IW'U.JWM;' 7V5rn
TO SLEEP.
O, gentle lover of n world day worn,
Taking the weary light to thy dusk arm,
Stealing where pale forma fie, sun hurt
and torn,
Waiting the balm of thy oblivioua
MM
Wake me thy captive ere I guem purauit,
And caat me deep with aome dreamless
cloae,
(fVhere hopea stir not, and white, wronged
lipa are mute,
'And pain'a hot winga fold down o'er
huahed woe;
And if ere morn Thou choos'at to aet me
free,
Let it not be, aweet jailer, through Mio
door
That timeward opea, but to eternity
Set Thou the aoul that needa Thee ever
more; So I from aleep to death may aoftly wend
Aa one would paaa from gentle friend to
friend.
Olive Tilford Darwin, III Scribner's.
EVELYN'S EXPERIMENT.
By PAULINE MONTAGUE.
Evelyn held her pretty head to one
Ide, like a meditative sparrow, and
Jack Carrol thought that If "he had
not been his cousin he would have
aslly encugh fallen In love with her
himself, instead of showing her Syd
ney Chaniney's photograph and
praising up the original to the very
best of his ability.
"He looks handsome. Is he really
aa good looking ashls picture, Jack?"
ahe asked.
"He's even handsomer than his
photograph, and, what's more to the
point, he's the very best fellow In the
world," said Jack, enthusiastically.
"Yes?" Evelyn answered, thought
fully, and then her cheeks flushed a
little, and the sparkle In her eyes
gave place to gravity. "It is certain
ly very much more to the point, Jack,
and I think Mr. Chamney Is a gen
tleman I would like could like
very well, If only "
She hesitated, drooped her lovely
head, and then laughed.
"What a girl you are, Evio! What
an immeasurable girl! You always
have an 'If between you and every
promise of pleasure."
"I believe I do," Bhe said. In her
aweet, spirited way. "r have to,
Jack; don't you see? In this case,
'if only' "and she flashed a saucy
amlle from her violet eyes at him
"If only Mr. Sydney Chamney had an
Income, or a salary, or even wages of
his own, and I was not so rich as I
unfortunately am."
Jack laughed at the lugubrious
little sigh she uttered.
"You can easily get rid of your for
tune, Evelyn," he observed. "You
might make It over to a society for
Christian burial of murdered felines,
Or you could give It to me. for that
matter."
"Don't be absurd, Jack," she said,
hall voxedly.
"And don't you be a goose," he an
swered, tartly. "I tell you Syd Cham
ney is a fine fellow, and if he hadn't
a cent he'd deserve the best woman
that walks this earth."
Evelyn looked seriously at the pho
tograph a moment, then asked:
"Vfjiy doesn't he come himself if
he is so anxious to become acquainted
with me?"
Jack smiled.
"So, ho! my spirited little lady!
that's what's the matter, Is it? Well,
he'H coming by and by. He's not one
of your sort to rush headlong into
anything even a lady's favor. He
la off for an indefinite time on a
solitary hunting expedition and the
atars only know when he'll come
back. But when he does good-by
for you, Evelyn, my dear!"
And after Mr. Jack Carrol had has
tily beaten his retreat Evelyn sat
thoughtfully by the window, study
ing the pictured face of Sydney Cham
ney. "I do like his looks very much. I
wonder how long It will bo before he
comes back?"
A big, low celllnged room, with an
open fireplace, where a huge log lay
blazing and sparkling, sending great
streams of light out into the old fash
ioned room, and dispensing warmth
and cheer and an unutterable home
ness. In front of the fire, beside a table
covered with a crlmBon cloth, old
Bben Orr sat, laboriously reading a
weekly paper, and portly, motherly
Mrs. Orr was darning stout gray
Bocks from a deep basket by her side.
A comfortablo cat slept on a rug
nearer the fire; a pitcher of cider, a
plate of rosy apples, a tin basin of
cracked walnuts were on a small shelf
In the chimney corner, and Elite
King, the pretty little new school
teacher, who lived at the Orr farm
bouse, was leaning back In a little
low rush bottomed chair, shielding
her face from the light and heat with
a letter Just received from homo.
Outside the wind was blowing in
fitful, wild gust and the night was
raw and cold, with snow coming down
In blinding, whirling clouds a wild,
bitter night for man or beast to be
abroad, Elite was thinking, just as a
rapid hurry of footstepB on the
ground outside and a knock on the
kitchen door disturbed the serene
cozlness In the farmhouse kitchen.
