MOTHERLESS.
Ue " a smsl'. to very small,
since she mi to care,
Tsraa enjr jut to pas him by.
Forgetting he wns there;
!i, t'"uli too slight a thing lit teemed
Of interest to bo
One heurt hud loved nim with a love
At boundless tg the tea.
Ife was so poor, ao very poor,
Tlist now, since lie hml died.
1 neemed ft tiny threadbare eott
With nothing much inside;
llut, th, a trf,iure he concealed,
And ked of none relief:
Iii shabby little bosom hid
A mighty, crown-up grief.
Florence Kurt Coates, in Harper's
PURSUED BY WOLVES
By WM. . STIMSON
-it jt j jki jh f. ." vc it
IIl'.N father moved to Ska:
" & "'"' ' t Lit? early seven
2 W 2 li,'s' ""lt l'oi'liull of Wis-
k fi cousin was a wilderness.
fO AVe lived at the northern
iid ot Hem- Lake, u pretty sheet of
water, eight miles long, while Itock
hind wnt lit the southern extremity.
Between the two places the forest
Mretcliod unbroken, and tlioro was Pot
n single house on either bank.
TUe winters were cold, nnd fro;u
December to April of every year the
lake was n sheet of smooth ice. We
!mys became experts In the use of
skates, and i:iost of our leisure time
was spent on the Ice. The greatest
rivalry existed between the two lake
towns and skating matches were fre
quently held. Although, the couutry
was sparsely settled, nearly all the
wild animals had disappeared before
our comii!;, but there were bears in
the forest mid wolves big. fierce fel
lows that hunger sometime made dan
gerous. One fob! afternoon toward the end
of January 1 buckled on my skates
for a trip to Kocklnnd to make final
arrangements for a skating match be
tween teams from the two towns that
was set for the next day. I was late
lit Ptartinjr. nnd the Iniys at P.ocklnnd
kept me so long that lt was after sun
et before I left for home. Hut It was
full moon, and the big yellow orb was
just peeping over the woods at my
right as I struck out.
I was in no hurry and skated olonj
easily, saving my strength for the mor
row. I had gone about a quarter of
the distance when, from somewhere
away ort In the forest, there came to
iny enrs the howl of a wolf. All was
silent again for a few minutes, then
tbe sound was repeated. It was not
so far off this time, r.nd there was no
answering note from the opposite shore.
That these beasts would attack a
man never occurred to nie, but being
alone on the lake and far away from
home, the close proximity "of the
wolves made me uneasy, nnd I quick
ened my strokes a little.
By this time the moon had risen
high enough to make everything light
as day, only ulong the eastern shore
the shadows were still dense. Sud
tleuly from the woods on my right an
other series of howls broke out on the
night air. ti ml as I rlnnced around 1
saw half a dozen long, gaunt, gray
creatures leave the underbrush and
come racing towards me over the ice.
I realized then that the wolves were
chasing me and grew thoroughly
frightened. My fears were Increased
when i;nv several more leave the
cover of the western bank, r.nd cutting
diagonally across. Join the first pack.
I buttoned my short coat and struck
out at my best pace, thinking that
when they saw me leaving them they
would give up the pursuit.
That wiis a mistake, ni I soon saw.
They, too. Increased their speed, and
came bounding along after me, their
bodies almost touching the Ice. Every
now and then one of them would give
voice to a ihrlll bnvk. One big fellow
led the pack by several yards, The
pace was telling on me uud my pur
suers were gaining cverj second. A
glauee backward shown; them not a
liundred yards in ti e rear.
Home was still four miles away and
there win no help near. I had noth
ing in the shape of a weapon except
my jack-knife, and as J sped along I
drew this from my picket and opened
the big blade.
The pack v. nni my back when il
occurred lo li.o that I might yet escape
them by puttir.g in prictiee some tac
tics familiar to every one who has
played the game of ''taz." These
tactics vt we no hing more than dodg
ing the wolves when they came close
enough, iiml 1 knew that oil the smooth
ice I bad them at a disadvantage.
.Slackening my speed, I waited for the
leader of the pack to approach a little
nearer. On 1 came, until I could
see the lire fhi-!i from his eyes and
the frolh drop from his half-open
Jaws. 'When h gathered himself to
Hiring. I turn mI sharply to the right
ami darted off at full speed.
The manoeuvre worked perfectly.
