who come to the United
States and visit Washington compare
it most favorably with the capitals of
the old world. The United States is
the youngest of the great powers in
the world, but it is not too young to
make its capital city take rank in
architectural beauty with those of
nations which were well advanced in
years before this republic was born.
Few people, probably, appreciate
the importance of the apple crop in
the United States. In value it exceeds
even the wheat crop. Last year, for
instance, the apple crop was 215,000,-
000 barrels, or 538,000,000 bushels. At
a base of $2 a barrel, which is consid
ered a conservative estimate, the crop
netted $430,000,000, or nearly $107,-
000,000 more than the value of the
wheat. On a percentage basis the
apple crop reaches nearly 50 percent
more than the wheat. Our export ol
apples in the barrel exceeds 4,000,000
barrels a year, and is increasing enor
mously. Our apples have a fixed value
from Liverpool to St. Petersburg, and
last year shippers to foreign ports ex
perienced considerable difficulty in
supplying the demands. This trade
had grown for several years, but took
an enormous bound after the Pari?
exposition, owing to the fine American
display and the manner arid energy
In which American fruit-growers pre
sented the merits of the American
annle
R south produces as much Iron as
•e and more than 35 percent of
>ll of either Germany or England.
• The Czar of Russia has named ilia
infant daughter Anastasla. That's a
mean way of getting even with her for
not being a boy.
Coal is found over wide areas in
India, and is being rapidly exploited,
bast year there was an increase in
production of 40 percent and exporta
tion has now begun.
The city of Washington now has
SO,OOO trees within its limits, and the
work of planting is going on in a sys
tematic manner that should be copied
by other American cities.
A very rich man in New York City
copied his will from an instrument
:hat had stood the test in court, and
then secured the assurance of eminent
authorities that it would hold. Never
theless the lawyers have hopes.
A large emigration of peasants from
southern Russia to eastern Siberia is
noted as one of the results of the open
ing of the Transsiborian railway Dur
ing the first three months of the cur
rent year about 3000 emigrants sailed
thence from Odessa.
The success of the recent experi
ment made by a Philadelphia tug mat
ter in towing two loaded coal barges
from the Delaware to Havana prom- 1
ises a growth of the export coal trade
to the West Indies which 13 en- |
couraging. Hitherto the chronic swell
off Cape Hateras has deterred a ven- i
ture of this sort, but, the trip once j
easily made, many other towns may be j
expected to follow in the wake of this i
courageous Philadelphia captain.
According to the Journal of Com
merce the growth of tiie cottonseed
industry has been in such a ratio that
now the aggregate investment is very j
large, and the progress bids fair to '
continue. Twenty years ago, in 1880, j
the cotton seed oil mills of the south 1
numbered' 40, with a capitalization of
about $3,500,000. T;ie investment had
increased in 1890 to about $12,500,000.
Today the mills number about 500,
with an aggregate capital of about
$50,000,000.
The professor of English at Williams
college reports that he put test ques
tions to 40 sophomores of that insti
tution to ascertain the extent nnd
character of their reading. He found
that 10 could not mention six plays of j
Shakespeare, that 34 could not tell
who FalstafT was, that 35 ccv.ld not |
name a single poem of Wordsworth'?
or Browning's and that 14 could not
tell who wrote "In Memorium." Per
haps a society to encourage the read
ing of standard literature by college
undergraduates would do good.
In the Chicago Record-Herald, Wil
liam E. Curtis observes that England's j
weakest spot is her inability to feed
her own people. She must buy theii
bread and meat, which not only drains
her of vast sums of money which
should be paid to lo< >1 labor, bill
makes her dependent upon foreign
neighbors in time <rf war. This sug
gests that we ought to remember how
deeply we are interested in her pros
perity. While we may feel a gratifi
cation in our own advancement, every- j
thing that affects her purchasing
power is of vital importance to us,
She is our best customer. She fur
nishes the largest markets for oui
farmers and. although we must com
pete with her mechanics wherever we
goto sell our manufactured merchan
dise —in Asia. Africa or South Amer
ica—we must still feed the mouths of
our rivals.
