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TRAGEDY STILL A MYSTERY.
Woman Now Figure in the Cat of
Young Kilpatrick.
Ni:V YORK -I wnd you here
with $3.'i. This J ixmltlvfly th last
rr.oiey I will Hfinl you. I will not let
you hhic-knuiil me any longer."
This. toK'fhT with the torn frag
ments of a heck, is sab' to be the
text of a l"'ter which hart been piec
ed together from the bits found In the
apartments where John KilpatrWk,
wealthy son r.t tin late David Kilpat-rl'-k
of Iteafrlto. Neb., was shot Mod
d.iy throun the heart.
The idsi- had begun lo look like nn
of murd.r, hut It is now thought that
the fir theory, suicide, in correct,
ami that Ki!;uri k killed himself to
escape Lit tormentor.
J. 11. l-iraM.', stepfather of the dead
man. declared that sensational 1" vI
opuients may gtnw out if the affair,
lie 1.4 quof- il a3 saying:
"We kn e.v th. woman to whom the
letter w.ii !.lr-s--. She is a young
rmarrie.1 woman. th mere mention of
wh'Ho nam.- wiiul.l I'.'insc a sensation
In New Yoik 'itv, n she is known
to ! a member of one of tho most ex
cltisi v:- so. I.il sets in tho city. We
row !:no'.v i';oi;.h to believe that it
was suic !!."
FREMONT CANAL SCHEME.
Indications that the Rout: Has Been
Agreed Upon.
FUIIMONT Private advices re
rrivcil In thi.- city from a reprcsenta
tivo of tli ; Armour syndicate, one of
the in iln f:r k rs of tin ranal project,
ar. to the fffirt that tho engineers
have already ti-Il their meeting ami
decided to ri-oriiin-nil tin Fremont"
Ian: that o:;ly tin straightened fun
(tit Ion of tho m irwy markrt prevents
tho imne-.tj it finaiK-ini; of tlio canal
nii'l that. a .-o.m a.-s tho pre.--.ent strin
K"!iry in Wall street i.s past this oIh
taI.- will Ie ov-r-om. Tho Armour
representative say that if tho east
ern owners of tho Thomson-! lou.-ton
11. -.-i ;ic 1 ,1ir?i t company of Omaha
take tho hlork of stock in tho canal
scheme t'.iar they are expected to.
which is ai".t $ I .ttoo.ono of tho
(wmi.mihi, th !!ua:!ving would ho com
pleted at a o. F. A. Nash of Omaha
I s in Mow York now looking after that
mil of it. It is stated that tho en
pint ern wore practically unanimous in
favor of the Fremont project.
Map Out Route of Troops.
NOUFOI.K The route of the troops
from Fort Niobrara who will march
to "N iri'olk ami take a train from here
for the Kan-as encampment, has been
received by Norfolk government con
tractors who will furnish supplies
alur,,; the way. The soldiers will stop
at V j')u'a!.' Johnston. Ainsworth.
l.on- Pine. I'assett. Stuart. Atkinson.
O'Neill. Sti!T.rd. Clearwater, Oakdale.
Ilea. low ;rove an. I Norfolk. They
will b her? several days.
Taken Fatally III During Race.
CI.AY n:XTKn-K. S. Itarktis o
Harvard. N. :., while driving his horse
In the three-minute farmers' race at
the county fair here, was taken sud
denty ill. Physicians were called, buf
he died oa the fair grounds from heart
tail tire.
Landlord Streeter Dead.
CRKTK (i. I. Streeter, long and
favorably known as the proprietor of
the Streeter house in this place, fell
dead from heart failure on the stree.?
of J.ip'in, M . Mr. Streeter ran hia
fcotel for many years here and he was
particularly popular with traveling"
men. He reMred from business about
two years aco. At the time of his
death he was stopping in Joplin.
where he was preparing to spend the
winter.
Sugar Factory Ready to Start.
NORFOLK Kvery wheel is read
t turn in the Norfolk sugar factory
and the beets will begin to grind
through on October 5. Orders will be
issued instructing the farmers to bo
gin harvesting.