The wol! eap"d just as I spun about,
and Instead of alighting upon my
sbuiildci s. be went slipping and siid
log over the Ic for a distance of eve
eral y:i:ils. The rest of the puck, in
their attempt to turn quickly, lost their
feet and fell over each other, giving
me several precious seconds, which
1 used to advantage,
l".y my trick I had gained some dis
tance, but the wolves were closing In
on mi) again. I waited until the
leader was almost upon me the second
time, then swung about to the left.
The beast was anticipating come such
movement on my part, for he did not
spring, and t found that 1 hail not
gained the start that I did the first
time. However, It helped, for as 1
b ca id the quick breathing of the pnejj
at my heels once more, I taiv the
light of the village around a bend in
he tank.
liut the murderous beast were too
Intent on their prey to be frightened
off even by the proximity of the set
tlement, strength wa nearly
gouo and I wa afraid that I could
not execute the dodge thlt time wit.il
thu success that had followed uiy other
effort. Nerving myself for iit
jnomo effort I altered my course a gam,
o far the third. tloi tbe wolrei went
sprawling, but In turning I gave iny
right, ankle a twist, and with a shrill
cry of pain fell full length upon the
Ice.
I fnve myself tip for lost nnd nwalfl
the attack with my knife ready,
When they saw me at bay the wolves
hesitated, but only for a moment. One
big fellow made a leap for my throat,
when there came n aliotit from the
shore, followed by a gunshot tha't laid
the wolf low. Ills death was the sig
nal for the flight of the others, nnd
nway they went, pursued by several
rifle balls.
When my father and two IwwO.rr
reached uie I was so weak frvia fright
and pain that they had to carry me
home. On the way they told me how
one of the neighbors, being out on the
lee, had heard wolves howling. This
nlarnied my father as he knew I was
away alone, and when I did not reutrn
nt sunset he and my brothers started
out to meet me. Well for me was lt
thnt they did so.
The match came off the next day
and the Skagway team won, but with
out any help from me. My sprained
ankle prevented my taking f.ny active
part In the race. Tresbyivrian Haulier.
WINDS AND DRAUCHTS
Srlenll.t Show That (he Former Are
llenenelnl and the Latter llnngeroua.
I'rofessor Max Ilcrz, an Austrian
scientist, has Just published an essay
upon the difference between wind anil
draught, which Is likely to convince the
public that the old-fashioned prejudice
against draughts Is not altogether un
justified. It.v a draught Is meant the current
of nlr It) an enclosed space. Our fore
fathers attributed nearly all the evils
that beset them io draughts, and they
would not have slept in uncurtained
beds for anything. Of course, their
windows and doors were shaky and
houses stood far apart, so draughts
were nearly inevitable, ltut the mod
ern scientific world tries to deny
draughts altogether, nnd .-alls them
winds, which are harmless and even
healthy to a certain degree.
Dr. Ilerz says that any one who cares
to find out the difference between a
wind nnd a draught can do so in any
apartment which has windows on dif
ferent sides of the house. Let him
open a window on a windy day on the
side of the bouse toward which the
wind blows. The air which conies In Is
quite harmless if the person exposed
to it be dressed in warm clothes, nnd
little children may take the nlr in n
room thus ventilated. Hut let him open
a window past which the wind blows.
and lt will be found that the air In the
room Is moved by n number of cur
rents, all of which strive to reach the
opening. It Is the passing wind which
sucks up the air in the room nnd draws
It out, and this causes the room to have
what is called a draught.
The effect upon sensitive persons Is
Immediately felt, like tho forerunner
of pain to come. A draught will al
ways be felt as colder than the wind.
Very dangerous draughts nro those
that are produced In railwfl7 rars by
the rapid motion of tho train. It Is
not wind that gets lutt. the carriages,
but the air of the car which Is sucked
out. A lighted match held to the chink
of the window will prove thls-ns the
flame will be drawn toward the Win
dow, not blown from it.
