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ETS JJV Imposing Funeral Ceremonies Precede Interment of Mc- Kjnley at Canton. •; tjttf-lrtder the.whispering oak trees of Westlawn cemetery, in a vine-cov­ ered vault, almost buried in a- sloping hillside, all that is earthly of William McKinley now rests. About the flower- strewn slopes a picket line of sol­ diers stands silent in the shadows. Whole Day Given to Grief. All day Thursday muffled drums t>eat their requiems, brasses wailed out the strains of marches of the dead, great men of the nation followed a funeral car in grief and tears. Through solid banks of bareheaded men and weeping women and children, fringed by a wall of soldiers, marching mil­ itary and civilians passed with the mourners of the distinguished dead. •, , First among those who followed the dead during the journey from the home td the tomb was the man who is now at the head of the government. Mrs.' McKinley Nears Collapse. Mrs. McKinley was, unable to attend the funeral. While the last rites were being said she remained" in a room of the family home, dazed, not realizing that death had come to her husband, almost paralyzed mentally. During the morning, at her urgent request, she eat alone for a time beside the cof­ fin as it la7 in the south parlor of the house. No one seeks to lift the veil that is drawn over this scene about the bier of the . last earthly sleep. The casket was not opened. But she was near the one who ever had cared for and protected her; near tfle dead for whom grief has burned into the soul of a country the lessons of manliness and beneficence taught by bis life. Final Ceremonies Impressive. The last ceremonies for the late president were marked with a dignity that struck dumbness to the tens of thousands who watched the funeral column make the journey from the home to the cemetery. From the south parlor of the frame house wlrich the school children of Nashville, tvun. But "the men of the war days of forty years ago, with whom the martyred president chad marched in his youth, passed up this road before the funeral car approached. They caught up the flowers as they passed, pressing them to their lips. Just ahead of the hearse inarched the handful of survivors of the late president's own regiment. They, too, gathered, up the- blooms as they limped by. Blooms Taken as Mementos. So it happened that when the men of the army and of the navy carried the black casket within the shadow of the vault the flower carpet had dis>- appeared, its blooms, however,, to be guarded for years as mementos of this day of sorrow. Just without the entrance to this mausoleum stood the new president of the United States. The colfln rested on supports only a hand's reach from him. Then the members of the cabi­ net formed an open line with him, and members of the family--all save the lone woman who was in the home under the close watch of Dr. Rixey-- gathered near. "Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust," came the bene­ diction from the lips of the venerable Bishop Joyce. The roar of the cannon ecnoed from the hilltop just above. It c&uie as a mighty "amen." Again the white- hatred minister spoke. Again came the crashing roar of the salute, its rever berations beating on and on over the hills about the city. "Taps" Sonnded by Bugler. "Taps," the saddest call the bugle language of the army knows, came from eight bugles. The last notes were held until the breath of the wind seemed to rob them of life. Away down the broad street, two miles away, the marching columns were Still com­ ing. The music of the bands, muted, it seemed, by some giant hand, came aggagi \-r mME! FUNERAL TRAIN EN ROUTE FROM WASHINGTON I'D. CANTON --A : SCENE AT A WAY STATION.» • u / bad so long been the family home the casket was borne to the First Metho­ dist church at Canton, with statesmen, diplomats, great men of nation, rep­ resentatives of the world, gathered •with the surrounding members of the family. Ministers of five religious de­ nominations said the simple services. Great Throne Joins In Hymn. Troops banked the streets about, but the thousands who had gathered near and stood in places for five hours held weir ground, catching up the broken strains of "Nearer, My God, to Thee." The silence of calm had come; the si­ lence of supreme excitement had pass­ ed. "It was not at him," said the min­ ister of the church, all but hidden from sight by the mountains of blooms and floral pieces that bound in the pul­ pit and choir loft, "that the fa'tal shot •was fired, but at the heart of our gov­ ernment." Then he added: "In iall the commg years men will seek, but will sg4"K in vain, to fathom the enor­ mity. and the wickedness of, that crime." New President in Tears. These words brought home with crushing force the warning that the last scenes were being enacted. Among those who sat with bowed heads was 'President Roosevelt. The tears welled into his eyes as he heard