Farmer Killed Near Columbus.
COI.l'MIU'S IUmy Rudof, a farm
er living south of town, was found
dead on the Ioup river bridge, the
wheels of the wagon resting on his
r.eck. He was en route to town with
a load of corn.
Returns trom Labor in Africa.
YORK Rev. Roy Codding, son of
A. B. Coddinc. county surveyor, who
was educated in the York High school
and at the Nebraska State university,
arrived here with hi wife from Africa.
A few of- his friend?, learning that it
was his 4ith birthday, called to cele
brate the event. Mr. Roy Codding
gave a most interesting description
of his numerous experiences, both hi
morons and rafhet'c, while a mission
ary in Africa.
State Board Has No Authority.
The state board of health has no le
gal right to compel the packing houses
of South Omaha to get rid of their
waste water by other means than
'sending it down through a portion of
the town to the Little Pappio. So
Attorney General Prout declared In an
opinion handed to the board. The ag
grieved parties wHl have to appeal to
the courts for relief, as the state board
baj no authority.
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NCVSY STATE BRIEFS.
The late frost did great damage to
corn In Custer county.
The new or remodeled M. K. church
at Weeping Water was dedicated last
Sunday.
A car loaded with horses was
wrecked at Fremont, several of the
aiinlmals being killed.
Tho J. F. Roll Mill company has de
cided to locate in Wahoo, tho mill b
ing moved from Ithaca.
J a in '.a J... Kentndy, who robbed tho
bank at Rogers, Colfax county, was
sentenced to a term of seven year3
and was taken to the penitentiary.
A wealthy farmer living near
Swaburg, James Hanson, had a sud
den attack of heart trouble while run
ning a mowing machine a few days
ago. He fell off his seat and died iu
ii few moments.
Word has been received from the
department at Washington instructing
Superintendent Fain t4 go ahead with
the work cu tho government building
at Norfolk. The difficulty lay in a
conflict between approved bricks and
tho soer.-ificat ions.
Some of tho physicians at Fremont
say they will disregard the new law
which requires them to report births
to tho state board of health, at their
own expense. The law also says that
undertakers shall rejwirt deaths, but
there Js no protest from that quarter.
At the recent meeting of the board
of public lands and buildings the war
den of tho penitentiary was author
ized to advertise for bills for com
pleting the west wing of the building.
A motion was passed to advertise for
an engine and dynamo at the Milford
house and another at Kearney.
R. II. Uradiey. a brakeman on the
Northwestern, had the front part of
his left foot cut off at Irvington. He
.stepped back of the enginw to fix the
coupling ami slipped and fell, fortun
ately outside the rail. Bradley had
only been working for the company a
week ami was on his second trip.
The Irttard of insanity met to act
iHMn the case of Andrew Ibeck.
Isihock is the man who, in a fit of
insanity, attacked Mrs. Scibold, shot
at her several times and made her
a prisoner in the house. He was cap
tured and brought to Paoillion. He
was ordered taken to the asylum.
The Cass county authorities have
been notified by the superintendent
of the Lincoln asylum of the disap
pearance of Charles Spencer, a pa
tient from Plattsmouth. Spencer has
been at the asylum for several jears,
and it is thought that he left the asy
lum with the intention of returning
home.
Darius Firth, a brakeman for the
B. & M., was caught between the
couplers of two freight cars in the
yards at Aurora and died in about
two hours. The couplers failed to
work properly and in attempting to
adjust them Firth was thrown be
tween the bumpers which crushed him
in the groin.
Miss Mabel Brewer, aged twenty
seven years, died at Blue Springs from
the effects of burns. Her clothing
caught fire from a gasoliae stove. The
stove wa3 standing near an open win
dow and as she was attempting to
light it. the wind blew the flames
against her and in an instant she was
enveloped in flames.
Mrs. John P. Cook, who is in New
York looking after the remains of her
brother. J. D. Kilpatrick. who com
mitted suicide in that city, has tele
graphed to friends in Beatrice that
the remains would not be brought to
Beatrice, but would be interred at
Washington. D. C. by the side of his
mother, who died about ten years ago.