Invention has done a vast deal to
better the condition of the farmer,
but comparatively little for the farm
er's wife. Indeed, the very multipli
cation of the possibilities for employ
ing men in great, numbers on a single
holding, through the development of
improved implements and machinery,
has seemed only to render heavier
the load which the head of the domes,
tic establishment must carry. A Kan
sas man lias at last devised a scheme
for diminishing the labor of the farm
er's wife. His plan is to introduce
bakeries and steam laundries in well
populated neighborhoods, so that,
when the harvest season 'alls for a
great Increase in the number of men
employed in the tields. they may be
fed and cared for without the strain
upon the women in the household that
is now involved. The projector be
lieves that there institutions can be
run successfully by thp farmers on
the co-operative basis, and this shoulj
make the men all the readier to try an
experiment which the women must
certainly welcome.
J ON HER OWN RESPONSIBILITY. J
BY GRACE S. RICHMOND.
"Two tens, four fives, five ones, and
five dollars in change. Thirty in the
envelope, fifteen in the pocket-book,
and five in my purse. Five cents for
car-fare; round-trip ticket, one dollar
ten. That leaves three eighty-five in
the purse."
It was extremely difficult for her not
to give expression to her happiness
by a dance down the car-aisle. But
she sat demurely enough in the last
seat in the car, and set down her ac
counts in a small blank book, with a
hand which trembled only a very lit
tle with excitement.
At one of the suburban stations of
the great city a bright-eyed young fel
low with a strapful of school-books
came aboard the train, and at once
espying his cousin dropped into the
seat beside her with a hearty greet
ing of surprise and pleasure.
"This is luck!" he said, glancing
approvingly at the trim figure in blue
serge, with a sailor hat set atop of
abundant smooth braids of fair hair.
"Going in for the day? Where's Aunt
Esther?"
"I'm all alone, Stuart," explained
Ihe girl. "I'm going shopping."
"Good; then you are in for the day.
Say, Amy, want to see the game this
afternoon? You can get your errands
done in time if you hurry. It's going
to bo a good one, our team against the
Leonard Preparatory boys, you know.
I'm full-back myself, and have to play,
but I can get you a seat and see that
you have some nice people to chum
with." '
"Why, I'd like togo ever so much,"
said Amy, "but," doubtfully, "I'm
afraid I sha'n't get through in time.
You see, I've lots to do."
"What, for instance, if you uon't
mind telling?" asked Stuart, wonder
ing within himself, for he knew the
very limited means usually at the com
mand of any member of his uncle's
family.
"I'm going away to school, and. per
haps, next year to college," began
Amy, unable to keep the great se
cret back another moment.
"The dickens you are! Good for
you!"
"yes, it's decided at last. An.l >Oll
see, mother isn't well, and I've all my
things to get myself. It's a great re
sponsibility," she added, laughing hap
pily, "for,"in a whisper, "I never had
so much money to spend in my life
before. I've fifty dollars," sho could
not help telling him, in answer to the
unasked question in her cousin's face.
"Well, that is a lot," he said, polite
ly, although his mental comment was.
'l'll wager my sisters spend that on
ranuy and flowers every winter.
Where do you go first?" he asked, with
fcterest.
"Mother likea Williams & Mcln
tyre's," said Amy. "But don't you
think Collingwood has the nicest
things?"
"Collingwood is bang-up," admitted
Stuart, "but the girls say he's expen
sive. Those 'exclusive styles' people
jsually are. Ever try Dearborn's on
Wachusett street? We fellows all go
:here for neckties and golf stockings,
we think it's a third cheaper, and 1
ran't see but their stuff is as goon as
Woodruff and Carleton's, the swell
furnishers. You might look in there."
"I will," promised Amy, "for I want
to use every cent to advantage."
"You won't forget the game." urged
Stuart, as they left the train. "I'll
meet you at Stannard's drug-store at
2 o'clock, but I can't wait much if
you're not on time, you know. Don't
miss it. Let a few flummydiddles go
and keep your date with me, if you
want to see us do up the Leon. Preps,
in great shape. Oh. we won't, do a
thing to them—oh no! Well, so long.
