Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CITY, NEB
IOHN H. REAM, Publlher.
London youths debate on growing
beards. A hair-raising question.
A farmer who In dying from ossifi
cntlon probably thinks life a stony rood
to travel.
"American wive are spoiled," says
Editor Stead. If lie exists us to rush
to and agree with him he's foolish.
It Is reported from Jumestown that
only a remnant remains of Powhotan's
tribe. John Smith's tribe, however, con
tinues to hold Its own.
We boven't found blm yet, but ex
pect to some day discover a man who
can tell by his corns when there is go
ing to be an earthquake.
A Taola, Kan., man recently eloped
With two girls. It seems as If people
will never got over the foolish practice
of loading themselves with trouble.
Since learning that May Irwin is also
an excellent cook, we are ready to be
lieve that her chances of happiness are
much better than those of the average
footllght favorite.
A half dosen Carnegie hero medals
have been found In pawn shops. This
will be a revelation to people who have
wondered what a hero medal could pos
sibly be good for.
The New York Sun asks: Can noth
ing be done about those people who
take cold baths In the morning? That's
easy. Induce them to change the tem
perature of the water.
If King Alfonso should have a sec
ond son It may embarrass him to find a
suitable name for htm. All the hon
ored family nomenclature has been lav
ished on the first born.
Gabrlelle Stewart MuIUner writes to
the New York Times that women en
joy cooking. If Gabrlelle is right It
will have to be generally admitted that
women exhibit great powers In the art
of disguising their feelings.
Women, according to the decision of
t Cleveland lady who has Investigated
the matter, can never be the equals of
men as long as they wear fine clothes.
There are plenty of men who will glad
ly do all they can to assist In spread
ing this doctrine.
A physician, who called recently to
tttend a wealthy stockman who had a
pain in his side, diagnosed the' case as
appendicitis, secured the patient's per
mission to operate next week and then
went home and wrote to the nearest
rity for an automobile price list
The American government has been
keeping bouse for Cuba while the mis
tress of the bouse was sick. Now that
the temporary caretaker la preparing
to leave, It has been decided that Cuba
will have to pay the expenses of the
American occupation. Since Cuba Is
poor, however, there will be no tin
oelghborly haste In collecting the bill,
which will amount to two or three
million dollars.
When Prince Pusblml, the cousin of
the Emperor of Japan, visited English
wafers with a small fleet, the British
naval bands on one occasion of wel
come flayed selections from the comic
tIera, "The Mikado." Upon learning
the fact, the Admiralty, with equal
tactlessness, Issued orders, and made
them public, that the bands must not
do so any more. But the Japanese, who
politely protested that they were not
at .all disturbed by the matter, since
they quite understood the humor of the
opera, may avail themselves of a de
lightful revenge. When next a British
fleet visits the Mikado's waters the
Japanese bands con greet them with
airs from "Pinafore."
Wife desertion Is a cowardly thing
and deserves punishment, but it is to
be doubted whether Duttlnt th wif
deserter In the penitentiary, as Is sug
gested, would not make the lot of the
wife harder than ever. So long as a
man Is at liberty there Is a chance of
making blm support his wife, hut if
he Is In the penitentiary that clianco
vanishes. Of course, the nuttln nf
few recreant husbands In prison might
exercise a salutary effect upon the oth
ere. but that remains to be demonstrat
ed. The problem is to coninel men
to
upiiort the women to whom thev n
Diiirried. Putting them In a position
where they have no earnlmr eaimei
vlU hardly acompllah the desired en
The New York Assembly has op
proved a very Interesting Idea that
promises to become xpn1nr, especlallv
In agricultural states, it has passed
i supply bill containing an approprla
tloti of 5,000 for an extension of the
excellent work of farmers' Institutes
to the feminine members of the rural
buu."!!ltulds. The Item baa been put Into
the bill for the express ptirposo of es
tablishlng separate Institutes for farm
ers' wives and daughters. The Idea is
Of course very simple. If the farmer
can learn a good deal about his work
and his economy from the discussions
in.l exchange f experiences at the In
Stltutes, why should not similar meet
Ings be held for the women of tke
farms? Isn't the work of the hitter
of real and recognized luiKirtance?
