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ZIEGLER ARCTIC SHIP AMERICA, ANTHONY FIALA, HEAD OF THE EXPEDITION, AND MAP OF REGION IN WHICH VESSEL WAS . CRUSHED. , " ... - (Staron map marks approximate locality In whichtheAmericawaa crushed by ice late in 1903.) A c UMD After having been cut off from the ^orld in the Arctic since July, 1903, thirty-seven members of the Fiala- SEtegier polar expedition have been Tescued by the steamer Terra Nova, and landed at Hennigsaag, Norway. 1 All the members of the crew of the *hlp America, which was crushed in the ice early in the winter of 1903-4, %>lave returned In good health in spite of their harrowing experience, with the exception of one Norwegian sailor, • -who died from natural causes. The members of the Fiala arctic iescpedition have arrived in Norway, • s- *nd it is announced by the trustees of the Ziegler estate that no more expe­ ditions will be sent out in the name '<£f Ziegler. The return of the mem­ bers of the Fiala expedition, there- lore, will mean the end of the work "begun by the Baldwin expedition in 1901. -' The first Ziegler expedition, under 4jommand of Evelyn B. Baldwin, sailed IRON ORE SUPPLY FAILING. World's Store May Not Suffice for the Demands Made Upon It. ___ The amount of iron ores still avail­ able is very great, doubtless many limes, perhaps twenty-fold, as great Us has been won to use. Yet already in the continent of Europe the fields long in service are beginning to be ex­ hausted. Great Britain has practi- ^iiy consumed Its store, which a cen- ij|iry ago seemed ample. Practically Ull the supply for Its furnaces Is now /Imported. The supply from the Mediterranean, jjjbat promised to be inexhaustible, can liot endure for many decades to come. "*The same is the condition of the ore districts of central Europe. At the >-.alate of the increasing demand they tire not likely to meet the demands Of 100 years. There remain extensive • deposits of rich ores in the Scandina­ vian peninsula and in fields of the confines of Belgium and France which Jtave hardly begun to be drawn upon, jet it is evident that at anything like present rate of increase in the consumption of metallic iron in Eu­ rope the sources of supply are not ||kely to endure for a century. The best-placed field for the produc- 'lion of iron in North America, or, •Have that in northern China, in the 4rorld, is in the central section of the Mississippi valley, mainly between th<f •great river and the Appalachian sys­ tem of mountains and northward be­ yond the great lakes to the head­ waters of the' streams flowing into Hudson's bay, the physical conditions i«n the whole being favorable for the $heap production of the metal and Its l^ieady transportation to the principal markets. It is a question, however, if the store will supply the demands ?i|f the future. k V ' Jewess Wife of Russ Diplomat. In selecting a wife M. De W}tte, ,'s chief representative in the • ^ieace negotiations, chose a Jewess, one of the race which has been treat­ ed so cruelly in his country. Mme. iDe Witte was formerly the wife of a subordinate official, but she secured a . divorce and has been very happy in "her second marriage in spite of the feet that she has never been received »1t court. Sire also has been Ignored •fcy the leading society women in St. "Petersburg, notwithstanding the high ftosition her husband has held. U From the Mouths of Several anecdotes are current in the •foreign press concerning the German crown prince as a boy. According to one of these shoi-tly after Prince Bis­ marck was dismissed the little boy was talking to his father nnd In the course of conversation said, with childish naivette: "Father, they say that now you will be able to tell the people what to do all by yourself. You'll enjoy that, won't yoif?" Unfor­ tunately history *ha» not recorded the 's reply. in 1901 for the Franz Josef archipela­ go, north of Nova Zembia, in the be­ lief that the land of that group ap­ proached nearer the pole than any other land of the north polar region. Peary, on the other hand, believed that the northern portion of Green­ land was nearer the pole than any other land, and all his explorations hav6 been conducted from the Green­ land coast. The Baldwin expedition of 1901 was equipped to reach the pole. Baldwin's plan was to establish a base on the northermost land of the Franz Josef archipelago, spend his first winter there, and make a dash for the pole in the spring