THE LETTER I DID NOT SEND.
II m the friend of my boyhood.
My youth nml my manhood's prime,
We had vowed to hp ever faithful
To the end of our earthly time.
Rut somehow it happened wu quarreled ;
One word to another led;
And our eyes were flashing in anger
And bitter was a'l we said.
Tr-st night I wrote such a letter
As one might write to a foe,
And told him thnt never thereafter
Would I wish hU presence to know ;
We must pass each other as strangers,
Our lives henceforward apart ;
And let him know that forever
I had torn him out of my heart.
Then 1 sought my bed. still raging.
But I courted slumber in vain ;
The face of my more than brother
Rose before me ever agnin.
Ife was always so tnie beside me
And sharing all changes of life;
Our words had been always of loving
And never till now of strife.
And then onr quarrel what was it?
How did It ever befall?
Perhaps be was right yes, I know it.
It was 1 In the wrong, after all.
Then I rose from my bed, took the letter,
And cast it Into the fire ;
And there saw It smolder in ashes;
And thus did my anger expire.
A fair morning shone on our meeting;
A look we could each understand
Uad drawn us once more together
In a warm, firm grasp of the hand.
J7ot a word was said 01 onr quarrel,
Again It was friend and friend,
Thank God that he never saw it
The letter I did not send!
Boston Globe.
The Watchman v
At Morton's Mills
OW, Pnrsons," said the muster
of Morton's mills to his super
intendent, "this matter of n
watchman Is a very serious one. I nm
sick nnd tired of this watchman busi
ness. Is It possible to net a really re
liable man?"
"Mr. Morton," said Parsons, "I have
outside now in the reception room a
man who will, I believe, fill the bill.
Look at his recommendations.'
"Oh, recommendations don't go any
more. They all have tlietn."
"Well, look at his, Mr. Morton."
"Oho!" said Morton, as he glanced
over the letter. "This Is from my old
"WHAT gcabanty
YOU GIVE
friend, Johnston, who recently closed
his factory nnd retired from business.
It certainly does recommend this ma'i
John McGrath most highly. He was
in their employment for eight years.
Ask him to walk in."
A wiry-look lug, rod-haired little
Irishman, not over five feet six In
height, entered the mill owner's ollleo
and stood like a soldier nt attention.
Morton cast a quick but eoniprehen-
k)vc glance at him and asked him to
be seated. "You are John Mil lr.it h?"
"Yes, sir."
"How old?"
"Forty-five."
"H'm," said Morton, pensively. "Mar
rled or single?"
"Married, sir, about a year. 1 have
n tine little hoy, a month old ; but the
wife is all'iug something bad, sir.
and-"
"Yes, that's It!" broke in the mill
owner. Impulsively. "Always the way!
Tliere H always soniciiiing : ,oir. see
here, McGrath! I've had eight watch
men or is It nine, Parsons? In the
last two years. Two were dishonest;
two drank ; one or two were neglect
ful ; one always had n sick wifu or
child; one was beaten poor fellow!
and nearly killed by that mysterious
gang. I hnve been the sufferer nil
along. Last month alone we were
robbed, of over three thousand dollars'
worth of merchandise. Now, you, Mc
Grath, how are you going to do the
work any better for me? You were
with my old friend Mr. Johnston for
eight years. That means a great deal,
of course; but what guaranty have I
of your being any better than the oth
ers?" During this explosive tirade from
Morton, McGrath with Just the suspi
cion of a smile upon his humorous
face, had listened attentively. "Well,
sir," said he, "I'm a little man; I saw
you take that In when I entered the
room. But thnt has never stopped me.
I'm forty-five yeurs old, but that
shouldn't stop me. I've got here me
honorable discharge from me regiment,
air," and he hnnded oyer for Inspection
his papers received from a famous reg
iment with which men of his race have
been identified for years.
"All this Is very, very good, McGrath.
But you watchmen all have some ex
cuse for shirking suddenly. Mlud. I
don't wish to be personal. Now. you
have a' month-old child and a sick
wife."
"Sure, yea. I have that, God bless
them!" said McGrath.
"What have I to go on? You know
.'I've been robbed, chiseled and cheated
through the dishonesty, cowardice and
kithfulnes. of my watchmen. What
ruaranty. I repeat, can you give that
you will do your work wel'.T What
will prevent your leaving me In whnt
may prove my hour of need?"