"BlesB my heart," Mr. Orr said
cheerily, as he opened the door, "If
'tain t Mr. Chamney back again
Come right In! It's a stormy night,
and no mistake.
"It's I, sure enough, and glad to bo
under a roof once more. Mra. Orr,
bow do you do? Mr. Orr, I'm glati to
shako hands with you aguln!"
He stamped the snow off his thick
boots before he came Into the room
to shake handB with hi., host and hos
teas, and, as he came into the full
light of the fire and bright lamplight
Elite King looked up and Baw htm of
whom In her month of residence at
the Orr farm she had heard not a lit
tle, and decided, with a light sparkle
of admiration In her eyes, that it was
all true so far as Mr. Chamney's
appearance was concerned.
"This Is Mr. Chamney, Ellle," Mr.
Orr said, with a certain little pride In
his voice. "This la Miss Ellle King,
out schoolteacher. She Uvea here,
and we're glad to have her here, too."
Sydney bowed aud laughed at the
nn-"uventional introduction, and El
lle atullod and flushed a little only
Mr. Chamney did not notice either
particularly.
"A country schoolteacher," he wan
saying to himself, sarcastically.
"Heaven preserve me! I know 'em--all
alike. Well,- I'm only going to
stay a week, anyhow."
But In just exactly ail hour Mr.
Sydney Chamney had ehanged hli
mind, having discovered that Miss
Ellle King was pretty and ladylike
and Intelligent altogether as differ
ent from the species as a humming
bird from a vulture.
"A little beauty a little dia
mond," he decided, enthusiastically,
which was something very rare for
him to do. "What possible fate has
placed here here, in this out-of-the-way
corner of creation?"
Well, the week came to an end
with wonderful rapidity, and It
seemed that Ellle and Sydney had
been acquainted a lifetime Instead of
only seven days of escorting her to
the schoolhouse and seeing her Safely
homo, of going on one or two skating
trips, and some brisk, delightful
walks to the village postofflce, and
seven evenings of pleasant conversa
tion, intricate games of chess, or old
fashioned apple roasting frolics.
"I don't want to go away at all,"
he said, one bright, sharp morning,
as he drove her to school.
"But, of course, you must," Bhe
answered, gravely. "Men cannot Idle
their lives away."
"It seems that women don't; at all
events, you don't," he said, lightly.
"Isn't it a terrible bore to travel
along In the same rut, day after day,
week after week, as you do, Miss El
lle?" .
A wicked little sparkle was in her
eyes.
"Not half as great a nuisance as to
do nothing, as you do."
"But I was brought up not to have
anything much to do, you see. It
makes a difference."
She fixed her pretty, thoughtful
eyes on his handsome face.
"Oh, you are a rich man, then. I
thought, somehow, you were not."
He laughed just the merest bit
vexed at her sincere frankness.
"Rich? No, I am not, unless you
call three thousand ayear a fortune."
"I don't earn half that, yet I call
myself rich," Elite said, quietly.
"But perhaps you expect to inherit a
fortune, Mr. Chamney?"
"You saucy little catechlst! No, I
can't say that I do."
"Then, Mr. Chamney, you mean to
say that you will be content to go on,
so long as you live. Idling away your
time in whatever amusement pleases
you tor the moment, and, having no
good object to accomplish, no healthy
discipline of dally employment, just
because you happen to possess enough
to feed and clothe you?"
There was a sweet, interested kind
liness in her manner, in her words,
that robbed them of all sting, and
Sydney Chamney looked almost rev
erently at her.
"I never really thought of It.
But" and a flush reddened his hand
some fac "suppose I confess what
I do expect what I did expect to do,
I mean. Will you promise you won't
quite despise me?"
She smiled gravely.
"I can tell you more truthfully
when I have heard what you have to
say. What Is It?"
He looked earnestly In her sweet,
womanly face.
"I did intend to marry a fortune,
Miss Ellle."
A painful flush surged over her
cheeks. She shrank further away
from him.
"I knew it!" he said. Impetuously
"Didn't I say you'd despise me? Of
course, I knew you would, when you
heard what I had in my mind, and I
deserve to be despised. But don't
forget I also said I had given up the
idea, although she was one of the
most lovable girls Imaginable If all
tbat her friends said of her waB true
which I do not doubt. She would be
a prize for any man, even without her
riches."
