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THAT TIRED SPRING FEELING
Which Comes to Many with the Sea
son That Should Reneyr
Life and Energy.
There are certain persons to whom the
advent of spring, instead of bringing a
sense of rejuvenescence, provides a very
different sensation, says the London
Lancet. The youth of the year, when
nature seems to revel in growth and de
velopment, ought to give, it might be
thought, to the human species, too, a
sense of vigor and of the natural joyful
ness of fecundity. When the birds are
breaking into song and the plants into
flower, poor man might also exult in life
and its annual time of awakening
growth. Yet to many the return of
spring is only the return of a vague
feeling of listless languor, a slack sense
of fatigue that comes without labor
and of weariness that is uncalled for by
any unusual effort.
To those who dwell in cities, at any
rate, spring has trials that are peculiar
to itself. To some extent these arise
from the knowledge that abroad in the
country all Is new life, refreshened
vigor, and inspiring atmosphere, while
In town the wonted thraldom Is en
hanced by the suspicion of these things
that is gained from the trees and the
plants of public parks and open spaces,
where poor little bits of nature bloom
only to suggest in vain all that awaits
the town dweller if he could escape. It
Is not only dissatisfaction, though, at
being unable to partake In nature’s
gaiety that produces the feeling of which
we speak; something is due to climatic
conditions. "
Who does not know the enervating
sense that accompanies the first warm
day of the year? We may agree with
Johnson that he is a weak creature who
Is influenced by the weather, but if we
do we must confess with the same breath
that to-day most of us are weak crea
tures. If, like Johnson, we lived in more
leisurely times and regaled ourselves
heartily in Fleet street about tne miaaie
of the day, following the weal with &
comfortable discussion, maybe we, too,
Bhould be indifferent whether the sun
shone or the rain fell. Unfortunately,
we work our nervous systems more and
our alimentary organs less than did our
grandparents. Inevitably we have a
sensitiveness that was unknown to most
of them. Their fits of “the spleen” were
well earned, probably, by loads within
the stomach. We acknowledge no such
consoling cause for the ennui that often
in the spring assails the town dweller.
Happy he who can dispel it by a week
end in the country or at the sea before
his regulation summer holiday arrives.
coppersIbecome a plague
Nearly $15,000,000 Worth of the
Coins Are in Circulation
in England.
Many large towns in England are, like
Leeds, suffering from a plague of cop
pers. The extension of tramways with
half-penny fares, the use of penny-in
the-slot gas meters and automatic ma
chines, and in London the Tube railway,
■ with its two-penny fares, have produced
\ an enormous change of small silver
j coins into pennies and halfpennies,
j states the London Chronicle.
Tradesmen consequently are finding
themselves burdened with huge quan
tities of coppers, and they complain that
they cannot get rid of them by an ex
change for small silver. It might be
thought that the royal mint had some
thing to do with this excess of coppers,
but on that point the master of the mint,
Mr. W. G. E. Macartney, M P., is tm
phatic.
“It is not a question of minting at all,"
he said, “it is merely a question of bank
ing. If the tradesmen of Leeds, or any
other town, find they have a superfluity
of coppers, they have only to tell their
banker that if he cannot give them sil
ver in exchange they will transfer their
accounts. Take the case of Leeds. Ob
viously the money has not left the town,
and it is the tradesmen’s fault if they
cannot get silver for copper.”
rrt, - i *■ •**<*«* oln’ora
strikes more than the ordinary quanti
ties of any particular coin for which
there is an abnormal request. But there
has been no excessive demand recently
for coppers. The value of the bronze is
sues in 1902—the latest year for which
the statistics are available—was some*
what larger than in 1901, but there was
also a considerable increase in the value
of the silver issues. In 1901 the number
of bronza pieces struck at the royal mint
in London was 41,349,387, valued at
£120,280, while in 1902 the number had
risen to 45,774,848 pieces of the value of
£148,499. The silver coins struck in
1901 totaled 18.843,425, valued at £914,
201, while in 1902 the figures were 26,
270,996. amounting in value to £937.202.
In his report for 1902 Mr. Macartney
gives the following estimate of the prob
able value of the bronze coin now cir
culating in the United Kingdom: Pence
£1,968,048; halfpence, £713,450; farth
ings, £150,190. This estimate is based
on the total issue from 1860 to 1902 in
clusive, allowing 10 per cent as the esti
mated issued to the colonies and foi
coins lost or destroyed.
It Was Wished On.
Johnny’s sister has a ring that Johnny
is very fond of. is allowed to wear il
sometimes for an hour or so, when h«
has been very good, or has promised to
be. One day he suddenly found that he
wanted to wear that beautiful little gold
band, and so he informed his sister. She
wasn’t just in the mood, so she told him
as he insisted, that she couldn’t take H
off because it was “wished on." Johnnj
said little and thought much, and tSI
next afternoon, when sisters had callen
he rushed in and plumped down on an ob
toman in the middle of the room.
“Johnn,” reminded his sister, “youi
cap, dear."
“Oh," returned the boy, innocently, “1
can’t take it off, sis; it’s wished oa.’ -N
Y. Tribune
MILE-A-JV1INUTE WATER RIDE
Ifotor Boat Invented by Frenchman
Goes at Express Train
Speed.
Among the many interesting experi
ments with motor boats, says the Lon
don Mall, perhaps the most pictur
esque were those on the Seine at
Futeaux, when Compte de Lambert,
in conjunction with Messrs. De Dion
and Bouton, brought out their bateau
glisseur, or gliding boat. It is also
called a hydroplane, and that name is
really indicative of its construction.
With a De Dion 14-horse power mo
tor, the count attained a speed of 28
kilometers an hour in his first ex
periments, and now he has added to
that speed and has made 32 Kilome
ters, or 20 miles, in the hour.
