f I TIIE BABY, How strange it seemed to wnke Iniit night And hear the baby breathe the room Under the night-lamp's Blinded lipcht Wrapped softly in a gentle glooml (What mystic wonder stirred us then. With joy nnd love what mingled awe, Before thin little alumberer, when The flowerlike face we dimly raw! A moment there we hung appalled, Fearing to read in life's long scrolls Fate of this soul that we had called Out of the vastly deep of souls. Perhaps the Lord of Being bent That intant to our sudden praver For still the low breath came and went, Hut peace and blessing filled the air. -Harriet Prescott Spofford, in Harper's Bazar. fggggaggggjir'!nrjtJr"nr"-,r'g In miTTl TTTTl T TTTITV ntur THE WEAKER SEX g S5HST1 Treloar made his contribution to the discussion Impressively. He had an Impressive way of saying things, In spite of his small size, delicate fea tures and rather squeaky voice. "Any man who would lay his hand tipon a woman, save In the way of kindness, Is less than a brute," he said, ' "The Lord created man to be woman's protector, ,and therefore made him In a Bterner, rougher mold. It Is man's part to bear the hard ships and dare the dangers of life, that woman may he spared. The weakness of woman should appeal to him and inspire him with a chival rous desire to Interpose himself be tween her and all harm. But I don't say that woman Is an Inferior toeing, mind you." "That's very nice and magnani mous, Treloar," said Gough, with Just the faintest sarcasm In his tone. "Mrs. Treloar ought to be obliged to you." 'She Is," said Mrs. Treloar for her self. We all looked at her, tall, su perbly formed, deep-breasted, round armed and blooming with perfect health. Some of us no doubt thought of her as she was before she married Treloar the girl athlete, the Diana of the fields, woods and streams, the rainy-day, snowy-day, blowy-day girl, who played tennis, golf, basket ball and billiards In a way that made nine-tenths of her men acquaintances look foolish; who pulled an oar that even her brothers commended and led the stunts in her college gym. Was a Skillful Wooer. Mrs. Branksome had been with MrB. Treloar at Smith, and perhaps that was why Mrs. Branksome turned her ..head quickly away and began to talk to the man on her left tn a very animated manner. There were plenty of fellows Just crazy over Molly Price before Tre--loar appeared on the scene. After that they dropped out hopelessly. . Treloar read poetry to her, and much of It mighty poor poetry. But he read It mightily Impressively and he conducted his whole wooing In an Impressive manner, and Molly sur rendered, almost without a fight. That was the last of her athletics, too. For some reason or other, Tre loar seemed to be quite enough for her. They were, In fact, a devoted couple. "In many respects she is a supe rior being," continued Treloar. "Her tenderness, her idealistic nature, her purity, refinement are what we can never hope to approach. It seems to me so ahsurd for us to look down up on her because our muscles happen to be stronger and our physical cour age greater." Mrs.- Treloar blew him a kiss. "Still, I'm afraid the age of chiv alry Is really dead," said Treloar. "For one thing, we men have no op portunities to demonstrate our prow ess. Civilization is too humdrum and prosaic. One can't die for one's lady love." She Caught the Burglar. . "I'm glad one can't," said Mrs. 1 Branksome. "I prefer to have my own true knight alive. .1 find ,him quite useful on occasions." ' "I might have had a chance-last September, but I missed . It," .. said Treloar. "Did any of you hear abput that? A burglar got into our house. Poor Molly was nearly scared to death." "Oh, don't tell about that," plead ed Mrs. Treloar. "Why not, my dear? It's nothing to he ashamed of. I think any wom an would have been frightened to wake up in the dead of night and And a burly burglar prowling about the room. I really wonder that Mol ly escaped nervous prostration." "Horrors!'! ejaculated Mrs. Gough, "I should have died right there. What Aid you do, Molly?" "She shut him up In a closet," re plied her husband, smiling. 