A silence between them followed,
disturbed only by the soft clang of
the sleigh bells.
Then Chamney broke It:
"Why don't you nBk mo what has
changed my mind, MIsh Ellle?"
A swift, radiant look in her eyes
was instantly hushed.
"Because I think you would tell
me If you wanted me to know," she
answered readily.
"I do want yuu to know. It is
you!"
"I? I? Why, Mr. Chamney, bow
when have I Impressed you to '.
He Interrupted her eagerly.
"There has not been an hour that
I have not been conscious of your in
fluence upon me, Ellle. Your words.
your dally toil, your cheerful accept
ance of the duties devolving upon
you, have shown me not only what a
Hellish, worthless fellow I have been,
but what a self-reliant man i purpose
to make of myself. Hitherto, in my
absurd stupidity, I have regurded my
self as destined to be saved from an
honest, manly, workaday life a Bort
of glorified idiot, to whom fortune
must somehow come with no effort of
my own."
He pauBed, and Ellle looked up, al
most wlstiuiiy, to Bay:
"I am bo glad."
"So am I! I am eager to begin
to be of some use somewhere. What
shall I do, Ellle? Cut wood, or turn
farmhand, or what?"
Ellle smiled gravely enough, but
It was a look that stirred his very
soul.
"I have heard you say you read a
little at law. Take that up, throw
all your resolution and energy, into
it, aud make u mark, and a for
tune!" she added, with a little, merry
laugh.
Chamney reined the demure pony
In at the schoolhouse gate, and as
sisted mile out wltn careful conuld
erullou, "It has been such a delightful
drive," she Bald.
"I'd no idea we were so near the
school," he answered, with a laugh.
"It hasn't seemed more than five min
utes' ride. There was something else
I wanted to say."
"About the heiress?" Ellle asked,
demurely, as she unlocked the school
house door.
"Oh, the heiress! She may thank
her stars she dldn'tmake the mistake
of accepting me. Bhe'll And plenty
of better fellows than myself. Won't
you let me come In and see If Ben
Peters has made you a warm, good
fire?"
"Just a minute, while you thaw
out. The pony mustn't stand, you
know."
"The pony may stand," he re
turned. "He must stand, Ellle, until
you tell me you will marry me some
day when I've made myself worthy
of you, my darling Ellle. Little girl,
you love me? I have loved you from
the very first."
All the color forsook her face for
a moment.
"Oh, Mr. Chamney, you cannot
mean this?"
"But I do, dear. I need all your
love, your encouragement, your sym
pathy. Won't you give them to me,
with yourself? Do you love me, Ellle?"
And, with tears springing to her
eyes, Ellle laid hcrhead on his breast.
"Oh, Sydney, I cannot help it!"
And then he kissed her, and In
stantly darted away, as a swarm of
mlttened and hooded and scarfed
scholars came trooping in the gate.
while Ellle went about her duties
with a new sweetness In her face and
a deep undertone of Jubilant happi
ness In her voice.
And that evening when old Eben
Orr and bis wife sat over the fire.
calculating the return from the mar
ket sales that day, Sydney and Ellie
stood In the window of the adjoining
room.
"I want to tell you something, Syd
ney, she said, in a half pleading,
half deprecating voice, as she nestled
to his side and looked up in his
proud, glad face, radiant with the
light of new hope new purpose. "I
want to tell you I my whole name
is Evelyn Elllnor Carrol, and when
Jack talked so much about you, I
wanted to come here, where I knew
you were, and learn for myself. You
are not angry with me?"
He looked amazedly at her.
"Ellle! You Miss Carrol Jack's
cousin! The heiress I was to marry,
If I could.
She caressed his hand, lovingly.
"The heiress you are to marry, If
you will, Sydney."
For answer he folded her closely
to htm and kissed her. New York
Weekly.
U IlllUseless Playthings!
Af&GG&0m--tm'm-tG-rto'mG-m-rm's,mf A
$ Elaborate Toys of Almost No Interest to Little Children. M
"The child's first five years are
lived almost entirely In the realm of
play," said Dr. T. 8. Fowler-Schonen,
Don'ta For Clerks.
Don't be afraid of a strict employ
er. You'll never learn from an easy
one.