McGrath rose from where be sat,
advanced a step or two, and said; "Me
wurrd, sir, is all 1 cau give ye."
Iplf illl:!' 11
DO
M.Grnth," snM Morton, after a mo
incut's reflation, "you mny go on duty nil
to-night." I
The superintendent escorted forth- j
w ith the new watchman to the lcat j
which lie wns to l ike u; liter; that Is. !
from 7 p. in. until ! n. m. ! rue!
lie wus sImwii the little office and
given a key to It, the otlhv In the mill.
in which telephone messages could be
sent and received, If necessary, all
night. In short, his routine was
mapped out nml thoroughly explained.
It wits a murky, cloudy night when
the new wntchman went on duty nt
the wills, which were situated In a
lonely quarter of the town. There was
definite n nil professional nlr about
the little man as he carefully patrolled
his heat.
All weut well until about 10 o'clock,
when he noticed u man skulking on the
opposite side of the street. McGrath
observed him quietly, but went on
steadily in his monotonous routine,
looking forward, nevertheless, to the
morning hour, when he could again be
with his sick wife and his baby.
A sharp ring enme on the telephone
In the little room in the mill. McGrath
unlocked the door, entered, and took
down the receiver.
"Is this you.. McGrath? This is Fa
they Kelly calling you up. I am here;
also the doctor. The wife is sink
ing. It came on suddenly, John. Don't
worry, my ioor man; but try to get
hor at once. Your duty? Of course,
I know. Get your boss or the super
lutendent on the phone, nnd get them
to send some one to the mill In your
place. There'll Iks time. Now, mind,
bear up, my boy ; bear up and be the
same man I've always known you to
be."
McGrath hung up the receiver. Some
thing overwhelming whisjiered to him,
"Go, go! This Is paramount. Go, go
uow ! This outmensures all else."
He shook himself as one would shake
off an oppressive dream, and strode up
to the telephone. "Give me 3t Gray,"
mid he. "I wnnt Mr. Morton. Gone
out, you say? You don't know where;
und you don't know when he'll bo back?
For the love of God. get him nt the
curliest minute! Tell him McGrath's
wife Is dying, and that he wants to
he relieved nt once."
McGrnlli then tried t; find the super
intendent of the mills on the telephone,
but he had gone out of town for tho
night.
Turning out the electric lights and
locking the door, McGrath went on his
beat ngnln.
Once morp that tempting whisper
came to him. Now It grew until It be
came a tumult in ins breast, it was
the call of the home.
"My wurrd, my duty!" lie muttered
between clenched teeth.
"Home, home, home!" It kept shout
ing to him, until It blended Into n fear
some, husky cry behind his hack : "Do
him, Jimmy! Do up tho greeny!"
A limn grasped him round the waist.
but McGrath, with the energy of a
tiger, threw him off nnd dealt him a
fearful blow with his night stick. The
man staggered back into the darkness.
But two others enme up to the
wntchman with a rush. One held a re
volver. "Throw up your hands!" he
whispered.
"Never!" shouted McGrath.
"Then die, you fool !" hissed the oth
er, nnd fired point-blank nt him; but,
is he swayed before falling. McGrath
fired thruugh his overcoat pocket the
shot that stretched the rutllnu dead In
his tracks. The third man fled.
By n supreme effort MeGrnh dragged
himself to the door of the little office.
How he ever mannged to unlock the
door Is something most unaccountable.
How he hung on so long to the tele
phone shelf would be too pitiable to re
late. He rang up police headquarters.
"Come to Morton's mills nt once! It's
me," he gasped. "McGrath, the new
wntchman! Have killed burglar! He's
shot me! Get Mr. Morton here! Take
me home home home "
Ho sunk, nn 'inert mnss, upon the
floor.
There was n blaze of acetylene
lamps, the throbbing of giant motor
cars before tho doors of Morton's mills
"Well, I'll be hanged, Mr. Morton,"
said the sergeant, "but your new watch
man has killed the wickedest burglar
and cutthroat In this State. He's nailed
the iiinn that none of us could get these
past five years. Oh, here's the poor
fellow!" he added, ns they found the
watchman on the floor of the little
room.
The mill owner, the sergeant, also
the doctor and Father Kelly, gathered
around McGrath.