Amy. Two sharp, remember."
Amy knew the best shopping dis
trict of the city fairly well, and de
cided to take a route that would allow
her to pass all th e most attractive
shops on her way to Wachusett street.
She walked rapidly until she came to
Collingwood's, but there, in spite of
herself, she paused. The fascination
of the preat windows, Riled by th»-
mo.it accomplished window-dresser in
the city, was too great to be with
stood.
"There's no harm at all in looking
here," she said to herself. "Indeed,
it's a good plan; for if I should lind
just what I want, 1 might be able to
duplicate it at some cheaper place," a
delightful fallacy, by the way, which
has been the undoing of many an old
shopper. She looked at her list.
"Mother said I ought to get the street
gown first," she murmured. "But oh.
those lovely things for evening! And
she admitted I must have at least a
pretty waist to wear with my old' blue
silk skirt. How I would like a whole
dress of that thin stuff! We could
make it up over the blue —I don't be
lieve it would cost much more."
"Three dollars a yard, miss." said
the saleswoman, as Amy pointed to
a filmy, pale blue fabric dotted with
white silk sprigs, anu Amy slipped
away as fast as possible. "I won't
even look at evening materials." she
assured herself, "until i have decided
on the thick gown. I must remember
how father and mother have denied
themselves to give me this outti,'.
I'll shut my eyes as I go past the silks
and organdies.
But she could not do this literally,
and the seductive display in the next
aisle simply flaunted its daintiness and
charming color at her as she passed.
She turned her head ever so lightly,
and was lost. Draped most artistically
over a crush of delicat.;' blue silk was
the sheerest of white organdies, with
little wreaths of blue forget-me-nots
scattered between silvery stripes. As
if they could not help it, Amy's feet
turned aside from the the path toward
the woolen suitings.
"Eighty-five cents," said the sales
man, as Amy hung over the
exquisite material. "It's a per
fect thing, and one of our exclusive
styles—you won't find it anywhere
else. The pattern isn't even dupli
cated in any other background. Now
this rose pattern, as you see, we have
in green, pmk, white and' blue, but the
forget-me-not only in the white. It's
very choice.
"How much a yard did' you say?"
asked Amy, feeling as if she could
never turn away from the counter, yet
saying to herself that she must be
gone.
"Twelve seventy-five the pattern,
miss, 15 yards. You need that now for
a dress, we don't sell less. It should
be made up with the ruffles, you see,"
he handed her a fashion plate, "each
ruffle edged with the blue velvet rib
bon. I'll show you." And before Amy
could protest he had sent a messen
ger to the ribbon counter, and had
thrown several y&rds of narrow velvet
of the forget-me-not blue upon the
folds of the organdie. The combina
tion was most effective. Amy's heart
began to beat very rapidly.
"I couldn't aTord the ribbon, for
it would take dozens of yards," she
calculated, rapidly, "but —oh. of
course I can't buy It —"
An elegantly gowned woman, accom
panied by a young daughter, came
suddenly to the counter beside Amy.
"O mamma!" cried the girl, "did you
ever see anything so swell and so
sweet as that forget-me-not stuff? Do
get that!"
Another salesman stepped up and
threw the dainty folds Into a new po
sition. "Twelve seventy-five the pat
tern, Mrs. Goodale," he said, impres
sively. "Exqtiiste thing, one of Mal
lard's, you know his. Our man got
the exclusive sale of it, it's not to be
duplicated' anywhere. Nothing could
be better suited to your daughter's
stylo."
The daughter had fair hair and
long-lashed blue eyes. So had Amy.
Amy looked at the salesman. He was
smiling significantly, without looking
at her. Amy's cheeks flushed, and
■she leaned forward over the counter.
"Mrs. Goodale" had laid a possessive
hand upon the organdie. Amy spoke
quickly, in a low tone. "I think I will
take it." Ehe snl.l.