the peti­ tions that God might guide his hands aright. Then came the last stage of this journey to the city of the dead. Members of the United States senate, those who sit in the house of repre­ sentatives, officials and citizens from practically every state in the union, soldiers, military organizations--a col­ umn of more than 6,000 men followed the funeral car on this last journey. Path Is Carpeted In Flowers. The skies were hidden by clouds of gray, but not a drop of rain fell. The path of flagging leading to the iron-gated vault was buried beneath a covering of blooms. This carpet of flowers came as an offering frun. floating to the group about the vault-- "Nearer, My God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee." Once again came the crash from the guns above. Door Is Closed Upon Martyr. Then the casket was carried within the vault. Five infantrymen marched behind it. A moment passed and the Outer doors were closed. The last cer­ emony was over; the third martyred president of the United States had been committed to God and eternity. Slowly the marching column treaded about the crescent road to the left ot thf temporary tomb. Then darkness threw its veil over all, . the silent guards took their stations, the cem­ etery gatej were closed. Never Mourning More Sincere. That ie the bare outline of one of the most imposing and impressive fu­ nerals ever seen in the United States. To fill in all its details would take pages, while to convey an adequate idea of the feature of it all which was most conspicuous--the depth and si­ lence of the grief displayed--is beyond words. In that respect it was the scenes of Wednesday enacted over again with increased intensity. All along through the great black lane of people that ttretched from the Mc­ Kinley home to the cemetery--quite two miles--were men and women weeping as though their dearest friend was being !>orne to the grave. Every Eye Dim With Teart. About the tomb itself the outburst of grief was still more striking. As the casket was borne into the vault there was not a member of the cabinet who was not visibly affected, while several were in tears, with their handkerchiefs to their, eyes. Secre­ tary Root, although controlling him­ self to some degree of outward calm, was deeply moved, while President Roosevelt repeatedly pressed his hand­ kerchief to his eyes. Scenes at the Church. It was 1:50 o'clock when the pro­ cess!©* reached the stately stoae edi­ fice where the funeral services were to be held. At the church entrance were drawn up deep flies of soldiers, with bayonets advanced, keeping a clear area for the advancing casket and the long train of mourners. The hearse halted while President Roose­ velt and members of the cabinet aiighted. Again they grouped them­ selves at either side of the entrance, and with uncovered heads awaited the passing of the casket. Then the flow- er-coverea coffin was brought from the hearse and as it passed within the black-draped entrance the president and his cabinet followed within the edifice. Members of Congress Enter. At the rear of each of the four aisles stood a soldier at attention, cap in hand, musket held straight In front. The members oi the senate entered. Ai walked slowly at the head of the biack-clad line. He was seated in the pew directly behind the men of the navy and just across the aisle from President Roosevelt. After Dr. and Mrs. Boer came the venerable Joseph Saxton, uncle of Mrs. McKinley. The great, organ had left the funeral march and now the reeds pealed out the strains of "Nearer, My God, to Thee." Those who had accompanied the fu­ neral train then were seated. Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks came first, fol­ lowed by Controller Charles Gates Dawes. Senator Hanna followed. He looked worn and leaned on his cane. Mrs. Hanna accompanied him. Then the black-gloved ushers seated the oiher members of the party. The formation of the funeral prooes- sion was as follows: Flr»4 Division. Gen. fiStl Torrance, national commander G. A. R., commanding, and staff. ' Grand Army band. EL F. Tiggart, department commander G. A. R., of Ohio, and staff. • Canton Post, No. 25, Canton, O. Buckley Post, No. 13, Akron, O. Belt ilarmon Post, No. 46, Warran, O. ' - v«rv _ •£^' ' FUNERAL CORTEGE NEARING THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON. the head walked Senator Allison of Iowa. Then came Penrose and Cock- rell, Scott, Burrows of Michigan, Til- man and Mason of Illinois. Next the members of the house filed in. They numbered almost 150. Speaker Hen­ derson at the head. Louder came the mourn of the b^nb, and outside the troops had formed a phalanx of sabers and bayonets. Then, under the black shrouded door, came the casket Under Arch of Sabers. The black coffin had passed under an arch of drawn sabers as it was carried up the steps. Lieutenant Ganeral Miles and the men of the army and Rear Admiral Farquhar and the men of the navy held