At l.Rftt, the IteiMon,
"A few years ago," remarked a man
who shaves, "the harboring fraternity,
as most people remember, was for a
tender period between two legislative
sessions under tho direction and con
trol of a State commission it exam
lug barbers, and before a barber could
shave a bewhlskereil citizen with full
legal effect in had to obtain a license
from the commission. The applicant
for a license was subjected to a rigid
examination, nnd nt the time the
troubles of the Barber Commission
were being exploited In public I
chanced to notice a list of the ques
tions asked hi the commission- exam
ination. One of the questions was:
Why is th upper lip always shaved
last';' I have never been able to find
an answer to that question In nil of
these succeeding years. I hare asked
every barber that has shaved Die In
that lime, and only olio out of the
whole number he Is a barber down
In Sydney, New South Wales could
give an intelligent nnswer to the ques
tion. When lie had finished shaving
me I asked: 'Why Is the upper lip ul
ways shaved last''
'.My word!' he saM, with much
astonishment at my native dullness:
'That's the last part of the face I
reach.' "Sun I-'raiicl-co Chronicle.
IrTlng'a SlaRerrHlt.
It chanced V me once, and only
once, In a life of some faring by laud
and sea, to ride up a Kurdish gorge
at early dawn, the sky still starry, as
the charcoal-burners had begun their
work, and to see over till, as the smoke
rose, a gray-blue light as of the depths,
some touch of deep-chilled enveloping
air on gorge and mountain side, as
though a sapphire had aged, and grown
gray and wan. Once only I saw this,
and never again. Whili, In r'aust, the
curtain roe on the Hrocken, I saw
before me the same miracle of gray
blue. "How did you," I u sktil 0l.ee lit
suppur, "who ride abroad so litll and
are so rarely on the mountain-side,
hit on this, the rarest of lights'.'"
"Oiue," and he took up a small plate,
"I saw in a gallery," ami be named
It, but I have forgotten, "a landscapo
by Uurer the size of this pluto, a
mountain-side in the early morn in
thin nine gray-blue light. It gave me
the light I wanted for the Hrocken."
Taltott Williams, in tho Atlantic.
O.lit .'cm ut "liraniia." I
Oranges cuine originally from India, !
having been carried westward by tho
Arabs. The first crosed from Africa
to Spain with Mohammedanism, while,
probably, tho crusaders were to be
thanked for bringing It to Italy and
western Europe among their trophies
of the East. The name Is Arabic
"naranj" and of Eastern origin,
though a legend that It comes from
two words meaning "elephant" anil
"be HI," because elephant ate oranges
to make themselves 111, Is absurd.
Probably In French the Initial "u" Is
dropped off from narunj with the final
"n" of tbe Indefinite article, just as "'an
apron" represents "a napron" and the
spelling with an "o" points to falst
association with "or" (gold). Hw
York World. j .-
GOOD 0
R 0 A I) S.
Government tail Wagon Ituadt.
ttsfel0" many years the Federal
kS-J l'!mneiii,,Dt,t lina liiism m.ilr.
lug largo appropriation
for river nnd harbor iue
, fr"N'
tElM'J ......... . Tl... ik .
l , v . Jill- lUltflJ
upon which this has been permissible
Is that the Improvement of transporta
tion facilities Is a mutter of vital pub.
He concern, and that the people will
get enough good therefrom to more
thnn warrant tho expenditures. The
acceptance of the soundness of Will
contention must carry with it the en
dorsement of (lovernmenl. aid In the
construction nnd Improvement of
wagon roads. These highways afford
transportation facilities which, after
nil, most directly affect and come clos
est homo to tbe greatest number of
people. The produce which forms so
lnrg? a part of the freight carried by
the railroads must first be hauled by
wagons from the farms. This Is a large
Item In the aggregate, very much larg
er thun is generally appreciated, bi -cause
so widely distributed and lie
cause each individual haul, taken by
Itself, is a small affair. The General
Government Is supposed to have an In
terest In the welfare of nil the people
nnd n willingness to Improve and pro
mote It whenever and w herever possi
ble. If this view obtains, the General
Government cannot long withhold Its
aid to road Improvement along the line
of tho Hrownlow-I.atlmcr bill now be
fore Congress, for certainly wagon
road conditions affect more people
than any and nil other Internal im
provement projects. The main argu
ment In favor of liver and harbor im
provements Is thnt they promote tho
general welfare, and that the improve
ments entail an expense too heavy to
be borne by the people of the localities
most directly Interested, and hence
would never be made If tbe Govern
ment refused to foot the bills. The
same arguments apply with equal
force to the Improvement of the public
highways. It is equally certain that
this great work will remain undone,
ns It has through a century of our his
tory, If the whole hiv-eVii of the ex
pense is left to be carried by the farm
ing classes of the States. The farmers
are the producers of the wealth of the
country, preserving the balance of
trade in our favor year by year. Sec
retary Wilson has Just given us some
astounding figures as the result of
agriculture for the year V.Xlo. The
people who create this vast nationul
wealth are certainly entitled to the
nation's consideration. The enormous
cost of bad roads to the farmers Is not
only destructive of the profits that
should be saved to them,, but Is sick
ening to agricultural ambition and dis
heartening to Increased effort. Had
roads form the greatest menace to
farm life, and by their hurtful Influ
ence are driving young men from rural
communities to the cities. Nothing
can be more harmful to the national
welfare, The farm home is the bul
wark of the republic. Everything pos
sible should be done to encourage the
farmers of the land. Nothing that this
great Government can do would be so
profitable nt this time ns to extend its
aid to highway improvement, and
nothing that the people can do for
themselves U more important than to
demand of Congress tho enactment
Into law of what Is known as the
Hrownlow-Liitlmer Good Hoads bill.