Word was brought to Osceola of
the death by drowning of the little
ten months' old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Luft. Mrs. Luft had
been engaged with her housework and
had left a dishpan filled with water
on the floor and had stepped out for
a few minutes. When she returned,
she found the little one in the dish
pan and life was extinct.
The Nebraska Advent Christian con
ference has incorporated under the
laws of Nebraska, the articles being
signed by J. J. Schamburg, M. V.
Sheldon. W. Alford. C. A. Learning
and J. A. Smith. The object in incor
porating is to place the conference
upon a footing where any bequests
and endowments may be legally re
ceived and accounted for.
Sergeant O. E. Fately of the gen
eral recruiting service of the United
States army, is in Plattsmouth for the
purpose of securing men who want
to become soldiers. These men are
needed principally for Philippine
service, and will be sent to San Fran
cisco as soon as enlistment is secur
ed. Mr. Fately will visit Plattsmouth
every month, remaining each time for
a week. His orders also require him
to visit Fremont and Nebraska City
in this state, and various points in
Iowa.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Bush
is receiving reports from the labor
unions of the state and from laborers
showing the membership, scale of
wages of both skilled and unskilled
labor and things along these lines, in
cluding information as to the legisla
tion needed to benefit each 6rgan:za
tion. The reports show the labor
unions of the state pnd the laboring
men of the state are In a good con
dition. and few complaints are made in
regard to salary or the amount of
work required.
SEVENTEEN YEARS IN PRISON
Defaulting Treasurer in the Philip
pines Given Severe Sentence.
MANILA. Dean Tompkins, the
defaulting treasurer at San Fernando,
convicted recently of forgery, has
been sentenced to seventeen years'
Imprisonment. His trial on the other
charges filed against him has been
set for December 1.
A Filipino named Kalbaza. presi
dfcnt of the nationalist party, was ar
rested upon a similar charge as that
which has just been preferred against
Dorainador Gomez. He is accused of
being concerned with the latter in
fomenting the disturbances which
have lately taken place in tho north
ern province of Luzon, where a guer
rilla warfare has been carried on for
some time past by the ladrone3
against the authorities of the United
States.
Two prisoners named Rudd and
Black, escaped fugitives from United
States military prison on Malagi
Island, in Laguna le Bay, Luzon,
have been killed by natives. In de
fense the later clain tliat the killing
took place during an attempt to cap
ture the fugitives to gain the reward
which was offered for their arrest and
return to the military authorities.
PEER OF LOU DILLON.
Major Delmar is Second Horse to
Make Two-Minute Record.
NEW YORK The big event Fri
day at the Empire City track was the
effort of the champion gelding. Ma
jor Delmar, to beat his own record of
2:00V and ta beat the world's rec
ord of two minutes held by Ixui Dil
lon. He trotted a most wonderful mile,
and, in a game but tiring finish, shot
under the wire in record time.
After a preliminary warming up the
gelding champion came out for his
trial at 4:20. He went around the
first turn, broke and came back. At
the second attempt he went away as
steady as a clock, and. though a slow
beginner, got to the quarter in CO5
seconds. Up the back stretch he shot
with such lightning rapidity that he
flashed by the half mile pole in 59
seconds. Then the grand stand rosa
and cheered as the gallant son of Del
mar flew around the top turn to the
three-quarters pole in 1:29 and came
home to the wire in 2:00. thus equal
ing the time of Lou Dillon.
NO FOREIGNERS SUFFERED.
The Assault Upon the Jews at Gomel
Set Forth.
WASHINGTON The following bul
letin has been posted as the state de
partment: "The department of state has receiv
ed advices from the American charge
at St. Petersburg to the effect that
in the Gomel riots, in which five
Christians lost their lives, no foreign
ers or foreign interests suffered.
"In view of the position taken by
the Russian government at the time
of the Kishineff affair, that the im
perial authorities would decline to re
ceive foreign representatives concern
ing domestic matters where no for
eign interests wre involvd, the repot .
of the American charge at St. Peters
burg that no foreign interests were
jeopardized in the recent anti-Semitic
riot at Gomel closes the incident so
far as the state department is con
cerned." PRAISES THE UNITED STATES
International Peace Congress Thanks
This Country.