Don't overestimate your talents.
Remember that competition is an ac
curate scale and may find them
wanting.
Don't dream while you work.
Work and dreams don't go together.
Don't act as if you know every
thing and your customer knows noth
ing. Don't be afraid of hard experi
ences; they make the best of teach
ers. Don't send out unsightly pack
ages. Don't refuse to listen to common
sense.
Don't be afraid to do little things
willingly.
Don't always have a grudgo against
your employer. He has his faults.
So have you. No one is without
them.
Don't feel yourself better than
your position, especially If you have
an education.
Don't believe that promotions are
due to favoritism rather than merit.
Don't stand in the door when you
havo nothing to do. It is particularly
offensive to women passing.
Don't remain unfamiliar with new
goods.
Failure of Co-operative Stores.
The history of co-operotlve busi
ness ventures in the United States,
presented in the report of the Wis
consin Commissioner of Labor, af
fords no encouragement to future
enterprises of this character.
After describing tho earlier experi
ments, the Commissioner says that
ilo great progress was made with co
operative stores until 1867, when tho
Patrons of Husbandry, or grangers,
were organized, but by poor business
methods, together with populur dis
trust, and industrial depression, the
State agent purchasing system was
abolished.
The great majority of the co-operative
stores established after the
panic of 1873 met with failure. Of
the fifty started by tho Knights of
Labor between 1871 and 1877, few
are still In operation. The Farmers'
Alliance Exchange, which transacted
u businesB of $10,000,000 in 1890,
"fell away."
The Commissioner observes that it
Is now apparent that no lasting, ef
fective reform In the industrial situa
tion in this countny can ever be ac
complished by the application of co
operative doctrines. Philadelphia
Ledger.
Denth of a Great Tree.
We havo no words in our vocab
ulary that will fully express our feel
ings' regarding the unnecessary de
struction of the grand old live oak
tree on Magnolia avenue. What was
once one of the most beautiful por
tlons of parkage in our city Is now
an unsightly blot. Nature cannot In
a hundred years restore n beauty that
was destroyed lu a few hours, and
the trees beyond will for many years
continue to stretch out their long,
bare and unsightly arras in mute pro
test aguln.- i the wanton destruction
which revealed their nakedness and
uuslghtllness. It was the finest tree
on Magnolia avenue, and in full
health and vigor, without a dead
branch or root, and bade well tor a
long lite, while Its adjoining neigh
bors do not. For ages the birds had
homed In its brunches and voiced
their thankfulness to Qod for such
a blessing. Will not some one organ
ise a society In our city for the pro
tection of our trees? One by one
they are .falling before the spoiler,
who, instead of the shotgun, uses the
axe. Dayton (Halifax) Journal.
at a recent conference on "The Effect
of Play," In the domestic science de
partment of Brooklyn Institute. "The
Infant begins to play In hla cradle
with bis own toes and fingers. A
healthy child Is always playful, and
he wants to play Incessantly, except
when he Is hungry, sleepy or other
wise uncomfortable. Play Is nature's
method of educating the child. It Is
a natural development and training
of the child's physical, mental and
moral nature.
"Almost all a mother's talk to a
child up to school age Is In the nature
of play. As she provides food for the
child's body, so In her play with htm
she furnishes food for his mind. It
Is sometimes asked if It is right to
try to teach very young children any
thing. Positively no mother can help
doing It. Consciously or unconscious
ly, she Is teaching a child from ear
liest Infancy by play. She Is teach
ing htm language as she talks to him.
She is teaching him motion, form and
direction as she dangles a bright ball
before his baby eyes.
"Oames train the body and the
mind. In the ceaseless activity of the
little child, so wearing to older per
sons, he is developing every muscle.
Tossing a ball is one of the best gym
nastic exercises ever Invented. In
playing with building blocks a child
gets no physical oxerclse, but he Is
getting the finest Jtlnd of mental
training. He Is developing taste,
judgment and Ideas of architecture.
Blocks as Teachers.
"A very small child takes great
comfort with a nest of blocks, all of
which ho can put Inside the largest
one, and then take out again. Chil
dren love very much a plaything
which can be taken to pieces and put
together again, a horse that can be
harnessed and unharnessed, a doll
that can be dressed and undressed.