from Rudolf Land. Bald­ win was not able to get farther north in the fall of 1901 than Camp Ziegler, 80 degrees and 23 minutes north, and he did not make the dash to the pole. Disappointed over results, Mr. Zieg­ ler organized another expedition, un­ der command of Anthony Fiala, who had been a member of the Baldwin expedition. It was expected that Fia­ la, taking advantage of his experience in the Baldwin expedition, would sail directly to the point where the stores had been left by Baldwin and lose no time in making a dash to the pole. It now appears that before the time fixed for the dash to the pole Fiala's ship was crushed in the ice in Schlitz bay, and that for over a year the mem­ bers of the expedition were held pris­ oners by the arctic climate, subsisting on stores left by previous expeditions, until rescued by the Ziegler relief ex­ pedition under William S. Champ, which left Norway in May. The Baldwin expedition failed of its main object because of the ice that blocked all the channels of Franz Jo­ sef Land. The Fiala expedition failed to do its appointed dash north because its vessel was crushed by ice. Mean­ time Commander Peary is proceeding in a specially constructed vessel for the waters of northern Greenland, from which he expects to work his way to the northernmost point ever reached by any vessel and then cross the ice to the pole. MORE LAND FOR BRITAIN. Immense Empire Recently Added to King Edward's Domains. By a recent arbitration an area of 300,000 square miles, considerably larger than France, has been added to the British empire, and yet the world at large has hardly heard of the event. Barotsi, the territory in ques­ tion, is in Central Africa, lying south of the Congo Free State and west of Northern Rhodesia. Its importance rests on the fact that through it run the upper waters of the Zambesi river, here navigable although far above the Victoria falls. The rival claimant was Portugal, and the arbitrator was the king of Italy. Lewanika, the native ruler of Barotsi, was a picturesque guest at the coronation of Edward VII., and he has long been under a sort of semi-protectorate by the Brit­ ish. The arbitration, however, splits his dominions*in two, the other sec­ tion passing to Portugal, and it re­ mains to be seen how the dusky mon­ arch will take this curtailment of his tribal authority. The Barotsi race are brave, and, thanks to French mission­ ary effort, well advanced along the paths of civilization. Costly Beautifying Process. Here are some of the items included in a bill sent to a baroness in Paris by her masseuse: "To beautifying mad­ am's visage, three sittings a week during one month, $60; one month's massage of throat, $60; one bath of triple effluvia for beautifying the limbs, $10; one bottle of liquid white for the complexion, $2; one month's anti-wrinkle treatment, $20; one month's ditto for figure, $60; two more months of same, $80; second bath of triple effluvia, $10; third ditto, $40; two more months' anti-wrinkle treatment, $40." . Beneath Gardener's Dignity^ They have a story in New York of an English gardener who was brought over by one of the newly rich. . The employer had several unmarried daughters and the gardener was told to devote most of his time to the ten­ nis iawp. He is a gardener of the old school and before long became disgusted on noticing how many young men came to tennis and tea. He re­ signed his position and on being asked for a reason said: "Well, sir, this is not 'orticulture I'm doin*. It's mere 'usbandry." " Helen Gould's Pity for BHndnss*. If there is one affliction for which Miss Helen Gould has more sympathy than with another it is blindness. Generous in all things, she carries her liberality to the limit in relieving per­ sons suffering from loss of sight, es­ pecially children. Her free cot in the Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital al­ ways is at the disposal of a little one whose vision is even menaced, and many are the tiny patients whose sight has been restored as a result of her compassion. Husband of "Empress of the Universe" Expires Suddenly at Peoria.