ROUEN, France. The International
Peace congress which is meeting in
thi3 city, passed resolutions regretting
the acts of hostility committed by
Germany and Great Britain against
Venezuela, particularly the destruction
of property which gave rise to claims
for indemnity, expressing satisfaction
that the warlike attitude soon yielded
to diplomacy and arbitration, prais
ing the Intervention of the United
States, and congratulating President
Roosevelt and United States Minis
ter Bowen on their efforts to bring
the dispute before The Hague tribunal.
Cabinet Makers at Work.
LONDON Premier Balfour and
Lord Milner had a three hours confer
ence on Tuesday. In the couse of the
afternoon the premier also saw Mr.
Ritchie, who resigned the office of
chancellor of the exchequer; Lord
Esher, Lord Cromer, the British agent
in Egypt, Ian Z. Malcolm. M. P., and
other politicians. Nothing has as
yet been divulged regarding the per
sonnel of the new cabinet by those
having the matter in charge.
Close Call for De Young's Palace.
SAN FRANCISCO The handsome
home of M. H. De Young, proprietor
of the Chronicle, narrowly escaped
burning Friday by a fire which start
ed by crossed electric wires on the
roof of the theater annex to the main
building. An engine company sta
tioned only a block away was quick
ly summoned and prevented the
spread of the flames, though not be
fore $10,000 damage was done the
structure.
Preparing His Message to Congress.
OYSTER BAY. L. I. Already the
president has begun work on his an
nual message to congress. The mes
sage to be presented to the extraordi
nary session will be comparatively
brief. The call will be Issued in Oc
tober. Insurgents Annihilated.
SALONICA. An insurgent band of
450 men was annihilated by the Turks
September 14, between l3tlb and Kra-tova.
mini i ii i ni ; tint mi
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations From South
f umana and rtansas city.
ll 1 1 II I I II I I I 1 1 I I I I I I 1 1 1
SOIT1I OMlII.t.
f ATT I..E There wa a itiuch heavier
run of cattle hre than wan KnTally
anticipated, which make the nupply for
th wwk to -jite the havlcst of th
year for the corresponding length of
time. There were Just a few cars of
-orn-feJ nteerM on Bale, and as the d -mand
was In kuih! nhiipe for that class.
salesmen Tomul It an easy matter to dis
pose of them at tteady prices. There
was a h'.x run of cows tn tdtfht. and flie
tendency on the part of puckers undoubt
edly was to set their supplies for lews
money. The best grades were not a
ereut deal lower but the medium to com
mon kinds Hire slow. Hulls, veal calves
and Ktaqs nil felt to some extent the
weakness on cow HtulT and common
Hteers, and In a Kood many Instances
Hold a shade lower. There was a lare
supply of stockers and feeders on sale
and, although the demnnd from the coun
try was fairly pood the market on ali
but the best grades was slow and a little
lower. Anything good In the way of
western grays beef steers sold nt gen
erally steady prices, while the medium
to common Muff was slow sale and a lit
tle lower owini; to the large number Cf
cattle of that description that have bten
on sale for several days.
flCMJrt Heceifit of hogs were Pglit, but
In spite of that fact the tendency nt
prices continued downward. Light hogs
Were scarce and sold about steady, but
heaviest were very slow sale aim oi 1"J
lower than yesterday. A good many ot
the trains were late in arriving and thnt
also helped to delay the market. The
dor.p of the market was certainly no bet
ter and. If anything, was a little weaker.
Heavy hogs sold largely around $ri.7
with some of the common kinds below
that figure. Medium weights Fold largely
around $.").T5. while the lightweights went
from f.l.su to $.-).r,5.
SUKKP Quotations for grass stock:
Choice western lami).. S.7.Viij..; fair tc
good lambs, $4.oO"!4..: choice yearlings,
?::."ji'i:t.7;: fair to good yearlings, $:',.'2V-i
S.r.: choice wethers. SS-tXtfi 3.x; fair to
good wethers, J.-J.OfiiX; choice ewcsCT.'i
(n'i.W, fair to good ewes. $2.35,2.0:,; feed
er lambs. $:!.7j'!4.2.": feeder yearlings. $.:.25
5i3.."i'; feeder wethers, $3.W3.2j; feeder
ewes. 51.5O-j2.D0.