But once outside. "I've been a goose
already," she thought, ruefully. "That
dress is a dear, but I know mother will
say I couldn't afford' It. She thinks it
is vulgar to have a girl's party things
elaborate while her every day clothes
are shabby. Well, it can't be helped
now. and I'm not sure that I want to
help it. But, Amy Brentwood, do
keep a grip on your pocket-book for
the rest of the day."
It was a most resolute and practical
young shopper who sat dovn before
the Dearborn display of winter dress
goods. Being now on strict economy
bent, to atone for the purchase of the
orgaudie, she was in danger of at
tempting to suit herself with goods
of too little durability and worth. For
tunately the man at this counter
chanced to be an honest old Scotsman
with daughters of his own, and when
he detected the anxiety in the flushed
young face, be set himself to help his
customer secure the best possible value
for her money. He won her confi
dence, an.l site accepted his judg
ment thankfully, so the dress was soon
satisfactorily disposed of and Amy's
purse was but $7 the lighter.
The finding of a coat to be worn
harmoniously with the dress took long
er. and when, after searching through
many "cloak departments," Amy fin
ally paid sll for the only'thing she
thought would do at all. she was thor
oughly weary. Time was flying fast,
and if she kept her appointment with
Stuart she must not stop for lunch.
So she ordered a cup of hot chocolate
in a confectioner's shop, and while
she waited for it made up her ac
counts. They stood thus:
Street, car and round trip ticket $ 1.15
Organdie, 12.75
Cloth dress 7.00
Coat, 11.00
Chocolate, .10
$32.00
This left a balance of $lB. Amy's
courage rose. "I believe lam redeem
ing myself," she thought. She went
about her smaller purchase cheerfully,
buying a pair of heavy walking shoes
nt $2, and two pairs of 40-cent stock
ings, with a most virtuous sense of
being a wise and careful shopper.
Still these expenditures reduced her
balance to sls and twenty cents, anu
she groaned in spirit aeain.
"How it does melt. a"-ay!" she
sighed. "And there are the handker
chiefs. and the gloves, and my school
waists yet to get. It did seem as if
SSO would d-~ so much.
A window filled with a fascinating
display of French millinery caught her
eye. The hat must be made sure of if
she had to do without some other
things, she decided, and — "I'll just
look around here a little," •she said
to herself,, "though I certainly can't
spend more than s.">."
She went in, and was at once borne
down upon by one of thoso modlshly
attired, pleasantly attentive milliner's
assistants who are responsible for so
many depleted purses. The very first
hat she set upon Atn.*'s blonde head,
after a moment's careful study of the
deep blue eyes and fair complexion,
following the girl's announcement, "I
am looking for something to wear with
a brown suit," was a little creation
of the milliner's art which made Amy
catch her breath as she looked at her
self. Surely nothing so pretty had
ever rested upon the head 3 of her
weallhy young cousins, although they
fairly revelled in dainty head-gear.
"It suits mauemoiselle exquisitely
well," commented the woman. "It is
admirable, perfect, I would not change
it a particle. I can allow other hats,
visions of beauty, but nothing so
adapted to mademoiselle's charming
style."
Amy surveyed herself at evfiry angle
in th e cleverly arranged mirrors, her
cheeks rosy with pleasure. "It is so
small and plain it can't be expensnve,"
she thought, and asked the price.
"Fifteen dollars, mademoiselle,"
said the woman, "and ridiculously
cheap at that, for it is a French hat,
a Camille Roger, see?" she displayed
the lining. "It costs far more than
that, but it is so simple it suits only
the refined taste, and few have that,
so it has been passed by. Madame
but yesterday lowered the price, say
ing it was strange that such a gem
of art remained unsold."