^^ It has been years since Peoria so­ ciety suffered such a shock as that produced by the developments in the inquest over the sudden death of Ed­ ward Drouin, once a prominent Phila­ delphia merchant. Mrs. Druin, once belle of Peoria, is in the county jaii, insane. The interior of their Fisher street home was found, to be filled with furniture of the strangest charac­ ter, and the walls are covered with facsimile reproductions of the "coat- of-arms" adopted by Drouin and his wife. For some time he had posed as "king of the world", and his wife as "empress of the universe." Mrs. Drouin-spent hours each day writing letters to prominent people in Peoria warning them of attempts upon their lives and asserting that a band of peo­ ple was threatening the extermination of the populace by turning on the "electric fluid." ^ DRUNKEN MAN'S, VICTIM. - Marion Warner, who was shot and killed by a drunken man on an excur­ sion near Louisiana, Mo., was a dent­ ist and had lived In Secor nearly all azaav-/e&iz& his life. He was going to Kansas City end was asleep in one of the day coaches when an intoxicated man en­ tered the car and began waving a re­ volver at the passengers. He awak­ ened Dr. Warner by pressing the weapon in his face and a moment later fired a shot which proved fatal. The assailant hka been identified as Eu­ gene Pikeman, of Hopedale, Tazewell county, where he has resided for a number of years. He Is 26 years old and a painter. * • Attorney General Stead Is Called ; Upon to Decide Important ^ ^ Points. Attorney General Stead has witbin the last few days passed upon a num­ ber of important points involving the construction of the revenue law. Ow­ ing to the fact that so many boards of review are convening his office has been flooded with inquiries and he has decided to answer only such of them as come through the offices of the State's attorneys. The latter are the legally constituted! advisers of the board. The attorney general holds that shares of State and national banks should he assessed at their lair cash value, which may be ascertained by taking into consideration the capital stock of^the bajflt, its surplus, or un- vided profhs»j<tfa all its property, both real and personal. From the fair cash value of the stock should be deducted the fair cash value of the real estate owned by the bank. Such banks are not entitled to any reduction for the value of safes or of­ fice fixtures and furniture. Aside from, the assessment of its stock and its real estate no other property of a bank is assessable, hence this property is taken into consideration in fixing the fair cash value of the stock. This ruling was made in the case of the First National Bank at Hillsboro. Here the board of review assessed the stock to the stockholders and the surplus to the bank. In the assess­ ment of the shares of stock, the at­ torney general holds, the surplus should have been considered, 'itie board of review, he said, had no power to assess the furniture and fixtures of the bank. t- One inquiry coming to the - office asked as to the right of a board of review to assess money against a trustee who holds the legal title to property to secure loans evidenced by promissory notes. The attorney gen­ eral held that the board had no- right to assess one man's property to an­ other and that when such an assess­ ment was made it was without the au­ thority of law and the collection of the tax could be enjoined. The attorney general holds that the act of the last general assembly ex­ empting church property, parsonages and residences occupied for church purposes does not effect the assess­ ment for the year 1905. The act did not go into effect until July 1, after the assessment had been made, and there, was nothing in the amendment which indicated that it was retroac­ tive. Both Operators and Employes Refuse to Reach an Agreement.* There have been no further ow- ttJres for peace from either the mine operators or the miners in the dispute over the employment of shot-firers in toe Alton subdistrlct. Fifteen hun­ dred miners are out, with no prospect of a solution of the disputes. The operators contend that shot-firers, are not necessary, while the miners refuse to work without them. Both sides are standing pat. It is uncertain who will make the first move for another con­ ference. . WELL-KNOWN EDUCATOR. RESCUES FATHER Mfliii eiVE. Son Also of Illinois State 8enator Saves $1,500 for Parent. In that part of the St. Louis police records marked "not for the press' is the story of how a 12-year-old boy res­ cued his father, a state senator from southern Illinois, from a 6t. Louis dive and saved him $1,500. The boy was sent along by his mother to save the man from conviviality, so the story goes, and When he was sidetracked at a St. Louis hotel decided to play the detective. He