The inventor of this hydroplane is
not, however, content with this, and
will try in a day or two to raise the
speed to 3& or even 40 kilometers, or
25 miles an hour, or a Bpeed that is
not exceeded by the use of a 40-horse
power motor.
The boat itself is 36 feet long and
nine feet wide. To the bottom of the
boat are affixed five planes or fins.
When the boat is stationary these fins
hang vertically in the water. They
are hinged, however, and are all under
control of the driver. Whensthe mo
tor is set in motion and the boat
begins to move these planes, begin
ning at the bow, are gradually given
a backward angle. The boat rises in
the water and then gradually rest*
upon it, with the stern of the boat
only immersed. The speed increases,
and the boat, following the inclination
of the planes, glides along the surface
of the water just as an aeroplane
glides on the air, and with not much
more resistance.
It is confidently expected that with
an increased horse-power motor the
hydroplane will reach a speed of bO
miles an hour.
TO AUCTION QUEEN’S GOODS
All Furniture and Treasures of Isa
bella of Spain Except Personal
Jewels to Go Under Hammer.
It has been decided that the personal
Jewels of the late Queen Isabella of
Spain, who for many years lived in
Paris, will not be sold as expected.
The casket containing the precious
stones, necklaces, etc., has been pro
visionally deposited at a bank, and as
soon as the affairs of the late queen are
cleared up and the contents of her pal
ace disposed of the Comte Quiaqui,
who has charge of all these matters,
will distribute the jewels among th#
royal family of Spain.
On the other hand, th© furniture, ob
jects of art and all the other treasures
in the Palais de Castille, Queen Isa
bella’s home in the Avenue Kleber, op
posite the united States embassy, will
be sold at public auction.
The Marquis de Cuellar has gone to
San Sebastian to consult King Alfon
so’s wishes on the subject and the auc
tion will probably take place early in
the autumn. The catalogue is being
: prepared.
It is well known that the contents of
i the Palais de Castille are marvels of
j beauty and worth and constitute a verl
j table museum. Several offers have
j been made for the palace itself and the
; urrounding gardens, but nothing defl
ate has yet been accepted. The estate
| -overs 4,600 square yards of land,
| valued at $160 to $200 a yard.
HAS FEW TRADE FACILITIES
Mobile Merchant Experiences Diffi
culties in Getting Goods to Cap
ital of Guatemala.
A Mobile merchant sold some cotton
goods not long ago to be delivered at
Guatemala City. Within 300 feet of his
warehouse a steamer was loading for
Puerto Barrios, whence runs a railway
to within 60 miles of the Guatamalan
capital. To reach the latter the goods
would have to be packed over the moun
tains by Indians or on muleback. The
merchant found it cheaper to snip ny
cvay of San Francisco, thence by boat to
San Jose, Guatamala, and to the cap
ital by rail. New Orleans, terminus oi
the Southern Pacific, is almost next door
to Mobile. New York, however, en
joyed a cheaper rate because there was
competition with the routes across the
Atlantic and thence round Cape Horn.
So the goods were sent by boat to New
York, thence by boat back to New Or
leans, and thence on their way, going
nearly 10,000 miles instead of 1,100 by
I the Puerto Barrios route. This inabili
ty to get at the west coast markets has
done much to keep American goods out
of them. Guatamala has now arranged
for the speedy completion of the rail
way from the Caribbean to the capital,
and a cheap direct route will thus be
opened.
Leap Tears in Twentieth Century.
The greatest possible number of leap
years will occur in the twentieth cen
tury, the year 1904 being the first one
and every fourth year following up tc
and including 2000. In the same century
February will three times have five Sun
ays—in 1920, 1949,1976.
Visiting in Mexico.
In visiting Mexico one should hav«
good letters of Introduction. No mat
ter what may be your rank, it is expect
ed that you make all the advances.
A Lapland Crime.
in Lapland the crime which Is pun
ished most severely, next to murder, is
„ the marrying of a girl against the ex
press wish of her parents.
In the 8ame Business.
Most of the geniuses who formerly
invented fourteen-fifteen puzzles an<
pigs-in-clover game# have gone to In
venting: new languages.
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A BIG VALENTINE.
Nearly half a million acres of
government lands returned to
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tine day, February 14th. These
lands will be thrown open for al
most nothing under the home-;
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A WORD WITH THE GIRLS.
Learn to Do the Little Things That
Give Enjoyment to Yourself
and Others.
It is the girl who does things In thii
world who is attractive, both to men
and to her own sex, which last counU
a little, too, in the long run. You may
not be able to do great things, to paint
great pictures or to sing in grand
opera, but you can learn to make
bright little things for yourself and
vour friends and perhaps the light
Vatchy” airs of the day so that yoi/x
friends will enjoy them, and If yot
can't do anything else cultivate tht
art of talking brightly and of beinf
sympathetic, says Good Housekeep
ing.
Every girl can do one thing well il
she will only take the trouble to find
| out what that thing is. The difficult)
I is that she often looks in the opposite
direction; Bhe wants to do somethin!
great and showy or nothing at all. Bui
there are other talents within reach i*
! she will only look, and these talent*
} may be such a comfort to her in he*
dark hours that they will make life
beiier and happier both for herself and
those about her.
! How the world likes a cheerful,
plucky girl who makes a brave fight
I and hides her skeleton in a closet in*
; stead of folding her hands and whin*
j ing because things don’t come her waj
—the girl who puts her own grief*
as much as possible aside and whc
: takes a wholesome interest in life—U
| the one who wins out every tim*
Paper from Rye Straw.
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rial, of which Louisiana produces
thousands sf tons that are now got
rid of es a waste product.
Quality Tells I
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