The doctor hastily gave such relief
as was possible, then rose. "Father
Kelly," he whispered, with Just a pro
fessloual touch. "It Is your case."
The venerable priest knelt Im-rmio the
dying man and administered to hhn the
Inst rites of his church.
McGrath was perfectly conscious.
The physician's work restored him for
a time, nnd the church oti'iees br.oycd
htm up for n linnl effort.
"Tell me," he usked, fulterlngly, "Fa
ther. how Is Delia?"
"It Is well with Delia, me son."
"It Is well Oh. Father, I know
what ye inane, sure. 'Iwill be well
with me?"
"Yes, my son."
"Mr. Morton !" gasped McGrath.
Morton drew uearer and knelt beside
him.
"I want ye to lie to be a watch
man."
"Me a watchman?" replied Morton,
much puzzled. "How, McGrnth?"
"I want ye to be a watchman over
me little baby Mike."
"Indeed, I will I will lie a watch
man over him while my life lasts."
"Ye remember, sir, this this morn
ing, when ye tuk me, ye asked what
guaranty I'd give that I'd be a good
watchman, and I said me wurrd was
all 1 could give." There was Just a
suspicion oi uu...oru. ... ,
I M I ... . ... I .. 1. 1 I I. I
dying "bflt nmj ao you
t'v me?"
Morton took the white and helpless
hands, which had begun to pick at the
blood-stained shirt, lu both of bis, and
aid: "l give you my word."
"Theu we're quits," whispered Me-Ornth.
A moment Inter the doctor gave them
n comprehensive look.
"Oh, heaven," sobbed the owner of
Morton's mills, ns he rose from where
he knelt, "grant that I may keep my
word with htm. ns he kept his with
Sunday Mngnrlnc.
WHERE INDIAN 13 HONEST.
la tha far North lie breaks la, but
!Sot to "teal.
Many curious instances of the man
ner In which the honesty of tho Indian
manifests Itself are cited In the north
country of the Canadian Northwest,
says the World To-Day.
One of the tales Is of a native who,
desrlng food and tobacco and blan
kets, broke Into the store of a remote
trading post which hud been locked
and abandoned for a few weeks while
the white men In charge transacted
business elsewhere. Tho Indian sup
plied his needs and he left pelts In
payment for what he took nnd monthi
later he came back to ascertain if he
had left enough.
One Indian found a post closed when
he went to It to dispose of his skins.
Being unwilling to wait, he forcibly en
tered and left his pack, but nothing
with it to Indicate his identity. Then
he retired, fastening the door as best
he could, and not until a year later did
he return.
When he walked Into the post and
told his story the price of the skins
1 was hnnded over to him without ques
tion. The accounts of the white man
had been carefully kept, and he was
certnln thnt no claim but a Just one
would be mnde.
An unusual degree of confidence Is
reposed In the ha if -breeds, who are
lieutenants of the white traders, in
Edmonton I saw a trader give one of
his half breed employes fl.250 to be
taken to a distant post and there dls
trlbuted ns wages to others. The two
shook hnnds and pnrted, not to meet
for n year, nnd the white mnn said he
was sure not a cent of the money would
fall to rench Its rightful destination.
In the town of Edmonton Itself lion
esty seems to vie with hospitality for
the credit of being the most prominen
trnlt of the citizens. Scores of thous
amis of dollars' worth of furs are
stored there in warehouses which are
seldom or never locked or guarded.
Only tho most valuable pelts are put
under lock and key, and then the pur
pose is more to protect from accidental
damage than from possible theft.
Wenlth In Its Seaweed.
Japan, which wastes rothing in it
domestic economy, realizes $1(M)0,(KHI
mutually from Its seaweed products.
According to the report of C. J. D.ivld
son, nn nttache of the British embassy
nt Toklo, more than, fifty varieties of
the seaweed found along the Japanese
coast nre utilized either for food or us
manufactured products.
The traveler sees bundles of dried
seaweed, white with the crystnlilzed
salt of the sea wnter, liung from the
front of every food stnll. The coarser
arleties nre stewed nnd served with
lish. Some of the dollcnte spr'gs or
sea grass nre boiled with fish soups nud
reninln n vivid green, floating against
the red lacquer of the soup bow is.