This paper urges the measure as one
most essential to the natlonel well-being,
and wo hope our readers will In
stantly take the matter up by personal
letters and petitions to our Senators
nnd Representatives In Congress.
Hon. W. P. Hrowulnw will be pleased
to send n copy of the bill to any one
who writes for It. Hrooklyu Uptown
Weekly.
Jfuril Kosds Arl'QM Jermiv.
The final completion of the New
Hruiiswlek-Frnnklln Park macadam
road and the Kingston extension road
closes two important gaps In what is
now an almost continuous strip of
macadam from Newark to Camden,
via Kllzabeth, Itahway, New Hruns
wlck, Franklin Park, Princeton and
Trenton. It gives the automobillst a
stone road direct to Princeton, through
nn Interesting and pretty country, and
shortens materially the distance be
tween New York and Philadelphia.
The two strips of macadam lately com
pleted win obviate the necessity of
going to Trenton by way of the Cran
b'.'ry turnpike, a roundabout route,
which has bucti the popular one, how
ever, became of the good road. The
Franklin Park road nnd Ihe Kingston
strip were line roads between Somer
set and Middlesex counties, and It was
difficult to get concentrated uetion
looking to their Improvement. Free
holder James Dellart, of North HiuiiK
wick Township, Middlesex County,
whose constituency included residents
along the Franklin Park road, has
been working for years to secure the
Improvement which was consitnimalcd
when, at a Joint meeting of the Free
holders of Middlesex and Somerset
counties, the roads wire accepted.
Teiiiptittlont ot a Valet.
"Us valets lias our temptations, sir,"
he said. "Only yesterday, when I was
to pay Mr. Henny's tailor bill, you'd
ought to have beard what the man
uger said to me.
"He says, says he, handing me a
five-dollar note:
" 'Why,' he says, 'this here hill ain't
harf big enough for a man of Mr. Hen
ny's position,' he says. 'Look n here,
my inn n,' he says, 'the truth Is that
you don't brush your mnrster's clothes
hard enough .'
" 'NoV says I.
"'No,' says lie, 'And now,' he says,
'I'll put you up in a wrinkle that'll put
?50 a year In your pocket If you use
lt right.'
"Then he brought from his office a
stick all roughened oil the cud,
" 'Kcrub this here rough stick,' he
says, 'over tbe elbow of your marster's
coats,' he says, 'and now and then
touch up Ills trousers about thu knees
a bit. It'll do wonders, used right. It
ought to double lilt annual bill, and
If it does there's S50 a year In it for
you.'
"I took tbe stick," said the valet,
"but I ain't never used It, sir." Phila
delphia Bulletin. .
AN AERIAL HOWBOAT.
ST I. O. ISWTSB.
A late feature of the attempts to nnv-
Igate the nlr Is an aerial rowboat which
has been constructed by Alva L. Rey
nolds, of tx Angeles, Cnl. It Is com-
posed of a gas bag whose equator Is
mucu nearer tne rront or tun ling tnan
usual, and a light framework which
AN AERIAL
the ca:
AND THE WING-I.IK
AEItlAL ROWHOAT
supports the occupnnf. It Is raised and
lowered, propelled forward nnd back
ward by the use of n pair of wing-like
oars.
Hy the use of weights the bag can
be mnde to raise just a half pound
less than the weight of the occupant.