'I was Just desperate," explained Mrs. Treloar. "I was so frightened that I didn't know exactly what I was doing. He he went Into the closet " and I slammed the door and locked him. in." ' "You wonderful creature!" said Mrs. Gougb. "How could you!" . . was In a sort of panic, you know," said Mrs. Treloar with height ened color. Xlie Capture as She Told It. "Then she sat there, trembling, ;'and praying for me to come," added .her husband with a' compastonate : smile. "Perhaps it's a good thing Che let him go before I came.. I think I should, have handled him pret ty toughly.' -. " 'She let him go, did she?" asked Cough. - ' ' . ' VI couldn't stand it having fclm In there, I was so afraid,," said, -Mrs. Treloar. "He prpmised . he would give Bp everything he had taken If I unlocked the door, so I did. And he went away and left the things." "Well," said little Treloar, "as I say, it was perhaps better so, as It turned out. But If I had been there I might have killed him. Quite like ly, I think. The poor girl was in a nearly fainting condition when I got in." "Oh," I was so glad to see him!" said Mrs. Treloar. Later in the evening Mrs. Brank some got Mrs. Treloar to herself. "Molly," said she, "you can fool your husband and some other people, but you can't fool me. I know you too well. Now, you Just tell me the truth about that burglar." Mrs. Treloar giggled a little. "I did tell him the truth, Deb," she said. "I was really scared when I woke up and saw htm. He had a mask on, too." "Go on," said Mrs. Branksome, calmly. "What did you do?" How She Really Did It. "I I Jumped out of bed and I I tackled him low," salJ Mrs. Tre loar. "He came down with Just the awfulest thump, and the language he used, my dear! I had to slam hla head on the floor before he would stop." "You poor, timid creature!" said Mrs. Branksome, pityingly, "And then what?" "And then Deb, you'll never breathe a word of this, will you? And then I let him get up and twisted his arm behind his back and bun dled him Into the closet, so I could think what I could do with him. Oh, I forgot to say I took his pistol away from him. Then I thought if I kept him he would tell what I did to him, and there would be a fuss and Well, I made him empty out the hag he had with him and turn his pock ets inside out, and then I marched hlra down stairs and let him out. Now, if you tell I'll never speak to you again." Mrs. Branksome laughed until the tears stood in her eyes. As she wiped them away she said: "Then you didn't want to be a heroine?" "I knew that Edgar wouldn't like It," said Mrs. Treloar, blushlngly. "It would hurt his feelings to think that I could take care of myself. He likes to protect me and and, of course, I like him to. It's the way a man should feel toward his wife. Deb, seriously, you mustn't ever tell not even your husband." "Don't worry," said Mrs. Brank some, "I'll never tell." New York Evening Journal. GOV. W1LLS0N FOR FREEDOM OF PRESS. Pardons Newspaper That Criti cised Judge and Prosecutor in Night-Rider Cases. Governor Augustus E. Wlllson, re garded as one of the ablest lawyers In Kentucky, in one of the strongest defenses of the freedom of the press in criticism of public officials ever de livered in the South, granted a par don to the Herald Publishing Com pany, of Louisville, publishers of the Louisville Herald, indicted in the Calloway and Trigg circuit courts of Western Kentucky on the charge of criminally libeling Judge Thomas P. Cook and Commonwealth's Attorney Denny P. Smith. The two officials hold office in the district In which the greater part of the night rider trou bles in Western Kentucky occurred, and the paper vigorously denounced them for failure to perform their duty in prosecution of the lawless element. The Governor said he granted the pardons "because the long series of crimes in this district which have not been punished under these officers' administration makes it necessary for the press to criticise all who can he held responsible. i "The-freedom of the press, while it must he clear of malice or false hood, Is one of the greatest safe guards of the people against wrong and failure to do duty, and public of ficers under whose conduct such crimes go practically free from pun ishment for a year ought to expect to be criticised, and will be unless the freedom of the press is destroyed. "In the face of all these crimes of the most vicious and lawless ele ments, all but one or two have gone unpunished, and the people have been as helpless as if there were no law and no court, and now, after this al most endless series of most shocking crimes, the total net results of the use of those officers of the power of the law and circuit courts ends in these demands for the Grand Jury to investigate the Judge and attorney and in these indictments of the paper which had the courage to denounce these wrongs and strive to bring better conditions in the districts and the State. "If the courts do not put an end to the rule of crime in the counties In which the Judge and Commonwealth's Attorney are expected to uphold law and order the only hope of permanent relief from such conditions is an en lightened public sentiment aroused by the press of the country, and in stead of punishing the newspaper which makes a fight against such con ditions it should be regarded as ful filling its duty." Civilization Advancing. The