Other sixties of seaweed are used
n tho manufacture of glue of plaster
nnd of starch. Whole villages are giv
en over to seaweed fishing nnd the dry-
ng and packing of the product for
shrpiuent to the manufacturing plants
in the large cities. In the country
along the seashore the runners use the
coarse nnd ropy kelp for fertilizing
their vegetable field:.
During the last few years the Jap
anese government; lias laseu up me
subject of the seaweed industry for the
purpose of giving it encouragement.
Experiments have been oarrlwl on In
many places along the coast with a
view of Increasing the yield of the deep
water algae. The government offers a
reward for the best method of produc
ing iodine from sea plants.
Its Sonny Side.
"After nil, life In the country tin Its
recompenses, sain me man wuo oi
serves and cogitates. "Now, m the
city, in order to gain fame one must be
a multimillionaire, an eminent philan
thropist and egotist, a deft, dashing or
diabolical criminal, n monumental
spendthrift or an absolutely blank fool ;
but In the average village he cau be
come the object of hatred and envy of
most of his fellow-men ; he eonvlctei
at the sewing circle of being a dark
nnd dangerous debauchee, be In immi
nent danger of n church trial, and have
the old men wag their heads In suspi
cion and the little boys run out their
tongues in derision when he passes by,
merely by getting It stated in the week
ly itcwspaixT that he Is thinking of
billing n motor ear." Puck.
Kouuded ou Snow.
Every summer several ustronoiners
visit the Janssen Observatory, on the
extreme summit of Mont Blanc, to take
advantage of Its great altitude, which
favors the study of solar phenomena.
At present another effort Is being made
there to photograph the sun's corona
without nn eclipse. The observatory If
remnrknble for having Its foundation
laid lu hard-pucked snow. The build
ers found It Impracticable to reach the
underlying rock. At a recent meeting
of the Academy of Sciences In l'arls,
Monsieur Junssen announced that the
measurements of level executed In
11)04 und l'.MXJ showed that durlug that
Interval the observatory bad not ap
preciably shlftod in position. Philadel
phia Uecord.
Pittsburg Mrtholoa;?.
Pittsburg Millionaire. There's a
swell copy of "Diana's Hunt"
Ills Friend 8o? Who the deuce
wns Diana, anyhow?
Pittsburg Millionaire What? And
you visiting New York most every
month? Why, Diana's the fairy doing
the pose on Madison Square Garden
tower. Puck.
Two Keclpes.
"I learned today," said the youog
wife, "that an egg Is the best thing to
sc-.ttb toffee. Did you know that?"
"No." her husband replied, "but I've
often heard that u ripe egg judiciously
( placed will settle a bad actor." Phils-
tlelpula Ledger.
: OLD
oFaVorite
The I.lttle Town nt Tallholt.
You klu boast about ycr cities, and their
stiddy growth and size,
And brag about ycr country-seats, and
business enterprise,
And railroads, and factories, and all sich
foolery
But the little town o' Tallholt Is big
enough fer mel
You kin harp about yer churches, with
their steeples In the clouds,
And gas about yer graded streets, and
blow about yer crowds ;
You kin talk about yer "theaters" and all
you've got to see,
But the little town o Tailholt is show
enough fer me!
They hain't no style In our town hut's
little-like and small
They hain't no "churches," nuttier jes'
the meetin -house Is ail ;
They's no sidewalks, to speak of but the
highway's alius free.
And the little town o' Tailholt is wida
enough fer me !
Soma finds It discommodin'-Iike, I'm will
in' to admit.
To hev but one postoffiee, and a womern
keepin' hit,
And the drug store, and shoe shop, and
grocery, all three
But the little town o" Tailholt is handy
'uough fer me
You kin smile and turn yer nose up, and
joke and hev yer fun.
And laugh and holler "Tail holts is bet
ter holts n none ;
Ef the city suits you better, w'y,
where you'd ort'o be
But the little town o' Tailholt's
enough fer me.
James Whitcomb It Hey.
hit's
good
Arnrlnu the I. nut tlntr.
Oh, don't be sorrowful, darling!
And don't be sorrowful, pray !
Taking the year together, ii'.y oenr.
There isn't more night than day.
Tis rainy weather, my darling;
Time's waves they heavily run;
But taking the year together, my dear,
There isn't more cloud than huu.
We nre old folks now, my thirling.