Then gravity Is overcome by the use
, of the oars. Any one who understands
how to row can operate the aerla! row
boat. So far no experienced aeron
aut has rhldni In the machine, al
though several hundred people have
tried their hand nt rowing up and
down the park where the machine Is
Aelng tested.
The bag Is thirty-seven left long and
fifteen feet In diameter at the equator.
To raise the cur and an occupant
weighing 1.10 pounds, 'jr,00 cubic feet
of gas Is Rtilliticut.
One of the fintures of the new air
boat Is that the cost of building a car
and bag sulll ient to carry one person
Is but a trifle over one hundred dollars.
A speed of from four to six miles an
hour in h been attained by good oars
men. There Is always the drawback,
characteristic also of the ordinary row.
boat, that it Is difficult to row against
the current, or rather against the wind
In this case. Scientific American.
MCDERN WHALING.
N. w Hertford Has Senaou Which
Itecall Old Times.
New Bedford, Mass., has experienced
something very like a revival In tho
whnllng Industry this year. The ships
this season have been more fortunate
taan usual, although tne wiseacres say
that the best catches of to-day would
have bein considered slim in days gone
by.
Ho this as It may, there Is nn nctlvltv
ACID HARPOON
Dynamite gun
Explosive harpoon
Gun iron
fflERC&S DARTING GUNS & LANCES
MODERN WHALING IMPLEMENTS.
about New Bedford which Is unusual.
Actually only forty-three American
vessels, with a tonnage of !)117S, are
now engaged In whaling, as against U.Vi
vessels, with a tonnage of L'(il,2(ll) in
IK"; and of these New Bedford's fleet
numbers only twenty-live, with u ton
nage of rrjn.l. Every one of the Atlan
tic vessels, furthermore, with the is
ceptlon of the scliioner John R.
Manto, of l'rovlncetown, now four
months at sea on her maiden voyage,
Is at least twenty-two years old.
It Is thought that the importations of
oil uud whalebone will be considerably
larger In l'.iOo than In V.HM, when the
pounds of bone brought In amounted
to I'JliTKSI; barrels of sperm oil, 17.Hi.1,
and barrels of whale oil, 27.10.-Philadelphia
Record.
Iil lUHlrinl hnclneers Niiir,
The latest acquisition of prof efslonal
Ism Is the industrial engineer. His
principal function Is to instruct help
In factories how to behave in orderly
manner in case of emergency, to the
end Hint exit from n burning building,
for e xample, may be made without in
jury. A Manhattan m"cluinleiil engineer
has organized a staff composed of a
number of retired members of the
Metropolitan Fire Department. When
arrangements are made with firms to
Instruct workpeople ifn expert repre
senting this man puts the force through
the required "tactics" for the preser
vation of life and limb. The services
of this mechanical Industrial engineer
are said to be In big demand with
wholesale houses. Among the other
specialties of this novel school are
teaching system formation In business
and promoting of plan arrangements
looking toward economy in employ
ing labor. New York Press,
IniliiMt Hlir,
Pearl "They say tnat marriage be
tween Mis tihle ami 1 leggy Supp was
love. at first sight."
Ruby "Yes, she didn't give him time
to resort to 'second sight' before she
made him marry her. He was going
to a medium to find out her age," Chi
cago News.
BORES A SQUARE HOLE,
Everybody has heard of the anger
which bores a iquare hole; there Is one
of these In nearly every railroad wood
working shop in the country. The
usual way In which these augers make)
square holes, says Hallway and Loco
motive Miiglneeiing. Is thnt the bit
bores the circular iuMa and a square
ROWBOAT.
K OAHS WITH WHICH THE
IS PROPELLED.
chisel surrounding tho auger cuts out
the corners. In one sense lt does not
"bore" a square hole nt all.
There Is a new tool now on the mar
ket which actually bores a square hole.
Al'OE it WHICH BOHEI KQUARB IIOI.KS.
and the proof of this Is that the square
hole can be driven through Iron as well
ns wood. It can make n circular hole,
a square hole and a combination of the
two. which is a hole like the opening
of n tunnel, Hut on the bottom, with
two sminre corners and an arched top
GE
The bit Itself has cutters suitable for
wood and Iron, but the principle upon
which it operates Is the same, no mat-'
tor what kind of material It Is going
through. There Is the ordinary auger
bit, the face of which Is set lit light
angles to the centre line of the spin
dle, Just like any other boring bit, but
the square hole is formed by two mill
ing cutters, which revolve parallel to
each other Just back of the principal
cutter and In a plane at right angles
to It. Our Illustration shows the ar
rangement. The milling cutters have
faces broad enough to take but the cor
ners cleanly. A sharp square hole Is
the result. Taking off both milling
cutters will given round hole, and tak
ing off one will make the funnel-shaped
hole. A spiral or twist of metal on the
outside of the spindle conveys the chips
out of the mortise.