Does it not contribute to tlie success
jf the furm, and would not greater
knowledge and more Intelligent Inter
est make for larger financial returns
Moreover, the Institutes have a moral
value. They make the life of the farm
less narrow and monotonous: they stlm
ulate thought and Introduce on dement
of recreation and pleasure. It seem
Ut the Ideu was liorrowed from Can
rda, where women's Institutes have
been In successful operutlon for elgh
ye;Ts and now c-lulin a memhci-culp o
mors than 30.000. The topic at tbeke
Institutes relute to the home life of
Cm farm, to domestic science, food
ajudtatlon, decoration, and so on. Ths
tat department of nsrleulture has
done something to promote these tann
ers' wives' meetings, but the Initiative
ud Inspiration came from leading wo
men of the clubs anil rending circles of
the Dominion, (ilve the farmer's wife
tid daughter n cliunce.
The principle of old-ape pensions has
been fully accepted by the present Lib
eral government of Great Britain. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, In his
mdget siee-h last month, "earmarked"
million and a linlf pounds of next
year's surplus as the nucleus of a fund
or the puriKe. It Is estimated that
not less than ten million jwunds will be
required annually for a comprehensive
old-age pension fund. The plan which
will probably lie adopted In Great tfrlt-
In differs ludlculiy from the systems In
fnnco and in Germany. In Germany
I with the laboring man and the employ-
r are required to contribute a certain
uni every year to an Insurance fund.
If the laborer falls 111 be receives a
small sum weekly, and when ho be
comes old an annuity Is paid to blm.
Although the government supplements
the fund thus raised, the system was
rlginally one of mutual Insurance
gainst sickness and against need In
old age. The French old-age pension
law, passed last year, Is based on that
In force In Germany. The Liberal cab
inet, following the lead of the British
experts on poor relief, has rejected the
compulsory Insurance form of old-age
relief, and has adopted tho principle of
the laws of New Zealand, In that col
ony no contributions are required from
working men, but an annual appropria
tion Is made by the government, out of
which a pension of ninety dollars a
year Is paid to every worker who has
passed the age of C5 and has lived In
the colony twenty-five years. The New
Zealand plan Is appealing forcibly to
the advocates of the pension system In
other countries, for In Germany the
bolltlon of the payment of premiums
for the Insurance Is urged, and It Is
demanded that the government endow
old age Itself rather than strive to en
courage men In their vigor to insure
against poverty In their declining years.
The spread of the 61d-age pension Idea
Is a most startflng proof of the growing
acceptance by governments of the once
ridiculed theory that the state owes
every man a living.
Disappearing paper Is a novelty for
use by those whose correspondents for
get to burn the letters aft'or their util
ity has ceased. It Is steeped In sul
phuric acid, dried and glazed, the add
being partly neutralized by ammonia
vapor. It falls to pieces after a given
time.
The largest screw wrench yet report
ed Is made by a firm of Worcester,
Mass., for tightening the large nuts
used In bridges. The wrench Is 72
Inches long aud hat full Jaw opening
of 12 Inches with a depth of 8 I: dies.
The total weight Is 100 pounds, of.
which the Jaw supplies 33V6 pounds,
the screw 8'j pounds and the bar 114
pounds.
A new type of vacuum tube for use
In X-ray experiments has Just been
brought out In Germany. An aluminum
filter" Is placed inside tin tube, aud It
Is claimed that this serves to absorb
all the rays emanating from tho anti-
cathode, which are not truo Roentgen
rays, and which, by striking the glass
walls, are responsible for tho heating
effects and chemical changes that grad
ually change the character of an ordi
nary vacuum tube.
At Young's pier, Atlantic City, a new
wave motor Is lighting a portion of the
pier. It Is the first really successful
contrivance of the kind In use. It Is
a big float or buoy, and so arranged
that the motion of the swells will wcrk
It, no matter at what angle the waves
run. The motor drives a compressed
air engine, which fills large tanks. The
tanks In turn feed a compressed-air
motor, which drives the dynamo that
furnishes the current for the lighting.
An unusually perfect and beautiful
example of the atmospheric spokes,
which may occasionally be seen radiat
ing from the setting sun, was witnessed
In England by a correspondent of
Knowledge la July last Five distinct
bands of a light salmon-pink color, sep
arated by five corresmndlng bands of
palo blue, were visible, stretching up
Into the heavens from the sinking sun.
Tho phenomenon lasted nlvout on hour,
and later on tho same evening a vio
lent thunder-storm broke over tho place
where the spectacle had been witness
ed. There are n number of other In
stances on record lu which similar
phenomena have been followed by thun
der-storms.