KISISAS CITY".
CATTT.K The market for corn fd
halves was steady, for wintered west
erns, weak and slow; for quarantine,
stron; for stockers and feeders, slow.
Cows, lower. Choice and dressed beef
steers, W.ri'f.-j.Cft; fair te good. $4.Wd
stockers and feeders, l.WiiAa: western
fed steers, $2..".0'a5.6o; Texas and Indian
steers. $l.fC'ii3.iTi; Texas cows. Jl.lolj2.2ri-.
native heifers, J2.KO'j4.15; canners. Jl.OWi
l.r.O; bulls. $2.oiK.i3.2G; calves, S2.75fj3.w.
HOJS The extremes of prices were
from Zc higher to 10c lower. Top, $6.20:
bulk or sales. JtJ.OofjG.lS; heavy, Jo.SO?j;.10;
mixed packers, JtJ.OVfcti.lo; light, $:,.90ts,
6.20: yorkers, JJj.NWtJ.20: pigs. ja.oOfjU.lO.
SMKKI AND LAMBS Native Iambs,
i::.2o'i5.."0: western lambs, J2.00 5.15; fed
ewes, $2..TKj3.75; Texas clipped. J2.5Mi4.0O;
Texas clipped sheep. J2.10ii3.75; stockers
and feeders, J2.0t.ys 3.45.
BLACK FLAGS FOR GOVERNOR
Porto Ricans Are Inciting a Hosrlle
Demonstration.
SAX JUAN, P. R. The district
trourt has ordered the release of
Eduardo Conde and Leonidas Guillot,
socialists, who were recently sentenc
ed to six months' imprisonment for
insulting the American flag and
threatening the life of Governor Hunt.
The majority of the judges of that
court are natives. The Americans con
demn the decision to release the two
men. The prisoners' lawyer has been
arrested on the charge of contempt of
court. Certain newspapers continue
to abuse Governor Hunt, and are in
citing a black flag demonstration
when he returns here October 1. The
police are on the alert and the gov
ernment is firm. The reception of the
governor, however, at his personal re
quest, will be simple.
South Dakota's Banner Yield.
DESMET, S. D. The banner yield
of wheat for the entire state is re
ported from the farm of Thomas
Gerry, who lives near hee. He
threshed out a fifteen-acre field of
wheat, which yielded an aggregate of
600 bushels, an average of forty
bnshels to the acre. It was of the
blue-stem variety and was sown upon
last year's breaking.
Gold Ring on Cornstalk.
NEW YORK. A farmer at Sound
Beach, Conn., has found, upon pulling
up a cornstalk a heavy gold ring en
circling the stalk. Through the ea
graving on the inside it was identified
as one lost in 1S67.
Yellow Fever Develops.
LAREDO, Tex. Notwithstanding
the strict quarantine which Laredo
has enforced against Monterey and
Montejo, Laredo has yellow fever, two
cases having developed here.
To Restrict Coal Output.
WILKESBARRE, Pa. The orders
for the restriction of the anthracite
coal output has affected nearly all
colliers in that region. Over 43,000,
000 tons of coal have been mined since
January 1, which Is several million
tons more than was ever produced in
a like period in the history of the
mining industry. The present glut in
the market and the efforts to prevent
a break in prices is the cause of the
restriction.
Breaks Up German Sugar Pools.
BERLIN. The allied raw and re
fined sugar syndicate which have so
long controlled the German market
under the bounty system, will, it is
now stated, dissolve October 1, in
stead of next March. The Brussels
convention makes the existence of the
syndicates on the present lines im
possible. K is possible that some sort
pf an agreement to replace the syndi
cate will be arrived at very shortly.
HAVE MANY STRANGE BELIEFS.
Superstition a Strong Characteristic
of the Mohammedan.