their positions. Cov­ ered ^rith a great American flag, bear­ ing only sprays of immortelles and roses tendered by the Legation of honor, the casket was slowly brought to the front, supported on the shoul­ ders of the blue jackets and the sol­ diers. At the foot of the mountain of flowers marking the altar and the choir loft lay the bier shrouded, too, in the national colors and in black. On this the casket was placed under the quivering folds of the starry ban­ ner, with the lights shedding their ef­ fulgence from above, the fragrance of the flowers hovering about an-l the music of Beethoven's grand funeral march pulsing from the organ, the bodybearers gently lowered the flag- draped and flower-adorned coffin to its support.. AU Btso ju tJoOln Passes. Then the generals took their places in the first seat to the right of the central aisle. The rear admirals crossed and took the first pew to the left. Every one within the church had risen as the casket was brought in. They remained standing. A moment later and President Roosevelt entered through the same doorway of black. C. G. Chamberlain Post, .No. 88, Bast Palestine, O. Given Post, No. 133, Wooster, Q. Hart Post, No. 134, Massillon, Q. Other Grand Army posts. Second Division. MaJ. Charles Dick, commanding. ' ' Eighth Regiment Military Band. Detachment Ohio National Guard. Troop A of Ohio National Guard, guard of honor. / Officiating clergymen. (k * , Funeral oar and bearers. Honorary bearers. Special guard of honor. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Admiral George Dewey, Gen. John R. Brooke, Gen. Elwell S. Otis, Gen. George L. Gillespie. Loyal Legion. . Family, President, and Cabinet. President of Senate and United States Senators. Speaker of House of Representatives. Governors of states with staffs. Gen. Leonard Wood, Governor of Cuba. Ohio state officials. . Circuit Court Judges, state of Ohio. Gov. McKinley's former staff officers. Federal officers of Cleveland. Federal officers of Chicago. Federal otficers of Canton. Federal offlcer« of Massillon. Board of directors of Pan-American Ex­ position. Board of Cook County officials, Chicago. Third Division. MaJ. A. Vignos, commanding. Gate City Guards of Atlanta, Ga. Cleveland Grays. Cleveland Scotts Guards. .William McKinley Command Spanish* ^American War Veterans. Sons of Veterans. . -Union League Legion.. •• Canton Encampment, No. M. Fourth Division. , A. B. Foster, Grand Commanded pf OhlOt commanding. , Knights Templar. • Grand Lodge of Ohio. Eagie Lodge of Canton. Cantbn Lodge of Canton and other Mfe* . sonic lodges. The remaining three divisions were made up of representatives from clubs, societies, civic bodies and the Eighty- second regiment of National Guards, together with other military organiza­ tions. When the funeral at Canton began all the tides of American life stood still. The wheels of industry ceased to revolve. The hammers of toil paused in their beat. The ship stopped her SAILORS AND SOLDIERS BEARING THE CASKET. His lips quivered Slightly as he was escorted to the pew directly behind General Miles. Behind him came Sec­ retaries Hitchcock and Wilson and Postmaster General Smith, who filed into the next pew, and with them went Secretary Cortelyou, the man wno had made every effort that a loyal heart could prompt to save the life which had gone out under the bul- f ji Bv? 1! JS* # -mmww f PIS* ^ tr.rn mti w Wr •JSCTIONAL VTEW OF GREAT MEMORIAL PARADE IN CHT"' 1*) ON DAY OF THE 1TONE£4&. Members of Family Seated. "fhen came the members of the fam­ ily, all being seated to the left of the central aisle. Abner McKinley, broth­ er of the dead president, and his wife CLEVELAND'S TRIBUTE TO McKINLET All our people loved their dead Pres­ ident. His kindly nature and lovable traits of character and his amiable consideration for all about him will long be in the minds and hearts of his countrymen. He loved them in re­ turn with such patriotism and unself­ ishness that in this hour of their grief and humiliation he would say to them: "It is God's will ; I i m content. If there is a lesson in my life or death, let it be taught to those who still live and have the destiny of their country in their keeping." He was obedient and affectionate as a son, patriotic and faithful as a sol­ dier, honest and upright as a qitizen, tender and devoted as a husband, and truthful, generous, unselfish, moral, and clean in every relation of life. He never thought any of those things too weak for his manliness. By the memory of our mwrdered President, let us resolve to cultivate and preserve the qualities that made him great and useful, and let us deter­ mine to meet any call of patriotic duty throb in its race against time. The miner dropped his pick. The farmer checked his team in mid-furrow. The crowds in the city streets halted. All activities save the ministrations to the deadly sick and the dying were sus­ pended. The sun in heaven for a space looked down upon a