It Is thought that the old Caylloma
sliver mines lu Peru are probably sit
uated at o greater elevation than any
other considerable mines In the world,
Their altitude varies between 14.000
and 17,000 feet. They were worked by
the Spaniards lu the sixteenth century,
and before that, It Is believed, by the
Incas. An English company Is now
preparing a nyuroeiccirie plant for
them. This plant will be situated at
on nltltude of between lS.OOO and 10,-
000 feet. ;It will derive Its tower from
a waterfall on tho Santiago Ulver, and
lu a dry season from Lake Ilualllacho,
one of the sources of the Aumzou. The
power will 1h transmitted by cable
about three miles.' At the highest
mines the pressure of the atmosphere
Is only 8 siuuds per square Inch, and
water IhjIIs 20 degrees below the ordl
nary bolllng-(olnt.
Nalla.
America has the honor of having
made the first cut nails, toward the
cloe of the eighteenth century. Before
that nulls were made by hand, and
their manufacture was a household In
dustry. Cut nails are made by ma
chinery from plates rolled to the proer
width und thickness. They may be
uiude of steel or of nmlleable Iron.
Wlr nulls, though originally a French
Invention, were brought to, perfection
la the United States.
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The husband who never toes out de
serves n wife who never stays lu. Tho
Cynic.
"Is Willie still paying attention tt
Tillle?" "No." "Did he Jilt her?"
"No, he married horl'V Punch.
"Anna, you wished to buy n diction
ary?" "I have married a professor
Instead." Mcggc iiriorfer Blaetter.
"Look, Arthur, that Is our baby."
"How do you know?" "I rccognlso
the back of our nurse." Der Wnhre
Jacob.
Madge Has she a good memory?
Marjorie So-so. She's always remem
bering things she's forgotten. Town
Topics.
She You can always tell n Harvard
man. He (from New Haven) les;
but you can't tell him much. Harper's
Weekly.
Mater What Is it. pa? lias Henry
been exM'Ued? Pnter Worsel lie
writes that he's going to take a female
port In the college play. Puck.
"Is her husband so unendurably stu
pid?" "Oh, dreadful. The only time
he brightens up Is when she talks of
dl vorce !" Sea ttlo Post-1 n tel I Ijjencer.
Harker Slowhoy Is all right, when
It comes to looking ahead. Parker
Yes; but he's all wrong when It come
to going ahead. Chicago Dally News.
The society reporters always speak
of a brido being "led to the altar." Just
as though a bride couldn't find her way
there blindfold. Philadelphia Ledger.
"I hear you are having trouble In
meeting your creditors." "Trouble In
meeting 'em? Great Scott! My trou
ble Is dodging 'om." Cleveland Leader.
Politician Before you send In your
report of this Interview I want to see
It. Reporter Impossible! f sent It In
half an hour before I Interviewed you !
Life.
Saplelgh I'm leornlng to play the
nw harp, doncher know. Miss Caus-
tlque Indeed! Has your physician
given up all hop? Chicago Dally
News.
"Pardon me, sir, but Isn't there an
other artist In this building?" Artist
Well, that Is a matter of opinion.
There Is another fellow who paints.
The Model.
"My mistress Isn't nt home, ma'am."
"Please toll her when I saw her peep
ing from the front window as I cania
up. I felt so afraid she was." Balti
more American.
Judge Prisoner, have you anything
to say to the court before sentence Is
pronounced? Prisoner I beg the cburt
to consider the youth of my attorney.
White and Black.
"When your mother-in-law fell Into
the water, why didn't you help to get
her out?" "My dear madam, you must
know that nothing I've ever done has
pleased her." Judy.
Mabel (shocked with the recollection
of It) Isn't Edith's new hat Just a hor
rid fright? Ethel (as If receiving con
gratulations) Isn't it? I helped her
select It Browning's Magazine.
First Reporter I see by the Inst edl
tlou that our old schoolmate, Jones,
has committed suicide. Second Re
portei" Hurry down and you mny b
In time to prevent his doing It. Smart
Set,
"Money doesn't always bring" happi
ness and peace of mind." "You are
right there," answered the mnn with
an anxious look. "Sometimes If tempts
you to buy automobiles." Washington
Star.
There are nervous women ; there ore
hyper-nervous women. But women so
nervous that the continual rustle of a
silk skirt makes them nervous no,
there are no women so nervous as that I
Fllegende Blaetter.