Introduction of fried straw berries marks the furthest reach of civilization. When people crave a delicacy that is a desecration of all that is fresh and sweet and whole some in the natural life, they are far, far gone in civilization.. Et. Louis Post-Dispatch. t Feeding Roosevelt In Africa (Piter KiCTum. r. . a. 8., In Leilli't WMkly.) A hunting party usually carries a bountifully supply of rice, which can be bought In any of the Indian stores at Mombafa or even at Taveta. Chop boxes, containing sixty pounds of canned goods, will also be purchased in Mombasa. Among these canned goods will be found pears, peaches, and apricots lrcm California; pickled tongues-from South America, corned beef from Australia, and deviled ham and chicken from Chicago. Extract of beef must be a favorite with the hunters, for I saw many of the na tives, whoso ear lobes are abnormal ly pierced, wearing a condensed milk can In one ear and an extract of beef Jar in the other. An abundant sup ply of condensed milk is necessary for the Journey, and plenty of tea, coffee, and cocoa especially tea. With the rice one should take chut ney, a hot sauce made in India from the mango fruit mixed with red pep per. This chutney is said to be a great preventive of fever. "When starting from large towns like Mom basa or Nairobi, the party will carry, as food for the porters, a large quan tity of bananas, cocoanuts, and Ions stalks of the sugar cane. Some of the native tribes, like the Wataveta, the Wachasga, and Klkuyu, can live almost entirely upon a few heads a day of common, coarse maize or corn. Along the wny they will purchase from native vendors round balls, re sembling popcorn balls, mo.d9 from a mixture of white ants and cassava flour. This cassava flour is beaten up In mortars, and is made from the cassava root, which grows In all gar dens. The natives eat these puff balls with eager voracity. When the ex-President starts from KigTTttTh for the Nandi plateau and the Elgon district, h.'s attendants can buy their food In the market place of the Kavirondo, naked natives on the shores of Lake Victoria Nynnza. The Massai will sell them curdled milk in long gourds. In districts where English farmers have settled, the white men of the party will be able to procure good milk and but ter. At Nakuru, near the railway, In the region of the Rift valley, there are five hundred Boer farmers, and good fresh meat will he easily ob tained for expeditions toward the Mau escarpment nnd Eldama ravine. In the neighborhood of Nairobi there ere nearly a thousand Englishmen, and at such farms as that of Mr. Heatley, nearly nil the English cere als can be bought. The potatoes of the Nairobi district are becoming famous throughout East Africa. They cost about two dollars and a half per bushel. The Hindus have eplendld vegetable gardens at Nairobi, where celery, Brussels Bpronts, potatoes, to matoes, and nearly o'l the garden vegetables of the temperate zones are grown. In the wilder .districts abound Mount Elgon there is plenty of honey to be had from the wild natives of Bukedi. Native sheep and goats will be found in nearly all the villages, even in the wildest parts. The na tives, however, do not like to sell any of their domestic cattle, because such animals are used in the purchase of wives and are supposed to be a sign of wealth. In the Uganda country there are good Indian stores, both at Kampala and at Entebbe. There are also Eng lish and Italian merchants In both of these Uganda towns. Plenty of rice and canned goods can be purchased at Entebbe for the ex-President's hunting trip through Uganda to the Congo forests. There is a 'rickshaw line being established for 1909, across Uganda nearly two hundred miles, to Lake Albert Nyanza. All the country abounds in game, and there are plenty of wild guinea fowl and plantain eaters, besides abun dance of partridges and pigeons. Among the animals they will be able to shoot in Uganda are the Speke's tragelaph (a water loving . animal), of a dark, mouse brown or chestnut color; the Pallah antelope, Baker's roam antelope, the white eared kob of Unyoro, the . stelnhuck, the Duyker antelope of the unwooded plains. These are some of the game which will provide the party with food on Its Journey through Uganda. It is said the ex-President's par ty will need to pay forty dollars per day for each white man of the party. This, I think is an exaggeration. My friend, Mr. Dutkewlch, and myself traveled very comfortably through most of the country over which the ei-President is going, and it did not cost us over ten or twelve dollars apiece. I should say, then, that twen ty dollars per day for each of the white men of the party would be an abundant allowpnce, even if the price of chickens went up to sixteen cents apiece, which they are very likely to do with such a distinguished party. Eggs may even attain a" rate of three cents apiece, and potatoes may cost five cents per pound. A good deal of the food will be supplied by the na tive chiefs, who will expect' rather elaborate presents in return. But I remember receiving a very handsome goat from Sultan Sullma, of the Wa chagga tribe, for which I gave him three cans of condensed milk and a half pound tin of cocoa. ' Along the Nile there will be steam er connection from Lake Albert to Khartum, except tor. a . six days' march from Wadelai to Gondokoro. On this trip.