Our bends they nre growing pray;
But taking the year nil round, my dear,
Y'ou will nlwnys find the May. ,
We have had our May, my ilnrling,
And our roses, long ago ;
And the time of venr is coming, my dear,
For the isilout night and the snow.
And God is God. my darling.
Of night as well as of day ;
And we feel and know thnt we can go
Wherever He leads the way.
Aye. God of the night, my darling
Of the night of death so grim;
The gate that leads out of life, good wife,
Is the gnte that leads to Him.
Alice Carey.
A Hon ml Trip.
Many a teacher has found himself
repeating year after year some favor
ite story without considering the logic
of It until called to halt by a small
boy listener. So it was with Mr. Fria
ble when he told his pupils this year
ns usual of a certain Uoniati athlete
who every morning swam tho Tiber
three times.
As the detail of this achievement
burst upon him, little Willie Barnes
nudged his next neighbor and snickered
audibly. The professor undertook to
rebuke him.
"Willie," said he, "you seem to see
something very humorous lu this. Will
you explain to the class what it Is?
Do you doubt that he could swim the
river three times?"
"No, sir, It ain't thnt!" gasped little
Willie. "But I was wondering why ho
didn't make it four times, so ns to get
buck to the side where his tio'es were."
I'ui.rr ries.
tins pipes of paper nre being nindo
In France. Manila paper Is cut Into
stlilis equal to the length of the pipes
to be made. They are then placed In
n receiver tilled with melted asphalt
nnd wrapped around a core of Iron un
til the desired thickness Is reached,
After being submitted to a strong pres
sure, the naner I coated with sand,
i,i n. ....n. withdrawn nnd the
, in'i' .....
1 ..-It I. n
Olltl.l- 111!!!' SlirtaiV COllTl-ll w.l.l
wiiter-proof preparation. It Is claimed
that these pipes are good us, nnd more
fconoir.lcr.l than, metal ones.
TLrauH'h the Wlekrl.
It wns a "twosome." The playet
who drove oil lirst nan mmu .'s,
savs u writer In the S.-ottish Uefereo.
... .w III ...,
The second, in driving on. uui uoi .. -
tlce that his cppoiieut had got lu ironi
of him. nnd the ball ran tlirougn be
tween the opponent s legs.
The bandy-legged one turnoU in an-
.... .... ,(...1 '.lint's
gel. lil'ie, lllU'l. H- nnwi.nrv,,
no golf!"
"Well." returned the otiier, wim a
sly smile, "if us ' K"r. lru'
quet !"
Jnt a t rri.ntal.le to Pablle.
A dog has siKi-eeded In swimming
across 'the English chnnnel. Some
disappointment may be felt that It was
not a mnn that did It. But the beno-
llts to ncciv.e to the world from the
fnct will be Juxt ns great in the case
of the dog ns the man.
Work for tuv I dls.
Church I we In Uussla there are
no fewer tlmn elghty-slx general holi
days lu the year.
Cotbnm No wonder they have so
much time for rioting. Yonkers States
man.
Ilurd Lines.
"The more we get" you'vs heard be
fore
"The more we want," and yet
It always works thU wiy ; Tb mors
W want the less we get.
Philadelphia Pre.
On the Promenade.
He thought hl stylo would .urn th hesrf
Of every girl thst day.
And every on, l.v.l-M, 't'.l S.lid,
Was tu-crithr f,hr wty.
rBn4!i.N'.3k lJiiit.
DEMAND FOR ABLE Y0UNO MEN.
By Charles M. Schwab.
The corporations everywhere are
on the alert for men to manage their
affairs men of ability and right
qualities, whether those men come
from Harvard or Yale and are the
sons of millionaires or whether they
come from the tenements. Never yet
have companies and big enterprises
Iwen so willing to pay large sums to
able men, and never yet have the
opiKirtunlttes been as great for the
c m. sciiwAB. Individual man. It is nn utter mis
take to suppose that huge aggregations of capital mean
In any way the doom of the Individual. Good men are
wanted, and wanted badly. 1 only wish I were a young
man starting all over again.
WOMAN AND TILE BALLOT.
By Rev. Madlaon C. Peters.
0
Rhnll woman be Invested with the ballot?