Why Ha Ktayail llama.
He was one of the happiest "kids" In
town. He stood In trout of his home
and grinned enthusiastically as he saw
the others unwillingly wending their
way toward school.
"Come on, Harold," shouted several
of the boys.
"Not on your life," answered the re
joicing Harold. "No school for me to
day. I'm going to stay home."
"What's the matter, slokV"
"No."
"Your ma sbk?"
"No."
"Well, why?"
"Oh, 'cause.' You see my gruu'ma's
come to spend .the day with mamma
and gran'ma she's awful hard o' h car
lo'. Mamma's got a cold on her chest,
and In her neck, and she can't talk loud
cnouj;h for grau'ma to hour what she
says, so I've got to stay homo to tell
grau'ma what mamma says. Bee'"
Indianapolis News.
Orrribot tlia Mnrk.
Mrs. Housi'kecp "I don't believe you
ever went to work."
Weary Willie "Oh, honest, lady,
ninny's the time. Hut I'm slch a stren
uous feller dnt every time I start ter
go ter work I. go cleun past It." riilltt
sdclpblu Press.
Sir ilfred Harmsworth
on Future Newspap:rs
He Predicts Specialize Journals, Oje
Devoted (o Sport, One to Religion,
One to Politics and Illustrat
ed More or L'-ss.
"It Is very probable that the dally
rress of the future will be highly
specialised, so much so thnt we mny
anticipate one dally devoted entirely
to politics, another to sport, another to
religious' matters, another entirely de
voted to literature, and so on," said Sir
Alfred Harmsworth, In the course of
an Interview granted to the World's
stuff correspondent In London. "Then
the man who remls will Im nl.Ui in inta
j any one.or all of them, as he pleases.
ui course, we nireauy nave unliy
papers entirely devoted to sport, and lt
will be found that there Is equally good
public for papers devoted exclusively
to some one other subject. In London,
for Instance, there are several dnlly
papers trying to cover the whole
ground, very much like one another In
their supply of news, and not a few of
them losing n great deal of money. In
time to come this will give place to
specialization In the directions which
I have mentioned.
"I do not see any objection to dully
newspapers, like the Times here', run
ning large lending libraries. Perhaps
In the distant future the newspaper
will supply the public not only with
news, but with everything else that
lt wants."
Twelve months ago Sir Alfred
Harmsworth, the niultl-mllllonnlre of
English journalism, contributed nn ar
ticle In the World on "How to Achieve
Business Success." lie then owned
thlrly-tliree publications. Since then
they have nearly doubled In number.
Pining this twelve months also tho
English public has been rather startled
to find tliot In addition to starting
many fresh publications of the popular
kind with which his name Is associated,
lio has turned his attention to old-
established pnpers, some of them pos
sessing more prestige than circulation.
Latterly It has been rumored and
somo dellnite statements have been
made to that effect In New York and
in London thnt Sir Alfred Harms
worth has been completing arrange
ments for duplicating bis London en
terprises In New York. On being asked
by the World correspondent if those
statements were true, Sir Alfred
narmsworth replied:
"They are absolutely untrue. I have
not the slightest Intention of building
up any establishment in the States.
I have arranged for the publication of
the 'Self-Educator' there because. a
spontaneous demand arose for it. That
is all. If I were foolish enough to
think of catering to the American
public I should hove just as much
chnnce as an American would have In
catering to the English public If he
came over to London. I shall be glad
If you will give the statement that I
Intend to try my hand In the American
periodical market the most absolute
contradiction.
"Nor have I any Intention of devel
oping n Sunday newspaper on the lines
of the Sunday editions of the big New
York dailies. There never will be nnj
demand for such a paper In London.
There Is n great difference In the re
quirements of the P.rltlsh nnd Amer
ican public, and tho journalistic sup
ply runs on different lines altogether.
The ltrltlsh public Is accustomed to
getting all lt wunts In tho way of
stories and Illustrations In our weekly
periodicals, for which there Is prac
tically no equivalent in the States.