- there ought to be good antelope hunting. . There, wjll be plenty of lions and hippopotami, and the ex-President. may even shoot an okapi. This" strange animal seem ingly comes between .sebra,and a giraffe and Is eatetiby the natives. .But It will not do for the ex-President's party to depend on okr.pl meat, since only one or two specimens of this animal have ever been seen by white men. These, then, are some of the means by which the party of Mr. Roosovelt will be fed in Africa. There will be rice, chickens, chutney and rough bread as the staple in camp for the white men. Greek bakers in Mom basa now supply hunters with hags of hard biscuits, which are extreme ly good upon the march, because in sects cannot pierce their indurated surface. Potatoes and. garden vege tables will be available at Nairobi, Nakuru, Klsumu, Entebbe and Jlnpa. Salt, tea, coffee, cocoa will be taken from Mombasa. For the rest, the hunters will have to supply them selves with fresh meat from game thut exists on every side. The Hobo. By ELLIS O. JOXES. "The hobo, as I understand it," said the Man from Mars, "Is a fellow who will not work. Am I correct?" "Yes, in a way," replied the Philan throptst, '"although your statement ought to be qualified a little. There are people In tho community who do not work, and yet they are not classed as hoboes." "And who might they be?" "Well, of course, I refer to those who have money. They don't have to work." "I don't see the difference," re joined the man from Mars querulous ly. "It is clear that if the hobo lives without working, he doesn't have to work any more than the other man." "If you put It in that way, I sup pose you are right," replied the Philanthropist. "But, then, you know, the hobo Is of a different class. The others I spoke of have worked at some time in their lives and saved their money." "And, have the hoboes never worked?" "Well, hardly that, either. They may have worked. In fact, they have all been worklngmen at some time In their lives, but they did not save their money. That's the point. Con sequently they are not fit to survive," triumphantly concluded the Philan thropist, who had read a bit of Dar win.. "Your remark would indicate that they are becoming extinct. Is that what you mean?" "Oh, by no means. On the con trary, they are vastly on the In crease." "Which would" look to me as if they 'were surviving very well, it seems to me," put in the Man from Mars. "Now, as to the other class of non-workers. . You say they have worked hard at some time in their lives? "Yes that is, either they or their fathers. To be sure, many of them inherited what they have." "But, after all," said the Man from Mars, "there is no difference between them as to. their antipathy for work." "I suppose that is correct in the abstract," admitted the Philan thropist. "Now, then, as to all the rest, the workers, do they work because they like it or because they have to?" "Most of them work because they like It, I believe, but really you will have to excuse me this morning. I would like to talk to you longer, but I have a note to meet at the bank and I must skurry around and raise the money. However, I will give you the name of our minister. Ho can un doubtedly tell you what you want to know." From Life. Japan Guards Against Paper Famine. The Japaneso nlso have looked over the contents of their industrial stores and have decided that some thing be done toward conserving their remaining supplies of raw material for paper making. In Ja'pan, paper is used for almost everything from the silver-figured partitions cf the Buddhist temple to the rude hut walls of the laborer; from the silk-like vestments of the priest down to the rainproof shfeld of the traveler. In fact, the ingenuity of the Japanese is only matched by the varieties of uses to which paper may be adapted. The work of the United States Gov ernment toward determining the amount of paper materials used and the source of future supply, is being followed by the Japanese, according to an advice from U. S. Consul John H. Snodgrass, at Kobe." The immi nence of the danger is apparent