found in his father's papers the address of a resort, and went there alone. The father would not leave, And when the boy asked for the check for $1,500 he knew his father carried the latter would not give it up. The boy then called on the police, the place was raided and the proprieties of the resort arrested. * CITY SECURES AN iNiUNCTltj^ Springfield Adopts New Plan in Street Lighting Fight. " > War as to whether the City of Springfield shall operate its own street lighting plant or shall lease the plant for a term of years to the Public Util­ ities Company took on a new phase when the city asked in the Sangamon Circuit Court for an injunction re­ straining the Springfield Light, Heat and Power Company from taking down any of the poles, wires, etc., which the latter company claims to own. The Utilities Company has an injunction against the city restraining the city from taking possession of a dynamo and certain poles, wires and lamps which are used In connection with the municipal plalit and which the Utilities Company claims to own. BIO MINE MERGER IB CLOSED. 8trike New Oil Wells. Two new oil wells were brought id In the rapidly developing field south­ east of Charleston. One was on the Dudley farm near Ashmore, where a strong flow was struck at a depth of 435 feet and the other by the Charles­ ton Oil and Gas Company, making the fifth well for this company in ten days. More than sixty wells are now in oper­ ation between Charleston and Casey, twenty miles southeast. Moulton Heads Commission. The Illinois state civil service com­ mission held its first meeting at Springfield and organized by election of W. B. Moulton of Chicago as presi­ dent and Senator J. A. Willoughby of Belleville as treasurer. The chief ex­ aminer, who also will be secretary of the board, will be elected later. The commission will receive appli­ cants for positions in state charitable institutions, which are the only ones coming under the provisions of the new law, which goes into effect Nov. 1. Prominent Mason Dies. Francis M. Young died in *. hospital at Bloomington, aged 60 years. For thirty years he was at the head of a. prominent wholesale firm of Decatur, and for eight years was an alderman there. He was a prominent Mason and Knight Templar. Oil at Newman. ,1 Well No. 2 of the Newman Prospect­ ing company was brought in at a depth of 305 feet, a 30-foot vein of oil sand I being punctured that brought fourth a good showing of oil. \ V-- O'Gara Coal Company Gets Possession of Immense Property. Fourteen mines having a dally Ca­ pacity of 15,000 tons and 50,000 acres of practically untouched coal lands are about ready for transfer to the O'Gara Coah Company, recently incorporated in New York with a capital stock of $6,000,000; The merger is probably the largest in the history of coal min­ ing in Illinois. The land thus ac­ quired comprises practically all in Sa­ line county fit to be mined. The mines to be absorbed by the company are the Eldorado Coal and Cofce company, Harrisbiirg Big Mussy Coal company, Egyptian Coal and Coke company, operating mines No. 1 and No, 2 in the Saline district; Hafrisburg Mining and Coal company, Davenport Coal com­ pany, Clifton Coal company, Morris Coal company, New Coal company. Led ford Coal company, Carrier Mills Coal company, Eldorado Coal company and the Gas Coal company, i: Miner Hurt by Fall of Coat. John Consadine was severely In jured by being caught under a fall of coal in the Green Mount mine, near Belleville. Other miners rescued him, and he was removed to a hospital, where an examination showed that he had sustained internal injuries and that his spine was badly bruised. He has a wife and several small children. His physician stated that his injuries were not necessarily fatal. Takes Poison in Lonely Grove* A stranger named Brooks, bearing credentials as a preacher, whose home is thought to be in Rich Hill, Ind., was found in an unconscious condition in a small grove, near Carmi. He had ta­ ken a big dose of morphine, seemingly with suicidal intent. The supervise* was called to take charge of him, as he had no funds. Aged Reeldent Is Oeatf. Lemuel Adams, aged 87, one of the oldest residents of Tazewell county, is dead at Pekin. He taught the first school in Pekin, was one of the found­ ers of the Baptist church there, and was a member of the first board of trustees of the University of Illinois at Champaign. , •, ;v . Liars' Prayers Not Answered. "Persons who do not