motionless nation, where nearly every head was bent. Special services were held in the churches of the national capital and hundreds of other cities. Steamer Hudson and crew.of twen­ ty-four men lost off Eagle River, Lake Superior, during gale. in any time of our country's danger and need. Memorial Services Worldwide. Services in honor of the memory of the late'President McKinley were held WfiMl m Delivered at the McKinley Funwal in Canton? L A SWEET AND TENDER STORY, HcKlnley's Devotion to His Invalid Wife --How the Dead Statesman Became a Christian--The World's Grief Onr Our Nation's Loss. The following Is the full text of the sermon of Dr. C. E. Manchester at the McKinley funeral in Canton Thursday: Our President Is dead. "The silver cord Is loosed, the golden bowl is broken, the pitcher is broken at the fountain, the wheel broken at the cistern, the mourn­ ers go about the streets." "One voice Is heard--a wail of sorrow from all the land, for the beauty of Israel Is slain upon the high places. How are the mighty fallen! .1 am distressed for thee, my brother. Very pleasant hast thou been unto me." Our President is dead. We can hardly believe it. We had hoped and prayed, and it seemed that our hopes were to be realized and our prayers answered, when the emotion of joy was changed to one of grave sy>prehension; Still we waited, for we said, "It may be that God will be gracious and merciful unto .us." It seemed to us that it must be his will to spare the life of one so well beloved and so much needed. Thus, alternating be­ tween hope and fear, the weary houj^s passed on. Then came the tidings of a defeated ss^ence, of the failure of love and prayerHo hold its object to the earth. We seemed to hear the faintly muttered words: "Good-bye all, good-bye. i p l , .. REy. DR. C B. MANCHESTER. It's God's way. tils will be dons." And then, "Nearer, my God. to t!aee." Passes On to Be at KAt> So, nestling nearer to his God, he passed out Into unconsciousness, skirted the dark shores of the sea of death for a time, and then passed on to be at rest. His great heart had ceased to beat. Our hearts are heavy with sorrow. "A voice is heard on earth of kin folk weeping The loss of one they love; But he has gone where the redeemed are Keeping • festival above. "The mourners throng the ways and from the steeple The funeral bells toll slow; But on the golden streets the holy peo­ ple Are passing to and fro. "And Baying as they meet, 'Rejoice, another Long waited for Is come. The Savior's heart is glad, a younger brother Has reached the Father's home." The cause of this universal mourning Is to be found in the man himself. The inspired penman's picture of Jonathan, likening him unto the "Beauty of Is­ rael," could not be more appropriately employed than in chanting the lament pf our fallen chieftain. It does no violence to human speech, nor is it fulsome eulogy to speak thus of him, for who that has seer his stately bearing, his grace and man ness of demeanor, his kindliness of aspect but gives assent to this descrip­ tion ot hlmT Loved by AU Who Knew Htm. It was characteristic of our beloved President that men met him only to love him. They might, indeed, differ with him, but In the presence of such dignity of character and grace of manner none could fail to love the man. The people con­ fided in him, believed in him. It was said of Lincoln that probably no man since the days of Washington was ever so deeply embedded and enshrined in the hearts of the people, but it is true of McKinley in a larger sense. Industrial and social conditions are such that he was, even more than his predecessors, the friend of the whole people. A touch­ ing scene was enacted in this church last Sunday night. The services had closed. The worshipers were gone to their homes. Only a few lingered to discuss the sad event that brings us together today. Three men of a foreign nice and unfa­ miliar tongue, and clad in working garb, entered the room. .They approached the altar, kneeling before it and before the dead man's picture. Their lips moved as if in prayer, while tears furrowed their cheeks. They may have been thinking of their own King Humbert and of his untimely death. Their emotion was elo­ quent, eloquent beyond speech, and It bore testimony to their appreciation of man­ ly friendship and of honest worth. 