Any one who watches little children
must Bee how they love little, simple,
monotonous actions; how they will
sing the same little -efraln or repeat
the same meaningless phrase over
and over again, till an older person
Is nauseated with it. The child's
mind la simple. A child Is overstlm
ulated and worried by the elaborate,
finished toys given hlra nowadays.
If you do not think so, examine the
hoard a young child will collect for
himself. I examined one such hoard
stored away by a little girl who could
have any playthings she liked.
Among her treasures were various
old empty spools, the handle of an
old brush broom, a clothespin and
various such things, Including one
battered rubber doll, the only toy she
had taken from an elaborate collec
tion. I do not know what meaning
she attached to these things, but you
ma.' be sure that each old spool stood
for something more than a spool to
her imagination. The child lives In
an unreal world, the world of play.
His Imagination is always at work.
Sometimes, If wo can get into his
world ourselves, he will tell us his
little Imaginings, and we can get a
glimpse into the fairy realm where
he lives. But usually the child is
shy with us, because we have left
that fairyland and forgotten what was
there. He knows that tho grown-up
will not understand and will laugh.
The child does not like to be laughed
at any more than a grown-up. It
makes him ashamed and miserable.
Or if he grows to like It it Is very bad
for him. Then he becomes pert and
self-conscious.
Finished Toys Worthless.
"The finished toy, which leaves
nothing to the imagination, Is bad
for the little child. So Is the elab
orate mechanical toy, of which the
stores are full those steam launches,
torpedo boats and so on. It Is too
intricate; it wearies him. Here Is a
steam engine which, when fired up
by nlcohol, will actually work like a
locomotive. That is dangerous for a
boy of five, both on account of the
firing and the sharp iron corners.
It Is aUo too intricate for him to un
derstand, and it is finished. If he
takes it to pieces he cannot put it to
gether again; it is destroyed. All
such mechanical toys are excellent for
older boyB who have been in school
Eeveral years. They really teach such
boys mechanics and electricity In the
very best way. But they are too com
plicated for the child under school
age.
"Of all the toy Inhabitants of the
play world the doll Is the most inter
esting. With her doll the little girl
acts out the whole drama of mother
hood In the moBt innocent and charm
ing way. She endows the doll wltn
life and acts out Innumerable situa
tions in life with It, and If you want
to see how you appear to your daugh
ter listen to some of these little
dramas which she acts out with her
children and her visitors. They will
be enlightening at times.
How Crocks Taught Form.
"Do not gre little children toys
" in, h represent monsters or clowns.
The Greeks placd geometrical forms
above the child's crade, so that his
first vision should bocorae accustomed
to correct form. Froebel advised
soft knit lulls in the Beven primary
colors, so that the baby's eyes should
learn to like pure form and color.
A little standard can be fixed on the
cradle, with the seven ballB hanging
from It. The baby's hands will clutch
at these soft balls, and the baby's
eyes learn to distinguish color and
motion from them. As soon as the
baby begins to creep he will begin to
ask for playthings. Do no, give htm
anything with sharp corners, any
thing that he can swallow or suck
the paint from or things tbat break
easily. Let him pick up little homely
playthings for himself. If you watch
the child he will show ybu what he
likes. Do not give him too many
playthings, so that he becomes weary
and blase and in the mood to always
demand something new. Keep the
child's tastes simple and unspoiled,
so that he will eujoy each new thing.
I remember a little sceuo which will
remain printed on my memory as a
lovely picture of childhood. A
father, returning home from a dis
tant, city, had brought his wife a set
of handsome French china plates.
He took them carefully from their
packing and piled them one by one
on a chair. Finally he took out two
tiny bisque figures, a little boy and a
little girl, and set them on the chair.
As he gathered up the wrappings his
wife touched his arm and pointed to
their two-year-oid son, who had stood
quietly by, watching the unpacking.
The baby stood with his little hands
clasped In front of him, his little
body bent forward, his eyes glued to
tho bisque figures, and his little face
shining with a look of perfect Joy and
delight, which positively irradiated It.
The'flgureshad in reality been bought
for the mantelpiece, but without a
word he adopted them as his own.
They Butted hlB taste, though his
father would never have thought so,
and they were given to him. No
child satiated with playthings could
have shown that quiet rapture with a
new toy.