It was Amy's first experience, and
the words had weight with her. It
seemed out of the question at first to
ray so much, when so many things
were yet to be bought, but —ought she
to let such a bargain slip? Her head
whirled with arguments for and
against the purchase. The idea of
ordering a hat copied in less expansive
materials and dispensing with the
French trademark, a luxury most un
important to a schoolgirl, .lid not oc
cur to her. Still, if the saleswoman
had left her alone for a moment, it is
possible that the girl's judgment would
have tallied even then, but sales
women rarely do leave their victims
alone at critical moments, and it hap
pened to Amy as to many wiser buyers
that, with a figure waiting at her side,
and a pair of cooly observant eyes
upon her. her power of impartial de
cision was gone.
It was in quite an unfamiliar voice
that she heard herself saying, seem
ingly without her own consent. "I will
take the hat."
She hurried along the pavements, af
ter paying the fifteen dollars, —it left
but twenty cents in her purse—feeling
as guilty as if she had stolen the
money. "I wonder when mother has
had a new bonnet," she thought. "Oh,
what is the matter with me? I seem
perfectly paralyzed when one of that
sort of clerks gets hold' of me. What
am I going to do without gloves or
handkerchiefs, and I never can make
my old school waists respectable for
going away!"
"Well, you're a good one," cried a
gay voice in her ear. "Where do you
think yon are? You're five blocks
from Stannard's. I gave you up ten
mnutes ago. Did you miss Saunders
street, or didn't you mean to meet me
after all?"
Stuart was rushing her along at a
great pace, giving her no chance to
explain that the was tireu and did not
care for the football game after all.
He had her on board of an electric
car in a twinkling and was smiling at
her from the platform, where he made
one of a mass of young fellows in col
lege and preparatory-school colors,
who kept the car lively with their fun.
He wondered why his usually bloom
ing cousin looked so pale, but reflected
wisely that shopping seemed to be tre
mendously hard on the women in spite
of their being so fonu of it.
Amy never clearly knew how she
spent the next two hours. At any
other times she would have considered
the chance of seeing one of Stuart's
much-talked-of games the greatest
pleasure that could come her way. To
day she sat listlessly upon the hard
seat, with the people under whose
wing Stuart had placed her, and
thought of her day's experiences
straight through one of the most ex
citing games of the season.
"Wasn't it glorious?" exulted Stuart,
as he met her after the game, looking
all colors and damp with perspiration,
but radiant with joy over the victory
of his own team. "Think of it —six to
nothing over those braggarts! I tell
you, our men were fit to the hour, ev
ery fellow of them. It wasn't quite
such a walkover as we expected,
though. Their forwards did splendid
work; it was their back-fielders lost
them the game. Wasn't that a beau
tiful puat of Thorpe's down the side
lines? Maybe you didn't notice that
forty-yard run I made?" he added,
modestly.
"Oh yes, it was splendid!" Amy
agreed, trying to remember the play
in question. Something in her voice
made Stuart look curiously at her, but
only the side of a pale cheek was
turned toward him. "Something's up."
he thought. "I won't bother her with
football jargon—she's tired. Funny,
though," he considered, as he put her
abroad the car for the return trip,
she's such a girl for her wheel and any
sport, I shouldn't think a morning's
shopping could do her up."
By the time the car reached their
train, Stuart had talked off his enthus-
I iasm over the game with the crowd on
I the car. and was ready to give his
1 cousin his serious attention. As the
train drew out of the dark station into
the western sunlight he observed that
Amy's eyes were full of tears. He
bought an afternoon paper of the train
boy, and unfolding it held wide-spread,
■ affecting to read as 'he carefully
| screened his companion from observa
! tion. After a time he asked' gently:
"Isiiet —er —anything I could help about.
Amy?"
The answer was a genuine little sob,
wheh Stuart fervently hoped nobody
heard. Presently a tremulous voice
-riurmured. "O Stuart, vou won't under
stand, but I must tell. I've been so
foolish and so extravagant. I 1
"Fire away," whispered Stuart, en
couragingly, but it was some time be
fore she could speak. The train was
approaching Stuart's suburban station
before he had the whole story. Then
he had to talk fast.
"See here, puss." he said', "I don't
think you've been extravagant—Jove!