Mohammedans of India are very
superstitious. No Mohammedan will
take a bath on Sunday or Tuesday.
H-Jt If one bathes on Wednesday ail
misfortunes and misery that are in
Etore for him till the next Wednes
day will be averted. As a rule aJl
Mohammedans bathe on Fridays be
fore going to perform the jumma
prayers. For donning new clothes
Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday are re
garded as bad days. If anyone Ccs
a new dress or puts on a new cloth
or allows his tailor to cut a piece of
new cloth on these days he will live
a miserable life till that dress or
cloth gets torn or is thrown away. If
a shirt is torn and if the wearer wants
to stitch it, it must be taken off, for
if it is stitched while it is on tho Ixidy
the person will soon die. A Moham
medan will never allow a barber to
come near him on Tuesdays, for Tues
days and also Saturdays and Sundays
are bad days for hhaving purposes.
If absolutely necessary ho will get
himse.f shaved on Saturday or Sun
day, but never on Tuesday, as his star
is supjKjsed to fall in blood if he does
so. If one receives money or somo
valuable thing it is taken with tho
right hand, for if it is taken with the
left the person receiving it is said to
forget all about it very soon or to mis
lay it. A devout Mohammedan will
not start on a journey on Wednesday,
for it is believed he will never return
home safely if he does so. And it is
said that even a snake never ventures
out of its hole on this day.
WISH FOR FEATH ERSES.
Sultanas Are Poor Writers, but Stick
to Their Subject.
The ladies of the Ievant are not
afflicted with cacoethes seribendi.
They do not worry the book reviewe".
They seldom write a letter, and if
they do the style is naive, and they re
gard technique spelling, for example
as a purely private enterprise.
Here is one from the imperii,
seraglio with an -autobiographic basis
that defies even a Dutch commentator.
It is from a sultana to her commis
sioner. "Constantinople My Noble Friend:
Here are the featherses sent. My
soul, my noble friend, are there no
other featherses leaved in the shop
besides these featherses? And these
featherses remains, and these feath
erses are siklv. They are dear. Who
buys dheses? And, my noble friend,
we want a noat from yourself. Those
you brot last tim were beautiful. We
had searched. My soul, I want feath
erses. Again of those featherses. In
Kalada there is plenty of feather.
Whatever beer I only want beautiful
featherses. I want featherses of every
desolation to-morrow."
Though frank, the lady is cautious,
and only signs herself "You Know
Who."
Sad Outlook for Spindleshanks.
Now that King Edward has set the
fashion for knee breeches in full dress
affairs and is being followed by many
of his subjects, it is likely that they
will be received ere long on this side
of the water. They must, of course,
be made of black silk or satin, and
the effects resulting from such a dress
will, to say the least, be somewhat
curious. Those who favor the inno
vation will be the well built, athletic
class, while those who cry out most
loudly against it that they will not
adopt such a ridiculous fashion will
have, no doubt, some personal reasons
for not wanting to be seen in knee
breeches. It will not be the first fash
ion adopted that has made men look
ridiculous, nor will it probably be the
last. King Edward is still the cri
terion of fashion in London. There i3
little question as to the style there at
least. American Wool and Cotton
iicporter.
Alone.
lie has not any home
Save what he hires;
lie warms his weary limbs
Aa alien fires.
No woman clasps his hands
Within her twain;
No children swell his pride
Or soothe his pain.
He has no memories sweet
To brood upon;
No ecno of little feet
Before him gone.
Time's wintry winds lay bare
His massy head;
The weight of age and care
Is in his tread.
How will he meet that hour,
When, overthrown.
His dreams of place and power.
He falls alone?
-Frank Putnam, in the National Maga
zine. Medals for Servants.
Gold crosses and diplomas were pre
sented by the German empress last
year to 176 women servants who had
been forty years with the same fam
ily. Swimmer Makes Record.
A young Englishman swam across
Lake Neuchatel, a distance of four
and a half miles, in 2 hours 50 min
utes. At the Spinning Wheel.
Before modern science banished the
spinning wheel, some extraordinary
feats were accomplished with it. A
young lady once spun a pound of
combed wool into a thread of 168,000
yards; and :ihe actually produced from
the same weight of cotton a thread
of 203,000 yards, equal to 115 miles!