The question is not one of the simple right
ns the equal of man, but Is It wise, Is It
best? I do not deny the Inborn right of wom
an to smoke cigarettes op to use the rough
language of men, but most of us are Inclined
to believe that women who do these things
are. as some one has put It, "no gentlemen,"
and If the sexes are io lie equalized I would
rather It were done by refining the men than by the
vulgarising of women.
Shall we Invest woman with the ballot? Candidly. I
believe that such an enlargement of her sphere would
not only violate the sacred laws of her lielug. but ndd
nothing to the high and holy mission which her own
nature unmistakably defines. Would a woman's vote
alter things? Yes, If only good women vote. Few good
women would avail themselves of the privilege, but all
the bad women would.
If you give woman the ballot, she
turn policeman and serve on the Jury.
Itles which loglcaly follow this advance
that henceforth she will not be represented by any man,
and her exercising the full functions of citizenship would
make such a change as would mnke her more a mnn
thnn n woman.
A female man, nn affected, driveling.
weak sister dressed up In men's clothing. Is enough to
GRAVEYARD ROSES.
"Graveyard roses, tell me .why
Your pale leaves are ever wet,
When, the mossy mounds beside.
Sun and wind of morn have dried
Larkspur, lily, violet,
'Nenth the blue and radiant sky?"
"From the heavy earth we grow
Cov'rinn hearts that died unloved-
Hearts that all love's sweetness missed,
Pallid lips thnt closed unklssed;
Bitter tears for life unproved
Still well upward from below."
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
M- ! H"H-I- ! ! ! ! ! W -1'
. A Hunting Party
rTKlt father's denth mother nnd
I lived alone together. It wns
pretty hard for mother, with no
mnn in the house, nnd I wns only n
girl of 10. We did till the housework
ourselves, which wasn't much, and ns
much of the furni work us we were
nble to do.
Mother never kept any money In
bank. In the first place, there was no
bank nearer than ten miles, nnd, In the
second, she wouldn't have known how
to keep n bank account
One day, one of our horses having
died, mother went to town to buy an
other. At the time one farm hand wns
nt work for us, n mnn we had engnged
a few days before. Mother had been
gone but about half an hour when he
came Into the house and told me she
had asked him to keep a sharp look
out for me, ns I wns ouly a girl, alone
n.i without nrotectlon. He was so
kindly spoken thnt at first I believed
him. This emboldened him to say that
there were trumps lurking about nnd
I would do well to put any money
there might be In the house In n safe
place. Then I began to suspect that
he snhl this to find out whether there
wns any money In tho house, so I told
lilm that nil the money had been paid
out except whnt mother hnd taken will
her t.i pay for the horse she Intended
to buy. Then he threw off nil pre
tense nml ransacked tho house. Not
finding whnt he wns nrter, be cnine
into tho kitchen, where I wus wnslilng
dishes, nnd, taking up n knife, threat
ened to kill me if I didn't tell where
the money was kept.
ur sex nre always dreading such
trials as I -wis passing mrougii. nut
when they come we surprise ourselves
by standing up under them with unex
pected coolness. I couldn't see how It
wus his Interest to Kin me, since the
secret (for him) would die with me,
I kept my mind bent on the problem of
how to outwit him, hut to outwit n
man In n farmhouse, with no telegrap
or telephone or any one within calling
distance, Is not an easy mutter, and I
made no headway.
The only thing I could do was to tell
him that there wasn't any money In
the house, or. If there was, thnt I
didn't know where It was kept. I roe
ominended him to look lu different
places, the cellar, the cuplsmrd and the
upstairs closets. He ransacked every
place I suggested, but found nothing,
He was not likely to. find the place
where the money was hidden. Our
house was very qld and had been built
with an old fashioned big fireplace In
the kitchen. Up the chimney, which
was large enough to admit a human
body, mother had taken out a brick
and broken off half It This left
room for any nioner she bad behind
the brick. When It wns put back in Its
place It looked like the other bricks.
Welt, at lust tire man grew so fierce
that I was afraid be might murder
ma, and I told hliu where the money
was. He at once stood In the chliu
ney and began to hunt. I told hi in the
money was higher, nnd he pulled the
kitchen table on to the hearth. In his
search be supported himself by brae-
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fill you with disgust, but of a mannish woman, good
I-ord, deliver me from expressing my opinion, lest I
should say something not In the prayer book.
THE DISINTEGRATION OF FAMILY LIFE.