Consequently the Sunday editions of
the big American dallies supply this
want by delivering a composite pub
lication, Including humorous pictures,
made up In sections.
"With regard to illustrations, my
experience of the dally newspaper Is
that lt should either be fully Illus
trated or not illustrated at all. Conse
quently the Dally Mall is reducing Its
Illustrations to tbe vanishing point,
while we are increasing their number
In the Dally Mirror. The public de
mand Is that tho newspaper shall be
one thing or the other. The same thing
applies in the States. That there Is a
large public growing up which prefers
solid reading matter to a combination
of letter-press nnd Illustrations Is
shown by the growing number of 'all
reading magazines' now being produced
on both sides of the Atlantic."
"It Is suggested that the extent and
variety of your business, Its all-embracing
character, Is bringing your op
erations more or less Into line with tho
American trusts." ,
"There seems to me to be no reason
for thnt suggestion. The distinctive
features of trusts which Is so much
disliked Is the squeezing out by any
sort of means of all other competitors,
and so obtaining a monopoly. Nothing
of the kind takes place with my busi
ness. In fact, our own success In
various directions has enabled others
to obtain success on similar lines.
There cannot be anything to deplore in
the growth and expansion of a business
which succeeds on tho basis of fair
competition. ,
"I confess, however, that It Is one
of my ambitions, which I commend to
my energetic friends In tho States, to
make my business self-sufllclug and to
manufacture for myself everything
that I require. Hence my purchase of
laud In Newfoundland, In order that I
may be able to make my own paper.
Soon we hopo to make everything for
ourselves.
"I think the big newspapers of the
near future will tind It convenient to
mako simultaneous Issues In various
parts of the country, Just us, opart
from the tver-soas edition, I have es
tablished the simultaneous publication
of the Dally Mall in London, Man
chester and Paris." New York World.
An Antn-Llglitait Tra.
The family were afraid to hove
candles on the Christmas tree because
of all the little children, so they used
colored electric lights. The tiny little
batteries thut can he bought in a store
did not make a sitnicleiitly powerful
light, so they hired a 40 horse-power
gasoline automobile to come and stund
outside the door, attached the electric
bulbi to the batteries and got all the
light tuj wantea.-Country Llf in
Amsrlcn, . ....
THE . SUiNbAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
, FOR JANUARY 14.
Slit Jili The Xtf Man rind Jtn Mtt.
II., 119 Dnt1ti Tf, rro. isill., SO
Memory Versa, It Toploi Man 8aak
In tha SaTlor Commentary.
I. The coming of the wise men (vs.
1, 2). 1. "When Jesus was born."
While the exact date of Christ's birth.
Is uncertain there Is no reason why It
may not have been on December 23,
B. C. 0. Hut why do we say that
Jesus was born "before Christ?" Sim
ply because our 'calendar Is incorrect.
For some centuries after Christ's tlm
there was no calendar in general use,
but each nation dated from some event
In Its history. Finally, in the sixth
century, n learned monk, Dlonyslus
Exlguus, was appointed to ascertain
thB time of Christ's birth, and It was
ordered that history should be dated
from that time. But Dlonyslus, who
first published bis calculations In A.
D. 5'JO, put the birth of Jesus about
four years too late. "In Bethlehem."
"House of bread." A name properly
applied to a place where the truo
bread was manifested for the life of
the world. "Of Juden." To distin
guish lt from Bethlehem in Onlllee,
mentioned In Joshua l!):l.r. "Herod."
Herod the Great. He was an Kdom
lte, nnd, although n proselyte to tho
Jewish religion, wns notorious for bis
.wickedness and cruelty. "Wise meu."
Augustine and Chrysostom gny thera
.were twelve magi, but the common be
lief is that there were but three.
"From the East." Perhaps from Ma
dia, or Persia, or possibly, from Ara
bia. "To Jerusalem." They seemed
to suppose that when they reached tho
capltnl of the Jewish nation they
would have no trouble In Mailing the
object of their search.
2. "King of the Jews." This was a
title unknown to the earlier history of
Israel and applied to no one except the
Messiah. It reappears In the Inscrip
tion over the cross. "Ills star." The
stnr which nttracted the attention of the
mngl was provided for the occasion.
"To worship Him." To do III in hom
ogo. They were bold to confess the
object of their coming.