—when I think what 1 spend. But I
know how you feel, and I see you'J
rather be shot than wear that liat and
that forget-me-not thing. Now, I'll tell
you. You know Lydia and Nell think
the world of clothes—more than they
ought to, and more than likely they'd
fancy these of yours. If they don't
I'll send 'em back to you—l will —I
swear it. Now let me have 'em, will
you? I expect the fellows 'll howl to
see me carrying that bandbox," he
thought, "but no matter —I'll make the
girls keep mum, except to mother," he
declared, "and nobody but Aunt Esther
need ever know. Here we are, is it.
a go?"
"O Stuart," whispered Amy, grate
fully, "you are so good! But please,
please don't let the girls take them
unless they truly want them. Oh. I
hope he won't hurt that hat," she
breathed, a moment later, smiling
through her tsars, as Stuart waved the
frail bandbox at her, from the back
seat of a rapidly receding trap, driven
by two pretty girls.
"By tomorrow I shall hear," she
told her mother, when the conference
was over, the bundles opened, and the
sensible purchases approved. But she
had not even to sleep upon her trou
bles, for before bedtime a telegram
arrived.
"The blessed boy," cried Amy, as
she read the brief but comforting mes
sage:
"Bargain satisfactorily concluded.
Will send check tomorrow. Everybody
happy. Congratulations. Stuart Brent
wood."
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The sugar can was introduced into
America soon after the discovery, and
its cultivation rapidly spread over all
those parts of the new world adaptoc'
to its growth.
It has been calculated that 1,250,-
000,000 pints of tea are imbibed each
year by the Londoners, and some fel
low with a turn for figures has figured
out that if it was all brewed at one
time the teapot would be big enough
to take in St. Paul's cathedral.
On the recent adjournment day in
the California legislature a military
band was blaring in the gallery, a col
' ored boy danced th e cake walk, one
i speaker pro tem used a hatchet as a
: gavel and another emphasized his rul
ings with shots from a revolver.
The latest fad among rich women of
England is to have a silver model of
their pet dogs and cats. The model is.*
made small for an ornament while trie
pet is alive, or after its death a life
size and exact model is made of silver,
and this takes the place of the stuffed
and mounted pet formerly popular.
The first Boston ferryboat began to
ply over the line that is now followed
by the Chelsea ferry 200 years ago.
Since that time, in fair weather and
; foul, through ice and fogs and storms,
i the boats have regularly continued to
j cross the harbor. None of them has
ever met with serious disaster, such
as happens not infrequently in New-
York harbor.
The cinematograph for the blind !?
a machine which passes under the
fingers of the blind a series of reliefs
representing the same object in differ
ent positions—the branch of a tree, a
bird or any other object. The blind
person has the illusion of moving
! scenes, just as photographs passing
j over a luminous screen lend the illu
sion to those with sight.
Silk was first used in China for writ
j ing purposes in the third century B. C.,
I and it is still in use for official uocu
i ments. Brushes are used for the writ
ing, as of course, they are used in
China for writing on paper. Silk has
also, of course, been used in other
countries for especial copies of works
of value, but such work 3 are rare,
while in China they are comparative
! Iy common.
College Mpii In Huslneu.
As a rule, great corporations seelc
j college men, because, other things
| pqual, they will ultimately make better
j heads, better leaders; and this, not-
I withstanding the fact of the general
j impression that college men are not
practical. The heads of such institu
tions know very well that, if a man ie
made of the right kind of material, a
college education, although it may tem
porarily prevent the development of
the practical faculties, enables a man
to analyze well and to grasp condi
tions very quickly. The greatest draw
back to the young graduate is that ho
is too full of theories, too near his
diploma to be of very great value;
but, after the dream of his future
greatness has faded a little, and he
settles down to business, he will adapt
himself very speedily; and, when he
I once masters the details of a business,
he will make rapid strides toward the
top. He has learned in college how
to think, how to marshaJ his mental
forces; and, when he has learned the
different phases of his business and
how to apply his knowledge, he will
be a stronger man than he would have
been, without the higher education. —
Success.
The plague in India has been practi
cally United to the native population,
and in Glasgow it was last year limited
to the lowest Class of the population.