8oul Clean and Hands Unsullied. It is a glorious thing to be able to say In thi3 presence, with our illustrious dead before us, that he never betrayed the confidence of his countrymen. Not for personal gain or pre-eminence would he mar the beauty of his soul. He kept It clean and white before God and man. and his hands were unsullied by bribes. "His eyes looked right on, and his eye­ lids looked straight before him." He was sincere, plain and honest, just, benevo­ lent and kind. He never disappointed those who believed in him, but meas­ ured up to every duty and met every re­ sponsibility in life grandly and unflinch­ ingly. Not only was our President brave, heroic and honest; he was as gallant a knight as ever rode the lists for his lady love in the days when knighthood was in flower. It is but a few weeks since the nation looked on with tear-dimmed eyes as it ay with what tender conjugal votion he sat at the bedside of his be­ loved wife, when all feared that a fatal illness was upon her. No public clamor that he might show himself to the popu­ lace, no demand of a social function was sufficient to draw the lover from the bed- •ldo of his wife. He watched and waited while we all prayed--and she lived. Tender Story of His Lore. This sweet and tender story all the. world knows, and the world know> that his whole life had run In this one groove of love. It was a strong arm that she leaned upon and It never failed her. Her smile was more to him than the plaudits of the multitude and for her greeting his acknowledgments of them must wait. After receiving the fatal wound his first thought was that the terrible news might be broken gently to her. May God In this deep hour of sorrow comfort her. May his grace be greater than her anguish. May the widow's God be her God. Anoth­ er beauty In the character of our Presi­ dent, that was a chaplet of grace about his neck, was that he was a Christian. In the broadest, noblest sense of the word that was true. His confidence In God was strong and unwavering. It held him steady in many a storm where others were driven before the wind and tossed. He believed In the fatherhood of God and In his sovereignty. His faith in the gos­ pel of Christ was deep and abiding. He had no patience with any other theme of pulpit discourse. * "Christ and him cru­ cified" was to his mind the only panacea for the world's disorderafl He believed it to be the supreme duty of the Christian minister to preach the word. He said: "We do not look for great business-men in the pulpit,- but for great preachers." Ever a True _ Christian. It la well known that his godly mother had hoped for him that he would become a minister of the gospel, and that she believed it to be the highest vocation in life. It was not, however, his mother's faith that made him a Christian. He had gained in early life a personal knowledge Of Jesus which guidded him In the per­ formance of greater duties and vaster than have been the lot of any other Am­ erican President. He said at one time, while bearing heavy burdens, that he could not discharge the daily duties of his life but for the fact that he had faith in God. William McKinley believed In prayer. In' the beauty of it, in the potency of It. Its language was not un­ familiar to him, and his public addresses not infrequently evince the fact. It was perfectly consistent with his life-long convictions, and his personal experiences that he should say as the first critical moment after the assassination - ap­ proached, "Thy Kingdom come; thy will -be done," and that he should declare at the last, "It is God's way; his will be done." He lived grandly; it was fitting that he should die grandly. And now that the majesty of death has touched and calmed him we find that In his su­ preme moment he was still a conqueror. % Lessons from the Sad Rrent. Let us turn now to a brief considera­ tion of some of the : lessons that we are to learn from this sad event. The first one that will occur to us all is the old, old lesson that "In the midst of life we are in death." "Man goeth forth to his. work ^id to his labor until the- evening." "He fleeth as it were i shadow and never- continueth -In one stay." Our President went forth in the fullness of his strength, in -his manly beauty, and. was sudden'y smitten by the hand that brought death with it. None of us can tell what a day may bring forth. Let us, therefore, re­ member that "No man liveth to himself and none of us dieth to himself." May eac.i day's close see each day's duty done. Another great lesson that we should heed is the vanity of mere earthly greatness. In the presence of the dread messenger, how small are all the trappings of wealth and distinction of rank and power. I be­ seech you, seek him who said: "I am the resurrection and the life; he that bellev- eth in me, though he were dead, yet shall fee live, and whosoever liveth and be- lleveth In me shall never die." There is but one Savior for the sick and the weary. 