II. Light from the Scriptures (vs.
3-0). 3. "Hod heard." The magi had
created no small stir by their inquiries
which Immediately nttracted the at
tention of the king. "Troubled."
Herod, now sunk into the Jenlous de
creptltude of his savage old age, was
residing in his new palace on Zlon,
when, half maddened ns he wns al
ready by the crimes of his past career,
he was thrown Into n fresh paroxysm
of alarm and anxiety by the visit of
these magi, bearing the strange Intelli
gence thnt they bnd come to worship
a new-born king. Herod feared n ri
val. "All Jerusalem with hlui." Fear
ing that he would make this an occa-
slon of renewing his acts of blood
shed. 4. "Had gathered." lie as
sembled the Sanhedrim "Chief
priests." This expression probably
comprehends the acting high priest
and bis deputy, those who had been
high priests. "Scribes." The learned
Interpreters of tho Mosaic law, nnd
the collectors of the traditions of the
elders. Many of them were Pharisees.
"Demanded of them." Because they
would be most likely to know. "Where
the Christ should be born" (It. V.) The
wise men had said nothing about tbe
Christ, or tho Messiah, but only nbout
the King of the Jews. But Herod saw
thnt this king must be tho expected
Messiah.
C. "By the prophet." MIcali 5:2.
0. "Art in no wise least" (It. V.) Al
though Bethlehem was little, yet lt was
exalted above all tho other cities of
Israel. "The princes." "The thou
sands" (Micah 5:2). Tho tribe had
been subdivided Into thousands, and
over each . subdivision there was n
chieftain or prince. "A Governor."
To control and rule. "Which shall be
shepherd" (It. V.) To feed nnd caro
for, as n shepherd his Hock. This gov
ernor who controls Is also n tender
shepherd. Christ Is both Shepherd
ami King. "My people Israel." Israel
was God's peoplo In a peculiar sense.
II L The intrigue of Herod (vs. 7, 8).
7. 'Tiivlly called." Herod desired to
keep tho time of Christ's birth as se
cret as possible lest the Jews who
hated him should take occasion to re
bel. "Inquired of them diligently,"
"Learned of tnem carefully." It. V.
He inquired of them the exact time
and received positive information as
to the time tho star oppeured. Assum
ing that tho star appeared when the
child was born he would thus havo
some Idea of tne age of the child. 8.
"He sent them." He assumed control,
but they followed the directions of the
Lord. "Search diligently." Herod was
honest In making this charge to them;
he greatly desired to receive definite
word concerning the new King. "And
worship Him also." What hypocrisy!
He only wished to find the child lu or
der to murder Him (vs. 13, 10).
IV. Guided by the star (vs. 0, 10).
0. "Tho star went before thein." The
same star which they had seen In their
own couutry now ngaln appears.
"Stood over." The star pointed out
the very nouse. 10, "They rejoiced."
The Greek is very emphatic. They re
joiced exceedingly.
V. Tho child Jesus found (vs. 11,
12). 11. "Fell down." They pros
trated themselves before Him accord
ing to tho Eastern custom. "Gifts."
The people of the East did not ap
proach Into the presence of kings with
out bringing them presents. "Gold,"
etc. Gold would always bo useful,
while frankincense and myrrh were
prized for their fragrance. 12. "Warned
of God In a dream." God communi
cated His purpose to them In a manner
that they understood. "Another way."
They could easily go East from Heth
leliein and thus leave Jerusalem on tho
north. v
The Maid and tha Hunter.
A story connected with Dorchester,
Muss., when tho town was a rudo set
tlement, shows how necessary It wns
ihcn for tho Inhabitants to possess
the quality of courage. An Indian, on
a war path of his own, tried to enter
a house. There wus no, ono In the
bulldlim but a mnld and two children.
i;ho servunt's first act was to hide the
II ule ones. "
"Now He still I " she commanded, and
then sho iTtn for the family musket.
Tho Indian shot through the win
dow, but missed his murk. The girl
did better. She hit tho Bavage In tk
shoulder, which Increased his fury and
his determination to enter the house.
,Ho forced the door, but thu .girl was .
ready. With a quick movomeut she
dashed a shovelful of burning coals
full In his face. Giving a tcrrlhln yell,
tha Indian fled, and was afterward
found dead In the woods.
The government of Massachusetts
presented ths heroine with a silver
"wristband" engraved' with her narua
and the worda, "She slew the Narra
ganactt hunter." '