from the fact that the Japanese authorities have requested the paper mills de partment of the Mltsu Bishi Kalsha to take over some 7500 acres of the bamboo forests of Formosa. It is known that the bamboo tree has been the raw material from which the Japanese have recently made the larger portion of their paper products; so it is thought that, by introducing the Improved methods of forest -cultivation and harvesting, this tract of woods will furnish yearly 10,000,000 bamboos, adapted for con version into paper pulp. No matter whether the paper com pany will establish its mills in For mosa or ship the bamboo to Japan in a partly finished state, the develop ment of this new source of raw ma terial will be of high importance and may overcome the necessity of the Island Empire looking to foreign countries for the future .supply ot paper pulp. National Printer Jour nalist. . 1 ' ' . A combined Danish and French scientific expedition was organized to visit the Danish West Indies in an endeavor to determine the- p'art played by blood sucking insects In the spreading of leprosy. Dolls For Fashion. Long before women's newspapers were started, and fashion plates in their modern form were thought of, women derived their knowledge of the fashions from dolls dressed in modern costumes, which were sent from one country to another, more es peclaly from Paris, then, as now, the leading centre of the mode. London In Winter. Cheerfulness is necessary to sup port one through a London winter. I admit the difficulties of attaining such a mood, hut none the less I am convinced of the necessity for it When It Is not raining, it is foggy, and If by any chance for one day it is neither, you know it will be both to-morrow. I think an especial Order of Merit ought to be awarded to the people who remain cheerful in all circum stances. There is no virtue which lends more to social popularity. Lady Gordon. Lndy Hamilton's Poses. Emma Hart, afterward Lady Ham ilton, had a great fascination upon the portrait painter Romney. Born in 'the humblest circumstances, and at one time being a maid ot all work, she successively became the wife of Sir William Hamilton and Lord Nel son's inamorata. Romney was never weary of painting her features, beau tiful more because of the expression she was capable of assuming than be cause she was really handsome. The infinite variety of her poses has been immortalized by the ereat portrait painters and also caricatured un mercifully, a set of the latter in the British Museum would make the gods weep! London Opinion. MotliPr of the Woman. . "The child is mother to the wom an" may be an apt paraphrase to de scribe the significance of the follow ing incident: A Perth Amboy (N. Dried Benn Soup. One pint of beans, one large onion (minced fine), four tablespoons of drippings or butter, three tablespoons of flour, a few dried celery leaves, two teaspoons of salt, half a teaspoon of pepper. Wash the beans. Put plenty of cold water over them and soak over night. Pour off the water and put the beans In a kettle with three pints of cold water. Bring the water to boiling point and pour it off. Add two quarts of boiling water td the beans and let them simmer for four hours. Add the celery the last hour of cooking. Strain the soup. Brown the onion In the drip pings. Add the flour and cook, stirring often. Add the thickening and seasoning to the soup and cook twenty minutes. .5- g 0 m OC g " O 9 1 o - J.) matron recently, in honor of a visiting friend, baked an Imposing chocolate layer cake. Chocolate frosting covered the entire outside of the cake, which was left on a kitchen table to cool. To the mother, enter taining her friend, her daughter tailed, explaining her absence: "Muvver, I'se keenln' up for bo." Presently the mother went to the kitchen. "See," said her daughter, exhibiting the cake, taken apart and cleaned of all its chocolate, "I'se cleaned this nassy cake." Too Sensitive. "If I had a child it might have all the freckles It wanted and a nose that turned skyward and a hasty temper, and I shouldn't worry," writes a mother.' "But there is one thing it would not have if I could help It, and thatUs an over-sensitive disposition. What a curse sensitiveness Is both to men and women! How it makes them suffer needlessly and imagine all sorts of slights which were never Intended! "And all this can be cured In In fancy. A child begins by being self centred; it ends by growing morbid. The wise mother sees this tendency, and directs the child's attention away from Itself to more cheerful and less selfish' thoughts, thus saving it count less misery in the future." Home Chat. Tench the Child. The modern theory of child train ing Is to shift the responsibility ot wrongdoing to a