1 entreat you, find him, as our brother found him. But our last words must be spoken. Little more than four years ago we bade him good-bye as he went to as­ sume the great responsibilities to which the nation had called him. His last words as he left us were, "Nothing could give, me greater pleasure than this farewell greeting--this evidence of your friend­ ship and sympathy,- your good will, and, I am sure, the prayers of all the people with whom I have lived so long and whose confidence and esteem are dearer to me than any other earthly honors. To all of us the future Is'as a sealed book, but If I can, by official act or adminis­ tration or utterance, in any degree add to the prosperity and unity of our be­ loved country and the advancement and well-being of our splendid citizenship, t Will devote the best and most unselfish efTorts of my life to that end. With this thought uppermost in my mind, I reluc­ tantly take leave of my friends and neigh­ bors, cherishing in my heart the sweetest memories and thoughts of my old home-- my home now--and, I trust, my home hereafter, so long as I live." We hoped with him that when his work was done, freed from the burdens of his great of­ fice, crowned with the affections of a hap­ py people, he might be permitted to close his earthly life in the home he had loved. Sadness of the Home-Comlng. He has, indeed, returned to us; but how? Borne to the strains of "Nearer, My God, to Thee," and placed where he first began life's struggle, that the people might look and weep over so sad a home­ coming. But it was a triumphal march. How vast the procession. The nation rose and stood with uncovered head. The peo­ ple of the land are chief mourners. The nations of the earth weep with them. But, O, what a victory. I do not ask you In the heat of public address, but In the calm rpoments of mature reflection, what other man ever had such high honors be­ stowed upon him, and by so many people? What pageant has equaled this that we look upon tonight? We gave him to the nation only a little more than four years ago. He went out with the light of the morning upon his brow, but with his task set, and the purpose to complete it. We take him back a mighty conqueror. "The church yard where his children rest, The quiet spot that suits him best; There shall his grave be made. And there his bones be laid. And there his countrymen shall come. With memory proud, with pity dumb And strangers far and near. For many and many a year; For many a year and many an age, While history on her simple page The virtues shall enroll Of that paternal soul." MAKING AN EXPLOSIVE. The Care Taken by Britons in lng Powerful Cordite. fiayle, a little port on the eoast of Cornwall, has been attracting consid­ erable attention of late, owing to the fact that It is the place where cordite is made, and the making of high ex­ plosives has recently been a matter of parliamentary inquiry. Cordite was first adopted for military purposes by th^ JEritish government in the year 1895. The manufactory at Hayle was established in 1888, when cordite was sold for use only in mining operations. The explosive is now said to be the perfection of smokeless powder, the most unerring propelling agency yet discovered. It derives its name from its shape, and in process of manufac­ ture its shape suggests the appearance of discolored macaroni. It is made in all sizes to fit the charges of various weapons used by land and sea forces, from the 12-inch naval gun, taking cords half an inch, in diameter, down to the army pistol, which takes threads not exceeding one-hundredth part of an inch'in thickness. The progress of manufacture Is to* tricate. But one of the essentials may be mentioned. Mixed acids must be forced up to a tower at the highest point of the estate, td be mixed with glycerine, when the first process of ni­ trating takes place. From here thq nitro-glycerine permeates back to the lower levels, increasing in purity at each successive halting place. There are only two divisions of the cordite factory, colloqually known among the men as the "outside" and the "inside." The "outside! comprises those depart­ ments which are not primarily danger­ ous, and where the stringent precau­ tions which rule the "inside" are not essential. In the "inside," on the other band, there are iron rules which must be obeyed to the letter. The visitor who crosses this danger area under the feonducfc-Qf the manager must submit to be searched, so that nothing In the nature of glass, knives or matches i£ left in his pockets. He will not be allowed to pass beyond the doer of the shops^ though he can ob­ serve the operations from the en­ trance. No one is allowed to set foot upon the polished white floors who has not donned special soft-soled hoots » Chicago News. ^ AN UNAPPRECIATED INSECT. Tha Mission of the Spider as M»en by Srlentiats. It Is a pity that such interesting and useful creatures as spiders should be so universally disliked, writes N. Hud­ son Moore in the Chautauquan. Tbe chief prejudice against tbem arises from the poisonous nature of their sting or bite, but. if one can put all this mass of testimony out of mind and believe that a spider's bite is no more harmful than a needle's prick one can endure their proximity, and study their habits at leisure. Who that kills a spider is prepared to do its work to mankind.' Under the head of beneficent insects should be written large the name Arachnida. Their mis­ sion is to keep down the hordes of in­ sects whose increase would threaten the life of mankind. Some scientist has advanced the theory that if dragon flies were raised in sufficient numbers they would keep down the hordes of mosquitoes that ravage our coasts, as well as our inland retreats. But Mr. Henry McCook, our most famous arachnologist, thinks that if spiders were protected and suffered to increase the mosquito plague would be lessened. Many people are prejudiced enough to consider the remedy worse than the disease! Some of the Abuses of Reading. What are the abu&es of reading? These: 1. kurried reading without concentration. 