"Split pictures are a great delight
to children, because they can con
stantly be taken apart and put to
gether again. Split maps arc splen
did for older children who have be
gun to study geography. Children
love to take to pieces and put to
gether again. It Is for this reason
they love to build in sand and mould
in clay. This is the reason they are
thought destructive. In reality they
are often surprised and grieved when
they find they cannot put together
what they have destroyed. The child
gets the same development of Social
Intercourse In play which we get from
society, 'f he plays alone he does
not get this development.
Ideal Nursery.
It is most desirable that the child
from the first should have a rocm of
his own, where he can play without
hurting things. Formerly the least
desirable room in the house was al
ways set aside for the nursery, and
turn'' '.re which was not wanted any
where else In the house was put into
it. Nowadays in the best home the
nursery Is the most carefully planned
room In the house. It should always
have Bunllght, for the sun vitalize!
tho air and kills germs. The win
dows should always be open, for ven
tilation prevents disease. To keep
opt dust stretch cheesecloth over the
netting, and to prevent drafts have a
ventilating board nailed across the
foot of the window. Have small fur
niture, with rounded corners. Im
agine our discomfiture if we wore
obliged to live among furniture de
signed for the use of giants twelve
feet tall. Have no unwashable cur
tains or draperies. Keep the room
simple. In a millionaire's home on
Fifth avenue the nursery has tiled
walls, and on each tile Is painted a
scene from Mother Goose. It la
enough to weary and distress the
mind of any child. The tiles are
beautiful for hygiene, but very ex
pensive. Leave the walls bare, tinted
In aome plain, delicate shude, per
haps. Havo a few pictures which
are truly artistic, for tho child's taste
for tho good In art can be trained
from the Wy first. It is a curious
thing that little children often choose
copies of the Madonnas of Raphael
und'Murlllo in preference to pictures
of child life."
O(liOKAlH) ZINC.
Soda Mines.
California miners are now as ant
ious to find soda beds as they were
to strike a good gold mine In the
days of '49. Manufacturers are
clamoring for soda for domestic and
medicinal as well as commercial uses.
Pure soda commands a One price, and
the great California desert has been
found to contain vast deposits of
salines, notably soda in at least one
of tho dry lakes. Here then is the
miner's opportunity, and they are
flocking to the soda lakes In great
numbers. Soda occurs In varying
forms In this region, but the only
beds which are of value from a mer
cantile point of view, or which fur
nish quantities enough of the saline
salts to bo worthy of operation aro
lu dried out lake beds. The largest
and most Important of all of these
Is the one known as Danby Lake,
some thirty miles southeast of the
small desert town of Danby In San
Bernardino County. This lake not
only contains vast beds of pure soda,
but about eighteen million tons of
salt as well. In point of fact this
lake is probably the most valuable
sallno deposit in the world, and as yet
only its borders have been entered
by prospectors; development has
hardly begun.
Ramble Metal May Koon Rival Silver
in Sourer of Wealth.
It wajs only three years ago. 1903.
that sine began to figure considerably
in the metal products of Colorado
mines. Since then tho value of the
output hss climbed rspldly. Last
year the production reached $4,000,
000, and the promise Is that this
figure will be Increased fully fifty
per cent, by the yield for the present
year.
For many years the presence of
tine in any considerable quantity was
a detriment. When the ores ran
heavy In the metal It was necessary
to shut down the mine. There was
then no market for zinc ores. In the
extraction process then In use the
zinc could be separated from the de
sirable minerals only at an expense
that took all the profits away from
mining, and even then the zinc had
to be destroyed in making the sep
aration. Many mines were closed
because the ores had with depth run
into zinc. Their owners nursed a
grudge against the fate that had In
terposed large percentages of the de
based metal between them and divi
dends. In Leadvllle, mines that fought as
long as they could against the con
tamination of the zinc piled up huge
dumps of the then worthless ores in
continuing tho fight until It wa3 Im
possible to find enough ores free of
7lnc to permit operations to go on
at a profit. To-day these same mines
rank with the gold, silver and lead
bonanzas of the Carbonate camp.
The big dumps of the early days have
been shipped, and fortunes made
from them by leasers, and mine op
erators hunt new bodies of zinc ores
just as eagerly as they do the other
kinds.
Every year brings Improvements In
the processes that made It possible
to sove the zinc, and tho search la re
vealing profitable bodies In many of
the mining districts. The promise is
that in another year zinc as a product
of the State will be running close to
silver, In spite of the fact that the
market for zinc brings Into use much
silver that previously was looked with
it in the mines.