Man (to a friend) I nm done with
doctors henceforth! One of them ad
vised mo to sleep with my windows
open. I 'did so. andjthe very next
morning my gold watch was gone from
the bureau. Fllegende Blaetter.
"Why have you taken your son out
of school without permission?" Father
(a grocer) But they were ruining
him, I wish to bring him up to enrry
on my business, and they were teaching
hi in that there are sixteen ounces In a
pound. II Motto per Rklere.
The Wealth of Nations.
The I'nlted States is the richest na
tlon lu tho world, exceeding Groat Brit
ain by almost forty-live thousand mil
lion dollars. Tim latest estimate of
tho wealth of the I'nlted States sets
tho figure at one hundred thousand
million dollars. (I rent Britain Is next
with fifty-eight thousand two hundred
million.
Tho wealth of France Is estimated
at forty-two thousand million; that of
Germany, forty thousand million; Rus
sia, thirty-five thousand million; Austria-Hungary,
twenty thousand million;
Italy, thirteen thousand million; Bel
glum, six thousand eight hundred mil
lion ; Spain, live thousand four hundred
million; Netherlands, four thousand
five hundred million; Portugal, two
thousand live hundred million; and
Switzerland, two thousand four huu
dml million.
. Adcrrpvw
fh j. Cbrmznrjor.
A woman's reason tuny be Ro reason
st all, but It Is a waste of 4lm for f
man to argue against it J
hi.
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WOMAN TO INVESTIGATE
Herri res fJnvernntent Appointment
to Seek Truth A lion t Panama.
Miss Gertrude Bocks, of New York,
secretary of the Welfare Department
of the Civic Federation, has gone to
Panama to Investigate the housing, food
and amusement of laborers In the
cannl zone. This Is regarded ns being
one of the most Important commissions
ever awarded to a woman by the gov
ernment. Secretary Tuft gave her the
appointment, and the errand has the
sanction und uptort of President
Roosevelt. While this Is the first im
portant Federal commission which Miss
Peeks has had, she has traveled from
one end of the country to the other In
the Interest of Welfare work.
"Welfare Work for Government Em
ployes" Is tfc latest departure in the:
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Miss GEBTBUDB BECKS.
work of the Civic Federation, and for
this purpose a national committee, of
which Secretary Taft is chairman, has
Just been created. John C W. Beck
ham, Governor of Kentucky, Is first vice
chairman; George W. Guthrie, Mayor
of Pittsburg, second vice chairman;
William R. Wlllcox, postmaster of New
York, third vice chairman, and Miss
Beeks, secretary.
Miss Beeks, who Is a southern girl,
having gone to New York from Ten
nessee, Is not at all dismayed by the
Immensity of her commission, for It Is
In the line of work In which she has
been engaged for a number of years.
The entire planning of operations after
arriving on the Isthmus Is left with
her.
When Debtor Were Imprisoned.
In nearly every country, until com
paratively recent times, debtors have
been subject to Imprisonment After
the panic of 18125, one hundred and one
thousand writs for debt were Issued lu
England, lu 1.830, seven thousand per
sons were sent to London prisons for
debt, and on January 1, 1840, seventeen
hundred persons were held for debt In
England and Wales, one . thousand In
Ireland, and less than one hundred In
Scotland. From, time to time modifi
cations In the laws governing the Im
prisonment of debtors have been mnde.
so that fewer debtors are Imprisoned
for this crime each year.
In 1829 there were three thousand
debtors In prison In Massachusetts, ten
thousand In New York, seven thousand
In Pennsylvania, three thousand lu
Maryland, and n like proportion In
other States. Many of these persons
were Jailed for debts of one dollar. The
low providing for the Imprisonment of
men who could not pay their debts as
shown to be Impracticable by statistics
taken from Philadelphia, where In 182S
there were one thousand and eighty
five debtors Imprisoned for debts
amounting to twenty-five thousand dol
lars. The expense of, keeping these
persons In confinement was three hun
dred and sixty-two thousand dollars,
which was paid by the city, and the
amount recovered by this method was
two hundred and ninety-five dollars.
Imprisonment for debt was abolished
by Congress In the I'nlted States In
1833, though this measure was not fully
enforced until 1839.
To Tell the Ave of an Ran.
A fresh egg v. ill sink when placed ti
water and rest on Its side; if tlire.
Weeks old It w ill incline slightly with
the small fud down; If three months
old it will float with large end out of
water nore or less, according to age.