pay their debts and who lie cannot prevail upon the Lord to answer their prayers," de­ clared Evangelist C. E. Cornell at the session of the Illinois Holiness Asso­ ciation at Springfield. "The reason little answers come from big prayers is because the hands are full," he continued. Memorial services for de­ parted saints of the association were conducted by President Kent of Jack­ sonville. A sermon on "The Two Bap­ tisms" was delivered by Evangelist Cornell. Vote to Have Saloons. At a special election held at Dorris- ville, the newly incorporated village one mile south of Harrisburg, the question of granting saloon licenses was carried by a majority of ten votes. This is the only place in Saline county to have dramshops. , , . * Aged Merchant la Beaten. W. T. Wood, aged 70 years, a re­ tired dry goods merchant of Blooming- ton, was found unconscious in an al­ ley, having been beaten, it Is supposed, by itinerant junk buyers. Dr. Edwin Grant Dexter, recently elected-director of the new school of education at the University of Illinois, is among the best known /educators in the country. Dr. Dexter was born in Calais, ^Me;, July 21, 1868. He was graduated from Brown university - in 1891. In 1895 he was appointed pro­ fessor of psychology at the Colorado state normal school, which position he held until 1900, with leave of ab­ sence for the year 1899-1900. during which he held a fellowship at Colnra- bia university and was given the de­ gree of doctor of philosophy. Since coming to the University of Illinois in 1900 he has, beside holding the chair of education, been director and dean of the summer session of the univer­ sity. Prof. Dexter has published more than sixty scientific and educational articles. His investigations into the relations of weather and human con­ duct and activities has spread his name throughout America, England, Germany and France. PAINT8 THE SPOONERS' BENCH. Elgin Man Forgets the Days When He Uttered Love Phrases. Striped suits were the fashion in Elgin among young men until H. H. Cook, proprietor of a rug factory, Ire- gan to cover "spooners' bench" near his home with fresh black paint every night.' Now Mr. Cook has been ar­ rested and a dozen young men have clothing similar to those worn by prison convicts. Mr. Cook occupies a handsome home in the city's secluded residence district. Just around the corner, sheltered by trees from ob­ servers, is a bench large enough for two. Its popularity with young woo­ ers has earned it the name of the "spooners' bench." As a rendezvous for couples at all hours of the night the bench was objected* to by Mr. Cook. He bought a gallon of black paint and applied it fresh daily to the bench, instead of telling the police. ?That is why he was arrested and also explains the extraordinary appearance of some young men's summer suits in Elgin. Phones In Big Merger. The first annual convention of the independent telephone operators of Illinois closed at Peoria after an or­ ganization was completed which will practically include every independent system in Illinois and many in eastern Missouri, and which will control sever- al thousand more instruments in this state than are operated by the Bell company. The companies represented control 40,000 telephones and operate 2,500 miles of toll lines. Pummels Aged Masher. Lottis Tribout, aged about 50, was fined $20 and costs by Justice Cannady on a charge of disturbing the peace of Miss Minnie Bowles at Main and Rich­ land streets, Belleville, by placing his firm on her shoulder. Miss Bowles, at the time, slapped Tribout and pum- meled him with her fists. Horse Bites Off Man's Ear. Richard Clifford of Concord Was badly injured by a vicious horse, which bit off one ear and hurt him internally by dragging him some dis- t'flnPP (latent Medicine Kills Child,. A patent medicine, intended to be burned, that the fumes might relieve whooping cough, was administered in­ ternally by mistake by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kowowsky of Kewanee to their infant daughter. The child died. /" Avoids Possible Lynching. ^'account of the threatening atti­ tude of the friends of Harvey Cona- way toward Charles Herrick, who shot an4 killed Conaway, Deputy Sheriff Frank Will remove Herrick from Co- keta to Sterling. Woman's Body Found in Pond. Mrs. Anna Rupcke committed sui­ cide at the home of her brothar, S. H. Austin, of Metropolis. No motive can be assigned for her action. The fam­ ily missed her from the house and, finding a note addressed to Mrs. Aus­ tin, caused the search, when her body was found in a pond near the house. Fatally Wounds Her Father. In a saloon row Minnie Horr fatally mounded her father, Adam Horr, when she shot at another person, with whom she was quarreling at Danville. 