Something of tho importance of
this addition to our mineral resources
can be realized In the substantial
way in which tho American Smelting
and Refining Company Is preparing to
further encourage production through
tho Introduction of a more econom
ical system of extraction. The chief
competitor of Colorado In mining zinc
In the United States Is the Missouri
Kansas field. In which tho ores occur
in a form that requires only the sim
plest process. That under which zinc
is separated from Colorado ores is
much more intricate and involved and
naturally the cost Is greater, yet Col
orado, against this heavy handicap,
Is making substantial progress to
ward the Joplln production.
Thorough tests of the magnetic
separation have proved their ef
ficiency and economy and at all of the
large plants of the smelting company
in Colorado thoy are to be installed
this year so that zinc ores will there
after bo received at Leadvllle, Dur
ango'and Denver, whereas heretofore
it has been necessary to ship all such
ores to Pueblo. The saving in freight
will bo considerable and the change
will greatly stimulate ztnc mining In
the San Juan and Clear Creek dis
tricts, as well as enlarge the output
of Leadvllle by making marketable
lower grades than It. was possible to
mine at the heavier expense.
Zinc can be said to be now firmly
established as a Colorado resource.
The list of metals yet to be produced
In quantity for the supply of the
world 1b a long one and Colorado has
them all. Tungsten, bismuth and the
radium ores all now stand In about
the same position that zinc occupied
five or six years ago; they are await
ing economic processes for reduction.
Which Is to be the one that will next
add its millions to the State's annual
output? Denver Republican.
With Funny
2m !L
Fanners and Bankers.
In a speech beforo the convention
of bankera recently held in this city,
E. D. Durham, of Illinois, had this to
say about the farmer and country
banks:
"As land is the source of all wealth
It Is a fine sort of property for the
banker to own. While It may he a
bit slow of conversion Into cash. It
has a standard value in time of
stress, making It attractive to the
most timid customer. In times of
panic and stress a mortgage on a
piece of land is better than any other
security. I have never seen the time
when the farmorB' mortgage could
not bo. converted into cash without
discount.
"Tho relations between the farmer
and banker have now changed. The
farmer is still a borrower and tho
banker is still a lender, but the man
who dictates the terms is now on the
other side of the counter. The Amer
ican farmer is an uncrowned king.
This Is exactly aa it ought to be, for
on the well-being of our food produc
ing community depeuds our prosper
ity aa a nation."
The Austrian Lloyd line estab
lished the first week In January a
fast fortnightly steamship service be
tween Trieste and Brlndisl, ou the
Mediterranean, and Karachi aud
Bombay, India, with a maximum
voyage of fifteen days.
Optimism and Health.
Have you ever noticed that the
pessimist is always an Invalid? He
may be upon his feet aud moving
about, but ho Is never free from ali
ments and complainings. Do not be
lieve that his pessimism is due to his
ailments. No; his ailments are due
to hts pessimism.
Pessimism Is as destructive a force
in one's health as It is in one's pur
pose and performance. The pessi
mist seeks the shadows and wilfully
deprives himself of the life giving
sunshine. The sun, the flowers, the
trees and tho green earth smile at
him In vain. The most common dis
ease ho encounters is neurasthenia,
an ailment brought on by evil power
of mind over nerves.
Hypochondria, which breeds in
Idleness as malaria breeds In stag
nant pools, atrophies the nerves and
rots the body. The common ten
dency to magnify Bmall ailments, in
order to excite sympathy, or because
the mind Is given to nothing else to
dwell upon, causes these ailments In
time to become real and serious.
Emerson may not have meant all
this when he said: "A sick man Is a
villain." But there is no mistaking
the precise meaning of Thomas Hux
ley, who said a time was coming
when a man who became ill will be
regarded as a fool or a criminal.
Buffalo Evening Times.
No Reward Offered.
"Have you lost anything, mad
am?" asked the polite floor walker
of the square jawed, austere looking
shopper who stood beroro the "lost
and found" window of the large de
partment store.
"Yes, sir," she replied. "I've lost
114 pounds of husband, In a light
brown suit, with black derby hat,
small tuft of hair on Its chin and a
frightened look. I lost It In a cruah
at the fat.cy goods counter. It's
probably wandering through the
bulldAig in search of me, and 1
thought perhaps you could find It
easier thun I can. I want it ou ac
count of a bundle It lb carrying un
der its arnij' Woman's Home Jour
ual. . ,
HI- Scheme.