Hoi Working Ilolh Maya.
An Eugllsh Judge expresses the opin
ion tiiat husbands should have the le
galright to insisK't and revise their
wlies' visiting lists. The women prob
ably would Us glad to aequUscc, pro
vided they were granted the same privi
lege In resisM-t to their husband' visit
ing lists. Washington Herald.
II (lucbrilll.
"My boy, I like you, and I want you
to marry my daughter, but have you
spoken to her mother about It?"
"No, sir."
"Then, to cinch It for you, I'll op
pose the match." Denver Post.
"It Isn't right," a man said to-day,
pathetically and iudiguautly. A great
many things go on that are not right,
and indignation will not stop them.
It's nice not to be at home when
i some people call.
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ADVOCATES A NEW BIBLE.
By Professor
The Bible of the future will have a very
Important place in our religious life, but It
will not be the Bible of tlie present. It will be
much larger and will contain all of the books
that were venerated by the synagogue aud
early Christian church, many of which have
been eliminated. The future Bible will also
be newly translated. Some of the present
translations are atrocious. There must also
be Introductory notes and commentaries.
The most Important change will be the entirely new
viewpoint In which It will be regarded and a changed
estimate of Its value, religious and historic. The Idea
that the Bible Is the sole source of religious knowledge
and the standard of faith will fade away. . It Is pre
posterous to draw a single doctrine from the writings
of a hundred different men who had different religious
viewpoints. We want all the books of the Hebrews and
Christians, and all of the good In the other religions
must be incorporated In It
MINISTERS AND THEIR USEFULNESS.
By Dr. Chariot W. Eliot.
Does the ministry nowadays afford
a reasonable expectation of servlce
ableness, freedom,' . and growth?
First, let us look at the serviceable
ness of the ministry.
I dare say most young men who
are going into the ministry think of
city churches with cultivated audi
ences. A life there Is a serviceable
life. It Is difficult to exaggerate the
Influence of a competent preacher.
' It Is an enormous opportunity the
preacher has In addressing large con
CHAB. W. ELIOT.
gregations of Intelligent persons each week.
Then there Is another kind of ministry which I some
times thluk Is more attractive than that of the ministry
in the city, and that Is the ministry In the country,
where the opportunities for intellectual betterment are
Immense. Country ministers are frequently the Intel
lectual leaders of their flocks. This Is the function
which awaits our young men, particularly where the
towns are deserted by the young people for the cities.
There Is another service of the ministry which Is fre
quently noted In American communities. The ethical
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
Beautiful faces are those that wear
It matters little if dark or fair
Whole-souled honesty printed there.
Beautiful eyes are those that show
Like crystal panes where hearth-fires
glow,
Beautiful thoughts that burn below.
Beautiful lips are those whose words
Leap from the heart like songs of birds,
Yet whose utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful hands are thosa that do
Work that is earnest and brave and true.
Moment by moment, the long day
through.
Beautiful feet are those that go
On kindly ministries to and fro
Down lowliest ways, if God wills It so.
Beautiful shoulders are those that bear
Ceaseless burdens of homely care,
With patient grace and daily prayer.
Beautiful lives are those that bless
Silr-nt rivers of hapiness,
Whose hidden fountains but few may
guess.
Beautiful twilight, at set of sun :
Beautiful goal, with race well won ;
Beautiful rest, with work well done.
Beautiful graves, where grasses creep,
Where brown leaves fall, where drifts lie
deep
Over wornout hands oh, beautiful sleep !
Hiram Patton had used his credit for
so many deals. of different kinds that
he bad reached the point where none
would trust him for a penny. For an
unmarried man of the maturor twen
ties he was exceedingly unfortunate,
for ofttlmes his trade so languished
that he could barely eke out the most
meager livelihood. Ills blacksmith shop
was his only hope, and of that the con
tents alone were his. When a neigh
boring smith decided to sell out hid
business building, contents and all
the chance of a lifetime seemed to have
come to Hiram's very shop-door.
Mr. Patton exerted himself most he
roically tf renew his long since thread
bare credit 'in order to purchase the
shop. As a last resort the young man
determined to bombard' , the bank ac
count of a crusty old bachelor of the
vicinity, one Bartimeiis Graves, whose
reputation for close deals and miserly
favors was unrivaled.