By David Oreer, D. D.
I do not, like tho pessimist, cry "chaos!" For, after all.
American men and women have the great heart, large
sympathy and strength of purpose that make the great
ness of a nation. The pursuit of money, within limita
tions, has Its good side. Our mighty danger Is that this
commercialism will develop Into a fever.
1 have hojie, and my hope for the future of our people
llis list In the cities, but In those thousands of quiet
little towns and cities scnttercd over the country, where
people learn to live. For It Is In these places that you
find the true Ideal of pure nnd unselfish American wom
anhood and manhood. All the grand simplicity of the
true home life the highest type of Americanism Is to
be found there. From these places come every day th
men who are to make history, and In them lies our
lest hojie.
WE NEED IDEALS.
must lie ready to
J lie resionsibil
of woman menu
The pushing things In this world nre Ideals, not Ideas.
One ideal Is wortli twenty Ideas In'propulslve force. No
nnked idea Is fit to become an ideal until we Illuminate
It, dress It up and give it a halo that properly does not
letong to It. We live by ietry. not by prose, and we
live only as we see visions nnd not as we have discrim
inating minds.
little doodle, n
Ing his knees nnd bnck. I shoved the
table further In. so that It covered the
mouth of the chimney. Then for the
first time II. occurred to mo thnt I had
li I tn in a trap. There wns heavy
cupltoiird In the kitchen, und I moved
It ngnlust the table. Just then I heard
an exclamation of delight nnd knew he
hnd found the money.
His next move wns to order me to
take nwny the table, but I hnd another
matter to attend to. Knowing that
when lie found he couldn't come down
ho would go up, I ran to mother's ImmI-
room, where since father's denth she
hnd ketit his rifle, loaded, standing at
the bend of her bed. nnd, seizing It.
ran outside nnd wns Just In time to
take aim at the man's bend, which wns
above the top of the chimney.
1 shnll never forget the expression of
his face when he saw me, n mere chit
of a girl, pointing a rifle nt him. cocked
and ready to fire. He knew enough of
country gins io uuucrxumu in iii. mom
of them could shoot pretty straight nnd
that If I chose I could put a bullet
through his head.
See here, little girl, you've caught
me fair. Now If you'll let me out of
this I'll go about my business."
I didn't like the probability of bav-
ng to watch hliu nil day. nnd If I
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TIiniCATf-NED TO KILL MK.
could have trusted lilm I would nave
let him go. As It wns, I told him to get
below the top of the chimney or I
would shoot lilui. Ho offered to throw
down the money If I would let lilm
off. but I refused to do so. I mnde
1,1m believe that I would enrry out my
threat, nnd ho dlsapiienred down the
chimney. lie culled to me that he
wouhl burn tho money, but even this
didn't move me.
Well, nil this hnpiciied In the enrly
morning, nnd till HI o clock I felt
obliged to keep on a strain lest ho out-
wit me and get the upper hand again.
Then when nil wns quiet I heard tho
sound of horses' hoofs nnd n gentle
maii In a red coat came riding up to
the house
"Did you see a bunting party go by
here?" he skeL
"Haven't had time to notice. I've
got a hunting pnrty of my own.
Ie looked surprised und theu for
the first time noticed my gun. I told
him my story, and when he learned
that I hud a mnn cornered In the eh hi)
nev he burst Into a laugh. I, relieved
from the terrible strain I had been en
during, burst Into tears.
Then the gentleman took my rifle
and stood guard, while I took his horse
and rode away for assistance. The
game I had bagged alive was kept nf
ter that lu the penitentiary. Field and
Farm.
la tha Choir.
"The soprano gave tho choirmaster
a r( ntlPW TOT H 111 I Lllll.l T kill. rL-umiK
m i i.it. i t it -
ed the contralto, "and he's named
after her."
"Quite appropriate, eh?" replied the
tenor.
"Yes: I understand the bird can't
sing a Uttlo bit Tho Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
Exact N amber at Pa's Hairs.
Teacher Yes, Johnny, the hairs of
our heads are numbered.
Joliuuy vteu. pa s inui oe twenty
three. New York Sua.
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The greatest of all dangers that threaten
the future of this country Is In the disinte
gration of family life. For this the restau
rant, with Its save trouble, save labor ten
dency, Is resjionslble. There Is In these days
little of the simple, beautiful unison of fami
lies, the love of parent or of brother and sis
ter. The ego rules. All things are for self.