child's own shoul ders. It is early taught to weigh right and wrong and count the cost. Mothers who are in despair over the behavior of their children should try making them free agents. Show them plainly how unpopular they are making themselves by their horrid behavior. Appeal to the reason. Teach them to form their own de cisions and abide by the results. A child so trained usually acquires self-control. , . This method of training Is not feas ible, however, without parents have the good Judgment to keep in such close touch with their little ones that they can act as counsellor, as a lst court of appeals and' as presiding Judge, whose decisions are final. A mother ot a large and interest ing family said: "If I had a do7-m children I would have to evolve a dif ferent way to train each one accim! ing to Its idiosyncrasies." Instead of mourning over' a child's misconduct, study to make it good in spite of itself. - Keep it .so well that a happy disposition comes natural. Teach Mary or John self-government, but at the same, time let It be thor oughly understood that, you are gov-ernor-ln-chiet in disputed points. One mother who bad ideas on self- rule for her children allowed those children to be terrors to the neigh borhood. Even in church she would sit placidly by while they crawled under the pews to pinch the worship- -ers in front or slyly ran pins Into the next person. A mother who does not know the difference between self-control and lack ot control had better abide by, ' Solomonic precepts of child training.. Applied Judiciously, the method of making a boy or girl a free agent has been found to work well in the In terest of family peace. New Haven' Register. Flat Hair Dressing. In spite ot the growing popularity, ot the unadorned flat coiffure the ma jority of women will continue to wear ; their hair in a becoming manner, wen aware of the fact that the newest wrinkle in hairdresslng is not always becoming to every face. This season has been pre-eminently one ot elaborate coiffures and all kinds of ornaments have been worn in the hair from the simple black vel vet band to the costly tiara. Fillets, ot delicate workmanship and intricate design, studded with gems and great barbaric matrixes, enameled and hand carved, have been the favored coiffure ornament of the smart woman. Bands of satin ribbon to harmonise with the color of the frock simply, bound around the hair or run In and out of the soft puffs have been codu- I lar with young girls. An exceedingly good-looking head ornament worn by a girl with wavj; auburn hair was a band of black vel vet, embroidered with silver and green thistles. One of the leading jewelers shows a fillet of gold as thin as paper, com posed of two slender bands that run across the head. From the top band are aqua marines hung on tiny chains that bob about with every motion ot the wearer's head and emit fiery shafts of light. ' Butterflies with wings of gauze, spangled with iridescent sequins tn red and emerald green, are In the foremost ranks of effective coiffure ornaments, and long peacock feathers with the eyes Jeweled are caught with blue and green enameled buckles. Jet ornaments are also In first favor. This shiny, glittering metal Is one of the recurring fashions which smart women universally welcome.' Philadelphia Ledger. Old rose is still a favorite. Buttons are Used in great abun dance. Gray seems to be perennially pop ular. Of metallic nets there is a wide supply. Flower-trimmed straw hats will be, the rage.' Ruchings are quite as much thought of as ever. Soutache is freely used on spring gowns and coas. There is a fad for silk and crepe shawls at the theatre. The coming season has been her alded as a season of color. All colors in veils are worn, but black atlll holds Its own. Of sleeves there are many, but In actual shape they are few. .Small checks and small plaids are leading features of suitings. Long, plain velvet coats are seen at fashionable functions. Very many of the browns have a hint of gold in their make-up. Pockets on coats are set some Inches below the waist line. Some of the new gowns have the epaulette shoulder arrangement. A striking novelty Is the use of Jet wings as sole trimming for turbans. The new Russian veilings are seen with square dots as often as round ones. Men's full dress ties are being made narrower and with rounded ends. White crepe rucbing, doubled, Is much used as a finish for neck and sleeves. Everything In evening gowns is clinging , high-waisted, If not directly enjplre.' ' . A recently Introduced fancy is the trimming of white gowns with col ored lace. . , ' Sew 'effects In net are a leading feature of the lace and trimming departments,-
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