But Hiram was desperate. And, re
solving to secure the money on what
ever terms might seem nei-essary, ha
approached the Ill-tempered Bart with
the blandest smile ho could command.
Burt, on tho other hand, was mistrust
ful of Hiram Patton and his creditless
reputation; but nu opportunity to loan
money at good Interest was to blm
something not to be despised.
Yes ; he would loau the money, pro
vided Patton would give a first-class
mortgage on the lot. building, contents
and trade, meaning by the last Item
that everything purchased or In any
wuy secured with the money earned In
tho shop whether It be live stock, fur
nishings or horseshoe nails should lie
long to "the said B.irtlmeus Graves"
by virtue of tho mortgage.
The paor8 were signed up and tho
new proprietor at work In his shop, ero
the neighbors know that the trade had
beeu made. They flocked thither to con
gratulate blm on Uls good fortune, ev
ery one volunteering to help him trans
fer the best of his belongings from tho
old place of business to the new.
Early aud late did the youth ham
mer away, bis now doubled custom
making such labor necessary. The first
payment was met without accident;
also the second. This so elated blm
that be relaxed his purse strings Just a
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ABUSE OF THE
HICHAKO OI.NEY.
little, and the third one was met with
burely enough of a surplus to pay his
board and lodging for the next few
days. He stocked up his hop with up-to-date
appliances, Bart Graves looking
on with no Binall degree of iuterest.
. It was about that time that a new
arrival In the neighborhood was re
ported, a certain Miss Sarah Ann Mills,
who had come to make her home with a
venerable uncle. The event caused on
tittle stir among the unmarried male
element Hiram met the young lady,
and for the first time In his life felt a
tugging at his heart-strings. There
was no denying the fact He was In
love !
His attentions to the blushing Sarah
Ann were regarded with favor, and
soon they were engaged. Not long after
ward they were married, both being
satisljed to dispense with the usual
ceremonious delay. A neat cottage was
rented near the blacksmith shop so
near that the bride could listen all day
long to the music of her lord's hammer.
After his marriage it was Impossible
for Hiram to save money. And when
Bart Graves appeared at the shop door
the day before Christmas, to remind
him that the mortgage would fall due
on the morrow it seemed that a thun
derbolt had been burled at him from
the clear sky above. '
"What! Can't pay It?" demanded
Graves, gruffly. "You ought to be
ready, goodness knows, as It's the last
payment on a good trade. Well, I'll
have to do the next best thing."
"What's that?"
"Close the mortgage."
"Can't you give me another six
months?" Implored Hiram.
"Nary a day. Remember, young mnn,
you're dealing ,with Old Bart Graves,
and there's noWcklng down. Is this
all you've bought?"
"No; there's the stuff at the house?
There's my new toggery, and the wed
ding expenses, nud and Sarah Ann."
"Wb-ew !" ejaculated Graves, aghast.
"D'ye mean to say I'll have to take
your weddin' duds and and your wife,
too?"
"How does the mortgage read?"
"That's so," admitted Bart Graves.
"Lot's go to tho house," said Hiram,
abruptly. "We'll have to tell her
there's no getting out of It."
Mrs. Button laughed till exhausted
when told of her husband's predica
ment, but blushed, nevertheless, to
know that his queer business transac
tion Involved her own freedom. She
saw a way out, however, ond forthwith
udvlsed her llego to comply with the
letter of the mortgage.
"What And give you over to him?"
"Certainly." At which both men be
gan to fear tbat a trip to the Insane
asylum would be next In order. "That
will free you jfroin this obligation, you
see, and I'll Immediately pledge myself
to pay Mr. Graves tho cash balance on
the present encumbrance, you making
tho money and I saving It. Neither
you nor he can definitely estimate my
value, you know," ond she bowed with
provoking modesty "so there Is no
"PU:i)CE MYSELF TO PAY II B. QBAVCS."
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Improvements are the real elements of all civic and so
cial Improvements. The ethical benefit Is the real fun
damental benefit and Improvement. It Is the minister
who deals with all those ethical improvements and teach
es the community that faith, love and hope are the essen
tials. The promotion of peace and the promotion of good
will are the great things, and these are the services of the
ministry.
The ministry ripens a man; It softens him. It makes
him more sympathetic and more loving. Is not that a
worthy ambition for any one looking forward to a long
Intellectual life? It Is not strenuous, but It Is faith and
love and helpfulness, and these are the great ethical
foundations of life In the community.
MONROE DOCTRINE
. By Richard Ciney.