2. Reading for mere entertainment without reflection. 3. Reading when we oujght to be doing soma other thing.- Governor Lores Fine Horses. Governor Geer of Oregon is a lover of fine horses. He has given a great deal of time to this fad and is now said to be the best judge of horses in the state. iiectoiviag vault at Cauioo. •in the principal capitals of the world Thursday, Including Paris; Berlin, Lon­ don, Madrid, Vienna, Ottawa, Rio Ja­ neiro, Rome, St. Petersburg, City of Mexico, Berne, Pekin and Cairo. The determination of Japan to be­ come in every sense a modern nation Is in no line of development made more plain than In the matter of shipyards. The Tokyo shipyard, covering fully sixty acres, is reported as employing 3,000 men, who have all the latest ma­ chinery, including pneumatic riveters, and six steamers of 180,000 tons are on the stocks, two of them for the Nip- pin Yusen Kaisha. The fact that the works are equipped with electricity ik a further indication of the progressive spirit now ruling. The bloom on fruit is said to be na­ ture's waterproofing. Where it is rubbed off damp accumulates an decay soon follows. , LITTLE CLASSICS. Believe me, upon the margin of ce­ lestial streams alone those simplea grow which cure the heartache.--Long­ fellow. Those are really highest who are nearest to heaven; and those are low­ est who are the farthest from it.--Sir John Lubbock. Economy may be styled the daugh­ ter of prudence, the sister of temper­ ance, and the mother of liberty.--Or. Samuel Smiles. Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.--Izaak Walton. Cheerful temper, joined with inno­ cence, will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, and wit good- natured.--Addison. We are the slaves of objects round us, and appear little or important, as these contract or give us room to ex­ pand.--Goethe. He is happy whose «circumst»nees suit his temper; but he Is more excel­ lent who can suit his temper to any circumstance.--Hume. To Study tbe Sea. • Representatives of eight nations met at Chirstiana early this summer to consider methods of systematic inter­ national oceanic research. Sweden, Germany, Great «^ritain, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, ̂ Russia and Holland were the nations represented. The scheme provisionally adopted divides the eastern north Atlantic and its es­ tuaries into spheres, each of which is looked after by one of the nations. It is expected that each country will equip a special ship for its work. There is to 1 j a central international laboratory, ossibly at Christiana, where the vork of the various ships will be collated and combined and the general results of the work made ready for the public. The work of the asso­ ciation will be of a practical as well as scientific character. The study of the distribution of fish, fish food de­ posits, etc., will be one of the first items in the present plan. Befitting Old Ctnk : i , | A car-refitting company in city buys old Pullman coaches, tears the inside furnishings out and refits them according to the wishes of its customers. Whatever kind of private car a man may wish he may order-- parlors, handsomely carpeted, sitting- rooms, dining-rooms, sleeping compart­ ments, smoking-rooms--all with equip­ ment more or less perfect, according to the price. And cars are refitted in this way and sold for prices varying from $1,500 to 115,000. Very handsome and serviceable cars have been built from the old "castaways," and the man of moderate means can travel privately and comfortably in a home of his own. Dinner Party of Twelve. , • charming dinner table, arranged for a party of twelve, was spread with a cloth of the finest white linen elabor­ ately open-worked, lace-edged and in­ serted with Hungarian handmade lace.. This cloth was laid over a slip of pale green satin. The flowers chosen were sweet peas of all colors, mingled with green and white ribbon, ribbon glass, revers arranged in delicate Greece glasses, with gold rims and gold mono­ gram. The table glasses matched the flower glass and the linen napkins were lace trimmed and drawn to nuUfifc • the tablecloth.--Boston Journal.- %- Rosalie: "Have you chosen any of your bridesmaids yet?" May: "Yes, Fanny Lyon." Rosalie: "Why, I thought you hated her." May: "Nai, not exactly; but the bridesmaids ara to wear yellow, and you can't imagine how that will go with Fanny's com­ plexion."--Fun. t