This last thread, if woven, would have
produced about twenty yards of yard
wide muslin.
King Likes Americans.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ellis' of
New York have recently paid a visit
to the king of Abyssinia and were
cordially received. Menelek seems to
have a great liking for Americans and
few visit his realm without a pressing
invitation to partake of his hospital
ity. Palace Now a Lodging House.
Ex-President Kruger's residence at
Pretoria . is now used as a lodging
house. The following advertisement
appears in a Pretoria paper: "To let
Ex-President Kruger's late resi
dence; a few nicely furnished bed
rooms with board."
For the Individual
1796 5 1872 ? 1952
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Acquirement of
Better Results
A man inquired, "How can I accom
plish most for the energy, time, force
and efforts expended? I feel that I
must accomplish more, yet my
strength will scarcely admit of greater
expenditure. How can I do it? is the
question."
When a store must have more space
for new goods and is unable to borrow,
rent or build, and all the space
it has is chock full, there is one
thing to do. and that Is throw out the
least important line of goods. Hut
sometimes when it is thought all tho
space is entirely occupied, careful in
vestigation and some mental calcula
tion will produce more space. There
are counters to-day which use room,
formerly unoccupied, for holding
stock, and they give almost half as
much room as the shelves back of
them.
Busy doctors have to study prompt
ness, briefness and effectiveness.
Some doctors will make twice as
many calls during the day as some
others do, using the same time, the
same energy, and having left fully as
much strength at the end of the day.
To do an extra amount of work re
quires an original study of self and
environments, coupled with syste
matic effort to gain at every point.
Our opportunities for doing more
work and better work with the same
time and strength embrace a study
of improved methods, better habits,
more nutritious food, economy of
time, casting off unnecessaries, less at
tention to the least important, hunting
for waste places, training others to
do what they should for us, and trying
to find something every day new and
useful to us in our work.
The Criminality
of Carelessness
"What is the cause of criminal care
lessness?" Two years ago a man ask
ed me the above question. He had
been having trouble and I have been
thinking about the subject ever since.
It may be due to ignorance. Some
claim that people are not as good
nor as bad as they appear to be if we
knew more we would be better. But
we will know 'more if we are any
good and have our goal in the right
place. The idea that experience is a
dear school, but fool3 will learn in no
other, might be revised to read: "It
is a wise man who learns by experi
ence; fools never learn." Though a
man is not to be blamed for being
born ignorant, he can be blamed for
remaining ignorant, and continued or
repeated carelessness may be called
criminal.
When the weak acquire strength
they became leaders of the naturally
strong, because they know how, when
where, which and why.
Tracing to Success.
A boy with a roll of paper for a
printer had lost his hearings. He
knew the man's name and had called
on him before, but this time he was
rattled on the location. I took him
to a near-by wholesaler of printer's
supplies and, while the wholesaler
could not give the number, he sent
the boy to a man a square away who
could give it.
Social manners hare an influence
upon the cash box. People, especially
the disagreeable, enjoy sunny natures,
and it is a big lever in the hand to be
able to throw in good manners, cheer
ful words, and an animating counten
ance. Employes and letters, even the
atmosphere of a business house, pos
sess the individuality of the source of
control. Customers are influenced by
these forces more than by some things
which call for frequent cash payment.
Lost Shirts.
A very smart man lost several
shirts, but in time discovered that he
had all of them on himself. In his in
tensity of thought he had not taken
time to remove a shirt before putting
s clean one on.
ISif THE S
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Y2 INDEX Sy
A narritw view of life causes errors
that are mont troublemnnc. A widtt
path given a narrow vicir, A narrow
path, if high, givrs a broud view. A
t rci iiij haii a !' path and narrow
view. The intt llii)rt , hard-working,
successful man is the very anilthrkis
of the tyjiiml tramp, and he has n
broad rirw, but his daily path is aU
most a bcr line find an tmrrow as a
fence bttnrd on edge.