Within a comparatively short time
strange doctrines have been officially
and unofficially announced and given
prestige and currency by being de
scribed as tho Monroe doctrine or as
necessary corollaries from It. Under
these new doctrines It Is Intimated
that If on American State does not
behave Itself well In either Its exter
nal or Internal relations good be
havior according to our own stand
ards, of course It may be forced by
the United States and coerced Into.
doing the right thing, but if necessary may have Its rev
enue sequestered and applied by the United States accord
ing to the tatter's notions of Justice and equity.
It is too plain for discussion that the Monroe doctrin
cannot be Invoked In support of any such pretensions;
that they are seriously objectionable as calculated to
wi-und the prldo and excite the et-mlty of all other Amer
ican States and as committing the United States to un
dertakings of the most vexatious, burdensome and dan
gerous character.
Our Institutions will surely live and our people con
tinue to prosper without the United States converting
Itself Into an International policeman for the American
continents or Into n debt collecting agency for the benefit
of foreign creditor States and their citizens. That the
new doctrines, particularly if urged by . officials In high
places, must have unfortunate tendencies is clear. They
ore calculated to fut the United States in the odious posi
tion of a possessor of enormous power who Is eagerly
looking for opoprtunity to exert It.
other way to settle the matter. Will
that suit yon?
"It'll have to," replied her husband, J
meekly. While with n sullen nod of W
approbation Mr. Graves hurried away '
from the Rpot, declaring it to be the
first and avowedly the lust dealings he
should ever .have with a woman.
That was the last mortgage ever giv
en by Hiram Putton, for 'with the Judi
cious Sarah Ann to prevent unnecei
sary expense, he managed to save, not
only the shop, but to purchase a home
as well. And thereafter, whenever
times were dull or the dollars scarce,
Sarah Ann had merely to offer to give
a mortgage on herself to banish all
traces of blues, prospective debts, or
other Impediments. Montreal Star.
ORIGIN OF CHINESE LILIES.
Story mm Told and Horn the Bulba
Brought Good Lack.
Very few people who see and admire
the beautiful Chinese lilies kuow the
reason why this particular flower Is
lield In such favor In the Orient. This
Is the story of the origin as told by a
Chinaman :
, Years and years ago a member of the
celestial empire hnd two wives whom
ho loved dearly because each had borne
him a son. While they were still lads
the father died and in settling up the
estate some difficulty was encountered,
for the man left his heirs two pieces
of laud, ono a strip lying In a fertile-
and beautiful valley, the other a small
ribbon of land bordering the bed of
narrow stream. The former land w
known to grow anything the countrjt.
produced, while the latter was counted
utterly worthless.
It was at first proposed that each of
the two strips be divided in half and a
section of each be given to the tifto
heirs. But the mothers could not agree
upon tho division and it was finally ar
ranged that one son should take the
rich land, while the other should tak&
the sterile piece.
The valley strip yielded bountiful
harvests season after season and the.
rocky one gave nothing until one day A
the boy owner happened to notice a.
tiny white, sweet-scented flower bloom
ing among the rocks and after a careful
study ond examination it was found to
bo the only one of its kind lu China.
The flower grew from n bulb and the
boy discovered that these bulbs could
be transplanted to similar rock soil
without destroying their growth.
Soon the bulbs were In groat demand,
and when It was learned that the flow
ers brought good luck to tho owner of
the plant the boy had all ho could do
to supply the market From the sale
of the bulbs ho grew enormously
wealthy, while his brother never made
more thnn a good living out of his valu
able valley property.
The Father of Went l'olnt.
George Washington must be given
the credit of causing tho tirst steps to
be taken toward the founding of a na
tional military academy. In 1"U4, while
serving his second term as President
Washington succeeded lu having Con-'
gross create tho grade of cadet In the
army. West Point was ohosn as the
best army st nt which cadets could
be trained, for the reason that It was
then tho most important station of the
artillerists und engineers. Tho cadets
of those days did not pass entrance
examinations, and the standard of pro
flcloncy in studies did not amount fJt
the tenth port of what U exacted now
adays. A smattering of engineering,
mathematics and artillery practl was
all that was deemed necessary. St
Nicholas.
Ao Infereuee.
"When I awoke from the operation
felt as If I was burning up."
"I see. You must have thought that
It had been unsuccessful." Smart Set
Any woman with a train to her gown
should be able to draw her own conclusions.
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