1 & - " o".V * - * L St. Thomas' Protestant Episcopal church, at New York, which was de­ stroyed by fire Aug. 8, had stood for fifty years at the corner of Fifth ave­ nue and Fifty-third street, and was one of the most imposing edifices in the city. It contained rare works of art, including notable paintings by John Lafarge, and a bronze bas relief by Augustus St. Gaudens valued at $50,- 000. This bore the title, "The Adora­ tion of the Cross." The altar and. chancel were, artistically and sumptu­ ously furnished and the organ cost $20,000. The church stood in the midst of a select residence district, and among its congregation were some of the richest and best-known busi­ ness men in the city. T^e loss is $250,000. • • "• RUSSIAN REFORMER XfiLLS OF SITUATION IN REALM OF CZAR Paul Milyoukov, Russian reformer, and a leader in the "intellectualists" liberal party, who was exiled a few years ago for his lectures at the Uni­ versities of Moscow and Sofia against the autocracy, has written his views on the present situation in Russia in a book, "Russia and Its Crisis," the advance sheets of which were issued from the University of Chicago press. The book, for the most part, is an exposition of the causes of the pres­ ent crisis, but the author sums up the situation by declaring the forces of op­ position "still are not strong enough to replace the government by a vio­ lent overthrow." Prof. Milyoukov writes: "Political reform--this now is the general cry of all shades of political opinion ill Russia. But is this only an opinion? Are there no interests, no organizations, ready to fight for po­ litical freedom? Are there no impell­ ing forces to extort it from a reluctant government? "We have found the answer In the present situation. Yes, the impelling forces are there, and they are two­ fold; the material crisis and the po­ litical disaffection. Russia is passing through a crisis; she is ill; and her illness is so grave as to demand imme­ diate and radical cure. Palliatives can be of no use; rather, they only increase the gravity of the situation. To pretend all is right in Russia, ex­ cept for a few 'ill intentioned' persons who are making all the fuss, is no longer ridiculous, it is criminal. "Increased and united as they are, the forces of opposition still are not strong enough to replace the govern­ ment by a violent overthrow. But they are strong enough to make the use of violence continuous; and by in­ creasing this to preclude any further peaceful work of civilization. "Russia wants a political represent­ ation and guarantees of what are called the fundamental rights of in­ dividuality--freedom' of belief and of speech, the right of association and public meetings, liberty of the presa, a strict regime of the law, and the free course of justice, which implies the repeal of arbitrary edicts and reg­ ulations, the abolition of extraordinary tribunals, and last, but not least, a habeas corpus act--security from arbi­ trary arrest and domiciliary search.' Comparing Japan with Russia the professor says: "Things that with us took centuries to pass away in Japan appear to have been crowded into a short space of time. Now, one of the consequences of this rapidity of progress is that the ancient tradition of Japan, as it were, had .not time to die (out, and has kept enough of its vltalit^ to be able to enter into some degree of cobbina- tion with the elements of new life and culture. >- "One explanation of the difference may be that society in Japan is not so much democratized as in Russia. It may be that it is not so much demand- Japan's Beautiful Empress. Empress Haruko of Japan is 56 years old and is two years senior of her husbhnd. She is one of the most beautiful women in Japan. As she is older than the mikado, she has been able to give her motherly care to the mikado during all these years of Melji. The couple love each other dear­ ly, although they do not usually go together when they go out. It Is pub­ licly denied that she Is jealous of her rival, although it is a fact that the Crown Prince Harunomiya is not her majesty's son, but his majesty's. ed- by public opinion in Japan as ill Russia. But