A beautiful woman named Eater
Met a man in the dark who rareather, (
And ahe raiaed auch a row
Tlint her hub explained how
He'd arranged I'M! whole thing juat (
leather.
Houaton Poat.
Different.
Mamma "And did they make yoa
foel at home at Aunt Mary'a?"
Willie "Huh! Not much! I had
a bully time." Philadelphia Preaa.
Where It Counted.
Coroner "Was the signal B'eeuT"
Witness "No, but the operator
was." Baltimore American.
The Beat
"Can you suggest a system for
playing the races?"
"1 can. As soon as you've lost
your own money, quit." Courier-Journal.
A Novelty.
Guest "I hear you are going to
give up housekeeping?"
Host "Sh not so loud; my wife
wants to have the satisfaction of dis
charging the rook." Puck.
Tliia Mercenary Age.
"Mr. Dorem Is In the parlor, miss."
"Has he any flowers or candy with
him?"
"No, miss."
"Tell him I'm out." Courier-Journal.
Compact.
.Eve "Belle going to be married
and live in a flat? Why. I don't see
how she will have room."
Edna "Oh, yes. she is going to
accept such a narrow-minded chap."
Chicago News.
Social Tact.
He- "Oh, please, Mile. Jeanne, do
not call me Mr. Dttrond."
She (coyty) "Oh, but our ac
quaintance Is so short. Why should
I not call you that?"
"Well, chiefly because my name is
Dupont." No Lolsirs.
Both Perishable.
"Smoothers Is exceedingly careful
never to let a woman get any strings
on him."
"That's right. No one can point to
a thing he has ever given her; he
never sends anything but candy or
flowers."- Detroit Free Press.
The Human Wny.
"What aro you digging for?"
"Well, I've got the idee thar's gold
In the land somers."
"And what'll you do with It If you
strike any?"
"Go to celebratln' till It's all gone,
I reckon, an' then fall to dlggin'
ag'in! "Atlanta Constitution.
A New Version.
"How did you get Mr. Cumrox to
provide money for that project of
yours?" asked Miss Cayenne.
"I Invited him to a very select
dinner party."
"I understand. It was one of V
cases where invitation was the sin
cerest flattery." Washington Star.
A Candid Avowal.
"Do you think you will be able to
convert the masses to your way of
thinking?"
"My friend," answered Senator
Sorghum, "too many of us statesmen
are giving our attention to converting
the masses when we ought to be try
ing to keep from backsliding our
selves." Washington Star.
A Power For Good.
"That air ortermobtle you see goln
by thar," said the old man, "coat
$2000."
"My, my!"
"But that ain't all. My boy Bill
got $300u outen It Jes' fer runnln'
over an' breakin' his two legs!"
"My. my!. What a power fer good
they air In the land!" Atlanta Constitution.
One on Ma.
"Mamma, what would you do It
that big vase In the parlor should get
broken?"
"I should thrash whoever did It,"
said Mrs. Banks, looking serenely at
her little son.
"Well, then, you'd better begin to
get up your muscle," said Tommy,
gleefully, " 'cos father's broken it."
Cardiff Times.
Ne.-ve.
"Yes," said the warden, "he was
the cooleBt and mut thoughtful con
vict who ever broke Jail."
"You don't Bay?" exclaimed tho
visitor.
"Ves; he left behind him a note to
the Governor of the State beginning:
'I hope you will pardon me for the
liberty I am taking.'" Catholic
Standard and Times.
Where Her Fa titer Was.
The daughter of the house had .vit
returned from boarding-school. He
finishing branches had made her a
little sensitive.
''Is your father out If. the wood
shed splitting wood.'" the caller
asked her.
"No," replied the haughty girl,
"papa is at the town masting (pitting
Infinitives." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Those I' Helens (Juration.
How many of our wo.ds are abso
lutely superfluous, serving no enJ but
the waste of tiroa
A man stood before a mirror. In
face well lathered and bis raxor la
hand.
In came his wife;
him, cud inq.ilred.
Ing?"
"No," he rjplbd
Hacking the kltchei
ars you out drIVInj
i - - ' o.ar.1 , :u
she looked tt
re yoa s'aav-
ttoreely, r i
rans-. Whee