Whnt the end will lie I do not know.- But
NOT IDEAS.
By President Wood row Wilson.
It Is only the youngster who catches his
conviction In a lump. We older fellows split
hairs and discriminate closely and wear out
our progressive vitality- In doing so. Your
youngster moves forward with a rash confi
dence that seems blind to us older men. He
forge ahead and overcomes obstacles that
seasoned men, knowing their bigness, would
falter nt.
enco-
Blast furnnce gas Is to be utilized In
Iidssiu for power purposes.- Lu So
cMo des Arteries do Donets, is substi
tuting a number of large gas engines
for steam engines.
At n mild red heat, gc.od steel enn bi
drawn out under the huuimir to a fine
point; at a bright red beat it will '
crumble under the hammer, nnd nt a
whlto hent it will rail to pieces.
An Ingenious beacon is located at
Arnlsh Uoek, Btomoway bny, In tho
Hebrides, Scotland. It Is n cone of
cast Iron plates, surmounted by an ar
rangement of prisms and, a mirror,
which reflect tho light fnun the light
house on Lewis Island, 500 feet distant
across tho channel.
At n recent conference held at the
ministry of commerce, St Petersburg,
lr wns decided thnt agricultural nm-.
chlnery required by pensnnt emigrants
to Sllierln nnd other portions of th
HusHlan empire would hnve to be or
dered nhroiid this year, ns the Russian
factories would be unable tq deliver In
time. Next year an attempt will be
inn de to Introduce Husslan machinery
among the settlers.
An Instance Illustrating the exact
methods now followed In nil brunches
of Selene M furnished by the recent
upset I Ing of nil the results of the Gc.c
detle Survey of Algeria bused upon thu,.
station of Volrol, which hud been cho
tien us the iHlnt of origin of co-ordl-
lsntc. It has been found that, owing
ti sou. subterranean peculiarity af
fecting t'io direction of the plumb-line.
there lu n strong deviation from tho
vertical nt Volrol, and ns a result, a
new i-tiii'tlug-j'oliit for the trlnngulatloii
must, bu chosen nud new calculations
made. The discovery wns made by
comparing the astronomical latitude of
tua ut.w .jiservntory about three mlloj
from Volrol with Its geodetic latitude
ns calculated from the Volrol data.
"Welwltschla Mirubtlls," a plant
which is described ns one of the won
ders of the vegetable kingdom, lllus-
tl.utt. Ulu adaptations which sometimes
render life possible amid condition"
that seed to forbid Its existence. Tho
plant gets Its name fre;n Its discoverer.
Welwltsch, who found It In the sandy
deserts of Southwestern Africa. Its
short conical trunk Is burled In sand.
und tg ou,y ,eave8 nr0 tue two cotyle
dons, or seed-leaves, which iierslst dur
ing the life of the plant, and In old
specimens nttuln a length of from six
to nine feet. The trunk measures threo
or fc.ur feet lu diameter nt the crown..
The plant derives water for Its growth
purtly from the dense night fogs, but
principally through a very long roo:
which taps bubterrancan water-sources.
The terrible eurthquuke lu Chile, fol
lowing so soon niter that In California.
enormously Increused popular Interest
In tho science of selsmcjogy. Aiuotig
the Interesting facts brought Into prom-,
Inence by the many discussions to
which these disasters have led in th
scientific Journals, Is the clear distinc
tion that seems to exist between earth
quakes like those that destroyed Sua
Francisco and ulpnralso aud the-
shocks that damaged Charleston la
1SS0. The Charleston disaster Is
I IDOUgUl, 01 leusi oy shut 5-uhjioi, n
beeu Jue t0 overloading of the-
i. i Mirrii'a cruar nv hui-uiuuiuuuu ui uc
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It Pw oa no wcu" "wr "D"r W'D wu"
The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-
12 were ascribed to a similar cause, re
sulting from depositions made by tha
Mississippi Hiver. But the Csllforulua
and South Ainerlcau earthquakes nr
believed to have been due to the moiin-talu-bulldlng
forces which are still in,
operatlou along the western edgj of
North and South America.
Love may Intoxlcattt a man, tut mar
rlttgo Is ayt to sober hliu.
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