another explanation is that much more is given. Japan en­ joys the elementary condition of prog­ ress--a free political life--which we are yet striving to attain." In the preface Prof. Milyoukov writes: ' ' - ' -.e "Serious men for years and years have worn a state robe, the beauty of which was clear only to a few conjur­ ing wiseacres; and millions of men, groaning under the burden of its cost, have mournfully kept silence, watch­ ing the silent procession, until an un­ toward event has come, like the child* in Andersen's tale, to tell the whole world that the wisdom is counterfeit and the wearers of the robe are 'Bak­ ed.' This event is the war. "Well, the only advice we can give to these people is to put on new clothes and do it as soon as possible." SANITATION OF CANAL ZONE. • Ohio's Peanut Club. - the "Peanut club is the latest social organization found in L°rain, Ohio. The members, all popular young women, are required to roll a peanut from Dexter street to the loop, North Broadway, a distance of over two miles. The feat has so far been per­ formed by the following young wom­ en: Lena Gorsage, Delia Cervenka. Pauline Hildebrand, Elsie Ashbolt and Pearl Gorsage. The peanut route Is through the business heart of the city. --Exchange. Necessity of Work as Part of the Task We Have Undertaken. But what about the two great isth­ mian diseases, malaria and yellow fever? Practically every other disease can be obliterated by the supply of- pure water and the simple obedienoe to hygienic rules; but these are of a different nature and demand more radical attacks, says Dr. Albert R. Hail in Reader Magazine. They are both parasitic in nature; both before they invade man, must pass through an intermediate host, and that host is the mosquito, stegomyia for yellow fever, and anopheles for malaria. One should no longer doubt the essentially important role of the mosquito. To­ day all scientists agree that to exter­ minate the mosquito is to destroy these diseases; that no other means excepting this insect has been demon­ strated as a carrier of either. Cling to old beliefs as we may, we can render the country free from epidemics only by killing the host. And it can be done here in Panama. It has been done in Ismalia on the Suez canal. It has been done--to be sure, in more favorable circumstances and a smaller area--in Havana. We must do it. It will be an eternal disgrace to our gov­ ernment if we shirk our responsibility, for it is as much a part of our canal project as is digging the ditch. We are not a commercial concern, cutting a highway between two oceans merely for profit. If we are, better let out the task by contract at once. But we are a nation, the people of that nation pay the taxes that supply the money for canal construction, and we should demand that this sanitary scheme be an integral part. But it means work. To take a strip of land ten miles wide and fifty long and to free it from mosquitoes means brains as well as kerosene, and money to back the brains. It means destruction of nasty houses in Panama and Colon and the filling in of slimy pools which to-day render futile so much of the effort of disinfection. It means action as we acted in Cuba, as Mexico acted at Ma- zatlan, as Japan acts to-day. There must be no short-sighted policy or broken promises about it. The em­ ployes must be protected at any cost. Professor in Hard Luck. Charles Rouxel, lately professor of belles-lettres in the University of Hon­ duras, was sent to the workhouse in New York the other day for a month as a vagrant. He was arrested in a park which had been his only home for some time. Rouxel was driven out of Honduras by a revolution. His means were soon exhausted, hut he lays his downfall to his extreme near^ sightedness, which prevents him from recognizing friends in the street. Anr appeal will be made to lnttuenita! friends In France to assist him. V ' .i-i'V- ft&Vv Mrs. Carnegie a Model Wife. Few persons outside the Canted* household have any idea of Mrs. Car- negle's solicitude for the material com-* forts of her husband. In past yeara^ ' "J- the iaird of Skibo looked arter ait sorts of minor business details, hut '/-'J lately his faithful spouse has relieved : y him of much worry in that direction. , K . With her own hands she cooks his r- morning dish of oatmeal and she must „ ,TJ do this by 7 o'clock every day, for . ^ Mr. earnest* to always out mm* afcowi r;, by 7:80. , - v /, 11 ... • ' * •&* li .£ c. -.H.