Tlio LJaoftiliitw
of Self-Contrbl
What Is dangerous for oik- person
may be pTlTily safe for aiio1h-r.
Very, very few Inhcril wi much money,
muscle or mind tliat 1h-y -att squan
der ull their life, n.-vt-r acquire and
(li- rich. As i-ih- mum's food may bo
another maii's poison, no om man's
pleasure may be nnother man's pain.
Self-control H u quality desirable In
all phases of life. In social, profession
al and commercial fields. 1L means
money and victory.
There are soino people vho:u' per
sonality seems to throw me off tlio
(rack, and no matter what they nay or
do irritates. Kor some, time I Jiavo
been trying, when I nee such a person
to study out how I can bo useful to
that person, and when I meet him I
make an extra exertion to be agree
able and sensible. Sometimes unsel
fish work pays. The other evening on
the train the above Kind of a person
sat a few seats from me. No doubt I
scowled, as I felt It, and though
we Know and saw each oilier, neither
of us spoke. I resisted my tempta
tion to remain where I was and took
a seat by his side. I Introduced myself
as though I had been forgotten, ami
we had a very pleasant chat after wo
got started. I so forgot myself that I
left the train with him before reach
ing my station, but subsequent events
proved it was to my advantage. tj get
off at that place.
From a number of communication!!
which I have received on the subject
of self-control, the following urc Homo
extracts :
"Thinking of consequences is ono
way of gaining or maintaining self
control." "First of all, Christian principle;
second, strong will power the tiod
given power to hold still, no matter
how hot the furnace; third, fear of los
ing one's hold on one's self."
"The source of self-control lies In
an earnest purpose to show stroug
manhood and womanhood."
"Self-control is the result or experi
ence; mistakes fortify ono in tlio fu
ture against the same acts, and h-!i
to decide kindred actions. liducatlon
tends to give one a command over self,
partly by the wider range of view
acquired and partly by the knowledge
of experience of others. Some per
sons can not profit by the experience
of others, but must pass through the
fire themselves. Self-control appears
at times to be the gift of nature, an
some people even In childhood re
veal a self-command which could ilol
have been acquired. I believe self
control to be an acquired accomplish
ment, resulting from experience and
observation rather than from any
study of books."
About the severest test of self-control
is to say "no" to a friend and
run the risk of losing his friendship.
Good solicitors tell me that self -control
is one of the most valuable forces
in thfcir line of work. An attorney
who is a collector told me as a rule
he thought it was a good thing to
leave his club at home, as he might
feel it necessary to hit back some
times, but at all events be sure never
to lose your head. I believe that it is
very profitable for us to unGJmine
our own errors and explode them our
selves. It does you more good to kick
yourself three minutes than to kick
the people thirty years. To have self
control is to have almost everything
else desirable, but self control is an
indirect product of daily good Judg
ment. In order -to have self-control you
must have something to control. A
thistle-down has no self-control be
cause it has no weight, and it would
be the same if It had intellectuality
and had no weight. A very smart
man with very weak muscles is sure
ly much In need of self-control. Sys
tematic saving fosters self-control and
good Judgment. Think think twice
thrice if necessary. Practice in'
order to be able to perform suddenly
and satisfactorily. Be something and
prevent your blood getting thin. The
world needs more agreeable disagree
ing, but before it can have it, it must
contain more self-control.
Cake Limit.
A good-hearted boarder spontane
ously invited several select friends to
dinner. The landlady happened to
have but one piece of cake, which she
thought would Jo well for her one
boarder. She called him a thought
less man, but bow could he know
about the cake?
Trade is pushed for the love of it,
for money, for a living, and to give
others employment. But suppose a
dealer fails, owing you a loan, andk to
save yourself you have to bid in a
large lot of goods which you must sell
for a fair price to get your money
back. How will you do itt
Mental Growth.
Between serious errors and langh
able mistakes we must either groTf
or go. The earth is a killer of thosa
who will not learn either by experi
ence or observation.
Don't jump to conclusions. Thin
over the pros and cons. Debate botk
sides. There is such, a thing at vo!n
tary delusion when one is anxiouf
that certain things should be to amd
so anyway.